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Prentice

Trick or treat

Fate of Prentice lies with Chicago panel Debate tonight will determine landmark status of vacated site

By SUSAN DU

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TRICK-OR-TREAT Evanston residents take their children trick-or-treating on Dempster Street for Halloween.

Local kids were allowed to trick-or-treat between the hours of 4 and 7 p.m Wednesday, per city codes.

ASG talks additional venue for NU Day

Long-standing principal abruptly enters retirement

By MANUEL RAPADA

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By CAT ZAKRZEWSKI

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» See ASG, page 6

» See PRENTICE, page 6

Interim principal starts at Lincoln

Senate also passes resolution on Superstorm Sandy

Northwestern’s Associated Student Government may assist the Center for Student Involvement in funding the first Northwestern Day at Chicago’s United Center.

CSI’s NU Day at the United Center during Winter Quarter would be similar to the spring tradition hosted by the Northwestern Class Alliance at Wrigley Field but likely on a smaller scale.

CSI is attempting to set aside $20,000 to subsidize tickets for the event, pay for student transportation and provide T-shirts to attendees.

ASG discussed legislation Wednesday that would allocate $1,000 from the Senate Project Pool to fund the event. The legislation was moved to old business, and the Senate will vote on it next week.

Brad Stewart, ASG vice president, said CSI was trying to gain funding from many campus groups, including the Residence Hall Association. Stewart said the funding from ASG would determine the number of tickets CSI is able to reserve for NU students.

Currently, he explained, the group is planning to come up with 300 student tickets.

The Commission on Chicago Landmarks will debate today whether to recommend landmark standing for the old Prentice Women’s Hospital, which has divided Northwestern and local preservationists for several decades.

The commission’s staff will recommend landmarking Prentice, an opinion based on a list of eight preliminary criteria, according to the Chicago Tribune.

However, the follow-up report from the Chicago Department of Housing and Economic Development, which carries more weight with the panel, will recommend against landmarking the old hospital site.

If Prentice is not landmarked, NU

would have the go-ahead to demolish it and proceed with plans to build a new biomedical research center on the site.

The University’s proposal expects that creation of the new facility will create jobs and attract top researchers as well as large federal grants. If Prentice is landmarked, NU would not be able to modify – much less demolish – it despite owning it.

The procedure landmark commissioners are bound by city ordinance to follow includes assessing reports by commission staff and the Department of Housing and Economic Development, as well as holding a public hearing. The commission will make a preliminary recommendation for or against landmarking Prentice after taking into account eight criteria for evaluating the building’s architectural merit. Only after hearing public comment and being briefed about the economic implications of landmarking Prentice will the commission make a final recommendation to the Chicago City Council. The council will have the final say whether to designate

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PRINCIPAL Former Lincoln Elementary School Principal Chris McDermott suddenly announced plans to retire in October, just weeks into her 11th year as principal. Days after the announcement, Evanston-Skokie District

NU leads nation in commercial research revenue

Northwestern earned the most revenue from commercialized academic research in the nation last year.

Out of 157 universities that collectively earned about $1.8 billion in the fiscal year 2011, NU accounted for the largest share, making about $190 million, according to the Association of University Technology Managers.

NU was also in the top 20 for the number of patents issued and in the top 10 for the number of new patent applications.

Crain’s Chicago Business reported last week that NU officials are chalking up “virtually all” of the revenues to Lyrica, a blockbuster drug invented by

Serving the University and Evanston since 1881

NU Prof. Richard Silverman in 1989.

It was purchased for $700 million by Pfizer and in its first year of sales in 2006, sold $1.2 billion.

In the category of research revenues, NU was followed by the University of California school system and Columbia University, which earned around $182 million and $146 million, respectively.

Weinberg sophomore Anthony Angueira, who participates in research at the Feinberg School of Medicine, said he believes research at NU is unparalleled.

“I know the work I’m doing is cutting-edge, the professors are at the top of their field and it’s just higher stakes,” he said. “I would say that the caliber of the work we perform is better and I feel that we do take that into account.”

— Daniel Schlessinger

An interim principal will officially start at a south Evanston elementary school Thursday, a month after the school’s longtime principal suddenly retired.

Former Lincoln Elementary School Principal Chris McDermott announced Oct. 1 her plans to retire at the end of the month. The decision caught parents and school officials off guard in Evanston-Skokie School District 65.

“I was a little surprised that she resigned when the school year was just getting on its feet,” said Amy Boyle, a Lincoln Elementary School PTA

co-president.

District officials had no indication McDermott would be retiring until she told them, district spokeswoman Pat Markham said.

“Ms. McDermott has been an integral part of the Lincoln School family, and all of us will miss her,” D65 Superintendent Hardy Murphy said.

McDermott began her 11th year as school principal in September, according to an August letter sent to parents.

McDermott could not be reached for comments.

Markham said Wednesday there were “some exciting events” happening in McDermott’s personal life that factored into her decision to retire.

The Chicago Tribune reported in early October that McDermott became engaged in August.

“I was just being pulled in too many good directions in my personal life,” » See PRINCIPAL, page 6

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HIGHLY RANKED Biotechnology graduate student Mark Enselman loads samples into a centrifuge in a Northwestern laboratory. New rankings show that NU leads in commercial research revenue.

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Around Town

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I think we’re all proud to see this development activity pick up the way it is.

— Steve Griffin, Evanston director of community and economic development

Bikers push for more city safety By ciara mccarthy

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The completion of a protected bike lane on Church Street has been the most notable of several changes to make Evanston a more bicycle-friendly city, yet many riders feel there is more to be desired when it comes to biking safety in the city.

According to the Evanston Police Department’s annual report, 80 out of 2,458 car crashes involved pedal cyclists in 2011. However, many bikers consider getting “doored,” or colliding with the open door of a parked car, the greatest biking-related danger.

Susan Munro, an Evanston biker, received a hairline fracture to her collarbone after she collided with the door of a car two and a half years ago. Munro is an organizer for Walk ‘n’ Roll, an Evanston150 project working to make the city a safer community for cyclists and pedestrians. Munro said bikers often feel unsafe when they are pressed between moving traffic on one side and the threat of getting “doored” on the other.

Another danger that cycling poses comes from bikers riding on sidewalks, making pedestrians feel unsafe, Munro said. She praised the city’s efforts to make Evanston safer for cyclists, but added that greater education and awareness about bike safety

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bike lanes A car belonging to Evanston resident Nancy Floy blocks cyclists Sunday on Church Street. Floy acknowledged that parking in the lane was illegal.

was needed in the community.

Another organizer at Walk ‘n’ Roll, Natalie Watson, said the city should increase protected bike lanes and reduce speed limits on roads without bike lanes.

Munro said there are plans for a second protected bike lane on Davis Street.

Barb Cornew of the Active Transportation Alliance said she is confident in the safety of bikers in Evanston.

“Evanston is a leader in bike safety,” she said. “The

city has the first protected bike lane in the suburbs of Chicago.”

Rob Whittier, director of Northwestern’s office of sustainability, said although Evanston has made improvements for bikers, the situation on the streets can always get better, especially if the University gets involved.

“Northwestern hasn’t prioritized bike safety to the level that I would like them to,” he said.

He cited Sheridan Road as a dangerous place for bikers and pedestrians and said NU students, faculty and staff have requested bike lanes on the road.

However, a bike lane on Sheridan would be infeasible because research concludes doing so would make car traffic unmanageable, and all proposals to that end have been tabled. Other options include bike lanes on the sidewalks or a better bike channel running through the center of campus.

Whittier said the problem with police department tallies of bike accidents is that many smaller accidents go unreported. He encouraged NU students to urge the University to take more bike safety precautions, as they represent the vast majority of bike traffic on campus.

“Ultimately, major actions have got to be driven by students,” he said. “Students have to push this initiative and make bike safety a priority on campus.”

Evanston Police on Monday arrested a Skokie man who has been charged with three counts related to possession and distribution of controlled substances.

The 41-year-old man was found with 7.4 grams of cannabis and 4.1 grams of crack cocaine, said Evanston Police Cmdr. Jay Parrott. The cocaine was individually wrapped in separate packages for delivery purposes. The man was arrested in

the 1800 block of Hartrey Avenue, less than 100 feet from the Evanston Township High School football field, 1600 Dodge Ave. EPD received reports of drug dealing in the area and sent plain-clothes officers to observe the situation. Police made the arrest around 1 p.m. Monday.

The Skokie resident faces two felony counts and one misdemeanor. He is scheduled to appear in court Nov. 20.

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An Evanston man was charged Tuesday with battery against a minor.

The 43-year-old resident allegedly struck a minor on the forehead with a closed fist at Evanston Township High School on Oct. 8, Parrott said. The man was arrested Tuesday morning.

He is scheduled to appear in court on Dec. 17.

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Perform As You Like It in Stratford-on-Avon Master Classes w/ RSC legends

JOHN BARTON & CICELY BERRY Chicago Training & Performances March 24-30 U.K. Trip May 22-29

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NU SENIORS: Photographers are here for a limited time!

SIGN UP FOR YOUR YEARBOOK PORTRAIT. Now through Friday, November 16 @ NORRIS Sign up at: www.OurYear.com NU Code: 87150 Walk-ins welcome!

questions? email: syllabus@northwestern.edu web site: www.NUsyllabus.com PHOTOGRAPHERS WILL BE IN NORRIS FOR A LIMITED TIME. Several poses will be taken – in your own clothes and with cap and gown. Your choice will be available for purchase.

All senior portraits must be taken by Prestige Portraits/Life Touch. $10 sitting fee required.

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 2012

On Campus

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The Department of Education has made great strides to simplify the financial aid process.

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— Brian Drabik, associate director of financial aid at NU

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Open mic hosted at The Great Room English profs talk ‘spooky side’ of literature on Halloween night

By AYLA GOKTAN

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Instead of studying for midterms or trick-ortreating, some Northwestern students dressed in costumes gathered in The Great Room to listen to a professor impersonate Edgar Allen Poe and share pieces of poetry on Halloween night.

NU’s Undergraduate English Association hosted a Halloween open mic night Wednesday that attracted nearly 15 students wearing lab coats and Harry Potter-themed costumes.

English Prof. Betsy Erkkila kicked off the night, welcoming students in the voice of Edgar Allen Poe. Erkkila wore an elaborate costume complete with a bushy black moustache and a tousled black wig. A fake black raven perched on a chair close to the mic.

