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NU on track to balance budget Email details effort to resolve def icit by 2021 Northwestern is on track to bring the budget back to balance by the 2021 fiscal year, according to a Thursday email sent to faculty and staff. The email –– signed off by President Morton Schapiro, Provost Jonathan Holloway and Senior Vice President for Business and Finance Craig Johnson –– is part of the University’s commitment to increasing transparency by annually providing detailed financial updates. About a year ago, Holloway announced a budget deficit at a Faculty Senate meeting, which Johnson later clarified to be about $100 million. NU addressed the budget issue by cutting 1 percent of central administration staff, reducing costs in specific departments, reviewing the hiring process for open positions and making cuts in administrative and academic

units, according to the email. “ We deeply appreciate the spirit of shared sacrifice across this extraordinary University community, which helped put us on a path to operating stability,” the email stated. “As a result, we were able to close fiscal year 2018 with an operating deficit slightly better than our initial forecasts.” Despite optimistic outlooks, the 2019 and 2020 fiscal years will continue to operate under a deficit. In response, NU is developing a seven-year financial plan to provide greater guidance for resource allocation, the email wrote. Despite a growing endowment and successful fundraisers, the University made cost reductions for a list of reasons –– including market conditions, the timing of gifts and restriction of using donor funds for specific purposes, according to the email. NU also considered the long-term management of the funds. “Our endowment » See LETTER, page 6

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Vishaan Chakrabarti speaks at the opening keynote of the Northwestern University Community for Human Rights’ 16th annual conference. Chakrabarti spoke about the future of urbanization and changes in the perception of public goods and services.

Architect discusses urban planning Vishaan Chakrabarti appears as NUCHR opening keynote speaker By AVI VARGHESE

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The key to making public spending more equitable is to change the cultural norms

surrounding the topic, Architect and urban planner Vishaan Chakrabarti said during a Thursday speech at Harris Hall. Chakrabarti spoke in front of about 100 people as the opening keynote speaker for the Northwestern University

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Rent prices in Evanston unlikely to decrease in the near future By ASHLEY CAPOOT

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Steep increases in rent prices are making it more difficult for local retail stores to stay in business, and, in some cases, local businesses have been forced to close. Rent prices in Evanston increased by 2.3 percent in 2018, according to a January 2019 report conducted by Apartment List. Paul Zalmezak, Evanston’s economic development manager, said rent prices are not likely to decrease in the near future. “(The city is) not ever going to go after landlords to tell them to lower their rents,” he said. “We can encourage them to be competitive, but that’s about all we can do.” Zalmezak said landlords have control over rent prices and likely only decrease those prices when they are unable to attract renters. Mark Jones, the owner of Saville Flowers on Sherman Avenue, said he has especially seen increasing rent prices challenge businesses in Evanston’s retail industry. “We see a lot of small businesses closing, and the entire retail industry is just more

Community for Human Rights’ 16th annual conference. Titled “The Right to the City: Mapping Human Rights in the Urban Landscape,” the conference focuses on how to mindfully design cities during a time of rapid urbanization.

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difficult to keep alive and stay competitive and be able to afford rents,” he said. “We’re on a high visibility block, and we have some decent in-store traffic, but it’s difficult to try to keep up on making enough profit to afford our rent.”

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Jones said he has noticed that many restaurants have moved to Evanston as retail businesses close. But even restaurants that were popular among Northwestern students — such as Cheesie’s, which closed in June 2018 — were

unable to stay open largely because of expensive rent prices, he said. Nina Barrett, the owner of Bookends & Beginnings, thought she would lose her » See RENT, page 6

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Bookends & Beginnings, 1712 Sherman Ave. The bookstore’s owner, Nina Barrett, said rising rent prices in Evanston are intimidating to local retail businesses.

Chakrabarti spoke about Practice for Architecture Urbanism, a socially conscious architecture firm he founded, as well as the future of urbanization in the United States.

More than 10 percent of U.S. adults have food allergies, nearly half of whom developed an allergy in adulthood, according to a new study by Feinberg Prof. Dr. Ruchi Gupta. The study found 10.8 percent of American adults –– over 26 million people –– have food allergies. It determined another 19 percent have negative reactions to food, but that their symptoms are not consistent with an allergic reaction. Additionally, 48 percent of those with at least one food allergy had developed that allergy as an adult. Gupta is the director of the Science and Outcomes of Allergy and Asthma Research Team at Northwestern and is an attending clinician at Ann and Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital. She is nationally known for her research in food allergy and asthma, according to Feinberg. The study randomly sampled 40,443 adults from across the nation. Although food allergy in children has been examined in several population-based studies,

