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Sustaining NU University tries to coordinate disparate groups By LAUREN CARUBA
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On the last day of summer, Northwestern’s class of 2016 lounged on Deering Meadow during the first annual Deering Days Welcome BBQ. To freshmen, it may have just seemed like a relaxing end to Wildcat Welcome, with rapper Chet Haze performing and plenty of free food. But the barbecue held a deeper significance as NU’s first-ever “zero waste” event. Students at the barbecue disposed of their waste at composting and recycling stations, and water filling stations cut down on plastic bottle usage. The event generated about 500 pounds of compostable material and only 3 or 4 pounds of waste, said Weinberg junior Ani Ajith, a main organizer of the event. In many ways, the Wildcat Welcome finale signified an increasingly motivated sustainability movement: Deering Days was fueled largely by student initiative but augmented by support from Sodexo, Associated Student Government, NU Student Affairs and the Office of Sustainability. Still, it is difficult to gauge the
effectiveness of NU’s sustainability movement, which has been characterized by disjointed initiatives and ineffective communication with the broader student body. In the year since its creation, the Office of Sustainability has worked to improve collaboration between the We all administrawish that we tion, ASG and student could just flip the groups hopswitch and dising to create a greener mantle this giant NU. Regardless, many food complex ... not directly but we can’t. involved in Paige Humecki, the push nuCuisine remain sustainability uninformed intern about the University’s environmental efforts.
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A holistic approach, fragmented “Sustainability is very broad,” nuCuisine sustainability intern Paige Humecki
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said. “There’s a lot of different meanings to the word and different components of being sustainable.” At a university like NU, that broad definition can be applied unevenly. NuCuisine’s sustainability efforts encompass energy and waste reduction as well as locally sourced foods, the McCormick sophomore said. Other NU departments have focused on things such as building sustainability certification, whereas sustainability minded student groups target everything from green engineering to to recycling. Until recently, many of NU’s sustainability initiatives have been concentrated at the administrative level. The University currently invests about $30 million in energy-saving projects across its two campuses, said Rob Whittier, who became NU’s first sustainability director last November. By purchasing renewable energy certificates at local wind farms, ensuring Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design certification for construction projects and installing solar panels on the Ford Motor Company Engineering Design Center, NU has become a top green energy user. However, with more than a dozen
environmental initiatives across campus, NU’s proliferation of sustainability-related organizations can be overwhelming. The movement has been characterized by poor overall direction and administrative engagement, Whittier said.
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DAILY DECISION
Youth vote decisive in 2012 Americans under 30 the determining factor in battleground states
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One can really say that the youth vote gave Obama the election. Kenneth Janda, political science professor
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SENATE SEATS Associated Student Goverment’s Ani Ajith, Victor Shao, David Harris, Jane Gilmore and Alex Van Atta discuss last month’s campus lightwalk.
ASG pursues NU Day, extended dining hours By STEPHANIE HAINES
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Associated Student Government voted Wednesday to allocate $1,000 to help fund Northwestern Day at Chicago’s United Center, an idea that had been in the works in a few meetings leading up to the senate meeting. The funding will come from the Senate Project Pool and will assist the Center for Student Involvement in the planning of this event.
The dates suggested for the NU Day at the United Center include Jan. 7, the day students return from winter break, and March 31, which falls during spring break. Although the dates of the NU Day at the United Center remain unclear, the senate voted on an amendment to ask CSI to change the dates to be more accommodating to students. Two new business items were moved to old business and passed. This was so
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Northwestern students may have woken up Wednesday morning to President-elect Mitt Romney if it were not for their peers’ votes, according to exit polls in Tuesday’s presidential contest. Early estimates pin youth turnout at just under half of the nearly 23 million young adults registered to vote in the United States. Together, those young people contributed one in five votes this election season. So, how critical was the youth vote? Enough to push President Barack Obama over the finish line in four battleground states, according to an electoral analysis released Wednesday by the Center for Research and Information on Civic Learning and Engagement. The Tufts University think tank found that Obama could have lost Ohio, Florida, Virginia and Pennsylvania if registered voters aged 18 to 29 stayed home on Election Day. That batch of swing states made up 80 electoral votes that could have
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STAR-SPANGLED President Barack Obama greets supporters at McCormick Place in Chicago.
been decisive even if Romney nabbed only half of them. When asked to explain how crucial young people were in Tuesday’s election, NU political science Prof. Kenneth Janda shared an info graphic showing that 3 in 5 registered voters aged 18 to 24 cast their ballot for Obama. “One can really say that the youth vote gave Obama the election,” Janda
concluded in an email to The Daily. University of Wisconsin-Madison Prof. Constance Flanagan, an expert in youth attitudes and beliefs, said young voters are as “practical as anybody else” and often do not need glossy promises or a hope-and-change savior to turn out en masse. “It was a big surprise because it was predicted over and over again that they wouldn’t come out and they had no enthusiasm compared to 2008,” she said. “They proved basically all the pundits wrong.” In his victory speech early Wednesday morning at McCormick Place in Chicago, Obama acknowledged his supporters’ youthfulness while addressing cynical claims that the election cycle seemed “small, even silly.” “But if you ever get the chance to talk to folks who turned out at our rallies and crowded along in a rope line in a high school gym, or saw folks working late in a campaign office in some tiny county far away from » See ELECTION, page 7
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Florist donates backpacks to CPS By Ciara McCarthy
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An Evanston florist is partnering perennials with public education in a business that donates a portion of its profits to Chicago Public Schools. Flowers for Dreams, a for-profit business started in March whose warehouse is located on Greenleaf Street, donates a backpack filled with school supplies to CPS students for every order over $27, said founder Steven Dyme. The seeds of Flowers for Dreams started when Dyme was just a college student. Dyme was introduced to the flower industry by his roommate at the University of Wisconsin and had his first experiment in floral sales the summer after his freshman year when he attempted to sell 300 rose bouquets in Chicago. Dyme and several acquaintances traveled to schools throughout the Chicago area to sell the bouquets at commencement ceremonies. The project failed. “We did terribly,� he said. “A ton of our product spoiled, and I thought, ‘This was a nice visit to the flower industry, but I’m going to move on.’� Still, Dyme said he kept coming back to the
idea of selling bouquets at events where people would really need them, like ceremonies. Dyme revived the business, which he called Lakeshore Roses, and made contracts with local dance studios, so when he sold bouquets at recitals, the studios would get some of the profit. This business model, however, still failed, and Dyme said he knew that consumers needed a more compelling reason to buy flowers. Dyme then decided to partner with his childhood friend Hiro Kawashima, a nowNorthwestern alum who co-founded Supplies for Dreams, a nonprofit organization that supplies CPS students with supplies and support to succeed in school. Dyme started the Roses for Dreams initiative, an earlier version of Flowers for Dreams. After graduating a year early, Dyme officially started Flowers for Dreams in March 2012. DePaul University student Andrew Desmarais, who worked at Flowers for Dreams last summer, said he hopes to continue working there after graduating. Desmarais said he was attracted to the business because it combines a sensible model with a commitment to serving the local community. “I think the business scheme is kind of brilliant,� Desmarais said. “You buy bouquets for
celebration and then that profit goes into giving backpacks and supplies for kids in need.� Today, Flowers for Dreams operates as a socially conscious, for-profit business. For every order sold over $27, Flowers for Dreams will donate a backpack to CPS students, Dyme said. This initiative culminated in Build A Backpack Day in August, when Dyme’s organization partnered with Supplies for Dreams to package nearly 1,800 backpacks for CPS students. Flowers for Dreams contributed 50 percent of the funds for the backpacks created this year. Supplies for Dreams currently partners with three CPS schools, providing them with backpacks, school supplies and field trips to Chicago museums, as well as mentoring from and tutoring with Northwestern students. Edward Roberge, who works for Supplies for Dreams, said that the group proves that college students really can make a difference. “Supplies for Dreams was created in the belief that college students can make a difference,� the SESP sophomore said. “And Steven (Dyme) and Flowers for Dreams have been a huge asset in making that happen.�
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iGEM team advances again to international contest By flora sun
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For the second year in a row, Northwestern’s International Genetically Engineered Machine (iGEM) team advanced to the World Championship Jamboree after winning a gold medal at the regional competition. The Jamboree, an international competition held Nov. 2 through 5 in Cambridge, Mass., involves undergraduate student teams building biological systems over the summer from a kit of parts. “It is really cool to attend such a big international competition,” Weinberg junior Sarah Hartman said. “It feels good to present our ‘baby’ to people there, and it is great walking around and talking to other teams (from) all around the world.” NU advanced to the international competition after securing a gold medal in the American East
region in mid-October. A total of 190 teams registered for iGEM 2012, and 72 teams advanced to the world championship. This year, NU’s team focused on iron deficiency anaemia, one of the three main nutrient deficiency disorders listed by the World Health Organization. NU’s iGEM team attempted to create a probiotic yogurt for breaking down digestive acids, which would release iron stores into the body. The group tried to create a low-cost solution to help prevent iron deficiencies with the intent of distributing the yogurt to people in developing countries. “The key to iGEM is showing that compared with other alternatives, biological system is the best solution to the problem you work on,” said McCormick Prof. Joshua Leonard, advisor of NU’s iGEM team. “The existing method for iron deficiency is expensive and hard to distribute, so we try to produce an inexpensive, self-sustaining biological approach which can be popularized on a large scale.”
The international competition was founded in 2009, and NU’s iGEM team has competed every year since 2010. NU’s team was awarded gold medals at the 2011 and 2012 competitions and advanced to the Jamboree in both years. Last year, the team won Best Model for the 2011 American regional jamboree. The team started this year’s project last spring quarter, when they began brainstorming ideas, Weinberg sophomore Lajja Patel said. After receiving their competition kit at the end of June, students worked on the project from midJuly through October, she said. The team met with advisers regularly for feedback on the feasibility of the project and potential challenges. “The biggest challenge for us probably is time,” Patel said. “We had not finalized our idea until midJuly, which is pretty late.” Hartman said the team did not place at the international level because its project ultimately did not
get the intended results. The group would have been more successful if it could have tested the solution on sample groups, she said. In addition to Patel and Hartman, NU’s team this year consists of McCormick junior Mike Kenton, McCormick sophomore Grant Nicholas, McCormick sophomore Brian Tang, Weinberg senior Tae Seong and Weinberg junior Yuan Tao. Leonard said advisors try to make the team interdisciplinary, with a balance between engineering and science. He said one unique aspect of NU’s team is the incorporation of quantitative modeling into the project, completed by students with an engineering background. Students majoring in biology have a richer understanding of biological systems and can more easily identify the opportunity at the early stage, he said. zhousun2012@u.northwestern.edu
NU brings on firm to create campus housing master plan By Junnie Kwon
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The University has hired a program management firm to help define the direction of on-campus housing for the next ten years. Residential Services contacted Brailsford & Dunlavey early this year to create a report of recommendations for university housing called the Housing Master Plan. The plan covers multiple aspects of residential life, from reviews on current housing environments to reports on countrywide trends on college campuses, said Paul Riel, executive director of Residential Services. The plan will also include guidelines for future construction and renovation. He called the report in progress “a fairly ambitious document, a road map for the next 10 to 20 years.”
