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HT students break dance with the Brick Headz Crew

Ricardo Torres
TECHNEWS WRITER

Union Board hosted their third
All The RIITe Moves session on Saturday,
October 24, and it was hosted at The Bog.
The event began at 7 pm. as the members of
Brick Headz crew prepared to give a break
dancing presentation. The Brick Headz
Crew is a Chicago group that focuses on
break dancing. They also give performances
throughout the community and dance lessons
to those who are interested. After rehearsing
for some time, the Brick Headz Crewimade

up of four membersiwas ready to perform.
During the performance, it was clear that the
HT students were enjoying the show as they
clapped and showed expressions ofsurprise as
the performers executed impressive moves.
After their performance the Brick
Headz Crew gathered the students into a circle
to teach them a few break dancing techniques.
The first member introduced the students to
the basic break dancing steps. He explained
that when beginning to dance it is important
to learn to do the basic steps as these will
help the dancer get in step with the music
and have fun by adding their own moves to

the dance. The second member then took the
floor as he would be teaching the students
about performing more dynamic moves.
These included moves such as handstands, and
others where the dancer would be partially
or completely upside down. He stated that an
essential technique to performing these moves
was to generate momentum and use it to
perform the move. After this, another member
of the Brick Headz crew shared some break
dancing moves that would bring a style to the
dancer. He also shared that in break dancing
many dancers have their unique style and it
was common practice for a dancer to generate

their own moves that would give them their
own style.

The HT students then prepared to
show what they had learned as the music was
turned up and the lights were dimmed. Each
student took a tum to dance to the music in
the middle of the circle as they laughed and
learned from each other. The event ended as
the Brick Headz Crew took a group picture
with the HT students and thanked the students
for coming to watch their performance.

  

Kori Bowns
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Senator Dick Durbin, along with
Chicagos City Council recently endorsed the
organization of adjunct professors to seek
better working conditions as well as a voice
on their campuses. A cityrwide movement
toward unionization of adjunct professors
is currently underway in Chicago, and HT
adjunct professors are joining it.

On Tuesday, October 27, a few
adjunct faculty members from the university
hosted a table on the MTCC Bridge over the

lunch hour, seeking support from students for
their cause. They asked students passing by to
sign up in support and to receive additional
information. According to Kim Moulos,
an adjunct instructor in the Humanities
Department, 44% of the faculty at HT is
adjunct faculty, which is a large increase
from the number of adjunct professors in the
past. Adjunct professors often have the same
qualifications as other faculty, but are none
tenure track and often contracted to teach
partitime at an institution.
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average pay for adjunct professors is $2700 a
course, and while HT pays much better, the
university limits adjunct faculty to teaching
two courses a term and offers no benefits.
Moulos says she teaches six classes with 140
students between HT and College of DuPage
in order to meether expenses. When only 30%
ofan HT students tuition goes toward paying
faculty and 44% offaculty are adjuncts, many
ofthe adjunct professors believe that they can
be paid more and receive benefits.

The movement toward unionization
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number of Chicago universities, including
University of Chicago, DePaul, Loyola, and
Northwestern, as well as HT The organization
ofadjunct faculty at HT is in its first stages, so
Moulos wasnt able to comment much on the
reception of the movement at the university
as of yet. Students interested in following the
developments of adjunct faculty unionization
at HT can follow the “Faculty Forward
Chicago” page on Facebook to see updates
regarding unionization from a variety of
Chicagorarea schools.

Photo by Genevieve Hnmmel