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Stage reading sparks discussion Play set in 1860s featured for Black History Month By CLARE PROCTOR
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Protesters march to Swift Hall for a teach-in about racism in academia. The event was organized by both graduate and undergraduate student groups and is only the latest way students are showing their opposition to Satoshi Kanazawa’s controversial appointment.
Activists hold Kanazawa teach-in
Students march, draft demands in response to controversial scholar
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Student activists expressed their frustration over visiting scholar Satoshi Kanazawa’s continued presence on campus and learned about racism in academia at a march and teach-in event
Friday. Kanazawa, whose work in the field of evolutionary psychology has been criticized as racist and misogynist, is at Northwestern this year while on sabbatical from the London School of Economics. Although he isn’t teaching or being paid, according to University leadership, his presence on campus has spurred outrage and
Paper waste shreds NU’s sustainability
Despite NU efforts, students criticize classroom usage By PRIYANSHI KATARE
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While Northwestern has been recognized for its efforts to be environmentally conscious on a broader scale of resource purchases, some students said sustainability in daily consumption can still be improved. Sustainability has been one of NU’s top strategic and community engagement priorities in the recent past, according to the sustainNU website. In 2018, the University was recognized at the Illinois Sustainability Awards, honored for its efforts to engage its student body in sustainable practices and increase its landfill diversion rate to 38 percent. However, some students said the broad overarching sustainability goals of Northwestern do not manifest themselves into the everyday practices of students and faculty on campus. McCormick first-year Nora Chambers said two of her four classes require printouts every week. Some statistics and economics classes –– which are as large
as 200 students — require students to print about 10 pages of notes each week. Over 10 weeks, this can add up to 20,000 pages of paper produced for one class, or 10,000 if double-sided. In such classes, professors claim the use of any digital devices can provide possible distractions. Yet Chambers said this reluctance toward technology use can prove to be environmentally unsustainable in the long run. “We need to get more onboard with technology, however inconvenient it may seem,” Chambers said. “Anything that can only be used once is adding to unsustainability on campus.” For some students, paper in classrooms cannot be fully avoided. McCormick first-year Ahan Sahu said his Design Thinking and Communication sequence requires him to be able to draw directly on paper. Kathia Benitez, director of sustainNU, said she acknowledges the issue of excessive paper use on campus, which is why paper reduction is one of the office’s goals. While Associated Student Government is incentivizing students to promote more sustainable practices, Benitez said her office is trying » See SUSTAIN, page 6
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calls for action from students. The march and teach-in, organized by several groups of both graduate and undergraduate students, is only the latest of several student-organized movements opposing Kanazawa. Activists circulated a petition in December calling for Kanazawa’s removal and took to direct confrontation after Provost Jonathan
Holloway sent an email defending Kanazawa’s right to remain at Northwestern on the basis of academic freedom. Students marched from The Rock to the Rebecca Crown Center, and then onto Swift Hall, where they settled in for a day full of breakout sessions. » See TEACH-IN, page 6
A stage reading of a play set immediately after the Civil War sparked conversation about systems of oppression still prevalent in today’s society. “Blacks aren’t the only souls eroded by the monster of racism,” Taurean Webb, one of the organizers of the event, said. “How are we all implicated? Because part of the nature of the system is that we are all implicated.” Webb is the interim director of the Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary’s Center for the Church and the Black Experience and has received a masters degree in African American studies from Northwestern. CBE partnered with the Fleetwood-Jourdain Theatre to produce a stage reading of “The Whipping Man” at the Noyes Cultural Arts Center as a part of Evanston’s celebration of Black History Month. The play is the second of a 10-part “Out of the African
Diaspora to Evanston” series, organized by CBE. The project aims to educate community members about the history of black Americans through different mediums such as art and preaching. The play by Matthew Lopez is set in Richmond, Virginia, in April 1865. It describes the reunion of a young Confederate soldier with two of his former slaves after the end of the Civil War during Passover. Following the performance, audience members joined the actors to discuss the play’s themes. Cedric Young portrayed Simon in the play, a former slave who takes care of his master’s son after he returns from battle with a bullet wound in his leg. After the performance, Young said the theme of former slaves and masters attempting to understand their post-abolition relationships is still relevant today. “This is something that’s going to take so much longer to start sinking in with people,” Young said. “Even today, some people have problems with who is inferior and who is not.” Chicago resident Molly Burns said chamber readings such as “The Whipping Man” can be very powerful. She added that it was » See STAGE, page 6
Farmers’ market creates connections Indoor market brings vendors, residents together at Ecology Center By ZOE MALIN
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Every Saturday morning from December to April, the Evanston Ecology Center comes alive as vendors set up for the city’s indoor farmers’ market. Businesses from across the Midwest and Chicagoland area share their offerings at this weekly event, highlighting fresh food and other unique products. In its eighth year of operation, the Evanston Ecology Center Indoor Farmers’ Market draws 150-200 customers each weekend, Matt Poole, program coordinator at the Evanston Ecology Center, said. He said a few vendors from Evanston’s outdoor farmers’ market began to rent out the space in 2012. The City of Evanston eventually took over and now runs the event. Dušan Katić, head baker of Katić Breads, said of all the benefits the market offers, nothing compares to the “one-on-one connection” with customers. “The indoor farmers’ market is a way for us to remain in contact with customers who appreciate what we create,” Katić said. “My work and that
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John Brandell, owner of Frosty Productions, sells his honey and maple products to customer Ronda Patino. He is a vendor every week at the Evanston Ecology Center Indoor Farmers’ Market.
of other small business owners is best embraced in Evanston.” Katić said the indoor farmers’ market is essential to what he sees as a “mutual relationship” between business owners and customers. He highlighted the difference between the farmers’ market and online shopping in an “internet age.”
