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Nonverbal campaigns launch overnight By JOSEPH DIEBOLD, JUNNIE KWON AND CAT ZAKRZEWSKI the daily northwestern @josephdiebold, @junejune423, @cat_zakrzewski
The four tickets for Associated Student Government president and executive vice president officially kicked off their campaigns early Monday morning, gathering for launch parties and publishing websites and social media accounts. The four candidates, who had to gather at least 300 signatures by 5 p.m. Friday to run, were allowed to campaign verbally over the weekend but were forbidden from flyering, chalking or publishing online communications until 12:01 a.m. Monday. The election will be held April 19. Weinberg juniors Aaron Zelikovich and Henry Brooke, SESP junior Benison Choi and Weinberg junior Danny Kim, SESP juniors David Harris and Josephine Lee, and Weinberg junior Ani Ajith and McCormick junior Alex Van Atta are the four tickets that will be on the ballot. Each of the presidential candidates brings leadership experience from both inside ASG and out. Harris is wrapping up a two-year stint as services vice president and also served as public relations co-chair for Dance Marathon. Ajith finished his term as Speaker of the Senate on Wednesday and is the president of Delta Tau Delta. Zelikovich has served as ASG’s Greek caucus whip and sits on the Sodexo student board of directors. Choi has been a senator, served on multiple ASG committees and is active in Project Wildcat
and Camp Kesem. Campaigning also began Monday in races for academic vice president and student life vice president. Weinberg junior Sofia Sami is running unopposed for academic vice president and Bienen freshman Harrison Flagler will take on Communication junior Anna Kottenstette, a Daily staffer, for student life vice president. The presidential campaigns kicked off at four separate launch events late Sunday night and early Monday morning. Ajith launched his campaign Sunday night at The Black House with about 20 members of his core campaign team. He said he and Van Atta were running because they could offer both “experience and perspective.” He said he would focus on student engagement as president. “It’s about being a friend and an ally to every single group on campus,” Ajith said. “We want to make sure ASG is a partner and not an obstacle.” Harris launched his campaign Sunday night at The McCormick Tribune Center, where he and his running mate gave speeches and strategized with their campaign team. “ASG has an immense opportunity to improve the Northwestern student experience in tangible ways,” Harris said. “But it consistently underperforms. We’re running to address the gap.” After spending a year without participating in ASG to observe the student government as an outsider, Choi said he decided to run to shake up the status quo and give students more hands-on involvement in ASG’s work. He launched his campaign early Monday morning with
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AND THEY’RE OFF ASG president and executive vice president candidates officially launched their runs for office with campaign staff events early Monday morning. The election will take place April 19.
an event at The Rock. “ASG should be working to have everyone work together, but it serves as a roadblock to student organizations
Car crash victim laid to rest By CIARA MCCARTHY
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For the second time this academic year, the Evanston Township High School community gathered at the First Church of God Christian Life Center to mourn the loss of a student. About 1,200 people gathered Saturday morning at 1524 Simpson St. for the funeral of Kevoyn Cox, an
ETHS senior who died in a car crash last month. Cox was traveling in a speeding car March 28 when the car hit a tree in the 2900 block of Howard Street. Paramedics pronounced Cox dead on the scene at about 10 p.m. Four other passengers in the car were transported to the hospital in stable condition. Friends and family of the ETHS student filled the pews of the First Church of God, gathering to mourn his loss and celebrate his life. Rev. Monte Dillard oversaw the
proceedings. Women from the Agape Life Outreach Center performed a dance in remembrance of Cox, and Cox’s relative Chinnel Williams read an original poem she had written for him. Relatives described Cox as a funloving man who “enjoyed life to the fullest and lived everyday as if it were his last” in an obituary printed in the program. Cox’s cousin Devandrew Johnson recalled “good times and » See FUNERAL, page 10
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‘GOOD TIMES AND GOOD MEMORIES’ Pallbearers carry Evanston Township High School senior Kevoyn Cox’s casket from the First Church of God Christian Life Center on Saturday. Cox died in a car accident last month.
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and progress in general,” he said. “I’m here to bring it back to the people.” Zelikovich chose to have a private
launch event Sunday at Hillel. Also » See CANDIDATES, page 10
City ER wait times higher than average By OLIVER ORTEGA
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Though the idea of waiting an hour in the emergency room before seeing a health care professional might seem unsettling, there’s a good chance it could happen if you’re an Evanston resident, a new database shows. The federal government recently released an online database with ER wait times and other measures of efficiency from hospitals across the country, allowing patients to compare how their local hospitals stack up against state and national averages. At Evanston’s St. Francis Hospital, patients generally wait a little more than an hour, on average, in the ER before seeing a health care professional, which is twice the national average of 30 minutes, according to the database. Evanston Hospital has patients wait 41 minutes — almost 10 minutes more than the state average of 33. Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago doesn’t fare much better: Data shows on average it’s a 50 minute wait before patients see a health care professional. Why the delay? Dr. Morris Kharasch, chief of emergency medicine at Evanston Hospital and the three others within the North Shore University Healthcare system, argued comparing data such as ER wait times for hospitals in urban cities like Chicago and rural areas with smaller populations is misleading. Kharasch said anyone living within
a 25-mile radius of Evanston Hospital might wind up in its ER, resulting in large volumes of patients. But people with serious and life-threatening injuries like broken bones and troubled breathing are seen immediately. “What you have to do is build some perspective,” he said. “We’re in a city area with a high value of incidents and some hospitals are catch-all in the communities they serve.” Dr. James Adams, the head of emergency medicine at Northwestern Memorial and a Feinberg professor, also said the numbers can be deceiving. Sometimes patients who would be better served in another department come into the ER and are forced to wait while staff attend to more serious cases, thus driving up the average wait time, he said. “Someone will come in and say, ‘I was playing basketball and hurt my knee,’ and a nurse will put in an order for an X-ray and then go elsewhere where time is more critical,” Adams said. When a hospital’s ER is up to capacity, it will go on bypass, meaning ambulances are directed to take patients to another hospital. Kharasch said that hasn’t happened recently at Evanston Hospital, as dispatchers can decide which one of the four hospitals in its system to send patients to without causing bottleneck points. Bypass is rare at Northwestern Memorial, Adams said, although it did » See ER, page 10
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ETHS senior creates art installation By TANNER MAXWELL
