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Alderman criticizes Wally Bobkiewicz Suffredin slams city manager for departure rumors

By KRISTINA KARISCH

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Ald. Tom Suffredin (6th) on Thursday sent out an email to his constituents, calling for a public discussion about the city manager’s job performance and allegiance to Evanston.

Suffredin said in a ward newsletter that city manager Wally Bobkiewicz should “be good to Evanston and place the city above his own personal and professional interest.” He is asking for an “open and transparent public discussion” about Bobkiewicz’s job performance and his “open and (unapologetic)” desire to leave Evanston.

In interviews with The Daily and the Chicago Tribune, the mayor and aldermen have expressed their disagreement with Suffredin’s claims and position. Bobkiewicz declined to comment on the matter.

Bobkiewicz, who has been city manager in Evanston since 2009, has applied to a

number of jobs outside Evanston — mostly in the Pacific Northwest, which is closer to where his wife’s family lives.

He was named a finalist for a county administrator position in Oregon earlier this year, which ended up being filled by another candidate. In 2017, he withdrew his application for the position of city manager of Tacoma, Washington after being named one of four finalists. He said at the time that he was “not yet ready to leave Evanston.”

In his newsletter, Suffredin wrote that “there is no succession plan, no timetable and there has been no public discussion” to account for Bobciewicz’s potential exit.

“This stagnant, purgatorial existence is not good for Evanston,” he wrote. “We have a responsibility to put Evanston’s future above all else.”

In an interview with The Daily, Suffredin said the situation is “the elephant in the room.” He said he worries for the city’s lack of long-term planning and that the current city manager is being allowed to stay “as long as he wants until he finds a job that he wants somewhere else.” » See WALLY, page 8

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Abdul El-Sayed speaks to students at Harris Hall. El-Sayed said his faith taught him to seek justice.

Abdul El-Sayed talks faith, politics Former gubernatorial candidate discusses Islam in keynote speech

By CATHERINE KIM

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No matter how unpopular they may be, former Michigan gubernatorial candidate Abdul El-Sayed said he doesn’t back

down from his beliefs –– and challenged students to be kind even when they face opposition.

Speaking to about 50 students at Harris Hall on Thursday, ElSayed recalled his own experiences running for governor and discussed the importance of maintaining strong values. As the

keynote speaker for the Muslim Cultural Students Association’s Discover Islam Week, which this year focused on the intersection of Islam and civil engagement, he said his faith taught him be good and seek justice.

“As an American, I believed in a country founded on a set of

ideals and ‘We hold these truths to be self evident, that all people are created equal,’” he said. “As a Muslim I was raised to believe that all people are equal in the sight of God and … that our responsibility to them was to » See KEYNOTE, page 8

Alumnus opens photo exhibition Students move to Josh Aronson explores the ‘twilight zone’ of gender, sexuality

By CATHERINE KIM

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On a beach in Miami, a red and white Chinese finger trap in hand, Josh Aronson (Weinberg ‘16) asked Russell Kahn (Communication ‘16) to use the toy to visualize the tension between masculine and feminine energies. “(The Chinese finger trap) really captures this tone of sexual tension in an image that is not otherwise very sexual,” Kahn said.

Together, Aronson and Kahn created intimate art that focuses on sexuality and identity –– ideas Aronson has often tried to incorporate into his work. These shots will be some of the many images displayed in Aronson’s upcoming Chicago exhibition from Feb. 13 to 17 at Congruent Space, a conceptual platform that displays fashion and art.

Aronson, now based in New York, said a lot of his work came from a need to produce images that captured his and his friends’ current state of mind. Many felt they were caught in a “twilight zone” of identities, especially in regard

to gender and sexuality, he said, adding that he wanted to see these feelings reflected in the world.

“I’m interested in recording ... not only of our physical presence –– where we are and who are –– with but also our metaphysical or emotional presence and how we see ourselves really in a moment,” he said.

The exhibition is organized

by Weinberg senior Barr Balamuth, who reached out to Aronson after seeing his work on Instagram. Balamuth said he was attracted to the themes of gender and youth identity in Aronson’s work and wanted the opportunity to further explore these ideas with the photographer.

“The idea of the show is to question how we construct our own identities using social media,” Balamuth said. “It’s a healthy thing to question.”

Despite Aronson’s blossoming career, he said he wasn’t a serious photographer at Northwestern. In fact, he was a philosophy major who liked to take pictures of his friends for fun –– such as taking monochrome-themed photographs » See ARONSON, page 8

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off-campus parking Closings, high costs push students from on-campus lots

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An picture of Russell Kahn (Communication ‘16), taken by Josh Aronson (Weinberg ‘16), which will be displayed at Aronson’s exhibition. Aronson said his most of his work focuses on sexuality and identity.

Parking lot closings and snow-clearing days are frequent occurrences on campus during the winter months, but these closings exacerbate the already limited nature of on-campus parking options.

For many students, the best option is to avoid the uncertainties of on-campus parking altogether by using Evanston residential parking.

Weinberg junior Stephanie Lopez, who lives on campus and is therefore eligible for a University parking pass, decided to use residential street parking instead –– the cost of which is much lower than University rates. A set of twenty single-day passes for Evanston residential areas costs only $4, while student parking passes cost $477 for the full academic year, or about $1.80 per day.

Lopez lives in Foster-Walker Complex and said she chose to park on Orrington Street

because it’s close and “really easy.”

“The Evanston residential pass is surprisingly cheap,” she said.

With a University pass, parking is available on campus lots from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. on weekdays when school is in session.

Outside of these hours, the lots are open for anyone to use.

Yet according to the University’s parking regulations, “purchasing a permit does not guarantee a space” as “lots in the center of campus are in particularly high demand during the week.”

Parking isn’t added for special events, said Parking Services Manager John Coleman, putting even further strain on the already crowded lots, which are often closed for routine maintenance like paving and stripping or as the result of a construction project.

“For example, the lot next to Kemper Hall is now closed to accommodate the replacement of the city water reservoir that is underneath the lot,” Coleman said.

SESP junior Bailey Halkett, who parks her car off campus, said her experience with parking » See PARKING, page 8

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Commission recommends tax increase

By AARON BOXERMAN

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The Housing and Homelessness Commission voted unanimously Thursday to recommend that City Council increase the demolition tax, one of Evanston’s main sources of funding for affordable housing.

When applying for a permit to demolish a residential building in Evanston, property owners or developers pay a tax of $10,000 per building or $3,000 per residential unit, whichever amount is greater. The commission voted 8-0 to recommend to increase the rate to $15,000 per building and $5,000 per residential unit.

While the city previously considered implementing a graduated system where properties of differing value would be taxed differently, the cost of hiring an appraiser was too high, said Savannah Clement, a housing policy analyst with the city.

“If we were getting a ton of demolitions every year, it would make more sense,” Clement said.

“But with only around five a year, it doesn’t really warrant having a contract … so we’re left with raising it across the board.”

The current rate has been in effect since 2007, Clement said. To date, Evanston has raised more than $3.3 million for the Affordable Housing Trust Fund through the demolition tax as of 2014, according to city documents.

In addition, the commission also examined the affordable housing fund’s bylaws, but no new changes were adopted in Thursday’s session.

The commission also discussed Monday’s special City Council session, devoted to affordable housing. Aldermen focused on a proposed development at 1050 Howard St. The developers, Evergreen Real Estate Group and the Council for Jewish Elderly, proposed a 60-unit building with elevator access that was affordable and accessible for seniors.

