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Northwestern has finished installing WiFi service on the Lakefill six months after Associated Student Government pledged $5,000 to fulfill the studentsubmitted proposal. “This project not only signifies the work and ideas of countless students, but also represents an opportunity for students to enjoy our shared space more frequently,” ASG Vice President Brad Stewart said in a news release. A router near Regenstein Hall anchors the WiFi signal, which extends about 250 yards from the Lakefill’s southern tip to its fire pit. The University is interested in expanding the service farther north, Stewart told The Daily on Thursday. The Internet speed on the Lakefill is consistent with other areas on campus. In the spring, ASG set aside funding for wireless internet on the lakeside

campus as part of the 5K Initiative. The program asked students how they would like to see ASG spend $5,000 to improve campus life. More than 700 students voted in an online poll that ultimately selected “WiFi on the Lakefill” as the winning idea. The successful implementation has prompted ASG leaders to float a 10K Initiative that would double the allocation. A formal proposal is expected to come up Wednesday during the first Senate meeting of the school year. In January, then-ASG President Austin Young urged students to generate ideas that could benefit their peers, not just themselves. “There’s so many ways for this money to be spent,” he said during a Senate meeting. “We want to open it up to the students to come up with and vote on ideas.” patricksvitek2014@u.northwestern.edu

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City expedites gun buyback

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derby Communications senior Alex James (left) plays Cotter Bourbon and Communications sophomore Kyle Sherman (right) plays Ponyboy in “The Derby County Derby.” The production opened Thursday and will run on both Friday, Oct. 5 and Saturday, Oct. 6 at 8 p.m. and 11 p.m.

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The city is partnering with the Evanston Community Foundation and other local groups to implement a gun buyback program to reduce the number of operable weapons and ammunition available

A&O Blowout tickets to hit box office Monday

Tickets for A&O Blowout will go on sale 10:30 a.m. Monday. Students can buy tickets for the Oct. 12 concert featuring rapper

on the streets. Carolyn Murray, co-chair of the West Evanston Strategic Team developed the idea for the program in July, initially contacting Ald. Delores Holmes (5th) regarding frequently hearing shots fired in the middle of the night. The Sept. 22 shooting death of Dajae Coleman expedited plans for the buyback

Nas and rock band Young the Giant through the Norris Box Office and its website, the group confirmed Thursday. Tickets will cost $10 for undergraduate students and $15 for graduate students. “We’re hoping to sell out,” A&O spokeswoman Shelly Tan said. “Our goal is always to put on the best show

program, which is slated to launch sometime in December. Coleman was shot and killed Sept. 22 on Church Street while walking home from a party. The death of the Evanston Township High School freshman has sparked conversations about youth violence

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possible.” About 5,000 tickets are available for the show, which will be held at Welsh-Ryan Arena, Tan said. “People should get tickets soon,” Tan said. “They’re only going to be on sale the week before the show.” University President Morton Schapiro announced the line-up for

the show on Sept. 24 at the president’s convocation. “We think the response so far is pretty great,” Tan said. While she hoped all students would appreciate both Nas and Young the Giant, Tan said A&O wanted to bring top artists from two different genres.

“We wanted to pick artists who appeal to as many music constituencies as possible,” she said. Doors will open for the show at 6:30 p.m. Free shuttles will be provided for students to and from the arena starting at 6 p.m. — Cat Zakrezewski

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New program ‘boosts’ pre-K preparedness By Manuel rapada

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Nearly three dozen young children worked with a host of 14- to 17-year-olds this summer to build basic reading skills through a collaborative pilot program. An anonymous group’s $50,000 contribution to the Evanston Community Foundation for an early childhood literacy project brought representatives from the foundation, Evanston Public Library, Youth Job Center and Evanston-Skokie District 65 together. The result: the 10-week summer program ABC Boosters, held at two Evanston community centers, staffed by local teenagers and designed by library staff and teachers. The early literacy program targeted 3- and 4-year-olds who did not receive formal preschool education. Willard Elementary School kindergarten teacher Maria Torres said many students enter their first day of school without knowing the letters of the alphabet or how to write their names. “As a kindergarten teacher, I knew some of the things I wasn’t seeing, and I knew some of the things they could focus on,� Torres said. Together with fellow teacher Lara Galicia, Torres developed a curriculum and assessments that focus on letter recognition and sounds. Children would “sign in,� allowing staff to monitor those taking part in the program while giving participants an opportunity to write their names, Torres said. Students and teenage “boosters� also played with magnetic letters, and the teenagers read to other children at the parks adjacent to the community centers, which served as free lunch sites this

summer. Hundreds turned out to the story time events in the parks in addition to the 35 people who formally participated in the program, said Rick Kinnebrew, EPL children’s outreach librarian. Each organization involved in shaping ABC Boosters brought its strengths to the program, from finding “really good teens� to developing curriculum, Kinnebrew said. “Everybody was invested in it,� he said. “You find a lot of that in Evanston. The bad side of community investment is that everybody does something. There’s not a lot of coordination.� The Youth Job Center selected 12 “boosters� from a pool of nearly 40 students, said Jessica Wingader, CORE employment counselor, in an e-mail. Some “boosters� identified education or childcare as career goals and were chosen based on their experiences working with children. Although Torres was initially a little hesitant about teenagers handling this responsibility, she said she was “pleasantly surprised� by the performance of the 12 teens involved. Marybeth Schroeder, the Evanston Community Foundation’s vice president for programs, said the teens were treated like “rockstars.� This year, ECF gave $20,000 in grants to the EPL and Youth Job Center for ABC Boosters. ECF intends on funding the program and its partners next year, Schroeder said in a follow-up e-mail. ABC Boosters met the foundation’s challenge to have “every child ready for kindergarten, every youth ready for work,� Schroeder said. With the program targeting such young students, Torres said, it is too early to tell if the experience has made a difference. Some summer programs ended before children

An Apple iPhone was stolen from a table at a chain restaurant on the 1400 block of Sherman Avenue sometime between 11 p.m. Monday and 1 a.m. Tuesday, Parrott said.

