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Study abroad to aid flight purchases New program allows financial aid money to go toward airline tickets By MATTHEW CHOI
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bin, that will no longer be an issue,” she said. The Office of Sustainability has been considering a switch to mixed recycling for several years, Cahillane said. She said she decided Winter Quarter would be the best time to implement the program because it would allow students to become accustomed to the system before spring break. “There’s so much happening at the beginning of the school year that it seems like a good time, but it’s not always a good time to roll out something new,” she said. “We’ll have hopefully a big hit and a lot of visibility and a lot of attention to it before spring break, and then there’ll still be a bit of time afterwards before students leave for the year.” The mixed recyclables will now be taken by the University’s contracted recycling hauler to a transfer station,
Low-income students studying abroad this quarter and next have been able to purchase plane tickets through the Northwestern Study Abroad Office as part of the new Bridge Builder Program. Headed by the Office of Undergraduate Financial Aid and the Study Abroad Office, the new program is an effort to make study abroad more accessible to students of all income levels, said Krista Bethel, assistant director of study abroad financial services. “The intention was to avoid students having to pay out-of-pocket for something their financial aid will eventually cover,” Bethel said. “If you don’t have one or two thousand dollars out-ofpocket … to book a flight that will be paid for later, then that can be a real hurdle.” Bridge Builder allows eligible students to purchase plane tickets for study abroad through the Study Abroad Office and have the airfare added to their study abroad bill, said Jessica Fetridge, assistant director at the Study Abroad Office. This then allows students to use their financial aid for airfare, along with all other bills for study abroad, she said. The program began with this year’s application process during Fall Quarter, Fetridge said, with three students successfully purchasing plane tickets for study abroad programs Winter and Spring Quarter. Bridge Builder is available to undergraduate students with expected family contributions of less than $10,000 for the academic year — a threshold which would expand beyond Pell Grant recipients, the common definition of a low-income student, Bethel said. She said she contacted eligible students accepted into study abroad programs and has met with them to determine their eligibility and to have an opportunity to discuss other financial matters concerning study abroad. The program is only applicable for NU-run and affiliated programs, and is not available for summer study abroad programs, Bethel said. She said she feels strongly about making study abroad financially accessible, as she relied on financial aid to be able to spend a year in Germany as a college student. “It would be a coin toss in my life whether study abroad or financial aid was more defining for me in college,” Bethel said. “So the study abroad offices and I have been working hard to really remove as many barriers to study abroad as possible.” Previously, study abroad students
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VEHICLE FOR INNOVATION People convene at the cafe of The Garage, Northwestern’s startup innovation hub. The Garage was launched June 2015 as a workspace for student entrepreneurs.
The Garage becomes hub for student entrepreneurship By KELLI NGUYEN
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Nestled in the second floor of the Henry Crown Sports Pavilion complex, The Garage has begun sheltering late-night brainstorming sessions for what Northwestern students are hoping will be the next big innovation. Prospective groups must apply to gain resident status, which grants them 24-hour access and designated workspace, said Melissa Crounse, executive director of The Garage. The Garage houses 52 student resident teams this quarter, all of which are geared toward projects in entrepreneurship and innovation. Of these groups, 48 are development team “companies” and four are student organizations. Roughly 60 percent are developing software while the other 40 percent are creating hardware. The Garage tags itself a place “where ideas
get built,” whether it be a nonprofit, a personal project, an invention or a new kind of service program, Crounse said. “It’s really the full gamut,” said Crounse, who formerly worked at Google and IBM. “If you have an idea for something new that you think should exist in the world and you want to be in a community of people who are also trying to make those things happen, then this is the place where you should come hang out.” Timing and Racing Around the Clock, one of The Garage’s graduated companies, worked in the space during Fall Quarter to develop a software to monitor foot races. TRAC is now in San Francisco participating in Y Combinator, the top accelerator program in the US, Crounse said. Accelerator programs are startup incubators, similar to The Garage, geared toward helping new companies gain traction and take off. “We’re really more of a pre-accelerator which means we’re trying to help you figure out who your customer is, what is your business model,
what’s your product, all of that to get you to your next milestone,” Crounse said. For Akshat Thirani, The Garage connected the McCormick senior and his team to people who helped them mold a company model for their product. The group is working to develop Ampér, an energy monitoring and control system for homes. With the help of The Garage, the creators of Ampér have also filed for a provisional patent and have consulted with lawyers. “We are all engineers from Northwestern, but it’s a very different thing in creating a prototype versus creating a company,” Thirani said. “All the missing holes were filled out at The Garage.” After The Garage, Ampér is slated to participate in HAX, the world’s first and largest hardware accelerator program, in Shenzhen, China. There, the company hopes to set up a manufacturing and supply chain for the product. Another one of The Garage’s residents, Eighty » See GARAGE, page 5
NU rolls out new mixed-recycling program By MADELINE FOX
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REDUCE, REUSE, RECYCLE Recycling bins in Technological Institute display the new mixed recycling label.
