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Ventra transition still draws skepticism By Jack Corrigan
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When the Chicago Transit Authority and Pace complete the transition to the Ventra payment system, paying for public transportation will be as easy as swiping a credit card. Many Chicagoans, however, are critical of the change. CTA and Pace, the local bus service, recently announced that they would completely transition to the Ventra payment system by July 1. Ventra allows riders to pay by tapping a reloadable card, which looks like a debit card, on a sensor. It is the first such completely “contactless” fare payment system in North America. Ventra has already been introduced by both the CTA and Pace. Currently 1.5 million Ventra accounts are active, with 81 percent of CTA riders and 60 percent of Pace riders using the system.
“For the last three months Ventra has performed well overall, and is used by more than one million riders each day,” said CTA president Forrest Claypool. However, the public reaction to the Ventra transition has not been as positive. Although A couple people people like the more I know have efficient paybeen having ment method, the same issues many have with (Ventra). experienced issues when It’s far less trying to use convenient and their Ventra cards. reliable. Chicago resident Peter Blood, Stephanie CTA rider Kang, 22, said she likes having one card, but sometimes the sensors don’t read the card when she
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tries to use it. “You have to keep putting your card there multiple times for it to register,” Kang said. Another CTA rider, Peter Blood, 35, of Rogers Park, said he plans to avoid using Ventra for as long as he can. He initially purchased a Ventra card, but when he used it, it took three tries for the card to register. When he checked his balance later, he saw he had been charged three times. “There’s pretty much no recourse to get your money back after that sort of thing,” Blood said. “A couple people I know have been having the same issues with (Ventra). It’s far less convenient and reliable.” The transition will happen gradually over the next few months. On May 1, riders will no longer be able to purchase magnetic stripe tickets or reload Chicago Card Plus fare cards. On June 1,
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TAP AND RIDE A passenger uses her Ventra card to pay for a ride on the CTA. The transit system plans to fully transition to the system by July.
NU alters housing Wildcat Welcome expands app priority system By olivia exstrum
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The Board of Directors for New Student and Family Programs introduced the option to be a family ambassador into this year’s peer adviser applications in an effort to promote increased family assistance in addition to helping students adapt to the Northwestern community. Daniel MacKenzie, assistant director of the Office of New Student and Family Programs, defined family ambassadors as students whose main purpose is to help transition the families of new students and help them understand a little bit more about the university. Although this program was introduced last year, this is the first year there is a formal application process.
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that’s so random This year, Northwestern Residential Life will assign randomized priority numbers for on-campus housing, instead of basing them on seniority like in years past. Housing applications are due Monday. Housing Administration. By Olivia EXSTRUM In the past, students had the option the daily northwestern to apply for a priority number without @OliviaExstrum a binding agreement to live in University housing. Under the new system, In an effort to encourage Northweststudents are required to commit to ern students to live on campus for lonliving on-campus before receiving a ger periods of time, Residential Services number. The 2014-15 year will be the eliminated the granting of selection prifirst time this policy is implemented ority to upperclassmen for the 2014-15 campus-wide. However, the change was academic year. first executed when the class of 2017 applied for housing last summer. According to an email sent by Residential Services before Spring Break, D’Arienzo said there are a variety there will now only be two priority of reasons for the changes. He said categories for returning students, one Residential Services has been looking for students who currently live in at altering the system for a number of University housing and a second for years, noting data that demonstrated students living off campus or in Greek the old priority system was pushing housing. The students in the first group students off campus at an earlier point will receive first priority, but the given in their college careers. numbers will be randomized, to give all “For example, rising sophomores students the chance to receive a more who believed they could not obtain desirable number. desirable housing were living off “It is now possible for a sophomore campus,” he said. “We wanted students who currently live in University to have a more desirable priority number than a senior,” said Mark D’Arienzo, Senior Associate Director of University » See Priority, page 7
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Members of Associated Student Government traveled to Washington, D.C., this weekend as part of an annual event for Big Ten schools. The event focused on lobbying members of Congress from Illinois about several campus-wide issues. Six students are attending the conference called “Big Ten on the Hill,” sponsored by the Association of Big Ten Students. The conference runs from April 6-8. The program is aimed around promoting student involvement in a national forum. This is the first time in recent years NU has sent a delegation to the event, said Kevin Harris, ASG
Body found near city park could be missing woman
The body found washed up on the shoreline of Lake Michigan in south Evanston on Sunday could be that of a Des Plaines resident who has been
“Peer advisers are a huge asset to the transition of new students, and so we wanted to have families feel that as well,” MacKenzie said. “So having a group of students dedicated to the transition that the families go through we felt was important.” Additionally, this year’s PA application process was extended by two weeks with the application period opening on Jan. 16 and ending on Feb. 3. There was a 10-student increase in acceptance this year, with 213 students offered the position. “The recruitment process was a little bit earlier this year, just so that we could extend the selection process for as long as possible so we could evaluate the candidates as fully as possible,” MacKenzie said. Mackenzie said the main qualities the Board and the Office of New Student and Family Programs are looking for in a PA
has remained largely the same over the years. More than anything, the position of PA is focused on service, he said. “At the heart of it, we want students who love this university, but also love welcoming new members to this community,” MacKenzie said. Weinberg freshman Amakie Amattey was selected as a PA this year and is looking forward to being the “face of Northwestern” for incoming students, she said. “There are a lot of things I wish I would’ve known about college life, and I would like to pass them on to my own group of students,” she said. PAs are chosen by the Board of Directors for New Student and Family Programs, a team of 10 upperclassmen students who have past experience as
community relations vice president. The agenda includes briefings at offices in the White House and meetings with specific members of Congress from Illinois. “We are essentially here to represent student issues so we’ll be meeting with different departments over the next couple days, meeting with senators and representatives,” Harris said. Prior to arriving in D.C., members of ASG compiled five main issues to focus on that have relevance to NU students. Over the next few days, student delegates will meet with several offices about problems relating to mental health, campus sexual assault, the Higher Education Opportunity Act, student debt and textbook affordability. ASG representatives will be going to the White House on Monday and will be attending briefings at the Consumer
Financial Protection Bureau and at the Department of Education. On Tuesday, the students will be attending lobbying meetings at the offices of members of Congress from Illinois. Harris said he and other ASG representatives will be meeting either with the members of Congress directly or with education legislative directors from their offices. Executive vice president Alex Van Atta, a McCormick senior, said the event will give him and other ASG representatives the opportunity to lobby for issues important to students. “I think the main goal from my perspective is the chance to interact with real Illinois representatives that we’ve come here to meet with and to be able to provide a student perspective to the issues that we really care about,” Van Atta said.
