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‘Why vote?’: Timeworn question endures By Patrick Svitek
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Which national issues concern you the most? From Harvard University Institute of Politics survey of 18- to 29-year-olds attitudes toward politics and public service
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SESP senior Becca Portman does not take sides. Her position at the helm of Northwestern’s largest voter registration initiative demands that she remain nonpartisan. But it doesn’t take a diehard Democrat or Republican to gauge the pervasive apathy that grips college campuses every election season. “It sort of creates a self-fulfilling prophecy when young people don’t vote,” said Portman, the program coordinator for NU Votes. “Our needs and voices aren’t represented, and then we get disillusioned with politics and we don’t vote. So the change that we want to see happen doesn’t happen.” In a mid-October survey, less than half of young adults told Harvard pollsters they will “definitely” vote in today’s presidential election. The same survey found that just a quarter of young adults consider themselves “politically engaged” this election cycle. Portman’s diagnosis — mixed with a never-ending slew of less-than-promising statistics — begs an age-old question facing young Americans: “Why vote?” Over the past few months, The Daily presented that same question to a dozen politicians, pundits and students. Their answers ranged from cheerily optimistic to nakedly resentful of the political process. “You’re a citizen, you’re of age, you should register to vote,” University » See Why VOTE?, page 6
EPD presents profiling report Whistleblower sues NU-affiliated hospital By Rachel Janik
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Representatives of the Evanston Police Department presented to the city’s Human Services Committee on Monday the results of an internal investigation that cleared the racial profiling allegations against the officer who detained a Northwestern professor’s son. In August, EPD Officer Mark Buell handcuffed 13-year-old Diwani Greenwell, the son of Medill Prof. Ava Greenwell, outside his home during a burglary investigation. Sgt. Angela Hearts-Glass approached the committee with an extensive presentation Monday recounting the details of the events surrounding the handcuffing of Greenwell. The review included audio from the 911 call, including an initial description of the suspect as a teenage black male wearing khaki cargo shorts and a dark shirt. However, the report also says Greenwell told officers her son was wearing navy cargo pants. Hearts-Glass provided video footage from the vehicles of officers on the scene, in addition to recordings of dispatches among units as they attempted to find suspects before Diwani was handcuffed. She told the committee that the investigation revealed more misunderstanding than malice in Buell’s actions and that miscommunication between officers led them to mistakenly conclude Diwani was
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detainment debate Medill Prof. Ava Greenwell and her husband, Dale, respond to the Evanston Police Department’s presentation about their 13-year-old son Diwani’s handcuffing in August.
attempting to flee police on his bicycle. Evanston residents disputed the report, testifying there were too many inconsistencies between the suspect’s description and Greenwell’s appearance to justify stopping him. Greenwell and her husband, Dale, also approached the committee to respond to EPD’s findings. “Had there been more questions asked by the dispatcher, more questions answered by police to me, and better
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communication clearly from this presentation … we probably wouldn’t be here today,” Greenwell said. She said the original internal affairs report posted online sought to discredit the family’s complaints. “My son did nothing wrong, and neither did I,” Greenwell said. “Your department created this problem.” EPD Chief Richard Eddington said » See council, page 5
A lawsuit against Northwestern University and Northwestern Memorial Hospital publicly revealed last week alleges the two institutions double-billed for patient care. Former Northwestern University employee Audra Soulias filed a whistleblower lawsuit accusing the University and hospital of violating the False Claims Act by defrauding the federal government. She alleges that they were billing different governmental agencies for the same patient care. “Specifically, the hospital, owned and/ or operated by the University, has billed and continues to bill both the National Institute of Health and Medicare for the same care for the same patients in multiple clinical trials,” Soulias said in her complaint. The error occurred because the hospital and the Northwestern Medical Faculty Foundation removed the “research” category for patients from their computer billing systems, according to the complaint. This prevented the billing system from being able to categorize patients as research subjects. Therefore, both private and public insurance was billed for these research services. Soulias said she was laid off after telling
her supervisor about her concerns regarding the billing system. Northwestern Memorial spokeswoman Kris Lathan said the hospital will not comment on ongoing litigation, but added that a University representative said NU believes the school should not be a party involved in the lawsuit because it is not involved in Medicare billing. The University did not immediately reply to requests for a statement. Soulia’s lawsuit was filed in November 2010. It remained sealed until July while federal prosecutors reviewed the claims. Whistleblower assistant and support lawyer Mitch Kreindler said after their review that prosecutors declined to add the government agencies as plaintiffs. He said Soulias will pursue the lawsuit on her own. The whistleblower lawsuit is unique in that respect because it allows individuals to sue on behalf of the federal government, he added. Kriendler said because the lawsuit involves the federal government, it is filed under seal, which means it is hidden from the public until federal attorneys can review it and decide whether or not to participate. “Think about the power the whistleblower provides,” he said. “You can serve the United States government with your information.” » See lawsuit, page 5
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Around Town Performance appraisal irks teachers By Manuel rapada
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Evanston-Skokie School District 65’s revised performance appraisal system drew much questioning Monday from teachers, union officials and school board members. Many of the more than 180 people who attended Monday night’s working school board meeting were concerned about how student growth could be measured fairly, supporting efforts to introduce the performance evaluation system as a pilot program. The district began revising its professional appraisal system last spring, adjusting how professional practice and student growth are rated. Board member Richard Rykhus said the revised system is “very complicated,” prompting laughs and shouts of agreement from the audience, which included a sizable presence of District 65 teachers wearing black t-shirts in solidarity. “That wasn’t supposed to be funny,” Rykhus said. Similar to the original system, which was implemented during the 2009-2010 academic year, overall ratings will be determined by looking at teacher and student performance equally. To comply with state requirements, however, District 65 developed a four-rating evaluation system including “excellent, proficient, needs improvement and unsatisfactory,”
