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Visa concerns rise among students Potential changes worry international students at NU

By MADDIE BURAKOFF

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When members of Yoni Pinto’s family came to the United States from Turkey about 20 years ago, they were able to find employment, get green cards and eventually become citizens, fulfilling the “American dream,” the Weinberg senior said.

Back then, the main challenge was finding an employer willing to sponsor a visa, said Pinto, a former Daily staffer.

In the past few years, though, the visa process and employment search for Pinto and other international students have grown more difficult, he said.

He said the election of President Donald Trump, who has expressed an intention to change the rules for visa distribution, has added another layer of uncertainty as he heads into the visa application process next year.

“Since the election, we’ve

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Political commentator Ben Shapiro speaks during an event hosted by College Republicans in McCormick Auditorium on Wednesday. Shapiro discussed a variety of social, political and campus-specific topics.

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Conservative commentator discusses economy, campus culture

By BEN POPE and NORA SHELLY

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Conservative commentator Ben Shapiro spoke about numerous issues including

economic mobility and contemporary campus culture as College Republicans’ spring speaker Wednesday.

The event, held in McCormick Auditorium in Norris University Center, was also sponsored by Young America’s

Foundation. Shapiro, editor in chief of conservative website The Daily Wire, discussed a variety of political and social issues and fielded questions from many students who were critical of his views. More than 360 people attended the event.

College Republicans vice president Grant Papastefan said he was happy with the large turnout. The group initially anticipated far fewer people purchasing tickets and » See SHAPIRO, page 6

kind of taken a step back in making sure that we’re having a conversation with students about what their goals are and where they want to be,” said Mark Presnell, executive director of Northwestern Career Advancement. “That conversation used to be fairly brief — you would come in, ‘Where do you want to be after graduation?’ They would all say in the U.S. … (Now) we’re seeing international students really exploring what that might be.”

Most Northwestern international students have F-1 student visas, according to the International Office website. After graduation, students can choose to complete Optional Practical Training, a 12-month work authorization that can be supplemented with a 24-month extension for science, technology, engineering and mathematics students.

Af ter this temporar y authorization expires, Pinto said most students who want to stay in the U.S. will apply for the H-1B visa for skilled foreign workers with sponsorship by an employer. Though the program has previously » See STUDENTS, page 6

Walking program SNL comedians perform on campus reaches 10th year

By MADDIE BURAKOFF

WOW expands to include workshops, gardening

By BILLY KOBIN

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We’re Out Walking — a program that encourages Evanston residents to lead active and healthy lifestyles — began 10 years ago as Women Out Walking with the goal of getting 50 women in the community to become more active.

That goal was far surpassed when 500 women signed up in the first year and committed themselves to improving their health through walking.

Now in its 10th year, WOW has expanded to include

community gardening, nutrition workshops, women’s health issues and cooking demonstrations. The program kicked off its annual 12-week program Saturday at an event at Evanston Township High School.

The name change reflects a desire for the program to be more gender inclusive, said Evonda Thomas-Smith, Evanston’s health and human services director. The program has no plans to end soon, Thomas-Smith said, adding that it has helped develop a sense of community among residents and neighbors.

“The one component that we did not expect that just organically occurred is the community connection,” Thomas-Smith said.

Jonathan Webb — now the » See WOW, page 7

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As soon as he stepped onto the Ryan Auditorium stage, Michael Che acknowledged that some audience members might be uncomfortable with his jokes.

“I’m OK with that,” he said.

Che, who is known for his role as co-anchor of the Weekend Update on “Saturday Night Live,” performed for about 400 people as part of a spring stand-up show hosted

by A&O Productions and Northwestern Sketch Television. Fellow SNL writer Julio Torres and Communication junior Nabeel Muscatwalla also performed, and NSTV debuted a sketch from its new season.

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A&O co-chair Will Corvin said the group wanted to bring Torres and Che because of their growing “notoriety” in the world of stand-up comedy. Successful comedy, the Weinberg senior said, is based in truth.

“A good stand-up comedian is really able to ... point out things in everyday life that people might not have noticed before,” Corvin said.

“They’re just able to blow it up and show people what’s been right in front of them the whole time, and get some laughs on the way.”

During his performance, Che discussed racist implications of the “white girl” word “sketchy,” a conspiracy theory that Ronald Reagan was a lizard who invented crack cocaine and a new, “more » See COMEDIANS, page 6

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Michael Che performs a stand-up set in Ryan Auditorium on Wednesday.

The “Saturday Night Live” cast member took the stage for an event hosted by A&O Productions and Northwestern Sketch Television.

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AROUND TOWN Phelps trains Evanston Special Olympics athletes

By JULIA ESPARZA

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Olympians Michael Phelps, Allison Schmitt and Grant Hackett hosted a swimming clinic for Evanston Special Recreation athletes in Chicago on Saturday.

Six Evanston Special Recreation athletes — athletes who have developmental or intellectual disabilities — attended the event held at The Valentine Boys and Girls Club of Chicago, which was planned in coordination with the Michael Phelps Foundation.

Dian Christensen, who works for the Michael Phelps Foundation and helped coordinate the event, said she thought the Evanston athletes would benefit from receiving coaching from the professional swimmers.

The athletes worked with Phelps, Schmitt and Hackett on their streamline positions and other swimming skills, she said.

“Michael really worked hard to spend time with every swimmer … the whole interaction was extremely positive,” Christensen said.

Christensen said Phelps, Schmitt and Hackett enjoyed the event and hope to continue working with Special Olympics as the program expands throughout the U.S. The Michael Phelps Foundation is partnered with Special Olympics.

