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By CLARE PROCTOR

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Welsh-Ryan Arena. Welsh-Ryan opened Friday with a ribbon cutting ceremony.

NU opens renovated Welsh-Ryan Arena opens Friday before men’s basketball exhibition game

By PETER WARREN

daily senior staffer @thepeterwarren

Welsh-Ryan Arena officially opened Friday with a ribboncutting ceremony and men’s basketball exhibition.

Following a delay of almost an hour, University president

Morton Schapiro, Athletic Director Jim Phillips, arena namesakes Pat and Shirley Ryan and others officially cut a purple ribbon to open the new Arena.

“This is a transformational moment for us,” Phillips said.

The ceremony itself was very prompt, with only a PA announcer counting down from five before the ribbon was

actually cut and then announcing that people could enter Welsh-Ryan. In addition to the marching band and Northwestern cheerleaders, members of the Wildcats teams who were on campus this weekend and prominent members of the NU community filled the concourse just outside of Welsh-Ryan.

Almost everything about the

Arena is new and sleek. Except for the student section, all the seats in the arena are normal event seats with cushioning.

The scoreboard over the middle of the court is new and there is an additional ribbon scoreboard that encircles the building.

“We had a dream that this » See WELSH-RYAN, page 9

Evanston residents raised concern in response to the city manager’s plan to restructure the Youth and Young Adult division at an Oct. 22 City Council meeting.

During public comment, many worried about the division’s future..

“Splitting up the Youth and Young Adult program’s division is outrageous to me,” said Oliver Ruff — vice president of the Organization for Positive Action and Leadership. “If it ain’t broke, why do we attempt to fix it?”

At the meeting, Evanston city manager Wally Bobkiewicz began discussing plans to restructure staff in the division, intending to move Kevin Brown — current community services manager for the Youth and Young Adult Division — to a new community workforce development position. The reorganization would have the Youth and Young Adult division report to Ken Cherry, recreation manager at the Fleetwood-Jourdain Center.

The Youth and Young Adult division works with a target

population of residents ages 14 to 26, providing workforce development, alternative recreation in promotion of health and fitness, education and civic engagement. The division is responsible for operating the Mayor’s Summer Youth Employment Program, which provides workforce opportunities to youth ages 14 to 18.

Rev. Dr. Michael Nabors of the Second Baptist Church told The Daily his primary concern is that the city is restructuring a “proven successful program.”

“I’ve had an opportunity to talk with families and young people in the community who have gone to the program, who have given it such glowing reports,” Nabors said. “They talk about how it has changed their lives, has been transformational.

It possesses, I guess, what you would call wraparound services that reaches into families as well.”

Nabors said he is concerned that restructuring the division’s staff would decrease the attention paid to the program, and “entrenched details” causing the program’s success would not be able to be carried over.

The division, Nabors said, primarily serves marginalized communities in Evanston, » See YOUTH, page 9

Budget deficit hits Alum running for New York seat custodial services Dana Balter goes from teaching at Syracuse to running for Congress NU reduces custodial services to prioritize education funding

By ALAN PEREZ

daily senior staffer @_perezalan_

Northwestern is reducing its custodial services across the University, the latest function administrators have pinched to fill a millions-dollar budget gap.

The move suggests cutbacks to University operations have yet to be finalized. The administration has said it expects the budget deficit to run through this academic year into the next.

Administrators have also said they hope to minimize the impact

on NU’s education and research functions. In announcing the move earlier this week, Craig Johnson, the senior vice president for business and finance, repeated that message.

“The new model is designed to minimize the impact to the public and the student experience while still meeting the overall needs of each area,” he wrote in an email to school and department leaders.

But it remains unclear whether the change will lead to additional layoffs. Custodial staff are contracted workers not directly employed by Northwestern, though University spokesman Bob Rowley said administrators “work closely with our partner contractors on service issues.” » See TRASH, page 9

By GABBY BIRENBAUM

daily senior staffer @birenbomb

This profile is part of a series on Northwestern alumni running for Congress.

If Northwestern’s “AND is in our DNA” motto had been around in the ’90s, Dana Balter (Communication ’97) could have been the poster student.

Balter combined her love of theatre with her passion for communication sciences and disorders and majored in both.

She analyzed the American justice system in English class while she worked as the technical director on The Dolphin Show’s production of “City

of Angels.” Classmate Sarah Anthony (Communication ’97) said she remembers Balter as both a natural leader and a committed team player.

“She was the most dedicated and dependable colleague and crew member,” Anthony told The Daily in an email. “She always went above and beyond to do her best work and to make everyone feel comfortable and feel like part of a team. She always took a strong leadership role.”

Now, as a visiting assistant teaching professor at Syracuse University, she is again combining her interests. Blending her longtime advocacy for creating accessible communities — a responsibility she took on at an early age by advocating

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Dana Balter. The Communication alum is running as a Democrat for Congress in New York’s 24th congressional district.

for her brother Jonathan, who has cognitive disabilities — with her post-2016 work as a progressive community organizer, she is in pursuit of a new goal: New York’s 24th district congressional seat.

Since winning the primary in June, Balter has been campaigning as a Democrat to unseat twoterm Republican incumbent U.S. Rep. John Katko (R - NY). » See BALTER, page 9

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Residents to weigh in on Harley Clarke on Tuesday

By NORA SHELLY

daily senior staffer @noracshelly

Residents will have the option to weigh in on the future of the Harley Clarke Mansion, a decades-old brick behemoth on Sheridan Road north of campus, in a referendum vote this Tuesday.

The referendum is an advisory opinion, meaning City Council may well go ahead with their memorandum of understanding with Evanston Lighthouse Dunes, which seeks to tear down the mansion and build a park, no matter what the results of the vote are.

The debate over the mansion has at times been divisive.

What some see as a historic landmark unique to Evanston, others see as a drain on the city’s resources. And where some see the potential for a community center on the lake, others see a spot for a city park.

The fight for the future of Harley Clarke has taken up a lot of oxygen in Evanston this year, bringing dozens to City Council meetings for public comment and leading to a crop of red, white and blue lawn signs urging voters to “Save Harley Clarke” popping up all over the city. It has also generated tense back-and-forths on social media, and spurred an ethics board hearing for Ald. Ann Rainey (8th).

Evanston Lighthouse Dunes Group member Nicole Kustok, who lives in the 7th ward close to the mansion, said she has been surprised by the tense nature of the debate.

“I was never prepared for that level of toxicity,” she said.

But Kustok (Weinberg ’03, Medill ’07) said she also wasn’t prepared to hear how much people identified the building as a part of their childhood.

Some people who support saving the Harley Clarke mansion said the building is just too historic to tear down.

“The building itself is just really welcoming

and warm and sheltering and lovely and gives everybody a real sense of community,” said Audrey Niffenegger, who grew up in southwest Evanston and now lives in Chicago. “When it’s all lit up and there’s a party going on it’s just the best place.”

Niffenegger took art classes at the building in high school, when it was the Evanston Arts Center, a non-profit that moved out in 2015.

For Prudence Carlson, who grew up near the mansion and took art classes there in college but now lives in New York, the building and its grounds were always engaging.

“It has sort of a rambling country feel to it because of the stonework,” she said. “That house, in a way, is both the anchor and the crown to that property… there’s nothing quite like it in Evanston and even if you drive up the North Shore.”

Carlson, who has worked in the arts, said demolishing the building would be an affront to future generations in Evanston, who she feels should have the opportunity to get to use the space.

For 7th-Ward Ald. Eleanor Revelle, the issue has been under discussion since the beginning of her term on council two and a half years ago. But the building has been in her mind longer than that.

“It’s been sort of part of my landscape for all of the years I’ve lived in Evanston,” she said. “So I really enjoy seeing it there, I don’t see it detracting from the view of the lighthouse, I think it creates a really picturesque view.”

Revelle said she is hoping the building can be repurposed in a way that would benefit the whole community. However, there has been debate on council as to whether supporting a restoration of Harley Clarke would be the best use of resources.

