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NU doctor joins cancer initiative Dr. Lifang Hou will do research for Biden’s ‘Moonshot’ By MARIANA ALFARO
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When Dr. Lifang Hou was a physician in China, she noticed that although many life-threatening diseases come with warning signs, cancer often creeps up without any alerts. “For cancer patients, I did not see clear patterns,” said Hou, chief of cancer epidemiology and prevention at Feinberg School of Medicine’s department of preventive medicine. “(That) and how threatening cancer is to family and society was the initial motivation for me to become a cancer researcher.” Hou’s research in cancer prediction and prevention earned her a spot as one of 27 cancer experts nationwide who will join Vice President Joe Biden’s Moonshot Cancer Initiative. The initiative, announced by President Barack Obama during his final State of the Union address in January, aims to accelerate cancer research in order to improve treatment, prevention and early detection. Hou will serve on the initiative’s Blue Ribbon Panel, which will provide scientific guidance to the initiative. The panel is a unit within the presidentially-appointed National Cancer Advisory Board, which is collaborating with Biden’s initiative. “This Blue Ribbon Panel will ensure
that, as (National Institutes of Health) allocates new resources through the Moonshot, decisions will be grounded in the best science,” Biden said in a news release published by the NIH. The panel, comprising expert scientists, patient advocates and cancer research leaders, includes doctors from schools such as Harvard University and Johns Hopkins University. Hou is the only representative from a midwestern university. Hou said she received a letter — which cited both her cancer research and leadership roles at NU — inviting her to join the panel. She said she’s not only honored to be part of the team but excited to work with other cancer experts whose research focuses on areas different from her own. “I’m the only one in the big Chicago region, and so I’m sure in the Chicago region there are many much more senior, successful cancer researchers, so I’m honored to be part of it,” she said. At Northwestern, Hou conducts research on populations, identifying environmental and lifestyle health risks that may play a major role in cancer development. Her studies fall under the umbrella of epigenetics, the study of how various external factors affect genes. Hou said her interest in cancer risk factor identification began when she moved to the United States in 2002 to continue her studies at the National Cancer Institute in Maryland. Her research later expanded to include cancer prevention through clinical » See DOCTOR, page 6
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NPR STAR Julie Snyder (left) sits down with Medill lecturer Alex Kotlowitz. The two spoke about Snyder’s experiences producing the podcasts “Serial” and “This American Life.”
‘Serial’ producer speaks at NU Julie Snyder discusses role of storytelling By SAM KREVLIN
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Julie Snyder, the executive producer of “Serial” and senior producer at “This American Life,” discussed the processes behind the popular podcasts at an event Tuesday, focusing on the role a reporter should play in storytelling. More than 150 people attended Snyder’s conversation with Medill lecturer Alex Kotlowitz at the McCormick Foundation Center Forum.
Snyder said journalist Sarah Koenig, the host of “Serial,” excelled at making otherwise dry evidence, such as police reports and “pings” off cellphone towers, interesting to listeners. “In a lot of ways, she became the protagonist because she was doing the reinvestigation,” Snyder said. “This story lived in the details, and early on it was boring. We needed her to be telling us what these details mean.” “Serial,” a non-fiction podcast, tells a reported story over the course of a season in week-by-week installments. Its first season casts doubt on the case against Adnan Syed, who
was convicted of murdering his exgirlfriend Hae Min Lee. Snyder is the show’s executive producer, which Kotlowitz said means she “quietly works her magic” behind the scenes and edits the show. Snyder said Koenig’s ability to bring the listener into the reporting process — for example, by including audio of her driving around Baltimore chasing the story — made the information more digestible. Kotlowitz said he enjoys this aspect of “Serial,” and that following the » See SERIAL, page 6
Descendants talk 1864 massacre Zika cases in Illinois
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By NORA SHELLY The Sand Creek Massacre was an atrocity, Anne Hayden said, and her great-great-grandfather John Evans was responsible. Hayden made that statement during a panel Tuesday beside members of the Cheyenne and Arapaho communities as well as descendants of Evans. Roughly 40 people attended the event at Norris University Center, hosted by One Book One Northwestern, that focused on Evans’ role in the 1864 Sand Creek Massacre, which killed approximately 150 Cheyenne and Arapaho Native Americans. In May 2014, an independent study committee revealed that Evans, one of Northwestern’s leading founders, was involved in the massacre. The panelists said they have built relationships despite the troubling history. Otto Braided Hair of the Northern Cheyenne recalled his angry reaction in 1999 when Evans’ descendants requested to participate in an event commemorating the massacre. “They’re the descendants of the
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HEALING WOUNDS Gail Ridgely of the Arapaho speaks at a panel discussion Tuesday about John Evans’ role in the Sand Creek Massacre in 1864. Roughly 40 people attended the event, which was hosted by One Book One Northwestern.
