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businessman and entrepreneur, ran on promises of a graduated income tax and expanded access to affordable health care across Illinois.

In his victor y speech, he thanked Rauner for his

In a closely watched midterm election, Democrats gained control of the House of Representatives, effectively ending one-party rule in Washington — although the GOP increased its advantage in the Senate.

Democrats earned sweeping victories across the map, easily picking up the 23 seats they needed to regain control. With a number of races too close to call, Democrats could win up to 35 seats and open a significant margin in the chamber, setting up a two-year period that will likely feature multiple clashes between President Donald Trump and the House.

Progressive candidates won House seats in a number of districts that voted for Trump in 2016. Abigail Spanberger defeated incumbent U.S. Rep Dave Brat in the historically conservative Virginia 7th district and Lauren Underwood earned a win in Illinois’ 14th district.

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Governor-elect J.B. Pritzker and Lietutenant Governor-elect Juliana Stratton at his campaign victory party on Tuesday. Pritzker beat incumbent Gov. Bruce Rauner.

Pritzker trounces Rauner to win gov. race

Democratic challenger wins by hefty margin, celebrates victory at Chicago party

By CLARE PROCTOR

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CHICAGO — Democratic challenger J.B. Pritzker has won the Illinois gubernatorial election, defeating

Republican incumbent Bruce Rauner.

As of late Tuesday, Pritzker has received 53.9 percent of the vote, with Rauner winning 39.4 percent, according to the Associated Press.

Pritzker took the stage in the Grand Horizon Ballroom

of the Marriott Marquis hotel in downtown Chicago just over an hour after he was declared the winner of Tuesday’s race. The crowd — made up of over 4,000 supporters — chanted his name as he stepped up to the podium.

“I am so grateful tonight to everyone here in this room and those watching at home,” Pritzker told the crowd. “Voting is an act of optimism that the levers of our democracy still work. You embody that optimism.”

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Students tune in to 2018 midterms Women of color Viewers react to Democratic takeover of House during watch party

Lauren Underwood among candidates to make ‘firsts’

By JOSIAH BONIFANT

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On both sides of the aisle, the 2018 midterms elections were an opportunity to grab control of government. But while both parties — and some liberal Northwestern students — hoped for better, the nation will enter into yet another era of a divided Congress.

On campus, enthusiasm for politics and the impending midterm elections seemed infectious.

Though some students chose not to vote or didn’t register in time, groups like NU Votes were incredibly vocal about the importance of this midterm election.

This year’s midterm election was especially tense, as it was the first major election since President Donald Trump has been in office. Some NU voters viewed their vote for U.S. representatives,

make historic gains

By TROY CLOSSON

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Students react to election results at a Harris Hall watch party. On campus, enthusiasm for politics and the impending midterm elections seemed infectious

senators, or governors as either a backing or an indictment of President Donald Trump.

“For Democrats, it’s essentially a referendum against Trump and his policies. Their unifying force is an anti-Trump force,” Weinberg senior James Skala said at

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a watch party co-hosted by NU Votes, College Democrats and Political Union.

Although individual districts and states may have ended in upsets — like Democrat Kendra Horn’s win in Oklahoma’s 5th district or Republican Mike

Braun’s Senate win in Indiana — results largely aligned with what pre-election polls were suggesting.

The numbers eventually suggested Democrats would win the House, but the first few hours of » See ELECTION, page 7

“On this night, we made history.”

Lauren Underwood, elected Tuesday as the first black woman to represent Illinois’ 14th District, began her acceptance speech by harkening back to Shirley Chisholm’s historic 1968 victory that helped pave her path 50 years later.

After defeating six white men to win the Democratic primary, Underwood ran as a challenger to a longtime Republican incumbent in majority-white district — and she landed a

monumental win.

In an election season where 216 candidates identified as black, Latinx, Asian, Native American or multiracial, Underwood was one of countless women of color to defy the odds and win office.

Also in Illinois, Juliana Stratton became the first black woman ever elected Lieutenant Governor in the state.

And the barrier smashing continued in Congress.

After pulling off one of the biggest upsets of the primary season, Alexandria OcasioCortez cruised to victory as the youngest woman ever elected to Congress. Jahana Hayes was elected as the first black woman to represent Connecticut in the House, while Veronica Escobar and Sylvia Garcia became the first Latina women » See HISTORIC, page 7

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AROUND TOWN

Schakowsky, Gabel re-elected by wide margins Both incumbents, who won with over 40 point margins, celebrate at Evanston watch party

By ALEX WONG

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U.S. Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-Evanston) and State Rep. Robyn Gabel (D-Evanston) won reelection on Tuesday by over 40 point margins.

Gabel and Schakowsky attended a watch party hosted by the Democratic Party of Evanston at Rock ‘N Ravioli, 1012 Church St., to say thank you to campaign volunteers and talk to constituents.

Schakowsky defeated Arlington Heights pastor John Elleson by 46 points. Elleson, who didn’t have any previous political experience, ran on a pro-Trump campaign with a priority on creating bipartisanship.

Schakowsky, who will enter her 11th term in Congress since entering office in 1999, said she was “thrilled” to win. She said she wasn’t surprised by the result — she has received over 65 percent of the vote in each of her elections since 1998 — and had put in effort to support other Illinois Democrats to flip the House.

“It’s one thing to get reelected, it’s another

to get reelected and be in the majority,” Schakowsky told The Daily. “It can make such a difference in our country if Democrats can inject some checks and balances on the president and on Republicans.”

Members of the Democratic Party of Evanston spoke of Schakowsky’s long-term role in leading their party. Gabel called Schakowsky the party’s “godmother,” and Evanston resident Lori Keenan emphasized Schakowsky’s leadership skills.

“Jan isn’t just an important symbol around Evanston, but throughout the nation,” Keenan said. “And I think it’s mainly because she listens and understands people.”

Gabel defeated Julie Cho, a Republican from Wilmette, by a margin of 42 points. Cho had campaigned on ending partisan districting and improving to school safety, while Gabel campaigned on increasing financial stability and rebuilding human services such as mental health programming in Illinois.