“The market emphasizes that the person buying is a human being and the person producing is a human being,” he said. “Having this contact is something online buying takes away, but something small businesses can’t lose.” Poole said the Ecology Center holds up to 14 vendors, though the number varies as
different vendors are scheduled each week. But some business owners set up shop at the market every Saturday, including Denny Wright, owner of The Wright Way Farm in Beloit, Wisconsin. He travels over 100 miles to the Ecology Center each week to sell fresh » See FARMERS, page 6
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Aldermen to consider new contracts with unions By CATHERINE HENDERSON daily senior staffer @caity_henderson
Aldermen are set to approve agreements with unions representing the police and government employees, authorizing city manager Wally Bobkiewicz to negotiate these contracts, at Monday’s City Council meeting. City staff and representatives from The Illinois Fraternal Order of Police Labor Council for Evanston Police Sergeants and the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees negotiated these contracts and recommended them for approval, according to city documents. Both agreements are updated from similar documents that expired in 2018 and, if approved, would last for four years until Dec. 31, 2022. As a result of the city’s budget deficit, both contracts do not include a wage increase for 2019, allowing the city “to significantly reduce and anticipate salary expenses to improve its financial situation,” according to city documents. In 2020, 2021 and 2022, police sergeants and city workers will receive wage increases of 1.5, 2.5 and 3 percent respectively, according to both agreements. These negotiations come after a Supreme Court decision in June 2018 that struck down an Illinois law requiring workers who opt out of union membership to pay a partial fee. The decision now allows employees to opt out without having to pay fair share fees, which contributed funding to the union’s collective bargaining and representation. Some expressed concern that this would cost
POLICE BLOTTER Chicago man arrested in Evanston for driving with a suspended license Police arrested a 49-year-old Chicago man for a series of traffic violations on Thursday after he ran a red light and failed to produce a valid license. Evanston Police Cmdr. Ryan Glew said an Evanston Police Department officer stationed near the
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Two Evanston police cars. The Illinois Fraternal Order of Police and American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees negotiated agreements to be approved by aldermen on Monday.
unions funding and membership, but Shawn Pestka, the executive vice president of the Evanston chapter of the AFSCME, said in a July interview with The Daily that he didn’t expect a change
in membership or collective bargaining power. “The unions aren’t there to make money,” Pestka said. “The unions are there to collectively bargain on an agreement and ensure a living wage, decent
intersection of Dempster Street and Dodge Avenue noticed a 1999 Lincoln Continental that was heading south and failed to stop at a red light. The officer activated his lights, pulled over the vehicle and then asked the driver to present his license and registration. The driver showed the officer valid insurance, but he failed to produce a license because it had previously been suspended, Glew said. The officer arrested the man at 7:46 p.m. and
brought him back to the EPD for processing.
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Change stolen from vehicle
A 53-year-old woman reported Thursday that a small amount of change was stolen from her car in the 2700 block of Bernard Place in north Evanston. The woman said she parked her 2010 Honda Odyssey outside of her residence on Feb. 6 and left the doors unlocked. The next morning she said
health insurance and good working conditions. … (The ruling) is not going to stop us from fighting. We’re still going to fight for workers’ rights.” The AFSCME is the largest union of government workers in Evanston, covering 354 active city employees. Their contract increases employee contributions to insurance in 2021, adds floating holiday time and increases on-call weekend pay, according to city documents. In addition, the agreement states the city will not lay off any budgeted employees in 2019 or add furlough days for the remainder of the contract. The Illinois FOP — which serves only 20 members — has an agreement which includes an increased stipend for employees with a bachelor’s degree, raising it from $1,900 to $2,000 in 2019. In addition, employees with a master’s degree will receive an annual stipend of $2,500. Only for 2019, sergeants will also receive 16 hours of compensatory time in lieu of holiday time. At a city council meeting in April, Ald. Cicely Fleming (9th) emphasized the importance of union negotiations during the budget deficit and referenced negotiations taking place at the time with the FOP and AFSCM. “We are looking at some more deficits this year, so I’m hopeful that our union staff will be mindful of that as we implement these contracts,” Fleming said. “I’m sure that our staff will be aggressively taking on these union contracts next year so we can make sure the taxpayers who are not in unions will be able to stay in our town.” catherinehenderson2021@u.northwestern.edu she noticed that the door on the driver’s side of the vehicle was open and contents from the interior of the vehicle were scattered on her driveway. Forty-five cents worth of pennies was all that was missing from the car, Glew said. There are currently no suspects and no one is in custody, Glew said. — Ashley Capoot
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ON CAMPUS Residents react to Hobart uncertainty
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Although she didn’t list Hobart House on her initial housing preference form, Medill first-year Tracy Zhang said after she moved in, the residential college’s “cozy” atmosphere gave her a feeling of belonging. “We are a really small residential college,” Zhang said. “There’s only 50 residents and they are all girls, so that’s why I feel we are pretty close to each other. We know everybody here.” However, the future of Hobart House became unclear after Northwestern released the full version of its Housing Master Plan in January 2018. The plan recommended eliminating all residential colleges and incorporating them into a “universal residential experience”. At an Associated Student Government Senate meeting on Feb. 6, Julie Payne-Kirchmeier, the associate vice president and chief of staff for the Office of Student Affairs, along with Brad Zakarin, the director of Residential Academic Initiatives, spoke with concerned students and said Hobart will remain on campus for the “foreseeable future.” At the meeting, current and past Hobart residents expressed their dissatisfaction with the University’s comments and voiced their desire to preserve the only non-Greek, all-women residence at Northwestern. Weinberg sophomore Elynnor Sandefer, the outreach chair of Hobart House, drafted the ASG resolution to preserve all-women housing. ASG Senate passed the resolution on Jan. 23. Sandefer said she was “not so encouraged” by administrators’ use of the phrase “foreseeable future” because it implied uncertainty. She added that given the unclear outlook on whether Hobart will be eliminated from the residential system, it’s important for Residential Services to continue to work with students and provide them with opportunities to get involved in the discussion. “I don’t think that we should take it as a success,” Sandefer said. “I hope they will listen to us and not just hear (us).”