perpetrator,” Otto Braided Hair said. “They don’t need no healing. They’re white. They’re the perfect race. Why should they need healing, why should they get involved, why should we let them participate?” But that was just Otto Braided Hair’s initial reaction, he said. After discussing it with the committee
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planning the event, he agreed to let Evans’ descendants participate. Since then, he has grown close to Hayden and other relatives. “Time went by, and we began to look at Evans’ descendants as humans,” Otto Braided Hair said. » See SAND CREEK, page 6
The number of Zika cases in Illinois has risen from two to 16 since January, but city and state officials maintain that there is little threat to residents, according to a public health report released Friday. Twelve of the 16 infected persons in Illinois are women, and three of them are pregnant, said Melaney Arnold, a public information officer for the Illinois Department of Public Health. All cases in Illinois are travel-related, Arnold said, and there is little threat of further transmission to others. Since all the cases were travel-related, Arnold said the department is not disclosing where exactly in the state the patients with Zika were located. The Zika virus gained international attention after a resurgence in areas of South America last year and a declaration in February by the World Health Organization that the outbreak was a Public Health Emergency of International Concern. The virus is transmitted by mosquitos in hot and humid climates and has been reported in countries such as Brazil, Colombia, El Salvador and Mexico, according to the Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention. Symptoms include joint pain, rash and fever but are usually mild, and those infected often are not aware they have the virus. Zika has also been linked to microcephaly in infants born to mothers infected with the virus. Microcephaly is a condition in which an infant’s head is smaller than normal, and it can lead to seizures, developmental delays or intellectual disabilities. Arnold highlighted that Zika cannot be transferred simply by being near someone who has the virus. “Although it is known to be transmitted between a male sex partner and his partner, obviously that’s not going to be the general public,” Arnold said. “So if you’re sitting on a train or a bus next to somebody and you cough or sneeze, right now that’s not known to be the mode of transmission.” Medill junior Isabella Gutierrez contracted Zika while visiting family in Venezuela during Winter Break and told The Daily in February that she dealt with the virus for more than a week. She added that rest and fluids helped the symptoms pass. The type of mosquito that transmits Zika is rarely found in Illinois, as it is » See ZIKA, page 6
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Around Town Changes to beekeeping rules fail committee review By ROBIN OSPAHL
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Evanston’s Human Services committee rejected changes Monday night to a beekeeping ordinance that would require notice and consent from adjacent neighbors before residents can set up beehives on their properties. City staff recommended the measure after an Evanston But I think resident brought up giving a single health concerns last fall related to her neighneighbor veto bor’s beehive, which power would was set up without her knowledge or permispretty much sion. Nancy Schwartz, eliminate the resident who beekeeping in raised the concerns, has lupus, a disease the city. that combined with Mark Tendam, her bee sting allergy could cause her to go 6th Ward alderman into anaphylactic shock if stung. She said she and her neighbor who kept bees never had a verbal agreement about the hive. “It was something that was not agreed to, and under the circumstances, I can’t,” Schwartz said during Monday’s meeting. “This is not fear. This is a strictly medical concern.” Ald. Brian Miller (9th) said although the
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medical concerns brought up by Schwartz needed to be addressed, residents having veto power over another person’s plans to keep bees is not the right way to address the problem. “With all respect to Schwartz, the process proposed here isn’t conducive to keeping beekeeping in Evanston,” Miller said. Matt Rodgers, the chair of the city’s Zoning Board of Appeals, spoke at the meeting about his experience handling complaints from neighbors that involved special use requests. Rodgers said other cases involving medical issues, such as a person with asthma raising concern about smoke in a restaurant, do not give neighbors veto authority. Ald. Delores Holmes (5th) and Ald. Mark Tendam (6th) suggested alternatives for beekeepers that could be set up in the city, such as using community gardens, parks and other public areas as areas where residents can keep beehives. “We certainly have a lot of space along the canal,” Holmes said. “We have a responsibility to look at other options.” Some aldermen emphasized maintaining beekeeping as a part of the community. Tendam said the benefits of having local bees would increase if they were integrated into spaces such as community gardens. There are currently four community gardening sites in Evanston. The city offers 220 plots — in operation between March and November — for rent in the various locations throughout the city each year. “From what I know about antihistamines, encounters, said Evanston police Cmdr. Joseph Dugan. The Evanston woman said a few words to the approaching woman, who then struck the right side of the other woman’s mouth, Dugan said. The 22-year-old woman used a child’s toy to shatter the back windshield of the other woman’s car and then left the area. The Evanston resident refused medical treatment for the cut near her mouth and does not
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CAUSING A BUZZ Ald. Mark Tendam (6th) speaks at a City Council meeting. The alderman proposed alternative beekeeping locations in the city during discussion over changes to the ordinance in a Human Services committee meeting Monday night.
local honey is better for people because it contains the same antihistamines as local vegetation,” Tendam said. “But I think giving a single neighbor veto power would pretty much eliminate beekeeping in the city.”
The committee asked city staff to present revisions to the ordinance at the June 6 meeting based on the suggestions discussed.
wish to press charges, Dugan added.
The boy was attending a meeting at the high school April 14 at about 4 p.m., Dugan said. He had his backpack with him and inside was a plastic hardshell case which housed the stolen items. When he left the meeting his backpack was still present, but the hardshell case was missing.
Video games, accessories stolen at ETHS
A 16-year-old boy and his 37-year-old mother reported 12 to 15 Nintendo game cartridges, two styluses and a cleaning cloth — collectively valued at $600 — stolen from Evanston Township High School last month.
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On Campus Feinberg students save man in cardiac arrest near hospital
Five first-year Feinberg students resuscitated a man who had collapsed on a bench and entered cardiac arrest after exercising in a park near Northwestern Memorial Hospital last week. The students had ventured outside on April 25 when Feinberg student Jessica QuagginSmith said they overheard people whispering about a man who appeared to be having a seizure. Quaggin-Smith said the man looked “off,” and she immediately rushed over to assess the situation.
Program aims to help youths transition from juvenile justice system
The Pritzker School of Law will team up with the Chicago Housing Authority for a program that aims to support Chicago youth in the juvenile justice system transition to adulthood. The multimillion-dollar Juvenile Re-entry Assistance Program hopes to help young people involved in the justice system find work and housing, according to a Northwestern news release.
