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NU acknowledges disafilliation of Chabad House

Northwestern emailed students Wednesday to confirm its decision to disaffiliate with Tannenbaum Chabad House and Rabbi Dov Hillel Klein almost a month after Klein alerted students of the decision on Yom Kippur.

Patricia Telles-Irvin, vice president for student affairs, wrote in the email that the Sept. 11 decision to disaffiliate resulted from “concerns about reported alcohol use and abuse” and a University investigation that found “excessive consumption of alcohol by students” at Chabad House.

Though Klein told The Daily last month that alcohol was consumed at Chabad House, he maintained that he did not violate University policy.

“We’re not about alcohol,” Klein said to The Daily in September. “We’re about God. We’re about fellowship. We’re about faith, spirituality, joy and teaching.”

He explained he did not break any Illinois laws, which make an exception for serving alcohol to people under the age of 21 for religious purposes. However, NU alcohol policy in the student handbook does not make the same exception.

Following the University’s decision to disaffiliate, Lubavitch-Chabad of Illinois, acting on behalf of Klein and Chabad House, filed a discrimination complaint in federal district court against NU, Telles-Irvin and University Chaplain Timothy Stevens. The complaint was filed after Klein said the University failed to provide evidence that Chabad violated University policy. It argues that the University is discriminating against the Jewish faith by dismissing him without due process.

Telles-Irvin wrote in her email that NU did not alert the student body of the disaffiliation until Wednesday due to the ongoing litigation and Jewish holidays.

Many members of the NU community spoke against the decision, citing Klein’s decades of service in the community. A supportive Facebook page had more than 400 likes as of Wednesday.

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New revenue would be used to restore state Medicaid budget

By AMANDA GILBERT

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Customers who swiped their credit or debit cards on a tampered pin pad may have exposed their personal information, including PIN numbers, to criminals.

Barnes & Noble advised consumers who used a card at any of the 63 named stores to check their statements and change debit card PIN numbers.

The company is also working with banks and payment card issuers to identify accounts that have been compromised by the tampering, according to the release.

Weinberg junior Brian Earl, a former Barnes & Noble employee in Wisconsin, said he last visited the Evanston location in late September.

Upon hearing about the breach, Earl said he checked his bank statements online, where he found no suspicious activity.

Evanston smokers may start paying $1 extra for a pack of cigarettes if a new proposal from the Cook County board president passes.

Members of the Illinois General Assembly agreed to the proposal, which taxes cigarettes at It could $1.98 a pack.

That amount decrease is 98 cents the number more than the current tax. of people State offisuffering and cials say Illinois hopes dying from to earn $350 cancer. million with Heather Eagleton, this proposal.

Cook County American board presiCancer Society dent Toni spokeswoman Preckwinkle said money generated from the tax increase would be used to restructure the state’s Medicaid budget.

Preckwinkle’s proposal has earned the support of the American Cancer Society’s Cancer Action Network. The group said the tax would enable a decline in smoking by 7 percent among young people and would prevent around 18,000 kids from becoming addicted smokers.

Heather Eagleton, American Cancer Society director of public policy and government relations, said the society supports this decision because of the promise it offers.

» See HACK, page 7

» See TAX, page 6

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CREDIT CARD CRIME An Evanston resident pays for his books Wednesday evening at the local Barnes & Noble. Several stores in the bookstore franchise, including the Evanston location and others in the Chicago area, were subject to a PIN pad hack that resulted in stolen customer information.

Bookstore’s PIN pads hacked Evanston’s Barnes & Noble one of several locations affected

By MANUEL RAPADA

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E vanston’s Barnes & Noble store is one of 63 locations found to have a tampered PIN pad, potentially compromising the credit and debit card information of customers .

Although the tampering occurred during the summer, Barnes & Noble notified the public about the “sophisticated criminal effort” Wednesday in a news release.

All of the bookstore chain’s PIN pads had been disconnected by Sept. 14 . Only one PIN pad was sabotaged in each of the 63 compromised locations.

Nearly two-thirds of these stores were located in California, Florida or New York . All in all, stores in nine states had hacked PIN pads .

Barnes & Noble locations Customers in Chicago who swiped were also affected, their credit or according debit cards on to a list released a tampered by the pin pad may company. have exposed Barnes their personal & Noble said it information ... to completed an intercriminals. nal investigation, inspecting PIN pads in every store. The company is also working with federal law enforcement officials on the incident .

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Illinois early voting option attracts few NU students NU Votes emphasizes registration, not casting ballots before election

By SOPHIA BOLLAG

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Although early voting in Illinois began Monday, few Northwestern students say they plan to take advantage of it.

Early voting in Illinois will continue through Nov. 3. Of the 1,003 students who registered to vote through NU Votes , a Center for Civic Engagement initiative, more than 60 percent registered to vote in Cook County and are eligible to cast their ballots as of this week.

Communication sophomore Christopher Romero is registered to vote in Cook County and said the

distance from campus to the closest early voting location deterred him from going to the polls before Election Day. “The closest early voting location in Evanston is the Evanston Civic Center, which is like a mile away, and the closest location for voting on the actual Election Day is literally across the street at Alice Millar Chapel,” he said. “Even though it’s later on, I’d rather walk across the street than walk a mile to vote early.”

He said he did not know of any other students registered in Illinois who plan to vote early in Evanston.

SESP sophomore and Illinois voter Camryn Castle also said he will vote on Election Day. “I figured it would be more convenient for me to vote on Election Day, but to be honest, I haven’t looked into early voting,” he said.

NU Votes program coordinator and SESP senior Becca Portman said

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the initiative has not been encouraging students to vote early.

“It definitely hasn’t been an NU Votes priority,” she said. “We are focused on registration.”

However, NU Votes has encouraged students to vote during graceperiod registration. Grace-period registration is a form of early voting that allows citizens to vote even if they missed the voter registration deadline, as long as they go to the polls by Nov. 3, according to the county clerk’s website. Additionally, NU Votes plans to launch a social networking outreach campaign that will encourage students to vote on Election Day, Portman said.

Portman said in her experience, most students she knows are not planning to vote early. She said she thought students were “excited to pull the lever on Election Day,” an » See EARLY VOTE, page 6

How Many Voted Early?

Hundreds casted their votes this weekend at the Evanston Civic Center. How many were there? = 100 voters

Oct. 22 495

Oct. 23 610

Oct. 24 550

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Around Town Clerk recognized as ‘Rookie of the Year’

By Susan Du

daily senior staffer

City clerk Rodney Greene has been named Rookie of the Year by the Municipal Clerks of Illinois, Evanston Mayor Elizabeth Tisdahl announced at Monday’s city council meeting.

Evanston city clerk for four years, Greene isn’t often called a “rookie,� but because the criteria for “Rookie of the Year� applies to clerks who have been in office for five years or less, Greene was eligible for nomination.

The municipal clerks group traditionally gives the award to a city, town or village clerk who has “resolved a difficult problem, provided strong leadership during a crisis or brought new vitality and professionalism to a community,� MCI president Petie Ruch said.

The award aims to encourage municipal clerks to stay in the position by recognizing their work.

Clerks are nominated by peers, citizens or other elected officials. “It was somewhat of a surprise for me, but a good surprise,� Greene said. “I feel very honored and humble because the thing is you don’t know exactly how you affect people with your daily work, and something like this shows that you made a positive effect on someone. It makes you feel good to know

you’re doing your job and you’re doing it to the best of your ability.�

Greene said he was recognized specifically for implementing the real-estate transfer tax form, which allows those who work in Evanston yet live in Chicago to go online, submit the form and obtain their real-estate transfer tax stamp.

The real-estate transfer tax applies to transferring property titles and specifies that if a transferred property is subject to a mortgage, that mortgage is not part of the basis for taxation.

Greene added that he was also nominated for “creating an atmosphere of cooperation and trust among the employees of the Civic Center� and for allowing elderly residents to move forward in line when they turned up at the center for early voting.

An anonymous city staff member nominated Greene for the Rookie of the Year award, which is in its third year. His recognition marks the first time the MCI has granted the award to an Evanston clerk, Ruch said. Previous winners are the clerks of Maple Park and Hoffman Estates. “We didn’t really have an award for clerks who are just beginning in the profession,� Ruch said of the MCI board’s decision to establish the award. “And this would be a way to honor a clerk each year at our annual meeting.�

Greene keeps the arrowhead-shaped award on his desk as a reminder of why he works as a city clerk.

The phone wires of Union Pizzeria, 1245 Chicago Ave., were cut amid a string of reports of cut phone and cable wires across the city. The wires were cut between 2 p.m. Sunday and 5:45 a.m.

Monday. The phone wires of Blind Faith Cafe, 525 Dempster St., were also cut between Sunday night and Monday morning.

There have been at least seven additional reports of phone and cable wires cut at private residences and businesses since Sunday, Evanston

Police Cmdr. Jay Parrott said.

He said EPD believes the acts are related to a rash of punctured car tires that also occurred in the past week in Evanston. There have been about 20 reports of punctured car tires since Friday. EPD is checking video surveillance in the affected areas.

NU student arrested in connection with alcohol violation

A 20-year-old Weinberg sophomore was arrested early Tuesday morning in connection with violation of Evanston’s alcohol ordinance.