Kustok said she originally supported restoring the mansion. When she found out how much it may cost, however, she began to change her mind.

“I had a little bit of ethical dilemma with spending that much money on a building that didn’t have what I felt was strong, demonstrated demand,” she said. “I don’t think it’s the structures that make Evanston. Evanston is the way it is because of the services it provides, and specifically for the

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needs-based programming. And I think saving something in a part of the 7th Ward that needs and wants for very little, is actually anti-Evanston.”

Kustok said she feels demolishing the building is the best way to preserve the land for public use.

But some people think the mansion could be repurposed to serve as a community gateway to the lakefront. Bennett Johnson, a longtime Evanston resident who grew up just south of the mansion, said he knows a lot of black residents in the city who don’t get to the lake very often.

Turning the mansion into a community center, or a place where people could attend arts programming or even hold events would be a way to get people to the lakefront, he said.

“A lot of things could be done with the area,” he said. “It could be an income generator rather than a liability like it is now.”

Johnson and some others who support the Save Harley Clarke group said they don’t feel like city leaders are listening to the demands of all residents when it comes to this issue. Noting that council members have to keep in mind what they feel is best for the city, Revelle said she hopes the referendum clarifies public sentiment for the council.

“The referendum will be really really important in demonstrating how residents from all parts of the community feel about Harley Clarke,” she said. norashelly2019@u.northwestern.edu

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Mike Greenberg talks career at ESPN

By DANIEL DEMONTE

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Host of ESPN’s “Get Up” and former host of “Mike & Mike” Mike Greenberg (Medill ’89) at a Saturday talk on campus emphasized using his platform as a sports commentator to do more than discuss last night’s game.

Greenberg returned to his alma mater to discuss social justice, women in sports and journalism with sportswriter and Medill Prof. Melissa Isaacson.

To a crowd of around 100 students in the McCormick Foundation Center Forum, Greenberg opened the discussion with a simple statement.

“Don’t forget to have fun,” Greenberg said “Your future is important, but so is enjoying your time.”

Greenberg said in his undergraduate years, he was more concerned with finding a date and eating Buffalo Joe’s than meticulously planning for his future like current undergraduates do now.

Focusing on enjoying his time at Northwestern was more important to him.

Sports have become more than just a game — they’ve become a platform, Greenberg said.

Athletes have some of the biggest followings on the planet, and while that comes with responsibility, he said not all athletes need to be social justice warriors.

“It’s not a reasonable demand to ask of someone if it is not inside of them,” Greenberg said.

“I have great respect for someone like LeBron James who I think has extraordinary courage in the way he handles social justice.”

Greenberg also touched on the importance of female representation in sports journalism. When Isaacson asked him about women’s place in sports media, Greenberg responded it “shouldn’t even be a question,” considering that women make up half of the U.S. population. He said strides have been made in recent years with the successes of female sports commentators like Beth Mowins,

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Mike Greenberg discusses social justice and sports at an event Saturday. Greenberg emphasized using his platform in a variety of ways beyond simple sports commentating.

who covers Monday Night Football, a coveted position in sports media.

“The notion that half of the world would not have a reasonable place in something as comparatively insignificant as the conversation that surrounds sports, I hope is something that doesn’t need to be said soon enough,” Greenberg said.

Medill sophomore Abriel Siregar said his main takeaway was Greenberg’s emphasis on enthusiasm and humility.

“I was surprised on how humble and well spoken he was,” Siregar said. “(He) attributed much of his success to luck which I wasn’t expecting either.”

Jess Viti, who also attended at the talk, said she appreciated the discussion about women in sports and social justice because she believes female sports journalists can make a difference

in the world.

The Medill sophomore added that she wonders if she will be able to make a breakthrough in the field as a woman.

“It was encouraging to see that (Greenberg’s) perception of the industry is that it is changing in the right direction and is conscious of the uphill battle that women face,” Viti said. “I might not be wasting my time.”

Greenberg concluded the discussion with two final remarks for aspiring journalists in the room.

“The single most important quality, the most under-appreciated quality of a good interview is listening,” Greenberg said. “The other is that nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.” danieldemonte2020@u.northwestern.edu

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Freshman class prepares to live up to expectations

By ANDREW GOLDEN

daily senior staffer @andrewcgolden

There are a lot of new aspects to Northwestern in the 2018-2019 season.

A new-look arena. A-new look offense. But, arguably, the most exciting part about this basketball season is the new-look freshman class.

The four-man class of 2022 is the highestranked recruiting class in NU’s history. According to 247Sports, two members of the class, forwards Pete Nance and Miller Kopp, are two of the top four ranked recruits in the Wildcats’ history.

NU rounded out its class with center Ryan Young and guard Ryan Greer, who reclassified from the Class of 2019 to join this year’s group.

Nance entered Evanston as the highest-rated player ever recruited by coach Chris Collins — now the second-highest after the commitment of 2019 forward Robbie Beran. Meanwhile, Kopp is fourth behind senior captain Vic Law, who commited in 2014. Law knows the expectations that come with being a highly-touted recruit. “(I told them) just play hard and just know that there will be some down times their freshman year,” Law said. “Being a freshman in the Big Ten is never easy but the team believes in them… whatever they go through, we’ll always have their back.”

All of the freshman know about winning. In their senior seasons, they combined to lead their respective

teams to win four championships.

Although he has only been on campus for a couple of months, Nance said the biggest lesson he has learned is how to relax and not get stressed out when things become difficult.

“A lot of the times, it can get a little overwhelming,” Nance said. “(I’m) just trying to take a breath… we’re here for a reason as freshman, we talk about it all the time, so it’s just kinda trying to stay focused and getting ready for the season.”

Arguably no one in this freshman class has higher expectations to succeed than Nance, who comes from strong basketball pedigree. His father, Larry Nance, played 13 seasons with the Phoenix Suns and the Cleveland Cavaliers. His brother, Larry Nance Jr., was a first-round pick in 2015 and currently plays for the Cavaliers.

Despite the comparisons to his family, Nance said he feels no pressure; he just wants to contribute in whatever way he can to help the team. Kopp echoed those sentiments, saying he doesn’t know what his role is, but he wants to win.

“I’m a team player and I like to win,” Kopp said.

“That’s all I want to bring to this program… I’m a high energy guy and I just want to bring a lot of energy, just a winning vibe. That’s really what I’m about.”

Collins added that the Cats have enough veterans that the freshman won’t play too much, allowing them to grow into the college game and aid their development. For one of the freshman, he will not see the court at all. Collins announced after the exhibition

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Miller Kopp attempts a layup. The freshman scored six points and added five assists in his first collegiate game.

game against McKendree on Friday that Young will take a redshirt year.

Greer is the final freshman who will look to make an impact this year. The 6’2” guard will be the backup to senior guard Jordan Ash, the only other true point guard in a relatively thin backcourt.

Regardless of whether they contribute immediately, Collins has high expectations for his best recruiting class since he took the helm in 2013.

“It’s a class that can get a lot done here over the next four years,” Collins said. “You have guards, you have wings, you have a big man in Ryan Young. I just think it’s four guys that are about the right stuff.

They’re hard-working kids, they’re talented guys; I think all of them have a chance to have an excellent careers here.” andrewgolden2021@u.northwestern.edu

Ryan Taylor and A.J. Turner can be impact transfers

By PETER WARREN

daily senior staffer @thepeterwarren

Last year, junior forward A.J. Turner watched his Northwestern teammates play from the sideline.

After transferring from Boston College — where the 6-foot-7 wing played for two seasons — Turner had to redshirt the 2017-18 basketball season. That meant no playing time, no road trips and no live game action.

“You do what you love for your whole life and then you got to sit out a year, watching your teammates, can’t go on the road with them when they go for away games,”Turner said. “Last year was tough but I worked my ass off and it’s finally here so I’m happy.”

