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City Council voted Monday to discuss the two volunteer animal care organizations who expressed interest in replacing Community Animal Rescue Effort as a partner of the Evanston Animal Shelter. Chicago-based non-profit Anti-Cruelty Society and Saving Animals for Evanston, which is made up of former CARE volunteers who helped rescue animals that were in line to be euthanized, responded to the city’s request for qualifications in managing the animal shelter. Council voted at its April 8 meeting to terminate the city’s relationship with CARE. The decision followed a period of negotiations between CARE and Evanston, in which aldermen put forward new
revised policies that CARE would have to follow in order to stay in Evanston. When those failed, City Council ordered the organization halt its work at the shelter and leave the premises by May 9. Evanston Police Cmdr. James Pickett, who is overseeing the shelter’s operations during the transition, updated aldermen on CARE’s movement and volunteer coordination at the shelter. “We still have a long way to go,” Pickett said. “We have plenty of volunteers. We’ll be able to move forward with business as usual after May 9.” After hearing concerns from residents about funds collected by CARE for the shelter, the council directed city manager Wally Bobkiewicz to discuss the issue with the organization. The money in question — more than
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‘never forget’ Students look on during a memorial service for victims of the Holocaust at The Rock on Monday afternoon. The service was preceded by a silent walk in the memory of lives lost during the Holocaust.
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pick a partner Evanston Police Cmdr. James Pickett updates aldermen on the city’s efforts to take over operations at the Evanston Animal Shelter.
Northwestern community members gathered to honor and commemorate Holocaust victims in honor of Holocaust Remembrance Day. Several student groups sponsored events to show respect and solidarity for those affected by the Holocaust. Different speakers gave talks discussing the importance of remembering the tragedy, and a march and memorial service were held at The Rock on Monday afternoon. Students marched from The Rock
through campus before returning back to The Rock for the memorial service. During the service, Rabbi Aaron Potek spoke, and several poems were read in commemoration. Prior to the memorial service, author Marty Brounstein spoke to about 20 individuals about a couple who sacrificed their own lives to save those in danger of being sent to concentration camps during World War II. Brounstein is known for his book, “Two Among the Righteous Few: A Story of Courage in the Holocaust,” published in 2011. He has spoken to more than 260 audiences to share this story. Brounstein began his talk by asking
members of the audience three questions about whether or not they would be willing to sacrifice their own lives for those who were most in need of their help. He continued his discussion by describing the history of World War II, emphasizing the absolute destruction occurring after Germany initially invaded Poland in 1939. “When it’s finally over, you’re going to have over 11 million people murdered in the Holocaust,” Brounstein said. He noted Jews were not the only ones targeted during the war, but disabled individuals and political opponents, » See HOLOCAUST, page 6
Prof’s device can detect disease Campaign promotes By Jordan harrison
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A Northwestern professor was awarded a grant to work on a medical testing device that can be used to diagnose infectious diseases in remote, inaccessible areas. Biomedical engineering Prof. David Kelso, who earned a grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has been working since 2006 on a device called Savanna that currently tests mainly for HIV and tuberculosis but has the ability to be used to test for diseases including hepatitis and human papillomavirus in the future.
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An Evanston resident was among more than 20 Illinois residents given awards Monday for community service by the governor’s office and the Illinois Department of Human Services. Shira Choi was awarded the Governor’s Volunteer Service Award for her work with Heartland Health Outreach
Kelso said the device will speed up diagnosis and treatment of diseases in rural areas. “These tests are currently done on very large, very expensive automated systems that are in labs in the capital city or in district hospitals but the patients are being seen in rural clinics in remote areas,” he said. “What this does is it puts the automated testing equipment in the clinic in the rural area and that way the result can be turned around the same day while the patient is there.” Mark Weislogel (McCormick ‘96), a professor of mechanical and materials engineering at Portland State University, advised Kelso on the design after he ran into problems transporting fluids in the Savanna
device. Weislogel said he helped Kelso account for capillary flow in the design. Capillary flow is the movement of a liquid due to interactions between the liquid and a solid surface. It is more prominent in small systems like Kelso’s device, Weislogel said. “We’re trying to exploit the capillary force so we don’t have to have any moving parts — no pumps,” Weislogel said. “We want passive systems that do things naturally due to capillary forces, due to wetting and surface tension.” Weislogel is the principal investigator on the Capillary Flow Experiment on the International Space
in Chicago, where she educated homeless people about their health insurance eligibility under the Affordable Care Act. An AmeriCorps volunteer, Choi also helped people navigate the HealthCare. gov website to enroll in Medicaid or in insurance marketplaces. The Heartland Health Outreach, the branch of the Chicago-based nonprofit Heartland Alliance that deals with health care issues, provides health care to medically underserved residents. Four businesses and 22 other Illinois
residents were also presented with Volunteer Service Awards this morning. “Every day across Illinois, thousands of volunteers donate their time and work hard to help others and build stronger communities,” Gov. Pat Quinn said in a news release. “Today we are honoring these individuals who donate their time to make our communities better and set an example for others with their initiative, creativity and energy.”
