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Revenge of the Alamo

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NU’s ‘It Gets Better’ puts on its ﬁrst campus fundraiser.

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Two-year police effort yields major gang member arrests.

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Forum debates education By Tanner Maxwell

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Maeve Wall Vegetarian could be a good choice

Firing Squads DAILY staffers whine about meal plans and Occupy haters.

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Three men are scheduled to be released from Illinois prisons this week after being exonerated of a 1991 rape and murder Thursday with the help of Northwestern Law School’s Center on Wrongful Convictions and other legal advocacy groups. Robert Taylor, James Harden and Jonathan Barr are represented by the Center on Wrongful Convictions of Youth, the New York Innocence Project and the University of Chicago Exoneration Project, respectively. All three agencies worked to prove the innocence of their clients, who have each been incarcerated for more than 10 years.

City denies ‘Brothel’ FOIA Illinois Realtors rep’s request for overoccupancy citations list rejected By Marshall Cohen

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Triple team: Sen. Jeff Shoenberg and State Reps. Robyn Gabel and Daniel Biss helped moderate Thursday’s forum.

can see how their issues relate to the next one.” Each legislator introduced a single topic: Schoenberg brought up health care, Gabel talked about the importance of early childhood education and Biss discussed improvements in workforce development. Afterward, attendees were able to ask questions and offer

suggestions to promote better opportunities for children. Several attendees specifically discussed initiatives to improve health and education among children. Some brought up initiatives by Evanston-based groups like the YMCA and United Way to educate parents about obesity and See FORUM, page 6

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State legislators emphasized early childhood education, student health care and workforce development during a free forum Thursday night at the District 65 administration center. The public discussion, orginally slated for 7 to 8:30 p.m., ran long as more than 40 attendees weighed in on the topics at hand. State Sen. Jeff Schoenberg (D-Evanston) and State Reps. Robyn Gabel (D-Evanston) and Daniel Biss (D-Evanston) joined members of the Legislative Task Force of District 65 and 202 to moderate the forum. The meeting stemmed from an similar forum held by legislators in July to discuss the same topics. Bob Hewer, co-chair of the task force, said the goals of the meeting were to generate ideas for legislators to create discussion in the nation’s capitol. “The goal here was really about assembling a parade,” he said. “They (legislators) can be a lot more effective if we can align a number of coalitions who are interested in particular issues and

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Putting the past behind them: It’s been more than a decade since Nebraska defeated Northwestern 66-17 in the 2000 Alamo Bowl. In their first year of Big Ten football, the Huskers are rolling through conference foes, and the Wildcats hope to get revenge by ruining Nebraska’s Rose Bowl hopes.

It’s an absolutely horrible thing that the state of Illinois has done to these children. Rob Warden,

Executive director of Center for Wrongful Convictions According to a press release from the New York Innocence Project, the State’s Attorney Office in Illinois will soon move to “vacate the convictions” of Robert Lee Veal and Shainne Sharp, who were also falsely accused of the crime. “We’re certainly delighted that basically five innocent teenagers have been absolved of a horrible crime,” said Rob Warden, the executive director of the Center on Wrongful Convictions.

Cateresa Matthews, a 14-yearold Rosa Parks Middle School student went missing in Dixmoor, Ill. on Nov. 19, 1991. Nineteen days later, her body was found, and authorities discovered she had been raped and shot in the mouth, according to the press release. Almost a year after the grisly murder, Illinois State Police questioned a student from the same school, then-15-year-old See CONVICTIONS, page 5

City Clerk Rodney Greene said Thursday the city might have acted “fraudulently” by denying a Freedom of Information Act request for a list of all residences under investigation of building code violations. The request asked the city to apply the same standards it did in releasing to Northwestern last month a list of nearly 50 student residencies being investigated for that same reason. “If the list was given to Northwestern, and a second person asked for that same list with the same criteria and it was not given to the requester, then that would be a fraudulent answer,” said Greene, whose office handles FOIA requests. “If one entity did receive it with no problems and another entity didn’t get it, then that’s a lie and a fraudulent statement.” The list, made public Oct. 3 , contained 52 residences under investigation, 49 of which were properties rented by Northwestern students, Dean of Students Burgwell Howard told Northwestern News Network. Steve Griffin, the city’s director of community and economic development, told The Daily last month the information came from public records and was released after NU officials asked for it. “They requested it, and we gave it to them,” Griffin said. “They’re all public record. We just made the public record available.” Griffin confirmed this statement Thursday. Howard Handler, government affairs director of

When we can’t access information, we can’t discuss the issues freely and honestly. Howard Handler,

Govt. affairs director of the Illinois Association of Realtors the Illinois Association of Realtors, filed a Freedom of Information Act request with the city a day after the city released the list. He asked for “a list of all open building and/or overcrowding cases under investigation by the City of Evanston … using the same standards employed in releasing the recent list of 52 properties to Northwestern University,” according to the official filing that he provided to The Daily. Handler’s request was not granted, and he claims “the city broke the law” by declining to provide him with the already released content and more. “Mr. Griffin said this was public information,” Handler said. “So I thought, if this is public, let’s see the extent that the city is investing properties that are not just focused on the ones that serve students.” Griffin said he was “not aware of that request at all” but that the request “sounds like a report that would need to be generated.” He declined further comment. The city denied Handler’s request in a letter Oct. 12 — eight days after he formally filed the paperwork See FOIA, page 5

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Evanston police arrest Belizean Blood gang members

Safety, over-occupancy not linked, expert says By Marshall Cohen

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Housing policy expert Ellen Pader, who lectured Wednesday in Evanston on the so-called “brothel law,” told The Daily on Thursday that city officials “problematically” linked the issue of building safety to over-occupancy. “It’s interesting how this has played out in Evanston,” Pader said. “It seems like what they did is conflate different issues. They should not treat building codes the same as occupancy standards.” Pader, a professor at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, spoke Wednesday night to more than 80 people at the Evanston Public Library, 1703 Orrington Ave. She also said all parties generally agree that building code violations, like a missing banister next to a staircase, pose a physical safety risk to occupants. Instead, the disagreement surrounds what she calls “emotional safety.” “It is not pleasant to have students be disrespectful, trash a place and be loud at night,” she said. “However, that is not building code violation, and that is not an occupancy violation. That is just an issue of disrespectful people.” Dean of Students Burgwell Howard attended the event and said Pader’s distinction between physical and emotional safety was “very important.” “I’m always going to be supportive of students, but I’m also not going to be tolerant of improper behavior,” Howard said Wednesday. “If they breach a University policy or a city policy, then they need to be held accountable.” Pader said selective enforcement of laws such as the three-unrelated-persons rule have historically enabled cities to “get rid of unwanted populations.” Jeff Murphy, the top city official for building inspections, did not respond to multiple phone messages seeking comment Thursday.

