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NU general contractor fined $7,000 By PATRICK SVITEK
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The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has fined the general contractor for Northwestern’s new Music and Communication Building, citing a violation that may have led to the accidental death of an iron worker in May. Power Construction Company of Schaumburg, Ill., faces a $7,000 penalty for the citation, which says it did not protect its subcontractor employees from falling objects while they worked on the lakefront project. Michael Kerr, 57, was struck and killed by a beam after a crane knocked it off the sixth floor on the morning of May 16. The citation, issued Thursday, claims “no means of protection was provided” for Kerr and his coworkers before his death, despite girders sitting on the edge of a walkway six floors above them. OSHA classified the violation as “serious.” “A violation is noted as serious when there is substantial probability that death or serious physical harm could result from a hazard about which the employer knew or should have known,” OSHA spokesman Scott Allen wrote in an email to The Daily. The company has 15 business days after it receives the citation to comply,
NU prof dies after fall at Fla. hotel
A Northwestern professor fell to his death early Sunday morning at a Hollywood, Fla., hotel, according to police. Piotr Kulesza, 46, fell shortly before 12:39 a.m. from the 23rd-floor balcony of the Westin Diplomat Resort and Spa, said Lt. Osvaldo Perez, a spokesman for the Hollywood Police Department. Perez said foul play is not suspected in Kulesza’s death, and police believe it was accidental. The Broward County medical examiner’s office was not available for comment Monday night. University spokesman Al Cubbage » See PIOTR KULESZA, page 6
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FINED Northwestern’s new Music and Communication Building is scheduled to open in 2015. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration fined the building’s general contractor $7,000 for a serious violation that may have led to the death of construction worker Michael Kerr, 57, in May.
meet with OSHA officials or challenge their findings. Four days after Kerr died, his 21-yearold son by the same name filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Power Construction, seeking at least $200,000 in damages. The four-count suit alleges the company could have prevented the death
by properly securing construction materials and inspecting the work environment, among other safety measures. NU spokesman Al Cubbage declined to comment on the citation Monday afternoon, saying the University had not yet seen it. “However, we continue to extend our
condolences to the family and friends of Mr. Kerr,” Cubbage wrote in an email to The Daily. Power Construction and the younger Kerr’s lawyer did not respond to requests for comment Monday. patricksvitek2014@u.northwestern.edu
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More than a dozen students are featured in Greater Than, a new mental health awareness campaign at Northwestern that launched Monday as part of a collaboration between several different student groups. The campaign represents the latest step in the mental health initiative, Free Your Mind, a collaboration among student organizations including You see their Associated faces. You know Student Government, they’re real NU Active people. They’re Minds, NU Listens and a normal Panhellenic student just like Association. Greater Than me. comprises Naina Desai, photographs NU Active Minds of students co-president holding signs listing traits or accomplishments they are proud of and the statement that they are “greater than” their mental health problems. The photographs are featured on the Free Your Mind website, which also includes links to resources on campus similar to those provided by the University website NUhelp and a calendar of mental health-related events. The photographs from the campaign will be also be posted around campus. ASG spokeswoman Julia Watson, who helped organize the Greater Than campaign and helped design the Free Your Mind website, said she is pleased with the number of submissions the group has received so far. “We’re hoping to get some more, but
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SPEAKING OUT A new mental health campaign, Greater Than, features students holding signs saying they are greater than their mental illnesses. The campaign, which is sponsored by Associated Student Government and several student groups, launched Monday.
the submissions are great so far,” the Weinberg junior said. “I’m really proud of everyone who’s done it.” Representatives from ASG are visiting fraternities and sororities this week to raise awareness for the campaign and the Stigma Panel, an NU Active Minds event scheduled for Wednesday during which student panelists will speak about their experiences with mental illness. Watson said representatives are also planning to visit residential halls, residential colleges and student groups to encourage people to participate in the campaign. NU Active Minds co-president Naina Desai appears in the campaign holding a sign saying “I spent my summer fighting for marriage equality and I am greater than my fear of trusting others.” As one of the organizers of the campaign encouraging people to submit their photos, the Weinberg senior said she would have felt “hypocritical” if she had not been brave
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enough to participate herself. She said she thinks the campaign helps accomplish the campaign’s Fall Quarter theme of “reducing stigma.” “You see their faces. You know they’re real people,” Desai said. “They’re a normal student just like me.” The Free Your Mind initiative will launch a different campaign each quarter. In Winter Quarter the theme will be “getting help” and in Spring Quarter it will be “supporting others,” Watson said. ASG president Ani Ajith said the campaign is intended to foster a better understanding of mental health on campus. “Greater Than is about reducing stigma,” the Weinberg senior and former Daily staffer said. “It’s about showing people they’re not alone.” sophiabollag2016@u.northwestern.edu
A group of attorneys at the Northwestern School of Law are suing to challenge how Illinois revokes parole for thousands of ex-convicts every year. The parole revocation system in the state of Illinois is broken and needs a major overhaul, according to a group of attorneys at the School of Law and the Uptown People’s Law Center. Three class-action lawsuits have been filed in an attempt to generate reform of a system the attorneys say has denied parolees due process and has failed to live up to court orders to remedy its flaws. The three cases focus on the state’s parole violation hearings, which consist of a two-stage process. Preliminary hearings determine whether there is probable cause that the violation was committed and usually occur within a few days of the parolee’s arrest. At that point, if someone is innocent, he or she should be heard and released within a few days. “These people could lose their jobs, their families, if they are kept in for too long,” said Alan Mills, one of the attorneys working on the cases. The lawsuits allege that because defendants often do not have access to an attorney, they do not have the ability to defend themselves in these hearings. “For some people there is strong evidence that they didn’t commit the violation, but they can’t present the evidence because they don’t have a lawyer,” said law Prof. Alexa Van Brunt, another attorney involved in the lawsuits. The same problems arise during the second stage of hearings, in which
