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Chronicle Page 2 | Friday, September 14, 2012 NEws
Four Americans includ-ing the U.S. ambassador to Libya were killed in an at-tack on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya, Sept. 11.
Violent protests took place outside the U.S. Embassy in Egypt the same day.
“I strongly condemn the outrageous attack on our diplomatic facility in Beng-hazi, which took the lives of four Americans, including Ambassador Chris Stevens,” President Obama said in a written statement released Sept. 12.
The protesters claim to be
responding to a short film posted on YouTube called “Innocence of Muslims,” which depicts the Prophet Mohammed negatively.
“We apologize to the U.S., to the American people and to the government and also to the rest of the world for what happened yesterday,” said Mohammed al-Megaryef, president of Libya’s ruling General National Congress, according to CNN. “At the same time, we expect the world to cooperate with us to confront to what is meant out of this kind of act of cowardice.”
The four Americans were killed when the protestors
fired shots and burned down the consulate in Benghazi.
“Today we mourn for more Americans who represent the very best of the United States of America,” Obama said in remarks, Sept. 12, from the Rose Garden. “We will not waver in our com-mitment to see that justice is done for this terrible act. And make no mistake, jus-tice will be done.”
At the embassy in Cairo, the demonstrators force-fully entered the compound, stole the American flag and replaced it with an Is-lamic Banner, according to BBC News and CBS.
“What happened at the
U.S. Embassy in Cairo is re-grettable and rejected by all Egyptian people and cannot be justified, especially if we consider that the people who produced this low film have no relation to the U.S. gov-ernment,” Egyptian Prime Minister Hesham Kandil said in a statement. “We ask the American government to take a firm position toward this filmmaker within the framework of international charters that criminalize acts that stir strife on the ba-sis of race, color or religion.”
The movie depicts the Prophet Mohammed as a child molester, womanizer and ruthless killer, according
to CNN.The film was on You-
Tube but the identity of its maker remains unclear.
“American’s commitment to religious tolerance goes back to the very beginning of our nation,” U.S. Secretary of State Hilary Clinton said in a statement released by the State Department. “But let me be clear, there is no justification for this – none.”
“Violence like this is no way to honor a religion or faith and as long as there are those who would take innocent life in the name of God, the world will never know a true lasting peace.”
Mid-east violence kills U.S. ambassador to Libya
President Obama has ex-panded his lead over Republi-can nominee Mitt Romney, a Sept. 11 Gallup poll found. 50 percent of Americans now sup-port the president as opposed to the 47 percent before the Democratic National Conven-tion.
The DNC was viewed by many pundits as a huge success and included strong speeches from San Antonio Mayor Julian Castro, First Lady Michelle Obama and Former President Bill Clinton as well as Obama.The Democrats touted Obama’s foreign policy achievements and the American automotive industry bailout.
“Because of all the actions he took, because of the calls he made, because of the grit and determination of American workers, and the unparalleled bravery of our special forces we can now proudly say what you’ve heard me say the last six months: Osama Bin Laden
is dead, and General Motors is alive,” Vice President Biden said.
The President’s speech was much less aggressive as he mapped out his plan for affect-ing the change he promised in 2008.
“As I stand here tonight, I have never been more hopeful about America, not because I think I have all the answers. Not because I’m naive about the magnitude of our chal-lenges. I’m hopeful because of you,” Obama said.
“America, I never said this journey would be easy, and I won’t promise that now. Yes, our path is harder, but it leads to a better place. Yes, our road is longer, but we travel it together. We don’t turn back. We leave no one behind. We pull each
other up. We draw strength from our victories. And we learn from our mistakes. But we keep our eyes fixed on that distant horizon knowing that providence is with us and that we are surely blessed to be citizens of the greatest nation on earth.”
The Romney campaign dis-missed Obama’s bounce as temporary and typical after a nationally televised conven-tion.
“While some voters will feel a bit of a sugar high from the conventions, the basic structure of the race has not changed significantly,” Neil Newhouse, Romney’s pollster, said. “The reality of the Obama economy will reassert itself as the ulti-mate downfall of the Obama presidency, and Mitt Romney will win this race.”
Romney’s next chance to lev-el the playing field will be three nationally televised debates in Oct. However, likely voters fa-vored Obama’s chances in the debates by a 25 point margin in a CNN poll.
Obama accepts nomination, takes lead in race
The ChronicleGreat speeches by Michelle Obama and Bill Clinton helped humanize the President
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Chronicle Page 3 | Friday, September 14, 2012 Features
On-Site Admission Day
October 2, 2012
Are you ready to graduate and transfer to WIU?
If so… WIU has a deal for you!
Admission representatives will be in the Student Empowerment Cen-ter, Rm B120 on October 2 from 10am-2pm providing admission to Western, an official evaluation of credits, and answering any ques-
tions regarding WIU.
THE APPLICATION FEE WILL BE WAIVED ON THIS DAY.
To set up an appointment, contact the WIU Transfer Center at 309/298-3120
You will need to obtain your official tran-scripts from College of Lake County
along with official transcripts from any other institution attended. Be prepared
to complete an admission application .
Motivation has brought CLC student Nancy Salgado very far.
She went from delaying her high school education to taking 22 credit hours, working 25 hours a week, and raising two children-all at the same time.
In celebration of National Adult Education and Fam-ily Literacy Awareness week from Sept. 10-16, CLC is promoting public aware-ness for Adult Education and Family Literacy by recognizing adults like Sal-gado who’ve been motivated enough to return to school and pursue a college degree.
In addition to recogniz-ing the achievements of its students, National Adult Education and Family Lit-eracy Awareness also aim to increase assistants for adult learners who are in need, gain support to increase ac-cess to resources as well as adult education and family programs.
Salgado, 25, took a break
from school to work and raise her two sons who are now ages 9 and 5.
“I came back to school to get a better future. The way I see it, an associates degree is like a high school diploma. Without education, you can’t really do anything,” said Salgado.
Associate Deans for Adult Education and Literacy Mat-thew Huseby and Michele Vaughn stress the impor-tance of Adult Education and Literacy.
Through this awareness, they’re seeking for more people to get involved and volunteer.
“We’re a community col-lege. Our job is to equip, em-power, and educate a variety of learners from different walks of life, starting from the child education center, adult education, high school, and etc. to prepare them for which ever pathway [they] choose to walk into,” said Vaughn.
