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Sanctuary cities to lose federal funds Trump signs order that could cut city’s federal funding By NORA SHELLY
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President Donald Trump issued an executive order Wednesday to pull most federal funding from sanctuary cities, putting Evanston at risk of losing federal grant money. The order follows through on a promise Trump made during his campaign to crack down on sanctuary cities, which are municipalities that refuse to cooperate with immigration authorities. The move was first announced at a news conference with Press Secretary Sean Spicer, who said the administration is going to “strip federal grant money” from sanctuary cities and states. “The American people are no longer going to have to be forced to subsidize this disregard for our laws,” he said. Trump then signed the executive order at the Department of Homeland Security. It alleges sanctuary jurisdictions “willfully violate Federal law” by not cooperating with immigration authorities. It also prohibits sanctuary cities from receiving federal grant money “except as deemed necessary for law enforcement purposes by the Attorney General or the Secretary.” The order also calls for the Office of Management and Budget to provide information on federal grants received by any sanctuary city or state and orders the deportation of any undocumented immigrant living in the country who has been charged or convicted of a crime, or has “abused any program related to receipt of public benefits.”Trump also signed an executive order authorizing the construction of a Mexican border wall on Wednesday. Evanston clarified its status as a sanctuary city in December by passing a “welcoming city” ordinance, which prohibits
city officials — including police officers — from inquiring about someone’s legal status. Additionally, it does not require Evanston Police Department to detain people for immigration officials unless they have been charged with a serious crime. In the months since, Evanston/ Skokie School District 65 and Evanston Township High School District 202 boards have passed “safe haven” resolutions, which prohibit school officials from inquiring about the legal status of students or parents. Additionally, Northwestern officials have reiterated support for the protection of undocumented students. City manager Wally Bobkiewicz said there was no rough estimate on how much money Evanston receives through federal grants, and it is not yet clear which grants will be at stake. Mayor Elizabeth Tisdahl, who pushed aldermen to take action on the “welcoming city” ordinance last year, issued a statement on Thursday saying Evanston would stand behind the ordinance. “I am troubled by the Executive Order issued by the President today regarding Sanctuary Cities,” she said in the statement. “I support the rights of all our residents, including immigrants, to live their lives in our community safely and without fear. (Evanston) will continue to work to welcome all people to our community.” Tisdahl has previously stood behind the ordinance. Before the “welcoming city” ordinance was passed in December, Tisdahl told The Daily she was going to ask other mayors to consider declaring themselves a “sanctuary city.” “I don’t want to lose that money, and I don’t want to abandon our residents who are immigrants,” she said in November. “Once we tighten up our language, I think there’s strength in numbers.” Chicago is also a declared sanctuary city. Mayor Rahm Emanuel said at a news conference the city would not change its policy in light of the executive order. norashelly2019@u.northwestern. edu
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Richard Baehr, chief political correspondent for American Thinker, speaks at an event hosted by College Republicans and the Tannenbaum Chabad House. Baehr discussed the role of Israel and Palestine following Trump’s inauguration and the roles of previous administrations in the region.
Pundit discusses future of Israel Richard Baehr contemplates changes to come under Donald Trump By JAKE HOLLAND
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Political correspondent Richard Baehr spoke Wednesday about the future of Israel after the election of President Donald Trump and the differences between the Obama administration and Trump administration in their attitudes toward Israel. Baehr, who is the chief political correspondent for American Thinker, also spoke about the
role of Trump’s advisers in shaping policy at the event co-hosted by College Republicans and the Tannenbaum Chabad House.The discussion also explored the history of Israel and Palestine. Rabbi Dov Hillel Klein, a co-organizer of the event, said he invited Baehr to speak at the event because of Baehr’s involvement researching the conflict and its implications on Trump’s presidency. “(It’s) important as we’re transitioning to a new administration to really understand what that
administration is doing vis-à-vis the peace process,” Klein said. However, until Palestine acknowledges the existence of Israel as a sovereign state, it is impossible to conduct bilateral talks or reach a solution, Baehr said. He told The Daily that Mahmoud Abbas, the Palestinian president, and other Palestinian politicians have grown so entrenched in their resistance to Israel that a two-state solution –– or any solution –– seems out of reach. “You have to understand how the other side views the conflict
and … put yourself in their shoes and understand why they’re willing or not willing to do a deal,” Baehr said. He said one major difference between the Obama and Trump administrations is a change in attitude toward Israel. While Obama sent clear signals by placing his first call as president to Abbas, Trump is more likely to embrace Israel like former presidents, he said. Though he is “unsure” what » See REPUBLICANS, page 6
Rauner delivers annual state address By BILLY KOBIN
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Gov. Bruce Rauner said he remains optimistic about the future of Illinois, but acknowledged various issues that plague the state in his third State of the State address Wednesday. Speaking in Springfield, Rauner highlighted the bipartisan efforts of the past two years
that he said have led to improvements in areas ranging from ethics reform to government transparency to transportation. Illinois still does not have a budget for 2017, however, and has not had a full-year operating budget for 19 months, which the Republican governor said continues to hurt the state and its schools, human service providers, workers and employers. “We have more than $11 billion in unpaid bills, a $130
billion unfunded pension liability and the worst credit rating in the nation,” Rauner said. “We’ve been at the bottom for far, far too long. It’s time we race to the top.” Rauner said leaders from both political parties agree on the need to reach a budget deal and praised state senators and leaders for their work on trying to reach a budget deal. “Our state’s economy could take off like a rocketship if we
could just come together on major pro-jobs changes that need legislation to take effect,” he said. Still, he said Illinois has moved to improve ethics and transparency in government as well as reduce the state’s “bloated bureaucracy and worstin-the-nation 7,000 units of local government.” Rauner urged lawmakers, as » See STATE, page 6
ASG Senate confirms nominations of 2 new vice presidents By JONAH DYLAN
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Senators discuss changes to the ASG election guidelines. One possible change includes moving back the election commission elections to the third week of Winter Quarter.