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Northwestern’s Body and Media Lab started an initiative last week encouraging individuals to flip over magazines with covers that are unhealthy for female body image. Psychology Prof. Renee Engeln heads the Body and Media Lab, which focuses on research about the effects of culture on female body image. She said the initiative, called “Turn it Around,” allows members of the lab to take a more active role that would impact people on a regular basis. “We wanted to give women an everyday act they could do that would give them a little more control over what types of images they’re exposed to,” Engeln said. She said body image can have a big impact on women’s future behavior and emotional health, which is one of the reasons why Turn it Around is so important. “Body dissatisfaction is a big predictor of eating disorder behavior,” she said. “It’s also related to depression and anxiety, so there are a lot of good reasons to want to try to reduce women’s body
dissatisfaction.” Research assistants at the lab encourage all participants to take pictures as they flip over different magazines, and they have set up a Facebook and Tumblr page for people to share the images. Engeln said turning over the magazines can also have an impact on others who are not directly participating in the initiative. “In the end, it’s not really about posting your picture, it’s more about getting into the practice on a regular basis,” she said. “The idea is that if you turn some of these magazines around, you’re not just limiting your own exposure, but you’re probably helping out some of the people who are going to be in line behind you, too.” Weinberg sophomore Margaret Shavlik, who has been working as a research assistant at the Body and Media Lab since the fall, said she is also concerned about younger children who see these magazines on a regular basis. “We should do something to help the girls and boys of the future or the next generation not be as hurt by certain ideals and body dissatisfaction and selfobjectification,” she said. “We don’t have to accept passive exposure to things that » See TURN IT AROUND, page 6
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Evanston’s public works staff proposed Monday a plan to cut the number of newspaper distribution box locations by almost two-thirds to clear street clutter and maintain the city’s rights-of-way. The Administration and Public Works Committee encouraged city staff to move forward with drafting an amendment to Evanston’s
Police Blotter Taxi driver assaulted in Evanston A Chicago taxi driver was assaulted in north Evanston by his passenger on Saturday night, police said. The 54-year-old driver picked up his customer near the 4800 block of North Clark Street in Chicago, Evanston Police Cmdr. Jay Parrott said. The Chicago resident drove the passenger to the intersection of Noyes Street and Ridge Avenue, where the man held
National News National high school graduation rate exceeds 80 percent for first time WASHINGTON — The national high school graduation rate has reached a record high of more than 80%, but disparities based on students’ racial, socio-economic and disability status remain alarming, according to an annual report by America’s Promise Alliance, a nonprofit group founded by former Secretary of State Colin Powell. An estimated four out of five public high school students obtained their diploma in 2012, according to the report, which used the latest available data from the Department of Education. But figures were
newspaper box policy, which will decrease the number of citywide box locations from 46 to 17. The proposal came in response to an increased number of vendors placing boxes on city streets without first seeking necessary permits, public works director Suzette Robinson said. “(It’s an) opportunity to consolidate the boxes to more central locations in an effort to clear up the clutter, create a more uniform look along the street and increase the walkability along those corridors,” she said. According to Robinson’s presentation at the meeting, there are currently 223 boxes at 46 locations citywide, a 25 percent decrease since 2012, and 31 different publications that use them to distribute print products. The proposed amendment would consolidate these boxes to 17 locations concentrated in the downtown Evanston area. Each location would feature a single corral containing four boxes. Each four-box unit would cost about $1,500. The policy update would also include more specific regulations for how vendors request use of each newspaper box and would require a city permit to be visible within the box. Any additional boxes placed without city permission would be removed after 48 hours, Robinson said.
Ald. Ann Rainey (8th) raised concerns about issues of freedom of speech that could arise from only allowing certain publications to use the limited number of boxes. “I think you’re getting into a real tricky territory. It’s sort of like censorship,” Rainey said. “I think we have way too many boxes and way too much junk, but I think once you start saying, ‘You can be here, and you can’t,’ then I don’t know.” But city attorney Grant Farrar said concerns about the public safety, welfare and access to city streets should allow the city to make the proposed policy changes. Ald. Delores Holmes (5th) also pointed out that there is no current system in place to restrict any vendor from removing another vendor’s materials from a box and replacing them with their own publications. With the committee’s approval, city staff will move forward with drafting the revision to the ordinance and collecting feedback from the public, Robinson said. The staff will come back to the committee with a formal proposal including a finalized number of boxes and a list of locations in about two months, she said.
a metal object to the driver’s right side and said he didn’t have any money to pay the fare, police said. The man then exited the cab and ran eastbound on Noyes Street. Parrott said the passenger was possibly under the influence of drugs or alcohol at the time of the incident.
police officer in central Evanston. Police responded to a disturbance in the 1900 block of Jackson Avenue, where the 29-year-old was yelling profanities and appeared to be intoxicated, Parrott said. The man then clenched his fists and took an aggressive position toward the officer present. The man was subsequently taken into custody, police said. Parrott said the 29-year-old is a former Evanston resident and is scheduled to appear in court May 14.
Waukegan resident arrested in connection with assaulting a police officer A Waukegan resident was arrested Friday in connection with aggravated assault of a
lower for minority students. Seventy-six percent of Latino students and 68 percent of African-American students graduated, the report found. “We have to be honest that this is a matter of equity and that we have to change the opportunity equation,” Education Secretary Arne Duncan said Monday. “All of America’s children are our children.” Recent improvements in the nation’s high school graduation rate — which has risen 8 percentage points in six years — have been driven by the closure of so-called “dropout factories,” typically highminority schools that graduate less than 60 percent of students. In 2002, those schools enrolled almost half of all African-American students but by 2012, that number dropped to only 23 percent. The results underscore the need for more federal funding to ensure that all students are provided with
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the same opportunities, said Daniel J. Losen, the director of the Center for Civil Rights Remedies at UCLA. “We still have many school districts where it looks like apartheid in America,” he said. “It’s going to require more than the contributions of the private sector and the competitive grants of the federal government.” Several categories of students face persistently lower odds of graduating, including those with physical and mental disabilities, those from low-income families and those learning English as a second language. The nation’s graduation rate began decreasing in the 1990s, but with rising awareness of the dropout crisis in certain school districts, states and districts began implementing reforms in the 2000s, which are now beginning to bear fruit.
