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City bans e-cigarettes in public spaces

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E-CIGARETTES ELIMINATED April Bailey, tobacco program manager for the American Lung Association, speaks at City Council on Monday evening in support of e-cigarette regulation. The council voted 8-1 in favor of the ordinance.

By KELLY GONSALVES

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Evanston aldermen Monday night voted to prohibit electronic cigarette

use in public spaces, despite a personal plea from one of their own against the restriction. After weeks of heated deliberation, City Council approved an amendment to Evanston’s tobacco ordinance, adding electronic cigarettes,

or e-cigarettes, to the list of products outlawed from all smoke-free areas. “Vaping,” the term used for smoking an e-cigarette, will now be illegal in all Evanston businesses, restaurants and other public spaces. E-cigarettes are battery-powered

devices that simulate tobacco smoking by heating a liquid solution that contains varying amounts of nicotine and produces vapor rather than smoke. Health experts say the effects of vaping remain unclear, but proponents highlight studies that suggest e-cigarettes contain less toxic substances than regular cigarettes and thus pose fewer direct and secondhand health risks. The city has acknowledged few such studies have been done on the issue, though e-cigarettes closely resemble regular cigarettes and could lead people to believe they are allowed to smoke in already smokefree areas. Ald. Ann Rainey (8th) was the only opponent of the e-cigarette restriction on the council. She suggested making it the responsibility of individual businesses and establishments to prohibit e-cigarette smoking within their buildings if they wished to do so, rather than creating a citywide rule. “I smoked for years. It took me 10 years to quit. It wasn’t easy, and I think many of you probably have never smoked. …I’m just encouraging you to do whatever you can to let people use these,” Rainey said. “I don’t see why we have to take this

huge step and disallow them.” Smoque Vapors lounge owner Jared Yucht said “a thousand” of his customers have quit smoking by using e-cigarettes. However, April (We) will not Bailey, tobacco recommend program them for people manager to stop smoking for the Ameribecause they can Lung also reinforce Association, said the smoking they do behavior. not recommend April Bailey e-cigaof the American rettes as Lung Association safe cessation devices. “(We) will not recommend them for people to stop smoking because they also reinforce the smoking behavior. They don’t break all the parts of the addiction (such as) the social and behavioral part of actually mimicking smoking,” Bailey said. “We are waiting for the FDA to come back with some more firm guidance.” Ald. Mark Tendam (6th) said if

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Harvard prof talks New takeout option added health care study BY PRESTON R. MICHELSON

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Harvard University health economics Prof. Katherine Baicker discussed her findings in a study on public health insurance and her academic and political experience Monday at Northwestern. Baicker is the co-principal investigator of the Oregon Health Insurance Experiment, which examined the health of Medicaid recipients and that of a control group. The study reported “that Medicaid coverage generated no significant improvements in measured physical health outcomes in the first 2 years,” although it found increased use of preventive services and better mental health. Baicker spoke as the Fall 2013

Distinguished Public Policy Lecturer for NU’s Institute for Policy Research, an interdisciplinary public policy research institute that hosts events throughout the year. IPR Director David Figlio moderated the talk, during which Baicker explained her experiment and the ways that Oregon’s Medicaid lottery affected her investigation. “The people in Oregon were fantastic to work with and they really, genuinely wanted information. ...They let us know as soon as they drew a new batch of names. They made sure we knew right away,” she said. About 85 people, predominantly NU graduate students and professors from inside and outside the University, attended the talk at the McCormick Tribune Center. University President Morton Schapiro was also

» See HEALTH CARE, page 7

Foster-Walker now offers to-go dining options at night By SABRINA RODRIGUEZ

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Students will now have the chance to take meals on the go with a new carry-out program at Foster-Walker Complex. Wildcat Carry Out, nuCuisine’s newest initiative with Associated Student Government, will offer more meal options after regular dining hall hours are over. The program kicked off Monday and will run from 8:30-11 p.m. every Monday through Thursday. “With so many students in night classes, we know there’s a lot of people missing the dinner dining hall hours » See TAKEOUT, page 7

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FOOD ON THE MOVE Foster-Walker began serving takeout food Monday night. The choices are intended to replace those formerly available at the Great Room, which is now closed for renovations.

D65 board selects firm for superintendent search By PAIGE LESKIN

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The Evanston/Skokie School District 65 board on Monday night selected the firm that will lead the search for its next superintendent. The firm, ECRA Group’s Hazard, Young, Attea and Associates, stood out for its impressive presentation and national reach, board president Tracy

Quattrocki said. The firm will pick a replacement for Hardy Murphy, who resigned Aug. 9 after 13 years as superintendent. He departed with two years left on his contract and a severance agreement of $175,000. The board named Barbara Hiller and Mary Brown in August to temporarily fulfill the duties Murphy had for the 2013-14 school year. Hiller and Brown were appointed chief administrative officer and interim superintendent,

