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City receives state grant for trail By CIARA MCCARTHY

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The Illinois Department of Transportation granted Evanston $580,000 last week to restore a west Evanston trail. Evanston’s grant is part of a total $50 million given to local transportation projects in Illinois. Gov. Pat Quinn and Transportation Secretary Ann Schneider announced last week that 54 projects

statewide will be supported by the latest round of funding through the Illinois Transportation Enhancement Program, an IDOT initiative. In Evanston, the grant will go toward the rehabilitation of the trail at Ladd Arboretum, a 17-acre park along the North Shore Channel near west Evanston. The multi-use path is currently in a state of disrepair, according to a news release. “Presently the trails are in a deteriorated

state and due to poor drainage conditions are often unusable in inclement weather,” said Doug Gaynor, the city’s parks, recreation and community services director in the news release. Bikers and pedestrians, many of whom are schoolchildren, use the trails frequently. “Incorporating bike paths, bike lanes and sidewalks into the transportation system encourages physical activity and healthy lifestyles by providing a safe place

to walk, jog and bike close to home,” U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) said in a release. The grants are also expected to create jobs throughout the state. “These projects will create hundreds of jobs while preserving our heritage, beautifying communities and creating new transportation options across our state for pedestrians, bicyclists, and » See TRAIL, page 7

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CHIEF CAT Cody Keenan (Weinberg ‘02) dressed up as a pirate for a photo taken in the Oval Office with President Barack Obama. It was used at Obama’s humorous speech to the White House in 2009.

Cody Keenan (Weinberg ’02) will assume the role of President Barack Obama’s chief speechwriter and is slated to take the lead in writing next week’s State of the Union address. The Los Angeles Times reported Tuesday that long-time chief speechwriter Jon Favreau will end his sevenyear tenure with Obama on March 1 to pursue a career in screenwriting. Keenan, who currently serves as the associate director of presidential speechwriting, gained attention in 2011 for his role as lead writer on Obama’s speech at the Tucson memorial for the shooting involving then-Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.). The speech called for the country to rise above political divisions following the shooting, which claimed the lives of six people, including a federal judge and 9-year-old girl, and wounded 13 others, including Giffords. The Washington Post, the Chicago Tribune and the Chicago Sun-Times highlighted Keenan’s participation after former White House press secretary Robert Gibbs announced Keenan had written the speech. “People were upset that the rhetoric and finger-pointing had gotten out of hand, and it felt like a moment for

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speaking to who we are as a nation and what we need to do,” Keenan said to Crosscurrents, a Weinberg magazine, in 2011. “The truth is, President Obama rewrote a lot of it. We (speechwriters) don’t always hit the sweet spot, but the president knocked that one out of the park. It was one of those moments that reminded me why I chose to work for him in the first place.” Keenan is a Chicago native and spent his childhood in Evanston and Wilmette. After his family moved to Connecticut when Keenan was in high school, the article reported, he returned to Chicago. At Northwestern, Keenan began as a pre-med student but then switched his major several times until finally graduating with a degree in political science. The Crosscurrents article said he enjoyed “The West Wing” and built a speechwriting foundation in history classes. After graduation, the Northwestern Magazine reported he got his start in D.C. working as an intern and legislative assistant to Sen. Edward Kennedy (D-Mass.) from 2004 to 2007. In 2008, he began working as an intern, and later speechwriter, for the Obama campaign. He received a Master’s in public policy from Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government.

More than 30 Northwestern theater companies, clubs and Greek organizations came together during the last few weeks to fundraise for a life-saving double-lung transplant for Josie Nordman, a Communication sophomore with cystic fibrosis. A wristband sale, coordinated by Nordman’s sorority Chi Omega and staffed by the NU Equestrian Team and 22 other Greek organizations, raised about $5,400 selling bracelets printed with the message, “Support Josie,” across campus from Jan. 28 to Feb. 1. Sharon Reshef, Chi O philanthropy co-chair, said with donations that other NU groups have sent them, they will most likely give Nordman’s family about $6,000. “It actually exceeded our expectations,” the SESP junior said. “We had no idea how much we were going to raise. Ultimately our goal was $5000, and we raised (more than that).” Nordman, who has had cystic fibrosis since she was 4 months old, was placed on the lung transplant list last December. She is down to only 16 percent lung function because of complications from her disease. Her family will have to pay up to $75,000 of the $750,000 transplant and have asked the community for help. As of Feb. 6, a donation website set up by Nordman’s former teacher has raised $30,814. Most NU groups donate directly to Nicolle Nordman, Josie’s mother, who estimates they have about $35,000 including NU efforts.

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‘Support Josie’ aid exceeds targets

Foley family turns to Syrian social networks for info By CAT ZAKRZEWSKI

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The family of freelance journalist James Foley (Medill ‘08) announced Tuesday they were turning to social media websites in Syria and the surrounding region for information about his location, 75 days after he was abducted in the country. Foley was kidnapped by an unidentified gunman on Nov. 22, 2012. This is the second abduction of Foley, who was held in Libya by Muammar Gaddafi supporters for 42 days in 2010. Foley’s brother, Michael, said the family hopes to use social media this time around to potentially obtain tips about his location. “We haven’t heard any new direct information,” Michael Foley told The Daily on Wednesday. “That’s why we’re continuing to pursue all avenues.” When Michael Foley spoke to The Daily, social media advertisements for the cause had only been live for about 24 hours. He said they had already topped 300,000 viewers and received responses from several hundred people.

“The response has been much better than I expected,” Michael Foley said. John Foley, James Foley’s father, shared his hope that the social media campaign would be successful in a Tuesday press release. “Social media has transformed how people communicate and share information,” John Foley said.“Our family believes that someone in Syria knows what happened to Jim, where he is located and we hope that person contacts us.” The Foley family did not release the news of their son’s second capture until early January. He was reportedly captured with his translator and driver, who were later released. James Foley was with another journalist, who is also missing and remains unidentified. After he was released in Libya in 2010, James Foley gave back to the Medill community by talking to groups of students when he was in the United States and participating in the Crain Lecture series. While on assignment in Syria in November, shortly before his second disappearance, he spoke to Medill Prof. Loren Ghiglione’s class via Skype. When

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asked about his capture in Libya, he told Ghiglione’s class he had learned from the experience. “He tries to be even more cautious than he was in Libya when he was taken the last time,” Ghiglione said to The Daily in January. “It’s just sad that yet again we don’t know what’s happening to him.” James Foley is a “veteran” border conflict journalist and has reported in the Middle East for more than five years, Michael Foley said. “We’re pretty used to it now at this point as a family,” Michael Foley said. “He’s very cautious. He always has been.” Since the news of the capture broke in January, numerous organizations, recently including the International Center for Journalists, have advocated for James Foley’s release. As of Wednesday, more than 6,400 people signed an online appeal from the Foley family at freejamesfoley.org. The website also now offers a link in both English and Arabic for people to provide any information on James Foley or “useful contacts in Syria.” Michael Foley said he hoped the new

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MEDIA MEDIATION James Foley’s (Medill ‘08) family said Tuesday they will use social media in Syria to seek information on his whereabouts.

campaign would reach “as many people as possible.” “We’re not leaving any stones unturned,” Michael Foley said. “The

message will get to right people, and they’ll contact us.” czak15@u.northwestern.edu

