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‘ongoing quest for freedom’ Angela Davis interacts with audience members during her talk at Fisk Hall Monday night. Davis discussed a variety of topics during the talk, including her work in the anti-prison movement.
Davis talks social justice By jordan harrison
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Activist and scholar Angela Davis gave a wide-ranging talk Monday about abolition of the prison-industrial complex, feminism, intersectionality and a host of other political and social justice issues as part of the Northwestern University Contemporary Thought Speaker Series. Davis spoke before a full house in Fisk
Hall and received an enthusiastic response and a standing ovation. She spoke on the theme of “radical thought in action,” and talked about what feminism and abolition have to offer each other. Davis was associated with the Black Panthers and the Communist Party during the Civil Rights Movement, and earned a radical reputation when she appeared on the FBI’s “Ten Most Wanted” list for being involved in a solidarity campaign for three prisoners. She is the author of several books and the founder of Critical
Resistance, an organization working for the abolition of the prison-industrial complex. As governor of California, President Ronald Reagan declared Davis would never teach in the University of California system again. Now, she is a professor at the University of California Santa Cruz. Throughout the talk, Davis emphasized the importance of intersectionality between different social justice issues, such » See Davis, page 7
Aldermen authorized further discussion Monday night on whether City Council should support a long-term education initiative called Cradle to Career. Council unanimously voted to send the proposal to the Human Services Committee after more than 45 minutes of discussion regarding the effort. The talk followed a presentation from community leaders on the initiative, the goal of which is to help Evanston young adults “grow into resilient, educated, healthy, self-sufficient, and socially responsible adults” by the age of 23. “Cradle to Career is our way of trying to coordinate stakeholders to build a greater impact on the issue of human development,” said Seth Green, the executive director of Evanston-based Youth Organizations Umbrella.“It’s using this backbone support organization to really try to realign resources around those goals so that we’re putting our emphasis on strategic interactions.” The effort relies on a “collective impact” model that aims to mobilize various organizations and entities in order to better serve a common goal. Green stressed in his presentation the need for the city to partner with the community to more easily achieve the initiative’s goals. Aldermen raised questions about
the effort and asked for clarifications of various aspects of the initiative. Some said the initiative had to better identify the steps needed to reach the goals over many generations. Alds. Peter Braithwaite (2nd) and Delores Holmes (5th) both said there was a need to establish a specific target group. “If it’s black, let’s put black in there. … If it’s low income, let’s be clear,” Braithwaite said. “Because if not, then I think the criticism and the concern that I have is exactly who the superpowers are coming together to help.” There was a feeling by the majority that the data provided by Cradle to Career was not yet sufficient for council to make an informed decision on whether to join the collaboration. Mayor Elizabeth Tisdahl said council was feeling “out of sync” with the effort. Among the concerns were voices of support as well. Ald. Mark Tendam (6th) said the effort is different from similar past efforts due to its overarching goal to develop partnerships and cooperation between many Evanston entities. “This isn’t a group, this is infrastructure for the existing groups,” Tendam said. “This will create those opportunities for the collaborations. It’s going to greatly improve the accountability, so it’s going to help us see how groups are working together.” Aldermen also discussed a ban on plastic bags, an issue that has resurfaced » See Council, page 7
Hemsworth added to LGBT center celebrates 10 years Dillo Day 2014 lineup By Tyler Pager
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Ryan Hemsworth will perform as Dillo Day’s main stage electronic act, Mayfest announced Monday. He will perform in the slot right before headliner 2 Chainz. Hemsworth, a Canadian disc jockey and producer, has sampled a variety of artists including Lorde, Cat Power, Grimes and Tink. He is slated to perform at Sasquatch! Music Festival this weekend. “We are very excited,” said Mayfest co-chair Xander Shepherd, a Weinberg senior. “It’s going to be the lead into 2 Chainz, which follows suit a little bit with what we tried to do last year even though the rain spoiled our plan with Lunice.” Lunice was supposed to open for last year’s headliner, Wiz Khalifa, but his performance was cancelled due to weather. Michael Bass, Mayfest director of concerts, said the concerts committee aims to bring artists that Northwestern students want but to also introduce artists who may be unfamiliar to the community. He said bringing Hemsworth achieves both of those goals. “Electronic music is a genre that over the past 10 years has just changed literally every year and is always going to new bounds,” the Communication junior said. “One thing we noticed a
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lot of Northwestern kids didn’t like is some people really find it hard to get into that heavy bass, heavy beat more EDM style. This, we think, will keep up the energy and is less abrasive and is more accessible.” Mayfest spokesman Ian Robinson said Hemsworth’s versatility makes him a great fit for Dillo Day. » See DILLO, page 7
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For University President Morton Schapiro, the changes in the world over the past 11 years have been mostly negative. From political turmoil to environmental troubles to rising economic inequality, Schapiro said his generation “has screwed everything up.” But he has seen one area where society has greatly improved. “The one thing that has gone better is in LGBT issues, and I think maybe the reason why people weren’t that optimistic 11 years ago that we could make progress in these important regards is that, you know, sexuality was sort of the one thing left where you could sort of mock it and openly have disdain for it,” Schapiro said Monday. Schapiro spoke about the positives of LGBT rights at a celebration of the 10th anniversary of the LGBT Resource Center on Monday
Man, 23, critically injured in south Evanston shooting
A 23-year-old man was shot Sunday night at a park in south Evanston, according to police. The shooting happened at about 8:50 p.m. at Elks Park in the 600
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IT GETS BETTER University President Morton Schapiro speaks at a ceremony at the LGBT Resource Center Monday afternoon. The event was held to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the center’s opening.
