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For the first time in at least nine years, the sorority quads were absent of the serenading male voices that had filled each chapter house for one night during Winter Quarter. The surrounding roads were empty of the busses that opened their doors to current and new Greek members, all clad in formalwear. And Facebook did not explode in a morning-after barrage of photo uploads and profile pictures of a night downtown. This year, Gone Greek Night — a post-recruitment
tradition that involves an off-campus night out for Interfraternity Council and Panhellenic Association chapters — was canceled. The decision was the result of about three months of negotiations between University administrators and the IFC and PHA community following this year’s plan for a revamped Gone Greek Night, said Weinberg senior Mark Nelson, who ended his term as IFC president in January. However, Nelson said the event’s cancellation actually boils down to alcohol policy — more specifically, Northwestern Vice President for Student Affairs Patricia Telles-Irvin’s interpretation of it. Her hesitation to sign off on Gone Greek Night stems from a larger conversation the University is having on the future of events that serve alcohol, Nelson said. “My understanding is that Dr. Telles-Irvin is questioning the stance on alcohol policy,” he said. “(Gone Greek Night) got blocked because one person felt it was far too risky.” In an interview with The Daily last month, TellesIrvin said the University is taking a pause to review practices around undergraduate student organization events that have alcohol. This year’s Gone Greek Night, she said, had not met her standards for approval. “We’re still trying to understand the implications, the liability, the health of our students, the messages we’re sending,” she said. “(My decision is) not to take away fun. It’s essentially to make sure you
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Despite Gov. Bruce Rauner’s discussion of exploring right-to-work legislation to settle Illinois’ budget crisis, the laws would be unlikely to impact Evanston if implemented, city manager Wally Bobkiewicz said. The governor proposed right-towork laws as a possible compromise to the state budget stalemate in his Jan. 27 State of the State address. Right-towork laws remove bargaining rights from unions and ensure that employees are not obligated to join unions or pay union dues in any workplace. Both state Democrats and local union workers have criticized the legislation. Rauner said he would consider those laws as cost-cutting “structural changes” the legislature could pass for him to approve the budget put forth by state Democrats if they remain unwilling to cut $4 billion from their suggested $36
billion budget per his recommendation. “I’m insisting that we attack the root causes of our dismal economic performance,” Rauner said in the budget address. “I understand that union leaders and trial lawyers are putting pressure on you to keep the status quo, but if we don’t offer a competitive environment for businesses, pretty soon the unions won’t have any more jobs to unionize and the trial lawyers won’t have any more businesses to sue.” When Rauner introduced his version of the legislation to the Illinois House last May, it failed, yielding zero yes votes. However, governors in neighboring states such as Wisconsin, Indiana and Michigan have all passed right-towork laws in the past five years. If right-to-work laws were to pass in Illinois, they would most likely be on a county or municipality-level, Bobkiewicz said, and Evanston is not likely to be a community to implement them. Bobkiewicz said given the “long history” of union membership in the city, he thought it was unlikely City
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over the summer since current contracts end Dec. 31. “Over the next few months, not having a budget and ongoing right-to-work » See RIGHT TO WORK, page 5
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have a safe, healthy and fulfilling experience here at Northwestern. If we can get there, I’d be happy.” Though Telles-Irvin said there was no official policy change, other students said they have noticed a shift in University approval of events with alcohol. On a larger scale, students and administrators are also engaged in discussions about potential changes to NU’s alcohol policy.
Gone Greek Night, gone
A year ago, IFC and PHA executive board members decided the next Gone Greek Night would consolidate all chapters into one venue to boost inclusivity and safety, instead of chapters pairing up individually at separate venues as they had in previous years. “Our changes for Gone Greek Night were largely because our community wanted change,” said Medill senior KK Doyle, who served as PHA president until January. “This is an event that’s celebrating having gone Greek all as one community, so why were we pairing off ?” In the past, the Fraternity and Sorority life team under the Campus Life office oversaw Gone Greek Night registration, executive director of Campus Life Brent Turner said, with individual fraternities and sororities signing contracts and their national chapters assuming the insurance. But as there was no feasible way to split the contract for this year’s consolidated event among all the chapters, he said, » See CONTRACTS, page 4
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DISCUSSING RIGHT TO WORK Republican candidate for governor Bruce Rauner declares victory at his election night celebration at the Hilton Chicago on Nov. 4, 2014. He has discussed the possibility of making Illinois a right-towork state.
Council or the Evanston community would have any substantial discussion on the matter. However, now is an important time for unions in the city, as Evanston employee’s contracts will be negotiated
Officers allege they were discriminated against by NU
Two current University Police officers and one former officer will re-file claims they were improperly disciplined over alleged inappropriate comments about LGBT people, a lawyer involved with the case said Monday. The two UP officers and one former UP sergeant were disciplined for “inappropriate comments about homosexuals” made on a bus en route to a Northwestern football game Sept. 21, 2013, according to court documents. The officers then filed complaints with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission in February 2014 claiming they were treated unfairly by the University because of their race — all three officers are white — following the incident. One officer, a woman, also claimed she was discriminated against because of her gender, the documents show. Judge Robert Gettleman ruled Wednesday the three individuals can file an amended complaint after he partially upheld and partially denied Northwestern’s motion to dismiss the suit against the University. The three individuals can move forward with claims for reverse race discrimination and violation of their equal rights under the law, according to the court documents. The female officer’s complaint of gender discrimination and the other current officer’s claim of interference with anticipated economic advantage from a promotion for which he was no longer eligible can also be re-filed, according to the documents. University spokesman Al Cubbage declined to comment Monday, saying the University does not comment on ongoing personnel matters. One of their coworkers lodged a complaint against the three individuals with the Sexual Harassment Prevention Office after confronting one of them about their remarks, prompting Joan Slavin, director of Sexual Harassment Prevention, to investigate the incident, according to the documents. Slavin found the three officers had violated NU’s sexual harassment policy and notified the administration, according to court documents. All three individuals were suspended — two of them without pay — by UP, given a shift change, banned from applying for promotion for six months and notified they would be fired if another complaint were filed against them based on Slavin’s findings, the documents show. Additionally, one of the officers,
