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NU staffer finds bear hanging at Tech desk Alleged race issue a ‘personnel matter,’ under review By JOSEPH DIEBOLD

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Northwestern warehouse associate Michael Collins arrived at his office in the Technological Institute basement on Dec. 3, just as he had each workday for the last five years. But on this particular morning, Collins noticed something different about his office: A black stuffed panda bear, a gift from his niece that normally sits next to a When I stuffed white saw that bear cat on his hanging there, desktop, was hanging from it reminded a rope next to me of black the desk, as if it had been Americans lynched. getting hung “When I and lynched. saw that bear hanging there, Michael Collins, it reminded NU warehouse me of black associate Americans getting hung and lynched,” Collins said. “That hit close to home because I have had a family member in my past, back in the ‘60s, who was hung in Mississippi, so to a black person, that’s horrifying.” Collins, who said he is the only black employee among the almost 50 people he works with, said he immediately called University Police to report the incident and later filed a report with the Office of Equal Opportunity and Access. University spokesman Al Cubbage said he learned of Collins’ report last month. Cubbage called the issue a “personnel matter” that was being handled internally by both University Police and administrators. “It was reviewed by the appropriate offices within the University administration, including University Police,” he said. Cubbage said any results of the investigation “would not be disclosed publicly.” Prior to finding the bear, Collins said he had multiple race-related altercations at NU with a white coworker. This included him being the target on separate occasions of a racial slur and verbal threats, as well as arguments on Facebook about President Barack Obama’s race. He said University Police told him they were unable to prove the individual was the one who hung the bear. Collins has since sent two emails to upper-level administration. The first, dated Dec. 14, was sent to President Morton Schapiro among others. Collins said Schapiro’s response indicated it was the first he had heard of the incident. “He kind of apologized and said this should not be tolerated at Northwestern,” Collins said. But more than a month later, Collins

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Community calls for gun control in memory of 3 slain By CIARA MCCARTHY

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Carolyn Murray has worked to strengthen gun control in Evanston for six years. But city efforts to curb Evanston street violence — which claimed three young lives in 90 days in the fall — came too late to save her son. In July, Murray began plans for Evanston’s first gun buyback program to decrease the number of firearms on the streets, occasionally receiving advice and input from her 19-yearold son, Justin. Just two weeks before the buyback was scheduled, Justin was shot and killed as part of an ongoing gang-related feud. The elementary school shooting less than a month later in Newtown, Conn., caused national grief and outrage, thrusting the issue of gun control to the public’s attention. But gun violence has plagued Evanston and Cook County for years. As gun control legislation unfolds on the county, state and national level, Evanston is unlikely to pursue a legislative solution to firearms, instead

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turning to alternative methods to decrease violence. Evanston Mayor Elizabeth Tisdahl said City Council will not pass laws that could result in an expensive court case. Instead, city government will offer support to larger-scale measures while experimenting with hands-on solutions in Evanston, such as December’s gun buyback program, the city’s first.

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We need to revamp the way we’re looking at violence . Otherwise ... God help us for the future. Carolyn Murray, mother of Justin Murray

In recent months, Cook County has worked to pass progressive gun control measures, including what is likely the country’s first gun or “violence” tax on firearms. Still, gun control activists say strong measures in Cook County aren’t enough; weaker gun laws throughout the country enable the proliferation of gun

trafficking into the county. Murray said an immediate review of gun violence in Evanston is crucial in order to save innocent lives. “We need to revamp the way we’re looking at violence,” she said. “Otherwise, God help us this summer, God help us for the future.” THREE KILLED IN 90 DAYS For one of his first assignments of the 2012 school year, Evanston Township High School freshman Dajae Coleman wrote a moving tribute to his family. “I believe that support from family and friends really helps,” he wrote. “I think the kids that are on the street not doing anything with their lives don’t get the type of support they need from family.” The 14-year-old wrote about 4:30 a.m. gym workouts with his grandfather, the lessons he learned from his basketball coach and his mother’s constant encouragement for him to never settle. Just two days after Coleman submitted the essay, he was fatally shot » See GUNS, page 4

As support grows, Boy Scouts announce potential changes By CAT ZAKRZEWSKI

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Will Oliver attained the rank of Eagle Scout after a decade of scouting and remembers his own experience as “welcoming.” The Weinberg sophomore is gay. Although he never experienced discrimination in his own troop, Oliver has heard from many who have, after beginning If next week goes well, this alast petition fall on could be a Change.org really promising challenging the Boy Scouts turning of America’s policy excludpoint in the gays from organization’s ing its ranks. direction. On Monday, the petiWill Oliver, tion topped Weinberg 115,000 signasophomore tures and the organization announced plans to discontinue policies excluding gay Scouts and troop leaders as early as next week. “After my experiences in the past few months, having heard from hundreds of scouts and leaders who were humiliated under this policy, I can appreciate how historic this moment is for many American families,” Oliver said. “If next week goes well, this could be a really promising turning point in the organization’s direction.” Oliver’s petition calls specifically on the National Geographic Channel to air a disclaimer before its new reality show “Are You Tougher than A Boy Scout?” that informs viewers of the organization’s policy. Although the channel’s public relations department did not respond to The Daily on Monday, The Washington Post reported last week that the channel released a statement that said the network was an equal-opportunity employer. “We certainly appreciate all points of view on the topic, but when people see our show, they will realize it has nothing to do with this debate (over the Boy Scouts’ LGBT policy), and is in fact a competition series between individual scouts and civilians,” the network said in the statement. The National Geographic petition began to gain widespread support Wednesday when it was endorsed by the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation. Oliver’s was not the first Change.org petition addressing this issue. Last spring, a petition with more than 200,000 supporters called for the Boy Scouts to reinstate a mother who was removed from her role as Cub Scout leader for being gay. Rich Ferraro, a spokesperson for GLAAD, said more than 1 million Americans had

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Council approves apartment project By JIA YOU

