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take a chance on me Chicago emcee Chance the Rapper will perform as the daytime headliner at Dillo Day 2014. Chance is the first artist Mayfest has announced for the 2014 edition of the music festival.
Mayfest announces rapper By Rebecca savransky and tyler pager the daily northwestern @beccasavransky, @tylerpager
Chicago emcee Chance The Rapper will perform as Dillo Day 2014’s daytime headliner, Mayfest announced Thursday. Chance’s performance is the first musical act announced to perform at Dillo Day, scheduled for May 31. Walk the Moon performed as the
daytime headliner last year. Communication junior Michael Bass, Mayfest’s concerts chair, said the group decided to bring Chance this year after considering a variety of factors and looking at polling results, national trends, and campus interest. “Chance is someone thats just been so popular everywhere and at NU and we thought it would be a real great opportunity to capitalize on an artist at the rise of his career,” Bass said. “It just seems like an all-
Illinois considers Big Ten addition By BAILEY WILLIAMS
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The Illinois Senate passed a bill this week that would create a committee to study the possibility of adding another Illinois school to the Big Ten Conference. “It presents ... another affordable option to secure a degree in higher education,” said state Sen. Dan Kotowski (D-Mt. Prospect), one of
the bill’s co-sponsors. The bill looks to amend the Board of Higher Education Act by introducing a committee to study the feasibility of a state school joining the Big Ten. State Sen. Matt Murphy (R-Palatine), a co-sponsor of the bill, said a number of individuals, including a Big Ten parent who pays out-of-state tuition and people from the “higher education world,” would comprise the committee. Murphy represents a suburban » See big TEN, page 6
Riccardo Muti to speak at 2014 Commencement By Rebecca Savransky daily senior staffer @beccasavransky
Riccardo Muti, music director of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, will give the main address at the 2014 commencement ceremony. Muti will also be one of five individuals to receive an honorary degree at the ceremony, which will be held on June 20 at Ryan Field. Stevie Wonder, Grammy Awardwinning singer-songwriter, musician and producer, will be among the other recipients of the honor
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Hopefully he will think that getting an honorary degree from Northwestern is also a great honor.” Al Cubbage, University spokesman
this year. University spokesman Al Cubbage said he is excited for the ceremony and looking forward to Muti’s » See commencement, page 6
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around great act that everyone’s going to love. Chance, a Chicago native, rose to fame in 2013 after releasing two free online mixtapes, “Acid Rap” and “10 Day.” He is slated to perform at many of the nation’s top music festivals this year, including Coachella, Bonnaroo, Sasquatch and Governors Ball. Chance will be playing in the second slot this year, running from » See mayfest, page 6
One year after Northwestern rolled out its first foray into online courses for credit, the University and its partner schools terminated the Semester Online pilot program, provost Dan Linzer announced Thursday. “While we have found a high level of satisfaction among faculty teaching these courses and students taking these courses, some faculty have expressed significant concerns with some aspects of the SON model,” Linzer wrote in an email to students Thursday. “As a result, the SON consortium members have decided not to continue Semester Online beyond the pilot year.” Linzer noted the courses will continue through the summer. Semester Online courses were offered through a consortium of 10 prestigious universities. The program, announced in November 2012, began offering classes in fall 2013. Students at three affiliate partner schools were also able to take the courses. In the announcement, Linzer noted challenges in working within the consortium contributed to the decision to terminate the program. From the program’s inception, shifts
in the consortium exposed problems related to costs and course quality. Duke University, Vanderbilt University and University of Rochester were originally members of the consortium but pulled out prior to the launch of classes. Semester Online courses included assignments and weekly class video conferences. Each course was $4,200, and problems with financial aid packages caused Vanderbilt to drop out. NU offered one Semester Online course during Fall Quarter and two in Winter Quarter. The University is scheduled to offer one final course in Integrated Marketing Communications during the summer. A spokeswoman for 2U, the company that developed Semester Online, said the decision to end the program was mutual between 2U and the universities in the consortium. “Semester Online was always an experiment,” Shirley Chow wrote in an email to The Daily. “The pilot program experienced significant challenges related to the complexities of a consortium structure.” Chow said lessons learned from Semester Online will be applied to create an online undergraduate nursing program at Simmons College. Czak15@u.northwestern.edu
City readies township dissolution
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going to township Community activist Betty Ester addresses audience members’ concerns and questions Thursday night in a special meeting outside City Council chambers. Ester has been advocating for Evanston Township since before residents voted for its dissolution in last month’s election. County Clerk’s office next week, BobBy Sophia Bollag and Bailey kiewicz said the resignation of former Williams township supervisor Gary Gaspard in the daily northwestern October and Bobkiewicz’s subsequent @news_BaileyW, @SophiaBollag appointment to the position paved the way for a smooth transition. After residents voted to dissolve “There really is not much of a Evanston Township last month, the process,” Bobkiewicz said. “We’ve city and the township are collaboratbeen thinking about it since ... last ing to transition township services to October.” city management by the end of the Bobkiewicz was named interim month, despite concerns from some township supervisor shortly after residents. Gaspard resigned. Bobkiewicz said he asked city health director Evonda Voters elected to abolish the townThomas-Smith to help him with the ship by an almost two-to-one margin township responsibilities. The two have on March 18. The next day, city manager Wally Bobkiewicz submitted a been working with township employproposal to City Council that would ees ever since. dissolve the township by April 30. “Evonda Thomas-Smith, our health Although the official dissolution director, has been working day to day process will not begin until the elecwith the township staff, so I feel very tion results are certified by the Cook comfortable that it will be a pretty