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An unknown offender siphoned gas from a car parked on the 400 block of Florence Avenue sometime between 1 p.m. Tuesday and 2 p.m. Wednesday, Evanston Police Department

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GIVING A BOOST Staff from the Evanston Public Library, pictured above, helped design the “booster� program.

could take post-assessments, leaving only a small percentage of students left to be tested, she said. Among the students who were assessed after the program, letter recognition increased at differing levels. ABC Boosters also wrote essays about their experiences in the program. In an excerpt provided by Wingader, one student initially thought that the kids participating would not respond to learning during the summer. Four weeks into the program, the “booster� wrote that the kids were enjoying the program. “Secretly, kids at any age love being read to, even when they can read,� the teenager wrote. “It’s a pretty amazing thing to see.� manuelrapada2015@u.northwestern.edu

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On Campus CTA nixes unlimited rides for students in Medill storefront class

Medill students were surprised to learn this week they would no longer be receiving U-Passes to subsidize their travel costs to and from Chicago for a required class. In previous years, student enrolled in Journalism 301, Enterprise Reporting in Diverse Communities, were given passes for unlimited Chicago Transit Authority rides. This fall, students have instead been given six CTA passes per week, each with enough fare for a one-way El ride, so they can travel to the city for two classes in storefront newsrooms and an additional day of reporting. Medill did not make the decision to stop distributing U-Passes, said Michele Bitoun, senior director of undergraduate education and teaching excellence. “We learned this summer that CTA won’t give us U-Passes for just a portion of our students,” Bitoun said. “We’d have to buy them for all of them.” However, Bitoun said there have not been any discussions about providing U-Passes to all students. “We’re looking at it as an academic need,”

British magazine: NU among the world’s 20 best universities

Northwestern was recently named one of the top 20 universities in the world by a British magazine. The Oct. 4 issue of Times Higher Education had NU coming in at No. 19, just behind Cornell University and the University College London. Topping the list were the California Institute of Technology, the University of Oxford and Stanford University. The rankings, which are conducted by Thomson Reuters, identify the top universities

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Bitoun said. “We wanted to pay for what we were requiring in a class, which is going downtown to these storefronts.” Bitoun said Medill was “testing” the new plan to provide individual CTA passes each week during Fall Quarter. “We feel very strongly that we didn’t want students going to the storefronts twice a week without helping them financially,” Bitoun said. “It’s a great learning experience for them, and we want to support that.” Bitoun said she did not know if Medill would be able to increase the number of CTA passes distributed to students each week, due to financial constraints. Medill sophomore Jenny Starrs is enrolled in 301 this quarter, and she said the new

across the globe based on 13 performance indicators in five areas, including teaching, volume of research, influence of research, industry income and international outlook. Of the five areas, NU performed the best in the “Citations” category, which assesses the impact of colleges’ research. For the organization’s ranking for reputation, which is topped by Harvard University, Northwestern came in at No. 35, just below New York University and Duke University. The world rankings report comes out less than a month after NU secured the status of 12th best university in the United States for the fifth year in a row, according to U.S. News & World Report. The magazine also placed

policy might limit her reporting in Edgewater, where her class is located. “It will be a burden on my finances and my classmate’s finances,” Starrs said. “We might see its effect in our classwork. It could interfere with our reporting.” Bitoun said Medill was trying to work with the students in providing this new option. “The other side of this is we could just tell students they’re on their own,” Bitoun said. “We really don’t want that to happen.” Jamie Toplin, a Medill sophomore also enrolled in the course, said she has not been affected by the change yet. “It’s the first week of class,” Toplin said. “Tomorrow will be my first trip to the city outside of class.” However, Toplin said the new passes might become “frustrating” when working on final projects that require more reporting. Students have also raised the issue that they now may have to pay out-of-pocket for transfers on the El because they no longer have unlimited rides. Bitoun countered that concern, explaining that 301 students do not have to purchase books. “You have to buy books for other classes,” Bitoun said. “Those are very costly too.” — Cat Zakrzewski

NU at No. 13 for engineering schools and 23rd for universities with the best value. McCormick associate dean Stephen Carr dismissed those rankings as a “popularity contest.” “It’s very good to be this high in the rankings when you look at how many colleges and universities there are,” University spokesman Bob Rowley said of the U.S. News rankings. The Times Higher Education uses the only ranking system that evaluates institutions across these core components of research institutions, according to the magazine’s website. — Lauren Caruba

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Peer Health Exchange seeks more diversity National organization aims for ‘different backgrounds’ among NU members By Adrianna rodriguez

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As Northwestern’s Peer Health Exchange prepares to select new members, the organization is trying to recruit a larger and more diverse staff. “We’re trying to get different volunteers from different backgrounds,” said Weinberg junior Erinma Ukoha, a senior health educator for PHE. “It makes the program more relatable, and it’s nice to have a mix of people from different backgrounds to work together to help out Chicago public schools.” Peer Health Exchange is a national organization dedicated to training college students and sending them to public high schools in the area to talk about health education topics such as drugs, pregnancy prevention and healthy relationships. NU’s Peer Health Exchange reaches out to schools such as Chicago Math and Science Academy, Rickover Naval Academyand Frederick Von Steuben Metropolitan Science High School. On some occasions, health educators from NU have been sent to other schools including the University of Chicagowhenever students at those schools cannot make it to a workshop. This year, the organization sent emails to NU’s Black House and to multicultural fraternities encouraging students to apply, said Weinberg senior Alex Lubben, a member of the PHE Leadership The Council. “The way PHE is right message comes now, is it’s mostly white across more females, and we don’t service white females,” strongly when a Lubben said. “We want peer is teaching the people who we service to be of more simi- a workshop lar background.” than … when Because Peer Health your strange Exchange prides itself on being relatable to gym teacher high school students, the is teaching organization decided to recruit on college cam- you about puses instead of hiring sex, drugs or regular teachers. about healthy “The message comes across more strongly relationships. when a peer is teaching Alex Lubben, a workshop than it does PHE leadership when your strange gym council member teacher is teaching you about sex, drugs or about healthy relationships,” Lubben said. Students must attend training on their assigned topic before they can become a health educator. After training, they are sent to schools with a fellow health educator to teach on that specific health subject, which students may change every year. After their first year as a health educator, students can become a senior health educator or a member of the PHE Leadership Council. Leadership Council members are in charge of a certain topic and the educators who teach that topic. “I think it’s a really positive program,” Ukoha said. “It gives Northwestern students a way to get out into the Chicago community.” The organization has different branches across the nation, including locations in Boston, Chicago, Los Angeles and New York. Peer Health Exchange was first established by several Yale University students who wanted to educate local high schools in New Haven, Conn., according to the PHE website. Weinberg sophomore Laura Henry, a PHE health educator, said children should have unconditional access to health education. “Being a teacher, you learn ... about the high schools in Chicago and what kinds of problems they face,” Henry said. “It gets people to think about the needs in our community that they may have not been aware of before.” PHE applications are due Oct. 12.

