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flags flying A banner publicizing Northwestern’s “We Will” fundraising campaign hangs on campus. The campaign aims to raise $3.75 billion for the University.
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In the wake of the March announcement of “We Will,” Northwestern’s $3.75 billion fundraising campaign, Evanston officials say the initiative will continue to bolster the growing relationship between the city and the University. Ald. Jane Grover (7th), whose ward includes part of the NU campus, said there has been “sincere interest from both the city and the University to engage in a really productive way together.” “Everyone has something to offer,” she said. “We’re seeing the potential of joint undertakings, and there’s been a real payoff for everybody.”
In particular, the partnership between Evanston Township High School and NU has been very “pleasing” to District 202 Superintendent Eric Witherspoon. “The ‘Good Neighbor, Great University’ program has enhanced an already wonderful relationship and taken it to another level,” he said. The initiative, which began as a scholarship opportunity for Evanston and Chicago high school students, also helped create an official NU office at ETHS in 2012 to bolster relations between the two academic institutions. Kristen Perkins, the first NU/ETHS partnership coordinator, said the relationship between the two parties has been “organically” present for a long time but has grown in recent years. “Our relationship has become more involved, much deeper and still very much growing,” Perkins said. “Because of the partnership office, we are able to look for more opportunities that are a win-win for both sides.” These opportunities include a volunteer tutor program called Wildkit Tutors, in which NU students tutor teenagers at ETHS, and outreach programs in biology with NU’s Center for Reproductive Science. Some graduate students at the Searle Center for Advancing Teaching and Learning also teach mini-courses at ETHS, Perkins said. The relationship between the city and the University has not always been so cooperative, however. Grover, who has served as an alderman for five years and has lived in Evanston since 1994, said there used to be a different “mindset” in the relationship between the city and NU. » See ‘WE WILL’, page 7
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talking inequality Dane Stier and David Friedman, members of College Republicans, discuss issues of income inequality at a student forum held Tuesday night. The event was organized as a collaboration between College Republicans, College Democrats and Quest Scholars.
Students debate inequality By alice yin
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Members of Northwestern’s College Democrats and College Republicans and NU’s chapter of Quest Scholars hosted a student forum Tuesday focused on different issues surrounding income inequality. The discussion, held in McCormick Tribune Center, included a panel of three students from each political group. Weinberg junior Adam Roth, the former president of College Democrats, moderated the event. Audience input shaped the conversation. Roth allotted both sides time to present their positions and give rebuttals. Attendees asked questions focused
Task force to evaluate NU inclusion Native American Outreach and Inclusion Task Force to suggest next steps By tyler pager
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The Native American Outreach and Inclusion Task Force is currently studying Northwestern’s ties to the Native American community to better understand problems the community faces and to improve its relationship with the University. The committee, which was fast-tracked earlier this year, was originally supposed to be formed after the John Evans Study Committee released its report on Evans’ role in the Sand Creek Massacre. The committee will still make recommendations to Provost Daniel Linzer on how the University should respond to the findings of the report, which will be released in late May. The task force will also examine enrollment issues, support services for Native American students and practices at peer institutions. “The work of the committee and task
force members will provide us guidance on how Northwestern can increase its outreach to and develop stronger relationships with the Native American Nations,” University President Morton Schapiro said in a press release. “I appreciate the willingness of the task force members to engage in this important process and I look forward to seeing the results of their work.” The committee is chaired by Patricia Telles-Irvin, vice president for student affairs, and Phil Harris, one of the vicechairs of NU’s Board of Trustees. Harris said the group has met twice so far and plans to meet on a monthly basis. However, the committee has designated working groups, which he expects to meet more frequently. The committee requires a large time commitment, but those involved are dedicated to creating a more inclusive campus, Harris said. “I think the people on this committee have a lifetime of commitment to diversity and inclusion,” he said. “We want to know how can we do better and how can we be more diverse.” Harris said he hopes the committee is ready to begin discussing recommendations to send to Linzer by the end of the academic year, but he wants to give the members enough time to do research. The committee includes 19 people consisting of students, faculty and
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members from other universities and organizations. SESP sophomore Forrest Bruce, co-president of the Native American and Indigenous Student Alliance and former co-president Weinberg junior Heather Menefee are the only two undergraduate students on the committee. Dona Cordero, assistant provost for diversity and inclusion and a member of the task force, said the group’s focus on the current population of Native American students is important. “This is a population at the University, and it’s important that as a university we understand the needs of a diverse population of students, faculty and staff and that we try to serve the needs of everyone,” she said. Cordero said the group is currently learning about the issues NU’s Native American community face. “We need to educate ourselves before we can start thinking about how we can do a better job of looking at the issues that need to be addressed,” she said. However, she added the committee will make suggestions to improve the University. “The group was established to make recommendations on what the University needs to do,” she said. “I’m confident there will be action that comes out of it.” tylerpager2017@u.northwestern.edu
on equal opportunity and its place in the nation. The forum proceeded to address the relevance of mobility in the U.S., wrangling with comparisons to other countries and sentiments on today’s income gap. Both panelists and audience members probed further by examining statistics on income distribution nationwide. Other topics included individual positions on minimum wage and the impact of family values on household income. Members of the audience and panel presented and contested different perspectives, revealing NU’s diversity. “It’s controversial,” said David Friedman, a College Republicans representative on the panel. “That’s why it’s important to have a discussion about it, if not to reach a disagreement.” Weinberg freshman Lauren Thomas,
an audience member, said she was glad the event addressed family values, a topic she thinks is not discussed enough but is very relevant to her background coming from rural Appalachia. She said in her community, she has witnessed a high frequency of teen pregnancies and single parenthood. “They definitely had done their research,” Thomas said. “They really covered most of the causes of income inequality, and that is really, really important to us because most of us are going to be working. And we’re going to have children, and we want to see them go up in society and get ahead and not just by being born in the right families.” Weinberg junior Allison Ortega serves as head of the income inequality
FDA details plan to fast-track Duchenne drug
Team Joseph, the primary beneficiary for the 2014 Dance Marathon, is partially responsible for creating a website which includes a link to a White House petition created last February asking the government to grant this specialized approval of the drug, eteplirsen. Sarepta Therapeutics, a biopharmaceutical company, announced its plans to move forward in submitting a new drug application to the FDA for eteplirsen in a news release Monday, after the FDA advised them of a way to submit the proposal under a “potential accelerated approval pathway.”
