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Safety first: Students received emergency kits and safety information at Foster-Walker complex Oct. 10 during the University Residential Life’s annual Safety Week.
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A few weeks ago, Weinberg junior Alice Zhang got a concerned call from her mother. A family friend and fellow NU student had gone several days without calling her mother, who was frantically looking for a way to contact her daughter. “Her mother couldn’t reach her for a couple of days and she was really worried,” Zhang said. “So my mom calls me and she asks me to basically go find her.” Unable to find contact information for the student’s assigned Community Assistant online, Zhang got the number for the CA on duty from a friend who also
lived in Shepard Residential College, 626 University Place. Her calls went unanswered and her messages were never returned. “I called several times,” she said. “It was kind of unsettling that it seemed so hard to find the CA that was on duty.” Though the student was not in danger and was eventually found by a mutual friend, Zhang said the incident highlighted a flaw she saw in the University’s safety and emergency preparedness system: communication. “In the end she was okay, but I just wish there was information that was readily available not just for me but for parents,” Zhang said. “I was just really surprised
how inadequate the website was.” This week University Residential Life sponsored its annual Safety Week, which includes information sessions at dorms across campus about emergency protocol. The University has placed special emphasis on student safety and security in the last five years, said Virginia Koch, associate director of University Residential Life. After students expressed concern about intruders in campus residential buildings, administrators teamed up with University Police to create a plan of action. They created the Community Service Officer program for nighttime See safety, page 6
Medill sophomore Alison Decker was walking near Darrow Avenue last Spring Quarter when two men mugged her, grabbing her from behind and holding her to the ground to steal her iPod and cell phone. Three minutes after the attack, Decker said, the Evanston Police Department arrived on the scene. “I was a little bit in shock, but I was clearly not injured,” Decker said. “So they (EPD) were really concerned with finding the people quickly.” This rapid response is one benefit of the partnership between EPD and University Police, Dean of Students Burgwell Howard said. For more than 20 years, the Evanston Police Department and UP have forged a “symbiotic relationship,” supporting each other in everything from traffic stops to sexual assault, EPD Cmdr. Thomas Guenther said. So when NU donated $253,000 to the City in August to purchase a new ambulance, it was more than just a symbolic gesture. Howard said unlike some universities he has worked for that don’t have their own sworn officers, NU benefits from UP’s close relationship with the City’s first responder units. “One of the things I think many
law enforcement agencies learned after 9/11 and other emergencies is the ability to work well with other units and to communicate,” Howard said. “Because they have this relationship and this agreement between the police forces, they’re able to work very seamlessly.” Once an auxiliary of the EPD, UP officers went through EPD training and lacked jurisdiction off-campus until 1985, when a state law allowed private universities to create departments, UP Deputy Chief of Police Daniel McAleer said. Now, UP and EPD share full police power both on and off campus. “Anything that we see offcampus in our presence, we can take in force of action,” McAleer said. “The same goes if EPD was on our campus and witnessed a criminal offense taking place. They could take arrest action or issue a citation.” Despite the departments’ close connections, campus boundaries determine which force takes the reigns in a given situation. UP responds first to on-campus calls, EPD to off-campus, McAleer said. From there, officers notify each other and determine whether they need backup from the other department. McAleer said blue lights pushed on campus connect to UP lines while those off-campus, See cops, page 6
Retail, rental building slated for Central lot By Alexandria Johnson
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Evanston aldermen voted 8-1 at Monday’s City Council meeting to convert a vacant lot on Central Street into a rental and retail building. In 2007, Dodge Capital, LLC, acquired the property of the former Evanston 5 Theaters on 1700-1722 Central St., originally planning to build a 51-unit condominium with about 11,200 square feet of proposed retail space. “The condo market just completely cratered along with the economy, so we were never able to build that project,” said Bob Horne, Dodge Capital president and developer. “We sat on it as vacant land now for about four years and studied a whole bunch of alternatives as to what other land uses could work on the property, and then as the forsale housing market just really deteriorated, that has in fact allowed the rental housing to strengthen.” Dodge Capital presented a new plan to the public in June and then again at the Planning and Development Committee meeting on Sept. 26.
Grant to benefit NU dance department
The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation donated a $1.4 million grant Tuesday to fund dance studies postdoctoral fellowships
“Part of Central Street, particularly east of the Metra track, is very under-utilized. (It) is in need of a transformative development in order to make the area stronger in that corridor,” said Dennis Marino, the city’s planning and zoning manager. “The overall driving issue is when the west Evanston master plan was approved, there was a strong desire to revitalize this part of Central Street that’s pretty quiet.” Ald. Judy Fiske (1st) was the only alderman to vote “no” on the proposal Monday, saying she looks “forward to something on that site too, but maybe something a bit better than what is being proposed.” Ald. Jane Grover (7th), whose ward includes the proposed development, indicated retail development is “largely desirable” on Central Street. “The lot cannot remain vacant,” Grover said. “Many concerns have been accounted for in planning.” The site will feature a building with 80 rental units and slightly smaller retail space compared to the 2007 plan. The building will also include a more contemporary design and a LEED Silver certification, Horne said.
and summer seminars at three top universities, including Northwestern. The scholarships will be provided by the project “Dance Studies in/and the Humanities.” Other grant recipients include Stanford University and Brown University. NU English, Theatre and
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Conversion: Construction on a LEED-certified rental and retail building that will replace a vacant lot on Central Street is scheduled to start in Spring 2012 and last one year.
“We’ve made design changes that reflect both the LEED components of the building but also just the practical realities of the rental buildings,” Horne said. Jeff Smith, a Central Street Neighbors Association board member, said he thinks the reduction from an original 100 parking spaces for about 50 units to 80 spaces for 80 units is alarming. Suburban families moving into these high-luxury units will likely possess more than one vehicle, he said. “Those who live in the area dispute the assumptions of the parking surveys,” Smith said.