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Zhang said her experience living in Hobart this year has been characterized by a strong sense of community, as a variety of events — like munchies, fireside talks and Fellow’s Lunches — are held on a regular basis. Zhang added that she believed the Housing Master Plan was not well thought-out and neglected many students’ practical concerns. “I feel like the school doesn’t even have a very practical plan yet,” she said. “They just wanted to release the announcement.” Medill sophomore Augusta Saraiva, who came to NU from Brazil, said being an international student made it more difficult for her make friends at first, but that Hobart’s community spirit enabled her to meet more people and establish her friend groups. Because of her positive experience, she said, she decided to live in Hobart again and continues to be an “involved” member of the residential college. Saraiva added that privacy is an “essential” feature
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of Hobart as it creates a safe space for women-identifying students — especially for students who wear hijabs. Male students are not prohibited from entering the building, but Hobart residents are responsible for informing others about the presence of male students by using phrases such as “Man on the floor,” Sandefer said. She added that these rules are set and followed by the Hobart community, and help ensure its residents can feel safe and comfortable. Despite the negotiations with NU administration ahead, Saraiva said she hopes the University will continue to discuss with students the implementation of its proposed Housing Master Plan and to address the concerns raised by the Hobart community. “The whole situation brought us together, so in a way the struggle is empowering for the residents in Hobart,” Saraiva said. limingwan2021@u.northwestern.edu
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21 Savage’s arrest exposes broken immigration system ANDREA BIAN
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On Feb. 3, rapper 21 Savage was arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents who accused him of being in the United States illegally. 21 Savage, whose real name is Sha Yaa Bin Abraham-Joseph, was born in England and, according to ICE, may face deportation due to overstaying a visa that expired in 2006. As soon as the news broke, social media exploded with outrage over 21 Savage’s unfair arrest. According to 21 Savage’s lawyers, his parents overstayed their work visa while he was a minor, keeping their son in the U.S. and in violation of immigration policy “through no fault of his own.” 21 Savage had spoken out against border control in a performance on “The Tonight Show” just days before. It’s hard to deny that this arrest wasn’t
randomly timed — in fact, it probably had something to do with the rapper’s very public criticism of the United States’ policies. It felt like a deliberate attempt to silence the voices affected by new hard-line immigration policies under the Trump administration. As I scrolled through my Twitter, full of criticisms and memes alike, I was surprised by how intense the reaction was. A new wave of criticism for ICE and the immigration system hit social media. Of the more serious tweets I saw regarding the incident, many expressed sympathy for 21 Savage and his family, specifically his three children. Hip-hop fans insisted he had a right to live in the U.S. and that his arrest was deliberate and unfair. I agree with them. Aggressive immigration policies like the ones currently in place unfairly target people of color and perpetuate stereotypes about immigrants who often have no other option but to leave their home countries and enter the U.S. Current immigration procedures often assume that all immigrants are dangerous criminals. 21 Savage’s
arrest also drew attention to the fact that there are just as many black immigrants as Hispanic and Asian ones, even though black immigrants are rarely included in the immigrant discussion. I consume quite a bit of news media, and I’ll admit that immigration stories are covered fairly frequently. My issue stands with my social media timeline; some users I follow didn’t show an opinion on the rescission of DACA in 2017 or Customs and Border Protection separating families at the border under their “zero-tolerance” policy last year. As soon as news of 21 Savage’s detainment broke, those same people flooded my feed with concern — the same concern I should have seen as long as these issues have persisted. While immigration has been frequently discussed on social media, I didn’t notice it become truly mainstream until it affected a popular celebrity. As a citizen and not a politician, I could feel compelled only to comment on cases to which I feel more connected. It’s natural to feel like I can’t do anything to combat such a complicated problem, especially under this administration. But
that shouldn’t stop me from using my native-born privilege to keep the conversation going — to motivate politicians to stand their ground against exclusive immigration policy, and to protect all immigrants who — by virtue of living, working and paying taxes in the U.S. — are just as American as I am. If I ever feel disconnected from such a complex and widespread issue, I imagine my parents — who are immigrants — in the same situation as many people trying to enter the United States in search of safety and stability. And instantly, I can feel for not only 21 Savage, but for the hundreds of thousands of immigrants and families like him that haven’t received as much attention. Andrea Bian is a Medill first-year. She can be contacted at andreabian2022@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.
Universal healthcare coverage is overdue in the U.S. RYAN BOYD
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As the 2020 campaign gets underway, it’s increasingly clear that almost all serious Democratic candidates are going to support universal healthcare coverage in one form or another. There are many ways to achieve universal coverage — from single-payer proposals like Medicare for All to multi-payer models like those found in Germany and Switzerland. Once all candidates jump into the race and release their specific proposals, it will be important to analyze their plans. But for now, it is important to first examine the economic logic behind universal coverage as a policy goal and to understand why the Democratic Party’s long-overdue embrace of socialized medicine is such a promising development. Beyond the compelling moral reasons for implementing a universal coverage scheme, the economic rationale is more than convincing. Comparing the current American system — which is really a bunch of different systems for different groups of people (people over 65, veterans, children, low-income, etc.) — to a single-payer system highlights how universal coverage is cheaper and more efficient than the status quo. There are three questions to ask when evaluating each system: How much will the U.S. spend on
healthcare, how many people will be covered and what will the quality of care be? A single-payer system achieves better results in every respect. Proponents of single-payer systems typically tout two primary cost efficiencies that single-payer has over private insurance. First, administrative costs are lower — as highlighted in the New York Times, the New England Journal of Medicine estimated in 1999 that administrative costs make up 30 percent of healthcare expenditures in the U.S., but only 16.7 percent in Canada. A more recent study from Health Affairs notes that administrative costs make up 25 percent of U.S. hospital spending; in Canada, that number is just 12 percent. These studies highlight a central advantage of single-payer — there is only one health insurance provider, which is the government. As the Times further notes, this means hospitals don’t need to employ massive billing departments that try to sort claims with many different health insurers, each of which has its own procedures, requirements and paperwork. Moreover, in a single-payer system, insurer marketing costs are almost completely eliminated from healthcare expenditures. In the current system, health insurers compete for customers, which requires significant advertising spending — but if the government is the only insurer, that expenditure is unnecessary. The second main cost efficiency from singlepayer systems comes from reduced prices for healthcare services through increased insurer bargaining power. The American health insurance
industry is fragmented with many different players competing for market share. The result of this fragmentation is reduced bargaining power for each insurer. Because there is only one insurer in a single-payer system, there is massively increased bargaining power and, consequently, drastically reduced prices for healthcare services. In testimony to the Ohio legislature, economics professor Gerald Friedman notes that “hospital prices paid by private health insurance are now nearly double what hospitals get from Medicare.” The reason is simple: The U.S. government can negotiate down Medicare reimbursement rates to a much greater degree than private insurers, resulting in significant cost savings for consumers of healthcare. Even a study from the Koch-funded Mercatus Center recognizes these efficiencies. The Mercatus Center estimates that Bernie Sanders’ Medicare for All bill would cost $32.6 trillion over ten years, which The New Republic notes is a saving of $2.054 trillion compared to the current system. Under the current, more expensive system, 12.2 percent of Americans are uninsured — more than 30 million people. A single-payer universal coverage scheme would bring that number to zero. That means nobody would have to put off visits to the doctor’s office, letting treatable illnesses fester into severe (and expensive) health episodes. It means no one would have to worry about a layoff costing them their health insurance. And it means that no one would have to rely on their GoFundMe going
