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Alyssa Weaver

Community gathers to mourn loss of sister, friend Vigil commemorates Weinberg junior’s laughter, passions By cat zakrzewski

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in memoriam Weinberg junior Anne Jaconette, SESP junior Nicole Williams and Medill sophomore Carley Lintz, all Chi Omega sisters, listen as friends of Alyssa Weaver remember her at a vigil at The Rock. Representatives from Chi O, Brady Scholars, CCS and the Boxing Club shared memories of Weaver’s years at Northwestern.

Evanston man shot, killed dead near ETHS Thursday

A 19-year-old Evanston man was shot and killed Thursday night near Evanston Township High School.

The shooting occurred at 6:15 p.m. in the 1800 block of Brown Avenue, according to a news release. While investigating reports of shots fired on Brown Avenue, Evanston Police found Evanston resident Justin Murray wounded.

Murray was transported to Evanston Hospital, where he was pronounced dead shortly before 7 p.m.

EPD is investigating the case and had no suspects in custody as of Thursday night.

Murray’s death comes less than two months after another Evanston teenager, 14-year-old Dajae Coleman, was shot and killed while walking home from a party. A 20-year-old man mistook Coleman for another man and was charged with firstdegree murder.

Police are investigating the case, and there are no suspects currently in custody.

— Patrick Svitek

Amid the tears and grief, candles shone upon the smiles of hundreds of students touched by Alyssa Weaver.

The Northwestern community gathered at The Rock on Thursday evening to commemorate the life of the Weinberg junior who took her life while abroad in London last week. The vigil was hosted by Chi Omega, the Cultural and Community Studies Residential College, the Boxing Club and the Brady Scholars Program.

“All I find are memories of her laugh,” said Mallorie Barber, Weaver’s Chi O sister and a Communication junior. “Her awkward giggle that was somehow deep and high-pitched, her huge smile that started with a tug in the corner of her mouth and spread across her lips as it lit up a room.”

This laughter recurred throughout the memories shared by Weaver’s friends and peers from various organizations. McCormick junior Abby

Christman, a Chi O sister who lived with Weaver in CCS, remembered in bittersweet tears the way Weaver purposely “crunched” on the leaves as they walked from their dorm to the dining hall, laughing.

“Then everyone else started laughing too because her laugh was so infectious,” she added.

SESP junior Erica Rodriguez also lived in CCS and was on the boxing team with Weaver. Rodriguez talked about Weaver’s passion for CCS. Rodriguez said CCS typically won the spirit award at the annual homecoming parade, and when they were upset by the Ayers College of Commerce and Industry last year, Weaver would not accept the loss. Instead, she went to the other residential college’s celebratory bonfire on the Lakefill and stole the trophy.

“Turns out there are only so many places you can run on the Lakefill, and they ultimately caught up to us,” she said with a laugh. “CCI walked away with their trophy, and Alyssa and I walked away with a lot of new friends.”

Rodriguez also remembered how Weaver convinced her to trek to boxing practice despite the “Snowpocalypse” » See memorial, page 15

Harsha Maddula

Death appears accidental, police say EPD awaits toxicology results to determine involvement of alcohol By patrick svitek

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After more than two months of interviewing witnesses, Evanston Police believe Harsha Maddula’s death was the result of an accident and are waiting on toxicology results that could reveal whether alcohol was involved in the McCormick sophomore’s disappearance.

“At this time, Maddula’s death appears to be accidental in nature and alcohol may have been a contributing factor,” EPD Cmdr. Jay Parrott said Thursday. “However, Evanston Police Courtesy of Facebook are not confirming anything until waiting game McCormick sophomore Harsha Maddula appeared toxicology results are returned.” to have consumed alcohol at parties before he went missing earlier Maddula was last seen leaving an this quarter, witnesses say.

His body was found five days later.

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A spokeswoman in the Cook County medical examiner’s office said earlier this week that “no new information” has been added to Maddula’s autopsy report since the cause of death — drowning — was announced the day after his body was found. The manner of death remains undetermined, meaning it could have been an accident or suicide.

Parrott stressed that witness interviews are “subjective opinions based on people that were involved with (Maddula) that night,” some of whom admitted to being intoxicated themselves. Witness statements have already confirmed that Maddula was seen consuming alcohol at the offcampus party.

It remains unclear when the toxicology test on Maddula’s body will be » See maddula, page 15

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My business is all about partnering with other small business in the community to see how we can joint-market.

— Lynette Martin, Bottle and Bottega Evanston owner

Churches offer ex-offenders support By rachel janik

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After retiring from his decades-long career as a pastor at Fisher Memorial A.M.E. Zion Church in Evanston, the Rev. Hardist E. Lane continued his life’s work: helping reintegrate ex-offenders into the community.

“If a person’s paid his debt to society, you don’t want to rob him of a chance at a real life,” Lane said.

The rate at which ex-convicts re-offend upon release from prison, called recidivism, is startlingly high in Illinois. A 2011 Pew Research Center study found that more than half of Illinois prisoners violate parole or commit another crime within three years of being released.

Through offerings such as counseling and job training, Lane’s organization, the H.E. Lane Center for Positive Change, tries to fight poverty, homelessness and boredom, forces that might cause ex-offenders to recommit crimes or miss parole meetings. Much of the faith-based charity’s focus is on sustainable commitments, Lane said. Instead of quick fixes, the center works on life skills, careers

Three students found with alcohol and cannabis in dorm room Alcohol and cannabis were found in a second floor dorm room in mid-November at 1835 Hinman when University Police responded to an odor investigation reported by a Community Assistant.

UP officers arrived at 1835 Hinman on Nov. 15 around 11:23 p.m. in response to a CA who reported strong odor of burned cannabis emanating from a dorm room while conducting regular checks of the hall. Officers proceeded to the room, having detected the strong odor, and subsequently asked for permission to enter the room when a female student answered the door.

Two other girls, both NU students, were seen sitting by the window. All three were observed to have

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and long-lasting relationships.

“We kind of monitor these fellows, and we have a lot of success,” Lane said.

Lane said the program typically gets an influx of letters and calls around the holidays, with offenders or their families hoping to move forward during a season when they spend time thinking about one another.

During the last year, Lane’s re-integration program has encouraged members of Evanston’s Reba Place Church, from which Lane rents space, to pursue similar efforts.

Congregation member Brenda Overton said she volunteers for the church’s newly formed initiative to provide counsel and support for those incarcerated or recently released, specifically children whose parents are incarcerated or recently released.

“What we’re trying to do is use a whole family approach,” Overton said.

The church holds game nights and potlucks that Overton said take stress off already strained families. In the fall, the church group hosted trips to apple orchards and hayrides.

“It’s fun for the children, and it gives them a place to belong,” she said. “They have that common denominator, and they feel very free to be

who they are.”

Members are hopeful about the program’s potential, and are looking into expanding with some additional support from the city, Overton said.