Aldermen voted Monday to write a letter of support for the development to the Illinois Housing Development Authority, committing $2

POLICE BLOTTER Kohl’s packages stolen from front porch Two Kohl’s packages were stolen Wednesday from a woman’s porch in the 1800 block of Dodge Ave. The resident had a camera set up on her porch, Evanston Police Department Cmdr. Ryan Glew said. She saw on camera that UPS delivered her packages and then saw a man driving a gray Chevrolet HHR come up to her porch and take the packages.

The items stolen, valued at $582, include a Roomba vacuum, Candy Color Hair Chalk, a Brain Games Code Breaker book and two BigMouth Inc. safes — one that looks like a SpaghettiOs can and one that looked like a corned beef hash can, Glew said.

The car was last seen driving west on Church Street, but no one is in custody, Glew said.

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Commissioners discuss increasing the demolition tax. The Housing and Homelessness Commission on Thursday recommended increasing the tax to $15,000 per building and $5,000 per residential unit.

million in soft funds from the city in the process.

“It’s a $23 million project that’s going create 60 units of affordable housing and to only cost the city $33,000 per unit,” Ald. Eleanor Revelle (7th) said. “It’s hard to say we’re not going to go for that.”

While commission chair Ellen Cushing said on Thursday that she supported the project, she expressed concern that the Housing and Homelessness Commission had not been asked to examine the proposal before it was submitted to Council.

“I just want to flesh out that, if we’re truly not going to be in a position to recommend how affordable housing funds should be spent, then it shouldn’t be in (our) ordinance,” Cushing said.

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Cushing emphasized in an interview with The Daily that she was not opposed to the new development, but she felt City Council was moving forward without clear priorities for affordable housing in Evanston.

Cushing said senior housing could be an emphasis for the city’s plan for affordable housing, but aldermen need to communicate their goals with the commission.

“We think the senior development is a great idea,” Cushing said. “But there’s a question of how the affordable housing fund should be spent. Currently, the way the commission sees it, the city is spending without priorities, without a framework.” aaronboxerman2018@u.northwestern.edu

A 31-year-old man reported three Amazon packages stolen from his apartment on the 1000 block of Church Street between Jan. 27 and Feb. 5.

There are no suspects and no one is in custody. The security camera in the apartment lobby was not functioning, Glew added. ­— Clare Proctor

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Jussie Smollett and racism in the queer community A. PALLAS GUTIERREZ

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This is the third column in “50 Years of Queer Anger,” a series examining LGBTQ+ issues in the United States since 1969.

On January 29, Jussie Smollett, a black gay actor, was attacked in Chicago by two men in ski masks who yelled racist and homophobic slurs as they threw an unknown substance on his face and put a noose around his neck. Smollett is back at work in good condition, but the attack against him was an unwelcome reminder that homophobia and racism are still rampant in our society. While newer coverage addresses both the racist and homophobic aspects of the attack, initial coverage focused on just his sexuality — a reminder of the anti-blackness within the queer community.

The queer liberation movement took off in the early 1970s, right on the heels of the black civil rights movement. Despite the similar goals of the two movements (equality for marginalized groups), the two groups were often at odds with each other. Religious beliefs were sometimes divisive, as many black churches in the late 20th century were openly homophobic.

Black people were portrayed as more homophobic than white people, which made queer people speak out against black activists. The growing distrust on both sides put the movements, which could have potentially joined together, in opposition.

This made life very hard for those who fell at the intersection of being black and queer. Bayard Rustin, a black civil rights

leader who helped organize the March on Washington, faced criticism from the public and other civil rights leaders because he was openly gay. Thus, Rustin often acted behind the scenes. President Obama posthumously awarded Rustin the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2013.

Ken Jones actively worked to make the queer rights movement more diverse and was the first African-American chair of the San Francisco Gay Freedom Day Parade and Celebration Committee, but he only received the role after tirelessly combating racism in the queer community and queerphobia in the black community.

James Baldwin was a prolific black gay writer in the mid-20th century who wrote extensively about race and sexuality. His second novel, “Giovanni’s Room,” was controversial due to homoerotic content, but Baldwin continued to address race and sexuality in his subsequent novels. Although initially a close colleague of Martin Luther King, Jr., pressure from King’s advisors about Baldwin’s sexuality led to King distancing himself from the writer. As a result, despite his heavy involvement in the civil rights movement, Baldwin is mainly remembered for his artistic achievements instead.

Audre Lorde was a black lesbian feminist who advocated for what is now known as intersectionality. Like Baldwin, her activist achievements are often ignored in favor of her artistic writings, especially due to her exclusion from black, queer and feminist movements as a black gay woman.

These activists may have achieved acclaim for their work, but only after decades of combating prejudice within two separate communities. There are hundreds more people like them throughout history who have faced the inherent and specific discrimination unique to being black and

queer people.

In 2017, Philly Pride unveiled a new rainbow flag with eight stripes. In addition to the traditional red, orange, yellow, green, blue and purple, the Philadelphia flag includes black and brown stripes. After several community complaints of racism in gay institutions in Philadelphia in 2016 and early 2017, several gay bars and nonprofits were mandated to go through sensitivity training. The new flag was intended to be “a step toward inclusivity, to spur dialogue within the community and to impact the worldwide conversation.”

While some celebrated the recognition of non-white queer people, some pushed back against the redesign. People asked for a white stripe or claimed adding anything at all to the rainbow flag was disrespectful. The most tone-deaf response, however, was from people who claimed the existing rainbow flag was already a symbol of unity.

It’s true the rainbow flag is intended to be a unifying symbol for the entire queer community, but historically, queer people of color have not felt welcome under that rainbow. If adding two stripes would help make people of color feel more included and starts a dialogue about race in the queer community, then there is no reason not to add them. But while a flag symbolizes unity, it can’t fix the decades-old resentment and racism found in the queer community.

Another widespread example of antiblackness in the queer community is the appropriation of African-American Vernacular English (AAVE). Phrases like “bae,” “sis” and “shade” originated in the black queer community but were slowly appropriated by white queer people and, more recently, white straight people.

While the commonality of these terms often goes unquestioned, the appropriation

There’s more to CRISPR than superbabies CATHERINE BUCHANIEC

DAILY COLUMNIST

Since its public release a few decades ago, the internet has largely been viewed as the most revolutionary product of the past century. However, another innovation is starting to provide some competition — CRISPR/ Cas9.

Starting in the 1990s, scientific researchers discovered that certain types of bacteria and microbes have the ability to edit their own DNA in order to safeguard themselves from attacks. Then, in 2013, researchers at MIT harnessed CRISPR/Cas9 — a family of DNA sequences found in such prokaryotic cells — to edit the eukaryotic cells that make up us humans, along with most plants and animals.

The magnitude of this discovery is unparalleled; yet, to the general public, this gene editing technology was largely unheard of until last fall.

Since 2013, CRISPR/Cas9 sequences have lurked in the background of the public awareness, avoiding the inevitable debate: Is it ethical to edit human embryos, and if so, where do we draw the line?

This is a debate that will shape the future.

However, in November 2018, a Chinese scientist fast-tracked this discussion when he used this gene editing technique to to create the world’s first gene-edited human babies.

His methodology was considered reckless and controversial by the international scientific community.

Around the globe, this innovation has stomped its way into one of the most heated ethical debates ever to enter the scientific community. This is in part because of connections to science fiction, like the movie “Gattaca,” which deals with the practice of gene selection. CRISPR/Cas9 has the potential to bring to life the “Gattaca” dilemma of superbabies — the ability to pick and choose which genes your children would have in order to prevent genetic diseases or even decide features like eye color.

While this ethical debate needs to be had, now more than ever, I am afraid of the backlash from this event and the inevitable ethics conversation. CRISPR/Cas9 has the potential to transform the world in ways independent of the alteration of human genes; yet, the ethical cloud of human modification overshadows these conversations.