Humans are more similar than different DANI ZHANG
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When I tell people I am from China, they immediately jump to conclusions. “I don’t hear an accent from you,” a college friend observed in a deeply analytical tone. “Where did you learn English?” the doctor at the Health Office asked as she plunged a vaccine needle into my arm. “Your English is very good,” a student in my residential college said. Their reactions suggest my Chinese heritage means I should not have an American accent. They assume I should have trouble speaking English and my culture should be different than America’s. Due to these reactions, the desire to both distance myself far away from the stereotypical Chinese persona and defend my Chinese heritage has welled up inside of me. On the one hand, I want to remove myself from the perpetual foreigner stereotype. On the other, I want to be proud of my ethnic background. These two parts of who I am are in constant conflict with each other, and I am left in a state of frustration. When I am seen hanging out with a group of Chinese people, whether Chinese-American or Chinese-local, I feel a sense of guilt. Enjoying my time with these people almost confirms a stereotype: Chinese people stick together. By fitting a descriptor of the stereotypical Chinese persona, I feel like I am affirming the misconception that we are intrinsically different from Americans, further preventing Chinese people from integrating into
America. Outwardly Asian-looking people like me feel as though they must prove to “the Americans” that we are “one of them.” I feel an urge to prove that my English is fluent, that I’ve watched “The Godfather” and “It’s a Wonderful Life” and that I know whether In-N-Out is better than Shake Shack. If I don’t, people may see Chinese accents and a refusal to interact with the American culture, among other stereotypes. We feel the need to attain approval because we start off at an unequal standing. We do not want to be perpetual foreigners, always seen as outsiders because of our outward appearances. I spent my early childhood in North America. For the past eight years, I attended the Shanghai American School, an international school in Shanghai with a Western education system. At international schools, students are typically multilingual, with English as their primary language. We are taught in English and we socialize in English. Most of us are American citizens. Most of us applied to American universities. The only difference between us and American students is that we happened to live in Asia growing up. There appear to be two different kinds of Chinese people: Chinese-Americans and Chinese locals. Unfortunately, there is a negative perception of Chinese locals. Chinese-Americans are considered reconcilable with American society, but Chinese locals are considered alien or intrinsically different. I’ve lived in three countries and traveled to over 12. My takeaway is that we humans are more similar than we are different. I, with a background
that fails to fit neatly under the categories of either Chinese-American or Chinese local, find myself simplifying my background to help Americans understand me: “I grew up in North America, though.” “My high school had AP and IB courses like you guys.” “English is my primary language.” By translating my background into terms that Americans will understand, I feel myself losing my identity. As a person with a multinational background, I never associated myself with a singular country or group of people. I can only speak to my own experiences, but I believe that no one ever feels they fit completely within a single category. Nerds, Northwestern students, debaters, sports enthusiasts, writers, Americans, blacks, whites, Latinos, Chinese — we are all part of groups, but humans are far more complex than a few simple categorizations would suggest. Once that is understood, we should express our understanding by adjusting our language and behavior. Our word choices should be articulated so that, rather than marginalize people, we are opening common ground for sharing and understanding each other’s experiences. Only then can Chinese people and Americans alike expand their understanding of each other. Dani Zhang is a Communications first-year. She can be contacted at danneszhang2022@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.
viral to pay for cancer treatment. Amazingly, a single-payer system can achieve this universality while improving quality of care. Indeed, people who like their current doctors could keep their current doctors. And people who don’t have doctors would be free to choose whoever they feel is best for their healthcare needs, not whoever is cheapest. Because everyone is always insured — without interruption from job losses or financial issues — there is continuity of care, allowing doctors to develop trusting and informed relationships with their patients. With the government picking up the tab, people can get this better coverage without ever having to look at a bill or spend hours on the phone arguing with their insurance company. As the healthcare debate heats up heading into 2020, it’s important to remember that the question is not whether single-payer makes more economic sense than the current system — we already know that answer. The real question in the debate over universal coverage is, “When will the U.S. finally do something every other industrialized nation has already done?” Ryan Boyd is a Weinberg sophomore. He can be contacted at ryanboyd2021@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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NU’s freshmen shine to open 2019 By BENJAMIN ROSENBERG
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Northwestern knew last year’s senior class would be tough to replace, but this year’s freshmen are already rising to the occasion. The freshmen, particularly catcher Jordyn Rudd and pitcher Danielle Williams, helped lead the Wildcats to a 4-1 record this weekend at the Titan Classic in Fullerton, California. NU blew out Utah State (1-4) and Pacific (2-3) on Friday, edged Louisville (3-2) before falling to Loyola Marymount (4-0) on Saturday and then came from behind to beat Idaho State (2-4) on Sunday. “I’m pleased with the work that our team is doing,” coach Kate Drohan said. “There are a lot of areas where we can improve, and we’ll get back to work in practice this week and get after it, but I’m really pleased with how everybody was ready to go.” The Cats dominated the season opener against Utah State, scoring five runs in the first, one in the second and six in the third en route to a 12-0, five-inning win with the run rule in effect. Sophomore second baseman Rachel Lewis opened the scoring with a solo
home run in her first at-bat of the season. NU would not stop scoring from there. Rudd hit a three-run double in the first, Lewis had another key hit and freshman Nikki Cuchran also drove in a pair of runs. Sophomore pitcher Kenna Wilkey and senior pitcher Kaley Winegarner combined on a one-hitter. The Cats had another offensive outburst in their second game Friday against Pacific. Rudd hit a three-run homer in the first inning and a two-run shot in the third, and senior first baseman Lily Novak also homered. Williams, in her first collegiate start, was one out from a no-hitter before settling for a one-hit shutout as NU won 7-0. “It was obvious I wanted to go in there and hit the ball,” Rudd said. “Luckily I was choosing the right pitches and everything, so it worked out pretty well.” Williams followed up her strong debut with a two-hit shutout Saturday against Louisville. The game was scoreless until the seventh, when junior pitcher Morgan Newport led off with a triple and pinch-runner Emma Bartz scored on a Novak sacrifice fly. The Cats began the season with three consecutive shutouts and 19 straight scoreless innings. “I knew I had my team behind me,”
Williams said. “They were there to support me through it all. It was a lot of fun.” NU suffered a 3-2 loss later Saturday to Loyola Marymount, coming back twice to tie the game only to see the Lions win in walk-off fashion in the seventh. But the Cats closed the weekend with a dramatic win Sunday. Facing Idaho State, NU fell behind 3-0 in the second before pulling within a run in the fourth. Lewis tied the game in the sixth with a solo shot, her second long ball of the young season. After the Bengals retook the lead with a run in their half of the sixth, the Cats needed to come back one more time. They did just that. NU put runners at second and third with nobody out in the seventh, and Williams singled up the middle to score two runs and give the Cats the lead. With the bases reloaded later in the inning, Rudd drove in two more with a single of her own to give NU some insurance, and ultimately a 7-4 victory. “The comeback win today was a big one for us as far as building confidence,” Drohan said. “There are different ways to win ball games. The more experience we get, the stronger we’ll be as a team.” benjaminrosenberg2021@u.northwestern.edu
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Rachel Lewis rounds first base. She hit a home run in her first at-bat of the season Friday.