A 46-year-old J.B. Alberto’s pizza delivery driver was robbed of all his money and the pizza he was delivering Sunday. The robbery occurred at about 9 p.m. as the driver was delivering pizza orders to residents in the 1900 block of Jackson Avenue. He reported that two men ages 18 to 24 in all black clothing approached him as he entered a resident’s yard. The men demanded his money, and the driver responded by handing over his wallet, along with
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one more than the previous version. To receive an “excellent” rating under the previous system, teachers needed to have more students at or above grade level at the end of the year than at the beginning of the year. Under the newly revised system, however, students are placed into one of four categories: college and career readiness, grade level, below grade level and the lowest quartile. A fifth category was also created to determine overall classroom growth. A teacher will now receive an “excellent” rating if the percentage of students that meets growth targets in most categories exceeds district figures from the previous year. None of the categories may reflect a drop in performance. Several board members questioned how the system accounts for differences between schools and classrooms, such as discrepancies in administrator assessment, resource distribution and classroom proportion of special education students. Board member Tracy Quattrocki expressed concerns that although there is a large sample size for assessments such as the Measures of Academic Progress, there is not the same level of “sophisticated crunching of numbers” for the district-developed assessments, which will be used to evaluate teachers in subjects such as fine arts and foreign languages. “We want to make sure that all of the content areas are being treated equitably,” Quattrocki said. After Rykhus suggested the evaluation systems
run parallely, Murphy said there were already enough fail-safes to ensure equitable treatment. A “rule of six” eliminates categories in which there are fewer than six students from consideration of a teacher’s growth rating if the category will negatively impact the rating. “We did not want the teacher’s evaluation to be hinged upon the performance of a very small number of performance,” Murphy said of the safeguard. Despite the occasionally tense back-and-forth, several speakers reiterated that they gave their opinions because they care about the district’s students. Principal Jeffrey Brown of the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Laboratory Magnet School said this evaluation system will push teachers to accept constructive criticism and hold themselves accountable. Still, the loudest applause of the night was reserved for Jean Luft, president of teachers’ union District 65 Educators’ Council, who called for the program to be instituted as a pilot or “shadow system.” A survey of district teachers found that 98 percent do not trust the revised system to give them a fair and accurate rating, Luft said. “Remember that a child is so much more than a test score and the same applies to a child’s teacher,” Luft said. manuelrapada2015@u.northwestern.edu
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about $150, to one man while the other took the pizza. The two then ran away from the scene. There were no injuries, Evanston Police Cmdr. Jay Parrott said.
who was out of town for the weekend, Parrott said. An employee of a nearby Wilmette office noticed the front door of the residence was ajar and notified EPD. After further investigation, the employee also saw the bathroom window had been pried open. Items taken include an Apple monitor, keypad and mouse, an IBM Thinkpad laptop, digital camera equipment and an Xbox gaming system, Parrott said.
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Not too long ago, many of us who work at career services remember, students used to wait in line to sign up for an appointment. It wasn’t on a computer.
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Rabbi Klein gives ‘Ghostbusters’ talk at Chabad House Regular fireside moves from residential colleges because of disaffiliation from NU By Cat Zakrzewski
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Rabbi Dov Hillel Klein’s classic fireside can no longer be performed at Northwestern’s residential colleges, so students instead gathered Monday evening at Tannenbaum Chabad House for “Angels, Demons, and Ghosts: Confessions of a Jewish Ghostbuster.” Klein said the student executive board of Chabad House decided to host the fireside in the wake of the University’s controversial decision to disaffiliate from Chabad House and Klein, following alleged violations of NU’s alcohol policy. Seven attended the intimate event, as compared to previous firesides hosted at residential colleges, where Klein said 15 students typically attended. Klein said he has given the fireside talk about 20 or 25 times. “I just enjoy spending time listening to Rabbi Klein,” said Weinberg sophomore Adam Stewart, who attended Monday’s event. “I really want to support him through all of this.” Stewart is one of many who have supported Klein following the disaffiliation. Hundreds have voiced their opposition to the University’s decision to disaffiliate from Chabad House, and the Lubavitch-Chabad of Illinois filed a lawsuit against the University following the decision on the grounds of discrimination against the Jewish faith. Rabbi Daniel Moscowitz, the director of Lubavitch-Chabad of Illinois, told The Daily in September that Klein had been asked to leave without due process and said Klein was always “involved in following University policy.” University President Morton Schapiro has previously praised Rabbi Klein and his work at Chabad House, according to the organization’s website. Schapiro told The Daily on Monday he knew Klein well and had been to Chabad House before. However,
he said he was unable to comment in detail on the disaffiliation because it was under “pending legal action.” “It was the right decision,” Schapiro said of the University’s disaffiliation from Chabad. However, programming has continued at Chabad House, with events such as Friday Shabbat dinners and Monday’s fireside. I just enjoy “Who do you call?” spending time asked Klein with a listening to Rabbi smile, referencing the 1984 supernatuKlein. I really ral comedy “Ghostwant to support busters” before starting him through all his speech. Students in attendance answered of this. with a mixed cheering of “Rabbi Klein!” and Adam Stewart, “Ghostbusters!” Weinberg In his fireside speech, sophomore Klein told the story of when he used Kabbalah and Jewish teachings to rid a factory of reported ghosts. When the owner called Klein asking him for help, Klein said he would come over as soon as he finished playing his baseball game with the Communication Residential College intramural team, a match Klein said he easily won. Following a series of instructions from Klein, including giving each worker an extra dollar each week to give to the charity, the owner reported that the factory was soon ghost-free. He then sent Klein a check for $10,000, which he donated to Chabad House. But Klein’s story was not simply for the entertainment of the students. Even though he said he does not believe a ghost haunted the factory, he used the opportunity to teach the students about Jewish burial rituals. Klein said the man who owned the factory had a deceased brother who had been laid to rest in a mausoleum. Klein instructed the man to put dirt in his brother’s vault to bury him, as is the Jewish tradition, so his soul could be free to move
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who you gonna call? Rabbi Dov Hillel Klein gives his traditional “Ghostbusters” fireside Monday at Tannenbaum Chabad House. The talk drew about half its normal attendance.
