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Cilento, Vinson win ASG election

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Service will focus more on ‘personalized care’ plans for students

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Christina Cilento and Macs Vinson narrowly won the Associated Student Government election Friday and will serve as Northwestern’s new president and executive vice president.

Cilento, a SESP junior, and Vinson, a McCormick junior, won 47.78 percent of the 4,060 total votes. Cilento and Vinson beat Weinberg junior Joji Syed and Weinberg sophomore Archit Baskaran by 81 votes. Voter turnout far exceeded the 2,991 votes cast in 2015 and 1,758 in 2014.

Cilento said both tickets inspired students who had little previous interest in ASG to vote, which explained the close results.

“Students who feel marginalized really showed up to vote for us and students who are in Greek life and may not have normally cared about ASG really showed up to vote for them,” Cilento told The Daily after she found out the results. “When you think about it, that makes sense to me that there would be that close of a margin, that students would be inspired to be involved even if they hadn’t previously been.”

Weinberg junior Lauren Thomas, the election commissioner, told The Daily this is the highest voter turnout for ASG elections in “institutional memory.”

Thomas said she predicted it would be a tight race but was not anticipating the narrow margin with which Cilento and Vinson won, adding that the high turnout demonstrated how seriously both tickets took the election.

“I was shocked by how close it was,” Thomas said. “I did not think it was going to be within 100 votes.”

Cilento said finding out she won was “an out-of-body experience,” and that she envisioned larger change for campus.

“I thought that I would cry or be so overwhelmed. I feel surprisingly calm right now,” Cilento said. “Setting a campaign that is entirely centered around marginalized voices is incredibly hard to do at Northwestern. The fact that we did (win) really shows that Northwestern is ready for this kind of change.”

Cilento and Vinson’s campaign focused on improving opportunities and the culture on campus for marginalized students, pushing for widespread reform to make NU welcoming to the entire student body.

Cilento said she and Vinson plan to circle back to student groups they met with during their campaign as they set priorities for their term.

“Spring time is when we set ASG’s budget,” she said. “We’re really going to need to talk to groups like Quest

Beginning next Fall Quarter, Counseling and Psychological Services will no longer base its treatment on a 12-session limit.

In an interview with The Daily, Dean of Students Todd Adams said a student’s number of sessions won’t factor in to the care they receive.

“There is no longer a limit,” he told The Daily. “It’ll be more based on what’s needed.”

CAPS will focus more on “personalized care” plans for individual students, according to an email from Patricia Telles-Irvin, vice president for student affairs. Plans could employ one-on-one counseling, group therapy, connection to other on-campus programs or referral to providers outside CAPS. Adams said the individualized approach was already in place, but this shift will make that focus “more overt.”

The shift comes after years of students pushing for the change, and Adams said that effort played a role in the new plan.

“Student voice was paramount in this decision,” he told The Daily.

“Given where we are, and what students have been saying, we wanted to remove any barriers to students getting care.”

SESP senior Chris Harlow sat on the committee that recommended the change. He said students were hesitant to use a session because of the limit, as it made them afraid they would use too many and run out.

Harlow said the committee also found the limit arbitrary. None of the peer institutions they studied had a similar cap, he said, and even though the limit existed for more than 20 years, no University officials knew for sure why it was created.

But Harlow said data provided to the committee showed “the vast majority” of students don’t reach 12 sessions. Students who use CAPS average six sessions, which is consistent with numbers at peer institutions, he said.

And like other universities’ mental health services, Harlow said CAPS provides short-term support, which often helps students deal with more immediate issues, such as academic stress. CAPS will sometimes refer students who need longer-term support to nearby professionals.

“You wouldn’t go to Searle health center for surgery,” he said. “For something that requires more, you’d be referred to an orthopedic surgeon or something else.”

The Daily reported in late January that CAPS was considering such a change.

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DRUG MONEY

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As Lyrica profits dry up, Northwestern seeks another ‘blockbuster’ drug

By PETER KOTECKI

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Northwestern boasts some of the deepest pockets of any university in the country. Its more than $10 billion in net assets is the product of many factors — wealthy donors, pricey tuition, shrewd investments. But one of the largest reasons for the University’s wealth is Lyrica, a pharmaceutical used to treat fibromyalgia, epilepsy and other conditions.

The discovery of this blockbuster drug in an NU chemistry lab brought the university to the top of annual rankings of income from patents and copyrights. It’s highly unusual for a breakthrough pharmaceutical discovery to originate in an academic lab, and even more unusual for such a breakthrough to become a runaway commercial success.

“We were just trying to inhibit one enzyme and not inhibit another,” said chemistry Prof. Richard Silverman, who invented Lyrica. “It turned out that during the experimentation we got results that we didn’t expect, namely that our compound activated one of the enzymes — that wasn’t even something we were trying to do.”

As the U.S. patents on the drug near expiration, the unpredictability of scientific discovery remains a limiting factor in developing successful pharmaceuticals despite steady increases in NU’s research funding.

Sales of Lyrica, the brand name for the compound pregabalin, reached about $1.2 billion in 2006 after the drug’s first full year on the market. Since its approval, more than 9 million people in the United States have used the drug, which is marketed by the pharmaceutical company Pfizer. Due to an agreement between NU and Pfizer, revenue from the drug has significantly increased the University’s licensing income, money NU earns for allowing its copyrights and patents to be used by other companies.

According to the Association of University Technology Managers, NU had the highest gross licensing income of research institutions nationwide in fiscal year 2014. For NU, the revenue — about $360 million — is the last large sum from Lyrica, as the University sold its remaining royalty rights for the drug in 2013,

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said Alicia Loffler, executive director of the Innovation and New Ventures Office.

Last year, NU’s licensing income decreased more than tenfold to $32 million. The University will likely drop from the top 10 in the Association of University Technology Managers’ 2015 rankings, which are not yet available, Loffler said.

However, vice president of research Jay Walsh said the drop will not have a significant effect on NU. Most of the money from Lyrica has been invested in the endowment, which means the funds will continue to help the University for a long time, he said.

In addition to helping millions of patients, Lyrica benefited NU in several ways, as royalties invested in the endowment supported areas such as financial aid, campus facilities and research support.

“The chunk of the endowment that is directly attributable to Lyrica is mind-boggling,” said University President Morton Schapiro in an interview with The Daily in January. “It’s an enormous amount of money.”

Although no other invention has affected NU on such a large scale, the company Naurex, founded by McCormick Prof. Joseph Moskal, has the potential to produce another very successful drug, Loffler said.

Naurex created the antidepressant rapastinel, which became the company’s lead compound and is now in clinical trials.

“We are hoping that (rapastinel) will be a success, but you never know,” Loffler said. “If that drug makes it onto the market, it will be another blockbuster.”

An unexpected discovery

The work that led to Lyrica’s discovery began as a project for a visiting professor from Poland, Silverman said. Silverman asked the visiting professor, Ryszard Andruszkiewicz, to make a set of molecules to treat epilepsy.

When Andruszkiewicz presented his findings, Silverman said he could not believe the results — instead of just inhibiting one enzyme, the compounds also activated another.

“We weren’t expecting that,” Silverman said. “When Dr. Andruszkiewicz showed me those results, it just looked screwy. I said, ‘I think we ought to retest these » See LYRICA, page 8

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Around Town Prison lawsuit bill passes state Senate

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A bill sponsored by state Sen. Daniel Biss (D-Evanston) that would prohibit the state from suing prison inmates under certain circumstances passed the Illinois Senate last week.

Senate Bill 2465 would prohibit the Illinois Department of Corrections from suing former and current inmates to recover the cost of their room and board while in prison. The bill passed the Illinois Senate, 32-19, last Tuesday, and state representatives are now considering the legislation in the Illinois House of Representatives.

“This is a dangerous practice that can make it almost impossible for people who have paid their debt to society (to) be able to get back on their feet, find housing and seek employment,” Biss said in a news release.

Illinois has had a law allowing the state to sue inmates since 1982, but the state has rarely sued them until recently, according to the release.

Biss said in the release the current law is not aligned with the role of a government.

“While it’s appropriate to assign financial penalties along with sentencing for certain types of crimes, the question is whether we want to rely on ad hoc lawsuits as a way to pay for the cost of prisons,” Biss said. “It’s not consistent with how government should work, nor is it in keeping with the principles of criminal justice and the idea of second chances.”

Police Blotter Man reports $400 in stolen vehicle parts

A 30-year-old Evanston man reported multiple parts — collectively valued at $400 — being stolen from his vehicle Wednesday night.

