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CRUZ WINS IOWA, DEMS TOO CLOSE TO CALL Democratic Results
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27.7%
49.9%
TED CRUZ
HILLARY CLINTON
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MARTIN O’MALLEY
PRECINCTS REPORTING: 99%
PRECINCTS REPORTING: 99%
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Northwestern students react to Iowa Caucus By DAVID FISHMAN
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Northwestern Students for Hillary did not sleep in Sunday, instead waking up early to canvass in Iowa a day before the nation’s first caucuses, where Texas Sen. Ted Cruz triumphed and Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders and
former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton tied. Cruz beat out businessman Donald Trump by a margin of 3 percent. Across the aisle, Clinton and Sanders were locked in a razor-tight race as of early Tuesday morning. With 99 percent of precincts reporting for the Democratic Party, Clinton held 49.9 percent of the vote compared to 49.6 percent for Sanders.
“The aura of inevitability that Donald Trump was going to be the nominee is definitely going to go away,” College Republicans president Harrison Flagler said. “Tonight is the first time in his whole campaign where it looks like his momentum is going to be stopped and he’s going to have to pull out some more tricks.” College Republicans did not send anyone to Iowa, Flagler, a Weinberg
senior, said. Instead, the group will meet Tuesday night to discuss the caucus and its implications on the upcoming election. Flagler said by Monday, the Republican field had been reduced to three viable candidates — Trump, Cruz and Florida Sen. Marco Rubio — cutting out everyone else. “Rubio exceeded expectations and had a stellar night, finishing right behind Trump in third place,” said
Weinberg sophomore Chris Dungey, chairman of NU Students for Rubio. “With the college environment in Iowa, Rubio really appealed to the younger generations, because he’s youthful, energetic and motivated.” Members of Students for Hillary, the NU group that supports Clinton, convened early Sunday morning and » See IOWA, page 6
First Ill. FOIA portal Obama rep. talks nuclear treaty debuts in Evanston Scheinman urges global nonproliferation By ROBIN OPSAHL
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Evanston’s new public records portal went live Monday, making the city the first in Illinois to create an online form and searchable database for requests through the Freedom of Information Act. Evanston receives more than 600 FOIA requests annually, which are responded to individually by the City Clerk’s office, the city said Monday. The online portal, created by coding startup NextRequest, allows for residents and local organizations to submit and track public records requests online, as well as search through previously requested documents and information, which remain available online through a database. “I’m pleased to partner with NextRequest to provide our residents with an improved process for public records requests,” Mayor Elizabeth Tisdahl said in a news release. “The City of Evanston strives to promote transparency in all of its operations. This new service will make valuable city information even more accessible to residents while conserving staff time and city resources.” The decision to make the FOIA process digital was twofold, said
James Shin, Evanston’s application analyst. He said before the portal, having city officials work through the hundreds of requests individually was a long process and cost the city time and money. The portal makes the process easier on both workers and community members, and allows for direct communication with the relevant city officials. In addition, putting the process online increases transparency by allowing access to previously requested documents, Shin said. “The software adds a layer of efficiency both internally and externally, which means people will be able to access information easier,” Shin said. “People being able to find public information and let civic employees help more easily is always a net positive.” Although there are no plans for addressing a backlog of FOIA requests filed before the portal went up, Shin said, Evanston implemented the online requests for all city departments, from the Evanston Police Department to the Department of Public Works. The city is one of the first governments to launch their public records portal for all departments, NextRequest’s chief product officer Reed Duecy-Gibbs said. Evanston joined » See FOIA, page 6
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President Barack Obama’s representative on nuclear nonproliferation spoke Wednesday on the value of adopting a nuclear test ban treaty in bringing eventual disarmament to the international community. Adam Scheinman, who was sworn in September 2014 as the special representative for nonproliferation, spoke to a group of about 60 people on the benefits of the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty, a multilateral treaty from 1996 that would ban nuclear explosives for testing purposes both above and underground. The treaty was adopted about two decades ago by the United Nations but awaits ratification from several countries including the United States. Scheinman said the treaty is a realistic first step for nonproliferation goals that are complicated and ambitious. “(Nonproliferation) involves achieving no nuclear weapons, and that involves believing that long-simmering conflicts in regions across the world can be resolved,” Scheinman said. “We should be guided by a vision but achieve practical measures, one of which is bringing in the CTBT.”
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TALKING NUCLEAR Representative for nuclear nonproliferation Adam Scheinman discusses the advantages of ratifying the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty. The treaty would ban all nuclear testing both above and below ground, and requires ratification from the United States among other countries.