from limbo to heaven. “As soon as someone dies, the body needs to be buried so that that person can go into the spiritual world,” Klein said. “It’s very, very important in the Jewish faith.” All replied “Rabbi Klein!” when he concluded the story and again asked students, “Who do you call?” But the rabbi’s tales of ghosts and demons were not the most significant part of Monday’s event. Rather, the fireside offered the opportunity for students to gather at Chabad House. Prior to his story, Klein asked the students what they studied that day and what they learned. As students discussed the classes they were considering taking next quarter,
Klein remarked about which professors he knew and which courses he thought would be interesting. Communication junior Ethan Levine-Weinberg said he became involved with Chabad House this year. He had heard about the fireside and wanted to make sure he attended one before he graduated. He described Klein as an “asset” to the NU community. “If you know him personally very well, you realize what he brings to the community that is lacking when he’s not around,” Levine-Weinberg said. “It can’t be seen by an outsider who’s never even stepped foot in the building.” catherinezakrzewski2015@u.northwestern.edu
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DECISION2012 Student political leaders make final election pitches ADAM ROTH
COLLEGE DEMOCRATS CO-PRESIDENT
When I was campaigning in Iowa, knocking on doors, a woman noticed that my hands were turning blue, and she insisted that she give me a pair of gloves that belonged to her son, who was now in college. Such a random act of kindness reminds me of the wonderful qualities of the American people. If only Washington was more like us. My hope is that this election will bring the nation — and its representatives — to the center. Americans are sick of the partisanship that has raged since 1994. The 2008 election was a repudiation of George W. Bush’s policies, and 2010 was a sign that the President needed to refocus on jobs. The superleft and super-right have had their heydays. It’s time to go back to the center, where I believe most Americans are. This election is truly unpredictable. With the Democratic victory in 2008 and the shellacking in 2010, there is no clear expected winner here. Republicans have more support now than they did in 2008, and Democrats have more support now than we did in 2010. Although it has not been easy, I believe that the country under President Obama has been going the right way. There is still work to be done, and I know that the GOP has been accusing us of using that phrase as a crutch, but taking us from the worst financial crisis since 1929 will take more than one term for any president. We are on the right track. When President Obama inherited this mess, our GDP had just shrunk by 9 percent. The president wasted no time in bringing in the required stimulus to halt the recession, and he cut taxes for 95 percent of American people. And that’s not my words — that’s from President Bill Clinton, a moderate president whose policies I think we can all agree brought us the largest peacetime expansion in history. We are not content to stay at our current growth rates, despite Romney’s insistence that we are. We are working for nothing less than a roaring economy like we had under the Reagan and Clinton administrations. I am proud of the president’s actions in repealing Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell and signing the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act. I am saddened by the actions of those Republicans who opposed allowing gay soldiers to serve openly and ensuring equal pay for women. What saddens me more is that too many moderate Republicans who supported these measures stayed silent for fear of being shunned by their peers.
Let President Obama continue his bipartisan mission to fix Washington The president has also responsibly brought our troops home from Iraq and shifted focus to alQaeda: the people who actually attacked us on 9/11. In May of last year, the president brought closure and solace to the country when he announced the death of Osama bin Laden, the monster responsible for murdering 3,000 people. And on the 11th anniversary, for one day, Republicans and Democrats stood united in opposition against a common foe. Yet several days later they were back to their old selves. But overall, what do I want from this election? I want the government and members of both parties to get their act together. I am sick of the inability of members of Congress to work together. We do not pay them our tax dollars so that they can sit in comfy seats and yell at each other. They are not children, though they act like it often. What happens all too often is that politicians, in their attempt to beat an opponent, grow to truly hate them. We have a Republican electorate whose goal in 2010 was not to help the country, but to stop the President’s progress. No wonder nothing’s getting done! As for Mitt, I genuinely think he is a moderate Republican, and I respect him. We need more conservative Democrats and liberal Republicans in charge. However, his speech at the RNC and pick of Paul Ryan show that he is willing to let himself be dictated by the Tea Party and far-right Republicans. They don’t represent him, but he lets them. The president has stood against hardliners in his own party. He compromised with Republicans on Obamacare when the House and Senate were controlled by his party and put together a bipartisan debt-reduction committee (of which Paul Ryan was a member). He has shown himself to be capable of bipartisanship. We need to bring the American character back to Washington, and my hope is that this election will get us started on that path. Adam Roth is a Weinberg sophomore and co-president of Northwestern University College Democrats. This column represents only the views of Mr. Roth and not necessarily those of NUCD. He can be reached at adamroth2015.4@u.northwestern.edu. If you would like to respond publicly to this column, email a Letter to the Editor to forum@dailynorthwestern.com.
