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Theater group seeks space Some aldermen hesitate amid Howard Street Theater talks

By NORA SHELLY

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RIGHT HAND RAISED SESP sophomore Sumaia Masoom is sworn in as the second co-vice president for student life.

Masoom became the seventh member confirmed to ASG’s cabinet who endorsed ASG President Christina Cilento.

Concerns arise over cabinet

Senate confirms seventh Cilento supporter

By ERICA SNOW

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Associated Student Government Senate confirmed SESP sophomore Sumaia Masoom as the second co-vice president for student life Wednesday, amid criticism from some members that the newly confirmed cabinet comprises mostly students who endorsed ASG president Christina Cilento during April’s election.

Masoom is the seventh member confirmed to Cilento’s cabinet who publicly

Morales, former NU student, pleads not guilty

Former Northwestern freshman Anthony Morales pled not guilty Wednesday to two dozen criminal charges, including 12 hate crime charges, related to the March 11 vandalism of Alice Millar Chapel Morales and former NU freshman Matthew Kafker were charged in March with institutional vandalism, hate crime to a place of worship and criminal damage to property, all felonies. They were each released on $50,000 bond March 12.

A grand jury indicted the two men on the 24 criminal charges last month. The criminal charges include four counts of burglary, four counts of institutional vandalism and two

endorsed her ticket. Only one student currently in the cabinet endorsed Cilento’s opponent, Weinberg junior Joji Syed, and two people did not publicly endorse either ticket.

By comparison, the cabinet confirmed last spring comprised four students who endorsed former ASG president Noah Star’s ticket, four who supported his opponent and two who did not publicly endorse a ticket.

Cilento said public endorsements were not considered in the selection process.

“I don’t think about it necessarily in terms of who voted for us in the election,” counts each of criminal damage and criminal defacement of property in addition to the 12 charges of hate crime to a church, synagogue or place of worship.

University Police found homophobic, anti-Semitic, racist and other offensive graffiti inside Alice Millar Chapel on the morning of March 11, including in the chapel’s offices.

It included a swastika, drawings of male genitalia and the word “Trump.”

University spokesman Al Cubbage told The Daily last month that Kafker and Morales are no longer enrolled.

They were initially placed on interim suspension in March.

Kafker, who was arraigned last week, also pled not guilty. Kafker and Morales will appear together at Skokie Courthouse on June 24, their next court date.

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Cilento told The Daily. “The selection committee talked extensively about the dimensions of every single candidate. … This wasn’t just us doing political wheeling and dealing. It was weighing the pros and cons of each candidate.”

Weinberg junior Lauren Thomas applied to be the vice president for academics, but the selection committee nominated Weinberg junior Ashley Wood, who was later confirmed.

Thomas, who served as election commissioner, issued a violation against the » See SENATE, page 10

City staff is recommending Strawdog Theatre Co. temporarily fill the former police outpost on Howard Street, but some aldermen are wary of moving forward amid discussion over the company’s occupation of the proposed Howard Street Theater.

According to documents provided to City Council on Monday night, staff suggested the council move forward with leasing the former outpost, 633 Howard St., to Strawdog for storage, office and rehearsal space. The company is looking to move into the proposed Howard Street Theater, which would be constructed in the 700 block of Howard Street.

Strawdog’s current theater in Chicago is set to be demolished later this year, and the company had found a temporary space at The Factory Theater, which is a few blocks east from the former outpost on the opposite side of Howard Street on Chicago’s land. However, Strawdog expressed a need for additional space close to their temporary space at The Factory, so the city is now considering providing the company with the former outpost.

However, because of the high $5.5 million estimated cost for Howard Street Theater, some aldermen are afraid of approving the former outpost because granting a temporary space for Strawdog might imply they are moving forward with the Howard Street Theater construction.

“I am hesitant to lease to somebody when we don’t know what the overall long-term plan is,” Ald. Donald Wilson (4th) told The Daily. “I kind of feel like we’re getting ahead.

So I don’t want us to proceed on the assumption that we’re definitely doing it or to lead them to believe we’re definitely doing it.”

City Council has yet to approve the deal with Strawdog to lease the former outpost. At Monday’s meeting, Wilson moved to hold discussion until May 23 because of the absence of Ald. Judy Fiske (1st) and Ald. Brian Miller (9th). Concrete plans for the Howard Street Theater will likely be brought before the council before the summer is over, city manager Wally Bobkiewicz said.

Commercial development of Howard Street has been a focus in the 8th Ward in recent years, and the city has helped facilitate the openings of two restaurants — Peckish Pig and Ward Eight — and is currently in the process of trying to open a theater on the street. The Howard Street Theater will bring the business district to a “tipping point,” said Ald. Ann Rainey (8th) at April’s Economic Development Committee meeting. » See STRAWDOG, page 10

More freshmen get Pell Grants

By MARIANA ALFARO

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About 17 percent of the class of 2020 will be made up of Pell Grant recipients, a new high for Northwestern, Michael Mills, the associate provost for university enrollment, told The Daily on Wednesday.

The record percentage is up from 14.8 percent, the proportion of Pell recipients in the class of 2019. The uptick follows a March announcement from University President Morton Schapiro and Provost Daniel Linzer that said they aim to have 20 percent of incoming freshmen be Pell Grant recipients by 2020.

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In an interview with The Daily, Schapiro said he hopes to reach that goal sooner.

“I’d love to hit 20 percent in a » See PELL GRANTS, page 10

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Around Town City to spend $55K on web redesign, cloud hosting

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Evanston is paying a third-party vendor approximately $55,000 to overhaul the city’s website, implementing new features like mobile adaptability, increased security and cloud-based hosting.

On Monday, City Council unanimously approved a two-year deal with Vision Internet with the option of a third and fourth year extension. City staff hope to complete the project within the next six months and are currently working with the vendor to execute a contract, Luke Stowe, the city’s digital services manager, told The Daily.

“Some folks thought part of the package was simply design services,” Stowe said. “But it’s really a whole lot more than that. It’s hosting, it’s security, it’s content strategy, it’s migration services, it’s the actual software content management system, or CMS, solutions.”

Even in light of the current state budget crisis, Stowe said the city found it was necessary to ensure it was in full compliance with modern accessibility standards, one of the standards being having a mobile-friendly website.

The city’s current web statistics show that 60 percent of its users access the website through desktops or laptops and 40 percent through mobile or tablets, but Stowe said he expects the percentages to roughly flip once the new mobile responsive website is launched.

In addition, many communities have experienced hacking attacks. Although the attacks have not been

Doctor loses license after buying $1 million of imported medicine

An Evanston doctor agreed to relinquish her medical license to settle charges by state officials after allegedly buying and dispensing $1 million worth of non-approved imported

the fault of the residents, the city is emphasizing increased security in the new website plans, Stowe said. Stowe said the project is not a response to specific hacking incidents in Evanston, but to a heightened threat for government agencies in general.

Due to mobile adaptability and security concerns, the current website, which was designed in 2010 at a cost of $20,000, has outlived its usefulness as it can no longer be used to effectively communicate with residents, director of administrative services Erika Storlie said at the City Council meeting.

Hosting the new website in the cloud creates more reliability than hosting in-house could, Storlie said.

If the city chose to host in-house, it would need a new software tool to input, store and serve up the website’s data or content, leading to an additional fee, she added.

“Back in 2010, we hired someone to build a custom theme for the city of Evanston, so that was the main cost of that,” Stowe said. “The site was hosted in-house with the IT staff, so it was a slightly less expensive option, but it was also more time intensive. Now, we’re spending a little more, but we’re also freeing up staff to focus on other digital initiatives.”

Stowe said government agencies have generally been moving away from being a data center or web host. There has been a push over the past several years for these agencies to shift their data and web services to the cloud by leveraging a third-party vendor, such as Vision Internet, in order to be more cost-efficient, time-efficient and secure, he said.

Still, at the City Council meeting aldermen expressed some concerns.

“The part that jumped out for me is the fact that cancer drugs to her patients, The Associated Press reported.

Ann Kinnealey, an Evanston oncologist, formally gave up her license April 21 in an agreement with the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation and waived her right to a hearing, according to AP. Kinnealey worked in cancer treatment through Presence Saint Francis Hospital, 355 Ridge Ave., and Swedish Covenant Hospital in Chicago.

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PRICING PUSHBACK Ald. Peter Braithwaite (2nd) attends a City Council meeting. He expressed concerns about the cost of redesigning the city’s website.

we’re paying to have our website designed,” Ald. Peter Braithwaite (2nd) said. “I was just trying to figure out why we’re spending so much money. I’ve received a couple of phone calls and at least two emails from residents saying that this cost is very expensive and the concern that no one vocally has put in a bid for it.”

