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Buildings flooded as storm soaks NU, city

By JEANNE KUANG and MANUEL RAPADA the daily northwestern @jeannekuang and @manuelrapada

An overnight downpour dumped more than four inches of rain Thursday, flooding dozens of Northwestern buildings and Evanston streets.

Students at 15 residential halls and 10 sorority houses woke up to find water in their ground floors or basements, University spokesman Al Cubbage said. An unspecified number of academic buildings also experienced flooding or water seepage.

No residents needed to be moved, and Cubbage said no classes were relocated due to the storm.

The Sports Pavilion and Aquatics Center as well as Willard dining hall were shut down Thursday due to basement flooding. Passengers on the Intercampus Shuttle were told to expect 45-minute delays.

Beyond Northwestern, public works crews were working to address flooding in basements, streets and alleys across Evanston.

As of 11:30 a.m. Thursday, crews received more than 80 complaints of basement flooding and at least 50 more on street and alley flooding, utilities director Dave Stoneback said in a conference call. The incidents were scattered around Evanston, he said.

Updated statistics were not available Thursday night.

Water pressure in the sewers knocked Central Street manhole covers out of place earlier in the morning, and Commonwealth Edison workers also responded to morning power outages

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RAIN, RAIN, GO AWAY A Northwestern maintenance worker drains the massive puddle in front of Swift Hall on Thursday. Heavy rains flooded multiple facilities and residences on campus. Evanston residents also saw power outages caused by the 4-inch overnight downpour.

caused by lightning strikes.

A west Evanston outage near the intersection of Crawford Avenue and Simpson Street affecting 11 customers is scheduled to be resolved by 5 a.m. Friday.

After the heavy rainfall, crews were still responding to storm-related issues well into the afternoon.

A 6-foot diameter portion of pavement near the Evanston-Chicago border

collapsed under a furniture truck.

The hole developed at about 2 p.m. near the intersection of Dobson Street and Custer Avenue, fire division chief Dwight Hohl said.

The seasonal rains likely caused the pavement to collapse, exposing an empty space under the asphalt, he said. City workers poured gravel into the hole to support and remove the truck, which was

ETHS, D65 ‘farming to school’

By OLIVER ORTEGA

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The local food movement has made its way to Evanston schools, where student-run gardens and a new “farm to school” program initiated in March are making lunchtime more nutritious and hands-on.

Fresh fruit, vegetables, cheese, wheat and other ingredients are delivered to Evanston cafeterias from regional farms as part of a program piloted at Evanston Township High School and all the schools in Evanston/Skokie School District 65, said Jordan Ryan, D65’s food services coordinator. Students are also doing their own farming in school gardens, harvesting produce they might eat later for lunch.

The innovative “farm to school” initiative was noticed by school food officials at the U.S. Department of Agriculture. A USDA administrator toured ETHS and Dewey Elementary School, 1551 Wesley Ave., last week as part of a nationwide search for creative ideas to get students to eat healthier foods.

ETHS and D65 schools get most of their locally-sourced produce from a food hub in Wisconsin, Ryan said. Food hubs are facilities through which local and regional farmers can sell and distribute their food.

Evanston resident Linda Mallers uses her company, FarmLogix, to connect ETHS and other local schools to

towed away.

Thursday’s storms not only put outdoor city employees to work but also staffers managing the city’s 311 service.

The service received more than twice as many calls by 11:30 a.m. Thursday than it usually gets in a 12-hour weekday, said Erika Storlie, the city’s citizen engagement manager.

Back on campus, Cubbage said

regional farmers. But the majority of the food in school meals still comes from national corporations, Ryan said.

“Buying locally sourced food keeps the traceability chain in what we buy, ensures more sanitation and eliminates the need to have multiple vendors or several farmers, in addition to helping farmers because they can take their products to one spot,” Ryan said.

School districts across the nation are opting for locally-sourced ingredients more than ever before. The National Farm to School Network, a group that links schools with local farmers and is funded by government grants, has grown from just a handful of programs

Serving the University and Evanston since 1881

when it first started in the late 1990s to working with about 13,000 schools in all 50 states.

Mary Stein, the group’s associate director, attributes the program’s success to the increasing attention paid to childhood obesity, as well as a growing interest in local food.

“Child nutrition and addressing the obesity epidemic is an incredibly important topic,” she said. “There’s an increasing consumer interest across the country about really reconnecting to where your food comes from.”

Evanston students are also rolling » See FARM, page 7

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ASG Election

By JUNNIE KWON

EAT YOUR VEGGIES Some Evanston Township High School students farm their own food at the Edible Acre community garden across the street from the school, which last year produced 2,000 pounds of produce.

University facilities management had no estimate of when water removal requests would be completed.

“On the whole we’re in pretty good shape,” Cubbage said.