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City Council approved an amended plan for a high-rise project on Emerson Street and established a special taxing district to revitalize the Chicago/Main area Monday night. Property owner Robert King and developer Fifield Companies proposed amendments to the high-rise apartment project at the site of two buildings, 1881 Oak Ave. and 1890 Maple Ave. The changes include reducing retail space, increasing the maximum number of units and adding a three-story parking structure. During council discussion, Evanston Mayor Elizabeth Tisdahl said Northwestern expressed desire for a wet lab near campus to help keep technology development in town, which the two buildings could fulfill. But Ald. Ann Rainey (8th) argued the apartment project will provide much needed property taxes to the city, which NU does not pay. “When Northwestern starts paying downtown property taxes, they can tell us what to do,� Rainey said. The construction proposal generated heated discussion during the citizen comment section at the beginning of Monday’s meeting. Evanston resident Bob Brower spoke against the project, arguing such tall buildings are “out of character with the neighborhood.� Brower also

objects to studio units representing the majority of the apartment rooms, which he said would result in a high turnover rate. Several aldermen raised similar concerns after city staff proposed expanding Emerson Street to four lanes to accomodate the expected increase in traffic. Council members eventually approved the project 7-2 and required further transportation study. Ald. When Judy Fiske (1st) and Northwestern Ald. Melissa Wynne starts paying (3rd) voted against the proposal. downtown The council also property taxes, approved establishing the Chicago/Main they can tell us tax-increment finance what to do. district. The city plans to fund office building Ann Rainey, construction and infra- 8th ward alderman structure development in the area with the TIF district revenue. The TIF district’s approval comes after Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn announced the state’s $1 million grant to the city for ultra high-speed internet. City manager Wally Bobkiewicz said this new taxing district will add jobs and bolster existing area businesses. “All the things that represent the future of Evanston

are included in this TIF,� Bobkiewicz said. Bobkiewicz also stressed the TIF district’s approval does not amount to green-lighting any redevelopment project proposed by the private sector. The city is currently negotiating with developer OMS Evanston LLC. on constructing an office building, he said. Calling the proposal financially unsound, Ald. Coleen Burrus (9th) disagreed with the determination that the Chicago/Main area is an economically “blighted� area, one of the requirements for a TIF district. Wynne, however, called the project a “transformational moment� for the city. She argued the area has suffered infrastructure problems in the past and needs an economic boost. “This is our opportunity to create jobs and put them right at that corner,� Wynne said. The TIF district passed on a 7-2 vote, with Burrus and Ald. Donald Wilson (4th) voting against the special taxing district. Evanston resident Betty Hayford, who observed the meeting on behalf of the League of Women Voters, said she supports the two economic development projects, but Burrus’ comments impressed her. “There’s a lot of muddled thinking about how economic development should be managed,� Hayford said.

pair attempted but was unable to take the resident’s Apple iPhone. The resident believes they did take his earphones, which are valued at approximately $20. The resident sustained a small cut underneath his top lip. The robbers were believed to be about 18 years old.

woman in a home in the 700 block of Brummel Street at 3:30 p.m. Friday. Both women lived in a group home for young women on Brummel Street, EPD Cmdr. Jay Parrott said. The dispute occurred when one woman, 18, assaulted the other woman, 33, and attempted to beat her up. The 33-year-old oversees the group home.

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Police Blotter Attempted strongarm robbery of local resident nets only earphones Evanston Police responded to a call of battery at 3:30 p.m. Friday in the 1200 block of Dodge Avenue. Two young men approached a male Evanston resident, 18, outside a convenience store near the intersection of Dempster Street and Dodge Avenue, Parrott said. One of the men punched the resident in the face with a closed fist. The

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Northwestern rang in 2013 with their highest number of regular decision applications yet, with a 2.2 percent increase from last year and the most diverse applicant pool to date. With 32,766 regular decision applications this year and 43 percent of the class admitted early decision, NU will mostly likely see its lowest acceptance rate for the Class of 2017, said Chris Watson, dean of undergraduate admissions. “It continues the trend of another record-breaking year in terms of applications,” he said. “We will have another record-low acceptance rate. There’s no question.” With about 700 more applications than the Class of 2016, which had an acceptance rate of 15 percent, Watson guesses this year’s rate will fall between 13 and 14 percent. Applications have increased by more than 10,000 since 2007, when 27 percent of applicants were admitted. Watson said he felt the increase comes from NU’s increased notoriety and positive press from research breakthroughs and successful alumni. Will Harrop, a senior at the Maret School in Washington, D.C., who applied to Weinberg this year, noted NU’s acceptance rate has fallen as low as some Ivy League schools. NU is thought of as a highly regarded institution, he said. Harrop said the general feel of NU’s campus, along with the University’s unique American Studies and Chicago Field Studies programs, encouraged him to apply. He also cited NU’s quarter system as allowing him to take more varied classes than at other schools. “Just kind of looking at the courses themselves beyond just the programs, they seemed interesting and fun to take,” he said. In addition to an increased number of overall applications, Watson said a cursory glance at this year’s applications indicates it will be the most diverse class yet, although he does not have any official numbers yet. He noted an increase black, Hispanic, Asian and international applicants. Watson said the admissions office had been making efforts to create a more diverse class. “I think it’s a healthy increase, especially given the population that we work hardest to recruit, which is a lot of underrepresented students,” he said. “We’re seeing the last few years of hard work paying off.” Watson said he attributed the 4 percent increase in international student applications to NU’s increased global presence. In the last five years,

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preparation, Ziegler said. Unlike Kellogg’s Certificate Program for Undergraduates, which is directed primarily toward undergraduates with strong math and statistics backgrounds, the Russell Fellows Program will be open to students from all schools and majors. Hagerty said she hopes the program’s broader focus will attract a wide range of majors. “If I had someone from theater, I’d think that was awesome,” Hagerty said. Ziegler said she believes the program will benefit students who choose to pursue this new degree. “You receive dedicated career support in a way that we believe will set you up for a very long, fruitful positive career and it still allows you the flexibility to go back and earn an MBA later in your career,” Ziegler said. “Whether you do that at Kellogg or another school, this doesn’t negate you from having that additional learning experience later on after you’ve worked for a couple years.” A second information session for students interested in the program will be held Tuesday at the Donald P. Jacobs Center.