members of the state parole board hear evidence to determine if the violation was committed, and if so, what to do about it. Mills, who also serves as legal director of the UPLC, said parolees who do not have access to a private attorney are often left without any defense. “There is such a high volume of cases that there’s no evidence, so the only thing the board is presented with is the original allegation. The decisions are based on minimal evidence,” Mills said. Mills blames many of the problems of the parole system on state budget cuts and overcrowding of prisons in the last few years. “The Illinois prison system over the last two to three years has increased the number of people by 10 percent and has decreased budget by 10 percent,” he said. “You can’t keep stuffing people into the prison system and the parole system and then expecting people to do a good job with this.” The 15-member Prisoner Review Board heard about 9,200 parole revocation cases last year, according to its annual report. Ken Tupy, the board’s chief legal counsel, said it was able to manage this caseload, although he also said he would like to see more information made available in the decisionmaking process. Tupy declined to comment on the pending litigation. “Our role isn’t just to incarcerate people — it’s to try to rehabilitate them,” Tupy said. “I would like to see more information on drug addiction problems and more psychological information brought to board members.” If found guilty of violating their » See PAROLE, page 6
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A bone marrow drive Monday at Ryan Field registered nearly 300 people in an effort to find donors for a Dewey Elementary School student who needs a transplant. The family of 10-year-old Julian Sims organized the event, which lasted throughout the day on the seventh floor of the stadium. “It was a great success,” said Stephanie Fine, a family friend who helped the Sims organize the drive. “It was really exciting to see things come together in a meaningful way for him and for anyone who needs a transplant.” Sims was diagnosed with leukemia about five weeks ago, Fine said. When chemotherapy proved unsuccessful, the Sims decided to turn to the bone marrow registry, the family said on its page on the website for Be the Match, a national organization that runs the world’s largest bone marrow registry. Monday’s drive added 290 people to the national registry in the hopes of finding someone who would be a match for Sims. Fine said there was a “huge outpouring of interest and willingness to do what was needed.” So many people showed up to volunteer as drive workers that many had to be turned away. “Since the moment this started with Julian, people have been wanting to do something, and so by having an actual event, I think a lot of people just felt like they were helping in some small way,” Fine said.
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FINDING A MATCH Family and friends of 10-year-old Julian Sims (pictured on the left with his brother Miles) registered 290 people at a bone marrow drive at Ryan Field all day Monday. Julian Sims, a fifth grader at Dewey Elementary School, has leukemia and needs a bone marrow transplant.
Fine said the event was one of several activities the family has participated in with members of the NU athletics department, of which Sims is a fan. Northwestern students also volunteered at the drive as part of NU’s Be the Match team. “The whole community is learning the importance of giving something that you don’t even think about,” Fine said. The marrow drive was an extension of a blood drive organized by LifeSource, a donor center for Be the Match, that was already being held at Ryan
Field on Monday. Danielle Vickers, a marrow account manager for LifeSource, called the drive a “pay it forward” movement that extends beyond finding a donor for Sims. Those who registered will be added to the national registry and may be contacted if they are matches for other patients. jeannekuang2016@u.northwestern.edu paigeleskin2017@u.northwestern.edu
Police Blotter Man shot at in car in west Evanston
A 27-year-old man was shot at in a car on Saturday evening in west Evanston, according to police. The man was sitting in a car with several other people shortly before 5:15 p.m. in the 1900 block of Jackson Avenue, said Perry Polinski, a spokesman for the Evanston Police Department. Another man approached from behind the car and fired several
shots into the driver’s side. No one was hurt, Polinski said.
$640 in items taken from apartment near campus
More than $600 worth of belongings was stolen Saturday from an apartment near the Northwestern campus, according to police. Polinski said the resident, a 21-year-old man, left
open the front door of the apartment in the 1900 block of Maple Avenue. Between noon and 8 p.m., someone entered the apartment and took an Xbox, Toshiba 32-inch flat-screen television, video game controller, pillow and food. The items are valued at about $640, Polinski said. — Patrick Svitek
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Kristallnacht survivor tells his story at Chabad By OLIVIA EXSTRUM
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Holocaust survivor Ralph Rehbock, the vice president of the Illinois Holocaust Museum and Education Center, speaks frequently about the events that occurred after 1940. Monday night at Northwestern, however, he shared a different tale. “We all know the end of the story,� Rehbock (McCormick ‘57) said. “What happened after 1942 with the camps, the executions, the gas chambers. But that’s not the story I’m going to tell.� Rehbock spoke to an audience of about 50 at the Tannenbaum Chabad House about his experiences as a survivor of the Holocaust and Kristallnacht. This month marks the 75th anniversary of Kristallnacht, when Nazi forces destroyed thousands of Jewishowned businesses, buildings and synagogues in Germany and parts of Austria on Nov. 9 and 10 in 1938. Rehbock began his story by detailing the events leading up to Kristallnacht, translated as the “Night of Broken Glass,� and emphasized that unlike most Holocaust survivors, he was not going to only tell what happened in the late 1930s and early 1940s in Nazi Germany. Rehbock began his story nearly two decades earlier, in 1923. World War I had ended five years earlier, and the country was in a state of distress. They had lost
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SURVIVOR STORY Ralph Rehbock discusses Kristallnacht on Monday night at the Tannenbaum Chabad House. Rehbock is a survivor of the 1938 pogroms.
the war, inflation had skyrocketed and a depression was looming. He recalled close to 30 different political parties, among them the National Socialist German Workers’ Party. “The Nazis took a different slant,� he said. “They said we must blame those people within our country
that caused these bad things: the Jews.� The propaganda began slowly. Signs were plastered on every street corner, bearing anti-Semitic slogans. Lies were spread, Jews were beaten and Hitler continued to gain power. The Nuremberg Laws were put into effect, denying Jews basic rights including owning a
School of Communication will be in business only one day, but it’s what Burgundy might call, “kind of a big deal.� “A visit from Ron Burgundy is a chance to engage with someone who understands the power of media, as well as hairspray, first-hand,� Emerson College President Lee Pelton said in a statement. Will Ferrell, who plays Burgundy on screen, will participate in a morning news conference, attend
a naming ceremony and introduce a screening of “Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues,� which opens in theaters on Dec. 20. This is not the only publicity Burgundy has seen in the last several weeks. The Newseum in Washington, D.C., recently opened an exhibit dedicated to the film that features original props and a replica of Burgundy’s anchor desk. There’s also an underwear marketing partnership with Jockey.
