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Explained: Workers get new contract How years of action led to Compass Group agreement

By ISABEL FUNK

daily senior staffer @isabeldfunk

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ETHS students climb up metal scaffolding to write messages of climate justice on the plywood above.

ETHS students demand action

More than 100 walk out of class asking city for climate justice

By MAX LUBBERS and OLIVIA ALEXANDER

daily senior staffer @maxlubbers, @olivigalex

About 150 Evanston Township High School students walked out of their last class Friday afternoon, pressuring City Council to increase funding and support for the implementation of the city’s Climate Action and Resilience Plan.

The protest was organized by

Positive cases double among non-undergrads Nor thwestern saw an increase in the COVID-19 positivity rate this week, with over three-fourths of the positive cases coming from nonundergraduate students.

Roughly the same number of tests were taken this week as last. The positivity rate rose to 1.16% from last week’s 0.80%.

Of the 57 positive cases, 44 are attributed to non-undergraduate students, which is double last week’s number.

The University also completed its first week of required testing for a third of the undergraduate population, which yielded five positive tests. Of the remaining positive tests, staff accounted for six and faculty for three.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention approved the administration of Moderna and Johnson & Johnson booster shots on Wednesday. People also have the option to receive a different booster shot from their primary vaccination series.

Pfizer’s clinical trials found its two-shot series, administered at one-third the dose,

» See COVID, page 6 Recycle Me

ETown Sunrise, an environmental justice group, specifically calling for the council to allocate American Rescue Plan Act funding to CARP, which aims for the city to reach net-zero carbon emissions by 2050. Organizers and other environmental justice activists said CARP currently lacks the funding and staff to stay on track with its goals.

ETHS senior and Sunrise Hub Coordinator Lily Aaron said the city must act now, rather than give

more empty promises.

“We are literally walking out of our lessons so that we can teach them one,” Aaron told The Daily.

“We are the voters of tomorrow, and it’s displaying that we care and we’re not going to let this slide.”

Protestors walked from school to Fountain Square, where organizers encouraged students to call their alderpeople and Mayor Daniel Biss to demand ARPA funding be allocated toward CARP. Right now, the proposed 2022

city budget allotts around $80,000 toward CARP projects, but the city’s CARP Implementation Task Force recently proposed for $5 million in ARPA funding to go toward CARP projects.

But the federal government does not recognize CARP initiatives as a preset category for ARPA fund use. Interim City Manager Kelley Gandurski has recommended including CARP projects

» See CLIMATE, page 6

After more than two years of advocacy, Northwestern’s subcontracted dining and service workers voted Oct. 18 to ratify a new contract with Compass Group, the University’s food service provider.

The road to ratification was marked with cycles of reported layoffs and uncertainty, the sporadic withdrawal of health insurance coverage and dangerous pandemic working conditions.

Workers advocated for better conditions alongside student supporters and union representatives through marches, petitions and discussions of a strike. The pandemic made their calls even more urgent.

Here’s a timeline of the key moments that led to last week’s agreement.

July 1, 2018: The University officially transferred its food service provider from Sodexo and Aramark to Compass Group.

The transfer happened after NU’s contracts with Sodexo and Aramark expired in 2018. In April,

workers marched to present a petition to Sodexo and Aramark, their employer, asking for support during the transition.

That May, Compass reached an agreement with UNITE HERE Local 1, the union representing NU’s subcontracted service workers, to guarantee job security for Sodexo and Aramark employees during the transition. The union announced that Compass agreed to incorporate workers and maintain benefits like seniority and health insurance.

The agreement did not specify how long workers’ jobs would be retained or provide any details about the transition. The transfer officially occurred July 1 of that year.

August 2019: Workers’ original contract with Compass expired.

Until last week, workers hadn’t received a raise since their contract expired, according to the union.

Mid-March 2020: Northwestern laid off hundreds of workers as campus shut down.

According to the union, the University laid off 320 sub-contracted workers without pay.

» See DINING, page 6

Campus Gear celebrates 29 years in town Owner David Haghnaji offers a variety of merchandise, including NU apparel and gear

By CLARE ZHANG

the daily northwestern @clarezhang_

As an undergraduate student at University of Illinois Chicago, David Haghnaji would play in poker tournaments all weekend. Other players took breaks, but he trained himself to stay up from Friday evening to Sunday morning.

That commitment is the reason behind Haghnaji’s success, Campus Gear retail associate Ken Mick said.

“He’s taken that ability and applied it to the rest of his life,” Mick said.

Now, 63-year-old Haghnaji dedicates more than 16 hours a day to managing Campus Gear, a downtown Evanston store with two other branches. The shop is well-known for its narrow aisles overflowing with purple merchandise and Northwestern “N”s.

Campus Gear’s ceiling-high shelves include everything from Northwestern Mom and Dad gear to teddy bears in purple shirts to NU-Arizona State hats. Haghnaji said he buys items in several styles and colors to provide customers with options.

“My workers, everybody blames me because they say it’s hard to keep track (of everything),” Haghnaji said. “But I like offering variety.”

When Haghnaji came to the U.S. in 1976, he didn’t intend to go into business.

His goal was to get a bachelor’s degree in civil

engineering, then return to his hometown in Iran to teach at the University of Tabriz. But by the time he finished his degree at University of Illinois Chicago, Iran had undergone a revolution. His parents said it would be safer for him to stay in the U.S. Haghnaji went on to receive a master’s degree and a Ph.D., then looked for teaching jobs in the U.S. Because none offered the salary he was hoping for, he changed plans.

Pivoting away from his engineering experience, Haghnaji and his cousin opened a boutique together in Carbondale. They made a couple of wrong moves, Haghnaji said, and his savings were gone within the first year. But they pushed on.

“You have to put your 100% into business in order to make it work,” Haghnaji said.

“Once this becomes a secondary thing, it means that it’s going to fail.”

Haghnaji and his cousin then found a market among college students in the area who wanted Greek life merchandise and saw their opportunity. They opened another successful store in Wisconsin, this time focusing on college gear and Greek letters. Ultimately, though, Haghnaji left the store and started Campus Gear on his own.

In the 29 years since, Haghnaji has pursued opportunities to open about 10 college gear stores in the Northeast and Midwest. Campus Gear’s three Evanston locations have stood the test of time, which Haghnaji’s employees feel is largely due to their employer’s extremely

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David Haghnaji offers a variety of merchandise at his Campus Gear stores, including Northwestern apparel and sports gear.

hands-on work habits.

“I’m a workaholic as well, but not as much as him,” Campus Gear manager Steve Mirzakhail said. “I was like, what do you have me here for?”