missing since February, police said. A person walking along the shore of the lake near Clark Square Park on the 800 block of Sheridan Road saw the woman’s body at about 11:45 a.m., Evanston Police Cmdr. Jay Parrott said. The body has been moved to the Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office, where an autopsy will be
performed Monday. The body has not been identified yet. However, Parrott said it is a “possibility” that the body is that of a missing Des Plaines woman. Police said they have notified the Des Plaines Police Department. The missing woman, Debra Fredricksen, 61, was last traced Feb. 22 to Evanston.
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Police Blotter Driver hits car after it blocks library’s book return A driver purposefully hit an Evanston woman’s car on Thursday, allegedly because the car was blocking the book return in front of the main branch of the Evanston Public Library, police said. The driver, a 65-year-old woman from Rogers Park, purposefully struck the Evanston woman’s car at about 6:30 p.m. in front of the library, 1703 Orrington Ave. A witness told police that after the driver hit the car, she drove toward the witness and nearly hit her before heading east on Church Street, Evanston Police Cmdr. Jay Parrott said in an email. The driver returned to the scene and said she was upset because the car, which belongs to a 51-year-old Evanston resident, was blocking
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CTA announces change in rail operations policy
The Chicago Transit Authority announced Friday new scheduling policies for rail operators in response to a March 24 crash at the O’Hare Blue Line station. “Safety is our highest priority at the CTA,” said CTA president Forrest Claypool in a news release. “Any time an incident like this occurs, we take very seriously the responsibility of thoroughly reviewing all aspects of what happened — including longstanding policies and practices. In this instance, there were changes we could make that are appropriate and that further maximize safety for our customers and for our employees.” The policy changes include increasing minimum rest time between rail operator shifts from eight hours to 10 hours, requiring all rail operations workers to take off at least one day in any seven-day period, limiting the number of weekly hours spent operating a train to 32 hours for firstyear operators and limiting “actual train-operations duty” to 12 hours in a 14-hour period.
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City man shot at Skokie hotel
The changes followed a derailment at the O’Hare station that injured more than 30 people.
An Evanston man was shot early Saturday morning at a Skokie hotel, police said. The 24-year-old man was shot in the leg shortly before 2:30 a.m. at the Rodeway Inn, 9333 Skokie Blvd., police said. Witnesses told officers they heard yelling and possible fighting from a party in a hotel room. The man was taken to a nearby hospital but refused to cooperate with officers, according to police. When officers arrived at the hotel, dozens of people were exiting its parking lot, police said. Officers identified other people involved in the incident, but, like the gunshot victim, they refused to offer any information about what happened, according to police. Skokie police are asking anyone with information about the incident to call them at 847-982-5900 or contact their 24-hour, anonymous tip line at 847-933-TIPS.
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END OF THE LINE Policy changes requiring a minimum of 10 hours rest time between rail operator shifts went into effect Friday, the Chicago Transit Authority announced. The new policy, which includes various other changes, was a response to the March 24 crash at the O’Hare Blue Line station.
the book return, Parrott said. There was minor damage to the car, and the car’s owner decided not to pursue criminal charges.
City man arrested after attempting to strike officer
Police arrested an Evanston man on Thursday afternoon after he attempted to punch a police officer, officials said. Police responded to a disturbance call on Thursday after 4 p.m., where the resident was yelling outside of his home in the 800 block of Oakton Street. The man appeared to be intoxicated, Parrott said. Police arrested the man after he attempted to hit an officer. The man, 54, continued to resist police while being placed into custody. He is scheduled to appear in court April 25. — Ciara McCarthy
Setting the record straight In “Nonprofits promote tenants’ services” from Wednesday’s print edition, the number of event attendees was incorrect. The panel attracted more than 20 people. In “3rd new CAPS psychologist to start work on Monday” from Friday’s print edition, Rosemary Magana’s position was misstated. She is a licensed clinical counselor, not a psychologist. The Daily regrets the errors.