Feinberg professors win awards to research autism, Crohn’s disease
Two Feinberg professors each won competitive awards of $100,000 per year over three years to fund projects that fight autism spectrum disorder and Crohn’s disease. Feinberg Profs. Jeffrey Savas and Arun Sharma each won a Hartwell Individual Biomedical Research Award, which funds early-stage
“There was definitely a brief moment of panic that we would actually have to perform CPR,” she said. “But immediately, I realized that if we didn’t do anything he would die. It was an instinct.” Quaggin-Smith said she and her friend Carla Berkowitz tilted the man’s head back to free up his airways while Max Kazer began chest compressions. Effective CPR following cardiac arrest can double or even triple a patient’s chance of living, according to the American Heart Association, but QuagginSmith said the odds of survival were still very low. While the three students continued CPR, an emergency medicine physician and two other students came over to help. About five minutes later, paramedics
arrived and defibrillated the man. By the time emergency personnel had finished their work, Quaggin-Smith said the man had regained a regular pulse and constant breathing. Feinberg student Sneha Goswami, who assisted in the resuscitation, said after visiting the man last week she learned that he had recovered with no permanent brain damage. In the days that followed, professors and peers had congratulated the team on their performance, Goswami said. “The reason that we all get into (medicine) is to help people and … just being able to give him a chance to live is pretty incredible,” Quaggin-Smith said. “It really affirmed for me that this was what I wanted to do with my life.”
“The promise that youthful transgressions will not follow young people for life is simply not true,” Law Prof. Julie Biehl, director of the law school’s Children and Family Justice Center, said in the release. “Even children who are arrested and not convicted have a juvenile record. Those records follow them into adulthood and can seriously undermine their efforts to build lives for themselves by limiting their opportunities for school, housing and jobs.” Biehl’s center will spearhead the effort, part of an initiative launched by the Department of Housing and Urban Development and the Department of Justice, according to the release. The program will connect young people
with attorneys who can counsel them on topics such as finding jobs, getting readmitted to school and regaining suspended drivers’ licenses. “Reconnecting young people who’ve paid their debt to society to decent jobs and housing allows them to turn the page and become active, productive members of their communities,” HUD Secretary Julián Castro said in the release. “These grants offer a helping hand to those who deserve a second chance so they have a real opportunity to reach their full potential.”
biomedical research that has not received much funding elsewhere, according to a Northwestern news release. Sharma’s project focuses on new treatments for Crohn’s disease in children, while Savas’s project aims to fix damaged synapses that may be linked to autism spectrum disorder. “As a new father, being chosen for this award is particularly meaningful to me since the mission of The Hartwell Foundation is to fund projects with the potential to benefit children,” Savas said in the release. “Early career awards like The Hartwell are hugely important to junior faculty members like
myself since they provide research support to obtain the preliminary data needed to secure sustained funding through the National Institutes of Health.” In the release, Fred Dombrose, president of the Hartwell Foundation, said the contest was “very competitive” this year. “The proposal by Savas was indicative of strong representation in neurobiology this year,” Dombrose said. “The proposal by Sharma was also quite compelling, with exciting potential for benefitting children.”
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Service workers must be treated as human beings ALANI VARGAS
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Getting a job was one of the biggest objectives I had the summer before I started college at Northwestern. I had made the decision that I was no longer going to live off of my mom’s money, choosing instead to make my own. My first job ever was at a popular bakery in Evanston. During that job, I received some of the worst treatment and criticism I have ever experienced from the people I was serving. Having to smile through the verbal abuse was even worse than getting yelled at for a cappuccino with too much foam. The people I worked for were kind, good at their work and absolutely loved their jobs. My co-workers provided a supportive working environment, often making me laugh with words of encouragement over group message. In the year and seven months I worked there, I made great friends and overall I had good time. But a lot of the customers were an absolute nightmare. On my third day, I was told that I was stupid and that I needed to wake up for not giving the correct change right away. I was
consistently told that I was either doing something incorrectly or that I was wrong about a policy when I had been working there for over a year, simply because customers didn’t like what I was telling them. I was yelled at over the phone on a weekly basis by parents who needed something delivered to their kids in dorms or by irate customers ordering cakes. I understand getting frustrated every now and then when a careless barista forgets key ingredients to your favorite drink, or when onions are put on a sandwich which you specifically ordered without them, but the treatment my co-workers and I received was often unwarranted overreactions. Half the time, rude customers got away with this treatment. As in most retail and customer service jobs, the customer was always right. When someone is allowed to make a scene in your storefront, abrasively interact with employees and then still get what they want, it not only makes employees feel unsafe, but it also gives that customer license to act like this again to other service workers. It certainly doesn’t deter them from behaving inappropriately. During each shift, an employee’s goal was to make every customer as happy as possible, while also enforcing any and all policies so as not to get fired. But sometimes it’s impossible
to give good customer service while you’re being barraged with criticism from all sides. The situation can be worsened if managers go out of their way to make an irrational customer happy, foregoing the very rules and policies you were trying to implement just a moment earlier. As Alexander Kjerulf wrote in his viral Huffington Post blog, “the customer is always right” mentality ultimately leads to unhappy employees and worse customer service. He writes that if an employee feels like they are not valued and have no room to defend themselves, they will just stop caring about the quality of service they are providing, either subconsciously or on purpose. I worked in a job that made it easy to dehumanize the worker. You get about as much interaction as you put in, often times it was a “Hello, how can I help you?” and then a “Thank you.” Most customers didn’t want to converse, which I respected, because eight out of 10 times I wasn’t in the mood to strike up a conversation either. But the lack of contact, combined with the psychological element of being served, results in a blatant hierarchy that places the employee in an inferior position. Oftentimes, the worst customers were those who exuded this superior attitude from the moment they stepped up to the counter. After spending $4 on cupcakes, the world
suddenly revolved around them. And this crass behavior was almost always exhibited in front of their children. It blows my mind that some people feel completely fine with treating another human being the way customer service workers are often treated. It shows how callous people can become when given even the slightest upper hand in a situation. My mentality eventually changed from “the customer is always right” to “treat others as they are treating you.” Once, a customer mockingly said “good job” after I stated a basic math fact, to which I replied “Yeah, Northwestern doesn’t accept just anyone.” When a particularly abusive customer screamed at me, demanding my name, I cheekily replied with “It’s Alani, do you want me to spell it for you?” I made the decision that politeness and subordination in a service setting were not my thing. Overall, I am grateful for the character building experience I gained from working, but I also blame it for increasing my overall cynicism regarding the customer service industry. Alani Vargas is a Medill sophomore. She can be contacted at alanivargas2018@u.northwestern.edu. If you would like to respond publicly to this column, send a Letter to the Editor to opinion@dailynorthwestern.com. The views expressed in this piece do not necessarily reflect the views of all staff members of The Daily Northwestern.