“We need to get people’s attention on the huge edu-cation gap for people who didn’t finish high school, or who are second language
speakers. We need to address that so they can help their kids get through school or even get a decent job,” said Huseby.
According to Vaughn, they’re currently assist-ing close to 100 families at five dif-ferent locations in the Lake County that are available to those who want to continue their edu-cational growth.
Being the first person in her fam-ily to attend col-lege, the transition process was diffi-cult for Salgado.
“I didn’t know any-thing about the way college worked and I’m still learning as I go,” said Salgado.
Huseby and Vaughn also want to make transitions into colleges easier for those who have met all their basic adult education needs including GED and ESL requirements.
As for Salgado, she is one of the many examples of
people who are striving to achieve what she’s had to post-pone due to the circum-stances life has dealt.
She’s a returning college student moving towards getting a certification in Criminal Justice in the spring of 2013 at CLC.
Thereafter, she wants to acquire a bachelors
degree in Criminal Justice at the University of Parkside in 2015.
“Graduating high school was an accomplishment for me. Now I want to get through college and be an example for my children and show them that if I can do it, they can do it because it is possible,” said Salgado.
Adult Education week highlights CLC successes
Nancy Salgado • The ChronicleNancy Salgado works hard to provide a future for her children
Managing EditorMaria Isabel Garcia
One of CLC’s many Field Study Trips offered this academic year in-cludes one to Southern Costa Rica for an Archeological Project. The trip is headed by CLC Anthropol-ogy Professor Dr. Scott Palumbo and Manager of the Center for Inter-national Education, Beth Tinkham.
The trip runs from May 20- June 18, 2013 and is held in Southern Costa Rica’s Bolas site within the Cabagra indigenous territory. The Bolas is largely recognized for its extensive pre-Columbian center. The program can offer up to four semester credit hours through CLC and for easy transferring of credits, the program is certified by the Reg-ister of Professional Archeologists.
The field study is done through SCRAP (Southern Costa Rica Ar-chaeology Project), which is headed by Palumbo and is dedicated to “evaluate the factors associated with long-term social changes in the upper Terraba region between 1500 B.C. and A.D. 1500”, according to SCRAP’s official website.
The program through SCRAP gives students a chance to delve into hands on archeological experience with a broad spectrum of experience from block excavation, to labora-
tory processing, and topographic mapping. Students are given the chance to work with professional archeologists who will supervise projects and teach from personal experiences with the culture. Work days are divided between the lab and field work with days running from nine to 10 hours six days a week. Students are given plenty of onsite time and chances to take trips around the area with the first few days dedicated to visiting the capital of San José, the city’s museums, and Guayabo de Turrialba, an archeo-logical site. Along with becoming familiar with local culture, tradi-tions, and terrain, “one weekend will be spent touring portions of the Osa Peninsula on the Pacific coast, an area home to extensive beaches, excellent surf, and deep jungles”, according to SCRAP’s website, giving students a strong experience that they would otherwise be unable to get from a casual trip. SCRAP states its mission as, “[seeking] to embed students into an active re-search project with clear theoretical perspectives and methodological approaches, and the organization of the field school experience reflects this goal.”
Priority application deadline for the trip is Friday, Nov. 30, and Fi-nancial application deadline Friday, Jan. 25, 2013.
CLC archeology field studyFeatures EditorCourtney Gillen
Chronicle Page 4| Friday, September 14, 2012 opinion
Mitt Romney saw his polling numbers sliding and felt his back get close to the ropes, and instead of campaigning harder, fund-raising more or reevaluating his strategy, he took a cheap shot at the Obama adminis-tration on a subject he knew little to nothing about.
The U.S embassy in Cairo released this statement be-fore the consulate in Libya was attacked, resulting in the deaths of four Americans in-cluding the U.S. ambassador to Libya:
“The Embassy of the United States in Cairo con-demns the continuing efforts by misguided individuals to hurt the religious feelings of Muslims - as we condemn efforts to offend believers of all religions. Today, the 11th anniversary of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the United States, Americans are honoring our patriots and those who serve our nation as the fitting response to the enemies of democracy. Re-spect for religious beliefs is
a cornerstone of American democracy. We firmly reject the actions by those who abuse the universal right of free speech to hurt the reli-gious beliefs of others.”
Romney and his advis-ers, looking to exploit the situation, failed to do their homework and check when the embassy’s statement was released.
Desperate to validate his “Obama is an apologist” theme, Romney released this to the press:
“It’s disgraceful that the Obama Administration’s first response was not to condemn attacks on our diplomatic missions, but to sympathize with those who waged the attacks.”
Obama’s actual feelings about the attacks were very different.
“I strongly condemn the outrageous attack on our diplomatic facility in Beng-hazi, which took the lives of four Americans, including Ambassador Chris Stevens,” Obama said. “Today we mourn four more Ameri-cans who represent the very best of the United States of
America. We will not waver in our commit-ment to see that justice is done for this terrible act. And make no mistake, justice will be done,”
Open political dis-course and the peaceful transition of power are two things that have made this country strong.
It’s a great thing when two men disagree and fight hard to take the responsibility of leading the republic.
But it is deplorable when one of those men stoops low enough to call the president of the United States a terrorist sympathizer. Campaigns have been brutal, but this is unprecedented.
President Jimmy Cart-er mishandled the Iranian hostage crisis. Carter was up for re-election that year and the Republicans were still selecting their nominee. During the crisis, Ronald Reagan had the decency to acknowledge the president’s commitment to our security.
“This is the time for us as a nation and a people to stand
united,” Reagan said. Another former president
and candidate for the Re-publican nomination at the time was even stronger in his commitment to the presi-dent.
“I unequivocally support the president of the United States -- no ifs, ands or buts -- and it certainly is not a
time to try to go one-up po-litically. He made a difficult, courageous decision,” For-mer President George H.W. Bush said.
Policy disagreement is important and necessary, but leaders should have the decency to not question each other’s loyalty to this coun-try.