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Ending the Facebook friend frenzy julianna nunez

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The innovation of social media has totally changed the way we relate and communicate. It makes the act of talking easier, but as a result has changed the way we connect, emotionally speaking, with one another. On Facebook, our profiles boast the number of friends we have, which begs the question: what exactly is a Facebook friend? I have been working on the yearbook for a while now and I often use Facebook to find sources for different topics. Some of these people are my Facebook friends. However, that’s about it. Sometimes it feels like I only have a connection to these people because Facebook tells me I do. Part of this is because I, like many people, undergo what I like to call the “Facebook

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friend frenzy.” This is when one enters a new environment, like college, and begins friending every single person he or she knows. I did this with a good portion of my dormmates during my freshman year. I also did this with the different clubs I joined. Of course, when you’re new to a situation you think everyone can be your friend. For the most part, this is a positive attitude to have. However, in a matter of weeks, the friends you made during the Facebook frenzy become just that: Facebook friends. I generally regard my actual friends as people I see, or used to see, on a fairly regular basis. I have about 160 friends on Facebook. I know I don’t socialize with 160 people on a regular basis. There are times when I’m on Facebook and I get a status update from someone who is supposedly one of my friends. It becomes sort of embarrassing when I have to wrack my brain to figure out who this person is. “Well, I don’t really know her, but she is my Facebook friend,” I think to myself. The concept of Facebook friends has introduced a new formality to the way we relate to each other. I rarely decline friend requests, unless it’s from a person I secretly dislike. I remember a time my boyfriend was upset because someone from his high school unfriended him. I don’t really bother with unfriending people. If push comes to shove I just change my settings so that I don’t have to read their status updates.

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Facebook friending is something we’re expected to do but we’re not expected to nourish the friendships we make on Facebook. At times they feel like the relatives we place at the back table in a wedding reception. The formality of inviting them is there, but we don’t have the time, energy, or desire to interact with them in a meaningful way. Facebook friends exist for several reasons. For one, they act as a status symbol; they show how much one has traveled and ventured into new areas (and how impulsively social some people can be). As far as relationships go, Facebook friending shows that you acknowledge someone’s existence and would not mind pursuing a friendship with them when it’s convenient for you. At its worst, Facebook friends show how shallow relationships can be. They require no commitment, bonds or shared experiences but are more dependent on a status everyone can see than any private connection. To my about 160 Facebook friends: I personally interact with about 20 of you on a weekly basis. I like the majority of you and it’s nice to hear about your travels or weight loss or whatever you’re proud of. To about 140 of my other followers, well, we’re still friends. At least that’s what the box on my profile tells me. Julianna Nunez is a Medill junior. She can be reached at juliannanunez2014@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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Quartet deserves reevaluation after a pleasant surprise I really couldn’t write this follow-up without including a “squeaky wheel gets the grease” joke, so I’ll just get that out of the way. This morning, I opened my laptop to see an email from the owner of Quartet Copies, so I did what I can only assume every student journalist does when they see the subject of their article has written them a note – ignore it for a few hours. When I finally did read the email, I found not an angry response letter calling for my resignation, but rather a genuine and well-crafted apology. And most importantly, Quartet wanted to refund my money. I was taken aback and very pleased (dancing ensued, texts written in all caps were sent). This was journalism in action! My words had consequence! Someone had read something I wrote! But throughout the day, I debated taking the refund. Yes, I had wasted a significant amount of time and was behind in my reading because of Quartet, but dozens of my friends are in the same boat as I am and aren’t getting any money back. Moreover, writing for a student publication doesn’t make me any more important, and I’m

sure I’m not the first to complain about Quartet in a public sphere. I wasn’t totally comfortable getting my money back just because I had given the store some bad publicity. I took my refund. This is not to say that I choose money over ethics, but I could use $81 and it would have been pretentious to turn down the store’s offer. So I solidified details with Quartet’s owner on the phone. He apologized for the poor service many times over, assured me that Quartet prides itself on customer satisfaction and generously offered to help out with any printing I may need in the future. He sounded tired and truly sorry on the phone, but, I kid you not, the minute we hung up a friend texted me, “DOWN WITH QUARTET,” followed by her own course packet grievance. In fact, multiple friends have messaged me since my Quartet rant was published with similar complaints and sentiments of solidarity. So I stand by what I wrote earlier. Employees and management at Quartet work hard and may care about quality customer service, but I doubt the printing company could bankroll all of the Northwestern students who deserve a refund similar to what I got. Ava Wallace is a Medill sophomore. She can be reached at avawallace2015@u.northwestern.edu

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Sow roots, but pull the weed sydney zink

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Growing up, college was described to me as a generally liberal-minded institution with a particular student passion and awareness regarding politically vogue issues, community values, grassroots efforts and civic engagement. Northwestern’s student activities fair at the end of September touted a wide variety of such politically and socially engaged organizations to join, including Northwestern Advocates for Choice, SHAPE and NU College Republicans amongst a plethora of others. Included in the crowd was a new face that has not been seen since 2009. A student organization has formed — or, rather, has renewed after a three-year lag — at Northwestern’s that promotes marijuana legalization within a broader agenda that includes education about drug abuse, criminalization and policy. This group, Students for Sensible Drug Policy, is a chapter within an international student advocacy network of SSDP. Two questions relevant to addressing this group are that of supporting marijuana legalization and that of supporting the existence of a group like this one on campus. Do I support legalization? No. Do I support and even value the existence of this group and others like it on campus? Absolutely. Regardless of one’s stances and opinions, I believe it best that he or she remain not only open to, but in search of, enlightenment toward understanding — not necessarily agreeing with, but empathetically exploring — other positions’ arguments as well as how and from where supporters derive those arguments. Any group should be able to exist on campus for the sake of enlightening others to how those group members think and form their opinions so long as that group does not pose an active threat to others on campus whether in regards to agreement with the group’s standpoints or simply common civility. I personally enjoy integrating myself into circumstances or groups I do not readily relate to so I can gain firsthand insight into the organization of such thoughts, practices and structures. When practically available, I prefer affirmation of my own ideas and perspectives via empathy and understanding with those who disagree rather than via overly simplistic rhetoric. Let a group exist for the sake of educating people so that those the group involves may develop stances of their own choosing in a manner of factual awareness rather than uninformed, unmotivated decision-making. Therefore, I value the existence of SSDP on campus for its ability to educate students of important and current issues, but also of its points of view regardless of those students’ own developed positions — strict or open or anywhere in between — on the issues at hand. Regardless of your own views on matters of marijuana legalization or drug policy as a whole, I encourage you to support the continuation of this group and other controversial interest groups on campus so as to encourage Northwestern’s learning environment to expand in new directions. I’m not going to give you a spiel on why I do not support marijuana legalization, and along those lines, I am not going to try to convince you to agree with that position yourself. I will admit that I personally find issues like women’s health to be more concerning for me in current national debate than drug policy but I still could use a lot of education on the latter topics myself in order to firmly explicate my stance opposing legalization. Therefore, I am very grateful that SSDP has renewed its chapter on Northwestern’s campus so that I and many others may take advantage of the opportunity to learn and to truly mold for ourselves informed positions with strong foundations of reasoning. I hope that as more issues come to the forefront in our politics and lifestyles, groups at Northwestern that already exist with or without stances on these issues may become ever more prominent and expansive, whilst groups that do not yet exist for pressing issues both present and future (as SSDP’s group at Northwestern had not) continue popping up on campus to educate students and engage our potential to be young voices with powerful convictions. Sydney Zink is a Communication freshman. She can be reached at sydneyzink2012@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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From anger to tears and from pain to justice, the child sex abuse scandal at Penn State has produced a wide spectrum of emotions. The saga that started in early November 2011 with an indictment and campus riots finally culminated in June 2012, when former Nittany Lions defensive coordinator Jerry Sandusky was convicted on 45 of 48 charges. The scandal, a depraved situation that dug much deeper than football, highlighted the growing dissonance between academics and the multi-million dollar sports programs that happen to be played at academic institutions. Sandusky, whose disturbing acts were brought to light in grand jury reports and gut-wrenching testimony, also brought down the key figures in a university once known for doing things the right way. Graham Spanier, former president of Pennsylvania State University, now sits behind attorneys, lobbing defensive rhetoric at the victims in an effort to avoid the disgrace that befell many of his coworkers. Former athletic director Tim Curley and former vice president Gary Schultz currently await a trial for perjury stemming from an alleged cover-up that allowed Sandusky to run rampant on campus for over a decade. But of course, former Penn State football coach Joe Paterno suffered the most public fall from grace. A statue removed and a phone-call firing do not accurately represent the failings of Paterno. The man whose name adorns the school library, renowned for changing the lives of young adults who came to view him as far more than simply a coach, failed in such a miserable way that his involvement in the alleged cover-up trumps his 62 years of coaching. From January to June, the flames of the Sandusky scandal engulfed Penn State. But on Jan. 6, 2012, the university laid the foundation for a new era, hiring Bill O’Brien as its football coach.

