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been ruled a suicide, and there are no signs of criminal activity. “Basically, at this point, it’s the University and dealing with the family and assisting them any way that’s possible,” Parrott said. University Chaplain Tim Stevens said members of Teplov’s family arrived in Chicago late Monday morning, and NU officials met with
Zach Braff (Communication ‘97) returned to his alma mater Monday to teach a class to members of the Northwestern theater community. The actor, who is best known for his role in the NBC sitcom “Scrubs,” taught a master class through the School of Communication only available to a limited number of students. Most watched the class while a select number of upperclassmen performed, workshopping scenes of Braff ’s first play, “All New People.” Communication sophomore Quinn Rattan said the class in Struble Theatre in NU’s Theatre and Interpretation Center was full with about 80 students. As a “big fan of Scrubs” and a student interested in comedy, he said he was excited to watch someone accomplished in that genre. Communication sophomore Jacob Trauberman said he enjoyed watching Braff ’s “writing come to life.” “He would go up after (the scene) and give his compliments and his tweaks, essentially fine tune things,” he said. “He had pointers like, ‘Oh, this is what we learned in the production of the show. If you hit it like this, it works a little better.’” Communication freshman Kees Devos recalled a tip that resonated with him. “He said, ‘Sometimes you can’t always go for the joke because it will undermine who your character is,’” Devos said. “It’s very applicable to the theater world.” Trauberman said Braff ’s suggestions were appealing because they applied to everyday acting as well. Rattan and Trauberman both described Braff as relatable and funny. Even before the class, Braff joked on Twitter about being back on campus. “Northwestern University, I’m back. Are we good at sports now? #Wildcats,” he tweeted.
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Dmitri Teplov
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DORM SENTIMENTS Some students have left Post-It notes with their condolences on the door of McCormick sophomore Dmitri Teplov in Foster-Walker Complex. Teplov, 20, was found dead early Sunday morning in Pancoe Hall, the third death of a student this academic year.
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When Winston Feng walked into his physics class Monday morning, the seat next to him, normally occupied by friend and classmate Dmitri Teplov, was empty. “I went to class and I could barely concentrate because I was sitting next
to a ghost,” said Feng, a McCormick sophomore. “He was supposed to be sitting there by me.” Teplov’s death was ruled a suicide Monday by the Cook County medical examiner’s office. The McCormick sophomore, 20, was found dead Sunday morning in Pancoe Hall. Evanston Police Cmdr. Jay Parrott said a suicide note was found in Teplov’s pocket that suggested he planned to hurt himself.
Teplov entered Pancoe through Cook Hall about 4 a.m. Sunday, Parrott said. A janitor found his body between 9:30 and 10 a.m. Teplov had access to Pancoe, which houses biomedical research labs, because he had worked in one of its labs, Parrott said. However, Teplov had not been to Pancoe in several months. Police have closed their investigation into Teplov’s death because it has
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Evanston officials City panel delays Piven plan tout zoning victory By SOPHIA BOLLAG
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Following Evanston’s victory in a controversial and drawn-out lawsuit between the city and a Jewish elementary school, city officials held a news conference Monday at the Lorraine H. Morton Civic Center to discuss the ruling. The Chicago-based school, Joan Dachs Bais Yaakov-Yeshivas Tiferes Tzvi, bought a parcel of land at 222 Hartrey Ave. in 2007. The plot on Hartrey Avenue, however, is designated for industrial use under the Evanston Zoning Ordinance. Thus, in order to use the property for a school, the space on Hartrey would have to be re-designated for commercial use. Joan Dachs attempted to change the land’s designation through several unsuccessful avenues, ultimately applying for a map amendment that would change the plot’s designation from industrial to commercial to allow the school to be built there. The legal battle began when City Council denied Joan Dachs’s application. Joan Dachs filed the lawsuit in May 2009, seeking an injunction to overturn the council’s decision and
alleging the council’s decision violated the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act because of religious discrimination. Last week, Cook County Judge Mary Anne Mason sided with Evanston after an eight-day bench trial. On Monday, city attorney Grant Farrar highlighted the city’s victory against “two of the biggest law firms in the world.” The case was primarily a judicial review of the council’s decision to deny Joan Dachs the rezoning, attorney William McKenna said Monday. McKenna said the judge could have overruled city council’s decision if the judge could show “the action of the municipality was arbitrary and capricious.” McKenna explained the council’s decision was based off various economic, safety and environmental concerns — and was not the result of religious discrimination. “Each of those elected representatives of this community testified that their decision to vote against a zoning change for this religious school had absolutely nothing to do with religion,” McKenna said. During the news conference, Ald. » See LAWSUIT, page 6
