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Black students discuss undergraduate experience, University demonstration policy

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SAWE helps strengthen community Evanston South Asian women unite and give back

By AVANI KALRA

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When Dr. Parul Gupta (McCormick ‘93) settled down in Evanston, she struggled to find a South Asian community in the city. She said her kids didn’t have South Asian friends at school, and cultural opportunities were few and far between.

In an effort to find and unite members of the South Asian community in Evanston, Gupta created South Asian Women of Evanston: a Facebook group intended to bring South Asian residents together.

“I wanted to pass on South Asian traditions to my kids,” Gupta said. “They should have some connection to the culture, which the group has provided.”

Since its inception in 2016, the group, which has grown to 84 members, has hosted events like meet-ups and book clubs, and worked collectively on different social justice initiatives. In 2019, more than 300 members attended the group’s Diwali party.

Gupta said it was important to her that the group’s mission have a service component. She said she wanted the group to focus on giving back to immigrant and South Asian

» See SAWE, page 7

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NAISA students led a reflection at The Rock Sunday night in response to the anti-Indigenous vandalism that defaced their painting for Native American Heritage Month. NAISA released a set of demands for the University Thursday.

NAISA releases demands to Northwestern Organization calls on NU to issue action plan in support of Indigenous students

By ISABEL FUNK and WAVERLY LONG

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Northwestern’s Native American and Indigenous Student Alliance released a set of demands to the University Thursday in response to recent anti-Indigenous hate at The Rock and the University’s reaction to the vandalism.

The demands include requests directly related to the vandalism as well as changes NAISA has been asking the University to implement for seven years. NAISA also issued a condemnation of the University’s response to the vandalism.

Vandals defaced The Rock

— which NAISA had painted in celebration of Native American Heritage Month — with antiIndigenous rhetoric on Nov. 6.

NAISA released a statement on Nov. 7 recognizing the vandalism and giving support to the Indigenous community.

NU published a statement Nov. 8 about the vandalism in Leadership Notes, but the University did not send the statement to the entire community until Thursday.

NU also painted over the vandalism the night of Nov. 8, according to University spokesperson Jeri Ward.

On Thursday, Provost Kathleen Hagerty sent a universitywide email acknowledging that the

lack of communication harmed students, faculty and staff, with the Nov. 8 statement attached.

The University’s response was not enough, members of NAISA said. Without specific action items to support Indigenous students, they said, NU’s words mean little.

SESP junior and NAISA member Isabella Twocrow, who is a member of the Oglala Lakota tribe and Ho-Chunk Nation, said it’s been painful to process the antiIndigenous hate. The fact that she and other Indigenous students at NU have also had to take on the labor of organizing with, advocating for and extending support to the Indigenous community has added to that pain, she said.

“I want to know that (NU is) doing something that doesn’t involve Indigenous labor to fix what has happened and fix the harm that it has put on our community,” Twocrow said.

NAISA’s short-term demands First, NAISA called on University President Morton Schapiro and Hagerty to issue an action plan to create a healthy and welcoming campus environment for Indigenous students, addressed to the entire NU community. NAISA also demanded the University find those responsible for the vandalism and hold them accountable through restorative justice practices not involving police.

Twocrow emphasized that some of NAISA’s demands — like the demand to establish a fully funded scholarship for Cheyenne and Arapaho descendants to attend NU — are long-standing.

The call for a scholarship is in line with a recommendation made in a 2014 report from the Native American Outreach and Inclusion Task Force.

“That’s harmful to us to see that an ask of the community hasn’t been answered since 2014 — that’s before any of us were even in high school, at least for me, and that’s really hard to hear,” Twocrow said. “We’re asking for it again,

» See NAISA, page 7

ETHS student athletes adapt to recruitment delays School may not have as many early signers since last year’s restrictions heavily impacted college process

By KELLY CLOONAN

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Last winter, Lily Consiglio

practiced alone in her club team’s pool and competed in remote swim meets during her junior-year season — a time frame that is typically crucial for college swim recruiting,

she said.

Now a senior at Evanston Township High School, Consiglio has finally returned to traveling statewide for swim meets.

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ETHS athletes finally return to in-person competition this fall.

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“Our season has gone a lot better than last year, so I can’t really complain,” Consiglio said. “We’ve been able to compete in person every week, which we couldn’t do at all last year.”

But this return to a normal season came too late for some ETHS seniors, whose college recruitment processes were heavily impacted by last year’s restrictions.

Since March 2020, several athletic seasons have been canceled, shortened or otherwise adjusted in response to the pandemic.

ETHS college advisor Joyce Anderson, who works specifically with student athletes, said the amount of physical contact involved in playing each sport dictated the extent of athletes’ restrictions. High-contact

sports, like hockey and football, were more impacted than lower-contact sports like golf and cross country.

Anderson said last year’s lack of competitions made students feel discouraged because college coaches had few chances to see them perform. Even with more in-person play this year, Anderson said ETHS likely won’t have as many early signers because of pandemic-related delays in the recruitment process.

The pandemic also made it difficult for students to visit prospective schools, delaying their visits to be later than usual. Consiglio, for example, visited Emory University in July and committed just weeks later in August.

“I didn’t want to commit to a school until I saw it, but

schools weren’t sanctioned to do official visits,” Consiglio said. “I would have visited schools a lot earlier had it not been for COVID.” Sarah Sollinger, an ETHS senior committed to play soccer at Denison University, had to pause in-person games at the end of her sophomore year.

The summer after sophomore year is typically a crucial time to play in front of college coaches, Sollinger said, but meeting coaches was difficult without in-person competition.

“I was narrowed down to the schools that had already seen me or that I had a connection with, like where my coach knew their coach,” Sollinger said. “Coaches were getting

» See ETHS SPORTS, page 7

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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 2021

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It’s looking a bit brighter for nightlife this winter

By DAVIS GIANGIULIO

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With falling COVID-19 case counts and high vaccination rates, Evanston’s nightlife establishments are rolling into a winter much different from last year’s.

About this time last year, COVID-19 was approaching a peak in Evanston. The city reported record numbers of positive cases, meaning eateries and other establishments had to follow strict pandemic guidelines throughout the winter, with indoor dining bans hurting revenues the most.

Now, local business owners say “normal” is slowly making a comeback.

Josh Gilbert, founder of Temperance Beer Company, said days have been brighter at Temperance recently.

“I think we’re definitely seeing more normalcy,” Gilbert said. “And sales back that up.”

The ability to operate indoor dining again has made all the difference for Gilbert. Outdoor seating was a major survival tactic for the brewery and restaurant last winter, allowing a few customers to still dine. However, the ability to safely gather inside creates a more comfortable environment, attracting the crowds of diners that supported Temperance in past years.

But not everyone feels prepared to return to prepandemic life just yet. Sketchbook Brewing Company founder Cesar Marron said some patrons are still skeptical about making the transition back to old models of dining.

“Before it was cold (this year), we would have the taproom inside empty and the outside completely

City releases kids’ vaccine survey, Cook County appointments open Evanston opened a new survey this week where interested residents can sign up for a Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine for children aged 5 to 11.

