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Qatar Foundation contradicts NU-Q Customs, not safety cited for Mashrou’ Leila relocation By TROY CLOSSON
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After Northwestern University in Qatar canceled an event over the weekend featuring a prominent Lebanese band whose lead singer is openly gay, following online backlash to their appearance, the Qatar Foundation contradicted the University’s explanation for the talk’s relocation, according to a Reuters report. Members of the indie rock band Mashrou’ Leila were set to take part in a discussion about “media revolutions in the Middle East” at the campus on Tuesday. The group was scheduled to speak as part of a talk entitled “Language and the Rhythm of the Street” hosted by NU-Q’s Media Majlis, a museum that examines and leads discussions on content of media, journalism and communication. NU spokesperson Jon Yates told The Daily said in a
Monday statement the University and band “mutually agreed” on the decision to cancel the Qatar campus event and relocate to Evanston “out of abundance of caution due to several factors, including safety concerns for the band and our community.” However, Reuters reported Wednesday that the Qatar Foundation cited contradictory reasons for the event’s cancelation. The organization has not returned request for comment from The Daily, but a foundation spokesperson told Reuters that “we place the utmost importance on the safety of our community and currently do not have any safety or security concerns.” “We also place the very highest value on academic freedom and the open exchange of knowledge, ideas and points of view in the context of Qatari laws as well as the country’s cultural and social customs,” the spokesman told the international news organization. “This particular event was cancelled due to the fact that it patently did not correlate with this context.” » See NU-Q, page 6
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Protesters at an evening rally at Fountain Square. Evanston residents gathered to protest Trump’s acquittal after votes were held in the Senate on Wednesday.
Residents rally against acquittal
“No president is above the law:” Trump trial sparks civic action in city By SAMANTHA AGUILAR
the daily northwestern @samanthaguilar7
Chanting “no president is above the law,” Evanston residents
gathered at Fountain Square on Wednesday to protest the Senate’s acquittal of President Donald Trump. The House of Representatives voted to impeach Trump seven weeks ago on abuse of power and
obstruction of Congress charges. Trump’s lawyer, Alan Dershowitz, said the Senate cannot impeach a president acting in the country’s best interest, hoping to drum up acquittal support. He said Trump believed re-election was in the
country’s best interest. More than 200 “Reject the Cover-Up” protests were held nationwide Wednesday following Trump’s acquittal after a quick » See RALLY, page 6
Prof. outlines history of journalism at NU Coronavirus not risk Medill’s Roger Boye spoke for informal 99th anniversary event By SPENCER ALLAN
the daily northwestern @spencerlallan
Medill prof. Roger Boye spoke to students and faculty Wednesday in the McCormick Foundation Center about the history of the journalism school. Boye’s talk, “Medill’s (Almost) 100 Years in 100 Pictures,” was an informal celebration of the journalism school’s 99th anniversary and an analysis of how Northwestern’s journalism program succeeded while others failed to take hold at private universities. “The question was, is journalism a vocational education or is it worthy of a college?” Boye said. “Certainly private universities wouldn’t say so.” When Medill was founded in February 1921, it was one of the only journalism programs offered by a private university. Today, NU is the only school on U.S. News & World Report’s Top 20 Colleges list that has a major undergraduate journalism program, the product of Chicago Tribune reporter Eddie Doherty’s efforts to start a school for reporters in Chicago.
to Evanston: Experts Feinberg Prof. says Chicagoans shouldn’t worry
By GABRIELLE RANCIFER
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McCormick Foundation Center. Boye’s talk Wednesday discussed the history of Northwestern’s almost 100-year-old journalism program.
Another part of the talk focused on the evolution of Medill’s program. Boye showed photos taken of the school’s first newsroom in Evanston, located in the
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attic of NU’s Old Gymnasium building. Over time, the school grew and gained additions such as a television studio and wire room, where Boye said he had a work-study
job maintaining the machines. Boye went on to serve first as a professor and later as an assistant dean at Medill. » See BOYE, page 6
Even though the novel coronavirus has crept into five states — including Illinois — members of the Evanston community remain unfazed. Weeks ago, the coronavirus, a disease also known as 2019nCoV and that has less extreme symptomatic similarities to SARS, remained confined to Wuhan, China. As of Tuesday, the virus had infected 24,607 individuals in more than 20 countries. The majority of the cases came from mainland China, but there are currently 12 documented in the United States, two of which are in the Chicago area — the first person-to-person transmission of the disease in the U.S. Devanee Washington, a food scientist and nutritionist who lives in Chicago, said it was “reassuring” to find out that the cases in Chicago required close personto-person contact to transfer the virus, so she’s more focused on other illnesses that have higher mortality rates. “In the past month, strep and
flu have been more of a concern to me and that they’re commonly spread,” Washington said. “I’m telling my husband...to be careful because he’s a frequent flyer.” Feinberg Prof. Karla Satchell, who teaches microbiology and immunology and receives funding from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases to research 2019-nCoV, said people in the Chicago area should not be afraid of catching the disease. “The case arrived and was caught very quickly,” Satchell said. “The risk is very low of contracting this, and the public should view the risk as low because (officials) were able to very quickly contain the single case and all the surrounding contacts.” Satchell is also the co-director of the Center for Structural Genomics of Infectious Disease in Chicago, where she does more research on diseases like the coronavirus. Satchell said that drug development for coronavirus treatment would stem from SARS research and take months rather than years. She said the flu virus currently poses the greatest threat to local residents, and encouraged people to receive vaccinations and to wash their hands. Robert Murphy, the executive » See CORONAVIRUS, page 6
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City to work on habitat restoration in north beach area By MEHER YEDA