A Northwestern preventative medicine professor presented findings Monday on new research that found white people tend to sleep longer than minority ethnic groups. The Institute for Policy Research sponsored the presentation on sleep and race by Feinberg Prof. Mercedes Carnethon at Chambers Hall. Carnethon, also an associate IPR faculty member, presented to about 50 people data from the Chicago Area Sleep Study, a four-year research project. The study focuses on participants of white, black, Hispanic and Asian descent, mostly from Chicago, who do not suffer from sleep apnea or other sleep disorders. Due to a low number of Asian participants from the city, the study also spread to the suburbs. On average, blacks and Hispanics tend to be shorter sleepers, Carnethon said, getting in an average of 6.8 and 7 hours of sleep per night, respectively. Whites tend to sleep more, averaging 7.4 hours per night, and Asians, for reasons still unknown, are less likely to be long sleepers, she said. When asked why blacks tend to get less sleep, Carnethon said other factors, particularly body mass index and obesity, must be taken into account. “It is difficult for us to determine what is leading to what,” she said. “With regard to where race falls here, it is equally unclear to me how to set a model up.” Regardless of whether the mean sleep duration and percentage was adjusted, the results were about the same, with blacks sleeping the least and whites sleeping the most, Carnethon said. The study excluded people with sleep-related disorders and those who use prescription and overthe-counter sleep medication but took into account cardiovascular risks, health behaviors and psychological factors, socioeconomic characteristics, and the physical and social aspects of neighborhoods. Carnethon said researchers also began an analysis of how neighborhoods can contribute to sleep, focusing on the sources of noise in a neighborhood as well as the social environment. This part of the study has not yet been completed. Although living in the inner city was associated with less sleep and more daytime sleepiness compared to suburban living, noise features had little effect on the sleep patterns of all the races in the study, she said. Those in poverty-stricken neighborhoods did however report less sleep, she said. Overall, Carnethon said there is a weak association between noise and poverty with the amount of sleep the participants get in unadjusted analyses, and more studies need to be done to account for individual and household factors, as well as crime. The main issue with crime, she said, is the difference between actual crime and perceptions of it. “Sometimes people living in high-risk neighborhoods are numb to the crime, so it doesn’t affect their sleep,” she said. Tanya Tang, a fourth-year graduate student in the Department of Statistics, said she was interested in the lecture because of similarities to her own research. “It was pretty interesting,” Tang said. “It relates to my research because I’m studying for (American Community Survey) neighborhood statistics estimation.” Mollie McQuillan, a first-year graduate student in human development and social policy, said the new research made her think about sleep differently. “There seems to be a lot going on around campus about sleep, so adding racial factors creates a new perspective,” McQuillan said.

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both the Office of Undergraduate Admissions and President Morton Schapiro have increased overseas trips. Last fall, the admissions office sent representatives to Africa for the first time. Communication junior Daniel Flores, an NU tour guide, said he has seen more and more international students on tours. “Northwestern is definitely an international name now,” he said. “It’s becoming more well known and more respected, and the admissions office is definitely seeing the full effects of that.” Flores is also involved in NU’s chapter of QuestBridge, a national program that helps high-achieving, low-income students apply to top universities.

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Watson said the University got a record-high 2,000 regular decision applications from QuestBridge students. The University does a great job supporting the QuestBridge program, Flores said, especially considering outreach efforts NU’s chapter has coordinated to encourage more low-income students to apply. “We’re doing a great job reaching out,” he said. “Maybe 10 years ago we weren’t as big a name but now — the Ivy Leagues — we’re being compared to them,” he said allymutnick@u.northwestern.edu

Kellogg to offer management program By AMY WHYTE

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Starting this summer, the Kellogg School of Management will begin offering a new master of science degree to current Northwestern undergraduates. Current NU seniors are invited to apply to the new Russell Fellows Program, a three-quarter, 12-credit program for a Master of Science in Management Studies from Kellogg. “The world continues to change and evolve and Kellogg is very committed to providing a set of programs and a set of degrees that actually meets the needs of that changing environment,” said Betsy Ziegler, Associate Dean of Master of Business Administration Programs. “We think that this program in particular will help us get there.” The program is designed to give graduating seniors “the core fundamentals of a business education,” Ziegler said. Since most MBA students come back to school after a few years in the workforce, Ziegler said they wanted to provide a program designed for recent graduates. “A lot of things, like accounting for example,

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are useful to know at the beginning of your career, not after five years — so why wait?” said Kathleen Hagerty, chair of Kellogg’s Finance Department. Hagerty, who helped design the new program, gave a presentation about the program to interested students at an information session Monday afternoon. Weinberg senior Japna Sethi, one of the students in attendance, said she was interested in the new program because of a lack of similar opportunities in NU’s undergraduate curriculum. “I want to go into business and I want to do management in the future, but we don’t really have a great undergraduate curriculum for business here,” she said. “I’m interested in this program because I think it would be helpful to have some business experience for when I do have a job.” Weinberg senior Katie Kim, who hopes to work for a global health non-profit, also said she thinks this program would help her reach her career goals. “This would be a good stepping stone,” Kim said. The program, which will be taught entirely by Kellogg faculty, will also include “dedicated career support” involving a counselor who will help students with professional development and interview

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in a tragic case of mistaken identity, marking the city’s first homicide in 2012. Coleman was killed Sept. 22 in the 1500 block of Church Street as he walked home from a party with friends. Evanston resident Wesley Woodson III, 20, allegedly shot at Coleman because he mistook him for someone else. Woodson, who police say has known gang affiliations, was arrested and charged with Coleman’s murder and is in the midst of trial proceedings. For the past 12 years, Evanston has had between one and three murders per year, with the notable exception of 2010, when a stunning six homicides occurred in the city. But Tisdahl said even the quantity of the 2010 murders did not affect Evanston in the same way that Coleman’s seemingly random death did. Coleman was remembered by all as a good friend, dedicated student and gifted athlete. His death elicited outpourings of grief and activism from the community. “People didn’t think, ‘That could be me, that could be my kid.’ People thought those were avoidable,� she said of the 2010 slayings. “Whereas when Dae Dae was killed, nobody thought that was avoidable.� More than 1,000 people mourned Coleman at his funeral, where Rodney Harris, who spoke for the Coleman family, called for an international “Dae Dae movement.� “You’ll put your guns down, you’ll put your knives down, you’ll put the malice you have in your heart down,� Harris said. By the end of September, Tisdahl and various groups had organized forums and meetings to discuss solutions to the violence. Community activists accelerated plans for a gun buyback program in the wake of Coleman’s death. But for another Evanston teen, the “Dae Dae movement� wasn’t enough. Justin Murray was killed on the evening of Nov. 29 in the 1800 block of Brown Avenue. Evanston police say the death was a result of a long-standing feud between two gangaffiliated families. Justin was home from California to spend time with his family, his mother said. “He was a very loving son,� Carolyn Murray said. “Anybody that was in need, he always helped them.� The violence surrounding the feud continued the morning of Justin’s funeral, Dec. 8, when a 20-year-old man was shot multiple times — but not killed — on Howard Street, in what police believe was retaliation for Coleman’s murder. Just days later, 23-year-old Javar Bamberg was