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Roberts keeps leading Cats to strong results By PETER WARREN
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Northwestern has competed three different weekends this year, and each time, junior Aubrey Roberts has proven herself as the greatest female athlete on campus. An All-American this past fall, Roberts has kept up her excellent pace with a first-place finish and two school records since the calendar turned to 2019. First, the Wisconsin native won the mile race at the Illini Classic with a time of 4:52.75. Then, she set the school record in the mile at the Meyo Invitational two weekends ago with a 4:43.88 mark. This past weekend, the powerhouse claimed the school record in the 3,000 meters at the Iowa State classic. The mile record was previously held by Jena Pianin, who ran a 4:49.81 in 2015 at the Grand Valley State University Big Meet. Roberts breezed past that record by six seconds, and her time at the Illini Classic was, at the time, the third-best in history. Roberts is not the only runner who is proving herself during the winter months. Freshman Rachel McCardell earned a spot on Team USA after finishing in seventh place in the 6 km at the USATF Cross Country Championships. McCardell ran with a time of 21:45. As a member of Team USA, she will be competing at the North American, Central American, and Caribbean Cross Country Championships on February 16 in Trinidad and Tobago. Freshman Sielle Kearney finished in 11th place in Tallahassee and freshman Sara McCoy came in 26th. Over the past two weekends, the Cats’ team has been split, and have gone to two different events. On Feb. 2, some NU runners were in South Bend, Indiana for the Meyo Invitational and USATF Cross Country Championships in Tallahassee, Florida. Over the past few days, Cats competed at the Grand Valley State University Big Meets in Allendale, Michigan and the Iowa State Classic in Ames, Iowa. At GVSU Big Meets, junior Kelly O’Brien had two top-five finishes. She finished in fourth in the mile with a 4:48.65 time and a fifth in the 3,000 meters with a 10:04.77. Ahead of her in the 3,000 meters were junior Sarah Nicholson and Kearney. Nicholson was the runner-up with a 9:53.61 and Kearney came in fourth place with a 10:02.00. The only other competitor to join Roberts in Ames was senior Isabel Seidel, who finished in 28th place in the mile. NU has one more match – the BU Last Chance Invite – before the team members who qualified for the NCAA Indoor Championships will travel to Birmingham, Alabama. peterwarren2021@u.northwestern.edu
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Nikki McDaid-Morgan, a graduate student, is a member of the graduate student group Critical Contexts — one of the organizations that helped plan the event — and said students organized the event to speak out not just against Kanazawa but against arguments for academic freedom that permit “socially irresponsible” research. “This issue is bigger than him,” they said. “It’s about racism and sexism and transphobia and homophobia in academia at large.” The breakout sessions, which lasted from 1:30 p.m. until 7:30 p.m., included unpacking the histories of academic freedom, scientific racism and coloniality; increasing compassion and empathy in University curriculum; the effects of a focus on academic freedom on non-dominant students; and prioritizing black women researchers. Students from Critical Contexts also created a list of working demands for administrators, which include that Holloway “clarify the position that the University has on the relationships between equity and justice to academic freedom” and the right to see the terms of Kanazawa’s visit at the University. The document is a work in progress, McDaid-Morgan said at the event, and Critical Contexts is open to suggestions. SESP lecturer Kalonji Nzinga, who led one of the event’s breakout sessions, said he’s impressed with how students have been organizing and sharing their opinions. “The administration has been pretty strong, but I think students are just as strong,” he said. “Students are organizing — and I see various types of student movement that should garner our attention as faculty members and as members of the staff. We need to pay attention to where students are pushing us.” Nzinga said he’s noticed angry students in his classes as well as organized efforts –– like Associated Student Government’s resolution requesting administrators to force Kanazawa off campus. Medill sophomore Cayla Clements said she came to the teach-in because, as a black woman, she found Kanazawa’s research and ideas “hurtful.” She added
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From page 1 “interesting, ironic and slightly sad” that the play was set in Richmond, in light of the news surrounding Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam’s racist yearbook photo of one man in blackface and another wearing Ku Klux Klan garb. “It’s everyone’s responsibility to further our understanding about what people are going through and what people have gone through,” Burns said. Tim Rhoze, who directed the Sunday performance, said the play is a challenging piece because it was “rocking the foundation” of people’s preconceived notions about slavery. He said every attendee takes away something unique, but what is important is that viewers engage
that the University should be more considerate of students’ feelings and respond better to their demands. “I hope the University notices that this is affecting students,” Clements said. “They could have and should have done better.” Nzinga also said messaging from the administration hasn’t been received well by the student body because administrators are using a different definition of academic freedom — one that is not socially conscious –– and haven’t budged from that “narrow vision.” “Academic freedom is something that students are in the processes of defining and redefining for the 21st century,” he said. “This is brand new, and I think that the provost will catch up.” Though Holloway has previously expressed his personal distaste toward Kanazawa’s research findings and ideas, he said Kanazawa will remain on campus because of the University’s commitment to intellectual freedom. “I sincerely believe that to remove Kanazawa would be an invitation for him to become a martyr, would be an invitation to bring a lot more attention to his writings—some of which is deeply disturbing to me, and would be an invitation for those who are politically intolerant of ideas that challenge their world view to descend on campus,” Holloway wrote in an email to The Daily. “I have seen this before at Yale and I know from personal experience what that looks like. I know what the online trolls can do to a campus environment and to the safety and security of students.” He has also describe the situation as “impossible” with no decent resolution to either outcome, and said he doesn’t believe the provost should have the power to remove someone from campus without the input of faculty and other administrators. McDaid-Morgan said they think the University is taking academic freedom too far — and that researchers have an obligation to do work for the broader social good. “With freedoms come responsibilities,” they said. “There are places where we can say, ‘That’s enough, that’s harming people.’” cameroncook2021@u.northwestern.edu in thoughtful discussion. “Plays like this allow people an opportunity to have conversation that enlightens them even more, to be able to speak their truth and to hear other people’s truths,” Rhoze said. “Go out and have conversation about what you’ve just witnessed.” Webb said the play exposed the “nuances” of history, such as that Jewish families owned slaves. He said he hopes the play encourages community members to “do their own anti-oppression work.” “Evanston tends, to me, to kind of understand itself as rather liberal and progressive and having the issue of race and racism already solved,” Webb said. “There are some significant promises of an Evanston-type of town, but I also think there’s quite a long ways to go.” clareproctor2021@u.northwestern.edu