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Christina Romer is the class of 1957—Garff B. Wilson Professor of Economics at the University of California, Berkeley. She is also co-director of the Program in Monetary Economics at the National Bureau of Economic Research. From January 2009 until September 2010, Dr. Romer served as Chair of President Obama’s Council of Economic Advisers. The Susan Schmidt Bies Lecture on Economics and Public Policy
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Deitchman, Patel aim for transparency, reform By tyler pager
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Alex Deitchman never planned to run for Associated Student Government president. However, in an effort to better serve the student body, Deitchman decided to step out of his comfort zone as ASG senator to ensure students had “a wide range of strong candidates.� Deitchman and his running mate, Ronak Patel, are aiming to increase transparency, reduce stigma surrounding mental health and guarantee that students have equal representation in Senate. The pair both serve currently as off-campus senators, and Deitchman is the off-campus caucus whip. “Many issues at this University stem from a lack of transparency and information,� Patel said. “I think that is something we can definitely help enhance over the next year if we were elected.� Their platform focuses on student groups and engagement, diversity and inclusion, the alcohol policy and reforms to the way Northwestern handles sexual assault and misconduct. Patel said the pair wants to increase funding particularly for new events and new student groups. As a result, if elected, the pair said they want to reserve 5 to 10 percent of the Senate Project Pool for new groups and events. “We’re here not to put our own agendas on the table or put our own two cents into everything, but give those students who have the ideas and have that vision to get them the tools they need and to serve their interests as opposed to serving our own personal interests or ASG’s interests,� Patel said. Outside of ASG, Deitchman serves as the president
Dance Marathon selects 2015 executive co-chairs
Ander Aretakis and David Ryan will be the executive co-chairs for Dance Marathon 2015, the organization announced Friday. Aretakis and Ryan, both Weinberg juniors, will
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‘Serving you’ Ronak Patel and Alex Deitchman discuss their campaign plans. The duo wll compete against Julia Watson and Erik Zorn in the Associated Student Government elections.
of the Northwestern University Veterans Association. Patel is a peer adviser and leads the public relations team for Northwestern University Model United Nations. Patel also served as the president of Delta Upsilon fraternity last year. Although Deitchman transferred to NU during Winter Quarter 2013, he immediately became involved in ASG. He said one of his first tasks involved helping to write a letter following the mass shooting in Sandy Hook, CT, calling on representatives to support gun control in an effort to make college campuses safer. Although he said he did not necessarily agree
with the resolution from a political standpoint, he supported it because he felt that it was something that NU students backed. “That was kind of my first brush with the idea that you’re not just there as you,� Deitchman said. “You’re not just there as an off-campus senator. You’re not just there as a student who happened to get selected by a committee. You’re there as a representative of every single undergraduate at Northwestern.� Prior to coming to NU, Deitchman served in the United States Marine Corps from 2005 to 2010. He said this experience also prepared him to be a
head the executive board for the 41st year of Dance Marathon. They will succeed co-chairs Anna Radoff, a Weinberg senior, and Josh Parish, a SESP senior. “I just had such an intense rush of emotion that it had worked out and I had been selected,� Ryan said. Ryan was a Technology committee co-chair and led the website redesign for DM. As an executive co-chair he said he’s anxious to
be more involved with “a new group of committed students.� This year, Aretakis was one of the Dancer Relations co-chairs and was in charge of the Hero Program for the primary beneficiary, Team Joseph. “From this past DM we laid the groundwork for a lot of really good initiatives,� he said. “Things like trying to find a way to get other student groups
leader. “(Being in the Marine Corps) gave me an insight into an aspect of leadership that is often overlooked,� he said. “You’re not just a leader to tell people what to do. You’re a leader to be there for people when they need you.� Deitchman and Patel also stressed the need for ASG reform. With the failed attempts to improve the organization this year, they said it is important that ASG takes a new approach. “ASG does not have a vested interest in allowing itself to change,� Deitchman said. “I feel like the best way to go about ASG reform is to lay four or five good ideas on the table and have a referendum and let the students decide. Ultimately, everyone in ASG is probably going to feel uneasy about changing the status quo for various reasons and for various legit reasons.� Deitchman added that currently, all students are guaranteed to have at least one senator representing them based on where they live. However, he said some students have more representation based on their student groups and other extracurricular activities. He wants to ensure that students have equal representation. ASG senator Adam Roth, who is serving as the campaign manager, said he supports Deitchman and Patel because of their leadership in and outside of ASG and their emphasis on communicating with the student body. “Neither of them is confined to the ASG bubble,� the Weinberg junior said. “They look to the students to see what should be accomplished instead of just an exec board.� tylerpager2017@u.northwestern.edu involved.� Both students said they were excited to choose a new executive board and primary beneficiary for next year, and to build a close relationship with its representatives. Dance Marathon will be March 6-8, 2015. — Paulina Firozi
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Adapting books into movies increases the audience Kaitlyn VINES
Daily columnist
“Divergent.” “The Hunger Games.” “Twilight.” What do these three things have in common? They are all the first books in series that have been turned into movies. After every one of these films was released, I heard this statement: The movie was not as good as the book. Although movies are not as detailed as the books and often leave out parts to save time, the films are beneficial to readers in other ways. Although the books are undoubtedly more detailed than the movies, movies provide an aspect which the novels lack: visuals. It is extremely exciting to see characters come to life. When I was in eighth grade, I was a huge fan of the “Twilight” books. Stephenie Meyer, the author, takes so much time describing Edward, but picturing him in my head was only so helpful. Seeing this character on a screen added so much to the ideas I had created in my mind and truly changed the way I