Weinberg senior Katie Flanagan, who helped

NU study: Even active women sit for nine hours every single day

Women who maintain an active lifestyle are still spending too much of their time sitting, according to new findings by Northwestern researchers.

An NU study monitored the activity levels of 91 women between the ages of 40 and 75 years old for one week using an activPAL activity monitor, which estimates energy expenditure based on a person’s activity level. Although many of the women exceeded the weekly 150 minutes of moderate exercise recommended by

organize the event, said The Great Room was the perfect place for the Halloween event. The dining hall features a steeply sloped dark wood ceiling, thick beams and narrow high-backed chairs.

Weinberg senior Ryan Jenkins said he enjoyed the event, calling it “very in the spirit of things.” He said Erkperformance was It’s just a chance kila’s “spirited.” to have other “The costume was opportunities great,” Jenkins said. “She looks like my vision of for English Edgar Allen Poe.” majors to know Erkkila turned the mic over to students each other. after about 40 minutes.

Student performances Jay Grossman, English professor included Poe’s famous poem “The Raven” and a recitation of singer Regina Spektor’s lyrics to “Mary Ann.” Several raffles were held between performances, with prizes including a NU fleece blanket, the first two books in the Billy Purgatory series and gift cards to Howard’s Books and Market Fresh Books.

After the performances, students could stay to eat pie and play the game “It Was a Dark and Stormy Night,” where participants guess books based on their opening lines.

English Prof. Jay Grossman, who heads the UEA, said events like the open mic night are a great way to build a sense of community for English majors.

“Because the major is relatively unstructured, it’s just a chance to have other opportunities for English majors to know each other,” he said.

He said he was pleased with the number of students who came out to the Halloween event, which was largely organized by the students.

“It was a great turnout,” he said.

Weinberg senior Bob Lee said he attended the event because he is currently in both Grossman’s and Erkkila’s classes, and they recommended the event to him.

Lee said the event was a great way to spend Halloween night.

“You have a lot of people coming together who all appreciate literature,” he said. “You get together, you can appreciate the spookiness aspect of the literature.”

the federal government, the women still spent an average of nine hours a day sitting.

Lynette Craft, an author of the study and professor at NU’s Feinberg School of Medicine, said the discovery contrasts with commonly held beliefs about health and exercise.

“I think some people assume, ‘If I’m getting my 30 to 40 minutes of physical activity a day, I’m doing what I need to do for my health,’” Craft said in a news release. “Of course, exercise is very important and is associated with many positive health benefits, but negative health consequences are associated with prolonged sitting.”

The NU study joins a growing body of research suggesting that sedentary behavior is detrimental to overall health.

Last week, Doctors Health Press reported

that the average person spends 60 percent of their lives sitting and 30 percent sleeping, leaving only 10 percent for physical activity. The study found that sedentary behavior greatly increases the risk for cardiovascular disease.

Craft said the increasingly desk-bound nature of many office jobs contributes to sedentary lifestyles.

She added that people can make small changes in their days to avoid sitting for extended periods of time.

“Just getting up, moving around, maybe standing up when talking on the phone, walking down the hall instead of sending an email,” Craft said.

“We do think they could gain health benefits.”

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CAMPUS CALENDAR NOV.

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A Fireside Chat with Northwestern College Republicans and NU’s Political Union

8 p.m. Thursday Allison Hall

College Republicans and Political Union, will have a discussion about “the current state of American politics.” They will consider the two presidential candidates and analyze what the two really stand for.

NOV.

1

“Legally Blonde: The Musical,” presented

by Arts Alliance

2, 8 and 11 p.m. Thursday through Saturday McCormick Auditorium Based on the novel by Amanda Brown and the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer movie, Arts Alliance presents a student-produced performance of “Legally Blonde.” Tickets are $5 for students and $10 for the general public.

Shows are Nov. 1 at 8 p.m., Nov. 2 at 8 p.m. and 11 p.m. and Nov. 3 at 8 p.m.

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NOV.

Renee and Lester

19 Crown Speaker

Series: Nathan Englander

6 p.m. Nov. 19 Pick-Staiger Concert Hall Nathan Englander, novelist and playwright, named one of the “20 Writers for the 21st Century” by The New Yorker, will talk about his new book and owning his identity. The lecture is free and open to the public.

— Lauren Caruba

this weekend in music

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Symphonic Band: European Classics Pick-Staiger, 7:30 p.m. $6/4

David Allen Moore Double Bass Master Class Regenstein, 2 p.m.

Free

Timothy J. Robblee, conductor

David Allen Moore is a bassist with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, and since 2000, he has been a faculty member of the University of Southern California’s Thornton School of Music.

In this master class, he coaches talented Bienen School of Music bassists.

Timothy McAllister, saxophone Randall Hawes, trombone Kathryn Goodson, piano Lutkin, 7:30 p.m. $8/5

Jacques Offenbach, Overture to La belle Hélène Ottorino Respighi, Huntingtower Ballad Claudio S. Grafulla, Washington Grays Gustav Holst, Suite No. 2 in F for Military Band Anton Bruckner, Christus factus est J. S. Bach, Fantasia in G Major

University Chorale Pick-Staiger, 7:30 p.m. $6/4

Carter Pann, Duo for Alto Saxophone and Bass Trombone Daniel Schnyder, Blues for Schubert and Trio David Biedenbender, Liquid Architecture Libby Larsen, Holy Roller and additional chamber music repertoire

Donald Nally, conductor

University Chorale

Northwestern’s premier choral ensemble moves in new directions under the leadership of internationally acclaimed choral conductor and opera chorus master Donald Nally. With creatively conceived programs and worldclass performances, the University Chorale will illuminate the most profound music of our history as well as the most exciting of contemporary works for chamber choir.

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Sports provide oasis from politics meredith goodman

Daily columnist

When I applied for the Daily’s columnist position this summer, I sensed the frenzy of the upcoming presidential election, but I thought I could avoid polarizing political commentary. With Election Day less than a week away, I realized I should make a compromise and discuss politics in a fun, nonpartisan way — through the lens of sports.

But as I researched athletics and elections, I realized that I had inadvertently delved into the controversies of political preferences.

As a nerdy economics major, I discovered a fascinating study depicting the relationship between professional sports, partisan skew and voter turnout. The study, conducted by Scarborough Research, was published after the firm conducted more than 200,000 interviews with sports fans.

The most Republican professional sports (sports with the highest Republican skew and voter turnout) included professional men’s and women’s golf and hockey, college football and NASCAR. The most Democratic sports included the WNBA, women’s and men’s tennis. There were also more bipartisan sports such as supercross/motorcross, Grand-Am Road Racing, and more popular sports like the Olympics and football and baseball.

I also enjoyed the follow-up paragraph illustrating the relationships between specific teams in college and professional football, basketball and baseball. The heavily Republican teams included the universities of Texas, Alabama and Georgia, and, no surprise to this native Texan, the Dallas Cowboys and

Texas Rangers. The heavily Democratic teams included the New York Knicks, the San Francisco Giants and the Miami Heat.

Among the most bipartisan teams were the Philadelphia Phillies and Eagles and Pittsburgh Steelers.

One of the most interesting clusters of points I found was the grouping of the Pennsylvania professional baseball and football teams. Even with sports teams from the remarkably different areas of western and eastern Pennsylvania, the blue-leaning state still remains closely divided on the graph, cementing its status as a crucial swing state for the election.

These political preferences could possibly help us to predict which key swing states Romney and Obama will win. Pennsylvania would remain entirely too close to call, while Ohio and Wisconsin, according to the Ohio State Buckeyes and Green Bay Packers — both teams with relatively high voter turnout levels and a Republican skew — should go to Romney. The crucial swing state of Florida presents us with an interesting challenge — while the Miami Dolphins and Florida state school teams are heavily Republican, the defending NBA champion Miami Heat are overwhelmingly Democratic.

Do the sports and teams I enjoy necessarily reflect my political preferences? Am I an exception to the laws of these graphs if I enjoy Republican-leaning pro football and baseball and Democratic-leaning pro basketball and tennis? This would theoretically put all fans of the “Big Three” American sports (pro football, basketball and baseball) in a politically conflicting situation.

But my favorite part about these sports graphs is that in heat of the game, fans’ political preferences disappear. Sports games

are usually blissfully free from politics. I have tailgated with Republicans, screamed at football games with Democrats and high-fived hippie liberals and libertarians in the stands (They are “Keeping Austin Weird,” after all.).

Nothing makes my blood boil more than a rival of my favorite teams. I am quite sure that I would rather spend time with a member of the opposing political party than a fan of a rival team (I’m looking at you, Hawkeyes and Wolverines.). I may be depressed if my preferred candidate loses the election, but I might just cry if the Wildcats are left out of another March Madness. Politics is important to me, but sports are downright personal.

The one point that piqued my interest the most was the Olympics bubble leaning slightly Republican. I thought the Olympics were supposed to be non-partisan, a time free from politics and full of pure patriotism, undiluted by nasty political argument. The Olympics may be partisan behind the scenes, but this summer I sensed Americans coming past polarizing politics and uniting in support of our athletes. Americans, free of the dividing labels of red or blue states, cheered and perhaps teared up (like me) every time the National Anthem was played for an athlete.

In the coming week, you may find yourself at odds with friends, significant others or even your own family because of the election results.

I encourage you, though, to order some pizza, find the comfiest couch in your house and reunite over a thrilling game of football.

between climate change and Hurricane Sandy is nearly impossible, but if there exists a wake up call, this surely is it.

We watched from afar this summer while our drought-stricken farmers struggled to produce crops in the erratically dry midwest. We sleepily, passively enjoyed last winter’s unusually comfortable weather. All of these patterns are symptoms of climate change. And not once has Mitt Romney or Barack Obama returned to the issue of climate in this election cycle.

At the RNC, Romney had not the poise to merely disagree with Obama’s policy on climate. Instead, he had the arrogance to proclaim, “President Obama promised to begin to slow the rise of the oceans...” (cue eruption of laughter)... “And to heal the planet...” (cue a little less laughter).

Climate change has been discussed in every presidential election since 1988. But at this critical time in international negotiations, at the time when our nation’s fields and cities are experiencing the beginning of these monumental changes in our climate system, we have retreated to vacuous economic rhetoric and irresponsible jokes.

