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NU, Evanston stand together in time of grief By SUSAN DU
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half a million dollars over three years for community street outreach. U.S. Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-Ill.), who attended the forum Monday night, encouraged Green to make the announcement. Schakowsky later introduced the issue of gun control to the forum. Schakowsky, whose granddaughter is a freshman at ETHS, asked about the accessibility of guns in Evanston and its surrounding areas. In response, Carolyn Murray, co-chair
Northwestern and Evanston were simultaneously thrust into the national spotlight last week when two young people — McCormick sophomore Harsha Maddula and Evanston Township High School freshman Dajae Coleman — died unexpectedly. In that citywide time of grief, NU students and Evanston residents came together to support each other despite their sometimes contentious relationship. Coleman was shot and killed Sept. 22 on Church Street while walking home from a party. Maddula disappeared after leaving an off-campus party the same day, resulting in a week-long search that concluded Thursday when police found his body near Wilmette Harbor. Before authorities discovered Maddula’s body, many students and Evanston residents were hoping that he would return safely. Volunteer search parties set out to poster the streets of Evanston, and city officials called off the annual Paint the Town Purple pep rally so that volunteers could continue combing the area for any sign of someone most had never known. In the week following Coleman’s murder, his friends and classmates organized a memorial walk, his favorite basketball player LeBron James recognized him in a tweet and Evanston Mayor Elizabeth Tisdahl called a community anti-violence meeting. Two days after more than 1,500 people showed up to Coleman’s funeral, Maddula’s family laid the NU student to rest in New York.
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COMMUNITY FORUM Seth Green, the executive director of Y.O.U., moderates a panel of Evanston community members. The panel was part of a forum at the McGaw YMCA to discuss the shooting death of Dajae Coleman and its implications for the city.
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More than 250 people gathered at the McGaw YMCA on Monday evening to discuss the recent murder of 14-year-old Dajae Coleman and how his death impacted the Evanston community. Evanston residents, parents and city staff filled the Children’s Center Auditorium in the YMCA, 1420 Maple Ave. The forum was hosted by Youth Organizations
Umbrella, Family Focus, the James B. Moran Center for Youth Advocacy, YWCA Evanston/ North Shore and the Youth Job Center in addition to the YMCA. For the majority of the open forum, a panel of nine community members reflected on the shooting and discussed city-wide effects of the tragedy. Seth Green, executive director of Y.O.U. moderated. Green announced that Friday evening, the Department of Health and Human Services granted Y.O.U., the city of Evanston, the Youth Jobs Center and the YWCA approximately
Harsha Maddula
Maddula case could take ‘years’ By PATRICK SVITEK
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Officials signaled Monday that the investigation into Harsha Maddula’s death may not bring immediate closure. A spokeswoman from the Cook County medical examiner’s office said it could “take years or months” to figure out how the McCormick sophomore drowned in Lake Michigan. Maddula’s body was found floating near Wilmette Harbor on Thursday evening. His funeral was Monday in New Hyde Park, N.Y. Northwestern chaplain Timothy Stevens reportedly attended the service. Toxicology results due back in six to eight weeks could shed some light on Maddula’s manner of death, which remains undetermined. But even those tests may fall short of valuable insight without additional context provided by law enforcement agencies, according to the medical examiner’s office spokeswoman. Both this spokeswoman and
Evanston Police Department Cmdr. Jay Parrott have agreed that Maddula’s death was not diabetes-related. A Maddula family spokeswoman previously told reporters that his parents do not believe their son’s death “had anything to do with his diabetic condition.” Parrott said EPD investigators are continuing to re-examine interviews with anyone who may have have seen Maddula before he left an off-campus party in the early morning hours of Sept. 22. Investigators on Monday started inspecting Maddula’s computer for any hints about his disappearance, Parrott said. In an email, Wilmette Police Chief Brian King reiterated that authorities do not believe foul play was involved in Maddula’s death. “There were no signs of a struggle or anything to suggest that a crime occurred,” King said. “Whether (Maddula) went into the water accidentally or intentionally we simply cannot tell.” In an email, Wilmette Police Chief Brian King reiterated that authorities do not believe foul play was involved in Maddula’s death. “There were no signs of a struggle or anything to suggest that a crime occurred,” King said. “Whether (Maddula) went into the water accidentally or intentionally we simply cannot tell.” patricksvitek2014@u.northwestern.edu
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After numerous complaints from students about navigation and usability, Northwestern University Information Technology is revamping the home page of CAESAR, NU’s online registration system. By the end of October, the site’s “Student Center” page will be updated to improve accessibility and reduce confusion, said Ann Dronen, director of student enterprise systems for NU. NUIT currently plans to release the upgraded page for student use after the weekend of Oct. 20. While still under development, the new landing page’s navigation is meant to be more user-friendly for students, Dronen said. “We’re trying to have a more logical way and an easier way for students to get what they need to get to,” she said. As the go-to source for class registration, financial aid packages and academic transcripts, NU students use CAESAR on a regular basis. However, the majority of students are unhappy with a number of the site’s features, including navigation. Students often do not know where exactly to find specific items, such as contact or payment information, Dronen said. NUIT is attempting to tackle these problems by grouping related items under the same category. For example, the new site will have all financial-related
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CAESAR CHANGES After numerous complaints from students, NUIT is revamping the home page of CAESAR, NU’s online registration system.