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Evanston is removing dead and dying trees as well as non-native vegetation from the Lighthouse Beach area to improve the environment for wildlife and enhance visitor safety. Restoration work began Jan. 21 and encompasses the Lighthouse Beach dunes and Jens Jensen Council Circle, which is part of the Harley Clarke Mansion. According to City Arborist and Forestry Supervisor Michael Callahan, restoration efforts began by removing a group of ash trees around the Council Circle that invasive emerald ash borer beetles had killed or damaged. “Since we had to bring equipment in, and we had to be into the area, we had identified the dune area as an area of potential habitat restoration or improvement,” Callahan said. The city plans to install both dune plants and plants corresponding with the area bird sanctuary, Callahan said. He added that the city also wants to implement nest boxes for screech owls and other small birds of prey. According to a news release, crews also plan to address soil erosion around the Council Circle, but will not expand the work onto the Harley Clarke Mansion’s manicured grounds. Callahan said while the city hasn’t developed a long-term plan yet, it intends to put in some native vegetation, as well as vegetation from the original Harley Clarke Mansion design. Natural Habitat Evanston Co-Lead Leslie Shad said habitat preservation also aids insects,
POLICE BLOTTER Woman arrested for battery A 38-year-old Evanston woman was arrested Tuesday and charged with battery. The incident occured in the 1700 block of Hartrey Avenue at around 9 a.m., and
emphasizing a drastic decline in insect biomass worldwide. “Everyone knows that when you drive two hours someplace when you were a kid, there were insects spattered all over your windshield.” Leslie Shad said. “That doesn’t happen anymore. Now you can drive even from Ohio, and I got maybe three spatters, three bugs, hit my windshield?” According to Shad, the loss of insects — especially pollinators — affects more than humans. Other species, such as birds, are also heavily impacted, with the songbird population declining by nearly 30 percent since the 1970s. Shad said a “pollinator pledge” that residents could implement reducing their environmental impact could help protect insect populations. “The idea is that we leave the leaves; we leave plant stalks,” she said. “We reduce our lawns so we have less mowing, less leaf blowing, and reduce our light pollution, because that also impacts bugs.” In terms of habitat preservation within city limits, Shad said NHE is encouraging volunteers to help remove invasive species and plant new vegetation in parks. She added that NHE, along with Ladd Arboretum, has also been raising seedlings and distributing trees around parks. Callahan said the restoration has received mostly positive feedback, but he has heard concerns about the number and type of plants the city is removing. “Anytime you’re doing this type of work, it’s always going to be dramatic, initially,” Callahan said. “But as things start to grow, and they start to fill in, then people become more accustomed to it.” meheryeda2023@u.northwestern.edu Evanston police Cmdr. Brian Henry said it was a physical altercation between three neighbors. Henry said the 38-year-old instigated the attack, which also involved a 20-year-old woman and an 18-year-old woman. A court date has been set for March 11.
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Grosse Point Lighthouse. The Lighthouse Beach area will undergo restoration work that includes the Lighthouse Beach dunes and Jens Jensen Council Circle.
Man arrested for retail theft
A 48-year-old Evanston man was arrested Tuesday for retail theft from the Cost Plus World Market, 1725 Maple Ave. Henry said EPD has been working on the case since October 2019, when the store first brought the theft to EPD’s attention. Police said the man has
taken items on multiple occasions and attempted to return them for reimbursement. Henry said the store suspected the man of theft more than once, but employees were able to provide surveillance footage to EPD detectives, which led to the arrest.
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Silverstein talks research on prewar Syria By ANUSHUYA THAPA
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The Global Café hosted a discussion on “War and Music in Syria” with Communication prof. Shayna Silverstein Wednesday at the Center for International and Area Studies. The event consisted of a roundtable dinner discussion where Silverstein discussed her research on the politics and aesthetics of music in Syria and the Middle East. Silverstein showed various art pieces including performance art, dance and music rooted in Middle Eastern culture and politics. A piece by Mithkal Alzghair, a Syrian dancer, showed performers dancing Dabke, a Levantine folk dance traditionally associated with weddings and community gatherings. The piece featured little music, instead focusing on a repetitive footwork routine. Silverstein said this performance was a way to express the choreographer’s frustrations with media representations of Syrian refugees. “He created this work in order to say, ‘Here I am as a Syrian, and I am performing in front of you, and I want you to engage with me and with my corporeal form, my body,’” Silverstein said. “‘So that means listening to my feet stomp on the floor, that means hearing me breathe while I go through the labor of performing for you.’” After Silverstein’s presentation, students asked about European influences in the politicization of art and Silverstein’s interest in Syria. Silverstein said her interest in the Middle East came from the post-9/11 political atmosphere in which she began graduate school. Silverstein started studying Arabic. She later traveled to Syria and became interested in classical Arab art music known as Tarab. “I wanted to know more about who is the perceived enemy of the forever war,” Silverstein said. Lekisha Gunn, a graduate student and Global Café mentor, said “War and Music in Syria” had the biggest turnout of the winter quarter event series. Communication sophomore Karina Patel was
among the attendees and said she had previously attended a talk given by Tania El Khoury, a performance artist whose work was mentioned during the event. El Khoury, who focuses on interactivity and the political potential of art, came to Northwestern in April 2019 to give an artist talk. “The best part was watching all the different examples of different forms of art that I would have never come across,” Patel said. Communication sophomore Claire Kwon said she was interested in the event because she came from a dance background. “I love learning about new dance styles,” Kwon said. “Especially how traditional dance styles can be taken and modernized, and seeing how different influences can add to those styles.”
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The Global Café event series, which occurs every Wednesday night, features professors from different departments. On Feb. 16 the series will feature Weingberg prof. Ji-Yeon Yuh, who will discuss the global consequences of the Korean War. Gunn said Global Café’s talks invite students and professors to build relationships with each other by talking about their projects and research. Maria De Simone, another mentor at Global Café, said working as a mentor gave her more opportunities to build relationships with undergraduates. As mentors, De Simone and Gunn hold office hours and talk to students about fellowship and research opportunities as well as career trajectories.
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Alums star in upcoming Chicago Music Theatre Festival By JORDAN MANGI
the daily northwestern @jordanrose718
What do time travel, edibles and parallel universes have in common? They are all the subjects of new musicals premiering this week and the next at the Chicago Musical Theatre Festival, many of which feature the work of Northwestern alumni and current students. Produced by the Underscore Theatre Company, the festival is in its sixth year. It presents new musicals by emerging artists and keeps costs low by sharing resources among the shows. In recent years, the company has added a judging component, with all eight shows receiving feedback from industry professionals, according to the press preview.
