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Tisdahl: We must end street violence By Jia You

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DRIVE Members of the League of Women Voters conduct a voter registration drive at Burger King in Evanston in 2008. As the 2012 election approaches, Northwestern is attempting to remove obstacles to student voters.

NU Votes pushes registration By Lauren Caruba

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As the 2012 election heats up with the first presidential debate Wednesday, Northwestern is attempting to counteract voting barriers for college students by increasing opportunities to obtain absentee ballots. The issue of voter suppression reached the national stage this year, with legislation recently passed in states like New Hampshire and Georgia requiring students to provide more specific types of identification and obtain residency in the state where they plan to cast their vote. No such laws exist in Illinois. Still, the University hopes to push students

and staff to the polls with NU Votes, a campus-wide voter registration day in both Evanston and Chicago. Organized by NU’s Center for Civic Engagement, the initiative involves setting up voter registration tables at three locations in Evanston and one in Chicago. NU students and staff can go to Norris University Center, The Rock and the Technological Institute in Evanston and Abbott Hall in Chicago to register or obtain absentee ballots. “There have been more laws passed in the past year and a half about access to polls and access to voting than in the last decade,” said Robert Donahue, associate director of the Center for Civic Engagement. “It has gotten substantively harder

over the past year for college students to vote.” NU Votes will attempt to overcome these barriers by providing a convenient, centralized location for obtaining information regarding voting and absentee ballots, which must be mailed by a certain date, Donahue said. In addition to these new laws, a number of issues can hinder the voting process for college students. The frequent address changes college students experience can make keeping registration up to date difficult, and individuals can only cast their votes in the area where they are registered. » See vote, page 9

Youth vocational training opportunities and a new teen center at Evanston Township High School were among the anti-violence initiatives Evanston residents proposed during Tuesday night’s community meeting, where more than 150 people filled the hall and the indoor basketball court of Fleetwood-Jourdain Center. Evanston Mayor Elizabeth Tisdahl called for the meeting at 1655 Foster St., in a Friday letter to Evanston residents, in response to the recent death of ETHS freshman Dajae Coleman. Coleman was shot Sept. 22 while walking home from a party on Church Street. “The question is, what is each one of us in the room going to do?” Tisdahl said at the meeting. “Our kids are watching.” The meeting began with an invocation for Coleman. City officials then gave an overview of the city’s existing youth outreach programs, including the Mayor’s Summer Youth Employment Program and initiatives from the city’s new Youth and Young Adult Division. Curbing street violence requires long-term commitment from the Evanston community to reach out to its youth, said Ald. Delores Holmes (5th). “This really is a long marathon,” Holmes said. “We want to see you again and again as we work on issues confronting our youth here. It takes everyone to make this work.” Participants then broke up into small groups to discuss solutions to street violence. The city needs to open public buildings as safe places for youth, especially on weekends, said Andre Patrick, vice president of the Evanston Pride Feeder Basketball program in which Coleman once participated. “We have to make some of these

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MEETING Mayor Elizabeth Tisdahl addresses possible solutions to street violence at a meeting Tuesday.

community buildings available to them ... so that we can monitor the way they are enjoying themselves on a Friday or Saturday evening,” Patrick said. “Our kids looking for enjoyment at a house party in Evanston is not a good move.” ETHS sophomore Kiley Leff echoed Patrick’s idea when she proposed opening a teen center at the high school, where youth can hang out and take classes. “We want a place where kids feel comfortable going and safe, a home away from home,” she said. “It’s a safe solution to having nowhere to go on a Friday night.” Evanston resident Stephen Adams, » See anti-violence, page 9

After server hack, nuCuisine site redirects to adult page By Lauren Caruba

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A computer server of Sodexo,the company that manages nuCuisine, was hacked Monday night by an unknown source, according to Sodexo representatives. Starting at approximately 9:30 p.m., students attempting to log on to the website of Northwestern’s food service provider were instead directed to “Latinhost.net,” a page advertising

Latino pornography. Steve Mangan, nuCuisine district manager, said the hack was not personally targeted at Sodexo. “We think it’s some sort of a random hack,” he said. “This does not appear to be an attack on Sodexo.” Mangan said the company’s IT employees were immediately aware of the issue, which he said was resolved by 2 a.m. Tuesday. However, according to students and screenshots taken by The Daily, the website was still redirecting to the incorrect URL on

certain Internet browsers, including Google Chrome, as late as 6 p.m. Jim Roberts, director of information technology for Student Affairs Information Technology, said the University has no control over the nuCuisine site, which is hosted by Sodexo. This type of outsourced website management makes NU more vulnerable to these kinds of problems, he said. “With vendor applications like this, some of it leaves control of the University,” Roberts said. “We put our trust in vendors, and we can’t constantly

monitor what their practices and procedures are for maintaining the security of the website.” Although Sodexo’s system has security features to ward off malicious attacks, the hacker was still able to affect the access point to the page. Mangan said no personal student information was compromised during breach in the server’s security. However, because the same server is used for some of its other campus locations, the issue most likely affected other colleges’ sites as well, he said.

Both Sodexo and University representatives said they could not recall any similar situations occurring with NU-related sites in the past. News of the glitch in the nuCuisine site quickly spread among NU students through Facebook and Twitter. Numerous students shared it with their friends on various social networks. Weinberg sophomore Kayla Hammersmith said she shared the link with » See NuCuisine, page 9

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The Evanston Public Library will not seek a property tax increase in its 2013 budget proposal, instead choosing to tie all service expansions to its ability to independently raise funds. â&#x20AC;&#x153;In tough economic times, the EPL Board of Trustees is cognizant of the responsibilities it holds,â&#x20AC;? EPL library director Karen Danczak Lyons said in a city news release issued Thursday. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Though they are appointed, not elected, they take their duties for the oversight of library finances very seriously.â&#x20AC;? The library staff and EPL Board of Trustees collaborated on the plan, which will continue library services at the current property tax rate, according to the news release. Proposals to expand or add services will be contingent on garnering competitive grants, donations and fundraising. If the funds are not raised, those services would be affected, according to the news release. EPL has also taken up the cost of pay increases for its unionized staff without requesting more taxpayer money. If the library can generate enough funds through its fundraising effort, it will convert the site of The Twig into an Evanston Public Library learning space, effective Jan. 1, according to the news release. Called Chicago-Main, it would be managed by EPL employees and volunteers. â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Kimberly Railey

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McShane Construction and Subcontractors will start construction on Central Street on Tuesday. The company will establish an underground utility connection for a new building at 1700 Central St, according to a city news release issued Sept. 27. Workers will build water, storm and sanitary connections beneath the roadway. They will also patch the road and sidewalk where necessary. Construction will require the closing of one lane of traffic in each direction as well as some portions of the sidewalk. Work will end Oct. 16.

Evanston police arrest man with gun

Evanston Police Department officers working in the N.E.T. Unit, a special operations group, on Monday arrested a local man for keeping a gun under his car seat. Plainclothes officers stopped a vehicle in the 2400 block of Greenwood Avenue on Monday and arrested Brian Boynton, 22, according to an EPD news release issued Tuesday. Boynton kept a loaded .25 caliber semi-automatic pistol under his seat. Boynton was charged with aggravated unlawful use of weapons, a felony charge, in addition to a minor traffic violation. Police confiscated the pistol, according to the news

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release. Boynton is scheduled to appear in court in Skokie on Oct. 17.