Romney stoops to new low under pressureEditor-in-ChiefJoshua May
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Chronicle Page 5 | Friday, September 14, 2012 Opinion
View the original story “SGA Senator on Illinois’ Offender Registry” online at: chronicleonline.tumblr.com or in the Aug. 31 issue at: issuu.com/chronicleclc
To The Chronicle:In the last issue, The
Chronicle made the choice of publishing an inflammatory and salacious article which “outed” a student who is a registered sex offender. This article exhibits poor journal-istic standards and is clearly personally motivated. There are many problems with this story, but perhaps worst of all is that it infringes upon the rights of the student. As a community college, CLC serves as a “second chance” for many types of students including those with criminal records. This is the core of the community college mission. All students have the right to make a new life at the Col-
lege of Lake County provided that they are following the list of “Student Responsibilities” expected of all students. The Chronicle does not have the right to take away a student’s right to pursue an education.
The first problem with this story is that it is nonexistent, at least by good journalistic stan-dards. The Chronicle could make the case that the student named in the piece is a public official in that he is a SGA sen-ator and thus represents CLC as a whole. The core of this ar-gument is that the good gener-ated by publically “outing” this student outweighs the intrusion into his private life, i.e. “the public needs to know” argu-ment. Newspapers routinely delve into the private life of politicians and celebrities, and these investigations are neces-
sary and important when this information exposes possible corruption or hypocrisy. The question arises whether or not a student senator should be held to the same level of inquiry as a state senator or a member of Congress and whether or not his criminal record impedes his ability to be a senator. The person named in your story was in full compliance with the state law and CLC regulations. Exposing him did nothing to make the public safer, but it may significantly impact his ability to be a student. Faculty advisors for clubs here at CLC often remind the members of a club that they are students first, club members second. A stu-dent senator at CLC is just that, a student; the person named in the article is not a career politi-cian or CEO. He is a student trying to get an education.
There were other ways to approach this story that could have been productive while still preserving the rights of this student. The Chronicle could have written a fascinat-ing feature on how colleges and universities deal with students who are registered sex offend-ers (or who have a criminal past in general). It could have informed your readers that in-dividuals on the sex offenders list are students are CLC and are involved in student govern-ment and activities (without putting the spotlight on this in-dividual). The Chronicle could have interviewed students, staff, administrators, the CLC police, and faculty about the
issue and thus begun a lively informed debate. However, informing the public about this issue was not the real intent of the article The Chronicle pub-lished. The clear intent of the article was to create a scandal, to simply say, “Look, a sex of-fender! Get him!”
In fact, the story (beyond the simple outing of the student named) is incredibly weak. The Chronicle had to pad out the story in various ways, which (in two cases) ironically highlight the weakness of the story itself. First, the story points out that the student is not breaking any laws by at-tending CLC and that he is in full compliance, which begs the question of why the story was written in the first place. Secondly, the Chronicle in-cluded his email in its entirety, an email in which he asks that the article not be printed since it may create a hostile environ-ment and impede his ability to go to school. A majority of this article is simply about how The Chronicle should not have printed this article.
Without a real story about which to write, the Chronicle stooped to fabrication and exaggeration, hinting at some sort of “cover-up” on the part of the administration and staff. This is a curious idea since the student’s criminal history is public record. In reality, the staff and administration were doing their job, ensuring the safety of the student body at large while moving cautiously to maintain the rights of this
particular student. The Chron-icle conjured up some sort of conspiracy when none exists just to justify the publication of the story and its intrusion into this student’s life. The story is attention-grabbing, salacious, and largely imaginary.
If SGA enacts rules that pro-hibit students with criminal re-cords from becoming senators or from participating in Student Life, then the staff will enforce those rules, but we hope that SGA does not do so. This stu-dent (and others like him with criminal records, including the eight other registered sex of-fenders at CLC this semester) has committed a crime. We do not know the details or nature of this crime, and we certainly do not condone his past ac-tions, but as teachers at CLC, we are committed to the idea that education can change the lives of students for the better. We are committed to the idea of open access to the community. These students deserve the right to better themselves, to be rehabilitated, and education plays an important part in this process. Should CLC be a safe environment for all students? Absolutely. If a student poses a risk to other students or staff, they should not be allowed on campus. However, the student in question—the student put under the spotlight of your article—does not appear to be a danger. Other than his past crime, the article lists no other complaints or violations while he has been a student at CLC. None.
We would like to be clear: We are strong advocates for the rights of the victims of sexual abuse and assault. We want every member of the CLC community to be safe from this sort of heinous attack. We are also firm believers in the importance of a free press, es-pecially in this day and age of disappearing newspapers and increasingly biased television “sound bite” style reporting. We need a press that is vigor-ous, one that strives to create an informed and reasoned citizen. However, this article veers to-ward muck-racking more than the high ideals of journalism. It did not make anyone safer and only served to violate the rights of a student.
Finally, we would like to address this student directly. We have not named you in this letter since we do not wish to further the mistake of the Chronicle article. We do not know you, nor do we know what your story is. We do not condone your past actions, but despite your past, we fervently believe in your right to an edu-cation and urge you to remain at CLC, to take classes, and to participate in CLC activities. Don’t let this article take that away.
Tracey Hoy — Faculty — Mathematics Department
Dr. Patrick Gonder — Facul-ty — English and Humanities
Suzanne Valentine-French — Faculty — Psychology
Letter to the Editor: 3 Faculty react to SGA article
Correction:The article: “ SGA Senator on Illinois’ Offender Registry” in the
Aug. 31 issue included a quote from Interim Student Life Director Teresa Aguinaldo and said: “I did ask staff and students to be dis-creet because I didn’t want rumors circulating out there.” The quote should have read “I did ask staff and students to be discreet because I didn’t want rumors or misinformation circulating out there.”
To the Co-Editors-in-Chief of the Chronicle Newspaper,
We are writing this letter in regards to an article that was published in the August 31st, 2012 edition of the Chronicle Newspaper. First of all, we would like to express our con-cern when we read that story and saw just how little infor-mation was in it. It contained few facts regarding the student other than his age, his presence
on the registry, and that he is a student senator. It honestly seemed as though he was being singled out, especially since the names of the other seven registrants were not printed in the article.
There seems to be no reason to bring the student’s personal past into question considering that he is currently doing noth-ing wrong, and just because he is a student senator does
not make it permissible to do such. We personally know the student, and he is a respectable, hard-working senator. There have been personal requests that he be placed on the same faculty and staff committees that he took part in last year. I would even venture to say that the Student Government at this college is more efficient and more effective with him as a member.