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respectively. The new superintendent that HYA chooses will start in September 2014. Coming into the meeting, the board had narrowed down the field to four finalists, chosen Oct. 21 from seven proposals. On Monday, the four firms gave 10-minute presentations, followed by a half-hour Q-and-A with the board. Board members discussed the pros and cons of each firm following the presentations. As they talked, the

members found more drawbacks in the firms School Exec Connect and Ray and Associates, Inc. Members worried about the late timeline and focus on candidates from the Midwest that School Exec Connect presented. Board member Katie Bailey and others shared the concern that Ray and Associates’ large team would affect the quality of communication. Of the two final firms, the board chose HYA over BWP and Associates in part due to the business D65

has conducted with HYA. The firm was involved in choosing Murphy for the superintendent position, and the board had confidence they could do it again. Board vice president Richard Rykhus pointed out that the firm “has worked with our teachers before and knows them.” The board also noted Alan Leis of HYA, who will lead the search, as someone in whom they have faith. paigeleskin2017@u.northwestern.edu

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Liquor license granted for brewpub By EDWARD COX

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Evanston City Council approved a liquor license on Monday night for the city’s first brewpub, bringing it closer to a December opening. The co-owners of Peckish Pig, 623 Howard St., named it after the British slang term for “hungry” and their brewmaster’s references to the beers he crafts as “pigs.” Culinary aptitude runs through the bloodlines of Jamie and Debbie Evans, who opened the Celtic Knot pub, 626 Church St., in addition to a wine shop and cafe in Chicago’s Rogers Park neighborhood. Jamie Evans said he plans to manage the brewery operations of Peckish Pig, while Debbie Evans will be a chef at the restaurant. Prior to living in Evanston for 16 years, the couple lived in Japan, where Debbie Evans taught European cooking. The construction of the brewpub has been a family effort involving the Evans’ son and

daughter. Debbie Evans said her father helped build the Celtic Knot pub after she became a co-owner of the store in 2005. Debbie and Jamie Evans have since sold the building. Peckish Pig, their latest restaurant on the Evanston side of Howard Street, is aimed at catering to residents in what the couple described as an “underserved” part of the city. “It’s an area that has some troubles in the past, but we feel that it is turning around,” Jamie Evans said. “If you could go from a radiant circle from that area, people don’t have too many options.” The pair leased-to-own the five storefronts located at 623-627 ½ Howard St. after the city purchased the property through tax increment financing funds. With the support of Ald. Ann Rainey (8th), the couple have combined the stores to create a 6,000-square-foot floor plan, about half of which is designated for an outdoor patio. During the summertime, the restaurant will host live music, Debbie said. Peckish Pig will neighbor Ward Eight, a wine bar that opened last November with the help of tax increment financing funds. Debbie said she is hoping to develop a “symbiotic” relationship

Police Blotter Man arrested after stealing alcohol, cigarettes

Police arrested an Evanston man after they say he stole several items from the Jewel-Osco near Dempster Street on Friday night. An employee stopped James Michael Woods, 41, after he paid $2 for soda at a self-checkout at 11:30 p.m., Evanston Police Cmdr. Jay Parrott said. The man took a bottle of Courvoisier cognac and several packs of Newport cigarettes without paying for them from the grocery store, 1128 Chicago Ave. Woods is accused of retail theft. He has been charged with stealing the cognac but not the cigarettes, Parrott said. Woods, of the 1900 block of Sherman Avenue,

is scheduled to appear in court Nov. 22.

Car missing, keys nowhere to be found

A car was taken Wednesday from west Evanston, according to police. A 2007 Dodge Caravan parked in the 2100 block of Greenleaf Street was stolen overnight, but the owner of the vehicle did not report the theft until Thursday, Parrott said. The owner told police he could not find his keys, meaning someone likely took them and stole the car, Parrott said. — Tanner Maxwell

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HOG WILD Tom Fogarty, the brewmaster of Peckish Pig, pours a sample of ale at a campus beachfront in a community event in September. The restaurant will be the first brewpub in Evanston, set to open Dec. 1.

with Ward Eight, 629 Howard St. “If you provide really good people, good food and good drinks, that’s success in itself,” Debbie said. edwardcox2011@u.northwestern.edu

Setting the record straight In “DM registration reaches new record once again” in Monday’s print edition, the relationship between the new ASG-funded scholarships and the Student Activities Scholarship Fund was misstated. The accompanying infographic also incorrectly identified the year with more than 1,200 registrants. The Daily regrets the errors.