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On Campus A&O, SEED announce Allen Foundation gives Philfest featured artists NU prof investigator grant Bluegrass band Sunnyside Up, ‘Voice’ contestant Todd Kessler to perform Saturday
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Sunnyside Up and Todd Kessler will be among the artists featured at Saturday’s Philfest. The headliner has yet to be announced. Philfest is an annual collaboration between A&O Productions and Students for Ecological and Environmental Development, featuring bluegrass and folk music as part of an effort to promote environmental awareness. The festival also raises money for Rocky Mountain Institute, nonprofit aimed at Kessler will have athe sustainable use a fun public of resources. The day is held in aspect to his honor of Phil Semperformance as mer, a former SEED member, who died people might in a car crash when recognize him studying abroad. from ‘The Voice.’ Sunnyside Up is a bluegrass band that Shelly Tan, A&O spokeswoman incorporates jazz and rock into their music. Kessler, who was a season three contestant on NBC’s “The Voice,” is a Chicagobased artist who has performed at many local venues including Lincoln Hall, Millennium Park and SPACE. A&O spokeswoman Shelly Tan said the groups will both bring a great live component to their performances. “(Sunnyside Up) brings a really unique spin to bluegrass with more of a rocky sound,” the Medill senior said. “Kessler will have a fun public aspect to his performance as people might recognize him from ‘The Voice.’”
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The show is free and will take place on Norris University Center’s East Lawn at 1 p.m. Doors will be open at 12:30 p.m. In addition to the concert, many student groups including Project Wildcat, Eco-Reps and Associated Student Government Sustainability will be hosting activities including tie-dye, slacklining and bottle bricking. Tan said students should expect a relaxing atmosphere throughout the day. “It’s one of the most chill events of the year,” she said. “The weather is starting to warm up, and people are starting to get outdoors.” Philfest co-chair Christine Cho said she is looking forward to working with the other student groups and to hosting the event outdoors. “Last year, we had to host the event indoors, so I’m hoping we have nice weather this year,” the Weinberg senior said. “We have a lot of cool activities planned such as a smoothie bike, which is where students can make smoothies by peddling a bike that is hooked to a blender.” tylerpager2017@u.northwestern.edu percent drop in the ozone levels of Sao Paulo, Brazil, after fuel prices encouraged commuters to switch from ethanol to gasoline. The fuel switch also showed an increase in the concentration of nitric oxide and carbon monoxide. Chemistry Prof. Franz Geiger and former Kellogg Prof. Alberto Salvo conducted the four-year study, which was published Monday in the journal Nature Geoscience. “Individuals often don’t realize it, but in the
A Weinberg professor was awarded the Paul G. Allen Family Foundation’s Allen Distinguished Investigator award for his research in mapping and defining cell types in the human body over time. Molecular biosciences Prof. Neil Kelleher said he has been working on the research for the past several years and is looking forward to continuing his project. Each recipient of the grant receives between $1 million and $1.2 million over a three-year time period. We want to map “It’s a grant about defining human ... (the) pathway wellness and disthat how these ease in particular types of cells in cells mature hu m an bl o o d ,” from being Kelleher said. “We in your bone want to map out marrow to being the natural pathway that how these in your blood cells mature from being in your bone and preventing to being in you from getting marrow your blood and preinfections. venting you from getting infections.” Neil Kelleher, Kelleher said the Weinberg professor initiative is a threeyear project, noting it is extremely large in scale. He said the Allen Foundation values people who “take on bold, risky projects,” when awarding its grants and his project satisfied the requirements. The approach of studying how proteins change brings with it many challenges, but has the potential to have a great impact in the field if successful, he said. Kelleher added the initiative aims to find an “agreed-upon path to inventory all the cells and all the protein molecules in them in the entire human body.” He said the project is similar in size and scope to the genome
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aggregate, you can have a real impact on the environment,” Salvo said in a news release. Sao Paulo has a strong air monitoring system, moderate weather and the world’s largest fleet of flexible-fuel vehicles, making it the best “natural laboratory” in which to study the impact of consumers on air quality. Geiger and Salvo plan to begin working with McCormick Prof. Aaron Packman to study how the concentration of air pollutants in Chicago could change depending on future
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project, noting individuals have tried to complete similar initiatives in the past with “varying degrees of success.” With the grant, Kelleher and his team will use single-cell tracking methods in order to effectively document the development of white blood cells. Kelleher said he was excited about winning the grant and is looking forward to making using of the funds. “I was pleasantly surprised,” Kelleher said. “I worked, myself and my team, here in the proteomic center, worked very hard on this particular application because Paul Allen and his team in Seattle, they have a particular eye for science that could be big someday, and this is why I was so excited to be endorsed through this program with the Allen Foundation.”
