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City: SafeRide wasn’t in danger By marshall cohen and patrick svitek
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SCHapiro speaks University President Morton Schapiro answers audience questions after his “Conversations with President Schapiro” talk in the McCormick Tribune Center on Thursday morning. Schapiro will hold a similar event Wednesday at Northwestern’s Chicago campus.
Schapiro talks future goals By rebecca savransky daily senior staffer @beccasavransky
University President Morton Schapiro held a forum on Thursday to share and discuss the University’s challenges and successes over the past year and his goals for the future. Students and faculty filled the McCormick Tribune Center for Schapiro’s talks.
Schapiro spoke for half of the 90-minute time slot before opening the floor to those interested in asking questions. During the speech, Schapiro covered a variety of topics, including the progression of certain undergraduate programs, diversity and inclusion improvements and campus construction projects. He began the speech by commending the University for its significant accomplishments and noting his appreciation for staff members for their continued
devotion to NU. “I’m proud to say that the staff at Northwestern is one of the things that distinguishes us from other great peer institutions,” Schapiro said. “I’ve never been in a place where the staff were more eager to recognize themselves as educators.” NU is currently a member of the Association of American Universities, an accomplishment Schapiro said » See schapiro, page 6
Evanston officials say SafeRide was never in danger of being shut down for violating city codes, refuting claims the University made earlier this week as it defended its decision to stop offering rides between off-campus locations. A senior NU official also admitted for the first time Thursday the University did not do enough to make sure students knew of the reduction in service, which quietly went into effect after Spring Break and was revealed on the first days of the quarter. “The place that we did not do our due diligence really was developing an appropriate communications strategy for students in a timeframe that they could hear it and absorb it,” said Julie Payne-Kirchmeier, assistant vice president of student auxiliary services. Associated Student Government mobilized against the new policy — SafeRide’s most drastic service change in years — and an online student petition against it garnered more than 600 signatures. Payne-Kirchmeier responded Tuesday, saying the University learned SafeRide would violate a city ordinance if it continued to provide rides between
off-campus sites. If the old policy were reinstated, the University would run the “risk of losing the SafeRide service all together,” she said. That explanation left senior Evanston officials who work closely with the University scratching their heads. “Where did the threat come from?” said Ald. Jane Grover (7th), whose ward includes most of the NU campus. “I can’t imagine we would want to have any role in shutting down SafeRide.” City manager Wally Bobkiewicz on Wednesday confirmed SafeRide was never at risk of being shut down, at least from Evanston’s perspective. While the service SafeRide provides may fall under the city’s taxi ordinance, “it’s never come up as an issue” in talks between the city and University, he said. In an interview Thursday, PayneKirchmeier stood by her letter to students, maintaining the decision was made because SafeRide was “creeping outside of its original intent” to safely transport students to and from campus. She also reiterated “there’s always a possibility” that programs operating in a legal gray area are at risk of getting shut down by authorities. Payne-Kirchmeier traced the decision to late Fall Quarter, when, she said, SafeRide coordinator Bernard Foster » See saferide, page 6
Alumni group to Funding sought for religious groups advocate for athletes By alex putterman
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With the April 25 union vote hanging over the heads of Northwestern football players, program alumni are looking to take matters into their own hands. A group of former Wildcats players and other alumni are organizing to form an advocacy group, leader Kevin Brown, a defensive back for NU during the 1980s, told The Daily on Thursday. “The actual players now have a four-year shelf life,” Brown said. “But the alumni are here permanently, and we’re not going anywhere. So we have the capacity to make the University greater.” Brown, who also works as Evanston’s Youth and Young Adult Program manager, said he and other organizers of the group, which is yet to be named, discussed the subject with other former players at Wednesday night’s meeting at the Lorraine H. Morton Civic Center. After some debate over
Former Medill Dean Janeway dies
Michael Janeway, former dean of the Medill School of Journalism,
whether dialogue should focus specifically on the union, Brown said program alumni reached a general consensus. “Everyone agreed changes are necessary for college scholarship athletes,” he said Thursday. “Where there was division was the issue we were not taking a position on one way or another, and that’s whether a union was appropriate or not for our athletes at Northwestern.” Brown said the group will form before the union vote but will not attempt to influence the vote. Former players in NU’s mentor program, he said, should not proactively voice opinions to current players and should only share their thoughts if their mentees ask for them. Instead of focusing on the vote, the alumni group will speak to University administrators and trustees about how to increase player rights, Brown said. “We want to step higher (than the union vote),” Brown said. “We » See alumni, page 6 Media, Integrated Marketing Communications, died Wednesday, the school announced Thursday. Janeway served as dean of Medill from 1989 to 1997. During his time at NU, he was
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Northwestern officials are working with Associated Student Government to draft a proposal that would provide funding for campus religious groups, most of which do not currently receive any money from the University. With the Center for Student Involvement and the Chaplain’s Office, Alex
Van Atta, ASG student groups vice president, is spearheading the effort by analyzing past funding records and researching initiatives at other universities. As a member of the InterVarsity Christian Fellowship, Van Atta said the cause was important to him personally. “I was originally interested in the project because I was really frustrated with all the fundraising hoops I had to jump through,” Van Atta said. Currently, the only groups with a religious affiliation to receive funding from NU are the Fiedler Hillel Center and the Muslim-cultural Student Association, both of which have ASG representation. In the past, religionbased student organizations have not received funding for several reasons, including certain leadership policies and a lack of campus-wide programming, Van Atta said. Hillel puts on several events throughout the year that act as “cultural events,” welcoming all students. McSA organizes similar broad programming. Van Atta said the process is still in the early stages of development but those working on the initiative are looking for a donor in order to pilot the program. He said he hopes to have the proposal completed by mid-quarter in
order for it to be sent through the development stages so the pilot can be implemented by Fall Quarter. “In order to do that we need to come up with a very specific proposal on what we’d like, so that’s going to be informed by the peer-institution benchmarking,” Van Atta said. Currently, the main priorities of the effort include compiling data, looking for an official donor and gauging religious group interest in the funding, said Natalie Furlett, associate director of the Center for Student Involvement. Several alternatives are being considered and Furlett said she hopes to take a “two-pronged approach.” The group will attempt to combine ASG funding from the Student Activities Fee with funds from a donor willing to contribute money, she said. She added she is looking into why religious groups are currently not funded through the SAF. “I think there are things that we can fund through ASG and there are things that we may need a special fund for, so I’m hoping that we can come up with some sort of special hybrid,” Furlett said. She specifically mentioned ASG does not fund food, a vital aspect
responsible for leading the rededication of the school’s Fisk Hall in 1989. After leaving NU, he worked as an administrator of the National Arts Journalism Program at Columbia University’s graduate school.
