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Aldermen plan to revise city code Subcommittee would re-examine Code of Ethics By SNEHA DEY

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Aldermen decided at a Rules Committee meeting Tuesday to appoint a subcommittee that will re-examine the city’s Code of Ethics. At a previous Rules Committee meeting in December, aldermen discovered loopholes in the Code of Ethics while reviewing a report from the Board of Ethics regarding Ald. Ann Rainey’s (8th) violations of the code. In October, two ethics complaints were filed against Rainey, based on her support of Evanston Lighthouse Dunes, a group of private donors that proposed the demolition of the Harley Clarke Mansion — a historic landmark on the lakefront in north Evanston. Though aldermen voted to go forward with the Harley Clarke demolition in July, City Council unanimously reversed their decision in December, sparing the mansion. In a memorandum submitted to City Council, the Board of Ethics recommended that Rainey recuse herself from any future discussion involving Harley Clarke. While Rainey did recuse herself from discussions about the board’s findings at the

December Rules Committee meeting, she ultimately voted with other aldermen to place the report on file — breaking a tie in her favor and effectively stopping any future action on the subject. According to the City Code, employees and elected officials face different penalties when they violate the Code of Ethics; suspension and higher-level disciplinary action is typically reserved for employees. Ald. Donald Wilson (4th) said elected officials face “very different circumstances” and recommended two separate codes, one for staff members and one for elected officials. “(Revising the code) isn’t just a good idea, but something we need to do,” Wilson said. “Clearly, the Ethics Board was put in a situation that is not fair to them.” Ald. Melissa Wynne (3rd) agreed that subcommittees are a “much better forum” for identifying mistakes and revisions in city code. The proposed subcommittee will most likely be comprised of three alderman, city attorney Michelle Masoncup and Mark Sheldon, a former chair of the Board of Ethics. The chair of the subcommittee will be announced at the committee’s next meeting in April. Aldermen also altered the city code to prohibit residents from ceding time to other speakers during public comment at City » See RULES, page 6

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Vic Law rises for a jumper in Tuesday’s 73-66 Northwestern win over Indiana at Welsh-Ryan Arena. The victory was the 100th in coach Chris Collins’ head coaching career. He is the third coach in Northwestern history to reach triple-digit wins.

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Materials design center receives $25 million

The Center for Hierarchical Materials Design received a $25 million grant from the National Institute of Standards and Technology to fund its next five years, according to a Tuesday news release. The center, which is located on Northwestern’s Evanston campus, develops new tools, databases and experimental techniques to accelerate the design of novel materials — which according to the center’s

website, is a primary goal of the U.S. Government’s Materials Genome Initiative. The initiative works toward developing new substances. Since its founding in 2014, researchers from the center and from NIST have developed new materials for things such as batteries, precision nanofabrication, electronics, inks for 3D printing and structures to withstand extreme environments, the release said. The center is co-directed by McCormick Prof. Peter Voorhees, McCormick Prof. Gregory Olson and Juan de Pablo, a professor at the University of Chicago.

One of their primary goals is to “realize the promise” of the Materials Genome Initiative, Voorhees said in the release. “We are designing new materials, ranging from polymers for nanoelectronics to high-temperature metal alloys with the aim to facilitate a faster industrial design cycle of these materials while lowering manufacturing costs,” he said. Those new materials — known as hierarchical materials — “exploit distinct structural details to achieve special, enhanced properties,” the release said. Materials design draws on physical theory, computer models,

materials properties databases and complex calculations to speed up the designing process, which can sometimes last up to 20 years from laboratory discovery to commercial use, the release said. The Materials Genome Initiative aims to cut that down to 10 years. Olson said in the release that he looks forward to continuing the work he and his colleagues have done in the past five years “by applying our fundamental databases to the creation of novel, high-performance materials for applications ranging from electronics to space travel.” — Cameron Cook

CARE training mandate extended to club sports teams ASG spearheads initiative to expand training centered on healthy sexuality, sexual violence prevention By CAMERON COOK

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Emily Ash and Sid Ahuja speak at ASG Senate. Ahuja helped spearhead the expansion of a mandated student group CARE training to club sports teams.

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Club sports teams will now be required to complete Center for Awareness, Response and Education trainings after Associated Student Government partnered with Northwestern Recreation to extend the mandate beyond ASG funded student groups. CARE trainings, which promote healthy sexuality and fight sexual violence, were mandated for ASG-funded groups in November 2017. During Fall Quarter this year, Sid Ahuja, the ASG vice president for student activities and resources, and Rebecca Lazer, the ASG vice president for health and wellness, spearheaded the initiative to include club sports teams in the training mandate. “There was a lot of potential for us to extend this mandate to other groups,” Ahuja said. “My thought was, if we could connect with all of these students, we could really support this cause further.”

Ahuja and Lazer chose club sports because they thought it would make a big impact — about 1,400 NU students are on club sports teams, which would increase the trainings’ reach considerably, Ahuja said. “It was crucial for us to connect with more groups on campus,” Ahuja said. “My initial thought process was that if we can really connect with leaders from those teams, we can support an additional 1,400 people.” The mandate requires that two members of each team’s executive board complete the training. If the trainings aren’t finished, NU Recreation can deny the teams’ use of facilities. Ahuja and Lazer reached out to NU Recreation in late November, said Jake Rowland, NU Recreation’s competitive sports and Wildcat Camp coordinator. Rowland liked the idea, and gave verbal confirmation in Fall Quarter. However, Ahuja and Lazer didn’t receive a written » See TRAINING, page 6

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Good Neighbor Fund supports Evanston job training By SOPHIA SCANLAN

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A portion of the 2019 Good Neighbor Fund — Northwestern University’s commitment to donate $1 million to Evanston every year from 2015 to 2020 — will go toward strengthening existing and new job training programs in the city. University President Morton Schapiro and Evanston Mayor Steve Hagerty decided to allocate $225,000 to two different Evanston organizations. The city’s Parks, Recreation and Community Services department received $135,000, and Elevate Evanston — the mayor’s workforce development initiative launched in 2018 to connect community members to potential employers — received $90,000. “One of the consistent issues out there is the need to put people to work in good jobs and in good careers,” Hagerty said. “Northwestern University recognizes that, and the city of Evanston recognizes that.” Elevate Evanston works in collaboration with many different nonprofits in the city. The initiative decided to give its funding to the city’s Youth Job Center, which provides job training to Evanston young adults. The donation will allow for a new full-time staff member at the Youth Job Center, Hagerty said. The staff member will be housed at Evanston Township High School and create a stronger connection between city employers and young adults. Hagerty said around 20 percent of students who graduate from ETHS do not go to college, and of those who begin attending college, an even larger percentage do not finish.