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Following a two-year investigation, Evanston police on Wednesday arrested two dozen members and associates of the Belizean Bloods street gang — several of whom have Evanston connections. At least two more people are being sought, according to an EPD news release issued Thursday. “This successful joint operation with the Chicago Police Department and our federal partners highlights the Evanston Police Department’scommitment to a safer Evanston,” EPD Chief Richard Eddington said in the news release. “The focus on higher level offenders that bring guns and drugs into our community will have many positive benefits, one of which is the lengthy federal prison sentences that will be imposed upon conviction for these serious offenders.” At 6 a.m. Wednesday, members of the EPD were deployed in multi-agency arrest teams, according to the news release. The effort was nationwide, involving simultaneous raids in Evanston, Chicago and Salt Lake City, where the gang’s alleged leader was taken into custody, according to an FBI article published Thursday. The alleged leader, Jerry Johnson, has reportedly resided in Chicago and Evanston. The effort, termed “Operation Blood Hound,” dates back to 2009 when Evanston police, Chicago police and locally represented federal agencies initiated a joint investigation into the gang’s drug trafficking operations, according to the news release. In that investigation, law enforcement agencies learned of the gang’s criminal acts, including narcotics, trafficking, armed robbery, kidnapping, home invasions, weapons violations, assault, battery and homicide, according to the FBI article. Operations were conducted under the auspices of the United States Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force and included assistance from the High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area Task Force.

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Ald. Delores Holmes (5th) attended the “brothel law” event Wednesday night and also stressed the importance of understanding different types of safety concerns. “The whole thing about three unrelated persons only becomes known when there is really a safety issue that has been brought to our attention,” Holmes told The Daily on Thursday. “It may not be that more than three unrelated people living in the house together makes it unsafe. There may be another issue, such as an illegal unit in an attic with only one way out, for example.” Holmes added three or four unrelated people living together is “not the issue.” She said when there are “more than that living in one particular place,” more opportunities for dangerous conditions arise. However, Pader said five unrelated people living in a house together is “not a danger.” “I had six or eight people living in my house when I was in college,” Pader said. “If two or three people share a bedroom, that is not a physical danger.” The crux of the issue is respect and comfort, Pader added. “Something should be done about those students who are disruptive,” she said. “Nobody feels comfortable living next to disrespectful people, probably not even other students.” Howard also said comfort should be considered alongside physical safety. “The issue of emotional safety and comfort is very important,” he said. “Students sometimes underestimate how their presence and their rhythm and their lifestyle can impact others.” Pader flew back to Massachusetts on Thursday and said she had a “wonderful experience” meeting residents and students during her first trip to Evanston.

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Lisztomania: Alan Chow, piano Lutkin, 7:30 p.m. $8/5

NU Voices: A Choral Showcase, Op. 26 Pick-Staiger, 7:30 p.m. $8/5

Percussion Ensemble Pick-Staiger, 3 p.m. $6/4

Bienen School faculty member Alan Chow performs a recital of works representing heaven and hell, highlighting Liszt’s ongoing spiritual quest. Featured works include the Bénédiction de Dieu dans la solitude and the Dante Sonata as well as Chopin’s Second Sonata.

Robert A. Harris, Stephen Alltop, and Benjamin Rivera, conductors

She-e Wu, conductor

The 26th annual concert by all of the Bienen School’s choral ensembles, featuring music of various periods and styles.

Newberry Consort Alice Millar Chapel, 7:30 p.m. $35/5 ($28 for general-public orders made in

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Kids Fare: A Paragon of Percussion Pick-Staiger, 10:30 a.m. $6/4 A brilliant and diverse world of percussion instruments will fill the hall, showcasing a surprising variety of rhythmic, melodic, and supersonic sights and sounds. Bring your favorite percussion instrument (or pots and pans) for a concert-ending jam session.

Lisztomania: Mykola Suk, piano Lutkin, 7:30 p.m. $10/6 Distinguished Lisztian Mykola Suk closes the festival with a varied program of music by Liszt and his onetime rival, Sigmund Thalberg.

An afternoon of eclectic and exciting rhythms.

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An exploration of lush, earthy, and exotic songs.

Chamber Music Gala Lutkin, 7:30 p.m. $8/5 Gerardo Ribeiro, violin; Scott Hostetler, oboe; Steven Cohen, clarinet clarinet; Lewis Kirk, bassoon; Gail Williams, horn; Rex Martin, tuba; James Giles, piano Bienen School students join accomplished faculty members in a diverse program that includes works by Mozart. Stevens, and Dohnányi.

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On Campus Bank of America drops card fee By Oliver Ortega

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Bank of America announced it would not implement a new monthly debit card fee Tuesday, days after competitors JPMorgan Chase and Wells Fargo said they were abandoning similar plans. The fee was a way to recuperate revenue lost due to new federal limits on the amount banks can charge merchants for debit card transactions. Bank of America announced in late September it would implement a $5 monthly debit card fee for customers who have less than $20,000 in their accounts. Soon after, Chase, Wells Fargo and other banks announced they would be testing out similar fees. “Our customers’ voices are most important to us,” said David Darnell, “We are not Bank of America co-chief operatcurrently ing officer in a press release changing the Tuesday. fee and will “As a result, we are not curnot be moving rently charging forward with any the fee and will be moving additional plans not for ward wit h any additional to do so.” plans to do so.” Out of 10 David Darnell, Northwestern Bank of America costudents polled, chief operating officer a majority said they would dislike having to pay a monthly debit card fee. McCormick sophomore Bryan Maldonado said he uses his debit card almost every day and he doesn’t want to pay a monthly surcharge. “If I found a bank that didn’t have a fee, I’d change banks just to avoid a fee,” Maldonado said. However, Weinberg sophomore Andrew Schneider said he thinks the fees are necessary to maintain client rewards programs and overall good service. “Paying higher fees is never fun, but on the other hand the rewards program and all those things have to come from somewhere,” Schneider said. More than 300,000 people signed a Change. org online petition asking for Bank of America

By Daniel Schlessinger

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provide support for LGBT teens undergoing bullying and depression through a website and video platform, according to the project’s website. Although IGBNU derives its purpose from the IGB project, it is an independent student organization and acts as an outreach group, Lim said. Spirit Day on Oct. 20 marked IGBNU’s first event. More than 400 NU students signed a banner at Norris University Center that read “Northwestern Stands With You.” IGBNU took the banner to the Chicago History Museum, which was hosting an “Out in Chicago” exhibition about gay history. The museum invited local high schools and GSAs, and asked IGBNU to make a presentation to students. Upcoming events include Transgender Remembrance Day on Nov. 20 and a spring “Mayfest,” which Lim said he hopes will bring 20 to 25 high school GSAs from areas around NU to gather on campus and listen to different LGBTQ professors, student athletes or organization leaders tell their stories. Lim said he hopes events like these will spread the message of hope and support he didn’t receive in high school. “There was a very skewed view of gay culture in the media at the time, and that’s all I had growing up,” Lim said. “Even though that was only four years ago, back then there weren’t resources like It Gets Better or The Trevor Project. As a college student, I can portray a positive outlook for high school students. You can grow up to be whoever the f*ck you want!”

