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NU holds $15M in oil company University has investments in Black Stone Minerals By MADELINE FOX

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Northwestern owns more than $15 million worth of stock in Black Stone Minerals, one of the largest oil and gas mineral and royalty companies in the country, according to the University’s filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission earlier this month. Chief Investment Officer Will McLean said the University has held shares of Black Stone Minerals for several years. The University was required to report these shares to the SEC this year because under federal law, institutional investment managers must file with the SEC if their organization holds more than $100 million in certain types of securities. McLean said NU hit the $100 million threshold after Roberta Buffett Elliott (Weinberg ’54) donated shares in Berkshire Hathaway, of which her brother Warren Buffett is CEO, to NU last year. In the fall, the University signed President Barack Obama’s American Campuses Act on Climate Pledge

and announced its intent to sign the United Nations Principles for Responsible Investing in November. Christina Cilento, a spokeswoman for Fossil Free NU, a student divestment movement calling for the University to remove its investments from coal and other fossil fuels, said although she was disheartened to hear the University has a large position in Black Stone, she was happy the filing rule allows students to know more about NU’s investments. “It’s nice to know we can find out a little bit more about the University’s investment,” the SESP junior said. “I just wish there were more positive things to report.” The group will meet with McLean and three members of the Board of Trustees on Wednesday to discuss fossil fuel divestment and socially responsible investment, Cilento said. Fossil Free NU has met with members of the Board of Trustees three times since November 2014 to discuss the University’s investments in fossil fuels, she said. “They have a positive impact,” McLean said of the group. “The fossil fuel conversations … played a role in our decision to sign on to the UNPRI.” At Wednesday’s meeting, Cilento said the group will ask to bring some of its members to the full meeting of the Board of Trustees in March to » See INVESTMENT, page 6

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FOURTH MEAL Students eat and work in Fran’s Cafe, a late-night dining spot in Willard Residential College. With Willard scheduled to be renovated next year, a similar eating location will open in 1835 Hinman.

New cafe set to replace Fran’s 1835 Hinman to host late-night dining option By KELLI NGUYEN

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With Willard Residential College closing for renovations next year, a new late-night cafe is set to launch at 1835

Hinman in the fall. Willard is relocating to 1835 Hinman as part of the Housing Master Plan, and plans for a Fran’s-like late-night cafe are still being decided, but students can expect to find a similar concept at Hinman, said Ken Field, Northwestern’s director of dining.

In a meeting with Field, Brad Zakarin, director of residential academic initiatives, discussed Willard residents’ desire to relocate Fran’s to 1835 Hinman along with the residential college, Zakarin said. However, it is unknown whether the new » See FRAN’S, page 6

Shops complying with signage YMCA’s Brillianteen By ELENA SUCHARETZA

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Evanston businesses are so far complying with a gender neutral signage ordinance that took effect at the beginning of 2016 after it was unanimously approved in October, city officials said. When the ordinance was initially approved, City Council had bypassed rules requiring a two-week waiting period before an ordinance is given final approval due to widespread agreement. Mark Muenzer, the city’s director of community development and LGBT liaison, said most questions from businesses regarding the ordinance have been mostly clarification questions about what types of signage is allowed for businesses in order to comply with the ordinance. The ordinance mandates that all buildings with one single occupancy restroom use gender neutral signage, and buildings with three or more restrooms require at least one bathroom to have the signage as well. Due to certain limits of an Illinois Plumbing Code, if an establishment has two restrooms, one is required to be labeled for women, and the other for men, Muenzer said. He said that although no date has been set for a discussion, city officials are looking into ways to bypass the code’s requirements.

“It’s not really a political thing, it’s just about issues that are not addressed in the code right now,” he said. “Transgender and gender neutral issues are coming to the forefront in the state code so we will be investigating ways to possibly get past those issues.” City manager Wally Bobkiewicz told The Daily earlier this month the main

barrier to full compliance with the ordinance has been discomfort with the original design city staff offered for the signage. He said the staff ’s design, a hybrid of the standard men and women signs, was considered “awkward” by » See SIGNAGE, page 6

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OPEN TO ALL Evanston recommended this symbol for gender neutral bathroom signage in the city. Council passed an ordinance in October, which took effect in the beginning of 2016, to require gender neutral signage in establishments that meet certain qualifications.

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After 65 years, the McGaw YMCA will close the curtain on its annual production “Brillianteen,” produced and performed by Evanston Township High School students. Sue Sowle, McGaw’s senior director of youth initiatives and enrichment, said five years ago, the YMCA began to closely analyze its outreach programs to ensure services aligned with the mission of the organization — supporting development, healthy living and social responsibility among Evanston youth with special attention to underserved communities in the city. Some programs were cut, but Brillianteen remained despite what Sowle outlined as three major problems: a lack of diversity, diminished student leadership opportunities and underage drinking associated with the program. YMCA staff reworked their recruiting tactics and made some changes to the culture of the program, but Sowle said after five years, the changes have not been significant enough to justify Brillianteen’s continuation. “At the end of this, the program still doesn’t align well enough with the mission, who we are and who we want to

be,” she said. “We’ve got limited dollars and we want the dollars to go where we know it’s going to have the most impact.” Brillianteen was created in 1952 by Bill Harper, an Evanston resident who wanted to initiate a theater program for youth in the city. Beginning with just 25 performers, the program swelled to include upwards of 250 cast and crew members, who work for several months to direct, design and perform a full-length musical. YMCA organizers awarded scholarships to two Brillianteen participants who had demonstrated outstanding leadership at the end of each performance, Sowle said. Although the program is ending, McGaw YMCA has established a new scholarship commemorating Brillianteen, which will be awarded to two ETHS seniors interested in the arts each year. This year, just over 100 ETHS juniors and seniors, along with volunteers from the community and the YMCA, have been working since December to organize the final Brillianteen show, the 65th Anniversary Brillianteen Revue, which will run from March 4-6. Participants rehearse four days a week, twice on weeknights and on Saturdays and » See BRILLIANTEEN, page 6