Janeway also worked as the executive director of the Trade and Reference Division of the Houghton Mifflin Co. publishing house, editor of The Boston Globe and executive editor of The Atlantic Monthly.
He served as a co-editor of and contributor to “Who We Are: An Atlantic Chronicle of the United States and Vietnam.”
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‘two-pronged approach’ Northwestern officials in collaboration with Associated Student Government are drafting a proposal in an effort to provide funding for religious groups.
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» See RELIGION, page 6
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LYFE Kitchen is a perfect match for Evanston — an environmentally sustainable approach to healthy eating in the heart of downtown.
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LYFE Kitchen adds to downtown dining scene See story on page 5
Bookstore prepares to replace Bookman’s Alley By TORI LATHAM
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The owner of the new bookstore set to move into the space left by Bookman’s Alley plans to build upon the previous shop’s “irreplaceable” legacy. Bookends & Beginnings, which will open in June, hopes to “create a vibrant cultural destination and hub of book-centered community for both adults and children,” owner Nina Barrett (Medill ‘87) said in a news release. The store, 1712 Sherman Ave., is located in the space previously occupied by the antique bookstore that was in operation for more than 30 years. Barrett said she hopes to create a similar cozy atmosphere in her own store. “I have always thought that Evanston needed a general-interest, independent bookstore,” Barrett told The Daily. “We’re planning to be on the more intellectual end and not just the best-seller end.” Barrett said she plans to sell a mix of current popular books as well as “vintage” books. Her husband, retired academic research librarian Jeffrey Garrett, will help Barrett run the store and will be in charge of finding international books. The store will not stock romance, science fiction or mystery novels, Barrett said. “I don’t feel like we have to have every novel ever written,” she said. “I think the point is to have books that aren’t in every other store.” Barrett has a background in journalism and
Police Blotter Man arrested in connection with west Evanston sexual assault Police arrested a Chicago man Tuesday in connection with a criminal sexual assault case that occurred in west Evanston in March. Sulaimon Adigun sexually assaulted his
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READ TO achieve Bookends & Beginnings will replace Bookman’s Alley at the legendary Evanston store’s Sherman Avenue location. Nina Barrett, the store’s owner, said the new shop will offer an assortment of modern and vintage books.
writing. Her work has been published in The New York Times Magazine, among other publications. She also holds a culinary degree and is the recipient of two James Beard Foundation Awards. Barrett said she plans to bring her culinary expertise to the store.
“We will have a fabulous cooking section,” Barrett said. “One of the things I would love to do is to be at the farmer’s market on Saturday with cookbooks and be able to talk to people about what they should do with what they buy.”
coworker, a 19-year-old woman, on March 29, Evanston Police Cmdr. Jay Parrott said. Both Adigun, 24, and the woman, an Evanston resident, work for the same company in the 2100 block of Dewey Avenue. Adigun made sexual advances toward the woman during their lunch break on March 29, ignoring the woman’s repeated requests to stop, Parrott said. Later that day, Adigun held the woman down and assaulted her in the basement of their company’s
building, Parrott said. Adigun, of the 3500 block of South Cottage Grove Drive in Chicago, was charged with criminal sexual assault, a felony. He is scheduled to appear in court May 1.
Police arrest man after theft from Barnes & Noble A Chicago man was arrested Tuesday after
Along with books, Barrett said the store plans to sell items such as stationery, artwork and jewelry. Although the jewelry will be imported from Berlin, most items will be sourced from local artists and artisans. Barrett said she also plans to host in-store events, such as writing workshops, play readings and “accountability groups,” weekly meetings where writers can give and receive feedback on current projects. “I very much see this as a type of forum where people can come together and share ideas,” Barrett said. To facilitate this, Barrett said she does not plan to offer Wi-Fi in the store. “We really want our customers to be somehow interacting with a book, or a person who’s reading a book or a person who’s talking about a book,” she said. Ald. Judy Fiske (1st) said she is “delighted” to welcome Bookends & Beginnings to the neighborhood. “It is a perfect fit for Evanston,” Fiske said in an email to The Daily. Barrett said her ultimate aspiration is for the shop to become an Evanston institution that represents the city through books and artwork. “I would like to be the place where, when people have guests coming to Evanston, they say, ‘Oh, we have to take you to Bookends & Beginnings because it’s such a cool store,’” she said. torilatham2017@u.northwestern.edu stealing more than $200 worth of books from Barnes & Noble in downtown Evanston, police said. The man put about 15 books in a suitcase and activated the store’s security sensors at the last point of purchase, where he was stopped by an off-duty police officer, Parrott said. The man, 40, was charged with retail theft and is scheduled to appear in court on May 1. — Ciara McCarthy
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Study finds elite’s policy preferences more influential See story on page 5
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Annual Earth Week returns to NU By Sohyun Choo
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Northwestern sustainability groups will host several Earth Week programs next week in an effort to raise awareness about environmental issues on campus. The weeklong event, beginning Sunday, will focus on seven major themes: water, energy, waste, transportation, food, community and climate change. Events held during the week will include discussions, volunteering opportunities and film screenings. Allison Potteiger, the University’s sustainability communications coordinator, said she wants this year’s Earth Week to be as successful in engaging students as last year’s. “The Office of Sustainability normally meets with a lot of student groups, but it was really great last year to meet a lot of new students we hadn’t met and get them engaged,� she said. The week will feature annual events including the Mount Trashmore Installation, which gives a visual representation of how much waste NU generates, and the No Impact Challenge, where participants compete to use the fewest number of single-use disposable items. The Office of Sustainability also hopes to increase student participation this year by offering a variety of new
