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By KELLI NGUYEN

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GARLAND IS HIS GUY President Barack Obama speaks at the University of Chicago on Thursday. The president argued for Senate Republicans to hold a hearing for Judge Merrick Garland, his pick to replace Justice Antonin Scalia on the Supreme Court.

Obama returns to UChicago, talks SCOTUS pick

By ROBIN OPSAHL

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CHICAGO — President Barack Obama focused on his struggles with the Supreme Court nomination process, polarization in electoral politics and the importance of increasing diversity in public office during his talk at the University of Chicago on Thursday afternoon.

Obama, who previously taught constitutional law at University of Chicago Law School, returned for the first time since becoming president. During his talk to audience of about 250 law students and faculty, he made the case for Senate Republicans to hold a hearing for Judge Merrick Garland, his pick to replace Justice Antonin Scalia on the Supreme Court. He emphasized that

the judicial branch should exist outside of the political partisanship found in elected offices, and that Republicans politicizing the issue “erodes the institutional integrity of the judicial branch.”

“If you start getting into a situation in which the process of appointing judges is so broken, so partisan, that an eminently qualified jurist can’t even get a hearing, then we are going to see the kinds of sharp partisan polarization that have come to characterize our electoral politics, seeping entirely into the judicial system,” Obama said.

The president said Garland — who was born in Chicago, grew up in Lincolnwood and attended Niles West High School in Skokie — is an ideal candidate for the nomination because he is respected by both parties and is extremely qualified.

Although Garland is a candidate that neither party would find objectionable, he

does not advance the goal of bringing more people with marginalized identities to the judicial branch, Obama said after being questioned by a student about the role of diversity in his nomination. However, he said that while he has a history of working to increase diversity across all levels of federal court, he would never set out with the goal to nominate someone from any specific minority group for any office.

“At no point did I say, ‘Oh, I need a black lesbian from Skokie in that slot. Can you find me one?’” Obama said. “Yeah he’s a white guy, but he’s a really outstanding jurist. Sorry.”

Although Garland may not make the Supreme Court more diverse, his history as a centrist jude makes him deserving of both a hearing and a fair vote from Republicans, » See OBAMA, page 6

For Jeremy Schenk, an Illinois native and graduate of Illinois State University, coming to Northwestern will bring him closer to home. And as the new executive director of Norris University Center, Schenk said he hopes to create a home for students on campus.

“Some people describe the union as the living room,” said Schenk, the current director of the University Commons and Activities at Virginia Commonwealth University. “Some people describe it as the dining room. I had a friend who described it as the kitchen.

Whatever you call it, it’s that space on campus where people can come together and think and reflect and react. (It’s) really something that they can have a shared experience with.”

Schenk will become the executive director of Norris effective May 9. In his position, he will work to help run the University center as well as take a strategic leadership role in heading the entire University center operation, said Julie Payne-Kirchmeier, associate vice president for student affairs. She added that he will play a key role in the University’s » See SCHENK, page 6

Faculty Sentate creates Ex-Wheaton prof talks solidarity student affairs group

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Faculty Senate voted Wednesday to create the student affairs standing committee to promote communication and collaboration between students and faculty.

Medill lecturer Karen Springen will chair the committee, which aims to “work collaboratively with Northwestern students on matters of mutual interest,” according to Faculty Senate’s description of the group. The committee, which is in the process of establishing its members, will serve as a touch point between students and faculty. Springen said it is up to committee members and students to decide what issues it will address.

“I’m such a believer in the collaborative process,” Springen said. “I

want to make it so clear that I don’t know specifically what (the committee) wants to do. I’m hoping students and faculty members will reach out and say (what) they would like us to do.”

The motion to create the committee stemmed from issues affecting both students and faculty that would periodically arise, said Feinberg Prof.

Babette Sanders, a faculty senator.

A recent example was Pura Playa’s initiative to eliminate bottled water from all on-campus locations, Springen said.

A Pura Playa representative met with senators to discuss the initiative, but at the time there was no formal committee the issue fell under, Springen said. Pura Playa co-project manager Samir Joshi, a McCormick sophomore, said the new committee » See COMMITTEE, page 6

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Larycia Hawkins, a former professor at Wheaton College, spoke at Alice Millar Chapel on Thursday evening, sharing her perspective on embodied solidarity after an incident in which she was suspended for wearing a hijab at her evangelical Protestant workplace.

The speaker event was part of an annual speaker series co-hosted by the Public Affairs Residential College and the University Christian Ministry, said SESP sophomore Sumaia Masoom, outgoing PARC secretary. The talk was attended by about 50 people and focused on making the transition from theoretical to embodied solidarity, as well as defining the concept of embodied solidarity.

Haw k ins hig h lig hte d her belief that in order to understand

embodied solidarity, people have to position themselves among the vulnerable. She said there is no such thing as invisible oppression, but whether or not one sees the oppression.

In December 2015, Hawkins donned a headscarf worn by Muslim women in an act of religious solidarity, for which she said she » See HAWKINS, page 6

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‘BODY PROBLEM’ Larycia Hawkins speaks in Alice Millar Chapel. The former Wheaton College professor discussed an incident in which she was suspended for wearing a hijab at her evangelical Protestant workplace.

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Around Town City looks to consolidate committees

By NORA SHELLY

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Evanston officials are developing plans to consolidate the city’s many committees, commissions and boards to reduce bureaucratic delays.