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full,” Marron said. “That’s an indication people are still a little hesitant to be inside.”

While most pandemic regulations are gone, both Sketchbook and Temperance are voluntarily keeping some. Gilbert said a reconfigured bar to decrease unwanted mingling is staying, and Marron said Sketchbook’s tables are still fairly spaced out. And for both restaurants, masks are still required when patrons are not at their tables.

These enduring measures are a source of comfort for Evanston resident Alison Dickson, a regular patron at Sketchbook. At this time last year, Dickson was staying home.

Now, Dickson said, she’s going out, “but with caveats.”

“I’m happy to go to Sketchbook because I’ve been impressed by their commitment to safety and their customers,” Dickson said, “but I’m not going to crowded spaces.”

Dickson added she is growing more comfortable in bars and venues, especially since her son is now eligible for the COVID-19 vaccine.

Many establishments limited their hours during the pandemic, especially so customers wouldn’t stay outside for too long, Marron said. Now, Sketchbook has returned to its pre-pandemic 10 p.m. closing time.

Temperance also closes at 10 p.m., an hour earlier than it did before the pandemic.

But Gilbert said the earlier closing time has not been a problem.

“Everybody seems to be fine with that,” Gilbert said. “When we were open until 11 p.m., it was kind of dead anyway.”

Some bars and venues also use proof-of-vaccination requirements to make customers more comfortable. While both Temperance and Sketchbook Disease Control and Prevention’s expanded authorization for the vaccine last week.

Evanston currently has a shortage of pediatric Pfizer doses, which are one-third the size of the adult series. Due to the shortage, the city is not offering the Pfizer booster shot at this time.

However, the city is still asking residents to fill out the interest form for their children, who are being prioritized for first doses of the child shot.

Residents interested in getting a Moderna or

Illustration by Jonah Elkowitz

These spaces were popular even last winter as strict regulations limited indoor dining, but this year, as temperatures drop, customers are moving back inside.

considered the measure, neither decided to adopt them.

Sketchbook felt confident that its mostly local customer base from highly vaccinated Evanston would not create the need for a requirement. And Gilbert said Temperance had concerns over how to enforce it.

Dickson said vaccine requirements would be wonderful, but she’s not sure she’ll ever feel as complacent

in a crowded space as she could before the pandemic.

Despite uncertainty over what the coming months may bring, Marron credited Sketchbook’s strong clientele with helping it survive the difficult year.

“Our customer base has been wonderful,” Marron said. “Things are a lot better than they were.”

Johnson & Johnson booster dose can fill out a separate form released at the end of October.

Individuals are also able to schedule vaccinations online for their child with Cook County Health.

There are also several retail pharmacies offering the vaccine for this age group. While Cook County Health offers a list of participating partner providers, residents can also visit a provider’s website to schedule a vaccine.

The following area businesses are currently operating as authorized vaccine providers:

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Black Northwestern students discussed diversity within the University’s Black community, administrators’ responses to student activism and the African American Studies department’s role in supporting Black students in a Tuesday panel.

The event, “On Being Black at Northwestern,” was part of a yearlong series African American Studies is hosting to mark the department’s 50th anniversary.

African American Studies Prof. Barnor Hesse, who moderated the panel, said the department wanted to focus specifically on the undergraduate experience.

“For at least a decade it’s clear that Black students have a presence at Northwestern often in a protesting way but not really a presence where it’s clearly felt and clearly known what Black students actually think and feel about being Black,” Hesse said.

Communication junior Caleb Whittaker said feeling isolated has defined his experience as a Black student on campus. Whittaker said he was the only Black male resident in his freshman year residence hall, Communications Residential College.

Whittaker also said he often finds he is one of few Black students, if not the only one, in his Radio/Television/Film classes.

“The University does support me in ways, but there’s also a lot of things (that indicate) my existence here was not thought of,” Whittaker said. “At times it feels a lot more isolating than I originally thought, and getting into my junior year, it hasn’t gotten better.”

Weinberg senior Karina Karbo-Wright said they also sometimes feel isolated from other Black students, especially with students’ differing views on activism.

Hundreds of Black students are part of a GroupMe chat and will occasionally discuss activism on campus, Karbo-Wright said. Black student activists have sometimes faced backlash from their peers in this space, she said.

Student activists risk their safety for the benefit of all Black students on campus, Karbo-Wright added.

“It’s sometimes a lot more disappointing to

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have those conversations (with Black students) explaining that just because you’ve had one good experience with a police officer does not mean that police are operating within the interests of Black people,” they said.

Communication senior Jay Towns said this diversity of thought stems from Black students’ range of backgrounds, such as socioeconomic class.

NU has a high concentration of wealthy students, Towns said, which leads to assumptions of how different students experience Blackness. The range of Black student responses to the abolitionist efforts of NU Community Not Cops have been indicative of these differences, he added.

“I think what’s difficult about a (predominately white institution) like Northwestern is that if you choose to do nothing, then you’re choosing to accept the way that things are, which is just inherently white-facing, white-serving,” Towns said.

As one of three graduating African American Studies majors this year, Karbo-Wright said they think the department could do more to support Black students.

“There is a position the Af-Am department has that they can leverage, and I don’t think we have

that right now,” she said.

Last fall, department members released a letter condemning University President Morton Schapiro’s response to student protests for abolition.

Other departments then sent letters voicing their support for the African American Studies department’s letter, as opposed to directly supporting Black student protesters, Karbo-Wright said.

In terms of support from administrators, Whittaker said he feels there is a discord between the fact that NU “champions” events like the anniversary of the Bursar’s Office Takeover but will take disciplinary action against student protesters today.

Karbo-Wright added that the demonstration policy is particularly frustrating, given the nationally-ranked work students and professors complete in the African American Studies department.

“You can’t ask us to be scholars and to be intellectual and to be critical and then tell us (to) not be critical of our situation as well,” Karbo-Wright said. “We have the second-best African American Studies Ph.D. program in the country, but it’s like, ‘Okay, y’all need to keep it to the classroom.’ ” maiapandey@u.northwestern.edu

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NU football to visit No. 18 Wisconsin

By PATRICK ANDRES

daily senior staffer @pandres2001

Time is running out for Northwestern.

The days are shorter and colder. The Wildcats’ neighbors at Welsh-Ryan Arena are beginning to draw coverage and eyeballs as basketball season ramps up. And NU is 3-6, in need of three straight wins to attain bowl eligibility in consecutive seasons for the first time since 2015-18.

“The word is urgency,” graduate student linebacker Chris Bergin said. “That’s of the utmost importance right now, and that is understood by everybody in this program. From athletic training to strength staff, to coaches to players, to young guys and old guys, we’re ready for the opportunity.”

A formidable road opponent awaits the Cats (3-6, 1-5 Big Ten) Saturday morning in No. 18 Wisconsin (6-3, 4-2). The Badgers started the season 1-3, falling to Penn State in their opener before being dominated by Notre Dame and Michigan in back-to-back weeks.

Wisconsin righted its ship with a 24-0 shutout of Illinois and is currently riding a five-game winning streak, during which it has yet to allow more than 14 points in a game.