NU study links recreational marijuana use, brain damage
Recreational marijuana use has been linked to significant abnormalities in two regions of the brain, according to a study conducted by Northwestern Medicine and Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School. The study, published Wednesday in the Journal of Neuroscience, examined the number of joints individuals smoked per week and compared
programming. Among these new events is Bike2Campus Week, where participants can log bike rides throughout the week to win prizes. NU will compete with nine other schools in the Chicago area to promote biking as a sustainable means of transportation. The campus-wide shoe collection, which will take place from April 21-25, is another new event involving a partnership between the We want to Associated Student sustain the Government’s Sustainability Committee and dialogue and athletic department. keep students the Students are encouraged engaged to drop off any unwanted beyond a one- shoes at three collection stations: the Henry time event. Crown Sports Pavilion and Aquatics Center, the Rachel Scholes, ground floor of Norris Engineers for a Sustainable World University Center and the Ryan Field weight president room. The shoes will be picked up and sold to a local thrift shop and all proceeds will benefit the Purple Heart Service Foundation. Weinberg senior Wesley Lien, ASG sustainability vice president, said the event will function as an
alternative recycling program aiming to decrease gas emissions from shoe production. “It’s a way to raise funds for charity and also do something good for the environment,� Lien said. Engineers for a Sustainable World, in collaboration with nine other student groups, will host its first ever Earth Week event on Thursday, “Let’s Talk About Water.� The group will screen the award-winning documentary “Last Call at the Oasis,� which will be followed by a panel discussion and question-and-answer session with three experts on nonprofit work and human rights issues. ESW president Rachel Scholes said she hopes the event will begin a dialogue in the NU community about global water issues, including contamination and water shortage. “The idea is to talk about water not just from an engineering perspective, but also from a human rights perspective,� the McCormick senior said. Despite the event being new to Earth Week, Scholes said she hopes it will encourage students to think about sustainability and environmentalism even after the week is over. “We want to sustain the dialogue and keep students engaged beyond a one-time event,� she said.
it to the significance of their brain abnormalities. Researchers found that the greater amount smoked per week, the more abnormal the brain regions were in shape, volume and density. “Some of these people only used marijuana to get high once or twice a week,� said Feinberg Prof. Dr. Hans Breiter, a co-senior author of the study, in a news release. “People think a little recreational use shouldn’t cause a problem, if someone is doing OK with work or school. Our data directly says this is not the case.� During the study, researchers looked into three separate categories — including the volume, shape and density of grey matter within
specific regions of the brain — in order to gain a comprehensive measure of the extent of the expressed abnormalities. The study ultimately found a direct correlation between abnormalities in at least two of the measures and the amount of recreational marijuana individuals smoked. Jody Gilman, lead author of the study, said the study is unique in its detail and results. “This study raises a strong challenge to the idea that casual marijuana use isn’t associated with bad consequences,� Breiter said in the release.
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NU students undervalue health benefits of sleep Students who prioritize resume-padding over healthy habits at risk SAM DOUGLAS
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A couple of days ago, as I sat at a long, communal table at the Starbucks on Sherman Avenue, I was joined by two girls, both Northwestern students, who proceeded to describe vigorously to each other just how stressed each one was. They were both What do you stressed. Very stressed. value? Does Beyond stress, each your NU value prided herself on having slept no more than having a stroke three hours the night before. as a result of What is wrong with studying for our educational ethos tests at age 20? that two students feel the need to justify being unhealthily sleep deprived? I once went to a talk with NU alumni who happened to be theatre practitioners in “the real world.” When asked how prepared they were for life post-graduation, they claimed they were overly ready to meet the demands
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of financial stability and job security. However, they warned that NU alumni, especially in the Windy City’s theatrical community, have a reputation for taking on more projects than they can handle. This problem, more commonly known as overcommitting, can often lead to changes in sleep cycles. Overcommitting is something that sets NU graduates apart from other Chicago-area college alumni. Apparently this is a plague native only to Wildcats. But is the obligation to overcommit actually a bad thing? When it messes up your sleep cycle, absolutely. If you’ve been on Facebook recently, perhaps one of your friends who is more conscientious of his or her health (or of your own! What a good friend!) posted an article from The Huffington Post, which warns that not getting the right amount of sleep can (surprise, surprise) have serious effects on your health. With the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommending teens spend nine to 10 hours a day and adults seven to eight hours a day asleep, only 59 percent of American adults sleep the recommended amount, 25 percent fewer people than in 1942. Disruptions in circadian rhythms lead to negative health outcomes like obesity, diabetes, cancers or a quadrupling of stroke risk due to changes in gene expression in blood cells. In spite of these statistics, we don’t treat sleep with the importance it deserves. Rarely do we take moments to breathe, to spend time alone, to think about ourselves. Is it
Public humiliation an effective punishment Katy Vines
Daily columnist
