The Daily Northwestern - February 20, 2023

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Community angered by Ryan Field rebuild

Local groups host town hall to discuss lack of trust in NU

By WILLIAM TONG and ZHIZHONG XU the daily northwestern @william2tong, @zhizhong_xu

Students structure sleep schedules Academics, other responsibilities create challenges for healthy lifestyles

By TALIA WINIARSKY the daily northwestern @winiarskyt

Every Wednesday at 4:40 a.m., McCormick freshman

Julia Davis wakes up, puts her uniform on and walks up to the Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps house for training.

Early morning wakeups are a habit for Davis, who chooses to

wake up nearly every day at times others may consider early.

“If I’m sleeping in, that’s like 8 a.m., and I’ll only do that once a week,” she said. “It makes me feel really bad if I wake up any later because I just feel like I just wasted my day.”

Northwestern students have a variety of different sleeping habits, which typically accommodate their schoolwork, jobs, extracurriculars and other

Council examines fraternity barriers

By KAAVYA BUTANEY the daily northwestern @kaavya_butaney

Content warning: This story contains mentions of alleged sexual assault, drugging and hazing.

After a quarter of formal recruitment, the Interfraternity Council plans to introduce an unnamed diversity and inclusion initiative and a new men’s mental health training program either late Winter or early Spring Quarter.

According to IFC Vice President for Recruitment and Weinberg sophomore Parker Stava, fraternities are often thought of as exclusive.

“I realized there’s a lot of perceived barriers,” Stava said. “Everything from, you know, fraternities are only looking for one demographic, or you know, (they) need financial aid, (they) don’t know if (they) can afford to join a fraternity.”

Stava said he intends to publish a set of resources for fraternity use with MSA and Student Enrichment Services before the end of the academic year. He said he is currently working with the Office of Fraternity and Sorority Life to organize and publish the information.

Stava said he began working on the currently unnamed diversity and inclusion initiative last quarter.

He added that he worked with Multicultural Student Affairs Assistant Director Matthew Abtahi to develop questions for fraternities to check for potential barriers to entry, such as only accepting members assigned male at birth. The resources may also include scholarship opportunities to offset the cost of fraternity membership, Abtahi wrote in an email to The Daily.

Abtahi described himself as a consultant to the program, since he met with Stava twice during Fall Quarter.

Stava said all nine fraternities at NU allow all “male identifying students” to be eligible for

responsibilities. As a result, many students have to compromise between these time-consuming activities and their sleep.

An adult needs about seven to eight hours of sleep, said Feinberg Prof. Kristen Knutson. However, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, one in three American adults do not regularly get enough sleep on a daily basis.

Sleep deprivation is linked

to many health issues including short-term problems like mood disorders, and impaired cognitive function and memory, Knutson said. She added that in the long term, sleep deprivation can lead to an increased risk of cardiovascular disease and a higher chance of developing diabetes or cancer. The American Heart Association added sleep as a heart disease

» See SLEEP, page 6

Community members aired concerns about Northwestern’s proposed Ryan Field rebuild during a Sunday town hall at the Fleetwood-Jourdain Community Center. The event was hosted by Community Alliance for Better Government, Most Livable City Association, Central Street Neighbors Association and Northwestern University Graduate Workers.

Panelists representing four community organizations — CABG, Most Livable City, NUGW and Fair Share Action Committee of Evanston — said NU has not adequately considered the city’s needs while planning the Ryan Field project. They also answered questions from the town hall’s more than 100 attendees.

The University announced plans to renovate Ryan Field following a $480 million donation from the Patrick and Shirley Ryan Family last September. The changes would downsize seat capacity but add concerts and alcohol sales. For the plan to move forward, City Council would need to approve changes to

the stadium’s current zoning uses.

City Council is planning to look for contractors to perform an independent study about Ryan Field’s economic, environmental and living condition impacts after it elected not to use Hunden Strategic Partners’ services. The search comes after some community members expressed doubt about the accuracy of a study from Impact Research showing more than half of Evanston residents support the project.

Each panelist said the University has violated trust with the Evanston community in the past, which informs how the panelists view the rebuild.

Fair Share former co-Chairman David Ellis said NU doesn’t compensate the city for fire department and other emergency services it uses because it doesn’t pay local property taxes. The University, however, does pay an annual $1 million to support the city through the Good Neighbor Fund.

The University has also historically failed to support people of color, according to Kevin Brown (Weinberg ’85), a CABG board member.

For example, Brown said he reached out to University officials in 2015 to discuss resolving structural problems at the Family Focus building on Dewey Avenue, which

» See RYAN FIELD, page 6

Bookends & Beginnings reopens

By COLE REYNOLDS the daily northwestern @charcole27

As Bookends & Beginnings prepared for its grand re-opening Saturday morning, a line of customers began knocking at its door. Owner Nina Barrett straightened a few final books before swinging the doors open almost 10 minutes early.

In flowed a stream of familiar faces.

“This is a dream come true,” Barrett said, snapping pictures of the clamoring crowd. “I feel like I died and am in heaven.”

But Barrett’s dream started out more like a nightmare. After a developer acquired the store’s old Bookman’s Alley location, they more than doubled Barrett’s rent — a price staff said the business could not afford. Just days before Thanksgiving, the developer served an eviction notice to the beloved local bookstore, Ald. Clare Kelly (1st) said. Bookends left the old location in January, moving to 1620 Orrington Ave. Customers at the new location are greeted by a Bookends & Beginnings very much unlike the old one. Gone are the hand-me-down

shelves and slanted floors of Bookman’s Alley. Replacing them are big windows and a mural painted by Barrett’s two sons.

Jordi Kleiner, who described himself as a regular customer, said he’ll miss the creak of the floors in the old location as he walked through the poetry section.

Still, Kleiner said he’s excited by the new store, describing it as more modern and accessible. The smell, in particular, endeared the new location to him.

“Books have smells in a way that e-books just don’t,” he said, sniffing a copy of Colm Tóibín’s “The Magician.”

Sitting in the main window is a horse named Stormy from Navy Pier’s old carousel. Orrington landlord Lynn Robinson said Bookends kept the building’s original trim from 1927. Barrett said she’s planning to eventually add a bar, envisioning customers stopping for a beer and a book after work.

Although Bookends survived the rent increase, Kelly said not every business can do so. While such a dramatic increase is unusual, she said rising rents are a problem in Evanston as developers buy more retail spaces.

Kelly and Barrett said they

worry rents will continue forcing out small businesses that give downtown Evanston its character.

“The frustrating thing about (Bookends’) rent increase is it’s not just me,” Barrett said. “Small businesses are getting pushed out by developers who don’t understand the history of the community and frankly don’t care.”

Barrett said she’s lucky to have Robinson as her new landlord. Robinson, a fourth generation Evanston resident, said Bookends’ value extends beyond just rent: it’s an asset to the Evanston community.

To move to the Orrington

location, Barrett raised more than $110,000 from Bookends’ supporters on GoFundMe. Evanston also provided $83,000 in funding to the store.