The process, which began in January, is set to reduce the number of these groups from 45 to 34. The committees are being consolidated to make processes easier for both Evanston residents and committee members, said Kimberly Richardson, assistant to the city manager. The process is being overseen by the Rules Committee.

“Having this many committees is difficult for both the public and us to keep track of what’s going on,” said Ald. Brian Miller (9th) at last month’s Rules Committee meeting. “I’m in favor of consolidation for better process, more efficiency, et cetera.”

Staff proposed a tentative plan to combine several committees under larger groupings, such as an Equity and Empowerment committee, which would include the Housing and Homelessness Commission and the Human Relations Commission, among others.

Police Blotter Shots fired at two male victims

Eight shots were fired at two males around 11:50 p.m. Wednesday night in the 1900 block of Jackson Avenue.

Police officers were patrolling the area when they heard the shots and saw two men in black sweatshirts running southbound from the area, said Evanston police Cmdr. Joseph Dugan. When the men were stopped, they told officers they had been shot at. The victims, 20 and 21, are both Evanston residents, Dugan said. They sustained no injuries, he added.

Officers recovered eight 9-millimeter shell casings in an alley near the area, Dugan said.

The identity of the shooter is unknown.

However, several aldermen at the Rules Committee meeting expressed concern that committees pulled into these larger groups were not compatible.

The Rules Committee recommended several committees that have similar missions or serve overlapping needs be combined into pairs, Richardson said.

“You pick the mission and you try to work together and create one complete mission that would encompass all the responsibilities of those individual committees,” she said.

Richardson said the original number of proposed committees, 27, was increased to 34 after the Rules Committee meeting in March, where aldermen decided to keep several committees unchanged, including the Zoning Board of Appeals. Richardson said the city manager’s office will have a more defined plan for the consolidation process at the Rules Committee meeting in May. The Rules Committee discussed combining the Design and Project Review Committee and Sign Review and Appeals Board, as well as the Transportation and Parking Committee, the Environment Board and the Ladd Arboretum Committee. The Housing and Community Development Act Committee handles the city’s Community Development

Two tire slashings in same area of Evanston

Two tire slashings occurred Wednesday morning near the 1100 block of Davis Street.

The first slashing happened between 7:30 a.m. and 9:30 a.m. The victim, a 50-year-old female, parked her car in parking lot of the Evanston Post Office, 1101 Davis St., Dugan said. When she returned, she found two of her tires slashed.

The second slashing occurred around 11:40 a.m. The 58-year-old victim parked her car on Oak Avenue around 2:50 a.m. that morning.

When she returned to her vehicle around 3 p.m. she found both passenger-side tires slashed.

There are no suspects for either incident, Dugan added.

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Block Grants, which are federal funds used to provide more opportunities to low- and moderate-income residents. The Mental Health Board works to improve mental health services in the city and also distributes funds to Evanston agencies. The two have combined some aspects of their grant application process.

“There’s a great deal of common purpose of those two bodies in that they in some cases have been funding the same agencies,” said Sarah Flax, the city’s housing and grants administrator.

Flax, whose department includes both the Mental Health Board and the Housing and Community Development Act Committee, said consolidation would make processes simpler for the agencies.

Additionally, making things easier for city staff and committee members is the primary aim of the consolidation process, Ald. Donald Wilson (4th), who sits on the Rules Committee, told the Daily.

“It’s harder to keep people engaged who are in these boards committees and commissions that meet more infrequently,” he said. “If you have something that meets on a more regular basis, you’ll really feel like you’re engaged.” norashelly2019@u.northwestern.edu

Setting the record straight A story that appeared in Wednesday’s paper titled “Despite anti-immigrant sentiment from politicians, refugees continue migrating to state” mischaracterized Suzanne Akhras Sahloul as a Syrian refugee. She is a Syrian immigrant.

A story that appeared in Wednesday’s paper titled “Children’s consignment shop opens in south Evanston” misidentified the woman in the story’s photo. The woman was Chaya Gordon Burstyn.

The Daily regrets the errors.

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Growing up, most 6-year-olds spend their time watching Cartoon Network, taking day trips to the local Chuck E. Cheese’s or bargaining for a few more minutes on the family GameCube.

But Weinberg senior Elena Barham, who described her childhood as “overstimulating,” was not like most 6-year-olds. Instead, the aspiring political scientist traveled with her parents across the country protesting perceived injustices, which included a family trip to Washington, D.C. to demonstrate against the Iraq War. It was from trips like these, Barham said, that her passion for politics blossomed.

In March, Barham became the first Northwestern student in 15 years to receive a junior fellowship at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace,

a global think tank and research center based in Washington, D.C. The center accepts around 10 fellows a year from a pool of more than 200 applicants.

Notable fellowship alumni include U.S. ambassador to the United Nations Samantha Power and George Stephanopoulos, former communications director and adviser to President Bill Clinton.

Barham, who is studying political science and philosophy, will work under two senior associates — Rachel Kleinfeld and Sarah Chayes — in the Democracy and Rule of Law program.

“It’s a very competitive process,” said Thomas Carothers, vice president for studies at Carnegie who also directs the Democracy and Rule of Law Program. “We look for signs of real curiosity about the world and willingness to take on complex issues related to the evolution both of politics in other countries and also international relations. We are looking for people who have expressed their interest in international affairs through interesting other activities.”

