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A dog eagerly eats a treat through a cage at Evanston Animal Shelter. The shelter is looking to raise funds to redevelop its space.

Animal shelter seeks expansion Too small to comply with HVAC standards, building poses health risk

By JORJA SIEMONS

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W hen Vicky Pasenko became executive director of the Evanston Animal Shelter in

2015, the existing facility had some inadequacies. Namely, it was too small: 2750 square feet wasn’t nearly enough space to host over 570 animals per year.

Her team was committed to overcoming any obstacle — but Pasenko said this past

summer marked a point of no return.

A three-and-a-half-week period of no air conditioning in 90-degree weather put animals at risk. During that period, Pasenko realized the team needed to upgrade the

building, fast.

“We just can’t keep going this way,” Pasenko said.

The building was originally intended to house a small population of animals for a short

» See SHELTER, page 10

After closing its doors for over two years to renovate and pandemic-related delays, the Black House is slated to fully reopen in early October.

The University plans to celebrate the house’s reopening at 1914 Sheridan Road on Oct. 15 with a ribbon-cutting ceremony and welcome reception hosted by the NU Black Alumni Association. After initially closing for renovations in June 2019, the Black House was set to reopen during fall 2020. But the opening was pushed back twice, first to mid-spring 2021 and then to this fall.

“In full transparency, stock issues, shipping delays and additional interior construction work shifted our anticipated date of securing our temporary occupancy certificates, but we are now moving forward on all cylinders,” read a Sept. 17 update from the University.

The only renovations still to be completed are “finishing

touches,” including installing doorway trims, safety rails, landscaping and completing the house’s rear patio, according to the update. The University posted a video tour of the nearly complete house in June, showcasing the newly furnished living room spaces and meeting rooms.

Lesley-Ann Brown-Henderson, executive director of campus inclusion and community, serves on the Black House renovation steering committee and led the video tour. In the video, she said the committee prioritized making the Black House feel like a home while keeping the design contemporary.

Accessibility was also a priority, she added.

“We have an elevator in this space,” Brown-Henderson said.

“Every restroom is gender inclusive as well as wheelchair accessible and that is also… to allow students, staff, faculty and alumni the opportunity to really experience the full breadth (of the house).”

During the Black House’s closure, Black student organizations like For Members Only, Soul4Real and the African Students Association relocated to its temporary location on 1856

» See BLACK HOUSE, page 10

NU quarantine Los Años Dorados connects elderly process confuses Program also provides language access for legal resources, COVID info Students say slow hotlines, long wait times tangle process

By CATHERINE ODOM

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With on-campus COVID19 cases rising two weeks into the quarter, some students who tested positive for COVID-19 have reported dealing with unresponsive hotlines, long wait times and overall confusion about the quarantine process.

When a student tests positive for COVID-19, University protocol directs a case manager to contact the student. Case management then informs the student about their quarantine housing and the expectations of their stay, Carlos Gonzalez, Executive Director of Residential Services, said in a statement to The Daily.

But after Weinberg sophomore Emia Musabegovic tested positive on Monday, she said she struggled to find

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information about how she should quarantine. Musabegovic and her roommate, who ultimately tested negative, spent hours calling different numbers and waiting to hear back.

“There was nothing that gave me quick directions or quick guidance on what I should be doing,” she said.

Ultimately, Musabegovic got in touch with case management, but she said the department’s instructions were often disjointed and confusing, especially when it came to the protocol for moving in quarantine housing.

Weinberg freshman Arianna Reith said she had a similar experience. She said case management told her they were understaffed the day she tested positive.

“It wasn’t one phone call explicitly saying, ‘Here’s all the information you need,’” she said. “It was more like, one call saying, ‘You have COVID,’ another call saying,

» See QUARANTINED, page 10

By KATRINA PHAM

daily senior staffer @katrinapham_

When she came to the United States, Fabiola Alfonso’s mother, Celia, brought with her something Alfonso said is often taken for granted: her wisdom.

Members of the elderly community have a collective wisdom informed by years of experience, Alfonso said. Instead of letting it go to waste, she said their voices should be heard.

So, when Mercedes Fernandez, president of Latinos en Evanston North Shore, brought up the idea of creating a program for elderly community members to connect with other Spanishspeakers, Alfonso was thrilled.

“They are giving, giving, giving,” said Alfonso, the organization’s vice president. “We haven’t been able to give back… this club is gonna give back a little bit of what they have given us.”

The organization decided to name the new program “Los Años Dorados,” or “The Golden Years.” The group provides social programming as well as language access for resources like

Photo courtesy of Latinos en Evanston North Shore

Fabiola Alfonso (left) is speaking with her mother Celia (right). The latter is the first member of Los Años Dorados, a group organized by Latinos en Evanston North Shore meant to facilitate community between Spanish-speaking elders.

legal services, financial planning and COVID-19 information. It debuted on Sept. 12 — Grandparents Day. Celia, who is from Mexico, was the program’s first member.

She said through an interpreter that adjusting to life in another country was difficult, especially because life is organized and structured differently in the U.S.

Outside of her church, Celia said she hasn’t been able to find much community in Evanston.

She’s excited to connect with others through Los Años Dorados.

“I’m really excited because I’m going to meet people from my own age,” she said. “To share experiences that we have learned from our family, from our culture.”

Although the program hasn’t

hosted any events yet, Fernandez said it plans to create spaces where members can dance, watch Spanish movies and engage with one another and their culture.

Celia loves to dance, and is excited to do so again in Los Años Dorados.

“I love music from the ’60s,

» See GOLDEN YEARS, page 10

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AROUND TOWN

Illinois libraries offer subsidized museum access

By ILANA AROUGHETI

daily senior staffer @ilana_arougheti

On weekends and summer mornings at the Evanston Public Library, patrons line up at the children’s desk for something both far smaller and infinitely larger than a stack of books: a museum pass.

With a little research and a quick signup, Evanston families can turn a library inquiry into a glimpse of a T-rex, a 5-foot-tall jade pagoda or a Lincoln bust covered entirely in pennies.

Through Illinois’ Explore More program, EPL and other Illinois libraries can loan out free or subsidized tickets for a growing list of Illinois museums, varying slightly by city. The program is a partnership — libraries can reach out to museums to request passes, and museums can reach out to libraries to offer passes, as was the case for those on EPL’s list.

Loaning out tickets opens new doors for families that wouldn’t otherwise be able to fit museum trips into their budgets, EPL library assistant Linda Balla said.

Museums across Illinois can opt to offer free or reduced admission to Explore More passholders.

For museums that are already free, the pass can connect participants with special gift shop deals.

Debbie Fandrei, museum supervisor of the Raupp Museum, said when she showed the program to her colleagues at the Illinois Association of Museums, people were mostly curious about how successfully the program could be marketed.

She remains optimistic that a dual effort will help both groups recover from loss of traffic during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Inflatable corn maze and food come to Mason Park Friday in ‘Fall Fest’ Evanston will host a fest with fall-themed activities

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Evanston Public Library is among the Illinois libraries that lend out free and discounted tickets to select local museums under the Explore More program.

“Once people realize what’s out there, they’ll feel inspired to take advantage of it,” Fandrei said.

The Chicago Botanic Garden is the most popular lending site for EPL, followed closely by the Brookfield Zoo and Legoland Discovery Center in Schaumburg. Balla said some patrons are frustrated that larger museums like the Field Museum and the Museum of Science and Industry, which tend to partner with the Chicago Public Library system directly, aren’t more widely available with

Explore More.