“It was beautiful but not surprising,” Mayor Daniel Biss said of the crowdfunding. “It shows this community loves this bookstore, and this community is generous.”

But Kelly said community donations aren’t enough to address the larger problem. Instead, she said the city should help negotiate long-term leases between

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Evanston seeks to fill empty jobs amid staff shortage

By AVIVA BECHKY and AVA MANDOLI daily senior staffers @avivabechky, @ava_mandoli

With 17 vacancies within the Evanston Police Department, Cmdr. Ryan Glew said the staffing shortage is placing a strain on officers. The department transitioned to a 12-hour work schedule instead of an eight-hour one to fill gaps in the roster, he said.

Mikhail Geyer, a detective and the police union president, said many are struggling to adapt to the schedule differences.

“A lot of people have to cover for where the gaps are at this point,” Geyer said. “So, overall, it’s a lot more stressful having to deal with how things have gone out.”

EPD has some of the most severe vacancy issues within the city government. But departments throughout the city are looking for employees: some for seasonal positions, some for positions City Council just funded and some for long-standing vacancies.

Megan Fulara, Evanston’s human resources division manager, said hiring efforts stalled earlier in the COVID-19 pandemic. The city is now trying to fill vacant positions but is running against a nationwide issue — what the U.S. Chamber of Commerce described as “unprecedented challenges trying to find enough workers to fill open jobs.”

“(The) problems that the recruitment and perhaps retention issues that the city of Evanston is facing are not unique,” Fulara said. “This is something that all employers are facing right now — is a hand-over-fist grab for employees.”

To improve EPD hiring efforts specifically, City Council voted to boost police pay with a gross wage increase of 26% over the next four years at its Jan. 23 meeting. Glew said this would make contracts more competitive with nearby departments, which he said is important both for retention and for lateral hires — meaning when EPD hires people who are already certified.

While Fulara said certain positions requiring specialized skills — like in forestry — remain hard to fill, other department heads said they have still seen enough qualified applicants.

Fulara said the city hired more than 800 employees in 2022, both full-time and seasonal. Sue Pontarelli, the 311 Contact Center/Police Service Desk manager, said after ramping up hiring efforts, the 12 Police Service Desk positions have been filled, although three employees are still in training.

Likewise, Evanston Fire Department Fire Chief Paul Polep said EFD recently received approval to hire seven additional people to staff a third ambulance. While the department’s applicant pool shrunk slightly, Polep said this follows national trends and hasn’t dramatically impacted EFD’s ability to recruit.

“Things kind of work as a roller coaster — you’re uphill, downhill, uphill, downhill, and I just think we’re kind of in a lull right now,” Polep said. “But we’re always going to need firefighters. We’re always gonna need paramedics.”

Polep said EFD is also lacking a fire captain but is planning to promote a firefighter from within the department.

To continue the hiring momentum, Evanston is now actively seeking a recruitment and retention coordinator, Fulara said. The coordinator will work to advertise the benefits of working with the city and help prepare employees for promotion.

But as the city increases hiring efforts, Kimberly Holmes-Ross, the community engagement director of Evanston Cradle to Career, said she would like to see more emphasis placed on whom the city hires.

“It would be nice if Evanston residents did have access to these really good jobs to work with their city,” she said.

Holmes-Ross works on community outreach by sharing job opportunities on social media, through a newsletter and in a weekly podcast to ensure interested Evanston candidates have equitable access to job opportunities.

Several candidates running for City Council also expressed interest in hiring more Evanston residents — especially Black and brown people — during a forum Saturday.

“City staff and city leadership should reflect the community,” Ald. Juan Geracaris (9th), who is running for reelection, said Saturday. “That means Evanson residents and people who look like people who look and live in Evanston.”

Fulara said the new recruitment and retention coordinator will track hiring metrics to examine who gets hired and promoted. She also said she is open to prioritizing Evanston residents for vacancies, should she receive such direction from City Council.

She also said she would like to focus on retention to avoid some of the delays that come with training new staff members.

“When you fill those vacancies, it’s not necessarily a magic beam that’s planted,” Fulara said. “There’s training, there’s onboarding. It takes a while to get somebody up to speed.”

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Panelists discuss race in the digital age

By LEXI GOLDSTEIN the daily northwestern

@lexipgoldstein

Panelists discussed the role of social media in shaping digital and national narratives surrounding race during Medill School of Journalism, Media, Integrated Marketing Communications’ Thursday event.

The audience heard from panelists Danielle Cadet (Medill ’10, ’11) — executive editor at Essence Magazine — and Marcus Collins — chief strategy officer at Wieden+Kennedy New York. Both engaged in a conversation with IMC Professional Program Director Danielle Robinson Bell about accountability and representation in media.

Cadet said the emergence of social media platforms offers people of color the opportunity to take control of their own narratives. People from marginalized communities can take ownership of their stories by hitting the “tweet” button — like someone tweeting about a bad airline experience, she said.

“The revolution may be televised, but it’ll also be tweeted,” Cadet said.

She added that people from marginalized communities have the power to use technology to highlight underlying issues those not in marginalized communities may not be aware of.

Collins, who is also a University of Michigan professor, said storytelling — regardless of which platform it takes place on — contributes to legitimation or the social process of sorting what trends are in versus out.

He said, for example, visible tattoos were taboo 20 years ago but are socially acceptable today.

“We legitimate through the folklore that we tell from person to person, the things that we hear, the things that we say through all the different media vehicles at our disposal,” Collins said.

As an editor, Cadet said she utilizes social media, especially Black Twitter, to see what different communities are discussing and what

stories aren’t being told.

Cadet also said she believes it is important to tell stories of marginalized communities that aren’t related to calendar-associated recognitions.

“I feel really strongly about the fact that we just don’t box those things into Black History Month and Pride (Month) and Hispanic Heritage Month,” Cadet said. “We can tell these stories every day.”

Collins added that empathizing and considering different perspectives makes for more thoughtful journalism. Acknowledging that some people view topics differently is key in instances when the media must hold itself accountable for mistakes, he said.

Storytellers have a responsibility to be conscious of the content they produce and its impact on people who hold very different

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perspectives from one another, he added.

“For some, a cow is leather, for others a deity and for some it’s dinner,” Collins said.

Rob Brown, director of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Outreach, attended Thursday’s event and said he resonated with the panelists’ understanding of conversations within Black communities and their ability to navigate these conversations from an internal rather than external perspective.

Medill hopes to find more ways to bring journalism and marketing in conversation together, he added.

“How can marketers actually support journalists?” Brown said. “And how can journalists support marketers to have better insights and understanding of culture?”

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Social media allows marginalized groups to take ownership of their narratives, Executive Editor of Essence Magazine Danielle Cadet said.

