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On Feb. 17, Cook posted confidential info on Snapchat

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Evanston police chief Demitrous Cook publicly apologized in a Friday morning press conference for posting photos that included confidential information to Snapchat on the evening of Feb. 17. Cook posted photos of official police documents including names, images, addresses and birthdates of at least 30 of Evanston Police Department’s known subjects. Notes such as “DOA” (dead on arrival), “in custody” and “HIV” were written next to photos. The photos, which were reportedly taken for Cook’s own use, were posted to his personal Snapchat story at approximately 6 p.m. that night. Cook said he was saving the photos for review to familiarize himself with the names and faces of subjects for possible future investigations. He initially received the documents, which featured exclusively black men, in conjunction with an ongoing investigation. Cook said he took the photos on the app because he preferred the camera quality, viewing it as superior to his phone’s regular camera application, and the posts were accidental. He said he intended to save them to his device, and was informed by a colleague less than two hours after the photos had been publicly posted to his Snapchat story instead. “I own this mistake and I want to apologize to the community and to anyone who may have been impacted,” Cook said in a statement. “It was never my intent to cause any harm or pain.” Cook, who served as a » See SNAPCHAT, page 5

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Evanston resident Kevin Logan filed a civil lawsuit against the city, Evanston Police Department and police chief Demitrous Cook on Sunday after Cook posted the mugshots of over 30 of the department’s known subjects to his public Snapchat story. Cook posted the photos around 6 p.m. on Feb. 17. In a Friday press conference, he said the postings were accidental, and he was attempting to save them to his phone. He said he used the Snapchat camera because he preferred its quality to that of his regular phone camera. Logan is suing the defendants for $1 million in damages on eight counts, including defamation, negligence and infliction of emotional distress. EPD declined to comment on the suit. Logan, who is represented

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Dominique Jackson and Weinberg Prof. Alexander Weheliye discuss Jackson’s show, Pose at the State of the Black Union.

Jackson talks ballroom culture, work Pose actress shared with students for FMO’s State of the Black Union By YUNKYO KIM

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Standing in Lutkin Hall at For Member’s Only’s 2020 State of the Black Union,

actress and author Dominique Jackson said she knew she wanted to work with Ryan Murphy, the “American Horror Story” showrunner after watching the third season. In “American Horror Story: Coven,” a character is burned

at the stake while shouting, “Balenciaga!” Less than ten years later, she starred as Elektra Wintour, a former house mother and champion of the ballrooms, in “Pose,” an Emmywinning series written by

NU Prison Ed. Program receives $1 million grant Mellon Foundation grant to help expand educational opportunities for incarcerated people By ARIANNA CARPATI

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The Northwestern Prison Education Program received a $1 million grant to expand educational opportunities for incarcerated people. The program began in 2018 and continues to offer courses for college credit at Stateville Correctional Center in Crest Hill, Ill. [ The Andrew W. Mellon

Serving the University and Evanston since 1881

Foundation will provide the grant over the next three years. The money will go toward admitting more students to the program, extending the courses to minimum-security prisons and investments in re-entry programs for students once they are released from prison. In addition, funding will go toward the launch of the first college education program for incarcerated women in Illinois. Jennifer Lackey, a philosophy professor at NU and

director of NPEP, has been teaching courses at Stateville for the past six years. NPEP is the first educational program in prisons to provide college degrees based upon a liberal arts curriculum, including courses in a range of disciplines, including social sciences, fine arts, humanities, and STEM. Studies have shown that although approximately twothirds of previously incarcerated people will return to prison

within three years, receiving education in prison reduces that rate by 43 percent. Additionally, the higher the degree earned, the lower the re-arrest rate is. For those with an associate degree, re-arrest rate is 14 percent; it’s 5.6 percent for those with a bachelor’s degree, and zero percent for those with a master’s degree. Prison-education programs also increase the probability of breaking a cycle of intergenerational poverty and

incarceration. Lackey hopes to expand the program beyond offering educational opportunities, and onto exploring solutions to America’s mass incarceration problem. She hopes to collaborate with NU Pritzker School of Law, the Alice Kaplan Institute for the Humanities and other prison education programs across the country. ariannacarpati2023@u.northwestern.edu