Censoring swear words fails to purify media content ARTURAS MALINAUSKAS DAILY COLUMNIST
F--- bleeping on TV, conspicuous pauses in songs, sudden asterisks in text: This type of censorship is often distracting to audiences. Moreover, censoring explicit language is an ineffective means of obscuring explicit content from younger audience members. Despite the asterisks, I think the word at the beginning of this column is fairly obvious. For films to be rated PG-13, the Motion Picture Association of America permits the use of the word f--- a single time. But well before age 13, I had definitely heard of and understood the meanings of the select words that our society has deemed improper for unrestricted use. The secret was not well kept. Personally, I would be pleasantly surprised if there was anyone age 13 or under currently reading this paper. In my opinion, any
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Faculty request more central role in planning Buffett Institute’s future
Dear President Schapiro and Provost Linzer, The undersigned write you in the hope that lessons can be learned from the questionable process and unfortunate outcome of the recent search for Buffett leadership. That search, begun last year, ended on April 14, 2016 with the cancellation of the appointment of retired Lt. Gen. and former ambassador to Afghanistan Karl Eikenberry as the Buffett’s Executive
13-year-old mature enough to be interested in reading a newspaper primarily about local events is prepared to read expletives. I do not believe I read a full newspaper until well after turning 13, though I am part of a generation that rarely reads newspapers at all. In fact, I clearly recall feeling the temptation to use prohibited words. Those short, monosyllabic words seemed so tantalizingly easy to say. I could quickly irk my caretakers with a mere sound. It’s ironic that I was first alerted to these words by their forbidden nature, given the measures taken to hide them. Kids are naturally curious about strange sounds and obscured words — it is exactly the type of oddity a kid wants to understand. My mind would have lacked reason to retain any information about curse words if it did not consider them forbidden fruit or ponder their inadequate disguises. There are obviously places where such words do not belong, such as children’s shows and day cares, but we have overreached in efforts to sanitize the airwaves for children. What good is cleansing news broadcasts and sitcoms of these words when they cover
violent wars or contain sexual innuendos regardless of censorship? Mature topics are not censored as rigorously as simple curse words on TV or radio broadcasts, yet they are arguably more corrupting to youth than expletives.
Director. In our view, matters as important as the selection of a director for Northwestern’s premier institute in humanistic and social scientific global studies must be transparent and must incorporate Buffett and relevant faculty at their core. Members of the Buffett Institute overwhelmingly hail from the humanities and social sciences. For many years now, we have been successfully invested in making the Buffett a prime site for scholarly exchange at Northwestern. This is why we believe that any designs for the Buffett’s future should reflect to as great an extent possible faculty input and vision. We hope that you will keep in mind the outcry of both faculty and students at an
appointment, announced in November 2015, that provoked widespread and deep reservations. As is the case for the schools and colleges dedicated to knowledge and teaching at Northwestern, the Buffett and its considerable funds must be overseen by a bona fide scholar with deep university experience. Its direction should be determined by the same faculty who, as its administrators and collaborators, have made it what it is today. First and foremost, considerations of the Buffett’s future must be an occasion to embody the research and teaching that constitute our mission. We look forward to continuing to engage with you on this matter.
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There are obviously places where such words do not belong, such as children’s shows and day cares, but we have overreached in efforts to sanitize the airwaves for kids.
I like curse words. They add power and emotion to serious occurrences by allowing me to express my frustration and irritation. “Shoot” does not communicate the same type of astonishment that “s---” does — it is a watered down form of a common expression. Moreover, rap music does not maintain its flow when rhymes are removed by censorship, and I can still hear choppy versions of songs that objectify women, such as “No
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Type” by Rae Sremmurd, on the radio or the clean version of “F---in’ Problems” by A$AP Rocky at a high school dance. I think these clean versions are pointless. Not hearing b---- in these songs does not dull their focus on sex and subordinating women, which is a more alarming concern than simply hearing a dirty word. Self-censorship is the most effective route to protecting youthful innocence. Content makers are aware of their audiences; they should have the decency to keep content clean if it is likely to be seen or heard by children. However, content dealing with mature subject matter shouldn’t be cleansed of curse words while still retaining information on adult subjects. It’s a half-measure which ultimately is ineffective. Arturas Malinauskas is a McCormick freshman. He can be contacted at arturasmalinauskas2019@u. northwestern.edu. If you would like to respond publicly to this column, send a Letter to the Editor to opinion@dailynorthwestern.com. The views expressed in this piece do not necessarily reflect the views of all staff members of The Daily Northwestern. Chair and Associate Professor, Department of Spanish & Portuguese Co-Director, Andean Cultures and Histories, Buffett Institute for Global Studies Michal P. Ginsburg, Professor of French and Comparative Literature Jacqueline Stevens Professor, Department of Political Science Director, Deportation Research Clinic, Buffett Institute Samuel Weber Avalon Foundation Professor of Humanities, Department of German Director, Paris Program in Critical Theory Jessica Winegar Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology
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Aldermen wages may be increased by more than 50 percent
The committee tasked with recommending wages for the upcoming cycle of elected officials considered increasing aldermen’s wages by over 50 percent at its meeting Tuesday. The Mayor’s Compensation Committee
Serial
From page 1 reporting process makes the podcast unique. “One of the things I admire about ‘Serial’ is that it is very transparent about the reporter’s place in the story,” Kotlowitz told The Daily. “It doesn’t lecture. It doesn’t pander. It treats the audience with a substantial amount of respect and dignity.” The second season followed Pfc. Bowe Bergdahl, a Taliban prisoner for nearly five years
Zika
From page 1 not able to survive the harsh winters, Arnold said. Another type of mosquito that may be able to carry the virus could possibly survive in Illinois, particularly the southern part of the state, but Arnold said evidence is still being investigated. Although the Zika virus and the mosquitos that carry it are a concern, Evanston residents should be more worried about mosquitos that transmit West Nile virus, said Carl Caneva, the assistant director of the city’s health and human services department.