Now, Turner is eligible again, and with graduate guard Ryan Taylor, a fellow transfer, the duo have an opportunity to be two of the most impactful transfers in program history.

Both have plenty of experience in their previous

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homes. Turner started 52 games and averaged almost 30 minutes of action over two seasons in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts. As a sophomore, the Michigan native average 8.4 points per game and shot 37.4 percent from beyond the arc. In his redshirt year, Turner said he worked on improving all aspects of his game.

Taylor — who was one of the top graduate transfer recruits last spring — played one season at Ohio and two at Evansville. With the Purple Aces, he emerged as one of the best players in the Missouri Valley Conference. Taylor was first team All-MVC last season while leading the conference in points with 21.3 per game while shooting 42.4 percent from three-point territory.

“At Evansville, I was the number one option,”Taylor said. “Here I feel like there isn’t really a set, defined role. Everybody here just does what they can to help the team. I feel like in that aspect it will be a little different because guys aren’t solely looking for me.”

Before Friday’s exhibition against McKendree, Taylor and Turner were both projected to start.

However, when senior center Dererk Pardon won the

opening tip,Taylor was on the new Welsh-Ryan court, but Turner was not. Instead, freshman Miller Kopp occupied the forward spot opposite senior Vic Law. Turner was the first player off the bench — along with sophomore guard Anthony Gaines. During a few stretches throughout the game — when senior guard Jordan Ash and freshman guard Ryan Greer were both seated on the bench — Turner was the primary ball-handler.

With the new offense system less focused on the pick-and-roll, Collins said there will be a by-committee aspect to the primary ball-handler position, and that Turner will see time in that role.

“We have really worked to not have a point guarddriven system,” Collins said. “In my opinion, what we try to do is have four interchangeable parts with a big guy.”

Taylor said he sees himself as a two-guard but would not be opposed to running the point if Collins asks him to do so.

In 17 minutes of action, Turner showed his multidimensional potential, scoring eight points, grabbing

four rebounds, collecting two steals and dishing a team-high six assists.

As for Taylor, he played a team-high 24 minutes and took a team-high nine three-pointers. He connected on three of them, and finished with 12 points.

“I think he is a really good shooter. He is very confident in his shot,” Law said. “I think Ryan Taylor will definitely add a different dimension to our offense with the way he is able to shoot the ball and create plays for himself.”

After just one game, the impact both Taylor and Turner can provide is evident. Taylor’s shooting ability and offensive prowess is at a level unseen in Evanston in years and Turner can be a jack-of-all-trades player, either in the starting five or as a sixth-man off the bench. “(I) talk with coach a lot about what he thinks I should do, what he thinks the team should do overall,” Turner said. “It’s just like a team effort, everyone plays their game and hopefully it helps get some wins.” peterwarren2021@u.northwestern.edu

Predicted Record

Season Outlook

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22-9 (13-7 Big Ten)

There are a lot of winnable games on NU’s scheudle — more than people may realize. If Collins can find a hyper-switchable lineup that clicks in crunch time, the Cats can develop much quicker than expected.

CHARLIE

20-11 (11-9 Big Ten)

The Cats take a major step forward in inceasing their perception as a basketball program. Pete Nance has one of the most productive freshman seasons in NU history and contends for Big Ten Sixth Man of the Year.

JONAH

17-14 (8-12 Big Ten)

Filled with the most talented freshman class in program history, NU could be an exciting team to watch. But losing McIntosh and Lindsey can’t be understated, and there will likely be growing pains as Chris Collins sees what he has.

18-13 (10-10 Big Ten)

Out with the old and in with the new. NU needs to search for a new offensive identity after four seasons built around McIntosh. A decent conference record and an NIT appearance this season will help pave the road for future success.

18-13 (12-8 Big Ten)

This team will surprise people with how good they are. They have a lot of length, which can give the opposing teams fits, and they have the talent to have an 11-man rotation when Aaron Falzon.

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Schedule G Ryan Taylor

G Jordan Ash

6’6” graduate Gary, Indiana

F Miller Kopp 6’7” freshman Houston, Texas

6’3” senior Bolingbrook, Illinois

C Dererk Pardon 6’8” senior Cleveland, Ohio

F Vic Law

6’7” senior South Holland, Illinois

11/8 New Orleans 11/12 American 11/16 Binghampton 11/22 Fresno State 11/23 La Salle/Miami 11/25 Wooden Legacy tournament game 11/28 Georgia Tech 12/1 Indiana 12/4 Michigan 12/8 DePaul 12/17 Chicago State 12/121 Oklahoma 12/30 Columbia 1/2 Michigan State 1/6 Illinois 1/9 Iowa 1/13 Michigan 1/18 Rutgers 1/22 Indiana 1/26 Wisconsin 1/29 Maryland 2/4 Penn State 2/10 Iowa 2/13 Rutgers 2/16 Nebraska 2/20 Ohio State 2/23 Wisconsin 2/28 Minnesota 3/3 Illinois 3/6 Ohio State 3/9 Purdue Home games are in bold

Head Coach Chris Collins Assistants Brian James Billy Donlon Emanuel Dildy

Centers Dererk Pardon (Sr) Barret Benson (Jr) Ryan Young (Fr)

Forwards Vic Law (Sr) Miller Kopp (Fr) A.J. Turner (Jr) Pete Nance (Fr) Aaron Falzon (Jr) Charlie Hall (Jr)

Guards Ryan Taylor (Gr) Jordan Ash (Sr) Anthony Gaines (So) Ryan Greer (Fr) Tino Malnati (So)

Veteran Vic Law leads Northwestern into a new era

By JONAH DYLAN

daily senior staffer @thejonahdylan

In 2014, before Vic Law played a second of college basketball, his coach already had high praise for the 6-foot-7 forward.

“The thing I love about Vic is really his allaround skill set,” coach Chris Collins said in October 2014. “Vic’s one of those guys that’s going to stuff a stat sheet.”

Four years later, the senior has stuffed more than a few stat sheets. He’s been one of Northwestern’s most consistent players as the Wildcats continue to navigate the Collins era, and he’s got a shot to be NU’s first NBA draft pick of the 21st century.

The pressure was always on Law, a Chicago native who came to Evanston as the highestrated recruit in NU history. He was part of easily the most accomplished class in program history, joining Bryant McIntosh, Scottie Lindsey and Gavin Skelly in Collins’ inaugural recruiting haul.

But now those three are gone, and Law will be asked to lead the Cats in a way he never has before. Even on a team with three seniors and one graduate transfer, Law stands out as the most accomplished. When NU most needs a bucket, the lanky forward will be the one asked to put the young team on his back.

Law — who will probably have to play multiple positions this season — said he spent time in the off season working on a couple different aspects of his game. “(I focused on) ball handling and being a better team leader on the court,” he said. “Getting guys in the right spots, knowing the offense and being able to relieve pressure for some of our guards when they’re being pressured full court.”

Unlike a lot of freshmen in Collins’ system, Law was asked to contribute the second he got to Evanston. He responded well, averaging seven points a game and making 19 starts in the season. The rising star was expected to take on a major role in his sophomore campaign.

But a torn labrum ended his second season before it even began, and he was forced to take a redshirt year. When he returned to the lineup

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Vic Law attacks the basket. The senior forward will lead Northwestern in 2018-19.

in 2016, the makeup of the team had changed considerably. Volume scorer Tre Demps was gone, and Collins needed McIntosh, Lindsey and Law to take on much larger roles.

And they all did. Law catalysed NU to an unbelievable season capped off by a historic NCAA tournament berth. He averaged 12.3 points a game and was instrumental to the Cats’ high-level defense throughout the season, often being asked to guard the opposing team’s best player, regardless of position.

His numbers dropped a little bit in NU’s disappointing 2017-18 campaign as a plethora of issues derailed the Cats’ season from the get-go. Personally, Law struggled with

injuries, including one that left him benchridden for NU’s season-ending loss in the Big Ten tournament.

Then after the season, he underwent surgery to help his lung capacity.