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A city committee voted Monday to send the controversial Piven Theatre Workshop’s expansion proposal back to city staff for further review. Evanston’s Human Services Committee asked city manager Wally Bobkiewicz to address concerns about the plan’s economic viability and fairness to other tenants and present his findings next month. The unanimous vote poses a setback for supporters of the plan who want the issue to swiftly reach the City Council. The theater’s proposal to more than double its space within the Noyes Cultural Arts Center has angered tenants and Evanston residents for months, even before the final version of the plan was released in April. The proposal recommends that Piven pay $1 in rent for the next 25 years in exchange for contributing money to the aging building’s renovations. In his presentation on the proposal, Piven board member Joel Freimuth described the theater’s proposal as a “public-private partnership” that would ultimately generate millions of dollars in revenue over the next 25 years. He cited several aspects of the theater’s proposed renovation that would improve the building for all tenants, including
upgraded heating, air conditioning and electrical wiring in the building, as well as a new roof. “The entire building will benefit,” Freimuth said. “It is an idea that accomplishes everyone’s goals.” About 50 citizens signed up to comment on the Piven proposal. Most spoke out criticizing the proposal and challenging Freimuth’s statements. Many questioned the economic projections in the proposal, arguing they were made based on ideal conditions. People also said Bobkiewicz had not done enough to facilitate compromise between the theater and other tenants. Gary Geiger, director of the Evanston Children’s Choir who was faced with possible relocation to accommodate the
proposed expansion, said although the current plan does not accommodate all residents, it is only “one or two rooms” away from doing so. “Let’s make the Noyes Center a real example of our shining commitment to the arts and create a bigger, better facility that can accommodate all of its remaining artists,” Geiger said. “If we’re going to do this, let’s stop damaging the very community we purport to value so much.” Ald. Judy Fiske (1st), whose ward includes the center, argued in favor of sending the plan back to Bobkiewicz. She suggested that minor changes to the proposal could ensure a more equitable solution. sophiabollag2016@u.northwestern.edu
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PROPOSAL POSTPONE Joel Freimuth gives a presentation to the Human Services Committee about the Piven Theater expansion proposal. The meeting took place Tuesday evening at the Lorraine H. Morton Civic Center.
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Around Town City celebrates Drinking Water Week By EDWARD COX
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Evanston residents kicked off National Drinking Water Week on Sunday by paddling canoes into the sunset and admiring the city’s flora and fauna at the canal near the Evanston Ecology Center. The city’s second annual celebration of the nationally observed week features an expanded activity list with water education events hosted at new locations, such as water sports at the ChandlerNewberger Center, 1028 Central St., and a water trivia contest at the Levy Senior Center, 300 Dodge Ave. The Evanston Public Library, 1703 Orrington Ave., also added a photo contest for middle school and high school students in addition to a 3rd grade coloring contest it started last year. “The purpose is to raise awareness about tap water, where it comes from and the people that provide it,� said Lara Biggs, an employee with the city’s public works department, of National Drinking Water Week.
Evanston pumps and filters Lake Michigan water, which flows through pipes leading to home faucets in the city and surrounding suburbs. Evanston’s water quality laboratory received perfect scores this spring in a state water quality audit for the fourth year in a row. But safe drinking water does not come free, said EPL librarian Lesley Williams, who sat on the committee organizing the weeklong water education events. “We really don’t think about water a great deal,� Williams said. “We’re very fortunate, but there are costs to maintaining a safe water supply.� On Tuesday evening, the library will show a documentary called “Liquid Assets: The Story of Our Water Infrastructure� about the nation’s aging water infrastructure, accompanied by a presentation by Debra Shore, commissioner of the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District. The ecology center, 2024 McCormick Blvd., is also hosting free water activities for students after school throughout the week. “We’re always trying to find ways to educate communities about this important environmental
Evanston police charged a 47-year-old resident Friday with aggravated assault at Burger King. The resident got into an argument with a man over a pack of cigarettes early Friday morning at the fast food restaurant, 1740 Orrington Ave., Evanston Police Cmdr. Jay Parrott said. The resident allegedly grabbed the man by the neck and pushed him back. He then took a box cutter from his pocket and verbally threatened the man before fleeing the scene. Officers found someone who matched the description at 1560 Sherman Ave. The man who was threatened identified the resident later, Parrott said. After further investigation, officers also found a marijuana pipe among the man’s belongings. Police charged the man with battery, aggravated
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Multiple cases of shots fired in Evanston over weekend