Gabel, who was first elected to office in 2010, has won every midterm with over 60 percent of the vote or has run unopposed.

While watching the midterm election results,

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U.S. Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-Evanston) at her election night party Tuesday. Schakowsky and State Rep. Robyn Gabel (D-Evanston) both won re-election by over 40 points.

Schakowsky and Gabel said President Donald Trump’s divisive policies had pushed Democratic voters toward polls with more urgency.

“A lot of this election day has to do with Trump,” Schakowsky said. “A lot of people voted to challenge the ugliness that we’ve seen… I think a major part of this has been a resistance to Trump.”

The pair also said they hoped the

Democrat-majority House will be able to push back against Trump’s policies.

“I think it’ll be hard for the House to accomplish anything, but I hope they’ll be a tempering influence,” Gabel said. “This sets the stage for 2020.” alexwong2022@u.northwestern.edu

Voters overwhelmingly disavow mansion demolition

By KRISTINA KARISCH

daily senior staffer @kristinakarisch

Evanston residents overwhelmingly voted in support of restoring the Harley Clarke Mansion on Tuesday’s ballot.

In an advisory referendum, roughly 80 percent of voters expressed their support for preservation of the mansion. Late Tuesday evening, with 48 of 50 precincts reporting, 32,823 people had cast

their ballots.

The referendum follows a July City Council decision in which aldermen narrowly voted to demolish the lakefront mansion which has stood vacant since 2015, when the Evanston Arts Center left the building. The council’s decision was met with backlash from many residents, who were able to raise enough support to place the issue on the midterm ballot.

The referendum is an advisory opinion, meaning City Council can still go ahead with their memorandum of understanding with Evanston

Lighthouse Dunes, which seeks to tear down the mansion and build a park in its place.

Evanston resident Jonathan Lustig on Tuesday told The Daily he voted yes on the referendum and hopes aldermen preserve the mansion.

“I think it’s a beautiful building and it shouldn’t be taken down,” Lustig said. “I think City Council will now know that people wish to keep the traditions of Evanston — that despite budgeting issues, people still care about this building.”

Also on the ballot was a potential increase to the city’s real estate transfer tax. As of late Tuesday

evening, roughly 52 percent of voters supported the increase, while 48 percent voted against the measure.

The current real estate transfer tax is a flat rate of 0.5 percent — or $5 for every $1,000 — for all property sales and transfers.

With the tax increase, the 0.5 percent rate will continue to apply to property sales less than $1.5 million. However, it will increase to a 0.7 percent tax rate for property sales between $1.5 and $5 million, and 0.9 percent for property sales $5 million or more. karisch@u.northwestern.edu

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Voters face long lines at polling place

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At Parkes, the line was so long volunteers ordered pizza for those waiting

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Some South Campus voters waited for as long as two hours before voting at Parkes Hall on Tuesday.

Students sat in the halls as they waited in line, some doing their homework or reading up on the election.

The wait shocked some who had voted there before. High turnout this year, plus the fact that voters are allowed to register at the polling station, likely contributed to the long wait times, said Eamon Kelly, Evanston Democratic Committeeman.

Evanston resident Michael Ilahi, who has voted there since the 1980s, said he “never imagined the wait would take this long” and that he was impressed by how many Northwestern students were participating.

“Everybody is fully engaged with current events,” said Marc Abramson, the precinct’s equipment manager. “This is exceptional. We’ve had way above average turnout.”

Abramson said the results were “consistent” with his experience administering early voting at sites in Skokie, where he said people of all ages and nationalities turned out in large numbers.

Voter turnout in this election has been high across the country. Northwestern also facilitates voter registration for freshmen and transfers as soon as Wildcat Welcome, part of an initiative from NU Votes.

“It’s the first major election that’s happening since the 2016 presidential election,” said NU Votes member Jessica Wang. “I think that has really motivated a lot of people to say, ‘We’re tired of what’s been going on in the past two years and we want to exercise our political power.’”

Although the wait may have deterred some students, others emphasized the importance of

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State Sen. Kwame Raoul (D-Chicago) will be Illinois’ next attorney general after defeating opponent Erika Harold in Tuesday’s election.

The election was expected to be the closest of five statewide races, but Raoul dominated, claiming about 55 percent of the vote as of late Tuesday. Harold has received 42 percent of the vote while Libertarian candidate Bubba Harsy is falling far behind.

Raoul will replace Attorney General Lisa Madigan, who declared she would not run for a fifth term re-election. Madigan has held the seat since 2003.

Although Raoul led against Harold in the polls and received the endorsement of former president Barack Obama, experts were still unsure of his chances going into Tuesday’s vote.

On Nov. 2, Raoul received a last minute $1 million donation from Illinois House Speaker Mike

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Voters on Tuesday waited for as long as two hours to cast their ballot at Parkes Hall, with high turnout and a new law leading to a long wait.

civic engagement.

“I’ve voted here five times and I’ve never waited in line before,“ SESP senior Alexa Sledge said. “I think this year Northwestern has done a really good job with clear messaging about ways to vote, so we’ll have a really high turnout. I see (the wait) as a positive thing.”

With polls closing at 7 p.m., people stayed

Raoul beats Harold to become attorney general

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Madigan (D-Chicago), whom Harold has targeted for his complacency in attacking corruption.

Raoul has advocated for gun violence reform in his campaign. He also has said he intends to act as “the last line of defense” against federal opposition to affordable health care, the environment and abortion rights.

At his election party Tuesday, Raoul said he felt there was never a more important time to run for office.

“This campaign was just the audition for the work that is to come, he said.”I’ve spent my career fighting for voting rights, healthcare access and a woman’s right to choose.”

Harold promised to target corruption, which earned her the endorsement of the Chicago Tribune. She also said she would serve as a check in a Democratic-controlled general mansion. In his attack ads, Raoul effectively drew attention to her right-wing social beliefs, including her opposition to LGBTQ rights and to the Affordable Care Act. snehadey2022@u.northwestern.edu

until around 8:30. Some unofficial volunteers also ordered pizza, saying they didn’t want prospective voters to leave because they were hungry.