in Norris University Center. Devin Moss, director of the Resource Center, said the event brought administrators, faculty, students and alumni together to highlight the growth of the center. “I think we captured the last 10 years of the Resource Center, but also
projected the next 10 years for the Resource Center,” he told The Daily. Dan Diem (Kellogg ‘87), a board member of the Northwestern University Gay and Lesbian Alumni, announced a $10,000 donation to the
block of Mulford Street, Evanston Police Cmdr. Jay Parrott said. The man, who is from Evanston, was taken to St. Francis Hospital, 355 Ridge Ave., Parrott said. The man was reported to be in critical but stable condition Monday morning. Police did not have anyone in custody shortly after the shooting, Parrott said. Detectives are
investigating. was taken to St. Francis Hospital, 355 Ridge Ave., Parrott said. The man was reported to be in critical but stable condition Monday morning. Police did not have anyone in custody shortly after the shooting, Parrott said. Detectives are investigating.
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Gabel wins The Arc of Illinois’ ‘legislator of the year’ By bailey williams
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State Rep. Robyn Gabel (D-Evanston) will receive a “Legislator of the Year” award June 11 for her advocacy and legislation focusing on helping people with disabilities. “It’s a great honor ... to protect people who are more vulnerable and do not always have a voice in Springfield,” Gabel told The Daily. The Arc of Illinois, an advocacy organization focusing on public policy and enabling full community participation for those with disabilities, will present the award to Gabel at the Center for Independent Futures, 1015 Davis St. Gabel said she found out about receiving the award a few weeks ago. Before being elected to office, Gabel, who is currently chairman of the House Human Services Committee, served for more than 20 years as director for the Illinois Maternal and Child Health Coalition, now known as EverThrive Illinois. Since becoming a legislator, Gabel has worked on legislation for children with
Police Blotter Menorah knocked over near NU campus
Someone knocked over the menorah of a Jewish center near Northwestern on Friday, damaging it. An unknown person tipped over the large metal menorah at the front yard of the Tannenbaum Chabad House, 2014 Orrington Ave., Evanston Police Cmdr. Jay Parrott said. This occurred sometime early Friday morning, police said. A light bulb of the nine-branched candelabra was broken. Parrott said the area is monitored by closedcircuit television, so police will continue to
disabilities, one of which involves early intervention services for children under It’s a great three years of age with honor ... to disabilities or risks for protect people developmental delay. legislation aims who are more This to ensure that early vulnerable and intervention services do not always are started as soon as possible, mainly have a voice in within 30 days after consent from the parSpringfield. ent is filed. State Rep. Robyn Additionally, Gabel Gabel (D-Evanston) said she is working on increasing the pay for direct service personnel, who work in programs focusing on helping people with developmental disabilities. “A lot of our work has focused on moving people to the least restrictive environment,” Gabel said, explaining that, if feasible, she hopes to provide families with the option of moving people out of institutions and into more community-based settings.
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The Arc of Illinois Executive Director Tony Paulauski said that generally legislators “take a lot of heat,” so the organization wanted to recognize good things legislators do. “She (Gabel) is a champion for people with disabilities in Illinois,” Paulauski said. The award recognizes the work Gabel has done, Paulauski said, including how Gabel helped ease the way families navigate the Illinois special education system. Because of Gabel’s work and sponsorship of a number of bills pertaining to people with disabilities, Paulauski said the organization decided to honor Gabel for her leadership. Although other legislators have done advocacy work in similar areas, Gabel stood out, Paulauski said. “It is a priority with a number of legislators and certainly this governor,” Paulauski said. “In the (Illinois) General Assembly, Robyn (Gabel) has been the one to pick up our banner and run with it.” Gabel said she was honored to not only win the award, but to also work alongside the disability community. baileywilliams2017@u.northwestern.edu
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Bicycle worth about $800 stolen from storage shed
Someone burglarized a bike worth about $800 from a storage shed in northwestern Evanston earlier this month. The black Trek Navigator bike was stolen from a storage shed in the yard of the home of a 45-yearold man in the 3600 block of Hillside Road sometime between May 7 and 11, Parrott said. It is possible that the shed was not locked, Parrott added. The Evanston resident possibly knows who the person who stole the bike is, police said. — Julian Gerez
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Ministry to promote mental health Peer-driven Living Room aims to connect spiritual, mental well-being By Marissa Mizroch
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A new student-led Christian ministry is combining prayer, community and worship to promote mental and emotional health. The Living Room, sponsored by the Church of the Redeemer at Northwestern University, started Friday as a peer-facilitated group for those seeking a spiritual support network. Weinberg junior Natalie Fallert started The Living Room after her experience of taking a quarter off for health reasons, a time she describes as “isolating.” “I found that when I came back, the church was the strongest group of people who understood what those struggles meant,” she said. “In the past, the church was responsible for addressing a feeling of hopelessness, or despair. People would go to the church if they had struggles with that.” Fallert said The Living Room is meant as a support to anyone suffering from mental or
Search committee chosen for new Weinberg dean
Northwestern announced Monday the names of the members of the search committee to choose the next dean of Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences. The candidate the group chooses will take the place of Sarah Mangelsdorf, who will
emotional problems, not as a substitute to other forms of psychiatric or psychological care. It is open to all members of the community. “I’m not a therapist, neither are the other people who facilitate I’m not a the group. It’s just a support group,” said therapist, Fallert. “We believe neither are the in community, prayer, confession and worother people as a powerful who facilitate ship way to address the the group. It’s feeling of hopelessjust a support ness that can accompany depression and group. anxiety. But it also recognizes the imporNatalie Fallert, The Living Room tance of therapy and medication.” founder Although The Living Room is a new group, faith-based counseling is strong part of many religious communities. Pastoral associate of Sheil Catholic Center, Mary Deeley, explained that many religious leaders are trained in pastoral counseling, which helps places of worship become safe places for people seeking help. “A lot of times, people aren’t comfortable immediately seeking out professional help,” she said. “So I think that groups that give people a space to talk about anything, to be able to say
what’s on their mind, things like religious counselors and peer groups can provide that space that begins the process of talking.” The Rev. Julie Windsor Mitchell of The University Christian Ministry also sees a strong connection between a church community, spiritual health and mental well-being. “The No. 1 thing the church does is build community, and I see many students here who feel alone. If they can get in touch with a church community, they can feel less isolated,” Windsor Mitchell said. “I believe firmly in the connection of our minds, our bodies and our spirits. We’re holistic. All aspects of ourselves are connected to the other aspects. So we can improve our spiritual lives, we can improve our emotional lives. Fallert said she hopes to expand The Living Room in the fall, including incorporating professionals into the group for members needing things like medication or therapy. Fallert also aims to change the way people think about mental illness. “We also want to have fun, so we can have dinner before events and have fellowship, so we can decrease the negative stigma of mental illness on campus,” she said. The Living Room meetings are held Fridays at 5 p.m in room 106 of the Multicultural Center.