Storlie told council members that staff did prefer to work with a local vendor and contacted four Evanston-based vendors as well as 16 Chicago-area vendors, but many of the bids they then received were over $100,000 with the highest reaching $300,000.

Storlie said in order to be “prudent with taxpayer dollars,” staff went ahead with Vision Internet’s more than $50,000 bid.

“Also, the benefit of working with a third party like Vision Internet, they’re constantly improving their software and we’re getting ongoing maintenance and upgrades,” Stowe said. “They work with over 700 different government agencies, so they’ve kind of seen it all and been getting great feedback.”

In the agreement, Kinnealey admitted she bought and dispensed misbranded cancer medicine from Quality Specialty Products, a Canadian pharmaceutical wholesaler. According to AP, Kinnealey agreed to pay approximately $129,000 in restitution to defer prosecution.

The state action followed a Food and Drug Administration criminal investigation of Kinnealey. In 2012, the FDA notified Kinnealey along with 18 other medical practices to stop

using counterfeit products and non-FDA approved medicine obtained from foreign distributors, including Quality Special Products.

In 2012, the company was associated with the sale of counterfeit Avastin, a chemotherapy cancer-treatment drug.

Kinnealey could not be reached for comment.

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On Campus Godby faces more child porn charges

By MADELINE FOX

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Former University Police lieutenant Ronald Godby was charged Monday in a second child pornography case after investigators found photographs of a second teenage girl on his computer.

Godby, 53, was first arrested in February, when he was charged with manufacturing and possession of child pornography, as well as grooming — the act of knowingly using an online service to lure a child to commit a sex offense or engage in unlawful sexual conduct.

He was charged again Monday with manufacturing and possession of child pornography following a joint investigation by the Cook County Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force and the Mount Prospect Police Department, according to a news release from the Cook County State’s Attorney’s office.

Godby was arrested for the second time after appearing in court for his arraignment on the previous charges, his lawyer Ernest DiBenedetto said.

Economist questioned for terrorism on flight attended Northwestern

FBI agents questioned a Northwestern alumnus flying from Philadelphia to Syracuse, New York, last week after his seatmate reported suspicious behavior, The Associated Press reported.

That suspicious behavior turned out to be the mathematical scribblings of Guido Menzio (Graduate School ’05), a professor at the University of Pennsylvania and an economist who last year won the prestigious Carlo Alberto Medal, which is given to the best Italian

His wife posted bail Tuesday evening after his bond was set at $175,000 earlier that day, DiBenedetto said.

Godby, who was initially placed on administrative leave following his first arrest, is no longer employed at Northwestern, University spokesman Al Cubbage told The Daily last month.

After Godby’s February arrest, Mount Prospect police searched his home, his vehicles and his office at UP, seizing several computers, hard drives, data storage and professional cameras.

The second alleged victim came forward after news of Godby’s arrest in February, identifying herself in photos found on Godby’s computer, according to the release.

Godby, who ran a home photography business, had known the second girl since she was in middle school and had photographed her at various school events where he acted as the unofficial photographer, according to the release.

He began communicating with her via social media during the spring or early summer of 2012, asking her if she would like him to take headshots to be used for auditions for

various high school productions, according to the release.

The girl then agreed to do photo shoots in the winter and spring of 2015, both outdoors and in Godby’s home.

The release described these pictures as depicting the girl fully clothed but in “provocative poses.”

In June 2015, Godby contacted the victim, asking her to participate in a photo shoot and requesting she wear a button-down shirt.

He then, in July, picked her up at home and drove to several locations in Des Plaines where he directed her to pose in “provocative positions” and took “zoomed in photos that were sexual in nature,” according to the release.

DiBenedetto said Godby and the girl’s family were family friends, and that Godby conducted around 20 photo shoots with the girl and her family.

DiBenedetto said the pictures were all consensual.

Godby’s next court date is May 27 at the Rolling Meadows courthouse.

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Menzio said in a Facebook post that the passenger sitting next to him had passed a note to the stewardess. The woman then exited the plane and, shortly after, Menzio was asked to do the same. FBI officials told him the passenger had suspected him of terrorism, so he showed them the differential equation he had been working out on his note pad.

“It’s a bit funny. It’s a bit worrisome,” Menzio wrote on Facebook. “The lady just looked at me, looked at my writing of mysterious formulae, and concluded I was up to no good. … (Donald) Trump’s America is already here.

It’s not yet in power though. Personally, I will fight back.”

American Airlines spokesman Casey Norton told AP that the Air Wisconsin crew had followed protocol to take care of a sick passenger who subsequently reported Menzio’s suspicious behavior.

Officials determined the threat non-credible, and the woman was rebooked on another flight.

Following the incident, bloggers accused the woman of racial profiling, based on Menzio’s dark curly hair, olive skin tone and foreign accent. As for the economics professor, he continued on to Queen’s University in Ontario, Canada, to give a talk about menu costs and price dispersion.

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Northwestern alumna Heather Headley replaces Jennifer Hudson in Broadway’s ‘The Color Purple’

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After more than a decade away from Broadway, Heather Headley is back. But rather than being calm and collected about replacing Oscar-winning singer Jennifer Hudson in the musical “The Color Purple,” Headley said her nerves are “wrecked.”

“I’m very honored,” she said. “I’m very humbled, but nervous. It’s great to be back in the city and be on the street and walking and reliving the stomping grounds.

I have this feeling of, ‘Oh my goodness.’ … It’s kind of fun to walk back into those footsteps.”

After leaving Northwestern before her senior year to join a production of “Ragtime,” Headley starred on Broadway as Nala in “The Lion King” and as the title role in “Aida,” for which she won a Tony Award.

She has performed in London’s West End and made her return to Broadway as Shug Avery in the musical “The Color Purple” on Tuesday.

Headley, who attended NU from 1993 to 1996, said she attended a showing of the production before accepting the role this year, and it was watching her husband’s reaction that helped persuade her to join the cast.

She said although he’s not the type of person to openly bawl, by the end of the musical they were both in tears, w h i c h c on vinced her the show was something special.

Aside from her husband’s reaction, Headley added she

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was drawn to the themes of the story, which is based on Alice Walker’s 1983 Pulitzer Prizewinning novel of the same name about the struggles of blacks in the South during the early 20th century.

Her character in the show, Shug Avery, is very different from the roles she usually plays in that Avery is much more “sassy” and more of a “rebel,” Headley said. Avery, a blues singer, helps the main character, Celie, become more independent and heal from her husband’s abuse.

“It’s a re a l ly beautiful story of redemption, abuse of brokenness, and being filled by the fact that somebody is in the worst situation of their lives and, because of friendship and God and love, see the beauty in themselves and come out of that,” Headley said.

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Missimi, who started the Music Theatre Program at NU and taught Headley when she was in his program, said he is confident she will excel in “The Color Purple” and bring distinctive strengths to the role of Avery. “(Hudson) did ‘Dreamgirls’ and a lot of things on Broadway, but I think (Headley) is a deeper actress,” he said. “Her experiences and her ability to reach really deep inside her, to give a really truthful and honest performance will make her performance very exceptional.”

Missimi added Headley, a Grammy Award winner, is an exceptional actress while she’s singing. He said when she auditioned for him in the Waa-Mu Show her freshman year, he knew right away she was naturally talented as a singer.

Headley is especially enthusiastic about NU, where she said she was pushed to grow as a performer with the help of her teachers and fellow students. It was also where she met her now-husband, who Missimi cast alongside her in a Waa-Mu production.

When she received the call to join “Ragtime” in Canada and work with Tony winners like Audra McDonald and Frank Galati (Communication ‘65, ‘67, ‘71) while she was still a student, Headley was reluctant to leave the university and the connections she had made. However, with the encouragement from those like Missimi, she realized she couldn’t let this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity go to waste.

Headley said she is especially excited to perform in “The Color Purple” given her NU connection.

“One of the best reasons for me, going into ‘The Color Purple,’ is that I get to wear the colors of the alma mater,” she said. “Why not?

It’s natural that a girl like me goes into ‘The Color Purple.’ I’m really proud of the school, and everything that’s happening there.”

What is most distinct about Headley is that though she is a natural performer, she always remains humble, said Sheila SabreySaperstein, who also taught Headley at NU. “When (they announced) she got the Tony, she pulled her dress up and then ran down (the aisle),” she said. “That’s typical.

She’s always completely genuine and totally authentic.”

Sabrey-Saperstein said she was also impressed by Headley’s generous spirit toward other students, especially because competitiveness is common in the performing arts.

For Headley, her ultimate hope for the show is to be able to uplift the audience in the same way the show first moved her.

