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By DAISY CONANT

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Northwestern students are feeling uneasy after the University reported three reports of men targeting female students during latenight hours. The first reported incident took place Oct. 28, and two more occured since then, all on South Campus between 5:30 p.m. and 10:18 p.m., according to an email from University Police Chief Bruce Lewis. However, that email didn’t arrive until last Friday. The University did not officially respond to the reports until then, when UP alerted students of the third reported attack Thursday night.

Weinberg sophomore Tamar Jacobsohn, a resident of the Delta Zeta sorority house, said many sorority quad residents expressed concerns to University President Morton Schapiro and Lewis after the University had not yet issued a statement in the wake of the first two reported attacks. “I’m lucky enough to have like a community of people that would tell me about (the attacks),” Jacobsohn said. “But lots of people wouldn’t and wouldn’t keep being cautious.” While the alert assured community members that UP increased patrols across campus and is taking other precautions with the Evanston Police Department, some students aren’t satisfied, and are taking matters into their own hands. McCormick junior Kayla Carter decided to organize a » See SAFETY, page 6

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Before this season: “We don’t hide from the goals that we have, which are to win the Big Ten West, to win the Big Ten Championship, and then go win our bowl game.” In April 2017, upon receiving a contract extension

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Olympic figure skater talks career When figure skater Mirai Nagasu was about to face the judges at the U.S. National Championships in January, she needed to quiet the voice in her own head that told her she wouldn’t make the Olympic team. Her solution? “You can clearly see on national television that I say ‘f— you,’”Nagasu said. “I didn’t mean it toward the judges, I was talking to myself.” It worked. Nagasu placed second, securing herself a spot on the U.S. Olympic team. As the Chinese Students Association’s fall speaker, Nagasu spoke to an audience of over 150 in Harris Hall on Saturday. She touched on her journey as an Asian American woman in figure skating, and how she has dealt with career setbacks.

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through the 2026 season: “You come here and you win and you compete for championships.” W hen Northwestern entered the AP Top 25 after taking down then-No. 21 Stanford to open the 2015

UP increases patrols after south campus incidents

University Police Chief Bruce Lewis reiterated Northwestern’s concern for safety after three separate incidents in recent days of men targeting female students on campus.. “We have heard the concerns of the community, and we want to provide information regarding the incidents and our committed response,” Lewis wrote in an email to the Northwestern community. “We have no higher priority than the safety and security of our students and the wider community.” The email comes as some students voice frustration on social media with the University’s response to the three reported incidents. Most are criticizing the University for being slow to alert the community of the reports. , NU is required by the Clery Act, a federal law, to disclose campus crime reports when they believe a threat exists on campus. In the email, Lewis described the three incidents that prompted

season: “Q uite frankly, I expect to be ranked,” Fitzgerald said. “I expect our team to compete for championships.” Now, after a 14-10 victory over No. 21 Iowa and a few » See FOOTBALL, page 6 the concern, which all involved a female student who was grabbed from behind. Last night, two men approached a female student in the 1800 block of Hinman Avenue Thursday at 5:30 p.m. and grabbed the top handle of her backpack. The student was able to run away from the two men, who fled away from campus. University and Evanston police patrolled the area, Lewis said in a different email, but were unable to locate anyone matching the descriptions of the men. They were about 6 feet tall, and one was wearing a hooded sweatshirt. UP arrested a different man for battery after a student reported he grabbed her from behind on Nov. 4 while she was walking on University Place near Scott Hall. A second student reported a similar incident that occurred last week near Chicago Avenue and Sheridan Road. Those two incidents had different suspects, University spokesperson Bob Rowley told The Daily. Lewis said UP is increasing patrols on the Evanston campus. Lewis suggested the community use “extra caution” and report suspicious activity. — Alan Perez

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Protesters organize against golf course easement By CLARE PROCTOR

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Golfers, dog walkers and local residents rallied on the 10th hole of the Canal Shores Golf Course just north of Evanston to protest plans to pave a road in a section of the course. The Dick Keefe Development Corporation is seeking an easement from the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District board to construct a road on the 10th hole fairway. This easement would increase flood risks for homes in the area, harm wetlands and 100-year-old oak trees and “effectively destroy” the fairway, according to a Canal Shores news release. “This particular piece of land is the most ecologically sensitive and most physically attractive piece on the entire golf course, and maybe in all of East Wilmette and Evanston,” Larry Mages — vice president of the board of the Evanston Wilmette Golf Course Association — told The Daily. The development corporation owns a plot of land running next to the golf course, Mages said, and they intend to utilize the easement as an access route to build four homes. However, the MWRD — which owns the land and leases it to the golf course — can only take the property back in few “unique instances,” he said. One of those instances would be if the Cook County Department of Transportation and Highways Department says they require a road for its use, he said.

POLICE BLOTTER Blotter: Wallet stolen while woman ate at restaurant Evanston Police Department officers Thursday afternoon responded to a report of a theft at Sashimi Sashimi in downtown Evanston. A 53-year-old Evanton resident told officers that, upon receiving a fraud alert from her credit card company, she found her wallet

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The Harley Clarke Mansion. Evanston residents voted overwhelmingly in favor to preserve the building, unsurprising to aldermen.