seamless transition,” Bobkiewicz said. The township provides emergency services and general assistance, a program similar to welfare, to qualifying Evanston residents as well as property tax assessments. The township employees who work on emergency services and general assistance will become city employees and work in the health department, Bobkiewicz said. The township department that deals with property tax assessment assistance will also come under city management. “The transition is going rather smoothly from my perspective,” Thomas-Smith said. “I think change can be I challenging feel very for staff. The comfortable staff primarily have been that it will long-term be a pretty employees of the township seamless and of that transition.” form of government and Wally (are) now tranBobkiewicz, sitioning to the city manager city form of government.” A group of residents including activist Betty Ester say they are concerned about the transition of township services to city management. Ester held a special meeting Thursday evening outside the City Council chambers at the Lorraine H. Morton Civic Center. About a dozen people attended and voiced their concerns about the dissolution process and the officials
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» See township, page 6
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Around Town 2 Evanston residents charged in $1.35M heroin seizure
An Evanston man and woman face money laundering charges after authorities found $1.35 million worth of heroin in an Aurora, Ill., man’s home, police said Thursday afternoon. Police seized 9 kilograms — almost 20 pounds — of the drug and are calling the bust one of the largest by a law enforcement agency in Kane County, which includes the west suburbs of Chicago. “Heroin is dangerously addictive and often deadly, and it plagues nearly every community throughout the Chicago area,� Kane County state’s attorney Joe McMahon said in a news release. “This seizure
removes from circulation a significant amount of heroin that otherwise would have been distributed throughout the Chicago suburbs.� The bust led to the arrests of Evanston residents Juan C. Fernandez, 39, and Reyna Garcia-Manzanares, 41, as well as 41-year-old Modesto Alarcon of Aurora. The three suspects were taken into custody Tuesday after local and federal investigators saw them meeting in Aurora, according to police. Authorities said Fernandez and Garcia-Manzanares left the area in a separate car from Alarcon, and police found $190,000 in cash when they pulled over the Evanston residents. Investigators also searched Alarcon’s home in the 1000 block of Grove Street in Aurora, where they found the heroin, $85,000 in cash, a handgun,
bullets and other drug-dealing materials, police said. They seized everything they found, according to authorities. Alarcon has been charged with one felony count each of possession of a controlled substance with intent to deliver, possession of a controlled substance and money laundering, according to police. Authorities said his bail was set Wednesday at $15 million. Fernandez and Garcia-Manzanares each face one felony count of money laundering, according to authorities. Police said the Evanston residents were ordered held on $500,000 bonds Wednesday. Alarcon is scheduled to appear in court April 18, while Fernandez and Garcia-Manzanares are set to appear April 11. — Patrick Svitek
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Police Blotter Criminal sexual abuse reported in North Campus residence hall A Campus Security Authority reported a case of criminal sexual abuse to University Police last week. The report indicated that an unknown female student was the victim of unwanted sexual touching by an unknown male student, said Deputy Chief Dan McAleer. The incident occurred Feb. 15 in a North Campus residence hall.
Domestic battery reported in South Campus residence hall
A male student battered a female student with whom he has or had a dating relationship, according to a separate report filed with UP last week. During a verbal altercation between the students, the man grabbed the woman’s wrist, McAleer said. No further harm was done to the woman. The offense occurred in a South Campus residence hall, according to the report, which was also filed by a CSA. — Ciara McCarthy
Police arrest man in west Evanston drug bust
An Evanston man was arrested Wednesday in connection with a drug bust on the city’s west side that totaled almost $10,000, police said. The Evanston Police Department’s Special Operations Group found 12 grams of cocaine, 2.5 grams of marijuana and $9,781 after executing a search warrant at the home of 38-year-old
Dion W. Smith, according to authorities. Police said they also discovered a scale and plastic bags. Smith, of the 1000 block of Dodge Avenue, was charged with possession of a controlled substance, possession of a controlled substance with intent to deliver and possession of cannabis. He is scheduled to appear in court April 21. — Patrick Svitek
National News Military officials have not pinpointed motivation behind shooting spree at Fort Hood
AUSTIN, Texas—Family and friends of Fort Hood shooter Ivan Lopez, grasping to explain his behavior, pointed to several recent setbacks that could have sparked his rampage. Yet military officials cautioned Thursday that they hadn’t identified any single reason why the Army specialist opened fire on his comrades a day earlier, killing three and wounding 16 before turning his gun on himself. Friends from Lopez’s Puerto Rican hometown of Guayanilla told The Austin American-Statesman that the soldier was upset about the recent
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I think it’s really easy to be angry about a specific case and be upset. Really what we need to do is focus on making sure things like this don’t happen again.
