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that students on either end of the process … understand their role in it. …You can come at it from almost any end and say that we’re not as transparent in our process as we could be and should be.”

When the University announced Adams’ appointment in December 2012, the news release boasted that he would “chair the Hazing Prevention Task Force and the Community Alcohol Coalition, which will be formed under his leadership.” Nearly a year later, that promise remains unfulfilled — though Adams did unveil an updated, more specific hazing policy at the beginning of this academic year. Adams said he intends to jumpstart a task force next quarter, along with publishing data on the number of hazing incidents that come through the Division of Student Affairs.

Lavery hopes the task force will illuminate the University Hearing and Appeals System, a decades-old process that handles misconduct on campus. Although those currently and formerly involved in it say it is an effective way of settling student conflict, they admit it has some flaws, including how long it takes for a complaint to lead to a hearing. In his conversations with NU administrators, Lavery said, they admitted the system is imperfect but offered little recourse.

“This isn’t something that we’re trained on as you become a student,” Lavery said. “They don’t say how or why the resources aren’t there. They say the process is broken, and that’s sort of what they have to deal with.

It will take a lot to change.”

Blindfolds and ‘blow jobs’ Phi Delt’s pledging activities started innocuously enough, said Lavery, who rushed as a sophomore. He remembers the chapter’s philanthropies fondly and recalls a round of “snow football” that pitted upperclassmen against the new class.

“You were forced to do it, so under the definition that would be hazing,” Lavery said. “(But) there’s no physical harm, it’s not a degrading activity, it’s not anything that attacks the spirit of the person going through the process.”

The first red flag came later that winter. According to Lavery’s written account, Phi Delt brothers termed the event “The Brothel.” Pledges were taken to an off-campus residence and blindfolded. Female NU students — whom Lavery said the brothers called “hookers” — came in to touch, dance and grind on the pledges.

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Dunkle said there is currently a wait list for ongoing therapy services, though he added wait lists are common in counseling centers regardless of staff size.

CAPS is still in the process of hiring its third new psychologist, a position for which Student Affairs gave funding in the spring. The new psychologist will specialize in the mental health of NU’s Latino population.

Dunkle said CAPS is having trouble filling the position but is “working on it.”

“I think that once we get that other staff member we’re going to be pretty close in line to where our peers are in terms of staff-to-student ratio,” Dunkle said.

He attributes the increase in demand to several factors, including CAPS outreach efforts, a larger staff and the new Essential NU on mental health attended by all new students during Wildcat Welcome in September.

“I think part of it is there is less of a stigma for students trying to reach out for help,” Dunkle said. “I think it’s also been a difficult last year or so in terms of campus tragedy.”

Alex Van Atta, Associated Student Government executive vice president, said although increased demand may have been influenced by recent tragedies, students’ requests are also indicative of more effective campus outreach efforts. He said he hopes the three additional staff members will help cut down wait times, even with rising requests.

“My initial impression is that if people are looking for resources, that’s a good thing that they are getting the

Sean Lavery’s face was red with blood. His cheeks and forehead were bruised. A plastic tube ran through his battered nostrils. It was May 19, 2012, and Lavery was in the emergency room with a busted nose, fractured in four places. Two weeks later, he returned for a surgery that totaled thousands of dollars. Overall, he spent about 20 hours at the hospital, according to a written account he gave to the University and, later, The Daily.

The Medill senior doesn’t like to dwell on the details of that night, simply referring to the situation as “an incident of hazing.” But the documents and photos he shared tell a grislier story: After months of pledging Phi Delta Theta and vocalizing his concerns about certain forced activities, Lavery was told to report to the fourth floor of the fraternity house. There, he found a stranger.

A brother told Lavery he had to fight the man. Lavery was slammed to the ground. He blacked out. His shirt ripped. His face was smashed.

Lavery did not tell hospital officials what had left him so beaten. He didn’t tell the University until January 2013, when official after official redirected him, before his complaint was forwarded to the Office of Student Conduct. The case remains unresolved, though Lavery has been told that nearly a year after he reported the incident, he should expect a ruling sometime soon.

Phi Delt president Greg Booth was not a Northwestern student when Lavery was pledging. Still, Booth conceded that hazing incidents occurred and said the fraternity is focused on moving forward.

“I would say that in the past, definitely Phi Delt did have some problems. I feel terrible for the people who had to go through that,” the Weinberg sophomore said. “We tried to eliminate all of the members that are associated with that. Frankly, it’s unacceptable for those things to happen ever again in Phi Delt, and in the Greek community in general.”

For Lavery, the experience reflected a broader culture of nondisclosure around hazing at NU — something that goes deeper than one fraternity, team or organization. According to the National Collaborative for Hazing Research and Prevention, 55 percent of students nationwide reported having been hazed.

Those The Daily spoke with said NU’s main issues are a slow judicial process and a lack of transparency.

It’s a problem Dean of Students Todd Adams — in his second full quarter at NU after a long tenure at Duke University — acknowledges. And one he intends to fix.

“I think you’re going to see some changes,” Adams told The Daily. “We have a responsibility to ensure that cases are heard within a timely way and

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Student requests for Counseling and Psychological Services have increased 19 percent this quarter, executive director John Dunkle said, following a 14 percent increase during last academic year — yet the center’s newly-funded position has yet to be filled.

All students who sought help this quarter have at least moved past the initial CAPS assessment, Dunkle said. He added that students are getting attention more quickly this year because of new staff members hired since the spring.

“I’ve seen the impact,” Dunkle said.

“We’re also keeping more students in house mainly because we’ve had more staff, and so I think that students are getting in quickly.”

After a student’s initial assessment, CAPS determines how to treat students based on their individual cases.

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Prof killed in Metra crash

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A Northwestern professor was killed Saturday afternoon after a Metra train hit his car in Lake Forest, Ill., officials said.

Feinberg Prof. Victor B. Tsirline, 35, was pronounced dead on the scene in the north suburb of Chicago, according to the officials. The Lake County coroner’s office said the train struck Tsirline’s car at about 2:40 p.m. near the intersection of Old Mill and Waukegan roads.

Witnesses told police Tsirline drove around the lowered gates at the crossing after its warning bells and lights went off. He continued east when his vehicle was struck by the train, which was heading south on the Milwaukee DistrictNorth Line. The train pushed Tsirline’s car, a black four-door sedan, about 100 yards along the tracks, police said.

Tsirline, of Lincolnshire, Ill., was also a surgeon at Northwestern Lake Forest Hospital, hospital spokeswoman Jane Griffin said. In Feinberg, he was an assistant professor of gastrointestinal and endocrine surgery.

Dr. David M. Mahvi, president of Northwestern Medical Group, said Monday the hospital was “deeply saddened” by Tsirline’s death.

“Dr. Tsirline was a talented Northwestern Medicine surgeon who contributed greatly to our surgical team in Lake Forest with his minimally invasive surgical expertise,” Mahvi said in a statement. “This is a tremendous loss for our organization and we extend our deepest sympathies to his family, friends and colleagues.”

University spokesman Al Cubbage called Tsirline’s death a “shocking loss” and said NU extends its condolences to Tsirline’s family and friends.

Another Feinberg professor, Piotr Kulesza, died last weekend in what police believe was an accidental fall from a hotel balcony in Hollywood, Fla. patricksvitek2014@u.northwestern.edu

Dozen arrested in drug sting By patrick svitek

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Chicago police said they arrested 12 people Thursday as a result of an undercover investigation into drug dealing near the Evanston border.

A “series of shootings and complaints of narcotics sales” near the intersection of Ashland Avenue and Howard Street led to the investigation, according to Chicago police.

Two Chicago men were killed in separate shootings in July in the area, which includes Willye B. White Park and the Stephen F. Gale Community Academy. » See drug sting, page 14

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A Chicago non-profit transportation organization has presented Evanston with a leadership award for making its transportation more environmentally friendly and accessible to residents.

In addition to the city, the Active Transportation Alliance has given the Public Leadership Award to Chicago aldermen, spokesman Ethan Spotts said.

“We are very excited Evanston is taking these steps,” Spotts said. “We certainly want to point to them as a shining example for other suburbs.”

In coordination with the alliance, the city has been developing strategies to make transportation more comfortable for people, said Suzette Robinson, Evanston director of public works. In November, the city secured $480,000 to create a protected bike lane on Dodge Avenue.

The city also plans to create a bike lane on Sheridan Road from Chicago Avenue to Isabella Street.

The design for the project will be released in 2014 and construction will begin in 2015, Robinson said.

Funding for the project will come from a mix of

federal and city funds. The 2014 fiscal budget allocates about $37,458 for the first two phases of the bike project.

The alliance helped the city reach the status of Bicycle Friendly Community at the silver level, which was awarded by the League of American Bicyclists last year. The transportation organization has also provided the city with regional research, Robinson said. In early 2013, the organization worked with the city to improve pedestrian safety.

The city is considering implementing environmental policies that could help secure federal and state grants for transportation projects, Robinson said. The city’s Environmental Board has drafted a “complete and green streets” initiative that focuses on providing multiple modes of transportation while minimizing environmental harm. Board members will present the plan to city officials Dec. 9.

The Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning this year provided Evanston with a $100,000 grant, which the city will use to gather public input about updating the city’s bicycle plan in conjunction with a consulting firm.

In collecting input from residents, the city hopes

A Northwestern student’s cell phone was stolen Friday while she was helping prepare for a party at a fraternity house, according to police.

While at Phi Kappa Psi, the student left her iPhone 5 on a table in the basement along with other phones, said Daniel McAleer, deputy chief of University Police. At the time, three members of the fraternity’s food staff were also in the area.