Christensen is on the board of the Michael Phelps Foundation and has a daughter who is an athlete in the Evanston Special Recreation department. The department develops Special

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Michael Phelps poses with athletes at The Valentine Boys and Girls Club of Chicago. Phelps on Saturday helped train Evanston Special Recreation athletes.

Olympics athletes to compete in state and national events.

She said she arranged for the clinic to be held for the Evanston special recreation athletes.

“The training is so impactful to the swimmers,” Christensen said. “It finally gives them the ability to set goals whether it’s training goals or even just life goals.”

Street in response to a domestic dispute, Evanston police Cmdr. Joseph Dugan said. A woman told police she and the man — both 48 years old — had been in a verbal dispute when he punched her in the face several times.

Officers noticed injuries on the woman’s face, Dugan said. The man denied punching her.

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To aid with technique training and swim safety, the Michael Phelps Foundation developed the “IM program” — named for Phelps’ signature event, the individual medley. The program was adapted for an international Special Olympics program that has spread across six continents.

Christensen said while Special Olympics coaches often know the basics of swimming, the clinic gave athletes the ability to learn about more technical aspects of swimming like breath control and stroke techniques.

“This program helps teach the swimmers some skill set that they don’t have,” Christensen said.

“It will help them be more successful whatever the event and whatever the stroke.”

Michael Phelps Swimming director Cathy Bennett, who is on the Michael Phelps Foundation board and helped create the IM program, attended the event and said the Phelps Foundation hopes to continue the event’s progress by creating a swimming program in the Chicago area.

Evanston Special Recreation program manager Leonard Woodson said he was excited to give his athletes the opportunity to gain instruction from Olympians. Woodson has coached many of the athletes in a number of Special Olympics events.

“It was awesome not just based on the fact that my athletes were able to meet these Olympic athletes, but also to have them work with the athletes,” Woodson said. “There was no ‘these are people with disabilities,’ they worked with them like they were any other kids.”

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Prominent black Chicago hip-hop artists and activists said during an event Wednesday that black women should engage in activism through art as it promotes the liberation of people of color.

The panelists spoke about the role of black women in the music industry, art as a form of activism and the value of self-love to about 80 people in Fisk Hall. Panelists included hip-hop artists TASHA and Jamila Woods; and Jaquanda Villegas and Jacinda Bullie, two founders of Kuumba Lynx, an urban arts education organization.

Performances by TASHA, Jamila Woods and groups from Kuumba Lynx followed the panel. The event was hosted by Northwestern Community Development Corps along with support from the Freshman Urban Program, Contemporary Thought Speaker Series and the Peace Project.

NCDC chose to focus its spring event on hiphop because it is a topic that excites many students on campus, said Weinberg senior Jessica Lewis, outgoing co-chair of NCDC. Lewis told The Daily the group cares about hip-hop and discussing the genre’s role in activism.

“When we realized how much energy was around it and how much people wanted to talk about it, then we were ready to make it a more regular thing,” Lewis told The Daily.

During the event, the panelists discussed the role of art in social activism. Bullie said art and social activism are tied together. Art always tends to be political because it is an expression of the circumstances people are dealt, she said.

“Art is in and of itself something radical when women, black women (and) queer black women take up space we’re not supposed to tell a story, that’s artivism,” said TASHA, whose real name is Tasha Viets-VanLear.

The panelists acknowledged that “artivism” could hinder black women in the music industry. Woods said black women artists are often “put in a box” because they are encouraged to produce music

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Chicago hip-hop artist Jamila Woods performs at an event hosted by Northwestern Community Development Corps on Wednesday. Woods was part of a panel that discussed hip-hop and social activism.

focused on activism, which takes away from their artistry.

The panelists also discussed the role of empathy and activism, especially on NU’s predominantly white campus. Bullie said the group had thought about this before the event and came up with a list of five things for the audience to remember. The list includes letting women and femmes get the mic, practicing allyship, interrogating personal privilege, remembering to love black lives and putting money toward community development, Bullie said.

“Invest in some of the work that is being done to liberate and to change our city,” Bullie said.

The Kuumba Lynx organization is an example of the grassroots activism the panelists said was important. Several groups from the organization

performed original poems, songs, dance routines and raps that spoke about their experiences being black teens from Chicago.

In addition to activism, TASHA said it is important for people to appreciate their own abilities and take personal time. TASHA performed her song “Lullaby,” which she said is intended to remind black women that it’s OK to take days for themselves.

Lewis she said she felt “close to happy tears” while at the event.

“You could feel so much love and excitement and passion in the room all at once. I thought it was beautiful,” Lewis told The Daily. juliainesesparza2020@u.northwestern.edu

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Applause for a Cause to screen film, raise funds Newest release shows struggle of young mother to protect daughter from looming supernatural threat

By RACHEL HOLTZMAN

daily senior staffer @rdanielle1995

In Applause for a Cause’s newest film release, a young mother must figure out how to protect her daughter from a looming supernatural threat while confronting past abuse and her own demons.

Applause For A Cause, a campus organization that produces feature-length films, will premiere its seventh film, “The Helsings,” at two showings in Ryan Auditorium on Friday.

The film was written by Weinberg junior Taylor Beck, co-directed by Arthur Gilchrist and McCormick senior Anuj Iravane. It was co-produced by Communication junior Dasha Gorin and Communication sophomore Lily Labovitz.

The film is told through the eyes of Nic, a mother and survivor of domestic abuse. For the bulk of the film, it’s unclear whether Nic is a reliable narrator, Gilchrist said. Nic struggles

to overcome her past and reconnect with her daughter Carrie while trying to protect her from a perceived supernatural threat, Gilchrist, a Communication junior, said.