less is known about food allergy in adults, according to the study. This study is the first to provide comprehensive, nationally representative data on food allergy in adults. Shellfish was the most common food allergy among adults, with 2.9 percent reporting that food allergy. Milk and shrimp were the next most common, with 1.9 percent each. Gupta stated that a milk allergy is distinct from lactose intolerance, as the former is an immune system reaction while the latter is caused by the lack of a stomach enzyme that allows humans to digest milk. The study also found that only 24 percent of adults with food allergies had a current epinephrine prescription, which is used to treat severe allergic reactions. “With true food allergy you can have severe anaphylaxis, which can be life-threatening,” Gupta said. “So it’s really, really important to have a proper management plan, to know what to do, in case you have a life-threatening reaction.” According to the study, 38.3 percent of adults reported one or more allergy-related emergency room visits in their lifetime. Gupta said more research was needed to understand allergies that developed in adulthood, suggesting that factors including changes in living conditions, antibody » See ALLERGY, page 6

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AROUND TOWN One River School serves Evanston arts community By MADDY DAUM

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The One River School of Art + Design has only been open for seven months, but it’s already helped over 100 aspiring artists explore the creative industry. One River provides weekly two-hour classes open to all ages, which focus on contemporary art and encourage students to create their own individual pieces. In order to show the school’s youngest students that art is accessible to them, assistant director Jessalyn Bertone said One River emphasizes contemporary art. The school has undergone an entire staff changeover as some members moved to other One River locations or to other art schools. Many of the instructors are working artists or graduate students from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. The teachers guide students — often beginners — through projects that are four to six weeks long. All of the classes concentrate on 2D arts such as painting, drawing and digital design. Lisa Degliantoni, the school’s director, said that classes are offered to students from ages “four to 104” but the majority of artists are teenagers. “(The adolescent) part of human development is where learning who you are is the most troublesome for humans,” said Degliantoni. “Art seems to be a very organic and natural step for people to take. So we are finding that our biggest population and attraction is from teens.

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But we pretty much need everybody to try out an art class.” Students usually hear about the school through word of mouth and peer-based reviews, Degliantoni said. The school also hosts free art workshops and speaks at community events to help get the word out. Bertone spearheads the marketing campaigns, relying on a grassroots approach through referral campaigns and social media. “People (in Evanston) put a lot of weight into social proof,” Bertone said. “My hope is that people will start to see faces that they recognize (on) our social media, kind of giving validation to the fact that other kids in the community are starting to really connect with One River.” The school hosts a biannual art show to help students see their work displayed and to get them excited about the prospect of being artists. Through curating art for the gallery show and working to establish the school’s community, Director of Education Humberto Saldana said he hopes to develop a comfortable environment for students. “Curating our artists in our gallery space, (we choose) artists that best represent the community here in Evanston and Chicago but also one river’s philosophy in style,” Saldana said. “We work to show what (the school) wants the community to see as their representation of our school.” Saldana also works to further improve the curriculum and support teachers, to make sure that the school can continue to grow and guide more artists in Evanston. As a creative town, noticed the plate was missing from his car at approximately 9:30 p.m. Wednesday, Evanston Police Department Cmdr. Ryan Glew said. The man submitted an incident report in case the plate was stolen, he added. Glew said the plate is being considered either stolen or missing, but there are currently no suspects.

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Parents and students attend the biannual art show. The One River School of Art + Design has been open for seven months and has over 100 students.

Degliantoni hopes that the school can help further enhance the Evanston arts community. “We have a population of humans (in Evanston) who value creative endeavors,” Degliantoni said. “I would love for this school to continue to

help all of the creative waters rise in this town and to be a resource for if somebody wants to dabble, try it out or even teach a class.”

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A 29-year-old Evanston resident reported a package stolen from the front entryway of his apartment building Wednesday night. The resident had ordered a replacement chip for his Protection 1/ADT security system and had received notification from FedEx that the package had been delivered to the 400 block of Custer

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Alum creates patient resource site By ADRIAN WAN

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In December 2016, Stephanie Chuang (Medill ’07) was reporting in San Francisco for NBC News when she felt fatigue and experienced facial swelling. After a CT scan, the doctor diagnosed her with stage III non-Hodgkin lymphoma. After 700 hours of chemotherapy treatment, Chuang is in remission, and said her experience motivated her to create a positive impact on others like herself. Six months after her recovery, Chuang conducted in-depth interviews with cancer survivors and caregivers and established The Patient Story, a website created to provide information for cancer patients. The Patient Story features an FAQ section to answer patients’ pressing concerns and a timeline to showcase what the typical life of a cancer patient looks like. On the website, users can find personal stories of people who have survived a wide range of cancer types. In addition to patients’ accounts, the website also includes perspectives of oncologists and