Romney promised to help us and our families, as though somehow we were not dependent on a habitable planet and a stable climate.

If our leaders take seriously the safety of our families, now and in the future, we must all be prepared to act now. “We owe it to our children and grandchildren.”

Meredith Goodman is a Weinberg sophomore. She can be reached at meredithgoodman2015@u.northwestern. edu. If you would like to respond publicly to this column, email a Letter to the Editor to forum@dailynorthwestern.com.

Letter to the Editor

Sandy the latest reminder of climate change dangers

In purely economic terms, Hurricane Sandy will cost the United States $20 billion. And although a little less than half of that cash is insured, it cannot come close to accounting for the millions who have been devastated by the storm, the flooded streets, the damage to some of our most treasured landmarks, and the 16 human beings who lost their lives (as of press time, at least 38 have died) to the “one-in-ageneration” storm.

The science is clear. Climate change produces wetter, more intense, and more frequent tropical storms. Drawing a conclusive causal link

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Harry Shum Jr. and the message ‘Glee’ sends connor regan

Daily columnist

I must admit that when I heard the Taiwanese American Student Club was bringing Harry Shum Jr. to campus, I was impressed. Although not necessarily a “household name” type of celebrity, Shum is a pretty notable actor. He is best known for his recurring role on Fox’s hit television show “Glee,” which is now in its fourth season and has an impressive 8.3 rating on TV.com. I’m not a “Gleek,” necessarily, but I do watch the show and was excited to hear the fledgling actor speak at Northwestern.

To be honest, though, I wasn’t expecting much from Shum’s talk. As a young actor with just one “real” role under his belt and no liveaudience experience, Shum should’ve — in my eyes — been just alright.

I was pleasantly surprised, however, to find that Shum was a very impressive public speaker. His humor was noticeable but not overpowering, and his somewhat soft-spoken demeanor made his talk feel very perShum’s sonal. Shum essentially told us his life language starting with his barriers, as well story, birth in Costa Rica as his being all the way to where he is now, starring on an outsider “Glee.” His journey, in many as he conveyed it to environments us, was very much an embodiment of what due to his “Glee” is all about. ethnicity and Raised in numerfrequent moves, ous places and moving frequently, made growing Shum wasn’t always up in the United accepted. He was and physiStates a struggle. teased cally bullied, just like His story, many of the charachowever, is not ters on the show. He also struggled with one of sadness, numerous language barriers after coming but one of the United States, triumph — and to having learned Spanthat’s what his ish — not English — role on “Glee” is as his first language.

In fact, English was all about. not even Shum’s second language, as his parents both spoke Chinese to Shum while he was growing up.

Needless to say, Shum’s language barriers, as well as his being an outsider in many environments due to his ethnicity and frequent moves, made growing up in the United States a struggle. His story, however, is not one of sadness, but one of triumph — and that’s what his role on “Glee” is all about.

On the show, Shum plays Mike Chang, a character much like himself. Chang tries unsuccessfully to find common ground with his parents on a number of issues, such as school, girls and his future career. Shum too faced challenges in a similar way with his parents, who were not initially keen on the idea of their son dropping out of college to pursue a dancing career. However, both Shum and his character fought for their dreams and can now be seen as great role models for viewers in similar situations.

Unlike most television shows, “Glee” provides an outlet for people who might not normally fit in, or who might be struggling in the treacherous and often ruthless world of high school. It was rewarding to see that it’s not all one big act — Shum, and presumably all of the actors on the show, play their roles so well because they really understand what it’s like to be the underdogs.

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Connor Regan is a SESP freshman. He can be reached at cregan@u.northwestern.edu. If you would like to respond publicly to this column, email a Letter to the Editor to forum@dailynorthwestern.com.

THE CURRENT Your weekly dose of arts and entertainment • Thursday, November 1, 2012

Musica para todos

Mariachi Northwestern brings Mexican sound, culture to campus If you hear violins, trumpets and guitars next time you’re feeding quarters into an old washing machine, don’t worry. There’s a new band in town and it’s bringing a festive sound to every corner of campus. Mariachi Northwestern recently made its debut and has since performed at various events.

For those who aren’t in the know, mariachi is a loud and brash form of folk music and dance that originated in rural Mexico and is typically heard at fiestas, celebrations and weddings.

Performances are generally lively because musicians play

either upbeat pieces or serenades to a bride and groom, and often do simple dances to accompany the music. There is no fixed set of instruments or number of instrumentalists in each mariachi band. Because of this, bands usually take all available musicians, recruiting a wide range of instrumentalists.

Mariachi Northwestern currently consists of two trumpet players, two guitarists, three violinists, one guitarron (bass)

Photo courtesy of Daniel Flores

MAKING MUSIC Antonio Jose Vielma and Daniel Flores make up a fraction of the Mariachi Northwestern band. The members have varied musical backgrounds, but come together to perform the traditional Mexican folk music.

player and two vocalists. Despite its small size, the band has already played at multiple on-campus events, the most recent being a joint birthday celebration. Some of Mariachi Northwestern’s performances and rehearsals have also been recorded and published on Facebook. The rehearsals, in particular, show a casual side to musical performance. Practicing in random locations such as a laundry room, Mariachi Northwestern has an impromptu essence.

As the musical form has progressed through the years, mariachi performers have become typically virtuoso instrumentalists who are expected to perform highly skilled improvisations and songs by request. Yet Mariachi Northwestern insists no auditions are necessary and anyone is welcome to join.

“I can count on one hand the people here who are from the South Texas region. Students here wouldn’t have been exposed to this genre of music, and so it’s unfair to test someone on something they’ve never seen before,” founder Daniel Flores said.

According to the Communication junior, the purpose of the band is to “spread mariachi to people from all borders, all backgrounds, all places from the United States. Everyone is welcome to participate.”

One would expect that by choosing not to hold auditions, the band may recruit inexperienced performers, but Flores points out that NU students are naturally talented at whatever they pursue. Violin performance majors and engineers alike participate in the

band’s violin section.

Mariachi is not a style of music with which everyone is familar. However, in the events the band has played in, the audience has come to love and embrace it immediately, Flores said. In an effort to make the style more accessible, the band is currently working on a few arrangements of contemporary English songs, including a Beatles mix.

As a fairly new student club of only two months, there are many directions in which Mariachi Northwestern can progress. Flores said he hopes to extend the band’s reach to anyone who enjoys the music in the Evanston or Chicago.

Because the band’s main purpose is to spark interest in mariachi, he said he wants to expand the group to local high schools.

“High schools don’t have mariachi programs even though there’s a large Hispanic community in Evanston and Chicago,” Flores said.

As his inspiration for forming the group, Flores cites his own time in high school, which did not have a mariachi program. Instead, he found one to join outside of school. Flores’ experiences prompted him to provide a more convenient means by which interested students can pursue a passion in mariachi music.

In the near future, Flores said the band plans to buy traditional mariachi costumes, or “trajes,” for the performers and create more authentic mariachi performances. Flores also wants to set up workshops for students in the Evanston and Chicago area to garner interest in mariachi.

For now, the band members are committed to sharing their group’s diversity with the larger student body.

Bienen freshman Emily Oing, who had never heard of mariachi apart from on television, said her favorite part of being in the group is it’s camaraderie.

One of Oing’s bandmates said the band also contributes a new type of student group to NU. “It really brings a change of direction. Since the a capella scene here is very dominant, this is a very different style of music which I think a lot of people can relate to and feel a little bit more at home,” Medill freshman Antonio Jose Vielma said.

The members are from many different backgrounds: Violinist Henry Cheng said mariachi not only brings a new form of music to campus, but also a diverse collection of people.

“Most colleges have an orchestra, but while mariachi is classical, it really is a different genre of music,” the Weinberg freshman said. “Also, I’m an Asian guy from Canada playing in a mariachi band, which is a good thing.”

Although mariachi is still a relatively unknown music genre at NU, it is quickly gaining attention throughout campus. Flores said he wants to bring more awareness of the Hispanic way of life with every Mariachi Northwestern performance.

“Mariachi is the celebration of traditional Mexican music and the passing on of that culture,” Flores said.

to get a taste of fall without the jolt of espresso.

grandma’s than trick-or-treating among jack-o’-lanterns. This drink is the perfect segue from fall to winter.

— James Bien

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Autumn’s Seasonal Drinks

Fall has always been my favorite time of year because it invariably includes several great things: Halloween, bonfires, back-to-school (“great” is debatable here), changing leaves, apple picking and, best of all, seasonal drinks at my favorite cafes.

Our preferred eateries have been torturing us with their seasonal items for ages: Think peppermint hot chocolate and Shamrock Shakes. We become so excited knowing what’s to come, and then after a few glorious weeks, our temporary treats are ripped away from us for another nine months or so. This year, be prepared: Run and grab one of these delectable drinks while you still can — and hurry, because Christmas is only a few days after Halloween according to most places.

Panera Bread’s Pumpkin Spice Latte: Pumpkin spice lattes have an undeniable (though understandable)

monopoly on the title of “Fall’s Favorite Coffee.” Though many restaurants and coffee shops offer some version of this drink, my personal favorite comes from none other than Panera Bread. It has the perfect balance of sweetness and pumpkin-spiciness that other places sometimes fail to achieve. Plus, what better way to enjoy it than with one of Panera’s adorable pumpkin-shaped cookies?

Starbucks’ Salted Caramel Mocha: If you’re sick of pumpkin-flavored drinks but still want an autumninspired beverage, the salted caramel mocha from Starbucks is a slightly less sweet alternative that can also provide you with your daily dose of espresso.

The Starbucks website describes the drink as “Espresso and steamed milk, blended with mocha sauce and toffee nut flavored syrup. Topped with sweetened whipped cream, caramel sauce

and a mixture of turbinado sugar and sea salt.” The allure of this drink is its oddly satisfying salty/sweet mixture.

The caramel is reminiscent of caramel apples, while the sea salt makes it stand out from other similar drinks and keeps it from being sickly sweet.

J.J. Java’s Caramel Apple Pie a la Mode: For a fruitier option that’s

available year-round, J.J. Java has a specialty drink called the Caramel Apple Pie a la Mode. This spin on traditional cider mixes apple cider with steamed milk and tops it off with caramel and whipped cream. If you just can’t justify eating an actual slice of caramel apple pie, this drink is an excellent substitute. Sipping this delicious drink is definitely easier than trying to eat an actual caramel apple, and the danger of getting sticky caramel all over your face is minimal. It is also the perfect coffee-free option for those wanting

WHAT TO DO THIS WEEKEND Friday What: NU Nights: ‘90s Bingo When: 10 p.m.