The similarities end there

In 1992, O’Brien graduated from Brown University, earning a double concentration in political science and organizational behavioral management. O’Brien played linebacker and defensive end for his alma mater, playing some 40 years after Paterno quarterbacked the Bears before graduating in 1950. But the two men’s lives took on very different paths.

Paterno immediately took a job at Penn State as an assistant in 1950 before moving to the head coach position in 1965. O’Brien stayed at Brown after graduation, coaching tight ends and then linebackers for the first two years after finishing school. The Dorchester, Mass., native left Brown for Georgia Tech, where he filled various coaching positions from 1995 until 2002. O’Brien bounced around for four more years before earning his big break in 2007 when the New England Patriots hired him as an offensive assistant. O’Brien spent five years in Foxborough, coaching about an hour away from where he graduated high school in Danvers. In 2011, O’Brien became the Patriots offensive coordinator. O’Brien’s time in New England also meant a mentorship from one of the most respected football minds of the 21st century, Patriots head coach Bill Belichick. “I’ve been fortunate to work for a lot of good head football coaches,” O’Brien said at Big Ten Media Days in July. “George O’Leary at Central Florida, Ralph Feridgen, Maryland … and obviously Bill Belichick. Those guys’ friendships mean a lot to me. And they’ve been very supportive of our program.” O’Brien agreed to a five-year contract with Penn State, and NCAA sanctions in July triggered a four-year extension to the original contract.

Defiance

It became obvious at the media days that O’Brien quickly rejected the often chummy relationship Paterno shared with the media. “No,” O’Brien answered when asked if he could provide an update on former running back Silas Redd’s transfer situation. Redd would later choose to leave Happy Valley for the University of Southern California. “No,” O’Brien answered when asked if he spoke to Illinois coach Tim Beckman about Illinois recruiting transfers. Beckman’s assistant coaches reportedly flew to State College in July to recruit Penn State players.The NCAA allowed Nittany Lion players to transfer without sitting out a year in the sanctions it handed

down on July 23. “Right now, no,” O’Brien said when the media asked him if he knew of any players potentially leaving. Before the days of the 24-hour news cycle, Paterno reportedly frequently welcomed football beat writers at his home for friendly gatherings. O’Brien’s demeanor in his first major interactions with the media left many feeling the new coach acted angrily or spewed an attitude to those who held microphones in his face. As opposed to his grandfatherly predecessor or conference colleagues like the smooth Urban Meyer or polished Bret Bielema, O’Brien wears his imperfections on his face. O’Brien, seemingly never clean-shaven and eyes always weary, bears a cleft in his chin amidst all the scruff and stress. The job of football coach, which turns even the best men into cortisol-ridden creatures who can only focus on X’s and O’s, stood to be an even greater challenge for O’Brien. But the support of his players quelled the madness.

Still kids

Since the hiring of O’Brien, senior linebacker Michael Mauti emerged as the most outspoken player and leader from Penn State’s football program. “If you’re from our conference, and you’re going to come and steal our players and then wish us well, I got a serious problem with that,” Mauti said in late July. Ultimately 10 players would transfer while many recruits elected to decommit from Penn State in the aftermath of the sanctions placed on the university by the NCAA and the Big Ten. But Mauti led those who stayed onto the field on Sept. 1, when the Nittany Lions played their first game under O’Brien

A new era

Penn State suffered an opening day upset in its first game of the season, falling to Ohio at home. Some things stayed the same. A sold-out stadium Sarah Finnegan/The Daily Collegian cheered

on the Nittany Lions. Chants of “We Are” permeated throughout the crowd. But players also wore their names on the back of their jersey for the first time in school history, a small but significant shift toward a new standard at Penn State. O’Brien roamed the sideline, sans the thick glasses and rolled up pants that Paterno made famous. The Nittany Lions, ineligible for postseason play for four seasons, remained united in their quest to win. Penn State lost its next game, falling to 0-2 before embarking on a three-game win streak that brings it to Saturday’s game against No. 24 Northwestern. NU coach Pat Fitzgerald, who at age 37 only knew of one Penn State head coach his entire life before last November, knows this trip will be very different on the field. “Totally different football team,” Fitzgerald said of the Nittany Lions’ schemes. “(They have) the same great players, very talented football team, but schematically very different. Super Bowl-champion schemes. They do a phenomenal job.” Fitzgerald praised Penn State’s players and coaches repeatedly. “They’re just really well coached,” he said. “They’re a band of brothers who have won a lot of Big Ten football games, that are playing for each other, playing for their school. They’re playing with a great amount of passion and a great amount of physicality.” For now, Penn State remains talented with a group of players mainly recruited by Paterno. O’Brien’s job will be to navigate the future. He must deal with the shadow of a postseason ban and recruit with a limited number of scholarships – 65 instead of the usual 85 – meaning it may be a long time before Penn State football returns to powerhouse status. The sanctions and the $60 million fine levied by the NCAA meant to send a clear message to the program, hoping to restore order and priorities at a university that put football ahead of human decency. But O’Brien seems up to the task. He already stamped this team with his tough, no excuses identity. Current leaders like Mauti and future front runners must continue to respect his authority if the university hopes to reclaim its past glory. “Our coaches have stories of adversity in their lives,” O’Brien said. “And the measure of a man is how you overcome adversity.” In nine years’ time, the world will know the measure of Bill O’Brien. rohannadkarni2015@u.northwestern.edu