Evanston wrapped up election season last week, but Associated Student Government elections were just getting underway at Northwestern.

And after about two weeks of tense debates — but less chalking than usual — the four tickets running for ASG president and executive vice president prepared their final campaign strategies Thursday before the online voting form opened midnight Friday.

Voters can submit their choices online until 5 p.m. Friday Although two of the four candidates declined to discuss election day strategy specifics, each ticket said their teams were prepared to blast social media and listservs to get out the vote.

Presidential candidate David Harris said his team felt confident going into the crucial day.

“It’ll be an extremely exhilarating period of hours,” the SESP junior said.

“The single most important element to this election is ensuring that every student possible votes.”

Harris and his competitors SESP

junior Benison Choi and Weinberg junior Ani Ajith said they rallied their teams individually Thursday night to thank their supporters and reflect on their team performance.

“We’re just celebrating,” Choi said.

“Tomorrow we’re going to go out there and show some love.”

In addition to using social media, Choi said his supporters are dispersing cutouts and manning the streets to promote his campaign. Although Ajith and Harris said their election day strategies were private, they were nothing out of the ordinary.

“We’re not doing too many lastminute things,” Ajith said. “That’s the good thing about having an excellent campaign team and supporters from all over campus and relationships extending back months and years.”

Taking an underground approach, presidential candidate Aaron Zelikovich said his plans set his campaign apart from others because of their primary focus on word of mouth.

“We’re sticking to what we’ve been doing for our entire campaign,” the Weinberg junior said. “Our main (strategy) is the face-to-face interaction.” » See ELECTION, page 7

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City to remove 400 infected ash trees

By JOSH SOLOMON

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Evanston forestry workers will cut down hundreds of trees this spring and summer, most of them ash trees infested with an exotic Asian beetle.

City officials last week released a list of 424 trees to be cut down, about 400 of which are ash trees infested with the emerald ash borer. Trees located on private property are not on the list, and property owners with infested trees will receive a letter requesting the tree be taken down per city ordinance.

Emerald ash borers burrow into ash tree trunks and lay their eggs, producing larvae that eat inner bark. This hinders a tree’s ability to transport water and nutrients, ultimately killing it. Infested trees left standing could fall, posing a safety risk to residents and vehicles. Cutting down infested trees also serves as a preventative measure to keep the beetles from spreading to healthy ash trees.

“If the ash trees infested with emerald ash borers are left standing, the larvae will pupate, hatch and the next generation of beetles will spread throughout the community,” said Mark Younger, Evanston’s

municipal arborist.

Younger said the beetles were found infecting Evanston ash trees in 2006. Treatments to get rid of the beetles have been developed, but none have yet proven to be significantly effective, he said.

As a result, Evanston adopted the policy of removing ash trees and replacing them with a variety of suitable species, Younger said.

Wendy Pollock, an organizer of Evanston TreeKeepers, a group that supports local tree preservation, said while it is “heartbreaking” to cut down trees, she recognizes that invasive species are a real threat to trees all over the country and she only expects the problem to get worse.

In fact, Younger said he expects ash tree removals to continue for two more years.

Up until the 1990s, the city’s horticulture plan called for planting a single species of tree on each block. On blocks where the ash tree was the selected species, many trees have been removed as the beetles invaded them with ease, leaving the blocks’ appearances looking stark.

In the last two decades, Evanston has adopted a policy of tree diversification. When forestry workers remove infested ash trees, different species are planted in their places. This makes it harder for

Police Blotter Evanston man seen in stolen vehicle arrested by police

An Evanston man was arrested Sunday night after police saw him in a stolen car on Emerson Street.

Several people were in the car when officers ran the license plate numbers, after which they learned the car had been reported stolen out of Chicago, Evanston Police Cmdr. Jay Parrott said. The car was in a mechanic’s shop when it was taken, Parrott said.

The man was arrested at about 10 p.m. near 2125 Emerson St. The man, 22, was charged with trespassing in the vehicle. The Cook County State’s Attorney did not approve charges of possession of a stolen motor vehicle, Parrott said. The man is scheduled to appear in court May 31.

Chicago man caught allegedly stealing gloves, knife from Target

A Chicago man reportedly tried to steal gardening gloves and a utility knife from Target in south Evanston last week.

A loss prevention officer at Target, 2209 W. Howard St., observed the man taking the gloves and the knife, valued at about $40, and concealing them on his person, Parrott said.

The employee recovered the items and called police. Target declined to prosecute the man, Parrott said, although the man is no longer allowed on Target’s premises.

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invasive species like emerald ash borers to attack large populations of trees.