Where: Louis Room Cost: Free

Come play some bingo, eat free food and win prizes from the ‘90s Friday night.

Saturday

Sunday

What: Fall 5K to Benefit Special

What: Make-a-Difference Market When: 11:30 a.m. – 2 p.m.

Where: Lake Street Church of Evan-

Olympics When: 10 a.m.

Where: South Lakefill Cost: $10 for students, $15 for adults Enjoy the fall weather and participate in a 5K to benefit Special Olympics.

ston, 607 Lake St. Cost: Entry cost is free Check out this “alternative gift fair.”

— Annie Bruce

Mariam Gomaa/ Daily Senior Staffer

Peet’s Coffee & Tea’s Cinnamon Gingerbread Latte: If it’s too late into

autumn and you already find yourself craving a Christmas-esque drink, Peet’s offers a cinnamon gingerbread latte. The gingerbread flavor packs a punch similar to pumpkin spice but is more reminiscent of the holidays at

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Next time you’re in the fall spirit or need some warming up, get one of these seasonal drinks and become as obsessed as I am (if you’re not already).

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On Tuesday, Disney announced its purchase of Lucasfilm, the production company behind the “Star Wars” franchise. There are already plans in the works to release “Star Wars Episode VII” in 2015.

The Daily and Current staffers respond: “Don’t care about ‘Star Wars.’”

– Connor Regan “Really, Disney, really? Well then.”

– Lydia Ramsey “Wall-E is the new R2-D2.”

– Laken Howard “‘Star Wars,’ the next ‘Saw.’” – Sam Freedman “So much epicness ... can’t process.” – Chelsea Sherlock “Seriously? Leave it alone, Disney.” – Annie Bruce “Disney, can we please not?”

– Phoebe González “No Lucas and I’m in.”

– Will Podlewski “‘Star Wars:’ The Next Generation.” – Katy Vogt “Never watched, won’t start now.”

– Allison Lasher “The Force isn’t with them.”

– Josh Walfish

Q &A

A lonely 20-something feels like the odd one out in his group of friends and starts a cult to fill the void. No, it’s not the beginning of a horror story: it’s the plot line of a short comedy film written and directed by Communication senior Andrew Nissen.

He received a grant for his short film from Studio 22 Productions earlier this year and he’s since spent countless hours working on making what was once just a vision into a reality.

Nissen sat down with The Current to discuss the making of “The Cult of Sam,” which premieres in June.

Excerpts:

The Current: Tell me about how you started “The Cult of Sam.” Andrew Nissen: I wrote “The Cult of Sam” sometime over spring break this past year, then I went to Studio 22, which is a student-run production company that gives grants to student filmmakers. I pitched my film to them. They liked it, so they gave me a $3,000 grant to make it. Then all over this summer and up until early fall this year, I’ve been in pre-production, assembling a crew and doing a lot of different preparatory tasks. The weekends of October 12-14 and 19-21, we shot (the film).

The Current: What is the “The Cult of Sam” about?

AN: “The Cult of Sam” is a short film, a comedy, about a dejected 20-something guy named Sam who feels like he is forgotten by his friends, like he is the one no one really cares about. So he decides to remedy that situation by starting a cult of which he is the leader, and of course, it’s a little

Andrew Nissen Director and writer, ‘The Cult of Sam’ bit more than he bargains for. He realizes there’s some problems that come with (starting a cult).

The Current: What have you done in the past that led up to this project?

AN: This is probably the first project of this capacity I’ve taken on. I’ve directed short films for class projects before, and this past spring I directed an episode of ... an RTVF-run threeepisode original television series. For (“The Cult of Sam”), the ball was really in my court. If I decided to stop working on it, it would have failed.

The Current: What were some challenges you faced while working on your film?

AN: The biggest challenge was gathering a crew of talented people to work on it. You’re really asking someone to dedicate their time and energy and resources to something that isn’t yet theirs … it’s asking them to jump two feet in and make it theirs. Luckily, we ultimately have a great group of people working on it and I think it’ll definitely show.

The Current: Where did you find such a great group to work with?

AN: In RTVF we do something called group petitions, where all the groups that are shooting will be sending out emails … which mean “Come meet me in Norbucks and tell me to what capacity you want to work on this …” so I did a lot of that, and then just asking friends who I knew had experience in certain areas.

The Current: Since it’s a short film, how big is your cast?

AN: The script itself is 17 pages in

The Current: What advice would you give to others who want to take on a similar project?

AN: I would tell them to try everything in some capacity. You definitely shouldn’t direct a $3,000 grant film your freshman year, but you should work on someone else’s in a smaller capacity. Try out being on set, figure

have to be Michael Jackson’s “Scream.”

The Current: Who are some of your dance inspirations?

HS: I have a lot. First and foremost would be Gene Kelly. I think he’s been an inspiration all around as an actor, director, choreographer and dancer.

After that, there’s Don O’Connor, Fred Astaire, even the modern Usher is … the reason I started dancing.

“Lots of Jar Jar plz.”

– Tom Meyer “Liz Lemon cameo, please?

Thanks.” – Alex Rudansky

The Current: What song are you currently obsessed with?

HS: Of Monsters and Men. I don’t even know what the song is called.

(Starts singing) “Don’t listen to a word I say” — that one.

“Eleven dollars I’ll definitely regret spending.” – Rafi Letzter Compiled by Alison Abrams

The Current: If there was a dance move called the Harry Shum Jr., what it would look like?

HS: Apparently I’ve been called the man with no bones, so it would definitely have to be very, very wormy and very liquidy. I would visualize it as being very liquidy.

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length, which will probably amount to about 15 minutes total run time, but we won’t know until June when it premieres. I think we have eight actors. Casting was fun. There are seven Northwestern actors and one local actor. A lot of them are actors I’ve worked with before, and I knew they were very talented and I thought they’d be great for the role, but there were definitely a few new faces for me.

Harry Shum Jr.: Probably would

“Princess Leia’s a Disney princess?”– Cat Zakrzewski

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Calling the Shots Andrew Nissen working on the short comedy film “The Cult of Sam,” which he wrote and directed. The story centers around a lonely 20-something who starts a cult to fill the void in his life.

on “Glee?”

“Please, no Jar Jar Binks.”

– Devan Coggan

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out what you like and what you don’t, and write things, act in things. There’s a lot of different spots in the film world for you to try, and I think you kind of have to taste all of them a little bit before you decide what you’re into.

The Current: What are your postgraduation plans?

AN: Ideally, I’d love to eventually be a staff writer on a show and maybe even create and executive produce my own show someday. In the interim, I’m interested in working in comedy development for a television program, or just development in general. I’m really interested in the process of taking a script and revising it and saying “Here’s what works, here’s what doesn’t.”

— Laken Howard

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Harry Shum Jr.

“Here’s to Obi-Wan KenoBambi.”

– Joseph Diebold

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Harry shum jr. “Glee” star Harry Shum Jr. took the stage as the Taiwanese American Students Club’s fall speaker. He shared stories about his life and even danced for those in attendance.

Before he was Mike Chang on “Glee,” Harry Shum Jr. was just a normal kid dealing with bullying and trying to find his voice. As the Taiwanese American Students Club’s fall speaker Saturday, Shum described his journey to “Glee” and even did some

dancing for the audience members at the event. Before he took the stage, Shum answered some of The Current’s quirky questions.

The Current: What was your favorite musical number to perform

drink to order at Starbucks?

HS: Vanilla latte, grande, with soy.

The Current: Why did you decide to start dancing?

HS: I just felt the need to move. It sounds weird, but I just felt I needed to do something with my body. Because I wasn’t doing enough; sports wasn’t enough. It was more of an expressive thing that was physical, and I used to play sports and it just wasn’t enough. It didn’t have that emotional attachment that dance did.

The Current: If you had to live in one place for the rest of your life, where would you live and why?

HS: I would probably want to live near the Grand Canyon. No reason — I would just love to live near the Grand Canyon.

The Current: If you weren’t working in the entertainment industry, what do you think you’d be doing?

HS: I am a huge fan of the advertising side of things. When I did a lot of commercials, I just fell in love with the advertising stages — the creativity, coming up with these ideas, telling stories through a product, which is weird, but you’re making something out of nothing out of this product. I love that industry.

The Current: What was your favorite movie when you were growing up?

HS: “Back to the Future (Part) II,” and also the cartoon “The Transformers: The Movie.” I watched that every single day for like five years.

The Current: In what ways are you similar or different from your character on “Glee”?

HS: Similarities are obvious, you know, we love to dance. I get excited when I have that opportunity to perform in general. I am not as — I used to be — but I’m not as shy and soft spoken as Mike Chang is, and also I don’t know if it’s by choice that Mike Chang doesn’t get to speak a lot. I think the similarities too are loyalty — he’s a very loyal guy, and I like to share that similarity with him.

— Annie Bruce

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New ways to play dress-up Pale pink, diamond coronets, matching stoles and piles and piles of tulle never get old, but sometimes it’s better not to resemble “Shakespeare in Love”-era Gwyneth Paltrow in your evening wear.

Thankfully, we’ve come a long way — Paltrow included — from such limited nighttime options to glammed-up basics and suiting.

Although nothing beats a showstopping frock (particularly for dancing), it’s no longer pastel dress and dyed-to-match slippers or nothing. When it comes to nighttime dress, laissez-faire isn’t just for economics anymore.

First up to bat: Oscar de la Renta showed a sequin- and brooch-embellished baseball tee paired with a tea-length gingham skirt for resort 2012 that’s made its way onto Kanye West-supported site The Fancy, as well as the superbly attired back of social media star Oscarprgirl Erika Bearman, who posted a picture of herself wearing the piece via Twitter.

Everyday denim also does after dark when you combine your well-worn chambray shirt with a bias-cut black satin midi skirt, Dannijo necklace, Veronica Lake waves and a vampy pout. Similarly, your lone businesscasual white blouse (collar turned up) with a sleek ball skirt is pure Carolina Herrera.