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clerical commendation City clerk Rodney Greene shows off his Rookie of the Year award. Greene was recognized by the Municipal Clerks of Illinois.

“My philosophy is that the best customer is a happy customer, but really what I think about is to do the best I can for everybody who walks through my door so they leave with a genuine feeling that they have been listened to and they got what they needed,� he said.

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The student was arrested at 4:05 a.m. Tuesday at 817 Emerson St. He was charged with possession of alcohol as a minor and possession of a fraudulent ID after police observed him walking down Emerson Street with a wine bottle.

When the student saw the arresting officer, he attempted to hide the wine bottle in a bush, Parrott said.

The student is scheduled to appear in court Dec. 7. – Ciara McCarthy

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On Campus

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With the new chief-of-staff position, it will allow all of the ASG executive board to focus on their core duties.

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Hillel speaker discusses sustainable community

By Olga Gonzalez LATAPI

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A founding member of a green community in Israel spoke to Northwestern students Wednesday about his commitment to promoting sustainability and ecotourism.

Alex Cicelsky, who lives in Kibbutz Lotan in Israel, addressed about 20 students in University Hall, focusing on his community’s transformation into a “real oasis.” Before the creation of the kibbutz in Israel, the land was undeveloped and deserted, he said. Now, it features 60 homes, a college campus and a bird-watching center, all built with green technology.

“With the building of the kibbutz, we are fulfilling the dream of making the world bloom,” Cicelsky said.

Today, 200 people live within the collective community and have made the green kibbutz grow. Kibbutz Lotan, he said, is best known for constructing the first recycling center in Israel.

He said the kibbutz offers courses in composting and the use of recycled garbage and mud in the construction of houses and buildings. The main course in green technology lasts six weeks and is organized annually.

Cicelsky calls the objective of the project “Ecology in a Jewish Community Setting.” He

University announces new dental health plan

The Office of Risk Management announced a new dental health plan Tuesday that will be available for open enrollment starting Nov. 15.

The plan is underwritten by Cigna and will serve as a replacement for the Aetna plan that was withdrawn from the student health insurance program at the end of last year.

“Unfortunately, of the 1,600 people enrolled in the Aetna plan last year, only 400 opted for the

said although most volunteers are part of the Jewish community, he encourages non-Jewish individuals to get involved with the kibbutz. He said people of all ages can volunteer there and learn about the green methods that are applied in construction and ecotourism.

Medill junior Samm Rosenblum organized the event and said it was very important in “demonstrating this special aspect of Israel.”

She added that most people do not know about green communities or the role of a kibbutz in Israel.

Rosenblum, an Israel education intern for Hillel, said she views the event as an opportunity for all kinds of students to learn about the different actions communities in Israel are taking to make the world a greener place. Members of green-focused student groups such as SEED, ECO and Wild Roots worked with Rosenblum to organize the talk.

Rosenblum organized this event, she said, partly because of her personal interest in Kibbutz Lotan. She said she visited it while she was traveling in Israel and found it to be an interesting and “unique” community.

SESP senior Jennie van den Boogaard, one of the event attendees, said the talk had both local and national importance.

“So little of what these candidates talk about is the environment,” she said, referring to the November presidential election. dental plan,” said Christopher Johnson, director of the Office of Risk Management. “That’s just not economically viable.”

Instead of a full dental health plan, Aetna had offered a discount plan that “doesn’t provide nearly the quality of benefits,” Johnson said.

“We heard students object to the fact that there wasn’t a fully insured plan, so my friends in the benefits division at Human Resources went out and did some extensive research and were able to identify these plans,” Johnson said.

The new plan from Cigna includes PPO and HMO options. PPO, or Preferred Provider Organization, has

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seeing green Alex Cicesky, director of research and development at Kibbutz Lotan Center for Creative Ecology, explains how the kibbutz is a settlement geared toward sustainable living.

Boogaard said she hopes that projects like those done by the kibbutz will spur actions that expand green methods across the world, adding that NU students have a responsibility to promote sustainability on campus. She said it is everyone’s role to get involved with green

methods and apply these techniques daily.

“As a citizen of this country and of this world, we all need to start thinking in more sustainable terms,” she said.

16 participating dentists in Evanston, while HMO, or Health Maintenance Organization, has four participating dentists. Other differences between the two options include variations in coverage and costs.

Additionally, the new dental plan differs from the Aetna plan in that the Cigna plan is open to all students, whereas the Aetna plan was only offered to students already enrolled in University health insurance. Students who had already opted for Aetna’s discount plan can drop that plan and switch to the Cigna plan at no extra cost.

“The students who enrolled in the discount plan paid a $25 fee,” Johnson said. “If they want to

drop it to go into either of these plans Aetna will fully refund that $25 fee. It’s a win-win.”

With the withdrawal of the Aetna dental plan due to lack of participation, Johnson said it is important that a minimum of 200 students enroll in the new plan.

“The main caveat is that for this to succeed this year at least 200 students have to enroll to make it financially viable,” Johnson said.

The plan will be implemented for a nine-month period starting Dec. 1 and ending Aug. 31.

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Obama, Romney should make gun control an issue ARABELLA WATTERS

DAILY COLUMNIST

The American people seem to have an inability to embrace modernity. Particularly glaring is our inaction with regards to strict gun control legislation. The three presidential debates have come and gone and still nothing substantial on gun control has been proposed.

This should be a bigger issue than it is.

I understand that President Barack Obama faced a major obstacle these past two years.

Our president faced a Republican majority in the House, which basically means his appeals would have fallen on deaf ears. I concede it would have been very difficult for President Obama to pass anything that declared war on the Second Amendment. Both he and Mitt Romney have stated their support for the right to bear arms. Unfortunately, the Second Amendment was written when militias ran rampant and the most fearsome firearm was a manually loaded musket. Our country is moving forward, and the Second Amendment is an anachronistic piece of the Constitution

that’s tying us down. Americans obviously don’t have the discretion or judgment to figure out when they should and shouldn’t fire high powered assault weapons. I don’t think equality has any place in gun ownership. The bottom line should be about safety, and as long as anyone who wants to is able to hold a weapon, we simply aren’t safe.

Given Romney’s penchant for flip-flopping, I expected no less, but from Obama I’m disappointed. As a president who has been in office for some of the most violent public shootings in the history of our country, he has done a disgustingly little amount to remedy the problem. Instead, in 2010, Obama overturned 94 years of National Park Service policy that prevented visitors from carrying concealed weapons and overturned a 10-year precedent that prevented Amtrak passengers from carrying concealed weapons in their checked baggage. Obama isn’t sanctioning automatic assault weapons or endorsing the National Rifle Association, but he isn’t doing anything in the opposite direction either. I expected more.

Sure, during the Hofstra debate, Obama stated that he supported a ban on automatic assault weapons. I truly hoped that he would favor this ban, seeing how, in 1999, in an

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interview with the Chicago Independent Bulletin, President Obama gave the impression that he had a hard line stance on gun control.

Before the millennium, Barack Obama was inexperienced and relatively unknown, and he didn’t need to worry about appeasing voters. President Obama As simply wanted to rid Obama rose the streets of Chicago and wider America in political of a problem that was stature and taking far too many visibility, his lives. This Obama prescribed an increase policy on of federal taxes on gun control the sale of firearms, became more restriction of purchasing abilities, increased and more funding for school diluted. anger management programs and a ban at firearms sales at gun shows. As Obama rose in political stature and visibility, his policy on gun control became more and more diluted.

Nevertheless, by the time he was running for president in 2008, Obama was still running as a supporter of gun control.

However, despite seeming to support a

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Embrace open dialogue when discussing race YONI MULLER

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national policy, as soon as President Obama took office, all precedence of making a change for stronger gun control went out the window.

I can easily remember in 2011, after the mass shooting in Tucson, Ariz., how slighted I felt when President Obama gave his State of the Union Address with absolutely no inclination that a firmer policy on gun control would be created.

In fact, the issue wasn’t even addressed beyond a brief condolence for the victims and their families. I hate that I have the sinking feeling that despite the violence that has continued this summer, the Obama administration will do next to nothing in enacting legislation to turn things around. I understand that even an assault rifle ban might not be able to prevent the horrific violence that we saw in Aurora this summer, but at least it sends a message: The American government does not tolerate this kind of violence. I’m not asking for strict gun control because I know it’s not realistic; all I’m asking is for the Obama administration to at least try.

I have a secret, and it’s a real doozy.

I’m white.

That’s right, I said it. I’m like porcelain, or a cheesy cartoon rendition of Casper. I’m the kind of Christmas Bing Crosby was singing about.

Many of you may have inferred this, through keen observation of my blinding reflection, but I would like to confirm your beliefs. You see, up until now, I have not been able to admit this. Referring to race was simply not done; life played out like the postrobbery interview scene from “Superbad.”

However, there seems to be a change taking place — a change I welcome wholeheartedly.

Northwestern, it seems to me, has recently developed into a hodgepodge of discussion about race and equality and the role of institutions regarding race. No matter your opinion, someone out there is advocating it.

The gates of discussion were opened after the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in an affirmative action case concerning Abigail Fisher, who was allegedly denied admission to the University of Texas because she is white.