Amy Li, Kristina Karisch and Alex Wong contributed reporting. dvesurai@u.northwestern.edu

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2018 Midterm Elections Student Reactions The 2018 midterm elections was one of the most consequential in history. Gubernatorial races decided what party would control the next decade of redistricting. Congressional races, widely seen as a referendum on a Republican-controlled government, decided whether the nation would move again into an era of divided government. The Daily spoke with students who voted in some of the nation’s most contested races.

Some cited deep discontent with incumbents, while others saw hope in the values of their challengers. Here’s what they had to say.

Josiah Bonifant, James Pollard, Cameron Cook, Aaron Wang, Danny Vesurai, Greg Svirnovskiy, Wilson Chapman, Siobhan Esposito and Claire Koster contributed reporting.

HOUSE IOWA

KENTUCKY

AXNE (D) VS. YOUNG (R) Northwestern alumna Cindy Axne, (Kellogg ‘02) won her race in the third district of Iowa. At her election night party, Axne said she would support bipartisan bills.

“I’m interested in solving problems and making sure that we bring opportunity to the people back here in our corner of the state, and this

entire state in general. And because of that, I have not taken one penny from a corporate pac because I’m out there to work for you and not for corporations and special interests. Because this has always been about us here in Iowa and I can tell you, when I’m in Congress, I will support any bill that helps the people here in our state.”

MCGRATH (D) VS. BARR (R) “The right-wing of Kentucky is joining the right-wing of everyone else. Seeing that emerging is troubling. The Republicans of Kentucky do a good job of representing Kentucky, but that doesn’t mean that view

should be extended to the entire nation. …

Sometimes we win, sometimes we lose, but history always marches toward progress.”

— Bienen freshman Tristan Svoboda

Photo credits page 4 (left to right): Cindy Axne (Source: Cindy Axne for Congress), David Young (Source: House of Representatives), Amy McGrath (Source: Amy McGrath for Congress/TNS), Andy Barr (Pablo Alcala/Lexington Herald-Leader/MCT) Photo credits page5 (left to right, top to bottom): Andrew Gillium (Octavio Jones/Tampa Bay Times/TNS), Ron DeSantis (John McCall/Sun Sentinel/TNS), Stacey Abrams (AlyssaPointer_Atlanta Journal-Constitution/TNS), Brian Kemp (Curtis Compton/ Atlanta Journal-Constitution/TNS), Richard Cordray (Constitutional Financial Protection Bureau), Mike DeWine (Source: Mike DeWine), Tony Evers (Source: Tony Evers Flickr), Scott Walker (Joe Burbank/Orlando Sentinel/TNS), Krysten Sinema (Source: Krysten Sinema Official Page), Martha McSally (Source: United States Senate), Beto O’Rourke (Nathan Hunsinger/Dallas Morning News/TNS), Ted Cruz (Tom Foxr/Dallas Morning News/TNS), Bill Nelson (Joe Burbank/Orlando Sentinel/TNS), Rick Scott (Joe Burbank/Orlando Sentinel/TNS), Claire McCaskill (Source: United States Senate), Josh Hawley (Source: Josh Hawley Official Website) Graphics by Ruiqi Chen/Daily Senior Staffer

Get out the vote campaigns push students to vote

By SUZY VAZQUEZ

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Voter turnout among young people surged this midterm election, which Northwestern students attribute to get out the vote efforts permeating pop culture through social media, the March For Our Lives movement and what many are describing as referendum against the Trump administration.

According to TargetSmart, a political data analysis firm, early voting among 18- to 29-yearolds escalated with a 188 percent increase from 2014. States with particularly close races had an even more intense increase in youth voters in comparison to the 2014 election, with a fivefold increase in states like Texas and Nevada.

Northwestern College Democrats along with NU Votes, Associated Student Government, Northwestern Political Union and Northwestern’s Center for Civic Engagement hosted an election night watch party at Harris Hall on Tuesday night.

Co-president of Northwestern College Democrats Claire Bugos, who attended the event,said a lot of the issues that are prominent this election season are ones that affect young people or will in the near future.

Throughout the past two years, Bugos said, she’s seen a lot of youth activism take place in the United States, especially after the Parkland shooting last February.

“The Marjory Stoneman Douglas students led a revolt against the gun laws we have in this country,” Bugos said. “I think that we’ve seen those pockets of youth discontent throughout the presidency. Young people see the midterms as a way to easily have a say in their government, and they’re taking advantage of that.”

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A young voter puts on an election day sticker. Young people turned out in large numbers this year, partially due to Get Out the Vote efforts on social media.

Bugos added that young people feel more personally impacted by what their health care is going to look like, about what jobs they’re going to have as well as the state of their education and gun control.

Weinberg junior Jennifer Slota, co-president of Northwestern College Democrats, said Democrats are looking for encouragement in this election. If certain results don’t come to fruition

— whether it be important governor races flipping or the flipping of the House — it might have been discouraging to people who were motivated to go out and vote for the first time.

“I hope this election shows people that your votes do matter in these big ways, and I think this Trump presidency is something we can take advantage of and use as a force to swing the pendulum in our direction and show people that

their involvement matters,” she said.

Leading up to the election, social media was flooded with celebrities sporting their “I voted” stickers and encouraging citizens to do the same. Taylor Swift urged her 112 million followers on Instagram to register and make their voices heard this election — 24 hours after Swift posted, 64,000 new people registered to vote across the country, CNN reported. Within 48 hours, 212,871 had registered, and half were between the ages of 18 and 29, according to Slate.

Medill Junior Leanna Rice, who voted for Democrat and Chicago businessman J.B. Pritzker in the Illinois gubernatorial race, said she was motivated to vote by social media posts stressing the importance of the act. Rice said that she felt there were slight aspects of peer pressure, but that this led to people feeling more responsibility to play a part in the midterms.

“It feels like a lot of people voted, and that’s good,” Rice said. “I definitely wouldn’t have voted in this kind of election if I didn’t feel like a lot of people were voting.”

McCormick freshman Ayesha Prashanth agreed that young voters, including her, have been energized by issues that hit close to home.