Even ostensibly casual separates can transition to fit your nocturnal needs. See Kirsten Dunst in a buttercup brocade Stella McCartney shorts suit (and the deconstructed pin curls she’s been so fond of lately), Zoe Saldana in an olive Jonathan Saunders top-and-skirt combo at the 2012 Teen Choice Awards and one

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Windows 8 fails to answer Apple’s simplicity challenge If you’ve read Backwards Compatible before, you’re probably familiar with my opinion of Apple — its substandard technology, lousy business practices, questionable ethics and borderline cultish following. But there is one thing Apple does better than any hardware or software company out on the market today: Make technology accessible. Apple prides itself, and rightly so, on intuitive user interfaces, an undeniably brilliant hardware design philosophy and, above all else, a commitment to ease of use. It’s why the iPad mini is going to cost so much compared to its competition: The price comes from user-end simplicity, not just circuit boards and aluminum.

It’s also why it’s so hard to watch Microsoft fail so miserably in trying to turn its brand-new Windows 8 into the next iOS, but you really can’t blame the company for trying.

Fully released less than a week ago, Microsoft’s new OS is less a complete makeover and more an attempt to fix something that wasn’t broken in the first place. Windows 8 does little more than throw some flashy colors and slick menus on top of the Windows 7 framework, which didn’t really have much wrong with it to begin with. The results hamper the man-machine interface rather than facilitating it.

Windows 8 is broken up into two

“They try to figure out where I go when I go to film ‘X-Factor.’ They’re like, ‘Mommy’s going off to be a superhero.’ And then I get back, and they just see me as Mommy.”

— Britney Spears, on what her two sons think when she leaves to work on “X-Factor”

DrESS to thE ninES Mix and match a bib necklace, pochette, shorts suit, baseball tee, full skirt, chambray shirt and dark midi skirt for an unexpected after-dark alternative to a dress.

from the archives: Sofia Coppola in Marni for H&M. When you’re trying head-to-toe prints, a sharp shape is key: A structured short-sleeved shirt and precisely hemmed shorts or cropped pants (in the same, preferably reflective, print) is a low-risk take on the trend. And if you’re experimenting with a matching skirt, know this looks best when the coordinating top ends a few inches above the waistband (which should not, under any circumstance, expose your umbilicus). primary components: the traditional desktop and the Metro user interface. The desktop itself is nothing all that different from Windows 7, except for some tweaks under the hood, including a much-appreciated speed boost (we’re talking rocket strapped to cheetah fast). The real problem comes in with the Metro interface layered on top of the desktop experience.

Adopting a design philosophy that is something of a cross between Windows Phone Live Tiles and the Xbox 360 interface, the Windows 8’s Metro interface wants for nothing in the flash department, with colorful boxes displaying information the user can completely customize.

Unfortunately, there’s little substance to back that up. There are boxes for email and social media notifications, linking Xbox Live accounts and launching apps, to be sure, but nothing much deeper. The Metro interface apparently exists solely to provide a superficial computing experience — to distill the traditionally difficult-to-breach Windows OS into something with mass-market consumer appeal. I could see how this kind of interface would be ideal for tablets and touchscreens, and it certainly already works well with the Windows Phone’s similar experience. But with a mouse and keyboard in the mix, it just ends up being awkward.

Windows 8 was an ambitious experiment, but if Microsoft truly wanted to compete with Apple it should have built something new from the ground up. Microsoft didn’t supply enough to justify the cost of an upgrade, and though the Metro looks nice, it’s optimized more for tablets and phones than for a desktop experience. Microsoft took risks, but not the right ones.

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I love the idea of suiting, which is really just next-level separates, for evening. Imagine striding — swanning is a verb best reserved for outfits involving internal boning and tuxedoed escorts — in a velvet suit over an anonymous white T-shirt and serious bijoux around your neck. Patterns work here, too: ASOS checks, Miu Miu fronds and J.W. Anderson for Topshop tortoises.

Two important things to remember here are over-the-top (in the best way) accessories — more is more,

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Figuring out control, being ‘weird’ Hello, Wildcats! After last week’s rant on foreplay and faking it, I have returned and am ready as ever to answer your carnal questions.

Why don’t guys just take control anymore? The last couple of times I’ve hooked up with a guy I’ve felt a need to be the one in charge. Sometimes I just want to be thrown on the bed! What gives?

I think it really depends on the guy and situation. There are many guys out there who are completely comfortable taking on a more dominant role during sex — in fact, it’s probably a much more accepted thing to do as a guy than it is as a girl, so more props to you. But it doesn’t matter how awesomely gendernon-conforming your past experiences have been if you haven’t enjoyed them.

Generally speaking, I’d say it may be less likely for a guy to throw you down on the bed during a random hook-up than during something that is already established or ongoing. If you’re with a guy you’ve been hooking up with for a bit, he should have more of an idea of what you like. A random guy may not want to come off as overzealous or make you uncomfortable. Lots of unexpected aggression from a guy during a random hook-up can feel like a fun surprise at best and an unsafe encounter at worst.

But at the end of the day, the only way you can be positive you’ll get what you want in bed is to communicate it to your partner in a pressure-free and unapologetic way. You should be able to share your desires with anyone you

but a Charlotte Olympia Perspex clutch with Union Jack postcard insert, zigzag Nicholas Kirkwood stunners and Salvatore Ferragamo eggplant lace-ups somehow mesh with the loudest of prints — and fit: A shrunken silhouette is most flattering when girls wear boys’ clothes.

As Edith Head (probably) would have said: Your clothes should always be tight enough to show you’re a woman, but cool enough to show you’re not a lady (at least in the stuffy sense of the word).

“We were constantly in fear of getting canceled. We actually had a guy come down every Friday to the set and he’d be like, ‘Ah man, this episode’s so great … You know this is the last episode, right? We’re not going to pick it up.’ And I was like, ‘Can I at least get these on DVD to show my mom?’… I get so emotional to think that we’re ending the show.”

– John Krasinski, on the final season of NBC’s “The Office” “I’m kind of dating my first celebrity crush, so I feel pretty fortunate.”

– Julianne Hough, on dating “American Idol” host Ryan Seacrest

choose to sleep with. It doesn’t have to be a long, intimate therapy session about your sexual needs. A simple, “I’m into this, what about you? Awesome, let’s do it!” should suffice.

I’m curious about anal but I don’t know how to ask my boyfriend about it without seeming weird. What should I do?

Well first of all, I want to put it out there — anal sex isn’t weird. On the spectrum of “weird” things you can do in bed, anal falls far closer to the “normal” side. I mean, people engage in blood play. (Yeah, they really do. Look it up. Or... don’t. Actually maybe don’t.).

Point being, you are not weird and you can’t go into a discussion about this feeling guilty.

And, yes, I do think you need a discussion. Again, this does not require an endless soul-bearing conversation. You need to let him know you’re interested in trying it out and you need to do so at a time when you’re not already being intimate. If you throw it out there while the pants are coming undone, there’s pressure to do it right then and there, whether your partner has thoroughly considered it or not. But maybe postcoital? I know a lot of couples have a bit of a debriefing post-sex. Start talking about new things you’d like to try — consider what he might like to try and let him know what you’ve been thinking. But whatever you do, don’t feel ashamed about it. You have nothing to feel bad about. Worst case scenario, he lets you know he’s not into it and you move on.

Just be sure to use lube a-plenty when you do get down to it!

Lots of safe and consensual lovin’ to all of you. As always, shoot me an email with questions, thoughts, criticisms or maybe even compliments at dirtytalk2015@ gmail.com.

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“Just as much as it sucks to have tabloids writing about you, at the same time I had all these issues and I was able to raise awareness because I came out publicly with those issues.

And then I have tons of fans that come up and tell me ‘Oh, I got help with my eating disorder … because you came out and said it.’”

– Demi Lovato, on dealing with media attention after struggling with an eating disorder

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“Seriously, though, a Gryffindor letting his mom carry his Quidditch broom? How Hufflepuff is that?”

– Phil Dunphy, played by Ty Burrell, on ABC’s “Modern Family” Compiled by Annie Bruce

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‘Cloud Atlas’ There is no simple way to summarize “Cloud Atlas.” At an almost three-hour run time and with six barely-connected separate stories, it would take the length of a normal feature film to explain the plot of this one patchwork movie. But to put it in the simplest terms: “Cloud Atlas” is an overblown cliche-filled epic with a lot of flash and no real substance.

In an attempt at synopsis, I’ll say that “Cloud Atlas,” based on the novel by David Mitchell, tells six stories that span centuries. Each, in some way, examines how individuals can change one another’s lives. The first story is of a dying man who, on his way home from the Pacific Islands to San Francisco in the 1800s, learns about acceptance as he saves the life of a runaway slave. The second, set in the 1930s, is the story of a young composer who is working for an aging mentor and, as he writes

Music Review Grouplove Grouplove is taking the stage at Chicago’s Riviera Theatre Nov. 8.

Already established as a live show mainstay in the indie realm, the rock band is sure to heat up a chilly November day in Chicago. Looking back on its debut album “Never Trust a Happy Song,” released in 2011, I realized how much I missed, well, happy songs. As Christian Zucconi and Hannah Hooper shout in the song “Chloe,” “We don’t need permission / We can go where we wanna go, say what we wanna say, and do what we wanna do,” their rebellious almost naive zest for life is irresistible.

The album starts with the typical opener “Itchin’ On a Photograph.” It is rich with hand claps and Zucconi’s poetically tortured vocals sliding in and out of sustained notes. “Tongue Tied” immediately changes the pace and puts you into a danceable mood.

The experimental song “Slow” is the first time Hooper’s voice is put under the spotlight. Then comes one of my favorite songs in the album, “Naked Kids.” Even though it’s one of the first tracks the band released, it still sounds as fresh and vibrant as when it first came out. It’s a perfect set-up for toe tapping and head shaking; by now, if you have resisted the urge, you won’t be able to anymore. There’s a definite slip in quality toward the middle section of the album. However, when listening to the record, it’s not these negatives that you dwell on, but rather the undeniable energy you are feeling.

Although its studio recording is generally satisfying, Grouplove’s live performance moves far beyond that.

This May, I saw Grouplove perform

to his lover, is attempting to make something of himself by composing an epic symphony. The third centers on a journalist in the 1970s who uncovers a terrible plot at a nuclear plant. The fourth, set in the present, is about a publisher who, while on the run from his debts, is placed prematurely in a prison-like retirement home and tries to escape. The fifth is set in the future and is a tale of an oppressed clone worker who gets involved in a revolutionary scheme.