For five hours this past Sunday, a man named Edmond Aviv sat outside holding a sign which read, “I am a bully. I pick on children that are disabled, and I am intolerant of those that are different from myself. My actions do not reflect an appreciation for the diverse South Euclid community that I live in.” The action — along with serving 15 days in jail with seven months of probation, attending anger management classes, writing a letter of apology, going to counseling and completing 100 hours of community service — was ordered by a judge in response to Aviv’s actions toward his neighbors for the past 15 years. Some of his actions included hooking up kerosene to a fan and blowing the smell onto his neighbor’s property, calling his neighbor an ethnic slur while she was holding her adopted black children, spitting on his neighbor several times, regularly throwing dog feces on his neighbor’s car windshield and smearing feces on the wheelchair ramp that was used by her paralyzed son. After carrying out part of his punishment, Aviv asserted the sentence “isn’t fair at all” because the judge was subjecting him to public humiliation, which “destroyed” him. While Aviv was holding the sign, onlookers honked at him, yelled at him and even stopped to take pictures of the embarrassing situation. The case also gained national media attention. Aviv’s complaints about the unfairness of his punishment are bogus. The only thing that the judge did when she handed down that sentence was give him a taste of his own medicine. He subjected his neighbors and their disabled children to years of torment and humiliation; they were bullied for no reason. Expecting him to withstand only five hours of the same feelings is actually a bit lenient. Aviv fails to realize that his punishment could have been much harsher if it included more jail time instead of the sign punishment. He should be grateful for the judge’s decision to give him just 15 days. Not only is this punishment fair, but it also seems to be effective. The punishment obviously had an effect on Aviv if he claims it destroyed his life. Hopefully, the next time Aviv wants to harass his neighbors, he’ll
remember how this punishment made him feel and he will refrain from doing anything that will put him back in that position. In a similar situation, a 12-year-old boy named Jose Gonzalez was caught stealing and was forced to hold a sign as punishment. While evaluating the effectiveness of the penalty, a psychologist named James Huysman said having Jose take responsibility for his actions was a positive, but that he was likely too young to gain any “insight” from the punishment. However, in the 62-year-old Aviv’s case, the perpetrator is old enough to gain insight from the experience, and hopefully he will avoid harassing others in the future. Furthermore, Aviv’s punishment is a good example to the children and teenagers who passed by him when he was holding the sign. He was setting a perfect example of the negative consequences that will come when one commits a crime, or even simply a wrongdoing. No one would enjoy being in his position, and hopefully they will avoid actions that could land them there. Though public humiliation may seem like an outdated form of punishment, it certainly has its benefits. In Aviv’s case, it may have been lenient, but it did teach him a lesson. The only reason his life was “destroyed” was because he can no longer go on harassing his neighbors without fear of retribution. 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.
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perhaps because we don’t want to miss out? Or maybe because we feel the need to pad our resumes? My hunch is that the latter is more accurate: I must confess that I have also been guilty of such sentiments. When my Starbucks table buddies arrived and began comparing and commiserating about their unenviable situations, I found myself baffled not by the self-confidence that they were doing the right thing in never sleeping, but in their lack of concern for their health and that they presented as cool and hip a seriously unhealthy stereotype to those around them. Overcommitment and sleep deprivation
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Last January, my sorority did an activity where we rated how happy we were in different aspects of our lives. It included a variety of questions, including how often we laughed and how satisfied we are overall with our lives. At the time that we took this quiz, I got a higher score than all 45 women who took it with me. Recently, I went back and looked at the quiz again. I got very close to the lowest possible score. So what changed between last January and now? I realized my entire perspective on life had shifted. I used to take as many risks as I wanted to and dealt with the consequences if they came. But one day, I just decided to stop taking those risks because they weren’t worth it when they didn’t work out. You know that rush of adrenaline you get when you do something you’re not supposed to? Or something that has no purpose other than making you laugh? I hadn’t done that in such a long time; I’d started taking life a little too seriously to have fun with it. I used to be one of those people who took every single risk I could because I got a thrill out of it. Everyone goes through rough times at some point in their life. It’s easy to start thinking about how every chance you take has gone
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wrong, and how risks aren’t worth the negative outcomes. But if you never take a chance, how are you going to figure out what makes you truly happy? It’s easy to get caught up in what you think is the thing to do If you’re reading right based on what oththis, go do that ers tell you to do. But you need to thing that you think about what’s really want to right for you. You’re only young once; if do but are too you don’t do what’s scared to do. right for you at this Go talk to that moment, no one else will. person you You are the only really want to, person who can control your actions. or go try out of what that activity that Regardless people tell you to do, you’ve wanted you’re at perfect liberty to do what you to do but never want to do, because actually got you know what you need better than around to. anyone else does. The inherent nature of risk is the chance things won’t work out. But there’s also a chance that they will. I’ve been focused on all the things that have gone wrong from the risks I’ve taken in the past and forgot about all the things that made them worth it. The chances that we are afraid to take are often the ones that will make us the most happy. As lame as it sounds, you need to do what your gut tells you. If it seems like your gut is telling you a gazillion things, you’re listening to your head and not your gut. If you’re reading this, go do that thing that you really want to do but are too scared to do. Go talk to that person you really want to, or go try out that activity that you’ve wanted to do but never actually got around to. You may not be completely prepared for the consequences, but you may never be. It’s better to take that chance while you still want to than never taking it at all.
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Meera Patel is a McCormick junior. She can be reached at meera@u.northwestern.edu. If you would like to respond publicly to this column, send a Letter to the Editor to opinion@dailynorthwestern.com.