POLICE BLOTTER Jewelry and money stolen from Evanston residence A 36-year-old woman reported Friday that items were stolen from her home near the 600 block of Brummel Street in south Evanston.

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Evanston Mayor Steve Hagerty at a meeting. Hagerty and Northwestern President Morton Schapiro allocated $225,000 of the Good Neighbor Fund to job training programs in Evanston.

“If someone goes off to college and either can’t afford it or college isn’t right for them, and they come back to Evanston, we don’t want them floundering,” he said. “We want to help them. This is an effort to do that by having a full-time position.” Karen Tollenaar Demorest, the executive

director of the Youth Job Center, said the “wellintended effort” to get young adults through college has left some on the sidelines. She said she envisions this new staff member to be a “bridge builder” between those young adults and employers in the community.

The woman said she had just returned from a five-week vacation when she noticed that the rear door of her residence was open and various items were strewn across the floor. Jewelry and $500 cash were among the missing items, Evanston police Cmdr. Ryan Glew said. An officer responded to the scene, but no one

is in custody, Glew said.

Tip jar stolen from Bennison’s Bakery

A 25-year-old woman reported Friday that items were stolen from Bennison’s Bakery, located in north Evanston. She said a man walked into the store, located

“The person will be working with employers to help identify those opportunities that young people can move into, (where they) can also continue to advance,” she said. “We want these young people to have options that will lead them to a good career at a living wage.” The Youth Job Center is currently accepting applications for the staff position and plans to hold interviews later this month so that the new member can begin working as soon as possible, Tollenaar Demorest added. The Parks, Recreation and Community Services department will use the money from the Good Neighbor Fund for its existing career training programs, facilitated by the department’s outreach team, according to a news release from the city. The remaining $775,000 of the University’s annual donation supports the Evanston Fire Department’s paramedic services, funds a new after-school tutoring program and strengthens Evanston Public Library’s portable Wi-Fi Hotspot Program, as well as other initiatives. Schapiro and Hagerty have not yet discussed extending the fund past 2020, but when they meet to determine the allocation of money for next year, Hagerty said they will evaluate the successes of the fund and determine how to proceed. Patrick Deignan, the city’s interim community engagement manager, said he appreciates the University’s annual “commitment to the community” through this fund. “Northwestern is a great neighbor for the city,” Deignan said.”We certainly look forward to continuing that great partnership.” sophiascanlan2022@u.northwestern.edu at 1000 Davis Street, and made a purchase before he stole the tip jar containing over $1,000, as well as $10 worth of merchandise. There was a video recording of the incident, but no one is in custody, Glew said. — Ashley Capoot

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Students launch externship company By ZOE MALIN

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While internship and job opportunities seem to be endlessly advertised, externships are often overlooked. A new student-run company started by two Weinberg juniors, XTERNS, is trying to change that by exposing externships to more undergraduate students. The organization, created by Div Dasani and Amy Chen, updates and collects an ongoing list of externships on its website for a nationwide audience. Externships — which are job shadowing opportunities that allow students to experience the professional world — have significant benefits, Dasani said, but few students are aware of them. Due to “insufficient marketing or not getting the word out,” Dasani said few students know about externships. However, since both have participated in dozens of externships themselves, Dasani and Chen said they know first-hand how helpful such programs are. “Internships have become increasingly competitive over the last few years as firms have so many distinguished applicants submitting resumes,” Dasani said. “Externship programs are designed to be an early-identifier of aboveaverage candidates who stand out.” Dasani said externships are a “fairly recent phenomenon.” To apply, candidates typically submit their resumes, cover letters and supplemental essays to the host company. Then, those selected experience a day in the life at the company’s office. These programs are held by companies nationwide and generally last from one day to one week. Beyond promoting externship programs, Dasani and Chen hope to increase diversity in the workplace. “Div and I have been to a lot of companies across the country,” Chen said. “We have noticed that there is a lack of minority representation in

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business and we would like to see that change.” To do their part in remedying this issue, the co-founders are adamant about sharing xterns with undergraduates across the country. Both agree that the more students who have access to opportunities like those listed on xterns website, “the more diverse and talented individuals can be employed,” Dasani said. The organization also provides a resume, cover letter and essay revision service. The co-founders offer this because they recognize “not all schools have career services like NU’s,” Chen said. Mark Presnell, the executive director of Northwestern Career Advancement, said while externships are advantageous for undergraduates, he suggests students think about what kind of experience they want –– educational or early-identification. NCA runs the Northwestern Externship

Program, or NEXT, which matches students with alumni to shadow at their workplace. “While participating in NEXT, we tell students to soak in the experience,” said Presnell. “Ask questions, learn and be in the moment instead of worrying about getting ahead.” Dasani and Chen have already begun planning what’s next for xterns. Chen said they would like to partner with companies and help them launch new externships or assist in advertising existing ones to a larger audience. Dasani also said they plan to expand the team that reviews students’ application materials as their demand increases. “Overall, we want to unlock the door for students across the country,” Dasani said. “We are here to help.” zoemalin2022@u.northwestern.edu

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Deifying politicians will only hurt us more later MARISSA MARTINEZ