And Barham has plenty of those.

In high school, after Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker cut public school funding, she started a political action committee to recall his appointment. The group, which consisted largely of Barham’s friends, launched ads online and distributed flyers around school.

“We felt that students in particular were going to be really dramatically affected by these political changes and that most students couldn’t advocate for themselves at the polls,” Barham said. “We wanted to give student issues a voice.”

The recall vote, led largely by Democrats and labor unions, ultimately failed, but Barham said the experience defined her final years of high school and helped shape her future in politics.

At NU, Barham does not participate in any political student groups, but instead runs on the cross country team, an interest she discovered during physical therapy after tearing her ACL in middle school.

Head coach ‘A Havahla Haynes called Barham NU’s top runner this year, based on her performance at the 2015 Big Ten Championships. Athletes on the team are expected to practice five to six days a week, Haynes said, a considerable commitment for Barham who splits her time in college between running and finishing her second honors thesis.

Nevertheless, Barham, who described herself as “belligerently hardworking,” said cross country does not detract from her work and instead keeps her focused.

“When (Elena) walks in the room, you know that’s someone you want to talk with — there’s no guile, there’s no whiff of arrogance,” said Sara Vaux, director of the NU Office of Fellowships. “Everything that she does and thinks about comes from her heart. She is brainy, but nothing is forced or manipulated. It’s just like her running.” davidpkfishman@u.northwestern.edu

Kellogg prof studies impact of lottery-linked savings

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Kellogg Prof. Benjamin Iverson asks whether gambling can increase one’s personal savings in new research on prize-linked savings accounts, in which savings return no interest but are entered into a lottery for a chance to be multiplied.

The study — conducted by Iverson, Harvard University’s Shawn Cole and University of Oxford’s Peter Tufano — aims to answer two main questions: who chooses to open PLS accounts and how the accounts affect their overall savings amount over time.

The trend toward opening PLS accounts began at the end of 2014 when President Barack Obama signed the American Savings Promotion Act, allowing financial institutions to offer these types of accounts. Prior to this legislation, banks were not

authorized to provide lottery-based programs to customers, some of whom face financial constraints.

“These are people who feel like they’re not able to get ahead financially,” Iverson said. “If I have a lot of debt, it’s pretty hard for me to accrue much interest in a regular savings account in such a way that I feel like I’m sort of gaining ground and may be able to pay off that debt.”

The research team observed that within the first two or three months of opening PLS accounts, participants on average increased their total savings by 1 percent of their annual income.

The study also showed the two groups most interested in opening these accounts had no previous transactions with banks or were in debt. The latter group saw greater increase in their savings, Iverson said.

Iverson said PLS accounts may decrease other forms of lottery gambling. Casinos in Nebraska, near which credit unions began offering similar

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Although Iverson said he sees both positives and negatives in PLS accounts, he emphasized that it is worthwhile to investigate new ways to promote saving.

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lottery-linked savings programs, saw a 7 to 15 percent decrease in gambling behavior from May 2010 to June 2012, said J. Anthony Cookson, a finance professor at University of Colorado at Boulder, who conducted a similar study in Nebraska.

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The Daily Northwestern has traditionally endorsed candidates for the Associated Student Government Presidential Election each year. We have decided as an editorial board not to make an endorsement this year.

Our decision stems from a variety of factors.

We are cognizant of how divisive ASG campaigns — and this one in particular — can be on campus.

We are aware of the level to which the election has polarized campus, and we don’t wish to contribute to an already heated conversation without certainty in our collective stance.

The Daily’s Wednesday night debate was held with the intention of deepening the dialogue surrounding key issues in this year’s election and clarifying differences between candidates that would help voters make informed decisions. We see this as our main role in this particular ASG election.

We hope our news coverage and the letters to the editor we published provide ample information about the choices NU students have in the election. We do not feel publishing an endorsement would add anything new to the coverage or would necessarily make our readers more educated voters.

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A defense of doubt in choosing majors TIM BALK

DAILY COLUMNIST

Majors don’t matter all that much.

Don’t get me wrong. They can indeed lead you down career paths, structure friend groups and define the academic focus of your college career. But the same thing is true of where you live on campus or what extracurriculars you participate in.

Therefore, I’d like to push back against some of the notions presented by Alexi Stocker in his column on Thursday arguing in support of choosing a major early.

Stocker noted that picking a major early allows for more flexibility at the back end of one’s NU career. Perhaps. But I’m not sure flexibility as a junior or senior is more valuable than flexibility as a freshman or sophomore.

Delaying the decision to commit to a specific field of study provides more time for personal and academic growth.

Stocker also argues for “front-loading coursework” and taking five classes if possible. Again, I disagree. As it is, many NU students arrive on campus with too great a focus on getting pesky distribution requirements out of the way.

This is misguided. Depending on the major,

distribution requirements can often be fulfilled in a variety of ways, and the perfect class to fulfill a distro might not arise first quarter of freshman year. Finding good classes that spark interests should be valued above academic and pre-professional planning if possible.

As for taking five classes a quarter? Well, perhaps to each his own, but five-class quarters is certainly not an optimal recipe for all NU students — just taking four classes in a quarter provides significant stress to many of us.

What’s more, for academically motivated students, it may in fact be the less the merrier.

Fewer courses means greater engagement in each individual class, which can in turn lead to sparked interests and maximized learning.