“We are really excited about Taylor’s script because it’s a deeper script than what Applause has done in the past, but it’s still doable with a micro budget and our coursework,” Labovitz said.

Applause chose the script from submissions it received from Northwestern students. The producers and directors selected Beck’s script in August and worked with her throughout Fall Quarter to develop it. Once they finalized the script and recruited a team, they filmed for seven weekends during Winter Quarter, working 12 hours per day on average, Labovitz said.

The film’s production process was lengthier and more involved than those of past Applause films, said Communication sophomore Alex Stone, Applause’s marketing executive. The codirectors, their crew and a mix of student and professional actors filmed around local businesses

and in residences of friends and family, he said.

They also worked to make sure all the technical elements of the film supported the theme of sexual violence.

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There are moments where the film deliberately tries to be disorienting and uncomfortable.

Arthur Gilchrist, Communication junior

“There are moments where the film deliberately tries to be disorienting and uncomfortable to communicate that, and to try to occupy the emotional spaces in between,” Gilchrist said.

“Sometimes the performance says one thing, and the music says another.”

Every year, Applause donates all of its proceeds to charity, Stone said. This year, it chose Apna Ghar, an organization that supports survivors of domestic and sexual violence in Chicago, especially in immigrant communities, he said.

Gorin, who was in charge of the selection process, said Applause wanted to support domestic violence survivors in Chicago, and she believes Apna Ghar is an effective service provider for a wide-ranging, diverse community.

To spread the word, Applause has been posting facts about domestic violence on Facebook and promoting the screening, she said.

Labovitz said she hopes students are inspired by the possibilities for film on campus, despite program changes and a restructuring of funding.

“I hope people take away that student film is still possible on campus,” she said. “It’s good to support causes dear to you and have a purpose to your work outside of pure creative development.” rachelholtzman2018@u.northwestern.edu

Bienen ensembles combine for Millenium Park concert Annual Northwestern concert to be performed at Pick-Staiger, Jay Pritzker Pavilion in Chicago

By JENNIFER HEPP

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The annual Northwestern concert in Millennium Park is going to be a “huge surprise,” in the words of Maestro Victor Yampolsky.

This year, Bienen’s Contemporary Music Ensemble and Northwestern University Symphony Orchestra will collaborate for the very first time, playing the music of modern composers Frank Zappa and Edgard Varèse.

Yampolsky said the project originated when Alan Pierson, co-director of the Northwestern Contemporary Music Ensemble, approached him wanting to introduce the school to works by Varèse and Zappa. Yampolsky suggested collaborating with CME, he said.

The concert will be held twice: once on May 26 at Pick-Staiger Concert Hall, and once on May 28 at Jay Pritzker Pavilion in Millennium Park.

Most of the pieces on the program are written for a very large orchestra, Yampolsky said. He said the performance will have the “biggest ever group congregated onstage.”

Bienen senior and concertmaster Amy Blackburn said the music is very different than what she is used to playing in NUSO. She also said the program is difficult because there is a different conductor on each piece.

“We work on rhythm a lot because there are so

many complicated rhythms in this music,” she said.

“Normally, the most complicated rhythm we have is a quintuplet, but now we have all these crazy things. … It’s coming together better than I thought.”

Graduate conducting student Taichi Fukumura will conduct “G-Spot Tornado,” a short piece by Frank Zappa that will serve as a written encore to the concert in Millennium Park, he said. The piece was originally written for a synclavier, a digital synthesizer, and was not meant to be performed by people. It was later arranged for a chamber ensemble of about 20 people, Fukumura said.

But for this concert, there will be roughly 115 people on stage, he said.

“Being able to go out to share what we do at Northwestern to the public is always a fantastic thing,” Fukumura said. “We don’t get to do that necessarily very often. From the contemporary repertoire, they’re very exciting and accessible pieces to listen to. I think it will be a cool way for people to get to know the type of stuff we’re doing and also the type of music that we’re putting out there.”

Outdoor concerts, especially in the summer, are entertaining concerts and the programs are usually very popular, Yampolsky said.

“It will be a wonderful event for the entire school of music,” he said. “To have such a large amount of students, playing all kinds of instruments and presenting something very fresh and very new, will be such an unusual and memorable collaboration.” jenniferhepp2020@u.northwestern.edu

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Contemporary Music Ensemble co-director Alan Pierson leads the ensemble in a rehearsal of “Ameriques” by Edgard Varese on Wednesday. The piece is written for a very large orchestra, with more than 115 musicians on stage.

NYT bestseller Daniel Stashower to hold 2-day colloquium Author, NU alum to teach students elements of mystery writing in lecture, dramatic reading session

By TAIRA ALABI

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A New York Times bestselling author is set to visit campus this week to teach students the elements of mystery writing.

Daniel Stashower (Weinberg ’82) will appear in a two-day colloquium Thursday and Friday.

Stashower is holding the event with Pritzker School of Law Prof. Deborah Borman, who attended Northwestern from 1979 to 1981.

Stashower met Borman when they were both freshmen at NU. The two decided to hold a colloquium for Stashower that will feature a lecture, workshop and a dramatic reading session.

Stashower is the author of bestselling book

“The Hour of Peril,” which details the failed “Baltimore Plot” to assassinate President Abraham Lincoln on the eve of the Civil War. Borman said she is looking forward to the colloquium.

“It’s super exciting to collaborate with someone who I was friends with when I was a freshman in college,” Borman said.