Business district helps organize manufacturing tour

The Evanston WestEnd business district organized a tour of local manufacturing businesses for Wednesday in recognition of National Manufacturing Day. The tour, which will begin at IRMCO, 2117 Greanleaf St., will visit a total of seven businesses from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., according to a city news release. All businesses are located within a threeblock radius from the starting point. Evanston Food4Less will provide refreshments at IRMCO. Evanston Mayor Elizabeth Tisdahl, U.S. Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-Ill.), State Rep. Robyn Gabel (D-Evanston), Ald. Peter Braithwaite (2nd) and other state and local officials will attend the tour. Manufacturing Day is nationally observed and supported by a variety of manufacturing organizations, such as the Fabricators & Manufacturers Association and the National Association of Manufacturers, according to the release. It was created to increase awareness of the industry and manufacturing careers. â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Susan Du

Blotter Burglar breaks into car wash, steals $100 from cash register Someone broke into Evanston Car Wash through a rear window early Monday morning. A car wash employee reported to police that an unknown person entered the business, 2416 Dempster St., at about 2:30 a.m. and took $100

from the cash register. The burglar remains unknown, but was caught on video surveillance tape at the car wash, Evanston Police Department spokesman Cmdr. Jay Parrott said.

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broken into sometime between 10:00 p.m. Thursday and 1:30 a.m. Friday. An unknown person entered the car and removed about $30 in loose change. The victim claimed he has no idea how the burglar could have gained entry, Parrott said. â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Ina Yang

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From students releasing finals frustration via scream three times a year to a day filled with music to honor the armadillo, Northwestern’s traditions have earned a top spot in a new set of rankings. A college review website has ranked NU as number ten on its list of 2013 “Top 10 Unique Traditions.” The University gained its place on the list for football game traditions, the Primal Scream and Mayfest events, according to the website Unigo. com. You “These are decided by could say that votes among students,” wrote Katherine Tang, Unigo.com is a Unigo.com community outreach manager, in an live communityturnedemail to The Daily. “It gives a more accurate guidebook for representation of what students ... that particular school is like based on its rankKatherine Tang, ings and description.” Unigo.com The rankings are community based on votes from outreach manager more than 30,000 students, according to Unigo.com. The list describes the NU tradition of the “growl and claw” students do at football games to support their Wildcats when the opposing team has possession. It also depicts the “harrowing sound” of the Primal Scream at 9 p.m. on the Sunday before every finals week. The post also mentions Mayfest and its infamous end-of-the-year concert, Dillo Day. The tradition of the Lakefill event began in 1972, when students from Texas wanted to celebrate the armadillo from their home state. In the past, artists such as Steve Aoki, Nelly, the Black Eyed Peas and Gavin DeGraw have performed at Dillo Day.

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Wednesday, Oct. 3, 6 p.m. Tech Auditorium Coach Pat Fitzgerald and members of the football team, with the help of upperclassmen, will teach new students about Northwestern traditions and football history. Free giveaways from Beck’s Bookstore and autographed items will also be given away.

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TRADITION Fans in the Northwestern student section at Ryan Field give Vanderbilt “the growl and claw” during a Sept. 8 Wildcats victory. Traditions like this earned NU a top spot in a recent ranking by college review website Unigo.com.

Virginia Tech took first place in the website’s rankings for its “Cadet vs. Civilian Snowball Fight,” a battle that begins during the first snowfall of the year on the school’s Drillfield, according to the university’s website. The students use water balloon launchers, and cadets often use their military training and “strike in more organized formation,” according to Unigo.com. Tufts University, Occidental College, Vassar College, University of Connecticut, University of Colorado, Boulder, Barnard College, Reed College and Cornell University placed ninth to second in the rankings. In addition to ranking schools’ raditions, ranking categories include Happiest Students, Famous

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TV shows hide conservative tones joseph misulonas Daily columnist

It is universally accepted that the vast majority of power players in Hollywood and the entertainment industry in general are more liberal than the general population. Though Clint Eastwood and his magic stool publicly campaigned for Mitt Romney, most high-profile celebrities have donated and supported President Barack Obama. However, last weekend’s Emmy Awards showed that underneath all the liberal showmanship lies the conservative underbelly of the entertainment world. Take, for example, “Homeland.” The show is about a CIA agent who suspects that an American POW who has been held by alQaida for eight years may be a sleeper agent. The show portrays government officials as ignorant and incompetent. When the main character suggests the soldier may have been turned by his captors, they tell her to leave it alone (apparently having never seen the countless episodes of “Law and Order” that have used Stockholm Syndrome as a plot device). In the face of government incompetence, the CIA agent has to take the law into her own hands and run her own investigation, violating several laws in the name of protecting the citizens of the United States. It’s basically “24” without the constant nuclear bomb threats and Kiefer Sutherland screaming every two minutes. Another show that has a conservative ideology is “Mad Men.” While many conservatives would criticize the adulation of adultery on the show (I’m pretty sure Mormons

are banned from watching people smoke and drink on television), “Mad Men” is essentially a Republican wet dream. Uppermiddle class white men dominate society. They live in their suburban enclaves away from the race riots and student protests of the early 1960s, pleasantly ignoring everyone who disagrees with their politics. The main characters work at an ad agency, prostituting themselves to corporations so they can sell toasters and poorly While many designed airplanes conservatives to the American never pauswould criticize people, ing to question the the adulation morality of their profession. of adultery ... On that same ‘Mad Men’ is channel, you can find “Breaking Bad.” essentially a the beginning Republican wet At of the show, Walter dream. White was a high school chemistry teacher who began selling meth to support his family after he was diagnosed with cancer. As the show progressed, Walt became a drug kingpin, continuing to cook and sell meth despite not needing the money. The show portrays drug dealers as narcissists and sociopaths who deal drugs as a way to garner power, ignoring the socioeconomic conditions that force many people to deal drugs. The show portrays the DEA as incompetent (the head DEA agent does not realize his own brother-in-law is a kingpin running an empire right under his nose). Additionally, it ignores the tremendous amount of violence and death in Mexico that has been a result of America’s

conservative-led War on Drugs. It could also be argued that by using his education and his creativity, Walter White has built himself a successful small business in the face of government regulation. This kind of ambition fits right in with Mitt Romney’s adopted campaign slogan, “We Built It.” Even shows that discuss liberal causes often do so through a conservative lens. On “Modern Family,” a gay couple adopts a Vietnamese baby, prove to be loving and supportive parents and attack the illusion that gay parents are detrimental to child development. However, the show ignores the issue of gay marriage and other forms of homosexual discrimination that are prevalent in our society. Though one of the central storylines involves a mother and son who immigrated from Colombia, the mother marries a wealthy American businessman so she is able to avoid the lessthan-minimum wage jobs and poverty that many immigrants face. Her son also speaks an astonishingly fluent and almost Shakespearean style of English despite it not being his first language. That is not to say that any of these shows are bad. I watch all of the shows I mentioned regularly. Perhaps the issues raised would bog these shows down and make them unwatchable. It’s weird that while we consider Hollywood a liberal bastion, there are a number of dominant conservative elements in our popular culture. I will keep watching these programs, if only because “Downton Abbey” is boring as hell.

period of mourning lasts for 13 days after the funeral of the deceased. From Harsha’s funeral on October 1st until October 14th, in respect of this tradition, we ask that our community refrain from painting The Rock. We greatly appreciate your continued support and the solidarity that our Northwestern family has shown from the very beginning. Together, we are stronger than we could ever be alone. Thank you again for your continued support for Harsha’s family, friends and our entire community.