But Patrick Cain, the Museum of the Grand Prairie’s the museum’s public programs and visitor services coordinator, said keeping the pass oriented to smaller museums presents an opportunity to give residents a taste of unique events and artifacts closer to home.

“We want to show (visitors) that small communities have a big impact,” Cain said. “I’m a big believer that all history is local.”

in Mason Park from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. Friday.

The free event will include food, bingo and raffle prizes. Kids can enjoy an inflatable corn maze and watch the movie “Soul” starting at 6:30 pm. Evanston Public Library will also provide free books and activities.

The city encourages residents to bring their own

blankets and lawn chairs.

The fall fest is part of “My City, Your City, Our City” initiative programming dedicated to providing safe and fun activities on the first Friday of the month.

The initiative is geared toward youth between the ages of 13 and 18 in an effort to reduce youth violence, but it also promotes intergenerational events. The fest is

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Beyond drawing in more Illinois residents, many curators and directors opted in to create greater resource accessibility. Twania Brewster, the Vice President of Marketing, Communications and Guest Operations at the Chicago Children’s Museum, said the museum works hard to connect with community organizations to ensure children around the city and its suburbs are able to “create a foundation of cultural appreciation.”

“It’s really important that we try to remove as many barriers as possible to museum visitations for young children,” she said.

Fandrei said while subsidized ticket prices are a great start toward cultural literacy accessibility for youth, there are still many barriers to consider, such as location and travel cost.

The Raupp Museum has been working with Buffalo Grove park districts to emphasize free museum entry as a part of the county’s community services, she said, and recently launched a bilingual exhibit in partnership with the Korean Cultural Center of Chicago. Similarly, the Chicago Children’s Museum has expanded into pop-up locations in Little Village, Aurora and Lawndale, the latter two of which are outdoors, and continues to create virtual programming.

“The idea of doing public history is that the public can come see you,” Fandrei said. “(Ours) is a history worth sharing. The more people that can be a part of it, the better. I don’t want cost to be a barrier.”

For a full list of museum tickets and discounts available for loan, Evanston residents with a valid EPL library card can use their card number and PIN to log into the Explore More website. ilanaarougheti2023@u.northwestern.edu open to people of all ages.

Evanston’s Health and Human Services Department, Parks and Recreation Department and Evanston Collective — a group of local youth-serving organizations — collaborated to create the initiative.

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ON CAMPUS

Annual security report doesn’t mention COVID-19

By MAIA PANDEY

daily senior staffer @maiapandey

Northwestern’s Evanston Campus saw decreased reports of burglary, liquor law violations and domestic and dating violence in 2020, according to the University’s Annual Security and Fire Safety Report released Wednesday.

The report did not mention how the decrease in NU’s Evanston-based student population due to the pandemic might have affected crime statistics, aside from noting fire drill numbers fell because most residence halls were near-empty for at least one quarter last year.

Burglary reports decreased to six from 17 in 2019 and 27 in 2018, and liquor law violations fell to 99, compared to 229 and 216 in the previous two years. Most students left the Evanston campus in March 2020 and half were not welcomed back on campus until January 2021.

Reports of stalking fell to eight from 16 in 2019, and the University reported zero cases of domestic and dating violence, respectively, compared to two and four of each in 2019. Recent surveys from the Department of Justice have found nearly half of nonfatal domestic violence incidents go unreported — and many vulnerable people have been in further danger while isolating at home during the pandemic. Advocacy organizations say it is more difficult for an individual to report domestic and dating violence when they are living with their abuser.

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Pre-K teachers more often call Black students “problematic,” study finds A Northwestern study found preschool teachers react more negatively toward Black students’ actions than to those of their white peers, which is why Black preschoolers are three times more likely

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Weber Arch. Northwestern released its Annual Security and Fire Safety Report Wednesday.

Compliance compiled the report in consultation with departments including University Police.

The lower number of reports occurred simultaneously with the rise of student advocacy for UP’s abolition. In a petition released last summer, Black undergraduate and graduate students called on the University to recognize policing as a specifically antiBlack institution by severing ties with the Evanston

Police Department and Chicago Police Department and reinvesting in Black students’ wellbeing, along with defunding and abolishing UP. Not all reports decreased: incidents of weapon law arrests on the Chicago Campus and robbery on the Evanston Campus, which had both been zero the previous year, increased to 13 and three, respectively.

Universities participating in federal student

financial assistance programs must publish an Annual Security and Fire Safety Report under the Clery Act. Along with 2018, 2019 and 2020 numbers of federally defined crimes on campus, the report outlines general information on University safety and security protocols.

to be expelled than their non-Black counterparts.

The researchers, who followed more than 400 preschoolers in Chicago, found educators were more inclined to describe Black students’ behaviors as “problematic” than other students. Teacher bias impedes Black students’ success long-term, the report said.

Head Start, the nation’s largest public preschool program, recently stopped expelling children for behavioral reasons. According to a University

news release, that measure “only addresses the final endpoint (e.g., suspensions or expulsions),” but fails to acknowledge other identity-related nuances limiting the chance for long-term success.

Instead of documenting racist treatment, researchers focused on identifying the mechanisms driving racism in preschooling. According to the study, this approach will pave the way toward policy reform by identifying how disciplinary practice forms along racial lines.

“This requires examining old assumptions and asking different questions,” NU psychology professor Leoandra Onnie Rogers, the study’s co-author, said in the release. “One thing we are especially concerned about and paying attention to is the micro or subtle ways that racial biases show up in preschool classrooms and what preschool children learn about race — about (themselves) as a result.”

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Ballis: CAPS is not enough for sexual assault survivors TESS BALLIS

OP-ED CONTRIBUTOR

Content warning: This story contains mention of sexual assault and drugging.

My name is Tess Ballis and I am a sophomore here at Northwestern. This was my first choice, my early decision, my dream school. I thought this was an institution I respected, one that would challenge me appropriately and support me in my endeavors. Like any institution, there are going to be mistakes or actions I disagree with, and I understand that; humans and their products are flawed, and I never put NU on a pedestal or expected perfection. Frankly,

however, I feel deeply disappointed and unsafe after the school’s response to last week’s reports of alleged non-consensual drugging, particularly in the inadequacy of Counseling and Psychological Services. This is not simply a mistake or a bad call. This is endangerment.

As a sexual assault survivor and a woman, I know I am one of many, many students who takes precautions, like not walking home alone, carrying my keys between my knuckles, sharing my location with friends and not letting others pour or hold any sort of beverage for me. This was not enough to protect me. It was not enough to protect other students. With my past, finding out this weekend’s news was extremely distressing and I badly needed support. I was hesitant to schedule an appointment with CAPS, since when I was struggling last year with post-traumatic stress disorder from my own assault, there were no available appointments for over four

weeks.

Still, I knew I needed to talk to someone this week, and CAPS was the only option available through the University. On Friday, I clicked on the link to CAPS sent out in the crime notice, and there were no available appointments at all.

On Saturday, I tried again, and still there were none. On Monday, I tried again and found one single appointment in two weeks, which I could not accept due to my class schedule. I know that I am not the only one who has tried to schedule an appointment this week and been unable to.

My friends are feeling extremely anxious and vulnerable right now, as I’m sure many students are. We need resources. We need basic counseling services.