At least for me, taking five classes in a quarter would result in getting less out of each class.

I’d also like to respectfully disagree that evenings out are “more enjoyable after turning 21.” Freshman year of college in particular is an incredibly social time for many at NU. People find their place, build social groups and make life-long friends in the first year of college. It is worthwhile and important for students to make time for their social lives early in their college careers. After all, the social groups built early in one’s college life will be the bedrock for the rest of their time in Evanston.

There is much more to college than what you do in the classroom. And majors are just a small part of that classroom experience. They are,

more than anything, a representation — often false — of a broader academic path. I’ve majored in journalism since I came to NU. And yes, I’ve learned plenty about journalism here. But I’ve learned far more in college about society, history, inequality, politics and economics than I have about news briefs or ledes. And if I had arrived at NU without a declared major, my path would have been different but no less academically rewarding.

Academic flexibility is valuable. Not being pigeonholed into a major can be a great place to start, just as starting out with a major can be.

The emphasis at college should be on finding oneself, not on insuring that you have a quarter senior year when you’re only taking two classes.

There’s nothing wrong with choosing a major early. They are changeable and often irrelevant.

But there’s nothing wrong with waiting it out, too.

NU students shouldn’t feel they need to rush into majors or check off distribution requirements immediately upon arrival. The early years of college shouldn’t be sacrificed. They’re too good to waste.

Tim Balk is a Medill sophomore. He can be contacted at timothybalk2018@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.

Recognizing the value of conscientious consumption AKASH BORDE

DAILY COLUMNIST

Most people don’t put too much thought into what they eat at the dining hall. After all, a simple swipe gives us students access to a plethora of food options — all paid for in advance.

It’s easy to fill up your plate without thinking where your food comes from. But knowing how your food gets to your plate is important because some of that food is really bad for the environment.

Just two weeks ago, the Netherlands Nutrition Centre, a government program, issued a warning that everybody should limit his or her meat consumption to no more than two servings a week. We should all take this suggestion into

account because the facts are clear: Meat consumption has a strong negative impact on the environment.

Raising livestock requires significant resources. It takes an enormous amount of land and water to raise a cow — almost 74.5 square feet of land and roughly 50 gallons of water — in order to make a quarter-pound burger.

Although these statistics are staggering, the biggest problem is not the resources livestock require, but how inefficiently all of these resources are used. Instead of feeding people directly, all of these resources must be used to first raise animals, which are then slaughtered for consumption. This process is wasteful.

Researchers estimate that for every calorie consumed from eating meat, it takes anywhere from 5 to 50 calories of plant energy to feed the animal the meat came from.

Additionally, cows emit huge amounts of methane and nitrous oxide, estimated by the

United Nations to be more destructive than all of the carbon dioxide humans release through transportation. In fact, if everyone were to stop driving, flying and boating, it would have less of an impact on greenhouse gas emissions than if all farmers decided to stop raising livestock.

In grade school, it wasn’t always easy to make decisions about food by myself. At school, I either ate the questionable-looking school lunch or brought something from home. I dearly miss home-cooked meals, but often there wasn’t much choice about what I could eat at home.

In college, there are so many more options.

Choosing food autonomously is a lifelong process that starts now, at the dining halls.

According to the Humane Society, reducing human consumption of animal products by 10 percent will spare about a billion animals per year and decrease harm done by the animal agriculture industry.

Simply saying that meat tastes good doesn’t

justify the environmental and economic costs that go into producing it. Even though living on a college campus can feel like a bubble sometimes, we don’t live in a vacuum from the real world. Our consumption choices have a real effect on the world, and we need to keep that in mind as we choose what to eat each day.

Regardless of whether you think slaughtering animals for food is ethically OK, it is hard to ignore the evidence showing how bad meat is for the environment. No matter how good Sargent’s burgers taste, it still doesn’t excuse all of the environmental impact required to produce that food.

Akash Borde is a McCormick freshman. He can be contacted akashborde2019@u.northwestern.edu. If you would like to respond publicly to this column, send a Letter to the Editor to opinion@dailynorthwestern.com. The views expressed in this piece do not necessarily reflect the views of all staff members of The Daily Northwestern.

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FRIDAY, APRIL 8, 2016

Prosthetic ovary made at NU with 3D printer

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A team of Northwestern scientists used a 3D printer to create a prosthetic ovary that restores reproductive function in mice.

Researchers in the Woodruff Lab and the Shah Tissue Engineering and Additive Manufacturing Lab at the Feinberg School of Medicine created a biomaterial scaffold that supports ovarian cells, allowing mice with removed ovaries to bear live young.

The researchers hope to use this technique to develop an ovary prosthetic for human cancer patients, said lead author Monica Laronda, a postdoctoral fellow in the Woodruff Lab. The project is part of a larger effort in the Woodruff Lab to “preserve and restore fertility in patients who are affected by their cancer treatments,” Laronda said. Radiation and chemotherapy often reduce sex-hormone production and can cause early menopause in female patients, she said.

The prosthetic ovary is made up of gelatinbased scaffolds that are seeded with ovarian follicles, units that contain the oocyte with surrounding, supportive hormone-producing cells.

Alexandra Rutz, a doctoral candidate in the Shah TEAM Lab, said she focused on the ability of the biomaterial structure to replicate the natural reproductive system.