The easement would benefit the Keefe Family Trust, which is associated with the Dick Keefe Development Corporation. Protestors are calling State Sen. John Cullerton’s (D-Chicago) role in the easement proposal into question. Cullerton serves as Keefe’s attorney and has an ownership interest in the Dick Keefe

Development Corporation, Mages said. The Village of Wilmette estimates that the road would cost $700,000, he said, and would be paid for by Cook County taxpayers. Evanston Mayor Steve Hagerty spoke at the rally, saying those protesting the easement have the full support of himself and the City Council.

missing, said Evanston police communications coordinator Perry Polinski. The woman said her wallet was taken from her purse, which was hanging on the back of a chair, by an unknown person earlier that Thursday while she dined at 640 Church St., Polinski said. The wallet contained credit cards, a debit card and various identifying information,

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Glass broken, radar detector stolen from car

EPD officers responded to a report of a defacement and theft Thursday in the 1000 block of Colfax Street in northwest Evanston. A 42-year-old male Evanston resident told officers that someone broke out the passenger

In May 2017, the council opposed a former easement request that would have built a road off of Isabella Street. “The problem was that the land owner could not maximize their profit from their perspective and build four homes,” Hagerty said. “Let me be very clear: It is not government’s job to maximize a private owner’s profit.” The rally encouraged protestors to email Toni Preckwinkle, Cook County Board president, and explain the circumstances. Preckwinkle has the power to put a stop to the easement, said John Quail, director of watershed planning for Friends of the Chicago River, an organization working to keep the river healthy, who spoke at the event. Ald. Eleanor Revelle (7th) — whose ward contains the Evanston portion of the golf course — also encouraged attendees to continue putting pressure on the MWRD to oppose the easement. The MWRD is set to vote whether to grant the easement on Thursday, which would be a precursor to building the road. Revelle told The Daily she attended a previous meeting concerning the easement and plans to attend the meeting on Thursday as well. “So many of us enjoy coming to this space, and particularly, I speak for non-golfers,” she said. “We regularly walk across the golf course and this part of the golf course in particular. It would affect the experience we have that we enjoy right now of this beautiful ecological green space.” clareproctor2021@u.northwestern.edu

window of his 2008 Infiniti sometime between Wednesday night and Thursday morning while it was parked outside on Colfax Street, Polinksi said. The person also took a radar detector, which was valued at around $350, from the car, Polinksi added. — Cameron Cook

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ON CAMPUS Medill dean condemns press censuring By ALAN PEREZ and DANNY VESURAI the daily northwestern @_perezalan, @dvesurai

The interim dean of the Medill School of Journalism, Marketing, Integrated Marketing Communications is speaking out against the Trump administration’s decision to revoke a CNN reporter’s White House credentials after he aggressively questioned the president on his characterization of the migrant caravan as an “invasion” and the Russia investigation. “It is incredibly disconcerting when journalists are censured for doing their job, and we cannot turn a blind eye to this encroachment on press freedom, a concept that is enshrined in the Constitution,” Charles Whitaker, the interim dean of the Medill, said in a statement. “Our democracy depends on the functioning of an unfettered press that is allowed to question our leaders and hold them accountable without fear of reprisal.” Whitaker stopped short of directly criticizing the president, and instead echoed the broad concerns of press freedom advocacy groups, who say journalists’ basic right to cover the government has been curtailed since Trump stepped into office. The statement is a remarkable gesture from Medill, a respected stalwart in the journalism industry that sends many of its graduates to national publications, including CNN. “It is important, too, that an institution as prominent as Medill stand up for our profession -- that we insist that our students and our professional colleagues are allowed to perform their roles honorably and without being declared ‘enemies of the state,’” Whitaker said. In an interview with The Daily last month, Whitaker said the school’s curriculum doesn’t respond to political climates. “I think journalism in general doesn’t adapt to politics,” he said. “Our role is to cover politics.” But with an administration that often unleashes attacks against the press, journalists are finding it hard to distance themselves from politics. Yet Whitaker told The Daily on Sunday that the

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A White House staff member, left, tries to take away the microphone from CNN White House correspondent Jim Acosta during an exchange with President Donald Trump on Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2018. Medill interim Dean Whitaker spoke out against the president’s decision to revoke Acosta’s credentials in a statement on Friday.

goal of the statement wasn’t to send Medill into the political arena but to affirm journalism’s importance at a time when it seems to come under attack. “We as a society don’t think nearly enough about what we will lose if we lose American journalism,” he said. “It’s now a moment for journalism schools to not just train smart young people but to remind the public of the importance of journalism.” Medill freshman Megan Lebowitz said she was “very glad” Whitaker spoke out on the Acosta’s censure. “It’s an important issue — there are so many attacks on the press,” she said. “I think it’s important journalism institutions like Northwestern defend the press and speak out.” The tense relationship between Trump and reporters came to a climax earlier this week, when the president lashed out against Jim Acosta, CNN’s chief White House correspondent, during a post-midterm press conference. Acosta, a confrontational reporter

known to challenge the president, had pushed back against previous remarks that a caravan of migrants from Central America making its way toward the U.S. was an “invasion.” Trump, who that day had tried to declare a Republican victory despite the Democrats’ takeover of the House of Representatives in the midterm elections, called Acosta a “rude, terrible person” before attempting to move on. Acosta refused to give up the microphone when a female White House aide reached for it. The administration later revoked his access to the White House, falsely claiming that Acosta had handled the aid roughly. On Friday, the president signalled he was considering limiting access to other reporters as well. Sophia Scanlan contributed reporting. aperez@u.northwestern.edu dvesurai@u.northwestern.edu