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LYFE Kitchen to bring healthy eating downtown By Katherine richter
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Organic food restaurant LYFE Kitchen is slated to open its second Chicago-area location next month in downtown Evanston. “LYFE Kitchen is a perfect match for Evanston — an environmentally sustainable approach to healthy eating in the heart of downtown,” Ald. Judy Fiske (1st) said in an email to The Daily. “What could be better for our community?” The California-based chain, whose name stands for “Love Your Food Everyday” receives local produce every day and prides itself on using only natural ingredients and being “organic whenever possible,” according to its website. LYFE Kitchen, 1603 Orrington Ave., already has a location in Chicago’s River North neighborhood. Chefs Art Smith and Tal Ronnen developed the menu, which offers breakfast, lunch and dinner suited to restrictions such as vegan and gluten-free
diets. All menu items are fewer than 600 calories, according to the LYFE website. Based in Chicago, Nate Cooper is a co-founder and partner in the L3 Hospitality Group, a franchisee of LYFE. He said LYFE offers upscale food choices at lower prices than restaurants with similar menus. For example, Cooper said, roasted outdoor salmon, which costs $30 or more in city restaurants, will be just $14.99 at LYFE. Other notable menu items include quinoa buttermilk pancakes, grass-fed burgers, unfried buffalo chicken strips and a quinoa crunch bowl topped with edamame hummus. “I think it fits in the Evanston area perfectly,” Cooper said. “We have an elevated experience.” Cooper also distinguished LYFE Kitchen from other Evanston eateries, such as Cosi and Panera Bread, which he said do a majority of their business at lunchtime. LYFE Kitchen aims to be full throughout the day, Cooper said. Attracting families, business people and college students alike, LYFE Kitchen first opened in Palo Alto, Calif., where Stanford University is located.
LYFE offers free Wi-Fi and serves working lunchgoers as often as people seeking fine dining. Mike Roberts is the president and CEO of the LYFE Kitchen franchise. He was previously the global president and COO of McDonald’s Corporation but refocused his restaurant development to more sustainable, nutritious dining. Under Roberts’ direction, the chain is planning to open at least 10 locations in the Chicago region over the next five years, according to Crain’s Chicago Business. Communication freshman Samantha SophieaFairmont said she is looking forward to the restaurant opening in Evanston. “LYFE Kitchen has the type of food that is so hard for a college student to get,” Sophiea-Fairmont said. “I can finally get the food that I miss so much from home without spending way too much.” LYFE Kitchen has placed advertisements on campus and is currently hiring cashiers, baristas, cooks and for other roles. katherinerichter2017@u.northwestern.edu
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circle of lyfe LYFE Kitchen is set to open an Evanston location at 1603 Orrington Ave. The California-based chain offers a wide range of menu items, including gluten-free, vegetarian and vegan options.
NU prof quanitifies gap between elites, average voters By Jordan Harrison
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A Northwestern professor co-authored a study quantifying the disparity between the influence of affluent and average voters on U.S. government policy. The study, scheduled to be published later this year, was co-authored by political science Prof. Benjamin Page and Princeton University politics Prof. Marten Gilens. The pair analyzed roughly 1,800 government policies between 1981 and 2002 and found policy changes were influenced more by economic elites and business interest groups than by average voters. “The central point that emerges from our research is that economic elites and organized groups representing business interests have substantial independent impacts on U.S. government policy, while mass-based interest
groups and average citizens have little or no independent influence,” Gilens and Page wrote in the study. Gilens cited a decrease in the regulation of businesses over the two decades studied as an example demonstrating the trend. “In general, there’s been a long-term trend toward a deregulatory direction that both the Democratic and Republican parties have embraced over the last about four decades,” Gilens told The Daily. “That is a policy that is much more popular with business-world and affluent Americans than it is with the middle class.” Page and Gilens said there has been “almost no work” previously assessing the policy preferences of average, affluent and businessoriented groups and further evaluating their relative influence on policy outcomes. “I think it’s fair to say nobody has been able to estimate the impact of interest groups successfully before, and so we did it for all the
groups together,” Page said. Gilens said he has been working on the study for about ten years. Page, who had been following Gilens’ work, said he contributed the idea of examining the influence of interest groups and connected the work to prominent political theories. The paper, “Testing Theories of American Politics: Elites, Interest Groups, and Average Citizens,” will be published in September in the journal Perspectives on Politics. Gilens and Page only analyzed data through 2002, but they said their results would likely still hold for policies of the last decade. “We can’t be sure, but I think there are reasons to believe that the power of business groups and affluent probably has increased (in the last decade) for several reasons,” Page said. “One is there is more and more wealth at the top, more and more inequality of wealth, and that suggests there is more political power at the top. Another thing is that unions just
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keep getting weaker and weaker. … A third is that various changes in the law, especially the Supreme Court decisions, have made it easier for money to influence politics.” Page said he was surprised by some of the results of the study, especially in regards to a political theory called “majoritarian pluralism.” “The basic idea is that maybe ordinary citizens don’t have a whole lot of influence on their own, but they’re represented by groups,” Page said. “Therefore, everybody really ought to end up being represented pretty well. It turns out that’s just not true. … Mass-based interest groups have much less influence than corporations and business-oriented groups.” Page said the results of the study raise concerns for the state of American politics. “If you like the idea of democracy, it’s got to be a little disturbing,” he said.
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distinguishes the University. He added NU moved up the rankings in this organization and is currently in the top third. The University’s focus on research and the medical advances it has made further allowed NU to gain this more prestigious ranking, he said. “We’re keeping people alive longer, keeping them healthier. It’s really amazing stuff that we’re doing,” Schapiro said. “I’m excited to be one of the 26 great private research universities in this entire country and I’m very proud that we’re in the top third of this unbelievably prestigious group.” He also brought up specific programs relating to socioeconomic status and the importance of inclusion within the campus community. He said the University is striving to increase diversity, an initiative he said has been successful so far. He also specifically mentioned the NU Class Confessions Tumblr page, which currently has more than 500 entries. Schapiro said the page, on which students can anonymously submit their own experiences relating to class at NU, represents the progress the University still must make to become a completely accepting campus. “It’s a remarkably open discussion full of anguish and guilt and doubt,” Schapiro said about the website. “It shows you we have a long way to go to make sure that we have the inclusive community that we want.” Schapiro also gave updates on the University’s construction projects, noting although the renovation of commonly used buildings, including Kresge Hall, will be “disruptive,” it will create a better learning environment in the future. He also talked about the recent “We Will” capital campaign, which NU officially launched at the end of Winter Quarter. He said the two goals for the campaign are to raise $3.75 billion and to encourage participation.
