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Habibi In serves up Middle Eastern food Restaurant brings Palestinian eats to Evanston By ARIA WOZNIAK

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Mahmoud Sabla, owner of Habibi In Mediterranean Grill, opened his restaurant over two years ago to bring a hint of his Palestinian culture to Evanston. While Sabla said the journey has not been easy, he continues to stand by his mission to spread “habibi” — “love” in Arabic — through food. The restaurant, located on Church Street, opened in December 2019, right before the COVID19 pandemic sent the world into lockdown. Similar to other small businesses, Habibi In has struggled to continue its services. Even though challenges continue to arise, Sabla and his team are doing all they can to stay afloat. “I’m trying to continue on because I want people to taste the best falafel in their life,” Sabla said. Habibi In looks mostly to the Northwestern community

for business, Sabla said. During peaks of the pandemic and when students leave for breaks, business at Habibi In significantly drops. Ayaa Abds, a Habibi In manager, said she is hopeful for the future with new changes coming to the menu. “There isn’t a restaurant that you’ll find here that’s going to give you big portions, great food and amazing quality for the prices that we have,” Abds said. “It’s an easy way of giving somebody a home-cooked meal.” The business is known not only for the food and cleanliness, but also for great customer care, Abds said.“We want to make sure that you walk in and leave Habibi In with a smile on your face and some warmth in your heart,” Abds said. Evanston resident Fahad Sami has been a loyal customer since Habibi In opened. He said one reason he loves the restaurant is because its workers treat him like family. After witnessing many local small businesses come and go, Sami began posting on the Support Evanston Restaurants Facebook group to spread

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Making language classes inclusive

Foreign language profs incorporate gender neutral pronouns in curricula By SAMA BEN AMER

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As notions of gender continue to shift beyond the binary, many Northwestern language professors are reconciling cultural differences between English and their respective language

to accomodate non-binary and gender non-conforming students. In Romance languages, not only are pronouns gendered, but articles modifying nouns are also gendered. French Prof. Margaret Dempster, Director of the French language program, said the controversy is not in

gendering inanimate objects, but rather in the lack of formal non-binary pronouns. “Now linguists, professors, instructors and pedagogues, we’re looking at non-binary pronouns,” Dempster said. “One very popular, popular in the sense of very used now, is iel.” The gender neutral pronoun

comes from merging the French pronoun for he, il, and the pronoun for she, elle. As the use of iel continues to grow in popularity, Dempster said she hopes to see more permanent changes to French grammar to be inclusive of non-binary

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Campus celebrates Valentine’s Day The Week Ahead: Friends, couples and sudent groups find creative ways to spread the love

What’s coming up in the city of Evanston this week

By NICOLE MARKUS

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For many couples, friends and Northwestern campus organizations, this Valentine’s Day represents a return to normalcy after two years of quarantine and isolation. However, that’s not the case for Weinberg sophomore Franny Bengtson and her boyfriend. Bengtson tested positive for COVID-19 on Saturday and moved into 1835 Hinman, NU’s quarantine and isolation dorm. Shortly after, her boyfriend also tested positive. If they’re allowed, they will likely have a relaxed night in with quarantine food, she said. “Obviously, I would never wish for him to get COVID-19,” Bengtson said. “But if he was going to get COVID-19 at any time, I’m very happy for him to have it at the same time as me because now I can still see him.” While the pandemic prevents students from completely returning to normal, some are still making the most of it. The University’s strict rules for gathering last Winter Quarter

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Feb. 13-20 events By AVIVA BECHKY

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From a fi lm screening to a play to a city councilmember candidate forum, here are some ways to stay entertained and civically involved in Evanston this week. “From Starter to Loaf ” Feb. 15, 7 to 8 p.m.

