The Daily Northwestern — April 25, 2016

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The Daily Northwestern Monday, April 25, 2016

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BACK-TO-BACK CHAMPS

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Students no longer enrolled Former freshmen are charged with Alice Millar vandalism By JULIA JACOBS

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Women’s Golf Source: Northwestern Athletics

TWO IN THREE YEARS The women’s golf team poses with their trophy after winning the Big Ten title. The team finished tied for first with Ohio State for the second year in a row.

Wildcats capture Big Ten title By JOE WILKINSON

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With Northwestern’s Big Ten title hopes hanging in the balance, it all came down to freshman Stephanie Lau. Her task: make a 10-foot par putt. “It was totally surreal,” Lau said. “I had a similar moment a few tournaments ago, and I missed my putt, and since then I was down on myself, and I knew I couldn’t do it again. To be able to have that moment again, and to make it this time is totally surreal and it gave me a lot of confidence.” The No. 7 Wildcats won their second-straight Big Ten Championship on Sunday, shooting 12-under-par to tie with Ohio State for first place. The team was led by freshman Lau, whose clutch par putt secured NU a share of the title as she shot 5-under for the tournament, tied for fourth overall. “I was just focusing on the process,” Lau said. “Just doing the best

Former UP lieutenant indicted for child porn

A former Northwestern police lieutenant was indicted Thursday on charges of child pornography. Ronald Godby was formally charged Thursday with manufacturing and possessing child pornography, as well as “grooming,” or knowingly using an online service to lure a child to commit a sex offense or engage in unlawful sexual conduct. Godby, who worked in the investigations unit of University Police, was placed on administrative leave in early February after he was arrested following allegations he had manufactured and possessed child pornography. He is no longer a university employee, University spokesman Al Cubbage said. In February, police searched

I could on each shot, planning well ahead of time. Leading up to this event I felt pretty good about my whole game, so I was just allowing it to show.” This is the second-straight year the Cats have tied for the title with Buckeyes, as both teams finished 1-under at last year’s tournament. NU also won a Big Ten title in 2013, making the 2016 championship title its third in four years. In addition to Lau’s impressive performance, fellow freshman Janet Mao and sophomore Hannah Kim both finished under par for the tournament while junior Kacie Komoto finished even. “My iron shots were consistent,” Kim said. “We really worked hard for this, and I think our team deserves it more than anyone else in the Big Ten, besides Ohio State. We’re looking forward to being champs next year again.” The Cats opened the tournament with a 4-under first round, 1 shot behind day-one leader Purdue. Ohio State, meanwhile finished 3-over on Godby’s home, vehicles and office, seizing several computers, hard drives, data storage and professional cameras, the Mount Prospect police department said in a news release. Godby runs a home photography business, occasionally taking team photos for a high school in the northwest suburbs, according to a news release from the Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office from the time of his arrest. He allegedly used his relationship with family friends to take inappropriate pictures of and send sexual messages to a minor. Godby’s next court date is scheduled for May 9 at the Rolling Meadows courthouse, when the prosecutor will present the charges and Godby will enter his plea, said his lawyer, Ernie DiBenedetto. Godby intends to plead not guilty to the various counts of the indictment, DiBenedetto said.

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the day, 8 back of the lead. NU shot 2-under on a difficult day two, as it was one of seven teams to post its worst round of the tournament on the day. Purdue, meanwhile dropped back with a 3-over 291, and eventually finished the tournament in third place. The overall struggles of the field left the Cats with a 2-shot lead over the Buckeyes. Ohio State shot a scorching 7-under on the day, the best score of the day by 5 strokes. “With this course, pin placement can be a big factor,” Komoto said. “I did notice on the first day that the pins seemed to be in easy locations where you can make a lot of birdies, so I think the second day the pins did play a little harder. Despite opening the final day behind by 2 strokes, the Buckeyes tied NU at 13-under heading into the final stretch. With both teams dropping a stroke over the final two holes, however, it all came down to Lau’s par putt to » See WOMEN’S GOLF, page 6

The two freshmen charged with felony vandalism to Alice Millar Chapel last month are no longer enrolled at Northwestern, University officials said Friday. University President Morton Schapiro and University spokesman Al Cubbage confirmed to The Daily in an interview Friday the students are not enrolled, but could not discuss any other specific details due to student privacy laws. Matthew Kafker and Anthony Morales, both former Weinberg freshmen, were arrested March 12 and charged with institutional vandalism, hate crime to a place of worship and criminal damage to property.

The previous morning, University Police had discovered homophobic, anti-Semitic, racist and other offensive graffiti inside the chapel. At a March 15 court hearing, Kafker requested and was granted permission to return to his family’s home in Swampscott, Massachusetts, provided he return to Skokie for his court dates. Morales was not present at the hearing. Kafker and Morales are scheduled to appear Thursday at Skokie Courthouse. The graffiti, which was painted throughout the chapel and religious center, included a swastika, male genitalia and the word “Trump.” Schapiro said in an email to students the night the graffiti was found that the vandalism was a “disgusting act of hatred.” “It was just a disgrace, an absolute disgrace,” Schapiro told The Daily on Friday. “I saw those pictures, and it was just horrifying.” juliajacobs2018@u.northwestern.edu

Source: Cook County Sheriff’s Office

Anthony Morales (left) and Matthew Kafker

Balancing Without a Budget

Rauner likely to approve funding By ROBIN OPSAHL

daiyl senior staffer @robinlopsahl

Gov. Bruce Rauner is expected to sign a Senate bill passed by Illinois lawmakers Friday that would allocate $600 million in short-term funding to public state universities and Monetary Award Program grant recipients. The bill — a response to challenges faced by public higher education institutions in the state from the lack of a state budget — passed unanimously in the Illinois Senate after passing 106-2 in the House. Illinois is currently in its 10th month without a budget.

The Senate bill came only days before Chicago State University — a public university serving largely low-income, minority and nontraditional students — planned to shut down. If Rauner were to sign the bill, public four-year universities would receive $356 million and state community colleges would receive $74 million, with CSU receiving $20 million. A statement issued by Rauner’s press secretary praised the “bipartisan momentum” and hoped it would lead to budget negotiations. “Lawmakers in both chambers put aside political differences to provide emergency assistance for higher education, ensuring universities and community colleges

remain open and low-income students can pay for school,” press secretary Catherine Kelly said in a statement. The effort almost failed Thursday night after debate over funding social services being added to the bill. However, this additional funding was cut before the bill passed Friday morning. Democrats, including Speaker of the House Michael Madigan (D-Chicago), criticized the lack of funding for non-education public services. Madigan’s office could not be reached for comment. “If (Gov. Rauner) continues his unwillingness to assist our human » See FUNDING, page 6

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