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Obama steps up gun regulations By ELENA SUCHARETZA
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President Barack Obama took executive action on safety measures concerning firearms Tuesday morning in light of recent mass shootings. In an emotional address, Obama told the country the action would include requiring comprehensive background checks for those purchasing guns through all avenues, mandating licenses for establishments selling guns in any capacity, and hiring more Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives agents to expedite the background review process. He also emphasized increasing accessibility to mental health services for individuals in need. “We are fed the excuse that … background checks might not have stopped the last massacre,” Obama said. “I reject that thinking. We know we can’t stop every act of violence, every act of evil in the world, but maybe we can try to stop one act of evil, one act of violence.” Obama said it was necessary to develop a security apparatus on guns themselves that would allow owners to “lock” their guns from other parties, much like what individuals are able to do with cell phones. “If a child can’t open a bottle of aspirin we should make sure that they can’t pull a trigger on a gun,” he said. Obama said some members of Congress invoke tropes about individuals with severe mental illnesses
committing these acts of gun violence. Obama said the reality of the situation is the majority of gun deaths are related to self-harm, citing nearly two out of three gun deaths as suicides. “We’re going to invest $500 million to expand access to treatment across the country,” Obama said. “And for those in Congress who so often rush to blame mental illness for mass shootings as a way of avoiding action on guns, here’s your chance to support these efforts. Put your money where your mouth is.” Obama’s executive actions will also address mental health issues by requiring that mental health records be submitted to the background check system. Evanston’s policy outlines several provisions of gun ownership, primarily that the weapon is permitted only in the residence of a person with a current, valid Firearm Owner’s Identification card issued by the state. Since there are no gun vendors in the city, however, Obama’s action will not directly affect Evanston. The city has in place some measures to prevent gun violence, most notably a 24/7 gun buyback program through which citizens can turn their weapons into the police for $100. More specific to the Evanston Police Department is the violence reduction initiative, a program that sends officers to “hot spots” where instances of violence have occurred to patrol the area. As part of the EPD initiative, » See ACTION, page 6
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WESTWARD BOUND Northwestern’s new San Francisco site, housed in the former headquarters of Wells Fargo bank, will open to students this summer. The San Francisco space will house programs from Medill and McCormick.
New site to foster innovation Medill, McCormick expands to San Francisco By DAVID FISHMAN
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Journalists and engineers hoping for a warmer environment will soon have a sunnier option in San Francisco, where the University will open a new space in June. The new site, housed at the former headquarters of Wells Fargo bank, will host programs for students from both
the Medill School of Journalism, Media, Integrated Marketing Communications and the McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science. “We want this to be a place that provides a nexus, a point of conference, for students and alumni,” said McCormick Dean Julio M. Ottino. “If you excite the imagination of these people who are there doing great things in the Bay Area, then it’s a kind of virtuous cycle. Our students get exposed to that kind of mentorship and
some of these alums may decide to invest in some of our ideas.” Plans for the new space were announced in late 2014, with the goal of transforming Medill into a “coast-tocoast” program. Medill graduate students will be the first to utilize the space when they travel to San Francisco in September as part of the new Media Innovation and Entrepreneurship Specialization program. » See SAN FRANCISCO, page 6
Local scholarship fund grows New group on health, By PETER KOTECKI
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The Good Neighbor, Great University initiative awarded 327 students scholarships averaging $8,778 each this year, the highest amount ever given by the program, according to University enrollment data. The scholarships go to students who graduated from Evanston and Chicago
high schools. Only incoming freshmen can apply, but the scholarship is renewable each year for students who maintain satisfactory academic progress. This year’s Good Neighbor, Great University scholarships represent a total of $2,870,300, up from $2,606,887 last academic year, when 302 students received an average of $8,632 each. When the program began in Fall 2011, the scholarship program gave an average of $7,546 to each of 101 students, totaling $762,168 in aid, according to
University enrollment data. “It was conceived as a way to pay tribute to the people and the neighborhoods where Northwestern’s campuses are,” said Michael Mills, associate provost for university enrollment. In addition to demonstrating financial need, students must have a self-help component — which includes a workstudy job, a summer earnings requirement and loans — in their financial aid package to be eligible for the scholarship. The scholarship is intended to replace the self-help component, Mills said. NU has tried to increase its outreach to students in Chicago Public Schools, Mills said. The University’s goal is to enroll more than 100 CPS students in a freshman class, and Mills said this year’s entering class had about 83 CPS students. The number of scholarship recipients has gone up due to better recruitment and more generous financial aid, Mills said. About one third of this year’s Good Neighbor, Great University scholarship recipients are also Federal Pell Grant recipients, which Mills said is the most commonly used measure of low-income students at universities. The University is intentionally trying to lower the out-of-pocket cost for students with financial need, Mills said. Fall
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drug education forms By ALICE YIN
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For the past five years, a group of Northwestern students has gone around campus educating others on what to do when their peers have had too much to drink. This quarter, these students are spearheading a new group that will expand upon alcohol safety to encompass all aspects of student health and wellness. The new group, Wildcats Advancing Total Campus Health, will debut this month and oversee Red Watch Band Bystander Intervention Training implemented in 2010, which has trained more than 3,000 students in responding to alcohol toxicity at NU. In addition, WATCH will develop programming to focus on other health topics that arise throughout college, said Kevin Meier, coordinator of alcohol and other drug education and outreach at NU’s Health Promotion and Wellness Center. Both Red Watch Band and the upcoming WATCH group are student-sponsored groups under HPaW. “(These students) are no longer facilitating one program,” he said. “This is a peer health education that will facilitate
a number of different programs.” Meier, who is also the lead adviser for WATCH, said he hopes the new group can implement programming for students to learn about preventing negative outcomes from alcohol and drugs before they occur. Currently, Red Watch Band functions as a bystander intervention program to certify students in knowledge of proper response protocol for intoxication. “Our goal is to provide our students and community with the necessary knowledge in order to reduce harm and make well-informed decisions,” Meier said. “While (Red Watch Band training) is important, it’s more of an after-the-fact approach, versus a proactive prevention type of education.” There are currently 11 students trained as Red Watch Band facilitators who will all return this quarter for the inception of WATCH, Meier said. Eventually, he said he hopes to see the group grow to about 20 members. Meier said WATCH will have a joint two-day training at the end of this month with Sexual Health and Assault Peer Educators and Men Against Rape and Sexual Assault to establish a universal peer education. » See WATCH, page 6
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First escape room opens downtown By ROBIN OPSAHL
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Evanston residents can find a new form of escape in the heart of downtown with the opening of the city’s first space that brings video games to real life. Evanston’s new escape room, Lock Chicago, located above World of Beer at 1601 Sherman Ave., opened on Monday. Escape rooms, which are influenced by the immersive feeling video games give to players, are real-life adventure games in which participants have to solve puzzles and find clues within a space to try to escape on a time limit. Lock Chicago currently features one escape room, Sunburn, and plans to open a second, Cave-In, in the near future, co-owner Bane Srdjevic said. Srdjevic said Lock Chicago is a “challenge room,” which provides alternative end-goals and challenges for each space and keeps participants engaged. “It takes the adrenaline of sports and puts it to use for mental faculties,” Srdjevic said. “It’s cerebral gymnastics.”
