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ASG Senate axes treasury position By JUNNIE KWON
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As of Wednesday’s Senate meeting, Associated Student Government no longer has a treasurer. Senate passed two bills to eliminate the treasurer’s position and cede its responsibilities to the executive vice president and chief of staff. One bill, “Parliamentary Body Code Amendment,� amends the ASG Code, which Senate speaker Ani Ajith called ASG’s version of the federal statutes. The other bill, “Parliamentary Body Constitutional Amendment,� makes the same amendments to the ASG Constitution. The two bills also reformed caucus whip positions. The authors of the two bills, executive vice president Brad Stewart, Greek caucus whip Sarah Brock and Residence Hall Association and Residential
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RE-EVALUATION Officials from the University and Frontera Fresco said they are considering adding to the restaurant’s dessert options and introducing half portions of tortas, egg whites for breakfast tacos and discounted coffee refills to satisfy student needs. Northwestern is Frontera’s first college campus location.
College Board caucus whip Lauren Johnson, created the legislation after recognizing the treasurer was superfluous to the executive board. The treasurer’s responsibilities, which have historically been vague, consisted of logistical work such as making trips to the Student Organization Financial Officeand heading “pet projectsâ€? such as Martin Luther King Jr. Day events, said president Victor Shao. Because the treasurer was only carrying out tasks given by the financial vice president and administrators are gradually taking more control over Martin Luther King Jr. Day, the authors and their supporters decided to eliminate the position in the legislation. “To keep the treasurer’s position is asking two people to do the work that one person can easily do,â€? the Medill senior said. Âť See ASG, page 7
Frontera considers menu edits By ADRIANNA RODRIGUEZ
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Officials from Northwestern and Frontera Fresco are looking into adjusting the restaurant’s menu more than two months after it opened in Norris University Center, its first location on a college campus. Frontera is considering expanding the soft serve ice cream, dessert, and pastry part of the menu. Stacy Dixon, Frontera’s director of Development and Marketing,said this was the first time Frontera has made desserts a large part of the restaurant. Student input also has the
restaurant considering price and portion changes. Julie Payne-Kirchmeier, assistant vice president of student auxiliary services, said other recommendations to the Frontera team include a half torta option, egg whites for breakfast tacos and discounted coffee refills. “Our students need change and we want to provide our students what they want,� Payne-Kirchmeier said. “It helps keep the content relevant and it’s a really neat time for Frontera to have an environment where they can test things and get immediate feedback.� Dixon said the restaurant, which
opened at the end of November, is always open to feedback. “We are always open to suggestions from students, whether it comes from the University or directly to us,� Dixon said. “We are always interested in sampling the population.� Although Frontera is not looking to make any immediate menu changes, Norris executive director Kelly Schaefer said the University and the restaurant are constantly talking about possibilities. “The conversation is happening with Frontera and with students and us,� Schaefer said. “We are at the
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MONEY MATTERS Brad Stewart, ASG executive vice president, with the rest of the 10K Committee presents the committee’s recommendations on which six initiatives should be chosen to be voted on by students. Senate voted to combine two initiatives and approved the recommended list.
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ASG aims to follow up on Chabad House resolution By CAT ZAKRZEWSKI
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Associated Student Government is attempting to follow through on a contentious resolution, passed at the Feb. 20 Senate meeting, calling for the University to be more transparent about its decision to disaffiliate from the Tannenbaum-Chabad House. The University disaffiliated from Chabad House formally in September following reports that its leader, Rabbi Dov Hillel Klein, violated University alcohol policy. Students from Chabad House decided to turn to ASG to call on Northwestern to provide more
information about its decision, but some members of ASG argued nothing could be done. Both president Victor Shao and executive vice president Brad Stewart spoke out against passing the resolution at the Feb. 20 meeting. Shao and Stewart did not support the resolution because they said they had already approached the administration about the situation, and Patricia Telles-Irvin, vice president for student affairs, declined to share any information due to the ongoing litigation. “Legal counsel for the University has advised Dr. Telles-Irvin and the rest of the High-Resolution administration to comment PDFnot - PRINT READY on the current litigation, therefore,
we have not been able to receive any additional information on the matter,� Stewart wrote in an email to The Daily. “That being said, we will continue to work with the Chabad Executive Board and other students to ensure that their voice is heard in the process.� But senator Harrison Flagler, said he would still attempt to follow through on his constituents’ request. He plans to contact Telles-Irvin now that the tensions of last week’s debate have dissipated. “We have the right to at least ask,� the Bienen freshman said. “If the response is no response, the student body willOn: seeFebruary that.� 27, 2013 8:03 AM Output Matthew Renick serves as the
president of the Chabad House executive board and spoke in support of the resolution at the Senate meeting. He said he was frustrated by the idea that the resolution should not have been passed because the administration might not come forward with more information. “We know we probably aren’t going to get more answers,� the Communication senior said. “The resolution was for the future student body to expect more transparency for things like this.� Renick said it was important for Chabad House and Klein to be associated with legislation that would set a precedent for the future because Klein
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had been at the “forefront� of change for the Jewish community. “That is what Chabad and Rabbi Klein have been about,� Renick said. “I think the fact that Chabad’s name is on there is a great thing.� Klein said he could not comment on the debate that occurred at last week’s Senate meeting because he wasn’t in attendance, but he did say he was very happy the resolution was eventually passed. “I appreciate the tremendous amount of student support,� Klein said. “Students are asking for accountability.�
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Around Town Police Blotter Burglar allegedly takes piggy bank containing more than $10,000
Someone broke into a 38-year-old Evanston man’s home in the 1700 block of Leland Avenue on Tuesday, Evanston Police Cmdr. Jay Parrott said. Police responded to a call made by the resident. Someone broke the window, and police noticed the side door upon arrival, Parrott said. The burglar took a Nintendo Wii, SNES, Xbox, $200 in cash and a piggy bank that the resident said contained more than $10,000, Parrott said.
After vacation, man discovers theft
Someone took an Evanston man’s PlayStation 3 from his apartment in the 500 block of Sherman Avenue while he was on vacation, Parrott said. The man was away from home Feb. 15 unti Tuesday and discovered the missing game console when he arrived back home, Parrott said. The man said his neighbors had access to the apartment while he was gone, but the case is still being investigated, Parrott said.
More graffiti found on Dodge Avenue
An employee at the Jewish Reconstructionist Congregation, 303 Dodge Ave., discovered gang graffiti outside the building Thursday, Parrott said. Additionally, someone reported on the same day that another gang symbol appeared across the street at 320 Dodge Ave., Parrott said. The two instances, he said, appear to be related. The two signs follow a trend of increased gang graffiti in Evanston. Parrott said it is unknown if these are related to other graffiti found earlier this week. — Tanner Maxwell
Setting the Record Straight In Wednesday’s issue of The Daily, a story about Ald. Jane Grover (7th) stated three students voted at Patten Gym in the April 2009 7th Ward election. The current number of student voters at that location was four. The Daily regrets the error.