Doctor
From page 1 investigations and data analysis. “After I identified risk factors or at-risk individuals, the very next step is how to prevent them from developing cancers, so since I joined Northwestern in 2007, this has been my research goal,” Hou said. Today, Hou is not only chief of cancer epidemiology and prevention at Feinberg, she is also a member of NU’s Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center, where she serves as director of global health. Hou currently leads a group of more than 10 researchers who focus on identifying epigenetic indicators for cancer through data and statistics. Hou said her experience at Feinberg has been enhanced by the opportunities she has had to conduct interdisciplinary research and collaborate across both national and international research institutions. It is this kind of collaboration that Dr. Donald Lloyd-Jones, chair of Feinberg’s department of
WEDNESDAY, MAY 4, 2016 considered information compiled by the City Clerk’s office that it had requested at an earlier meeting, looking at historic City Council salary increases, the amount of time current aldermen spend working and possible new funding models. Using the compiled data, the committee looked at increasing aldermanic wages from $12,990 in the current fiscal year to $20,000 per year for the next cycle. According to the meeting’s minutes, there were differing viewpoints brought up by committee
members on whether to raise the wages. The wage increase would put Evanston’s aldermen at a much higher pay than most in similar size communities or in municipal governments overall. However, members of the committee also recognized that decreasing the financial burden of taking on a role as alderman would be lessened through the wage hike. Another idea proposed was the concept of a “cafeteria plan” model of payment, which would give each alderman a pool of money they could
either use toward a city health insurance plan or take in cash. In this situation, aldermen would have to pay the same rate for health insurance as the rest of the city, as opposed to the 10 percent of the cost the officials currently pay. The committee is scheduled to meet again in two weeks to discuss the possible recommendations. After the committee decides on a plan, they will seek approval from the current City Council.
who was then charged by the U.S. military for deserting his post. Snyder said unlike the first season, Koenig was unable to develop a relationship with the main source because she could not interview Bergdahl directly. “Because Adnan had a relationship with Sarah, he had more of an ability to use everything he had to try and win her over,” Snyder said. “We were very aware of the complicated nature of their relationship. I was very worried as the editor of the Bowe Bergdahl story because Bowe wasn’t going to have that chance
with Sarah.” But Snyder said after going through hours of a taped interview with Bergdahl, Koenig seemed to develop that connection, though in a different way than the one she had with Syed. Medill graduate student Danielle Prieur said as a “Serial” listener, she felt Koenig’s reflections helped her navigate through the events. “I liked her subjectivity instead of taking an objective view on the story,” Prieur told The Daily. “As reporters and journalists, we are human and we have opinions and some sort of
relationship with sources, especially if you are working with them for over a year and a half.” Snyder said her time at “This American Life” taught her the best stories are told organically and they show characters’ good and bad sides. “I am most interested in producing the stories when the listener is just as intimate and involved in this person’s life as a friend would be,” Snyder said. “You’re trying to get people and all their three-dimensional-ness out there.”
“(Zika) is a travel issue, not necessarily a transmittable (disease) in or around Illinois at this point,” he said. Caneva said Illinois residents should be concerned about the virus if they travel to areas where the virus is prevalent and heed all travel warnings issued for the region. He emphasized that the main concern when they return home is West Nile virus. Although the mosquitos that carry Zika and those that carry West Nile virus are different species, the prevention methods for both are similar, said David Zazra, the communications manager for the North Shore Mosquito Abatement District.
Residents should use bug repellent, make sure that windows and doors have tight screens and get rid of stagnant water on their property, Zazra said. “The most important thing is both the culex mosquito that transmits West Nile virus and the aedes species which carry Zika are container breeders,” he said. “If it can hold water it can breed mosquitoes.” Although the abatement district is prepared to deal with any potential colony of Zika-carrying mosquitos, Zazra said it is low risk that there would be Zika transmission by mosquitoes within the area.
preventive medicine, and Dr. Leonidas Platanias, director of the Lurie Cancer Center, said Hou excels at. “She has provided very strong leadership on our global affairs,” Platanias said. “She oversees relationships with other cancer centers overseas. She drives Lurie Cancer Center research efforts in other countries and promotes collaborations.” Lloyd-Jones said he was excited to hear about Hou’s invitation to the panel and encouraged her to take the opportunity. He added that she is one of the leaders in the country, if not the world, in helping understand the role of epigenetics in cancer. “Dr. Hou’s working in an extraordinarily important area that links our environment and our behaviors to our genes and helps us understand how we actually use those genes … in ways that lead to health or that lead to disease,” he said. Although Biden will leave office next January, Hou said she expects the next administration will also prioritize cancer research. “Fighting against cancer is the goal for American
people,” she said. “I think the presidential change will not make any difference in our efforts of fighting against cancer, which is a big threat to all human beings.”