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to hold dialogues with faculty as well. According to the current sustainability plan, released in October 2017, one of the resource conservation goals is to “increase recycled content of paper purchased to 40 percent post consumer content by 2021 and 60 percent by 2030.” “We want to reduce paper not just throughout administration but also want to keep a check on the kind of paper we’re buying, and that’s all part of the resource conservation plan,” Benitez said. The University can also improve sustainability beyond the classroom –– such as in dining halls and Norris restaurants –– said Communication
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microgreens and potatoes, and said the trip is “always worth it.” “Small farms are based on community connection,” Wright said. “We try to get as close as we can to the neighborhoods we serve, and the indoor farmers’ market is the perfect way to do so.” Poole said the indoor farmers’ market has a few new vendors every season, but others have been a part of it for years. The 2018-2019 season is Dawn Cibak’s fourth year participating with her company Morsels Patisserie. She, like many other vendors, does not have a storefront. Because of this, Cibak said the indoor market is a good source of exposure and a nice place for customers to pick up orders they placed online. The indoor farmers’ market also gives new businesses a platform to gain a following. Asha Patel founded her company Bhoomi Chai Co.
sophomore Maggie Olson. The coffee cups in the dining halls and the plastic cutlery available in Norris cannot be recycled, she said, adding to the waste produced by NU. According to the sustainability report, the University is intent on reducing this consumption by increasing “the purchase of environmentally preferable goods and services by 10 percent (from 2018 baseline) by 2021.” “We are all accountable to ensuring that we sustain our campus,” Benitez said. “Right now, there are about 300 stakeholders consisting of faculty, admin and students helping sustainNU meet its goals.” priyanshikatare2022@u.northwestern.edu in July and said she is grateful for the chance to receive “real-life feedback” from customers. For a new business, Patel said the ability to test products is “invaluable.” Whether a vendor is a veteran member of the market or new to the scene, said Angela Maicki, owner of City Press Juice & Bottle, the market has a “great sense of community among our supportive customers.” She is “fortunate to have become friends” with those who attend the market, many of whom are regulars like Evanston resident Joe Meador. Meador said he and his wife are avid farmers’ market attendees. When they moved to Evanston, they became fans of the outdoor market, which then led them to discover the winter indoor market. “There’s no better place to get healthy, organic food,” Meador said. “But I mainly come to support local businesses.” zoemalin2022@u.northwestern.edu
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MEN’S TENNIS
NU responds to the season’s rocky start with wins
By ERIC RYNSTON-LOBEL
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For many teams, starting off a season by losing their first four matches can signal the beginning of a down year. For Northwestern, that has been anything but true. After winning its match against Harvard (5-3) with a 4-3 score on Saturday and Purdue (4-2, 0-1 Big Ten) 5-2 on Sunday, the Wildcats (5-5, 1-0 Big Ten) are now victorious in five of their last six contests, with the only loss coming against Oklahoma State (5-3) 4-2 on Thursday. In all five of those wins, NU won the doubles point, putting them ahead 1-0 heading into singles play. They have also been more successful recently in singles, winning three of five against the Crimson and four of five against the Boilermakers. Head coach Arvid Swan said the biggest reason for the team’s improvement in doubles play is returning. “I feel like we’ve made a lot of progress in
the return games,” he said. “Also the teams are used to playing with each other. The teams are increasingly more comfortable with one another and just overall.” Freshman Trice Pickens lost his doubles set with sophomore Antonioni Fasano on Sunday, 6-2, but proceeded to win his singles sets 6-3, 6-3. The key to not getting too down after losing his doubles set, he said, is having a short memory and keeping “the bigger goal in sight.” Junior Dominik Stary had the reverse outcome, losing his single sets 7-6, 6-4 but winning his doubles set with junior Chris Ephron, 6-4. Despite the loss in singles, Stary had won his previous three singles matches. Swan said this can be attributed to Stary’s attitude, effort and focus. “The fact that (Stary’s) returning quite well and playing some good offense off serve too is good, and he can always play good defense,” Swan said. “I thought he did a really good job of in his game style playing aggressively.” Freshman Simen Bratholm has also been a major component of the team’s recent success. He won his singles match against Harvard 6-3, 6-2
and against Purdue 6-1, 7-6. After having the chance to adjust to collegiate tennis, Bratholm said he’s been “playing a bit more stable” with his shots. He said he also hasn’t been making unforced errors like he had been earlier this year. When looking at how well the team fared in the past week of matches, Pickens said he and his teammates were motivated to turn the season around. “We’re maturing, we’re competing hard,” he said. “We’re a pretty young team and we’re starting to really figure out what we got to do to win.” Overall, Swan said the improvement he has seen from the entire group is representative of his team’s character. He acknowledged that they are not worried about their record, but instead on continually improving. “The focus and improvement doesn’t happen by accident, it’s through a lot of hard work and dedication from our team,” he said. “We’ve made a lot of progress both in singles and doubles, so (I’m) just incredibly proud of the efforts thus far with the guys.” ericrynston-lobel2022@u.northwestern.edu
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Chris Ephron hits a forehand. The junior helped lead Northwestern back to a .500 record.