Research conducted in part by Northwestern’s Feinberg School of Medicine explained one more clue about the spread of ovarian cancer, the fifth-leading cause of cancer-related deaths among women. The authors of the study, published in Nature Medicine on Sunday, were researchers from NU, the University of Chicago and the University of Texas’ MD Anderson Cancer Center. They discovered fat cells from the omentum, a patch of fat in the abdomen, can accelerate the spread of ovarian cancer. This finding is important because ovarian cancer spreads to the omentum nearly 80 percent of the time, said Kristin Nieman, a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Chicago and co-author of the paper. In one part of the study, researchers injected ovarian cancer cells into non-cancerous cells “Now from surgery patients’ that we omentums. The results showed the omentum cells increased in metab- understand, olism, growth and fat we know uptake, which altogether what the fueled the growth of the cancer cells. enemy is.” Nieman explained metastasis, or spread, to Ernst the omentum is taxing on the body. Lengyel, “The omentum, in University some cases, can grow of Chicago tumors that are even professor greater in size than the primary tumor (in the ovaries) itself,” Nieman said. In another part of the study, researchers injected ovarian cancer cells into mice. The ovarian cancer cells reached the omentum in 20 minutes, the authors of the paper stated. Marcus Peter, a professor of medicine at NU’s Feinberg School of Medicineand co-author of the study, played a large role in determining why omentum cells fuel cancer growth, Nieman said. Peter narrowed down the specific chemical to a protein called FABP4. Peter declined to comment, deferring questions about the study to his co-authors. To measure FABP4’s effect on the cancer cells, researchers injected cancer cells into a genetically modified mouse that didn’t produce any FABP4. “The cancer spread, but it did not spread as well, did not grow in the sites it spread to and did not grow as well in the primary cells,” Nieman said. The metabolism finding is important in fields beyond oncology, said Dr. Diljeet Singh, co-director of the NU Ovarian Cancer Early Detection and Prevention Program. Because fat cells in the omentum are now linked to cancer, Singh said it also sheds light on the connection between obesity and cancer. Nieman said this research is the first of its kind to identify FABP4 as a link between cancer cell metastasis and fat cells. She also said her team believes it may play a larger role in therapy for breast, gastric and colon cancer, which are all concentrated around regions of high fat. If scientists can “turn off ” FABP4, then they may be able to slow down and isolate each cancer’s metastasis, she added. Although Singh is optimistic about the potential of the study, she is hesitant about whether the discovery can be translated to human subjects at this point. “Can we actually cause an FABP4 deficiency in a way that’s meaningful?” Singh said. However, Ernst Lengyel, a professor of obstetrics/gynecology at the University of Chicago and the lead author of the study, said ongoing diabetes research is attempting to deactivate certain proteins such as FABP4. This research, he said, could possibly help researchers “turn off ” FABP4 in cancer cases. “I think for the first time, we now understand,” Lengyel said. “You cannot treat if you do not understand, and now that we understand, we know what the enemy is.”

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Peer pressure: Bank of America decided to refrain from charging a monthly debit card fee after competitors JPMorgan Chase and Wells Fargo chose not to charge patrons.

to scrap its proposed debit card fee, and protesters gathered outside of two Bank of America branches in Miami and a JPMorgan Chase bank branch in Seattle. Molly Katchpole, author of the Change.org petition, said she believes the surcharge would be unjustified, especially “at a time when people are pissed off across the country.” “It’s frustrating they would turn around and ask us for more money to use our own money,” Katchpole said. Katchpole, who graduated from Roger Williams University in May, said she joined Bank of America because there was a branch near her campus. She said many college students would have been negatively affected by the new fee. “When you’re in college you’re thrifting on everything,” Katchpole said. “You don’t want to spend too much.” Unlike Bank of America, U.S. Bank never announced it would implement an additional monthly charge. Amy Frantti, assistant vice president of

media relations for U.S. Bank, said in an email the bank still has no plans to do so. U.S. Bank has a branch on the ground floor of the Norris Student Center and ATM locations throughout campus. Weinberg freshman Danielle Rosenberg, a client of U.S. Bank, said she would put up with a monthly fee of a few dollars because her bank is the only one on campus. “My bank is the one around here so it’d be more difficult to access a bank account (from a different bank),” Rosenberg said. Bank of America reported a $6.2 billion gain last quarter. President Barack Obama criticized the debit card fee for being profitdriven and mistreating customers. McCormick junior Brian Lange said he agrees banks overcharge customers with ATM fees and other surcharges and said a new fee would have to be justified. “I would definitely need to be convinced that there would be a reason other than just making more money,” Lange said. oliverortega2014@u.northwestern.edu

IGBTNU to reach out to LGBT youth By Leah Varjacques

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It Gets Better: NU kicked off their fundraising efforts Tuesday by selling hot chocolate and rainbow bracelets outside the Arch. The group, started this fall by Weinberg sophomore Ryan Lim, made $153 in three hours, said Communication sophomore Jonathan Gleason, the group’s public relations chair. Gleason said the funds will go toward publicity costs and renting vans for upcoming visits to high schools and middle schools. Lim founded IGBNU after hearing about Jamey Rodemeyer, a 14-year-old boy from Williamsville, N.Y., who committed suicide two months ago after being bullied for his homosexuality. “I was really frustrated with the situation, and I knew there’s something I ought to do and I could do about it,” Lim said. IGBNU hopes to engage with Gay Straight Alliance groups at local middle schools and high schools and to have NU students become mentors to the younger students, Lim saidAs a student at an Episcopalian all-boys boarding school, Lim said he endured bullying from peers and administration members for being gay and would have appreciated having a group like IGBNU reach out to him. “Hearing things like, ‘You need to be fixed,’ ‘You need to see the light again’ or ‘allowing a GSA would be like condoning bestiality’ was difficult,” Lim said. The group planned their first high school visit to Power House High in southwestern Chicago on Nov. 12. Members are also in touch with Evanston Township High School’s GSA. In addition,

NU doctors study cancer metastasis

“We’re so blessed to be in a liberal, educated environment, but I had a difficult time finding an outreach group for youth in the area.” Ryan Lim,

It Gets Better: NU founder IGBNU is looking to get in touch with the Broadway Youth Center, an organization in Chicago that provides support and resources to homeless LGBT youth. The group currently has 37 active members, though 85 people have signed up, Lim said. “The real question was, ‘Is NU doing enough?’” Lim said. “We’re so blessed to be in a liberal, educated environment, but I had a difficult time finding an outreach group for youth in the area.” Gleason said though there are resources such as Rainbow Alliance for LGBTQ issues on campus, IBGNU is trying to go beyond NU and bring support to local youth. “I really liked the idea of advocating for younger generations,” said Gleason, who joined IGBNU after seeing videos on the national It Gets Better Project’s website and learning of the recent suicides. The national It Gets Better Project launched in September 2010 and has turned into a worldwide movement. Its goal is to show LGBT youth the levels of happiness, potential and positivity their lives will reach, and

forum Firing Squads

Show Occupy a little more love This country has become such a baby about protests. Yesterday, I heard another student say, “I understand the frustration of Occupy Wall Street protestors, but I disagree with their methods.” Seriously? You’re in college, not a nursing home. This generation needs to learn to embrace civil demonstration. Colleges were the heart of the Anti-Vietnam war protests and college students played important roles in the civil rights movement. Just like Occupy Wall Street, famous protests of the past received more than their share of criticism from the media for arousing conflict or even inciting violence. But can you guess what group was largely absent from those critics? Students. This country has a history of demonstration dating back to the Boston Tea Party. Some of our greatest social struggles have been fought by those marching on the streets. I don’t blame anyone for not wanting to be involved; I don’t. But what the hell does it mean when students look with disgust at acts of civil disobedience? It means we’re sucking pretty hard at being young. Corey McMahon Daily Northwestern reporter

New meal plans rough on wallet

The meal plans here are driving me insane, not to mention bankrupt. At the end of every week, as I dump my nuCuisine meal into the garbage and I’m throwing my money away with it. Why? Because we’re limited to a 13-meal minimum! I’ve yet to go a single week having used up all 13 meals —this is normal — but I can’t do so without throwing away money each week! In order to pay for the cheapest possible meal plan, students have to pay $1,840 for the fall quarter. With $36 in WildCat points factored in, that comes out to $10.67 per meal. This means if you decide to skip a meal for whatever reason—a late meeting, hot date, or if you want to grab a burger at Edzo’s—then not only do you have to pay for your meal out, but you also have to pay the $10.67 that you’re not using. Imagine a world where we could just pay for 10 meals a week. We’d still have the convenience of the dining halls, and we’d be free to go out on the weekends. But as it stands, I’ll just have to keep making the tough call—leave my dining hall or lose my money pocketed. Ben Breuer Daily Northwestern reporter