NU is a prestigious school with a large endowment and proud alumni, as well as a highpressure environment where incidences of drug abuse and assault do happen. It is unfathomable

that we do not have adequate counseling or psychological services, especially in the wake of this week’s horrifying events. NU, your students are afraid. The crime notices claim that our health and safety is the top priority, but they are not being treated as such. We are desperate for more robust counseling services, and the lack of them is incredibly dangerous and upsetting. I love my school and all of the opportunities and experiences it has given me, but for all of the gratitude I feel, I am sad and scared. We need more support than we are being given, and we need it urgently, and until we receive it, it is impossible to feel valued by this institution.

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Nevo: As a survivor, carceral feminism cannot save me LILY NEVO

OP-ED CONTRIBUTOR

Content warning: This story contains mentions of sexual assault and drugging.

At Sunday night’s protest after students reported they were drugged at two separate on-campus Alpha Epsilon Pi and Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity events, police stood guard to protect the fraternities. They stood against those who reported being attacked to protect those who allowed the druggings to occur. Protesters chanted, “Who do you serve? Who do you protect?” But it’s not even a question. Cops do not protect survivors.

Historically, White feminists have used the criminal justice system to champion survivors, assuming their healing rests on the incarceration of their abuser. The belief that victims will only receive justice through harsh sentencing, known as carceral feminism, thrives off of a prosecutorial saviorism: survivors must be saved, and prosecutors — particularly White women — believe they have a duty to do so. Victims are often used as justification against the abolition

of police and prisons. Without these institutions, who will stop assaults from happening?

Thus, advocacy for survivors and criminal justice reform have long been perceived to be mutually exclusive.

But over two-thirds of sexual assaults are never reported to authorities. Under three percent of people charged with sexual assault receive a felony conviction. Trials require incredible emotional labor on behalf of the survivor.

They’re required to recount their trauma repeatedly and publicly, only to have every insignificant detail of their story weaponized against them. Forcing a survivor to be cross-examined on what they were drinking or what they were wearing for the 3% chance that the trial results in a felony conviction only perpetuates the trauma.

When Bill Cosby’s sexual assault conviction was overturned in June, the dichotomy of sadness for the victims and celebration of a man’s freedom from prison dominated public discourse. But even Cosby was not released because he is innocent; he was released on a technicality.

Cosby’s release is not surprising. It shows the system functioning exactly as intended: with loopholes that protect the rich and guilty, while denying due process to the poor and innocent.

As a survivor, I cannot expect carceral systems to support me. To be clear, this is my personal belief, and I do not speak for other

survivors. Sexual assault is incredibly isolating, and trust is no longer something I possess in excess. I sometimes hesitate calling myself a survivor, because the word is full of strength, yet I feel more vulnerable than ever. And prosecutors prey upon this vulnerability for their own career advancement.

Do not use my pain to perpetrate a violent system. I am not comforted to hear that one more person is incarcerated because of me.

Many advocates will rush to say that I am in no way to blame for this, but what they should be focusing on is why I feel guilty.

Why does the criminal justice system not center the very needs of the people it claims to protect? This is not to say that the trauma of incarceration outweighs the trauma of assault, but rather that carceral solutions do not help me heal.

These problems are not limited to the criminal justice system; they are also present in the Title IX processes of many universities. It is no secret that sexual assault is extremely prominent on college campuses, yet it seems to be a problem that no one can handle. I do not doubt that the Title IX office is understaffed, underfunded and bound to many legal constraints, but at what point is bureaucracy more important than the wellbeing of students? Northwestern should not be more comfortable granting my abuser

Ortiz: NU should seize Greek campus housing STERLING ORTIZ

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I firmly believe having a Greek living space is a privilege that no council nor chapter can manage. I came to this conclusion in my fourth year at Northwestern after seeing the campus as an unaffiliated student, then as a rank-and-file member of my Latino-founded multicultural fraternity, and now as a leader in my community.

The University should immediately seize all Greek living houses on campus with all the soft and hard power the school and its leaders possess. I also strongly believe that NU should negotiate with Sigma Alpha Epsilon to vacate its headquarters at the Levere Memorial Temple, which lies mere feet away from the Evanston Campus.

When I woke up on Sept. 25, I felt dread when I read reports of alleged druggings at the Alpha Epsilon Pi fraternity house. I never bought that every Interfraternity Council chapter had changed practices in response to the Abolish Greek Life movement last year, or in response to the hundreds of stories shared on the @abolishnugreeklife Instagram account. However, in my grace, I wrongly believed that all chapters had enough respect not to resume endangering their guests as soon as campus opened again. This isn’t the first time I was wrong.

The next day, I woke up to a flurry of tweets and another crime notice, this one about an alleged drugging at the SAE fraternity house.

We see year after year that neither IFC nor PHA deserves this unique housing power. Both councils keep their houses exclusive, using rightful University land to segregate their members and friends from the student body. I can speak firsthand

to this exclusivity, from my personal experience and others’ experiences I know, where I went to North Campus looking for a fun and safe party, as a bright-eyed freshman, but the doormen turned me back without a special text. Meanwhile, predators allegedly get pats on the back and safe passage through those foreboding doors. How is this privilege fair?

If the immediate seizure is impossible, NU should negotiate with national chapter representatives to cancel housing contracts and their charter renewals.

I emphasize national chapters in this opinion because they have a lot more power than nonGreeks realize. Let me use Chi Omega at Northwestern as an example. That sorority wanted to disband in late Summer 2020, but was blocked by its national organization. The Chi Omega nationals — these people who trumpet far-right Republican Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-Tennessee) as a proud alumna — let disagreeing activists deletter, and continued Chi Omega as a shell of the past.

Other IFC and PHA chapters share similar realities, such as the resurrected and formerly elitist sorority Delta Delta Delta.

I believe Greek life at NU can work and can do great things, like every other organization on campus. As a future option, I support individual buildings for councils that are open to the public, where their members can gather and the walls are lined with their great histories. For Greek life to work, however, we need equality before the law.

No more making deals for chapters to come back early from expulsion, like SAE did. No more slow action responding to students’ pain. IFC pausing events until Oct. 17 is an alright first step, as are their interim restrictions against both SAE and AEPi, which the Daily reports IFC President Nick Papandreou as saying are the “strictest restrictions IFC can impose on a chapter at this time.” Getting

to equality under the law is a marathon, one whose end should include equality in housing, for all Greeks and non-Greeks.

I want our readers to imagine a campus where the University repurposes IFC and PHA housing for public use. These houses, sitting in the core of campus, are an example of prime real estate that should be used for service to the wider NU community, not for needless partitions. Some conversions are already in effect, such as Gamma Phi Beta and Sigma Nu’s houses, so we know this idea is possible.

I imagine a campus where non-White and non-Black students are not canned like sardines into the Multicultural Center, and instead, we have separate houses for students who identify with different races and ethnicities. We can even have affinity housing spaces, so Black students can live with Black students if they want, fulfilling one of the Bursar’s Office Takeover demands. Imagine a building dedicated to Indigenous people, where NU tells the truth about John Evans’ evil deeds and celebrates the Council of Three Fires, the Ojibwe, Potawatomi and Odawa. Finally, I imagine the University creating dorms even larger and more beautiful than 560 Lincoln St. for students to live in, so upperclassmen don’t have to fight to the death for $800 per month rooms on Garnett Place. Again, this is a step, and I am excited to see the marathon.