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created difficulty gathering safely for some friend groups. This year, some groups came together for Galentine’s Day, an alternative holiday that acts as a friend appreciation day. One friend group decided to go all-out with festivities, hosting a gathering filled with food, decorations, pictures and gift-giving. “It’s important because if

you were to be in a romantic relationship, it’s easy to forget the importance of your platonic relationships,” Weinberg freshman Shaylini Seabrooks said. NU’s less restrictive policies have also allowed for the return of sales, fundraisers and performances from campus organizations. These sales often go to charitable causes or to fundraise for the organization.

NUconnections, a startup at The Garage focused on fostering romantic relationships at NU, offered RoseGrams for students to send to other students. They also collaborated with The Table to offer salted brownies with the rose. UNITY Charity Fashion Show, a nonprofit that donates to Chicago charitable

» See VALENTINE’S, page 6

Bookends & Beginnings will host a two-part sourdough bread making workshop on Zoom for Hygge Fest, a monthlong celebration hosted by Downtown Evanston. The organization’s website describes the Danish concept of Hygge as about celebrating coziness and finding joy in the everyday. The event’s first part will feature a presentation from author Eric Pallant, who wrote “Sourdough Culture: A History

of Bread Making From Ancient to Modern Bakers.” Pallant will discuss the culture and history of sourdough and walk through the process of making a sourdough starter from scratch. The second part takes place on Feb. 24 after participants have been able to try out their sourdough starter. Tickets for both parts of the event cost $45 and include a copy of “Sourdough Culture.” The Flavor of Defeat: How big tobacco is still winning and what we can do about it Feb. 16, 7 to 8:30 p.m. As part of its program series for Black History Month, Evanston Public Library is hosting a talk on inequities fostered by the tobacco industry. Carol McGruder, the cochair of the African American Tobacco Control Leadership Council, will speak about the industry targeting youth and communities of color. Local advocates will discuss how this

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AROUND TOWN

Exhibit shows community perspectives on violence By LILY CAREY

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More than 150 people flocked to Noyes Cultural Art Center last Friday for the opening of Visible / Invisible, a new exhibit featuring the work of local artists that explores different forms of violence. The exhibit, which lasts through March 18, features more than 40 different Evanston and Chicago-based artists and a range of twoand-three-dimensional works. Curators Lisa Degliantoni, Indira Johnson and Fran Joy said they worked alongside these artists for over a year and a half to capture what violence means to the local community. “It’s a beautiful exhibit, because while the

goal was to show a simple thing of invisible violence, each piece brings up something different,” Johnson said. Artists, families and Evanston and Chicago residents of all ages attended the exhibit’s launch. Chicago-based artist Sholo Beverly, whose piece “Blacktastic” is featured in the exhibit, said she was surprised and impressed by the wide range of mediums and messages represented. “My piece just shows the silence of what’s happening with our Black culture, with Black men especially,” Sholo said. “If you see the image, there are a lot of sharp fingers, which shows how we’re hiding behind our hands.” Other pieces touched on themes such as gun violence, body image, immigration and mental health.

Johnson said the idea to highlight both overt and underlying forms of violence in the exhibit came from Evanston residents. The curators hosted several community conversations in early 2020 and formed an advisory council of community members who discussed the impact these themes have had on their own lives. Lynda Crawford, an Evanston resident who attended Friday’s event, said she was touched by the exhibit. “When there’s so much passion and anger and fear behind the theme, it’s just very moving,” she said. Degliantoni said the curators made an effort to open the exhibit to younger community members as well. Claudia Marter, a junior at Evanston Township High School, has a piece called “Property” in Visible / Invisible. Marter told Friday’s audience that her

artwork focuses on themes of female objectification, and how showing off one’s body can lead to both oppression and liberation. “(The piece) symbolizes how men reconstruct some women to be someone they weren’t before,” Marter said. “Or it can be her reconstructing herself after that kind of violence into who she once was.” The curators plan to host a family art workshop and a community conversation in the gallery to explore the exhibit’s themes in March. Johnson said she hopes the exhibit will raise awareness about different forms of violence. “A lot of the violence the artists have talked about, we’re not really aware of it,” Johnson said. “Now we can learn from them, and hopefully make some actions that change that.” lilycarey2025@u.northwestern.edu

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A mural in the Visible/Invisible exhibit proclaims “Love is the Answer.” The exhibit focuses on underlying forms of violence as seen through the works of Evanston and Chicago artists.

