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going public The John Evans Study Committee meets Wednesday for an open forum in University Library about its research on John Evans and his role in the Sand Creek Massacre.
Emotions ran high Wednesday night at University Library as the John Evans Study Committee held an open forum to give an update on its research, answer questions and take suggestions from the Northwestern community. Provost Dan Linzer formed a study committee last year to investigate the role University founder John Evans played in the 1864 Sand Creek Massacre and whether NU benefitted financially from Evans’ actions. The massacre resulted in the death of more than 100 Cheyenne and Arapaho people in the Colorado Territory during Evans’ time as governor. The committee, which is led by English and history Prof. Carl Smith, includes three additional NU faculty
and four professors from other universities. Heather Menefee, co-president of the Native American and Indigenous Student Alliance, said the environment at the event, which was attended by about 80 people, felt tense. “It wasn’t helped by people raising their voices and committee members raising their voices and cutting people off and getting angry or defensive, but I think overall I guess it’s successful in that so many people showed up,” the Weinberg junior said. Although the committee was created following a community petition, some students, faculty and alumni have said they are disappointed with the narrow focus of the study. Menefee said the focus is “pretty self-serving on the part of the University.” “Having a committee with a narrow focus on John Evans is in some ways a privilege that the University can afford, but it continues the erasure of indigenous people and their voices in a story about them,” she » See john evans, page 6
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ASG confirms VP of diversity, inclusion By sophia bollag
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Associated Student Government Senate unanimously approved sophomore Thaddeus Tukes at its meeting Wednesday as associate vice president of diversity and inclusion, a position that has been vacant since Spring Quarter. “I think he’s fantastic,” said student life vice president Anna Kottenstette, a Communication senior and former Daily staffer, who added that Tukes convinced the selection committee in his interview he was the right person for the position. “The way that he spoke and the way that he made everyone believe in what he was saying, we thought would be incredibly important for this position and really contagious on campus.” Last year, ASG made two failed attempts to fill the position left vacant by Hayley Stevens (Weinberg ‘13) in May. The ASG executive board “revamped” the position this fall, president Ani Ajith said. Although Tukes said he found out the
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Evanston Mayor Elizabeth Tisdahl said Wednesday evening that towngown relations are better than they have ever been, crediting University President Morton Schapiro with helping turn around the historically contentious relationship between the city and Northwestern. “The good news about Northwestern is that we have a better relationship,” she said. “President Schapiro is a terrific president, and he is much more an advocate for the community. ... He genuinely believes that a great university needs a great town.” For the next step in improving the city’s bond with NU, Tisdahl floated the idea of an “Evanston-Northwestern plan that incorporates best practices in town-gown relations.” Despite her optimism, Tisdahl said NU could always do more to give back to the city, whether it employs more residents or makes up for its tax-exempt status with other forms of financial support. The mayor’s comments on the cityUniversity relationship came during a wide-ranging interview with The Daily and other Evanston journalists on the TV show “The Reporters.” It is expected to be released in full Saturday through Evanston Community Television . In addition to town-gown relations, Tisdahl addressed the proposed expansion of the so-called “Safe School Zone” around Evanston Township High School, violent crime in the city and her evolving role as mayor.
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‘safe spaces’ Medill-Bienen sophomore Thaddeus Tukes answers questions from Associated Student Government senators. Tukes was confirmed unanimously Wednesday night as ASG’s associate vice president for diversity and inclusion.
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that look like me,” Ajith said. Tukes said he wanted to clarify that diversity is a very broad term and said many groups on campus are minorities, including music students and students in Greek organizations. “It’s not just race or gender,” he said.
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I saw a lot of holes not only in communication but representation,” Tukes said. “I wanted to be an ambassador for these groups.” In his introduction of Tukes, Ajith, Weinberg senior and former Daily staffer, said the position is not meant to assist only minority groups. “The position is supposed to serve all students on campus, not just students
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Having served on the ETHS board from 1989 to 2001, Tisdahl told the reporters she has “strong views” about student safety. An intergovernmental agreement between the city and D202 would charge anyone who has been told to stay out of the Safe School Zone with criminal trespassing if they try to reenter it, including expelled and suspended students. In June, the D202 board voted unanimously to work with the city to extend the zone to across the street from ETHS, but the proposal has not yet reached City Council over civil rights concerns raised by some aldermen on the Human Services Committee. “I think that the idea of ... arresting a kid for standing on a public sidewalk and not moving on when the
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position was open only the night before the application was due, the MedillBienen dual degree student expressed his enthusiasm for the role during his speech to Senate on Wednesday. “I applied for this position because, not only observing events at the school last year but also this year and speaking with different heads of organizations of different underrepresented groups,
Confirmed a new diversity and inclusion associate vice president, Medill-Bienen sophomore Thaddeus Tukes Allotted $4,000 from the Senate Project Pool to subsidize Dance Marathon registration fees for students who indicate financial need on their registration form Elected six students to the Student Activities Finance Committee Elected four students to the 10K Initiative Committee, leaving two vacancies reserved for students outside ASG
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City hopes new meters reduce fines By kelly gonsalves
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Evanston officials said Wednesday evening they hope the city’s new solar-powered, credit card-enabled parking meters and pay stations will result in fewer parking tickets. The city is working to replace its current parking payment equipment in an effort to make the process more convenient and environmentally friendly. Fifty single-space parking meters and two pay stations have been installed throughout Evanston for residents to test out. The city has been asking drivers to fill out surveys about the new technology since earlier this month. At a Transportation and Parking Committee meeting, revenue and parking manager Rickey Voss said he believes the credit card option will lead to more people paying for the maximum two hours allotted for their space, which will reduce accidental parking violations for expired meters and thus result in fewer parking fines. “There is the intangible benefit ... that we become a parking-friendly city, as opposed to what our reputation is, which is an intensely parking-unfriendly
city,” said Ald. Melissa Wynne (3rd), committee chair. “We have this reputation as being ‘those vultures who are just waiting for me,’ and I think now we won’t write as many tickets.” It may take the city more than four years to recover the $1.1 million cost of the project, assistant city manager Martin Lyons said. Because the cost will come from taxpayer dollars, both Voss and Wynne stressed the importance of resident input in deciding between meters and stations. They pointed out that each ward may have different needs and preferences based on the number of bikers and the clutter of the streets. “I think it’s only fair to the residents, the elected officials, the average consumer and to the businesses that we should have input,” Voss said. “We don’t want to go the route of other communities where they pick something and force it down your throat, and then you live with it.” He said the meters are less expensive than the stations, but the latter is more visually appealing. The committee also discussed the possibility of allowing drivers to pay for parking from their cell phones. Voss said his goal is to have recommendations on where to place each piece of new equipment based on survey data by Dec. 12 and install it by March.
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Police Blotter Man threatens to kick police officer
An Evanston man is accused of threatening to kick a police officer after the man was arrested in connection with a separate incident early Monday morning. At about 5:30 a.m., officers responded to at least one noise complaint near the intersection of Grey Avenue and Emerson Street, Evanston Police Cmdr. Diane Davis said. When the officers arrived on the scene, they found two men who were “extremely loud” and refused to lower their voices, Davis said. The officers arrested Pierrs Giles, 25, and the other man on suspicion of city ordinance violations, likely
due to their disruptive behavior, Davis said. At the police station, Giles did not follow officers’ directions and threatened to kick one of them. Giles, of the 1900 block of Grey Avenue, has been charged with aggravated assault. He is scheduled to appear in court Nov. 7.
Startled by nonexistent fire, drunk man springs into action
An Evanston man who was cooking hamburgers in his apartment early Tuesday morning thought he had started a fire and sprayed a fire extinguisher throughout his kitchen and building hallway,
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according to police. Michael Lilly, 51, has been charged with criminal damage to property in connection with the incident, which happened at about 3 a.m. Davis said Lilly’s landlord complained his intoxicated mistake affected common areas in the apartment building in the 1200 block of Chicago Avenue. When authorities arrived on the scene, they saw an excessive amount of the extinguisher’s contents but no fire, Davis said. Lilly is scheduled to appear in court Nov. 22.