LACROSSE
Cats’ offense puts on a show to open the season on top By KARIM NOORANI
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Shelby Fredericks was a cornerstone on offense for four years at Northwestern, but it only took half a game for sophomore midfielder Brennan Dwyer to show that the team can play as well without her. Though serving as the backup for then-senior Fredericks in 2018, Dwyer put together a big performance in NU’s regular season opener, racking up 12 draw controls, two goals and two recovered ground balls. As a result, the Wildcats (1-0) outplayed the Cardinals (0-2) in the first period, dominating draw control and ground ball battle. A big of part of that
energy was Dwyer, who helped lead the Cats to a 21-11 victory. “I think [Dwyer] played great,” coach Kelly Amonte Hiller said. “She was able to come up with a lot of possessions for us. On the offensive end, she did a nice job as well. She had a great week of preparation and practice. For her to continue to step up is going to be key for us.” The Cats’ collective energy in the first half allowed them to play at a faster tempo and rack up more shot attempts. The Cats scored on their first possession of the season, as freshman midfielder Izzy Scane ran all the way down the field with the ball and put it to the back of the net before 20 seconds had expired. She picked up two goals, three ground balls and four draw controls in her first career game.
The sizeable contributions from Dwyer and Scane freed up senior attacker Selena Lasota to shine. Lasota, who received All Big Ten recognition last year, finished the first game of her final season had three goals and an assist in the first period alone. “People put a lot of attention on her defensively,” Hiller said. “When they do that, it opens a lot of opportunities for other people. It’s always nice to have a player that draws a lot of attention. She’s really tough to stop.” The second half brought a different story to the game. The Cardinals recovered as many draw controls as NU after the half and allowed only one freeposition shot. After being down 15-4 at halftime, Louisville had an encouraging stretch to bring the game within single digits before the final buzzer sounded.
“I think it starts with draw controls. We didn’t get some draws towards the end there.” Hiller said. “We just have to play together whether things are going good or going bad.” In the first regular season game played in the Ryan Fieldhouse, Dwyer said throughout in the game the Cats benefitted from a full crowd. The Cats hope to carry over the energy they displayed in the new environment as well as seal up their defensive breakdowns next weekend, when they will host unranked Dartmouth and No. 19 Duke. “We got some really tough tests next week in Dartmouth and Duke,” Hiller said. We’re looking forward to having a great week of preparation and practice, and seeing what we can do.” karimnoorani2022@u.northwestern.edu
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Nothing breaks like a heart. And, on Sunday, Northwestern’s heart was shattered to pieces. With about two minutes left in Sunday’s game, the Wildcats were up 11 points on No. 20 Iowa and on their way to a massive resume-boosting win. Only minutes later, they walked off the CarverHawkeye Arena floor on the losing end of an 80-79 result, despite being ahead for all but one second of the final 32 minutes. The shot that sent the Hawkeyes fans into ecstasy came from the right hand of Jordan Bohannon and after an unusual sequence. After senior forward Vic Law missed the back end of a 1-and-1 with 10 seconds, Connor McCaffery brought the ball up and looked to feed the ball to Joe Wieskamp coming off a curl cut. The ball did not get there, as the ball went off graduate guard Ryan Taylor’s foot for a kick-ball violation. The referees went to the monitor to decide how much time should be on the clock and decided on three seconds. McCaffrey was the inbounder on what became the final play for Iowa (195, 8-5 Big Ten), standing right in front of the scorer’s table in the frontcourt. The Hawkeyes started in a box set. Isaiah Moss, who started on the far elbow, came off a screen on the opposite block and ran to the near corner, but was unable to get open for the pass. Bohannon set a back screen for Tyler Cook, who ran
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toward the rim for a lob, but that was not open either. Wieskamp was unable to post-up Law. That left Bohannon, running towards the three-point line after setting his screen for Cook, as the only option for McCaffery. The freshman guard passed to Bohannon, who immediately took a dribble to his right. After the dribble, Bohannon went into a fade-away jumper from multiple feet beyond the three-point line. Sophomore guard Anthony Gaines had a hand in Bohannon’s face, but it was not enough. The shot was pure. “Ice in my veins, right?” Bohannon said after the game. There were still 0.6 seconds left for NU (12-11, 3-9) to salvage the game, but Law’s three-quarters-court pass to senior center Dererk Pardon only led to a deep heave that bounced off the back of the rim. Iowa’s comeback was sparked by backcourt partners Bohannon and Wieskamp. Wieskamp hit a trey-ball with 2:04 left to make the score 76-68, Bohannon nailed a three on the next possession to make the score 76-71 and then Wieskamp hit a layup to make it 76-73 with 42 seconds left. Pardon then hit two free throws, but Bohannon hit a layup to keep the score within three points. Junior forward A.J. Turner was then fouled, but missed the front end of a 1-and-1. Moss then hit a contested floater
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to make the score 78-77. “Iowa capitalized down the stretch,” coach Chris Collins said. “They made some big shots. They made big plays. Bohannon made a couple threes, Wieskamp hit a big three and Moss hit a floater in the lane.” After struggling over the last few weeks, the Cats played their best game in a while. Law looked healthy for the first time in over a month and it showed in the stats, as he went 9-for-14 from the field and had a double-double with 24 points and 10 rebounds. Turner scored in double digits for the first time since the 73-63 loss to Iowa on Jan. 9, dropping 15 points on 6-for-8 shooting. Pardon and Taylor also reached double figures, with Taylor scoring 16 points — a personal high in conference games — and Pardon had 13. NU is now 1-6 on the road on the season and without a Q1 win, both big factors the Tournament Committee will look at when the time comes to decide who makes the NCAA Tournament. But, before that happens, the Cats need to win some more games for that to become a possibility. “I’m just heartbroken for my team,” Collins said. “We played our tails off tonight. I thought we battled against an outstanding basketball team and to come up short like that is really a tough feeling.” Daily file photo by Alison Albelda
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Déjà vu for NU in Minnesota loss NU falls in crushing By RYAN WANGMAN
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With four seconds to go in a tie game at Minnesota and two shots from the free throw line on the way, junior forward Abi Scheid had the perfect chance to become Northwestern’s hero in a game against her hometown team. The Wildcats had improbably climbed back from a 14-point first half deficit and took the lead following a layup from Scheid with two minutes remaining in the contest. Then, the 79 percent freethrow shooter from Elk River, Minnesota, had the game in her hands. She missed both shots, and NU lost in overtime. “(Scheid) played a great game and I’m just proud of her,” coach Joe McKeown said. “There’s a lot of plays in a game that make up the final score. So she was a big part of our comeback and I’m glad to have
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her back.” Even though Scheid was at full strength after recently missing about a month of time with an injury, the Wildcats (14-10, 7-6 Big Ten) would go on to lose the Sunday afternoon matchup with the Golden Gophers (17-7, 6-7), 73-64 in overtime. Despite Scheid’s hot shooting, the team turned the ball over an astounding 26 times, seven more offensive miscues than their previous season high and nearly 13 more than their season average coming into the contest. Minnesota’s defense was stifling, led by guards Kenisha Bell and Jasmine Brunson, employing the same threequarter court press they used effectively in a win in Evanston just 10 days ago.