assume the role of provost and vice chancellor for academic affairs for the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Mangelsdorf announced her departure in April, and will leave NU for Madison in August. English Prof. Wendy Wall will chair the search committee, which will be made up of members of the student body, the faculty, the staff and the Weinberg board of visitors. Weinberg junior Hannah Bredar will serve as the student member on the committee. The staff members include Jake Julia, associate
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Don’t let stigma block honest HIV prevention SAI FOLMSBEE
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HIV and AIDS represent a challenge for the medical community, not just one of a rising and potentially deadly disease, but one that has forced doctors to confront their own shortcomings in working with LGBT patients. And as a new treatment for HIV prevention is now available, we now have a chance to take medical action to prevent the spread of HIV. But in doing so, we must not overlook the potential reverberations of our actions in the ever-present scourge of HIV stigma. Last week, the Centers for Disease Control announced its support for Truvada, the brand name for the combination treatment of tenofovir/emtricitabine, the first-ever preventative medication for HIV. The drug combination itself is far from remarkable, as it is simply two drugs already used for the standard treatment of those already with HIV. But its efficacy has far surpassed that of the many failed HIV vaccine trials, so the CDC has recommended it to individuals who are at a high risk for contracting HIV. But this announcement needs to be evaluated in the proper medical and societal context. Over the past few decades, we have made important strides transforming what used to be a death sentence into a difficult, but manageable, chronic disease. Although over 1 million Americans are HIV-positive, only about 15,000 die from AIDS each year due to significant medical advances in combinatorial drug therapy. But there are still about 50,000 new cases of HIV each year, so clearly better preventive medicine is needed. Although we expect new and better treatments from the scientific community, it’s increasingly clear that a safe and effective vaccine against HIV is unlikely. There honestly may never be a cure for HIV; the virus itself has a remarkable ability to evolve resistance to drugs, and its infectious process
is so complex and evasive that the promise of its eradication may only serve to breed disappointment. However, there is a big difference between treating HIV and preventing HIV, especially There is a big when it comes to prodifference moting public awareness. Just getting between proper, effective treating HIV medical care and preventing to those who have HIV, especially already HIV is an when it comes enormous struggle to promoting around the public world. The social presawareness. sure and the stigma of having HIV have forced much of the real discussion of preventing HIV underground. Victim-blaming, shaming and ostracizing need to end if we are ever going to honestly prevent the spread of HIV. And this new treatment adds a new twist to an already volatile situation: Who wants to be labeled as high-risk for HIV? So far, the groups the CDC recommends to take this drug are limited. They include anyone whose partner is HIV-positive and any illicit drug users, but they also include gay or bisexual men in non-monogamous relationships who have unprotected sex. This apparently singles out men who have sex with men, since similar heterosexual, non-monogamous individuals are not included in the recommendation. HIV infection does not discriminate based on sex or orientation, but the truth is that gay men are typically at higher risk. This is not due to sexual orientation, but rather because any person who has anal intercourse has a much greater risk of transmitting HIV. This can be attributed to the intrinsic properties of the virus and the infected tissues, with rectal
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transmission about 18 times more successful than vaginal. With this in mind, the clinical trials of tenofovir/emtricitabine focused on studying gay and bisexual men, and information on the drug’s efficacy for other groups is limited for now. For men who have unprotected sex with men, it may be hard to accept a higher risk for contracting HIV. Even more troubling, it may be difficult to discuss personal sexual practices in the cold examination room of a physician. Unfortunately, taking a pill specifically for HIV can be a daunting and morbid reminder of how gay men are often regarded as outsiders. To correct this stigma and help decrease the spread of HIV, the medical establishment needs to reach out to the LGBT community, but that
community also needs to reach back. Clear communication must be maintained about why the new drug is effective, and why gay men may have the most to gain from its use. Although it remains rather expensive for now at over $1,000 per month, if you fall into any of these high-risk categories, it is important to open this dialogue with your doctors. We cannot let inadequacies in physician-LGBT relations prevent anyone from acquiring the best medical treatment available. Sai Folmsbee is a Feinberg graduate student. He can be reached at sai@fsm.northwestern.edu. If you would like to respond publicly to this column, send a Letter to the Editor to opinion@dailynorthwestern.com.