Reducing the total of U.S. nuclear weapons while dealing with the possibility of terrorist groups acquiring nuclear material is also a necessary element to securing nuclear nonproliferation, Scheinman said. He added it is crucial to restore international faith in nonproliferation by initiating dialogue with “routinely
noncompliant” states such as Iran and North Korea. Although former president Bill Clinton signed the CTBT in 1996, the Senate rejected ratification in 1999. Critics of the treaty say it threatens the United States’ ability to maintain » See NUCLEAR, page 6
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Around Town Evanston History Center launches month-long fundraising campaign
The Evanston History Center launched an online fundraising campaign Monday for the duration of February as part of a larger effort to preserve a historic mansion in the city. EHC is aiming to raise $1,000 per day through the month of February, the organization announced. The campaign, hosted on a Crowdrise site, has already secured a $29,000 matching gift. The center announced it is currently in the midst of a $4 million capital campaign to establish an endowment for the organization and raise money for renovations to the Charles Gates Dawes House, an 1894 mansion that contains historic materials, archives and artifacts. — Marissa Page
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Police investigate shots fired near Darrow Avenue, Foster Street
Evanston police have no suspects in custody following reports of shots fired just before 3 p.m. Friday. Evanston Police Department spokesman Perry Polinski said Monday that investigators believed they had identified the shooter’s target, but both the target and witnesses were not cooperating with investigations. He said there are indications the incident was gang related. At approximately 2:55 p.m. on Friday, police received multiple 911 reports of shots fired in the area of Darrow Avenue and Foster Street, Polinski said. He said four subjects reportedly ran into a house in the area after the shots were
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Evanston announced Monday it had redesigned the schedule for Evanston Community Television, channel 16, which airs governmentfocused programming.
Police Blotter Evanston woman suspected to have been robbed by tenants
A 28-year-old Evanston woman reported multiple thefts from her apartment on the 700 block of Reba Place around 5 p.m. Tuesday evening, police said. She said she had rented a room in her apartment to two acquaintances, a white man about 5 feet 6 inches tall, 125 pounds, and a white woman about 5 feet 2 inches tall, 115 pounds, who vacated the apartment after the reported theft, Evanston Police Department spokesman Perry Polinski said. They are the prime suspects for the theft, he said.
The city will launch new programming, including “It’s Good to Know!,” an educational show focused on science, and “GovFlix,” which will show films and documentaries from the National Archives remastered by the city. Both programs will run twice a day, the city announced. The city also announced that the new programs will accompany the existing “City News” segment, which will air five times a day and provide recent Evanston news. Public meetings will
continue to be aired on the channel but will not be rebroadcast as often, the city also said. In addition to the new programming, the city announced it will air special content on channel 16 to celebrate Black History Month this February. Films about prominent black leaders, artists and activists will be aired twice daily throughout the month.
The homeowner reported stolen a Toshiba laptop computer, a Dell tablet, a Philips 32” television, an electric bass guitar and $355 in cash, Polinski said. The theft is estimated at $3,000, he said. The police currently have no leads on the suspects’ locations, Polinski said.
a.m. and went downstairs where she saw a man, about 5 feet 11 inches tall and 180 pounds in a dark jacket and pants, in her living room, Polinski said. The man fled the house with an Apple laptop computer and an Xbox gaming console when he saw the homeowner, Polinski said. The theft is estimated at $2,000, he said. Police searched the area and did not find the man, but a juvenile of similar description was arrested for suspicious behavior at 4:30 a.m. on the 800 block of Clinton Place, Polinski said. Police are investigating any connections between the two incidents, he said.
Computer, gaming console taken from Evanston residence
The owner of a single-residence home on the 800 block of Monticello Place reported a burglary early Monday morning, police said. The homeowner, a 46-year-old Evanston woman, reported hearing the back door open around 2:30
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Hillel speakers support activism through dialogue By MATTHEW CHOI
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Black Jewish activist Yavilah McCoy called upon students to think of themselves as multidimensional activists Monday at a talk at Fiedler Hillel Center. McCoy, executive director of VISIONS, an organization dedicated to equipping others with the tools to engage in equitable dialogue, and Rick Pinderhughes, its director of programs, spoke to a group of about 15 people explaining steps to engage in effective discourse in the context of different power dynamics. McCoy and Pinderhughes used examples from the Torah to illustrate and break down contemporary forms of activism at the event, hosted by Hillel and the Jewish United Fund’s Israel Education Center. McCoy and Pinderhughes led participants through a series of guidelines for effective
cross-cultural dialogue. The guidelines stressed confronting instead of shying away from disagreements, but without blaming, shaming or attacking oneself or others. “It’s okay to disagree,” Pinderhughes said. “But how we disagree is very important.” Engaging in disagreements respectfully is vital — even if others may not be doing so — to set an example, McCoy said. “Sometimes one effective way to change is modeling a path that one has not already taken,” McCoy said. “There’s a phrase in the Torah that says, ‘If there is a place where you find no man or woman, be that man or woman.’” McCoy discussed how different faces of activism can be characterized by four different experiences: being targeted by oppression, being a bystander, being a perpetrator and being an ally. Everyone can play all four roles simultaneously on different issues, she said, which is why it is important to be self aware in multiple dimensions. Bringing up her own experiences as a black Jewish woman, McCoy talked
about the importance of recognizing intersectionality and nuances when engaging in dialogue. “Even in the context of activism, we have to understand that term ‘intersectionality,’” McCoy said. “If we understand ourselves as dimensional activists, we can bring ourselves to that activism still in learning mode as opposed to being static works in progress that don’t have any opportunities for change.” Just as activism is multidimensional, so too is oppression, McCoy said. Citing the levels of modern racism defined by Valerie Batts, an author and scholar at VISIONS, McCoy discussed the different levels on which oppression can operate, from personal prejudices and biases to cultural norms of racial stratification. “A challenge we have is that we spend most of our time thinking about racism at the personal level,” McCoy said. “Cultural (racism) is, ‘does anybody even know I’m here?’ It’s the culture of what it means to be — to be valued at this university, in the White House, in government, anyplace. Does