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AROUND TOWN Residents talk moving up IL primary By EVA HERSCOWITZ

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Evanston residents are split on whether the Illinois primary should replace the Iowa caucus as the nation’s first presidential nominating contest, a proposal Governor J.B. Pritzker pushed for in a Feb. 3 tweet. “If you’re looking for a state whose people represent the diversity of America, look no further than Illinois,” Pritzker tweeted, posting before technical problems delayed the Iowa caucus results. “It’s time for the most representative state in the country to be the first in the nation.” Pritzker’s Chief of Staff Anne Caprara told the Chicago Sun-Times that the governor will push to move up the Illinois primary when the Democratic National Committee next meets to discuss the 2024 primary voting structure. DNC Chair Tom Perez said on Feb. 12 that the committee should reexamine primary order and consider caucus reform to reflect a more diverse voting base. New Hampshire state law currently requires that its primary is the earliest. Some voters and experts say Iowa’s homogenous population — 90 percent of residents are white — shouldn’t set the tone for a nationwide race. According to data from the U.S. Census Bureau, Illinois’ population is 61 percent white, 17.4 percent Hispanic or Latino, 14.6 percent black and 5.9 percent Asian — however, most of the state’s non-white population is centered in the Chicagoland area. The Democratic Party of Evanston Issues Committee Co-chair Sue Calder said moving up the Illinois primary would give the state a greater say in determining the nomination’s outcome. Illinois’ primary is on March 17, 43 days after the Iowa caucus. “We’d get a better say in who’s nominated,” Calder said. “Right now, by the time we get around to voting, it’s pretty well-decided.” Americans have long viewed the Iowa caucus as an early indication of the potential party nominee. Since the caucuses began in 1972, there have been

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Though the Illinois government has a reputation of being corrupt, politicians like Madigan are not part of the primary or caucus process — rather, party delegates select the Democratic presidential nominee at the Democratic National Convention. Garber added that later nominating contests in other states nullify “any effect” Iowa’s demographics have on caucus results. Mayor Lori Lightfoot, however, told the Chicago Sun-Times earlier this month that the Democratic party should “give serious consideration to starting with a state that’s diverse.” Calder echoed Lightfoot’s message.

Students and residents alike frequent Evanston’s countless coffee shops on a daily basis. Each shop attracts different customers and tries to distinguish themselves from the rest. The store leader of the Evanston Philz, Tony Volpi, said his store offers customers a unique caffeine experience through their secret blends and their lack of typical lattes and espressos, for example. Claude Nshimiye, manager at the Backlot Coffee on Sherman Avenue and Grove Street, said the shop’s location on the corner makes it stand out- as does the employees’ commitment to treating customers with respect. Newport barista Sophia Healey said the shop has a unique commitment from its owners to hand-crafted products, and it offers a median between a social gathering and a study spot.

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Gov. J.B. Pritzker. Pritzker said in a Feb. 3 tweet that the Illinois primary should replace the Iowa caucus as the nation’s first presidential nominating contest.

10 Democratic and eight Republican caucus winners, and more than half of those winners secured their party’s nomination. Three have been elected president. Evanston Township GOP Committeeman Blair Garber said Illinois, which he called “the most corrupt state in the union,” shouldn’t have more power in influencing the course of the presidential election. “You should be locked up if you think (House Speaker) Michael Madigan and the Chicago machine should be picking nominees for dog catcher, let alone president of the United States,” Garber said. “Illinois really needs to concentrate on getting its own House in order before taking a bigger part on the national stage.”

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ON CAMPUS A prof.’s new way to teach about climate By ISABELLE SARRAF