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Retracting a letter to the editor regarding the ASG presidential election The Letter to the Editor from a former senior member of Associated Student Government published on April 13, 2018, concerning the merits of then-candidates Sky Patterson and Emily Ash, has been retracted. In looking at the letter and reviewing the editing process, I determined that the letter did not meet The Daily’s editorial standards. The positions of ASG president and executive vice president open a person up to some public scrutiny, but not to criticisms of personal character or airings of personal grievances. The Daily’s opinion section has guidelines when it comes to publishing letters about students. In this specific case, some of those guidelines were not followed. Some readers may ask why I am making this decision with this particular letter. I cannot correct every problematic or unfair story or column on The Daily’s website. But in this case, the letter was continuing to cause harm to those involved. And, in a few short months, we will be covering another ASG election. In order to ensure fair coverage of the current and future student representatives, I believe it is in the best interest of my reporters, ASG members and the student body that my newspaper makes clear that this type of letter does not meet our standards. I believe leaving the letter up as it was originally published would set an unfortunate and troubling precedent for our opinion section. — Nora Shelly, Editor in Chief

A new hope for climate change policy CATHERINE BUCHANIEC

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Last Tuesday, America put its left foot in front of its right for the first time since the 2010 midterm election: Democrats took back control of the House of Representatives. For those who live on this planet and who will most likely be alive in 2040, this change in power is a glimmer of hope. During Republicans’ reign in the House, little to nothing was done to actually help the environment in regards to enacting legislation. While the Climate Solutions Caucus did include 45 Republicans, their voices were muffled by the overarching message of the party: big business ranks higher than a healthy planet. With Democrats back in control, it’s time for a paradigm shift. Despite the blue wave manifesting itself as more of a ripple than a tsunami, the success of the Democratic Party paves the way for the United States to start making real progress with climate legislation. On our current course, we have a little less than 22 years until we start seeing climate catastrophes at unparalleled levels. According to the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel of Climate Change, we have half that time to limit those catastrophes’ impacts. If the United States’ crusade for healthcare has shown anything, it is that comprehensive large pieces of legislation take time. However, we do not have that kind of time. Climate change is not just frantically ringing the doorbell; it is barging in with a battering ram.

On Jan. 3, when Congress begins at noon, the first item on the House’s to-do list should be discussing the United States’ role in combating climate change despite the unlikelihood of a bill being passed by the Senate and signed by the president. Since President Trump’s perilous move to withdraw from the Paris Agreement, states and cities have picked up where the federal government left off. However, despite their best efforts, Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel and other prominent politicians do not have the ability to create U.S. policy. Now that it’s under Democratic control, the House needs to play catch-up. Recently, House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) — and the presumed future speaker of the House — said she plans to set up a select committee similar to the former House Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming that operated from 2007 until 2011. Granted, this is a start, but it is not enough. We need to try harder. We need to do more. During the next two years, Pelosi needs to be the pragmatist that she is and realize that without a thriving, healthy planet, every other political debate is futile. In a time where we have multiple news cycles per day, issues quickly get pushed to the side in favor of other pressing topics. This is the most pressing topic of our time. When entire cities are engulfed by rising sea levels, tax cuts will not matter. When food shortages become regular occurrences, recreational marijuana will not matter. Climate change needs to be the primary issue on every representative’s mind. Currently, if the House were to pass climate change legislation, it would likely fail in the Republican-controlled Senate. So, for

the next two years, the entire House needs to spend every waking moment drafting revolutionary bills — essentially a modern day New Deal — ready to be voted on and enacted right after a 2020 election that brings the blue wave to the Senate and the White House. Democrats and Republicans in the House should also work together to pass Christmas tree bills — bills initially unrelated to climate change but containing earmarked floor amendments furthering progressive climate policy. While not equivalent to a full-scale climate bill, they are a way to make change. Pelosi and Trump have both asked for bipartisanship, and there’s no better issue to come together on than this one. While the Republican Party may not be on board, certain Republican representatives are, especially those who have seen the effects of climate change in their own states such as Rep. Brian Mast (R-Fla). Before it’s disbandment in 2011, the House Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming convened hearings on a large range of topics related the the environment. However, they did not operate with the authority to to take legislative action on any bill or resolution. This time, we need legislative action. When the 2020 election comes around, I’m counting on the 116th Congress to be ready for a fight. They’re our federal government’s — and our planet’s — only hope. Catherine Buchaniec is a Medill freshman. She can be contacted at catherinebuchaniec2022@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.

Saudi Arabia’s monarchy can not buy our dignity RODRIGO CASTILLO

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After news broke last Tuesday that several U.S. colleges and universities, including Northwestern University, received more than $350 million from the Saudi government or its institutions, NU announced it would ask its faculty to reconsider its relationship with Saudi Arabia. NU received $14.4 million from the King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology, a Saudi scientific government institution that focuses on scientific applied research. Now it is NU’s chance to show it stands in defense of Jamal Khashoggi and will not turn a blind eye to Saudi Arabia’s increasingly alarming human rights violations. It has become far from unusual to hear about Saudi Arabia funneling millions of dollars into the tech industry and scientific research, a trend that has been going on since the 1990s. While in light of recent events several companies are reviewing and considering a boycott on Saudi funding, technology giants like Uber and Twitter, and prestigious

universities like Harvard, Yale, Georgetown and NU have for years been common recipients of large sums of money granted by the Saudi government and its institutions.

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Prestigious universities like Harvard, Yale, Georgetown and NU have for years been common recipients of large sums of money granted by the Saudi government and its institutions.