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Letter to the Editor

In remembrance, leave Rock alone for 13 days Dear fellow Wildcats, This past week has been especially trying for our community. A spectrum of emotions accompany the loss of a member of our Northwestern family. Since Harsha’s passing, our campus has dealt with feelings of confusion, pain, sadness, anxiety, anger and more. But we also have had the opportunity to remember, to reflect and to find comfort in our peers. Harsha will not be forgotten. Last Thursday, Northwestern came together for a candlelight vigil and painted The Rock in remembrance of Harsha. In Hindu tradition, the

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Greenwell lawsuit will not fix issues ryan kearney

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Recent events have brought the issue of racial profiling to Northwestern’s doorstep, and they deserve to be addressed and discussed in a thoughtful way. The subjects of race relations and racial profiling in America are so profound, emotional and complicated for all involved that it is nearly impossible to do them justice in a 600word column. I realize too that as a white male from a suburban background, I cannot possibly imagine how it feels to live under a cloud of suspicion from authorities, as so many minorities have been forced to for generations, nor do I know the fear a mother faces when her child is threatened. I am referring to the erroneous police targeting of 13 year-old Diwani Greenwell , the son of Medill Prof. Ava Thompson Greenwell, and the subsequent lawsuit that the Greenwell family has brought against the Evanston Police Department and the city of Evanston for the wrongful detainment. EPD maintains that Diwani matched the description given of a burglary suspect, while the Greenwell family insists that he was treated in a harsh and discriminatory manner. I believe that officers conducted themselves in an unprofessional manner and owe the family a full apology. Racial profiling is indeed a systemic problem in our law enforcement system. However, I do not believe that the specific circumstances of Diwani’s detainment or his subsequent treatment warrant the lawsuit. To be clear, the case against EPD is not entirely without merit. The Greenwells are correct in noting that Diwani did not need to be surrounded by multiple officers and handcuffed when he was not fleeing arrest. If I had been surrounded as a child by adults and handcuffed outside of my home, I would undoubtedly feel violated. The Evanston Police do indeed owe an apology to the Greenwell family for their overzealous apprehension and examination of Diwani as a burglary suspect. The Greenwells are also accurate in their description of racial profiling as a serious and widespread problem that affects minority families of all kinds. Anyone who thinks that racial bias or discrimination are things of the past is living in a sanitized, postracial world that, unfortunately, does not exist yet. Racial profiling is an issue that has been belabored for decades and must be debated further still. The cycle of mistrust and contempt that it breeds between many minorities and members of law enforcement needs to be combated. The erroneous actions of the EPD and the systemic nature of the racial profiling issue aside, the treatment that Diwani received from the police was not severe enough to warrant a lawsuit or monetary compensation from the city. As the police have stated, Diwani as a “black male wearing blue cargo shorts” matched the description of a burglary suspect; this description, albeit vague and not grounds for handcuffing, did warrant the initial questioning, given that he was in the area where a crime occurred. The police also released him after a mere 10 minutes by bringing the witness to the scene to exonerate him, sparing him the indignity of being forced to the police station to stand in a lineup. The police did create an unnecessarily hostile environment, but based on Diwani’s similarity to the police description, his civil rights were not violated — and neither is the lawsuit necessary. Prof. Greenwell has stated that the suit is “not just for our son,” and that she is taking a stand for all victims of racial profiling. I applaud her for taking this stance and attempting to spur Evanston police officers to examine how they conduct their relations with minorities. The community members have since raised similar issues with EPD; however, suing strikes me as an action borne more out of emotion and personal offense than strong legal reasoning. Ultimately, the lawsuit is the wrong course of action in the fight against pervasive racial bias. Ryan Kearney is a Communication sophomore. He can be reached at rkearney61@gmail.com. If you would like to respond publicly to this column, email a Letter to the Editor to forum@dailynorthwestern.com.

Audre Lorde’s

CULTURAL LEGACY Poet, author, and activist Audre Lorde had a profound impact on the civil rights, feminist, and LGBTQ liberation movements in the United States and abroad. Free film screenings and a book reading explore her life and work, including the largely untold story of her influence on German culture and politics in the 1980s.

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University Archives a ‘hidden gem’

NU study: Social media not overwhelming

Archivists chronicle NU history through documents, artifacts from alumni, staff

“The Archives provide a great hands-on way for students to engage in the work of student research,” Haarlow said. “A lot of what we do in the class would not be possible without them.” According to Haarlow and Leonard, the relatively small number of students who do find their way to the Archives usually make comments along the lines of “I wish I’d known about this place sooner.” Leonard said that he hopes that the current efforts to publicize the Archives combined with the new collections being brought in —some of which have so much historical significance that they are being kept top secret until the Archives staff is ready to share them with the world — will attract the curiosity of students and researchers. “We’re always looking for materials that we think will hold interest to researchers in the future,” Leonard said. “Our ability to make good use of the information we’ve collected relies entirely on letting people know we’re here.”

Last month, a team of researchers led by a Northwestern professor found that the majority of Internet users are not overwhelmed by the vast amount of online news and social media outlets. Many pop culture references have recently depicted social media and online news outlets as overwhelming, antisocial and even addictive, the authors wrote in the study. Some critics, they wrote, believe that, “it is not just a quantitative trend of more media in more contexts, but a fundamental and disturbing qualitative shift in the character of public culture.” However, previous research on information overload largely focused on people in stressful, life-ordeath situations, such as fighter pilots, soldiers on the battlefield or surgeons in the operating room — all foreign to simple Internet users. Communication Prof. Eszter Hargittai interviewed 77 vacationers around Las Vegas in a series of focus groups. The demographics of the participants were similar to the average profile of Internet users: about half used the Internet on their mobile phones, and the majority used it on their computers. “Nowadays you can jump on the Internet, read in German, you know, French or whatever else you want,” one participant said. “So you’re definitely better informed with an extra sort of different point of view from that side.” Medill sophomore Stephen Autar said he trusts news from social media more than TV news. “Personally I hate TV news, like a lot of local news panders and I don’t care as much about every human interest story they show,” he said. “On the Internet you can pick and choose which stories you read … ” Study participants embraced the recent development of everyday people blogging their own views, and many remained positive about Google and Facebook as common sources of information. Twitter uniformly annoyed participants. “(To participants,) Twitter was a service that allowed self-absorbed people to chronicle the details of their lives at the expense of others,” the study authors wrote. Autar said he checks social media outlets about every 10 minutes. Even though he agreed there is a great deal of information available, the ability to filter information aids quality control, he said. Katie Zhu, a junior in Medill and Weinberg, said she appreciates the balance of professional and personal information, especially from Twitter. On the other hand, she said her professional interests are so tied to the Internet that she feels she is missing out when she takes a break. “Sometimes I feel overwhelmed, sometimes something big happens and there’s a lot of stuff constantly updating,” Zhu said. “There’s so much going on online, and people are posting things on their Twitter, so I definitely feel it if I’m not online.”