“It’s been good,” he said. “Since surgery I haven’t been hurt, so I don’t know if it led to any other significant injuries or what have you. But I feel good in every practice, every scrimmage.

So just feel good and ready to keep going.”

Law is one of the Cats’ captains for this season, along with seniors Dererk Pardon and Jordan Ash. Anyway you slice it, the Cats will need contributions from a number of freshmen and transfers — and those three will be key to

getting everyone integrated.

“As a team, we just want to compete every day. Making sure we’re fighting every day, that we don’t have a lack of want to or effort,” Pardon said. “So just coming in every day to fight, and we’ll get what we deserve at the end.”

When NU takes the court for its opener Thursday against New Orleans, fans won’t see the familiar faces of McIntosh, Lindsey and Skelly to lead the Cats. But Law — a constant throughout Collins’ tenure in Evanston — will be front and center, and that might be all NU needs. jonahdylan2020@u.northwestern.edu

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By BEN POPE

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On a 2018-19 Northwestern team predominantly flush with one specific type of player — lanky, pass-first, perimeter wings, straddling the dividing line between guard and forward — sophomore Anthony Gaines’ uniqueness is a breath of fresh air.

Gaines is a defensive specialist, modeling himself after senior Vic Law and growing into predecessor Sanjay Lumpkin’s shoes. Gaines drives the lane, dunking while making facial expressions ranging from impassioned to fervid. And Gaines can muscle inside with a physicality transcending his 6-foot-4, 205-pound frame.

“He’s got a unique role,” coach Chris Collins said last week. “Whether he starts or comes off the bench, I’m not sure yet, but he’s going to play a lot. He’s different than a lot of our other perimeter guys: He’s a power guard, he can drive the ball, he’s a defensive stopper. We need him to … take on the other team’s best player.”

Gaines plays basketball like a football player would. That’s because that’s exactly what he is.

He’s no star, at least yet, but his intangibles and specialities make him unquestionably the Wildcats’ X-factor.

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Unusual athletic background

As a sophomore in high school, Anthony Gaines scored 10 touchdowns in nine games.

As a junior, Gaines averaged 9.1 points per game.

Yes, those statistics spanned multiple sports.

At New Hampton School in New Hampshire, an athletics factory that has produced alumni including NBA forward Noah Vonleh and NHL general manager Ray Shero, Gaines was the only player during his time to play both football and basketball. He eventually decided to go to college for the latter, but it was far from the only option.

“He was definitely a force to be reckoned with,” said Rick Marcella, former football coach at New Hampton. “There’s no question in my mind he could’ve been a (Division I) recruit in football.”

It started on the fields of Kingston, New York — Gaines’ childhood home. Until age 11, football was the only thing he played.

“Football was my first sport,” he said. “For a long time, it was probably my best sport, too.”

He took a break from football in eighth grade to focus more on basketball, but after transferring from Kingston High to New Hampton after his freshman year of high school, Gaines returned to the dual-sport routine.

Marcella said he was initially unsure where to use his new multi-talented weapon, but soon decided on everywhere. Gaines played wide receiver, running back and quarterback on offense; in 2015, he recorded 249 receiving yards, 48 rushing yards and 58 passing yards. Gaines also played every snap on the defensive side of the ball as a free safety.

“We got him the ball any way that we could,”

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Anthony Gaines celebrates following a dunk. The sophomore guard scored 10 points off the bench against McKendree on Friday.

Marcella said. “If it was a jump ball situation, there was nobody on the field who was going to go up with him. His leaping ability was far superior. He became a better route-runner too.”

All the while, Gaines perfected the physical skills that he implemented into his basketball game during the winter.

“My footwork, my aggressiveness and just my movement laterally, things like that, have translated from football,” he said. “I think that’s what’s helped me become a great (basketball) defender, just with my vision and my awareness.”

Freshman growth

Once he committed fully to basketball, Gaines’ scholarship offers poured in: Cincinnati, George Mason, Providence, Butler, Dayton and Northwestern. As for that last school, which offered him after Collins made a chance meeting while on a trip to scout another player, Gaines initially “didn’t know what it was or where it was.” A few months later, he was signing his letter of intent to enroll.

For much of his 2017-18 freshman campaign, however, the four-star recruit was barely a role player in NU’s rotation, called upon sparingly and only in strictly defensive situations. Through 26 games, he was averaging just 15 minutes and 3.3 points per game.

But then a plague of injuries, now infamous

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Anthony Gaines brings the ball upcourt. The sophomore guard averaged 18.6 minutes a game as a freshman.

for derailing the Cats’ season, opened the door for Gaines to see the court. Over his final six games, all losses, he averaged 34 minutes, 7.2 points and three assists per game, plus made a big impact on the other end of the court. In one memorable instance, after a 10-point, fiverebound, zero-turnover performance in 37 minutes against then-No. 2 Michigan State in midFebruary, Law looked at Gaines’ stat line during the postgame press conference and cursed in awe.

“At the beginning of the year, I wasn’t as aggressive — I was still learning and getting used to the style of play and just how teams are defending and the pacing, everything,” Gaines said toward the end of the season. “Once I got to learn that more, my confidence grew, I became more aggressive and started bringing a lot more energy to the team, and I think that’s what’s helped me be on the floor more.”

He said he worked on his shot throughout the winter, in hopes that doing so would simultaneously amplify his offensive confidence. That too seemed to pay off in season’s final stretch, when Gaines suddenly became a more multi-dimensional offensive weapon while also maintaining his characteristic defensive hounding.

The wild card

It’s hard to find a more trusted voice to analyze Gaines than Denver Nuggets forward Tyler Lydon.

Lydon and Gaines go way back: the latter convinced the former to transfer to New Hampton, then worked out and played with him every day there. Lydon has already done what Gaines hopes to do, emerging as a star at Syracuse before becoming a first-round NBA draft pick. And the two have kept in touch.

“I’m seen him grow, just from being a sophomore at New Hampton to where he is now, and all the work he’s put in,” Lydon told The Daily.

“He’s one of those guys where it might not show up on the stat sheet every night, but at the end of the game you’re going to watch film and see all the ways he helped you win.”

With former point and shooting guard stalwarts Bryant McIntosh and Scottie Lindsey now graduated, the door is wide open for Gaines to claim a large full-time role, even with the team’s new additions. If the Cats are to overcome the departure of three starters from a squad that, even with them, limped to a 6-12 Big Ten record, Gaines’ anticipated transformation from promising contributor to versatile star may make the difference.

He may or may not start opening day, but he made another strong impression in Friday’s exhibition game: 5-for-6 from the floor for 10 points, in addition to four rebounds. And he’s already sizing up his guarding talents against some of the nation’s best, preparing to begin the autumn as one of the centerpieces of NU’s defensive system.

“As a player, I do some things differently than my teammates do,” he said last week. “I feel like I’ll have a very huge impact defensively. I will take on the challenge of guarding most team’s main scorers.” benjaminpope2019@u.northwestern.edu

It’s not a stretch to say Northwestern was the only program in the country with three five-star recruits at its exhibition game.

But on Friday night against McKendree, Patrick Baldwin Jr., Max Christie and Caleb Furst — all five-star recruits in the Class of 2021 — were sitting in the first few rows of the lower bowl at Welsh-Ryan Arena.

During a game where no one played more than 25 minutes or took more than 11 shots, it’s hard to project what the recruits could have taken away from the first game in the renovated arena.

But they were watching — and they will be all season.

As the Wildcats slumped to a 15-17 campaign last year and lost their final seven games, they lost some of the momentum the program created in 2017. Attendance was already down because of NU’s temporary transition to Allstate Arena, but having five students in the student section at tipoff for a 71-64 home loss against Maryland left a negative impression.