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Around Town ETHS to revamp signage to improve navigation By ELENA SUCHARETZA
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Evanston Township High School is moving forward with an initiative to implement new signage throughout the school to make the building easier to navigate and update its compliance with Americans with Disabilities Act accessibility codes, school officials said. Construction and installation of the signs should begin over the next couple months and continue into the summer, ETHS District 202 board president Pat Savage-Williams said. She said the signage will incorporate both text, color coding and numeric directionals to make the high school, one of the largest in the state, more easily accessible. “We’ve had people tell us that they get turned around and lost in our hallways,” Savage-Williams said. “Our old, color coded signage was a part of that.” ETHS chief financial officer Bill Stafford said the project will cost somewhere between $250,000 and $300,000, allocated from a capital improvements budget. With the Illinois’ budget still in a stalemate, ETHS could stand to lose millions in funding if certain proposals for funding reapportionment come to fruition. This budget, however, is set aside strictly to be used for construction or other facility improvements, so funds used for signage would not interfere with other spending associated with school curriculum, ETHS spokeswoman Evangeline Semark said. “This money doesn’t come out of the educational fund at all,” she said. “We can’t spend that money on anything else so it is important that the community recognizes that we are not taking away from the classroom.” The design process involves a coordination
between Chicago-based design firm Cardosi Kiper Design Group and the Evanston-based signage installation company Allegra, which Stafford said will be primarily in charge of manufacturing the markers and placing them throughout the school. Stafford said the signage aligns with other goals of creating a more welcoming community for school visitors, pointing to the school’s resource center that was built more than a year ago. Some of the improvements will include organized, comprehensive directories and unified, color-coded signage as opposed to the disorganized signage that existed before, Stafford said. Room numbers will also have corresponding Braille labels and the proper ADA elevation, he said. Historical names of the school’s cafeterias will be changed to north, south, east and west to indicate in which wings they are located. Kim Cardosi, president of Cardosi Kiper, said the firm’s designs for the signage were “custom created” to properly address the inconsistency problems ETHS had with its old signage. “The problem is we’ve had signage put in place sporadically over the last 50 years,” Stafford said. “All of it is different, none of it is the same, none of it is consistent. There is five different types of signage spread over five different decades at minimum.” Although any signage with words will primarily be in English, wall directories at primary entrances of the school will be offered in both Spanish and English, school officials said. Stafford said the school will offer maps in both languages. Savage-Williams said most of the signage uses colors and images in order to make the signage accessible to all people regardless of language. She highlighted that since over 54 different languages are spoken by ETHS families, it was important for the school to find a universal format for the signage.
Patient at city mental health facility found dead
Evanston Police Department officers discovered Sunday a man dead in his closet at Albany Care, a mental health care facility located at 901 Maple Ave., police said. Officers are investigating the death as a suicide, police said. The 43-year-old man, Bobby Burnett, was found in his closet at Albany Care by his roommates, who alerted the police. Burnett was a resident of Albany Care but had been reported missing from the facility Feb. 20, police said. Burnett’s death is currently being investigated by the Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office, police said. — Cydney Hayes
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A bike valued at $800 was stolen near Evanston Township High School on Sunday afternoon, police said. A 19-year-old Evanston man left his bike unlocked from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. while he spent time at ETHS’ athletic fields, Polinski said. When he returned to retrieve the bike, it was gone, Polinski said.
Woman reports jewelry, iPad stolen from home
A 65-year-old Evanston woman reported an iPad and jewelry had been taken from her house in the 1800 block of Grey Avenue on Sunday, police said. The woman told police that family members had been over while she was out of the house. She noticed a gold ring and bracelet of unknown value and an iPad were missing when she returned, Evanston Police Department spokesman Perry Polinski said. The woman said she believes a male relative in his mid-20s is responsible for the theft, Polinski said.
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On Campus Palestinian journalist discusses Gaza’s conditions By MATTHEW CHOI
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Gaza journalist Wajeh Abuzarefah called Gaza a “small open air prison” with 2 million Palestinians at an event Monday hosted by Northwestern Students for Justice in Palestine and Northwestern Divest. Abuzarefah, a journalist for NBC News based in Gaza, discussed the evolution of the political condition of Gaza and the ways Israel has dealt with Palestinians in the territory. He highlighted current living conditions in Gaza and what he identified as the causes of those conditions. The talk, held in Parkes Hall, included a Q&A with the approximately 25 people who attended. Abuzarefah began by showing images of Gaza before and after violent conflicts with Israel. In the past six years, there have been three confrontations between the two, he said, with the last one, in 2014, nearly completely destroying Gaza’s infrastructure, he added. Though Gaza residents were given warning before bombings began, he said the emotional and economic toll from losing homes was staggering. “We’re not talking about buildings only,” Abuzarefah said. “We’re talking about people’s lives. It was not for fighting. It was to push Palestinians to leave Gaza.” Still, restrictive laws make it nearly impossible for Palestinians to leave Gaza, he said. Restrictions on movement prompt Gaza residents to give up educational opportunities abroad and deny them access to medical care available in neighboring Egypt, he said. Abuzarefah said he himself lost a Nieman Fellowship from Harvard University because he was unable to leave the country. People are not the only ones who are restricted at the border, he said. Goods and materials needed to rebuild Gaza from air strikes are either blocked from entry or sold at substantially higher prices by Israeli vendors, Abuzarefah said. “With a situation like that and problems like this, of course people will start thinking about their life,” Abuzarefah said. “It is hard to believe to anybody — Americans, the United Nations, even the Arab
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TALKING GAZA Gaza journalist Wajeh Abuzarefah explains the change in the political geography of Israel and Palestine since 1948. Abuzarefah spoke about current conditions in Gaza at an event co-hosted by Students for Justice in Palestine and Northwestern Divest.
Countries — because nobody helps. Everybody talks about helping, but nobody helps us.” Abuzarefah said the situation in Gaza is not a humanitarian problem but a political problem. Though the international community speaks about peace, there has been no improvement for Gaza residents, he said. “The meaning of peace is to change daily life of the people to be better than before,” Abusarefah said. “To them peace means maintaining the security of Israel and continuing the occupation.” Abuzarefah said these are not isolated incidents but long term efforts targeted at Palestinians.