This very publication released two opposing columns regarding the case one week after – and had their consequences been known ahead of time, I would have pushed for a third column to boot, in hopes of encouraging further conversation.

Jan Jaro’s column supporting affirmative action was published alongside a contradictory viewpoint written by Sydney Zink. With the flurry of comments that followed, I was led to believe that this was the biggest news story to break since students learned what a sex toy was two years ago.

However, that was just the beginning. The Daily has published three letters to the editor and an additional column discussing race since. Additionally, we have seen similar discussion emerge outside of The Daily. A blog called wrightandleft, authored by a former Chicago Public Schools teacher, recently published an open letter to President Schapiro, condemning what the author argues is a persistent culture of racial insensitivity at Northwestern.

However, the most important event in furthering Northwestern’s racial discussions happened Tuesday night. A PDF surfaced that purportedly contains an exchange between a member of NU’s Board of Trustees and an NU sophomore. Apparently, during the first presidential debate, the student posted a Facebook

status, which read, “Romney interrupting the mediator and Obama thinking that shit is ok is just a result of that white male privilege that he has benefited from for so long.” The trustee, a white male, apparently felt his ears burning and messaged the student to express concern about this status. What ensued was a conversation about the existence of “white male privilege” and the consequences of race on socioeconomic success.

In case that wasn’t clear enough, let me reiterate. An NU trustee seems to have had a personal conversation with an NU sophomore regarding the role of race, and that conversation was posted online for the world to see.

Assuming the exchange in fact took place, this may be the first time in history we have had such transparent insight into the opinions of our academic leadership. And, more importantly, whether you agree or disagree with what the trustee – or anyone else for that The matter – had to say over the last week or discussions having seen his we’ve had over so, viewpoints regarding the last week racial impact is the biggest catalyst we have ranged could have in terms from intelligent of promoting healthy to incoherent; campus-wide discussion about how race from civil to should affect Univerdownright sity policy moving forward. barbaric.

The discussions that we’ve had over the last week have ranged from intelligent to incoherent; from civil to downright barbaric. However, we’ve been having them, and that to me is huge. As a new opinion is expressed and fought over almost daily, what is becoming increasingly clear is that this is not a simple issue. The role of affirmative action, the impact we place on the consequences of race, and the consequences of a diverse environment are more complex than getting a girl to say hi to you, and it can’t be understood through silence or blanket statements. As these discussions evolve, points become more nuanced, problems become more identifiable and solutions begin to evolve. Finally we can promote discussion about whether to continue affirmative action and how to ensure that the academic playing field is level for everyone. And that, my friends, is almost as important as any sexual demonstration could be.

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Yoni Muller is a Weinberg sophomore. He can be reached at jonathanmuller2015@u.northwestern.edu. If you would like to respond publicly to this column, email a Letter to the Editor to forum@dailynorthwestern.com.

THE CURRENT Your weekly dose of arts and entertainment • Thursday, October 25, 2012

‘The Verona Project’: A modern spin on one of Shakespeare’s classics, “The Verona Project” delves into themes of love, loss and self-discovery, featuring a unique fusion of acting and live music.

The show, originally conceived as a novella, is written and directed by Amanda Dehnert and was first performed at the California Shakespeare Theater, drawing an enthusiastic response that inspired a similar production at Northwestern. It’s a

fresh take on Shakespeare’s “The Two Gentlemen of Verona,” in which a group of friends embark on separate journeys of personal transformation and become entangled in complicated love triangles along the way.

Communication senior Zach Sorrow, who plays Sylvio, described “The Verona Project” as a “rock concert, storytelling, music-experience thing.”

“The Verona Project” functions as both the title of the play and the name of the musical ensemble in which cast members perform. They each take on dual roles, portraying themselves as band members and the characters whose story they’re telling.

“We are a band who wrote these songs and have a storyline that’s important to us that goes through the songs that we wrote,” said Communication sophomore Michelle Schecter, who plays Thuria.

Sorrow said he enjoyed the originality of the show’s format, which features actors transforming into character

Photo courtesy of Justin Barbin

cast comes together The cast of “The Verona Project” pose with their instruments. Part of the show’s dual nature involves the actors portraying themselves as musicians in addition to their respective characters.

roles on stage while simultaneously playing musical instruments. Prior to “The Verona Project,” some cast members learned to play new instruments specifically for the production.

“It doesn’t really fit anywhere within musical theater, and it doesn’t fit as a play,” Sorrow said of the show’s genre.

“The Verona Project” feature Proteus and Valentine, two friends living in the town of True. Julia, the town’s only girl, befriends them in an attempt to be a part of their group and ends up falling in love with Proteus.

“She’s a thinker, constantly thinking things through, thinking them out loud,” said Communication junior Madeline Weinstein of her character, Julia. “Some people can’t follow her train of thought.

She’s positive that if people knew her secrets they’d reject her. She labels herself a freak show. She doesn’t realize how strong she is. She has an incredible amount of strength but she’s also sensitive.”

Weinstein also said the show takes on the issue of coming into one’s own. After falling in love with Proteus, Julia later finds she needs to learn how to be an individual outside of their relationship.

“I think it’s an important takeaway for anyone in a serious relationship, navigating that difficult terrain of trying to be yourself first before being with another person,” Weinstein said.

Largely because of the relationship that develops between Proteus and Julia, Valentine begins to feel like a third wheel and sets out for a new city in which to find himself. While there, he falls in love with Sylvio. To complicate matters, Sylvio is betrothed to Thuria.

“Sylvio is the son of the duke and has a sort of image that he has to uphold for himself and his family,” Sorrow said. “He falls in love, which is absolutely not OK, so that’s a fundamental issue for him.”

Sylvio’s struggle can be attributed to his relationship with the duke, played

by Communication senior David Corlew. Corlew said the authoritative duke’s

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The Chicago Lyric Opera

I like to think of myself as a pretty classy guy. I enjoy the (very) rare trip to a nice restaurant, I love a good Sinatra album and my mommy says I even clean up well.

But despite all of that, there is one thing I had never done — gone to the opera.

I had always come up with excuses to not go, foremost of which was the fact I wasn’t going to drop $200 just to sit in a chair for three hours and hear drama queens sing dramatically about drama.

But when I found out the Lyric Opera of Chicago was offering student tickets to the majority of their shows for just $20, I decided to take the plunge. I was worried

I might be way up in the balcony, so I was prepared to send home for a pair of binoculars, just in case.

I sat in the 11th row. I could see the conductor’s nose hairs.

The show was “Simon Boccanegra,” a typical work from Giuseppe Verdi featuring poisoning, mistrust, more poisoning, mistaken identity and poisoning. And I got my money’s worth.

I have a bit of a musical background (jazz mostly, so take it or leave it), but I have to admit even I was blown away by the sheer magnitude and majesty of the pit orchestra at the Lyric. Under the direction

of Sir Andrew Davis (a British Knight!), the orchestra flawlessly executed Verdi’s original vision not only with technical mastery but also artistry. I was actually hoping to hear more of them, rather than having them relegated to little more than background music. “Simon Boccanegra” lacks the show-stopping numbers of other operas by Verdi, so the pit was more of a pervasive undertone than a participatory actor.

My praise for the horns and violins also extends to the principal cast members … for the most part. Thomas Hampson in the titular role was serviceable but effective,

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Verona rocks (From left) Graham Duff, David Corlew, Patrick Budde, Chance Bone, Madeline Weinstein, Lillie Cummings perform onstage during “The Verona Project.” The show opened at Northwestern on Oct. 19.

expectations constrain his son, who feels obligated to wed his betrothed. Ultimately, Sylvio feels torn between his family ties and his relationship with Valentine.

Even when Sylvio’s fiancee Thuria becomes aware of Sylvio and Valentine’s romance, she continues to stand by, coolly observing as an outsider looking in.

“There’s this moment where she sees Valentine and Sylvio embrace and she turns to the audience and she explicitly tells them that she’s not mad,” Schechter said. “She’s happy for him; she just prefers other stories than her own sometimes.”

The character of Time, played by Communication senior Patrick Budde, watches the action and provides musical underscoring.

“Every once in a while, I will butt in to talk about why this moment had to end because this next thing had to happen,” Budde said. “I do get a kick out of putting characteristics to more abstract concepts like ‘What does Time sound like?’ ‘What does Time find funny?’ ‘What does Time find tragic?’”

He said, as is common in real life, not everyone responds well to changes over time.

“There are one or two moments where two characters are trying to make a plan,

trying to figure out what to do next,” Budde said. “They don’t have much time and they sort of look to me for the time to do what they need to do. I basically say nope, sorry, sucks to be you (but) let’s keep going. ... That’s part of the way time works.

Time’s kind of a bitch.”

Music is used throughout “The Verona Project” to help show the passage of time and emphasize passionate moments. It’s the emotional current that makes the show so special, Schechter said.

Although “The Verona Project” centers around youthful journeys of selfdiscovery, its messages apply to audience members of all ages.

“It really is cool because a lot of times when I see theater, the parts about people dying or falling in love is what I’m interested in,” Schechter said. “But in this show, that’s all there is. So it’s filled with things that everyone feels and everyone thinks and no one has the courage to kind of say.

And I find myself affected by it every time I hear the show. It’s just so important and real and beautiful.”