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On the southeastern most edges of Northwestern’s campus, beneath the fliered walkways and lecture halls, lies a vast cavern filled with precious artifacts. Though it sounds like the beginning of a fantastical story involving and a secret treasure Not map, this X marks many students the spot of one of the know about it if three locations of the Archives. they even know University Founded in 1935, it exists … which the Archives hold is unfortunate 24,000 linear feet of documents and artibecause the facts ranging from a Archives are a collection of old fliers to the personal real asset correspondence of William Haarlow, famous alumnae to chunks of old buildWeinberg prof. ings that have since been demolished. In Deering Library, Main Library and this underground facility, rows and rows of shelves are crammed with boxes with labels such as “1996 Pepsi can with football schedule printed on back” and “Homecoming Buttons.” What started out as a place to store important administrative and legal documents has evolved into a trove of historical objects, sometimes having nothing more to do with the university than the fact that their original owners were once students here. “People are pretty pleased to find out that we have stories; there are a million stories about Northwestern and all of the people who’ve been through here in the last century and a half,” University archivist Kevin Leonard said. As the lead archivist, Leonard said his job consists primarily of contacting people with ties to the university — alumnae, relatives, professors — in hopes of adding to the university’s collection of records and artifacts. However, he also spends much of his time trying to publicize the Archives. “We’re not in the business of collecting things just so they can sit on a shelf,” Leonard said. “We want to share the material we have

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treasure trove University archivist Kevin B. Leonard spends his days cataloguing Northwestern’s history in Deering Library. University Archives has three storage locations.

as best we can.” Attempts to reach a wider population include a Facebook page — where Leonard posts pictures of old photographs of Northwestern landmarks held in front of the modern day version — and a Twitter account that shares notable events that occurred each day in history. Student groups such as Cuts and Grinds have also popularized the Archives by using its collection of photographs to compare past Northwestern traditions to current ones. However, some students said they had never heard of the Archives or utilized its resources. “The Archives are sort of a hidden gem,” Weinberg professor William Haarlow said. “Not many students know about it if they even know it exists at all, which is unfortunate because the Archives are a real asset.” Haarlow teaches History of Higher Education in America, an American Studies seminar that focuses primarily on American universities. For the final, students are required to write a research paper about some aspect of Northwestern University and give a presentation on it.

Chicago grilled cheese restaurant opens Evanston location By Ina Yang

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Northwestern students and Evanston residents lined up on the sidewalk outside newly op ened restaurant Cheesie’s Pub & Grub on its official openWe ing Tuesday night, are here to waiting to try out the help save many varieties of “Perfect Grilled Cheese” you students. for 50 percent off all We’re gonna purchases. Chicago resiadapt and Chris Johnston, adjust to what dent Cheesie’s owner, said Northwestern NU’s grilled cheeseloving student popudoes. lation attracted him to Chris Johnston, Evanston. Cheesie’s owner “There’s such a high demand for grilled cheese and we thought college towns would be the best way to go,” Johnston said. “I also figured that Evanston has no late night (restaurants) but Burger King, so we are here to help save you students. We’re gonna adapt and adjust to what Northwestern does.” Johnston said Cheesie’s official hours are 10 a.m. to 3 a.m., but the restaurant will stay open longer if necessary to accommodate student needs. Students, residents and neighboring businesses alike welcomed the newest downtown Evanston business, 622 Davis St., which filled the vacancy left by Austin’s Tacos. “I got really excited when my manager told

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me about the opening,” said Shannon Sullivan, who works two storefronts down at Jamba Juice. Cheesie’s Evanston location is Johnston’s second restaurant. The main branch is located in Lakeview, Chicago, near the Belmont Red line stop, where it gained notoriety for its extensive selection of grilled cheese sandwiches and cheap liquor. Evanston resident Grace Pollert, who works in downtown Chicago, said she has always been a fan of the Lakeview restaurant. “I’ve always loved the Cheesie’s at the Belmont Red Line stop,” Pollert said. “When I saw on Facebook that they’re opening here in Evanston, I called my partner to cancel dinner plans and come here instead.” Cheesie’s menu consists of the “10 Perfect Grilled Cheese sandwiches,” which vary in ingredients and style, in addition to appetizers, sides, salads, soups and a kid’s menu. The Classic, a sandwich filled with grilled American and Merkt’s cheddar cheese and layered with tomatoes, ham and bacon stuffed between thick slices of Texas toast, is among the most popular orders at the restaurant. Pollert, who considers herself a connoisseur of grilled cheese sandwiches, shared her take on Cheesie’s food and pointed out their speciality: the dipping sauces. With every grilled cheese sandwich ordered, Cheesie’s automatically includes a small dish of specially paired dipping sauce. For example, the Caprese is accompanied by a creamy pesto mayo dipping sauce, while the Napoleon is paired with ranch dressing. Cheesie’s is not just a restaurant, but also a pub. Pollert said that she enjoys ordering a beer in addition to her sandwich. The restaurant will also offer a selection of harder

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cheesy Diners enjoy sandwiches and drinks at Cheesie’s Pub and Grub. The restaurant opened in Evanston on Tuesday with half-priced meals and a line extending out the door.

liquors. “Once we get the liquor license up, it’ll be $5, all shots, all beers, all drinks, all day, every day, and domestic bottles will be $3,” Johnston said, adding that the store is in the process of acquiring the liquor license from the city of Evanston. He emphasized that the restaurant will

“definitely have to card hard” because anyone can come in to the restaurant and they do not want to lose their liquor license. “We’re a restaurant first,” Johnston said. “Then we’re a bar.” yirenyang2015@u.northwestern.edu

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NU, City officials discuss development plans By Ivan Yeh

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University administrators and Evanston officials gathered for their quarterly committee meeting Tuesday and discussed Northwestern’s plans to develop some of its currently unused properties. The districts refer to NU properties that have been zoned by the city. Zone T1 encompasses the area immediately west of Sheridan Road and zone T2 comprises the majority of the east side of the road. Zone U1 is composed of the areas surrounding the residential houses along University Place west of Sheridan Road. There are currently “no proposed demolitions of existing structures or new construction plans” for the University’s T1, T2 and U1 districts, said Ronald Nayler, NU’s associate vice president of facilities management, despite these items being listed on the committee’s agenda Tuesday night. The committee then revisited the topic of the Roycemore property, located in zone U1. Ald. Judy Fiske (1st) asked about the University’s plans of developing the unused Roycemore property, and Nayler answered that NU still intends to use the space to build new residence halls and office space for faculty moving from Kresge Hall. Nayler said University President Morton Schapiro wants to build more campus housing units. Although Nayler notes that there is always a desire to have more students living on campus, the cost of building a new residence hall needs to be weighed against student demand. He said despite the fact that almost all freshmen live in University housing and account for more than half of all available bed space, all upperclassmen who want to live on campus are able to do so.