Lane, on the other hand, said his organization has received little help from the city and none from the state. Ordinances to financially back Lane’s program failed to garner support, he said. To raise funds, Lane’s center organizes fundraisers with other area churches, including one on Saturday, when North Shore pastors will sing and worship in Evanston’s Unitarian church.

“Our only support is from the community, from the people that believe in what we’re doing,” Lane said.

Some of the young men Lane’s center counseled “have gone on to great things,” Lane said. Although at times incredibly trying, his work with the program has given him some of the most rewarding and humbling experiences of his life, Lane said.

“The people that come to us, they are ready to change, but they need us to lift them up, show them something positive,” Lane said. “They need more hope than help.”

“glassy and bloodshot” red eyes, Deputy Chief Dan McAleer said. One girl admitted they were smoking cannabis when asked, two were in possession of cannabis, 16 and 26 grams respectively, which they had bought from an unknown person on the street for personal use. The cannabis found was worth approximately $350. The third girl said she was just in the room to smoke but admitted she had alcohol in her room, which she later turned over to the police as well. All three students were underage and taken into custody around 12:01 a.m. Nov. 16, and issued local ordinance citations.

Two students were charged with underage possession of alcohol and possession of cannabis. They are scheduled to appear in court on Dec. 18.

Northwestern student loses iPhone while walking on University Place

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UP received a lost property report on Nov. 23 from a student who said he lost his iPhone while walking on campus.

The student was heading west in the 600 block of University Place on Nov. 21 around 7:53 p.m. with his iPhone 4 in his front pants pocket. However, when he arrived at his dorm around 9 p.m., the phone was no longer there. After unsuccessful attempts to call his phone and retrace his steps, the student notified UP. Investigation is still ongoing, McAleer said.

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Triple science major earns scholarship to study in UK

By SOPHIA BOLLAG

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A Weinberg senior has been awarded a competitive scholarship for two years of graduate study in the United Kingdom.

Triple science major Jennifer Mills was one of 34 U.S. students named 2013 Marshall Scholars on Tuesday. The scholarship allows American students to pursue two years of graduate research in any field at any university in the U.K. Mills applied for the scholarship in October.

The Marshall Aid Commemoration Commission notified her that she had won in early November after her interview.

Mills, who is a chemistry, earth science and integrated science major and a physics minor, said she plans to study for the first year at the University of Cambridge in England and for the second year at the University of Edinburgh in Scotland.

During the two years, she will continue the type of research she is currently doing in Northwestern earth and planetary science Prof. Brad Sageman’s lab. “She wants to devote her scientific work to solving a major problem facing humanity, which is climate change,� Sageman said.

At the University of Cambridge, Mills will continue academic research in the subject. “The earth science department at Cambridge is probably the best in the world,� she said. “I’m

NU ranked again, this time among most stressful universities

The Daily Beast has ranked Northwestern fifth on the 2012 list of the most stressful schools.

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‘RESEARCHER AT HEART’ Weinberg senior Jennifer Mills will spend two years studying earth and planetary science in the United Kingdom through the national Marshall Scholars program.

very interested in the specific project I’ll be working on.�

That project involves studying the global carbon cycle in order to learn about the history of climate change to understand the way it will affect

the earth in the near future. “What Jenny has done as an undergraduate at Northwestern is dip her feet into the puddle of doing paleo-climate research in our research group,� Sageman said. “What she’s seeking to do

on campus grows, following the suicide of Weinberg junior Alyssa Weaver last week while she was studying abroad in England.

At an NU Active Minds and Undergraduate Psychology Association panel discussion about mental health, Alison May, assistant director of the Office of Services for Students with Disabilities, said she thought the high stress level on campus resulted from students taking four courses a quarter. She took only three courses a quarter as an undergraduate at Dartmouth

College and said she experienced an increased level of stress when she began taking four courses at NU. “It makes Northwestern a pressure cooker,� she said.

The online publication wrote that the rankings were compiled by evaluating “the total price of attendance, the percentage of students receiving financial aid, as well as the average amount of financial aid, the selectivity based on the average SAT or ACT score and the

at Cambridge is continue that kind of work but perhaps also consider its application to modern environments.�

At the University of Edinburgh, Mills says she will pursue a different aspect of climatechange research: the legal one. “I’m also interested in the policy side of things,� she said. “I’d like to enhance my background and improve my knowledge of the economics and policy side of climate.�

At Edinburgh, she will earn an LL.M., or Master of Laws, a postgraduate degree focusing on a law in a specific field, according to the Master of Laws Programs Worldwide website.

After her studies in the U.K., Mills says she plans to return to the U.S. to earn her doctorate.

Ultimately, she would like to work in academia, she said. “I’m a researcher at heart,� Mills said, laughing. “I always am, and I always will be.�

Sageman said he expects Mills to make important contributions to the field in the future. “Her academic path is going to take her in who-knows-what directions, but one thing I can say for sure is I’ll be keeping my eyes open because Jenny Mills is going to be in the headlines,� he said. “She’s going to do exciting and fundamental things in the future. I’m confident of it.� sophiabollag2016@u.northwestern.edu percent of applicants admitted.� The publication weighted each of these five factors at 20 percent and additionally factored in the U.S. Department of Education’s crime record for the past three years as a bonus percentage.

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Small businesses collaborate to combat closings Several Evanston groups work together to monitor establishment turnover

By Sammy Caiola

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With the holidays approaching, the spotlight has shifted to Evanston’s newest small businesses, which will either sail smoothly into the new year or sink like other shops before them. In an effort to survive, some business owners are collaborating with one another to increase revenue and expand their customer bases.

January 2012 brought the closure of several Evanston small businesses, including Tiny Dog Cupcake, 616 Davis St., and Merle’s BBQ, 1727 Benson Ave. However, the same month also ushered in the opening of Pret A Manger, 1701 Sherman Ave., and Soulwich, 1634 Orrington Ave. Now, the open-close trend may be repeating itself with the impending closure of Ten27 Cycles (formerly Turin Bicycle), 1027 Davis St., which has been in Evanston for more than 40 years. Owner Chris Mailing said the poor economy, in conjunction with a problematic name change, made closure necessary.

“It was going to end up in some kind of a

Evanston residents invited to hearing on Walgreens location

Evanston is encouraging residents living near Harrison Street and Crawford Avenue to attend a Skokie Plan Commission hearing to weigh in on a proposed Walgreens.

Skokie is planning to construct a new, 14,490square-foot Walgreens on Crawford Avenue, which is the current site of an old bar now up for sale. The family-owned Ubaa Tap has been closed for months.

In addition to plans to move into the space, the

lawsuit, and I don’t have the money given my current economic environment,” he said of the attempted name change. “The better solution was just to close up shop and be done with it.

It’s a difficult decision, but it’s the right way to wrap things up.”