Stashower has written several fiction and nonfiction books, focusing particularly on nonfiction that breaks down the lives of famous mystery authors. Borman said the way he’s able to tell these stories is what makes his work so intriguing.

“He takes true stories and makes them read like fiction,” Borman said.

Borman said she has “a personal focus on creating community” of NU students that centers

around writing. Borman and Stashower received help facilitating the on-campus event from The Alumnae of Northwestern University, which helps funds events like the colloquium for undergraduate student enrichment.

Borman and Stashower reached out to the organization to receive funding. Michele Bresler, public relations chair of The Alumnae of NU, said the opportunity to learn about mystery writing will be beneficial to students.

“The Alumnae is happy to fund projects that bring outside speakers to campus,” Bresler said.

“Considering how popular CSI is on television, I think this is going to be a very enticing workshop.”

For Stashower, being a guest speaker is exciting for him, as the many speakers who came to

campus when he was a student helped put him on his current career path.

“Northwestern is where it started for me.”

Stashower said. “I had experiences at Northwestern that showed me where I wanted go.”

Borman said she has enjoyed working with Stashower to put on the event and hopes that students enjoy it. Even for those not interested in mystery, Borman said she believes the colloquium will present key skills.

“It’s important for students of every discipline who want to communicate something that’s compelling and interesting in every form,” Borman said. “(That is) a talent and skill that every student should have.” tairaalabi2018@u.northwestern.edu

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NU band Kodiak Grove expands campus presence

By EMILY CHIN

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Ever since he could remember, Gibran Wirjawan has dreamed of being a musician.

Wirjawan, a Bienen freshman, joined his first band when he was in third grade. He’s played in bands his entire life, he said, and is now the guitarist for Kodiak Grove, a freshman band that was formed a few months ago.

In the past few months, the band has played at the Elbo Room in Chicago and at Mayfest’s Battle of the Bands. This Friday, they will perform on the Lakefill with Slade Warnken and The Ryan Savages.

“Being in a band — it’s the learning experience about learning about yourself and learning about others,” Wirjawan said. “It’s about character development. You have to take in so many perspectives of music.”

Wirjawan met McCormick freshman Vishal Giridhar and Medill freshman Nick Rueth, the other two founding members of the band, early Fall Quarter. The group started playing music together in November and eventually ended up writing their first full song together in December, Rueth said.

From there, they decided to officially form a band. They wrote six songs together in the span of four months, releasing their first album, “Kodiak Grove EP,” in March.

“Overall we completely enjoyed it and we’re super happy we came out with this,” Giridhar said.

Just like any other band, after they released their album, they wanted to promote it by playing in shows, Rueth said. They needed a bassist, so they began performing with McCormick freshman Tony Leonardi, who was a new member in the same fraternity as Wirjawan at the time, Leonardi said. Through more and more performances, he slowly became a part of the band.

“It worked out well,” Leonardi said. “I didn’t see it coming, but it just kind of happened and it was kind of cool. All of them are really good musicians, which is really fun.”

The group’s very first performance as a full band was a basement show at 643 Library Pl. in April.

The group spread word about the show through Facebook and was shocked when about 70 people showed up, Rueth said.

Performing as much as possible is the most important part of being in a band, Rueth said, because it’s the best way to get the band’s name out. People are much more interested in live performances than in a band’s social media presence, he added.

“I’ve been playing music since I was five years old, so it’s always been really important for me,” Rueth said. “It’s a really important outlet for my self-expression. When I don’t play frequently I feel like there’s something missing.”

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Being in a band — it’s learning experience about learning about others ... It’s about character development.

Gibran Wirjawan, Bienen freshman

For Giridhar, though he hadn’t performed in front of an audience for almost a year, he was able to get back into it because it allows him to express himself. In particular, he enjoys the chemistry that he and the other band members experience when they are on stage, he said.

Wirjawan echoed the bond that the group has.

He hopes that one day the band will be able to tour professionally and sustain a living out of it, he said.

“They’re not just my band mates, they’re my three best friends here,” he said. “You can hire any musician, and skills can be trained or taught. But with chemistry, you can’t find that with anyone.

We can create such a unique bond that you can’t really replicate.” emilychin2018@u.northwestern.edu

Source: Vishal Rueth

Kodiak Grove.

Student-written play to portray lives of Asian Americans

By MADELEINE FERNANDO

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This weekend, the stories of real-life Asian Americans will come to life on stage in Weinberg junior Diana Fu’s theater piece “Tears at the Margins.”

“Tears at the Margins” is a series of monologues and two performance poetry pieces based on interviews Fu did with people from Chinatown in Oakland, California, Fu said. The play delves deeper into the stories of these people and shows the impact of gentrification in their lives, she said.

The five characters of the play are based off real people from her interviews, she said. Fu conducted the interviews in December and wrote the play during the second half of Winter Quarter, she said.

Fu wrote “Tears at the Margins” for her immersion project for the Asian American studies program. For the major, students are required to complete a project, which could include a senior

thesis, an internship or a research project related to Asian American studies, according to the program website.

Fu wanted to “do something different” for her project, and decided to conduct oral history interviews of people and turn them into a creative project, she said.

“It is really important that these stories are told because these are real people,” Fu said. “A lot of it deserves to be heard.”

Weinberg sophomore Jessica Wang, an actress in the play, said the play addresses issues in a “very nuanced manner.” Wang said with most AsianAmerican theater or art, she walks in with “kind of an idea” of what the message will be. However, “Tears at the Margins” showcases a complex and diverse depiction of Oakland’s Chinatown, she said.