passport and getting married in a synagogue. After a while, Rehbock said, his parents decided they needed to find a way to America. In 1938, when Rehbock was 4 years old, they made an appointment at the American embassy in Berlin to try to obtain a visa. Their appointment was for Nov. 10. The family had hired a teenage girl to watch the house the night of Nov. 9, and they later learned that Nazi thugs had come to their house that night, demanding to speak to Rehbock’s father. The girl feigned ignorance, which prevented the father from being among the 30,000 men arrested and shipped off to concentration camps that night. After receiving their visas to leave the country, the Rehbock family departed for America, with Rehbock’s father first flying to England. Rehbock and his mother got on a train to Holland and eventually successfully reached America by boat, where Rehbock said he “happily observed the Statue of Liberty.� Rabbi Dov Hillel Klein, leader of the Chabad House, recognized the importance of having a speaker with personal knowledge of the Holocaust, which he said is “part of our Jewish identity.� As Holocaust survivors become older, he said, being able to interact with them becomes even more important. “It teaches us unbelievable lessons on how to behave, how to stand up for each other, how to treat each other,� Klein said. “Do we stand up for what’s right when we’re put to the test?� oliviaexstrum2017@u.northwestern.edu
Across Campuses Emerson College to rename communications school after Ron Burgundy for a day
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NU can lose stress of ‘midterms’ by changing current academic schedule MEREDITH GOODMAN
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For my first two years at Northwestern, I defended the quarter system vigorously against criticism. When concerned prospective students and their parents inquired about the fast-moving, high load of classes, I offered supporting arguments like,“you can take twelve additional classes during your entire college career,� and “you can double major, or have a major and two minors or even have a triple major!� But at the end of my most stressful quarter at NU, I find my cheerful defenses of the quarter system harder to sustain. With one midterm — and sometimes more than one — every week and only 10 weeks to learn and master complex material, I am drowning in schoolwork. When a well-meaning Evanstonian asked me in October if I enjoyed the quarter system, I could barely hide the frustration in my voice. After all, I had to go back that afternoon and study
for three midterms over the next two days. There was a time when I fully appreciated all the quirks of the quarter system. As a prospective student and freshman, I enjoyed the freedom of being able to choose my classes three times a year. In fact, the quarter system gave me the flexibility to take several classes before deciding on my major. Even with this period without a chosen major, I can still graduate a quarter early with an economics major and a certificate in Integrated Marketing Communications. But as a junior, I find the frightening pace of multiple midterms per week confusing and stressful. Even my underclassmen friends have complained that they have had two, three or four weeks of midterms in a row. I believe the semester system at other schools could offer a solution or at least a possible modification to the quarter system. In talking to friends and family at semester schools, such as the University of Pennsylvania and Loyola University Chicago, I learned that most schools have one or two defined periods of midterms, as well as a finals period, for each semester. Students are offered a reprieve from classes to prepare for midterms and are usually
given a break after their completion. Here at NU, I have had midterms as early as the third week of class and as late as Reading Period, when Weinberg students are technically not allowed to have midterms. With all of these varying times of the quarter, who can call an NU “midterm� a true middle-of-term examination? NU should create a consistent examination schedule that adheres to the true definition of “midterm.� I would be willing to come a week earlier to campus in the fall in order to have even half a week off to study for and take midterms. I could even go without the fall break that other Midwestern schools allow — having a common midterm period would be reward enough. With a consistent midterm period, all of my exams would align, and I could have the strength and mental energy to focus on each individual midterm. Of course, each midterm would count for a higher
percentage of my grade, but I would rather focus my mental energy on one midterm than be frazzled over several weeks of the quarter. Maybe the mental fog of midterms has made me cranky, but an exam almost every week is not a sustainable pace for anybody. To be more successful in classes and promote a balanced lifestyle, NU should consider altering the quarter system to give students a much-needed break. Meredith Goodman is a Weinberg junior. She can be reached at meredithgoodman2015@u.northwestern.edu. If you would like to respond publicly to this column, send a Letter to the Editor to opinion@dailynorthwestern.com.
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Quarter system provides immense freedom for interest exploration JULIAN CARACOTSIOS DAILY COLUMNIST
We Northwestern students seem to be perpetually plagued by abnormally high levels of stress hormones in our bloodstreams. Maybe it’s the gray haze of clouds that never ceases to hang above our heads or maybe it’s something in the mysterious substances they call “food� in the dining halls, but a lot of the blame is heaped upon what is one of the defining aspects of our academic experience: the dearly beloved quarter system. The complaints abound for good reason. It’s not a “midterm� if the professor gives three of them, nor is it “midterms week� if it’s for multiple weeks in a row. Even Reading Period — ostensibly the grace period for us Weinberg students – is routinely invaded and occupied by hostile academicians who feel the need to saturate our already-saturated brains with even more material. There never seems to be any breaks, and the stress of exams and papers drags on forever. Much better to face the slings and arrows in one go than suffer a slow and agonizing death by a thousand cuts. These are all valid grievances. A lot could be done to give the quarter system a human face and make our lives a lot more manageable, but there is another phenomenon
underlying our Wildcat woes that we can’t simply regulate away. A priori, the quarter system does not necessitate a more stressful workload than the semester system. It does, however, give the individual much more optionality without much guidance. That is, it allows us to do more things, but says nothing about what those things are. And this is where the problems arise. Give NU students the chance to compete at something, and they will. You don’t have to double major, get a Kellogg certificate, cure AIDS, run your own start-up or casually get a Ph.D. in 18th-century French literature with all those extra courses you’re allowed to take. But how else are you going to beef up that resume of yours to impress Goldman Sachs/ Harvard Medical School/(insert prestigious institution here)? Actually, scratch the Ph.D., because even though it would supposedly indicate “diverse interests� — which employers, graduate schools and scholarship committees allegedly eat up like 6-year-olds eat entire buckets of Halloween candy — the humanities are often the first thing to go. Rather than broadening minds, for many of us, distribution requirements are grade point average inflators, which thankfully give us one less thing that we actually have to worry about. But it doesn’t have to be like that. As a matter of fact, you can use many, if not every single one, of the extra classes the quarter system gives you to dabble in your