NU admin announce mandatory sexual misconduct training

Northwestern administrators are rolling out mandatory sexual misconduct training for students and revising the faculty misconduct training, according to a Wednesday email from Patricia Telles-Irvin, the vice president for student affairs. The training, which the Office of Equity will facilitate, will open Jan. 23 and will be available through Feb. 20. Sophomores, juniors and seniors are required to do the training — first-years already completed a “comprehensive” program at the beginning of the academic year. On Feb. 13, students who haven’t done the training will be sent

social workers to shed light on what other people can do to support cancer patients. “Our website is called The Patient Story, but we are creating the content for both patients and caregivers,” Chuang said. Chuang said she was inspired to create the website because she found the existing resources unhelpful. When first researching her disease, Chuang said she and her family were overwhelmed by the use of medical jargon online, and she said the confusion only worsened her mental health condition. Chuang added that her website stands out from other self-diagnosing sites because it is indepth and first-hand. Since the content is curated by medical professionals and people who dealt with similar challenges, users can find valuable and reliable information, she said. The website offers advice from actual cancer patients and caregivers on how to cope with cancer treatment, which is “often a roller coaster of overwhelming events,” Lia Akhilanda –– a licensed clinical social worker who was featured as a caregiver on The Patient Story –– said in an email interview. “We need to hear the stories, the successes, the

challenges, the meaning of it in their life, so that we as communities, medical institutions and as a society can continue to understand … how to support them best,” Akhilanda said. While The Patient Story is still at its “nascent” stage, Chuang said she is thinking about adding a curated forum for patients to ask questions and receive more personalized feedback. In February, the site will also host its first webinar, inviting a mixture of patients, caregivers and medical professionals to answer questions raised by cancer patients, Chuang added. Among those impacted by The Patient Story is Joyce Yu, a registered nurse who was diagnosed with non-Hodgkin lymphoma last year. Yu said she felt less lonely and more informed after hearing the personal stories of people who were also diagnosed with such a rare disease and survived cancer treatment. “I was able to see videos of a patient talking about her experience. I was able to read patient stories which helped me prepare for my own cancer journey,” Yu said. “There is nothing else like it.”

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Gillette ad about toxic masculinity was necessary ANDREA BIAN

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The popular razor brand Gillette released an advertisement Jan. 13 titled “We Believe: The Best Men Can Be.” The ad challenged the brand’s previous slogan, “The Best a Man Can Get,” by offering a reflection on how toxic masculinity manifests itself in everyday life. In the video, men stare at themselves in a mirror as news reports regarding #MeToo play in the background, young boys become the subject of cyberbullying, and teens watch media and entertainment figures objectify women on TV. “We believe in the best in men,” the narrator says. “Because the boys watching today will be the men of tomorrow.” As of Jan. 17, the video has garnered over 18 million views on YouTube. About 66 percent

of the reactions to the video are dislikes. Highprofile personalities like Piers Morgan have criticized the video for unfairly attacking men, and some have threatened to boycott the brand. The sheer backlash against the video only displays one thing: That video was necessary. In releasing the ad, Gillette does not assume that all men are horrible; instead, it assumes that most men are good, and those who fall victim to toxic masculinity are capable of being better. The #MeToo movement stems from men not holding each other accountable for their actions. It is because of toxic masculinity that men were able to get away with sexual assault for such a long time, and still do. Harmful behaviors that are displayed from a young age — that boys grow to believe are indicative of being a “man” — create a cycle of destructive actions that become accepted when those same boys grow into adults. Women can be guilty of sexual assault, and some are — it’s an issue we all need to address as members of society. However, Gillette’s target demographic is men, and just because both

men and women need to address sexual assault shouldn’t minimize men’s responsibility to do so. Critics of the ad don’t seem to realize how toxic masculinity directly affects men. The American Psychological Association published new Guidelines for the Psychological Practice with Boys and Men. In it, scientists claim research supports that “socialization for conforming to traditional masculinity ideology has been shown to limit males’ psychological development, constrain their behavior … and negatively influence mental health and physical health.” These things should be reason enough for men to want to be better and to help each other do so. Toxic masculinity not only harms women, it also has implications that affect men — many of whom fight to uphold this masculinity without realizing its harm. Gillette is aware of its mostly male audience, and to publish a national campaign calling out toxic masculinity is a big step. Still, the move was an obvious risk. Regardless of the reaction, the appearance of an ad like this one shows

that the standards for men have changed. These changes should not be dismissed, but embraced. To say that Gillette should have withheld the ad to “let boys be boys and men be men” is to say that being a “boy” includes bullying. It is to say that being a “man” includes objectifying women. If nothing else, Gillette’s final message is the most important: Today’s boys will become tomorrow’s men. For men who understand this, a call to action should be easy to accept. Men are not all guilty of misbehavior — nor are they destined to a future of misbehavior. But it’s hard to say that men are at their best right now. It should be easy to believe that it’s possible to get there. Andrea Bian is a Medill first-year. She can be contacted at andreabian2022@u.northwestern.edu. If you would like to respond publicly to this op-ed, send a Letter to the Editor to opinion@dailynorthwestern.com. The views expressed in this piece do not necessarily reflect the views of all staff members of The Daily Northwestern.