Srdjevic said he and his partner, Brian Lee, became interested in escape rooms last summer when a friend started one in Kansas. After trying the escape room themselves, Srdjevic said they decided to try creating one in Evanston. Srdjevic said college students and residents are always looking for things to do in Evanston. He said he felt this would give people a fun activity close to home which is ideal especially in the winter. To help attract college students, Lock is offering 20 percent discounts to Northwestern students by adding the code “Wildcats” when ordering tickets online. “It’ll be something the community really likes and [it will] give people something to do in Evanston at night, without having to go to Chicago,” he said. “And this is something that you don’t need to plan far in advance — not a whole lot of effort.” Customers can make reservations a minimum of 12 hours in advance and can choose to join a public room or book the room for a private party on the page’s website. This would allow participants to try to solve the puzzles with their friends or to go in and work with strangers. Lock Chicago’s Sunburn follows the story of treasure hunters and has an overarching theme of light — which manifests itself in different
Police Blotter Gaming console, video games stolen from Evanston residence
An Xbox One and two video games were stolen from an Evanston home between Dec. 18 and Jan. 3, police said. Police said the 20-year-old Evanston resident left for vacation at 9 a.m. on Dec. 18. Upon returning to his home in the 2100 block of Maple Avenue around 11 p.m. on Jan 3., the man found the electronics — valued at $350 — missing, said Evanston police Cmdr. Joseph Dugan. There was no sign of forced entry into the residence, Dugan said.
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forms throughout the challenge — and reflection-based puzzles. Srdjevic said the room is made so that people will be able to easily collaborate and engage with the theme. “The escape room is custom-built,” Srdjevic said. “When you do something like an escape room, we want the chance to work with elements outside of everyday life. It’s a lot more exciting.” Escape rooms have gained popularity in the U.S. recently, with five relatively-new locations opening in Chicago. Paul Zalmezak, an economic development official, said downtown Evanston is a great fit for Lock Chicago because of the surrounding businesses and Evanston’s “brainy” residents. “Evanston has a significant office population, and businesses will definitely use this for team-building,” Zalmezak said. “But it also fits a trend of trying to make downtown a place for activities.” Sdrjevic added this distinctive experience will be appreciated in Evanston. “It’s a unique experience and something you really get a rush out of,” Srdjevic said. “People are always looking for new things to do, and this is something that will be fun and challenging.” robinopsahl2018@u.northwestern.edu
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Car criminally damaged in Evanston driveway
A car parked in a driveway in the 1300 block of Mulford Street had its driver’s side mirror knocked off and its sides slashed between Jan. 2 at 9. p.m. and Jan. 4 at 10 a.m., police said. The damage to the car, a 2015 Toyota Land Cruiser, is estimated at more than $1,000, Dugan said. The car owner, a 38-year-old Evanston resident, told police she did not know why someone would intentionally damage her car.
Due to an editing error, a story in Tuesday’s paper titled “NU accepts more than 50 percent of class of 2020,” misstated the day students were notified of their decision. Decisions were released Dec. 14. Due to an editing error, a story in Tuesday’s paper titled “Northwestern slated to open San Francisco space in spring 2016,” misstated the day NU announced the new space. It was announced Dec. 15. The Daily regrets the errors.