Between 5:30 and 7:30 p.m., the student was going in and out of the kitchen and saw her cell phone was where she had left it, McAleer. She noticed it was no longer in the same place when she returned to the table at 9 p.m.

The student had installed tracking software on

the cell phone and traced it to the South Side of Chicago, McAleer said. She called the cell phone, but no one picked up. UP was also unsuccessful in reaching the cell phone.

The student told UP she would provide them with the cell phone’s serial number, McAleer said.

The cell phone is worth less than $500, according to police.

Emergency exit signs damaged in Allison Hall

Emergency exit signs have been damaged in Allison Hall over the past several weeks, according to police.

A Residential Services staff member notified UP of the latest evidence Friday afternoon, McAleer

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BIKE FRIENDLY A cyclist rides down Sheridan Road. The Active Transportation Alliance honored Evanston for the city’s efforts to create public spaces that support biking, walking and transit last week.

to find a balance between the needs of bikers, drivers and pedestrians, Robinson said. Residents sometimes feel frustrated when bikers or drivers break the rules of the road.

“We are trying to design a corridor that reduces some of that tension so anyone can get where they need to go,” Robinson said. edwardcox2011@u.northwestern.edu

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said. The staff member noticed two broken signs on the third floor during a routine check of the dorm Friday morning.

The staff member asked a housekeeper about the most recent damage, and the housekeeper told the staff member he or she noticed similar damage two weeks ago but did not report it to Residential Services or UP, McAleer said. At the time, the housekeeper saw all signs in a section of the third floor were damaged or stolen. They were “immediately” fixed or replaced, McAleer said.

Officers took photos of the latest damage, McAleer said. Surveillance footage of the area is not available. ­— Patrick Svitek

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Senior competes on Chinese singing reality show By danny kelleher

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Studying abroad provides students with cultural and lingual experiences in different countries, but for David Harris, it will soon make him a televised star.

The McCormick fifth-year senior will appear on the Chinese singing competition television show “Xing Guang Da Dao� (“The Avenue of Stars�) in January. He flew to Beijing to film the competition last month.

For Harris, being a contestant on the show is the culmination of an audition process that began more than a year ago, when he first studied abroad in China in spring 2012. After his study abroad program ended, Harris stayed in Beijing for the summer, working at the U.S. Embassy by day and playing guitar and singing for a bar by night. One day, his neighbor suggested that the two of them audition for “Xing Guang Da Dao,� a show whose popularity Harris said is similar to that of “American Idol.� “I thought trying out was absolutely ridiculous and we would never make it,� Harris said. “But my friend was always certain that we had a chance despite more than 300,000 people trying out each

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Both Harris and his friend were chosen as contestants on the show, but it took about six months before Harris was informed. By that time, he had already returned to NU to continue pursuing his industrial engineering degree. “When I tried out in 2012, they didn’t call me back until November,� Harris said. “But they couldn’t

contact me on my local Beijing phone because I was already out of the country at that point.�

The show finally reached Harris in May 2013 through his former neighbor. He had already been planning to travel to China again in June for a foreign language program run through the U.S. Department of State, and after the program ended in August he appeared on other China reality and

talk shows that had heard he would be a contestant on “Xing Guang Da Dao.�

During the show’s October taping, which will air in January 2014, Harris said he competed to be the winner of the week. If he is successful, he will vie to be the winner of the month. Until the episode airs, Harris is contractually obligated not to disclose the results of the round he filmed.

Although Harris said he is confident that success on “Xing Guang Da Dao� would get him record deal offers, he has yet to decide whether or not he will continue his musical pursuits. “I have job offers (in industrial engineering) now,� Harris said. “I don’t know if I want to push them back or just give up on them to follow this route of performing in China.�

Abinav Raja, a friend of Harris, said he believes Harris will make the best decision for himself. “It sounds pretty cool for a friend of mine to be a Chinese pop star,� the McCormick junior said. “In the end, he has to do what he’s passionate about. ...

As friends, we’re there to support him regardless.�

Harris said he does not plan to make any decisions about a music career until he graduates in June. “Being on television and doing that rock star kind of life... not everyone can do it,� he said. dannykelleher@u.northwestern.edu

Kellogg alumnus to run for U.S. Senate seat in Iowa

By Joseph Diebold

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perspective who will build coalitions to enshrine our conservative principles into law,� he said. “We are drowning in debt and dysfunction in Washington, and we need a different type of leader.�

Jacobs used the speech to outline his five priorities to boost job growth as the nation continues to list itself: education, expanded energy production, deregulation, tax reform and health care reform. “Jobs are my top priority. In fact, you can’t spell Jacobs without jobs,� he said. “And if you send me

to the United States Senate, I will make jobs for Iowa my number one priority.�

The Republican primary will be held in June 2014, with the general election scheduled for November. Analyst Larry Sabato, director of the University of Virginia Center for Politics, currently has the race listed as “Leans Democratic.�

Jacobs received his undergraduate degree from Southern Methodist University. josephdiebold2015@u.northwestern.edu

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Mark Jacobs (Kellogg ’89) announced his candidacy Tuesday. Jacobs joins a crowded Republican field vying to replace Harkin, who will leave

following the 2014 elections the seat he has held since 1985. Six other candidates have already declared they intend to run in the primary. Rep. Bruce Braley (D-Iowa) is the only Democratic candidate to enter the race thus far.

In his announcement speech, Jacobs touted his pro-business acumen and conservative bona fides. “The true choice we face is either electing another politician, and expecting a different result, or choosing someone with a business

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Educators hope to foster inclusive community By julian gerez

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As many students wrap up the quarter with Reading Period and final exams, the future Peer Inclusion Educators anticipate their training workshops, which are scheduled for the next couple weeks and all of Winter Quarter.

McCormick junior Michelle Ferber, one of the colead facilitators of PIE, said the group is “really, really happy� with the applications. The goal of PIE is to foster an inclusive community by addressing issues regarding personal awareness and social justice with others on campus and works within the Department of Campus Inclusion and Community. “We were mostly looking for as diverse of a group as possible,� Ferber said. “We have people representing from all over campus: different socioeconomic backgrounds, gender, race and ethnicity.�

The deadline for applications was Sunday. Winter Quarter will be the training period for the newest peer educators. This is the first year of the program, which was created as a direct response and complement to the Peer Inclusion Task Force.

Those who were chosen to be peer educators will have to go to sustained dialogue preparation, which lasts two full days. The group will then meet once a week with different administrators and participate

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Co-director Hazim Abdullah-Smith said he thinks the training process will benefit the new peer educators. “This training helps prepare peer inclusion educators be more comfortable approaching various topics around social identities such as sexuality, race, gender and socio-economic status,� the SESP sophomore said.

The class of 2017 alone is ethnically and socioeconomically diverse, with 48 percent non-majority students and 14 percent low-income students.

Students also represent a range of ideologies and backgrounds. It is because of all this that Ferber says diversity and inclusion are so important. “This is one of the few times in our lives that everyone will have diversity in every sense of the word,� she said. “People don’t really have the tools to discuss their personal experiences.�

PIE will give students an opportunity to reflect on their own background and biases and will encourage dialogue around issues of difference while developing mechanisms for addressing those issues. “We all are one Northwestern,� Ferber said. “We all are part of the same community.�

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Across Campuses Police doubting accuracy of initial gunman report on Yale campus

NEW HAVEN, Conn. — The man who called police Monday morning and said someone was headed to the Yale campus with a gun “sounded like a confused gentleman,� and officials were beginning to doubt the initial report was accurate, police said.

Nonetheless, police continued to scour the Yale University campus Monday afternoon, and the Old Campus remained on lockdown as evening fell.

The man who made the initial call — at 9:48 a.m. — said his roommate was headed to campus with a

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If the extension were approved, it would be the longest period developers have been granted to start a project in Evanston, according to aldermen.

Fiske called the plans “outdated” in light of how long they have been delayed. With the location of the building in the heart of downtown, the council should make sure they’re picking the best building, she said.

Tendam agreed with Fiske, saying Evanston has to maintain its “beautiful” downtown area.

“It makes a statement that, ‘This is our pride and joy,’” he said. “I’m not opposed to development. We just can’t afford developers to continue extensions.” said the counI’m not opposed cil Wilson should not approve to development. “a straight extension for something that’s probably We just not going to happen.” can’t afford Wilson and many residents said the developdevelopers ers’ promises are no lonto continue ger useful for or relevant extensions. to the city. He said the Ald. Mark Tendam council has “given huge allowances” to Andersen (6th) with the structure, with the idea that he would build the structure. Instead, Wilson said, “the neighborhood has suffered.”

At the meeting, dozens of Evanston residents express concerns about the aesthetic nature of the tower, saying it disrupted the city’s small, college town feel. Evanston resident Martin Kanter said the building would “stick out like a sore thumb” in the middle of downtown.

Others said that the city had failed to address possible issues in traffic congestion and a wind tunnel effect caused by the tall tower. Some were worried the public benefits the developers promised were driven by profit motives and would just be detrimental to the city’s revenue in the future.

The council also unanimously passed the city’s fiscal year 2014 budget with no discussion.

By paige leskin

the daily northwestern @paigeleskin

Evanston City Council on Monday night rejected a proposal that would have given the developers of a controversial 35-story tower more time to start construction.

The resolution, put forward by the city’s Planning and Development Committee, suggested giving Focus Development three extra years to obtain a building permit for the project, 708 Church St. Ald. Ann Rainey (8th), in an attempt to compromise on the issue, suggested the council vote instead on a one-year extension, but aldermen narrowly turned down the idea.

The company was originally granted five years in March 2009 to start construction, but the period expires at the end of this year.