A new bike shop c a l l e d Wh e e l & It’s Sprocket will soon replace Ten27 Cycles. not like what There are also sevyou’d think eral new restaurants, including JT’s Bar and might happen Grill, 1639 Orrington — they’re Ave., and Found not pitted Kitchen, 1631 Chicago Ave. against each In a community other.

They’re as locally focused as Evanston, new busicollaborating. nesses can turn to both Steve Griffin, city officials and neighdirector of boring businesses for community early troubleshooting. and economic In March 2009, development Bloomberg Businessweek magazine named Evanston the best city in Illinois for startups.

Now, small businesses work together to mutually benefit the area, said Steve Griffin, the city’s director of community and economic development.

“I’ve been very impressed since I’ve been

here, seeing how they meet as a group and in individual groups and work on common issues and problems,” Griffin said. “It’s not like what you’d think might happen — they’re not pitted against each other. They’re collaborating.”

Collaboration comes in several forms, ranging from group meetings to online networking to joint events, Griffin said. There are eight different Evanston business associations, such as the Central Street Business Association and Downtown Evanston, that meet monthly with the city to discuss maintenance and care of their business locations, he said.

The Central Street merchants also band together to throw mutually beneficial events, such as the Central Street Holiday Open House coming up Sunday. The event, which takes place from noon to 5 p.m., allows individual stores to gain publicity by offering discounts to passers-by, said Patty Erd, co-owner of The Spice House, 1941 Central St. Erd said she has participated in many similar events during her 15 years as an Evanston small-business owner.

However, making a new business wellknown in the tight-knit local scene is not always easy, Erd said. She and her husband could not afford advertising at first, so they spread their name through word of mouth and by putting their pamphlets and products in the windows of other stores.

“If you don’t have the money in the account to cover the first year’s rent, you absolutely

should not do it,” Erd said. “We’ve been on a shoestring budget much of our life. … You just have to sit out the time, so people get to know you’re there.”

After becoming established, Erd said she found Evanston to be a wonderful community for a young small business.

Lynette Martin, who started Bottle and Bottega Evanston in August, said she found the Evanston Chamber of Commerce and the Downtown Evanston organization to be helpful in her launch process.

Bottle and Bottega Evanston, a mobile business that grew out of the original Chicago Bottle and Bottega launched in 2009, provides art supplies and professional artists for paint parties around the city, Lynette said.

Any Evanston business can host a Bottle and Bottega party, during which a team of artists will provide a three- to four-hour paint lesson to guests while they eat, drink and socialize.

So far, Lynette said she has worked with WineStyles, Koi and Creative Coworking.

“My business is all about partnering with other small business in the community to see how we can joint-market,” she said. “All of these organizations also benefit from me throwing the parties there. I’m bringing in clients who may not otherwise know about them. ... This is truly a partnership that I create with different businesses.”

Walgreens is applying for a liquor license and a building permit for a drive-thru. Other discussion topics at the plan commission meeting will include adjacent real estate, map adjustments, vacation of nearby alleys and other zoning relief measures.

The proposed Walgreens would be located in Skokie, but Evanston residential neighborhoods lying directly across the street to the north of the project could be affected by the new store, according to a news release. Concerned residents are encouraged to attend the Village of Skokie’s plan commission meeting Dec. 6 at 5127 Oakton St. or submit comments online.

Construction begins on Trader Joe’s Evanston, set to open in 2013

the crew will begin the actual construction.

The building process will most likely begin in December and take up to six months, depending on winter weather conditions, Gendell said in the article.

Adam Mutolo, regional vice president for Trader Joe’s, said hiring would most likely begin four weeks before the opening of the store. The official date and the number of openings have not been settled on, he said in the article.

Earlier this month, Steve Griffin, the city’s director of community and economic development, told The Daily that the Trader Joe’s opening would generate $550,000 in revenue.

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Construction of the Trader Joe’s at 1211 Chicago Ave. began this week, Evanston Patch reported Tuesday. The new business is set to open this summer, developer Terraco said.

The store is set to open in June or July 2013, Scott Gendell, president of Terraco, Inc., told Patch.

Demolition of the site, which now houses a Blockbuster video store, will begin early Monday, according to the article. After two weeks of fencing,

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Students, alumni panel discuss TFA

Sigma Nu to return to campus next quarter

Recent NU graduates speak about Teach for America experiences, challenges

By JEANNE KUANG

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During an educational discussion on Thursday evening, Northwestern students highlighted their various perspectives on Teach for America.

Teach for America, a national nonprofit dedicated to solving educational inequity, recruits recent college graduates and trains them to teach for two years in low-income and underprivileged schools.

About 30 students attended the discussion hosted by the Center for Civic Engagement in Norris University Center’s Louis Room. A panel of people involved with TFA, including two recent NU alumni, shared their experiences working with the organization.

Ten percent of Northwestern graduates from the Class of It’s possible to 2012 applied to work for TFA, said Weinhave a lot of berg senior Lena Peck, positive views a Center for Civic about TFA and Engagement fellow who organized the also a lot of discussion. Despite the high involvement reservations of NU students, Peck about it. said, many people still Katie Funderburg, do not have clear perspectives of the proWeinberg junior gram from current or previous corps members. “You hear a lot of stuff about (Teach for America), there’s a lot of info sessions,� she said. “But what is it really like?�

Panelist Rob Crawford (Weinberg ‘12) said he stumbled upon the group when, after college, he said he wanted to “do something that I would never have the opportunity to do again in my life.� He and fellow corps member Dal Ackerman (Communication ‘12) have

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COMING HOME Alumni panelists Rob Crawford, Dal Ackerman, Micki O’Neil and Catherine Gibbons speak about their experiences working with Teach for America programs.

been working for Teach for America for three and a half months. Crawford acknowledged that the organization combines “a lot of work� with “an incredible experience.�

In addition to recent college graduates, the panel also included two TFA alumnae. One panelist described how the program sparked her interest in education issues and another explained how she did not take the traditional two-year route, instead joining the organization later on.

The panelists then answered questions about the effect of TFA on members’ future careers, as well as teachers’ experiences during the Chicago Public Schools strike in September.

Student attendees broke into groups to discuss their views on TFA. While some were interested in applying to become a teacher, others questioned the effectiveness of recruiting recent college graduates with no teaching experience to help students in struggling schools.

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of the organization. Weinberg junior Katie Funderburg said she was interested in hearing varying perspectives on Teach for America. “Our conclusions were just that there are a lot of differing opinions about (Teach for America),� she said. “It’s possible to have a lot of positive views about TFA and also a lot of reservations about it.�

Peck said she was glad that the discussions brought up some of the lesser known issues surrounding TFA. Heidi Gross, program manager at the Center for Civic Engagement, said the event was intentionally planned not as an information or recruitment session, but rather as an opportunity for students considering Teach for America to ask questions and voice concerns. “We wanted to provide a venue for that conversation to happen,� she said.

After leaving campus in 2004, Sigma Nu fraternity is recolonizing at Northwestern this winter.