DANE STIER
COLLEGE REPUBLICANS PRESIDENT
In 2008, our generation overwhelmingly supported Barack Obama into office, throwing 66 percent of our vote behind him. We voted for hope and change, for a better future for ourselves and generations to come. What was it in him that we found so appealing? What was his platform and what did he promise? Looking back, his platform was exceptionally clear: cut the deficit in half, cut taxes, salvage Medicare, pass health care reform without increasing taxes or the deficit and put America back on track. Think about those promises. Our generation elected a Republican for the first time since 1988, plain and simple. Those are central tenets to the Republican philosophy and essential for smaller, responsible government. But now we seem to praise the president for everything he’s accomplished while disregarding the fact that he has done the opposite of what he promised in 2008, the opposite of what we elected him to do. We did not elect him to triple the deficit and increase the debt by 70 percent; we elected him to end the deficit and cut the debt in half. Federal revenue did not decrease significantly under Bush, and Democrats controlled Congress in 2007-08, so any deficits Obama “inherited,” he voted for himself. We did not elect him to pass a strictly partisan health care reform that increases the debt more than $300 billion while taking more than $700 billion out of Medicare and adding 18 new taxes, all in spite of mass opposition from the country. And despite all 2,000+ pages of the bill, it never once addresses the true issue: fixing the cause of high health care costs. As students graduating into this system, we should demand better. If Obama had done what he had promised, “College Republicans for Obama” would be rallying to his support all across the country, and he would be regarded as the Ronald Reagan of the Democrats. But that is not the case. It’s time for us to face the cold, hard truth that while Obama may have had the best of intentions for four years, sometimes the best intentions in theory can become bad in practice. In the words of Clint Eastwood, “When somebody does not do the job, we’ve got to let them go.” Romney has spent a lifetime being a leader, bringing differing sides together in pursuit of a common goal. As Americans, we all have the same goal: make this country the best it can be. While our visions of achieving that goal are very different,
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After four years of failed policies, time for Romney to bring change to our nation strong leadership can unite our efforts. Obama, on the other hand, walks out of debt-ceiling meetings to go play golf, instead of bringing Democrats and Republicans together. Or he turns down meetings with foreign leaders to go on TV shows. Between running Bain Capital, salvaging the Olympics and being governor of Massachusetts, Romney brings to the table a unique set of skills that prove that he is highly capable and qualified to be president. In a Democratic state, he was able to cut taxes and balance the budget four years in a row. We voted for that plan four years ago, so perhaps it’s time to vote for that in someone who can do it, rather than blaming failure on past Presidents. Romney also brings a set of ideas for saving the economy that history has shown to work. Unlike Obama’s plan to throw taxpayer dollars at the problem (which, historically, has never worked), we now have a chance to get government out of the way so the economy can thrive again and create the jobs that America’s unemployed and underemployed workers (14.6 percent) are eager to regain. This election will largely determine the course of this nation for the rest of our lives. We have two very different paths before us; we can either continue on the path of large government, reckless spending, unaccountable representation, substandard legislation, and failed promises, or we can return to the America that draws its greatness from individual success and responsibility, a disinterested, responsible, responsive, and accountable government, a country that evaluates results, not intentions, and a bright future ahead that doesn’t accept mediocrity in any way whatsoever. So you have to ask yourself: Are you going to stand by the values and ideas you embraced four years ago, or are you going to recognize mistakes at face value and give your vote to true solutions, leadership, and the right kind of change? I’m voting for jobs and a better future, and I hope you’ll do the same. Dane Stier is a Weinberg junior and president of Northwestern University College Republicans. This column represents only the views of Mr. Stier and not necessarily those of NUCR. He can be reached at danestier2014@u. northwestern.edu. If you would like to respond publicly to this column, email a Letter to the Editor to forum@ dailynorthwestern.com.
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Career services celebrates 75 years By Paulina Firozi
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As University Career Services celebrates its 75th year, it hopes to continue to appeal to students’ needs through updated online services and increased promotion. While UCS is planning many special events in Winter and Spring quarters that include speakers and a celebration of long-term employers, shortterm goals include additions to its website, increased presence on social media and a library exhibit that displays artifacts from the organization’s history and previous locations. UCS executive director Lonnie Dunlap said she was excited to look back at the history of the program to see how it has changed, both in recent years and since the 1940s. “We want to help students appreciate where we come from and where we’re going,” Dunlap said. The updates to the website, Dunlap said, will include “generational changes” that will make it more accessible and personalized. The changes will integrate how technology has changed the job market. Students will be able to personalize what resources they need from UCS. Dunlap added that the most significant changes in recent years include how students use technology to interact with UCS as well as with potential employers. UCS hopes to finish changes to the website by the end of the quarter and have the library
Obama, Romney finalize Election Day plans
President Barack Obama will spend Election Day in Chicago as his opponent, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, hits the campaign trail for two final events in Ohio and Pennsylvania. Obama has no plans to leave Illinois on Tuesday and will likely continue his Election Day tradition of playing basketball with close friends and aides, campaign spokeswoman Jen Psaki told reporters this afternoon. The president and first lady are expected to return to their Kenwood home in Chicago after a final rally tonight in Des Moines, Iowa.