The job of the Student Gov-ernment Association, at least here at this institution, is to be the voice of all students, because all deserve to be rep-resented equally. Doing some-thing wrong does not alienate you from that right, nor should it.
Sincerely,Liam Morrison, President of
the Student Government As-sociation
Keith Berman, Vice-Pres-ident of the Student Govern-ment Association
Contact Information
Liam Morrison: 1-847-543-2295
Keith Berman: 1-847-543-2994
Letter to the Editor: SGA President, Vice President respond to SGA article
AMERICAN HORROR STORY: ASYLUM
PARKS AND RECREATION
The first season of American Horror Story, saw a modern day family tormented by ghosts in their historical victorian home. Fans of the first season will not be dissapointed even though the same story will not continue. This season, set in a 1960’s asylum, the new victims will be faced with Nazis, aliens, and depraved nuns. This season will feature the same actors as the previous season but as different characters. Maroon 5’s Adam Levine will also appear as the show’s main character.
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Perennial tough guys Michael Chikilis and Dennis Quaid dual it out in the new series “Vegas”. Quaid portrays the classic western lawman battling the increasing influence of Chicago mobsters like Chikilis in 1960’s Las Vegas. “Casino” writer Nicolas Pilleggi’s involvement also has created buzz but it’ll be interesting to see how his style fits into the strict content guidelines of network television.
-Joshua May
Enoch “Nucky” Thompson (Steve Buscemi) must consolidate his power after numerous changes in this coming season. This shows third season is set in 1923, sixteen months after Nucky pulls the trigger on his main rival and former pupil. Nucky will face new threats to his control of Atlantic City and will have to decide whether he is a politician or gangster, there’s no more room in the middle.
-Joshua May
Amy Poehler returns for a fifth season as perky bureaucrat Leslie Knope in the NBC comedy. This season, Knope takes her talent and passion for government to the Pawnee City Council. It’ll be interesting to see how the writers will handle the departure of Leslie’s boyfriend and campaign manager, Adam to Washington D.C.
-Joshua May
The greatest show about a show, 30 Rock is returning for its seventh and final season. The season will be abbreviated running only 13 episodes with an hour long finale. In this season the question about whether or not Liz Lemon (Tina Fey) will finally become a mom will be answered. Also, Jenna Maroney (Jane Krakowski) marries her celebrity impersonator, Paul (Will Forte). This season will have a lot of familiar faces returning: James Marsden as Liz’s boyfriend, Elizabeth Banks reprising her role as Avery Jessup as well as the return of Jack Donaghy’s (Alec Baldwin) ever faithful receptionist, Jonathan (Maulik Pancholy).
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THE WALKING DEADSeason three of the show Entertainment Weekly called, “the greatest thriller ever produced on television,” continues with Rick Grimes (Andrew Lincoln) and the other survivors continuing on their adventure through the post-apocalyptic U.S. in a never ending struggle to subsist against the undead and themselves. Grimes and his crew must continue to band together not only to survive the zombies but when they meet their biggest challenge yet: the living. Season three airs in two-parts starting on Oct. 14 and picking back up again in February 2013. “The Walking Dead” is the most watched drama in cable history beating fellow AMC shows, “Mad Men” and “Breaking Bad.” -Brett Starkopf
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Troy and Abed are now on Fridays, along with the rest of the study group, for their final year at Greendale. After last year’s fall out with show creator Dan Harmon, which left “Community” in limbo, NBC decided to renew the show for an abbreviated fourth and final season. New show runners David Guarascio and Moses Port (both wrote “Just Shoot Me”) have vowed to keep the show a “weird (and) wonderful gem.” True to that nature, the first episode is a parody of “Hunger Games” in which Jeff Winger (Joel McHale) competes to enroll in a class.
Shawn Ryan, creator of “The Shield” brings us “Last Resort”. A nuclear submarine goes renegade after receiving an illegal order to destroy all of Pakistan. The captain (Andre Braugher) leads his crew to a small island where they wait for the government to strike and try to find answers.
NBC and “Law and Order” creator Dick Wolf continue their legacy of procedurals but this time swapping cops and lawyers with firemen and paramedics. The series will be shot entirely in Chicago and the pilot includes an appearance by Mayor Rahm Emanuel.
“It’s easier being mayor than playing mayor. I told them I’d do it under one condition: the TV show is making an investment to the Firefighters’ Widows and Orphans Fund,” Emanuel said.
Mindy Kaling of “The Office” fame plays a fictional version of herself, Mindy Lahiri. The show follows her life as an OB/GYN with the backdrop of her workplace and relationships. Fox hopes to emulate the success of NBC’s comedy lineup.
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Director John Hillcoat fol-lows up his masterful and grim recent works, “The Proposi-tion” and “The Road” with “Lawless”, the story of three Prohibition-era brothers who ran a bootlegging operation in Virginia. The film was adapted from the book, “The Wettest County in the World” by Matt Bondurant, who detailed the lives of his grandfather and grand-uncles.
Jack Bondurant (Shia LaBeouf) is the youngest brother and eager to prove him-self to his older brothers How-ard (Jason Clarke) and Forrest (Tom Hardy). Jack utilizes his driving skills to expand the business across the county line and gains the respect of re-nowned gangster Floyd Banner (Gary Oldman). Oldman shines as a blood thirsty bandit, it is a shame he does not have more screen time.
The Bondurant Brother’s for-tunes turn for the worst when they refuse to pay off Special Deputy Charley Rakes (Guy Pearce), a corrupt federal agent from Chicago. Pearce almost steals the show, whose parted
hair, plucked eyebrows and garish attire make him stick out like a sore thumb in rural Virginia.
Once again, Hillcoat utilizes a breathtaking backdrop, this time it is the Virginian coun-tryside, and then proceeds to soak it in blood as he did with the Australian outback in “The Proposition”. The film portrays the bootleggers of Franklin,VA as having a sense of honor despite their illegal trade. The Bondurant’s are known to be tough and rumored to be im-mortal and numerous violent scenes put that claim to the test.
Hardy does an excellent job as the eldest brother, Forrest. Forrest simmers but never boils over and Hardy does a great job of making a character that could be portrayed as a simple roughneck understandable, if not relatable.
