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Johnson struggles to start 2019 campaign
Freshmen assigned unknown dorms New students placed in Jones and Beta house By JASON BEEFERMAN
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Daniel Epstein at Evanston Township High School. Epstein is running for the Illinois Supreme Court.
Epstein runs for Supreme Court ETHS grad is the youngest candidate for highest court in Illinois By SAMANTHA HANDLER
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Daniel Epstein never had a dream of having a big house or a nice car. Instead, the attorney and Evanston Township High School grad has a dream of justice and making the world — or at least
Illinois — a better place, one case at a time. To do that, he says, there needs to be systemic judicial reform, which can only be done from the highest court in Illinois, the state Supreme Court. The Evanston native is one of seven candidates running for the Cook County seat on the Supreme Court. If elected, he would be the youngest justice
in 101 years. “I’m very much all in,” Epstein said. “I took my life savings — I put aside enough to make it through the election, to maintain health insurance and to buy a ring for my girlfriend. Everything else went into this.” In the crowded field — which may still be growing as another attorney started circulating
petitions to join the race on Thursday — Epstein is currently the only candidate who is not a judge and who has presented a platform of ideas rather than just his qualifications. Illinois judicial candidates are not allowed to talk about how they would decide cases, controversies or issues that » See COURT, page 8
When Weinberg freshman Jessica Lechuga opened her housing assignment email this summer, she said she didn’t recognize the residential hall she was assigned to. “What the heck is Jones?” Lechuga said. Due to over-enrollment, 152 freshman students were placed in Jones Residential College this year, last used as a fine and performing arts residential college in 2016, and 2349 Sheridan, a repurposed Beta Theta Pi House. When incoming students were asked to rank their preferences from a list of 19 residential halls before Wildcat Welcome, the list did not include Jones and the former fraternity house. The buildings’ new residents did not know their housing assignments existed as a potential option until an Aug. 2 email from Residential Services. Communication freshman
Anna Clark was assigned a single in Jones despite having requested a double elsewhere. “I sort of assumed that it must have been something I had forgotten ranking,” Clark said. For some students, the surprise housing arrangement also meant they had to pay more. Zak Chorny, a Weinberg freshman, said he had to pay almost $2,000 dollars more to live in a single that he didn’t ask for. After asking Residential Services if he could pay the price of a double, Chorny was told he would only be able to pay the lower price if he switched into a double though there were none available,” Chorny said. The University’s acceptance rate this year rose for the first time in 10 years, and the class of 2023 — which has 2,010 students — is the largest of the current undergraduate classes, with 74 more students than the class of 2022. Students assigned to Jones on Aug. 2 received a University email three days later detailing the reasons behind sudden changes three days after housing assignments were released. The Aug. 5 email from » See HOUSING, page 8
Robert Crown still on track BrewBike adds new locations Community center is set to open in January By CASSIDY WANG
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Although Beacon Academy withdrew $500,000 from funding the Robert Crown Community Center in August, the Friends of Robert Crown Center remain confident in their ability to finance the project. When undergoing contract negotiations, the private Evanston high school realized the center’s usage would have to be adjusted “in ways not contemplated,” said Patty Abrams, the chair of the school’s board of trustees, in an Aug. 5 letter to the city. The original agreement between the city and Beacon Academy included displaying the school’s branding in the gym.
Even though Beacon Academy pulled out, the Friends of the Robert Crown Center, a non-profit group committed to fundraising for the project, has raised just over $12 million in commitments and donations, according to city data. With a $15 million project fund planned for 2019, the organization has around $3 million left to raise, although Pete Giangreco, a board member of the organization, said they have secured $1 million from the state in the spring legislative session. That leaves around $2 million left to raise. However, Giangreco said the group doesn’t have a “hard deadline” to get the rest of the money. “We do have some major asks, some major grant proposals that are out there,” Giangreco said.
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“But we feel confident that we can replace the $500,000 that we were counting on from Beacon. It’s just going to take longer to raise the money.” The $53 million project is set to be completed in January and was originally projected to cost $30 million, a price many residents supported in 2015. Over time, inflation and new additions to the project, including a library branch and turf field, have increased the cost estimate. Evanstonians for a Financially Responsible Robert Crown, a group of citizens who are concerned about the high cost of the project, has tried to illustrate the potential burden the project could have on taxpayers. The city’s annual debt payments range from » See CROWN, page 8
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Fran’s Cafe, Willard Residential College’s iconic late-night eatery, now has an equally well-known partner. On Tuesday, BrewBike opened up at the same counter in Willard, marking the coffee shop’s fourth campus location.The Northwestern startup is spreading off-campus as well, with launches at three other universities. In Willard, the coffee shop is open during the week until 2:30 p.m., before Fran’s runs from 7 p.m. to 1 a.m. BrewBike sells espresso drinks, cold brew coffee and tea, as well as food from various local restaurants. BrewBike CEO Randy Paris
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Brewbike’s new location in Willard Residential College. The Northwestern startup is spreading off-campus as well, with launches at three other universities.
said in an email that the company jumped at the opportunity to open in Willard when they heard about it over the summer. Along with the Fran’s location, BrewBike sells from Annenberg Hall, Café Bergson and a stand by the Rock. In 2015, then-SESP freshman Lucas Phillips founded the coffee
business. Boosted by a contract with Compass Group, the University’s food provider since last year, BrewBike has grown rapidly. Paris and Phillips secured over $800,000 in seed money by fall 2018 and have since earned more at pitch » See BREWBIKE, page 8
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Gong-Gershowitz kicks off campaign for state rep. By MELANIE LUST
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State Rep. Jennifer Gong-Gershowitz (D-Glenview) delivers a speech to a crowd of supporters at the Ten Ninety Brewing Co. Thursday. The event celebrated her campaign for re-election.