The sixth and final story is set in a far post-apocalyptic future, where two very different sets of people come together to try and find salvation. The stories weave together throughout the film, and the same set of actors appears in each story.

These actors include Halle Berry, Jim Broadbent, Hugo Weaving, Jim Sturgess, Doona Bae, Ben Whishaw, Susan Sarandon and Northwestern parent Tom Hanks.

Sound confusing? It is. Although the overall message of the film is simple (be kind to others, and love is transcendent), the mode of storytelling is meandering and bewildering. live for the first time and I have to be corny and say that witnessing it was almost life altering. I still get goose bumps when I think about it. Just as Zucconi said in an interview, Grouplove’s live sound is like “best friends skydiving.” Somehow, the band manages to release all the energy stocked in its recordings on It’s a perfect stage set-up for toe thanks to the memtapping and bers’ flawhead shaking; less coopby now, if you eration skills and have resisted palpable the urge, you spirit. They won’t be able to jumped and bopped anymore. wildly; Zucconi and Hooper almost slammed heads at some points. Every single band member seemed as if they were having the absolute best day of their lives. The crowd received and spread the love vibes. During the show, fans were hugging, laughing and arm locking. Especially during the encore crowd-pleaser “Colours,” I could almost feel the bouncy, bubbly, shiny love in the atmosphere.

Chicago kids are lucky because new bands deem it a place to test their live performances and usually go hard for their shows. Tickets for the Nov. 8 show can still be found online. If you love Grouplove’s music, or are just simply distraught about the dropping temperature, don’t hesitate to take a ride down to the city next Thursday. Their music won’t fail to lift your spirits.

The sound of the summer will carry you through the looming winter.

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SHOOTING FOR THE MOON “Cloud Atlas” tells six stories that span multiple centuries.

Each story is based on fairly trite tropes, which are cobbled together into one far-too-long film. The acting is great, as can be assumed from the A-list cast, but the small

Theater Review ‘Macbeth’ Most people are accustomed to seeing Shakespeare’s plays materialize again and again, whether in a traditional theater setting, such as Lovers and Madmen’s “Macbeth,” which played earlier this month, or in a creative new genre, such as the musical “The Verona Project” that is currently running weekends through Nov. 4. Operatic re-imaginings are less common, though not necessarily less engrossing. One such opera that beautifully recreates Shakespeare’s work is Giuseppe Verdi’s “Otello,” which played Saturday at Cinemark Century 12, 1715 Maple Ave., as part of the Metropolitan Opera’s Live in HD series.

Just as in the Shakespearean play “Othello,” the opera “Otello” depicts the doomed love story of the jealous title character, a Moor who governs Cyprus, and his all-too-innocent bride, Desdemona. The two other featured roles are that of Iago, Otello’s deceptive ensign who repeatedly professes his love for his master but secretly hates him, and Cassio, whom Otello promoted to lieutenant over Iago, provoking the ensign’s rancor. The opera focuses on Iago’s successful attempts to trick Otello into believing Desdemona is betraying him with Cassio.

Overall, the opera struck all the right notes. As Desdemona, Renee Fleming truly captured the personality of her character with a voice pure and tender throughout. When she sang the “Willow Song” in Act 4, her voice blended divinely with the orchestra’s woodwind section, masterfully conducted by Semyon Bychkov. The English horn solo at the beginning of Act 4 was especially chilling.

Another example of the nuance in this performance was Falk Struckmann’s Iago. In Act 2, when Iago is alone onstage, the dynamic passion and expression

amount of time spent with each character and the transient nature of their stories do not allow the audience to make any real connections.

And though the three directors, siblings Lana and Andy Wachowski and Tom Tykwer, deserve credit for the beauty and visual scope of the film, as the screenwriters they are certainly at fault for the overall lackluster script.

The worst part about the film is how it deals with race. It has come under fire for its use of white actors, and oddly enough one black actor, portraying Asian characters in a story where only one main actor is actually Asian . And although this has not garnered much controversy, that Asian actress is made to seem Caucasian at another moment in the film. While the point was to show the connectedness of all mankind, it only served to distract the viewers and make them uncomfortable.

Overall, “Cloud Atlas” is a unique and pretty film, but in the end it tries too hard and goes too far.

— Aliza Weinberger

in Struckmann’s voice and face drove the audience, both in the opera house and the movie theater, to spontaneous applause.

Unfortunately, the same cannot be said of Johan Botha’s Otello. For the most part, Botha lacked the subtle expression of Struckmann. When Otello and Iago are alone at the end of Act 2, Botha’s limited repertoire of facial expressions (wide or narrowed eyes) cannot convey the same depth of emotion Struckmann’s astonishing range of animated facial gestures can. This discrepancy is highlighted by the camera’s close-ups, one of the many interesting aspects of watching an opera in a movie theater.

Another was the opportunity to hear an opera expert provide insight into the show. Host Sondra Radvanovsky shared insider information, such as the fact that Saturday’s performance was Botha’s first after a break he took for a cold, which might explain his lack of energy. To be fair, Botha’s voice was impressively powerful, and overall he truly captured the raging, tortured nature of Otello’s degeneration.

The opera as a whole made a magnificent impression, even through the uninspired medium of a movie screen. For the most part, the camera work was thoughtfully done and at times even enhanced the suspense of the plot. Unfortunately, there were a few issues with camera focus, especially at the beginning of Act 3. However, the Live in HD series provides an unparalleled opportunity to experience a Metropolitan Opera performance at a relatively low price and convenient location. Through its Live in HD showing of “Otello,” the Metropolitan Opera brought Shakespeare to life for 250,000 more people than it would have otherwise, and it showed just how much all of its stars could shine, even through a screen in a movie theater.

The Live in HD series is showing Adès’ “The Tempest” Saturday, Nov. 10 — Ayla Gotkan

This week in the lives of the rich and famous…

Superstorm Sandy floods the homes of civilians, destroys vehicles, wreaks havoc on power lines and has an evil agenda to ruin the box office successes of movies like “Cloud Atlas” and “Argo.” Apparently Sandy prefers realism to fabricated entertainment, as she’s currently delaying film sets and Broadway productions as well.

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Justin Bieber is rapidly exercising his adulthood right to permanently ink his skin without parental consent. The singer added a new poorly drawn tat to flaunt along with his current collection of cliched tattoos. This one resembles a cartoonish owl — the kind you may find on a women’s wannabe vintage Urban Outfitters sweater — and resides on either his calf or bicep, though it’s hard to tell in close-ups due to lack of muscular definition.

Unfortunately, “The Farm,” a TV series that focuses on Dwight Schrute of “The Office” and his strange adventures, has crashed before it even got the chance to take off, or spin-off. Although the pilot is slated to air as a TV movie, Dwight and his co-workers will soon reside amongst piles of unwatched reruns as “The Office” enters its final season.

Green Day, the popular punk band that dominated the radio some seven years ago, attempted to compensate for a major drop in popularity by announcing plans to put out three albums in succession.

The band’s tours are being canceled and postponed in a similarly rapid succession. Looks like Green Day hasn’t yet woken up from its idyllic dream of infinite fame — and, we hate to break it to them, but September has already ended.

Two television shows in high demand will return in 2013. The critically acclaimed NBC sitcom “Community” is set to air again Feb. 13. The fourth season of the even more unique and subtly hilarious “Arrested Development” will air as a Netflix-exclusive in April.

The Walt Disney Co. announced Tuesday that it now owns Lucasfilm and will be pumping out at least three more blockbusters in the “Star Wars” franchise. Rest easy, you vicious Warsies: George Lucas will act as creative consultant on the new films. You didn’t think an artist could give up his extremely intricate fantasy world so easily, did you?

— Haley Boston

THE WEEK THAT WAS

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Homecoming parade and pep rally On Friday night, the Northwestern community paraded down Sheridan Road to wrap up Homecoming week. Grand marshal J.A. Adande (Medill ‘92) led the parade from the Henry Crown Sports Pavilion and Aquatics Center to Deering Meadow for a pep rally. Adande, an ESPN contributor, University President Morton Schapiro and Burgwell Howard, assistant vice president for student engagement, electrified the crowd one night before the Homecoming game against Iowa.

Big victory against Iowa Ryan Field was covered with NU students and alumni bleeding purple inside out on Saturday.

Bouncing back from a disappointing loss against the Cornhuskers last week, the Wildcats dominated the running game with over 300 yards on the ground.

Just as students are getting past the first wave of midterms so they can finally breathe a sigh of relief, our players finally get to relax this bye week. Oh wait, the next wave is coming up.

Knockout Autism with NU basketball teams NU’s Autism Speaks U and the men’s and women’s basketball teams hosted Knockout Autism at SPAC on Monday. After paying a $5 registration fee, students received a free basketball, Autism Speaks U merchandise, and chances to win gift cards to Cheesie’s and Buffalo Wild Wings, as well as the grand prize. The Knockout Champion is allowed to attend a practice and meal with the men’s basketball team, with all proceeds from the event going to Autism Speaks U.

Ebehard Halloween Show Students attended the famous Eberhard Halloween Show on Wednesday in the Technological Institute.

Students in general chemistry lab classes were given limited tickets, while those not enrolled had to reserve tickets ahead of time. Prof. Eberhard Zwergel, a senior lecturer in the Department of Chemistry, coordinates music and dance with the Undergraduate Chemistry Council as well. It is a must-see before leaving NU. — John Yang

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Report: Students want more help with loans Online counseling services not enough for debt-saddled students, national study says By stephanie haines

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College students with outstandiing debt claim they do not receive adequate online counseling services for taking out federal loans, a problem also affecting some Northwestern students.

Fourty percent of respondents who said they took out federal loans reported they did not receive any online or in-person counseling about the federal loan process, by the National Economic Research Associates.

Healey Whitsett, a senior analyst at the economic consulting firm NERA, co-authored the report, titled “Lost without a map: a survey about students navigating the financial aid office.” She said large number of students not receiving financial aid guidance is “the main takeaway” of the report, since colleges are mandated by law to issue some form of counseling or education for students with federal loans.

Evanston’s jobless rate, currently at 6.4 percent, continues to decrease

Evanston’s unemployment rate continues to fall, reaching its lowest level since May. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Evanston’s unemployment rate was 6.4 percent at the end of September. A year ago, the city’s jobless rate was 7.7 percent. This small but steady decrease in the unemployment rate is congruent with changes in the Evanston labor force, which grew in September from 41,496 in August to 41,846.