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Northwestern has switched from separated recycling to mixed recycling as part of its goal to reduce the University’s landfill waste by 20 percent by 2020, the Office of Sustainability announced Monday. Although it will take several months to change labels on recycling bins in all common areas throughout campus, bins previously designated specifically for disposal of glass, paper or cans can now be used for all of those recyclable materials, said Julie Cahillane, a manager in the Office of Sustainability. Cahillane said the new system should streamline recycling for students as well as for the office’s recycling collection and bin distribution. “If you’re walking around campus with a can and can only find a paper
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Around Town Two Asian restaurants added to city dining scene By MARISSA PAGE
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Two new restaurants with Asian cuisine — Thai and Szechuan Chinese — have joined the Evanston restaurant scene. NaKorn Kitchen, 1622 Orrington Ave., is set to open late April or early May, while Peppercorns Kitchen, 620 Davis St., opened last month. The two restaurants add to more than a dozen Asian cuisine restaurants already in the city. Paul Zalmezak, an economic development official for the city, said one reason Asian restaurants are attracted to Evanston is because Northwestern’s student body responds positively to restaurants of that fare. He pointed to popular eateries such as Joy Yee Noodle, 519 Davis St., and Table To Stix Ramen, 1007 Davis St., which opened in October, as examples. “One reason they do well or why they’re attracted to Evanston, is because we have international students, faculty and staff,” Zalmezak said. “Evanston has for some time been a center for the Asian international culture.” Sam Rattanopas, NaKorn’s managing partner along with Mina Sudsaard, said the women were attracted to Evanston because of the growing diversity of the city’s dining scene. “I like the neighborhood, I like the city,” Rattanopas said. “It’s up and coming and I think Evanston’s food scene has changed in the past couple years. There’s room to grow, people are more open to something new.”
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Evanston’s Peppercorns, which opened Jan. 19, is the second location in a growing chain, Judy Luo, the CEO, told The Daily in Mandarin Chinese. She said the chain was in the process of opening a third Peppercorns location near Purdue University, located in West Lafayette, Indiana. Luo said she came to the United States to open Chinese restaurants with authentic dishes. She said so far the new business has served both NU students and the Evanston community at large. “It has been less than a month since we opened; the business has been great,” she said. “On our opening day on January 19, we invited leaders from various student groups from Northwestern University to taste our food, so they could help us promote and advertise among the Northwestern University student body.” Zalmezak said it can be challenging for new restaurants to find quick success in Evanston, particularly in a competitive, saturated market such as Asian cuisine. “Evanston’s food scene continues to evolve,” he said. “There are longtime players that are high quality and some that are more average. Elevating newcomers have to do really well in the marketplace.” Though several Thai restaurants already exist within the city, Rattanopas said her restaurant will offer dishes from different regions in Thailand, such as the southern, northern and northeastern parts of the country, that she felt were not represented in Evanston’s dining scene. Rattanopas added that the business has received a liquor license from the city. “We want to create contemporary-type cuisine and offer something delicious, a new world of regional, authentic Thai dishes,” she said. “We want to serve house, Evanston Police Department spokesman Perry Polinski said. The 51-year-old homeowner told police he returned home to find a safe containing $6,000 missing from a closet. $2,000 from a dresser drawer and miscellaneous jewelry were also missing, Polinski said. Police do not have a suspect and there is no indication this was a targeted crime, Polinski said.
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SZECHUAN SPICE Peppercorns Kitchen, 620 Davis St., opened in mid-January. The restaurant’s CEO Judy Luo said Peppercorns offers “truly original” Szechuan Chinese cuisine.
something beyond pad Thai.” Also stressing the importance of authenticity in their cuisine, Luo said Peppercorns uses ingredients sourced from Chengdu, China — the capital of the Szechuan Province. She said it was important to her for the restaurant to serve “truly original Szechuan food.” “I came to America to open Chinese restaurants
not mainly for the money,” Luo said. “Our goal is to promote Chinese culture through Chinese food.”
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out of the store, Polinski said. The managers confronted the suspect at the intersection of Howard Street and Kedzie Avenue where he was waiting at a bus stop with a woman, Polinski said. The man dropped his bag of alcohol and the pair fled southbound on foot, Polinski said. Police searched the area but could not locate the two, Polinski added.
A man was caught on surveillance camera stealing $600 worth of alcohol from Jewel-Osco, 2485 Howard Street, on Friday afternoon, police said. A customer reported to staff he had seen a man place bottles in his coat and bag, Polinski said. Staff members said they played back the surveillance footage, which corroborated what they had been told, Polinski said. Two managers then followed the man
Tori Latham, Alice Yin and Daniel Tian contributed reporting. mpage@u.northwestern.edu
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On Campus Weinberg prof awarded Dan David Prize for work in nanotechnology
Weinberg chemistry Prof. Chad Mirkin was recognized with the 2016 Dan David Prize in the Future Time Dimension category for his research and work with DNA and RNA. By manipulating RNA and DNA and attaching them to nanoparticles, Mirkin was able to assist in the development of SNA, spherical nucleic acids. SNA, which are artificial 3-D structures, can take forms significantly different from anything found in nature. SNA technology can be used in hypersensitive equipment that can locate cancer cells, reveal how drugs affect the body at the cellular level and treat diseases by permeating skin
NU researchers use novel methods to study ancient artifacts
A team of Northwestern researchers led by McCormick Prof. Marc Walton used innovative techniques to study Roman-Egyptian artifacts, revealing the evolution of different painting techniques in the Byzantine world. Using novel methods to examine the 2,000-year-old mummy portraits from the Tebtunis archeological site in Egypt, researchers were able to examine the different layers of pigments, uncovering the origins of different materials and
Brains matter more than beauty in a partner, NU prof finds
Men increasingly prefer brains to beauty in long-term romantic partners, according to a recent study co-led by a Northwestern professor. Psychologists from NU and the University of
without incisions. The Dan David Prize is administered by Tel Aviv University and includes a $1 million prize. The award focuses on achievements in three “time dimensions:” past, present and future. Mirkin’s work earned the prize in the future time dimension for his medical advancements that cut across disciplines. “I am truly honored and thrilled to receive this international award along with professors Alivisatos and Pendry,” Mirkin said in a news release. “It is an extraordinary validation of many years of work in the laboratory.” Mirkin shares the 2016 prize with Paul Alivisatos from the University of California, Berkeley and Lawrence Livermore Laboratory, and Sir John Pendry from Imperial College London. Ten percent of the award money will be donated to graduate students in the recipients’
fields. “We are all elated that Chad Mirkin’s brilliant research has been recognized with this extraordinary honor from the Dan David Foundation,” University President Morton Schapiro said in the release. “The award recognizes the world-changing work being done by Professor Mirkin, his interdisciplinary research group and the International Institute for Nanotechnology at Northwestern.” Mirkin is also known for founding two companies, Nanosphere and Exicure — formerly known as AuraSense — which focus on using nanotechnology in disease diagnosis and treatment. He also serves on Barack Obama’s President’s Council of Advisers on Science and Technology. Mirkin became a professor at NU in 1991.