Once a tree is removed there is a two-year wait period before a new one is planted to replace it. The delay is due to the removal of more trees than workers can replace on an annual basis. The Forestry Division has applied for two grants this year to help supplement the budget for tree planting. joshuasolomon2014@u.northwestern.edu

Setting the record straight In “Students plan vigil for victims of Boston attack,” which appeared in Thursday’s print edition, the time of the vigil was misstated. It is scheduled for 8 p.m. Monday. The story also mischaracterized Associated Student Government Senate procedure. The legislation was moved from old business to new business so it could be passed. The Daily regrets these errors.

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NU optimistic as online course registration looms

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Although Northwestern is set to launch its first for-credit online platform for students this fall, exactly how the classes will fit into the undergraduate academic experience remains to be seen. “We don’t really know how appealing these courses will be,� said Mary Finn, Weinberg’s associate dean for undergraduate academic affairs. “It’s a big unknown who will want to take them and why they want to take them.�

NU students will soon be able to register for Semester Online, a platform NU formed with seven other universities. Of the dozen listed courses, one integrated marketing communications class will be offered through NU. Students will register for the courses through 2U, Semester

Online’s virtual classroom provider.

Students must apply for the program and prove their good academic standing, Finn said. The same rules for class overload will still apply and tuition will be the same as it is for regular NU classes, she said. The courses will be considered electives, and those offered by other universities will count as transfer credits.

The 15-week pilot courses, which include subjects like history, business and political science, will operate on a semester schedule, running Aug. 26 through Dec. 9.

Ten universities were originally involved with Semester Online when NU joined the consortium in November, but that number is now down to eight. Finn said the consortium is “totally in flux� due to contracts and ongoing negotiations.

Medill Prof. Candy Lee will teach the IMC introductory class. Each week, her students will complete readings, individual activities and videos

on their own. An hour and 10 minutes will also be devoted to face-to-face interaction through video chat.

Lee said online education can be effective if structured correctly. “There’s an opportunity to explain items so that students can absorb them at their own pace and can replay or go ahead and find additional material so that it works well for variated styles in the classroom,� Lee said.

However, not all students are as interested in the online format. “I’d prefer to be in the classroom setting,� Weinberg senior Gina Chang said. “I wouldn’t want to be at home watching videos all day.�

Although NU currently offers some online courses to graduate students, next year will mark the first time NU undergraduate students will be able to count these types of courses toward their degrees.

University President Morton Schapiro told The Daily on Wednesday that NU’s more cautious approach to online education will provide students with stronger curriculum. “The ones who were the first movers made tremendous mistakes,� Schapiro said. “They threw away unbelievable amounts, millions of dollars, for nothing. I don’t think this is an area where you want to be first.�

Although Lee has worked with online courses at the graduate level, she is unsure of how the classes will play out for undergraduates. “The faculty and the administration see this as an opportunity to learn so that future developments will be able to take advantage of what everyone learns from these initial forays,� Lee said. “There isn’t a cut-and-dried road map already planned out for the future.� laurencaruba2015@u.northwestern.edu

New orientation programs highlight campus safety

By AMY WHYTE

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A new Essential NU that focuses on campus safety will be part of a handful of changes to Wildcat Welcome coming this fall.

In addition to the Mental Health ENU that was announced in January, new students will attend orientation programming that focuses on campus safety. Patricia Hilkert, director of New Student and Family Programs, said the program is being developed in coordination with University Police.

The ENU is intended to familiarize new students with the safety resources and services available to them on campus.

Previously, the responsibility for educating

new students about campus safety was left to Residential Life, but Hilkert said she thought it was important to implement an education program as part of Wildcat Welcome. “In light of all the crazy things happening in the world in general as well as in Evanston, I think it’s important that students feel secure and safe, that parents feel secure and safe and that everybody’s aware of what resources are there to support them,� Hilkert said.

While the presentation itself is still in the works, Hilkert said topics will include dorm safety and making students aware of safe ways to travel alone at night, such as SafeRide.

UP Chief Bruce Lewis said the new ENU is a needed addition to orientation programming. “We need all of our incoming students to understand that you’re living in the first

suburb north of one of the largest cities in the United States and that crime does happen and that you have to play a role in your own personal protection,� Lewis said.

Another new component of Wildcat Welcome is the Family Ambassador program.

Family ambassadors will be responsible for assisting with move-in and answering parents’ questions, as well as informing them about and leading them to parent orientation events.

About 25 students will be selected for these new positions, and they will be required to return to campus a day before move-in starts to attend training.