The aldermen voted against Rainey’s proposal 5-4. Alds. Judy Fiske (1st), Melissa Wynne (3rd), Donald Wilson (4th), Mark Tendam (6th) and Jane Grover (7th) chose to reject the extension, while Alds. Peter Braithwaite (2nd), Delores Holmes (5th), Rainey and Coleen Burrus (9th) wanted the developers to continue their work.

Audience members burst into applause when Mayor Elizabeth Tisdahl announced the vote count.

Evanston residents expressed strong criticism toward the building, both at Monday’s meeting and when plans were first proposed in 2009.

As approved, the tower would have had 218 housing units and more than 18,000 square feet for office and retail space. The building would have been 385 feet in height, making it Evanston’s tallest building by more than 100 feet.

Tim Anderson, president and owner of Focus Development, argued before the vote that his company’s inaction was caused by the housing market crash of 2008. He said his team has been doing quality work in Evanston for 17 years, and it just needs more time to “bring this project to fruition.”

“This is the longest, dragged out public development that I can remember,” Fiske said.

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Remembering JFK JFK’s legacy lies between the lines ANTONIO PETKOV

DAILY COLUMNIST

On the 50th anniversary of John F. Kennedy’s assassination, we see a resurgence of interest into not merely his assassination, but also his legacy. Some of us have romanticized notions of the man. Others might be inclined to label him as the youthful, idealized president whose shortcomings were largely overlooked due to the circumstances of his death.

Although it is true that many of his initiatives came to fruition only after Nov. 22, and that his youthful, healthy, wholesome image was questionable due to both his numerous ailments and extramarital affairs, it would be a mistake to go straight from idolizing to trivializing.

The truth is always somewhere in the middle, and when it comes to history, especially when it comes to monumental historical figures like JFK, even the best historians are hesitant to draw definitive conclusions.

History is filled with uncertainty, subjectivity, relativity, and interdependence.

JFK certainly wasn’t quite the president we made him out to be. Despite his eloquent oratory, wartime record and Harvard education, his inexperience was noticeable. The fact that he allowed Robert McNamara’s Whiz Kids to dictate Vietnam strategy was not surprising given his faith in the efficiency of educated youth, but it cost the lives of many U.S. soldiers.

That being said, what many of us fail to remember is that experience was no guarantee of efficiency either in that chapter of U.S. history. The failed Bay of Pigs invasion was engineered by the Dwight Eisenhower administration. Even Ike, who needs no introduction when it comes to seniority and experience, didn’t think the plan through when he handed it to Kennedy to execute.

After the aforementioned failure, Kennedy made one of his least-known but fairly significant decisions, which demonstrated that he would no longer accept hand-me-down plans from the previous administration: He fired the director of the CIA, Allen Dulles.

For those of you who are not familiar with the aforementioned, Dulles was director all throughout the Eisenhower years, and his brother, John Foster Dulles, was the secretary of state. They were bona-fide members of the old guard, and frequently directed foreign policy decisions based on business interests.

Kennedy’s move is in keeping with his image of reshaping politics, even if some of his other decisions are not.

Kennedy’s eventual willingness to reach

out to Soviet leader Nikita Khruschev, and the candor of their correspondence, also marked a departure from Eisenhower’s relations with the Kremlin. Kennedy did not fully relinquish the ideology of his predecessors, but he was progressive enough to realize the flaws of the methods used by the old guard to conduct the Cold War. Kennedy’s qualms about the U.S.-approved assassination of South Vietnam President Ngo Dinh Diem, ironically only 20 days before his own assassination, also demonstrated that he was not merely a peon of his advisers. Both he and his brother were wary that they would have no one to replace Diem as leader of South Vietnam, despite Diem’s numerous shortcomings. Kennedy was also appalled by the brutal manner in which the coup was carried out. Even Communist Vietnamese leader Ho Chi Minh proclaimed upon hearing of it “I can scarcely believe the Americans could be so stupid.”

These are just a

John F. Kennedy and Robert McNamara

few instances demonstrating the complexity of the JFK presidency and help underscore his significance as an independent leader rather than merely a hollow image or an empty promise. As new documents emerge, our perceptions of Kennedy will undoubtedly change again. The important thing to remember is that they will change, and we should always be ready to re-examine our evaluations of historical figures while remembering that said new assessments are by no means the final answer.

Antonio Petkov is a McCormick freshman. He can be reached at antoniopetkov2017@u.northwestern.edu.

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The lens of history is a blurry one JULIAN CARACOTSIOS DAILY COLUMNIST

Like many good American boys, I grew up with an idolized picture of John F. Kennedy, who was shot fifty years ago last Friday, Nov. 22. That afternoon, I watched his famous 1961 inaugural address, which, for those who haven’t seen it, is the speech in which he iconically entreats his fellow Americans to “ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country.” Other notable Kennedyisms abound, and I’d recommend my readers watch it for themselves if they haven’t before.

But I’m not going to write another column on the legacy of President Kennedy; there are enough of those circulating around.

Instead, I’d like to turn

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your attention to a contemporary of Kennedy’s whom many have never even heard of: Robert McNamara, who’ s best known as the Secretary of Defense during the Kennedy and Johnson Administrations — and one of the architects of the Vietnam War. After watching Kennedy’s eloquent oration on YouTube, a square little window in the “recommended videos” bar on the side caught my attention. It was for a documentary entitled “The Fog of War: Eleven Lessons from the Life of Robert S. McNamara.” I clicked on it and was amazed. It’s an astonishingly frank interview with one of the men who shaped modern history. McNamara has his biases and refuses to answer at times, but I’d have never expected a politician, let alone a former Secretary of

College jobs have immense benefits KATY VINES

DAILY COLUMNIST

About 46 percent of full-time American college students work while enrolled. This seems like a large portion of the college kids in this country, and one has to wonder what these students gain from working while in school. There are obvious gains, such as extra money, but there are also intangible benefits, such as gaining skills and creating relationships that can be valuable later in life.

Throughout most of high school, I worked as a customer service representative and as a waitress.

Coming to college, though, I was apprehensive about getting a job, as I knew that my classes would be more challenging and that there would be various activities taking up my time. Despite my hesitance, I took two positions, one in the cashier’s office in Norris and the other as a babysitter for a few families in Evanston. I have recently realized that there are more benefits than I had previously thought.

Of course an obvious benefit to working during college is the money, which can be put toward college tuition or savings, or can fund leisure activities.

It is less of a burden for parents if their student has his or her own paycheck, especially if the student left their home state to go to school, because then parents don’t have to keep track of a budget for the student. This extra cash can also make students more responsible when it comes to saving money and can allow them to begin to gain financial independence from their parents.

Besides the material benefit from working during college, there are intangible gains. Working while enrolled in school gives students the opportunity to meet peers that they might not otherwise have come in contact with. As a freshman, most of my classes are exclusively comprised of freshmen. In my residential college, I live on a floor with allfreshmen neighbors. By working at the cashier’s office, with coworkers of varying ages, I am able to meet upperclassmen that I probably never would have had the chance to meet otherwise. I am able to learn the skills of the job from them and ask them for advice about classes. My supervisor is a graduate student who has a lot of knowledge to pass on to her employees. Relationships like these are bonds that students can carry on throughout college, potentially becoming life-long friendships.

A great part of working while in college is that students are able to learn everyday skills that will help them later on in life, even if the job area they

are working in is not the industry they plan to major in or pursue a career in. For example, I plan to major in psychology and cognitive science, but as a cashier I use math skills and handle money, and as a babysitter I work with children and practice teaching. While I do not plan to pursue these areas in the future, these jobs teach skills such as precision, accuracy, patience and punctuality. These are invaluable skills that I will need no matter which field I go into.

Additionally, both of these jobs allow me to work with people, which is something that will definitely help me later in life as a psychologist or cognitive scientist. There is always some skill or ability that is necessary for a part-time college job that will be helpful in the future.

My experiences with working while being a fulltime student are not an exception. The 46 percent of students who take up part-time jobs undoubtedly learn something valuable and make lasting connections. While it may be hard to fit a part-time job into a the always busy college schedule, these benefits are hard to pass up, and they will definitely be rewarding in the long run.

Katy Vines is a Weinberg freshman. She can be reached at kaitlynvines2017@u.northwestern.edu. If you would like to respond publicly to this column, send a Letter to the Editor to opinion@dailynorthwestern.com.

Defense, to speak as freely as he does.

After finishing it, my mind had a lot to chew on. McNamara’s version of history was a lot less smooth and sleek as the version popularized on TV, and even the version learned in school. Why did we survive the Cuban missile crisis? We got lucky, McNamara says. Had things gone slightly differently, you don’t need me to explain what might’ve happened, but JFK would certainly not be the hero he is today.

McNamara also mentions another highly important, yet relatively unknown, historical event from his service in World War II. Grab a random person off the street and mention “Hiroshima” or “Nagasaki” and they’ll know exactly what you’re talking about. Yet, it’s doubtful that many have heard of Operation Meetinghouse – the firebombing of Tokyo in which nearly 100,000 people were killed and much of the city was burned to the ground.

However horrific both may be, Hiroshima is a chapter of our – and by “our,” I of course mean for Americans – story, but Tokyo is not, nor are most of the other cities which were subjected to similar, though less intense, bombing.

Historical hindsight is hardly 20/20. It hides atrocities and embellishes heroism, sometimes arbitrarily. We like to form narratives of the past that are easy to wrap our minds around, but reality is much messier. I’m sure that this column itself falls prey to the distortions that such stories create, but my goal is not to clarify particular historical misconceptions. I’m just a 21-year-old who likes to read too much Wikipedia. It would be out of place for me to undertake such a task.