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MAEVE WALL Daily columnist

Life without meat: an appetizing choice My Life Without Meat: An Appetizing Decision I officially became a vegetarian on August 31, 2009. I remember the day uncannily well: it was a Sunday afternoon, during the summer before I started college. I went out to an American restaurant and thoroughly enjoyed a cheeseburger: a massive, dripping, slab of fleshy goodness. After this calorically high but emotionally rewarding “last supper,” I confidently bid farewell to meat. Nothing dramatic happened to compel me to eliminate my meat consumption. I didn’t leave the restaurant and then walk into a slaughterhouse; the grotesque images driving me to vegeterianism. I didn’t find a dismembered body part in my meat. I didn’t adopt a pet cow named Bessie whose piercing, bovine eyes guilted me out of some of my favorite foods. Instead, thanks to my brother, some friends, a movie and a book, I made an informed choice to fight injustice through my choice of diet. I was never motivated by the issue of eating animals, easily capable of disassociating in my head a star-shaped chicken nugget from a cute little chick. Instead, I was made aware of many of the social and political implications of supporting the meat industry and decided I didn’t want to contribute to them any longer. In fact, whether or not you are moved by animal

rights, human rights are at stake on many factory farms. Industrial farms and slaughterhouses are devastatingly dangerous for their employees, as well as needlessly cruel to their animals. According to sustainabletable.org, laborers on large industrial farms are exposed to dangerous gases produced by decomposing manure, including hydrogen sulfide, carbon dioxide and methane. Up to 70 percent of these workers will develop acute bronchitis each year. Immigrant worker rights are also compromised, as industries frequently recruit low-wage workers outside the United States to make profit, allowing the illegal employees to their rights to safe and fair working conditions. Additionally, the environmental impact of the meat industry is astounding. Greenhouse gas emissions are significantly greater in the meat industry than for other food production: producing half a pound of hamburger patty the size of two decks of cards releases as much greenhouse gas as driving a 3,000-pound car nearly 10 miles, according to the Scientific American. There is also a significant amount of waste in the process of meat production — so much so that if we dedicated prime farmland to growing food for humans instead of biofuels or food for animals to be slaughtered, we could make 50 percent more food: enough to significantly lessen the global food crisis, according to an article in The New Nation. It’s easy to say that one person refraining from meat won’t make a difference. It’s also easy to point to the issues associated with the clothing or oil industries, along with plenty of other facets of society, and ask “why meat?” Yet, as the movie Food Inc puts it, each of us casts a vote for meat every time we consume it, supporting its injustices with each bite. Abstaining from meat has been by far the easiest and most rewarding way I’ve made a difference in society on a daily basis by casting my vote for the fair treatment of humans and animals on an individual and global scale.

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www.dailynorthwestern.com My life without meat has been a much fuller one. Here are some people-loving, cow-loving, pig-loving, chicken-loving things that I’m grateful for:

1. Blind faith cafe

This restaurant located near the intersection of Dempster and Chicago is an incredible vegetarian restaurant within walking distance, offering plenty of delectable options with and without meat substitutes. If you’re looking for a place downtown, the Chicago Diner provide the best meatless, greasy, diner-style food in Chicago.

2. Facon

If you’re willing to try something more out of the box, Morningstar Farm’s “Bacon Strips” are the richest at-home meat substitute option I’ve had. Infused with all of the smokey flavor that makes bacon wonderful without the greasy animal fat, it’s a great addition to your diet.

3. NuCuisine’s vegan and vegetarian selections

NU was voted the number one vegan-friendly campus in the country by PETA in 2007 and 2010. Think about taking advantage of the variety of delicious meat-free options offered here

4. Food, Inc.

This movie was the first thing that got me thinking about my vote as a food consumer in our society, it’s a really comprehensive guide to the various issues related to the food industry at large.

5. Making a difference

Nothing feels better than making an impact. Do some research and think about cutting back or cutting out meat from your life. Maeve Wall is a Weinberg junior. She can be reached at Maevewall2013@u.northwestern.edu

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Call to all nerds: wear your reputation with pride and joy When I went to the football game at Iowa with the marching band, I found myself surrounded by a sea of fans wearing black and yellow. Over and over I heard “Go Hawks!” or “Boo Northwestern!”, which I expected, but what I didn’t expect was “Hey, do you want a beer?? Of course not, Northwestern is filled with nerds!” If being Now, I’m well aware of our reputation as a a nerd is “nerd” school (after all, an insult, we are Nerdwestern), but I can’t understand then I’m why they thought calling me a nerd would be happy to offensive. be insulted I’m the first to admit, I am a HUGE each and nerd; I love Star Trek every day. (TNG>TOS), YouTube, puns, etc. However, I just completely fail in seeing why choosing to be smart and improving your life makes you worse than someone who chooses to drink from 5:30 a.m. until the following 2 a.m. or worse than someone who follows the lives of celebrities more than they follow their syllabus. I think author and video blogger John Green says it best: “Saying ‘I notice you’re a nerd’ is like saying, ‘Hey, I notice that you’d rather be intelligent than be stupid, that you’d rather be thoughtful than be vapid, that you believe that there are things that matter more than the arrest record of Lindsay Lohan. Why is that?’” Hell, I know even mentioning John Green makes me a huge nerd, but I’m proud of who I am, and you all should be too. Walk by the arch and tell someone to Live Long and Prosper. Go ahead and wear that Pac-Man hoodie you bought last year when you paint the rock. If being a nerd is an insult, then I’m happy to be insulted each and every day. Remember, it’s today’s nerds who run the world tomorrow. Jason Lederman Communications sophomore

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Nebraskans love their Cornhusker football. The pilgrimage of people from around the state into Lincoln, Neb., transforms Memorial Stadium into the thirdlargest “city” in the state on game days. Nebraska football isn’t just a game, it’s a way of life. “We don’t have any pro teams,” said Tim Weak, a junior cornerback at Northwestern and an Omaha, Neb., native. “It’s really the only major college football team in the area. It’s definitely a lifestyle for people.” Memorial Stadium has sold out every game since Nov. 3, 1962, a streak lasting 316 games. In the 87-year history of the stadium, the Cornhuskers have 31 unbeaten home seasons, 25 perfect home seasons and a .760 winning percentage at home. Coach Pat Fitzgerald never played in Lincoln, but he compared the atmosphere to some of the loudest in the Big Ten, including Camp Randall Stadium and Ohio Stadium. “The crowd is the 12th person in the game, there’s no question about that,” Fitzgerald said. “There is no doubt what’s important to that state, there’s no doubt what’s important to that university. Thank goodness we’re not playing the whole state, just playing the 11 that are on the field.” In Nebraska, the Big Ten acquired a program with excellent history and tradition. The Cornhuskers are third in Division I history with 854 wins, one victory behind their old conference foe, Texas, and 37 wins shy of new conference foe Michigan. The Cornhuskers have won five national titles, most recently in 1997, and have had three Heisman Trophy recipients, with quarterback Eric Crouch being the last player to win the award in 2001. “It was exciting as a Big Ten fan first,” Fitzgerald said about the addition of Nebraska. “It’s one of the most storied programs, historically, one of the most successful programs and when you can add that kind of brand recognition, it just makes the conference stronger.” The Cornhuskers were a member of the Big Eight Conference—now known as the Big 12—since 1928, so the shift in conferences shocked some, but for the most part the move was well-received. Nebraska fans were excited for the move to the Big Ten because they were unhappy with their position in the Big 12, according to defensive lineman Jared Crick.