Performance Studies Prof. Susan Manning is the grant’s project director. Manning said she began her initiative to apply for the grant in 2006 after learning about it from one of her graduate professors, who knew a member of the Mellon Foundation. The inter-university idea was incorporated, Manning said,
At the city and neighbors’ requests, Dodge Capital surveyed parking within 1,000 feet of the lot on two different occasions and found many under-utilized parking spaces in the area. Horne said as a LEED Silver building, it is only appropriate to add parking spaces if they are necessary. “By doing all this analysis on parking, one of the main conclusions is that there is very adequate parking in the area, so that adding parking is promoting car ownership that doesn’t need to be promoted here,” Horne said. Horne said Dodge Capital has
because she wanted to see dancers in other locations. Stanford and Brown were chosen because they have similar values to NU — neither school has graduate or Ph.D. programs specifically in dance studies, but their administrators were very committed to the program’s initiatives, she said.
addressed public concerns about widening the distance between the property itself and the property line by five feet. The new plan also made the parking garage twoway and increased the depth of the retail space from about 33 feet to about 50 feet. “We did address many things that were brought up in the prior plan,” Horne said. Dodge Capital plans to begin its work in Spring 2012 and conclude construction in Spring 2013, Horne said. See Central, page 6
Manning said the program means a lot for the future of dance studies, as the number of students pursuing dance studies is increasing. “The support of the Mellon Foundation was a real vote of confidence,” she said. — Audrey Cheng
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For Weinberg sophomore and Zeta Tau Alpha philanthropy co-chair Claire Dillon, breast cancer is an issue that hits close to home. Two of her aunts were diagnosed with the disease, and her grandmother passed away after her diagnosis. “Right now, we’re pretty young so it doesn’t seem like it would directly affect us,” Dillon said. “But when you take a second to think about it, most girls know half a dozen women at least who have been affected by breast cancer.” Northwestern student organizations asked students to “think pink” this week in honor of National Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Groups are fundraising and increasing awareness of a disease that will affect one out of every eight women, according to the Susan G. Komen Foundation. Zeta’s “Think Pink” week includes pumpkin carving, daily pink lemonade and cookie sales and a campus-wide “pink-out” on Friday, when the sorority encourages students to wear pink. Breast cancer awareness is the national sorority’s philanthropy, so the group has other breast cancer awareness events planned throughout the year. SESP junior Kate Maddox stopped by the lemonade stand, which runs from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. each day at the Rock and the Arch, on Wednesday. “I love to support breast cancer awareness,” Maddox said. “My mom was diagnosed last year so I try to do as much as I can.” The sorority is also handing out pink ribbons and brochures instructing women on breast selfexaminations. Doctors recommend women should perform self-examinations every month and have a clinical breast exam every three years starting at age 20, according to the brochure. Other groups have also planned fundraisers for this month. Delta Delta Delta will sell donated Jamba Juice
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Pretty in pink: Members of Zeta Tau Alpha sorority sold pink lemonades and cookies at the Rock in honor of National Breast Cancer Awareness Month.
smoothies Friday in an event called “Smoothies for Boobies.” Money raised will benefit Facing Our Risk of Cancer Empowered, a charity that has partnered with the sorority for three years, said Bruna Giberti, Tri Delt’s vice president of communications. “Everyone in some way is connected with someone who has had breast cancer,” Giberti said. “A lot of people don’t know that it’s a lot closer to them than they might think. This is our small contribution to this big movement.” Both sororities also hosted speakers this week. Zeta held a fireside Wednesday for upperclassmen with the Feinberg School of Medicine’s Dr. Virginia Kaklamani, who spoke about her research on breast cancer. Tri Delt hosted a speaker from Facing Our Risk of Cancer Empowered, a national nonprofit organization focused on ovarian and breast cancer awareness, during its chapter meeting Monday.
Sororities are not the only groups on campus involved with breast cancer awareness. The men’s club hockey team ordered custom-made pink jerseys for games on Oct. 21 and 22 and will sell them with the hope of raising $2,000. Head coach Bryan Chamberlain said the team will donate all contributions to the Susan G. Komen Foundation. The team will sell 25 jerseys at the minimum price of $50, but Chamberlain said buyers can donate more for the jerseys if they so choose. He said he hopes this fundraiser will become an annual effort by the team and will gladly order more jerseys if there is a demand. “Every single person has been touched (by breast cancer) or had it affect them, so it really hits home,” Chamberlain said. meghanmorris2015@u.northwestern.edu
Around Town Chefs propose changes to Chicago food truck laws By Tanner Maxwell
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To make a profit from his food truck, Chicago chef Aaron Crumbaugh said he occasionally breaks the law. “It’s a risk sometimes I’m willing to take,” he said. “I don’t want to break laws, but it’s getting to a point financially where I have to.” Current Chicago legislation prevents food truck employees like Crumbaugh, owner of The Wagyu Wagon, to prepare or cook food while on board. However, a proposal circulating among Chicago aldermen could change this ordinance. Crumbaugh said he works around current laws by cooking on private property or parking his truck to make food, but sometimes the demands of his business require him to cook the occasional meal in his vehicle. Alex Levine, creator of the website FoodTruckFreak.com, said Chicago is one of the only major cities to severely limit food trucks. She said she feels even the current proposal will not completely alleviate the situation. She said the proposal is designed to give preferential treatment to food trucks that need to cook on board through parking privileges. Those that do not need to cook on board will not receive the same opportunities. Crumbaugh said his truck was built this year, and
he included a kitchen in it because he believes legislation will change soon. “The future was with kitchens,” he said. “As a chef, I didn’t want to compromise the quality of the food.” Elizabeth Gomez, director of outreach for Chicago 32nd Ward, said the proposal was drafted when Matt Maroni, owner of Gaztro-Wagon and a 32nd Ward resident, brought his concern to his representatives. Gomez said aldermen supported the idea because of its potential for job creation and keeping up with new food trends. Food trucks started appearing in Chicago throughout the past year. Levine said more than 40 now operate in the Chicago area. Culture, The Yogurt Society, a frozen yogurt truck, made its first stop in Evanston in addition to its Chicago route to tap a new market, founder Michael Farah said. Others are leaving the city for good because suburbs have more forgiving laws, Levine said. But traveling outside the city, Crumbaugh said, presents a new set of challenges. Food truck owners have to spend money on gas and new business licenses. Laws outside the city do not allow for complete freedom either, he said. Levine said while the proposed amendment is a step in the right direction, she favors creating equal opportunities for all food trucks. “It’s like they’re trying to throw a Band-Aid on the situation and not giving thought to the legislation and
the impact it may have,” she said. In response to suggestions by food enthusiasts and food truck owners, Levine started Let Them Cook, a consumer-oriented video petition, early last week. On the site, people can submit videos showing their support for cooking on board trucks. Levine said if the law is not changed soon, Chicago’s food truck industry could plateau or die off completely. “It would be a big detriment to the community,” she said. Crumbaugh said Chicago officials need to learn from the officials of cities like Los Angeles and New York City and research how they handle food trucks. Because the legislation is already drafted, the next step is to actually pass it. Gomez said there is no current timeline for when the law will be amended. “Garnering support for legislation is always a challenge,” she said. Crumbaugh said the city has not yet acted because it is still trying to figure out how to profit from the amendment. Crumbaugh said he would like to see the legislation passed by next spring at the very latest. “Chicago needs a food truck scene,” he said. “There (are) so many areas with nowhere to eat or nothing healthy to eat. Food trucks help that.”