elements grouped together, Dronen said. The changes to CAESAR come a month after the overhaul of the home page of the University’s main website. Communication senior Savan Patel said he has observed little change to the configuration of CAESAR during his time at NU. “They seem to change a lot of things, but CAESAR, which is pretty important, has been pretty static over the last four years,” Patel said. NUIT began designing mockups for a new landing page after receiving
feedback from a survey sent to the student body in mid-June. “We’re doing an upgrade to the overall system, so it was a good opportunity to change the landing page for the students,” Dronen said. About 2100 students completed the survey, which asked about which sections of CAESAR students use most often as well as what external links they would want linked to the site. NUIT also established two focus groups in late July and early August to gauge reactions to » See CAESAR, page 7
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Print service gives $10,000 to nonprofits By AMANDA GILBERT
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Evanston’s Allegra Print & Imaging gave $10,000 in grants to 15 nonprofit organizations through its annual Footprint Fund Sept. 30. Winners received grants in the range of $200 to $1,000 worth of service from Allegra, a company that specializes in graphic design, printing, copying, bindery and signage work. The grants were awarded to help nonprofit organizations enhance their images, expand their services and extend their printing budgets. This year’s winners include Evanston Symphony Orchestra, Connections for the Homeless, Shore Community Services, Youth Job Center and the YMCA. Craig Douglas is the marketing and business manager of the Allegra company in San Antonio, Texas. He said the Footprint Fund has been around for many years, and this is the third year the Evanston company has made grants totaling $10,000. “The Allegra company in Evanston decides how much the awards will be for its local community,” Douglas said. “And they usually decide on a lot.” He said the corporate Allegra office started the Footprint fund to increase awareness of nonprofit organizations by changing their marketing and advertising platforms. He added that the fund is unique because it provides free service to nonprofits. He said he hopes the gift has a longer-lasting effect on the organizations. “Those grant awards are the seed that causes those nonprofits to step out and do new things from
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a marketing perspective,” Douglas said. “We give back in a way that’s broader than just cash.” Pete Morgan is a new graphic designer at the Evanston Allegra. He said Allegra provides many services for the Northwestern community as well as area nonprofits. The company is currently working on the NU basketball programs. “My favorite part about working here is getting to do something new every day with many different companies,” Morgan said. He said the Footprint Fund will allow Allegra’s current customers and other Evanston residents to learn
more about the nonprofits in their community. Douglas added that due to the success of this fund, Allegra launched the Nonprofit Challenge contest Sept. 1. People can log onto nonprofitchallenge.com and nominate their favorite nonprofit. The nonprofit that receives the most likes on Facebook will receive $2,500 in free service from the Allegra closest to it. “Evanston residents should apply,” Douglas said. “It’s a way of giving back to the community.”
Compressed air can stolen from CVS
Paintings taken from building lobby
A Falcon Dust-Off compressed air can was stolen from a CVS pharmacyin the 100 block of Asbury Avenue, said Evanston Police Spokesman Cmdr. Jay Parrott. The theft occurred at 3:05 Sunday morning. The stolen item is valued at approximately $10.
A set of paintings in a brown box was stolen from the lobby of an apartment building in the 2200 block of Ridge Avenue. The package was stolen sometime between 11 a.m. Friday and 9:30 a.m. Saturday, Parrott said.
The box was kept inside behind locked doors. The package’s owner, an Evanston resident, saw it in the lobby on Friday morning but was unable to retrieve it at that time. When she returned the next morning, it was gone.
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Dorm lockout policy calls for $200 fine By JUNNIE KWON
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As part of a new university policy, on-campus dorm residents who get locked out and need their community assistant to unlock their door three times will be charged $200 for a lock change. The policy applies whether students have lost their keys or not. For each lockout, dorm residents will go through a three-step process, including receiving a copy of a ticket tracking their lockouts, showing their keys to their community assistant and meeting with the area coordinator, according to an email sent Sept. 26 to 1835 Hinman residents by community assistant Vivian Wang. “This policy is held throughout the school year,� Wang, a SESP junior, said in the email. An email outlining the same policy was also sent to residents of Allison Residential Community, Shepard Residential College and Public Affairs Residential College on Monday night by SHARC’s area coordinator, Keenan Colquitt. Colquitt mentioned that residents are allowed two free lockouts before they are charged. He added noted the process would restart following the fourth lockout and it is possible for a students’ locks to be repeatedly “re-cored� if they continue to lock themselves out. This new protocol does not replace the lost keys policy, which states that the standard fee is $181 for a lock change if a resident loses the keys to his or her room. Previous university policy for lockouts involved charging students small fees for every lockout, according to the Division of Student Affairs residential services website. The website states that the money collected through these fees would be donated to charity. Currently, the residential services website reflects the old policy. Multiple representatives from University Residential Life could repeatedly not be reached, and multiple area coordinators declined to comment on the change. When contacted, University spokesman Alan Cubbage said he was unaware of the new policy.