that value exclude me, leave me out, set me up to be less than?” Religious texts can be applied to contemporary issues, McCoy said, using the story of Moses killing an Egyptian and fleeing to Midian in the Torah to illustrate contemporary issues of intersectionality. “If we can not see our history and traditions as being frozen, but as being flexible, to be able to incorporate learnings across time, we can also operate outside of oppression,” McCoy said. Weinberg senior Nathan Bennett said he was happy to have had the opportunity to learn about new ways to be part of campus conversations about oppression. Bennett, the Israel Education Center intern at NU Hillel, helped organize the event. “Our main goal was to give students an opportunity to hear from someone who had a pretty unique perspective on race on college campuses coming as a black, Jewish woman,” Bennett said. “Those goals were definitely successfully met.” matthewchoi2018@u.northwestern.edu
New Feinberg urology chair to focus on cancer research By PETER KOTECKI
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A childhood interest in biology and a fascination with the human body drew urologist Edward Schaeffer to a career in medicine. Schaeffer, who took over as the new chair of the department of urology at the Feinberg School of Medicine and Northwestern Memorial Hospital on Dec. 1, said he was drawn to surgery because he was interested in assembling and taking apart components in the human body. He also noted his grandfather’s death from prostate cancer had a lasting impact on his life. “When I was considering what I wanted to do in medicine, I thought I really wanted to try to make an
impact on prostate cancer, because somebody who I knew very closely had suffered and died from the disease,” Schaeffer said. The urologist spent 11 years at the University of Chicago for his undergraduate, medical and doctorate degrees. He said he is honored to serve as the new urology chair and said the position holds a special honor in his mind due to the urology program’s history. “The department of urology at Northwestern is one of the country’s oldest programs, and it’s one of the country’s best programs,” he said. “For me, to be chosen to run a program and a department that has existed since 1900 is really quite an honor.” His new position is an opportunity to advance the field of urology through several components, he said. He will work on advancing discoveries through research and training future urologists to
be outstanding clinicians and scientists, he said. “There are many ways that I hope to have an impact in the field, but those two ways — discovery and education — are really two of the ones that I hope to make my biggest impacts in,” Schaeffer said. Schaeffer, whose lab focuses on prostate cancer, said he studies the molecular biology of aggressive prostate cancer, as well as what features distinguish it from non-aggressive, non-lethal types of prostate cancer. The surgeon said black men are more likely to be diagnosed with prostate cancer, as well as much more likely to die from the disease than other men. Schaeffer said one of the main focuses of his research is understanding the biology driving that difference. “I have a major component of my lab that tries to understand the molecular biology behind the disparities in outcomes for men with prostate cancer,” he said.
Schaeffer added he enjoys working with other urologists on a regular basis. “Urologists are great,” he said. “Interacting with people in medicine who are inquisitive, who want to learn and who are bright — interacting with them in a collaborative way, in a way where I can be a mentor and I can also be a mentee, is really amazing.” Eric Neilson, Feinberg’s vice president for medical affairs, said Schaeffer was selected for the position in a national faculty search, a process the medical school uses for choosing new senior leadership. Neilson said Schaeffer is a brilliant surgeon and a fine educator with a great personality and a strong research background. “We are just delighted to have him,” Neilson said. “It was really a good fit for both of us.” peterkotecki2018@u.northwestern.edu
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Debating 2016: Education Vote Democrat for solid investment in education from pre-K to college ALEXI STOCKER
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Education policy affects us, as Northwestern students, in both obvious and subtle ways. From Pell Grants to graduate school, higher education is never far from NU students’ minds. And, even though our own K-12 days are over, within the next two decades many of us will start families and engage the world of preschool, primary and secondary education as parents. Let’s start from the very beginning: preschool. The primary Democratic contenders are firm believers in accessible early-childhood education. Hillary Clinton announced her support for universal preschool back in June 2015, and Sen. Bernie Sanders sponsored a 2011 bill for universal preschool. Expanding access to preschool education yields impressive results: both low and middle-income students benefit from increased preschool access, resulting in long-term economic benefits as high as $10 for every $1 spent. Universal preschool addresses socioeconomic classroom segregation at the earliest level, and its benefits accrue to all students, from the lowest to highest performing. But despite these benefits, the Republican presidential candidates have either denounced universal preschool as government overreach or stepped back from previous positions of support. President Obama’s Race to the Top awards states for innovative methods in saving troubled public schools, developing education standards and training effective teachers and administrators. Race to the Top has been a success, delivering results in states across the country. Race to the Top was even a hit with some conservatives, including former Florida governor and current GOP presidential contender Jeb Bush. Democratic approaches to higher education are crucial to increasing social mobility in the United States. Hillary Clinton’s debt-free college plan and Sen. Sander’s college tuition reform plan — which includes free tuition at public colleges and universities — are necessary steps
in this country’s progression to a more egalitarian society. Student loan debt places a massive financial burden on recent college graduates, consuming as much as 10 percent of their gross income. Excessive student debt prevents many college graduates from accruing the benefits of their education, lowering consumption and investment, thereby dragging down the economy. The preamble of the 2012 Republican Platform declares the American Dream a “dream of equal opportunity for all.” Without equal access to education, from pre-
school to college, equality of opportunity can never be a reality. Republican education policies threaten to make equality of opportunity little more than a dream. The Democratic Party offers education policy that works toward that vision of equality of opportunity, investing in our nation’s future. Education policy matters both to our present and future selves. As NU students today, and as future parents, Democratic education policies are the best choice for this country. NU students should vote Democratic for education policy that increases social mobility and builds up our economy. 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.
