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Friends call Dayton ‘loved,’ ‘admired’ By patrick svitek

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remembering alexis Friends and classmates listen Thursday night as speakers memorialize the life of former Northwestern student Alexis Lasker, who committed suicide Saturday. The intimate gathering, organized by her close friends, drew more than 100 attendees in Harris Hall.

Lasker’s life honored By jeanne kuang

daily senior staffer @JeanneKuang

More than 100 people gathered in Harris Hall on Thursday night as deceased former student Alexis Lasker’s friends and classmates spoke about her life, her personality and the impact she had on the Northwestern community. Dozens of people stood from the crowd to speak at the intimate memorial service, which was organized by Lasker’s close friend Gina Tremmel and boyfriend Amar Mehta, both Weinberg seniors. Some speakers were friends with Lasker for years, while others had only known her from brief encounters. Also in attendance was Dean of Students Todd Adams, who helped Tremmel

DMK Restaurants eyes Noyes Street location

DMK Restaurants is eying Noyes Street for its next Burger Bar & Fish Bar location. The Chicago chain is applying for a special use permit for a business at 815 Noyes St., according to city documents. The Evanston Site Plan and Appearance Review Committee is scheduled to review the application at its meeting Wednesday. DMK Restaurants owns popular Chicago-area eateries Burger Bar, Fish Bar, Ada Street and County Barbeque. Childhood friends David Morton and Michael Kornick opened the first DMK Burger Bar in 2009. The Noyes Street address was formerly home to Fraiche Bakery and Cafe, which closed its doors earlier

and Mehta coordinate the event and called the service “beautiful.” Lasker was found dead Saturday in the 2500 block of West Fitch Avenue in Chicago. The Cook County medical examiner’s office ruled her death a suicide. Lasker, 22, was on medical leave from the University and was last enrolled as a student in Fall Quarter 2012. She had been studying in the School of Communication with the class of 2014. On Thursday, Tremmel opened the service with her own memories of meeting and befriending Lasker in their freshman year. “We were practically inseparable,” she said. “She clearly impacted all of our lives. … It’s great that everyone can be here to help honor her memory.” Speakers included students who had

met Lasker through the International Studies Residential College, the Honors Program in Medical Education, her peer advising group and the pre-orientation program Summer Academic Workshop. They told stories emphasizing Lasker’s kindness and openness, as well as her intelligence and willingness to listen to and help others. Rohan Zhou-Lee (Bienen ‘13) said he became friends with Lasker after she reached out to him on Facebook over a shared taste in music. He said he and Lasker bonded over discussing works such as the “Les Miserables” film. “Two years ago we made plans to go see this concert pianist,” Zhou-Lee said. “It fell through, like most times. … I think from now on, that will be a goal

this year. The closure came less than a year after the bakery’s owner settled a lawsuit that claimed a former chef stole a binder of recipes, including

those for the cafe’s signature Cinnamon Bombs.

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— Cat Zakrzewski

Annabel Edwards/Daily Senior Staffer

future burger bar? DMK Restaurants may use the currently vacant building at 815 Noyes St. for its next Burger Bar & Fish Bar location. The chain is popular among patrons in Chicago.

During her first week in the eighth grade, Hallie Lundell accidentally threw away her retainer with her food. Still new to the school, Lundell figured the pricey mouth gear was a lost cause. Then she met Caleb Dayton. “Caleb couldn’t believe I was going to leave it there, considering how expensive and valuable it was,” Lundell recalled in an email to The Daily. So Dayton dug through the trash for about half an hour, finally emerging with Lundell’s retainer. She could not believe it. About nine years later, Lundell counts the random act of kindness as her fondest memory of Dayton, a former Northwestern student who died Tuesday afternoon in downtown Evanston. His death was ruled a suicide.

On Thursday, Dayton’s former classmates remembered the Minneapolis native as a compassionate friend for whom no favor was too inconvenient. Some knew him through the upper grades of Breck School — a prestigious private school in Golden Valley, Minn. — while others’ roots with him went back further, including Anne Whiting, who met Dayton in elementary school. “I admired Caleb Dayton so, so much,” Whiting wrote in an email to The Daily. “He was incredibly smart … so talented … and above all, so kind and generous.” Family friend Manny Laureano recalled Dayton as an outgoing child who, as he grew up, “always seemed to be doing good things with good people.” Dayton practiced martial arts from a young age, taking after his mom, Laureano said. “So, it was truly a family affair,” Laureano wrote in an email to The Daily. Dayton came from one of Minnesota’s most prominent families, with ties to a » See caleb Dayton, page 9

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new digs Sally Blount, dean of the Kellogg School of Management, speaks at the groundbreaking ceremony for the business school’s new building. The ceremony was held Thursday evening to celebrate plans for Kellogg’s new global hub.

Kellogg site unveiled By Rosalie Chan

the daily northwestern @rosaliech1

A groundbreaking ceremony on Thursday unveiled architects’ plans for the Kellogg School of Management’s new building and celebrated the halfway mark in its $350-million Transforming Together campaign. The ceremony took place near the Allen Center, where the new Kellogg business education center will be located. Attendees watched a video of what the new Kellogg building will look like, and special guests involved in the project symbolically turned the soil. “I knew if we were going to do this building, I had to believe in it 100 percent,” Kellogg Dean Sally Blount said. “It’s inspired by the power of the Great Lakes and shows the beauty of the shoreline.”

The five-story, 410,000 square-foot building will stand where the lakefront parking lot is currently located, next to the Allen Center. It will have a view of Lake Michigan and the Chicago skyline. Construction will start in early 2014 and should finish by late 2016. In addition to housing Kellogg programs, the new building will include the economics department. “We’re the only top economics department and top business school that are housed in the same building,” economics Prof. Bill Rogerson said. “That’s one of our unique strengths.” University President Morton Schapiro said the change will also allow Northwestern to transfer a lot of the social sciences departments to the Donald P. Jacobs building, Kellogg’s current home. “It’s going to allow us to move a lot of » See kellogg, page 10

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Job center, community college to partner By Edward Cox

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Evanston Youth Job Center has partnered with Oakton Community College to lead job training courses for young people starting in January. The job center received a $50,000 grant from the Chicago Community Trust in October to offer an automobile maintenance course for young people who are not in school, said Kim Hoopingarner, director of development at the center. The program plans to prepare what Hoopingarner described as a “vulnerable” population in Evanston for job opportunities in the city. The initiative, which young adults can access through the job center, will involve training and hands-on work with Evanstonarea businesses such as Jiffy Lube and Midas. Courses on car maintenance will be taught at the automotive facility in Evanston Township High School, which is open in the evening. “I’m hoping it will take young people

Freeport man accused of sexually assaulting Evanston child

A Freeport, Ill., man was charged Tuesday with sexually assaulting a 7-year-old child the man once lived near in Evanston. Anthony P. Tyler, 33, is accused of sexually assaulting the child during a six-month period in 2008 starting in March. The Evanston Police Department said its juvenile bureau started investigating last month after the child told a school resource officer about the incident. Tyler was an Evanston resident in 2008, during which he was charged with sexually

currently not connected to anything … (and) put them on the path to career success and economic stability,” Hoopingarner said. Oakton Community College has had an ongoing relationship with the job center because some of its The graduates seek jobs in training will Evanston, Hoopingarner said. Oakton offers probably help courses in Skokie and Des Plaines, but the young adult Mayor Elizabeth Tis- population … to dahl has noted it may become more be inconvenient for marketable in Evanston students to travel outside the city employment. to attend classes. Steve Repsys, Oakton professors Oakton will not be teaching spokesman the automotive repair courses known as the Midas Training Program, Oakton spokesman Steve Repsys said. He did not specify how else Oakton would be involved in the automobile repair program.