Juvenile steals bike, returns it later
located, officers discovered he had stashed it in a bush. The bike was returned to its original owner, who decided not to take further action in the matter.
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Truckin’ along: Evanston laws are more lenient to food trucks than Chicago rules.
Policeblotter Students on bikes collide
Two students were involved in a bike accident Tuesday morning at Norris University Center, 1999 Campus Drive, said Deputy Chief Dan McAleer of University Police. One Northwestern student was riding downhill while another was riding uphill when they collided at high speeds, McAleer said. A police officer entering Norris at the time witnessed it. The student riding uphill said she did not sustain any injuries, but the student riding downhill complained of pain in his right knee. That student was transported to the hospital.
Officers responded to the 100 block of Callan Avenue on Sunday afternoon in regards to a stolen bicycle, said Cmdr. Tom Guenther of the Evanston Police Department. The woman whose son’s bike was taken told officers her son had left it on the back porch momentarily when he entered their home. When he returned later, he discovered the bike was missing. Afterward, she went outside to look for the thief, and neighborhood children identified an individual whom they said they saw riding the bike. When the boy who allegedly stole the bike was
Police continue graffiti investigation
The Evanston Police Department is continuing to investigate the recent string of anti-immigration graffiti that has surfaced on Evanston’s north side, Cmdr. Guenther said. “We are keeping an eye on the area,” Guenther said. “We as a police department take any incidents of this nature regarding property damage and/or
inflammatory comment seriously.” No arrests have been made in connection with any of the six incidents, he added. The most recent statements appeared this weekend on the El underpass at the intersection of Ridge Avenue and Lincoln Street and the Metra underpass by the intersection of Green Bay Road and Lincoln Street. Previously, xenophobic messages were found on Metra viaducts along Green Bay Road from Lincoln to Livingston streets. All markings have since been mostly removed. — Susan Du and Kimberly Railey
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Derrick Clifton’s Oct. 10 column, “Columbus Day is an ironic disgrace,” resonates well with me as a lay professional in the Episcopal Church who is a member of a small task force working to implement the resolution, “Repudiate the Doctrine of Discovery,” adopted at the 2009 General Convention. This task force under the leadership of a Native American Episcopalian has recently produced resources for education, formation, reconciliation, healing, and action to the wider Church around the repudiation of the Doctrine of Discovery. This doctrine held that Christian sovereigns and their representative explorers could assert dominion and title over non-Christian lands with the full blessing and sanction of the Church. In the United States the Doctrine of Discovery combined with the concept of manifest destiny resulted in near genocide for Native Americans. Congregations in the Episcopal Church are being invited to rediscover the history of the Church and this nation by ‘Looking at Columbus Day through the Lens of our Baptismal Covenant.’
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Hold on to your Twinkies. Last week Denmark passed a “fat tax,” a tax on foods with high saturated fat content and the first of its kind in the world. This tax is wellintentioned, but it doesn’t have a place here in the United States. One of the main reasons for imposing the fat tax is to curb obesity, which afflicts about 10 percent of the Danish adult population, according to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development health data, while the Center for Disease Control and Prevention reports that 33.8 percent of American adults are obese. The obesity epidemic is a serious problem in America, and we need to do a better job of addressing that. Former Surgeon General Richard Carmona told University of South Carolina students during a lecture that “the magnitude of the dilemma will dwarf 9/11.” I was outraged at the level of infringement on personal choice that the Danish government is demanding. I’m a big fan of fat, and I’m disturbed by the idea of the government restricting my access to the foods I like. Also, I have my mom for that. In recent years, proposals for instating a tax on soda have been raised in the U.S. in order to target problems associated with soda’s high sugar content. However, the feasibility of a fat tax here in the U.S. is questionable. A fat tax would be unlikely to pass through the legislative system because voters would have an aversion to raising sales taxes. The effectiveness of the fat tax has not yet been proven, and some studies show that taxes on food products need to be egregiously high to affect a significant reduction in consumption. The inability of advocates of the soda tax to get their bill passed in the U.S. so far does not portend success for a fat tax. Finally, the tax is likely to have the most
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GOP attitudes not inclusive of religious groups Last Saturday, while Northwestern Jews were re-evaluating how seriously they took the sundown-to-sundown no-food- or- drink mandate, Republican presidential candidates, activists and ministers were at the Values Voters Summit, a conservative powwow where Republican bigwigs prove their bona fides to Christian conservatives. The day before, Dallas pastor Robert Jeffress introduced Rick Perry and called Mormonism a “cult” and argued that the GOP nomination ought to go to “a genuine follower of Jesus Christ.” After his speech, Jeffress said that “the idea that Mormonism is a cult is not some fringe conservative idea.” And while Romney is looking more and more like the eventual nominee in light of Rick Perry’s slow-motion collapse in the polls, the attitudes of people like Jeffress show the Republican Party is not likely to be the home of many ethnic or religious minorities any time soon. David Frum, the former Bush speechwriter who is now something of a dissident conservative, pointed out that the bulk of the summit was on Saturday. This meant that Jews could not attend and were implicitly not seen as potential “values voters.” This is not to