Weinberg junior Emily Weiss, a returning PA, said she thought the new position will take a lot of the pressure off of PAs, especially on move-in day. “It can be really stressful to have to answer

parent questions while trying to move students in quickly,� Weiss said. “It’s a huge help to know there will be other people who are around for that purpose.�

Hilkert said these new ambassador positions will be primarily filled by students who applied to be peer advisors but were ultimately rejected. “We’re looking at kind of who were the next people in line who would have gotten positions had we had more positions available and extending the offer to those students to see if they’re interested in doing it,� Hilkert said. “Parents should be escorted around, they should get their questions answered, just as much as our new students do with their peer advisors — this new role will help with that.� amywhyte2015@u.northwestern.edu

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Letter to the Editor

David and Jo: Join us to take Northwestern to the next level

Twelve days ago, we stood on the third floor of the McCormick Tribune Center among more than 100 students and counted down to midnight. As we looked around the room, we were inspired. The students in attendance, very few of whom had prior interaction with ASG, were there because they care about Northwestern — and about making it better.

We love Northwestern. But complacency is the enemy to progress. We believe in earnest that we must graduate from a stronger University than we entered. Moreover, we possess the unapologetic idealism guiding our belief that students, as the University’s most important constituency, must play integrally in directing our campus trajectory.

Our campaign made a bold bet. As we examined past campaigns, we recognized that the dominant strategy was to generate endorsements from Northwestern’s “elite.� This felt wrong — you don’t have to be a club president or co-chair to matter to this campus and to want a voice in change.

The bet has paid off. We have generated more than 200 endorsements from a broad swath of students. Many have impressive titles, but the most important one is “Wildcat.�

Each of these students, along with our team of more than 150 volunteers and the nearly 500 students who responded to our survey, built our platform and our vision. We detail proposals that are feasible and actionable, and bold for the long-term. We will deliver results for students during our term in office, and we will lay the groundwork so that Northwestern moves forward far beyond our graduation.

The leadership experience we have gained both in and out of ASG ensures we can fulfill our promises. We have the unique advantage of ASG executive experience under three administrations — and we have delivered real results to students. We also have led outside of ASG — founding Project Cookie, leading InNUvation, serving on Dance Marathon Exec and more. We know ASG inside — and out.

We know that real results come from data and big ideas with student support. We know that saying we need to “reevaluate� and “assess� problems is not enough. We need action plans.

And we have them.

We are running for ASG president and vice president because we love Northwestern, and we believe it can be better. We urge you to visit our website, joindavidandjo.com, watch our videos, read our platform, and connect with our supporters. Engage with the issues — we value this process as much as your vote.

We hope our collaborative vision is one you believe in, and we hope we have earned your vote.

Go ‘Cats!

David Harris and Jo Lee, candidates for Associated Student Government president and executive vice president

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It’s OK to unplug from social networks ARABELLA WATTERS

DAILY COLUMNIST @BELLAWATTERS

I, like most people I know, am terribly attached to my phone. I’m at the point of integration with the thing where it hardly ever leaves my hand or the back pocket of my jeans. Now, this wasn’t so much the case until October when I made the cataclysmic switch from Blackberry (it also represented a switch away from the constant jokes about how I was living in the wrong decade) to iPhone and all of my social media made the switch with me. It’s ironic because the term for people’s dependence on their Blackberrys used to be to endearingly calling them Crackberries, but I find that my iPhone — or more accurately, the Facebook app on my iPhone — is entirely more addicting than those clicking keys ever were.

It’s been my practice for my last two years at Northwestern — and I get mocked mercilessly for this — to find solace in detoxing from my cell phone for the first few days once we start a break. Here at school, we are so constantly connected that my brain never really seems to get the chance to turn off.

Inundated continuously with updates, witticism, photographs (how many different angles can you photograph the Baha’i Temple from?

That’s what I really want to know) keeps us ahead of the game, but maybe too far ahead.

I’m at the point where I resent my inability to focus on anything for longer than two minutes.

The siren song of Facebook, Twitter, Instagram or whatever else I’m currently tempting myself with is nearly impossible to block out. That’s why I like to turn off my phone for a couple of days. There’s this quiet kind of peace that settles when I’m not looking, persistently searching for the next dopamine boost of that brand new notification. That little red bubble screaming about likes or comments is so elusive and gives us so much, yet nothing really at all, and that dichotomy is exactly why, as the digital native I am, I still like to turn it all off once in a while.

Having a conversation without looking down at my cell phone every five seconds is refreshing. I would be belaboring a point in saying that I think we’re missing out on some elements

of authentic human connection by being so attached to social media, but I can’t help but think about it anyway.

However, with the rise of social networking — especially Facebook, which seems to want to be everything to everyone — it’s getting harder and harder to pull myself away, begging the question: Are we going to reach a saturation point of digital media, where there is no possibility to pull away?

When Facebook Home was released last week, my first thought was that there really would be no escaping now, quickly followed up by the awe of what a coup the social media juggernaut was really achieving. It’s also really time consuming, and I don’t want to write vulgarities in the pages of The Daily, so I’ll just stick with “darn you� to Google and its entire Android operating system.