“We’re survivors, we control the fear and without the fear, we’re all as good as dead,” Forrest says to a battered Jack, “It is not the violence that sets a man apart. It’s the distance he is prepared to go.”
“Lawless” goes all the way in terms of violence
and by the end of the film, it loses some of its impact es-pecially when the antagonist Deputy Rakes is finally killed.
The film starts developing its lead characters and their loyalty to each other, as well as, a comment on the battle
between corrupt lawmen and slightly principled criminals but stops developing both in favor of romance sub-plots and even more violence.
“Lawless” is a solid period crime drama but falls short of Hillcoat’s previous films.
Great performances keep ‘Lawless’ afloat
Screenshot • The Weinstein CompanyA strong ensemble cast featuring Tom Hardy, Shia LaBeouf, and Gary Oldman make up for lackluster writing.
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This semester, CLC’s Cen-ter for International Educa-tion will be offering a film series consisting of four dif-ferent international movies.
Chris Cooling, a CLC film instructor, organizes the movies that will be shown each semester.
There are four films screened each semester.
The first movie, “Captain Abu Raed”, was made in Jordan and was the coun-try’s first Foreign Language Oscar submission as well as the first film produced in Jordan in fifty years.
It centers on an airport janitor whose decision to pick up and wear a pilot’s cap makes him a hero fig-ure to local children, but also comes with dire conse-quences.
Cooling says that this film is of particular significance due to the study abroad trip to Jordan coming up in 2013. Although he was given the opportunity to promote the
trip through the film, it has also given him cause to put a Middle-Eastern twist on this film series.
He will also show last year’s Oscar winner in Foreign Language film, “A Separation”, which was pro-duced in Iran.
The film is a courtroom thriller focusing on a divorce that leads to rising tempers, family tensions, and eventu-ally a murder charge.
One of the films, “A Prophet”, from France, is a gangster film about a young French-Arab set in an Alge-rian prison. This adds to the Middle-Eastern theme dur-ing this semester’s series.
Another film in the se-ries comes from Spain and it stars an actor that might be familiar to American movie goers. The visceral horror film, “The Skin I Live In” features Antonio Ban-deras as a plastic surgeon who, after the death of his wife, becomes obsessed with creating a synthetic skin.
Many people may be turned off by foreign films
because of the need for subtitles. But of-ten when a film is powerful and draws you into its enthralling story, the subtitles are hardly an annoyance.
These movies are sure to deliver when it comes to excitement and action.
They wouldn’t have been chosen for this series if they weren’t great.
“Foreign films are a great substitute for travel, they’re a great incentive to travel more, and they’re a great way to connect with people from other cultures,” Cooling said.
Each film will be shown for free on Fridays in A162, Grayslake Cam-pus, at 7 pm. The first film, “Captain Abu Raed”, screens on Sept. 21, “The Skin I Live In” on Oct. 19, “A Prophet” on Nov. 9, and “A Separation” on Dec. 7.
For more information contact Chris Cooling at [email protected] or (847) 543-2623.
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Chronicle Page 9 | September 14, 2012A&E
With a title like “Celeste & Jesse Forever” the av-erage movie goer would predict that such a title would allude to a traditional romantic comedy equipped with humor, heartbreak, and of course, a happy ending.
The irony of Rashida Jones’ (Parks and Recre-ation, I Love You Man) writing debut is that it is in no way a cookie cutter kind of romantic comedy that teenage boys are dragged to by their girlfriends on a
Saturday night. Jones success-fully creates an emotionally relatable fusion of drama and romantic comedy about a lik-able couple who double as best friends and how they deal with their changing relationship.
At times, Celeste and Jesse
are two peas in a pod. They know each other inside and out. They met in college, became attached at the hip, and eventu-ally tied the knot. Their friends would probably not categorize them as a couple, but more of a unit. After being happily married for several years, they decide they need to separate. Celeste (Jones) decides to re-main in the house while Jesse (Andy Samberg) moves into their guest house. Even during their separation the pair act like nothing has happened and con-tinue spending time together very frequently.
While Celeste and Jesse are taking their separation well, their close friends are disturbed by their evolving relationship. Their union became the stan-dard to look upon amongst their friends. Their friends are personally worried that if Ce-leste and Jesse cannot make
their relationship work, is their hope for any of them to find love? As they often do, Celeste and Jesse make a joke out of their friend’s discomfort and assure them that they are fine and that there is nothing wrong with them remaining close.
While Celeste and Jesse are alike, they do have their differ-ences. Celeste is driven, which is seen through her success as a “Trend-Analyst” and author. She predicts what will be popu-lar or trendy in the future and has actually created an entire business, with her business partner Scott (Elijah Wood.)
Working as a freelance artist, Jesse does not have the same career success Celeste has. He always has unfinished projects and is often unmotivated to fin-ish them.The story takes a radi-cal turn when Jesse is confront-ed with a serious life choice that forces him and Celeste to
reconsider their relationship. This forces Celeste to con-
template Jesse taking a reduced role in her life. She responds, with a little push from her part-ner Scott, by blindly jumping back into the world of dating. Each date seems progressively better, until each one terribly crashes and burns. These dates from hell make her miss Jesse more than before.
What is great about “Celeste & Jesse Forever” is where you expect it to be dramatic, it’s humorous. For example, in-stead of coping with alcohol as a result of their break up, Ce-leste consumes large amounts of fried food covered in ranch dressing. Vice-versa, where you expect it to be comedic, it’s tear-jerking. This can be seen by observing Jesse, because of his indecisiveness about his and Celeste’s relationship and Sandberg’s comedy back-
ground. While difficult to classify, it’s
definitely more “Annie Hall” than “No Strings Attached”.
Sandberg really shows a dualism in his acting ability that is the most surprising thing about the film. He and Jones’ not only make a likable couple, but a realistic one as well. The supporting cast has a small but significant role of giving us the perspective of each Jesse and Celeste.
Alongside an amazing soundtrack, featuring songs from Porcelain Raft, Lily Al-len and Freddie Scott, the film creates a longing for a lost love in all of us. It’s a vision of how relationships really work in collaboration with the rest of our lives, rather than being a separate entity of its own. It is easy to say Jones will have a tough time topping her debut film next time around.