POLICE BLOTTER $100 of Dandruff shampoo taken from CVS Six Aveeno lotions and $100-worth of Head & Shoulders shampoo were taken from CVS Pharmacy at 101 Asbury Ave., Evanston police said. Police responded to a report Sept. 25 at around 5:40 p.m. that a man put the shampoos and lotions in a black backpack and left the store without paying, said Evanston police Cmdr. Ryan Glew. A 27-year-old CVS employee reported the incident. The man was described as around 5’5”, 150 pounds and around 27 or 28 years old. He was wearing a
GLENVIEW — State Rep. Jennifer GongGershowitz (D-Glenview) kicked off her campaign for the 2020 election Thursday with a formal gathering of supporters. Gong-Gershowitz and her team hosted the celebration at the Ten Ninety Brewing Co. in Glenview. She and state Sen. Laura Fine (D-Evanston) both delivered speeches after they gathered signatures to petition for Gong-Gershowitz’s official nomination. “Tonight was a night to be surrounded by my friends, my family and the supporters who are out there working hard for me and giving me the opportunity to do what I do,” Gong-Gershowitz told The Daily at the event. “Tonight was just really about being able to say thank you.” Gong-Gershowitz was elected to serve the 17th District of Illinois in 2018, which includes parts of Evanston. If re-elected, she said she hopes to continue fighting for progressive policies including reproductive health, immigrant rights and environmental protection. She has worked as an immigration attorney for 20 years, the only member of the Illinois General Assembly to serve such a position. She said she felt motivated to run for office when President Donald red shirt with the word “savage,” a gray sweater and blue gym shoes. He was last seen riding eastbound on Howard Street on a black bicycle. No one is in custody, police said.
Purse, credit cards taken from home on Seward
A 62-year-old Evanston woman reported that her home in the 1400 block of Seward Street was burglarized sometime between 12 a.m. on Sept. 25 and 8 a.m. on Sept. 26, Glew said. The subject entered the home by cutting a screen on a window and went in through the kitchen.
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Trump began to enforce harsher immigration policies. As an Asian American, she said she believed it was time to add a different voice to politics. “You can look at the challenges that we have facing our state and our country, and you can either feel overwhelmed by it or you can feel empowered by it,” she said. “I choose to feel empowered by it. I choose to feel motivated to get out there and continue fighting.” Several local politicians attended the kick-off to show support for the campaign. Among them was Cook County Commissioner Scott Britton. Britton campaigned alongside Gong-Gershowitz back in 2018. Over the past year, he said he has witnessed the high quantity of progressive legislation Gong-Gershowitz helped pass during her term. “I’ve been in Illinois my entire life, and I’ve never seen a more productive legislative session than we had this past legislative session,” Britton said at the event. Tracy Muhl, a committee member of Democrats of Northfield Township, managed the petition signings at the kick-off. Muhl said other states require candidates to pay a fee, while all Illinois candidates need to work to meet or exceed a threshold of petition signatures. “It does take a lot of time, but it also shows that there’s a strong commitment to these candidates,”
she said. “People who volunteer to circulate petitions make a meaningful contribution to getting people on the ballot.” During her first term, Gong-Gershowitz cosponsored the Illinois Reproductive Health Act, which passed successfully in June 2019. She also voted in favor of legalizing recreational marijuana, allocating billions in funding to repair infrastructure and protecting women’s rights in the workplace and beyond. If re-elected, Gong-Gershowitz said she looks forward to ensuring the federal government also adopts a progressive agenda. She needs 833 petition signatures to earn a spot on the Democratic ballot in 2020 and so far faces no opposition for the primary elections. In 2018, she edged out four other Democrats in the primary before winning the seat. Thursday’s crowd also included lobbyists and local residents who turned out to show support. “It’s nice to have people that are smart have the capacity to handle a lot of different issues,” said Thom Mannard, a lobbyist and advocate for several local medical facilities. “Jennifer is somebody who’s really built a good reputation of all sides of an issue and then trying to make decisions based upon what’s best for her constituency.”
The woman said she observed a lawn chair placed under the window and her phone and a baking mixer placed outside on the ground. Police said the items had been directly in front of her window on the inside of her home, so the person moved those items out of the way to enter. Items taken included a black Coach wallet valued at $60, credit cards, a debit card, a check endorsed for $212, $60 in cash, a driver’s license, a black checkbook, Social Security cards and Medicare cards. No one witnessed the subject entering the home. — Samantha Handler
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Setting the record straight An article in Thursday’s paper titled “NU alumnus launches plantbased footwear brand” incorrectly stated how much money Scoots crowdfunded. The company raised more than $50,000 on Kickstarter and Indiegogo. The Daily regrets the error.
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Progressive group holds kickoff at NU By YUNKYO KIM
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Swing Left, a national political organization focusing on grassroots organizing and volunteering in key swing states, started a new campus outreach program at Northwestern. The group held its campus kickoff at Northwestern this Thursday. Swing Left focuses on recruiting Millennial and Gen Z voters to strategize, train and connect with other college students for political causes. NU students gathered at Kresge Hall for the information session to learn about getting involved with letter-writing campaigns, phone banking and other forms of political outreach in key elections. “I hope to at least do something,” Weinberg junior Steven Du said. “There are a lot of times where it feels like it’s very hard to do anything, especially in this political climate.” The event also attracted students looking for opportunities to help voters in upcoming elections. Weinberg sophomore Sara McCoy said she wanted to be more politically engaged with issues she’s passionate about, such as climate change and gun control. She said she wanted to get out of the Northwestern “bubble” learning more about sociopolitical issues. Swing Left connects progressive voters with tangible actions they can take in larger campaigns. It also focuses on empowering young voters through its college chapters, according to its website as Gen Zers like Du and McCoy are projected to make up one-tenth of eligible voters by 2020. The organization also holds an annual fellowship program that trains college students in organizing grassroots volunteering events on campus. Swing Left selected 70 fellows this year, including two Northwestern students, who hosted the kickoff for the NU chapter. Tyler Lardieri, a Swing Left Fellow, said he
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was excited to lead grassroots efforts on NU’s campus. The Weinberg senior emphasized that now is an important time to get involved, given that the census and gerrymandering may impact the political environment for decades to come. “As a young person, as someone who is passionate about my future and the future of others, I consider it very important to take action now,” Lardieri said. Before the fellowship, Lardieri volunteered for Swing Left during the 2018 election in constituent outreach through phone banking and letter writing. Meredith Ellison, another Swing Left Fellow, previously volunteered in a voter registration drive for the organization in Virginia. The Weinberg sophomore said she’s passionate about climate change and voting rights and looks forward to developing the organization’s presence on NU campus through the kickoff.
“(The event) was all about telling people what we’re about, what they can expect from us from the future and introduce Swing Left,” Ellison said. “I was really happy with the turnout.” In their most recent efforts, Swing Left is concentrating on mobilizing Democratic votes in the Virginia state election — which will take place on Nov. 5 — according to the fellows. Swing Left will hold a letter-writing campaign this Sunday at NU and host various organizing efforts for Virginia and communities in Evanston and Chicago this fall. After that, Swing Left will shift their efforts to other key swing states holding elections. “There’s no such thing as doing something too small,” Ellison said. “There are really small, manageable things that Swing Left gives you to do that do make a difference.”