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LOCKOUT LIMITS Under new University policy, dorm residents will be charged $200 for a lock change after they forget their keys and lock themselves out of their rooms three times.
Pascual O’Dogherty, a McCormick sophomore living in Rogers House, said he preferred the lockout policy of past years. “The lockout fee they already have (is) annoying to pay, and it’s a hassle, (but) it’s a good reminder to take the keys with you,� O’Dogherty said. “To increase dramatically that fee after the third time you lock yourself out – it’s more of a punishment than a lesson.� Communication sophomore Cassie Bowers said financial burdens are a major concern, especially for students who would have difficulty paying the fee. “I don’t understand why they need $200 to let you into your room three times,� said Bowers, who lives in 1835 Hinman. She said she believes that involving a fiscal punishment creates an unfair standard, and said her friend lost his keys last year and had to
pay the fee. “Since he was from a family that could handle it, it was okay,� she said. “It makes it so that people who don’t have money have to be really, really careful. And people who can pay it, it doesn’t necessarily make them more responsible.� Some students, including Bowers, were not aware of the change in policy or had heard of it only by word of mouth. “Especially for me as a returning sophomore, most of those (mass) emails have been about things that I already knew about, so I haven’t been particularly thorough about reading those,� Bowers said.
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Prof selected as MacArthur “genius grant� recipient
Northwestern Prof. Dylan Penningroth is one of 23 people who have been awarded a 2012 MacArthur Foundation “genius grant.� The $500,000 grant, distributed annually in $100,000 awards, has now been given to 873 people since 1981, when the program started. The MacArthur fellowship was awarded to Penningroth for his research, which defies historical assumptions and shows that slaves did in fact own property. Penningroth, an African American History professor, told the Associated Press he will use the grant money to continue searching for court records of slave-owned property that existed in the Civil War South. “This grant will make it possible for me to think big, to be more ambitious about the time period I cover and the questions I’m trying to answer, like, what’s the connection to the modern civil rights era?� Penningroth said. In 2003, Penningroth wrote a book, “The Claims of Kinfolk,� that discussed the unique circumstance of slaves owning property such as corn and cows. Now, he is examining the families of freed slaves and how they were able to achieve property-owning status and legal recognition. “In my current work, I’m looking at freed slaves’ children and grandchildren and how they managed to carve out space within the legal system to pursue their own interests,� he told the Chicago Tribune. “They took an incredibly oppressive legal system — this is Jim Crow era, when (African-Americans) couldn’t drink at the same drinking fountains as whites, when sheriffs looked the other way when people came to lynch them — and they found ways to use the law, rather than to get used by the law.�
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I promised my readers a column that focused on sports issues, and I pledge that this piece has a connection to sports — the Chicago White Sox. Rabbi Dov Hillel Klein of Northwestern’s Tannenbaum Chabad House donated a pair of premium behind-home-plate White Sox tickets to my sorority’s philanthropy event this past spring quarter. I would have never suspected that a couple of baseball tickets would give me insight into the greatness of Rabbi Klein. I had not talked to Rabbi Klein more than a few times and I did not know what to expect when I asked him for the tickets. The Rabbi said he had a favor to ask of me in return for the tickets, and I was wondering what on earth this favor would entail. I was surprised when the Rabbi explained that he was the senior Evanston police chaplain and wanted me to find someone to play taps on trumpet for a police ceremony. The Rabbi then promptly handed me a $10 bill and bought my allotment of raffle tickets without me even asking. This is one of the many examples of the Rabbi’s selflessness and determination to help others. At
Northwestern, Rabbi Klein created the campus kosher meal program, serves as an adviser to the Alpha Epsilon Pi fraternity and is a faculty fellow for the Communications Residential College (CRC). He makes countless students feel welcome through programming and weekly Shabbat dinners at the Chabad house. Rabbi’s founding Because and dedication to the Evanston police chapRabbi Klein laincy is extraordinary, contributes so as this organization that positively to our regularly assists Evanston police officers and campus and residents affected by crimes. community, I was shocked when I students should received a lengthy email join together from Rabbi Klein the day of Yom Kippur (the to support holiest Jewish holiday of Chabad. the year) that described Rabbi’s struggle against the university. In summary, the Rabbi was asked by the new vice president for student affairs to resign from Chabad or “sever his ties with the university for allegedly violating university policy on alcohol consumption.” The Rabbi served limited amounts of alcohol to celebrate Shabbat, a weekly Jewish ceremony, under an Illinois state law that allows people
under the age of 21 to consume alcohol for “religious ceremonies.” He also made sure that if students were drinking they were safe and responsible. A Rabbi would not defame a house of worship such as the Northwestern Chabad house with underage drinking for no specific purpose. As a Reform Jewish female, I never imagined myself going into a Chabad house, much less feeling comfortable there and enjoying myself. I had an image of Chabad growing up that included Orthodox men praying and socializing and women being forced into a corner of the house. Maybe other Chabad houses are like that, but Rabbi Klein makes everyone feel welcome at Chabad, whether they are very observant Orthodox Jews or even non-Jews. Because Rabbi Klein contributes so positively to our campus and the Evanston community, students should join together to support Chabad. Currently, Chabad is not a University-sponsored organization, but it still thrives and offers a welcoming environment to students of all backgrounds. Northwestern students should join in advocating for the University to reestablish its recognition of Chabad so that more students are able to enjoy the positive influence of Rabbi Klein.