The national fraternity finalized plans to come back to campus the week before Thanksgiving, said Sigma Nu leadership consultant Spencer Montgomery. He said he has been working on bringing the Gamma Beta chapter back to campus for a couple of years and has collaborated with Patricia Telles-Irvin, vice president for student affairs, and Dominic Greene, director of fraternity and sorority life.

Montgomery added although Sigma Nu is returning in January, the chapter will not be participating in formal recruitment and will have its own recruitment process. “We’re going to start the day after (formal recruitment),� he said. “We’re sending three representatives from a national organization to recruit for six weeks. Then they’re going to live there for six months to do recruiting and training.�

Nationals are in conversations with student groups and with the University to find the optimal men to join Sigma Nu. “We focus on people who wouldn’t normally join a fraternity,� he said. “It especially helps the community to have a larger market than fraternities already on campus.�

Montgomery said he wasn’t sure when exactly the conversation began between the University and chapter alumni to bring Sigma Nu back but said they finally decided “the best timetable would be to comeback this winter.�

New chapter members will be able to move back to Sigma Nu’s currently abandoned house on North Campus. Montgomery said the chapter will use $800,000 of a $1.5 million fund donated by alumni to renovate the house and get it running by next school year. “I’ve been doing this for a couple of years and I’ve seen a lot of great campuses,� Montgomery said. “But the caliber of students that go here, that’s what I’m excited about. This is somewhere our fraternity can be very successful. We want to have a positive impact and make fraternity and sorority life better and be a complement to what’s already here.�

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This holiday season, don’t forget the neediest meredith goodman

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The perfect trifecta of possibilities for my column this week was almost too good to be true for a huge college football fan like me — Notre Dame was ranked first in the country for the first time since the year I was born, Maryland and Rutgers joined the Big Ten, and ineligible Ohio State earned an undefeated season. But when I saw an inspirational video on Thanksgiving evening, I knew it took precedence over these historical sports milestones.

Stuffed with turkey, sides and pie, I lay awake in my room at midnight, absentmindedly browsing the web, when I stumbled across a “Today” segment. It featured St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital’s “Thanks and Giving” Program on their show, borrowing from St. Jude’s motto, “Give thanks for the healthy children in your life, and give to those who are not.” This particular segment featured a grinning 10-year-old boy named

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Fewer shuttle runs not cool with this California girl

After being banished into the 1970s furniture nightmare that was North Mid Quads in my freshman year, it’s a miracle that I wasn’t so emotionally compromised that a flee to North Campus was necessary. I admit, I do tend toward hyperbole; NMQ wasn’t really that bad, or at least it wasn’t bad enough that a move to the mythical land of North Campus was necessary. That being said, I know I chose to live on South Campus, but is it so much to ask to have more than two shuttles per hour arriving at the Weber Arch? Last year there were three, and it was beautiful.

Yes, it was vaguely thrilling in the beginning of the quarter to walk to SPAC, Sargent and Tech wearing shorts and embracing the “warm” weather.

Fast-forward two months and it’s no longer that fun of a game. It’s cold, and no longer in that novel way, but in the horrid, I-have-to-wear-my-parka-andmy-gloves-to-walk-two-feet way. A little cold never killed anybody, but planning my trips up north around 30-minute (unreliable) intervals just isn’t really feasible. Why did that third shuttle have to be eliminated? I miss the days of: 16,: 36, :56. Now all that’s left is a bleak :04 and: 34. I know walking a mile isn’t exactly crossing the Aegean, but I’m a Californian; we really weren’t bred for the cold.

— Arabella Watters

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Brennan Simkins.

Brennan described his journey through four bone marrow transplants starting at the age of six, when he was diagnosed with leukemia. “I didn’t want to die,” said Brennan, explaining why he continued with grueling treatment even after several doctors recommended hospice care. Brennan was shown smiling, laughing and golfing (he loves golf and is quite the avid golfer) in the video, a world away from his pictures during cancer treatment.

Like Oprah would, I had a very “ugly cry” that night with this tear-jerker. With no tissues in sight, I nearly cried myself to sleep, wiping my tears on my blankets and pillow. I’m even tearing up as I write this column now.

When I thought about writing this column, I was concerned about it being a Jerry Lewis-style plea to donate to charity. I do not want to lecture my readers on how to spend their money. But I wanted to bring attention to a phrase that has caught my eye at the bottom of The New York Times over several years: “Don’t forget the neediest.”

I want a lot of things in my life, especially with the holiday season upon us. I want a Northwestern zip-up (please Mom and

Dad?), an A on my economics final, a summer internship in Chicago, a great set of pictures at formal and Northwestern to win its first bowl game since 1949. But I only need a few things in my life. I need my health, the love of my family, the support of my friends, water, shelter and food.

I wanted to NU has truly bring attention shaped my views on my wants and needs. I to a phrase in Dance that has caught participated Marathon last year, my eye at the and I complained the whole way through bottom of it. I constantly texted The New York my parents a list of “wants” — I wanted Times over sleep, a shower several years: food, and for someone “Don’t forget the to play the music I wanted to hear. Howneediest.” ever, as the children and families of the B+ Foundation, which works to support childhood cancer patients, attested, I had satisfied all of my needs.

These families were shaken up by the health

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of their children and in need of money for everything that chemotherapy required of them — extra gas, food, hospital bills, etc.

This quarter I completed a partner project for my Introduction to Global Health class on healthy food access in Evanston. We interviewed a local soup kitchen patron who explained his hopeless unemployment status and constant search for meals. At Northwestern I am often dissatisfied with the options that my sorority meal plan offers (too much salad), but I should really be thankful for the fact that I have hot meals to look forward to every day with absolute certainty.

Every year during the holiday season, The New York Times begins to publish the phrase “Don’t Forget the Neediest” at the bottom of select articles. This holiday season, I am going to take a cue from St. Jude’s and “give thanks” that my own needs are fully met. I will take from my experiences at Northwestern and remember Brennan and the B+ kids and be grateful for my own incredible life.

Meredith Goodman is a Weinberg sophomore. She can be reached at meredithgoodman2015@u.northwestern.edu.

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Give learning in pajamas a chance connor regan

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According to a poll that went up on The Daily’s website last week, 58 percent of Northwestern students are either interested in taking online courses in the fall of 2013 or might be interested depending on course offerings, which means 42 percent of those polled indicated no interest in taking advantage of such offerings (my mathematical abilities are astounding, aren’t they?).

While these numbers don’t exactly blow me away, I am slightly surprised — I would have expected a greater number of Wildcats to be in favor of such opportunities, which NU will begin offering through Semester Online, a consortium between ours and nine other universities.

After thinking for a bit about why students might not like to take courses in this new format, I came to a few possible explanations: 1. Online courses don’t provide optimal professor-student interaction; 2.

Online courses might encourage laziness and procrastination (as if these don’t already exist); and 3. Learning from videos and uploaded PowerPoints is far from equivalent to traditional in-classroom teaching.