exhibit completed by the beginning of Winter Quarter. “Not too long ago, many of us who work at career services remember, students used to wait in line to sign up for an appointment,” Dunlap said. “It wasn’t on a computer. And job postings were in a binder.” She added that the Internet has also changed how recruiters find potential employees and how students conduct job searches. Although no new program changes are planned, Dunlap said UCS will continue to gear resources toward what students need the most. Internships and social media, she said, are among the newest services offered. “How students prepare for the job market right now is so important, it really impacts the outcome of their time here, their options after they graduate,” she said. “The job market is so volatile. How to manage the unknowns in the job market is huge. It wasn’t like that not long ago.” Medill senior Alexa Kamm is featured on UCS’ current website as a student who has succeeded by utilizing its resources. She said she originally heard about UCS as a senator on Associated Student Government’s academic committee and was later introduced to internship fairs and resume reviews that she said really helped her. Kamm said she was able to line up a summer internship with General Electric last year after a suggestion from UCS’ internship specialist Betsy Gill. She got another internship with them this
Psaki hinted that Obama will devote some time on Election Day to “looking for an opportunity to thank” his campaign’s volunteers. Vice President Joe Biden and the second lady will land in Chicago on Tuesday afternoon, according to the White House. The Bidens and Obamas will appear Tuesday night at a semi-private watch party at McCormick Place. The convention center gathering is not expected to mirror 2008’s jubilant celebration in Grant Park, when nearly a quarter million Obama supporters cheered on the president-elect’s victory speech. This year, Obama’s Election Night party requires tickets, many of which are reserved for campaign volunteers. The Chicago Tribune reported Sunday that
past summer and is interviewing for a full time position. “If it wasn’t for career services, I wouldn’t have any job prospects,” Kamm said. In her four years, Kamm said she has mostly seen the addition of internship fairs that focus on what students can do while they are still at school. “They’ve been responding to what students want, from LinkedIn headshots to people who are there consulting about what wardrobe you should have for your interview,” she said. Kamm said she believes it would be helpful for UCS to use Facebook and other resources to make students, especially freshmen, more aware of how they can benefit from their workshops and events. If services were promoted on Facebook, she said, more students would come across the information. Weinberg senior Ben Ceaser said he had a very good experience with UCS. He said employees reviewed his resume even without an appointment. He agreed with Kamm that students would benefit if they knew more about available services. “There is not one student on campus who doesn’t use Facebook to procrastinate and feel bad about it,” she said. “So if they can have a bit of productivity come out of that, I think that’s very helpful.” Dunlap said UCS looks at how students find out about their resources. She said although faculty referrals were at the top of the list, traffic on the website and Facebook was continually increasing. paulinafirozi2015@u.northwestern.edu
CNN is talking to state officials about hosting a more public watch party near Chicago’s Thompson Center. Romney will vote Tuesday morning near his residence in Belmont, Mass., before shipping out for his final rallies in Cleveland and Pittsburgh. Four years ago, Obama stumped in then-swing state Indiana while Republican presidential candidate John McCain appeared at a campaign event in Colorado. The Republican National Committee is throwing an Election Night party for Romney at the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center. — Patrick Svitek
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although not everyone may agree with the report, the compilers “did their jobs and did it well and did it in an equitable fashion.” He said EPD has done its best to be as transparent as possible. Eddington said no matter the outcome of further investigations or the Greenwell family’s pending lawsuit, EPD is taking steps to address the issues brought up by Diwani’s detainment. Prof. Aaron Thompson of Eastern Kentucky University will bring additional training to the department to address issues of racial profiling and bias. Eddington said he chose Thompson on a recommendation of another police chief. The committee moved to accept the review and adopted the measure by unanimous vote. After the vote, Ald. Peter Braithwaite (2nd) said he thought discussion of the issue had to continue. “After this case has been resolved, there is still that unanswered question in terms of the negative perception that many black residents have in terms of how they’re treated by the Evanston Police Department,” he said. “And I think that’s been the elephant in the room for a number of years.” Braithwaite and Eddington agreed to discuss in more detail the steps EPD is taking to eliminate such bias from the force. racheljanik2015@u.northwestern.edu
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Kriendler said if the federal government were to earn back revenue from the lawsuit, Soulias would have received 25 percent of the money. She will now earn 30 percent of the recovered money because the government has declined to get involved. “Traditionally the person who blew the whistle is regarded with negative terms,” he said of general whistleblower cases. “They might be called tattletales because most people don’t like when someone calls out misconduct and gets money for it.” Kriendler said about 80 percent of whistleblower lawsuits deal with health care fraud. He said they are also commonly filed against schools, military agencies, research institutions and construction companies. amandagilbert2015@u.northwestern.edu
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Campus groups encourage NU students to vote today By Stephanie haines
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Northwestern groups are encouraging students to vote until the polls close this Election Day. Patten Gymnasium and Parkes Hall will serve as the two on-campus polling locations. Election judges from the Cook County Clerk’s Office will be present and facilitating the voting process for students, staff and Evanston residents. NU Votes coordinator Rebecca Portman said the program has promoted voting via Facebook and Twitter since Friday. Students can encourage others to vote by changing their profile pictures to an image that reads “I voted. NU should too.� “Our main focus is voter registration, but we do have a get-out-to-vote effort,� the SESP senior said. NU Votes sent out a campus-wide email Saturday reminding students to check their polling locations and what items to bring to the polls. In addition to the social media campaigns, NU Votes advertised voting by posting fliers around campus. More than 1,000 students registered to vote through NU Votes, which includes freshman registration during Wildcat Welcome, Portman said. More than 800 students requested absentee ballots. NU’s voting campaign has attracted attention from national media and other colleges. Portman said she has received requests from Dartmouth College, University of Pennsylvania and DePaul University about how they can facilitate student voter registration. NU Votes’ efforts spurred the creation of the UVote Project, which spread student voter
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more importantly “personally,� also makes sure to have fun with his student-athletes. Whether it’s using his dry sense of humor to confuse freshmen or insisting upon watching the entire Rocky series instead of “weird, science-fiction� movies during team trips, Pariano keeps things light when necessary. The head coach also makes significant connections with his wrestlers on and off the mat.