NU Law receives $5 million from law firm Northwestern University School of Law was given $5 million by the Kirkland & Ellis Foundation and 31 alumni of the school who are senior partners at the firm, the law firm announced Tuesday. The money will provide scholarships for future

Nayler also mentioned that the condemned Lincoln Avenue fraternity houses may be removed to make space for new residence halls. “Our goal is to vacate all of those fraternities and then demolish those buildings,” he said. However, even if the space is available, the University still needs to obtain funding for building a new residence hall before committing to concrete plans. “It costs more to build a new residence hall than we can afford to charge students, given the quality standards we have in place and the space and amenities we provide,” Nayler said. The committee on Tuesday also introduced the possibility of NU providing the city with space for an underground water reservoir beneath Long Field. The city is conducting negotiations about whether to provide the other local communities with water and plans to spend the rest of the year determining whether or not to invest in a detailed study in 2013 to determine if the communities are better off being served by Evanston or Chicago. Nayler said if Evanston is to provide water to the northwest communities, NU has the space to build a larger reservoir underneath Long Field. NU’s reservoir is currently located underneath the Lincoln Street parking lot, and will be shifted across the road if Evanston decides to sell water to neighboring communities. However, NU is hesitant to make a decision until plans are more concrete, Nayler said. “We want to improve Long Field with a running track and artificial turf to make it available for longer periods during the year for students and the community, but we don’t want to make that investment unless we know what’s happening with the reservoir,” he said. Fiske and Nayler also thanked the committee in

addition to Evanston and NU community members for providing the NU Athletics Department with suggestions regarding the construction of a new tennis scoreboard for the outdoor Vandy Christie Tennis Center. The University’s amended plans include “removing the top portion of the trellis to bring the scoreboard as close as possible to the fence line at the request of neighbors,” Fiske said.

“We want to support the tennis team,” she said. “The fact is they need the scoreboard, and we should do everything that we can to make their experience at NU a positive one.” The next committee meeting is scheduled for Dec. 2 at 7 p.m.

students of NU’s JD-MBA program and will be distributed over five years, according to a University news release. University President Morton Schapiro said in the release that he is “extremely proud of our relationship with Kirkland & Ellis and grateful for this generous gift.” The donation is also one of the biggest single gifts ever given to the law school, which will use the funds to implement long-held dreams.

“This is of great significance because it will give us the flexibility to pursue initiatives that benefit our students, enhance our competitive position and set aside funds for the long-term interests of the Law School,” said the School of Law Dean Daniel Rodriguez in the release. The donation was spearheaded by Jeffrey Hammes (School of Law ‘85), who is the chairman of Kirkland & Ellis’ Global Management Executive Committee as well as a member of the

Northwestern Law Board. “Our Firm and our individual partners have supported Northwestern Law School for many years,” Hammes said in the release. “We are grateful for the strong relationship we have built with Northwestern and the many talented Northwestern alumni that have contributed to the success of our Firm.”

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TOWN-GOWN TALKS Northwestern University/City Committee members discuss development plans for the University’s unused properties in a meeting Tuesday.

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The following timeline is based on news releases, official statements and Daily interviews with the law enforcement and Northwestern officials involved in the search for Harsha Maddula. Since the McCormick sophomore’s body was found in Lake Michigan, The Daily has reached out to some of the students who may have last seen Maddula to confirm the initial accounts that they provided to reporters. The timeline notes initial accounts that have not been confirmed since the discovery of Maddula’s body. Wednesday, Sept. 19 Harsha Maddula arrives at Northwestern for his sophomore year. The Long Island native comes to campus a week before classes begin to help incoming freshmen move in. Friday, Sept. 21 Afternoon: Harsha talks on the phone with his mother, Dhanalakshmi. This will be the last communication between Harsha and his family. Around 10:30 p.m.: Harsha leaves Public Affairs Residential College with about eight friends for a night of off-campus partying. Around 10:45 p.m.: Harsha and his group arrive at an off-campus party on Garnett Place. However, they don’t stay long and leave the house after a few minutes. Around 11 p.m.: With three or four friends, Harsha arrives at a house party in the 2000 block of Ridge Avenue. Again, the group leaves shortly after arriving. It is unclear where they went. “He didn’t seem that inebriated,” said one friend who saw Harsha soon after he arrived. Around 11:30 p.m.: The same group returns to the party on Ridge Avenue. Saturday, Sept. 22 Around midnight: Harsha leaves the party on Ridge Avenue with three friends. While leaving, Harsha is coherent, is not stumbling and looks “very sober,” according to a student

Between midnight and 12:10 a.m.: The group arrives at an off-campus party on Hamlin Street, without Harsha. It is not clear how Harsha got separated from the group while traveling between the two parties, which are less than eight minutes apart by foot. “They just realized that he wasn’t with them while they were walking,” said one of Harsha’s close friends from PARC. 12:10 a.m.: Harsha calls Weinberg sophomore John Kim and asks where he is. Kim replies that he is still at the party on Ridge Avenue. Harsha replies that he is “going to see if he could make it over there,” Kim said. Several days later, Kim told The Daily that he wasn’t able to hear Harsha’s response on the phone because he was in a loud room at the party. Around 12:35 a.m.: Weinberg sophomore Linzy Wagner, who accompanies Harsha throughout the night, calls him and asks where he is. Harsha says he is back in his room on the second floor of PARC. However, surveillance footage shows that Harsha is not in his room at this time. This is the last known contact from Harsha. Wagner has not responded to follow-up requests for confirmation of her call to Harsha, which The Daily reported last week after speaking with several friends who were with her that night. Between 12:35 and 1:07 a.m.: Harsha’s cell phone transmits signals consistent with a person walking north on Ridge Avenue, which becomes Sheridan Road in Wilmette. Parrott told The Daily that Harsha took a “direct route” from Ridge Avenue to Gillson Park, which is attached to the harbor. 1:07 a.m.: Harsha’s cell phone transmits its final signal, a “ping” near Wilmette Harbor. Midday: Harsha fails to appear at preplanned PARC events. Around 5:30 p.m.: Area coordinator Keenan Colquitt calls UP regarding Harsha’s disappearance and asks police to check on his well-being. 6:45 p.m.: UP officers enter Harsha’s room after knocking several times and receiving no response. They do not find any sign of Harsha

in his room. At this time, UP describes the case as “contacted but not seen” but not yet a missing person situation. This is because Wagner spoke with Harsha on the phone earlier that morning, but he had not been seen since.

Tuesday, Sept. 25 Morning: UP meets with FBI officials to discuss the case. EPD assigns two detectives to the investigation into Harsha’s disappearance.

Evening: UP detectives interview residents of the Ridge Avenue house where Harsha was last seen leaving.