University President Morton Schapiro reemphasized to The Daily on Monday his interest in adding 1,000 beds to undergraduate housing, focusing on apartment-style rooms for juniors and seniors similar to Kemper Hall. Part of B&D’s research includes studying the offcampus housing market to ensure that on-campus residential options remain reasonable and competitive, Riel said. To create the plan, the firm is currently compiling information in two phases: fact-finding, which includes details about facility infrastructure, and student input, which involves B&D staff talking to students in focus groups, according to Riel. To make sure the focus groups accurately represent the student body, Mary Goldenberg, director of Residential Life, helped B&D choose participants from various student organizations, said Riel. “We’re talking to graduate students, fraternity students, new students, on-campus students, off-
campus students to make sure what we’re gathering is a fair representation of student desires for what they want on campus,” Riel said. “For a slice of pizza, spend an hour with us.” The firm made its first campus visit last May to host the initial round of focus groups. One group consisted of presidents from residential colleges and members of the Residential College Board. Three B&D staff members mediated the discussion and asked the students about their opinions and preferences for the future. “It was not just for show,” said Tyler Rehak, Weinberg junior and president of CCS who participated in the group. “They were definitely considering our opinions and getting our suggestions down.” One of the recommendations the students gave was to improve the housing website to include insightful details beyond how many rooms each residential college had, said RCB president Miranda Zhao.
“Even though it was only an hour, it gave us an opportunity to speak about what we wanted,” the Weinberg junior said. “I don’t know what happened in the end, but I do know that it was really nice of them to invite us.” The B&D staff returned to campus in October and interviewed five focus groups last week. This is Residential Services’ first time collaborating with B&D and conducting a study as extensive as the master plan in the last decade, Riel estimated. The same company is currently conducting a study on Norris University Center and its future possibilities. “You wouldn’t want to do these every year because you wouldn’t want to change your plan as it got started,” Riel said. Moving forward, B&D plans to send out a campus-wide survey in the next two months. junniekwon2015@u.northwestern.edu
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Good news as we elect pragmatism over ideology Yoni muller
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The last year was a political rollercoaster nobody could get off of, and everybody was tall enough to ride. Although there were points where we were stuck, where we were horrified and where we felt like throwing up, last night’s culmination made it all worthwhile. The big news of the night was obviously the re-election of President Barack Obama. As a native Floridian who didn’t vote because my absentee ballot didn’t get here on time but would have voted for Obama, I can take joy in two things: people were chanting “four more years” in Chicago instead of “four new years” in Boston, and my entire state didn’t affect the outcome at all, so I can have peace of mind in my faux pas. Barack Obama is not a perfect president, not by a long shot. (Teddy Roosevelt and Abraham Lincoln are the only ones to get that honor in my book.) He’s made his share of disagreeable decisions, such as extending unemployment benefits to two years and failing to pass any sort of immigration reform.
However, his fair record and exceptional character speak for themselves. Obama has lead the country through more than two and a half years of uninterrupted job creation, saved the auto industry in a way that Mitt Romney’s bankruptcy plan wouldn’t and had a slew of foreign relations achievements. Most importantly, he has fought for the American middle class every single day he was in office and for years before that. He’s the first sitting president to endorse gay marriage, he passed the Affordable Care Act to help the 40 million of us without insurance, and he increased access to affordable student loans and grants — and this is all just in his presidency. Before he even became a senator, Barack Obama was an Ivy League graduate and community organizer on top of the world who chose to empower Chicago residents through education. Barack Obama has his flaws as president, but his sincere compassion and determination to help 100 percent of Americans — not just 53 percent — is what made Tuesday night such an important victory. Additionally, there were plenty of other races that went largely under the radar but deserve every bit as much recognition as the presidential race. If these elections showed us anything, it’s that pragmatism and ideas are much more important than strict ideology.
We saw independent candidate Angus King win a seat as a senator from Maine, and both Richard Mourdock and Todd Akin lost their elections to more moderate candidates with a better understanding of rape and its consequences. Orrin Hatch unsurprisingly won re-election, and Rep. Richard Hanna (R-N.Y.) were decidedly re-elected as well. (Yeah, I like Republicans, too. See, bipartisanship?) Of course, that’s not to say there were no letdowns. Scott Brown failed to win re-election, which is a shame given his successful and surprisingly pragmatic record. Other candidates who unfortunately suffered defeat were Michele Bachmann’s opponent Jim Graves, and Heather Wilson, the Rhodes Scholar Republican who ran for Senate in New Mexico. (Vermont also re-elected a socialist. Oops.) However, the most highprofile extremist candidates were largely shut out of office, and instead a slew of practical candidates willing to compromise found some room in the Capitol. And of course, what would an election night be without some great state amendments and referenda to top everything off? Four states had votes dealing with gay marriage, and all four voted in a way that supports marriage equality. Maine became the first state ever to legalize gay marriage
through a popular vote (kudos to Maine; between that and King, they were clearly on top of their game yesterday), and Washington and Maryland soon followed. Additionally, Florida rejected a proposal to ban state funding for abortions, and Maryland will now allow the children of undocumented workers to pay in-state tuition. Oh, and Colorado and Washington legalized recreational marijuana for people 21 or older, but those who were most interested in that are more likely to smoke this paper than read it. All in all, last night was a game changer. Not only did Americas make the right choice in re-electing President Obama, but they also did so in a slew of state and local elections as well. Voters successfully fought back against the stringent ideologies of both the Tea Party and the more liberal Democrats and may very possibly have started reversing the trend in party polarity, instead choosing to vote for solutions and teamwork that can actually move this country forward. It was a great night to be an American, and it should lead to many more great days and nights to come. Yoni Muller is a Weinberg sophomore. He can be reached at jonathanmuller2015@u.northwestern.edu. If you would like to respond publicly to this column, email a Letter to the Editor to forum@dailynorthwestern.com.
In Sandy’s wake, never has a marathon been so important meredith goodman
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“Never has a sporting event been less important,” exclaimed Christine Brennan, a USA Today sports writer, writing to persuade Mayor Michael Bloomberg and marathon director Mary Wittenberg to cancel the 2012 New York City Marathon. The yearly marathon, which was canceled shortly after Brennan’s article was written, was unfortunately scheduled less than a week after Superstorm Sandy crushed parts of the Northeast. I will admit that I probably would not have cared about the New York City Marathon unless it was canceled. But I could not stop thinking about one of the country’s major sporting events, held every year since 1970, being flat-out canceled on a moment’s notice, not even postponed. This same marathon was even held less than two months after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. I begrudgingly agree that Bloomberg and Wittenberg made the right call regarding the marathon. As much as I wanted to see this glorious tradition of a sporting event occur
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in Manhattan, it would be wrong to divert much-needed personnel, especially firefighters and police, to monitoring the marathon. The hundreds of generators needed to run the administrative tents of the marathon officials were instead used to power homes and schools in the hardest hit areas of Manhattan and the surrounding boroughs. At the same time, however, the $340 million dollars in revenue that the city receives annually from the marathon will be sorely missed. Many small businesses around Manhattan, such as hotels, restaurants and even bars, rely on the marathon to bring in major business during the weekend, and they took a direct financial hit as a result of the cancelation. There is also the question of how to repay the thousands of marathoners stranded in New York City over the weekend, having already paid their expensive registration fees. But just because a sporting event has been canceled does not make it “less important” or irrelevant. In fact, cancelation of this grand event can only make it more notorious and significant in the overall history of the New York City Marathon. A great parallel to the cancelation of the marathon is the various cancelations and boycotts of the Olympic Games. Do you remember superstar athlete Jim Thorpe
earning gold medals in the pentathlon and decathlon during the 1912 Summer Olympic Games, only to have them stripped away when he revealed himself as a former professional minor league baseball player? hile you may not remember this essential tidbit of American Olympic history, I am sure you can recall that the 1916 Olympics were set to occur in Berlin but were canceled because of World War I. The 1980s was an exceptional period of American Olympic history. Track star Carl Lewis won four gold metals, Mary Lou Retton swept five gymnastics medals and the USA beat the Soviet Union in a “miracle” of a hockey game. Yet that notorious 1980 Olympics blank spot, when President Jimmy Carter boycotted the Moscow Games because of Cold War tensions, will continue to stare us in the face for the remainder of Olympic history. This phenomenon also occurs in pro and college sports. Do you associate Southern Methodist University football with its greatest players, Eric Dickerson and Craig James, and the “Pony Express” offense? Or do you recall the infamous “Death Penalty” handed to SMU when it was forced to completely stop football for two years? Coming from a state that completely shuts down if there is a half-inch of snow, I know
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almost nothing about hockey or the NHL. But even I know about the 2004-2005 NHL lockout season, the first time an American professional sports league completely shut down due to labor strikes. If you were to place all of the Stanley Cups in a museum, I would focus on the 2004-2005 Stanley Cup that reads “Season Not Played.” Americans and marathon runners and spectators should allow themselves to grieve at the loss of a significant sporting event. Try telling a 2012 New York City Marathon participant the race they trained years for and spent thousands of dollars on “has never been less important.” Yes, the right call was made to shut down the marathon regarding the aftermath of Sandy, but that does not mean that the canceled New York City Marathon is any less important in the minds of sports fans. I will probably never learn the names of even the most famous past winners of this historic sporting event, yet I will always be able to remember how the entire city of New York lost the marathon in 2012. Meredith Goodman is a Weinberg sophomore. She can be reached at meredithgoodman2015@u.northwestern.edu. If you would like to respond publicly to this column, email a Letter to the Editor to forum@dailynorthwestern.com.
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Physicists talk Higgs boson discovery NU profs, scientists discuss significance of findings, particle’s unique properties By David Friedman
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The recent discovery of the Higgs boson is one of the most important scientific achievements made so far this century, and more than 100 students and community members gathered Wednesday to hear Northwestern professors and CERN researches discuss the finding. CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research, is one of the world’s largest research organizations, focusing on the investigation of particle physics. Prof. Michael Schmitt, who worked with Fermilab before joining the Compact Muon Solenoid experiment at CERN, explained the origins of the Higgs boson to the audience in the McCormick Auditorium in Norris University Center. “All matter is made of fundamental particles,” Schmitt said. “What makes the Higgs so special is that it’s in a category all by itself. It has connections with bosons, force carriers and fermions, which carry matter.”