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registration initiatives to seven other colleges across the country, Portman said. “Based on the success of NU Votes, UVote was born, realizing there was a lot of information that we could share with other schools,� she said. The New York Times also published an article featuring how NU Votes has promoted voter registration at other universities. Although NU Votes will not be present at the polling sites on campus, Portman said representatives will be available for students to contact with any questions. “I hope we have high voter turnout,� she said. “I want to see students lining up at the polls.� Other student groups have also been preparing for the election and plan to host watch parties Tuesday. Adam Roth, co-president of NU College Democrats, said he and about 15 other students and Evanston residents spent the weekend canvassing near Green Bay, Wis. As a result, the group received tickets to attend the president’s election night rally at McCormick Place in Chicago on Tuesday night. The Weinberg sophomore said NU College Democrats will also host a watch party in Annenberg Hall. NU College Republicans will attend events for local candidates on Election Day. Kira Hooks, president of Delta Sigma Theta, said her organization will also host a watch party Tuesday night at the Black House. Hooks said the sorority hosted watch parties for the presidential debates throughout the quarter. “It’s about facilitating awareness and a reason to gather and stay informed throughout the political season,� the Communication senior said. “Regardless of who is elected, it will have a huge impact on Northwestern.� stephaniehaines2015@u.northwestern.edu
Redshirt senior Jason Welch, now in his fifth year at NU, credits Pariano for helping shape his attitude no matter what he’s doing. “We have kind of like an uncle-nephew relationship,� Welch said. “He jokes around with me a lot, but at the same time, it’s not all jokes.� “(Coach Pariano) is a no-excuses kind of guy. That’s how he judges himself, he’s really hard on himself. That’s something in a positive way I’ve tried to take in and really take care of the little details in my life.� Pariano’s senior status as a coach doesn’t stop
President Morton Schapiro told The Daily on Monday. “It’s just the right thing to do. Some people (say) it doesn’t make a difference here (in Illinois). ‌ Oh, whatever. You’ve just got to vote.â€? After speaking on campus last month, Newark, N.J., Mayor Cory Booker framed the choice to vote as a broader referendum on competing economic visions. The rising-star Democrat, who has been aggressively stumping for Obama, urged Northwestern students to consider what type of job market they want to enter once they graduate before pulling the lever for a specific candidate. “I’m not really one that wants to go back to the economic policies of the past that really undermine the strength of our democracy, that cause more stratification of wealth,â€? Booker told The Daily. “(Those policies) undermine the larger national purpose for which we live, which is the simple understanding that we need each other and that we will go so much further if we go together.â€? Booker was not the only prominent Democrat to tailor the party’s election rhetoric to youth. “Young people have so much at stake,â€? Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-Ill.) told The Daily last month, ticking off several issues that she believes directly affect college-age voters. Schakowsky pointed to Obama’s signature health care reform law, which allows young adults to stay on their parents’ health insurance plans until age 26. She cited the president’s efforts to drive domestic job creation — employment that could eventually benefit college graduates. She dinged the GOP opposition for trying to limit access to contraceptives and abortions, admonishing Republicans for trying to reverse “victories that we thought were decidedâ€? for women. NU College Republicans president Dane Stier admitted that some of the GOP has turned off muchneeded voters with harsh rhetoric on issues such as women’s health. But he rejected the notion that Democrats are offering a better economic argument. “Fifty percent of college graduates will move back in with their parents,â€? Stier said. “Over 50 percent won’t find a job or a job that fulfills their degree. And each of us has a $50,000 debt to the government that
him from mixing it up on the mat. Welch, a two-time All-American, even hesitated to say he could beat Pariano, admitting it would be a “close� contest. Pariano and Cysewski’s positions are unique in that they can learn first-hand what they need to work on with their athletes by lacing up and hitting the mat. Cysewski even admits that he and Pariano “have egos also� and expect to win whenever they battle their wrestlers. But Pariano will ultimately be judged by how the Cats perform when the lights go on at Welsh-
has been accumulated by our parents and grandparents that we have to pay off in addition to the loans that we take out.â€? In an interview with The Daily last month, conservative columnist Dennis Prager echoed Stier’s emphasis on debt as key motivator for college-age voters. He said it “makes absolutely no senseâ€? for a young person to support Democrats as the nations grapples with a federal debt exceeding $16 trillion. “It boggles my mind that a young person would not realize what a Ponzi scheme is being It’s an important foisted on them,â€? Prager said. “When I watch step towards young people think that becoming a there’s something in it for citizen and an them or better for society to vote Democrat, adult active it only proves to be one citizen to cast of the biggest beliefs of my life that most young your vote. Americans ‌ have been Becca Portman, immersed in only one NU Votes way of looking at life.â€? program For some, the decicoordinator sion to vote is motivated by the contrast between Obama and Romney. Communication freshman Carolyn Betts, whose education is being partly funded by student loans, said Romney may have “great economic ideas,â€? but she cannot vote for someone whose platform seems entirely based around job creation. “Romney has great ideas to balance the budget, but that’s not all our nation needs,â€? she said. “He’s so focused on creating jobs ‌ he’s losing sight of the American people.â€? Portman said most students don’t recognize what they already do on campus — committing themselves to student groups and volunteering — can be translated to political engagement. “It’s an important step towards becoming a citizen and an adult active citizen to cast your vote,â€? she said. “It’s important to start those habits early because you’re in college and you will then keep doing it for the rest of your life.â€?