— Weinberg junior Kayleen McMonigal
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Watson, Zorn look for collaboration, communication By Rebecca SAVRANSKY daily senior staffer @beccasavransky
Associated Student Government presidential candidate Julia Watson and running mate Erik Zorn believe their strong listening skills, commitment to students campus-wide and comprehensive platform make them unique and compelling nominees for the position. The two are running under the slogan “Engage and Empower.” Watson said giving students the ability to participate and to voice their opinions was one of the most important missions for the pair, and they wanted their campaign name to reflect those ideas. The pair built their campaign on eight core values, under which they define specific projects and ideas they want to address. The values they put forth included accessibility, accountability, engagement and participation among others. Watson said after analyzing several platforms from past years and speaking with student groups across campus, they decided this would be the best way to organize their goals. “All the (past) platforms seemed to break things down into areas,” Watson said. “They were very much
like boxes and Erik and I don’t really think people’s experiences should be pigeon-holed into just one area.” When the two began their campaign plans in November, Watson and Zorn had already held several campus leadership positions both in and outside of ASG. Most recently serving as the ASG public relations vice president, Watson said she was influential in organizing the ASG Roundtables and the “The Campus Loop” email list. She also is a member of the Campus Coalition on Mental Health. Zorn said although he had worked on projects through ASG, he has also been heavily involved in Northwestern Community Development Corporation and the Residential College Board. “I think one of the greatest strengths of the two of us running together is just the fact that we do come from very different perspectives of Northwestern but at the same time have the common goal of wanting to improve Northwestern,” Zorn said. Watson said in addition to being members of a variety of different groups across campus, she and Zorn complemented each other well, noting she usually looked at projects in a more creative and “big-picture” way, whereas Zorn is often more analytical. Among their other initiatives, the pair is looking to
promote a program called 3 + E, which would award students credit for extracurricular activities. Watson said they had looked into the idea and held focus groups last quarter focused on how students learn to gauge whether or not the idea would be plausible. She said that through their experiences, they realized that “not all learning happens in the classroom,” and they want to give students this option. Other goals include improving CTECs, creating forums for discussing student problems and encouraging the administration to take a proactive rather than reactive approach. “It tends to be that students get to this breaking point and then there’s tons of protests and we need to fix this and the University will only react when students get so up in arms so I’d like to see kind of a little bit of a shift through these forums and through this feedback for us to start building an area especially in socioeconomic status and diversity and inclusion,” Watson said. “I just think we can be more proactive in these areas.” Prior to the election, the pair said they scheduled meetings with residential colleges, fraternities and sororities and other student groups, created an interactive banner for students to share their thoughts and encouraged feedback through social media platforms.
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‘ENGAGE AND EMPOWER’ Weinberg juniors Julia Watson and Erik Zorn give a presentation outlining their campaign platform. The ASG candidates held a meeting Thursday with supporters.
“You really have to throw yourself out there to run,” Watson said. “Putting yourself out there is not always the easy thing to do, but its the right thing to do if you really want to develop a platform that is actually holistic and actually does get to the root of the problems.” rebeccasavransky2015@u.northwestern.edu
MENA, NU-Q team up for publication of new research By Annie bruce
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Faculty members from Northwestern’s Middle East and North African Studies Department and Northwestern University in Qatar collaborated to put together a publication that highlights research from various disciplines related to the region. The monograph, “On the Ground: New Directions in Middle East and North African Studies,” was published in a print edition in February and online in March. Associate Prof. Brian Edwards, director of the
MENA program, hopes the publication will help highlight the work the department is doing at NU. “I think it gives a sense of the vibrancy of the program or the vibrancy of the field of Middle East and North African studies,” he said. “It’s challenging wrapping your mind around all these different disciplines, but they all contribute to a richer sense of a very diverse region.” Edwards, who edited “On the Ground” and wrote a chapter for the publication, said each section gives insight into a different area of faculty research, ranging from political science to anthropology. Jessica Winegar, an associate professor of anthropology, is one of eight MENA faculty members who
contributed to “On the Ground.” Two members of the NU-Qatar faculty also wrote chapters in the book. Winegar’s chapter, titled “Fed-up and bored,” focuses on revolutions in Egypt. “These are all kind of working papers in the sense that they represent new research agendas and new research projects for all of us,” Winegar said. “The intent is to share with the Northwestern community new research directions in Middle East scholarship on the campus.” Winegar became involved with “On the Ground” after traveling to the Qatar campus with other MENA faculty members in September 2012.
“While we were there we all gave lectures on our ongoing research and a publication idea came as a result,” she said. The MENA program at NU was officially launched during Fall Quarter 2013, and Edwards said there is a benefit to starting a Middle Eastern studies program now. “The first few stages of history of Middle East studies were very tied up with Cold War politics,” Edwards said. “Great scholarship that we all learned from came from that, but we’re creating a program at a very different historical moment.” annebruce2015@u.northwestern.edu
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Julia and Erik deserve your vote
When we ran for Associated Student Government President and Vice President two years ago, we asked students to express themselves. The stories that followed inspired us. Northwestern is not perfect — far from it. But, the only way to leave the school a better place than it was when we arrived was to start by listening to the stories of our fellow Wildcats. The Northwestern community needs leaders who are willing to listen to their peers. They will hear stories of academic triumph, of excellence in arts and of millions of dollars raised for charity. They will hear stories of unfathomable success and accomplishment. But they will also hear stories of unfathomable pain and injustice. It is our responsibility as Wildcats to fight so that no student at Northwestern ever again finds himself or herself feeling alone with nowhere to turn. It is our responsibility not just to celebrate the successes but also to fight for our peers whose experiences at Northwestern have been far from what they imagined when they stepped on campus for the first time. Only those who prioritize listening can harness the power of stories to strengthen our community. Since we first met Julia Watson as a freshman, she has embodied this philosophy. Through her actions, she has proven time and again that she understands the only way to engage and empower is to start by listening. Julia is one of the most authentic and hardworking people we’ve had the pleasure to know at Northwestern, and her running mate, Erik Zorn, is equally impressive. We first met Erik while he was president of Chapin Residential College and later worked with him in his role as RCB president. As many can, and will, attest, Erik passionately loves Northwestern and has
worked tirelessly in his time on campus to Julia and make the community a better place. Erik have the Julia and Erik have determination, the determination, passion, and practical passion, and experience needed to practical engage and empower experience the entire Northwestern community. needed to It is with great pride engage and that we offer them our endorsement for empower the positions of ASG the entire President and ExecuNorthwestern tive Vice President. In our time at community. Northwestern, we were incredibly lucky to work with an unbelievable number of passionate and intelligent students. Northwestern is stronger together than apart. We firmly believe collaboration between all of the ASG candidates is in the best interest of the Northwestern community. We have seen firsthand the passion that Ronak Patel brings to our campus. He is as genuine a person as there is and would serve ASG incredibly well in the coming year. We strongly urge Julia and Erik, should they win, to find a spot for Ronak on their executive board. The only way to leave Northwestern a better place than when you arrived on campus is to make your voice heard. Vote for Julia and Erik because they want to hear your story. Vote for Julia and Erik because your experience matters. But regardless of whom you vote for on April 9, don’t forget to express yourself. Go ‘Cats!