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Around Town Mayor joins global environmental pact this year. Both reductions were part of the city’s first two climate action plans. Greenhouse gases trap heat in the atmosphere, warming the planet and causing extreme weather, according to the Environmental Protection Agency. Local authorities have responded to the situation by funding renewable energy solutions and passing legislation to minimize waste. As city officials begin to look into a third climate action plan, the Compact of Mayors aims to give Evanston a method for standardizing reporting procedures, making the community more resilient to climate change and reporting progress publicly. The compact, launched by U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg in 2014, seeks to establish “a common platform to capture the impact of cities’ collective actions,” according to its website. “The Compact of Mayors reflects the commitment that cities are making to reduce carbon emissions and the crucial role they play in confronting climate change,” Bloomberg said in the release. “The more cities that take part in the Compact, the bigger impact it will have.” Acting sustainability manager Kumar Jensen told The Daily the Compact meshes well with Evanston’s own timeline for climate action planning. “Once we’ve done this reporting procedure, we

By DAVID FISHMAN

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Following the warmest year in recorded history, the city announced Monday that Mayor Elizabeth Tisdahl had committed Evanston to the Compact of Mayors, a group dedicated to reducing greenhouse gas emissions and accelerating climate change initiatives. Joining the compact, which includes 450 cities worldwide, is the latest in a series of actions Tisdahl has undertaken to curb carbon emissions and reduce the city’s environmental footprint. The compact provides tools to calculate greenhouse gas emissions more thoroughly and will allow Evanston to measure their impact on a global scale. “The actions we take at a local level will have a global impact,” Tisdahl said in a news release. “By committing to the Compact of Mayors, we are continuing our work to make Evanston the most livable city, while helping create a better world for today’s urban citizens and generations to come.” After achieving a significant reduction in greenhouse gases in 2013, Evanston officials said the city is on its way to reaching another milestone reduction

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Cell phone stolen from unlocked car

Multiple calls report shots fired on Pitner Avenue

Multiple callers reported shots fired near the 1100 block of Pitner Avenue early Tuesday morning, police said. The calls came in around 1:30 a.m., Evanston Police Department spokesman Perry Polinski said. EPD officers responded to the calls and patrolled the area but found no evidence of gunshots or firearms, Polinski said. Since no evidence was found, police will not increase the frequency of patrolling around the area, Polinski added.

An unlocked car was burglarized in an alley behind the 1900 block of Asbury Avenue on Tuesday morning, police said. The car owner, a 41-year-old Evanston man, reported the crime when he found his cell phone missing from the front seat of his 1996 Chevrolet pick-up truck where he had left it charging between 10 a.m. and 10:30 a.m., Polinski said. The cell phone is valued at $700, Polinski added. Police investigated the burglary but have no leads on a suspect, Polinski said. — Cydney Hayes

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will be able to start looking at the next generation of climate action planning, moving beyond a reduction scenario and thinking about how do you make Evanston a more resilient community through climate mitigation,” he said. Future ideas for reducing the city’s global footprint might come from transportation and solid waste, with a continued emphasis on reducing emissions, Jensen said. But, exact details won’t come until after community brainstorming, he added. Jonathan Nieuwsma, vice president of Citizens’ Greener Evanston, a nonprofit dedicated to sustainability, said he applauds the new agreement but sees a long road ahead for significant progress. “Local communities like Evanston are in many ways ahead of the national government, and certainly the state government, in terms of their commitment to climate change and carbon reduction,” he said. Jensen said he thought Tisdahl joined the Compact because she has demonstrated passion for environmental issues throughout her tenure as mayor. “It really is taking the two plans that we’ve had and building on those to expand upon Evanston’s goal of becoming the most livable city,” he said. davidpkfishman@u.northwestern.edu

Setting the record straight A story in Tuesday’s paper titled “Cats defeat Tulsa but fall to Illinois” misstated the day NU played Illinois. The Cats lost to Illinois on Saturday Jan. 23. A scorebox for a story in Tuesday’s paper titled “Wildcats split ITA qualifiers but fail to advance farther” misstated the score for the women’s tennis team’s match. The Cats beat Arizona State 4-2. A story in Tuesday’s paper titled “Students debate political correctness on campus” misstated Wooyoung Lee’s year. Lee is a junior. The Daily regrets the errors.

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On Campus Medill signs on to reporter protection standards By MATTHEW CHOI

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The Medill School of Journalism, Media, Integrated Marketing Communications has signed on to a set of standards to ensure safety for reporters with a particular focus on conflict areas. “Global Safety Principles and Practices,” was developed last February by A Culture of Safety Alliance, a coalition of major news organizations focused on international freelance protection standards. It includes various measures to keep journalists safe in conflict zones. Medill signed on to the principles earlier this month, said Medill Prof. Ellen Shearer, a member of the ACOS Alliance executive committee. The principles and practices address journalists on dangerous assignments and news organizations sending reporters to unsafe places. They recommend, for example, journalists know basic skills for themselves or injured colleagues before they go out on assignment and for editors to show equal concern for the welfare of freelancers, local journalists and staffers. Signing the initiative was a way for the school to both teach responsible and safe reporting to its students and honor the legacy of James Foley (Medill ‘08), Shearer said. Foley, a freelance reporter, was executed by the Islamic State in August of 2014 after spending almost two years in captivity. Although most signers of the principles and practices are professional news organizations, Medill signed on to demonstrate its support for safe and responsible practices, said Shearer, who is also co-director of the Medill National Security Journalism Initiative. “It’s just so dangerous now to be a conflict reporter, (so) these principles are really crucial to ensuring that people can get the news they need about the important issues of conflict and terrorism, and that reporters can do that relatively safely,” Shearer said.