BUYING BACK WEAPONS Arrangements for the gun buyback — spearheaded by Carolyn Murray — were fast-tracked after Coleman’s murder. The city, in partnership with the Evanston Community Foundation, began fundraising for what has traditionally been regarded as an expensive way to get guns off of the streets. In total, organizers raised $19,050, including a $10,000 donation from Northwestern. University President Morton Schapiro told The Daily in November that although he was unfamiliar with the success rates of buyback programs, the University was happy to contribute to the effort. “I don’t know much about buybacks,� he said. “I’ve seen things that (suggest) they don’t work that well, but maybe this one will work better.� Colleen Daley, executive director of the Illinois Council Against Handgun Violence, said gun buybacks generally have a mixed success rate. She said when Chicago hosted a gun buyback in June 2012, the Illinois State Rifle Association “tried to make a joke out of it� by turning in rusty, unusable firearms for money. However, she maintained buybacks nonetheless reduce the number of guns on the street. The Evanston buyback, held Dec. 15, fell short of organizers’ expectations. The event garnered 45 firearms in total, including 26 handguns, 15 rifles and four shotguns. Prior to the buyback, police estimated that between 100 and 200 firearms would be acquired. The city spent $4,500 on the program — leaving the majority of the funds untouched as officials decide what to do with them, according to Tisdahl. Parrott described the buyback as “successful� but said there are “plans for us to do a different type of system� in the future. GANGS ‘STILL A PRESENCE’ The lethal combination of gangs and guns has caused much of the violent crime in Evanston’s history. Evanston gangs, which Parrott said are distinct from those in Chicago, often develop based on geographic location: A large group may have

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smaller factions based on members’ neighborhoods. As most Evanston teenagers attend the same high school, gangs can form because “everybody knows everybody,� Parrott said. Gangs have had a presence in Evanston since the 1970s, Parrott said, although membership has decreased since a peak in the late 1980s. Today’s Evanston gangs are less organized and split into smaller factions than their predecessors. Many street gangs, he said, fund their activities through narcotics trafficking. Illegal drug dealing has a “direct link� to “violent crime within criminal organizations,� according to the EPD’s 2011 annual report. Parrott said technology has dramatically changed the way gangs in

Evanston operate, as the advent of technology has allowed groups to traffic drugs in a more covert manner. “The days of standing out on the street corner selling drugs are not prevalent in Evanston,� Parrott said. “There’s still a presence; it’s just not as visible.� Along with the decrease in gang membership, incidents involving handguns have decreased dramatically from 137 incidents in 2007 to just 77 in 2011, according to the annual report. Despite the decline in both gangs and gun violence, Parrott said the two factors still need addressing: The three Evanston homicides this year were all gangrelated and committed using guns. Parrott said

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shot fatally in the head Dec. 12 in the 1700 block of Grey Avenue. The investigations surrounding Murray’s and Bamberg’s homicides are ongoing, in part because not all witnesses are cooperating, EPD Cmdr. Jay Parrott said. Police are confident, however, that Murray and Bamberg died as a result of a disagreement between the Bambergs and another local family, the Davis family. The conflict, which has claimed four lives, dates back to at least 2005.

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semiautomatic handguns are used most prevalently in Evanston gun crimes. Although gangs access firearms through a variety of methods, straw purchasers — individuals without criminal backgrounds who are legally allowed to purchase firearms — have supplied the groups for decades. Straw purchases allow legal gun owners to purchase guns and then distribute them through private sales. Though gun owners are technically required to keep records of a private sale, many straw purchasers forgo this requirement. When guns end up in crime scenes and are traced to their original, legal owner, the straw purchaser can claim that the firearm was simply stolen.

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CHANGING THE CONVERSATION The gun control debate is not just a city issue: It reached the Northwestern campus last week, with the Associated Student Government debating whether to pass a resolution supporting President Barack Obama’s gun control plans. Senators also discussed the possible creation of a committee responsible for writing a letter to Congress to encourage gun control legislation. These proposals have sparked contention among students, including College Republicans members, who believe gun control is a national, politically-charged issue outside of ASG’s domain. Tisdahl, however, chided those who objected to the ASG resolution. “Dead kids are not a partisan issue,� she said. As students on campus and legislators across the country deliberate over the best methods to decrease gun violence, those who have been affected most strongly in Evanston believe there needs to be a comprehensive change in the way the city addresses gun violence. Carolyn Murray said her son’s death has pushed her to work harder to find a resolution to gun violence in Evanston. She called upon the EPD and the city to find new solutions and create a strategic plan to address the violence. “We have to do a serious makeover on how we’re combating this problem,� she said.

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“Say they buy one (gun) one month, then three months later the same person buys another gun, and he’s got three or four or five different individuals doing this,� Parrott said. “(This) makes it very hard to trace, especially if they’re different addresses, different names.� Daley said loopholes like these allow guns to move from legal purchasers to crime scenes. “Every gun has to start legal somehow,� she said. “That’s the reason why we need strong gun control laws.� In November, the Cook County Board passed a resolution urging the Illinois General Assembly to pass a “lost and stolen� law, which would require firearm owners within Illinois to report a firearm