The Food and Drug Administration outlined a possible pathway that would grant accelerated approval to a drug with the potential to treat Duchenne muscular dystrophy, the disease Dance Marathon raised more than $1.3 million to fund research for last quarter. The FDA Safety and Innovation Act passed by Congress in 2012 gives the FDA the ability to approve therapies at a faster rate for rare diseases with “unmet medical need.”
Obama taps NU Law grad for top White House post
President Barack Obama announced Monday that Northwestern School of Law alumnus W. Neil Eggleston (Law ‘78) will serve as the next White House counsel. “Neil brings extraordinary expertise, credentials and experience to our team,” Obama said in a statement. “He has a passion for public service, is renowned for his conscientiousness and foresight, and I look forward to working closely with him in the coming years.”
» See Inequality, page 7
— Rebecca Savransky
Eggleston is a litigation partner at the firm Kirkland & Ellis. His practice areas include corporate governance, civil litigation, internal investigations and allegations of fraud, according to the firm’s website. He represented former White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel in the prosecution of former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich. “Neil Eggleston’s commitment to public service is legendary,” Law School Dean Daniel Rodriguez said in a news release. “I can think of no one more qualified to advise the president on the most important policy questions and legal issues of our day.” — Ciara McCarthy
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Restaurant brings strictly turkey to city’s 2nd Ward After learning many of Just Turkey’s customers come from Evanston, owner turns to city for second location By paige leskin
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Evanston residents who enjoy barbecue flavor and something healthier to gobble may have just the spot in the 2nd Ward. Chicago-based Just Turkey Restaurant opened over the weekend at 2430 Main St. to serve residents everything turkey. The menu consists entirely of turkey products, including burgers, ribs and sandwiches. “It really is just turkey,� said Ginger Maddox, owner of the Evanston branch of the franchise. Just Turkey first opened in Chicago in 2008 by two brothers with the intention of providing the community with an alternative to fatty meats like beef and pork. Along with the newest location in Evanston, the restaurant also has four Chicago-area storefronts and another in Georgia. Maddox said the restaurant prides itself on the freshness of its food — everything served
Police Blotter Teen arrested in connection with aggravated, unlawful use of a weapon An 18-year-old man was arrested in connection with aggravated and unlawful use of a weapon in Evanston on Sunday morning.
is made on location. “We’re not like some fast food places where they take a frozen patty and throw it on the grill,� she said. Maddox, who is also a full-time producer at CBS 2 Chicago, said she always had a nagging desire to venture into the food business. Once she had her first bite of food at Just Turkey, she said she was hooked and decided to set up a restaurant in Chicago’s Edgewater neighborhood. Just three months after the opening in Edgewater in January 2013, Maddox discovered the majority of her clientele was from Evanston, where she herself grew up. She was approached by several of her customers about opening a restaurant in her hometown, but initially dismissed the idea for fear of spreading herself too thin, she said. In the beginning of 2014, she realized it would be a better economic investment to move her location to Evanston — an impulsive decision she said she does not regret. With the help of Ald. Peter Braithwaite (2nd) and economic development coordinator Meagan Jones, Maddox was able to find an Evanston location for Just Turkey. Jones said she helped Maddox through the legal matters, including obtaining a special use permit and getting approval from the Zoning Board of Appeals and City Council. Jones said she will continue to be involved with Just Turkey to ensure its success in The Evanston teenager, who was with another Evanston resident, 17, took out an unloaded gun and demanded money and possessions from three other individuals, Evanston Police Cmdr. Jay Parrott said. The incident appeared to be related to a drug transaction, Parrott said. The incident occurred in the 1000 block of Florence Avenue. Parrott said the two men stole $20 and an iPhone and fled, before being
Evanston. “We try to help get the word out about businesses that You don’t have new have opened,� she said. to give up the “We still try to do a things that you little bit in making the restaurant have some like. We respect publicity.� your money. We Jones and Braithboth supported can still make it waite the restaurant’s move healthy, and it’s because of its unique feel. Despite the varigood food. ety of food in the city, Ginger Maddox, Jones said Just Turkey Just Turkey offers something new. Evanston owner “Even though it’s still considered fast food, it’s a little bit different,� Jones said. Maddox said Just Turkey offers the best flavor and affordability. Even though the food might take slightly longer to make than pre-packaged products, Maddox said those chains won’t be able to beat her restaurant’s freshness. “You don’t have to give up the things that you like,� she said. “We respect your money. We can still make it healthy, and it’s good food.� The restaurant has delivery, sit-down service and catering.