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Prof discusses immigration, sexuality By Mollie cahillane
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A talk by a Northwestern professor on Wednesday touched upon two hotbed issues at once: immigration and sexuality. Sociology and gender studies Prof. Hector Carrillo spoke at an event titled “Intersecting Identities: Race & Sexuality Among Mexican Gay Immigrants.” The lunchtime lecture at Searle Hall coincided with Hispanic Heritage Month and was hosted by the office of Multicultural Student Affairs as part of its larger Intellectual Networking within our Community lecture series. The lectures aim to “raise consciousness within the NU community around issues of race, culture, and politics,” according to the MSA department website. About 35 people, a mixture of students and faculty, attended the event. “It was really interesting,” Weinberg junior Jenna Stoehr said. “I’m taking two classes about race, but neither are very in-depth, and I hoped this would inform those classes. I also like learning about LGBT issues.” Carrillo’s discussion focused on the struggles gay Latino men face and the reasons why many choose to emigrate from Mexico to the
2 women unharmed after hit-and-run at Hinman and Sheridan
Two women are unharmed after being struck by a car on campus yesterday night in a hit-andrun accident. At the intersection of Sheridan Road and Hinman Avenue, two women between the ages of 17 and 19 were hit by a vehicle that did not stop to check if they were harmed, Evanston Police Cmdr.
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United States. “I decided to study the phenomenon that I’ve called sexual migration,” Carrillo told The Daily on Tuesday. “There’s many reasons for it, but it all gets encapsulated in the general reason of seeking sexual freedom.” Carrillo said many gay Mexican men choose to leave Mexico for the United I decided to States, particularly study the San Diego. Even phenomenon though Mexico has grown increasingly that I’ve accepting of LGBT called sexual rights, they immigrate because they fear their migration. families might suffer Hector Carrillo, from the stigma. sociology and “No one would say, gender studies ‘Oh, you’re going to be professor queer there!’” Carrillo said, referring to the U.S. “It’s in search of a better economic life.” Carrillo said he has observed Latino men facing the issue of being “racialized” when they arrive to the U.S., saying they have never before thought of themselves as Latino. The MSA department approached Carrillo to speak about his work. MSA INC likes to
have someone who researches Latino issues speak during Hispanic Heritage Month, Carrillo said. Because the LGBT Resource Center is now part of MSA, the department wanted to have a topic that would bring both groups together. NU’s celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month will continue Friday with Sigma Lambda Gamma’s cultural crafts showcase at the Multicultural Center and Saturday with Festival LatiNU at Norris University Center. Both events are at 6 p.m. In addition to teaching, Carrillo is a member of the governing board of NU’s Latina and Latino studies program. He won the Ruth Benedict Prize from the Society of Lesbian and Gay Anthropologists in 2002 for his book, “The Night is Young: Sexuality in Mexico in the Time of AIDS.” Carrillo is currently working on a new book about sexual migration from Mexico. Weinberg freshman Angel Ayon said the topics of the talk were applicable to her life. “Being from California and having a best friend who is undocumented, immigration reform is important to me,” Ayon said. “Because I’m queer, I love hearing about new things happening in the community.”
Diane Davis said. “The vehicle momentarily stopped and then fled the scene,” Davis said. Police responded to a call made at 7:17 p.m. reporting the incident. The two women were in the crosswalk when the accident occurred, Davis said. The intersection where the women were struck is bordered by several dormitories, including Communications Residential College, International Studies Residential College and 1835 Hinman. Last year, students asked the city for an additional crosswalk at the intersection, a request officials did not grant.
Emergency vehicles, including police cars and an ambulance, were dispatched to the scene Tuesday. The women were “fine” and declined medical assistance from the paramedics who arrived, Davis said. Evanston police are currently investigating the situation. Davis said EPD knows the owner and license plate number of the car involved in the accident. She said she expects the driver will be contacted by police soon.
Associated Student Government Senate voted unanimously Wednesday night to pass a bill that will allocate $4,000 to Dance Marathon to cover registration fees for students with financial need. The money, which will be drawn from the ASG Senate Project Pool, will be handled by the Center for Student Involvement. CSI will examine financial need of students who request it and subsidize their $50 registration fees. Money not used for subsidies will be returned to the project pool. The bill was introduced partially in response to results from a survey indicating that the registration cost is a top reason for students not to participate in DM. Money collected by DM from registration fees goes to the production cost of the 30-hour dance event that takes place at the end of Winter Quarter to mark the end of fundraising. This year’s fee was raised $5, to $50 overall, from last year to offset rising production costs. The bill was introduced Wednesday and, after some debate, moved to old business to be voted on the same night. DM spokesman and ASG chief of staff David Harris, a co-author of the bill, asked for the expedited voting so the money will be available for the philanthropy before registration ends Friday. “Financial issues shouldn’t stop you from participating in Dance Marathon,” said DM co-chair Anna Radoff, a Weinberg senior, who co-authored the bill with Harris, co-chair Josh Parish and finance co-chairs Janet Brown and John Park. ASG president Ani Ajith, a Weinberg senior and former Daily staffer, supported the bill, calling it a “bold statement about inclusion” meant to address “how accessible some of our major student experiences are here at Northwestern.” “We’re really enthused that Senate has made such a strong statement in favor of Dance Marathon inclusivity,” said Harris, a SESP senior, in an interview following the meeting. “We want to ensure that all students, regardless of their socioeconomic background, are able to participate in one of Northwestern’s finest traditions.”
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Achieving success requires more than hard work Yoni muller
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Since news of James Montgomery III’s scholarship last week, the story has had some time to go completely viral, from amassing more than 500,000 views on YouTube to being featured on the front page of CNN. His experience has been extremely revealing, in multiple ways. The emotion expressed by Montgomery and coach Chris Collins and a much-needed insight into the positive side of college sports represent the two most visible angles. However, the news reveals something much more universal, which is just how many things have to go right for Montgomery’s narrative to have unfolded as it did.
The first and most obvious of these is a strong work ethic. As a hopeful walk-on, Montgomery actually didn’t make the team his freshman year. Instead he was a member of the practice squad for the women’s team. Through those practices, hard work and sheer determination, Montgomery tried out again and made the team his sophomore year. Once on the team, his efforts only increased as he improved the elements of his game. His dedication to the team and to his craft, in every game, meeting and practice, paid some handsome dividends. Today, Collins calls him “our best perimeter defender,” which is no small praise. In an increasingly cynical world, James Montgomery reminds us all what some sweat and elbow grease can accomplish. However, this is not only a story about hard work. As inspirational as Montgomery’s efforts have been, it’s easy to overlook all of the other
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aspects that ultimately went into his scholarship. Unfortunately, doing so would be a mistake, no matter how nice that explanation may make us feel. Montgomery has put in an immense amount of work; nobody in their right mind would deny that. However, his determination often overshadows something else he has — raw talent and a genetic predisposition. Although I’m personally of the opinion that genetic advantages are as much a source of pride as hard work, many people disagree, seeing such inherent advantages as unfair. Regardless, one look at him and it’s hard to overlook the fact that he’s different from many people. The first indication is you almost certainly would have to crane your neck up to get a good look at him. That’s because, at 6’4”, Montgomery towers over the majority of us. Just as important, some of his muscles are bigger than my face. Though it’s true that any of us can work out and lose weight, gain muscle mass and improve our health, it’s equally true that our bodies are all different. Try as I might, the composition of my muscle cells just don’t enable me to develop Hulk-like muscles, my blood will only carry so much oxygen without enrichment, and the cowlick on my head will only be so high off the floor. As a result, people like me could practice and become terrific 3-point shooters, and we could develop elite free-throw percentages, but we’ll never have the mass needed to crash the boards, defend another player, set up an effective pick, or do anything that a good basketball player should be able to do. Just as importantly, those results have to be realized by someone who can reward them.