negative impact on people in the poorest demographic, who tend to buy more fattening food because it is often cheaper and more easily accessible. Although a fat tax is not likely to pass anytime soon in the United States, Denmark’s pioneering of these kinds of measures should at least incite us to more assertive action. The challenge with obesity is that it is hard to target its cause, as it results from a combination of various socioeconomic factors. For example, it is no easy task to simply root out the hold that fast food and soda have on American culture. We are presented with an onslaught of junk food marketing from childhood through to adulthood. According to the documentary “Killer at Large,” children on average watch 51 hours of advertisements for food products on TV per year, 95 percent of which is for junk food. Ronald McDonald or Chester Cheetah
are figures not so dissimilar from Joe Camel. However, smoking was once a cultural norm that efforts by the government and social activists were able to turn around. A similar model should be applied on obesity as was applied on the war on smoking. Obesity, like smoking cigarettes, can cause fatal health problems and affects a huge population of the U.S. A greater push for education about healthy living and subsidizing healthy foods are examples of steps that the government should develop further. Maybe the Danish can survive without their pastries, but Americans should maintain their right to eat junk food at their own discretion. Natalie Friedman is a Weinberg senior. She can be reached at nataliefriedman2012@u. northwestern.edu
American constitution. Jews have an almost say that the Republican Party and conservainstinctive negative reaction to this type of tive movement are not welcome to Jews. Eric conspiratorial talk aimed at non-Christians. Cantor , the House Majority Leader, is Jewish, It’s no surprise that Jewish Republicans have as is William Kristol , one of America’s most been flocking to fellow religious minority influential conservative journalists. Mitt Romney, and that Romney has pointedly Moreover, Republican politicians trip over avoided Sharia panic. themselves to support Romney, however, has Israel, and especially Influential hardly been a paragon of its conservative Prime openness and inclusion. In Minister Benjamin Republicans, along an effort to win over conserNetanyahu. And still, vatives unhappy with Rick in a race between with many Republican Perry for signing legislation the hawkish John McCain and Barack voters, always seem that offered in-state tuition to illegal immigrants who Obama, Obama won attended Texas high schools, the Jewish vote by to say America is Romney released an ad slaman overwhelming a ‘Christian nation’ ming Perry. The ad featured amount, as Democrats a relatively lengthy excerpt nearly always do. This or imply that ‘real of former Mexican presihappened despite dent Vicente Fox praising conservative party American’ means (in accented English) the efforts to paint Obama bill. The implication is that as potentially hostile Christian. if a Mexican politician supor unsympathetic to ports something that helps Israel because of his out (overwhelmingly Latino) past associations with illegal immigrants, it is screwing over nativefigures like Rev. Jeremiah Wright and Rashid born Americans, who have to pay around Khalidi, a Palestinian intellectual and activist. $100,000 for out-of-state tuition at Texas The old saying goes, “Jews earn like Episcopublic universities. It is not hard to find out palians and vote like Puerto Ricans.” why even native-born Latinos who want, say, The association between Jews and the lower capital gains taxes may find this type of Democratic party goes beyond the issues rhetoric off-putting. and reflects the Democratic party’s historiOf course, the Republican party can make cal openness towards marginalized groups. up for losses among minorities by simply Influential Republicans, along with many picking up more and more of the white vote. Republican voters, always seem to say However, as the country becomes more America is a “Christian nation” or imply diverse, the Republican base needs to spend that “real American” means “Christian.” And more time thinking about who can, one day, while anti-Semitism is no longer present in be just like them. the GOP, there is a marked hostility towards minority religions, whether in Jeffress’s antiMatt Zeitlin is a Weinberg senior. He can be Mormon bigotry or in the idea, spread by the reached at matthewzeitlin2012@u.northwestlikes of Newt Gingrich and Michele Bachern.edu mann, that “Sharia law” is a real threat to the
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Dining halls temporarily remove cantaloupe By Jeremy Seah
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Students eating at Northwestern dining halls may have noticed that cantaloupes are, at least for now, off the menu. The removal comes in response to news that cantaloupes from a melon farm in southern Colorado were responsible for a multi-state breakout of a serious infection called listeriosis. Jensen Farms, the distributor of these cantaloupes, has announced a nationwide recall of the affected fruit. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports, as of Oct. 12, 2011, 116 cases were linked to the outbreak, and 23 people in the United States have died from ingesting affected cantaloupes. Though only one of these outbreak cases was tied to Cook County, the Sodexo Group, which manages nuCuisine at both the Evanston and Chicago campuses, is not taking chances. “None of our produce vendors were sourcing cantaloupe from that area,” said Pamela Yee, Sodexo’s district marketing manager for NU. “There were a couple of students that sent in feedback forms asking about the cantaloupe, and based on this concern, we decided to pull the cantaloupe from our locations.” Pulling certain produce from dining hall menus is
not an uncommon occurrence, Yee said. Currently, organic grape tomatoes are also unavailable at dining halls due to a separate recall. “Sodexo sends out email blasts to tell us when products are recalled,” Yee said. “We have a produce distributor, and we can see where their stuff is coming from. A lot of times in the dining halls we’ll label the produce if it’s local, like if it’s from Wisconsin or Michigan.” Some students say they feel reassured by nuCuisine’s cautionary reaction to the cantaloupe recall. “It’s nice to hear about the cantaloupe being taken off the shelves and know that they have our safety in mind,” Weinberg freshman Christina Zhang said. Other students, however, are not as concerned. Weinberg senior Kerianne Fullin said she preferred to focus her worries on other matters. “It’s probably easier to get sick through ways other than the dining hall food,” she said. Despite the recall, some parents expressed confidence in the food safety standards of NU’s dining halls. “I read about it but I wasn’t too worried,” said Rita Kotowski, a preschool teacher whose son is a freshman at NU. “It’s good to know about cantaloupe being taken off the menu, but I’m pretty sure the school wouldn’t stupidly serve bad food in the dining halls.”