“We’ve actually captured both of the main organ functions of the ovary: hormone production and egg development,” Rutz said.

Laronda compared this process to the scaffolding used in building construction, which becomes obsolete as the building develops. The structure’s porous design allows multiple points of contact between the cells and the surrounding tissue, allowing the host animal to grow around the prosthetic, she said.

Ramille Shah, head of the Shah TEAM Lab, continued this analogy by stressing the importance of the structure’s design.

“Within that scaffolding is the architecture

and bioactive signaling that we incorporate,” Shah said. “You have the scaffold and the construction workers, in this case the scaffold for the cell follicles — the workers — to build the right environment so that they thrive and function.”

The research team is creating a program with the Ann and Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago to develop larger animal models and get a better sense of how this process would work in humans, Laronda said. One of the primary applications of this technique will be for pediatric cancer patients because of the abundance of egg cells, or oocytes, female children have. As women age, their supply of oocytes decreases, she said.

“We already isolate and preserve ovarian tissue in pediatric patients at Lurie Children’s who are going to undergo treatment that would destroy these cells,” Laronda said. “We’re hoping that we’ll have those methods ready for them once they’re old enough and before they lose all their sex hormone function.”

Translating the prosthetic to humans will not be a significant challenge despite the difference in size and biology between the mice models and humans, Shah said. The technique used to create the scaffold is scaleable, Rutz said.

Shah said the difficulty lies in securing the necessary approvals to work with human subjects. The project also has implications for biomaterial production using 3D printing, she said.

Laronda’s study was one of 15 research abstracts out of more than 2,000 submissions on April 1 to be featured at the press conference for the Endocrine Society’s 98th Annual Meeting and Expo.

This study is the first time she has proved her hypothesis that 3D printing and scaffolding affect how cells behave within the bioprosthetics, Shah said.

“The architecture makes a difference,” she said. “The architecture changes how the follicles develop.” isabelschwartz2018@u.northwestern.edu

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Social justice skills training to be held for students, faculty, staff

Leadership and Community Engagement is hosting its first ever day-long training event Saturday for Northwestern students, faculty and staff to develop skills in social justice advocacy.

The event will be co-sponsored by the Campus

Obama

From page 1 Obama said.

Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), who attended the event, said the unwillingness of Congress Republicans to even hear Garland shows the nominee is an electable choice for the office.

“What’s interesting to me is the refusal to have any hearings,” Durbin told the Daily. “What it says to me is that there’s a fear that if they have hearings, it will be hard to not give the nominee a vote and perhaps seat them. It’s an unusual strategy because it’s saying we’re not even going to have a hearing because we might be forced to vote for him.”

Schenk

From page 1 development of the new University Commons.

Schenk said in his current role at VCU, his main goal is to provide an inclusive and welcoming space for students to build a community, a mission he plans to continue at NU. He said his own college experience with student unions influenced his passion.

“When I was in college, you had your traditional classroom space but then it was the space outside of the classroom where I really connected with people,” Schenk said. “When you look at those spaces, that’s where we see personal growth.”

Schenk is a leader in the field of student unions and student centers, Payne-Kirchmeier said. He was a board member for the Association of College Unions International and his work for the group earned him the ACUI Presidential Award for Distinguished Service.

“He brings that experience that we will benefit from greatly when it comes to leadership of a … university center,” Payne-Kirchmeier said.

At VCU, Schenk oversees three student centers, managed 15 renovation projects at VCU and helped the department establish its mission, values and goals, according to the email announcing his hire.

“Jeremy is experienced,” said Amy White, director of Norris. “He is committed to student success and community building through college unions.

He has great experience in student involvement out of the classroom as well as facilities renovation

FRIDAY, APRIL 8, 2016 Inclusion & Community, the Buffett Institute for Global Studies and the Center for Civic Engagement.

The event, titled Social Justice Advocacy Skills Training, can accommodate 25 to 30 people and there are no set topics or issues for the training. Rather, attendees will generate ideas concerning social justice issues that interest them during one of the first sessions in the day, said Kelly Benkert, director of LCE. “It’s neat when a staff or faculty has a

conversation with a student about a social justice issue they both care about, and after the training, each of them might think of that skill in the different contexts that they’re working in,” Benkert said.

Benkert brought this training model with her from her former institution, Seattle University, where she worked for seven years and facilitated this training a few times each year, she said.

From her experience with the training at Seattle, Benkert said she saw many students

Hawkins

Sen. Mark Kirk (R-Ill.) was the first Republican to meet with Garland on March 29.

Along with criticism for the reasoning behind denying Garland a hearing, Rep. Bill Foster (D-Ill.) pointed out that not appointing a judge is causing a halt in the Supreme Court’s ability to adjudicate — the Court had its first 4-4 decision March 29 in a case on union rights following Scalia’s death.

“The Constitution is clear on this issue — it’s time for the Senate to do its job for the good of our nation’s judiciary and the American People,” Foster said after the event. “The Court is too important to leave it short a Justice because of partisan politics.”

From page 1

was placed on leave for “potentially violating Wheaton’s statement of faith.” Three months later, Hawkins officially left Wheaton and was later offered a position at the Institute for Advanced Studies in Culture at the University of Virginia.

“Since Jesus’ incarnational descent to humanity is what Christians celebrate during the days before Christmas, I felt inspired by that divine history to make my solidarity with my Muslim sisters embodied in a profound, historical moment,” Hawkins said.