The Visible/Invisible exhibit at the Noyes Cultural Art Center lasts through March 18 and features more than 40 different Evanston and Chicago-based artists.

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In a winter 2020 seminar on educational inequality, Jacob Jordan (SESP ’20, School of Professional Studies M.A. ’21) learned access to books for young children in underserved communities was a strong determinant of whether they would graduate college. Jordan returned to his hometown in Maine in March 2020 as the pandemic sent most Northwestern students home. Spending countless hours in his childhood bedroom, Jordan realized his old children’s books were not diverse and either had white people or animals as main characters. This realization, as well as his coursework at the School of Education and Social Policy, inspired him to create The Equal Opportunity Book Box. The EOBB is a monthly, subscription-based service that provides three picture books to children ages 0 to 7. The books feature diverse characters and are centered around monthly themes like justice, respect and love. “It was really important that we show a realistic image of America because right now, the majority of elementary school students are people of color,” Jordan said. The EOBB partnered with Bernie’s Book Bank, a nonprofit organization and leading provider of books to underserved children in the Chicago area. The EOBB donates one book to Bernie’s Book Bank for every book sold, which then distributes the books to underserved children attending Title 1 schools around Chicago. Jordan, who had experience selling books in high school, dove headfirst into creating The EOBB through The Garage, which helped him secure funding and, through various mentorship programs, held him accountable and enabled his team and business to grow. “The Garage proved to be an invaluable resource,” Jordan said. “I felt encouraged and challenged.”

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Communication junior Adala Makhulo, a student mentor at The Garage, said The Garage nurtures young entrepreneurs through various funding opportunities and mentorship programs. The Garage is a valuable resource for students who have no prior experience with startups and entrepreneurship, she said. “It’s great to be able to have a community where people are willing to help you build your ideas,” Makhulo said. Medill sophomore Aaron Boorstein, an intern at The Garage, said The Book Box inspired him. Boorstein said The EOBB’s work is important because it is expanding the worldview of children by exposing them to different and meaningful stories. “Storytelling is such a fundamental part to how we grow up and how we view the world,” Boorstein said. “The EOBB is targeting such an

important issue in such a unique way.” Jordan said in the future, he hopes The EOBB will be able to distribute books for children ages 8 to 12 and eventually publish its own books by nontraditional authors, including teenage and refugee authors. The Book Box currently sources its books from third-party publishers and wholesalers. Jordan said he has always been passionate about educational policy. He said he believes there can be different approaches to addressing educational inequality and that The EOBB is one such approach. “Something as simple as accessing books can really make a big difference and it can teach your kid to love reading,” Jordan said. “That is an underrated aspect of educational success down the line.” yolamzizi2023@u.northwestern.edu

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Landgraff: Acting in good faith benefits self and society JACK LANDGRAFF