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traffic scenarios. “This work allows us to start thinking about the urban metabolism of Chicago, which is an emerging megacity surrounded by ‘corn country,’” Geiger said in the release. “Ethanol from corn is a particularly intriguing option for future, possibly more competitive, energy markets. It’s an area we need to watch,” he said. — Ciara McCarthy
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Education has power in Assessing adaptation Israel-Palestine conflict on ‘Game of Thrones’ Nida Bajwa
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Every Tuesday and Thursday afternoon, a group of roughly 30 students listens to the animated visiting Prof. Yakir Englander discuss the role of Jewish theology in the Israel-Palestine conflict. The class’ interactive environment encourages dissension, and allows students to express their unadulterated opinions. A diverse demographic of students is taking the class, which includes both Jews and Muslims. Jews and Muslims taking a class on the Israel-Palestine conflict? Does it not seem like dangerous territory? Going into the class, I too was under this impression. I too expected nothing but Jewish students fervently defending the actions of Israelis while Muslim students exclusively voiced the tribulations the Palestinians have faced under the occupation. As a Muslim student who identifies as proPalestine, I expected less support for my side, but I was surprised. In class this past Thursday, after watching a film in which Jewish settlers expressed resentment when they had to evacuate their homes as a result of the 2005 Israeli disengagement from Gaza, I heard nothing but accordance. Jewish students with strong ties to Israel, and others alike, agreed: The settlers were in the same position as the Palestinians being evicted from their homes. How could they not empathize? During another scene in the movie, a Jewish woman from the settlement complained because, “The Arabs have 22 countries, while we only have this one,” asking “why can’t they just go to one of those 22 countries?” A feeling of shock at the ignorance of her statement was palpable. Jewish students and others alike, once again, ridiculed her narrow-minded nature: “How can she think they can just leave their home and go to any other Arab country? They don’t even speak the same kind of Arabic. They don’t have the same culture.” I sat, and I waited. I waited for the voice that I thought existed. I waited to hear the proIsrael voice step up and defend this woman, defend this occupation and exhibit the views
I always thought that the majority of Jewish people have. But it didn’t come. Hand after hand, students agreed: It was an atrocity. So why then, if all 30 of the students in that room can see the injustices committed by Israelis in these settlements, does the cause of pro-Palestinian groups seem so lost? Why then, do groups like Students for Justice in Palestine struggle to render support? It is not because they are a minority up against the masses. It is not because popular opinion is against them. It is not because Northwestern is a Zionist institution or that students are all pro-Israel. It is because the opposition is small, but they appear mighty. It is because a small number of people who still cannot see the truth attempt to represent the large number of people who are beginning to. It is because we have started to believe their guise of power. NU is full of intellectual students who upon reading just one or two articles, upon seeing five minutes of a video clip, are capable of coming together. The problem begins when we make assumptions. The problem begins when we assume that the masses are against the cause. The problem lies in the fact that the only people that care enough about this issue are on either end of it. They are Palestinian and they are Israeli, and their side of the story has always been a part of them. But the solution lies with the masses. The solution lies with the students in my class, with all the students who may not connect with either Israel or Palestine, but will listen to the voice of reason. If more classes like Englander’s existed, if more individuals were exposed to the history and current state of Israel-Palestine, they would agree that the Israeli occupation of Palestine is unjust. It is these students who need to engage in dialogue. It is these students who need to be educated on the issue, so that they can help in the fight. As history has proved time and time again, the power is truly with the people. And if NU wants to take a stand for justice, it is from the open-minded individuals willing to learn that this stand must arise. Nida Bajwa is a Weinberg freshman. She can be contacted at nidabajwa2017@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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In the third episode of season four of “Game of Thrones” (spoiler alert), a female character is raped by a male character. That may sound like something that would happen often in Westeros, the medieval-style land in which the story unfolds, and indeed, it has been intimated, threatened and shown several times already in the show’s earlier seasons. But this time, it was different. “Why should I care about this abrasively violent scene an already violent When a story in TV show?” you ask is adapted, yourself. An understandable yet differs query, and in this dramatically instance, the answer from its source stems not from the culture prevalent material, it is no rape on the HBO show longer the same (although itself a very story. It can no disturbing thing), but rather from the risks longer be “based of “misadaptation.” The speciality in this on” whatever instance it claims to be particular of female overpoweradapted from. ment comes from a comparison with the original book. In the book, the act is consensual. The book, while allowing for the male character’s first-person point of view in the narration, leaves the reader with, according to the author, George R. R. Martin, a “different impression” than the television show. In the HBO adaptation, however, the woman’s final lines are “It’s not right. It’s not right,” while her male counterpart claims, “I don’t care. I don’t care.” If someone doesn’t say “yes,” it is not consensual. Rape is rape. But why did the production team feel the need to portray this instance of sexual intercourse as rape? If the story were not based on a book series, this question might deal with
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the sociological undertones of human nature. However, because it is based on a story from another medium, it is necessary to question the greater problem of adaptation. In the artistic realm, many projects are inspired by outstanding stories: musicals, novels, films, etc. But to use the phrase “inspired by” does not imply the same faithfulness to the original story that must come when something is adapted. It must be the same story, in a different medium. When a story is adapted, yet differs dramatically from its source material, it is no longer the same story. It can no longer be “based on” whatever it claims to be adapted from. Understandably, limitations exist in every medium that are not shared in others; in film, it is difficult (impossible? Help me out, Department of Radio, Television and Film) to tell a story from a first person, internal point of view. But to use a limitation to alter the audience’s perception of the characters is unacceptable, because characters are the driving forces of story. This also has an effect on the contract between an audience and, here, the television show. Because it is no longer the same story when a character has power in one medium and in another has none, the production team has lied to the audience about both the content and the story that appears on the screen. Even Martin said of his interactions with the production team that they “never discussed this scene, to the best of (his) recollection.” Martin’s lack of say in the process of the retelling of his story is disconcerting artistically because he has lost control over his creations: his characters. Are the characters the same characters in the television show as they are in the books? Not anymore. When they are altered at all, the adaptation disconnects its discourse with its original source. If adapters aren’t kept from changing characters without consulting the original source’s creator, what is that but theft of intellectual property? Sam 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.