There were rumors of a “Facebook phone� earlier this year, but nobody really anticipated that Facebook would essentially just create its own operating system. In principle, Facebook Home is genius: Facebook wants to integrate itself into all aspects of our lives, and what better way than to make itself literally unavoidable on all interfaces of our phones.

There’s just one little problem: I think that there is a whole host of people, even young people like myself, who want

to hold onto what little bit of autonomy they still possess in regards to our ability to escape from social media. Yes, Facebook Home is convenient, fast, extremely innovative and undoubtedly on the forefront of a new wave of integrative tech, but it doesn’t mean that it’s what I want. More and more, I’m yearning for that peaceful feeling of just letting go — maybe at the ripe age of 20, I’m getting old, but I sort of just want a little bit of peace and quiet.

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 opinion@ dailynorthwestern.com.

CBS should address Augusta history MEREDITH GOODMAN

DAILY COLUMNIST @MERBEAR_77

I am not a huge fan of golf. I never understood why there was an entire channel dedicated to it, and I was always terrible at putt-putt (I do, however, enjoy the occasional Arnold Palmer drink).

I never paid attention to golf until last sumYou can bet mer, when the first women were that after this announcement finally admitted into the elite Augusta I, along with National Golf Club, many women, where the Masters viewed golf in are held. Former of State a different light Secretary Condoleezza Rice and questioned and businesswoman and financier Darla some of the Moore were invited history of to become memAugusta. bers at the famed golf course on August 20, 2012. To clarify, women could previously play at Augusta if invited by a male member, but they had not been allowed to become members themselves.

You can bet that after this announcement I, along with many women, viewed golf in a different light and questioned some of the history of Augusta. So did Bob Costas , a renowned NBC sports commentator who criticized CBS, the network that has televised the Masters for more than 50 years,

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for ignoring “Augusta’s history of racism and sexism.�

During an interview on ESPN’s “Dan Patrick Show,â€? Costas denounced CBS commentators for never “alluding to ‌ never acknowledgingâ€? Augusta’s history, “even when people were protesting just outside the grounds.â€? Costas is known for sometimes stating controversial opinions on air.

He spoke out for gun control during the halftime of the Kansas City Chiefs game after one of their players, Jovan Belcher, murdered his wife and committed suicide.

But personally, I think that Costas’ statement, which I would not classify as a rant or “ripping� on CBS, should be taken into consideration by major TV networks.

Controversial histories of sports can be discussed on air, with careful timing and consideration, and lead to productive discussions.

The 2012 London Olympics marked the 40th anniversary of the Munich massacre, an event in which the Palestinian terrorist group Black September took hostage and eventually killed 11 Israeli Olympians.

Throughout the summer of 2012, there was a fair share of controversy as to whether or not the International Olympic Committee would recognize the massacre during its opening ceremonies.

As I sat down to watch the hours-long opening ceremony, I wondered whether NBC commentators, who held exclusive broadcasting rights to the Olympics, would mention the massacre. I honestly wasn’t expecting even a passing mention because of the reluctance of honor for the Israeli athletes during the ceremony on the part of the IOC, who had not even allotted a moment of silence for a proper memorial.

Yet Costas, NBC’s lead sports anchor for the London Olympics, promised to honor the Munich victims with a moment of silence and an on-air mention. And he fulfilled his promise by calling out the IOC and its President Jacques Rogge and pausing for 12 seconds (an eternity in television) for a moment of silence.

All in all, Costas proceeded quite tastefully with his planned remarks. What could have been a disastrous Kanye West style broadcast interruption was done quite gracefully. It was a “planned act of defiance� that NBC knew about but still went along with, and everything went according to plan.

Yet, is there really such thing as a “planned act of defiance�? Costas’ plan went public to the Internet to the point where NBC officials must have known.

They had the chance to replace Costas or quickly cut to a commercial break when Israel entered the ceremony. By keeping Costas on the air, NBC implicitly allowed their lead anchor to speak out about sports controversies over the air.

Unless Costas switches networks or NBC gains the television rights for the Masters, he will not provide commentary during the event. But I encourage all commentators to follow Costas’ example and inform us about historical controversies in sporting events. We all have something to learn from these histories, and we can be more informed viewers if commentators take a chance and speak out.

Meredith Goodman is a Weinberg sophomore. She can be reached at meredithgoodman2015@u.northwestern.edu. If you would like to respond to this letter, send a Letter to the Editor to opinion@dailynorthwestern.

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When Northwestern students typically have an issue, most usually don’t consult the Dean of Students’ office for guidance.

That perception is something Todd Adams, NU’s new dean of students, is looking to change.

Adams and other members of his office are working to revive Student Assistance and Support Services, which aims to promote well-being and connect students with vital campus resources.