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Victor Shao Former ASG President, NU Class of ‘13 Brad Stewart Former ASG Executive Vice President, NU Class of ‘13
A thank you from the Evanston Community Foundation to DM
As the quarter gets underway, the Evanston Community Foundation wants to extend our appreciation to every dancer, committee member and executive board member on a hugely successful 40th anniversary Dance Marathon. We want you to know that the community of Evanston greatly appreciates and applauds your dedication. It’s not easy to quantify the impact of DM on Evanston, but the 1997-98 decision to give back to the community that you call home for your four years at Northwestern by selecting ECF as a secondary beneficiary continues to resonate. First, the numbers themselves are impressive. ECF has now received $1,134,739, and over the last 17 years, we estimate there have been more than 10,000 dancers engaged on our behalf. Second, the spirit of our collaboration is inspiring. The DM co-chairs participate as full voting members of ECF’s grants committee, contributing the perspectives of a younger generation and helping to allocate funds across the full range of grants that ECF awards. The largest population ECF serves is very young children. We like to think that your hard work and generosity create new opportunities for them so more Evanston children can follow your path to Northwestern and other fine universities. Third, we’ve achieved great results. ECF has made grants that we wouldn’t have made without your input: the 2001 social norms marketing initiative that continues to shape student perceptions of drug and alcohol non-use at ETHS today, more than a decade later. A more recent grant went to Curt’s Cafe, where formerly incarcerated teens have new opportunities through
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17 years Evanston Community Foundation president and CEO Sara Schastok (right) reacts after receiving a check from Dance Marathon 2014.
training in food service and life skills alike. Fourth, the model is worthy. Ours is surely among the largest and longestrunning philanthropic partnerships of any university student body and its home community. Thanks to DM, ECF can say “yes!” more often to projects that benefit the community we share. And just as DM is about more than money, so is the work of ECF. Like you, we are passionate about our work. Like you, we know it is important to strive for goals that seem beyond reach. There is nothing better than standing with all 1,000 of you in the early hours of a cold March morning! The 30 hours seem both unending and fleeting, but the impact of each Dance Marathon continues to reverberate throughout Evanston. Sincerely, Sara L. Schastok, Ph.D. President and CEO Evanston Community Foundation
Guest Column
A look at NU football’s changed landscape David Nixon A recent decision of a regional director of the National Labor Relations Board held that football players at Northwestern receiving grant-in-aid scholarships occupy the legal status of employees of the school under the National Labor Relations Act. That means they can choose a union to represent them. The decision immediately sent major reverberations throughout the sports world. Not since the NFL players, a couple of years ago, filed an anti-trust suit against that league in response to the latter’s lockout of them in the midst of contentious contract negotiations, have sports pages been filled with such befuddlement. Just like then, we now see experts in sports trying to become overnight experts in labor law. How nice it would be if expertise in labor law were so readily attainable. Right after that decision was issued, sports reporters even were so bold as to write that it marks the first shot in some battle between college athletes and the NCAA that will eventually lead to the disintegration of the latter. Really? And then the most prominent face of the union here — the College Athletes Players Association, or CAPA — that filed the petition that triggered the director’s decision, former Northwestern Wildcat quarterback Kain Colter, has been far from guarded in making proclamations. His pronouncements foresee vast improvements in player benefits through the anticipated collective bargaining negotiations between NU and CAPA. Really? I have to wonder how carefully Mr. Colter has done his due diligence here. Before further ado, let me disclose that I am a proud Northwestern Law School alum, class of 1964. In the further interest of full disclosure, I must note that I am also the proud owner of an honorable withdrawal card from the Teamsters union, stemming from eight summers working as a furniture mover in Chicago, back in my school days. That was
followed by 37 years of prosecuting unfair labor practice complaints against employers and unions as an attorney employed by the NLRB. I’ve been retired since 2003. I do not speak for the Board or any other entity in saying that neither CAPA nor any other union would be able to affect any major alteration in the status quo at NU or any other school. That is not said out of bias against unions. On the contrary, I greatly respect unions — I always have and always will. They have been, and are vital engines for, industrial democracy in this country. As one who has devoted 50 years to labor law, I am well aware that every time unions have opened a new frontier in organizing employees, it has been met with unfounded cries that unions are ill-suited for that field. But this time, with collegiate athletes, I don’t think that such cries are unfounded. Let me explain. First, I’m going to assume that the director’s well-reasoned decision will be upheld at every juncture of the myriad appeals that lie ahead. And I’m further going to assume, for discussion, that CAPA wins the election, and is selected by the Wildcat players as their collective bargaining representative. That puts CAPA at the bargaining table, across from Northwestern. Can anyone seriously believe that NU’s bargaining team will agree to proposals that will eviscerate or even simply undermine its football program? The very question carries its self-evident answer. No way! Let’s understand that the statutory requirement to “bargain in good faith” does not mandate that an employer agree to terms cannibalizing its ability to successfully compete in its market. Here, for NU, that market is the tough Big Ten, with the further objective of a victorious Rose Bowl engagement. Anyone trying to tell you anything different from the above definitely does not understand labor law — or football, either. Moving on, let’s say that CAPA and the players are displeased with the course of negotiations. What is their recourse? Why, of course, that would be strike action. A strike would be catastrophic for NU, its football program and all its players. If there were a strike during Northwestern’s season, it would mean forfeited games. If there were a strike during off-season,