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CTA considers bypass to speed up Purple, other lines By Bailey WilliamS
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The CTA is considering adding a bypass to a busy rail intersection that would expedite service on several lines, including the Purple Line, as early as 2017. Ridership has increased by 40 percent in the last 5 years in the north Chicago area where the intersection is located, Chicago Transit Authority spokeswoman Lambrini Lukidis said. “CTA is always looking to improve service,” Lukidis said in an email. “The current track configuration prevents us from meeting current demand let alone future ridership and demand growth.” The feature is seeking to address the problem of stops that occur every three to 10 minutes from 5:30 a.m. to 7 p.m. when up to three Red and Purple Line trains have to wait for one Brown Line train to cross an intersection. These stops amount to a CTA-estimated total of 448 hours in a year and occur more frequently during rush hour. The three lines meet at an intersection, where the Red and Purple line trains sometimes have to wait for signal clearance from crossing Brown line trains. The CTA gave a number of reasons for needing the bypass, including the outdated layout of the current track arrangement, the mission to better serve current and future riders and the delays caused on Brown, Red and Purple lines. “During peak periods all three lines are slowed down at (these) rail intersections.” Lukidis said in an email. “The improvements will improve speed and capacity of all three.” The various features of the project will cost
Disease
From page 1 Station, which involved studying the behavior of liquids in the absence of gravity. Kelso said his device will also help monitor viral levels after diagnosis and, in the case of HIV, help ensure patients take medications correctly. “When a person is first starting therapy, some of the drugs have side effects and the patients really stop taking their medications,”
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$500,000 raised by CARE to renovate the shelter — is currently still under CARE’s control, although the city has terminated its relationship with the organization. “This money was given in the name of, directed to and for the development of, the Evanston Animal Center, and that’s the manner it was intended,” Ald. Mark Tendam (6th) said. “I think we owe it to residents to pursue that.” CARE volunteer Karen Straus said during citizen comment that she was worried money Evanston residents donated to the Evanston Animal Shelter would remain under CARE’s control and would not be used to renovate the shelter.
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are going to hurt us.” The Turn it Around Facebook page already has more than 250 likes, since it was created Thursday. Shavlik said she is excited by all of the support people have shown for Turn it Around and hopes it encourages individuals to take action on their own. “It’s just a little thing you can do to cut back on negative body image exposure in somebody else’s day,”
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SPEEDY SOLUTION The Chicago Transit Authority’s Damen station is one of many stations along the Brown Line that would benefit from expedited service with a bypass. Construction on the new bypass could begin as early as 2017.
different amounts, Lukidis said. The RedPurple Bypass Project itself is estimated to cost $320 million, some station work will cost about $1.130 billion and other signal upgrades and track work will cost about $270 million. The plans for the bypass have not been finalized, Lukidis said. CTA personnel are seeking feedback from the public. The construction details such as the duration and who will be hired for construction are not known yet, because they are still in an environment phase, Lukidis said. “Ultimately the work that will be done with the Bypass as well as station and track improvements will improve not only speed but capacity for more trains for generations to come,” Lukidis said in an email.
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among others, were also included “on this list.” “If you’re on this list during this time period, this 12 year time period, which only gets worse as it moves on, if you’re in this list, in many cases you’re life is not just a nightmare, you’re doomed because you may be captured before you realize what’s happening” he said. He called this point in time “a climate of hate and indifference,” noting the lack of care people exhibited just furthered the hatred felt toward targeted during wartime. “It is the most frightening time, many will say, in the world’s history,” he said. Brounstein continued to describe a group called the L.O., a national organization focused on helping to hide individuals in danger of being sent to concentration camps during the Holocaust. He noted though that the majority of people during that time were not willing to sacrifice their own lives for others. “There will only be a handful of people throughout the whole continent of Europe, let alone the world, who have the courage and compassion to say ‘wait a minute, maybe I should try to help,’” Brounstein said. However, two individuals willing to risk their lives for others included Frans and Mien Wijnakker, the main characters of Brounstein’s book. To describe the couple, Brounstein said they were “ordinary people who do extraordinary things.” During the time of the war, the couple saved more than 20 individuals in danger of being exported to concentration camps,
baileywilliams2017@u.northwestern.edu he said. “But it’s been shown if you can demonstrate that the viral levels are coming down and that the medications are doing their job, then the patients will take their medications. Kelso said he plans to field test his device in South Africa by the end of this year or early next year, and will then test Savanna in partnership with the pharmaceutical company Quidel Corporation in the top ten countries that have the highest rates of HIV. jordanharrison2017@u.northwestern.edu