Medill has always taught ways to remain safe in conflict zones, said Medill Prof. Timothy McNulty, co-director of the Medill National Security Journalism Initiative. In the past, foreign correspondents enjoyed a degree of neutrality in conflicts, but recent hostility toward reporters has created new risks, he said. “The principles here are things that grew out of both the experience conflict correspondents have and what we try to teach at Medill,” McNulty said. “It’s important to train students to think about the various dangers and how to minimize them.” The principles and practices will probably not directly affect University policy regarding students doing journalism abroad, Shearer said. Northwestern already has The principles here even more strinare things that grew gent measures in out of both the place to ensure the safety of stu- experience conflict dents, she said. correspondents Still, signing on to the have and what principles is an we try to teach at important way Medill. to reflect on the experiences of Timothy McNulty, correspondents, Medill professor said Medill Prof. Douglas Foster, who leads Medill’s South Africa Journalism Residency program. Foster said faculty and students on the South Africa program will likely discuss these principles and practices as well as the sacrifices of Foley and other correspondents. “We wouldn’t be doing our duty to ourselves, to our students, if we didn’t include a conversation about both what the principles that underpin the wonderful journalism that James did and also this frank warning about a terrible cost that was paid by him and others and by his family,”

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SAFETY STANDARDS The McCormick Foundation Center is one of two buildings on the Evanston campus that house the Medill School of Journalism, Media, Integrated Marketing Communications. Medill signed on to a set of standards to ensure safety for reporters with a particular focus on conflict areas earlier this month.

Foster said. As staffed correspondents are increasingly replaced by freelance reporters, who generally receive less support from news organizations, the need for measures like the ACOS Alliance principles is increasing, said Medill Prof. Craig Duff, who worked as a correspondent in the Middle East.

“We are creating the next generation of not only journalists, but also editors and leaders and managers of news organizations,” Duff said. “We need, from the very beginning, to make sure they are adhering to practices that are the best practices and global safety is one of them.” matthewchoi2018@u.northwestern.edu

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Facebook’s Free Basics causes controversy On Dec. 17, 2015, Facebook sent out automatic notifications to users in the United States and the United Kingdom asking them to sign a petition with the following message: “To the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India, I support digital equality for India. Free Basics provides free access to essential Internet services like communication, education, healthcare, employment, farming and more. It helps those who can’t afford to pay for data, or who need a little help getting started online. And it’s open to all people, developers and mobile operators. With 1 billion Indian people not yet connected, shutting down Free Basics would hurt our country’s most vulnerable people. I support Free Basics and digital equality for India. Thank you.” “But Free Basics is in danger in India. A small, vocal group of critics are lobbying to have Free Basics banned on the basis of net neutrality. Instead of giving people access to some basic Internet services for free, they demand that people pay equally to access all Internet services even if that means 1 billion people can’t afford to access any services.” For many non-Indian Facebook users, this petition was the first time they had heard of the Free Basics initiative, and they were confused as to what the controversy at hand was about and why they were being petitioned. In short, Free Basics is a campaign in which Facebook wants to provide free Internet access to a limited package of websites to every person in India. Recipients of this service would have to pay for access beyond this basic package. For example, if one wanted to access a sports site, a “sports package” of websites would have to be purchased. The service would run on cellular data and is currently one of the most contentious issues in the Indian tech industry, particularly because the booming startup culture in India feels threatened by this service. The differential pricing scheme of Free Basics is in clear violation of net neutrality, and millions of Indians have spoken out to get the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India to block Free Basics’ access to the country’s market. Net neutrality was defined first by Columbia professor Tim Wu in 2003, and is, according to the Oxford Dictionary, as “the principle that Internet service providers should enable access to all content and applications regardless of the source, and without favoring or blocking particular products or websites.” Facebook dismisses this violation and argues that foregoing net neutrality is worth the social benefit. This week, we seek to inform the Northwestern community by further explaining the claims of either side of the Free Basics debate.

The free Internet program would lead to more harm than good ASHA SAWHNEY

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As a Non-Resident Indian (NRI), when I first saw the petition Facebook automatically sent out, I was shocked at its lack of context. Facebook clearly worded this plea to users to make it appear that they had the golden ticket for Indians, and a small, misinformed group was standing in the way of it. The truth is, though, Free Basics is far from a golden ticket for the Indian people. In fact, many Indians believe that to call the service “Internet” is a misrepresentation. “Internet” implies being able to access whichever sites one pleases, but Free Basics only provides access to websites that have joined Facebook on this initiative. In reality, Free Basics provides a free selection of apps to Indians rather than free browsing. For a country where three to four startups are being born each day, it would be hugely destabilizing to open India’s market up to competition with foreign multinational companies. Another crucial point of clarification is that far more than a small, vocal group of critics oppose Free Basics on the grounds of net neutrality. Facebook has publicized the support of Reliance Communications, India’s fourth-largest telecom operator, and misrepresented this as broad-based support. Over the phone, Uday Parulekar, the deputy general manager of regulatory affairs at Reliance Jio, an upcoming network associated with Reliance Communications, expressed a completely different stance. He said the leadership of Jio is unanimously in favor of net

neutrality and believes all content should be provided via equal access. Parulekar also said he felt most other service providers in India currently share the same view. This statement doesn’t look good for Facebook; it will need to garner support beyond Reliance Communications to provide data to 1 billion Indians, and Jio will be a key player in the data game once its unprecedented LTE connection is implemented. Among international students at Northwestern, support for Free Basics doesn’t seem like an obvious “yes” either. Medill junior Aditi Bhandari, who is from India, said in response to the campaign that “[Free Basics] violates net neutrality, a concept that is highly valued and fought for in the U.S. As someone who has grown up with 24/7 Internet access, I don’t think that access to the limited sources of information aligns with my idea of what the Internet is supposed to be and stand for. However, because of my privileged upbringing, I don’t think that I can speak on behalf of the people who this debate is really about.” The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India found Facebook’s petition flawed as well, and requested supporters to comment on specific issues of contention regarding the service, particularly the differential pricing. For many Indians, blocking this petition is a crucial step toward upholding digital equality in the world’s largest democracy. Asha Sawhney is a Weinberg sophomore. She can be reached at ashasawhney2018@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.