James Montgomery is currently a senior. That means he was on the team for two years before, working just as much as he does today. He’s long been a valuable asset to the team, that isn’t somehow new. Just as Montgomery’s scholarship depended on a genetic advantage that was taken advantage of and exacerbated through immense commitment to basketball, it also required Collin’s ability to notice this and work to reward it. Ultimately Montgomery could have been the best player in the school’s history, but he wouldn’t have the authority to give himself a penny. Of course, none of this diminished the importance of Montgomery’s hard work. His scholarship is just that: his. He’s more than earned it, and nothing anyone says can take it away from him or diminish his accomplishment. His dedication is an excellent source of inspiration for all of us, whether we’re hoping to join a team ourselves, elbow our way into politics or finance or find a cure for cancer. Whatever it may be, we cannot underestimate the importance of hard work. But it’s just as important to remember the equal importance of natural potential and opportunities provided or enlarged by peers who are willing to help you, whether in the form of telling you to tuck in your elbow more or working with you on your resume. When all those factors line up just right, you might find yourself in a position similar to Montgomery’s one day, and I bet that’s a pretty good position to be in. Yoni Muller is a Weinberg junior. He can be reached at jonathanmuller2015@u.northwestern.edu. If you want to respond publicly to this column, send a Letter to the Editor to opinion@dailynorthwestern.com.
Overcommitted complainers, consider cutting back Meera Patel
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We all had various plans when we came to Northwestern. Each and every one of us had different ideas of what college would be about. Some of us prioritized academics and studying, while others put social life first. Regardless of what we thought we wanted out of college, we joined groups or started projects that we thought would help us make college what we wanted it to be. So why do so many people complain about everything they’re involved in? The key point of being involved in a group is that you must put a significant amount of time into it, especially if you hold a leadership position. Furthermore, if you hold a leadership position, more likely than not, you signed up for that position because you wanted to do it.
You applied or ran for election knowing that you would have to put in the time to do work for that group, including those parts that you aren’t too fond of. You signed up knowing that you would still have schoolwork. On that note, if you’re triple majoring with two minors and a concentration, don’t tell anyone who will listen — especially those you work with. They don’t care if you’re organizing the Olympics or deriving the next theory of relativity in your free time; they want you to fulfill the duties of your position without complaint. No one is telling you to sign up for six classes. If you personally think that you need to have four majors on your diploma in order to be successful, that’s another issue related to your interpretation of the word “success.” I did it, too. I came into college thinking that I needed to have several majors and backup careers. Like many students, I ended up changing my mind and my major umpteen times before I finally decided on one that I think I’m going to stick with. But it’s important to keep
the big picture in mind when trying to decide what to major in. In the long run, your major won’t make or break your career aspirations. Even if you want to major in engineering or take pre-requisites for graduate school, this doesn’t mean you necessarily have to work in those fields upon graduation. Everyone defines success uniquely in their mind. It’s easy to get wrapped up in the NU bubble and think that you need to join as many student groups and academic programs as possible. But in 20 years, you’ll be better off if during your time in college, you found a few things that you were passionate about and stuck with them. This brings me back to why we complain about what we do on campus. If you aren’t enthusiastic about an activity that you are involved in, think about the reasons you joined and redevelop your interest in it. Or quit. That may sound harsh, but it is an important point. Often, people whine about activities they’re involved in because they have too much on their plates. This is why it’s imperative to
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prioritize which activities mean the most to you and to quit a few if you’re only a part of them just for the sake of saying that you are. It’s okay to talk about having a lot of work once in a while. We wouldn’t be NU students if we weren’t challenging ourselves. But once you overcommit yourself and begin to use it as an excuse to get out of fulfilling responsibilities that you committed yourself to uphold, we have a problem. Notice when you’re complaining and try to figure out the cause of the issue. If you’re not getting anything out of an activity, whether it’s inner satisfaction or something tangible, stop putting time into it. You are not only wasting your time but also anyone else’s who has to listen to you whine about being overcommitted. It’s basic economics: If the costs outweigh the benefits, quit. And stop complaining.
its not hysteria, it is an actual condition. i have several friends at NU with fatal peanut alergies that carry an epi-pen everywhere with them. so J smith gain some freaking empathy and realize that yes, some people actually go into anaphylactic shock around peanuts and could potentially die. — anon In response to: Students praise Northwestern’s first allergy-conscious football game, submitted 10/22/13 This was a very informative article. I like the idea of using art as a way to give pleasure to someone while helping girls in neighborhoods of need with physical fitness, leadership and opportunities they may not experience. Art and helping others is a good way to go! — Laura Harrison In response to: Bottle & Bottega hosts grand opening of Evanston location, submitted 10/22/13
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THE CURRENT Your weekly dose of arts and entertainment • Thursday, October 24, 2013
That’s So Tarson
NU lecturer shares TV writing, acting background BY ALIX KRAMER Shannon Pritchard, graduate student in the MFA Writing for the Screen and Stage program at Northwestern, has nothing but great things to say about Geoffrey Tarson, lecturer in the RTVF department. Pritchard has had classes with Tarson for the past three quarters, which is especially impressive considering this is only his second year teaching at NU. “Geoffrey Tarson hits the perfect combination you want in a teacher,” Pritchard said. “He helps you get better by giving you enough criticism to make you a better writer, but at the same time he’s really open and warm about it. He makes you feel like you’re doing a good job but that it could be better. He’s just great. He’s so smart.” Even though he teaches writing, Tarson started as an actor, graduating with a BA in theater from Binghamton University. He lived in New York and did regional theater after college, but he soon became interested in improv. Tarson participated in a twoperson, cabaret-like, sketch comedy show “Out
On A Whim,” which actually landed him on “America’s Funniest People.” Tarson was also in a short film that aired on “Saturday Night Live.” It was part of a Schiller’s Reel, which was “in some ways a precursor to the shorts they have now,” Tarson said. Tom Schiller, former SNL cast member, would do three or four of these a year, and Tarson was brought on as an actor for one, where he acted as the boyfriend of cast member Melanie Hutsell. Tarson remembers walking by the writers’ room in 30 Rock and peeking in, thinking, “This is where the magic happens.” After moving to Los Angeles to pursue acting for television, he realized the improv that he thrived on in New York didn’t play as well in LA. After taking a class, Tarson turned to television writing. “I caught the last bus, so to speak, of the big TV writing time,” Tarson said. “In the ‘90s it was huge, they added a couple of networks and lots of sitcoms. I got in right before reality shows got big. ... I remember watching ‘Who Wants to Be A Millionaire,’ which was new, and we were all so fascinated, but at the same time we were watching scripted comedy become much more » See gEOFFREY TARSON, page 2
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limited, with fewer shows and smaller staffs.” Tarson said he was very fortunate to have worked for 10 years in TV writing. Notably, he worked on “That’s So Raven” while in LA, which was “very fun and different.” However, he does mention that “That’s So Raven” had the longest hours, where the writers would work until 2 a.m. Even when he moved back to the East Coast with his young son, he continued to write and would fly back and forth between coasts working on pilots he developed for Disney. One of these, “Groove High,” is now airing in Europe, and it is a partially-
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animated, partially-live series with a similar premise as the movie “Fame.” Tarson’s wife is an alumna of NU’s RTVF program. When Tarson saw there was an open teaching position here, he felt like it was a wonderful merging of his wife’s background and his experience with TV. Although he concedes that it’s a big change from his prior careers, Tarson enjoys teaching. Tarson said the students come with an openness to find out what the real experience is like. He feels a responsibility to make sure the information he knows is imparted upon his students and that everyone gets their questions answered in the short time they are
together. Tarson had to “learn on the job” for his TV writing career and is happy to share knowledge about how to pitch and write impressive scripts with the students. “It’s my job to help them improve and tell them what to expect,” Tarson said. Tarson says he would like to continue teaching. “It’s very cool to have different people each year and to ... see real talent,” Tarson said. “I hope I’ll see their names on screen.” Tarson plans to keep writing as well. He’s currently working on a play and is involved with other projects, noting that it’s valuable to experience the pain and challenge that his students experience for
themselves. Communication senior Jon Oliver was in two of Tarson’s classes last year. “Geoff is always really good with pitch fixes,” Oliver said. “In a writing class, you are kinda discouraged from being too prescriptive when giving advice to other writers and told to give general advice instead, but in both of the classes with Geoff, he helped created an environment when pitching fixes was encouraged, and it helped massively. He was always right on point with the perfect pitch within seconds.”