it would mean a poorly conditioned, poorly prepared squad and lost games. In each case, it would probably result in a lost season, far below .500. As far as concerns for future seasons following a strike’s end, NU would, for years, be unable to attract any good recruits. Even the uncertainty attending simply the new phenomenon of collective bargaining would adversely impact recruitment enormously. Why would any recruit choose a school beset by such uncertainty? It might be that everyone that would be facing Northwestern in negotiations might never call a strike, and might even promise that. But any union that has no viable threat of recourse to strike action in the context of collective bargaining is devoid of effectiveness in negotiations — a eunuch dependent upon management’s kindness. NU may be kind and public-minded, but it is not going to dismantle the structure of a football program that has served it well. All that negotiations appear to offer are a major distraction for NU’s players, who need to play at their best in order to compete in the Big Ten, and to shut-off of the source of any infusion of more good players through recruitment.
I said that the Wildcats’ players have to play at their best to compete in the Big Ten. That’s because NU has very high academic standards, high enough to scare off many top recruitment prospects. It is also, by far, the smallest school in enrollment numbers in the Big Ten, further squeezing its supply source. Its head football coach, Pat Fitzgerald, as great as he is, already has tough, steep hills to surmount without the terrain being made tougher still to navigate by the potholes of uncertainties that a union injects. Finally, let’s get a core concept straight here: Collegiate football players fall into one of two categories: There are those who view college football as the apprentice period for the NFL. Then there are those who realize that college football is going to be the last time for them to soak up the experience of playing football. The upheaval and distractions that a union would inject into a football program do not serve players in either category, far from it. Not to leave a loose end here, but I personally have the greatest difficulty in seeing any lurking threat to the NCAA in this matter. That appears to be wishful thinking. David A. Nixon glonix@hotmail.com
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Title IX committee talks NU policies
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KNOW YOUR IX Shaun Johnson, Northwestern police commander, speaks at a Title IX forum in Annenberg Hall Thursday evening. Seven NU staff members answered questions submitted by students in an attempt to clarify confusion regarding Title IX and NU’s policies on sexual assault.
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Members of Northwestern’s Title IX Coordinating Committee answered students’ questions about the University’s policies on sexual harassment and sexual assault at a panel Thursday evening.
The panel was students’ second attempt to seek clarity from NU officials regarding the processes by which different offices handle sexual assault reports. Students originally scheduled the panel for March 12, but were forced to cancel it after members of the committee declined to attend, according to student organizers. Students have been protesting and organizing for greater transparency in sexual misconduct cases since March, after a Medill junior filed a Title IX lawsuit against NU in February. Organizers have met with Dean of Students Todd Adams and Patricia Telles-Irvin, Vice President for Student Affairs, multiple times to discuss their concerns. Thursday’s panel was the result of these discussions and was in large part organized by Weinberg junior Jazz Stephens. Seven of the Title IX committee’s 13 members attended the panel, which was moderated by TellesIrvin. Prior to the event, student organizers collected and submitted questions on various topics, including the difference between sexual harassment and sexual assault, the process of reporting a sexual assault case and on-campus resources for survivors. Joan Slavin, director of the Sexual Harassment Prevention Office, and Tara Sullivan, director of the Office of Student Conduct and Conflict Resolution, explained the different processes for reporting a case between faculty and students and between two students. Adams, who spoke on the panel, highlighted NU’s new sexual misconduct policy, which was implemented in January. The policy explicitly prohibits
romantic or sexual relationships between faculty and students and includes a more detailed definition of consent. The panel drew about 25 students, as well as University President Morton Schapiro, who spoke briefly at the end of the event. “There’s no question in my mind about the number one job I have is to keep our students safe,� Schapiro said. “It’s a question that’s not always easy to figure out what to do. Sometimes we fail miserably with that.� The students who organized the panel were also instrumental in pressuring administrators to cancel philosophy Prof. Peter Ludlow’s Spring Quarter class. Since accomplishing these two major goals, the group is looking to reorganize in order to involve more students, Stephens told The Daily on Tuesday. Weinberg junior Kayleen McMonigal, one of the group’s organizers, said students will continue to press for many of the demands outlined in a facultyauthored Change.org petition circulated in March. McMonigal said the group will continue to advocate for systematic changes to the way NU handles cases of sexual misconduct and assault even as the current Title IX lawsuit declines in prominence. “I think it’s really easy to be angry about a specific case and be upset,� she said. “Really what we need to do is focus on making sure things like this don’t happen again.� mccarthy@u.northwestern.edu