Morning: The search for Harsha expands to Wilmette Harbor. The new effort includes the U.S. Coast Guard, divers and a sonar team.

Sunday, Sept. 23

Evening: Twenty-one law enforcement agencies and fire departments join the harbor search. They do not find any trace of Harsha.

5 p.m.: UP files a missing person report for Harsha. Around 10:30 p.m.: After not hearing from Harsha for two days, Harsha’s father calls a PARC community assistant and asks about the whereabouts of his son. The CA does not know anything about Harsha’s situation or disappearance and does not know his current whereabouts. “He usually keeps in touch with us every day,” Prasad Maddula told The Daily. Monday, Sept. 24 Around 10:30 a.m.: Evanston Police spokesman Cmdr. Jay Parrott says EPD has not been informed of any missing NU students. “I’ve asked people here and they haven’t heard of anything,” Parrott told The Daily. Around 11 a.m.: UP calls Harsha’s parents at their New Hyde Park, N.Y., home and informs them of his disappearance. Afternoon: Prasad Maddula calls Colquitt and asks him to encourage the University to send an alert to all students regarding Harsha’s disappearance. Also at this time, Parrott says EPD has been notified of Harsha’s disappearance and that UP is handling the investigation because the department filed the missing person report. Around 6 p.m.: Harsha’s parents arrive in Chicago. They hastily booked a flight from New York earlier in the day in order to more closely deal with the developing situation in Evanston. 8:35 p.m.: The first emergency notification is sent to the NU community via email. The email includes information about Harsha’s physical appearance and what he was wearing on the night he went missing.

Wednesday, Sept. 26

Thursday, Sept. 27 Morning: University spokesman Al Cubbage tells reporters that authorities have called off the harbor search due to weather conditions. He calls Harsha’s disappearance a “somber start” to the school year. 6:43 p.m.: A fisherman calls the Wilmette Police Department and reports seeing a body floating in Wilmette Harbor. Shortly after the fisherman’s call, the U.S. Coast Guard and Wilmette Fire Department arrive on the scene to recover the body. Around 9 p.m.: University Relations notifies reporters of a 10 p.m. news conference about an “update” in the investigation into Maddula’s disappearance. Around 10:15 p.m.: Cubbage tells reporters that the body found in Wilmette Harbor has been identified as Harsha’s. The missing student’s wallet, WildCARD and cell phone were found on the body. 10:45 p.m.: Harsha is formally pronounced dead by the Cook County medical examiner. Friday, Sept. 28 Afternoon: The Cook County medical examiner rules Harsha’s death a drowning. However, the manner of death, and whether or not it was an accident, remains undetermined. MONDAY, oct. 1 Harsha is laid to rest during a funeral attended by family and friends in New York. mc2014@u.northwestern.edu patricksvitek2014@u.northwestern.edu

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From page 1 Weinberg sophomore Laura Stoughton knows how important it is to ensure her current address matches her registered voting location. In midAugust, Stoughton moved to Texas from New Hampshire, and now she is back on campus for classes this fall. “It’s definitely a strange time,” Stoughton said. “My address has changed about four times in the past six months or so.” Stoughton said she will be voting via absentee ballot this election because she is registered to vote in Texas. Voting for college students is further complicated by the fact that requirements vary from state to state. In Illinois, voters must be registered 27 days before the election. States such as Michigan and Tennessee do not allow citizens to both registrate and vote through the mail: at least one process must be completed in person. This issue is especially relevant to NU students, who come from many different states. NU Votes will have the registration information and absentee ballots for all states available. “Voter registration is incredibly complicated,” Donahue said. “Every state has its own process, their own laws, their own forms. We have to be on top of 50 different systems.” The somewhat old-fashioned nature of the voting system may also play a role in voting among college students, said Becca Portman, a fellow at the Center for Civic Engagement. Portman said the nature of America’s current

voting system, which still involves technology only minimally, could put off younger voters who have been using the Internet since a young age. “The voter registration system is kind of an archaic and complicated one,” the SESP senior said. “It’s mostly paper-based. The voting system doesn’t fit in with the way our generation thinks about things.” This is the second year that the center is pushing the NU Votes initiative. Last year, members of the Class of 2015 had the option of registering to vote as they waited in line to receive their WildCARDs. NU’s promotion of voting has had a significant impact on the Class of 2015, Donahue said. About 40 percent of students were already registered to vote, and almost 90 percent of the class was registered by the end of Wildcat Welcome, Donahue said. This year, the Center for Civic Engagement decided to expand the event by including all NU students and faculty members on both campuses, he added. Other campus groups are also encouraging students to vote this year, including residential colleges, said Stoughton, who is co-social chair on the executive board of Willard Residential College. Students will have the opportunity to watch the televised presidential debates during the dorm’s group munchies, Stoughton said. “It can be kind of a hassle to vote on campus,” she said. “We’re trying to push it and get people informed so they can make an educated vote.” laurencaruba2015@u.northwestern.edu

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her friends, referring to the issue as “funny and shocking and confusing.” “I Facebook messaged it to a couple people, and I also posted it as my status because I felt everyone deserved the chance to appreciate it,” Hammersmith said. Medill sophomore Molly Shaheen said she learned about the problem on Facebook and quickly shared it with several friends. “I didn’t think when it happened it was that big of a deal,” Shaheen said. “I don’t think

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who lives in the 5th Ward with his 7-year-old son, said there are fewer Evanston outreach programs for at-risk kids today compared to the days of his youth. “With budget cuts and everything a lot of those programs got cut,” Adams said. “That’s when you start to see more kids getting into trouble because they basically had nothing to do to keep them busy.” Another theme running throughout the discussion was the need to listen to young people. ETHS teacher Sharon Weeks said adults need to actively involve youth in planning outreach programs. “We need to show our young people ... that we

anybody was offended by it. I think people thought it was a funny thing.” As of end of business Tuesday, Mangan said he had not received any complaints from students. He added that the timing of the server’s security breach was fortunate, as it occurred in the late evening. “Luckily it happened at a time when there was probably low usage,” Mangan said. “It would have been a different story if it had popped up at 9 in the morning when people were looking for their lunch menu.” laurencaruba2015@u.northwestern.edu

are not just the ones planning the programs for them, but we have a space for them at the table, where they can sit down and say, ‘this is what I want,’” she said, earning resounding applause from attendees. Weeks added young people from every background should be heard. The Evanston City Council will create an action plan based on ideas suggested at the meeting, Tisdahl told The Daily on Tuesday, adding that she will meet with Northwestern officials this week to discuss how the the city and University can collaborate on future anti-violence plans. Leff said she found the meeting effective, but hoped more youth would attend. “It would probably be more beneficial if we had more teens,” she said. jiayou2014@u.northwestern.edu

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Two D65 schools ‘exemplars’ of behavior program By Ciara MCcarthy

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Two Evanston elementary schools have achieved “exemplar” status from Positive Behavior Interventions & Supports Illinois, a state initiative that works to improve student behavior through positive reinforcement. Evanston/Skokie School District 65 announced Sept. 18 that Dewey Elementary School, 1551 Wesley Ave., and Washington Elementary School, 914 Ashland Ave., are two of five Illinois schools to have achieved this status. All District 65 schools have implemented the PBIS program, according to a district news release. More than 1,000 schools participate in the PBIS program in Illinois. This is the second year in a row that Dewey Elementary School has achieved exemplar status.

