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and Great Britain. Other destinations include Turkey, Israel and Singapore. The president often flies to cities like New York, San Francisco and Boston, which have many NU alumni and donors. He also regularly visits Springfield, Ill., and Washington, D.C., meeting with politicians about issues ranging from research funding to gun control reform. Despite his exhaustive schedule, Schapiro tries to remain present on campus and accessible to undergraduate students. He attends as many sporting events, student productions and fireside discussions as he can, he said. “When you’re gone 70 out of 120 days, you better make sure the 50 days you’re on campus you get to see a lot of students
Mayfest announced early Friday morning that it will reveal the Dillo Day headliner later in the afternoon — just one day before the music festival takes over campus. Mayfest issued an apology for the lack of information amid rampant rumors and speculation from students on social media. The organization has not waited until the week of Dillo Day to announce a headline act in at least 10 years. Mayfest said this year’s delays resulted from challenging contract negotiations. “This year’s contract process has been uniquely demanding; please know that we would not be waiting this long to announce unless we had absolutely no other choice,” the executive board said in a news release. The statement explained that Mayfest cannot announce artists until the contracts have been signed by both parties. “We have been working tirelessly for the past weeks to make sure that this information comes to you as swiftly as possible, while balancing our mission to protect the safety and integrity of the University — we apologize that the process has not been more transparent,” the release said. The artist will be announced through the Residence Hall Association’s Facebook page Friday afternoon at a time that remains to be determined. RHA is a sponsor of the headline act. Mayfest already announced the other performers earlier this month. Indie rock band Walk the Moon will open the show, followed by rapper Danny Brown, ‘90s rock band Smash Mouth and electronic producer Lunice. A student band and DJ will also perform. “Once again, please accept our deepest apologies for this delay,” Mayfest said in a news release. “We still intend on having a kick-ass day on Saturday, and we cannot wait to see you all roll out onto the Lakefill to party-down with us.”
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Unconventional leadership defines president’s first 4 years By LAUREN CARUBA
daily senior staffer @laurencaruba
University President Morton Schapiro does not always know what he is going to say. Before Schapiro’s first speech as president of Williams College in 2000, the school’s presidential search committee chairman asked about his planned remarks. Ray Henze got an “I don’t know” from Schapiro in response. “I thought, ‘Oh my goodness, he doesn’t even have notes,’” Henze said. Schapiro continued that unconventional style at Northwestern after moving on from Williams. He is known for his unguarded personality, and his leadership is characterized by unscripted speeches
and conversations. His relentless energy, seemingly endless supply of purple sweaters and insistence that people call him “Morty” have all colored his presidency over the past four years. Those colloquial quirks mostly work in Schapiro’s favor. “Morty definitely has his own style, and he is irreverent and off-the-cuff at times,” said Burgwell Howard, assistant vice president for student engagement. “Some presidents are more reserved and are more concerned about, ‘Oh my gosh, how is this going to sound?’ Morty is genuine.” However, Schapiro’s frankness can come off as undiplomatic at times — especially during controversies. As he prepares this month to graduate his first freshman class, Schapiro’s unorthodox style has defined his tenure at NU, which
has been marked by both success and controversy. Schapiro will remain president for at least the next five academic years, and though he enjoys celebrity status on campus and champions the undergraduate experience, some wish he would take a stronger stance on important student issues. The jet-setting president On his way back from a trip to Indonesia last month, Schapiro calculated that he spent seven months abroad in the last four years, making 21 trips to 11 countries since 2009. His relentless travel schedule includes fundraising meetings, alumni events and speaking engagements. He has most frequently gone to Doha, Qatar, visiting NU’s satellite campus five times. He has also made three trips each to China, India
NU uses summer Cherubs to teach, recruit New DNA daily senior staffer @josephdiebold
University President Morton Schapiro said. “Do I think of the Cherubs as an early education that feeds in? Yes and no.”
In a little more than two weeks, most of Northwestern’s more than 8,000 students will pack up their bags, clean out their dorm rooms and head out for the summer. A few days later, hundreds of high school students will take their place as part of NU’s various pre-college programs. If history is any indication, many of those students will go on to become part of the next three NU classes. NU offers a variety of these programs. The College Preparation Program through Summer NU gives high school juniors and seniors a chance to take classes in many academic areas. But a fuller NU experience is the domain of programs in the National High School Institute and Medill-Northwestern Journalism Institute, whose students are affectionately known as “Cherubs.” In more ways than one, recent developments in the Cherubs programs are mirroring the school as a whole. “We have athletic camps, we have the Center for Talent Development, we have so many different things on campus,”
Beyond shoving ‘a T-shirt in their hand’ and selling NU NU boasts the oldest and largest pre-college, university-based residential program in the country. Still, competitors like Syracuse’s Newhouse School of Public Communications and NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts have similar programs, some of which, unlike Cherubs, offer college credit. Roger Boye, professor emeritus at Medill and director of Cherubs’ journalism division, said the program’s focus on professional skills sets it apart. “There are about 50 U.S. colleges and universities that offer summer programs for high school journalists,” Boye said. “Almost all of them focus on how to improve your high school newspaper. We try to focus on journalism as it’s done as a profession.” The programs must find a way to balance their academic offerings with serving as an introduction to NU. Past programs have been altered or shut down for not meeting admissions needs. University spokesman Al Cubbage said a similar
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“We did not get students following through who had been in the Cherub program.” Schapiro said he has met with admissions officials about ensuring top Cherubs
A Chicago man was charged Wednesday with first-degree murder in connection with the slaying of an Evanston woman that went unsolved for more than two decades. Jimmie Dunlap, 43, was linked to the fatal stabbing of Deeondra Dawson, 25, after new DNA testing identified him as a suspect, police said. Police found Dawson dead in her apartment the morning of April 23, 1992, in the 600 block of Sherman Avenue. She was stabbed at least 34 times and suffered multiple wounds, including a collapsed lung, brain hemorrhages and a human bite mark on her cheek, the Cook County state’s attorney’s office said. “Police observed blood in every room of the apartment except for the kitchen and a steak knife was recovered in the
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Source: Medill-Northwestern Journalism Institute
CHERUB CONVERSATION ESPN’s Michael Wilbon (Medill ‘80) speaks with the 2012 class of the Medill-Northwestern Journalism Institue.
pre-college program for music students, offered through the Bienen School of Music, was shuttered several years ago because the high school students were not matriculating to NU. “The yield was so small, it just wasn’t worth the time or effort,” Cubbage said.
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