I changed my name — and I’m still experimenting DANI ZHANG

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Over the last two months, I changed my name from Dannes (pronounced “Denise”) to Dan to Dani. Naturally, people had questions. Was I changing my gender identity? Was I just a kid who, after coming into college, believes she’s totally a new and improved person now? The latter’s probably true. But there’s more. Last quarter, I enrolled in a class I was genuinely excited about. When the discussion section rolled around, I arrived in class, sat down and took out my notebook. Everything seemed normal, but something was off. Interactions were different. It seemed as though everyone else was closer to each other than they were to me. I felt uneasy. Then, I realized: I was the only Asian in a room full of white people.

The fact that racial minorities receive differential treatment, especially in the workplace, is not news. White people behave differently toward people of other races. Job applications of people with non-white names (like Qinyi, Aliyah, Jada) receive fewer callbacks than those with white names. According to Harvard Business School, companies are “more than twice as likely to call minority applicants for interviews if they submit whitened resumes than candidates who reveal their race.” Previously, these facts existed only in online articles and research studies — an abstract, faraway place separate from my own reality. I lived in Shanghai, so it was easy for me to dismiss the issue. But last quarter, when I gauged the classroom and sensed the irreconcilable distance between my classmates and me, discomfort crept into my brain. Then and there, I was slapped in the face with the reality of marginalization and racial inequality in the United States. Faced with my future career prospects as an Asian woman, I knew that my name would be a barrier to my professional

development. So I changed it. But outside of my name, there were other unexpected changes too. When I came home for Winter Break, one of the first things my sister said to me was, “You’re so Americanized now.” With my hair recently dyed gray, my eyeliner and eyebrows drawn on, and my name changed, I couldn’t deny what she saw in me. Every choice I made in changing my appearance was subconsciously intended to minimize my race. So, when my sister said that, I was quietly pleased. I’m not sure how I feel now. By changing my name, am I submitting to the status quo and silently accepting the racial hierarchy in the United States? After all, this is the classic debate between preserving one’s ethnicity and conforming to Western society. Reality is, “Dannes” has nothing to do with my ethnic background. People have asked me if it’s French, South African, Argentinian, Indian, but nope — my dad made it up. Created out of thin air, my name has no ethnic meaning but is somehow chock-full of racial

connotations. The way it’s spelled, the way it’s pronounced, the way it looks on paper — it’s just different. It will be different in any society I live in. Still, there are several Dani Zhangs in this world. As far as I know, there’s only one Dannes Zhang (I’ve searched on Facebook). My name change means giving up my individuality and the history I have with “Dannes.” At the moment, “Dani” is not on any of my official documents — I’m still experimenting with my name, as I’m sure I’ll be grappling with this issue for years to come. But for now, my new name will just be a symbol of the beginning of my journey as an Asian in the United States. Dani Zhang is a Communication first-year. She can be contacted at danneszhang2022@u.northwestern.edu. If you would like to respond publicly to this op-ed, send a Letter to the Editor to opinion@ dailynorthwestern.com. The views expressed in this piece do not necessarily reflect the views of all staff members of The Daily Northwestern.

The teachings of Jesus shouldn’t be used for political gain ZAMONE “Z” PEREZ

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In December, the Senate symbolically outlawed lynching when it passed the Justice for Victims of Lynching Act, making lynching a federal crime. Evangelicals aligned with the Liberty Counsel, a designated “hate group” by the Southern Poverty Law Center, urged the House of Representatives to take language including “sexual orientation” out of the bill, ultimately leaving LGBT people out of a major piece of protective legislation. Without including LGBT people in the bill, any baseless violence against them would not be considered lynching. The Liberty Counsel’s fear was clear: this bill would be a stepping stone to pass more

laws concerning the rights of LGBT people. In a radio interview, the president of the Liberty Counsel, Mat Staver, compared the bill to a camel getting its “nose in the tent.” Once the camel is even slightly in, “you can’t stop them from coming the rest of the way,” Staver added. As a Christian, I became angry at this news, but this feeling did not just surface out of nowhere. It took over two years of watching my faith being turned into a weapon for the ultra-conservative right. I’ve seen people who love and believe in the grace of God support President Donald Trump, who bullies, barrages and belittles his critics — the exact opposite of Christianity. A man who puts children in cages, wishes to deny millions of Americans access to healthcare and supports our military work with Saudi Arabia in Yemen does not adhere to the Christian faith or values. Any Christian has

the freedom to support him, but saying that he represents the Christian faith is ridiculous. The God that many far-right Christians follow does not represent what Christianity as a religion values — at least, what it is supposed to value. Jesus Christ — the son of God in the flesh — was the ultimate radical “social justice warrior.” He transformed religion to be about God’s unconditional grace, rather than about working for God’s favor. According to the Bible, he broke social norms regarding women; for example, he spoke and discussed theology with a Samaritan woman at the well. He healed the lame and the lepers, giving sight and life to those around him. He asked the most awful and broken people to follow him. But most importantly, he showed us how to love one another as he loved us. I urge my fellow believers to not let the societal issues to get in the way of agape, the highest love of God for man and of man for