In short, there is more to CRISPR/Cas9 than superbabies and “Gattacta.”

This technology is not limited to the human species; it can be used on all eukaryotic cells. But if scientists solely use CRISPR/Cas9 on human genetic engineering and misuse it while doing so, it could leave a stain on the entire concept, ruining the endless possible advancements CRISPR/ Cas9 could bring about.

For instance, this weekend I attended a panel on climate change at the Shedd Aquarium where one researcher spoke on how gene editing could be used to protect coral reefs from further damage and even rebuild those that have been lost due to climate change. These reefs play a vital role in protecting coastlines from tropical storms and are a source of economic revenue, food

and resources for millions of people around the globe.

Due to rising ocean temperatures, coral reefs are globally going through a process called “bleaching” that makes them more prone to starvation. CRISPR/Cas9 has the ability to help — to save coral reefs and the habitat they provide for so many species — by removing the gene that makes corals go through the “bleaching” process. That gene could be replaced with one that makes corals more resilient to warm water temperatures.

Furthermore, this same technological advancement could lead to the eradication of malaria, saving hundreds of thousands of lives each year by removing the gene from mosquitos that makes them susceptible to the malaria disease. If mosquitos can’t carry malaria, they in turn cannot pass it on to humans.

CRISPR/Cas9 has the potential be a major tool in fixing the effects of climate change, preventing malaria and countless other problems the world currently faces.

Therefore, while scientists engage in the inevitable ethical debate regarding the role of CRISPR/Cas9 in society, remember that embryo modification is only one chapter of the story, not the entire book. We need to separate the concerns over human genetic modification from the potentials of the technology as a whole.

Catherine Buchaniec is a Medill first-year. She can be contacted at cbuchaniec@u.northwestern.edu.

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of AAVE is merely another example of how privileged groups take on characteristics of marginalized communities for image or profit, without giving any credit where it is due. This exploitation of black queer people may seem small, but it is emblematic of larger problems of anti-blackness within the queer community.

Despite the perception of the queer rights movement as progressive, people and leaders within the movement are just as guilty of anti-blackness as straight people. Progress has been made since the early days of queer liberation, but there is still much further to go. Philadelphia’s sensitivity trainings are a step in the right direction, but they are not enough.

White queer people must recognize how their experiences of being queer are radically different than those of queer people of color.

They must actively elevate the voices that are so often erased because of systemic racism.

Campaigns by groups like the National Organization for Marriage, deemed a hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center, as recently as 2009 were attempting to keep the queer and black rights movements separate by finding black spokespeople to speak against gay marriage and other queer rights, with the goal of provoking queer advocates into denouncing those spokespeople. Leaders of the queer community should reach out to leaders of color, because in the end the groups have the same goal: equality.

A. Pallas Gutierrez is a Communication first-year.

They can be contacted at pallas2022@u.northwestern.edu. If you would like to respond publicly to this op-ed, send a Letter to the Editor to opinion@ dailynorthwestern.com. The views expressed in this piece do not necessarily reflect the views of all staff members of The Daily Northwestern.

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Parents sue 28 former Penn State fraternity members in son’s death, settle with the university

PHILADELPHIA — The parents of Tim Piazza, who died after an alcohol-fueled fraternity pledge party at Pennsylvania State University two years ago, filed a wrongful-death lawsuit against 28 former members of the fraternity, but settled with Penn State without filing a lawsuit, their lawyer said.

Neither the university nor Jim and Evelyn Piazza and their lawyer, Thomas R. Kline, would disclose the terms of the financial settlement with Penn State. They previously settled with the fraternity, Beta Theta Pi; the monetary terms of that agreement also were not disclosed.

As with the Beta Theta Pi agreement, the settlement with Penn State also includes a number of non-monetary terms aimed at making the school safer for other students.

“This leaves the civil suit to focus on holding accountable the individuals who planned and participated in the reckless hazing activities which caused Tim’s death,” Kline said in a statement Friday.

“We expect this federal lawsuit to result in a trial to determine the shared responsibility of all those who contributed to the needless and senseless tragedy.”

In February 2017, Piazza, a sophomore engineering major from New Jersey, drank copious amounts of alcohol at a pledge party as part of a hazing ritual and later fell down a flight of stairs. No one called for help for nearly 12 hours, and Piazza later died.

Dozens of fraternity members were charged in his death, though some of the most serious charges, including involuntary manslaughter and aggravated assault, were thrown out in Centre County Court.

Twenty-three former Beta Theta Pi members have entered pleas to charges including hazing, conspiracy to commit hazing, and furnishing alcohol to minors, Joe Grace, a spokesman for the Attorney General’s Office, said this month. Three cases remain open.

Video surveillance from the fraternity house on the night Piazza was fatally injured was played in court, showing Piazza and others moving through a drinking gantlet and chugging alcohol. The video also showed Piazza in the early morning staggering and falling in the fraternity house, dropping to his knees, clutching his injured head, and no one helping him.

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Among the members named in the lawsuit are former fraternity President Brendan Young of Malvern and Daniel Casey of Ronkonkoma, N.Y., the pledge master.

The federal civil suit also names St. Moritz Security Systems Inc., which previously monitored fraternity parties for Penn State’s Interfraternity Council.

The suit accuses the members of planning and orchestrating the hazing event that led to Piazza’s death.

Fraternity members, the suit said, “negligently, recklessly, and outrageously forced, coerced, encouraged, or otherwise caused ... Piazza to consume lifethreatening amounts of alcohol, and caused him to become intoxicated, fall, and suffer grievous injuries and death.”

The suit seeks monetary damages from the defendants. The lawsuit has no relationship to the defendants’ parents’ assets, Kline said. If the Piazzas are successful, judgments would be lodged against the young men and would “need to be paid with assets that they have now or in the future.”

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William J. Brennan, who formerly represented Ems, questioned the impact of guilty pleas entered by some members.

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“Unfortunately, for those who have entered guilty pleas, there may be collateral effects that hamper their ability to defend the civil case,” he said. “I wish them all well, as I do the Piazza family. This is a tragedy, but not all tragedies are crimes.”

Cipparone said he doesn’t expect an effect in his client’s case. Although his client did plead guilty to several counts of hazing and conspiracy to commit hazing, none of the counts directly involved Piazza, he said.

“He had no interaction with Timothy Piazza that night at all,” Cipparone said.

Under the Piazzas’ agreement with Penn State, the university will encourage fraternities to have a non-member, a trained adult, living in their houses, and to consider installing security cameras on their premises. The school pledged to continue to honor its permanent ban of Beta Theta Pi from campus and even to change some of the wording of its Greek life activities, including no longer using “pledge” or “pledging” on its website, instead saying “new member” or “new member affiliation activities.”

The settlement also includes a continuation of changes the university implemented after Piazza’s death, such as better education and training on issues such as alcohol and hazing.

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Chicago mayoral candidates at a glance An election — and a possible runoff — approach as one in four voters remain undecided On Feb. 26, Chicago residents will cast their vote for one of 14 candidates seeking to replace Rahm Emanuel as mayor of Chicago.

Emanuel announced he would not run for reelection in September 2018, after serving for eight years as Chicago’s first Jewish mayor. During his two terms in office, he dealt with the largest number of school closures in the city’s history, the murder of Laquan McDonald by former police officer Jason Van Dyke, a federal investigation of the Chicago Police Department and a sex abuse scandal in Chicago Public Schools.