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Almost overnight, taps and plastic bottles were attached to dozens of trees across campus, collecting gallons of sap. Environmental policy and culture prof. Eli Suzukovich began this project in 2015, which has since evolved into a Winter Quarter course called “Maple Syrup and Climate Change.” It studies the local impact of climate change through sap collection and analysis. The objective is to enrich students on how climate change has impacted the length of maple syrup production and tapping season and therefore limited the timeframe. A member of the Little Shell Band of Chippewa-Cree tribe and the Krajina Serb ethnic group, Suzukovich said he brings an indigenous perspective to environmental studies at Northwestern. His course, he said, examines changes in the demand of maple syrup in relation to the Evanston micro-climate and their impact on local indigenous communities. For the project, Suzukovich divides his students into groups that tap trees across campus, periodically collect sap and finally cook the sap into maple syrup that the students can consume. He challenges students to get out of their comfort zone and learn in an outdoor environment, he said. The last few weeks of the course are devoted to outdoor data collection of sap flow rates, sugar ratios, soil quality and other environmental variables. “The students are producing yearly data on tree activity in relation to climate,” Suzukovich said. “So we’re actually building some baseline data.” McCormick senior Jared Colin said this course was different than any he had previously taken because the structure of the course changes week to week. Some days are devoted to learning about indigenous environmental history and wildlife, while others are spent interacting with nature, he said.

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Bottle taped to a tree to collect sap for Prof. Eli Suzukovich’s “Maple Syrup and Climate Change.”

Colin said his favorite part about the class has been tapping the trees and collecting the sap. Maple syrup is typically a product you associate with being produced in places like Canada or Vermont, not the Chicago area, which is why he said the class was such an interesting concept. He said Suzukovich’s focus on integrating indigenous cultures into the coursework has been one of the most engaging aspects. “It’s cold but it’s enjoyable,” Colin said. “Dr. Suzukovich is very knowledgeable about Northwestern’s campus and about the wildlife and nature that is on it.” Weinberg sophomore Nancy Iden said she was

interested in taking the class because of how handson the coursework and projects would be. Iden said the course has demonstrated the effects of climate change in a way that’s tangible and less existential than it’s typically taught. Over the weekend, she said she traveled home to cook eight or nine-gallon bags full of frozen sap and returned to campus with a small mason jar of maple syrup. “It seemed like a way to gain a better understanding of the material because you’re actually going out into nature and working with it as opposed to just reading about it,” Iden said. isabellesarraf2022@u.northwestern.edu

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Response: The Garage can be a valuable resource to student start-ups

We were disappointed by the story and headline of the February 12 story that ran in The Daily Northwestern’s Monthly issue, “The Garage lacks resources after founders graduate, allowing many to fail” featuring our quotes. When a Northwestern student reaches out to talk about our different experiences at The Garage, we want to help with the hope that we can inspire more students to start companies during college. It was frustrating to feel like the writer mischaracterize our perspectives and cast a negative light on The Garage, when our experiences with the organization were one of the most valuable parts of our college careers. We feel it is important to express our disagreement with the headline and characterization of The Garage in the article.

It was frustrating to see the writer mischaracterize our perspectives and cast a negative light on The Garage. As advocates for greater inclusion and equity in entrepreneurship, it saddens us to think that this article has distorted our stories in a way that may discourage

aspiring student entrepreneurs from accessing the incredible resources The Garage has to offer. Today, we are both working on our own companies — Sarah is the co-founder of Mistro and Sam is the founder of Bossy Chicago. Sarah and her co-founder, another alum of The Garage, have raised a pre-seed round of capital thanks in part to connections made through The Garage, and are working out of The Garage San Francisco space. Sam is working fulltime as a founder of Bossy Chicago in the city with a sustainable business model. When we spoke with The Daily Northwestern over three months ago, The Garage San Francisco was still in development — and we would’ve spoken about the endeavor. Mike Raab, Director of The Garage San Francisco, has done a tremendous job building a community with Northwestern founders and investors in the Bay Area. To say “The Garage lacks resources after founders graduate, allowing many to fail” or that the “resources disappear” after graduation, is inaccurate. The truth is The Garage is actively working to strengthen this community even outside of its immediate vicinity of Chicago, all the way in San Francisco. None of the incredible resources The Garage offered to us while we were students disappeared after graduation. In fact, every time we’ve contacted or visited The Garage since graduation, the staff and mentors there ask about our progress and continue to offer introductions and advice. Failure is a part of entrepreneurship, and there is no secret sauce to success. Even the best

accelerators in the world can’t guarantee success — building a company is a very difficult process. What The Garage does is provide resources for student founders that are interested inentrepreneurship to receive first-hand experience building a company. And there is no better time or place to do it than the low-risk environment of school.