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Columns
On a budget: Tips for beating the midterm blues MarTina BarreraHernandez on-the-budget columnist
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Charlie Oh Audience participation is encouraged in the Northwestern production of “The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee.” Each night, the show will feature four guest spellers, including audience members and people from the NU and Evanston communities, such as Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-Ill.). Communication sophomore Charlie Oh said he finds the unpredictable nature of the show both challenging and exciting. Oh plays the role of 11-year-old Leaf Coneybear, and he spoke with The Current about his experiences with the production.
THE CURRENT: Can you describe your character (Leaf Coneybear) in the show and your approach to playing that character? CHARLIE OH: This is his first time at a (county) spelling bee ever. … He is really trying to figure everything out, and he fails and succeeds at different points in figuring out what’s going on. … In terms of him spelling … I don’t really want to give a lot of that away, but he finds a hidden gift that he did not necessarily know he had. THE CURRENT: Was it fun to go back and play a younger character? CO: That’s such a fun process. Doing the show is a chance to really get in touch with your little kid side all over again. Every time that I go into rehearsal or a show for this, it just feels like I’m getting to go on a really great playdate.
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little bit about the rehearsal process? CO: The rehearsal process has been really, really fun. … Since it’s a spelling bee, the show is the event of a spelling bee, you don’t leave stage until your respective character does or does not get eliminated. So it’s a show where you get to be really actively involved with every single part of the process. … The show also has a really great, big heart. … I think that the process has been really great because we’ve been really finding the balance between leaving the audience laughing and also touching them at the same time. THE CURRENT: What has it been like to work with director Adam Goldstein (Communication ’12)? CO: He’s such a joy to work with. He’s always open to actors bringing in their own ideas and contributing, and he takes what you bring to the rehearsal process, and he runs with it. … In transitioning between those different hats that he wears, as both a director and also as a really great friend, is why I love working with him. I wish I could do every show with Adam Goldstein. THE CURRENT: What’s been the most challenging part about the show? CO: The show brings in a lot of audience volunteers, guest spellers. So preparing for the uncertainty that comes with having audience volunteers and not necessarily knowing
Malala Yousafzai, 16, has caused quite a stir with the recent publication of her autobiography “I Am Malala.” The book tells the story of Yousafzai’s role as an activist for education and women’s rights. A blogger for the BBC, Yousafzai began her career under a pseudonym at age 11, depicting her life under Taliban rule in Pakistan and her personal views on the education of girls in her region. Nominated for several awards, Yousafzai gained great fame in the media for her efforts to support peace. In October 2012, Yousafzai was on the bus returning home from school when she was shot in the head in an attempted assassination by members of the Taliban. After time spent in intensive rehabilitation, Yousafzai was able to beat the odds and survived this brutal attempt at her life. Now the winner of the first National Youth Peace Prize and a recent nominee for the 2013 Nobel Peace Prize, Yousafzai has successfully become one of the most influential people in the world and continues to promote her beliefs about education and women’s rights. Northwestern students give their input on her story: — Chanel Vargas
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what’s going to come next is something that we just have to talk about a lot and be really ready for. … Also, the music for the show … is very deceptively difficult. … The music seems very light and simple and kiddy, but then when you really delve into the music and you go, ‘Oh wow, this is really hard.’ THE CURRENT: What’s been your favorite moment so far? CO: I get to go into the show every night not knowing exactly what’s gonna happen and having room for play and room for experimentation, and that’s just a really great gift as an actor to get to constantly be shaking things up and doing new things. THE CURRENT: What makes the production different or similar to past adaptations of the show? CO: Something that we’ve really focused on in this production is really making these characters not caricatures but really making them their own and bringing ourselves to the roles within the context of the text and the story. ... Our costume designer … watched all of our callbacks and tried to shape our costumes even to fit our individual personalities and what we bring to the roll. I think that we’re really trying to bring some authentic feeling and our individual selves to the production, while still having it be within the framework of a really fun show that everybody wants to come see. annebruce2015@u.northwestern.edu
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CAN YOU USE IT IN A SENTENCE. Charlie Oh plays the role of 11-year-old Leaf Coneybear in “The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee.” The show runs from Friday through Nov. 10 in Louis Theater.
HERE WE GO AGAIN
After the honeymoon period during the first weeks of college comes and goes, life gets hard. Really hard. And really quickly. I found myself needing some uninterrupted me-time — time to light a candle, to take a bubble bath armed with a cup of chai, to stick my hands in chocolate chip cookie dough or to snuggle up with my loving kitty. But what do you do when all of your relaxation tricks don’t translate to college life? If I light a candle in my room, I’ll be the 1,000th person to set off the fire alarm, causing an evacuation and earning the wrath of my fellow Elderites, and if I take a bath in the girls bathroom bathtub, I’ll most certainly end up in quarantine. (Actually though, why do we have a bathtub?) Instead, I was forced to find new ways to clear my head. Here are a few of my favorites: Find the nearest park with a swing set (for those of us on North campus, I recommend Independence Park a little way down Central Street; otherwise Philbrick Park on Sherman Avenue is a safe bet) and see how high you can go. Think of nothing else, and let the cold Evanston air pinch your cheeks and fly. So maybe you can’t make cookies, but you can definitely make something equally as yummy and stress-free, with half as many
“It turns out the fox is very individual.” — Vegard Ylvisaker, half of the comedic duo known as Ylvis, answering the biggest question about the group’s hit song “The Fox.” “It’s my wedding day!!!!!” — Actress Kaley Cuoco (@KaleyCuoco) tweets teasingly just three weeks after her engagement to tennis player Ryan Sweeting. “I like the feel of a book more than an iPad or Kindle. It’s one of the few places where I think you can get lost in your own imagination with a very simple tool. It doesn’t prescribe what the exchange is going to be. Those things that are on a phosphorous screens, you’ve got to look at sidebars, and advertising, and other stuff, and that’s not a creative or imaginative experience.” — Actor Geoffrey Rush in an interview for the upcoming novel-based film “The Book Thief.”
Make yourself a cup of tea and drink it while not doing homework — giving yourself time to breathe is most important. (As an alternative to smelling a candle, feel free to take a deep inhale from your tea. That’s not weird, right?) No matter what you do to destress, the most important part is that you do something. We rarely put our homework aside and breathe for fear of losing 10 minutes of our not-nearly-long-enough day. Just remember: You’re worth it. martinabarrerahernandez2017@u.northwestern.edu
Living for the City: Halloween in Chicago Miranda Leon ON-THE-TOWN columnist
I am officially 40 days into my freshman year here at Northwestern. I must say, living 1,800 miles away from home in Arizona has been quite the life-altering transition. The constantly changing colors of leaves on trees — from green to orange to purple — shock me each day. However, this brand-new scenery does not surprise a West Coast girl like me the most. What I am shocked to find is how I already consider Chicago my home. Each day the buildings, parks and streets of Chicago possess the vibe of one big party where everyone is invited. Halloween is no exception. In fact, in Chicago, Halloween is celebrated for an entire season, not simply a single day. Want to get in on the fun but are not sure how to do so? Do you suffer from the poor, hungry college student blues? Do not let the daunting array of activities or even the cost frighten you away. Whether you enjoy Halloween because it’s only the night when wearing that tacky gold spandex is socially acceptable or have an addiction to funsized candy, there is an inexpensive
“At least in my case, I’m playing two characters that are, kind of, let’s say emotionally infantile. One is like a baby in the way that he reacts to everything. He’s like a child. Then James, the doppelganger character, is the kind of nasty infant that has no conscience. That’s a totally unique aesthetic that he creates.” — Actor Jesse Eisenberg to Esquire magazine regarding his upcoming film “The Double.”
ingredients and a microwave instead of an oven. For my treat, I grabbed the most readily available ingredients in my college pantry: popcorn, Oreos and chocolate. All you need to do is melt the chocolate, drizzle it over the popcorn and sprinkle on some crushed Oreo chunks. Let it set for about 10 minutes and then enjoy your cookies n’ cream popcorn during a homework break. Make sure you use unsalted, unbuttered popcorn — trust me, you’ll hate yourself if you do this with “theater-style” buttered popcorn. Take a shamelessly long nap. Naps make everything better — enough said. Have breakfast (or lunch or dinner) in bed. Maybe that sounds silly, but there is truly nothing better than taking the time to prepare a good breakfast for yourself instead of running out the door with a granola bar. Make some oatmeal, cut up a banana and put it in your yogurt or lather a bagel in honey and peanut butter. Wrap yourself in your comforter burrito style, curl up and enjoy! (Don’t forget to wear your most ridiculous socks!) Go to YouTube and search “Baby owl enjoys being petted” by masterkiter89. You will never see anything more adorable in your entire life. I almost cried.