methods used in creating the portraits. Walton presented the findings at the American Association for the Advancement of Science in Washington D.C. on Sunday. Two scientists on the team, McCormick Profs. Oliver Cossairt and Aggelos Katssaggelos, developed methods for analyzing the artifacts, including computational cameras to map the physical geography of the portraits. Doing so allowed researchers to study brush strokes, revealing methods used to create the portraits. “Our materials analysis provides a fresh and rich archaeological context for the Tebtunis portraits, reflecting the international perspective of these ancient Egyptians,” Walton said in a news release. “For example, we found that
the iron-earth pigments most likely came from Keos in Greece, the red lead from Spain and the wood substrate on which the portraits are painted came from central Europe.” The team collaborated with conservators at the Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology at the University of California, Berkeley, where the artifacts are currently housed. Walton is a member of the Northwestern University/Art Institute of Chicago Center for Scientific Studies in the Arts. NU-ACCESS is based out of McCormick and focuses on using scientific methods to study art history.
Innsbruck in Austria found men today valued their partner’s appearance less than their intellectual capability in a report published January in the European Review of Social Psychology. The psychologists found men and women who anticipated being the family breadwinner preferred their partner have domestic skills, but those who envisioned being the stay-at-home parent preferred their partner be older and more established in a career.
“In today’s world, where both partners can (and often must) work to achieve a decent lifestyle, most men want an educated, intelligent wife who can earn a good wage,” said psychology Prof. Alice Eagly in a news release. “In turn, men can worry somewhat less about producing wealth but may benefit from brushing up their looks and domestic skills.”
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Debating 2016: Foreign Policy Democratic foreign policy better adapts to a globalizing world ALEXI STOCKER
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As members of the most-traveled age group in the United States and world at large, Northwestern students have a direct stake in U.S. foreign policy, as it affects their ability to do business, explore and live abroad. Study abroad, summer and spring break trips and our future employment are all wrapped up in foreign policy. The U.S. economy is inexorably tied into the world economy at large; NU students’ future jobs and financial security cannot be separated from that of the rest of the world. Global trade, although growing more slowly since the Great Recession, continues to increase year over year. Individual nations’ economies are now part of an interdependent web of trade and fiscal and monetary policy, placing ever-greater importance on effective diplomacy. Presidential influence over U.S. foreign policy cannot be understated. The president is the commander in chief of the U.S. Armed Forces, wielding powers that can be exercised without congressional approval. Presidents and their advisers guide the actions of diplomats striking trade deals, making security arrangements and protecting U.S. citizens abroad, as well as where and when U.S. troops will be deployed. One of the most important foreign policy issues hanging in the balance of this election is the Iran nuclear deal. Both Hillary Clinton and Sen. Bernie Sanders back the Iran nuclear deal. All of the Republican presidential candidates, bar Ohio Gov. John Kasich, have pledged to do away with the deal if elected. Engagement with Iran is crucial both for ensuring peace and stability in the Middle East, as well as ensuring continued political stability and pro-American developments within Iran itself. Support for the Iran nuclear deal is a sign that a presidential candidate wants to move forward into a future where the U.S. works
with, not against, nations with interests other than our own. Part of entering the future is recognizing where the future of U.S. foreign policy lies. Clinton oversaw the beginning of the Obama administration’s “pivot to Asia,” a prescient and important foreign policy initiative aimed at building and strengthening U.S. relations in a rapidly changing region. Sanders has made even bolder statements about his intentions to change U.S. foreign policy, proudly declaring in last Thursday’s debate, “(former Secretary of State Henry) Kissinger is not my friend.” Sanders’ rebuke of Kissinger’s aggressive foreign policy marks a significant step in the movement away from U.S. imperialism, and toward international cooperation. In an ever more interdependent world, the U.S. must pursue foreign policy based on cooperation and a respect for other nations. The Democratic presidential candidates promise to continue Obama’s shift away from imperialism and toward peace and diplomacy, creating a better future for work, study and exploration in a globalizing world. Alexi Stocker is a Weinberg senior. He can be contacted at alexistocker2016@u.northwestern.edu. If you would like to respond publicly to this column, send a Letter to the Editor to opinion@dailynorthwestern.com. The views expressed in this piece do not necessarily reflect the views of all staff members of The Daily Northwestern.