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Over the past few weeks, several Democrats have announced their exploratory committees, meaning they can begin to raise money and test the waters for their potential presidential campaigns. So far, eight candidates have made their intentions known, among them big names like, Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY ) and Julian Castro, the former Housing and Urban Development secretary . The most recent notable name: California senator Kamala Harris (D-CA). Her announcement came during Martin Luther King Jr. Day weekend, as well as the anniversary week of Shirley Chisholm’s historic 1972 presidential campaign. (Chisholm was the first black woman to seek a major party nomination for president.) Many Democrats were excited by Harris’ potential run; having a black and Indian woman, the daughter of two immigrant parents, challenge Donald Trump, a president who has made his racist and anti-immigrant views wellknown, is important. Her straightforward, no-nonsense questioning of Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh went viral last year, and many correctly predicted that it signaled a potential 2020 campaign. Harris’ progressive stances on Medicare, marijuana legalization, immigration and taxation have also resonated with many liberals. However, in the past few weeks, several (cherry-picked) references to Harris’ record as a prosecutor have popped up — specifically from her tenure as a lawyer and eventually California’s first female, south Asian attorney general. Some argue Harris did not properly fulfill her goals to reform discriminatory sentencing policies and that she defended “guilty” people despite mounting evidence. Harris took responsibility for these claims at a Howard University press conference Monday, but rebutted that she “couldn’t fire her clients” which led to her defending people who “took positions

that were contrary to my beliefs.” Those who wished to smear her campaign early on have a good strategy — while Harris has gained notoriety in the past year, the senator’s name recognition is still relatively low in comparison to some of her fellow Democratic contenders. Thus, she may have to rely on her experience as a prosecutor to build credibility. Bashing her record from this era of her life — a career off which she has built her slogan, “For the People,” — will at least slightly lower her chances this early in the campaign. I’m not arguing that these critics’ claims are unfounded or unjust: voters should keep track of a candidate’s full track record before making an informed decision. While these revelations don’t necessarily faze me as a voter this early in the game, I can see how some would be taken aback by them. However, this backlash to Harris’s past brings up another problem with similar campaigns: the building up and destruction of the hero politician. Our society has the tendency to deify politicians — especially progressive ones. When they say something particularly witty or poignant, it blows up online almost instantly. Laptop stickers are distributed. Viral clips are shared, remixed and remixed again. Think pieces are penned. Campaigns are made. But this rapid incline can come at a large cost. In the interest of creating a counternarrative, perhaps, or railing against a viral trend, social media users dig up past transgressions against the Democratic platform, saying, “But wait, what about when they did this?” These transgressions are talked about at length for a few weeks, then eventually fade like most social media phenomenons. This practice particularly hurts women of color and other marginalized politicians. They shouldn’t necessarily be held to different standards than, say, white men, but it certainly damages their chances in a way that it wouldn’t hurt members of the majority. Whenever Democrats latch onto the virality of a politician, it makes their fall that much harder. Within the party, it feels like there’s a dual desire to uplift the special moments that catch the internet’s attention while trying to

find something wrong with the politicians who participate in them. This displays a false sense of objectivity to everyone else, and it’s a type of performativity doesn’t help anybody, especially since the inconsistencies disappear not long after. Problematic pasts and statements absolutely deserve to be discussed and analyzed as we approach the primaries. As the public, we need as much information as possible before heading into voting booths next year. However, the construction of antiheroes and their subsequent dissections online lack context — these politicians all exist as part of the American government. Ours is a system that has been set up since conception to raise up certain types of people and hold down others. In Harris’s case, she was a black prosecutor working in a legal system designed to work against black people. While she did try to fight against police bias and keep first-time offenders out of jail, the nature of her job as lawyer meant that she defended people who betrayed the personal values she has publically broadcast — again, all within the context of a warped American justice system. In addition, because politicians simultaneously represent their party, their region/state, their donors and other values, they’re going to mess up and do things we don’t like. Usually, this is in honor of a hidden quid pro quo, reelection or a long-term agenda — all of which are frustrating but inevitable, no matter the morals of the politician. One recent example: Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) seemed to side with Big Pharma against a 2017 bill backed by Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) and Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), most likely because of the large pharmaceutical industry in his home state of New Jersey and the donations from such companies. While he did slide back into popular favor after a series of, yes, viral moments, his “betrayal” of the Democratic party dominated news cycles for weeks, only to not be brought up again. When we deify politicians like Booker and Harris, and they inevitably act human and break the typical mold of the “perfect”

Democratic politician, the public immediately rushes to cancel them in hopes of establishing a neutral equilibrium of sorts, especially at the cost of women of color. Everyone has had dozens of moments where they’ve changed their minds on important issues, whether it’s switching political parties or suddenly finding yourself agreeing with the points your uncle makes at dinner. But your inner thoughts aren’t on public record. For the most part, they don’t affect hundreds of thousands of lives at a time. So when a public figure changes and goes back on their former positions, the country and world take notice. Of course, it’s more than fair to hold politicians accountable for their offensive statements, irresponsible decisions and misinformed votes — past or present. Their apologies and reparations should be viewed with a skeptic eye. We live in an era where social media can make or break someone’s career with a few tweets, and campaign managers know this. Always question whether a politician’s apology is genuine or just another step on the path to 2020, and hold them accountable to their words and actions in those crucial following months. However, as a party, we need to accept it: politicians are not gods, nor should they be. They are allowed to have their own opinions, and as the public, most of us have the collective power to choose whether or not to support them in office again. Within the 2020 progressive wave, we’ve picked up a lot of politicians who are pushing the status quo with their fresh and muchappreciated different perspectives. However, this wave ends up prematurely crashing on the shore due to a false sense of neutrality. This election, we have to focus on how politicians own up to their mistakes — and what they’re doing to fix them now. Marissa Martinez is a Medill sophomore. She can be contacted at marissamartinez2021@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.