thought about him — in a good way. Movies based on novels are also great because they draw attention to the books. In a technology-rich society, with access to numerous social-media websites to pass time, teenagers are reading less and less. A recent study on teenagers aged 13 to 17 showed that 41 percent do not read for fun. This is almost double the number of teens who replied with this answer in fall 2011. By turning novels into movies, children and teenagers’ interests are turned to the books that provided the basis for the worlds they come to love. For instance, when “The Hunger Games” movie began production, there were 9.6 million copies of the trilogy books in print. In early 2012, when the movie was nearing its March release date, there were more than 26 million. Following the movie’s release, my sister bought copies of the books even though she had already read them in school, and she convinced her friends to buy and read them too. Yet another benefit of adapting books into films is that people who would not usually read can enjoy the stories. Authors work incredibly hard to create interesting worlds, and it is a shame that not everyone has the chance to experience them. For example, my
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dad works 60 hours a week and can’t really find the time to sit down and read a book with hundreds of pages. However, he usually can sit down for two hours and watch the
movie version of the story, as he has done with “The Hunger Games.” Finally, seeing the story on a movie screen can also clarify parts that were confusing in the novel. Particular writing styles may be hard to understand, and movies can display the plot without all the perplexing language. For instance, “The Great Gatsby” and “Romeo and Juliet” are nuanced and complex. When I read them, I had trouble understanding all parts of them. However, the movies provided a medium through which the plots became clearer for me. At first glance, movies may pale in comparison to the greatness of the book on which it was based. However, when one looks deeper at what movies can actually do for people, it becomes apparent that they outshine the novels. Never from a book will one be able to see characters come to life or experience the author’s world in less than two hours, but that’s exactly what films are designed to do. Katy Vines is a Weinberg freshman. She can be reached at kaitlynvines2017@u.northwestern.edu. If you would like to respond publicly to this column, send a Letter to the Editor to opinion@dailynorthwestern.com.
Finding love for Evanston Civil discourse lacking in a sun-filled place in CAPA discussions SAMUEL DOUGLAS
Daily columnist
Northwestern was not my first-choice university. Don’t get me wrong: When I got to campus, I liked it a lot. But when I was a senior in high school, my perfect future did not include living in a never-ending winter. After this Spring Break, though, I can say, truthfully, that I bleed purple and white. Over Spring Break, I’ll pretend my brother and my that I’m a parents went to California to look at colleges. prospective Never having been, I student like my snatched a cheap ticket brother. I wanted and flew to San Franto meet them. The to compare my cisco sun was out, the air was experience at fresh and it was not 15 degrees. It was heaven. NU with the My initial plan presentations of consisted of lounging our tour guides. on a beach while my family trekked across campuses, following tour guides who each joked about how difficult it is to walk backward. In high school, tours made me worry, and why would I want to relive that when I had one stressfree week in between 20 stress-filled ones? Their first school to visit was the UC-Berkeley. I needed to write an essay, so I decided to drive with them to the campus, find a coffee shop, hunker down and finish it (a far cry from the sandy paradise I originally dreamed about on my fivehour plane trip). But then I had an epiphany: I’ll go on the tours. I’ll pretend that I’m a prospective student like my brother. I wanted to compare my experience at NU with the presentations of our tour guides. Quickly, I realized the impossibility of my quest. These student ambassadors have been groomed to show only the most beautiful parts of campus, to tell only the most prestigious facts and not to expose the underbelly of the student experience like disgruntled students, inflexible professors or sudden bouts of depression. According to my own travails at our wonderful, frozen school, these are much more common occurrences than generally presented by tour guides. Following Sarah, our prospective student ambassador, across sunny glades and down among the shadowy trunks of old trees that have never experienced temperatures below 24 degrees, I understood why my brother wants to go to school in California. Indeed, as we moved south and the weather got warmer, my views of going back to school
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got even colder. Why would anyone ever actively choose to leave California? I was at a loss. When discussing the effects schools and weather were having on me, the word “transfer” was brought up. Instinctively, I recoiled. Although we’re taught that if we don’t like a school, the logical (and healthy) thing to do is to transfer, I felt a certain taboo when it came to relinquishing my NU family. “Think about it,” my parents encouraged me, “We’ll love you no matter what.” Thanks, mom. But when I returned to campus for Spring Quarter, I began to remember the reasons I chose NU as a high school senior: I could study theatre without sacrificing a broader liberal arts education, it’s the perfect distance from a distracting city and the student body consists of young adults who believe in and trust themselves to make visions of their lives a reality. And who in California can say that they survived more than 67 inches of seasonal snowfall, while 90 percent of a nearby Great Lake was covered in ice, or that the average winter temperature was nearly 18 degrees? There must be something said about the inherent communitybuilding effect that 26 days of sub-zero temperatures have on people. Now that I’ve returned and temperatures have risen to the balmy 40s, I’m less concerned about whether or not I made a mistake in choosing arctic Evanston as the place to spend four years of my life — because I don’t think I made one. My reasons for coming to NU remain the same, and although the sun and sea may have made me slightly falter, if I had to make the decision again, NU would be my absolute top choice. Despite the six-month ice. Samuel Douglas is a Communication sophomore. He can be reached at samueldouglas2016@u.northwestern.edu. If you would like to respond publicly to this column, send a Letter to the Editor to opinion@dailynorthwestern.com
Josh Walfish
Daily columnist