This year’s booming business is making up for losses during the pandemic, Haghnaji said, during which he used up his life savings and borrowed as much as he could in order to keep the store open.

Despite hardships over the past year, Mirzakhail said he has never seen Haghnaji lose his temper, saying his employer stresses the importance of patience.

Mick said Haghnaji is generous with his employees, frequently treating them

to lunch and checking in with them. He bought Chinese food for everyone after a busy shift in the store during this year’s Homecoming weekend.

Haghnaji said he enjoys campus events such as Homecoming, both for the business they bring and the people behind the purchases. Over the years, he’s witnessed multiple generations of NU students passing through the school.

“You see somebody come in … and he says, ‘I used to come to your store all the time,’” Haghnaji said. “And now he’s bringing his son to school.” clarezhang2024@u.northwestern.edu

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Halloween display removed over lynching concerns

By MAIA SPOTO

daily senior staffer @maia_spoto

Content warning: This story contains mentions of lynching.

W hen resident and Evanston Live TV founder Meleika Gardner saw the Halloween display in person, her back clenched in pain.

Gardner, a community journalist, received a photo tip from a source earlier that day: at least two blow-up bodies wrapped in black plastic were hanging by chains from trees near a park where children play. Gardner, who posted the images to Facebook Wednesday, said she instantly thought of Billie Holiday’s 1939 song “Strange Fruit,” a protest song that likens the bodies of publicly lynched Black people to fruit hanging from trees.

“It sends chills up my spine to see something hanging up a tree that’s supposed to be a human,” Gardner said. “Immediately, that takes me to the trauma of generations and generations.”

Black horror scholars strongly discourage people from decorating with nooses and other hanging objects, because hanging is associated with a history of racist terror in the United States. Pushback against hanging Halloween decorations has unfurled on a national scale for years. In Evanston, some residents are banding together to push for stronger regulations on decor for the holiday.

City Collector Office to reopen Monday at the Civic Center Evanston’s City Collector’s Office will reopen to the public on Monday at the Lorraine H. Morton Civic Center, 2100 Ridge Ave. The office, which collects payments related to city fees and taxes, will be located at its previous location

“The city should think about banning the display of human bodies swinging from a tree, whether from their feet or their neck,” Gardner said. “I’ve seen some crazy displays that are pretty disturbing, but that has deep symbolic meaning.”

By the time Gardner arrived at the parkway

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Evanston establishes guidelines for Halloween annually. This year’s list sets up, for example, official Trick-or-Treat hours (4 p.m. to 7 p.m.) and COVID-19 safety measures (including social distancing and cloth mask use).

None of the guidelines address public-facing decorations.

to look for herself, the bodies lay on the ground in a resident’s front yard. After knocking on the door to no response, municipal employees took on the first floor. It will host in-person transactions Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

As a safety precaution, all visitors will be subject to a temperature scan upon entering the Civic Center. Face coverings are also required.

The office’s reopening comes after its 2020 relocation to the Robert Crown Community Center, where operations continued until Thursday.

Community members can continue to drop off check payments at the blue collection box on the Civic Center’s west side. Multiple types of

them down from the parkway trees and moved them to the resident’s property, according to Patrick Deignan, the city’s communications manager. The employees also removed a neighbor’s parkway tree display that Gardner said featured severed hands and legs.

In this specific situation, the display qualified for removal because it was hanging from public parkway trees, Deignan wrote in an email to The Daily. A city ordinance prohibits residents from hanging items on those trees. When the city responds to a violation of the ordinance, Deignan said employees usually return the property to the resident.

On private property, however, “(displays) would have to violate a city ordinance or law to be removed,” Deignan told Evanston RoundTable.

Prior to the display’s removal that day, Ald. Peter Braithwaite (2nd) called resident Angela Dunteman to let her know residents had expressed concern about the display and to inform her of the city ordinance. He didn’t specifically ask her to remove the display, Dunteman said. Dunteman was at work when she took the call, and nobody was home to take down the display.

Dunteman said she hung up the display a couple of weeks ago “strictly with Halloween goggles on.” She said she’s upset the display caused harm. “(The intent of the display was) to do something different and scary for Halloween,” said Dunteman, whose family celebrates Halloween

avidly every year. “Clearly, that was not a good idea.”

Evanston establishes guidelines for Halloween annually. This year’s list sets up, for example, official Trick-or-Treat hours (4 p.m. to 7 p.m.) and COVID-19 safety measures (including social distancing and cloth mask use). None of the guidelines address publicfacing decorations.

Resident Heidi Randhava, who also writes for the RoundTable, said the city should at the very least instruct residents not to hang false bodies from trees within those guidelines.

Randhava has lived in Evanston for more than three decades and said she’s seen a handful of similar decorations every year. She worries especially about the impact horror decorations have on young children.

“A neighborhood is not a haunted house,” Randhava said. “In a haunted house, you get a warning. In a neighborhood, you don’t have that option.”

Randhava encouraged residents to speak in favor of stronger Halloween guidelines at Monday’s City Council meeting.

Gardner added there’s power in numbers. And she’s tired of public displays in Evanston augmenting the generational trauma of racism.

“You have some people saying on Facebook, ‘Geez Louise, it’s Halloween. It’s just decorations, and people are oversensitive,’” Gardner said. “For you to say that, you’re not sensitive enough.” maiaspoto2023@u.northwestern.edu

transactions can also be completed online, including wheel taxes and residential parking permits.

Residents who need assistance with online transactions can contact Evanston 311 by calling or texting 847-448-4311.

The Building Permit Desk continues to operate by appointment only at the Robert Crown Community Center, with online applications also available.

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ON CAMPUS

Crew team rows into weekend success

By NICOLE MARKUS

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Northwestern’s club rowing team sent two boats to the prestigious Head of the Charles Regatta in Cambridge, Mass., over the weekend — the program’s first return to the event in nearly a decade.

The women’s collegiate fours boat placed 13th out of 32 teams, and the men’s club fours finished 30th out of 44. Because the women finished in the top 50% of their race, they automatically requalify for next year’s regatta. The men’s team, however, will have to reapply through a lottery because of the high volume of interested teams.

Communication senior and Crew President Sarah Pickles rowed in the women’s collegiate fours boat. She said the competition helped her build a strong bond with the other members of her boat.

“It was just kind of a blur, in the sense that it’s a pretty long race, but it went by so quickly,” Pickles said. “Our timing as a boat was really good. We were all very much in sync with each other (and had) a good swing.”

Unlike other rowing events with straight courses, the Head of the Charles features multiple sharp turns and bridges, making steering especially important. Each boat’s coxswain, a team member who guides the rowers during the race, navigated the course to ensure the boats didn’t crash or lag behind.