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Residents petition for TIF area bowling alley By EDWARD COX
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Evanston residents have petitioned for the creation of a bowling alley in a mostly vacant west Evanston shopping center. About 300 people have signed an online petition on Change.org started by Evanston Patch columnist Christine Wolf on Feb. 11. “I don’t feel like there are a whole lot of indoor activities available for kids,” the Evanston resident and mother of three said. “I think a lot of people in Evanston have been talking for a long time about why don’t we have a bowling alley.” Bonnie Management Corporation purchased the Evanston Plaza shopping center, located on Dempster Street and Dodge Avenue, in December 2011. The city has since appropriated $20 million in tax increment financing to be spent over 23 years to develop the area. Calls for a family entertainment and bowling center ranked 93 on a list of 100 ideas from the Evanston 150 selection jury. International theater, film and humanities festivals, a summer Shakespeare festival and an outdoor amphitheater topped the list of ideas. The petition, addressed to members of Bonnie Management’s executive team, notifies principal Scott Inbinder whenever a petitioner expresses support, Wolf said. “We have boys and girls bowling programs that would love to have a bowling alley much closer to home for our matches and year-round opportunities to improve,” Evanston Township High School athletic director Chris Livatino said on the petition. Wolf said the property management corporation is not doing its part to attract businesses to Evanston Plaza. In a post on the petition website, Inbinder said, “The current size and layout of the available space is unusual and may not lend itself
to a bowling alley configuration, however, I’m happy to provide a space plan to any interested parties.” One possible obstacle in building a bowling alley is a licensing agreement held by the supermarket Dominick’s, which has a location in the plaza. The license gives the the supermarket a voice in choosing businesses surrounding it, said Paul Zalmezak, the city’s economic development coordinator. “What has been reported to me is … Dominick’s wants to make sure there is enough parking,” Zalmezak said. Zalmezak said the supermarket and Bonnie Management have been involved in talks concerning the leasing agreement. Representatives from Bonnie Management could not be reached for comment. Ald. Peter Braithwaite (2nd) voted for the creation of the west Evanston TIF district, which lies in his ward. Perceptions of the company’s opposition to a bowling alley are misplaced, he said. “Reality is, before someone should cast an opinion … there needs to be an owner willing to open up a bowling business in the area,” Braithwaite said, emphasizing “it is not a city decision.” Zalmezak said the city has reached out to the national operator Brunswick National Lanes, which has not expressed interest so far. He said the city is working on contacting smaller bowling alley businesses. Wolf said she will talk about business development in the district with Inbinder in a 2nd ward meeting on March 14. “A lot of people think Dominick’s is the bad guy and Peter Braithwaite thinks differently, he sees Dominick’s as supportive of the community,” Wolf said. “So I’m trying to get to the bottom of this.” edwardcox2011@u.northwestern.edu
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Segovia Classical Guitar Series Paco Peña Flamenco Dance Company: Flamenco Vivo Pick-Staiger, 7:30 p.m. $30/12
Michael M. Ehrman, director; Hal France, conductor; Robert Orth, guest baritone; Northwestern University Symphony Orchestra
Paco Peña embodies both authenticity and innovation in flamenco, boldly transforming the perception of this archetypal Spanish art form. Through dance, song, and guitar, “Flamenco Vivo” revels in the rhythmic complexities of modern flamenco while paying homage to the legacy this captivating tradition has left us.
Baroque Music Ensemble: Baroque Fireworks II Lutkin, 7:30 p.m. $6/4 Stephen Alltop, conductor; David Douglass, violin The Baroque Music Ensemble performs Bach’s Suite No. 2 in B Minor and Suite No. 4 in D Major. Also featured is the composer’s beloved Concerto for Two Violins in D Minor.
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“The great American opera? Ricky Ian Gordon’s Grapes of Wrath might be it,” enthuses Musical America’s. Based on John Steinbeck’s 1939 novel, Gordon’s score evokes American popular music of the 1920s and ’30s, bringing new depth to this tale of hope in the face of despair. Guest baritone Robert Orth, who played Uncle John in the opera’s 2007 premiere, reprises his role in this production.
Graeme Jennings, violin Vail, 7:30 p.m. Free In conjunction with his residency at the Institute for New Music, renowned violinist Graeme Jennings presents a concert of music written for him by advanced Bienen School of Music composition students.
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Students reach full money deadline with creativity With eight days until DM weekend, dancers work to hit their fundraising marks By JEANNE KUANG
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Students registered as dancers in this year’s Dance Marathon canned, baked and even braved the weather in costume to meet the philanthropy event’s $400 full money deadline Wednesday. Communication freshman Ethan Senser stepped out into the snow in a friend’s taco suit Tuesday, collecting more than $50 to reach We’re the $400 goal by pledgexpecting ing to wear it all day. “I had to explain that most of our it was a very skimpy dancers to taco suit and that I have reach the a lot of places I have to go,” he said. “Most peofull money ple would give a doldeadline. lar, I had to do a lot of convincing.” Katie Prentiss, DM spokesperson Dance Marathon Katie Prentiss said orgaspokesperson nizers were optimistic that most students registered to dance would be able to raise the required amount. “We are expecting most of our dancers to reach the full money deadline,” the Medill senior said. All registered dancers are required to raise a total of $400 in order to participate in the 30-hour dance event taking place March 8 to 10. The total amount of money raised will be revealed at the end of the 30 hours. More than 1,400 students registered to dance, DM spokesman and SESP junior David Harris told The Daily in January. He said organizers do not keep track of how many students drop out.
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HOME STRETCH Students registered to participate in Dance Marathon were required to raise $400 by the philanthropy’s full money deadline Wednesday. DM spokeswoman Katie Prentiss said she expected most dancers to successfully meet the deadline.
Since the DM half money deadline in January, students have focused their efforts to raise the rest of their pledged money to benefit DM’s primary beneficiary, the Danny Did Foundation, and its secondary beneficiary, the Evanston Community Foundation. “There’s been quite a few canning days in Skokie, Evanston and Chicago,” Prentiss said. “And a lot of events people have been putting on themselves.” In addition to Senser’s more outlandish fundraising tactic, Prentiss said students have made
money by selling homemade jewelry or cooking gourmet meals for a fee. Many students also fundraised in teams alongside their student groups or Greek organizations. Medill freshman Preetisha Sen used a variety of methods to reach the $400 minimum, including canning, making cake pops to sell and asking for donations from family friends. “I think canning is a huge thing and it’s almost always successful,” Sen said. Sen said although the fundraising was ultimately “doable,” $400 was difficult to raise. She
said she believes the difficulty of raising the money depended on the DM team a dancer joined. “I’ve never had to raise that much before, especially for it to be mandatory,” she said. The tent for the event is being constructed outside of Norris University Center this week. Prentiss said DM organizers are making final preparations for the 30 hours. “It’s just another sign that we’re that much closer to the big event,” Prentiss said. jeannekuang2016@u.northwestern.edu
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Editorial
In wake of tragedy, let us take care of one another It’s been a difficult few months for the Northwestern community. The Evanston Police Department’s announcement earlier this week they would close their investigation into Harsha Maddula’s death put a formal end to a story that has, in many ways, defined the 2012-2013 school year at NU. Institutional memory is short by nature: Four years from now, it is unlikely that any students here will know who Harsha was, and they certainly will not recall the atmosphere on campus during and after his disappearance. But that does not mean the Northwestern community, its equilibrium restored, will necessarily revert to the same attitudes it had before September. Although we don’t want to dwell on Harsha’s death, it is important not to let it slip away from us entirely by the time the class of 2017 arrives on campus. Rather, the lesson we can all take away from this fall’s tragedy is that we, as a student body, must take care of one another. It is easy, when we get to college and experience an unprecedented level of freedom, to forget the things we were taught all our lives: not
to walk alone at night, for example, or not to go out without someone knowing where we are. Even for students who drink in moderation or only occasionally, it is all too easy for seemingly harmless situations to turn tragic when just a few unfortunate circumstances line up correctly. Harsha’s death is not merely, as some have portrayed it, a cautionary tale with the moral that we must all stop drinking. That, most people can agree, has nearly no chance of happening: indulgence and overindulgence are facts of life at nearly every university. However, while underage drinking should be curtailed and young adults should be educated about the consequences, there is a bigger lesson to be processed here. We must learn to watch out for our friends when they cannot watch out for themselves. As individuals, we must not be dependent but rather dependable. It is entirely possible to have a good time without putting ourselves in danger, and it is imperative that, should a potentially hazardous situation arise, we ensure that events do not approach tragedy. The NU community showed remarkable strength, resolve and unity when Harsha went
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missing. Many freshmen spent their first week on campus not exploring campus with their new classmates, but rather canvassing the Evanston area in search of a young man they had never met. Hundreds of students who had not known Harsha gathered to remember his life after hearing the news of his death. There are countless divisive issues over which the student body could — and does — spend months arguing. When it comes to the loss of one of our own, however, we find it in ourselves to come together. Harsha’s death is more than just a memory now: it is a starting point. When Alyssa Weaver’s death in November once again sent shockwaves
through campus, it did not simply dominate gossip or fade into campus lore. Rather, with the encouragement of Alyssa’s mother, NU has taken a horrific tragedy and used it to better the community. Mental health, with which many students have struggled, is finally occupying a long-sought place in the campus dialogue, and steps have been taken to improve and spread awareness of NU’s mental health resources. A similar change in the campus conscience is the best possible outcome in the wake of Harsha’s death. As we continue to process what we have learned, we must rely on one another and remember the strength NU can show when its community is threatened. Let us each bring this mentality with us in our friendships and relationships. As we move forward from the events of the fall, it is imperative that we not forget the importance of truly being One Northwestern. This editorial reflects the opinion of the following members of The Daily’s editorial board: Joseph Diebold, Paulina Firozi, Kaitlyn Jakola, Caryn Lenhoff, Tanner Maxwell, Rohan Nadkarni, Lydia Ramsey, Manuel Rapada and Jillian Sandler.