Vote GOP for an education system overhaul with fiscal responsibility GRANT PAPASTEFAN DAILY COLUMNIST
The importance of politics in education simply can’t be ignored. Just look at the past few years, with the Common Core coming under harsh scrutiny, President Obama promising “free” community college and presidential candidate Bernie Sanders one-upping him with the promise of “free” higher education at fouryear public institutions. These promises have captured the attention and support of college students across the country,
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including many here at NU, but unfortunately, they do not add up. Before running to the polls and casting your ballot for Sanders and his education proposal, consider the less glamorous, but much more reasonable, Republican take on education. Most Republicans agree that Common Core is a broken system. Instead of implementing national standards for education, Republicans support the use of block grants, which allow state and local governments to use federal funding for education as they see best fit. Another key tenet of the Republican education platform is the idea of family literacy programs to improve the reading,
Flat earth feud reveals scientific illiteracy SAI FOLMSBEE
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Last week, rapper B.o.B. posted a series of messages online arguing the earth is not a spheroid, but instead is flat, using a series of photos showing a seemingly non-curved horizon. In response, astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson commented on these photos with scientific explanations of the true curvature of the planet. Eventually, this discussion diverted into what may be the most science-based rap feud of all time, with B.o.B. releasing a track called “Flatline” that directly confronted Tyson, and ending with Tyson’s nephew Stephen Tyson performing a rebuttal song, defending the scientific theory, titled “Flat to Fact.” Overall, it is refreshing to see science defended so passionately on such a mainstream level. But it has also been distressing to see so many dismiss the story as simply the outof-touch rantings of an ill-informed celebrity — an anomaly to be ridiculed. Instead, it actually should serve as an excellent lesson for the world’s collective scientific illiteracy. Although most of us understand the earth is not flat, each of us likely believes some kind of pseudoscience with just as much fervor. If someone told you that the earth was flat, would you know the science behind the geometry of our planet well enough to confront them? Would you be able to confidently explain what forces crafted the spheroid-shape of our
planet? Most of us would just not be prepared to answer them. We may have the resources to find their answers, but that moment of hesitancy should provide us with insight into our personal gaps in knowledge, and suggest that we may think we know more than we actually do. You may laugh at the silliness of B.o.B. thinking a single photo can refute If centuries of scientific data, but the majority someone told of scientific rejection you that the is as insidious as it earth was flat, is prevalent. Almost everyone disagrees would you with some aspect of know the science, be it out of prejudice, fear, politics science behind or some conflicting the geometry belief system. of our planet Do you think vaccines cause autism? Do well enough to you think genetically confront them? modified food is dangerous? Do you think humans have had no effect on climate change? Do you reject the theory of evolution? If you believe any of these, you are guilty of rejecting the scientific evidence. When we meet people who reject science, we must not simply call them ignorant. Intelligence by no means is the distinguishing factor. Even in medicine, there are huge numbers of physicians who have undergone decades of education and yet still do not understand science. I’ve written before on the popular use and risks of dietary supplements, as well the
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so-called complementary and alternative medicine associated with Northwestern’s own Osher Center for Integrative Medicine. Being smart does not make you immune to scientific illiteracy. In fact, it may instead grant a false sense of security and authority over what you may think “science” should be. The real solution is a fundamental one. It is not about reading more books or even learning more scientific facts. It is about changing our worldview. It is embracing scientific skepticism, not just as a philosophy, but rather as something inherent to our sense of reality. It is about being comfortable saying that you may not know something, but still have the tools to find those facts. It is about being willing to change your opinion based on new and better data. Sometimes, it is about taking an unpopular or even ideologically incongruent stance. A healthy relationship between science and your inherent belief systems is absolutely essential. It can be tempting to see the world how we would like based on our own biases and values, but we cannot let them influence the cold, raw facts. Science will always tell you what is true, or at least the closest thing to truth that we have available. We all must be able to be comfortable in witnessing the flat line of the horizon and appreciate both that the earth is round, and that perhaps we are just too small to ever see it. 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.