In a crowded field, candidates have struggled to stand out. Approximately one in four voters remain undecided, according to a Jan. 25 poll from the Chicago Sun-Times. In the next three weeks, candidates will need to amp up their call to voters, but if no one receives 50 percent of the vote, the top two candidates will likely compete in a runoff election on April 2. ­— Catherine Henderson

TONI PRECKWINKLE For the past nine years, Toni Preckwinkle has served as the Cook County board president. Prior to her current position, she was an alderman for Chicago’s 4th Ward, the executive chair of Cook County Democratic Party and a teacher.

According to her campaign website, Preckwinkle supports an elected school board, stopping school closures and decreasing the reliance on charter schools. Preckwinkle said she wants to make sure “every student in Chicago is invested in and valued.”

When it comes to public safety, Preckwinkle wants to create a Mayor’s Office of Criminal Justice to improve policing, restore trust and accountability between police and citizens and improve current training policies. In conjunction with police reform, she promises to prioritize the unsolved murders of many transgender women and increase transgender representation in police accountability.

Preckwinkle also wants to increase the minimum wage by 50 cents every six months until it reaches $15.

The Chicago Teachers Union endorsed Preckwinkle in December 2018. However, she has recently been under fire for taking a $10,000 campaign contribution from Ald. Ed Burke, who was charged with extortion for trying to get funding on her behalf. Preckwinkle has received the second most campaign funding behind Bill Daley.

According to a Jan. 25 Chicago SunTimes poll, Preckwinkle is currently in the lead with 13 percent of the vote. ­— Andres Correa

SUSANA MENDOZA Susana Mendoza grew up in Chicago’s Little Village until her family moved to the suburbs to get away from gang violence in the city. She returned to Chicago and was elected as the city’s first female clerk in 2011. She was also the first Hispanic independently elected to statewide office.

Mendoza has served as Illinois comptroller since 2016, where she helped pass the Debt Transparency Act, which publicizes the finances of

every state agency on a monthly basis.

Before that, in 2000, she was elected as Democratic representative for the 1st District in the Illinois House of Representatives, serving six terms.

Now, Mendoza is campaigning on her “Future Now Plan.” The platform outlines comprehensively tackling institutional racism and criminal justice inequality, providing quality public education in Chicago and investing in job creation in low-income areas in the South and West

Sides, among other things.

Mendoza’s campaign stresses her history in Chicago.

“It’s time to have a mayor who is from the neighborhood, who understands neighborhoods and puts neighborhoods first,” Mendoza said on her campaign website. “I’m excited to work with all Chicagoans to shape our future together.” ­— Clare Proctor

LORI LIGHTFOOT In May 2018, Lori Lightfoot announced she would run against Mayor Rahm Emanuel before he stepped down. This is Lightfoot’s first time running for public office, and she is the first openly lesbian candidate in the Chicago mayoral race.

Prior to running, Lightfoot was a senior equity partner at Mayer Brown, the largest law firm in the United States in terms of profits, based in Chicago. In addition to being an attorney, Emanuel appointed Lightfoot chair of the Chicago Police Accountability Task Force and president of the Chicago Police Board, where she worked on issues

concerning the police force and abuse.

Lightfoot has been critical of the CPD in the wake of the Laquan McDonald shooting. She supports eliminating the CPD’s gang database, implementing a civilian oversight of the police and abolishing U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

When it comes to education, Lightfoot wants to put a freeze on new charter schools. In an interview with the Chicago Sun-Times, she said she wants parents, teachers and other important stakeholders to be part of the reform.

Given the city’s budget crisis, Lightfoot wants to ensure that city workers receive their pensions. She supports the legalization of recreational marijuana, the introduction of a casino in the city and a progressive state income tax as sources of revenue.

Lightfoot has also proposed bringing back the Environment Department — terminated under Mayor Emanuel — with the goal of expanding the city’s water testing. ­— Andres Correa

AMARA ENYIA Amara Enyia’s background is in business, not politics. She started as an entrepreneur and community activist on Chicago’s West Side, eventually becoming director of the Austin Chamber of Commerce. If Enyia becomes mayor, it would be her first elected government position.

Eniya’s buzzword is equity — whether in economic development, education or government accountability. Enyia said she will strip aldermen of much of their executive power, which she says has created a culture of corruption. She supports the renegotiation of police contracts to increase transparency and remove loopholes that allow police officers to coordinate stories after instances of alleged police misconduct. She also wants to reopen

conversation about ending selective enrollment public schools.

Since announcing her candidacy, Eniya has received high-profile endorsements from cultural icons like Chance the Rapper and Kanye West, cementing her image as the candidate-of-choice for young, progressive millennials.

While Enyia has been publicly critical of corruption in Chicago politics, she has also been endorsed by Dorothy Brown, the clerk of the Circuit Court of Cook County and former candidate for mayor this year until she dropped out of the race. Brown was the subject of a decade-long FBI investigation for misuse of public funds in her role as clerk.

In a speech accepting Brown’s

endorsement, Enyia declared that both she and Brown were “focused on… breaking away from an establishment that’s mired in corruption.”

However, this week, The Tribune reported that Enyia did not disclose $21,000 she received while working for Democratic gubernatorial candidate Chris Kennedy.

Enyia defended herself, arguing that she is far from the only person who struggles with filing taxes.

“I’m standing here as a real person who understands financial hardship because I have lived through it myself,” Eniya said at conference at city hall on Monday. ­— Aaron Boxerman

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BILL DALEY The youngest son of former Mayor Richard J. Daley and brother of former Mayor Richard M. Daley, Bill Daley has focused on differentiating himself — not only from his 13 competitors, but from his family’s legacy in Chicago politics.

His platform focuses on reducing crime, rebuilding trust between the police and communities, creating affordable housing, investing in public projects and improving management of the city budget. He also emphasizes strengthening neighborhood schools, promising not to propose new schools, though he

received $100,000 from Paul Finnegan, a big contributor to the Noble Network of Charter Schools.

“It’s time to move beyond the debate of charters vs. traditional public schools and recognize that they are all public schools,” Daley said to The Chicago SunTimes. “Parents just want a good school, and the debate should focus on what is in the best interests of kids. Charter schools offer different learning options for families.”

Though he spent most of his career in the financial services industry, Daley

served as U.S. Secretary of Commerce from 1997 to 2000 in the Clinton administration and chief of staff for former President Barack Obama in 2011. He leads the pack in campaign funds, having raised $5.57 million as of Feb. 1. However, an insurance exam scandal implicated Daley last week: After he failed the exam to become an insurance agent, he passed on his second try in 1973, but experts question the validity of his answers and wonder if he got inside help. ­— Catherine Henderson

PAUL VALLAS Born and raised in the Roseland neighborhood on the South Side, Paul Vallas’ career started in Chicago and has centered around education.

Vallas worked as a staff member in the Illinois legislature for 12 years, served as the CEO of Chicago Public Schools, moved to Pennsylvania to be the CEO of Philadelphia Public Schools and currently consults on education policy around the country. He also finished second to Rod Blagojevich in the 2002

Democratic Primary for governor.

Vallas has campaigned on a 5-point plan for Chicago, emphasizing decreasing violent crime, bringing jobs across the city, improving public education, fixing the city’s budget and increasing access to community-based social services, according to his campaign website. He also outlined ideas for infrastructure improvements, affordable housing and balancing the budget.

However, Vallas has come under fire

for his handling of sex abuse cases as CEO of CPS after the Chicago Tribune uncovered over 500 reports of sexual misconduct in schools.

Despite his name-recognition, Vallas is polling at 4.3 percent, according to a January poll from The Chicago SunTimes. He also is significantly behind his competitors in terms of donations, raising $964,020 as of Feb. 1. ­— Catherine Henderson

GARRY MCCARTHY New York native Garry McCarthy has never run for public office before, but has spent more than 30 years serving in law enforcement.