A better world is possible, and we must go and create it. I believe that a better world includes seizing all Greek living spaces for better uses.

Sterling Ortiz is a SESP fourth-year. You can contact him at sterlingortiz2022@u.northwestern.edu.

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a degree than naming the fraternity houses where some of these incidents are reportedly occurring.

Though I do not have a perfect solution for accountability on college campuses — nobody does — I am going to finish by stating what I should’ve been asked a long time ago: what I want. I want him to be denied his degree until he receives sufficient counseling. Many abusers were once abused. I want him to be prohibited from holding a leadership position in a student organization. Unbalanced power dynamics fuel sexual violence. I want a counselor to reach out to me when I report trauma. I want financial compensation for the therapy that I have been lucky to afford. I want action that does not require the emotional labor of a Title IX investigation. I want those charged with protecting me to center survivors in their processes. I want every communication about my assault to not include the word “alleged.” I want to be believed.

I want to heal.

Lily Nevo is a Weinberg sophomore. She can be contacted at lilynevo2024@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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A celebration of Hispanic, LGBT communities

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In honor of Hispanic Heritage Month, Evanston Pride hosted “Una Fiesta Hispana” in Evanston’s Fountain Square. The celebration agenda consisted of music, a market made up entirely of LGBTQ+ and Latinx vendors, performances by flamenco dancers, a piñata and raffle as well as a performance by Chicago’s first all-female mariachi group, Mariachi Sirenas. joannehaner2024@u.northwestern.edu

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Remembering NU’s 2011 upset of No. 9 Nebraska

By DREW SCHOTT

daily senior staffer @dschott328

Jeff Budzien was part of the team that won Northwestern’s first bowl game since the 1949 Rose Bowl. He was the kicker for the squad that faced No. 4 Ohio State, a matchup that drew ESPN’s College Gameday to Evanston.

But the game he’s going to “tell (his) kids about” came on Nov. 5, 2011 when NU entered Memorial Stadium for the first time since 1974 to face No. 9 Nebraska.

“We went into Lincoln and nobody gave us a snowball’s chance in hell to win that game,” Budzien said.

Big plays at the right times, a 207-yard rushing attack and controlling the possession battle helped the Cats upset the Cornhuskers 28-25 for their second top-10 win in three years.

Outdueling a Nebraska team in its first season in the Big Ten Conference, coach Pat Fitzgerald earned his 38th win, passing predecessor Randy Walker and moving to second in all-time coaching wins at NU. This weekend, the Cats (2-2, 0-1 Big Ten) return to Lincoln to face the Cornhuskers (2-3, 0-2 Big Ten) As NU comes off two Big Ten West championships in three seasons and Nebraska looks to avoid its fifth-straight losing season in conference play, the 2011 game still reverberates today.

“10 years later, bowl eligibility is expected,” running back Jacob Schmidt said. “Back in 2011, that was still the goal. The goal was to get to a bowl. The goal was to win our division, win the Big Ten. Coach Fitz was trying to build something in the first five years of his tenure, and we did not want to put a pause to that.”

***

Growing up in the 1990s, offensive lineman Ben Burkett knew the reputation of Cornhuskers football. Three national championships and 13 conference titles under coach Tom Osborne.

A home sell-out streak dating back to 1962.

Despite Nebraska’s history, Burkett and the Cats prepared for their matchup just like any game. But the contest was an important one.

After starting the season 2-0, NU came into Lincoln 3-5. The threat of a sixth loss created urgency, as it would force the Cats to win out for bowl eligibility.

Meanwhile, the 7-1 Cornhuskers were riding a three-game win streak, including a recent victory over then-No. 9 Michigan State. It was clear the Cats were the underdogs, Burkett said.

As NU prepared to take the field against the Cornhuskers, it bore witness to the spectacle of Memorial Stadium: 85,458 fans, many of whom were clad in scarlet and cream.

“We’re looking at their jumbotron and they’ve got one of the coolest walk-out videos of all time,” Budzien said. “The crowd is ballistic and I’m thinking, ‘We need a prayer here.’”

After Nebraska earned just 18 yards on its opening drive, the Cats took the field against one of the Big Ten’s stingiest defensive units.

Nebraska rostered linebacker Will Compton, linebacker Lavonte David and cornerback Alfonso Dennard, the latter pair of whom earned All-American and Big Ten recognition for their performance in the 2011 season.

It was Compton who recovered quarterback

Kain Colter’s fumble to give the ball back to the Cornhuskers, who punted once again after a three-and-out. The Cats eventually scored the game’s first touchdown, as Schmidt crossed the goal line to cap off a 13-play, 80-yard drive.

Nebraska then drove 73 yards before running back Rex Burkhead fumbled deep in the NU’s red zone. The ball was recovered by defensive lineman Tyler Scott, stopping the Cornhuskers’ momentum in its tracks.

Even though NU recovered another Nebraska fumble, the Cats couldn’t capitalize at the end of the first half. Quarterback Dan Persa threw an interception to David that led to a Nebraska field goal and then left the game after suffering a shoulder injury late in the second quarter.

Up 7-3 heading into the third quarter, it would be Colter and quarterback Trevor Siemian guiding the Cats under center.

“It doesn’t matter who is back there, whether it was Trevor, Dan or Kane, because they were all either gonna make great throws or they were gonna make things happen with their feet,” offensive lineman Brian Mulroe said.

***

As Colter split reps with Persa early in the season, Schmidt knew NU needed to find a way to get the ball into the sophomore’s hands. When Persa — who suffered a season-ending Achilles injury the year before — went down, the opportunity for Colter arrived.

After Simian found Ebert for a 32 yard gain into Nebraska territory, Colter connected with superback Drake Dunsmore for 23 yards before making

what Schmidt called one of the most athletic plays he has ever witnessed. “(He) jumps off the wrong leg, switches the ball in mid-air and tips the pylon with the ball.”

Colter’s three-yard scramble gave the Cats a 14-3 lead. When Nebraska missed a fourth-down conversion near midfield, the Cats earned an opportunity for a definitive lead against one of college football’s top programs. But a costly interception in the end zone by Siemian led to Cornhuskers quarterback Taylor Martinez throwing his first touchdown pass, cutting NU’s lead to four.

Then, Budzien’s field goal sailed wide of the uprights.

“I had a 45-yarder with the wind,” Budzien said. “I hit it as good as I could hit it.

For about 43 yards, it’s right down the middle, and then it just jets left. And I missed and I was crushed.”

Another punt from Nebraska, who finished the game with four to the Cats’ two, gave NU another chance to maintain its lead. This time, the Cats seized the momentum.

Since the second quarter, Ebert noticed the opposing safety rolling down when NU lined up with two players standing next to Colter in the shotgun, one receiver to his left and two receivers to his right. It left the entire left side of the field wide open.

So when coverage shifted at the snap, Ebert ran straight before racing left on a post route. As he burned Cornhuskers cornerback Ciante Evans, Dennard was too late to pick up the play. Nothing stood between Ebert and what would become a 81-yard touchdown.

“The only thing that was gonna mess me up on my stride was gonna be the throw and just readjusting,” Ebert, who finished with six catches for 147 yards, said. “Luckily, I had a fantastic throw. It hit me in stride and then, I just had green grass.”