Enough to fill a thimble: In life, remember more What I’ve learned in my than just Facebook posts time at Northwestern tangible improvements that our elected officials have made in student life.
MICHAEL KURTZ
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This is my penultimate column, so I figured that now would be as good a time as any for the obligatory retrospective on what I’ve learned during my time at Northwestern. The answer is: Not much. There are, of course, all kinds of things that I’d include were this not a family newspaper, but I’m saving those for my memoirs.
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1. The nicest bathrooms on campus are the ones in the Harris Hall basement, hands down. The worst, by far, are the ones just past info commons on the first floor of the library. They’ve got no ventilation, so you have to hold your breath like James Bond when he was fighting that guy underwater at the end of “Skyfall.�
2. Shaking car keys at state school opposition during football games sends the worst possible message about NU students. 3. The library has an absolutely fantastic collection of movies, documentaries and TV shows, everything from “Fight Club� to “Waiting for Superman� to “Alfred Hitchcock Presents,� and beyond. Best of all, it’s free, and the return dates aren’t too strict. So take advantage — it’s cheaper than Netflix! 4. “He or she who is skilled at math and/or science� has a pretty generous overlap with “he or she who is employed well before the end of senior year.� This is worth keeping in mind, especially for freshmen and sophomores who are still finding their way. That being said, it’s also a bad idea to major in something or pursue a certain career just to impress people; unless you’ve got both the aptitude and the interest, don’t bother. 5. The Associated Student Government presidential election in the spring is full of sound and fury, but I think I speak for a lot of people when I say that I have trouble coming up with, off the top of my head,
7. The Nutella shake at Edzo’s is arguably God’s greatest gift to man. 8. A nice long schvitz in the SPAC sauna is one of NU’s underrated pleasures. 9. As surely as the sun rises in the east, construction on this campus will never cease. 10. As you get older, Nevin’s supplants the Keg as a destination for libation. 11. When picking classes, the course title/ number (and what it suggests about your intellect when you tell your friends what you’re taking) is a lot less important than what the specific course does for your degree/intellectual development/career goals. Also, it’s good to keep in mind whether or not a certain class lends itself to getting to know the professor on a substantial level. To the extent that I have any regrets, it’s that I didn’t forge more connections in that regard. 12. International Student Association World Cup is completely exhilarating. My only fear is that all subsequent forms of adult sports recreation will pale in comparison. 13. The kids who do Dance Marathon are totally insane in the very best sense of that word. There is literally nothing I would ever want to do for 30 hours consecutively. 14. Despite the preponderance of ambitious political science majors on this campus, hardly anybody knows their immediate alderman or engages in any substantial way with local politicians. 15. The senior thesis is best understood as long-form agony; write one at your peril! I finally know how Prometheus felt on that rock, but at least he had the satisfaction of having stolen from the gods. 16. If you’re reading this (which I highly doubt you are), remember not to take anything any Daily columnist says too seriously! Michael Kurtz is a Weinberg senior. He can be reached at michaelkurtz@u.northwestern.edu. If you would like to respond publicly to this column, send a Letter to the Editor to forum@dailynorthwestern.com.
ARABELLA WATTERS
DAILY COLUMNIST
There are things in our lives that we remember: The poignancy of a moving quote, the picture book blaring with primary colors and rhyming phrases your parents read to you with charming repetition, a letter that your best friend sent you at camp the summer you were ten. As human beings, we value social connection above all else, and comprehension of language is paramount to that endeavor. Words mean something to us and as a result, we remember them. As college students, memorizing useless information is a required skill. With the rigors of the quarter system, if you tell me that you haven’t spent significant chunks of your time in the library poring over notes three hours before your psych midterm you promised yourself you’d study for or cramming every usable section of your brain with formulas before that statistics quiz that really came out of nowhere, then I’d tell you that you’re either a really good liar or a super genius. I don’t expect that tsunami of information to stick with you forever, but there is the hope that at least some of the things we are committing to memory — not to mention dedicating an inordinate amount of money and time at this university learning — will bump around in our heads for at least for a little while. However, a stunning new study done at the University of California, San Diego and the University of Warwick shows that we are one and a half times more likely to remember Facebook statuses than any other form of written language. To put the study into perspective, the disparity that we have between recalling Facebook statuses and other forms of language is the same difference between amnesia patients and people with perfectly healthy memories in recalling written language. Out of all of the important things that we read
on a day to day basis: texts from the literary canons, articles on jarring current events, an email from your mom, that final paper you spent weeks on — even this column — it is the Facebook status that you read about how that guy down the hall has “SO MUCH WORK� or your friend remarking how “all they want is spring� or someone musing philosophically about some article from The New York Times that you will remember. Forget about everything else, literally, because you will. Social media has permeated our lives to such an extent that our brains have literally changed in order to accommodate this truncated, constant information flow that is social networking. Ten years ago we probably didn’t have a hard time remembering longer forms of written language, but the Internet has so ingrained itself within our lives, literally in our heads that we’ve been rewired to figure out how to deal with it. None of this is meant to cheapen the value that Facebook or any other social networking site brings to our lives. Facebook allows us to connect on a level that spans distance and time and to hold onto those connections purely at our own discretion. It just makes me wonder how much we’re losing as longer, more in-depth forms of writing and communication literally slip from our minds. If all we can remember at this point are Facebook statuses, in ten years will the capacity of my mind have dwindled down to a mere 140 characters? In 20 years, will I struggle to remember a tweet? Perhaps all meaningful forms of communication will be diminished to hashtags. I’m exaggerating, of course, but it begs the question: As we run ahead of ourselves, tripping over our digitized feet to connect as with as many people as quickly as possible, what are we losing in the process? Life should be more than a series of Facebook statuses. I think we’d all do well to remember that. Arabella Watters is a Medill sophomore. She can be reached at arabellawatters@yahoo.com. If you want to respond publicly to this column, send a Letter to the Editor to forum@dailynorthwestern.com.
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Facets, Friday Ryan Auditorium Artist Terry Adkins readdresses, reimagines and (literally) makes history with an exhibit that centers on figures forgotten by time Stephanie Haines, 2013 Ink on newsprint photos courtesy of the Block Museum of Art CONSTRUCTING THE PAST (ABOVE) The Block Museum is hosting “Terry Adkins Recital,” an exhibition by artist and musican Terry Adkins previously on show at Skidmore College’s Tang Museum in 2012.