PBIS Illinois is an initiative funded by the Illinois State Board of Education, according to its website. The initiative, part of the Illinois Statewide Technical Assistance Center (IS-TAC), provides a system for schools to handle misbehavior. Well-behaved students allow for a better learning environment, said Pat Markham, the District 65 communications director. She added thatbecause PBIS provides strategies for correcting student conduct, it helps create more productive classrooms. “PBIS helps improve school culture and climate with the understanding that students who are engaged can concentrate and spend more time pursuing their academics,” Markham said. PBIS Illinois provides a framework that individual schools adapt to create and implement a system to address behavioral issues at three levels: school-wide, group, and individual. At Dewey Elementary School, kindergarten

teacher Staci Gold chairs the PBIS committee. Gold said her committee promotes four positive behavior principles called the “Dewey Do’s.” Washington Elementary School has a similar set of principles titled the “Washington Ways.” Essentially, PBIS helps teachers instruct students to follow these principles. Weekly “cool tools” teach lessons such as raising one’s hand in class or being respectful in the hallway. The program also includes incentives that allow students to earn rewards for their good behavior. Most schools use a ticket system, in which students are awarded vouchers when they behave well. For example, a student could earn tickets for being respectful in line, and then use those tickets to gain a reward, such as extra recess time. Another component of the PBIS system is the Office Discipline Referral software, which logs rule infractions into an online database system that tracks behavioral data and allows teachers to recognize

trends. With this information, teachers can address specific behavior issues in their classrooms. PBIS grants schools levels of recognition ranging from emerging to exemplar, depending on how fully a school has implemented the program. Dewey and Washington Elementary Schools earned exemplar status through a variety of components, including staff surveys, data, the success of implementation, and interviews conducted by the PBIS Illinois staff. Gold, who has been teaching at Dewey Elementary School for six years, said the PBIS system makes the classroom a more inviting place. “It’s a great way to set the tone of success and have the kids feel really great about themselves and the choices they’re making,” she said. “It’s such a great feeling to reward a kid who’s making good choices.”

Amonte Hiller wins fifth coach of the year award

national championship,and did not lose the draw control battle in any game along the way after Amonte Hiller famously made the scoreboard operators at Lakeside Field put 18-5 on the scoreboard during practice — the margin by which Florida won draw controls in the ALC title game. NU also almost owned the distinction of producing two different Tewaaraton Award winners in backto-back seasons. After Shannon Smith won in 2011, junior defender Taylor Thornton ended the season as a finalist for the award in 2012. In her 11-year career as coach of the Cats, Amonte Hiller sports a 196-30 record, an impressive .867 winning percentage.That record includes an 83-2 mark in home games since 2004.Amonte Hiller’s coaching success also lends itself to those who have played or worked with her. In March 2012, Colorado named former NU assistant coach Ann Elliott the first head coach of its newly formed women’s lacrosse program. Elliott also played for the Cats from 2004 to 2007. Then in July, Hofstra named Smith head coach of its women’s lacrosse team, just about two months after the NU grad scored two goals in the championship game against Syracuse.Amonte Hiller officially begins her 12th season as the Cats’ coach in the spring.

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FIVE FOR FIGHTING Coach Kelly Amonte Hiller now owns five National Coach of the Year awards. Her team will compete for their eighth national championship next spring.

The only accomplishment that pales in comparison to coach Kelly Amonte Hiller’s national championships is the number of coach of the year awards she has won. She made up some of the ground on Monday, securing the National Coach of the Year award for the fifth time in her career. The honor, given by the Intercollegiate Women’s Lacrosse Coaches Association, is Amonte Hiller’s fourth recognition in five years. The Maryland graduate also won the award in 2005. Amonte Hiller’s win comes off the Wildcats’ seventh national championship in the 2012 season. The Cats, playing in their eighth straighttitle game, defeated Syracuse 8-6 in a thrilling final in Stony Brook, N.Y. The 2012 season did not come without adversity, with NU losing twice to conference rival Florida, once at home and once in Gainesville, Fla. The Gators’ second win over the Cats in the American Lacrosse Conference championship game handed Amonte Hiller her first loss in the conference tournament.But the Cats’ growth after the ALC loss proved a testament to Amonte Hiller’s coaching. NU defeated four top-ten teams en route to the

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10.3.2012 @ 4 p.m. THE GERTRUDE AND G.D. CRAIN JR. LECTURE SERIES: Chicago Tribune reporters Jackson and Marx are the 2011 winners of the Medill Medal for Courage in Journalism for their series “Across the Border, Beyond the Law: Flaws in the justice system help fugitives cross America’s borders and avoid capture.”

MARK SHIELDS

10.9.2012 @ 4 p.m. THE MINOW VISITING PROFESSORSHIP IN COMMUNICATIONS: Shields, a nationally known columnist and commentator for “The PBS NewsHour,” will discuss his experience covering the 2012 election.

RACHEL SWARNS

10.18.2012 @ 4 p.m. THE GERTRUDE AND G.D. CRAIN JR. LECTURE SERIES: New York Times reporter Swarns will be speaking on “Slaves, Slaveowners and the American Melange: The Story of Michelle Obama’s Ancestry.”

DOUGLAS FOSTER

10.25.2012 @ 4 p.m. THE GERTRUDE AND G.D. CRAIN JR. LECTURE SERIES: Medill Associate Professor Douglas Foster will discuss his new book, “After Mandela: The Struggle for Freedom in Post-Apartheid South Africa.”

EVAN SMITH

11.1.2012 @ 4 p.m. THE GERTRUDE AND G.D. CRAIN JR. LECTURE SERIES: Smith, co-founder, editor-in-chief and CEO of the Texas Tribune, will speak on “Three Years in the Non-Proﬁt News Trenches: What We’ve Learned.”

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We’re certainly going to be aware that they play well in the second half. — Tim Lenahan, men’s soccer coach

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Cats hope to relive October magic By AVA WALLACE

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MAGIC MEN Junior Lepe Seetane watches as senior Chris Ritter plays the ball in air in during the team’s loss to DePaul. Last October, the Cats went undefeated, a feat they hope to repeat this year.