Competitive extracurricular clubs do not mean success ALEXANDRA HUANG

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There is a culture of joining competitive extracurricular clubs at elite colleges throughout the United States. Business clubs are particularly popular at Northwestern because many students are interested in the lucrative industries of finance and consulting. Interviews for business fraternities and large business clubs last for several rounds and can sometimes create a culture of stress among students. As freshmen, many of us feel the need to join a competitive club of some sort to prove ourselves, ticking another checkbox on the way to college success. A glossy stamp of prestige sure has its appeal, but do we actually care about the clubs we are in and the missions they are spreading? Are we in clubs because we genuinely care or simply because we are chasing after the prestige that comes along with being in a competitive organization?

At the start of last quarter, I eagerly applied for two entrepreneurial clubs, TAMID and ISBE Arch. TAMID brands itself around working with Israeli startups, and ISBE Arch is a club where students team up and work on their own start-up ideas. I imagined myself as a student entrepreneur, working alongside other students who are passionate about solving campus problems — from the inconvenience of walking from 560 Lincoln to Target just to buy a tube of toothpaste to not having healthy yet delicious dining options on the weekends. I imagined college entrepreneurship to be what I saw in shows and on books: solving real problems for real clients with real demands. Both TAMID and ISBE were highly competitive, but I was lucky enough to get into both. Unfortunately, the entrepreneurship clubs I applied for were slightly different from what I had imagined in my head. After being told that I was carefully chosen from a pool of freshman applicants to be in the club, I was disappointed. Projects felt simulated and less catered to real client needs, and meetings involved building company portfolios and doing stock pitches

rather than the hands on challenges of problemsolving that I was expecting. I had attended both of their meetings for two weeks in a row, but as I walked back to my dorm on those dark Evanston nights, I didn’t feel satisfied. I pulled back memories from high school, where planning and leading my club meetings filled me with real joy and excitement, where I felt like my work had a real, tangible impact. I just didn’t get that feeling of satisfaction from either of these clubs. I started to question myself: “Are you really getting what you want in these clubs? Is this the entrepreneurship that you had imagined to yourself ?” Reluctantly, I conceded: No. This is not what I am looking for. I hate to admit it, but I had continued to stay in those clubs because I thought it was a pity to quit a club that so many people wanted to get into. But just because something is competitive does not mean I should remain in it. Competition is attractive, but glitter is not gold. If something is not for me, then I shouldn’t let its prestige affect my own judgment. While I am no longer in either of those clubs,

I am now working on my own entrepreneurial pursuit. I realized that I did not need to be in a club to be an entrepreneur, since entrepreneurship is all about breaking conventions and creating my own rules. Through running a personal column where I interview people with their unique career pursuits, I get to talk to many different people — from the founder of the Happiness Planner to a well-renowned Forbes columnist. I am lucky to constantly witness genuine and passionate entrepreneurship in action, and seeing it further taught me that I can achieve my own version of entrepreneurship even without being in any of the competitive clubs. I now know that competition is no guarantee of excellence. Only I can decide what is meaningful for me and what isn’t. Alexandra Huang is a Weinberg freshman. She can be contacted at alexandrahuang@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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PWild, NSFP clash after suspension By ALEX SCHWARTZ

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Tara Krantz said she couldn’t imagine her freshman year at Northwestern without Project Wildcat. For the Weinberg sophomore, it was invaluable having a week in the woods to reflect on her transition into college and meet other new students. “It gives you a really solid cushion to fall back on before you get to Wildcat Welcome,” she said. Krantz enjoyed her trip so much that she applied to be a 2018 PWild counselor so she could “be able to give back to other first-years.” Krantz said it was only through preparing for and carrying out the 2018 trip that she realized how much work her own counselors had put into her trip the previous year, from planning out their first 36 hours of hiking to getting certified in wilderness first aid. In the end, Krantz said she thought the 2018 trip went well for everyone involved. But when Krantz and other PWild counselors learned in October that they would not be leading a PWild trip in 2019, most of them found the announcement disappointing, though not out of left field. The announcement came after years of tension between PWild and University administrators over the

management of the pre-orientation program. In a meeting with PWild counselors, administrators from the office of New Student and Family Programs decided to postpone the trip for 2019 and spend the next year reviewing the program. They said the trip presents barriers to the student experience, stating that issues with counselor culture disrupt peer accountability and the group’s size and structure was a burden to the trip’s location. NSFP said a working group composed of students and staff would be formed in January 2019 to assess goals for PWild’s future. “People were definitely shocked and upset, but I don’t think anyone was necessarily surprised,” said Krantz. “This has not been the first year that PWild has been threatened to be cut.”

Administrative baggage

PWild is a pre-orientation backpacking trip that focuses on transitioning incoming students to Northwestern through outdoor education. The program, which was started in 1996, has grown significantly over the past few decades and was primarily student-led until 2011, when professional staffers, including a safety coordinator, were hired to oversee logistical and safety aspects of the program. Over the years, PWild bounced around several University administrative offices until NSFP finally absorbed it in the fall of 2017, along with a group of other pre-orientation programs.

“What the administration is saying is that PWild in its current form is not positive to the new student experience, and from all our conversations with campers and what we’ve experienced as prior students on PWild, that seems not to be true,” said Weinberg junior Caroline Ward. Ward said that as a first-time counselor in 2018, she wasn’t aware of any of the issues outlined by NSFP, and she didn’t see them manifest as a camper on the 2017 trip either. Josh McKenzie, the associate director of NSFP and director for first-year experience, said his office identified some aspects of the program that needed improvement once it came under NSFP leadership in October 2017. “We need to take a step back and we need to make sure we’re not going a hundred miles per hour without evaluating ourselves,” he said. Counselors first became aware of NSFP’s concerns in April 2018 when NSFP asked PWild’s steering committee, the program’s student leaders, to work with counselors to address the culture of PWild or the 2018 trip would be cut. But counselors said they were never given any specifics of what needed to be changed. “(NSFP was) just like, ‘We see a problem with your tradition and culture. We need you to figure out what you’re going to do to change » See POP, page 6