Police received several reports of shots fired over the weekend. Shots were heard in the 1500 block of Cleveland Street and at the intersection of Emerson Street and Brown Avenue on Sunday, Parrott said. Officers believe a report of shots fired Sunday afternoon may be related to one earlier in the morning, Parrott said, adding that he cannot comment on other cases. In most of these cases, officers were unable to locate anything at the reported scene, Parrott said. — Ina Yang
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On Campus New carry-out program to come to dining halls
Sodexo, the parent company of nuCuisine, has announced plans for a new carry-out program that will give students more meal options after regular dining hall hours end. The program will allow students to order carryout meals 8-11:30 p.m. Monday through Thursday at Foster-Walker Complex. Wildcat Carry Out was slated to launch Monday, but Sodexo marketing manager Jason Sophian said the program was delayed because Sodexo decided to expand the program’s It’s a big menu and potentially convenience. provide offerings at other campus locations. They don’t With the new prohave to go into gram, students will be the dining hall, able to place their orders with a cashier and wait for and they can them to be prepared. The order and wait initial menu as of Monor come back to day included a variety of options ranging from pick it up. burgers to salads. “It’s a big convenience,” Uwe Wilshusen, Foster-Walker chef said Uwe Wilshusen, and lead manager Foster-Walker chef and lead manager, in a news release. “They don’t have to go into the dining hall, and they can order and wait or come back to pick it up.” The program will benefit students who have meal plans without equivalency meals and have not been able to take food from dining halls in the past. The new program will accept meal plans, Munch Money, cash and credit cards. SESP freshman Amy Addison is currently on the unlimited meal plan, which gives students two equivalency meals per week. She said she would likely use the new plan so she could save her equivalency meals. “I see it as really useful for people … working all the time,” Addison said. “If I could use a regular meal, I might use it more often, like when I’m working through dinner.”
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Dodgers part-owner to speak at School of Law commencement
Mark Walter (Law ’85), part-owner of the Los Angeles Dodgers, will deliver the main address at the School of Law convocation May 17. Walter serves as chief executive officer and a member of the board and executive committee of Guggenheim Capital, a privately held financial services company. The address is scheduled for 1:30 p.m. at the Chicago Theatre. Walter also founded Liberty Hampshire Company, which provides risk management services, and is the chairman of EquiTrust Life Insurance Company. He is a trustee or director of multiple organizations, including the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation and the Security Benefit Corporation. Walter recently made headlines for paying $2.15 billion for the Dodgers, doubling the team’s cost. He received his undergraduate degree from Creighton University in Omaha, Neb. — Cat Zakrzewski
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LAYING DOWN THE LAW Mark Walter, chairman of the Los Angeles Dodgers, will speak at the Northwestern School of Law convocation. Graduation ceremonies begin next week.
Across Campuses Loan program change leads to enrollment drops at historically black colleges
WASHINGTON — A change in federal education loan policies has left many students at some of the nation’s historically black colleges and universities struggling to fill a gap in their financial aid and forcing hundreds to leave school. A more rigorous system of credit checks has denied certain loans available to parents to help with their children’s undergraduate expenses. The loans are available to all students at all schools. But the changes have had a particularly severe impact on thousands of students at historically black colleges, advocates for those schools say. “It’s been devastating,” said Rep. Corrine Brown, D-Fla., a member of the Congressional
Black Caucus. “The loan helped bridge the gap. For students and colleges that didn’t have additional resources, those students had to go home. And to me that’s just unacceptable.” — Renee Schoof (McClatchy Washington Bureau)
Obama, at Ohio State, urges graduates to pressure government
WASHINGTON — Speaking to the graduating class of Ohio State University in Columbus on Sunday, Obama called on the students to embrace the school’s motto, “education for citizenship,” and to press the government to act. He encouraged students to work to narrow the income gap between the middle class and the wealthy, to improve education for children and
protect them from gun violence, and to better the environment, among other things. Most of all, the president told the new generation to persevere in the face of obstacles. “We remember Michael Jordan’s six championships. We don’t remember his nearly 15,000 missed shots,” he said. Obama pointed out that most of the graduating class was born as the Berlin Wall fell and grew up with the Internet and the aftermath of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks. Of the school’s 10,000 graduating students, 130 have already served in the military and 50 will become commissioned officers in the Army, Navy, Air Force and Marines, he said. — Brian Bennett (Tribune Washington Bureau)
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Teplov’s death highlights need for campus support Guest Column
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Students must develop, maintain culture of concern for one another
University ‘failing’ to provide ‘real support’ for students who need it
KATE STEIN