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Woman pepper sprayed 59-year-old man in downtown Evanston after failing to get money A woman used pepper spray on a Chicago resident in downtown Evanston on Monday
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afternoon. The woman demanded the man’s money in the 1600 block of Benson Avenue just outside of the Davis Street CTA station, Parrott said. After the Chicago resident refused, the woman sprayed him in the face and then fled. Nothing was taken from the 59-year-old, who knew the woman. — Julian Gerez
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On Campus NU receives $4 million to honor alum By Olivia Exstrum
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Northwestern received $4 million earlier this month to honor Newton Minow, a Northwestern alumnus, trustee and senior counsel at the Chicago law firm Sidley Austin LLP. Minow’s friends, colleagues and fellow alumni donated Newt literally is the funds to create a legend in this an endowed professorship at the School law firm, in the of Law and a biennial legal profession Newton N. Minow program. and in the city Debates “Newt literally is of Chicago. a legend in this law firm, in the legal Charles Douglas, profession and in chairman of the city of Chicago,” management said Charles Dougcommittee at las, chairman of the Sidley Austin management committee at Sidley Austin. “He’s had a very distinguished career and has been honored in many ways. The one thing that hadn’t been done yet was to endow a professorship.”
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Northwestern will begin offering a pilot program of Xfinity On Campus, a service under Comcast, to up to 700 students starting May 1, Residential Services officials said. Paul Riel, executive director of Residential Services, said the University will pilot Xfinity On Campus in the five residential buildings
Jaci Thiede, associate dean for alumni relations and development at the Law School, said she and Law Dean Daniel Rodriguez had been discussing obtaining more permanent recognition for Minow for a long time. “The first thing (Daniel) asked me was why there wasn’t a name for Newt Minow at the law school,” Thiede said. “I told him I didn’t know and he said we have to change that.” She said Minow’s professorship is important, not only because it helps the school he cares about, but also because it permanently acknowledges his name and impact. “The professorship is among the highest honors an academic can receive,” Thiede said. “It is the epitome of an academic career, and it will be an incredible honor to have his name to that chair.” Minow’s colleagues at the firm, fellow trustees, friends and other alumni all made pledges to endow the chair. The $4 million contribution is significantly more than is required to endow a chair in the law school, so the school is contributing the additional funds to the new debate program, Douglas said. The program will feature debates with outside experts, law school faculty and students surrounding different legal topics. Douglas said the debates are significant because of Minow’s background serving as the chairman of the that received wireless upgrades over Spring Break, including Jones Residential College and Communications Residential College. The pilot will last from May 1 to June 2, and students chosen to participate will receive emails with access credentials within the next weeks. The service will allow students to stream 125 channels and to access Xfinity On Demand, Riel said. However, Comcast’s DVR service will not be included in the pilot. Riel said Residential Services hopes to
Federal Communications Commission and co-chair of the 1976 and 1980 U.S. presidential debates. Rodriguez said in a statement that Minow is a “friend and mentor to many generations of lawyers.” “I am delighted that his friends, fellow alumni and Sidley colleagues have chosen to honor him with a named professorship here at NU Law, and that we are able to recognize Newt’s legacy by hosting the Minow Debates for years to come.” Minow was appointed by President John F. Kennedy to the Federal Communications Commission in the early 1960s. In addition to co-chairing the presidential debates, Minow drafted legislation that expanded the scope of broadcast media and is widely known as the “originator of televised presidential debates.” He also served as law clerk to Fred M. Vinson, chief justice of the United States; assistant counsel to Ill. Gov. Adlai Stevenson; and chairman and director of the Public Broadcasting Service. Minow received both his bachelor’s degree in 1949 and his J.D. in 1950 from NU. He joined the Board of Trustees in 1975, became a Life Trustee in 1987 and is currently the Walter Annenberg Professor Emeritus. oliviaexstrum2017@u.northwestern.edu choose between Hulu Plus, which was piloted during February and March, and Comcast, barring any new offers from other entertainment services, in time to have one of the services ready to implement campus-wide by next fall. “We’ll be using the month of June to digest the data and interpret what students liked about both programs and hopefully move forward with a decision related to one or the other for an offering for fall,” he said. — Jordan Harrison
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Weinberg distro system On being Palestinian in needs to be changed a pro-Israel institution TOM CUI
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Before the University of Wisconsin-Madison snatched her away, Weinberg College Dean Sarah Mangelsdorf waxed poetic about how her school offered “the best of both academic worlds: a nurturing liberal arts experience within […] a major research university.” Like most marketing slogans, some thought will show this is unrealistic. Liberal arts can cover an undergraduate education and require understanding of many disciplines. Each department in a research university trains students to practice the discipline, understand the arcana and pitch how that one discipline is more employable than all others. Something has to give. The distribution requirements system in Weinberg — two “distros” in each of The the six concentration areas — has distribution seemed to requirements always me a rather passivesystem in aggressive compromise. It tries not to Weinberg ... interfere with major has always studies but demands seemed to me a an unusual degree study in some rather passive- of disciplines. Like any aggressive passive-aggressive compromise. act, then, the distro system ends up undermining in the long run the liberal arts values it wanted to promote. There are two angles from which we can argue the current system is inadequate. The first one argues it has failed to guarantee a classic liberal education. The heart of NU academics is the major, the program of study necessary for employment, certainty in life and other things. To defend GPAs from hard major courses, people find the easiest distros and study only what is necessary for a good grade. Equilibrium is reached once everyone shares a ranking of “easy distros” to take. The one way to break the equilibrium — delisting courses from the distro lists — would run the risk of angering department faculty. All of this assumes the distro system must compete with the major. This competition is illusory. A liberal arts education complements any particular concentration because it informs conversation outside of a professional bubble. It teaches us to treat dissenting