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Associated Student Government unanimously confirmed the nominations of two vice presidents at Senate on Wednesday. Weinberg junior Parth Lalkiya and Medill junior Alecia Richards, who had been nominated by the selection committee, were confirmed to the positions of vice president for B-status finances and vice president for public relations, respectively.
Lalkiya previously worked with the B-status Finances Committee. He said one of his primary goals as vice president is to increase communication between group executives and the student groups they fund to ensure that groups receive the correct amount of money for their events. “I hope to gain more experience with the funding process (and) streamline the funding process to make it easier for the groups here,” he said. Lalkiya said he wants to address the considerable amount
of money that gets tied up when student groups apply for funding but don’t end up using the money they receive. He said this process ultimately prevents ASG from assisting other student groups which need funding. Speaker of the Senate Nehaarika Mulukutla, a Weinberg junior, told The Daily that Parth has a lot of great ideas on how to improve B-status funding. “Every BSVP comes in with this idea of how they want to make the funding process fairer and more communicative to all
of the various student groups,” she said. “He’s super great about developing concrete action plans to put in place in order to accomplish (his) goals.” Richards was confirmed as vice president for public relations after Weinberg senior Ajay Nadig resigned earlier this quarter. She said one of her goals is to get more people involved in student government. “I’m always looking for ways to better things, engage people in ASG, increase transparency » See ASG, page 6
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AROUND TOWN Local bakery looks to move to Howard Street By RYAN WANGMAN
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Howard Street may get a little sweeter in the near future, as a French-style bakery is looking to move into a vacant storefront. The Economic Development Committee discussed a proposal at a meeting Wednesday to lease a city-owned space to Evanston business owner Pascal Berthoumieux, who intends to expand his brand of French-style restaurants. Berthoumieux owns three Evanston eateries: Patisserie Coralie, Bistro Bordeaux and Creperie St. Germain. He hopes to open a Patisserie Coralie location at 633 Howard Street, provided the city approves his lease proposal. According to Berthoumieux’s proposal, the new restaurant will feature a wide selection of French pastries in a coffee shop atmosphere and will look to replicate “an authentic French experience.” “All our recipes are French; our pastry chef is from France,” Berthoumieux said. “We live and breath our culinary heritage, and I think that makes a difference.” The city has been looking for tenants for the property since March 2016, seeking businesses that would help revitalize the Howard Street area. According to board documents, several past prospective tenants were not prepared to lease the location because it contained more space than they were ready to use. According to council documents, Berthoumieux may have to sell one of his restaurants to finance the acquisition of the space on Howard Street. The new restaurant would create 10 full-time and 10 part-time jobs, according to the document. Ald. Donald Wilson (4th) said he was thrilled about Patisserie Coralie’s potential expansion in the city.
”The original Patisserie Coralie is in the 4th Ward, and you can’t do any better than this place as far as quality of a product (and) quality of environment,” Wilson said, “I’m not going to jump up and down, but just short of that.” Ald. Ann Rainey (8th) said that the building has never generated tax revenue before and previously housed a police outpost and a synagogue. She emphasized the impact the potential business could have at increasing daytime traffic on Howard Street, something that she said all the businesses on the street have wanted for a while. Rainey has been working to fill the space with a restaurant for years, in addition to pushing for the approval of the Howard Street Theater. The proposed site for the theater — which has not yet been approved by council — is close to the outpost Berthoumieux is looking to occupy. “We’ve always wanted to be just like the 4th Ward, and now we might have a place just like the 4th Ward,” Rainey said. “I think it couldn’t be a better fit, and the size is perfect.” Berthoumieux said he viewed current businesses succeeding on Howard Street as a draw to the area. He said he thought Patisserie Coralie would fill the need for daytime traffic. The strength of the café would be its ability to differentiate itself from a traditional “chain coffee shop” experience, Pascal said. ”We can celebrate Evanston by being unique, and having those independent businesses is what makes Evanston what it is today,” Berthoumieux said. The city will now begin to conduct further review on Berthoumieux and his prospective business before moving forward to lease the space. The committee will next discuss the matter at their meeting on February 13. ryanw@u.northwestern.edu
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An Evanston man who went missing Jan. 21 was found dead this afternoon, police said. Andrew Pappas, 45, was last seen Jan. 21 on the 700 block of Hinman Ave. He was found dead in Lake Michigan near Garden Park, 636 Sheridan Square, at 3:15 p.m. Wednesday, according to a news release. Police are currently investigating the death. According to the news release, there is no indication of foul play. Pappas has been transported to the Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office.