“The Verona Project” opened at Northwestern’s Josephine Louis Theater on Oct. 19 and will run on weekends through Nov. 4.

with the real standout being the surprisingly goofy Frank Lopardo as the very un-goofy Gabriele Adorno. The real issue comes with the part of Amelia Grimaldi, the female lead — the actress Krassimira Stoyanova is just downright whiny.

I’d venture to say the whininess applies to most of the characters, really. They are little more than archetypes, with few defining, unique characteristics. After all, for a two-and-a-half hour performance, not a whole lot happens. If you’re going to the opera for the story, you’re missing the point.

Opera isn’t only about warbly sopranos taking five minutes to sing about how much they love some pudgy longhaired aristocrat, it’s also about the real life people. Never in my life have I so indulged in people watching. From slick urbanite couples to pouty children in ill-

fitting suits, to crotchety old men who can make even plaid bow-ties look dapper, the fashion statements were just about as enjoyable as the bloated melodrama unfolding on the stage. I think Lisa Douglas from the criminally-underappreciated late ‘60s sitcom “Green Acres” put it best when describing the opera: “You know, where they sing the stories in all different languages which nobody understands, but there are always a lot of people because everybody wants to see what everybody else is wearing.”

It was an experience I’m not likely to forget. Nor will I forget how much of a deal it truly was. Just out of curiosity, I checked the Lyric’s ticket prices. Without a student discount, my seat would have cost $184. I’d say it was worth it.

WHAT TO DO THIS WEEKEND Friday What: Homecoming Parade When: 6:30 p.m.

Where: Sheridan/Lincoln south to

Sheridan/Chicago Cost: Free Wildcats can come together and “Let the Good Times Roar” at the annual Homecoming parade Friday evening, which features Medill alumnus J.A. Adande as grand marshall. Attend the rally afterwards to show off your purple pride!

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What: Fall Fest at Downtown Evan-

What: Festival LatiNU When: 5 p.m.

Where: Louis Room, Norris Univer-

ston Farmers’ Market When: 7:30 p.m. – 1 p.m.

Where: Intersection of University Place and Oak Avenue Cost: Free Free arts and crafts, vendors in Halloween costumes and pumpkin decorating make Fall Fest at the Farmers’ Market a fun and festive event.

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Cost: Free

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As Homecoming draws closer, grand marshal of this year’s parade, J.A. Adande, is getting ready to return to campus. The alumnus graduated from Medill in 1992 and was the sports editor at The Daily in the early 1990s. Adande emailed The Current about The Daily, which newsroom has the best view and whether he would rather see the Wildcats win a bowl game or get to the NCAA Tournament.

The Current: What does the honor of grand marshal mean to you?

J.A. Adande: I’m proud to have gone to Northwestern and now it feels like it’s reciprocated. It’s like a reward for all those lost weekends driving around the Big Ten and those late nights putting out The Daily’s sports section when I was in school. That’s what led to my start in the business, so this is like the culmination of a journey that began almost a quarter of a century ago. I guess that also means I’m getting old.

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Stephen Colbert, self-proclaimed J.R.R. Tolkien fanboy, will officially be making a cameo appearance in some part of “The Hobbit” trilogy, though he will not appear in the first film, coming out in December. The Daily and Current staffers respond: “Too tall for a dwarf.”

– Katy Vogt “It just keeps getting better.”

– Chelsea Sherlock “The voice of Middle Earth.”

– Sam Freedman

The Current: What memories do you have about your time at The Daily?

JA: First of all, it’s the best view I’ve ever had in a newsroom. The Miami Herald building looked out on the water as well, but the sports department was stuck inside, away from the windows.

Looking out on Lake Michigan from the top floor of Norris made all those hours a little more tolerable. I’m proud to see what the group I worked with has gone on to do in this field; on any given day you can pick up the Chicago Tribune, Chicago Sun-Times, Orange County Register or watch ESPN and see the work of people that were in The Daily sports department with me.

J.A. Adande Homecoming grand marshal The Current: What was the most memorable game you covered at The Daily?

JA: A few stick out: Duke coming into Welsh-Ryan Arena my sophomore year with Mike Krzyzewski, Christian Laettner and Bobby Hurley. That felt like a big deal.

I remember the football team breaking out the purple jerseys and beating Illinois in the rain on Homecoming my senior year. Or beating Northern Illinois to end a losing streak that began my freshman year, went through my entire sophomore year and into my junior year. The goal posts went swimming in Lake Michigan that day.

The Current: What was the best part of your experience at NU? JA: Definitely the friendships I made, strong bonds that continue to this day.

That’s the one thing I miss about college: having that group together all the time.

I’m looking forward to seeing some of my buddies this weekend.

The Current: What was your favorite place to eat in Evanston?

JA: Buffalo Joe’s. They’re still the best wings I’ve ever had … and I’ve even been to Buffalo. Also liked the apple pancakes at Clarke’s.

The Current: What were your goals

when you first came to Evanston?

JA: I was obsessed with getting through in four years and getting that diploma. I really wanted that piece of paper. The funny thing is I don’t even have it anymore. It got lost in a move.

The Current: How closely do you

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Welcome back, wildcat J.A. Adande (Medill ‘92) will return to campus as this year’s homecoming grand marshal.

follow what’s going on here at NU? JA: I watch most of the football games, and when there’s some big news on campus it usually makes its way to me through email or Facebook. I was transfixed by the sad story of Harsha Maddula.

I constantly checked for updates when he was missing and then trying to find any sort of answers or explanations when they found his body.

remember her walking in to The Daily as a freshman and saying she wanted to write sports. Helene Elliott, who’s in the Hockey Hall of Fame, always helped me with my hockey columns when I was at the LA Times with her. I see TNT’s Craig Sager at least a dozen times a year at NBA games.

And it seems like the kids that come out of school today instantly feel part of the fraternity.

The Current: What is your favorite

The Current: Which would you rather see as an NU alumus an NCAA Tournament berth or a bowl victory?

JA: At this point a trip to the NCAA Tournament, just so we can say we’ve been. All of the NU alums in the Lakers media room have to get quiet around March when people point out Northwestern’s never been to the tournament. My only comeback is that at least the tournament’s been to Northwestern, host of the first Final Four.

NU tradition?

JA: Dillo Day.

The Current: It seems like there are a lot of NU alumni at ESPN. What is the relationship like between the different generations of NU alumni?

JA: We’re all connected. Mike Wilbon practically raised me in this business. Mike Greenberg loves having me on the show so we can throw a double-NU smackdown on Mike Golic, who’s from lowly Notre Dame. Every time I see Rachel Nichols I

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candy land Project Pumpkin co-chairs Heather Ma, Sheena Desai, and Lauren Keating buy candy for Norris trick-or-treaters.

One day a year, hoards of young people flock to Norris with different priorities in mind. They’re not yet concerned about checking out college campuses or making a Norbucks run on their way to a student group meeting – they’re kids donning Halloween costumes in pursuit of candy.

Introduced in the late 1980s, Project Pumpkin is an annual event where local Evanston kids can trick-or-treat before Halloween. It features Halloween-themed rooms, booths with fun activities run by Northwestern student volunteers and plenty of candy. With approximately 1,000 costume-clad children attending, Project Pumpkin is one of the largest student-run community service projects at Northwestern. Before this year’s event, The Current asked co-chairs Heather Ma, Sheena Desai and Lauren Keating some quirky questions.

The Current: What’s your favorite

candy?

Heather Ma: My favorite candy is

Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups with dark chocolate.

Sheena Desai: Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups — or Kit Kat; I have two actually … or Snickers!

Lauren Keating: Take 5. There’s a nice mixture that I like.

The Current: What’s the craziest costume you’ve ever seen?

HM: Well last year for Project Pumpkin, our two co-chairs were the board game “Hungry (Hungry) Hippos.” They each had a hippo head made of cardboard. It was ridiculous, but pretty cool.

SD: This is so hard. I don’t know if this is crazy, but the YouTube video guy saying “Hide your kids. Hide your wives…”

I think his name is Antoine Dodson. I thought that was pretty ridiculous.

LK: One time I saw someone dressed up as a horse. That was kind of strange. I saw a giant chicken, too; not on the same day though.

The Current: What is your favorite Halloween memory?

HM: It’s just going back to my childhood. After a full night of trick-ortreating, I went back to my house with my friends. (We) spilled our candies all over the floor and traded which ones we wanted.

DS: The year when I got the most candy. I came back and dumped all of my candy on my bedroom floor and my mom came in saying, “Hey, we are donating all of our candies!” and I was like, “You’re joking, right?”

LK: I was 7 or 8 and we had just gotten back from trick-or-treating a couple of hours before. I was in my (room) and my brother came in to say goodnight, but I jumped out of the covers and scared him so bad that he started crying. … He’s older than me.

The Current: What do you think about extending trick-or-treating hours in Evanston?

SD: To be honest, I don’t think that it should be extended because we have Project Pumpkin at Northwestern, and that is hours on top of the trick-or-treating hours that kids already have. They can always come here!

LK: Three hours is pretty good for kids to get around the neighborhoods, I’d say.

But if you are a smart trick-or-treater, you’d just go to the neighborhoods around the lake so you could get really big candy bars. Closer you get to the lake, the bigger the candy bars get.