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Danny Ocean makes waves at Valentine’s Day show

By ZOEY SOH the daily northwestern @zzoeysoh

Danny Ocean’s iconic blend of romantic sentiments and energetic rhythms was a Valentine’s Day treat for the hundreds of fans gathered at House of Blues for Ocean’s first Chicago concert. Flashing green lights followed by the first notes of Ocean’s hit song “Dembow” had crowds screaming as they waited for his appearance. Despite not having an opener, concertgoers were already filled with energy.

Ocean arrived on stage in a rainbow tie dye shirt and bucket hat, giving off tropical vibes and a riveting energy. The lyrics of “Dembow” are a plea for a dance, and Ocean performed the track as if he was asking the audience to dance with him, to which they responded enthusiastically.

The setlist for the Chicago stop in Ocean’s U.S. tour this year features songs from his 2019 album “54+1” and his newer album “@dannocean,” which offers a darker contrast to its predecessor. Throughout the concert, Ocean showcased his versatility as an artist, constantly switching from upbeat electronic tracks to emotional ballads.

After he had the crowd dancing along to songs from “54+1” like “Veneno” and “Babylon Girl,” the bright blue and green lights became a strong purple and red, signaling the shift in mood to something more emotional.

When Ocean performed the elegant “Báilame” and “???,” he paused his dancing, opting to sit down or stand and sing directly to the audience. These intimate songs kept the crowd hanging on to every word.

The beginning of “Volare” stuck out from the other songs. Ocean’s raw vocals were accompanied only by a piano and black and white

lighting. In another quick mood change during the song, the stage was suddenly blanketed in vibrant blue lights as the drums and electronic beats returned.

To the audience’s surprise, Venezuelan duo LAGOS appeared on stage to sing their hit song “Mónaco,” which Ocean is featured on. The crowd couldn’t help but jump to the beat, causing the whole floor to shake.

In between songs, Ocean asked the crowd to do the sign language hand symbol for “I love you” setting up the mood perfectly for his next song, the slower and passionate “Fuera del mercado.”

As he sang his hit songs “Vuelve” and “Swing,” his heartfelt, strong emotions had the crowd chanting back every word. But, everyone was waiting with baited breath for his final song.

Perfectly fitting to end the night, Ocean’s breakout hit “Me Rehúso” was originally a

Valentine’s gift to his then-girlfriend. It’s a love song with a persistent tropical rhythm, seemingly transporting listeners out of the blue-y Chicago winter and onto a lavish beach. The 2016 track went viral online and has since been streamed over 1.4 billion times on Spotify.

Ocean treated the audience to a raw version of the chorus, without any instrumentals. Familiar beats started playing, and the stage was flooded with blue flights as the screen behind displayed the flowers in the single’s cover art.

As Ocean left the stage with the crowd still singing, it was as if they were telling him “Baby, no/Me rehúso a darte un último beso.”

Throughout February, Ocean will make three more stops on his tour, keeping his crowds dancing the night away across the U.S., ending in Miami, Florida.

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Reel Thoughts: ‘The Last of Us’ honors original game

By DANNY O’GRADY the daily northwestern @dannymogrady04

This piece contains mild spoilers.

Released almost a decade ago, “The Last of Us” revolutionized the video game industry with its immersive survival-horror gameplay and brilliant story, redefining how people view storytelling in video games. As a result of its lasting legacy, HBO has now adapted it into an original television series.

This decision was met with skepticism, as many video game adaptations are considered to be cursed. Just look at the “Assassin’s Creed” movie, which was an infamous 2016 flop. However, HBO brought together writer and creative director of the game Neil Druckmann and creator of the hit HBO miniseries “Chernobyl” Craig Mazin to create a series that proved these worries unfounded.

Mazin and Druckmann are the perfect pair for this project. Druckmann was the primary authority on the game’s storyline, and Mazin is a master at creating tension and an atmospheric tone. Constructing a desolate and depressing world with flashes of beauty in it is a hard balancing act to pull off — but Mazin nails it.

He did an excellent job with the visuals of the show by contrasting the dilapidated and dirty metropolises with beautiful natural settings. This contrast is supported by creative camera angles. Prime examples of this are shots

looking over the shoulders of the main protagonists Joel (Pedro Pascal) and Ellie (Bella Ramsey) as they look at the state house.

Another shot looking out of a window in Frank (Murray Bartlett) and Bill’s (Nick Offerman) house mirrors the main menu of the game. In addition, the choreography of the iconic clickers, who are recurring enemies, is also a standout and perfectly mirrors their actions in the game.

Arguably, the most important aspect of the game is the complex and dynamic characters. Pascal and Ramsey do an outstanding job bringing their characters to life. The bond

between Joel and Ellie is the most important aspect of the plot, so their acting and on-screen chemistry are crucial to the story’s progression. These performances are a worthy take on those by Troy Baker and Ashley Johnson, respectively, in the game. However, the show does not simply copy the games’ iconic characters. Offerman and Bartlett add an abundance of backstory and emotional depth to individuals who were merely side characters in the game. Lastly, I would be remiss to neglect to mention the standout performance by Anna Torv as Tess, Joel’s smuggling partner who catalyzes his and Ellie’s journey.

Yet, all these successes would be worthless if the show did not respect its eponymous game. At first, I was skeptical that the series could do so, but I was thankfully proven wrong. The series does not fundamentally alter the game’s storyline, a classic mistake made by other video game adaptations, most notably Paramount’s “Halo” series. Instead, the show adds more depth to certain areas that the game didn’t touch upon. For instance, the showrunners took the section of the game where Joel and Ellie are ambushed by nameless raiders in Pittsburgh and added a subplot exploring their backstory.

However, there are several easter eggs that pay homage to the game. Adding to this authenticity is how the game’s dialogue is copied exactly for memorable scenes, such as when Ellie finds Bill’s magazine.

Supporting the dreary yet beautiful world of “The Last of Us” is Gustavo Santaolalla’s stellar musical score. Santaolalla produced the music for both games in “The Last of Us” series, and he takes the best tracks from their already stellar soundtracks for the show.

Overall, “The Last of Us” series is a masterpiece that befits its legendary source material and proves that video game stories can go toeto-toe with those of other art forms. Yet, it is so much more than a generic zombie show and utterly shatters all expectations with its music, visuals, performances and respect for the game it is derived from.

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‘Black History/My History’ celebrates Black artistry

By JACK AUSTIN daily senior staffer @jackaustinnews

Featuring more than 25 Black artists, “Black History/My History,” an exhibit at the Noyes Cultural Arts Center, displays personal and collective interpretations of Black experience and history.

Several artists described their unique visions of Blackness at the exhibit’s opening ceremony Feb. 17. The exhibit runs through April 10 and commemorates Black History Month.

Thomas Mosley said he attempts to honor Black faces and history through a “trippy style” that takes the viewer on “mind journeys.”

Mosley said he was teased for having big lips as a child, leading him to find art as a mode of expression and catharsis.

“I represented (in my art) where I am and where I came from, and I’m proud of that,” Mosley said. “I definitely would say it’s a healing process — it’s almost just a feeling you have to go through.”

