Dear reader,\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Second-year Calista Lee <\/span>passed away<\/span><\/a> on October 27 at 19 years old. A memorial on Lee\u2019s behalf was held last week in the East Dean\u2019s Lounge of Woodlawn, with more than 75 people in attendance.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n The <\/span>Maroon<\/span><\/i> hopes to follow this article with an obituary memorializing Calista\u2019s life and her time as a member of the University community. We ask anyone who has memories they want to share about Calista to please contact the <\/span>Maroon<\/span><\/i>\u2019s Editors-in-Chief at <\/span>tiffanyl9@uchicago.edu<\/span><\/a> and <\/span>elenae@uchicago.edu<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n Read our latest issue <\/span>here<\/span><\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n News<\/strong><\/p>\n Almost 20 students are vying to represent the Class of 2029 in this year\u2019s College Council election. <\/span>Here<\/span><\/a> is everything you need to know about the candidates before voting closes at 4 p.m. on Friday.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Nevin Hall, the former vice president of student organizations and Elections & Rules Committee chair for Undergraduate Student Government (USG) who was impeached last year, is <\/span>running<\/span><\/a> for College Council. Hall is the only candidate on the ballot for two vacant seats, but USG officials say he is disqualified from taking office.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n The College is <\/span>offering<\/span><\/a> a new minor in Krey\u00f2l and Haitian studies. \u201cOur role is to give students an overall picture of the Haitian context. It\u2019s not just language, but also other aspects of the society,\u201d said assistant instructional professor of French and Haitian Creole Gerdine Ulysse.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Nobel Laureate and theoretical physicist Chen Ning Yang (Ph.D. \u201948) <\/span>died<\/span><\/a> on October 18 at 103 years old. Yang is remembered for his research on particle behavior and for his discovery, alongside colleague Tsung-Dao Lee (Ph.D. \u201950), of a phenomenon that disrupted the principle of parity conservation.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Arts<\/strong><\/p>\n Arts reporter Mariana Meriles <\/span>reviews<\/span><\/a> Nia DaCosta\u2019s film <\/span>Hedda<\/span><\/i>, an adaptation of Henrik Ibsen\u2019s play <\/span>Hedda Gabler<\/span><\/i> about a bored middle-class woman who attempts to assert her own agency and control by manipulating others. For all the film\u2019s beauty, Meriles writes that it \u201cappears more polished than it is profound.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n From jazz quartets to pipes in Rockefeller Memorial Chapel, the <\/span>Maroon<\/span><\/i> has got you <\/span>covered <\/span><\/a>with a roundup of three weekly concert series in Hyde Park.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Last weekend, students taking the Intro to Western Art Music course had the opportunity to <\/span>hear <\/span><\/a>the Chicago Symphony Orchestra perform at the Symphony Center downtown. The program featured music by composer Hector Berlioz, including <\/span>Harold in Italy<\/span><\/i> and <\/span>Symphonie fantastique<\/span><\/i>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Sports<\/strong><\/p>\n The Chicago Bears haven\u2019t had much to <\/span>celebrate<\/span><\/a> in recent years. Under new head coach Ben Johnson, could they return to their former glory?<\/span><\/p>\n