It’s weird how one small detail can change your impression of someone. You can adore someone for what they’ve accomplished in their respective field, but the moment they do something you disagree with, your admiration turns to hatred. Don’t believe me? Let’s look at Kain Colter. The quarterback dazzled us for four years with his athleticism on the football field and led the Wildcats to their first bowl victory in 64 years. Yet as soon as he became the face of the College Athletes Players Association, he was reviled for being ungrateful to a university that gave him so much. Now in Washington, D.C., to lobby Congress, Colter met with DeMaurice Smith, the executive director of the National Football League Players Association. Smith was a guest Friday morning on the popular radio show “Mike & Mike,” and discussed some of the harsh words NU football players have received from alumni of this proud university since the National Labor Relations Board released its decision. The same people who no doubt were cheering for No. 2 on Jan. 1, 2013, are now threatening him and telling him he won’t be able to find a job after his NFL career is over. I don’t know about you, but that seems like a quick change of heart to me. Contrary to what our politicians want us to believe, we cannot go through life hating everyone who disagrees with us. We must be able to understand both sides of an issue even if we don’t agree with it. I know it’s easier to just write off people who don’t agree. It’s easier to feel good when
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you’re surrounded by yes-men who will validate everything you believe. But your position only gets stronger when you are forced to defend it and articulate why you believe your opinion is correct. What these alumni don’t understand is they are only hurting NU’s case by making these comments. They are trying to bully these college students into voting against unionization on April 25, and that actually makes their argument weaker. When you resort to intimidation tactics, it sends a message that you don’t have confidence in your own beliefs. This fake bravado is designed to hide the uncertainty in your opinions and Yet as only makes you look soon as he weaker. Instead of taking became the the time to learn about face of (CAPA), what these players are really asking for, they he was reviled use fear of change as for being the reason to try to ungrateful to a coerce players to bend to their will. university that This is a classic gave him so example of why hatred is the wrong approach much. to a disagreement. We all have the ability to jump to ill-informed conclusions, but having a civil discussion allows us to learn about the other side. Some of the best conversations I’ve had in my life were with people who challenged my beliefs and forced me to defend them. They aren’t hostile encounters and very rarely does anybody raise their voice. I’ve walked out of those meetings feeling better about myself than before because I feel like I’m making an informed choice. So let’s go back to the observation I made at the beginning of this column: Has your opinion of someone changed with one tiny piece of information about their beliefs? Have you talked with them about their new belief or just unilaterally made a judgment about them? My guess is you have changed your opinion of that person without giving them a chance to explain themselves. My guess is you are like most people who are so nearsighted they are convinced they can’t be wrong. You believe your friend now has some bad quality that repels you. Civility is becoming a buzzword in today’s society. Everyone wants it, but nobody wants to work for it. The lack of civility we show in disagreements is only hurting the community and dividing us along artificial terms.
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Josh Walfish is a Medill senior. He can be reached at joshuawalfish2014@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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Alumna bring ‘inappropriate’ comedy to Chicago By SOPHIA BOLLAG
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A Northwestern student will perform Monday night at the Laugh Factory in Chicago as part of a comedy show created by an NU alumna. Communication junior Alex Heller will tell a story about watching porn in “Don’t Tell My Mother,” a show in which performers tell stories they wouldn’t want their mothers to hear. Nikki Levy (Communication ’99), who created the show, selected Heller from a pool of NU students who submitted videos of themselves telling stories. “It all happened really fast and came together in just a few days,” Heller said. “I think it’s going to be a lot of fun. (Levy) seems like a ball of fire, and I’m really excited to see any show that she has created.” Levy said the show, which she started in Los Angeles, creates an environment where it is “appropriate to be inappropriate.” “We’re going to bring the spirit that we have in L.A. over there,” Levy said. “This is a comedy show, but it’s also a party.” Communication sophomore Carly Kleinbart will act as the show’s associate producer. She learned about the show after Levy gave a guest lecture via Skype in one of her classes, which inspired her to contact Levy about working for the production, Kleinbart said. “I wanted to showcase talent from my alma mater,” Levy said. “I am such a Northwestern kid
through and through. I have incredible loyalty to our school.” “Don’t Tell My Mother” will be in Chicago for Monday night only. Proceeds will go to IMPACT, an LGBT health program at the Feinberg School of Medicine. In the past, the show has featured both up-andcoming performers and more well-known actors, including Kate McKinnon from “Saturday Night Live” and Beth Grant, who plays Beverly on “The Mindy Project.” Monday night’s show will feature Jen Kober, who has also appeared on “The Mindy Project.” Levy drew her inspiration for “Don’t Tell My Mother” from a class she took at NU called “Telling Family Stories.” “That class changed the entire way I live my life,” Levy said. “Every day at 5 o’clock when that class ended, we all walked out with red eyes from crying for three hours. The first story I ever wrote was in that class.” Levy previously worked as a development executive in Hollywood but said she realized her personality was better suited to writing and performing. “When you’re an executive, you’re supposed to have less personality than the talent,” Levy said. “I’m not sure I ever really achieved that.” “Don’t Tell My Mother,” will start at 8 p.m. Monday at The World Famous Laugh Factory, 3175 N. Broadway St., in Chicago. Tickets will be discounted to $10 for Northwestern students. General admission tickets cost $30. sophiabollag@u.northwestern.edu
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NOT SAFE FOR MOM Nikki Levy (Communication ‘99) will perform Monday night in “Don’t Tell My Mother,” a show she created. Proceeds from the show will benefit IMPACT, an LGBT health program at the Feinberg School of Medicine.