Even though Martinez led Nebraska on backto-back touchdown drives, a 66-yard Cats drive between the scores ate seven minutes and 21 seconds off the clock. NU ran 13 times in a row — highlighted by 14-and-11-yard bursts by Schmidt and a one-yard touchdown sneak by Colter — to take a 28-18 lead with less than 90 seconds remaining.

The win was officially sealed when wide receiver Charles Brown recovered the Cornhuskers’ onside kick attempt. Behind 172 total yards and three touchdowns from Colter, two forced turnovers and 20 minutes and 23 seconds of possession time, the Cats had pulled off the upset.

NU’s players soon found their fans, and families, after the win and broke into a rendition of “Go U, Northwestern.” Budzien called it the best moment of singing the fight song in his career.

“Singing the fight song, there’s nothing better,” Schmidt, today NU’s Director of Football Operations, said. “But (it’s) something a little bit sweeter when it’s just you and your 70 guys and your coaches on the road against 90,000 people.”

When Budzien arrived back home, he was watching college football when highlights of the Cats game came on the screen. He looked over at his roommates, all members of the team, as they had a collective thought.

“Did that just happen?”

***

NU’s win in Lincoln was critical: it finished the regular season 6-6. Earning a berth to the Meineke Car Care Bowl of Texas, the Cats fell to Texas A&M 33-23. Meanwhile, the Cornhuskers won just two more games and lost by 17 points to South Carolina in the Capital One Bowl.

The two Big Ten West foes have played nine times since that November day, with Nebraska winning five of the matchups. But while the Cornhuskers have rotated through four coaches since 2011, Fitzgerald has stayed with the team, growing the Cats into one of the Big Ten’s upand-coming powers.

NU has recently suffered tough losses in Lincoln — it fell on a Hail Mary as time expired in 2013 and in 2019, lost on a last-second field goal.

As the Cats return to Nebraska this weekend, they are no longer playing a top-10 program.

However, the magic of NU’s triumph in Lincoln 10 years ago still remains.

“It was one of those things when you take your pads off in the locker room, it’s like, ‘Man, this is special,’” Budzien, who is a sideline reporter for some Cats games for WGN Radio 720, said. “This isn’t like we just beat Rice on the road or we beat Indiana on the road. It had a Super Bowl-feel.” drewschott2023@u.northwestern.edu

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Wildcats return to Big Ten play against Cornhuskers

By JOHN RIKER

daily senior staffer @john__riker

So far, Northwestern has had its hands full preparing for its first four opponents.

Indiana State didn’t have a season in 2020.

The Wildcats hadn’t played Ohio since 2008 and Duke since current New York Giants starter Daniel Jones was the Blue Devils’ quarterback in 2018. Even Michigan State, NU’s Big Ten East foe, had radical roster turnover in the offseason and didn’t announce its starting quarterback until just before kickoff.

However, when the Cats (2-2, 0-1 Big Ten) roll into Lincoln to take on their first Big Ten West opponent of the season in Nebraska (2-3, 0-2), NU will face a known commodity in the Cornhuskers. But that familiarity won’t make the path to a victory at 85,000-seat Memorial Stadium any easier.

“From the minute you get in the building,

they put the pressure on you,” coach Pat Fitzgerald said. “We’ve got to put together a good game plan and we gotta execute it, we’ve got to find a way to be there in the fourth quarter and find a way to win.”

Two of Nebraska’s familiar faces — junior quarterback Adrian Martinez and coach Scott Frost — have been with the team since 2018. Last season, the dual-threat Martinez rushed for 102 yards on 13 carries in the Cornhuskers’ matchup against NU, but struggled against the Cats’ secondary with no passing touchdowns and an interception courtesy of safety Brandon Joseph.

“Adrian’s a human highlight reel, he has been since he’s gotten there,” Fitzgerald said. “Adrian’s gonna make his plays, we’ve just got to make sure we don’t make those mistakes for explosive (plays) or even more deadly touchdowns.”

Along with Martinez’s knack for big plays in both the passing and rushing attacks, the Cats are alert to the strong play of the Cornhuskers’ defense. Nebraska held No. 6 Oklahoma to 23 points, then prevented No. 17 Michigan State

— a team that ran for 326 yards against the Cats in their season opener — from picking up a first down in the second half of their matchup.

Even though the Cornhuskers lost both games, dropping below .500, Nebraska’s stout defensive showings against ranked opponents have the Cats preparing for a challenge in the trenches. “(The Cornhuskers) throw a lot at you so it’ll be tough for us,” sophomore offensive lineman Peter Skoronski said. “We’ve got to be great in our preparation and our intensity this week and be physical because you know they’re going to bring it.”

Another priority for NU’s offense will be preparing sophomore quarterback Ryan Hilinski in his first Big Ten start. Hilinski took a backseat in the Cats’ 35-6 win over Ohio with just 88 passing yards on 12-20 passing. While NU has reigning Big Ten Offensive Player of the Week Evan Hull in the backfield, Nebraska is no FCS defense.

Still, Hilinski demonstrated chemistry with the Cats’ starting receivers — 86 of his 88

passing yards went to NU’s top three targets — and played nearly mistake-free football, a priority after NU’s nightmarish loss to Duke.

After a tumultuous opening month for the Cats’ quarterback room, Saturday will be a prime opportunity for Hilinski to solidify his grasp on the starting job.

Since joining the Big Ten in 2011, Nebraska has played the Cats ten times, with each squad taking five games. NU boasts more recent success, winning two Big Ten West titles in the past three seasons while Frost has yet to lead the Cornhuskers to a winning record. But the matchups have been characterized by physicality and have been decided in the final minutes.

NU is expecting a similar contest for this year’s primetime matchup.

“You’ve got to up your level of physicality and really make sure that (the games) are some of your most physical of the year,” sophomore linebacker Bryce Gallagher said. “I’m excited. johnriker2023@u.northwestern.edu

NU’s special teams may make a difference against Nebraska

By GABRIELA CARROLL

daily senior staffer @gablcarroll

After dominating most of a 23-20 loss to No. 17 Michigan State last week, Nebraska doomed itself by conceding a game-tying fourth-quarter punt return touchdown.

The Cornhuskers’ entire blocking unit converged on the right side of the field to defend the punt return. But the punter’s kick went left, leaving Michigan State wide receiver Jayden Reed unguarded. Reed easily sprinted into the endzone untouched for the score, and Nebraska fell to the Spartans in overtime.

Four weeks into the season, Northwestern is the top punt return team in the Big Ten, averaging 23.1 yards per return. The return game will be an important factor in how well the Wildcats (2-2, 0-1 Big Ten) perform in Lincoln against Nebraska (2-3, 0-2 Big Ten).

“We feel very positive about our returners, all three of them,” special teams coordinator Jeff Genyk said. “All the guys blocking, they understand their game plan really well. They really executed, finished their blocks to give us an opportunity. We also have been strategic in making sure that we handle the ball really well and give it to our offense at the end of the play.”

Almost all of NU’s punt return yards have come from an explosive four return, 166-yard performance against Indiana State. However, the Cats do have at least one return of more than ten yards in each game this season.

Nebraska has only faced three punt return attempts this season, two of which went for under ten yards. But the third was the 62-yard return that was the Cornhuskers’ “death blow” against the Spartans.

“That was one that will stick with you,” Nebraska special teams coordinator Mike Dawson said. “That’s the ultimate one I’ve ever seen.”