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For Evanston Township High School senior Rosa Novak, there’s no place like home. The local student is bringing different communities together through her first showing at the Noyes Cultural Arts Center. Novak’s installation “Art House� explores the concept of homes and began Friday, with a reception held Saturday. “My intention is to bridge parts of the Evanston Source: Jeff Cory community,� Novak said. “I wanted to create some idea of a home for the community.� ‘ART HOUSE’ ETHS senior Rosa Novak has Novak said her inspiration for the “home� instal- an installation at Noyes Cultural Arts Center. lation at the center came from Chicago-based artist Theaster Gates. In Gates’ Dorchester Projects, he who wouldn’t normally see art,� Novak said. “I’m converted an abandoned two-story property into a intrigued by domesticity and how home feels for library, kitchen and other spaces. someone.� Novak said she initially hoped to display the Jeff Cory, director of the center, said he has installations in a vacant home, but liability issues worked with ETHS students through concerts and forced her to explore other options. poetry slams, but Novak’s show differs from past “Art House� covers a three-room studio with collaborations. installations made of fabric, light, wood and other “Having a student do a one-person show at Noyes materials. For her senior studies class at ETHS, is a unique situation,� Cory said. “It’s interesting to Novak said she worked with Maggie Weiss, one of see an artist like Rosa to create in addition to the the center’s resident artists, who taught her fabric work we have.� treatment and surface design, both of which she uses Although the center usually schedules exhibits in her installations. Novak said Weiss later helped her well in advance, Cory said after one of the studio showcase her artwork at the center. spaces became empty at the last minute, he offered “I have a passion for getting art out to people the space to Novak. Because she could not find a
Police Blotter Chicago man arrested after allegedly disturbing neighbors
Evanston Police arrested a Chicago man Thursday in connection with an alcohol-fueled tirade against Evanston residents. Residents in the 300 block of Dempster Street told police the the man was shouting loudly, yelling racial slurs and disturbing the community after drinking alcohol, Parrott said. Officers arrived on the scene and warned the man to calm himself
and leave the area. Instead of listening to the officers, the man forced his way back to the area, continued to shout profanity and threatened residents with a gun, Parrott said. The man was charged with disorderly conduct and violation of a city ordinance. He is scheduled to appear in court May 13. — Ina Yang
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Master's Recital: Eli Chen, conducting 7:30 p.m., Alice Millar Student of Victor Yampolsky Works by Sibelius, Barber, and Schumann
April 11 Master's Recital: Jae Eun Shin, 8:30 p.m., Regenstein Student of John Thorne Works by Telemann, Elert, and Reinecke
April 13 Elena Spiegel, 12 p.m., Lutkin Student of Blair Milton Works by Beethoven, Bach, Mozart, and BĂŠriot
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Ian Greenberg, 3 p.m., Lutkin Student of Hans Jensen Works by Piatti, Bach, Master's Recital: Laura Whisnant, conducting 3 p.m., Regenstein Student of Mallory Thompson Works by Arnold, Alwyn, Dahl, and Weinstein Doctoral Recital: Kevin Keys, 6 p.m., Lutkin Student of Karen Brunssen Works by Purcell, Duparc, Berg, Verdi, and more
April 14 Senior Recital: Carrie Seavoy, 3 p.m., Regenstein Student of Timothy McAllister Works by Schulhoff, Ibert, and Morosco
vacant home for her project, she went with the studio space, she said. “The vacant studio is more of a home-like space,� Novak said. “I’m really happy (the art) got there.� The current studio reflects a community issue Novak hopes to address with her project, she said. Expansion of the Piven Theatre Workshop, located within the center, threatens several tenants to move out of their studios. “People stayed for hours at a time drinking tea (in one of the installations), and it really kept the idea of sitting at home,� she said. “I was hoping people would get that feeling.� Novak said reactions during the first few days of the exhibit were generally positive. “People were communicating with other people you wouldn’t normally have without this space,� she said. “It’s almost just a place to ‘be.’� Novak’s art teacher Pam Baumgartner said ideas are always brewing in Novak’s mind. “The creative process permeates within her,� Baumgartner said. “It doesn’t just stop when the bell rings.� Novak said she hopes people will feel at home in the installation for the duration of the show. “I hope people continue to feel that way,� she said. “I hope it reminds them of other homes.� The installation runs until April 28 and is available 2-6 p.m. Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays and 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturdays. tannermaxwell2015@u.northwestern.edu
Setting the record straight In “ASG campaign reforms set in� in Friday’s print edition, two regulations were incorrect. Chalking is limited to eight zones, and candidates needed a minimum of 300 signatures. The Daily regrets the errors.
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On Campus Father John Kartje to leave Sheil Catholic Center By JEANNE KUANG
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Students and faculty involved with Northwestern’s Sheil Catholic Center will bid farewell to director Father John Kartje this June. Kartje will be leaving to teach at a seminary in Mundelein, Ill. He has spent the past four years at NU providing mass, counseling and other religious services to Catholic students. “What I find really wonderful is that it’s an opportunity for people to really transition from what you would call childhood faith to adult faith,” Kartje said of his role at NU. Students have approached him with questions ranging from academic stress to the loss of a family member or an unwanted pregnancy, Kartje said. During his tenure, Kartje stressed the importance
of developing nuanced views and beliefs rather than accepting blanket statements. “Rarely in our conversations did Catholic doctrine come up,” he said. “It was really talking about the beauty and sanctity of life, and they didn’t need to be convinced of that.” Weinberg sophomore Didi Odinkemelu, who frequents Sheil, said Kartje’s openness and willingness to share his life and struggles with students has led her to trust him as a source of guidance. “I don’t feel like I’m constantly being judged by a holy person,” Odinkemelu said. “He just acts like a normal person.” Kartje said he has focused on helping students realize how faith pertains to their lives, whether it be understanding Catholic views on social issues or staying faithful while growing up in a new environment. He encourages young adults to “let the faith grow up with the rest of them.” A Chicago native who entered the seminary after
years of studying physics and working as an astronomer at the University of Chicago, Kartje became involved with the church through volunteer work in the hospital ministry during graduate school. “I started to really be impressed by the power of prayer and being able to talk about faith,” Kartje said. “I guess really for the first time in life, starting to think as an adult, ‘Well, what is this faith really about?’” Prior to working at Northwestern, Kartje worked at parishes in Chicago before attending the Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C. For Kartje and the students he has worked with, his departure will be a bittersweet farewell. “For right now it’s still sinking in about leaving Northwestern,” he said. “But I can definitely say that every time I’ve moved, if I’ve been able to keep my heart open to new possibilities, there have always been great surprises.” SESP freshman Emiliano Vera knows Kartje through the Catholic Scholars Program.
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FAREWELL, FATHER Father John Kartje announced he’ll leave Northwestern in June.