“Somebody at the end of the night, I hope, will go away, going, ‘I am beautiful. I’m beautiful on the inside, I’m beautiful on the outside, because of my family, because of God, because somebody loves me,’” she said. weizheyang2018@u.northwestern.edu

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‘Anna in the Tropics’ shows culturally diverse cast

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Play explores various experiences of NU students

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In the upcoming production “Anna in the Tropics,” director and Communication Prof. Henry Godinez aimed to feature a diverse cast to explore the ideas of tradition, culture and family embodied in the play.

The show, which opens this Friday in the Louis Theater at The Virginia Wadsworth Wirtz Center for the Performing Arts, depicts a Cuban-American family that operates a cigar factory in Ybor City, Florida, in 1929.

“I have always felt it was important to offer the Wirtz Center ideas for productions I think provide

some opportunities for diversity on our campus — cultural diversity, all kinds of diversity,” he said. “It’s beautiful that most of (the members of) this cast are Latino, African American, mixed race or Asian. It’s a beautiful array of diversity on the stage that we’re very proud of.”

It follows the story of a new lector, a man assigned to read literature to the cigar factory workers so they don’t get bored while rolling cigars by hand. As his reading of “Anna Karenina” progresses, the factory workers, mostly Cuban immigrants, find parallels between the novel and their own lives, cast member Alex Quiñones said. Those connections include marriage troubles and conflicts over technology and class, the Communication sophomore said. He added that the incorporation of “Anna Karenina” is a classic

literature component that shows the applicability of epic works of literature to daily life.

Godinez said the actors worked to truthfully represent the experiences of Cuban immigrants.

“We really wanted (the actors to embody) what it’s like to be an immigrant, longing for not just your home, but also for tradition, at a time when modernity and mechanization was threatening their very existence, hand-rolling cigars,” Godinez said.

Cast member Isabella Gerasole, who is Latina, said the diversity of the cast and the focus on a Latino community feel both refreshing and comfortable.

“I think that’s a really important thing for college theater: making strides to stray away from whitewashing everything,” the Communication junior said.

Gerasole added that the drama features a colorful, sensory set and staging.

“We’ve really been leaning into the way these characters speak to each other and the aesthetics of the show,” Gerasole said. “We work with real tobacco leaves in the factory scenes, and there are elements, too, like snow coming in the middle of summertime.”

Because the community of these characters is at the center of the show, Godinez said he and the actors worked on creating their own community in the rehearsal room.

“It’s been kind of cool, especially considering that as theater students they’re learning about creating community through art,” Godinez said. rachelholtzman2018@u.northwestern.edu

It’s week eight, and one student is focused on completing an essay while another is working to finish a group project before Dillo Day that Saturday.

These are just two of the nine characters that will be featured in the upcoming play “Waiting for Dillo.”

“Dillo is that one thing at Northwestern that we associate everyone to have the same experience with,” said Alex Milinazzo, the show’s producer and a Communication sophomore. “(But) there are people who don’t like Dillo, there are people who only want to go to the music, there’s people who don’t want to go to the music at all.”

The play, which will show at Shanley Pavilion from Thursday through Saturday, is the first production from Spectrum Theatre Company’s Project NU, a community-based theater initiative.

The play’s head writer Pauline Moll, a Communication sophomore, said Spectrum launched the initiative last spring because the board has historically produced shows addressing big global issues and wanted to produce something that would hit closer to home.

“They thought what better way to respond to the campus’ needs and wants and what dialogues are happening here than to write it from the inside out,” Moll said. “And so they came up with Project NU.” The plot follows nine Northwestern students of different years, majors and gender identifications each day of the week leading up to Dillo Day 2016.

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ADAPTING ANNA Students rehearse for “Anna in the Tropics,” which follows the story of a man assigned to read literature to cigar factory workers. The show features themes from the book “Anna Karenina.”

Alumnus Mark Bazer makes leap from page to screen

By EMILY CHIN

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Mark Bazer (Weinberg ‘95) never had a stage background. But 24 years after he began cracking jokes as a humor columnist for The Daily, Bazer is hosting his own television talk show.

Aired on Chicago PBS affiliate WTTW, “The Interview Show” has featured one-on-ones with guests such as comedian Hannibal Buress and David Axelrod, chief strategist for Barack Obama’s presidential campaigns.

“The show is very focused on the interview, not on other things you would see in a talk show,” he said. “The goal is to have topics that are both substantive and entertaining and funny.”

On the first Friday of every month, Bazer brings interview subjects from a wide range of backgrounds to the live show at a Chicago bar called the Hideout, where they converse about subjects ranging from their most recent project to their new haircut. After creating the show in 2008 and airing it on YouTube, Bazer decided to air it on TV for an eight-episode run starting April.

At The Daily, Bazer was a humor columnist for three years and also served as an arts editor.

He said his experience at The Daily made him realize that he wanted to continue writing and interviewing people after college.

“Without having written that column I would not be doing the show now,” Bazer said.

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BANTERING WITH BAZER Mark Bazer (Weinberg ‘95) interviews actor Hannibal Buress in his talk show, “The Interview Show.” Bazer runs his live show every month at a bar in Chicago and recently decided to bring it to WTTW, Chicago’s PBS affiliate.

“It got me to find my voice, to make me realize that I could write things that were funny.”

Before creating “The Interview Show,” Bazer appeared in multiple performances at the Hideout, which made him realize he enjoyed being on stage, even though he wasn’t an actor.

One of these shows was “Funny Ha-ha,” which was created by Claire Zulkey (School

of Professional Studies ‘08) and “The Fault in Our Stars” author John Green. “Funny Ha-ha” includes people performing standup comedy, storytelling and reading pieces. Bazer said performing in the show inspired him to create something similar of his own, which ultimately culminated in the creation of “The Interview Show.”

“He has grown so much as a host and a humorist,” Zulkey said. “His asides to the audience are really funny. He’s a really charming and sincere host.”

The people Bazer have featured on his show span a wide range of careers, including a political consultant, a rapper, an investigative reporter and a professional wrestler. In addition to interviewing Green, he has interviewed chef Rick Bayless, who founded Frontera Grill, and novelist Veronica Roth (Weinberg ‘10).

Bazer said his favorite interview was with Green, a friend of his. The best conversations, he said, are the ones you least expect.

“I try to find the right balance and a diversity of guests,” he said. “I wouldn’t want to have five people who seem to be coming from the same point of view. You want to get as many different voices as you can, and I will never satisfy that requirement.”

David Nagler (Communication ‘95), Bazer’s senior year roommate, said “The Interview Show” has the same type of humor as Bazer’s previous Daily columns. Nagler appeared on the show as a guest when Bazer brought the show to Brooklyn, New York, and once at the Hideout.

He had been working on a musical project based on poet Carl Sandburg, and the interview was the first time he was able to speak about it in a public way.

“Mark is a really great interviewer,” he said.

“He’s funny and smart. All the things that I knew about him growing up is brought to this show.” emilychin2018@u.northwestern.edu

A NU STORY A student rehearse for “Waiting for Dillo,” the first annual production of Project NU, Spectrum Theatre Company’s new community-based initiative.

students share, they each want something different out of it.

“It’s got heart and it’s got spunk and we had no idea what this thing was and we built it out of nothing from listening and saying yes to people who told us their stories and putting them onstage,” director and Communication junior Jenna Perlstein said.

“And that’s really incredible no matter how it turns out.”

In the early stages of Project NU, the team

focused on research, speaking with professors about interview strategies to find the best ways to go out into the community and listen to people’s stories, Moll said.

The project’s outreach coordinator Zach Barr, a Communication junior and a former Daily staffer, said he scoured every corner of campus by contacting leaders of student organizations and searching housing rosters to find widely diverse interview subjects, Moll said.

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Concert aims to connect global crises, personal stories

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Photos by Daniel Tian/Daily Senior Staffer

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The Project NU team conducted nearly 70 interviews in the fall during which they discussed people’s experiences at NU in contrast to other places they’ve lived, she added.

In January, the writing team started working on a script for a narrative fictional play based on the material collected during the interview process.

Throughout, they faced a lot of trial and error as they struggled to find the right topic to convey the duality of varied experiences within one common experience specific to NU, Moll said.

“We were searching for things that are ‘typical Northwestern’ because our architecture isn’t unified (and because of) certain things like the north-south divide, it’s really hard to find something that’s that one Northwestern thing,” Milinazzo said.

Given the show’s date the week before Dillo Day, the writers decided to center it around the annual event since it’s an event that affects everyone on campus in one way or another, Milinazzo said.

Before the script was finalized, the director and cast spent a week doing personal research and character building through activities such as visiting places on campus that were significant to each cast member, Perlstein said. She added that creating this dynamic of awareness and empathy in the rehearsal room was imperative if they wished to convey that theme to their audience.

Moll said she hopes people see some of themselves in the show but also understand perspectives they’ve never encountered before.

“What I would love is if they would talk to each other and just be more open to each other and aware and do more listening and be kinder,” she said.