Taylor Stark (Communication ‘19) directed “Baked! The Musical,” a standout from the preview. Communication juniors Mary Tomei and Michael Daalder assistant directed and stagemanaged the show, respectively. The musical, which features an all-Asian cast, follows overachiever Jane Huang as she and her friends sell edible-marijuana versions of her family’s pastries to raise money for her college tuition. “It truly is a fun production that touches on the heart of family, of friendship, of cultural significance,” Yuchi Chiu (Communication ‘14), who plays one of Jane’s friends, said. “It tells a personal story about a culture that is so real to so many people, and it is definitely something worth watching.” Zach Barr (Communication ‘17) directed “Double Vision” for the festival, which features two Northwestern grads, Nina Jayashankar and
Ethan Carlson (both Communication ‘18). The musical follows astrophysics Ph.D. student Luke as he opens a wormhole and finds aspiring screenwriter Sam on the other side. “Beneath the sci-fi veneer that is very quirky and out of the box, there is a very human and relatable story underneath it,” Barr said. The actors and directors said a compelling part of the festival is getting to work on new musicals that are developed and edited during the rehearsal process. Many of the shows have already had workshops, but the festival is the first time they have been fully-staged. “When you’re working on something new, the scripts could change, your songs can change, (and) material you’re very attached to can get cut to serve the story,” Jayashankar said. “You have to be open and malleable to making changes on
the fly, even as material you end up performing is different from what you started with. As an actor, it’s a really exciting challenge.” Other shows that involve Northwestern alumni include “Billy and the Potato Powered Time Machine” which stars Elijah Warfield (Communication ‘19) as Billy, and “Verve” which Mo Yeh (Communication ‘19) music directs. Warfield said his Northwestern education has been vital in helping him prepare for his work at the Festival. “It completely shifted how I viewed working in theater,” Warfield said. “Northwestern really puts a beautiful work ethic in you in how you approach a show. They tell you how to take care of the work as well as how to take care of yourself.” jordanmangi2023@u.northwestern.edu
Q&A: Lindsay Utz talks Miss Americana, American Factory By REBECCA AIZIN
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When she was just a girl who liked to write, Lindsay Utz could have never predicted that one day she would be in the editing studio with iconic pop star Taylor Swift. Utz said she “wore lots of hats” in college, but quickly realized her passion for editing. Now, Utz is an award-winning editor, and is nominated for an Oscar for her work on “American Factory,” a documentary that chronicles the lives of workers at a reopened Chineseowned factory. Her most recent work includes “Miss Americana,” a documentary following the peaks and pitfalls of fame and being Taylor Swift. The Daily spoke to Utz about her career and process as an editor. The conversation has been edited for brevity and clarity. The Daily: What was your inspiration to become an editor? Utz: I always knew my passion was in the editing room and I eventually made the leap into cutting feature films, and that’s what I’ve been doing for the last over 10 years. The Daily: What’s your favorite part about it? Utz: Once I discovered editing, it was like writing but with a lot more tools in your toolkit. I could write with music, performance, dialogue, textures and sounds, and that was very exciting to me. Documentary editing is a form of writing because there is no script, so when we enter the edit we’re really writing the film there. Documentary editors are crafting a story after the footage has been shot, so my interest in writing led me to editing. The Daily: How did you get involved with
“American Factory?” Utz: I was at a film festival with Quest, a film I had cut prior, and after a Q&A, Julia Reichert, one of the directors, came up to me and she was very interested in me and my work. She said she had a big project she was working on. We kept talking and there’s a dance that happens at the beginning where you have to assess if all the right pieces are in place. I have to like the material and it has to resonate with me, so I looked at the raw footage they had already shot,, and it did. The Daily: What did the process of editing “American Factory” look like for you? Utz: I cut the film in Evanston, not far from Northwestern, where I also cut Quest. I had a little studio over on Sherman (Avenue) and Main Street. For a few months in the summer, in the lead up to the Sundance submission, I went to Yellow Springs, Ohio where the (directors) live but otherwise I was in Chicago. It was a mix of working together and apart. The Daily: Can you tell me about the moment you found out you were nominated for an Oscar? Utz: I woke up really early because they announced it at 5:30 in the morning in LA. I was just streaming it on my computer. I was with my husband, and of course we jumped up and down. It was very emotional, I think I cried. I called my directors and we FaceTimed, got on the phone and talked to my whole team. We were really emotional because it’s such a long road to make a whole film, and for me just editing was over a year and a half. There’s so much passion, energy and time that goes into something so when you get that kind of recognition of course it’s thrilling. The Daily: What’s this Oscars weekend looking like for you? Utz: Sunday we go to the Oscars! It’s really exciting, a number of the factory workers are
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The editor worked on the Netflix films “American Factory” and “Miss Americana.
going to be there so it’ll be really lovely to have not only the crew together, but also some of the characters in the film. The Daily: Let’s talk a little bit about the Taylor Swift documentary. Did you get to meet Taylor Swift? Utz: Yes! She came a couple times to my editing room. She’s lovely. She gave the director and me total freedom, and let us lead the way in terms of crafting the creative direction of the film. It’s amazing for someone as famous as her to do that, and I think really brave of her. It’s incredible
how willing she was to be vulnerable on camera and open her life up in a real way when she didn’t really need to. I was very excited to work on the project because of all the young women I think it’s going to reach and the ideas that are baked within it, ideas of not only what it’s like to be famous, but what it’s like to be a woman. Her story can resonate with other women, so I was very excited to embark on building up those ideas. rebeccaaizin2023@u.northwestern.edu
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Students start Friends Who Earring, give back all proceeds By NEYA THANIKACHALAM
daily senior staffer @neyachalam
When SESP sophomores Claire Koster and Cate Durudogan were developing their earring business, they went through a lot of potential names. Possibilities included Claire’s Ear Party, Smiling Ear Party and various social justice-themed labels — not all of them winners. But one of them came up with Friends Who Earring, and the moniker has stuck. The business got its start when Koster showed Durudogan earrings she had made over winter break last year. After they met up at the beginning of Winter Quarter 2019, Koster taught Durudogan how to make them, and they were “addicted.” Koster, jokingly, made an Instagram account for the earrings, and the two began to post about them. They would wear the earrings regularly and gift them to their friends, but they hadn’t started selling them at that point. “I would go into the common room of my dorm with just a Ziploc bag full of [earrings] and just force them on people,” Koster said. Now the business has taken off — Friends Who Earring has over 1000 followers on Instagram and
an Etsy account that ships Koster and Durudogan’s creations all over the nation. However, Koster and Durudogan don’t make any profit off of the earrings they sell. All their proceeds are donated, and go toward a different organization each month. Friends Who Earring has donated to organizations like the National Queer and Trans Therapists of Color Network last June, in honor of Pride Month, and the Refugee and Immigrant Center for Education and Legal Services. All their proceeds from January are going toward fire support in Australia. “Activism can take many forms, and money talks,” Koster said. “But there are so many ways to engage with issues that you care about, like buying earrings. What a lovely way to support organizations that you care about.” Each month, when selecting an organization, Koster and Durudogan go through a “vetting process.” They try to look for organizations that are community-centric rather than larger international organizations. In September, when they decided to donate to an organization that would help fight the fires in the Amazon, Koster and Durudogan chose Associação Floresta Protegida, a nonprofit that represents indigenous communities. They did run into some
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Koster and Durudogan make earrings. The two SESP sophomores founded Friends Who Earring.