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On Campus Points for a Purpose navigates cap By KELLI NGUYEN
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With the 2,000-point cap for Points for a Purpose not budging, the donation program found an extra $92 in out-of-pocket donations and nonperishable food contributions last quarter. The fundraiser, which runs for two weeks, allows the student body to donate up to 2,000 unused meal points at the end of every quarter. During Fall Quarter, the program reached its threshold in 11 days. But despite this $2,000 Wildcat Point donation cap, starting last spring, students could continue to contribute by purchasing non-perishable food items and placing them in collection boxes. These locations were increased from just the Norris University Center C-Store and Lisa’s Cafe to include all C-Stores that sell non-perishable foods last fall. In addition, Points for a Purpose partnered with uBack, an app where users can donate money to charities of their choice on their mobile devices, allowing the donation program to collect out-of-pocket donations from students. “You donate by just tapping a button, so it makes donation easy,” said Matt Faden, co-chair of Points for a Purpose. The Communication sophomore said last quarter’s drive went exceptionally well. He said the fall drive is typically inhibited by the fact that first-year students do not know about the fundraiser. “In the Fall Quarter, it’s always toughest to run the drive,” Faden said. “But our marketing team did an exceptional job in getting out to the freshmen about the drive.” Of the $2,092 collected in Point for a Purpose’s fall drive, roughly half will go to the budget for NU Campus Kitchens. Points for a Purpose is currently making decisions on the allocation of the remaining points, Weinberg senior Dean Meisel said. “It’s kind of like ‘keep it on hand until something pops up,’” said Meisel, who is the co-founder
and advisor for Points for a Purpose. For the fall 2015 drive, Points for a Purpose also teamed up with Dance Marathon to host a local, campus-wide Giving Tuesday event to celebrate the national day encouraging people in the U.S. to donate to charity. On NU’s Giving Tuesday, which was held one week after the official day, Faden said 50 percent of donated points went to Blessings in a Backpack, DM’s 2016 beneficiary. Rachel Tilghman, Northwestern Dining’s spokesperson, said people are not always aware that food insecurity exists on college campuses, so the program is a great way for students to give
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Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Illinois) spoke Monday at Northwestern’s Feinberg School of Medicine about the importance of medical research in light of increased federal funding to the National Institutes of Health. The NIH received a $2 billion increase in federal funding from Congress for fiscal year 2016, bringing their total up to $32.08 billion nationally. “In this year’s federal budget, we had one of the most significant commitments to medical research we have seen in recent times,” Durbin said at the press conference. Northwestern received $293 million in research funding from the NIH last year — more than a third of Illinois’ $710 million total. “This funding commitment to the NIH represents an essential step in what I hope will be continued investment into the biomedical sciences … and is essential for making substantial progress in our quest to understand and hopefully prevent Alzheimer’s disease,” said Emily Rogalski, a neuroscientist and associate professor at the NIH-funded Cognitive Neurology and Alzheimer’s Disease Center at NU, in a news release. “Without the support of the NIH, my laboratory would not exist.” The Cognitive Neurology and Alzheimer’s Disease Center is one of 30 NIH-funded disease centers in the nation. At the press conference, Durbin highlighted his efforts to increase funding for scientific and biomedical research. The $2 billion increase to medical funding in the 2016 appropriations bill was based on targeted funding levels set by the American Cures Act, which he introduced in January 2015. “We’ve seen over the past few years a reverse brain drain where many of our best young researchers and seasoned researchers have, in fact, moved their laboratories to Europe and to Asia,” said Milan Mrksich, associate director of the Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center, at the press conference. “This represents a real turning point in where we’re going and where we can go.” — Madeline Fox
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Intro courses shouldn’t mean amateur equipment COREY MUELLER
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The second quarter of my sophomore year has begun, which means I am finally moving past the introductory level courses in my major. As I look forward to focusing on the magazine track in the Medill School of Journalism, Media, Integrated Marketing Communications, I cannot help but reflect on the classes I have completed in the four short quarters that I have been here. More specifically, I look at the last two quarters and wonder how Medill has failed to see the equipment it provides to students doesn’t match the caliber of its classes. Why does a journalism student need equipment, you might ask? Medill provides a basic media kit for Journalism 201-2, Multimedia Storytelling, and certain sections of Journalism 301, Journalism in Practice. In both of these classes, students are supposed to learn
how to record and produce audio and video pieces, as well as shoot and edit photos. To do these things, one would expect the school to provide top-of-the-line cameras, audio recorders and editing software for the students. In reality, the school does only one of those things. Keep in mind that this journalism school was ranked second in the country by USA Today in 2015 and by the Huffington Post in 2013. So what does Medill provide? Only a discount on a one-year subscription for the editing software. Surprised? I sure was. Here’s what the school provided me in the “basic” audio and visual media kit: a 32GB iPod Touch with an OtterBox Case, a mini tripod, a lavalier microphone specifically designed for Apple products and a USB cable to connect the iPod to a computer. Medill also uses Adobe products for editing, which the editors of Late Night with Seth Meyers use to produce. I do want to stress that I appreciate that the school does provide some resources to make it possible for students to create multimedia pieces because that seems to be where
journalism is moving. Unfortunately, someone made the wrong decision when choosing what to provide; this is truly the most basic route. Fiscally, the decision probably makes sense. An iPod Touch costs about $80 less than the cheapest Canon DSLR camera, but doesn’t have nearly the same quality when shooting photos or recording videos. Not only is the quality an issue, but it can also be exceptionally problematic for a student to shoot an interview using a five-inch tripod when the subject of that interview is most likely not half a foot tall. And trust me, given how professors grade your ability to frame a person in a video interview, you wish they were that short. In addition to the cameras, the school should provide audio recorders, like a Samson Zoom, which adds about $100 to the tab. This would absolutely be a worthwhile investment to make. The point of these introductory classes is to expose journalism students to other ways of storytelling. And Medill is doing students a disservice by providing amateur-level equipment.
Students are forced to work harder, and I’m 100 percent on board with that. But, when the equipment provided is no better than a smartphone, the quality will always suffer no matter the time spent on the project. In the real world, the most talented people will succeed as long as they put in the effort. To become the most talented, though, people learning the tricks of the trade should probably be using the same tools as professionals to receive an edge in the field. So, one of two things needs to happen: Medill needs to upgrade the media kits and provide professional-quality equipment, or professors need to stop grading assignments as if they were made with professional-quality equipment. Either way, all I ask for is consistency. Corey Mueller is a Medill sophomore. He can be contacted at CoreyMueller2018@u.northwestern.edu. If you would like to respond publicly to this column, send a Letter to the Editor to opinion@dailynorthwestern.com. The views expressed in this piece do not necessarily reflect the views of all staff members of The Daily Northwestern.