The incoming freshmen replacing Bryant McIntosh, Scottie Lindsey and Gavin Skelly all committed in the immediate aftermath of the infamous 2017 campaign, and it’ll be a difficult sell for Baldwin, Christie and Furst if the Cats follow last year with a season that feels the same way. Since last year’s senior class didn’t have much success until its 2017 NCAA Tournament run, Collins wasn’t able to recruit freshmen as talented as forwards Pete Nance and Miller Kopp in 2015 and 2016.

To prevent history from repeating itself, a goal for this year is restoring the national perception NU had the last time it played a full season in Welsh-Ryan Arena.

In a preseason media poll, the Cats were slated to finish 12th in the Big Ten, which would be their lowest ranking since the conference expanded to 14 teams. At the conference media day, when coach Chris Collins was asked about the poll, he acknowledged that he saw it but the results were “all good.”

“I think this year is going to be a surprise,” junior forward A.J. Turner said. “Not for us, because I think we know what we are capable of. But for other people.”

This season could go one of two ways for the Cats: they’ll gain recognition as one of the most dynamic young teams in the country, or they’ll be perceived as just another interesting rebuilding team in the Big Ten. The former happens if Collins’ lineups lacking a point guard but featuring several highflyers score well enough down the stretch of close games. But if not, Collins will continue selling fans on the program’s future, exactly what he did after McIntosh’s freshman year.

All but three high-caliber Big Ten teams lost noteable starters, and the conference is significantly weaker than it has been recently.

NU will be in more competitive Big Ten than last season — either the Cats win a lot of games and return to the NCAA Tournament picture or they won’t and the season will evolve into a developmental one.

In order to continue on the trajectory Collins is expecting, there’s legitimate pressure on Pardon to anchor a strong defense, Law to increase his offensive output and Nance and Kopp to live up to the expectations as some of the highest ranked recruits the program has ever signed.

The sixth-year coach called this season a “bridge year” for the program, and he’s right that the program’s future is linked to this year’s performance. Those are the stakes for a year many could overlook following the departure of last year’s seniors.

Contrary to popular perception, one of the most important campaigns in Northwestern basketball history starts Thursday.

Charlie Goldsmith is a Medill sophomore. He can be contacted at charlesgoldsmith2021@u.northwestern.edu. If you would like to respond publicly to this column, send a Letter to the Editor to opinion@dailynorthwestern.com. The views expressed in this piece do not necessarily reflect the views of all staff members of The Daily Northwestern.

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Welsh-Ryan Arena. Welsh-Ryan opened Friday with a ribbon cutting ceremony.

NU opens renovated Welsh-Ryan Arena opens Friday before men’s basketball exhibition game

By PETER WARREN

daily senior staffer @thepeterwarren

Welsh-Ryan Arena officially opened Friday with a ribboncutting ceremony and men’s basketball exhibition.

Following a delay of almost an hour, University president

Morton Schapiro, Athletic Director Jim Phillips, arena namesakes Pat and Shirley Ryan and others officially cut a purple ribbon to open the new Arena.

“This is a transformational moment for us,” Phillips said.

The ceremony itself was very prompt, with only a PA announcer counting down from five before the ribbon was

actually cut and then announcing that people could enter Welsh-Ryan. In addition to the marching band and Northwestern cheerleaders, members of the Wildcats teams who were on campus this weekend and prominent members of the NU community filled the concourse just outside of Welsh-Ryan.

Almost everything about the

Arena is new and sleek. Except for the student section, all the seats in the arena are normal event seats with cushioning.

The scoreboard over the middle of the court is new and there is an additional ribbon scoreboard that encircles the building.

“We had a dream that this » See WELSH-RYAN, page 9

Evanston residents raised concern in response to the city manager’s plan to restructure the Youth and Young Adult division at an Oct. 22 City Council meeting.

During public comment, many worried about the division’s future..

“Splitting up the Youth and Young Adult program’s division is outrageous to me,” said Oliver Ruff — vice president of the Organization for Positive Action and Leadership. “If it ain’t broke, why do we attempt to fix it?”

At the meeting, Evanston city manager Wally Bobkiewicz began discussing plans to restructure staff in the division, intending to move Kevin Brown — current community services manager for the Youth and Young Adult Division — to a new community workforce development position. The reorganization would have the Youth and Young Adult division report to Ken Cherry, recreation manager at the Fleetwood-Jourdain Center.

The Youth and Young Adult division works with a target

population of residents ages 14 to 26, providing workforce development, alternative recreation in promotion of health and fitness, education and civic engagement. The division is responsible for operating the Mayor’s Summer Youth Employment Program, which provides workforce opportunities to youth ages 14 to 18.

Rev. Dr. Michael Nabors of the Second Baptist Church told The Daily his primary concern is that the city is restructuring a “proven successful program.”

“I’ve had an opportunity to talk with families and young people in the community who have gone to the program, who have given it such glowing reports,” Nabors said. “They talk about how it has changed their lives, has been transformational.

It possesses, I guess, what you would call wraparound services that reaches into families as well.”

Nabors said he is concerned that restructuring the division’s staff would decrease the attention paid to the program, and “entrenched details” causing the program’s success would not be able to be carried over.

The division, Nabors said, primarily serves marginalized communities in Evanston, » See YOUTH, page 9

Budget deficit hits Alum running for New York seat custodial services Dana Balter goes from teaching at Syracuse to running for Congress NU reduces custodial services to prioritize education funding

By ALAN PEREZ

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Northwestern is reducing its custodial services across the University, the latest function administrators have pinched to fill a millions-dollar budget gap.

The move suggests cutbacks to University operations have yet to be finalized. The administration has said it expects the budget deficit to run through this academic year into the next.

Administrators have also said they hope to minimize the impact

on NU’s education and research functions. In announcing the move earlier this week, Craig Johnson, the senior vice president for business and finance, repeated that message.

“The new model is designed to minimize the impact to the public and the student experience while still meeting the overall needs of each area,” he wrote in an email to school and department leaders.

But it remains unclear whether the change will lead to additional layoffs. Custodial staff are contracted workers not directly employed by Northwestern, though University spokesman Bob Rowley said administrators “work closely with our partner contractors on service issues.” » See TRASH, page 9

By GABBY BIRENBAUM

daily senior staffer @birenbomb

This profile is part of a series on Northwestern alumni running for Congress.

If Northwestern’s “AND is in our DNA” motto had been around in the ’90s, Dana Balter (Communication ’97) could have been the poster student.

Balter combined her love of theatre with her passion for communication sciences and disorders and majored in both.

She analyzed the American justice system in English class while she worked as the technical director on The Dolphin Show’s production of “City

of Angels.” Classmate Sarah Anthony (Communication ’97) said she remembers Balter as both a natural leader and a committed team player.

“She was the most dedicated and dependable colleague and crew member,” Anthony told The Daily in an email. “She always went above and beyond to do her best work and to make everyone feel comfortable and feel like part of a team. She always took a strong leadership role.”

Now, as a visiting assistant teaching professor at Syracuse University, she is again combining her interests. Blending her longtime advocacy for creating accessible communities — a responsibility she took on at an early age by advocating

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Dana Balter. The Communication alum is running as a Democrat for Congress in New York’s 24th congressional district.

for her brother Jonathan, who has cognitive disabilities — with her post-2016 work as a progressive community organizer, she is in pursuit of a new goal: New York’s 24th district congressional seat.

Since winning the primary in June, Balter has been campaigning as a Democrat to unseat twoterm Republican incumbent U.S. Rep. John Katko (R - NY). » See BALTER, page 9

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clear he wasn’t going to change his mind about any of those things, I decided to run against him.”

A Gradual Awakening

A Competitive District

Though she wasn’t politically active at Northwestern, Balter began to develop an interest in policy while she worked in disability services.

She began to study education policy, and now teaches it at Syracuse.

Because education played such a key role in Balter’s life, it became one of the most important issues in her platform as well.

“As in many other areas of our lives here, costs for college and university are really out of control,” Balter said. “We’ve got to do a better job of making higher education affordable to everybody who wants to participate.”