I must give credit to each of these deterrents. While relevant and credible, however, I do feel that there’s an appropriate response to each. For instance, while I understand why some might think online courses don’t provide the same level of professor-student interaction as normal classes, I must argue in defense of Semester Online that this isn’t necessarily the case.

In fact, the type of video conferencing utilized by Semester Online requires that all participants — both instructors and students — be live on camera. The software doesn’t simply deliver pre-recorded video segments to students; it will be based on live interaction. Both students and professors can speak, type messages in the media section, and present material. In this way, professors and students are actually forced to interact more than they might in a traditional setting — not less.

Initially, one might also assume that online courses encourage procrastination and laziness. While this argument holds merit — students do indeed work at their own pace — it’s not quite as simple as it may seem. Online courses students might have heard about in the past or taken in high school are oftentimes entirely self-paced.

Semester Online’s classes, however, will require weekly attendance in discussion sections (very much like NU’s current discussions). These sections, which will have 15 to

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20 students each, will provide an opportunity to get questions answered in a smaller setting and will also require students to keep up with the course material.

Touching again on the issue of students’ past experience with online classes, respondents may be mistaking existing formats for Semester Online’s new format. The new format, while still including some pre-recorded materials, is not simply a dropbox full of PowerPoints and handouts for students to browse at their own leisure. Classes are taught in an interactive way, with opportunities for questions to be asked (both by the professor and by pupils) in real time. Semester Online will provide the ideal balance of self-paced learning and innovative interactivity.

When one looks at NU’s new partnership from a more knowledgeable vantage point, it’s clear to see that these courses are a great addition to our curricular offerings.

Some students may decide that the learning environment provided is not right for them.

I fully appreciate that, but I do believe that students should be wholly informed before making any decisions about these new offerings. Who knows — econometrics might be more bearable in a warm, comfy bed.

Connor Regan is a SESP freshman. He can be reached at cregan@u.northwestern.edu. If you would like to respond publicly to this column, email a Letter to the Editor to forum@dailynorthwestern.com.

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Evanston City Council approves 3 percent increase on water rates

The City Council voted Monday to introduce an ordinance that would raise water rates by 3 percent.

For the average single family home, one that consumes approximately 86,000 gallons a year, the annual water bill will increase $5.39, jumping from $186.19 to $191.58, according to a city memo.

Aldermen had the option of instituting the rate hike on either Jan. 1 or delaying the hike until Jul. 1, 2013, the option ultimately selected.

Evanston will still have lower water rates than any other municipality in the Chicago area, Ald. Jane Grover (7th) said at Monday’s council meeting.

On Wednesday, the city posted a price comparison of water rates on its Facebook page. Under the proposal, the city would charge $2.41 for every 1,000 gallons of water.

By comparison, the Village of Skokie, which receives its water from Evanston, charges $4.35

friday,november 30 2012 for the same amount, according to the post.

In Chicago, the city’s water rate will increase from $2.51 to $2.89 for every 1,000 gallons of water.

Other suburbs that receive water supplied

by Chicago pay even more for water. For instance, Morton Grove pays more than three times more than the city of Evanston, even after the proposed hike.

The sewer rate, which has not been raised since 2004, will not be affected by the proposal, utilities director David Stoneback said. Ald. Delores Holmes (5th) said many residents consider this part of their bills to be expensive.

Further, residents have expressed concern over the continuous water bill increases, city manager Wally Bobkiewicz said at the meeting. Despite paying some of the lowest water rates in the area, residents think water rates in Evanston are too high, Bobkiewicz said.

Regardless, residents believe the city does not do a good job handling this issue and must improve how citizens are informed on water rates.

The rate hike ordinance introduced at Monday’s meeting stll needs to be approved in a final vote at a later council meeting.

Water Bills in Nearby Communities

Assumes annual usage of 86,000 gallons and 3/4 inch or smaller water meter (minimum charges vary by meter size in some communites including Evanston).

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(proposed)

Chicago $216.20

Skokie* $356.62

*Water in Skokie is supplied by Evanston. All other communities listed supply their own water.

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Students evaluate campus EMT service possibilities By cat zakrzewski

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Students from Northwestern Emergency Medical Organization continue in their attempts to organize an emergency student response service.

Although students first drafted a proposal for an emergency response service in 2010, liability concerns and logistical problems have completely transformed the organization’s initial goal of creating a “full-fledged” emergency medical technician team, EMS University relations manager Mike Hernandez said.

“We need to start on a small scale,” the Weinberg senior said. “First we really need to identify the needs of the Northwestern community.”

The organization is currently working with administrators to research what those needs are.

NEMO president Yoon Lee said students made progress in achieving their goal to bring an emergency response service to campus this fall by meeting with Patricia Telles-Irvin, vice president of student affairs, and Northwestern health services executive director Dr. John Alexander.

Both Telles-Irvin and Alexander were unavailable for comment.

Lee explained that until they work out liability issues with the University, they cannot plan exactly what their service will provide.

“Liability is the utmost concern,” the McCormick junior said. “While this service can provide great service to the students, we want to make sure we actually provide that service.”

Hernandez said the group is currently collaborating with the University’s Office of Risk Management and emergency response programs implemented at other schools to address these liability concerns. Currently, he explained they are

examining the most effective insurance options and how Illinois state laws differ from laws in other states where universities have EMT student responders.

He also said NEMO was working with these collaborators to determine how to best train students.

“Obviously Northwestern does not want to have students making mistakes on the scene,” he said.

Both Lee and Hernandez emphasized that NU is one of few top-ranked universities in the nation that does not have an emergency response team in place.

“This is something the University needs to do in order to bring itself to the front line with regards to that,” Hernandez said.

Lee said although the group does not yet know the logistics of their EMT plans, a survey that 300 students responded showed that people want peer support and paramedics who do not know their

way around NU’s campus often take a long time to arrive on the scene.

“We could provide a link between when the students call and when the paramedics arrive,” she said. “A lot of people who we surveyed want someone their age to be with them even when the paramedics come.”

NEMO has reached out to Georgetown University’s successful student-run EMT program, known as GERMS. Katie McClellan, a Georgetown student who works with GERMS, said her group has been sharing information with NEMO and answering their questions. GERMS, a campus staple for 30 years, operates under the university’s program.

“Just in general I think it’s a very valuable resource can be a very valuable organization on any college campus,” McClellan said. czak15@u.northwestern.edu

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In preparation for Illinois’ transition to assessments covering more rigorous Common Core State Standards, state officials are increasing student performance expectations on the Illinois Standards Achievement Test.

Measures are in place at Evanston-Skokie District 65 to ensure students succeed under these higher standards, superintendent Hardy Murphy wrote in a letter to parents last week. Efforts to improve classroom instruction and performance evaluations are some of the D65 efforts highlighted this school year to prepare students for Common Core standards and multi-state assessments geared toward college and career readiness.

The Illinois State Board of Education currently administers the ISAT in reading and mathematics to third through eighth graders in the spring.