However the past month has not been a bright one for the Saudi crown. After news of journalist Jamal Khashoggi’s murder broke, many multinational companies and corporations have backed away from business with the Saudis. Just last week, the New York Times published a piece revealing the compliance of different consulting firms, including McKinsey and Boston Consulting Group, in helping the Saudi regime keep control of its citizens’ criticism after it announced unpopular austerity measures. Yet McKinsey and

BCG were determined to remain in Mohammed bin Salman’s Future Investment Initiative conference. With weapons sold by the U.S., the Saudis have backed a war in Yemen, one of the world’s largest humanitarian crisis. To prevent political instability and suppress any opposition, the Kingdom has jailed hundreds of human-rights activists and journalists each year. Just last year, the regime executed 146 people, according to a report issued by Amnesty International. Yet, the crown prince, Mohammed bin Salman, pretends to be rallying a new movement of changes, development and prosperity. But so-called “Saudi Arabia’s Arab Spring” is nothing more than a political tool to maintain stability in his authoritarian regime. Here’s is why context matters. After their first two oil booms, between the 1970s and 1980s, Saudi Arabia (and other Gulf nations) was confident that its petrodollars were capable of buying the latest technological developments and infrastructures. Soon enough, they realized in order to sustain economic prosperity long-term they needed to invest in the academic institutions that are home to these revolutionary developments and ideas. The kingdom did not just give away

those millions of dollars as charity or a love for education. This form of petrodollar authoritarian machine does not care about the value of a human being, knowing that human rights violations are not a concern for multinational firms and corporations like McKinsey and Boston Consulting Group. A month after news on the murder of Khashoggi under the order of the Saudi government went viral, Mohammed bin Salman and his government think they can get away with absolutely anything. This might be the chance for institutions to prove otherwise. To prove that, coming from a country founded upon the ideals of liberal democracy that highly values freedom of expression, U.S. colleges care about freedom of expression. They should show that Saudi Arabia’s petrodollar cannot buy people’s dignity. Rodrigo Castillo is a Weinberg sophomore. He can be contacted at rcp@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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Former Obama staffers share D.C. experiences By JOSHUA IRVINE

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Former Obama Administration staffers gave students an inside look of what working in the White House is like at a panel hosted in the Norris University Center on Friday. Michael Strautmanis, Heather Foster and Darienne Page, all formerly of the White House’s former Office of Public Engagement, answered questions from students and promote their book “West Wingers: Stories from the Dream Chasers, Change Makers and Hope Creators Inside the Obama White House.” The event was hosted by the Center for Civic Engagement in partnership with the Department of Political Science; Katrina Wiemholt, assistant director at the Center, introduced the staffers. “West Wingers” features 18 stories from former Obama administration staffers, said Wiemholdt. “The purpose of ‘West Wingers’ is to give people an up-close look at what it’s like to be a staffer,” Foster said. The staffers described how they became involved in the Obama administration and shared anecdotes from their time in the White House. Strautmanis was a member of then-Sen. Barack Obama’s staff and became chief of staff to one of the President’s senior advisers after the election. He later became Counselor for Strategic Engagement

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Former Obama staffers spoke about their experiences in the White House at a panel promoting an anthology of true stories from the administration.

before leaving for a job with the Walt Disney Company in 2013. Foster, a 2003 graduate of Northwestern’s School of Education and Social Policy, said she first encountered Obama as an intern at the Appleseed Fund in 2003. She was sent to see the thenstate senator give a speech at the Daley Center in November of that year.

She later volunteered for Obama’s presidential campaign and joined the Department of Education in 2009, Foster said. Strautmanis recruited her into the Office of Public Engagement in 2011, where she served as an associate director and then public engagement advisor. Page, a veteran of the 2003 invasion of Iraq, also began working for Obama’s 2008 campaign while a

student at the University of Illinois at Chicago, she said. She became a full-time staffer after the Iowa caucus, and was part of the President’s transition team before becoming White House receptionist and later director of Veterans, Wounded Warriors and Military Families Outreach. Page’s military service was central to both her White House career and her stories, describing early her return to Iraq with then-Vice President Joe Biden as part of the 2011 withdrawal of U.S. troops. “Returning to a fully functioning command post and turning that over to the Iraqis… there aren’t really words to describe how overwhelming that feeling is,” Page said. Among the stories shared by the staffers were the trials of transitioning into the new White House — Page characterized it as “75 days of pure torture” — and Strautmanis’ method of motivating White House interns through a tour that ended with interns getting a “presidential pastry” (the pastry chef has his own chapter in the book, said Strautmanis). The Obama administration was the most diverse presidential administration in history, said Weimholt, and the panel sought to emphasize this aspect of the administration. “What I’m proud of about this book is you saw the intersection of policy and identity, and people who felt passionately about these issues because they lived them,” Strautmanis said. joshuairvine2022@u.northwestern.edu

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A two percent property tax hike and no general wage increases for city employees are both items on an updated budget proposal that aldermen will discuss at Monday’s City Council meeting. The revised budget — which follows about a month of deliberation among residents, aldermen and city officials — addresses many of the qualms that were raised about the first draft. Originally, the budget proposal included a number of cuts across city departments, which have been altered in the second version. The proposed closure of Evanston Fire Department Station 4, located in the 2nd Ward, is now off the table. Aldermen, residents and firefighters had raised concerns about the possible closure, city increased response times across the city as a possible effect. Evanston Fire Chief Brian Scott previously told The Daily that the closure could have had a “cascade effect” across the city. “We have a very … efficient and reliable system currently,” he said. “There’s a lot of interdependence between the stations because of the amount of call volume.” The new budget proposal strikes the closure, and adds over $224,000 to the fire overtime budget and $20,000 in funding for a fire department cost study. At the Nov. 5 council meeting, Ald. Melissa Wynne (3rd) had suggested exploring whether the department’s deployment model could be altered to adjust staffing levels throughout the day to tailor them to times where there is a higher call volume. In addition to nixing the station closure, aldermen previously voted to have the city continue to operate the Gibbs-Morrison Cultural Center, a community center located in the 5th Ward. The other significant set of revisions concerns the Department of Health and Human Services. Initially, the budget proposal set out to cut $250,000 from the city’s Mental Health Board, and remove the communicable disease specialist from the department. However, Illinois state law requires the position to be filled for the department to be recognized and receive federal and state funding. Health care providers, staff and aldermen have spoken out against the proposed cut, and at an Oct. 27 City Council meeting, city manager Wally Bobkiewicz also urged aldermen to vote against the original draft proposal. In the revised budget proposal, the Mental Health Board cuts have been reduced to $150,000, and the communicable disease specialist will no longer be cut. The proposed 2 percent property tax levy would garner the city $820,000, according to city documents. The property tax increase goes against Bobkiewicz’s initial promise that the budget would not raise taxes following last year’s $14.5 million Evanston/Skokie School District 65 referendum, which raised property taxes across Evanston. Following the referendum, many residents expressed concerns with a possible rate increase. Aldermen are set to continue discussions of the budget at the Nov. 12 City Council meeting. karisch@u.northwestern.edu