“Especially as college students, he’s very relatable,” Vera said of Kartje. jeannekuang2016@u.northwestern.edu
FMO kicks off first-ever ‘Back to Black’ event series By JUNNIE KWON
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For the first time starting Monday, For Members Only is spearheading a weeklong series of events, “Back to Black,” inviting the Northwestern community to celebrate black history and culture with themed events until Friday. Ryan Arrendell, member of the FMO coordinator’s cabinet, said she came up with the idea late Fall Quarter after noting the excitement surrounding FMO’s annual black family reunion event. The purpose of the series is to provide a lively space for everyone to bond while learning about black culture, she said. “This is an opportunity for students just to release stress that they may already have accumulated from courses and get to interact with each other in a space outside of class,” the Medill senior said. “To learn from
presentations and hear stories from alumni and just be carefree.” After witnessing the excitement that a rope-tugging competition inspired at the reunion event early Fall Quarter, Arrendell decided to bank on NU’s competitive spirit and make it an element of the series. She also wanted to extend the events to the entire campus after finding a lack of community-building activities hosted by NU cultural groups, she said. The events will be driven by a competition among graduating classes. Freshmen, sophomores, juniors and seniors are each assigned respectively to Kuumba Lynx, Infant Welfare Society of Evanston, Little Black Pearl and Off The Street Club. The winning class will receive funds to donate to its assigned charity. Individuals can win points for their class by attending events and following the dress code for each day. To receive credit for the latter, participants must take a photo of themselves and post it on Facebook, Twitter or Instagram with the hashtag #BacktoBlack and tag
FMO on Twitter or Instagram. April McFadden, incoming FMO coordinator, said she participated in similar events in high school and is looking forward to seeing the fellowship this series will bring to campus. “There’s a saying that you have to look back in your past to see your future,” the Medill sophomore said. “This will give us a time to look at black presence on campus in history and will help us look forward.” The series will kick off with “Movement Monday,” which features discussion with African American studies professors on black movements that range in topics from social to artistic. However, McFadden said she is most looking forward to the next day’s event, “Throwback Tuesday,” a barbecue and Q-and-A session with alumni in collaboration with the Black Alumni Association. “There’s photos in the Black House from ages ago,” said McFadden, who plans to wear a ‘90s windbreaker for the event. “It would be great just to look at some of
those and ask them questions because it looked like they had a great time.” On “Wild Out Wednesday,” FMO will celebrate widely publicized moments in black culture, such as Dennis Rodman dressing up in a wedding dress to promote his autobiography. The day will conclude with a “Battle of the Classes” on the Foster-Walker Complex lawn at 5:30 p.m. The week will come to a close with “Turn Up Thursday,” which offers late-night bowling, and “Philanthropy Friday,” honoring NU cooks, custodians and shuttle drivers. Tarik Patterson, FMO vice coordinator for external relations, said this series will be a chance for FMO to extend a welcoming hand to students outside of the organization. “You are free to identify with as many communities as you will, but hopefully you’ll feel like a part of the FMO family,” the Weinberg senior said. junniekwon2015@u.northwestern.edu
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By JIA YOU
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Evanston’s 5th Ward, residents including Northwestern students living off campus, will decide Tuesday between Ald. Delores Holmes and write-in candidate Carlis Sutton for City Council. Holmes is seeking re-election for her third term. She has collaborated with the University to increase lighting in her ward. Sutton, a third-generation resident, is a retired teacher from District 65 schools and Evanston Township High School. They spoke separately with The Daily about addressing violence, diversity and other campaign issues. The Daily: There are many Northwestern students living in your ward. How would you serve them as citizens? Holmes: I’ve been on campus and been to meetings that they’ve invited me to. I worked very hard to increase lighting because that’s been one of the issues. I tried very hard to make sure they live in safe housing ... I’ve done everything that I know how to do. I try to be the alderman for everyone, not just for a particular population. Sutton: The first thing I will tell them is there are plenty of units in the 5th Ward ... There are opportunities in the 5th Ward where landlords can benefit from their presence. Also since our elderly are getting older, I’d like to see more students coming in to help them shovel snow and cut grass and to have that kind of interchange of ideas that students always bring. The Daily: Evanston has lost three young men to gun violence since last fall. What should the city do to address the problem of street violence and crime? Holmes: I think the city is doing a lot to address it. I mean it’s not just Evanston, we have issues all over
Sloane challenges 6th Ward’s Tendam again in rematch of 2009 race
Evanston’s 6th Ward residents will have a second chance Tuesday to pick between Ald. Mark Tendam and challenger Mark Sloane. Sloane, Tendam and a third candidate faced off in 2009, when Tendam won by about 100 votes.
the country where violence is involved. We are trying to provide jobs for youths that are not working. I’ve worked with the high school to make sure when kids come out of school they’ll have a ton of skills and get employed. I think we’re trying to provide more activities that kids wants to do — and make them more accessible. We’re trying to promote mentoring. I think we’ve had a variety of approaches to address the issue. The change is not going to happen overnight. Sutton: There’s a direct correlation between the amount of violence and the lack of job opportunities for people, especially young black males ... No education, no jobs. Together, that is a dangerous combination ... The specific (factor) I’m looking at is the allocation of tax incremental financing funds. The allocation of TIF funds in this community seems to be more guided by the interests of developers, but the intent was to give them a tax break so that low-income citizens did not have to pay taxes for that year. The Daily: If elected, you and Ald. Peter Braithwaite (2nd) would be the two African-American aldermen on City Council. Do you think the council does a good job addressing racial diversity and equality in the city? Holmes: I think we do as good a job as any other organization in the community ... I think Ald. Braithwaite and I try to try to speak not only for the African-American community but for the community overall in terms of the issue. Because what affects one area in terms of diversity affects all of us. Sutton: We in Evanston advocate diversity. We don’t practice it ... The percentage of black people in Evanston has decreased over the last two censuses. I don’t see any movement by the city of Evanston to stop that flow out.
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jiayou2014@u.northwestern.edu Sloane, the chief financial officer at a Chicago marketing agency and former chairperson of Evanston Mayor Elizabeth Tisdahl’s Budget Task Force Committee, said he decided to run again because he would bring needed financial wisdom to city government. “City Council is currently making a lot of bad financial decisions,” Sloane said. “I have knowledge the city really needs on the council.” Sloane criticized the council’s handling of recent tax increment financing districts, specifically the Chicago/Main and Dempster/Dodge TIFs. Sloane said
the council should give more incentive to the existing tenants in these districts and fewer to developers. In addition to city finances, Sloane said he would focus on parks and recreation, which he said has taken a backseat in the council’s priorities. Tendam, who owns a graphic design company, said he decided to run again because he wanted to continue working on initiatives started during his term. Tendam implemented a program to increase pedestrian safety for children walking and biking to school. In his next term, Tendam said he would
increase the council’s focus on crime and work to improve the city’s aging infrastructure. “We need to address that challenge and realize we have a very old infrastructure,” Tendam said. Tisdahl and six of the eight other aldermen endorsed Tendam. Cook County Commissioner Larry Suffredin also endorsed the incumbent, as did six members of the Mayor’s Budget Task Force. Sloane said he does not publicize endorsements. — Ciara McCarthy
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Mark Sloane
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6th Ward incumbent
Delores Holmes 5th Ward incumbent
Carlis B. Sutton
Ald. Judy Fiske
Edward Tivador
1st Ward incumbent
1st Ward challenger
Incumbent alderman and owner of Fit + Frisky!, a Davis Street pet supply shop.
Background
Superintendent of Northbrook/Glenview School District 30.
Her experiences as a business owner and past real estate agent help give her a unique perspective to the city’s economic development committee.
Leadership experience
His experience as a superintendent taught him that he needs to bring together people with differing points of view.
Fiske says students are too busy to attend her ward meetings. She said she is responsive to constituent emails. When Fiske does not get proper input, she said she tries to anticipate student needs.
Engaging with students
Tivador said he would consider students as potential future residents of Evanston. Students would also be part of a “kitchen cabinet� of advisers he would use to gage ward opinion on issues.
Lights in the 1st Ward are currently at their maximum level, Fiske says. The city-University partnership to fund off-campus lighting improvements was limited to the 5th Ward and brought lighting in that ward to 1st Ward lighting levels. Fiske has pushed for “safe routes to campus.�
Lighting
Students are not the only ones who need adequate lighting, Tivador maintains. Lights give a sense of safety for everyone, Tivador said, and he would work with students and neighbors to determine a reasonable lighting level for the ward.