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Comfronting the pressure I feel to become a mother NOELANI BUONOMO
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“I’ll go anywhere as long as I don’t have to take my kids.” This innocuous statement, meant purely in jest, jarred me out of my reverie. Perched comfortably at the roughly hewn tabletop at my favorite coffee shop, Edison bulbs dangling above my head, I found myself a silent party to countless conversations. From the trivial — “You’ll never guess what Kayla said to me before yoga yesterday” — to the musings of philosophical minds on the impacts of veganism on the economy, I’d unintentionally become a casual observer of the collective mind of my hometown Tenafly, New Jersey — or, those who enjoy caffeine, at least. But among the swirl of thoughtful contemplations and conversations, this simple statement that stuck out like a sore thumb. Although this mother, likely frazzled from a long day of playdates, piano lessons and tennis practices, was simply letting out her
frustration with a lighthearted joke, it left me feeling slightly sad and introspective. As someone who is lucky enough to count my mother as one of my best friends, had I heard my own mother utter these words, I would have been utterly heartbroken. But simultaneously, I understood deeply where this young mother was coming from. I’ve never been good with children. They’re messy, unpredictable and require a tremendous amount of attention and care. Don’t get me wrong, I like kids. I just believe that it takes a saintly amount of patience to care for them — and it’s patience that I’ve never seen in myself. Even as a child, I never seemed to possess the maternal gene. On the playground, while my friends were fawning over their American Girl dolls, I was more interested in my Scooby-Doo action figures. I wish I could say I embraced this difference in interests, but in reality, it was a tremendous source of stress for me, one I never expressed aloud. For a long time, I truly believed there was something deeply wrong with me. Why couldn’t I seem to get excited over baby clothes,bottles and cribs the way my friends did? I never knew the answer when asked, “How many kids do you
want when you grow up?” because truthfully, I’d never given it an ounce of thought. Why did I always feel a sense of guilt, as I stepped over the expensive doll and miniature crib my grandmother had bought me to reach for my skateboard? When I envisioned my future, kids were never a part of it. Was I betraying my femininity, my very responsibility as a woman? Truth be told, if I were to become a parent, I’d be much like my largely invented perception of the woman in the coffee shop: detached, aloof and self-absorbed. As much as I wish this wasn’t true, I would not be a good mother. I hope my perception of that woman was wrong. I hope her children are happy and loved. I hope that they’ll grow up in a supportive environment with a generous mother and that her comment was not representative of her relationship with them. But what about the children born to women like me? Women who felt pressured to raise a family because it’s “what we’re supposed to do as women”? Women who surely love their kids but don’t have the capacity or instinct to go that extra mile for them because they never truly desired children in the first place? Although I felt this pressure for a long
time, I now know it’s not my responsibility as a woman to raise children. Contrastingly, I feel that having kids knowing I’m not committed to loving them above myself would be doing a disservice both to them and to my own identity. It’s every woman’s responsibility to ensure that they’re having children for the right reasons, not because of societal pressures. Strong, present, self-aware mothers are how we create strong, caring and responsible sons and daughters. Unless I know I can provide that, I won’t have children. When I ordered my cold brew and pistachio macaron that morning, I hadn’t expected to confront my own outlook on motherhood, feminism and responsibility. But by now, I’ve learned that a morning spent in a coffee shop can be just as powerful as one spent in a lecture hall. Noelani Buonomo is a Weinberg sophomore. She can be contacted at noelanibuonomo2022@u. northwestern.edu. If you would like to respond publicly to this op-ed, send a Letter to the Editor to opinion@dailynorthwestern.com. The views expressed in this piece do not necessarily reflect the views of all staff members of The Daily Northwestern.
Doctors need sufficient education about eating disorders KATHRYN AUGUSTINE
ASST. OPINION EDITOR
Mental and physical health are sometimes seen as two distinct entities. Generally, mental health concerns are allocated to therapists or counselors, and physical ailments are brought to medical doctors. In certain cases, that separation is sufficient and does not generate any complications. What happens, though, when certain mental illnesses are closely intertwined with physical health? The gap between the realms of mental and physical health is strikingly apparent in treatment for eating disorders. While eating disorders fall into the category of mental illness, this cluster of disorders takes a toll on the body. The surfeit of bodily complications can span from a heightened risk of heart failure or rupturing the esophagus to dehydration and an imbalance of electrolytes. Despite the obvious physiological ramifications of eating disorders, very few programs exist that provide medical clinicians with training on how to approach and treat patients with eating disorders. Out of 637 medical training programs surveyed spanning five disciplines, 514 did not provide rotations specifically for eating disorders. Even out of 113 general psychiatry programs, only 35
offered rotations in eating disorders. Naturally, minimal education on eating disorders — ranging from two to six hours on average in medical school — is correlated with low confidence in interacting with these patients. A 2012 study on clinical reactions to patients with eating disorders reports that clinicians consistently shared strong feelings of a lack of competence in treating eating disorders.
The true danger of insufficient education, however, is not patient frustration from comments that display misunderstanding. What poses the largest threat is the risk of eating disorder patient fatalities. This suggests that a significant number of doctors are not adept at working with patients diagnosed with eating disorders, and unfortunately, I can testify to that fact. At the end of spring quarter last year, I woke up and was immediately met with a wave of nausea. After hours of throwing up continuously, I booked an appointment at
Northwestern University Health Services. During the appointment, the doctor noted aloud that I had struggled with bulimia. Just as I prepared to leave, the physician reasoned cheerily that since I’d been bulimic, surely this case of the stomach flu would deter me from ever forcefully throwing up again. I was taken aback by the sheer ignorance of such an assumption. Ironically, in conflict with that doctor’s logic, the stomach flu proved to be a triggering experience for me. Regardless, the notion that recovery from an eating disorder is as simple as consciously deciding not to engage in unhealthy behavior at the doctor’s office is mythical. The path to recovery is rarely linear, and breaking behavioral and thought patterns requires intense effort. Believing that an individual will be motivated to overcome an eating disorder because of a physical illness that induces vomiting is honestly laughable. Individuals want to recover from eating disorders for a myriad of reasons — perhaps to regain a sense of control, alleviate external concerns or restore personal health. Something as trivial as the stomach flu is not a decisive factor. From that experience, I was forced to face the reality that many clinicians have a minimal understanding of eating disorders. The true danger of insufficient education, however, is not patient frustration from comments that display misunderstanding. What poses the largest threat is the risk of eating
Parents-child tensions after starting college PALLAS GUTIERREZ
OPINION EDITOR
This past June, I finished final exams after my first year at Northwestern and went back to my hometown, New York. For the first time in six months, I was home, in the city I grew up in, living with my mother, brother and cats. So why did I feel so out of place? Part of my out-of-place feelings can definitely be attributed to moving. My senior year, I moved for the first time in my life from my childhood house in Queens to a smaller apartment in Harlem. I only lived in that apartment for three months before moving to Evanston, so part of feeling out of place in my family’s apartment was the lack of memories tied to that space. But a larger part of that feeling was knowing that I had grown a lot and that my family was not prepared for that growth. In the year I had been away from them, I had become slightly more independent, and my endless stream of talking had slowed down a bit. I
was still fundamentally me, but for the first time in my life, my mom and brother had not been by my side as I evolved and grew as a person. Their image of me was different than the person who came home from college, if only slightly. I am not the first, nor will I be the last, college student to experience this phenomenon. Teresa Grella-Hillebrand, an instructor in Hofstra University’s Marriage and Family Therapy Program, explains that parents are “frozen in a time warp” while their children are away, expecting the same person who left for school in August or September to return the following May or June. With 52 percent of college students attending school 51 to 500 miles away from school, parents will continue to receive “new” children the summer after their first year of college. Especially after freshman year, when many students live alone for the first time and thus can make their own rules, there can be a huge adjustment as both parents and students adjust to each other’s behavioral expectations. Parents are ready to resume being parents, and young adults may begin to feel like they don’t need the same attention and regulations that they needed in high school.