Giving millions access to limited Internet is better than no Internet ABIGAIL STRATTON

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There are lots of problems with the Free Basics in India, both in conception and execution, but the question must be asked: Isn’t something better than nothing? Zuckerberg Quite frankly, one of the only himself has reasons this is getlikened Free ting so much attenBasics to ‘a free tion in the U.S. is because of Free public library’ Basics’ partnership which may with Facebook. Mark Zuckerberg’s not provide celebrity is a huge everything, contributing factor but where one to the amount of press being given can access to this issue. His important fame and generally positive public perinformation. ception may help in his lobbying for the service, which seems to be primarily based on the idea that even limited Internet access is a lot better than none. Zuckerberg himself has likened Free Basics to “a free public library” which may not provide everything, but where one can access important information. After all, the name of the service is “Free Basics,” which promises only a basic, limited access for no cost. There is no barrier to

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History classes should include Turing JOSEPH MADDEN

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For me, the most devastating part of Morten Tyldum’s film “The Imitation Game” was finding out that most of it was true. As a junior at a public high school, I had taken countless classes that covered World War II, and I certainly would have remembered a man as important as Alan Turing. I was not even sure there was a man as important as Alan Turing. Here was a man who historians estimate ended the bloodiest conflict in human history at least two years early. Here was a man who saved more than 14 million lives. Here was a man who was integral in the invention of the computer, arguably the most important machine ever. Here was a man I had never heard of before. One of the primary reasons Turing’s story has been left out of history is the classified nature of his achievements. He worked for the incredibly secretive sixth division of

British Military Intelligence, and the British government kept his immense gains for humanity a secret for 50 years, as it could use them for code-breaking in wars to come. Another reason Turing’s story has not been told worldwide is because of his suicide via cyanide poisoning at the age of 41. The movie shows he did so in part due to the hormone therapy he was forced to undergo as a convicted homosexual. The death of Alan Turing is the archetype of discrimination not just being unfair, but also being detrimental to society. This was a man who not only should have been allowed to live his life in peace solely because of his past accomplishments, but also because he could have accomplished so much more. Turing could be a great historical role model for gay children. I do not remember ever learning about an important historical figure who was gay. I wonder how many kids would have come out earlier, how many kids would have been okay with themselves on the inside if they could identify with somebody as inspirational and impressive as Turing. Homosexuality was notably absent from my public school education. I only learned about the historically significant AIDS epidemic because I received my second choice

of freshman seminar this year. I never learned about Harvey Milk and I would not know what the Stonewall riots were if I had gone to the bathroom during the few minutes my U.S. history teacher took to talk about them. More offensively, the area most pertinent to being homosexual — sex — was only ever taught as heterosexual. Instead, I learned about the impact of “coitus interruptus” on European population growth in the 19th century, the musicality of the xylophone and the nuances of the sport pickleball. Turing’s accomplishments are inarguably vital to where humanity is today. His immense abilities shaped human history, and the humiliations he suffered show how destructive discrimination is to society at large. In short, homophobia killed Alan Turing. We should not let it take his legacy, too. Joseph Madden is a Weinberg freshman. He can be contacted at josephmadden2019@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.

purchasing additional Internet packages with Free Basics, or buying a different Internet plan entirely. Rival companies such as Google could develop something similar and there would be nothing preventing Indian consumers from using that competing service; Free Basics does not act as a monopoly. There has been widespread criticism of Facebook’s use of automatic notifications to petition support for Free Basics. Arpan Doshi, a Weinberg junior from Mumbai, has noted that Facebook petitions do not, and cannot, represent true Indian will on this issue. However, he points out that any Internet petition or polling cannot reach the people who would be affected by the service, those with little to no Internet access. Net neutrality is most definitely an issue in this case, since only certain websites would be within the parameters of free access, so it is understandable why this is such a contentious issue. However, I think one of the strongest cases for Free Basics is simply that millions more people could have access to the Internet. Although Free Basics is not a perfect or altruistic solution, it is at the very least a partial solution for many people who would go from having no access to having some connection to the Internet in our web-driven world. Abigail Stratton is a Weinberg sophomore. She can be reached at abigailstratton2018@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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National News Why Snapchat and WhatsApp are bringing new features to messaging LOS ANGELES — One app to rule them all might be the future on smartphones, and if so, Snapchat knows it needs to bolster the features in its chat function. The Los Angeles startup appears to be doing just that, with software experts revealing big potential changes to Snapchat’s chat screen. If the details prove correct, Snapchat wants to bring audio calls and simpler video calling to a mostly text-based interface. It may also be possible soon to share digital sketches as well as images from a smartphone’s photo gallery. Snapchat users already collectively spend millions of hours a day on the app watching football highlights, reading news stories and posting pictures. But the company, like many of its rivals, wants even more time from its users and is targeting its chat function as one spot to lure them in. Last week, eagle-eyed software developers who regularly examine Snapchat’s programming code noticed references to the new calling and sharing features in what Snapchat had called “v2” of its chat window. The developers noted their findings on an online forum over the weekend, and the Los Angeles Times confirmed the information with one of them, Marcell Meszaros. He added that Snapchat also is testing a new video-editing tool that reverses playback. Snapchat has yet to announce such features and declined to comment. Such changes would make Snapchat’s chat box look a lot like Facebook Messenger. That’s not a surprise — the two technology rivals are battling for revenue from video advertising, regularly trumpeting the billions of views that videos on their respective services get each day. But to command more user attention and to diversify revenue, Facebook and Snapchat are counting on more than just video. Their ad businesses stand to grow more lucrative as users interact with their apps more, and bolstering chat features is one way to do it. Snapchat enables sharing of videos, photos and text; two users who are already simultaneously communicating by text in the app also may chat by video. But a growing list of apps — including Dubsmash, YouNow, Periscope and Unmute — are