Creating diverging identities in the 21st century EKIN ZEYTINOGLU DAILY COLUMNIST
The Western world, educated and brought up with modernism, views the self to be conscious, rational, autonomous and universal; no physical conditions or differences substantially affect how this self operates. However this kind of individualism has failed to adapt to the 21st century, as people no longer need to be rational in defining themselves. Today people think and act differently in different contexts and cultures. As Amin Maalouf, the author of “In the Name of Identity: Violence and the Need to Belong,” says, our identities and allegiances change constantly. They know that there are different rules of conduct in different environments and behave accordingly. By these means a postmodern, or contemporary, individual is no longer exclusively rational. We do not have one core identity, but rather various allegiances that change and evolve gradually. I, for example, define myself as both a liberal and a social Democrat; depending on the essence of a bill or an opinion, my
basis of approach changes. Maalouf, as a French writer of Lebanese origin, describes himself both as an Arab and a Frenchman, and admits that he has different allegiances in different contexts. The fact that today we have many identities means that our allegiances will diverge. Thus, lately the matters of identity politics, inclusion and diversity are becoming more and more prominent in every conversation. This inclination naturally shows its signs on our campus as well, but did we really manage to become as diverse as we want to be or as we should be? Looking at the class of 2017, just under 50 percent of the student body is, by race, nonmajority students. On top of that, minorities are not formed only by ethnicities but can be arranged by any kind of allegiances. Because we have so many identities, it’s likely that even those in the majority have subidentities in a minority. Thus, we actually live on a campus with an extremely diverse student body, which is more than capable of expressing itself. However when I look at this campus, I simply cannot see the theoretical diversity we supposedly have. We surely come from very different backgrounds and acquire extremely unique perspectives, but still somehow avoid telling our particular narratives. This partly
is because of the microaggressions and longlasting stereotypes we still cannot get rid of, but mainly this is because of our reluctance to talk about issues that are taboo. However those issues are part of our identities, and without being able to talk about them, we can never move forward as a community. And therefore we must be able to break those taboos one by one. However, as we express our opinions about these controversial issues and open up taboos for debate, we must recognize that there will be other opinions with which we do not agree. Earlier this month, Wayne Lela, found of Heterosexuals Organized for a Moral Environment, visited campus.A vast majority of us probability regard his opinions as outdated and misguided on many grounds. However calling him an “ignorant homophobe” doesn’t lead us anywhere either. We have to accept that although we have the right, and I believe obligation, to voice our opinions, so does anyone else, whether we strongly disagree with them or not. Not allowing others this right, not hearing others out but rather attacking their identities will only lead others to hold on to their potentially misguided beliefs even stronger. After all, people tend to hold onto their identities when they are offended by others.
Such an approach will not lead to a more diverse society with diminishing numbers Today, as of stereotypes, but postmodern will only increase the number of “identities people we that kill,” a phrase must be able from Maalouf ’s terminology. to express Today, as postmodourselves, ern people we must including our be able to express ourselves, including long-hidden our long-hidden alleallegiances giances, and appreciand appreciate ate others as we grow with and learn from others as we them. Thus, we can grow with and evolve and change gradually and perhaps learn from by then the taboos, them. the long-lasting stereotypes and the microaggressions of today can be undone.
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Ekin Zeytinoglu is a McCormick freshman. He can be reached at ekinzeytinoglu2017@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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NU Threads collects donations from community By edward cox
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A new student group wrapped up a weeklong clothing drive Monday in an effort to open communal closets that will lend out formal clothing to students in time for the fall job and internship fair. NU Threads, which facilitated the project, is planning to open communal closets on Oct. 1, after University Career Services and African American Student Affairs agreed to provide space in their buildings for the project. Students will have the opportunity to rent clothes for free, provided they pay for dry cleaning costs, said NU Threads co-leader Pooja Mirchandani. The next challenge the group is facing is collecting clothing for the project. Ideally, the communal closets would be able to provide at least one female and male suit at every single size, the Weinberg junior said. NU Threads’ launched a week-long clothing drive last week that ended Monday to collect formal attire for its closets and to generate publicity, Mirchandani said. The group plans to reach out to alumni and faculty members for clothing donations, she added. “Lots of pieces have fallen in place,” Mirchandani said. “It’s the right time to start collecting.”
has supported student-backed events in the past such as the I think the startup career fair. UCS serves as a key thing for us relatively secluded is we want the location where stuinitiative to go dents can go if they forward. fear there is a stigma associated with rentMark Presnell, ing a suit, MirchanUniversity Career dani said. Work-study Services director students may staff the communal closets, she added. The group postponed the communal closet opening from the spring to the fall after securing space for the closets following Spring Break, NU Threads co-leader Tralon Williams said. When the communal closets open in the fall, the initiative will be mostly sponsored by oncampus organizations, the Communication junior said. NU Threads has grown to about 20 members after first starting with about 10 students who were involved in Sustained Dialogue, Mirchandani said. The group has recruited other individuals through events such as its information session. “I think the key thing for us is we want the initiative to go forward,” Presnell said.
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thread the needle New student group NU Threads is collecting formal wear for a communal closet it is planning to open during Fall Quarter. University Career Services and African American Student Affairs agreed to provide space for the closets.