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Weinberg freshman Aaron Boxerman said he thought Abusarefah offered a powerful perspective, but could have benefited from inclusion of additional points of view in his speech. “The speaker articulated the Palestinian narrative very strongly, but I do wish he had engaged a little more with some of the rationales of the other side, because I think it would have actually strengthened his argument,” Boxerman said. Engaging with all the stuff that’s happening to the people in Gaza in a vacuum … reduces the situation and takes away its complexity.” Abusarefah also spoke about how the problems and
political situation in Gaza are different from those in the West Bank. Aneesa Johnson, events coordinator for SJP, said she appreciated Abusarefah’s perspective as a journalist from Gaza and his distinction between the two regions. “It’s always important to learn about the specific issues within Gaza because it is a different situation than in the West Bank,” the Communication sophomore said. “He is the ideal person to speak on it because he is from Gaza and he is a journalist as well.” matthewchoi2018@u.northwestern.edu
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Gone Greek Night needed to be registered under one name — the University’s. With the cost of this year’s proposed event exceeding $25,000, PHA and IFC also needed Telles-Irvin to sign off on the event, Turner said. The two boards decided on Dave & Buster’s in Chicago as a venue in October, Nelson said. He said the event, scheduled for February, would hold up to 2,500 people. Dave & Buster’s would card all guests at the door, giving wristbands to those 21 or older, Nelson said. He said staff from Student Affairs, along with IFC and PHA executive board members, would have been present to respond to any potentially hazardous situations. For Telles-Irvin, these safeguards were not enough. “I do know there was a desire to have alcohol served — that was the issue,” she said. “If you think about it, the majority (of students) are underage and they’re not allowed to have a drink. The University has to think about that.” Nelson and Doyle said they received an email Dec. 7 from FSL director Cynthia Rose signaling “important updates” to Gone Greek Night. TellesIrvin had refrained from signing the contract, Rose informed them in a subsequent meeting, leading Nelson, Doyle and other IFC and PHA executive board members to stay until Friday of finals week, Dec. 11, to meet with administrators, they said. When they left that meeting, Nelson said they all understood the event was over. “Safety, in a moment, was just gone out the window,” Doyle said of her reaction to TellesIrvin’s decision not to sign the contract. “What do you think happens when (Gone Greek Night) is not done in an official capacity? Have you not seen Gone Greek Nights of the past? Do you not foresee what’s going to happen if there’s not a formal option?” But monitored drinking at Gone Greek Night, Telles-Irvin said, still may lead to unsafe or under-
Graphic by Rachel Dubner/Daily Senior Staffer Source: 2012 Core Alcohol & Other Drug Survey
age drinking and would not align with Universitysponsored events. “I probably couldn’t list all the things that people do,” Telles-Irvin said. “But there are issues and there are concerns more important about people getting very intoxicated to the point where we have to transport them to the hospital. Those are very serious cases.” From there, IFC and PHA made attempts to salvage the event. They proposed to Dave & Buster’s a “beer garden” that restricted alcohol to a certain area, which the venue denied out of revenue concerns, Nelson said. With no signature by late December, Dave & Buster’s officially pulled out of the contract. IFC and PHA announced the cancellation of Gone Greek Night during the last week of Winter Break. “It was pure frustration, absolute frustration,” Nelson said. “(I have had) meetings with administrators to try to better alcohol policy and transparency and inclusivity. When you’re done with three years of hard work, you want to know that it was worth something, and that was one of the big moments where I questioned if it even was.” Dave & Buster’s did not respond to multiple requests for comment as of Monday. Turner, who commended student leaders for attempting to create a safer Gone Greek Night, said he does not pin the event’s cancellation on anyone. “I don’t know whose fault it is,” he said. “Having
alcohol central to that event is tricky because the amount of attendees who are eligible to drink is significantly lower. ... We couldn’t execute a contract in time.” Upon arriving back in Evanston this quarter, Nelson said he returned to his apartment late at night and faced a house full of his friends who he said had looked forward to the event. The last time they had seen each other, the event was still a possibility. “Hey guys, sorry,” he said he told his roommates. “There’s nothing we can do about it.”
Looking at liquor contracts
Over the summer, when A&O Productions proposed moving this year’s fall Blowout concert off-campus, the group found out that both Blowout and its annual Spring Ball, annually held at the Riviera Theatre in Chicago, must be dry, A&O co-chair Cory Goldman said. “(Telles-Irvin) crossed out the clause inside (Blowout’s contract) and said, ‘No alcohol allowed at this event,’” the Weinberg senior said. “It was kind of confusing for us because we’ve always had alcohol at our off-campus (concerts). ... I guess it’s something that she’s implementing across all student groups.” Telles-Irvin said A&O Blowout was not intended to promote drinking, especially since University President Morton Schapiro designated funds for the event. “There was a desire to have alcohol, but given that the event was for underage students, it did not make sense,” she said. “The president’s goal of having the Blowout on campus was to generate more campus life.” As for a perceived policy shift, Telles-Irvin said there is no official change — the University has never signed off on events that place alcohol near underage students, she said. Due to this perception, however, administrators are drafting a clarification of procedure for student groups regarding events with alcohol, Turner said. The update clarifies that all University-sponsored contracts are reviewed on a case-by-case basis and that the University does not sign off on contracts involving alcohol when undergraduates are present. “There seems to be a growing number of requests to have events off-campus where alcohol is served, and these events are primarily for undergraduates who are underage,” Telles-Irvin said. Turner said the pipeline for approving events begins with student organizations discussing the proposal with their adviser’s department: Student Organizations and Activities, Leadership and Community Engagement or FSL. From there, the student organization brings a contract for the event to Campus Life, which is Turner’s office. After receiving the request, Turner works with the Office of Risk Management and the Office of General Counsel to dissect the language of the third-party vendor contract for student organization events, he said. In total, the process takes at least two weeks. If a University-sponsored event exceeds $25,000 or will have alcohol present, Telles-Irvin must also give her signature, Turner said.