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Abi Scheid drives to the basket. The junior forward contributed 18 points in NU’s overtime loss.
Once again, NU could not figure out how to break the air-tight defensive scheme as they frequently forced passes, lost the ball out of bounds and committed offensive fouls. “They forced us into 20-some turnovers, and that was huge,” McKeown said. “I felt like we didn’t do a very good job of taking care of the basketball, obviously.” As a result, NU’s usual stars couldn’t find their rhythm against the Golden Gophers. Senior forward Pallas KunaiyiAkpanah finished with 6 points and 8 rebounds, marking the first time she didn’t hit double-digit figures in at least one of the two categories in the entirety of this season’s conference play. Sophomore guard Lindsey Pulliam, NU’s leading scorer, recorded just 10 points and tied her second-lowest total on the year. In spite of the Cats’ inability to take care of the ball, the team stayed in the game on the backs of huge offensive contributions from Scheid, who had 18 points on 4-6 shooting from behind the arc, and sophomore guard Jordan Hamilton, who scored a team-high 20 points. Both players were limited by injury in the last game against Minnesota, as Scheid missed the matchup and Hamilton played just 17 minutes, scoring only 2 points. They were matched on the other side of the floor by Bell, who stuffed the stat sheet with 24 points, 11 rebounds, 5 assists and 5 steals. While the Minnesota star turned the ball over 7 of the Golden Gophers’ 21 times, NU was largely unable to capitalize, scoring only 17 points off of turnovers. The Cats did a good job adjusting their defense to contend with Minnesota guard Destiny Pitts, who finished with 21 points and hit her first four shots from three-point land but missed her next six as her scoring luck ran out. “Defensively we did a good job,” McKeown said. “It was really not being able to convert when we did. … We’ll bounce back, we’ve got tough kids.” ryanw@u.northwestern.edu
loss to No. 20 Iowa By BENJAMIN ROSENBERG
daily senior staffer @bxrosenberg
For about 35 minutes Sunday night, Northwestern’s offense played as well as it had all season. But as the Wildcats tried to nail down their first win in nearly three weeks, they suddenly stopped scoring. Combined with a complete collapse on the defensive end, NU (12-11, 3-9 Big Ten) blew a 15-point lead in the last 4:30 and lost at No. 20 Iowa (19-5, 8-5), 80-79, after guard Jordan Bohannon hit a fadeaway 3-pointer with less than a second remaining. “We certainly had some turnovers, but we also didn’t get stops in the last four minutes,” coach Chris Collins told WGN Radio. “Give Bohannon credit, he hit a big shot, but I’m just heartbroken for my team.” It looked as if this was the game where the Cats would finally put it together. After averaging just 50 points in their previous three games, NU put up 41 in the first half alone. Senior forward Vic Law was key to the resurgence. Law, who has been battling a lower-body injury that forced him to sit out a game in mid-January, had not scored more than 14 points in a game since late December, but had 19 in the first half on Sunday and 24 overall, shooting 5-of-8 from behind the arc. The Cats also got a solid game from junior forward A.J. Turner, who had 15 points on 6-of-8 shooting. Graduate guard Ryan Taylor had another rough night shooting the deep ball, finishing just 2-of-7,
but was 6-for-11 from the field and finished with 16 points. Senior center Dererk Pardon also finished in double figures with 13 points. NU shot above 50 percent from the field for just the fourth time all season, and the first time in conference play. The Cats’ 51.8 mark on Sunday was their highest all year, and their first time above 50 percent since they beat Chicago State on December 17. “I just loved the way (Law) approached this week,” Collins said. “He just got in the gym, he got to work, he kept a good attitude. He made his first couple shots, which is always good. He played a really high-level game tonight. It was good to see him back playing to his capabilities.” NU had been competitive in most of its games even with the struggling offense because the Cats’ defense had been solid, only allowing 70 points or more six times entering Sunday. But in the game where the offense finally turned a corner, the defense took a major turn for the worse. Iowa shot 5-for-7 on 3-pointers in the second half. The Hawkeyes made their last seven shots of the game, four of them threes. The Cats also committed a few costly turnovers down the stretch, and struggled to break Iowa’s press. The Hawkeyes ended the game on an 18-5 run. “Could the defense have been a little better? Maybe,” Collins said. “But they also hit some big threes. Sometimes in basketball, what stinks is the team that’s deserving of winning doesn’t win, and I thought that was the case tonight.” brosenberg2021@u.northwestern.edu