peddling new ways for people to stay in touch. For instance, YouNow lets young musicians stream video of their practice sessions to thousands of people around the world and electronically collect cash tips from fans. For Snapchat to fend such services off, it has to find ways to fill in gaps such as live streaming and group chat. Facebook for its part plans to introduce ways for shops and companies to chat with individuals through its Messenger and WhatsApp chat apps. New Messenger features are expected to be announced at an April conference Facebook is hosting for software developers. Meanwhile, WhatsApp scrapped its initial business model last week, which was charging $1 annually. Now with nearly 1 billion users, WhatsApp plans to begin charging businesses a fee to directly offer users services like restaurant reservations or Uber pickups. Airlines and banks could also use the app to stay in touch with customers. The idea is for WhatsApp to become the center of people’s lives, pulling in features that might otherwise require downloading dozens of other apps. Analysts and technology experts are upbeat about this way of life taking off, citing how chat apps already dominate smartphone shopping in parts of Asia. Existing behavior also lines up with a one-appfor-all-needs existence: About 50 percent of the time U.S. adults spend on their smartphone occurs within their most-used app, according to research firm Comscore. Add in the next two most-used apps and it’s up to 80 percent, even though people on average use 25 apps a month. Chris Messina, a developer experience lead at ride-hailing firm Uber Technologies Inc., said in an online post last week that 2016 would be the year of “conversational commerce.” Chat apps, he said, could make it easier for consumers to try out new services — no entering credit card information over and over, for example, because it’s already saved. In addition, companies could launch new online services quicker. The system “promotes an entirely new era of lightweight experimentation,” Messina wrote. Still, tech watchers have been waiting for a wholesale transformation of popular chat apps for two years, with only limited initiatives so far. But even if the idea of a features-laden chat app doesn’t take off, whatever data Snapchat and Facebook get along the way could further fuel their advertising businesses by providing new insights about users’ habits and preferences. — Paresh Dave (Los Angeles Times/TNS)

Supreme Court offers 2nd chance to juvenile offenders serving life without parole WASHINGTON — Hundreds of inmates serving life without parole for crimes committed as juveniles in Pennsylvania, Missouri and other states could get a second chance at eventual freedom under a Supreme Court ruling Monday. In a 6-3 decision that united the court’s liberals with two Republican appointees, the court said an earlier ruling that banned mandatory life sentences for juveniles applied retroactively. The ruling means the affected inmates can seek resentencing or parole hearings. “Life without parole is an excessive sentence for children whose crimes reflect transient immaturity,” Justice Anthony Kennedy wrote. As a result, Kennedy added, “a hearing where ‘youth and its attendant characteristics’ are considered as sentencing factors is necessary to separate those juveniles who may be sentenced to life without parole from those who may not.” While the decision Monday applies nationwide, certain states might see an impact. Pennsylvania, in particular, had 482 inmates serving life without parole for crimes committed when they were juveniles, according to a legal brief filed last year. This was more than any other state, and it includes the likes of 78-yearold Joseph Ligon. An inmate at Graterford state prison, Ligon was convicted of a 1953 murder that occurred when he was 15. Missouri had 113 inmates in similar circumstances. All told, more than 2,000 inmates nationwide are serving life without parole for juvenile crimes, according to a legal brief filed last year. “Some of these people have already spent years, even decades in prison, they have grown up and matured in prison, contributing to their prison communities, some have mentored younger prisoners, some have earned an education or learned a trade,” Katherine Mattes, director of the Tulane Law School Criminal Litigation Clinic, said in a statement. Convening new hearings to re-examine these underlying cases will prove problematic, attorneys general for Texas, South Carolina, Kansas and 13 other states warned in a brief urging the court to reject the claim for retroactivity. “Requiring the states to resentence hundreds of offenders, many of whose crimes were committed decades ago, would undermine the community’s safety and would offend principles of

finality,” the states argued in the brief, led by Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette. The Supreme Court’s majority, though, reasoned that the constitutional logic of an earlier decision involving mandatory life sentences for juvenile crimes necessitated retroactive application. In a 2012 case called Miller v. Alabama, the court held that a juvenile convicted of a homicide offense could not be sentenced to life in prison without parole without considering the juvenile’s special circumstances, such as immaturity and potential for growth. The case decided Monday involved a Louisiana inmate named Henry Montgomery, convicted of a 1963 murder that occurred when he was 17. In the decision, written by Kennedy and joined by Chief Justice John Roberts Jr. along with four Democratic appointees, the court concluded that the requirement set forth in the Miller v. Alabama ruling was more than simply procedural. “Miller’s conclusion that the sentence of life without parole is disproportionate for the vast majority of juvenile offenders raises a grave risk that many are being held in violation of the Constitution,” Kennedy wrote. Kennedy further insisted that the ruling “does not impose an onerous burden on the states,” as full-bore resentencing hearings may not be necessary. Instead, he suggested, states could simply institute parole hearings. In Montgomery’s case, Kennedy noted, the 69-year-old inmate has attested to “his evolution from a troubled, misguided youth to a model member of the prison community.” The truth of that, Kennedy argued, can now be tested in a hearing. “Prisoners like Montgomery must be given the opportunity to show their crime did not reflect irreparable corruption; and, if it did not, their hope for some years of life outside prison walls must be restored,” Kennedy wrote. Justice Antonin Scalia, writing a dissent joined by Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito, termed the majority decision “nothing short of astonishing.” “In Godfather fashion, the majority makes state legislatures an offer they can’t refuse: Avoid all the utterly impossible nonsense we have prescribed by simply permitting juvenile homicide offenders to be considered for parole,” Scalia wrote. — Michael Doyle (McClatchy Washington Bureau/TNS)