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SchaIt’s a remarkably piro shared open discussion full of his efforts to continuanguish and guilt ally involve and doubt. himself with memMorton Schapiro, bers of NU University President through several smaller group conversations throughout the year, noting Thursday’s event was only one of the many ways he engages with students and faculty. He ended his talk emphasizing the importance of keeping students on campus safe, calling it a promise he made and one he strives to keep. After the speech, attendees had the opportunity to ask questions in person, or online for those watching the speech on the live feed. Students and faculty asked Schapiro several questions regarding topics including NU’s satellite campus in Qatar, the “We Will” campaign and the University’s goals. Julie Payne-Kirchmeier, vice president of student auxiliary services, said as an administrator, she thought Schapiro’s speech touched upon several important topics, including the capital campaign and the University’s standing among peer institutions. “I actually enjoy the remarks that he makes to start it off,” Payne-Kirchmeier said. “So really hearing about the president’s perception of where we are as an institution, the things that are important, the priorities. Those to me are very eye-opening. I also appreciated how he contextualized the capital campaign and the intentionality that is brought forward with connecting it to our strategic plan and our strategic vision for Northwestern. I think that was powerful and, quite frankly, a very healthy approach.” rebeccasavransky2015@u.northwestern.edu
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want to address issues at Northwestern. We want to engage both the athletic director and the Board of Trustees about this issues. That’s what we want the focus to be: making clear policy changes that can look at issues like extending the amount of years that kids have to obtain a degree. “We also agree with the health issue, that Northwestern has the wherewithal, the endowment to endow a fund that could subsidize health care costs. Those are the type of real policy issues that we want to address that Northwestern doesn’t need NCAA permission to do. ” Brown said based on conversations he has had with alumni, he expects “hundreds and hundreds” of former players and alumni to support the advocacy group.
talked to a staffer in the city manager’s office who said rides between two off-campus locations may be at odds with a city ordinance regarding taxi services. Bobkiewicz said a SafeRide representative made a “cold call” to the civic center and spoke with a city staffer who is “not normally involved in discussions with the University on any subject.” Foster was unavailable for comment for this story. The discovery that SafeRide might be at odds with city law led Payne-Kirchmeier and Foster to revisit the original mission of the service. They then reached the decision to discontinue rides between off-campus locations, she said. The original plan, she said, was to implement the change in February along with the release of TapRide, a new app that allows students to request rides from their smartphones. Technical difficulties delayed the app’s introduction until the beginning of this quarter. Payne-Kirchmeier said she regrets the timing of
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to many religious and cultural celebrations, further emphasizing the need for a “hybrid” system. Van Atta added that additional options include having the proposal come from ASG, and instituting a grant board or group that would review funding applications, such as an interfaith group to give organizations the opportunity to apply for specific funds. Another option he outlined would give the Chaplain’s Office a grant pool to allot to students. However, Van Atta emphasized he would prefer a “student model.” The committee has reached out to and looked into the processes at several other universities. NU’s system of religious funding has changed drastically over the past decade. Currently, religious groups at NU are registered under the Chaplain’s Office. Previously, there was a separate category for religious groups, allowing them to receive funding for certain events and to be officially recognized by ASG. In order to receive the recognition, the groups first had to register with the Chaplain’s Office before going through the application process to become ASG recognized, University Chaplain Timothy Stevens said. However, Stevens said several students and religious groups complained the accommodations for “R-status groups,” as they were known, were far lower than the traditional A- and B-status groups. After this funding was “phased away,” several students have attempted to take on the initiative but have lacked follow-through, Van Atta said.
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what followed: rolling We think out the policy change and the app immethis could have diately after Spring been handled Break. better. “I think that’s where we own it,” she said, Ani Ajith, admitting the Univeroutgoing ASG sity made mistakes. president “We had done some verbal conversations with folks, and that wasn’t enough, so we’ll go back and circle back with ASG and figure out the best way to do that in the future.” Student leaders from ASG regularly work with Payne-Kirchmeier and other University officials on new projects and policies — especially those that could affect a large swath of students. But outgoing ASG president Ani Ajith said he and his colleagues were surprised by the change. “We don’t like it when we hear about something for the first time on Facebook and we’re caught off guard, not due to any incompetence on our part but a lack of
Stevens said although he supports the initiative, there are several potential roadblocks, including the lack of money currently available for student group funding. “Potentially there are 35 or 40 religious groups on campus, so you’re adding more groups into the pool who are competing for the same amount of money,” Stevens said. He also said if the funding initiative is successful, ASG will need to have a system to ensure groups are not discriminated against on the basis of religious affiliation. Stevens added that although several religious groups have struggled to raise enough funds for their desired programming events. Others have found the benefits from being registered under the Chaplain’s Office, which include being allowed to reserve space for events and create a website, satisfy their needs. However, Furlett noted being recognized by ASG gives student groups a greater voice through the presence of the vice president for student groups and other ASG protocols. Currently, religious groups receive funding through fundraising efforts or donations, among other ways, Van Atta said. He added he is hoping this effort changes this process, noting although it may be controversial, the research and effort put into the proposal will likely garner support for the initiative. “There’s ways of navigating that issue and making sure that everyone feels comfortable,” Van Atta said. “This was in line with the Student Affairs mission of social justice and making sure we have equity among our groups and that everybody has equal opportunity to the resources that the University can offer them.” rebeccasavransky2015@u.northwestern.edu communication from the University,” Ajith said. In its first ASG meeting of the quarter, two days after the new off-campus policy went into effect, the Senate passed legislation asking the University to reverse its decision. On Thursday, Payne-Kirchmeier made it clear that the University has no intention to give in to these demands. For Payne-Kirchmeier, the controversy is an opportunity to reassess students’ off-campus transportation needs, especially in regard to shuttles. She pointed out SafeRide wait times have decreased thanks to the changes this quarter, and although that was not the “primary decision driver” behind the elimination of rides between off-campus locations, she said it is a benefit. Ajith does not believe the trade-off is worth it. “This may reduce wait times but it leaves out a significant portion of the student population who need safe transport from location to location,” Ajith said. “We think this could have been handled better.” mc2014@u.northwestern.edu patricksvitek2014@u.northwestern.edu