“This defense is No. 1 in the country for a reason,” coach Pat Fitzgerald said. “They’re tough, they’re violent, they’re well-coordinated. They do things right, they don’t make mistakes ... (Badgers defensive coordinator Jim Leonhard) is an outstanding football coach.”

Fitzgerald said both NU and Wisconsin rank among college football’s most consistently known quantities, and the two teams’ meetings in recent years have reflected this phenomenon. The final scores in the last decade include 20-14 (2014), 13-7 (2015), 21-7 (2016) and 17-7 (2020). A team has cracked the 30-point mark in just two of the past seven contests.

“Like last week (against Iowa), we’ve got a lot of history between our staffs going against each other,” Fitzgerald said. “You get into Big Ten West games in November, and it’s fundamentals, it’s taking care of the football … I don’t think anyone’s gonna trick anyone at this point in the year.”

The Cats didn’t take care of the football against the Hawkeyes, turning the ball over more than twice for the first time since their 30-23 loss to Duke on Sept. 18.

Each of NU’s three turnovers was an interception from senior quarterback Andrew Marty, including a pick on the Cats’ final drive that sealed Iowa’s 17-12 win.

“We don’t want to repeat the same mistakes we

made the previous week,” graduate wide receiver Stephon Robinson Jr. said. “This last game, as coach said, we made a lot of internal errors. That’s on us and not anything [the Hawkeyes] did.”

The Badgers’ in-season improvements this year have stemmed in part from an increased emphasis on the running game, which NU has struggled to defend against in 2021. Against Purdue, Wisconsin quarterback Graham Mertz tried just eight passes, completing five for 52 yards while the Badgers outrushed the Boilermakers 297 to -13.

Running back Chez Mellusi, who ran for 149 yards and a touchdown against Purdue, was ruled out for the rest of the season Thursday due to a leg injury. Wisconsin will instead turn to running back Braelon Allen, who also burned the Boilermakers for 140 yards and two touchdowns.

The Badgers’ newly functional offense will pose a significant challenge to the Cats’ defense, which has given up more than 300 yards in each of its last three games.

“These young guys are extremely talented, extremely gifted and extremely smart, high-IQ football players,” Bergin said. “It’s on me to continue to relay to them how good they are and to continue to get them to grow in confidence and trust themselves.” patrickandres2023@u.northwestern.edu

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99 DE Adetomiwa Adebawore 96 DT Trevor Kent 54 DT Jeremy Meiser 91 DE Samdup Miller 40 WILL Peter McIntyre 32 MIKE Bryce Gallagher 28 SAM Chris Bergin 2 CB Cam Mitchell 11 CB A.J. Hampton, Jr. 16 S Brandon Joseph 0 S Coco Azema

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Robinson Jr. spearheading top-notch grad season

By LAWRENCE PRICE

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On New Year’s Day, Northwestern capped off a historic 2020 campaign with a victory against Auburn in the 2021 Citrus Bowl.

The game marked the final hurrah for numerous players, including the senior wide receiver trio of Ramaud Chiaokhiao-Bowman, Riley Lees and Kyric McGowan.

All three starters left Evanston, raising questions about the unit’s future. However, a Jan. 8 tweet captioned “Time to work” silenced those questions. In it, then-Kansas wide receiver Stephon Robinson Jr. donned a purple NU uniform with the word “Committed” planted at the top of the photograph.

Now, nine games into the 2021 season, Robinson Jr. has filled big shoes for the Wildcats’ passing attack.

“Steph has been absolutely outstanding,” coach Pat Fitzgerald said. “Just really proud of him, great to have him a part of the program and look forward to a great and strong finish by him.”

Fitzgerald said he believes Robinson Jr. has played at an All-Big Ten level this season — and his claim is valid.

After a breakout junior season at Kansas in which he corralled 45 catches for 727 yards, injury cut the Los Angeles native’s senior campaign short. But he found a new life in NU’s offense.

Robinson Jr. currently has 35 catches for 489 yards and two touchdowns over eight contests. He’s on pace to finish with about 48 catches and 672 yards, likely adding his name into contention for postseason awards.

“He’s an explosive player,” wide receivers coach Dennis Springer said. “He’s definitely somebody that

you have to pay attention to, he’s definitely somebody that allows us to stretch the field vertically with his ability to make plays.”

Springer said Robinson Jr.’s impact extends past his playmaking skills. He described the receiver as a leader powered by work ethic and buzzing confidence. The wide receiver room needed this energy after losing sophomore starting wide receiver Bryce Kirtz for the season to a non-contact injury.

Losing a key offensive target like Kirtz forced defenses to focus their attention on Robinson Jr. But he’s hard to stop. The wide receiver proceeded to post back-to-back 100-yard games against Nebraska and Rutgers — the first time a Cats wideout achieved that mark since 2018.

“I made a lot of explosive plays down the field, so it gives us a chance to open up the offense,” Robinson Jr. said. “Sometimes even I can be a decoy in some situations to get a lot of our other playmakers the ball out in space.”

One of these playmakers is junior wide receiver Malik Washington. With Kirtz sidelined, the Lawrenceville, Georgia native became NU’s No. 2 wideout, racking up 426 receiving yards and two touchdowns on 34 catches.

Washington complimented Robinson Jr.’s unselfish attitude and game experience. He said the graduate student has mentored not only him but also the other receivers and the locker room.

“He’s somebody that takes people under their wing,” Washington said. “With the loss of Riley, Ramaud (and) Kyric last year, I think having an older guy in the room, somebody that has already done it before, somebody that has played in big games at Kansas, all he has done is be great for us.”

During the team’s matchup against Michigan, Robinson Jr.’s playmaking abilities were limited to one quarter after he suffered a lower-body injury.

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Stephon Robinson Jr. throws up the peace sign. The graduate wide receiver is a leader in the locker room and Northwestern’s leading receiver this season.

He was out the next week against Minnesota, which upset him.

“It hurts when you’re not there to help your team,” Robinson Jr. said. “When I’m seeing stuff from the sideline and I’m hurt, I’m thinking in my head, ‘Oh I can make this play, I can do that’.”

The graduate transfer returned to his lead role against Iowa last week, posting five catches for 64 yards and three rushes for 37 yards. Fitzgerald expressed the team will need his explosive playmaking for the final regular-season stretch.

NU’s (3-6, 1-5 Big Ten) matchup this weekend against No. 18 Wisconsin (6-3, 4-2) in Madison, Wisconsin, marks one of the team’s toughest defensive opponents of the season. The Badgers have given up

the fewest passing yards per game in the Big Ten and allowed the fewest points per game in the conference to date in the season.

With potentially just three games left in the regular season and his college career, Robinson Jr. understands what’s on the line for NU and expects them to play its game and not Wisconsin’s.

“They’re one of the top defenses in the country, so we know we got to bring our A-game,” Robinson Jr. said. “We just have to attack them, you know, don’t play scared and just go up and make plays when the ball comes my way. Come down with it every single time, outrun them, out-physical them every play.” lawrenceprice2024@u.northwestern.edu

Adebawore shines for NU Irish reps talk Dublin game

By GABRIELA CARROLL

daily senior staffer @gablcarroll

Northwestern’s defense has had its share of struggles this season.