Fiske said the number of people who can live in a dwelling should be based on the number of “legal bedrooms.� Landlords should be discouraged from changing their units in advance of any reforms, she said.
Threeunrelated housing rule
The so-called “brothel law� is an example of “making a simple issue very complex,� he said. He called the current rule impractical to enforce and the residents’ relationship to one other irrelevant when determining the number of people for a dwelling.
Fiske said Evanston 1st Liquors, which is adjacent to her pet supply store, became a popular place for minors to obtain alcohol. Northwestern students were not targeted in her complaints about EV1, she said, although a few were arrested.
Underage drinking
Though he does not condone underage drinking, Tivador said he is also not “a dumbbell� who thinks such drinking does not happen on campus. During the campaign, Tivador proposed a “Wildcat hands� program, which would identify safe havens for students having trouble getting home.
Fiske was one of two aldermen who voted not to overturn a Preservation Commission ruling that blocked the new visitors center. She said the project generated concern from residents, who would have liked if the University asked residents for their input on the project.
New visitors center
Tivador would have voted with the City Council to overturn the Preservation Commission’s decision. Regardless, the visitors center’s impact on both the University and residents should be taken into consideration, he said.
“The idea that somehow running a cat store provides you with a better sense of business perspective than someone who has been managing multimillion dollar budgets ‌ I think it’s just dismissive smoke screens.â€?
What the opponent says
“Somebody may come to you and say, ‘I may give you whatever you want,’ but unless you know all of the moving pieces of this, that will not come to fruition.�
Evanston Mayor Elizabeth Tisdahl
Endorsements
Ald. Coleen Burrus (9th), Evanston Fire Fighters Association Local 742, former mayor Jay Lytle, former mayor Lorraine Morton, former state Sen. Jeffrey Schoenberg (D-Evanston) and former 1st Ward alderman Cheryl Wollin
5th Ward write-in candidate Sources: Fiske and Tivador campaign websites
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MODEL BEHAVIOR Model Ryan Lindsay, a Medill senior, strikes a pose in the cultural section of the fashion show, showcasing traditional clothing from various regions around the world.
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STRUT YOUR STUFF Weinberg senior Justin Clarke tears off his jacket on the runway to showcase his wardrobe. The sixth annual fashion show was held Sunday.
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FINAL TOUCHES Hair and makeup artists perfect McCormick sophomore model Rick Fromm’s look an hour before the show begins. The sixth annual UNITY Charity Fashion Show benefitted Porchlight Counseling Services, a local nonprofit that helps survivors of sexual assault.
Beavers food truck awaits city response, license By CIARA MCCARTHY
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The nine-month dispute between Evanston and food truck Beavers Coffee and Donuts continues this week, as the owners await the city’s response to their application to operate the vehicle in Evanston. The conflict began last August, when Beavers sued Evanston in response to a city ordinance mandating all mobile food trucks to have a brick-and-mortar counterpart within city limits. The city subsequently filed a motion to dismiss the case, on the grounds that truck owners James Nuccio and Gabriel Wiesen had never actually applied for a license to operate in Evanston. A Cook County judge sided with the city in late January, dismissing the case and giving Beavers’ owners 60 days to file an amended complaint. Nuccio and Wiesen decided to officially apply for a permit to operate in the city, filing an application March 22 with the city’s health department. The owners say they hadn’t done that previously because they believed their application would be denied. Jacob Huebert, Beavers’ lawyer, said city representatives have
repeatedly guaranteed a response to the application, but Beavers has not yet received one. The parties met in court last week, when the 60-day period had expired. A decision was delayed because Evanston has not responded to the license application. If Evanston denies Beavers’ license application, as expected, Huebert said he and his clients will accommodate any concerns the city has, unless the reason for denial is the brick-and-mortar clause of the city ordinance. “We’ll do what it takes to be legal, except (accommodate) the rule that we have to be owners of a licensed restaurant in Evanston,” Huebert said. The case is scheduled for court Thursday, and if the city denies Beavers a license on the basis of the brickand-mortar clause, the owners will ask the court for an additional 14 days to file an amended complaint, Huebert said. “We’re going to continue to pursue this as vigorously as possible,” Wiesen said. City representatives did not respond to requests for comment. ciaramccarthy2015@u.northwestern.edu
Sister of slain Evanston teen to dine with Michelle Obama
The sister of slain Evanston teen Justin Murray will attend an anti-youth violence luncheon Wednesday with first lady Michelle Obama and Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel. Ashton Loryn Murray, 16, has also been invited to a private reception with the first lady before the official event, said Carolyn Murray, her mother.
Public invited to comment on proposed city sewer project
Evanston is seeking public comment on a new sewer project that would be exempt from a detailed environmental impact review, the city announced Tuesday. The city has applied to the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency’s water pollution control loan program for funding for a sewer collection system project, which plans to line 13,156 feet of large diameter sewer
The sophomore at Evanston Township High School will represent her 19-year-old brother, who was shot dead in December on Evanston’s west side. In January, Ashton traveled with her mother to Washington, D.C., for President Barack Obama’s State of the Union Address, where she initially met the first lady. The luncheon, which will be held Monday morning at a Chicago hotel, will focus on “community-based programs that serve atrisk youth,” according to Emanuel’s office. — Ciara McCarthy
main over five years. The project would rehabilitate existing piping and would not increase the design capacity for new waste loads. IEPA has determined the project may be exempt from an environmental impact review. Streets that would be affected by this project include Central Park Avenue, Main Street, Cleveland Street, Greenleaf Street and Mulford Street. The city is accepting public comment through April 17. Residents can write to the city clerk or the IEPA’s Bureau of Water. — Jia You
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Tivador for 1st Ward alderman Evanston’s 1st Ward is arguably the most complex of the city’s nine wards. Any alderman who leads it faces the daunting challenge of representing three powerful constituencies — Northwestern, lakefront residents and downtown businesses. The ward needs someone who cannot only facilitate candid lines of communication among the three groups, but also proactively collaborate with them to avoid inevitable conflict. The alderman doesn’t just need to be listening — he or she needs to aggressively seek community input when no one’s talking. Edward Tivador recognizes this reality and for this reason, among several others, The Daily endorsed his candidacy for City Council. The Daily’s editorial board sat down with Ald. Judy Fiske and Tivador separately over the weekend. Tivador set himself apart from the the incumbent when he expressed a desire to proactively reach out to student leaders and get a feel for the on-campus pulse. Throughout Tivador’s campaign — and during his interview with The Daily — it has been clear that he would treat students just like any other constituency. This is what students living in the 1st Ward desperately need: An alderman willing to treat their concerns with legitimacy. Fiske told The Daily that she often did not know about student issues because students rarely contact her or attend ward meetings. The 1st Ward alderman, whomever that is, has a responsibility to visit campus and reach out to NU administrators and students in the ward. Alds. Delores Holmes (5th) and Jane Grover (7th), whose districts include Northwestern students, have held ward meetings on campus. Though Fiske’s meetings at the Evanston Public Library are not far from campus, her unwillingness to accommodate
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RACE TO THE FINISH Edward Tivador challenges incumbent Judy Fiske in the race for 1st Ward alderman.