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City resident to join Peace Corps, travel to Panama A 22-year-old Evanston resident will leave for Panama later this month to begin a 27-month experience in the Peace Corps. Catherine Rolfe, a former Medill cherub, will leave Feb. 19 to spend three months in Panama City, where she will live with a host family and train with about 50 other Peace Corps volunteers to learn technical and language skills. Rolfe will then be assigned to a specific community to help train local English-language teachers, among other projects. “I’m excited to really get going on a project and hopefully be able to contribute to some kind of lasting impact that really helps people,” Rolfe said. Rolfe grew up in Evanston and Winnetka and graduated from New Trier Township High School in 2008. Although she didn’t attend NU, Rolfe and her family still have ties to the University. Rolfe stayed in Jones Residential College when she attended the Medill-Northwestern Journalism Institute one summer in high school. She is the daughter of Kellogg Prof. Andy Rolfe

and Elizabeth Briner (Communication ‘85), a second grade Chicago school teacher. “Ever since she was a little girl and went to summer camp in Wisconsin and Minnesota, she loved travel and I expect that this meeting ne w experience is going people and having new experiences,” to change me a Briner said. “I lot, hopefully for know how much she wants to do it, the better. I don’t and I could not be know when else happier for her.” In December, I will have the Catherine Rolfe opportunity to take f i n i s h e d h e r two years and go political science degree at Barnard live in Panama. College in ManCatherine Rolfe, hattan, N.Y. Peace Corps participant At Barnard, she was the vice president of philanthropy for her sorority and participated in two summer service trips to Ecuador and Ghana. These programs propelled her to

want to work in the Peace Corps, she said. Nationally, the Peace Corps receives up to 15,000 applications every year, said Jessica Mayle, public affairs coordinator at the Peace Corps midwest recruitment office in Chicago. Rolfe will join 352 other Illinois residents who currently serve in the Peace Corps, according to a release. Catherine Rolfe said she looks forward to becoming fluent in Spanish while in Panama, she said. After co-captaining New Trier’s badminton team during her high school senior year and playing on Columbia University’s club team for a year during college, Rolfe said she may try to start a badminton league in Panama. Although she is interested in pursuing a career in journalism, she said her plans may change drastically after her time in Panama. “I expect that this experience is going to change me a lot, hopefully for the better,” she said. “I don’t know when else I will have the opportunity to take two years and go live in Panama. I’ve been very lucky, and I think that I am obligated to give something back and help other people.”

Burglar takes Xbox, cash from locked apartment

Chicago man breaks into home, threatens to kill resident

coming from the apartment in the 700 block of Dobson Street. After police entered the home, Hall attempted to flee from the back of the building. Police arrested him shortly after. EPD charged Hall with home invasion, aggravated unlawful restraint and aggravated assault. He was out on parole in connection with an armed robbery when the alleged home invasion occurred. Hall is scheduled to appear in court in Skokie on Feb. 22.

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GO WITH PEACE Catherine Rolfe will embark on a 27-month journey in Panama later this month. Rolfe is heading South America, where she will learn technical and language skills, with the Peace Corps.

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Police Blotter Car tires slashed after owner, new to town, parks in wrong spot

Someone slashed the tires of an Evanston man’s Hyundai in a parking garage in the 600 block of Hinman Avenue sometime between Monday night and Tuesday evening, Parrott said. The 48-year-old parked his car Monday night and found the two right-side tires, valued at $600, slashed. The man said he moved to the area just three days prior and accidentally parked in the wrong spot. Parrott said the man thinks this is why his tires were slashed.

Someone broke into a 21-year-old Evanston man’s apartment in the 100 block of Clyde Avenue on Tuesday, EPD Cmdr. Jay Parrott said. The resident told police he locked all doors and windows to the apartment while he was gone, Parrott said, adding there were no signs of forced entry. The burglar took an Xbox game console and $300 in cash, Parrott said. There are no suspects at this time.

Evanston Police arrested a 24-year-old man early Tuesday morning in connection with a home invasion and aggravated assault on a 28-year-old Chicago woman, according to a news release. Lamont Hall allegedly forced entry into the home looking for the woman’s sister, according to the release. Hall then reportedly displayed a gun and threatened to kill the woman and her children. Police responded to a call and heard screams

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ASG nominates firearm committee By JUNNIE KWON

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Associated Student Government discussed nominating members for a committee to focus on firearm regulation and proposed a resolution in recognition of a president’s birthday during Wednesday’s Senate meeting. Toward the end of the meeting, senators nominated members to the Ad-hoc Committee on Firearm Regulation, which was created by the bill “Adhoc Committee on Gun Control” that passed last week. The senators nominated seven people and the names of those elected were announced via an email to senators after the meeting. Steven Monacelli, ASG vice president for community relations, will be the committee’s chair. ASG Vice President Brad Stewart and senators Weinberg sophomore Petros Karahalios, Weinberg sophomore Alexander Deitchman, Weinberg freshman Joshua Crowder and Weinberg sophomore Emily Schraudenbach were elected as the committee’s other members. Senator Rebecca Schieber, a Weinberg sophomore, proposed an emergency resolution to celebrate

former President Ronald Reagan’s birthday. The resolution would acknowledge that Reagan’s birthday is on Feb. 6. She attempted to bring the resolution to the floor for debate, but senators voted to not address it. “I would vote for this for any president, because even though I don’t support all presidents, I support all of their birthdays,” Schieber said. “It’s just for fun.” Some senators were concerned that the resolution would stain ASG’s reputation as a professional student government. “This is not an emergent issue — Ronald Reagan has had 101 birthdays before,” said senator Ian Coley, a Weinberg senior. “It’s embarrassing to me that this is coming up as emergency legislation … this should have gone through rules if it was going to be considered at all.” Although some senators deemed the resolution a waste of time, Schieber encouraged senators who hadn’t been vocal during past meetings to participate in the debate. This addresses an issue that speaker Ani Ajith said senators brought to his attention in the past few weeks. Senators were frustrated that the same handful of senators took a majority of the speaking time, the Weinberg junior said.

“Sometimes, especially the new senators, feel intimidated,” he said. “What I try to reemphasize in Senate is that senators should feel at liberty to speak when they have something they feel will significantly contribute to the discussion.” He added that although some senators participate less during Senate, most of them are extremely active in communicating with their constituents and contributing to caucus meetings. Almost all senators feel that people should not speak unless they have “something new, something positive or fresh” to contribute to the conversation, he said. “I believe there are a lot of loud voices in Senate that tend to (drown out) other senators, and that can cause other senators to feel a little shy,” said senator Jane Gilmore, Weinberg junior. “It’s just bucking up and getting to the point where you can talk.” Senators were scheduled to debate and vote on a new resolution,”Brady Scholars Senior Project: Hoop House,” which would suggest building a makeshift green house on campus. Because of miscommunication, the authors did not show up to the meeting. Senators voted to table the resolution for one week. junniekwon2015@u.northwestern.edu

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The Block Museum will screen “Meet the Fokkens,” which profiles identical twins who were once prostitutes in Amsterdam’s Red Light District. They later established their own brothel and set up a union for sex workers. The film focuses on the twins in their later years. One has retired, and the other is struggling to endure the taxing demands of her job.

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very weekend, while other students are hitting The Keg, catching a movie or studying in the stacks, Communication junior Michael Finley is delivering heartfelt performances at the Chicago premiere shows of Annie Baker’s highly acclaimed play, “The Aliens.” Finley plays the lead role in this production, which has already received positive reviews from local publications such as The Chicago Tribune and Time Out Chicago since its first show Jan. 17. The play, set in the backyard of a coffee shop in Vermont, centers on three main characters: Jasper, an aspiring novelist, KJ, a college dropout with a history of psychological problems and (Finley’s character) Evan, a timid 17-year-old barista. His character, who initially tries to shoo the two 30-year-old slackers (played by Steve Haggard and Brad Akin) from his workplace, instead finds meaning and growth in his developing friendship with them. Through this relationship, he ponders crucial decisions about life paths that would stir confusion and insecurity in the mind of any high school senior. Although not much action takes place on stage, each line and movement is subtle and nuanced. The stage decor is simple, with only a picnic table in the center and a trash can on the right side of the stage. Finley found out about the role through his acting professor Cindy Gold. Director Shade Murray (Communication ‘96, ‘08), who keeps professional contact with Northwestern’s faculty, approached Gold in search of a suitable actor. Gold was right on the money when she submitted Finley’s information to him; critics have