While the ultimate truth is beyond me, I believe it is nevertheless important to think about the significance of the “stories” that often occupy more space in our minds than objective “histories.” It’s particularly relevant because such stories distort not only the distant, but the recent past as well. With Kennedy and the days of “Camelot” now on our minds, it’s a good time to ponder it.

Not too long ago, people held Barack Obama in a near-Kennedian level of esteem.

He was young, cool and ready to bring change for the better. Now, his approval ratings are lackluster and Obamacare is having some real growing pains, to say the least. George W. Bush, once the hero who brought the country together after 9/11, is now caricatured as a buffoon or demonized as an arrogant imperialist for invading Iraq. Our stories change quickly, unexpectedly and drastically. We’d do well to be wary of the perspectives we already have, and hesitant of creating new ones. The real world’s a lot more complicated than that.

Julian Caracotsios is a Weinberg senior. He can be reached at juliancaracotsios2014@u.northwestern.edu.

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FIELD GOAL OF DREAMS For the second time in as many weeks, the Wildcats led as the opposing team had the ball in the final minute. After converting on fourth down earlier in the drive, the Wolverines completed a pass with less than 15 seconds to go. With no timeouts, the clock ran, but Michigan managed to put its field goal unit on the field and convert the kick to tie the game. Fitzgerald complained about the play after the game.

NU would lose in triple overtime. It was the second straight year the Wolverines beat the Cats in extra time.

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THIS WAS OUR TIME Before taking on the Buckeyes in a primetime matchup on ABC, the Wildcats welcomed ESPN’s “College GameDay” to campus for the first time since 1995. Students lined up at the Lakefill in the early hours of the morning, donning purple and designing signs to mark the event. Students followed through by filling the student section to capacity for the game, only to witness Northwestern lose a lead in the fourth quarter en route to a 40-30 loss. The game was the last time the Cats scored 30 points.

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REALITY CHECK Following their first loss of the season, the Wildcats traveled north to face the Badgers.

Wisconsin served NU a wake-up call, dominating in a 35-6 win. Northwestern struggled mightily to stop Wisconsin’s power rushing attack. On the other side of the ball, senior running back Venric Mark left the game early and did not return for the rest of the season. The loss was the first game all season the Cats failed to score at least 30 points, and it foreshadowed offensive struggles that would follow the team for the rest of the season.

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Two rushing touchdowns for Jeff Budzien as Cats go full YOLO.

It’s unfortunate the easiest game on the Big Ten slate comes now.

Northwestern 30 Illinois 20 I flipped a coin.

No way we are that bad.

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SEVENTH HELL On senior day, Northwestern’s contest with Michigan State started poorly when Colter left the game early in the first quarter with an upper body injury. Junior quarterback Trevor Siemian played valiantly in relief but could not muster much offense against one of the country’s best defenses.

NU’s problems were compounded by more questionable decisions from Fitzgerald, who came under fire for conservative play calling throughout the game. The loss ensured the Cats would miss the postseason.

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VITAL-E ERROR Against coach Pat Fitzgerald’s most hated rival, the Wildcats fell in overtime after a number of blunders. Senior running back Mike Trumpy fumbled twice, including on Northwestern’s last drive of the game. Sophomore superback Dan Vitale also had a costly error on the last drive, committing a 15-yard penalty on the play preceding Trumpy’s fumble. Fitzgerald didn’t use his timeouts at the end of the fourth quarter, robbing a chance for his offense to get the ball back one more time.

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Minnesota played without coach Jerry Kill, who was recovering from a seizure. Kill gave his team a speech at halftime, propelling Minnesota to the win. Northwestern had a chance to get the ball back near the end of the game, but the defense could not stop Minnesota from running out the clock. Senior quarterback Kain Colter missed the game due to an injury he sustained in the game before, limiting the team’s offensive attack.

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brought out in small groups and about six women participated. â&#x20AC;&#x153;There were some girls that were like licking the pledges and lap dancing and all of that, and some girls who were just poking them and afraid to touch them,â&#x20AC;? the student said.

Then, the women were instructed to ask the pledges whether they wanted blow jobs. Most declined, the student said, but some agreed. Either way, the women brought the pledges over to a table and gave them what is known as a â&#x20AC;&#x153;blow job shot,â&#x20AC;? typically a shot of alcohol topped with whipped cream. The pledges were then led out, and a new round came in. The student said the entire activity lasted for a few hours.

The student called â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Brothelâ&#x20AC;? awkward and was uncomfortable that older Phi Delt brothers were present. â&#x20AC;&#x153;There were existing members in the room watching on a couch, so that made the girls feel as objectified as the pledges, sexually,â&#x20AC;? the student said.

Although the anonymous student insisted the event â&#x20AC;&#x153;didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t hurt anyone,â&#x20AC;? Lavery said a fellow pledge told him he was troubled by what had happened. â&#x20AC;&#x153;He expressed to me that he felt violated, and it was an event where he had no control over what happened,â&#x20AC;? Lavery said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The first time it happened was sort of the first alarm bell that went off and said, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;This is something that needs to be reeled in.â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;?

In his written account later submitted to the University, Lavery described numerous activities he considered hazing, including one where he says pledges were given finger puppets depicting different races and asked to create a racially charged puppet show. On â&#x20AC;&#x153;Pledge Dad Night,â&#x20AC;? Lavery said, pledges were forced to eat a mixture of Doritos chips, molasses and rotten olives. Over the next few months, Lavery continued speaking up when he thought hazing activities crossed the line, he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They were sort of shocked that anyone was saying anything, and they were reluctant to discuss it directly with me,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;And then later it just grew more directed, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;You just need to do what youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re told until youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re done, and then you can change it.â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;?

Lavery delayed his pledge process until spring because of school and work commitments and expected to be initiated at the end of that quarter. But then Phi Delt pushed back â&#x20AC;&#x153;Hell Weekâ&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x201D; a time of intense hazing in fraternities before new members are initiated â&#x20AC;&#x201D; until the fall due to final exams, Lavery said. Over the summer, Lavery learned he and the other pledges would endure more hazing when they returned to NU. In early October, Lavery left the

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pledging process in what he calls a mutual decision between him and Phi Delt.

Lavery admits he was a â&#x20AC;&#x153;rebelliousâ&#x20AC;? and â&#x20AC;&#x153;bad pledgeâ&#x20AC;? who questioned the older members openly during meetings. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I wanted to show my pledge brothers that they had a choice. That they didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have to do things that made them uncomfortable, or would lead to injury or was against their morals,â&#x20AC;? Lavery said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;That they werenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t completely under the control of the upperclassmen.

That they could make decisions for themselves. That their agency wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t completely and totally taken away from them. But I may have been wrong.â&#x20AC;?

Filing a complaint In January 2013, Lavery took his concerns about continued hazing to Dominic Greene, director of fraternity and sorority life. Greene passed Laveryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s story on to the Office of Student Conduct and Conflict Resolution, which filed a complaint to be evaluated by UHAS. Lavery received an email notifying him the investigation had been initiated in February.

According to the current system, students may either serve as the complainant or a witness in their UHAS cases. Complainants bear the burden of investigating without University involvement, so Lavery chose to be a witness. But the officials he corresponded with told him that means he is not privy to information about the complaintâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s progress.

In April, Lavery hadnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t heard anything from the University. According to emails obtained by The Daily, Lavery reached out to Lance Watson, assistant director of student conduct and conflict resolution, for an update. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Apologies for the delay,â&#x20AC;? Watson wrote back in an email. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We have made our final decisions and are moving forward and the information is currently private.â&#x20AC;?

Lavery also contacted Burgwell Howard, assistant vice president for student engagement. Howard was sympathetic but suggested Lavery meet with Adams, then new to NU. Lavery met with Adams in October, then again with Adams and Watson, and then just with Watson. He told Lavery other witnesses had since come forward, Lavery said. Lavery submitted emails with more evidence of hazing, prompting the complaint to be reintroduced. He said he has been told he will be contacted soon by Student Conduct about his availability to give testimony before UHAS. Phi Deltâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s executive board minutes, obtained by The Daily, suggest the same. On April 22, 2013, Phi Delt officers discussed a â&#x20AC;&#x153;Student Conduct updateâ&#x20AC;? and referred to alleged hazing incidents in both winter

College students and hazing hazing; noun any activity expected of someone joining or participating in a group that humiliates, degrades, abuses, or endangers them regardless of a personâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s willingness to participate

Most students perceive positive rather than negative outcomes of hazing

55% of college students involved in clubs, teams and organizations experience hazing

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9 out of 10 students who have experienced hazing behavior in college do not consider themselves to have been hazed

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2012 and winter 2013. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The best angle to take re:hazing based on student handbook is to discredit all alleged forms as hazing from winter 2013 as not technically hazing per student conduct,â&#x20AC;? the minutes read.

The document goes on to outline strategies for handling an upcoming UHAS hearing. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t spend too much time on old events (winter 2012) b/c canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t really fight them,â&#x20AC;? the minutes read. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Distance our current chapter from alleged hazing events of winter 2012 b/c after membership review they are no longer influencing factors in the organization and operations of the fraternity.â&#x20AC;?

Another set of minutes obtained by The Daily suggests Greene â&#x20AC;&#x201D; to whom Lavery first reported his hazing â&#x20AC;&#x201D; met with Phi Delt. Greene refused multiple requests for comment by The Daily.