ILLINOIS GUN LAWS: STRONG OR WEAK? Despite the prevalence of gun-related homicides in the last year, Illinois has some of the toughest firearm legislation in the country. In 2012, there were 634 homicides in Cook County, 535 caused by firearms. The Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence ranks Illinois eighth out of the 50 states in terms of gun law strength, and Illinois is the only state that prohibits citizens from carrying concealed handguns in public. Parrott said this was a measure of critical importance. “Allowing people to carry guns is not a step in the right direction,� he said. In addition, all residents of Illinois who wish to own a firearm must apply for Firearm Owner’s Identification card, a process that requires a background check. Although gun owners must have FOIDs, individual firearms do not need to be registered. However, Lindsay Nichols, an attorney for the Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence, said Illinois gun laws are only strict when compared to the nation’s generally weak gun laws. She noted weak laws in states surrounding Illinois make it easy for guns to be trafficked into the state. “Illinois suffers because of weak gun laws in other states,� she said. Evanston took its most significant action to deter violence in 1982, when it followed Chicago’s example by passing a handgun ban within Evanston. The ban was overturned in the wake of the 2008 Supreme Court decision that ruled handgun bans unconstitutional Tisdahl said because of that precedent, she will not pass any legislation that would cost the city significant legal fees in court. Still, on Thursday, she publicly announced her support for U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein’s Assault Weapons Bill, which would ban assault weapons and high-capacity ammunition magazines. In November, the Cook County Board passed its 2013 budget, including a gun tax that will add a charge of $25 to every firearm sold in Cook County. This “violence tax� is likely the first of its kind in the country and will go into effect on April 1. The tax was co-sponsored by Commissioner Larry Suffredin, who represents the 13th district, which includes Evanston. Suffredin has proven to be a strong advocate for gun control in Cook County and Evanston. The budget also included $2 million toward

violence prevention, intervention and reduction groups. Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle on Jan. 22 named the members of the violence advisory committee, which will be responsible for distributing the funds to anti-violence groups and targeting straw purchasers. The board most recently passed another resolution urging the assembly to pass legislation that would ban assault weapons, require the registration of firearms and mandate background checks in firearms sales at gun shows. Several bills pending discussion in the Illinois General Assembly would comply with the board’s resolution. Legislation introduced recently by state Sen. Antonio Munoz (D-Chicago) and state Rep. Edward Acevedo (D-Chicago) would limit the sale of assault weapons and increase penalties for straw purchasers, among other restrictions. Illinois’ deliberations coincide with national conversations about which measures will do the most to decrease gun violence. U.S. Sen. Mark Kirk (R-Ill.) is working on legislation that would deter gun trafficking and increase the rigor of background checks.

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Don’t forget to maintain relationship with yourself BLAIR DUNBAR

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Each year, as soon as the freshmen set foot on campus, the rush for friends begins. It isn’t strange. Who isn’t afraid of coming to campus where nearly everyone is a stranger? Northwestern provides freshmen peer advisor groups and seminar classes. There are residence hall icebreakers and Wildcat Welcome activities. Students hurry to the activities fair to put their names on ten or more email lists. Then, during winter, hordes of students, men and women, young and old alike, pledge sororities or fraternities in search of closer bonds. NU, and college in general, has a social atmosphere. When they are not in class or studying, students are expected to be either going to parties or participating in extracurricular activities. Every second is accounted

for, every relationship addressed. Yet I can’t help feeling that in the midst of all this socializing and activity, one connection gets lost: the relationship with yourself. I am not talking about loving the unique person you are or building self-esteem. I’m talking about giving yourself some time to think. On a college campus, it is almost impossible to find yourself alone to take a breather. Whether in a dorm, class or local hangout, students inevitably surround you. Maybe it’s the introvert in me, but I sometimes find the constant company of people suffocating. Last year, I received a phone call from my ex-boyfriend. Combined with the stress of starting college, the conversation left me overwrought. Unfortunately, I was stuck in a bustling college dorm. I really don’t like to cry in front of people, particularly ones I hardly know, so I flung on a coat and ran outside. Perching myself on the steps of the Rebecca Crown Center, I sobbed on the phone with a friend from home. Students walked past me with curious glances, but at least they couldn’t

see my face well in the dark. That beat crying under fluorescent lights in the game room of my dorm. In that moment, I wished I was back home with my own pillow and room or taking a walk through my neighborhood. On more than one occasion, I have heard a student say, “I don’t really want to, but I feel like I really should go out tonight.� Why does socialization become an obligation? Why does rest suddenly seem like a waste of time? After a whole week of classes and people, all I want to do on Fridays is put on some television and knit. But college isn’t always conducive to that lifestyle. After my outburst last year, at the advice of my friend, I began searching for a corner or nook to call my own. She climbs to the highest floor of her school library and sits somewhere among the stacks if she needs some quality self-reflection or crying. And as I talked to my friends on campus, I found I wasn’t the only one who sought a place to be alone, or at the very least, a place away from college students. One friend drives all the way up to the Panera a few miles away from campus to eat a giant

cookie. Another buries herself in a deserted corner of Barnes and Noble, leaning against the bookcases, reading a magazine and eating M&Ms. Another likes to study by the music collection in Deering, and my boyfriend sometimes walks all the way down to the cemetery by the lakefront south of campus. As for myself, I used to spend my Saturdays walking two miles to the Robert Crown Ice Arena to ice skate and then grab lunch by myself. Those were some of my favorite mornings. Now I go for runs way up north or way down south. Sometimes I drive to the Caribou Coffee in Winnetka or sit on the floor of Barnes and Noble flipping through books. Everyone, whether extrovert or introvert, social or anti-social, needs a personal cave, a place to sit back, think and do nothing without interferences from the outside world. Constant noise only makes a person go crazy. Blair Dunbar is a Weinberg sophomore. She can be reached at blairdunbar2015@u.northwestern.edu. If you would like to respond publicly to this column, email a Letter to the Editor to forum@dailynorthwestern.com.