Hawkins began her speech with a list referencing what she said were examples of oppression in the world such as Ferguson, Missouri; Flint, Michigan and the Gaza Strip.

“We gasp in disbelief but we go on, because really, we have made peace with oppression,” Hawkins said. “And this begs the question, ‘Who are we and what are we becoming?’”

Hawkins said the problem in both society and politics is best described as a “body problem.” She defined this as the way bodies of marginalized groups — particularly black and Muslim bodies — are “dehumanized and zombified,” depicted as lesser than humans through degrading social stereotypes and political rhetoric.

Masoom said recent Islamophobic and xenophobic campaign rhetoric in national news made this a crucial time for an event focused on these ideas.

“We didn’t know that the graffiti (at Alice Millar) was going to happen, but the fact that we had this building reserved for this ahead of time just really hits home Hawkins’ message

robinopsahl2018@u.northwestern.edu and management.”

Norris’ executive director position has been vacant since July, when former executive director Kelly Schaefer left the position to become vice president of engagement and student affairs. For the past eight months, White has absorbed the role into her own, Payne-Kirchmeier said.

Schenk was selected to fill the position in the University’s second search for a new executive director. After the first search fell flat, the search committee enlisted the help of a search firm to find a new executive director.

“What stood out about Jeremy was his strategic and visionary leadership style,” Payne-Kirchmeier said. “He has created long-running plans for university centers through his career. He also is very well known in his professional association so when it comes to best proven practices and the latest information about university centers in general, he has that.”

Schenk will visit NU twice before he begins his new role. As with his previous visits, Schenk hopes to speak with members of the Northwestern community to learn more about the campus and better prepare himself for the position, he said.

“It’s an exciting time for the campus in general just to start having those conversations about providing space that really helps build community,” Schenk said. “My hope would be that after the end of my first year in Norris … we’ve made advancements where we’re providing a space where all students feel welcomed and accepted.”

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will streamline student and faculty initiatives like those of Pura Playa.

“At first, the process can be really slow just because talking with administration and faculty is often a relatively complicated process,” Joshi said. “(The committee will) help student groups take action with something

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take the skills they learned and apply them in the community and campus, as well as working with community partners to engage in system level and state level change.

“This is not the end-all, be-all solution to social change, but it’s one piece of it and it’s one approach about having the skills and confidence to be able to take a bite out of that problem to make lasting social change,” she said.

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about embodied solidarity,” Masoom said.

Julie Windsor Mitchell, campus minister at the University Christian Ministry, helped plan the event and said she was moved by Hawkins’ moral courage to wear the hijab in solidarity with Muslim women.

Mitchell said Hawkins’ message was important to her because, as a Christian, she feels responsible for speaking out against hate and injustice in all forms and that translates into action.

Hawkins also talked about her experiences visiting Rwanda and South Africa last summer and said it gave her time to think about some of the greatest indignities in history — apartheid and genocide — and what it means to be in solidarity with the suffering when one does not know what suffering truly looks like.

“Theoretical solidarity is not solidarity at all,” Hawkins said. “It’s merely a failure to see bodies. Our theoretical imaginations need to be rewired to believe that bodies matter. You think you believe that bodies matter, but I’m convinced that you don’t.”

During the Q&A portion of the event, one student asked if Hawkins was concerned about culturally appropriating Islam when she wore the hijab. Hawkins said she had been worried and spoke to connections she had at the Council on American-Islamic Relations on the matter extensively, but wished to make clear that it was an act of solidarity rather than a political move.

“Embodied solidarity is not courageous, it’s what human dignity demands,” Hawkins said during the speech. “All of you, people of all walks of life, can do the same.” fathma@u.northwestern.edu that they’re passionate about and make the changes that they want in the school.”

Springen said the committee will reach out to students in issues of interest to both parties and said she hopes students will do the same.

“Our goal is really to make Northwestern absolutely the best place in the world for faculty and students,” Springen said. kellinguyen2019@u.northwestern.edu

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THE DAILY NORTHWESTERN | SPORTS 7

FRIDAY, APRIL 8, 2016

Northwestern back on the road again this weekend Northwestern vs. Nebraska

By MAX GELMAN

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Lincoln, Nebraska 6:35 p.m. Friday

Northwestern will find itself in a very familiar position this weekend — on the road.

After christening the brand new Miller Park with a five-game homestand, the Wildcats (7-22, 1-5 Big Ten) head out to Lincoln where they begin a series with Nebraska (20-9, 5-1) on Friday.

The Cornhuskers, who sit in third place in the Big Ten, will face an NU team that played its first 23 games away from home.

“Going on the road to Nebraska, they’ll have a great atmosphere,” coach Spencer Allen said after Tuesday’s contest against Illinois-Chicago.

“They’ll be ready to play … and I think we have to focus more on us more than anything.”

During their stadium’s opening week, the Cats defeated Chicago State in the park’s first-ever game before getting swept by Michigan and shutout by the Flames. In those four losses, NU was outscored 40-16.

Now sitting in 12th place out of 13 Big Ten teams, the Cats say they are ready to buckle down and prepare for a tough Nebraska team. Senior infielder Zach Jones, who went 2-for-4 against UIC on Tuesday, said he isn’t scared by the Cornhuskers’ record.