The 1991 Mitsubishi was parked in a business parking lot in the 2000 block of Greenleaf Street when it was broken into at 11 p.m., Evanston police Cmdr. Joseph Dugan said. The rear

A Chicago Tribune investigation from November 2015 found the state had filed two such lawsuits in 2012 and two more in 2013 before filing 11 lawsuits in 2015 in attempt to recover the costs of keeping prisoners.

The state went after some inmates after learning they had received inheritances or settlements from other lawsuits involving private affairs or related to their arrests, according to the release.

“It’s not as though most of them are millionaires,” Biss said in the release. “We’re talking mainly about people with relatively modest inheritances or court settlements that the state is going after.”

Illinois has recovered about $500,000 since 2010 in specific lawsuits against inmates, but most of the money came from suits against two inmates, according to the release.

Nicole Wilson, an IDOC spokeswoman, told The Daily the IDOC is neutral in regards to the bill.

“We will do what the General Assembly tells us to do,” Wilson said.

Rep. Kelly Cassidy (D-Chicago) introduced a companion bill addressing the same issue in the Illinois House of Representatives in February.

“We pay for prison every day,” Cassidy told the Chicago Tribune in February. “That’s the function of government. Fundamentally, this (current law) is just wrong.”

The House bill is currently being reviewed in the Rules Committee, and Cassidy is serving as the chief house sponsor for Biss’ bill.

Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan said in a statement she encouraged the legislature to review the passenger window was broken, and a computer part, intake part and car battery were taken from under the hood of the car. Both the intake part and battery were valued at $100 each and the computer part was valued at $200.

There are currently no suspects, Dugan said, but police will review video surveillance of the area.

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BISS’ BILL Sen. Daniel Biss (D-Evanston) sponsored a bill prohibiting the state from suing inmates in certain circumstances. It passed the Illinois Senate last week.

current statute and decide which policy they would like in the future.

“The current law charges my office with recovering incarceration costs when requested by the Department of Corrections, but these cases can present significant roadblocks to former inmates who are trying to lead successful lives outside of prison,” Madigan said in the statement. williamkobin2018@u.northwestern.edu A 21-year-old Chicago man reported his phone stolen from an unsecured locker at LA Fitness on Wednesday afternoon.

The theft occurred between 4:00 p.m. and 4:50 p.m. at the gym, 1618 Sherman Ave. An iPhone 6 Plus valued at $900 and a phone case of unknown value were stolen from the locker.

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Interfaith advocate speaks following vandalism

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Eboo Patel, an advocate for interfaith cooperation, spoke at Alice Millar Chapel on Friday about the importance of maintaining an inclusive community at Northwestern after the chapel was vandalized last month.

Two Weinberg freshman students allegedly vandalized the building with racist and homophobic graffiti March 10 and were charged with institutional vandalism, criminal damage to property and hate crime to a place of worship.

Patel, who spoke to more than 100 people, is the founder and president of Interfaith Youth Core and former adviser to President Barack Obama’s Advisory Council on Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships. He drew on experiences of racism he encountered in middle school as an Indian-American and meditated on the Alice Millar incident, considering the motivations of the students allegedly responsible.

“I have to think that part of this is just that racism is an available option in the culture, and sometimes, when the defenses are down and the filters are off, you’re (choosing) that option,” he said. “You’re manifesting that cultural mutation.

Is it impossible that this would have been me at 17? I’d love to say yes, but I’ve done enough dumb and hurtful things in my life to know better.”

Patel said honest dialogue can combat hate

University creates diversity-focused grant, award

Northwestern has created two new programs to promote diversity at the University, offering faculty thousands of dollars in awards and grants.

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COME TOGETHER On Friday, Alice Millar Chapel housed a community discussion on inclusivity. More than 100 people attended the event, including Eboo Patel, president of Interfaith Youth Corps, who spoke to the importance of combating racism and hate.

and racism, and failing to openly acknowledge these issues enables their proliferation.

“What happens when you’re silent in the face of those experiences?” he said. “Mutations

turn into deformities and shadows turn into monsters.”

Patel said he is not in a position to dictate how the community should respond to the incident

A grant program will offer funding expected to range from $2,000 to $25,000 for proposals that will “enhance our missions of education and research through improved diversity and inclusion,” according to a news release.

Faculty’s ideas should be “pioneering and innovative,” according to the release, and proposals that will improve faculty recruitment, hiring and retention are “especially welcome.”

“Northwestern is a place where both

students and faculty are encouraged to connect the community and engage with the world,” Provost Dan Linzer said in the release.

“These awards and grants are designed to celebrate and further faculty innovation to support these efforts.”

Two $5,000 awards will be given to “exemplar individuals or groups who are working collaboratively to build a more diverse, inclusive and equitable climate,” according to the release.

juliadoran2018@u.northwestern.edu Faculty nominees should have led some project or initiative that promoted diversity or inclusion related to some sort of identity, such as “gender identity, political affiliation, disability and more” according to the release.

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because he was not directly affected, but he encouraged compassion and reconciliation.

To open the gathering, Patricia Telles-Irvin, vice president for student affairs, called the vandalism “heartbreaking” and said the incident offers the University an opportunity to reassert its collective commitment to care and respect.

“We must work together to ensure that these acts do not occur again,” she said. “There is no room for this kind of hateful behavior on Northwestern’s campus.”

Tahera Ahmad, associate chaplain and director of interfaith engagement, also spoke at the event and said it took place in the chapel so the University community could jointly reflect on how important the space is.

Ahmad, who is Muslim, drew headlines last June when she wrote in a Facebook post that a United Airlines flight attendant had refused to give her an unopened can of soda because it could be used as a weapon. During the event, she said inclusion and respect strengthen both religious life and the University as a whole.

“Bringing our communities together in this space that was vandalized allows us to foster a sense of empathy for each other and allows us to physically be in the presence of each other and supportive toward one another,” she said. “It creates a sense of unity and allows us to reflect on what it means for Northwestern to be an inclusive community.”

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As part of the final stage of the “It Affects Us All” project, administrators will host town hall and oneon-one meetings with students to conclude the yearlong effort to better understand the needs of LGBT and black students on campus.

The project is a partnership between staff at the Center for Awareness, Response and Education and Multicultural Student Affairs who are collaborating to address sexual violence, relationship violence, hookup culture and intimacy in those communities, said Erin Clark, assistant director of CARE. In past years, Clark said CARE has seen a “higher than proportionate” number of black and LGBT students utilizing its services. The project is focused in part on understanding why that is.

“Is that about accessing services, is that about a prevalence of violence or something about how we’ve advertised our services?” she said. “Understanding that is really important to continuing to improve, which is what got us started on this project.”

The effort includes creating programs, as well as making existing programs more responsive to the needs of marginalized students, Clark said. It began during Fall Quarter with a task force of staff members brainstorming ways to get student input, she said.

MSA assistant director JT Turner, one of the seven CARE and MSA staff members partnering for the project, said they have also done outreach to different groups which have been able to assist with their varying expertise.

“We’re hoping to make contact with a set amount of students and then together as a group analyze the information that we receive from those meetings,” Turner said. “(We’ll) turn it into a report that we can then send to the grant office and to administration to potentially get more resources and support for students.”

SESP sophomore Sophia Etling, a member of Rainbow Alliance, said she has seen a lot of dialogue on campus about supporting marginalized students, but she feels it is often just talk.

“That’s just been really frustrating especially as a queer person on campus,” Etling said. “I hope that ‘It Affects Us All’ actually leads to real change for marginalized students instead of just being a nice afterthought.”

Clark said the task force hopes also to adjust first-year education programs — such as the sexual health Essential NU and online programs like Agent of Change — and increase collaboration between the two offices.

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Hopefully, we’re creating a space where students can see us as people they can come talk to and confide in and feel supported.

JT Turner, MSA assistant director

“We’re always thinking about how we can be improving and how we are addressing multiple systems of oppression in the work that we’re doing,” Clark said. “But this project in particular, in the form of collaboration with MSA, is a great opportunity to really dig down in it and kind of deliberately make some changes.”

In addition to hopes for new programs in collaboration between CARE and MSA, Clark said the task force also wants to know what is working, so it knows what it can replicate in order to continue to grow.

This phase of conversations with students will be completed by the end of Spring Quarter, and the group will spend the summer analyzing them. The hope is to implement changes next year based on what is decided, Clark said.