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described his performance as “pitch-perfect.” important dynamics of the play, according to Finley, upon reading the script, was highly enthuMurray: the contrast between “a 17-year-old siastic about the role. hanging out with two 30-year-olds.” “I loved the script,” he said. “After reading it, I Furthermore, Finley empathizes a great deal was really hopeful. I would have done whatever with Evan. When Murray talked to him about the character, he automatically understood Evan’s I could do to get seen for this, whatever I could thoughts and said, “Believe me, I know what do to get an audition.” It is somewhat uncommon that’s like.” Finley said he felt for professional theaters to hire especially attached to his charsuch a young actor, especially acter because they share a past one who hasn’t completed of being bullied. acting training. Moreover, It was never a question “I wasn’t like all the other casting Finley was a rare case of explaining what he guys doing sports,” Finley because playing Evan’s role explained. “You can feel needed to be doing. demands a great amount of alienated.” control in the scenes. His connection with the A lot of young actors character is noticeable. Akin “Actors at such a young age have a lot to figure out,” said find it hard to balance said Finley’s subtle awkwardAkin, who plays KJ. “More instinct and technique, ness, which is “just below the often than not, the director but Michael never had surface,” is one of the things goes for the older actor because he loved about his portrayal a problem with that. there’s confidence in knowing of Evan’s character. that you’ve got someone who’s This is hardly Finley’s first Shade Murray, time on stage. As a high school done this for a while.” Director, “The Aliens” However, when Akin student, he performed in productions at the Metropolis (Communication ‘08) and Murray met Finley at the audition, they were Performing Arts Center in Arlington Heights, Ill. Last year, he participated in the Theater and immediately blown away. Interpretation Center show “You Can’t Take It “He had a really, really great audition,” Akin said. “The director decided that this is the direcWith You.” tion we needed to go.” Initially, Murray was apprehensive about how Finley would adapt to “a small storefront theater In fact, Finley’s tender age may have served space,” because most of his experience comes as an advantage. At the audition, his baby face caught the director’s attention because Finley’s from large school auditoriums. Finley dispelled youthfulness underscored one of the most these worries in rehearsals and during shows by

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giving “natural, conversational and effortless” performances, according to Murray. In fact, all of Murray’s concerns about featuring a student actor eventually disappeared. As soon as rehearsals began, Finley proved to the cast and crew they had made the correct decision. “It was never a question of explaining what he needed to be doing,” Murray said. “A lot of young actors find it hard to balance instinct and technique, but Michael never had a problem with that.” Although “The Aliens” is a fairly new (2010) play, it was a highly anticipated one, with many theater companies bidding for performance rights. To feature a trending play that so many rave about was a nervous endeavor for the cast and crew. However, Finley said he was proud of his performance, as well as the work of his fellow actors and crew. While he was thrilled with the good reviews, he noted the cast and crew maintained the consistently superb quality of the production. “We weren’t going to change the show whether we have good or bad reviews,” he said. Finley said he is most excited to see what the audience takes away from the play. As the story of three men trying to find their way in life is relatable to many, he said he hopes the audience learns the importance of human connections, mourning and friendship. “The Aliens” will run 8 p.m. Thursday through Saturday and 3 p.m. Sunday until March 3 at A Red Orchid Theatre, 1531 N. Wells St. jamesbien2016@u.northwestern.edu

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Guy Fieri was not allowed inside a VIP Super Bowl party, and he did not take it well. Fieri apparently caused quite the scene after he couldn’t get in to the Second Line Studios bash Sunday. Imagine what Fieri’s initial reaction was after he got that zero-star review from the New York Times. Justin Bieber and Selena Gomez might be back together? Does anyone really care? The on-again, offagain pair was spotted together at a concert over the weekend. The lovebirds need to make up their minds, because the publicity stunt is starting to lose its effect. You can’t have it all. Oscar nominee Naomi Watts explained to reporters that being a mom is “exhausting.” Soon after, however, she explained that she tries to do her own laundry and cooking but has help if she runs out of time. Hiring help must be really exhausting, Naomi. It’s finally time for the return of Monica and Chandler Bing. Courteney Cox landed a guest-starring stint on Matthew Perry’s “Go On.” Sources report Cox will play a love interest for Perry’s character on the show. Now if we could only get Jennifer Aniston, Lisa Kudrow and David Schwimmer to guest star as well. And they should all hang out in a coffee shop together. Fans no longer have to say thanks for the memories — Fall Out Boy is reuniting. The band announced they are going on tour in the spring and releasing a new album, “Save Rock and Roll.” For those too impatient to wait, the group also released a new single that’s already available to download online. It’s been a while, so we’ll see if the boys still have what it takes to make the middle-schoolers scream. Beyonce received rave reviews for her Super Bowl halftime performance. She was also joined by Michelle Williams and Kelly Rowland, making the event a full Destiny’s Child reunion. The one person in America who was not happy with the performance? Singer Keyshia Cole tweeted that the addition of Williams ruined the concert. Looks like someone’s jealous she wasn’t invited to join Beyoncé on stage. Adam Levine announced he is releasing a line of men’s and women’s fragrances. The brand will be sold at Macy’s within the next month. Let’s hope Levine’s commercials for the new scent are less ridiculous than Brad Pitt’s. annebruce2015@u.northwestern.edu

BLAZING TOMATOES Two brothers. A murderous French-Canadian. $500,000. And a bottle of ketchup.

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The Baltimore Ravens won Super Bowl XLVII in a 34-31 showdown against the San Francisco 49ers Sunday. After the Ravens deterred a near-comeback by San Francisco, coach John Harbaugh and his team celebrated their second Super Bowl victory. The game also featured a halftime performance by Beyonce. The Current and Daily staffers commented:

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“FALSE. Beyonce clearly won everything.” —Kaitlyn Jakola

“After newsroom meltdown, still hurts.”

—Manuel Rapada “Beyonce: light of my life.” —Christine Nguyen

Midwestern,” the 2013 recipient of Studio 22’s $7,500 Bindley Grant, is the story of two Wisconsinite brothers en route to retrieve $500,000 from their uncle’s cabin. The younger must avoid a fearsome French-Canadian named Jean-Luc, who seems to expect the money as well. As “A Midwestern” approaches its second weekend of production, The Current spoke with writer-director Jon Fraaza and producers Madison Berry and Shivani Chanillo about their much-hyped film.

MB: We normally call for food donations, so Evanston businesses and a bunch of Wisconsin businesses stepped up to give us food. But making sure we had enough (and) getting it to set was always a struggle.

THE CURRENT: How did you go about scouting and booking the locations you shot on? JF: Our fantastic locations manager Madison Ginsberg put a lot of work into finding a barn, a diner and a house that would let us shoot both the exterior and the interior and that looked appropriate for the script ... She found a fantastic diner THE CURRENT: Jon, when you wrote “A Midthat we’re shooting at next weekend, but she ultiwestern,” did you do so with the intention of mately could not find a house or a barn. And so I submitting it for the Bindley? talked to my parents, and they said that my dad’s JON FRAAZA: Well, I wrote “A Midwestlake house would do fantastic, and it actuern” with the intent of submitting it ally was perfect. Then there was a barn for some sort of grant and batthat my cousins knew the owners ted back and forth between the of, and we asked them if we could Q&A with... $1,000 grant and the Bindley. I shoot there ... They didn’t charge figured that the scope of this us anything, so we saved a lot of project was large enough to money on that. warrant the (latter). THE CURRENT: What tone are you aiming for with this THE CURRENT: How was SAM FREEDMAN the first weekend of shooting? movie? Any good stories? JF: Hopefully it makes you laugh. It’s a comedy-thriller sort of movie. JF: It was cold as hell, I can tell you that. MADISON BERRY: I think it was 1 THE CURRENT: “Fargo” style? degree on the first day in Palmyra, Wis. JF: Not quite as dark as “Fargo.” More like “A JF: Plus wind chill. So it was, like, negative 14. The Fish Called Wanda” or “The Big Lebowski.” coldest we probably were was when we took the THE CURRENT: Has the screenplay transcamera, the tripod — both which are extremely heavy, sharp and cold — and then we took a couple lated on set the way you expected it to? of other crew members and an actor and marched JF: I would say absolutely. The actors are just out about 150 yards to a treeline beyond the farm perfect in conveying the characters that I wrote, and we filmed the scene where Jean-Luc is taking and the cinematography from Declan Fox is pop-shots at the brothers. Absolutely horrible in fantastic. It’s looking good. We got four inches of snow the day before we showed up, so the terms of cold, but it looks really good. exteriors look great. It’s really coming together MB: Luckily that day we had a pop-up tent that had a heater inside of it, so they were able to go in quite nicely, and I couldn’t be prouder of it. there — but then at one point the wind got so bad that it lifted the whole tent up and onto a car. “A Midwestern” will be playing at the Studio 22 premiere in June. THE CURRENT: What were the challenges of managing such a large crew? This interview has been edited for length and SHIVANI CHANILLO: Definitely providing clarity. food. That was a big deal.