When he started attending Tennessee State University, a historically Black university, Mosley said he began to love himself and find his “inner Blackness.” Mosley said his painting for the exhibit shows his self-love and acceptance of his Black identity.

Debra Salter said while she is biracial with Dutch

and Black ancestry, she has always identified as Black.

Salter’s painting “Perspective” explored the toxic legacy of the “one-drop” rule, a 20th century legal principle which asserted that individuals with any Black ancestors should be racially classified as Black.

“They made it seem like it was an affront to be Black,” Salter said.”We should not still be living in the same racist culture.”

Crystal McDonald said she wants people to be inspired to be unapologetically themselves after looking at her paintings.

McDonald said she appreciated the vast ways Black individual experience manifested itself throughout the exhibit.

“What really stood out to me is how each of us individually see our own Black history,” McDonald said.

Evanston-based artist Fran Joy curated the show. Joy sought to create a diverse exhibition. She said that the idea of Blackness across culture and countries ties people together.

Joy said that in terms of Black history it is important to not only teach colonization and enslavement, but pre-enslavement that recognizes royalty, architecture, literature and music.

“The impact of only focusing on enslavement and causation is you have kids that grew up with low sense of self worth,” Joy said. “(Black children)

need to understand they have this kind of (positive) ancestry.”

Art agent and Golden Hour Collective Owner Ogechi Harry, represents Nigerian-Canadian artist Ojo Agi.

Three of Agi’s pen-and-marker drawings celebrating Black identity and feminist values were featured in the exhibit.

“When I look at these pieces, I see myself, I see my family,” Harry said. “Like somebody has taken the time to study the beauty of Black women, but also to give them power in the way they choose where your gaze (goes).”

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Evanston raised artist J. Allen Hyde creates threedimensional paintings using pieces of plastic and spray paint.

For the show, Hyde’s unconventional painting depicted the Chicago blues legend John Lee Hooker. Hyde said that he used to listen to the old blues greats on the streets, with small amplifiers, before they became famous.

“I think it is important (to depict Black history in art) because we do have a history,” Hyde said.

“I’m glad to be a part of it.”

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Open Tab: Soban Korea brightens Evanston winter

By KUNJAL BASTOLA and RACHEL SCHLUETER the daily northwestern @kunjal_bastola, @rschlueter26

Soban Korea brings warm, home-cooked flavors that are sure to cure the winter blues.

Located at 819 Noyes St., Soban Korea has been serving food in Evanston since 2018. The restaurant has booths lined up against the walls with tables and chairs set out in the middle. It offers a cozy and welcoming atmosphere, especially in the middle of the Evanston winter.

The staff was extremely friendly and the food came out very quickly, which did wonders for our hungry stomachs.

As an appetizer, we ordered the kimchi jeon, or kimchi pancake. The large, orange pancake was crispy

on the outside and chewy in the middle, and the kimchi embedded throughout created a salty, acidic taste. When dipped in soy sauce, the pancake was a blend of sour and salty flavors.

One of the restaurant’s popular menu items is bulgogi, a type of thin-sliced, marinated meat. The restaurant offers a choice of beef, chicken or pork. We chose beef and were not disappointed.

Soban Korea’s beef bulgogi is the epitome of comfort food. Each piece is tender and packs a sweet flavor that we couldn’t get enough of. The bulgogi is served with a side of white rice and a marinade with a sweet, ginger flavor. The concept of meat and rice may be simple, but Soban Korea does it justice.

Also on the menu was tteokbokki, a traditional Korean dish consisting of stir-fried, cylindrical rice cakes. We ordered gungjung-tteokbokki, a savory version of the dish. The term “gungjung” means

“royal court,” and it was historically a staple in Korean upper-class cuisine. The warm, inviting flavors of the gungjung-tteokbokki certainly made us feel like royalty.

The rice cakes had a dense, chewy texture similar to gnocchi, and the saltiness of the soy sauce they were served with was complemented with sweeter hints of garlic and sesame. The gungjung-tteokbokki was completed with tender pieces of stir-fried beef. And, a blend of carrots and onions helped freshen up the dish and add a layer of crunchiness.

If you love fried chicken, Soban Korea is the place to be. The dakgangjeong is the restaurant’s classic Korean fried chicken dish lathered in sauce. Customers can choose between a spicy gochujang or soy garlic sauce. We went with the soy garlic, and it did not disappoint. The sauce was just the right combination of sweet and salty that left us licking our fingers clean.

There’s only one thing better than bibimbap: dolsot bibimbap. Bibimbap is a dish that is a rice bowl with meat and veggies, such as cucumber, spinach and corn, all topped off with a soft egg. The dolsot bibimbap serves up the traditional bibimbap in a hot, sizzling stone bowl, resulting in a nice, warm meal throughout the whole dinner.

No meal is finished without some dessert. Soban Korea’s samanco is a fish-shaped ice cream sandwich with a layer of red bean paste. The texture and consistency of the dish were perfect, and it had just the right amount of sweetness to balance out our meal.

We left our dinner with full stomachs and full hearts. With a variety of wonderful dishes, Soban Korea is worth a journey through the wintry elements.

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Q&A: Punk band safety scissors cuts against the mainstream

By ESTHER LIM the daily northwestern @eshlim1213

Northwestern band safety scissors started with a simple question: “Do you want to start a band?”

The trio of musicians jokingly refer to themselves as Northwestern’s premier “lesbian indie rock basement grunge pop punk post-modern newera emo revival band” on Instagram, but there’s one characteristic that unites the band’s versatile sound: energy.

The three juniors — McCormick singer and rhythmic guitarist Maddie Farr, Communication lead guitarist Judy Lawrence and Weinberg bassist Hope McKnight — spoke to The Daily about their origin, Notes from the Newsroom performance and where they’re headed.

This interview has been edited for brevity and clarity.

The Daily: Tell me about the origin of safety scissors — how did you all come together?

McKnight: Me and Maddie have been besties since freshman year. Last year, we were sitting on a train and Maddie had just auditioned for something, right?

Farr: I auditioned for something and I didn’t get it. And Hope has played viola for many years. So I turned to her and I said, “Hey, do you want to start a band?”

McKnight: We got a bass and then we started messing around and playing music together late at night or when we had free time. And then we decided to actually get the band going.

Farr: We put up flyers around campus and Judy responded, and that was that.

The Daily: What’s the story behind the name “safety scissors?”

Farr: We’re all lesbians! It’s kind of a joke about that.

Lawrence: That’s crazy to me — it was pure chance. The first time we all got together, (Maddie) was like, “Oh we’re called safety scissors because me and Hope

are lesbians,” and I was like, “Oh! I’m also lesbian!” How serendipitous.

The Daily: How do all those genres you described on Instagram come together to form safety scissors’ sound?

Farr: Our whole thing on Instagram was, “If we claim as many attributes as possible, we can be the premiere group.” It’s just a joke. But I guess I would describe our sound as energetic and also with that, we don’t really stick to one genre. We don’t try to limit ourselves when we’re playing covers, or especially when we’re writing originals. Because why would we?