“We’re here to advocate for students — students of color, LGBTQI students — anything we can do to move forward for the support of them, we feel like that’s part of our responsibility here,” Turner said.

“Hopefully, we’re creating a space where students can see us as people they can come talk to and confide in and feel supported.” fathma@u.northwestern.edu

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We need to generate more than just conversation JESSICA SCHWALB

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Columns, when done well, are fabulously important: They spark conversation, provoke controversy and perhaps even inspire change. But to achieve that often-missing third element, Northwestern students must continue conversations beyond the page and with students who occupy radically different spaces on campus from their own.

Language undoubtedly shapes our perception of campus politics, but tends to stop at just that.

It rarely pushes the conversation from words to action. The buzz around a column (or Letter to the Editor) often falls by the wayside after a few days of contentious Facebook arguments. Anger, though perhaps exciting to read in a heated comment

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Buffett Institute directors support choice of Karl Eikenberry

As has been reported in The Daily Northwestern, Karl Eikenberry’s appointment is stirring up controversy among some Northwestern faculty and students.

People are criticizing the appointment process, his credentials and his military background.

Understandably, many wonder what impact his appointment will have on the Buffett programs and activities they value.

We have listened to and discussed what the critics are saying. We, too, care deeply about the future success of Buffett, and we are strongly committed to the

threat, does not improve much. It is far easier to search for a piece’s tension or most controversial aspect instead of using it as a jumping-off point to think about concrete solutions. This is not exclusively the fault of readers: Columnists, including and especially myself, have a far easier time pointing out a problem than offering a solution. Both writers and readers can do better about discussing both complex issues and complex answers.

To provoke dialogue is a primary goal of writing. However, more often than not, this dialogue — if it happens at all — occurs within largely homogenous groups, usually occupying distinct and isolated pockets of campus. We rarely talk among those who disagree with us on a column’s meaning — understandably so, as it’s far more comfortable to debate in groups where all, or most, already agree. But these conversations are less productive: They don’t force us to wrestle with the merits of opposing viewpoints. They don’t help us think critically about our own beliefs. A more salient expression of a

column’s success is the ability to generate conversation between disparate corners of campus.

But calling for an end to self-segregation within campus conversations requires that we take a hard look in the mirror. All students gravitate toward spaces that make us feel comfortable, whether settling into a space of political, religious or ethnic homogeneity. I often hear fellow white students decry “self-segregation” of students of color on campus, seemingly unaware of our own self-segregation and occupation of white spaces on a largely white campus. Instead of blaming others for separation and division, we must be critical and honest in self-reflection. Am I seeking to surround myself with people who look, feel, act and think differently? Am I pushing myself to think critically about my own beliefs? The answers to these questions are often uncomfortable. Conversations across lines of difference are often uncomfortable. This discomfort reveals the very space where action and progress is most needed.

Part of the reason so many NU students

enroll in Medill each year is the belief that their words and stories will have real-world impact.

Far more important than getting clicks on an article or provoking an argument is enacting tangible change. Mere dialogue across campus’ visible and invisible lines is rarely sufficient. It fizzles out quickly, with few spaces on campus where students can gather to continue those conversations started in the comments. We should not rest satisfied with the constant rise and fall in campus attention toward social issues that affect fellow students. In response to a column, both apathy and anger are easy. Though difficult, taking action is far more rewarding.

values on which the Institute has been built, including diversity, scholarly independence and academic freedom.

In our meetings with Karl, we have gotten a sense of who he is and what he cares about. Here is what we have concluded: Karl is committed to advancing the mission of the Buffett Institute, which is to address critical global issues through collaborative research, public dialogue and engaged scholarship.

Karl is an open-minded person who is not bringing a pre-conceived “master plan” to the Buffett Institute. On the contrary, he wants to stage an open, inclusive and systematic strategic planning process upon his arrival next fall.

Karl recognizes the value of our undergraduate programs, from GESI study abroad to our affiliated student groups. He knows they are highly successful and celebrates the key roles played by students, faculty

and staff.

He shares the kinds of ambitions for Buffett that we have: to build world-class research and educational programs that contribute to our understanding of important global issues.

He knows that faculty engagement and intellectual leadership are critical for research success. There is no other way to do research other than by working with faculty.

Unilaterally reshaping the work of the Buffett Institute around some new goal or agenda, as some fear, is not possible.

For example, the Buffett gift brings with it six additional half faculty lines, which means that Buffett will have to partner with another department or school in order to hire someone new. Cooperation and collaboration are essential at Buffett.

Karl’s background is an asset, not a liability. He brings new connections and a different perspective. He

can open doors and unlock opportunities.

For these reasons, we believe Karl’s appointment is a positive step forward for the Buffett Institute. We respect that others may disagree with our optimism, and that is their right. A university is a place where people can disagree.

As the current directors of the Buffett Institute, we are confident that Karl is well-qualified and wellsuited to lead the Buffett Institute. We welcome him to Northwestern and look forward to working with him.

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Jessica Schwalb is a Weinberg freshman. She can be contacted at jessicaschwalb2019@u.northwestern.edu.

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The Evanston Police Department released a video and statement detailing the use of tasers on the force Thursday.

City Council approved EPD to purchase 30 additional tasers earlier this year. As of this month, every EPD officer from the rank of commander to patrol officer has received training in taser use.

“The taser is a less lethal force option used to control combative subjects with minimal risk of injury to the subject and the officers,” said EPD Sgt. Jody Wright, who trains officers in the use of the tasers, in a video posted by the police department on March 18.

The tasers purchased by EPD are yellow instead of the standard black and must be worn on the opposite side of their firearms, Wright said in the video.

“This distinguished color from a firearm allows for easy recognition,” Wright said. “This

Across Campuses Transgender woman files lawsuit against Michigan university

DETROIT — A lawsuit filed Friday claims Saginaw Valley State University fired Charin Davenport after she underwent gender transition from male to female, including changing her name and starting to dress like a woman.

The suit, filed in federal court, says the university discriminated against Davenport based on her gender.

“Discrimination against people who don’t conform to traditional gender stereotypes is a form of sex discrimination under the law,” her attorney, Jennifer Salvatore, said in a press release.

“No human being should be vilified and denigrated the way Char was by her supervisor, let alone lose their job because of who they are. She is a wonderful person with a lot of courage to speak out about what happened to her.”

The university could not immediately be reached for a comment.

Charles Davenport began working for the university in 2007 as an adjunct professor in

is done to eliminate the possibility of weapon confusion during high stress incidents.”

The tasers are also equipped with a video camera, which is attached to the top of the taser and provides a recording of the incident from the officer’s point of view. This can be used to “critique the use of force,” Wright said.

Taser use accounted for 17 percent of the department’s use-of-force incidents from 2010 to 2014 and only five percent of incidents in 2015, according to EPD. Additionally, there have not been any injuries caused by taser-use or excessive use of force complaints regarding the tasers since they were first deployed in July 2010.

In the video, Wright said these statistics were encouraging.

“They show us that the policies and practices we’ve put in place have allowed us to achieve our goal, which is to supply our officers with the tool which allows them to effectively resolve a use-of-force situation with minimal risk of injury to themselves or to the combatant,” he said.

— Nora Shelly

the English department, the suit says.

From August 2011 to July 2012, he worked as the coordinator of academic tutoring services. In July 2012, he became the assistant to the director of academic programs support.

The suit says he received positive reviews for his work.

Then, in October 2013, he informed SVSU he was undergoing gender transition. He said he intended to dress as a female.

That’s when the problems began, the suit says.

The suit claims Davenport’s supervisor, Ann Coburn-Collins, told her, “It’s my fault.

I should have given you that full-time job so you wouldn’t have had so much free time.”

Then, in December 2013, Davenport was told her position was being eliminated for budgetary reasons.

A couple of months later, the suit says, Coburn-Collins got into a yelling match with Davenport and allegedly said, “You disgust me. I can’t even stand to look at you.”

The suit seeks a jury trial and asks for unspecified compensation.

—David Jesse (Detroit Free Press/TNS)

THIS WEEK IN MUSIC

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Toni-Marie Montgomery, piano Anthony Elliott, cello, 7:30 p.m.

Mary B. Galvin Recital Hall, $8/5

A graduate of the University of Michigan and the Philadelphia College of Performing Arts, Bienen School dean Toni-Marie Montgomery was a founding member of the Black Music Repertory Ensemble of Columbia College Chicago. Cellist Anthony Elliott, a professor at the University of Michigan and a protégé of Janos Starker and Frank Miller, has performed with the New York Philharmonic, Minnesota Orchestra, Detroit Symphony, Vancouver Symphony, and CBC Toronto Orchestra. Montgomery and Elliott have recorded a CD of cello-piano music by African American composers.