A variety of players have fielded punts for NU at some point this season, including AllAmerican sophomore safety Brandon Joseph, sophomore wide receiver Bryce Kirtz, and junior receiver Raymond Niro III. Joseph returned punts in just one game against Indiana State after Kirtz suffered an injury, and he racked up 111 return yards on his two returns. Meanwhile, Niro III has fielded four punts for an average of 17 yards, and Kirtz has returned two for an average of 13 yards.

“Joseph has amazing ball skills and really good vision,” said Genyk. “He can see down the field 20, 30, 40 yards to set up blocks. Kirtz is really amazing catching the ball, and he has really good speed to the outside, and (Niro III) is just very tenacious once he gets the ball. He’s very difficult to bring down.”

While Joseph hasn’t gotten many special teams reps on the field since the Indiana State game, his explosiveness and big play ability could be a unique asset against a Nebraska

squad struggling on special teams.

Despite its explosive returns, NU has yet to score a punt return touchdown and the Cats failed to score any points after Joseph’s two big returns against the Sycamores, despite promising field position. As a result, Niro III said his goal for the return unit this season is to eventually “take it to the house.”

Niro III and Genyk credited much of the punt return unit’s success to the blockers in front of them and the commitment of the entire special teams unit. Niro III added the scout team brings new energy and physicality to its practices, pushing the return units to their full potential.

“Every guy embraces their role, whether they’re front-line on the kickoff, or blocking for the guys on the punt return,” Niro III said. “Those guys have great energy, physical, embracing the role that they got.” gabrielacarroll2023@u.northwestern.edu

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Evanston sees COVID-19 positivity drop over month Evanston reported 71 new confirmed COVID-19 cases over the last seven days, compared to 67 for the week prior, according to its vaccine dashboard. These cases join a total of 5,219 all-time confirmed positives in the city.

Here’s a breakdown of Evanston’s most recent COVID-19 news:

the current positivity rate.

In August, the city implemented new masking guidelines after a delta variant-driven spike resulted in a daily average exceeding 73 new COVID cases per 100,000 Evanson residents in the span of one week.

Positivity Rate:

The city saw on average 40 COVID hospitalizations per day in September.

Northshore Glenbrook had the highest average hospitalization numbers in the past month, followed

by Amita St. Francis and Northshore Evanston. Hospitalizations were more common at the beginning of the month and slowly declined during the last few weeks, peaking at 59 in one day with a low of 29 on

The city’s COVID-19 positivity rate currently stands at 1.23% — relatively low compared to the peak for the month of around 2.5%. Health workers conducted an unusually high number of COVID-19 tests at the end of the month — over 3,000 on Sept. 30, compared to less than 1,000 on every other day. That could impact

Local Hospitalizations:

another day.

Vaccinations: The city reported administering about 1,700 vaccine doses in September. It has administered just over 106,000 vaccine doses to date, with 81.5% of residents ages 12 and older now fully vaccinated and 96.7% of residents ages 65 and older fully vaccinated.

The city reports that 100% of residents older than 65 have received at least their first dose. Starting in October, the city will administer booster doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine to residents who received their second Pfizer vaccine dose at least six months ago.

— Ilana Arougheti

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Northwestern researchers develop new COVID-19 test Northwestern researchers developed a new antigen-based COVID-19 test that demonstrated 100% accuracy in a recent blind laboratory test, according to a Thursday university news release.

The speed of the test, which reportedly takes five minutes or less to identify results, suggests it could potentially provide an accurate diagnosis without significant delay. Researchers are developing it as both a swab test and a breath test.

The test method, described in the journal

Biosensors and Bioelectronics, uses a “nanomechanical sensor platform” and microcantilever technology to identify the presence of COVID19 surface proteins. The cantilevers, made of silicon, are designed to bind to COVID-19 antigens and then bend shape to indicate the virus is present.

The breath test has the potential to noninvasively provide accurate results. In the release, Feinberg? Prof. Vinayak Dravid, coauthor of the paper, said further development

of the breath technology could lead to public no-contact testing.

“Instead of nasal swabs, we want to use breath,” Dravid said. “Because the sensitivity of the technique is so good, breath has a lower viral load, but it has enough virus for this technology to detect.”

Dravid said using this method on a large scale to quickly identify asymptomatic individuals could significantly bolster the fight against viral outbreaks.

The testing method may also prove useful in the detection of diseases other than COVID19. Gajendra Shekhawat, who helped co-author the paper, said in the release that further development may expand the possibilities for this new model of non-invasive rapid testing.

“We have some initial data to demonstrate the high sensitivity to other diseases in addition to COVID,” Shekhawat said.

— Joshua Perry

McCormick Prof. recognized as a 2021 Lincoln Laureate McCormick Prof. John Rogers is one of eight Lincoln Laureates to receive the 2021 Order of Lincoln, Illinois’ highest honor for professional and public service achievements.

Rogers, director of the Querrey Simpson Institute for Bioelectronics, has developed multiple wearable electronics to monitor babies’ health.

His technologies, which are designed to bend with the human body, include an implant that supplies electrical stimulation to premature babies’ nerves and a skin-like sticker that

monitors babies’ vital signs in neonatal intensive care units. In partnership with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Rogers’ team deployed thousands of these devices to hospitals in Ghana, India, Kenya and Zambia.

Rogers said he is honored to represent Northwestern with the award in a University news release.

“As a Texan who has now spent most of his adult life in Illinois, I have developed a profound appreciation for the unique culture and talented people of the state, political home of

one of our nation’s greatest presidents,” Rogers said in the release.

One of few researchers in all three national academies — the National Academy of Engineering, the National Academy of Medicine and the National Academy of Science — Rogers has been nationally recognized for his work.

He is the recipient of a MacArthur “Genius” Grant, a Guggenheim Fellowship and the Benjamin Franklin Medal.

Rogers’ fellow Lincoln Laureates include former NASA astronaut Captain Scott Altman and

Special Olympics medalist Tommy Shimoda.

Recipient Dr. Joanne Smith, the former president and CEO of the Shirley Ryan AbilityLab, passed away on Sept. 6 but will still be honored.

“Hard work, innovation and determination have long been the foundation of our communities,” Gov. J.B. Pritzker said about Rogers and his colleagues in the release. “The eight recipients of the Order of Lincoln have exhibited all that and more.”

— Jorja Siemons

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amount of time, resorting to euthanasia when it got too crowded. Now, the organization is searching for funds to build a new facility that can better fulfill its aims as a no-kill, open-admission shelter.

The facility also doesn’t comply with building code and industry standards for heating, ventilation and air conditioning. The shelter needs to expand before the HVAC system can receive necessary upgrades.

Redevelopment pursuits are not new. Before the Evanston Animal Shelter Association took over shelter operations in 2015, the city signed an agreement with the previous operator, Community Animal Rescue Effort, to expand the shelter’s facilities. Bureaucratic hurdles delayed the project.

The shelter has already secured a $2 million grant from the Cook County Animal Shelter Grant Program, and plans on fundraising $1 million on its own to add to redevelopment funds.

The shelter advocated for the allocation of city funds to the project at Monday night’s City Council. Though the association operates the shelter, the city owns and maintains the facility.

According to a city staff report, the total project cost could be between $5.5 million and $10 million, meaning the city would have to provide at least $2.5 million in funding.