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Sex Week opens with talk on mental health By Paige Leskin
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Students gathered on Thursday night to share their thoughts on the relationship between sexuality and mental health. About 10 students attended the discussion hosted by mental health advocacy group Northwestern Active Minds in partnership with Sex Week 2014, which will feature guest speakers and other types of programming focused on addressing issues regarding sexual health. Students talked about certain factors that influence them to make specific sexual choices including daily stresses and societal pressure. “It depends on the atmosphere,” Weinberg senior Naina Desai said. “With social organizations, there can be pressure with a group mentality to be more sexual than you feel comfortable.” Attendees noted the choice to participate in or abstain from sexual activities can cause stress. A student brought up an informal survey of NU students, which revealed that around half of those polled considered themselves to be “sexually active.” She said people always overestimate the number of sexually active students, which could make some feel increased pressure to engage in this type of behavior. Several students praised sex talk on Northwestern campus, noting it was very welcoming for the LGBT community. Participants said this group has to grapple with
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3-4 p.m. The show is sponsored in part by Cricket Wireless. Mayfest co-chair Xander Shepherd, a Weinberg senior, said Mayfest decided to change the daytime headliner from the first slot, like previous years, to the second to give more students the opportunity to attend. “We just felt that his magnitude warranted being the daytime headliner,” Shepherd said. “We know that he’s going to be an artist that everyone’s going to want to be at so wanted to be as accommodating as possible.” Bass said he’s excited for the concert and thinks it will draw a wide range of NU students. “I think that all of campus is going to be very
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their sexuality on a daily basis including when making decisions With regarding which bathsocial room to use or when organizations, obtaining healthcare. Weinberg sophothere can be more Ary Hansen said pressure with a discussion about sexual positivity makes every- group mentality one feel more welcomed to be more in their environments. sexual than you “Things like Sex Week are educational feel comfortable.” and make it an open Naina Desai, conversation for everyWeinberg junior one,” she said. “It makes everyone feel more comfortable.” Desai agreed with the need for increased dialogue when it comes to sex. She said it is important to emphasize “anti-rape culture,” where sexual partners can freely communicate with each other what they want and when it is time to stop. To encourage more people to act in a respectful manner regarding sexual activity, Desai said schools should teach sexual health early on when an individual’s ideas and opinions are still being shaped and developed. “Campus tries to promote sexual health, but people come here with certain perceptions,” she said. “You have to start when you’re growing up.”
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paigeleskin2017@u.northwestern.edu excited and that We just felt that everyhis magnitude warranted one really being the daytime loves headliner.” him,” Bass Xander Shepherd, said. Mayfest co-chair “He’s up-and-coming so people who are more into less mainstreamed acts really like him but then people who are into mainstream know about him. He has an incredible energy, a very unique sound and is just a really positive, upbeat, fun guy and I think he’s just going to be one of the shining acts in Dillo Day history.”
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MUSICAL MUTI Riccardo Muti will speak at the 2014 commencement ceremony. Muti currently serves as the music director of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.
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From page 1 district, where many students look to University of Illinois for their college decision, he said. When these students don’t get into the university, they look to out-of-state Big Ten schools, Murphy said. Murphy said he wanted a parent who pays out-of-state tuition in order to incorporate their perspective. The bill would potentially give more Illinois students the chance to attend a Big Ten school and pay in-state tuition. Kotowski also pushed for the bill to pass the Senate. He said adding another Big Ten school down the line would bolster the economy. Kotowski used Northwestern as an example, saying the school, like other Big Ten universities, has a “profound ripple effect” on the economy in the surrounding community. Kotowski also said that he expects to see a “healthy conversation” on this, anticipating “good challenges and opportunities.”
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involved. The meeting was held as part of an effort Ester is leading to hold the city accountable with regards to the township, Ester told The Daily, in particular changes in the township assessor’s office. Ester has also contested the appointment of Bobkiewicz as township supervisor. She told The Daily on Wednesday that she does not believe Bobkiewicz’s selection as township supervisor was legal. Ester said she went through a process to be selected as the legal supervisor, but it has not been officially confirmed.