Together, we strongly encourage any student who has aspirations of starting a company or working for themselves in any capacity post-graduation to get involved with The Garage while they are a student. Together, we strongly encourage any student who has aspirations of starting a company or working for themselves in any capacity post-graduation to get involved with The Garage while they are a student. We know they will continue to be a resource for years to come. No matter the fate of the company, the learning experience and resulting network pays dividends in the long term, stretching way beyond graduation. — Sarah Ahmad and Sam Letscher, McCormick BSJ ‘18

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An ode to TikTok, my experience navigating rising platform ZACH BRIGHT

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Preparing myself to wade into Week 8, I’ve been trying to get off the grid a bit so I can actually do well in my classes this quarter. To this end, I’ve decided to delete a good number of apps — namely Instagram, Twitter and TikTok. TikTok has been one of the hardest to part with. If you are an actual adult who is focused on their family or career, there’s a good chance you know little to nothing about the app. TikTok is a Chinesebased video-sharing platform. Users can film short videos up one minute long with a variety of visual and audio embellishments. To put it simply, TikTok does what Vine could not. TikTok nursed me back to health after I spent a weekend in November on the fourth floor of the NorthShore University HealthSystem hospital following a particularly bad bout of tonsilitis. Originally downloaded to pass the time, TikTok has become a staple in my entertainment diet. The app is brilliant, a real canvas for creativity. The people who populate it? Enormously talented. Take @snarkymarky. Acting as an elementary school teacher in point of view videos, he unearths deep childhood memories that link so many Gen Z individuals. Users like @adamrayokay, who plays “Rosa,” have been able to add to the cultural zeitgeist with just fake lashes and bad foundation. Try making a TikTok of your own — it’s so difficult. I forced my good friend to make one with me on Friday night a couple weeks ago. We spent an hour or so recreating some dances but neither of us are very “mobile” people. So we came out of that night with what I at the time saw as a strong contender for a semi-viral TikTok, in which I am presidential candidate for the Democratic nomination, Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.). It is not good (but please follow me @zmuffin_69). It’s easy to look down on TikTok, to act like you are above the noise and the nonsense. Individuals less rooted in social media might not understand the buzz, which is fair. However, this in no way means that the humor and discourse on TikTok has any less value just because it’s populated with so many younger people. And in fact, some of the biggest players on the app are older themselves. Positive affirmation fuels the content @sparkling_ energy puts out, and others from @its_j_dog to @ the_grandma_barb tap into their aged wisdom to pull off humor that transcends generations. As I bid TikTok farewell (until my tonsillectomy in March), I want to make it clear that it has been a platform of unadulterated joy. You made me laugh. You made me cry. Zach Bright is a Medill sophomore. He can be contacted at zacharybright2022@u.northwestern.edu. If you would like to respond publicly to this op-ed, send a Letter to the Editor to opinion@dailynorthwestern.com. The views expressed in this piece do not necessarily reflect the views of all staff members of The Daily Northwestern.

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MONDAY. FEBRUARY 24, 2020

SNAPCHAT From page 1

member of EPD for 26 years, including six as the deputy chief of police, left the department to become chief of Glenwood Police Department in 2010, and returned to EPD as police chief in January 2019. Current city policy states that any arrest records must be removed from the city’s website two weeks after the arrest. According to the Chicago Tribune, EPD does not post mugshots to the department’s social media, and will not provide them to media outlets unless directly asked. Cook and EPD have faced community backlash since the posting of the photos, related to both the occurrence and press conference. Citizens Network of Protection, an Evanston-based police oversight and advocacy group, issued a statement on its website in response to the Friday morning press conference. “While we respect his attempt to bring some transparency to the matter, the City did not post the event on its website or social media accounts, and therefore the public was not aware of this press conference and we could not participate,” the statement said. The group also called into question Cook’s explanation for taking the photos on Snapchat, disagreeing with his reasoning that he felt the quality of a Snapchat photo was higher than that of a regular image. In an interview with the Tribune, Evanston resident

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black community in discussion. At the event, moderated by African American Studies prof. Alexander Weheliye, Jackson told the audience she was raised in Trinidad and Tobago then immigrated to the United States before graduating among the top of her class. She said she left her religious mother who did not accept her identity. “What happens when you become homeless? You’re out on the street and your parents are thinking, ‘Well, when you meet hardship out there, you’re gonna come back home,’” she said. “When I met hardship out there, it made me fight harder,