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NU alumna explores bonds of family as character in new series “Beyond” portrays Holden’s mother, Diane Matthews. Rosemont said although the show is a superthe daily northwestern natural mystery, the story really centers on fam@kristine_liao ily. She added that she always tries to identify with the roles she plays. Like her character Northwestern alumna Romy Rosemont Diane, Rosemont said she is a compassionate, (Communication ’85) is no stranger to the small determined and “no nonsense kind of person screen. who will fight for what she believes is right.” With previous roles in “Glee,” “Grey’s Anat“People say my character reminds them of omy,” “CSI” and “The Fosters,” Rosemont takes someone they went through college with or their mom or aunt or that person who lives next door,” Rosemont said. “So it’s very important for me to create a very approachable, loving person, but also someone who still responds to conflict.” Rosemont said the audition process for “Beyond” was “painless.” The director had contacted her agent and set up an audition. Five weeks later, she heard back that she had gotten the role. Adam Nussdorf, the show’s creator, said Rosemont was the first to audition for the character of Diane. Nussdorf said the audition scene was very emotional and that Rosemont gave a sharp and complex performance. “She came in, shook hands, took a seat and launched into it,” Nussdorf said. “And right there before our eyes, we saw the character of Diane come to life and take on a life of its own.” Nussdorf said he Freeform/Nino Munoz doesn’t think Rosemont Northwestern alumna Romy Rosemont (Communication ’85) is casted as Diane could have performed it Matthews in the new Freeform mystery series “Beyond.” The show is about any better. He said her a young man who wakes up from a 12-year coma to discover that he has performance was “deadsupernatural abilities that make him the target of a dangerous conspiracy. on,” hitting the pathos and protective fierceness her turn as a lead character in Freeform’s new of the mother figure he was looking for. He said her range and versatility as an actress also make mystery series, “Beyond.” “Beyond” is about a young man, Holden, who her a “great asset.” wakes up from a 12-year coma to discover that “She can make herself tear up on cue and he has supernatural abilities that make him the really bring you into the dramatic aspects of target of a dangerous conspiracy. Rosemont a scene and then immediately switch it to By KRISTINE LIAO
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comedy,” Nussdorf said. At NU, Rosemont started out as a theater major but eventually switched to Radio, Television and Film. Her experience at NU was shaped when she got involved in the Mee-Ow Show her junior year, she said. “It created a confidence in me and uncovered a talent I didn’t know I had, which was improv,” Rosemont said. She went on to become the first female director of Mee-Ow her senior year. She said it was rewarding to leave her mark to defy stereotypes that inhibit women from breaking into the comedy world. After Rosemont graduated, she worked for talent agencies for a couple years. That exposure to the business side of the entertainment industry was valuable when she began her career as a film and TV actress, she said. The first two episodes of “Beyond” premiered Jan. 2, and on the same day, the entire first season became available to stream on Freeform’s app and website, On Demand and Hulu. Weinberg sophomore Rebecca Lazer said she watched all 10 episodes of the first season over the past weekend. She said the show is “addicting.” Lazer said she enjoyed Rosemont’s character, and that in other shows she’s watched, the parents usually take on a meaningless role or are uninvolved in their children’s lives. “(Diane Matthews) actually believes her kids, which is refreshing,” Lazer said. Rosemont’s motherly qualities are present off-screen, too. Nussdorf, the show’s creator, said Rosemont hosted parties in Vancouver during the pilot episode rehearsal period. She also organized cast birthday parties and take photos of the cast on a regular basis. Since the cast members are based around the globe, Rosemont said the actors of her family in “Beyond” created a WhatsApp group chat to keep in touch. “Romy has certainly been instrumental in making that family dynamic a focus on the show and giving it strength and allowing that family unit to be the sun which all the other planets revolve around,” Nussdorf said. “I’m grateful that she wanted to play the part.” “Beyond” was recently renewed for season two, and Rosemont is curious to see what happens, as the actors are limited in what they know of the series’ future plotlines. “I hope that it continues so that we really get to know all the characters,” she said. “I would love to know and climb inside the minds of the creators and writers and find out what they’re planning.” kristineliao2020@u.northwestern.edu
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Lipstick show examines personal, political overlap Winter show “Body Awareness” explores wide range of themes, from queerness to neurodiversity By MADDIE BURAKOFF
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Rather than tackling a single politicized theme, Lipstick Theatre’s winter show considers a range of topics, including queerness, disability, neurodiversity and representation in art, said producer Lindsey Weiss. “Sometimes the impulse in activist theater is to say, ‘We’re going to make a play about feminism today,’ or ‘Today it’s going to be a play about Black Lives Matter,’” said the Communication sophomore, who uses “they/them/their” pronouns. “This play really refrains from doing that.” “Body Awareness,” which opens Thursday in Shanley Pavilion, centers on a lesbian couple, their son and a visiting male artist whose provocative photographs of nude women create tension in the home. Helena Scholz-Carlson, who plays main character Phyllis, said she appreciated that the project looks at a variety of issues in a “nuanced, subtle, complicated” way. At first, Scholz-Carlson had trouble connecting with her “hyperintellectual” and sometimes abrasive character, the Communication junior said. However, the rehearsal process helped her realize Phyllis was doing her best to grapple with complex issues, an internal struggle Scholz-Carlson thinks will be relatable for many students. One of Lipstick’s guiding principles is to produce shows written by women. “Body Awareness,” penned by playwright Annie Baker, fits that script.