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Special Event: Mnozil Brass, 7 p.m.

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Hear one of the world’s premiere brass ensembles perform pieces from the current North American tour of their hit show “Yes! Yes! Yes!” Between pieces the players will share with the audience stories of the ensemble’s origin and their process for programming and rehearsing, as well as answer questions from the audience.

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LEGEND OF LYRICA Part of the Richard and Barbara Silverman Hall for Molecular Therapeutics and Diagnostics was paid for using Lyrica money.

Chemistry Prof. Richard Silverman donated part of his royalties to help fund the $100-million building, which is named after him and his wife.

Lyrica

From page 1 and see if this is real.’ And he did. He tested them and he got the exact same results.”

The compounds — one of which would eventually be marketed as Lyrica — were synthesized in 1989. They were tested in mice the following year.

Despite its origins as a potential epilepsy treatment, Lyrica’s primary use in the United States is treating nerve disorders.

“In a way, it was a serendipitous discovery,” Chemistry Prof. emeritus Fred Lewis said.

Silverman was an independent worker, Lewis said, but the two professors’ backgrounds in organic chemistry led to many discussions and some overlap in their work. Although Lewis did not work directly on Lyrica, he and Silverman both worked in the NU chemistry department in 1989.

“Rick (Silverman) had no idea that that one molecule he made would ever be useful for anything,” Lewis said. “Rick just gave (Andruszkiewicz) a whole list of molecules to go make, not knowing which one would be the winner, or if any of them would be a winner.”

As a result of this surprise discovery, about $1.4 billion has gone into the University’s endowment, which reached almost $9.9 billion in August.

“It would be very tempting to spend it out in the current operating budget,” said University President emeritus Henry Bienen. “I thought, and the Board of Trustees agreed, that it was better put into the endowment for the long run benefit of the University.”

However, putting the money into the endowment was tricky, as a large portion of the Lyrica funds came in during the 2008 financial crisis, Bienen said. The Lyrica money was phased into the endowment because the University was aware that markets were going down, he said.

Bienen said NU managed its budget prudently prior to 2008. When the financial crisis hit, NU was less dependent on its endowment than some richer universities — it used a smaller share of the endowment in its operating budget compared to universities like Harvard, Yale and Princeton, Bienen said. Some universities had to sell stock or private equity to keep their operating budgets intact, but NU did very little of that, he added.

The chunk of the endowment that is directly attributable to Lyrica is mind-boggling.

It’s an enormous amount of money.

University President Morton Schapiro Beyond annual endowment payouts, quarterly checks from Pfizer also supported NU, said Eugene Sunshine, who served as the University’s senior vice president for business and finance from 1997

to 2014.

“I can’t overemphasize how important the Lyrica money was for us,” Sunshine said.

When you do great research, you get great students, you get great faculty, and then the cycle just continues.

Sarah McGill, senior associate dean at The Graduate School ‘Almost legendary status’

Although INVO issues hundreds of patents — 138 in fiscal year 2015 alone — very few have a large impact on NU’s licensing income.

Nationwide, universities’ top two inventions usually constitute more than 80 percent of their licensing incomes, Walsh said.

“That’s just the reality of patenting,” he said.

“You end up with a reasonable portfolio and a number of those actually go out and become useful for society, but very few of them make a lot of money.”

University spokesman Al Cubbage said NU would not disclose what percentage of its licensing income comes from Lyrica.

Only a handful of drugs reach the sales threshold of a blockbuster, a status given to drugs that generate more than $1 billion in annual revenue, said David Winwood, president of the Illinoisbased Association of University Technology Managers.

“It’s great when new drugs are introduced and they’re available (to treat) pressing medical issues, but not many make the blockbuster status,” he said.

Winwood said Lyrica has “almost legendary status” in the university world.

“It’s one of those great examples of basic research sometimes opening doors that you didn’t expect to have open,” Winwood said. “By doing so, it’s provided to a lot of patients a lot of relief from very uncomfortable medical conditions.”

Michael Moore, invention manager at INVO, said the vast majority of blockbuster drugs are produced by pharmaceutical companies. He did not know the exact percentage, but Moore estimated that less than 10 percent of such drugs are discovered at research universities.

“The pharmaceutical companies are directed toward drug discovery, drug development, where universities really are focused on more basic science questions,” he said. “It’s less of an applied effort to come up with new drugs. We tend to elucidate the underlying mechanisms and understanding the biology behind diseases, and less of an effort toward manipulating those mechanisms to treat diseases.”

Although the number of university-discovered blockbusters is small, Moore said he notices an upward trend — as big pharmaceutical companies

move away from research and development, universities such as NU try to maximize their resources to bring potential drugs forward.

For decades, academic scientists did not think in terms of commercialization, Silverman said. At the same time, people would say basic science is the foundation pharmaceutical companies use to find inventions to commercialize. Now, an increasing number of academic scientists focus on patenting work that has the potential to bring in revenue, which Silverman called an important change.

“The fallacy in that thinking is that if you do basic science and you don’t patent your result, but then you publish it, a company isn’t going to follow up on those compounds,” Silverman said. “The company would not be able to have exclusivity.”

Lyrica was first approved by the Food and Drug Administration in 2004 and was sold on the market the following year. The drug treats fibromyalgia, a chronic disorder that causes muscle pain, and epilepsy, a neurological condition characterized by seizures. In addition, Lyrica is approved to treat pain caused by nerve damage.

Pfizer pays royalties to NU in the form of regular payments in exchange for rights to sell Lyrica to patients, said chief investment officer William McLean. According to the initial agreement between Pfizer and NU, the University would receive 4.5 percent of global sales and Silverman would receive 1.5 percent. Silverman split his share with Andruszkiewicz.

Royalty owners may choose to monetize their assets, or exchange the right to receive future royalty payments for cash, with pharmaceutical companies or other investors.

Silverman and the University monetized part of their royalties in 2007 for a total of $700 million to pharmaceutical company Royal Pharma. The University sold about 56 percent of its portion while Silverman sold one third of his, McLean said.

It’s one of those great examples of basic research sometimes opening doors that you didn’t expect to have open.

David Winwood, Association of University Technology Managers president In 2013, the University monetized most of its remaining royalties in a $290 million transaction with HealthCare Royalty Partners and the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, McLean said.

Silverman’s share was not part of the transaction, he said.

“We got an incredible offer,” Schapiro told The Daily. “We were worried about the value when it went generic.”

As patents on Lyrica expire individually by country, Pfizer loses its exclusive rights to manufacture it, allowing other companies to sell generic versions of the compound. An increase in generic versions of Lyrica will decrease Pfizer’s revenue, bringing fewer royalties to NU. The U.S. patents for pregabalin will expire in December 2018. James Hurley, vice president of budget and planning, said some of the European patents have already expired, but sales in the rest of the world are projected to continue until June 2022.

Noting some of the patents still bring revenue to NU, Schapiro said Lyrica has also improved the world and affected many people. He said he continues to meet individuals who benefit from the drug.

After this year’s Outback Bowl in Tampa, Florida, he said the Silvermans accompanied Schapiro to synagogue in Tampa. Schapiro — who had been to the synagogue a week before and knew some of the people there — said he introduced Richard Silverman to a crowd. One man, a physician, told Silverman many of his patients have been cured

by Lyrica, and another individual said they were currently taking the drug, Schapiro said. “(Silverman) was like a hero,” Schapiro said.

“They were around him, going, ‘Oh my God. Thank you. Thank you.’ And I’ve seen that every time I identify (him).”

Exhibits in the Segal Visitors Center highlight some of the most successful members of the NU community. Among them are displays about “A Song of Ice and Fire” author George R. R. Martin (Medill ‘70, ‘71) and lacrosse coach Kelly Amonte Hiller, who has led the team to seven national championships.

Another exhibit highlights the impact of Lyrica — it includes a letter written to Silverman in 2009 by a couple whose son was prescribed the drug for neuropathic pain.

You and your team have given us the best Christmas present we could wish for.

A letter from a patient’s family to Silverman

“You and your team have given us the best Christmas present we could ever wish for,” the letter said. “Our sincere and heartfelt thanks to you all. Especially you, Professor.”

A windfall for NU

Hurley said 30 percent of the Lyrica money has been allocated to financial aid and 30 percent allocated to construction on campus facilities.