commencement speech. “Muti is extraordinarily well known in the music world and a truly great artist so I think the fact that Northwestern was able to get him is a great honor,” he said. “Hopefully he will think that getting an honorary degree from Northwestern is also a great honor.” Muti currently serves as the music director for the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and in 2011 was recognized as honorary director for life of the Rome Opera. Prior to this role, he has worked as the music director for Florence’s Maggio Musicale, London’s Philharmonia Orchestra and the Philadelphia Orchestra. rebeccasavransky2015@u.northwestern.edu “Support for higher education is probably one of the most important issues in our state,” Kotowski said. Rae Goldsmith, a spokeswoman for Southern Illinois University, said that over the last ten years the school’s admissions rates have fallen but this year the university had the largest student admission rate in 20 years. Goldsmith said the university is in the process of turning the decline around. Goldsmith said athletics are one of many factors that can attract students to a university. Goldsmith said the types of programs offered, the things surrounding the institution and research also contributed to admissions rates. The rates really come down to “how well you define yourself and tell your story as an institution,” she said. The bill passed the state Senate 51-1 on Tuesday with two senators voting present. It is currently being considered by the Illinois House of Representatives Rules Committee. baileywilliams2017@u.northwestern.edu Ester said she looked into the possibility of hiring a lawyer to settle the matter, but her team did not have enough money to do so. Those at the meeting talked about the possibility of reaching out to a Northwestern or Loyola University Chicago law student to see if they would take the case. Even after the township is dissolved, Ester said she “will be monitoring the program after the city takes over” to ensure the city keeps their promises. “I will be speaking up... (for) injustice to the people,” she said. baileywilliams2017@u.northwestern.edu sophiabollag@u.northwestern.edu
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Coming off a decisive victory over in-state rival Illinois-Chicago, No. 24 Northwestern hopes to repeat the intensity and carry the momentum into a three-game series against Big Ten foe Iowa this weekend. The Cats travel to Iowa City, Iowa, to face the Hawkeyes on their soil. The Iowa matchups mark the third series for NU in the Big Ten portion of their schedule. Anyone can So far, the Cats do anything, have faced Wisconsin and Nebraska at anytime. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s finishing with always different home, a 3-3 record against people with the two teams. NU had an impressive the big hit. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s preseason, participatfun when you ing in tournaments know that if the across the country matching up well top doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t get it and against tough comdone, the bottom petition with a 20-8 overall record so far will. this year, including a Andrea DiPrima, sparkling 17-5 in the junior preseason. Iowa has faced Wisconsin and Illinois so far this Big Ten season, coming out with a 4-2 record in conference. The start to the conference season is impressive for the Hawkeyes, who managed only a 5-14 record in the preseason. However, the Cats are determined to cool them off and grab crucial conference victories. Despite their most recent Big Ten series against Nebraska not going as well as the team had hoped, they still have confidence going
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Northwestern’s stat sheet is looking more balanced of late than it has in years. Gone are the days when the No. 7 Wildcats’ (6-3, 1-1 ALC) attacking plan involved, or perhaps relied on, funneling the ball to one all-important scorer. “In years past maybe we’ve been a little more focused on not having seven people out there who are legit threats all the time,” junior attack Kara Mupo said. “But since the fall, it’s been a culture on our team that if you’re on this field, anybody can score.” NU’s offense is packed with polished attackers, though none of them has made much national noise in front of the cage. Not a single NU player ranks in the top 50 nationally in goals per game, and the Cats have the 26th-ranked scoring offense in the country. As a result, the Cats hold a deceptively dangerous attack. The team’s leading scorer, sophomore Kaleigh Craig, has 19 goals so far this season. Last year when the Cats were ninegames deep, then-senior Erin Fitzgerald had already racked up 29 goals. Fitzgerald would go on to win a slew of awards and is ranked eighth among all-time NU goal scorers with 190 career tallies. She was a unique talent, but more than halfway through this season, it’s apparent that an unusually well-rounded offense emerged in her wake, rather than a gaping hole. Mupo and Craig are two of the six-
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No. 7 Northwestern vs. No. 12 Pennsylvania Philadelphia 11 a.m. Sunday
player squad that makes up this year’s offense. Seniors Alyssa Leonard, Kate Macdonald, Kelly Rich and Kat DeRonda join them. The attack executed an effective offensive scheme that kept No. 1 North Carolina to its lowest goal total in 32 games Monday. Though the Cats’ defense and junior goalkeeper Bridget Bianco — named the ALC’s defensive Player of the Week this week — played a major part in the 7-5 defeat, it was long offensive possessions that kept the ball out of the Tar Heels’ sticks. Mupo, who notched 8 goals during the three-game stretch that took place during the end of Winter Quarter and Spring Break, said the more team-oriented offense is in part due to the squad-wide attitude adjustment at the beginning of this school year. “When you have your down moments it’s about sticking together as a team, doing what we do, buying in, that’s really it,” the junior said. That’s not to say everything has gone smoothly for NU this season; losing three games in less than three weeks revealed something of a tendency to lose focus.
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OFFENSE TAKEN Senior Kate Macdonald passes to sophomore Kaleigh Craig, Northwestern’s leading scorer. Both midfielders are part of the Wildcats’ offensive unit that beat then-No. 1 North Carolina at Lakeside Field.