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National News LAUSD strike ends, teachers to return to classrooms Wednesday LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles teachers union ended its strike Tuesday night, based on overwhelming support for a contract agreement with the school district, union leaders said. Teachers, nurses, counselors and librarians will be back in their classrooms Wednesday, said Alex Caputo-Pearl, president of United Teachers Los Angeles. “A vast supermajority are voting yes for the agreement that we made,” said Caputo-Pearl, who also acknowledged that many votes still were being tallied. “We know what the results are going to be,” he said, at a news conference at union headquarters in Koreatown on Tuesday night. It was a dramatic end to a dramatic day that started with Caputo-Pearl and L.A. schools Superintendent Austin Beutner emerging from an all-night negotiating session at City Hall. The intense talks were mediated by L.A. Mayor Eric Garcetti and his senior staff. Caputo-Pearl then moved across the street to a massive rally of teachers and supporters in Grand Park, where he hailed “historic” gains in the fight for smaller classes and “fully staffed” campuses. The strike was an undeniable victory in terms of public attention and support and political momentum, but the contract that emerged was mixed when it comes to the changes that students, teachers and parents will see at schools next year. And the vote was not the “no concessions” agreement that the union called it in a news release. The tentative deal includes what amounts to a 6 percent raise for teachers — with a 3 percent raise for the last school year and a 3 percent raise for this school year. But teachers also lost about 3 percent of their salary by being on strike for six days, according to the school district. Other employees got the same 6 percent raise without having to makes such a sacrifice. The district had offered 6 percent to teachers before they went on strike. Striking teachers were sincere, though, when they said the walkout was always about more than salary. The broader concerns they voiced — about overcrowded classrooms and schools without nurses on hand to help when a student got hurt or fell ill — had a lot to do with why the public responded so warmly and cheered them on, bringing food to the lines and even bringing their children to march alongside the strikers. For students who rallied and picketed, the strike was a real-life civics lesson, while students inside the thinly staffed schools were watching movies, doing online coursework or playing with cellphones. Families identified in particular with teachers’ complaints about overly large classes, because class size affects them directly. But in this area, the contract gains were modest compared with the union’s rhetoric about what it would accept. -Howard Blume and Sonali Kohli (Los Angeles Times/TNS)

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From page 1 Council meetings. Current city code limits citizen comment to 45 minutes at City Council. The 45 minutes is evenly allocated to the number speakers; however, commenters may speak only for a maximum of three minutes. Wynne described her experience at meetings without any time limits. “Citizen comments would go on for two and a half hours. People had to leave because they had to get up and go to work the next day,” Wynne said. “We exhausted everyone in the room, including us.” Resident Betty Ester said she rejects aldermen connoting long citizen comments as negative. She expressed her frustration when citizens “get up and leave.” She asked the aldermen to encourage residents to stay for the debate during city meetings instead

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of leaving after public comment concludes. “I know we talk about time, (about how) we need to go home,” Ester said. “That’s kind of insulting. The people (chose to come) here and spend their time here.” Ald. Judy Fiske (1st) proposed allowing residents to give presentations to aldermen and other city officials outside of the time allotted during citizen comment. However, Mayor Steve Hagerty cautioned putting forward special interest groups when committees have already put in the time. Ald. Eleanor Revelle (7th) suggested that those who want to make presentations should contact the chair of the specific committee “well in advance.” The formal process for requesting presentation time will be discussed at the next Rules Committee meeting in April.

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From page 5 it,’” Krantz said. Counselors said they brainstormed a list of action items together, which the steering committee presented to NSFP at the end of April. In May, they were told that the 2018 trip would still happen, but that it would be shortened by two days and the total number of campers would drop to around 70, when in previous years it had been upwards of 150 to 200.

The 2018 trip

This September, counselors went through nearly three weeks of training and preparation before leaving for the 2018 PWild trip. “During training, much more so than the spring, I had a lot of positive interactions with NSFP,” Ward said. “I think they handled a lot of the training activities well, and it was a lot of positive energy getting ready for the trip.” McKenzie said he and and several other NSFP administrators spent a night with campers and counselors on the trip, and that he felt that new students were getting a lot out of the trip. However, feedback from this year’s campers was part of what spurred the office’s decision to not run a 2019 trip. “There were so many counselors that did wonderful work with students, but we haven’t gotten all the way there yet,” he said.

Transparency issues

Throughout their interactions with NSFP, some PWild counselors said they felt the office was not being transparent about their motives for postponing the program. “(Counselor accountability and culture) is just kind of a frustrating topic that we don’t seem to make much ground on in terms of the administration giving us any concrete things to

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statement from NU Recreation until Jan. 16. “We hope to train student leaders on supporting survivors, increase awareness of campus resources for support, and address sexual violence in the context of student groups,” the signed statement from Rowland said. “Club sports leadership team is excited to collaborate with Associated Student Government to enforce these trainings and promote a safer culture.” The written statement from Rowland is important to ensure that the mandate will outlive the careers of the current administrators, ASG President Emily Ash said. “That commitment is in ASG’s record now,” Ash said. “Regardless of who’s in charge of club sports ten years from now, ideally that helps preserve (the training.).”