“I worked for 14 years to try to make that dream a reality,” Straus said. “I do not want to see that dream walk out of the city of Evanston.” CARE first came under scrutiny in 2012 for its practices in running the Evanston Animal Shelter. Volunteers voiced concern about CARE’s process of evaluating animal behavior, as well as the canine euthanasia rate, which was at about 45 percent at the time. At its Monday meeting, City Council also approved the creation of an Evanston Board of Animal Control, to which Mayor Elizabeth Tisdahl will appoint seven members. Once staffed, the board will work closely with aldermen in reviewing the letters from the interested groups and developing requests for proposals for them in the next several weeks, Bobkiewicz said. paigeleskin2017@u.northwestern.edu she said. Weinberg junior Olivia Foster-Gimbel, another research assistant at the lab, said she hopes Turn it Around has long-term effects that impact magazine design in the future. “People who make these magazines will start seeing that we don’t want to see that anymore,” she said. “Ideally, in a perfect world, we won’t have to turn it around anymore.” annebruce2015@u.northwestern.edu hiding them in their house along with four children of their own. At the end of the event, Brounstein revealed he had a more personal connection to the couple. The Wijnakkers had taken in another couple in an effort to save their lives, who during the time of the Holocaust, became pregnant, and gave birth to the woman who Brounstein married. Brounstien said he traveled with his wife, who also spoke briefly at the end of the event, to spread his message and his story and had since been back to the house in the Netherlands where his wife was born and protected during the Holocaust. After the talk, a short Q-and-A session was held. Audience members asked questions varying from how many Christian households often took in Jews and requested more detail about the L.O. network. Brounstein noted throughout the war, the network was not always steady, and many individuals were unwilling to continue their commitment as the war worsened. SESP sophomore Jacqueline Soria said she thought it was important for individuals continue to remember the Holocaust, noting she had a more personal connection to this time in history as her grandmother was in the Holocaust. “I think this event was really cool because the way it was presented, it was framed as something from the interfaith perspective,” she said. “I think going to events like this are really important for preserving and honoring memories of victims of the Holocaust.” rebeccasavransky2015@u.northwestern.edu
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Softball
Across Campuses
Cats drops 3 straight to Ohio State
College team in a race to save gas
Ohio State took an early 2-0 lead in the first. The Cats were able to fight back to tie thanks to back-to-back leadoff home runs from Edwards and LeBeau. However, the Buckeyes regained the lead in the bottom of the inning and never gave it up. The Cats pulled within one run but were unable to tie it. Ohio State ran away with the game in the sixth, a three-run home run giving the Buckeyes a 7-3 lead and holding NU to only one more run for the 7-4 victory. “They got all the clutch hits we didn’t get,” Bast said. “We lost a lot of runners on base. There were a lot of adjustments we didn’t make. It was just a bad three days, we came up short.”
PHILADELPHIA — Its top speed is 35 m.p.h. It has less horsepower than a lawn mower. Nevertheless, the bright-red, fiberglasspaneled contraption in a Swarthmore College basement is very much a race car — in a race to use as little energy as possible. The svelte, three-wheeled vehicle is headed to Houston this week to compete among 125 entrants in the Shell Eco-marathon Americas. Proud of your hybrid’s gas-sipping economy? Take a backseat. Some of the cars in the running can achieve thousands — yes, thousands — of miles per gallon of gasoline. In the 2013 contest, Laval University in Quebec took top honors with 3,587 miles per gallon. Swarthmore’s machine is somewhat less frugal, at the equivalent of less than 1,300 miles per gallon, though a direct comparison with gasoline engines is tricky since it is powered by a hydrogen fuel cell. And don’t get the idea that these curiosities will be showing up on the Schuylkill Expressway. The Swarthmore car weighs just 137 pounds and is 8 feet long. “It’s a demonstration,” said engineering professor Nelson Macken, the project’s faculty adviser. “Totally unrealistic.” Still, the race offers an idea of what might be possible on roadways of the future, with sleek, efficient vehicles powered by a variety of fuels. As in the competition, the cars of tomorrow are likely to come in several flavors, depending on where you live in the country and which energy sources are most readily available. The Eco-marathon field is divided into two main categories. “Urban concept” vehicles are required to look somewhat like contemporary passenger cars, with four wheels and a roof over the driver’s head. Creators of prototype vehicles, such as Swarthmore’s, have freer rein. Entrants must complete 10 laps of a 0.6mile course laid out on the streets of Houston, for a total of six miles. Shell first held the “Americas” edition of the race in 2007; a sister event in Europe dates to 1985.
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No. 25 NU
By REBECCA FRIEDMAN
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The final Big Ten road trip of the season didn’t go as well as No. 25 Northwestern had intended. The Wildcats (29-14, 11-9 Big Ten) dropped three in a row to Ohio State (25-23, 11-9), leaving them in sixth place in the conference with one series against Michigan State left in the regular season. Ohio State outplayed NU all weekend, leaving the Cats scratching their heads. “They played very well,” coach Kate Drohan said. “They played with a lot of energy. They played They had the clutch pitches and clutch hits. with a lot of They were the better energy. They team.” had the clutch In the first matchup, the Cats took an early pitches and 1-0 lead in the second clutch hits. They inning on an RBI double from sophomore were the Andrea Filler. better team. But the Buckeyes answered quickly, Kate Drohan, knocking a run in the NU coach on same inning to even the Ohio State score. Sophomore starter Kristen Wood did an impressive job of holding off the Buckeyes, until the fifth inning, when Ohio State knocked in the go-ahead run and another insurance run for the 3-1 win. Ohio State held off NU over the final two innings to seal the win. Wood finished with eight strikeouts to only one walk and allowed just four hits through six innings. Filler led the Cats at the plate, going 3-for-3 in the loss. The Buckeyes’ defense was a huge reason for the victory, including an impressive double play turned for the final outs of the game to thwart the Cats’ last-ditch rally. NU fell short again in the next matchup.