She said that rights young people might take for granted are at stake of being taken away, and people are starting to wake up.

“I think it’s really important for us to vote because historically young voters haven’t really turned out, and we need to show people and show members of Congress that we are a demographic that really matter and that they need to pay attention to us,” Prashanth said. “I want young voters to prove that our voice matters.”

Wilson Chapman contributed reporting. susanavazquez2022@u.northwestern.edu

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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 2018

GOVERNOR FLORIDA

WISCONSIN

GILLUM (D) VS. DESANTIS (R)

EVERS (D) VS. WALKER (R) “As the daughter of teachers, Scott Walker and his policies have had a direct, negative impact on my family’s life and well-being. Tony (Evers) is a great guy that has his heart in the right place.”

“I was very upset at how Scott Walker weakened public unions. I really do not like what he is doing with Foxconn. He is selling us out, our resources, our labor.”

— Weinberg sophomore Caty DeBroux

— Weinberg junior Madina Jenks

“It just blows my mind how someone like DeSantis, who said ‘don’t monkey this up’ in regards to voting for Gillum can get so much support. His ad was also just embarrassing too, felt like a parody. His whole campaign was built on getting the Republican vote

OHIO

— Weinberg freshman Ellie Elorza

GEORGIA

CORDRAY (D) VS. DEWINE (R) “(Cordray’s) emphasis on education is really important to my family and I just because my mom has worked a lot with getting more help for troubled learners like (people with) dyslexia, because my sister has dyslexia. He and his running mate

by appeasing to Trump. Gillum and his campaign seemed concerned with making actual change and connecting with citizens.

I’m just sad. And angry to be honest.”

Betty Sutton have emphasized education, valuing the importance of public schooling, making it more of an emphasis on paying attention to education in the state.”

— Weinberg freshman Cole Tingley

*As of Wednesday morning, Abrams has not conceded to Kemp

ABRAMS (D) VS. KEMP (R) “I voted for Stacey Abrams because symbolically it’s pretty important to have a Democratic candidate in the South. I also like her policies; they’re actually pretty left whereas a lot of what Kemp is

trying to do is play up to what the Trump base wants, like really harsh immigration laws or unrestricted gun rights..”

— Weinberg junior Kaitlyn Poindexter

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*As of Wednesday morning, too close to call

TEXAS

BETO (D) VS. CRUZ (R)

SINEMA (D) VS. MCSALLY (R) “I followed (McSally’s) moves when she was in the house and liked the way she worked with other congressmen. She has a comprehensive and hands-on approach with border security which is a problem we come across very tangibly in Arizona. Sinema is a bit too radical

for the majority of Arizonans. Because of this, it’s likely she’d be met with resistance in the Senate, which would perpetuate more gridlock after years of losses in funding.”

— Bienen freshman Mackenzie Gentz

FLORIDA

“This is the first election where I’ve ever actually felt like my vote would matter because it’s the closest senate race that I’ve ever heard of in Texas … I voted for Beto because his values align much more closely than Ted Cruz, even though Ted Cruz says that he better represents the values of the people of Texas. I would like to think that

the people of Texas are not that hateful. Beto frequently reminds people that Texas is a state where you can get fired for being gay and I don’t think enough people realize that, and that’s a very important issue to me as a gay person.”

— SESP junior Kelsey Morton

MISSOURI

NELSON (D) VS. SCOTT (R) “Florida has begun a drastic shift under the current Republican leadership towards charter schools. I am a strong believer that taking state funds away from public schools to fund charter schools is incredibly harmful to the most vulnerable communities. …The current Republican leadership has done absolutely nothing to prevent and avoid the worst impacts of climate change and has failed to

protect Florida’s environment. … The Florida race is a referendum of the larger question of which of these political strategies works best in swing states and will be critical in shaping campaign and party strategies on both sides of the aisle. ” — Communication freshman Camille Garcia-Mendoza

MCCASKILL (D) VS. HAWLEY (R) “One thing that I really like about Claire that I don’t get from Josh Hawley is that she cares about the little people and she actually cares about things like healthcare and women’s rights. Whereas Josh Hawley, you see this guy two years

ago running for attorney general who’s like, ‘Yeah I’m never going to leave this spot.’ It’s kind of ladder climbing, which is frustrating to me.”

— Weinberg freshman Campbell Schaefer

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After mixed-bag midterms, voting is only the start ALEX SCHWARTZ

OPINION EDITOR

My first time voting was in the 2016 election.

I was excited to cast my vote for Hillary Clinton, eagerly awaiting morning of Nov. 9 when I’d say to myself, “I helped elect the first female president of the United States.”

I wanted the satisfaction of being part of something historic. Instead, the results made me disillusioned. Why had I even bothered going through the trouble of getting myself an absentee ballot if it didn’t make a difference? It felt like my vote just didn’t matter.

Two years later, it’s easy to feel that way again. While Democrats winning back control of the House of Representatives is certainly

something to celebrate, the 2018 midterms could best be described as a mixed bag. Take my home state of Florida, to where I had meticulously mailed my absentee ballot once again. We didn’t have a great night.

While I knew it would be a close gubernatorial race, I really had faith that we’d make history by electing Andrew Gillum as our first black governor. But I watched that one percentage point between him and Ron DeSantis refuse to budge, thinking once again, “My vote didn’t matter.”

But then I saw the results of Florida’s constitutional amendments. Amendment 4, which restores the voting rights of most convicted felons after they complete their sentences, passed overwhelmingly with 64.4 percent of the vote. Because of this bipartisan effort, approximately 1.2 million people have now regained the right to vote in Florida. This includes almost 18 percent of the state’s potential black voters, who

have been disproportionately incarcerated and can now have a tangible effect on future elections. Make no mistake — this is historic. And I’m proud to one of over 5 million Floridians who helped make it happen.

That’s the thing about voting: It may feel pointless when the causes and candidates you checked off on your ballot lose, but it’s incredibly empowering when they win. You feel part of something bigger than yourself, like you truly made a difference. It can be electrifying.