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Students, faculty talk ongoing US-Russia rivalry By TYLER PAGER

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During the 2008 war between Russia and Georgia, American media on both ends of the spectrum placed the blame on Russia even when Georgia provoked the conflict, two professors suggested at a discussion Monday. As part of a talk hosted by Politics & Policy, history Prof. John Bushnell and political science Prof. Jordan Gans-Morse said that when the United States makes headlines, Russians take it as an opportunity to proclaim their superiority. The professors said this back-and-forth discourse demonstrates that competition between the former Cold War foes still exists. “Any chance that (the Russians) can get to make the U.S. look bad, feel bad, that’s a lot of fun for them,” Gans-Morse said. “I would say that the ‘schadenfreude’ goes all the way in society. It’s not just the elites, but anybody who can follow news and see Russia get the better of the United States — they love it.” Bushnell added Russians get “very worked up” when they feel American media are bullying them. “It’s like ‘Miracle on Ice’ backward,” Bushnell said. The two professors discussed a wide range of Russia-related topics at the event in Scott Hall. Moderated by Donald Gross, the student publication’s editor-in-chief, the discussion attracted more than

NU once again a leader in Fulbright recipients

Northwestern is once again in the top 10 schools for producing recipients of Fulbright grants, according to a report released in The Chronicle of Higher Education. NU ranked sixth among research

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FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE Don Gross, SESP senior and editor-in-chief of Politics and Policy, listens to professors Jordan Gans-Morse and John Bushnell at A Student Discussion on Russia, held Monday evening. The event featured wide-ranging discussions on post-Soviet Russia, including criticism of American media coverage of the Russia-Georgia War of 2008.

30 students. Gross said the group has held similar events in the past on topics such as immigration, South Korea and North Korea. He said they decided to discuss Russia to increase campus awareness, particularly in light of geopolitical issues surrounding the Olympic

Games scheduled to take place in Sochi, Russia, in February. “We realize, in general, people kind of don’t know what Russia is. Most people’s interactions with (Russia) may be crazy videos on Reddit,” the SESP senior said. “So we looked at it as this could be somewhere

institutions, with 23 seniors, graduate students or recent alumni receiving the awards out of 106 who applied. Harvard University led all schools with 39 recipients. “Once again, Northwestern students will fan out across the globe to bring their knowledge, energy and dedication to everything from art to engineering and English teaching to public service,” said Stephen Hill, associate director

of the University’s Office of Fellowships, in a news release. One other Fulbright candidate from NU declined the grant to accept two other awards. NU also placed sixth in the 2012-13 cycle, when 22 were selected for the grants, which are funded primarily by the U.S. government and offer students the opportunity to do research

we could make an impact on campus about what people know about this situation.” Although the controversy surrounding the upcoming Olympics was not discussed, Gross said he was satisfied with the turnout and participation at the event. He said he was most interested by the discussion of the 2008 conflict, particularly seeing Gans-Morse and Bushnell agree that the media coverage of the conflict was flawed. “Before, they kind of had two separate paths on things, so it was interesting to see them agree so concretely on one issue,” Gross said. The professors both said that the media coverage of the crisis was anti-Russian. “U.S. coverage of the war in Georgia was the worst media coverage of the last decade, short of what happened before Iraq,” Gans-Morse said. “I mean in terms of just not giving a balanced sense of a story. It was atrocious.” Weinberg freshman Howard Berkowitz said his plans on double majoring in political science and Russian drew him to the event. He said he enjoyed learning about the broad range of topics that the professors discussed. “I thought they had a good range of interesting topics and they described individual scenarios like the Pussy Riot versus general policy towards isolationism and expansionism,” he said. “I know more about current Russian politics, so learning about 2008 with the Georgia and Russian conflict was interesting and comparing it with the Chechnya conflict.” tylerpager2017@u.northwestern.edu in another country. NU has now placed in the top 10 for eight consecutive years. The University of Michigan-Ann Arbor, Arizona State University, Princeton University and Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, rounded out the top five. — Joseph Diebold

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Superstorm Sandy knocked us down, but not out MIKE MALLAZZO

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One year ago tonight, my stepfather stood on our neighbor’s deck, watching as the ocean slowly devoured our home. Like a hundred of Miley Cyrus’s wrecking balls, an 8-foot swell had already smashed through the sand dunes. It spilled into the streets and joined with the bay, which had disposed of the seawall some hours earlier. My stepdad was in our basement, trying to salvage the last few prized possessions remaining when the water barged in uninvited, knocking him clean across the room into our washing machine. Within seconds, the Atlantic filled our basement from floor to ceiling, nearly drowning my stepdad in

his own home. He soon joined dozens of brave and foolhardy residents across Long Beach. Having decided to wait out the storm, they now flocked to their second floors and stared into the darkness, wondering if the ocean would ever end its assault. Cars, front porches, hot tubs and whatever else the ocean decided to take along for a ride floated by ominously. Eventually the ocean did recede, leaving behind a battered and confused barrier island. We live a mere 26 miles from Manhattan. This was never supposed to happen to us. Growing up in a coastal town, respect for the power of the sea had been burned into our ethos. But never in a million years could we have begun to fathom the power of Poseidon’s wrath. We like to joke that overnight God answered our long-lost prayers and granted us true beachfront property. He also graced us with our 15 minutes of fame as our street was featured on