The 59-year-old was the Chicago Police Department superintendent under Mayor Rahm Emanuel for four years, until he was fired in December 2015 after footage of Chicago police officer Jason Van Dyke fatally shooting Laquan McDonald went public.

Before he worked in the CPD, McCarthy served as an officer with the

New York Police Department for 25 years and police director in Newark, N.J., for five years.

Sticking with his policing background, McCarthy is running for mayor on a platform of improved community policing. He has also voiced opposition to Emanuel’s $95 million police academy plan to be built on the West Side of Chicago. There are better training methods that can be accomplished “a heck of a lot cheaper,” he told the Chicago Sun-Times in an interview.

Improving schools is also central to McCarthy’s campaign. He told Crain’s Chicago Business that he plans to provide “high-quality education opportunities particularly for black and Latino students whose neighborhood schools may have been closed or underperforming.”

McCarthy has also proposed that Chicago should annex surrounding suburbs, including Oak Park, Oak Lawn and Evergreen Park. ­— Clare Proctor

WILLIE WILSON The 2019 mayoral election is not Willie Wilson’s first time running for mayor. In 2015, when Mayor Rahm Emanuel was reelected, Wilson received almost 11 percent of the vote in the general election.

This time around, Wilson is running on a 10-point plan for a “better Chicago.” His plan includes creating safe neighborhoods by eliminating carjackings and reopening mental health centers in Chicago communities, as well as legalizing recreational marijuana to gain tax revenue and decrease racial disparity in marijuana-related arrests.

He also plans to make CTA rides free for senior citizens.

Wilson has lived in Chicago since 1965. He started working as a custodian at McDonald’s but worked his way up to become one of the first black owners of a McDonald’s restaurant. He has since gone

on to own and produce his own TV station — Singsation! — a Gospel music program.

The candidate — who has a doctorate in divinity, humane letters and humanitarianism — has received the backing of Chicago Young Republicans because of his “pro-business” stance and desire to pass a property tax cap, the group’s president Chris Myers said in an interview with Crain’s Chicago Business.

The 2019 mayoral election is not Willie Wilson’s first time running for mayor. In 2015, when Mayor Rahm Emanuel was reelected, Wilson received almost 11 percent of the vote in the general election.

This time around, Wilson is running on a 10-point plan for a “better Chicago.” His plan includes creating safe neighborhoods by eliminating carjackings and reopening mental health centers in Chicago communities, as

well as legalizing recreational marijuana to gain tax revenue and decrease racial disparity in marijuana-related arrests. He also plans to make CTA rides free for senior citizens.

Wilson has lived in Chicago since 1965. He started working as a custodian at McDonald’s but worked his way up to become one of the first black owners of a McDonald’s restaurant. He has since gone on to own and produce his own TV station — Singsation! — a Gospel music program.

The candidate — who has a doctorate in divinity, humane letters and humanitarianism — has received the backing of Chicago Young Republicans because of his “pro-business” stance and desire to pass a property tax cap, the group’s president Chris Myers said in an interview with Crain’s Chicago Business. ­— Clare Proctor

NEAL SALES-GRIFFIN The last time Neal Sales-Griffin (SESP ‘09) held a political office, his platform was based on transparency, accountability and getting Wi-Fi access on the Lakefill.

The office? Northwestern’s Associated Student Government president.

Now, Sales-Griffin, a lifelong Chicago resident originally from Kenwood, is running for mayor. As the founder and CEO of CodeNow, Sales-Griffin has spent his years since graduating from Northwestern teaching low-income students to code. He also co-chaired the Chicago Technology Diversity Council.

Sales-Griffin said he wants to run for mayor to make Chicago more affordable and increase the quality of education. To that end, he supports expanding affordable housing, providing tax receipts and expanding universal pre-kindergarten.

The tech executive’s campaign got off to a rocky start in April, when the Chicago Tribune reported that he “bombed” his kickoff speech.. The rough patches continued when it seemed he may not appear on the ballot after a challenge to his election petition from Willie Wilson.

The Northwestern alum will appear on the

ballot after surviving the challenge. However, simply appearing on the ballot might be his greatest accomplishment this election — Chicago Magazine ranks him 14th out of 14 in its mayoral candidate power rankings.

Economics Prof. Mark Witte, who taught Sales-Griffin at Northwestern, said in an interview with The Daily that though the campaign is a “longshot”, he would not count Sales-Griffin out.

“He’s pulled off some wild things,” Witte said. “This could happen.” ­— Gabby Birenbaum All photos courtesy of candidates’ campaigns

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promote a sense of justice.”

Weinberg sophomore Jihad Esmail, who helped coordinate the event for McSA, said ElSayed reflected the changing atmosphere in politics, especially following the election of the first two Muslim congresswomen.

El-Sayed said he had decided to run for Michigan governor following the election of President Donald Trump in 2016 because he wanted to help others. This same desire had pushed him in the past to become a doctor, then Michigan’s health commissioner.

Weinberg first-year Fizzah Jaffer, who is a pre-med student, said she closely identified with El-Sayed’s attitude of wanting to serve people through medicine.

“In our faith, helping people is such a strong belief and treating people with kindness and respect no matter the age, race, ethnicity, religion,” she said. “I feel like he is a man of good heart and good will, and that’s something that Islam practices.”

Although he was wary of how the public would

react to his Muslim identity, he decided to take action anyway.

El-Sayed said his 18 months on the road ultimately taught him that while politics might be ugly, people are good. As he met people all over the state –– in pubs and in living rooms –– he said the discussions he had with people inspired him.

“I’ve always believed that at core people are good, but how do good people elect somebody like him, the president of the United States?” he asked. “I wanted to reassure myself that people were good.”

This, however, does not mean he did not meet pushback. Yet, no matter how much he disagrees with a person, he said he is respectful in his response because he believes all people are equal and deserve empathetic approaches.

This is why he disagrees with “callout culture” and “canceling culture,” which he said fail to respond to others in kind and respectful manners.

“Sometimes we’ve forgotten that just because we believe ourselves to be right doesn’t justify, at all, taking away the shred of dignity from somebody else,” he said. catherinekim2020@u.northwestern.edu

Daily file photos by Colin Boyle; photo illustration by Evan Robinson-Johnson

City manager Wally Bobkiewicz (left) and Ald. Tom Suffredin (6th). Suffredin on Thursday sent out an email calling for public discussion of a potential successor for Bobkiewicz and calling into question his loyalty to Evanston.

WALLY

From page 1 He said residents are not being kept informed on the potential issue.

“People ask me about it and I tell them I don’t know,” he said. “We’re just waiting to see if the city manager finds a job somewhere, and then I guess we’ll start looking for our next city manager then.

The council needs to exercise authority and oversight on a more regular basis.”

Ald. Donald Wilson (4th) told The Daily he does not feel it’s “appropriate” for Suffredin to address a personnel concern in such a public matter.

Wilson emphasized that the city manager in Evanston is an employee of the city, hired by aldermen to enact council policy. Evanston operates under a council-manager form of government, which means that in addition to enacting policy, Bobkiewicz also manages the city staff, advises council

members and prepares the city’s annual budget. To hire or fire a city manager, seven of nine sitting aldermen must vote in approval, according to Evanston City Council rules.

Suffredin said he doesn’t know where the “perfect place” is for him to speak to his constituents and that he felt the newsletter was a good medium since he doesn’t have a social media presence.

Wilson said he would be comfortable with aldermen talking about a potential succession plan in case Bobkiewicz does end up leaving Evanston but felt as though Suffredin’s newsletter and the language used within was “inappropriate.”