Democratic foreign policy has put our nation’s safety at great risk GRANT PAPASTEFAN DAILY COLUMNIST
At the heart of Republican foreign policy is the concept of American exceptionalism. American exceptionalism recognizes that the United States holds a special role in history as a uniquely democratic nation. Because of this, Republicans believe it is the job of a nation as fortunate as ours to take a leading role in global affairs, and to approach global policy with the goal of “peace through strength.” Perhaps one of the greatest issues many Republicans have with Barack Obama’s presidency is his approach to foreign policy. Under Obama, America has led from behind, and Obama’s vocal support of American exceptionalism is not reflected in his actions. The primary example of this is his policy in the Middle East, which led to the rise of the Islamic State. After prematurely pulling troops out of Iraq and Afghanistan to make a political statement, and creating a power vacuum that brought about ISIS, the Obama administration took multiple steps to fan the rebellion in Syria, which has proven to be dangerously shortsighted. Secretaries of State Hillary Clinton and John Kerry have created an even larger
Zika virus shows why research matters SAI FOLMSBEE
DAILY COLUMNIST
Disease is, for the most part, predictable. Throughout human history, we have described ailments of infection, cancer, aging and more, and although our terminology may have changed, our fundamental physiology has not. In medicine, there is always more to learn about the pathogenesis and treatment of diseases, but these illnesses themselves no longer surprise us. Still, every once in awhile, something new appears. Over the past few months, the Zika virus has spread throughout parts of South America, and although its rapid genesis may be alarming, we should not be fearful. It should instead serve as a reminder of how dependent we are on basic science to deal with these emerging threats. The rise of the Zika virus has been remarkable. It began in Brazil, where there were reports of an increased number of children being born with microcephaly, a rare but severe birth defect defined by poor development of the head. This suggested an association with infection of the Zika virus, which is transmitted by mosquitos indigenous to the region. Its rise has been so severe that the World Health Organization has declared it a global public health emergency, and there have even been confirmed cases in Illinois. Most troubling though, because of the Zika virus’ novelty, there is no vaccine yet available.
Although fear has spread to the United States, what we know about the virus is not that concerning. We know only about 20 percent of those infected with the Zika virus actually show symptoms and, when they do, they are often mild and flu-like. We know the virus can only be spread by the mosquitos found in South America, and migration of the virus and mosquitos north to the U.S. is unlikely. We know once infected, transmission to others can only occur through blood or sexual contact. But what we do not know is much more troubling. The true connection between viral infection and the risk of microcephaly has not been defined, and it will still be weeks until we can definitely link them. And most importantly, the ultimate, long-term effects of the spread of Zika, as well as how we will treat or prevent it, are entirely unknown. In this way, the rise of the Zika virus perfectly illustrates why we need robust basic scientific research. Imagine being a scientist studying flaviviruses, the family that Zika belongs to, just a few months prior to this outbreak. Imagine the difficulties in getting funding in studying viruses that only cause rare diseases in humans. Consider what we could have learned about this virus: how it replicates, how it infects cells or how it interacts with the physiology of the mosquito. Instead, researchers are having to investigate these things after the virus has become a public health emergency. In these cases, it seems our lack of interest in such obscure scientific topics, combined with our lack of foresight, have truly limited our medical options when we need them most. This is exactly what happened during the
emergence of HIV in the 1980s. Before then, retroviruses such as HIV represented an incredibly small portion of those that contributed to human disease. Only a fraction of virologists even cared about retroviruses at all. But when HIV struck, the work of those few scientists became more important than ever. The reason why we have highly effective antiretroviral drugs today — treatments that have turned what used to be a death sentence into a chronic illness — is because of the baseline work researchers were doing before we even knew HIV was going to be an epidemic. And now, the same process is occurring again with the Zika virus, although on a much smaller, less severe scale. Biomedical research is important in understanding human health and disease, but what is more controversial is the scientific investigation into aspects of biology not yet relevant to disease. Competition for government grants has grown tighter than ever, and avenues of investigation are constantly being dropped for more fundable, disease-relevant topics. The public needs to encourage more and better funding for all science, even that which may not seem necessary right now because the past has already taught us that the unexpected is not always so benign as the already insidious Zika virus. Sai Folmsbee is a Feinberg graduate student. He can be contacted at sai@northwestern.edu. If you would like to respond publicly to this column, send a Letter to the Editor to opinion@dailynorthwestern.com. The views expressed in this piece do not necessarily reflect the views of all staff members of The Daily Northwestern.
mess in the Middle East by refusing to work with Syrian President Bashar al Assad to defeat dangerous rebel forces. To add insult to injury, this situation arose not out of military strategy, but out of playing to public opinion. Even as recently as January, Obama described ISIS as “masses of fighters on the back of pickup trucks … (who) do not threaten our national existence.” It should be pretty easy to see how that is wrong. Unfortunately, Democrats refuse to bear the political consequence of admitting their policy failures, instead blaming the Bush administration for responding to terrorist attacks on our home turf and fighting an oppressive dictatorship in Iraq. Republican foreign policy may support a strong U.S. presence abroad, but that does not have to correlate with wasteful military spending. Republicans believe that cost-effective measures should be taken to ensure fiscal solvency. The majority of military spending should go toward developing efficient military technology and preventing nuclear proliferation. The GOP does not feel that Obama’s nuclear deal with Iran does an adequate job of addressing this issue. Our world is in dire straits, and the lack of foreign policy leadership under the Obama administration has put the U.S. at risk. That is not fear-mongering. It is just the truth. Instead of electing Democrats who wish to undermine significant threats to our nation and diminish America’s exceptional role in promoting global peace through strength, Northwestern students should consider electing a Republican who places national security as our top priority, and embraces patriotism, rather than trying to hide it. Grant Papastefan is a Bienen freshman. He can be contacted at grantpapastefan2019@u.northwestern.edu. If you would like to respond publicly to this column, send a Letter to the Editor to opinion@dailynorthwestern. com. The views expressed in this piece do not necessarily reflect the views of all staff members of The Daily Northwestern. Graphic by Dylan Storey/The Daily Northwestern
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NBC show Chicago Fire filming to disrupt traffic in Evanston this week
NBC television show Chicago Fire will film in Evanston on Wednesday and Thursday, prompting the closure of certain streets, the city announced Monday.