doubt to others. Someone being short with you in line at the coffee shop or bumping into you in a crowded bar is rarely a reflection of their character. Finally, acting in good faith means COLUMNIST behaving in ways that would be sustainable should everyone engage in them. On a micro-community level, acting in good Finding guiding rules for life is a complex faith is critical for the functioning of any organitask. Entire self-help industries exist to prozation. From clubs to sports teams, there needs mote principles people should embrace and to be an underlying assumption that everyone to help people find what brings them the most involved is working together in a genuine fashjoy. Some people turn to religion for guidance, ion, as being honest with each other promotes a others to pop culture academics like psycholo- culture of trust and support. Absent that, social gist Jordan Peterson and philosopher Slavoj groups can’t help their members when times are Žižek. tough, which moots the whole point of finding For me, one of the community. most important prinThat spills over into ciples that can guide the larger Northwestern action is the concept community. The greater of good faith. Engaging goal of an educational Engaging with people in good faith institution seems to with people in good faith is a central mantra is a central mantra that underlies be lost when people that underlies not only no longer act in good the success of interper- not only the success of interperfaith. Professors start to sonal relationships, but sonal relationships, but also the assume every student also the functioning of who doesn’t attend functioning of society at large. society at large. class must be lazy and To act in good faith not actually sick, and means a few things. students are put in a Columnist First, it means to act place where the educahonestly. That requires tional process becomes individuals to be honest with themselves and wrapped up in competition, which discourages others, and to give their best effort to undergenuine collaboration that would further everystand others. That extends into the second one’s interests. premise, which is to extend the benefit of the Beyond just those student-professor

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they have to merge, and then hope some good relationships, acting in good faith is important citizen allows them in. Ultimately, when only to help avert a cynical perspective on the world a few people do this, it doesn’t totally ruin the that can quite literally shorten life. Looking for the best in people helps color life differently. No flow of traffic. But if everyone were to drive with ignorance for common decency on the longer is everyone out to get you. Not entering road, traffic-guidance every interaction systems would collapse. with the assumption If only one or two people you are going to get abuse the system, nothscrewed is necessary ing goes wrong. But it for a much happier It becomes wildly unfair when becomes wildly unfair and more peaceful existence. some portion of the people with- when some portion of the within a system can This is absoin a system can abuse it with no people abuse it with no conselutely not to suggest life should be consequences while others play quences while others play by the rules. approached with by the rules. None of this means I some sort of blankalways act in good faith. slate naivety. When approaching the Columnist I’ve ignored these principles many times. But world in good faith, when it comes down to there is still ample it, I try my best to be responsible, extend the room to be skeptical. It remains necessary to benefit of the doubt to people and always forebe vigilant, and if in any negotiation or interacfront honesty. That process undergirds social tion the other party doesn’t seem to want to cohesion in all the micro-level interactions we act in good faith, then perhaps you don’t owe participate in on a day to day basis. it to them. However, when the waiter makes a mistake with your order, life is better when you assume the mistake was just that, rather than Jack Landgraff is a Weinberg sophomore. He can be some sort of targeted action. contacted at jacklandgraff2024@u.northwestern. The last principle, to behave responsibly, edu. If you would like to respond publicly to this is a critical touchpoint. The best example of op-ed, send a Letter to the Editor to opinion@ this is when there’s construction on a five-lane dailynorthwestern.com. The views expressed in this highway that takes it down to one or two lanes piece do not necessarily reflect the views of all staff and everyone is merging all the way over. Some people will speed ahead to the very point where members of The Daily Northwestern.

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trend plays out in Evanston. The presentation will be followed by a discussion about community action steps. The event will take place over Zoom, and interested parties can register online. Antiracist Birthwork and Antiracist Outcomes Feb. 17, 6 to 7:30 p.m. In a second event on health disparities, EPL will host a discussion on birth justice and doula care. Anya Tanyavutti, executive director of birth justice organization Chicago Volunteer Doulas, will speak about historical and contemporary inequity around Black maternity and birth as well as ways to dismantle birth injustice. This event will also take place over Zoom. Participants should register online to receive the link. 9th Ward candidate forum Feb. 17, 7 to 8:30 p.m. The city is seeking input for the search for the next 9th Ward alderperson after Ald. Cicely Fleming (9th) announced her decision to step down from City Council in December. Mayor Daniel Biss will appoint her replacement on Feb. 22. The public can meet the candidates Thursday evening. Biss