Scholz-Carlson said having a female writer was especially significant due to the play’s focus on women’s bodies and the male gaze. “Any piece of media that is created about women by men is coming at the female experience with some distance,” Weiss said. “When a woman creates something about her own experience there’s no mediator.” Director Pauline Moll, a Communication junior, said the board of Lipstick Theatre was very open with its female-centric values and put forth specific guidelines to enforce them. The show was required to focus on a female narrative, have a cast that was at least 50 percent women and pass the Bechdel test — having two women onstage talk about something other than a man. For Weiss, having a cast and crew made up of mostly women and nonbinary people prevented the competitive atmosphere that can arise on the more masculine technical side of theater, they said. Moll said it also helped foster a sense of camaraderie. “It’s a story about and for women, largely,” Moll said. “The play hits home for a lot of us in a big way, and it’s been important to have people intimately connected with it.” Weiss said they found a personal bond with the character of Jared, who is autistic. As someone on the autism spectrum, Weiss felt it was important to portray a realistic version of the character and not revert to stereotypes, they said. In light of the divisive political climate and the recent inauguration of President Donald Trump, Moll said she felt it was “radical” to do a play with characters like Jared and his two moms whose stories are not often told. By featuring marginalized groups,
the play becomes political even though its messages are not explicitly expressed, she said. Weiss said they hope the play helps normalize the idea of people having intersecting identities and different aspects of oppression and privilege in their lives. Scholz-Carlson added that she wants the play to push audiences to consider the personal impact
of wider political issues. “People freely expressing themselves and the complexity of their feelings, especially about what’s going on in a larger world scale, is meaningful and powerful in whatever form that takes,” Scholz-Carlson said. madelineburakoff2020@u.northwestern.edu
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Performers rehearse for the upcoming production of “Body Awareness.” Lipstick Theatre’s female-centric winter show opens Thursday in Shanley Pavilion.
NU alumna directs Chicago play on love, acceptance
Krissy Vanderwarker works on The New Colony’s latest mainstage production, “Psychonaut Librarians” By JENNIFER HEPP
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Krissy Vanderwarker (Weinberg ’01) has created an alternate reality. There are puppets and battle scenes and time travel helmets, and love conquers hate — an important message for our current world, Vanderwarker said.
Vanderwarker brings this reality to life in “Psychonaut Librarians,” Chicago-based theater company The New Colony’s latest mainstage production, which she is directing. She started working with the theater company on the play last June, she said. The play begins as the protagonist, a young girl named Jane, falls asleep in a cozy library chair and travels to an alternate universe. She later meets strange creatures, falls in love with
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Characters in “Psychonaut Librarians” wear time-travel gear to enter into an alternate universe. The production will run through Feb. 12 at The Den Theatre in Chicago.
one of them and ultimately learns to accept those who are different from her. “The play is positing that we can’t divide the world into things we like and don’t like,” Vanderwarker said. “So the idea (is) that we actually have to love all sides of debates and people and political spectrums because it is part of a larger universe that doesn’t allow us to have one thing without the other.” Vanderwarker said the play is a “fascinating” and fun way to arrive at a much more serious message about being open-minded and accepting of everyone. “I hope (the play) encourages people to be open to different perspectives,” she said, “but I also really hope people pick up on the message of love and … the rejection of fear.” Christine Mayland Perkins (Bienen ’11) plays the role of Jane. After the child protagonist first travels to the alternate universe, the play cuts forward to Jane as a young woman who persists in preventing fear from dictating her choices — another main theme of the play, she said. “I get to use a much greater range of emotions and (my character) is much more fleshed out than what is typical,” she said. “I get to be a definitive leader in a way that I think is pretty unusual.” Neither Perkins nor Vanderwarker majored in theater at Northwestern. However, when Vanderwarker was a senior majoring in history and religion 17 years ago, she impulsively founded Sit & Spin Productions, now a prominent student theater board on campus.