The Daily: What is the band’s trajectory?

McKnight: We definitely want to play as many shows as possible. It’s so much fun.

Lawrence: I think playing as many shows, like Hope said, and seeing where that leads us is kind of a nice position to be in. We know we can do it,

we’ve done it and we have more paths to go down.

Farr: I guess the next biggest step in our trajectory is actually recording some of our original music and getting that online.

The Daily: Tell me about your setlist for Notes from the Newsroom.

Farr: So the first one we (were) playing is a song called “Cold.” That is one I actually wrote way before safety scissors was ever even a thought. It’s a song that I’ve been playing since I was 14 or 13 years old, but it’s definitely been adapted and improved since the dawn of safety scissors, so I’m excited about that one. And then the other two were more joint efforts in terms of writing them. The second one is called “Shadow” and the third one is called “Meltdown.”

The Daily: If there’s one lyric that you guys have written that is representative of the band, what would it be?

Farr: “She said ‘Girl run away with me and I’ll show you things you won’t believe.’” It’s from a song titled “Twin XL.” Honestly, we try not to take ourselves too seriously, and this song is just a lot of fun for us to play! And of course, our songs are often about girls, so we feel like that’s representative. estherlim2025@u.northwestern.edu

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membership, including transgender people. He said that since the resources are in progress, he is unable to comment on whether barring nonbinary students would count as a barrier to entry.

Abtahi said they do not want to promote a fraternity if it may be a “hostile” environment. They added it is important for Greek life organizations to be transparent about their limitations associated with national chapters.

According to Associate Vice President of Communications Jon Yates, fraternities cannot change chapter policies on a local level but can still advocate for change through their national organizations.

While there has been work completed to improve accountability and culture in Greek life, cultural shifts take time, Abtahi wrote.

Nationally, Abtahi wrote that fraternity organizations tend to be “binary spaces,” even as certain organizations push for gender expansiveness. He also wrote in the email that NU data suggests dissatisfaction and harm in Greek life, though some students may need FSL organizations for personal and academic success.

Stava added there are multiple reasons to believe fraternities are not inclusive organizations and that because of those perceived barriers, IFC fraternities do not represent the University. But, he hopes the initiative will encourage people of any background to join Greek life.

“I don’t think anyone who wants to join Greek life should be inhibited by an identity that they have,” Stava said.

Weinberg and Bienen freshman William Lewis said larger fraternities on campus tend to be run by straight, white men.

“I wouldn’t say there’s strict discrimination,” Lewis said. “However, I will say there is a certain target that frats are looking for … A lot of the time, that happens to be straight white men.”

IFC is also developing a men’s mental health training program, according to the Council’s

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health factor in June 2022.

While not getting enough sleep for four years won’t necessarily lead to severe health consequences, college is a critical time to set healthy habits, Knutson said.

“Similar to diet and exercise, I want people to start thinking of healthy sleep as part of a healthy lifestyle,” Knutson said. “We may not always reach those goals on every single day, but that is the lifestyle.”

On Mondays, Weinberg freshman Jessica Guo is given computer science assignments that are due Fridays, she said. As a result, she’s adjusted her sleep schedule since Fall Quarter, when she slept about eight to 10 hours a night.

Now, she wakes up at about 10 a.m., attends her

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president and Weinberg sophomore Shaafi Flener.

The Council currently has multiple educational programs and trainings, required either by the national IFC or by the University. The national training, involving alcohol abuse and sexual harassment, is mandatory to join a fraternity, according to Stava.

Flener said the mental health training will fill some holes in IFC’s current modules.

“New member education is just making sure that people realize that we’re trying to build a culture that’s different,” Flener said, referring to previous incidents of hazing and sexual assault.

While he said the conversation on mental health is difficult, he emphasized its importance.

Flener said trainings are a preventative measure regarding sexual assault and hazing.

More than 2,000 students protested outside the AEPi fraternity house in September 2021 after multiple individuals reported they were drugged at an AEPi house event. An individual also reported being drugged at a Sigma Alpha Epsilon house event that same month.

The NU investigation into the alleged nonconsensual druggings closed in May 2022.

Students are punished when they do not attend trainings without valid reasoning, according to IFC Vice President of Standards Javier Fernandez-Ambite. He said social bans are an example of punishment.

Flener said he is trying to show that IFC is working on these problems and trying to open the fraternity community to conversations with the larger NU community

“We’re a different organization than we were last year, we’re a different organization than the year before that, and before that,” Flener said. “We’re really trying to change and grow into a better organization that can be really reflective of the Northwestern student body and reflective of our individual fraternities.”

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classes, eats an early dinner at 5 p.m. and naps from about 6 to 7:30 p.m. before starting her homework, which will last until anytime between 1 to 3 a.m.

For Communication junior Maelea Tan, their day is ruined if they don’t get enough sleep, they said. They can’t focus and might even fall asleep at inappropriate times, as was the case during a date their senior year of high school.

Tan recalled the incident: One moment they were eating a chicken nugget at McDonald’s, and the next they were dozing off, they said.

As a theater student, Tan has tried to balance rehearsal and schoolwork. After having rehearsals until 10 p.m. for a production last academic year, they’ve since avoided similar late time commitments.

“I would have to do all my homework after 10 (p.m.), and that was not good at all,” Tan said. “I was

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primarily serves young people of color. His request was turned down, he said.

He also said he thinks the University has been trying to pit the Black community against 7th Ward residents in Evanston by marketing the rebuild as beneficial for the Black community.

“Marshaling Black ministers … to attempt to promote this narrative that this (project) is somehow going to save Black Evanston is really disingenuous,” Brown said. “It’s really kind of disgusting.”

The panelists emphasized the importance of obtaining a written community benefit agreement from NU guaranteeing the project would focus on contracting local businesses, use fair labor practices and minimize traffic, noise and pollution impacts to surrounding neighborhoods.

To negotiate such an agreement, panelist and NUGW co-Chair Emilie Lozier said community members need to create a coalition to pressure the University and City Council.

“Our recent campaign and election win this winter are through organized collective action,” Lozier said. “We can make Northwestern say yes to things that it doesn’t necessarily want to say yes to.”

David DeCarlo, who represented Most Liveable City, said community coalitions should ask City Council to demand more monetary contributions

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landlords and established businesses.

For employees of the store, community support hasn’t freed the transition from stress. After closing the Bookman’s Alley location on Jan. 28, the store had to move roughly 40,000 books to the new store, according to Barrett.

Brooke Williams, the children’s section manager, said that though the experience exhausted her, it was ultimately worth the effort.

“To open the doors and see our regulars come

extremely depressed and my life kind of fell apart a little bit.”

They said they once pulled an all-nighter to study for an exam, which was positive for their grade but negative for their mental health.

Sleeping at least a little before an exam or in between studying sessions can be beneficial, Knutson said.