God. Christians are free to keep their values, but we should never let these issues get in the way of loving those who might not live the lives we do. I will concede that Christianity, at least morally, can be seen as inherently conservative. Many Christians believe in the union of marriage as between one man and one woman and in life beginning at conception. However, at the end of the day, Christianity should not proclaim any political ideology. Jesus was in the business of loving God and others, and I believe Christians today should do the same.

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Chakrabarti said the negative connotation conservatives associate with government spending on public goods represents a dramatic shift from past norms. For example, he said the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1956 — which spent billions of dollars on highways for the public — was relatively uncontroversial at the time, partly because it served to subsidize a whiter, wealthier population than those who would soon be targeted by the “War on Poverty.” “When the civil rights movement went out and said, ‘We are part of the public too. We

have rights too,’ that broadened the definition of the public,” he said. “Suddenly government was representing more than that select group of people who got the free federal highways.” Since then, Chakrabarti said, opinions have soured on public goods — but enormous amounts of funding still go to a select few. He said these costs, such as those associated with highways, are characterized as necessary infrastructure rather than subsidies for public goods, a distinction that often shields them from scrutiny. He pointed to New York’s Penn Station, which he characterized as severely underfunded considering its enormous traffic load and for which he has proposed changes in the past.

“The public we care about is making sure that there aren’t potholes on the highway that’s bringing people out to rich suburban areas,” Chakrabarti said, describing the current approach. “That’s the public we care about. That’s not a subsidy, that’s a government obligation. Fixing (Penn Station) would be a subsidy.” In discussing ways to expand public services to more diverse populations, Chakrabarti said it’s important for people to focus on affecting change at the government level in addition to a grassroots one. He added that people should aspire to achieve more than just small-scale changes. “Some things take larger actors,” he said.

“Don’t always gravitate towards the small because it seems less bureaucratic and easier to effectuate stuff, because that’s Reagan and Thatcher winning, right? You gotta get at the beast.” Daniel Paredes, a business student at Loyola University Chicago, said he enjoyed hearing about engineering in a context that wasn’t purely “analytical” or “binary.” “I really liked it,” Paredes said. “It’s always interesting when I see STEM fields branching out into human rights issues or more political or social issues like that.” avivarghese2022@u.northwestern.edu

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consumption or hormonal changes such as those resulting from pregnancy could be playing a role. “There’s a lot of different ideas out there that we need better research to understand,” Gupta said. Christopher M. Warren (Weinberg ’08), a PhD candidate at the University of Southern California who worked with Gupta on the study, said the research team had been granted funding for further allergy studies alongside researchers from the All India Institute of Medical Sciences. The focus of the research will be on India, Warren said, where citizens experience unusually low levels of allergies but are particularly susceptible to developing allergies when they immigrate to Western countries. Warren thinks that examining this phenomenon will help researchers isolate factors that contribute to the increasing allergy levels in the United States. “By looking at this systematically, we might be able to identify things that are preventive against allergy that will give us insights into how we can better understand why we’re having this big epidemic,” Warren said.

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data privacy and product safety. “I look forward to advancing a renewed emphasis on the safety of products our families use every day,” Schakowsky said. “It is our job to ensure the 21st century regulatory infrastructure works for all Americans, whether online, on the road or in our homes.” According to the Energy and Commerce website, Schakowsky’s subcommittee has jurisdiction over “interstate and foreign commerce,”“commercial practices” and “regulation of travel, tourism and time.” Schakowsky will take over the chairmanship from U.S. Rep. Bob Latta (R-Ohio). Schakowsky emphasized the “immense talents” of the other members of the subcommittee and promised to “conduct rigorous oversight” of the White House.

space and be forced to relocate to another storefront in Evanston after the city proposed a 37-story development on her block last year. When she started looking at other locations in Evanston, she said rent prices were intimidating. “I will say that that was a pretty scary prospect for me,” Barrett said. “Even if we could have managed those costs, the thing that would have been terrifying for me would have been being locked into some kind of lease where my rent would have at least tripled.” The development was not approved, so Barrett did not end up having to relocate, but she said problems with rent still persist in the Evanston community. Because landlords are subject to so few restrictions from the city, Barrett said she has noticed that landlords are free to regulate their own rent prices. “I don’t think that the city is unaware of this,” Barrett said. “But what I understand from them is that they feel like their hands are sort of tied when they’re dealing with landlords.” Zalmezak said the city cannot do much to change rent prices in Evanston, but it works to offset other small costs like paying for business signage and managing safety concerns. Increased rent prices have affected large chains in addition to local businesses, Barrett said. “For a while, it seemed like the golden egg was going to be these chain stores,” she said. “Many of them just came and went because there wasn’t foot traffic and they’re all the same stores that are out at Old Orchard anyway. So that whole model of having your downtown look like a shopping mall, it hasn’t worked anywhere, really.”