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beliefs with a level of respect. The very opposite of that would be someone who completes science distros without any intuition for the scientific method or someone who completes ethics distros without knowledge of debates on the good act. An education like that only leads to groups shouting over other groups, each unable to understand the other. From another angle, the distro system has created an inequality in liberal arts education. Consider the social sciences. I know too many people who take two quarters of the introductory economics sequence and call it a day, when economics is only a very particular interpretation of social science. Or take the example of the history distress. People will scramble to take the interesting courses on the Holocaust or Great Britain but leave with no new knowledge of interpreting historical documents. Meanwhile, every credit spent on these courses is one less learning data analysis or one on race and privilege — arguably two more relevant topics to the world today. It is then no surprise that people are tired of the system — because it does not lead them to understand what they do not know but feel is relevant. Without the right lead, we cannot even find strangers with whom to communicate. Of course, the general education requirements are completely different in the other five schools. I know Medill students have to take a course in only the visual arts, just one in economics and so on. I wish Weinberg would adopt that better specified system. Undergrads would, say, take one course in eight different disciplines—specified disciplines like data analysis, biological sciences or social history. This is already the path taken by schools like Harvard and Stanford. Even better would be a course for each discipline that serves as a comprehensive introduction to that discipline’s methods; they will be large classes, and the mutual desire to score well in them will lead to extracurricular discussion about every discipline. That is all a bit utopian, and someone is bound to tell me that maybe general education requirements should simply not exist. But we find a way to turn every other activity on this campus into a full-time job; distros are the one time we are incentivized for learning out of curiosity. The system needs to realize its potential. Tom Cui is a Weinberg junior. He can be reached at tianfangcui2015@u.northwestern.edu. If you would like to respond publicly to this column, send a Letter to the Editor to opinion@dailynorthwestern. com.
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Editor’s note: In Tuesday’s print edition, a guest column ran in response to the initial piece of The Spectrum: “On being Palestinian in a pro-Israel institution.” The Spectrum is a new series that’s part of our Opinion section. It will serve as a space to talk about marginalization on Northwestern’s campus. We erred in judgment running that response without printing the initial piece to which it was responding. It can be read in full here: At this point, Northwestern’s stance on the Israeli-Palestinian issue is clear as day. When University President Morton Schapiro actively releases a statement in opposition to the American Studies Association resolution and ensures that it reaches the inbox of every student from Evanston to Doha, students are marginalized. When he dedicates the beginning of his speech at Veritas Forum, a platform for advancing the exploration of truth, to advertising Israel as a “place for everyone,” he contributes to a dangerous discourse. “There are Muslims there,” he said, and my jaw dropped. There are Muslims there. Of course there are Muslims there. Up until the creation of the state of Israel in 1948, that land was majority-Muslim. It was events like the Deir Yassin massacre, commemorated the day after the Veritas Forum, that paved the way for Israel’s foundation. Israel does not deserve praise for allowing a small minority of indigenous Muslim Palestinians second-class citizenship (while exiling and occupying the rest). More importantly, such a forum is not the place to conveniently ignore Israel’s current and historical racism. Only a few rows away, I watched our university president whitewash Israel to a crowd of hundreds in Ryan Auditorium — the state that entirely disenfranchised (to put it mildly) my grandparents, my parents and me. At that point I realized that disenfranchisement followed me here to the campus I call home and usually feel proud to attend. That evening, I was wearing my keffiyeh, a symbol of Palestinian solidarity and identity, at the forum. I put it on that day as an act of defiance after I heard that NU and Tel Aviv University
signed an agreement to be sister universities. This initiative included the touting of NU administrators and leaders enjoying Israel. Seen in context, it showed NU as not only taking a stance but running a full-fledged top-down pro-Israel campaign. Just last month, TAU banned a Palestinian speaker event organized by its own students. Nevertheless, Schapiro and Provost Daniel Linzer really meant it when they said they “intend to maintain and strengthen relationships” with Israeli institutions. Naturally, there is no visible student input on the matter. I wonder what it would take to even attempt to establish relations with Birzeit University (this would be technically allowable now since NU decided to make exceptions to the university travel policy “for students to study in individual cities that are deemed safe” last year). The official signing at TAU took place only four months after Schapiro encouraged the Northwestern community to “pause and reflect on the lessons that we have learned from President Mandela.” However, it appears that one of Mandela’s greatest teachings is excluded from this campus-wide reflection: standing in solidarity with oppressed peoples, no matter how unpopular their cause may be. Nearly two decades ago, Mandela himself stated, “our freedom is incomplete without the freedom of the Palestinians.” The apartheid system of South Africa was brought down in the early 1990s, after the disinvestment campaign had just gained prominence on American university campuses during the previous decade. While the Israeli state and South African apartheid regime both imposed control in 1948 (visit the current exhibit in Main Library), the Palestinian cause, though increasingly gaining support, remains threatened on US campuses, and the Palestinian people remain tied down directly by the shackles of colonialism. One might think my family escaped those shackles by coming to the United States. My father, a Chicagoan, could not be prouder to send his firstborn daughter to the esteemed Northwestern University. We were refugees, and we really made it. Yet sitting in that auditorium was just one more instance in my life where I fully realized that I had not escaped the burden. Instead, I felt it weighing heavily upon me. Serene Darwish is a Weinberg junior. She can be reached at serenedarwish2015@u.northwestern.edu. If you would like to respond publicly to this column, send a Letter to the Editor to opinion@dailynorthwestern.com.