‘Celeste & Jesse Forever’ more than it seemsOpinion EditorNate Sousa
The Lake Forest Sympho-ny opened their 2012-2013 season, Sept. 7 and 8, at the JLC with a performance of the Dancing Dvořák from Czech composer Antonín Dvořák.The show was led by Lake Forest Symphony’s Music Director and Conduc-tor, Maestro Alan Heather-ington, along with solos by the concertmaster of the Lake Forest Symphony and world renowned violinist, Ilya Kaler.The night was opened with a heartfelt dedication from Heatherington to
Lake Forest Symphony’s late Music Director, Maestro Vic-
tor Aitay. Aitay was appointed the Symphony’s Music Direc-tor in 1967 and served until 1988. During which he person-ally selected Heatherington as the Symphony’s concertmaster which Heatherington held for 10 years. Along with the Lake Forest Symphony, Aitay was a part of countless other Orches-tras and Symphonies including the Hungarian Royal Opera, the Chicago Symphony and the Philharmonic Orchestra.
Selections from Dvořák in-cluded an opening with “Sla-vonic Dance in g minor, Op. 46, No. 8 Presto” in which Maestro Heatherington drew in the audience with the upbeat and exciting rhythm and included every piece of the Symphony.
Following was “Violin Con-certo in a minor, Op. 53 Allegro ma non troppo, Adagio ma non troppo, Finale: Allegro giocoso ma non troppo,” in which Kaler made his debut for the night. Kaler led beautifully showcas-ing why the Washington Post credits him, “a consummate musician, in total control at all times, with a peerless mastery of his violin.” Kaler’s dedica-tion to every note and move-ment of his bow is impeccable with his perpetual concentra-tion and met with a standing ovation after every piece.
Before performing “Ro-mance”, Maestro Heathering-ton received the “Conductor of the Year” award from the Il-linois Council of Orchestra for
the second time, his first being in 2005.
“While I do conduct the shows, I make no noise,” Heatherington said motioning to his fellow symphony, equal-ly crediting the award to them.
Heatherington is the prime example of an award winning conductor. Between pieces, he explained the connections in the composer’s life, what happened during the time they wrote the piece, their coun-try of origin, etc. and how it shaped the music they wrote.Heatherington made sure to involve the audience in the show and knew audience members by name. He en-gaged the crowd and excited them by teaching them the
deeper meaning behind the music he conducts. Heather-ington conducts in a lively way that draws one in, show-cased perfectly during the performance of Dvořák’s, “Slavonic Dance.”The per-formance of “Romance in f minor, Op.11, Andante con moto” once again was led by Kaler. “Romance” ended the first half of the show on a calmer and more nostal-gic note in comparison to “Slavonic Dance and Violin Concerto.”Heatherington finished the night with Dvořák’s “Symphony No. 6 in D, Op. 60, a four-movement piece in allegro non tanto, adagio, Scerzo
(Furiant): Presto, and Fi-nale: Allegro con spirit; Presto.” Symphony No. 6 strikes many similarities between that of Beethoven and Brahms.
It attributes the Czech style and Germanic classical-romantic form. Being one of the largest of Dvořák’s Symphonies running about 40 minutes, it grabbed global attention and Kaler did a flawless job of showing just why. The Symphony jumps from one instrument group to another, each finishing the lasts part flowing seam-lessly to the end, in which Heatherington, Kaler, and the entire Lake Forest Symphony were met with yet another standing ova-tion for a fantastic opening
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Chronicle Page 10| Friday, September 14, 2012 SportsOpinion: College athletes should be paidStaff ReporterHiram Carerro
Imagine a job where you worked six or seven hours a day in the fall and the win-ter, eight hours a day in the summer, and spring work is optional but you could lose your job if you don’t work. The organization you work for can make anywhere from $5 million-$1.5 billion dol-lars each year. You dedicate three or four years of work so that, maybe, you can get promoted to a bigger com-pany.
Oh, and let’s not forget the best part, your pay check every week or two weeks says... (Wait for it)...$00.00. No, that is not a typo and I am not talking about a Nike factory sweatshop in some third-world country. That is just part of the life of a col-lege athlete.
As an athlete from little league to high school, play-ers dedicate time and effort to achieve great.
They do it because they love the game, they love their teammates, and they love to win or hate to lose. If they become one of the se-lect few to be accepted and honored by a scholarship to a major program, the stakes get raised significantly.
Now these athletes aren’t only playing for the enjoy-ment, they’re playing for someone else’s profit.
The original reason for college athletics was to pre-pare athletes for the pros, so that scouts could decide which men and women had enough talent, work ethic, intelligence, and under-standing to be successful at the next level. Now college programs at schools like Oregon, LSU, USC, and Alabama are worth millions of dollars, they are like pro-fessional teams themselves.
But, they get scholarships, right? Free school sounds like a pretty sweet deal, con-sidering that I’m taking out loans to attend school here, I wouldn’t mind it.
Getting a free educa-tion worth anywhere from $80,000-$100,000 sounds perfect. But, considering the fact that, when you are part of a winning program, ath-letes can make their school up to $40 million a year just on a bowl game, their con-ference revenue share, and ticket sales. That deal looks like a backwards sour patch
kid (sweet then sour), not including sponsorships and TV deals.
Not to mention the fact that athletes are already idolized and treated like stars everywhere they go, racking up jersey sales like Vasant Ramachandran wrote in his article, “A few years ago, Nike could sell a Duke number four jersey for $80 and J.J. Redick didn’t see one dime. That was and is unfair.” Most of us know Peyton Manning, class of 1998 at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, but how many of us know Rus-sell Haskins? They were in the same graduating class, shocker right? And even in college they are as different as they are now. One played on prime time and the other went to class.
What most people who say collegiate athletes should not get paid overlook how necessary athletes are to the success of a program.
With Cam Newton the Au-burn Tigers went 13-0 and won a national champion-ship. In the year and a half he has been gone they have only won seven games and lost nine.
The LSU Tigers were #1 in the country until they dis-missed their top corner and playmaker Tyrann Matheiu from their team. Conse-quently they dropped to #4 in the country and lost all na-tional championship hopes.
One player! One player can win millions of dol-lars, fame, recognition, and adoration from a school of fans.With scandals like Ohio State, where players got free tattoos for signed jerseys and conference champion-ship rings, to Michigan Uni-versity, where five players were allegedly paid from a Michigan booster for their performance on the court.