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self-defense class in Slivka Residential College Sunday night with the hopes of teaching her female peers, especially freshman, how to protect themselves. “(Northwestern) finally sent out that email, but even that wasn’t really enough,” Carter said. “That’s when I decided that I needed to schedule (a self-defense class) as soon as possible.” Weinberg sophomore Jamie Miller is also organizing two self-defense classes, which will be held Nov. 16 and 18 at the Delta Zeta sorority house. Miller said while this is something she’s always wanted to do, she now thinks it’s imperative they be held. “I get very scared walking at night and have always wanted to learn self defense,” she said. “Because of the attacks, it became something that seemed required to do at the moment.” Because the reported attacks are happening so close to the Sorority Quad, risk management teams from each chapter suggested members be cautious and travel in pairs. Northwestern Panhellenic Association President Juliette Johnson plans to meet with chapter presidents and Travis Martin, director of fraternity and sorority life, later this week to discuss what the students would need to make them feel safer, whether that

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other favorable results on Saturday, he’s got one. Northwestern (6-4, 6-1 Big Ten) has won the Big Ten West and will take on either Michigan or Ohio State in its first-ever appearance in the Big Ten Championship game. “I’m just so proud of (the team). I’m really proud of them, I’m proud of the staff. We’ve been together for a long time, especially the seniors. Our fourthand fifth-year guys have won a lot of big games. They’ve been through a bunch of tough defeats,” Fitzgerald said. “There was just something about this brotherhood that makes it such a joy and a privilege to be around every day.” It wasn’t an easy task Saturday. Iowa led for most of the game before senior quarterback Clayton Thorson connected with junior receiver Bennett Skowronek on a 32-yard touchdown pass in the fourth quarter. It wasn’t an easy task in 2018. The same Wildcats that opened 1-3 with an embarrassing home loss to Akron (now 4-5 in the MAC) are now winners of five of their last six, including this programdefining victory. “This team has overcome a ton of adversity,” Fitzgerald said. “And then we got beat up… The

be more lighting, more bluelights or more campus patrolling. “I just think the whole thing is kind of really worrisome and it brings up a lot of questions on what’s the role of the University, what’s the role of the students, and what’s the

role of the fraternity and sorority life office to ensure what’s going to happen next,” Johnson said. “At the end of the day I really hope that there’s a result of this.”

brotherhood that’s in that locker room is the glue that has kept everything together. If that’s one thing that I would say about this group, the brotherhood is special.”

teams played in a conference title game. “There’s so many guys who have come before us that have laid the foundation, but this team has really come together after starting 1-3,” Thorson said. “I’m just so proud to be a part of this team, and we’re going to get it done these next two weeks.” Thorson didn’t have his best game Saturday, completing only 50 percent of his passes for 122 yards and tossing two interceptions. Freshman running back Isaiah Bowser carried most of the load, piling up 165 yards on 31 carries and adding 33 more on three receptions. NU’s defense, however, was the star of the show. Against future NFL quarterback Nate Stanley, NU allowed only 10 points and forced two crucial turnovers, the most important coming on a forced fumble by junior defensive lineman Joe Gaziano with less than two minutes remaining. The Hawkeyes wouldn’t touch the ball again. “This is unbelievable feeling,” Gaziano said. “This is the goal that we set at the beginning of every year, and for it to be able to come true — that we won the West and are going to Indianapolis — it’s amazing to see all the hard work these guys have put in… For it to pay off and for us to go to Indianapolis is a great feeling, but we’re not done yet.”

In February 2018, Nagasu became the first American woman to land a triple axel at the Olympics, a jump that helped her and her teammates secure a bronze medal in the figure skating team event. Nagasu said landing the jump is one of the proudest achievements of her life, especially because she was in pain during the entire competition. She was skating at the Olympics with an injured hip and she said it was crucial that the media and judges were left unaware, lest they score her with the injury in mind. “I like to think that pain was worth it,” she said. “Some things are worth fighting for. You would never be able to tell, I hope, that I was injured because I would never ever tell the media that there was a crack to my armour.” It’s situations like these, Nagasu said — where athletes aren’t able to be fully open, especially in a judged sport — which she wants to raise awareness about. She said her parents, who immigrated to the United States from Japan, raised her to be quiet, accept hardships, take the hits and work hard. That mentality followed her to Nationals in 2014, where she received a bronze medal. Typically, the top three skaters from that competition go to the Olympics, but the fourth-place medalist, Ashley Wagner, was selected to go instead. Nagasu said she felt the situation was unfair. Her parents told her to take the setback and work hard so that for the next Olympics, she would be the person “they can’t say no to.” “My whole career has been always about fighting for that spot,” she said. “I knew that if I wanted to get my spot in an honorable way and go the way I wanted, I should just take that hit.” After being left off the team in 2014, Nagasu said she was in a “dark place,” but the setback motivated her to work even harder to compete at the next Olympic Games. She said her work ethic is something she learned from her parents at a young age. Skating is an expensive sport, and Nagasu said her family often struggled with the cost. She said her parents kept reminding her of how much money they were investing and telling her to focus on training. Ultimately, Nagasu said, that “helicopter” behavior is what instilled in her the drive she has today. Since the Olympics, Nagasu has had a whirlwind few months. She competed on Dancing with the Stars, attended Oscars parties and booked interviews. With the future wide open, she said she feels like she’s “kind of just floating.” Nagasu said she wants to stay involved with skating in shows and maybe coaching. Now, she’s sharing her story with audiences like the one at Northwestern, hoping to encourage people to pursue their dreams. McCormick freshman Catherine Chen, also said she appreciated how candid and “down to earth” Nagasu was about her story. “It’s very eye-opening, that she’s so successful, and that she still has … very similar roots and background (to me),” Chen said.