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Ryan Arena. NU, although well-regarded, faces a grueling gauntlet every year in the ultra-competitive Big Ten, and Pariano wants to cement a legacy at his alma mater. “I look at the other coaches, (football coach) Pat (Fitzgerald), (lacrosse coach) Kelly AmonteHiller, there’s coaches here who have really established themselves here, and I’d like to do that as well,� Pariano said. “I feel good about our team. We have a good future in front of us.� rohannadkarni2015@u.northwestern.edu
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Wildcats use bye to rest up, heal starters By josh walfish
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There are many benefits to having a bye week, and Northwestern took full advantage of all of them this past week. With the Wildcats off last week, coach Pat Fitzgerald and most of his coaching staff hit the recruiting trails in the beginning part of the week, while his team rested and did light workouts in Evanston. The extra rest was beneficial for many of the older guys who have played a lot in the first nine weeks of the season. “We were able to rest some of our veterans who have taken a lot of snaps and then get them back going later in the week,” Fitzgerald said. “I gave the guys the weekend off, and it’s well deserved where we’re at.” It also benefited two key members of the NU secondary who should return this week to the lineup. Fitzgerald said redshirt freshman cornerback Nick VanHoose and senior cornerback Quinn Evans, both of whom missed NU’s 28-17 win over Iowa, told him they will play Saturday against Michigan. However, the men on the offensive and defensive lines gained the most from the off week. The Cats have done a good job for most of the season at dominating in the trenches on both sides of the ball, and with the work comes the bumps and bruises of a football game. “For everybody it’s really been
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perfect timing Kain Colter and the Wildcats used the bye to get heathy and catch up on sleep. The week has been especially helpful for cornerbacks Nick VanHoose and Quinn Evans, who missed the Iowa game with injuries.
huge, but especially for the guys who’ve been out there in the trenches week in, week out,” senior defensive end Quentin Williams said. “Those nicks and bruises, we had a week to take a step back and get our legs back.
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It’s been great for me, for sure, and there are definitely some guys who are more banged up (than me) that really appreciated the time off.” Fitzgerald closed the facility Saturday and the NU players used the extra
time off in very different ways. Some of the younger players went home for the first time since summer school started in June because they won’t be able to go home for Thanksgiving. Most players and Fitzgerald watched
some college football, especially the Michigan-Minnesota game in the morning. Others, like sophomore receiver Christian Jones, used the extra time to catch up on some essentials — most notably sleeping. This is one of the latest bye weekss NU has had in recent memory, and Fitzgerald said he knows a lot more about his team at this bye than he normally does. He said he views things differently with a bye this late in the season than one that is earlier in the season. “It came at a great time,” Fitzgerald said. “Earlier in the year, I was shaking my head looking at our schedule the way it was set up with four teams with a bye (before they play us) and the bye being for us so late. We’ve put ourselves in position for a significant November and so as I look at it, it came at an opportune time.” This November stands in stark contrast to the month NU was facing last year at this time. In 2011, the Cats were fighting to become bowl eligible and make the postseason. This season, NU has already secured bowl eligibility and is now battling for a division crown. Despite the differences, Williams and Jones said the goal of the month is still the same: win every game. “The mindset is to win the games and to come out of November successful like we did last year,” Jones said. joshuawalfish2014@u.northwestern.edu
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Smith cleans up with Pariano pours life into NU Big Ten Indoor titles By rohan nadkarni
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daily senior staffer
Northwestern asserted itself as a team to watch this spring with an impressive showing at the Big Ten Indoor Championships this weekend. The four-day tournament in Madison, Wis., was the final event of the fall season for the Wildcats, and they made it count. Junior Raleigh Smith and senior Sidarth Balaji teamed up to win the doubles competition, and Smith took home the singles title as an individual. “It should give our guys some confidence heading into the team season,” coach Arvid Swan said. “Our thing throughout the fall is we need to continue to improve as a team and individually. We have a very challenging schedule this year, and these fall tournaments help us as coaches see where we need to improve.” The doubles pair had a bye in the first round before easily sliding by a duo from Michigan State 8-1. Balaji and Smith then took down the four-seed Jakhongir Jalalov and Oskar Wikberg from Wisconsin in the quarterfinals. They then took out another team of Badgers before reaching the final against Barrett Franks and Michael Zhu of Michigan. In the final, the Cats’ pairing dropped the first game, but they cruised through the next seven to take a 7-1 lead in the first to eight format. The Michigan duo responded with three games of its own, but Smith and Balaji closed out the match to win 8-4. The win was especially impressive considering Balaji was up all night due to an illness, which forced him to retire from his singles match against his doubles partner. Smith said he had no idea Balaji was sick until after the title match. “I was kind of surprised,” Smith said. “I wasn’t looking forward to the idea of playing my teammate. If he was hurting though, he did a good job of hiding it during doubles.”