Then at SMU, they paid players for four years amid NCAA warning and sanc-tions and eventually had their football program shut down for two years.
Other incidents looming in our past act as a reminder of what these schools did to win.
As fans and players, we learn something important from them, with the money continuing to grow and the money getting more im-portant, the athletes’ power and voice is becoming less meaningful.
They are becoming less human and more of a prod-uct, less of a student and more of an athlete, less note-books and more playbooks, less classes and more team meetings.
The demand placed on these athletes to be great is immense and the pressure to perform is unsettling. It is the “winning at all costs” culture that we have created and refuse to acknowledge. Imagine walking into work knowing that our perfor-mance is worth $19 million dollars. That’s what hap-pened to D’anthony Thomas, an Oregon running back and wide receiver, but also a 19 year old kid.
I mention him because he lost his school around $6 million when he fumbled the football in the season opener. Feeling the pressure yet?
As a sports lover myself, statistics are important to making an argument valid and reasonable. So in their best years take a look at what some schools made. Ala-bama football in 2011: about $50 million, LSU football in
2011: about $45 million, Or-egon football in 2010: about $42 million, and Auburn football in 2010: about $47 million. Michael Wilbon re-ports, “its $10.8 billion to be exact -- between the NCAA and CBS/Turner Sports for March Madness between 2011 and 2024.” Wilbon goes on to say, “On top of that, there’s a new four-year deal with ESPN that pays the BCS $500 million.”The problem that would arise with a “pay for play” system is that it creates a division between other students and athletes.
Also top with schools and regular mid-majors, with the top schools having a clear capital advantage.
The competitive style would shift and some people might lose interest.
In honesty, that stuff men-tioned above happens now. Now it’s true, once in awhile a school like Louisiana-Monroe beats a powerhouse like Arkansas.
That stuff doesn’t hap-pen very often, we get one of those games every other
year and only the people at those schools remem-ber them. Athletes are put on TV, their life stories on ESPN, where they have been, where they go, and even their failed drug tests.
Other students don’t get that, the biology majors don’t get that. That division between players and students is already present. Wilbon writes, “So I don’t want to hear that it’s “unfair” to pay the quarterback of Alabama more than all the sociology students in the undergradu-ate college.” And even with coaches and the other teach-ers are divided, who makes $5.9 million in salary this year?
Yes, that Professor in the Engineering Department.
Oh wait, no, no, not him, I meant Nick Saban, the head football coach. We treat athletes, like stars, as if they are larger than life. We can say they don’t deserve it but some have just earned it through the work and time they have put into something everybody but the player benefits from.
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Opinion: College athletes should be paidyear and only the people at those schools remem-ber them. Athletes are put on TV, their life stories on ESPN, where they have been, where they go, and even their failed drug tests.
Other students don’t get that, the biology majors don’t get that. That division between players and students is already present. Wilbon writes, “So I don’t want to hear that it’s “unfair” to pay the quarterback of Alabama more than all the sociology students in the undergradu-ate college.” And even with coaches and the other teach-ers are divided, who makes $5.9 million in salary this year?
Yes, that Professor in the Engineering Department.
Oh wait, no, no, not him, I meant Nick Saban, the head football coach. We treat athletes, like stars, as if they are larger than life. We can say they don’t deserve it but some have just earned it through the work and time they have put into something everybody but the player benefits from.
Chronicle Page 11 | Friday, September 14, 2012Sports
The American League cen-tral race remains one of the closest in baseball and heading into a pivotal four game series which started Sept. 10, the White Sox lead the Tigers by just two games.
Game one went to the Sox who powered their way to an 8-7 win behind home runs by Alex Rios, A.J. Pierzynski and Gorden Beckham. Detroit an-swered back with vigor, taking games two and three. Detroit received lights-out starting pitching from both Doug Fister and AL strikeout leader Max Scherzer. Scherzer sat down
seven White Sox en route to an 8-6 Tigers win.
Seeing their lead dwindle to just one, the Sox were set to enter a battle of aces, sending 16-6, power-armed lefty Chris Sale to oppose the reigning AL Cy Young Award winner and MVP in Detroit’s Justin Ver-lander.
Everything seemed to be fall-ing in place for an epic battle for first place in the division, but Mother Nature had other plans. Rain lingered over Chi-cago and the game was post-poned after a rain delay of just over an hour.
So the Sox watched the Ti-gers leave U.S Cellular field while still clinging to a one
game division lead. So, with 19 games remaining on each team’s schedule, it is going to come down to three things, finishing power, strength of schedule and old fashioned luck.
As far as I see it, the Tigers are sitting in the catbird seat as far as a division title goes. Of the remaining games, Detroit only has three games against a team with a winning record when they play Oakland Sept. 18-20. The remaining 16 games are against the cellar of the AL Central.
Two three-game series with Kansas City and Minnesota, as well as three games with the Indians, round out a rather
meager home stretch for Prince Fielder and company. Although the Tigers have had trouble with Cleveland, trailing the season series 6-9, there is little for them to fear in the waning days.
As for the White Sox, their schedule is marred with both east and west coast teams fight-ing for playoff spots. The Sox do head into Minnesota for three games, and follow that up with three in Kansas City.
They will also see Cleve-land for six games, but the real trouble can come from the three game series in Anaheim against the Angels and a four game series against the Tampa Bay Rays.
Both the Angels and Rays are in playoff contention and boast some of the most prolific power hitters and shut down pitchers in the game.
Keep in mind, the Sox do have the lead at the moment, so they have one game to work with.
The Sox are going to have to get stellar starting pitching from someone other than Sale and stay healthy down the stretch. Even though there is that minimal wiggle room in the division, it is essentially division title or bust for the Ti-gers and pale hose.
As it stands now, the team in second place in the AL Central would not even factor into the
White Sox cling to slim AL Central LeadSports EditorSam Greenberg
Standards are high swinging into the women’s tennis season. The former Sky-line Conference Champions have grown accustomed to padding the win column early in the season.
Although they are on a two game los-ing streak, the players are doing their best with what they have.
“(Such a) small team is very rare,” Malone said. “Some players had to move up, some recruits were not able to play, but the new players have potential.”