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I didn’t know Dmitri Teplov. He was in my Intro to Macroeconomics class, but I didn’t know that until Prof. Mark Witte brought up his death at the end of lecture Monday. I don’t fault myself for not knowing him — our lecture has more than 200 students in it, so encountering him, let alone realizing he was struggling, was unlikely. The same is true for most of the other students in the lecture. Statistically speaking, though, some people in the class must have encountered Dmitri at some point. And while they probably didn’t recognize he was struggling, had they been looking, they might have. Let me make it clear: I am not criticizing those students who encountered Dmitri and didn’t see he was depressed or suicidal. I am criticizing Northwestern students in general for being too self-oriented, so self-oriented that we fail to recognize how others are having a hard time. We’re busy. I get it. Northwestern provides many, many opportunities that we wouldn’t get at other schools, and we want to take advantage of as many as possible. We also have high standards for ourselves, and meeting those standards — academically, athletically, etc. — takes more time than it would if our standards were lower. By themselves, these are not bad things. But when our desire to excel comes at the cost of our own or others’ emotional and psychological well-being, or worse, at the cost of lives, we need to rethink our priorities. There has been a lot of discussion about the shortcomings of Counseling and Psychological Services and other mental health resources on campus. No doubt some aspects of those services could be improved, but the fundamental problem isn’t a lack of resources. Rather, it’s a lack of concern among students about their peers. In asking for more counselors or programs, what we’re really asking for is a simple
solution to a problem that we don’t want to “The loss of one of our own is always soraddress ourselves. That isn’t to say we don’t care rowful, and we must stand with each other in about other students — we do. We just don’t this time of mourning.� — Associated Student make caring for them our top priority. Until Government president Ani Ajith and executive we change this, the mental health problem on vice president Alex Van Atta campus isn’t going to improve, regardless of Dmitri Teplov was a student in the Northhow many CAPS staff members or programs western University class of 2015. He was a New we add. Yorker, a Murphy Institute Scholar and lived in So what can we do? The key is to start thinkthe most Plexcellent dorm on campus. And he ing about other people as our was a person. priority, in whatever With each death this year, I have watched form that takes. It could our campus slip into selfish sorrow that does be as simple as asking not truly confront the fact that we a classmate how their let a fellow student die day is going and then on our watch. When listening — really Harsha died, our listening — to campus was shocked. their response. It It was unprecedented, could be inviting and many were brosomeone sitting ken. When Alyssa died, alone in a dining the campus united. We hall to sit with learned how to overcome you. It could be our sorrow and move going to have on. And now that Dmitri coffee with has died, we must repair an acquainour campus and come to Kate tance, and terms with our sorrow, or so Stein seeing if we are told. I have watched you can make a unfold in these past few days new friend or at least a new a culture that does not invoke connection. progress and that does not seek It isn’t enough to just reach out to your solutions. We are concerned with friends. The people struggling the most probhow we feel, with how terrible it is that we ably aren’t the ones who have friends like you. must endure a third student dying. Meanwhile, You may feel awkward or uncomfortable Northwestern implores us that we must come in talking to someone you don’t know well. together as a community. If we feel sorrow for You may feel you’re wasting time that could be Dmitri, we must seek help at Counseling and better spent studying. So be it. Your awkwardPsychological Services, a darkly comedic joke ness or lower grade is worth less than someone as CAPS continues to give slipshod counseling else’s happiness or, in Dmitri’s case, someone service to the mentally unwell at Northwestern. else’s life. I went to CAPS at the beginning of this Spring Quarter. I told them I suffered severe Kate Stein is a Medill freshman and a former Daily depression and nearly daily repressed suicidal staffer. She can be reached at katherinestein2016@u. thoughts, and I was just taken off the wait list northwestern.edu. If you want to respond publicly to Monday. I am lucky in that I have medicathis column, send a Letter to the Editor to opinion@ tion from home, a strong support system and dailynorthwestern.com. experience with this illness. I have gotten help
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Preferential treatment can trump fairness JULIAN CARACOTSIOS DAILY COLUMNIST
It’s been a while since elementary school, but none of us has forgotten the time we brought something yummy to class and we got the ubiquitous “Did you bring enough for everyone?� Although a mild annoyance back in the third grade, it should be put up with in the name of teaching children to share and be fair. This is the sort of thing we take for granted as a basic principle of human decency, like cleaning up your dog’s poop while out on a walk, but, forever the skeptic, I challenge you to think twice. It’s not every day that you see a book with the title “Against Fairness,� so you can imagine how startled I was when I came across a review of it online. The book, written by philosopher Stephen Asma, argues against exactly what its title suggests: the common notion that what is fair is what is right. I never finished reading the review. Ten minutes after I clicked on it, I was at Church and Sherman walking out of Barnes & Noble with a copy of the book in hand, $22.07 poorer since I was too impatient to wait for Amazon to ship it. Getting ripped off by a bookstore has never been so rewarding, since Asma’s book is without doubt, the most thought-provoking