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interview the candidates at the forum, and residents can submit questions for the panel in advance through this form. The forum will be held in person on the second floor of the Lorraine H. Morton Civic Center. It will also be available to watch on the city’s YouTube channel. Virtual artist discussion with Christal Ratt Feb. 17, 6 to 7 p.m. The Mitchell Museum of the American Indian will host Christal Ratt for a virtual artist discussion. Ratt is an Algonquin Anishnabe artist who works with birch bark, beading and quilting. The event is part of the museum’s artist discussion series. A live Q&A session will follow the discussion. The event is free. The Mitchell Museum offers tickets online. “Wilmington 10 — USA 10,000” film screening Feb. 18, 7 p.m. The Block Museum of Art will screen “Wilmington 10 — USA 10,000,” a documentary about 10 civil rights activists wrongly imprisoned for arson in 1971. Allyson Nadia Field, author and an associate director of cinema and media studies at the University of Chicago, will introduce the film and lead a discussion. The event is free to attend. Guests ages 5 and older must be fully vaccinated and can RSVP online.

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language. “What we want is to create pronouns that are non-binary and inclusive, using linguistic forms that are not gender specific, but do not necessarily refer specifically to non-binary individuals,” Dempster said. When Weinberg freshman Adrienne Scheide’s French professor introduced them to non-binary pronouns, they were pleasantly surprised. “I didn’t even know it was a possibility that you could have a non-binary pronoun (in French) until I got to NU,” Scheide said. “But then my first French professor introduced us to they/them pronouns in French and that was like, ‘Oh, wow. I feel like I can be addressed properly.’ ” While Japanese has the vocabulary for pronouns, Japanese Prof. Noriko Yasohama said they are hardly used in daily conversation. “When we are referring to the third person, personal people, we use the person’s name and often,” Yasohama said. “If it’s a very intimate relationship or family member, or close friend, we typically use (their) family name.” Because of the infrequent use of pronouns, topics relating to non-binary language do not come up in Japanese often. For Weinberg senior Celeste Beals, the lack of pronouns in their Japanese class is a breath of fresh air. “(Gender) really isn’t something that I’ve had to think about and it’s kind of nice because I think we get really preoccupied, especially in the modern day, with pronouns,” Beals said. “Personally, I don’t really like to get bogged down in the minutiae.” Despite the lack of emphasis on gender in the Japanese language, Yasohama said Japanese culture has a long way to go to match the language’s gender neutrality.

“Although the (language) system is gender neutral, it doesn’t mean the society is more accommodating,” Yasohama said. Arabic Prof. Rana Raddawi said the same applies to the Arabic language. Compared to most other gendered languages, she said Arabic has made no formal progress in creating the framework for nonbinary langauge. Raddawi said translators in the United Nations are encouraged to speak in passive voice to avoid referring to non-binary people by their pronouns. “There are obstacles because not all scholars share the same views about this subject,” Raddawi said. “There’s some reservations and this is normal due to the culture. Then you have accuracy of the language as well … and (the) third thing is acceptance.” In spite of the reluctance for change, Raddawi said the informal, daily Arabic language –– Ammiya –– has evolved to become more gender neutral than the official Arabic language, Modern Standard Arabic. “Luckily, and this is my point of view as an educator, language and culture aren’t static, they are dynamic,” she said. “Language evolves, just like a human evolves, and so does culture.” Within her classroom, Raddawi said her students inspired her to learn more about non-binary identities and the corresponding language. Over time, as evidenced in the past, she believes Arabic will encounter a transformation corresponding with changes in cultural beliefs related to transgender and non-binary acceptance. The role that language instruction plays in leading to positive change is principal, Raddawi said. “If we work on the curricula, and we work on teaching material and textbooks, we can do a lot because … if you want to make a change in a society, you start with education,” Raddawi said. samabenamer2025@u.northwestern.edu