Chicago-ween event out there for you. Here is my breakdown of the classic Halloween activities everybody loves in Chicago this week: Freaky Deaky V Halloween Costume Party What: Kick off Halloween week at the ultimate Chicago dance costume party emceed by DJ Griz, rapper Danny Brown, Kill Paris and psychedelic L.A. beat-maker Tokimonsta. Where: Aragon Ballroom, 1106 W. Lawrence Ave. (at Winthrop Avenue) Uptown, Chicago When: Oct. 25 at 7 p.m. Price: $29 Fear City Haunted House What: Located in Chicago’s iconic Navy Pier, the Fear City is the premiere haunted house in all of Chicago. If you are looking for the scare of your life, be sure to stop by The Fear night show, an adult-themed attraction. If you are looking for some PG-rated scares, Fear City offers the Fear-less daytime show.
Where: Navy Pier, 600 E. Grand Ave., Chicago When: Fear-less Daytime Show: Oct. 26 and 27 from 12 to 5 p.m. The Fear Night Show: Oct. 24 — 27 and Oct. 30 — 31 from 7 to 11 p.m. Price: Night shows are $20 for general admission. Visit thefearhauntedhouse.com for a $5 off coupon. Daytime shows are $12 for general admission. Visit thefearhauntedhouse. com for a $2 off coupon. Northalsted Halloween Parade What: Dress up in your costume and participate in the 17th annual Northalsted Halloween parade or simply watch thousands of your fellow Chicagoans walk the parade, which moves through Boystown. Where: Halsted Street and Belmont Avenue When: Oct. 31 at 8 p.m. Price: FREE mirandaleon2017@u.northwestern.edu
In case the title was unclear, this is a column about female masturbation. Still with me? Good. In just six short weeks, I’ll be moving to a strange, frigid city where I’ll live by myself in a cheap apartment and probably masturbate a lot. I’ll also microwave convenience store food, take up smoking and befriend the neighborhood cat as I pursue some serious journalistic endeavors a la Lisbeth Salander of “Dragon Tattoo.” So how does a girl keep herself warm on a long, cold, lonely night? Well, it depends on the girl. A 2012 study from the Kinsey Institute found that only 77 percent of women age 20-24 have masturbated, whereas 92 percent of men have done the deed by that point. Women just nearly catch up from age 24-29, when 85 percent of us are playing under the blanket (or in the bathtub, or while watching “Game of Thrones”), but then we see a very disheartening trend: As women get older they masturbate less and less, but men maintain a steady rate until the age of 70. My immediate thought is that women stop touching their own special place when they find a partner to touch it for them — or when it’s been ravaged by childbirth and they’re too tired to touch it anyway. My second thought is that this is a downright shame because, despite what some horrible articles on Askmen.com say, women do not only masturbate because they’re lonely and insecure. We masturbate whenever we want, even when we have a partner, because we know ourselves better (and if we don’t, we should). Single or not, we all need to take some alone time to get in touch with our deepest selves and acquire an arsenal of masturbatory tricks that we can consult for the rest of our lives (I bet we could even keep up with men in that “after 70” bracket). So whether you’re Natalie Portman in “Black Swan” reaching under your pink nightgown for the first time or a seasoned toy collector looking for a new game, here’s some tried and true advice master-bater herself: 1. Get a vibrator. Just do it. You know you’ve thought about it like a hundred times. Just go to one of those sex shops off the Berwyn stop, pick one up and stop fretting about it. I got something called a “Posh Rocket” a few years ago as a reward for landing my first freelance gig, and it was the best $20 I’ve ever spent. Mine’s about 6 inches long with three settings and friendly, pink silicone casing, and I wouldn’t give it up for the world. Take a break from midterms and treat yourself to something nice. 2. If you’re too scared to get a vibrator... Then you’re a coward who’s missing out on the greatest joys of life. But if that’s your deal, I’ve had some excellent experiences with candlesticks. 3. Get in the mindset. Seriously, this is so important. Nothing dries up your mojo like a text from your mom or a reminder about a morning meeting. Turn it off, lock the door and settle into whatever feels good (lingerie, a baggy tee shirt, nothing at all). Tell your housemates you’re doing work and mustn’t be disturbed, play something soothing and get on with all the hollering and moaning you like. tonyastarr14@gmail.com
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Incredible music behind the ‘Static’
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TAKE A BOW. Brian Oblivion and Madeline Follin make up the duo Cults. The band’s new album, “Static,” was released on iTunes on October 11 but lacks the magic that made its first album so unforgettable.
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Members of the indie-pop duo Cults took an unorthodox approach during the creation of their sophomore album “Static,” released on iTunes on Oct. 11 through Columbia Records. Brian Oblivion, multi-instrumentalist, installed broken televisions on the mixing board of the studio. He and Madeline Follin, singer and lyricist, extinguished all lighting and watched the static produced by the televisions while listening to their songs to see if they “felt right.” A year before this, after touring for their eponymously-titled first album, the two decided to take a break, both from their relationship and from the band. Oblivion and Follin explained that touring and producing an identical show
every night became tiring. And many fans may hear the dregs of a oncevivid companionship in “Static.” Some may recall “Bumper,” from their self-titled album and think of the boardwalk-pop that transmuted into the cerebral shimmer of twinkling “Always Forever,” which at times itself evokes “Oh My God.” But, as Oblivion has said, and as the lyrics demonstrate, “Static” is not a breakup album. “You and me, always forever,” Follin cries. But this does not refer to the former relationship; the words are not wishful thinking. Instead, Follin explains her situation with Oblivion — regardless of a relationship, the duo will remain friends in aeternum. “Darling don’t get over the now,” she sings almost unintelligibly. This line, almost imperceptible, dictates the entire direction of the album. “Static” symbolically represents all of the distractions in everyday life that divert attention away from “the
now.” On the echoing resonation of “TV Dream,” Follin and Oblivion produce a sweet recreation of a television commercial. The 1960s sound, lasting only a minute, evokes merchandising amidst a chorus of angelic staccato. “I Can Hardly Make You Mine,” perhaps the catchiest, “poppiest” song on the album, crashes with snare hisses and tom-tom banging. Moviesoundtrack guitar riffs wail in the background, as Follin’s unique voice penetrates. “So I can never give you up ... before the end of a long day and then I wake.” The singer hints at her relationship with Oblivion, “Boy, just bring all your love back to me/ I guess for now this is how it’ll be.” But at the same time she admits, “I know you’re not the one or the only.” Lyrics aside, “I Can Hardly Make You Mine” evolves into a cacophony of distorted guitar and ecstatic drumming. The orgiastic sound reverberates and simmers into a lo-fi snicker, Follin’s
You don’t need a TV to watch great shows tv columnist @devancoggan
Netflix has been making headlines this week after the company announced its membership has reached 40 million worldwide and its earnings have quadrupled. Clearly, the online video provider is here to stay, and Netflix isn’t making all its money streaming old network shows or movies that have been out of the theater for months. Some of the best new shows of the past year were released as Netflix originals, and when fan-favorite “Arrested Development” returned from the dead in May, new episodes didn’t air on Fox, the show’s original home. They went straight to streaming on Netflix. From Netflix and Hulu to YouTube and Amazon, original onlineonly content has never been better. So, check out a few recommendations that prove you can watch the best shows without ever needing a TV.
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WikiLeaks movie “The Fifth Estate” bombs on opening weekend Earning a measly $1.7 million, “The Fifth Estate” debuted last week with one of the worst opening weekends of the entire year. The WikiLeaks movie was widely considered to be potential Oscar fodder, but instead, it fell flat. This, of course, proves that if you’re lucky enough to have someone as gorgeous as Benedict Cumberbatch in your movie, you shouldn’t put him in a gross white wig and cast him as someone as creepy as Julian Assange. That’s the film equivalent of hosting a Bob Dylan concert and asking him to sing nothing but Justin Bieber covers.