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abusing a member of the child’s family, according to police. The child picked Tyler out of a lineup, police said. Tyler, of the 600 block of East Currier Road, faces three counts of predatory criminal Source: Evanston Police sexual assault. He is Department scheduled to appear Anthony Tyler in court Dec. 9

“We try to make it as convenient as possible for people in the district to take classes,” Respys said. “The training will probably help the young adult population … to become more marketable in employment.” The college partnered with Northwestern by offering English as a Second Language classes at the school in fall 2012, Respys said. Oakton also offers dual-credit courses at ETHS that aim to help students transition into college, such as Introduction to Public Safety Careers. ETHS superintendent Eric Witherspoon is the point man for Oakton courses offered in District 202. In addition to ETHS, Oakton offers courses at other high schools in the Evanston area. The job center, a nonprofit agency at 1114 Church St., partners with the city to offer job training opportunities for Evanston youth. The center offers a “Building Career Pathways to Sustainable Employment” program for young adults who go on to work for employers such as the city. edwardcox2011@u.northwestern.edu

Police Blotter Cell phone taken by home guest A cell phone was stolen from a home Tuesday evening near the Evanston-Wilmette border, according to police. Someone took the cell phone between 7 and 7:10 p.m. from the residence in the 2500 block of Park Place, police said. The resident had allowed the person into his or her home, and the cell phone was unattended. The cell phone was described as an Apple iPhone with a black and white, floral protective sleeve. — Patrick Svitek

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Former congressman Allen West (R-Fla.) spoke Thursday about whether the United States should use military action to spread freedom. Westâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s talk, which took place Thursday afternoon, was sponsored by the Northwestern University College Republicans. About 80 people attended. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We thought he would bring in a fresh perspective to go along with any political topics we would discuss with him,â&#x20AC;? said Seamus Naughton, acting president of NUCR, of selecting West. The Weinberg junior said a major reason for bringing West on as fall speaker was to give the NU community a fresh look at conservatism. West, who served in the Army for 22 years and is also a frequent Fox News Contributor, focused his talk on how the United States cannot use military action to spread freedom because its mission is to keep America safe. West opened the talk by explaining the fine line between spreading freedom and fighting obstacles. Using this idea, he defended the Iraq and Afghanistan wars by highlighting how the successes of past wars were based on fighting â&#x20AC;&#x153;the intrusions against freedom.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Nation building is not right because the military loses sight of what they will be doing there in the first place,â&#x20AC;? West said. West said the viewpoint of prominent government officials like Susan Rice, U.S. national security adviser, that the military can be used to do good is misguided. Drawing on his background as a former colonel, he reinforced his opinion that the military should only be used to defend the United States and other countries, not to spread democracy. â&#x20AC;&#x153;You are trained and taught to fight, youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re not trained to go out and be a diplomat,â&#x20AC;? he said.

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Former congressman discusses U.S. military By Jonathan Li

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He faulted political leaders for forgetting the true purpose of the military, saying they need to employ troops for mandates of the constitution, not politics. Military cuts have affected the Americaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s defensive abilities, with only 7,000 trained soldiers defending the country, he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Now when you think about that level of low military, how can we ask that force to be able to go out to spread freedom?â&#x20AC;? he said. He said because Americans think they have to be â&#x20AC;&#x153;nation-builders,â&#x20AC;? theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re not focused on their primary mission of keeping the country safe. He referred to the Benghazi attack and how dozens of Americans are kidnapped from vessels off the coast of Africa. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We have a military that cannot respond,â&#x20AC;? he said. West argued for strategic rethinking and posturing of the military. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The United States has to move away from nation building warfare and move toward strike operations,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We need to have a military that will be able to react anywhere in the world.â&#x20AC;? West finished his speech by pointing out that 2012 was the first time in 77 years that neither the sitting president nor the vice president has ever served in the U.S. military, emphasizing that the president holds the title of commander in chief. At the end of the event, economics Prof. Mark Witte asked West questions students had posted on Facebook throughout the week. Weinberg junior Iszy Licht, who identifies as a Democrat, said the speech brought new perspectives, though he did not personally agree with many of Westâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s points. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I had some issues with his opinions on domestic policy and international relations, but I thought it was interesting to hear it from a firsthand experience,â&#x20AC;? he said. jonathanli2015@u.northwestern.edu

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Profs translate 16th century manuscript By Olivia Exstrum

the daily northwestern @OliviaExstrum

Emeritus Profs. Dan Garrison and Malcolm Hast recently completed translating and annotating the most significant Renaissance work in the realm of medicine and anatomy from its original Latin into English. Andreas Vesaliusâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; work, â&#x20AC;&#x153;De Humani Corporis Fabrica,â&#x20AC;? was originally published in the 16th century and contained more than 250 woodcut drawings at first publication. The title translates to â&#x20AC;&#x153;On the Fabric of the Human Body.â&#x20AC;? The translation, which costs $1,650, has more than 5,000 footnotes and weighs more than 35 pounds. The professors presented the book Nov. 4 at the Galter Health Sciences Library in Chicago to an audience of collectors, historians, medical students and faculty. The book was first printed in 1543, the same year Nicolaus Copernicus published â&#x20AC;&#x153;Revolutions of the Heavenly Bodies.â&#x20AC;? Like Copernicus, Vesalius went against the accepted notions of the time, challenging the ideas about the way the human body worked and performing dissections in front of live audiences. Hast, a professor of otolaryngology, approached Garrison in the early 1990s for help in translating a small portion of the text. The two professors ended up translating and annotating the entire work over a span of more than 20 years, and Swiss publisher Karger AG published the modernized, user-friendly version. Initially, the professors had no intention of translating the entire work. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Like many big projects, I probably wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have undertaken it if I wouldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve known how big it was,â&#x20AC;? Garrison said. The massive project wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t without challenges. Garrison said making out Vesaliusâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Latin was a large issue. The authorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s language was of the humanist type, with â&#x20AC;&#x153;a good deal of emphasis on sentence lengths, novel vocabulary and complexity of language.â&#x20AC;? Hast agreed with Garrison, saying his colleague

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new translation Andreas Vesalius performs a human dissection. Two Northwestern emeriti professors recently completed a translation of Vesaliusâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; revolutionary work into English.

would translate roughly a page and then would hand it over to him to check its clarity and structure. Hast also put the names of the body parts detailed in the work into the Latin nomenclature that is used today. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It was difficult to get an accurate translation of what (Vesalius) meant,â&#x20AC;? he said. Garrison stressed the importance of preserving works such as Vesaliusâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;, saying â&#x20AC;&#x153;they represent the ground floor of the way we think about the bodyâ&#x20AC;? and likening the text to the Henry Grayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;Grayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Anatomy.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s one of the founding documents of the scientific revolution,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It made Vesalius the father of modern anatomy.â&#x20AC;? Garrison and Hast received support from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, the National Institutes of Health and the National Endowment for the Humanities, as well as a $1 million donation from the Kuwaiti Minister of Health. The translation will be available in the Galter Health Sciences Library and the Evanston Public Library. oliviaexstrum2017@u.northwestern.edu

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Diversity on campus should take many forms ThadDeus TuKes Pulse magazine