communication and transactional difficulties when transferring the money — the organization was based in Brazil — but ultimately, the group better aligned with the values that they wanted to support. “It was worth it, in my opinion,” Durudogan said. “Because reading about them, you saw exactly what they were able to accomplish. And it matched their needs more directly, and they were very clear about that.” As their earring business has expanded, Weinberg
sophomore Francesca Rosen, who often helps during the earring-making process, said she found it especially interesting to see the evolution of both their styles. “Especially in the beginning, Claire would make some when she was just making (earrings) by herself and then, Cate would start making a style and then (Claire would) be like ‘Ooh, I like that,’ and start doing it,” Rosen said. “They’ve definitely done that to each other, which is a bit fun to see. There’s some that are kind of hybrids of each other’s types.” Koster and Durudogan said they never planned to make a business — both of them are training to be teachers. But Koster said it’s just an indication of “the weird things that life takes you to.” However, both said they are glad they were able to find such a rewarding, creative outlet. They added that one of the best parts about seeing the earrings (and the people that wear them) around campus is the sense of community they feel with their customers. “(I) feel more at home seeing people wearing earrings that I made and them not knowing me but I know them,” Durudogan said. “That’s awesome, and then if I have the moxie that day to introduce myself and be like, ‘Actually, I made those earrings, I’m Kate,’ then it’s like (I’ve made) a new friend.” neyathanikachalam2022@u.northwestern.edu
Field Museum shows African American taxidermist’s work By AARON WANG
the daily northwestern @aaronwang3257
Sifting through the archival record on the Field Museum’s history, exhibition developer Tori Lee was startled by an image of an African American man in the 1950s. On the edge of a marsh diorama, the man was painting a lily pad in the photo, bringing the East African habitat to life. “A million questions flashed through my mind,” Lee said. “How in the world did a black man become a taxidermist back then? The Field Museum wasn’t known for being inclusive in that time period. I had to figure out who this was.” After months of interviews and extensive research, Lee and her co-workers unearthed the hidden past of Carl Cotton, the museum’s first African American taxidermist from the late 1940s. Cotton’s life is being highlighted in the newest exhibition “A Natural Talent:
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Carl Cotton. The Field Museum is highlighting the life of Cotton, their first black taxidermist.
The Taxidermy of Carl Cotton.”As part of Black History Month, the show features letters, photos and footage along with Cotton’s realistic animal forms, tracing the artist’s lifelong devotion to art and nature.
Through sleuthing in the archives and scouring the Internet for family members, Lee said she was able to trace Cotton’s story since his childhood on Chicago’s South Side, where he became fascinated with preserving animals and stuffing squirrels, birds and family pets at an early age. Lee discovered letters that documented Cotton’s path to the Field Museum after his service in the Navy in World War II, which showed that Cotton was initially turned down during his first application in 1940. Lee said Cotton was hired four years later as a volunteer, and within a month he got promoted to full-time. “I teared up when I saw the letter,” Lee said. “That kind of passionate drive was really important for me to see. It struck me when I realized how people put their heart and soul into some of the exhibits.” Lee added that some of Cotton’s creations, such as his most famous work — “Marsh Birds of the Upper Nile” — remain on permanent display today. Thousands of people still enjoy his artistry, skill and innovative techniques. Cotton was versatile in his skills, according to Mark
Alvey, the Field’s academic communication manager, who contributed to the exhibition’s online research. Although Cotton had a specialization in birds, Alvey said the artist also apprenticed with experts to master mounting mammals, fish and reptiles. “Most of the taxidermists specialize in one species, but he did everything he had at the time,” Alvey said. “You can see he really started to grow his skills and how much he did.” Reda Brooks, a budget coordinator in the Field’s Exhibitions department, led the museum’s BHM efforts. Brooks said that through telling Cotton’s story, she hopes younger people with marginalized identities can feel inspired. “Taxidermy was predominantly white at the time, but Cotton managed to break down some of the barriers,” Brooks said. “As we continue to work hard on issues of diversity, equity and inclusion, young people can pursue their passion despite the challenge.” xuandiwang2022@u.northwestern.edu
NU community explores weird, wonderful world of TikTok By WILSON CHAPMAN
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Last summer, Communication junior Rishi Mahesh was living in Los Angeles for an internship. Feeling lonely in a new city, he downloaded the popular video-sharing app TikTok and began halfironically making posts. One night, he came up with the idea for a TikTok making fun of the then-just released Netflix film “Tall Girl,” and quickly shot and uploaded it before heading out to see a show. When he came back, he discovered the video already had a thousand or so views. “The algorithm works really quickly,” Mahesh said. “If you’re going to go viral, you know you will a couple of hours after you upload it.” Currently, Mahesh’s video has almost 40,000 likes, by far his most liked video on the platform. Mahesh said the video has made it into compilations of TikToks on Youtube, a true mark of success for a TikToker. TikTok is a Chinese-made social media platform where users upload short form videos. Since 2018, the app has seen an explosion of popularity, hitting 1 billion downloads in February 2019. Although the app’s primary demographic is high schoolers, its colorful memes and songs have found their way onto Northwestern’s campus. Communication junior Lauren Tran started using TikTok over the summer when her two younger sisters dragged her into the app, and quickly found herself addicted to the app. Tran’s most liked TikTok is a post of her performing a gymnastic routine to the Panic! At the Disco song “Victorious,” which has over 5,000 views and 400 likes at the time of publication. Tran said she quickly got on the For You page, and within an hour she had 100 views. The likes began to die down, before spiking a week or two later. Tran has recently become a TikTok Brand Ambassador, getting paid to spread awareness of the brand around campus. On TikTok, Tran mostly uploads posts of her performing viral dances and has received positive feedback, minus a few 11-year-olds who leave her hate comments. Tran said in her sorority Chi Omega, she and her sorority members took to making TikToks during recruitment as a bonding exercise and a way to start conversations with recruits. Tran said during the