“Ideally, you’re not cramming,” she said. “But if you have to compromise, I would definitely make sure you get some sleep in the middle there to consolidate those memories.”

Weinberg junior Jacob Jarding has mostly managed to get enough sleep in college, he said. However, he recently learned he could improve his mood by shifting his eight hours of sleep to an earlier time frame.

Before Fall Quarter, Jarding’s sleep schedule

from the University before approving zoning changes for Ryan Field.

In general, panelists said they want the councilmembers to be more vocal in holding the University accountable for the rebuild’s potential impact on affordability and residential life.

“I don’t think we’re seeing any leadership from the mayor,” Brown said.

Two councilmembers, Ald. Clare Kelly (1st) and Ald. Krissie Harris (2nd) attended the meeting. Darlene Cannon and Kathy Hayes, who are running for 2nd and 9th Ward councilmember respectively, also attended.

Kelly said the event informed her on how residents want City Council to act.

“This is what Evanston is made of — people who roll up their sleeves, put in the hard work so we make decisions based on community needs and interests,” Kelly said.

Moving forward, panel moderator and CABG President Lesley Williams said advocacy groups will contact individual councilmembers with their concerns and demands around Ryan Field.

“We hope they understand how passionate people are about the project and the need for them to negotiate aggressively with Northwestern,” Williams said. “It’s simple. Respect Evanston.”

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in — it was like, ‘Oh, yeah. That’s why we did this,’” she said.

Williams added that she feels like she’s grown up with some of the children who frequent the store, first recommending them kids’ books and now offering young adult novels. She said the new location will let Bookends grow.

The new look didn’t change much for Biss, who said he often brought his kids to the old Bookends.

“Ultimately, I’m attracted to the books and the people more than the address,” Biss said. colereynolds2026@u.northwestern.edu

involved going to bed around 1 a.m. and waking up eight hours later. But, when he studied abroad this fall on Carleton College’s Buddhist Studies in Bodh Gaya, India program, he’d consistently wake at 5 a.m., meditate, have classes until 12 p.m. and sleep as early as 8 p.m.

After returning to Evanston for Winter Quarter, he decided he would go to bed at 11 p.m. and wake up around 6 or 7 a.m. most days to maximize his hours of sunlight.

He said he feels more motivated and is in a better mood when the sun is up.

“I don’t consider myself Buddhist, but (I’m) trying to import some of that conscientiousness and mindfulness into my life,” he said.

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The Subcontinent Project sparks debate on campus

By MICHELLE SHEEN the daily northwestern

Content warning: This article contains discussions of Islamophobia.

India’s right-wing, pro-Hindu ruling party — the Bharatiya Janata Party — passed the Citizen Amendment Act in 2019, easing the path to citizenship for Buddhist, Christian, Hindu, Jain, Parsi and Sikh immigrants from Afghanistan, Bangladesh and Pakistan.

However, the policy does not grant the same benefits to Muslim immigrants.

“Hindu cultural nationalism sanctifies India as intrinsically Hindu and marks the non-Hindu as its adversary,” Angana Chatterji, a scholar at the Center for Race and Gender at the University of California, Berkeley, wrote in an email to The Daily.

Chatterji said laws like the CAA privilege Hindus while putting religious minorities’ rights and privileges — particularly those of Muslims — at “grave risk.” She said the ascent of Hindu nationalism that has occurred since the Bharatiya Janata Party’s election and re-election to the government in 2014 and 2019, respectively, has amplified the majoritarian state of the country.

Opposition to the CAA has resulted in a series of protests worldwide, including in the Chicago area.

Several South Asian graduate students from Northwestern — along with students from the University of Illinois Chicago and Loyola University Chicago — protested the CAA at the Consulate General of India in downtown Chicago in 2019. The group hoped to raise awareness of international opposition to nationalist elements of Indian politics.

These protest efforts sparked the formation of The Subcontinent Project in 2020, a graduate student organization aiming to engage with the NU community about South Asian politics and culture.

“I think it’s especially important that there is such a space on campus given the rise — especially in the last year and a half — of very explicitly Hindu supremacist organizations on campus,” said Raina Bhagat, a fourthyear comparative literature Ph.D. student and former TSP president.

Hindu YUVA is a NU religious student organization with the aim of bringing Hindu and non-Hindu students together. According to the official website, the group is a student program of Hindu Swayamsevak Sangh, a social and cultural organization which aims to

promote Hindu values.

However, Bhagat said she believes the HSS funds terror in India. She said HSS has connections to India’s Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh paramilitary, which some religious minorities in India criticized for fostering intolerance and hate towards minority groups.

HSS media director Vikas Deshpande wrote to The Daily stating that all accusations of the organization being a supremacist group are “blatant lies.” He added that accusations by TSP are attempts to defame HSS’ works.

“HSS does not fund anyone or anything outside of the U.S.,” Deshpande said. “We reject terrorism and intolerance.”

Deshpande also referenced increases in Hinduphobia in the United States and said allegations made against HSS are examples of intolerance against Hindu Americans and Hindu-based organizations.

However, Chatterji said Hinduphobia in the U.S., as a movement, is not a rising concern in the same way Islamophobia is.

While individuals can be subject to discrimination

for practicing Hinduism, Hinduphobia is not systemic in nature, fourth-year communication studies graduate student Bipin Sebastian said.

Hindu YUVA president and McCormick senior Sparsh Gautam said the organization plans most of its own events and activities independently — even though its work occasionally overlaps with that of HSS.

The organization hosted the “Ramleela” musical last October as a Diwali celebration. Gautam said this event was one example of those the group hosts mostly independently of HSS. Although Hindu YUVA received volunteer help from HSS to set up, the student organization was the main organizer of the event, Gautam said.

“I think it’s very, very unexpected for someone to just come up and say HSS is a Hindu supremacist or Hindu nationalist organization,” Gautam said. “It definitely isn’t the case. We don’t believe so.”

Gautam said there has been no attempt from TSP to understand Hindu YUVA’s plan or vision, making him believe the group’s intentions are “malign and Hinduphobic.”

As a founding member of TSP, Sebastian said OM

at Northwestern, a spiritual group on campus, also has ties to Hindu majoritarian groups operating in the U.S.

However, Weinberg sophomore and OM at Northwestern co-President Kushal Mungee said the organization does not have any affiliations “of the sort.”

Sebastian said though he understands students’ desires to foster a cultural connection through clubs like Hindu YUVA, they should remain aware of these religious organizations’ affiliations with HSS.

In 2020, members of TSP petitioned the University to stop supporting Hindu YUVA because of this tie. Sebastian said though members of TSP met with NU to discuss the petition in the summer of 2022, no changes have occurred.

“Our only request is that Northwestern University, which claims to be very liberal, progressive and uplifting for minorities, cannot platform or give resources to organizations like (Hindu YUVA),” Sebastian said. “That’s our only demand — that Northwestern should stop platforming them.”

TSP also aims to raise awareness of caste-related discrimination by encouraging the implementation of caste as a protected category in Title IX at NU, Sebastian said.