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Ariguzo making big plays and leading LBs Sophomore linebacker Chi Chi Ariguzo ‘playing at an all-Big Ten level’ By JOSH WALFISH

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For the last two seasons, a safety has led Northwestern in tackles. This season, the Wildcats don’t need to rely on their safeties to make the plays because the plays rarely get to them. The starting linebackers are the three leading tacklers on this team, and leading the pack is sophomore Chi Chi Ariguzo. The linebacker has come into his own this season, grabbing a starting spot at outside linebacker. His 39 tackles are a career high after picking up only 32 in his redshirt-freshman campaign last season. Ariguzo said he has not gained more confidence since gaining the starting job, but it has motivated him to

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RIGHT PLACE, RIGHT TIME Ariguzo has gotten the ball in his hands three times this season, including two fumble recoveries

work harder to keep that spot as the season progresses. “Nobody’s job is solidified,” Ariguzo said. “If you mess up, you’re going to mess up, and they’re going to take you out and put someone in who can make the play. It’s more just pushing me harder just to keep working hard.” On Sept. 10, Ariguzo was named the Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week after his monstrous 10 tackles including three for a loss in NU’s win over Vanderbilt. He became the first NU player in two years to earn the honor, and his three tackles for l o s s we re the most by a Cats’ defender since Quentin Davie accomplished the feat against Rice in 2010. Ariguzo has found a way to be at the right place at the right time this season with an interception and two fumble recoveries. The sophomore gave the credit to his teammates, who he said have done a good job at making impactful plays. He said it is just a coincidence he has been able to make the plays, but senior Quentin Williams thinks otherwise. “Chi Chi has awesome instincts,” the defensive lineman said. “He’s just a very instinctual football player, and it is fun to watch him.” Throug h f ive weeks of the season, Ariguzo has been named the team’s defensive

big playmaker four times. The linebacker said the difference in him this year has been how he prepared this summer. This season’s off-season workouts helped the defense get in better position this season, and it is making big plays because of it. The workouts focused on increasing players’ explosiveness and improving their ability to change direction on a dime. These skills have allowed the defense to have its best season in the last three years so far, which Ariguzo said has stemmed from the Cats getting to the ball quicker to make plays. “We’ve just been flying to the ball more,” Ariguzo said. “A lot of off-season workouts helped us to explode, push off one leg and change direction fast. That’s what I attribute it to, working hard over the summer.” Williams lines up on the same side of the defense as Ariguzo and said he knows Ariguzo will be there to make the play if he can’t. Ariguzo has acted as an insurance blanket at times, and Williams said Ariguzo’s aggressiveness is why he has been so successful this season. “It’s fun to be (on the same side). I know that he’s out there usually making a play,” Williams said. “He’s just so good in the open field and playing in space. One thing he’s really taken to heart is our E.A.T. (execute, attack, tackle) mentality, going for the big play instead of waiting back on your heels. He’s done a great job at going after plays and maki ng bi g

plays for us.” Coach Pat Fitzgerald is similarly very high on how Ariguzo is playing so far this season. He said the sophomore has a good grasp on the concepts and has been making plays while being active on the field. Fitzgerald, a former linebacker himself, said Ariguzo is fundamentally sound as well. However, Fitzgerald knows just how big of a test the linebackers face this weekend in State College, Pa. He said Ariguzo could garner all-conference recognition, but the sophomore has something to prove on Saturday to announce to the rest of the Big Ten he belongs. “Five games in and Chi Chi is playing at an all-Big Ten level,” Fitzgerald said. “(If ) he wants to be all-Big Ten, he’s going to have to outplay the (Penn State) linebackers this week. If you want to be the best, you’ve got to outplay the best.” joshuawalfish2014@u.northwestern.edu

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PLAYMAKER The sophomore has been recognized as NU’s defensive big playmaker in four out of five games this season.

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Cats hit road to face revamped Nittany Lions NU’s first road game since Sept. 1 brings it to Penn State and noisy Beaver Stadium By JOSH WALFISH

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This has been quite an odd week of preparations for Northwestern. The Wildcats usually know conference opponents pretty well after seeing them on a regular basis on film and the field. However, this week there is a decidedly new feel as NU prepares for its trip to Penn State on Saturday. For the first time in more than 45 years the Cats aren’t preparing for a Nittany Lions team led by Joe Paterno. Instead, Bill O’Brien has taken over in State College, Pa., and the Cats must prepare for a whole new scheme. “It’s completely different,” coach Pat Fitzgerald said. “Offensively, Bill’s going to put pressure on you formationally. They do a great job with formation variations (and) with some motions. Defensively, this is the best defense we’ve faced to date.” Fitzgerald said he watched a lot of tape of the New England Patriots in the off season as he watched tape on NU’s opponents this season. O’Brien was the offensive coordinator for the NFL squad last season, and Fitzgerald said O’Brien has done a good job at conforming his playbook to the talent he possesses at Penn State. The Cats and Nittany Lions have had two incredible battles in the last two seasons. The last time the two teams met in State College, NU jumped out to a 21-0 lead late in the first half, but gave up a touchdown three seconds before halftime. That killed all momentum and the Nittany Lions outscored the Cats 28-0 in the second half to take the game 35-21. Last season, NU trailed by three at the half, but was once again shut out in the second half in the 34-24 loss to Penn State. For Pennsylvania

native Quentin Williams, the losses sting, but he said he is focusing on this Saturday, not the past. “It still kind of (leaves a bitter taste),” the senior defensive end said. “I’m not focused on two years ago or last year for that matter. We try not to dwell on the past. We learned from it and I think we’re playing much better football this year.” We Penn State had a learned from rough start to 2012, dropping its first two it and I think games, but the Nittany we’re playing Lions have won three straight, including their much better conference opener last football this week against Illinois, to year. get back on track. They have relied on the 14th Quentin Williams, best scoring defense in senior defensive the country, which is end giving up a mere 13.6 points per game and just 9 points per game in Penn State’s three wins. At the heart of that defense are linebackers Gerald Hodges and Michael Mauti, who are the teams’ two leading tacklers this season. NU’s linebacking corps has quietly had a great season as well. Led by sophomore Chi Chi Ariguzo, the starters — junior Damien Proby, senior David Nwabuisi and Ariguzo — are the top three tacklers on the team and have 107 tackles between the three of them. Fitzgerald said the Cats understand if they want to consider themselves one of the best, they need to outperform arguably the best linebackers in the Big Ten on Saturday. Junior quarterback Kain Coltersaid it is difficult to study the Penn State defense because the Nittany Lions are constantly changing many parts of the defense. The Cats have played against a Ted Roof defense before, most recently in the 2010 Outback Bowl when NU played Auburn, where Roof was defensive coordinator.