thing I have read in months. He begins with a recollection of a lecture he began by telling the audience, “I would strangle everyone in this room if it somehow prolonged the life of my son.� At first, that seems psychotic, but he develops it further with a classic example, the “Trolley Problem.� You’ve all heard it; a train (trolley, delusional runaway elephant, etc.) is coming to a junction, and you have control over which path it takes. At one end are three strangers tied down and at the other is your mother. If everyone is to be treated equally, the choice is obvious. But they shouldn’t be treated equally. You should flip the switch and save your mom! If you wouldn’t, then we really need to sit down, crack open a beer and have a chat. I presume here that you were fortunate to have such a mother to love, but the point still holds even if you don’t, just replace your mother with the person you love most in the world. Unfortunately, many of the abstract theories of ethics we learn about in school seem to gloss over, or even blatantly contradict, all of this. But Asma argues that alongside academic ethics, there is another set of ethical norms, far deeper and older than those found in the writings of John Stuart Mill or Immanuel Kant. Love and loyalty play favorites. They make us value some people more than others. They are not fair. But the Golden Rule does not account for this, nor does much of what we take for granted to be obvious ethical truths.
Asma’s point is that we need to reconcile our ethical, legal and philosophical notions of fairness with the fact that humans are inherently unfair creatures, because “fairness� sounds absurd when we start to apply it blindly to friends and family. By what’s said aloud, you’d think we’re expected to be saints. Every time a politician has an affair, it’s scandalous. When someone shows favoritism to friends, it’s unethical conduct. But let’s be real here, how many of you have let your friends blatantly copy your homework? How many times have you lied to cover things up for someone you care about? How many times have you given a friend cash to buy booze when there are children starving to death on the other side of the world? You can debate as long as you like about what “good� is and what we “should� do, but when the moment comes, when your hand is on the switch and it’s your mother’s life on the line, chances are, you’ll forget a lot of that. Morality is as much, if not more, a feeling as it is an abstract construct. If we want to do good, we should concern ourselves with how to do good, rather than just what good is. When we ask ourselves, “What would Jesus do?� it becomes very easy to condemn. But what would you do? Julian Caracotsios is a Weinberg junior. He can be reached at juliancaracotsios2014@u.northwestern.edu. If you want to respond publicly to this column, send a Letter to the Editor to opinion@dailynorthwestern.com.
from my family, friends and girlfriend, and I have methods from my past to deal with my issues, and I have been actually doing really great during this waiting period. Not all Wildcats, however, are that lucky; not everyone has a support system or a way to get treatment beyond CAPS. Not all Wildcats will be able to recover from an illness when CAPS simply does not have the budget or the resources to treat them. When our counseling service is as overburdened as it is, it must either pawn students off to Evanston psychologists at every avenue, or, if students endure the waiting list, rush them through therapy. A student who can barely get out of bed or has used up all his courage seeking initial treatment will not be able to go into town every session, and a pressurized environment to fix you and make room for the next student will never allow healing to occur. The fact is these suicides are tragic and indicative of a campus-wide problem that does not create many visible symptoms. So many students suffer daily from mental illness and do not get the help they need. They know the difficult reputation of our counseling service and decide that there is no point in pursuing that option. I sincerely believe that funding is the answer. A counseling service that can attend to all mental illnesses Wildcats deal with daily may sound like a pipe dream, but to pursue anything less is just waiting for the next death to occur. A similar wait list to treat traditional medical illnesses of the body would not be tolerated. We cannot pat ourselves on the back because we feel bad about our fellow student. This is not a point for our campus to rally behind. This is a tragedy. This is a life that has been snuffed short. This is broken friendships and a broken family. To undermine his death as simply an event that affects us is nothing but selfish love. We have been failing both as a university and as classmates to offer a real support system to students in need. This cannot happen again. Not on our watch. Kevin Mathew, Weinberg sophomore
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NU takes steps to decrease use of water bottles By JEANNE KUANG