With a spoken-word poem and a short story reflecting on their post-war experiences, two refugees will kick off an upcoming benefit concert aiming to explore global issues through performance.

The young refugees’ performance will be part of “Camp(us) Fire,” a music and storytelling benefit concert that will take place this Thursday at Evanston SPACE, 1245 Chicago Ave. NU Community Health Corps and Sheridan Road Records have partnered to hold the first-ever annual concert, an event that aims to raise funds for greater local accessibility to health information and resources.

The two refugees will accompany speaker Ashley Marine, program director for Girl Forward, which provides services to resettled refugee girls in Chicago.

“I’m most excited for the girls to share (their stories),” Marine said. “This is a really big deal for them, and they’re super excited about getting to practice in front of a larger group.”

NU Community Health Corps is a student group that focuses on increasing access to health resources in the Skokie and Evanston area, while Sheridan Road Records is an independent studentrun record label.

Event organizer Emery Weinstein said the concert’s theme, “Responding to Crises,” reflects the two group’s combined effort to build empathy through a mutual understanding of how ongoing

global issues, such as mental health and refugee displacement, affect the society we live in.

“Bringing everyone together through music … to help share a message was a really good way to learn about what people are dealing with on campus and around the world,” the Weinberg senior said.

Weinstein said she came up with the idea for Camp(us) Fire when she was looking for an effective way to combine her passion for music and health by inciting strong community engagement.

Ideally, she said she wanted to format the event so other people outside of the NUCHC community would be motivated to attend.

The current concert lineup includes both speakers and student artists who will discuss, reflect on global issues they feel strongly about or have been personally affected by, Weinstein said.

The event’s first artist will be Chaitra Subramaniam, a singer-songwriter who will perform original pieces and covers of artists that have influenced her own body of work. Although she has not fully interpreted the theme of “Responding to Crises” yet, the Weinberg freshman said she was initially approached by Weinstein because she explores social issues in her music.

In the song selection process for the concert, Subramaniam said she will focus on choosing tracks by performers who are “honest.”

“Music in a way is like a form of storytelling… I don’t think they’re two separate things,” she said. “It would be nice to have a mix (in the concert) and see different perspectives and different experiences.”

Marine said her engagement with Girl Forward

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SHARING THROUGH SONG Weinberg freshman Chaitra Subramaniam performs. She will sing at “Camp(us) Fire,” a concert to raise funds for greater accessibility to health resources.

has given her a unique perspective on the issue of refugee displacement and how it has affected people’s lives on a global level. She emphasized the importance of being aware of organizations that seek to solve these issues.

“Specifically when thinking about crises globally, many people think that there is nothing they can do,” she said. “So, you look at the war in Syria and you feel totally incapacitated in your ability to help, but there are a lot of organizations like Girl Forward

CALENDAR thursday “Anna in the Tropics” at 7:30 p.m. in Louis Theater Senior Dance Concert 2016: “FULL CIRCLE” at 8 p.m. in Marjorie Ward Marshall Dance Center Spectrum Theatre Co. presents: “Project NU: Waiting for Dillo” at 8 p.m. in Shanley Pavilion Thunk presents: “THUNK History 2016” at 8 p.m. and 11 p.m. at La Macchina Cafe, 1620 Orrington Ave.

friday Spectrum presents: “Project NU: Waiting for Dillo” at 7 p.m. and 10 p.m. in Shanley “Anna in the Tropics” at 7:30 p.m. in Louis Theater Senior Dance Concert 2016: “FULL CIRCLE” at 8 p.m. in the dance center The Bix present: “Whose Chorus Line is it Anyway?” at 9:30 p.m. in Harris Hall Purple Haze presents: “20th Anniversary” at 11 p.m. in Lutkin Hall Thunk presents: “THUNK History 2016” at 11 p.m. at La Macchina Cafe ShireiNU presents: “High School Jewsical” at 10 p.m. in McCormick Foundation Center The X-Factors present: “What You Want But Not When You Want It” at 11 p.m. in MFC

saturday

Spectrum presents: “Project NU: Waiting for Dillo” at 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. in Shanley The X-Factors present: “What You Want But Not When You Want It” at 2 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. in MFC “Anna in the Tropics” at 7:30 p.m. in Louis Theater Senior Dance Concert 2016: “FULL CIRCLE” at 8 p.m. in the dance center ShireiNU presents: “High School Jewsical” at 8 p.m. and 11 p.m. in MFC The Bix present: “Whose Chorus Line is it Anyway?” at 9:30 p.m. in Harris Purple Haze presents: “20th Anniversary” at 11 p.m. in Lutkin

sunday “Anna in the Tropics” at 2 p.m. in Louis Theater

here in Chicago that are trying to help girls who have experienced global crises.”

Personal stories, like those of the two refugees, will form a big part of the night, as they center on situations where people are misunderstood or persecuted for their differences, Weinstein said.

“Listening and knowing is probably the best thing we can do for these people,” she said. agorakis@u.northwestern.edu

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Chicago, Evanston should embrace Uber service DANNY COOPER

DAILY COLUMNIST

As quickly as it became a favored mode of transportation among young people, Uber has become a target for increased regulation. Last week, Uber and Lyft vowed to stop operating in Austin, Texas, following a referendum mandating the companies follow citywide taxi regulations. The new law would have forced drivers to pass fingerprint background tests and forbid them from picking up passengers at bus stops, restrictions which the ride-sharing applications found unacceptable.

The Chicago City Council will vote on similar restrictions later this month, potentially endangering the future of Uber and Lyft in the Chicago market. Instead, Chicago and Evanston should encourage ride-sharing applications to stay in the area and reduce taxicab industry regulations to promote competition.

Uber seems tailormade for the young population in a college town like Evanston, and it has certainly made the lives of many Northwestern students easier.

I have used Uber to travel to locations all over Evanston with ease for journalism assignments, and to make it to the hospital at 5 a.m. to see my sister before her appendectomy. Without a car in Evanston, I have no idea how I would have been able to make those trips so easily without a ride-sharing app like Uber. In addition, Uber’s payment method is much better suited to the typical college student lifestyle and ensures the drivers have less freedom to mess around with the fare.

Uber also serves to make city streets safer.

Studies show that UberX helped reduced the mortality rate in drunk-driving incidents up to 5.6 percent in cities where Uber is used. Although NU itself does a decent job at ensuring services like the shuttles and SafeRide are available for students to use on campus, students leaving a bar drunk late at night are left to their own devices. (In a ridiculous University policy, Saferide will not pick up or drop off passengers at bars past 10

p.m.)

The regulations on the taxi industry that led to the departures of Uber and Lyft in Austin are understandable. Passengers want to know to whom they are entrusting their safety.

After all, there have been a few concerning incidents involving Uber drivers. For instance, the perpetrator in a February shooting spree in Kalamazoo, Michigan, was an Uber driver who picked up passengers in between his attacks.

In addition, Uber’s background checks apparently failed to stop, among others, convicted sex offenders, kidnappers and murderers from becoming drivers in the Los Angeles area.

Still, these incidents are anomalies, and the overall benefits of Uber and Lyft keeping drunk students off the road and helping them get home safely outweigh the potential risks of a few bad eggs behind the wheel.

Instead of heavily regulating the ride-sharing applications, aspects of the existing taxicab industry should be deregulated to help them compete. A proposal to do just that was presented by Marie Figaro, a taxicab industry

investor, in a Evanston committee meeting on Monday. By removing some of the more unnecessary rules from taxi services, it may be possible to foster a taxicab market in which ride-sharing apps and long-standing services both prosper, as numerous Florida towns have done.

Such competition might also help ease concerns around the labor conditions of Uber drivers, who would have more leverage to demand benefits and better pay.

Uber and Lyft share convenience, as well as inherent risk, but it would be foolish for Chicago and Evanston to alienate them in the same manner that Austin did. Loosening some of the more archaic rules for longstanding taxicab businesses, though, would lead to healthy competition and promote safer service throughout the area.

Danny Cooper is a Medill freshman. He can be contacted at DanielCooper2019@u.northwestern.edu. If you would like to respond publicly to this column, send a Letter to the Editor to opinion@dailynorthwestern. com.The views expressed in this piece do not necessarily reflect the views of all staff members of The Daily Northwestern.

How Trump provides an opportunity for NU to unite ALEXI STOCKER

DAILY COLUMNIST

A number of recent events have divided Northwestern’s campus. The campaigns of, and debates surrounding, groups like Northwestern Divest and Unshackle NU were and are controversial. Both divestment resolutions were a central issue in the recent Associated Student Government election. If all that wasn’t enough, the post-election scandal and paltry punishment meted out to ASG president Christina Cilento for receiving, and lying about receiving, voting margins on election day, further frustrated and divided students here at NU. I have spoken with numerous students who have expressed extreme frustration with everything from ASG to the tense political climate on campus.