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From page 1 cafe will be branded as Fran’s, he added. “The upshot of the conversation was that the expectation is that the same staff, same hours, same food services will be available at 1835 Hinman’s dining hall to ensure the continuity of experience for folks in Willard who decide to stay on for next year,” Zakarin said. Unrelated to the Willard move, Residential Services will be relocating the Community Service Officer desk at 1835 Hinman to another part of the building, Zakarin said. The move will make the Hinman dining hall and C-Store accessible to non-Hinman residents after dinner hours, he said. “We’re actually quite excited about the fact that 1835 Hinman’s dining hall will be home to four residential college dining spaces, and that even after hours we’re going to be able to offer this space, as well as services, for students to congregate,” Zarakin said. Although a space like Fran’s will exist at Hinman, the experience may not necessarily be the same,

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Sundays. Brillianteen coordinator Kelsey Kovacevich said she and the students felt a revue of select songs and dance numbers from the Brillianteen archive would be the most appropriate farewell to the program. “Basically what that means is we’re doing 24 songs from 17 different Brillianteen shows,” she said. “We think we’ve got a really nice representation of the program over the years.” Kovacevich said several alumni, some of whom went on to have careers in the arts, were also returning to participate in the final Brillianteen performance. Katie Tucker Trippi, director of alumni and development at the McGaw YMCA, grew up in Evanston and worked on crew for Brillianteen’s 1975-77 shows beginning in her sophomore year of high school. “I was very much actively involved in all kinds of things (at the YMCA), but Brillianteen attracted kids across the scope … that had never been involved in musical theatre at the high school,” Trippi said. “It was a great introduction to being on stage and learning how to be a leader.” The theatre program at ETHS is extremely competitive, Kovacevich said, and Brillianteen, a no-cut program, offered an opportunity for students who

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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 27, 2016 Field said. Options to incorporate elements of the Willard dining experience in next year’s late-night cafe are being explored. “We will definitely have the sandwiches, the milkshakes, but where it is in the future, it’s not going to necessarily be the same atmosphere that you get in Willard right now with the fireplace and all the soft seating,” Field said. Weinberg freshman Dante Gilmer said he goes to Fran’s four to five times a week. He said the establishment of a similar concept in a different location would garner a different crowd and experience. “The environment would change no matter what, but if we weren’t to have one or some form of substitute that’d be way more disappointing,” Gilmer said. Although there may be a shift in atmosphere, Field said the changing location may also offer an opportunity for growth. A new kitchen could allow for additional menu items that were limited in the Willard kitchen, he said. “We intend to improve upon (Fran’s), not cut back or curtail in any way,” Field said. kellinguyen2019@u.northwestern.edu

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From page 1 some, but he said businesses are able to use their own signage as long as it meets ordinance requirements. “It’s iconography, that’s the issue,” Bobkiewicz said. “(Staff) looked at what other communities were using. As long as people understand the intent, the sign can be whatever the sign can be.” Transgender activist and star of the Freeform television program “Becoming Us” Carly Lehwald said she was consulted by city staff during the passing of the ordinance about the signage requirements. Lehwald, who now lives in Chicago, said when she was in Evanston, she did not witness any significant pushback against the ordinance and thinks all public restrooms should eventually be classified as gender neutral. “The whole bathroom thing needs to be debunked and demystified,” Lehwald said. “It’s completely overrated. It is genitalia focused. It is

gender focused. It is this big hypermasculinized fear America has.” She said although there have not been any major complaints from the Evanston community, the issues surrounding gender neutral signage are just the beginning of progress for the transgender community in Evanston and other locations. She said she had recently visited a building where every restroom was gender neutral and no issues resulted from the setup. “All restrooms should be gender neutral,” Lehwald said. “No more urinals. People should be able to go into a locked stall by themselves and have it be normal.” Bobkiewicz said the ordinance is meant to help transgender residents in the Evanston community feel more secure about their place in the community and their identities. “Certainly (Evanston) is a community that’s known for being very tolerant and very progressive and we want people to feel comfortable here,” he said. elenasucharetza2018@u.northwestern.edu

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could not get involved in theatre at school to explore it elsewhere. “We get the kids who otherwise wouldn’t be able to be involved in a play or a musical if they were only participating in things at the high school, so we’re fortunate to provide that opportunity to these students,” Kovacevich said. When considering the future of Brillianteen, Sowle said one of the major problems was that volunteers could become too hands-on in the production process. She said in the past five years, YMCA organizers urged the volunteers to let students assume full leadership of the program, a change which has mostly taken effect. However, Sowle said efforts to diversify the program through recruiting participants from all backgrounds and featuring a wide range of plays had not been as successful as organizers hoped. “Even with all that, it still doesn’t look like Evanston,” she said. “So that was one of the factors in our decision to end this program.” Sowle also said there had been a “long association of kids in Brillianteen and underage teen drinking.” YMCA staff had made a point to discuss individually with each participant expectations of the program, an effort which Sowle said helped, but didn’t curb the behavior to the extent they had hoped it would. “We know that there are fewer parties and we

know that kids don’t drink more during the Brillianteen season, which was happening,” she said. “But again, we didn’t move far enough.” Trippi said she felt the program’s struggles with diversity were more critical to its downfall than underage drinking, which she said happens irrespective of Brillianteen’s existence. “I don’t think it has as much to do with Brillianteen as it has to do with teenagers in Evanston … but it definitely was part of the decision around (ending) Brillianteen,” Trippi said. “Mostly I think the Brillianteen decision had to do more with the kids that it was serving. The participation had dwindled in recent years and … even though the staff at the (YMCA) had focused the program to serve more diversity … that wasn’t happening.” Brillianteen’s impact on Evanston youth has been signficant throughout its run, Sowle said. She said the program would be missed by both YMCA staff and the community at large. “For 80 of them, this is kind of a nice thing in their life and it’s not that important,” Sowle said. “For 20 of them, it’s huge and you get to see these kids who maybe have never had a leadership role. … You see them grow over the course of this relatively short thing. It’s transformative.” mpage@u.northwestern.edu

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university. FSU will pay Kinsman $250,000, according to a release from the university. The school will pay her attorneys an additional $700,000. “Although we regret we will never be able to tell our full story in court, it is apparent that a trial many months from now would have left FSU fighting over the past rather than looking toward its very bright

future,” FSU President John Thrasher said in a statement. “We have decided to instead move forward even though we have full faith that the ultimate outcome of a trial would have been consistent with the previous law enforcement investigations and retired Supreme Court Justice Major Harding’s findings in the student conduct hearing.” Kinsman’s attorneys stated the lump sum payment

of $950,000 is the largest in history to a single plaintiff to settle Title IX discrimination claims of this kind for a school’s indifference to a plaintiff ’s sexual assault. “I’ll always be disappointed that I had to leave the school I dreamed of attending since I was little,” Kinsman said in a statement.