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improve on or acknowledging any progress that’s been made,” Ward said. Before PWild hired a safety coordinator in 2011, the program ran into several safety issues and came under fire for behavior that went against Northwestern’s hazing policy. Krantz said that hasn’t been the case for years, and that NSFP had negative preconceived notions of what PWild was when they absorbed it. “There have been a lot of bad incidences in PWild in the past,” McCormick senior and PWild counselor Rob Sanders said. “That’s definitely changed over the last six, seven years. We don’t tolerate any of that sort of stuff anymore.” Krantz raised issue with NSFP saying the trip’s size was a burden to the Superior Hiking Trail, which PWild had used for years, and that trail administrators did not want the program “to return as it currently stands.” She said she called Denny Caneff, the trail’s executive director, to confirm that with him. However, Krantz said she felt Caneff ’s level of concern didn’t match the language NSFP had used. “The only thing he wanted was to talk to the counselors about the specific Leave No Trace policy because we are a big group on that trail,” Krantz said. Caneff told The Daily he never suggested PWild should not be allowed to return, but having a group of over 100 people using the trail at once does put pressure on trail resources. “We did not close the door,” Caneff said. “We just said it’d be great if they had smaller groups and cut the whole group size down.” Caneff said he also requested that NU make a donation to the trail — between $500 and $1,000 — to help account for the extra resources and maintenance needed to support PWild hikers, who Caneff said are one of the largest groups that use the trail. McKenzie said he is very concerned with the University’s relationship with the trail, and that

discussions with trail administrators suggested that the location of the program needs to be evaluated. “I want to make sure that we’re being responsible and we’re building good partnerships outside of this place,” McKenzie said, adding that he discussed a donation with Caneff when he emailed NSFP at the beginning of last summer. Caneff said the smaller size of the program this year was “an improvement.” He said the trail didn’t receive a donation from NU.

‘So much unrest’

Weinberg junior Amos Pomp, a member of the PWild steering committee for 2018, said the overall tension between PWild and the University led to the program’s suspension, more so than anything specific that occurred in 2018. “There’s responsibility to be taken on various sides,” Pomp said. “There are definitely student voices that have been ignored or devalued by the University, but there are also student attitudes and actions that had put in jeopardy the potential countless benefits of the program.” Pomp agreed with other counselors that NSFP could have built more trust and been more transparent with students. He added that the conflict between PWild and NSFP in 2018 negatively affected the mental health of many student leaders, which wasn’t addressed properly. “It’s very hard to lead and plan a program when there’s so much unrest, and it’s even harder to improve a program when there’s so much unrest,” Pomp said. “People are sort of stuck in their ways, on all sides, and not really willing to listen or compromise.” While Pomp said he was disappointed that PWild won’t be available for new students next year, he said he’s not sure if continuing the conflict would be “worth it.” “Sometimes it really just takes some time for it to blow over, and that’s what I think the

Rowland said the training dates aren’t yet available, but Ahuja said they will be mandated starting in Spring Quarter. Rowland added that he thinks the mandate is a “great collaboration” between the organizations, and that it’s “best to push this out to the clubs to train student leaders on supporting survivors, increase awareness of campus resources for support, and address sexual violence.” Ash said she hopes in the future the mandate will extend to even more student groups. Club sports was a good place to start because Ahuja and Lazer had administrative support, Ash said, and CARE trainings are something “everyone can learn from.” “Everyone can take something and bring it back to their community,” Ash said. “Regardless if it’s an ASG funded organization or another organization, there is value in this.” cameroncook2021@u.northwestern.edu working group is going to take advantage of — that time,” Pomp said.

Working toward the future

McKenzie said while it was necessary to take a step back for a year and evaluate the program, he understands why students are upset after constant conflict with the University. “They’ve been threatened so many times,” he said. “That is frustrating, to be part of something that you love so much, yet at the same time, you’re consistently being told that you could go away.” SESP junior Vasilia Kavadas, who was a camper on the 2018 trip, is in the working group for 2019. She said a step back, while not ideal for incoming students in 2019, is understandable. “I really do understand the fact that they need time to make this the best it can be,” she said. Because of PWild’s suspension, 68 fewer incoming students will be able to participate in a pre-orientation program next year. McKenzie said the other three programs — Alternative Student Breaks, Chicago Undergraduate Program and CATalayst — do not have the infrastructure to support additional students to make up for the lost spaces from PWild. However, he said NU is expanding academic summer programs like the Summer Academic Workshop and EXCEL, which could accommodate extra students. “We know we are going into this year with fewer (students), but our hope is that in the long run we’ll create a greater and more sustainable portfolio of pre-orientation programs,” he said. While Kavadas said she is confident the working group will be able to bring a strong program back for 2020, Krantz feels differently. “I don’t trust (NSFP) anymore,” she said. “I don’t think they’re going to bring it back until everyone involved in this has graduated, if they do at all.” alexschwartz@u.northwestern.edu

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Wildcats fall short against NU sees mixed results in week of Big Ten matchups Vanderbilt, NC State By ERIC RYNSTON-LOBEL

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Northwestern lost its second and third matches in a row to start the year this weekend despite close losses in individual sets, causing the team to fall to 0-3. Against two potential top 25 teams in Vanderbilt and North Carolina State, the Wildcats (0-3) had opportunities to win, but they just didn’t come to fruition. Losing 5-2 to the Commodores on Friday and 4-0 to the Wolfpack on Sunday, NU struggled again in doubles and singles despite ample chances to walk away with wins. Junior Chris Ephron said the biggest key for the team is winning the more important points toward the end of matches. “All the matches between most of the guys this weekend, everyone’s right there, it’s all really close, it just comes down to a few points,” he said. “Especially on deuce points, show up on the big points, stay aggressive, go for the shot and don’t really count on the other player to give it to you. You gotta take it.” Ephron was paired with junior Dominik Stary in both matches, losing 7-5 Friday, while falling 6-1 on Sunday. Both matches, Ephron said, were tough ones to lose, each in different ways. On Friday, he said they had several chances to pull out a win. Then Sunday, he mentioned four games in which one point decided who won. “It could’ve been a win 6-1 for us,” he said. “But instead, it’s a loss 6-1 just based on the deuce points.” Freshman Simen Bratholm, like Ephron, has showed promise this season but has also struggled to come out on top of matches. After losing his singles match Friday against Vanderbilt’s George Harwell 6-7 (0-7), 4-6, and then Sunday against NC State’s Tadas Babelis 5-7, 4-6, Bratholm said he’s still figuring out how to best approach the sport at the collegiate level. “I need to be tougher and stronger to fight out through tough times during my matches,” he said. “There’s too much up and down during my play, so I need to stabilize my game and focus on every point.” Over the course of his first three college matches, Bratholm, a native of Norway, acknowledged that “the tennis level is a lot higher than I thought it was

going to be.” However, he said that with these three matches under his belt, he’s started adjusting to the rigors at the next level. As for how the team moves forward from here, head coach Arvid Swan said finding a way to win the doubles point is important because it will prevent the team from playing from behind at the start. “You start down 1-0 against, in my opinion, two Top 25 teams, it’s an uphill match,” he said. “You can still win the match, but we’d love to be able to put ourselves in a position where we’re ahead going into singles.” In spite of the far from ideal start to the season, Swan remains optimistic moving forward. “The group’s motivated, the coaches are motivated. There’s no issues there,” he said. “It’s not the start we wanted, but we have to control what we can control which is our attitude, effort, competitiveness. We’ll do all those things, we’ll keep getting better. We’re a quality team, I know that, so we’ll get some wins coming up here.” ericrynston-lobel2022@u.northwestern.edu