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From page 1 Nine Robotics, launched Tuesday its Indiegogo campaign for Rook, the world’s first fly-anywhere home drone. With Rook, users can control their drones from anywhere in the world. The company’s goal is to reach $20,000 for Rook. As of Monday, Rook has already earned more than $10,000 from a soft launch. For Eighty Nine Robotics, The Garage has served
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From page 1 would often purchase their tickets before they received financial aid for that quarter, Bethel said, which restricted students who lacked the funds to immediately do so. Students would have to be reimbursed afterward, Bethel said. For next Fall Quarter’s Bridge Builder application period, Fetridge said students can fill out an application with the Study Abroad Office by June 1, or two months before their start date for earlier sessions, and select their own flights through Intra World Travel and Tours, an Evanston travel agency that partnered with NU for the program. Understanding how financial aid would work in regards to basic travel expenses would also pose challenges to low-income students, said
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where they will be combined with other recyclables from the area before being delivered to the processing center where they are sorted, Cahillane said. Michael Daugherty, an Eco-Rep for Phi Gamma Delta and the Office of Sustainability’s recycling and resource management aide, said
The filming will require a full closure of Forest Place between Davis Street and Church Street from 6 a.m. to 5 p.m. both days. The show will be filmed in the 1600 block of Forest Place, a residential area near Patriots Park, a park at the intersection of Davis Street and Sheridan Road near Lake Michigan. The show, a drama following the lives of firefighters and paramedics working for the Chicago Fire Department, is also recruiting
local police officers from Evanston and the Chicago area to work as extras during the two days of filming, according to casting Facebook page for the show. Chicago Fire cast Evanston second grader Tyler Kaplan in an episode that was filmed previously and is set to premiere Feb. 23. Detours will be set up for Forest Place, an extension of Sheridan Road. They will reroute traffic along Clark Street
to Chicago Avenue and from Davis Street to Judson Avenue. Church Street will be closed intermittently between 7 a.m. and 9 a.m. Wednesday morning. In addition to the street closings, production and equipment vehicles were issued parking permits by the city, and will remain on the street overnight Wednesday.
as an invaluable workspace and resource point, said the company’s CEO Jackie Wu (McCormick ‘15). “Setting up a company is more than just building a product,” Wu said. “This is a really nice workspace and it’s massively underrated.” The Garage’s focus on innovation has translated into its physical space. The lab has enhanced its facilities to add a mural, décor, a library and reconfigured workspaces. Last week, The Garage also unveiled a beanbag room to serve as a creative space for students to work in a non-traditional
environment. “I’m trying to create a playground for innovation,” Crounse said. “It should be fun here. There should be snacks and coffee, and some lighthearted things to just really celebrate creativity and building new things.” The Garage also allows residents to use tools including 3-D printers, sewing machines, GoPro cameras, Fitbits and Apple Watches in their product development. For teams that reside in The Garage for more than a quarter, their logo stickers are
put on the floor by their workspaces as a right of passage. In terms of its space and companies, The Garage will continue to change and develop, Crounse said. “I run The Garage like it’s a startup so we’re always trying new things,” Crounse said. “My customers are the students so I’m seeing what they like, what they need and building an experience that’s good for them.”
Amanda Walsh, president of the NU Quest Scholars Network. “A problem is financial literacy; a lot of lowincome students don’t know how their financial aid will apply to study abroad,” the Communication senior said. “If students don’t have a few thousand dollars for airfare or maybe a few nights in a hotel … they might end up skimping on other things essential to their livelihood abroad.” Bridge Builder aims to address those concerns, Bethel said. Federal regulations prohibit the Office of Financial Aid from providing aid outside of the term for which it is intended, Bethel said, barring the office from providing financial aid before the beginning of a study abroad program. Now, low-income students will no longer face that challenge. Similar programs at the University of
Minnesota and the Institute for Study Abroad at Butler University inspired the creation of Bridge Builder, Bethel said. Shortly after those institutions created their programs, Bethel was in contact with them to create a similar program for NU. The pilot program launched for the Winter and Spring Quarters as generally fewer students go abroad during those quarters, allowing a favorable trial environment, Bethel said. The program was met with wide enthusiasm across all University departments involved in its development, Fetridge said. The Study Abroad Office and Office of Undergraduate Financial Aid worked with the Office of Budget and Planning, the Office of General Counsel and Intra World Travel, and received approval to launch the program late last June. “(This is) like the first time in history where
there were no roadblocks and everybody was like, ‘Yes, let’s do it!’” Fetridge said. “So that was really exciting so it actually came together really quickly.” Both Fetridge and Bethel said making study abroad accessible to all students is a priority and they are working to break down barriers and preconceptions that may discourage students from applying. “Study abroad has become a major phenomenon nationwide,” Bethel said. “Especially at Northwestern where globalization is part of our collegiate plan, that seems like something (we need) to make as accessible to as many students as possible, and we’re doing as much as we can to make that possible.”
the project will make it easier for NU students to reduce waste. “It’s just simpler,” said the Weinberg sophomore, who will help re-label the University’s bins to reflect the change. “Surprisingly few people took the time to split it up the way it was, so anything to make it easier is just going to increase recycling.” NU generates more than 5,300 tons of waste annually, recycling more than 1,800 tons of that
total, according to the Office of Sustainability’s website. Cahillane said she hopes a move to mixed recycling will increase how much waste the University collects to recycle, decreasing the amount it sends to landfills. Bob Sherman, co-president of NU Eco-Reps — a group of student representatives who promote sustainability on campus — said he hopes the office’s big push to alert students about the change will raise awareness of recycling and
sustainability on campus. “It was a good strategy for them to make it a big announcement and get people talking about it in a way that they might not have been if it had been a more incremental approach,” Sherman said. “Hopefully we can also use this as a tool to educate people about different sustainability issues.”