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Recent water fountain renovations inside residential buildings have coincided with student efforts to reduce the use of disposable plastic bottles on campus. Residential Services took the latest step in campus sustainability when it installed new water fountains with water bottle-filling units in dining halls and residential halls during Spring Break. Paul Riel, executive director of Residential Services, said the bottle-filling stations have been installed in 1835 Hinman, Foster-Walker Complex, Sargent Hall, McCulloch Hall, Communications Residential College, Shepard Residential College and Kemper Hall. “Everywhere we have identified existing water fountains, they are all candidates for us to add the bottle-filler stations,� Riel said. He said residential buildings slated to
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From page 1 them about 1 p.m. “They’re just in shock,� Stevens said. “They just can’t believe what’s happened.� No plans for a memorial are scheduled at this time, Ste(Teplov) was vens said. Teplov’s passing one of the few marks the third stubrave people dent death this acawho sat in the demic year. Weinberg Alyssa Weaver first couple of junior and McCormick sophrows in a class omore Harsha Madof 80 students. dula died two months apart in Fall Quarter. Jens Koch, “We want to obviphysics and ously do everything we astronomy can to prevent deaths professor like this because they’re so tragic and so needless,� Stevens said. “And sometimes these things happen, and there’s not a lot that we can do about that.� University President Morton Schapiro was in Doha for Northwestern University in Qatar’s commencement ceremony when Teplov was found dead, NU spokesman Al Cubbage said. As University officials respond, the NU
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receive renovations, such as Chapin Hall and Hobart House, will also get the water fountain upgrades. The renovations are arriving amid a year’s work on the part of Pura Playa, an Engineers for a Sustainable World project, to reduce plastic waste on campus. Pura Playa launched an initiative Fall Quarter to eliminate the sale of plastic water bottles on campus. Since then, the group has been holding activities in pursuit of the ban, such as partnering with Green Cup during Winter Quarter and giving firesides in dorms to educate students about the advantages of drinking tap water instead of bottled water, co-project manager Michael Narea said. For the past four months, Pura Playa has also been holding “tap water challenges� on campus, Narea said. “We set up a table with cups of water with tap and bottled and we had students try them and try to distinguish the difference between the two,� the McCormick senior said. “It’s interesting seeing them trying tap water and bottled water and not
knowing which is which. It really validated our whole initiative.� The group plans to have tables at Students for Ecological and Environmental Development’s Philfest music festival Saturday to further promote the water taste challenge, fill students’ reusable water bottles and quiz them on water resource trivia. Pura Playa has also been working with fraternities to find ways for them to recycle plastic Solo cups, which Narea said cannot be processed by Evanston’s recycling facilities. Narea said people often inaccurately believe tap water to be less clean than bottled water because old water fountains do not maintain a low water temperature well, and renovations will make tap water more appealing. “Hopefully we’ll see water bottle sale demand fall,� he said. “At that point, the school will order less, and we get closer to becoming a water-bottlefree campus.� Mark Silberg, outgoing Associated Student Government associate vice president of sustainability and SEED co-president, said he hopes
community is beginning to feel Teplov’s absence. Through mutual classes Winter Quarter and this quarter, Feng said he had gotten to know Teplov well. Aside from physics, the two also took public speaking and organic chemistry classes together. Feng said although Teplov was shy, preferring video games and technology jokes, he was just like any NU student. “I just want people to know that he wasn’t some quiet weirdo who sat in the corner of class,� Feng said. “He was just a normal guy who could talk to you and joke with you. He wasn’t someone who felt unapproachable or someone who you’d avoid.� Like Feng, physics and astronomy Prof. Jens Koch said he did not see Teplov’s death coming. “I liked him. He was one of the few brave people who sat in the first couple of rows in a class of 80 students,� said Koch, who had Teplov in a physics class this quarter. “He was there and participated in class and contributed.� Koch said it was “hard to digest� Teplov’s absence from class Monday. “I think we’ll all miss him,� Koch said. “It was very hard to see his empty chair this morning.�
the new bottle-filling stations will be expanded to other buildings where students spend time, such as University Library or Norris University Center. “It’s difficult for me to show direct causal results between Pura Playa’s efforts and the decisions by somebody like Paul Riel to do that,� Silberg said. “But I do think this broader movement between Facilities Management, the Office of Sustainability, work that ASG’s been doing and the work of Pura Playa have all contributed to a culture that says this is what students want.� Riel said although Residential Services must consider the cost of installing more bottle-filling stations, it has kept a count of where renovations are possible and hopes to convert more old water fountains. “I just think it’s a perfect storm of good ideas,� Riel said of the coinciding efforts of students and the University. “It’s a good initiative to do and we believe in it as well.� jeannekuang2016@u.northwestern.edu
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EVANSTON WIN Attorneys William McKenna and Grant Farrar explain the city’s victory in a legal battle against a Chicago school at a news conference Monday. They were joined by Ald. Ann Rainey (8th).