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U.S. Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-Ill.) was selected to chair the Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee on Tuesday. The subcommittee, under the Energy and Commerce committee, is likely to take a progressive agenda of protecting consumers, following the Democratic takeover of the House. In a statement released Tuesday afternoon, Schakowsky said she was “honored” to be selected. She said she started in politics because of her passion for consumer protection, and added that her subcommittee works on issues central to everyday life including

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After 2-5 start, NU looks Wildcats will face strong to improve in Big Ten lineup in Philadelphia By GREG SVIRNOVSKIY

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It’s been an uncharacteristically rough start to the season for Northwestern (2-5, 0-2 Big Ten), which has dropped three of its last four duals, including a blowout at the hands of No. 1 Penn State. In 2016-2017, the team started 4-1, and last year’s iteration didn’t lose a dual until its seventh of the season against Illinois. Now, NU is set to prove its mettle with two duals this weekend against No. 11 Wisconsin (6-3, 1-3) and No. 7 Minnesota (8-2, 1-1). The team fell 33-8 last weekend against the Nittany Lions (6-0, 2-0), but coach Matt Storniolo said the loss wasn’t for lack of effort. The team just didn’t have its offensive juices flowing. “I think we fought pretty hard from top to bottom,” Storniolo said. “I’d like to see us be a little bit more offensive and give ourselves more opportunities to score. But I don’t think that the team’s score was reflective of how hard we competed.” To rectify the team’s offensive struggles, the coaches spent a bulk of the week going over how to be more aggressive, highlighting ways to close the gap and attack quicker. The Cats have also gone over technique, learning how to react to specific situations that have led to wrestlers losing matches over the course of the season. Storniolo said the team needs to do adopt a more attacking mentality on the mat, something he said was echoed by sophomore Sebastian Rivera. “The message that Rivera had for the guys is that you just need to fight,” Storniolo said. “You need to fight for every position, you need to go out there and let it fly. Points aren’t going to score themselves, you need to go out there and take it from them.” Rivera is the nation’s top-ranked 125-pound wrestler and a former Big Ten Wrestler of the Week. He was one of just two Cats who picked up any points against Penn State last week, in his case a technical fall in the dual’s opening minutes.

Rivera said NU needs to be more fearless and not get lost in its opponents’ stats or storylines. “I just think some guys are scared,” Rivera said. “They go out there, they’re wrestling ranked guys and they’re not wrestling like they should be wrestling, like they wrestle in the room. It’s just going out there and realizing that everyone’s human. Going out there and getting after these dudes.” Senior Johnny Sebastian was defeated 10-4 by Penn State’s Mark Hall last week. He said with two Big Ten duals in the offing, the team can’t get bogged down by last week’s disappointing result. At the time of the match, NU’s eight points were the most allowed by Penn State this season, a statistic Sebastian said few people on the team know or even care about. “I’m sure a lot of us don’t even realize that that was the case, points wise,” Sebastian said. “Every week, especially in the Big Ten, you gotta stay positive throughout the whole process otherwise you’re gonna get lost.”

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Johnny Sebastian spars with an opponent. The senior said he hopes Northwestern rebounds in the Big Ten this weekend.

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Northwestern will test its mettle, and its focus, against some of the top talent in the country this Sunday. The Wildcats are heading to the Philadelphia Invitational, the second in a series of winter team meets with escalating difficulty. NU, which is 23-1 thus far on the season, will look to build on last weekend’s sweep at the Western Invitational and fully refocus post-Winter Break. The Cats are set to face Columbia,Temple and Yale in Pennsylvania, all of whom finished last season in the top 10 of CollegeFencing360.com’s Women’s Coaches Poll rankings. NU will also face Drew and New York University in the multi-team event. Despite last weekend’s success, coach Zach Moss says there is room for improvement— He’d like his fencers to start just as strong as they fence throughout the day. In practice this week, he said he’s emphasized preparing with the right mindset. “We’ve been really successful this season because of the process that we’ve put in place, and that everyone on the team has bought into,” Moss said. The process Moss alludes to is oriented around focus. While his team has thrived this season, the sabre squad in particular has struggled with individual inconsistency. What gets fencers in trouble, he said, is focusing on things they can’t control, like referees and opponents. “What you can control is your mental approach, your physical approach, how you’re tactically thinking about your game and how you fence. So, a lot of what we do in training, a lot of what we talk about, is ‘How do we maximize those things?’” Moss said. Graduate sabre Emine Yücel, now in her fifth year fencing for the Cats, said that it’s always challenging to return from Winter Break. The group of fencers going to Philadelphia is different from the Western Invitational participants, but Yücel is among the overlap. Facing off against typically-ranked teams like

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A Northwestern fencer clashes swords with an opponent. The Wildcats are headed to Philadelphia this weekend.