The remaining 40 percent has been allocated to research, including faculty recruitment and startup costs, he said.

Each year, NU used the endowment payout to help fund those major areas, Sunshine said.

“If you want to regard yourself as a great research university, or a growing research university, you need an annual source of money that will help you,” he said.

Few other universities have produced inventions as successful as Lyrica. Such drugs are extraordinary, Hurley said, describing Lyrica as “probably a once-in-a-lifetime occurrence.”

Lyrica money provided a full health insurance subsidy for graduate students, said Sarah McGill, senior associate dean at The Graduate School.

Prior to Lyrica funds, the University subsidized 35 percent of health insurance costs for science and engineering students and 65 percent of such costs for all other students, she said. NU was one of the first universities to offer a full subsidy.

Although some graduate students are funded by research grants, students in humanities and social science programs receive funding packages from the University, McGill said. Due to the Lyrica money, the span of the funding packages increased from 16 to 19 quarters.

“When you do great research, you get great students, you get great faculty and then the cycle just continues,” McGill said.

Chemistry Prof. Peter Stair said 10 percent of the University’s royalty stream is allocated to the chemistry department.

Stair, chair of the department, said part of the Richard and Barbara Silverman Hall for Molecular Therapeutics and Diagnostics, which cost about $100 million to build, was paid for using Lyrica money. Silverman donated part of his royalties to help fund the construction, which is named after him and his wife.

Money from the drug has also helped to recruit

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MONDAY, APRIL 11, 2016 faculty, allowing NU to financially compete against its peer institutions in hiring professors, Walsh said. When the University recruits new faculty, some of them need start-up packages to begin their research. These packages can be very expensive in some academic areas.

“We want faculty when they come here to be successful, and it makes no sense for them to come here and for them to be under-resourced, especially at the beginning of their career,” Walsh said.

Scientists at NU also benefited from a new Integrated Molecular Structure Education and Research Center, which was built with a large contribution from Lyrica funds, Stair said. The center, a laboratory for chemical analysis, moved into a new space in Technological Institute in 2013.

IMSERC helped attract Sir Fraser Stoddart, a chemistry professor, to NU, Stair said. Although Stoddart was interested in NU’s emphasis on collaboration among faculty, the University’s facilities were an important factor in recruiting him as well.

Most universities are lucky to have one of these blockbusters. We hope to have more, but it’s almost a lottery.

Alicia Loffler, INVO executive director

To recruit Stoddart, NU agreed to hire additional faculty to work on projects similar to his, Stair said. These new professors’ salaries and startup costs are funded from a portion of the chemistry department’s Lyrica money.

NU recently hired William Dichtel, a chemist and MacArthur Fellow who will begin his position this summer. As with Stoddart, the Lyrica funds played a role in Dichtel’s hiring. “(Dichtel is) a great teacher and has been very innovative and interested in undergraduate teaching,” Stair said. “That’s an example of where Lyrica

actually will make an impact on undergraduate instruction in chemistry here at Northwestern.”

Top Ten Gross Licensing Incomes for Fiscal Year 2014 Source: Association of University Technology Managers

The next blockbuster?

Lewis, the chemistry professor emeritus, said Silverman was doing “good science” in the late 1980s, but nobody could have predicted the discovery of Lyrica. Many people in the chemistry department weren’t even aware that a breakthrough compound had been created until several years after its discovery.

Like Lyrica, drugs developed by the NU spinoff Naurex have the potential to help hundreds of thousands of people around the world, Provost Dan Linzer said. Pharmaceutical company Allergan’s September 2015 acquisition of Naurex can help bring rapastinel through clinical trials and onto the market, he said.

“These are very long-term investments,” Linzer said. “It takes an immense amount of work and follow-through and commitment on the part of researchers to continue to develop what looks promising into something that actually works.”

Allergan is betting Naurex’s product development will turn into “a very successful story,” Linzer said.

The FDA gave rapastinel breakthrough status in January. According to the FDA, the development and review of a drug will be accelerated if the drug is determined to be a breakthrough therapy.

Moskal, the founder of Naurex, said he hopes the third phase of rapastinel clinical trials will begin in months.

By all publicly available indications, the clinical trials have been going well, Walsh said.

“I would hope that this would have a significant impact on people who have some level of depression, and therefore maybe we will make some money off of this,” he said. “The money part is interesting and important, but for my mind, the most important thing is that this gets out there and helps people.”

Moskal, director of the Falk Center for Molecular Therapeutics, said his work focuses on drug discovery pertaining to central nervous system disorders.

Naurex developed rapastinel for treatmentresistant depression. The drug targets NMDA receptors, which are altered in many brain and nervous system conditions. If the company commercializes its drugs in the future, Moskal said, the revenue will benefit the Falk Center, and the University will receive royalties.

Moskal is also the co-founder and chief scientific officer of Aptinyx, a company created last

Graphic by Jerry Lee

September to develop drugs to treat pain. The core structures of the molecules Aptinyx is developing are similar to those of rapastinel. The new drug does not yet have a name but is currently called NYX-2925, Moskal said.

Aptinyx is developing its lead compound to target neuropathic pain, Parkinson’s disorder and migraine, Moskal said. The company, however, is still collecting pre-clinical data to decide which of these to go forward with, he said.

In a couple of months, NYX-2925 will be submitted to the FDA for approval to start clinical trials, Moskal said.

Moore, the invention manager at INVO, said it would be exciting for the University to have

another drug on the market, regardless of the revenue it may bring in.

“The ability to have our research have that kind of impact on the community is something we should be proud of,” Moore said.

Although Naurex and Aptinyx both show potential for commercialization, it is too early to tell if either company will produce a blockbuster like Lyrica one day.

“Most universities are lucky to have one of these blockbusters,” said Loffler, the executive director of INVO. “We hope to have more, but it’s almost a lottery.” peterkotecki2018@u.northwestern.edu

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ASG

From page 1 (Scholars Network) and figure out what they need … to create stipends and scholarships.”

On the other side, Syed said she enjoyed meeting with students and was proud of the work her campaign team did over the past few months while preparing for the campaign.

Syed thanked all of her supporters and said she is excited to see what Cilento and Vinson accomplish.

“Since day one, I’ve said this is all about seizing the opportunity here and Northwestern is a place where you can do that,” she said. “We decided to do it through ASG and it didn’t work out, but I’m very proud of what we accomplished.”

Cilento and Vinson will officially assume their roles after being sworn in at ASG Senate on Wednesday.

MONDAY, APRIL 11, 2016 In addition to the election of a new president and executive vice president, five off-campus senators were elected from six candidates after 1,815

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votes were cast. McCormick freshman Aaron Kaplan, Weinberg sophomore Jake Rothstein, Weinberg junior Grant Klein, McCormick junior Natalie Ward and Weinberg junior Alec Blumenthal will also be sworn in Wednesday.

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WINNING TICKET Macs Vinson (left) and Christina Cilento answer a question at a Dailymoderated debate on April 6. Vinson, a McCormick junior, will serve as executive vice president, and Cilento, a SESP junior, will serve as president.

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Jackie Lin, violin 2:30 p.m., Regenstein Student of Desiree Ruhstrat Assisted by Alexander Dale, piano Master's Recital: Ayoung Cho, violin 6 p.m., Regenstein Master Class Room Student of Gerardo Ribeiro Assisted by Tatiyana Stepanova, piano

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Master’s Recital: Jacinda Ripley, trumpet 12 p.m., Regenstein Master Class Room Student of Robert Sullivan Assisted by Yoko Yamada, piano Master’s Recital: David Boutin-Bourque, clarinet 8:30 p.m., McClintock Choral and Recital Room Student of J. Lawrie Bloom Assisted by Qiyun Dai, Vicky Lee, piano; Riana Anthony, cello

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Poet emphasizes influence of hip-hop GES fi nal

By SAM KREVLIN

the daily northwestern @samkrevlin

Kevin Coval, a leader in Chicago’s poetry scene, spoke about how hip-hop can inspire and unify the city’s youth during an hour-long talk at the Global Engagement Summit on Friday.

Speaking to more than 100 people in McCormick Auditorium, Coval, artistic director of Young Chicago Authors, touched on several topics including growing up with divorced parents, falling in love with hip-hop, attending open-mic events and ultimately bringing artists together to forge a tightly-knit hip-hop community.

Roughly 15 years ago, Coval said he realized there was an emerging group of young writers who did not have an organized platform.