Schmitt said the resulting Higgs force field is unique because it is everywhere and exists even in a perfect vacuum where other forces do not. “The Higgs particle is a bump that propagates in a Higgs field,” Schmitt said. “It’s like if you hit the top of a drum, and it reverberates. We measure those theoretical reverberations.” CERN experimentalist Mayda Velasco described the procedure CERN uses to isolate and identify Higgs bosons. “We take hydrogen atoms, take off an electron, then accelerate the resulting protons to 3000 times heavier than usual and collide them at different locations in the LHC (Large Hadron Collider), where the results are measured,” Velasco said. The LHC is a massive, 27-kilometer long circular track 300 feet below the CERN laboratory in Geneva, Switzerland. Each piece of the LHC weighs between 100 and 2,000 tons and has to be lowered by crane. The detectors used in experiments are five stories high and have to record collisions with at least 99 percent accuracy to be useful. Velasco, who works on the empirical side of LHC research, clarified how Higgs reactions are measured. “Imagine two big laser beams colliding,” she said. “For every 10 to the 12th interactions, there are only 10 million interesting interactions and
100 Higgs reactions, and even among those, we have to find the cleanest, which are very, very rare. From that number, we get only two photons, or one interaction.” Physics Prof. Frank Petriello, a theoretical particle physicist, explained how the nature of the Higgs boson is still unknown. “There are aspects of What makes the the Higgs that puzzle us,” Petriello said. “Its Higgs so special mass was supposed to be much heavier, 100 is that it’s in a times heavier, category all by million than what we’ve actuitself. ally measured. One theory about the reaMichael Schmitt, sons for this is called physics professor super-symmetry, but that might take a while to prove.” Theorist and physics Prof. Andre de Gouvea illustrated the theory of super-symmetry. “Super-symmetry tries to help us understand the new particle we’ve found,” de Gouvea said. “It also predicts other particles, which we should start seeing soon … within five to 10 years. Even if we don’t find anything else in the meantime, this experiment will tell us something.”
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EvanstARTs, a joint community initiative to develop the arts in Evanston, will close its online survey on local arts experiences at midnight Monday. The project is the first collaboration between the City of Evanston, the Evanston Community Foundation and the Evanston Arts Council to examine the arts scene in Evanston and identify economic opportunities in the arts, according to a city news release. It aims to produce policy recommendations that “foster a more dynamic and coordinated climate for the arts in Evanston,” according to the EvanstARTs website. A 2005 study by the Evanston Community Foundation found that Evanston’s nonprofit creative community contributes about $25 million in direct economic benefits to the city and about $89 million in indirect benefits. The first phase of the project, which began in September, consisted of five public hearings and the online survey to gather input on arts and culture, according to the EvanstARTs website. In the second phase, the project work group will develop a longterm plan to integrate the arts into overall city planning efforts. The project work group will share the preliminary findings and recommendations with the public at two open community meetings this month. It will release a complete study with policy and program recommendations in January, according to the news release.
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NU-Q partners with film festival COMEDY! By Jeanne Kuang
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Northwestern’s campus in Doha, Qatar, plans to support filmmakers and media students in this year’s Doha Tribeca Film Festival, the University announced Saturday. NU-Q will collaborate with the festival’s host, the Doha Film Institute, a local organization dedicated to expanding the film industry in Qatar. The festival runs Nov. 17 through 24, and members of the NU-Q community will participate in events throughout the week. In an NU news release, NU-Q Dean and CEO Everette Dennis said the University and Doha Film Institute “both want to understand, develop, and support the growing creative and media industries in Qatar.” During the festival, they plan to do so with a film showcase co-hosted by NU called “Made in
Qatar.” Starting Nov. 18, the festival will screen 19 movies produced by local filmmakers, including the feature-length “Lyrics Revolt,” which was selected from more than 70 submissions as the opening piece. “Lyrics Revolt,” is one of four “Made in Qatar” films produced by NU-Q alumni. Other NU-Q films include “Bader,” “Ghazil - The Story of Rashed and Jawaher” and “Brains of Empowerment,” which Amna Saleh Al-khalaf made during her time at NU-Q. NU-Q faculty members will also participate in panels and discussions during the festival. Medill Prof. Justin Martin will be a panelist following a screening of “Valentino’s Ghost,” which is about western media coverage of Muslims and Arabs. Martin said he will join another faculty member and the film’s director to “discuss and critique” the film, as well as answer audience questions. Filmmakers appearing at the festival will visit the NU-Q campus to share their experiences
with students as part of the “Lunch with the Pros” series. Robb Wood, special advisor to the CEO, said students from the university and the Doha Film Institute have often been in unofficial collaboration, and the partnership will institutionalize those ties. The festival will also give NU-Q students more opportunities to engage in local culture. Dennis said in the release that he hopes the festival “will inaugurate a larger, long-term partnership between the two organizations.” Martin said he believes the partnership is a significant effort to encourage student engagement outside of Education City, exposing NU-Q students to the work of Qatari filmmakers, as well as filmmakers from around the Arab world. “These kinds of initiatives ... give (NU-Q) students a gentle nudge into the community,” he said.
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City questions necessity of new position By Manuel Rapada
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After Evanston aldermen questioned last week the need to create a new crisis intervention coordinator position, at least one member of the city’s Mental Health Board expressed similar concerns. “For me, they never documented a clear need to have that position,” board member John Barfield told The Daily on Wednesday. “It’s not clear why the city manager wanted the position.” At last week’s budget presentation to the Evanston City Council, city manager Wally Bobkiewicz said the proposed budget set aside $85,000, or 10 months of funding, for a new crisis intervention coordinator. Ald. Jane Grover (7th) said Wednesday the new position would help connect residents to the services they need in the community. However, at last week’s meeting, Ald. Ann Rainey (8th) called the funding, which represents less than 0.1 percent of the proposed fiscal year 2013 budget,
“one of the few mistakes in this budget.” The city already funds 10 to 20 organizations that are all somehow involved in crisis intervention counseling, Rainey said. Barfield said he agreed “wholeheartedly” that nonprofits can handle the responsibilities of a crisis intervention coordinator. Ald. Coleen Burrus (9th) asked Bobkiewicz if the city explored reaching out to nonprofits on a contract basis similar to how the city works with the Youth Job Center. The addition to the city’s budget came from discussions between Bobkiewicz and members of the Mental Health Board, the city manager said during last week’s presentation. Bobkiewicz said the board had requested a three-member team, but Barfield said Wednesday there was not a clear consensus from members that this position was necessary. Other members of the Mental Health Board could not immediately be reached. Although aldermen agreed there was a need for helping residents access services, the questions they raised centered on whether this should be the
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Symphonic Wind Ensemble Pick-Staiger, 7:30 p.m. $6/4
Bienen Contemporary/Early Vocal Ensemble Pick-Staiger, 7:30 p.m. $6/4
Mallory Thompson, conductor Richard Strauss, Suite in B-flat Steven Bryant, Concerto for Wind Ensemble
Bastianello and Lucrezia Cahn, 7:30 p.m. $8/4 Michael M. Ehrman, director Music by John Musto (Bastianello) and William Bolcom (Lucrezia) Librettos by Mark Campbell Meet-the-composers Q&A after both performances! Two delightful English-language chamber operas, performed with two-piano accompaniment, take a lighthearted look at love and marriage. Join us for the first fully staged production of this acclaimed new double bill!
Donald Nally, conductor The Bienen School’s newest ensemble will focus on the greatest and most creative of contemporary choral music while making connections to the Renaissance and Baroque.
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THE CURRENT Your weekly dose of arts and entertainment • Thursday, November 8, 2012
Community ‘Engagement’ Northwestern alumnus Jon Lefkovitz makes second feature film When Jon Lefkovitz (Communication ‘05) made his first feature film, he was a senior working on “Movie Boy,” a largely autobiographical story about a young man who wants so badly to become a filmmaker he neglects everything and everyone else in his life. Anthony C. Kuhnz (Communication ‘05), who was the first friend Lefkovitz made at Northwestern, worked as the film’s cinematographer, and friend Eric Hoyt (Communication ’05) served as their producer. Lefkovitz’s second feature film, “Engagement,” is entirely different in genre, though much like “Movie Boy” in other aspects. The unrated, independent psycho-thriller examines devotion, desire and delusion through the twisted tale of Henry and his fiancee Carolyn, played by NU alumni Andrew Perez (Communication ‘05) and Erika Rankin (Communication ‘09). After Carolyn leaves town to help her mother cope with a death, her neverbefore-mentioned twin sister Laura visits the couple’s California home, staying with Henry while she begins to pursue a career in acting. Laura’s mysterious appearance and allure cause Henry to question if Carolyn actually has a twin or if she’s making it all up to test his fidelity. As Henry investigates, his emotions escalate, an experience Lefkovitz is also familiar with, but on a different level. “It was the summer of 2009 and my fiancee at the time, now my wife … went away for six weeks and so I started thinking, I started getting all these different ideas for movies,” Lefkovitz said. “I was kind of alone in the apartment and the loneliness started getting to me, and you know, the imagination just started running wild.” With the help of a cast and crew made up almost entirely of NU alumni, Lefkovitz was able to make his loneliness- and Hitchcock-inspired idea come to life. Those involved include lead actors Perez and Rankin and supporting actor Bob Turton (Communication ’05), associate producer and Lefkovitz’s wife Talia Stol (Weinberg ‘06), production designer Kyle Smith (Communication ’06), casting director Hannah Flint (Communication ’05), story consultant Ben Gross (Weinberg ’05) and title designer Nate DeYoung (Communication ’05). Even Kuhnz, cinematographer for “Movie Boy,” had the same role in “Engagement.” As the film’s writer, director, editor and scorer, Lefkovitz and his crew worked on a $5,000 microbudget to shoot the
feature in just 10 days over the course of a month, filming each weekend in Lefkovitz’s apartment, which doubled as the set. Although Lefkovitz, who works as a freelance editor by day and an independent writer by night, had a clear vision for “Engagement,” the film definitely does not lack mystery. It shows a dark, obsessive side to romantic relationships. “It’s all about whether or not he really is crazy,” Lefkovitz said. “It’s really inviting the audience to make their own interpretations, to make their own theories about whether or not Henry is imagining this other person, and of course there is a pretty solid answer, but at the same time, how much of the film is real is up for debate.” Some who have seen “Engagement” have sent Lefkovitz messages asking about the ambiguous ending or offering their own opinion, which he sometimes passes along to the rest of the cast and crew. But even Perez and Rankin weren’t let in on all of Lefkovitz’s secrets. “Even when we were filming it and Andrew and I would have opinions as to what was happening, Jon would be like ‘OK, alright,’ — he would just kind of like silently listen to us,” said Rankin, who played both Carolyn and Laura. “He really did not want to tell anyone what he really thought was happening even though he wrote it.” “Engagement,” which was released this summer online and on video on demand, was inspired by a real-life event, but turned into something much more abstract. “Movie Boy,” however, Lefkovitz said he is embarrassed to admit, is based on events that actually happened to him. “‘Movie Boy’ is pretty much the polar opposite of ‘Engagement.’ It’s a comingof-age, bittersweet comedy,” Lefkovitz said. Regardless, neither film would have happened if it weren’t for Kuhnz. When he and Lefkovitz met at NU, they bonded over their similar tastes in movies and music, practically lived in Block Cinema and worked on many student films together before leaving campus. One of those films, which Lefkovitz co-wrote with Kuhnz for a class, even featured Perez. Lefkovitz and Kuhnz both said they work so well together because very little needs to be stated between them. Oftentimes, they are already on the same wavelength. Kuhnz also said Lefkovitz’s
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coming together The cast and crew of “Engagement”: lead actors Erika Rankin and Andrew Perez, Jon Lefkovitz, associate producer Talia Stol, producer Stephen Paratore, production designer Kyle Smith, assistant camera Brendan Maghran and cinematographer Anthony C. Kuhnz.