“The city manager is an employee of the city, so, just like any other employee, their personnel matters should be treated like other employees,” Wilson said.

Catherine Henderson contributed reporting. karisch@u.northwestern.edu

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Cars parked in a University lot. Due to the high cost of parking passes, some students choose to park in Evanston instead.

PARKING From page 1

as a student has been challenging.

“Parking on campus is pretty poor. The lots that are available to students are very limited and there aren’t very many of them,” Halkett said. “It’s expensive to get a parking permit, which limits a lot of people.”

However, off-campus parking has its hazards as well. The city hands out tickets when drivers forget to move their cars for street cleaning, during sports games or on snowy days. Halkett said she’s “gotten plenty” of tickets for this reason.

Evanston parking tickets range from $10 to $40, depending on the offense.

In addition to high costs of on-campus parking, student parking passes are not available to those who live in the “walking zone,” an area bounded to the north by Central Street, to the south by Lake

ARONSON From page 1

with Kahn, he said.

Surprisingly enough, however, Aronson said his philosophy education has bled into his pictures in the “strangest and most unexpected” ways. While many photographers focus on the technical aspects of images, such as the exposure or equipments, he said he likes to think more about how his images make the audience feel and what their purpose in the world is.

Aronson said he came to a turning point in his career when he immersed himself in the emerging Miami creative scene after graduation. He began to document the talented artists he met by taking their portraits, he said. Taking someone’s portrait was like “getting to know someone by grabbing a beer,” he said.

It was these portraits that grabbed the

Street and to the west by Ridge Avenue.

But living nearby has its drawbacks. Houses and apartments within the walking zone are much more expensive than those outside it — options further away could save renters up to $500 per month.

Some students, like Bienen senior Tina Zheng, decided to live closer to campus for convenience.

The benefits of living closer to campus outweighed the inability to buy an on-campus pass, she said, which meant moving further away was out of the question. She didn’t know her location disqualified her from obtaining an on-campus pass.

“I think anybody would rather be closer to campus and not have to deal with the car issue,” Zheng said. “Especially if you have roommates and you’re sharing a car, you don’t want to inconvenience them.” jasonharward2022@u.northwestern.edu attention of i-D Magazine, and later Dazed and The New York Times. Kahn said Aronson’s work highlights the photographer’s ability to capture the essence of his subjects.

“A lot of the magic of Josh’s work is magnifying the energy of his subject,” Kahn said. “I think that’s why he works so often in creating portraits of other artists. He’s really good at finding a spark in a subject and letting that light up a frame.”

Aronson said he is happy to be able to create a community among his subjects through his photography. His works have brought together different artists with equally unique backgrounds, he said.

Ultimately, Aronson said he hopes to create art that is introspective but also conscious of the world surrounding it.

“I aspire to make photographs that are true, that are authentic and honest,” he said. catherinekim2020@u.northwestern.edu

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Four free workshops for District 65 families start next week

The Evanston/Skokie School District 65 will offer four workshops and classes for family members in the district starting next week.

District 65 is working with the Evanston Public Library and Oakton Community College to provide free 6-week classes and workshops, according to the District 65 website. The four

classes offered this session include high school equivalency GED classes, computer classes, a knitting club and a Life Skills and Resources workshop series.

The computer classes offer instruction on basic use of the internet and electronic devices, including personal computers, smartphones, Kindles and tablets. It will also teach family members how to navigate district-related websites and online forms. The class meets on Saturdays and Sundays.

The Life Skills and Resources workshop will meet Friday evenings and will feature a series of speakers to discuss career options and offer health

and expert advice.

District 65 has previously offered other classes and workshops, including a Spanish Conversation workshop and a Parents as Educational Partners class, which taught parents to participate in and advocate for their children’s schooling.

Childcare will be offered for the GED classes, knitting club and Life Skills and Resources workshop series. Classes will run from Feb. 11 to March 22 at EPL and the Joseph E. Hill Education Center.

— Clare Proctor

ETHS teacher selected as finalist for the Golden Apple Award

Source: ETHS

Corey Winchester, a history and social sciences teacher at Evanston Township High School. Winchester was selected as a finalist for the Golden Apple Award.

National News Supreme Court blocks Louisiana from enforcing restrictive abortion law WASHINGTON — A divided U.S. Supreme Court blocked Louisiana from requiring abortion doctors to get admitting privileges at a local hospital, giving a reprieve to clinics as the justices consider whether to take up an appeal.

Over four dissents, the justices Thursday put on hold a federal appeals court decision that upheld the Louisiana law, which is virtually identical to a Texas measure the Supreme Court struck down in 2016.

Chief Justice John Roberts joined the court’s liberals in the majority, giving no explanation.

Although Kavanaugh said he would let the law go into effect, he said that wouldn’t have changed the “status quo.” He said doctors could

have performed abortions during a 45-day period in which the state would determine who had the necessary privileges. Kavanaugh said new challenges could have been filed if doctors couldn’t get privileges during that period.

Opponents say the law would leave the state with only one clinic and a single abortion doctor because no one will risk the civil and criminal penalties the measure imposes for noncompliance.

The state says no clinic would have to close immediately and there would be a lengthy process to determine compliance.

Louisiana told the Supreme Court it will put in place an “administrative process characterized by mutual communication among doctors, hospitals, and the state agency, with administrative remedies in the event of adverse licensing actions — not the abrupt descent into chaos plaintiffs foresee.”

Louisiana’s law, enacted in 2014, requires

Corey Winchester, a history and social sciences teacher at Evanston Township High School, was selected as a finalist for the 2019 Golden Apple Award for Excellence in Teaching, according to a news release from ETHS. Winchester is one of 32 high school teachers across Illinois selected as a finalist for the award. The Golden Apple Award recognizes teachers across the state who have positively impacted their students’ lives through their teaching. The organization also works to develop teachers as leaders to improve education statewide.

Eric Witherspoon, the superintendent at ETHS, doctors to have admitting privileges at a hospital within 30 miles of the abortion facility. The measure was in effect for a brief period in 2016.

The decision to block the law suggests the court is likely to hear an appeal in the case, probably during the nine-month term that starts in October.

The 2016 Supreme Court ruling in the Texas case appeared at the time to be the biggest abortion-rights victory in a generation. Kennedy sided with the liberals in the 5-3 ruling, which also voided requirements that clinics meet hospitallike surgical standards.

The Supreme Court said the Texas law provided “few, if any, health benefits for women, poses a substantial obstacle to women seeking abortions, and constitutes an undue burden on their constitutional right to do so.”

Kennedy has since retired and been replaced

by Kavanaugh, President Donald Trump’s second

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The Joseph E. Hill Education Center.

said Winchester has been a “standout teacher” since he started teaching at the school in 2010.

“By his third year of teaching here, we nominated him for the prestigious Those Who Excel Award in the state of Illinois,” Witherspoon said. “Each year, he has continued to grow and to make a positive difference in so many lives.”

Winchester was also selected for the Teach Plus Illinois Teaching Policy Fellowship for the 20182019 school year. He is working with 19 other Illinois teachers to improve policy and practice in education. Winchester’s work specifically focuses on recruitment and retention of teachers of color.

Finalists will be recognized at the Golden Apple Celebration of Excellence on Feb. 23. Award recipients will be notified with surprise school visits in the spring.

— Clare Proctor

Supreme Court nominee.

In upholding the Louisiana law on a 2-1 vote, a New Orleans-based appeals court said the impact wasn’t nearly as great as in Texas. The majority said the law itself wasn’t forcing any clinics to close, and the panel blamed doctors for not making goodfaith efforts to get the required privileges.