The Current: Why do you think this trick-or-treating matter wasn’t mentioned in any of the previous presidential debates?

LK: That would be a “sticky situation” to get involved with. It’s just a controversial topic, let’s be honest. (The candidates) wouldn’t want to get involved with that now because it could swing

the election.

The Current: Do you think kids in Evanston will form a union in the near future to petition for longer hours?

LK: If they really want to see a change in the trick-or-treating community and the type of audience trick-or-treating attracts, maybe they should organize to extend the hours and get more kids involved. It depends on how outgoing and willing they are to work to get their candy.

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HALLOWEEN HILARITY A Project Pumpkin organizer tries on a scary mask while decorating Norris.

The Current: If you could be any candy, what would you be?

HM: If I could be any candy … I would have to go with Twix because they have a little bit of everything.

SD: This is hard. … I would be a Twix because there are a lot of ingredients that go in a Twix, and I have a lot of different sides of myself.

LK: Hardest question of them all.

Gummy bear – everyone loves them.

They are squishy, very colorful and technically huggable.

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Haute Halloween costumes Fall might be the most wonderful time of the year in stylish circles, but Halloween is more like surviving Fashion Week without car service, caffeine or any of your luggage.

The chic girl has it hardest because her dilemma is one of comprehensibility or compromise: She wants to pay homage to the late Anna Piaggi, but most people will think she’s some sort of clown/geriatric Willy Wonka hybrid who’s forgotten to blend her blush. But she’d also never deign to buy one of those terribly unexceptional sexualized cat, bumblebee or nurse getups. By the way, thanks to some enterprising vendors, you can now dress up as a sexy version of any vegetable or food item you desire, including a hamburger or an ear of corn. Also available — even more disturbingly — is an “adult

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Foreplay, faking it and frustration Greetings sexual (and non-sexual) Wildcats!

Continuing the rotation of sex questions one week and sex rants the next, I’m throwing some thoughts at you. This week I want to cover two related topics that are near and dear to my heart (and vagina): foreplay and faking it. Upon first glance, these two things seem super simple. Foreplay? Good! Faking it? Bad! So why don’t things always work out that way? Why do people consistently fake it and why does foreplay get thrown to the wayside? And why choose to address these two rather meaty matters in one column instead of separately? We’ll get to that later, promise.

So, foreplay. Can we please not underestimate it? I’ve heard foreplay compared to the opening orchestrations of an amazing show, but I want to alter that juxtaposition and say it’s more like a major plot point of the first act. One that sets the stage for what will happen in the second act and indicates whether you’ll like it, love it or wish you had ditched after intermission. (Has this metaphor gone too far? Moving on.) What I’m getting at is this: in my opinion, foreplay is always an important part of sex and they shouldn’t be seen as two separate things, but rather different and wonderful parts of a whole experience.

Switching gears for a minute, let’s get to faking it. Why does anyone ever fake it? I am honestly appalled by the fact that

Organic Chemistry Andy and Jenna We paired up Communication sophomore Jenna Van Duyne and McCormick sophomore Andy Nwaelele for Organic Chemistry based on their mutual interest in volunteering and desire to meet someone who doesn’t take themselves too seriously. The Current sent them to Cheesie’s for their blind date. Here’s how it went:

Jenna: We went to Cheesie’s! I had been there already but he hadn’t. Actually, my friends had dragged me there the night before. I told him that and he suggested we go someplace else, but I wanted him to experience Cheesie’s for

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coral clownfish Ne-moh” ensemble.

Shattered childhood aside, it’s tough to maintain your sartorial sensibility without invoking questions from confused Halloween revelers. Let’s take a look at my figurative moodboard for celebrity, cinematic and runway inspiration, and low-effort, high-impact costume ideas.

It wouldn’t be Halloween without Heidi Klum’s annual holiday bash (since 2000) or her routinely outlandish guises. The oft-pregnant “Project Runway” host has outfitted herself as a snake entwined with an apple, the blue-skinned Hindu goddess Kali and Lady Godiva in a rhinestone bodysuit, among others.

Alexa Chung, another TV personality, attended a 2008 Halloween fete as a post-guillotine Marie Antoinette (panniers, powdered wig and all). And for the 90th anniversary of French Vogue, Carine Roitfeld threw an “Eyes Wide Shut”-themed fancy dress ball. To go this route, just tie on a Philip Treacy mask to complement your black-tie Givenchy confection.

Now, to the movies. Poor little rich girls, look no further than Warhol muse Edie Sedgwick. You’ll be ready to drink and self-medicate the night away at the Factory in semi-sheer tights, no pants

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(no shirt either if you’re aiming for Susan Superstar from “Ciao! Manhattan”; otherwise, go with a black turtleneck) and a dark ‘60s eye with as many sets of fluttery false lashes as you can get away with.

Emulate any icy-blond Hitchcock heroine with a pastel shift dress and coordinating coat, structured handbag, disheveled side-swept French twist and a frightened expression. Bonus: For Tippi Hedren of “The Birds,” paint on fauxblood scratches and affix a stuffed crow to your shoulder.

Another DIY: Craft that muchtalked-about Chanel spring 2013 beach bag — look 45 modeled by Sigrid Agren

— by spray-painting two hula hoops and attaching quilt-patterned paper (If Anderson Cooper can do it, so can you.).

Pair with a cutout leotard or one-piece swimsuit, dark sunglasses, a pink pout and glossy limbs, and even Karl would approve.

Conform or confound, it’s up to you.

One’s easier, but the other’s more rewarding, especially when someone recognizes you as Giovanna Battaglia by your leopard hat alone. No matter which you choose though, do it with humor and cleverness.

And remember — don’t let all that candy ruin your waistline.

“You’re huge and you’re loud. It’s like sleeping with Rush Limbaugh.”

– Jay Pritchett, played by Ed O’Neill, to his wife Gloria, played by Sofia Vergara, who is pregnant on “Modern Family.”

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faking it is a regular occurrence for some people. On the face of it, it makes absolutely zero sense. You’re not getting your orgasm and your partner’s not getting the skills they need to get you off (not to mention you’re doing a disservice to this person’s future partners!). Granted, this is all coming from someone who has faked it more times than she’d like to admit. But it’s a habit I broke a while ago after lots of middling sex and self-doubt.

Here’s the part where I connect these two concepts together. Here’s also the part where I admit I am coming at this from a female perspective. In my opinion, foreplay is shortened and orgasms are faked because there’s this massive amount of misinformation out there about how women are supposed to reach orgasm. The number of people, both guys and girls, that are convinced the female orgasm most often occurs from penetration is staggering, when the truth is only about 25 percent of women can come from intercourse without the addition of hands, tongue, or toys. So girls assume they’re supposed to be climaxing from penis alone and when they aren’t, they think there must be something wrong with them. So what do they do?

They fake it. And guys think foreplay is just the warm-up and not necessarily a time for orgasms.

A final note: I’m approaching these issues from my own personal experiences and from discussions I’ve had with friends. The examples I use are in a heteronormative context, so please contact me if you think I missed something, or if you have any thoughts at all.

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Taking a trip to the thrift shop of PC gaming Video gaming isn’t cheap. With a torrent of online passes, downloadable content and system peripherals taking a huge bite out of gamers’ wallets, it’s harder than ever to get a decent value when you plunk down your hardearned cash for the next big thing. But in an industry that seems to care only about “Call of Duty” and “Assassin’s Creed,” it’s easy to forget that some of the best games out there cost little to nothing to enjoy. That’s why every two weeks, I’ll be showing you a great new way to get your video gaming fix for under $20. So get your quarters ready and game on!

Next week’s column is back to questions and answers again! Shoot me your intimate inquiries at dirtytalk2015@ gmail.com.

Digital Rights Management (DRM) has been a major point of friction between gamers and developers since the beginning of (video game) time, but the struggle has risen to apocalyptic proportions in this current console generation. DRM is a series of methods that game companies use to discourage piracy, from multiplayer online passes for games such as “Battlefield 3” to a constant required Internet connection, as is necessary in the “Assassin’s Creed” series. And though it makes sense from a business perspective, this digital shotgun under the store counter is often much more

the first time

deep.

Andy: I thought the date was good by and large, there were certainly some points of silence, but we talked for like a little over an hour. I suppose I was slightly nervous going into it, but the nerves quickly went out of the window.

Jenna: It went pretty well. It wasn’t fantastic or terrible, but I still had a solidly good time. Since it was both our first times on a blind date, I think we felt a little bit of mutual awkwardness.

He offered to pay for my lunch but I opposed, so the guy taking our order goes, “I’m confused.” So Andy had to inform him that we were on a blind date, which this guy thought was really funny.

Andy did end up paying for my lunch, which I thought was very nice of him.

things. Northwestern life, classes, dorm life, sports, music and movies. We talked about why we had both signed up for this...I thought it was cool that we were both sophomores, so we could relate to each other in that aspect.

Andy: We talked about a number of

things, typical stuff I guess — sports, high school, academic tracks, student groups, siblings, movies, music, TV, relationships slightly. Nothing incredibly

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Jenna: We talked about all sorts of

Andy: She was cool, she was pretty low-key, well-spoken, at ease. She was very cheerful too and seemed like she wanted to be there, which was good.