The solution to NU’s campus divide arrived last Tuesday. With Sen. Ted Cruz’s exit from the presidential race, Donald Trump became the GOP’s presumptive nominee. The following morning Ohio Governor John Kasich quit the presidential race, all but handing the nomination to Trump.

Trump’s nomination offers a remarkable opportunity for unity here at NU. The 2016

presidential election presents the chance to define our communal values by uniting in opposition to Trump’s presidential run. Is it cynical to suppose that the best hope we have of uniting our campus is a common enemy?

Perhaps it is, but a common enemy might be the best we can hope for at the moment, especially one as egregious and repulsive as Trump, who can highlight the values NU students from across the political spectrum share.

Trump is openly racist. He has called Mexican immigrants “criminals” and “rapists,” retweeted fake African-American crime statistics from a neo-Nazi and doubled down on his proposal to ban all Muslims from entering the United States. The list goes on. Trump is a misogynist with a long history of horrifically sexist remarks. He is unrepentantly greedy, selfish and downright disgusting, insulting anybody or anything that irks him and engaging in very un-presidential verbal skirmishes over his penis size on national television.

Trump’s chauvinism, misogyny, racism and utter classlessness are at odds with the values an institution like NU represents. Our administrators claim they are striving to create inclusive communities. Our student leaders are working to break down barriers of race, gender and class. Too often the fight to create a more inclusive university only deepens its divides. Uniting against Trump offers us

an opportunity to work with, rather than in opposition to, one another.

The long primary struggle between Hillary Clinton and Senator Bernie Sanders has divided liberals on campus. The rhetoric of various social justice campaigns and the ASG election have left conservatives feeling alienated. One thing we can all agree on, however, is that no matter our political leanings, Trump’s we do not stand for chauvinism, Trump’s beliefs. No matter whom we have misogyny, through racism and utter supported the primary season classlessness — Sanders, Clinton, are at odds with Kasich, Sen. Marco Rubio or even Cruz the values an — we can all agree institution like that Trump must be When the NU represents. stopped. time comes, we liberals must unite behind the Democratic nominee. Conservatives of NU may not choose or want to vote for Clinton or Sanders come November, but I trust they will not vote for Trump. Trump does not represent the values of NU, the GOP or the United States.

Additionally, we can use the 2016 election as a chance to be critical of ourselves. Uniting

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Victory in Europe Day cannot be ignored EDMUND BANNISTER DAILY COLUMNIST

This past Sunday, May 8, was Victory in Europe Day, the 71st anniversary of the unconditional surrender of Germany in World War II. More than seven decades ago, the representatives of Western Allies and the Soviet Union signed the German Instrument of Surrender, bringing to an end one of the most terrible conflicts in human history. That day millions of people poured from their homes and offices, flooding places like Trafalgar Square in London and Times Square in New York City in an unprecedented display of euphoria. The suffering, toil, grief and upheaval endured over the previous six years had come to an end.

Today, the anniversary of our victory over the tyranny of Nazism seems to have been all but forgotten. When I mentioned the anniversary to several friends at Northwestern, they confessed to me that they were completely unaware of the commemorative day. They wondered out loud, as did I, how such a monumental event could have passed so silently.

V-E Day is a holiday that cannot fade into insignificance. It isn’t merely a day to recognize the tens of millions of soldiers and civilians

who died during World War II; it is also a day to celebrate the triumph of good over evil and a positive reminder of our collective ability to confront and overcome seemingly impossible challenges.

During World War II, Americans both in and out of uniform committed themselves to defeating the scourge of fascism. Millions of American men walked to recruitment offices to volunteer to fight. Millions of women began working in steel mills, factories and warehouses to feed the war effort. Every soldier and civilian seemed willing to give their money, labor and even their life. My American grandparents remember these events clearly, as do my British grandparents, who survived the London Blitz in 1940.

In the present day, there is a great deal of doubt and cynicism about the future of America and of the world. We face economic and political challenges that, at times, seem insurmountable. Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump, the presumptive nominees for president of the United States, have the most negative poll ratings of any candidates in recent history. The partisan divide seems to be ever widening, and racial, class and cultural tensions constantly threaten to tear us further apart. In liberal environments like NU, veterans issues and military service don’t hold the same position of esteem that they might in conservative places. But we should never allow pivotal events like V-E Day

or Veterans Day to become partisan holidays.

Now more than ever it is important for us to look back at moments in history that remind us of who we are and what we can accomplish if we work together. Patriotism is often dismissed as a crude or meaningless impulse, but in the right moments and at the right times, it can be a powerful tool that reaffirms the values and pride we all share as Americans. Although we may never be able to recreate the atmosphere of Times Square 71 years ago, taking a moment to commemorate it can foster unity, positivity and faith in the future. If our grandparents and great grandparents could fight and survive crises World War II, who’s to say our current problems can’t be solved?

As young people, we should all take time to hear the stories of our grandparents. We should reflect back on what events like these mean, both from historical and personal perspectives.

World War II and its end 71 years ago still have a great deal to teach us, not only about the nature of human evil, but the nature of courage and goodness as well..

Edmund Bannister is a Weinberg freshman. He can be contacted at edmundbannister2019@u.northwestern.edu. If you would like to respond publicly to this column, send a Letter to the Editor to opinion@ dailynorthwestern.com.The views expressed in this piece do not necessarily reflect the views of all staff members of The Daily Northwestern.

against Trump and defining ourselves in opposition to his beliefs and actions gives us a lens through which to reevaluate our own behavior. The contentious campus debates of the past 16 months have brought with them their fair share of name-calling and bullying.

Bombast and shock-value all too often take priority over critical thinking and nuance.

Neither side of these debates is innocent.

Trump’s behavior rightly horrifies us; it is time we consider how our own behavior mirrors his, and how we can work to better ourselves in the coming months.

Students here at NU are justifiably concerned about the issues dividing our campus.

There are strong differences of opinion on our campus. Let us remember, however, that we have more common values than political disagreements. Some of my fellow NU students undoubtedly disagree with me, and will claim that not everybody in our community is committed to inclusivity and respect for one another. I believe NU can prove I’m right.

Going into 2016, let’s focus on our shared values and work together to beat Trump.

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THURSDAY, MAY 12, 2016 Township High School in 2012, which also focuses on improving STEM initiatives as well as those in the arts, according to a District 65 news release. Its goal will be to increase in-school and after-school programming for the school’s STEM programs, as well as offer more teaching and mentorship opportunities to NU faculty and students.

“We are thrilled for the opportunity to work even more closely with our colleagues at Northwestern to integrate best practices in STEM teaching and learning,” District 65 Superintendent Paul Goren said in the release. “Through

the new partnership office, we will have the unique ability to enhance both academic and social emotional growth for our youngest learners all the way to the graduate students studying at Northwestern.”

The partnership office will be located in the Joseph E. Hill Education Center, 1500 McDaniel Ave., but it will work directly with teachers and students throughout the district, according to the release. The district plans for the office to be staffed by a single partnership coordinator who will serve as the “single point-of-contact” between NU and district administrators.

with former NU freshman Anthony Morales after University Police found homophobic, anti-Semitic, racist and other offensive graffiti inside the chapel and its offices on the morning of March 11. The graffiti included a swastika, drawings of male genitalia and the word “Trump.”

Kafker’s lawyer, Barry Spector, stressed that the vandalism with which Kafker was charged was out of character for the former NU freshman.

“This is not who Matt Kafker is. He has incredible support from his family, friends and people

who know him the best, because they know the real Matt Kafker,” Spector said. “He apologizes to the entire Northwestern community for his actions and is going to do everything he can to make it right.”

Morales pleaded not guilty to the same charges Wednesday morning. His lawyer did not respond to multiple requests for comment.

Morales and Kafker’s next court date is scheduled for June 24 at the Skokie Courthouse.

Northwestern, District 65 announce new STEM partnership office

Northwestern and Evanston/Skokie School District 65 announced plans to create a new partnership office focused on strengthening science, technology, engineering and mathematics programs in local schools.

The new office was inspired by the Evanston Partnership Office launched at Evanston

Lawyer: Kafker intoxicated during Alice Millar vandalism

Former Northwestern student Matthew Kafker was “incredibly intoxicated” when he allegedly vandalized Alice Millar Chapel in March, his lawyer said Wednesday.

Kafker, who pleaded not guilty to two dozen criminal charges last week, was arrested along

The coordinator position is expected to be posted in June, and the office opening is planned for fall 2016.

“This office will strengthen our entire community by connecting our faculty and leading research with the dedicated teachers, students, staff, and parents of District 65,” Nim Chinniah, NU’s executive vice president, said in the release.