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Cats fall just short in tight match against Vanderbilt By ROBBIE MARKUS
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The outcome of Sunday’s match came down to the final moments, but Northwestern wasn’t able to pull off an extraordinary upset. The Wildcats (1-4) suffered an agonizing loss Sunday after coming one point away from knocking off No. 5 Vanderbilt, the defending national champions, in a tension-filled match. NU came out strong with two dominant doubles wins and two singles wins. But Vanderbilt stormed back, and the match came down to the last court. Junior Jillian Rooney fought hard through the third set, but ultimately fell 2-6, 6-3, 6-3 to give the Commodores the 4-3 win. “We’re continuing to knock on the door,” coach Claire Pollard said. “The girls are fighting and competing hard and just came up a little bit short.” The Cats stormed out of the gate with two commanding doubles wins from the duo of senior Alicia Barnett and sophomore Erin Larner and the pair of sophomores Alex Chatt and Maddie Lipp. Barnett and Larner made a statement that NU was geared up to play, as they took the first match of the day 6-0. Chatt and Lipp quickly followed with a huge 6-2 win at No. 2 doubles. After the Cats grabbed the doubles point, the crowd at the Combe Tennis Center was the loudest it has been all season. “We’ve been focusing on playing smart doubles all week,” Larner said. “They were national champions last year, so it shows we can compete at a top level.” Following the doubles performance, the Cats tried to carry the momentum onto the singles court. Chatt came off of her doubles win red
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FRESH ERIN Erin Larner runs to the ball. The sophomore won both of her matches against Vanderbilt, but the team was unable to come away with the win. No. 5 Vanderbilt
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hot to prevail at No. 4 singles, taking out her opponent 6-2, 6-0 to give NU a 2-0 lead. But Barnett, Lipp and junior Brooke Rischbieth all went down in straight sets on the singles courts despite strong fights, letting Vanderbilt
take a 3-2 lead. Erin Larner pulled out her match in straight sets to make the score 3-3, putting all the pressure on Rooney at No. 5. Rooney started very slowly, going down in the first set 6-2, but she became more consistent, wearing down her opponent to take the second set 6-3. In the third set, with all the players watching on the adjacent court and fans cheering on every point, neither player was able to get in a groove. Rooney fought hard, but found herself down 4-3 locked in a deuce in the eighth game of the final set. She missed Northwestern
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LATE NIGHT WITH CONAN Conan Jennings towers over his opponent. The freshman 285-pounder lost the last bout in the Wildcats’ match with Nebraska 8-4.
Northwestern started behind early this weekend dropping the first two matches in Lincoln, Nebraska, and couldn’t claw their way back into the dual. The Wildcats (1-12, 0-8 Big Ten) lost their 11thstraight meet Friday, falling to No. 8 Nebraska (11-5, 5-4) 39-6 in yet another lopsided defeat. The team only recorded one win when senior and 141-pound wrestler Jameson Oster pinned his opponent in 3 minutes and 54 seconds to award NU six points. Following Oster’s win, the Cats failed to pick up another win for the remaining seven matches
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of the dual. Oster upset Anthony Abidin — the No. 19 wrestler in his weight class — after locking him in a cradle with the score tied at 2-2. The win will be vital for Oster’s resume for the upcoming 2016 Division I Championships. Prior to the match, FloWrestling ranked Oster No. 20 and InterMat had him unranked. Meanwhile, the Cats’ superstar junior and No. 6 149-pound wrestler Jason Tsirtsis did not wrestle in the dual after a much awaited bout with Nebraska’s
a ball to fall behind 5-3 and didn’t win a point for the rest of the match. Barnett expressed the team’s overall frustration with the final outcome of the match, talking about how the team played a fantastic match yet still came up short. “It was tough, but everyone put everything they could into the matches,” Barnett said. “We’re all very upset about the results, but that’s tennis for you.” robinsonmarkus2019@u.northwestern.edu No. 4 Jake Sueflohn. Both wrestlers forfeited the match, and Nebraska’s replacement was credited with the victory. NU senior Dominick Malone, who is currently ranked No. 20 in the 133-pound class, also suffered a tough defeat Friday, losing a close 4-1 match. With only a minute left in the match, Malone and his opponent were tied at 1-1, but the Cornhuskers’ wrestler was able to earn three points to come away with the win. The Cats only have two matches remaining in the season before the Big Ten Championships. This weekend, the team will travel to Duke and Wisconsin — both unranked teams — where NU will get one final chance to avoid going winless in conference play in Madison. — Dan Waldman
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NU wins battle of Wildcats, sends Kentucky packing Men’s Tennis
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TOOTING HIS OWN VANDIXHORN Ben Vandixhorn leaps on a forehand. The freshman has succeeded thus far this season, solidifying the back end of Northwestern’s singles lineup. Kentucky
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A weekend battle of Wildcats came up in favor of the purple and white. No. 21 Northwestern (8-1) pushed its win streak to five on Saturday, defeating Kentucky 6-1, but the score hardly indicated how close the match truly was. With the Cats up 3-1, the three remaining singles
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was not able to score additional runs through the last three frames. Filler capped a .563 weekend, in which she led the Cats at the plate, with two doubles, a triple, three home runs and 13 RBIs throughout all five games. Although Drohan was happy with her team’s offensive performance, both her and Letourneau stressed the need to make adjustments looking forward to next weekend’s Big Ten/ACC Challenge. “Defensively is the biggest area where we need to improve,” Drohan said. “We’ll really challenge the team in practice this week and look toward to the next one.”