Columbia and Yale, she said, can give the Cats the important wins that push the team up in the rankings. This year’s first official rankings will likely be released by Sunday. With only one loss on the season, to defending national champion Notre Dame, NU is poised to claim a top spot in the highly competitive field. “We have the talent and the energy and the conditioning,” Yücel said. “So as long as the focus is there, there’s no reason we won’t win any of the bouts we’re fencing.” First-year epée Emma Scala didn’t travel with the team to Western Invitational last weekend, so Philadelphia will be her first team competition since Winter Break. She said she has been busy at school, with four new classes and sorority recruitment. At this meet, she said she’ll aim to stay focused and disciplined on the mat, only thinking about fencing. Scala said she knows some of the fencers the Cats will face this weekend from high school and from a recent national tournament. She said she’s excited to face off against the East Coast teams and that she hopes NU can keep high energy on the sidelines this Sunday. “I really liked our spirit this year,” Scala said. “So I hope that that continues throughout the season, especially as it gets tough.” stephencouncil2022@u.northwestern.edu

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After six games of conference play, it is pretty safe to say that Northwestern has not gotten off to the start it wanted when the season began. Aside from a two-point victory at home against Illinois, the Wildcats (10-7, 1-5 Big Ten) have struggled to keep up with the much-improved Big Ten. It seems that NU has found every way to lose: close games against Indiana and Michigan, two road blowouts against Michigan and Michigan State and a close battle against Iowa that the Wildcats let slip away late. “We’re not down-and-out or anything,” junior forward A.J. Turner said after a recent loss to Iowa. “We’re just being positive. We’re gonna watch the film and see what we can learn.” Fortunately for NU, it will have an opportunity to get back in the win column against Rutgers. Like the Wildcats, the Scarlet Knights (8-8, 1-5) are tied for 11th in the conference with a 1-5 record. Rutgers’ lone win came at home against Ohio State, but, since that

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game, the Scarlet Knights have gone back to their losing ways. In its two most recent games, Rutgers lost by 18 to Minnesota and 35 to Purdue. The Scarlet Knights rely on their leading scorer, Eugene Omoruyi, who is averaging 14.6 points per game. With both teams desperate for their second Big Ten win of the season, it is sure to be a tightly-contested matchup. When NU and Rutgers faced off in Piscataway last year, the Wildcats lost in an overtime thriller 67-58. This time around, NU will look to produce a different result after having five days of rest. The break could help determine senior forward Vic Law’s status for Friday’s game. Law missed the Wildcats’ last game against the Wolverines with a lower-body injury and had struggled from the field in the previous three games. The senior from South Holland, Ill. has undoubtedly been Mr. Reliable for NU all season. As the team’s leading scorer, his experience would be a big boost for a team needing a win.

In the last four games, the Cats’ offense has scored 61.5 points per game, nine points below their season average. Despite the struggles offensively, graduate guard Ryan Taylor has been a bright spot in NU’s offense. The 5th-year guard has picked up the slack for the team, shooting .500 from behind the arc in his two of his last three games and scoring in double-digits in five of the last six games. Taylor will have to take more 3-pointers to win against the Scarlet Knights. In contrast, the Wildcats are shooting 27.2 percent from deep in the last four games and are shooting 33 percent for the season. NU will look to have more success from the outside or else they will have to look to the paint to score more points. Senior center Dererk Pardon scored 20 points last game against No. 2 Michigan and the Wildcats could look for him to have more of a role offensively. Last year in the matchup, Pardon scored 12 points on 6-for-7 shooting. With some more consistent outside shooting and a more concerted effort on attacking the rim, NU could come out of Rutgers with a victory. andrewgolden2021@u.northwestern.edu