Over the past few days, the Northwestern community has been mourning over the deaths of two students. While this leaves us with many questions, the main thing that emerges is mental health support. If they felt supported, then maybe they wouldn’t have taken their lives. If mental health was looked at as diversity instead of a disability, then maybe different institutions at Northwestern could approach mental health from a different angle. Maybe this diversity would enable our community to understand people with varying degrees of mental health in order to make them feel more included. Maybe this pattern can be changed. In an effort to promote and understanding of diversity throughout Northwestern, Pulse magazine, NU’s premiere black publication, is partnering with The Daily Northwestern in a series on diversity and inclusion. As I am the vice president of diversity and inclusion on ASG, I want to share the stories of many different people around campus on issues that matter most to them, specifically relating to diversity and inclusion. By linking perspectives, my hope is that readers will gain a better understanding of how the Northwestern community can benefit from the richness of its diversity through inclusion. But first, what is diversity? According to the Merriam-Webster dictionary, it is “the condition of having or being composed of differing elements, especially the inclusion of different types of people (as people of different races or cultures) in a group or organization.” While this may be the dictionary definition of diversity, this doesn’t match the etymology of the word. Diversity includes the prefix di-, which often means “two”, and implies a dichotomy within diverse institutions, usually

represented by a majority and a minority. Diversity also stems from the Latin word diversus, which includes “opposite” and “separate” as part of its definition. After exploring the definitions of diversity, I am led to believe that diversity and inclusion requires bringing members of the “opposite” into the “general” space, to create true equality. This form of inclusion has historically been labeled in terms of race, gender and sexuality, but is applicable to many different arenas. Therefore, diversity must be redefined. Diversity is individual difference. Because no two experiences are the same, diversity positively influences I am led to our growth and development as human believe that beings, individudiversity and ally and collectively. Knowledge of things inclusion other than your own requires experiences helps bringing prepare you for difmembers of the ficulties throughout life and understand‘opposite’ into ing other people adds diversity to your the ‘general’ experience, because space. you are incorporating their opinions (or the “opposite”) into your thoughts. For example, a room full of economics majors will have a wide range of perspectives as a result of their personal experiences, even if those experiences led them all to similar degree choices. Difference is something to embrace: it’s how we learn. Diversity is racial. While there is no biological definition of race, events throughout history offer proof of the existence of race as a practice. Racism is practiced socially, economically and politically, and the repetition of these actions creates institutions built on racial prejudices. The aforementioned mediums are used to create a hierarchy within our capitalistic society. This hierarchy is often

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based on notions of skin color and exclude people who don’t fit the “status quo”. In other words, “otherness” is created. Therefore, diversity and inclusion is bringing “others” into spaces where they aren’t typically included to create equality. The equality of everyone in a space, such as a university, should also be embraced. I know that most people don’t like to discuss race because it can be a very emotional subject, but it would be impossible to discuss diversity without addressing it. Although otherness is a real phenomenon, as well as the concepts of “whiteness” and “privilege”, those terms are not necessarily personal. I often see whiteness used interchangeably with white people, and this creates huge misunderstandings between different groups of people. In modern context, people of color can perpetuate whiteness and vice versa. Understandably, this presents an issue with the term of “whiteness”, but it is the most fitting term within its historical context, starting with the TransAtlantic slave trade. Diversity is resources. When all people are equally represented in an organization, everyone in it has access to a huge database of resources. Since Northwestern emphasizes its diverse student body, all organizations within the Northwestern community should ideally be incredibly diverse. Each party would bring a different set of ideas and opportunities and this inclusion would create access to and comfort in all places on campus. Diversity is understanding. If I accept you for who you are and you reciprocate, then it is much easier for us to peacefully coexist. Peaceful coexistence would lead to complete inclusion. From what I have experienced on campus, the perpetuation of tension between different communities largely comes from a lack of understanding. There are initiatives in place to promote understanding, such as Sustained Dialogue, and if we all participated in an effort to understand each other, maybe we could eliminate the next victims of exclusion. It seems that the ultimate goal of diversity and inclusion is the elimination of

organizations that are created to enforce diversity and inclusion. The mission of diversity and inclusion organizations is to make inclusion and institutionalized part of that organization. In other words, Northwestern would become a naturally inclusive environment for all students. With that being said, things that are considered natural don’t require initiatives to keep them as such. I don’t know of any university that has a department for walking and breathing. Once diversity and inclusion becomes institutionalized, we will be substantially closer to an equal community. While this would be very difficult and would take a long time, this should be a goal for all members of any community. No person should be left out. Diversity is Medill and Bienen students hanging out with each other. Inclusion is those students creating a space where Bienen students host concerts about which Medill students write stories, thus benefiting both parties. Diversity is having classes and befriending people with “disabilities” (which I consider gifts). Inclusion is modifying the campus so that more students with disabilities can better maneuver the campus. Diversity is looking around Norris and seeing all the different types of people enjoying food. Inclusion is all of these people sitting at one big table enjoying a variety of food and wonderful conversation. Diversity is creating and appropriately filling the position of associate vice president of diversity and inclusion on the Associated Student Government. Inclusion is all of the amazing initiatives this department will generate for the student body. Diversity is a partnership with The Daily Northwestern and Pulse Magazine. Inclusion is writers from both organizations writing for the other organization. I’m excited to see what we can do. Thaddeus Tukes is a Medill and Bienen sophomore and the opinion editor for Pulse magazine. For more Pulse stories, visit www.nupulsemagazine.com.

Finding faith in college can be tough but valuable william mclaughlin daily columnist

I stopped attending Mass regularly during high school. My father had taken my brothers and me to our local parish from the age we could sit still for an hour. But I increasingly became at odds with my church and religion in general. The reasons were not unique but they seemed rebellious — the time lost during a lazy weekend, the stodginess of the service and the flagging suspicion that God was as contrived as Santa Claus. After being confirmed, I decided to give up on Mass altogether unless it was Easter or Christmas. On those days, when the pull of Mass seemed greater, I would go to church and not mind because it was something new. Also there’s some overriding sense of guilt that comes from skipping the most important holidays. The abuse scandals in Catholic parishes and the overriding sense that science held all answers left me with little choice but to slowly disengage from my faith. In some ways, I did not feel as if I left the

Church, but rather that the Church left me. I did not know any young practicing Catholics. Once Pope John Paul II died in 2005, he was not replaced with another exemplary Catholic but instead a man loosely connected to a youth fascist group in Germany. With Intelligent Design followers increasingly waging a battle of objectivity versus balance, I found myself unable to connect with or relate to much at all in Rome. I read about atheism, agnosticism, even deism. Each seemed to make more sense than the previous model. I was convinced that the implausibility of our existence was an aberration rather than a miracle. I decided the idea of a god with ultimate powers flew in the face of reason. Add in a healthy bit of adolescent skepticism, and I was fairly convinced not only of my beliefs, but also of my certitude. At some point, though, I realized that intelligent people have reasonably disagreed over this same question for millennia. I kept a copy of “Mere Christianity” by C.S. Lewis on my nightstand and would skim it when I had a moment. I decided to give myself time to grow up and revisit this question when I had the time to think through it. It is an important question, one that I decided would

be unwise to answer when I found myself changing my mind on smaller matters and adopting new habits. With that, I stopped attending Mass and stopped adamantly believing its wrongness. I gave myself space to grow and explore more of the world. I would have some time to take in new ideas before I returned to the ques-

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I saw that Mass was not a weekly obligation but instead a humble and joyous Thanksgiving.