The unit currently gives up the third-most points in the Big Ten and the most rushing yards in the conference. But the Wildcats may have a bright spot on the defensive line in junior Adetomiwa Adebawore.

The Kansas City, Mo., native has been a differencemaker with two forced fumbles, 4.5 sacks, eight tackles for loss and 23 solo tackles in nine games.

“Adetomiwa (is) an athletic freak, he’s explosive and it’s nice to be playing behind a guy who can be so disruptive in the backfield,” sophomore linebacker Bryce Gallagher said. “He’s had a phenomenal year so far, and that’s not just on Saturdays. You see that every single day in practice. He’s an absolute freak of nature, and it’s definitely nice to be playing behind him.”

Adebawore was a three-star recruit and chose NU over Washington State, Yale and Navy, among others.

In his freshman season, he finished with five solo tackles and one sack, and he was the first true freshman to start a game that season.

The following year, the defensive end had 11 solo tackles, six tackles for loss and two sacks.

This season, Adebawore is on track for All-Big Ten status. Against Rutgers, he forced his first career fumble and tallied four tackles for loss — the highest singlegame total by an NU player since former defensive end Joe Gaziano in 2018. He notched a career-high 1.5 sacks against Indiana State and tied a career high with four tackles versus Nebraska. Adebawore also batted down two passes against Duke.

“I’ve grown just with more reps,” Adebawore said.

“Just seeing what moves work for me, what moves don’t, and seeing how offensive linemen have been beat and just learning from other guys who have used moves on them.”

Week after week, Adebawore says he’s focused on the fundamentals. With defensive coordinator Jim O’Neil installing a new scheme this season, that focus

has helped him excel amid the unit’s struggles.

Adebawore is quiet, according to defensive line coach Marty Long. But he’s recently emerged as a vocal leader of the young NU defensive group.

“He came in as a very quiet young man, and now he talks,” Long said. “He leads by example, and now he’s a vocal leader. The guys respect him a lot. I’m hoping and praying that he comes back next year and he’s a captain for us.”

What stands out most about Adebawore is his commitment to growth and improvement, Long said. But it’s not just the differences on his own scoresheet.

Long said he remembers going over film with Adebawore of a play he missed his freshman season that ended up gaining the opposing team massive yardage.

This season, Adebawore made the tackle on a similar play, and the opponent lost 5 yards, Long said.

“He’s a guy that comes to work every single day,” Long said. “He’s extremely smart, a student of the game, and plays hard. He always calls me at all different times to ask me questions about the game. I really, really like coaching him. He’s one of the strongest players that we have.”

That strength has translated into game-changing plays. In last Saturday’s game against Iowa, Adebawore sacked quarterback Alex Padilla on first down, leading to junior wide receiver Raymond Niro III’s blocked punt on fourth down. The Cats only allowed 180 yards following that play.

NU’s (3-6, 1-5 Big Ten) upcoming opponent, No. 18 Wisconsin (6-3, 4-2), is notorious for having a strong offensive line, and this year is no exception.

The Badgers are tied for third in sacks allowed this season, having allowed just 14. Wisconsin also has the Big Ten’s second-best rushing offense, averaging 222.6 yards per game.

So how is Adebawore planning to penetrate the Badgers’ line?

“The fundamentals, being physical,” he said. “Wisconsin’s O-line is really good, so we need to make sure we’re honing in on our fundamentals: using our hands, attacking, staying low.” gabrielacarroll2023@u.northwestern.edu

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After the 2021 Aer Lingus College Football Classic between Illinois and Nebraska was moved to Champaign, Ill. because of the pandemic, the game’s representatives reached out to Northwestern.

Officials affiliated with College Football Ireland communicated with the Wildcats as far back as 2017 about playing in Dublin, and have stayed in touch since. According to John Anthony, a representative of Irish American Events Limited, coach Pat Fitzgerald’s Irish heritage and Chicago’s Irish population were “obvious connections” for hosting NU across the Atlantic Ocean.

“We were just looking for the right opportunity,” Anthony said. “When the IllinoisNebraska game had (been) canceled, it was natural to immediately look here. The Big Ten geography has so much of an Irish-American connection to it.”

In May, NU announced that it will play the 2022 season opener against Nebraska at Aviva Stadium in Dublin, the first of five Aer Lingus College Football Classic contests.

To recognize the matchup, a contingent of game representatives, Irish government members and tourism executives visited Evanston and Chicago last weekend to attend the Cats’ Senior Night matchup against No. 22 Iowa.

“2022 is an exciting time for the recovery of tourism and making sure we signal to everyone across the world that Ireland is open for business,” said Jack Chambers, Irish minister of state for Gaeltacht Affairs and Sports. “I think we’ll see a huge amount of positive benefit across not only sport, but academic and business opportunities.”

The Cats’ visit to the Emerald Isle will be their first college football game played outside of the United States and Ireland’s first since a 2016 matchup between Georgia Tech and Boston College.

In past years, teams have arrived in Ireland the Wednesday before the game and departed on Saturday around midnight. NU’s schedule will be slightly different.

Anthony said Fitzgerald will be the first coach to stay two nights following the game.

He and NU will participate in activities that may include a Gaelic exchange of sport and a visit to Kilmainham Gaol in Dublin, a former jail that housed members of the Irish Republican movement who fought for the nation’s independence from the United Kingdom.

“With (Fitzgerald’s) connectivity as a proud Irish-American, he wants the guys to see things like that and understand a whole new culture,” Anthony said.

Alison Metcalfe, Tourism Ireland’s executive

vice president for North America and Australia/New Zealand, said the tourist attractions players visit will depend on their schedule. She mentioned sites such as the Guinness Storehouse and Dublin Castle in Ireland’s capital, the Cliffs of Moher and the Ring of Kerry.

Currently, ticket packages for fans include attending the football game and exploring Ireland on city tours, golf excursions and more.

During their trip to Illinois, members of the group spent time at Ryan Fieldhouse, WelshRyan Arena and the Irish American Heritage Center in Chicago. They handed out foam clovers to fans at Saturday’s home game and were set up at Wildcat Alley and the N Zone beforehand.

Two days before the Cats faced the Hawkeyes, Notre Dame and Navy were announced as the two teams for the 2023 Aer Lingus College Football Classic. Anthony acknowledged the strong relationship between the Fighting Irish and the Midshipmen — who previously met in Dublin in 1996 and 2012 — and Ireland.

Based on their success, he hopes the connection between the Emerald Isle and other college football programs will continue to grow.

“You take that mindset and with the commitment of these wonderful people in the Irish agencies and government saying how much they love this, we hope we’re going to start every college football season in Dublin,” Anthony said. “In which case, we want to build what I just described with those two schools … with other schools as well.” drewschott2023@u.northwestern.edu

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NAISA: Our statement on hate speech at The Rock NATIVE AMERICAN AND INDIGENOUS STUDENT ALLIANCE OP-ED CONTRIBUTOR

Indigenous students affiliated with the Native American and Indigenous Student Alliance read this statement Nov. 7 in response to the racist and anti-Indigenous vandalism of their Native American Heritage Month painting of The Rock. The statement has been edited for Daily style.