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Fishy fruit: After a bad batch of canteloupes caused a multi-state breakout of a serious disease, NU dining halls played it safe and removed the fruit from cafeteria options.
Yee stressed nuCuisine takes food safety very seriously, pointing out that it staffs a certified food safety manager and is audited by an outside agency. “We definitely take lots of precautions,” Yee said. Although there is no definite timeline for a cantaloupe restock, Yee said cantaloupes will reappear in
dining halls once enough time has elapsed for people to feel safe eating them again. “We just want people to feel comfortable eating at our dining halls,” she said. junseah2015@u.northwestern.edu
Illinois politicians react to failed Obama jobs bill By Marissa Ke
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Democrats and Republicans in Washington this week continued to hash out their differences over President Obama’s now-failed jobs bill. In Evanston, officials and community members expressed partisan views as well. U.S. Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-Ill.), whose district includes Evanston, blasted Senate Republicans on Tuesday for blocking Obama’s $447 billion American Jobs Act. Education reform, which constituted one component of the bill, was outlined in a report by the White House earlier this month. According to the report, entitled “Teachers’ Jobs At Risk,” Illinois would receive more than $1.2 billion in education funds. The money
would support the creation of 14,500 teaching jobs, the fifth highest number of jobs out of any state. Following the Senate Republicans’ filibuster of the bill, Schakowsky criticized the lack of cooperation in Congress on job creation in a statement Tuesday. “With 14 million Americans out of work and six million set to lose federal unemployment relief by next year, this is not the time for members of Congress to place a brake on action that would create jobs,” Schakowsky said. “Americans deserve better than partisanship in Washington in the face of a real jobs crisis.” Republican Evanston Township Committeeman Blair Garber disagreed with the notion that bipartisanship should be a goal for legislators. “If there’s a good idea I’m sure people will want to support it from both sides of the aisle,” Garber said. I’m not sure bipartisanship as a goal is a good thing. If an
idea is good, what does it matter that is it bipartisan or not?” Garber said he opposes the bill and favors a system of education reform that rewards the most effective teachers, rather than a stimulus bill to create more jobs. “Good teachers should be paid more for what they do and bad teachers should be gotten rid of,” he said. “Right now the system is inherently unfair.” Northwestern political science professor Laurel Harbridge said Democrats may have a better chance of passing certain parts of the bill — such as the creation and retention of teachers’ jobs — by introducing them as separate pieces of legislation. However, success still depends on whether House representatives decide these individual parts are worth pursuing and ultimately funding, Harbridge said.
Education and teachers’ reforms, though commonly supported by people of both parties, are easy to vote down as part of a large bill, she added. Funding of the bill is one of the top points of contention for Republicans, who oppose borrowing money and raising taxes on the wealthy to pay for it, Garber said. “Nobody wants kids to go without, but is it worth billions of dollars we don’t have?” Garber said. Evanston residents and constituents of the 9th district of Illinois will have a chance to ask Schakowsky questions during the representative’s first Twitter town hall on Thursday at 6 p.m. Twitter users can direct any questions and comments at Schakowsky by tagging #AskJan in their tweet. marissake2013@u.northwestern.edu
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such as those near El stations, go to EPD. “Let’s just say you’re on campus and you say, ‘Gosh, my laptop got stolen when I was in the library on the way to the bathroom.’ You wouldn’t call us,� Guenther said. “We’d say ‘no, that’s a campus situation, call Northwestern University Police,’ and they would take the theft report. But if that same student takes the same laptop and goes to the library in downtown Evanston, regardless of whether they’re a student or not, then that would be a jurisdictional call for us.� Emergency 911 calls go to the EPD communication center to be dispatched to EPD, UP or both, McAleer said. After being mugged, Decker flagged down a passing car. The passenger called 911 and, because
Decker called about 20 minutes away from campus, reached EPD. EPD brought Decker to the station to try to identify her assailants and followed up with Decker for a few weeks, though she never recovered her belongings. Because she was attacked from behind and couldn’t see the muggers’ faces, Decker said she did not press an investigation. But UP jurisdiction doesn’t end at the University’s Arch. Although EPD is the primary respondent for noise and public disturbance complaints off campus, McAleer said UP assists in party patrols, especially close to campus. On-campus parties fall under UP domain unless there is a larger issue of public safety. When an incident on campus requires an ambulance, UP calls the Evanston Fire Department to handle the transport, he said. In 2009, the University donated $550,000 to the City to purchase
a new fire engine. Beside these joint efforts, the departments train together and meet once a week to discuss recent crimes and plan future initiatives, McAleer said. Most importantly, McAleer said the two departments collaborate when emergencies require pooled resources. UP asks for backup with sexual assault cases involving multiple or underage victims or offenders, and EPD handles death investigations regardless of location. “It’s always nice that if you do have a serious situation, knowing that you have these officers that will respond that know our department, know our university, know our campus, know our community,� McAleer said. “It works both ways.�
concerned about a student’s safety. “Parents can call the Residential Life office during the day; if it’s in the evening ,we advise parents to call University Police,� she said. “We have two area coordinators on duty 24 hours a day, seven days a week, as long as school as in session.� Dean of Students Burgwell Howard said the University’s system for handling situations like Zhang’s serves its purpose. Howard said personal contact information for CAs is not available because the students who fill those positions have other responsibilities. However, parents are urged to contact Residential Life or UP with any concerns, he said. “We don’t want a parent in California calling at 1 a.m. California time (and disturbing) a student who is trying to sleep or study for an exam,� Howard said. “There’s a protocol for contact.� Currently, the Office of Orientation & Parent Programs’ website instructs parents to contact Howard or UP concerning campus safety and provides an email address for each. In extreme cases, a lack of adequate communication has proven disconcerting. Weinberg sophomore Rebecca Quint’s body was found in her room in Foster-Walker Complex in March 2010, three days after she had committed suicide. A concerned friend
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had alerted Residential Life that they had not seen Quint in several days, and someone from the office found Quint’s body during a room check. But for the most part, parents say they feel connected to the University through its emails and the information they received during parent orientation programs. “Northwestern’s been pretty forthcoming,â€? said Andrea Selonick, whose daughter Anna is a Weinberg freshman. “Every email we’ve gotten since she’s been accepted has said, ‘Call with any questions.’â€? But Zhang says incidents like hers show parents need to know whom to call. “If an emergency does happen and parents can’t get ahold of their kids, what can they do?â€? she said. Sean Cottle, whose son Travis is a McCormick freshman, said he agrees with Zhang despite feeling generally comfortable in his communication with the University. “We were on campus during orientation and parents had the opportunity to meet with the dean of students ‌ and there were also other opportunities to reach out to and attend meetings with the administration staff,â€? he said. “(But) I don’t have that information. That’s a good point.â€?