McCormick senior Lillian Chu, a men’s club fours coxswain, said there are many different responsibilities that come with leading the boat.

She makes sure everyone’s oars are in sync and calls out the number of strokes the boat is taking per minute.

“It forces you to make a lot of quick decisions in time-pressured situations,” Chu said.

This was one of the crew team’s first competitions since the COVID-19 pandemic began. Pickles said she enjoyed being back in the “racing mindset” after a year and a half without competition.

McCormick senior Alexander Jimenez, who competed in the men’s club fours, said the

atmosphere felt different from the pre-pandemic race experience. “Coming from COVID … you don’t really know how other boats stand, you don’t know how their training plans have been,” Jimenez said. “The fields have changed so much from what people may expect from previous years. Some boats that you think would be better didn’t do as well as we would have thought.”

Typically, crew events have few spectators, Chu

said. But the Head of the Charles Regatta draws hundreds of onlookers and participants every year.

“It was such a cool atmosphere,” Pickles said.

“I’ve never seen that many boats and this many people. (In) the course, you go through six different bridges, and all of the bridges are just filled with people cheering.” nicolemarkus2025@u.northwestern.edu

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Amaral: What NU’s next president should prioritize LUIS AMARAL

OP-ED CONTRIBUTOR

Rebecca Blank is Northwestern’s next university president, and some of the expectations for the role have not changed that significantly over the University’s 170-year history.

Just as was asked of Clark Hinman and Henry Noyes, President-elect Blank is expected to keep a sharp focus on growing the $14 billion endowment.

A novel aspect of the president’s role, however — one that did not truly exist until the mid 1980s — is climbing the national rankings. Research strongly suggests that ranking and end owment growth are strongly correlated at elite private universities and have become the focus of both presidents and boards of trustees at those institutions.

By both these measures, NU has been doing extraordinarily well. In remarks to faculty, University President Morton Schapiro has frequently highlighted the success of the We Will campaign, which fundraised over $5.3 billion. Similarly, NU rose in the rankings from 12 to nine during his tenure.

Even so, President-elect Blank should not pursue the current strategic focus on national rankings.

Instead, we need a more balanced approach to investing in the academic mission of the University.

The focus on rankings hides numerous issues regarding how they are determined and what they measure. If rankings were not noisy measures, then one would not expect to see some of the inconsistencies that occur year over year.

Additionally, the emphasis on endowment growth creates tension with other goals. As the portion of funds raised and placed in the endowment increases, the fraction that can be used to, for example, create more opportunities for scholarly endeavors or for maintaining and growing critical infrastructure, decreases.

To provide a more informed understanding of NU’s current national rank and assess whether our focus should be on rising in the rankings, it’s important to provide some background on how rankings change over time and whether improvements truly signify institutional change.

Considering all the celebration about reaching a rank of nine, it may be surprising to find out that during the past 30 years the University’s ranking has

been fluctuating between 15 and 10, with the occasional breakthrough to nine.

In view of the noisiness of rankings, maybe it is more fruitful to ask not what our current ranking is, but whether there has been an improving trend in NU’s ranking. Those familiar with statistical analysis will immediately ask if we can detect a statistically significant linear trend in NU’s rankings.

Looking at the entire period, the answer is probably yes. If we consider only the post-1992 period, however, after the financial issues experienced during the Strotz presidency had been addressed, the answer is likely no. And, if looking only at the Bienen and Schapiro presidencies, then the answer is a definite no.

The data visually suggest that the University of Chicago’s ranking has risen during the same period.

To further investigate this possibility, I considered all private universities that have been consistently ranked in the top 20 since 2000 and identified those for which there is a significant linear trend in their ranking. Four universities — Columbia University, University of Chicago, Johns Hopkins University and Vanderbilt University — have significantly improved their rankings. Seven universities — Yale University, University of Pennsylvania, Duke University, California Institute of Technology, Dartmouth College, Washington University in St. Louis and Cornell University — have significantly lost prestige. What could be behind these changes?

To attempt to answer this question, I look at the other measure that boards of trustees monitor closely: endowment growth in Figure 1. A plausible hypothesis, according to the research literature, is the rising universities experienced greater growth of their endowment than the declining ones. Because actual endowment sizes can vary so much and because of the widely different sizes of the alumni population of these universities, I show the post-2000 endowment growth of several of these 11 universities.

Clearly, I do not have enough data here for making statistically significant determinations.

Nonetheless, a few features appear worthwhile to note. First, the endowment growth of the highest ranked declining universities — Yale, UPenn and Duke — was higher than the growth for the four rising universities.

Strangely, the big endowment gain by Vanderbilt in 2019 was contemporaneous with a large negative fluctuation in its ranking. Second, NU’s endowment grew significantly faster than the endowments of six out of the seven declining universities. Third, for

most of the considered period, NU’s endowment also grew significantly faster than the endowments of the four rising universities.

All these universities considered have had at least one successful fundraising campaign since 2000 and have closely followed the investment strategy promoted by Yale’s investment team. This raises the intriguing possibility that the reason why the endowment of the rising universities has grown slower is that they have invested more of the raised funds into academic growth rather than endowment growth.

Columbia, in particular, seems to have made sizable investments into a number of new strategic areas (neuroscience, free speech, data science and climate change). Could NU’s ranking have actually risen if, for example, the $800 million surplus of a few years ago had been invested in research infrastructure instead of added to the endowment?

In any case, whether more ambitious investments in research infrastructure increase the rankings, they do have the potential to improve the work of faculty and graduate students, and the academic experiences of undergraduate students. Indeed, they

could even contribute to help local communities respond to societal challenges such as addiction, gun violence or climate change. As was recently reported in The New Yorker, Columbia faculty are having a direct impact on the manner in which New York City will respond to the challenges posed by climate change.

It is a wonderful feeling to be a member of a leading university. It is an even better one to truly deserve the honor. With the selection of a new president, NU has the opportunity to reinvest in academic growth and to claim true leadership among its peer institutions. Doing so might lead to an improved ranking, but it would, more importantly, directly improve our research, teaching and contribution to society.

Luis Amaral is a Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering. He can be reached at amaral@ northwestern.edu. If you would like to respond publicly to this op-ed, send a Letter to the Editor to opinion@dailynorthwestern.com. The views expressed in this piece do not necessarily reflect the views of all staff members of The Daily Northwestern.

Graphic by Angeli Mittal. Data courtesy of Luis Amaral.