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organizations, sold gift baskets complete with a valentine, a rose and candy. Refresh Dance Crew offered “Woo your Boo,” an opportunity for NU students to purchase a dance performance for a friend or significant other from the dancers in the group. Students could choose between a variety of moods for the dance and pick a location for the dancers to perform. “It’s really fun and a good way to show them that you care about them … but there’s no strings attached, it’s really casual,” Refresh member Monet Menard said. “You don’t even have to do it for a significant other. I know plenty of people who are ordering them just for friends.”

awareness for the business. “The food here is great,” Sami said. “I encourage the students to get out of campus and come explore Evanston.” Recently, challenges for the business have increased with the rise in price of ingredients like meat and oil. At the moment, Habibi In is facing financial struggles, and Sabla said he has made major sacrifices and picked up a second job to continue the restaurant’s services. But ultimately, Sabla said he is optimistic about the future of his restaurant and prides himself in the happiness Habibi In brings to customers. “I have high hopes,” Sabla said. “Just hang in there. That’s pretty much what we do.”

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Mural commissions on the South Side of Chicago — Lessons Learned Feb. 20, 3 to 4 p.m. Evanston Art Center continues its In Focus Lecture Series this week. In a virtual discussion, Chicago arts advocate Nika Levando will discuss her experience working with South Side artists on mural commissions in Hyde Park and Woodlawn. Levando works at the University of Chicago’s Office of Civic Engagement and manages the office’s arts and culture initiatives. She is also an adjunct lecturer at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.

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Non-Medill media makers value experiental learning By ALEX PERRY

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NU has almost 20 recognized student publications with over hundreds of staff members, so it’s easy to assume Medill School of Journalism, Media, Integrated Marketing Communications students dominate the field. But non-Medill students bring different experiences and knowledge to their respective staff. From producers to directors to editors, the case for non-j-school journalism remains strong on the campus of the number one undergraduate journalism program in the country. Weinberg sophomore Emma Chiu, North By Northwestern’s senior features editor, entered NU as a journalism major. She completed Medill’s freshman year sequence before transferring to Weinberg to major in math and economics. When Chiu joined NBN as a freshman, she started off as an assistant editor of the publication’s print section. She said she intended to explore business journalism, but soon realized her career aspirations lied in researching economic policy. “Journalism is a very hands-on field,” Chiu said. “Even if I’m not doing the classes themselves, I can still learn a lot from being in one of the publications. And just the skills they’re learning — to read, learn to write, edit, organize thoughts are just really important, regardless of what you do as a career.” Chiu said while most people on NBN’s staff recognize her as an ex-Medill student, her change in majors hasn’t affected her relationship to the publication. If anything, when topics specific to Medill arise, she said she sometimes jumps in to suggest the best way to clarify terms for nonMedill readers. Communication senior Jay Towns, STITCH Magazine’s former photography editor, joined the fashion magazine as a freshman. He worked his way up to multimedia editor, a position where he can vet applications. He said the ratio of nonMedill to Medill staffers in STITCH depends on the team. From this position, he’s noticed the Medill, non-Medill disparity in STITCH can partly be attributed to a self-selecting talent pool.