Researchers find possible approach to kill cancer cells By Lok Sze LEUNG
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A group of Feinberg School of Medicine professors recently moved forward on experimentation regarding a potential method to kill cancer cells. The research opens doors for future cancer cell-specific treatments, as opposed to existing therapies which often affect healthy cells. Feinberg Prof. Marcus Peter led the study, which was published last month in the scientific journal, Cell Reports. The study involved tests on lab mice and showed results supporting Peter’s theory that removing a protein, called CD95, and its ligand, CD95L, from tumor cells causes the cells to die. CD95 has long been known by scientists as a protein that causes apoptosis, a form of
programmed cell death that the mammalian immune system uses as a natural tumor defense mechanism. About a decade ago, Peter and his colleagues noticed that CD95 was expressed in most cancer cells. They discovered a previously overlooked additional role of CD95 — that it seemed to support the growth of malignant cells and stimulate various tumor-promoting activities. It took the group about six years to confirm CD95, and its ligand CD95L, is necessary for cancer development. Using RNA interference technology, Peter and his team eliminated CD95 or CD95L from tumor cells, an experiment with results demonstrating that none of those cells could survive in the absence of either of the two proteins. Peter coined the acronym DICE — Death Induced by CD95R/L Elimination — to describe the phenomenon.
In their most recently published paper, Peter and other members of his lab further verified their findings by generating two models of “knockout” mice — genetically engineered mice that have their CD95 receptor removed in specific tissues — that had ovarian and liver cancer. The researchers observed a substantial number of cancer cell deaths and none of the cancer cells formed lacked CD95 or CD95L completely, further reaffirming the DICE hypothesis. Peter called DICE “a unique form of cell death difficult for cancer cells to become resistant against” because it simultaneously involves the activation of four known cell death pathways. However, Peter said many challenges remain before DICE can be incorporated into actual cancer therapy. Although DICE specifically targets
cancer cells in mice, researchers are still unsure whether normal cells in cancer patients would be affected by such treatment, and are still testing the possible effects of DICE on potentially cancerous cells in the body. “It is easy to kill cancer cells, but to selectively kill them, that is the difficulty,” he said. The scientists must also determine how to best implement the CD95 removal process in a human body, Peter said. Though many experiments are currently underway, it could take up to a decade before scientists are able to fully resolve the questions this study raises, he said. “Cancer has proven to be much smarter than all of us, but let’s put it this way,” he said, “it would be fabulous if this research can make a dent.” lokszeleung2015@u.northwestern.edu
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From page 1 housing to stay on campus in a room that would be desirable.” However, some NU students believe the new system does not give upperclassmen the benefit they deserve. Bienen junior Morgan Markel, who currently lives in University housing and is planning to next year, said hearing about the new system was “upsetting to hear.” “I think it’s quite unfair to upperclassmen who have lived in University housing for multiple years,” Markel said. “I think the people who put more into the system should get more out of it, and I think this goes against that principle.” Markel added that her main reason for continuing to live in University housing was the convenience of being on campus. Similarly, Weinberg sophomore Domonic Burke, said he believes the new policy is problematic for a variety of reasons. He said the new rules were announced so late in the year that it is now virtually impossible for students to find off-campus housing as an alternative. “It just continues the disregard that the administration has for students,” Burke said. “It’s as if they don’t see students as students and simply as another check.”
Food Waste and Hunger Summit draws national crowd
The 2014 Food Waste & Hunger Summit was held at Northwestern this weekend as part of a combined effort between student leaders and outside organizations from across the country to explore issues surrounding food waste and food insecurity. The summit was co-hosted by Food Recovery Network and The Campus Kitchens Project. Both organizations work to reclaim unused food from college campuses and donate it to those in need. Robert Egger, president and founder of L.A. Kitchen, delivered the keynote address focused on how to be an effective leader in a changing world. The event also featured breakout sessions about topics including raising hunger awareness, growing community gardens and educating youth about health and nutrition. Jonathan Bloom, journalist and food justice advocate, gave the closing keynote address highlighting
D’Arienzo said Residential Services anticipates they will receive questions and concerns I think it’s about the new process, quite unfair to which occurs every year. upperclassmen He said none of the conbrought forth were who have lived cerns out of the ordinary or in University unusual. However, he also said he has been housing for approached by several multiple years. rising seniors who were worried about receiving Morgan Markel, desirable housing due to Bienen junior the change. D’Arienzo said until students have their priority numbers, there is little his department can do to remedy concerns. “I’ve overseen the assignment process in some way or the other for the past 14 years, so I’ve seen a number of different incarnations of the priority process,” he said. “Every year works, and every year works well.” The housing contract will close Monday. Students will be able to view their priority numbers beginning the week of April 14.
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PAs and are selected in the fall. McCormick junior Monisha Appalaraju, a PA for two years and now the director for staff training and dynamics on the Board, said she applied for the position because it was a “great reminder of why I chose this place.” “I felt like I owed it to the program to take on that leadership and see if I could be more influential and involved in the decisions we make and the planning and training of the peer adviser staff,” Appalaraju said. Although Mackenzie declined to comment on the number of PA applicants this year, he said many students applied for the position and there were more qualified candidates than positions available. He also noted the board was excited to introduce the family ambassador application as a way for even more students to become involved in Wildcat Welcome. “There’s a belief that Northwestern is a community of people, that Northwestern is bigger than just the diploma you get,” MacKenzie said. “As a peer adviser, your purpose is to be a part of that community and welcome new people into that community.”
riders will not be able to reload magnetic stripe tickets or use Chicago Card Plus fare cards. Then on July 1, the transition will be comFor the last pleted, and CTA riders three months will no longer be able to use magnetic stripe Ventra has cards and Pace riders performed paying cash will not be issued a Transfer Card. well overall, cards can and is used by be Ventra purchased at vendmore than one ing machines located million riders throughout the Chicagoland area and at any each day. one of the CTA’s 145 Forrest Claypool, train stations. The card itself costs $5, but that CTA president value can be converted into fare credit if the card is registered online. People can load their card with money at the train station or online, where they can also monitor their account.