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n Friday, acclaimed artist and musician Terry Adkins will perform “Facets” with the Lone Wolf Recital Corps, a group he founded, along with almost a dozen Northwestern students either orating or playing instruments. This event is an addition to the Terry Adkins Recital collection now on display at the Block Museum of Art until March 24. The performance is a compilation of excerpts from other more extended works Adkins has created in the 30 years of his career, some of which have been revised for this occasion. The performance also corresponds to the exhibit, which consists of modern sculptures, photos and assemblages of metal or unique objects. Adkins stressed, however, that both the art and the music should stand on their own. “He makes a body of work that would be called a recital even though it’s the artwork,” said Dan Silverstein, senior manager of exhibitions and collections at the Block Museum. “It would revolve around a theme or moment or historical figure in history. These figures Terry deems the Immortals, people he thinks are under-remembered or underdiscussed in history and play an important role in history. His performance really activates these ideas.” Adkins chooses some figures over others because of their unique importance to history that may not be so mainstream. “They stand out to me because they are outstanding human beings. By their examples I think we realize,” Adkins said. “They show this possibility of achieving a certain kind of greatness not in celebrity necessarily because celebrity is fleeting ... I’ll call them the Immortals as chosen by me.” Although the Northwestern students
participating in the upcoming performance might not have achieved Immortal status (yet), Adkins said he enjoys working with them because of their eagerness and open-mindedness. “That’s something that is hard to come across with seasoned professionals,” Adkins said. “Given a group situation, (students) are a lot easier to work with because they are open. They are more receptive to absorbing new ideas than a seasoned professional. “ Kantara Eva Souffrant, a doctoral student in performance studies and instructor of an undergraduate performance studies course, said two of her students will be performing in Friday’s show, in which she will also be speaking. “He shows you how to really get a little deeper with whatever you come into contact with, such as ideas and people,” Souffrant said. “He shows history that deserves a second look.” While Adkins conducts and plays some woodwinds, some students will play the “akrhaphones,” 18-foot-long trumpets, instruments Adkins said he believes angels will play at the Last Judgment. “RHA” in the word “akrhaphone” stands for the initials of Adkins’ father, to whom the akrhaphones were made to honor when he died in 1995. Adkins’ talent lies in art and music, particularly that which focuses on “(the) biographies of individuals whose legacies ... are worth upholding because of the supra-human dimension of their contributions to the world.” These individuals include W.E.B. Du Bois, Ida B. Wells, John Brown and artists such as Jimi Hendrix and Ludwig van Beethoven. To Adkins, these individuals have left legacies that deserve more attention in the narrative of history. “I choose to do this rather than to explore the dimensions of my own
psychodrama because I feel I am remade each time I go through this immersion and absorption besides my own,” Adkins said. Location is another factor Adkins considers in his art. He started his John Brown revival in Ohio, in a town where most people do not know that Brown worked a wool business. For a piece on lynchings, Adkins chose Chicago to feature Ida B. Wells’ campaign against these hangings because she wrote and organized meetings there. This time, Adkins integrated the site into performance by incorporating some of the location’s residents, Northwestern students, into the Lone Wolf Recital Corps. “Northwestern is the local flavor that is making the performance unique,” Silverstein said. In terms of how other people experience his work, Adkins said he cannot speculate on what his viewers think. “I cannot speak for how others might experience it,” Adkins said. “My hope is it reaches them on a emotional and intellectual level that is transformative. In other words, having experienced it, they will never be the same again. That’s my ideal hope. But one can never know what to experience. “ By giving due attention to historical figures who deserve more notice, Adkins is simultaneously making his own history. Block Museum director Lisa Corrin said Adkins is the first performance artist to be featured at the museum. “I think it’s important for our students to understand that art is a window into a perspective to a world different from our own,” Corrin said. “Work like Terry’s raises questions about the nature of our humanity.” stephaniehaines2015@u.northwestern.edu
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A FEATHER IN THEIR CAPS BIRDS OF A FEATHER Catherine Mounger and Kenya Hall lead the cast of “The Canary” in rehearsal. The two worked with the cast to develop the original play, which deals with the barriers NU students face. Skylar Zhang /The Daily Northwestern
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ommunication senior Catherine Mounger was inspired to develop and direct “The Canary” after reading “Caucasia” by Danzy Senna. She and assistant director Kenya Hall, a Communication sophomore, spoke with The Current about the process of developing an original play through improvisation and the issues the play explores. THE CURRENT: What was the process for creating the production? CATHERINE MOUNGER: We created the play through a process of improvisation, discussion, movement, lots of journaling. Everything that is in this play, the cast wrote. We started out to explore the topic of diversity and social and cultural barriers. KENYA HALL: It was difficult to do that without creating archetypes of characters and also, just including every single
cultural barrier, especially here at Northwestern, where there is such diversity. THE CURRENT: What are some ways the audience will be involved? CM: After the show, we’re going to have a post-show discussion about the play and about barriers that Northwestern students face. That will be in small groups. We have members from the Diversity and Inclusion Task Force coming in to facilitate conversation. THE CURRENT: Where did the idea of doing a play related to diversity come from? CM: I read a book my sophomore year ... and it dealt with a multicultural family. The two daughters were biracial. Reading the novel, I just realized how necessary it is to talk about people’s experiences, their history, their background and
how they identify racially and culturally, and if you don’t talk about those things, then you really don’t know them and have a full relationship with them. Around the same time as I decided to direct this show, there was all this energy and conversation about diversity around campus, and that was another thing that made me realize this needed to happen. THE CURRENT: Where did the title “The Canary” come from? CM: The title is actually taken from the book “Caucasia.” The main character is biracial. Her father is an African-American academic. He studies racism. He tells his daughter the mixed person in America is like a canary in a coal mine. The way people treat a biracial person is an indication of how race relations really are, and so that quote really captured me.
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THE CURRENT: How do you direct a play created through improvisation? CHE KH: It’s kind of like L SHE SEA a workshop I guess. RLO CK Most of our rehearsals in the beginning were just coming in and doing ensemble-building activities. We started off journaling about stuff that was very related to diversity. Like, “When was the first time that you noticed people were different from you?” Out of that, we started doing improv. CM: The play has a lot of internal expression from the characters. So you’ll see them interacting with other characters and then expressing something a lot more vulnerable to the audience. So there’s this juxtaposition of what they show to the people in their lives and what they’re actually thinking.
THE CURRENT: Was there anything that surprised you as you prepared the play? KH: It’s always interesting to be around a group of people that come from such different places and to see how they interact with people and approach things. Finding out how someone’s experience can be very different but also parallel to your own was interesting. CM: I was surprised just at the similarity of struggles that we kept coming back to and talking about in terms of finding your self-worth and your identity. It kept coming up organically in conversation without me even bringing it up. This interview has been edited for length and clarity. chelseasherlock2017@u.northwestern.edu
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“They tend to be incorrect.” — Paul Austin
“I thought it was expected.” — Arielle Miller “Jennifer Lawrence is my hero.” — Brooke Wanser
“Didn’t watch. Looked up results.” — Joseph Chiang “Jennifer Lawrence stole the show.” — Brad McCandless “Didn’t watch. Drowning in homework.” — Jenna Stoehr “Ang Lee is a homie.” — Blake Fromkin
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a pair of tights without you having to worry about your shoe slipping off as you try to make your long, cold walk to the venue. Also, with such straps keeping your shoe on more securely, you have more control over where and how you’re stepping and therefore better ability to control your navigation around ice or puddles. Should you choose to sacrifice security for stilettos, know the height of your heels may become the height of your problems. 4. MEN’S SWEATERS Argyle NOT stripes Guys, avoid the Charlie Brown caution-tape look. Argyle is subtly chic, not a signal for “nerd,” nor is it reserved for socks and professor-wear.
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— Seth MacFarlane. The comedian and “Family Guy” creator comments on his hosting duties at the Academy Awards. After the
ceremony, MacFarlane received criticism for his misogynistic and otherwise crude jokes. “‘Arrested’ is a unique property, we don’t anticipate being able to do season five, six and seven.” — CEO Reed Hastings describing the future of “Arrested Development” on Netflix. The show’s commercial revival will not receive second-season support from the on-demand media provider.