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Cats head west to face tough Nebraska squad By Alex Putterman
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In literature, heading west often means freedom and self-discovery. Northwestern just hopes it means winning baseball games. The Wildcats (8-24, 2-9 Big Ten), victors in four of their last six games, head to Lincoln, Neb., this weekend for a three-game series against Nebraska (25-14, 7-2 Big Ten). The Cornhuskers have won 10 of their last 11 games, including their last six in conference. “I’m really excited to see us go play such a hot team as Nebraska is right now because I want to see how these guys handle that kind of intensity and heat,” coach Paul Stevens said. “Nebraska is on a roll right now. I’m really, really looking forward to the challenge that this weekend presents.” The Cats are hot in a sense as well, sweeping Chicago State on Wednesday and making it four wins in six games. But three of those wins have been against non-conference foes, and NU hasn’t played a team as good as Nebraska all season. The Cornhuskers sit in second place in the Big Ten, led by starting pitcher Chance Sinclair, who leads all Big Ten players with at least 40 innings pitched in ERA, and outfielder Michael Pritchard, among the conference leaders in total bases, slugging percentage, runs scored and runs batted in. “It’s got a lot of upperclassmen that are very good players,” Stevens said. “Their pitching has been on fire. Their hitters are some of the better ones in the league. And they just play the game hard.” Nebraska always enjoys a substantial home field advantage. Last year, NU’s games in Lincoln drew as many as 4,000 spectators. So far in 2014, the Cornhuskers are 13-5 at Hawks Field. The trip marks a return to the road for the
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Cats, who have played nine straight, over two weeks, in the Chicago area. Stevens said the excursion could be good for the team. “I think it gives them the chance to bond a little bit more on the road,” he said. “I think we’re growing up a lot over the last few weeks. There’s a lot of components to this team that are starting to fall into place. And there’s a little more room for that growth when you go on the road.” Every series matters for the Cats if they hope to qualify for the Big Ten Tournament, which features the conference’s top eight teams. NU currently stands in 11th, two and a half games back of eighth, with 12 games to play. The schedule gets I think easier after Nebraska, it will be a with games against fifth-place Michireally exciting gan State, sixthweekend for place Michigan and Northwestern ninth-place Ohio State, but the Cats baseball. will be underdogs Paul Stevens, throughout. coach That means some upsets are necessary, starting immediately. Stevens, who after every win predicts it will be the start of a streak, sees high potential for the weekend. “I’m really, really excited to get our guys and this team, with where we’re at right now, to that kind of intensity and to see how they respond,” he said. “I think it will be a really exciting weekend for Northwestern baseball.”
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In an uncharacteristically inconsistent season marred by three one-goal losses and a tough defeat against Syracuse, one of the few things Northwestern fans can count on when it comes to the No. 5 Wildcats (9-4, 3-2 ALC) is junior goalkeeper Bridget Bianco, who has become a stalwart leader when a desperate team needed an anchor. When NU upended then-No. 1 North Carolina at Lakeside Field just a week after losing to then-No. 3 Syracuse 11-7, Bianco and the Cats kept the high-powered Tar Heels to only 5 goals, UNC’s first singledigit scoring total in nearly a year. Getting the first save of each game, as Bianco has done multiple times this season including against the Tar Heels, was one of the goalie’s aims this year. Coach Kelly Amonte Hiller said it has made things easier for the whole team. “It’s such an emotional boost when you get that big save from your goalie, and to get as many as Bridget has been making, it’s a difference maker,� Amonte Hiller said. Bianco’s first-save focus has helped the Cats’ defense keep top teams to low
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scores; the five wins NU racked up from the end of March to mid-April all saw opponents with single-digit tallies. Her leadership in NU’s zone has helped the defense run a tight ship and the offense play a possession game. The junior’s steady play comes in part from her growth last season. Bianco was not exactly flailing in goal last year — she ended with a solid 7.63 goals-against average — but 2013 was also her first year starting every game, and she was tasked with replacing former standout Brianne LoManto. Bianco was making saves last year, but her presence on the field is noticeably improved this season. That energetic presence, usually in the form of an authoritative yell or fist pump, has made her into a more complete leader. That presence, the junior said, comes from experience. “I’m definitely more comfortable in a starting position,� Bianco said. “Facing teams like a UNC, a Florida, big, huge teams, I don’t feel as timid.� Bianco now sits seventh nationally
in goals-against average, at 7.6. She has been tabbed the ALC Defensive Player of the Week twice this season and was on the Tewaaraton Award watch list in late February. In a 13-12 season-opening win against then-No. 8 Virginia, she recorded 14 stops, just one short of the NU singlegame record. Both Bianco and Amonte Hiller credit NU’s newest assistant coach, Tim McCormack, as well as the Cats’ two other goalkeepers, junior Brooke Jones and freshman Natalee Easthom, with a large part of Bianco’s success. “We’re just like our own little goalie group,â€? Bianco said. “Natalee, Brooke, they’re two totally different goalies, and the difference is, this year, we collaborate. ‌ It’s just the little things that make you a little bit more confident each day so when I step on the field I literally have nothing to be worried about because I have those two and Tim.â€? McCormack echoed Bianco, saying her improvement is largely in her mental game. “We’ve constantly talked about being calm and patient, focusing and waiting for that shot. You know, she’s worked very hard at that,â€? he said. “It’s been 90 percent mental work with her. You can see it in action Saturdays.â€?