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The new Welsh-Ryan Arena may only have three above-ground floors, but Northwestern will look to keep conference foe Wisconsin firmly entrenched in the Big Ten basement when the teams clash in Evanston on Sunday. The matchup projects to be a defensive slugfest, with the Wildcats (10-7, 3-3 Big Ten) and the Badgers (10-8, 1-5) boasting two of the top five scoring defenses in the conference. NU will also have to match Wisconsin’s conference-leading effort on the boards, relying on senior forward Pallas Kunaiyi-Akpanah and junior center Abbie Wolf to gobble up missed opportunities in the painted area. Additionally, sophomore guard Lindsey Pulliam will look to extend her scoring form of late that includes two outings with more than 20 points in her last three games. After this week’s upset win over No. 25 Indiana, Pulliam said the positive atmosphere in the locker room was starting to grow. “It’s a lot of excitement for us, a lot of confidence going into our next games in the Big Ten,” Pulliam said. “It’s just building us up and showing us how great we can be as a team and our potential and how much better we can be over the course of the season.” The Badgers are currently on a four-game skid, their longest of the season, after losing to No. 23 Minnesota 78-50. Against the teams’ six common opponents, Northwestern has the narrow edge, going 4-2 in those contests while Wisconsin sports a 3-3 record. Wisconsin largely runs its offense through the frontcourt tandem of forwards Marsha Howard and Imani Lewis, the only Badger players to average double-digit scoring figures on the year. Howard, who hails from a southern suburb of Chicago, may have extra motivation in her final test in Evanston, as she has gone 0-2 in her

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previous homecoming games. With playmaking junior forward Abi Scheid likely missing another contest with an undisclosed injury, younger players such as freshman guard Veronica Burton have been given the chance to step up in her stead. With 19 points in the win over Indiana, Burton was a key contributor to the offense and stretched the floor with her success behind the arc. Burton said she hopes the team can keep the success going and continue to play well in the conference. “In the Big Ten, I think we can win any game,” Burton said. “So we

just kinda go into practice and into every game with the same mentality of playing hard from start to finish and just kinda being competitive no matter who we’re playing.” Through three home conference games, the Cats have outscored their opponents by 28 points and will look to add on to Wisconsin’s away woes this season. The Badgers have struggled mightily away from the Kohl Center, mustering only two wins on the road against mid-major Milwaukee and Tennessee State. Pulliam, an emerging leader for the young NU group, succinctly put her confidence in the team on display. “Look out for us, because we’re coming this year in the Big Ten,” Pulliam said. ryanw@u.northwestern.edu

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Jordan Hamilton brings up the ball. The sophomore guard hit a game-winning shot to beat Wisconsin last season.

tested again on road By ERIC RYNSTON-LOBEL

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After Northwestern’s underclassmen went 0-5 in their last match against Memphis, coach Arvid Swan said the start of the season brings along with it growing pains for the younger players, something that was difficult for the team to prepare for. Just one week later, he said he expects some of that discomfort to go away. After losing to the Tigers 5-2 last Sunday, the Wildcats look to rebound as they take on Vanderbilt on Friday and North Carolina State on Sunday. Both matches will be played away from Evanston, as NU continues its five-game road trip to start the season. The Cats are approaching these matches hoping that the confidence they’ve displayed in practice will translate onto the court. Swan said he’s expecting a different level of performance, especially from the younger players. Despite their inexperience playing college tennis, he said he’s been pleased with their performance in practice this week. Sophomore Nick Brookes is one of those younger players, but he said he’s learned valuable lessons reflecting back on his freshman year. “The main thing I learned from last year is the amount of things which aren’t in your control,” he said. “In college tennis, pretty much anything that has a chance to go wrong will go wrong. It’s all about trying to deal with what you can control.” In Sunday’s contest against the Tigers, Brookes lost his singles match 7-5, 3-6, 4-6 against Memphis’ Chris Patzanovsky. However, although he didn’t get the desired result, he said he had some positive takeaways. “It’s a match which didn’t go my way in the end, but that’s not to say

I didn’t give everything on the day to put my best performance out there,” he said. “It’s one match of twenty, so we’re trying to not get too ahead of ourselves.” Talking about the younger players on the team, Swan said he believes the biggest adjustment coming from high-level junior tennis to the collegiate level is adapting to the challenges of college tennis. For the entire team, though, Swan said this week in practice they have focused “a ton” on returning serves in doubles and singles. They’ve also been working on playing more aggressively in singles, something he mentioned as an area for improvement after Sunday’s match. “We’ve made sure we’ve put an emphasis on singles in terms of making sure guys are playing their game styles and not reverting back to more defensive tennis,” he said. Another key component for NU against Vanderbilt and NC State will be winning the doubles point it was unable to earn against Memphis. Swan said he won’t make a final decision on his doubles pairings until Friday, adding that the doubles pairs that play Friday might be different from the ones who play on Sunday. The Commodores and Wolfpack are two programs coming off of very successful 2017-18 seasons. Vanderbilt finished last season 19-9 while NC State was 17-9. Neither team has played in a nonconference match so far this year, and Brookes believes the key to the Cats’ success this weekend is playing “quietly confident.” “I think we put ourselves under a fair amount of pressure to have a bounce-back year,” he said. “But I think we’re a team that’s at our most dangerous when we’re relaxed, and we’re trying to show ourselves off as best we can on the court.” ericrynston-lobel2022@u.northwestern.edu