“HOUSE OF CARDS” With a star-studded cast including Kevin Spacey, Robin Wright and Kate Mara, “House of Cards” is the model of success for online-only content. The series follows Frank Underwood (Spacey), a manipulative congressman who schemes his way to the top of Washington. David Fincher won an Emmy for directing the pilot, and the entire series holds it own against the best cinematic dramas. The price of a Netflix subscription is worth it just to watch Spacey break the fourth wall in that charming but unsettling Southern accent.
“DR. HORRIBLE’S SING-ALONG BLOG” No list of online-only series would be complete without Joss Whedon’s beloved musical “Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog.” Starring Neil Patrick Harris as an aspiring supervillain, this three-part series first found success streaming online through Hulu and even won an Emmy in 2009. The writing is clever, the music is catchy and the ending will break your heart. What more could you want from an online-only musical about singing supervillains?
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Kanye West, Kim Kardashian engaged after over-the-top stadium proposal Kanye West proposed to Kim Kardashian on Monday by renting out an entire baseball stadium, complete with a full orchestra and a Jumbotron reading, “PLEEEASE MARRY MEEE!!!” Sources close to the happy couple say they are blissfully awaiting the day they can make fun of their less-wealthy friends’ inadequate wedding gifts.
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“ORANGE IS THE NEW BLACK” Just when it seemed like Netflix couldn’t possibly top “House of Cards,” this comedy-drama about a women’s prison took its place as Netflix’s most-watched original series ever. Based on the memoir of a privileged New Yorker who is jailed for drug smuggling, “Orange Is the New Black” derives most of its success from its supporting characters, including a transgender inmate and a drug-addled, Jesusobsessed hillbilly. The series can be both horrifying and hilarious, and after the first season ended with a nail-biting cliffhanger, season two needs to premiere immediately.
voice protruding. But the most memorable song on the album, “So Far,” soars with expansive sound blasting immediately upon arrival. Percussion blasts and shoegaze abounds on the track. Every song on the album is “Static” but “So Far” is Cults. Ultimately, the sophomore attempt lacks many standout songs. Yet the duality, the combination of darker songs with an upbeat focus, in combination with Cults’ timeline, make the album much more salient. Maybe this album was more difficult to create. Maybe the duo is fundamentally altered. But the band that grew from the blog song “Go Outside,” the band that shouldn’t exist if not for a stroke of luck, continues to produce music from, if nothing else, a limitless stubbornness. Cults will always be Cults, whatever that may be.
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“THE GUILD” The brainchild of geek-girl queen Felicia Day, “The Guild” was one of the first online-only shows to prove YouTube could be a successful outlet for an original series. A series of short webisodes, the show follows a group of misfit role-playing gamers as they try to navigate real life, and if future YouTube original series are as witty and engaging as “The Guild,” you won’t ever need a TV again. “THE AWESOMES” Although Hulu original content hasn’t reached Netflix-style success, the online streaming company does have a few noteworthy comedies to its name, including “Quick Draw” and Northwestern alumnus Seth Meyers’ “The Awesomes.” Meyers (Communication ‘96) voices mediocre superhero Professor Doctor Awesome, who tries to unite a team of equally mediocre superheroes, usually with disastrous results. With talented voices like Rashida Jones, Kenan Thompson and Bill Hader, it’s no wonder this animated series got picked up for a second season. devancoggan2015@u.northwestern.edu
NBC makes huge mistake, puts “Parks and Rec” on temporary hiatus Tragically, NBC has announced that Amy Poehler’s brilliant comedy “Parks and Recreation” will essentially be on hiatus until 2014. A few new episodes will air in November, although thanks to the schedule shuffling, the Halloween episode will air two weeks late. Although, honestly? That won’t be so bad, seeing as most of us forget to throw out our jack-o-lanterns until mid-November anyway. Brooklyn rejects proposal to rename street after Notorious B.I.G. Despite efforts in Brooklyn to rename a street “Christopher Wallace Way” after the rapper Biggie Smalls, community board members have rejected the proposal. Among other concerns, they cited his criminal history, derogatory attitude toward women and physical size, which is a shame. Just think about how awesome it would be to list your address as “Biggie Boulevard” on all official documents. — Devan Coggan
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Israeli scholar delivers Crown lecture By olivia exstrum
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Noted Israeli professor, philosopher and intellectual Moshe Halbertal spoke to a packed house of Northwestern students and faculty and Evanston residents Wednesday night as part of the Renee and Lester Crown Speaker Series. Sponsored by the Crown Family Center for Jewish and Israel Studies, the series kicked off last year with a talk from author Nathan Englander. Halbertal is a professor at the New York University School of Law and a professor of philosophy at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He is the author of seven books, as well as the co-author of another, and spoke Wednesday on the identity of Israel as a Jewish democratic state. “Being a scholar, being a philosopher in Israel is an opportunity to reflect on our most important questions facing Israel as a country, as a state,� Halbertal said. “I think still the main question that we face is our identity as a Jewish democratic state. What does it mean?� Halbertal began his lecture by stating that there are two definitions of the Jewish democratic state: a definition of religion and a definition of nationality. There are five main factors that contribute to the future of a Jewish democratic state, he said: first, the position of the Orthodox community in Israel; second, the growth of a vibrant secular community; third, the immigration from the Soviet Union; fourth, the place of the Arab minority in Israel; and
fifth, the place of Israeli issues today. Halbertal then moved on to the issue of neutrality, which he said is “not the condition of democracy.� “States cannot be neutral even if they want to,� he said. “Neutrality cannot be a condition of democracy or liberalism of any state because states, in essence, are not neutral.� Halbertal pointed to two conditions for genuine democracy and liberalism: a state must respect and give equal rights to its minorities and it must recognize these rights the minority groups deserve. “I am saying this for the sake of Judaism, not just the sake of democracy,� he said. In the list-centric style that he employed throughout the lecture, Halbertal concluded by explaining the four principles of Israel he believes were essential to it being a Jewish state. The speech was followed by a question-and-answer session with the audience and a dessert reception. Law and religious studies Prof. Barry Wimpfheimer, director of the Crown Center, was responsible for selecting Halbertal as one of this year’s speakers. “He is an extremely well-known intellectual in the Jewish studies world,� Wimpfheimer said. He added that Halbertal’s unique approach to academic inquiry was a factor in his selection. “This is the type of person you want to bring in,� said Wimpfheimer. Halbertal was well received by his audience. Penny Fields, of Rogers Park, said reading about Halbertal convinced her to attend the event. Fields asked a question concerning education in Israel during the Q-and-A following the event.
Northwestern’s tough fall schedule concludes with a trip to the West Coast this weekend. The Wildcats have taken on some of the best teams in the country so far this season and have held their own with two fourth-place finishes and a fifth. However, this weekend may be the toughest of them all as nine top-25 teams in the latest Golfweek rankings, including four of the top five, will tee it up with the Cats at the Stanford Intercollegiate from Friday to Sunday. Although NU hasn’t had much success against the top 25, beating only two of the eight ranked squads it has faced this season, the Cats are ranked 23rd by Golfweek and hold a 32-10 overall record. NU has not finished behind anyone outside the top 50. That streak should stay intact this weekend as only three squads
On the state of issues surrounding Israel’s government and education policies, Fields emphasized the importance of a younger Israeli voice. “I really believe that if you don’t get to youth, you don’t get anything,� she said. The Crown Family Center will host its next event, a film showing of “The Last Flight of Petr Ginz� at 7 p.m., Nov. 12 at Norris University Center.
not inside the top 50 will be in the field. Sophomore Kaitlin Park leads the Cats with a 73.56 scoring average, and junior Hana Lee is not too far behind with a 74.11 average, which includes a team-best three rounds of par or better. The duo comprises two of the three NU players with a top-10 finish, the other being sophomore Suchaya Tangkamolprasert, who finished in a tie for ninth last time in the Windy City Collegiate Classic. The Cats’ other two starters, freshman Kacie Komoto and sophomore Elizabeth Szokol, both have top-30 finishes to their credit and are averaging less than 76 shots per round. Senior Devon Brown will also make the trip with NU and compete as an individual after a respectable 46th place finish in her only other tournament of the season, the Windy City Collegiate.