The justices put the ruling on hold last week while they considered the request for a longer halt. The clinic and doctors say they will file an appeal, which the court could take up during the nine-month term that starts in October.

The court has kept its distance from abortionrelated disputes during Kavanaugh’s first term. In December the justices rejected appeals from two states seeking to cut off Medicaid payments to their local Planned Parenthood chapters.

— Greg Stohr (Bloomberg News/TNS)

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Northwestern to open spring season Cats to finish

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The last time Northwestern was competing on the links over three months ago, they had mixed results. Freshman David Nyfjäll won the individual competition — his second in a row — but the Wildcats finished in a disappointing third place.

Now, NU is back on the golf course for the spring season and will open with the Big Ten Match Play Championship in Palm Coast, Florida this weekend.

Senior Ryan Lumsden said he enjoys match play because every shot matters.

“I love the ebbs and flows of match play. You can really get on (a) hot streak and you can also find yourself fighting,” Lumsden said. “It’s just a different feel to stroke play and I enjoy that thoroughly.”

The Cats earned the No. 2 seed in the 14-team field, with the seeding decided by the final Golfstat rankings from the fall season. The only team to be seeded above NU is down-state rival Illinois.

As a top-two seed in the tournament, the Cats get a first-round bye into the quarterfinals. That means instead of starting the competition Friday at 8 am EST, NU does not begin until 1:30 pm, when it will play the winner of No. 7 Minnesota and No. 10 Maryland.

The bye into the quarterfinals was a change made to the tournament this year, and coach David Inglis said it was a welcome change. But instead of sleeping in and spending the morning off the links, the Cats and the Fighting Illini will play an unofficial match as a warmup.

“The nice thing is we don’t have to feel like we are starting cold in the afternoon,” Inglis said. “From that standpoint I don’t think it will be any disadvantage to have the bye. We will certainly have seen the pin positions and been able to put on the greens.”

An interesting aspect of the tournament is the links themselves. The Hammock Beach Resort has two courses that will host the Match Play competition — the Ocean Course and the Conservatory Course.

However, NU hopes to only have to play one of them. The Cats’ exhibition against Illinois will be played on the Ocean Course and all non-consolidation matches after the first round will also be played on the Ocean Course.

Designed by Jack Nicklaus, golf ’s all-time leader in major titles, the Ocean Course is located right next to the Atlantic Ocean. NU spent time on Thursday practicing on the course, and Lumsden said the greens are in “great shape” and the fairways are firm.

While the Cats will be able to spend their morning on the Ocean Course, the Minnesota and Maryland match will be played at the Conservatory

Course, giving NU a step up.

“It should (give us an advantage),” Inglis said.

“Any time you have that a little edge is probably good but ultimately it’s just going to come down to who competes the hardest and who plays the best.”

Inglis said the expected lineup for the Cats will be Lumsden, Nyfjäll, junior Everton Hawkins, sophomore Eric McIntosh, freshman Lucas Becht and senior Pete Griffith. Inglis said Hawkins is dealing with a back injury, and his status is a question mark.

Hawkins said he will compete this weekend; however, he is unsure how many of the team’s matchups he will actually play in.

The Cats have won four Big Ten Match Play championships. After winning three straight titles from 2010-12, NU won the 2017 championship by beating Penn State 3.5-2.5 in the final.

Hawkins was a freshman on the 2017 team that finished in first. He hit the winning putt in the final round and won all three of his matchups in the tournament. Hawkins said the team is preparing very similarly to how it prepared two years ago.

“We have the same strategy, and the coaches are talking about the same things,” Hawkins said. “We have had a lot of success ever since this tournament started. We are just excited to get things going. We know we will play well.” peterwarren2021@u.northwestern.edu

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By STEPHEN COUNCIL

the daily northwestern @stephencouncil

At this point in the season, Northwestern’s coaches have a tough job: — to find balance.

The No. 2 Wildcats (36-3) will head to Duke for the final regular season meet of the year this Sunday. NU will attempt to get wins while testing its fencers against a slate of five teams that includes two from the Top 10.

The Cats are coming off a 9-2 showing at the NU Duals this past weekend, which included a tight 14-13 win over No. 8 Duke. They will face the Blue Devils again, along with No. 4 Penn State, Air Force, North Carolina and Boston College.

As the last meet of the regular season, this Sunday’s bouts are one of the last chances for coach Zach Moss, a Duke alumnus, to decide on who he wants representing NU for this year’s NCAA postseason. After a break for the Junior Olympics next weekend and the Midwest Conference Championships the week after, the Cats will send 12 fencers to NCAA Regionals on March 9, four from each weapon squad.

At that point, the lineup will be out of the hands of the coaches, and each fencer will have a shot at progressing to Nationals. Who goes on will depend on the results at the Regionals meet, but also on individual records throughout the season.

At this point, Moss said he has to find a way to help his team and his fencers prepare.

“It’s a delicate balance. We’re trying to get as many individuals in the best place that they can be to try and qualify at NCAA championships, while also trying to win every match we can,” he said.

The formula for who moves on to Nationals is complex, taking into account strength of schedule, Regionals placement and overall win percentage.

Moss said he doesn’t give his fencers the specifics. He tells them to fence whoever is in front of them, and he’ll assign harder competition to those fencing at a high level.

With NU’s depth, the final decision could be a tough one for Moss. The Cats have won almost 67 percent of their collegiate bouts this year, and all but one of the fencers have won more than they’ve lost.

One of the strongest performers has been sophomore Sarah Filby, whose 32 wins are the most of anyone on the foil squad. She said that fencing Duke and Penn State again this weekend means she and her teammates can look at old video to pick up on habits, but they already know they’ll both be tenacious teams.

“We have to keep working the whole time and work for every touch,” Filby said. “Because if we slow down at all, they’ll just capitalize on that.”

The vibe at the Duke meet will be what the fencers are used to from often being on the road, but it will almost certainly be a drop-off in crowd participation from last weekend at Ryan Fieldhouse. Dozens of friends and family members cheered on NU at their first home collegiate meet at the new venue.

Still, junior foil Amy Jia, who will travel with Filby and 13 others to Durham, North Carolina, doesn’t think the energy will diminish.

“We are, after all, still No. 2 in the nation,” Jia said. “So that’s something to be really excited about: to just go out and fence as hard as we can and defend our title.” stephencouncil2022@u.northwestern.edu

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ON THE RECORD

We got some really good shots, didn’t go in and it kind og snowballed... I think that’s where the tide turned.

— coach Joe McKeown

@DailyNU_Sports

Friday, February 8, 2019

SNOWBALL EFFECT

Wildcats fall in a rout to the top ranked team in the Big Ten

By ANDREW GOLDEN

daily senior staffer @andrewcgolden

With just over two minutes remaining in the first quarter, junior forward Abi Scheid hit her first basket of the game. Unfortunately for Northwestern, the shot was its first basket of the game as well.

Scheid’s basket cut No. 10 Maryland’s lead to 15-5 but, before that, the Wildcats (14-9, 7-5 Big Ten) were 0-for-12 from the field and their only points came from three free throws from senior center Pallas Kuniayi-Akpanah.

Following the titanic struggles of the offense, NU lost 72-57 to the Terrapins (21-2, 10-2) on Thursday.

By the end of the first half, the team had shot 6-for-30 from the field and had as many made free throws as field goals. The second half was a different story offensively for the Cats, but Maryland and its steady offensive attack pulled away for the decisive victory.

“Well, they’re 21-2 and their defense is really good,” coach Joe McKeown said. “We got some really good shots, didn’t go in and it kinda snowballed. … I think that’s where the

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tide turned a little bit.”