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Kayla Carter, McCormick junior, hosts a self-defense class at Slivka Residential College on Sunday night.

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NU will now have a chance to do something it hasn’t done since 2000: win the Big Ten. The win at Kinnick Stadium on Saturday, combined with Penn State’s defeat of Wisconsin and Purdue’s blowout loss at Minnesota, guaranteed the Cats the Big Ten West title. Fitzgerald’s squad is now 13-1 in its last 14 conference games, with its only loss coming by three points to now-No.4 Michigan. The Cats have had success in the 18 years since their last conference championship — three 10-win seasons, 10 bowl appearances — but none of those

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By CHARLIE GOLDSMITH

When coach Michael Moynihan was hired to coach Northwestern in 2011, he brought a vision for how the program would play and how much success it would have. Then, over the last seven years, he built one of the strongest defenses in the country and advanced to the second round of the NCAA Tournament in three consecutive seasons. Before Friday’s first-round game at N.C. State, Moynihan said part of the reason the NCAA selection committee gave the Wildcats — a clear bubble team — a spot in the tournament was a result of the previous success the team has had and the strong reputation it has earned. And then Friday, a season that began with such high expectations ended. On a set piece late in the second half, the Wolfpack (11-6-3, 3-5-2 ACC) overpowered NU’s defense and scored one of the easiest goals the Cats (10-5-4, 4-4-3 Big Ten) have given up in the past two seasons. “I think that was the only goal all year we’ve given up on a corner kick,” Moynihan said. “(N.C. State) was really shocked that it happened because that was right in the heart of our strength. I haven’t had a look at it, but every time you give up a goal there’s something you can do to fix it. I just don’t know what that is right now.” Talking to a Wolfpack assistant after the game, Moynihan learned that forward Jenna Butler’s header in the 75th minute was the first goal of her career and the first time in two years the team has scored directly off a corner kick. On that play, NU senior defender Kayla Sharples was eye-to-eye with Butler when the ball was at its apex, and for one of the first times of Sharples’ career, she was overpowered on a loose ball, falling to the ground as the ball went past her. The score wouldn’t have been as close as it was without freshman goalkeeper Mackenzie Wood having a performance Moynihan said was one of the best of her career. She finished the game with six saves, including multiple diving stops that she used her

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fingertips to force outside the goal. Despite the pace of play being quicker than normal for the Cats as a result of N.C. State constantly pushing the ball forward, NU was only able to muster three shots on goal. The closest chance came as a flicked header from ten yards by senior defender Michele Chernesky in the 37th minute that sailed several yards over the net. The majority of the Cats’ chances were desperate passes from more than 30 yards that the Wolfpack easily contested. “The reality is that we didn’t score enough,” Moynihan said. “We didn’t have enough of a presence in the attack. I think (senior forward Brenna Lovera) might have been our only multiple goal scorer this year, and we need more scoring to advance further.” Now, with the team graduating several entrenched starters including midfielder Marisa Viggiano, defender Hannah Davison, Sharples and Lovera, Moynihan expects the team to play differently moving forward. Losing two center-backs as talented and as physical as Sharples and Davison forces him to adjust the team’s defensive strategy around the strengths of Wood. Before the season began, the team expected to contend for a regular season Big Ten championship and advance further than last year’s second-round run. But instead the Cats failed to make an impact after their NCAA Tournament selection. “I wouldn’t say this season lived up to all the expectations in terms of results,” Moynihan said. “In terms of the team, and building a culture and doing what they should, I think maybe this season went beyond expectations… I think when people look at that and the fact that we made the NCAA Tournament again, it certainly advances the reputation of our program. We’re (now) a program that everyone expects to be there — and that’s pretty neat.” charliegoldsmith2021@u.northwestern.edu

By PETER WARREN

When Lamont Berzat hit a layup with 15:18 left in the second half to cut New Orleans deficit to five points against Northwestern on Thursday, it appeared the Wildcats were going to play in another grudge match to start the year. “I remember last year we played a (Loyola Maryland) team and only won by (four),” senior forward Vic Law said. “I am happy that this year we handled business and played very well.” For the final 15:18, the Wildcats outscored the Privateers by 25 points to give NU (1-0) the 82-52 victory at Welsh-Ryan Arena. The Cats ended the game with plenty of breathing room, which was much different than its 2017-18 opener when the Greyhounds had a chance to win the game in the waning seconds. Now the Wildcats will go up against one of Loyola’s conferences foes — American — at Welsh-Ryan on Monday. The Eagles (1-0) opened their season against George Mason in Fairfax, Virginia on Friday. The contest went to overtime, where American defeated Patriots, 78-75. American’s leading scorer was guard Sa’eed Nelson, who scored his 1,000th point during the contest. The New Jersey native was named to the All-Patriot League second-team during his sophomore campaign when he averaged 18.6 points per game and 5.1 assists per contest, both of which were second best in Patriot League. While Nelson can put the biscuit in the basket, he has a tough time connecting from beyond the arc. He shot only 21.8 percent as a freshman and 29.2 percent last winter. His free throw percentage is also below what one would expect from an impact guard. His career free-throw percentage is 62.1 percent. On NU’s side of the court, there is not as