Evanston Township High School announced Wednesday that its class of 2013 set an all-time record for highest average composite score on the ACT. The seniors earned a mean score of 23.9 out of 36 on the college readiness exam, according to ETHS, 1600 Dodge Ave. “We are raising expectations, and we have taken a multifaceted approach to creating a school-wide culture of academic achievement for all students at ETHS,� District 202 Superintendent Eric Witherspoon said in a news release. “We are seeing significant results, and our students, their teachers, our administrators and staff deserve so much credit for making these big strides.� The ACT debuted a new way of calculating schools’ average composite scores for the 2012-13 school year, for the first time counting students who take the test with special accommodations. The record was first shared Monday night at a D202 board meeting. — Patrick Svitek
Across Campuses Former UC police officer in pepper spray case receives workers’ comp
Police said Tuesday an Evanston Township High School student lied to them about a man threatening him with a gun. “EPD working with ETHS staff have confirmed that a false report was made by a student last week about a man with a gun near the school,� the Evanston Police Department tweeted. Police said the student told them two men confronted him Friday afternoon as he left ETHS and tried to set up a fight at another location. While one of the men spoke, he flashed the butt of a handgun underneath his shirt, according to the student. The student’s mother reported the incident 40 minutes later, police said. EPD Cmdr. Diane Davis said the student “exaggerated� the story and no weapon was ever displayed. She did not have any further information on how police learned the report was false.
LOS ANGELES — The University of California is being required to pay $38,055 in workers’ compensation to the former University of California, Davis police officer who received worldwide notoriety for pepper spraying campus protesters two years ago. John Pike had filed for the compensation, claiming he suffered depression and anxiety after death threats resulting from the incident. Pike was fired in July 2012, after being on paid administrative leave for eight months. “This case has been resolved in accordance with state law and processes on workers’ compensation,� UC Davis spokesman Andy Fell said in a statement. The settlement was approved by an administrative law judge last week. A psychiatrist in the case rated Pike’s disability as moderate and said the former officer faced “significant emotional upheavals.� In an online video that went viral, Pike was shown spraying the seated demonstrators close to their faces while they offered no resistance. The Nov. 18, 2011, spraying provoked outrage on campus and around the UC system, and a public task force investigation found that Pike’s action was unwarranted. Settling a civil lawsuit, the UC system last year agreed to pay damages of $30,000 to each of the 21 UC Davis students and alumni who were pepper sprayed during the otherwise peaceful protest related to the Occupy movement.
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said. “If Northwestern was serious about native studies, this would be the time to start really thinking about that, but instead if this committee comes out and says that they can’t find a direct order that John Evans ordered the massacre, it seems like a lot of these contemporary issues are going to be pushed aside.” Megan Bang (SESP ‘08) attended the event because she said she has been thinking about the underrepresentation of Native Americans at NU since she was a student here half a decade ago. “I would like the question about what is Northwestern’s relationship and responsibility to Native American peoples to be a more central question,” she said. “It’s admissions. It’s intellectual space in the University, as well. It’s not just an affirmative action kind of thing. It’s not just a representational kind of thing.”
Bang added that she would like to see representatives from the Cheyenne and Arapaho communities represented on the committee. Although many audience members expressed disappointment regarding the lack of effort demonstrated by the University to reconcile Evans’ involvement in the Massacre, history Prof. Peter Hayes, a member of the committee, said Evans’ role, if he had any, is still unclear. “We don’t know John Evans was involved in the Sand Creek Massacre,” he said. “If we knew John Evans gave the orders for the Sand Creek Massacre, this job would be easy. All of the evidence is circumstantial.” Smith said the event was exactly what the committee wanted: an opportunity to share its findings and receive feedback. He said he was not surprised by the environment. “It is so deeply charged as a historical and political and personal event that it would be surprising for me if people did not have this deep and sincere feeling,” he said after the
event. “It has been in many ways a wrong that has been unresolved for now almost 150 years, and it did irreversible damage to a significant number of people.” Feinberg and reliIt is so gious studies Prof. Laurie Zoloth con- deeply charged cluded Wednesday’s as a historical event by thanking and political the students who first submitted the and personal proposal, calling it “a event. courageous act.” “I didn’t know Carl Smith, about Sand Creek, English and history and I’m ashamed of professor that,” she said. “You have already done a enormous amount for this campus, one of them being the education of many faculty.”
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More jobs, less crime Almost a year after a rash of gun violence claimed three young lives in Evanston, Tisdahl said the city could still be doing more to provide job opportunities for at-risk youth. “We have produced some results that are good, and we’re not where we want to be from
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As the only Northwestern student studying both jazz and journalism, Tukes said he knows firsthand about being a minority. He also said his work for Pulse magazine and for his own band have prepared him for his new position. “A lot of what I’m doing as vice president of diversity and inclusion are things that I do every day, just on a smaller scale,” he said. Tukes said he is prepared for the challenges the position presents. “What I would try to do and will do is create safe spaces,” he said. “Yes, this will be emotional, yes, this can be touchy, yes, you might be offended, but let’s at least approach this and work through that because that’s the only way we’re going to get past it.” Jeanne Kuang contributed reporting. sophiabollag2016@u.northwestern.edu The Evanston brothers were killed inside their downtown tobacco shop in July, and their family says it is frustrated with the lack of public developments in the case. However, Tisdahl reiterated her confidence in city police, saying they are doing a “very, very good job” working to get to the bottom of the brothers’ deaths.
From page 1 police officer asked them to move on would be a mistake,” Tisdahl said. “I think we’re working hard to have our police department have a better relationship with the community, and that would not help.” Instead, Tisdahl suggested seeking a Cook County grant to install cameras on Church Street and Dodge Avenue, establishing “safe routes” for students traveling to and from ETHS. The mayor said her youth council supports the idea, though she stressed she would not move ahead with it before consulting every member of the ETHS community. “You can’t just go into somebody’s neighborhood and say, ‘I know better than you. This is what is good for you and this is what we’re going to do,’” Tisdahl told the reporters. “Democracy doesn’t work that way, and Evanston, Illinois, surely doesn’t work that way.”
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town-gown Evanston Mayor Elizabeth Tisdahl speaks with reporters during a wide-ranging interview Wednesday evening. She credited University President Morton Schapiro with helping to improve town-gown relations over the past few years.
my perspective,” she told the reporters. Tisdahl noted the Mayor’s Summer Youth Employment Program served about 340 young people this year, up more than 100 from last year’s count. The program hopes to attract more than 500 participants next year, she said. Despite the program’s progress, Tisdahl acknowledged gun violence remains an issue in
the city, with three shooting deaths so far this year. Cardereon Preister, 21, was shot to death last month outside his home near ETHS. An Evanston teen was charged about two weeks later with killing Preister in retaliation for a botched deal involving drugs, money and a gun over the summer. Tisdahl singled out the fatal shootings of Azim and Mobeen Hakeem as “completely inexplicable.”