The Terrapins and NU are statistically two of the best defensive teams in the Big Ten. Heading into the game, the Cats were the top-ranked scoring defense in the Big Ten, giving up just 57.5 points per game. Maryland, on the other hand, was fifth in the Big Ten with 65 points per game.

Both teams played tough defense in the first few minutes of the game in different ways, with Maryland playing man-to-man while NU came out in a 2-3 zone. With 5:46 remaining in the first quarter, the Cats and Maryland had combined to score just seven points. But then the opposition started to find its rhythm, jumping out to a 14-point lead at the end of the first quarter.

In the second quarter, NU continued to struggle from the field and the Terrapins extended their lead to 21 by halftime. NU’s leading scorers this season, Kuniayi-Akpanah and sophomore guard Lindsey Pulliam both couldn’t buy a basket early on, despite the fact that they combined to score 12 of the Cats’ 20 first half points. Pulliam, a Maryland native, led all scorers with

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18 points on 8-for-22 shooting from the field.

“She’s having an incredible year,” McKeown said. “She’s the heart and soul of our team. … She’s also the focal point of everybody’s defense, but she played really well tonight, played really hard.”

Scheid added 16 points, but aside from her and Pulliam, no one on NU else scored in double digits. KuniayiAkpanah failed to make a field goal, scoring all five of her points from the free throw line.

The Cats team of the second half looked like a completely different one from the first. NU was much more eff ective, outscoring the Terrapins 37-31. As a team, the Cats shot 54 percent from the field in the third and fourth quarters, but it wasn’t enough.

NU is now at the back end of its conference schedule, with six games left to play before the Big Ten Tournament.

“We’re on to Minnesota,” McKeown said. “We got a big game Sunday and that’s the most important thing moving forward.” andrewgolden2021@u.northwestern.edu

MEN’S BASKETBALL

NU opening its season Cats hope their offense travels with target on its back

By ELLA BROCKWAY

By KARIM NOORANI

the daily northwestern @23karimn

Despite dealing with all the pressures that come with being one of the country’s most prestigious programs, No. 7 Northwestern sounds like it’s playing with house money.

“Our team’s pretty lighthearted,” senior attacker Selena Lasota said.

“It’s very fun. We’re always laughing and dancing at practice.”

For the team, it’s important to not to confuse high spirits with a lack of focus heading into the first match of the season, Friday at home against Louisville. According to coach Kelly Amonte Hiller, the Wildcats have centered on getting better each day, tackling the season one game at a time and bringing intensity to each practice.

Following a 2018 season that ended with a disappointing loss to North Carolina, Lasota said NU has found a new mentality to match its new facility, Ryan Fieldhouse.

The team is focused less on results and much more on playing in the moment, Lasota said. “ This season our games are going to be much different,” Lasota said. “We’re trying to diminish the self-loathing.”

Although they’ve shifted their mindset, the Cats’ current sights are set on the Cardinals. NU opens the regular season against an unranked Louisville team that lost ten of its final 11 games in last year’s campaign.

Though playing a developing program, Amonte Hiller was focused on all three aspects of the game.

“Moving the ball on the offensive end is huge,” Amonte Hiller said.

“We obviously have to win possession on draw controls. Defensively, lots of communication and playing together, I think that’s the biggest

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thing.”

The last time the Cats played Louisville in 2017, the Cardinals were under the guidance of coach Kellie Young. In the matchup two years later, Louisville has new leadership, and NU is hosting games inside an improved facility.

Lasota emphasized the importance of unity within the team, whose roster has 20 underclassmen.

The team’s depth will be crucial this year as Amonte Hiller seems content on riding the hot hand at goalkeeper and draws.

So far the team has played one exhibition game in a matchup against Colorado, but following Friday’s game the Cats play three of their next five games against power conference opponents. On March 2, NU will have the opportunity to avenge last season’s loss to the Tar Heels in a matchup in Chapel Hill.

However, the Cats will face fewer ranked opponents than they did a year ago– 8 of their first 12 games were against ranked foes. Nevertheless, NU will have the opportunity to bolster its postseason resume, as seeding is critical for a team with such high expectations.

Amonte Hiller also said this season’s schedule leaves them no room for error, even though their first three games are at home.

“It’s tough,” she said. “There’s no easy games. We go up against some great, great teams. We’re excited about it. To be the best, you have play the best. We will definitely be battle-tested right off the bat, starting with Louisville.” karimnoorani2022@u.northwestern.edu

daily senior staffer @ellabrockway

In mid-February 2015, coach Chris Collins and his Northwestern team found themselves in a hole. The Wildcats had started the 2014-15 season sharp, going 10-4 in nonconference play and even winning their Big Ten opener against Rutgers, but then they dropped 10 straight against Big Ten opponents and entered a home game against Iowa on the heels of a 24-point loss to Michigan State.

NU won that game in overtime, and while the win didn’t completely salvage the season, it gave the Cats a muchneeded confidence boost, powering them to win four of their last seven of the campaign.

Almost exactly four years later, NU is in a similar hole. The Cats (12-10, 3-8 Big Ten) hopped out to a 9-4 start but have now lost three straight and have the fourth-worst scoring offense in the nation among Power Five teams. Their leading scorer, senior forward Vic Law, is in a slump. The team hasn’t shot above 39.6 percent from the floor in their last five games.

And now, just like in 2015, they’re preparing to face a Hawkeyes team in an effort to swing their season.

NU will face No. 20 Iowa (18-5, 7-5) on the road on Sunday, looking for its fourth conference win of the season and its first win over the Hawkeyes since 2017. The Cats struggled again to score in their home loss to Penn State on Monday, despite holding the Nittany Lions to only 59 points, and they are searching for a boost in confidence to remedy the large gap between their offensive and defensive performances of late. “(We’re best when we’re) playing with confidence,” senior center Dererk Pardon said after the Penn State loss.

“That’s the biggest thing right now: getting back to taking our shots, getting back to playing the game with joy.

That’s something that we need to get

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back to doing.”

The Cats haven’t collected a win in the Hawkeye State since the 201112 season, and they have yet to beat a ranked opponent since their win over then-No. 20 Michigan last February.

NU will also look for its first win over a Quadrant I opponent — a category used by the NCAA Tournament selection committee to classify all Division I teams — in eight attempts this season.

Iowa extended its recent hot streak with a win Thursday against Indiana and upset No. 7 Michigan on Feb. 1.

The Hawkeyes currently average the second-most points in the conference at 81.7 points per game, but also allow the second-most per game at 72.9. However, the Cats haven’t scored more than 62 points in their past three games, and have scored more than 70 points just twice in 2019.

“We know we have our limitations with certain things … you’ve got to

use your strengths and try to play to them incredibly well, which we have at times during the year,” Collins said.

“Right now we’re just in a little bit of a rut on that (offensive) end. We’ve got to stick with it.”

When the two teams met earlier this season on Jan. 9, the Hawkeyes pulled away with a 73-63 win. The game was close for the first half, but Iowa capitalized on NU foul trouble and went 17-for-19 from the free throw line in the second to take a win back to Iowa City.

With nine games left on the schedule, the race to finish with 10 Big Ten wins is on — right now, the prediction of a popular analytics system has NU finishing the season at 15-16 overall and with a 6-14 conference record — the clock for the Cats to secure a chance at the postseason is ticking.

“It’s a long year (and) you go through these ruts sometimes,” Collins said. “We’ve got half a conference season left. We’ve got to try to find a way to get our confidence back on that end of the floor and see if we can get better.” ellabrockway2021@u.northwestern.edu

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Vic Law dribbles the ball. The senior forward leads Northwestern in scoring heading into Sunday’s game.