Feelings can be hurt on both sides: Parents feel that they are no longer useful, and students feel that they are being overly babied. In order to diffuse these potentially tense situations, both parents and children have to empathize with each other: Students must consider how hard it is for parents to go from years of being around their child and being a large factor in their life to being a second thought, and parents must consider the new freedoms their children are used to having and the ways in which they have inevitably grown and changed. College is a huge turning point in the parent-child relationship, as the same relationship from high school is no longer necessary nor logical, and both parties have to be ready to accept the other’s adjustments. Growing up isn’t easy on parents, but it isn’t easy on kids and young adults either. Pallas Gutierrez is a Communication sophomore. They can be contacted at pallas2022@u.northwestern.edu. If you would like to respond publicly to this op-ed, send a Letter to the Editor to opinion@ dailynorthwestern.com. The views expressed in this piece do not necessarily reflect the views of all staff members of The Daily Northwestern.
disorder patient fatalities. Beyond learning to speak in a sensitive and informed manner to eating disorder patients, all doctors need training for detection and treatment of eating disorders. Without a formal diagnosis and recommendation for recovery, individuals face not only lasting bodily damage but the potential of death. Every 62 minutes, an individual dies as a result of an eating disorder, and perhaps that amount could be reduced with more informed doctors that can initiate early intervention. I am not blaming any physicians for a lack of knowledge about eating disorders. The responsibility entirely lies in what medical schools and programs prioritize and the regard of eating disorders as an area that is not deserving of focus and training. This is ultimately the result of the immense stigma and negative perceptions of eating disorders that are perpetuated in our society. The first stride toward addressing the meager education surrounding eating disorders is attacking the underlying cause — that eating disorders are not prioritized as a health issue. Kathryn Augustine is a Medill second year. She can be contacted at kathrynaugustine2022@u. northwestern.edu. If you would like to respond publicly to this op-ed, send a Letter to the Editor to opinion@dailynorthwestern.com. The views expressed in this piece do not necessarily reflect the views of all staff members of The Daily Northwestern.
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Wildcats prepare for superstar Taylor By JONAH DYLAN
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If Pat Fitzgerald had a Heisman vote right now, he knows who it’d go to: Wisconsin running back Jonathan Taylor. “JT’s a great player,” Fitzgerald said this week. “He’s been a great player since the minute he walked into this league, and he’s playing at as high of a level as any running back that I’ve seen in my time here.” Stopping Taylor will be at the top of Northwestern’s priorities this weekend, as they head to Madison for a showdown with No. 8 Wisconsin (11 a.m. CST, ABC). It’s a problem almost no one has been able to solve, but the Wildcats did have rare success against the superstar running back in last season’s meeting in Evanston. In that game, Taylor rushed for only 46 yards on 11 carries, the only time the entire season he finished with less than 100 yards on the ground.
Defensive end Joe Gaziano said the team has watched film from last year’s game and can take a number of positives from the performance. “We were just flying around and swarming the ball,” he said. “It wasn’t just one guy making the play, it was the mentality that everyone’s getting to the ball, and everyone can make a play.” Taylor finished the 2018 season with 2,194 yards rushing to lead the country, just a season after he finished third as a true freshman. Now in his junior campaign, he’s averaging 7.6 yards per carry and rushed for 203 yards and two scores in last weekend’s demolition of ranked Michigan. And Taylor isn’t the only scary part of Wisconsin’s offense. The Badgers have a reputation for dominant offensive lines, and this season is no different. Led by preseason All-American center Tyler Biadasz, Wisconsin’s front creates all kinds of problems for opposing defenses. “It’s the Big Ten, so every game’s gonna be physical,” Gaziano said. “That’s the nature of the beast. Everyone’s tired, it’s Big Ten play, it’s the
middle of the season, you don’t get a bye week until later in the season. You just kind of have to take punches and swing back. That’s the only way you can succeed in the Big Ten.” The Cats (1-2, 0-1 Big Ten) are coming off a game in which they took a lot of punches and didn’t exactly swing back, falling 31-10 at home to Michigan State on an afternoon where nothing seemed to go right. Now, they’ll open Big Ten West play against a Badger (3-0, 1-0) team firing on all cylinders, especially as quarterback Jack Coan continues to develop. Last week, the question coming in was whether the NU offensive line could handle the Spartan defensive front. This week, the focus shifts to the other side of the ball, where the NU front needs to win at the point of attack to have any chance of pulling a major upset against the Badgers. Only one thing is for sure, junior linebacker Blake Gallagher said. “It’s gonna be a heavyweight fight.” jonahdylan2020@u.northwestern.edu
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Jonathan Taylor goes after a loose ball during a 2018 game against Northwestern. The superstar running back is an early-season candidate for the Heisman trophy.