“Together, we will accelerate learning opportunities for Evanston’s youth that will lead them to success in high school, college, and beyond.”

— Madeline Fox

From Cats Corner: The Daily’s New Sports Blog

Dan Vitale’s new role with Buccaneers evokes throwback term

When the Tampa Bay Buccaneers selected Dan Vitale in April’s NFL Draft, it guaranteed a shot at a professional career for the former Northwestern superback. But his role as a professional was still very much in the air. Vitale was best known for his pass-catching work throughout his career and was the Wildcats’

Northwestern to play Indiana in October Homecoming game

Northwestern fans can begin making Homecoming plans, as the Wildcats announced Wednesday the date and time of next season’s

— Robin Opsahl

Police Blotter Car stolen from outside Evanston resident’s home

A 26-year-old Evanston resident reported his car stolen from the street outside his residence.

He reported that he parked his car on the street in front of his home in the 1100 block of Hinman Avenue at 10 p.m. on Monday, Dugan said. The man reported that when he went outside at 6 a.m. on Tuesday, the car, a gray 2006 Audi A6 Wagon, was gone, Dugan said.

All the keys were accounted for, and there are no suspects.

leading receiver last season, but he spent the pre-draft process highlighting his willingness to block out of the backfield as a fullback.

With a player so versatile, it’s impossible to know how the Buccaneers will use Vitale until the pads are on. But an article on the Buccaneers’ team website gave some insight into the possibilities, including dropping a term that will make fans of retro football proud.

“You won’t hear the word ‘wingback’ on many NFL broadcasts these days,” the article said. “Those familiar with football history are most likely to use it in order to evoke

memories of players like Johnny Rodgers, the Heisman Trophy winner at Nebraska in 1972.”

The story goes on to explain that the modern “wingback” role will involve much greater responsibilities in the passing game than it would have back in the day, and Vitale is currently listed as a tight end on the Buccaneers roster. After serving as the archetype of one unique position at NU, it would only be fitting for Vitale to bring back another one in the pros.

Homecoming game.

NU will take on Indiana on Saturday, Oct. 22, with the Homecoming game’s kickoff set for 11 a.m. It’ll be the first time the Cats have faced the Hoosiers since 2012.

Other Big Ten teams have announced their Homecoming game dates and times as well, bringing more clarity to NU’s schedule next season. The Cats are slated to face Iowa on

Oct. 1 at 11 a.m. and Michigan State on Oct. 15 at 2:30 p.m. for both schools’ respective Homecomings.

NU supporters will hope for a better outcome than last season’s Homecoming game.

That day, the Cats were run over by then-No. 17 Iowa, 40-10.

A 27-year-old man was attacked Tuesday morning in south Evanston.

The Evanston resident told police he was at the intersection of Howard Street and Callan Avenue at 1:30 a.m. when a man began to fight him, Evanston police Cmdr. Joseph Dugan said. The man stabbed him once in the right shoulder before a second man joined the fight and struck the Evanston resident with a bottle on the left forehead, Dugan said.

The man was taken to Evanston Hospital, 2650 Ridge Ave., where he was treated with stitches to his forehead.

Police were sent to the hospital where they spoke with the man, but he refused to file a complaint and gave the officers a limited amount of details, Dugan said.

— Max Schuman

— Juliet Freudman

— Max Schuman

Evanston resident stabbed, hit Tuesday in south Evanston

THIS WEEKEND IN MUSIC 14 SAT

University Singers: Afternoon on a Hill, 7:30 p.m.

Mary B. Galvin Recital Hall, $6/4 Albert Pinsonneault, conductor; Kevin Vondrak, graduate assistant conductor; Charles Foster, piano

Seasonal selections by Charles Stanford, Benjamin Britten, Eric Barnum, Ned Rorem, Gerald Finzi, Dominick Argento, Kevin Memley, and Leland Sateren.

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Chamber Music Honors Recital, noon

David and Carol McClintock Choral and Recital Room, $6/4

Top student chamber music ensembles perform a variety of repertoire.

Concert Band, 3:00 p.m.

Pick-Staiger Concert Hall, $6/4 Daniel J. Farris, conductor

Talented students from across the Northwestern campus present a concert of band standards.

Women’s Chorus, 3:00 p.m.

Mary B. Galvin Recital Hall, $6/4 Tyrone B. Clinton, conductor A variety of music for treble voices.

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Alice Millar Spring Festival Concert: Music of Bach and Monteverdi, 3:00 p.m.

Alice Millar Chapel, free (offering will be accepted) Stephen Alltop, conductor; Alice Millar Chapel Choir and soloists; Baroque Music Ensemble; Eric Budzynski, organ Few cantatas of J. S. Bach match the ebullience of Christen, ätzet diesen Tag. The soaring vocal lines and majestic instrumental statements, featuring one of Bach’s largest cantata orchestrations, combine to thrilling effect. As a complement, Claudio Monteverdi’s exquisite Missa in illo tempore showcases its composer’s contrapuntal mastery and expressive genius.

Cheng-Chow Trio: Angela Cheng, Alvin Chow, and Alan Chow, 7:30 p.m.

Mary B. Galvin Recital Hall, $30/10

Allmusic.com raves, “They have an intricate clockwork effect that only top-level players of this kind achieve.” Bienen School faculty member Alan Chow and Oberlin Conservatory faculty members Angela Cheng and Alvin Chow join forces in a program of music for four to six hands at one or two pianos. All three perform worldwide as recitalists and concerto soloists.

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Strawdog

Senate

“We are in the process of changing Howard Street,” Rainey said at last month’s committee meeting. “The theater was supposed to be the first jewel in the Howard Street crown. It ends up being the last unfortunately … and I’m just very concerned about stumbling blocks being put in the way of this theater actually happening.”

Strawdog’s potential leasing of the space has also raised concerns from another Howard Street business looking to occupy the former outpost. The owners of Good to Go Jamaican Cuisine and Catering, 1947 Howard St., were the sole respondents to a request for information sent out by the city regarding the former outpost space before staff was notified of Strawdog’s need.

Evanston resident Lenice Levy, who owns Good to Go with her husband, said she had worked with city staff on possibly relocating to the Evanston side of Howard Street, where the former outpost is located, and felt “slighted” by the city’s actions.

“We’re just looking for fair opportunity to advance,” Levy told The Daily. “It almost feels like we’re not good enough for us to elevate our own business.”

After paying rent at their current space for 14 years, Levy said they have been hoping to buy a building, and the former outpost would be a perfect fit, allowing them to stay close to their customer base while still relocating to Evanston, where she and her husband live. Levy said that they are “pioneers” of business on Howard Street and are heavily involved in the Evanston community.

Giving Strawdog extra space should not be at the “expense” of other established businesses, she said. Although the Economic Development Committee meeting voted to move forward with

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year or two,” he said. “Why wait all those years until 2020? Life’s short.” In March, Schapiro and Linzer also announced increases to financial aid beginning with the class of 2020. Next year, first-year students who qualify for NU grant assistance will receive financial aid packages with no loans.

Unlike loans, Federal Pell Grants do not have to be repaid to the government. Next school year, the grants, designed to help low-income students afford a college education, will offer students up to $5,815 to cover tuition and fees.

Mills said 16.9 percent of students in the class of 2020 who have paid their deposits are Pell Grant recipients. This percentage, he thinks, will increase by the end of the summer, after a period he calls the “summer melt,” when some first-year students decide to not come to NU.

discussions for Strawdog to lease the former outpost, they directed staff to work with Good to Go in finding a place for the business in Evanston, which could potentially be the former outpost after Strawdog vacates it, as its lease would be temporary.

Although Good to Go has been interested in the space for a while, it is not entitled to lease it, Rainey said. However, its presence on Howard Street is valuable to Evanston, she said.

“It’s a business decision,” Rainey told the Daily. “They complement the other side of the street. … This is all about improving Howard Street.”

Hank Boland, artistic director for Strawdog,

said that although the space at 633 Howard St. would be a “great step forward for them,” they weren’t looking to make a “land grab” on the former outpost over any other business.

Economic development official Johanna Leonard said Strawdog’s need for the space was pressing.

“We have been working to bring a live theater to Howard Street for many years,” Leonard said at last month’s Economic Development Committee meeting. “We want to keep this open as an option to keep Strawdog in our grasp of opportunity for Howard Street.”

“Typically the students who (decide to not come to NU) are being pulled from the waitlists of Harvard, Princeton, Yale, Stanford,” he said. “Those students tend to be non-Pell Grant students so the percentages typically grow over the summer.”

In the end, Mills said he expects between 17.25 and 17.5 percent of the class of 2020 to be Pell Grant recipients.