tion of faith in my own life. A friend first brought me to Mass last spring. This reintroduction to faith was far earlier than I had expected. But he had asked me several times to go, knowing that my spiritual journey was anything but straightforward. I agreed, and one Sunday we drove down to the Evanston Vineyard, a Christian Church in south Evanston. The structure and content of the Mass — with a rock band and free bagels and coffee

during the service — was a world apart from the traditional, rigid Catholic Mass. That Sunday, I found not only a younger community in the pews, but also a group of friends who worshipped with me. Vineyard sermons do not seem like medieval theological treatises but instead practical messages of kindness and decency. I saw that Mass was not a weekly obligation but instead a humble and joyful thanksgiving. I found myself not only more open to the Word, but also began to see examples of it revealed in my own life. Over the past year, I have made time for Mass instead of excuses for missing it. College is a strange place and time in life to find religion. But at the same time, it’s the best time to find one’s beliefs by osmosis. We learn how to deconstruct theories at school. But this pursuit, if unchecked, leads to a cynical existence. It also drives young people from religion. This skeptical reflex will serve us well in our worldly pursuits, but it leaves a large hole we cannot otherwise fill. William McLaughlin is a Weinberg senior. He can be reached at williammclaughlin2013@u.northwestern. edu. If you want to respond publicly to this column, send a letter to the editor to opinion@dailynorthwestern.com.

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Oct. 4 was a picture-perfect night. Cool fall weather had just set in. Campus was buzzing with a who’s who of alumni in a true Homecoming celebration. On that night, ESPN’s Mike Greenberg stood on a platform on the luscious green of Deering Meadow, with a purple-stained library behind him, and exclaimed to the crowd, “This is our time.” The next day, Evanston — not Tuscaloosa, Ala., or Eugene, Ore., as Greenberg eloquently stated – was the center of the college football universe. It started at 2 a.m., when students packed the shores of Lake Michigan in anticipation of “College GameDay,” and culminated in a matchup between Ohio State and Northwestern, with the Wildcats carrying the lead in the fourth quarter. The entire nation was watching. On Nov. 2, NU tried desperately to avoid its fifth-straight loss. The Cats faced Nebraska in Lincoln. NU clung to a late three-point lead, simply needing to stop one Nebraska Hail Mary to wake up from its nightmare season. Of course, the ball never touched the ground on that play. Instead, it fell into the waiting arms of a receiver in the end zone, as coach Pat Fitzgerald and the rest of the team could only watch helplessly from the sidelines. Quickly, videos went up on the Internet of the game’s amazing finish. The pass was fodder for sports radio, a highlight for “SportsCenter” and a talking point for all big sports shows the next day. The entire nation was laughing. The losses How NU’s season has gotten to this point

— irrelevant in the eyes of the country, making headlines for the wrong reasons — of course starts on the field. Back in that first October game, when Rose Bowl dreams could still be spoken aloud, the Cats quickly fumbled their lead in the final frame, giving way to a 40-30 Ohio State win. The loss marked the fourth-straight time dating back to last season that NU fell in a game during which it led in the last quarter. The season only went south from there. The Cats’ next game became a chance at redemption, the beginning of a journey back to a rematch with the Buckeyes in the Big Ten Championship game. I’d love to go Instead, Wisconsin put back and be a shellacking on NU, injury-free, but crushing it 35-6. Returning home you don’t get offered no respite, as that choice. That’s all that is, Minnesota stole a win in Evanston the next is an excuse. week. In Iowa, the Pat Fitzgerald, team Fitzgerald loves to football coach beat the most, the Cats crumbled in overtime in an effort marred with penalties and turnovers. And of course, in Lincoln, Neb., NU completed the stomach-punch gauntlet with another harrowing loss on a miracle toss. “Not at all,” sophomore cornerback Nick VanHoose said when asked if he could have imagined a season like this. “We expected to be maybe the same team compared to last year. We had a great season. Things happen. We’re still the same team that played Ohio State.” The October swoon is now a seemingly regular occurrence for the Cats. NU is 3-10 during the month over the last three seasons. This year, since the the start of October, in addition to an ignominious 0-5 record, the offense’s point production has been nearly cut in half.

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The season has taken a toll on fans as well. “My expectations were high, I really bought into everything,” said Glenn Geffner (Medill ‘90), the radio voice of the Miami Marlins. “That’s what’s made everything since the fourth quarter of the Ohio State game so frustrating. ... No matter how much Northwestern has achieved over the last 15, 20 years, there will always be people who look down on us, and it drives me insane. We were right on the verge of turning that corner.” The U-turn Of course, the Cats never did turn that corner, instead retreating back toward a time when Geffner was a student, and a bowl game trip meant finals might have to be postponed. What NU has shown the nation is far from what was expected in Evanston. It started with injuries, as a slew of key players missed significant time, a bug the Cats have avoided in past seasons due to sheer luck. Senior quarterback Kain Colter started the season with a concussion and has been dealing with leg issues ever since. The defensive line was robbed of junior Sean McEvilly for most of conference play. And of course, senior running back Venric Mark has only played in one full game, with the team recently revealing Mark fractured his ankle. “I’d love to go back and be injury-free, but you don’t get that choice,” Fitzgerald said before the Nebraska game. “That’s all that is, is an excuse.” Off the field, the embarrassments piled up, with NU releasing photos of its special Wounded Warrior uniforms that were roundly criticized, a publicity debacle during a week when the Cats didn’t even play a game. “Northwestern University and Under Armour have just definitively demonstrated that when you are completely out of touch with your own military, you can make some really horrific

gaffes,” Lt. Col. Robert Bateman wrote for Esquire. “I mean yeah, okay, people want to feel good about ‘supporting the troops,’ and the charity to which money is being donated is, indeed, a worthy one. But in execution, this is pretty disgusting.” The future The immediate future for NU is surprisingly bright. Miraculously, the Cats are favored at home against Michigan on Saturday. Players and coaches have routinely insisted the season was just a play here or there from being everything fans thought it would be. But the questions about NU’s true place in the Big Ten, if it can really be a contender, remain. From 2008-2011, Fitzgerald’s win totals went from nine, to eight, to seven and then six. This season, the Cats would be lucky to halve their 10-win total from last year. “It’s easy to be knee-jerk, but I don’t think you can erase all that’s been accomplished by Fitzgerald,” Geffner said. “I can’t think of anybody else I’d rather have running this program. It’s just hard.” Geff ner echoes the general feeling about that the program has the right man at the top. Fitzgerald’s job security is probably the best in the country, and he’s still widely loved by those who follow the team the closest. But the consequences of this lost season will be felt one way or another, even if it doesn’t mean someone loses their job. Ultimately, NU squandered its best opportunity to prove not to its own fans but to everyone else that this season, things would be different. Next year will provide another opportunity to earn that respect. Only some of Evanston will be watching. rohannadkarni2015@u.northwestern.edu