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From page 8 continued in the Big Ten opener at Nebraska, it seems the team began to believe it would keep working against even marquee opponents. This belief proved wrong. NU has shot poorly since defeating Nebraska, finishing below 39 percent from the field in four of its last seven contests. The winter-long slump of Demps, the constant revolving door of big men and the absence of Law have all contributed to the team’s shooting problems, but an offensive team that’s not playing well offensively is always destined to fail. Schuman: The Cats were doomed when Law was ruled out for the season. It’s hard to know how good he would’ve been, but expectations for the forward were high. Many of NU’s issues — a lack of secondary playmaking around sophomore guard Bryant McIntosh and Demps, a dearth of defensive presence on the perimeter and a deficit of athleticism against top teams — are holes Law could’ve reasonably filled. Instead, the Cats have struggled to find ways to score against

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on the tournament bubble. The Cats host Iowa on Sunday and will travel to both Rutgers and Nebraska in February. All three of those teams have top-60 RPIs and are among the last teams currently projected to make the tournament, according to the most recent projections from both College Sports Madness and ESPN. NU will also play Illinois, Penn State and Wisconsin, teams with losing overall records sitting outside of the RPI top 100. The Cats will host Michigan and Minnesota, a pair of teams with top-100 RPI marks, but still behind NU’s ranking. The Cats’ remaining 10 regular season games break down essentially into three categories, by RPI: games against elite teams, games against teams of NU’s caliber and games against teams ranked well below the Cats. Even if NU finishes the season 8-2 to enter the Big Ten Tournament 21-9, the Cats, barring another signature win over Ohio State or Maryland, may not have a strong enough portfolio to earn an NCAA tournament berth. Although the regular season offers only

athletic defenses, and NU’s defense hasn’t held up against top outside threats. Without Law, the Cats simply don’t have the horses to hang with the conference’s best. 3. How far away are the Cats from being a tournament team? Pope: Optimism will inevitably surge again by next autumn, especially if this year’s squad manages to qualify for at least the NIT. The Cats’ tournament chances may be higher than ever before next season, but they definitely won’t be guaranteed a berth. McIntosh and freshman forward Aaron Falzon will need to be more consistent top scorers. Law will have to shake a year’s worth of rust. Freshman center Dererk Pardon will have to replace the contributions of Olah and graduate transfer center Joey van Zegeren. And the entire team will have to create a more cohesive, less chaotic defensive scheme. The path to a tournament berth will be clearer than ever, but it won’t necessarily be easier. Schuman: NU is further than many fans would like to admit from its first bid to the NCAAs. McIntosh’s strong play and Pardon’s limited opportunities for NU to enhance its resume, the Big Ten Tournament in Indianapolis may offer the team one last opportunity. If the Cats play well in Indianapolis, they could knock off a quality team or two and make a positive last impression in the minds of selection committee members. Should NU run the table and win the event, it would earn the Big Ten’s automatic berth to the NCAAs. But with seven losses already and few strong victories, a Cats loss to a team like Minnesota or Penn State — teams that have already beaten NU this season — could doom the Cats’ tournament hopes. Ultimately, the Cats need to win. At this point in the season, every win will help NU’s tournament chances, and every loss will hurt them. The Cats will need to stem the tide of their three-game losing streak and return to the form they showed early in the non-conference season. Now, however, the schedule is less friendly than it was in November. NU must rise to the challenge, or it could be staying home come March. colepaxton2019@u.northwestern.edu

emergence this season, coupled with Law’s return and another solid incoming recruiting class, will have hopes high for a tournament run next season. But the Cats will again be relying on too many players next season who have obvious holes in their games, whether it’s defense or shooting or ball-handling, and that will make it tough to dictate terms against the top teams in the Big Ten as a tournament team should. Twice against Maryland, NU’s offense grinded to a halt thanks to a lack of players who could credibly attack off the dribble, and Indiana exposed the Cats’ defensive weakness on the perimeter while also getting into the paint repeatedly. On the surface, the talent level in the program is rising, but until NU can field a squad of wellrounded players that can win their individual matchups both ways every night, the team will struggle to break its tournament drought. Jochnau: I’m cautiously pegging them to contend next year. It’s a long shot, but after seeing the team beat Wisconsin with Demps struggling and Olah out, and then take Maryland to overtime with minimal contributions from both seniors, I don’t see the duo’s looming

departure to be a sign of impending doom for the Cats in 2016-17. In fact, it will open the door for other players — improved players — to make bigger splashes. In addition to Law’s return, McIntosh will be even more experienced and freshmen Falzon and Pardon should return with greater confidence with a year under their belts. Will that result in Falzon becoming more consistent from 3, or Pardon taking the next step and becoming a day-to-day two-way post option? Time will tell — though some, including myself, would argue the latter is a near guarantee. A lot rides on whether incoming freshman center Barret Benson can give NU another talent in the post, and whether the rest of the class — forward Rapolas Ivanauskas and guard Isiah Brown — can provide the Cats with shot creators and depth. But with added experience, the team will be an improved version of itself next year and will find itself in a position to qualify for the tournament. garrettjochnau2019@u.northwestern.edu benjaminpope2019@u.northwestern.edu maxschuman2018@u.northwestern.edu

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DRIVE TO DANCE Nia Coffey handles the ball. The junior forward has had a big season for the Wildcats, but struggles at the start of the conference season have dealt a blow to NU’s NCAA Tournament hopes.