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Gail Ridgely of the Arapaho recalled a time when Tom Hayden — a great-greatgrandson of Evans who died recently — had appeared on a panel at the University of Denver to offer recognition and apology for the acts of his ancestor. Ridgely said he was moved by the power of Tom Hayden’s actions, which went beyond a simple verbal apology. The panel was co-sponsored by the Native American and Indigenous Student Alliance, Colloquium on Indigeneity and Native American Studies, Office of International Program Development, Medill School of Journalism, Media, Integrated Marketing Communications, Dittmar Gallery and Multicultural Student Affairs. Medill Prof. Loren Ghiglione said the Native American Outreach and Inclusion Task Force offered recommendations in November 2014 to change how Evans is honored at NU. Ghiglione said although the University has not yet acted on them, other steps are being taken, such as hiring Native American faculty and hosting its upcoming 2nd annual dinner for Native American students in the senior class. Although the University rejected the proposal to remove Evans’ name from campus, Ghiglione said there is still hope. “I remain cautiously optimistic that this could change,” Ghiglione said. fathma@u.northwestern.edu
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Despite a loss in the semifinals of the Big Ten Tournament, the Wildcats maintained a top-16 ranking and will host the first two rounds of the NCAA Tournament, the NCAA announced Tuesday. The No. 14 Cats (25-4, 10-1 Big Ten) will play Valparaiso (22-5, 6-0 Horizon League) in the tournament’s opening round. Northwestern will also host a first-round matchup between Stanford and Notre Dame, and will play the winner of the two if the team advances past the Crusaders. All games after the second round of the tournament will be hosted by the University of Tulsa, where the Cats will face No. 3 UCLA if the favorites win out. NU will be looking to solidify itself as a national powerhouse after an early exit in the Big Ten Tournament. Prior to the loss, the Cats set a program record for wins in a season, riding depth at the front end of the singles lineup to historic success. The berth is NU’s fifth straight and the 15th in program history. The first- and second-round showdowns, taking place in Evanston, will be played at the outdoor Vandy Christie Tennis Center. The Cats first play Saturday, May 14 at 1 p.m. — Garrett Jochnau
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of a Sunday game in a three-game weekend series — a situation his team has been in often — in terms of the two rivals’ knowledge about each other. “We’re familiar with their team and the park, so it should be a good matchup,” Allen said. “But college baseball ebbs and flows as far as who’s hot and who’s not, so we’re just going to have to come out and play good baseball.” benjaminpope2019@u.northwestern.edu
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might give him an edge in the upcoming tournament. When he reached the first green he then took a detailed record of the break of every possible putt based on the hole locations from previous seasons. He proceeded to do the same for every hole on the course. “Here’s a guy who shows up on campus about three weeks removed from winning the U.S. (Amateur), and he’s got about 10,000 Twitter followers and everyone knows who he is,” Inglis said. “And it stops the other four guys in their tracks and they’re all like ‘What’s he doing, what’s he writing down?’ That’s the value of having somebody who’s such a great player and somebody like Matt, he just led by example and made the team better.” Behind the stellar play of Fitzpatrick and then-senior Jack Perry, the Cats won two of five events that fall and firmly established themselves as one of the best teams in the nation. As bright as Fitzpatrick’s collegiate future appeared to be, however, the much larger stage of professional golf beckoned, as his play that summer and fall earned him upwards of half-a-dozen invitations to PGA Tour events, Inglis said. After weighing his options, Fitzpatrick elected to forgo the remainder of his collegiate career and left school to pursue a full-time career in golf in January 2014. Although Inglis laments the absence of his star player — who, had he remained in college, would currently be a junior preparing to help NU vie for a spot in the upcoming NCAA Championships — there is little doubt in his mind that joining the professional ranks was the right decision for Fitzpatrick. The evidence clearly suggests that Inglis is correct in this assessment. In 2015, his first season playing a full professional schedule, Fitzpatrick led all players on the European Tour with 10 top-10 finishes, an all-time record for a European Tour rookie. Included was a victory at the British Masters in October, which helped earn him the distinction of being named the tour’s golfer of the month. Fitzpatrick’s play has seen him rise to the upper echelons of the sport more rapidly than many could have predicted. He currently sits at No. 41 in the Official World Golf Rankings despite being years — if not decades — younger than most of his peers. His career earnings
currently sit at over $3.3 million with several months remaining before his 22nd birthday. Yet, those who know him best insist that despite all of the recent changes in his life — the wealth, the travel and the mounting celebrity — Fitzpatrick has remained the same person they have always known by staying thoughtful, genuine and an unwavering believer in his own abilities. Fitzpatrick’s former teammate Josh Jamieson, currently a senior and one of NU’s top players, recalls meeting Fitzpatrick for the first time while competing for his native Scotland in a junior tournament as a 17-year-old. Jamieson and Fitzpatrick played each other in a headto-head singles match that day, a match that Jamieson is quick to point out he won, marking the last time he can recall beating his future teammate.