SUIT

From page 1 by attorney Ilia Usharovich, was one of the men whose photos were publicized by Cook’s posting. The photo included Logan’s name, date of birth and last known

Carolyn Murray said she was unsure why “a black man (would) want to still live” in Evanston after the Monday incident. Many other community members have also expressed a lack of trust in EPD because of the way the situation has been handled. Evanston police Cmdr. Brian Henry said EPD will be re-evaluating the ways it distributes information and photos internally. He said the documents Cook took photos of were posted in secure locations within EPD’s offices, but the event has caused the department to consider new ways it can ensure information will be disseminated securely, including the potential removal of physical documents that featured mugshots, shifting to interdepartmental emails to communicate the same information. At the press conference, Cook said he planned to personally reach out to the men who were impacted by the photos. Henry said Cook and EPD would work to regain the community’s trust and move forward after the incident. “This is something he’s not hiding from,” Henry said. “It’s his mistake, he’s owning it. We’ll see what happens with the community, but I know he definitely really wants to take ownership of it and do what he has to do to make things right.” Maia Spoto contributed reporting. jacobfulton2023@u.northwestern.edu

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Two parked Evanston police cars. Evanston police chief Demetrius Cook apologized for accidentally posting photos that contained confidential information to Snapchat.

it made me be even more determined to get to where I wanted to be.” Jackson competed in the NYC LGBT Entertainment Circle and the Pageantry System and was inducted into the House and Ballroom Hall of Fame in 2016. She starred in the modeling reality show “Strut” and also wrote an autobiography, “The Transsexual from Tobago (Revised).” Jackson also spoke about New York City’s ballroom cultural movement founded by African American and Latinx LGBTQ youth. Ballroom culture celebrates individuals in communities of color of genderqueer, transgender and nonconforming identities in expressing in drag, art and fashion, and members of the community

should support one another, she said. “No one has realized that humanity as our foundation would solve a lot,” Jackson said. NU alum Emily Feng (Weinberg ’19) said she attended the event because she saw the event in the Multicultural Student Affairs newsletter and wanted to be in a space where many conversations and discussions occur, something she said she missed since graduating. “I think it’s super important because it’s about building power from within your own community,” Feng said. “Being able to learn from their stories (and) experiences and get that sense that, ‘if they were able to do this, we can also.’” Events like this, she said, help students of marginalized identities learn from experienced

professionals from their own community as well as gain solidarity. It helps people feel like they can be themselves, she said. Weinberg freshman Shira Nash said she attended the event because she watched “Pose.” She said that Jackson’s talk resonated with her as it was easy to judge people before seeing them in their humanity. “It definitely raises awareness and allows space for people of color to come together and also people who are different from the majority to come together and feel safe, and see someone who is also working toward the same goal as them,” she said. “I think that’s really important.”

address, as well as a handwritten note reading “HIV,” implying that Logan may have been HIV-positive. However, in a Saturday HIV test, Logan tested negative. After Cook posted the photos on his Snapchat, screenshots circulated on Facebook and were shared

with multiple people. Logan was targeted for his supposed HIV status, and other residents whose photos were shared reportedly also faced backlash. The suit claims that Cook violated police policy by creating and distributing copies of official police documents while on the job, and his actions caused

emotional distress through publication of the photos. It also said the posts damaged Logan’s reputation by falsely identifying him as HIV-positive, which resulted in online harassment.

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MONDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 2020

Study: Cocoa can aid peripheral artery disease patients By VIVIAN XIA

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A new pilot study from Northwestern Medicine found that drinking cocoa with high levels of flavonol three times a day increased walking distance in individuals with peripheral artery disease. PAD affects about 8.5 million people in the United States and is characterized by blockages in the arteries that supply blood to the legs. As a result, individuals do not get enough oxygen delivery to their leg muscles, leading to leg pain and difficulty walking even short distances. Flavonols are a type of nutrient that is abundant in cocoa. In the study, researchers randomly assigned 44 people with PAD to drinking either a cocoa beverage with its natural flavonols or a placebo drink that had all the components of the cocoa except the actual cocoa and the flavonols. Participants were each tested for six minutes on walking distance. Researchers also administered magnetic resonance testing, which measured participants’ blood flow in their legs and performed muscle biopsies on those who had consented as well. After that, all patients consumed three drinks per day for six months and were subsequently tested again. Researchers found that those who consumed flavonol-rich cocoa showed significant improvement in their six-minute walk test results, walking about

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Northwestern Medicine researchers found in a pilot study that drinking cocoa three times a day increases walking distance in PAD patients.