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“Game better than Beyonce’s show.” —Josh Walfish “I didn’t even watch it.” —Tanner Maxwell “Who run the world? Beyonce.” —Ally Mutnick “Destiny’s Child reunion – I died.” —Lauren Caruba “Super Bowl? Beyonce’s opening act.” —Paulina Firozi

“It wasn’t a Beyonce concert? —Annie Bruce “Wish it was the Patriots.” —Kelsey Ott

“Beyonce’s manicure was really shiny.”

—Chelsea Peng “Mama Harbaugh must be proud.” —Susan Du

“The Ravens won, blackout, Beyonce.” —Ava Wallace “Dolphins almost made the playoffs...” —Rohan Nadkarni “My mom was beyond appalled.” —Cat Zakrzewski “Joe Flacco is a babe.” —Maria Fernandez-Davila “Real sad my doppelganger lost.” —Michael Kurtz

“Happy that Delaware’s boy won!” —Caryn Lenhoff “That 109-yard touchdown. What, what?” —Kaitlin Svabek

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IT’SABOUTTIME IT’SABOUT Watch out for the new tech-y time pieces

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’m really not a big watch guy. I’ve got a couple, my favorite being a nice open-movement job I got just recently, but I really only wear it when fancy dress is required. To me, a watch is a fashion statement, not a tool — why bog down your wrist when checking the time is just one smartphone unlock screen away? With the hassle of winding them or having to buy new batteries or replacement straps, watches are more trouble than they’re worth, a relic of the prehistoric predigital age, like Polaroid or dead-tree paper. But just like those, the watch has found new life in this age of apps and streams in the Pebble, the coolest piece of wearable technology I have

ever seen. traditional clock to avant-garde digital If I had to describe the Pebble in dot displays. As I said — I want one. one phrase, it would be: “I want But telling time is not even one.” Part smartphone, part half of what the Pebble watch, part open-source can do. In many ways, development platform the Pebble serves as n m and all sleek style, the a wrist-mounted col u Pebble does so much controller for all of more than give you your technology, the time. It has the allowing you to read same e-ink interface texts without even as Barnes & Noble’s having to pick up I K EWS Nook e-reader, makyour phone, control ODL P L WIL ing the display easy your iPod from across the room and even clock to read even in direct sunlight. The development your running times while toolkit included with the watch out jogging. means you can create an infinite Apart from number of watch faces, from the the

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— Frank Ocean concerning his altercation with Chris Brown in a Los Angeles parking lot. The charge, a misdemeanor battery, has been dropped.

Pebble is largely extraneous. But the fact that the Pebble was the subject of the most successful Kickstarter campaign of all time (the developers wanted to raise $100,000 — they ended up raising more than $10 million) speaks to the undeniable allure of the smartwatch. The price, though, may cut a bit of that allure; at $150, the Pebble is a hefty investment for something that makes life easier. Still though, it’s hard not to love the Pebble — it’s smart, it’s sexy and it’s the perfect accessory to your iPhone or Android. And I can guarantee it’ll make all your friends jealous. williampodlewski2015@u.northwestern.edu

wearing navy (I certainly wouldn’t hesitate), a navy watch face becomes a safe but noteworthy hint of color in coordination with neutral-tone suits. 4. GILDED SUIT POCKETS By now, most of us have surely seen images (mainly related to women’s fashion) of button-up shirts with golden tips at the collar points. If not, you must not be an Urban Outfitters kind of guy, and I really don’t blame you there. Regardless, a spinoff of the gold collar tip trend is coming around, and that is the goldtrimmed jacket pocket. The whole point of the gold adornment is its gaudiness. Therefore, it’s no surprise the pocket rim’s decoration is meant to steer pieces toward casual street style instead of turn them formally glitzy. It should be noted this trend particularly refers to stiff metal gold trimmings, not to gold stitching or appliqués; but hey, do as you like — the world is your pincushion. sydneyzink2012@u.northwestern.edu

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internal computing power, the Pebble is a gem of industrial design. The watch face is smooth and glossy in each of the three colors (black, white and red) and all the physical button interfaces are nestled snugly onto the right side of the watch. The one thing I generally dislike about watches is the fact that they can be a bit obtrusive, but I get the feeling the Pebble would make a nice addition to any ensemble. Sure, the prospect of a smartwatch seems a little silly — after all, is it really that difficult to reach into your pocket to pull out your phone which can do an infinitely better job of managing your mobile life? Well, no, it’s not that difficult, and yes, the

“She just kinda seems dead inside, like there’s nothing behind her eyes”

“I told you we were gonna come back!”

— Dave Grohl on Britney Spears during a “Chelsea Lately” appearance Monday. Grohl, featured on the show’s Grammyrelated week, made the remark after a Las Vegas casino turned Spears down for a show in favor of a hypnotist.

— Patrick Stump on the reunion of his band Fall Out Boy. The group played its first show together since 2009 on Tuesday and is scheduled to release a studio album May 7.

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alentine’s Day is a — for bachelors, straight couples, gay couples, swingers, co-habitators, shamelessly pubasexuals and single parents. It’s time lic celebration of heteronormativity. to embrace your own unique love, It propagates the even if mainstream society and the image of straight, monogamous legal system will not do the same. couples at every corner — on In defiance of this literally and greeting cards, in cheesy Lifetime figuratively sugar-coated holiday, I movies and in wedding ring comoffer some less-than-typical ways mercials. It idealizes the old-time to celebrate Valentine’s Day with American values of chivalry, courtyourself, your friends or your sigship and expensive candlelight dinnificant other. ners, implying eternal happiness for those who find their soul mates. 1. VOLUNTEER YOUR TIME So what? It’s OK to go over the Rather than spend money on an top once a year, right? Perhaps. But extravagant dinner, spend your time how do we celebrate happy at a local soup kitchen or relationships in a society homeless shelter. For where diamond rings you Cats, Hilda’s are the privilege Place, Evanston’s n m of the majority? on ly homeless col u The nauseating shelter, ser ves commercial fluff free dinner of Valentine’s Day Thursdays and is makes it easy for probably in need us to forget those of volunteers. ARR who cannot celeA ST Y N TO brate it. The gay man 2. SUPPORT A who cannot purchase NON-PROFIT “Him and Her” cards at Still want to do someHallmark. The lesbian who thing nice for your loved can buy her partner a ring but canone? Then do that! But do it in a more socially conscious way. Allownot marry her in their home state. ance for Good, an Evanston-based The hundreds of same-sex couples in small-town America who are non-profit working toward lessening afraid to be seen publicly for fear of the global education gap, is selling discrimination and violence. $5 e-cards to raise money for folks If love is love, then why can’t in Guatemala. Or buy your loved we all express it as flagrantly and one a gift from a loving company, fearlessly as the happy young white like St. Jude Children’s Research couple on the Kay Jewelers commerHospital or TOMS shoes. cial? If marriage is so great, then why has the American divorce rate 3. STICK WITH FLOWERS AND increased by 50 percent over the last CHOCOLATE 20 years? If men are still of flowBut do it the anti-corporate way. ers-and-door-holding caliber, then You can order fair-trade chocolate why has one in every four American online at Divine Chocolate USA, women experienced domestic abuse which is owned by cocoa farmers in her lifetime? in Ghana, or find yummy organic So please, Wildcats, join me in treats at your local Whole Foods. If boycotting this ridiculous commeryou’re going the flowers route, buy cial fiasco and instead help speak fresh ones from your local florist. up for many whom it does not That’s all, folks. Happy Anti-Valacknowledge. Please don’t misunentine’s Day! derstand me — I’m not anti-love. I’m extremely pro-love for everyone tonyastarr@gmail.com