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This is a common problem. If you want to reignite your relationship, open a dialogue with your partner. Make a strategy that will keep you both happy so no one feels the desire to cheat. Infographic by Chelsa Sherlock and Tonya Starr/The Daily Northwestern
no surprise these gaming Goliaths just looking at it. That’s why I am are wriggling their way into other almost positive a serious video game media categories, thus bringing to film will never be made. Sure, some life one of the most horrifying genres great short films and mini-series have of entertainment out there: the video come from video game roots, like game movie. last year’s excellent, but I have never seen a trite, “Halo 4: Forward “g o o d” video Unto Dawn” and the game movie, and thematic “Assassin’s n m u l co it’s not particularly Creed 2” prequel hard to figure out “Assassin’s Creed Lineage.” But video why: Video games games only make just really don’t the transition to the lend themselves world outside the to film. Their stoKI EWS ODL ries are meant to be controller in these P L L WI interactive, with your short exposures. skill and choices having But what about the a direct impact on the video games that have vengaming experience. Films tured onto the big screen with just have you witness a world; games movies like “Resident Evil,” “Doom” make you live in it. and “Mortal Kombat?” From any critical standpoint, these are at best So naturally, it is exceedingly difstupid popcorn movies and at worst ficult to go from living in a world to
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lmost anyone will tell you cheating is bad. It’s hurtful, it’s dishonest and it’s a sin in most major doctrines. So we should never, ever, ever do it, right? Unfortunately, the answer isn’t always that simple. Even the most devout can fall prey to the temptations of infidelity. Sometimes it’s just a selfish ploy to have your cake and eat it, too, and then have some other cake after that — which is why it carries a stigma of malice and indulgence. When Tiger Woods’ multiple extramarital flings were exposed in 2010, he received unabashedly cruel feedback from fans and media outlets alike. Today, 80 percent of Americans believe cheating is wrong, according to a 2008 U.S. News article. That’s more than the 70 percent who held that belief in 1970. An NBC survey from 2007 reports that one in five monogamous adults, or 22 percent, have cheated on their partners. But sometimes an act of infidelity is indicative of a larger problem in a relationship and can open a dialogue for positive reform. Other times, cheating triggers the muchneeded demise of an already-toxic relationship which may have gone on forever without intervention. If you’re cheating, it might be a meaningless foray you can shrug off, or it could be a possible sign of an underlying problem that needs to be dealt with. Use the flow chart below to determine which is true for you, and what course of action you could take.
1. A RAVE ... OR ‘HARLEM SHAKE’ GATHERING Brightly patterned 5. MID-WINTER athletic shorts NOT col u mn neon leggings CLASS COMFORT The latter trend Knit leggings went out at the same NOT sweatpants time as pre-ripped One populeggings that looked lar look I see on as if the neighbor’s wome n arou nd SYDN EY Z Rottweiler had campus is sweatpants INK tucked into Uggs, gotten to them. Though, really, both and no descripthose trends belong to the tion could ever dogs — good riddance! sound more like middle school unless Crocs were involved. To stay both comfortable and warm 2. A WINTER QUARTER PARTY Flat-heeled slouch boots NOT on your way to class, ladies, opt for patent heels knit leggings, not sweats; they are just as warm and add interesting Good luck falling for your beauto-be when you’re too busy falling texture to an outfit. over slick ice patches. But if you seriously insist on wearing heels… 6. SUNGLASSES Aviators NOT wayfarers I’m not sure we’ll ever need sunglasses around here judging by the current dismal conditions, but in a battle of the classics between sunglasses styles, aviators tend to widely suit many more faces than wayfarers do.
3. HIGH HEELS OR BUST Straps NOT height When you are selecting heels to wear in the winter or to wear long distances (such as to attend a party across campus), prioritize straps and fastenings over the height of the heel. Heels with straps across the ankle can look super cute with
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embarrassing cash grabs. In fact, the only video game movies I like are those ones that seem to be intentionally bad, like the 1994 gem of a B movie, “Street Fighter.” The Muscles from Brussels himself, Jean-Claude Van Damme actually leads a cast that tries to present a coherent story in the context of a fighting game. It’s so tongue-incheek, so over-the-top and earnest in its horribleness that it actually ranks as one of my favorite movies. But that is only because it bears almost no resemblance to the source material. So, video game companies, look to “Street Fighter” as an example (never thought I’d ever say that) of how to do a video game movie well — ignore the video game altogether. The DVD is only $11 on Amazon, so you have no excuse not to give it a watch. williampodlewski2015@u.northwestern.edu
THE CURRENT WINTER 2013 “I did not kill Kathleen!”
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— Drew Peterson. The former Illinois cop was sentenced to 38 years in jail for killing his third wife Kathleen Savio. Peterson was later transferred to Stateville Correctional Center.
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Practice doesn’t always make perfect. Viewers are criticizing Anne Hathaway for her Best Supporting Actress acceptance speech at the Oscars. Instead of offering a heartfelt acceptance of the gold statue, Hathaway spent her precious time at the podium thanking a laundry list of people. Sources report Hathaway had practiced her speech to avoid criticism. Given that Hathaway’s performance in “Les Miserables” reduces people to tears, it’s too bad she can’t perform her own material nearly as well. Quentin Tarantino won Best Original Screenplay at the Oscars, and for once he tried to accept the award humbly. There’s a first for everything. In his efforts to thank the cast of “Django Unchained,” Tarantino ended up congratulating himself for casting the actors in the first place. Classy. ABC announced the cast for the newest season of “Dancing With the Stars.” After 15 seasons, the show is having a hard time finding big names to sacrifice weeks of their lives for intense dance rehearsals. The new season will feature D.L. Hughley, Ingo Rademacher, Lisa Vanderpump, Andy Dick and more. If you’re about to start searching the names on Google, don’t worry — no one else knows who they are, either. Shia LaBeouf is leaving the Broadway show “Orphans” because of “creative differences.” Those creative differences, however, might be linked to co-star Alec Baldwin, according to email exchanges between LaBeouf and the show’s director, which were released online. The director allegedly wrote that Baldwin and LaBeouf are “incompatible.” Forget “Orphans” — LaBeouf should get started on a “Transformers” musical. This season of the reality show where a dozen women fight to marry their dream guy is coming to a close. “Bachelor” Sean Lowe has narrowed down his selection of potential soul mates to two women. One major twist of the season? Lowe is a bornagain virgin. (He probably picked the wrong reality show.) The future train wreck of a relationship will end, most likely, in a proposal next week. The Oscars were full of random presenters this year. Hi, Michelle Obama. Somebody also invited “Twilight” star Kristen Stewart, recipient of several Razzies this weekend, to introduce an award. Stewart presented with “Harry Potter” star Daniel Radcliffe, and even though the introduction could have been filled with funny banter between “Harry Potter” and “Twilight,” the actors played it straight. It was a good call, because Stewart would have made all the banter way too awkward.