random interests, not for any resume, employer or committee — just for you. I’m a math major, so I spend a lot of time taking classes that are heavy on time spent in the library writing obscure symbols on a sheet of paper with my face glued to a textbook. At the same time, however, I have a rule that I like to follow: I try to take one class every quarter that has nothing to do with my major or my career aspirations. Quarters give you a lot more free space to do what you want. They give you the flexibility to experiment with classes and majors until you find the right one. What you make of this is up to you. You can use it to cram in as much as possible, or you can be satisfied with your one Weinberg major and take some classes for the heck of it. And yes, you can take only three courses when you know that the orgo professors give three midterms, weekly lab reports and a lab final each quarter. Before we blame our environment, we should first look to ourselves. I’m finishing up writing this article after a hellish week, during which I scrambled to study for an
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Passing of gay marriage brings relief THOMAS POLLICK
DAILY COLUMNIST
A few weeks ago, the Illinois State Assembly passed legislation to legalize gay marriage. I discovered the news on Facebook, with statuses mostly of support and celebration. As a gay person, I received calls and messages from a few friends and family members saying how happy they were for me. Although I am open and comfortable with discussing my sexuality, I am less comfortable with the topic of gay marriage in an increasingly politicized framework. When I say I would one day like to marry a man, people assume I am making a political statement rather than a personal one. The debate on gay marriage is loaded with religious and political implications that provoke animosity on each side. I am hesitant to contribute to that debate because I am not a political person. However, the issue of gay marriage is an issue that directly affects my current well-being and the
way I envision my future happiness. To me, marriage was something I always assumed would be a part of my life. Marriage was a step in the natural progression of getting older and what it meant to have a family. Coming to terms with my sexuality involved revising the idea of what my future would hold. I thought I wouldn’t be able to get married or have a family. The most overwhelming part was the uncertainty. I barely know any gay couples; I didn’t know what my life would be like. As a result I would, at times, question whether being true to my sexuality was worth giving up the security of living a “traditional� life — settling down with a wife and raising a couple of kids. These were the images of happiness I had been exposed to all my life — the ones that, because of my sexuality, I couldn’t have. I tried to convince myself that marrying a woman wouldn’t be too bad. Of course, I knew it would never work out. When I came out to my parents, their main concerns matched my own — that being gay would be an inconvenience, that it would make it harder to have the life I wanted. They feared I would have a life that
exam at the last minute after spending hours completing what was probably the longest homework assignment I’ve ever had. I can empathize with those who bemoan the nonstop pressure that the quarter system can create. My schedule this fall has been all over the place, and more than once I’ve found myself bleeding money just to feed myself because I simply did not have time to go home and cook. Fortunately, come winter, I’m switching up some classes and rearranging my schedule so that doesn’t happen anymore. Because we’re on quarters, it’s only 10 weeks until I get to press “reset� and start things over again. And that’s the beauty of it.
was different and more secluded because others might not approve of my relationships. The legalization of gay marriage means, for me, lessening the tradeoff. In being true to myself, I will not have to give up the security and happiness that comes with marriage. The legalization of gay marriage recognizes the fact that gay people want the exact same things as straight people and are just as deserving. There are no restrictions, no separate contracts or separate terms. Love is love. It is a recognition that there’s no reason to think that being gay will suddenly change your opportunity to find happiness. Macklemore and Ryan Lewis also made a good point in saying “a certificate on paper isn’t gonna solve it all, but it’s a damn good place to start.� Though it won’t solve everything, there is no doubt that the legalization of gay marriage will make our country a more accepting place and prevent gay people in the next generation from having the same concerns that I had. Thomas Pollick is a Weinberg sophomore. He can be reached at thomaspollick3.2016@u.northwestern.edu. If you want to respond publicly to this column, send a Letter to the Editor to opinion@dailynorthwestern.com.
Julian Caracotsios is a Weinberg senior. He can be reached at juliancaracotsios2014@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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Learning how to walk with, follow Pope Francis MIKE MALLAZZO
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For those of you who don’t count yourselves among Pope Francis’s more than 3.2 million followers on Twitter or haven’t been following the excellent subculture of papal Tumblr memes, it might come as a surprise that Francis has become the most talked about person on the Internet. That’s right folks, the Roman Catholic Church has claimed back the Internet from Miley Cyrus and grumpy cat. There are more people interested in what the Pope tweets than what the fox says. This has all happened simply because Francis has made an effort to “get” us. This is a pope that has posed for selfies with Italian teenagers. This is a man who believes youth unemployment is the greatest scourge affecting our
planet. One day on any college campus is all you need to understand the palpable fear of postgraduate joblessness wrapped around the collective conscious like an anaconda slowly sucking the life out of its prey. For young people in many European nations, the situation is far more tumultuous as youth unemployment in Spain and Greece has quietly slipped above 50 percent. Growing up, millennial Catholics watched as the loving message of Christ was spun as a bastardized crusade against a couple of hot-button issues — namely gay marriage — which Quinnipiac polls show the majority of U.S. Catholics support. Francis himself said it best when he noted that young Catholics “loved Christ, but not the Church.” It left many of us wondering what it meant to be Catholic, questioning our faith in the formative years of our lives when we yearned to lean on it most. Although Francis certainly has staunchly upheld church doctrine on controversial
issues, he has reframed the discussion, reminding us that our faith still values love above all else. However, none of this would have been possible if not for the unprecedented actions taken by Pope Benedict XVI. Facing failing health, Benedict exercised the ultimate humility in stepping down from his post for the betterment of Catholicism as a whole. To understand the magnitude of this casting aside of ego and power, we need look no further than Rob Ford, the mayor of Toronto. Ford refuses to step down even as he admits to puffing the crack dragon and faces allegations of drunken driving and bringing hookers into the mayoral office. From kissing a man covered with boils to holding a jovial news conference on a plane, Francis has taken the church out of its ivory tower and worked to connect it with its 1.2 billion followers around the world. Catholic or not, we can all learn a great deal from the message the Pope is preaching. As we immerse ourselves in personal motivations, we have forgotten our call to family,
community and participation in a world far greater than our own. Somewhere in the stressful tedium of overzealous ambition, we have neglected to care for our fellow students. Perhaps it must start, as ASG president Ani Ajith suggested two years ago, simply by looking up from your iPhone to smile and greet the student walking past you on Sheridan Road. One day, as Francis left his abode in Vatican City, he came upon a bishop waiting for his limousine. The pope simply smiled and uttered, “Can’t you walk?” Though we might not have limousines, we often live our lives waiting for “drivers” to shuffle us from one obligation to another, oblivious to the larger community around us. Maybe this campus would be a better place if we too could just learn to walk. Mike Mallazzo is a Medill senior. He can be reached at michaelmallazzo2014@u.northwestern.edu. If you would like to respond publicly to this column, send a Letter to the Editor to opinion@dailynorthwestern.com.