NU secondary battles through injuries By BENJAMIN ROSENBERG
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Prior to the start of the season, Trae Williams expressed his excitement that Northwestern’s secondary was finally fully healthy after being consistently banged up the last two years. With juniors JR Pace and Travis Whillock slated to start at safety and Williams starting opposite sophomore Greg Newsome II at cornerback, the Wildcats’ defensive backfield looked to be as strong as ever. And then the injury bug bit again. Williams, the lone senior in the group, sustained a leg injury in the second quarter of NU’s season opener at Stanford. He returned two weeks later against UNLV, but did not play last Saturday against Michigan State and was not listed on the Cats’ twodeep for this week. “Obviously (Williams) wants to be out there,” defensive backs coach Matt MacPherson said. “He’s a captain and he understands that part of his job if he’s not out there on the field is to be able to help guys on the sideline.” Williams’ main replacement has been redshirt freshman A.J. Hampton, and opposing offenses have picked on him since the moment Williams left the game against the Cardinal. He missed several tackles that led to Stanford’s only offensive touchdown, and last week was beaten in coverage repeatedly by Michigan State’s receivers. Coach Pat Fitzgerald said at Monday’s press conference that he and his staff need to coach Hampton better. “He’s a young guy out there getting experience,” Fitzgerald said. “We’ve got to get Trae back sooner or later, but A.J.’s got to trust the calls and just execute. When he did, he was really good. Unfortunately, when he didn’t, or we didn’t help him — which we have to — Michigan State was able to make explosive plays.” While much of the focus has been on Hampton and his struggles, Newsome has quietly become one of the most improved players on NU’s roster. Newsome broke up four passes against the Spartans and
leads the country with 2.3 pass breakups per game. Newsome had some rough moments when healthy last season, similar to Hampton so far this year. He said he is in a better place mentally compared to a year ago, which has helped him anticipate where the plays will be run. “It’s all mental,” Newsome said. “The game is 80 percent mental, 20 percent reaction. This season, my film study is a lot better. I’m getting used to quarterbacks and what they like and what the opposing offense likes. It’s all about knowing your opponent really well.” If Williams continues to miss time, the Cats do have reinforcements, several of whom were thrust into action last year due to injuries within the unit. Sophomore Cameron Ruiz made 26 tackles in 2018, had four pass breakups and even blocked a punt against Notre Dame. Senior Roderick Campbell, who
made four tackles against UNLV, is also an option. MacPherson said Newsome has been helping Hampton learn the ropes and emphasized that defensive backs must have short memories, as their mistakes are easy to spot. “A.J. felt bad last week. The thing you have to tell him is it should hurt, you should want to be better,” MacPherson said. “But playing DB is hard. You’re exposed out there. Your mistakes are not like everybody else’s that are covered up in a big pile. Your mistakes are out there for everybody to see. So part of being a DB is understanding, ‘I have to flush what happened before, and now I have to move onto the next play.’” benjaminrosenberg2021@u.northwestern.edu
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As bad as it looked, there was actually a Big Ten quarterback who had it worse than Hunter Johnson last week. Michigan’s Shea Patterson is a two-year starter who received an All-Big Ten selection in 2018. In a top-15 matchup last Saturday at Wisconsin, Patterson was pulled at halftime following a first half that featured plenty of hits and even more incompletions. Now that same Badgers defense — which has allowed only 14 points in 2019 — gets a shot at Johnson. Northwestern’s sophomore transfer has struggled all season and was taken out late in the third quarter against Michigan State on Saturday. Johnson threw for 88 yards on 26 attempts and added an interception in the Wildcats 31-10 loss, and after the game, coach Pat Fitzgerald went up directly to Johnson in the locker room and told him he needed to execute better. “We talked about certain things we needed to clean up,” Fitzgerald said. “We talked about the first 10 minutes of the third quarter being critical, and we got our rear ends handed to us. And it started with the way we played offensively.” NU’s offense has only scored 17 points in its two games against Power Five opponents this season, and Johnson has struggled to separate himself from the other quarterbacks on the team. Despite high expectations as a former five-star recruit, Johnson has thrown one touchdown and four interceptions through three games. After a three-and-out in the third quarter against the Spartans, Fitzgerald subbed Johnson out to give junior Aidan Smith his second collegiate game at quarterback. Johnson is still listed as the starting quarterback and is expected to start the rest of the season, but Fitzgerald said Johnson has a lot of room to improve. “If we don’t execute, we have to have competition,” Fitzgerald said. “( Johnson) knows he’s got to be better, and he’s the first guy to admit it. He’s learning the system, he’s learning how to be a starter, and he’s learning that all the details matter. I have a firm belief that he’s going to keep getting better.” That will be difficult Saturday because Johnson hasn’t seen a defense like the Badgers’. Against the then-No. 11 Wolverines, Wisconsin limited Patterson to 14 completions on 32 attempts. And Patterson wasn’t the only player struggling on Michigan’s offense — the running backs averaged just 1.3 yards per carry. Smith said he’s working with Johnson — especially on communicating play calls — to prevent what happened against Michigan State from happening again versus the Badgers. “Any little questions about protections that I can answer or help him out with, that’s kind of where I come in,” Smith said. “We watch film together, and we’re back and forth talking to each other. We’re always competing with each other as well. It’s healthy, it’s fun. Love having him here.” Johnson said looking back on last week’s game, he noticed several plays he thinks he should have made that he wasn’t able to convert. Fitzgerald praised Wisconsin’s physical front line and “outstanding” secondary, and he said the offense will have its “hands full” in Madison. But Johnson said he’s not changing his approach three games into the season, even though the next defense he faces is one of the most hyped in the country. “You’ll face adversity all the time,” Johnson said. “My whole life, I’ve been playing football, and I’ve faced a lot of adversity through football. So it’s nothing I haven’t seen before.”
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From page 1 are likely to come before the court. The other candidates tout their experience and past decisions they’ve made. He’s also the youngest by about 35 years. Still, the 34-year-old has plenty of experience of his own. He has represented clients before the U.S. Supreme Court and received the Albert. E. Jenner Pro Bono Award from the law firm he worked at for providing “exceptional legal services to vulnerable candidates in complex pro bono cases.” Epstein’s campaign, run by Evanston resident and activist Bobby Burns, has a different strategy: focus on ideas. The Illinois Supreme Court has the power to write the rules of procedure, evidence and ethics, which would allow Esptein — if elected — to change rules that could reduce the influence of money in Illinois courts, close ethical loopholes and decrease access barriers. After a case he worked on that could have exposed systemic funding issues and faulty DNA machines did not go to trial because of an Illinois Supreme Court
HOUSING From page 1
Residential Services explained that the large number of incoming students in the Class of 2023 led the University to use the previously defunct Jones and 2349 Sheridan. “We recognize that students did not have the opportunity to rank this as a preference when completing their housing contracts,” the email said. Residents of 2349 Sheridan also received a similar email on Aug. 15, 13 days after the housing assignments came out. Weinberg freshman Ezra Yang, who was placed in in 2349 Sheridan, said Residential Services was slow in informing them about his housing assignment. “I was confused what this place was because it wasn’t on any of the lists for the residence halls we were ranking,” Yang said. “Then someone told
BREWBIKE From page 1
competitions. BrewBike is slightly more expensive than Starbucks, which consistently does a roaring trade in Norris University Center. A BrewBike double espresso costs $3 to Starbucks’ $2.29, and Brewbike’s classic cold brew coffee costs 21 cents more than Starbucks’. Paris, who graduated from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business last year, points out that BrewBike’s competitor Starbucks benefits from some pricing advantages because of its? scale. “Pricing is a pretty difficult needle to thread and we’re still learning,” he wrote in an email.