“I had a passion for theater but couldn’t major in it because I had … come to that passion and realization too late to get into the track,” she said. “I wanted to direct and couldn’t find a way in via the normal student theater company proposal process, so I decided that there was space for a new theater company.” Since graduating, Vanderwarker has been involved in the Chicago theater scene. For “Psychonaut Librarians,” she worked closely with its playwright, Sean Kelly, she said. Together, they developed the script, hired the design team and brought the play to life. Kelly said he has always been fascinated by the mysterious nature of librarians and the concept of an alternative reality. He said this play is “all of my favorite things, wrapped up into one.” Kelly added that the play is a fun way for people to escape from reality for a while, something he said our society desperately seems to need given the current political landscape. Vanderwarker said though it is a fun, epic play, its important message about embracing love and recognizing differences is particularly relevant in the context of the new president. “The fun thing about this is that we get to that message through this wild one hour and twenty minutes of comedy and battle sequences and beautiful love story movement sequences … all kinds of stuff,” Vanderwarker said, “and we arrive in this place that’s open-hearted enough to understand and take in that notion.” jenniferhepp2020@u.northwestern.edu
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• Agamemnon, The Louis Theater, 7:30 p.m.
• Agamemnon, The Louis Theater, The Wirtz
• Agamemnon, The Louis Theater, 2 p.m.
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Medill freshman releases album with original songs, poems about transition from high school to college By CATHERINE KIM
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Medill freshman Debbie-Marie Brown said she never envisioned herself releasing an album and becoming a “real musician.” After all, music was just a personal outlet she used to express her spirituality and cope with depression during high school, she said. Yet on Jan. 21, she found herself singing into a microphone in front of a crowd of her friends for her album release party. “Mindful Isolation,” her first album, went live on iTunes on Jan. 1. Since then, the album has been made available on Spotify and Apple Music. It includes seven original songs, which Brown wrote after coming to college, and poems she wrote before attending Northwestern. The album focuses on her transition from high school to college and from the East Coast to the Midwest. “Her transition, by the end of the album just coming to college and becoming a more hopeful and more mature version of herself, I relate to (it) a lot,” said Communication freshman Freddy Mauricio, a friend of Brown. Music had always been an essential part of Brown’s life and she always found it healing
because it helped her articulate how she feels and make sense of herself, she said. When Brown came to college, Medill freshman Slade Warnken challenged Brown to start making her own music. As members of the same Peer Adviser group, they two bonded over their mutual interest in music. Warnken said that after he discovered Brown could play the guitar and sing, he convinced her to start writing songs and helped her write the first song and main track of Brown’s album, “Come My Way.” Brown said she felt she could not move on to new work before finding a way to save the songs
she made because she didn’t want to forget them. That’s what made her finally decide to release an album, she said. But when she realiz ed the poor audio quality of her recordings from the basement of Sigma Alpha Iota, a music fraternity, she said she started contacting studios back home in Connecticut. After a failed $50 recording session and two other producers cancelled on her. Brown said she was close to givSource: Ying Dai ing up. “I didn’t even want to do it anymore, but I had already planned my album release party,” she said. “I had to keep going. People were expecting me to release something soon.”
Out of desperation, she called a professional producer from her church who charges $350 a session. Brown told him she only had $250 to record an album and only four days left until she had to return to school. She said it was a blessing that the producer said “yes.” Reviews of the album have been positive and supportive, Brown said. Warnken said he enjoyed the album because the music reflects her personality, which he said cannot be ignored. Like her upfront personality, the message of her music is very powerful and very “in-your-face,” he said. “Her presence demands attention, and usually it’s for good reason because she does have a lot of really important things to say (that) can have a large impact on those around her,” Warnken said. “It’s a very cool thing to be around.” Brown said she plans to have a second album released by December. She now has full confidence in her musical abilities and enjoys the process of making music and the freedom it gives her, she said. “Usually this is a part of myself that I don’t share with others,” Brown said. “So it’s really comforting having that out there, and people can see a side of me that I don’t have to actively portray.” catherinekim2020@u.northwestern.edu
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Medill freshman Debbie-Marie Brown relesased her first album, “Mindful Isolation,” on iTunes on Jan. 1. Her original songs and poetry reflect the transformation she has gone through since starting college.