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He just has that ultra-belief in himself that it takes to compete at the top level, and he has a wise head on young shoulders. David Inglis, men’s golf coach
Despite the brevity of Fitzpatrick’s stint at NU, Jamieson said he still considers Fitzpatrick to be one of his closest friends, and the two continue to communicate often. Jamieson has travelled to watch Fitzpatrick at a number of events over the past year, including this year’s Masters, where Jamieson got a look at his friend’s new life at the highest level of professional golf. “It would be really easy for him to kind of forget the rest of us and move on with his life, but he’s really done a great job of keeping in contact and inviting me to some of these places, and he’s just been a great friend,” Jamieson said. “I mean he’s out there chatting to me while he’s playing a practice round at Augusta for The Masters or standing next to Rory McIlroy on the putting green, but it’s almost like nothing’s changed. He’s still Matt.” As Fitzpatrick’s profile has grown, so too have the inevitable comparisons to Donald, the former Wildcat who is arguably the most accomplished English golfer of the 2000s. A four-time All-American and 1999 NCAA individual champion during his time at NU before
becoming one of the top professional players in the world, Donald has set a lofty standard for all subsequent NU golfers. Now many golf experts say Fitzpatrick’s career could follow a similar trajectory. As someone who has gotten to know both players well over the years, Inglis said the comparison is justified in some ways. Both hail from England and were the top amateurs in the world upon enrolling at NU, and perhaps most importantly, both have great heads for the game, Inglis said. And just like he has with Donald, Inglis has learned not to doubt Fitzpatrick’s abilities on the course. “He just has that ultra-belief in himself that it takes to compete at the top level, and he has a wise head on young shoulders,” Inglis said. “He’s really the real deal. I know he feels like he can compete for major championships, and if he continues to improve the way he has I think he’s going to be one of the best players out there for a long time.” Fitzpatrick’s recent success in Europe has prompted many to speculate about whether a full-time move to the PGA Tour might be in the cards in the near future. That speculation was furthered fueled by his recent commitment to play in The Players Championship at TPC Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida from May 12-15, but Fitzpatrick continues to insist that he will play primarily in Europe for the time being. He’s still only 21, of course, and has a full career ahead of him to compete against the world’s best and contend for major championships in the U.S. Yet as he continues to check goals off of his to-do list at a blistering pace, noise about when he will make the permanent transition to this side of the pond will only grow louder. For now though, his focus is squarely on one goal: playing well enough this season to earn himself a spot on the European Ryder Cup team, where he hopes to help the team defeat its American opponents for the third consecutive time. “The Ryder Cup is the obvious goal, and to get there it’s just going to be about taking each week as it comes,” Fitzpatrick said. “Playing in that event has always been a dream and something I’ve worked towards, so hopefully that’s a dream I’ll get to live this year.” tylervandermolen2018@u.northwestern.edu
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I felt like with it being my second time playing at the Masters, I was really just able to enjoy every second of it. — Matt Fitzpatrick, former NU golfer
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Ex-NU star Matt Fitzpatrick turns heads as a pro By TYLER VANDERMOLEN daily senior staffer @tgvandermolen
Matt Fitzpatrick was back on Northwestern’s campus last week, revisiting the place he called home just a few short years ago. A lot has changed since then, but at first glance Fitzpatrick could easily be mistaken for any other NU student soaking in idyllic views of Lake Michigan and catching up with his college friends over dinner in downtown Chicago. But if the past year has shown us anything, it’s that the former Wildcats’ golf star is far from a typical 21-year-old — and far from a typical collegiate golfer, for that matter. After all, it was less than a month ago that the Englishman went toe-totoe with the likes of Jordan Spieth, Rory McIlroy, and Jason Day in front of millions of captivated viewers at one of golf ’s most hallowed venues. Although it was his countryman Danny Willett who ultimately donned the green jacket as the 2016 Masters
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champion, Fitzpatrick left Augusta National with no shortage of media buzz. His sterling final round of 5-under-par 67 matched the low round on the course for the day and propelled him into a tied-for-7th-place finish at the season’s first major championship. It was a week Fitzpatrick won’t soon forget, but if he has anything to say about it, it will be the first of many times that his name can be found near the top of a PGA Tour leaderboard. “It’s a very special experience, especially at a place like that, and I felt like with it being my second time playing at the Masters I was really just able to enjoy every second of it,” Fitzpatrick said. “It’s the kind of week you hope you can use to build on for future tournaments.” Fitzpatrick’s Masters performance may have caught the attention of casual golf fans for the first time, but for those who follow the game closely, the Sheffield-native has long been a known commodity. His notoriety predates his time at NU, when he was one of the world’s premier junior golfers and garnered attention from powerhouse collegiate programs across the United States. In the summer of 2013, shortly before beginning his career at NU, Fitzpatrick’s stock skyrocketed after he finished as the top amateur at the British Open and won the U.S. Amateur Championship. Widely considered the most prestigious amateur golf event in the world, the U.S. Amateur boasts such illustrious former champions as Tiger Woods, Jack Nicklaus and Phil Mickelson, and Fitzpatrick’s commanding win propelled him to the top of the World Amateur Golf
NU seeks revenge against UIC By BEN POPE