from home. From services and programs to Shabbat dinner with chicken soup, he wants to make every student feel welcome. Rabbi is one of the most responsible leaders on this campus and demonstrates this each year by leading trips of students from across the country to Israel. Over the last 20 years, he has taken more than 2,000 students on these trips. Most importantly, Rabbi Klein is there for his students. If a student he knows is participating in any event, Rabbi Klein will be there. From Northwestern basketball games and Dance Marathon to concerts and plays, he goes to these events because he knows that the students want to share these experiences with him, and because he wants to support them in their successes. He consistently offers support in students’ times of need. He goes beyond what is expected; he cares, and it shows. Rabbi Klein is here to make Northwestern a safe, enjoyable, and meaningful place to spend a student’s college years. He is a responsible leader who contributes to campus life and is a person who deeply cares about the lives of students. Many administrators on campus can attest to the type of community he has created because they have been to Chabad events. We have seen university officials, from Morty to countless professors, enjoying themselves at Chabad events. The bottom line is that Rabbi Klein has been
our support system away from home and he has always been there for us. For students past, present and future, we hope the University realizes the mistake they have made, and officially welcomes Rabbi Klein back to campus where he belongs.
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Meredith Goodman is a Weinberg sophomore. She can be reached at meredithgoodman2015@u.northwestern.edu. If you would like to respond publicly to this column, email a Letter to the Editor to forum@dailynorthwestern.com.
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Jewish student leaders call for Klein’s return Dear Editor, As a Northwestern alumnus (class of 2012) and the past president of the Chabad Student Executive Board I want to convey to Tim Stevens, Patricia Telles-Irvin, and the entire Northwestern family how much Rabbi Klein has done and how much he means to this campus. I will only list a few things, however you can see for yourself at nuchabad.org/impact-onnorthwestern. Rabbi Klein brought Chabad to campus 27 years ago and has since revolutionized Jewish life at Northwestern. There are now kosher options in the dining halls and a synagogue on campus for students for daily prayer. These two things alone have allowed for so many Jewish students to be comfortable attending Northwestern. Rabbi is one of the most welcoming and friendly faces at Northwestern, and his focus is to make the campus a better, safer and fun place for all of its students, regardless of religious background. He creates and participates in countless programs and events in order to encourage students to learn, eat, or just have fun. He works tirelessly to make Chabad feel like a home away
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Quartet Copies ruins first-week dreams I’ll start with a qualifier so I don’t seem to be blinded by anger and incapable of being objective. I’m sure the employees at Quartet Copies are swamped at this point in the quarter. I’m also sure they work very hard year-round to meet the demands of college students who often can’t muster up the name of the class they need a course packet for while asking for said course packet. That said, after my third day of classes, I’m behind about 100 pages of reading and it’s entirely Quartet Copies’ fault. I went to pick up three course packets from Quartet on Sunday (two for me, one for a friend). None of the packets were available – the store was out of two and the other the professor hadn’t sent to the store yet. So I placed an order for all three course packets, I had the pre-paid about same angry $100 and left. Monday morn- feeling I get ing, I return to when I go to Quartet fully expecting to walk the salon, ask out of the store, for a trim and course packets the lady cuts in hand, and get started on homefour inches off work that is due of my hair. Tuesday. Well, Quartet quashed that dream. Quartet had only printed one of the packs I pre-ordered, even though I had called literally six minutes before getting to the store and the man on the phone informed me that my order was ready. I got the other packet after asking the somewhat confused Quartet crony at the counter if she could check in the back, and they happened to have an extra, though she aggressively tried charge me again for it. She told me to return to Quartet tomorrow and pick up my last packet. “Is that okay?” she asked, in what I swear was the most apathetic voice I’ve ever heard from anyone ever. NO, IT IS TOTALLY NOT OKAY. I had the same angry feeling I get when I go to the salon, ask for a trim and the lady cuts four inches off of my hair. Instead of 12 student-run moving companies, Evanston really needs to bring in some competition for Quartet Copies.
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Ava Wallace is a Medill sophomore. She can be reached at avawallace2015@u.northwestern.edu. If you would like to respond publicly to this column, email a Letter to the Editor to forum@dailynorthwestern.com.