Walking into the Auditorium Theatre of Roosevelt University, an audience member could see the gilded stage and the velvet curtain and settle down into his comfortable half-price seat expecting a staid, traditional performance. “American Legends,” a new production from the Joffrey Ballet, gives an immediate jolt to the complacent audience member. The dynamic “Legends” features four dances by American choreographers, beginning with the playful “Interplay” and culminating with a contemporary classic, Twyla Tharp’s “Nine Sinatra Songs.” Each of these four ballets, featuring the supremely talented Joffrey dancers, shows the promise of American dance. The first dance, Jerome Robbins’ “Interplay,” is a playful romp. “Team-Play,” the fourth movement, is a highlight. All eight dancers onstage are picked into teams of four and what follows is a lively, recessstyle showdown: Each team of dancers competes in a manner reminiscent of the Jets and the Sharks in Robbins’ bestknown work, “West Side Story.” Next is “Sea Shadow,” an overlong pas de deux that’s the show’s weakest link.It features two Joffrey dancers in a postapocalyptic, underwater world. Their languid movements express the underwater setting well, but the entire dance feels dull; it lacks the spark that animates the rest of “Legends.” After intermission, the audience is treated to “Son of Chamber Symphony,” the most recently choreographed piece in “Legends.” “Son of Chamber Symphony” takes advantage of the theater’s technical production capabilities, using inventive lighting and John Adams’ clanging contemporary score to augment Stanton Welch’s athletic choreography. This dance takes costumes (especially some wonderful tutus) and movements from traditional ballet and puts them in a very modern context; dancers are all hard lines and rigid angles as “Son of Chamber Symphony” beautifully features their full physicality. The performance closes with “Nine Sinatra Songs,” Twyla Tharp’s series of charming vignettes. Though the prerecorded music is less impressive than the live orchestral performances that precede it, Sinatra’s voice and the talented dancers more than make up for it. Each part of Tharp’s choreography has a deliberate narrative. Most of the vignettes explore different relationships, from a couple falling in love for the first time, to a fiery, passionate affair, to an angry lovers’ quarrel. When the dancers come together in larger group numbers, Tharp shows each relationship in context. “Nine Sinatra Songs” uses dance to beautifully explore the many facets of falling in love. The Joffrey Ballet is one of the finest ballet companies in the U.S. and that talent is on full display in “American Legends.” Vibrant and modern, “Legends” is an excellent introduction to contemporary American ballet.
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Robin and Ted embarked on an actual relationship. And then they broke up. And then they got back together. And then they broke up. The writers took the whole “will they or won’t they” thing a little too far, and by the end, viewers became frustrated with the entire relationship. At the end of season four when Luke and Lorelai of “Gilmore Girls” shared their much-anticipated first kiss, I was thrilled. Unfortunately, after the two got together, the writers messed everything up. They got engaged at a weird moment, broke up for stupid reasons and then Luke had a long-lost daughter pop up and didn’t tell Lorelai about it. There was never any doubt these two weren’t meant to be, but it took the characters until the series finale to find their happy ending. When “The Office” first started, Pam is already engaged to someone else and turns Jim down when he tells her about
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A year after the University created a new position for Anthony Kirchmeier as the director of off-campus life, his office is rolling out new programs and a new website. In January, the office hired off-campus ambassadors, paid undergraduate students who coordinate events for off-campus students and worked to improve relationships between students and Evanston residents. The office will launch a website within the next two weeks that will help students find housing and subletters. Although Kirchmeier was unable to share details about the website before It’s an exciting plans were finalized, he said in the past year his opportunity office has made strides in to get students connecting off-campus students with the Univerinvolved sity, particularly through with both an increased social media Northwestern presence and the off-campus ambassadors. and the larger “They are finding better ways to get off-campus Evanston students connected with community. on-campus events or improve relationships Wilson Shirley, with long-term residents,� Weinberg Kirchmeier said. sophomore The three off-campus ambassadors are Weinberg juniors Mike Morgan and Chloe Woodhouse and Weinberg sophomore Wilson Shirley. Shirley said the students have already hosted events and improved communications with students living off-campus. “It’s an exciting opportunity to get students involved with both Northwestern and the larger Evanston community,� he said. Although Shirley said the majority of the campus ambassadors’ work has so far been largely “internal,� they recently hosted a dodgeball tournament for offcampus students at Blomquist Recreation Center to bring them on-campus. Each off-campus ambassador receives a $150 stipend to plan programming for off-campus students,
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ON THE BLOCK Director of Off-Campus Life Anthony Kirchmeier and undergraduate student ambassadors are integrating off-campus students into campus life through various initiatives.
Shirley said. He said his event is not yet finalized, but it will be related to the upcoming municipal election. He said the ambassadors will be working to encourage more students to participate in the election, even though they are not running specific voting drives. Shirley said the ambassadors have made strides in improving communication between the administration and off-campus students, particularly through a Facebook page. Facilitating this kind of communication is not new for Shirley or Morgan. Shirley serves on the Associated Student Government community relations committee, and Morgan is an ASG off-campus senator. “The off-campus ambassadors help make off-campus feel less disconnected,� Morgan said. “Through my various roles on campus, I’ve been able to work on quite a few different projects that help to create and provide resources that do that.� With the new website launching in just two weeks, Kirchmeier said he is working now on gathering data about how students perceive off-campus living conditions. He said a survey went out to these
students recently to collect data about various features of off-campus living. The survey is sent out every two years, he explained, and this year was updated to include information based on technological advances in social networking sites such as Twitter. “We’re looking at how we can better respond to the changing wants and needs of students who live off-campus,� Kirchmeier said. He said these new developments in the office during the last year and his meetings with student focus groups have allowed the University to gain better feedback from students about the the off-campus experience. As the office continues to gain its footing and the off-campus ambassadors see where changes are needed, Morgan said they hope to continue to help connecting students to the NU campus even when they live a few blocks away. “We’re bring campus off-campus and bringing the off-campus students back to campus,� Morgan said. czak15@u.northwestern.edu
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Poetry journal receives Mayor’s award for the arts By JIA YOU
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On a Friday afternoon, English Prof. Paul Breslin and about 10 other poetry lovers pondered a question as they sipped coffee at Evanston’s Brothers K Coffeehouse: If you were a snowman, what would your name be? “We’ll have to read Wallace Stevens’ ‘Snow Man,’” Breslin said to the crowd before reading the poem aloud Breslin was attending a poetry reading series organized by RHINO, a locally based poetry journal that has gained national and international recognition. The journal recently received the 2012 Mayor’s award for the arts for its contribution to the city’s art scene. Evanston Mayor Elizabeth Tisdahl will present the award at the State of the City luncheon March 8. RHINO began when a group of Evanston poetry lovers founded a grassroot poetry workshop in 1976 and published their own works. The worshop was incorporated as The Poetry Forum, Inc. two years later and began accepting outside submissions.