positive energy and “take no prisoners” attitude not only inspires him, but everyone else they work with. “His own passion, it all rubs off on everybody else, and you all work together and you feel like you’re a team and we’re all friends,” Kuhnz said. Although almost seven years have passed since the premiere of “Movie Boy,” the similarities between it and “Engagement” are striking: Both were inspired to some extent by events in Lefkovitz’s life, both were shot in the same number of days on the same budget, and Kuhnz (as well as Stol, who had just begun dating Lefkovitz during the production of “Movie Boy”) was by Lefkovitz’s side through each of them. Even Smith, the production designer for “Engagement,” was working at Block the night “Movie Boy” debuted. While Lefkovitz still has plans in the works for “Engagement,” he and Kuhnz are also planning their next film together, an experimental, unconventional biopic about a famous historical figure they plan to shoot in the next
few months. Perez is going to play a supporting role in the biopic alongside friend Dillon Porter (Communication ’06), another NU alumnus who is also working with Perez on a screenplay, a dramatic adventure about two brothers who go to Colombia after their father passes away. As Lefkovitz puts it, “the collaboration continues.” However, just like the stories Lefkovitz tells don’t begin and end on the silver screen, the relationship between these NU alumni isn’t just one of collaboration. It’s hard to keep straight who is doing what in whose movie. There’s “Movie Boy,” “Engagement” and the upcoming biopic — all Lefkovitz’s films — but it doesn’t end there. Turton was in “Engagement,” “Movie Boy” and Smith’s film “Turkey Bowl.” Smith introduced “Movie Boy” at its debut, worked on “Engagement” and is going to come back for the biopic. There’s Porter’s and Perez’s involvement in Lefkovitz’s films, and in their own — and of course, Lefkovitz and Kuhnz’s alliance. Although their interconnectedness is so
WHAT TO DO THIS WEEKEND Friday What: National Novel Writing Month
Lock-In When: 6 p.m. to 6 a.m. Where: StoryStudio Chicago, 4043 N. Ravenswood, Suite 222 Cost: $15 November is National Novel Writing Month, and the NaNoWriMo Writing Lock-In gives writers the chance to continue working on their manuscripts, meet people and eat snacks.
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What: Fall Dance Concert When: 8 to 10 p.m. Where: Marjorie Ward Marshall
What: “You Can’t Take it With You” When: 2 to 4:30 p.m. Where: Barber Theater Cost: $10 for students and $25 for
Dance Center Cost: $5 for students and $10 for general admission Northwestern dance students choreographed this dance series, presented by the New Movement Project. Shows continue through Nov. 17.
general public Enjoy the play of “You Can’t Take it With You,” written by George Kaufman and Moss Hart. Shows continue through Nov. 18. — Annie Bruce
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intricate it’s hard to detail completely, Lefkovitz has only good things to say about everyone he works with and simplifies it to: “There’s a lot of overlap in our projects.” “The ensemble is such a beautiful thing,” Perez said. “It’s been nice to feel that Jon trusts me with his characters and that I am excited to act in his movies, and then along the way, we get to know other people, some of them went to the same school at the same time and … I think it’s a great way to go about things. The individual way is also something that we all do, but I think that it’s even more powerful to kind of rise up with the people that you love and believe in.” Although the tagline for “Engagement” boasts “Commitment can be murder,” commitment and collaboration can combine to be something else entirely — community. April McFadden contributed reporting. — Megan Patsavas
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Dance Marathon named Weinberg juniors Demetri Elias and Chloe Woodhouse its 2013 emcees Sunday. Although the big night (and day, and then night again) is four months away, that doesn’t mean DM excitement isn’t already sweeping campus. Elias and Woodhouse sat down with The Current to talk about their job description (to keep you pumped up for those 30 sleepless-yet-invigorating hours), why they love DM and their secrets to staying awake. Excerpts:
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Governor Chris Christie of New Jersey, the state hit hardest by Superstorm Sandy, is probably Bruce Springsteen’s biggest fan – he has seen “The Boss” in concert more than 130 times. But Springsteen, Jersey’s favorite son, has ignored the Republican governor until recently. Last Friday at a benefit to raise money for the victims of Sandy, Springsteen hugged Governor Christie and said (according to Christie), “It’s official, we’re friends,” which moved Christie to tears. The Daily and Current staffers respond: “Aren’t there other things happening?” – Katy Vogt “Christie/Springsteen 2016 ticket, anybody?” – Kaitlyn Jakola “These are Christie’s ‘Glory Days.’” – Stephanie Haines “Springsteen’s bodyguards, take him out! – Alison Abrams “Christie’s ‘Countin’ on a Miracle.’” – Kelsey Ott
Demetri Elias: I’m a junior here at Northwestern. I took a gap year before coming here, which I spent traveling and doing community service in different places. I worked in an orphanage in India, coached soccer in Ghana, helped build houses with Habitat for Humanity in New Orleans and worked with sea turtles in Greece, so I really like to do community service. I really like to do fun, crazy stuff like DM. I’ve been to La Tomatina, which is a giant tomato fight in Spain and to Thai New Year’s, which is a giant water fight. Dance Marathon really brings my two loves of giving back to the community and doing crazy festival, partying stuff together. Chloe Woodhouse: I’m also a junior and I have traveled a lot as well. I did a lot of community service in high school. I worked in New Orleans over a summer to help with (Hurricane) Katrina relief. I was living in a dairy farming village in Costa Rica for about a month and doing some community work down there. I think the thing that’s great about Dance Marathon, besides its charity work, is how unbelievably inspiring it is to see people on campus all sharing a common goal. It really brings out the best qualities of Northwestern students. The Current: What made you decide to apply to be an emcee?
Demetri Elias and Chloe Woodhouse DM 2013 emcees DE: I applied last year and didn’t get it, and then I was on the Dancer Relations committee last year and I really had a great time pumping people up. I had really crazy costumes and I had a lot of fun interacting with the dancers. CW: Last year I was group head for Willard. It was a really rewarding experience, especially at the end when I was with my whole group and we found out the final total together and we were jumping up and down and crying and hugging each other. I have some theater and public speaking experience, so I knew I could be in front of a large crowd. I feel really passionately about DM and its cause and how it brings the campus together. The Current: What does this year’s charity (The Danny Did Foundation) mean to you? CW: The Danny Did Foundation is something that’s very personal to both of us. I worked at the University of Chicago hospital last year with a team of epilepsy researchers, so this is something that really hits home for me. DE: I had an aunt die of epilepsy and my uncle has epilepsy now. It’s cool to work with Danny Did because it deals with seizure prevention and detection so I’m really excited that I can help out. The Current: What are some of
your favorite memories from previous Dance Marathons? DE: Being a part of the dancer relations committee was really fun. Everyone on the committee is really exciting and weird and wacky and fun. We had to stand by the tunnel and cheer people on between blocks and I would stand on top of garbage cans and bang on the walls and ceiling and it was just cool to pump people up. CW: Last year when we were dancing, they were playing “The Circle of Life” and everyone got really into it all of a sudden. There was this one kid who was wearing yellow pants and a
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team chlemetri Weinberg juniors Demetri Elias and Chloe Woodhouse will use their energy and passion for the Danny Did Foundation to keep dancers excited as emcees during Dance Marathon 2013.
yellow hoodie and he got up onstage and everyone just picked him up and held him up a la “The Lion King” when Simba is held up at the opening. Everyone was just so into it and laughing, pretending to be elephants and giraffes, so it was probably one of my favorite memories from Dance Marathon.
The Current: What are your secrets for when you start to get tired during DM? DE: I’m just gonna be dancing. I
don’t get tired. CW: When certain songs come on I’m like, “Yes! This is my jam,” and I think being up on the stage, we will feed off the energy of the people around us. Throughout the year we’ll be working with the Danny Did Foundation and I think when we’re onstage, thinking about those families whose lives are going to change will be enough to keep us going. — Laken Howard
Quirky questions with... No Fun Mud Piranhas
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Playful piranhas Weinberg senior Tim White and Medill senior Matthew Hays speak at a recent No Fun Mud Piranhas meeting. White and Hays are reviving the improv group that both David Schwimmer and Stephen Colbert participated in during their time at Northwestern.
No Fun Mud Piranhas — once a student club in which David Schwimmer (Communication ‘88) and Stephen Colbert (Communication ‘86) participated — provides an accessible outlet for hopeful comedians who haven’t had the opportunity to join The Titanic Players or Mee-Ow. Medill senior Matthew Hays and Weinberg senior Tim White recently revived the improv group in hopes that No Fun Mud Piranhas will become self-sustaining, with more experienced students coaching newcomers, who in turn later become coaches themselves. The pair took some
time to answer The Current’s quirky questions after the group’s improv classes commenced earlier this week.
The Current: Who is your favorite
comedian?
Matthew Hays: Probably Mike
Birbiglia.
Tim White: Bill Hicks.
The Current: Why did you decide to revive No Fun Mud Piranhas? MH: I was upset because we selected nine new people for Titanic and four new people for Mee-Ow, so that’s 13
people with the opportunity to do improv, and there’s just no other outlet that’s free and and close on campus for all these other people who were very talented and very passionate about it. Now we have 100 people starting up improv classes. TW: There’s a sort of a duopoly on improv on campus, and we felt like, after seeing Open Gym and auditions and seeing how many talented people there were, we just wanted to give another space to people who really wanted to do improv ... for free. In a place like Northwestern, there should be these free opportunities to do comedy, especially in a place that’s so close to Chicago.
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MH: This is terrible, I don’t even know if you’ll be able to print this: Louis C.K. has this joke and he says, “You can tell how terrible a person you are if you take the time it took after 9/11 for you to masturbate,” and Louis C.K. said he masturbated before the second tower went down. TW: I actually like “Why did the chicken cross the road?” just because there’s a second meaning to it, which I think is interesting. The Current: What’s the funniest movie you’ve ever seen? MH: “Step Brothers.”