The Native American and Indigenous Student Alliance condemns the racist and anti-Indigenous actions perpetrated by members of the Northwestern community at The Rock. As a community, we took time to guard and paint The Rock, and to acknowledge Native American Heritage Month.

Our hope was to bring awareness to issues including Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls and 2Spirit and the ongoing harm at U.S. Indian boarding or residential “schools.”

Today, we woke up to hostile vandalism painted

across our work.

Ignorant vandals spray-painted over “Bring Our Children Home,” a slogan used to bring awareness to the 6,000 plus children found so far in unmarked graves across Turtle Island at the locations of these “schools” over this last year alone. They spray-painted over “Happy Native American Heritage Month,” a month used to celebrate, increase visibility and heal together as Native American and Indigenous peoples. On the side of the bench, we declared: “It’s Native American Heritage Month and it’s time NU is accountable to its history.” We further acknowledged Northwestern occupies Anishinaabeg lands. These truths were silenced with layers of white paint.

Silencing Indigenous voices speaks to the climate of our campus and that our work here is never done. We first want to acknowledge the targeted statement against all Ojibwe students, faculty, staff, and community members. We stand with you and extend our support to you in any way we can offer it. Second, we acknowledge what was written about Chinese land and we extend

our support to all Chinese community members

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Silencing Indigenous voices speaks to the climate of our campus and that our work here is never done.

- Native American and Indigenous Student Alliance, Op-Ed Contributor

hurt by this racist rhetoric. Finally, we offer our support to all Native American and Indigenous students, faculty, staff and community members on and off this campus who were affected by these actions. We oppose the vandals’ actions and hope whoever did this understands the effect this

had on our community today and forever on.

We ask that University leadership take substantive and decisive actions to transform Northwestern into a welcoming institution for our BIPOC community.

We demand acknowledgment of the racist and antiIndigenous vandalism that occured at The Rock. We hope this brings awareness to our communal fight against colonial power and its extension onto this campus. We have endured and will continue to stand up for our community and we ask for your support.

We request a meeting with the Native American Leadership Council, Northwestern’s Board of Trustees, University President Morton Schapiro, Provost Kathleen Hagerty, and Vice Provost and Chief Diversity Officer Robin Means Coleman to plan a substantive path forward to create change needed on this campus.

This op-ed was written by members of the Native American and Indigenous Students Alliance. If you would like to respond publicly to this op-ed, send a Letter to the Editor to opinion@dailynorthwestern.com. The views expressed in this piece do not necessarily reflect the views of all staff members of The Daily Northwestern.

Mills: Racists have a home here at Northwestern University KADIN MILLS

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Aaniin, boozhoo gakina nindinawemaaginidog.

Kadin indizhinikaaz zhaaganashimong. Gaawiin ingikenimaasii nindoodem. Gichi-wiikwedong indoonjaba, jiigi-michigamme indaa.

I am a first descendent of the Keweenaw Bay Indian Community living in what is known today as Michigan. I live near the shore in rural Buchanan, Mich. on land ceded to the United States in 1828.

Here at Northwestern, I have been involved in the Native community, which is now a space I call home.

In the past I have written about how coming to NU transformed my own idea of my Indigenous identity, from finding community to learning more about who I am and how I got here. That means uncovering generational traumas and family

histories I had never considered before. The Indigenous community here is a strong one, and I am proud to be a part of it. This past week however, the greater NU community has failed us.

Sunday was a hard day. For Indigenous people in North America, Native American Heritage Month is a time for communities to heal from generational trauma resulting from boarding schools, termination, removal, environmental injustice — the list goes on.

The Native American and Indigenous Student Alliance painted The Rock last Thursday night ahead of Family Weekend. In the spirit of healing, we painted an orange jingle dress dancer and an Anishinaabe medicine wheel, all with messaging that centered contemporary Native issues. We joked that it was only a matter of time before our messaging would be painted over. I thought about what racist slurs might cover our messages. I pictured myself walking to The Rock to see it covered in red paint.

When I woke up to a text from my Ojibwe relative on campus reading, “Are you okay?” I knew what had happened. We all did. I walked toward The Rock to assess the damage for myself. Two squad cars were parked there between University Hall and Harris Hall. I approached two University Police

officers, who asked me what I found personally offensive about what was painted on The Rock. I asserted that, as an Ojibwe student, obviously I find “Ojibwe? No way!!” very offensive, not to mention the scribbles across “Bring our children home,” an homage to the thousands of children buried under a thin layer of dirt at the sites of residential “schools” across Turtle Island.

Nonetheless, the cops asserted that what was painted was protected as free speech, and that “everyone has a right to paint The Rock.” They told me they did not find The Rock to be offensive … just ignorant. This came just days before the University sent an email condemning the demonstration at last Saturday’s football game. Yet, the University still has not emailed a response to the “free” hate speech at The Rock, and instead hid the strangely paternalistic response in Leadership Notes and allowed it to spread by word of mouth alone.

The University, in the role of Big Brother, claims unequivocal support for Indigenous students and advocates for “robust education and understanding around Native Americans,” but little has been done to shift the burden of education off the shoulders of the Indigenous community. The message reads as a

shallow praise for students handling hatred so well, which doesn’t sit right with me.

To be frank, I don’t care who painted the attacks on The Rock. The issue at hand is the culture the University fosters.

Racists have a home here. In 1996, students painted “Die Negroes” and “Die Fags” on The Rock.

Twenty years later, students painted swastikas and slurs in the Alice Millar Chapel.

Hate speech on campus is not new. Settler students might be surprised by the anti-Indigenous rhetoric, but we are not.

You are on Anishinaabe land. Learn to act like it.

These opinions are my own and do not necessarily reflect the views of all members of the Indigeneous community on campus and I do not share these on behalf of the Native American and Indigenous Student Alliance.

Kadin Mills is a Medill sophomore. He can be contacted at kadinmills2024@u.northwestern.edu. If you would like to respond publicly to this op-ed, send a Letter to the Editor to opinion@dailynorthwestern.com. The views expressed in this piece do not necessarily reflect the views of all staff members of The Daily Northwestern.

Nevo: Prioritizing student well-being needs more than words LILY NEVO

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At 5:12 p.m. on Tuesday, Adrian Randolph, the dean of Weinberg, sent an email condemning the anti-Indigenous hate speech painted on the Rock on Saturday night. At 5:35 p.m., four senior administrators — Vice President of Student Affairs Julie Payne-Kirchmeier, Provost Kathleen Hagerty, Executive Vice President Craig Johnson and University President Morton Schapiro — sent an email affirming the University’s commitment to free speech, so long as it is not exercised to harm.

“Our demonstration policy is designed to prevent the harm or harassment of our community members as they conduct their business” the email said.

After reading Dean Randolph’s email, I assumed this so-called “demonstration policy” was referencing the blatant racism exhibited at the Rock, language which University Police claimed was protected by free speech. Instead, the administration referenced the protest at Saturday’s football game as its example of harmful speech.