43 meters farther than those who had the placebo. They also saw improvement in blood flow and overall better muscle health. Dr. Mary McDermott, Feinberg professor and the lead author of this study, said the reason behind these findings may be because the cocoa flavonols not only improved blood flow but also the skeletal muscle. “We just got overall better muscle health in those

that got the cocoa flavonols,” McDermott said. “So that, combined with the improved blood flow, may be the reasons that the walking got better in those who took the cocoa for the six months.” McDermott said the group tested flavonols specifically because the cocoa flavonols have been previously shown to have favorable effects on both skeletal muscle and blood flow.

Linda Van Horn, Feinberg professor of preventive medicine and one of the authors of the study, said the study offers only pilot data, but the fact that the group was able to find potential benefits even with a small group suggests that it would be worth conducting a larger study to find more conclusive answers. “The goal here is to be able to do a larger study with better controls and better funding so that we can actually look at those relationships in a more quantifiable way and identify potential factors that really are attributing to the improved walking,” Van Horn said. McDermott said the study is very important for people with PAD because there are very few effective therapies for the disease. The only real beneficial therapy is exercise, she said, but patients with PAD have difficulty exercising because they have trouble walking, and the only FDA-approved drug for the condition is not very effective. She added that this study can even have potential implications for not just PAD patients but also older people. “As people get older, we have changes in our skeletal muscle — our skeletal muscle gets less healthy, and actually there’s evidence that older people don’t have as good blood flow as they did when they were younger,” McDermott said. “Now, peripheral artery disease is an extreme of that, but if this turns out to be confirmed and beneficial in PAD, then it could even have potential implications for older people.” vivianxia2023@u.northwestern.edu

Special Olympics Super Plunge raises money, awareness

By JACOB FULTON

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For most people, the idea of jumping into the 37-degree waters of Lake Michigan in the dead of winter is absurd, much less the idea of repeating that process hourly for 24 hours. But 55 participants in the Special Olympics Illinois Super Plunge braved the near-freezing temperatures as they raised money and awareness for Special Olympics athletes. The event kicked off over a month of Polar Plunges state-wide, during which people jump into cold water in support of the organization. From 2 p.m. on Friday to 1 p.m. on Saturday, plungers jumped into Lake Michigan on the hour, every hour, at Northwestern’s Lincoln Street Beach. Jim Fitzpatrick, the senior director of development for the Illinois Law Enforcement Torch Run, which sponsors the event, said it’s

important to have proper safety precautions in place and create ideal conditions between jumps to ensure plungers can enjoy their experience as much as possible. “It takes a lot of people and a lot of partnerships to make this happen, particularly with Northwestern University and the City of Evanston,” Fitzpatrick said. “And it’s not easy. You’re jumping in Lake Michigan once an hour for 24 straight hours, so that’s a special group of people.” Super Plunger Delaney Bethel has been participating in the event for 10 years — her first time being at age 6, when she did the regular Polar Plunge. The Wheaton North High School junior said she has done the Polar Plunge twice and the Super Plunge eight times, though she didn’t stay through the night her first three times. She was 11 the first time she made it through all 24 jumps. Bethel said she has been passionate about the event and the cause since she joined, and is thankful for the impact of the money attendees

have raised. “To participate, you have to raise $2,500,” Bethel said. “My dad and I send emails, we go door to door and do stuff like that. This year, we’ve almost raised over $5,000, and we’ve done almost $30,000 total.” This year, the Super Plunge featured a Northwestern-themed hour for the first time, with members of the school’s football team and assistant volleyball coach Kevin Moore participating in the 5 p.m. plunge. The hour was coordinated by three-time Super Plunger Robbie Peterson. He said he appreciated the school’s support of the event, both in allowing it to take place on Northwestern property and in having members of the community attend for an hour. Peterson said he first found out about the Super Plunge from his plunge leader. Each year he’s participated in the longer event, the first plunges have been the easiest, as he’s been excited to participate. The fatigue, he said, sets in during the night jumps.