TW: “Trading Places.” The Current: What type of Asian cuisine do you like best? MH: Both my roommates are Asian and they always make fried rice for me, so fried rice. TW: Korean food. The Current: Describe in one sentence your first improv experience. MH: A girl rubbed her fake penis. This was in an Open Gym. TW: I awkwardly practiced with a friend in a field. The Current: Do you prefer regular Coke, Diet or Zero? MH: Zero, because I don’t drink soda. TW: Zero. The Current: What was your most embarrassing experience on stage? MH: I try not to get embarrassed on stage, but probably at Mee-Ow, though. It’s really easy to step out at Mee-Ow and just flub a joke, and I’ve done that many times. TW: I was convinced by my high school improv troupe to do this opening to the show where they played “Oops! ... I Did It Again,” and they had me lip sync and dance to the whole thing. — James Bien
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Baby, it’s cold outside I remember reading College Prowler before coming to Northwestern and can still recall one gentleman’s assessment of the female population here: “Between October and May, I tend to forget attractive girls exist, but as soon as the weather turns nice, they emerge.” Our nearsighted friend obviously didn’t know what he was missing, but I can’t help but agree with part of his point: In the winter months at least, it’s often difficult to appreciate anything other than how much revenue North Face must be accumulating from our peers’ brand loyalty. Complaining about NU’s dating scene is just about as common as groaning about the weather, but it’s probably easier to improve your attitude toward the latter. You’d think rain, wind and snow would be aesthetically disastrous, with pallor, wind chap and watering eyes, but I like to refer instead to the glow only being outside in breathlessly cold climates can lend you — that breakfast-cereal air of health
Truman Capote’s narrator admired in everyone’s favorite real phony, Holly Golightly. It might be a bit delusional, but any chill is more bearable when you imagine you’re living a Ralph Lauren advertisement: all rosy cheeks, red and black buffalo check, snuggly jumpers and running hand-in-hand through apple orchards. No matter how appealing an editorial might make wearing an evening gown in a blizzard look, even I’ll say it’s simply foolish to completely neglect safety for style. So how do you stay bundled up but not bulky? Proportion play is the antidote to looking like the more compact cousin of the Michelin Man. If you’re wearing an XXL sweater under a voluminous 800-fill down puffer, your bottom half better be streamlined. Volume on volume is slightly trickier, but I think you can get away with both a top and skirt that stand away from the body if you cinch your waist, and the skirt is as mini as you dare to go. Remember this fashion axiom: the lumpier the knit, the higher the hemline. Now, about bare legs in an arctic environment: As someone with an immunity to the cold comparable to that of a certain Vogue Nippon editor, I rarely check the weather when I get dressed in the morning. Why bother when all you have to do to stay warm is cover up your upper body? So long as you’re not so underdressed as to risk hypothermia, the benefits of exposing a
1995 was quite a year. Newt Gingrich (and his adorably horrible toupee) became Speaker of the House, the DVD was first unveiled and a little role-playing game called “Chrono Trigger” hit the then-fledgling Super Nintendo. A genius collaboration between the creators of “Final Fantasy,” “Dragon Quest” and “Dragon Ball,” “Chrono Trigger” told the charming yet convoluted story of Crono, a typically silent RPG protagonist who travels through time to gather allies (everything from a busty cavewoman to a depressingly sardonic robot) in order to defeat Lavos, a monster that could potentially devour time itself. Heavy stuff. “Chrono Trigger” could have failed
easily in its ambition, but under such expert direction, nearly every facet of the game shines even to this day, to say nothing of the waves it made when it first hit store shelves. The story, while at times hard to follow, was arguably the first ever in a game that actively adapted to the player’s choices and didn’t shy away from making you keenly aware of your mistakes (it was possible to cause Crono to fail in his quest within five minutes of booting up the game). The portrayals of the characters took familiar RPG molds (like the stoic knight) and flipped them on their heads (like turning that stoic knight into an anthropomorphic frog). Beyond design choices, the production values of “Chrono Trigger” were among the best of their time, with vibrant 16-bit environments, bombastic battle animations and a soundtrack worthy of a symphony hall. It was a game that deserved every bit of the praise that was thrown its way and still stands as one of the canonical members of the RPG genre. So when I heard that this classic was coming to Android in late October, naturally I jumped at the chance. And it seemed to be quite a steal at only $9.99 in the Google Play store, considering the original cartridge can fetch upwards of $150 on the market today. The port isn’t perfect. Swapping out physical buttons for touchscreen controls is serviceable at best and downright frustrating at worst, causing mistakes that could potentially leave you screaming at your phone while your fellow El riders look at you quizzically (hey, it happens). But no number of touchscreen mishaps can pull you away from the sheer joy of level grinding in a dining hall over dinner or while waiting for classes to start. Or instead of class entirely. If you haven’t played this game yet, you now have absolutely no excuse.
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Marshall Krassenstein: We went to Clarke’s and then to Hillel. We both ate pancakes and have a passion for delicious seasonal challah.
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‘Chrono Trigger’ on Android will make you skip class Video gaming isn’t cheap. With a torrent of online passes, downloadable content and system peripherals taking a huge bite out of gamers’ wallets, it’s harder than ever to get a decent value when you plunk down your hard-earned cash for the next big thing. But in an industry that seems to care only about “Call of Duty” and “Assassin’s Creed,” it’s easy to forget that some of the best games out there cost little to nothing to enjoy. That’s why every two weeks, I’ll be showing you a great new way to get your video gaming fix for less than $20. So get your quarters ready and game on!
Marshall and Natalie In a twist of fate, this week’s date participants, Weinberg freshmen Marshall Krassenstein and Natalie Stern, turned out to be not so blind. The duo discovered they already knew each other when they showed up to Clarke’s for their lunch date. Their experience demonstrates that someone previously relegated to the friend zone may be a great date.
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Marshall: I really enjoyed the blind
date. When I met Natalie there was surprisingly never an awkward moment, which is important for me. My only issue with it is that I left my backpack at the restaurant and had to get it later. Natalie Stern: It ended up being with one of my close friends, so it wasn’t really a blind date. It was a weird coincidence, but I guess it means that (The Current) accurately matched us up!
Marshall: Maybe because we were both on a blind date, we talked a lot about this experiment and other
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sensible amount of skin (it boosts your circulation, it burns calories — watch the SRSLY episode “Subway” for further justification) far outweigh the costs of constructing a blocky or cylindrical shape. Even if the figure you end up cutting is marshmallow-on-toothpicks, that’s still infinitely better than toilet paper tube. And for the adamantly cold temperature-intolerant among us, go ahead and add hosiery: thick tights, knee-highs and Fair Isle stockings. Some final pieces of advice: Invest in a show coat. They say in Los Angeles people judge you by your car first, but in New York, all you’ve got is you — this concept is no less applicable to largely self-transporting college kids,
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Swiping that v-card Hello, Wildcats! Let’s get right into it. You know what phrase I hate? Losing your virginity. I didn’t lose my virginity. It didn’t go missing. It wasn’t like I dropped it, crawled around on the floor desperately looking for it and eventually recovered it in a shoe. (Though, coincidentally, I did have this experience with a birth control pill once.) But that’s really only the tip of the iceberg for me regarding matters relating to virginity. The myriad of expectations and confusions is staggering. Let’s start off (as we so often do) with my personal experience. I would say I ... got rid of my virginity. It had been around for too long and felt like a burden, even though I was only 16. I had been dating a guy for three months and he told me he loved me, and I told him I loved him, too — although in retrospect I know I didn’t. So what was the next step? Sex, of course. Let me tell you, there was no candlelight, no revelations, no orgasm, and it hurt like a bitch. To the virgins who are about to stop reading: This is not meant to discourage you! Maybe you’re a virgin because it’s a choice you’ve made or maybe you just haven’t had the opportunity. I am (obviously!) not saying losing your virginity will be terrible. What I am saying is losing your virginity may not be what romantic comedies and TV shows would have you believe. There might be blood. It might be awkward as all hell. You potential experiments we might be part of. We also talked about life and our views on morality. Deviating from intelligent conversation, we then spoke of our favorite foods. Natalie: We talked about absolutism, life and challah! Our conversation flowed nicely, but we already knew each other, so it wasn’t a blind date after all.
Marshall: She was very similar to me and it seemed almost as if we had already known each other because we were so similar. She’s from Maine and is an only child who opted out of premed. She always dresses comfortably for the weather, which I can respect because it’s cold here. Both of us are Jewish and have a twisted sense of humor. On the other hand, she was under 5 feet tall and
so make the visible parts of you count. Because you’ll likely wear the same manteau regularly, choose something interesting, maybe with mixed finishes or in a rich, on-trend oxblood hue. Similarly, find a scarf in a flattering shade. Seasonal color analysis may be a laughable fad of the past, but a large swath of fabric sitting next to your face (and around your hair — it’s the new faux bob) should complement your undertones. Hibernation seems tempting when the mercury drops, but there’s no reason not to practice year-round fabulousness. Gorgeous is gorgeous is gorgeous — no matter what any disgruntled boys may say.
“Just want you guys to know that Ben Savage and I have talked and we’ve decided … Thanksgiving is going to be delicious this year!” – Danielle Fishel, Topanga from “Boy Meets World,” teases fans about the new “Boy Meets World” spinoff. The new series, “Girl Meets World,” is being developed by the Disney Channel, and Fishel and Savage are in talks to join the show.
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might feel weird and you might feel elated. All of these things are normal. What’s really great is what comes after the initial experience – when you get more comfortable, relaxed and communicative (my favorite). Things get even more tricky when we try to define exactly what it means to lose one’s virginity. Take a second. Come up with a definition. I can guarantee someone out there is going to disagree with you. Maybe all of my gender studies classes have ruined me, but to this day I have difficulty getting comfortable with one definition. As a good friend of mine put it, “Now I never know when I’m having sex and when I’m not.” Do you lose your virginity at the moment of penetration? What if you’re a lesbian? What if you have no interest in penetrative sex? Do you lose your virginity when your hymen breaks? What if you’re a man having sex with men? What if your hymen broke while riding a bike? Does the sex have to be good? Shouldn’t an orgasm be an integral part of losing your virginity? Why? So many questions. I find I tend to ask a lot of questions and not provide many concrete answers, but I’m OK with this. I would hate to give you something definitive if I wasn’t entirely sure of it. I’d rather get you thinking and considering — get you plagued with the same questions I have. You’re welcome. Coming back to my initial outburst, a wonderful teacher of mine once suggested we change “losing one’s virginity” to “a celebration of life.” Though I highly doubt that phrase will catch on, it’s certainly an ideal to wish for.
“I’ve been preparing for quite some time, but I would be lying if I said I wasn’t a little nervous … OK, a lot nervous … I’m really excited about getting up to New York City and living there. I’ve never lived in New York City, let alone (stepped) out on Broadway and (pretended) that I was Billy Flynn.” – Billy Ray Cyrus on his new role in “Chicago” on Broadway. The famous father of Miley Cyrus will take on the role of Billy Flynn through Dec. 23.
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“The greatest trade of the year had to be the Kennedy family. They somehow traded Arnold Schwarzenegger for Taylor Swift … Are they ever gonna get back together? … Never, never, never, never ever.” – Brad Paisley and Carrie Underwood make fun of Taylor Swift’s recent breakup during their monologue at the Country Music Awards.