“It shouldn’t work, but it has,” said editorin-chief Ralph Hamilton said. Today, the organization — run entirely by volunteers — publishes an annual poetry journal that attracts 6,000 submissions from wellknown poets as well as novices. The editors pick 150 entries ranging from sonnets to free verses and even language poems. “We want the best of what’s given without preconceptions of style and tone,” Hamilton said. “We are looking for poems that ... say something powerful — but say it in a way that is interesting or challenging.” The journal also features five to ten translated poems from countries including the Philippines, Vietnam, China and Poland. Hamilton said these translated poems showcase the diverse possibility of poetr. “It just brings different voices, different experiences, different forms,” Hamilton said. RHINO also conducts poetry workshops and readings locally and in the Chicago area. In Evanston, it hosts a monthly critique session at the Evanston Public Library, and runs a poetry reading series at Brothers K Coffeehouse, where Hamilton is known for asking unconventional questions. The readings usually feature poets
as well as an open mic component. Senior editor Virginia Bell started with RHINO when she attended a workshop at the Evanston Public Library shortly after moving to the city five years ago. Bell said she was drawn to the free and open atmosphere. “It’s very democratic,” she said. Breslin, who has attended the poetry readings for about three years, agreed the atmosphere is part of the charm. “What keeps me coming back is that there is a lot of work by fairly young people,” he said. “I like the warm atmosphere.” Communication senior Sarah Weber interned with RHINO from February to September last year, where she attended biweekly editorial meetings and helped pick the poems. Weber said she was impressed by the editors’ passion. “They all take RHINO very seriously,” Weber said. “Even though we meet around someone’s dining table, this is something they’re really passionate about.” Hamilton said the organization was “incredibly honored and humbled” to receive the Mayor’s award for the arts. “Evanston has a large number of wonderful
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‘Interrupters’ discuss violence, mediation at ETHS By SAMMY CAIOLA
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Tio Hardiman knows the streets of Chicago inside and out. He ran them for 12 years as a gang member before turning his life around in 1989. Now, he dedicates his time to violence prevention in neighborhoods all over the Chicago area and, most recently, at Evanston Township High School. Hardiman visited ETHS on Wednesday to talk about his nonprofit, Cure Violence Illinois, formerly known as CeaseFire, which aims to prevent street violence through peaceful mediation. He also created the Violence Interrupter Initiative, which was featured in the award-winning 2011 documentary by Medill Prof. Alex Kotlowitz, “The Interrupters,” for significantly reducing the number of homicides in Chicago. With three interrupters on hand, Hardiman shared his strategy for violence mediation
with about 80 ETHS students who attended the assembly. The key to maintaining a peaceful environment in Evanston, he said, is learning to get along with one another and not getting easily egged on to a fight. He recalled a time when there was no violence in Evanston and said the change happened as blacks moved north out of Chicago. He called specifically on Evanston’s black students to rise above the violence. “Violence should be the furthest thing from your mind,” he said. “It’s not worth it. You end up in a 6-by-9 cell 23 hours a day. No matter how tough you are, it’s always better to listen to somebody and pause before you make the right decision.” But in the open discussions following Hardiman’s presentation, students talked about needing to have tough reputations in school, and how even the smallest conflict in the hallway could sometimes ignite a fight. Tyresa Randolph, an ETHS senior who recently
moved to Evanston, said the influx of city kids may be a contributing factor in the violence. When Evanston natives hear about kids from the rough parts of the city, she said, they try to test their street smarts. “I’m from the West Side, and when I first moved here I got into fights because I felt like I had to prove myself,” she said. “There’ll always be trouble with people moving in from the city.” When Hardiman asked whether students thought violence was more related to gang conflicts or interpersonal conflicts, the majority of students raised their hands for gangs. He noted that a lot of crimes are classified as gang violence because they involve gang members, but are actually rooted in interpersonal conflicts over relationships, money or affiliation. He cautioned students against getting too worked up over drama, especially the kind that begins on social media sites. Sam Pettineo, ETHS safety director, said fighting is the most common form of violence in the
school, and occurs far more often between two students than between a student and a teacher. “Most of our fighting is related to interpersonal conflicts between students, primarily over stuff that’s said on Facebook and Twitter,” he said. “It’s a little hard for us to get to the bottom of where the conflict is because it’s really convoluted and not rational in some cases.” After presenting a Powerpoint on mediation strategy, Hardiman encouraged attendees to become the point person for peacemaking in their individual cliques. He said they should stay informed about conflicts between friends and get those people to talk it out in a peaceful way before it escalates to violence. “Minimize the gossip,” he said. “Gossip turns into serious issues, and people get hurt for no reason. Everyone in this room should be brothers and sisters. Nobody wins when a senseless act of violence is committed.” samanthacaiola2014@u.northwestern.edu
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evaluation stage. Changes aren’t out of the realm of possibility.” Payne-Kirchmeier said traffic and sales numbers indicate that Frontera is a strong food concept, but students still have complaints about the restaurant. McCormick sophomore Jonathan Feldman is particularly concerned about Frontera’s prices, which he said defeat the purpose of having a restaurant chain on campus. “It’s awesome but the problem is that it’s not for students,” Feldman said. “It’s for visitors and for anyone who is coming to campus. It’s too expensive, and it’s one thing to throw on
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From page 1 The two bills also codify the responsibilities of caucus whips and add their position to the Parliamentary Body, which currently consists of members of the executive board who are voted on by the Senate. These members are currently the speaker of the Senate, parliamentarian and formerly the treasurer. The caucus whips are responsible for organizing caucus meetings, attending Senate meetings and communicating caucus opinions to the executive board, said Brock, a Weinberg junior. The Constitutional amendment passed with a majority, and the code amendment passed unanimously with the exception of one abstention. The two bills will not take effect until Spring Quarter. Before the meeting, all senators were required to attend Question, Persuade and Refer suicide prevention training, which was arranged by ASG along with Counseling and Psychological Services. The collaboration resulted from a CAPS presentation about mental health resources that CAPS executive director John Dunkle gave during the Senate meeting on Jan. 30. As leaders in the NU community, ASG senators are responsible for spreading awareness about mental health and need to be equipped with the necessary education, Ajith said. “Our senators represent a very broad campus, and it’s good to have them out there knowing these signs and passing on this knowledge and being leaders in the community,” said Ajith. “It’s similar to celebrities and prominent people getting
(the University’s) resume.” Steve Mangan, resident district manager for nuCuisine, said that reduction in price will not compromise portion size or quality. “That’s not what Frontera is about,” Mangan said. Though conversations about changes are occurring between the University and the Frontera team, both parties are happy about the establishment of the restaurant on its first college campus. “It’s been a really good thing for our brand to do,” Dixon said. “We enjoy who we are and it’s good to have a strong team between the University to really make this thing work.” adriannarodriguez2015@u.northwestern.edu breast cancer screenings or HIV testings.” The executive board also recognized a need for the training session after the deaths of NU students Harsha Maddula and Alyssa Weaver last fall. The incidents had a “tremendous impact” on the “psyche of the campus,” and Weaver’s suicide highlighted particular mental health concerns, Ajith said. “(The training) is not a reaction, but it’s just people waking up and recognizing ‘Hey, we need to pay attention to this,’” he said. The senators also passed a resolution, “Acknowledging Our History,” encouraging the John Evans Study Committee to involve the Native American and Indigenous Students Alliance in the committee’s work and raise awareness about the committee. The committee is investigating the role of John Evans, who donated today’s equivalent of $2 million to the University, in the Sand Creek Massacre, said Heather Menefee, NAISA co-president. The committee, which is chaired by Provost Daniel Linzer, currently does not have any student members. The author, Ian Coley, cited a similar investigation at Brown University, which released a report stating that the school was built by slaves. Toward the end of the meeting, two pieces of legislation were introduced. One legislation, “Campaign Reform Recommendations,” makes changes to ASG campaigning rules such as chalking and budgeting, and the other “Sustainability Fund,” legislation involves creating a green fund committee. Both will be further debated and voted on during next week’s meeting. junniekwon2015@u.northwestern.edu
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LAST SHOT Senior Chloe Grainger practices sabre with a teammate. The Wildcats could beat Notre Dame for the first time this season at the Midwest Fencing Conference Championship.
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junior Dina Bazarbayeva suffered a concussion at the Philadelphia Invitational in January. “After I came back at the Duke Duals, it was a little rough,” Bazarbayeva said. “I felt like I was out of shape because I hadn’t trained in a week and a half but the tournament (last weekend) went a lot better, I felt, so I was more in shape physically. Probably not quite what I was earlier this season, but we still have some time.” Now back with a full squad, the Cats will head to the Midwest Fencing Conference Championship. At last season’s event, senior Kate Cavanaugh took home the gold in individual epee competition, and NU finished second overall in the event, taking out rival Notre Dame en route to its highest finish since 2007. Against the Fighting Irish, the Cats are 0-2 this year, but a win over the weekend would help erase this season’s earlier struggles. “With Notre Dame, we really have to focus on having high energy and just being ready,”
Bazarbayeva said. “There’s nothing really that we can work on and improve on in a week. We know that people will have certain actions and you can fix some of your mistakes and try to implement that next time you fence them but overall, I think it’s just having high energy and fencing the best that we can because it’s the end of our season.” Having spent the season feeling out the country’s top competition, NU will now attempt to put it all together when it matters most in its last weekend before NCAA qualifying, leading up to the NCAA Championships in San Antonio at the end of March. “It’s not that we don’t have the talent,” Kaihatsu said. “It’s not that we don’t have the experience, it’s not that we don’t have the equipment or the training. It’s just that we don’t bring it. But we still have a chance and this is usually one of our best tournaments in the Conference Championships coming up.” abigailchase2015@u.northwestern.edu
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FUN TIMES Sophomore guard Dave Sobolewski attempts a free throw. The Wildcats’ previous three home games against Ohio State have all been decided in the final seconds, with the Buckeyes winning two.