Under â&#x20AC;&#x153;UHAS update,â&#x20AC;? the minutes read, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Met with Dominic and came up with plan for hearing.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Ask for deferred suspension â&#x20AC;Ś through Spring 2013 and disciplinary probation through Winter 2014,â&#x20AC;? they continue. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Propose added statement in by-laws about â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;hazingâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; related issues warranting immediate meeting afterwards with exec board, President and Dominic (IFC) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; bring to chapter for ž vote to pass.â&#x20AC;?

Asked about OFSLâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s role in hazing cases, Adams said Greek officials have a dual purpose. â&#x20AC;&#x153;What I would say the Office of Fraternity and Sorority Life is there to do is to provide resources and support for their Greek chapters,â&#x20AC;? Adams said.

â&#x20AC;&#x153;Being an advocate for chapters and individual members within does not mean, however, blindly agree.

And so working to help educate but also to move the community forward means holding folks accountable.

I think that would be the expectation I would have of any staff member.â&#x20AC;?

Shining a light Before he came to NU, Adams spent 12 years at Duke University. His last position was senior associate dean in the Dean of Students office, but he was also involved with Dukeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Greek community, leading the Office of Fraternity and Sorority Life and advising the Interfraternity Council.

Duke boasts a wide range of anti-hazing resources, including a website outlining what the term means, possible penalties, how North Carolina law plays into enforcement, what organizations and individuals can do to combat such abuse, and even hazing myths.

Adams said he immediately noticed NU lacked a central resource for fostering a community conversation on the topic. â&#x20AC;&#x153;There was a lot of chatter about hazing, as there happens to be on a lot of campuses, but it seemed to be a lot of chatter going out without there being a repository for it,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;What is it that weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re currently doing educationally, from a policy standpoint? What do we do to enforce? Letâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s inventory this across the Âť See in focus, page 11

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Adams was quick to note that though Greek organizations have a reputation for hazing due to their histories and rituals, other student groups are just as susceptible. In forming the revised hazing policy, Adams consulted OFSL, athletics and other student organizations, he said.

The new policy is slightly more specific, naming “branding” and “tattooing” as misconduct and emphasizing that under Illinois law, hazing can now be treated as a felony, not just a misdemeanor.

University President Morton Schapiro said in an interview earlier this month he was unaware of the hazing policy change.

“Hazing’s bad. You want to be compliant with the law,” Schapiro told The Daily. “I just don’t know anything about it. I didn’t even know we had anything. It’s in a book? It’s like a student handbook or something?”

Adams said he looks to the upcoming anti-hazing task force to bring together students, faculty and staff across campus for conversations — talks, he said, that could lead to even more changes to NU’s procedures.

He emphasized three areas of improvement: policy, education and enforcement.

Most importantly, Adams hopes to begin publishing data on the number of cases Student Affairs comes across — and details of their outcomes — sometime next quarter. That information was freely available at Duke, he said, and could help bring hazing out of the shadows at NU. “It’s not going to happen overnight,” Adams said.

“Cultural change tends to happen very slowly, with the exception of really one thing, and that would be a catastrophic event. And that’s certainly not anything that any campus wants, Northwestern included.”

A history of hazing Although catastrophe may not have struck, NU has gained national notoriety for past hazing scandals.

In spring 2006, pictures on the Internet showed women on the soccer team blindfolded, with their hands behind their backs. The photos depicted players dressed only in T-shirts, underwear and white socks at a party, with many of the players covered in marker. In other pictures, women are giving lap dances to men.

The incidents occurred in 2005 but were not made public until May 2006, when the pictures were posted to badjocks.com. The team was subsequently suspended.

An investigation led by the Division of Student Affairs concluded the incident constituted hazing under University policy. The program’s suspension was lifted, but some members were placed on disciplinary probation. Others served suspensions from regular season games during the 2006 season.

Under federal law, universities cannot divulge information about specific action taken against individual students.

In addition to student consequences, then-coach Jenny Haigh resigned after heading the team for five years.

That year, the University also disciplined students who performed as NU’s “Willie the Wildcat” mascot for staging a fake abduction of new students hoping to fill the position. The students who had played the role of mascot were subsequently fired and placed on disciplinary probation. The mascot was also forbidden from appearing at several football games In 2008, The Daily published an article revealing hazing violations as part of Lambda Phi Epsilon fraternity’s pledging process. Pledges of the historically Asian-American fraternity were forced to drink jugs of liquid believed to be a mixture of ketchup and Tabasco sauce and perform all-night calisthenics on South Beach.

After a UHAS hearing, Lambda Phi Epsilon received a four-year suspension from NU. The chapter has not returned to campus.

In 2011, The Daily reported on incidents during Project Wildcat trips that seemingly violated NU’s hazing policy. During the University-subsidized program — known as P-Wild — several campers got lost overnight, and pre-departure skits involved nudity.

The organization’s emphasis on social unity is similar to that of a Greek group, but former P-Wild cochair Emily Roskey (SESP ’12) said it lacked equivalent oversight.

‘A shutout process’ After a series of meetings with NU officials, Lavery stumbled into the UHAS process, a 44-year-old disciplinary process tailored to NU. The administrator in charge of it, as well as two students who have sat in on hearings, agree it has room for improvement but stand by its overall effectiveness.

UHAS starts with the filing of a complaint by a student, group of students or student organization. An executive secretary — a third party who advises the parties but makes no decisions — reviews the complaint, meets with the parties and makes sure they understand how the process works.

A complaint is resolved through either conciliations or hearings. In a conciliation, the parties settle their

differences with the help of the Conciliation Board.

Conciliations are less formal than hearings, where parties can make their cases, call witnesses, present exhibits and question one another and witnesses.

A Hearing Panel made up of six to nine members of the NU community is tasked with deciding which rules were broken — if any — and the appropriate course of action once that conclusion has been reached.

Watson said UHAS sees about five to seven cases each academic year. His office does not have “hard” numbers on the number of cases involving hazing because reports of hazing are not always determined violations of the Student Code of Conduct, he said.

Lavery described UHAS as “very much a shutout process,” saying he felt he was kept in the dark as decisions were being made, sometimes hearing about them first from Phi Delt members. He also cited how long he has been waiting for a hearing: 11 months.

“I still don’t even understand it,” Lavery said. “A lot of it doesn’t make sense to They’re going me, and a lot of it seems sketchy, and especially as to join this time goes on and you’re not hearing anything, and organization, you’re just told, ‘Oh don’t and they’re worry, it’s still being invesgoing to go tigated, oh don’t worry it’s through it, and still being handled,’ and they’re still allowed to conwe are not going tinue the conduct that you reported them for. It gets to hurt them. incredibly frustrating and Greg Booth, incredibly isolating, and Phi Delt president there’s no resolution.”

Watson acknowledged UHAS is not perfect. He said his office has looked at speeding up the timeline for complaints to lead to hearings, as well as clarifying the system in general for those who are not directly involved.

“We try to be mindful of feedback from students, faculty and staff who have participated in the process (both as respondents or members of the board) and seek to constantly improve,” Watson wrote in an email to The Daily.

Interim measures before a case is resolved, Watson said, are “not done lightly” and only when there is “clear evidence” supporting the complaint.

After a hearing, the board deliberates and votes on a consequence, with each vote receiving equal weight.

The length of each case depends on several factors, including the availability of board members.

For Lavery, the timeline has proven frustrating.

“It’s not fair to to the organization … to drag it out for a year,” he said. “It’s unfair for either side.”

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Emails obtained by The Daily show how hearings can be delayed on short notice. During finals week of Spring Quarter, students on UHAS received a message about a hearing request for a Greek organization. Two days later, the hearing was canceled.

“This hearing will NOT be taking place this spring (although it could happen at a later date/time),” Jim Neumeister, former director of student conduct, wrote in a June 13 email.

The Greek organization’s hearing request was likely not fulfilled because it coincided with finals week, according to an NU graduate who sat on the board and requested anonymity to discuss its procedures. Issues of availability for board members often push back hearings, but students’ presence improves the fairness of deliberations, the former board member said.

“My expectation was that they should ask students for their input, and I thought in reality they wouldn’t care,” the former member said. “But they did care. I was impressed by that.”

From 2010 to 2012, Suneil Ahuja (Weinberg ‘12) estimated he sat in on two or three UHAS cases, including one involving a fraternity. He said the hearings were generally fair, with every party given an equal amount of time to speak, and student input weighed just as much — if not more than — that of faculty members of the board.

However, Ahuja said the time between the filing of the complaint and the start of a hearing can take “forever,” or at least more than a month. Some of the delays, he added, may have to do with scheduling but are otherwise puzzling In the case of the fraternity, Ahuja said four months passed between when the complaint was lodged and the hearing was held. The fraternity “made good use of that time to clean up their image” and come up with their own internal sanctions, Ahuja said.

‘Your son will never be in jeopardy’ Although Booth, Phi Delt’s newly elected president, was still in high school at the time, he said the hazing issues his chapter experienced two classes ago are “unacceptable.”

Phi Delt is now strictly against hazing, and the chapter has eliminated all members associated with Lavery’s incident, Booth said. He plans to work “religiously” with his new member educator to ensure his chapter adheres to University policy.

The most important thing Phi Delt emphasizes with its new recruiting process is protecting new members, Booth said.

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Long a staple of initiation rituals for organizations at colleges nationwide, hazing has drawn increased scrutiny in recent decades as experts, victims and research have revealed its harmful effects.

In 2008, the National Collaborative for Hazing Research and Prevention released the largest study of hazing to date. With surveys of more than 11,000 students at 53 colleges and universities “involved in clubs, teams, and organizations,” no study before it had “investigated the levels of hazing across a wider range of student organizations and across multiple institutions.”