The program is already defined as part of the office’s responsibilities but has been underutilized, Adams said. Since the office was restructured at the end of Fall Quarter, the office has increasingly been helping students with academic concerns, mental health issues and personal problems. “There are hundreds of students that we’re

working with already, so it’s not an altogether small project,� Adams said. “This is an area that will end up touching a good number of the student body.�

Mona Dugo, assistant dean of students, said she spends her days coordinating students with campus resources, adding that the priority is to give students personalized services that best fit their individual needs. “Sometimes students are really paralyzed or stuck when they’re feeling distressed, and they don’t know how to move forward,� said Dugo, who started at NU in late December. “It’s my job to help them move forward and find a plan that works for them.�

Dugo said she wants students to see the office as a source of assistance rather than somewhere they only go when they are in trouble.

The work on SASS is part of a broader attempt to redefine the role of the Dean of Students Office and make it a centralized source of support for students. The goal is to bring more coordination

to the multitude of resources on campus, Adams said.

To accomplish this, Adams is working with Associated Student Government in developing the website one.northwestern.edu, a comprehensive guide to wellness and health services. Alex Van Atta, outgoing student life vice president, said it is currently difficult for students to access NU’s services. “Right now the system is very hard to navigate, especially in a time of need when a student is trying to find a vital resource,� the McCormick junior said. “They shouldn’t be searching all over the place to find what they need.�

The website will connect students with oncall deans, academic advising, disabilities services and crisis response. The site will also make it easier for students to remotely schedule an appointment with Counseling and Psychological Services, Van Atta said.

Adams’ improvements to the University’s resource coordination will also feed into crisis

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Northwestern, battling for tournament position, faces off with Purdue, IU

The Wildcats could be in unfamiliar territory come Sunday.

Northwestern may battle for the No. 3 seed instead of one of the top-2 seeds as the team travels to Purdue on Friday before hosting Indiana in Sundayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s regular season finale. The Cats have been either the No. 1 or the No. 2 seed every year since 1998.

Michigan and Nebraska currently are one game ahead of NU in the Big Ten standings and both play opponents with losing records in conference this weekend. Meanwhile, the Cats will have to fend off the Boilermakers, who are tied with the Cats with a 7-2 record in Big Ten play, and the Hoosiers, who sit in fifth place at 6-3.

The weekend will be important for NU as it looks to ride some momentum into next weekendâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Big Ten Tournament in Bloomington, Ind. The Cats will need to get a strong start against the Hoosiers and Boilermakers at doubles, which has been an issue in the teamâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s losses this year. The Cats have lost the match after winning the doubles point twice this season but have won only one match after dropping the opening point this season.

The Cats have gotten stellar singles play this season from senior Linda Abu Mushrefova, who is a perfect 9-0 in Big Ten matches and holds a 19-9 record overall.On the doubles side, freshman Alicia Barnett and junior Veronica Corning have been on a roll as a team, winning seven straight matches and nine of the duoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s last 10 matches as a pair.

NU and Purdue met earlier this season in Evanston in the opening rounds of the ITA Team Indoors, and the Cats prevailed 4-2 to secure a spot in the main draw. NU dropped the doubles point but took four of the five singles matches that were completed to secure the victory.

The win marked a measure of revenge, after the Boilermakers upset the Cats in last seasonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Big Ten Tournament, ending NUâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 13-year run as tournament champions. â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Josh Walfish

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Looking back, Zelikovich said he will always remember the four promotional videos his campaign team created. His team hosted a pre-election competition for the video with the most views. The videos received almost 6,000 views in total.

For Harris, the most memorable moment was when the clock struck midnight April 8, signaling the beginning of the race. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Sharing this excitement of building and launching this vision we worked so hard to create was an amazing, amazing high,â&#x20AC;? Harris said.

Ajith said a debate hosted Thursday by the Coalition of Colors was a â&#x20AC;&#x153;high mark.â&#x20AC;? He said this was largely because of the comfortable space created by attendants, who were more diverse than the previous debates dominated by ASG senators. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I told the story of my sister and talked about how my personal stake in this campaign and working for the community was to make this place suitable for my sister and anyone to follow,â&#x20AC;? he said.

Choi said the highlight of his experience was witnessing studentsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; passion for NU. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a nice culmination of the last three years that Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve had to celebrate and really give my all to the school I love,â&#x20AC;? he said.

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Last year, they harvested about 2,000 pounds of produce from the garden, which was opened four years ago. Most D65 schools also have gardens, said Claire Alden of the Evanston Ecology Center. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It gives students a better understanding of sustainability gardening, harvesting and eating,â&#x20AC;? Alden said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Kids actually eat (these vegetables).â&#x20AC;?