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In the shadow of the Beyonce Super Bowl Spectacular, it’s helpful to take a step back and remember that a performance does not have to overwhelm the senses in order to be effective. Often, it is the subtle performance of a quiet play that can have an immense impact — no pyrotechnics needed. “Nickel and Dimed,” the most recent play from Northwestern’s Theatre and Interpretation Center, is one such subtle performance. Based on Barbara Ehrenreich’s 2001 nonfiction book, this play is an account of the three months she spent undercover as a member of the American working class. The author spends each month in a different location: as a waitress in Florida, a house-cleaner in Maine and a Wal-Mart employee in Minnesota (though presumably to prevent copyright issues, the store is comically referred to as “Mall-Mart”). In each location, she discovers the different personalities who make up the working class and the challenges they face. Fans of Ehrenreich’s book will be pleased to see this play is a mostly faithful Often, it is adaptation, keeping the subtle Ehrenreich’s performance liberal indigof a quiet play nation in the of that can have forefront every workan immense ing-class setting. impact — no This propyrotechnics duction is s o ef fe cneeded. tive because it gives a human face to the working class. As played by NU students, each worker Barbara encounters has depth — they’re not simply caricatures. Juanita Andersen as Gail, a tough waitress, opens the show and grabs the audience’s attention. Gail quickly shows the audience that no matter how low-wage her job is, it is by no means “unskilled.” Amelia Hefferon, as Mall-Mart employee Melissa, is the embodiment of Midwestern kindness; she provides a perfect counterpoint to Gail’s rough, businesslike attitude. Playing Ehrenreich herself, Laura Winters is both protagonist and narrator. During the course of the show, she breaks the fourth wall with a pseudo-Power Point presentation in which she describes her wages and living conditions to the audience. Funny and persuasive anecdotes directed at the audience are sprinkled throughout, such as the section devoted to explaining, in intricate detail, the challenges house-cleaners face from human excrement. Winters shows us how Ehrenreich was transformed by her situation, changing her from generous, liberal “Barbara” into “stubborn, defeated ‘Barb.’” It’s clear Ehrenreich is in a complicated situation: Although she clearly has honorable intentions for her expose, her middle-class moral standards often clash with her coworkers’ need to simply get by. “Nickel and Dimed” presents a compassionate look at America’s working class through a theatrical lens. Although it occasionally veers into sanctimonious territory, this play challenges us in the audience to confront our own conceptions of what poverty is in contemporary America. Though this production lacks showy, in-your-face theatrical magic, its subtle depiction of life in the underclass rings truer than any elaborate performance could.

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Energy bars can be a student’s best friend. When you’re studying late at night in the library and need a little fuel, a bar can be the perfect boost. When it’s really cold, windy and snowy out, and your fridge is looking bare, a bar or two can be a suitable alternative to delivery. However, a lot of energy/protein/snack bars are really just glorified candy bars, laden with sweeteners and sure to spike your blood sugar. With hundreds of bars on the market, it can be hard to differentiate between them. Just look at the colorful wall of bars at Whole Foods. It’s easy to grab something quickly based on the packaging or flavor, but next time take a look at the ingredients and nutritional facts before you buy a snack bar. What is the ratio of protein to sugar? Can you pronounce all of the ingredients? These are just a couple of questions you might want to ask yourself next time you’re shopping. I’ve discovered a few great-tasting and all-natural new bars that you probably haven’t heard of. You won’t find these at Whole Foods (yet), but they are all available online if you want to try something new. If you like quinoa, which has been popping up in fastcasual restaurants everywhere as an alternative to rice, you’ll like Mark Bars. These bars contain only a short list of ingredients, including rolled oats, quinoa, nuts and dried fruit. Peanut butter chocolate is the most popular flavor, and they use dairy-free chocolate. I love the slight crunch of quinoa and the almost crumbly texture. These are manufactured in Chicago and available at fitness clubs around town, as well as at Freshii and The Goddess and Grocer. Recommended for Clif bar fans. Coconut lovers will adore Joebars from Cocomo Joe. Regardless of which flavor you pick, organic coconut will be the first ingredient. These bars have more fat and saturated fat than most, but these are healthy fats from coconut, and one bar will keep you full for several hours. You can even buy a sampler box online with two of each flavor if you are indecisive. Mango, inspired by

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eason one of “Smash” was are still trying to get “Bombshell” to Broadway, Safran presents a much crazy to say the least. The story lines were all over more fleshed-out plot that incorpothe place, and some of the rates fresh and interesting story lines. Marilyn Monroe is no longer the sole characters (Ellis, I’m talking to you) were far too eccentric focus. Season two also introduces even for a series about show businew characters such as Veronica, a ness. The season two premiere of Broadway star, and Jimmy, a wan“Smash,” however, proved that with nabe Broadway star. By getting rid some much-needed focus and of tiresome, fairly flat charnew characters, the series acters like Leo, Ellis and can succeed. With Josh Dev, “Smash” is able to Safran as the new introduce these new, n o i is showrunner, the twomore interesting t e l ev hour premiere was characters without filled with promise. overcrowding the show. The beginning of the episode picked Ivy, a complex up right where character who E C U became downright season one left off, IE BR ANN unlikable at some with the premiere of points during season “Bombshell” in Boston, and quickly moved on from one, regained some balthere. Karen is moving out and ance in the opening episode. moving on, and ex-boyfriend Dev She still wants to be a star, but she is nowhere to be seen. Ivy is back at realizes what can happen if things the bottom of the Broadway world get out of control. This realization and realizes she needs an exercise was necessary and makes it easier for in humility if she’s ever going to be audiences to root for her. Safran also took the time to add a star. The creative team of “Bombmore levels to characters who had shell” is dealing with mixed reviews become quite one-dimensional. and, as usual, money problems. All Derek, for the first time, appeared of this might sound pretty similar to more complex as he grappled with season one of “Smash,” but the first few hours of season two showed sexual harassment charges. The subtle but significant shifts in the writers wisely decided to explore creative style. the friendly relationship between For one, even though the characters Derek and Karen, and hopefully,

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Broadway. Season two shows us why we want them all to succeed. Sure, the episode was filled with some cheesy, eye roll-worthy moments (Derek has yet another dream musical sequence), but for the first time in a long time, the good outweighed the bad. If “Smash” continues on this path, viewers will stop “hatewatching” and starting enjoying the fascinating show in front of them. annebruce2015@u.northwestern.edu

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In politics, appearances can deceive MICHAEL KURTZ