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Turner’s office requires events to prioritize safety in order for approval, he said. He said that includes the presence of an adequate bar staff, identification checks, guest lists, security staff and a system to prevent the passing of drinks between of-age and underage guests, such as designated 21-or-older wristbands. In addition, Student Affairs staff oversees bus loading and bag checks the day of the event, he said. His office’s concern is two-fold, he said: ensuring students’ safety and protecting NU as an institution. Goldman said A&O Blowout’s dry venue this year was a significant financial burden for his organization, which had to renegotiate its contract with the venue, Aragon Ballroom in Chicago. “We just don’t want these changes and policy to be affecting the use of student money,” he said. Connor Smith, outgoing co-president of Wildside, a student group that promotes NU athletics, said he observed a crackdown in University-registered events with alcohol this year. “They’re being a lot stricter about what they’re going to allow student groups to put on,” the Weinberg senior said. “The University must know that sometimes, when you put in a contract, there’s certain ambiguities about what can and can’t be done, and they’re trying to exert far more control.” Smith said the perceived “crackdown” of event contracts with alcohol happened long after his own group’s on-campus student tailgate, Fitzerland, met restrictions starting in 2013 that led to its cancellation last quarter. But similar to other student group events, Smith said Fitzerland promoted safety because it gave the University discretion in monitoring students. “A lot of it has to do with you don’t know who’s at your party, whereas at Fitzerland, you have a WildCARD,” he said. “The idea of being University-managed makes people a little more responsible than they would be in an off-campus space.” Goldman said third-party venues also employ stringent risk management. “The venues that we work with are very professional and they deal with this all the time,” he said. “If we take those spaces for drinking away, I think we create a lot more unsafe environments for students.” However, some campus traditions are unchanged. Telles-Irvin praised Mayfest’s beer garden for Dillo Day, its flagship day-long music festival in the spring. “The beer garden is not for underage drinkers,” Telles-Irvin said. “There’s a control, there’s several controls, that make sure people are safe and enjoy themselves and not overly intoxicate themselves.” Mayfest co-chair Eliza Abramson, a Communication senior, said the beer garden tent on the Lakefill is reserved for students 21 and over, who must provide two forms of identification to enter. The space is reviewed for its safety every year, she said. But Smith said he has observed an overall restriction in signing contracts with alcohol, with this year’s Gone Greek Night as an example. “There’s a lot of student groups that that’s going to really affect in the future and hurt the programming that they put on,” he said. “I really don’t see why cracking down on contracts that student groups have is a feasible alcohol policy.”
Back to the drawing board
IFC and PHA’s stake in providing safe drinking spaces doesn’t end at Gone Greek Night. Doyle and Nelson have previously served on the Community Alcohol Coalition, while current IFC president Will Altabef, a Communication junior, currently serves on it, alongside Turner. The coalition, which first gathered November 2013, is chaired by Dean of Students Todd Adams and was convened by Telles-Irvin.
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into Fall Quarter. “Our students were more likely than what we see across the national average to move into higher, higher risk drinking,” he said. “What happens after students arrive here that changes behavior dramatically?” One proposal in discussion is to register all events, on or off-campus, that serve alcohol. Among its other undertakings, the coalition is reviewing appropriate venues where alcohol could be present, Adams said, such as the new University Commons building set to replace Norris University Center. Nelson, one of the idea’s biggest proponents in the coalition, said student organizations would be able to register all parties and monitor guests as well as drinks served in order to curb intoxication and underage drinking. He said an example would be banning mixed drinks and having beer or wine-only parties. “If we found some way in which we liberalize (drinking) and found some way we made it less taboo — we allowed it on campus and monitored, regulated, registered events, which plenty of universities do — I think it would be far safer,” Nelson said. The coalition’s report also said the current standards lack uniformity. According to the student handbook, students under 21 cannot possess or consume alcohol. Those of legal drinking age are allowed to consume alcohol in residence halls with other people 21 or older, but cannot drink in the presence of underage students inside University housing. Per University policy, all fraternity and sorority houses are mandated “dry houses,” meaning no alcohol is allowed inside. Drinking games are also prohibited on campus regardless of the student’s age. The registered event proposal could allow alcohol in fraternity houses for those of legal age, Nelson said. For IFC walkthroughs inside the fraternity quads, which entail IFC executive board members looking for noise and alcohol use from outside, the members would instead enter fraternity houses and ensure IFC’s standards for a safe event are being met. However, Nelson and Doyle said they are disillusioned that change is possible. Doyle said the University rejecting Gone Greek Night, which was an off-campus event with alcohol, signaled that proposals for on-campus events with alcohol would be even more futile. “I am at a point where I feel, to what end?” Doyle said. “Why am I going to continue to exhaust my energy in this conversation if I’m at a point where I don’t feel like it’s a two-sided conversation?”
Off the grid
The group comprises more than 20 students, faculty and Evanston community members who meet bi-weekly to study NU’s culture around alcohol and to discuss ways to improve University alcohol policy. Adams said the coalition released a report detailing its findings last September and is slated to meet with Telles-Irvin to discuss next steps in the spring. He added that the coalition analyzed research and found the change in the rate of drinking among first-year students the most notable. According to the Class of 2016 AlcoholEdu survey, during freshmen year the number of “highrisk drinkers,” which describe those having five or more drinks for men and four or more drinks for women at least once the past two weeks, soared from 19 to 32 percent approximately one month
Some students, subsequently, forge their own structures for drinking events. Behind fraternity house doors, there exists another set of unwritten rules, said a Weinberg senior in a fraternity. He requested anonymity to talk openly about NU’s underage drinking culture. The senior said each on-campus fraternity party operates under three sets of rules: one from the University, one from IFC and one from its chapter’s executive members. For his chapter, alcohol is not allowed on the first floor, he said, due to security cameras and windows. All partying must be able to be shut down in an instant — public areas spotless, all guests hidden inside rooms — during an IFC walkthrough. “In the fraternity parties on campus, the situation is very much controlled,” he said. “It’s almost seamless in a way.” He said risk management was a necessary chore each member of his fraternity took on. Members chosen for this task on a particular night had to remain relatively sober and cut off drinks for those that were in danger of intoxication, he said. “We walk around constantly — the mother hen of the night — and take care of everyone,” he said. “There’s a cut-off for people: ‘You’re clearly way too f---ed up, you’re done, get water now.’” Nonetheless, it can be a brutal job for chapter
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TUESDAY, MARCH 1, 2016 and council presidents to explain unpopular rules to fraternity members, Altabef and Nelson said, especially when they don’t agree with all policies themselves. “I’ve become to call myself Frances Willard’s disciple; this is the amount of alcohol policy I’ve tried to enforce,” Nelson said, alluding to the first female NU dean who was a leader in the Prohibition movement.