Figure 1. Endowment growth since 2000 of NU (purple circles and line) and nine universities whose ranking has changed significantly over the past twenty years. The gray shaded areas highlight the impacts of the 2000 stock market crash and the 2008 financial crisis.

Hiredesai: Desi representation is a work in progress ANNIKA HIREDESAI

ASSISTANT OPINION EDITOR

I read Ayesha Baig’s column on Desi representation last week and found myself thinking about it for some time after. I identified with much of what she wrote about her experience with South Asian media.

My hometown has a sizable Indian population and I had peers and friends who shared my background. There were several Indian restaurants in town, yearly functions and community organizations. Despite this sizable presence, I grew up with little to no interest in connecting with my Indian heritage. After all, it was my parents who were Indian; I was American.

It wasn’t until I arrived at Northwestern that I began to find meaning in being South Asian. As I became close to other Indian Americans, I developed

a new appreciation for how my heritage, despite my earlier denials, has shaped who I am today. Desi media representation has to follow suit.

I agree with Baig that what little Desi representation currently exists is almost always limited to a given set of characters and tropes, the kind of onedimensional writing that is palatable to American audiences. Hollywood is incapable of portraying one of the most culturally diverse regions in the world. To be South Asian is to be some combination of hundreds of different subcultures arising from an array of faiths, languages, dialects, cuisines and cultural behaviors. However, I disagree with Baig’s point that Desi representation shouldn’t even be attempted if it would fall short of authenticity.

One of the few pieces of American media I have found that portrays a South Asian character with nuance is Fox’s “The Resident,” a medical drama that follows idealistic intern Dr. Devon Pravesh as he confronts the messy realities of practicing medicine. Pravesh’s character is one that allows the audience to hear about facets of the Desi-American

experience that go unnoticed by general audiences.

As a first-generation American myself, I identify with his character’s intense drive to honor his parents’ sacrifices and struggle to balance acclimation with the traditions he grew up with. I can’t imagine that this kind of representation didn’t arise in part because of the glaring vacuum of South Asian representation on shows like “Grey’s Anatomy,” especially given the prevalence of Desi physicians in this country.

We deserve more of this kind of representation in all kinds of media, but sitting on our hands and expecting perfection is unrealistic. Karan Brar, the first South Asian person to have a recurring role on a Disney show, recently came to campus for a Q&A hosted by the South Asian Students Alliance. While his character Ravi was a milestone in representation, Brar described the role as “three steps forward at the time, two steps backward in hindsight.” He now selects roles and projects with the goal of showcasing South Asians as multifaceted, ranging from comedies to action films and everything in between.

We should expect to see more mediocrity on our way to ideal representation, because progress comes in increments, not wholesale reform.

However, in no way should we accept lowerquality representation moving forward. In the face of abject failures, we need to vocalize how things could be improved, to build upon viable, existing frameworks to tell nuanced stories that make us feel seen. A large part of that is having more South Asian writers, actors, directors and producers involved in the creation of these works. With these renewed expectations, I believe authentic representation of the Desi experience can be done justice.

Annika Hiredesai is a Weinburg junior. She can be contacted at annikahiredesai2023@u.northwestern. edu. If you would like to respond publicly to this op-ed, send a Letter to the Editor to opinion@ dailynorthwestern.com. The views expressed in this piece do not necessarily reflect the views of all staff members of The Daily Northwestern.

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Rochelle Peeples grows art store amid pandemic

By KARA PEELER

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With a love for art and an interest in expanding, Chicago resident Rochelle Peeples ventured into the world of small businesses with her alcohol ink coasters, magnets and paintings in 2018. Her business, called ArtOf Rochelle, sells products through Etsy and in artist collaboratives like Chicago Makers Pop Up Shop. Peeples said her love of art helped her persevere and grow her store during the pandemic. The Daily spoke with Peeples to delve deeper into what it means to be an artist, maker and entrepreneur.

This interview has been edited for clarity and brevity.

The Daily: What has it been like being a maker and having a small business during a pandemic?

Peeples: The business itself sort of excelled with a pandemic. I was already going in that direction.

I was already making the art, and I was already

considering selling the art for about a year. But then the pandemic happened. I started working full-time from home, so that just meant I had a lot of time, so I was making a lot more art than I normally was.

And then I started to sell them because I was like, “Well, I have time now.” I was trying to find more avenues to sell, and I saw Chicago Makers was looking for applicants. And that’s that.

The Daily: What mediums do you use and how did you get started?

Peeples: I do have a full-time job, but I’m also a maker, so I consider myself an artist. I work with alcohol ink as my main medium right now. So I make alcohol ink, mostly coasters, but I do work with making paintings and other objects using alcohol ink. I started doing that in 2018 and then I started selling with Chicago Makers in 2021, so just this past year.

The Daily: Where do you hope to take your business in the future? Peeples: I’ve been in the makerspace for over a year now. I’ve been in other small markets. I’m still at the shop at Chicago Maker(s) Shop, and I’m also in another store right

now. I know that I might want to consider getting into other shops. Some people have reached out to me, but for me right now, I do have a full-time job, so it is a lot. These are not the only two things that are in my life right now. I do want to expand it, but we’ll see what happens. I love making art, so I’m not going to stop doing it, at the very least.

The Daily: Do you have any advice for other artists?

Peeples: If you’re somebody who is looking to start your own small, handmade or artist’s business, definitely look at what other people are doing. It’s okay to steal ideas just as long as you’re not just plagiarizing. You want to be successful in your business. I’m still new, so I’m still looking at other people and seeing what works and what doesn’t. Just try stuff out — and if you fail, it’s okay.

Interested in checking out Peeples’ work?

Explore her Instagram @artofrochelle or Etsy shop. karapeeler2025@u.northwestern.edu

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Two weeks ago, WILLOW headlined A&O Blowout, with Raveena opening the highly anticipated event. Hosted by A&O Productions at Welsh-Ryan Arena, Blowout was free for Northwestern students. This year, the event was in such high demand that the website selling tickets crashed. When the website was back up, tickets quickly sold out. Last year’s Blowout was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

In 2019, WILLOW’s brother, Jaden Smith, headlined the event. This year’s Blowout also featured a DJ, Moondog, aka Communication senior Tyler Felson.

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community to abide by public health guidelines.

Now, vendors and market organizers say they are facing a new hurdle: a controversial relocation to Fountain Square in downtown Evanston that would force them to adapt to new circumstances again. It’s a decision that some believe could change the identity of the market itself. In this episode of Everything Evanston, vendors discussed how the change in location would be

difficult for many to deal with and how the spatial constraints of the proposed location would be a logistical challenge. Vendors are unsure of who will be able to adapt to the new location and who will leave the market. You can listen to this podcast on Spotify, Apple Podcasts or SoundCloud.