“Diana did a really great job in this play of just capturing all the different nuanced views,” Wang said. “(The play) shows how … all these different people within the same ethnicity in the same part of the same city have very different views and are

coming from a lot of different places.”

In her interviews, Fu asked questions about people’s experiences growing up, how they saw the Bay Area change over the years and what changes they anticipate in the future, she said.

“It’s kind of like an untraditional play. There’s not necessarily a plot,” Fu said. “We’re kind of taking an adventure into Chinatown and … listening to everyone’s stories.”

Weinberg senior Luke Zhang, an actor in the play, said his character, Stanley, begins to realize how prevalent of an issue race is after entering high school. Although race was not an issue for him growing up, Stanley realizes its implications and sets out to be a voice for anti-discrimination, Zhang said.

Zhang said the characters themselves spark conversations about the Chinese-American experience. The play shows how the gentrification of Chinatown has affected a variety of people in different and complex ways, he said.

“Everything from first-generation Chinese people to fourth-generation Chinese people, it’s

very different for everybody,” Zhang said. “Some characters are bilingual and some are monolingual and some participate a lot in Chinese culture and some are mixed. … It’s just a very good hodgepodge of characters.”

Communication freshman Grace Dolezal-Ng, the director, said the play is particularly exciting because it deals with themes not usually touched on in the theater community and involves several non-theater majors.

Dolezal-Ng said the play features multi-faceted and very “human” Asian-American characters, who aren’t typically depicted in theater, she said.

Fu said the stories mean a lot to her, and she hopes the audience enjoys hearing them.

“It’s really important to hear real people speak and hear real people’s stories,” Fu said. “Theater is a great place for the imagination but … there’s so much to be learned even just from talking to people who you didn’t even think had amazing stories.” madeleinefernando2020@u.northwestern.edu

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accommodated most applicants, he said the process has grown highly competitive, in part because of the outsourcing of jobs by major technology companies.

In 2016, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services reported receiving over 230,000 applications for the 85,000 visas allocated for the 2017 fiscal year. The recipients are determined through a random lottery process.

“A lot of these companies started to not hire international students anymore, because it’s just a gamble,” Pinto said. “The entire visa system became compromised.”

Last month, Trump signed an executive order demanding a review of H-1B policies as part of his “Buy American, Hire American” initiative. It is unclear what changes might be made to the visa-granting process in the long run, Presnell said. Some might actually be beneficial to Northwestern graduates, like a prioritization of students who studied in the

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was pleased to see tickets sell out, he said.

“I heard from several people in the minutes after the event that they didn’t hate him as much as they thought they would,” said Papastefan, a Bienen sophomore.

With his signature abrasive style that incited many rounds of laughter from the audience, Shapiro spoke about topics ranging from economic mobility to sexual assault on college campuses before moving on to answer audience questions.

Shapiro also offered commentary on NUspecific issues, criticizing University President Morton Schapiro’s support for safe spaces and the protesters who interrupted the visit of an Immigration and Customs Enforcement public relations representative to a class last week before moving on to what he called the “offensive part” of his speech.

Shapiro presented data and opinions that he said refuted the idea that a number of minority

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realistic” movie he claimed to be writing in the “Avengers” series.

“Thor accidentally kills an unarmed black teenager, and the Avengers have to rescue him from indictment,” Che said. “How much money do you think that’ll make?”

Che also incorporated improvisation and engaged with members of the audience during his set. After noticing chemistry Prof. Sir Fraser Stoddart in the front row, Che began a banter with

THURSDAY, MAY 25, 2017 U.S. over those who went to school in other countries, he said.

However, other potential changes would put recent graduates at a disadvantage, Pinto said — for example, a proposed six-figure salary floor for visa applicants would be a hurdle, since few could snag such high-paying jobs with undergraduate degrees. The future of the visa program remains a “question mark” for international students, he said.

McCormick senior Edwin Argueta, who studies chemical engineering, said he has found his international status to be a “huge roadblock” in his job search, especially in a field dominated by big-name companies whose government contracts prohibit them from hiring foreign workers. Argueta, who is from Honduras, said he is completing his master’s degree next year to give him more time to search for employment, and may have to continue to pursue a higher degree.

At the job fairs held by the University, there are generally few companies that will hire international students, Argueta said. For

international students, he said he feels more of the burden is on individuals to network and reach out to people on their own, as many of the resources offered by the university are not helpful.

“It’s a little bit discouraging in that sense,” Argueta said. “You feel like you’re more alone as an international student when you’re looking for a job, especially as an engineer.”

Presnell said NCA speaks with recruiters who come to campus about the importance of being open to international employees. When the companies are still unwilling to consider international students, he said they encourage the companies to be “transparent” about their hiring policies.

Still, Pinto said, the policies indicated on career fair brochures aren’t always accurate, making it difficult for international students to decide where to concentrate their efforts. He said he often finds himself turning to fellow international students rather than university resources for support.

“A lot of people get much more out of those

personal student connections than they do out of the NCA,” Pinto said.

Eish Sumra, a Medill junior from the United Kingdom, said he also turns to his peers for advice and thinks the International Office hasn’t done enough outreach for international students.

Despite the challenges, Pinto, Argueta and Sumra all said many of their fellow international students still intend to seek work in the U.S. In the future, Argueta said he hopes the H-1B process becomes more merit-based to encourage foreign workers to bring in innovation.

“People from all over the world are trying to come to this country, study and make an impact, and you’re not letting them,” Argueta said. “There’s a lot of very talented Americans, but it could also be that occasional guy who could do something that will change the way this country operates. You’re just letting that talent go.”

groups experienced systemic victimization. He also criticized the left for correlating one’s perceived level of victimization to the importance of their opinion.