Don’t hedge your bets in learning: Resist fallbacks ANTONIO PETKOV
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The fear of the unknown is something we can all relate to on multiple levels, especially with respect to academics. It is a feeling which, in the words of FDR, “paralyzes needed efforts to convert retreat into advance.” When some of us take a particularly challenging course load and are not quite sure if we can handle it, we might instinctively spend valuable time speculating whether it is a realistic endeavor, rather than simply getting into it and doing our best. Here’s my advice: Forget about dropping the class and forget about getting an A. Do your very best, and in the end you will be pleasantly
surprised. If you always condition yourself to have a fallback (i.e., dropping the class), you will subconsciously prevent yourself from being totally dedicated to it and likely will not perform as well. When I am faced with something new, I often adopt a meticulous but counterproductive strategy which involves freaking out and taking way too many notes. A more effective strategy is not to amass an archive which you intend to peruse later while studying (you’ll never get to it), but rather to put down your pen every once in a while, actually look and actually listen. This is not the same as writing things down frantically and going through five-subject notebooks like Hogwarts goes through Defense Against the Dark Arts professors. It means looking at what your instructor is doing, visualizing it and effectively learning it on the spot. This helps with retention,
visualization and familiarization with your particular instructor’s teaching style. (That last part may be useful on the midterms, as it gives you some idea regarding the thought process behind potential questions.) One of my professors remarked to me, “Balance is very important. But when you are faced with the unknown, you have no balance.” As a result of the inefficient preparation and compilation of multiple fallback positions you have subjected yourself to, you have no spare time to study the notes you so carefully took, let alone free time for things called relaxation, entertainment, or life (see Merriam-Webster Dictionary). This is because the subjects you have taken might be unknown to you, and you literally have no way of predicting how you will perform, how much studying you need to do, what liberties you can and cannot take when it comes to homework or exams and so
on. Unfortunately, the only way I can think to best acquire this judgment is by not having it in the first place and having to go through all of the aforementioned issues. As time passes, you will realize that it’s acceptable, and even more productive, to skip some lectures to study for other subjects, and that if you have a midterm on Monday, you can perform well on it without neglecting all of your other homework to study just for that one test. In the end, you learn to reconcile yourself with being underprepared even when you over-prepare. By preparing less, but more efficiently, it is more likely that you will see better results both academically and socially. Antonio Petkov is a McCormick freshman. He can be reached at antoniopetkov2017@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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Plugged In: Bitcoin controversy By MORGAN KINNEY
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After nearly five years of unencumbered commerce, the U.S. Senate is moving to regulate Bitcoin, a digital currency conceived in 2008. In the simplest of terms, Bitcoin exists as a bunch of ones and zeroes with a value determined by trading Still, the idea of markets. This concept fiat currency, as you a purely digital of may know from your currency is Introduction to Macroeconomics class, an exciting is quite common. innovation and Bitcoin, however, is deserves some unique in that it is abstracted from the attention. physical world and has no government-backed value. Bitcoins have as little intrinsic value as FarmVille coins. Most importantly, Bitcoins are encrypted and secured so transactions are completely anonymous. The Internet naturally has taken this idea of secure, anonymous transactions and run with it. More often than not, Bitcoin is used for illegal transactions. The Silk Road, a recently quashed online black market, was predicated on the idea of Bitcoin as an anonymous transaction method. Whether it was a high schooler buying a fake
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ID or a small-time drug dealer buying an ounce of marijuana, it was impossible for authorities to track the purchase and movement of goods because of Bitcoin’s exhaustive security precautions. This becomes a problem when people are using Bitcoins to hire hitmen and purchase steroids or crystal meth. Moreover, Bitcoin transactions are being used to perpetuate activities as nefarious as child pornography and illicit gambling activities. Bitcoin has largely become a credit card for criminals — an implement that perpetuates dangerous and destructive (not to mention illegal) activities. Still, the idea of a purely digital currency is an exciting innovation and deserves some attention. An independent currency free of any national affiliation is a step forward for digital economies and has positive implications. And that is the challenge facing the U.S. Senate: How do you reconcile Bitcoin’s inherent promise with its heinous clientele? It seems even the government is unsure how to answer that question, considering the sizable contingent fighting in defense of the online currency. Others, particularly Sen. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.), have taken an adamant stance against Bitcoin. Whether legislation to ban Bitcoin passes in the United States or not, let’s hope they at least stop criminals from using the Internet to harm lives. morgankinney2017@u.northwestern.edu
said Kulesza, an associate professor in the pathology department in the Feinberg School of Medicine, had been visiting Hollywood to attend a conference at a hotel. It remained unclear Monday night whether the conference was at the Westin, which hosted a semiannual meeting of the ECOGACRIN Cancer Research Group from Thursday through Saturday. Feinberg Prof. William Muller shared the news in a message to his colleagues Monday morning. “Peter was a remarkable colleague, who will be remembered for his infectious enthusiasm and energy,� wrote Muller, the chair of the pathology department. “He was dedicated to our academic mission, and this was evident in his interactions
Parole