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3 8 7 This time, the Cats were unable to capitalize on promising offensive opportunities. Both senior Marisa Bast and Drohan listed runners left on base as a key explanation for the Cats’ inability to get a win in Columbus. The game was back and forth throughout the first few innings, as the two teams took turns taking the lead. Ohio State pulled away in the fourth inning for a 6-3 lead, its largest of the game to that point. This time the Cats were able to answer with a rally of their own in the fifth, taking a 7-6 lead. Seniors Emily Allard and Mari Majam kickstarted the inning with a pair of singles. Bast added a double to knock in one run and put runners in scoring position. The rally threatened the Buckeyes, who pulled starting pitcher Shelby Hursh in favor of the starter from the first matchup, Olivia O’Reilly. Junior Andrea DiPrima knocked in another run before another impressive Ohio State double play. Sophomore Brianna LeBeau hit a triple to left-center and Filler added a single to put the Cats ahead. NU threatened again in the bottom of the sixth, loading the bases, but Ohio State was able to get out of the jam with no damage done. The Buckeyes carried the momentum in the bottom of the sixth to knock in two runs and eventually hold off the Cats for the 8-7 victory. “There were lots of opportunities to build on our lead when we had it,” Drohan said. “We certainly didn’t bring our ‘A’ game to Columbus.” The third game featured five home runs, including three by the Cats. It was the two by the Buckeyes, though, which ended up being the difference in the game.
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THREE STRIKES Junior Andrea DiPrima and the Wildcats had a rough weekend, dropping three straight games at Ohio State. “We certainly didn’t bring our ‘A’ game to Columbus,” coach Kate Drohan said.
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Cats solid but can’t defend Big Ten crown By kevin casey
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The expectations have been high for Northwestern this season, and the team has mostly met them. But a Big Ten title defense was not in the cards. A new year and a new course meant a different result, as the Wildcats placed third at Big Ten Championships this weekend following a win at the event last year. Although the tournament didn’t disavow that NU is one of the Big Ten elite, all efforts were pointed toward a victory. The No. 19 Cats were the highestranked team in the field and, after 54 holes of play, ended up 10 strokes behind No. 27 Ohio State and No. 25 Michigan State. Coach Emily Fletcher pointed to the team’s play over the first 36 holes as the culprit in preventing a Cats victory. “Those first couple of rounds, we spotted them a few too many shots,” Fletcher said. “In those rounds we lost quite a few shots with short game and putting.” Fletcher wasn’t wrong to point to the initial 36 holes. In the 2013 version of Big Tens, at the Donald Ross Course at the French Lick Resort, the Cats raced out to the first-day lead and remained steady over the final 36 holes on the way to victory. This year the conference tournament was played on the Pete Dye track at French Lick, and there was never the threat of a repeat storyline. NU was only
six strokes back after Friday’s first round, but sat in fifth place. The team moved up to third the following day, yet dropped to 10 shots off the pace. For a moment on Sunday, it appeared NU might pull off a spirited comeback. In the middle of the back nine, the Cats were enjoying easily the best round of the day at 1 over par and moved within three strokes of the lead. But the defending champions would drop eight shots over the closing holes in solidifying third place. “At the beginning of the day I thought that if we shot even par, we would have a chance,” Fletcher said. “I wasn’t surprised that we made that charge, we were hanging in there and playing well at that point. But I knew it was going to be critical that we finished strong and not commit any unforced errors, and then we had a couple of three-putts here or there that took the wind out of our sails.” When it came to the individuals, NU deviated from its regularly-scheduled results. Yes, the No. 2-5 players all congregated within seven shots, but this bunching was further down on the leaderboard than usual, mostly placing in the 30s. The No. 1 also separated from the pack, with junior Hana Lee opening in consecutive 75s to jump four ahead of her next closest teammate. On the final day, four birdies over the first 12 holes staked Lee out to a 3-under start, and with only two bogies coming in, she posted a 70, the second-best round of the day, to finish solo third for the event. Apparently, though, Lee wasn’t that impressed with her golf. “I played well overall,” Lee said. “I
Women’s Golf Brian Lee/Daily Senior Staffer
BRONZE MEDAL Elizabeth Szokol opened with an 80 at the Big Ten Championships but bounced back with a pair of 74s in the final two rounds. The sophomore finished tied for 13th for the event, and Northwestern placed third.
didn’t play great, but I stayed patient and did the best I could.” Whatever the case, Lee was eight shots and ten places ahead of sophomore Elizabeth Szokol. Fellow sophomore Kaitlin Park uncharacteristically placed fifth among the six NU starters with a tie for 37th. The week was only a slight setback for the Cats, but last year the team experienced no such late season
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regression on the way to a record-breaking campaign. Still, Fletcher is convinced in this team’s ability, calling this collection of players an “incredible talent.” And the players believe too. “We definitely could have done better but we are still right there with those other teams and have a real good chance at regionals and nationals,” Szokol said. “We’ve been playing really well the whole
year, so we have a good chance of playing well at regionals and nationals.” The Cats will be the No. 7 seed at the NCAA West Regional, played from May 8 to 10 at the Tumble Creek Golf Club in Suncadia, Wash. A top-eight finish will ensure NU a return trip to the NCAA Championships, where the team placed 15th last year. kevincasey2015@u.northwestern.edu
Baseball
NU bucked in Big Ten semis Spartans sweep Cats No. 32 Northwestern
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STREAK BUSTED Freshman Strong Kirchheimer’s loss to Ohio State’s Hunter Callahan on Saturday was his first loss in singles since early March. Meanwhile, Northwestern’s 4-0 defeat snapped a nine-match winning streak.