Matches during Spring Break produced mixed results. Leonard, breaking the national record for career draw controls, with 359, in a 20-6 win against Michigan on March 11, was a highlight of the period. But the Cats lost 11-7 at then-No. 3 Syracuse on March 23 in the Orange’s first win against NU since 2003 before cracking then-No. 10 Massachusetts 10-6 just two days later. Monday’s game against the Tar Heels, the Cats’ Lakeside Field season debut,
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proved to be the payoff of time spent without distraction from lacrosse over Spring Break. This weekend, as NU heads for the East Coast to face conference rival No. 10 Penn State on Friday and then No. 12 Pennsylvania on Sunday, the team will need to summon the sharp decisionmaking it demonstrated against North Carolina. Coach Kelly Amonte Hiller said her team’s experience — the Cats have faced
one of the more challenging schedules in the nation — and the offense’s ability to thrive as a unit will help NU with the quick turnaround. “The girls will have time to soak things in, and I think we’ve gotten to the point in the season where we have a lot of systems,” Amonte Hiller said. “And then it’s just a matter of tweaks of what we want to do offensively and defensively.” avawallace2015@u.northwestern.edu
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No. 37 Northwestern is in for a busy weekend, welcoming No. 43 Michigan, No. 73 Michigan State and Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis to Evanston after a pair of heartbreaking losses on the road. On last weekend’s road trip, the Wildcats (12-9, 1-4 Big Ten) fell 4-3 to both Ohio State and Penn State. The Cats have now lost four of their first five Big Ten matchups. Coach Arvid Swan said the team has been practicing doubles all week to prepare for this weekend’s conference contests. “We’ve been We want to bring playing more energy in pretty good doubles. The singles,” goal is to get Swan both singles and said. “If we can doubles working g e t a at the same time. doubles point Arvid Swan, against coach each team, the expectation is we’ll do very well.” Of the 15 ranked foes NU has battled this season, it has only topped three of them in doubles. They have lost the doubles point in all their Big Ten matches. “We want to bring more energy in doubles,” Swan said. “The goal is to get both singles and doubles working at the same time.” NU has done well in Evanston this season, sporting a 9-2 home record against just 2-6 on the road. But the ground beneath their feet is not all the Cats are familiar with. “We know these teams pretty well,” Swan said. “We see the players
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in the fall, we play them every year and we also see them in the conference tournament. After each match we certainly make adjustments to our scouting reports, but the Big Ten teams know each other really well.” NU’s players squared off against many Wolverines and Spartans earlier this season at the Big Ten Singles Championship. In his impressive run to the semifinals, freshman Strong Kirchheimer triumphed over Michigan’s Barrett Franks and Shaun Bernstein and Michigan State’s Brett Forman. Junior Alberto Zanotti dropped his second-round matchup 6-4, 6-2 to Michigan’s Vlad Stefan, and freshman Alp Horoz lost his play-in match to Mac Roy of Michigan State. Michigan currently sits 11-8 overall and 3-2 in the Big Ten. The Wolverines are coming off a 7-0 sweep against Nebraska and a 5-2 victory versus Iowa, two teams NU has not yet faced. Last year, Michigan finished second in the Big Ten behind Ohio State, and junior captain Alex Petrone currently ranks 113th in the nation. Similarly, Michigan State also just scored back-to-back wins
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STRONGER THAN BEFORE Freshman Strong Kirchheimer hopes to duplicate the success he had against Michigan and Michigan State players at last fall’s Big Ten Singles Championships. Northwestern takes on the Wolverines and Spartans this weekend in Evanston.
against Nebraska and Iowa. Like the Wildcats, both the Spartans (8-10, 2-3 Big Ten) and the Wolverines fell to Ohio State and Penn State. When the two teams faced off themselves, Michigan edged out Michigan State 4-3. To close out the weekend, the Cats will take on IUPUI. The Jaguars are 3-15 overall and 1-12 on the road. Senior captain Raleigh Smith leads NU’s young roster. Smith, ranked 44th in the nation in singles, will only have two home matches left in his NU career after this weekend. He heads a lineup with four talented freshmen, including No. 85 Sam Shropshire. alexanderlederman2017@u.northwestern.edu
When Scott Heelan was asked to play second base, he didn’t even have a proper glove. The redshirt junior catcher hadn’t played second base since high school and had brought only his catcher’s mitt to school. But once the season started, Northwestern second basemen failed to perform one-by-one, and eventually Heelan was pressed into service there. So with an infielder’s glove borrowed from teammate Cody Stevens, Heelan took his new position in the third inning of Saturday’s game against Penn State. Naturally, six of the next seven balls the Nittany Lions put in play were ground balls to second base. But Heelan converted each opportunity as if he’d been playing there all his life. “It’s fun,” Heelan said regarding playing second base. “I’ve just got to trust my natural athleticism and just hope I don’t mess up and hope I don’t make the rest of the team look too bad.” Stevens said Wednesday that Heelan and senior Nick Linne will get the majority of the time at second during conference play, even though neither entered the season even on the depth chart at the position. It’s been that kind of year for the 4-19 Wildcats, who have dropped 15 of their last 17 games. With a young roster of unproven players in key roles, coach Paul Stevens has shuffled his lineup in hopes of eking out every last bit of production. That has meant a half-dozen different second baseman, three or four third basemen, erratic platoons in left and center field and mild chaos on the mound. Senior Dan Tyson has been part of that tumult. After primarily starting as a freshman, the right-hander gradually shifted toward the bullpen and last year made all 11 of his appearances in relief.
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But sensing a potential lack of depth in the starting rotation, Stevens began to stretch Tyson out, and when injuries wracked the staff, the senior was converted back to a starter. The experiment has yielded mixed results. Overall, in his three starts, Tyson has allowed 10 earned runs in 15 innings, for a 6.00 ERA. Effective relievers often struggle transitioning to a starting role because, unlike throwing one inning at a time in relief, starting requires a pitcher to conserve his arm throughout the game. “It’s definitely a different mentality you have to take out to the mound,” Tyson said Wednesday. “Relieving is a shortterm burst, and starting is a longer-term thing. I just have to view it as a bunch of relief appearances.” Going forward, Stevens’ hand is forced by the underwhelming performance of the trio that entered the year as NU’s top starters. Junior Brandon Magallones and sophomores Matt Portland and Reed Mason have combined for a 5.14 ERA over 103.1 innings. The Cats play Illinois this weekend, hosting a three-game set at Rocky Miller Park. Stevens would not indicate who will start the second and third games (after Magallones in the first) but said Tyson is “a possibility.” Stevens said he’s probably done tinkering with his lineup and the alignments he’s used recently are likely to become permanent. In other words, it’s time for Scott Heelan to get his own glove. asputt@u.northwestern.edu