At the meeting, Engineering and Capital Planning Bureau Chief Lara Biggs said city funds could help address existing building deficiencies, including a lack of medical isolation spaces and an absence of natural light.

Shane Cary, an architect and Public Works project manager, broke down the three different options, referred to as “levels,” for facility redevelopment.

Level one, ranging from $5.5 million to $6.5 million, would be a basic building plan with all improvements necessary to meet city standards. Level two,

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’70s and tango,” Celia said. “I missed it a lot.”

For elderly community members like Celia, Alfonso said the last year has been particularly isolating, since they haven’t easily been able to leave the house and connect with others. This feeling is amplified in suburbs where there isn’t a large

ranging from $6 million to $7.1 million in total cost, would also include expanded shelter capacity to medically treat animals in an on-site surgical suite.

“This expansion of medical facilities would lower the ongoing costs that the Evanston Animal Shelter would have to have,” Cary said. “It also would provide the opportunity for community spay, neuter and vaccine programs.”

During public comment, Kristi Bachmann, a chair of the city’s Animal Welfare Board, emphasized these programs are important to manage stray cat populations in Evanston.

“Currently, there is no space for these cats while they are awaiting surgeries and recovering afterwards,” Bachmann said.

Terry said level three, the most expensive option with up to $10 million in costs, would feature additional spaces for volunteers. Before the pandemic, about 175 people volunteered, according to the city staff report.

There are also several ways for the new shelter to meet city sustainability goals, including making the facility net zero in carbon emissions. Still, Cary said abiding by Climate Action and Resilience Plan goals in an animal shelter presents obstacles.

“An animal shelter does not have the opportunity, like an office building, to shut down and not use energy overnight,” Cary said. “There’s a lot of cleaning that has to be done, and that’s energy as well.”

Ald. Devon Reid (8th) raised concerns about the shelter association’s ability to fully raise $1 million on its own to help fund the project.

But Pasenko told The Daily the shelter is confident in its ability to fundraise. According to the staff report, the association only receives $100,000 annually from the city. Pasenko said the rest of the organization’s funding already comes from fundraising, which gives the team baseline understandings of the process.

Despite fundraising concerns, councilmembers and shelter staff alike agreed on the importance of increasing funding for the shelter.

Shelter staff and volunteers distributed nearly 35,000 pounds of free pet food in 2020 and provided 1,549 days of care to 23 animals, targeted toward pet owners facing financial hardship or illness.

Resident Sherry Carpenter said the shelter provided care to her cat and two dogs after a fire in her apartment.

“I don’t know what I would have done without their help,” Carpenter said. “It was a lifesaver for my pets and for me.” jorjasiemons2024@u.northwestern.edu Spanish-speaking community, Fernandez said.

The elderly community carries extensive culture, traditions, values and principles from lived experience, Fernandez said. Instead of letting community members pass unnoticed, she said residents should listen.

“In Evanston … Latinos are still invisible. Our accomplishments, our problems, our needs are not counted,” Fernandez said. “The only way to make our voices heard is to organize … and cover the needs that

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Orrington Ave., which reopened as a residence hall this fall.

FMO, NU’s premier Black Student Alliance, has looked forward to using the Black House after meeting on Zoom for over a year, said SESP sophomore Mya Franklin, the group’s director of communications and marketing.

FMO held its first in-person event of the year with an outdoor “Black to School BBQ” last week, Franklin said. The event was a valuable space to meet other Black students on campus

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‘Here’s when your car is coming,’ another call saying, ‘Can you please fill out this form,’ another call saying, ‘Here is the contact tracing process.’”

On top of these logistical difficulties, quarantine also presents social and academic challenges, especially in the first few weeks of school.

Medill freshman Avigna Ramachandran, Reith’s roommate, said it was difficult to miss her first week of classes and first Northwestern football game.

Ramachandran began her quarantine in 1835 Hinman on Sept. 23 and returned to campus Tuesday at midnight. She said she had only attended one day of classes when her quarantine period began.

“It’s definitely very isolating being alone in the room in Hinman and just feeling FOMO,” Ramachandran said. “But I am really lucky to have had a great support system.”

Quarantining with her roommate and another friend helped make her experience less lonely, she said. Although they did not stay in the same room, Ramachandran said they were able to socialize in lounges.

This year, with classes fully in-person, students say it’s harder to keep up with class work while quarantining. Musabegovic said she has been able to stay on track academically, but in some of her classes, she is expected to do more work because she cannot attend inperson classes. She found the work especially difficult when she was experiencing COVID-19 are not covered by the government or the schools.”

Alfonso said her organization also informs participants about resources like legal services and financial planning that language barriers can otherwise make inaccessible.

These barriers prevented some non-English speaking community members from learning vital information about COVID-19, Alfonso said. Unable to access essential information about potential

and “find joy,” she added.

Franklin said the Black House — which was built in 1968 in response to student activist demands — represents unity of Black students and a place for social, political and intellectual growth on NU’s campus.

“The history of the Black House is about liberation, it’s about anger, it’s about demanding what we are owed as Black people,” Franklin said. “FMO is definitely going to be using the Black House for not only meetings for the board, but also events (because) it’s a very real representation of what FMO stands for.”

maiapandey@u.northwestern.edu symptoms.

“Instead of having your in-person component excused… you have to do written assignments instead, which are even harder than they would be in class,” she said.

Ramachandran said it was challenging to be out of class so early in freshman year. However, she said emailing her instructors and accessing asynchronous Zoom recordings of her in-person classes helped her keep up with her workload.

While navigating these academic struggles, isolation can also take a toll on students’ mental health. Musabegovic said one of her main difficulties has been combating boredom.

“There’s not a lot of physical resources and stuff to do,” she said. “You can only walk around your hallway, but I’m trying my best to keep it together.”

Musabegovic said the only entertainment she could request for her room was a yoga block.

Reith said isolation can be taxing and reminded other students to check in on their friends going into quarantine.

“Be mindful,” she said. “Look out for them.

Keep them on track. Make sure that they’re okay. “The concern is less with physical complications and more so with the mental and emotional impacts of going into isolation.”

Reflecting on her experience, Reith said she sees room for improvement in NU’s quarantine policies and case management, even 18 months after the start of the pandemic.

“I think that they’re still working out a lot of kinks,” she said. catherineodom2024@u.northwestern.edu precautions and how the virus spreads, she said some elderly community members lost their lives.

“There was a lot of misinformation about COVID in health services, and some of our leaders passed away without even saying goodbye,” Alfonso said. “(This program) honors the ones that are already gone.” katrinapham2024@u.northwestern.edu

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NU prepares to host Rutgers for first Big Ten win

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Since teams at the top of national rankings pack Northwestern’s conference schedule, Friday’s match against Rutgers, a squad also looking for its first Big Ten win, might seem like a needed respite.

That’s not how the Wildcats are approaching it.

“Every team in the Big Ten is pretty good,” junior outside hitter Temi ThomasAilara said. “And in a lot of the games that we’re playing, there are things you can learn from each match.”

The Cats (5-8, 0-2 Big Ten) took in-state rival Illinois to five sets a couple days after winning their first set against then-No. 12 Nebraska since 2013. But they’ll have two opportunities to get in the Big Ten win column when they host Rutgers (8-5, 0-2) and No. 7 Minnesota (7-3, 2-0) back-to-back.

“Rutgers, they’re better than they’ve been in a while, they have a great staff and they play hard,” coach Shane Davis said.