Traditional Greek tragedy modernized for Comm show
Aeschylus tragedy ‘Agamemnon’ adopts contemporary language in rendition adapted from radio play By SOPHIE MANN
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A modern rendition of Ancient Greece is coming to the Louis Theater this Friday, with the School of Communication’s newest mainstage production, “Agamemnon.” The play, originally written by the ancient Greek tragedian Aeschylus, is about King Agamemnon’s return to Argos after the Trojan War to find his home torn by sorrow and a cycle of violence following the war’s 10 years of devastation. This adaptation, which was originally written as a radio play and is still set in ancient Greece, interested director Sonny Das for its contemporary, yet eloquent, language. Das, a third-year MFA student, said he appreciates that this adaptation incorporates flashbacks and memories of the government’s decisions during the Trojan War. In addition, all of the big events happen in front of the audience rather than being narrated by a chorus, as is usually typical for a Greek tragedy, stage manager Cairo Dye said. Instead of a chorus narrating the action, there are three chorus members, two of whom have seen the devastation of the Trojan War and the third who was born after it ended, Das said. These chorus members are developed characters who voice their opinions on the actions of the government, Dye said. These opposite perspectives cause tension in Argos. The youngest member of the chorus believes the government was doing well by its citizens by going to war, while the older members of the chorus disagree with the choice
to go to war. The chorus represents the entire city of Argos, of which Agamemnon is king. Das said the chorus can see all the choices the government made in regard to the Trojan War, but it can’t do anything because its members are commoners who have no power in society. “This centering of having the three chorus members sort of be the protagonists of the play, rather than the high and the mighty, felt really democratic to me,” Das said. The story is told from the vantage points of one of these three characters at any given time, lighting designer Matt Sharp said. Their descriptions highlight what is happening with the corruption of the royalty of the time. “A lot of the play is about these three characters — who don’t have names — coming to terms with those decisions that the people in power have made,” the second-year MFA student said. Das said he also wants audiences to notice the parallels between their lives and these three characters. He said he hopes this story encourages people to think about how they can use their voices, as the characters in the play don’t have the opportunity to use theirs. “So often we abscond (our voices), and we feel like we have no control, whereas these people actually have no control,” Das said. “I’m hoping that it will encourage people not to sit around and exercise the power that you have rather than bemoan the fact that you don’t have any.” sophiemann2018@u.northwestern.edu
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King Agamemnon speaks to the people of Argos upon arriving home after 10 years at war. The contemporary adaptation of Aeschylus’ tragedy premiers this Friday at the Louis Theater.
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THURSDAY, JANUARY 26, 2017 percentage of education financial support from any state in the country, and we have the largest gap between funding for high-income schools and low-income schools in the country, both across the state and within the city of Chicago,” Rauner said. Rauner said improving education for children in Chicago is needed to help stop the city’s violence, which he called “intolerable.” In addition, Rauner said the state must continue to support its “world-class research universities” that create jobs and foster innovation. State Rep. Lou Lang (D-Skokie), deputy majority leader in the Illinois House of Representatives, delivered the Democratic response to Rauner’s address. Lang said in a video address that Democrats agree with Rauner and the Republicans on the need for a budget deal and on improving the state business climate. However, Rauner’s ideas involve stripping away rights and protections for workers and harm vulnerable citizens, Lang said. “Persons of disability, abused women, the elderly,
school children and state universities, among others, should not be used as a bargaining tool by Gov. Rauner in order to boost the profits of big corporations,” Lang said. “To date, the governor’s proposals have only attempted to accomplish growth through punishing the middle class.” State Sen. Daniel Biss (D-Evanston) echoed similar sentiments, saying in a statement Illinois has “undergone a crisis” during Rauner’s term. “Years without a real budget have taken a terrible toll on our state. Without a real budget our economy has weakened, and our citizens have less opportunity,” he said. “In fact, the only thing that has increased is the number of people leaving Illinois.” Rauner said that lawmakers and leaders from both parties in Illinois have a “moral obligation” to work together. A budget deal is necessary, he said. “We together can return Illinois to a place of hope, opportunity and prosperity,” Rauner said. williamkobin2018@u.northwestern.edu
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will ultimately become of Israel under Trump, Baehr said he doesn’t see the possibility for negotiations on the horizon. Klein largely agreed with Baehr, but said Trump’s presidency has the potential to spur discussion between the two sides. “Everybody wants peace,” Klein said. “(Baehr is) pessimistic that we can actually get there, but I think … that this administration has a better chance of getting the two sides to really talk to each other.” Baehr also spoke about Trump’s personal advisors, who he said will play a much larger role in making key decisions than past presidents’ advisors have. He added that because Trump heavily values loyalty, he is also likely to give more power to Jared Kushner, his sonin-law and key strategist in his winning campaign. College Republicans treasurer David Donnelly, a McCormick junior and co-organizer of the event, told The Daily that encouraging attendees of all political affiliations –– not only Republicans — is important to spur more nuanced discussions. He described issues regarding Israel and Palestine as “dynamic” and relevant to many demographics. Weinberg freshman David Graves said the event provided exposure to various stances on the issue. Baehr’s inclusion of Israeli-Palestinian history and specifics about recent policies from previous presidential administrations helped him gain a more solid grasp of the topics, he said. “Any time I hear a speaker talking about things that are relevant with changes in government today, it’s beneficial to go and listen to what people have to say regardless of whether or not you agree,” Graves said.