To accomplish this, Balter plans to advocate for free tuition at public colleges and strong debt-forgiveness programs. In particular, she wants to see the expansion of debt relief in exchange for public service programs, in which a student’s loans are forgiven through working in community outreach-associated jobs. Debt relief programs such as those have been rolled back by the Trump administration, Balter said.

After the election, she joined the Central New York Solidarity Coalition, an anti-Trump organization attempting to lobby Rep. Katko toward supporting progressive causes. As a community organizer, Balter said she realized Katko was not going to change his beliefs. If Katko wasn’t going to change, then Balter decided the occupant of the seat would have to.

“He was unwilling to engage with us,” Balter said.

“He runs away from town halls and isn’t interested in talking to his constituents, which I think is a fundamental abdication of the job. Once it became

New York’s 24th district has not voted for a Republican in a presidential election since 2004, but lower turnout in non-presidential years has propelled Republicans to victory in every midterm election since 2006. Katko is a two-term incumbent who has won by over 20 percentage points in both of his campaigns.

FiveThirtyEight forecasts the district as “Likely Republican,” predicting Balter to lose by about 7 percentage points. A mid-October Siena College poll found Katko to have a 14-point advantage.

As of October 17, Balter had raised $2.3 million, nearly on pace with Katko’s $2.5 million. In the third quarter, Balter tripled Katko’s fundraising totals, raking in $1.5 million, a Syracuse area congressional seat record.

The campaign has drawn attention from Democratic party heavyweights. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) donated twice to Balter’s campaign through her Off the Sidelines, a PAC focused on encouraging women to run for office. Gillibrand endorsed Balter at a Democratic rally in Syracuse Saturday.

“She’s not going to vote with President Trump,” Gillibrand told the crowd at the rally. “She’s going to stand up to him on behalf of you and your families and what’s important to this district.”

“A Political Renaissance”

Balter is proud to be part of the surge in female candidacies in 2018, a year that has already seen the most ever female candidates and primary winners. She said those statistics are encouraging but

not surprising considering the high levels of female involvement in activist work, demonstration organization and participation and congressional outreach.

Balter said she believes Congress should reflect its constituency and women should make up 51 percent of the legislative body, rather than the 19 percent of seats they currently occupy. Though she knows that level of descriptive representation will not be achieved this year, she believes a significant dent will be made in the congressional glass ceiling.

“I don’t think we’ve seen this level of civic engagement in the United States since the 1960s,” Balter said. “I look at this as a political renaissance for our country, and I think it’s exciting to be a part of that.”

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Bolstering turnout among registered Democrats, who outnumber registered Republicans in the district, and winning the independent vote are both critical for Balter to win. Katko’s incumbency may give him an advantage with independents, but Balter believes she can be a representative of the entire district and its wide range of beliefs.

In a district where both parties have a history of success, Balter understands the importance of being open-minded and listening to constituents. She credits this interest in seeing the world from another person’s viewpoint to her time at Northwestern.

“The job that I’m asking for is to go to Washington and represent all of the people that live in my district. That includes people who have very different ideas from each other,” she said.

“I think that those are all ideas and skills that Northwestern really helped me develop.”

which concerns him since he sees many cuts in the budget as “geared toward people who are living on the margins in Evanston.”

“To take any service away, to take any program away that enhances their lives, that creates educational opportunities for them to excel, it’s lessening their quality of life,” he said.

Residents ranked the Youth and Young Adult division as the second-most important program to them when the city sent out a priority-based budgeting survey earlier this year.

Over a dozen residents spoke out against the restructuring to the division during City Council’s public comment, many asking the council directly to stop the city manager’s plan.

Bobkiewicz previously told The Daily that he does not think the restructuring would “change much at all.” Yet many residents are concerned splitting up the division’s staff would dismantle the division all together.

Ald. Peter Braithwaite (2nd) requested more information from the city manager about the new position, which would not take effect until January.

For now, Brown remains the community services manager for the division.

Like many community members, Evanston resident Paul Barker asked the council to make no changes to the Youth and Young Adult division.

“We have a rare thing here, a good, effective program run by good, effective people,” he said.

“All you have to do is leave it alone.”

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Under the revised process, custodial staff will stop disposing office trash and recycling daily and instead make a weekly visit, Johnson wrote in the email. Full cleanings will change to every 3-4 weeks instead of weekly. More public areas like restrooms will still receive daily service, while classrooms, kitchens and elevators will see less cleaning.

In response to the changes, Erin James Wills, a program coordinator in the The Chemistry of Life Processes Institute, told its members to reconsider their trash-related behavior.

“With offices not having daily waste removal, you probably will not want to throw away food and other degradable items in your office trash,” Wills wrote in an email obtained by The Daily.

The changes went into effect for most departments on Nov. 1, through Rowley said the changes will be managed across the University differently because of its “somewhat decentralized management structure.”

“Each unit will be approaching the process differently, tailoring approaches to their local realities, while trying to be flexible and dynamic in how they respond,” he said.

Johnson’s email to department leaders allowed for exceptions to the changes, though he said they would be funded by the department’s own budget. aperez@u.northwestern.edu

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was going to be something we wanted to do,” Phillips said. “To think about what’s happened over the last 18 months has been nothing short of remarkable.”

Along the white walls of the Arena are purple cutouts that feature dedication to historic Northwestern athletes who played or coached for the teams that will occupy the building.

There are some subtle changes to the Arena as well. The court itself is about 30 feet north of where it was before the renovation and there is now air conditioning in the facility.

There was a subsequent press conference where Phillips, the Ryans and women’s basketball coach Joe McKeown answered questions from the media.

When talking about the arena, Pat and Shirley Ryan said they were most happy about the accessibility of the Arena and that it was a point of pride for them. Welsh-Ryan is the most ADA-accessible college-sports venue in the country. There is an ADA section from every vantage point in the Arena, as well as five accessible family restrooms.

As for the first game in the arena, the Wildcats annihilated Division II McKendree by 39 points, winning the contest, 83-44. Senior forward Vic Law led the team with 14 points while graduate guard Ryan Taylor and freshman forward Pete Nance added 12 points.

“Some may say that this is end because we cut the ribbon and this is a long process, but I beg to differ. I think this is just the beginning.” Phillips said. because we haven’t had a chance to recruit to it yet. We haven’t been able to train in it yet.

We haven’t been able to do the things that I think your are going to see a facility of this magnitude will do for all of our programs.” peterwarren2021@u.northwestern.edu

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Voting isn’t a cure-all: Do more to solve our problems MARISSA MARTINEZ

OPINION EDITOR

There has been a huge surge, particularly among my generation, to go to the polls.

Massive signup campaigns can be spotted on campuses and across many cities in the United States. National Voter Registration Day brought in a record 800,000 new voters, a figure many attribute to the upcoming midterm elections.

Celebrities have encouraged voting on social media, in speeches, as part of campaigns and even during concerts.

According to the Pew Research Center, millennials and Gen Xers make up 59 percent of the eligible voting body in this country. However, these generations have a lower midterm turnout than older ones did when they were of the same age, and they are less likely to participate in elections. There is no question: More people need to vote.

All of the new voter signups are fantastic — we need a more representative voting body, and hopefully it will start a trend of increasing civic participation past these next few elections, that lasts throughout every voter’s life.

But as of right now, we still don’t have a representative democracy. This means that by pushing for voting as the sole solution

and nothing else, we are keeping out a lot of other voices. There are so many people in this country who are unable to vote on Election Day because they work dozens of miles away from a polling station, and voting is almost physically impossible for them to do in between work hours. Going to vote would take hours out of the day. Yes, submitting a ballot early is an option, but it can often be more complicated than expected, especially for new voters. Physical barriers also apply to voters who are disabled, as many polling stations are inaccessible and require a great deal of pre-planning for those with limited ability to access.

Additionally, a large segment of America’s population does not speak fluent English.