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Coordinator promotes relations between ETHS, NU By MANUEL RAPADA
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An office inside Evanston Township High School boasts a Northwestern staff member working to bridge the distance between Wildkits and Wildcats. The University and ETHS held a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the office in early September. Now, Kristen Perkins, the first Northwestern/ETHS partnership coordinator, works in and out of the office, bolstering relations between the two Evanston academic institutions. This collaboration is part of University President Morton Schapiro’s Good Neighbor, Great University Initiative. “I think that ETHS is a really great school,� Perkins said. “And this partnership will strengthen ETHS, which strengthens the community, which strengthens Northwestern.� Northwestern-ETHS partnerships are nothing new. In May, the University held Kits ‘n’ Cats at NU, an all-day event to introduce college to first-generation students and to those on the fence about attending college. Last December, two ETHS students mentored by NU astrophysics fellow Laura Trouille placed third in the 2011 Siemens Competition in math, science and technology for a project on galaxies, winning $20,000 each. Perkins is not new to ETHS, either. The former Chicago Public Schools science teacher turned SESP employee worked on a project with the ETHS science department for three and a half years. Perkins has worked for NU for five years. In her current role as partnership coordinator, Perkins spends most of her time at ETHS, meeting with students and teachers, she said. Terri SowaImbo, the ETHS science department chair, said she meets with Perkins once or twice a week to talk about teachers’ professional development, in addition to working on the school’s committee for science, technology, engineering and mathematics education. Both Perkins and Sowa-Imbo recognized that there are already many existing, albeit informal, connections between faculty and students at Northwestern and ETHS. Perkins said the aim of this new partnership is to determine how current partnerships can grow and remain efficient, and Sowa-Imbo said the partnership
will allocate more University resources to ETHS students and teachers. Perkins’ role is to “ask them, ‘What are your needs?’ and help sort out what are some things the University can do to assist,� she said. Sowa-Imbo called Perkins’ familiarity with the school “imperative.� “She knows the flow of the schedule and the background of the students we’re working with, so she can bring in resources and her past experience,� Sowa-Imbo said. About 70 percent of Perkins’ work is centered on partnerships and opportunities in STEM, which Perkins said offers “a wealth of opportunity� for students. Sowa-Imbo called STEM education a new initiative, one with a fresh curriculum and ideas from which ETHS teachers would benefit. “If you haven’t been in school in a long time, you still have a very traditional way of teaching science, teaching engineering,� she said. Tracking surplus science equipment has been one of Perkins’ first initiatives as coordinator. When equipment is no longer the “latest and greatest that needs to be in a university lab,� that equipment can still be used in a high school classroom, Perkins said. Perkins said she also intends to inform ETHS faculty about upcoming lectures and better connecting ETHS students to opportunities to work with the NU, including in labs, for which Sowa-Imbo described current ETHS student participation as “hit and miss.� Though Sowa-Imbo said everyone at ETHS is excited about Perkins’ on-campus presence, Perkins said she has also received support from the University and Evanston residents. ETHS alumni and Northwestern staff have asked Perkins about how they can contribute to the partnership, she said. With this partnership still developing in its first year, Perkins said she wants to take inventory on what programs already exist at NU and ETHS and see how connections can be strengthened. The ideal partnership, Sowa-Imbo said, will give students a broader look at what science is and what it will be, as well as show that opportunities in STEM fields are available to everyone. “We’ve always talked about being a school that’s close to a university and that has advantages,� she said. “Now, we can make use of those advantages.� manuelrapada2015@u.northwestern.edu
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Close ties University President Morton Schapiro’s Good Neighbor, Great University program is funding a new position at Evanston Township High School to form connections between the schools.
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Norris bringing a new look to stairwell ad space By LAUREN CARUBA
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Officials are developing plans to revamp Norris University Center’s stairwell advertising space. The student center recently replaced its walls of fliers leading down to the ground floor with signs reading, “No posting. New look coming soon to stairway.” Although students can still post fliers on the board at the top of the stairs, the stairwell will no longer be a designated area for students to promote campus events and organizations. Amy White, Norris’ interim executive director, said the area is being converted into something that will “brighten” the stairwell. Although a final decision has not been made about how exactly the space will be used, White mentioned pictures of students and the use of school colors as potential ideas. White said the large number of postings was rendering the area ineffective. “There were literally hundreds of competing pieces of paper up there,” White said. “It was hard for people to stop and look at what was going on. It was more of a mess than a useful place for publicity.” Weinberg junior Sean Widjaja said the cluttered space made it difficult for ads to stand out. “You would have to create a very visually appealing flier to catch people’s attention,” he said. But some students are unhappy that the space is being removed.