Buzzfeed sparks important, necessary conversations MATT GATES
Daily columnist
It’s 11 p.m. You have a paper to write and a problem set to finish. What do you do? Maybe you finish it all in time to get a good night’s sleep. Maybe you turn on the TV and convince yourself you’re going to multitask. Or, if you’re like a lot of the students I’ve met at Northwestern, you click a link on the favorites bar: Buzzfeed or another clickable, listicle site. Reading over the list of “20 Foods You Miss Most from the 90’s,” watching a video of an episode of “Game of Thrones” being explained by people who’ve never watched the show before or taking a quiz on which Spongebob character you are can all seem preferable to productivity. However, some serious topics have managed to make their way onto listicle sites. The unique format of Buzzfeed and similar sites gives them the ability to address their target under-40 demographic about certain topics in ways other publications cannot. Trying to fully inform oneself using Buzzfeed is like trying to ace Russian Lit using Sparknotes: It’s sure to not end well. However, both provide highlights to accompany more
expansive sources. Buzzfeed’s unique offering of lists, pictures and quizzes, as opposed to lengthy text, sparks interest in the topics it covers. Readers can then research an issue more fully using other sources. For example, students in my dorm and Some serious I have taken the “How Privileged Are You?” topics have quiz on Buzzfeed, but managed to it hasn’t fully informed make their way us about the issues privilege in onto listicle sites regarding America. ... Buzzfeed’s However, it may unique offering have made us think more about the seriof lists, pictures ous issue of privilege in society. and quizzes ... of the checksparks interest listSome points had to do in the topics it with the things that one comes to find with covers. privilege, like money and access to education. Others might have been less obvious, like prescription medication abuse. Taking this Buzzfeed quiz could hopefully lead students to do further research. They might discover that one in three college students will abuse a prescription medication
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during his or her college career, while drug shortages are still an issue in the U.S. with the number of drugs declared in short supply peaking at 251 in 2011. Buzzfeed’s unique formatting allows it to display lists of tweets and other social media posts to demonstrate public opinion on current issues. The site created listicles of the racist and homophobic tweets in response to a black actress portraying a Hunger Games character and an Olympic swimmer coming out. Buzzfeed listicles of instances of racism and homophobia cannot begin to fully explain the numerous complicated factors involved in these issues. However, they do give a unique vantage point from which to look at them. Buzzfeed is not the The New York Times or The Wall Street Journal, and no one should expect it to be. Next time you are on Buzzfeed, make note that if you were a Harry Potter character, you’d be Hagrid, and remember to check out the list of the 18 types of people you’ll meet in college. But if you do run across something more serious, take a look and be sure to read up on it elsewhere as well. Matt Gates is a Weinberg freshman. He can be reached at matthewgates2017@u.northwestern.edu. If you want to respond publicly to this column, send a Letter to the Editor to opinion@dailynorthwestern.com.
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City launches public tree inventory to collect data By paige leskin
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Evanston has launched an inventory of all trees on public property in order to evaluate the health of the trees and to enter their locations in the city’s mapping software. “This inventory is intended for the collection of many attributes of the Evanston urban forest, such as size, species, location and health of each public tree,� the city said in a news release. The inspections, which began last Thursday, are being conducted by employees of the Davey Resource Group, a consulting firm that specializes in natural resource and ecological services. The group will send out two to six inspectors six days of each week to retrieve data. Paul D’Agostino, Evanston’s assistant
director of public works and forestry, said the documentation of trees will go into the city’s Geographic Information System. The GIS stores and manages data about the locations of features of Evanston, including underground streetlight wires as well as water lines and sewer lines. “Once we have it in that system, we can combine it with other layers,� D’Agostino said. “(The GIS) helps us to coordinate work and avoid conflicts, without having to actually go out there and dig holes to find things.� The city will also pay attention to the state that trees are in to help establish further actions that should be taken on those trees. Based on the recommendations given by the Davey group, D’Agostino said Evanston can decide which trees are in the worst condition and should be removed. In the past few years, hundreds of Evanston trees have suffered damages and had to be cut
down by the city. Around 400 trees in 2013 were infested with emerald ash borer beetles and were subsequently removed. In the wake of the polar vortex which resulted in freezing temperatures and the city’s snowiest winter on record, dozens of sycamore trees split and became hazardous. The DRG will be in charge of figuring out if any of those dead or damaged trees still remain. “(The city) will be able to find out where those trees are and look into them further,� said Josh Behounek, a regional business developer for DRG. “They can either remove them or monitor them and do any kind of preventative treatments.� At the end of the inventory, which is projected to be complete by the beginning of June, Behounek said DRG will prioritize which trees should be dealt with immediately — whether for a simple pruning or for an entire removal. Although DRG itself will not be involved in
taking action on the trees, Behounek said it will advise the city which steps they should take.