Streaming revolutionizes the music business strategy BOB HAYES
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As the year in the ever-transforming music industry begins, it has grown abundantly clear that the era of streaming music — as opposed to purchasing physical or digital albums — is here to stay. While debates persist about whether streaming properly benefits artists, the Spotify, consumer-driven model of 30 million available songs for $10 a month will continue to dominate the music consumption marketplace. “Based on streaming’s convenience and immediacy, there’s really no putting the genie back in the bottle,” Scott LeGere, a professor of music at McNally Smith College, told Deseret News. “That a company like Apple, that has the largest music store in the world, would cannibalize its own music sales tells you where the future is.” Upon the launch of Apple Music last summer, CNET reported that investment analyst Gene Munster wrote in a note that he estimated “Apple Music would add less than 1 percent (around $1.8 billion) to the company’s revenue,” with Apple’s apparent primary goal of the service to be “a way of luring users into the Apple ecosystem.” Much of the dialogue regarding this music consumption trend laments artists’ dwindling
revenue streams in the wake of users’ booming music streams. Yet, too many people overlook how Apple’s pivot from music sales to streaming, made with the larger goal of drawing new consumers, simply mirrors the musicians’ business strategy. In 2016, album releases will largely serve to enhance potential revenue from live performances, a marked departure In 2016, from the old revenue album releases model. will largely serve The exact payouts to rightsholdto enhance ers and artists are potential nearly impossible to dig up — in 2013, revenue from live Spotify revealed performances. artists make around $0.007 per stream, though industry and public pressure has likely increased that payout slightly. Yet, it is no secret that artists struggle to gain revenue from streamed music once substantial slices of the already-meager payouts from streaming services go to record companies and promoters. Why, then, would artists sacrifice so much potential album sales revenue by allowing streaming services like Spotify, and Pandora the rights to stream their music? To build a fanbase. Because of the futility of releasing music for sale, even notable artists like Martin Garrix and KSHMR will tend to punt and simply
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release tracks as free downloads with the goal of building popularity to raise demand, and subsequently revenue, for live performances. The incentive is in the ability for users anywhere in the world to become fans of an artist. Take a minute to consider how many musicians you love whom you never would have heard if you had been required to initially purchase their music. And consider how many of those artists for whom you have paid to see live. Here is where we arrive at the other major music industry boom: the commercialization of live performances and festivals. The rise in popularity and utter number of shows and festivals has become a punchline in music circles, but they keep our musicians working. According to a Nielsen Music report, an astounding 32 million people attended at least one music festival in 2014. Of that group, 14.7 million were from the coveted millennial demographic. For artists, this means between 70 percent and 90 percent of revenue comes from live shows. A 2014 Rolling Stone article outlining the rise of the large-scale music festival reveals Outkast’s 2001 46-show tour grossed $4.8 million. This was the last tour for the hiphop duo until its 2014 40-show festival run grossed around $60 million despite nearly a decade without an Outkast release. Folk band Neutral Milk Hotel released its lone album last millennium, when “the group was lucky to make a few hundred dollars per show,” Steve Knopper, the article’s author, wrote. Despite
Why it’s the best year to be a Wildcats fan DANNY COOPER
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Success can sneak up on you. It seems odd that something so prized, so essential, so sought after can come as such a surprise, but sometimes, success comes out of nowhere. Take the performance of Northwestern’s sports teams this Fall Quarter. Although not expected to be bad, the teams have performed above and beyond what many thought possible. We’re only one third of the way through the academic year, but one could already claim that 2015-2016 has been the best year ever in NU sports. Admittedly, it doesn’t take a lot to earn that claim. For the most part, NU has, throughout its history, been a middling school in terms of athletic performance. Prior to the Cats’ performance this year, the best year in NU sports history was likely 2005-2006. In his last season, coach Randy Walker led NU football to a bid in the Sun Bowl, Cristelle Grier and Alexis Prousis won the national championship in women’s
doubles tennis and women’s softball reached the final round of the Women’s College World Series before falling to Arizona. In addition, women’s lacrosse won their second of five consecutive national championships. Outside of the success of that year and a few shining moments here and there — such as NU’s appearance in the 1996 Rose Bowl — the Cats have often disappointed on the field. Regardless of the Cats’ questionable performances in the past, the 2015-2016 year has been filled with performances nearly any Division I school would be proud to call its own. What first comes to mind for many NU fans is the football team, which this year vaulted itself into the national spotlight early and remained there on the way to a 10-win season. Though the loss to Tennessee in the Outback Bowl was disheartening, there is no doubt this season was one of the most successful in Cats’ history. In addition, the women’s soccer teams reached the NCAA tournament, reaching the Round of 32 for only the second time in its history. Even the teams that didn’t reach the postseason had their own achievements. The volleyball team upset the powerhouse Penn State Nittany Lions for the first time since November 23, 2002.
Of course, that was only the fall. Basketball season soon arrived and brought with it a fresh wave of impressive play. Through 13 games, the men’s basketball team matched the best start in school history, losing only to top-10 ranked Maryland and North Carolina and sparking hope that this may be the year in which the Cats finally earn a spot in the NCAA tournament. Even more impressive has been the women’s basketball team. Following a season in which the team earned its first bid to the NCAA tournament since 1997, NU won 12 of its first 14 games to prove the legitimacy of its rank as the 16th best team in the nation. With all of that said, it is only January. There is a lot that might go wrong in the basketball season and beyond. Perhaps the Outback Bowl loss was a sign of things to come in 2016. Still, the combined efforts of nearly all NU athletic teams thus far have made this year one to remember. Danny Cooper is a Medill freshman. He can be contacted at DanielCooper2019@u.northwestern.edu. If you would like to respond publicly to this column, send a Letter to the Editor to opinion@dailynorthwestern.com. The views expressed in this piece do not necessarily reflect the views of all staff members of The Daily Northwestern.