Inman and junior Lydia Rohde, NU relied on sophomore guard Amber Jamison, who tallied a career-high 22 against the Spartans, and added another 16 points on Wednesday. The unavailability of Inman, the Cats’ second leading scorer at 13.8 points per game, left NU without a consistent midrange threat, and Rohde’s continued absence — she last played Dec. 28 — robbed them of a reliable 3-point shooter. NU has had little trouble finding the bottom of the net recently, topping 80 points twice in its last five games, but Michigan’s defense presented a particularly tough test. The Wolverines entered Wednesday allowing just 58.3 points per game, good for second in the Big Ten, and opponents shoot just 38 percent on average against them. The Cats’ offensive struggles went beyond an inability to make baskets, however. NU tallied 19 turnovers, including 10 before the intermission. They were also poor at the free throw line, converting on just 5-of-12 attempts. With another tricky road test coming Sunday at Rutgers, which has rebounded from a horrific non-conference season and is third in the Big Ten in scoring defense, NU will need to adjust quickly from Wednesday’s poor performance. McKeown is confident in his team’s ability to make that happen. “(We’ll) get ready to play Sunday, a really tough game … but we’ll be fine,” he said. “We’ll bounce back.”
and make people want to be more involved in the things that we do,” Richards said. She said creating more visually appealing and interactive surveys for students can encourage participation. Mulukutla told The Daily that ASG can benefit from Richards’ marketing experience. “She has a lot of concrete ideas about how she wants to integrate the PR to create one brand for ASG … so that (students) are more aware of the different campaigns that we run and the different
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to seasoned junior point guard Bryant McIntosh to sophomore forward Vic Law, who has emerged as one of the conference’s best two-way players. Still, given the Cats’ five-game January losing streak last year, it’s easy to see why Collins reminds his team not to get caught up in their early success. Collins said he knows how quickly the season could shift “if you lose sight of why you’ve gotten there.” Eleven regular season games and a conference tournament — an “eternity” in Collins’ words — still stand in the way of the Cats’ ultimate goal of making their visit to the Dance. The next two games could be critical in that quest. The Cats started their current winning streak with a come-from-behind win at Nebraska on Jan. 8 that shifted momentum after a pair of tough road losses. With Nebraska coming out to Evanston, Law said it is crucial to focus on each individual game. “If we look at tomorrow — as in Nebraska — instead of tomorrow being the Tournament, I think
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products that we push out,” Mulukutla said. Richards will serve for the remainder of the quarter before leaving for her journalism residency in the spring. After the confirmations, Senate heard a proposal for election guideline reforms that will be voted on next week. The proposal includes moving the election commission elections from the second to the third week of Winter Quarter. Senate also approved changes to the B-status funding process for student groups. jonahdylan2020@u.northwestern.edu we should be fine,” Law said. Fresh off a pair of 1-point losses, the Cornhuskers are likely hungry for a win coming into Welsh-Ryan, although they will be without leading rebounder Ed Morrow. Due to a foot injury, the forward hasn’t played since the two teams last met. NU will also need to avoid looking ahead to its Sunday matchup with Indiana, one of the league’s flagship basketball programs. The visit from the Hoosiers (14-6, 4-3), who won 89-57 when the two teams met last season, will present a chance for a marquee win and likely bring an energetic crowd to Welsh-Ryan. Tickets for the game on StubHub started at $69.00 as of Wednesday night. But a successful week for the Cats would have to start with a victory against Nebraska. McIntosh said it’s fun to see Welsh-Ryan “rocking,” but he also said the team knows there is work to be done. “There’s two stories that can be written about us this year,” McIntosh said. “It’s either us falling apart or us coming together and doing something special.” timothybalk2018@u.northwestern.edu
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Northwestern struggles from start in loss at Michigan
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Wednesday was anything but Northwestern’s night. Senior guard Ashley Deary and senior forward Nia Coffey combined for just 7-of-28 shooting as the Wildcats (15-5, 4-3 Big Ten) couldn’t put any sort of offensive rhythm together in an 80-54 road loss to Michigan (175, 6-2). As a whole, NU shot just 34.4 percent from the field. “I thought we did a great job in the third and fourth quarter tonight,” coach Joe McKeown said. “We’re a team that, you know, we’re streaky. We missed a lot of shots tonight — layups, free throws — things that great teams, which we aspire to be, take care of.” From the get-go, the game was a struggle. The Cats quickly fell behind 10-2 in the first quarter but managed to cut the Wolverines’ lead to 14-9, the closest the score would get for the remainder of the contest. By halftime, Michigan had already put the game well out of reach, doubling up on NU with a 41-19 lead at the break thanks to dominant performances from guards Katelynn Flaherty and Kysre Gondrezick. Flaherty, who entered the game as the Big Ten’s No. 3 scorer, tallied 14 points in the first half while Gondrezick chipped in with 11. The second half did not get much better. Michigan kept its foot on the gas pedal despite NU switching to a zone defense to try to keep Flaherty in check. Flaherty and Gondrezick finished with 20 and 22 points, respectively. “By the time I felt we got in a pretty good position, they just kept making tough shots,” McKeown said. “We just didn’t go a very good job of guarding the right people the way that we