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Tips lead to picks. That’s what defensive coordinator Mike Hankwitz has preached since day one. But in the past year, two tips have lead to two soul-crushing losses for Northwestern. Two weeks ago in Lincoln, Neb., a Hail Mary pass fell from the sky and landed on Earth in the hands of Nebraska wide receiver Jordan Westerkamp with the force and devastating impact that only Thor could equal. It was a thunderous moment heard around the country as replays were shown ad nauseum after the game and throughout the ensuing week. Sophomore cornerback Nick VanHoose watched the final play on the sidelines as he was nursing an injury that knocked him out of the game earlier. “As soon as it happened, I was just in shock,” he said of the play. “I couldn’t believe it. I had to look at the replay and have them finally confirm it to set in my mind.” Junior safety Jimmy Hall was on the field for the final play but didn’t join the cluster of players that all jumped for the ball. “There were so many people that I didn’t jump for the ball,” Hall said. “It was kind of just one of those freak things.” Nearly a year to that day, the Wildcats suffered a similar heartbreak over a tipped pass in a game against Michigan. Wolverines quarterback Devin Gardner chucked up a jump ball in the middle of the field for wide receiver Roy Roundtree, who was in single coverage with junior cornerback Daniel Jones. The Cats defender reached to try and tip the ball away, but instead it went straight up into the air and into the arms of a falling Roundtree. The Wolverines went on to kick a field goal with less than 10 seconds

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left to send the game into overtime, when Michigan pulled out the 38-31 win. “That play last year is really motivating us for our game this year,” redshirt freshman defensive lineman Ifeadi Odenigbo said. “That play really taught us that anything can happen and how to respond to adversity.” “I try not to think about it,” VanHoose said. “But it is a motivator as well as having that happen in the Nebraska game. We don’t want that to ever happen again. That feeling is terrible.” Even with the recent heartbreaking tips, the defenders won’t veer from their approach of getting their hands on the ball as much as they can. NU is tied for the nation lead in interceptions with 18. VanHoose said defensive backs coach Jerry Brown has emphasized finishing the game strong the past two weeks. Coach Pat Fitzgerald said he’s expecting a very different and more experienced Gardner at Ryan Field on Saturday. Gardner made only his second career start in last year’s match up, and Fitzgerald believes the Wolverines’ offense revolves more around him. “He does a really good job from an athletic standpoint making plays,” he said. “He does a really nice job from a standpoint of getting them in the right plays. Then his ability to throw the ball down the field is incredibly impressive. He’s made a ton of big plays this year.” Hankwitz and his players will have

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communication among the linebackers and the defensive line in terms of who has contain,” VanHoose said. “As far as the back end, we need to communicate our coverages across the board so we can come up and also contain.” VanHoose will likely be matched up with speedy Wolverines wide receiver Jeremy Gallon, who exploded a few weeks ago against Indiana for 369 yards on 14 catches with two touchdowns. The Cats’ best man-to-man coverage corner said he’s excited to go up against a shifty receiver like Gallon. “He’s a good, quick receiver,” VanHoose said with a smile. “I’m looking forward to going up against him. It should be a good challenge.”

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University’s greatest athlete of all time War veteran Otto Graham dominated the field in college and the pros

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“Otto Graham, darkly handsome 21-year-old Northwestern University senior and Navy V-5 candidate, can pound a line, throw a pass, shoot a basket, hit for extra bases — and play classical music on the French horn,” begins a Nov. 2, 1943 Look Magazine profile. “Or on a violin, piano or cornet. Also — these are among his minor accomplishments — he is skilled at badminton, trap-shooting and water-skiing.” Such was the versatility of the greatest athlete in NU history, a man who played three varsity sports and earned All-American honors in two of them. A multi-threat quarterback who put up numbers unprecedented in conference history. A baseball and basketball star who played his way into those record books as well. A music major who won the Illinois state championship in the French horn. A mythical figure who was superlative even in birth, allegedly the biggest baby in state history. Graham died of an aneurysm in December 2003 but maintains a heavy presence in Evanston. The Wildcat Honor Roll above Ryan Field is named for Graham, and on Wednesday the University unveiled the Otto Graham Society, a new athletic department fundraising initiative. As part of the program’s rollout, Ryan Field will host 15 members of Graham’s family on Saturday for the Cats’ game against Michigan. Four of those relatives — including Otto’s wife Beverly — will be honorary captains for the opening coin toss. Between the first and second quarters, the entire Graham crew will be invited on to the field as the Otto Graham Society is announced to the crowd. “Otto Graham truly was one of the best studentathletes in Northwestern history,” athletic director Jim Phillips said in a statement. “So it’s fitting to honor him and his accomplishments in this way.” All-American Boy NU achievements momentarily aside, Graham is best remembered for his post-college playing days, when he became one of the greatest quarterbacks in NFL history. During a 10-year pro career from 1946 to 1955, Graham topped his league in passing yards five times and in completion percentage four times. He led the Cleveland Browns to title games in 10 straight seasons, winning four AAFC and three NFL championships. Almost 60 years later, he still holds the NFL record for yards per pass attempt. A 1965 Pro Football Hall of Fame inductee, Graham has been named on numerous lists of top-10 all-time quarterbacks. In 2009, Sports

Illustrated football writer Peter King even tabbed him the best ever at the position. But before all that, Graham was, as his son and biographer Duey put it, “your typical AllAmerican boy.” “He was good at everything he touched,” the younger Graham said. “He was campus pingpong

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champion. First time he ever played golf he shot an 88. He had the third– highest batting average in Northwestern baseball history, and that was good until the ’80s. He was the quintessential big man on campus. You look at pictures and he has co-eds draping all over him, much to my mom’s chagrin.” A 1942 article in The Purple Parrot, an extinct NU comedy magazine, confirms Graham was a hit with the ladies. “Grab him girls,” the passage implores. “You won’t be the only ones who have tried.” A star multi-sport athlete, accomplished musician, irresistible ladies man. “He did it all,” Duey Graham said. “And he

The Archives Last spring, Graham’s family donated to NU 56 scrapbooks compiled by his wife and mother throughout his athletic career. They’re a trove of insight into all things Otto, lined with fawning game stories and disbelieving newspaper profiles. Kevin Leonard, NU’s archivist and an unabashed Otto Graham junkie, manages the collection. Leonard says Graham was not only “unquestionably” the best athlete in school history but also, by all accounts, “a prince of a guy.” Substantial footage exists of Graham’s NU career, and even when his number 48 is obscured in grainy video, it’s easy to spot Graham on the field. He flings perfect passes and scampers around helpless defenders. Most striking is the quarterback’s effortless throwing motion. Under all amounts of pressure, Graham slowly pulls back his arm, then flips the ball forward like dad in the backyard. More often than not, the effortless release spirals into the arms of a receiver. Duey Graham says his mother often compares Otto to Joe Montana and Tom Brady.

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over Sigma Alpha Epsilon, in which the freshman threw touchdown passes of 50 and 65 yards. The team won the intramural championship without ceding a point, and along the way its quarterback attracted the attention of varsity coach Pappy Waldorf, who enlisted Graham for the Wildcats’ squad. By 1943 Graham was one of the nation’s best players, throwing, running, kicking, punting and playing defensive back. That year, he won Big Ten MVP, was an All-American selection (for the second time) and finished third in

The Otto Graham Wildcat Honor Roll covers the upper deck facade on the east side of Ryan Field. Erected and dedicated in 2004, it lists the names and numbers of every Cats player to be named All-American. Only one player is listed twice. Pat Fitzgerald is as close as NU has come to an Otto Graham-caliber athletic hero in the 70 years since Graham’s career. The former Cats linebacker twice won the Bronko Nagurski award for best collegiate defensive player and is, like Graham, a member of the College Football Hall of Fame. But even Fitzgerald, now NU’s coach, is awed by Graham’s persona. “I’m humbled to have my name up in the Otto Graham (Honor Roll) a couple times,” he said. “That makes a bold statement about really what our athletic department and university thinks of his legacy, that his name is on where we honor our All-Americans. His legacy lives on every day here.” alexanderputterman2016@u.northwestern.edu