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LINEBACKER U Sophomore quarterback Trevor Siemian and the rest of the NU offense face a difficult test in Penn State’s defense, particularly its strong and intelligent linebacking

Colter said he expects the defense he will face will look more like Auburn’s in 2010 than Penn State’s in 2011. “They’re a lot different than last year,” Colter said. “They do a lot of switching the coverages up. You never really know what to expect from them. They don’t have a base coverage, so it’s kind of like a flavor of the week.” The events that transpired at Penn State in the last year have definitely had a dramatic impact on campus. Still, Fitzgerald said he is not expecting anything different and the

Cats can’t worry about anything out of their hands. “All of those things are out of our control,” Fitzgerald said. “We’ve moved forward so have they, and you got to tip your hat and be incredibly impressed with the job their coaching staff and their young men have done when it comes to playing the game of football. To have this kind of challenge, we’re going to find out where we’re at come 4 o’clock Eastern on Saturday.” joshuawalfish2014@u.northwestern.edu

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Evanston’s chaotic housing laws target NU students; it’s time for reform and resolution! While the overwhelming number of U.S. college students never undergo a housing inspection or even encounter a housing inspector, it is a not-so-unordinary experience for Northwestern students. Evanston arguably has more rental regulations than any other city in Illinois, which has led to a chaotic, convoluted set of policies that disproportionately impact Northwestern University students living off-campus. The latest weapon some city officials want to adopt is a rental unit licensing ordinance. NU students should be concerned: 1.

According to the ordinance, violation of the “brothel law” is a revocable offense. If more than three unrelated people are living together the City will compel the “extra” person(s) to vacate the unit and seek housing elsewhere. If they don’t, the City will revoke the license and everyone will have to leave.

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The City has stated it intends to revoke the license anytime someone exercises their constitutional right to refuse an inspection of the property. Tenants, protected by the fourth amendment, have the right to refuse City inspections without a search warrant. The City now says obtaining a search warrant is a hassle and they would rather just revoke a rental license if a tenant insists on a search warrant.

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The ordinance requires landlords to diagram the rental unit and identify the purpose of each room. If tenants use the rooms in a manner not consistent with the diagram, the license may be revoked.

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According to the City, tenants will not be notified of the revocation process and will not be provided any opportunity to present their case.

While the licensing ordinance, brothel law, and other city ordinances apply citywide, there is little doubt that the City has taken a hypervigilant approach to applying these laws against NU students. We know that city inspectors go door-to-door in neighborhoods near campus tracking names on mailboxes; we know city inspectors maintain notes regarding the student status of tenants; and we know that the City goes out of their way to schedule property inspections when students are in-town to bust for brothel law violations. Students have publicly complained about harassment by inspectors, such as inspectors refusing to identify themselves, walking into units unannounced, and rifling through student mail. To give the City more power with rental licensing is like giving matches to a toddler. We echo the sentiment expressed in a Daily Northwestern editorial: “There is a compromise to be made, but only if students become more engaged in the housing issues, the University takes a stand in the interest of its students and Evanston officials are more honest about their actions and intentions.” We acknowledge that the real estate community must play a role too. The time has come for substantive, robust dialogue on Evanston housing policies and practices. These issues are too important and too troubling to continue sweeping them under the rug, and certainly this is not the time for more laws that will unjustly target NU students.

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Dispute escalates between neighboring businesses Moser Sewing Studio filed petition complaining about Revolution Spin noise By ina yang

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Spin spAT Revolution Spin is an indoor cycling studio in a block of businesses Sherman Ave. A neighboring business’s owner filed a petition to revoke the studio’s license due to noise.

A dispute between two Sherman Avenue businesses has escalated in recent days, with one owner petitioning the city to revoke the other’s license to operate. Martha Moser, owner of Moser Sewing Studio, filed a petition on change.org that has since received 99 signatures. Moser said the neighboring business, Revolution Spin at 904 Sherman Ave., is making too much noise and causing a disturbance on the street and in the neighborhood. “The racket can be heard on the street as far as 200 feet,” Moser wrote in the petition. “Revolution Spin did not take soundproofing measures to protect the neighborhood from the noise their business generates.” A spinning studio that moved to Evanston in October 2011, Revolution Spin utilizes loudspeakers to play background music during workouts and instructors use megaphones during classes. Next door, separated by what Moser called a “paper thin” wall, Moser Sewing studio is a “quiet” crafts business that offers sewing classes. “It just really disrupts our conversation,” Moser told The Daily. “My students don’t like it. It’s hurt my business in terms of people coming

back. ” Jason Bressler, owner of Revolution Spin, claims that he has not conducted classes outside the restricted hours of the Evanston noise ordinance. “I’ve responded to every one of Martha’s concerns when she’s contacted me directly, or Kass Management directly,” Bressler said. “We moved our speaker systems several times, and we’ve constantly turned down our music to the point where we can’t turn it down any further.” Use of sound-producing devices is restricted from 10 p.m. to 7 a.m. Sunday through Friday and from 11 p.m. to 7 a.m. Friday through Sunday, according to the ordinance. The earliest class Revolution Spin offers is a 7 a.m. “1000 calorie burner” class on weekdays and a spinning boot camp at 8 a.m. on weekends, according to the Revolution Spin website. City officials are currently verifying Moser’s allegations and checking whether Revolution Spin is complying with city ordinances, said Steve Griffin, director of Evanston’s community and economic development department. The city is meeting with the cycling studio to see if any soundproofing can lessen the impact on Moser’s business. Revoking the business license would be an “extreme last resort,” Griffin said. And as long as no laws and ordinances are violated, “we cannot and will not revoke.” “Hopefully we can work it out between everybody,” Griffin added. yirenyang2015@u.northwestern.edu

Evanston’s 311 service adds new features, web tools Text service, survey, live web chat among additions to existing support system By Flora Chen

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Evanston announced Tuesday that several new tools and features were added to its 311 system, a call center and online support center for residents. “With the penetration of the Internet and smartphone, the hotline alone is not enough,”

said Sue Pontarelli, service desk supervisor at the 311 call center. “These newly released tools offer a wider range of choices to residents and visitors, subject to their preferences and availabilities.” Among its expanded features is a live web chat, which offers online visitors the option to chat with a service desk officer, according to a city news release. Evanston residents can also be connected to a service desk officer through the new click-to-call service, which allows them to click a button for instant communication. An SMS/text service gives residents the choice to communicate with the center by initiating a text message to “311311,” according to the release. Additionally, 311 users can now