The closest game Northwestern has played since the injury to graduate forward Jared Swopshire came Feb. 14 against Ohio State. The Wildcats led the Buckeyes for most of the game, but a late 12-0 run from Ohio State handed NU its second loss in what has evolved into a five-game losing streak. Just two weeks after the fact, the two teams meet in Evanston headed in opposite directions. The Buckeyes are coming off an upset of then-No. 4 Michigan State on Sunday and the Cats have lost five straight and seven of their last eight contests. Sophomore guard Dave Sobolewski said the Cats understand they can be competitive with the Buckeyes if they execute their game plan. However, NU has gotten off to poor starts recently it has been tough to overcome those hurdles. “We’re getting off to some bad starts, which is really starting to kill us,” Sobolewski said. “If we could find a way to start well like we did out there in Columbus. We don’t have to be up 10, but make it a 2-point game with 10 minutes to go in the first half then we’ll feel much better.” Freshman forward Kale Abrahamson said he feels the team has lost some of its edge since the loss to Ohio State. He said it is important for the team to regain some of its toughness from previous games. He added it will be up to the individuals to make that commitment to get mentally tougher. “It starts with each individual,” Abrahamson said. “The team is a collection of all those individuals, but each one has to do their own mental preparation before the game to get into that mindset.” Confidence has been a key word for this team lately as it seems the players have grown less confident since Swopshire went down. However, Sobolewski said he feels like the team is playing with a lot of confidence, but it is just not executing well
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enough to keep it in games. NU’s loss to Purdue on Sunday was a perfect example of this apparent loss in confidence. After the Boilermakers took a big lead early, the Cats began to force the issue a little bit too much on offense and tried to do too much outside the framework of the offense. Coach Bill Carmody said that style of play hurts NU on the defensive end which in turn gives the opponents more confidence. He said a poor offensive performance allows the opposing offense to be looser because they know you can’t score. This puts more pressure on the defense which becomes a cyclical process of degrading confidence and putting more pressure on each end of the floor. “It’s one (connected) game,” Carmody said. “When you’re missing shots it’s harder and harder to defend.” Sobolewski said he feels like there is almost no pressure on the Cats at this point in the season. With all the injuries to NU’s roster the expectations from the outside have been lowered dramatically which should in theory allow NU to play looser. However, the Cats have seemingly put a lot of pressure on themselves to carry the team. Sobolewski said he doesn’t know who would be putting pressure on the Cats considering the expectations from the outside have been lowered and the coaches have not changed their approach. Regardless, Sobolewski said the team just needs to play like they have nothing to lose. “We got some good opportunities here,” Sobolewski said. “We should really be having a lot of fun. There’s no pressure on us for everything, so hopefully we can go out there give it our all and have some fun.”
The Wildcats have shown they can hang with the big dogs. Despite two four-game skids in the middle of the season, Northwestern (13-14, 5-9 Big Ten) has found its chemistry and has managed to pull out key victories down the stretch, including a nail-biter against Wisconsin on Saturday. “We preach it all the time, like 40 minutes, 40 minutes 40 minutes,” freshman forward Maggie Lyon said. “We try to do that in our losses too. But in this game, I think, it helped, (because) we were home and we’ve just been frustrated with those close games. It’s nearing the Big Ten tournament so (we’re doing) anything to try and pull out the win.” After a slow first half, the Cats turned up the heat in the second and tightened up their defense against the Badgers. NU held Wisconsin to 23.2 percent from the field and 16.7 percent from beyond the arc. The Cats took the lead over Wisconsin with just under 2 minutes left in the game and did not look back, defeating the Badgers, 54-52. “We knew that if we just played solid defense we were going to win the game no matter how close it was,” senior forward Kendall Hackney said. “I think (it) was huge for us and a really good sign for what we can do
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ON THE REBOUND Senior forward Kendall Hackney boxes out her opponent during a home game. Hackney and the Wildcats hope a better defensive effort will help them avenge a loss to Michigan.
their defensive game since the loss to the Wolverines. In the last six games, they’ve averaged 28 defensive rebounds, almost 5 blocks and 6 steals per game. With the Big Ten tournament in sight, NU isn’t holding anything back.
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in the next couple of weeks into the tournament.” The Cats’ last seven games have been decided by an average point differential of about 5, including a buzzer-beater win over then No. 24 Iowa. NU will look to keep the game close this time around as they head to Ann Arbor, Mich. on Thursday night. The Cats face off against the Wolverines (19-8, 8-6) in their last conference road game of the regular season and are fully aware of the work cut out for them. In the two teams’ last meeting on Jan. 17, the Cats had no answer to Michigan’s tight zone defense and struggled to put the ball in the hoop. On the other side of the ball, the Wolverines shot 45.1 percent from the field and a whopping 93.3 percent from the foul line. NU failed to contain Michigan’s hot shooter, Kate Thompson, who finished with 23 points and seven 3-pointers. “We left (Kate) Thompson open,” coach Joe McKeown said. “They did a good job finding her and it went from being a 5, 6-point game to her breaking the game open and us just doing a very poor job defensively. Really, we fought hard to come back at the end, but we ran out of time.” However, the Cats have stepped up
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“It’s more about us,” McKeown said. “Just have fun, have some confidence. Play your best basketball at the end of the year. That was our goal in October.”
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NU back at full strength The Wildcats have come up against their fair share of obstacles this season, but with postseason events now underway, Northwestern has a chance to score an evasive upset win when it matters most. During the regular season, the Cats only had one major hiccup, falling to Duke in front of a spirited Blue Devils crowd at the Duke Duals earlier this month. But NU followed up one of its more deflating losses of the season with its only upset to date, taking out No. 5 Penn State. “I did talk to the team after our loss to Duke,” senior captain Dayana Sarkisova said. “I think that there are times to learn from losses and there are times to just get mad from losses and I thought that was one of those times to just get mad. I might have been kind of harsh but I thought it was what we needed. It was frustrating losing to a team we weren’t expected to lose to and then beating a team that was an actual challenge, but I’m glad we turned it around.” Other than Midwest Fencing their up-anddown weekend Conference at the Duke Championship Duals, the Cats South Bend, Ind. have in many 8 a.m. Saturday ways performed by the book, beating lower ranked teams soundly and putting up a tough fight against their higher ranked opponents. “It’s going to all fall upon their personal dispositions, their attitude, their confidence going forward,” associate head coach Ed Kaihatsu said. “I’ve been trying to preach that all year long and show them, for example, in that match we lost to Duke, Duke wanted it more. We were at Duke and they came and they brought it.” With a team that is dominated by freshmen, building experience and adjusting to NCAA competition has been an important part of the season. “When there’s a mostly freshmen squad, it’s definitely a tough adjustment because everyone is getting to know each other,” Sarkisova said. “With Jen Yamin, a freshman on the foil squad, it’s been amazing watching her grow. She went from having to deal with so many mental preparations that you have to go through against tough teams like Notre Dame, and now it’s awesome because at the end of the season, you watch her get up on the strip and you know longer have to worry about how she’s feeling or what she’s thinking.” For the team’s more seasoned fencers, injuries have been a nagging issue. Sarkisova had been suffering from an ankle injury for the better part of a year before making her 2013 debut at the Philadelphia Invitational. “I knew jumping into the season not having trained for basically a year and coming off the injury, it would be tough, so I didn’t really put my expectations where they would have been normally going into my senior year,” Sarkisova said. “I kind of used it as a chance to get back into fencing and now that it’s postseason I feel a lot more like my old self … I just want to be where I was hoping I would be at this point. It’s even more of a mental hurdle to overcome than a physical one.” Additionally, sophomore Courtney Dumas has been bogged down by a knee injury throughout the season, and
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