Come the 2014-2015 school year, Illinois will replace its math and English language arts ISATs with tests developed by the Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers, a consortium of 23 states and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

As part of the state’s transition to PARCC assessments, about 20 percent of the questions on the March 2013 reading and math ISATs will assess Common Core State Standards, according to the ISBE website.

ISBE spokeswoman Mary Fergus said the standards, which have been fully adopted by 45 states and the District of Columbia, were an effort to “stop rethinking the wheel� and having states come together to develop more rigorous standards. “There are a lot of things in common that whether you are a student in Chicago or Montana that you need to know,� Fergus said.

At an October District 65 board meeting, officials from several schools discussed

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DRASTIC DISPARITY Raising performance levels on the Illinois Standard Achievement Test is necessary in order to address the “disconnect� between ISAT scores and those of the Prairie State Achievement Examination, which 11th-grade students take, said Mary Fergus, Illinois State Board of Education spokeswoman.

their instructional leadership teams, a marked change in how the district approaches school improvement.

Through strategic distributed instructional leadership, teachers and administrators share responsibility for developing strategies to improve instruction. In his letter, Murphy said these teams ensure instructional practices are “a dynamic part� of curriculum design and delivery.

State officials are also raising ISAT performance levels, which Fergus said were not aligned to college and career readiness, unlike the Prairie

State Achievement Exam administered to eleventh graders. The PSAE includes the ACT. Currently, there’s a “disconnect� between the ISAT and PSAE proficiency levels, Fergus said. On this year’s ISAT exams, 82 percent of students met or exceeded state standard, while only 51 percent met or exceeded standards on the PSAE. “We must raise our expectations at the elementary level so that students are on track to leave high school prepared to succeed in the work force, career and daily life,� State Superintendent Christopher Koch said in early November.

Raising performance levels, however, will lead to a “significant drop� in students meeting or exceeding those higher expectations, Koch said.

Fergus said in January or February 2013, the ISBE will provide documentation on how schools would have performed on the 2012 ISAT under the new performance levels.

How this would affect student growth measures under District 65’s recently revised performance appraisal system remains unclear.

The revised system, which was unveiled to much pushback from teachers and Jean Luft, president of union District 65 Educators’ Council, makes significant changes to student growth, which represents 50 percent of a teacher’s rating.

Students are placed into one of four quartiles, from college and career readiness to the lowest quartile. For teachers to receive an “excellent� student growth rating, the percentage of students meeting growth targets in most categories must exceeds district figures from the previous year. None of the categories may reflect a drop in performance.

Student growth, however, is measured through several assessments, including those written by the district and even measures selected by teachers at the beginning of the year.

Luft, at a November board meeting, said 98 percent of teachers surveyed do not trust the system to determine an accurate performance rating.

On Dec. 3, District 65 board members will discuss voting on the revised performance appraisal system.

In addition to instructional leadership teams and the revised performance appraisal system, District 65 is also increasing its emphasis on writing, Murphy said in the letter.

Once March 2013 rolls around, Evanston third graders may answer a question on a character’s motivations, not knowing that describing character actions is a Common Core standard.

The potential for dropping student performance aside, Fergus said students stand to benefit from the Common Core transition. “We’re working to prepare students for success in their own communities but also the nation and the world,� she said. manuelrapada2015@u.northwestern.edu

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Student cleantech startup wins big in global contest SiNode earns national award for energy efficiency, will compete for grand prize By flora sun

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The student startup SiNode LLC won a national award earlier this month at the Cleantech Open 2012 Global Forum, the world’s largest cleantech accelerator.

SiNode has commercialized a silicon-based anode for lithium-ion batteries, which causes a significant increase in energy density and a reduced charging time.

The first team from Northwestern to attend the competition, SiNode won the top prize Nov. 9 in the energy efficiency category and secured a place to compete for the national $250,000 grand prize.

“SiNode anodes represent the future of lithium-ion batteries, capable of significant increase in energy capacity, faster charging and environmentally friendly manufacturing,” SiNode team member Thomas Yu said.

The McCormick graduate student added that wet chemistry and simple equipment are enough to replicate SiNode, making it easy to commercialize the technology on a large scale.

SiNode was formed Winter Quarter during the NUvention Energy course, in which students from several graduate schools across campus come together in interdisciplinary teams to develop a product or service and business plan for the sustainable cleantech industry.

SiNode is comprised of two sub-teams: a business development team of several Kellogg students and a research and engineering team of McCormick graduate students.

The team’s goal is to improve energy storage, one of the biggest challenges in today’s technological world. SiNode is designed to narrow the gap between portable energy capacity and power needs.

The team selected the consumer electronics market as the best fit for applying its technology.

“The performance, along with the cost of batteries, has become the single most limiting factor for electronic vehicles and consumer electronics,” Yu said.

SiNode has participated in multiple national business competitions to raise capital for its projects. The win in this year’s Cleantech Open Global Forum garnered $20,000 in cash and services. The team has also won government grants and is seeking funding from other institutions, team member Guy Peterson said.

Peterson, a Kellogg student, said extra The funding would allow performance, the team to buy equipalong with the ment for larger batch Because cost of batteries, processing. battery validation is a has become slow process requirthe single most ing weeks or months of cycling tests, this limiting factor money would enable the team to run more for electric tests simultaneously vehicles ... to maximize efficiency and shorten the time to Thomas Yu, market.

SiNode member “There is considerable overlap in our responsibilities, but we each do the ‘heavy lifting’ in the areas that are most pertinent to our backgrounds,” said team member Joshua Lau, a McCormick graduate student.

Aside from winning this year’s Cleantech forum, SiNode was also a finalist in several other competitions, including the First Look West Clean Energy Business Competition hosted by the California Institute of Technology.

“The exposure from competitions is always nice because we meet contacts interested in investing or collaborative development,” Lau said.

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Tragic deaths both on and off campus bookended Fall Quarter. Evanston Township High School student Dajae Coleman was shot and killed Sept. 22, the same day McCormick sophomore Harsha Maddula disappeared after leaving an off-campus party. Maddula’s body was found nearly a week later in Wilmette Harbor. Then, late last week, the University confirmed the suicide of Weinberg junior Alyssa Weaver, who was studying abroad in London. The deaths have raised debates about the state of mental health awareness at NU and gun control laws in Evanston.

NU’s Jewish community was stunned when Rabbi Dov Hillel Klein, rabbi of the Tannenbaum Chabad House, announced one day before the Jewish holy day of Yom Kippur that the University had decided to disaffiliate from Klein and the Chabad House. Led by Patricia Telles-Irvin, vice president for student affairs, the University cited alcohol use by minors at Chabad as the reason for disaffiliation.

Despite significant outrage from the Chabad community, NU hasn’t backed down from its decision, with University President Morton Schapiro telling The Daily this month simply, “It was the right decision.”