“You start getting colder and you’re starting to get sleepy,” Peterson said. “The adrenaline’s running out, and it’s time to go out there again. The ones in between that two and four o’clock hour are the hardest, but once the sun starts coming up, you hit that second wave, and we’re back at it again.” Occasionally, participants will do two consecutive jumps at the hour mark, to allow for a longer break between jumps. In the extra time, Peterson said plungers will often try to catch some sleep as the tent quiets down. However, as the last plunge draws closer, Peterson said he is reminded of the reason he participates, which brings him back each year. “It’s a sense of accomplishment, because we’re able to do all 24,” Peterson said. “You challenge yourself to do it, and when you complete it, it’s always nice to know that you finish something you started.” jacobfulton2023@u.northwestern.edu

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is practice hard. The guys will have an off day, but then we have a couple days to have a couple hard practices. That’s what it’s going to take.” Sophomore forward Pete Nance had a team-high 11 points for the Cats, and freshman center Ryan Young finished with 10. But NU made fewer than 40 percent of its shots, and the team trailed by more than 20 points for most of the second half. Now the pressure keeps building for a program on pace to have its worst season since 2000. The Cats have had three ten-game losing streaks with Collins as the head coach, but now NU has lost a record-setting 11 straight. “Nobody is going to abort the mission,” Collins said. “At the end of the day, sometimes days like this happen. It’s definitely no fun to go through, but it can be part of a process if we handle it the right way.”

No. 6 Northwestern wanted its loss to then-No. 7 Notre Dame to be a wake-up call that would push them to be better. After Saturday’s 16-11 loss to now-No. 7 Syracuse, Kelly Amonte Hiller’s team is still waiting for it. The Orange (4-1) jumped out to an early 7-3 lead, and the Wildcats (3-2) seemed out of sorts. Junior midfielder Brennan Dwyer struggled on the draw control, and NU, led by new starting sophomore goalie Madison Doucette, made defensive stops, but yet again struggled to keep possession on the clear. Doucette’s performance, especially in the first half, was one of the game’s bright spots. With a career-high eleven saves, Doucette and the defense stayed poised in the first half, which allowed the Cats’ offense to rally to lead at the half. “I think it’s a mentality thing,” Doucette said of her defense’s first half performance. “We got hyped up. We also were given some pretty great looks from our scout team this week. So, we know what to expect. We’re ready for it and we can just keep it rolling.” NU scored five goals in just under three minutes to retake the lead going into the second half, and it seemed like the Cats had found their stride. Senior attacker Lindsey McKone led the charge with two goals and two assists in that period, and Ryan Fieldhouse was electric. Then, in the second half, everything fell apart. NU allowed nine goals, and only scored three of their own, and each of those came on free-position shots. Syracuse struggled to stay out of shooting space in the half, but their aggressive defense in the eight-meter meant it didn’t matter –– the Cats only took eight shots. In return, the Orange went on an 8-1 run in the final eighteen minutes to bury NU. “We never think of ourselves as down and out,” Doucette said. “We’ve come back from more; we’ve come back from less. We were really just pushing into the end. I’m very proud of how my defense played until the end. It just slipped away in the last couple, honestly the last minute. Otherwise, I believe we were in it.” Star sophomore attacker Izzy Scane disappeared Saturday, with no goals or assists and only three shots, and fellow offensive leader McKone had seven turnovers. Both players will rebound, but against top opponents like Syracuse and the upcoming Tar Heels, the Cats look to their offensive leadership to execute. “It’s obviously really hard to see all the options on offense when you’re panicking in a high-pressure situation,” said junior attacker Lauren Gilbert about the offense after the Notre Dame game. “When you’re calm, you’re able to see everything and move the ball. Our offense has so many threats that as long as we focus on moving the ball, and just staying calm.”

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Lindsey Pulliam makes a move. The junior guard led all scorers with 28 points in NU’s win over Wisconsin.