language and life skills of low-income families. As for soaring higher education costs, it is important to consider how we got to this point. In a study published July 2015 by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, it was determined that for every dollar of Federal Direct Subsidized Loans, tuition increased by 65 cents, while Pell Grants prompted a 50-cent-on-the-dollar increase. The study found that, just as banks provided irresponsible loans to homebuyers in 2008, inflating home prices above their worth, a series of congressional acts by a Democratic congress between 2006 and 2008 expanded the line of credit to students, prompting big increases in college tuition. Federal aid is clearly not the solution to make tuition affordable, so to seek to expand on a proven failure in policy would be irresponsible. Sanders’ proposal may sound too good to be true, and that is because it is. Republican policy provides a sensible, sustainable alternative to “free” tuition. Recognizing that the current system of federal aid is counterintuitive, and that paying for tuition with a tax on Wall Street is volatile and dangerous, the GOP proposes the government serve as an insurance guarantor for the private sector to provide loans to students. The GOP also holds there should be a more transparent, educational process for families to evaluate various programs’ graduation rates, repayment rates and future earnings. The cost of higher education is out of control. While Democrats seek to win votes by promising expansions on failed policy paid for by unreliable markets, Republicans provide a more reasonable alternative. Americans are not outraged when we are expected to pay for a meal or clothes, so we should not be surprised by the notion that something as valuable as higher education comes at a cost. As of now that cost is too high, but if you vote Republican it could get better. 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.
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Medill expands global opportunities By ANNMARIE HILTON
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Medill will expand its international reach through new programming in Europe and Asia focusing on contemporary topics from the Syrian refugee crisis to media branding in the Chinese market. After a Spring Quarter class about the global refugee crisis, 10 undergraduate students — to be chosen from 75 applicants — will travel to Paris in June with Medill Profs. Peter Slevin and Sarahmaria Gomez. “The idea behind the trip and the class is to put students in the middle of an important story,” Slevin said. “In this case, the crisis of refugees fleeing Syria and Iraq.” The students will use both writing and multimedia skills to investigate and report on the crisis, Slevin said. The 10 graduate students taking the same course will travel to the University of Hamburg in Germany and St. Petersburg State University in Russia. During the course, students will assess the origin of the refugee crisis and the path refugees are now taking into Europe. Additionally, they will look at the response from nongovernmental organizations, government institutions and the general public,
Iowa
From page 1 rode on a bus sponsored by Chicago Clinton supporters to Davenport, Iowa, a key stop in the campaign’s drive for support. “We knew that if we wanted to make an impact on the early states and how they voted that Iowa would be the ideal place to go,” said Weinberg senior Kevin Cheng, co-president of Students for Hillary. “Back in 2012 we went to Iowa to support President Obama in his reelection bid and we had a lot of fun doing that. We knew it would be a successful model to repeat this time around.”
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weapons for defense and deterrence and is not enforceable or verifiable. Scheinman said partisan disagreement over the recent nuclear Iran Deal is one issue that impedes repairing these relationships. However, he added the absence of the U.S. ratification on the treaty is a major obstacle for other states’ compliance. A U.S. ratification would serve as an example for the rest of the world, he said, especially speaking as a nonproliferation authority.
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Slevin said. “It’s a chance to dig deeply into an issue that matters now, and actually will matter for a long time,” he said. Paris is a prime location for students to immerse themselves in the action of the issue, Slevin said, because of concerns that it and other European cities are unable accommodate the large number of refugees entering their borders. Because this issue also affects politics in the United States, it is an important topic for Medill students to observe firsthand, he said. “My hope is that students will not only learn to cover a complicated story on the ground, but that they will learn the importance of becoming smart about the issue before they ever arrive,” Slevin said. Since the program is still in the beginning stages, Slevin said he is unsure what its future will look like after this year and added that Medill is taking it one step at a time. “It’s so important for Medill students to get out of the classroom, to get away from campus and to experience stories for themselves,” Slevin said. “This is such a valuable chance for that to happen on an issue that really matters. This is a chance for them to see for themselves.” In addition to the Paris program, Medill will offer a new Media and Integrated Marketing Communications in China course this summer.