By Alex lederman
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The Wildcats were finally tamed. Riding a nine-match winning streak into the semifinals of the Big Ten Tournament, No. 32 Northwestern (21-10, 7-4 Big Ten) was ready to show defending champion No. 2 Ohio State (30-3, 11-0) what it was made of. But the Buckeyes reminded the Cats why they are ranked second in the country, trouncing NU 4-0 on Saturday. “Ohio State, I give them a lot of credit,” coach Arvid Swan said. “We hung in there for a while, but they played an outstanding match.” The Cats fought hard for the doubles point but ultimately came
up short. First, Hunter Callahan and Chris Diaz snapped the six-match win streak of NU freshman Strong Kirchheimer and sophomore Fedor Baev with an 8-5 victory at No. 3 doubles. Then, NU’s 28th-ranked duo of senior Raleigh Smith and sophomore Mihir Kumar fell to the 57th-ranked pair of Peter Kobelt and R alf Steinbach. Since Ohio State, I Ohio State give them a lot had the two wins necesof credit. We to clinch hung in there sary the doubles for a while, but point, play they played an was halted at 7-7 in the outstanding match of the No. 2 doumatch. bles team of Arvid Swan, freshman coach Sam Shropshire and junior Alex Pasareanu. “What we could have done better was start out quicker, especially in doubles,” Swan said. “They got a pretty good lead at number one doubles, and we came back and really made it a match, but that was a tough situation. It was the same thing at number three doubles. If we had started a little bit quicker in doubles, maybe we convert that point and then we have some momentum going into singles.” As for singles, the Cats fell quicker than the blink of a buckeye. Pasareanu, No. 46 Smith and Kirchheimer each lost in straight sets to hand Ohio State the victory. Kirchheimer’s loss had not lost in singles since early March, with his defeat
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ending a 12-match win streak. Although No. 120 Shropshire, Kumar and freshman Konrad Zieba each won their first sets, it didn’t matter. The Buckeyes were already advancing to the finals of the tournament and play was suspended. Ohio State would go on to top No. 12 Illinois in the finals 4-2 to defend its title. Still, the weekend had positive notes for the Cats. One day earlier, fifth-seeded NU clobbered No. 34 and fourthseeded Purdue 4-0 to advance to the semifinals. “Our match against Purdue was perhaps the best match we’ve played all year in terms of putting everything together,” Swan said. This time, NU secured the doubles point, and Smith, Kumar and Shropshire each cruised to straight set victories, extending the team’s win streak to nine. In addition, Smith and Shropshire were named first team All-Big Ten selections, Shropshire earned Big Ten Freshman of the Year and Pasareanu received a sportsmanship award. And the loss to Ohio State doesn’t change a thing for the Cats headed into the NCAA Tournament. “The guys are confident,” Swan said. “We have great momentum, having won nine out of our past ten matches. We understand that if we want to advance to the round of 16, we’re going to have to beat two quality teams. When you play Purdue and Ohio State, it’s straight preparation for the quality teams you’ll play in the NCAA tournament.” alexanderlederman2017@u.northwestern.edu
By Jesse kramer
the daily northwestern @Jesse_Kramer
Northwestern’s hot streak ended abruptly over the weekend, as the team was swept by Michigan State in a three-game series. With only two Big Ten series remaining against Michigan and Ohio State, NU (12-28, 4-13 Big Ten) is now three games out of eighth place, the last qualifying spot for the Big Ten Tournament. “I’m obviously not happy with way I’m obviously t h e things went not happy with down this the way things weekend,” went down this coach Paul Stevens said. weekend. But “But I can’t worry about I can’t worry that rig ht about that now. We’ve right now. still got two series, and Paul Stevens, we’ve got to coach find a way to get hot. … I don’t think there’s a sense of urgency. There’s just a sense of understanding where you are and what needs to be done.” The Cats hung close with the Spartans (24-17, 8-7) on Friday thanks to a solid six innings on the mound from sophomore Reed Mason and a pair of shutout frames from senior Nick Friar. NU trailed 3-1 entering the ninth inning and scored on a sacrifice fly by sophomore pinch hitter Jack Mitchell. The Cats were in position to continue their late rally with men on first and second with one out, but junior third baseman Reid Hunter grounded into a game-ending double play. NU’s bats struggled again Saturday,
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3 7 15 as the team fell 7-1. The Cats trailed just 2-0 after four innings, but a fourrun fifth for the Spartans blew the game open. Sunday’s game was over early as the Spartans grabbed an 8-0 lead after two innings and cruised to a 15-3 win. Over 27 innings, Michigan State’s loaded pitching staff held NU to six runs. However, Stevens said he was not disappointed with the team’s performance at the plate. “We swung the bats, hit balls hard at people,” Stevens said. “We had chances. We just didn’t find a way to get them in.” The Cats have been plagued all season by injuries, and that trend continued at Michigan State with senior Jack Livingston and sophomore first baseman Zach Jones going down. “We’re going to have to go back to the drawing board a little bit and try to plug in some things,” Stevens said. Stevens said getting swept was a disappointment, but he does not think his players will have any mental setbacks as a result moving forward. “I’m not worried about our mental approach,” Stevens said. “They’re giving me everything they have. I don’t draw any concerns about this mentally crushing us. I’m expecting every guy to be sitting there ready to play when they say ‘play ball’ next week.” jessekramer2017@u.northwestern.edu