There is much to say about the senior administrators’ email, but first and foremost, why is the administration fighting students they have continuously ignored, while protecting those committing harm? According to an NU Community Not Cops Instagram post, at the time of Saturday’s protest, it had been more than 521 days since NUCNC first vocalized its demands to the administration.

It goes without saying that in condemning Saturday’s protest, the University protects racists and disincentivizes dissent while remaining mostly

silent on the anti-Indigenous vandalism. “Divest from Death,” as a banner from Saturday read, is a phrase one would expect to garner widespread support. But when it is directed at the administration and the Board of Trustees, those in power deem such a statement unacceptable.

On Thursday, Hagerty sent an email containing a short condemnation of the events at the Rock, which was discreetly posted to the leadership notes on Monday. Though the email acknowledged the University’s initial message should have been sent to the entire community, late is barely better than never.

Additionally, Hagerty did not apologize for the delayed and shallow response. In sending out the message only after much student backlash, the University appears reluctant to widely broadcast its condemnation. Was the administration worried about how its denouncement of racism would be received, or did it not think the students harmed by such hate speech deserved to feel immediately supported by their institution?

The second concerning thing about Tuesday’s email was that this top-10 academic institution does not seem to understand the meaning of a protest. The demonstration policy mentioned in the email states that “no community member may prevent or obstruct (or attempt to prevent or obstruct) (i) the regularly scheduled activities of the University … (ii) co-curricular activities; (iii) University or public events; or (iv) medical center access or business.”

The existence of a “demonstration policy” is absurd, given that protests are intended to disrupt. A “demonstration” that did not challenge a policy or disrupt a space would likely not be very effective. And it is difficult to argue that stopping a football game for several minutes is more concerning than the actual issues being protested.

If the University wanted students to vocalize their concerns in an unobtrusive manner, it

should have listened and engaged with students more than 500 days ago. Students protest now because the University has repeatedly refused to listen to them.

I do not doubt that administrators are busy, but they cannot claim to be committed to the safety and well-being of all students when many, for nearly a year and a half, have said that they do not feel safe on campus; when for multiple weekends, at different locations, students reported they were drugged; when they fail to even send a blanket condemnation of racist vandalism. They cannot claim to be committed to the safety of students when it seems as though every weekend they perpetrate harm. The blatant hypocrisy would be comically unbelievable if the trauma inflicted by this University weren’t so pervasive.

I anticipate some will say it is overdramatic to imply that one email can be traumatic, but it is the University’s repeated disregard for student concerns that serves as a constant reminder that it does not exist to support its community. To expect anyone to learn and live in an environment where they feel unsafe is unfair enough, but to repeatedly undermine students creates longlasting psychological consequences.

If the University wants protests to take the form of mere conversations, then it must be willing to listen. It must listen to what student activists have been saying for more than a year. Northwestern, verbally condemn acts of harm, but then act on those condemnations. Hold community members accountable. Redefine the meaning of campus safety beyond the traditional framework of policing. Provide resources for support beyond just sending the link to Counseling and Psychological Services. Prioritize student well-being, for real.

Lily Nevo is a Weinberg sophomore. She can be contacted at lilynevo2024@u.northwestern.edu. If

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NAISA

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which we shouldn’t have to.”

NAISA also called for the University to establish a Crisis Response Team to handle responses to bias incidents on campus, including anti-Indigeneity, anti-Blackness, xenophobia, racism and hate crimes.

SESP senior and NAISA member Isabel St. Arnold, who is a Keweenaw Bay Ojibwe, said she and Twocrow worked with the rest of NAISA and other community members throughout the week to write the demands.

“We take into account everyone’s opinions and try to give everyone space to voice what they want,” St. Arnold said.

In addition to requesting a response from Schapiro and Hagerty, NAISA also demanded an apology to parents and families of Indigenous students.

The vandalism occurred over Family Weekend, and many parents of Indigenous students, including Twocrow’s father, saw it.

“How are they supposed to leave knowing their Native students here are safe?” Twocrow said. “We had people saying, ‘Yeah, my mom saw that — I took them over to go see The Rock, and that (had) happened.’ That’s not okay.”

‘This affects our entire community forever’

Twocrow expressed concern specifically for the impact the anti-Indigenous hate has had on freshmen and prospective students.

Twocrow, who works for NU admissions, said the team decided to halt social media posts it had scheduled for Native American Heritage Month after the vandalism.

“For our first-years (and) for our prospective students, how are we supposed to tell them that this is a safe campus for them?” Twocrow said.

Twocrow also emphasized that the harm caused by the vandalism and the University’s response extends beyond those directly involved now.

“It doesn’t only affect our week, our month and our quarter — this affects our entire community forever,” Twocrow said. “We will remember this. It’s not something that’s going to be forgotten. And we will continue to hold Northwestern accountable.”

‘More harm than good’

NAISA released a statement Thursday outlining why the University’s post in Leadership Notes was not enough. The organization said the post’s language is “dismissive” and said NU needs to list immediate steps it will take to support the Indigenous community.

The document also called attention to the fact that until Thursday, the University had not sent a universitywide email about the issue.

However, on Wednesday, administrators sent an email to the NU community emphasizing the University’s demonstration policy and condemning a Nov. 6 student protest in which students advocated for the abolition of University Police, among other changes.

“Your response (to the Nov. 6 protest) showed us

that you took priority to condemn students peacefully advocating for protection from violence versus condemning actual violence happening on campus,” NAISA wrote in the statement.

In the University’s Thursday email, Hagerty said she recognized students, faculty and staff felt “hurt and angered” by the University’s lack of communication to the entire NU community about the antiIndigenous vandalism.

The email stated that the University is “unequivocal” in its support of its Indigenous community and condemns the messages on The Rock.

“One of Northwestern’s central missions is for our community members to learn and grow, including me,” Hagerty wrote in the email. “I appreciate the feedback we received over the past several days.”

However, the Thursday email did not include an apology.

St. Arnold said both communications from the University — the statement posted in Leadership Notes and the Thursday email — felt “empty” and lacked tangible support, causing “more harm than good.”

“All (NU is) saying (to the Indigenous community) is, ‘Good job for being resilient and good job for putting all this labor on yourself,’ when we shouldn’t have had to do that,” St. Arnold said. “We should have had support from the University immediately.”

A call for community support

NU community members who are looking for ways to support the Indigenous community should send the demands to the Board of Trustees, president, provost and the chief diversity officer in their own words to pressure the University to act, St. Arnold said.

St. Arnold and Twocrow added allies to the Indigenous community can also show support by attending NAISA’s events, like the Nov. 19 Sand Creek Commemoration. The event will include a procession from the John Evans Alumni Center to the Center for Native American Indigenous Research House, followed by a community fire and reflection.

“We’re not asking for any money, donations, anything like that, we don’t want that,” Twocrow said.

“What we want is people to show up to these events that are thoughtfully planned months in advance.”

While NU community members have reached out to NAISA to express support following the vandalism, Twocrow said very few people have attended Native American Heritage Month events. She said these events have been in the works for a full year, and they are extremely important to the Indigenous community.