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Dominik Stary hits a backhand. The Wildcats lost two matches over the weekend, falling to 0-3 over the weekend

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It was perhaps Northwestern’s most important week of the regular season: Two Big Ten matchups against No. 11 Wisconsin and No. 7 Minnesota were excellent opportunities to right the young season’s ship. Instead, the week featured an impressive 25-18 win over the Badgers (6-4, 1-4 Big Ten) in Madison that was followed by a deflating 29-12 home loss to the Golden Gophers, (10-2, 3-1) a microcosm of NU’s (3-6, 1-3) up-and-down season. “Friday night we had it, (Sunday) wasn’t our worst performance, but it definitely wasn’t our best,” coach Matt Storniolo said. “We let a couple matches slip. In the Big Ten season, there’s not much room for error and that was the difference between coming away with the win or the loss.” The Cats won six of ten bouts Friday night, including a major decision for sophomore Colin Valdiviez and a technical fall for sophomore Ryan Deakin. Storniolo said NU battled adversity in its win over Wisconsin, playing in a hostile environment and pushing through what he said was controversial refereeing. “The team responded very well on Friday night,” Storniolo said. “They were in a difficult environment, didn’t seem like too many of the calls were going our way. But guys kept fighting and kept improving and looking for points.” Deakin has won both of his last two bouts since being trounced by Penn State’s Jason Nolf last week. He attributed his quick bounce back to the work of the coaching staff and his film and practice sessions. “Watching film, watching where I need to be tighter in positions, some certain, specific positions that I needed to fix,” Deakin said. “So just, continuing to work on that in the room, trying to develop those.” Deakin was one of the Cats three winners Sunday. He and Minnesota’s Steve Bliese exited the first period locked in a 3-3 stalemate. This quickly changed as Deakin reeled off five of the bout’s last six points to the claim an 9-4 decision.

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Colin Valdiviez spars with an opponent. Northwestern split its two matches over the weekend, but he had a major win.

Deakin said he was disappointed by his performance in the first frame but was excited to see his late turnaround. “I’ve done that a million times,” Deakin said. “It’s not a position you want to be in. You want to be up every time. You don’t want to give up any points, but sometimes it happens, and (it’s) just fighting through positions and keep your nose down and do the work.” It was freshman Tyler Morland who pulled off NU’s closest win on Sunday, a 9-7 nail-biter in sudden-death overtime. He was down by a point in the third period’s closing seconds before earning an escape to stay alive and winning the bout with a takedown in the extra frame. Morland won his second match in his last three bouts, and he said he is more comfortable as he continues to recover from a knee injury which shut him down for a month earlier in the year. “I can wrestle as many times as I want in practice but it’s not gonna build until I start getting those real life matches under my belt,” Morland said. gregorysvirnovskiy2022@u.northwestern.edu

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Chris Collins notches a memorable milestone win By CHARLIE GOLDSMITH

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Coach Chris Collins has said he always gives his players the green light to shoot whenever they see the light of day, because on a random night in conference play, something crazy could always happen. Then on a random Tuesday night in January, something borderline unbelievable did. Junior forward Aaron Falzon checked into the game with nine minutes to go in the first half, having played just 18 minutes and scoring just six points all season. It was Falzon – the injury replacement that has his own track record of missing significant time – who led Northwestern (12-7, 3-5 Big Ten) to a 73-66 win over Indiana (12-7, 3-5). Collins – who was a sniper himself in college – turned to his seldomused three-point shooter instead of going back to his leading scorers as the Wildcats were stuck in a close game early on. “We were just struggling to score. I thought we were playing hard, but with both teams it was kind of a rockfight,” said Collins, who won

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his 100th career game Wednesday. “I felt like it was the time to throw him in there, and obviously he made three threes there in the first half.” Falzon had his moment against the team featuring the best NBA prospect in the Big Ten, outscoring guard Romeo Langford 21-12. The 17.9-point-per-game scorer has led the Hoosiers’ offense throughout the season, but NU forced the ball out of his hands on every pick-and-roll and dared his teammates to make open perimeter shots. But Indiana lacked a Falzon of its own, as the Hoosiers shot 4-21 from beyond the arc, continuing their stretch of poor perimeter shooting in conference play. Coach Archie Miller said that Falzon’s shooting changed the game for the Cats, but their defense kept Langford and the offense unable to respond. “One guy for them changed the game, and the crucial part is we weren’t able to get that under

control,” Miller said. “That did such a good job making us make tough catches, and they were putting two on the ball constantly to turn (Langford) into a passer, and he’s got to continue to work.” On the other side, NU had one of its most efficient offensive games of the season, assisting on 17 of its 21 made baskets and taking 29 free throws. Following five consecutive games in which the Cats failed to crack 70 points, four players cracked double figures, led by Falzon’s 21 and 17 from senior center Dererk Pardon. Their scoring led the Cats on a 24-12 run to end the first half, which was arguably the best stretch of play for Northwestern in all of January. In a win that takes the Cats out of the bottom tier of teams in the conference standings, Pardon said that while Falzon was shocking the crowd, he saw a team quietly making strides on both ends of the floor. “We were just running a lot harder than we usually do,” he said. “We know that with our offense we have to run a lot harder, and that gives us open shots and especially open threes for (Falzon).” charliegoldsmith2021@u.northwestern.edu

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Dererk Pardon attacks the rim. The senior center scored his 100th career point in Tuesday’s win.