Other colleges across the nation, such as California State University, have already taken this step.

To spread awareness of casteism, TSP and the Ambedkar Du Bois Society painted The Rock in November to kickstart the formation of ADBS. Sebastian said this organization primarily focuses on anticaste efforts.

The Ambedkar Du Bois Society filed a petition in November to make caste a protected category. Though the University responded to the organization and thanked them for bringing the case to their attention, there have been no formal changes to the policy, Sebastian said.

TSP is a space free for anyone — regardless of caste, religion and any other forms of discrimination — to share in conversation, Bhagat said.

TSP President and fourth-year comparative literature graduate student Ishan Mehandru said though graduate students run the organizations, all NU community members are welcome to participate in conversations and events the project holds.

“The idea is to have a critical space to have progressive conversations about the subcontinent, across politics and culture, and that should include literally everybody, whether they consider themselves to be South Asian or not,” Mehandru said.

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The Subcontinent Project is a graduate student organization aiming to engage with the Northwestern community about South Asian politics and culture.

Rapid Recap: NU gets fifth straight win against Iowa

By AAYUSHYA AGARWAL daily senior staffer @aayushyagarwal7

There is no team hotter in college basketball than Northwestern (20-7, 11-5 Big Ten). Eyeing its fifth consecutive victory, the Wildcats capped a historic week with a valiant defensive effort on Sunday, beating Iowa (17-10, 9-7 Big Ten) 80-60.

NU started off hot offensively. A layup by senior forward Robbie Beran assisted by junior guard Tyler Berry opened the scoring, followed by a monster dunk by graduate student forward Tydus Vervoeven that put the Cats up by nine midway through the first half. NU saw its first half lead as high as fourteen courtesy of made free throws by senior guard Boo Buie.

On the defensive end, NU continued putting the Hawkeyes on their heels, forcing both turnovers and contesting shots. Blocks by both redshirt senior guard Chase Audige and junior center Matthew Nicholson were instrumental to the Cats allowing the Hawkeyes to put up a mere 26 points at halftime. By the intermission, the Cats held a nine point advantage.

Over the course of the second half, it was all NU. Consecutive running layups by Audige ensured the Cats stayed hot offensively. A corner three by freshman forward Nick Martinelli helped NU to maintain its advantage midway through the first half. Down the stretch, the Cats went on a 12-1 run, capped by double technical fouls on Iowa coach Fran McCafrey. With five minutes to play, the Cats held their highest

advantage of the game at 24 courtesy of made free throws by Berry.

A 43 point second half by the Cats propelled the team towards a convincing twenty point victory and its first victory over the Hawkeyes since 2017. Here are three takeaways from Sunday’s matchup.

Takeaways:

1. Northwestern locks up Iowa from deep

A key part of the Hawkeyes success this year has been their ability to light it up from deep. NU was victim of this when the teams faced off in January, allowing 10 threes on 21 attempts. Even though the Cats had a strong offensive effort in last month’s contest, the team’s inability to guard the perimeter saw it allowing three Hawkeyes players to score fifteen or more points.

However, Sunday was a different story. NU made it difficult for the Hawkeyes to put up clean attempts from deep, which was a major reason for the team’s victory. In their win over Indiana on Wednesday, the Cats did not allow a made three pointer in the first half. On Sunday, excellent perimeter defense ensured NU kept the Hawkeyes scoreless from deep through the first ten minutes of the game. Down the stretch in the first half, the Cats contested several Hawkeyes three point attempts, even forcing consecutive misses on one defensive possession when the team couldn’t corral a rebound.

NU’s ability to restrict top Big Ten offenses from scoring beyond the arc has been a key reason for its success this season.

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The Cats limited Purdue to 5-for-22 and Indiana to 4-for-11 from deep. On Sunday, NU limited the Hawkeyes to shoot 3-for24 on three point attempts. If the Cats can continue doing just this over the final weeks of the season, there is no stopping the team come March.

2. The Wildcats find sources of offense from the defensive end

As it has done all season, NU continued to force turnovers. While offensive struggles have existed at times, it is always these defensive turnovers that lead to fastbreak points on the other end. The same held true on Sunday.

The Cats took advantage of the Hawkeyes scrambling on offense by creating turnover opportunities at times when shots were not falling. A forced Hawkeyes offensive charge attempt and a steal by Verhoeven were part of five Cats forced turnovers midway through the first half. Down the stretch in the first half, the team further capitalized on the Hawkeyes lack of ball control, generating fastbreak offensive opportunities from turnovers. A steal and coast-to-coast dunk by sophomore guard Brooks Barnhizer and a steal and running layup by Berry were part of 10 NU first half points off turnovers. By the intermission, the Cats also forced ten turnovers.

With the offense being heavily reliant on Buie and Audige all season, it is imperative that the Cats continue generating offense off of turnovers. On Sunday, seven NU players either recorded a steal or block by the intermission. This collective team effort

No. 5 Cats shake up No. 3 Eagles

By JAKE EPSTEIN the daily northwestern

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Just three days removed from graduate student attacker Izzy Scane’s 10-goal rout of No. 14 Notre Dame, No. 5 Northwestern prepared for a midday melee Sunday against No. 3 Boston College. In front of a sellout Ryan Fieldhouse crowd, the Wildcats (2-1,0-0 Big Ten) breached the Eagles’ (2-1, 0-0 ACC) stingy defense, defeating the national powerhouse 15-14.

Eagle midfielder Belle Smith lost her defender on the spin and drew first blood for Boston College. She then doubled the lead, handing her squad a 2-0 advantage with 9:49 remaining in the primary period.

The Eagle edge threatened to extend to three, but graduate student goalkeeper Molly Laliberty made a point-blank save. Within seconds, senior attacker Dylan Amonte found graduate student midfielder Elle Hansen for NU’s opening tally. Boston College then piled on two goals in response. But Amonte answered back from the eight-meter, settling the score at 4-2.

However, Eagle attacker Mckenna Davis converted and closed the frame at 5-2.

The potent Boston College attack kept punching in the second quarter, and Eagle midfielder Cassidy Weeks tallied the period’s first goal seconds into the frame.

Following the Boston College tally, senior attacker Erin Coykendall hit a stutter step then dodged inside, firing home a response. Amonte then scored off a feed from freshman midfielder Madison Taylor, cutting the Eagle lead to 6-4.

While Boston College hit back on attacker Jenn Medjid’s no-looker, Taylor drove towards goal and slung a powerful effort beyond the grasp of Eagle goalkeeper Rachel Hall, making the margin 7-5 just before the midway point of the quarter.

With under a minute before the intermission, Boston College attacker Kayla

Martello manufactured two late goals, cementing a 10-6 halftime gap.

“It took a little bit of time to make the right motions (and make) sure we were setting up on offense,” Scane said.

Scane, who battled face guards throughout the contest, answered the call. The graduate student attacker drew a free position play and buried her first goal.