UCS director Mark Presnell has worked as the group’s adviser since it was started. NU Threads approached UCS in March with the idea, Presnell said. UCS and African American Student Affairs will contribute office space to be used as
communal closet locations on 620 Lincoln St. and at the Black House. UCS will also provide funding for hangers, furniture and other furnishings, he said. Presnell declined to say how much funding UCS provided but said the department
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A Northwestern scientist is a member of an international team that published a report last Friday about one of the oldest human skeletons found in North America. The report, published in the journal Science, details the work of Earth and Planetary Sciences Prof. Patricia Beddows and other scientists in investigating Naia, the skeleton found in the Yucatan Peninsula said to be between 12,000 and 13,000 years old. “The Yucatan Peninsula is a massive carbony region and it has the largest extensive underwater cave systems in the world,” Beddows said. Beddows said her contributions to the research focus on understanding how the cave forms, how the water flows through the cave systems and how they are related to sea level, noting she has been doing research in the peninsula since the mid-1990s. Beddows said she began this research in 2010 to look into the origin of the human skeleton. “Her genetics are telling us about the source region from the people from which she came from, so it’s helping us understand the migration of early humans into North America,” she said. In addition to the human skeleton that was found, Beddows said the group also discovered several animals in the cave they were exploring. She added that these individuals were likely going through the caves in an attempt to access water, due to the difficulty of finding hydration because of the geological makeup of the caves. “One common feature to all of these animals not just going underground but going very far along these dark passages, one commonality is the need for water.” She said the human skeleton found was likely walking through this region, looking for water, before falling over a ledge into the bottom of this black pit. She said the girl had a fractured pelvis which demonstrates that she likely fell more than 100 feet down onto the shallow water pool and rocks, which likely caused her death. The conditions in that area preserved the body and allowed for the DNA to remain intact, Beddows said. She added that the scientists on the team are planning to research further, including doing a more complete genetic analysis, expanding the research to the other animals found and getting more data on the sea levels and water levels as they changed over time. However, she noted that the published paper is very useful and important for the field. “The science paper was very powerful because we used a very large number of different analytical techniques to understand not only her genetic heritage but also the osteologists were looking at the shape of her bones and the shape of her face. We’ve done some work on the paleontology on some of the other animals in the site,” Beddows said. rebeccasavransky2015@u.northwestern.edu
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National News Married gay couple fight for instate tuition rights in Florida FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — After meeting in Paris, the two men had a whirlwind romance that led to marriage — and a lawsuit against Florida Atlantic University. Paul Rubio and Gildas Dousset, who were legally wed in Massachusetts in July 2013, turned to the courts after the university rejected Dousset’s application for in-state tuition based on his marriage to Rubio. If the marriage were legally recognized in Florida, those rates would apply, according to the couple’s lawyer, George Castrataro. The university said it is obligated to follow Florida law, which has prohibited samesex marriage, or the recognition of such marriages performed in other states, since 1997. Voters enshrined the ban in the state constitution in 2008. But since the partial repeal last year of the Defense of Marriage Act, which banned same-sex marriage on the federal level, laws such as these have been falling across the country. The couple’s suit, filed May 14 with Florida’s 4th District Court of Appeal in West Palm Beach, aims to make Florida the next to recognize such marriages. Rubio, a travel journalist from Fort Lauderdale, met Dousset, a Frenchman, in Paris during a four-month stay in 2008 to write a guidebook. One night, a friend dragged Rubio to a bar on a side street off the Champs-Elysees. Elsewhere, a friend of Dousset’s dragged him to the same lounge. And, in the sort of romantic cliche that befits the City of Love, Rubio and Dousset saw each other across the room, went on their first date two days later, and “fell madly in love,” Rubio said. But eventually, Rubio had to go home. The two visited each other every few weeks, often meeting up in New York City. Finally, in 2009, a student visa came through and Dousset moved across the ocean and started taking classes at Broward College. “That was the only way we could be together, was for him to come here and be a student,” Rubio said. The student visa kept Dousset in the States, but because the federal government at the time did not recognize same-sex marriages, Dousset couldn’t get permanent residency. Just a month after the Defense of Marriage Act was partially repealed in June 2013, the two got married in Massachusetts, and Dousset became a permanent resident soon after. — Dan Sweeney (Sun Sentinel)
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A Northwestern medical startup won a competition earlier this month for a device they created that could potentially improve the treatment of breast cancer patients. The team, who was named the global champion of the Global Venture Labs Investment Competition, coined the business Innoblative Designs. The device they developed aims to reduce treatment time for breast cancer patients by treating the tissue around where the tumor is removed in an effort to eliminate the radiation stage, said Feinberg Prof. David Mahvi, principal investigator on the study. The way you traditionally treat people with breast cancer is through removing the tumor and then giving radiation therapy to prevent the tumor from coming back, Mahvi said. He added that this is normally a very lengthy process requiring long periods of treatment. Mahvi said the newly developed treatment would serve as an alternative method to target breast cancer and would hopefully shorten the process. “It’s just a different way to approach this which we would hope would be much better for the patient, meaning that they wouldn’t have
the misery of having to come in all the time to have the radiation,” he said. “It would hopefully be relatively inexpensive relative to other types of therapy.” Mahvi said he is hoping the team accomplishes the project relatively quickly but said there are several more steps involved in making this into a clinical device. The competition win will increase the likelihood that this project will be successful by giving the group access to capital and allowing them to hire additional people for the company, Mahvi said. Mahvi said although he has been thinking about starting this project for a long period of time, the execution up until this point has been difficult. “This is one of the duties of entrepreneurship,” he said. “It’s something that we as clinicians have been thinking about for a while that it sounds like a good idea but we never actually have the time or resources to do it and these guys put a business plan around it and were able to take it to the next level.” Graduate student Jason Sandler, a member of the team, said the company started organically rather than through a set class, differing from how many other startups form. “Innoblative started when a few surgeons from Feinberg and Northwestern Memorial Hospital thought of applying an energy