As the Cats prepare to take the field at Memorial Stadium for the first time in 37 years, THE DAILY gives you the low down on all things Cornhusker. “People are excited, they’re ready for football season to start,” Crick said at Big Ten Media Days in July. “Starting in a different conference, playing different teams, going to some different places, people are very excited to travel and get it rolling again.”

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season, and the scoreboard provides new graphics for each game. “The Tunnel Walk was the big thing for me,” David said. “You got all the kids, the fans reaching out and calling your name, it’s very exciting.”

NU is traveling to Lincoln for the first time since a 49-7 loss in 1974, and the Wildcats are in for an experience. Nebraska boasts some of the most talked-about traditions in college football with its Blackshirts. and the Tunnel Walk. The Blackshirts tradition started in 1963 with the return of the two-platoon system to college football. Coach Bob Devaney purchased the black jerseys for his defense to differentiate it from his offensive starters. Legendary Cornhuskers coach Tom Osborne transformed the pre-practice ritual into what it is today. Kyle Bruggeman/The Daily Nebr askan Osborne, a former US Con- Packed house: Nebrask a boasts one of the most impress gressman and now Nebraska’s in the country. Mem ive sellout streaks orial Stadium has been full for every game since 1962. athletic director, handed out the black jerseys the week leading up to the first game of The Nebraska Connection the season. The tradition has evolved in the years since, however Despite the fact that Nebraska lies 531 miles southwest never more dramatically than under Bo Pelini. The Cornof Evanston, NU has several players with connections to huskers’ coach said that the jerseys need to be earned in the school. games, and did not award the blackshirts until he felt the Jordan Mabin’s uncle, Wes, played the same position as his time was right during the season. The defense received a nephew, cornerback, at Nebraska from 1968-71. Asked if he surprise on Monday when Pelini handed out the coveted would talk to his uncle for advice on playing at Nebraska, the jerseys ahead of its game against the Cats. senior said he hadn’t thought of that, but admitted it wasn’t “When I first got my blackshirt I got a little emotional,” a bad idea to give him a call this week. Freshman running back Treyvon Green took an unoflinebacker Lavonte David said at Big Ten Media Days. “I knew the tradition before it. It was real ficial visit to Lincoln as a high school recruit and said he big for me, it was awesome.” was impressed with the atmosphere. The Mesquite, Texas It should come as no surprise that a defensive native said that as popular as high school football is in Texas, standout like Crick, who will miss the game nothing can outdo the passion Nebraskans have for their against NU with a torn pectoral muscle, said the Cornhuskers. Blackshirts were his favorite tradition. “We played at Texas Stadium my last game of high school,” “It’s our proudest tradition,” Crick said. Green said. “That was pretty crazy, but nothing compared to “Especially being on the defense, it’s like being Nebraska. I had never really seen the fans go so crazy over a Marine—the Marines have their traditions a football game.” and we have ours on defense. It’s a responsiWeak is the only player from Nebraska on NU’s roster although he came close to walking on at Nebraska. Two bility that you have, you don’t want to fail the older guys who had the success as a Blackhours after making his commitment to the Cornhuskers, shirt and you definitely want to uphold the he was told Nebraska had too many walk-ons and that it tradition.” wasunable to honor its commitment to him. Weak said that it was disheartening at first, but he is happy with his decision The Tunnel Walk is a relatively new tradition for the Cornhuskers, as it wasn’t possible to walk on at NU. until the addition of a video board in 1994. Most of Weak’s family will be wearing purple in the The walk is Nebraska’s way of putting its own stands, but there will be one special individual in Nebraska spin on the traditional entrance scene. The red. Weak’s sister, Katy, plays the piccolo in the Nebraska Cornhuskers are filmed as they walk from marching band. Weak said that despite her allegiance to the their locker room to the gates through which band, Katy will be wearing purple under her band uniform they enter the fi eld . As they exit the locker and wore one of his jerseys to band practice all week. Daily Nebraskan e /Th sin Ma tt Ma room, the players step onto red field turf, “When we score I’m sure there will be one piccolo up m To h, ac co ’s ka ars as Nebras deemed the “Big Red Carpet, ” which is lined there playing our fight song,” Weak said. ye 25 e. In us : er ho er ild otball pow The Program Bu with screaming fans before they reach the huskers into a fo rn Co e th ilt bu Osborne gates. The Tunnel Walk is different every joshuawalfish2014@u.northwestern.edu

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Northwestern does not want to remember the last time it played Nebraska. Coming off a season in which they won a share of the Big Ten title, the Wildcats were embarrassed by the Cornhuskers, 66-17, in the 2000 Alamo Bowl. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I watched the game, I was at home,â&#x20AC;? coach Pat Fitzgerald said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I flew back from Idaho and had a bunch of people over for a party at our house, and it kinda stunk. The wings were good, the food was good, but the party stunk. But thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s many, many moons ago.â&#x20AC;? No. 9 Nebraska (7-1, 3-1 Big Ten) enters this yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s game riding a wave of momentum after shutting down Michigan State last weekend. The Cornhuskersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; defense, known as the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Blackshirtsâ&#x20AC;? for its practice jerseys, is led by linebacker Lavonte David, who tops the team with 77 tackles, including seven tackles-forloss. David was a part of a dynamic tandem along with senior defensive tackle Jared Crick, but Crick tore his pectoral muscle and is out for the season. Fitzgerald is still wary of David, calling him one of the elite players in the conference. â&#x20AC;&#x153;If heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not the best linebacker in this conference or in the country, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m not sure who is,â&#x20AC;? Fitzgerald said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s got great ability to diagnose the play, heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s fast, heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s physical, heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s good in pass coverage, heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the full package.â&#x20AC;? As much as David has meant to Nebraskaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s defense, running back Rex Burkhead has been more influential to the Cornhuskersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; offense. The junior is pacing the ninth-ranked Nebraska rushing attack with his 110 yards per game, good for third in the Big Ten. Burkhead said at Big Ten Media Days he looks up to Oregonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s LaMichael James and

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Northwestern does not want to remember the last time it played Nebraska. Coming off a season in which they won a share of the Big Ten title, the Wildcats were embarrassed by the Cornhuskers, 66-17, in the 2000 Alamo Bowl. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I watched the game, I was at home,â&#x20AC;? coach Pat Fitzgerald said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I flew back from Idaho and had a bunch of people over for a party at our house, and it kinda stunk. The wings were good, the food was good, but the party stunk. But thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s many, many moons ago.â&#x20AC;? No. 9 Nebraska (7-1, 3-1 Big Ten) enters this yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s game riding a wave of momentum after shutting down Michigan State last weekend. The Cornhuskersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; defense, known as the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Blackshirtsâ&#x20AC;? for its practice jerseys, is led by linebacker Lavonte David, who tops the team with 77 tackles, including seven tackles-forloss. David was a part of a dynamic tandem along with senior defensive tackle Jared Crick, but Crick tore his pectoral muscle and is out for the season. Fitzgerald is still wary of David, calling him one of the elite players in the conference. â&#x20AC;&#x153;If heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not the best linebacker in this conference or in the country, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m not sure who is,â&#x20AC;? Fitzgerald said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s got great ability to diagnose the play, heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s fast, heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s physical, heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s good in pass coverage, heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the full package.â&#x20AC;? As much as David has meant to Nebraskaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s defense, running back Rex Burkhead has been more influential to the Cornhuskersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; offense. The junior is pacing the ninth-ranked Nebraska rushing attack with his 110 yards per game, good for third in the Big Ten. Burkhead said at Big Ten Media Days he looks up to Oregonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s LaMichael James and