the front page of the Sunday edition of The New York Times amid piles of sand, debris and a van with the phrase, “you loot, we shoot� inscribed on it. This morning the photo resurfaced in The New York Times, alongside the stories of many New York and New Jersey residents affected by the storm. Included in this feature is a story on the Long Beach Tidal Waves, a ragtag travel baseball team assembled of whatever hood-rat kids were left in Long Beach after the storm. Narrating the team’s story is its star first-baseman and my half-brother, Aidan White. Two months after Sandy, on Christmas Eve, we blew up some air mattresses, picked up a Charlie Brown tree and celebrated Christmas morning in the skeleton of our old house. If the Grinch and the American Civil Liberties Union couldn’t stop Christmas, neither could Sandy. One year later, we’ve picked up the pieces and are finally beginning to rebuild. Our house, affectionately nicknamed “the cabin,� is a cozy little place. It’s got rustic plywood floors, half sheet-rocked walls, and three beach chairs with blankets for a couch. What our FEMA kitchen lacks in cooking appliances, it makes up for in beautiful adherence to minimalist architecture. Exposed electrical wires provide the final accessorized touch. Crazy as it may sound, I fell in love with our “new� home this summer and will shed a sentimental tear when we have to knock it down and rebuild a new place eight feet off the ground to meet FEMA regulations. Like many of our neighbors, we have no idea where the money will come from. But we are far more fortunate than most. So as the one-year anniversary of Superstorm Sandy passes with the high tide, I ask you to spare a thought and say a prayer for the 117 people who lost their lives and those who saw their livelihoods wash away on that October night. Though there

are heartwarming signs of recovery abounding, there are still thousands of good, hard-working people who don’t know when or even if they will ever return home. Entire towns on the Jersey Shore, epitomizing an East Coast summer, are shells of their former selves. Iconic communities in Queens, such as Breezy Point and Rockaway Beach, may never be the same. As for my little town, something magical happened this summer: normalcy. City dwellers flocked onto trains by the thousands to trade the sweltering grotto of Manhattan for our little summer utopia. Lifeguards’ whistles blared, surfers surfed, striped bass were reeled in off the jetties and tourists annoyed us with their blatant disregard for beach etiquette. Taco Tuesdays at The Cabana were so full that it was often difficult to flag the bartender down for a third margarita. With the last weekend warriors having long since departed, we settle in for our season of reclaiming the sand, hell-bent on doing whatever we can to rebuild in time for next summer. Though we wait for FEMA checks and insurance payments we fear may never come, the greatest evidence of our resolve exists at Shine’s, the neighborhood watering hole. It’s an oldschool Irish pub — less a bar than a living room for the old guard of our community. When the power for the entire region was out, Shine’s remained open, because, as owner Brent Wilson told The Wall Street Journal, “Guinness serves well at room temperature.� Like the rest of our town, Shine’s sat hauntingly empty for months before the locals started slowly filing back to reclaim their bar stools. They’re back now and have taken their places near the sign by the window that reads “bruised but not broken.� Finally, one year after Sandy washed everything away, the bruises are beginning to heal. There’s still an island left for islanders like me. Mike Mallazzo is a Medill senior. He can be reached at michaelmallazzo2014@u.northwestern.edu. If you would like to respond publicly to this column, send a Letter to the Editor to opinion@dailynorthwestern.com.

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SURVIVING SANDY Although the superstorm left a massive amount of damage and destruction in its wake, residents and volunteers have banded together to rebuild and recover.

Stop defining what causes happiness ANTONIO PETKOV

DAILY COLUMNIST

Ernest Hemingway once remarked, “Happiness in intelligent people is the rarest thing I know.� This certainly made an impression on me, especially given my subconscious tendency to associate my grades with my intelligence, my intelligence with my self-worth and my selfworth with my happiness. I will admit to this; I know I am not the only one. Although my conscious self disagrees with my subconscious self, the subconscious still hasn’t relinquished its illogical grasp on my emotions. This statement is especially relevant here; sometimes we need to combat our tendency to overanalyze, compartmentalize and plan in order to be happy and feel human. What constitutes your sense of self-worth? What defines whether you are happy on a given day? For many of us, the answer is success in a chosen field or, put more simply, success in

school. That’s not really the way it’s supposed to be though. If you base your happiness on such a concrete and quantifiable set of parameters, it will be short-lived indeed, and this way of thinking will inexorably lead you to an existential crisis. The reason behind this is that all tangible and measurable things can be taken away from us. Moreover, if they are quantifiable, they lend themselves to comparison with others, which only exacerbates the problem. Happiness is something that you need to define for yourself, just as your desires are unique to you alone. The mere definition of happiness, let alone its acquisition, has the potential to take an entire lifetime. Obviously it is a question of trial and error — and time. It is also a question of discovering what you want, in order to define the meaning of happiness for yourself and then set about attaining it. As you can see, this is a complex process with no clearcut set of instructions. Sometimes, we must fail in order to ultimately be happy. Failure takes us out of ourselves and forces us to look at the big picture, the grand scheme of things, the canvas of life that has been obscured by the minutiae of our everyday lives. It’s a wake-up call that helps us