“We have to be on our A-game and I know it’s gonna be a tough match. And after that, we’ll talk about Minnesota.”

After playing competitively against favorite Nebraska to start its Big Ten slate, NU nearly knocked off Illinois on the road.

The Cats took the first set by a razor-thin margin, 25-23, but dropped two straight sets — both by the score of 25-17 — to fall behind the Fighting Illini.

NU staged a furious comeback bid, rebounding to win the fourth set 25-21 and battling to within 7-9 in the deciding fifth set. Illinois won six of the next eight points to seal the victory, and while the Cats left Champaign without the win, Davis said he saw progress in NU’s second conference match.

“Against Nebraska, we missed on a couple key opportunities in the first two sets,” Davis said. “We did a much better job against Illinois of capitalizing on

opportunities.”

While most of this season’s core consists of upperclassmen, few of those contributors came into this year with a wealth of in-game experience. Redshirt junior outside hitter Hanna Lesiak has emerged as one standout performer after missing the majority of two seasons.

One of the players with the benefit of experience on her side is sophomore middle blocker Leilani Dodson, who attended Nazareth Academy in La Grange for high school but played her first year at BYU. After a standout first season that culminated in a Sweet Sixteen appearance, Dodson decided to come home and transfer to NU. “The academics here are fabulous,” Dodson said. “That was a huge draw for me, and then just being able to play in the Big Ten and at a school that is up and coming.”

So far, Dodson’s transition from the West Coast Conference to the Big Ten has been a natural one. Dodson had doubledigit kills in each of the Cats’ conference matchups and has served as NU’s slide attack specialist. Thomas-Ailara highlighted Dodson’s aptitude for blocking and covering ground as welcome additions to this year’s team.

Dodson has also become a central part of the team’s culture, no small feat for a transfer.

“She’s been adjusting pretty easily,” Davis said. “She’s got a good connection and good relationship with everybody on the team. Sometimes that’s tough as a transfer, but that says a lot about the team and about her.”

As a member of a BYU squad that won 17 of its 18 regular season matches, Dodson brings a winning pedigree to Evanston.

And despite the early hole the Cats find themselves in, she’s confident that wins are a couple plays away.

“We’re so close to winning matches,” Dodson said. “So once we get there, just winning the big matches and everything along the way, it’s super fun.” johnriker2023@u.northwestern.edu

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Cross Country heads Tie at Maryland disappoints NU to South Bend for meet

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Looking to build on its strongest start since coach Jill Miller joined the program in 2019, Northwestern cross country will travel to South Bend, Ind. Friday for the Joe Piane Invitational.

The Wildcats face daunting competition in the Hoosier State. They’ll run against four of the country’s top ten cross country teams – Alabama, North Carolina State, Minnesota and Washington. NU, currently ranked fifth in the Midwest, will also compete against Illinois and Minnesota, the two Big Ten teams ranked ahead of it in the region.

The Cats have dominated their slate so far, kicking off the season with a second-place finish at the Hawkeye Invitational on Sept. 3 and a victory at the Redbird Invite on Sept. 17. It’s a significant change from NU’s start in 2019, when it finished third of four teams in its first race and fifth of eight in their second.

However, the Cats have only competed against one conference foe this season – Iowa, who they defeated by a solid 21 points. NU’s performance in the Joe Piane Invitational will be a strong indicator of where it stands in the Big Ten, as four other conference programs join it in South Bend.

The Cats will rely on senior Rachel McCardell and junior Kalea Bartolotto, the team’s top two runners, to cross the finish line early and keep the team’s points total low.

McCardell delivered two strong performances for NU this season, winning both of her races so far. She was also recently named Big Ten Athlete of the Week following her strong performance at the Redbird Invite on Sept. 17. Bartolotto has been key for the Cats as well, finishing third and eighth overall in her first two races of the season.

Behind Bartolotto and McCardell, NU has several strong underclassmen making their mark. Freshman Abbie Draheim scored for the team in her first two meets with the Cats, and freshmen Amanda Mosborg and Anna Hightower have each scored in one competition. Graduate transfer student Lotte Van der Pol also added valuable points during her first race for NU at the Redbird Invite.

The Cats are in their third year under Miller’s leadership — a period significantly defined by COVID-19.

The 2021 season is Miller’s first opportunity to coach a normal, full-length season since 2019. The rest of the season, including the Joe Piane Invitational, will pose a significant test for the squad and set the stage for showing out against Big Ten competition. charlottevarnes2024@u.northwestern.edu

Northwestern women’s soccer left College Park, Md. dissatisfied, tying Maryland 1-1 in their first game at Ludwig Field since 2018.

“We’re a bit frustrated that we didn’t win,” coach Michael Moynihan said.

“We’re disappointed in the goal we gave up, but given the circumstances it was a good sign for our team to fight back.”

Following an impressive win in Happy Valley, the Wildcats (5-4-1, 1-1-1 Big Ten) hoped to continue their success with an additional road win over the Terrapins.

However, NU faced a tough competitor, battling the entire game just to get on the scoreboard.

Senior midfielder Francesca Docters scored the lone goal for the team in the 90th minute, tying the game right before the end of regulation. The goal saved the Cats from another conference loss early in the season.

Outshot by Maryland 12-11, NU held its own against the Terps despite a slow start. Moynihan said the Cats encountered a lot of pressure from Maryland midfielders, making it difficult to keep the ball on their offensive end.

“The challenge with Maryland is they have athletic forwards who stretch the game out and play pretty direct,” Moynihan said. “(Maryland) can be a bit of a handful and it was one of those situations we just didn’t handle it well.”

By halftime, both teams struggled with shooting — the score remained at zero for a full 45 minutes. Still, Maryland came out

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Sophomore midfielder Ingrid Falls looks to pass the ball to a teammate. Northwestern faces Illinois Thursday at Lanny and Sharon Martin Stadium.

swinging in the second half, scoring a goal seven minutes into the period.

From there, NU scrambled to tie the score, outshooting the Terrapins in the second half 5-4 to grab a goal. When it appeared Maryland was finalizing its win, Docters had an opening, kicking the ball straight to the back of the net.

“I’m so proud of my teammates for just keeping on and believing in ourselves to get that last cross off,” Docters said. “It gives me a chance to be composed in the moment.”

Although Moynihan and Docters were disappointed with the tie, both felt optimistic to return to Evanston for an in-state rivalry game against Illinois Thursday.

The stakes of Thursday’s game are high for the Cats, especially after NU suffered a nail biting loss to the Fighting Illini last season on Senior Day. Moynihan said he’s excited to get back to Lanny and Sharon Martin Stadium for a win over Illinois.

Additionally, Moynihan recalled NU’s

shooting was mediocre the last time the two teams played. The Cats outshot their rivals 13-9 yet lacked accuracy, giving the Fighting Illini multiple opportunities to exploit their defense. Docters said the rematch is a way to honor the graduated seniors from last season and put the team back in the win column.

NU will have the upper hand for Thursday’s matchup with its home field advantage, a boost they haven’t enjoyed for more than two weeks. Docters said film review and shooting are the focal points of the team’s practices to prepare for Illinois. A Cats’ win will send a message to the Big Ten conference that the team is not going anywhere.

“We definitely want to win after (Illinois) beat us last year,” Docters said.

“We’re not happy with that so we want to get another win this week.” skyeswann2024@u.northwestern.edu