Rabbi Klein’s status remains up in the air thanks to pending legal action filed against NU by national and local chapters of Chabad, as well as a petition distributed to the administration by students and alumni.

NU’s plan to demolish the old Prentice Women’s Hospital to build a new medical research facility on the Universityowned site hit a snag when preservationist groups, led by the Save Prentice Coalition, attempted to intervene to save the Bertrand Goldberg building. The University appeared to have won a decisive victory when the Commission on Chicago Landmarks voted 8-1 not to grant the building landmark status, but on Nov. 15 a Cook County judge issued a stay of the commission’s decision, leaving the fate of Prentice uncertain until the next hearing on Dec. 7.

After last year’s disappointing 6-7 finish capped off a four-year run of decreasing win counts for Wildcats football, expectations were low for the 2012 season. A thrilling seasonopening win at Syracuse sparked an impressive 9-3 campaign. But though the three-win improvement (which could grow to four if NU is able to snap its infamous bowl losing streak on Jan. 1) is encouraging, NU led going into the fourth quarter of each of its losses, leaving the potential of a Big Ten title tantalizingly out of reach. As CBS Sports blogger Chris Huston tweeted earlier this week, “Northwestern is soooo close to being the worst undefeated team in the country.”

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As the only private school and top academic institution in the Big Ten, NU is at a significant disadvantage when it comes to athletic recruiting.

These concerns have grown in recent years as other schools’ athletic budgets have grown thanks to exploding television revenue around the country. But NU demonstrated its commitment to closing that gap with the announcement of a new $220 million lakeside athletic complex on Sept. 15. NU will never be Ohio State, Michigan or Penn State, but the new facilities will help attract better recruits and make the school’s sports teams more competitive, helping solidify NU’s position as a rising team on the football field and on the basketball court.

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outside their freshman year. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know if we were walking on roads or sidewalks,â&#x20AC;? she said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;That was life with Alyssa. You never knew where you were going to end up, but you knew it was going to be an adventure along the way.â&#x20AC;?

Rodriguez then asked the audience to light candles in remembrance of Weaver. The crowd was then led in a Jewish prayer and sang a Chi O song called â&#x20AC;&#x153;Shades.â&#x20AC;?

Following the candle lighting, the podium was opened to anyone who wanted to speak about Weaver.

At one candlelit chapter dinner, Weaver entertained the entire sorority when she accidentally set a bread basket on fire, Weinberg senior Holly Nwangwa remembered. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Every memory any of us have here starts and ends with that lovely laugh of hers,â&#x20AC;? she said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Whenever throughout this trying week me or my sisters have smiled, I know that was her throughout all of us.â&#x20AC;?

Professors Laurie Zoloth and Cristina Traina encouraged the attendees to strive to emulate Weaver as a source of support for one another. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re all so much more aware now that someone with an infectious laugh now whoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s given us the most enjoyable funny moments of our memories can also have deep dark places that she is afraid to share with us,â&#x20AC;? Traina said.

Her message echoed University President Morton Schapiroâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s remarks at the beginning of the vigil about how the University could learn from Weaverâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s death.

Schapiro quoted a clergyman friend of his who said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;the best way to honor memory is to learn and to live fully.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;I was lying in bed last night thinking about what does that mean in the context of such a tragic, horrific loss of a beautiful young women,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;And I think the learning is to learn as an institution how we can be a safer, more inclusive, more welcoming community.â&#x20AC;?

A formal service will be held in Weaverâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s memory early next year. Following the remarks, everyone was invited to write a memory on The Rock, make a donation in Weaverâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s memory to a charity, which will be determined in the future, or add a note to a book for Weaverâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s family, who were not at Thursdayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s vigil. â&#x20AC;&#x153;As I look around at everyone gathered here tonight, I realize she didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t really do a good job of making friends,â&#x20AC;? Rodriguez said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Everywhere she went, every group she became a part of, she seemed to make a family. I see a lot of families out here today.â&#x20AC;?

complete. Officialsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; estimates have ranged from six to 12 weeks after the date of death. Maddula family spokeswoman Padma Sonti said Maddulaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s parents have been told to expect toxicology results by the end of December.

EPD requested a â&#x20AC;&#x153;very thoroughâ&#x20AC;? toxicology analysis that checks for more indicators than a normal test, Parrott said. Such elaborate examinations are normal when a young person is involved and there are no signs of foul play, a premise which authorities have maintained over the past two months.

Maddulaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s peers have told The Daily that the McCormick sophomore did not appear intoxicated the night he went missing.

Weinberg sophoItâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a very rough more Linzy Wagner, president of Madduthing. Since laâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s dorm and a close friend, described it happened, as â&#x20AC;&#x153;coherentâ&#x20AC;? in nothingâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s been him the hours before he going right. First disappeared. it was their son. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I felt like he was handling himself Then it was fine,â&#x20AC;? Wagner said Sandy tearing Tuesday. â&#x20AC;&#x153;He seemed â&#x20AC;? their area apart. in control.

For the Maddula family, the toxicology Padma Sonti, results could bring Maddula family some closure to a spokeswoman two-month saga that worsened in early November when Superstorm Sandy battered the East Coast. Sonti said the Maddulas lost power for about a week at their home in New Hyde Park, N.Y. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a very rough thing,â&#x20AC;? Sonti said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Since it happened, nothingâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s been going right. First it was their son. Then it was Sandy tearing their area apart.â&#x20AC;?

She added that although the Maddulas want answers about their sonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s death, they still have to focus on raising their other children.

University spokesman Al Cubbage said NU officials have kept in touch with Maddulaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s parents â&#x20AC;&#x153;as appropriate.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;They have questions and all that,â&#x20AC;? Sonti said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;but theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re just trying to make it through the day together, too.â&#x20AC;?

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Cats concentrate on rebounding By ariel yong

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The Wildcats’ loss Tuesday was nothing more than a bad second half.

Maryland (5-1) handed NU (6-1) its first loss of the season in the ACC/Big Ten Challenge game Tuesday night at Welsh-Ryan Arena, snapping the Cats’ 21 November game win streak.

Despite some speculation, sophomore guard Dave Sobolewski said the Cats’ battle against the Terrapins was not a statement game but rather just a tough loss against an ACC team.

“It’s not the end of the season,” Sobolewski said. “It was nothing more than a loss in November.”

The Cats trailed the Terrapins by only 2 points after a relatively even first half.

But the last 20 minutes told a different story when, as Sobolewski put it, “it all went downhill.” NU struggled to put the ball in the net and was outscored 49-31 in the second half.

“I think it was maybe just a lack of concentration (and) lack of focus on our part,” senior guard Reggie Hearn said.

“Like Dave said, in the first half, I think we executed very well defensively, but for some reason in the second half, we didn’t come out focused and take care of business like we did the first half.”

NU finished the game shooting a mere 18-of-53 from the field and 6-of-25 from the 3-point line, and the Terrapins crashed the boards on almost every missed shot. Maryland finished with an impressive 47 total rebounds, which was more than double that of the Cats.