He said building the rental units and proposed retail space would improve the area in the long run. “In the short term, while it’s being built, every major construction is usually a negative for business, but once it’s built, the conventional wisdom is that having 80 additional households should be of some help,â€? he said. Storefront employees have expressed concern about deviation from the original 2007 plan as well as issues concerning the impact on traffic. Some are also worried about changing the building’s exterior from brick to cement sliding will damage its aesthetics. “Just because you build a building doesn’t mean the stores will get rented out,â€? Smith said. “Just because you build a building, doesn’t mean the units will get filled.â€? CSNA president David Staub said there are still many issues with the parking situation that need to be addressed, but given that the proposal has been approved, the city will likely lack leverage in initiating change. “I welcome the concept of building something and given the market, a rental as opposed to condos is probably what we’re going to get,â€? Staub said. “I was just disappointed that in the rush to get something done, they short-cutted the process.â€? Homeowners in the area have repeatedly voiced concern about the implications of this project on their homes. “The city has turned a deaf ear to the concerns of homeowners near this project,â€? said Evanston resident John Labbe at Monday’s council meeting. “The developer will profit from these changes, but nearby homeowners like me will pay the price for them.â€? Despite public discontent with the plan, Horne said he recognizes he is in a business of change. He said he has experienced similar reactions to his past projects. “It’s like a piece of art — you never satisfy everybody,â€? Horne said. “We’ve presented a plan that will get this property redeveloped, and we’re satisfied that we presented a very thoughtful plan that will bring activity back to Central Street that’s been missing for close to a decade.â€?
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University works to improve dorm safety From safety, page 1 security in residence halls and updated alarm systems across campus, locking the side doors of most buildings and installing a closed-circuit television system to monitor main entrances. In 2008, UP saw one of the first major tests of the revamped system when they arrested Steven Douglas Manning, a 24-year-old Evanston man accused of breaking into Kappa Alpha Theta sorority at 619 University Place and entering students’ rooms while they slept. The incident, the second in which Manning was accused of trespassing on campus, shook many students’ senses of security, but administrators lauded the arrest as evidence that the newly installed safety features were working. “Clearly what happened ‌ demonstrates that those measures were very helpful,â€? Al Cubbage, University spokesman, told The Daily after the arrest in 2008. “The fact that UP was able to respond very quickly and catch the alleged offender in the sorority itself is very encouraging.â€? Administrators say they have also worked to maintain open lines of communications with parents, both about campus safety and student life in general. The University distributes information mainly via an email listserv which parents can sign up for at any time, and Koch said parents have options if they are
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A trip from unwanted to untouchable By Colin Becht
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No one seemed to want Mike Daniels after his senior season of high school football. Maybe it was the defensive tackle’s short stature – he was 6 foot 1 inches. Maybe it was his lack of size – he was just 230 pounds. Whatever the reason, Daniels was starting to give up hope of a scholarship. “I was offered by Villanova,” Daniels said at Big Ten Media Days in July. “They basically pulled out the scholarship while I was on my visit. So that was pretty rough and it was getting close to Signing Day, and I didn’t think anything would drop for me.” Meanwhile, unbeknownst to Daniels at the time, a buzz was starting to build in the Iowa football offices. After returning from a 31-24 loss to Florida in the 2006 Outback Bowl, coach Kirk Ferentz and his staff came across a tape of Daniels. “My question was, ‘What’s wrong with this guy other than he’s not six-foot-three?’” Ferentz said. “There was a consensus on our staff that we thought he was a good player, and we thought he might be a guy that could play in our defense as a defensive lineman.” So while Daniels was driving back to his home in Blackwood, N.J., from his visit to Football Championship Subdivision school Villanova, which resulted in his lone scholarship offer getting taken away, Ferentz was preparing to make it all better. “I remember calling him on a Sunday, late morning, early afternoon, and he was driving back from his visit over at Villanova,” Ferentz said. “I
Northwestern seeks to right the ship in Columbus
Lost opportunities and injuries have been the two biggest problems for Northwestern over the past month. After three disappointing tournaments to start the year, the Wildcats will have a chance this weekend to turn their fall season around at the ITA Midwest Regional Championships in Columbus,
just asked him if he’d be interested in coming out for a visit, and he said he was.” After an honorable mention All-Big Ten season last year and a promising start to this season, Daniels and his coach can both look back fondly on their late meeting. Daniels has been the anchor of an Iowa defensive line that lost three starters from last year to the NFL. With 4.5 tackles for loss and 2.5 sacks already, Daniels is on pace to improve on his statistics from last year. Last season, fellow defensive lineman Broderick Binns told reporters that Daniels “only has one mode, and that’s beast mode.” While Daniels still isn’t entirely sure what his beast mode is, he said it’s something that comes naturally to him. “To me, it’s just going out and playing the game of football,” Daniels said. Daniels’ all-out attitude is readily apparent to his teammates who are never spared from it in training sessions. When asked what Daniels is like in practice, linebacker Tyler Nielsen said, “(He’s) pretty much like he is in interviews, scaring the sh*t out of everybody.” Daniels may bring intensity during a play, but he’s also taken it upon himself to be a leader now that he’s a senior. “It’s time to pass what you’ve learned from the guys that came before you and pass it on to the younger guys,” Daniels said. “I’ve learned how to be a leader, take control when things get a little haywire.” Daniels is certainly not the same player he was four years ago when he arrived in Iowa City, nearly 1,000 miles away from his home. Though
he couldn’t change his height, Daniels adjusted his size, bulking up to 280 pounds. That extra size has helped him shed blocks better and make plays in the backfield. Daniels is tied for eighth in the Big Ten in sacks per game and 14th in tackles for loss per game. While Daniels’ recruitment process was by no means pleasant, the senior defensive tackle can reflect on it now with appreciation for the ultimate result. “It’s a blessing,” he said. “God couldn’t have worked more perfectly.”