sorority’s bid night, she bonded with new members by performing a dance with them to the song “Lottery (Renegade)” by K Camp. “It’s a good conversation starter,”Tran said. “If you talk about how you’re on TikTok and someone else is also on TikTok, you can talk about famous TikToks you’ve seen. And you can do the dances at a party, and you see someone else do them and you’re like ‘did we just have a connection?’” Weinberg sophomore Kayla Blaise also uses TikTok with members of her sorority. During recruitment, she uploaded a TikTok onto her account, @getawaycar29, of her sorority Delta Zeta doing a routine to a song. Blaise made the TikTok without even putting any tags on it, just doing it for fun, but it blew up and currently has over 140 thousand views. Blaise, who started using TikTok with her brother during winter break, said she grew interested in the app because it provides a different, more creative outlet than other social media apps. She added that the app captures the energy of the beloved but departed video app Vine, which was popular with the current college age group. “It’s the new Vine,” Blaise said. “It’s a bunch of short, quick little videos, and a lot of them are funny and have that Vine energy.” Quite possibly the most liked TikTok in Northwestern’s history was created by SESP senior and Northwestern Women’s Basketball star Alyssa “Byrdy” Galernik, who made a recreation of the Potter Puppet Pals’ “The Mysterious Ticking Noise” video with her teammates. At the time of publication, the video has over a million views and 197.7 thousand likes. Galernik said she shot and produced the TikTok with her teammates while they were at a hotel in Indiana for a game. After the views plateaued for a few days, she opened her phone after practice to find 50 text messages telling her that the video went viral. Since the creation of the video, the TikTok has been retweeted by Washington Post video editor Dave Jorgenson, and the team has been featured in TIME Magazine. Galernik said the TikTok went viral in part because it appeals to multiple demographics, as the video is an older part of Internet culture, which attracted people in Jorgenson’s age bracket, while still being funny and relatable to teenagers and college students. Galernik, who now has 2.2 thousand followers on TikTok, said despite its reputation of being for kids, TikTok
in general is an app that appeals to multiple people; Galernik’s father has a TikTok account that he uses to watch videos even though he doesn’t post anything. Since the Women’s Basketball team went viral on TikTok, Galernik has posted another video of the team dancing to Roddy Ricch’s “The Box,” [CQ][CQ] which has yet to go viral. Galernik said the team is currently taking a step back from TikTok to focus on schoolwork and their games, but once the season is over, they will start posting more regularly. “I can never count myself out, because it takes a while to go viral again,” Galernik said. “(The Box video) is a good video.” Mahesh said when he started using TikTok, he originally was a bit dismissive toward the app. However, since using it, he has found that the app’s lack of limitations and options for experimentation has
resulted in a strong user base that creates great content on the app. Although he was wary of its comparisons to Vine, Mahesh thinks the app has in many ways now surpassed Vine in terms of quality. “It’s always more fun to be a part of a cultural thing than making fun of it or being on the outside,” Mahesh said. “I’m always a fan of letting people have more fun, not less.” wilsonchapman2021@u.northwestern.edu Scan this QR code with Snapchat or your smartphone camera to view an accompanying podcast on students and their TikTok careers.
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From page 1 Yates said in a Wednesday email to The Daily the University “respectfully disagree(s)” with the Qatar Foundation’s statement. Yates reiterated that the event was moved from Doha to Evanston after University leadership discussed the situation, including concerns for safety and security, with Mashrou’ Leila members and together agreed on changing the location. “Academic freedom is a foundational principle for us at Northwestern, and one for which we do not compromise,” the email read. “We look forward to hosting Mashrou’ Leila on an even larger platform in Evanston.” The Qatar Foundation founded NU-Q in partnership with the University, and also helped bring the other five American universities in Education City to Doha. One Qatari journalist tweeted Friday that they had contacted the Qatar Foundation about the talk and were told that the organization was in contact with NU-Q about stopping it, and that the event contradicted its mission. Provost Jonathan Hollaway said in a
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Northwestern University in Qatar. The Lebanese indie rock band Mashrou’ Leila’s event on the campus was cancelled over the weekend following anti-LGBTQ backlash.
Wednesday interview that his office was briefed about the situation with Mashrou’ Leila’s talk for the first time Thursday. Afterwards, he said, his office and the Qatar Foundation had “steady communication” on topics including academic
freedom, safety and security and cultures and values. Over the past week, backlash to the band’s Doha event increased on social media as some users began tweeting an Arabic hashtag stating
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Today, he is director of The Medill-Northwestern Journalism Institute and a faculty chair of the Communications Residential College at East Fairchild. Now an emeritus faculty member, Boye has taken on a historian role, drawing on sources in the University archives, Medill photos and his own collection of news clips to assemble his talk. Other attendees included Medill dean Charles Whitaker and Stacy Simpson, Medill’s associate director of special events. Simpson is one of the administrators responsible for planning Medill’s centennial celebration. “Our hundredth birthday is February 2021, so we are using the school year of 2020-2021 as the anniversary year,” Simpson said. “Charles (Whitaker), who was an undergraduate and graduate student for Medill is really into it, so we couldn’t be in a better place to hit the hundredth.” Medill’s Centennial year, which is planned to feature guest speakers and celebrations across all of University campuses and major alumni clubs, stands in stark contrast to Medill’s 50th anniversary. Boye, a student at the time, remembers the date going completely unnoticed by the faculty. “It’s a pity,” Boye said. “If Medill had its act together, they could’ve invited Eddie (Doherty) to campus to have a discussion about the creation of the school.”