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These are great times to be a Democrat. Over the last 10 months, Obamacare survived its Supreme Court challenge, the president outfoxed Mitt Romney on the campaign trail and Republicans imploded in Senate races nationwide. Add this to the fact that the administration has conveyed a greater willingness to confront its ideological foes on issues such as gun control and immigration, and one could defensibly conclude that, nationally, Democrats are in the political ascendancy. But that judgment would be premature. There are a number of cross-cutting trends that will impede the wave of liberal change that commentators like Buzzfeedâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Ben Smith and Mother Jonesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Adam Serwer have predicted since Nov. 6. For one, the Republicans still control the House of Representatives, and, due to skillful gerrymandering, will probably maintain control of it until at least 2020, when the next census rolls around. The state of Pennsylvania provides

an instructive example. Although it is reliably blue at the presidential level (the last Republican to win the state was George H.W. Bush in 1988) and Democrats hold a 1 million voter identification advantage, the stateâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s delegation in Washington, D.C. is composed of 13 Republicans and just 8 Democrats. This hold over the house means that any domestic policy that President Obama wants to pass will still require significant Republican input to become law. Moreover, midterm elections typically have older, whiter electorates, which favors Republicans greatly, as we saw in 2010. In terms of winning back the House, 2014 and 2018 will be heavy lifts for the Democrats. Secondly, the Republicans have one-party control of 24 states, which might not sound like a big deal, but consider that some of the biggest political stories of the last year â&#x20AC;&#x201D; think Scott Walkerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s raid on collective bargaining rights in Wisconsin or Rick Snyderâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ban on mandatory union membership in Michigan â&#x20AC;&#x201D; occurred in states that fit this description. Third, at least one crucial part of our court system remains friendly territory for conservatives. The Roberts court is expected to overturn or dramatically reshape long-standing precedents on affirmative action and the Voting

Rights Act, both of which many liberals hold dear. Finally, from the Republican perspective, things simply canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t get any worse than they were in 2012. No one will talk about â&#x20AC;&#x153;legitimate rape,â&#x20AC;? sideshows like Rep. Michele Bachmann (RMinn.) will not feature as prominently (if at all), and their candidate in 2016 will almost certainly be better than Mitt Romney. Whether itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal or New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, he or she will almost certainly have cannier political sensibilities than Massachusettsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; tone-deaf ex-governor. Plus, the Republicans are bound to close the yawning digital gap that provided such a crucial edge for the Obama campaign. This is not to say that the Democratic Party does not currently occupy a position of strength. It does. A two-term president and a Senate majority are nothing to sneeze at. But there are considerable roadblocks between our current, conflicted reality, and the liberal America of the future that so many pundits have hailed. 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

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Sequestration cuts hang average Americans out to dry JOSEPH MISULONAS FORUM EDITOR

In August 2011, the White House and Congress reached an agreement on deficit reduction that many thought was a smart move. If no deal for long-term deficit reduction was in place by Jan. 1, 2013 then a mandatory $1.3 trillion in cuts â&#x20AC;&#x201D; known as sequestration â&#x20AC;&#x201D; would go into effect. This was a wonderful idea: We force the government to work together to make a deal that would benefit the country for the next decade. In fact, we make the cuts brutal

enough to assure the United States would go into a recession if they were enacted. No one would be stupid enough to let that happen. Well, no one except politicians. On Jan. 1, the White House and Congress realized they couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t make a deal, so they postponed the sequestration for two months. On Tuesday, the president offered a shortterm solution that would postpone the sequestration again. There is merit to President Obamaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s proposal. The cuts would be devastating to an already shaky American economy. Estimates for potential job loss range from the Bipartisan Policy Centerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s $1 million to the Congressional Budget Officeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s $1.4 million. The United States cannot afford to let these cuts go into effect.

And yet, can we really afford not to? What does it say about our government when we give ourselves a deadline to address our nationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s enormous deficit â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and then when the day comes, we just kick the can down the street again, hoping someone else will take care of it for us? So weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re in the awkward position of being unable to let the cuts take effect, but also being unable not to. We can delay the sequestration for another two months, six months, or even two years, but it is unlikely that either party will give up enough ground in negotiations to avert the cuts, no matter how far we put them off. The problem with the sequestration cuts is that it doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t affect Congress in any way. When the cuts go through, it wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be the

politicians that will be losing their jobs; it will be average Americans. Sequestration cuts arenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t holding the governmentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s feet to the fire; theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re holding ours, and we donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have a say in how to avoid them. We all know how this will play out. Democrats and Republicans will come to some compromise that no one seems to like and will only delay the inevitable. Americans have to find a way to put pressure on Congress to stop taking our economy hostage. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s time that we werenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t the only ones feeling the heat. Joseph Misulonas is a Medill junior. He can be reached at josephmisulonas2014@u.northwestern.edu. If you would like to respond publicly to this column, email a Letter to the Editor to forum@dailynorthwestern.com.

Pride program looking up By EDWARD COX

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COLLEGE COSTS Northwestern President Morton Schapiro spoke about the economics of higher education Wednesday at a luncheon held by the City Club of Chicago.

Schapiro stresses higher education in speech By JILLIAN SANDLER

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Northwestern President Morton Schapiro advocated Wednesday for paying the price of higher education during a speech in Chicago. Schapiro spoke about the economics of higher education at a luncheon put on by the City Club of Chicago, a non-partisan nonprofit organization that focuses on civic issues, according to its website. It invites various civic leaders to speak at events multiple times per year, City Club Executive Director Tweed Thornton said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;(Our job is) to be a stage that can connect the

City Club of Chicago members and the citizens of Chicago to these leaders,â&#x20AC;? Thornton said. In his speech, Schapiro addressed what he called â&#x20AC;&#x153;six misconceptions about American higher education.â&#x20AC;? Among these â&#x20AC;&#x153;misconceptionsâ&#x20AC;? were the devalue of graduating college with debt, the inability to obtain sufficient financial aid at private schools and the questionable practicality of liberal arts majors. Schapiro said NU is one of the 31 â&#x20AC;&#x153;highly selectiveâ&#x20AC;? schools in the Consortium on Financing Higher Education, which focuses its research in part on the affordability of attending college, Âť See SCHAPIRO, page 7

Ask any parent about Evanston Township High Schoolâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s feeder basketball program and theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll say thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s more than the usual hustle and bustle at practice. Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s pride. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Evanston is going to shine, Evanston is going on to states and will win,â&#x20AC;? parent Richard Kalaygian said. The Pride feeder basketball program at ETHS has attracted 113 students this season, Pride President Michael Johnson said. This seasonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s participation, the highest since the programâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s creation in 2011, comes as members and organizers continue to grapple with the September 2012 death of former Pride player Dajae Coleman. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Part of what we are doing is to get kids acclimated into school,â&#x20AC;? said Johnson, who worked with the ETHS athletic director to establish the program. Players in the feeder program now play against middle school students from other area feeder programs. Mike Ellis, the high schoolâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s boys basketball head coach, said he hopes to establish connections with league teams and organize tournaments in which the Pride feeder team could participate. Some of the feeder programs come from districts like Lake Forest and Waukegan, Johnson said. Pride feeder will be competing in an annual Waukegan tournament this weekend. Andre Patrick, the programâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s vice president, said Pride has â&#x20AC;&#x153;worked out beautifully,â&#x20AC;? calling last season a successful one. â&#x20AC;&#x153;What we saw is a big part of the reason why we created the program which is to create a jump start for kids,â&#x20AC;? Patrick said. In addition to teaching middle school students how to prepare for higher level

basketball, the program also provides student athletes with structure and support, Johnson said. After Coleman, an ETHS freshman who played with the Pride feeder program, was shot and killed in September, Johnson said the team embroidered jerseys with the message â&#x20AC;&#x153;DC3,â&#x20AC;? Dajaeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s initials and the number he wore when he played on the Pride team. The ETHS boyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s basketball program wore red shoes and red jerseys because that was Colemanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s favorite color, Johnson said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Ultimately what came out of it was that the community opened its eyes â&#x20AC;Ś people kind of looked at it and said, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;That could have been me,â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;? Johnson said of Colemanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s death. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve taken on the strain of the community.â&#x20AC;? Tuesday night, Patrick pulled out his iPhone, which had a picture of Coleman smiling in his orange Pride feeder uniform, the same picture on the programâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s website. His last memory of Coleman was after he watched him hit a threepointer at an Evanston Pride feeder basketball game. Coaches also counseled team members on the Pride basketball team after the Colemanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s death, Johnson said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It hurt everyone in Evanston,â&#x20AC;? said ETHS freshman Immanuel Woodberry, a friend and teammate of Coleman on the Pride feeder team. â&#x20AC;&#x153;He was a good person â&#x20AC;Ś all he wanted to do was play basketball.â&#x20AC;? Johnson said he is considering plans to introduce study sessions and tutoring into the Pride feeder program, which would give players a couple of hours to study. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know if we will be happy if we donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t make a leap every year,â&#x20AC;? he said. At the end of Tuesdayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s two-hour practice, the seventh-grade basketball coach gathered his team for a countdown. â&#x20AC;&#x153;One, two, three: homework!â&#x20AC;? edwardcox2011@u.northwestern.edu