As always, send me your sex questions at dirtytalk2015@gmail.com. I am 6-foot 1-inch. Natalie: He was very nice, funny and sweet. We were very similar. We easily talked to each other and had many of the same interests. You must have matched us up well considering we have a lot in common already. After the date, both said they would go on other blind dates and that they would be interested in going out with the other again. If you would like to participate in Organic Chemistry, The Current’s blind dating experiment, please email chelseasherlock2017@u.northwestern. edu to receive an application. Compiled by Chelsea Sherlock
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“Welcome to ‘Late Night with Jimmy Fallon’ everybody, please keep it down.” – Jimmy Fallon’s opening monologue to an empty audience before Superstorm Sandy hit New York City. “Adele is bigger than me, how come nobody says anything about it? She’s so wonderful and I think her confidence is something I have to match. She has set the bar very high for a lot of women.” – Lady Gaga on the media’s obsession with her weight. Compiled by Annie Bruce
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Prana Cafe Evanston’s newest cafe is tucked inside the first floor of an unassuming office building west of campus. Prana Cafe, 1840 Oak Ave., might be off the beaten path for students, but it’s worth checking out. The walls are cozy shades of persimmon, sand and dark cornflower blue. Sturdy reclaimed pine
tables and free WiFi encourage lingering. Everything on the menu is under $10, from salads to sandwiches and a daily soup special based on family recipes. To drink, choose from fresh fruit smoothies, Metropolis coffee, Rishi tea or Oogave natural agave soda. Prana’s owners have a commitment to healthy, organic food and local vendors, including Jo Snow syrups and Milk & Honey granola. One of the owners, Griffin Cox, is just 19 and decided to start his own restaurant business while taking a gap
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PORTABELLA AND HARVATI CIABATTA PANINI This hearty vegetarian sandwich at Prana Cafe is slathered with stone ground Dijon mustard.
Movie Review ‘Wreck-It Ralph’ Video games are a common part of life for our generation. For the past 30 years, kids have entertained themselves with virtual worlds: from arcades, to at-home game consoles, to hand-helds. The names and characters of these games are part of popular culture. I saw three Marios alone at Halloween this year. So how can a movie, a completely different art form from video games, take that ubiquitous genre and make it fresh and interesting? Just like Pixar did more than 15 years ago with “Toy Story,” Disney has asked the question: What happens to video game characters after the players leave? And specifically, what happens when a character coded to be the villain gets tired with his lot in life? That is the premise of Disney’s latest film, “Wreck-It Ralph,” a movie that was both hilarious and heart-warming. It is sure to be a new Disney classic. The film centers on the titular Wreck-It Ralph (John C. Reilly), the villain of a 30-year-old arcade game in which he breaks down an apartment building the hero, Fix-It Felix (Jack McBrayer), must repair. But Ralph is ostracized within his game, as well as within the video game community, because he is a “bad guy.” After three decades of being excluded, ignored or derided, Ralph reaches his breaking point. He makes a spur-of-the-moment bet with a side character in “Fix-it Felix, Jr.” that he can win a medal in another video game. This decision catapults him on a journey through a series of games, from the horrifying to the deceptively
sweet. Along the way he meets a gruff military leader from “Hero’s Duty” called Calhoun (Jane Lynch), the annoying yet adorable aspiring racer Vanellope (Sarah Silverman) and various other familiar-looking characters who are all either trying to help or hinder his quest for glory. Like most Disney movies, “Wreck-It Ralph” has top-notch visuals. The graphics are wonderful, and the different game environments evoke the best of the genres they represent. Characters from the various games are animated to match their origins, and each locale is unique. Their movements even feel video game-esque, making the world of the film feel real in context. The best part of the movie is the balance of humor and heart, a very Disney quality the company seems to have perfected. The message of the film is one of loving who you are, never accepting defeat and not listening to what the world says you can or cannot be. But instead of being a flat or stale moral, the lessons of the movie are more complicated. As Ralph forges relationships with others and learns more about himself through his journey, he and the viewer get a more complex view of life and his place in it. Ralph and Vanellope’s interactions are comedic and cute, and personally, it’s one of the few times I’ve loved a Sarah Silverman character. Jane Lynch, as always, knocks it out of the park, and John C. Reilly’s Ralph was the perfect “anti-hero” who was, in the end, the best kind of hero. Yes, it was at times sappy or overly saccharine, but “Wreck-It Ralph” was also fun and funny — a great kids’ movie everyone can enjoy. — Aliza Weinberger
year from the University of Chicago — no big deal. He’s the young guy with hipster glasses who will likely ring you up and make your coffee. Cox is working on his latte art and recently perfected drawing pumpkins. The sauteed mushroom and Havarti sandwich on crisp ciabatta is co-owner Ken Cox’s favorite, and with tender baby portabellas, spinach, bell peppers and stoneground Dijon mustard, I can see why. My sandwich arrives with textbook grill marks and a generous portion of toppings. Mustard adds a sharp kick to otherwise pedestrian veggies. Other interesting flavor combinations include a pear, pecorino and prosciutto panini and a grilled chicken sandwich with made-in-house pesto, olive oil, Italian herbs, roasted peppers and provolone. Each panini comes with a small side salad, topped with granola. I’d never tried granola on greens before, and it might sound bizarre, but the oats add the same sweet crunch you might get with candied nuts. I loved the creativity and drizzling the salad with a touch of balsamic reduction doesn’t hurt either. For those avoiding carbs, there are five signature entree salads to choose from. The spinach and strawberry salad with feta cheese, sliced almonds and balsamic vinaigrette is enticing. Another popular salad is the walnut
Theater Review ‘Bulrusher’ “Bulrusher,” a 2007 Pulitzer-nominated drama by Eisa Davis, follows Bulrusher, played by Ericka Ratcliff, a young black girl who is found floating in a basket along a river in a northern Californian town and is subsequently saved and raised by Schoolch, played by Joe Zarrow, a white teacher. The protagonist, who is 18 years old when the play begins, is unique because she is clairvoyant — she can see a person’s future if she touches water they have also touched. The naive Bulrusher befriends Vera, played by Tamberla Perry, a black girl her age who traveled to town from Birmingham, Ala., to visit her uncle. Through their new-found friendship, Bulrusher discovers the meaning of race and sex in society, as well as the consequences of rape. Her connection with Vera, which initially stems from Bulrusher’s ability to identify with Vera because she is black, develops into romance and love. If this sounds like a lot of moving parts for one play, you wouldn’t be wrong. However, Davis competently weaves almost all of these elements into the main thread — Bulrusher’s self-discovery. By the end of the play, though, Davis seems unable to provide an explanation for the girls’ lesbian romance and rushes to complete the identity portion of the tale with a neat ending. Nonetheless, the acting and set emphasized the beautiful language of the play. The magnificent set by Andrei Onegin featured a shallow pond, reeds and a boardwalk-style wooden ramp.
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gorgonzola, with red peppers, onions and cherry tomatoes. Pastries are baked fresh each morning and include a selection of scones and cookies. Although both Griffin Cox and his father have adopted a paleo diet, eschewing carbs and dairy for fruit, vegetables and meat, they both admit to cheating a bit while at the cafe. But with the quality ingredients they’re using, it’s OK to have a little bit of everything in moderation. — Amber Gibson
Tasteful background projections surprisingly did not distract from the scene, but rather added to the serenity of the natural setting. These two elements, combined with excellent lighting design that imitated sunlight scattered with shadows of leaves, made Bulrusher’s monologues to the river the most stunning visuals in the production. Overall, the entire ensemble was superb, particularly Ratcliff and Perry. Ratcliff, who is in her late 20s, convincingly plays Bulrusher with just the right amount of innocence. She also accomplishes the difficult task of making Bulrusher’s gift believable and the character as a whole relatable. Perry conveys Vera’s sass and worldliness as well as her vulnerability, preventing the character from being reduced to the city-girl trope. Together their acting makes the relationship between Vera and Bulrusher touching and tender, reminiscent of an adolescent’s first love. In the same manner, Adrian LaMonte Byrd manages to make the Logger likable and good-hearted, despite his daily trips to the town brothel, and we root for him when he decides to propose to the brothel owner, Madame, played by Elizabeth Laidlaw. Although the plot lulls at moments and the play’s moving parts can at times seem like too much, the acting, set and timeless theme of discovering one’s identity make “Bulrusher” a satisfying production. This production of “Bulrusher” by Congo Square Theatre Company, an award-winning African-American theatre ensemble, will run at the Beacon Street Theatre until Nov. 25. — Iman Childs
The “Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2” co-stars Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson appeared on competing late night talk shows Monday to promote the final film in the series. Unlike the emotional conclusion of the “Harry Potter” films, most fans are glad to see this drawn-out story finally come to an (extremely anticlimactic) end. Stay strong, for the days we spend enduring interviews in which Kristen Stewart reveals what it’s like to play a vampire are almost over.
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Martha Stewart is set to produce a Fox sitcom, “Tao of Martha,” about a frazzled young woman who finds therapeutic properties in the philosophies and teachings of Martha Stewart. Sounds like Nora Ephron’s “Julie & Julia,” but with a less promising premise. Michelle Trachtenberg is set to guest star as a psychopathic stalker who goes crazy after not being hired for a particular job in an upcoming episode of “Criminal Minds.” We hate to break it to you, but typically it’s a bad sign to be typecast as a young woman wrought with insanity (see Georgina Sparks of “Gossip Girl”). Who wouldn’t want to live in a home haunted by the King of Pop? For those of you who have more than $18 million lying around, unfortunately, Michael Jackson’s last abode is no longer on the market. The Holmby Hills mansion was sold to a buyer with an undisclosed identity. We’ll see how long these new residents last before deciding to beat it. Sharon Osbourne reported Monday that she’s through with plastic surgery. The host of the sophomoric show “America’s Got Talent” regrets infusing her body with artificial substances after a mastectomy and two failed breast implants. Maybe her unglamorous experiences will pave the way for young women with high self-esteem — that is, unless Heidi Montag, already almost 100 percent plastic, adds another surgery to her whopping 27. Gwen Stefani’s band No Doubt discontinued production of the music video for “Looking Hot,” which was considered offensive to Native Americans. Music videos are commonly racy artistic expressions, but we wonder how Katy Perry’s sexually explicit videos have yet to spark a controversy. Here’s looking at you, “Peacock.” — Haley Boston
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The East Coast faced devastating Superstorm Sandy last week. Some families are still experiencing power outages and spending their week in the dark, while others are faced with gasoline shortages. In response, Associated Student Government passed the Sandy resolution to increase awareness of the storm’s aftermath and call students to help relief organizations, such as the American Red Cross. Our sympathies are with our friends, families and all victims of Sandy.
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Community members vote on campus
On Election Day, Northwestern and Evanston community members exercised their right to vote on campus. The on-campus polling locations were Parkes Hall in the south and Patten Gym in the north. Election judges from the Cook County Clerk’s Office assisted with the voting process. After casting their votes, students even got an “I voted” sticker that they could proudly wear throughout the day. What better incentive for college students uncertain about electoral involvement than stickers?
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Students, faculty watch election results
On Tuesday night, Northwestern students and staff gathered at the McCormick Tribune Center, Kellogg School of Management, the Black House and other locations across campus to watch the finale of the presidential race. Each location showed live updates and media coverage of the results. Soon after President Barack Obama’s reelection was announced, students in an already social setting immediately went on social media to air their enthusiasm or disappointment.