Ohio. Dual matches don’t begin until January, but fall tournaments are an important way for individual players and doubles pairs to build national rankings. Junior Spencer Wolf has had the most success on the team so far, posting his best result at the HEB Baylor’s Invitational two weeks ago when he made it to the quarterfinals. But after a deflating third-round loss last week in Tulsa, Okla., it will be important for Wolf to regain his momentum at this week’s tournament. NU has also had a difficult time getting all of
its best players on the court, most notably with senior Josh Graves, who was forced out of play for two consecutive weeks with a back injury. His recovery will be critical as the team moves forward. Junior Chris Jackman also retired during a match in Milwaukee in mid-September. The team has also struggled on the doubles court, winning just two of nine matches this season. Both victories came at the Milwaukee Tennis Classic last month. Five Cats will be competing in Columbus this weekend at a tournament in which both Graves and Wolf are seeded. Freshman Alex Pasareanu
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A sloppy start turned into a powerful conclusion in La Quinta, Calif., as Northwestern finished with a five-under 859 to work its way into an eighth-place tie with No. 6 University of Central Florida. The Wildcats struggled early, but improved by 15 strokes in the second round and added a solid 4-under performance in the final round to pull into the top 10. “(Today was) a solid day, but the rally fell short,” NU coach Pat Goss tweeted. “Solid tournament.” Bennett Lavin had the strongest finish of anyone on the team, shooting a 3-under 69 in the final round to finish in 30th place. The freshman was at par through six holes when he had to take a sock and shoe off to take a shot from the water on the seventh hole. He ended up saving par on the hole, before posting four straight birdies. “Lavin follows up with birdies at 10 and 11,” Goss tweeted after the final two birdies. “Really putting well.” Teammate Eric Chun had a more adventurous final round, mixing six birdies with four bogeys to clock in with a 2-under 70. The senior finished the tournament in 39th place. Senior Sam Chien took 34th place. The Cats face a relatively quick turnaround, as they will be in action Sunday and Monday at the Windon Memorial Classic in nearby Skokie, Ill. - Jonah Rosenblum
will face No. 6 seed Peter Kobelt from Mens’ Tennis Ohio State in the first round while sophomore Raleigh Smith will be taking on another Big Ten opponent in Ron Hulewicz from Michigan State. In the doubles draw, the seventh-seeded duo of Graves and Wolf will face Erik Finkenbrink and Craig Cox from Wisconsin-Green Bay. Teammates Tobias Reitz, Alberto Zanotti, Smith and Pasareanu will also be competing in doubles play. — Abigail Chase
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Cats’ clincher: Sophomore midfielder Lepe Seetane sealed Wednesday’s outcome for NU, with a header in the 87th minute.
A month ago, Northwestern stood at 1-3-1. Now, the Wildcats aren’t just back on track — they’re on fire. NU (6-4-3, 1-0-1 Big Ten) was able to find a way around Northern Illinois’s terrific defense at Lakeside Field Wednesday night — immediately going on the offensive. The Cats controlled the ball for most of the first half, with ample opportunities to take the lead, but they failed to capitalize, and the two teams went into the break tied at zero. Freshman midfielder Nikko Boxall ensured the Cats’ missed opportunities wouldn’t come back to haunt them when he headed in a beautiful corner kick from senior midfielder Peter O’Neill in the 58th minute. “Pretty much we just ran our play as we were told,” Boxall said. “Me and Jarrett [Baughman] both ran our lines hard and they just left us wide open and the ball just came to me and I just tucked it away with my head.” NU avoided a second-half collapse as its defense held firm. The team’s lead was cemented by a header from sophomore midfielder Lepe Seetane in the 87th minute. The Cats’ defense played a great match, with the Huskies’ only real threat coming in the waning minutes of the game when they clanked a shot off the post. Freshman goalie Tyler Miller posted three saves en route to an astounding sixth shutout in just 12 games. But it was the offense stepping up in the second half that made the difference. Coach Tim Lenahan attributed the secondhalf scoring to good teamwork. “You make your plays, you got to make plays,” Lenahan said. “Both goals were
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exactly the same, great service and great finish. If you get great service, finishing’s easier. If you get a great finish, that makes the service look good.” After their initial shaky start to the season, it seems that the Cats have finally righted the ship. Seetane credited this turnaround to team familiarity. “For the first five games, we were trying to figure our whole system out and trying to try out some new things,” Seetane said. “But now we actually know what we want to do.” Seetane added the team’s cohesiveness has helped bring along this string of victories. “The majority of us, we’ve been here, we know what to do,” Seetane said. “We’ve adjusted and actually brought the team together.” The Cats will face Penn State (6-4-2, 0-3-0) on Sunday, resuming conference play at as high a point as they’ve been all season. They haven’t lost a game since Sept. 28 and have lost only once in over a month. But Lenahan knows that soccer isn’t an easy game, even after a great victory against a Huskies (8-4-0, 0-2-0 Mid-American Conference) team that is receiving votes in the Top 25. “College soccer is a parity-driven game,” Lenahan said, “and if you can make some plays and get a break, their shot hit the post down here, our two went in, then you can see it’s a very even game, and we were on the right side of the scoreboard tonight.” kevincasey2015@u.northwestern.edu
NU hopes rest leads to needed break By Steven Montero
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The Wildcats will have two chances this weekend to stop squirming near the bottom of the Big Ten. Northwestern faces a Great Lakes State double-feature as the team competes against Michigan State on Friday and No. 20 Michigan on Saturday. With just one conference win, which came against the Big Ten’s only winless team, Indiana, the Cats are struggling to find stable ground. According to coach Keylor Chan, consistency is still NU’s biggest problem. During practice drills, NU (10-7, 1-5 Big Ten) attempts to sustain a high level of play by sequencing events in ways that make it harder to score a point, Chan said. Repetition in any sport is vital to success, but the Cats haven’t had much time to practice because they’ve had matches every few days since the Big Ten season began. Six days between an upsetting loss to Ohio State last Saturday and this weekend’s matches finally gave NU a chance to breathe. “We haven’t been able to train,” Chan said. “We’ve been working on scouting for teams every two days. So having three, four days just to work on us will be nice. We’ll use this week well and really be able