While the number of people employed grew, the number of people looking for work went down by 242 because of various reasons including disillusionment with the employment market.

Steve Griffin, the city’s director of community

The report included a survey aimed at “highdebt borrowers,” or those who report receiving higher than average grant aid. The report focused on 13,000 respondents who are current students or recent college graduates. Respondents were asked about the information and education they received when they took out federal loans for financial aid.

The survey respondents included students on mailing lists related to student loan interest, Whitsett said.

Whitsett said it is unlikely the respondents did not receive some form of counseling. She said it is possible that the counseling is just not effective or engaging enough for students to remember it.

Whitsett said an online course seems to be the most common education for students with federal loans.

Report co-author Rory O’Sullivan, policy director of Young Invincibles, a nonprofit organization that seeks to improve educational, health and economic opportunity for young adults, said the report demonstrates how confusing applying for financial aid and federal loans can be.

“One of the main things we’ve been hearing from young people across the country is that they have a very difficult time learning about financial aid,” O’Sullivan said. “There is a lot of complexity of the terms and conditions of loans, and it can be

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and economic development, said one of the main reasons for a drop in unemployment is the increasing development activity throughout Evanston. Griffin said construction only started to pick up in recent years.

Last year, for instance, a city development committee was able to acquire financing for new apartment units, Griffin said. He added that there are about 500 apartment units under construction, which he said will lead to revitalized retail activity.

The city’s two new grocery stores are expected to become a large source of new jobs and revenue in the city. The recently opened Gordon Food Service Marketplace is adding about $100,000 of new revenue to the city each year. The Trader Joe’s opening up next year is estimated to generate $550,000 in revenue, he added.

“I think we’re all proud to see this development activity pick up the way it is,” Griffin said. “Especially with the addition of the two stores.”

Griffin said the city has focused on making sure the right kinds of development are located in the right places. He said Evanston is adding apartments to areas that allow parking for renters and infrastructure to areas that have Chicago Transit Authority or Metra stations, to facilitate greater transportation accessibility.

Griffin said the development committee will soon focus on creating new office buildings, specifically for technology-based businesses.

According to the city’s economic development plan, Evanston wants to capitalize on the city’s reputation as a center for innovation. The city will develop modern office and laboratory space in order to attract new technology companies and improve Evanston’s ability to retain expanding firms.

Evanston’s unemployment rate is lower than that of the state, which still hovers above 8 percent.

According to the Illinois Department of Employment Security, the state’s unemployment rate dropped

One of the main things we’ve been hearing from young people across the country is that they have a very difficult time learning about financial aid Rory O’Sullivan, Policy director of Young Invincibles

a pitfall for young people if they don’t know their best options.”

The survey showed two general trends about loan education, O’Sullivan said. Respondents said they would like more “interactivity” or checking to make sure that students understand the financial aid processes. But O’Sullivan said even that is not enough for students, because many of them reported they would like an in-person mentor to walk them through the process.

Some NU students agree that the financial aid and federal loan processes are difficult to understand. Communication freshman Carolyn Betts described the financial aid process as “ridiculously confusing.”

Betts said she vaguely remembers having a “mix

between an online survey and a quiz” that describes the types of loans and how they work after she took out her loans.

“Because it was a requirement, I had to blow through it on my own time,” Betts said. “I feel like the school just does it for legal reasons. It didn’t really help me, it just helps them.”

Though students may express general confusion over the loan process, Brian Drabik, associate director of financial aid at NU, said he has not come across this issue so far. He said every college is required to maintain records of students completing counseling.

NU uses the U.S. Department of Education’s online counseling tool, which is an online tutorial, Drabik said. The tool gives students with federal loans an overview of their rights, and at the end of the tutorial it provides the contact information of a financial aid administrator.

Drabik said the Department of Education “has made great strides to simplify the financial aid process.” Within this past year, when students log in to fill out their FAFSA form, they can authorize IRS data retrieval, which pulls forward a student’s information. This helps prevent students from making errors on the form. stephaniehaines2015@u.northwestern.edu

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I think we’re all proud to see this development activity pick up the way it is.

Steve Griffin, Evanston’s director of community and economic development

from 9.1 to 8.8 percent in September.

In the Chicago metropolitan area, Wilmette has the lowest unemployment rate of 5.1 percent. However, only eight towns in Illinois with more than 25,000 residents have lower jobless rates than Evanston, including Glenview, Highland Park and Northbrook.

The national unemployment rate of 7.8 percent is closer to Evanston’s jobless rate.

— Amanda Gilbert

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“Ultimately, it’s the Senate’s decision,� Stewart said. “I think this will be a fun event for the Northwestern community regardless of ASG’s involvement.�

In addition to proposing funding for NU Day at the United Center, ASG voted to pass a resolution to acknowledge the damage caused by Hurricane Sandy and encourage students to donate to organizations running relief efforts, such as the American Red Cross. “It’s a sign of our support,� ASG president Victor Shao said. “We represent the entirety of the student body, and this is an event that impacted a lot of us.�

Shao said he hoped the resolution, which will be blasted to students through social media and email lists, will remind students to get in touch with their family members or friends who may have been affected. He added that he would not be surprised if the resolution made way for fundraising efforts. Shao said he plans to discuss the possibility of an institutional response when he meets Friday with Patricia Telles-Irvin, NU’s vice president for student affairs.

Some members of ASG had personal motivations for passing the resolution. Weinberg junior Michael Morgan, who serves as an off-campus senator, is from Long Island, N.Y. He said his Facebook news feed has been filled with pictures and videos of the damage caused by Sandy in his hometown. While his own home has not been damaged, many homes in his neighborhood, which was in a mandatory evacuation zone, have been destroyed. “I think it’s important to get the message out,�

Morgan said. “Something as little as one or five dollars can help so much.�

Morgan explained the flooding and following electrical fires in his hometown has created a projected $5 billion of property damage. “Long Island is just one part of this, too,� Morgan said. “There’s a ton of students impacted, directly and indirectly.�

Before discussing the Hurricane Sandy resolution and NU Day at the United Center, student life vice president Alex Van Atta and a working group

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Less than 20 hours before the Commission on Chicago Landmarks meeting, preservationist group Save Prentice Coalition announced that it will hold a press conference this morning to address its concerns about the landmarks commission’s procedure.

In a news release, the coalition claimed that the commission process is “subverted to deny Prentice landmark status,� and the meeting’s result is “predetermined.� Christina Morris of the National Trust for Historic Preservation said the purpose of the Save Prentice Coalition meeting will be to talk about how preservationists view the structure of the landmarks

formed last spring to investigate the University’s alcohol policy presented their research and their recommendations to improve the drinking culture and policies at NU. Their research relied primarily on comparison to peer institutions and anecdotal evidence from students.

Van Atta said the group is planning to distribute a campus wide survey about alcohol use by the end of the quarter. He said the survey will explore how much students know about the current alcohol policy and if it has prevented them from calling for help in dangerous drinking situations.

Van Atta said ASG needs to compile its own data on drinking following a lack of cooperation from the administration in releasing their own information on student drinking. Van Atta said in a meeting with Lisa Currie, director of health promotion and wellness, she showed him data

about campus drinking but declined to give him a copy of it because of concerns about how campus media may manipulate it. “That kind of leads us to believe they value image over the safety of the students,� Van Atta said in his presentation to the Senate.

The Senate then elected members to two working groups, which will focus on improving transportation and dorm conditions at NU. The transportation group will focus on improving the shuttle system and will also work with SafeRide to potentially improve the service’s technology, which Shao referred to as “outdated.� The dorm conditions working group elected three members, who referenced their own experiences living in dorms such as North Mid-Quads Hall and Sargent Hall.

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Morris said the landmarks commission chooses from a “selection� of procedures for assessing buildings on its agenda, but Peter Strazzabosco, spokesman for the Department of Housing and Economic Development, rebuffed the notion.

He confirmed that the landmark commission procedure, as determined by Chicago’s landmark ordinance, is always the same and does not deviate on a case-by-case basis. “I don’t know why they feel they’re being disadvantaged,� Strazzabosco said, adding that both preservationists and NU will have an equal chance to present their cases before the ninemember panel tonight.

McDermott told the Tribune.

This summer, Lincoln Elementary School underwent building improvements such as creating a secure entryway for the school, Markham said.

Because McDermott took part in the construction-planning process last year, she wanted to stay for the school’s opening, Markham said. Boyle said McDermott was doing the school a favor by staying as principal through the school’s construction, which Boyle said was happening at the very last minute. “In service to the school, she wanted to stay and see the project through to completion,� Boyle said.

Days after McDermott’s announcement, Murphy assured parents in a news release that the district had a transition plan.

Upon hearing McDermott’s plans to retire, Markham said the district searched for existing employees with the proper administrative certifications, among other criteria, to fill the position.

This past month, Concepcion Calderon, the then bilingual curriculum coordinator, who was appointed by the school board in August, has been working part time at Lincoln. Since her district bilingual position was filled, Calderon has been spending even more time at the school, Markham said.

This is not the first time Calderon, who could not be reached for comment Wednesday, has been assigned administrator duties during a transition.

During one such period at the Rodolfo Lozano Bilingual Center in Chicago, Calderon was assigned assistant principal duties, according to a D65 news release. “It’s so important to have someone out in the school that’s familiar with what is expected of a principal and has some knowledge about what we’re doing here,� Markham said Wednesday.

Calderon will now serve as interim principal until the district selects a permanent replacement for McDermott in the spring. At that time, a committee comprising of parents, teachers, administrators and a union representative will interview qualified candidates, “including those from a national search� for the position, according to the release.

Boyle said CalderĂłn attended a PTA meeting in October where she introduced herself and talked about how she strongly believes in the importance of public education.

At a school that’s been “renovated top to bottom,�

Boyle, whose fifth grader attends Lincoln, said it may be a good time to make a fresh start at the school. Although she was shocked at McDermott’s decision to leave, Boyle said the school is in a good position due to her leadership. “We have a great community, we have great teachers,� Boyle said. “And I think she engendered all of that.�

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DORM DELIBERATIONS Northwestern students Harrison Flagler, Chris Harlow, Morgan Hunt and (from right) present their thoughts on dorm conditions. The three students were running for a position on ASG’s Dorm Conditions Working Group.