We may find out within the next few days that 2018 had one of the highest voter turnouts of any midterm election. That so many people were able to be mobilized to vote this year should be in itself a cause for celebration, regardless of the outcomes of individual races.

Now, more of us actually care about this country that is greater than ourselves.

What if there was a way to harness that

energy to power something extraordinary beyond the midterms — beyond any election, for that matter? Voting was an important first step — now it’s time to do the real work of organizing, educating and holding our elected officials accountable. Yes, filling out a ballot can make history. But some of this country’s greatest moments have happened without a polling place in sight, when people fought for what they believed in and put pressure on their leaders to make change. I think we’ll find doing that even more empowering than voting for someone who won.

Alex Schwartz is a Medill junior. He can be contacted at alexschwartz@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.

Entrepreneurship is for everyone, not just engineers CASSIDY JACKSON

ASSISTANT OPINION EDITOR

As a high school student, the term “entrepreneur” always drew up an image of the Bezosprototype: white, male computer science major.

Essentially, in my head, entrepreneurship represented everything I wasn’t. As a black woman and journalism major, I don’t tick off a single box on that checklist. Now being a part of The Garage, the piece of my identity that makes me feel most like an outsider is weirdly my major.

And today, at an event hosted by The Garage, I was confronted again by a feeling of inadequacy.

The event was titled “Building a Bridge to Lasting Success through Emotional Intelligence,”and reeled in a diverse crowd of undergraduate and graduate students, professors and NU staff. To my shock, out of an audience of around 40, I was one of the few nonengineering majors. In the midst of the talk, the speaker Joe Holtgrieve, assistant dean for

undergraduate engineering, asked all engineering students to raise their hands — and about 60 percent lifted a hand up, and that was engineering alone. Sitting there, I thought to myself, “Wow. Little high school me was kind of right.”

There’s an interesting sense of self-inflicted exclusion being a journalism major, as entrepreneurship aren’t common themes laced throughout Medill’s curriculum. When we think of journalism, we think of creating articles or podcast — not creating a company or carving a new lane. Past classes have proved that to me.

In Medill’s mandatory freshman classes, entrepreneurship isn’t touched on once, excluding journalism students thinking beyond being photographers writers or so-on for established publications. Winter of freshman year, I took “Journalism 201-2: Multimedia Storytelling,” and on the last day of class, the professor prompted us to start imagining our future. We were each instructed to tear out a sheet of paper, write our name, and answer the question “What organization do you want to write for after college?” The professor started listing off examples to get us started — and I just sat there blankly.

I was stuck staring at the piece of paper,

wracking my brain for what company would qualify as my “dream publication.” And for the first time, I starting doubting my decision to be a journalism major. I grew up dreaming about interning at big publications, but I truly couldn’t imagine that being my life and career. And to be honest, that realization scared me. My mind raced to the question, “Well, if I don’t have this dream of writing for an already high and mighty publications, what does that say about me? Is the journalist life not for me?”

But that’s the thing — although my professor was implying the sole route for us journalists is working for an already well-reputable brand, it’s false. Entrepreneurship is an option even if it may not be mounted in the journalist image. In her eyes, a traditional journalist may be the expectation and may be the goal. But it doesn’t have to be my goal, or anyone else’s for that matter.

And with innovation more and more becoming intrinsic to our world with social media, a person of any educational background, any major, any race, any gender can be an entrepreneur. Whenever I go down this path of thinking, I immediately think of “Humans of New York” creator Brandon Stanton. Stanton has created a

whole new style of storytelling, and anyone has the potential to do that.

If you have a dream of steering innovation in this field, your dream is valid and pursuable.

Whether you’re a journalism major, computer science major, philosophy major or whatever else major, entrepreneurship and innovation can be a piece of your path.

Last spring quarter, I did the start-up program Launch through the Garage, and I will never forget what the student-interviewer told me. In the interview, I felt like a total fraud not being a tech-related or engineering major, and he stopped me in my destructive tracks and told me that start-ups want journalism majors, and any major has a place in entrepreneurship. So, my entrepreneur checklist has changed, and I fall into it.

Cassidy Jackson is a Medill sophomore. She can be contacted at cassidyjackson2021@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.

Doing what you love is a choice we should be able to make

ALEXANDRA HUANG

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I like asking people questions. One of the questions I often ask is: “Are you doing what you want to do at the moment?” The responses I get are always surprising. The majority of people answer, “No.” “No, but I am only doing this for a short period of time,” they’d say.

“No, but I don’t have a choice,” they’d complain.

“No, but you are meant to suffer in life,” they’d confess.

Notice how all of these negations are almost always followed by an elaborate justification, well-devised and convincing. The buts, the excuses and the rationalizations sneak into the

picture, disguised carefully as statements that seem reasonable and blameless.

No, I hate working 120 hours a week, but this is a career that has prestige and pays well. No, both of my parents are doctors, so I have to also go to med school. No, working in investment banking bores me, but this is my only way to cut into venture capital. No, I hate partying, but I feel obligated to go. No, I want to end this relationship, but he’s going to ruin my reputation.

We tell ourselves these narratives over and over until we start to believe them ourselves. We carefully wrap our fear into lies, package them, sugarcoat them, and eventually twist them into statements that we grow to believe ourselves.

We all sometimes have to do things we don’t want to do. But that’s fundamentally different from the situations presented above. Many of us are trapped in the mindset that we cannot go against the forces imposed on us, but the truth is that we almost always have a choice in our own

lives.

I know people who want to change the world.

They found a high-paying profession and set out to make a lot of money. “I’ll do philanthropy once I’m rich,” they’d say. “I need to make money first, otherwise I don’t have any power to change the world.” I don’t think you need to take such a large detour to get to the thing you want to do. You can still go make money, but you can change the world at the same time. Take the time to say “Hi” to people, be more empathetic, put a smile on your face. You’ll be able to pay the bills and light up people’s hearts along the way. You never know what’s going to happen in the future, so start doing what you want to do now.

No, you don’t have to work 120 hours a week in order to gain approval from your parents and peers. No, you don’t have to take orgo and do the pre-med track just because your parents were doctors. No, you don’t have to work in banking for seven years in order to become a venture

capitalist. Quit that job. Make that major change.