not releasing any new music since its debut, the band still draws large crowds at major festivals and substantial revenue: “You can add a lot of zeroes, basically, to what they made,” Jim Romeo, the band’s booking agent, said to Rolling Stone. Outkast and Neutral Milk Hotel exemplify how artist revenue from live shows has exploded throughout the industry, but only a handful of artists have similar levels of staying power, making new music releases via streaming services a necessity to cultivate and maintain sufficient popularity for artists. For decades, tours have served to promote albums for sale, while releasing music now has a key goal of reaching new consumers and giving them a reason to purchase tickets to live shows. Musicians are experiencing a revenue shift, not a revenue plummet. Next time a conversation turns to how artists can possibly only make $70,000 from 10 million Spotify streams, remember that dozens of artists gain that same amount of money by playing an hour-long festival set. I cannot decide which side of that equation sounds crazier, but such is the product of the modern, consumerdriven music industry. Bob Hayes is a Weinberg junior. He can be reached at roberthayes2017@u.northwestern.edu. If you would like to respond publicly to this column, send a Letter to the Editor to opinion@dailynorthwestern.com. The views expressed in this piece do not necessarily reflect the views of all staff members of The Daily Northwestern.
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Evanston appoints new Parks and Recreation director
Evanston city manager Wally Bobkiewicz has appointed a new director of Parks, Recreation and Community Services, the city announced Monday. Lawrence Hemingway will assume the position at the department on Feb. 8, the city said in a news release. Hemingway currently serves
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as director for Parks and Recreation for Wayne County Parks in Westland, Michigan, where he has worked since 2010. Hemingway has also served as the chief operating officer for the nonprofit Detroit PAL, which organizes youth sports leagues, and as general manager for Detroit’s Recreation department before holding his current position. At WCP, Hemingway monitored a budget of over $17 million, managed personnel, coordinated special events and oversaw day-to-day operations, according to the release. Evanston’s Parks, Recreation and Community
Services Department primarily serves to maintain and sponsor events through the city’s 89 parks and six recreation centers, according to the city’s website. “The City is fortunate to have a leader of Lawrence’s caliber join us in Evanston,” Bobkiewicz said in the release. “His experience in Michigan provides an excellent foundation for coming to our city and providing recreation services that match our community’s needs. I welcome Lawrence to our team.”
Measured by percent change, Monday’s trading marked the worst day for the Dow since Jan. 2, 2008, when the closely watched index fell nearly 1.7 percent. Fresh concerns over a global economic slowdown, tensions in the oil rich Middle East, along with a stock market decline in China of 7 percent, coalesced to unleash a day of dismal trading on Wall Street. A new economic report that showed the U.S. manufacturing sector in recession territory also spooked investors. A fresh reading on the nation’s economy will emerge on Friday with the release of the latest jobs report, measuring December activity for employment in the United States.
wrote in his 72-page opinion. “They need to know it is not worth it.” Chang faulted lax training and oversight at the city’s Law Department for hampering the production of records from the Chicago Police Department and other city agencies when officers are accused of misconduct. Steve Greenberg, an attorney who represents the family of the man who was killed, said the ruling raises questions about the Law Department’s role in perpetuating a code-of-silence police culture in which officers believe they can act with impunity. If the city’s attorneys appear willing to cover up wrongdoing, the officers will feel empowered to behave in any manner they deem fit, he said. “There’s just a total disregard for the truth, and it runs to the highest levels,” Greenberg said. “There is a culture to cover up and win at all costs.” A Law Department spokesman had no immediate comment Monday. Thomas Leinenweber, an attorney who represents Marsh, did not immediately respond to an email or phone call seeking comment. The embarrassing setback for the city comes amid continuing fallout over the unrelated police shooting of 17-year-old Laquan McDonald in October 2014. The scandal that erupted in November after video was released showing Officer Jason Van Dyke shooting McDonald 16 times prompted the U.S. Justice Department to launch a wideranging civil rights investigation into the use of force by Chicago police. Chang’s ruling reverses a decision last April in which a federal jury found in favor of Officers Raoul Mosqueda and Gildardo Sierra, concluding they were justified in killing Darius
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Judge finds Chicago city lawyer hid evidence in police shooting, orders new trial
CHICAGO — A top attorney for the city of Chicago intentionally concealed crucial evidence in a trial over a fatal Chicago police shooting and then lied about his reasons for doing so, a federal judge ruled Monday in a scathing opinion. In overturning the jury’s verdict and ordering a new trial, U.S. District Judge Edmond Chang imposed sanctions against the city and Senior Corporation Counsel Jordan Marsh, ordering they pay attorney’s fees to the plaintiffs that likely will amount to hundreds of thousands of dollars even before a retrial could take place. “Attorneys who might be tempted to bury late-surfacing information need to know that, if discovered, any verdict they win will be forfeit and their clients will pay the price,” Chang
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Pinex during a January 2011 traffic stop on Chicago’s South Side. Both officers testified at the trial that they had pulled Pinex’s Oldsmobile over because it matched a description they’d heard over their police radios of a car wanted in an earlier shooting. In a front-page story in September, the Tribune detailed how the officers’ account of what precipitated their encounter with Pinex had begun to unravel in the midst of the trial. According to court records, Sierra and Mosqueda did not hear the dispatch as they originally claimed because it aired over a different radio zone. It wasn’t until the middle of the trial that Marsh admitted outside the presence of the jury that he had failed to turn over a recording of the dispatch that actually went out over the officers’ Zone 6 radios that night, a call that talked about a different Oldsmobile Aurora that didn’t match Pinex’s car and wasn’t wanted for a shooting. Marsh first said he’d learned about the recording that day, then later said he had actually found out about it the week before trial. When the judge pressed Marsh on why he hadn’t disclosed the existence of the recording as soon as he had learned of it from a police sergeant, the lawyer backpedaled more, saying it hadn’t crossed his mind that it would be something that might be helpful to the plaintiffs. “My thought process was, I want to see what is on that (recording),” he said. “You know in retrospect I think I should have, but I wanted to talk to the sergeant and to see whether it was even relevant.” — Jason Meisner and Stacy St. Clair (Chicago Tribune/ TNS)
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From page 1 officers also go door-to-door and check in with community members about perceived issues in their neighborhood, Evanston police Cmdr. Joseph Dugan said. “We don’t have any gun dealers in Evanston, so that doesn’t really affect us in that way, but we do work to keep guns out of a criminal’s hands,” Dugan said. “(Officers) go out into the neighborhood, go to parks, go to schools and try to gain as much insight as they can, see what the residents are seeing.” Community activist Carolyn Murray has said she has concerns with the current program and believes it discourages individuals who have committed a crime from donating their firearms.