Taylor’s eight-meter exploits continued, and the freshman fired home her second goal of the contest, slicing the Boston College lead to 10-8.

Minutes later, the Scane Train appeared back on the rails, as the prolific scorer ripped a powerful shot past Hall, forcing Eagle coach Acacia Walker-Weinstein to call a timeout.

“This time last year I wasn’t on the field and would’ve done anything to get (back),” Scane said. “Points just are an outcome of my team working really hard.”

After Boston College extended the lead to 12-9, Amonte’s electric afternoon continued, as she collected a Scane pass and flipped an off-balance effort into the net.

Despite the lead, Walker-Weinstein made a change in between the pipes, subbing in freshman goalkeeper Shea Dolce.

The Cats then gained a player advantage, and Taylor capitalized through tight marking, completing her hattrick and bringing the margin to 12-11 at the quarter’s close.

After NU seemingly controlled the third period from start to finish, Weeks opened the final frame scoring tally for the Eagles. But Scane drew a free position play after five minutes of end-to-end action, and she made no mistake from the eight-meter.

Scane then drew another free position play in prime position, leaving Dolce no chance, and leveling the score at 13 with 7:33 to play. Amonte followed up Scane’s score with a free position tally of her own, hurling the Cats into their first lead of the contest with six minutes to play.

“I had tears in my eyes at the end of the game,” Amonte said. “My teammates are so supportive. I (play) for them.”

Sophomore midfielder Emerson Bohlig then hit a quick burst and scored a bounce shot to extend the NU advantage, but Medjid tallied a goal, setting up 2:25 of tense action.

After a crucial Laliberty eight-meter stop, the Cats kept possession on the offensive end and killed the clock, hanging on for a 15-14 victory.

“The environment here in Ryan Fieldhouse at Wilson Field is just truly incredible,” Amonte Hiller said. “That game was a gift to our sport — back and forth and such a battle.”

will ensure players gain offensive momentum from the team’s continued ability to have active hands in the passing lanes.

3. Berry and Barnhizer provide Buie with offensive support

While everyone knows of the offensive role Buie has played for the Cats this season, Berry and Barnhizer both had double digit scoring performances that were especially vital on Sunday, especially when Audige faced foul trouble early in the first half.

Berry was involved early on in the contest, drilling a corner three to give NU its first points from beyond the arc. A secondconsecutive made three by the junior forward gave the Cats a nine point advantage five minutes into the contest. Down the stretch of the second half, Berry’s corner three sealed the game for the Cats, putting the team up by 21 and helped him finish with 16 points in Sunday’s victory.

Meanwhile, Barnhizer found his

offensive momentum in the latter half of the evening. A pullup three as the shot clock expired and a three at the top of the key were part of 12 points by the sophomore guard. Barnhizer was also particularly valuable on the boards, corralling a team-high 7 rebounds.

Even though NU received muchneeded offensive contributions from Berry and Barnhizer, Buie steadied the ship on the offensive end as he has done all season. The senior guard displayed his full offensive arsenal on Sunday. A pullup three, spinning floater, and crossover pullup jumper were part of a game-high 14 first half points from Buie. The New York native also set up his teammates with open opportunities, dishing out a pass that led to a Verhoeven dunk and a layup to junior center Matthew Nicholson that put the Cats up by 15 midway through the second half. Buie finished Sunday’s contest with a game-high 23 points and 8 assists.

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WOMEN’S SWIM & DIVE

Wildcats win seventh at Big Ten Championship

By KUNJAL BASTOLA the daily northwestern @kunjal_bastola

Northwestern women’s swim and dive team competed in the Women’s Big Ten Swimming and Diving Championships at Canham Natatorium in Ann Arbor, Michigan. The meet lasted from Wednesday, Feb. 15 to Saturday, Feb. 18.

On day one, the Wildcats’ team of freshman Audrey Yu, sophomore Justine Murdock, senior Hannah Brunzell and graduate student Miriam Guevara took fourth place in the 200 medley relay with a time of 1:36.96. NU continued its strong showing with a fifth place in the 800 freestyle relay, swam by freshmen Jamie Brennan and Hana Shimizu-Bowers, sophomore Ashley Strouse and senior Ally Larson.

The action continued on day two, with preliminaries and finals for the 500 freestyle, 200 individual medley and 50 freestyle, with just a final at night for the 400 medley relay. Strouse qualified in ninth place in the 500 freestyle preliminaries with a time of 4:43.16 to lead the B final and went on to win it at night, dropping almost a full second off her prelims time going 4:42.23.

In the 200 IM prelims, Brennan clocked in at 1:58.32 to score a spot in the B final. During finals, she finished in 16th with a time of 1:59.86, a little off her morning swim.

Yu and freshman Lindsay Ervin qualified for the 50 freestyle C final, Ervin going 22.69 and Yu going 22.82 in prelims. At night, Yu shaved off .12 seconds to finish second in the C final and 18th overall, Ervin finishing third in the C final and 19th overall. Thursday’s finals also saw the Cats’ 400 medley relay team of Murdock, Yu, Guevara and Brunzell finish in fifth place with a time of 3:32.38.

Day three saw NU’s first top-three finish, with Guevara absolutely flying to take

home a third-place medal in the 100 butterfly, with a time of 51.59. Later that night, she went 52.34 in the 100 backstroke to take fifth place. In the 400 IM, ShimizuBowers earned points for the team with her fourth-place finish in the C final, improving her prelims time by two seconds and going 4:18.80. Strouse added onto the Cats’ points with a fifth-place finish in the 200 freestyle, clocking in at 1:45.72. The 100 breaststroke saw Brunzell finish sub-1:00, earning fifth place with a 59.76 time.

Day four featured the mile, or 1650 freestyle, where junior Lola Mull came home in seventh place, finishing with a time of 16:14.35. Other notable finishes from the last day of competition were Guevara’s fourth place in the 200 butterfly with a time of 1:55.82, Murdock’s sixth place finish in the 200 backstroke with a time of 1:54.99, Brunzell’s seventh place finish in the 200 breaststroke with a time of 2:10.11 and Strouse’s eighth place finish in the 100 freestyle with a time of 48.81.

On the diving side, seniors Markie Hopkins and Jaye Patrick finished in 12th and 13th place, respectively, in the 1 meter diving event. Hopkins earned a score of 289.10, improving from her prelims score of 278.35. Patrick also saw improvement from prelims, where she earned a 277.30 and raised it to a 288.20 during finals. Hopkins went on to capture sixth place in the platform diving finals on the last day of the meet. Senior Carolyn Hagler finished in 15th in the 3 meter diving event, earning a score of 248.35.

NU ended the meet with a fifth-place finish in the 400 freestyle relay, with the team of Ervin, Strouse, Yu and Larson coming home in 3:15.57. The Cats finished in sixth place overall, with a score of 710 points, fueled by their 363 individual swimming points, along with their 250 relay points and 97 diving points.

NU hopes to continue its momentum at the NCAA Championships next month.

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