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SAVING SCORES Junior goalkeeper Bridget Bianco gets in position to attempt a save during Northwestern’s game against Vanderbilt.
The junior will need to have her wits about her this Saturday, when NU hosts No. 4 Florida (14-2, 5-0 ALC). When the Cats last played the Gators in the regular season last year, Florida let loose a barrage of 28 shots on Bianco, the most the junior goalie has ever faced. Needless to say, Bianco will have a tough game ahead of her. The pressure
to win is intensified, as Saturday is NU’s Senior Day, when the team will celebrate their nine-woman senior class. But, senior or not, don’t be surprised if it’s Bianco who plays the hero in Saturday’s game. She’s having that kind of season. avawallace2015@u.northwestern.edu
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Northwestern’s tennis squads each square off against a pair of Big Ten foes this weekend in their final matches of the regular season. While the No. 13 women (14-6, 8-1 Big Ten) hit the road to take on Wisconsin (7-10, 2-7) and Minnesota (16-6, 6-3), the men (17-9, 5-4) stay home for Senior Weekend, when the Badgers (9-13, 1-8) and Golden Gophers (11-10, 5-4) will come to Evanston. “I remember my I remember first match my first match freshman freshman year year against Ball State against Ball like it was State like it was yesterday,� yesterday. It still senior captain Raleigh hasn’t really hit Smith said. me yet that it’s “It still hasn’t really hit me my last one. yet that it’s my last one.� Raleigh Smith, Smith, senior ranked 58th in the country, is NU’s lone senior, and his teammates feel an extra urge to make this weekend special for him. “Raleigh has been a big part of this team for years,� freshman Sam Shropshire said. “This weekend will definitely be really big for us and even bigger for
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him.� Smith started out playing No. 6 singles for the Cats and has steadily improved to become one of the best players in the country. He has struggled lately, though, losing five of his past six matchups, and an injury forced him to retire from his most recent match against Iowa. Still, Smith’s teammates have picked up the slack, and the Wildcats have won five straight. Shropshire is 8-0 in Big Ten play and currently holds a 12-match undefeated streak, with nine wins. Strong Kirchheimer has enjoyed a nice win streak of his own, nabbing seven straight victories and nine in a 10-match undefeated stretch. Even so, Shropshire knows the challenge ahead won’t be easy. “We’ve been learning that literally everybody in the Big Ten is a good team,� he said. “Nothing is going to be easy. We just have to focus and stay sharp.� The men’s team isn’t NU’s only one looking dominant recently. After a tough loss to Michigan two weeks ago, the women’s team rebounded with a vengeance, crushing Michigan State, Nebraska and Iowa by a combined score of 18-3. Now the Cats are looking to cap off their regular season with two wins this weekend as the team heads into postseason conference play hosted
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on their own courts. “Obviously we don’t overlook any opponent, but we’re just looking to improve, get better for the Big Ten Tournament,� freshman Maddie Lipp said. NU’s goals haven’t changed. “(We) just have to be sure that (the goals) translate when we play,� coach Claire Pollard said. “Matches that we’re maybe not as in control of. We need to make sure those performance goals translate well when we’re not as comfortable, when we’re being pushed and challenged.� The Cats have struggled this season with winning a match when losing the doubles point. The doubles point is of the utmost importance to an NU victory, as the team has claimed all 14 of its victories when winning that point but has sustained all six losses when losing the doubles point. “We need to play good doubles,� Pollard said. “I would like to win a match without the doubles point this year. I don’t know that I would want to try it out, but I would like at some point I feel like you’re going to have to win one match throughout the season without the doubles point, and so far that’s a goal we haven’t been able to achieve.� alexanderlederman2017@u.northwestern.edu michaelmarut2016@u.northwestern.edu
By kevin casey
daily senior staffer @KevinCasey19
Stability has been tough to uncover for Northwestern this spring, so you can bet the team will be searching for answers in its final event before Big Ten Championships. A week after the Kepler Intercollegiate, an event where coach Pat Goss admitted the team “didn’t show anything,� the Wildcats will travel to Indiana for the Boilermaker Invitational. The event takes place Saturday and Sunday, a 54-hole affair featuring seven Big Ten squads, four of which are among the six top-50 teams at present. NU is one of those top-50 squads, if only just barely. The Cats are now ranked No. 49, down two spots from last week and 12 spots since the last event of the fall season. It’s been a rocky time for the Cats as the weather has warmed up in Evanston, and the team knows the timetable for improvement has to be accelerated. Of course, NU could’ve benefited greatly from an efficient performance at the Kepler. Junior Matthew Negri offered some help in the inconsistent Nos. 3-5 section of the lineup with his solid play at No. 3, leading to a tie for 28th. Sophomore Andrew Whalen only solidified his hold on the No. 2 spot with a 13th-place finish, the highest position on the team. But the tournament also marked a blip on the radar for the ultra-reliable Jack Perry. The senior, who had not
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placed worse than 15th in his previous seven events, never shot better than 74 in Columbus, Ohio on his way to a tie for 30th. Despite Negri’s performance, the final three spots in the lineup remain in flux. The junior was actually not even in the starting lineup in the event before the Kepler. Negri and senior John Callahan replaced sophomore Josh Jamieson and junior Bennett Lavin at the Kepler, giving the Cats a third different starting lineup in three spring stroke-play events. The constant reshuffling has not been without its positives. Along with Negri finding his game for at least one week, this mix-and-match approach has brought Scott Smith’s name to the forefront. The sophomore did not start once in the fall, but has secured a spot in the last two events. Smith struggled to a tie for 61st at the Goodwin, but put together three solid rounds to tie for 34th last week. A high finish in Indiana would be nice for the Cats, but getting good, consistent play from all members of the starting five would be exponentially more helpful. They have one last chance before the Big Ten Championships to prove this lineup can play well top to bottom. If postseason success awaits, such an occurrence is a must. kevincasey2015@u.northwestern.edu
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