America’s not-so-stellar reputation around the globe DAN RYAN

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I only needed one hour in Europe to learn a valuable lesson about the United States. I landed in Spain at 8 p.m. to learn that dinner is served at 9, so I quickly had the opportunity to get to know my host family. Naturally, they also wanted to get to know me as well, and from the get-go, it was apparent that the touchy subject of politics was not off the table. They asked me what I thought about the Tea Party. They described the news stories they heard from the United States, and these stories mainly concerned the Tea Party, our radical views of gun rights and people demanding that everything they buy be made in America. After a few minutes of being treated to a Spanish impersonation of what a typical Tea-Partier would sound like, I realized, with some horror, that it was also a caricature of what the average European thinks the average American is like. This is a problem. America has a serious image problem abroad. And it’s important we ask ourselves why that is. To start, Congress has become a joke in the eyes of United States citizens and foreign nationals alike. Our political leaders’ once

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comical ineffectiveness has ceased to be funny, and a frustrated American public has voiced its opinion through an impressively low approval rating. When they chose to set the fiscal cliff deadline, it was with the idea that no reasonable human being, much less government body, would ever allow the date to pass without taking action. Yet we stood teetering on the cliff for weeks. Some members of Congress also voted against giving relief aid to victims of Superstorm Sandy. We should be outraged and embarrassed. But why would Europeans care about the pathetic performance of a government that isn’t their own? It turns out that many Europeans believe the origin of the current worldwide economic crisis (emphasis on worldwide) was the United States, an argument with a good deal of validity. The US economy is rebounding slowly, but at least it’s recovering. Spain’s economy is not. Unemployment sits at a staggering 26 percent. Most young people graduating from high school and college are not only unable to find work, but also have little hope for the future. Try to imagine graduating from Northwestern knowing full well you won’t be getting a job for at least the next three years. Many Europeans put most of the blame for their economic woes on the United States. When they see the bumbling, ineffective group we’ve elected to office, they must be furious. Other countries have a stake in what happens in the United States; we’re unique in that way.

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We have garnered quite a bit of resentment from many nations as they watch a country that needs to act like a leader carry itself like a child. The rest of the world is watching us, and, with the shocking and controversial news reports coming out of the United States, the odds are stacked against us. After the Sandy Hook Elementary Congress School shootings, we were treated to the has become antics of the NRA. a joke in the Membership swelled eyes of United and the organizagained hundreds States citizens tion of new followers on and foreign Twitter. The Right nationals alike. clung to their guns and made a lot of Our political noise. And they were leaders’ once heard overseas, comical especially in Europe, ineffectiveness where many countries has ceased to be have strict gun control laws. Not surprisfunny. ingly, violent crime is also significantly lower there. Many Europeans saw our reaction to a horrific tragedy as championing more violence. These types of things cannot be tolerated here. We have cultivated an image of a country governed by the fringe, in which

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reasonable discourse does not exist. I strongly believe this is false, but the rest of the world isn’t so sure. Watching the news, it’s not hard to see why. The partisan divide has become a severe problem, and it’s preventing us from being a proper leader in the world. Our attitudes toward opposing views are extreme and childish. Our Congressmen seem more concerned about reelection and winning favor in their respective parties than tackling tough issues. And the United States is supposed to be a leader in the world. What we, voters and elected officials, do matters. Not just for the US, but for the rest of the globe. I fear we’ve lost sight of this fact recently, and partisanship is the likely culprit. We’re more worried about the party we support gaining power, blindly voting for candidates we haven’t researched because of the letter next to their name. We allow outlets such as Fox News and MSNBC to operate as they do. We’ve allowed the fringes of the political spectrum define our image to the world. This has to stop. We impact the lives of too many to allow our government to behave like children. The rest of the world is amazed and infuriated by it. Perhaps it’s time we join them. Dan Ryan is a Weinberg junior. He can be reached at danielryan2014@u.northwestern.edu. If you would like to respond publicly to this column, email a Letter to the Editor to forum@dailynorthwestern.com.

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Sushi restaurant to open near Central Street owners of the restaurant found the Central Street neighborhood attractive because of its proximity to the Northwestern student population. Ulrich said he is confident the restaurant will appeal to students who can now find sushi just north of campus. “We’re really excited to get out of the city and go towards Evanston,� he said. McCormick freshman Natalie Suarez said a sushi place near campus interests her. “I’ve always been a fan (of sushi), so I hope I’d have the chance to go, if it’s within walking distance,� said Suarez, who lives in the Cultural and Community Studies Residential College on North Campus. The restaurant will contribute to Evanston’s diverse dining scene and give new life to the neighborhood, said Ald. Jane Grover (7th), whose ward will host the restaurant.

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Coast Sushi Bar, a Chicago-based restaurant, will open a new branch off Central Street in early February. Coast Sushi & Sashimi’s new branch will be located at 2545 Prairie St., according to Chicago Magazine. The same publication also named the Chicago branch one of the best under-$30 restaurants in 2009. Restaurant manager Parker Ulrich said the

“It will be a great addition to the alreadylively Central Street business district and our fine dining landscape in Evanston,� Grover said. “We look forward to helping Coast Sushi Bar announce its opening and welcoming the restaurant to Evanston and the Central Street neighborhood.� Suarez said she agrees new restaurants are important for Evanston. “I’m really glad that there are a lot of great restaurants near campus,� she said. The city did not finance the restaurant, said Erika Storlie, Evanston’s citizen engagement division manager. The owners will apply for a license from the Evanston Health Department, Storlie said. The have already applied for work permits to renovate the space, Grover said. Ulrich said the new restaurant will not differ

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was disappointed he had not heard more from a level higher than his bosses. He penned a second email Jan. 17, this time to more than 15 administrators. “I have not heard from any of my bosses at Facilities Management to say, ‘Michael, we are sorry this happened,’� he wrote. “I also have heard nothing in the way of preventing this from happening again to anyone at the University. Everyone is so quiet about the situation. I get the feeling the University just wants it to go away.� Collins said he hoped for a better response from the “guys that sign my paycheck� and wanted to start a dialogue on “having respect for other people’s race, religion and things like that.� “I’ve heard nothing, so I’m a little lost right now,� Collins said. “Sometimes silence is worse than saying something.� Collins’ case is the latest in a bumpy history of race at NU among both staff and students. In February 2010, former UP officer Freddie Lee sued the University for discrimination following his 2009 firing, and last year, an off-campus party where students wore offensive costumes sparked campus-wide discussions on the state of diversity at NU. Despite Collins’ disappointment in the University’s response, he said he did not necessarily see racism as a broader structural problem at NU, at least among his immediate coworkers. “Northwestern, the five years I’ve been here, has really been a great place, up until this happened,� he said. “Most of the guys down here are great. I’ve heard of incidents that happened, but I want to say it’s just a few bad apples.�

signed Change.org petitions speaking out against this policy. Ferraro explained the Boy Scouts have cited these petitions and calls from current scouts and sponsors as contributing to their decision to reevaluate the policy. “That led to a change,� he said. Ferraro called the announcement about the reevaluation of the policy a “positive movement.� However, this is not the first time the policy has been evaluated. In 2000, the Supreme Court upheld the Boy Scouts’ right to refuse gay members. In July 2012, the organization reaffirmed its policy amid calls for a change. Oliver said he was personally shocked by the decision last summer, especially after having a positive