Medill is working with Office of International Program Development because the office already has a program at Peking University in China, said Kathleen Lee, Medill’s assistant director for external programs. The application process is still open, and Lee said they will have more flexibility with the number of students who can go based on the number of applicants because of the University’s existing relationship with Peking University. After going to Israel with Medill, Elizabeth Kim said she joined the Medill Undergraduate Student Advisory Council to understand how global programs are developed for Medill students. “It’s really great because global experience has really broadened the lens through which we journalists analyze and understand the issues around us,” the Medill junior said. As most people are connected by social media today, Kim said, it is essential for journalists to learn the skills to both report for a local audience as well as a global one. She added it is timely and pertinent for Medill students to study the refugee crisis in Paris this spring. “It is a critical issue that journalists all over the world have to report about, and I think it is amazing that Medill is offering this program for undergraduates,” Kim said.
cities including Albuquerque and Orlando that are using software like NextRequest for their public records, something that Duecy-Gibbs said is increasingly common in communities across the nation. “The old way of doing things isn’t viable anymore,” Duecy-Gibbs said. “We want to help local governments publish info out proactively, and give a way to help people access without having to ask.” NextRequest began as an initiative from the non-profit Code for America, when the creators decided to turn the project into a business to help local governments use technology more effectively, Duecy-Gibbs said. With recent controversies like the Laquan McDonald case in Chicago, he said access to public records has been a pressing issue. Duecy-Gibbs said while making life easier for public employees is one goal, another one is to make the process of accessing public records more accessible. “What we’re trying to do is change the tone of the relationship between the government and the public around access to information,” Duecy-Gibbs said. “It’s very adversarial and it doesn’t need to be. Technology is one way to make this a win-win for both employees and citizens.”
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Upon arrival, Cheng said the group linked up with Clinton staffers and spread out across the neighborhood. For about three hours, students knocked on doors of local Democrats, looking for last minute supporters. Hillary fans were not the only blue-supporters traveling from NU to Iowa this past weekend. Alec D’Alelio, a SESP freshman, traveled to the Hawkeye State to hear candidate Sanders speak at the University of Iowa pre-caucus rock ’n’ roll rally. The assemblage drew about a half-dozen celebrities including “Hunger Games” actor Josh Hutcherson and rock band Vampire Weekend, who performed a rendition of the national folk
song “This Land Is Your Land.” “You can’t go see Bernie speak and not come out of it thinking he supports all Americans from all walks of life, races and sexual orientations,” D’Alelio said. “He’s really for the people. He’s really for everybody.” Both parties have been presented with unusual developments this election cycle, said former College Democrats president Quentin Heilbroner. “The American public in general is really tired of anything that reeks establishment,” the Weinberg senior said. “That’s why Hillary Clinton is having so much trouble with the nomination.”
Heilbroner said he thought Sanders spoke from the heart, but Clinton presented concrete plans with a clear path to success. Regardless, he said, tonight showed that Sanders would not be going away anytime soon. “It’s going to be an incredible, wild race for the Democratic party,” he said. With Iowa in the rearview mirror, candidates look ahead to the next Republican debate on Feb. 6, the next Democratic debate on Feb. 11 and the nation’s first primary in New Hampshire on Feb. 9.
“We don’t have a lot of moral authority to argue ‘x’ when we aren’t doing it,” he said. “States such as (China) will be hesitant to make significant moves unless the U.S. is making significant moves.” Weinberg senior Areeba Tariq said the hypocrisy of the U.S. in not ratifying a treaty it advocates for is emblematic of a typical pattern of U.S. international politicking. “When dealing with a global platform, you can’t promote policy without first implementing it yourself,” Tariq said. “We saw this with the convention of the rights of a child as well, and
it’s really problematic.” Tariq added that individuals fighting against policies such as the Iran Deal and nuclear disarmament ground their objections in counterproductive policy. “We dealt Iran these sanctions that were crippling to the economy and did not lead them to comply with (International Atomic Energy Agency) checks and balances,” she said. “We can’t expect Iran to act as a rational actor if we don’t treat them as such.” The CTBT and the Iran Deal underscore a general effort to encourage safe, non-weaponized
uses of nuclear energy worldwide, Scheinman said. However, Medill senior Sanya Mansoor said while these measures are important to implement, unsupported rhetoric by the United States hinders the ability of these policies to encourage disarmament. “We need to pay special attention to the U.S. holding itself to the same standards, and ratifying that treaty first and foremost is a way to meet those standards,” Mansoor said.