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did it all well.” From IM to All-American The story of how Graham came to play college football is almost unbelievable. By the end of high school, the Illinois native had received countless basketball scholarship offers but none for football. He chose NU over Dartmouth because of the school’s music program and its proximity to his Waukegan, Ill., home. But fall of his freshman year, Graham suited up for an intramural touch football team, playing for the fraternity he would eventually join. The Daily’s first mention of Graham came on Oct. 3, 1939, in an article about Alpha Delta Phi’s 26-0 victory

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After more than a year of putting their lives on the line to report in Syria, writers C.J. Chivers and Ben Hubbard were awarded the 2012 Medill Medal for Courage in Journalism on Thursday. Both reporters discussed their experiences covering the Syrian conflict and others like it. About 200 people packed the McCormick Tribune Center Forum for the event. The Medill Medal for Courage in Journalism was established 10 years ago to recognize journalists who display great bravery with their reporting. Chivers and Hubbard faced similar threats to their own personal safety while working for The New York Times and The Associated Press, respectively. Both journalists now work for The New York Times. The two writers spoke about reporting in Syria and risking their lives for accurate, indepth information. They had to gain the trust of rebel groups and report through constant threats. After receiving his award, Chivers humbly credited the Syrians who made their work possible. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This award should not just go to us,â&#x20AC;? Chivers said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;There is no way we could have done what we did without a lot of other people.â&#x20AC;? Chivers and Hubbard emphasized the need for a formal journalism education before covering such a conflict, speaking about the rise in gung-ho writers who seek to take â&#x20AC;&#x153;shortcutsâ&#x20AC;? in their careers by covering wars and violence. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t where you should start,â&#x20AC;? Hubbard said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;You should start in places where you learn these basics of how journalism works.â&#x20AC;? Both earned post-graduate degrees in journalism. In their speeches, they spoke about the necessity of using non-journalism skills when reporting. Hubbard speaks Arabic and attested to the importance of knowing another

language to his reporting. Chivers is an exMarine and therefore understands battlefield situations. Both Hubbard and Chivers said they couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t come up with a solution for the situation in Syria. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Civil wars happen for a reason,â&#x20AC;? Hubbard said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;There are no easy answers to solve what is going on in Syria.â&#x20AC;? Chivers agreed and spoke about the horrors a reporter expeThis award riences on a daily should not just basis while covering go to us. There conflict. â&#x20AC;&#x153;War is a terribly is no way we corr upting force,â&#x20AC;? Chivers said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Syria could have puts that in front of done what we you every time you go did without a lot there.â&#x20AC;? order to protect of other people. theInSyrians who helped him, Chivers said he C.J. Chivers, would not return to journalist the country. Medill freshman Marlene Lenthang called the event â&#x20AC;&#x153;eye-opening.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;They were able to do some groundbreaking work there and taught us a lot of things,â&#x20AC;? she said.

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“Bitch.” That word was uttered multiple times by Bitch Media co-founder Andi Zeisler in a discussion aiming to engage feminist responses to mainstream media and pop culture Thursday night. “The people who create media aren’t gods, goddesses or omniscient, all-knowing beings,” Zeisler said to an audience of about 20 students in the McCormick Tribune Center Forum. “They’re people with biases, bigotry and imperfections.” Bitch Media is a nonprofit organization that publishes the quarterly magazine “Bitch: Feminist Response to Pop Culture.” College Feminists brought Zeisler as part of their Fall Speaker Series centered on feminism in the media. “We wanted to talk about online presence and pop culture and how it’s used for and against feminism,” said College Feminists co-president Lauren Cichock, SESP seniors. “Students use online media a lot, so it’s important to teach people how to use it to forward a social goal.” Zeisler said she was impressed by the existence of College Feminists at Northwestern. “I speak at college campuses a lot and noticed a lot of groups are hesitant of calling themselves feminists, but you obviously don’t have that problem, which I think is great,” Zeisler said. In Zeisler’s presentation, she addressed problems such as the creation of unrealistic standards of beauty and the objectification of women. “It’s ... bad how young the girls who are absorbing the beauty culture are and that there’s no way to

escape it,” Zeisler said. Zeisler also discussed the inevitability of being exposed to the ideas presented by the media. “It’s become increasingly clear that you can’t just escape pop culture by closing a book or changing the channel because we live in an increasingly mediated world,” Zeisler said. She said technological advancements could also benefit activist movements by providing more opportunities for people to promote their ideas. “The Internet has a really crucial power of making activism accessible to people who just may not have the option of speaking up in their daily life,” Zeisler said. The feminist movement’s online presence is growing more prominent with social media, blogs and online publications. “The cultural shift towards the Internet is interesting,” Weinberg senior Adriana Guzman said. “Most of the stuff that got me into feminist activism is stuff that I found online.” Medill freshman Daisy Villegas said she found the information regarding the impact of the media on social stigmas to be influential. “It completely reinforced my belief that female writers going into the career of journalism need to try to make a difference in how women are portrayed in the world of media,” Villegas said. Although Zeisler spent most of the presentation criticizing the media, she also stated that it has the potential to benefit society. “I love pop culture, and I know it shaped who I am as a person,” Zeisler said. “But it’s possible to love something and want it to be better at the same time.” lannguyen2017@u.northwestern.edu

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of mine to cherish about her, to honor her, to make good on those unfinished plans.” The night was punctuated with laughter and tears as friends shared both humorous and serious stories. Multiple people brought up Lasker’s smile, which one speaker said “just lit up the room.” Mehta’s mother, Asha Mehta, spoke of her interactions with Lasker through Amar Mehta. Asha Mehta called Lasker a “combination of beauty and brains.” She said Lasker often made it easier for the mother to reach her son, and Lasker enjoyed her cooking. “Since I heard this news, every time I cook, I miss her,” Asha Mehta said. Amar Mehta was one of the final speakers. He thanked the attendees for their support and told the story of his relationship with Lasker, beginning with their meeting in the spring of 2012 to his last memories of her. “I think she liked me because I was a transfer, and I didn’t really know her freshman year that well, or maybe because I was sort of a neophyte here at Northwestern and one of her main qualities that I learned

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Target founder and the governor. While attending Breck, Dayton’s friends said he was involved in the environmental club and crosscountry ski team, natural activities for him given his interest in all things outdoors. Whiting even attended a dance with him. “He was a 16-year-old’s dream date, chivalrous and handsome,” Whiting recalled. Most of all, though, Dayton was studious, according to his friends. Whiting said Dayton was “willing to help with anything,” recalling how he once took about half an hour to explain a physics concept to her. Hilary Kenyon, who befriended Dayton in the seventh grade, also described Dayton as a model

about her very early on was that she liked to care, to show that she loved by imparting knowledge to people,” he said. He called Lasker “so open, so selfless,” and said despite “rocky” times, their bond was “deeper than any relationship I ever had.” The last time Amar Mehta saw Lasker was last week, he said. He and Lasker had just seen a pre-screening of a movie with Tremmel and Tremmel’s boyfriend. “I remember Alexis sitting by my side, I think with her hand around me, just looking so pretty, sort of flirting with me like when we had first met,” he said. “She truly enjoyed that moment. I think she was really happy.” At the end of the formal portion of the gathering, attendees stayed behind to talk among themselves and write messages to Lasker for her family. Amar Mehta expressed his appreciation for the number of people who showed up. He told The Daily the many stories indicated that many people who were not necessarily close with Lasker still “felt like they knew her.” “That spoke volumes,” he said. jeannekuang2016@u.northwestern.edu classmate. She said she will never forget spending hours trying to understand advanced algebra with him. “Caleb was an amazing individual, he was not only incredibly smart and THOUGHTFUL but one of the most well spoken human beings you will find,” Kenyon wrote in an email to The Daily. After Breck, Dayton attended the University of Minnesota for a semester in 2010. He later enrolled in Northwestern’s School of Continuing Studies, taking classes during Winter and Spring quarters last academic year. Although some of his friends lost touch with him, they said he left a lasting impact on their lives. “May he rest in peace,” Kenyon wrote, “and know he was and forever will be loved and admired.” patricksvitek2014@u.northwestern.edu