“It’s people who are in Medill who usually have better portfolios than people from other schools coming in because I think they know what to expect,” Towns said. “It reminds me about how anybody can audition for a show on campus at any time, but it usually ends up being theatre majors that make them because they know how to audition, and sing and dance.” Communication junior Zach McCrary, WNUR News’s communications chair, entered NU as a Radio, Television, Film major. But he said he considered trying a journalism dual degree, until he realized the path to do so wasn’t offered at NU. Medill also did not offer adequate classes in the type of live production McCrary was interested in. He joined WNUR as a freshman, and said he enjoys the environment, even though he’s one of only a handful of non-Medill students at the radio station. “I don’t feel really left out by that,” McCrary said. “Because literally, I’m like, the only one in the room that doesn’t know what it means, I’ll ask. There’s no shame in that if I have no idea what that is.” Even with the formal academics gap, McCrary said anyone can have experiential knowledge regardless of their major. He said WNUR is a beginner-friendly, collaborative environment where people have the ability to work on almost any project. He said it’s a place where people don’t have to stick to a beat, where they “throw stuff at the wall and see what sticks.” McCrary said he has a penchant for pacing, editing and sound mixing and enjoys sharing that knowledge with all WNUR staffers, regardless of major. He often teaches people how to use editing software, and in return, gains knowledge about media ethics from journalism majors. “Me and the Medill folk in WNUR definitely have different knowledge bases, but we still come together and we both learn from each other,” McCrary said. McCrary said some of his favorite stories, like the first time he rode Amtrak, or the implications of Facebook going offline, were successful because of the self-determined, exploratory atmosphere at WNUR. All new reporters start off by creating audio packages, and have opportunities to explore producing and anchoring as they progress, learn and “have fun with it.” Although McCrary won’t pursue news as a

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career, he said he’s exploring live broadcasting and production, and has found WNUR helpful. While the atmosphere at each publication varies depending on structure and purpose, a welcoming atmosphere focused on experiential background rather than home school is a common thread. As the creative director of BlackBoard Magazine, Towns manages a team of photographers and designers and uses InDesign to lay out the quarterly issues. He said the process of designing the magazine for the first time was a learning curve, but as an aspiring freelance creative director, Towns said it was rewarding to bring a non-Medill lens into his work. “It was interesting, because I feel like coming into something without the knowledge of the structure of a magazine … how it usually works, it kind of opens up questions for people who are used to the form,” Towns said. “And it kind of makes them question, ‘Why do we do that? Is that convention or is this actually serving our product?’” Towns said in the past he’s considered joining

Medill, as he loves pursuing journalism extracurricularly. However, once something becomes a part of his education, it occupies a different space in his brain. “I have Medill tendencies in my work, but I don’t think I could really handle being Medill,” Towns said. Towns said not being a Medill student doesn’t affect BlackBoard’s production as much because its structure is different from other campus publications. As a theatre major, he’s seen how skills from one discipline can translate to another. For Towns, the pitching and developing processes he’s learned from entrepreneurship classes have come into play at BlackBoard. “The vision for (Blackboard) is taking from all over Black experience on campus, not just for people who are writers,” Towns said. “It’s somebody who has an interesting experience or thing that they want to share with the rest of campus for that quarter. And that can be anybody at any time.” alexperry20@u.northwestern.edu

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Northwestern pulls off upset, stuns No. 4 Michigan By MARYKATE ANDERSON

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The stage was set for an instant classic on Sunday. Veronica Burton’s penultimate game in Welsh-Ryan Arena. Lindsay Pulliam and other alumni cheering from the sideline. No. 4 Michigan in the building, ready to take on a young, relatively inexperienced Northwestern team. “We’re not going to lose.” That was senior guard Burton’s message to her teammates in every huddle, timeout and overtime, coach Joe McKeown said. They kept their energy high throughout the game, never letting off the gas. After 50 unrelenting minutes of play, the Wildcats (14-9, 6-6 Big Ten) upset the No. 4 Wolverines (20-4, 11-3) in dramatic fashion, winning 71-69 in double overtime. Behind career days from Burton, freshman guard Jillian Brown and senior forward Courtney Shaw, the victory was NU’s first top-five win since the 2016 Big Ten Tournament. Brown’s prowess headlined the win for the

Cats as she notched career highs of 18 points and three steals. The Michigan native has averaged 7.2 points per game so far this season, but with this breakout performance she solidified herself as an irreplaceable member of the team. Several of Brown’s looks came from Burton who, while going only 2-from-13 from the field, notched a double-double with 13 points and a career-high 13 assists. Four Cats tallied doubledigit points in the signature team win. Aside from Brown and Burton, Shaw scored a career-high 16 — plus nine rebounds — and junior guard Laya Hartman added 10 points of her own. “I feel like you’ve had pieces clicking at different times,” Brown said.