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Duke visits Northwestern, leaves with close victory No. 14 Duke
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Facing a third straight match against a ranked opponent, the Wildcats fought to the end but were ultimately edged out. In a tension-filled match Sunday, No. 26 Northwestern (1-2) went down against No. 14 Duke (4-0), 4-3. No. 29 Kaitlyn McCarthy won the No. 2 singles match to earn the deciding point for the visiting Blue Devils. After coach Claire Pollard talked last week about how important a doubles win is for the team, the Cats began the match by fighting hard to pull out the doubles point. Sophomore Maddie Lipp and freshman Lee Or started off the day in strong fashion with a 6-3 win at No. 2 doubles, but juniors Brooke Rischbieth and Manon Peri fell at No. 3 doubles, 6-4. The point came down to senior Alicia Barnett and sophomore Erin Larner’s No. 1 doubles match. After being down 4-2, the two roared back for a 6-4 victory to give the Cats the first point of the contest. Entering the singles matches with a lead gave NU a cushion to play with in the absence of one of the Cats’ regulars, sophomore Alex Chatt, who did not play on Sunday. Pollard credited her team’s preparation for the team’s showing while down a player. “Without Chatt, I think that speaks volumes for the girls,” Pollard said. “We worked really hard at practice this week, and I think that really paid off.” Barnett carried her momentum from doubles into her singles, making quick work of her No. 3 singles opponent and putting NU up 2-0 with a 6-2, 6-3 win. Duke surged back to a 2-2 tie by taking the No. 4
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for football games, so the girls get the kick out of that,” Schiller said. “(The senior ceremony) was a little tough; they were graduating and I was kind of graduating too.” The Cats showed no signs of rust after an extra week of rest following the postponement of the Penn Duals due to weather concerns. The team remained dominant after not fencing since an undefeated weekend at the Western Invitational.
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and No. 5 singles matches in three sets from Or and Rischbieth, respectively. Or won the first set 6-4, but she lost the next two sets 6-2, 6-3, while Rischbieth went down in the third set 6-2. Lipp dropped her match 7-6, 6-3 to put Duke a point away from victory, 3-2, and leave Erin Larner at No. 2 singles and Jillian Rooney at No. 6 singles locked in must-win matches for the Cats. Larner managed to win the second set 7-5 to force a third set but came up short as she lost the third set 6-4 to give Duke the deciding point in the match. Although the Blue Devils already had the win, Rooney played the most intense match of the day, winning a third set tiebreaker 7-6 to grab the third point of the day for the Cats. “I kept telling myself to fight for every single ball, every point,” Rooney said. “Be very resilient, and don’t take any shots off.” NU has now lost two straight matches against top teams, falling 4-0 to then-No. 11 Oklahoma State on the road. But the tight match was filled with bright spots for the Cats. “Everyone left everything on the court, and they gave it everything they had,” Barnett said. “I don’t think Duke will ever want to play us again to be honest.” robinsonmarkus2019@u.northwestern.edu Even with a week off before the USA Junior Olympic Championships, the fencers said they will continue pushing themselves in preparation for stiff competition in Cleveland. They have a long way to go before they can rest, Oh said. “It’s important for us to keep training hard and aim to beat the schools we both lost to and to continue to get the big wins we had before,” Oh said. “The season isn’t over and we’ve got a long way to go so we all will be working hard until the end.” sophiemann2018@u.northwestern.edu
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EYE ON THE BALL Jillian Rooney sets up for a return shot. The junior won her No. 6 singles match after a third-set tiebreak victory.
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against Minnesota, one of the higher ranked teams in the Big Ten, and Purdue, also a really great competitor, for two days straight.” For the first time this season, NU’s star freshman diver Olivia Rosendahl failed to win a diving event. Rosendahl did not compete from the 3-meter board this weekend, which was won by Minnesota’s Yu Zhou, the defending NCAA and Big Ten champion in the event. From the 1-meter board, Rosendahl
took third, behind Zhou and her teammate Lexi Tenenbaum. Before the meet, Locke said the Cats watched a motivational video about bull riding that aptly described the meet against two ranked opponents. Even though rodeo riders know the bull will eventually throw them, they still try to hang on as long as possible. “We watched this video (about) staying on the bull as long as you can and not giving up,” Locke said. “I feel like as a team we did that.” samueljohnson2019@u.northwestern.edu
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Coach Laurie Schiller notches 1,250th career win in final season By SOPHIE MANN
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It was a bittersweet weekend for Northwestern, as the team celebrated its seniors and coach Laurie Schiller, who earned his 1,250th career win at the NU Duals. At the seniors’ last home tournament, the Wildcats came out strong, winning 12 of 14 bouts, including a victory over No. 3 Princeton. NU also knocked off UC San Diego and Stanford, teams it beat previously at the Western Invitational, and took down No. 10 Temple and No. 9 Penn, teams the Cats were supposed to compete against last week at the postponed Penn Duals. Despite the event being considered NU’s “home duals,” the team traveled to Notre Dame in South Bend, Indiana, in light of on-going construction in Henry Crown Sports Pavilion.
Freshman Maddy Curzon said she still felt as though they were at home because of the mentality surrounding Senior Day and the unity of the team. “The venue didn’t seem too foreign,” Curzon said. “We were able to bring the ‘home-court advantage’ with our attitude. However, I think being a little out of my element made me fence better; being at home can sometimes make you feel too comfortable.” Junior Cindy Oh said being able to honor the graduating seniors in front of everyone at the meet, including other teams, motivated the squad. In a weekend full of highs, Schiller said it was probably one of the team’s most successful big duals, especially with the unexpected addition of Penn State to the tournament after the Nittany Lions’ dual match against St. John’s was canceled the weekend before. “We did lose to Penn State, which was disappointing,” Schiller said. “But we upset
Princeton, which was exciting, since it was after both the Notre Dame and Penn State losses. The team rebounded; they did a really good job defending our house.” The NU Duals not only marked the last home meet for the seniors, but also for Schiller who will retire at the end of the season. “They let us hang two huge Northwestern flags in the Dome, which are the same ones that we fly at Ryan Field » See FENCING, page 7
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Northwestern finds silver linings in weekend blowouts No. 24 Minnesota
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LAST LAP Ellen Anderson finishes a lap. The senior and the Wildcats were blown out over the weekend by Purdue and Minnesota.