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March 30, 2020: Northwestern announced it would continue paying dining workers during Spring Quarter.

NU announced plans to continue paying workers and provide benefits in partnership with Compass despite the campus shutdown that quarter.

The University said the financial support would equal the pay and benefits that the roughly 600 food service employees typically receive when campus is open, according to a news release. The announcement came shortly after UNITE HERE Local 1 released a petition asking the University to keep paying employees rather than instituting layoffs.

But workers never received compensation or benefits, according to a later petition from Students Organizing for Labor Rights.

UNITE HERE Local 1 held virtual rallies on March 31, 2020 and April 30, 2020 urging NU to follow through on its commitment and pay subcontracted service workers, who were not included in the University’s plan to continue paying dining workers.

July 2020: Compass laid off about 230 employees who were on temporary layoff since March.

According to a news release, workers retained health benefits until September and were provided with information on how to file for unemployment or receive aid through the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act. Compass cited an anticipated decrease in the oncampus population in the fall as their reasoning.

Aug. 31, 2020: A proposal Compass agreed to in March to provide workers with health and safety protections expired without extension.

Compass had the opportunity to extend protections to workers before the start of the academic year, but chose not to. The loss of protections meant workers

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within existing ARPA categories, rather than allocating the money directly.

The protest focused on ARPA funding and CARP implementation to create a specific, actionable demand, ETown Sunrise Social Media Manager Eva MoralesGrahl said.

“It’s important to localize because it gives us more power,” Morales-Grahl said. “We know our community and we know what we need. By being specific, we can really plan out and be well organized and our message can be very clear.”

Before beginning speeches, Morales-Grahl led a land acknowledgment and invited attendees to close their eyes to focus on the natural world and what it provides. ETown Sunrise seeks to build mindfulness of peoples’ present and continued participation in

could face discipline for absences related to COVID-19.

Compass stopped paying health insurance for laid off workers on Sept. 1, 2020.

Jan. 13, 2021: Compass announced it would rehire 97% of the 229 workers laid off at the beginning of the pandemic.

September 2020: Compass laid off around 100 workers who had been recalled for Fall Quarter because of dining hall closures.

Compass said in a news release it would provide workers with protective equipment and institute new safety measures for winter 2021. They cited the return of first- and second-year students for the decision to bring back workers.

Following the University’s decision to preclude firstand second-year students from living on campus in fall 2020, NU opened fewer dining locations. Citing the closures as justification, Compass laid off around 100 workers who had been recalled from layoffs for Fall Quarter.

The layoffs became permanent Sept. 20, 2020.

SOLR wrote in an Instagram post that more than 40 workers requested support in the form of basic necessities, such as rent and medicine. At that time, SOLR had already distributed mutual aid funds to more than 200 workers.

Sept. 10, 2020: SOLR released a petition asking the University to rectify their treatment of dining workers during the pandemic.

SOLR wrote in their petition that workers were bearing the brunt of NU’s last-minute decisions and “lack of transparency.” Students demanded that the University compensate workers for lost wages, provide health insurance to laid off workers and offer quarantine pay.

Workers and students delivered the petition to NU administrators on Sept. 16, 2020. The group walked to the Rebecca Crown Center and gave the petition to the office of Julie Payne-Kirchmeier, vice president for Student Affairs.

January 2021: Northwestern announced it ended its 2020 fiscal year with a budget surplus.

Despite an anticipated revenue shortfall of around $90 million because of the COVID-19 pandemic, NU ended 2020 with a $83.4 million surplus.

colonialism, she said.

Climate change disproportionately affects Black, Indigenous and brown people, so Morales-Grahl said it’s important to emphasize intersectionality in climate justice. But often, the movement is whitewashed, they said.

“The reason that we are facing this scary climate reality is because of colonialism and capitalism and White supremacy,” Morales-Grahl said. “We have to understand those structures to be able to fix and move forward with climate action and climate justice.”

The action featured speeches by ETown Sunrise organizers, Northwestern SESP junior Pablo Rodriguez, Ald. Bobby Burns (5th) and Ald. Jonathan Nieuwsma (4th). Students also had an opportunity to speak during an open mic at the end of the event.

ETHS freshman Adil Rosenfeld told The Daily it was exciting to be a part of the walkout. But he

May 31, 2021: SOLR marched with workers and union representatives in a Memorial Day rally.

Protestors called for the University to raise workers’ wages to $19.88 per hour and asked for guaranteed access to weekly onsite COVID-19 testing.

September 2021: UNITE HERE Local 1 published the results of a survey of workers.

According to a survey UNITE HERE Local 1 conducted between June and August, about 88% of workers surveyed are not White. Dining workers are also over three times more likely than Evanston residents to have tested positive for COVID-19, according to the survey.

More than half of workers surveyed also said they do not make enough to pay their bills and can not afford healthy food for their families, according to the survey.

Sept. 22, 2021: Dining and service workers voted to authorize a strike from Compass.

In an effort to bring Compass back to the bargaining table, 95% of nearly 200 workers voted in favor of a strike.

Workers again demanded an increased wage and consistent health insurance coverage. Compass’s previous offer would have provided all workers with an immediate $2 raise, a one-time ratification bonus and over 20% raises over the duration of the contract, but the union denied the offer without bringing it to a member vote, saying the offer would not provide a wished more students participated, since he believes climate justice is such an important cause.

“Our planet is deteriorating, and the younger generation is really looking at it as a big thing, but the older generation (isn’t),” he said. “We have to take it into our own hands.”

When the students dispersed after the protest, their messages, like “Climate justice now,” “Implement CARP” and “Listen to our voices,” were left behind in colorful chalk.

The protest doesn’t end there. Aaron said ETown Sunrise is not done organizing, and climate justice is a continued fight.

“This is our future and the future of our children that we are discussing,” she said. “We will not let this take the backburner.” mlubbers@u.northwestern.edu oliviaalexander2024@u.northwestern.edu

livable wage.

Sept. 24, 2021: SOLR released a petition in support of the workers’ strike.

Workers started wearing buttons Sept. 29 that read, “I don’t want to strike, but I will.” SOLR collaborated with UNITE HERE Local 1 to distribute buttons to students reading, “I <3 CAMPUS WORKERS” to show support.

Oct. 1, 2021: Northwestern University Graduate Workers organized a demonstration at the Kellogg School of Management in support of dining and service workers.

Around a dozen graduate students gathered outside Kellogg and attempted to enter the building to speak with Compass workers and express their gratitude.