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Another day, another win. A 16-0 fourth-quarter run and another show-stopping performance from junior guard Lindsey Pulliam fueled No. 18 Northwestern to its seventh straight win of the season in a 82-66 takedown of Wisconsin in Madison on Saturday. The victory tied the program’s record for most wins since 1980 — set during the Big Ten title-winning 1989-90 season — and pushed the Wildcats (24-3, 14-2 Big Ten) back into a tie for first place in the conference with No. 7 Maryland. NU and the Terrapins each have two games left to play. “A hard-fought game, what we

expected,” coach Joe McKeown said. “Wisconsin has played everyone in the league tough, especially the teams that are in the upper echelon. I thought we really responded at halftime.” Pulliam led all scorers on the afternoon with 28 points, shooting a season-best 13-for20 from the field. Her 65 percent from the floor was her highest since a Dec. 4 game against Boston College, and tied the second-best shooting performance of her career, dating back to a Nov. 30, 2017 loss over Syracuse as a freshman. “(It’s) just being aggressive, honestly, and trying to get to the spots that I like on the floor,” Pulliam said. “My teammates have done a great job of getting me the ball when I’m open.” Four of the Cats’ starters — Pulliam, sophomore guards Veronica Burton and Sydney Wood and senior forward Abi

Scheid — finished with more than ten points. With an early 11 a.m. tip-off time, NU started the game slowly, shooting a lowly 35 percent from the field and keeping it close with the 12th-place Badgers (1117, 3-14). Wisconsin kept it close in the second quarter, building a four-point lead at one point, but then Pulliam and Burton started to find their rhythm. The backcourt duo combined for 22 of the Cats’ 37 first-half points. The Badgers hung around for much of the third, keeping the deficit within one midway through the quarter. But NU pulled away near the end, and Pulliam hit a jumper with just over a minute left in the frame to put the Cats up by 7 heading into the fourth. “We started getting loose balls that Wisconsin had gotten in the first half,”

McKeown said. “We started to rebound better, and then we got in transition and made the extra pass. A great team effort.” Wisconsin scored to open the final quarter, but then NU grabbed onto the momentum and kicked off its 16-0 game-sealing run. In just over three minutes, the Cats hit a handful of long jumpers and turned three Badgers turnovers into points to build their lead up to 21. The win marked the fifth time in seven games that NU has finished with more than 80 points. “We share the ball better than anybody and we know what everybody likes to do on the floor,” Pulliam said. “So it’s easy for us to do what we want to do, and just play how we want to.” ellabrockway@u.northwestern.edu

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Northwestern athletic director Jim Phillips made the long walk near the end of the first half, going from his seat at the top of Welsh-Ryan Arena’s lower bowl all the way down to the Wildcats bench. NU was having its worst half of the season Sunday against Minnesota, and Phillips followed the team into the locker room when it ended to hear what coach Chris Collins had to say. Playing against the twelfth place team in the Big Ten, NU allowed its most first half points of the season, and the Cats had their biggest halftime deficit of the year. When the team assembled in the locker room, Collins stressed that NU wasn’t playing the right way. Collins reminded the players that they gave up almost 50 points in the half, told

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them Minnesota was getting to the rim too easily and challenged them to rebound better than they had been. But those issues weren’t fixed with a halftime speech, even with Phillips offering moral support. The Cats (6-20, 1-15) lost their 11th straight game, falling 83-57 to Minnesota (13-13, 7-9). “Our staff takes total responsibility for it,” Collins said. “I’ve got to do a better job of having our guys ready. It’s at a point in the season where you’ve got to be ready to compete at a high level, and you’re not going to be competitive if you give up 83 points and 14 threes and allow a team to shoot from 50 percent from the field and give up 12 offensive rebounds. We have to

be much better.” After losing by just 9 points to No. 7 Maryland last Tuesday, Collins said he thought NU would have some momentum heading into a matchup against one of the few Big Ten teams with a losing record. But the Cats never lead after the opening minutes, and the Golden Gophers made seven three-point shots before the break to take a 16-point halftime lead. Even after Collins focused on defense in his halftime talk, NU allowed a season-high 83 points. Center Daniel Oturu led Minnesota with 22 points and 12 rebounds, and the Golden Gophers made almost half of their 30 three-point attempts. After the Cats allowed their most points of the season, Collins said NU’s defense is far from where it needs to be. “We didn’t guard to ball well, our pick and roll coverages were poor and we weren’t in our help spots,” Collins said. “The very first thing we have to do