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Men’s basketball team tips off the season
NU men’s basketball team tipped the season off Wednesday with the only exhibition game against former Big Ten rival University of Chicago. The team has four returning starters, one of them senior forward Drew Crawford, who was second-leading in the Big Ten in terms of scoring average last year. NU fans would love to see their team make the NCAA Tournament this season. Go Cats! — John Yang
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home, you’ll discover something else,” Obama told the crowd. “You’ll hear the determination in the voice of a young field organizer who’s working his way through college and wants to make sure every child has that same opportunity.” Medill senior and Obama campaign intern Ally Byers chalked up the president’s advantage among young people to a grassroots operation that has “some kind of youth focus” at every level. Byers said the campaign emphasized casting young people for the issue-specific videos she helped produce. “When you have someone the same age as you talking to you about why they support the president, it’s easier to get them to go out and vote,” Byers said. Tuesday’s exit polls portend an inevitable soulsearching among Republican leaders in the coming months. Shortly after news outlets projected an Obama win, prominent GOPers waxed cautionary about a Republican Party that has skewed further right on certain issues over the years. “The conservative movement should have particular appeal to people in minority and
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Last May, students from the Real Food Coalition amassed a petition of more than 1,100 signatures demanding that NU join the Real Food Challenge and obtain “20 percent real food by 2020.� The national program defines “real food� as being locally sourced, organically grown, and fairly and humanely produced. Steve Mangan, district manager for nuCuisine, said although nuCuisine representatives have engaged in conversations with the Real Food Coalition, NU has not committed to the program — in part because of sustainability initiatives that were already underway. Dining halls began composting leftover food in May, and the University already has established relationships with more than 100 local farms in the Midwest, Mangan said. Since May 2011, Humecki has catalogued food procurement to assess NU’s real food percentage. But some food vendors do not always have information readily available, she said. “The problem is bigger than us here at nuCuisine,� Humecki said. “We all wish that we could just flip the switch and dismantle this giant food complex we have going on, but we can’t.�
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President Morton Schapiro arrived in 2009, students almost immediately approached him to request a sustainability coordinator, said Burgwell Howard, assistant vice president of student engagement. NU granted that request last year because “you have to have someone who can dedicate 100 percent of their time to these issues,� Howard said. “It’s infusing this as part of the campus culture, so that it is not just Green Cup for a month in the winter,� Howard said, referring to the annual competition that pits different dorms, residential colleges and Greek houses against each other in an effort to use the least amount of energy. Taking charge of the Sustainability Working Action Group, a biweekly meeting of environmental leaders, the Office of Sustainability is encouraging more interaction between NU’s “disparate� groups, said Julie Cahillane, NU’s manager of recycling and refuse and a creator of the group. Still, a year out from its founding, the coordination efforts have not trickled down to students not involved in green initiatives. “I don’t think they emphasize (sustainability) a lot, no,� said Weinberg sophomore Neha Govindraj. “The first step I think they do a good job of implementing, but they don’t take it further.� Whittier admits the University has fallen flat with regards to community education and engagement. “There’s the stuff that we can do as the University around buying wind energy and energy efficiency, but just as important is how we engage the students, faculty and staff on this campus around sustainability initiatives,� Whittier said. “And we haven’t done a great job of that.�
Mangan estimated NU’s percentage of real food to offered for the first time this fall. The seven-unit cerfluctuate seasonally between 15 and 20 percent, close tificate could potentially develop into a full sustainto the Real Food Challenge’s goal of 20 percent. ability major in the future, said Brad Sageman, direcHowever, Real Food Coalition member Will tor of education and special projects for ISEN. Bloom said the group will continue to push adminSustainability ‘socially, istrators this year to commit to the challenge. “If we spend all our time looking for reasons for environmentally and economically’ why this is going to be hard, that’s actually admitting that we don’t want to do To continue encouraging ment Awa it,� the Weinberg senior said. student-led sustainability vern r o e G ne t Administrative efforts projects, the Office of ss en ASG d u Sustainability sustainNU to bring coherence to Sustainability and the St Committee Educational campaign ASG Sustainability NU’s sustainability launched this year Est. spring 2012 Committee hope movement have to revive the been matched Real Food Eco-Reps Coalition Northwestern by ASG, which Program Petitioned to bring Sustainability established its Appoints a student in more local, organic Sustainability Fund. residence halls and and humanely produced Greek houses to food to colleges Committee Initiated advocate sustainability in 2008 by last spring. Mark SilNU alumComposting ISEN Certificate Est. November 2011 berg, associate nus Anthony in Energy and Sustainability Director: Rob Whittier Est. May 2012 to take Sustainability vice president Valente leftover food from dining New undergraduate for the ASG (Weinberg halls to an off-campus certificate available composting facility sustainability ’11) and three this fall committee, said other students, Sustainability Northwestern Working Action the fund secured ASG would like Sustainability Fund Group money through to bring together Est. in 2008 to finance Meeting of administrators environmental student NU’s varied environfundraising and and environmen tal group Co projects mental organizations, NU’s board of trustleaders lla e c bo an which “rarely look outside ees to install automatic rati Fin on faucets in Norris University of their group for help.� “I see the ASG sustainability Center and the solar panels on Michell Kim/The Daily Northwestern committee as both uniting the enviFord, amassing about $130,000 to ronmental movement among undergraduates and finance the projects. leveraging all these common interests for the benefit Since then, the fund has fallen into disuse, but both of the greater campus community,� the Weinberg Whittier and Silberg are working to bring it back by junior said. the end of the academic year. Student groups would be able to submit project proposals to the fund. Educating, engaging the community Whittier said he would like to install water bottle filling stations across campus to encourage the use This month the Office of Sustainability will roll of reusable water bottles. out sustainNU, a campaign that “soft launched� in Silberg said reintroducing the fund would allow September when all freshmen received reusable sus- student groups to initiate capital-intensive environtainNU water bottles. mental projects to benefit the university environmenElectronically distributed to all students, the tally and financially. “Green Living Guide� outlines ways students can “The estimated cost savings from these energy reduce their impact on the environment. efficiency upgrades would go back into the fund, so The office will also enhance Eco-Reps, a program that it’s self-sustaining,� Silberg said. “It’s sustainability that appoints an environmental “champion� in every socially, environmentally, and economically — which residence hall and Greek house to communicate sus- is exactly what we kind of want.� tainable practices. As NU’s varied environmental projects develop “It was kind of disappointing last year,� said former across campus this year, administrators and student eco-rep Chi Chi Onuigbo, a McCormick sophomore. groups will have to continue to work together to “I was really excited to get the position, and then I achieve more tangible results. found out that no one really pays attention to it, no “Previously it’s been very difficult to actually do one really expects anything.� things in a sustainable way, do a coordinated effort Arming eco-reps with a handbook and formal with the University,� Humecki said. “But now that training, the Office of Sustainability hopes to provide we’re all coming together and we have a variety of them with more administrative support, said Allison channels where we can connect with everyone, we’re Potteiger, sustainability and communications out- going to see a lot more positive change, a lot more reach intern for the Office of Sustainability. unified efforts.� More formal education efforts include a new undergraduate certificate in energy and sustainability, laurencaruba2015@u.northwestern.edu ism
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From page 1 Senate could focus on A status student group funding at next week’s meeting. One new business item was the creation of a working group for improving dining hall hours and weekend locations. This working group would survey students for their dining hall requests and present this research to the administration. Suggested changes included longer dining hall hours and more dining locations on the weekends. The group is on an “aggressive path� to working with the administration and “moving quickly to identify what it can do better,� Ani Ajith, ASG senate speaker, said. He added that the administration appears to be on board with this issue. “We are trying to find out, economically speaking, is it feasible for Sodexo to do?� the Weinberg junior said. “If not, it’s worth saying we looked into it.� Senate also passed the creation of an ad-hoc committee to focus on bringing more gender neutral bathrooms to campus. The committee has already identified places on campus that could be receptive to constructing gender neutral bathrooms. According to the group, the Technological Institute is the only place on campus that has genneutral bathrooms ASG enables the der not restricted to binary administration male or female identifiand the students cations. However, these facilities were placed on to bring their the second floor of Tech, where they are not easily opinions together so we seen. The ad-hoc comcan get results. mittee will consist of four members from the Alex Van Atta, ASG vice president Rainbow Alliance executive board, two members for student life from the diversity and inclusion committee and two senators. It will be overseen by Hayley Stevens, vice president for the diversity and inclusion committee and a Weinberg senior. Alex Van Atta, vice president for student life, said he and his committee have been working on the Lightwalk Report since Spring Quarter, and after conducting a light walk through campus with administrators earlier this quarter, the group will present the report to the administration within the next few days. The McCormick junior said this report affirms student support for increasing light fixtures on campus. “Lighting on campus is important. It’s always on our minds,� Van Atta said. “We want to make sure students feel safe. ASG enables the administration and the students to bring their opinions together so we can get results.�
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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 2012
NU loses ground in Big Ten, falls to Buckeyes 3-1 Northwestern
By BEN TAYLOR
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A great team battles through adversity to get critical points when it needs them. As Northwestern came back last night from 24-17 in the second set against Ohio State to win the frame 27-25 and tie the match up at one all, it seemed that maybe the Wildcats were going to be that team in the match. “I thought it was great,” sophomore outside hitter Yewande Akanbi said. “Usually when people challenge us we don’t fight back and this time we fought back.” Unfortunately, it wasn’t in the cards. The Cats (15-10, 4-10 Big Ten) were defeated by the No. 15 Ohio State Buckeyes (18-8, 9-5) on the road 3-1 in their second matchup of the season. “We did give our chance (to compete) in the last three sets,” head coach Keylor Chan said. “It just came down to some execution things. We just didn’t execute at some critical times.” NU got off to a strong start against Ohio State. However, after a 4-0 run by Ohio State to make the score 18-10, NU fought back but never got
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HELPING HAND Northwestern setter Madalyn Shalter recorded 41 assists against Ohio State, but the Wildcats fell short, losing 3-1. Northwestern now sits at 4-10 in the Big Ten.