trial that included Senate Republicans blocking Democrats’ efforts to call additional witnesses and evidence. Activist organizations Indivisible Evanston and MoveOn organized the Evanston rally. Evanston resident Brian Gendron said he participated in the rally because he felt the trial was a “sham” and a “cover-up.” “The GOP is just trying to protect a criminal,” Gendron said. “The president committed an impeachable crime, and he’s getting away with it.” While Indivisible Evanston often hosts rallies condemning Trump’s actions, Wednesday’s rally focused on congressional inaction. The trial ended with a 52-48 vote in favor of acquittal, with every Senator voting along party lines except U.S. Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah).
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Ray and Kim Mantych said they traveled from Genoa City, Wisconsin to attend the Evanston rally because they felt it was their civic responsibility. Ray Mantych said people with “any moral fiber” should understand that Trump broke the law. He said both parties should have acknowledged Trump’s offenses, and next steps include campaign finance reform, term limits and activism. “You can’t keep posting and talking around the lunch tables at work,” Kim Mantych said. “You have to say something. You have to do something.” Jackie McKay, who rallied on behalf of the Lake Street Church Peace and Justice Committee, said the trial horrified and outraged her. McKay said she is surprised that she is marching because democracy in the U.S. is being attacked. “The GOP and the Senate did not do their jobs,” McKay said. “Everything about it was embarrassing for our democracy.”
“we refuse Mashrou’ Leila’s discussion,” demanding the band — whose repertoire includes songs addressing homophobia, gender equality and sectarianism — not be allowed to speak. “This is against our cultural standards and societal norms,” one Twitter account posted. The event’s relocation led to a number of NU-Q students and faculty members expressing their disappointment on social media. Others also began using a separate hashtag roughly translating to “we welcome Mashrou’ Leila” in response. An NU-Q senior, who asked to remain anonymous due to safety concerns, said they were “very hurt” by the event’s relocation to Evanston. The student said that they and others on the Doha campus received both backlash and threats for supporting the band’s talk in Education City prior to its cancellation. “While we are used to backlash… we’ve never faced anything like this,” the student said. “And it’s still ongoing.” Members of Mashrou’ Leila did not respond to request for comment and the band has not yet released a statement on the matter. troyclosson2020@u.northwestern.edu Jane Tufts, a longtime Evanston resident, has marched in political demonstrations since the 1960s. She said she feels the Trump administration has completely undercut the checks and balances process. “In the meantime, our environment, women’s health, education, all of those really important foundational elements of democracy are being eroded or actively attacked,” Tufts said. Despite her disappointment, Tufts said she felt hopeful that the trial would trigger a large turnout of young and enthusiastic voters in the 2020 elections. Kim Mantych said political demonstration mobilizes youth voters. “I want to set an example for my children, my students, my grandchildren,” Kim Mantych said. They need to see democracy as a process.” samanthaaguilar2023@u.northwestern.edu
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director of Northwestern’s Institute for Global Health, agreed that worrying about the flu was more important than stressing about catching the coronavirus. He said typically, these viruses don’t mutate in the middle of the epidemic. However, he added that people should be proactive about any symptoms they might have. “If you feel sick, go see a doctor — don’t just assume it will pass,” Murphy said.
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Inside NU scientists’ bid to help prevent overdoses By YUNKYO KIM
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At the size of a USB drive, an implantable device created by Northwestern researchers can detect an opioid overdose, automatically alert first responders and administer a life-saving dose of naloxone — an emergency opioid overdose antidote. The developers of the device — McCormick Prof. John Rogers and a team of researchers at Northwestern and Washington University in St. Louis — say the device can be a powerful way to address some consequences of the opioid epidemic. From 1999 to 2017, more than 399,000 people died from an overdose of prescription or illicit opioids, according to a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report. The completion of the device comes months after the team received a $10 million grant from the
National Institutes of Health in October 2019. However, to Rogers, the project was important enough that the actual development process predated the NIH grant. “We have a strong belief that it’s feasible from an engineering standpoint, and we were just going to do it anyway,” Rogers said. “We really started working in earnest on the project long before the funding was actually triggered.” The device works by detecting a low oxygenation level once implanted, which indicates low amounts of diffused oxygen in blood. If this level exceeds a certain threshold, it triggers the release of naloxone doses from the device’s platform. The antidote then works by binding to receptors in the brain in the place of the opioid, preventing the brain from flooding with dopamine. This temporarily counteracts the overdose. Administering naloxone — which is highly effective and relatively accessible — has saved thousands of lives.The problem, Rogers said, is that many who overdose are alone. If a person with a history of substance
use disorder chooses to have the device surgically implanted, they could still receive the life-saving drug even if they are alone and unconscious. Abraham Vazquez-Guardado, a postdoctoral scholar who joined the collaboration in January 2019, worked on designing the electronic system and the implementation of wireless communication. He said the innovation mimicked the process of a pacemaker by using a closed-loop system. In addition to the scientific innovation involved in the development, Vazquez-Guardado said the device fills a niche that has not been properly addressed in previous overdose prevention methods. Because overdoses are often unexpected, VazquezGuardado added the new device would be a very effective form of intervention. Still, there is more work to be done, researchers said. Joanna Ciatti, a Ph.D. student who studies materials science and engineering, assembled materials and tested components of the device. She said the development of the device required integrating multiple
technologies that have been made for other purposes, which can then translate to applications of the device’s technology in other contexts. Going forward, Ciatti added, the team will work on streamlining the pump system so the dose is released faster. In the next three months, the device will move on to animal testing. In a couple of years, Rogers said the product should be able to begin testing on humans, before it becomes commercially available. In the meantime, the interdisciplinary team will work with Kellogg School of Management students to approach issues regarding insurance companies, pricing and FDA reviews. Still, entrepreneurial and commercial aspects of the product are undecided. While specific pricing and business model of the product are “a work in progress,” Rogers added that the device will reach beyond “the ivory tower.” yunkyokim2022@u.northwestern.edu