NU’s performance was made even more impressive by the fact that perhaps its most important player, sophomore star Dylan Wu, missed the event while representing the Wildcats at the Northern Trust Open Collegiate Showcase in California. Inglis praised several other members of NU’s deep lineup for stepping up in Wu’s absence. Among those critical to the strong effort was freshman Pete Griffith. Griffith sat out the event’s first match against Michigan State as part of the team’s planned rotational lineup, but carded a 3-0 record in the Cats’ final three matches, including an impressive 3-and-1 victory over Purdue’s Brian Carlson to help
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propel the team to the championship match. “For me it was just about taking it one hole at a time this week, because that’s really the only way to do it in match play,” Griffith said. “I think that’s something that we all tried to do, especially in the Purdue match.” An uncharacteristically slow start left NU in an early hole in the championship rematch against Michigan State. The team fought back to make the contest close down the stretch, but the Spartans were ultimately able to hang on and earn a 5-1 win. “I joked with Michigan State’s coach that we beat them first so we should get the trophy,” Inglis said. “They deserve credit though. They played really well and by the time we got it together and started playing a little better there just weren’t enough holes left.”
singles were won in business-like performances from freshman Ben Vandixhorn, who won 6-3, 6-3 at No. 6 singles, and junior Konrad Zieba, whose 6-4, 6-2 victory at No. 1 singles put the Cats up 3-1. Zieba, No. 14 in the nation, took down Kentucky’s only ranked player, No. 25 William Bushamuka, in a flurry of perfectly placed shots and seemingly impossible returns. “I knew he was a big hitter, so I just wanted to stay in points and make him hit good shots,” Zieba said. “Consistency was really my gameplan.” Although Horoz’s backhand secured the NU victory, the remaining close matches were played out as well, and NU picked up victories in both. Junior Strong Kirchheimer won 7-5, 5-7, 6-4 over Kentucky’s Nils Ellefsen at No. 3 singles, and senior Fedor Baev recovered from a 14-12 loss in a first set tie-break to win the No. 4 singles match 6-7 (12-14), 6-1, 7-6 (7-4). The lone Kentucky win came at No. 2 singles, where Ryotaro Matsumura defeated Sam Shropshire 7-5, 6-2. Swan came away from the match impressed with the team’s performance up and down the lineup. “We’re competitive in every spot,” Swan said. “Every single spot, you have to come and beat us, and it has been pretty consistent with that all year. We need to maintain that. We need to come out and be ready to play in every spot, and if we do that we’re a pretty good team.”
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happens.” What happened was NU won each of the remaining matches, with junior Alp Horoz clinching the victory for the Cats by winning at No. 5 singles. The result of Horoz’s match was in doubt for much of the day, as he won only two games in the first set against Kentucky’s Trey Yates before battling back to win the match 2-6, 6-3, 6-4. Facing triple set point at the end of the second set, a clearly frustrated Yates launched a forehand that looked closer to hitting the crowd above the court at Combe Tennis Center than landing anywhere inside the lines. “I thought that was kind of funny actually, and for me and the rest of the crowd, we got it going even more,” Horoz said. “Him showing weakness was kind of a booster for me and the crowd as well.” Horoz and Yates battled in a tightly contested third set, but Horoz broke Yates’s serve to take a 5-4 lead. The Istanbul native then held his own serve to clinch the victory, finishing the match off with a scorching backhand down the line for a winner. The raucous crowd was backing Horoz all day, and Horoz said the fans had a significant effect on Yates’s play. “I thought they were probably the difference in the match today,” Horoz said. “They helped me out a lot, and I’m sure the other guys felt it, too, so we would like that to keep going on for the rest of the season.” Although Horoz’s match was one of three tightly contested singles matches on the day, NU’s first two
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It’s only been one week and Northwestern has already shattered three program records. The Wildcats (3-2) opened their season in Tempe, Arizona at the Kajikawa Classic, taking on five teams in three days. NU faced both No. 6 Oregon and No. 8 Tennessee during the series, but the most exciting plays happened Friday, when the Cats’ bats were on fire inning after inning. NU began the tournament against UC Riverside, coming out with an early 2-0 lead after a Sammy Nettling line drive to left field. The Cats scored 13 runs in the second and third innings, winning on the mercy rule, 15-3, after five innings. Senior shortstop Andrea Filler led the team with 6 RBI, three runs and two homers. Friday’s second game was recordbreaking, with NU scoring 22 runs over five innings and defeating Virginia in five frames. The Cats broke school marks for runs in a single frame with 14 in the fifth, overall runs in a game and overall hits in a game with 21. Filler continued her hot start, with 2 runs and 2 RBI, and had an arsenal of offensive support as senior Amy Letourneau hit her 30th career home run to left center field. Coach Kate Drohan said the team’s versatility across the field was one of the series highlights this weekend. “It’s been a big point of emphasis to really utilize everyone’s strengths,” Drohan said.