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 2019 rule, Epstein was inspired to run for the seat. The rule requires a conference between the prosecution and the defense before a judge, who says whether or not the case is looking like a conviction and gives a possible sentencing. In Epstein’s case, the judge said appropriate sentencing would have been 70 years, but the state offered 20 years if the client pleaded guilty. The client plead guilty rather than risk dying in jail, and Epstein did not get to expose corruption on the record. If the Supreme Court changed the rule, however, those cases would be more likely to go to trial. “I talk a lot about ideas, but I represented the people who were hurt by this stuff,” Epstein said. “So it’s not just an idea for me. It’s people who are being harmed in preventable ways.” Epstein said people in Evanston are excited about the fresh perspective he would bring to the court and his ideas for progressive reform. Others, he added, are also excited about the possibility of having an Evanston resident on the court. He said he probably developed some of his ideas because he’s from Evanston, a place where progressive reform is a “big deal.” me it’s a frat house, and I was like ‘I don’t want to live in a frat house.’” The Jones assignment proved to be a definite inconvenience for student athletes, most of whom live on North Campus to be closer to Ryan Fieldhouse for practice. Laya Hartman, a freshman on Northwestern’s women’s basketball team, said she has to start her day 20 minutes earlier for her 6:45 a.m. practice to arrive on time. “All the other athletes are in Lincoln, Bobb, Elder, so they just have to walk across the street, but we have to walk all the way across campus,” Hartman said. However, weeks after the initial confusion, some students have come to terms with the assignment. “People are okay with it now,” she said. “Now that they’re here, they see it’s not as bad as they thought that it was.” jasonbeeferman2023@u.northwestern.edu For Erika Rodriguez, a Communications and McCormick senior, the difference is worth it. She lives in the Evans Scholars house right across the courtyard from Willard and was shocked to see the newly designed counter for BrewBike and Fran’s. “It’s close, convenient, and if I have to pay a couple more cents for it to be a little closer, I don’t mind,” Rodriguez said. In January, BrewBike expanded to the University of Texas at Austin, and at the start of the school year, they opened locations at the University of Miami and Texas State University. Sarah Lee, Brewbike’s founder and CEO at UT Austin, said in an email that opening a BrewBike location was akin to opening a business from scratch but
“When I go out and talk to folks, all throughout the county,” Epstein said, “but especially in Evanston, the ideas that I’m talking about really resonate.” From his campaign manager to his campaign headquarters just a few blocks away from ETHS, Epstein’s campaign is “super Evanston.” He said he still “bleeds orange and blue” and kicked off his campaign last Sunday at the Hilton Orrington. One of the members of the host committee for Epstein’s campaign kickoff was Hecky Powell of Hecky’s barbeque. Powell said Epstein’s presence on the court would benefit the whole state, partly because he grew up in a diverse community. He added that he wants to support people from his community and likes Epstein’s progressive views. “He’s definitely qualified,” Powell said. “He also was born and raised here in Evanston and went through the school system here. So, in other words, I got an investment in him with my tax dollars.” Powell said he does think Epstein can win if he gets support from Evanston and the North Shore. Evanston resident Neal Weingarden said he supports Epstein because his approach is “refreshing” and shows he wants to fix the system, not accept the system.
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From page 1 $1 million to $2.5 million over 25 years. Mike Vasilko, a member of the group, anticipates the cost of the project will adversely affect the Fiscal Year 2020 budget, forcing the city to cut services and raise taxes. During last year’s budget season, City Council wrestled with a deficit totaling $7.4 million, cutting social services. “It’s such an extremely expensive project that these next weeks are going to be interesting to watch council members defend their decision to build this building at our expense,” Vasilko said. Giangreco said the Friends of Robert Crown’s fundraising efforts are currently focused on reaching out to organizations interested in gaining rights in various rooms or places in the building and applying for grants and other donations through foundations. At a Sept. 23 City Council meeting, aldermen with two main differences: She didn’t have to take on any capital risk, and her team gets to use BrewBike’s corporate support and resources. Launch director Eli Goldstein works with the campus founders individually. Goldstein contacted a business fraternity at Miami, where he found Ally Bush. A self-proclaimed “coffee fanatic,” Bush was immediately interested and became the founder and CEO at Miami. “There really weren’t a lot of good coffee houses on campus. It was pretty much Starbucks, and that’s it,” she said. “I always disliked that about campus, so when I heard that this was coming, I knew I wanted to be involved.” Much like Northwestern BrewBike in 2017, the Miami team started with a bike at a central, high-foot
“His ideals of a true and just legal system that works for the people hasn’t been ground out of him by the bureaucracy of the court and a quest to grow his personal savings account,” Weingarden said. “He wants to serve the people, not the tradition of a legacy system.” But winning the race is an uphill battle for Epstein. Cook County Democrats endorsed the incumbent P. Scott Neville — who was appointed to the court after the state’s first black justice Charles Freeman retired — despite a report from NBC 5 that the justice received a tax break from a homeowner’s exemption, though he did not live in that house. Sticking out in a crowded field is tough, too. Weingarden said the large field has benefits by giving people different choices and creating healthy competition but that candidates who have an “established ground game” have an advantage. He said Epstein needs to win the “marketplace of ideas” and hope for a grassroots movement. “Could this be Cook County’s ‘AOC moment?’” Weingarden said. “Maybe.” samanthahandler2021@u.northwestern.edu voted to allow two youth hockey groups, the Chicago Young American Girls Hockey Organization and Evanston Youth Hockey Association, to use the Robert Crown Center ice arena with their funding of the project. Some residents were concerned that allowing the groups to use the ice arena would restrict the public’s time to use the arena. However, Giangreco said every program at Robert Crown right now, with the exception of adult softball, will continue. He said the building is doubling in size to accommodate two full sheets of ice. However, Vasilko said the size of the ice ranks is unnecessarily large and too expensive. “Citizens have to pick up the tax for that because the people who forced the issue to build this, they wanted this facility,” Vasilko said. “To be blunt, it’s the wealthy, white 1 percent that wanted that facility, two NHL hockey rinks.” cassidywang2022@u.northwestern.edu traffic location, Bush said. They marketed with Facebook posts and a loyalty program, and success has followed — they are hoping to launch a second bike in the spring and eventually open a retail location in a building, she said. According to its website, BrewBike now has a fiveperson growth team: a group of full-time employees attempting to turn the college venture into a full-blown business, while keeping students at the forefront of their brand. Bush is one of those students, and just in time for fall, she has a request for the corporate leaders — pumpkin spice cold brew. scouncil@u.northwestern.edu