Twocrow and St. Arnold also emphasized NAISA’s work extends to the entire Indigenous community at NU. “We recognize that not all Native American, Indigenous students on this campus … are a part of NAISA,” Twocrow said. “We want to make sure they know that we’re here to support them too.” isabelfunk2024@u.northwestern.edu waverlylong@u.northwestern.edu

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communities and the Evanston community.

Prior to the pandemic, members of the group delivered meals to a local shelter in Rogers Park every Sunday evening. Now, the organization is working with Refugee Community Connection, an organization that “seeks to ease the transition for newly arrived refugees to Chicago.” Gupta and other SAWE families “adopt” families of Afghan refugees, helping them access resources and meet basic living needs while they settle into a new city.

Gupta’s work with Refugee Community Connection began six or seven years ago, and halted during the Trump Administration, when there was less opportunity to sponsor families.

This year, she opened up the opportunity to the SAWE community through the Facebook group, and received an overwhelmingly positive response.

Gupta said she wanted to share the option with the South Asian community because many of them are familiar with the struggles of adjusting to life in the U.S. “We have an understanding of the immigrant experience,” Gupta said. “There’s food crossover, there’s clothing crossover, there’s music crossover.”

The group also works to highlight different female South Asian business owners and figures in the community. When member Bindu Reddy’s shop Berry Pike Cafe was vandalized, Gupta worked to support her by rallying SAWE group members through a GoFundMe. Reddy said that as a small business owner, having that community of support was imperative during the pandemic.

“It really felt like we were in it together,” Reddy said. “People are always there to hear out any

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hundreds of emails a day with highlight films, and there was nothing really to set you apart.”

Some students also resorted to more creative means in order to connect with coaches from afar.

Anderson remembered working with one swimmer who, after getting no chances to compete last year, filmed a highlight video in his grandmother’s backyard to send to coaches.

“That’s what kids had to do,” Anderson said.

“If you were really resourceful and willing to put in that extra work, you could show who you were without fancy recording equipment or a competitive game.”

This year’s ETHS senior class also had to compete for fewer open spots on college teams.

Last year, the NCAA granted college athletes who missed out on their season an added year of eligibility, meaning some current athletes

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problems I might have … it’s a little comfort zone.”

Other South Asian Evanston business owners and community leaders are often spotlighted on SAWE’s Facebook group. Some of these figures include Anj Jhansen, founding chair of the Asian American Judges Association of Illinois, and Yamani Hingorani, an award-winning interior designer.

SAWE has also partnered with the South Asian Middle Eastern Alliance at Evanston Township High School. Many of the group members have kids who have attended ETHS, or will in the future. Recently, representatives from the group partnered with ETHS to host a diya-making event for Diwali.

Fostering community connection across age is important, Gupta said.

“You can just say one word and share one emotion or picture, and automatically, this big group of people can understand what you’re thinking and feeling,” Gupta said. “It’s that simplicity of communication that’s special.”

For Anu Dewan, cultural connection was a key draw to the group. After moving to Evanston from Chicago four years ago, she stumbled across South Asian Women of Evanston’s Facebook Group while searching for opportunities to connect with other South Asians.

Dewan said being a part of the group has allowed her to reflect on her experience growing up in a group of women with a similar shared experience.

“It’s really nice to be around people like yourself,” she said. “It’s so much easier to be seen.

We have so many similarities culturally and in our experience. When you have that, you feel validated.” avanikalra2025@u.northwestern.edu stayed on their teams an extra year.

Still, some collegiate teams have continued recruiting the same amount of athletes. But Sollinger said larger rosters may also minimize how much playing time each student gets.

“There was one school that I was super interested in that had a roster of 45 girls, and usually they’d only have like 25,” Sollinger said. “It’s a testament to how good their program is and how much the players love it, but at the same time I don’t want to be one of 50 players.”

While Sollinger said she is excited about her commitment to Denison, she added that going through the process during a pandemic was difficult, to say the least.

“I would not wish the recruitment process on my worst enemy,” Sollinger said. “But it was nobody’s fault, and unfortunately that’s how the world works when you’re trying to talk to schools across the country in the middle of a pandemic.” kellycloonan2024@u.northwestern.edu

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Friday, November 12, 2021

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NU falls 1-0 in overtime to Indiana in semifinals

By ALEX CERVANTES

the daily northwestern @cervantespalex

Just four minutes into overtime of the Big Ten Tournament semifinals, Northwestern sophomore forward Justin Weiss got the ball at midfield and was off to the races, with senior midfielder Richie Bennett about 20 yards to his right.

The pair went stride for stride as the Wildcats made a 2-on-1 counterattack.

Weiss played the ball just beyond

Bennett, but the senior tracked it down and pushed forward. For a brief moment inside the Indiana 18-yard box, NU outnumbered the Hoosiers 4-3, giving the Wildcats an opportunity to capitalize and advance to the Big Ten Championship.

But Bennett’s initial cross was pushed away by Indiana goalkeeper Roman Celentano. Though freshman midfielder Collin McCamy followed up the cross with a shot, Celentano shut him down as well. Junior midfielder Logan Weaver then had a go at the goal, but again it was saved by the outstretched Hoosier goalie.

And in one last attempt, Weiss’ shot from about 10 yards was saved, leaving NU scoreless.

The fastbreak opportunity occurred within a span of 20 seconds, highlighting the Cats’ quick counterattack.

Each successive effort from Indiana’s two-time Big Ten Goalkeeper of the Year seemingly rejuvenated a tired Hoosier team. Just two minutes later, Indiana defender Joey Maher scored to end the match 1-0.

With that goal, NU’s season came to a heartbreaking end.

Daily file photo by Gabe Bider

CROSS COUNTRY

The team had clawed its way into the Big Ten Tournament and proceeded to beat then-No. 10 Maryland to appear in the semifinals for the first time since 2013.

The group then took No. 17 Indiana the distance on Wednesday — in Bloomington, Indiana, no less.

“In my four years, this was the first time I was able to get to semifinals,” Bennett said. “But I think more than anything, I was super proud of just the effort everyone is able to put in and really rally behind a common cause because that’s something we’ll never forget.”

The Cats sat deep in their defensive third throughout the game, oftentimes with all 10 outfield players behind the ball. Coach Russell Payne said the defensive approach had more to do with the team’s stamina, rather than Indiana’s prolific attack.

“Our legs caught up with us,” Payne said. “We had to concede a little more territory in the second half through a formation that didn’t allow them to get behind us centrally.”

NU’s backline was tasked with controlling an Indiana attack that had scored 34 goals on the season before Wednesday’s match. The Hoosiers still managed to fire off 20 shots, putting eight on target and forcing graduate student goalkeeper Miha Miskovic to make seven saves.

In contrast, the Cats managed to put

only one shot on goal in the seven attempts outside of their overtime shot barrage.

For Miskovic — the hero of the quarterfinal victory — Wednesday’s game was his last in an NU uniform. And while the clock struck midnight on the Cats’ Cinderella run, he is just happy he was able to suit up for one final season.

“Six months ago, I didn’t know if I was still gonna be here,” Miskovic said.

“I can’t be more grateful for the opportunity to have had another year with this brotherhood.”

NU ends the season with a 6-9-3 record, going 3-5 in regular-season conference play. It’s not a record that jumps off the page, but the team’s end-of-season form leaves room for optimism.