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commission meeting. “I don’t feel like we were misinformed about the process,� Morris told The Daily on Wednesday. “We just have questions about the process that’s been selected, the process they have chosen to use for tomorrow.�

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“GAME ON: 2012 AND BEYOND”

THE GERTRUDE AND G.D. CRAIN JR. LECTURE SERIES: Heilemann is the National Affairs Editor for New York Magazine and NYMag.com. He is also a political analyst for MSNBC and coauthor of “Game Change: Obama and the Clintons, McCain and Palin, and the Race of Lifetime,” the international best-seller chronicling the historic 2008 presidential campaign.

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ON THE RECORD

Men’s Swimming NU vs. Purdue 1 p.m. Saturday

These are the games you train up for. You can’t ask for anything more.

— Tim Lenahan, men’s soccer coach

Thursday, November 1, 2012

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NU to clash with Indiana for title

Cats can capture outright crown with win over Hoosiers By ava wallace

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No. 22 Indiana has led the Big Ten for most of the season. The team scored 11 more goals than any other team in the conference — 82 compared to secondplace Ohio State’s 71 – has nine shutouts for the season and has scored 30 goals from nine different players.

So it appears Northwestern saved the best for last.

The Wildcats (10-4-3, 3-1-1 Big Ten) battle the Hoosiers (11-4-2, 3-2-0) for the Big Ten title Thursday night in Bloomington, Ind. For Indiana to take the title, the Hoosiers have to beat the Cats and Michigan has to either defeat or tie Michigan State on Saturday.

Not to be overshadowed, NU has also hovered near the top of the conference standings all season. All the Cats have to do is win Thursday, and the Big Ten title is theirs.

As the last game of the season, Indiana is NU’s only matchup in November. The Cats had high hopes going into October, during which the team played three Big Ten opponents as well as three in-state rivals. The team hoped to replicate 2011’s October unbeaten streak that sent them to the NCAA Tournament, but ended up 3-3-1 for the month.

After NU’s loss against DePaul on Sept. 26, the Cats held a midseason meeting to set goals for their last nine games. Sophomore midfielder Eric Weberman said in addition to setting specific goals for the offense, one of the team’s main focuses was keeping a clean sheet in the backfield.

Defensive efficiency turned out to be the Cats’ bread and butter for the second half of the season, and coach Tim Lenahan said the team also achieved two more specific goals in beating Michigan State and getting the opportunity to play for a conference title in Bloomington.

“Obviously there were a couple of hiccups (during the second half of the season),” Lenahan said. “The Bradley game and the Northern Illinois game ...

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Just give these Cats a chance dan ryan

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Staying ahead The Wildcats, led by midfielder Chris Ritter, head to Indiana on Thursday looking to capture their second Big Ten Championship in as many years. Ritter is second on the team with five goals this season.

Northwestern vs. No. 22 Indiana Bloomington, Ind. 7 p.m. Thursday

but mostly we wanted to make the last game important. We wanted to make sure that when we played in Indiana it was for the Big Ten.” Historically, NU has not come up well against Indiana — the Hoosiers lead the series 24-2-3. But last season the teams’ two meetings ended in ties, and Lenahan is not bothered by the tumultuous past.

In addition to the program’s growth and success in the past few years, Lenahan said team mentality is a big factor heading into Thursday.

“If it was 20 years ago’s team playing?

We wouldn’t have a chance,” Lenahan said. “But it’s this team, right now, that’s playing, and we believe we can win.”

Similarly to NU, Indiana has a disciplined defense that has allowed just 13 goals this season. The Cats have allowed only 14, but Indiana’s Luis Soffner is the only goalkeeper in the Big Ten to have more shutouts than sophomore goalkeeper Tyler Miller. Miller has seven for the season and is second in conference standings for the category.

But one of the Hoosiers’ biggest assets is Eriq Zavaleta. The impressive forward has 15 goals so far this season, including 5 game-winners. By comparison, NU’s leading scorer, freshman forward Joey Calistri, has six goals for the season.

Zavaleta also leads the conference in points, with 32 so far this season.

“He’s freshman of the year,” Lenahan

said. “He’s going to unanimously be the Big Ten Offensive Player of the Year.

He’s a very strong, physical player – and he’s clever. He’s certainly a handful.”

Despite Zavaleta’s contributions, Indiana has had a few notable losses, including Big Ten losses to Michigan and Michigan State, though the Hoosiers were able to pull out a win over Penn State. Indiana also lost to then-No. 8 Notre Dame.

But records, offensive concerns and conference standings aside, it is easy to tell Lenahan and his team are exited to play Indiana for the conference on Thursday.

“These are the games you train up for,” Lenahan said. “You can’t ask for anything more.” avawallace2015@u.northwestern.edu

Field Hockey

Cats face first B1G Tournament hurdle By alex putterman

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Five years ago, Northwestern was not very good at field hockey. In 2008, the Wildcats finished 7-13 overall, 1-5 in the Big Ten. They’ve certainly come a long way since then.

Only one current NU player can remember the days when two Big Ten wins were cause for celebration.

Having been around even longer than coach Tracey Fuchs, redshirt senior Kaylee Pohlmeyer has a unique perspective on the Cats’ progress over the last few seasons.

“The program has drastically improved since I’ve been here,” she said. “When I started out here as a freshman, we maybe won one Big Ten game a season … I credit the improvement to the mentality of the team. I think we all just really believe in what we’re doing now compared to freshman year.”

The No. 8 Wildcats (16-3, 4-2 Big Ten) will begin the Big Ten Tournament on Thursday in Iowa City, Iowa, against Indiana (9-8, 0-6 Big Ten), a team NU beat 4-0 on Oct. 12. The Cats enter the tournament as the second seed, after being awarded a tie-breaker over Michigan and Iowa, both also 4-2 in conference. Because top-seeded Penn State has a bye in the first round of the seven-team tournament, NU

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Second chance Despite not winning the Big Ten Championship, Tara Puffenberger and NU enter the Big Ten Tournament as the No. 2 seed.

takes on the last-place Hoosiers in the opening round. Coming off a disappointing loss to Iowa on Sunday, the Cats need to refine their focus for a bounce-back win against the Hoosiers, Fuchs said.

“We had a good conversation about Sunday’s game,” she said. “And we’re just going to take it one game at a time and not look at championships or anything. We’re just going to focus on Indiana and what we need to do to beat them.”

Goalkeeper Maddy Carpenter

No. 9 Northwestern vs. Indiana Iowa City, Iowa 1:30 p.m. Thursday

attributed the loss Sunday to nerves before a big game and a departure from the team’s game plan. Like Fuchs, Carpenter wants to see a more focused Cats squad against the Hoosiers.

“We’re going to go back to our game plan, just play the way that we do,” the sophomore said. “We just want to

come out with some fire.”

Pohlmeyer, who has never advanced past the first round of the Big Ten Tournament, says she is especially motivated to play deep into the weekend. The fifth-year senior missed all of last season with a torn ACL and meniscus, unable to play in what would have been her senior season.

When she first suffered the injury, Pohlmeyer said she was crestfallen.

“At the time, I was completely devastated,” she said. “I was looking forward to my last season with my class, who I had become very close with …

Obviously I wanted to be out on the field.”

While sidelined, Pohlmeyer helped the team any way she could, videotaping games and updating the team’s social media platforms. Fuchs said the now-graduate student passed up several job offers in order to return for a fifth season. On the eve of her final Big Ten Tournament, Pohlmeyer said she sees the injury differently.

“I can honestly say (the injury) was a blessing in disguise,” she said. “I’m in grad school now, and getting to play on a team with such talent and that is doing so well is everything I wanted when I committed to Northwestern.

Now that I’m getting it in my fifth season, it’s really incredible.” alexanderputterman2016 @u.northwestern.edu

Every once in a while, you need to give a shoutout to a lesser-known team. Maybe the players have a fun story or a quirky trivia fact that catches your eye, and you see it and feel the need to let at least someone else know about it.

Or maybe that team demands your attention with dominant play.

Such has been the case with the Northwestern men’s soccer team, a squad that will travel to Indiana on Thursday to play for its second Big Ten Championship in as many years.

If you don’t happen to follow all things Northwestern sports (And why would you? You’re a normal, well-adjusted human being, right?), then you probably haven’t noticed that coach Tim Lenahan’s group has a pretty good thing going on the frozen, blustery pitch of Lakeside Field. A year after winning both the Big Ten Championship and the Big Ten Tournament, the Cats have an opportunity to be repeat offenders with a win Thursday.

Hell, that’s more success in one year than the men’s basketball team has ever had. Ever. (A low blow to our beloved starting five. I’ll be illegally streaming all your games from my European study abroad program, I promise).

A tough defensive group highlighted by junior Scott Lakin, senior Jarrett Baughman and standout sophomore goalkeeper Tyler Miller has been the foundation of the team’s 10-4-3 record thus far this season.

Newcomer Joey Calistri joins veteran senior Chris Ritter to spark an offense that scores just enough to win. The games may not always be pretty, but there’s an obvious fight in this squad.

The team is also all about giving fans the most bang for their buck, having gone to extra time in three straight games and eight overall for the season.

How about that: a successful NU team providing a great fan experience. Well, I never...

But wait, it gets better.

NU will also play host to the 2012 Big Ten Tournament beginning Nov. 7, giving fans of the Wildcats the opportunity to watch the team go for what would be an incredible feat while also taking in some great Big Ten soccer. Depending on how Thursday goes, NU could enter the tournament as the No. 1 seed and a favorite to take the title.

A small disclaimer: Polar bears have been known to die as a result of the frigid temperatures on the lake shore in November, so I would encourage dressing warm. Maybe a few T-shirts, four sweaters, a parka or two. You’re gonna want gloves.

Conditions aside, I’m clearing out a solid chunk of next week to go to the games. Maybe paint up, bring a vuvuzela (or I could stop lying and admit that I’ll be in the warmth of the press box). Getting an opportunity to watch the tournament while I’m here is a treat.

Perhaps I’m biased — this is easily my favorite team at Northwestern after covering its improbable double-championship run last season. To be honest, I wasn’t a huge soccer fan going into that year, but call me a convert. This team is just too much fun to watch.

So give the Wildcats a chance. If nothing else, they will appreciate a little fan support. And who knows?

Maybe they’ll convert you, too. danielryan2014@u.northwestern.edu