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They’ll be able to find out what trees are performing well, so that those trees, they can plant more of. Josh Behounek, Davey Resource Group developer
“They’ll know exactly what they have and where it’s at,� he said. “They’ll be able to find out what trees are performing well, so that those trees, they can plant more of. So by just having the whole data, they’re able to make more informed decisions.� paigeleskin2017@u.northwestern.edu
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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 23, 2014
Cats sweep Fighting Illini, push winning streak to 6 By HUZAIFA PATEL
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Northwestern made a quick turnaround from a weekend sweep over Indiana, winning both games of a doubleheader Tuesday at Illinois. The Wildcats (29-11, 11-6 Big Ten) used two solid offensive performances to defeat the Fighting Illini (19-23, 3-14 Big Ten) 6-3 and 9-0 (6 innings) in Urbana, Ill., and extended their win streak to six games. NU got the scoring going right away in game one. A first-inning single from senior outfielder Mari Majam, followed by a home run from senior third baseman Marisa Bast quickly made the score 2-0. Junior shortstop Anna Edwards then doubled with two outs and was brought in by a single from sophomore second baseman Brianna LeBeau to spot sophomore pitcher Kristen Wood a three-run lead. After Wood overcame a two-out single and error, the Cats added a run in the second. Majam drew a two-out walk and moved to second on a wild pitch, eventually scoring on a single from Bast. The hot streak continued in the third inning. After LeBeau was hit by a pitch, senior catcher Paige Tonz hit a double and junior pinch hitter Olivia Duehr
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“There was this big purple monster,” she said. “We’re reading from a different playbook now and have graduated from a town-gown relationship to a city-university partnership.” Ald. Delores Holmes (5th) said she wishes NU could do “more for the city.” “That’s just the way it is,” she said. “They’re not on the tax roll, but that’s not them. That was them years and years ago.” However, Holmes said the University is always going to naturally grow, and the fundraising campaign is both evidence and a product of this growth. She said projects like the new Workforce Development Program, which will provide Evanston residents with employment opportunities at NU, are great. “That’s what (NU does). They raise money to expand the campus and to build their programs,”
drew a walk to load the bases. Junior infielder Julia Kuhn hit a grounder to third, and the throw home sailed over the catcher, scoring LeBeau. With two outs in the inning, a single from Majam gave NU its sixth run of the game. After Illinois made a pitching change at the start of the fourth inning, the Cats failed to register a hit for the rest of the game. The earlier runs proved to be enough, as Wood pitched a complete game, allowing 3 runs on eight hits and two walks. The second game of the series wasn’t quite as close, as the Cats were nearly perfect in all aspects. Freshman pitcher Nicole Bond had one of her best games of the season, pitching six shutout innings and allowing only one hit. NU got off to another fast start in the first inning with a triple from Allard and a sacrifice fly from Bast. Sophomore infielder Andrea Filler added another run in the fourth inning with a solo shot to center field. The Cats blew open the game in the fifth inning. After Duehr led off with a double, Illinois subbed in pitcher Jade Vecvanags, who had not allowed a hit in game one after relieving starter Brandi Needham. The NU hitters were ready this time. Singles from Majam and Edwards scored Duehr before LeBeau hit a two-run single to make the score 5-0 The Cats reached run-rule eligibility with a fourHolmes said. “But there’s a lot more trying to work together now.” Perkins said “We Will,” the largest fundraising effort in the University’s history, will only strengthen NU’s relationship to the community at large by strengthening NU itself. “All of these positive programs are able to be funded out of the President’s office because of a commitment to the community,” she said. Witherspoon also noted the importance of University President Morton Schapiro to the collaboration. Schapiro began his term as the 16th president of NU in 2009. Grover said this engagement between “all of the major players in Evanston” has improved relations as a whole. “It’s taken some major shifts from the University, the city and the high school to bring it all together,” Grover said. “We’re in a much different place now.” juliangerez2017@u.northwestern.edu
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3 0 run sixth inning. Kuhn singled to lead off, after which Duehr reached on an error and Allard singled to load the bases with no outs. An error by Illinois against Majam and a two-run single from Bast made the score 8-0. LeBeau was then hit by a pitch and Tonz walked to make the game 9-0. Bond went one-two-three in the 6th inning with two strikeouts and a groundoutto put a stamp on a dominant performance. It was another huge series for Bast, who belted her seventh home run of the season in game one, giving her 37 in her career. Bast picked up six RBIs in the series and struck out only once. NU will travel to Columbus, Ohio, to take on Ohio State this weekend in its final Big Ten road series. huzaifapatel2017@u.northwestern.edu
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committee, a subsection of the College Democrats responsible for organizing the event. Ortega said she was pleased with how the discussion unfolded, noting the forum was collaborative and encouraged audience members to listen to all perspectives. “It’s easy to pick a party and only go to their events as a Republican or Democrat,” Ortega said. “When we do these collaborative things, it shows we all do care about the same issues.” The committee was formed last spring as a place for students to address issues of financial aid, student debt and income disparity. After working with Quest Scholars last quarter on the “Class Confessions” Tumblr page that displays anonymous confessions on income concerns and opinions, the committee explored the idea of an open forum with College Republicans to begin a face-to-face dialogue. “The assessment I got from the Tumblr was
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TWICE AS NICE Marisa Bast tracks her pop fly after connecting on a pitch. The senior infielder had 3 RBI in the first game of the Northwestern’s doubleheader sweep against Illinois.