Northwestern vs. Bradley Peoria, Ill. 6 p.m. Wednesday

leads the Big Ten with 18 assists. Bradley, on the other hand, boasts a pair of heavy shooters, Keegan Balle and Jochen Graf,and averages 15.9 shots per game, as compared to NU’s 11.1. Bradley is playing only its second home game in a month, which marked

the Braves’ longest road stint in a decade.In its first game in Peoria since Sept. 2, the home team lost to Northern Kentucky 1-0. Before its return home, Bradley lost to San Jose State 3-2. After Bradley, NU will take a six-day rest before facing No. 8 Notre Damein a night match on Lakeside Field, before returning to conference play on Oct. 14 against Ohio State, also at home. But Bradley’s second-half squad, the formidable Fighting Irish and a

conference matchup should give the Cats little to worry about if they play as well as they did last October. Last year aside, Lenahan said he is mainly concerned with playing consistently. “We’re focused on the process at this point,” he said. “We’re going to stick to the game plan and when we do that, usually good things happen.” avawallace2015@u.northwestern.edu

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Losole carries Illini Invitational for Northwestern Northwestern continued its strong start to the season with a top half finish in the Fighting Illini Invitational on Tuesday. The Wildcats’ sixth place finish was their worst this season, but senior Nick Losole picked up his third top 10 placement in as many events, finishing five shots behind the winner to tie for second. “We still need to find our five best players and continue to improve every day,” coach Pat Goss tweeted after the tournament. “We will get back to work on Wednesday!” Losole’s final round 71 was the best of the day for the Cats, who shot their worst score of the tournament in the third round, dropping from a tie for third into their final position in sixth place. It was a marked improvement from last season, when NU finished 15th out of 15 teams at the tournament and did not place a single golfer in the top 40. “We were disappointed in how we played (Tuesday),” Losole said. “We’re disappointed with a T-6, but it was our best finish at the tournament since I’ve been here.” The Fighting Illini Invitational has one of the stronger fields in the country and is a tournament NU typically struggles with. The Cats beat four ranked teams in this year’s event, making 2012 their best finish since landing fourth in 2006. Losole took the lead after the first round Sunday with a 68. He was the only player under par after the first 18 holes. After shooting a 73,

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Northwestern has good reason to be in high spirits as the month of October begins. October was a magical month for NU last season, during which the team went on an 11-game winning streak that sent players to the 2011 NCAA tournament. Now, the No. 22 Cats (7-1-2, 2-0-0)are sitting atop the Big Ten after a 2-1 comefrom-behind victory against Michigan State on Sunday. But before the team can settle in for two home games next week, NU travels to Peoria, Ill. to play Bradley (5-3-2, 0-0-0) in a Wednesday evening game. Coach Tim Lenahansaid after focusing on staying mentally strong and working to start games with high energy, his team is feeling confident about the rest of the season. “I think that Sunday in the second half we showed that we have some heart and resilience and hopefully that continues when we step on the field tomorrow,” he said. “It’s going to be difficult in that atmosphere, to step on the field and play in front of a home crowd.” Though Lenahan said the Cats have not played the Braves in the regular season since 2002, the two Illinois teams play more frequently during the off-season. And the teams share more similarities than a home state: only three of NU’s 16 goals have come before halftime throughout the season,and only five of Bradley’s 17 goals were scored during the first half. “You know it’s going to be two disciplined teams,” Lenahan said. “We’re certainly going to be aware that they play well in the second half.” As usual, the Cats will depend on an all-hands-on-deck playing style to create opportunities in Peoria. NU currently

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including a triple bogey, Monday to drop into a tie for fifth, Losole made a charge Tuesday with two bogeys and a birdie to card his one-overpar 71 . His downfall was the fifth and sixth holes, which tied for the toughest hole on the course Tuesday at .51 strokes over par. He came back with a birdie on the 11th, which played the easiest on the golf course, but he missed opportunities to gain more strokes on the easy 13th and 18th holes. Leading the field with 42 pars on 54 holes, his triple bogey on the sixth hole was his only colossal mistake of the tournament. However, he was able to regain his composure and shot even par the rest of the way. “It’s a narrow green that sits on a plateau,” he said. “Part of me was trying to do too much with the shot and I hit it too hard. You just have to take it one shot at a time.” Jack Perry carded a solid round of 73 Tuesday to tie for 17th place. The junior placed in the top 10 in NU’s first two events, but his runs of bogeys haunted him all week. On Tuesday, Perry hit a beautiful wedge shot on the first hole and put a birdie on the scorecard, but then had five bogeys in the next 16 holes before getting a birdie on the last hole to shoot three over par. On Sunday, he hit four bogeys in a six hole stretch en route to a four-over-par 74. Freshman Andrew Whalen was in a tie for 23rd two rounds after shooting a 72 and 7.4 But he stumbled Tuesday, shooting an 11-over-par 81 and falling into a tie for 46th. NU’s poor finish after starting out so well could be a cause for concern. However, Losole said the team has all the physical talent to compete with any team in the country and must

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TEE TIME Senior Nick Losole finished tied for second at the Fighting Illini Inivitational. As a team, NU finished sixth in the tournament.

work on keeping its mind sharp. “It’s just repetition,” Losole said. “It’s our third tournament in a row so it can mentally wear you down.

We need to work on maintaining a high level of focus on each shot.” — Josh Walfish

Field hockey is a god-awful sport to watch. This is coming from a Canadian familiar with most things NHL: At my first game as a Northwestern field hockey beat reporter, I had no idea what was going on. About 30 minutes in, I realized players could only touch the ball with the flat side of the stick. The referees seemed to arbitrarily award penalty corners — where a corner kick meets an art form — to the point where fans often yelled “Bad call!” just because. It seems impossible to make field hockey popular. Even during the Olympics, when moody Joel McHalelookalike water polo studs earn their fifteen minutes of fame, field hockey receives precious little recognition. The same holds true at NU. Last season, the Wildcats hosted Michigan in a critical late-season matchup. Official attendance: 217. The College Republicans could probably get 217 people to an event. After my first game, I was counting down the days until the season ended. But by the next month or so, my opinion of the sport had changed completely. Call field hockey my irrational love. I am currently overjoyed by this team. On Friday, the top-10 Catsbeat then-No. 6Penn State at home. With the nation’s best player, Chelsea Armstrong,and added depth, this team has the makings of a national title contender. Similar optimism surrounded the program last season. The Cats stormed to a 10-3 record before collapsing in the latter half of the season. It was hard not to feel for them. After a devastating loss to lowly Yale, I ran into a player at Burger King, the birthplace of meaningful interactions. In a classic freshman moment, I introduced myself as the team beat writer. She almost literally retreated, then asked what I wrote about the Yale game. To her and to the rest of the team, it really mattered. During that late-season stretch, NU lost six of its last eight games, including a 6-1 meltdown against Penn State in the first round of the Big Ten Tournament. The loss wasn’t for lack of effort. The Cats kept going to the well, searching for ways to win as the frustration mounted. Despite talent and potential, the season gradually slipped away. Each sport has its glaring imperfections. Human nature keeps us fans coming back for more. In the end, I grew to appreciate field hockey not for what I still don’t understand, but instead for what I always did. At NU, as with everywhere, athletes are more than just players on a field. They fight for their school, driven by a common competitive nature. On an October afternoon last year, it was pouring rain as I headed to the Thomas Athletic Complex to interview the players. It struck me that practice may have been called off. If not, I assumed that the players on a slumping team would be under cover, complaining about the weather and the injustice. But sure enough, when I arrived, the players were raring to go. They sat patiently and responded to questions as I scribbled furiously on a soaked yellow notepad. As I was finally leaving, someone called out to me: “Write that we’re having fun.” They sure were, and after all of the skepticism, I was too. nicholasmedline2015@u.northwestern.edu