students that live in her ward is noticeable — and disappointing. Tivador is equipped to further Evanston’s economic development. He is a shrewd superintendent for Northbrook/Glenview School District 30 and has proven his fiscal prowess by balancing the district’s multi-million dollar budget. Contrary to claims from his opponent, Tivador does know Evanston inside and out, and he is certainly in touch with the city’s economic situation. He has
done his research and understands local complexities like the fiscal relationship between Evanston and NU. He recognizes the potential for NU students to turn into permanent Evanston residents after graduation, embracing their connection to the city, as well as the boon they provide to the local economy. NU students rarely tune in to local Evanston politics. But on the issues that students do care about, Tivador has played his cards well. He promises to examine the so-called “brothel law,� an antiquated occupancy ordinance he called “ludicrous,� and has always maintained that familial relations have little to do with occupant safety. He has embraced the issue of increasing off-campus lighting in the 1st Ward — a problem flagged by students and administrators alike. While Fiske defended the level of lighting in the 1st Ward, Tivador admitted that some areas desperately needed improvements. We respect Fiske’s love for and dedication to Evanston, a city where she has spent decades building relationships and working for “the neighbors,� as she endearingly puts it. All things considered, Fiske’s public caricature as an antiNorthwestern villain is far from reality. This narrative, peddled by a handful of students and University officials, only tells part of the story. It’s true that she opposed the new visitors center and sued the University after narrowly losing the 2005 aldermanic election, but she also negotiated a compromise regarding University tennis court scoreboards through the City Council. She is a strong advocate for the majority of her constituents — but this majority doesn’t include the thousands of students in her ward.
Letters to the Editor
Many students and faculty live in Evanston’s 1st Ward and thus have a choice between Ald. Judy Fiske and her opponent Ed Tivador in the April 9 election. Before voting, please take a look at the facts about these two candidates. To determine what Ald. Fiske stands for, take a look at her website, judyFiske. com, and compare it to the website of candidate Tivador: tivador4alderman. com. This comparison will make it clear that Ald. Fiske’s current positions and past accomplishments are misrepresented by her opponent. For example, Ald. Fiske has not opposed better lighting and safety provisions in and around the University, as her opponent has claimed. Quite the contrary, she has championed progressive policies on both issues. She has vigorously fostered business development, not opposed it. As a citizen of Evanston since 1995, I have found Judy Fiske to be the most responsive and responsible of the persons who have represented the 1st Ward. She is the first alderman to hold regular ward meetings where citizens share their opinions town hall-style and learn about the city government’s actions and proposals. When there are hot local issues, Ald. Fiske holds extra meetings and arranges for relevant city officials to talk directly to the citizens of the ward. Ald. Fiske listens to all voices: the students, the apartment dwellers, and the owners of single-family homes. The ward contains especially large numbers of students and retired persons living in senior living institutions. Fiske works hard to find win-win solutions that respect all groups. Ald. Fiske puts in extraordinarily long hours working for the citizens of Evanston. She attends many extra meetings and reaches out to understand citizens’ concerns. 60 Amazingly, she answers all emails the same day that she receives them. I encourage you to vote, but first 50 become an informed voter. Alice 40 Eagly Evanston 1st Ward resident and NU psychology professor 30 20
A call to recognize Holocaust Remembrance Day
Adolf Hitler’s Nazis murdered 6 million Jews — 6 million girls, men, grandmothers, babies, uncles, neighbors, women, fathers, friends, sisters, colleagues, cousins, lovers, boys, mothers and aunts — 6 million human beings. Though Hitler’s main target was Jews, he also exterminated 5 million other people, mostly Catholics, homosexuals, gypsies and the handicapped, to support his master race ambition. For perspective, consider this: If you read each victim’s name — taking just two seconds per name — it would take you 139 days to complete the task. Start today and you will not finish until you return for classes in the fall. But that is only if you never stop to eat, drink or sleep, much like the conditions the victims endured. Most perished (were murdered) quickly in the gas chambers, gallows or execution lines. The rest were forced to perform labor so excruciating the likes of which adjectives do no justice in describing. Then there were the rapes, beatings, heinous medical “experiments� and brutal, arbitrary tortures. None of this happened by accident. And it happened in the “modern era� in the most civilized of countries, and it happened for only one reason: because they were Jews. Somehow, a few survived. Amazingly, there is a group of individuals — like tenured engineering professor
Arthur Butz — who deny the Holocaust ever occurred. These deniers are called “Holocaust revisionists.� But if they are “revisionists,� then I suppose the town idiot who claims that two plus two is five is a “mathematical revisionist.� We are talking historical fact, not policy debates or competing historical theories. It has now been 68 years since the war ended and the concentration camps liberated, so soon there will be no survivors left. When that happens, the events will truly be “history,� meaning no different than the Middle Ages or the Civil War for most of us. The lessons of the Holocaust are hardly static. Today — not 1944 — synagogues are vandalized in Europe. Arab children use textbooks demonizing Jews. Foreign “news� organizations “report� that America and Israel orchestrated the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. Likewise, the lessons of the Holocaust are not limited to Jews, as unfortunately nobody has a monopoly on hate. Long before Darfur, upwards of 2 million Christians were butchered in the Sudan under the command “convert or die.� Trains carrying Hindus are set afire in India. A million Tutsis were hacked and murdered in Rwanda in 100 days in 1994. Saddam Hussein gassed Kurds. And so it goes. Millions killed not for anything they did, but because of who they were. As people like Prof. Butz hide in their ivory towers, do not forget Holocaust Remembrance Day, lest the victims of the Holocaust died in vain. William Choslovsky Attorney and Chicago resident
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RYAN KEARNEY
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In the few days since the passing of renowned film critic Roger Ebert, there have been so many scores of tributes paid to him and his legacy that writing another one for this paper seems almost unnecessary. Yet it is precisely because he has received such an avalanche of praise and mourning that his memory deserves another commemoration. In his decades as a critic, writer, and thinker, Ebert left a dazzling trail of wise, eloquent work, work that never failed to convey his intelligence and integrity. Ebert was a legend, and his example inspired millions to discover the power of writing and film. The outpouring of love for Ebert in the aftermath of his death may seem like a bit much; after all, basically everyone believes that they can be a movie critic in the Internet age, and the newspaper industry is waning in power. Yet Ebert earned this outpouring with more than 45 years of writing his column for the Chicago Sun-Times, a column in which his knowledge of cinema was on full display and did more to shape the popular notions of what was “good� than perhaps any other. This column, combined with his weekly television show, in which he was first paired with the late Gene Siskel and then with Richard Roeper, cemented Ebert’s position as our culture’s foremost barometer of what movies were worth seeing. Ebert did not gain all of this prestige and influence as a film critic by accident, though; he gained it by being a class act. His film critiques were certainly not always positive, but they were always fair and well defended. He genuinely believed in the magic of film and the power it has to entertain, inform, and inspire the imagination, and he treated the topic with respect and intellect. In an era of increasing cynicism and a trend of critics seeing who could out-snark the other in ripping apart pop culture, Ebert was 100 percent sincere in his opinions. It’s pretty difficult to be revered by so many when your job is to critique others’ work, but Ebert pulled it off. Ebert’s wit and thoughtfulness were not limited to the topic of films. His writings on charged topics such as politics, science and religion revealed a man of great depth and character, and his views on science and religion were equally nuanced and respectable. His views on politics and religion attracted their share of detractors, as would be expected, but few apart from the occasional anonymous Internet commenter ever questioned his sincerity or his intellect. For a man to remain this respected throughout a lifetime of opining on hot-button topics and evaluating the work of others is remarkable, and Ebert should be commended for this. Ebert’s eloquent writing, kind nature and integrity made him more than just a newspaper critic; for countless individuals over the years, he was an inspiration. For journalists of all kinds, Ebert was the shining example of what a columnist should be, and of how to achieve success and admiration in a field in which both are so hard to come by. And for movie and pop-culture fanatics like myself, Ebert’s passion for cinema and his articulate style of explaining what makes a good movie were integral in establishing a similar love in all of us. Ryan Kearney is a Communication sophomore. He can be reached at ryankearney2015@u.northwestern.edu. If you want to respond publicly to this column, send a Letter to the Editor to opinion@dailynorthwestern.com.