Steffany Bahamon, president of NU’s Quest Scholars Network and a Pell Grant recipient, said it is important for the University to open its door to students of low-income backgrounds because it helps make the student population more aware of income inequality in the United States.

“This University overall has a pretty high median income compared to the median income of the United States,” the McCormick junior said.

Achieving greater socio-economic diversity on campus is a great way for NU to combat the

growing income inequality in the nation, Bahamon said. This diversity in opinions and experiences can lead to better dialogues on campus and help make the general student population more open to opinions different from their own, she said.

Bahamon credited part of the growth of the number of Pell Grant recipients to previous Quest Scholars president and Communication senior Amanda Walsh, who she said spent time working with the administration to increase the number of recipients in incoming classes.

“As someone who is a Pell Grant recipient and, as someone who has had to take out loans … I’ve actually talked to people in my class and said ‘Man, I’m jealous of the incoming kids,’” Bahamon said. “This is an awesome program, and I’m very happy to see the school working on this.”

Cilento ticket for obtaining information about leaked voting margins. Thomas said she thinks the violation she issued, along with her conservative political beliefs, may have contributed to her not being nominated, despite her involvement with the academics committee since her freshman year.

“The presidential and vice presidential candidates and the selection commission have the right to choose whichever exec they think will be best,” Thomas told The Daily. “I don’t know why my vision wasn’t good enough for them. … (Christina and Macs) have a certain vision, so their supporters are the ones who fit that vision.”

Wood said although she hadn’t been involved in the academics committee in the past, her previous leadership positions outside ASG, such as on North by Northwestern and Northwestern Model United Nations, gave a “fresh perspective” to the committee.

Masoom’s nomination was initially rejected last week, but the selection committee renominated her. Last week, some senators expressed concern with Masoom’s support for Northwestern Divest.

But Masoom said Wednesday that advocating divestment would not be a priority in her capacity as co-vice president for student life because she didn’t see it as the responsibility of the position.

Instead, she said she would focus on destigmatizing mental health and sexual assault.

“Yes, I am fully aware that my nomination was failed last week,” Masoom said when addressing senators before the vote. “However, even after answering your questions last week, having my true motivations for holding this position questioned … I am still committed to working to improve student life here at Northwestern and the process to get there is still worth it to me.”

Speaker of the Senate Nehaarika Mulukutla had to go through the voting process three times as more votes were received than voting senators in attendance during the first two times.

Masoom’s nomination was confirmed with a vote of 28-8-1. Last week, her nomination fell one vote short of the two-thirds needed for confirmation.

Later in the meeting, Cilento and executive vice president Macs Vinson, a McCormick junior, presented ASG’s internal budget for the 2016-2017 fiscal year. More than $73,000 will fund ASG projects, including $10,000 for the student engagement stipend program, which failed to be disbursed this academic year.

Three incentive programs will also be introduced to promote green, social justice-themed or pay-what-you-can events. ASG will offer an incentive of $50 to student groups hosting a sustainable event, $100 to groups hosting a social justicerelated event and $200 to subsidize admission costs to groups hosting pay-what-you-can events. Senate will vote on the budget next week.

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Northwestern travels to Dr. Keeler Invitationals

By SOPHIE MANN

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With the Dr. Keeler Invitational this weekend, Northwestern will have to leave it all out on the track as it heads to Naperville, Illinois, for the last event in which it can qualify for the NCAA Preliminaries.

Two Wildcats are hoping to qualify for the NCAA Preliminary in the 10,000 meter event, coach ‘A Havahla Haynes said.

While Sunday is the last day of the meet, they will need to perform well Thursday, the only day the 10,000 meter event is offered, in order to maintain hopes of attending the NCAA Preliminary in Lawrence, Kansas in a few weeks.

This puts extra pressure on the Cats, with Thursday being the first day of competition and maybe their last of the year. Haynes said two runners will set the pace for the other two trying to qualify. In practice, NU will try to mimic a race-like situation to prepare runners for this higher pressure situation.

After a more than two week break from competing, the team has increased mental

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a lot of similar qualities, as they’ve both shown the potential to compete against some of the best teams in the nation, but their strengths of schedule have diminished their overall record.

The Cats are fully capable of competing with top-tier programs when they’re at their best, and with the winningest coach in Big Ten history by percentage on their side in Pollard, NU should edge out the Rebels. If the Cats get past Ole Miss, NU will struggle against No. 3 North Carolina, a team currently riding a 19-match winning streak. NU will need to play at its peak potential, but if everything goes right, the Cats have a slim chance of getting the win. If the Cats get past the Tar Heels, they should set their sights on a championship, but it’s doubtful that the Cats can take them out.

Marut: As I mentioned in the previous

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toughness, Haynes said. Even though the break didn’t provide much time for increasing fitness significantly, this weekend will test the team as they try to make a bid for regionals, answer, first NU will have to take down Ole Miss. Again, the teams have not faced each other since 2000 so the onus is on the Cats to prepare themselves internally for (basically) a brand new opponent.

Both teams have long streaks of making it to the NCAA Tournament, so neither can argue the opponent lacks experience in the postseason. NU has generally fared well against teams ranked lower than it, with some exceptions, so this contest should be no different. Beyond Ole Miss though, the Cats have not beaten a top-five team like North Carolina since beating the then-No. 2 University of Florida in the 2013-14 season. That long of a drought can prove costly, especially in a season where the only top-10 win was at home against a conference rival. robinsonmarkus2019@u.northwestern.edu michaelmarut2016@u.northwestern.edu

Haynes said.

“Basically what the meet two and a half weeks ago did was it told us what we needed to work on,” Haynes said. “(We) worked a lot on

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Even in the loss, the Cats still recorded wins in the doubles point and two singles matches against top competition. This time, they just weren’t able to come up with one more point.

Jochnau: Minimal. Had the loss pushed the Cats out of the top 16, it would be another story. But they retained their ranking and clinched hosting privileges for the NCAA Regionals. Seeding differences would likely be negligible, because NU would still be playing teams in the same tiers had they perhaps been ranked one or two slots higher. If anything, the loss will prove to the Cats that they’re not invincible even after winning the doubles point and should bring them back to earth after an incredible season.

4. Where does this team rank in program history?

Jochnau: No. 1. They notched the most wins in a season and best winning percentage in a season. The team has not one, not two, but three All-Big Ten first

our … decision making during workouts, so it translates into decision making during races.”

For senior Allison Jacobsen, this weekend is more relaxed than for those trying to qualify.

The Academic All-Big Ten honoree finishes her collegiate career Thursday after the 10,000 meter race.

Additionally, Jacobsen said everyone, including her, is fairly calm going into the race because training has been going well and everyone is looking forward to displaying that on the track.

“Tomorrow I’m just thinking about seeing what I can do,” Jacobsen said. “We’re all just excited to race tomorrow. … The training is there, and it’s just applying it to a race.”

During her time at NU, Jacobsen said the team has gone to this meet a few times, but this year the team has the most realistic chance of qualifying than any of her previous years on the team.

Haynes also spoke about the progress the Cats have made this season.

“I think we are going to be competitive at this meet, similar to the Illinois meet,” Haynes said. “Will we win everything? No. Will we be competitive? Yes.” sophiemann2018@u.northwestern.edu teamers, and may very well have three competitors in the NCAA Singles tournament. The bottom half of the lineup is strong too, but with unprecedented firepower at the top and the wins to prove it, it would be hard to argue against this team as the program’s best ever.

Apelbaum: Regardless of their postseason performance, this team will still be considered the best in modern program history. They do not have the star power the 1990 team had with All-Americans Todd Martin and Steve Herdoiza and did not win the Big Ten championship as that team did. However, the 1990 team did not have to face off against No. 5 Ohio State in conference. Most tellingly, this year’s Wildcats will finish with the best record in program history, with at least two more wins and at a minimum five fewer losses than the 1983 team, which previously held the record for most wins in a season. Led by their depth, the success of this year’s team will not be soon forgotten. benjaminapelbaum2019@u.northwestern.edu garrettjochnau2019@u.northwestern.edu

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We had our backs against the wall but our seven seniors have had tremendous leadership.

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Having secured a firstround bye, Northwestern will head into the Big Ten Tournament in State College, Pennsylvania in excellent position.

As the No. 3 seeded Wildcats (25-25, 15-8 Big Ten) prepare to take either No. 6 seed Ohio State (32-17-1, 13-9-1) or No. 11 seed Rutgers (24-32, 8-15) on Friday, they will look to their core of seven seniors to provide composure and confidence heading into the matchup.

“We had our backs against the wall but our seven seniors have had

tremendous leadership,” coach Kate Drohan said. “The big shift that I’ve seen is that we’ve really taken a lot of pride in our preparation. …

We’ve really shown

some great poise.”