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With the penetration of the Internet and smartphone, the hotline alone is not enough Sue Ponarelli, service desk supervisor, 311 call center

access a mobile-optimized website on their smartphones, featuring a click-to-call option and GPS directions. A 311 customer satisfaction survey is also a new feature. Most 311 users have given “very positive feedback,” Pontarelli said. Desk officers

also conduct satisfaction surveys directly after they handle a call, she added. The city launched 311 on March 1, 2011. The 311 call center provides a simple, professional way for residents and visitors to report nonemergency problems and obtain information, according to the 311 website. The service’s most recent online report from July indicates that on average it handled 522 calls per weekday and 114 every Saturday that month, Pontarelli said. On Sundays, 311 staff are not in the office, but Evanston residents can still leave voice messages. zhuosun2012@u.northwestern.edu

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New ASG committees address campus issues New ASG committees mirror the recently-created NU offices on both diversity and sustainability By LAUREN CARUBA

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Both Northwestern administrators and Associated Student Government have designated new positions to address two major issues on campus this year: diversity and sustainability. Last quarter, the ASG Senate created the Sustainability Committee and the Diversity Committee, which joined ASG’s 11 existing specialized committees. The ASG committees mirror new positions at the administrative level addressing the same issues. Last November, NU established the Office of Sustainability and in April announced the formation of the University Diversity Council. The administration gave further significance to the subject of diversity over the summer with the creation of a director of campus inclusion and community. ASG President Victor Shao said the new

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From page 1 far outside of Evanston, with national celebrities like LeBron James expressing their condolences on Twitter. Evanston Mayor Elizabeth Tisdahl told The Daily on Thursday that she is aware of the urgent need for a response to the shooting. “Sometimes it’s better to do a program well than do it quickly,� she said. “In this case, we plan to do it quickly and well.� The city is planning to pay $100 for each operable gun that it receives, Murray said. The city will also be accepting clips, bullets and cases. Illinois State Police Lt. Col. Terry Lemming ,

ASG committees and administrative positions will give more priority to two important topics that have not received “as much attention as they needed to have.� “In the grand scheme of things, these are two really big areas of student life that we just haven’t covered,� the Weinberg senior said. Representatives from the two new ASG committees will meet with NU officials throughout the year to discuss common objectives and goals, Shao said. ASG representatives already sit on both the University Diversity Council and several of its five working groups and have met with Rob Whittier, director of the Office of Sustainability. Dona Cordero, assistant provost for diversity and inclusion and chair of the University Diversity Council, said getting input from ASG representatives and other students is important for identifying the major issues. “If we don’t work together, then we don’t have a sense of what’s important to the students,� Cordero said. “ If we don’t have a sense of what’s important to them, then we can go down the wrong path and not meet those needs.� In addition to the University Diversity Council, ASG will also work closely with Lesley-Ann Brown, the new director of campus inclusion and community within the Office of Student Affairs. Brown is currently assembling

a student task force to examine the current state of diversity at NU. The heavy focus on diversity by administrators stems from a series of culturally insensitive incidents last year that spurred numerous student forums and informal discussions across campus about the state of diversity at NU. Hayley Stevens, associate vice president of the ASG Diversity Committee and a member of the University Diversity Council, said it is too early to determine exactly how the Diversity Committee will interact with the administration. However, she said the new administrative positions for diversity are a “step in the right direction.� Stevens, an active advocate for the adoption of an academic cultural competency requirement for students, would like to develop an emergency response protocol for racially motivated incidents and training sessions to inform students about other cultures, she said. In terms of implementing these ideas, time will be the biggest obstacle for students who want to see real change during their time at NU, Stevens said. “Their definition of action is definitely different from ours,� the Weinberg senior said. “I wish they would adopt our definition of action.� The ASG Sustainability Committee will serve as a source of funds and support for the

environmental organizations on campus, said Mark Silberg, associate vice president of the ASG Sustainability Committee. “What we want to do with this committee is say, ‘We’re here, what can we do for you?’ for these student groups,� Silberg said. Although the comIn the mittee’s plans are not grand scheme yet fully developed, Silof things, these berg said ASG hopes to implement the instalare two really lation of water bottle filling stations across big areas of to encourage student life that campus the use of reusable we just haven’t water bottles this year. Silberg also wants covered. to revive the NorthVictor Shao, western SustainabilASG president ity Fund, which was established several years ago and used to finance large projects like the installation of solar panels on the Ford Motor Company Engineering Design Center last year. This fund could be financed by a $10-20 “green fund� fee added into student tuition every quarter, the Weinberg junior said.

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The group has raised $7,000 so far, Tisdahl said. Murray declined to reveal an exact date for the buyback so that gun wholesalers wouldn’t take advantage of the event, which will be restricted to Evanston residents only. Lemming, who has organized many other gun buybacks in municipalities throughout Illinois, said such programs can be effective in removing guns from the streets as well as essential to avoiding gun-related accidents and suicides within private homes. He also emphasized that such buybacks are not antigun by nature. “What we’re trying to do is get unwanted guns out,� he said. “We aren’t trying to take guns away from lawful owners.�

Guns burglarized from homes are a major arms source for gangs, Lemming added. Once gangs gain control of handguns, the situation will almost always become deadly, and the community suffers the most, he said. As a 5th Ward resident who has experienced neighborhood gun violence in the past, including the recent Coleman shooting, Murray said she expects those who will benefit the most from the buyback are the children of Evanston. “We are trying,� she said. “We are really trying hard to work with our community to make things better, and to give our kids other alternatives.�

Sometimes it’s better to do a program well than do it quickly. In this case, we plan to do it quickly and well. Elizabeth Tisdahl, Evanston mayor

who advised Murray on the buyback, estimated the program could produce more than 100 guns. In order to fund such an operation, the city will have to fundraise at least $10,000. EFC is managing donations for the buyback program, donating a founding contribution of $1,000.

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Field Hockey NU at Michigan, 3 p.m. Friday

We’re excited to play Michigan because we beat them last year — Sami Schrakamp, sophomore forward

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NU looking for first B1G win vs Michigan Wildcats’ last Big Ten win came at the Wolverines’ expense By Ariel Yong

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Northwestern has not won a conference game since last season when they shut out Michigan in Ann Arbor, Mich. Almost a year later to date, the Wildcats look for a repeat victory over the Wolverines, which would mark their first conference win this season. After dropping conference games to Purdue and Indiana last weekend, the Cats (4-7-2, 0-5 Big Ten) face No. 23 Michigan (10-2-1, 4-0-1) at Lakeside Field on Saturday. The Wolverines are second in the Big Ten, two points back of conferenceleading Penn State. “We’re excited to play Michigan because we beat them last year,” sophomore forward Sami Schrakamp said. “They are very physical and a very good team. They’re doing well in the Big Ten and I think this is a game that we need to prove ourselves.” In the last five games, the Cats averaged more than 11 shots and three saves per game. What the statistics don’t show are the team’s increasing number of breakaways, one-on-one opportunities, and close

Northwestern v. Michigan Evanston, Illinois 7 p.m., Saturday

range shots – the aggressive offensive plays that have yet to result in an NU goal. “We have to finish our chances and we’re starting to get more chances in games,” sophomore midfielder Niki Sebo said. “We’re working the ball passing wise a lot better.” Sebo said the team was going to work on moving the ball in the midfield, an area where the team has struggled in the past. Junior forward Kate Allen attributed last Friday’s loss to getting beat by the Purdue offense in the midfield. Despite a few defensive struggles, the Cats have, on average, only given up one goal in the last five games. However, it’s on the offensive side that NU falls short, recording only two goals in five contests. After last weekend’s game against Indiana, coach Michael Moynihan pointed out numerous scoring opportunities by Schrakamp, Allen, and sophomore forward KK Barr. However, he said that the team will have to find a way to turn these chances into results. “Indiana did not have a legitimate chance to score but we had five or six,” Moynihan said. “It could have easily been a lopsided game in our favor. To have it not come out in our favor, it’s hard to swallow.”