Northwestern lost both competitions in the season’s final dual meet by large margins, but the scoreboard only told part of the story. The Wildcats lost to No. 18 Purdue, 244-109, and to No. 24 Minnesota by an almost identical score of 245-108. While NU won only three of 19 events at the two day meet, the swimmers continued to make progress in their individual races. “We were faster in a lot of races than we were last weekend (against Iowa), and we had quite a few people go season best times,” coach Abby Steketee said. “There are definitely some things we need to polish up (before Big Tens).” Junior captain Lacey Locke provided a tremendous contribution to her team, winning both the 100and 200-yard backstrokes. In the
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200, Locke was the only swimmer to finish the event under two minutes, completing it in 1:59.23 and winning by more than two seconds. Her time was nearly identical to what she did two weeks ago at Notre Dame, though it is still far off her season best of 1:57.43 from the TYR Invitational last November. In the 100-yard backstroke, Locke had a closer competition, finishing in 55.18 seconds to beat Minnesota’s
Zoe Avestruz by less than a quarter of a second. “(The 100) was close, and I just did what Abby (Steketee) and I had planned to do,” Locke said. “I killed my last wall and it ended up working.” The Cats’ only other win came in the 50-yard freestyle, as sophomore Mary Warren won convincingly in 23.13 seconds. Although that is relatively slower compared to recent weeks –– she swam a 22.94 against Iowa the previous weekend –– she still won by a large margin for the short event. Minnesota’s Abigail Raatz finished 36 hundredths of a second behind Warren, and an additional three swimmers finished the race less than a second behind Warren’s winning time. “I’m at a good place right now, especially compared to last year,” Warren said. “It’s not easy to go up » See SWIMMING, page 7
Wildcats succumb to Big Ten opponents Purdue, Minnesota No. 20 Minnesota
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Northwestern was simply outmatched in this weekend’s meet against No. 20 Minnesota and Purdue. The Wildcats lost to the Golden Gophers 224-129 and fell 186-167 to the Boilermakers. NU won only four of 19 events at the two-day meet, and three of those victories came from redshirt freshman Anthony Marcantonio. Marcantonio has been on fire in recent weeks, not only dominating his competition but also seeing consistent improvements in his own performance. “(The meet) went pretty well,” Marcantonio said after winning the 200-yard Individual Medley and setting personal bests while winning the 200-yard freestyle and 200-yard backstroke. After setting personal-best times in the 200 freestyle the past two weeks against Notre Dame and Iowa, Marcantonio was able to pull off yet another improvement as he swam 1:38.62 on Friday and won a
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tightly contested race. With 50 yards remaining, Marcantonio held a comfortable lead of almost a second over Minnesota’s Paul Fair, but Fair began to close the gap during their final lap. Marcantonio just held on to win by six hundredths of a second. His win in the 200-yard backstroke came with a much more comfortable margin, as he finished in a strong 1:47.50. The second place finisher, Purdue’s Tim Barth, was a full 2.5 seconds behind Marcantonio, coming in with a 1:50.28. To put Marcantonio’s win in perspective, six swimmers finished within 2.5 seconds of Barth. “I really attacked the walls in the
second 100 and really picked up my tempo in the last 50,” Marcantonio said. “I’m not sure if I’ll be swimming the 200 back or 200 breast at Big Tens. I’m open to either one. After today it’s really up to (coach Jarod Schroeder).” The Cats’ fourth win came from freshman Carter Page in the 500-yard freestyle. Page has had a strong season in the distance freestyle events, winning both the 500 and 1,000 at several meets this season. Page’s technique to finish the race was the difference. As he entered the final 100 yards of the race, his stroke was relaxed and fluid, while his closest competitor’s form was breaking down. Page held off the Minnesota challenger to win in 4:33.60. “I was pretty happy with how I swam today,” Page said. “(The 500 freestyle) did not feel easy. It hurt pretty bad. But that’s what I train for, so I’m used to trying to keep my technique under fatigue.” This was NU’s final regular-season meet before the Big Ten Championships in West Lafayette, Indiana, in late February. Although the Cats lost to some of the Big Ten’s most powerful teams this weekend, strong
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GOING THE DISTANCE Carter Page swims in this weekend’s meet. The freshman distance specialist won the 500-yard freestyle in 4:33.60.
individual performances have left them hopeful for the upcoming meet. “I’m super excited for Big Tens,” Page said. “I think I’ve taken the
necessary steps along the way to be successful there.” samueljohnson2019@u.northwestern.edu