In response to the investigation into the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity sexual assault allegations, Shapiro said there was a “lack of evidence.” He also said the Title IX complaint filed against Communication Prof. Laura Kipnis was “ridiculous.”

After encouraging audience members with differing viewpoints to come to the front of the Q&A line, Shapiro then engaged in a number of debates with students.

“One of the reasons I do this in a caustic manner is because if you’re entertaining people, then you’re also getting them to listen to you,” Shapiro said. “By me being aggressive, that basically says to the left, ‘Okay, back off, we’re not going to make character attacks on each other,’ and now we can have a discussion.”

Weinberg junior Spenser Huang, who attended the event, said he took issue with

Shapiro citing what Huang considered out-ofdate statistics and using his position of power to brush aside a questioner, but largely respected the way Shapiro conducted himself.

“My impression afterwards is that he comes from a lot of stuff has strong logical basis, (but we) just have different fundamental values,” Huang said. “What I really did appreciate was how civil he conducted the conversation and how open to new ideas he was.”

Khaqan Ahmad, a SESP freshman, said while he doesn’t agree with “most basically anything” that Shapiro said, he thought it was “a good experience in having those dialogues with people” he doesn’t agree with.

However, Ahmad said the implications of many of Shapiro’s statements were “bigoted.”

“I don’t think he was respectful of many groups of people including minorities, women (and) people in the transgender community,” he said. “At times it felt very uncomfortable.”

Ahmad said he disagreed in particular with Shapiro’s statement about people living in

poverty. Shapiro said during the speech those who didn’t want to live in poverty had to do “three simple things”: marry before having kids, finish high school and get a job.

“As somebody who is a QuestBridge scholar, who came from a low-income background,” Ahmad said. “I definitely disagreed with his point that most people are in poverty because of their own doing. … I really think that’s incorrect.”

Papastefan said Shapiro’s talk was the most difficult for College Republicans to organize logistically since Newt Gingrich’s visit in fall 2015, requiring several meetings with Norris officials and University Police.

“We thought that he’d do a good job of representing our club, not in that we agree with everything he says,” Papastefan said, “but that just that he presents his views in a way that forces people to think about them.”

the Nobel Prize recipient — whom he referred to as “Sir Sir” — and asked for his thoughts on topics from nanotechnology to Donald Trump voters.

Che prompted the crowd to sing “happy birthday” to Stoddart after learning it was his 75th birthday.

Communication sophomore Maya Armstrong said she enjoyed Che’s improvisational style, and had known from watching his work that Che might be “incendiary.”

“Being at Northwestern I’m used to people being very politically correct all the time, or very careful about their words,” Armstrong said. “There were times when (Che) would say stuff where I’d

be like, ‘I feel like someone could get offended by this’ … He just doesn’t phrase stuff the way that we very particularly phrase things here.”

The other two performers also addressed political issues during their sets.

Torres told a series of parables about political figures — like Melania Trump discovering her shadow, or Laura Bush comforting her husband by saying he’s “not the worst president anymore.”

Muscatwalla spoke about his experience applying for U.S. citizenship and his interviewer’s insistence that he renounce his allegiance to India.

“On the one hand, I’d be giving up something

very important to my identity, this allegiance to a country where I get my culture, where I get my heritage,” Muscatwalla said. “But on the other hand, I could finally get TSA PreCheck.”

Weinberg junior Isabella Pinerua, who attended the event, said she thought the show was “out of the ordinary” for a stand-up comedy event. “(Che) really did whatever he wanted to do, which was really fun to watch,” Pinerua said. “It’s great to see a really strong lineup and people you recognize on the stage.”

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Amanecer Breakfast Tacos plans expansion to storefront

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After serving food out of a Smart Car for two years, Amanecer Breakfast Tacos plans to expand into a permanent storefront in central Evanston this summer.

Amanecer co-founder Ana Vela said she hopes to open the new taco shop at 512 Main St. by early August. Vela said it would be open from 7 a.m. to 2 or 3 p.m at first.

When Vela and her husband Mario Vela — director of employer relations for Northwestern’s Kellogg School of Management — moved to Evanston from San Antonio, Texas, seven years ago, the first thing they noticed about Chicago was the lack of breakfast tacos.

“The breakfast tacos that we had grown up eating our entire lives just didn’t seem to exist out here,” Vela said. “Every weekend we were trying different neighborhoods in Chicago like Pilsen and Little Village, and we couldn’t find them.”

Vela said she and her husband were “fixated” on the idea of bringing breakfast tacos to Chicago and ended up launching their business, Amanecer, two years ago.

Though Vela had never worked in the food industry before — her background is in product development and educational publishing — she said her experience with marketing and branding has been crucial to Amanecer.

“When we launched, I had no idea what we

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From page 1 vice president of corporate alliances and grants for the American Diabetes Association — previously worked in the city’s Health and Human Services department and helped launch WOW in 2007. Thomas-Smith said Webb was instrumental in reaching out to community groups and residents to start the program, which was supported by a grant from the Illinois Department of Public Health. “(Webb) went to the churches. He went to the school districts,”Thomas-Smith said. “He developed the idea of women being in teams to encourage one another and provide additional peer support.”

were going to do with this business,” she said.

“I just wanted to put it out there and put this product in the market to see how people would react with it.”

Vela said she treated the first 18 months as “market research,” listening to feedback from customers and establishing connections with other local businesses.