Tisdahl also discussed how her job description has changed since she was elected to the part-time position in 2009, starting with having to advocate more than ever for Evanston in Springfield and Washington, D.C. She listed several efforts within the past few years to bring state and federal dollars to the city, including an $18 million grant for affordable housing and a federally qualified health center that will soon move into a permanent location on Hartrey Avenue. “The mayor’s job has changed as economics have changed,” Tisdahl said. “I’ve certainly had to go knocking on doors — the federal government and the state government — asking for help for the city.” Asked what she thought of the idea of a fulltime mayor in Evanston, Tisdahl laughed. “I think I am,” she replied. patricksvitek2014@u.northwestern.edu
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By david lee
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Northwestern (13-8, 5-4 Big Ten) showed immense mental toughness Wednesday night as it overcame an enormous 0-2 hole to emerge victorious over conference rival Illinois (8-11, 4-5) in a five-set thriller. The Wildcats’ first two sets were plagued with poor front-row execution. Their mistimed blocking allowed several Fighting Illini to dominate the pace of the game. Outside hitter Liz McMahon was hitting .400 with 10 kills after two sets. Middle blockers Maddie Mayers and Anna Dorn found similar success with .556 and .571 hitting percentages, respectively. “(The Fighting Illini) run a very high ball offense,” coach Keylor Chan said. “It’s very unique in the Big Ten, and our timing was off.” Blocking is especially important against a team as tall as Indiana. Dorn and Mayers are 6 foot 3 inches and 6 foot 4 inches, respectively. McMahon towers an extra two inches over Mayers. Indiana’s hitters seemed to be finding every hole and seam in the Cats’ block and convincingly took the first two sets. Going into the intermission, NU was reeling from a traumatic five-set losing streak , stemming from the Penn State game Sunday. Right side attacker Katie Dutchman, in particular, was having one of the worst outings of her three-year career against Illinois. She was set 21 times, but came out of the second set with only a .095 hitting percentage. “Our coach came into the locker room and kind of got on us a little bit,” Dutchman said. “He got on a few players and really lit a fire under us because we really weren’t standing up to them enough, so we came back out and we realized that we could play a lot better.” After being outplayed during the
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swimmers will go. “I’m trying to put myself in the other coach’s shoes and figure out where he’s going to use his best guys,” Schroeder said. “My guess is his best guys are going to swim three individuals and one relay, and they’re not deep enough to go after both relays. Right now, I’m assuming they’re going to go after the medley relay, so we’re going to make sure we have a really good one for that.” Since it’s the Homecoming meet for the Hilltoppers, the Cats are preparing themselves for a loud, rowdy crowd along the pool and hope to get off to a fast start. “We want to blow out the first couple of events, so we can quiet the crowd,” Smith said. “It’s always fun to beat someone at their home if they’ve got a big and boisterous crowd.” Stephens, who will race early in Friday’s meet, said there’s nothing cooler than silencing a big crowd. “With that medley relay that we have, Jordan in the 1,000 and our group in the 200, it’s definitely going to be a one-two-three punch,” Stephens said of sophomore Jordan Wilimovsky. “Hopefully we can shut them up real quick.”
The freshmen on the Wildcats’ roster are talented, but they can’t carry the team. The Cats were disappointed Saturday when they placed 34th of 37 teams at the prestigious Wisconsin Adidas Invitational in Madison. Senior Libby Kocha was Northwestern’s first runner across the finish line, placing 135th in the field of 288 runners and clocking a time of 21 minutes and 20 seconds for the 6K course. NU’s next three finishers were all freshmen. Although Kocha was excited because her 6K time on Saturday was a personal record, she said the Cats could have run better as a unit. “The team is disappointed as a whole about where we placed because we are definitely better than some of the teams that beat us,” Kocha said. “But everyone gave it their best shot.” Coach April Likhite said the meet did not go the way she had planned. Kocha was the only runner who finished in the position Likhite had expected. Injured upperclassmen have forced the Cats to rely heavily on their freshmen. Although the freshmen on the team are fast and talented, they lack the experience that they need at this competitive point in the season. “We’re just really young right now,” Likhite said. “The good thing is that our freshmen realize, even though they were second, third and fourth, despite where they finish for the team they need to finish further up in the race. That’s a valuable lesson they took from it.” With senior Michelle Moriset and some other runners still out of commission, the Cats will need to find replacements to race in the Big Ten Championships at Purdue in two weeks. Likhite said she is reevaluating where she hopes the team will finish, which will depend largely on who is chosen to compete that day. This Friday at the Illini Open in Champaign, NU’s reserve squad will get the opportunity to race. Likhite is looking out for runners who perform particularly well this weekend and will consider including them on her Big Ten Championships team. “We haven’t totally finalized who those girls are going to be,” Likhite said. “What we need are girls that can race under pressure and race well. We’ve got a group of them going into this meet Friday with that mindset.” Sophomore Jessie Baloga is one of the contenders for a spot on the Cats’ Big Ten squad. Baloga thinks she has a good chance of making the team and feels ready to race Friday. “I think I just have to run a really aggressive race,” Baloga said. “Our coach is looking for runners who can really follow the plan and attack the race and just go above and beyond what she expects.” Attitudes like Baloga’s are what will help the underclassmen overcome their inexperience. Kocha said she has faith in the younger runners. Despite all the injuries, she thinks her team can push through and succeed in its last few meets. Likhite is doing what she can to make sure she has the most prepared team possible. “You never know what can happen the day of the championship,” she said. “Right now we’re just trying to regroup going into the next couple of weeks, tweaking some of our workouts, hoping we can get their bodies to a good place so that we can walk away with a good Big Ten Championship.”
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hit it home Senior outside hitter Stephanie Holthus slams the ball over Illinois on Wednesday night. The Wildcats came from behind to win three consecutive sets and seal the 3-2 victory over the Fighting Illini in Welsh-Ryan Arena. Northwestern zoomed ahead off the fuel of 28 Holthus kills. Illinois
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first two sets, NU came out on fire during the third set behind smart serving from redshirt sophomore libero Caroline Niedospial. The Cats rushed to a quick 9-2 start and rode it to a decisive 25-19 victory to stay in the match. Chan also made several changes to the rotation during the third set that sparked the team. The first was having Niedospial stay in and serve instead of freshman serving specialist Abbie Kraus. The second was to sub junior attacker Yewande Akanbi
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for struggling Our outside hitter Kayla Morin in coach came the front row. “(Kraus and into the locker Morin) were room and kind working hard,” of got on us a Chan said. “It little bit ... and just wasn’t their night. That’s really lit a fire why you have under us. a team.” Playing Katie Dutchman, with renewed junior right side passion and an attacker astoundingly tight block, NU parlayed its third set victory into an electrifying three-set run. When asked how the team dug itself out of such a large hole, Chan had a short explanation.
“Play like you did in those last three sets,” he said. During the Cats’ comeback, star outside hitter Stephanie Holthus passed Erika Lange (2000-2003) on NU’s all-time kills list, climbing to the second position. The senior finished the game with 1,628 career kills and only needs 38 more kills to reach the top spot. Holthus echoed Chan and was quick to point the attention away from herself and toward the rest of the team. “It’s amazing, don’t get me wrong,” she said. “But I have to pass a lot of credit on to my team. We’re playing really well right now, and it’s really allowing me to take some good, aggressive swings.” davidlee2017@u.northwestern.edu
Men’s Swimming
Cats face tough road meet in Kentucky Northwestern vs. Western Kentucky
By john paschall
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Northwestern will go from the hunter to the hunted Friday when the team travels to face Western Kentucky. Last week, NU avenged its last year’s loss against Eastern Michigan. Now, the Hilltoppers are looking to return the favor to the Cats, who edged out Western Kentucky in the final race in Evanston last season. NU has had its fair share of road We want to losses in the past couple blow out the of seasons, first couple of only totali ng t wo events, so we away wins can quiet the since 2011. crowd. The squad will need Tim Smith, to reverse senior this trend breaststroker by using the momentum it gained in its dominant performance in the home opener. Senior Chase Stephens said the key to success on the road is making the new setting feel like home. “When you’re traveling to a meet, it’s really difficult to create your own environment to be focused in,” he said. “Creating your own environment to
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ready to rip Northwestern hopes to blow Western Kentucky out of the water Friday in the Hilltoppers’ Homecoming meet. Senior Chase Stephens said the Wildcats will attempt to create their own home environment and silence the expected large crowd with early NU victories.
succeed is what we need to do. It’ll be interesting to see how we do that Friday.” The Cats are leaving for Bowling Green, Ky., a day early in hopes that they will be fresher off the blocks than if they took a bus straight from Evanston on the same day as the meet. Senior Tim Smith said the team might still feel the effects of the long journey to Kentucky and has to spend extra time getting ready. “Prepare more than you think,” Smith said. “That means doing longer warmups than you think. Even if
you don’t feel it, you’ll probably feel it in the race.” The Cats believe they will have a lot of competition in each event. But they can make up for that loss if the depth can come through. Both teams’ top times are pretty even, but Smith said if NU can put purple caps in second, third and fourth places, the Cats will be in good shape. Coach Jarod Schroeder said he might make a few tweaks to his lineup for Friday depending on where he thinks Western Kentucky’s best