there’s a lot of pent-up frustration,” said Weinberg sophomore Quentin Heilbroner, president of College Democrats. The confessions page, which has select posts featured on the ground floor of Norris University Center, revealed a spectrum of experiences. The panelists and audience members at the event also came from different backgrounds, with some identifying as low-income and others coming from wealthier households. Heilbroner said openness regarding student’s backgrounds is healthy, noting he had hoped the forum would begin alleviating the stigma associated with discussing such topics. “The culture of silence has two sides,” Heilbroner said. “On one hand, people don’t talk about it, and beyond that, this is a very wealthy school … you feel like you’re the only one with these problems. This discussion is important because we are all somewhat connected, and this really is a community.” aliceyin2017@u.northwestern.edu
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Pollard builds NU into a Big Ten dynasty return to England, continue playing for a bit and work for Adidas. Pollard would become the graduate assistant coach for the Bulldogs. The two finally came back together in 2008 when thenassistant coach David Mullins left the NU program. “Claire’s obviously been here a very long time,” Holden said. “We complement each other. I do what she asks me to do, what’s required of me. We kind of just know what needs to be done. At the end of the day, I’m there to support her and how she wants to run the program. That’s a great thing about Claire: She’s very open to changes and other people’s opinions. She’s always looking for new things to implement, new ideas.”
By MIKE MARUT
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Welcome to The Sideline, a series of profiles of Northwestern’s coaches. In the coming months, The Daily’s sports staff will provide detailed looks into the lives and personalities of all 19 varsity coaches. Our third installment covers women’s tennis coach Claire Pollard. Northwestern is a women’s tennis powerhouse. It’s almost hard for the Wildcats to lose. NU holds the second-longest Big Ten Championship record in conference history, with 11 consecutive championships from 1999 to 2009. The team won 81 straight dual matches against Big Ten opponents from 2004 to 2010 and has claimed the Big Ten title 14 of the last 15 years. This weekend, that could improve to 15 of 16. Claire Pollard has been in Evanston for 16 years.
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Across the pond Tennis has been in Pollard’s blood since her beginnings in Surrey, England. Both of her parents played tennis in the London area, so “weekends were often at the tennis club,” Pollard said. She was immersed in the tennis lifestyle starting at 8 years old. Initially, the young Pollard loved soccer, “or football, as we should call it,” but because lower-level soccer leagues for girls did not really exist during her childhood, she scrapped the idea of playing soccer and began to take the racket seriously at age 12. “I entered a few tournaments,” Pollard said. “I did OK and seemed to really enjoy it. (While at the tennis club) I might as well have played rather than sitting there doing nothing. With tennis, there were opportunities to play throughout the summer and back then it was a very different commitment than these girls (the NU team) make, I only played twice a week growing up.” Teammates for life Pollard and associate head coach Jackie Holden knew of each other back in the United Kingdom, but Pollard played in tournaments in the southern part of the country while Holden dominated the northern part. “Our paths often crossed when we played county events,” Holden said. “We didn’t play an awful lot, but we
After her college days, I really like Pollard participated in figuring out Wimbledon how to beat and the someone. U.S. Open ChampiThat’s probably onships in the aspect of 1989. For many of the coaching that I next summers, she enjoy the most. returned Claire Pollard, to Wilton women’ s tennis Tennis Club coach to hone her skills as a tennis master and compete in the Wilton Summer Tournament. She has won 13 of those tournaments. “I certainly didn’t compete to win,” she said. “I competed because it’s kind of just what you did. You kind of wanted to test yourself. I really like figuring out how to beat someone. That’s really fun for me as a player, that’s really fun for me as a coach. That’s probably the aspect of coaching that I enjoy the most, just sitting back and trying to help someone figure it out.” A few years out of college, Pollard became the head coach for both men’s and women’s tennis at Lamar University in Texas. Between those teams, she accrued an overall record of 110-100 from 1994-98. After the 1998 season, she arrived at NU to establish the women’s tennis program as a national powerhouse that routinely ranks in the top 20 nationally. During her tenure with the Cats, Pollard boasts a 349-85 record. Her best season was 2008, when NU went 29-2 and finished fifth in the NCAA Tournament.