In his first year at the helm and with a semifinals run under his belt, Payne has laid the groundwork for future men’s soccer success both on and off the field in Evanston.

“Two of the values we talk about in this program are gratitude and humility,” Payne said. “So if we continue to make those values foundational pieces of our program, then every new player that comes into the program sees those things modeled by returning players. That’s the kind of culture that’s capable of creating championship-winning teams.” alexcervantes2024@u.northwestern.edu

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

Cats refocus for NCAA Wildcats topple Illinois-Chicago Midwest regionals

By CHARLOTTE VARNES

the daily northwestern @charvarnes11

By KATE WALTER

the daily northwestern @katewalter03

“Energy In, Energy Up.” Northwestern adopted this motto from coach Jill Miller ahead of Friday’s Midwest Regional Championships, as it tackles the final stretch of its postseason and aims to qualify for National Championships.

“I think [the team] has done a great job of focusing their energy inward, on supporting one another in very healthy ways,” Miller said.

The Wildcats will travel to Iowa City, Iowa, for the NCAA Midwest Regional Cross Country Championships, with hopes of qualifying for Nationals later this month.

At Iowa, NU will not only have to battle brutal forecasted conditions, with high winds and precipitation expected, but also conference foes Illinois and reigning Big Ten champion Minnesota.

Coming off a solid performance at the Big Ten Championships, highlighted by senior Rachel McCardell’s fifth-place finish and the team’s seventh-place finish, the Cats are hungry for more.

“If there’s a moment to show up, it’s now,” McCardell said. “This is our chance to prove some people wrong, to prove that we are a team to look out for.”

NU is currently ranked fifth in the Midwest Region, a sizable improvement from last year, when its highest ranking over the course of the season was 11th.

There are two ways the team can qualify for Nationals, which will be held in Tallahassee, Florida, on Nov. 20. The Cats will either need to finish in the top two at Regionals for an automatic bid or receive one of the 13 at-large bids based on season performance.

In addition to team qualification, 38 individuals are chosen to race at Nationals, and the top-four finishers at each Regionals meet, who are not included in the team qualification, automatically qualify as well. Two runners from the national field are then selected as

at-large individuals. After her First-Team All-Big Ten performance, only the third NU runner in history to achieve this honor, McCardell is a contender for Nationals.

The Cats have failed to qualify for Nationals in past seasons, and the last appearance by an NU runner at the meet was in 2018 with Aubrey Roberts’ All-American performance. Despite this history, Miller senses big things on the horizon for her team.

“Progress has not been linear,” she said. “But what I’m most proud of is this team’s ability to pull together, to learn to be assertive of one another, to continue to push each individual toward growth that then ends collectively in a huge movement forward for the team.”

In 2019, Miller’s first season as head coach, the team finished 13th out of 33 teams at Regionals. The 2020 meet was canceled due to the pandemic.

This year, in the team’s third season under Miller’s leadership, the Cats are setting their sights higher.

“You really can come up from the bottom and move up to the top with a lot of passion and hard work,” McCardell said. “This season has definitely been a testament to that.”

And NU is indeed on the rise. The Cats placed second at the Hawkeye Invitational and the ISU Redbird Invitational, and they took third at the Penn State National Open.

McCardell has shined during her senior season. In addition to her top-five finish at the Big Ten, she won both the Hawkeye and ISU Redbird Invitationals and received Big Ten Athlete of the Week accolades after her performance at the latter.

Graduate student Lotte Van der Pol and junior Kalea Bartolotto will also contribute to the team’s effort. The two finished 22nd and 48th at Regionals, respectively.

So for now, NU is looking onward and upward. The team is sticking to Miller’s motto and channeling its season-long energy into one last shot. katewalter2025@u.northwestern.edu

Northwestern soundly defeated Illinois-Chicago 72-49 in its season opener Wednesday at Welsh-Ryan Arena.

The Wildcats (1-0, 0-0) never gave up the lead to the Flames (0-1, 0-0), even after overcoming close calls in the first quarter, surging to victory. Senior guard Veronica Burton led the way for NU, notching 22 points, six assists and five rebounds. Beyond the team captain, several different players contributed offensively, with seven Cats scoring at least five or more points.

“It was a team effort,” coach Joe McKeown said of the win. “We loosened up. We struggled a bit (with) shooting early in the first half … and then (we) started to get out in transition, we hit a couple big shots.

We’re streaky right now, like most teams in college basketball.”

NU opened the game on a 7-0 run and held the Flames scoreless through nearly the first four minutes. But UIC clawed back, narrowing the deficit to one point with less than two minutes left in the first quarter.

From there, however, the Cats’ offense kicked into gear. They closed out the first quarter on a 5-0 Burton run and held the Flames scoreless for the first four and a half minutes of the second quarter.

Senior forward Courtney Shaw said

honing in on defense powered the team’s offensive break, calling it the “backbone” of the team’s play.

“We always talk about how our offense starts with our defense,” Shaw said. “We focus on our defense, intensity and how that sets the tone for the rest of the game.”

By the end of the first half, the Cats cemented their control. NU outscored UIC 18-8 during the second quarter and also improved its efficiency, going 7-for15 from the field during the second compared to 5-for-16 in the first. Burton also added a buzzer-beater to end the half, setting the tone for the rest of the matchup.

NU’s second half was a team effort, with eight different players, including three freshmen, getting on the board.

McKeown said he’s been especially impressed with the freshmen. He said there’s a reason they were “highly rated” as recruits — they make the team better both on and off the court.

Burton agreed with the sentiment, saying the freshmen each bring different talents to the team.

“They all have such unique skill sets,” Burton said. “But with more and more reps they get and (that) we all get as a team together, I can tell we’re getting more comfortable with one another, and they’re getting more comfortable with experience.”

Even though several freshmen contributed on Wednesday, the Cats’ senior players anchored the team. Burton led in points, and Shaw and senior guard/

forward Sydney Wood notched 12 and nine rebounds, respectively.

McKeown credited NU’s senior leaders with taking the freshmen under their wing and helping them adjust to college life.

“They’re doing a great job helping our young players understand life as a freshman at Northwestern — when to get to the bus, where to eat, study halls, everything that comes with it,” McKeown said.

Wednesday’s game also marked the first regular-season game with fans in attendance since Feb. 29, 2020. McKeown said he loved the fans’ energy, and that the game environment was especially fun considering it was a weeknight.

Among the attendees was alumna Lindsey Pulliam, who was drafted by the WNBA’s Atlanta Dream in April and now plays professionally in Turkey for Elazığ İl Özel İdarespor. Burton said the Cats’ faces “lit up” when they saw Pulliam in the stands — it meant a lot to the team to have her back.

Now, NU turns its attention to Sunday’s matchup against UC Santa Barbara. The Cats will tip off against the Gauchos at Welsh-Ryan at 1 p.m. in what McKeown said will be an enjoyable matchup against a competitive program.

charlottevarnes2024@u.northwestern.edu

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Senior guard Veronica Burton drives down the court. Burton put up 22 points in the Cats’ win against Illinois-Chicago on Wednesday.