MEN’S BASKETBALL

FENCING

NU lives up to its lofty ranking Aaron Falzon has 21

in a career best game

By STEPHEN COUNCIL

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Northwestern was given its highest ranking ever on Friday, and the team did not disappoint. The Wildcats, ranked No. 2 in the country in the year’s first official poll, went on to sweep at the Philadelphia Invitational on Sunday. The four wins included an overtime victory against No. 3 Columbia and pushed NU’s record to 27-1. CollegeFencing360.com’s Women’s Coaches Poll rankings released Friday morning put Notre Dame at the top. NU’s 14-13 win over Columbia gave the Cats a 3-1 record against the top five this season, with the only loss coming against Notre Dame in November. Coach Zach Moss, who is in his third year at the helm for NU, called the ranking a milestone for the program and an acknowledgement of the team’s hard work. After receiving the ranking, the Cats would be immediately tested, as they stood to face No. 10 Temple and the Lions on Sunday. NU took down Temple 15-12 to start the day, led by a 7-2 foil win. Next, the Cats defeated Yale 18-9 and New York University 20-7. “This weekend we did a much better job of starting strong and just fencing through the end and not starting slow or letting up in the middle,” Moss said. Th e consistency came despite scheduling confusion throughout the day. Some colleges dropped from the meet because of winter storms in the area, including NU’s final opponent of the day, Drew. Senior foil Yvonne Chart put up 2-1 records against Temple and Columbia and swept her three bouts with Yale. After Temple, she said, the team didn’t know what the schedule would be with so many teams unable to make it. “No one knew exactly when they were going to fence, or if they were going to fence certain schools,” Chart said. “I think it was a real

By ANDREW GOLDEN

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A Northwestern fencer duels with an opponent. The Wildcats swept the field again this weekend in Philadelphia.

credit to our team that everyone came and warmed up and was ready to go for every single match.” As the end of the day approached, however, the Cats knew their last matchup would be with Columbia, who beat Notre Dame earlier in the day. NU’s sabres have the shortest fights of the three weapon disciplines and gave the Cats a head start, winning seven of their nine bouts. Junior epée Pauline Hamilton fenced the final bout against Columbia, with the teams tied 13-13. Hamilton held a 4-3 lead with 10 seconds left, but Columbia’s Anne Cebula leveled the score, forcing overtime. In the sport ’s sudden death overtime, one fencer is given priority — if nobody scores during the minute-long period, that fencer wins. Hamilton lost the coin toss

and Cebula, who fenced for the U.S. junior national team last year, took priority. Fifty nervous seconds later, Hamilton landed the winning touch, making it 14-13 NU. “Once Pauline made the touch, we were screaming, jumping, and we all ran to her and celebrated,” graduate sabre Emine Yücel said. “It was really, really exciting.” Chart called Hamilton “a star under pressure,” and said that the win over perennial power Columbia shows that NU is moving up in the fencing world. “I think it says that we deserve that ranking, and people shouldn’t underrate us any more,” Chart said. “We’re a really good team, and we’re here to show that.” campus@dailynorthwestern.com

If someone would have said that Northwestern would beat Indiana with senior forward Vic Law scoring 11 points on 1-8 shooting, it would have been hard to believe. That win would seem even more unlikely if it was junior forward Aaron Falzon, who led the team in scoring. But on Tuesday night in Evanston, the unlikely happened. With Law struggling to produce and freshman forward Pete Nance out with an illness, coach Chris Collins gave Falzon an opportunity to get more playing time — and he made the most of it. “I just kept telling him, ‘Listen, there’s going to be a night coming up. Just stay ready,’” Collins said. “Pete goes down with a sickness…I just told Aaron, ‘Tonight’s going to be the night.’” Coming off the bench, Falzon was a spark for the Wildcats’ offense, scoring 21 points on 6-7 shooting from behind the arc to lead NU to a 73-66 win. With 8:50 remaining in the first half, NU’s offense overall was sluggish, and Collins put Falzon in. Down 20-13, Falzon hit back-to-back threes to bring the Wildcats within one point. He would miss his next three-pointer, but that was his only miss for the whole game. After both teams traded leads and Indiana went ahead 22-21, Falzon hit his third three-pointer of the first half, and NU didn’t relinquish its lead for the rest of the game.

“We couldn’t throw it in the ocean,” Collins said. “I’ve always had confidence that Aaron might be able to make some shots and get us going…I just felt like we needed a shot in the arm.” In the second half, Falzon continued to haunt the Indiana defense. From 15:37 to 13:09 in the second half, the 6’8” forward scored 12 points, hitting three more from distance and adding three free throws. “It’s hard to explain when you’re in a zone like that,” Falzon said about his performance. “I’ve been in a zone like that a lot of times in my life…(but) getting it in the game is the ultimate rush, the ultimate feeling.” For Falzon, his college career has been defined by injuries. Falzon was a highlytouted prospect out of high school and showed his potential right off the bat. He scored 20 points in his college debut against UMass Lowell back in 2015, one of two games in which he scored 20 that season. But the next season, Falzon missed all but three games while sidelined with injuries. He continued to battle through injuries last season, struggling to get consistent minutes in the rotation before Collins gave him a chance Wednesday. With the offense struggling to produce with Law recovering from injury, Collins said Falzon will have the opportunity to become another weapon in the arsenal. “I’m sure he’s going to get another chance on Saturday,” Collins said. “He’s definitely earned that and Pete’s gonna be out for a while, so he’s gonna have opportunities.” andrewgolden2021@u.northwestern.edu

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Aaron Falzon holds the ball in his hands. The junior forward scored a career high 21 points against Indiana.