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Sex Week adds burlesque, expands religious focus By MEGHAN MORRIS
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Northwestern’s annual Sex Week kicked off Saturday with its first-ever Burlesque Show, drawing more than 300 people to two shows in Jones Residential College. The week continues with 13 panel discussions, tutorials and performances through Friday. College Feminists host Sex Week, and the group partners with other campus organizations for programming ranging from Monday’s “NU Paul’s Drag Race: A Drag Queen Make Up Tutorial” co-sponsored by the Rainbow Alliance and the Gender Studies Undergraduate Board to
“Hooking Up with God: Lunchtime Discussion on Christianity and Sexuality” at the University Christian Ministry on Friday. Sex Week co-director Kyra Jones said the week is based on students’ need to discuss taboos, norms and questions related to sexual health. “Like most college students, everyone comes to Northwestern with different backgrounds,” the Communication junior said. “Talking about sex is a skill everyone needs to have, whether you’re monogamous, a virgin, queer or anything else.” Every year, she said the group seeks to reach more types of students. The Burlesque Show, for example, drew in more theater students than programming in past years, she said, and Wednesday’s “Manswers: Everything You’re Too
Scared to Ask Your Girlfriend” with SHAPE aims to address questions straight men have. Sex Week added a religious component last year with the UCM discussion and will address more faith backgrounds this year with “A Passionate Torah: Judaism and Sexuality with Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg” on Tuesday. McCormick freshman Lizzie Steele said she appreciated the performing arts component of Sex Week. Her musical theater dance company Steam Heat performed at Saturday’s show. “At NU there’s a huge variety of different shows and talents,” Steele said. “How neat is it there’s a burlesque show in a dorm?” Communication freshman Talia Weingarten said Sex Week is a valuable educational tool for students, both individually and communally.
With current events related to sexual health, such as a rape case involving two high school football players in Steubenville, Ohio, she said discussions about sexual health are more relevent than ever. “It’s important as a student and a partner to be knowledgeable and think about what sex means to you,” Weingarten said. Jones said the most important part of Sex Week is not laughs or even answers to questions, but rather the conversations she hopes students continue with friends and partners. “I want students to feel Northwestern is a safe space to talk about sex without judgment,” Jones said. meghanmorris2015@u.northwestern.edu
New co-chairs look forward to 40th Dance Marathon By PAULINA FIROZI
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Just a few weeks after this year’s Dance Marathon came to a close, Northwestern’s largest philanthropy announced its co-chairs for next year. SESP junior Josh Parish and Weinberg junior Anna Radoff will lead the executive board of DM 2014, which will mark the organization’s 40th anniversary. “Both of them served on my executive board,” said Matt Larsen, one of this year’s co-chairs who interviewed Parish and Radoff. “They are two of the most dedicated and passionate people, and they work very, very well together.” Five people applied for the position, said Larsen, a Weinberg senior. Larsen said the pair has good ideas for planning next year’s anniversary and the DM experience to go along with them. Radoff and Parish have been involved in DM for three years. They both danced freshman year before they took on more leadership roles. Radoff served on dancer relations her sophomore year and most recently co-chaired the special events committee. As a sophomore, Parish was a
philanthropy co-chair for the DG/ZBT team, which raised $113,969.27 in 2012 toward the Andrew McDonough B+ (Be Positive) Foundation and the Evanston Community Foundation. This year, he cochaired the corporate relations committee. “DM has given me so much, and it was an opportunity for me to give back to the organization that has done so much for me and for Northwestern,” Radoff said of her decision to apply for co-chair. “There were a number of applicants who were incredibly qualified. I’m so humble to be in this position.” Parish said he had no doubts about applying for the position after dancing for 30 hours this year. “DM has been absolutely my favorite part of campus and the thing that made me originally fall in love with Northwestern itself,” Parish said. Radoff said “there is no one I would rather do this with” than Parish. The two have been friends since freshman year, she said. Parish said he and Radoff had similar reasons for applying for the position, including their passion for the organization. “This is the first time I’ve really been put in a position where I can try to inspire people to do their best work,” Parish said. “I’ve always been a part of incredible organizations I can talk forever about, but this is a leadership role where I can work with so many
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DANCE, DANCE SESP junior Josh Parish (left) and Weinberg junior Anna Radoff (right) will lead Dance Marathon in 2014. The two were selected as the new executive co-chairs.
types of people.” The two are already reviewing beneficiary proposals and will soon roll out applications for their executive board, Radoff said. Larsen said the most important piece of advice for his successors is to remember the bigger picture when the job becomes too stressful.
“When work is piling up, just remember that you’re doing it for the beneficiary,” Larsen said. “Reminding yourself why you’re doing it in the first place will put a smile on your face, especially when you’re in the office for double-digit hours.” paulinafirozi2015@u.northwestern.edu
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removed from ASG for a year, he said his time in other student groups gave him a fresh perspective on the organization. “The issue with ASG isn’t that it doesn’t do anything, but that it’s an inside-out organization,” Zelikovich said. “We want to make it an outside-in organization.” The ASG-hosted debates for student life vice president and academic vice president will be Thursday and Friday, respectively. The debates for executive vice president and president will be April 15 and 16, respectively. All debates are at 7:30 p.m.
go on bypass during January’s flu epidemic. Both hospitals have taken steps to improve ER efficiency. Kharasch said patients who come to Evanston Hospital’s ER are sometimes sent to physicians outside the hospital who are more suited to help them. During peak hours at Northwestern Memorial, doctors and nurses use a part of the waiting room to start preliminary tests and treatment on incoming patients, Adams said. The data on emergency room care was collected during the first three months of last year, and Adams estimated the current average waiting time at Northwestern Memorial at about 30 minutes. But the hospital is always looking for ways to improve wait times, he said, describing ER efficiency as an interdisciplinary science involving business, medicine and engineering.