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the daily northwestern | SPORTS 11

friday, november 15, 2013

Wrestling

NU heads west to open Big Ten brawls at Nebraska Northwestern vs. No. 12 Nebraska

By Jesse kramer

the daily northwestern @jesse_kramer

Lincoln, Neb. 1 p.m. Sunday

Northwestern will travel to Nebraska on Sunday for its first Big Ten duel of the season. The Wildcats have not been on the mat since Nov. 8, and they have taken advantage of the long break to prepare for the No. 12 Cornhuskers. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This week has been a little bit more intense,â&#x20AC;? junior Mike McMullan said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve got more time to prepare, so weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re just trying to take advantage of the long week and get our bodies ready for the weekend.â&#x20AC;? A two-time All-American, McMullan finished as the runner-up for both the Big Ten and NCAA titles last season. The heavyweight star spent the offseason and the early part of this season honing a champion-caliber skill set. â&#x20AC;&#x153;When he was younger, he would let some of the top level guys dictate the pace of the match every once in a while, and now he just doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t do that,â&#x20AC;? coach Drew Pariano said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;If you put hands on him, heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s going to clear immediately. Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s always on the attack. Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the most gifted heavyweight that there

is in the country right now.â&#x20AC;? McMullan has also put a greater focus on maintaining his body weight to make him more effective in his class. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m just focusing on putting on some size because the heavyweight class is very broad,â&#x20AC;? McMullan said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It ranges from 197 all the way to 285, so Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m right in the middle at 245. With the season being long and so intense, youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re exercising every day and itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s easy to lose a lot of weight if you donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t stay on top of things. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m just kind of trying to maintain that weight better than I have in the past.â&#x20AC;? McMullan does not yet know whom he will face Sunday, but he said thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the way he likes it. â&#x20AC;&#x153;You canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t waste time worrying about possibilities and opponents,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The biggest opponent youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re facing is yourself. Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve got to be able to defeat any doubts youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve got in your mind.â&#x20AC;? The Wildcats are also excited to send redshirt freshman Jason Tsirtsis, a four-time Indiana state

champion in high school, back to the mat. His last time out, he recorded a pair of pins against Air Force and Northern Colorado. Pariano said he has high expectations for his young star, saying there was â&#x20AC;&#x153;no questionâ&#x20AC;? he could compete from day one in the Big Ten. Tsirtsis will have his hands full Sunday with Nebraskaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s

Susan Du/Daily Senior Staffer

high hopes Redshirt freshman Jason Tsirtsis faces off with his Chicago adversary in Northwesternâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s first match of the season.

Jake Sueflohn, a two-time NCAA championship qualifier. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The hypeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a little bit bigger,â&#x20AC;? Tsirtsis said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Personally, I have a real tough guy. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m confident in the things I do training-wise so Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m just trying to keep that the same.â&#x20AC;? Pariano said he expects Tsirtsis to be one of NUâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s all-time greats and a four-time NCAA champion. Although it is an honorable goal to set, it is also a lofty one, as the feat has been accomplished only three times in NCAA history. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the only goal I can set for myself,â&#x20AC;? Tsirtsis said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;If I set anything lower than that, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d be lying to myself. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not an easy feat, but itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s something I want to shoot for.â&#x20AC;? Playing a highly ranked team on the road is never easy, but the Cats say they are confident in their ability to compete this weekend. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s going to be a typical Big Ten match,â&#x20AC;? Pariano said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re going to be ready for us. Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re going to be ready for them. They get us coming to their place, so theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re probably going to feel pretty good about it, but we feel pretty good about heading out there, too.â&#x20AC;? jessekramer2017@u.northwestern.edu

Cross Country

Cats aim to prove their ranking wrong at NCAAs By ellie friedmann

the daily northwestern @elliefriedmann

The Wildcats are ranked 13th in the Midwest region, but they think they can do better. The NCAA Midwest Regional Championships take place Friday at Iowa State. Northwestern is sending its best seven runners to compete, and coach April Likhite said they constitute a top-10 team despite their ranking. Last year the Cats finished fourth in the region, a proud accomplishment, but they did so without their top runner. Audrey Huth was a senior at the time

and collapsed on the course about 100 meters short of the finish line. This year the Cats face a similar obstacle: their best runner, senior Michelle Moriset, will not compete due to injury. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We had hoped we would be in a different place,â&#x20AC;? Likhite said. Although she admits the Cats have had to readjust to unexpected changes this season, like Morisetâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s absence, Likhite said the setbacks wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t matter at a big meet like this one. Two seniors, one sophomore and four freshmen will represent the purple and white on Friday. Only one of them, senior Libby Kocha, has ever competed in the regional championships before.

Freshman Jena Pianin secured her spot on the regional squad last Friday by being NUâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s top finisher at the NIU Huskie Open. She said she feels optimistic about the Catsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; ability to work together as a team. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I would be nothing without my teammates,â&#x20AC;? Pianin said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s always a team effort. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s never about one particular person.â&#x20AC;? In order to earn individual All-Region honors, runners must finish in the top 25. Only the top two teams and the top-four individual finishers outside those teams advance to the NCAA National Championships. Likhite said she is not expecting NU to move forward to the national stage due to its injury record but thinks a couple of her top runners have a shot at earning regional accolades.

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â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m confident to say that weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re a top 10 team right now,â&#x20AC;? Likhite said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think we can be top seven.â&#x20AC;? What the Cats lack are runners like Moriset who would be able to finish in the top 10 individually. Likhiteâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s goal is for every one of her runners to finish in the top 50 individually. After a season of injuries and disappointment, the Cats have learned from their mistakes. Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re ready to prove their ranking wrong. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I feel like all seven girls represent our entire team and they really take that to heart and use that to motivate themselves along the way,â&#x20AC;? Likhite said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think it will be a great day for us.â&#x20AC;? ellenfriedmann2.2016@u.northwestern.edu