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EPD has stated the program is amnesty-based. “We know it was going to be hard for the person who is plotting a murder to want to give up a gun and we knew that we were not going to get all of those guns,” Murray told The Daily in October. While the president’s action will help advance gun reform in the country, he said that Congress has to do its part to enact legislation that will reduce gun violence. “The gun lobby may be holding Congress hostage right now but they cannot hold America hostage,” Obama said. “We do not have to accept this carnage as the price of freedom.”
From page 1 “We want all students to be trained with the same base level of knowledge,” he said. “This is a great opportunity to explore the intersection of alcohol and sexual health, and how those relate.” Both Amanda Odasz, communications chair of SHAPE, and Jacob Kerr, president of MARS, said the missions of their student groups align well with that of WATCH’s. “Already what I’ve experienced in SHAPE is a lot of nuance when we talk about alcohol and sexual assault,” Odasz, a Communication junior, said. “I think more training is better and we’re trying to emphasize with communication, the more the better.” Kerr, a Weinberg junior, reiterated the strong overlap in sexual violence and alcohol and said many assailants use alcohol as a weapon to render victims incapable of judgment.
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Quarter 2015 was the first time that NU offered aid packages without any student loan requirements for all of the University’s Federal Pell Grant recipients, an initiative he expects to continue, he said. In addition to the scholarships it provides, the Good Neighbor, Great University program also includes Northwestern Academy, a program begun by the School of Education and Social Policy that aims to help CPS students prepare for college, Mills said. “It’s intended to go after the kids who just missed qualifying for one of the selective admission high schools in Chicago,” he said. “The goal is to get more of these kids not just to come to Northwestern but just to go to college anywhere.” Northwestern Academy recruits CPS students who are in ninth grade, are not attending selective enrollment high schools and are from socioeconomically disadvantaged backgrounds, said Cassandra Geiger, the academy’s director. “We are looking for students who demonstrate an aptitude for strong, long term academic performance, motivation and willingness to engage in learning experiences outside of school,” Geiger said. Following Northwestern Academy’s creation in
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EXECUTIVE ACTION President Obama speaks on relationships between police and their communities to the International Association of Chiefs of Police in Chicago in October. On Tuesday, the president took executive action on guns, emphasizing comprehensive background checks and greater accessibility to mental health care.
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“Our goal is to become the world leader in journalism, integrated marketing communications, innovation and technology,” Medill Dean Brad Hamm said in a news release. “The opportunity to partner with McCormick in San Francisco will be amazing for our students.” Medill already has a location in Washington, D.C. and in Doha, Qatar, but McCormick has no other permanent locations outside of Evanston.
“One of the reasons for us to be enthusiastic about the partnership with Medill is because Medill has had experience in running programs in places outside of Evanston,” Ottino said. “Within McCormick, we believe in the balance between analytical skills and creative skills. We want a place that will produce people who are skilled in balancing these two sides of the brain.” San Francisco will not be the first instance of a Medill and McCormick collaboration. In 2010, the two schools launched Knight Lab, a joint venture designed to “advance media innovation and
education,” according to Knight Lab’s website. Since its inception, the lab has designed and maintained a number of influential programs geared toward helping journalists tell their stories using multimedia. But Knight Lab interim director Joe Germuska said he thinks the new space in San Francisco will be different, aimed at attracting a larger population including alumni and keeping would-be startup dropouts from leaving Northwestern. “People recognize that students who want to start stuff might be tempted to drop out of school, so providing a way to keep them in school but also feed
“We want to talk about not just how to approach someone if you think they need help with alcohol, drugs, sexual assault … but also how to have a conversation ahead of time,” he said. “WATCH will really help with those conversations.” Following the training, WATCH members will continue Red Watch Band facilitating and work on finalizing a constitution and establishing outreach through workshops and awareness campaigns, Meier said. Currently, applications for WATCH are open until Jan. 15, with the final staff selection slated for Jan. 27 at the latest, Meier said. “Ideally we will have a very diverse group,” he said. “I want different backgrounds from where students are coming from — different majors, different ages … different involvements. We’re making sure we can represent the Northwestern community as best as possible.” aliceyin2017@u.northwestern.edu 2013, about 80 high school students were admitted, Geiger said, 68 of whom remain in the academy this year as juniors. She said there are currently 61 students from the second application cycle at the academy. “This year, we are in our new recruiting season, and we are looking to again take about 80 students,” Geiger said. She said students begin attending the academy in the summer between their freshman and sophomore years. All students receive programming in personal enrichment, cultural and civic engagement and leadership development, Geiger said. The academy also works with students and their families to discuss the college admissions process. “We start that right away, in their sophomore year, so that they have an understanding of the landscape of higher education,” Geiger said. “And then we support them through that college process in their junior and senior years when they’re applying.” Geiger said being a part of the program is no guarantee that students will get into NU. She added that some students would be great fits at NU, but the oldest members of the program have not applied to college yet. peterkotecki2018@u.northwestern.edu some of that enthusiasm for inventing is not a bad idea,” he said. Germuska also said he sees the West Coast expansion and partnership with McCormick as a necessary step in the evolution of journalism. “The old ways of doing journalism are facing a lot of pressure from different things that people can spend their attention and time on,” he said. “We need to figure out how to set up a new system that puts all the pieces together in light of the Internet.” davidpkfishman@u.northwestern.edu