The study was supported by the National Collegiate Athletic Association, in which NU participates as a Division I school, and many Greek organizations, of which nine are active at NU. University of Maine Prof. Elizabeth Allan was a lead researcher on the study. Allan, who co-founded the website StopHazing.org in 1998, has done research on the issue for more than two decades.

“Certainly you can have bonding experiences, and you can have initiations and group unity without having hazing,” Allan said. “You don’t have to have hazing in order to create strong bonds among group members.”

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tell Northwestern, tell OFSL, tell their parents essentially that they’re going to join this organization, and they’re going to go through it, and we are not going to hurt them,” he said. “Your son will never be in jeopardy of any danger.”

The Daily contacted the presidents of each fraternity chapter at NU and those of each Greek council to discuss their stance on hazing and reaction to the University’s new policy. Eight presidents declined to comment, and a dozen more did not respond to multiple emails.

The presidents of seven NU chapters — two from IFC, three from Multicultural Greek Council and one from National Pan-Hellenic Council — agreed to speak about their policies. From IFC, Phi Delt and Sigma Phi Epsilon agreed to interviews. All four Greek councils provided statements saying they have zero tolerance for hazing Although all the fraternities The Daily spoke with said they have strict no-hazing policies, conversations with chapter presidents indicate some still see hazing as a problem on campus, even if it’s not as severe as at larger schools.

“I wouldn’t say it’s a hazing culture per se, but realistically, instances of hazing have occurred, do occur at Northwestern,” said NPHC chair Adam Jackson, a Weinberg senior. “It definitely needs to be addressed.”

At the beginning of last academic year, Sig Ep underwent review by the fraternity’s national organization after exhibiting what was described as “a pattern of risky behavior.” Members were disaffiliated

by January.

About five years ago, NU’s old Sig Ep chapter transitioned to the national chapter’s Balanced Man Program, which eliminates pledging. However, the chapter was eventually shut down because it adopted the program on paper but not in practice, said Mark Caswell, president of NU’s new Sig Ep chapter, founded in January.

Like Booth, Caswell acknowledges his organization’s past problems with hazing and wants to move forward.

Although many hazing issues left with the old Sig Ep chapter, Caswell said a “break people down and build them back up” mentality still persists at NU. “Talking to other presidents, the attitude is, ‘Well, we went through something, so we should have to put everyone else through it,’” the McCormick senior said.

“And it’s a stupid, vicious cycle that there’s no point to it whatsoever.”

Like Sig Ep, several MGC chapters say they avoid

hazing by distancing themselves from the pledging process. For example, Lambda Upsilon Lambda refers to potential new members as “caballeros,” Spanish for “gentlemen,” instead of pledges, said chapter president Ricardo Rodriguez, a Weinberg junior.

Several presidents said long-held fraternity rituals can sometimes “get out of hand,” and years of tradition make chapters resistant to change. Paddling and forced binge drinking can be part of some rituals but constitute hazing under University and Illinois policies.

NU’s Greek leaders say the greater specificity of NU’s new hazing policy will help clear up gray areas during recruitment and initiation. Organizations like Omega Delta Phi are already very specific about hazing, forbidding any physical, emotional or other abuse of any kind, including exercise and general exhaustion, said ODPhi president Zachary Kisfalusi, a Weinberg senior.

“It makes it a lot easier, especially when you’re outlining new plans, to look at these new policies and say, ‘OK, now what can we not do? What can we do to still help build brotherhood amongst new members?’”

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Some students fear retribution from members of their organization, Allan said. Others fall through the cracks because they do not know who they should go to if they have been a victim of hazing.

“When I had concerns about the violence and sexual misconduct that was still ongoing, I didn’t know exactly where to go,” Lavery said.

Adams said that culture of silence needs to change.

“We want to hear from students, and the sooner the better. The earlier the intervention can be, the better it is for everybody involved,” he said. “Sometimes if you’re unpacking something later, it can be harder to understand it or be able to access all the necessary people or pieces of information to deal with it.”

Another challenge is the relative recency of prevention efforts, many of which are a decade or less old.

“We don’t know what’s most effective in terms of hazing prevention because we don’t have the research that has assessed to say, ‘OK, if you have this type of workshop, it’s more effective than this type of workshop,’” Allan said. “That kind of data we don’t yet have, and we’re working on it.”

Though she said there is “no silver bullet” to reducing hazing on college campuses, Allan praised Florida State University and Cornell University for their efforts.

Following the 2011 hazing-related death of a Sigma Alpha Epsilon sophomore, Cornell asked its fraternities and sororities to end their pledging processes and created a website listing publicly the hazing violations committed by campus groups.

“This tragedy convinced me that it was time — long past time — to remedy practices of the fraternity system that continue to foster hazing, which has persisted at Cornell, as on college campuses across the country, in violation of state law and university policy,” David Skorton, the school’s president, wrote at the time.

Still, as Cornell can attest, stamping out hazing is far easier said than done. In September, Cornell suspended its powerhouse men’s lacrosse team for the fall season due to hazing violations. Last week, the school announced the dismissal of the team’s coach, Ben DeLuca.

‘A bad taste in your mouth’ IFC organizations begin their recruitment process informally in the fall, inviting potential new members over for Sunday Night Dinners to give them the opportunity to meet and get to know chapter brothers. One Weinberg freshman described the meet-and-greet on Oct. 6 that kicked off the dinners. The chapters had representatives at tables in the fraternity quads and talked individually about their organizations. He said three specific chapters mentioned hazing unsolicited.

Two specifically said they were “the only non-hazing frats on campus,” and the third said “we’re one of the only ones that don’t haze.”

“They were almost pushing it too hard,” the Weinberg freshman said. “The frats who probably haze didn’t even mention it.”

But he said he relies on the information from upperclassmen whom he trusts — his peer adviser, who is in a Greek organization, and people in his residence hall who are also in IFC chapters. He noted, however, that it only comes up if he asks about it. In general, he said men in fraternities do not offer up information

about hazing.

“There’s always an element of uncertainty,” he said about knowing who was telling the truth. “It kind of leaves a bad taste in your mouth.”

Although he said he appreciates people who will tell him anecdotally about fraternity culture, he believes more information should come directly from the University for students going through rush — about hazing and about chapters that are in trouble with NU. “It’s information that should be readily available, so that people going through the process of pledging and thinking about rushing know what they’re getting into,” he said.

At the bottom of the OFSL website, a link for “Chapter Conduct Status” redirects to a separate page that describes the current formal disciplinary status of chapters. Five chapters are currently listed on the page, ranging from disciplinary probation to chapter suspension.

The Weinberg freshman is one of hundreds of new students who, in just more than a month, will enter a process foreign to almost all of them. The two freshmen who spoke to The Daily wanted to remain anonymous so it would not affect them as they rush and hope to receive bids from fraternities in the winter.

The hazing aspect of fraternity culture is something this student and his friends have considered “off limits.” At parties, when he hears about fraternities who haze, he tries to change the subject or just move on from the conversation.

But he said he knows other freshmen who may see hazing as an opportunity to build camaraderie between new brothers.

One McCormick freshman who plans to rush said he assumes there will be some hazing but still

is not very concerned. As part of his youth group in high school, he experienced hazing and said it was “something I’m not afraid of.”

“I’ve heard that it’s not like at state schools where it can get extreme,” he said. “It’s not the most enjoyable thing, but everyone does it. It’s almost like a thing you can bond over.”

From current fraternity brothers, he has heard about “extreme” incidents from past years but said they were described as “looked down upon.”

The Weinberg freshman said even if hazing was an integral part of every fraternity on campus, and none were any more severe than the next, he’s “perfectly fine with the idea of not rushing.”

“And if I’m going to rush this fraternity and as part of the pledge process all of a sudden they spring hazing on us, I’m walking out,” he said. “I don’t care how valuable the friendships are, I’m done.”

Adams and Lavery both said they want students going through recruitment to be able to make those kinds of educated decisions about where to rush, how to handle hazing and where to report it. Lavery said he has spoken to Adams about the task force and intends to be a part of it.

“You need to treat it as, your students are consumers in this market. You want your students to be able to make an informed decision on which organization is going to be best for them,” Lavery said. “And the organization that is best for them is not going to be the one that abuses and harasses and marginalizes them.”

Editor’s note: Sean Lavery is a former Daily staffer.

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Cats break pool records in dominating victory By john paschall

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Senior freestyler Chase Stephens has always looked up to Olympian and former Northwestern great Matt Grevers. He even said leading up to this weekend’s TYR Invitational, he was going to best Grevers’ 50-yard freestyle pool record.

The meet now behind him, Stephens can indeed place his name over one of Grevers’ times in the Sports Pavilion and Aquatics Center.

Stephens and NU dominated the TYR Invitational, beating Michigan State, Missouri State, Kenyon College, Illinois-Chicago, North Dakota and Truman State. The Wildcats didn’t trail during the entire meet.

Setting pool records was the trend during the weekend. NU started off the meet with a bang, as Stephens swiped the 50-yard freestyle record with a time of 19.87 seconds while also swimming as a member of the winning 200-yard freestyle team.

The senior said it was a really special moment to overtake one of his longtime idols.

“It hasn’t really sunk in yet,” Stephens said. “Him being an Olympian and me not, it means a lot to get up on the (record) board along with Jordan (Wilimovsky). I can say I put my print on the program.”

Friday concluded with another pool record, this time in the 400-yard medley relay, which consisted of Stephens, junior Mark Ferguson, junior Uula Auren and freshman Andy Jovanovic.