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possible solutions for minimizing the amount of food waste. Weinberg senior Yuliya Bandurovych, a shift leader with NU’s chapter of Campus Kitchens, said the summit gave her insight into the reach of the organization and taught her how to conserve food and impact food waste as an individual. “It gave me a realization for, first of all, how broad we are, and second of all, how many branches we’ve expanded into and all the different partners that we work with,” Bandurovych said.
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not sitting there waiting for the bottom to drop out,” Stevens said. “I like the way that they’re competing.” The Cats received another stellar performance Saturday from sophomore Reed Mason, who dealt nine innings of two-run baseball. Both runs were unearned. Senior reliever Jack Quigley got the call in extra innings. Quigley, who had allowed just one earned run in 7 2/3 innings pitched entering the weekend, gave up four runs. The Cats were held scoreless in the bottom of the 10th. “I liked the way Reed Mason was absolutely, positively unbelievable,” Paul Stevens said. “The rest of it, we make some plays behind him, we win the ballgame. I don’t know if I can ask any more of Reed.” Of the Cats’ six runs allowed Saturday, only two were earned. NU made three errors after committing five miscues Friday. The Cats also struggled to capitalize on situations that could
have altered the game’s outcome. Heelan drew a one-out walk in the bottom of the eighth. Stevens called for senior Jack Livingston to sacrifice bunt to move Heelan into scoring position, but Livingston’s bunt resulted in a fielder’s choice, with Heelan thrown out at second. “It’s something we’ve got to turn around,” Jones said. “We got two great performances this weekend out of our pitchers, so we need to start giving them some support.” With a young group, Stevens is still looking for a breakthrough moment. He did not say if he thinks that moment will come this season or next. “I can’t tell you when it’s going to happen, but I’ll tell you they’re not going to quit or die,” Stevens said. “They are young, but I’m not saying anything about that. They’re baseball players.” jessekramer2017@u.northwestern.edu
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SHARP-SHOOTER Senior Kat DeRonda goes up against a defender in the midfield. DeRonda had a fruitful weekend in Pennsylvania, leading Northwestern with 3 goals Friday against No. 10 Penn State and 2 goals Sunday in a win against No. 12 Pennsylvania.
NU extends win streak to 4 By Ava Wallace
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With a crucial win in its final away game of the season, Northwestern can now settle in for the home stretch. The No. 6 Wildcats (8-3) took down No. 12 Pennsylvania (6-3) 7-2 on Sunday in Philadelphia for NU’s fourth win in a row, the team’s longest winning streak this season. The victory was a stronger follow-up to a 5-4 victory against No. 11 Penn State on Friday, which was a dismal offensive showing despite the final result. Sunday’s offensive performance saw slight improvement for the Cats, whose 7 goals came on 17 shots. In Friday’s contest, NU finished with 5 goals on 20 shots. The Cats’ recent offensive progress perhaps suggests a level of comfort that has been missing from NU’s games this season. Other than blowouts over Marquette and Michigan, NU’s games have been extremely close. Sunday’s 5-goal win margin is the Cats’ third-largest so far in 2014. Coach Kelly Amonte Hiller said her team’s shot quality has been off recently, but predicts that game scores won’t continue to stay so low. “Offensively we’re trying to find our groove, we haven’t shot very well especially the last couple of games,” she said in an interview with Lacrosse Magazine after the game. “I think just sorting that out is going to be key, and I think
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you’ll see us put some more points up on the board. But hey a win 7-2, we’ll take that.” Offensive developments aside, NU’s defense continued to roll throughout the weekend in Pennsylvania. The Cats’ first flex of muscle Sunday was a familiar play. Junior goalkeeper Bridget Bianco made the first save of the game off an initial shot from Penn. The Quakers did end up drawing blood first with a goal in the third minute of the game, but NU’s defense stayed strong with Bianco at the helm, allowing just one other goal the rest of the game. Bianco also made the first stop in the Cats’ upset over then-No. 1 North Carolina last week, an all-important save the junior said is critical to NU’s success of late. “In my mind, I need to make the first stop so that the defense knows, OK, I’ve got your back,” Bianco said. “Then the attack knows, OK, well we turned the ball over or their goalie makes a great save, then our defense has our back and they’re going to make a save so that we have an opportunity to score. That’s just a chain reaction that’s made successful these last couple of games.” The junior keeper had an impressive eight saves on Penn’s 12 shots. Senior Kerri Harrington and junior
Haydyn Anigian successfully quelled a Penn attack that averaged more than 21 shots per game going into Sunday’s matchup. The Quakers’ leading scorer, Tory Bensen, only got one shot off all game. Senior defender Kate Ivory also pitched in to get NU the lengthy possessions the team has been relying on lately. Ivory and senior draw control specialist Alyssa Leonard tied to lead the team with three ground balls each. On the other end of the field, the Cats’ offense didn’t start clicking until a little less than midway through the first half. Sophomore midfielder Kaleigh Craig led NU’s first real offensive attempt, which ended with her second goal of the weekend. She scored twice Sunday, tied with senior midfielder Kat DeRonda for the team lead in Philadelphia. Craig now leads the Cats with 22 goals; the sophomore has scored in all but one of NU’s games this season. The usual suspects joined Craig on the score sheet. Along with DeRonda — who had a strong showing at Penn State with a team-leading 3 goals — Leonard, senior midfielder Christy Turner and junior attack Kara Mupo all chipped in with a score each. The four-game win streak should prove good momentum for NU heading into the last few games of the season, which include a home contest against No. 4 Florida and a landmark game at Wrigley Field against Southern California. avawallace2015@u.northwestern.edu