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CONSISTENT CLAIRE Claire Pollard has made her mark at Northwestern. The women’s tennis head coach has led her team to a Big Ten regular season or tournament title 14 of the last 15 years.
knew each other through junior tennis in England. (Pollard) was very well known for her doubles in particular,” Holden said. “I think she won our nationals in doubles so she was always known as a doubles player.” The pair attended Mississippi State together and dominated the doubles game at the collegiate level, winning back-to-back Southeastern Conference championships. After different circumstances kept them from substantial success at the NCAA Tournament their
first three years, the duo finally won the 1989 NCAA doubles championship in their final season. The tandem’s style became a deadly combination of power and prowess. Holden had more of a powerful stroke while Pollard “was a very feel person, great hands,” Holden said. Pollard was also the calmer of the two players. Becoming collegiate champions did not have the most profound effect on either player’s lives, Holden said. Their paths had been set, Holden would
Raising an NU family Pollard regularly brings her three children to practice and matches. Madeline, Finn and Gemma are all still under 10 but love the Wildcat family. That love is reciprocated by every player on the team. The team plays with Pollard’s children and has even celebrated birthdays with them. “They’re really cute. I want to adopt Gemma,” freshman Jillian Rooney said. “We love all of them equally,” freshman Maddie Lipp said, with a slight hint of favoritism towards Gemma. “This past weekend was really fun with them. We watched ‘Frozen’ six times because they wanted to.” “It makes for a really relaxing environment,” freshman Manon Peri said. But Pollard’s family is not all biological. The whole team is tightly knit enough to be considered kin. “I personally was extremely nervous coming in,” said senior Veronica Corning, who transferred from Boston College after her freshman year. “My coach was talking to her before and giving her a bunch of expectations that I thought I had to fulfill, so coming was stressful. I wasn’t playing my greatest too, so I was going through a rough time but I had some meetings with Claire and Jackie personally and they really calmed me down telling me to take one step at a time, just let it come. It’s going to be nerve-racking at first but just adjust.” Junior Lok Sze Leung experienced similar outside stress since transferring from Middlebury College after her sophomore year. “I think Claire’s really able to establish the culture of the program,” Leung said. “Once I came here, she made it clear what this is about, what I’m here for and what she expects from me. So it’s easy because she gives us clear directions as to what you should do and what roles you play on the team.” Not just a coach, but a mentor One goal Pollard has for her team is for each player to grow more as a person than anything else. She has found a way to make sure her players balance NU’s rigorous academics with her own rigorous coaching style on the court. michaelmarut2016@u.northwestern.edu To read the rest of the story, visit dailynorthwestern.com/ the-sideline
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Back-and-forth game swings in NU’s favor at home By ALEX PUTTERMAN
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There was nothing particularly special about Northwestern’s 7-5 win Tuesday over visiting Wheaton College. The Wildcats (11-25) didn’t hit any home runs or make any diving catches. They didn’t shut out their opponents or score an abundance of runs. They just won. “We just kept coming back, and we kept battling,” coach Paul Stevens said. “I’m pleased with how they kept moving forward.” Throughout the game, NU rebuffed every Wheaton advance. Each time the Thunder (18-13) scored in the
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top of an inning, the Cats responded with runs in the bottom half. Junior shortstop Cody Stevens led the way with four hits — raising his batting average above .300 to .302 — and 2 RBIs. “It was just a good day,” Cody Stevens said. “When you’re out here playing these mid-weeks, it’s always just good to get out of class and come out and play. … Most of the time I can come up with runners on, and then it’s ‘put a good swing on the ball and try to get people in,’ and luckily that’s what happened today.”
Senior Nick Friar started the game on the mound and threw six upand-down innings, allowing 4 runs (though only 1 earned) on six hits. In the seventh, Friar was replaced by freshman Joe Hoscheit, making his first collegiate appearance on the mound. Hoscheit became the Cats’ 14th pitcher this season, as Paul Stevens continues to search for reliable arms. “We wanted to see what Hoscheit had,” Stevens said. “(Pitching coach Tim) Stoddard’s been holding out on me. … It’s gotten to the point where we’re turning over every stone we can.” Hoscheit ceded only an unearned run in his two innings of work, and senior Jack Quigley closed out the win in the ninth. Senior third baseman Nick Linne,
who recently changed some aspects of his batting stance, went 2-for-4, the only Cats player besides Cody Stevens with a multi-hit game. “Definitely good to get back on track with my swing a little bit,” Linne said. “I was struggling a little with it this weekend. Nice to get out here and get some hits.” NU’s defense wasn’t particularly strong, as the Cats made five errors leading to 4 unearned runs. Linne, who committed two of those errors, refused to blame the miscues on the sometimes erratic field conditions at Rocky Miller Park. “Some guys use that as an excuse, but I don’t really think you can,” the third baseman said. “This is my fourth year here, so I’m not going to make an excuse for the field doing
anything. You’ve just got to really chest the ball up sometimes and do whatever it takes to make a play.” The win was the Cats’ seventh in 10 games and fourth straight out-ofconference victory. “Everyone talks about ‘winning is fun,’” Stevens said. “Putting together a few wins kind of got that ‘winning is fun’ mentality, and we’re starting to roll with that.” NU is back in action Wednesday at home against Chicago State, whom the Cats beat twice just last week. “We’re on a little bit of hot streak right now, which is great,” Linne said. “The morale is super high right now, and we’re all super excited to get to the ball park every day and continue the streak.” asputt02@gmail.com