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of W.E.S.T. (West Evanston Strategic Team), announced plans for a gun buy-back program, with plans to initiate the program in December. Discussion about a gun buy-back program began in July, but Coleman’s death has expedited plans, she said. The panelists also shared their immediate reactions to the news of Coleman’s death and how the tragedy affected them personally. Kathy Graves, an Evanston resident and mother, spoke of the fear she felt after learning about Coleman’s death. “It doesn’t matter how good your child is or what path they’re set on,” she said. “A bullet really doesn’t have a name.” Graves added that in the case of youth homicide, the victims are not limited to those who have been killed. “It is the Dae Daes that we’re losing, but it’s also the Wesleys,” Graves added in reference to Wesley Woodson III, an Evanston man who has been arrested and charged with Coleman’s murder. Another Evanston mother, Tanashua Slaton, said that she had moved her family from the south side
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Bienen and Weinberg sophomore Lara Saldanha said she had previously posted fliers on the stairwell walls to promote the literary magazine Helicon,for which she wrote last year. “I definitely noticed the absence of the fliers,” Saldanha said. “I’m just curious for what they’re going to be using it for because I felt it was a useful space.” Norris is now encouraging students to purchase ad space on one of the eight TV monitors mounted throughout the center. White said the Flash capabilities of the TVs will allow students to create more dynamic, eye-catching advertisements. “We are moving in the right direction of paying attention to our natural spaces and how we want our campus to look and where are the effective places to publicize events, versus what we’re used to or what has worked in the past and might not today,” White said. laurencaruba2015@u.northwestern.edu of Chicago specifically to avoid the kind of violence that ended Coleman’s life. “I brought my children here so they could be safe, to escape this,” she said, her voice breaking as she neared tears. “This should not happen. We have to do something.” Members of the panel also discussed the many programs available to Evanston youth but emphasized the need to reach out to kids who might be making the wrong choices — the ones who are least likely to take advantages of better options. Attendees advocated initiatives to make parents more aware of school-sponsored programs for their children. The evening concluded with a slam poetry performance by Lamar Jorden,followed by “Change We Need,” a song by ETHS graduate Graig Tertulien. Those in attendance appeared eager to continue the conversation, starting with Tuesday’s community meeting to discuss anti-violence initiatives, hosted by Mayor Elizabeth Tisdahl. “It takes all of us in Evanston to step up,” Slaton said. “We all have to step up and take on responsibility for our community because this is our community and ultimately these are our children.” ciaramccarthy2015@u.northwestern.edu
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STAIRWELL SWITCH-up The Norris stairs are being renovated to display a gallery of photos. The walls were previously home to fliers and advertisements from student groups.
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From page 1 The community mobilization inspired residents and student who admitted that they are more familiar with a contentious town-gown relationship. Evanston resident Marian Kurz said she did not go anywhere in Evanston last week where Maddula did not somehow come up in conversation among people who hoped he would turn up well. “One would hope that that closeness and concern for one another would last and that six months from now people would still be there,” Kurz said. “Dajae had been in school for 18 days so he was barely a teenager at Evanston Township High School. Harsha hadn’t even started sophomore year. It’s something I hope people will take to heart.” The mood throughout the city last week was one of singular anxiety. Nevertheless, the two communities united to try to process the tragedy of the two deaths. Julie Windsor Mitchell, director of University Christian Ministry, said seeing the two groups support each other last week was “delightful but unfortunately a little bit unusual.” “I do think that sometimes in times of pain
and grief those are actually turning points, they’re opportunities to bring people together in ways that maybe people hadn’t been brought together before,” Mitchell said. “It makes me hopeful for the future of Evanston and Northwestern that it won’t take dramatic events like this to bring these two communities together but that kids start a new tradition of cooperation.” Although Maddula’s death cast a somber shadow over the start of NU’s school year, the search for him demonstrated the University’s capacity to rally in support of its students. SESP senior Camielle Taylorsaid efforts on the part of both NU and Evanston to memorialize the two young men were impressive. “The level of support was huge and I’ve never seen anything like that,” she said. “It was just insane how much the community united, and in the case of Dajae, people who weren’t even in Evanston were supporting him. And in the case of Harsha, it was just so amazing that Northwestern as a whole united, even our incoming class of freshmen who hadn’t even started classes yet were out there looking for Harsha. They didn’t know him, and they barely knew Northwestern for that matter.” shijundu@gmail.com
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NU fails to secure first conference win By ARIEL YONG
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Northwestern went into the weekend looking for its first Big Ten win but came out still searching for the elusive conference victory. The Wildcats were shut out in both games of the weekend, losing 1-0 to Purdue on Friday and falling 1-0 to Indiana on Sunday. The Cats (4-7-2, 0-5-0 Big Ten) managed to hold both teams scoreless in the first half, but ultimately struggled down the stretch in both contests. The Boilermakers (7-4-2, 2-2-1) scored their only goal with 10 minutes left to play and the Northwestern Hoosiers (6-6-1, 1-4-0) scored in the last 30 minutes. “It’s just hard when you work so hard the whole game Purdue and one little breakdown happens and we don’t recover,” sophomore forward KK Barr Northwestern said. . “It’s heartbreaking when something like that happens but it puts a little fire under us.” Indiana NU almost got off to an early jump Friday against Purdue, but neither junior forward Kate Allen nor sophomore forward Sami Schrakamp were able to convert on their great opportunities. However, the Cats showed some spark in the beginning of the second half. In the 61st minute, sophomore midfielder Niki Sebo had a close range shot off a corner kick, but the ball sailed high over the cross bar. With barely more than ten minutes left to play, Purdue’s Taylor Niewoit scored the Boilermakers’ only goal on a shot off the post in the upper corner — a shot coach Michael Moynihan said sophomore goalkeeper Anna Cassell couldn’t do much about. “We just got beat in the midfield,” Allen said. “It was a good shot, an unfortunate goal that we wish we could take back.” The story would repeat itself for NU on Sunday against Indiana. Moynihan said the Wildcats had two different ideas in how to respond to Indiana’s formation. After 10 minutes he said he was not satisfied with the results, so the Cats changed their game plan and turned the game around. “(After) that point, we completely took over the
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CLOSE CALLS Junior Kate Allen had a breakaway early against Purdue on Friday, but she could not find the back of the net. NU had several close calls on the weekend but came away scoreless.