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defined a first-option on offense. Against New Orleans, graduate guard Ryan Taylor led the team in shots with 15 — 11 of which came from beyond the arc — and had a team-high 20 points. “I think he is fantastic. I am really happy to have Ryan out there,” Law said. “He makes the game a lot easier.” Law was second on the team with 12 shots and 18 points as he reached the 1,000 point benchmark during the opener. Junior forward A.J. Turner played the thirdmost minutes on the team despite coming off the bench, finishing just a minute behind Law and senior center Dererk Pardon in playing time. Taylor and Law both spent some time as the primary ball-handler during the game. Collins said those two — along with senior guard Jordan Ash, sophomore guard Anthony Gaines and freshman guard Ryan Greer — should all be prepared to bring the ball up the court. “We are a by-committee team,” Collins said. “We want all those guys to feel comfortable. Really with the way we are playing it is a multiple guard offense.” Collins said the new-look offense is still in development and that he wants to see the team play with more pace and make more confident cuts to the hoop. The sixth-year coach added he wants to get the ball to Pardon in the post more during the game. Pardon finished with a double-double against the Privateers, but only took five shots. “Defense is our calling card,” Collins said. “We are a work in progress on the other end. We are learning about our pieces. I’m learning about pieces. We have so many new guys. I’m learning about rotations.” peterwarren2021@u.northwestern.edu

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Skowronek’s fourth-quarter touchdown catch one for the ages By BEN POPE

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IOWA CITY, Iowa — For 13 seasons, Pat Fitzgerald has been harping about his goal for Northwestern to win a Big Ten championship. But the play that sealed his Wildcats’ (6-4, 6-1 Big Ten) first chance to fulfill that dream since 2000 — a 32-yard diving touchdown grab by junior receiver Ben Skowronek after a hopeful heave by senior quarterback Clayton Thorson — was, for a while, a mystery to him. “I don’t know how he caught the ball. I don’t think anyone in the building thought he caught the ball,” Fitzgerald said. “From my vantage point, I thought it was overthrown. Of course, I couldn’t see because it was blocked. And then he gets up with the ball and I’m like, ‘Are you kidding me?’” Replay later confirmed the catch, showing Skowronek had kept his arm underneath the nose of the football despite twice bouncing on the ground in nearly spread-eagle position, and NU maintained that lead for the game’s final 11 minutes to upset No. 21 Iowa (6-4, 3-4). There was one man, at least, who

immediately knew it was catch: Skowronek himself. He stood up and celebrated, pointing a single finger to the frigid Iowa City sky, before even the referee raised his two hands to signal what had just occurred. Though the junior hasn’t followed up his breakout 2017 campaign with an even more productive 2018, his repeatedly impressive ability to win contested balls — whether vertically, per usual with his 6-foot-4 frame, or by stretching out for with his equally long arms — shone through Saturday. “The defender had inside leverage so I had to fight through him, because the ball was thrown a bit inside, so I could stay inbounds,” he said. “I just pulled myself through and made a play on the ball.” What Skowronek hadn’t known a dozen seconds prior, though, was that he was the first read on the play. When he lined up against Hawkeyes cornerback Michael Ojemudia before the snap — and even when reflecting on the catch after the game — Skowronek said he had run deep because of coaching instructions, not because he believed the play was designed for him. He said he had been surprised, in fact, to see the football floating in his direction. Yet Thorson had other ideas. He

thought Skowronek actually was supposed to be his first read, he said, and indeed, the quarterback looked in the direction of his tall outside threat throughout his dropback. “Ben better check himself, because he’s the first read on that one,” Thorson said, laughing. “We’ll go over that.” That miscommunication will likely be lost to history. The catch, meanwhile, will almost certainly go down in Cats lore forever, broken down into individual frames that seemed to last an eternity each: the ball arriving; Skowronek leaping forward; the crowd of 66,000 going silent with uncertainty; Skowronek emerging confident in the touchdown; Thorson sprinting down the sidelines with a delayed but ecstatic reaction. And the opportunity that the play set up for NU — next month’s Big Ten championship — will absolutely, unquestionably go down in Cats lore, no ‘almost’ qualifier needed. “It’s why I came here,” Skowronek said. “I wanted to do something that hasn’t been done in a while. … To come here, win and clinch it with a couple games left was really special.” benjaminpope2019@u.northwestern.edu