Pulling back the curtain
Though there are no official revisions on the table as of now, Adams, as well as Altabef, Doyle and Nelson, maintain the current status quo needs work. “I could go on forever — it’s incredibly unsafe,” Nelson said. “It’s been a taboo subject for the University to address. … Students are behind closed doors where nobody can monitor them.” On June 10, 2008, then-SESP freshman Matthew Sunshine died of alcohol poisoning in his on-campus room. Following his death, the University adopted Red Watch Band training, a national program formed in memory of Sunshine that educates college students on how to respond to alcohol-related emergencies. One change his father, Jeffrey Sunshine, called for was a review of what was formerly called the Responsible Action Protocol, which grants amnesty to students who call for help when someone is intoxicated. His father said the policy was not enough to push students to seek help, and hoped the University would punish those who failed to do so. In August, RAP was replaced by the Amnesty through Responsible Action protocol. During
alcohol or drug emergencies, both the bystanders who call for help and the student in question now receive amnesty from punishment, Adams said. Adams said the coalition was the group that heavily advocated for the amnesty clause. Last quarter when it was implemented, the University granted at least 20 cases of amnesty, Adams said, which was an increase from the previous Fall Quarter. “We don’t want barriers for those seeking help for students or themselves,” Adams said. “The change in fall has been a positive one.” In the last five years, hospital transports from alcohol were lowest in the 2012-2013 year at 70 and highest in the 2010-2011 year at 104. Last year, there were 78 transports. Moving forward, Altabef said alcohol
policy needs standardization, which students and administrators can achieve by working toward the common goal of safety. “Our community is very ready to talk about what we can do to help make our students safer,” he said. “No one wants to see a student go to the hospital. No one wants there to be substance abuse problems on this campus.” Lisa Currie, director of Health Promotion and Wellness and a member of the alcohol coalition, said she’s optimistic the group will continue to advocate for safer alcohol policy. “We’ve had students die on this campus for alcohol-related causes,” she said. “This one? This one’s preventable.”
decisions.” Although Turner said he was disappointed the event didn’t happen, he observed “fantastic conversations” to make Gone Greek Night safer. He, along with Telles-Irvin and student leaders, said ultimately, trust is needed for progress on alcohol policy.
Building trust
Doyle said in a way, Gone Greek Night’s undoing proved a point about student responsibility — to her knowledge, no chapters went around the IFC and PHA councils to “throw an unsafe, underground event” to replace Gone Greek Night this year. “They robbed us of something and my community did not rebel in any unsafe way,” she said. “To me, that in and of itself is kind of a win. … That was the community saying, ‘We told you we stand for a healthy attitude toward alcohol.’” Though student leaders said they are not always on the same page as Telles-Irvin when discussing alcohol contracts and policies, the recurring priority for all remains safety. “Whenever I do anything, I’m here to make sure you all graduate, that you have a safe and healthy experience,” Telles-Irvin said. “That’s the underlying principle with which we made those
“Alcohol has plagued our community at large for a while,” Turner said. “Trust is important when it comes to our bottom line — trust that we have our students’ best interests at heart. I don’t want policy to get in the way of safety. So how do we get to that place?” aliceyin2017@u.northwestern.edu
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who resigned Feb. 7, 2014, was demoted from a sergeant position and the female officer was relieved of several of her duties, according to the documents. Mark King, one of the lawyers handling the case on behalf of the current and former UP officers, said the disciplinary action seemed “fairly excessive” and was taken without collecting “adequate” evidence. “There are a number of instances detailed [in the EEOC complaint] where similar or more egregious cases resulted in less discipline,” King told The Daily. The EEOC complaints include a claim that the officers received disparate treatment compared to a black sergeant accused by the same coworker of sexual harassment for remarks about gay people. The complaints claim no disciplinary action was taken in that case. The three individuals have until March 17 to file their amended complaint, which NU will have to answer in writing by April 7, King said. foxm@u.northwestern.edu
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discussions would certainly make creating longterm agreements more difficult,” Bobkiewicz said. “We’re just keeping a close eye on what’s happening in Springfield, and when we find ourselves back at the bargaining table, we’ll see what the world looks like.” It is unlikely, however, current Illinois legislators will pass right-to-work laws, said Anders Lindall, spokesman for the Illinois branch of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, a national government employee union. AFSCME represents over 100,000 public employees throughout Illinois, including Evanston employees. He said Illinois voters and lawmakers made it clear where they stood on right-to-work issues, and the budget crisis and unionization are two very separate issues Rauner tried to conflate. “There’s no question that schemes like this to drive down wages and hurt working families are exactly the kind of extreme agenda that Governor Rauner backs,” Lindall said. “It’s not an issue now, but if he is able to buy enough influence in the general assembly in elections this fall or in two years from now, it could be a real threat.” For Illinois residents to avoid the implementation of right-to-work, Lindall said it was important to keep Democrats in the majority in the general assembly for years to come. “People with more money are taking evermore for themselves at the expense of working folks,” Lindall said.“The way for working people to come together is through voting and through their unions, to counterbalance that increasingly out-of-whack economic system.” Rauner addressed critics of suggested budgetreducing legislation — such as right-to-work — in his January address, saying the legislation was a way to keep jobs in the state, along with efforts including tax cuts and government consolidation. “All I’m asking for is a return to balance in this state — ’cause right now, we don’t have competitive balance and jobs are leaving,” Rauner said. robinopsahl2018@u.northwestern.edu
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Scalia leaves behind scientific legacy Adopt a longSAI FOLMSBEE
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Only two weeks ago, Justice Antonin Scalia died, leaving a vacancy in the U.S. Supreme Court. But Scalia leaves behind more than just an open seat; he was a powerhouse of intellectual and passionate opinions that, while often arguably controversial and wrongheaded, few could ever hope to match. And while Democrats view this as a chance to finally swing the long-standing conservative-leaning court toward the middle, and Republicans are blocking President Obama’s nomination to prevent that, one essential aspect of Scalia’s presence is being forgotten. Scalia had a mixed, but undoubtedly unique, take on the role of science in the courtroom, a trait that will need to be both adopted and improved upon by whomever the next justice may be. Scalia’s relationship with science is best outlined in his decision in Association for Molecular Pathology v. Myriad Genetics, Inc. The case involved whether a company could patent a gene for medical testing, and ultimately the court unanimously agreed such naturally occurring processes could not be owned in such a way. Although Justice Clarence Thomas wrote the opinion, Justice Scalia wrote a concurrent opinion in which he took issue with the numerous scientific facts described by Thomas. Scalia wrote, “I am unable to affirm those details on my own knowledge or even my own belief.” Many misconstrued this as Scalia’s outward rejection of science, particularly molecular biology, but the truth is much more complex. Instead, Scalia was willing to
admit he did not fully understand the biology behind the decision but was confident enough in his understanding of the case so he could still weigh in on it. If only the other justices were so honest. Scalia was absolutely right, as the primary opinion was riddled with distressing scientific inaccuracies. It described cDNA as “composite DNA,”, instead of “complementary DNA.” This was important, since DNA versus cDNA was the major topic of contention, and the court decided “cDNA is patent eligible because it is not naturally occurring.” This is false, as the enzyme reverse transcriptase can easily create cDNA in a number of natural systems. Even more telling was the amateurish language used, which anthropomorphized cellular processes to an absurd degree. For example, Thomas wrote, “Each codon either tells the ribosomes which of the 20 possible amino acids to synthesize or provides a stop signal that ends amino acid production.” The Supreme Court should be able to understand the nuances of the facts of the case, and it is worrying that the complex process of translating DNA into RNA into protein is presented as a codon talking to a ribosome. There are many more errors in this opinion, as well as bizarre details that make little sense to the case, but the point is obvious: The Supreme Court, even with months to research and teams of experts to consult, still struggled to hold anything greater than a high-school level of scientific understanding. And the only one among them willing to admit it was, amazingly, Scalia. To be clear, Scalia certainly also had a troubled relationship with science. In a 2006 case concerning climate change, he stated, “The Court’s alarm over global warming may or may not be justified.” Even more