Create your own start-up if you want to break into the VC field. Yes, you do have a choice.

Instead of putting off what you really want to do because you’re scared, start saying “yes” to your true desires. It’s easy to do what your parents have asked you to do, but you’ll thank yourself 20 years later for dropping the pre-med track when you’ve successfully evaded a midlife existential crisis.

Now ask yourself, “Am I doing what I want to do at the moment?” And this time, try to answer it without following it up with sugar-coated excuses.

Alexandra Huang is a Weinberg freshman. She can be contacted at alexandrahuang@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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to represent Texas in Congress. In a record year for Native American women running for office, both Deb Haaland and Sharice Davids became the first two ever elected to Congress.

Palestinian-American Rashida Tlaib and Somali-American Ilhan Omar became the first Muslim women elected to Congress with huge majorities of the vote. Omar said she didn’t run to become “a first,” but rather, to make a difference in the current political landscape.

“My grandfather taught me that when you see injustice, you fight back,” she said after her win.

“You do not give in to sorrow, you do not give in to sadness. You organize, and you build with people.”’

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service to the state. He then spoke of Illinois’ resilience in overcoming past challenges, citing the 1871 Chicago fire as an example. He spoke of the “light that burns” from women, people of color, immigrants and other groups of people facing adversity throughout the state.

“That is Illinois,” Pritzker said. “Full of light that come from the people that overcome and endure struggle.”

Pritzker’s running mate, Juliana Stratton, became the state’s first black lieutenant governor. Speaking at the victory party, Stratton thanked the crowd for helping create a “stronger, more inclusive state.”

“My heart is with the women who have been dismissed and disbelieved when it comes to the harassments to which they’ve been subjected,” Stratton said. “We can decide what’s best for ourselves.”

U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) spoke prior

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“Thanks to you, tomorrow will be a new day in America, said House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.). “Remember this feeling, know the power to win.”

Still, as expected, Democrats faced long odds in the Senate.

U.S. Sen. Joe Donnelly’s (D-Ind.) loss to Republican businessman Mike Braun created an insurmountable deficit in the chamber.

“We as conservatives, being led by President Trump, we’ve got to prove why our way of thinking, why what works in the state of Indiana, is gonna work for the rest of America,” Braun said. “And I really believe I can weigh in on that argument.”

Republicans also picked up a seat in North Dakota, as U.S. Sen. Heidi Heitkamp (D-N.D.),

ELECTION

As Massachusetts’ first black woman elected to Congress, Ayanna Pressley stressed in her victory speech “the historical significance of this evening is not lost on me.”

With no Republican in the race, Pressley’s spot in the House was all but certain — but getting there, she said, was a challenge.

“When it comes to women of color candidates, folks don’t just talk about a glass ceiling — what they describe is a concrete one,” Pressley told the crowd listening on election night. “But you know what breaks through concrete? Seismic shifts.”

Still, some candidates fell short in closely followed gubernatorial races, with two failing to become the first black governors of their respective states.

Ending two of 2018’s most dramatic campaigns,

Democrat Andrew Gillum lost and Democrat Stacey Abrams trailed her Republican competitor but refused to concede Tuesday night after both received endorsements from Barack Obama and other prominent politicians. Democrat Ben Jealous was similarly bested by Republican incumbent Larry Hogan in deep-blue Maryland.

“I still believe, and I still trust the voters,” Gillum said in his concession speech. “We may not have all shown up in the way that we thought and hoped that we would, but I still believe that there are more of us who believe in what is common, and what is decent and what is right... And I believe in the long run, good always wins out over evil — I still believe that.”

to Pritzker, just before 8:30 p.m., to congratulate the governor-elect on his victory.

He and U.S. Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.) endorsed Pritzker in December, he said, saying the state “desperately, desperately needed new leadership.”

“The negative impact which (Rauner’s) failure to reach a budget had on universities and towns was well-known across the state,” Durbin said.

Rauner, who was elected governor in 2014, ran on a platform of tax cuts and criminal justice reform during his 2018 campaign. For much of his time in office, Rauner and Illinois House Speaker Mike Madigan (D-Chicago) were gridlocked over the state’s budget beginning in 2015. They failed to pass one until nearly two years later, in 2017, when legislators overrode Rauner’s veto of a budget proposal.

Chicago resident Jay Payne said he attended the event because of his opposition to Rauner.

He said he hopes Pritzker can bring progress to Illinois.

“I hope people’s pensions can be saved,” Payne said. “I hope taxes can be lowered. I hope business can be brought under the state. I hope the quality of life of Illinois can be revived.”

Both Pritzker’s and Rauner’s gubernatorial runs were characterized by high spending. Together, the two raised more than $255 million throughout the campaign. Of the over $176 million Pritzker raised, more than $171 million came from his own pocket, according to the Illinois State Board of Elections.

Illinois Secretary of State Jesse White, State Treasurer Mike Frerichs and State Comptroller Susana Mendoza — all Democrats — also spoke at the party as they celebrated their own election victories alongside Pritzker.

Pritzker ended his victory speech with the same question he has posed throughout his campaign.

Turning to the room of supporters, he asked: “Are you ready for the fight?”

who lost momentum after her decision to oppose the nomination of Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh, fell to U.S. Rep. Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.). And in Missouri, U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.) — another Democratic incumbent — lost her seat to Josh Hawley, the state’s attorney general.

“Tremendous success tonight. Thank you to all!” Trump tweeted late Tuesday.

In Florida, former governor and Republican Rick Scott narrowly defeated incumbent U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson (D-Fla.), flipping another seat.

Democrats did pick up a seat in Nevada, where U.S Rep. Jacky Rosen (D-Nev.) beat Republican U.S. Sen. Dean Heller. A race for a vacant seat in Arizona was too close to call. And in Texas, U.S. Rep. Beto O’Rourke’s (D-Tex.) insurgent campaign fell just short against U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Tex.).

Still, O’Rourke had an upbeat message in his

concession speech.