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Nebraska native Weak preps for homecoming By Colin Becht

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Had everything gone according to plan, Tim Weak would be prepping Nebraska’s offense to face Northwestern this Saturday. The Omaha, Neb., native was a fan of the Cornhuskers throughout his childhood, reflecting the Big Red house in which he was raised. Weak’s father attended dental school at Nebraska, and his parents lived in Lincoln for their first four years of marriage. “If you’re from Nebraska, every kid dreams of playing there,” Weak said. “That’s all you know. Plus, the time when I grew up in ’95 and ’96, Nebraska was winning national championships.” It was a dream come true for Weak when he accepted an offer from the Cornhuskers to be a preferred walk-on — until that dream was suddenly denied. Two hours after Weak accepted, Nebraska told Weak it no longer had a spot for him. “That was kind of a God thing for me, where that door closed and coming here is where I was supposed to be,” Weak said. “It really was the best thing that’s ever happened to me even though at first it was a bummer. But I wouldn’t change anything.” Now a junior cornerback at NU, Weak is looking forward to returning to Lincoln. He attended many Nebraska games as a kid and played in three high school state championships at Memorial Stadium during his time at Millard North High School, the same school former Cornhuskers star and Heisman Trophy winner Eric Crouch attended. “I got to play on there three times on my high school career, so that was a really neat experience,” Weak said. “Certainly it wasn’t filled like it will be this Saturday, but it will be really weird going back there.” As NU’s only representative from the Cornhusker State, Weak has taken some ribbing from his teammates this week. Weak said teammates have told him that “the only good thing to come out of Nebraska is the Weak family.” Much of Weak’s family will be in attendance on Saturday, including his parents, cousins and his sister,

Katy, who plays piccolo in the Nebraska band. “My dad will be wearing Northwestern stuff for sure,” Weak said. “My mom made a half Nebraska, half Northwestern shirt because she’s got to support my sister and the band. My parents will cheer for the band during halftime, and then … for Northwestern for the game.” Though Weak does not make many appearances on the field, he is active off of it as a member of Athletes in Action, an evangelical Christian ministry. “Every time I step on this practice field or get in the weight room, it’s for God and His glory,” Weak said. “I don’t play a lot, so I don’t get to take a knee in the end zone after scoring a touchdown and give praise to God, but just for the opportunities that He’s given me here, I get to praise Him.” Weak’s faith has created bonds between him and fellow Christian athletes, wide receivers Mike Jensen and Demetrius Fields. “I met (Weak) in the lounge in Slivka my freshman year, I was watching church and he was walking through,” Fields said. “That’s kind of definitive of our relationship, both Christian athletes.” Weak, or “Tweak” as his friends call him, is the lone member of the Cats who is married, a trait that Jensen said “fits him perfectly.” The ceremony was a NU affair, as former players Zeke Markshausen and Amado Villarreal were groomsmen while Andrew Brewer, James Nussbaum and Jensen also attended. “I have to remember that he’s married sometimes because I text him, asking him stuff,” Fields said. “He’ll get back like an hour and a half later, and I’m like, ‘Oh I forgot, you are doing your marital business.’ I don’t know exactly what that is, other commitments.” Before Weak got married this July, he asked his friends not to treat him differently just because he was the only one with a wife. “He just was talking about before he actually got married how he didn’t want us to leave him out of the loop,” Fields said. “Don’t forget about him just because he’s got time commitments with his wife.” colinbecht2013@u.northwestern.edu

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â&#x20AC;&#x201D; because â&#x20AC;&#x153;the requested record does not exist.â&#x20AC;? Jeff Murphy, the top city official for building inspections, signed the letter. Murphy did not immediately return multiple phone messages seeking comment Thursday. Greene said the requester, Handler, could file a lawsuit or report the incident to the Illinois Attorney General in Springfield. Handler did not rule out taking legal action. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The city is really lucky that a lawsuit hasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t been filed already,â&#x20AC;? he said. Greene also questioned how NU officials obtained the original list last month. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The city gave information to the University that should have also been granted in the FOIA request,â&#x20AC;? Greene said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Why they gave NU the information without a FOIA request in the first place is a good question.â&#x20AC;? Handler said at the very least he expected to be given the same list of 52 properties the city issued to NU. He instead received nothing except a denial letter, which he considers â&#x20AC;&#x153;irresponsible and illegal.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;The sole purpose of FOIA is to access information and provide oversight of government actions,â&#x20AC;? Handler said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;When we canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t access information, we canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t discuss the issues freely and honestly.â&#x20AC;?

The city gave information to the University that should have been granted in the FOIA request. Rodney Greene, City Clerk

Handler also said that his â&#x20AC;&#x153;mind is blownâ&#x20AC;? regarding how the city compiled the original list, which Handler insisted was â&#x20AC;&#x153;based on hearsay and uninvestigated complaints.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;It is completely unbelievable for a city of this size and supposed sophistication to not provide due process and to essentially boycott properties without substantiating complaints,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve never heard ever of a government blacklisting properties like this before.â&#x20AC;? Handler filed a FOIA request earlier this year requesting the formula Evanston officials used to determine regular occupancy standards and other housing-related specifics. The city denied his request less than two weeks after his initial filing. He has appealed to the Illinois Attorney General who confirmed receiving the appeal in March but has yet to issue a ruling. mc2014@u.northwestern.edu

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Brothel row: After the city released a list of 52 properties in violation of housing codes, a realtors association representative requested, and was denied, similar information.

Center for Wrongful Convictions helps in more exonerations From convictions, page 1

Veal, who subsequently signed a document confirming the guilt of himself and fellow teenagers Taylor, Barr, Harden and Sharp, according to the press release. Despite the discovery of a semen sample from the victimâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s body that did not match any of the five defendants in 1994, the prosecution continued to push the case. Veal and Sharp testified against Harden, Barr and Taylor in order to receive 20-year sentences, according to the press release. The three other boys were later sentenced to at least 80 years in prison. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s an absolutely horrible thing that the state of Illinois has done to these children,â&#x20AC;? Warden said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The police coerced false confessions from three

of these five kids. We think the police should not be able to lie to you about the strength (of their evidence). That practice ought to be banned.â&#x20AC;? In August 2009, Harden, with the support of the University of Chicago Exoneration Project, submitted a request for DNA testing. Taylor and Barr also later requested for DNA testing through their respective representation. After the Dixmoor Police Department failed to cooperate, Judge Michele Simmons ruled the police department had to allow counsel to view evidence in storage. After lawyers placed evidence into the national DNA database of criminal offenders, they found a match in Willie Randolph, who has been convicted of several offenses including domestic violence, burglary and assault with a deadly weapon, said Craig Cooley, a staff attorney at the New York

Innocence Project. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Once we identified Willie Randolph, we thought it was a slam dunk case,â&#x20AC;? Cooley said. After questioning Randolph, whose semen was found in Matthews but claimed he did not have sex with the student, the defendantsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; attorneys found another woman who said she was raped by Randolph at the same location. According to the Center on Wrongful Convictions website, Cook County prosecutors vacated the convictions of Barr, Taylor and Harden. Although Taylor was released from Stateville Correctional Center Thursday, Harden and Barr are â&#x20AC;&#x153;scheduled to be releasedâ&#x20AC;? from Menard Correctional Center on Friday. Cooley said the prosecutorsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; decision to vacate all convictions came as a surprise because they did not alert any of the attorneys of their decision.