“And today, everybody was just on in different ways. When we play like this, we can beat anybody. We just showed it.” NU was coming off

of a loss less than 48 hours prior, having fallen at Minnesota late Friday afternoon. The Cats’ deep and talented bench ultimately proved to be crucial, with 11 players seeing time on the court. Burton attributed the team’s stamina to not only their strength and conditioning work but also to each player’s mental toughness. “It takes a lot of heart to beat a team like that, to go into two overtimes,” Burton said. “Everyone’s exhausted. Everyone’s right there on the brink of giving up. But I think we really dug in. I’ll never forget this one.” The contest was in Burton’s hands down the stretch. With just under four seconds on the clock and the game knotted 69-69 in the second overtime, Michigan’s Amy Dilk fouled Burton and sent her to the line. But earlier free throw misses and unruly Wolverine fans could not phase her. She sank both and, after a missed Michigan jumper on the other end, cemented the game in NU history. The historic win was McKeown’s 100th Big Ten triumph. Burton ranked the victory as one of the best of her career. And with just four games left in the season, the Cats look to continue the momentum and set the scene for a successful postseason. “We’re on an upward trajectory,” Brown said. “We just have to stay focused and keep doing what we’re doing. The hard work that we put in is showing, and when we play together like this, we can really beat anybody.” marykateanderson2023@u.northwestern.edu

Career days propel double overtime win By KYLE LEVERONE

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Upset. Agitated. Disquieted. Distressed. Whatever you choose to call it, Northwestern left the No. 4 Wolverines feeling a little extra blue after Sunday’s unanticipated double-overtime victory in Evanston. In an up and down season, it was nothing but highs Sunday, and freshman guard Jillian Brown seemed to be at the summit. The first-year guard from Grand Rapids, Mich. infected the scoresheet and put up career highs with 18 points, eight rebounds, three steals, and two blocked shots. In a game where Michigan’s Naz Hillmon or NU’s Veronica Burton were expected to be the focal point, Brown outscored them both. “She’s a gym rat, and you can see her getting better and better and getting more confident,” said Coach Joe McKeown. “She battled down there. She can be a point guard, but we played her at power forward, small forward today. I’m

really proud of her today.” Burton felt lofty, too. Despite going 2-for-13 from the field, she dished out a career high 13 assists in conjunction with 13 points and eight rebounds. Two of those 13 points came as a pair of free throws with three seconds left in the second overtime period, which won the game for the Cats. And that wasn’t all: forward Courtney Shaw also got in on the act. Shaw wrangled together a career-best 16 points, all the while locking up one of the best players in the country in Hillmon, holding her to the first under-20 point game Hillmon has had in the past seven games. Only one rebound shy of a double-double, Shaw was as crucial as any of her teammates this NU victory. “Day in and day out, I think Courtney Shaw is one of the most overlooked players in the Big Ten,” Burton said about her fellow senior teammate. “We are not even in this game without her. The rebounding, her willingness to sacrifice her body on the defensive end on the boards. And

she doesn’t really care if she scores or not.” The game was a glorious hodgepodge of career-highs and near double-doubles (or triple-doubles in Burton’s case). And as a whole, it can be chalked up as one of the best wins this program has seen in McKeown’s time in Evanston. This Michigan team is the same one that beat No. 15 Maryland by 20 last month, the same one that beat championship-contending Indiana by 15 two weeks ago, and the same one that spewed 98 points on No. 25 Iowa last week. “That shows a lot about this team,” Burton said. “It took a lot of heart to beat a team like that. And to go into two overtimes, everyone’s exhausted, everyone’s right there on the brink of giving up, but we really dug in. I’ll never forget this one.” NU went blow for blow in 50 minutes of basketball with one of the best teams in the nation. And they emerged riding high. kyleleverone2023@u.northwestern.edu