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From page 1 others,” Quinn said in the release. Evanston’s division of parks/forestry and facilities management worked to complete the city’s application for the grant. Paul D’Agostino, the division’s superintendent, said plans to repair the trail might include crushed granite with a binder material to hold it together. The trail was installed in the 1960s

and has only received spot maintenance since its installation. The ITEP grant contributes 80 percent of the cost of the project, with the city contributing the remaining 20 percent, or $145,000. In total, the trail rehabilitation will cost $725,000. IDOT spokeswoman Paris Ervin said the grants aim to increase alternative methods of transportation and decrease a reliance on motor vehicles. In 2010, ITEP granted $90 million to state

transportation projects. This year, IDOT received 328 applications asking for nearly $450 million in grants, Ervin said. IDOT selected 54 of these applications to receive funding. Evanston applied for the grant last summer, D’Agostino said. Evanston bicycle activist Susan Munro said the availability of better maintained trails would provide a safe and enjoyable location for cyclists in the city. “The challenge in Evanston is always trying to find streets that are safe to bike on,” she said.

The grant also contributes to Evanston’s bicycle improvement plan and the Ladd Arboretum master plan, both of whic were created to facilitate biking in Evanston and to enhance the park. Although an exact timeline for the trail reconstruction has not been established, Ervin said IDOT expects work to begin within 12 months of the creation of final plans, which are currently being developed.

Nordman

in a club, sold non-alcoholic drinks and held an extra showing with all the profits donated to Nordman. The Dolphin Show’s production of “My Fair Lady” raised $475 with a silent auction of costumes and props during the show’s two weekends, according to Sachs. Nordman, who is producing a show for Lovers & Madmen in the spring, said she was touched by all of the efforts. “I love theater people and their creativity,” she said. “Those groups are donating proceeds that they could totally be keeping for themselves to help me with my medical costs.” Besides StuCo, Challah for Hunger donated $300 of their proceeds to Nordman, according to Julia Rudansky, a Weinberg sophomore and the organization’s president. The Theatre and Interpretation Center also raised about $600 by collecting money at its production of Nickel and Dimed, according to Nichole Cooper, TIC marketing and communications manager. Sachs organized one of the first fundraisers at Cheesie’s Pub and Grub on behalf of StuCo and raised about $500. He said he hopes the companies continue to at least take collections at their shows through the end of the year. “I didn’t know how well we would be doing,” he said of StuCo’s efforts. “But just the fact that almost all the groups are taking part in something is so great.” Reshef said that Nicolle Nordman had told her she was extremely thankful for the wristband sale and all the NU efforts to support Josie. “It was really our pleasure,” Reshef said. “There is a girl in our sorority who needs a life-saving lung transplant. Of course we are going to do something.”

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SUPPORTING JOSIE Various campus organizations have fundraised on behalf of Communication sophomore Josie Nordman, who is on the wait list for a double lung transplant. More than $30,000 has been raised by both campus groups and outside donors.

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according to its website. These schools are pricey but worth taking out loans and incurring debt to attend, Schapiro said. This, he said, is in part because graduation rates are higher than at some cheaper, but underfunded, schools. Schapiro sought to debunk the perception that selective schools are unaffordable. NU is among the 123 schools in the nation that charge $50,000 or more per year, Schapiro said, but of the 600,000 students that attend these institutions, just half are paying full price. Additionally, he said, less than 2

percent of all college students in the country are paying $50,000 or more on tuition yearly. Michael Mills, NU’s associate provost for enrollment, told The Daily last week that about 45 percent of NU students are receiving financial aid. Mills said the University spent $94 million in financial aid scholarships in 2010. This number jumped to $106 million in 2011 and $119 million in 2012. “The financial aid formula is much more generous than a few years ago,” Schapiro said. “The increase in need-based aid in the past five years makes (NU) much more affordable.” Schapiro also addressed the social payoff of

“It’s been a lot more than I even could have possibly imagined they would do and they are planning to do more,” Nicolle Nordman said. “That’s really amazing.” Reshef said all the organizations that worked the tables were very helpful, coming out with a lot of energy despite the freezing temperature and unpredictable weather. Cam Ulmer, fundraising chair for Phi Mu Alpha fraternity, helped sell wristbands at The Rock on Friday. He said he was surprised by how many people bought wristbands to show their support. “I think they gave more because we were sticking it out in the cold,” he said. “It was below zero most of the day.” Ulmer said after the sale, the brothers decided to donate the money from the chili sale at their annual Super Bowl party to Nordman. He said not many brothers are close with Nordman, but all are eager to support her. The event raised close to $500. “Even if we don’t know her, she is a fellow Northwestern student in our community,” he said. “We still felt like we could help out in any way.” Almost all the student theater groups that comprise the Student Theatre Coalition have or will hold fundraisers at their recent and upcoming shows, according to Jeff Sachs, Lovers & Madmen president and StuCo board member. Sachs said in addition to sending around collection tins during shows, many of the groups have come up with other fundraising ideas. Lovers & Madmen’s most recent production, Midnight’s Dream, raised $788 for Nordman. The play,, set obtaining a bachelor’s degree, saying those who do are more likely to vote, volunteer and make healthier choices. He also spoke in favor of funding the humanities, despite the fact that the careers stemming from these majors may be less lucrative than those related to science, technology, engineering and mathematics. “We might be rich (if we only focused on funding STEM majors), but would it really be life worth living without literature and all that?” Schapiro asked. John Ross, director of business development at Affiliated Engineers, an engineering design firm working on some campus construction, attended the speech. He said Schapiro helped him realize that

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allymutnick@u.northwestern.edu sending his daughters to college does not have to be so financially daunting. “He took assuage to some of my fear of my two young daughters going to higher education institutions,” he said. Dan Valliere, executive director of Chicago Commons, which helps foster self-sufficiency in disadvantaged neighborhoods, said he enjoyed Schapiro’s analysis of higher education’s value. “He’s framing education as an investment,” Valliere said. “He’s showing the complexity, and I think that’s key.” jilliansandler2014@u.northwestern.edu

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We’re not looking for kids who are going to barely graduate and stay eligible. That’s not who we are. — Pat Fitzgerald, football coach

Thursday, February 7, 2013

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Fitz wary of recruiting evolution Football

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SIGN ME UP COACH Northwestern football coach Pat Fitzgerald sits down for his signing day press conference. Fitzgerald spoke at length about his dissatisfaction with the future of recruiting in college football.