Jenna: I wish I had a better adjective, but Andy was a really nice guy. I learned a lot of things about him, like how he played basketball, his hometown, what he does on campus and other things like that – basic “get-to-know-you” things.

Andy: We had similar interests in

movies, music somewhat, both used to play basketball. Both of us also liked the idea of blind dates, (they) seemed like a fun concept.

Jenna: It was funny, when we talked about music we were naming

hassle than it’s worth, forcing gamers to go through screen after screen after screen just to register their games, let alone play them.

It’s not a long shot to say just about no one likes DRM. But why is it then that one little piece of free software called “Steam” is almost universally adored, with more than 25 million unique downloads, when it’s nothing but one giant DRM platform? How about “L.A. Noire” for $4.99?

Part social network, part creative outlet, part GameStop and all DRM, Steam has consistently managed to attract millions of players despite its greasy business pedigree. And though the social features are nice and the online multiplayer is fully functional (for the most part), it’s the cheap games that keep gamers coming back again and again.

Steam is the thrift shop of the video game world: Games that were the talk of the industry only a few years before are now stocked at drastically reduced prices, from Rockstar’s aforementioned 2011 crime thriller “L.A. Noire” for less than $5, to the massively sprawling 2008 post-apocalyptic RPG “Fallout 3” for less than $20 (I’ve sunk nearly 70 hours into this game and have yet to even scratch the surface). And while Steam does also provide new releases for full price, it’s always a better choice to wait a couple of months or so until the inevitable price drop occurs.

Yes, DRM is pretty much a cancer killing games nowadays. But really, who’s going to complain when you can get “Half-Life 2” for $9.99 or the brutally difficult but perversely charming “Super Meat Boy” for $14.99? Certainly not me — I’ve got a good 30 hours left in “Fallout 3.”

“It was magical. It was an unforgettable evening.”

– Justin Timberlake on his wedding to actress Jessica Biel. The couple got married Friday in Italy.

“Robert Pattinson should not take back Kristen Stewart. She cheated on him like a dog and will do it again – just watch. He can do much better.”

– Donald Trump’s tweeted advice to “Twilight” star Robert Pattinson.

Pattinson and co-star Stewart reportedly got back together after Stewart cheated on him with Rupert Sanders, director of “Snow White and the Huntsman.”

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“How could you not find him? … Because he’s hard to find. If he was easy to find, the books would be called ‘There’s Waldo.’”

– Sheldon Cooper, played by Jim Parsons, questioning Leonard Hofstadter, played by Johnny Galecki, about his ability to find Waldo on “The Big Bang Theory.”

our favorite artists and neither one of us had even heard of the others. However, when we moved on to movies we discovered that we both keep our ticket stubs from old movies and he kept his in his wallet so we went through them and talked about if we had seen it and how we liked it. I thought that was the most interesting part of the date.

Andy: Would I be interested in going on another date with her? I would, I would.

Jenna: I would definitely be up to getting to know him better. Blind dates are one of those risks that really has more positive possible outcome than negative ones. As my mom likes to remind me, her and my dad met on a blind date!

If you would like to participate in Organic Chemistry and go on a blind date, email chelseasherlock2017@u. northwestern.edu.

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“My first fake pregnancy rumor!

I’ve finally made it!”

– Lea Michele’s tweeted response to rumors that she is pregnant. Michele is dating “Glee” co-star Cory Monteith.

“I feel like I am starting over even though I’ve had all these years behind me. How many people get to (start) over again in this day and age? People look at you and go, ‘Why are you struggling?’ No one can quite understand why you hurt so badly.”

– LeAnn Rimes to Katie Couric, on her trip to rehab for anxiety and stress.

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“Good People” With the presidential election quickly approaching, high unemployment, public services such as welfare and the candidates’ own backgrounds are the hot-button topics of the season.

These conversations often bring discussions about socioeconomic status to the forefront. In David LindsayAbaire’s timely and relevant “Good People,” playing through Nov. 17 at the Steppenwolf Theater Company, the American class divide similarly takes center stage.

Margie Walsh (Mariann Mayberry), a middle-aged woman living in the Southie neighborhood of Boston, has lost her job at the dollar store. The play is set in motion as she seeks out Mike (Keith Kupferer), a neighborhood pal and old boyfriend who has become a doctor, for a job. Over the course of the show, secrets from their long-past relationship emerge and threaten the lives they have created for themselves.

Along the way, the audience is forced to contemplate notions of success – namely, whether the American dream is accessible to all and achievable through sheer hard work.

Lindsay-Abaire’s clear and forceful writing combines with K. Todd

TV Review TV for midterm study breaks Midterms are in full swing. Amid all that studying, you’re surely going to need a few breaks to de-stress. Why not watch some television? Whether you have less than a half-hour to dedicate to time off, or decide to watch a full arc of hour-slot episodes, the following shows are worthwhile options. The latest episodes of these series are also all available through Hulu, either embedded on the website or linked externally, so you won’t have to pay for Netflix in addition to paying for those times you dozed in class. Here’s a line-up of classic and current shows well suited for breaks in studying for midterms — just don’t watch them all at once!

“Modern Family” (Half hour)– Is the stress of midterms making you a bit homesick, too? Look no further. The awarding-winning hit “Modern Family” hilariously revives the fumbling, invaluable family quirkiness that surely awaits you on your next holiday trip home.

“Saturday Night Live” (One and a half hours, or short individual clips)–

“SNL” is perfect for study breaks because you may either choose to watch the entire hour-and-a-half-long episode at once or find clips of individual skits that will only take a couple of minutes of your time.

“The Colbert Report” (Half hour)–

Aside from the fact that Stephen Colbert is also a Northwestern alumnus, you should watch “The Colbert Report” during study breaks to both catch up on national talk and get a heavy dose of comedy in the mix.

Freeman’s direction to throw the audience into a very realistic picture of blue-collar Boston. The class difference between Mike and Margie is highlighted wonderfully through the sets: Margie’s small, yellow, weathered linoleum kitchen seems a world away from Mike’s immaculate white-carpeted home, complete with columns, arches and a “push gift” purchased in honor of his wife’s first pregnancy. The tense and complex interactions between Mike and Margie lead to a discussion about the very different paths their lives took.

Lindsay-Abaire’s message is apparent: Luck, particularly regarding birth circumstances such as family, determines your ability to rise above adversity. In the United States, a country fraught with a history of discrimination, this sentiment rings especially true.

This is not to say the play is all seriousness; humorous scenes abound, particularly those showing Margie’s interactions with two friends. Lusia Strus is hilarious as the raspy-voiced, no-nonsense Jean, while Molly Regan provides an equally comical Dottie (Margie’s landlady), thanks in large part to her money-centric comments and “small” business making plastic rabbits with googly eyes. The ensemble’s acting, particularly Mayberry’s, makes scenes such as bingo night, which is simply staged with a table directly facing the audience, feel authentic and not static. With the exception of Mike and

hour)– With 144 episodes and 39 clips

on Hulu alone, this classic drama is a lullbuster that will get your blood pumping and thoughts flowing in no time.

The comfort of this show’s familiar face among the flood of new television shows today makes “Buffy” all the more worthwhile to watch.

“Grey’s Anatomy” (One hour)–

With captivating romance, interpersonal drama, powerful moments of empathy and plenty of twists, this medical drama extends its appeal far beyond the sleepless pre-med student. In fact, it is the highest-rated drama amongst the 18 to 49-year-old demographic.

“The Walking Dead” (One hour)–

Not one for comedy or a sap for romance?

Aside from the show’s title accurately describing college students’ demeanor in the thick of midterms, “The Walking Dead” itself also serves cramming college students well by providing a dark, post-apocalyptic plot based around zombies that will make the soon-to-come primal scream of finals week sound like no big deal compared to the thrill of this series.

Whether you relax best with lots of laughs, or perhaps from empathizing with a dramatic character facing tough times, television offers a way for almost anyone to escape from high-stress situations. So, next time you’re reading your textbook for the umpteenth hour and can’t remember whether that last word you read was “Medici” or “medicinal,” allow yourself to curl up in your room with a blanket, popcorn and an episode of your favorite show on your laptop.

Good luck on midterms, and don’t forget to give yourself a break now and then.

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GOOD PEOPLE Margaret (Mariann Mayberry) catches up with her old flame, Mike (Keith Kupferer), in Steppenwolf’s “Good People.”

Kate (Alana Arenas), whose actions sometimes felt unexpected and unrealistic, the characters are very much everyday people.

While the issue of class and opportunity is a major focus, Margie and her story ground the play and keep the discussion far from lofty. Mayberry is magnificent, capturing the Bostonian accent perfectly and managing to combine humor, pride and a dash of desperation into a character that is thoroughly human. Margie is ballsy, straight-forward (at times too much so), and her actions may be

Movie Review “Fun Size” It’s October again, which means it’s also the season of horror movies and the more kid-friendly Disney Channel Original Movie-esque films. The newest addition to that genre, a Halloween tween comedy called “Fun Size,” is actually from Nickelodeon.

Although the movie is cute and even funny at times, you are much better off staying home and re-watching “Hocus Pocus.”