Northwestern’s homecoming festivities were far from festive. The Wildcats (4-22, 1-7 Big Ten), who played the season’s first 23 games on the road, returned to Rocky Miller Park on Friday for a three-game series against Illinois (17-11, 5-1). The Fighting Illini blew out the Cats, 13-0, in the series opener and followed that up Saturday with a 6-2 victory in 10 innings. Illinois completed the sweep Sunday with a 1-0 win. Altogether, NU mustered just two runs over the course of 28 innings, and its losing streak now sits at seven games. “We struggle to really play a complete game,” sophomore first baseman Zach Jones said. “Sometimes guys are hitting real well. Sometimes, like this weekend, guys are pitching really well. We’ve just got to be able to come out and consistently have a complete game.” Junior Brandon Magallones turned in his best performance on the mound of the season on Sunday. The right-hander tossed 7 2/3 innings, allowing just one run on seven hits. He also tallied three
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0 2 0 strikeouts. NU wasted a few chances to provide Magallones some muchneeded run support. The Cats left two men on base in the first inning. In the sixth inning, they caught a break when Jones reached on an error. With one out, NU’s heart of the order was due up. But the rally ended before it even began, as junior Scott Heelan grounded into a double play. In the eighth inning, junior Cody Stevens led off with a single and advanced to second base on a sacrifice bunt. But Stevens was picked off, ending NU’s rally. “You can’t really ask for much more,” Magallones said. “Our guys are trying hard, but (Illinois’) pitcher just threw a great game. It’s rough, but it’s baseball.” Although the Cats failed to capitalize, coach Paul Stevens said he was still proud of how they fought late in the game. “They’re not giving up and they’re » See BASEBALL, page 7
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REED-ICULOUS Sophomore Reed Mason hurls a pitch Saturday against Illinois.
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Cats take first Big Ten fall, split Michigan matches By Mike Marut
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Over the weekend, Northwestern (12-6, 6-1 Big Ten) suffered its first Big Ten loss to Michigan (15-3, 7-0) 4-3 on Saturday but bounced back against Michigan State (16-5, 4-3) to win 6-1 on Sunday. The two conference titans, the Wildcats and Wolverines, clashed in Ann Arbor, Mich. — possibly for the regular season title, with both teams undefeated in Big Ten play. NU started off on the wrong foot, losing the doubles point and therefore starting singles play down 1-0. In doubles, No. 21 duo senior Veronica Corning and sophomore Alicia Barnett
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were taken down by higher-ranked No. 18 Brooke Bolender and Emina Bektas 8-4. At No. 3 doubles, unranked tandem senior Belinda Niu and freshman Manon Peri fell to No. 66 Sarah Lee and Amy
Zhu 8-5. That doubles match cemented the point for Michigan, and so the No. 2 doubles match went unfinished with the two pairs deadlocked at 7. In singles play, the Cats turned up the heat, but it did not prove enough. At No. 1 singles, Corning, ranked No. 44, took revenge on her opponent, Bektas, ranked No. 9 at singles. Barnett, unranked in singles, also exacted revenge against Bolender, ranked No. 119. Junior Lok Sze Leung, a Daily staffer, also emerged victorious over Laura Ucros in three sets: 6-2, 4-6, 6-4. Niu, Peri, and senior Nida Hamilton all fell in their singles matches, dooming NU to a 4-3 defeat. Despite the disappointment a day earlier, the Cats came out strong against the Spartans. NU snatched the doubles point with quick victories at courts two
and three. Freshman Brooke Rischbieth teamed up with Niu to win 8-3 at No. 3, while freshman Maddie Lipp and Hamilton claimed victory 8-2. Corning and Barnett battled hard but fell in a close match 8-7 (4) at No. 1 doubles. After the Cats decided the doubles point, they took command in singles, winning five of the six matches. Four of the five victories were dominating performances for NU, with Michigan State never winning more than four sets. The longest singles match came from Peri and Olga Chernova at court four. The match went three sets, with Peri coming out on top, 4-6, 6-3, 1-0 (10-3). With the big victories in singles, NU cruised to a 6-1 win. With only four matches left in the regular season, the Cats need the Wolverines to lose two
of their remaining conference contests to have a shot at winning the Big Ten. If Michigan wins three of the four, they will still earn the regular season title because of their tiebreaking victory over NU. For the Cats to have a shot at the regular season crown, winning out is an absolute necessity. Their competition consists of Nebraska, Iowa, Wisconsin and Minnesota. The Wolverines face off against Minnesota, Wisconsin, Indiana and Purdue during the same time period and then all Big Ten teams will come to Evanston for the Big Ten Tournament at the end of April. If NU can win out, the Cats will have a full head of steam coming into the tournament and a shot at the conference title. michaelmarut2016@u.northwestern.edu