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Ann Rainey (8th) also addressed the controversy surrounding a comment she reportedly made about the school. The school’s former president alleged Rainey had told him, “Keep your Jewish school on California. You’ll get a zoning change over my dead body,� referring to the original school’s location at
Cat Zakrzewski contributed reporting. laurencaruba2015@u.northwestern.edu
6110 N California Ave., Chicago. Rainey denied ever making the comment on Monday. “I did not say that,� Rainey said. “I’m not even sure I knew where the school was at that time.� Rainey emphasized the city amends the zoning ordinance only in rare circumstances. ciaramccarthy2015@u.northwestern.edu
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Tuesday, May 7, 2013
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Late Ohio State homer stuns NU Ohio State
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All in attendance heard a ping, a gasp and a roar from the Ohio State faithful. Most in attendance then felt a punch to the gut. Northwestern (20-20, 8-13 Big Ten) lost a 2-1 lead to Ohio State (32-14, 14-7 Big Ten) when Buckeyes shortstop Kirby Pellant’s eighth-inning 3-run homer landed beyond the right field fence. The 6-2 final leaves the Wildcats essentially out of the Big Ten playoff race. “That’s something you don’t want to see,” junior third baseman Nick Linne said of the home run. “It’s tough now because we know our odds. We see we can’t make the tournament anymore, and that’s a little upsetting.” Through seven innings the game’s top story was NU starting pitcher Zach Morton. Up to that point, the right-hander had allowed 1 run on 2 hits and, true to form, only 3 strikeouts. His final punch-out came with a runner on third base and 2 outs, an appropriate would-be end to his outing. “There was some talk (of taking me out),” Morton said. “But I said I was feeling OK, so they let me go out for the eighth.” Coach Paul Stevens said he never considered removing Morton, and the way he lauded the redshirt senior after the game, it’s no wonder. “Gutsiest guy I know alive,” Stevens said. “That man can play. He’s a warrior and a half … He’s still our best fielder. He’s our best athlete, he’s probably our best player, and he’s probably the guy who wants it as much as anybody I’ve ever been around.” With that in mind, Stevens let Morton return for the eighth. The Buckeyes began the inning with back-to-back singles, and after a sacrifice bunt attempt failed to advance the runners, Morton departed the
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mound with 1 out and a 1-run lead. Stevens turned to his closer, junior Kyle Ruchim, who swapped positions with Morton, taking the hill as Morton jogged to second base. Ruchim’s second pitch didn’t come back. Pellant’s homer spoiled Morton’s final home start and sent the Cats to defeat. The Buckeyes closed the inning with another run, then another in the ninth off junior Jack Livingston, but the insurance proved inconsequential, as NU failed to score in the eighth or ninth. The Cats scored their runs in the bottom of the second on a 2-run single from Linne but sputtered from there, managing only 4 more hits. “We were having a little trouble getting the bats going a little bit today,” Linne said. “Had some trouble stringing some hits together.” Ohio State’s first run came in the sixth inning. Nine-hitter Brad Hallberg was hit by a pitch, and leadoffman Joe Ciamacco walked after watching several borderline pitches that were called balls. After the runners advanced to second and third on a groundball, Hallberg scored on a wild pitch. But the big blow was the go-ahead long-ball. Monday was the second consecutive day the Cats blew a lateinning lead, and those two losses, in addition to a similarly close defeat April 28 against Illinois, buried the Cats’ playoff hopes. Barring the most improbable of circumstances, beginning with NU sweeping second-place Indiana next weekend, the Cats will not participate in this season’s Big Ten Tournament in Minneapolis. Their visibly emotional coach admitted the losses are difficult to swallow.
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WASTED EFFORT An Ohio State home run in the eighth inning off an NU reliever ruined a good outing from redshirt senior pitcher Zach Morton, who gave up only one run in his first seven innings of work.
“The good thing is I don’t sleep much at night anyhow, so it hasn’t kept me up anymore,” Stevens said. “I’m not going to sit there and tell you it’s not tough … The way that we keep battling — and unfortunately we’ve had some tough games in the
eighth and ninth innings. There’s not one guy that’s not giving me everything that he has. I won’t question any of that. At the end of the day I still believe in these guys.” alexputterman2016@u.northwestern.edu
Colter talks his love of playing on the links
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Kain Colter senior quarterback
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It’s time for Cats to make mark JOSH WALFISH
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Ever since I was little, I was always being taken to the driving range and watching golf.