modality with which they had some expertise in the liver to the breast for breast cancer treatment,” he said. He said going forward, the team is exploring the possibility of a partnership with a contract manufacturer. “We’re really focused right now on showing up our regulatory and intellectual property strategies by simultaneously moving them to the next phase of design, optimization, verification and validation,” Sandler said. Mahvi noted the team will not know for sure if the device will work until the testing is done, but added that similar devices have been built to deliver energy to other types of tissues, just not specifically targeting breast cancer. “(I’m) certainly not sure that it would work but it makes logical sense that something that we use to deliver energy to other tissues would work in this particular setting,” he said. He added that throughout the process, the project has been primarily driven by the students, noting NU brings together individuals with many different talents, which creates the ability for projects like these to be completed. “It really wouldn’t have gotten anywhere without their enthusiasm and knowledge base about how to really take an idea and turn it into a business proposition,” Mahvi said. rebeccasavransky2015@u.northwestern.edu
City helps artists find spaces in churches By Stephanie Kelly
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Roughly a quarter of Evanston’s churches have agreed to offer their unused space to artists and art organizations. The city has partnered with Partners for Sacred Places to offer local artists performance and work spaces. The city hopes to accommodate more artists, given that most of the space in Evanston is already in use. After finding more than 150,000 square feet of available space in Evanston, the project’s organizers have begun surveying artists. “Churches also serve, in addition to being places for spirituality, as community centers,” said Mariam Thiam, project manager for PFSP’s Making Homes for the Arts in Sacred Places initiative. “So the arts program is another aspect of which that church brings important services to the community.” A national nonprofit organization, PFSP has
worked in Philadelphia, Chicago and other major cities and their neighborChurches ing towns. Thiam said their locations vary by the also serve, in demand for space, which addition to is why they chose to partner with Evanston. being places “I think we have a for spirituality, growing number of artas community ists in Evanston, and the spaces we currently centers. have are being filled at a Mariam Thiam, rate that’s not possible to project manager for build new venues as soon Making Homes for as people are demandthe Arts in Sacred ing them,” said Meghan Places McSchan, an intern for the Evanston’s economic division. Any artist can apply for the space. Mostly performance artists have sought the space so far, McSchan said.
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“We have a situation where there are artists who are here and who would really like to stay here,” McSchan said. The project began in September, when McSchan and other key figures began looking for places of worship that would participate in the initiative. Now in its second phase, the project will expand to include the artists. Evanston and PFSP will match the spaces with the artists. In order to determine compatibility, the mission of the project and the mission of the place of worship have to align, McSchan said. Practicality is also taken into account, with scheduling and space availability being important factors. McSchan said both the artists and the places of worship will benefit from this program. “We hope to make matches and really find performance space or whatever space is needed for an artist, as well as helping some of our houses of worship connect better with the Evanston community,” McSchan said. stephaniekelly2017@u.northwestern.edu
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as prison abolition and immigrant rights. She further encouraged people to question racism and other injustices implicit in societal structures such as prisons, calling them “the underbelly of democracy.” “Often what we do is we simply target the embarrassing individuals, the Donald Sterlings of this world,” she said. “Without looking deeply into these structures, we will never purge our world of this systemic racism.” Davis also talked about her pro-Palestine stance and the deployment of anti-Muslim sentiment in the Israel-Palestine conflict. “I think that when we look at Palestine, we are compelled to acknowledge that modes of racism, apartheid for example, which we assume were abolished with the end of South African apartheid, have not been deposited into the dustbin of history,” she said. Weinberg senior Tori Zuzelo, a member of the CTSS leadership, said the series grew out of students’ desire for broadly appealing, intellectual speakers on campus. “The speaker series started three years ago, and it came out of the UBPC, which is the Undergraduate Budget Priorities Committee,” she said. “They found that there was a general lack of intellectual speakers on campus, or so students thought – like a generally big one, not one brought by a specific group, just speaker that appealed to many students.” Davis also called on students to think about social justice issues implication in their own lives, mentioning NU and Evanston’s ties to the 1864 Sand Creek Massacre, a slaughter of more than 100 Cheyenne and Arapaho people in Colorado while NU founder John Evans was the governor. “I end hoping that you will continue this exploration, and that you will find new ways of sharing ideas and producing communities that unite us in a new and ongoing quest for freedom,” she said. Medill freshman Carson Brown said she grew up hearing about Davis’ accomplishments as a radical thinker and was excited to hear her speak. “When she came here, I really appreciated that she took everything that we know about her history and made it contemporary and brought in conflicts that are going on right now,” she said. “She brought in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and I thought that was powerful and poignant. I love that she encouraged critical thinking and not taking things at face value.”
“Hemsworth’s interesting because even though he is an electronic DJ, he encompasses so many different styles that he has a lot wider appeal than most electronic He acts,” the Medill encompasses junior said. so many styles Mayfest teased Hemsworth as a posthat he has a lot sible performer on wider appeal the Dillo Day website Sunday night. than most They linked to Hemelectronic acts. sworth’s tweet from May 5 that said “a Ian Robinson, real life thing I need Mayfest to prepare a set for” spokesman along with a picture of a playlist named “2chainzshow.” Chance the Rapper is the third confirmed artist for the festival and he will perform as the daytime headliner. Dillo Day will be held on May 31.