game,” Moynihan said. “From about 10 minutes on, we dominated every aspect.” After holding the Hoosiers to a scoreless first half, the Wildcats turned it on in the second, recording nine shots and numerous one-on-one opportunities. However, Indiana’s goalkeeper Sarah Stone proved to be up to the task, making six saves while keeping the Cats off the board. “I tried to get it around her but she had so many great saves,” Barr said. “She came out of nowhere. It’s hard when you work that hard to make up for everything, and it sucks when I know I need to work on my finishing.” Despite many good looks, the NU offense could
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not convert and the Hoosiers capitalized. With fewer than thirty minutes left of play, Indiana’s Rebecca Candler sealed the deal, scoring on a breakaway from about 15 yards out. NU’s loss to Indiana marks the Cats’ fifth conference loss this season and 10th straight dating back to last season. They have been shut out in six of their last eight games and have only scored once in conference play. “It’s frustrating because it’s not showing up in the win column yet,” Moynihan said. “We haven’t gotten the results, but I feel like we’re making progress.”
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Fitzgerald wants to rewrite October script By JOSH WALFISH
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Pat Fitzgerald only has a losing record in one month of the regular season: October. The Northwestern football coach is 10-15 in the 10th month of the year and 36-17 in the other three months of the regular season. Only twice has Northwestern (5-0, 1-0 Big Ten) had a winning record in the month of October in Fitzgerald’s seven years at the helm, 2007 and 2009. Fitzgerald knows about the Wildcats’ struggles in October, which is why he started talking to the team about the month’s curse during spring practices and devoted two hours to it during a staff retreat in the offseason. “October’s our month,” Fitzgerald said. “We talked about it in the offseason. We talked about a plan of time managing better, of making sure we get done what we need to get done when we need to get it done, being professional in how we approach it and really challenging our leaders to get the guys in and not let the NCAA hold them back.” The NCAA limits coaches to 20 hours per week of practice with their student athletes, so many players use free time to watch film, lift weights or practice with each other. When school is not in session, student athletes have an easier time finding ways to fit in the extra preparation. None of that matters to Fitzgerald, who
said he is taking a no-excuses approach to the month and expects all of his players to bring their A-game. As school gets into full swing for the Cats this week, the players and Fitzgerald stress, it can’t be a crutch for not doing any football-related tasks during free time. “There’s really no excuse,” senior linebacker David Nwabuisi said. “It’s our job as the older guys to make sure the younger guys come along faster once school starts. Make sure they understand football is still a commitment too and you have to spend just as much time in the film room and the weight room once school starts as you were before to keep improving.” The commitment extends beyond football and may force student athletes to sacrifice some shut eye to make sure they are prepared for Saturday’s game. “There’s always a time for football, but then there’s also a time for school,” junior running back Venric Mark said. “Coming into this month, make sure you come in early sometimes or you might have to lose a little bit of sleep and come in late to watch the film.” NU heads into October undefeated for the third time under Fitzgerald, but did not have a winning month either of those two other seasons. The Cats have won their first game in October in half of Fitzgerald’s six seasons at NU, which coincide with the three non-losing Octobers in Fitzgerald’s tenure. The coach said he is not going to go easy on the Cats in October because
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NO MORE MR. NICE GUY Coach Pat Fitzgerald said he is demanding a lot from his players this October, including better time management. He said expectations of the program have been elevated this season compared to in the past.