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After being outscored by a combined score of 18-2 in its first two meetings against University of Illinois at Chicago, Northwestern will try to end the season series against its cross-city rival on a good note Wednesday night. The Wildcats (10-33, 2-16 Big Ten) squandered an early lead March 8 to lose 11-2 in their first trip to UIC (1923, 10-6 Horizon) this year. They were then shut out 7-0 in Evanston on April 5. In the second meeting, Flames freshman pitcher Reid Birlingmair picked up his only win of the season thus far by holding the Cats scoreless in the fourth inning. This week, NU will get a chance to see more of Birlingmair — who sports a team-worst 10.07 ERA and allowed 7 runs in 1.1 innings in his last start — as he makes his third start this year for the hosts. “We both know each other pretty well,” junior outfielder Matt Hopfner said. “They probably have a pretty good scouting report against us and we have the same against them, so I would say it’s
Northwestern vs. Illinois-Chicago Chicago, Illinois 6 p.m. Wednesday
a pretty even playing field.” Taking the mound first for the Cats will be sophomore pitcher Dan Kubiuk (0-5, 6.41 ERA), although coach Spencer Allen said the team will rotate a number of pitchers onto the mound as the night wears on. This is a strategy they’ve used often in mid-week games, deploying 10 pitchers on a Tuesday outing to Chicago State two weeks ago and nine when hosting Bradley the week before. “We’re really just trying to see a lot of different guys and get them experience,” Allen said. “We’ve got some young guys, we’ve got some guys that are really trying to find their command and … their secondary pitches. We’ve got it mapped out of who’s going to throw what innings.” Meanwhile, Kubiuk said he’s not thinking about breaking his goose egg in the win column but rather solely about the game at hand. The sophomore has thus far had two games to scout UIC’s batters. However, those batters have not yet had an
opportunity to do the same, as Kubiuk is not one of the 11 NU pitchers to face the Flames thus far this season. “I was able to obviously watch them for two games and kind of get a feel for what their strengths are,” Kubiuk said. “I think it’s helped a little bit and I’ll use that going into (Wednesday’s game).” The Cats enter the matchup struggling through a six-game losing streak after failing to convert on numerous leads in three consecutive one-run losses at Indiana last weekend. NU recorded more total hits in the series than the Hoosiers did, however, including three hits and 2 runs from Hopfner in the series’ second and third games combined. Hopfner, the team’s batting average leader this season at .369, said the Cats need to be better at moving runners into scoring position using sacrifice fly-outs and bunts when they have outs to burn. He said he is hoping to simply react to the ball instead of overthinking his at-bats as he attempts to extend his hitting streak to three straight games Wednesday. Allen likened the trip to UIC’s Curtis Granderson Stadium as the equivalent » See BASEBALL, page 7
Baseball Daily file photo by Keshia Johnson
ON FIRE Matt Hopfner follows through a swing. The junior will look to extend his hitting streak to three games against the Flames.
Rankings. Yet for all of the justifiable hype surrounding his collegiate future, Fitzpatrick’s recruitment process was relatively low-key. After consulting with his parents and his personal coach Pete Cowen he elected to only visit NU and gave the Cats his commitment days later. NU’s exceptional academic reputation and Cowen’s close relationship with then-NU head coach Pat Goss both played pivotal roles in Fitzpatrick’s decision. Goss has a proven track record of working with top-level professionals, including serving as the longtime swing coach for NU’s most famous golfing alum, former No. 1 player in the world Luke Donald. “If it turned out that golf didn’t work out, I wanted to have that NU degree to fall back on,” Fitzpatrick said. “And obviously the opportunity to work with the coaches here, Pat Goss and David Inglis, they’re both great guys and great coaches so that was something that stood out to me right away.” Fitzpatrick arrived in Evanston with considerably high expectations, but right away his coaches and teammates were struck by his work ethic and his down-to-earth demeanor. Inglis, now NU’s men’s golf coach, was an assistant at the time, and often recounts the story of Fitzpatrick’s first practice with his new teammates in the fall of 2013. Playing a practice round at a course they were set to compete at later that week, Inglis recalls Fitzpatrick walking down the first hole with his alignment sticks and compass, meticulously taking notes on anything that » See FITZPATRICK, page 7
Softball
Cats gear up for end of regular season By MELISSA HANIFF
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DePaul may not play in the Big Ten, but the rivalry between the Blue Demons and Wildcats dates back decades. And this year, more than just pride is at stake. As Northwestern (22-24, 12-8 Big Ten) looks to get to .500, the team will need to find success against DePaul (23-24, 13-3 Big East) on Wednesday and against Purdue (27-24, 8-12) this weekend to position itself for a postseason berth. Wednesday’s contest specifically will be significant as the Cats seek to qualify for the playoffs as the regular season comes to a close. “For us right now, we obviously need to get above .500,” junior first baseman Alcy Bush said. “The game might not be a Big Ten conference game, but we have to prove that we’re the best in our region and we really need to get a win here.” After winning twice against Wisconsin this past weekend, NU has the momentum it needs to build a hot streak. And though the Cats’ defense bailed the team out of tight spots throughout the series, both the offense and defense will look to make adjustments to keep the Blue Demons on their toes. DePaul is coming off two wins over Seton Hall, with seniors Morgan Maize and Naomi Tellez leading the Blue Demons in RBIs, 44 each, and home runs, nine each. In 34 appearances, Maize has also been dominant in the circle, with a 3.70 ERA and 156 strikeouts on
Northwestern vs. DePaul Chicago, Illinois 4 p.m. Wednesday
the season. In order to keep DePaul’s defense guessing, NU will focus on tightening its ground game on the offensive end. “This past weekend, we definitely hit the ball in the air more than we should have,” Bush said. “Now we want to make their defense work, make them throw and catch and get the ball on the ground.” Coach Kate Drohan echoed Bush’s sentiments, noting that the team’s confidence and poise on the field will be key to ensuring that NU brings home a win, especially
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For us right now, we obviously need to get above .500. Alcy Bush, junior first baseman
after a less than stellar offensive performance against Wisconsin. And although the game will have serious consequences regarding the team’s ability to make the postseason, Drohan said the matchup is also a regular highlight of the season for the whole team. “This is what Chicago softball is all about,” Drohan said. “It’s a game we look forward to and we’ve traditionally played it the last week of the year, so it has a big postseason impact on our team.” melissahaniff2016@u.northwestern.edu