realize that the things which we thought would turn our world upside down actually don’t, and life continues. Sometimes it shows us that what we’ve been chasing has been at our heels the whole time. Failing is perfectly acceptable (as long as you don’t make a conscious choice to do so and fall into bad habits), because happiness, and even success, is not linear. Their attainment is unpredictable and always uncertain. Perhaps the greatest obstacle to achieving happiness however, is an obsession with attaining it. Viktor Frankl proclaimed that “success, like happiness, cannot be pursued; it must ensue, and it only does so as the unintended side effect of one’s personal dedication to a cause greater than oneself.� We should not obsess over doing things for the sake of obtaining something, whether it be money, a grade or even happiness. We should do them for their sake alone. We should discover what is meaningful to us and try to be faithful to a worthy purpose. Oftentimes, the rest will take care of itself. Antonio Petkov is a McCormick freshman. He can be reached at antoniopetkov2017@u.northwestern.edu. If you want to respond publicly to this column, send a Letter to the Editor to opinion@dailynorthwestern.com.

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Township dissolution question to be on 2014 ballot By PATRICK SVITEK

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Aldermen voted Monday night to ask their constituents to determine the fate of Evanston Township, their final say on an issue they have been weighing for years. The 7-2 decision came after City Council unanimously agreed to tweak the wording of the binding referendum question that will appear on the March 18, 2014, ballot. Instead of asking whether the township should be “continued,� voters will now choose whether the township should be “discontinued and abolished.� Ald. Delores Holmes (5th) and Ald. Peter Braithwaite (2nd) opposed the measure. Both council members have expressed concerns about how prepared the city is to absorb the township’s duties, which include general assistance for the needy and tax advice for all residents. Outgoing township assessor Bonnie Wilson argued her office’s efforts “could not be duplicated if the city takes over� its responsibilities. Wilson evoked Sharon Eckersall, the assessor-elect who was found dead in her home in September. “If Sharon Eckersall were here today, she would join me in not supporting this ordinance,� Wilson told the aldermen, who also serve as trustees of the township. Despite Wilson’s plea, the aldermen made up their

minds with little discussion, passing on the opportunity to hear more information from acting township supervisor Wally Bobkiewicz about the potential transition. In a city memo dated Oct. 22, Bobkiewicz responded to several questions about the issue raised by the Evanston League of Women Voters. If handled by the city, the township’s services would generally remain unchanged while saving taxpayer money, according to the memo. Wilson specifically objected to Bobkiewicz’s forecast that one staff member would be assigned to property tax assessment, saying her office “always needed two people� during its busiest times. Last year, Evanston voters favored dissolving the township by a nearly 2-to-1 margin in a non-binding referendum. In more recent months, the township saw Eckersall’s sudden death and the abrupt resignation of supervisor Gary Gaspard, who had been widely criticized by trustees for how he managed his office’s finances. The township board picked Bobkiewicz as Gaspard’s temporary replacement at its last meeting. On Monday, Bobkiewicz assured trustees he would neither accept nor seek additional benefits or pay for taking on the interim role. At the past several council meetings, a small but vocal group of Evanston residents has shown up to oppose the binding referendum. One of them, Priscilla Giles, said the township’s services may decline in quality if they are folded into the city. patricksvitek2014@u.northwestern.edu

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VOTER’S CHOICE Wally Bobkiewicz, acting supervisor of Evanston Township, discusses the potential dissolution of the township Monday. Aldermen voted 7-2 to ask voters about the issue.

City Council OKs liquor license for downtown Starbucks location Evanston aldermen Monday night approved a liquor license for the Starbucks in downtown Evanston. The license will allow the coffee shop, 1734 Sherman Ave., to serve beer and wine as part of the national chain’s “Starbucks Evenings� pilot program.

City Council unanimously approved an amended version of the license after Ald. Delores Holmes (5th) suggested moving the starting time for liquor sales up from 2 to 5 p.m. The aldermen settled on 4 p.m. The approval of the license makes the downtown Evanston location the eighth Starbucks in the Chicago area to participate in the program. —Patrick Svitek

Kaplan survey: Revised MCAT tougher on students By ELIZABETH KIM

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Northwestern students taking the Medical College Admission Test in 2015 may want to start studying soon. More than 40 percent of medical school admissions officers expect the new version of the MCAT to be more difficult than the current one, according to a Kaplan Test Prep survey this year. In last year’s survey, just 22 percent of admissions officers reported these expectations for the revamped test. The new MCAT comes with three significant additions. First, the time allotment for the exam is slated to increase to six hours and 15 minutes, compared with its current allotment of three hours

and 20 minutes. There will be additional questions on biochemistry, psychology and sociology, which will require students to take an increased number of prerequisite classes. The survey asked admissions officers in 79 medical schools across the nation earlier this year whether they anticipated the 2015 MCAT to be more difficult than the current one. “People are coming to the realization that the test will be very different,� said Owen Farcy, Kaplan Test Prep’s director of pre-health programs and director of MCAT 2015. “It’s really going to be harder.� The updated test will also include two new question types: research design, which asks students to illustrate their knowledge of conducting research, and graphical analysis and data interpretation, which prompts students to draw conclusions and inferences from data sets.