In one day at the Liz Murphey event, the Cats beat three currently top-10 squads by at least 14 strokes. NU was ranked 19th to start the spring and has played around a top-10 level since, to move up to No. 15. In addition, the Tulsa Country Club is a tree-lined, old established golf course, something the Cats practice on often in the Midwest. So the odds of NU battling for the title are by no means astronomical. The team has adopted a motto from NU director of golf Pat Goss, “Play to play great.” The phrase suggests competing without fear brings out an athlete’s best. And in the final event against the toughest field, Fletcher hopes her players’ mentalities move full bore in this direction. “It’s all about wrapping our minds around the fact that this is a chance to compete against the best in the country,” Fletcher said. “It’s us being able to have the mentality of not being scared going in. As long as we don’t get in our own way and don’t commit unforced errors, we’re good. I believe in this group.”
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in Evanston after Chicago City Council approved a partial ban on April 30. Proposals to restrict plastic bags were first brought before council in October 2011, but none were implemented in the end. Some aldermen expressed concern the complete elimination of plastic bags would leave some groups at a disadvantage. After inaction on the issue two and a half years ago, Tendam and Ald. Coleen Burrus (9th) said such discussion regarding plastic bags was more appropriate at this time. “I’m so glad that City Council’s reconsidering the plastic bag ban that we brought forth (many) years ago,” Burrus said. “I’m actually amazed that many of you are considering it now. ” A meeting will be held on the issue June 5.
Resource Center from Michael Leppen (SESP ‘87). “It was great to hear all the historical stories, but also great to hear the gift made by the alumni group,” Moss said. “I think we are definitely on the right path to doing things right and doing great things here at Northwestern.” Diem said the gift commemorates the anniversary but will also propel the center into the future. “When I was here, there wasn’t anything like that,” he said. “To be able to see something that has taken off just within 10 years, here to be the support of all the students. We are really in a position now to involve all the allies and the allies are really the focus of the next 10 years.” Moss also announced a new service-learning social justice program, the Stonewall Society, being developed by his office. The program is a partnership between the Resource Center and Chicago House, which works with HIV positive or gender nonconforming individuals in Chicago, and Moss hopes it will launch in the fall. Patricia Telles-Irvin, vice president for student affairs, said the University is also looking into expanding the Resource Center’s space this summer. She said the center has continued to make progress in improving the inclusivity of NU’s campus. “I do want to emphasize the fact that we are here to educate, no question about that, not only our students, but also faculty and staff, because we want to continue to make this campus a very inclusive one, and certainly for LGBT students,” she said. “One of the things that I love about this University is that we do try to do everything possible to make this campus an inclusive one.” Rainbow Alliance co-president Michelle Margulis said the Resource Center serves as an important gathering space for NU’s queer community. “I know that as a queer student here at Northwestern, having the opportunity to network with other queer students here and to just socially interact with other LGBTQ+ students has been transformative for me and has been hugely helpful in helping so many students come to terms with their identities and just experience what it’s like to be a part of a queer space,” the Communication junior said.
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I forget a lot of my test scores and a lot of my grades, but I don’t forget the memories we’ve had as a team. — Raleigh Smith, senior tennis player
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When the Wildcats tee off for the season’s final event, they will likely do so as one of the event’s least stressed teams. Northwestern starts NCAA Championships on Tuesday at Tulsa Country Club, taking part in a 72-hole journey over four days that will decide the national champion. Among the 24 elite teams in the field, NU enters as the 12th-highest ranked squad, ranked at No. 15 overall. And it would be easy for the Cats to get complacent. By reaching nationals for the second straight year, the program has already proven that its rise will continue. The same five players that started every previous event this season will do so again in Oklahoma, meaning there is no new competitor hungering for a strong showing in a rare appearance. And while NU possesses a chance at capturing a national title, the squad is facing exactly zero outside pressure to accomplish that feat. The Cats cruised to 15th at last year’s NCAA Championships, and may appear in line for a similar finish in 2014. But though coach Emily Fletcher is quick to note the fun in the event, she is not allowing her team to take a lackadaisical approach. “If you look at our highlights over the year, we’ve hung with the best teams in the country at times,” Fletcher said. “Is there the pressure of winning a national championship? No. But there is the opportunity for us to compete for the national championship. We’ve shown, when we play our best golf, we can compete with any of those top teams that may have more of a target on their back.” That is not an empty claim. The Cats have beaten several top-20 squads this season, including 5 currently top 20 squads at the 18-hole Liz Murphey Collegiate Classic. Most impressive are the performances against USC. The Trojans are the defending national champions and the No. 1 team in the nation but have yet to prove their unquestioned superiority
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in matchups against NU. Yes, USC outdid NU by 38 strokes at Regionals. Before that though, the Cats trumped the Trojans by 17 strokes at the Liz Murpheyand fell only two shots behind USC at the Silverado Showdown. Last season may have been the most accomplished in school history, but results like these explain why the players have since amassed an extraordinary confidence against elite competition. “As a team, we expect more from each other,” junior Hana Lee said. “It’s not like last year, where it’s like ‘Are we going to make it?’ We know we’re good enough and we’re more comfortable around these pressure environments.” The Cats’ top two, Lee and sophomore Kaitlin Park, will be looking to rebound from underwhelming showings at NCAA Regionals, where neither of the First Team All-Big Ten honorees placed in the top 40. But that’s why depth is so important. During the spring, four of the five regulars posted the team’s lowest score for at least one event, and all five regulars have placed among NU’s top two at multiple events. Sophomores Suchaya Tangkamolprasert and Elizabeth Szokol saved the team from an exit at Regionals. And their teammates relish this intra-team dynamic. “We are continuously being competitive, and we’re making sure we’re getting the best out of ourselves every single tournament,” Park said. “We compete against each other and congratulate each other whenever someone does the best. It’s really good for the team.” If NU wants to compete for a win — or a top-five finish — its depth must shine through not as a savior but rather as a collective attacking front. As Fletcher said, this team can be scary good when all starters are at their peaks. » See Women’s GOLF, page 7
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The final raleigh Though Northwestern’s team season is over, senior Raleigh Smith’s career continues this week at the NCAA Singles Championships. The 64-person tournament begins Thursday.