Mather Institute study finds link in health, personality traits By MAIA SPOTO
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For Life Plan Community residents, personality traits like extroversion are associated with engagement in healthy behaviors such as exercise, researchers at the Mather Institute found. Life Plan Communities such as Evanston’s The Mather provide amenities, programming, health services and other features to support aging residents. The Year 2 phase of the Age Well study, a collaboration between the Mather Institute, Northwestern University and other research organizations, continued a five-year analysis that tracks the same variables to examine the effect of transitioning to a Life Plan Community on residents’ health and wellness. The study collected survey data from over 5,700 residents who recently entered 122 Life Plan communities across the country. Cate O’Brien, the assistant vice president and director of the Mather Institute, said Year 2 identified how factors like personality, personal resources,
communal factors and organizational factors correlated with healthy behaviors and health outcomes. Particularly, she said researchers measured physical and social activity, healthy diets, meditation and selfreported health and stress. O’Brien said the study’s findings will help direct The Mather’s focus in community programming moving forward. “When we’re trying to support individuals in their own interests and healthy behaviors, we want to remember that everyone is different and there is unlikely to be one good program that fits everyone,” she said. “There are certain people who may gravitate toward different types of programs, or need different types of support to reach their goals in healthy behaviors.” For example, group exercise classes attract extroverted residents, while open gym periods and sessions with personal trainers appeal to the introverted. By offering a spectrum of opportunities to work out, O’Brien said The Mather will encourage individuals of all personality profiles to engage in healthy movement. Residents who report higher optimism also
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tended to report higher levels of social activity, O’Brien said. However, she added that the study indicates correlation, not causation. Deann Daniel, The Mather’s executive director, said she was particularly struck by the section of the study documenting barriers to wellness. Of the respondents who noted in the survey that they were not sufficiently physically active, 36 percent indicated that their exercise avoidance roots in a fear of falling or injury. “We have been trying to combine fall prevention education and our fitness department,” Daniel said. “Residents can learn about fall prevention, and then do some things in the fitness department that are either core strengthening or balance strengthening to help fall prevention.” Daniel said the first two years of the study have indicated that The Mather’s investment into building social connections has positively affected health and wellness overall. Rebecca Johnson, a public health researcher with the Feinberg School of Medicine, conducted 32 interviews with residents from three Life Plan communities in the ongoing qualitative dimension
of the Age Well study. She gathered information about residents’ experiences and perceptions during their transitions to the communities to understand the factors contributing to positive adjustment and to learn what the Life Plan community means to its residents. Johnson said she noticed a “shared definition of community” in her Age Well interviews that aligns with her previous research on aging in place: Older adults seek companions with similar values, a sense of security, social opportunities and encouragement. While the quantitative Age Well study indicated the correlational benefits of extroversion, Johnson said her qualitative interviews demonstrate how extroverted residents live out those benefits. “A lady said to me, I love the way you get to the elevator and you say, ‘hello,’ and there’s a sense of people looking out for each other,” Johnson said. “They like the sense that people are around to care about them … it helps to have that group motivation. One person told me, ‘this place is good for my health.’” maiaspoto2023@u.northwestern.edu
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Northwestern upsets No. 1 Princeton at NU Duals By DREW SCHOTT
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Coming off a stellar performance at last week’s DeCicco Duals in South Bend, Indiana, No. 9 Northwestern (29-11) returned to Evanston for its biggest tournament of the season. This weekend at Ryan Fieldhouse, the Wildcats hosted the NU Duals, an event that saw the squad face off against some of the best
programs in the country. After 12 matches — including five
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against top ten teams — the Cats finished the weekend with a 10-2 mark that included upsets over No. 1 Princeton and No. 5 Temple. “It was exciting,” coach Zach Moss said. “This was really the
biggest competition of the year for us in terms of the number of teams and the atmosphere.” Behind a 7-2 win from the epee squad led by sophomore Julie Falinska and senior Adelle Berdichevsky, NU obtained a 15-12 victory on Sunday over the top-ranked Tigers. Moss cited the team’s unity as a catalyst for the upset. “Princeton on paper (has) some of the strongest fencers in the country,” Moss said. “But that’s only on paper. It comes down to which team performs the best in that moment.” Two matches before beating the Tigers, NU avenged a January loss to the Owls with a 16-11 win. A 3-0 sweep from sophomore Alyssa Chen helped the Cats’ foil squad triumph 7-2 and lift NU to victory. NU began tournament play on Saturday against No. 3 Notre Dame, a squad that defeated the Cats by only one point at the DeCicco Duals. NU’s epee squad thrived against the Fighting Irish, winning 6-3 behind Falinska’s sweep. But Notre Dame’s sabre and foil units won 15 combined bouts, lifting the team to an 18-9 victory and a season sweep of the Cats. NU won their next five matches. Against Duke, the Cats edged out a 15-12 victory thanks to strong performances from fencers like first-year foil Anna Biasco, who scored two victories. After a 17-10 win over Cornell,
NU handily defeated its next two opponents — Fairleigh Dickinson and Incarnate Word — by a combined score of 43-11. The squad finished Saturday by narrowly beating the University of North CarolinaChapel Hill 14-13. In between the Cats’ two Sunday upsets, NU suffered its second loss of the weekend. No. 4 Ohio State — who beat NU 14-13 in November — bested the Cats by the same score. Marking the Buckeyes as “the team we need to be able to beat,” Moss said his squad will closely study Ohio State’s fencers in preparation for the upcoming Midwest Fencing Championships. After defeating the Tigers, the Cats beat the University of California, San Diego 17-10. NU concluded the Duels with commanding victories over Denison and DetroitMercy that saw the Cats’ sabre and foil squads go a combined 36-0. NU celebrated Senior Day during the tournament, honoring Berdichevsky, sabre Abby Tartell and epee Shirley Luong. Berdichevsky, who finished the weekend with an 8-2 record, said she couldn’t have asked for a better experience. “It was amazing to see all the support from the underclassmen and fans,” Berdichevsky said. “All of our time and effort on the team culminated into this one weekend.” drewschott2023@u.northwestern.edu