Elliot Frolichstein-Appel, a parent with children at ETHS and Dawes Elementary School, said he thinks these initiatives lead students to think more about nutrition and health. Sometimes his children get so enthusiastic about growing their own food, they fight over the vegetables they bring home, he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The kids come home with recipes and fight over the last bit of kale,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Who would have thought theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d fight over kale?â&#x20AC;? oortega@u.northwestern.edu

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In the past year, Northwestern has racked up more than a few impressive accolades.

The Wildcats won the national championship in May. Senior defender Taylor Thornton won four of women’s lacrosse’s highest honors, four former Wildcats were selected to be a part of the U.S. National Team and the Intercollegiate Women’s Lacrosse Coaches Association named four NU players as members of the first team for the All-West Region. To top it all off, coach Kelly Amonte Hiller was inducted into the U.S. Lacrosse Hall of Fame.

No. 4 NU (13-1, 4-0 ALC) plays No. 3 Florida (15-1, 3-1 ALC) on Saturday — exactly 364 days after their last regular season matchup — and the Cats are out for revenge. The Gators beat the Cats by one goal last year, marking their second victory all-time against NU. “Oh, I have been looking forward to this since last April,” junior defender Kerri Harrington said. “It’s always a very high energy game, it’s going to get super competitive, it’s going to get super gritty – it’s a marquee game.”

The ALC foes have a storied rivalry; the Gators lead the all-time series with the Cats 3-2, despite graduating their first-ever recruiting class at the end of this season.

Florida was also the first team to take the ALC Championship title from NU, who won the title from 2007 to 2011.

Now, the Cats travel to Gainesville, Fla., with an 11-game winning streak on the line to contend with the Gators and their prolific offense, which boasts the third-ranked scoring offense in the nation and six players with at least 20 goals, three of whom have at least 35 goals.

Offensive statistics aside, Amonte Hiller said the Gators are more well-

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Wrigley Field.

“I might mention that to him,” the younger Farrell said. “I’ve been fortunate enough to hang out in a number of different clubhouses and spend time on a number of different fields. (But) I’m certainly not used to it. Every time you go to a new park, it’s certainly special.”

Amid the excitement of the venue, NU has a game to play. A week after being swept by Minnesota, the Cats are tied for eighth place in the Big Ten and need strong results in their final 12 conference games to reach the top six and qualify for the Big Ten Tournament.

Michigan has won 10 straight games and is tied with the Golden Gophers for first in the conference, but Stevens says the occasion of playing at Wrigley is not distracting from the task at hand.

“It doesn’t matter who walks out on that field,” the coach said. “We still think they’re a team that we have to go out and compete against.

It doesn’t matter if it’s the World Series champion Chicago Cubs — whatever year that’s going to be, and it’s going to be soon — or the Michigan Wolverines. We’ve got to go out and play.”

The Northwestern offense has been explosive as of late.

The Wildcats put up 54 runs in the past five games and look to channel that potent offense this weekend against Penn State in a vital Big Ten matchup.

One of the most impressive things about NU’s scoring barrage has been the lineup’s ability to put up many runs in an inning regardless of the number of outs or the tally on the scoreboard.

Coach Kate Drohan sees this depth as one of the Cats’ biggest strengths.

“We have a lot of good hitters in a row, great production throughout lineup,” Drohan said. “To see (senior outfielder) Kristin Scharkey and (junior outfielder) Mari Majam getting on base as consistently as they are, is great. I’ve never had leadoffs with as good RBI numbers as they have. That means our eight and nine hitters are getting on.”

Drohan also emphasized the power and skill of their lineup.

“We have four legit three batters in a row,” Drohan said. “They’re strong batters. When you have someone who’s 5-foot-10 in the seven hole and someone who has four home runs in the nine hole, it’s going to make your offense go and allow you to put up some crooked numbers.”

And that’s exactly what the Cats have been doing. NU has continued to have huge innings and pioneer comebacks. The potency of the team’s offense gives its pitchers confidence and takes off a lot of the pressure.

“I always have full confidence when I’m out there because I know that we’re going to hit,” sophomore pitcher Amy Letourneau said. “Let’s get back into the dugout and keep hitting because I know we’re going to score and get ahead, so it’s just get off the field.”

The Cats have done well relying on their strong offense, but their defense and pitching will have to keep up against Penn State this weekend in order for them to find success and improve their Big Ten record.

“We need to step up our defense and pitching, not a problem offensively right now, we can score as many runs as we need no matter how many we give up,” Letourneau said.

Against Northern Illinois on Tuesday, the Cats struggled a bit on the mound, going through three different pitchers. But the three pitchers didn’t commit any errors — an improvement on their recent 8-error weekend against Iowa.

However, the recent win over Northern Illinois is a good note for the Cats heading into Big Ten competition.

Drohan said facing Northern Illinois’ left-handed pitcher will be helpful for NU against Penn State, where the team will expect to face a lefty as well.