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good memories.” “I’ll always remember how much trouble he got us into,” Johnson said, laughing. Jessie Beckford, a friend of Cox’s, remembered him as a good-humored, funny person. Beckford, a freshman at ETHS, said it was difficult to have lost both Cox and Dajae Coleman within seven months of each other. Coleman, an ETHS freshman, was fatally shot in September. More than anything, however, Cox’s family remembered how much he enjoyed driving. “The number one thing he loved to do was drive,” his niece Amaiya Pennanc said. Minster Franklin Williams said in his eulogy that Cox would always have an extra gas can in the vehicle, just in case the car ran out of gas. “It’s hard to sit there and watch him go by, but I’ll always remember his smile,” Johnson said. In early October, ETHS students and parents came together at the same church to mourn Dajae Coleman, a 14-year-old who was shot dead while walking home from a party in late September. Coleman was mistakenly targeted by a 20-yearold Evanston man who was later charged with first-degree murder and aggravated discharge of a firearm.
Inside an Evanston church Saturday night, Rana Yurtsever recalled how she would have to explain why she wore a hijab, the headscarf worn by Muslim women, at the beginning of every school year in Washington, D.C. When she moved to Chicago during high school, she saw other girls with hijabs and thought she’d no longer have to answer questions about her religion from her peers and teachers. “I was wrong,” said Yurtsever, a sophomore at the American Islamic College in Chicago. “People still didn’t understand that it’s an identity, not just a cloth over your head.” Yurtsever and two others spoke about their experiences as Muslim women to an audience of about 30 at the Lake Street Church, 607 Lake St. The panel, titled “Women in the Islamic Tradition,” was created by the church’s interfaith committee as part of efforts to debunk misconceptions about Islam and the role of Muslim women. The Baptist church has a history of engaging in interfaith dialogues and social justice, said Tim Harrington, the church’s spiritual pathways committee leader. The church organizes
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about one interfaith event each month. Romana Manzoor, one of the panelists, taught a six-week class on Islam at the church two years ago. “We’ve been trying to do what we can to eliminate misconceptions about Islam,” said Harrington, a church member for 27 years. “It’s a fundamental principle of who we are.” Organizers showed a short documentary highlighting the positive roles of Muslim women to participants as they ate Mediterranean cuisine from Pita Inn. Afterward, panelists explained the tenets of Islam and how Muslim women have been unfairly portrayed by the media as servile and uneducated. The women told stories of empowered Muslim women in history and those they encountered in their lives. “There’s a psyche against Muslim women where if you see them wearing burqas or hijabs, people think, ‘Oh, they’re repressed and uneducated. We have to liberate them,’” said Manzoor, an interfaith coordinator at the American Islamic College . “Yes, this repression exists, but it’s not the entire story.” Audience members nodded in support and asked questions while the panelists spoke. Several said they agreed Muslims — and Muslim women in particular — have been scapegoated after 9/11. “I hope this conversation creates balance and
combats stereotypes about Islam and Muslim women,” Manzoor said. oortega@u.northwestern.edu
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CHURCH CONVERSATION Romana Manzoor, an interfaith coordinator at the American Islamic College in Chicago, spoke about her experience as a Muslim woman at Evanston’s Lake Street Church Saturday night.
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NU struggles, comes home winless from Michigan trip
On the road in Michigan this weekend, the Wildcats struggled against two lower-ranked opponents, coming home winless in two lopsided duals. After a strong showing during the winter season, Northwestern is now 3-4 in Big Ten play. Saturday was not the Cats’ day. Playing against Michigan State indoors, NU fell behind early and could not make up the difference in its 5-2 loss to the Spartans. For the third match in a row, the Cats went 1-2 in doubles, surrendering the decisive third match at the No. 1 spot after striking the first blow, with junior Raleigh Smith and senior Sidarth Balaji taking the No. 2 match 8-3 to begin the day. With the first point in its favor, Michigan State kept its foot down, running off three quick straight-set victories to clinch the overall match. Though NU could not earn the win, the Cats continued to fight and senior Chris Jackman earned his 11th-straight victory at the No. 6 spot with a 7-6, 6-4 win. Balaji went on to take a three-set battle at the No. 3 spot before Smith surrendered the final match of the day in a tiebreaker in the third set, bringing the final score to 5-2. Facing off against Michigan on Sunday,
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NU got off to a similarly slow start, again falling behind 1-0 after dropping two of the three doubles matches. The deciding match featured Smith paired with freshman Mihir Kumar, a duo that pushed the Wolverines to a tiebreaker before falling 9-8(3). Singles play mirrored the previous day’s performance, with Michigan running off three two-set victories to claim the match. At the No. 1 spot, senior Spencer Wolf gave No. 15 Evan King a competitive fight before falling 6-4, 7-6(4) in the match that sealed the victory for the Wolverines. Smith went on to win the Cats’ lone singles match of the day, taking out Alex Petrone in three sets, while Jackman suffered a tough loss in the dual’s final contest. After winning the first set 7-5, the senior dropped the second 6-4 and fought his way to a tiebreaker in the third. Jackman held a 4-2 lead in the breaker but could not consolidate and surrendered the match with a 7-6(5) loss in the deciding set. — Abbey Chase
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and Brooke Bolender 8-6. NU won only one doubles match, a dominating 8-1 win for the duo of junior Veronica Corning and freshman Alicia Barnett. Though the Cats struggled Sunday, their weekend got off to a strong start as they pummeled Michigan State 6-1 on Saturday. The doubles teams wasted no time capturing doubles points, taking only 34 minutes to seal the victory by a combined score of 16-1. The third doubles match was 2-2 when it was stopped so the teams could prepare for the singles competition. The singles round saw even more NU domination. Turvy, Niu, and Hamilton did not lose more than two combined games in any set in their straight-set romps. Corning found herself in a battle with the Spartans’ top singles player, junior Marina Bohrer, when Corning dropped the first set. But after winning the second set, Corning was able to put Bohrer away in the superbreaker to win the match. — Anna Kottenstette
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The Wildcats’ spirits were low Sunday afternoon after narrowly missing the opportunity to upset No. 8 Michigan. No. 14 Northwestern hosted both Michigan and Michigan State this weekend. After the Cats fended off the Spartans 6-1 on Saturday, the Wolverines bested NU in a dramatic 4-3 match. The No. 2 singles match-up between junior Belinda Niu and Michigan’s Ronit Yurovsky lasted more than two hours and ultimately decided the overall match victor. Yurovsky defeated Niu 6-7, 6-2, 7-5, but not without a fight. The opening set started off poorly for Niu after she faulted several consecutive serves. But Niu quickly regained focus and rallied to win the set in a tiebreaker. The match then went back and forth until Niu hit the final shot out of bounds, handing the win to Yurovsky and the Wolverines. As if two hours of singles play wasn’t enough for Niu and Yurovsky, they also faced each other in doubles action earlier in the afternoon. Niu and senior Katie Turvy lost 8-3 at the hands of 49th ranked Yurovsky and Sarah Lee. No. 9 NU doubles pair, senior Linda Abu Mushrefova and junior Nida Hamilton, also lost, falling to the Wolverines’ No. 2 Emina Bektas
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I just want to get the ball in play and sometimes you get the sweet part of the bat. — Mari Majam, junior outfielder
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Strong NU defense delivers 2 weekend wins By ROHAN NADKARNI
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For the second straight season, No. 4 Northwestern showed No. 11 Virginia that it’s not how you start but rather how you finish games that matters. The Wildcats (11-1) overcame a 4-1 deficit to defeat the Cavaliers (7-7) 11-6 in Charlottesville, Va., on Sunday night for their second win of the weekend. NU also beat Penn State 11-3 Friday night. The Cavaliers started strong against the Cats, reminiscent of the two teams’ matchup a year ago. Last season, NU trailed Virginia 4-2 at halftime before winning 13-6. On Sunday, the Cats fell behind 4-1 in the early stages of the first half before closing the gap to 4-3 going into the break. In the second half, NU embarked on an 8-1 run that put the game out of reach for Virginia. After sophomore goalkeeper Bridget Bianco kept the Cats within one goal with a big save with less than one minute left in the first half, NU ran out of the gate with a quick goal from senior attacker Erin Fitzgerald, her first of the game. The Cavaliers retook the lead after a yellow card was issued to senior midfielder Gabriella Flibotte, but the Cats scored the next 7 goals to take a 9-5 lead.