“Each of our players are stepping up with the roles that we ask of them.” After two big wins, the Cats went into Saturday’s game against No. 8 Tennessee with confidence, but four errors over two frames left NU behind 4 runs. A single by sophomore centerfielder Sabrina Rabin and a two-run homer by Filler cut the deficit to two after three innings, but the Volunteers scored three runs in the fifth inning to make the score 8-2. The game ended with no runs scored by NU in the sixth or seventh innings. Sunday started out with an 8-4 win over Bradley as Filler continued to rake, going 2-for-3 with 3 RBIs and 2 runs scored. Freshman Kaley Winegarner made her first career start, giving up four runs on five hits, no walks and a strikeout. Letourneau, who pitched in three appearances with two wins during the series, said the finally-healthy rotation of pitchers has to continue to step up defensively in order to win consistently. “As a pitching staff, we have to have more confidence and attack the zone more,” Letourneau said. “We have to stick with our plan; if we can stick to it, we’re going to have more success.” The Cats were able to strike first in the second half of Sunday’s doubleheader, scoring three runs in the fourth inning, but their effort was not enough to stop No. 6 Oregon, who scored nine runs in the fourth and fifth innings. Although NU started out strong, Oregon’s ace closer Cheridan Hawkins kept the Cats’ bats at bay after the fourth, and NU » See SOFTBALL, page 7
Wildcats have high hopes for game against Purdue By GARRETT JOCHNAU
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With just five games left in Northwestern’s regular season, time is running out for the Wildcats to snatch a second resume-padding win to accompany January’s victory over Wisconsin. When NU takes on No. 17 Purdue on the road Tuesday, it will have its best shot to earn that signature win before the postseason arrives. The Cats have momentum coming off a two-point home win over Illinois, but the Boilermakers present a fresh challenge unlike any the team has seen thus far, coach Chris Collins said. “They’re a power team,” Collins said. “They’re an inside-out team. You don’t see that as much anymore, in college or pro.” His comments specifically target Purdue’s frontcourt, which features 7-foot senior A.J. Hammons at the center position, freshman big Caleb Swanigan beside him in the starting lineup and all 7 feet and 2 inches of sophomore Isaac Haas off the bench. The trio presents a sizable challenge — both literally and figuratively — for an NU team that’s top-tier talent
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is concentrated in the backcourt. “If it’s a smash-mouth type of game, we’re not going to win that battle with them,” Collins said. “We need it to be more of an open court game — spacing, be able to get into gaps, get open shots, hopefully get their big guys away from the basket.” Collins also mentioned the team’s perimeter players will carry the burden of denying entry passes on the defensive end to counter their opponent’s obvious size advantage. At the forefront of that effort will be sophomore guard Bryant McIntosh, currently mired in a shooting slump that has seen him shoot over 40 percent from the floor just once in eight games since the Wisconsin win. “We’ve got to shrink the floor a little bit and gap it up and just try to make their post entries tougher,” McIntosh said. “And then our bigs have to do a good job pushing them out so we can help them as well. So it’s going to take a big team effort.” The Cats’ trio of bigs will also find themselves with a heavy burden on their shoulders against Purdue’s
interior. Senior center Alex Olah is still finding his footing post-injury, most recently having posted 10 points and 7 rebounds in the Illinois victory. Freshman center Dererk Pardon has quieted down since his impressive emergence. He has been held scoreless in his last two games and averaged just 5 points in the prior three contests. Graduate transfer center Joey van Zegeren has fallen out of the rotation, totaling just 24 minutes of court time in the last six games. But all three will need their A-games against a Purdue squad whose post demands ample attention. “We’ll see how the game’s going, and certainly if it’s getting physical and we need to go to a bigger lineup, I’m confident that Dererk can play with one of the two bigs,” Collins said. As for his game plan on the boards: “Pray,” Collins said jokingly, before noting that box-out efforts will be imperative throughout the game, as will keeping the Cats’ bigs out of foul trouble. And the team is aware that on the heels of a loss, Purdue will be motivated to bounce back. However, Collins said the team is also cognizant of the potential postseason stakes that come with the game, and what a win
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would mean for the Cats’ NIT Tournament chances. “When you have a chance to play a top-25 team on their home floor, it’s a great opportunity,” Collins said. “I
know we’re going to see them at their best, so it’ll be a great test to see where we’re at as a team.” garrettjochnau2019@u.northwestern.edu
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Northwestern starts strong with second-place finish By TYLER VANDERMOLEN
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Previous Northwestern teams have established a track record of getting their spring seasons off to a fast start at the Big Ten Match Play Championship.
The 2016 squad certainly lived up to those high expectations, as the Wildcats finished second in the 10-team tournament and carded a 3-1 overall record on the weekend at Hammock Beach Resort in Palm Coast, Florida. NU’s only loss of the tournament came in the event’s championship match against Michigan State, a team
the Cats had beaten the day before by a 5-1 margin. The impressive showing gives NU a 24-5 all-time record in the tournament’s eight-year history. Coach David Inglis said the precedent of success gave his team an extra shot of confidence heading into the event. “It’s something that we talked about with the guys before the first
round, just the fact that we won this thing three years in a row not too long ago and that it has just been an event that we’ve played really well at,” Inglis said. “This is one of those events that all of the guys look forward to playing in, and they always seem to bring a lot of fire to it.” After defeating Michigan State and Nebraska 3.5-2.5 and 4-2,
respectively, the Cats drew a tough Saturday morning matchup against No. 18 Purdue in their final round robin match of the tournament. Both Inglis and his players described NU’s 3.5-2.5 victory over Michigan State, one of the nation’s elite programs, as a momentum builder. » See MEN’S GOLF, page 7