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Volleyball

Holthus hacks away at history swing by swing By kevin casey

the daily northwestern @KevinCasey19

In high-level volleyball competition, players in the front row have to be ruthless. And ruthless is the right word. Their duties are twofold: They must stifle the attacking efforts of the rival squad with imposing pairs of arms that come together to build a brick wall barrier, and they must spike down the ball with such fury that their foes have no chance to offer a response. It’s certainly not a position for the weak, and the more uncompromising one becomes in this endeavor, the more frail the opposing squad appears. That’s what makes Stephanie Holthus’ demeanor so surprising. The Northwestern senior has produced one of the most storied volleyball careers in school history. The outside hitter is NU’s all-time leader in kills at 1,713, significantly ahead of Janine Makar’s quarter-century long mark of 1,666. Holthus stands seventh in career digs at 1,281. She was named to the AVCA All-America squad in 2012. In addition, she has received All-Mideast Region and All-Big Ten team distinctions each of the last two seasons, both of which she is likely to attain a third consecutive year once this fall is complete. In her senior season, her value has not waned. Holthus has seen her stats drop from her junior campaign — 4.27 kills per set, 3.04 digs per set — but she’s still accumulating gaudy numbers. The outside hitter is knocking out 4.11 kills per set and 2.73 digs per set in her final year, and she leads an NU squad that is hanging tough with a 14-12 overall record and a 6-8 mark in the consistently brutal Big Ten. She is the undisputed star of the program in a sport where focus and

aggressiveness are paramount. Yet off the court, Holthus sports a cheery and laidback temperament. Consider her tale when she picked up her All-American award from three-time beach volleyball Olympic gold medalist Kerri Walsh Jennings. “So my name got called. I went up to her and shook her hand,” Holthus recounted. “I was just smiling and staring up at her. And she was like, ‘How are you doing?’ and I was like, ‘I’m good!’ I had this My job is to cheesy smile on my face, be the go-to and I just kept attacker and the staring at her. player that — no It was kind of but I matter what — awkward, was awestruck, needs to show I guess you up and play the could say.” It doesn’t best game. end there. Stephanie Holthus, Although Holthus did senior outside not get the hitter opportunity to speak in-depth with the beach volleyball legend, she said, “If I were to walk up to her, I don’t know if I would be able to say anything.” The flustered state in the face of an idol is something one might expect from the common person, but Holthus is the face of NU volleyball. She is on every promotional poster printed in recent memory. A tally of her time speaking with the media would greatly exceed that of any of her teammates. Yet Holthus’ personality doesn’t seem to morph at the behest of all this attention. In fact, the outside hitter remains close friends with many players on the squad and is always accessible to the team’s younger talent.

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After all, Holthus was once a newtotally depends on where my life is at that those children in Nicaragua, she had no comer to the NU scene. Even as a top moment as well.” indication teaching would be her path. recruit, ranked by Volleyball Magazine Holthus is no stranger to travel. At age It was her time in the Wildcat Juniors in its 2010 Fab 50 list, she needed time 21, she has been on three trips with a team Volleyball Club that gave her a full-throtto acclimate to the all-out war that is Big to Europe and saw Nicaragua on another tled push in that direction, instructing kids Ten volleyball. such adventure. Her latter experience, on the ways of war on her battlefield: the Early on in the 2013 season, freshman during her senior year of high school, volleyball court. setter Caleigh Ryan said she was struck by seems to have stuck with her the most. “The last three years, I was an assistant the inclusive atmosphere the team offered. She remembers, with great clarcoach with Wildcat Juniors, Holthus was no doubt a part of that effort. ity, herself and her teammates and it’s actually what got Her coach, Keylor Chan, marveled at all bringing stuffed animals to me very involved in his star player does. the children of the area teaching,” Holthus “Steph does so many things,” Chan said. and immediately seeing said. “I never “She’s our starting (left front attacker) and their faces light up at thought I would our six rotation outside hitter. She means the simple gesture. be a teacher, the world. She’s an anchor. ... You have to She was amazed by and I never saw have anchors, and you need the kids under the children’s appremyself doing them to be the next anchors. So, she’s a ciation of such a that. Getting huge part of the program.” minor luxury. a chance to As Holthus is possibly less than a Clearly, youngkind of give month shy of the end of her collegiate sters have a pull on back to the athletic career and less than a year short of Holthus’ mind. sport and see her graduation from NU, it’s pertinent to Her expected other kids ponder what the decorated player will do degree is in secondgrow the way when she steps off the Evanston campus. ary teaching and I thought I In January, before the conclusion to her she hopes to make grew in club has academic studies at NU, Holthus plans to a career of teaching, been an amazing travel to Puerto Rico to play professional specifically history, at experience.” volleyball. Why the Caribbean island? the high school level. Holthus also The January start date, as opposed to an Curiously, this conplans to be a volleyAugust season commencement in other viction is a recent develball coach some time locales, offers convenience. Instead of takopment. Even at age ing nine months off to train, Holthus can 17, when Holthus met » See STEPHANIE move from the amateurs to HOLTHUS, page 10 the pros with a very minimal time gap. Holthus plans for her move abroad to be a fourmonth sojourn, followed by completing her degree at NU. Any further plans for professional volleyball are up in the air. Brian Lee/Daily Senior Staffer “I will take it from Puerto Rico,” Holthus kill queen Outside hitter Stephanie Holthus is the Wildcats’ leader on the court and in said. “I would like to the record books. The senior star player climbed to the top of Northwestern’s all-time kill keep playing, yes, but it list when the team battled Nebraska on Nov. 2.

Men’s Basketball

Cats can’t keep pace with Cardinal in road opener By alex putterman

daily senior staffer @AlexPutt02

Annabel Edwards/Daily Senior Staffer

big shot JerShon Cobb shoots a free throw in the Wildcats’ exhibition game against Lewis. The redshirt junior guard led Northwestern with 19 points in the loss to Stanford on Thursday.

Nobody said the Chris Collins era would be perfect. The Wildcats’ new coach suffered his first loss Thursday night as Northwestern (1-1) fell to Stanford (2-1) 71-58 in Palo Alto, Calif. The bout was close until early in the second half, when a 19-6 Cardinal run put it out of reach. Stanford forward Josh Huestis, who entered the contest averaging 5.5 points per game, topped the Cardinal with 18 points, with 6-8 second half shooting. Redshirt junior guard JerShon Cobb was NU’s leading scorer, tallying 14 of his 19 points in the second half. Forward Drew Crawford carried the Cats early. Five days after scoring 25 points in the season opener, the senior put up 13 in the first half, including a powerful put-back dunk. But with Crawford as NU’s only productive offensive player, Stanford led 29-27 at the break behind a balanced

scoring attack. The Cardinal pulled away almost immediately in the second half, as the Cats’ offense went ice cold. NU scored 6 points in the first 10 minutes of the period and trailed 48-33 with 10 minutes to play. “We just can’t have stretches where we don’t score,” Cobb said. “That was a change of the game. It was a 13-1 run, and from there it was tough to get back.” Cobb’s scoring outburst kept Stanford from extending the lead, but the Cats never again closed the gap to single digits. Crawford faded after the strong start, shooting 1-7 after halftime. Overall, the Cats shot 38.9 percent from the field and the Cardinal 51.1 percent. NU was 10-28 from behind the arc, relying on 3-pointers almost exclusively in the second half, and only 6-11 from the free throw line. It was a disappointing shooting performance for a team that scored 72 points on 46.5 percent shooting in its season debut against Eastern Illinois on Saturday. Redshirt sophomore Tre Demps led the parade of missed shots. The guard was 3-11 on the night — after shooting 0-7 in the Cats’ exhibition game and 1-6 in the opener. Freshman forward Nate Taphorn

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was 0-4 from the field and junior guard Dave Sobolewski 2-8. The Cats’ big men were also ineffective offensively, as sophomore center Alex Olah and redshirt senior forward Nikola Cerina combined to score 6 points on only four shot attempts. NU’s defense effort was solid for much of the night, and the team limited Stanford guard Chasson Randle, something the Cats stressed before the game. Randle, who scored a career-high 33 points in Stanford’s loss to Brigham Young on Monday, notched only 14 against NU. But four of the Cardinal’s five starters finished in double figures, with Huestis leading the way. The Cats play again Sunday, hosting Illinois State at Welsh-Ryan Arena as they look to forget Thursday’s defeat. asputt@u.northwestern.edu