close, losing the set 25-17. The Buckeyes dominated early in the second set to make the score 24-17 before NU made a statement, going on a 7-0 run to tie the match up at 24 before winning 27-25. However, the Cats would drop a close third set 25-23 before losing
the fourth set 25-20. Since 2008, NU is 1-9 against the Buckeyes, with the only win coming last year when the team upset then No. 22 Ohio State 3-2. “They (Ohio State) play a very hard nose type of volleyball that’s difficult,” junior outside hitter
Stephanie Holthus said. This match was even more critical for the Cats given their need for wins to make the postseason. The Cats likely need two or three wins to have a shot at the tournament. “Every win and every loss counts, especially later in the year,” Chan said. “We have to do what we have to do.” The road doesn’t get any easier for the Cats this weekend. NU travels to State College, Pa., to take on No. 2 Penn State (23-2, 13-1). For Chan, the key is for the team just to stay focused with its play this weekend. “We have to have a good day of practice tomorrow, and then we have to go out and execute against Penn State,” Chan said. “I don’t think it’s any more complex than that.” benjamintaylor2015@u.northwestern.edu
Men’s Swimming
Auren, Wildcats ready to meet Badgers in Madison By JOHN PASCHALL
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If there has been one constant so far this year for the men’s swimming and diving team, it’s the lessthan-spectacular showings in the breaststroke. That could all change Thursday, with sophomore Uula Auren expected to make his season debut against Wisconsin. The breaststroker, who tore his labrum in the offseason, has been cleared to race by doctors and coach Jarod Schroeder and will participate in the medley relay and the 100meter breaststroke. Auren’s presence will surely provide an extra spark to a Northwestern squad that is riding a
high coming off last weekend’s impressive performances against Western Kentucky, IllinoisChicago and No. 18 Purdue. With their top breaststroker now back in the lineup, the Wildcats will gain needed points in these events, which could help sway the meet in favor of NU. The meet in Madison will be the Cats’ third in six days. Schroeder said it will be a challenge to get his team to keep the energy up. “They looked pretty drained,” Schroeder said. “I’m trying to figure out how to get them back in the mindset to compete. But it’s something that every team gets used to, competing week in and week out. We haven’t had any back-to-back meets yet this season until last weekend and now there’s another meet five days later. It’ll be important that
Northwestern vs. Wisconsin Madison, Wis. 3:30 p.m. Thursday
they respond well. But I’m not worried.” The Cats won’t be alone in terms of dealing with a short recovery span. Wisconsin faces a similar exhaustion level coming back from a trip last week in California to battle Stanford and University of California, Berkeley, losing both. Seniors Michael Weiss and Daniel Lester are the Badgers’ two strongest swimmers and are expected to win a few races. But the Cats are hoping that while the Badgers might place first in some races, they can snatch up second, third
and fourth to minimize the damage. “Now that we have that depth, it’s become a better atmosphere,” junior co-captain Tim Smith said. “We have to work harder as a team to get those points.” Senior Charlie Rimkus said this meet against Wisconsin is crucial for NU to make noise in the Big Ten and show that it can beat a quality team. “Wisconsin is a good opponent for us,” Rimkus said. “They are someone we’ve had our sights set on beating in the Big Ten Championships. We’ve beaten them in the past so we know they are beatable and that gives us confidence in the pool.” johnpaschall2014@u.northwestern.edu
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Men’s Soccer NU vs. Michigan 2:30 p.m. Friday
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Calistri, Shickel catapult Wildcats Ohio State
By AVA WALLACE
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Ohio State was playing catch up after just about six minutes. Five minutes later, Northwestern scored its second goal of the night, and the Buckeyes spent their last 80 minutes in the Big Ten Tournament throwing everything they had at the Wildcats. Ohio State played hard but to no avail against tournament host and second seed NU. The Cats won their first-round game in the Big Ten Tournament 2-0 against the seventh seeded Buckeyes on Wednesday night at Lakeside Field. Players old and new were responsible for the Cats’ quick scores. Senior forward Kyle Schickel clocked his first goal since Sept. 14 off a free kick from sophomore defender Grant Wilson. The set piece was Wilson’s seventh assist this season, and he is now tied for thirdmost assists in the conference this year. Schickel also tallied an assist after his goal. Freshman forward Joey Calistri capitalized on Schickel’s through-ball and challenged Ohio State goalkeeper Alex Wimmer. With quick feet, Calistri found the back of the Buckeyes’ net and effectively sealed the deal for NU. Calistri’s goal was his eighth for the season, which makes the freshman NU’s leading scorer by three goals. Coach Tim Lenahan was happy with his team’s effectiveness in facilitating Calistri’s goal but was particularly pleased with Schickel’s performance in what could have been the senior’s last game. “For me, who was great tonight was Kyle Schickel, who has not been on the scoreboard for a long time,” Lenahan said. “When your senior gets a goal and assist in a game like this that’s a good thing.” The two goals set the tone for the rest of the game. Both teams played frantically from the beginning, and it was clear a few days of rest had served the players well. The Cats in particular came out firing and ended the half with 6 shots, half of which were on goal. Ohio State challenged NU’s defense with 4 shots, but the back line kept reigning in Big Ten Offensive Player of the Year Chris Hegngi and the rest of the Buckeyes’ forwards far from sophomore
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SUPER SCHICKEL Northwestern midfielder Kyle Schickel takes the ball at midfield against Ohio State. Schickel scored one of the Wildcats’ two goals Wednesday evening, his first since Sept. 14.
goalkeeper Tyler Miller. “I thought the first 20 minutes we played really well, and then we scored the two goals and we closed up shop,” Lenahan said. “And unfortunately that’s the way it is sometimes – we don’t order it, it just happens.” Even after the two goals, the Cats continued to dominate for the rest of the first half in nearly every category, which
Schickel said was a necessity. “We didn’t want a team like Ohio State to linger around,” Schickel said. “They have some dangerous players up top and they could be more dangerous towards the end of the game.” Schickel’s words proved true, and the two teams battled on more even footing during the second period. NU continued to play a fast-paced,
aggressive game, but Ohio State stepped up to match the Cats’ high intensity. The Buckeyes shot seven times compared to the Cats’ five. Hegngi and Ohio State’s leading scorer Austin McAnena outran NU in the midfield multiple times for strong chances in the Cats’ defensive territory but were often unable to get close enough for an on-target shot. Out of Ohio State’s 11 total shots, only one was on goal, wide to Miller’s right. Though Lenahan said he would have liked his team to take advantages of more offensive opportunities, Wilson said the defensive line could have been more assertive in the second half. “We would have liked it to be a little easier at the end, but we can’t complain about the win — all Big Ten games are tough,” Wilson said. “So we kind of had to bunker down in the last 20 to 15 minutes. They had a lot of attacking options on us.” NU spent much of the second half fending off Ohio State’s offensive plays without laying off offensively. This makes the team’s first priority before facing Michigan, who beat Wisconsin on Wednesday afternoon 2-1, rest. “First we got to get our legs back,” Lenahan said. “We made that game a little harder than it could have been – Ohio State really threw everything at us the last half and we really just hung on, and we used a lot of energy doing that.” Lenahan noted the Wolverine’s success of late – the team is now on a 4-game win streak – as another challenge the Cats will have to overcome Friday afternoon. “Michigan is a much improved team form when we saw them before. tThey’re playing really well, they’re in contention for an NCAA tournament bid and I think it’s going to be a great game,” Lenahan said. “We’re going to have our hands full on Friday.” avawallace2015@u.northwestern.edu
Football
Wildcats look to make November push By ROHAN NADKARNI
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For Northwestern to come away with a win against Michigan on this weekend — at least an 11-point favorite according to many sportsbooks — its top performers will need to play best games of the season. However, with the Wildcats historically struggling after bye weeks, and this year’s break coming late in the season, Saturday’s game in Ann Arbor could doom the Cats’ faint hopes for a Legends Division title. Oddly, NU sports a 0-7 record in games after bye weeks under coach Pat Fitzgerald. Fitzgerald, notoriously a firm believer in “stats are for losers,” brushed aside his winless record in post-bye week games, citing the difficulty of the Big Ten. Last year, the NU bye came in the fourth week of the season, in the midst of a five-game losing streak. This season’s break occurred during the ninth week, which means for some players it came at the perfect time — or too late. Junior running back Venric Mark saw his playing time explode through the first nine weeks of this season compared to the rest of his career. In 2011, Mark only had 72 touches in 13 games, for 5.54 touches per game. The
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RUNNING DOWN Junior running back Venric Mark sprints in open field against Minnesota. Mark’s usage is at a career high so far this season.
majority of those plays came on kickoff returns, which accounted for 40 of the running back’s 72 touches. Mark obliterated those numbers in nine games of 2012. Mark racked up 207
touches through the first nine weeks, for a 23 touches per game average. This season, his usage in the backfield skyrocketed, with 166 of his touches coming from rushing attempts.
The usage of Mark, listed at 5 feet 8 inches and 175 pounds, begs the question of whether or not he will be fresh for the last three games or if the off week is too little, too late. “We have a plan for a lot of our veteran guys,” Fitzgerald said at his Monday press conference. “We look at how much they’ve played, how many reps they’ve had. And that’s not just Venric, it’s across the board. We have a plan for all those guys.” To his credit, Mark has yet to show signs of wear and tear, continually putting up strong performances every week. Other players to watch include the offensive and defensive linemen. The Cats have been fortunate to avoid major injuries on the lines aside from true freshman Ifaedi Odenigbo. Fitzgerald’s rotations along the defensive line have aided that unit’s health, with standouts such as senior Quentin Williams and junior Tyler Scott often spelled by redshirt sophomores Chance Carter and Sean McEvilly. Even then, the bye week gave the team a much-needed respite from the grind of the season’s first nine games and could give them a boost late in the season. “People remember what you do in November,” Williams said. “I think this bye week will help with that.” rohannadkarni2015@u.northwestern.edu
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Here we go again with the Cats ROHAN NADKARNI DAILY SPORTS
Has there ever been a better microcosm of anything in the universe than the Ohio State game was for the men’s basketball team last year? If you enjoy inflicting pain on yourself, these next couple paragraphs are for you. (As is a therapist.) The Wildcats trailed the Buckeyes for most of the second half. Every time NU seemed poised for a run, Ohio State would respond with a charge to keep its players in front. Then, it happened. With the Cats down three, and John Shurna smothered by two defenders, Alex Marcotullio hit a three-pointer that almost brought the roof of WelshRyan down. Seriously though, if cheering were to actually bring down the roof of a building, wouldn’t it have to be Welsh-Ryan? Sometimes when I lumber up the stairs I worry about bringing the roof down. But before anyone could truly process that moment of happiness and the building actually cave in, Jared Sullinger hit a game-winner for the Buckeyes, smacking me in the face harder than any loss since the 2011 NBA finals. That game, an epic contest where NU clawed, scratched and did other fierce cat-like actions only to fall heartbreakingly short, summed up all of the 2011-2012 season. The Cats seemed behind the eight ball all year long to sneak into the NCAA Tournament, but when they gave themselves a chance near the end of the season, they fell just short. But the sick part is I’ll be sucked right back into the student section this winter, pouring out shots of milk to calm myself down after every rollercoaster finish. It’s crazy to think how much I care about sports. It’s actually unhealthy. This would normally be a time where I would drop some cheesy life lesson and tell you why it’s actually a great thing we all have sports and how important this basketball season is for the greater Evanston community, but I’d be lying. I have a problem. I’m not human. The other night, because the Heat was losing to the Knicks, I snapped at a friend when he asked me for a cupcake. Although it may be a couple years before I castigate someone over a baked good because of an NU basketball game, that doesn’t mean I haven’t realized myself that I am starting to care too much. This year, the stakes only get more intense. NU remains on the verge of a long-overdue trip to the NCAA Tournament, and the profile of the team is arguably the highest in the history of the program. But still, hurdles remain for the Cats. The Big Ten is ultra-competitive. I’m not sure what a gauntlet really is aside from MTV’s “The Challenge” seasons aptly titled “The Gauntlet,” “The Gauntlet II” and “The Gauntlet III,” but the Big Ten is definitely a gauntlet. Although stars such as Drew Crawford, Reggie Hearn and Dave Sobolewski returned to NU, there’s no guarantee they will mesh with the nine newcomers on the squad. Like I said, it will probably still be a little longer before I care about the Cats the way I do about my favorite sports teams growing up. But if you see me in the student section this year and think to yourself, “Wow, that kid looks super passionate,” it’s not really a good thing. rohannadkarni2015@u.northwestern.edu