concerning, he supported the teaching of socalled “creation science” in 1987. To call him a strong ally of science would be misguided. But still, his approach to these scientific topics serve as valuable reminders of how influential a Supreme Court justice can be when it comes to science. As technology continues to advance, there will likely be more and more legal cases requiring a complex knowledge of science. The Supreme Court has already taken action blocking President Obama’s new rules involving greenhouse gas emissions in an effort to curtail climate change. Increasingly, these judicial non-scientists will be making key decisions on decidedly scientific issues. In this way, making such scientific errors in their decisions will be seen as much more egregious in the eyes of history. Naturally, it would be ideal to nominate a new justice with a deep and broad scientific knowledge. But to find someone with that skill set, who is also an accomplished legal mind and has the political savvy to survive the hearing process, is incredibly unlikely. Instead, perhaps we should be seeking someone who, in some ways, will be similar to Scalia. Someone willing to say there are scientific topics outside of his or her understanding and would be able to know when to consult appropriate experts. Although Scalia leaves behind a starkly conservative legacy, his humility for science should not just be maintained, but expanded. Sai Folmsbee is a Feinberg graduate student. He can be contacted at sai@northwestern.edu. If you would like to respond publicly to this column, 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.
Rethinking internships at Northwestern ALEXI STOCKER
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For many Northwestern students, finding the right internship can be a stressful and complicated process. In building the foundation of a career, we are forced to make a real, consequential decision based on the time-old question: What do you want to do with your life? Deciding what we want to do with our lives is no easy task, and the internships we pick will have major long-term consequences. Too often NU students prioritize prestige over interest, sacrificing opportunities to research or work in a field of great interest to them in favor of a high-profile name. In selecting an internship, I believe there should be only two rules: Do something that interests you and do something that will force you to grow. A nominally prestigious internship in a field that does not interest you will be of little benefit; it is incredibly hard to work and learn in an environment you do not find stimulating. At the same time, it is best to avoid easy roles; work that is not intellectually stimulating will not help you grow. As a senior, three college summers led me through three distinct fields — political campaigning, academia, economic consulting
— and ultimately helped me determine what I wanted to do after graduating from NU. Many of my close friends have had similar experiences, using their summers to explore career options. Internships that both spur both interest and growth are valuable in a number of ways. First, engaging directly with a professional field of interest can help determine whether or not it is right for you. Second, even if you discover that you do not want to pursue a field as a career — my experience with political campaigning and academia — challenging work helps develop your skills and attractiveness as an internship or job candidate. What matters most in the internship and job search is how you “sell” your “personal brand,” in other words, present past positions as meaningful experience. Not only is engaging work genuinely more enjoyable, but work that interests you will also be easier to present as meaningful experience in later applications and interviews. Therein lies one of the most important parts of finding a good internship. Although the names of various companies, universities and other institutions are instantly recognizable as prestigious — McKinsey and Company, Bain & Company, Goldman Sachs, Harvard, Stanford, the Federal Reserve — the intern or research assistant experience may not be as glamorous as the name suggests. Be careful to read position descriptions carefully
and ask critical and informative questions of the recruiters and interviewers with whom you interact. Lastly, I am a firm believer in keeping options open. You can keep your options open by taking on positions that teach transferable skills and building a broad professional network, enabling you to switch between jobs, or even careers, if need or desire arise. Maintaining such flexibility is crucial in the modern world because you, your interests and the world around us are changing. What was of interest two years ago may no longer be interesting today; two years ago I was planning on getting a PhD in history, and now I am working at an economic consulting firm after graduation. Where I go from there, I am not sure. Finding an internship, especially the right internship, is not an easy process. The internship search is a stressful process for many NU students, and understandably so, but prioritizing opportunities that seem the most interesting to you will make the application and interview process more enjoyable. Alexi Stocker is a Weinberg senior. He can be contacted at alexistocker2016@u.northwestern.edu. If you would like to respond publicly to this column, 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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term view on politics JOSEPH LAMPS
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When the 2016 candidates debate their policies, short-term consequences are prioritized over longterm effects in American political discourse. This is harmful: If one shifts from a short-term view to a long-term view of politics, they will come to support different policies and candidates. For example, the short-term view indicates that a Donald Trump nomination is better for Democrats because he is more likely than Sen. Marco Rubio to lose the general election. However, a long-term view recognizes a Trump nomination may not be worth the dangerous long-term consequences it would have on our political system. Another example: A short-term view tells us Sen. Bernie Sanders is not worth supporting because his agenda is too fringe to pass. On the other hand, a long-term view takes into account the influence he would have on the direction of political discourse in our country if elected. Because Sanders is so far left, his agenda is only likely to be enacted in the next few decades if people like him have the opportunity to exert influence over the political climate. It is best to adopt a long-term view because our country needs to make many significant changes to the political system in order to best serve its people. Marginal change in the near-term is beneficial, but its positive impact pales in comparison to the possibility of large scale changes to our system in the long-term. If we are to be the best country we can be centuries from now, it is unlikely to happen by electing leaders who preserve the status quo while making small changes. Instead, it will happen if we support the propagation of the best ideas even if they will not be enacted in the short-term. A long-term view is also preferable regarding foreign policy. When considering how to deal with a foreign policy issue, it is beneficial to think about what actions will best help liberal democracy spread throughout authoritarian parts of the world and help reduce extreme poverty in the long-term. This goal is more important than helping any individual country. The long-term stability of a country after any intervention must weigh heavier than short-term effects in any foreign affairs decision. For example, if long-term consequences had been more heavily weighed in the multi-state effort to assist the Libyan rebels in 2011, we would have focused less on deposing Gaddafi as an end in itself. Instead, we would have made sure to choose a plan ensuring Libya wouldn’t become a failed state after Gaddafi was gone. We must also ignore such principles as pacifism and American exceptionalism and consider the effects in the long-term of a given policy. This does not mean we should, in the name of long-term progress, elect candidates who would likely do damage in the short-term. A prerequisite for major positive change in the long-term is that nothing is damaged in the short-term. According to polling by NBC, the most important issues to voters in 2016 are the economy, terrorism and healthcare. These are surely important, but when one abandons the short-term view in favor of the long-term view, the importance of issues shifts. In particular, climate change action, campaign finance, electoral reform and foreign policy become the most important issues once one adopts the long-term view. Climate change is the most important issue long-term because it will have disastrous impacts if not not addressed now. Campaign finance and electoral reform are important because they are prerequisites to implementation of many important policies, and foreign policy is important in the long-term because the United States’ success is tied to the success of the rest of the world. Most of us prioritize the short-term consequences of policies. This needs to change if we want greater progress. Joseph Lamps is a Weinberg freshman. He can be reached at josephlamps2019@u.northwestern.edu. If you would like to respond publicly to this column, send a Letter to the Editor to opinion@dailynorthwestern. com. The views expressed in this piece do not necessarily reflect the views of all staff members of The Daily Northwestern.