There are a few regions with laws requiring their election materials to be printed in non-English languages, mostly located in the Southwest and Alaska, with small pockets around the rest of the country. While these jurisdictions contain 68.8 million voting-age citizens, they do not account for a majority of the country’s eligible voters. A good step toward making it easier to vote would be digitally translating ballots into the top 10 languages spoken in each polling area and tailoring languages to a specific county using census or survey data.

It is more difficult for those who don’t read English fluently to make an informed decision about the candidate they want to support.

Online politician profiles are written almost exclusively in English, and even when a potential voter knows the nuances of issues they care about, it is difficult to gain the necessary knowledge from an unbiased site to make their choice.

There are thousands of examples of how voting has been purposefully denied to marginalized Americans since this country was founded. From denying the vote to residents with current court debt to purging voter lists in Georgia, disenfranchisement is as alive as ever. As activists continue to encourage people to vote, they should also actively fight for the voting system to change and become more accessible.

A large chunk of our country is underrepresented in our political system on purpose, and it’s up to all of us to keep finding new ways to help others vote. Whether it’s volunteering to be translators or drivers to the polls, helping others understand how to early vote or simply making others aware of these issues, we all have a part to play in dismantling this system.

Even if it were perfectly representative, voting one party in over another will not solve all of our problems overnight. Alone, voting this Election Day will not solve mass shootings. It will not end white supremacy.

It will not stop sexual assault in the workplace. Electing new representatives may help laws to avoid these things and more, but

there will always be a sense of gridlock the way our government is currently operating.

Theoretically, different laws will not change the divided culture in this country. They will not mend our unbalanced society. They will not change the individuals we interact with every day.

Many can agree — we need a revolution in this country, but it doesn’t only have to take the form of voting for the Democratic Party.

Filling in circles on a ballot cannot be the only valid way to change things. Protesting and educating fellow Americans, while also supporting organizations doing this work already, will create change as well, even if it’s not easily quantifiable. Working to make sure as many residents as possible can vote in the meantime is also important.

This Election Day, don’t just cast your ballot, decide you’ve done all you can and leave the rest up to someone else. Actively work to dismantle the current voting systems and use your ability and privilege to make America a truly representative democracy.

on the immigration status of foreign students by more strictly enforcing its Unlawful Presence Policy. The technology fee pays for software which is meant to keep better track of students and streamline communication between the IO and students. It appears that until now, the IO has been held together with Google forms, Eventbrite, MailChimp and Excel documents.

While the IO says this software will benefit international students, questions remain about how precisely the data it aggregates will be used. For example, will personal information be passed along to the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency, which is under the jurisdiction of DHS? Moreover, how does reporting data about international students to DHS

benefit them in the first place?

These questions aside, it’s not clear why international students should bear this cost alone. The entire NU community benefits from the presence of international students, and we should all do our part to ensure they can remain here. The University cannot publicly claim to support international students while insisting they pay a special fee to meet the reporting demands of a notoriously xenophobic presidential administration.

Most egregious, even though IO has researched and proposed this fee for over a year and the provost approved it in June, students only heard about this — and the changes in the Unlawful Presence Policy — at the end of August. When pressed on why this fee is being

passed onto students so quietly, IO representatives simply state that the Provost has approved these charges. It’s worth noting NU has been experiencing a massive and unexpected budget deficit this past year, and I can only wonder if adding the technology fee is simply the University becoming more efficient.

This fee raises serious concerns, and I was proud to join nearly 600 students, faculty and alumni who signed a recent petition requesting that Northwestern consider its discriminatory effects. I urge NU to repeal this fee and adopt greater transparency regarding the software for which it is supposed to pay.

hand, requires a lot of energy and produces a lot of waste. It creates noise and air pollution from fossil-fuel-burning demolition equipment, creates tons of debris and dust that inevitably contaminates surrounding areas and results in tons of valuable materials being sent to landfills. Existing buildings and their architectural elements are assets and should be treated as such. A proper retrofit of Harley Clarke would result in a more sustainable and energy-efficient building and represent a significant amount of energy saved and tons of materials kept out of landfills.

The Harley Clarke grounds are historical and architectural treasures, made even more valuable by the fact that they are public property and in such a beautiful location close to the lake. With lush native trees and welcoming gardens, it is a unique public

asset that should be protected and cherished.

Thoughtfully and sustainably preserving this space is the best way to guarantee that it remains public and for use by the community.

It is also the most environmentally friendly decision.

Moving forward with demolishing Harley Clarke would require not only razing the structure to the ground but also destroying several old-growth trees and decades-old flora, including original plantings by noted landscape architect Jens Jensen. With the loss of such large trees comes the loss of their ability to sequester carbon and purify our air — while a negligible difference in the context of climate change, the loss of any old-growth tree is difficult to recover from. Additionally, without those trees the ability for the land to retain and filter stormwater would be diminished. Losing these trees and other flora

would reduce this area’s resilience in the face of a changing climate. The landscaping on and surrounding the property is also an important habitat for a variety of flora and fauna, including several species threatened by climate change and habitat loss such as migrating birds, native bees and butterflies. Disturbing this sensitive habitat through the demolition of Harley Clarke would be environmentally irresponsible.

As a citizen of this city, a fan of historically significant structures and an environmentalist, I am absolutely in favor of preserving Harley Clarke for generations to come.

Marissa Martinez is a Medill sophomore. She can be contacted at marissamartinez2021@u. northwestern.edu. If you would like to respond publicly to this op-ed, send a Letter to the Editor to opinion@dailynorthwestern.com. The views expressed in this piece do not necessarily reflect the views of all staff members of The Daily Northwestern.

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International office should get rid of the student technology fee

I was heartened by the recent article in the Daily concerning Northwestern’s increased support for international students — they need it now more than ever. However, I was dismayed the article did not mention the $50 technology fee international students have been asked to pay beginning this year.

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Preserving the Harley Clarke Mansion is a win for the environment

The greenest building is the one that is already standing. Existing buildings represent embodied energy, and that energy is forever lost once a building is demolished.

The materials used to build historic buildings like the Harley Clarke Mansion — such as old-growth wood, historic glass and copper — are rare and valuable and, in many cases, can no longer be acquired. From an environmental perspective, existing buildings should be reused, repurposed and retrofitted to preserve their embodied energy and reduce waste.

Demolition of buildings, on the other

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With the opening of the renovated WelshRyan Arena on Friday and the much-anticipated primetime matchup against Notre Dame on Saturday night, this weekend was one of the biggest in recent sports history at Northwestern.

After playing at the distant Allstate Arena in Rosemont for all of last season, the men’s basketball team broke in the new WelshRyan with an 83-44 victory over McKendree in an exhibition game after a brief ribboncutting ceremony Friday evening.

On Saturday, the Wildcats took on the No.

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4 Notre Dame Irish for the first time since 2014, under the lights in front of a packed stadium. After being down 21-7 at the end of the third quarter, Northwestern couldn’t muster up enough of a fourth-quarter comeback to beat the undefeated Irish, who won 31-21.

And on Sunday, the women’s basketball team took their turn in the new arena, beating Lewis 84-69 in an exhibition game that will get them warmed up for a tough start to their regular season.

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I felt like we could win the game the whole game. I still do.

I just wish we didn’t play as poorly. I wish we didn’t coach as poorly.

— Pat Fitzgerald, coach

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BY THE BOOK

Wildcats can’t slow down Irish attack in primetime loss No. 4 Notre Dame

By JONAH DYLAN

daily senior staffer @thejonahdylan

Were Saturday’s game between Northwestern and Notre Dame a boxing match, the Wildcats would at least get credit for their heart.

The No. 4 Fighting Irish (9-0) simply proved to be too much for NU (5-4, 5-1 Big Ten) in a 31-21 win, but the Cats fought valiantly in front of 47,330 fans in a rare primetime game at Ryan Field.

Notre Dame quarterback Ian Book was magnificent for the undefeated visitors from South Bend, passing for 343 yards and two touchdowns in a win that helped cement the Fighting Irish as bonafide College Football Playoff contenders.