Because Vela used her own money to invest in the business, she said she wanted to “start slow” — operating out of a commercial kitchen with 20 other food startups. To further save on costs, Amanecer serves food out of a Smart Car. After concluding her market research, Vela said she was confident she had developed a profitable business model. Loyal customers like Amy Sanchez (SESP ’15), a research project coordinator at Northwestern’s Institute for Policy Research, have said they’ve wanted a permanent shop for a while now.

“I’m a bit obsessed,” Sanchez said. “My whole office has gotten excited about their breakfast tacos, so we’ll often call them up and see if they can park their car near our office if we have a special event going on — we’re really supportive of what they’re launching in Evanston.”

She added she hopes the city “gets on board” with the breakfast taco trend.

Evanston’s economic development manager Paul Zalmezak said the Main Street location is “probably the smallest spot in Evanston,” which he said provides a “neat link” to Amanecer’s small food truck.

Zalmezak said Amanecer will be important WOW challenges participants to track their steps while walking and to join others in living an active lifestyle. Participants pay a $10 membership fee and have access to group walks and health and fitness classes, Thomas-Smith said.

The program was recognized with an award from the U.S. Conference of Mayors for increasing city livability in 2012.

Participants can add and discover walking routes on the city’s website. At the end of the program, walkers are rewarded for their tracked steps through prizes donated by community businesses and organizations.

More than 30 businesses and community organizations — including Northwestern and Evanston/ Skokie School District 65 — sponsor the program

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The future location of Amanecer Breakfast Tacos, 512 Main St. Amanecer co-founder Ana Vela said she hopes to open the new shop by early August.

for commuters on the Main Street corridor in the mornings.

Vela said she hopes to extend the shop’s hours once they settle in to serve a late night crowd on weekends. She said she will also look to partner with Sketchbook Brewing Company to do an

“exclusive taco run” between the bar and her shop.

“We have a really great, diverse community here, especially with Northwestern — our product is very unique in Evanston,” she said.

and donate prizes.

Alan Anderson (McCormick ’99, Kellogg ’04), Northwestern’s executive director of neighborhood and community relations, said the University recognizes the importance of WOW in promoting women’s health and public health in Evanston.

“Given that health and public safety is one of the pillars of the work of neighborhood and community relations, we wanted to be supportive from our end,” Anderson said. “We believe (WOW) is a great opportunity to empower as well as promote health and well-being.”

Several WOW participants spoke during a City Council meeting in April about the program’s positive benefits. Evanston resident Willie Shaw said during

the meeting that participating in the program has improved her health and allowed her to meet a diverse group of people.

“Even after many years of living here, I had never walked past or enjoyed as much of Evanston’s scenery as I have participating in the WOW program,” Shaw said.

Evanston resident Linda Mathis said the inclusivity and accessibility of the program makes it beneficial for the entire community.

“I strongly feel that whatever age you are or whatever fitness level you are at, WOW is the perfect program for everyone,” Mathis said.

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ONE MATCH SHORT After magical run, Cats fall in championship

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SUGAR GROVE, Ill. — The Wildcats didn’t win the National Championship on Wednesday.

They lost 3-1-1 to No. 1-ranked Arizona State in the finals of match play and settled for the silver runner-up trophies.

But it would’ve been impossible to tell in the press room, into which the entire team bounded with smiles on their faces, cracking jokes at a press table together and enjoying their moment in the sun. They were here for the best finish in program history, and they were not going to be sad about it.

“I’m so, so proud of this group,” coach Emily Fletcher said. “We’ve been pointing to Rich Harvest Farms for a few years. We knew the National Championship was going to be here and we wanted to be a part of it, but I don’t think on any level did we really, really dream that we’d be sitting up here at this table with the bright lights and the microphones.”

For senior Kacie Komoto, it was the end of a four-year journey that featured the best finish in school history each of those years. Komoto was the lone Wildcat golfer to win in the final, defeating Sophia Zeeb 3-and-1 for NU’s only point.

She was a leader for the Cats all weekend, tying for 14th in the stroke play, clinching the quarterfinal match and helping stage a stunning comeback in the semifinal match earlier Wednesday morning.

“It’s all kind of been a blur really,” Komoto said. “I was just trying to keep moving forward and see what’s in front of me, and we’ve all been doing that this week. But now we all feel very blessed to be here.”

Junior Hannah Kim was the star of the squad all season, and that was no different Wednesday.

In the morning, Kim won three straight holes

to steal her match and secure a point for NU in the semis.

She returned in the afternoon to go shot-forshot with individual champion Monica Vaughn as the two exchanged spectacular drives, pinpoint iron shots and clutch putts. The match ended as a draw, as Arizona State clinched the winning match elsewhere while Kim and Vaughn teed off on an extra hole.

“Going into the match against Arizona State, we knew it was going to be challenging, especially for me personally,” Kim said. “I knew it was going to be a fight, but we fought hard and just had fun, trusted ourselves and played great.”

Sophomore Janet Mao was the hero of the morning, sinking a tough par putt on the 19th hole of her match to push the Cats past the Trojans and into the final. Mao was down two heading into the final two regulation holes that morning, but won 16 and 18 before her heroics.

She was also upset she didn’t get a microphone at the press conference, joking that she would have to shout for anyone to hear her. On the course, her game did the talking.

“I knew that I needed to go out and win that match, and I was going to do that for my teammates and my coaches and everybody,” Mao said.

“There was not a doubt in my mind when I struck that putt.”

Junior Sarah Cho was the jokester of the squad at the table, claiming the gameplan was simply to “Go out and win,” to laughter from the rest of the team. She was also stone cold on the course, winning her quarterfinal and semifinal matches to give the Cats early leads in both matches.