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Life as a football coach used to be simple. But just as college football offenses evolved from three yards and a cloud of dust to spread, pistol, wildcat, air-itout offenses, college football recruiting has expanded from a simple process to a high-stakes game of national intrigue, with recruiting websites and social media further complicating the process. At Northwestern’s national signing day press conference in Chicago on Wednesday, head coach Pat Fitzgerald fielded questions on the team’s newest

players, but he also spoke for a considerable time about his personal issues with the way recruiting works. Fitzgerald likened the current situation to a reversed system of dating. In Fitzgerald’s world, schools offer recruits scholarships — marriage proposals — before learning more about each prospect through series of visits and phone calls — or dating. “We offer scholarships before we’ve ever got to know them,” Fitzgerald said. “It’s socially awkward. It’s really kind of backwards, I’d like to see it flipped over. But we got a lot of things to fix in the NCAA before we fix that.” Fitzgerald, who pointed out even “email is dead,” previously spoke out

against the NCAA allowing assistant coaches unlimited contact with recruits as young as sophomores. But recent NCAA legislation will allow exactly such contact, allowing assistant coaches unlimited calls, texts and tweets with recruits. For Fitzgerald, the new legislation is extremely short-sighted. “As a trustee of the AFCA I’m going to do everything I can to override a lot of these NCAA rules that have been passed,” Fitzgerald said. “Those rules were not made with the studentathlete in mind, with the quality of life of our assistant coaches in mind. High school coaches have zero interest in us having earlier access with their student athletes.”

The NU coach was quick to point out the problems with allowing college coaches to contact football players as young as 15 years old, such as inflating the egos of the recruits or leaving no room for assistant coaches to lead normal lives as increased competition demands they spend more time schmoozing young players. Fitzgerald joked that the school should “open up a call center” if the new rules remain in play, while also concluding that it would cost programs millions to keep up with one another, creating budget problems for the other 18 varsity sports at NU. “Sure, I’d love to talk to a 12-yearold,” Fitzgerald said of contacting young recruits. “(But) I’d rather talk to my 4-year-old son.” The coach recommended that the NCAA revert back to rules that allowed college coaches to only speak to players during their senior year of high school, similar to how the NFL can not have contact with any college players who are juniors or younger. Even with the new rules, the Wildcats refuse to change their recruiting standards. Any player verbally committed to NU who visits another school will have their scholarship offer taken away. And even with the rising profile of the football program, Fitzgerald insists that athletics will always remain the top priority under his watch. “It’s going to always start with the way a kid demonstrates a positive attitude,” Fitzgerald said. “Academically, we need to believe that they’re going to come here and be incredibly successful. We’re not looking for kids who are going to barely graduate and stay eligible. That’s not who we are.” rohannadkarni2015@u.northwestern.edu

Men’s Tennis

Wildcats ride hot streak to high rank By ABBEY CHASE

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The last time Northwestern was ranked No. 33, Facebook was one month old and Roger Federer held two major titles. A snappy start to the season has put the Wildcats at their highest ranking in nine years. With only one loss so far coming from No. 9 Duke, NU has more than proven itself to be an unyielding opponent. But the No. 34 Cats’ early success this year has not come out of nowhere. NU saw its best season in three years during 2012, when the team went 7-4 in Big Ten play and qualified for the NCAA tournament for the first time since 2009. With their non-conference season now fully underway, the Cats have simply picked up where they left off last May. “This year and last year, I’ve been a lot more confident just playing my game,” said senior Sidarth Balaji, who holds a 10-2 singles record. “Being confident has allowed me to play within myself and be more aggressive on my shots. I felt like I’ve been able to play more of a complete match and not have as many losses in the three sets.” Tenacity in three-set matches has already paid off significantly for NU in the first part of the season. In their nine dual matches so far, the Cats have won 75 percent of their singles matches when pushed to a deciding set. But the Cats’ success in doubles has been key to giving them the advantage when they take to the singles court.

During last year’s season, NU won nearly 60 percent of its doubles matches in Big Ten play. In their 26 dual matches, the Cats won the doubles point 15 times and went on to win the match 13 of those times. They were only able to win twice without winning on the doubles court, taking out Minnesota 4-3 and Purdue 5-2. A more aggressive game plan in return games has helped put NU in a winning position. “We are not giving too many return games away where the opponent gets a free game or don’t have to work,” coach Arvid Swan said. “If you can make them work and struggle through each service game, it applies a lot of pressure to them, especially as the match proceeds towards the end.” And this year has been no different. An 8-1 record perfectly mirrors NU’s 8-1 doubles tally. “We’re bringing a lot of energy right off the bat,” sophomore Alex Pasareanu said. “We’re getting on top early, we’re really right in their face and we’ve really focused on staying positive. I think they’ve been a little bit startled by it.” A busy weekend for the Cats begins on Friday with No. 40 Vanderbilt, a team that narrowly defeated the Cats 4-3 last year in Nashville, Tenn. NU will next face Harvard in the first of two matches on Saturday in the Cats’ third double-header of the season. Last week’s rankings placed Harvard at No. 27 but a loss to then-unranked Old Dominion at home caused the Crimson to suffer a 20-spot free-fall in the new ITA

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COMING IN HOT Senior Sidarth Balaji serves during a recent home match in Evanston. The Wildcats have earned their highest rank as a team in nine years this season, losing only once to No. 9 Duke.

rankings released Tuesday. With a 5-1 lifetime record against Harvard, NU will have the edge going into the match but against a team that is much tougher than the rankings indicate. The Cats will close out the weekend against unranked Valparaiso Saturday night, a team NU has never faced before. “It’s just the progress that we’ve made from match to match that’s been good,” Swan said. “We still

No. 40 Vanderbilt vs. No. 34 Northwestern Evanston, Ill. 3 p.m. Friday

have a long way to go and so many good teams left to play so we need to continue to make progress and give ourselves a chance to succeed in these upcoming tough matches.” abigailchase2015@u.northwestern.edu

Some teams left out JOSH WALFISH DAILY SPORTS

The Wildcats are returning to Wrigley Field. Northwestern has teamed up with the Chicago Cubs to bring more than just its football team to the Friendly Confines over the next five years. It all starts on April 20, when the Cats host Michigan for some baseball at Wrigley. The following spring, lacrosse will take the field against Notre Dame, and more sports are set to join the party shortly. As exciting as it may be for NU to return to the North Side, two major programs will not benefit from this partnership. In fact, these are the same two teams that don’t reap any rewards from the $220 million athletic facility on the shores of Lake Michigan that was announced in September. Those two squads are, of course, men’s and women’s basketball. This is not to say athletic director Jim Phillips should not have made these two deals. Both were very smart for the athletic department as a whole and should bring NU a lot of publicity, which equals added revenue. However, these deals do very little to improve the situation of two programs on the cusp of the NCAA Tournament. Phillips has said numerous times that football is the engine driving the boat. And although that’s undoubtedly true, basketball is the gas pedal of said boat. As fast as the boat goes with football-related revenues, it only goes faster with revenue from basketball. Football can bring in a lot of revenue, but basketball also brings in a lot of money, especially if the team continues to improve and play in the postseason. Phillips told me last quarter that basketball facilities are on the radar, but the athletic department has to spread out its investment. I commend this approach, but it is also what is holding the basketball programs back. As much as coach Bill Carmody has been maligned for not being able to steer the Cats into the NCAA Tournament, he has done an incredible job given the facilities his players have to work with. Welsh-Ryan Arena is probably one of the worst in the country among the schools in BCS conferences. The fieldhouse in the back is nice, but it leaves much to be desired. Facilities are obviously not the only thing that matters; otherwise Nebraska would be a basketball powerhouse with their new facilities. However, it can be the difference between good teams and great teams. By the time the new lakeside facility is complete, 15 of the 19 varsity sports will have had their practice or game areas upgraded since 2000. The four sports left out are fencing, volleyball and both basketball programs. We can talk about the fencing facilities, but they don’t have enough home duals for NU to spend valuable resources upgrading Patten Gymnasium for them. On the other hand, basketball is the second-most popular college sport behind football. Fans obsess over the latest basketball recruits not the latest tennis, fencing or soccer recruits. Recruits will love the new facility and will relish the opportunity to play in such a historic venue as Wrigley Field. However, these deals forget a major revenue source for the athletic department — the basketball programs. joshuawalfish2014@u.northwestern.edu