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No. 20 Michigan (14-4, 2-4)
Saturday, 7 p.m. Welsh-Ryan Arena
to focus on ourselves as a team.” Freshman Yewande Akanbi said it’s time for NU to “rest and refocus.” After falling to the Buckeyes, the Cats had a “weird off-day,” according to Akanbi, in which the team chemistry wasn’t there. Akanbi added that the longer break will provide an opportunity to shake off the last couple of losses and reorient the team’s mentality toward winning. She said the Cats are working to improve further and must keep a positive frame of mind. “I learned that for us to win we have to be both physically and mentally there,” Akanbi said. “Personally, I didn’t feel the same way like when we were playing Penn State. It was just like — it’s kind of hard to explain. It was just a weird vibe.” The Cats will battle stiff competition this weekend as always, including a Spartans team Chan said knows how to play in the Big Ten. He said Michigan State (14-4, 3-3) is one of the older teams in the conference, bringing back five seniors who have all started the past four years. Chan said the Spartans are a very physical and offensive team that has had some great victories this season amidst mixed results. Michigan State handed Wisconsin a 3-1 loss last week but fell in three straight sets to No. 14 Minnesota a day later. Meanwhile, Chan said Michigan (14-4, 2-4) is a team “similar” to NU. “They have some very good skill players, are coached very well and they’ve obviously done a very good job up until this point,” Chan said. Freshman Caroline “Carks” Niedospial received playing time during recent Big Ten competition and recorded a careerbest 10 digs in Saturday’s match. She said she has been proving herself in practice, which contributed to her growing presence on the court. She said the team has a “really good
shot” this weekend but added that NU’s energy can’t fade as the match progresses. “We just need to keep our energy really high because that helps us pull out big plays,” Niedospial said. “That’s a really big deal for us this weekend. We pregame before — we just act goofy with each other and dance in the locker room and that gets us pumped up for
the match.” If the Cats’ energy is tied to their consistency, they will need to be supercharged for this weekend. The trend of comebacks or solo first-set wins simply won’t do if NU is to have a chance of reaching its NCAA goals. Akanbi said this weekend’s matches are must-win situations. stevenmontero2014@u.northwestern.edu
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Aerial Attack: Freshman Yewande Akanbi is second on the Wildcats with 134 kills. Only sophomore Stephanie Holthus ranks ahead of her.
ON THE RECORD
If you get great service, finishing’s easier. If you get a great finish, that makes the service look good. — Tim Lenahan, men’s soccer coach
ROHAN NADKARNI Daily sports
Highly let down yet still in love I have always been a cynical guy. Maybe it’s because my favorite NFL team is the Miami Dolphins, who find new, creative ways to lose every year. It could also be because I never enjoyed the pleasure of female accompaniment until the pathetic age of 18. Either way, my outlook on life has always been a little skewed toward the negative. In the case of the Wildcats, I had hope that this team could catapult itself to new heights. But through the first five weeks of the season, I’ve lost all faith, and I find myself already forgetting about the 2011 season. Northwestern upset a ranked Iowa squad two times in the past five years, and this weekend, the Cats are looking for another victory against Coach Fitz’s least favorite team. If NU wins, Coach Fitz will once again be the toast of the town, and everyone will rush to congratulate the Cats on winning a difficult road matchup, but when will we realize this season was a failure the moment the clock struck 0:00 against Michigan? There are no more excuses for NU to be a middling team in the Big Ten. The Cats have All-Big Ten talent on both sides of the ball. From defensive end Vince Browne, to tackle Al Netter, to safety Brian Peters, to star quarterback Dan Persa, NU is as loaded as it has ever been. In addition to the talent, the Cats have experience, with all the aforementioned players entering their senior year. This should have been the year NU challenged for a Big Ten title. With Michigan adjusting to a brand-new head coach, Nebraska just entering the Big Ten and Penn State bringing very little offense to the table, the newly formed Legends Division was up for grabs. Instead, the Cats have already dropped their first two conference games, and they would need to go undefeated against the likes of Nebraska, Michigan State and Iowa to have a chance at the conference championship game. Fans are quickly losing faith in this team to win any game, let alone go on a long winning streak that could get us to 8-4 or 9-3. It may sound harsh to say this season is over after five games, but NU’s season now matters less than the points on “Whose Line is it Anyway?” What does this team consider success? A win in the Little Caesars Pizza Bowl (granted, I love me some Little Caesars pizza. That mustachioed man can spin some dough)? A bowl win alone should no longer spell success for the Cats. NU made bowls in the last three years, and winning any one of those three would not have made any of those seasons that much greater. It’s time we look to Coach Fitz to set goals that are within our grasp, and our team needs to believe that we can make it to the conference championship game. I truly love Coach Fitz. When he walked up to the student section last weekend and started handing out pizzas, I knew that I was in love and could spend the rest of my life with this man. However, Pat Fitzgerald failed to deliver what the students really wanted, and that’s an opportunity to play in the inaugural Big Ten Championship game. Sports writer Rohan Nadkarni is a Medill freshman. He can be reached at rohannadkarni2015@u.northwestern.edu