thought they should be guarded.” The Cats were once again without senior guard Christen Inman, who missed her second-straight game after getting injured toward the end of NU’s game against Indiana. However, sophomore forward Pallas Kunaiyi-Akpanah, who was a prominent contributor last season, played in her first game since Dec. 22. In their previous contest against Michigan State, the Cats managed without Inman thanks to standout performances from Deary and sophomore forward Amber Jamison. But with Deary going 1-of-8 from the field, and Coff ey struggling again after her 66-game double-digit point streak was snapped in last Tuesday’s win over the Spartans, NU couldn’t find any answers. The lone bright spot for the Cats was Jamison. Starting for the third consecutive game, Jamison totaled 16 points, pacing NU along with Coffey, who also scored 16 but shot just 30 percent compared to Jamison’s 63.6 percent. As the Cats try to return to the NCAA Tournament for the second time in three years, a win over Michigan would have boosted their resume. Entering Wednesday night, NU didn’t have a Top-50 RPI win, but they had a chance against to pick on up against the Wolverines, who are ranked No. 34. Instead, the Cats will look elsewhere to solidify their tournament credentials, beginning with an away tilt against Rutgers on Sunday. “Last week when we beat Michigan State, when we beat Indiana, we made all the right decisions, made free throws, made layups, made the extra pass,” McKeown said. “Tonight was a hiccup but hopefully we’ll get back to playing that way Sunday.” maxgelman2018@u.northwestern.edu
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Shooting struggles Surging Cats still have work to do bury NU in blowout By TIM BALK
Wildcats hit just 22 percent from field in first half of road loss By COLE PAXTON
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Just over a week ago, Northwestern’s offense put up an impressive 76 points despite senior forward Nia Coffey scoring under double figures for the first time in nearly two years. But Wednesday night’s game at Michigan made the Wildcats’ prolific scoring performance seem like a distant memory. NU (15-5, 4-3 Big Ten) shot just 34 percent as a team in an 80-54 blowout loss to the Wolverines (17-5, 6-2). Its two best players combined to make just a quarter of their field goals. NU scored a season-low 19 points in the first half, and the Cats’ 54 total points were their fewest in a game since Feb. 20, 2016. A 20-point third quarter padded some of NU’s stats, but a 22 percent shooting effort before the break decided the outcome early.
“We had some time off this past week, haven’t played since a week ago and we looked sluggish,” coach Joe McKeown said. “We need to overcome that.” Coffey was inefficient from the field, finishing with 16 points on 6-of-20 shooting, and senior guard Ashley Deary struggled as well, scoring just 4 points. But Coffey and Deary weren’t the only players struggling Wednesday. Senior forward Lauren Douglas shot 2-of-10 and freshman forward Abi Scheid, who put up 20 points against Ohio State earlier this month, made just one shot. Many of those numbers contrast sharply with the team’s stats from last Tuesday’s win against Michigan State, when Deary put up 20 points on the back of a perfect 10-of-10 effort at the free throw line and Douglas added 13 more. “Michigan took us out of our offense a little,” McKeown said. “We didn’t get the shots that we wanted, that we’ve been getting, and I think that’s going to be a big focal point.” Playing without a pair of its regular starting guards, senior Christen » See OFFENSE, page 6
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The story is hard to miss. After a checkered century-plus of basketball and several hundred more losses than wins, Northwestern has suddenly vaulted toward the top of the Big Ten. The Wildcats (16-4, 5-2 Big Ten) are currently projected to make the NCAA
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Tournament, which they have never reached, and are riding a four-game winning streak into their Thursday night matchup with Nebraska (9-10, 3-4). Amid it all, coach Chris Collins tries to remind his team of one thing.
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Scottie Lindsey scans the court. The junior guard is the leading scorer for the Wildcats, who are just one game out of first place in the Big Ten standings.
“Coach Collins lets us know every day that we haven’t done anything,” junior guard Scottie Lindsey said Friday, two days before NU visited Ohio State and beat the Buckeyes in Columbus for the first time in 40 years. The win gave the Cats their best 20-game start in program history. Even after that victory, Collins’ message hasn’t changed. “I’m the scrooge all the time,” Collins said Wednesday. “I’m the one every day telling them they haven’t done anything … I love the fact that our program is starting to get recognized, that there’s an excitement, there’s an expectation level, people are taking notice of what we’re doing. But I have also been around long enough to know about how quickly that can change.” In fact, the Cats stood at 15-5 through 20 games just last season before losing seven of their final 12 games. But there are clear differences between that squad and this year’s. These Cats have braved a much more challenging non-conference schedule, and they have already won four road conference games after winning just three on the road in the Big Ten last winter. And this team boasts more firepower, from the high-scoring Lindsey » See BASKETBALL, page 6