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With 10 games remaining for Northwestern in the 2015-16 regular season, the Daily’s men’s basketball reporters gathered to discuss the Wildcats’ postseason potential, the season thus far and the future ahead. 1. Where will the Cats finish in regards to the NCAA Tournament? Max Schuman: They’ll finish far away from the tournament bubble. Speculation before the season pegged NU as needing upwards of 20 wins

and a few signature victories in the Big Ten to be considered for a berth, given the team’s weak nonconference schedule. At 15-6 with 10 games remaining in the regular season, the Cats will have to play nearly perfect basketball the rest of the way and upset teams like No. 12 Michigan State and No. 3 Iowa for resume-boosting quality wins, to reach that mark and have any chance. Anybody who has watched the team knows that’s unlikely. Garrett Jochnau: NU will end the season on the bubble but will ultimately be among the first teams out. An easy non-conference campaign gave the Cats a strong foundation to perhaps finally break the program’s

infamous cold spell, but the Big Ten schedule exposed NU to still be a step or two away. The team needs a signature win on top of its victory over Wisconsin in order to catch the committee’s attention, but after a loss to a mediocre Penn State team, not only does a win like that seem unlikely, but it might not even be enough. Expect the Cats to find themselves in the NIT Tournament instead. Ben Pope: They’ll finish below the tournament bubble. NU’s 2-5 record in its last seven Big Ten games has left the team’s NCAA Tournament hopes reliant on an incredible stretch run. The team will likely need an 11-7 conference record or better to

receive a bid; they’ll have to go 8-2 or better from here out to get there. The schedule does get easier. Their final four home games — Minnesota, Illinois, Rutgers and Nebraska — are all very winnable. But the Cats will need to upset at least one of Michigan State, Iowa and Purdue and win all of the others. Ultimately, I can’t see such a fantastic stretch becoming a reality. 2. What went wrong this season? Jochnau: NU was not a tournament team this year, and even though a padded non-conference campaign gave them cushion, the stars still would have had to align for this team to make the tournament. They didn’t. Sophomore forward Vic Law

was ruled out for the season with a shoulder injury before it began, senior guard Tre Demps emerged as an inferior version of his 201415 self and senior center Alex Olah missed six games with a foot injury and was limited in two more. On top of that, shooters haven’t been shooting well and the defense is still going through growing pains. A lot went wrong this season, but no single circumstance will keep the Cats out of the tournament. Pope: The Cats rolled through their non-conference schedule by shooting efficiently against very inferior opponents. After this trend » See 3-ON-3, page 7

Women’s Basketball

Slow conference start jeopardizes Cats’ NCAA bid NU running low on chances to impress selection committee By COLE PAXTON

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In its quest for a second consecutive NCAA tournament berth, Northwestern missed an opportunity last week. Had the Wildcats (13-7, 2-6 Big Ten) defeated Minnesota and Indiana, they would have picked up two wins against teams ranked in the RPI top 100 and evened its Big Ten record at 4-4. Instead, NU lost both games. After starting the year 10-0, the Cats are scuffling, having gone just 3-7 in their last 10 games and losing to four unranked opponents already in Big Ten play. With just a single top25 win over then-No. 5 Ohio State and losses mounting, NU may need a late-season charge to return to the NCAA Tournament for a second consecutive season. With a No. 70 ranking as of Tuesday afternoon in RPI, a composite ranking the tournament committee relies upon heavily, and a 64-team

tournament field, the Cats would seem to be in decent shape on first glance. However, automatic bids are awarded to the champions of all 32 conference tournaments, significantly trimming the number of berths available to at-large teams, squads that do not earn the automatic bids. As of Tuesday, 15 conferences had no teams within the top 64 in RPI, meaning that, more or less, the top 50 teams according to RPI will earn tournament berths. Based on that metric, the Cats’ current resume would most likely not earn them an at-large berth in the tournament if the season ended today. Bracket analysts agree. NU was among the first eight teams left out of College Sports Madness’ projected bracket released Sunday, the first time all season the Cats were not listed in the website’s projections. Charlie Creme of ESPN listed NU as among the “First Four Out” of his projection Monday. As the Cats are on a three-game losing streak and have lost several games to currently unranked opponents, bad losses might seem a primary culprit for their drop in bracket predictions. NU, however, has just one loss against a team outside the RPI top 100: its Big Ten opener against Penn State, presently No. 130.

Instead, the team that opened the season No. 19 in the AP poll and rose as high as No. 12 is suffering from a lack of RPI top-100 wins. The win over Ohio State and an early January victory against Nebraska, No. 59 in RPI, mark the Cats’ only wins against top 100 teams. The Cats also played three nonconference games against teams with RPI rankings below 275. An alarming number of games against teams ranked that low since there are 349 Division I women’s basketball teams. Last season, NU won nine games against top-100 RPI teams and six against top-50 opponents en route to a No. 7 seed in the NCAA Tournament. This year, the team is rapidly running out of chances to match those totals. Snagging a victory or two over teams at the top of the Big Ten would strengthen the Cats’ resume. But although NU travels to No. 7 Ohio State on Thursday and hosts No. 5 Maryland in a few weeks, it has no games remaining against No. 18 Michigan State and Purdue, the teams currently third and fourth in the Big Ten standings. Both the Spartans and Boilermakers defeated the Cats. NU will have a handful of opportunities to defeat teams projected to be » See NCAA HOPES, page 7

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BUBBLE POPPED These are the teams with the best RPI ranking that didn’t make the NCAA Tournament in the last five seasons. Currently sitting at No. 70, Northwestern is significantly lower in the RPI rankings than any of these teams.