halftime we looked at each other and said that’s what’s No. 4 going to win Northwestern this game. So we just kind of got gritty and came up with No. 4 them.” Northwestern NU f inished the game with an No. 11 Virginia 11-8 advantage in draw controls and both teams picked up 16 groundballs. On Friday, NU possessed the ball for the majority of the contest, taking 21 shots compared to Penn State’s 10, and started the weekend with an 11-3 win against the Nittany Lions. Penn State had a 26-minute scoring drought after its first goal and a 17-minute drought between the second and third. Fitzgerald also led the Cats in scoring with 4 against the Nittany Lions, giving her 7 goals in two games. In addition to Fitzgerald’s contributions on NU’s offensive end, junior draw control specialist Alyssa Leonard – who won five draw controls – contributed two goals and was consistently one of the team’s most aggressive defenders in the midfield. No. 8 Penn State
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LUCKY NUMBER 7 Senior attacker Erin Fitzgerald scored 7 goals this weekend in leading the Cats to back-toback wins over the past three days. She now leads the team with 39 goals and 44 points this season.
“The girls just stayed calm,” coach Kelly Amonte Hiller said. “We’ve been down this (road) this year. It was just important for them to stay calm. We started off a bit slow but once we got our feet under us, we did a pretty good job. The second half was obviously a lot better.” Fitzgerald scored twice during the onslaught to give her 3 on the game. She outran her defender to give NU its first lead at 6-5, and then scored
once again on an unassisted tally for the Cats’ ninth goal of the contest. Virginia didn’t give up after NU’s strong attack, scoring once again with less than four minutes left to bring the score to 9-6. However, the Cats would respond with the game’s next 2 goals to leave Klockner Stadium with a comfortable win. Even with all the offensive theatrics in the second half, NU’s defense arguably brought more to the table. After a
shaky start to the game, the Cats held the Cavaliers to 6 goals, only two of which came in the decisive second half. The outing marked the second straight strong performance from the defense, which only allowed 3 goals Friday night. “We definitely dug ourselves a hole in the beginning, but that’s nothing we weren’t used to,” senior midfielder Taylor Thornton said. “Ground balls and draw controls are everything. At
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Northwestern’s hitters proved over the weekend they can match the dominating efforts of the pitchers. The Wildcats’ pitching staff held Illinois’ hitters in check for almost the entire weekend, and the lineup showed its might as NU (19-14, 5-3 Big Ten) completed its three-game sweep of the Fighting Illini (11-21, 1-8) at home. “We had excellent production with all 21 players,” coach Kate Drohan said. “The overall feel of our team was very focused and very hungry, and that’s how you put up big innings.” The pitching staff shut down the Illinois hitters all weekend, giving up five hits and a single run over the three-game set. Sophomore Amy Letourneau was the most dominant, striking out 16 of the 56 batters she faced while stranding 19 baserunners on base. She also threw her second no-hitter in as many weeks in Friday’s 8-0 win. Meghan Lamberth was the steadier of the two, issuing no walks and only a single hit during her five-inning win Saturday. Drohan praised the way the senior mixed up her pitches and kept hitters off balance, evidenced by the few fly-ball outs that occurred. Letourneau’s no-hitter came with bumps in the road. The sophomore walked eight batters and plunked two others Friday while laboring through 128 pitches over the five innings of work. In contrast, she threw 132 in Sunday’s seven-inning contest and Lamberth only tossed 68 Saturday. “We’re working really hard on controlling my pitches and getting ahead in the count,” Letourneau said. “I’ve been in a lot of (bases-loaded) situations. I don’t get nervous anymore. It actually makes me excited in order to get them out and take the momentum away from them.” As good as the pitchers were, NU’s
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The outfielder went 7-for-9 at the plate, scoring four runs while driving in five runners. Her success stemmed from her ability to find the holes in the defense — whether in her typical role as a slapper or trying to protect the plate with two outs. Drohan said it was almost impossible to defend Majam over the weekend, as seen in her performance Saturday and Sunday. Majam hit a grand slam Saturday for her first home run of the season but came back Sunday to poke three hits, all of which were delicately placed over the fielder’s head. Majam said it was not hard for her to switch from a slapper’s mentality of getting on base with softer hits to actually hitting for power, like she did before coming to NU. “I worked a lot on seeing the ball well,” Majam said. “I really wanted to get on base and let the middle of the lineup hit me in … I just want to get the ball in play and sometimes you get the sweet part of the bat.” joshuawalfish2014@u.northwestern.edu
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NO HITTER, NO PROBLEM Sophomore pitcher Amy Letourneau threw her second no-hitter in as many weeks on Friday. She threw 128 pitches in five innings, walking eight batters and hitting two others.
By ALEXANDER PUTTERMAN
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“If your name’s on the lineup card, you go out and you play your backside off,” Northwestern coach Paul Stevens said. No matter who you are. After dropping Friday night’s game 13-4, the Wildcats (14-10, 4-5 Big Ten) took the final two games of their threegame series against the Boilermakers (11-18, 4-5 Big Ten), receiving widespread contributions from more than just the usual suspects. In fact, the weekend’s heroes were two part-time players recently pressed into service by their teammates’ injuries. Freshman Zach Jones, previously an outfielder who occasionally started, began six straight games at first base in place of senior Jack Havey and was 7-for-11 with 4 RBIs in the two wins against Purdue. “I was just seeing the ball really well this weekend,” Jones said. “Coach has been giving me the opportunity. The more at-bats I get, the more comfortable I feel up there.” Jones’ weekend — and his .432 batting average and .914 OPS on the season — was outdone by a backup catcher with only 26 at-batsprior to the Purdue series. After sophomore starting catcher Scott Heelan left the game with one at-bat Saturday, his replacement, junior Jake Straub carried the Cats’ offense for the remainder of the series. Straub was a combined 8-for-11 with 5 RBIs on the weekend, raising his 2013 batting average to .432 and his OPS to .985 in 38 at-bats. “My approach this weekend was just to go up and put the ball in play,” Straub said. Jones can play the outfield when Havey returns, but when Heelan is ready to play, Straub might be out of a job. Straub said he isn’t concerned with future availability of at-bats. “It’s up to the coach to make the
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