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NU takes down UCLA to cap five-game weekend By MELISSA HANIFF
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Although the Wildcats lost their fair share of matches this weekend, their final game proved they are capable of competing with the nation’s best teams. Northwestern (7-7) ended the three-day series at the Mary Nutter Collegiate Classic with a huge win Sunday against No. 11 UCLA (9-6) after a couple of close losses to No. 8 Georgia (13-1) and No. 20 Fresno State (11-2) on Saturday. The Cats split Friday’s doubleheader, losing the morning game to Oregon State (14-2) and winning the afternoon contest against New Mexico State (11-6). NU started hot against the Bruins, with junior leftfielder Krista Williams and sophomore centerfielder Sabrina Rabin reaching base in the top of the third to get the Cats rolling. Senior shortstop Andrea Filler then smashed a double into centerfield, giving NU a 2-0 lead. After UCLA tied it up in the fourth, the Cats would go on to score five runs in the sixth and seventh innings, bringing home a 7-2 win. Despite losing three of their five games this weekend, coach Kate Drohan said she believes the Cats’ showing against the Bruins is proof of their ability to adapt and adjust their play while staying mentally tough. “The game of softball will challenge you at times,” Drohan said. “We had two really tough losses on Saturday but we took a deep breath and looked at ways we could improve ourselves and the team responded.” In the first game of Saturday’s doubleheader, NU had the lead heading into the seventh inning against Georgia, with sophomore second baseman Brooke Marquez and freshman third baseman Morgan Nelson hitting an RBI apiece and senior pitcher Amy Letourneau hitting the 35th home run of her career
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On the diving boards, junior Andrew Cramer stole the show for the Cats, competing in the B final for all three diving events. Cramer’s best finish was tenth overall from the 3-meter springboard. His score of 368.90 points was good enough for second in the B final, but would have been the sixth place score in the A final. Cramer finished thirteenth and fourteenth overall in the platform and 1-meter springboard, respectively. “I didn’t do as well as I would have liked, but I had probably the best list I’ve ever competed on for three meter in the final,” Cramer said of the dives he attempted. Cramer and his teammate junior Reed Dillon will both return to action this weekend at the NCAA Zone
to earn a 4-2 edge. But the lead didn’t last, as the Cats gave up three runs in the final frame and the Bulldogs escaped with a 5-4 win. The Cats would again suffer a close loss in the seventh and eighth innings against Fresno State on Saturday afternoon. Although NU held a 3-2 lead going into the seventh inning, the Bulldogs would go on to score four runs in the last two innings to pull out a 6-4 win. Williams, who went 2-for-4 in the loss against Fresno State, emphasized the importance of finishing games in light of those losses, especially in tight situations against such tough opponents. “Everyone’s really embracing their role and doing whatever they can do to help the team win,” Williams said. “But we need to have that all the way through seven innings, five innings of that isn’t enough to win games.” NU started its slate against an unranked but solid Oregon State team. Although the Cats led 2-0 after the first inning, the Beavers were able to score 4 runs over the next two innings, bringing the score to 4-3. NU was unable to score in the following innings, giving up a close one to the Beavers, 5-3. Later that day, the Cats offense caught fire against New Mexico State, led by senior first baseman Letourneau, who hit a school-record eight RBIs, along with three hits and two runs to lead the team to a 12-4 victory in six innings. Letourneau’s offensive prowess was supported by Williams, who had two hits and three runs, and senior infielder Aubrie May, who had a career game with two runs and two RBIs. Despite mixed results over the series, the team’s resilience against UCLA showed that NU can compete against quality opponents. “We learned a lot throughout the weekend,” Drohan said. “We played really good softball and put ourselves in a position to win every single game.” melissahaniff2016@u.northwestern.edu Diving Championships, and will look to qualify for the NCAA Championships March 24 to 26 in Atlanta. On Sunday, after the meet concluded, the Big Ten’s swimmers competed in a long course time trial for the opportunity to earn Olympic Trials cuts. Nine NU swimmers, including Wilimovksy, who is training for the Olympic open water 10 kilometer race, have now qualified for Olympic Trials in 13 different events. The Cats’ best showing at Big Tens in years came in large part thanks to the team’s underclassmen, with 9 of 22 swimmers members of the freshman class, and gives the team a positive outlook for the future. “The program took a huge step forward,” Jovanovic said. “The team really came together, and it looked really promising, especially for the younger guys on the team.” samueljohnson2019@u.northwestern.edu
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TWO-WAY PLAYER Amy Letourneau takes a swing. The senior pitcher tied a school record Friday, hitting eight RBIs in a victory over New Mexico State.
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doubles win with Zieba. The Cats picked up the clinching point from senior Fedor Baev at No. 4 singles to secure the victory. Baev is now 9-3 in dual matches on the year. “Being very competitive in all spots, singles and doubles, was key today,” Swan said. “The guys were obviously here to play. We’ve had some very tough matches with Harvard in the past. Overall, it was just a complete match.” NU picked up the remaining points from freshman Ben Vandixhorn, who won 7-5, 6-2 at No. 6 singles, junior Strong Kirchheimer, who won 6-4, 3-6, 7-5 at No. 3 singles and Horoz, who won 4-6, 7-6, 1-0 (10-8) at No.