From page 1 parole conditions by the Prisoner Review Board, parolees are sent back to the Department of Corrections to serve the remainder of their time. But Van Brunt said that putting those who have violated their parole back in prison is not always the best solution, especially when it is a technical violation. “The best way to deal with it is not to put them back in prison, but to adjust the terms of paroles and figure out a solution so the parole will work,� she said. “You’re taking people off the streets who are valuable contributors to society, who are working and providing support for their families.� However, technical parole violations make up only a small percentage of the revocation cases the board hears, Tupy said. He said that most are criminal violations and that unless it is a minor
with colleagues, residents, fellows, and medical students.� Kulesza, who was known as “Peter,� was originally from Warsaw, Poland, Muller wrote. Perez said Kulesza was living in Chicago at the time of his death. Kulesza attended the University of Alabama for his undergraduate degree and Washington University in St. Louis for his medical and doctorate degrees, Muller wrote. Kulesza served as a resident at Johns Hopkins University, where he completed a fellowship in cytopathology and became a faculty member in 2004. Kulesza began teaching at NU in September 2009. He was also a physician at Northwestern Memorial Hospital. — Patrick Svitek
offense, the board will probably send them back to jail. He said that overcrowding does not influence the board’s decision. “The inmate on parole has the keys to whether or not he goes back,� Tupy said. “He should know there’s going to be a penalty if he screws up, and this encourages people to stay on parole. If we disregarded this, I think a lot of people would start violating their conditions.� Tupy agreed lack of funding is an issue, citing it as the reason behind both minimal evidence at hearings and the scarcity of rehabilitation resources. “There are not enough service providers to help all of these people, and unfortunately inside corrections, we need to have stronger programs to help deal with inmate issues,� he said. “It’s all a question of funding.� scottbrown2017@u.northwestern.edu
Global student film festival returns to campus By ERICA WITTE
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Alejandro Pallares had two tasks to accomplish the weekend before the Campus MovieFest deadline last year: do his laundry and make a movie. To save time he decided to do both tasks simultaneously. Pallares, now a Medill senior and former Daily staffer, created a five-minute film in which he used stop-motion animation to depict a load of laundry washing, drying and folding itself. The movie won Campus Best Picture and was shown at a Hollywood screening June 2013. “I had zero expectations submitting it,� Pallares said. “On the day of the award ceremony, I was
just shocked that I was nominated for anything.� The idea for this global student film festival came from four Emory University students in 2001. The festival is now on its 13th annual world tour, with a stop at Northwestern for the third year in a row. Like Pallares did last year, many students walked into Norris University Center this week to find an informational booth boasting prizes of up to $20,000 in cash, memberships to Adobe Creative Cloud, Hollywood pitch meetings and more, if students make a five-minute film in a week. On Monday, participants were provided MacBook Pros, Panasonic HD cameras and Adobe Creative Cloud to aid in the creation of their films. The aspiring filmmakers and fans will gather
7:30 p.m. Thursday in Harris Hall for the festival’s NU finale. All submitted shorts will be shown, and winners for categories including Best Drama and Best Comedy will be revealed. Communication senior Matt Moynihan signed up for the festival because he said he enjoyed participating as an actor his freshman year. This year, Moynihan wrote and directed a five-minute short called “Steep,� which he described as both comedic and dramatic. “A lot of the things we wanted to do, we couldn’t,� he said, referring to the implications of Sunday’s storm. “It’s a lot of work to do in a short amount of time.� More than 40 students intended to participate, but only about 20 picked up the equipment, said Jodi Gilbert, promotions manager for Campus MovieFest. She said she expects about half of those
students to actually submit films. “They all think it’s easy to begin with,� Gilbert said. “But when once you start, it gets pretty hard.� Those who were successful may find themselves walking the red carpet at the festival’s Hollywood screening in spring. The three-day festival, called CMF Hollywood, includes workshops, advance screenings and behind-the-scenes tours, culminating in an Oscars-style award ceremony for winners. For Pallares it was an event that may have changed his course of study. “When I signed up, I really had no clue what I was going to do,� Pallares said. “Now, I’m in the process of applying to graduate film programs.� ericawitte2017@u.northwestern.edu
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THE DAILY NORTHWESTERN | SPORTS 7
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 2013
Men’s Swimming
Cats make splash in Big Ten, edge out the Badgers By JOHN PASCHALL
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Coach Jarod Schroeder kept telling his swimmers in the offseason they could hang with and beat some of the best teams the Big Ten has to offer. On Friday, his group finally realized and executed his message as Northwestern hung on to defeat Wisconsin 165-135 at the Sports Pavilion and Aquatics Center. Schroeder put his best freestyler, senior Chase Stephens, in the 200-yard medley relay to start the meet, a move that showed how much Schroeder wanted to win that event. The Wildcats went on to take the opening race as well as the next event, the 1,000-yard freestyle. Schroeder took a chance by switching freshman Charlie Cole, who has normally raced in the 1,000 free this year, with freshman Jonathan Lieberman. Cole raced in the next event, the 200-yard freestyle, instead. The gamble paid off when Lieberman snuck into third, a critical place for NU to prevent Wisconsin from stealing points. “If we go first and fifth there instead of first and third, we only gain one point,” Schroeder said. “With us going first and third, we gained five points. That was a pretty big deal for us that he stepped up there
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FIRST IMPRESSIONS Jordan Wilimovsky swims in the 500-yard freestyle in Northwestern’s meet against Wisconsin on Friday. The sophomore placed first in that event and the 1,000yard freestyle race.