Weinberg senior Helen Gomez, who was accepted early into Feinberg School of Medicine through NU’s Undergraduate Premedical Scholars Program, said she thinks these changes are necessary for the changing field of medicine. “It is absolutely reasonable. It is absolutely necessary,� Gomez said in an email. “I think we are seeing changes in the medical field, and we need to account for those changes. The more social and psychological sections force prospective candidates to grapple with the ‘real world,’ ‘real people,’ and ‘real lives’ aspect of medicine.� Farcy emphasized the importance of qualities beyond academic excellence in prospective medical school students. “For students applying this year, when they are applying, they want to be themselves, and they want to make sure that their passion is coming through

as they are speaking to medical schools,� he said. “Medical schools look for passion in medicine. Students who are applying in the next year or so, they want to make sure they know the test and get plenty of time to prepare.� Gomez, a history major, advised students to explore interests outside of the natural sciences. She said doing so will ultimately help in fostering quality doctor-patient relationships. “Make your own path, be your own person and be proud of it,� Gomez said. “Don’t change yourself to meet the medical school standards. Don’t listen to your friends’ experiences. Make your own.� Kaplan will launch a new suite of test prep materials next fall to help students prepare for the updated test. elizabethkim2017@u.northwestern.edu

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future studies prove e-cigarettes to be safe, the city can choose to amend their current smokefree ordinance to allow businesses to apply for an “e-cigarette license” or to simply allow e-cigarette use in certain public spaces. Ald. Don Wilson (4th) also expressed concern about the products, saying their contents are not as regulated as those in regular cigarettes. “Anything can be in these products,” he said. “In the absence of any kind of standards, it’s dangerous to put people potentially at risk.” The Food and Drug Administration is expected to release proposed regulations for the products by the end of the month.

in attendance. Despite being an economist, Baicker described her foray into health science during her time working with the Oregon experiment. In one example, she noted that she and her fellow researchers discovered certain anomalies in testing subjects with more health risk factors. “We did a dry run on our target population and we got terrible blood spots,” Baicker said. “If you are overweight, if you are a smoker, if you’re dehydrated, if you have a lot of other health conditions, you don’t bleed as profusely as if you require eight waters everywhere you go.” Baicker also outlined her other experiences with adapting to fields outside of academia, such as previously serving on the Council of Economic Advisers for the Executive Office of the President. “It’s a whole different world (in Washington, D.C.). ...It takes a little bit of an ear attuned to those norms to operate efficiently and effectively in that world,” Baicker said. “That’s something that a lot of academics just have no patience for.” Sociology Prof. Christine Percheski, an IPR faculty member, said she saw the value in Baicker’s cross-disciplinary experience. “It was fascinating to hear about her experience in government,” Percheski said. “She provided much interesting insight — both in the real world with policy and (in academics) about policy.”

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when the Cats took charge, taking 22 shots, NU had a far more defensive approach versus Michigan, taking only five. Senior goalie Sam Hatfield, in her first start of the season, had a career-high seven saves. “(Hatfield) has come a long, long way,” Moynihan said. “She’s somebody whose spirit has been fantastic. She’s the ideal team person, and she’s very much a Wildcat.” The Cats played tight defense and allowed only one goal in the first half to Cassie Collins, who gave the Wolverines a lead three minutes before halftime which they would never lose. NU continued to battle in the second half, but ultimately allowed goals to Meghan Toohey on a penalty kick after a Cats hand ball and to Nicky Waldeck. “We put ourselves in a position where we were in the game against the number 10 team in the country for a long stretch,” Moynihan said. “And, you know, in the end we just didn’t have enough to pull off the result I guess.” Although this season is coming to a close, Moynihan views this as merely the beginning. “To me, the first thing you want to build is the right culture and the right attitude within the team,” he said. “I think our seniors did a good job leading the way on that and will set us up for success down the road.” alexanderlederman2017@u.northwestern.edu

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and having to tap into equivalency meals and points,” said Jenn Huang, a McCormick junior and ASG director of dining. Wildcat Carry Out will accept all meal plans. Meal options include salads, burgers, chicken tenders and pizza. Huang said the menu will resemble the offthe-grill items that were offered in the Great Room, which closed its student dining services at the start of the year. “We brought in these late night faves because we wanted to appease the demand for to-go meals,” said nuCuisine spokesman Jason Sophian. With the new program, students will be able to place their order with the C-Store cashier on

Brian Lee/Daily Senior Staffer

MIXED RESULTS Harvard University health economics Prof. Katherine Baicker discusses her research with David Figlio of the Institute for Police Research in the McCormick Tribune Center on Monday afternoon. Baicker’s findings, as part of the Oregon Health Insurance Experiment, look into the effects of expanding Medicaid coverage.