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Northwestern has come to expect senior quarterback Kain Colter to succeed on the green of a gridiron. However, he has also found a lot of success on the putting green. Although Colter may play football for the Wildcats, he claims golf may be his better sport. The Daily caught up with Colter after practice to talk about his love for golf and why he chose to play for football coach Pat Fitzgerald and not for golf coach Pat Goss. The Daily Northwestern: How did you get interested in golf? Kain Colter: My grandpa, my mom’s dad, was a big golfer, and ever since I was little, I had a golf club in my hand. I remember having a plastic club, swinging them around in my grandparents’ backyard. I feel like ever since I was little, I was always being taken to the driving range and watching golf. My grandpa wanted me to be the next Tiger Woods. The Daily: Where does football enter the equation? Colter: Football is just something I was more destined for. My dad played football. My uncle played football. I started that when I was young, too. Golf ’s something you have to dedicate all your time to if you’re going to play it at a high level. I just didn’t do that because I was playing so many other sports and football just came natural to me. The Daily: Do you remember your
best round? Colter: I shot a 78 at Vista Ridge (now called Colorado National Golf Club) in Erie, Colo. The Daily: How much interaction have you had with Goss or the members of the team? Colter: I haven’t. I’ve played with Eric Chun a few times. He’s really good and he’s really helped me with my swing a little bit. The Daily: If you could go to any golf tournament in the world, which one would you go to? Colter: The Masters. There’s something special about the Masters, something I’d like to go to. Augusta is sweet. The Daily: Do you watch a lot of golf on television? Colter: When Tiger’s playing. If Tiger’s not playing, I’m not watching. But if Tiger’s playing, I’m always watching. The Daily: I’ll take it you’re a big Tiger Woods fan, but any other favorite golfers? Colter: I like Rory (McIlroy). I like Bubba Watson, Rickie Fowler, all those guys. The Daily: If you could play any course in the world, which one would you play? Colter: Probably Pebble Beach (in California). Or that one course in Dubai (Abu Dhabi). They always have a tournament out there. I’ve always wanted to go to Dubai, and it would sweet to play golf there. joshuawalfish2014@u.northwestern.edu
If there were a time for the Wildcats to silence their critics, it would be 2013. Northwestern has a legitimate shot to start off the football season 4-0 before squaring off with The Ohio State, and please put emphasis on “the.” For those of you who claim the Cats have accomplished the feat before, I ask you to look at the schedule. After Monday’s announcement of the Big Ten Network’s prime-time games, three of NU’s first five games will be played under the lights at Ryan Field in front of 47,000 screaming fans and a national audience. The nation will be watching the Cats, and it is time NU rose to the occasion under coach Pat Fitzgerald. Everyone in that locker room will tell you they are ready to handle the expectations and prove the Cats will be a threat in the Big Ten for years to come. The issue is we have heard the same thing before from NU. In 2001, the Cats were predicted to win the Big Ten. I know this may come as a shock to many readers who thought NU was irrelevant before Fitzgerald was named the coach and excluding the Rose Bowl season in 1995. In 2001, NU was coming off being named coconference champions in 2000 and returned many seniors. However, NU finished 4-7 and only won two Big Ten games, missing the postseason entirely, let alone winning one of the most competitive conferences in the country. I tell you about the past because it is exactly that — the past. Something about this year’s team is different, and it has direct correlation to the past. That connection, of course, is this team has defied the past once and is out to rebel against it again. The hallmark of Fitzgerald’s tenure as coach is the fact that he has confronted NU’s past failures and used them to motivate his team to take the program to new levels. By winning 10 games last year, this team has done exactly that, matching the most wins in a season in program history. Fitzgerald has done an admirable job of leading the Cats over every obstacle they have faced. The past is no longer an issue, and I’m sure he is upset with me for even bringing up the 2001 season. However, it is an important comparison. Despite winning Big Ten titles in 1995, 1996 and 2000, NU was not ready for the limelight. It was not ready to be the hunted and could only play the hunter. The 2013 team has embraced being the hunted and not the hunter. The Cats have learned how to be the favorite and live up to those expectations. They have figured out how to play with the heavy burden that is a preseason ranking. So when all the eyes are on Evanston and NU is forced to show its mettle, how will the Cats respond? If NU’s walk matches its talk, the Buckeyes should be in for a dogfight because the Cats will be ready to play and prove once and for all, NU is ready to contend at the top of the Big Ten for decades to come. joshuawalfish2014@u.northwestern.edu