“Fun Size” is the story of teen Wren, played by Nick star Victoria Justice, who has to miss a party thrown by her popular crush in order to babysit her practically mute little brother Albert (Jackson Nicoll) on Halloween, only to lose him while trick-or-treating. There are a bunch of subplots complicating that simple premise. Wren and Albert’s father recently passed away (which is why Albert does not talk), and their mother, played by Chelsea Handler, goes to a party with her new, muchyounger boyfriend to try to move on.

Wren, on the search for her brother, juggles her best friend (Jane Levy) pushing her to go to the party, while also dealing with growing feelings for her nerdy friend Roosevelt (Thomas Mann). There are also the several adventures Albert has while wandering around town after he ditches his sister.

Although “Fun Size” seems like a sweet enough story on paper, it falls flat in practice. The humor is paced far too slowly to really work, and

questionable, but she is always relatable in her quintessentially American desire – to work in order to provide for her daughter.

“Good People” challenges American meritocracy and the idea that Americans have the ability to really change the courses of their lives. With excellent acting, the play seamlessly blends the stories of the characters and their desire to behave like good people, with the larger question of success and how one achieves it.

— Iman Childs

most of the young actors are just not well-versed in comedy. The funniest actor by far is Nicoll, who portrays the silent Albert, but he was not enough to carry the entire movie. The script also relies far too much on stereotypes, and its lessons are too on-the-nose, even for a kid’s movie. The film has a habit of reaching important turning points for its fairly one-dimensional characters and then ignoring them immediately afterward. These turning points would be the moments, in a strong script, when character would become the focus. However, “Fun Size” leaves the characters uninteresting and flat. There are much better films for watching teens go on city road trips with similar character tropes, but with better writing, such as in “Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist.”

“Fun Size” is not all bad. Albert’s adventure is pretty funny, as he helps geeky convenience store worker Fuzzy (Thomas Middleditch) exact revenge on the man who stole his girlfriend.

Nicoll may be young, but his adorably chubby face portrays quite a bit despite not being overly expressive, and his lack of lines puts the focus more on physical comedy. Veteran comedians have cameos as various quirky adults, including Johnny Knoxville as Fuzzy and Albert’s nemesis, and Kerri Kenney and Ana Gasteyer as Roosevelt’s hippie mothers.

In general, “Fun Size” was a cute but only slightly entertaining movie, and certainly not worth the price of a ticket. You are much better off waiting for its inevitable Nickelodeon television debut.

—Aliza Weinberger

Less than two weeks before the election, President Barack Obama was the guest on Jay Leno’s “The Tonight Show.”

His recent appearances on many late-night talk shows allow him to sneak his way into the hearts of the unconventional voters — those who would rather watch “The Daily Show” than presidential debates, aka high school seniors who just turned 18.

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No actor embodies the definition of “typecast” like Hugh Grant. Isn’t he a little bit old to be playing a snarky, uptight British man in yet another American rom-com? In his next project, he’ll be a tortured screenwriter who finds forbidden love (surprise!) with a single mom. I’m guessing they probably couldn’t book Channing Tatum after his stunning performance in “The Vow.” The internationally celebrated pop singer Adele welcomed a baby boy Friday into her world of heartbreak-induced fame. We hope the little tyke has inherited his mommy’s lovely singing voice but has left her incomprehensible accent in the womb.

As of Friday, Justin Timberlake is now officially unavailable for marriage, much to every woman’s dismay. The incredibly lucky actress Jessical Biel snatched up the uniquely talented performer, musician, comedic actor and (sometimes) dramatic actor. Let’s see how long this attractive couple lasts against the strains of Hollywood love.

Northwestern’s own alumus Stephen Colbert will appear as an extra at some point in Peter Jackson’s “The Hobbit” trilogy. Since it’s ambiguous as to which film he’ll appear in, you’ll have to pay rapt attention to every cut of all three movies. Be on the lookout theater majors, this is the face of your future! Or, back of the head of your future…

“Paranormal Activity 4” lurked into first place at the box office during its opening weekend, earning $15 million on Friday and surpassing “Argo,” a film that will most likely sweep the 85th Annual Academy Awards. Never fear, this is not the end of the soul- and moneysucking Paranormal franchise – the fifth and sixth installments may actually answer questions raised in the first film.

— Haley Boston

THE WEEK THAT WAS

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The Color ROAR Lakeside Field was covered with colorful dust during The Color ROAR on Sunday. The Color ROAR was Northwestern Homecoming’s firstever charity paint fight. Students were given powdered paint packets and a Color ROAR shirt beforehand. Northwestern students may bleed purple, but like kindergarteners in art class, we decorate each other with splotches of all different colors.

Juan Cole’s Richard Leopold Lecture On Monday, University of Michigan professor, historian and popular blogger Juan Cole (WCAS ’75) spoke about President Barack Obama and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney and their positions on Middle East policy. The 23rd annual Leopold Lecture was held in Harris Hall.

Perhaps Cole will gain as much popularity from criticizing this year’s foreign policy debate as he did from criticizing President George W. Bush.

Cory Booker speaks to students Cory Booker, mayor of Newark, N.J., who spoke at the Democratic National Convention, came to campus to talk about “How to Change the World with Your Bare Hands.” NU College Democrats invited Booker because they expect him to throw his hat into the 2016 presidential race. Somewhere in the future, a “Week That Was” post featuring Prof. Juan Cole criticizing candidate Booker is born. Mind blown.

Homecoming Talent Show Northwestern Homecoming hosted a talent show Wednesday at McCormick Auditorium, featuring many NU performance groups. After pairing up with performance groups, Homecoming Court members also showed off their talents, and the audience voted for the best one at the end. Homecoming week has been electrifying the campus this week. Let’s bring that energy to Ryan Field this Saturday. Go Cats!

— John Yang

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International Office seeks student feedback thinks the program is a “good idea.� “I think it’s good that they’re getting a different perspective so they can improve services for international students,� the Communication sophomore said.

The survey, which is being taken by international students across all Northwestern schools, both graduate and undergraduate, includes questions about everything from the admissions process to residential housing to services provided by the International Office. “It’s designed to measure the entire breadth of experience of the international student from the time that they apply for admission to the time that they get here, and also measures their satisfaction in terms of their academic experience,� Shankar said. “It’s the entire length and breadth of an international student’s stay at Northwestern.�

The International Office began advertising the launch of ISB at the start of the school year, said associate director Nick Seamons.

By amy whyte

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The University launched a survey tool Oct. 15 designed to measure international students’ opinions of their experiences at Northwestern.

NU is one of the first American schools to implement the International Student Barometer. Ravi Shankar, director of the International Office, estimated only about 50 to 60 universities in the United States are using the program, developed by i-graduate, a U.K.based company that recently expanded its market to North America. “For the first time, we’re trying to gauge the international student experience at Northwestern,� Shankar said. “We really don’t know what our students are thinking, how they feel, so we wanted to get a comprehensive and holistic picture of their experience.�

Juliette Lim, an international student, said she

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From page 1 “It could decrease the number of people suffering and dying from cancer,� she said.

Weinberg freshman Aaron Pu said he agrees with the new tax. He said he thinks the tax is reasonable because it would be considered a sin tax, or a tax on behaviors that are generally discouraged. According to the Centers for Disease Control, smoking causes about 443,000 deaths a year in the United States. “It’s bad for the environment. It’s bad for your health,� Pu said. “So taxing will discourage people from buying more cigarettes. It’s a good idea.�

However, not everyone is in favor of the cigarette tax proposal.

State Sens. Christine Radogno (R-Lemont) and Tom Cross (R-Plainfield) said in a news

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It’s bad for the environment.

It’s bad for your health. So taxing will discourage people from buying more cigarettes.

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release that they don’t support raising taxes to solve the Medicaid crisis.

Some students also oppose the tax. Weinberg senior Charles Long said he opposes the idea. “I have friends who smoke, so, no, I don’t support it,� Long said. “There shouldn’t be a tax against them.� amandagilbert2015@u.northwestern.edu

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“We tried to build a lot of momentum in advance of the actual launch, so leading up to it we were sending emails via listserv and also making announcements at programs like orientation to make students aware that the University was going to be taking this assessment,� Seamons said.

The launch itself was celebrated Tuesday and Thursday of last week with parties, where international students were invited to bring their laptops and eat free pizza while taking the survey, Seamons said.

The International Office is encouraging students to participate in the program by offering a $1,000 cash prize. All students who take the survey are automatically entered into a raffle for the money, according to the office’s website.

Shankar said as of last week, the program has already had a 14 percent response rate. “We hope for at least 40 percent,� Shankar said. “That’s our goal.�

Lim said she intends to take the survey primarily

for the chance to win $1,000, not because there was anything in particular she could think of that needed improvement. In fact, Lim had nothing but positive things to say about NU’s international student programs. “I think they do a good job in terms of connecting with us and making sure we have the right resources,� Lim said. “And I like how we have orientation right before school starts. A lot of schools don’t do that.�

Shankar said he hopes that the survey’s results, which will be released sometime between February and March, will help the International Office determine which areas they are doing well in and which areas still need improvement. “Maybe it’ll tell us we’re doing just fine, maybe we don’t need to do anything. I don’t know, “ Shankar said. “It will be interesting to see the results.� amywhyte2015@u.northwestern.edu

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I figured it would be more convenient for me to vote on Election Day, but to be honest, I haven’t looked into early voting.