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A poem collection published by Northwestern University Press has been named a finalist for a 2012 National Book Critics Circle award, according to a University news release published Wednesday. The collection, titled “Olives� and written by A.E. Stallings, is a finalist in the poetry category. Northwestern University Press published it under their TriQuarterly Imprint, according to the release. The NBCC awards recognize the best literature

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much from the Chicago branch, which opened in March 2003. But the Evanston branch will feature a sushi belt with grilled items, he said. The restaurant concept will remain the same, which boils down to offering above-average food and service to earn repeated customers, Ulrich said. He added he is confident the new branch will be just as successful as the Chicago one. “We are going to stick to what we know,� he said. olgagonzalezlatapi2016@u.northwestern.edu

scouting experience in his own troop. He responded by creating two online petitions, and the second went viral. “I remembered the experience of being in the closet as a kid,� Oliver said. “I knew that the stakes were too high for young gay people not to act.� Boy Scouts spokesperson Deron Smith wrote in an email to The Daily on Monday that the matter will be discussed during the week of Feb. 4 at the next scheduled meeting of the National Executive Board. He included a statement explaining the potential changes. “Currently, the BSA is discussing potentially removing the national membership restriction regarding sexual orientation,� the statement said. “This would mean there would no longer be any national policy regarding sexual orientation, but that the chartered organizations that oversee and

deliver Scouting would accept membership and select leaders consistent with their organization’s mission, principles or religious beliefs.� Oliver called the Monday statement a “partial victory� because while it will dismantle the national ban, churches and communities that sponsor troops could still choose to continue enforcing an anti-gay policy. “It may be the best compromise for the time being,� he said. Ferraro also acknowledged the statement as a victory, but said the fight for change was not over. “If the national policy at the end of their decision making process is not one where every gay person can participate openly, then the campaign for change is one that will continue,� Ferraro said.

in the country in six categories: fiction, general nonfiction, poetry, biography, autobiography and criticism. According to the release, winners of the awards, the only national literary prizes to be chosen by book critics, will be announced in late February. “With the National Book Award and the Pulitzers, the National Book Critics Circle awards are the ‘big three’ prizes in literature,� said Jane Bunker, Northwestern University Press director, in the release. Stallings has previously garnered awards for past works. Her first book of poetry, “Archaic Smile,� won the Richard Wilbur Prize, and her second, “Hapax,� also published by Northwestern University Press, was awarded the 2008 Poets’ Prize. She also received the MacArthur

fellowship, also known as the MacArthur “genius� award, in 2001, as well as the Pushcart Prize, the James Dickey Prize, the 2004 Howard Nemerov Sonnet Award and a Guggenheim Fellowship, the release said. Stallings’ work has been featured in several publications, including TriQuarterly, The Atlantic magazine, Poetry magazine and “The Best American Poetry� anthologies of 1994 and 2000. According to the release, the last poet published by Northwestern University Press to receive a NBCC award was Pamela White Hadas. She was given a prize for her poetry collection titled “Self-Evidence.�

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Cats see red, avenge earlier loss By REBECCA FRIEDMAN

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Dressed in their all-black Under Amour uniforms on Monday, the Wildcats meant business. After a tough loss to Indiana earlier in the season, Northwestern showed that they were very capable of besting the Hoosiers with a dominant 53-39 victory at home. The Cats displayed one of their best defensive performances of the season, holding the Hoosiers to only 15 points at the half and 39 on the game. A huge reason for NU’s defensive success was their ability to shut down Indiana’s Aulani Sinclair, who put up 31 points against the Cats in their previous meeting, but was held to only 2 on Monday. “Tonight we’ve been preaching all year to be aware of who the two best players on the other team are,” coach Joe McKeown said. “Tonight was the first time that we really embraced it. Our defensive effort, awareness and focus were good tonight.” McKeown talked about the team’s impressive guarding of Sinclair and Jasmine McGhee, who was only held to 8 points. The entire Indiana team was held to only 21 percent shooting on the floor. “Our defense really stepped up, Aulani Sinclair is a great player and we held her to only two points, she completely went off last game,” senior forward Dannielle Diamant said. “That was a big one. To take her out really helped us.” Diamant was the leading scorer for the Cats, finishing with 14 points and 7 rebounds. Freshman forward Maggie Lyon chipped in 13 points and senior forward Kendall Hackney added 11 more for the Cats. Lyon was key for the Cats on offense and has developed to be an

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thing because it just means that we’ll be more ready next time.” A competitive day ended with two easy wins for the Cats, who took out Wayne State 21-6 and NYU 23-4. After three weeks away, NU will return home for the first time in 2013 to compete at the NU Duals next weekend. “We need to be able to come out stronger against Ohio State,” Schiller said. “When we fence them again this weekend, that’s our emphasis. We’ll see them and (No. 1) Princeton on Saturday and we want to go right after them and see what we can do.”