Representatives from each advocacy organization agreed that despite the success of Thursdayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ruling, the time in prison has severely impacted their clientsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; lives. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Nobody emerges from a system, from an experience like that, thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not seriously damaged,â&#x20AC;? Warden said. Brothers Harden and Barr, whose parents died while they were in prison, will have an even more difficult time adjusting to life outside prison, said Tara Thompson, staff attorney for the University of Chicago Exoneration Project. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The process of learning how to function in regular society takes a long time,â&#x20AC;? Thompson said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Their parents will not be waiting for them.â&#x20AC;? safiyamerchant2014@u.northwestern.edu

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NU duo seeks bite out of Big Apple Legislators By Ryan McCrimmon

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In their last competition before taking a twomonth hiatus, the Wildcats will head south to Tempe, Ariz., for the annual Thunderbird Classic. The team opens play Friday at Arizona State University, represented by juniors Brittany Wowchuk and Kate Turvy, sophomore Belinda Niu and freshman Anna Livadaru. Though the tournament lacks the glamour of an ITA or NCAA event, it features the same stiff competition that Northwestern has faced throughout the season. Familiar faces Michigan and Ohio State join

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regional foes like San Diego, Northern Arizona and Utah. “Every competitive situation is an opportunity for our players to establish themselves as premier college players,” coach Claire Pollard said. “So this is another great opportunity.” The team has stayed hot all season. The Cats have at least made it to the semifinals in all three of their events thus far. In their most recent competition, the ITA Midwest Regional Championships, NU sent Wowchuk and doubles partners junior Linda Abu Mushrefova and sophomore Nida Hamilton to the finals of their respective draws. This weekend, the team will have to continue the trend without its two most consistent players: Mushrefova and Hamilton, the third-

Linda Abu Mushrefova Senior

Earned Big Ten Player of the Week honors October 6 after posting a 6-0 record at the Wildcat Invitational

Brittany Wowchuk junior

ranked doubles team in the nation, are in New York with Pollard for the USTA/ITA National Indoor Intercollegiate Championships. After a first-round bye, the fourth-seeded duo of Mushrefova and Hamilton defeated Olivia Smith and Millie Nichols of TCU, 8-2. They face Boston College’s Alex Kelleher and Olga Khymlev on Friday in the quarterfinals. Even without their dynamic duo, the Cats will be well-stocked in Tempe: “We’ve improved in every area as a team,” Pollard said. “More specifically, every player has made individual improvements, and that’s probably the most important factor.” ryanmccrimmon2015@u.northwestern.edu

Finished as the runnnerup in the ITA Midwest Regional Championships singles draw

Nida Hamilton sophomore

Teamed up with Mushrefova to win the doubles crown in flight “A” of the Wildcat Invitational

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the benefits early childhood education. State and federal education budgets were also discussed extensively. Gabel compared the painful fiscal situation to a joke among those in the health care community: “Do you cut off a finger or do you cut off a hand?” However, she and others said money is available but it is not being used effectively. For example, the same amount of money is being placed in early childhood education programs as high school programs, but the former programs are experiencing far “greater gains,” Gabel said. Attendees also considered the possibility of reallocating funds from places like juvenile detention facilities and GED programs to other, more worthwhile initiatives. “Our resources are extremely constrained,” Biss said. “Having the harshness (of the conversation) match the fiscal reality forces us to have a painful conversation of this versus that.” After the forum, Schoenberg said the next step is to mobilize education advocates in Evanston. “The most important step is the greater alignment of resources within the community and determine how local institutions and nonprofit organizations can better integrate their services to the community,” he said. Judith Treadway, a parent liaison for District 65, said the forum provided constructive discussion, but it may have strayed too far from the original topics. She said she felt having more communication between doctors and people who make home visits, which some speakers praised, would be a better step for child health care. However, Treadway said she was unsure if the topics on the agenda, such as student achievement, were even discussed. “It brought up some good things,” she said, “but it makes it difficult in how we interpret it.” tanner@u.northwestern.edu

Seven Evanston schools place in top 100 Nicholas D. Chabraja Center for Historical Studies at Northwestern University

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Seven local schools receiving high marks in standardized tests are among the top 100 schools in the state, according to study results published by the Chicago Sun-Times in late October. Four Evanston schools were placed within the top 100 spots on the list of the state’s 2,192 elementary schools. The analysis places Orrington at 22nd, Willard at 35th, Rhodes at 79th and Dewey at 99th. Other area elementary schools rounded out the recently released rankings: Lincolnwood placed 173rd, Kingsley 208th, King Lab 282nd, Lincoln 317th, Walker 398th, Washington 414th, Dawes 627th and Oakton 1,027th. In the middle school rankings, Haven ranked34th while Nichols placed 93rd. Also, Dr. Bessie Rhodes Magnet received 133rd, Martin Luther King Lab Magnet 165th and Chute 235th among the state’s 1,395 middle schools. Finally, Evanston Township High School ranked 93rd among 669 high schools in the state. Rachelle Brooks, an instructor at Northwestern’s School of Education and Social Policy, said the results simply show students did well on standardized tests. “There’s much more to education than tests,” she said. “We need to keep working to improve the quality of education in science, technology and math.” — Tanner Maxwell

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Volleyball NU at Indiana, Bloomington, Ind., 6:00 p.m. Friday Football NU at Nebraska, Lincoln, Neb., 2:30 p.m. Saturday

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NU run over in season ﬁnale By Nicholas Medline

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Dazed and confused: NU appeared utterly bewildered in its 6-1 loss to Penn State, as it was outshot 30-9, including a 16-1 margin in the first half. The Cats lost despite Chelsea Armstrong’s 25th goal of the season.

particularly dominant in the first half, mustering 16 shots to the Cats’ one and nine penalty corners to the Cats’ one. As a result, Carpenter’s eight saves were hardly enough to keep NU in the game. The Cats’ final game hardly did justice to a respectable 2011 season. NU beat four nationally ranked teams, including a signature 5-4 victory over then-undefeated New Hampshire. “We did things this season that we weren’t able to do in past years,” senior forward Regan Mooney said. “We played together as a team and I’m proud of how we did.”

Coach Tracey Fuchs praised the contributions of her five seniors, many of whom she said exceeded her expectations. The Cats will have plenty of talent coming back next year, as they return their two leading scorers. NU’s senior class only accounted for 26.8 percent of the team’s goals, with Mooney’s eight goals representing the Cats’ biggest loss. “This is the final step to our building phase,” Fuchs said. “We have a great freshman class coming in, and we’ll look to vie for the Big Ten Championship.” While the Cats were disappointed following their loss, good news came in

the form of Big Ten postseason honors. Armstrong was named Offensive Player of the Year for the second straight season, and sophomore midfielder Nikki Parsley joined Armstrong on the AllBig Ten first team. Mooney earned a second-team selection in her final year of eligibility. “The Big Ten has a lot of quality players,” Fuchs said, “so it shows that our players are not only respected by our staff, but also by the other Big Ten coaches.” nicholasmedline2015@u.northwestern.edu

Dutchman with a chance at history By Steven Montero

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Katie Dutchman set a Wildcats record Monday when she was named both the Big Ten’s Defensive Player and Freshman of the Week for the third consecutive time. No other Northwestern volleyball player has ever received three straight conference awards of any kind.