Coach Bill Carmody attributed the Terrapins’ ability to snag so many rebounds to the Cats’ over-eagerness to pull the trigger on their shots, something the team is working to improve.

“We were shooting the ball too quickly,” Carmody said. “When you have a pretty decent shooting team and you’re open, you feel pretty good about that, but they just weren’t going down.”

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UIC players scored in the double digits and the team is off to its best start in nine years.

With final exams fast approaching the Cats have had a full schedule lately but are still working hard to bounce back from Tuesday night.

“You know, the way our schedule’s been, it’s been pretty hard to practice to tell you the truth,” Carmody said. “It seems like we’ve had a game, and then a day off, and we might have one practice but (it’s) in preparation for a team. On Friday, (we’ll) I think it may spend a lot of just be a lack of time on UIC concentration because they look pretty (and) lack of good this year.” focus on our The Cats part. know that they have to Reggie Hearn, improve on senior guard the boards for Saturday and that it will have to be a collective effort. Although the Flames are not the rebounding machine that is Maryland, they still managed 34 rebounds in their win Tuesday night.

“It (rebounding) doesn’t even all fall on our bigs,” Sobolewski said. “It falls on guards just as much. The guards have to stick their nose in there and see if they can pull out some long rebounds or rebounds that hit the floor. It was just a horrible effort on the boards by the whole squad.”

However, NU has been using Tuesday’s loss as a learning tool to ensure Saturday will not be more of the same.

“We got a lot of work to do for sure,” Sobolewski said. “We’re not going to stop working, and if anything, this will make us hungrier to improve every day in practice.”

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Although most students tasted their first bit of home last week during Thanksgiving break, No. 13 Northwestern has yet to enjoy the friendly confines of its home arena.

All of that changes this Saturday when the Wildcats (1-0) make their home debut at Welsh-Ryan Arena against Stevens Tech and Duke.

For its first home event, NU will wrestle two opponents back-to-back, with the Ducks (0-1) and Blue Devils (0-0) also wrestling each other for the night’s third bout.

The Cats’ last event should serve them well for Saturday’s test. NU last faced action in the Keystone Classic, a tournament the Cats won by more than 50 points and and in which they saw wrestlers compete numerous times over the course of one day.

“It tests your conditioning level,” coach Drew Pariano said. “It’s a challenge. Both of those teams, you have to be ready. They have good guys up and down their lineup.”

In its only dual of the season against Stanford, NU won every match except one. But with weeks of practice in between as well as an early season tournament, health can become nearly as much of a factor as the opponent later in a grinding season.

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practice makes perfect Sophomore Lee Munster takes the mat in a dual against Michigan last season. This year, Munster is 5-0 after one dual and one tournament, with Northwestern winning both events.

the season wear on you,” Pariano said.

“I think we’re doing a good job of that.

We run good, focused practices. We’re where we need to be, but we want to keep increasing our technique and fitness.”

Stevens Tech will come to Evanston with two tournaments and a dual under its belt. The Ducks lost their only dual but performed decently in their two tournaments, placing eighth at the Roger Williams Invitational and sixth at the Doug Parker Invitational.

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participated in the Keystone Classic, finishing seventh in the 15-team tournament with four wrestlers placing.

The Cats will have three wrestlers who can extend their undefeated mark on the season so far on Saturday, with redshirt senior Jason Welch and sophomore Pierce Harger at 6-0, and sophomore Lee Munster at 5-0.

Welch’s regular season dominance traces back to last season, when he failed to drop a single bout during dual play. An added challenge for the All-American this weekend will be to

focus on the task at hand instead of looking ahead on the schedule to Cats’ next dual against Minnesota — the start of Big Ten play.

“I’m excited that Big Ten season is starting soon,” Welch said. “You wrestle so often it’s all about competing. It’s tough to keep focusing just on what’s ahead of you.”

Munster, on the other hand, has a much narrower focus.

“You always look to the end of the week to what duals you have,” Munster said. “It’s not hard. You wait until the week of to start thinking of what dual we actually have.”

For Pariano, whose team will be favored heavily in both its duals Saturday night, the goal will be for each wrestler to improve individually in each of their matches, including finishing better and scoring better wins.

But even with room for improvement, Welch, the elder statesman, has liked what he’s seen from the young NU team so far in the season.

“I’ve been really satisfied,” Welch said. “To me, it would be great to win a national title for myself, but to see the team succeed, that means more to me.” rohannadkarni2015@u.northwestern.edu

The end of autumn is always a good time to reflect and curse yourself for choosing a cold-weather school, especially when you’ve lived in sunny South Florida since you were 4 years old.

This quarter has definitely been emotional for us at the sports desk.

You’ve seen our columns and articles on heartbreaking losses, the importance of improving (or is it wavering?) fan support and bowl game invitations.

And although I take what I do very seriously, I would be a fool not to recognize the truly meaningful things that happened around campus during Fall Quarter.

Lauren Caruba wrote an extremely important piece about sexual assault and mental health earlier this week, highlighting the imperfections of a school that considers itself to be one of the top universities in the world.

True heartbreak is what the entire campus felt after learning that we lost two members of our community in tragic circumstances. I can’t even fathom what those students’ friends and families have gone through. NU may not be as much of “One Northwestern” as the campaign suggests, but at least we can take solace in the fact that maybe the tragedies of this past quarter have brought us all closer together.

Hopefully this makes sense in a moment, but I want to jump to my family for a bit.

Every Christmas for a long time now, with the Miami Heat fixtures to play, my brother, my parents and myself often find ourselves around the TV for a good portion of the day watching the Heat game. I’ll sleep in, wake up and then watch basketball for hours, anticipating a big meal for dinner.

My dad watches a tiny bit more so than my mom, who’s usually doing important things like making sure the rest of us have food to eat. And though my dad’s favorite sport will always be cricket, he’s not afraid to drop some basketball analysis while watching with my brother and me.

In fact, last week my dad coolly prophesized a Ray Allen game-winning three, then tried to play it off like it was obvious when I freaked out about his prediction.

These memories are selfishly some of my favorite ones because they bring my family together over something I truly love — ­ sports.

But now more than ever, I understand that what we write about is more of an escape than anything else. I’ve interviewed a dejected Pat Fitzgerald after an excruciating loss in the bowels of Michigan Stadium, but I’ve never spoken to the crying friend or the grieving mother.

These next few weeks, the NU men’s basketball team might suffer another double-digit loss or make you wonder if they will ever have the size to compete.

Fitzgerald’s football squad may fail to win a bowl game, extending the school’s ignominious 73-year drought without a postseason victory.

But whether you’re huddled around the television with your family, cursing at the screen every time Trevor Siemian enters the game instead of Kain Colter or doing normal things like eating dinner and catching up, there’s certainly no need to be heartbroken over what happens on the field or on the court.

Happy holidays, everyone. rohannnadkarni2015@u.northwestern.edu