and (was) doing what we thought he could do.” From there, NU found itself in a back-and-forth battle with Wisconsin until junior Mark Ferguson and freshman Andy Jovanovic sealed the Cats’ victory, finishing first and second in the 100-yard butterfly. Schroeder said Ferguson has come a long way since his days swimming in his native country of Australia, and things are finally starting to click. “When he came in from Australia, where they
don’t have high school swimming, he didn’t really understand the team concept until the middle of last year,” Schroeder said. “But now, Mark will come over to me and ask me how many points are we ahead or behind. He’s doing now what we thought he could do when we recruited him.” The most impressive part of NU’s win was how they bounced back after an ugly loss against Ohio State and Purdue. There was not only improvement
inside the pool, but also outside of it. “We swam better and looked better on deck,” senior captain Tim Smith said. “That has a huge influence on how guys hold themselves and how they get excited for each other’s races. When you get behind other guys’ races it really shows. That’s what our swagger is, and I think we’ve got it right now.” Schroeder recently had his team focus a great deal on team bonding in order to bring his group of guys even closer. He said he feels that has paid off tremendously, and Stephens said the effects of it were shown in Friday’s win. “Being so small, we definitely need to always create our own environment to succeed,” Stephens said. “We can preach it all day long, but it takes a while to get there. Now we are starting to get there.” The biggest challenge for the Cats will be consistency. NU will host the TYR Invitational, a three-day meet, at SPAC on Friday. Schroeder likes to schedule these types of meets because they are similar to the format of the Big Ten Championships, a meet that has given the Cats plenty of trouble in the past few years. “It’s going to be an exciting environment,” he said. “Hopefully our team gets caught up in that. We’ve got to make sure we sustain the energy we had tonight over three days.” johnpaschall2014@u.northwestern.edu
Women’s Swimming
Wisconsin clings on to narrow road victory over NU By KENDRA MAYER
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Northwestern looked ready for a comeback after sweeping the 500-yard freestyle on Friday, but Wisconsin managed to hold on for the win, 162-136. Captain Fallon Fitzpatrick said the team was happy to be back at home, but Wisconsin made for a tough Big Ten competitor. “We were pretty pumped up, but we were out-performed in the details like flip turns,” the senior butterflyer said. Coach Jimmy Tierney added that some individual performances were still outstanding, but
the Badgers had the depth to capture the top of the leader board. “The relays are always a big thing in our eyes,” he said, “and we’re still fine-tuning some things.” Tierney said the team is making big strides, but the swimmers know they need to be on their A-game every meet to win. However, Fitzpatrick still expressed that the general spirit of the Wildcats is high, especially as they look forward to the TYR Invitational this weekend. It is the biggest conference meet the swimmers have seen this year. The Cats will start what Fitzpatrick called “a drop taper” in preparation for the competition. This week’s practice yardage will gradually decrease to allow the team to recover, both
mentally and physically. The fact that there is a taper emphasizes the importance of the meet, the captain said. “The meet is our halfway checkpoint,” she said. Tierney said the invitational is a great way for NU to practice racing in a championship format. He noted that the invitational allows the coaches to get a good look at how the swimmers react to a different setting, as well as to the taper. “It’s like a dress rehearsal,” he said. The meet is a three-day contest that includes preliminary and final rounds during the morning and at night, respectively. It will be hosted by NU at the Sports Pavilion and Aquatics
Center. After the invitational, the Cats will be diving right back into the swing of things. The team is traveling to Arizona State University for this year’s training trip, which occurs over winter break. Fitzpatrick said the time away is a great opportunity to focus on swimming without having to worry about academics. She said it’s a great way for the team to have common experiences, adding that seniors are unable to interact as much with the underclassmen during the school year. “The training time is a really great chance for everyone to bond,” she said. kendramayer2017@u.northwestern.edu
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Tuesday, November 19, 2013
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Cats rally back to overtake Rebels By JOSH WALFISH
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When Northwestern needed a big play in the final 2 minutes Sunday, it looked to Lauren Douglas. The sophomore forward scored 5 of her 11 points in those last minutes to lift the Wildcats (3-0) to a 57-53 win over the University of NevadaLas Vegas (1-2). “It was a hard-fought game,” coach Joe McKeown said. “We made big plays at the right time. I’m just proud of our team in the last five minutes. ... We just had hustle plays we had to make. ... We did the little things that make good teams.” Douglas hit the game-tying 3-pointer from the corner with 1 minute and 22 seconds left to knot the game at 53. She collected a defensive rebound on the subsequent UNLV possession which led to a sophomore Maggie Lyon layup that gave NU the lead. Yet, her most important contribution may have been the charge she drew on Mia Bell with less than 5 seconds to play. That crucial turnover gave NU the ball with a lead and it was only fitting Douglas hit the free throws to ice the game for the Cats. “I stayed focused in the end,” Douglas said. “The charge was something we work on all the time in practice. We’ve done drills to slide in help and I don’t think she was expecting it.” Both teams struggled on offense in the first half. The squads combined for 16 offensive rebounds before the break, but scored only two secondchance points apiece. NU shot a measly 24 percent from the field and UNLV was only slightly better
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at 31 percent. The sloppiness did not allow either team to really pull away and the largest lead was only 5 points either way. However, NU was able to turn its shooting around in the second half and erase a 4-point halftime deficit. The Cats shot nearly 56 percent in the second stanza led by three players shooting 60 percent or better. The biggest difference between the two periods was NU’s ability to slow the pace and run its offensive sets. “A lot of the time, especially in the first half when things were getting out of hand, we were playing into their style of play which is really crazy, hectic and not really disciplined,” Lyon said. “Once we started to execute things, we did really well offensively.” The real thorn in the Cats’ side was rebounding, particularly on the defensive end. UNLV out-rebounded NU 47-41 and had 20 offensive rebounds, which led to 14 secondchance points. Even though freshman Nia Coffey had a game-high 10 boards, constant foul trouble to NU’s frontline forced McKeown to use a smaller lineup at times. During a stretch in the middle of the second half, Lyon was playing power forward, with both Coffey and Douglas on the bench with four fouls. “We got killed on the boards and we need to focus on boxing out,” Lyon said. “I was a culprit of that. They just kind of threw up stuff and hoped to get the offensive rebound
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tried to get their middle attack going with repeated Northwestern sets to Awele Nwaeze but were unable to find a good rhythm, as Indiana Nwaeze went on to have more hitting errors than Northwestern kills. Indiana, however, began playing at an extremely high level. Outside hitter Amelia Anderson had 20 kills for the Hoosiers and helped them dictate the tempo of the game at times. The Cats, once again, relied heavily on McGreal and Akanbi for offense. They delivered. In her second game playing front row, McGreal led all players with 21 kills, and Akanbi was second on the team with 17. As recently as last week, NU depended almost solely on Holthus to generate offense. She was third on the team with 15 kills during Sunday’s winning effort. “I think I have complete confidence that anyone on the team can score the ball,” Holthus said. “Whoever’s hot, that’s who we want to set the ball to, and tonight that was Monica.” After badly losing the fourth set 25-17, the Cats took control of the fifth set from the get-go and won 15-10. After last week’s shortcomings, Chan said he believed the team was missing something. “Yeah, I think we found a little more swag tonight,” he said.