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Illinois focuses on local outreach in 2020 Census By ZAMONE PEREZ
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Evanston will use community organizations to ensure as many people as possible are counted in the 2020 Census. The list of groups that are a challenge to count is a long one, including immigrants, young children, seniors, millennials, the homeless, snowbirds, renters, the poor, college students and recent graduates. Theresa Le, a partnership specialist with the U.S. Census Bureau, said all of these groups have a greater risk of being undercounted in the 2020 Census, which will be the first one to be conducted primarily online. To help ease this burden, she said hiring people to help count from the communities being counted can help yield better results. And in Illinois, investing in the best possible census may prove crucial — both politically and financially. The U.S. Census provides more than just a count of the country’s population. Its results distribute federal funds and political representation for states and municipalities. Following Illinois’ population loss of more than 150,000 residents over the last five years, projections have Illinois losing at least one of its electoral college votes and a congressional representative,
according to the Brennan Center for Justice. Beyond the distribution of political power in Illinois, Le also said there are economic benefits to an accurate count, as well. “Over $675 billion in federal funding goes out to local governments,” Le said. “Think about school lunches. Think about special needs grants.” And though political organizations cannot officially work on census efforts, Democratic Party of Evanston president Michelle Jordan said the local party will be promoting and encouraging its members on social media and other outlets to fill out the form. “It’s a fairness issue, it’s an equality issue,” Jordan said. “We want a full count because it’s the right thing to do.” In that pursuit of a complete count, Evanston plans to utilize many tools to reach people. Sarah Flax, the division manager of housing and grants for Evanston, said the process is “complex,” but has not been deterred by the challenge. Evanston has taken part in a U.S. Census Bureau program and formed a Complete Count Committee — a group of community leaders from many organizations that work to educate and motivate residents to participate in the decennial count. Working with community institutions like libraries and faith organizations will prove key to the count, Flax said. Libraries are a safe space to fill out the forms on the Internet, she said,
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A view of Evanston from above. Many in Illinois are at risk of being undercounted in the upcoming Census.
while faith-based groups can give people a sense of trust to reach those who may not respond to government outreach. Residents will get three paper mailers over the course of the year, encouraging them to go online to fill out the form. But if there is no filing after those three, traditional counters, called “enumerators,” will go to individuals for their information.
Le urges people to fill out the questionnaire, stressing its importance in multiple facets of everyday life. “To ensure your quality of life for the next ten years,” Le said, “Make sure you fill out this survey.” zamoneperez2022@u.northwestern.edu
Aldermen unanimously approve YWCA expansion By SAM HELLER
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Aldermen on Monday unanimously passed a plan to expand and update the YWCA Evanston/ North Shore location. The YWCA, 1215 Church St., has existed in Evanston since the 1930s, and provides a wide range of residential domestic violence programs as well as hosting various protests and marches to combat racism and sexism. In the new plan, the YWCA will add a new
two-story entrance and a four-story domestic violence shelter. The proposal included multiple requests for site development allowances, such as proposed parking spaces where no parking is permitted and a four-story development in an area with a 2.5 story maximum allowance. During the Planning and Development Committee meeting, more than a dozen residents showed up in bright orange YWCA shirts, standing behind multiple YWCA committee members who stressed the importance of the location to the council. “Our new family support center is innovative, it’s healing, and it offers respect and dignity the
women and children deserved,” said Sandy Williams, the domestic violence services director at the YWCA. “It will double the capacity we have, allowing us to serve more survivors and children, both in our shelter and in our community counseling program.” However, YWCA members stressed to the aldermen the importance of this expanded space in the community. The YWCA has had to turn away women and children because they lack the physical space, said Sarah Malone, a YWCA board member. “Over 30 years ago, when I needed the YWCA most, in the middle of the night, my daughter
and I landed at the YWCA emergency shelter,” Malone said. “The YWCA was an environment where the seeds of transformation, of thriving and not just surviving, could take root.” While aldermen did not voice many objections to the project, Ald. Judy Fiske (1st) asked for the preservation of the local history near the site of the development. The only time Abraham Lincoln ever spent a night in Evanston was at a house located around the corner. “I want to try to find a way to recognize the history of that new site in Evanston,” Fiske said. samuelheller2022@u.northwestern.edu
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NU beats Cornhuskers for first conference victory By SOPHIA SCANLAN
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On Thursday night, Northwestern played in a hard-fought contest against Nebraska. Despite a rocky first half, the Wildcats bounced back in the second, picking up their first Big Ten win of the season with a 1-0 victory over the Cornhuskers. The first half was quiet for the Wildcats (3-5-1, 1-1 Big Ten), with zero corner kicks to the Cornhuskers’ (2-6-2, 1-2) six and only one shot on goal from junior midfielder Kylie Fisher. But NU looked like a different team in the second half, dominating possession and showing strong defense in back. “(Nebraska’s) a very pressing team,” coach Michael Moynihan said. “It makes you feel very frantic, but once you break the pressure… there’s lots of spaces, and we were able to exploit them.” In the opening minutes of the second half, Nebraska forward Brenna Ochoa crossed the ball to forward Adriana Maldonado, who knocked the ball to the right, past sophomore goalkeeper Mackenzie Wood. Luckily, freshman outside back Marianna Annest was there to stop it with her left foot.