In a Q-and-A session following the lecture, Baicker also gave advice to graduate social scientists. “It’s really important to be practical if you want your advice to be influential,” she said. “I, for one,

am very excited about moving some very influential person’s opinion by an inch versus moving (the opinion of) people I talk to by a foot.”

the west side of Foster-Walker. Orders will then be prepared and brought out for students to pick up. Weinberg freshman Eliana Sanchez said she is likely to use Wildcat Carry Out since dining halls tend to be closed when she gets hungry at night. “It looks like a quick alternative to Lisa’s or the C-Store that run on equivalency meals,” Sanchez said. Weinberg freshman George Valladares said he’s still uncertain that the new program will measure up to an actual dining hall meal. “I’m still on the fence if I would use it because I love my food nice and hot,” Valladares said. “I don’t want just any quick meal, so I’ll just have to wait and see.” Nonetheless, Valladares said the program is clever because Foster-Walker tends to get

crowded late at night. Weinberg freshman Jason Sloan is on the unlimited meal plan, which gives two equivalency meals per week. He said this plan could allow him to save his equivalency meals for other uses. “It’s just really convenient for me to get late night food on my meal plan,” Sloan said. “People on North Campus will probably just keep going to Lisa’s because of the distance though.” Sophian said Foster-Walker was chosen in May during a trial period as a central point for students on both North and South campuses, but nuCuisine may broaden the program. “If large demand is seen, we’re open to expanding to other campus dining locations,” Sophian said.

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It was pretty apparent Saturday who the best running back was on the field for us, and it was Stephen Buckley. — Pat Fitzgerald, football coach

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NU wins 2 times on road trip to Michigan By MIKE MARUT

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Northwestern wrapped up a monthlong road trip and tied a nice bow on it, winning both games over the weekend. The No. 13 Wildcats (14-4, 4-1 Big Ten) emerged victorious against both Michigan State (8-9, 3-2) and Central Michigan (6-10), only allowing in total one goal but netting four for themselves. The first game of the weekend against Michigan State proved to be the tougher of the two contests, with NU winning 2-1. “It was one of very few games where the other team had more shots and (penalty) corners than us,” coach Tracey Fuchs said. “We played really well. Maddy (Carpenter) saw the most action and made critical saves at critical times.” Carpenter was particularly excited for the Spartan challenge. She understood that Michigan State is an aggressive team, despite its overall record. They like to shoot — a lot. “We were neck and neck the whole time,” the junior goalkeeper said. “It was a lot of fun. They had a lot of good shots, and (Michigan State forward) Abby Barker really tested me and our defense.” The Spartans outshot the Cats 15-10. The Michigan State offense put seven shots on goal, but Carpenter stopped all but one. Regardless of the tempo of the

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game, NU kept its energy up. “There was no lull,” Carpenter said. “We knew we were going to win. We took it.” On the offensive side, Lisa McCarthy and Isabel Flens posted goals for the Cats. McCarthy’s score came in the first half, and Flens dashed the Spartans’ hopes with just above six minutes left in regulation. In game two of the weekend, the Cats blanked Central Michigan 2-0. The name of the day was Dominique Masters, a freshman midfielder hailing from the United Kingdom. Masters claimed both goals on corners for the Cats. “It was really nice to get the two corners,” Masters said. “We had to really make sure we are on our top form. It’s great that everyone knows what they’re doing on the field.” Fuchs promised extra corner practice coming into the weekend, and that practice proved helpful on offense and defense. Throughout the game, the Chippewas

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SCORING MASTER Midfielder Dominique Masters scored both goals in NU’s shutout against Central Michigan on Sunday. The freshman from the United Kingdom has been a precocious sensation, standing second on the team in goals and points as the season winds down.

forced the Cats to defend against five corners — four in the second frame. “Corner practice definitely helped,” Fuchs said. “Dom got both of her goals off corners.” Senior midfielder Julia Retzky came back to the team this week. Much to the chagrin of the Chippewas, the return of Retzky helped NU as she was credited

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with an assist on both goals. As the curtain closes on the regular season, the Cats trail conference rival Penn State for the Big Ten Championship. The Nittany Lions have already gotten their paws on part of the title. If Penn State falls to Michigan on Friday and NU takes down the conference-winless Ohio State, then the two will tie for the title.

Finishing off the Spartans helps the Cats as the only conference contender for the title against the Nittany Lions. Taking care of the Chippewas just pads an already astounding record of 14-4. “Overall, I couldn’t be happier about the weekend,” Fuchs said. mike82293@gmail.com