Officers from Allied Universal, a security company contracted by the University, initially prevented the graduate students from entering the building. When asked how NU hired Allied Universal and how it differs from University Police, University President Morton Schapiro told The Daily in a Friday interview, “I have no idea what you’re talking about.”

After about 20 minutes of negotiations, the security personnel escorted the graduate students inside the building through a back door, NUGW Co-Chair Ph.D. candidate Julie Ming Liang said.

Oct. 18, 2021: Dining and service workers voted to ratify an agreement for a new contract with Compass.

Workers reached the new agreement Oct. 13, voting to ratify it on Oct. 18. The agreement included a minimum hourly wage of $19.88 and a permanent extension of health insurance benefits.

According to a union news release Compass opened 28 new job classifications at NU. isabelfunk2024@u.northwestern.edu

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to be 90% effective against COVID-19 for individuals between the ages of five and 11.

The CDC’s independent advisory committee is scheduled to meet Nov. 2, after FDA approval that the benefits of the vaccine outweigh the risks in children, to review expanded Pfizer use. Dr. Anthony Fauci said vaccinating this group will greatly reduce transmission of the disease during the spread of the Delta variant.

Individuals whose last names start with J through Q are required to get one COVID19 test at the Donald P. Jacobs Center for the second week of staggered testing.

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Lo que necesitas saber sobre la gripe durante COVID

By ANGELI MITTAL, MARIA ARAGON AND DIEGO RAMOS BECHARA

daily senior staffers @amittal27, @menitaaragon, @d_ramos42

Llegó la temporada de nuevo. La brisa de octubre trae con él pero se complica la gripe con el estado de la pandemia. Debido a que el 57% de la nación ahora está completamente vacunada contra COVID-19, el uso de la mascarilla y el distanciamiento puede ser confuso con la reapertura de instrucción y las actividades en persona.

Para ayudar a navegar estas nuevas reglas, El Daily creó una guía para responder a todas sus preguntas relacionadas con la gripe en el contexto de COVID-19.

Tendencias de la gripe

¿Cuándo es la temporada de gripe?

Aunque cualquier persona puede contraer la gripe durante el año, su actividad viral en los Estados Unidos comienza a aumentar en octubre. Las tasas de infección aumentan en los meses de invierno, de diciembre a febrero, y la actividad se desvanece hasta mayo. La mejor forma de reducir el riesgo de síntomas, hospitalización, y muerte por infección es vacunarse contra la gripe antes de finales de octubre. ¿Cómo se comparará la temporada de influenza de este año con la de los últimos años?

Durante la temporada 2019-20, 38 millones de personas en los EE. UU. contrajeron la gripe con un estimado de 400,000 de los hospitalizados y 22,000 que murieron. No se hicieron estimaciones estables para la temporada 2020-21 debido a las bajas tasas de hospitalización y 736 muertes registradas atribuidas a la gripe, que fueron las cifras más bajas desde que comenzaron las medidas de informes actuales en 1997. Sin embargo, estos números bajos se han atribuido a las pautas de salud pública implementadas para la pandemia. Con medidas más relajadas junto con la “fatiga pandémica,” existe la posibilidad de que la gripe de esta temporada sea más grave que la anterior.

La vacuna contra la gripe

¿Como funciona?

Todas las vacunas contra la influenza son tetravalentes, significa que demuestran su eficacia contra cuatro cepas principales de influenza A y B que circularán en la temporada 2021-22. Los virus de la gripe cambian anualmente y las vacunas se cambian en consecuencia para brindar la máxima protección durante el año siguiente.

Hay tres tipos de vacunas tetravalentes contra la

gripe aprobadas por la Administración Federal de Drogas disponibles con tasas de eficacia similares. Las vacunas a base de huevo incluyen infecciones virales debilitadas (no infecciosas), inactivadas — esencialmente, muertas — así como aerosoles nasales que contienen líquido viral recolectado de huevos de gallina fertilizados. Las vacunas contra la influenza a base de células se producen de manera similar, excepto que el líquido viral se extrajo de células de mamíferos cultivadas en lugar de huevos. Como vacunas antigripales inactivadas imitan la infección, sin causar enfermedad, para ayudar a su cuerpo a desarrollar inmunidad en el caso de una infección real.

Una tercera vacuna contra la gripe, como las vacunas COVID-19, se creó a partir de tecnología recombinante. Esta opción, la más rápida de las tres en producirse, desencadena sintéticamente la producción de anticuerpos al inyectar instrucciones genéticas para una proteína que se encuentra en los virus de la gripe. En esencia, este tipo de vacuna omite el paso del entorno viral y proporciona directamente a su cuerpo las instrucciones que necesita para sintetizar anticuerpos. ¿Quién debería tomarla? ¿Es segura?

Los Centros para el Control y la Prevención de Enfermedades recomiendan que cada individuo de seis meses de edad o mayor reciba la vacuna de la gripe cada año. Gente con alergias severas a cualquiera de los ingredientes — incluyendo los huevos — puede ser elegible para recibir la vacuna, pero deberían consultar con un médico profesional para más información. La vacuna de la gripe debería ser diferida a individuos que han probado positivo para el COVID-19 o que han contraído el virus hasta después del tiempo recomendado de aislamiento.

Los CDC dicen que las vacunas de la gripe tetravalente son seguras y son monitoreadas anualmente, probando su seguridad y efectividad. La vacuna de la gripe y el hisopo nasal no te pueden contagiar con la gripe. Ellos contienen cepas inactivadas y no son contagiosos, su propósito es ayudar al cuerpo a producir anticuerpos en el caso de infección.

Todas las vacunas son capaces de producir síntomas leves, los cuales incluyen dolor en el área de infección, dolores de cabeza, náusea y fiebre. ¿Dónde la puedo recibir?

Puede consultar con su proveedor médico o recibir una vacuna gratis en farmacias en Evanston como CVS, Jewel-Osco y Walgreens. Muchas

farmacias no requieren citas.

Algunas farmacias en Evanston ofreciendo vacunas de la gripe son: — CVS Pharmacy, 1711 Sherman Ave. — CVS Pharmacy, 1616 Sherman Ave. — Jewel-Osco Pharmacy, 1128 Chicago Ave. — CVS Pharmacy, 101 Asbury Ave.

COVID-19 y la gripe

¿Cual es la diferencia entre contagiar la gripe y el COVID-19?

Ambos el COVID-19 y la gripe son enfermedades que se transmiten por gotas de saliva. Ósea por estornudos, tos o simplemente por hablar. No obstante, el COVID-19 se traslada aún más efectivamente, por lo tanto, es más peligroso. La gripe y el COVID-19 tiene síntomas asociados con ambas enfermedades, como fiebre, dolor de garganta, congestión nasal, dolor de cabeza y tos, por lo tanto, los síntomas visibles no son una forma adecuada de determinar qué enfermedad tiene.