the expectations are higher than they’ve been in the past. “I’m going to be really demanding on them this month,” Fitzgerald said. “I’m not going to tolerate the past. Our expectations collectively as a program have risen and we’ve got to be much better in this month if we’re going to achieve the goals
we have for ourselves.” As the Cats march into October, they will be without senior defensive lineman Roderick Goodlow and freshman defensive end Ifeadi Odenigbo, both of whom are out for the season with injuries. Fitzgerald said Odenigbo will apply for a medical redshirt and should receive the
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Cats unsatisfied with South Bend success By JOHN PASCHALL
In any sport, consistency is the key to success. But after four Big Ten matches, Northwestern is still searching for it. “We tend to give up runs in the middle of big sets and that’s something were really focusing on and trying to get better with every set,” senior setter Madalyn Shalter said. The Wildcats (12-3, 1-3 Big Ten) let numerous leads slip away over the weekend, falling to No. 12 Purdue (13-2, 4-0) and beating Indiana (8-8, 0-4) by identical 3-1 scores. “We played Northwestern some very good volleyball but just couldn’t Purdue string enough good volleyball together against Purdue,” coach Northwestern Keylor Chan said. “Against Indiana we were able to figure Indiana some things out and that made a difference.” Early on in the first set against the Boilermakers, the Cats made a statement by jumping out to a 10-5 lead. However, they would relinquish the lead and drop the set 25-18 after a 7-2 run eliminated NU’s lead. The Cats would go on to jump out to early leads in the second and third set, but could only hold the lead in the third set before dropping a close fourth set 25-22. The Cats’ troubles seemed to be continuing the next night against an Indiana squad NU had defeated six consecutive times. The team made eight attacking errors in a 25-23 loss in the first set. . However, with impressive performances from junior outside hitter Stephanie Holthus, who had 21 kills, a .514 attack percentage, and 12 digs in the match, and sophomore middle blocker Katie Dutchman, the Cats dominated sets two and three while holding off a late 4-0 Hoosier
exemption from the NCAA because he has played in less than 25 percent of the team’s games this season. The freshman only saw limited action against Vanderbilt on Sept. 8 and should have all four years of eligibility remaining next season.
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RECORD SETTER Senior setter Madalyn Shalter had 13 assists in the third set against Purdue to move into the top-10 in NU history with 1,870 assists.
run to win the fourth set 25-23. “I think we’re definitely working on minimizing the runs of the other teams,” said sophomore outside hitter Monica McGreal, noting that doing so would allow NU to compete with any team. “That’s going to be one of our big focuses moving forward.” Even with the Cats giving up major runs to other teams, NU enjoyed several positive moments over the weekend. One such moment came in the loss to Purdue, when Shalter had 13 assists in the third set to move into the top-10 in NU history with 1,870 assists all time. She is also currently second in the Big Ten in assists per
set with 11.61. But in general, Chan and his players were pleased with the team’s performance in terms of development. “Overall I thought that the team continued to improve this weekend, which is something that we were looking for,” Chan said. The highlight of the weekend was the Cats’ victory over Indiana on Saturday. On top of providing NU a much needed confidence boost heading into the remainder of its regular season matches, the win also gave the Cats their first Big » See VOLLEYBALL, page 7
This weekend’s meet at the Notre Dame Invitational proved there has been a culture change in the cross country team. Any of the girls on the roster will briefly mention the Wildcats’ strong sixth-place finish in a group of teams that included four ranked squads before moving on to how they can improve. Northwestern was even bumped up to a much more competitive division for this race, compared to running with weaker schools in previous years, and still set numerous personal records set in the 5K. Senior Audrey Huth shed 30 seconds off her 5K Notre Dame course time from last season, but all she talked about was who NU didn’t beat . “We were disappointed that Illinois beat us this weekend,” Huth said. “This weekend was solid but we got together as a group and talked about it and knew we could do a lot better as a team to get them. We just needed to stay closer to them throughout the race and be aware of where they are.” Last season, the Cats talked about how pleased they were with where they finished, happy with being in a competitive field. Now they’ve set their sights on bigger goals, thanks to the coaching staff and a veteran core of leaders who no longer want to play second fiddle. NU is living up to its program’s slogan of “Run Wild,” and the results are starting to show. Though the signs of improvement have been clear in the runners’ times, Huth said she believes the Cats will have to work more on their starts in order to reach full potential. “We need to be better as a team overall at the start,” the senior said.
“A group of the girls got a little stuck behind some people at the beginning. If we had gotten out a little bit better, it would have been a little easier to pass people. But moving forward, it’s something that we can fix.” Michelle Moriset has continued to be a strong presence for the Cats toward the front of NU’s second pack. The junior’s clean bill of health so far this year has also allowed her training partner, junior Lexie Goldsmith, to reap benefits. Goldsmith and Moriset on Friday both posted personal record times of 17:24 and 17:20, respecIf we tively. had gotten out “It’s a little bit better, awesome,” Goldsmith it would have said of havbeen easier to ing a strong pass people. But Moriset to run moving forward, with. “We are really it’s something we can easily fix. friends outside of crossAudrey Huth, country, senior runner t o o. It’s really good to have someone like that to work with.” NU also sent half of its squad to compete at the Sean Early Loyola Lakefront Invitational, where it finished fourth overall. Senior Abby Tracy was the first NU runner to cross the finish line, placing 16th overall. The Cats have a week off before heading to Madison, Wis., to compete in the Wisconsin Adidas Invitational and Peoria, Ill., for the Bradley Classic, the final races before the Big Ten Championships at the end of the month.
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