Around that time, he helped found Louder Than a Bomb, a poetry slam for teenage Chicago-area poets. He said he saw how a creative outlet can change a community.

“We began to keep young people in school,” Coval said. “We gave them the tools of creation, which is what hip-hop has been doing since 1973. It’s taken away guns and drugs and knives and bats and given them spray tans and records and pens and microphones and the brain in

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order to create something that ultimately the planet has never seen before.”

Coval said he has worked with some of Chicago’s most promising young artists. For example, he said he workshopped lyrics from a young Chance the Rapper — who headlined a show at the Chicago Theatre later that same day.

“We are in the midst of quite literally the most exciting time in the history of Chicago

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We began to keep young people in school. We gave them the tools of creation, which is what hip-hop has been doing since 1973..

Kevin Coval, artistic director, Young Chicago Authors

music,” Coval said. “This is saying a lot, considering Muddy Waters came to Chicago, plugged in and made the blues electrify. … Chicago right now is poppin’” Coval spoke as part of GES, an annual conference that brings together students from multiple continents for workshops and lectures

that aim to promote empowerment and social change.

Weinberg seniors Kyle Allen-Niesen and Diego Henriquez-Garcia, co-directors of GES, said they see Coval as a bridge between an internationally-focused conference and the work going on just outside “the Northwestern bubble.”

“He is part of an incredible artistic movement that is happening in our own backyard, and you can participate in it,” Allen-Niesen said. “We are hoping that some of the experiences that he has had in his stories can inspire some of our delegates who are not from Northwestern as an example of someone who took art and tried to impact his community.”

Allen-Niesen also said although most workshops are closed off from the public to focus on the delegates, the GES executive board felt it was important for the entire NU community to have a chance to hear from Coval, stressing that his message has a broad appeal.

“Realizing the power of your own voice and that no matter what age you are or where you are on some socioeconomic or power strata, you can still make change by the words that come out of your mouth,” Henriquez-Garcia said. samkrevlin2019@u.northwestern.edu

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Elizabeth Alexander Inaugural Poet \\ Director, Creativity and Free Expression, Ford Foundation \\ Wun Tsun Tam Mellon Professor in the Humanities, Columbia University

Hearing America Singing: Tuesday, April 12, 2016 4:00 p.m.

Fisk Hall, Room 217 1845 Sheridan Road Northwestern University Free and open to the public.

No tickets or reservations required.

For more information, contact Elizabeth Foster at elizabeth.foster@northwestern.edu.

Multi-Vocal Cultures American culture has never been monolithic.

We have always been a nation of immigrants, and American voices have always sung in varied registers. The age of Obama has not moved us “beyond race” but rather to a place where—if our Kenyan-Kansas African-American President raised in the middle of the Pacific Ocean and in Asia is at the center of who we are as Americans—then it is time to think about the possibilities of a more nuanced civic conversation about race and culture.

Alexander discusses the rich and surprising overlaps in American cultures from varied traditions, all of which comprise the American tradition, in sometimes divergent, exciting conversation.

Author of The Light of the World, Columbia Professor, and poet Elizabeth Alexander made history when she composed and delivered a poem, “Praise Song for the Day,” at the inauguration of President Barack Obama. She’s one of five poets to have his or her work elevated by the honor, but according to Publisher’s Weekly, Crave Radiance, her first retrospective volume, will “cement Alexander’s status as much more than the inaugural poet.”

speaker talks postcollege life

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Passion is not something you can pursue directly, but rather it is a consequence of building intimacy with and curiosity about what you want to spend the rest of your life doing, said Teju Ravilochan, the final speaker of the Global Engagement Summit on Saturday.

Ravilochan, the co-founder and CEO of the Unreasonable Institute, an organization that unites entrepreneurs to address and find solutions to global social and environmental problems, spoke to more than 90 students in the Abbott Auditorium in the Pancoe Life Sciences Pavilion about focusing on one’s passion and developing it into a full-time career.

“I am fascinated by the question (of developing your passion), because I think it’s a fundamental human struggle,” Ravilochan told The Daily. “How do we do work that is meaningful to us?”

Ravilochan was the final speaker of the Global Engagement Summit, an annual conference hosted by Northwestern in which delegates from across the world attend lectures and workshops about social change.

He structured his talk around four pieces of advice, which he said he finds essential for exploring post-college transition. He said students should pursue something they’re curious about and become intimate with the subject matter. He added that students should experiment, amass a high volume of work and find supportive people.

Weinberg senior Ryan Kenney, cochair of content development for GES, said Ravilochan’s talk was a great end to the conference, as the entire Northwestern community can benefit from his actionspecific advice.

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Everything that was coming out of his mouth was actionable and specific.

Ryan Kenney, Weinberg senior

“Everything that was coming out of his mouth was actionable and specific and a useful system for all of our delegates to use as they approach their projects, certainly, and their lives in general,” he said.

Ravilochan said the perceived cost of failure often stands between experimentation and the willingness to try out new things. If people manage to get over their fear of rejection, they can accomplish their goals, from falling in love — a metaphor Ravilochan used throughout the presentation — to getting a job and exploring their entrepreneurial ideas, he said.

New York University student Jephthah Acheampong said he developed a personal connection with Ravilochan’s story. Acheampong said he will keep in touch with Ravilochan after the conference, as the speaker is someone who may potentially support his untraditional trajectory.

“I am graduating from college and I have some job offers lined up, but I really want to go down the entrepreneurship route,” said Acheampong, whose GES project focuses on equipping young adults in Ghana with business skills and knowledge to then work in emerging companies.

In a Q&A at the end of the talk, Acheampong asked Ravilochan what entrepreneurs should do if the people around them believe in them but don’t believe in the ventures they are passionate about.

“Nobody can really assess the quality of an idea,” Ravilochan said. “Just because someone thinks your idea is good or bad doesn’t necessarily mean anything. What’s important is how people are architecting their advice around your idea, what kind of questions they are asking.” agorakis@u.northwestern.edu, hangdazhang2018@u.northwestern.edu

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National News Pennsylvania governor signs orders for LGBT protections

WASHINGTON — Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf is using his executive office powers and calling on the state’s Republican-controlled House and Senate to take an exact opposite approach to nondiscrimination protections that lawmakers recently have passed in North Carolina and Mississippi.

In reaction to North Carolina’s House Bill 2 and Mississippi’s House Bill 1532 — both laws that exclude gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people from state anti-discrimination legal protections — Wolf, a Democrat, signed two executive orders Thursday extending equal protection under Pennsylvania law to LGBT state employees.

“What happened in North Carolina, and what is going on in other states, should be a call to pass nondiscrimination legislation in Pennsylvania now,” Wolf said in a statement.

“I call on the General Assembly to swiftly put legislation on my desk that ensures that people throughout the commonwealth - regardless of sexual orientation, gender expression or identity - are treated equally under Pennsylvania law,” he said.

Beyond new legal protections for employees of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Wolf also signed an executive order related to nondiscrimination in the “grants and procurement process,” according to his office.

Wolf ’s statement and action come as at least one political group in Pennsylvania this week started a campaign against legislation that’s been pending for months in the state to include LGBT as a class protected against discrimination.

Pennsylvania’s LGBT advocacy group Equality PA says the socially conservative group Pennsylvania Family Institute is spreading misinformation about the pending Pennsylvania Fairness Act, by “bringing discrimination from North Carolina to Pennsylvania.”

The Pennsylvania Family Institute is calling on people to protest the Pennsylvania Fairness Act and claims the proposed legislation is a “bathroom bill” that would violate privacy in restrooms and locker rooms.

Wolf is one of several elected officials nationwide who are taking action or publicly opposing laws such as those in North Carolina and Mississippi.

Major businesses and CEOs, including PayPal in Charlotte, also have publicly criticized the exclusion of LGBT people from discrimination protection.

A similar proposal was introduced this week by a state senator from South Carolina.

—By Anna Douglas (McClatchy Washington Bureau/ TNS)

WASHINGTON — The Wyoming arm of the law firm at the heart of the Panama Papers global scandal is under investigation by Wyoming state officials for failing to maintain required statutory information about companies registering there, Secretary of State Ed Murray said Wednesday.

Upon learning of the Panama Papers, a massive leak of secret offshore company data reported on by McClatchy and more than 100 other media partners around the globe, Wyoming initiated an audit of 24 companies registered in the state by the law firm Mossack Fonseca and its partners, he said.