The first week was kind of a shock. It was great. The second week, it was like, ‘Whoa, this is pretty serious.’ - Katie Dutchman, freshman middle blocker

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Perennial losers need to step up

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Bruises often look worse just before they fully heal. The once-bruised program that is Northwestern is nearly patched up after more than a decade of futility, but a 6-1 season-ending Big Ten Tournament loss Thursday at the hands of No. 9 Penn State indicates there is still work to be done. Junior midfielder Chelsea Armstrong gave the Wildcats an early lead on a penalty corner fewer than three minutes into the game. Their advantage was short-lived. The Nittany Lions quickly responded, as sophomore forward Ashtin Klingler connected on a goal from right in front of the net. Freshman Taylor Herold then knocked home consecutive goals off rebounds to give Penn State a 3-1 halftime lead. “They capitalized on their opportunities,” NU freshman goaltender Maddy Carpenter said, “and were able to get off shots in the circle.” Penn State continued to apply pressure in the second half. Klingler converted on a pass from junior forward Kelsey Amy to extend the Nittany Lions’ lead. Amy added two goals of her own in the waning minutes, handing NU its most lopsided defeat since a loss to Syracuse on Aug. 27, 2010. The Cats previously hadn’t lost a game by more than three goals this season. NU’s drubbing extended beyond the goal count, as it was outshot 30-9 Thursday. The Nittany Lions were

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Dutchman is a redshirt freshman and middle blocker from Del Mar, Calif., who saw her first action this year after recovering from an injury to her shin over the summer. Although she was held out of training for a good part of the summer due to her injury, Dutchman hasn’t shown any rust, as she is just decimal points behind Penn State’s Katie Slay for the lead in blocks per set within

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For the books: Katie Dutchman has the chance to become the first player in Big Ten history to win a conference award four straight times.

the conference. Competing in one of the best volleyball conferences in the nation, Dutchman said the three-peat is “surreal.” “The first week was kind of like a shock,” she said. “The second week it was like, ‘whoa this is pretty serious.’ The third week — it was another shock.” Dutchman remains humble about her accomplishments and said winning as a team is more important to her than any individual accolades. She said this week’s honor was especially surprising because she said her teammate, freshman Yewande Akanbi, deserved recognition for her performance last weekend against No. 15 Minnesota and Wisconsin. Yet fellow middle blocker and junior Kathryn Chrystal said the awards are well-earned. “She worked really hard in her redshirt year to get her where she is now,” Chrystal said. “It’s awesome that she’s second in the Big Ten for blocks right now and she’s one of the smaller middles. It just kind of goes to show you how athletic she is and how her blocking skills are just really fantastic.” Dutchman’s proliferation of awards intimidates opponents, Chrystal said, and coach Keylor Chan added that the public recognition of NU and Dutchman serves as a “good ego boost.” Chan said he is elated to see Dutchman’s success, especially coming back from injury. “By far she’s probably been the most productive freshman of all the Big Ten teams so far and her role is very critical,” Chan said. “She’s our starting M1, which is traditionally your strongest middle as far as attacking and blocking together. Her statistics and her impact in the games have shown that. She’s been a very critical

Women’s Volleyball NU

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Indiana

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Friday, 6:30 p.m. Bloomington, Ind. NU

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Purdue

(21-3, 10-3)

Sunday, 2 p.m. West Lafayette, Ind.

factor in our success.” After slamming down the winning point in last Friday’s 3-0 upset of the Golden Gophers, Dutchman seems poised to provide more than strong defense for NU. Also ranked fourth in the conference in service aces, Dutchman’s serves have helped anchor the Cats. Chrystal said the young middle blocker has grown continually as one of the “focal leaders” of the team with her energy and excitement on the court. The junior said this weekend’s matches against Indiana and No. 11 Purdue will be challenging, but she’s confident NU will have a fighting chance, particularly with Dutchman on its side of the net. With another outstanding performance, Dutchman might earn a fourth week of medals, which has never been accomplished by any Big Ten player. “That would be awesome,” Dutchman said, “that’d be kind of great — that’d be crazy.” Chan said he’s hopeful. “Predicting success is tricky business,” Chan said. “I know people don’t like that, but I feel really good about where she is. I think she feels really good about it. ’ stevenmontero2014@u.northwestern.edu

They barely had time to collect their thoughts before leaving the field. Perhaps a minute passed by, if that, before the Wildcats had to take the long walk across the pitch, clearing the way for the next Big Ten Tournament matchup. For eight Northwestern seniors, this was their last walk across Lakeside Field, after falling 3-0 to Penn State in their final match of the season. As they strolled across the field, I was surprised to see that there were no tears. A few players offered smiles, a few laughed as they greeted little kids who had come onto the field. A few looked stricken. But I suddenly got this eerie feeling that I was the saddest person in the stadium. Perhaps they have grown accustomed to losing. The Cats haven’t always been awful, but it’s been a long time since they were good. The last time they finished higher than fifth in the Big Ten was in 1998. The last time they put up a winning record in conference play was 2004. This is clearly a program in need of a shake-up. To be honest, I didn’t expect to feel the Lakeside Blues upon returning to the picturesque soccer field along Lake Michigan. Yet, pretty much as soon as I got there, I felt a wave of depression come over me. Part of it is the sentimentalism of having covered this team back in 2009. The women’s soccer team represented my first foray into sports journalism. It was on those chilly nights at Lakeside Field, holding my tape recorder out against the wind, when I decided I wanted to be a sports journalist. The sadness can also be attributed to this being my senior year, and realizing that this beautiful November night was in all likelihood the last time I would ever watch this team play. But the most significant reason for my depression has to be the pain of watching a season end before the team in question ever took off. To say the 2011 season went awfully for the Cats would be an understatement. They finished 2-16-1. Whereas some terrible teams improve over the course of a season (Minnesota football, how you doing?), NU struggled right to the end, dropping 10 of its final 12 games. It’s not solely about losses though. The bigger issue is this program has become an absolute laughingstock. In a 6-0 loss to Stanford, the Cats got outshot 36-4. At least the Cardinal is a top team. In some ways, NU’s 6-1 loss at the hands of a good — but not great — Iowa team is even less excusable.. In an era when nearly all of the Cats’ 19 athletics teams are on the rise, this type of result is not acceptable. It’s time for athletic director Jim Phillips to take a close look at the women’s soccer program. I’m not saying it’s time to fire coach Stephanie Foster. Let’s not forget that this was an awfully young NU squad. But I do think it is fair to say that her fate should be tied to that of her current players. If star goalkeeper Anna Cassell, sophomore scorer Kate Allen and freshman midfielders Georgia Waddle and Sami Schrakamp cannot lead this team to the Promised Land, then maybe it’s time for someone else to lead this program. After NU scored 13 goals in 19 games this season, expectations can only be so high in Evanston. I’m not asking for a Big Ten Championship. Just a goal or two would be nice. Sports editor Jonah Rosenblum is a Medill senior. He can be reached at jonahrosenblum2012@u.northwestern.edu

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