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By BENJAMIN ROSENBERG

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Northwestern christened the new Welsh-Ryan Arena in style Sunday, racing out to an early lead and not looking back in an 84-58 blowout of No. 21 Duke. The Wildcats (2-0) got big contributions from up and down the lineup, with four players scoring in double figures. Sophomore guard Lindsey Pulliam led the way with 21 points, and sophomore guard Jordan Hamilton and junior center Abi Scheid had 18 apiece. Senior forward Pallas Kunaiyi-Akpanah had her second straight double-double, with 11 points and 17 rebounds. “(The balance) says a lot about the depth of our team right now,” coach Joe McKeown said. “We’re just a lot deeper than we were last year, and this is one of the more unselfish teams you’re going to see. Nobody really cares who gets credit, so they’re fun to coach from that standpoint.” NU never trailed in the game, getting a 3-pointer from Scheid on its first possession and making its first four shots. The Cats forced eight turnovers in the first quarter, after which they held an 18-11 lead. Early in the second quarter, NU turned up the defensive pressure even more. The Cats held Duke scoreless for over four minutes in one stretch to open up a double-digit lead. Kunaiyi-Akpanah was a vacuum cleaner for NU, accumulating 12 rebounds in the first half. “Most people want to muscle it up in there, but I try to use my speed a bit because I’m a bit faster than most people my size,” Kunaiyi-Akpanah said. “Just don’t give up on any rebound, that’s the one thing I’m kind of good at, so I try to do it as best as I can.” The Blue Devils (0-1) made a run late in the half, with guard Rayah Craig making a buzzer-beating jumper to pull her team within 33-25 at halftime. But the Cats responded immediately out of the break, opening the third quarter on 9-0 run that included 3-pointers from Scheid

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and freshman guard Veronica Burton. Pulliam also heated up after halftime, scoring 10 points in the third quarter after being held to seven in the first half. Her spurt helped NU lead by as many as 20 in the third before Duke cut into the deficit to make it a 15-point game after three quarters. “My teammates, coaches (were) telling me to keep shooting the ball,” Pulliam said. “(I need to) just continue to stay with my shot and be confident in myself.” The Cats appeared to have the game locked down, but the Blue Devils had another mini-run in them, cutting the deficit to 10 with just under six minutes remaining. After NU called a timeout, the

Cats proceeded to go on an 18-0 run to break the game wide open, not allowing another point for nearly five minutes. NU went 24-for-29 from the foul line and had 19 assists on 26 made field goals. The Cats also forced 24 turnovers and held Duke to 3-for-16 on 3-pointers. After winning at Green Bay on Tuesday, NU has now opened the season with back-to-back wins against teams that played in the NCAA Tournament last year. The Cats still have a daunting nonconference schedule in front of them, with games against No. 15 DePaul and No. 19 Marquette coming up in December. “It’s early, and our whole focus as a staff is just to get better,” McKeown said. “We’ve got a brutal nonconference schedule, and hopefully that will help as we get into January and February.” benjaminrosenberg2021@u.northwestern.edu

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Lindsey Pulliam puts up a jumper. The sophomore guard had 21 points in NU’s victory over Duke.

in win over Hawkeyes By ELLA BROCKWAY

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IOWA CITY, Iowa — When senior cornerback Montre Hartage left the third quarter of Saturday afternoon’s game between Northwestern and No. 21 Iowa, there was fear that the injury bug that has plagued the Wildcats throughout this 2018 campaign had returned, this time striking right in the middle of perhaps the most important moment of NU’s season. The Cats had taken a 7-3 lead on the previous drive, but NU was already missing half of its secondary — senior safety Jared McGee and junior cornerback Trae Williams — with injuries suffered last week against Notre Dame. As Hartage and senior linebacker Nate Hall left briefly with an injury later in the quarter, the message that coach Pat Fitzgerald has preached throughout this season didn’t change: next man up. It was the implementation of that philosophy, and its success, that powered NU to its divisionclinching 14-10 win over the Hawkeyes. “I have evidence that if the next guy steps up, we can win, so maybe they’ll listen even more as we go forward, cause we’ve had a lot of that this year,” Fitzgerald said after the game. “Today’s game was a prime example of it.” Especially on late-down situations, NU’s reserves came up with a series of key defensive stops that kept the Cats in the game when the offense was quiet in the first half. Backup sophomore defensive end Earnest Brown stopped Iowa quarterback Nate Stanley on fourth-and-5 early in the first quarter to force the Hawkeyes’ first turnover of the game. Junior cornerback Alonzo Mayo collected his first tackle of the season when he forced a Hawkeye rusher out of bounds on a third-and-19 in the second quarter, while backup junior cornerback Roderick Campbell broke up Stanley’s pass in the end zone on a third-and-11 in the third quarter, preventing Iowa from taking a double-digit lead.

“I’ve got the utmost trust in them,” junior defensive end Joe Gaziano said about the defensive backs. “They’ve been getting it done in practice all week, so I know that as a D-lineman I’ve got extra time to pass rush cause I know they’re locking it down up back.” Redshirt freshman Cameron Ruiz, who filled in at cornerback after Hartage left the game, forced the first of two key fumbles that came in the fourth quarter. Ruiz, who also finished with two pass breakups, knocked the ball out of the hands of Iowa running back Mekhi Sargent at midfield with 4:34 left to play. It was recovered by safety Travis Whillock, who finished with a gamehigh nine tackles playing in the spot of the injured McGee. The redshirt sophomore, who has missed the majority of the past two seasons batting injuries, had the team-high in tackles for the second straight game, after he racked up 10 last week against the Fighting Irish. “It’s an awesome feeling,” Whillock said. “I just credit my coaches for having the confidence to put me in those situations and (be) confident in me to make those plays and do whatever I can to help this team win.” A few minutes later, senior defensive end Joe Gaziano stuck out his arm and stripped the ball out of the hands of running back Ivory Kelly-Martin. Ruiz fell on the ball, gaining possession back and putting NU in a position to run out the clock and clinch the win and the Big Ten West title. In a season full of obstacles, ranging from a challenging schedule and a winless non-conference record to an injuryplagued depth chart, NU will walk away with a Big Ten West title. “No one is more frustrated than when we don’t have success than us. Nobody. They work relentlessly in everything that they do,” Fitzgerald said. “Our two cornerstones are the choice of an attitude and the choice of an investment. Investment is consistent hard work over time and it takes time.” ellabrockway2021@u.northwestern.edu