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Northwestern falls two spots in latest AP Poll following surprising loss
Northwestern dropped two spots to No. 16 overall in the latest AP Poll released Monday. The fall comes after the Wildcats (12-2, 1-1 Big
Men’s Basketball From page 8
my teammates get shots.” But these bright spots couldn’t fix all that went wrong for NU, whether it was Demps’ struggles from the field, a 13-for-22 team effort on free throws or a general inability to make shots inside and out. If these same issues arise
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butterfly. In addition to her wins in the 200-yard and 50-yard freestyles, Winsnes also won the 100yard freestyle. Her margin of victory over Hayley Edmond of Northern Arizona was nearly
Ten) surprisingly lost to Penn State (6-7, 1-1) 79-72 on Thursday. NU later rebounded Sunday with an 85-62 win against Nebraska (9-4, 0-2), but voters appeared to weigh the loss more heavily than the victory. The Cats’ ranking is their lowest since the third week of the season when they sat at No. 19. Following a 10-game win streak to open the season, NU is just 2-2 over its last four games. With the conference schedule now in full swing, the Cats will
face perhaps their toughest stretch of the season as three of their next four opponents currently sit in the Top 25. Purdue, the lone unranked team of the four and NU’s next opponent, is no slouch either at 11-2. The Cats tip off against the Boilermakers at 7 p.m. on Thursday.
again on Wednesday, the Buckeyes have the talent to make the Cats pay as well as a hot leading scorer to hurt NU’s defense in junior forward Marc Loving, who is coming off a 27-point game against Illinois. And in the quest for an NCAA Tournament berth, NU hopes to prevent strong defensive teams from neutralizing its offensive strengths by keying on the Cats’ shooters. McIntosh said
the team can’t let aggressive perimeter defense affect its confidence in its 3-point shooting. “That’s how I think a lot of teams are going to start guarding us, just because (Maryland) had success with it,” McIntosh said. “If we second-guess ourselves with our jump shots, it can become a habit where we miss shots.”
three seconds, an eternity for the distance. NU lost only two races on the day — the 100-yard and 50-yard breaststrokes. However, the Florida Atlantic advantage in the 50-yard breaststroke was slim, as senior Julianne Kurke, Adamski, Warren and junior Katie Branch finished second through fifth respectively. Adding to the impressive nature of their consecutive
finish was that all four were less than threequarters of a second behind Roper. The Cats return to action Jan. 16, taking on Notre Dame in South Bend. It will be the team’s final road meet before the Big Ten championships in February.
streak and had a 9-3 record. Malone finished fifth in his weight class after winning three consolation matches. His opponent, Iowa junior Cory Clark who was the No. 1 seed in the bracket, medically forfeited in the fifth-place match. Malone finished the tournament with a record of 6-2 and is now 15-4 on the season. NU caught unlucky breaks when Oster had to medically forfeit in the second round of the tournament, and when Northern Illinois’s Trace Engelkes upset Sliga in the first round. Sliga did not place in the top eight, and Oster was not able to make a return to the Midlands. The Cats next host No. 2 Iowa on Sunday. Iowa won the Midlands Championships for the third straight year after scoring 152 points — 91 more points than NU. danielwaldman2019@u.northwestern.edu
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Wheaton College seeks to fire professor for view on Islam CHICAGO — Wheaton College in suburban Chicago has begun the process of firing a professor who said Muslims and Christians worship the same God, the teacher confirmed Tuesday. Larycia Hawkins, a tenured political science professor who in December demonstrated solidarity with her Muslim neighbors by wearing a hijab, said last year that the college appeared to be moving toward termination, after she had rejected recommendations to resign. This week, she received word from Provost Stanton Jones that the termination process had begun. Hawkins, 43, announced earlier this month that she would don the hijab as part of her Advent devotion to show support for Muslims who have been under scrutiny since mass shootings in Paris and San Bernardino, Calif. “I stand in religious solidarity with Muslims because they, like me, a Christian, are people of the book,” she posted on Facebook. “And as Pope Francis stated last week, we worship the same God.” Though the college did not take a position on her wearing the hijab, some evangelical Christians said her statement should have spelled out what makes Christianity distinct from Islam. Not doing so put her in conflict with the statement of faith that all Wheaton faculty members must sign and live out, they said. “While Islam and Christianity are both monotheistic, we believe there are fundamental differences between the two faiths, including what they teach about God’s revelation to humanity, the nature of God, the path to salvation and the life of prayer,” Wheaton College said in a statement. The college placed her on paid administrative leave through the spring semester, pending a review. Hawkins fulfilled their request to submit a theological response. But Jones told her he wanted her to continue a dialogue. “On the part of the College, further theological clarification is necessary before such reconciliation can take place, and unfortunately Dr. Hawkins has stated clearly her unwillingness to participate in such further clarifying conversations,” the college said in a statement. “This represents an impasse on our efforts toward reconciliation.”
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FALLING FLAT Ben Sullivan stares down his opponent. Northwestern struggled in its Big Ten opener, losing to Ohio State.