“The audit concluded around noon on Monday, April 4th, and determined that M.F. Corporate Services Wyoming LLC failed to maintain the required statutory information for performing the duties of a registered agent under Wyoming law,” Murray said in a statement.

The state followed immediately with administrative action, demanding that required information be provided.

“Subsequently, M.F. Corporate Services did provide the information,” the secretary of state’s office said, adding that Murray also briefed law enforcement that day. “This investigation of this matter is ongoing.”

As McClatchy reported Tuesday in a lengthy story set in Wyoming, the Cowboy State has roughly one registered company per every 4.5 residents.

In response to criticism in 2006, the state began requiring that registered agents who incorporate companies keep contact information for companies.

Several agents with whom McClatchy spoke said it is not their job to know who the true owners of companies are.

The report also showed that Russian and Brazilian middlemen were using the state, and Nevada, to create companies that had no U.S. business, and in the case of Brazil were tied to a political scandal that threatens to topple the government. The Panama Papers have already caused the Icelandic prime minister to step aside.

McClatchy’s investigation, part of the international yearlong analysis into 11.5 million leaked files from the Panamanian law firm of Mossack Fonseca & Co., took place under the umbrella of the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists.

Wyoming offers the same secrecy for true owners of incorporated companies, whether they are U.S. citizens or foreigners, as offshore fiscal havens like the British Virgin Islands or the Cayman Islands.

Wyoming requires only that a live contact for a company is provided in case of the kind of audit the state conducted Monday.

Murray insisted that the state will not change its laws.

“I oppose a one-size-fits-all federal law mandating the dissolving of privacy protections,” he said, adding that he would consider more measures to combat fraud.

“We are not naive as to the importance of the release of these ‘Panama Papers,’ but we will not compromise the privacy of our customers.”

—By Kevin G. Hall (McClatchy Washington Bureau/ TNS)

In race to replace Marco Rubio, Democrats open fire in Florida

WASHINGTON — Rep. Patrick Murphy called on Rep. Alan Grayson on Wednesday to quit Congress over a House ethics investigation into allegations that Grayson had parlayed his post in the House of Representatives into personal financial gain.

The increasingly bitter Senate primary campaign between the Democratic lawmakers from Florida ratcheted into still harsher territory as Grayson countered by demanding that Murphy stop defiling his reputation.

Grayson and Murphy are the leading Democratic contenders to replace Sen. Marco Rubio, who quit the Republican White House race last month after losing badly in his state’s presidential primary.

The Senate primary is Aug. 30.

A day after release of a detailed referral by the Office of Congressional Ethics to the House Ethics Committee, Murphy spoke as if the referral’s allegations against Grayson had been proved.

“The committee has voted to keep the investigation of Congressman Alan Grayson going because he broke the law,” Murphy told reporters in a conference call. “He broke the law to make money with an offshore hedge fund. It’s that simple.”

Murphy added: “With this unethical action, I believe, quite frankly, that he’s disqualified himself to be a public servant.”

Grayson’s Senate campaign fired back.

“Patrick Murphy needs to stop wasting the time of voters and taxpayers with his political smear campaign and start talking about the issues,” said David Damron, Grayson’s campaign communications director.

Rep. Grayson wants to expand Social Security and Medicare, and ensure that everyone can see a doctor and make a livable wage at $15 an hour. That’s what this race is about.”

The referral released Tuesday said “there is substantial reason to believe” the multiple allegations against Grayson, but it is up to the House ethics panel to investigate those allegations and determine whether they are true.

Among the allegations are claims that Grayson lured investors to his multimillion-dollar Cayman Islands hedge fund by marketing his

access to information and decision-makers as a congressman.

Grayson also is accused of omitting information from annual financial-disclosure forms, receiving fees from litigation involving the government and keeping ties to companies that hold federal contracts.

Grayson firmly denied the allegations, as had his Senate campaign aides Tuesday when the House Ethics Committee publicized them.

On Wednesday, Murphy denied Grayson’s claims that Murphy’s campaign had paid a prominent law firm, Perkins Coie, to bring the allegations against Grayson to the attention of the Office of Congressional Ethics.

“I can assure you it had nothing to do with this,” Murphy said of a $10,000 payment from his campaign to Perkins Coie.

The Grayson-Murphy primary campaign to replace the Republican Rubio takes place as Democrats hope to gain control of the Senate from Republicans in November.

Rubio’s is one of 24 seats currently held by Republicans that are being contested in the fall election; only 10 Democratic-held seats are in play.

Even as Murphy attacked Grayson, Murphy was forced to defend himself against allegations of impropriety by the Senate Leadership Fund, a political action committee dedicated to maintaining Republican Senate control.

The Senate Leadership Fund said in February that Murphy had pushed legislation to strengthen the federal EB-5 visa program used by developers to gain foreign investment and bring workers from other countries to the United States.

It said the measure would benefit a company, Coastal Construction, owned by Murphy’s father in which the congressman holds a large stake.

That company, the Senate Leadership Fund said, is one of two main contractors on a megaproject called SkyRise Miami, whose developer, Jeffrey Berkowitz, is a major employer of EB-5 workers and wants to use them to help build his planned 1,000-foot-high tower overlooking Biscayne Bay. The bill died in the last session of Congress, but it remains an issue.

Murphy denied that his support for the measure had anything to do with the family business.

“I’m not actively involved in the Coastal Construction family business,” Murphy said.

“As far as I know, they have not done any projects having to do with EB-5” workers.

He added: “This is legislation I support because it creates jobs. I support legislation that creates jobs for working Americans and Floridians.”

—By James Rosen (McClatchy Washington Bureau/ TNS)

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Entering Friday, third baseman Connor Lind had batted just .208 over his last 14 games.

A trip to Nebraska’s Haymarket Park, however, revived the sophomore’s season.

Lind went 9-for-14 at the plate in three games against the Cornhuskers (22-10, 7-2 Big Ten), helping Northwestern (8-24, 2-7) stay competitive in consecutive one-run losses Friday and Saturday before erupting for a dominant 11-3 win Sunday.

“On Wednesday, we went over some film and I just simplified everything,” Lind said. “I’ve just been seeing (the baseball) better and having a better approach — getting my foot down earlier. That really helped me and the rest of the team.”

The Wildcats exploded for 6 runs in the fourth and fifth innings Sunday to turn a 2-0 game into an 8-0 rout, with Lind scoring twice.

Having lost 20 of its last 23 contests entering the day, NU shocked Nebraska by lighting up starting pitcher Zack Engelken and a parade of relievers that followed him.

“They’re not feeling sorry for themselves,” coach Spencer Allen said. “They’re not looking at standings. They’re just going to play the game. I’m really, really optimistic that this can get us going in the right direction.”

The Cats put 2 runs on the board in the series’ first inning Friday — via RBIs by juniors Matt Hopfner (7-for-12 in the series) and Joe Hoscheit (6-for-14) — but were shut down for the remainder of the game, falling 3-2. Senior pitcher Reed Mason made his longest start of the season in the game, allowing 7 hits and striking out 6 in 6.1 innings pitched.

On Saturday, two Hoscheit home runs in the seventh and eighth innings helped NU rally from an 8-2 deficit and make it 8-7, but the visitors were unable to complete the comeback.

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Junior pitcher Joe Schindler — who was reinstated Wednesday after being suspended Feb. 28 — made his conference debut Saturday, facing three batters in the fourth but failing to record an out. He then pitched two innings to close Sunday’s game.

Senior infielder Antonio Freschet, who was suspended around the same time as Schindler, remains suspended, Allen said.

Nebraska’s Ryan Boldt, the Big Ten leader in runs this season, added 3 more to his total in his team’s two wins but failed to cross home plate in the series finale. Meanwhile, the Cats made more and more contact with the ball as the weekend progressed, responding well from a stretch in which they had been shut out in 22 of their past 24 innings prior to Saturday.

Announced crowds of more than 5,000 attended each of the three games, creating a lively setting that Hopfner said actually helped NU. “The atmosphere here is incredible and we were really energized by it,” Hopfner said. “We used it to our advantage and … tried to put up a fight in all three games.”

That certainly proved true at the plate, where Hopfner and Lind led an onslaught of batting success that equated to 28 hits in the Saturday and Sunday contests combined, and an impressive upset victory to conclude the series.

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midfield and defense by focusing on the mental aspect of the game.

Despite the swarming Fighting Irish, NU went 15-for-16 on clears, missing just one in the second half. In front of the goal, the Cats fired off 25 shots and capitalized on Notre Dame’s foul-happy defense, scoring on 4 of their 5 free position shots.