“Just know this: I am forever, I am forever changed, in the most profoundly positive way,” he said. “I am forever grateful to every single one of you for making this possible. I believe in you, I believe in Texas, I believe in this country. And I love you more than words can express. And that love will persist every day going forward.”

Democrats had hoped to gain control of state governments across the country, but results in gubernatorial races were mixed. Democrats defeated Republican incumbents in Illinois, Kansas, New Mexico, Wisconsin, Maine and Michigan, but couldn’t win a closely watched election in Florida. In Georgia, Democrat Stacey Abrams didn’t concede to opponent Brian Kemp, who had just over 50 percent of the vote early on Wednesday.

polling data were underwhelming for Democrats, at one point favoring that Republicans would hold both chambers. For some students at the watch party, this seemed like deja vu from 2016.

“I was feeling pretty good during the day and got increasingly more nervous when results first started coming in,” said Weinberg senior Dorothy Hogg.

Initial Republican victories dampened zeal from those in the room who were hoping that Democrats could win more than expected. From that point on, those students just hoped that Democrats would win the House.

“I think tonight will perhaps be a blue ripple, not a wave, but I’m a cynic by nature,” said Weinberg junior Romie Drori, who is the Northwestern College Democrats’ programming director and leader of the left for Political Union. “This is a very consequential election and a lot has been made to that point.”

Drori also expressed hopes that Democrats such as Stacey Abrams in Georgia, Bill Nelson and Andrew Gillum in Florida, and Heidi Heitkamp in North Dakota would win elections — though their candidacies either ended in defeat or were too close to call. Political analysts interpreted results like these and many others as a rejection of moderate politicians.

The election was also characterized by a record number of women running for office, which some students said motivated them to vote.

“Electing females is very important because representation in all facets of government is and we want the government to as accurately as possible represent its constituents,” said Weinberg freshman and St. Louis native Campbell Schafer, who interned for Claire McCaskill’s race for senator of Missouri. “Over history, women have not been in the room for a lot of these decisions.”

The majority of U.S. Senate seats up for grabs were held by Democratic incumbents. With less seats to lose, Republicans were confident they would retain control of the Senate. As results came in Tuesday, it was clear the Democrats would lose some, including U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill’s in Missouri.

“I’m not very surprised that the Senate remained in the hands of the Republicans because the Democrats just faced a very tough Senate map,” said Weinberg senior Broderick Topil of Kansas.

Topil faced issues voting in Kansas because of new voter I.D. laws enacted by former Secretary of State Kris Kobach that complicated “motor voter” applications. Instead, Topil voted in Evanston.

“I’m very happy with the results from Kansas.

The fact that (Democrat) Laura Kelly knocked off Kris Kobach is the coolest thing to me being from Kansas.”

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We’re not making the same mistakes we were making one month ago, so it shows our ability to learn and get better as each match goes on.

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Wednesday, November 7, 2018

TWO-MINUTE DRILL

Northwestern goes on 10-0 run in final few minutes to defeat Green Bay Northwestern

By PETER WARREN

daily senior staffer @thepeterwarren

With a little over two minutes left, it appeared Northwestern was on its way to a season-opening loss to Green Bay. Down 55-47 on the road to the Phoenix, the Wildcats had scored only two baskets in the previous four minutes. But NU — highlighted by a transition layup by senior forward Pallas Kunaiyi-Akpanah and threepointer by freshman guard Sydney Wood — went on a seven-point run to bring the deficit to one with 54 seconds left.

Then, the Cats got a defensive stop to give them the ball with a chance to win the game. But Laken James fouled sophomore guard Lindsey Pulliam, putting one of the Big Ten’s best free-throw shooters at the line with a chance to put NU on top.

“That is who you want at the line on our team,” coach Joe McKeown said. “She loves to be in that position.

She’s fearless. I couldn’t have scripted

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it any better.”

Pulliam — who was only 2-for-12 from the field on the day — sunk the free throws. Green Bay had a chance to tie the game, but Hailey Oskey missed a three-pointer and then Madison Wolf missed the follow up before junior forward Abi Scheid grabbed the basketball and was fouled.

Scheid added an insurance free throw as NU (1-0) held on and pulled off the 57-55 upset of Green Bay (0-1) at the Kress Center.

“In practice, we always harp on just finishing plays and finishing out whatever we are are doing story and just having confidence that you can finish the game no matter what the score is,” Pulliam said.

The first quarter of play was sloppy by both sides. NU shot 3-for15 from the field with six turnovers,

while Green Bay was not any better, shooting 3-for-14 with six turnovers.

Pulliam missed her first six shots before hitting a buzzer-beating layup at then end of the quarter to tie the game at seven.

Both teams played much better in the second quarter, as Oskey caught fire. Playing in her collegiate game, Oskey — who was named Ms. Wisconsin Basketball 2018 as the best high school player in the Badger State — went a perfect 5-for-5 from beyond the arc in the quarter to pace Green Bay to a three-point halftime lead.

McKeown said the team had not seen film on Oskey heading into the day and only knew that she was a good shooter.

“They did a good job screening for her. She did a good job and made a couple of tough shots,” McKeown said. “She’s a really good player.”

The Phoenix came out of the halftime break stronger than the Cats, pushing their advantage to as high as 11 points while NU was held to only two points during a six-minute stretch in the middle of the quarter.

However, the Cats scored seven points in the final two-plus minutes to keep NU in the game.

Kunaiyi-Akpanah captured her first doubledouble of the season as she finished with 17 points and 14 rebounds.

The sophomore guard duo of Pulliam and Jordan Hamilton each dropped nine points with Hamilton dishing out five assists.

“It’s a really big win,” Pulliam said. “Beating a usual top team and just giving us confidence going into our home opener against Duke is a big help for us.” peterwarren2021@u. northwestern.edu

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MEN’S SOCCER

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NU claims conference road win Cats season ends in

By ANDY MARQUARDT

the daily northwestern @andy_marquardt

Northwestern traveled to Columbus, Ohio, on Sunday — defeating Ohio State in four sets and marking the second win over the Buckeyes for the Wildcats in as many weeks.