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experience early voting doesn’t provide.

President Barack Obama will vote early in Chicago on Thursday.

In a news release, First Lady Michelle Obama encouraged the President’s supporters to vote early as well. “It means you don’t have to worry about your schedule filling up, or getting sick, or having to work late on Election Day,� she said in the release. “And more than anything, it means you can act right now to move our country forward.�

From Monday to Wednesday, 1,655 people voted early in Evanston, and 43,956 people have voted early in Cook County as a whole, according to the clerk’s website.

Camryn Castle, SESP sophomore

Early voting initiatives have increased in popularity nationwide this election cycle.

Paul Gronke, director of the Early Voting Information Center, told NPR he expects up to 35 percent of ballots to be cast early, up from 33 percent in 2008, 20 percent in 2004 and 15 percent in 2000. sophiabollag2016@u.northwestern.edu

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Cats lose second straight in OT Northern Illinois scores goal in first minute of overtime

By AVA WALLACE

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Northwestern’s last non-conference match of the season was an unwelcome case of deja vu.

NU (10-4-2) played against the wind and traded possession with Northern Illinois (4-8-3) throughout the match’s scrappy first half before opening up in the second period to create multiple close scoring chances at Lakeside Field on Wednesday night.

Although it looked like the Wildcats were gaining momentum going into overtime, Northern Illinois’ Charlie Oliver sent a shot past Tyler Miller’s dive into the top left corner of the net in the first minute of extra time.

Oliver’s goal gave the Cats their second overtime loss in a row at home, after a hard-fought loss to Penn State on Sunday afternoon.

Wednesday night’s repeat ending left coach Tim Lenahan and his players disappointed in the team’s playmaking abilities.

“If every game you have zero on the scoreboard and you play 110 minutes and you have winds out here that play havoc, you’re going to be in trouble,” Lenahan said. “It’s not that defensively we didn’t do what we needed to do … Northern Illinois played very well and they made a play. Just like on Sunday, they made a play. We didn’t make a play.”

Throughout the game’s first half, senior forward Chris Ritter, junior midfielder Lepe Seetane and freshman forward Joey Calistri consistently found themselves up against Northern Illinois’ suffocating defense. NU’s forwards were forced to spend much of the period behind the half-mark, supporting their own defense.

When the Cats were able to open

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MORE TIME, MORE PROBLEMS Northwestern forward Joey Calistri was part of an attack that came up short in the final third against Northern Illinois. The freshman said sloppy play hampered the Wildcats down the stretch. The Cats went on to lose in overtime.

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the game offensively in the second half and create more opportunities, they had trouble connecting passes and flubbed opportunities in the box. The team also maintained possession for most of the half, despite ending regular play with an equal amount of shots taken, six, to Northern Illinois. NU was also up against Northern Illinois’ senior goalkeeper Jordan Godsey, who has 31 career shutouts.

Still, Calistri said NU could have challenged Godsey more. The

keeper ended with three saves.

“In the second half, we were going with the wind, we were on them a lot, and we created some decent chances,” Calistri said. “But in the final third … it just wasn’t as clean as it had to be, and that was disappointing.”

Despite solid ball control — on display tonight again in the midfield — NU has struggled with converting opportunities in opponents’ territories for a large part of the season.

Lenahan placed responsibility on the team’s veteran players, who he said needed to step up Wednesday night.

He also commended freshman midfielder Cole Missimo, who sprinted the near sideline all night.

Missimo made smart passes and

efficient challenges throughout the night and looked to be the busiest player on the field.

But, looking ahead to the Cats’ final two games of the season, conference matches against Wisconsin and Indiana, Lenahan said he will continue to expect NU’s older players to take responsibility for the team.

“We’re going to challenge our veteran group … to say hey, this is our time. This is your time,” Lenahan said. “But the difference between being a Big Ten champion or an Elite Eight team, as some of the past teams have been, is making plays. And we’ve got a find a way to make plays.” avawallace2015@u.northwestern.edu

Football

Offense, defense not on same page

By JOSH WALFISH

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Northwestern’s problem has shifted from getting its defense off the field to keeping its offense on it.

The Wildcats’ defense has forced teams off the field 18 times, Third not includdown is all ing kneels to end the about focus. half, withIt’s more of an out scoring in the past attitude than two weeks . anything.

Meanwhile, the offense Brian Arnfekt, has had 14 defensive lineman three-andouts in those same games.

The defense has allowed teams to convert on third down less than 30 percent of the time these last two contests, but the offense has only converted on 20 percent of its third downs over the same span.

“Third down is all about focus,” senior Brian Arnfelt said. “It’s more of an attitude than anything. If not, we’re going to go out the next series and stop them. This team more than any team that I’ve played on, we’re going to stop them.”

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OUT OF SYNC Northwestern defensive lineman Brian Arnfelt and the defense excel on third down, an area where the offense still lags behind.

major contributor to NU’s success on third downs. Nebraska needed to gain three or fewer yards six times on third down and only converted two of those opportunities. Most of those came courtesy of the run defense not giving the Cornhuskers’ room to run and stuffing them at the line of scrimmage.

“We bring that energy not only to us as defensive players but to the offense,” Arnfelt said. “The offense sees that and kind of like how when they make a big play we build on it, that

relationship is a two-way street.”

The issue is the offense has not built off that momentum and gone off on long drives. NU had four drives of more than five plays against Nebraska, resulting in two touchdowns, the missed field goal at the end of the game and a punt. The other 15 drives resulted in 11 punts, the end of both halves, a 14-yard touchdown drive and a 80-yard explosive rushing touchdown from junior running back Venric Mark.

It all comes back to execution and

taking advantage of the match-ups provided. Sophomore quarterback Trevor Siemian was in the game during many of these third-down situations, sometimes for his first play.

He said he does not feel any extra pressure when he enters the game on third down and the defense knows he’s going to pass.

“It’s a third down situation so even if you’re on the field (for the other plays) you know there’s a sense of urgency,” Siemian said. “If I was in there on first and second down and I would be in on third down and have to deal with the same thing.”

The Cats did a poor job at picking up yards on first and second down against the Cornhuskers on Saturday.

The first time NU had less than five yards to gain on third down was in the middle of the second quarter. Before that point, NU had nine third downs and faced an average of 9.6 yards to go for the next first down. The Cats only converted on one of those nine attempts, which placed a greater burden on the NU offense to pick up yards on first and second down to avoid facing such long third-down conversions.

In recent weeks, NU has not set itself up for manageable third downs, Siemian said.

“It’s not realistic to play the game that way,” he said. joshuawalfish2014@u.northwestern.edu

Last year, heartbreak became the norm for Northwestern’s men’s basketball team.

The team suffered so many tough, close losses – Minnesota, Purdue, Michigan and Ohio State to name a few – that the failure to reach the NCAA Tournament felt that much worse.

Gone this year is all-time leading scorer John Shurna, the poster child not only of the basketball program but perhaps also of NU athletics in general. But his absence creates a spot for someone else to bring the joy back to Evanston: senior guard/forward Drew Crawford.

The 2009-2010 Big Ten Freshman of the Year has become the team’s de facto leader. He’s the most talented player left on the squad, and he now carries the burden of bringing the Cats to their first NCAA Tournament in school history.

Fortunately for Crawford, arguably the best supporting squad in school history will be on his side.

Sophomore point guard Dave Sobolewski flashed potential last season, and the added height of freshmen centers Chier Ajou and Alex Olah and Louisville transfer Jared Swopshire should make up for the loss of the suspended JerShon Cobb.

But this season is about Crawford. He grew up as the son of NBA referee Dan Crawford, so he must know how important history is to the game of basketball.

Basketball is unlike any other sport. In this game, individuals leave marks that determine how we view them forever.

So many great college players in recent years carried teams not only into the tournament but also through it.

Gordon Heyward took an out-of-nowhere Butler program to a near-upset of Duke in the national title game. Kemba Walker carried Connecticut the next year against the same Butler team, hitting clutch basket after basket. Who remembers Mario Chalmers’ improbable shot over Derrick Rose in 2008? The one that eventually led to a Kansas championship.

Way back from Juan Dixon in 2002 to Anthony Davis seven months ago, college players with varying talent levels have left their mark on the sport.

Although Crawford may not go down in NCAA history, this year is his chance to go down in NU history.

This season, the Cats will make the NCAA Tournament. They are too talented not to make it, even with the suspension of Cobb. Coach Bill Carmody, who I (kind of regrettably) criticized on multiple occasions, remains loved by his players and is more than capable of leading this team into March.

Crawford will be the leader of that team. He’s the guy who, when the game gets tight and every possession lasts forever, will have the ball in his hands.

All of that means this season is going to be about the mark Crawford makes at NU. It’s his time to shine, and he holds a chance to bring something to the university that every single student, alumni, professor, janitor and Plex’s pasta maven Carlos have waited their entire lives for.

If (but really when) the Cats make the NCAA Tournament, Crawford’s face will be the one plastered on posters, programs and tickets.

Although Shurna will occupy a piece of the heart of every NU fan, Crawford can be the one who brings the school what it has always been waiting for. rohannadkarni2015@u.northwestern.edu