Currently, the Cats sit at 22-16 with a 6-5 conference record, good for sixth place in the Big Ten. The Cats haven’t faced a Big Ten opponent on the road since March 22, when they fell twice to Nebraska.

Penn State has a lowly 2-11 record in conference and sits at 11th in the Big Ten.

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SHE’S A BRICK WALL Sophomore goalkeeper Bridget Bianco has looked strong in her first year as the starter.

She has a .497 save percentage this year and has tied her career high of 9 saves several times this season.

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balanced and experienced than the stats sheets indicate.

“They have a lot of veterans ... and they just have a lot of people that have been intact,” Amonte Hiller said. “They know each other, know how each other plays, feed off each other well and they have tremendous athletes. Their coach … is a tremendous coach and a great defensive coach, too, so I would say their team is very well balanced.”

This is also NU’s first game against Florida without former goalkeeper Brianne LoManto starting in goal. Starting sophomore goalkeeper Bridget Bianco will instead helm the Cats’ defense.

Bianco has a .497 save percentage

and tied her career-best with 9 saves against Stanford last time out.

The sophomore is also a crucial figure in the Cats’ signature staunch defense that also depends on Harrington, Thornton and senior Gabriella Flibotte for leadership.

“Bridget makes such clutch saves that I have no doubt in my mind that I can go … pressure way out,” Harrington said. “If I get beat, I have complete confidence that Bridget’s going to shut her down. She makes incredible saves — we joke about it, but she will save the ball with her toe.”

In addition to Bianco’s dependable goaltending, NU’s defense has been firing on all cylinders of late.

The Cats’ defense held No. 8 Penn State to only 10 shots when they met earlier this month, and held No. 9 Duke to 14 shots on Friday.

Flibotte contributes to the defense most notably with ground balls. The senior leads the team with 39 ground balls and has also forced 33 turnovers this season, the fourth-highest total for a single season in program history.

Amonte Hiller said the contest’s proximity to the ALC Championships in May and the fact that the contest is Florida’s senior game will not change NU’s game plan, but she did not deny the game will be a special one.

“Anytime you have a rivalry with a team, you know, it adds more emotion to the game,” Amonte Hiller said.

“They’re obviously a tremendous team, and so it’s a great game. It’s what you play for — the opportunity to play in games like this.” avawallace2015@u.northwestern.edu

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NU-Cubs partnership to kick off Saturday Michigan vs. Northwestern

By ALEX PUTTERMAN

the daily northwestern @AlexPutt02

When Northwestern coach Paul Stevens learned of athletic department plans for his team to play at Wrigley Field, his reaction, he said, was almost cartoonish.

“It was kind of back to a time when cartoons used to have these things that went, ‘WOW!’” he said, practically screaming the last word and accelerating the booming yell through the rest of the sentence.

“And there was a big W-O-W on the screen, and it was all illuminated.”

“That’s kind of what I thought,” he added.

The Wildcats (15-13, 4-8 Big Ten) will play three home games against Michigan (21-14, 7-2 Big Ten) this weekend, including Saturday’s match at Wrigley, the 99-year-old home of the Chicago Cubs.

The series has serious implications for NU’s Big Ten Tournament hopes.

No one seems to view Saturday as just another game.

“It’s definitely a game we’ve had circled on a calendar for a while,” senior first baseman Jack Havey said. “(I) grew up on the North Side, so (I’m) definitely a huge Cubs fan, as hard as that can be at times. So that makes it even more exciting.”

In February, NU and the Cubs announced a pact for Wrigley Field to host several Cats home games in football, baseball and other sports

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Daily file photo by Rohan Nadkarni

PLAY BALL NU will begin its contract with the Cubs on Saturday when the Cats face off against Michigan at Wrigley Field.

through 2017. Saturday’s contest will be the first event of the agreement.

“Wrigley is a phenomenal opportunity.” Stevens said. “What an opportunity for our guys to play in a place that is so special, not only if you’re from this city but if you’re not.

And our guys are extremely excited about having the opportunity to go there and play.”

Playing at Chicago’s most iconic sporting venue reinforces the Cats’ athletic department’s commitment to be “Chicago’s Big Ten Team,” as does the composition of NU’s roster. Of the Cats’ 30 current players, 13 went to high school in Illinois, many of

them in the Chicago suburbs.

“We do feel like we are a big part of Chicago,” Stevens said. “We do feel like we are a big part of this area, that that is something that we have always believed. That we are a part of what Chicago represents.”

The NU starting pitcher who will take the Wrigley mound is not from the Chicago area, but he is no stranger to big league ballparks. Senior Luke Farrell’s father, John, played for three teams in an eight-year major league career and now manages the Boston Red Sox. But when Luke throws his first pitch Saturday, he will have done something John never did: pitch at