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Raleigh Smith is one of the best tennis players to play at Northwestern in the past decade. Now, he looks to add a coda to his career with a strong showing at the 64-person NCAA Singles Championships beginning Thursday in Athens, Georgia. “It was definitely one of my goals to be in this tournament,” Smith said. “I’m glad I finally made it. It took me four years to get in, but I’m finally here, and I’m ready to do some damage.” No. 49 Smith has a 13-10 record on the season playing at No. 1 singles for the Wildcats, including five wins against ranked opponents. He ranked as high as 37th in the nation and was a first team All-Big Ten selection for the second straight year. But Smith’s success doesn’t end with singles. Teaming with sophomore Mihir Kumar, he went 14-12 this year in doubles with a careerhigh rank of No. 21.
For his career, the senior captain has 67 singles victories and 63 in doubles. In addition, he has led a young team in the clubhouse this season to success both on and off the court. With four freshmen on its roster this year, NU finished 21-11, 7-4 in the Big Ten, made it to the semifinals of the Big Ten Tournament and qualified for the NCAA Tournament.
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“I definitely improved a lot from playing in the fifth and sixth spots and losing a lot of matches my freshman year to now competing in singles in NCAAs,” Smith said. “I have a lot to be thankful for: I’ve gotten a lot better at tennis and I’ve been around a great group of guys.” But Smith isn’t the only one
excited he’s playing in the Singles Championships. “It’s my last time I get to coach Raleigh as a Northwestern tennis player,” coach Arvid Swan said. “It’s a pretty special opportunity for me too. I’ll just be happy to be coaching him.” And Swan is confident in his star player. “My expectation is he’s going to compete really hard and be really prepared,” he said. “He’s very capable of performing well on a national stage. He’s worked really hard over the course of his career, so it’s a great opportunity for him to play against the best players in the country.” Still, it’s hard for Smith to see his career coming to a close. “My most memorable experiences at Northwestern were with the team, with the wins and with the losses,” he said. “I forget a lot of my test scores and a lot of my grades, but I don’t forget the memories we’ve had as a team. I’ll remember those for the rest of my life.” alexanderlederman2017@u.northwestern.edu
Cats end year on positive note By Alex Putterman
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money mason Sophomore Reed Mason capped his second campaign with seven solid innings Friday against Ohio State, allowing just two runs to help Northwestern take two of three games from the Buckeyes.
Despite having nothing left to play for in the standings, the Wildcats made themselves proud this weekend. Northwestern (19-33, 7-16 Big Ten) took two of three games at Ohio State (30-26, 10-14) to finish the season in ninth place in the conference, one spot short of Big Ten Tournament qualification. “For (the players) to go in there and show Ohio State the pride they had and who they were, there aren’t any words for it,” coach Paul Stevens said. “I was so proud of the way they represented our University. I was speechless. It was really something to see the pride these guys had and how it came out.” Though the Cats won’t advance to postseason play, they can take pride in a marked improvement during the second half of the season, despite a rash of injuries. NU ended the year winning six of its final eight games, including the series win over Ohio State. The Cats topped the Buckeyes on Thursday behind a dominant performance on the hill from junior Brandon Magallones. Magallones, who has struggled in his last few starts, hurled
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3 2 5 eight innings and didn’t allow an earned run until a leadoff double in the ninth came around to score after he’d been removed. Stevens said he’ll be “shocked” if the right-hander isn’t named Big Ten Pitcher of the Week for his performance. “That was by far my best performance of the year,” said Magallones, who finished the season with a 5.33 ERA. “That’s the type of performance I was expecting of me this year. It didn’t happen, but to go out on that note is a good feeling.” NU’s offense came courtesy of freshman Matt Hopfner and sophomore Jack Mitchell, who had two hits and two RBIs apiece on the way to a 6-3 Cats victory. Starting pitching was again the story Friday, as Reed Mason fired seven innings, allowing 2 runs and striking out seven to cap a solid sophomore season. Junior second baseman Scott Heelan went three-for-four in the game with four RBIs, and freshman Joe Hoscheit closed
out the game for his second save in as many days, as NU won 6-2. NU couldn’t pull off the sweep Saturday, mustering only 2 runs in a 5-2 defeat. Senior Nick Friar allowed 5 runs, 3 earned, in 6 2/3 innings, and a trio of fellow seniors — Ethan Bramschreiber, Dan Tyson and Jack Quigley— closed out their careers thereafter. Despite Saturday’s loss, the series was a satisfying way to end the year. “I’m just so proud of the guys,” Heelan said. “We just had a great weekend as a team and really put together some great team wins. Our pitching did phenomenal — all three starters and our relief pitching — the defense, and we just had timely hitting from everyone.” Given the way the season ended, the return of nearly the entire starting lineup, the recovery from injury of numerous players, the incoming class of freshman and the promise shown by several young guys this year, the Cats say there’s a lot to be confident in heading into 2015. “I like where we’re at,” Stevens said. “I’m excited about what I’m witnessing from the people that are witnessing, that are playing. Throw those guys in with the guys who are rehabbing and coming back, … the future is going to be awful interesting.” asputt@u.northwestern.edu