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In its biggest game of the season to date, a home matchup with then-No. 4 Maryland on Saturday, Northwestern played one of its worst offensive games. The Wildcats (13-2, 1-1 Big Ten), one of the best shooting and ballcontrol squads in a Power-5 conference, shot just 2-for-20 on 3-pointers Saturday, a far cry from the team’s 37.6 percent average, and turned the ball over 12 times en route to a 72-59 defeat. Sophomore guard and teamleading scorer Bryant McIntosh had another strong game attacking off the dribble. But his backcourt counterpart, senior guard Tre Demps, shot just 4-for-16 from the field while the Cats’ role players struggled to find and make open shots. McIntosh said NU missed reads on potential counter actions offensively, and its struggles with execution made life more difficult for the Cats than it needed to be. But coach Chris Collins gave credit to a talented Terrapin team that went after NU defensively. “We had a tough shooting night last game, and I thought a lot of that had to do with Maryland’s defense,” Collins said. “I thought their length
really bothered us. They’re just a big team.” From an athleticism and length perspective, the Cats won’t get a reprieve Wednesday against Ohio State (10-5, 2-0). The Buckeyes are big, talented, and have been stingy on defense all season, surrendering an average of only 63.6 points per game. While the shots weren’t falling against Maryland, NU found a few other avenues to score points. Collins highlighted the effort of freshman forward Aaron Falzon in the game, with the 3-point specialist going to the rim and notching a career-high eight free throw attempts. Meanwhile, freshman center Dererk Pardon scored 8 points and continued to be a reliable presence in senior center Alex Olah’s absence, finishing well and working the offensive glass. Pardon said that he’s learning how to help the Cats’ offense against tough defensive teams. “A lot of teams are different from a physicality standpoint,” Pardon said. “I just have to do different things and maneuver to get my shot off and help » See MEN’S BASKETBALL, page 7
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IN YOUR FACE Bryant McIntosh surveys the defense. The sophomore guard will look to help Northwestern bounce back offensively against a talented Ohio State team Wednesday.
Wildcats dominate over break By TUCKER JOHNSON
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While most students returned home after Finals Week, Northwestern traveled to Florida for a weeklong training trip and meet, where it notched an easy victory against four opponents. The Wildcats were able to train outdoors in Ft. Lauderdale before traveling to Boca Raton on Dec. 19 for Florida Atlantic’s FUN Invite. In addition to the Wildcats and their hosts, Marywood, Old Dominion and Northern Arizona competed at
the invitational. NU dominated the meet, winning 12 of 14 events, beginning with an auspicious 1-2-3 finish in the 100-yard medley relay. Junior Lacey Locke led the Cats, followed by freshman Lindsay Adamski, senior Julia Pratt and sophomore Mary Warren. In the second event, the 200-yard freestyle, junior Annika Winsnes notched her third first place finish in the event this season despite her time being nearly five seconds slower than her NCAA ‘B’ cut from the TYR Invitational. The Cats continued to dominate their competition in later events,
with Locke and juniors Melissa Postoll and Jackie Doyle finishing 1-2-3 in the 50-yard backstroke. NU also went 1-2-3 in the 50-yard freestyle, and Pratt and sophomore Maddy Sims took first and second, respectively, in the 50-yard butterfly. In the 100-yard reverse individual medley, freshman Alex Grimes and Postoll took first and second. The reverse IM was a novelty event included in the meet that flipped the traditional order of the event, requiring the swimmers to start with freestyle and finish with » See SWIMMING, page 7
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ON THE FLY Ellen Stello races past her competition. The junior swimmer and the rest of the Wildcats handled nearly every opponent that came their way over Winter Break.
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Cats lose Big Ten opener to Ohio State By DAN WALDMAN
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Northwestern didn’t have much time to celebrate the holidays, as it fell in its Big Ten opener to No. 7 Ohio State and followed with a ninth place finish at the 53rd annual Ken Kraft Midlands Championships. The Wildcats (1-5, 0-1 Big Ten) hosted the Buckeyes on Dec. 18 and kept the dual close until the final three wrestlers competed. NU took an early 5-0 lead when senior Garrison White recorded a technical fall in the 125-pound match. Jason Tsirtsis, who is the No. 3 wrestler in the 149-pound weight class, also won his match in a 5-3 decision. But the Cats later dropped two consecutive matchups and Ohio State took a 16-13 lead. Redshirt sophomore Mitch Sliga won his 184pound match to tie the dual at 16, but with three matchups remaining, redshirt-freshman Regis Durbin, redshirt-junior Jacob Berkowitz and redshirt-freshman Conan Jennings all lost their respective matches. Ohio State won the match by a score of 27-16, but NU did not have much time to wallow in defeat — the team was set to host the Midlands in just 10 days. The Cats had 16 wrestlers compete at the Midlands Championships — a
tournament that NU hosted from Dec. 29-30. Six of the team’s wrestlers were seeded in their brackets, while Tsirtsis held the top rank of all the team’s wrestlers boasting the No. 2 seed in the 149-pound class. Tsirtsis finished as the runner-up after losing to the No. 1 seed in the tournament, and No. 2 ranked wrestler in the country, Brandon Sorenson. Tsirtsis and Sorenson were tied with only one point each at the end of regulation — both managed to secure a point from escapes. But in overtime, Sorenson gained the advantage and scored two points in a scramble to win the Midlands. Tsirtsis was the reigning champion of the tournament, and he will face Sorenson again in the team’s next match. The rest of the team’s wrestlers also added respectable performances, earning the Cats 61 points and ninth place. White started NU off strong, beating his first two opponents by a combined score of 33-0. He first handled Joe Antonelli of SIU-Edwardsville and then shutout the bracket’s No. 10 wrestler Ares Carpio from Arizona State. White’s dominance was thwarted by Oregon State’s No. 2 seed Ronnie Bresser. Before losing to Bresser, White was on a seven-match win » See WRESTLING, page 7