IOWA CITY, Iowa — The seniors hoped Saturday’s meet with Iowa would become a lasting memory. Now, they are trying to make it a distant one after a 161-122 defeat in Iowa City. “We got to forget about it,” coach Jarod Schroeder said. “We got to move on to Notre Dame and Missouri State. But they’ll get up for that. They always seem to get up for Notre Dame.” Although the Wildcats came up short in getting the win, many swimmers posted season-best times. That alone has coach Jarod Schroeder leaving Iowa feeling optimistic. “That was probably our best in-season meet we’ve had this year,” Schroeder said. “We win a couple of those races where we got touched out, and it changes things tremendously.” Freshman Jordan Wilimovsky continued his tremendous first-year campaign with another win in the 1,000yard freestyle. The California native has yet to lose in the 1,650 or 1,000-yard freestyle. Not only has he gone undefeated, but he’s been crushing his opponents in the process. He’s won the 1,000 free by an average of 15.64 seconds and 34.09 seconds in the 1,650 free. Wilimovsky credits his training as the reason for his success. “I started doing an extra workout a week right before the training trip and then continued through the training trip,” Wilimovsky said. “Doing more yards has definitely helped. I’m pretty happy with how I won here because I was out well and was able to lay off at the end and still had a fast time.” The Cats finished the meet strong with three consecutive wins in the platform diving, 400 IM and 200-yard freestyle relay, which saw senior Alex Ratajczyk out-touch Iowa’s anchor for the victory. But even with all the good that came from Iowa, there are some areas that the Cats need to work on in the coming weeks. Schroeder said Iowa City illuminated those struggles. “It was apparent to me where our weaknesses are,” Schroeder said. “The early speed and the late finish are where we are struggling right now. When you swim against a team like this, the errors become more apparent.” Senior Charlie Rimkus also said the squad needed to do more research on its opponent, a factor that cost them a meet earlier in the year against Wisconsin. “Some of us did our homework on where a certain swimmer finishes hard or whatever,” Rimkus said. “It’s just the small things that hurt us.” The Cats wrap up their regular season this weekend with the NU Invite in Evanston. But it won’t be a cakewalk on senior day for the Cats as they welcome in Notre Dame and Missouri State, two very strong programs. Rimkus said as the season goes on, the reality of his collegiate career ending is quickly approaching. “Everything is getting more and more real as it passes by,” the senior said. “At Nationals, I was saying to Alex (Ratajczyk) that this is our last USA swimming meet. We’ve been doing this since we were 7. But it’s not a reason to be nervous. It’s a reason to end on a high note.”

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LYON’S SHARE Freshman forward Maggie Lyon surveys the floor. The Wildcats lost to Indiana on the road earlier in the season, but bounced back with a dominant win Monday night in Welsh-Ryan Arena.

integral part of their roster. “She missed the whole month of December,” McKeown said. “But she went back into practice full speed. She showed a lot of patience tonight and didn’t have to force a whole lot.” One of the main focuses for the Cats on offense has been ball movement. That really seemed to be clicking for them, especially in the second half. “We were more patient coming into the second half, “ Diamant said. “We were able to get better reversals and get the ball inside and out. This has been a big focus for us and we did a good job of that.” Lyon echoed Diamant’s sentiment and praised her for going hard to the

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basket and opening up the outside. The first half was low scoring on both sides, and both teams seemed to have miscommunication problems on offense. However, thanks to 9 first-half points from Hackney, the Cats went into halftime with a 26-15 lead. NU came out strong and went on an 8-2 run to start the half giving them a 17-point lead. The Cats’ defensive pressure continued to

shut down the Hoosiers, who had only one basket in the half until the 8 minute 19 second mark. The Cats’ offense kept rolling and they continued to extend their lead, up by 26 at one point. Freshman point guard Nof Kedem scored her first field goals as a member of the Wildcats, finishing with 5 points, including a 3-pointer. The team effort served as a great confidence booster for the Cats. “We’ve had a lot of injuries and people are just starting to come together,” McKeown said. “Tonight will give us momentum and confidence going into Thursday.” rebeccafriedman2015@u.northwestern.edu

Fencing

Wildcats live, die by ranking in Philly By ABBEY CHASE

No. 7 Northwestern

For better and for worse, Northwestern saw no upsets this weekend. Coming in ranked No. 7, the Wildcats lived up to their billing in the weekend’s competition, easily defeating their lower ranked opponents but failing to topple any of the country’s best teams. “We beat the teams below us and we didn’t beat the No. 2, 3, and 4 teams in the country,” coach Laurie Schiller said. “Unfortunately, you feel like you can beat them. On Saturday, we had a lot of close matches that went our way. On Sunday, we had a number of close matches that didn’t go our way.” At Saturday’s Philadelphia Invitational, the Cats went 6-0, holding onto their undefeated streak for one final day. A slow start against Penn put NU in a 1-4 hole, but close wins in all three weapons gave the Cats their first win of the day 16-11. After rolling the next two opponents, NU came up against Temple University, the team that beat the Cats last year. “The last three times we fenced Temple we lost 14-13,” Schiller said. “In those matches, we didn’t pull out a couple of those close ones and in this one we did.” In a dramatic and competitive match, the Cats edged out the Owls 15-12, winning the decisive bouts in foil and sabre to clinch it. Senior foilist Dayana Sarkisova made her season debut following an injury to win the crucial foil bout. “I was so focused on every point because that’s what I had to do to come

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back the way I did so I actually had no idea it was the deciding match,” Sarkisova said. “I was just sort of in my own world fencing, and then they told me after, so I’m just happy that it went well.” NU had little trouble closing out its final two opponents, defeating Drew 25-2 and a tough No. 12 Cornell 17-10, bolstered by an epee squad that dropped just one bout in the last two duals of the day. At the NYU Invitational the following day, the Cats came up against a much tougher lineup. NU went 3-3 on the day, with the wins coming easy and the losses falling hard. Against No. 3 Columbia in their first match of the day, NU held a 4-0 lead with the epee squad taking to the strips first but couldn’t hold on and fell 16-11. After taking out Yale 18-9, NU faced one of its toughest rivals, No. 2 Notre Dame. Despite losing to the one-sided score line of 19-8, the Cats took it to the Fighting Irish, losing five bouts by just one touch. In the first bout of the match, sophomore epeeist Courtney Dumas took out Courtney Hurley, a member of the bronze medal Olympic squad from last summer to kick off a match between the two Midwest Fencing Conference schools. “No matter how much you talk to the

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STUCK IN THE MIDDLE WITH YOU Northwestern competes during a home dual in Evanston. Over the weekend, the Cats did not beat any team ranked above them or lose to any team ranked below them. Losses included defeats to No. 3 Columbia and arch rival No. 2 Notre Dame.

kids, it’s for them not to have a letdown,” Schiller said. “It’s a shame because they could really bring that intensity into the next round but it just didn’t happen.” The next round featured another strong opponent in No. 4 Ohio State. Several close bouts kept NU in the match against Ohio State but even with a 6-3 victory by the foil squad, they were unable to close and fell 18-9. “It’s frustrating to lose obviously but as I told the freshmen, it’s also not totally a bad thing,” Sarkisova said. “We fence these teams so many more times throughout the season. As long as you come away with something that you learned from the loss, then it’s a good

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