“We just need everyone’s best focus and for everyone to just play with their best effort and ability,” Jones said. “I think if we do that, we can get some good things from this team. We’ve shown that in the past at times, so if we can get that from everybody I think it will go well for us.”

But Nebraska isn’t any ordinary opponent.

Managed by former major leaguer Darin Erstad — who passed up an MLB managerial opening to

stay in Lincoln — the Cornhuskers have lost only three games at home so far in 2016. An offensive juggernaut, they currently lead the Big Ten in runs scored.

Nebraska’s offense features outfielder Ryan Boldt, who is one of 50 Division I athletes nominated for the Golden Spikes Award, given to the best college baseball player in the country each year. The junior is tied for second in the Big Ten in runs and steals — Boldt’s teammate, infielder Jake Placzek, leads the conference in the former category — and was drafted out of high school in 2013. Come June, Boldt will likely be drafted again.

Additionally, Nebraska’s bullpen has been anchored this season by Big Ten ERA leader Reece Eddins. Appearing in relief 13 times so far this year, Eddins leads the conference with a miniscule 0.57 ERA. Outside of Eddins, though, the pitching staff is the Cornhuskers’ weakest link. When subtracting Eddins’ contributions, Nebraska’s team ERA jumps more than a half-run from 4.54 to 5.09. Its offense is good enough to mask that deficiency, and Allen said NU knows it has to limit its frequent mistakes in order to keep the Cornhuskers from opening the floodgates.

“We just want to make sure that we play clean baseball and don’t beat ourselves,” Allen said.

“That’s been the thing that, when you look at a series whether it’s Ohio State or Michigan, we’ve got (an) inning or two where we beat ourselves.”

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Harker said the the energy the Cats played with against the Wolverines will be crucial on Sunday as they face No. 5 Notre Dame.

“I definitely think (we’ll need to bring) just our inner toughness,” Harker said. “We just wanna be tough every single day and if we bring our fierceness and be fearless out there we are going to be unstoppable.”

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Amonte Hiller said it was a complete team effort Thursday night.

“We were really excited we were able to get people in, and they really showed what they can do,” Amonte Hiller said. “They all really stepped up, they did a great job off the bench and we were really pleased with that.”

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WATCH OUT FOR HOPF-ONS Matt Hopfner delivers a pitch. The junior not only starts on the bump for the Wildcats, but also leads the team in batting average.

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it’s definitely tough, but picking up wins on the road definitely gives us confidence.”

Shropshire agreed, citing crowds as gamechangers and noting that winning on the road is more difficult than defending home court.

But he also said the heightened stakes only add to the excitement that comes with the

season’s home stretch.

And with two relatively easy matches ahead, NU will enter the weekend characteristically focused and eyeing the bigger picture.

“This is what we’re excited for, the end of the season,” Shropshire said. “Especially in May, the NCAA Tournament, Big Ten Tournament — that’s what we’re excited about.” garrettjochnau2019@u.northwestern.edu

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Cats drub Michigan, move to 5-6

By CLAIRE HANSEN

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Selena Lasota has been in a rut, and after a pair of scoreless games, she decided that enough was enough.

In the first 38 seconds of Northwestern’s Thursday night matchup with Big Ten foe Michigan, the sophomore midfielder drew a shooting space foul and powered the ball to the back of the net on the subsequent free position shot.

Lasota’s early goal turned out to be indicative of the remainder of the game. The No. 13 Wildcats (5-6, 1-1 Big Ten) went on to rout the Wolverines (5-8, 0-2) 20-4 in the first of a four-game homestand at Martin Stadium.

The game was a much-needed win for the Wildcats, who had dropped three of their last four games prior to Thursday.

“We wanted to come out strong and start fast, and I think we were able to do that tonight,” coach Kelly

Amonte Hiller said. “We were able to come up with loose balls and draw controls and make plays on the ride.”

Lasota was a major factor in NU’s dominance. The 2015 Big Ten Freshman of the Year notched 6 goals in the win, tying her career high.

Michigan chose not to faceguard Lasota — surprising, given that Lasota also tallied 6 goals against the Wolverines last year. Lasota said the absence of a constant defender gave her more freedom with the ball, allowing her to drive harder and more often.

Lasota’s performance was a departure from how she has played recently.

“She just played and did her thing,” Amonte Hiller said. “She just played free and went out there and was dynamic I think for the first time in a while. That was exciting, and that obviously helps the team game.”

Many other Cats also had breakout performances. Junior attacker Christina Esposito and senior midfielder Kaleigh Craig both recorded hat tricks on the night. Additionally,

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By MELISSA HANIFF

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After a big win to close out its series with then-No. 21 Minnesota, Northwestern is ready to run the table against its next Big Ten opponent.

This weekend, the Wildcats (11-20, 2-4 Big Ten) will face an Iowa (9-23, 1-7) team that has struggled at the outset of conference play. Although the Hawkeyes have a losing record, NU has no intention of underestimating its opponent.

Despite a series loss to the Golden Gophers last weekend, the Wildcats came off with a huge 10-2 third-game win. The team is looking to the victory as a reminder to stay composed both offensively and defensively. Sophomore second baseman Brooke Marquez said the team plays best when it finishes strong.

“For us, a big part of what we need to do is keep the momentum going from our win against Minnesota,” Marquez said. “We underestimate ourselves at times, and keeping our focus and momentum into this weekend will really show how good we are.”