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“I just dropped in,” Annest said. “I saw she was looking far post and tried to get anything I could on it, and I think I got lucky to do so, but I’m glad I was in that right spot.” Because the back line is still new — with only one returning player in sophomore Julietta Thron — players have been shifting around positions. Annest said she hopes this victory gives the back line momentum. “We were really compact, we were really organized and we did a great job out there today, so hopefully we can keep that,” she said. NU notched its lone goal in the 72nd minute. Freshman defender Danika Austin sent in a cross from the right side, and junior midfielder Madi Kennel — whose last goal came in 2017 — tapped the ball in the center of the net, sliding her whole body forward to do so. “I hadn’t scored since the beginning of my freshman year, so it was a big moment for me and I think big moment for this team,” Kennel said. “We’re hoping this is where we turn
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Madi Kennel prepares to kick the ball. The junior midfielder scored her first goal since 2017 on Thursday.
things around for our season.” NU will hope for that turnaround — and second Big Ten win — this Sunday when it battles Iowa in Iowa City. Kennel said she hopes the Cats will have an aggressive start against the Hawkeyes and not wait until halftime
to “come out strong.” Moynihan added that he wants NU to think more about its ball possession throughout the game. “Even though our possession was better, there’s still a lot of moments that we can clean up, especially in
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transition moments,” Moynihan said. “Once moving the ball, we really need to be more consistent with possessing it once we win it and in the moments right afterward.” sophiascanlan2022@u.northwestern.edu
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Cats prepare for Big Ten play NU faces first Big Ten By GREG SVIRNOVSKIY
daily senior staffer @gsvirnovskiy
Throughout all of Bente Baekers’ formative years spent playing field hockey in the Netherlands, she could always count on one constant. Home or away, rain or shine, she’d always find her parents, Ann and Fred, watching watching in the stands. “Back in the Netherlands, the country is very small,” Baekers said. “The farthest away game would be like two hours away. So my parents would always be there, every game, even if my brother and sister were playing too.” Alas, the Atlantic Ocean is a far greater obstacle. Baekers’ parents have yet to see her play a game for Northwestern, a program she’s propelled to a great start. And now, her parents get to watch her play. The redshirt freshman forward is in the midst of a breakout season, leading the Wildcats with 14 goals and 29 points through the first ten games of the season. That’s
No. 24 Michigan State vs. No. 7 Northwestern Evanston, Illinois 3 p.m. Friday
almost three times as many goals as second-highest scoring teammate Lakin Barry, who has five. They’ll need her to be in top form this weekend, as No. 7 NU (8-2, 1-0 Big Ten) will face off against No. 24 Michigan State (5-3, 0-1) Friday and No. 9 Michigan (5-2) on Sunday. Coach Tracey Fuchs said the key to success in these conference openers for the Cats will be their depth and ability to rotate players. “They’re running between six and eight miles,” Fuchs said. “To come off for two minutes, get their heart rate down and get some water and just chill for a minute, I think really helps them. Baekers’ offensive production has also played an important role in NU’s recent six-game winning streak, as Fuchs said she has fundamentally changed the team’s offense. “The kid’s a gamer,” Fuchs said.
“She’s a finisher. When the game’s on the line, you want the ball in her hands. And she can get a shot off with a foot of space between her and the defender, and that’s really made the difference.” With the Cats losing two of their three top scorers to graduation last year, Puck Pentenga and Eva van Agt, Baekers’ emergence has been criticial. But others are picking up the slack too. Saar de Breij, who scored four goals in 18 games last year, has equaled that total in just ten this year, and Barry has almost equaled last year’s total in just over half of last year’s games. But for Baekers, this weekend, she’ll play the game she loves, how it’s meant to be played: mom and dad, in the stands, cheering and watching with bated breath. “I catch myself sometimes looking at the crowd here and not seeing them, which is really sad,” Baekers said. “But now that they’re here, it’s going to be really nice to just hug them after the game.” gregsvirnovskiy2022@u.northwestern.edu
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Maren Seidel hits the ball. The sophomore midfielder has scored nine points this season.
opponents at home By ANDREW GOLDEN
daily senior staffer @andrewcgolden
Despite losing records in the first three seasons under coach Shane Davis, Northwestern has always fared well in non-conference play. From 2016-2018, the Wildcats have combined for a 27-9 record in early season tournaments before Big Ten play. But it’s not how you start, it’s how you finish. NU’s (9-3) downfall has been conference play, where they finished as one of the bottom four teams in each of the previous three seasons. Fortunately, with an entire returning squad, in addition to recruits, the Cats are primed to improve on last season’s 6-14 record in the Big Ten. “The carryover has been really good,” coach Davis said. “They’re more disciplined, they’re working harder than they ever have ever worked and they’re showing a lot of resiliency as a team, which is needed in the Big Ten.” NU will have to test their discipline and resiliency at home this weekend against their first set of Big Ten opponents: Iowa and No. 3 Nebraska. Last season, the Cats and Hawkeyes looked evenly-matched, playing to five sets in both games and splitting the season series. At the end of the season, Iowa (6-5) was ahead of NU in the standings by just one game — but the Cats have a chance to change that this year. Davis said the team is deeper this year. At outside hitter, NU has loads of talent with junior Nia Robinson and sophomore Abryanna Cannon, two of the team’s top three scorers from last season, as well as freshman Temi Thomas-Ailara, this year’s points leader through nine games. On the other side of the net, the Cats will have to contend with the
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Buzziero sisters, who are the Hawkeyes’ top two scorers. Sophomore setter Courtney Buzziero, the team leader with 137 points, has been particularly effective on defense, as she’s recorded 11 digs in two of Iowa’s last three contests. Her sister Meghan, a senior outside hitter, finished the last game with 10 digs and 26 over the last three contests. “It’s going to be a hard-fought battle on both sides,” Davis said. “They’ve got a really fast offense, so we’ve gotta be able to do our part on our serves…Those kids play hard, our kids play hard, as expected.” While Iowa poses a threat to the Cats on Friday, arguably their hardest test will be against the Cornhuskers, who have beaten NU in straight sets in each matchup since 2013. Davis said Nebraska is particularly good at their block defense, so the Cats will work on controlling the ball against the Cornhuskers. Nebraska, who received six firstplace votes in this week’s coach’s poll, averages 2.41 blocks per set this season. But NU comes into the game with 2.77 blocks per game, good for 15th in the country. The Cats will have plenty of opportunities to show how they stack up against the Big Ten, and it all starts this weekend. NU has improved its conference record each season under Davis, but this season, the fourth-year coach said the team will take it one game at a time. “We showed a little bit of clip earlier in the week on Nebraska… but other than that, the last couple of days have been about Iowa,” Davis said. “(The team’s) just focused on Iowa, and that’s where the conversation’s been.” andrewgolden2021@u.northwestern.edu