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Cats split weekend matches on the road By PATRICK ANDRES
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A busy weekend for Northwestern men’s tennis brought mixed results, as the Wildcats cruised to a 4-1 victory over Louisville before suffering an emphatic 4-0 loss at the hands of unbeaten Duke. On Friday, NU met the Cardinals in Louisville with an eye toward repeating their successful 2019 voyage to the Bluegrass State. Where last March’s meeting between the two teams was a nailbiter — the Cats had to win four of six singles matches after losing the doubles point — NU had no such trouble Friday. “We know Louisville well, our teams play every year,” coach Arvid Swan said. “They’re always competitive in matches. The biggest thing for us was, (freshman) Natan Spear came in at three doubles and impacted the doubles point in a really positive way.” Sophomore Steven Forman, the only NU player on the day to both complete and win two matches, continued a strong start to his Northwestern career. The Michigan transfer teamed with Spear to rout David Mizrahi and Alex Wesbrooks 6-2 in doubles before knocking off Sergio Hernandez in singles in straight sets, 6-2, 6-4. Seniors Dominik Stary and Chris Ephron beat Louisville’s Tin Chen and Matthew Fung to give the Cats the doubles point, and sophomores Simen Bratholm, Forman and junior Nick Brookes brought the proceedings to a quick end, with Bratholm joining Forman as a straight-set winner. A fine Friday performance from NU gave way to a bleak Sunday, however, as a powerful Duke team won a 4-0 shutout that represented the Cats’ first match without a point since March 2019 at Illinois. “I was really impressed with Duke.They put together a really good team,” Swan
said. “The doubles point came down to a couple points that didn’t go our way. If you lose the doubles point, you want to take that momentum back right away, and that didn’t happen for us.” Indeed, NU trailed 1-0 early on in Durham, as the Blue Devils’ Spencer Furman and Luca Keist dispatched Stary and Ephron 6-0. The potent Spear-Forman duo responded by taking down Edu Guell and Michael Heller 6-3, but Nick Stachowiak and Sean Sculley captured doubles supremacy for Duke by edging out Bratholm and Brookes, 7-5. Behind the eight ball for the first time since their last loss to NC State, the Cats couldn’t pick up any singles wins, with Bratholm coming the closest. The Norwegian led Andrew Zhang 7-6 (5), 4-1 when Sam Rubell beat sophomore Trice Pickens to clinch the match for the Blue Devils. NU’s three-state, two-week excursion will continue this weekend, as the Cats head to Lexington to meet Kentucky and Stillwater to take on Oklahoma State University. “Looking ahead, it’s all about getting better,” Swan said. “We’re obviously being tested earlier in the season. We’re gonna have to play well in all phases to win. For us, we look at it as an opportunity. patrickandres2023@u.northwestern.edu
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Junior Nick Brookes takes aim against Illinois State. NU couldn’t win against Duke.
Women’s sports demand attention Wednesday was National Girls and Women in Sports Day. Celebrated every February, the holiday aims to inspire women of all ages to achieve their sports dreams, whether on the field, in the front office or anywhere else. It’s an awesome day — a reminder of the great strides that have been made recently and inspiration to continue to push those barriers further. And here on a quiet Wednesday in Evanston, I thought about what that day means for us at Northwestern. The Wildcats’ women’s teams are — like they have been since varsity programs were added in the 1970s after Title IX — the driving force of the athletic department’s on-the-field success. The women’s basketball team is ranked at No. 21 in the country and projected to play at the Fort Wayne Regional. The women’s swimming team is ranked No. 16. The lacrosse team — which has won the school’s only national championships since 1941 — made the Final Four last year. The softball team hosted a Regional and played in a Super Regional last spring. The field hockey team made the NCAA Tournament in the fall. The fencing team has won two straight conference championships. The list goes on and on and on. There are only two women’s teams that finished with a losing record over the past year. This is nothing new in Evanston. Men’s programs have had more than their fair share of success, but year in and year out, the
11 women’s programs win most of the school’s trophies. As I sit in the stands or press box at games for these sports, I wonder why more people don’t join me. Sometimes, it feels like I’m in on a secret — that myself and the others in the crowd are the only ones who understand that some of the best sporting events in the Chicagoland area can be found on a Wednesday night at Welsh-Ryan Arena or Sunday afternoon in Ryan Fieldhouse. After a women’s basketball game between NU and DePaul last December, the Blue Demons’ coach Doug Bruno had something he wanted to tell the assembled press in the Welsh-Ryan Arena media room. DePaul had just squeaked out a 70-68 victory over the Cats in an objectively great basketball game. The win was his 700th as the Blue Demons’ leader, an incredible milestone for Bruno. He answered questions about reaching the milestone, what his team did down the stretch and on the potential of this year’s NU team. After the media’s questions were exhausted, he added one last thing. “Thanks for covering women’s basketball,” Bruno said. “I mean it when I say to y’all that we need coverage. It’s hard to get people to write about women’s basketball. So any of you that chose to and do help move the game, I can’t thank you enough for helping us get some publicity for this great game.” As I sat down to write this column, Bruno’s words popped
into my head. I was in the press room that day, and I remember being struck by his words at that moment. It wasn’t the first time I had been thanked by a coach for covering a team or a sport. But most of those other times have been in one-on-ones or small scrums from NU coaches. Here was a coach from a Cats rival in a more formal post-game setup sincerely thanking a room full of media members for covering the sport. It reminded me of my feelings of confusion at the small crowds when I sit in the stands. It shouldn’t be hard to get people to write about women’s basketball games, but it can be. And it shouldn’t be hard to get great crowds at women’s sporting events, but it can be. Changing that is not an easy feat. For as much as days like Wednesday serve as reminders of how awesome women’s sports can be, some people will remain skeptical. For those of you who are skeptical, why not go to an event? You can see what plenty of people are already in the know about. And besides, it won’t stay a secret forever.
Peter Warren is a Medill junior. He can be contacted at peterwarren2021@u. northwestern.edu. If you would like to respond publicly to this column, send a Letter to the Editor to sports@dailynorthwestern.com. The views expressed in this piece do not necessarily reflect the views of all staff members of The Daily Northwestern.