Los síntomas del COVID-19 también pueden aparecer más tarde y duran más tiempo que los de la gripe. Uno puede sentir síntomas de la gripe entre uno a cuatro días después del punto de transmisión, pero pueden aparecer entre dos o 14 días después de la transmisión del COVID-19. Para obtener una diagnosis más definitiva, deberías tomar una prueba para ambas enfermedades. ¿Puedo tener COVID-19 y la gripe a la misma vez? ¿Qué hay de sus vacunas?

Recibiendo la vacuna del COVID-19 no te protege de la gripe o viceversa. Puedes recibir una vacuna “booster” para ambas enfermedades simultáneamente. Aunque utilizando mascarillas y manteniendo el distanciamiento social te protegen contra virus de influenza, las vacunas son la mejor forma de garantizar que no haya riesgo a ti mismo o a las personas que mantienen contacto.

También es posible contraer ambos virus simultáneamente. A partir de julio de 2020, la FDA otorgó una autorización de uso de emergencia para el ensayo múltiple CDC Influenza SARS-CoV-2 (Flu SC2), una prueba de RT-PCR que puede detectar y distinguir simultáneamente SARS-CoV-2, influenza A e influenza B virus. El mes pasado, la FDA aprobó el uso de Labcorp SARS-CoV-2 Influenza A/B Assay, una prueba similar que permite a las personas probar las tres cepas virales en casa.

¿Qué opciones de tratamiento existen?

Si bien las vacunas para ambas infecciones virales sólo pueden servir como medida preventiva, existen opciones de tratamiento para el virus de la influenza.

A partir de ahora, hay cuatro medicamentos recetados para la gripe aprobados por la FDA, incluidos Tamiflu y Relenza.

Para COVID-19, la FDA ha aprobado un medicamento antiviral, Remdesivir, para usarse solo en entornos de atención médica para casos graves. La FDA también ha emitido EUA, una autorización para medidas médicas de emergencia en el caso de crisis de salud pública, para varios tratamientos con anticuerpos monoclonales para casos leves y moderados en personas mayores de 12 años que corren el riesgo de empeorar los síntomas. Este tratamiento complementa la respuesta del sistema inmunológico para producir anticuerpos para combatir infecciones al proporcionar anticuerpos sintéticos.

Este artículo fue traducido por Maria Aragon y Diego Ramos Bechara, ayudado por Maia Spoto y Isabelle Sarraf. amittal@u.northwestern.edu mariaaragon2023@u.northwestern.edu diegoramos-bechara2024@u.northwestern.edu

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When graduate linebacker Chris Bergin scooped up the fumble, the pendulum in Michigan Stadium swung towards Northwestern.

With 16 seconds remaining in the first half, sophomore safety Coco Azema forced the ball loose from Michigan wide receiver Mike Sanristil at the Wildcats’ two-yard line. As NU exited the cavernous bowl of the Big House down 10-7, a chance at its biggest upset win since 2011 was still in play.

However, the No. 6 Wolverines (7-0, 4-0 Big Ten) soon took control, rumbling for 294 yards on the ground and allowing just 120 in the final 30 minutes en route to a 33-7 victory over the Cats (3-4, 1-3 Big Ten). The loss marked NU’s sixth straight to Michigan and the first contest for the George Jewett Trophy, named for the first Black player to suit up for the Cats and the Wolverines.

“I’m really disappointed in the way we performed in the second half,” coach Pat Fitzgerald said. “We made good adjustments. They just made better ones. We got to win in individual plays. We got to win in series. And we didn’t do that consistently enough here today.”

After his best performance for NU last week against Rutgers, sophomore quarterback Ryan Hilinski threw for just 114 yards and his first interception of the year.

Leading receiver and graduate Stephon Robinson Jr. was ruled out of the game in the third quarter with a lower-body injury, while sophomore running back Evan Hull rushed for 81 yards, but a lion’s share of them came on one play.

Four players finished with more than 10 tackles, including Bergin with 16. However, the Cats gave up 457 yards — a fourth consecutive time the squad has given up more than 400 yards against a Power Five opponent this season.

“I think there’s a lot of good things that we can take from this game,” Hilinski said.

“There’s also a lot of things that we can look at and realize that we just let it get away from us.”

One of NU’s few successes came on the game’s first play from scrimmage when Hilinski rolled out and found junior wide receiver Malik Washington wide open for a 29-yard gain.

Despite punting four plays later, another triumph came when sophomore safety Brandon Joseph stunted the Wolverines’ opening drive with his first career sack.

After a scoreless first quarter with six possession changes, Michigan methodically marched down the field on a 13-play, 79-yard drive punctuated with a touchdown from running back Blake Corum.

The Wolverines then traveled 55 yards in nearly nine minutes to take a 10-0 lead courtesy of kicker Jake Moody.

Nearing halftime, the Cats needed a momentum shift. One of their most dynamic players answered the call.

Hull took a handoff right down the middle of the Michigan defense and found an opening to his left, taking off down the sideline for a 75-yard touchdown. He became the first NU running back since Venric Mark with multiple rushes of 70 yards or longer in the same season.

Bergin’s fumble recovery then silenced the crowd of 109, 449.

“I knew our guys would not be intimidated by ranking or name or the stadium,” Fitzgerald said.

Added Hilinski: “Our defense gave us a

chance to win the game.”

But as the sun peeked through the Eastern Michigan clouds, the Wolverines’ offensive juggernaut came alive, outscoring the Cats 23-0 in the second half. On the first possession, Corum rushed for 45 yards and a score to increase Michigan’s lead to double digits. He finished with 119 yards on 19 carries and two touchdowns.

Running back Hassan Haskins soon found paydirt from 13 yards out to make the score 24-7.

In between the scores, Hilinski led the team to just outside the Wolverines’ red zone. However, graduate kicker Charlie Kuhbander’s 39-yard field goal sailed wide — his fifth miss of the season. Two possessions later, graduate punter Derek Adams’ attempt was blocked by wide receiver Cornelius Johnson, giving Michigan possession at the Cats’ 24-yard line.

The Wolverines added another field goal from Moody before Hilinski tossed a pick to cornerback D.J. Turner, who bobbled the ball and acrobatically gained control before racing deep into NU’s red zone to start the fourth quarter. Haskins — who ran 23 times for 110 yards — then punched in his second touchdown of the day.