Although Michigan leads the series 10-5-5, the last six contests between the two teams have ended in four ties and two Cats victories. With only one game this weekend to be played in front of the home crowd, NU remains They’re optimistic that those doing well in offensive the Big Ten and chances can I think this is a be converted into goals. game that we “We have need to prove t o k e e p believing in ourselves. ourselves,” Sami Schrakamp, Allen said. sophomore “(We) know forward we can win some games here and keep pulling ourselves out of this (four game skid) a little bit.” What the Cats lack in the win column is made up for in their determination and high morale and this contributes to their underdog status, which may take future teams by surprise. “Our record does not show who we are as a team,” Barr said. “To get those (close shooting) opportunities shows something. We are a team that people need to watch out for. (To) go in (against Michigan) knowing that, we can do well against them.”

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Michigan Magic The last time Bri Westlund and the Wildcats won a Big Ten game, it came against Michigan. The Wolverines pose a much greater challenge this season, having gone 5-0 into the Big Ten season.

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It only took 12 seconds for senior Chelsea Armstrong to help earn another win for Northwestern this season. The Wildcats’ all-time leading scorer added another goal to her record, putting a quick end to overtime in last Friday’s contest in Evanston. Her offensive attack propelled No. 10 NU to an exciting 5-4 victory against No. 6 Penn State. This week, the Cats continue Big Ten competition with an important trip to Ann Arbor, Mich., where they will battle the No. 15 Wolverines. Although last week’s win was a thriller, no one is keen on enduring another close game. “We just need to continue to get better,” coach Tracey Fuchs said. “There are obviously things we need to work on.” The close finish was another step in the right direction for the Cats, but there are plenty of opportunities remaining on the schedule. Armstrong spoke about the overtime win with an apparent desire to look forward. “Basically what happened last Friday doesn’t matter if we don’t win (this) Friday,” she said. “So we’re just making sure everyone’s focused at practice this week.” Armstrong’s performance earned Big Ten Offensive Player of the Week honors for the third time this season. “I don’t really know how to explain it … it’s not something that I expected,” she said. “But it’s only a result of everyone on the team.” The Cats have fought through injuries on their way to a 10-2 record this season, spending the past week putting finishing touches on their approach. Fuchs mentioned a noticeable similarity between playing styles in

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Keep it rolling Fresh off a win against then-No. 6 Penn State, Chelsea Armstrong and NU head to Michigan hoping to keep their momentum.

Northwestern v. Michigan Ann Arbor, Michigan 3 p.m., Friday

both Penn State and Michigan, which added another level to the preparation this week. “I think we match up really well against them,” Fuchs said. “But when it comes down to it, again, it’s going to be who can really stick to the details when the game’s on the line.” In the case of goalkeeper Amanda Wirth, the last game proved a lot about her resilience. The senior took over at the last minute in goal against Penn State to replace sophomore starter Maddy Carpenter, who injured her wrist during warm-ups. Being informed of the change so near to start time was “definitely nerve-wracking,” she said, “but that’s what I’m here for.” Wirth is unsure of who will play Friday in goal but remains confident

that the team will play well regardless. The ability to adapt quickly has been an ongoing theme of the entire season thus far. Michigan will be another test for the young Cats team, which gained 11 freshmen this season, many of whom are already making important contributions. Fuchs gave credit to the five or six players who made significant contributions against Penn State and who will likely be on the field against Michigan as well. Armstrong said the question for the rest of the season lies not in team chemistry, but in the energy levels they bring to future competitions. “I think we could come out with a little more energy in the start, sometimes we take a little while to get going in games,” she said. “Hopefully we can work on that this week and make sure that the minute the whistle blows on Friday we’re ready to play.” emilykristine@live.com

The last time Northwestern hosted a top five team at Welsh-Ryan Arena , the Wildcats dominated the then-No. 2 Nebraska Cornhuskers – stunning the volleyball world in a 3-1 victory to close out their 2011 campaign. After winning its first Big Ten match last weekend against Indiana, NU has an opportunity to upset another top five team at home. “Being back in our home court is always a good treat and we’re hoping to come out with two more victories,” senior setter Madalyn Shalter said after the Cats’ 3-1 victory against the Hoosiers. On Friday, NU (12-3, 1-3 Big Ten) will face its first major test of the season against No. 1 Penn State (14-1, 4-0), before taking on No. 19 Ohio State (11-5, 2-2) the following night. “We’re going to have to be ready and everyone is going to have to pull this rope in the same direction,” coach Keylor Chan said. “We need to be a great team.” To win this weekend, the Cats will have to prevent their opponents from gaining momentum. Against No. 12 Purdue (13-2, 4-0) on Friday, NU took leads in the first three sets, but could only hold on to win one of those sets. Even in the Indiana (8-8, 0-4) victory, NU lost the first set after having eight attacking errors before rallying to win the match. To limit opponent runs, Chan has implemented several different drills to help his team improve in this area, including practice matches, where 3 straight points are required to gain a notch on the scoreboard. Many players feel the ultimate way to solve this problem is to simply stay confident in

Northwestern v. Penn State Evanston, Illinois 7 p.m., Friday

pressure-filled situations. “I think it really goes back to our confidence and that if the other team does score two points on us we need to bounce back,” freshman defensive specialist Abbie Kraus said. Playing in a conference We’re going in which seven of the to have to be 12 teams are ready and currently ranked in everyone is the top 25 , going to have is critical for to pull the rope NU to win any match it in the same can. direction History is not on the Keylor Chan, Cats’ side, volleyball coach especially in regard to the Nittany Lions match. Penn State has dominated the overall series, with 42 wins in 50 matches against NU. The Cats have not beaten Penn State since Nov. 23, 2002. “The margin between winning and losing (in the Big Ten) is minute,” Chan said. “Hopefully this weekend we will find ways and what we need to be successful,” The Cats’ goals for this weekend extend beyond wins and losses, with sophomore middle blocker Savannah Paffen saying the team is focused on improving their play. “Obviously we want to win, but our main goal is just to get better when we play the other team,” Paffen said.

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