The Cats picked up right where they left off on Saturday, capturing the pool record in the 200-yard medley relay, the first event of the evening. Stephens, Auren, Ferguson and Jovanovic manned that recordsetting relay, coming in at a time of 3:13.10. Freshman diver Andrew Cramer joined the record-breaking party and took the honors for the highest score in 3-meter diving in school history with a total of 369.9 points. By the end of the night Saturday, NU had more than a 130-point lead on the second-place Michigan State team.

Wilimovsky stole the show on Sunday, not only

squashing his old pool record in the 1,650-yard freestyle, with a time of 14:55.25, but topping his previous school record as well. During that race, the sophomore also broke another school record with his 9:01.33 1,000-yard split time. He said after the meet that it was awesome to post such a strong time early in the season so he didn’t have to worry about it later in the year at the Big Ten Championships. Wilimovsky also said he wasn’t going to let his teammate Stephens upstage him on the record board at the Cats’ home pool.

“After Chase got a couple, he was giving me a hard time, saying he’s going to be up there more than me” he said. “I couldn’t let him take it to me like that, so I had to come back in the mile. But it was all in fun.”

Heading into the midway point in the season, coach Jarod Schroeder has his team very close to where he hopes it can be in terms of performance. He was especially pleased with the morning sessions, which have been troublesome for the Cats in the past.

Team bonding and chemistry has been another area where Schroeder has seen the most improvement from last year’s squad. He’s had more frequent meetings to allow swimmers to openly talk about their thoughts on the team and give praise to those who are doing well.

“This team may not be as talented as we were last year, but they’re coming together,” Schroeder said. “In terms of the excitement they’re generating on the side of the deck, they’re better than last year’s team was.

A lot of the times we went this weekend were better than what we went at Big Tens last year.”

Although NU will head to the soothing islands of Hawaii for its training trip, the Cats won’t take a day off with the viable opponents that will be waiting for them when they return.

Schroeder said he’s scheduled tough opponents, such as Michigan, Notre Dame and Iowa, to show that his team can keep up with the best.

“We’re going to work their butts off in Hawaii,” Schroeder said. “With the design of the schedule, I wanted them to face challenges. Hopefully we can get a couple of wins and fight hard if we don’t get a win during those meets.”

Northwestern emerged victorious over eight other competitors Sunday after a grueling threeday meet.

Hosted at the Sports Pavilion and Aquatics Center this weekend, the TYR Invitational included tough opponents like Bowling Green, Illinois-Chicago and Michigan State.

Yet, the Wildcats were on their A-game and swept the meet with a lead more than 100 points over the second-place Spartans.

Coach Jimmy Tierney said the meet was still a “shock to the system” because the longest meet this season thus far had only two sessions. The invitational this weekend had six.

However, he said all the swimmers put in great effort and did just what they set out to accomplish.

Underscoring the talent of the newcomers, freshman Lauren Abruzzo broke the team and pool records in both the 1,000-yard and mile-long freestyle. Another freshman, Lacey Locke, took first in all three of the meet’s backstroke events.

Tierney said the invitational also spells good things for February’s conference finals.

“If (the swimmers) can carry the same enthusiasm and energy into champs, Big Tens will be great,” he

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Sophomore Emily Launer also said the meet was positive for NU in every aspect.

“The team atmosphere was really great,” she said.

“We all put out some solid times.”

The freestyler added that she was particularly happy with the Cats’ 500-yard freestyle showing.

NU took first, second, third and fifth at the finals.

Like Tierney, Launer thought the meet indicates good things for the championships.

“We used the meet as a gauge for Big Tens, and it worked out really well,” she said.

Brooke Wanser, an IM swimmer, said the meet demonstrated how much new depth and talent the freshman added to the team.

“They also brought in a lot of positivity,” the sophomore said.

Wanser said the team needed both the elements of the old and the new to win any meet. She said the captains really helped put everyone in good spirits, even as the going got tough during the long meet.

Another key factor to Cats’ win was the relays.

“They really stepped it up a notch,” Wanser said.

The upcoming weeks mean fewer dual meets but just as much excitement for NU. The team will send four women to U.S. Nationals in early December and head to Arizona State for an intense training trip in January. kendramayer2017@u.northwestern.edu

From page 1 help they need,” the McCormick senior said.

“We’ve seen in the past that people are hesitant to admit when they need help. I think that’s just something that comes with mental illness on our campus and even in society today.”

ASG recently partnered with NU Active Minds, NU Listens and other student groups to launch Free Your Mind, an online mental health initiative that compiles campus resources.

NU Active Minds co-president Naina Desai said in the past, students seeking non-emergency services had to wait several weeks to get preliminary meetings. She noted that CAPS worked hard to get funding for the new counselors in order to address its long wait list, though

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During the investigation, undercover officers from the Chicago Police Department’s 24th District in the Rogers Park neighborhood and narcotics section purchased drugs from the suspects near the park and school, according to officials.

Chicago police said they arrested nine men, one woman and two boys in connection with the investigation. Chicago police also seized crack cocaine and marijuana worth more than $3,000 on the street.

Chicago police did not release the identities of the suspects, all of whom face drug charges including possession of cannabis, delivery of cannabis and delivery of a controlled substance.

Chicago Ald. Joe Moore (49th) said Saturday that 24th District Cmdr. Thomas Waldera told

it was denied funding for additional counselors it had wanted to hire.

“I’m just hoping that they’re able to keep up,” the Weinberg senior said. “I think that it’s fantastic that more students are going, but I think that the administration needs to realize that we need more counselors to be able to take care of their students.”

Dunkle said he will continue to push for more resources from the University.

“I always am thinking about how we can improve and expand our resources,” Dunkle said. “That’s something as the director that I see as my responsibility, so I definitely am thinking about possibly what we can do to increase services.” melkins@u.northwestern.edu him police are looking for more suspects.

“The elimination of this drug market undoubtedly will contribute greatly to the continued reduction in crime and the ongoing revitalization of Howard Street,” Moore wrote in a letter to his constituents.

Moore added that information from the community “proved critical” to the investigation.

Evanston Ald. Ann Rainey (8th) called the arrests “great news” and shared Moore’s letter on her ward’s message board.

Evanston police have been stepping up their presence around the Howard Street CTA station , citing an ongoing rift between two gang factions. After back-to-back reports of shots fired last month, Evanston Police Cmdr. Jay Parrott said the gang conflict appeared to be “heating up.” patricksvitek2014@u.northwestern.edu

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NU Shuttles, SafeRide change hours for Thanksgiving break

NU Shuttles and SafeRide are adjusting their schedules for Thanksgiving break.

The Evanston Loop and Campus Loop shuttles will not run Thursday through Saturday. Normal hours will start again Sunday

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The Chicago Express Shuttle will not run Saturday, and regular service will start again Dec. 7.

The Intercampus and Ryan Field shuttles will not run Thursday and Friday.

SafeRide will not run Thursday through Saturday. Regular hours will start again Sunday evening.

— Patrick Svitek

City offices to close for Thanksgiving holiday

Several offices in Evanston will close and change their hours in observance of Thanksgiving.

The Levy Senior Center, 300 Dodge Ave., will close at 5 p.m. Wednesday.

The Chandler-Newberger Center, 1028 Central St.; the Evanston Public Library branches, 1703 Orrington Ave., 2026 Central St. and 900 Chicago Ave.; the Robert Crown Center, 1701 Main St.; and

the 311 call center will be closed Thursday.

The Chandler-Newberger Center will be open Friday for only the open basketball program.

The Fleetwood-Jourdain Community Center, 1655 Foster St.; the Levy Senior Center, the Lorraine H. Morton Civic Center, 2100 Ridge Ave.; and the Noyes Cultural Arts Center, 927 Noyes St., will be closed Thursday and Friday.

The Evanston Ecology Center, 2024 McCormick Blvd., will be closed from Thursday to Saturday.

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NU looks ahead after losing bowl eligibility By john paschall

daily senior staffer @John_Paschall

With bowl eligibility out the window, Northwestern will treat its matchup with Illinois on Saturday as a bowl game of sorts. Coach Pat Fitzgerald and the rest of his team want to send the seniors out with a bang in Champaign, Ill., against their in-state rivals.

“You can throw the records out in all these games,” Fitzgerald said at a news conference Monday. “It’s arguably the best weekend in sports. It’s a really fun week of college football.”

Offensive coordinator Mick McCall has received criticism for his play calling in recent weeks. But Fitzgerald, who said he fully expects all of his coaches back next year, stuck by his guy and

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out of commission Quarterback Kain Colter walks off the field early in the first quarter against Michigan State. The senior didn’t return to the game. On Monday coach Pat Fitzgerald said Colter is day-to-day as the Wildcats look to play Illinois this weekend.

praised not only McCall but also the whole staff.

“I don’t think there’s a staff that’s done a better job in the country keeping a team together through what we’ve been through,” Fitzgerald said. “Collectively as a group, they’ve won a lot of football games. I’ve got 100 percent confidence in our staff.”

For the first time in a long time, the Wildcats won’t be practicing for a bowl game in December.

Fitzgerald said he’s not going to enjoy the vacation — except for family time — but will use it to prepare the team for competition in the offseason.

“When we get back going here in January, we have to get back to what’s been our staple,” Fitzgerald said. “It allows guys to go out there and learn and realize what it means to be their best and trust themselves to play at that level when none of the fans are around. I believe we’ve got a really good plan set for the offseason about how we are going to go about our business.”

Notes: Senior quarterback Kain Colter is listed as day-to-day heading into this week’s game against Illinois. Fitzgerald said he doesn’t think Colter will practice Tuesday and will make another assessment of the injury on Wednesday. “After taking a hit like that, he’s pretty sore, pretty banged up,” Fitzgerald said.