“The whole time we were saying we were in control and we know how to handle the pressure,” junior attacker Christina Esposito said.

“Our defense has been playing a high pressure defense all week, so we were ready for it.”

Sophomore midfielder Selena Lasota led the Cats with 5 goals, Esposito tallied 4 and Fredericks recorded 3. Four other Cats contributed to the score, a direct manifestation of the offensive balance NU has achieved in the last couple games.

NU’s offensive flow originated on the draw circle, particularly in the first half. The Cats snagged a near-perfect 12-of-13 draw controls

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Ellis, who allowed 19 runs in 7 innings of work against Minnesota in a series loss last weekend, pitched in all three games against the Hawkeyes. In contrast to her performances against Minnesota, the freshman pitched the final 1.1 innings in the first game and went 2.1 scoreless innings in Sunday’s 9-5 win.

“I always have confidence just feeding my defense,” Ellis said, adding that preseason work prepared her to pitch in a variety of situations.

“Having them behind me and a lot of the senior leadership has really helped me throughout the entire season.”

Despite the sweep, the Cats were far from

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And though the 13th-ranked team will remain favorites after such a strong start, it isn’t going to rest on its laurels.

MONDAY, APRIL 11, 2016 in the first period before Notre Dame made adjustments after halftime. After Notre Dame grabbed a series of draw controls in the second half, NU also readjusted and finished the game with 20 draw controls to Notre Dame’s 11.

Fredericks, who set a career high with 12 draw controls, said it was a team effort.

“I’m just trusting myself, trusting the girls on the circle to be boxing out and that’s ultimately what’s bringing the success,” Fredericks said. “I’m trying to (draw) to myself and (Notre Dame junior Makenna Pearsall) was just trying to rip it backwards and when someone’s using pure power and you’re using finesse you have to make adjustments, and I think once again that our girls on the circle and behind the line stepped up big.”

Sunday’s win against Notre Dame could feed the Cats some much-needed momentum as they face a handful of formidable opponents before tournament time.

“We don’t have time to hold back any more,” Esposito said.

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Iowa hit 6 home runs in the series and tallied 11 hits in the series opener. NU also committed 4 errors.

In the fifth inning of Saturday’s first game, for example, a dropped pop-up with two outs allowed 1 Hawkeye run to come home, and a home run two batters later scored 2 more and brought Iowa within 1.

The Cats nonetheless took care of business and have won four straight games for the first time all season. Although Iowa sits dead last in the conference, Ellis said the sweep was still important.

“It’s great to just get three wins under our belt,” Ellis said. “We really needed those wins.”

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Northwestern brought its bats all weekend long, but come Sunday afternoon the brooms were out as well.

The Wildcats (14-20, 5-4 Big Ten) drove in runs in a variety of ways, capitalizing on 8 home runs and also using some small ball en route to a series sweep of Iowa (9-26, 1-10) on a cool and wet weekend in Evanston.

NU totaled 28 runs across the three games but had just one big inning, a 6-spot in the second inning of Saturday’s first game, a contest that was moved from Friday because of field conditions. The Cats did consistent damage throughout the series, scoring in 11 separate innings across the weekend.

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Senior pitcher Amy Letourneau led the Cats’ offensive efforts, knocking 3 home runs and totaling 11 RBIs Saturday. Her 8 RBIs in the first game tied a school record Letourneau had matched once before in February.

Letourneau also made her mark in the circle in NU’s 13-9 seriesopening win, striking out 11 in 5.2 innings. Though she allowed 7 runs, only 4 were earned.

“It just felt good,” Letourneau said of her weekend. “I don’t know if it was anything I did, if it was anything different. It just felt good to get out there with the team.”

Letourneau hit 1 of 3 Cats’ homers in Saturday’s second contest, but freshman pitcher Kenzie Ellis played arguably the biggest role in NU’s 6-5 victory. She shut out the Hawkeyes for the first 5 frames before running into trouble in the late innings.

Iowa scored all 5 of its runs in the final two innings against Ellis, who allowed just 5 hits in 6.2 innings.

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After beating Nebraska on Friday, Northwestern completed its weekend sweep with a shutout over Iowa on Sunday, extending its winning streak to 7 and further cementing itself as a Big Ten powerhouse.

The pair of road wins lifts the Wildcats to 7-0 in the conference as the team continues to turn heads and build on its historic start.

“Winning in the Big Ten is tough,” coach Arvid Swan said.

“It’s hard to win on the road, it’s hard to win in different conditions. … It’s really a testament to the mental toughness of our team.”

Before sweeping Iowa, the Cats (21-2, 7-0 Big Ten) found themselves in an unfamiliar territory against Nebraska. After posting four consecutive shutouts, Swan’s squad soon found itself down a point entering the singles slate after conceding the doubles point for the first time in conference play.

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Both Kirchheimer and Baev carried that momentum into their singles matches. Playing at No. 3 and No. 4 singles respectively, the two quickly dispatched their opponents. Baev closed out Jonas Larsen in consecutive 6-2 sets, while Kirchheimer — currently ranked No. 68 in the nation — followed up a dominant 6-2, 6-3 finish in Lincoln with a 6-0, 6-0 sweep of Iowa’s Robin Haden.

“I was actually pretty fired up for that match because I lost my match to Iowa last year, so I had that in my head a little bit,” Kirchheimer said. “I went out there and just tried to my job the best I could.”

After his swift victory, Kirchheimer said he immediately went to cheer on his teammates, who all won their opening sets — though some more decisively than others.

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difference, as the Cats steamrolled through the remainder of the contest with juniors Konrad Zieba, Sam Shropshire and Strong Kirchheimer and freshman Ben Vandixhorn winning their singles matches to guarantee an NU victory. Still, losing at doubles gave the team something to work on heading into Sunday’s matchup.

“We talked about this before the match, that the doubles play against Nebraska was a little bit sloppy, so we did not want to repeat that,” senior Fedor Baev said. “We just wanted to come out as hot as possible and I think we achieved that pretty well.”

Baev, who partners with Kirchheimer, did his part the next time around. After dropping their match against Nebraska, the duo earned NU its first victory against Iowa.

Junior Alp Horoz and senior Mihir Kumar ensured that NU would begin the contest a leg up after responding from their loss in the prior contest with a victory as well.

“Winning that doubles point is huge,” Swan said. “It gives you momentum … and we feel really good about our singles play, and if you’re up 1-0, obviously you

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Zieba, ranked No. 15, struggled after a strong opening set, losing the second without winning a single game. Shropshire, Vandixhorn and Horoz all maintained a slight lead, before Vandixhorn clinched the team’s win for the fourth time in as many games.

“He’s comfortable at this point,” Swan said of the freshman, who won 6-4, 6-3. “He’s played in a lot of dual matches so far, so he understands the environment. He doesn’t really focus on what the team’s score is, he’s just trying to win his own match.“ With the vic tor y, the Cats return home to f a c e M i c h i g an an d » See TENNIS, page 14

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The Fighting Irish may have had the fight on Sunday, but they didn’t have the finesse.

No. 13 Northwestern (6-6, 1-1 Big Ten) handed No. 5 Notre Dame (10-4) its fourth loss of the season at Martin Stadium, winning 17-12 amidst aggressive play and cold, rainy conditions. The Wildcats’ win is their first victory against a ranked opponent since the middle of March and marks a shift in momentum as they stare down the close of the regular season.

Since the second half of their game against Penn, the Cats have outscored their opponents 46-23.

“I think that there’s that little bit of a sense of desperation and it’s showing on the field and it’s showing in a positive manner,” coach Kelly Amonte Hiller said. “In order to be a good team you have to have your best players play well and step up, and they’ve been doing that so that’s huge for us.”

After an early 2-goal deficit, the Cats found their footing and exploded with a 10-1 run that extended into the second half. NU was later able to squelch a 5-1 run by the Cortney Fortunato-led Fighting Irish to secure the victory.

The key to limiting Notre Dame’s No. 2 scoring offense was containing Fortunato, who scored 5 of the Notre Dame’s 12 goals. This came despite Fortunato receiving her second yellow card late in the second half.

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that that’s what we did a good job on today,” Fredericks said. “The best antidote to pressure is putting pressure on them, and I think our defense just stepped up and played together on her.”

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DEFENSE ESPOSED Christina Esposito celebrates a goal against Notre Dame on Sunday. The junior attacker put 4 of the Wildcats’ 17 goals in the net.