With only two returning players, the new recruits have to learn as they go. The girls seem to be bonding just fine, with plenty of time spent together at practice, on the road and between matches.
Preparation for the season is an early focus on improving strokes.
“(There is) a little time before regionals and improvement each week, as a coach (is something) you just want to see.”
The team is also planning for an upset at regionals and with the two best play-ers in the region on the team, that goal is realistic.
Team captains, Jessica Ring and Jenni-fer Lee, are the two top ranks on the team. Though the task seems challenging, the expectation to win seems to also contrib-ute to their motivation.
“It’s one thing to practice and another to play,” said Malone of the difference in the teams’ dynamic.
Upcoming home matches are Sept. 18 against Elgin at 2:45 p.m. and Sept. 20 against Oakton at 2:45 p.m.
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Friday, September 14, 2012 Vol 46, No. 1Truth Conquers All Since 1969
The 2012 CLC Volleyball season is in full swing.
The Lancers have been faced by some tough calls in close matches but this team is on the brink of breaking through.
“We are starting to un-derstand how good we can be and every match you see improvement,” said Head Coach Rob Caliendo.
Freshman Diana Rodri-guez took a positive outlook following a nail-biting de-feat at Waubonsee.
“The game against Waubonsee I saw a different team, we kept everybody on their toes and in the game.” Rodriguez said. “We played smart even though we lost by two points, but we played 5 sets and I’m proud of my team, we will get there.”
Only two home matches remain on the schedule, and they are must wins if this team is going to start build-ing some momentum.
It’s always easier to play at home and they are matches that need to be won.
However, players like Sara Steinhoff embrace the road trips.
“Being on the road with my teammates is by far the best part of volleyball and I’m honored to get to spend so much time with them,” Steinhoff said. “Each and every one of us takes pride in our strengths and it’s “Lake County” on our back that unites us.”
Four away matches remain
as well and that is discount-ing the two tournaments away from the Grayslake campus.
Good teams find ways to get it done away from home and the Lancer’s try to keep it as simple as possible.
“Every place has their little differences, be it a low ceiling or less room, but we just make sure we leave the gym better than when we came in,” Caliendo said.
The wins might not be there quite yet, however this team is showing a bond
that will be hard to match on any team.
Rodriguez feels the en-couragement and trust of her teammates has helped her adjust to her new position in the middle.
“When I started off I was negative, thinking I couldn’t play middle, but when I had my teammates right by my side encouraging me, it made me think twice and it was time to think that I can do it, “ Rodriguez said.
In any sport, it is the veter-an leaders that keep the ship
afloat during tough times, and this team is no different.
Stefanie Cahill, Marina Borrero and Nina Asuncion are the unquestioned leaders of this team.
Steinhoff knows the veter-ans have a major impact on team morale.
“It can be tough to bounce back from a defeat, but as long as we know we left it all out on the court and did our best, we are happy with how we played,” said Steinhoff. “Our captains are awesome at keeping us positive and sticking to the plan.”
With some extra time to work before the Sep. 18 home match against Oakton, you can expect a hungry and determined bunch come game time.
With the meat of the schedule coming up, the time is now for this team to make its move.
If the energy in prac-tice from the players and coaches is any indication, things might be about to turn around in a hurry.
Lancers volleyball facing must win games
Photo courtesy of The ChronicleThe volleyball team has just two home matches left, with the first on Sept. 18.
The oldest rivalry in pro-fessional sports continued Thursday night when the Bears made the trek north to Lambeau Field to face the Packers, in what was expected to be a showcase of two prolific offences.
After 60 painstaking min-utes of watching Packers linebacker Clay Matthews send Bears quarterback Jay Cutler hurdling to the turf, the green and gold earned a 23-10 victory.
It wasn’t only Matthews who broke through the Bears Swiss cheese like offensive line, although he did it fre-quently ending the night with three and a half sacks. Matthews combined with four other Green Bay play-ers to put Cutler on his back a total of seven times.
Where the Bears flexed their offensive muscles in week one, putting up 41 points on the Colts, they only managed to put the ball in the end zone once against
a defense that finished last in the NFL in 2011. Cutler threw for an anemic 126 yards and was picked off four times, including twice by Green Bay cornerback Tramon Williams.
In an offense that hopes to have found pieces to a puzzle that have been miss-ing for decades and that saw an overhaul of the front of-fice, Thursday night saw the Bears entire founda-tion crumble beneath the slow and mediocre feet of J’Marcus Webb and the of-fensive line.
Facing a brutal pass rush all night, Cutler was often forced from the pocket and not able to find his trio of threatening receivers.
Brandon Marshall took an enormous step back in his second game as a Bear, only catching two passes for 24 yards.
Not to mention dropping a wide open touchdown pass in the first half that would have trimmed the Packers lead to six.
Bears running back Matt
Forte struggled to find any room to run between the tackles and only managed 54 yards on 14 carries and caught four passes for 49 yards.
His night ended earlier than he and Bears fans hoped when he exited the game with an ankle inju-ry. The only touchdown of the first half came on a fake field goal, by Green Bay punter Tim Masthay and backup tight end Tom Crabtree. The two hooked up for a 27 yard pass and put the Pack up 13-0 at the half.
It wasn’t until the fourth quarter when Green Bay quarterback Aaron Rodgers found aging wide out Donald Driver on a 26 yard TD pass to pad their lead to 23-3.
The game seemed well in hand for the Pack when Rodgers was intercepted by cornerback Tim Jennings and the Bears offense finally managed to put points on the board.
With just under seven min-
utes to go, Cutler gunned a 21 yard TD pass to tight end Kellen Davis to bring the score to 23-10.
It was too little too late for head coach Lovie Smith’s crew.
His offense couldn’t man-age anything through the air or keep their quarterback off the ground.
The Bears defense did manage to keep Rodgers and the potent Packers offense in check, Cutler and the Chi-cago offense failed to pick up the slack.
Now sitting at 1-1 on the season, the Bears will hope to recover next Sunday against the lowly St. Louis Rams at Soldier Field.
Cutler sacked seven times, Bears fall to Pack
Photo Courtesy of Chicago BearsCutler threw for just 126 yards,one TD and was picked off four times.
Staff ReporterjOE cOPELAND
Sports EditorSam Greenberg