Fitzgerald said he will hit the recruiting trail hard after the game this weekend. NU is targeting four-star Bolingbrook, Ill., defensive back Parrker Westphal, who named NU in his top three recently, along with Michigan State and Vanderbilt.

Fitzgerald said he will look into the more “macro” decisions after the season, like scheme and what the team studies week-to-week.

Freshman quarterback Matt Alviti, who redshirted this year, will be in the running to start in 2014 depending on how well he performs in spring ball. Fitzgerald said he’s been impressed with his true freshman but knows it’s much different for a quarterback during a game compared to playing on the scout team. johnpaschall2014@u.northwestern.edu

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Cats climb back on top after 1st half struggles

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LOOSE BALL Redshirt senior Drew Crawford scrambles to grab the ball in Northwestern’s victory over Gardner-Webb on Monday night. The forward collected 15 points and eight rebounds.

The Wildcats earned no style points for their win Monday.

Northwestern (4-2) defeated Gardner-Webb (2-4) 72-59 Monday at Welsh-Ryan Arena, the team’s secondstraight underwhelming victory.

Days after narrowly beating IUPUI at home in the first game of the Continental Tire Las Vegas Invitational, the Cats faltered similarly against the Running Bulldogs. NU barely led at halftime and struggled to put away Gardner-Webb down the stretch.

Still, coach Chris Collins said he is happy with the performance.

“I’m really excited about this win,” he said. “Sometimes you look at the names of these schools and you don’t realize how good these teams are.”

The first half was particularly unaesthetic, with the teams engaging in a slow and sloppy sleeper.

NU and Gardner-Webb combined to shoot 3-17 from 3-point range before halftime and sunk only 18 of their 29 cumulative free throws. They combined for more turnovers than assists and tallied not a single fast break point between them.

An optimist would note NU held Gardner-Webb to 29.2 percent shooting in the first half. Anyone else would point out the Cats themselves shot only

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But NU’s 28-25 halftime lead grew quickly. Sophomore center Alex Olah keyed a 15-6 run out of the locker room, and the Cats’ lead was never seriously challenged thereafter.

“We always talk about taking the ball to the basket,” Collins said. “It’s something we’re trying to do more of. You’re a little bit of a product of who you are though at times. We only have a few guys that really can do that consistently.”

A faster-paced second half was highlighted by an Olah transition dunk, a slam over a Gardner-Webb defender by freshman Nate Taphorn and Drew Crawford’s and one put-back lay-up.

Overall, the Cats hit two-thirds of their field goals after the break.

Olah stepped up for NU all night, contributing his best game of the season while many of his teammates struggled. The sophomore led the Cats with a career-high 18 points on 8-11 shooting and blocked five shots. His offensive post moves were especially effective.

“Coaches were on me to be more aggressive on the post.” Olah said. “I have to be a presence on the post. Every time I get the ball in there I have to make a move.”

Redshirt junior guard JerShon Cobb scored 12 of his 14 points in the second half, and Crawford, a redshirt senior forward, dropped in 15 of his own.

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Despite the strong shooting in the second half, NU was only 3-16 from long-range. Gardner-Webb, meanwhile, hit on 35.1 percent of its field goals including 2-14 from deep against a blend of Cats defensive schemes.

“One of the things we need to focus on as a team is attacking teams with our defense,” Crawford said. “We have to be a good defensive team because there are going to be nights when your shot isn’t falling.”

NU now heads to Las Vegas to face Missouri and UCLA over Thanksgiving weekend as part of the invitational.

The Tigers and Bruins are a combined 9-0 on the season and will pose an enormous challenge for the underdeveloped NU squad.

Collins said he has been too busy watching tape of IUPUI and GardnerWebb to have studied the upcoming opponents but he knows they’re “really good.”

“Every game we play, we have to play our tails off to win,” the coach said. “It doesn’t matter who you play and where you’re playing them.” asputt@u.northwestern.edu

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NU disappoints at Keystone Cats falter in 2 straight road games

By JESSE KRAMER

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The Wildcats’ reign of dominance at the Keystone Classic in Philadelphia came to an end Sunday with a third-place finish. With 100.5 total points, Northwestern came in behind Bloomsburg and Indiana.

Redshirt freshman Jason Tsirtsis at 149 pounds was the only one of the Cats’ competitors to capture a title.

Tsirtsis, who received a first-round bye as the No. 2 in his class, breezed through to the semifinals, where he faced Appalachian State’s Dylan Cottrell, also a redshirt freshman.

After disposing of Cottrell with a 16-3 major decision, Tsirtsis overcame his youth and defeated Bloomsburg redshirt senior Bryce Busler with a 2-0 decision.

Both Cottrell and Busler entered the Keystone Classic nationally ranked.

“I think Jason again proved to a lot of people that he is making the right steps to be a national champ this year,” coach Drew Pariano said.

Junior Lee Munster, who missed last week’s match against Nebraska due to an upper-body injury, was the Cats’ next-best finisher with second place at 174 pounds.

Munster reached the championship with a semifinal win against Arizona State’s Kevin Radford but was subsequently defeated by Pittsburgh’s Tyler Wilps.

“I think he has a lot more confidence,” Pariano said of Munster. “I think he has that feel for big matches again, which he hasn’t had in a long time. He’s an All-American type kid.

He just needs to believe it.”

The Cats also saw third-place finishes from juniors Pierce Harger and Alex Polizzi at 165 pounds and 197 pounds, respectively. Both wrestlers lost by decision in the semifinals but bounced back with a pair of victories in the consolation. “(Losing in the semifinals) definitely was tough, but you’ve got to

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AND THE WINNER IS Redshirt freshman Jason Tsirtsis grapples with his Chicago opponent during Northwestern’s opening weekend. Tsirtsis was the only member of the Wildcat squad to claim his weight class’ title in the Keystone Classic last weekend.

stay focused on the competition ahead,” Harger said. “I ended up winning (the third-place match) 8-0, so that was huge for my confidence.”

NU, which finished only 16.5 points behind Indiana, was at an immediate disadvantage because junior and two-time All-American Mike McMullan sat out with what Pariano described as a “flu bug.”

“When you go into a tournament and you don’t have a full back, so to speak, without McMullan, you’re missing out on huge points,” Pariano said.

Although it is a disadvantage that every team faces, Pariano and Harger both acknowledged that the exhausting tournament schedule was a challenge for the team, with weigh-ins at 8 a.m. and the last matches not finishing until 8 p.m.

“You can wrestle around 10 or

10:30, and then your second match could be anywhere from 45 minutes to 3 hours later,” Harger said. “You’ve got to stay on your toes, but at the same time it can kind of lull you to sleep.”

The positive side is that the demanding schedule should serve as good preparation for competing in the Big Ten, one of the nation’s premier wrestling conferences.

“Tournaments like this that just finish in one day are really grueling and taxing on your body,” Pariano said. “But that’s what gets you ready for Big Ten (competition) and the NCAA Tournament.”

The Cats will be back on the road Dec. 7 at the University of Wisconsin-Parkside tournament in Kenosha, Wis. jessekramer2017@u.northwestern.edu

Just a week after unveiling its powerful new offense, Northwestern fell to No. 2 Penn State (26-2, 17-1 Big Ten) and Ohio State (17-13, 5-13) in two lopsided affairs.

The Wildcats traveled to University Park, Pa., on Friday to battle the Nittany Lions. Penn State quickly took the first two sets and control of the game heading into the intermission. The Nittany Lions played a particularly dominant second set, in which they held the Cats to a mere .088 hitting percentage.

Head coach Keylor Chan said he knew his team was facing a difficult matchup.

“They can execute at such a high level both offensively and defensively and in transition that it puts a lot of pressure on you,” he said. “I don’t think it was anything that we did, it was more of the things that they were able to do.”

With their backs to the wall, the Cats took the third set 33-31 in dramatic fashion. Key service errors from outside hitter Maddie Martin and setter Micha Hancock helped provide NU the break it needed.

Two consecutive kills from redshirt junior attacker Katie Dutchman finally ended the set.

It was to little avail, as Penn State cleaned up its act in the fourth set and crushed NU’s hopes for an upset.

Dutchman said she sees a lot of room for improvement.

“I think we need to work on serve and pass a lot, staying aggressive, and also controlling our side of the net and controlling the speed,” she said.

The Cats suffered an even more brutal defeat against the Buckeyes on Saturday.

Although NU was able to defend its home court when Ohio State came to Evanston on October 16, it was shut out in three sets this time around.

The Buckeyes established control of the match from the get-go, winning six of the first eight rallies. It seemed as if the

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Cats were playing very timidly and hoping the Buckeyes would make mistakes instead of being the aggressor. Four of the first seven points that NU scored during the first set were errors from Ohio State.

When the Buckeyes began to focus and stopped making those mistakes, the Cats could not generate points.

NU’s inability to serve and pass well handicapped its offense. The Cats could not create the opportunities necessary to expose holes in the Buckeyes’ defense.

“If you struggle with the serve and pass game, you’re not going to give yourself a chance to compete with the really good teams, and everyone in our league is good,” Chan said. “Those are the two basic skills where you really can’t struggle, and those were the two skills we were deficient in against Ohio State.”

One bright spot of the weekend was freshman Kayla Morin. Although she is normally an extremely streaky player, Morin played exceptional volleyball throughout the entire weekend. Against Penn State, Morin was second on the team in both kills and digs with 14 and 15, respectively. She did not start Saturday but was forced to come in when junior Monica McGreal injured her ankle late in the first set. Morin then went on to lead the team in kills with 13 on only 36 attempts.

“These past two matches I just wanted to go out and be aggressive,” the outside hitter said. davidlee2017@u.northwestern.edu