5 singles. NU has defeated almost every team in its path, but the team’s sole loss this season came against No. 11 Illinois, the team that also happens to be the Cats’ next opponent as they take their shot at history. If NU beats the Fighting Illini, its 13-1 record would be the best start in school history. However, it will be no easy task in part because the Illinois lineup features two of the top 11 players in the country in Aleks Vukic and Jared Hiltzik. “That’s going to a big one,” Baev said. “We’re going to bring it all, and we kind of owe it to them to bring it this time after the loss we took at their place.” josephwilkinson2019@u.northwestern.edu
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No. 15 Wildcats top Harvard to reach 12-1, match best start in school history No. 15 Northwestern
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Northwestern continues to rise up the rankings, setting new school records and leaving a trail of defeated ranked teams in its wake. The No. 15 Wildcats’ win streak stretched to nine with a convincing 7-0 victory over No. 32 Harvard on Sunday. The victory also tied the 1988-89 team for the best start in school history at 12-1. “For us it’s about getting better,” coach Arvid Swan said. “We’ve done some good things competitively, but we can still improve a great deal as a team, and we’re excited to play some really good quality teams coming up.
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The schedule has been good in terms of getting us ready.” Harvard was just the latest in a series of ranked teams to fall to NU, as the Cats pushed their record to 10-1 against top-60 competition this year. Possibly the only way to avoid picking up a loss against NU is to cancel the match, as No. 8 TCU did last week due to bad weather. Th e schedule change, however, didn’t phase the Cats, particularly junior Konrad Zieba who won 6-3, 6-4 at No. 1 singles. The win was Zieba’s
eighth dual match win of the year, to go along with only two losses. Zieba also picked up a 6-3 win in doubles with fellow junior Sam Shropshire. Junior Alp Horoz and senior Mihir Kumar won 6-2 at No. 3 doubles to help NU clinch the first point of the match. “We just kept doing what we’ve been doing, bringing the energy and staying active at the net,” Horoz said. “It sets the tone for singles, and we kind of eliminated the crowd by winning the doubles point.” In addition to the strong performance from Zieba, Shropshire also turned in a dominant performance, cruising to a straight-sets victory at No. 2 singles in addition to his » See MEN’S TENNIS, page 7
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Wildcats finish eighth in Big Ten Championships By TUCKER JOHNSON
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Men’s Swimming
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ON THEIR FINGERTIPS Will Hofstadter comes off the blocks. The freshman was one of the many underclassmen swimmers who helped Northwestern to an eighth-place finish at the Big Ten Championships.
Northwestern failed to qualify any swimmers for A-finals at the Big Ten Championships this weekend, but the meet was still one of its best in years. After a five-year streak of ninth place finishes, the Cats managed to improve to eighth this year, their best finish since 2009. NU scored 462 points over the course of the seven session meet, as Michigan won its sixth consecutive Big Ten championship with 1,475.5 points. Junior Andy Jovanovic finished second in the C final of the 200-yard backstroke on the meet’s final evening. His time of 1:44.60 was good enough for 18th place overall, and was the fastest time by an NU swimmer this season in the event. Freshman Tyler Lis and redshirt freshman Anthony Marcantonio also competed in
the 200 back finals. Lis’ time of 1:44.74 took fifth in the B final and 13th overall, while Marcantonio was fifth in the C final. Lis also swam the 400-yard Individual Medley and left his mark on the record books there. After swimming a career best 3:51.37 in the preliminaries, Lis took second in the C final with a time of 3:50.71. His finals time is the fourth-fastest in school history, just beating out Jordan Wilimovsky’s 2015 time of 3:50.75. Marcantonio continued his streak of incredible swims in the 200-yard freestyle. He set a new personal best in the event in each meet in January, ultimately dropping to a 1:38.62 against Minnesota and Purdue on Jan. 29. In the preliminaries at Big Tens, he broke his personal record again, swimming 1:36.81 to qualify for the C final. He ultimately finished second in the C final, and 18th overall, with a time of 1:36.88. » See MEN’S SWIMMING, page 7
NU takes first in Midwest Conference Championships By SOPHIE MANN
daily senior staffer @sophiemmann
It was a gold medal weekend for the Wildcats. After coming in second last year to Ohio State at the Midwest Conference Championships, No. 5 Northwestern edged out the No. 6 Buckeyes, 785780, to earn the overall championship. The Cats’ epee squad continued its dominating season by earning first place in its division, defeating Ohio State 5-3 in the final to capture the title and raise the team’s record to 45-3 on the season. NU also took the top three individual spots in the group, with senior Courtney Dumas winning the first Midwest Conference title in her career. “It always feels great to do well in a competition,” Dumas said. “So winning the individual this weekend and,
more importantly, the team winning the overall, feels like the perfect way to finish off my last conference championship of my collegiate career.” On top of their epee exploits, the Cats finished first in saber and third in foil to secure the overall title. The saber team defeated the Buckeyes 5-3 in another head-to-head battle for first between the tournament’s top two teams, and junior Alisha GomezShah captured first place individually in the division. In total, 10 NU fencers earned all-conference honors by finishing in the top-eight individually in their divisions, while seven more earned honorable mentions. With the victory, coach Laurie Schiller took home his fourth career conference title in his final season at the helm of NU. Schiller said the team fenced well because of its topto-bottom preparation. “In the early rounds, we used some
of the kids who aren’t starters, and the kids that needed to fence, the stronger ones, were rested and ready to go later in the meet,” Schiller said. Last week, Schiller said the team has been taking on one goal at a time throughout the season, and winning the conference title is just the latest accomplishment in an impressive season thus far. With two weeks of rest ahead, NU will look to carry this momentum into the upcoming NCAA Midwest Regionals. Schiller said he believes NU will go on to do well if it displays the form that pushed it past its conference rivals. “This has been the goal all year to move on one goal at a time; now we move on to regionals and NCAA Finals,” Schiller said. “This year, everybody is prepared to fence.” sophiemann2018@u.northwestern.edu
Fencing
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BACK ON TOP A Northwestern fencer lunges toward her opponent. The Wildcats won the Midwest Conference Championship this weekend, the fourth such title of coach Laurie Schiller’s career.