In the final, however, Cho dropped four of the first five holes and couldn’t rebound, leaving NU in an early 1-0 deficit.

For sophomore Stephanie Lau, it simply wasn’t her best week on the course. In the final, she ran into a red-hot Linnea Strom, who birdied three of four holes to seal the title for Arizona State.

The group may be done for the year, but their legacy is far from complete.

“We can do anything we put our minds to,” Mao said. “It’s been an incredible experience, and I’ve really grown from it. It’s a big stepping stone to a lot of things we can accomplish in the future.”

Last year, the Wildcats won 15 games and never came close to the Big Ten Tournament, but this year they took down a 40-win, top-25 Michigan team in the first round of the postseason, making a statement heard throughout the conference.

Northwestern (25-28, 13-11 Big Ten) was down 4-3 headed into the ninth, and Michigan (42-14, 16-8) closer Jackson Lamb hadn’t allowed an earned run all year, but a series of clutch at-bats and mistakes by Lamb left the bases loaded with no outs.

From there, sophomore outfielder Ben Dickey singled in a run, senior outfielder Grant Peikert pushed another run home on a fielder’s choice and freshman infielder Alex Erro scored Dickey on another single in the eventual 6-4 win.

“We said we weren’t done, we were having too much fun,” junior infielder Connor Lind said on Big Ten Network postgame. “This is a huge win for us, and we’re going to stay hot.”

Lind got the Cats out to an early lead in the second with just his third career home run, a solo shot to right field as part of a 2-for-4 day for the junior. Erro was the other slugger on the day for NU, launching a two-run shot in the fifth to put the Cats up 3-1.

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Michigan starter Ryan Nutof allowed only Lind’s home run his first time through the order, but the Cats had success the second time around, and his workload eventually forced the No. 16 Wolverines to go to the bullpen.

“We were just putting together quality at-bats and making him throw more,” Erro said. “We got a chance to see all of his pitches the first time through the lineup, so we got a chance to see what he was throwing in what counts and what he was throwing for strikes. That was the biggest thing we did today.”

After Michigan came back to score in the third and add on two more in the fifth, the Wolverines held a 4-3 lead, which they maintained through the eighth. Freshman reliever Sam Lawrence then kept Michigan in check at the plate.

Lawrence allowed only two hits and struck out three in his 3 innings. After he hit the first batter in the bottom of the ninth, senior pitcher Pete Hofman came in and recorded three consecutive outs to earn the save.

“We kept the game came close, and that’s one of the things we’ve struggled with in the past,” Allen said. “That game would get blown out, and we’d never

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Ben Dickey steps to the plate. The sophomore outfielder had a key hit in the Wildcats’ ninth inning comeback against Michigan on Wednesday.

even have a chance to come back, so that’s where I’m even more proud.”

The Cats will next face No. 3 seed Minnesota after the Golden Gophers took down Indiana 5-4 on Wednesday.

Minnesota will present a formidable test, as it boasts nine Big Ten Tournament titles and this year’s squad has a .294 team batting average, 40 points higher than NU’s. That average, however, is weighed down by a tough start to the

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“We want to come here and we want to make some noise,” Erro said.

“We want to gain some respect for our program, and I think we’re doing that by showing top-notch teams that we’re not here to mess around.”

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A late slide at the Big Ten Championships. An up-and-down regional.

A national ranking outside the top 10.

The numbers and results didn’t seem great for Northwestern entering the NCAA Championships. But something happened this week at Rich Harvest Farms Golf Club as everything coalesced for the Wildcats en route to a runner-up finish.

NU didn’t win the title, but it was nonetheless a remarkable performance against the top teams in the country.

The Cats did their work in particularly impressive fashion. As team after team put up stunningly high scores in challenging weather conditions, NU went about its business coolly, leaping to a first-day lead and never relinquishing it.

Against a field of higher-regarded teams from the Southeast and West Coast, it was the Cats who were most unfazed. The numbers themselves were not necessarily impressive — no team round better than 10-over-par — but featured an impressive display of consistency that made NU look like a team of wellprepared, experienced veterans.

That, certainly, was true. The Cats returned their entire lineup that finished one stroke short of the match play last year and reset the program best finish in both 2015 and 2016.

But NU didn’t just bump up its program best; it completely obliterated it. That’s a testament to coach Emily Fletcher, who scheduled a rigorous slate of match play competition all season to prepare her team for occasions like this week.

That was particularly evident Wednesday morning, when the Cats’ semifinal match against USC resumed. Trailing nearly across the board against a higher-ranked team, NU managed a stunning comeback.

Senior Kacie Komoto shook off a three-hole, three-to-play deficit to push her match to extra holes. Junior Hannah Kim took both 16 and 17 to win hers. Then, sophomore Janet Mao won both the 18th and the first extra hole to send the Cats to the final.

The Cinderella run, of course, ended there. NU had no more fairytale comeback, no massive lastditch effort to bring a trophy to Evanston. And that’s disappointing.

On the cusp of a national title, the Cats struggled badly in the short game as Arizona State excelled.

In short, it wasn’t NU’s best performance of the week. But the overall performance was the Cats’ best ever, and that should be the big takeaway.

The regular season results weren’t outstanding, and Kim, NU’s undisputed best player, didn’t capture Big Ten Player of the Year honors like she did each of the two previous seasons. Still, through mental toughness, thorough preparation and clutch play, the Cats set a new, lofty standard.

“It’s indicative of something that these girls, and all those that have come before them have worked toward,” Fletcher said. “It really is a little bit of a culmination of those things.”

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