“I felt like we could win the game the whole game. I still do. I just wish we didn’t play as poorly. I wish we didn’t coach as poorly,” coach Pat Fitzgerald said. “I’ve just got to find a way to coach these guys better. I’m proud of how they’ve been grinding, and they’ve been working their tails off, but we’ve got to play smarter, cleaner and execute better.”

It wasn’t always easy for Notre Dame. A botched handoff gave the Wildcats the ball in plus territory on their first drive, but a missed field goal from sophomore kicker Charlie Kuhbander left NU scoreless despite the positive starting field position.

The Fighting Irish still scored the

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first knockdown, covering 79 yards in 14 plays with ease. But a pass interference penalty derailed the next Notre Dame drive in the red zone, and a missed field goal left the Irish with nothing to show for their drive. NU promptly put together an impressively long drive, moving 73 yards with 18 plays in a drive that took nearly nine minutes, and the fight was even at the half.

The Cats hung in the game to start the second half, but the undefeated visitors simply had too much firepower. It came from the sophomore quarterback’s strong right arm, which found Miles Boykin for a 20-yard score to give Notre Dame a 14-7 lead. Then Book engineered a 98-yard drive that ended with a 49-yard pass to Michael Young, and it looked like NU might not beat the count.

But NU would not go quietly into the Evanston night. Thorson found sophomore receiver Riley Lees for a 27-yard touchdown, and a blocked punt by Cameron Ruiz gave the Cats the ball back in the red zone. A few plays later, Thorson muscled his way into the end zone on a fourth-down quarterback sneak for his second rushing touchdown of the day to bring his team within a field goal.

Up against the ropes for the first time, Notre Dame fought its way out of a dangerous spot. Facing fourth down deep in NU territory after a long drive, Book read the NU defense, faked a handoff and ran 23 yards past the NU student section and into the end zone. The referee had to step in at two minutes, 45 seconds of the final round and raise Notre Dame’s collective hand.

“I liked how we came back and kept going and kept fighting,” said senior quarterback Clayton Thorson, who threw for just 141 yards. “I think there’s some good things to take away from this one and there are some things to learn from, because we let one get away.

Good teams bounce back, and that’s what they did.”

The loss was certainly a setback for NU, but it won’t affect the Big Ten West race. No. 16 Iowa lost at Purdue earlier Saturday, so the Cats now need to go 2-1 in their final three games to earn a berth in the Big Ten Championship.

Despite the loss, senior guard Tommy Doles said he was impressed with NU’s crowd during the primetime game, and was hopeful about the rest of the Cats’ season.

“All our goals are ahead of us,” he said. “We set out this season to win the Big Ten West, and that’s what we plan to do.” jonahdylan2020@u.northwestern.edu

FOOTBALL

NU defense can’t contain Book

By ELLA BROCKWAY

daily senior staffer @ellabrockway

For 30 minutes, the Northwestern defense appeared to contain Notre Dame quarterback Ian Book. After all, Book is one of the nation’s top signal callers, and he had entered the game with the country’s best overall completion rate at 76.5 percent.

Then came the third quarter.

Book found his rhythm, threw for two touchdowns and 195 passing yards across just 15 minutes, and injuries piled up in the Wildcats’ secondary, dooming their attempts at an upset win as the No. 4 Fighting Irish (9-0) won 31-21

at Ryan Field on Saturday night.

“Our defense gave us so many opportunities to win, giving us short fields, giving the ball back,” senior guard Tommy Doles said. “The whole team fought and is ready to learn the lessons and move on.”

Senior safety Jared McGee and junior cornerback Trae Williams left the game with injuries in the third quarter, leaving the NU (5-4, 5-1 Big Ten) secondary understaffed just as Book settled into his stride.

Book’s first touchdown pass of the night came on a 20-yard pass to Miles Boykin on third down from NU’s 20-yard line and gave Notre Dame a 14-7 lead four minutes into the second half. On the Fighting Irish’s

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Notre Dame quarterback Ian Book fires a pass. Book rolled over the Northwestern secondary in the second half of Saturday’s win over the Wildcats.

next drive, Book threw two passes to receiver Chase Claypool for 31 and 14 yards.

On the next play, the sophomore found the streaking Michael Young, who beat sophomore safeties J.R. Pace and Travis Whillock, in the end zone for a 47-yard score to put Notre Dame up 21-7.

“They ran two verticals, and we just didn’t get over the top and (they) stretched it on us,” Whillock said.

“We’ll go back and watch the film, we’ll clean up things that we need to clean up and just get back to work.”

NU flirted with a comeback in the fourth quarter, capitalizing on a blocked Notre Dame punt and scoring two touchdowns to cut the Fighting Irish’s lead to just three, but Book scored on a 23-yard quarterback keeper that put the game away, and potentially saved Notre Dame’s chances at making the College Football Playoff.

Despite his lowest completion percentage of the season — he finished with 22 completions on 34 attempts — Book’s 343 passing yards were his most of the 2018 campaign, and nine of his completions were good for more than 15 yards, the most the NU secondary has allowed in a game this season.

The Cats had their chances to stop his flow in the second half — a pair of near-interceptions by defensive ends Joe Gaziano and Earnest Brown in the third quarter could have turned NU’s defensive tides — but fell short.

“If Notre Dame was in a conference, Ian would be an All-whatever conference type of player,” coach Pat Fitzgerald said after the loss. “Those are the types of plays when you’ve got opportunity, you’ve got to capitalize, and we weren’t able to do that.” ellabrockway2021@u.northwestern.edu

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FOOTBALL

Late comeback effort falls just short in loss

By COLE PAXTON

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All of a sudden, Northwestern had returned from the dead. A long touchdown drive turned a 17-point deficit into a 10-point margin. A blocked punt led to a short scoring drive a moment later, and Notre Dame’s lead was cut to a measly 3 points.

Then, the No. 4 Fighting Irish (9-0) rolled four minutes off the clock, driving the length of the field and reestablishing their two-possession lead. The drive fizzled the Wildcats’ (5-4, 5-1 Big Ten) fourth-quarter comeback, and helped Notre Dame secure a 31-21 victory at Ryan Field on Saturday night.

“We felt like we had to get it to a one-score game in the fourth quarter to give ourselves a chance to win. We got it there, and then they went on a great drive to win the game,” coach Pat Fitzgerald said. “We had every opportunity to (win), but we didn’t make those plays that we needed to make down the stretch in a hardfought battle.”

The visitors went 89 yards on 10 plays to put the game away, aided by a pair of third down conversions that blocked NU’s opportunity to give its offense the ball back. When quarterback Ian Book tiptoed 23 yards up the Fighting Irish sideline into the end zone, just 2:45 remained.

Book’s touchdown was only important because of the Cats’ resilient fourth quarter effort. Thorson had thrown for only 76 yards with 13:05

to play, but led a 70-yard touchdown drive in less than two minutes, and the touchdown after Ruiz’s blocked punt had the NU bench upbeat.

“It was great on the sideline. We felt we were right back in the game,” Thorson said. “With our offense, and our two-minute offense, we never felt like we were out of the game. We felt confident.”

But that mood quickly changed.

“They got a big score, and they came up with a stop,” Thorson quickly added, “and that was it.”

When NU did get the ball back, trailing by 10 with 2:45 to play, it went meekly. Thorson was sacked on the second play of the drive, and his fourth-down pass two plays later came up short, handing the Fighting Irish the ball back with barely a minute to play.

It was a far cry from the Cats’ lategame offense in recent games. NU stormed the length of the field in less than two minutes against Nebraska to send that game to overtime, and put together an efficient fourth quarter drive to secure the go-ahead score at Rutgers.

But on Saturday, the Cats’ strong play early in the fourth quarter gave way to a weaker effort late in the period. With it, NU was unable to secure a landmark win on a longawaited night.

“Late in the game, you can look back at things you wish would’ve gone differently,” senior guard Tommy Doles said. “When we have the momentum, we want to be able to keep playing.” colepaxton2019@u.northwestern.edu