Two of those seniors, shortstop Andrea Filler and pitcher Amy Letourneau, not only lead the team in several statistical categories but were named to the All-Big Ten first team Wednesday. Filler, who leads NU with 16 home runs, and Letourneau, who has contributed 14 home runs of her own, have stepped up to the plate this season as the team’s anchors.

Although the Cats’ competition has yet to be decided, Drohan noted that the uncertainty of their opponent is a blessing in disguise.

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Writers discuss NU’s postseason chances

By ROBBIE MARKUS and MIKE MARUT the daily northwestern

The Wildcats started off slowly in 2016 thanks to a difficult schedule, but rebounded in Big Ten play. Northwestern received an at-large bid to the NCAA Regionals and will face Ole Miss in their first matchup Friday. Our writers discuss the Cats’ chances going forward.

1. NU only lost one game in Big Ten play and finished with a 13-10 overall record. Has this season been better or worse than the 2015 season when the Wildcats went 16-8 with a 9-2 conference record?

Robbie Markus: I would argue that this season has been worse than the 2015 season, simply because of how long it took NU to get some momentum this year. With a team possessing three sophomores in the top four singles spots, the Cats were one of the more inexperienced teams in the Big Ten. They really struggled against an incredibly tough non-conference schedule to kick off the season, going 0-6 against top 25 non-conference opponents. That being said, I think NU has shown a lot of growth over the course of the season, as is evident when looking at its conference record. The Cats are a completely different team going into the NCAA Tournament than they were when the season started.

Mike Marut: This season was markedly worse on paper, but in reality, a much better season than last year. In 2015, the team dealt with numerous injuries, including that of sophomore Maddie Lipp, who missed the whole season. Numerous times, coach Claire Pollard and the players mentioned how much more difficult the non-conference matches were but that they wanted the challenge. They didn’t want to succeed against pushover teams. They wanted to push themselves and earn respect. Nobody can knock the Cats this year for not having heart or trying.

I think a season like this, coupled with many young players, will make NU a scary team next year. I would say with 95 percent certainty that they win the Big Ten title either in the regular season or the Big Ten Tournament next year.

2. Do the Cats have momentum going into the NCAA Regionals despite falling in the Big Ten Tournament?

Marut: NU does indeed have momentum going into the NCAA Tournament. Since the 2012-13 season, the Cats have not made it past the regional matchups. This year, they must focus on one match at a time in order to advance. NU and Ole Miss haven’t faced each other since the turn of the century, but in order to succeed in the postseason, the Cats will have to play near-perfect games to have a shot at returning to the Round of 16 like in 2012-13. Sophomore Alex Chatt mentioned that while the Big Ten title was one of the team’s goals, the NCAA title was a much bigger goal to reach — one they will not get to unless they play flawlessly.

Markus: I would agree with Mike that the Cats have momentum. NU’s biggest win of the season came at a crucial time when they defeated then-No. 10 Michigan on Senior Day. That win was a culminating moment for the Cats, as they finally showed that they can compete with the best schools in the country. Despite the fact that they fell to the Wolverines in the Big Ten Tournament, Pollard has taught her squad to rebound from tough losses all season, and the NCAA Regionals won’t be any different. Expect NU to come out firing on all cylinders as senior Alicia Barnett looks to make a statement in her final matches for the Cats.

3. How will NU fare in the NCAA Tournament?

Markus: In the first round, NU should come out on top in a close match against Ole Miss. The teams have » See WOMEN’S TENNIS, page 11

“Not knowing who we’re going to play is a real gift,” Drohan said. “We’re really working on shoring up, on the way we want to prepare so that we can play Northwestern softball.”

NU’s potential opponents have had mixed results within conference play, with Rutgers winning eight and Ohio State winning 13. Ohio State’s advantage, however, will be their winning record on neutral ground, having gone 10-5 before conference play began.

In comparison, the Cats went 8-13 during that time frame, much of which is accounted for by their difficult strength of schedule.

Drohan noted that although NU may have had a tricky journey getting to .500, the team’s ability to fight back and compete against some of the toughest teams in the country shows their unique approach to making adjustments on the field.

The sixth-seeded Buckeyes are led on the field by senior Cammi Prantl, currently hitting .405 with 42 RBI, and junior Alex Bayne, who leads the Buckeyes

with 18 homers. On the mound, Ohio State is led by a five-pitcher rotation with a combined ERA of 3.36 and 289 strikeouts.

Rutgers, on the other hand, hit the .500 mark before Big Ten play began, but has struggled since. The Scarlet Knights have seven batters with double-digit RBI totals and are led at the plate by senior Stephanie Huang, who is currently batting .360.

The Cats will look to not only Filler and Letourneau, but sophomore centerfielder Sabrina Rabin and freshman third baseman Morgan Nelson, both

named to the all-Big Ten second team, to provide an offensive boost against both teams.

On the other side of the ball, junior first baseman Alcy Bush and sophomore second baseman Brooke Marquez have been making stellar defensive plays throughout the season, a consistent tenet of NU’s defensive prowess.

At the end of the day, however, the Cats will look to its core group of seniors to provide the tenacity and stability needed to win the tournament.

“Our seniors have done a great job in the locker room,” Drohan said.

“To see Filler take Morgan Nelson under her wing, Amy with Kenzie (Ellis) and Kaley (Winegarner), that’s how you build a program, young women investing in their own competition and building up the people around them as well.” melissahaniff2016@u.northwestern.edu

Reporters debate Cats’ historic ‘16

By BENJY APELBAUM and GARRETT JOCHANU

Men’s Tennis

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The 2016 season brought huge milestones for Northwestern, namely a program-record 24 regular season wins.

Now, with the Wildcats having earned themselves home-court advantage for the NCAA Regionals, NU has a chance to further cement itself as one of the best teams in school history. Our writers discuss the Cats’ chances heading into their matchup with Valparaiso on Friday.

1. What does Northwestern need to do to win their home playoff matches and make a deep run in the NCAA Tournament?

Benjy Apelbaum: Northwestern will be helped by playing the first two rounds at home where they haven’t lost yet this season. The draw appears favorable with first round matchup with a Valparaiso team that is ranked outside the top 75 but have had competitive matchups with quality teams such as Purdue, Louisville and Wisconsin, and also won the Horizon league. Then the Cats will play the winner of Stanford and Notre Dame, who have rankings of No. 29 and No. 40, respectively. NU already beat Notre Dame 6-1 earlier this year and won four of those singles matches in straight sets.

In a potential matchup with Stanford, look for the Cats’ depth to pay off in the middle of the singles lineup. In order to make a deep run and get past a potential round-of-16 matchup with No. 3 seed UCLA, NU will probably have to win the doubles point to ease the burden in singles play against schools with a number of top-ranked players.

Garrett Jochnau: Because tennis isn’t a team sport, it’s hard to pinpoint a specific variable that warrants focus, but I’d argue that winning the doubles point will be a key to the Wildcats’ success in the tournament. Until the Illinois match in the Big Ten Tournament, the Cats hadn’t lost a match after winning the doubles point all year. By capturing that point, it gives the team great momentum and makes it that much more difficult for the opposing team, who now has to win four of the six singles matches. With junior Strong Kirchheimer a nearly guaranteed win at

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COMRADE KONRAD Konrad Zieba (right) catches his breath. The junior has vastly improved over last season, locking down the No. 1 singles spot.

No. 3, that leaves very little wiggle room for opposing teams to catch up if they drop the opening point.

2. Which player has a chance to be a difference-maker in the playoffs?

Jochnau: Junior Konrad Zieba. Like I said, Kirchheimer is one of the best No. 3 players in the country and should be expected to win. Freshman Ben Vandixhorn has become a pretty consistent threat in the back half of the lineup too.

Zieba has been the Cats’ nicest surprise this season. If he can continue to dominate against the top players on the country’s top teams, not only does it give the Cats a “W” on a decisive court but it also bodes well for his teammates’ collective ability to match up on lower courts.

Apelbaum: Kirchheimer and junior Sam Shropshire as well as Vandixhorn have all been hot coming into the playoffs. Shropshire and Kirchheimer have mostly played No. 2 and No. 3 singles and

benefitted greatly from Zieba moving up to No. 1 spot because they do not have to take on opposing teams’ top players.

Outside of the three juniors, Vandixhorn has benefitted from playing at No. 6 and has earned favorable matchups due to the team’s depth. Wins at those three spots and at the doubles point could be enough for the Cats to upset a top team.

3. How big of a set back was the loss to Illinois in the conference semifinals?

Apelbaum: Although it certainly would have been nice to record another win over a rival, the tight loss did not really affect how the Cats are perceived.

The most recent match was their third meeting of the year against the Fighting Illini. The last regular-season match was a tight 4-3 victory for NU, but in the semifinals it was on the losing end of a 4-3 contest. » See MEN’S TENNIS, page 11