Sunday’s win marked NU’s second victory on the road against a conference opponent this season and gave the Cats a season sweep of Ohio State (12-14, 3-11 Big Ten). The Cats (1412, 4-10) have now won four of their last six matches against conference opponents.

Prior to this stretch, NU had faced eight Big Ten opponents without a victory. Coach Shane Davis is excited by the team’s improvement and ability to win a tough road match at OSU. “Anytime you can get a win on the road in the Big Ten is a huge accomplishment,” Davis said. “It’s a great testament to our team’s resilience and ability to bounce back this year, especially after our loss at Maryland.”

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a commanding win in the first game, Ohio State capitalized on several service and attacking errors from the Cats to cruise to a second set win. NU had five service errors in the second set alone, and had a .147 hit percentage — easily its lowest of the match.

Freshman outside hitter Ella Grbac said the team came together following the loss in the second game. Grbac finished with a match-high 17 kills in the win.

“In our huddle, we told ourselves the second game wasn’t us,” Grbac said. “We made so many errors that I think we got down on ourselves.”

In the third set, however, the Cats and Buckeyes traded blows back and forth in a set that featured 14 ties and 10 lead changes. After falling behind 22-19, NU scored four straight points to take a 24-22 lead. The set would then continue to bounce back and forth until a block from sophomore middle hitter Alana Walker and a Grbac kill secured the third set victory

for the Cats.

“I call that the swing set,” Davis said. “We battled back and forth until our passing settled down, and our blocking picked up. That set carried a ton of momentum into the fourth set as well.”

Following the momentum-swinging third set, NU settled down, took care of business and pulled away from the Buckeyes, 25-20, to secure the season sweep. The Cats held OSU to a mere .121 hitting percentage throughout the match, and had 11 blocks (including four by Grbac and seven

by Walker). With four wins in its last six games, NU is flipping the narrative of the season.

“This team is learning and is much younger than years passed,” Davis said.

“We’re not making the same mistakes we were making one month ago, so it shows our ability to learn and get better as each match goes on.”

The Cats’ victory on Sunday followed a four-set loss to Maryland (1511, 6-8 Big Ten) on Nov. 2, in which NU battled hard against a Terrapins team in the midst of an impressive season. NU was within five points of victory in each of the three sets it dropped to Maryland.

Sunday’s win gave the Cats their fourth conference victory of the season. With seven games left in the season, this year’s squad has already matched their conference win total from last year.

Freshman setter Kiara McNulty, who had a team-high 33 assists Sunday, said the team’s recent success is an indication of the direction the program is headed.

“Getting all of our younger players involved and more experienced — myself included — has been big to our success” McNulty said. “We’re headed in a great direction as a program, and it’s really exciting for us.”

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Ella Grbac swings for a kill. The freshman had 17 kills in the win over Ohio State.

the Big Ten Tourney

By STEPHEN COUNCIL

the daily northwestern @stephencouncil

Indiana had been in command against Northwestern all afternoon.

With time winding down and his team trailing 1-0, junior midfielder Matt Moderwell cranked an ambitious shot over goalkeeper Trey Muse that hit off the back post. The ball ricocheted into the back of the net, and the Wildcats had suddenly, shockingly tied the game against perennial power Indiana.

No. 8-seed NU traveled to Bloomington this weekend for the Big Ten Tournament, beating No. 9-seed Ohio State 3-1 on Saturday. The Cats’ season ended just the next day against No. 1 Indiana, when the Cats fell in overtime, 2-1.

NU (6-9-5, 0-5-3 Big Ten) and the Buckeyes (1-15-2, 0-7-1) both came into the weekend without a Big Ten win between them this season, but each side knew something would have to give. The first half was physical and back-and-forth, with seven shots by Ohio State and four by NU. After a 1-1 split at halftime, the Wildcats began to break away. In the 78th minute, junior forward Ty Seager muscled away his defender in the box.

He passed to senior midfielder Camden Buescher, who slotted the go-ahead goal into the bottom left corner.

Buescher — who has been in and out of the lineup all year — had netted a hat-trick the game before against Concordia-Chicago. Junior midfielder Mattias Tomasino liked seeing the big contributions from seniors, in what everyone knew could be their last game.

“Going into that game we really said to ourselves this one’s really for the seniors,” Tomasino said, “And for the seniors, it was survive and advance, win and move on.”

The Cats did move on, thanks to Buescher’s effort and an 88th minute counterattack finish by Moderwell that gave NU an insurance goal and a 3-1 lead.

Immediately after the game against the Buckeyes on Saturday, recovery efforts started. The team had to get their bodies and minds ready for a much stronger opponent in the Hoosiers.

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The Hoosiers (16-2-0, 8-0-0) — undefeated in the conference this season — boast the Big Ten defensive player, freshman, goalkeeper and coach of the year for the 2018 season. But that did not deter NU. The Cats defense was pressed from the start, as Indiana’s powerful attack seemed to come in constant waves. In the first half alone, they piled up 13 shots, three on goal.

“I thought (sophomore goalkeeper Miha Miskovic) made some good saves,” coach Tim Lenahan said. “But I also thought the defense sacrificed everything they had to keep the ball out of the net.”

NU managed to keep the game scoreless until the 80th minute. Then, Indiana midfielder Spencer Glass cracked a shot against the post, sending it skidding across the face of the open goal. It only took his teammate Rece Buckmaster’s sliding deflection to send the ball into the net, and give the Hoosiers their 1-0 lead.

After such a one-sided game, it seemed like a decisive blow. However, nine minutes later Moderwell found himself in the Indiana box, ball at his feet. He rifled off the shot from a nearimpossible angle, and jumped away in ecstacy when it hit the back of the net.

The goal sent the contest to overtime, where Indiana kept up its dangerous pressure. Six minutes in, midfielder Francesco Moore chipped a cross across the net and Glass headed in the winning goal.

“Every single person that stepped on the field today and the entire bench was all bringing their best game,” Moderwell said. “Even though we didn’t get the result, we were still very proud of what we put out there today.” stephencouncil2022@u.northwestern.edu