It’s tough for anyone to find any positives during a six-game losing streak, but coach Pat Fitzgerald is trying — even if it’s jokingly. “We went from 4 seconds away to 1 second away,” he said. “So I guess we are getting better.” Each Northwestern loss has been more excruciatingly painful than the last. At this point, the Wildcats want any kind of win in the worst way possible. Fitzgerald said his team has been hurt by its inability to execute on its final drives. “We have four, maybe even five plays there for us to make,” he said. “If we go zero-for-five, that’s tough. That’s a tough pill to swallow. I told the guys after the game, ‘You’re going to watch this tape and there’s going to be some tough pills to swallow.’ But that’s part of this whole deal.” Senior quarterback Kain Colter said even though the team might be “cursed,” the players haven’t lost any confidence in themselves. “We still feel like we could move the ball on anybody,” he said. “It’s a matter of going out there and executing and being able to be put in the position to make plays and going out there and making them.” NU will have its hands full with Michigan State and its highly ranked defense, but the Spartans are coming off a game in which they gave up almost 400 yards of offense to the Cornhuskers. Colter said he believes Michigan State’s defense is similar to what NU faced last year in East Lansing, Mich., when the Cats won. “It should give us confidence that we are facing the same guys we faced last year,” he said. “They’re the same guys we moved the ball on last year.” Other news conference notes: Sophomore guard Geoff Mogus and sophomore safety Traveon Henry are both listed as day-to-day. Fitzgerald said Henry has a mid-body injury and Mogus has an upper body injury. Junior defensive tackle Sean McEvilly has been ruled out for the rest of the season with a foot injury. He will undergo surgery soon, and the expected recovery time is three months. Fitzgerald said it’s an injury that has been bothering McEvilly all year. Fitzgerald also disclosed that junior quarterback Trevor Siemian was injured during NU’s loss to Wisconsin. He said he elected not to say anything about it because Colter was not going to play in the game. He said Siemian was still hurt for a few weeks after the game even though he went out and played. “He’s probably as healthy as he’s been since the Wisconsin game,” Fitzgerald said. Colter accepted an invitation to the 2014 Reese’s Senior Bowl. He is listed as a wide receiver, not a quarterback. Fitzgerald said he’ll “see what’s left” when asked if he would bid on any of the Wounded Warrior jerseys on nusports.com. This Saturday marks the final game the seniors will play at Ryan Field. Fitzgerald praised this class and all that the players have done for the team and the community. “It’ll be a great legacy that they have left, and hopefully they can put an exclamation point to it in the next couple of games.”
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CLUTCH CAT Lauren Douglas’ free throws with 3 seconds to play Sunday sealed a 57-53 victory for the Wildcats over the Rebels. The sophomore forward scored 5 of her 11 points in the last minute and a half.
and we didn’t always execute boxing them out. That’s something we need to focus on more.” McKeown said he saw a lot of positives from the game even if NU had not been able to come back and win. However, it never hurts for a young team to experience tight games before conference play begins
in January. “We knew this was going to be a tough game,” McKeown said. “Any time you can make mistakes and learn from them and still be in a position to win the game, that really helps.” joshuawalfish2014@u.northwestern.edu
Revamped offense generates victories No. 18 Purdue
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FLIP THE SWITCH Redshirt junior Katie Dutchman slams a ball over the net last weekend against Michigan State. Northwestern reshuffled its front line against No. 18 Purdue and Indiana to halt a three-game slide with two Big Ten victories.
had nine kills to lead all players in the first set and led an electrifying comeback as the Cats scored 9 of the next 10 points and went on to win the set 27-25. It became evident that Purdue’s libero Carly Cramer is the leader of their team. She vocally directed the defense during plays and frequently stepped in front of teammates to pass. The Boilermakers’ fortunes rose and fell with Cramer’s play. Cramer peaked during the second set, as the Boilermakers crushed the Cats 25-14 to tie the game at one set apiece. Akanbi said she believed the Cats could play better than they did during the first two sets. “We were playing a little timid,” she said. “We just came out stronger and more confident, knowing that we could do it.”
Fitzgerald swallows ‘tough pills’ By JOHN PASCHALL
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The Wildcats’ revamped offense debuted in spectacular fashion this weekend as Northwestern emerged victorious against No. 18 Purdue (16-11, 7-9 Big Ten) and Indiana (9-18, 1-15). The new attack revolves around several lineup changes coach Keylor Chan made following a three-game skid. “This time of the year you need a spark, and I thought we were getting stale,” Chan said. “I liked our (previous) lineup but I think this one gives us a little more offensive ability.” Junior outside hitters Yewande Akanbi and Monica McGreal are seeing increased playing time. Akanbi usually subs in for attacker Kayla Morin during later sets, providing a spark off the bench. Over the past two games, she has played front row for Morin throughout the entire match. McGreal, who has emerged as a fan favorite for her destructive jump serves, is playing her first extended time in the front row. Chan likes what he has seen from the two new attackers, especially McGreal. “We thought it was Monica’s time,” Chan said. “We really feel that she belongs and has earned her way onto the floor.” The Boilermakers visited Evanston on Friday, but they weren’t ready for the Cats’ fresh look. Purdue charged out of the gates, riding their impressive defense to a 15-5 lead in the first set. Then, as has been the case all season, senior outside hitter Stephanie Holthus’ rotation into the front row turned the tide in NU’s favor. Holthus
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NU’s offense erupted after the intermission. Hard-driven balls from the newly multifaceted attack caused several blocking errors from the normally disciplined Purdue front row. The Cats easily took the next two sets behind Holthus’ inspired play to clinch the contest 3-1. She led the game with 21 kills. NU survived Sunday’s visit from Indiana, who had lost 16 of its last 17 games. It took five sets to down the Hoosiers, who proved to be a stronger opponent than their record suggests. “The Big Ten is just so tough,” Holthus said. “Every team in the league can play, and I don’t think their record shows how good they are at volleyball.” The Cats took a sloppy first set, characterized by service errors and net violations on both sides. The Hoosiers