“It’s just a lack of physical execution on a number of plays,” Bergin said. “It’s on us as players to physically execute when our time comes and when opportunities present themselves, especially making tackles, running our feet and just overall playing better.”

Reserves including sophomore quarterback Carl Richardson eventually entered into the game, while the two-signal caller system of Cade McNamara and J.J. McCarthy — who combined for 163 yards — helped secure Michigan’s undefeated record

ahead of a crucial matchup against No. 9 Michigan State.

As NU returns to Evanston ahead of its matchup against Minnesota, a 26-point loss may seem bleak. However, Fitzgerald was able to find some positives for a team that is just three

wins away from bowl contention.

“A lot of young guys out there (are) getting valuable experience and they’ll grow from it,” Fitzgerald said. “They love each other. They care.” drewschott2023@u.northwestern.edu

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MEN’S SOCCER

WOMEN’S SOCCER

Cats defeated by Villanova 2-0 NU ends season in

1-2 loss to Ohio State

By ALEX CERVANTES

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By PETER RYAN

Northwestern men’s soccer struggled to overcome two first-half errors, falling to Villanova 2-0 despite a strong second half showing Sunday at Martin Stadium.

NU (5-8-2, 2-5 Big Ten) has had difficulty putting together complete performances throughout the season.

Their latest effort against VU (9-6, 4-4 Big East) was no different.

Midway through the first period, NU senior midfielder Richie Bennett made a bad tackle and awarded VU a penalty. VU junior forward and leading scorer Lyam MacKinnon stepped up, placing his shot past graduate goalkeeper Ethan Bandre to give VU a 1-0 lead.

“We were focused in the first five minutes, but the first half, we just didn’t really come out sharp,” Bandre said.

Falling behind early isn’t new for NU this season. The team has conceded four first-half goals in their last five matches. All three losses in that span happened when opponents scored in the first period.

VU’s high press caused NU trouble in their defensive third. That pressure ultimately led to a second goal for VU, as NU sophomore defender Deng Deng Kur botched a tackle, giving VU an open shot at the goal.

After taking a commanding 2-0 lead, VU was content with sitting deep and letting NU drive at their backline and be more aggressive in the second-half.

The team took eight shots and forced three saves, but none found their way past VU senior goalkeeper Kent Dickey.

Coach Russell Payne said the game was a “disappointing performance for the program,” but did highlight the

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Northwestern senior midfielder Bardia Kimiavi dribbles up the field. NU fell to Villanova 2-0 after a pair of defensive miscues in the first half.

team’s second-half effort.

“We were lackluster in the first half, on both sides of the ball,” Payne said.

“In the second half, the effort change and the attitude change generated a bunch of chances that last 20 minutes.

We could have tied the game up.”

NU senior midfielder Bardia Kimiavi said the team has strived for complete 90-minute performances, calling it a “theme of our season.” He added opponents have taken advantage of NU when they “switch off.”

NU will look to turn the page quickly with the team’s upcoming final regular season game against Michigan State on Halloween. The match holds massive postseason implications, as NU currently sits at eighth in the Big Ten standings, just three points above last-place Ohio State. The top eight teams in conference play advance to the Big Ten tournament.

The Buckeyes have two conference games remaining with six points up for grabs, facing Michigan on Tuesday and Rutgers on Sunday. However, should it come down to a tie for points, NU will advance thanks to its 1-0 win against OSU earlier this month.

After a season so far mired by inconsistency and riding on the upcoming match, Payne said NU needs to have both eyes focused on the task at hand: defeating the Spartans.

“If we’ve got one eye on anybody other than our next opponent, and we’re focused on somebody else in the Big Ten, then we’re not doing the right things this week,” Payne said.

“We have a game to play on Sunday, whatever happens on Tuesday should have no bearing on our effort and our approach.” alexcervantes2024@u.northwestern.edu

On a cold, wet afternoon at Martin Stadium, Northwestern ended its season Sunday with a loss as dreary as the weather.

The Wildcats (7-9-1, 3-6-1 Big Ten) fell to Ohio State (9-7-2, 4-4-2 Big Ten) 1-2 in the rainy match, marking the team’s fifth consecutive loss. The defeat eliminated the Cats from Big Ten tournament qualification, which takes the conference’s top eight teams.

Before kickoff, 433 attendees celebrated NU’s senior day, acknowledging 12 Cats’ final appearance in purple and white.

Notable seniors include graduate student midfielder Regan Steigleder and goalkeeper Mackenzie Wood, who finished second in Big Ten saves this season.

Coach Mike Moynihan viewed the ceremony as a “special environment” that contributed to the team’s excitement for Sunday’s game.

Although the Cats’ season ended on a sour note, coach Moynihan noted the team enjoyed good games and a special connection throughout the season.

Neither team created substantial chances in the first period, as NU registered the only shot on goal in the 22nd minute.

The Buckeyes picked up the pace after the break, progressing the ball into the Cats’ half through a long sideline pass to forward Kayla Fischer. She vaulted Ohio State into the lead with a one-on-one goal in the 55th minute.

Moynihan cited Fischer’s speed and incisive runs as a key component to the Buckeyes’ success. “(Fischer) is a special player,” Moynihan said. “She’s one of the top players in the Big Ten.” In the final quarter, junior defender

Danika Austin committed a foul in the defending box, resulting in an Ohio State penalty shot. The Buckeyes capitalized on the attempt, giving them a 2-0 lead with 20 minutes left to play.

The Cats gained some momentum late in the second half when Fischer received a red card for an errant elbow to the head of sophomore forward Ella Hase. Following the ejection, Hase left the game and did not return.

NU adopted more aggressive tactics after the pause in play, shifting a midfielder to the attack and using just three defenders.

This approach provided the team with an offensive surge, creating five shots in the final 15 minutes.

Graduate midfielder Regan Steigleder put one of these shots in the back of the net in the 89th minute, scoring NU’s first and only goal of the game. Shrinking the deficit to one, Steigleder’s score ended the team’s four-game goal drought, the team’s longest of the season.

In an effort to score one more goal to keep their season alive, the Cats attempted a final push down the field. But a turnover and subsequent final whistle drew an end to both the game and the season.

The loss marked NU’s third consecutive full season failing to qualify for the Big Ten tournament. During this period, the Cats have only won 15 out of 43 conference games.

Despite losing so many seniors, the team returns five of its seven leading minute getters. NCAA rules stipulate that teams cannot practice for a week after their final game, according to Moynihan. But the team may take even more time off.

“This is going to be the first offseason we’ve had in a long time,” Moynihan said.

“Right now, we’re kind of just reflecting to recharge our batteries.” peterryan2025@u.northwestern.edu