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Venric Mark is out, and chaos has filled the void. With Mark, a senior, having already missed most of the Wildcats’ season with lower body injuries, a trio of backs have assumed the vacated carries, and coach Pat Fitzgerald had something to say about all of them at Monday’s weekly news conference. A mystery of Saturday’s loss to Iowa was the absence of junior Treyvon Green. After serving as NU’s top back for the team’s first three games, Green’s opportunities began to decline. He has carried the ball only 26 times in the five games since. Saturday, Green didn’t play at all. Fitzgerald attributed the benching to an ambiguous inability to practice, perhaps due to a previously undisclosed injury. “He was a little limited last week during practice,” the coach said. “So that limited his role on Saturday.” Mike Trumpy is the most experienced member of the backfield, having filled many roles during his four years in Evanston. The senior carried 13 times against Iowa but lost two fumbles, including one late in the fourth when the Cats were looking to take a lead. Still, Fitzgerald said he has some degree of confidence in the veteran. “We’re not going to lose Michael entirely. He’s going to have a role in our offense,” he said. “We have full confidence that Michael will respond the right way, but putting the ball on the ground is unacceptable. He understands he’s got to earn that trust back to earn the ball.” Stephen Buckley has posted career highs in rushing yardage in each of NU’s two most recent games. The redshirt freshman ran for 58 yards and a touchdown on only nine carries against Minnesota on Oct. 19 and followed with 99 yards on 17

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BUCK STARTS HERE Redshirt freshman Stephen Buckley handles one of the team’s 17 carries against Iowa on Saturday. The Wildcats fell 17-10.

against the Hawkeyes. For the latter performance, Buckley was named the team’s offensive player of the week. Fitzgerald said the running back played “very well,” citing his yards after contact success in Saturday’s game. “It was pretty apparent on Saturday who the best running back was on the field for us,” Fitzgerald said. “And that was Stephen Buckley.” Going forward, it seems Buckley will be NU’s go-to back, but, as this season’s playing patterns have shown, that can change quickly and unexpectedly. Fitzgerald did offer one insight into how he chooses who will play going forward. “Competition will be the deciding factor on who’s going to play,” he said. More news conference notes: Fitzgerald said it’s his understanding that if Mark does not play for the rest of the season, he will be eligible for a medical redshirt, which appears to be the case under NCAA rules. “I’ve talked to him about all the different variables,” Fitzgerald said.

Fitzgerald on senior quarterback Kain Colter playing almost the entire game Saturday: “We just stayed with the hot hand.” Fitzgerald also said he was “very proud of our guys” for achieving the highest graduation rate in the Football Bowl Subdivision. “We do not take that for granted,” he said. Several players also answered questions Monday. Freshman cornerback Matthew Harris said he and redshirt freshman Dwight White have supported each other throughout their ongoing position battle. Harris called the two “buddies” on and off the field. The team will journey to Nebraska this weekend. Last time the Cats visited Lincoln, they upset the No. 10 Cornhuskers 28-25. Fitzgerald and senior linebacker Damien Proby said they were impressed by Nebraska’s fans. “Their fans respect the game a lot, which doesn’t happen all the time in some games that we play,” Proby said. asputt@u.northwestern.edu

Northwestern finished its season at Lakeside Field in familiar fashion — walking off the field in defeat. “I don’t think we can get ourselves out of last place in the Big Ten,” coach Michael Moynihan said. “But when you look at the course of the season, we outshot Nebraska, who’s number one in the Big Ten right now, we outshot Michigan State, Iowa — I mean you can go down the list and we were right there with a lot of the top teams, so we’re not that far off.” The Wildcats (3-13-2, 1-9-0 Big Ten) played their final two home games this weekend against Michigan State (9-7-2, 3-7-0) and No. 10 Michigan (14-2-1, 8-1-1), sending off the seniors with a heartwarming ceremony before the latter. First, NU endured a difficult loss to the Spartans on Friday night. “After playing as well as we did with as much energy as we did, it was just hard to believe that we couldn’t get a result in that game,” Moynihan said. The Cats outplayed the Spartans all game long, dominating time of possession and taking 22 shots, 14 on goal, as opposed to Michigan State’s nine shots. There was only one problem — a problem NU has suffered all season long — scoring goals. Filled with energy, the Cats came out firing early and acquired a quick 1-0 lead when sophomore midfielder Margo McGinty earned her first career goal. McGinty knocked the ball over the head of Michigan State goalkeeper Gabrielle Gauruder off the assist from junior midfielder Georgia Waddle at the 14 minute mark. “It feels good after putting a bunch over the crossbar to finally get one in,” McGinty said. Michigan State, however, wouldn’t go down without a fight, sending it to the

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half tied 1-1 after midfielder Kirsten Evans sent one high past NU junior goalie Ali Herman with 12 minutes left in the half. The Cats continued to control play throughout the second half but missed a slew of opportunities, ultimately culminating in a Michigan State goal by Rachel Van Poppelen 83 minutes into the game to give the Spartans a 2-1 victory. “That was a really hard result because that effectively eliminated us from the Big Ten tournament,” Moynihan said. Despite the loss, which Moynihan also attributed to poor officiating, the coach was incredibly proud of the team’s play in this game and loved the energy it showed. After losing the weekend’s first game, the Cats had one last opportunity to give their seniors a final victory in Evanston on Sunday against Michigan. NU, however, was unable to pull off the upset and was only able to offer the seniors a celebratory pregame ceremony. “It was an unbelievable experience,” senior forward and team captain Kate Allen said. “Definitely sentimental and emotional, but it was great to end the last game here on Lakeside.” Compared with Michigan State » See WOMEN’S SOCCER, page 7

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