To keep that energy going, NU will focus on fundamentals in practice this week as it prepares to take on a five-pitcher Hawkeye rotation, led by juniors Elizabeth Wiegand and Shayla Starkenburg.

Iowa also has six batters bringing in 10 or more RBIs, which will mean the Cats defense will have to take center stage this weekend to pick up wins.

Freshman pitcher Kenzie Ellis emphasized the team’s defensive prowess, especially in how it supports NU’s pitching rotation.

“It’s just important for us to keep up with our plan, we like to throw strikes and let our defense do work,” Ellis said.

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“We have one of the best defenses in the country so it’s awesome to be able to put the ball in their hands and let them get outs for us.”

While the Cats’ defense prepares to take on the Hawkeyes, NU’s offense will be focused on getting key hits and RBIs to keep the team competitive during close games.

The Cats offense has been anchored as of late by senior rightfielder Fran Strub and freshman third baseman Morgan Nelson, who had 4 runs, 5 RBIs and 2 homers to close out the series against Minnesota. Coach Kate Drohan said the team’s batting lineup will have to fight every pitch this weekend in order to win every inning.

“Our key as we approach practice is all about fundamentals, breaking down skill sets and specific drills,” Drohan said. “But the rest of the week is go time, it’s all about making plays, I don’t care how they do it. We really have to think about playing in the moment.”

With three games against subpar Iowa on the horizon, the Cats said they have the ability to win big. Another weekend of Big Ten play will test the team’s grit, especially within a conference of tough and talented teams.

But Drohan’s philosophy toward the team’s intense strength of schedule and toward the game has always remained the same: NU has to take it one game — and one pitch — at a time.

“It’s all about competing … we’ve dug ourselves a little bit of a hole,” Drohan said. “As we look forward to Iowa, we just have to think about winning that first inning, we can’t afford to think about anything else.” melissahaniff2016@u.northwestern.edu

Craig had a season-high 3 caused turnovers.

As a unit, NU outshot the Wolverines 38-12 and dominated on the circle, nabbing 19 draw controls to Michigan’s 6. Freshman goalie Mallory Weisse made key saves in the second half to stifle any kind of Michigan comeback and saved half of all of Michigan’s shots on the game.

Soon after opening the second half with a substantial 15-goal lead, the Cats began to empty their bench, working subs in until most of the squad on the field was not starters.

Lasota said the fresh players really stepped up. “(I saw) the fire and the work ethic of so many people, and determination,” Lasota said.

Freshman midfielder Kim Harker, sophomore midfielder Lindsay Darrell and senior attacker Carolina Lizzio all scored their first career goals. In total, the Cats had 11 scorers.

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Wildcats continue best start

By GARRETT JOCHNAU

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With the crux of its schedule in the rearview mirror, a surging Northwestern lineup will look to retain its focus and remain undefeated in Big Ten play during the upcoming weekend road trip.

Despite racing out to a historic 5-0 start in conference play — the program’s finest since 1997 — the No. 13 Wildcats are aware that a single loss could derail their oftrepeated goal of a Big Ten title and they enter Friday and Sunday’s contests against Nebraska and Iowa thinking accordingly.

“I think so far, we’ve done a great job,” junior Konrad Zieba said.

“We’re just trying to maintain focus for every Big Ten team. Every team is good in the Big Ten, so just maintaining that focus is a key for us.”

Although neither Nebraska nor Iowa presents the obvious challenge to that Big Ten title in the same vein of conference powerhouse Illinois — who NU defeated in mid-March — the Cats’ understanding of the value of each individual game has them on their collective toes.

Still, NU enters the weekend ahead as heavy favorites in each contest.

Nebraska claims just one top-125 player in Dusty Boyer (122), who leads the team at No. 1 singles with a 14-3 record on the season. Iowa claims none and has found little consistency outside the No. 2 and No. 6 singles positions.

Meanwhile, NU’s depth has been a strength this year and should prove crucial as the regular season winds to a close.

“I think that (having depth) is huge,” junior Sam Shropshire said.

“Last year I played one for the whole year and now we’re obviously doing a lot better this year, so I probably prefer this. If I could go on a team where I was playing five or six,

No. 13 Northwestern vs. Nebraska Lincoln, Nebraska 4 p.m. Friday

No. 13 Nebraska vs. Iowa Iowa City, Iowa 12 p.m. Sunday

that’d be amazing.”

Last year’s unanimous first team All-Big Ten selection, and currently ranked No. 40 in singles by the ITA, Shropshire has played the majority of the season at No. 2, but has lined up on the top court in three of his four most recent matches.

Along with junior Strong Kirchheimer — whose recent string of

dominance earned him a Big Ten Athlete of the Week award and a boost from No. 97 to No. 68 in the rankings — Zieba and Shropshire present significant matchup issues for all opponents.

And although the Cats’ four consecutive shutouts offer unprecedented momentum entering the weekend slate, all four wins came at home. Stealing victories on the road represents a whole new challenge, Zieba said.

“Going on the road is always tough, especially with home crowds and different conditions — you don’t know whether you’re playing indoors or outdoors,” he said. “So » See MEN’S TENNIS, page 7

Men’s Tennis

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LEAVING THE SHIRE Sam Shropshire launches a backhand. The junior, and doubles partner Konrad Zieba, have locked up the No. 2 doubles spot for Northwestern thus far.