In the singles draw, Smith was seeded fourth and won all three of his matches in straight sets with relative ease. He beat three other seeded players along the way including a walkover win against Balaji, who wasn’t feeling well after the doubles final. His opponent in the final was Wikberg, who was seeded fifth. Smith dominated the play from the start and easily took home the title with a 6-0, 6-2 victory. He said his strategy was to limit his unforced errors, and he did that by jumping all over Wikberg early on. By the time the nerves settled in, Smith already had the lead and he used the confidence to close out the match in straight sets. The junior said to be able to win both titles was a nice confidence booster, but with the dual season so far away, he said he doesn’t believe any momentum will come of it. “I’ll celebrate this one today, but the season doesn’t start for two months so I don’t think this will carry over,” Smith said. NU had three other players reach the round of 16 in the singles competition, but none of them could advance to the quarterfinals. Senior Chris Jackman and freshman Fedor Baev both lost in three sets, while sophomore Alex Pasareanu lost in straight sets to Wikberg. The Cats also had freshman Mihir Kumar advance to the finals of the back draw before losing to Jonas Dierckx of Iowa in a three-set thriller. With a tough schedule ahead of them, including the Big Ten dual season, Swan said this weekend helped to solidify the starting lineup. “We’re continuing to evaluate what we need to work on heading into the team season,” Swan said. “This weekend was a really good opportunity to evaluate doubles combinations, see what we need to work on and also start to evaluate our singles lineup.” joshuawalfish2014@u.northwestern.edu
The Ken Kraft Wrestling Room stinks. Located in the underbelly of Anderson Hall, Northwestern’s athletics and communications hub, the wrestling room is a place few working upstairs would venture. The high temperature of the basement — a requirement for the weight-conscious wrestlers — only compounds the stench. But the smell of the wrestling complex is one built from the blood, sweat, tears and hard work of one the nation’s top-15 wrestling programs. The leader of the program, coach Drew Pariano, has contributed more than his share to the aroma, dating back to his days as a student. Pariano graduated from NU in 2000 after starting on the wrestling team for four years, qualifying for the NCAA Championships three times. He received Academic All-Big Ten and Academic All-American honors before earning his degree in education and social policy. The Cleveland native took over as head coach on June 1, 2010, after five years on the coaching staff, replacing the man who coached him as a student, Tim Cysewski. “(Northwestern) has been extremely important to me,” Pariano said. “I’ve been here a large portion of my life. Northwestern is a place I call home. It’s a place I want to be for a really long time – forever, really.” Pariano could write his own lifetime contract if the team continues to perform in the same manner as the first two years of his tenure. In his first season on the job, Pariano guided the team to an 18-2 dual record, including a 6-2 mark in the Big Ten. The Wildcats finished the year ranked No. 14, sending five wrestlers to the NCAA Championships,
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lifer Coach Drew Pariano has guided the NU wrestling program to two successful seasons since taking over in 2010. He’s sent 11 wrestlers to the NCAA Championships, with five garnering All-American honors.
three of whom earned All-American honors. Last season, Pariano led NU to a ninth-place finish at the NCAA Championships, the school’s first top-10 placement since 2007. The Cats sent six wrestlers to the NCAAs, and the season also included the team’s best ever finish at the Midlands Championships, a tournament hosted at home in Welsh-Ryan Arena. Cysewski, who remained as Pariano’s top assistant after ceding the head coaching job, continues to aid the man he first met as a wide-eyed high schooler. “(Our relationship) is unbelievable,” Pariano said. “He was my coach; I learned so much from him. I feel like now, a lot of the stuff I learned from him, I’m putting into practice.” Although outsiders may perceive the switch between Pariano and Cysewski as a potentially awkward
transition, the move could not have worked more smoothly. Cysewski still remains a hands-on participant in the program, without dealing with the grind of a head coach’s job. Pariano, who said the two were “firm believers” in keeping things within the wrestling family, could “keep the momentum of the program going” after Cysewski stepped down. The relationship between the two only grows each year, as they communicate constantly to ensure the team heads in the right direction. “We see each other all the time,” Cysewski said. “There’s times when we’ll talk to each other every day. My wife will go to bed and I’ll say, ‘See you later,’ because (Pariano and I) are on the phone.” Pariano, who according to Cysewski takes the job seriously but » See WRESTLING, page 6