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Senate votes after walkout

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By JONAH DYLAN

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February, winning just two of seven games. As NU scuffled, pressure mounted for a team fighting against history.

Following the team’s latest loss, a 63-62 last-second heartbreaker at Indiana on Saturday, Collins said he altered his message to his

Associated Student Government Senate passed a resolution Wednesday demanding accountability for campus sexual assault and calling for students and organizations found responsible to be removed from Northwestern.

Senator Lars Benson delivered a speech at the beginning of the meeting, condemning the actions of former IFC senator Mike Seethaler and three substitutes, who are all members of SAE, for walking out of last week’s Senate, breaking quorum and forcing the vote on the amendment to be postponed until this week.

“Th ey turned their backs on survivors, they turned their backs on allies,” Benson said.

“This should outrage us. This is not in the spirit of Senate; this is not in the spirit of Northwestern.”

The vote was conducted in a roll call manner with 39 votes in favor of the resolution and two abstentions.

Seethaler, who could not be reached for comment by the time of publication, told The Daily during Senate on Feb. 22 that the substitute senators walked out because they were not “necessarily comfortable”

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Dererk Pardon celebrates with teammates. The sophomore center’s game-winner lifted Northwestern past Michigan.

Wildcats set program record for regular season wins with Pardon buzzer-beater

By TIM BALK

daily senior staffer @timbalk

As students rushed the Welsh-Ryan Arena court with an energy 78 years in the making and Northwestern players piled onto Dererk Pardon in celebration, coach

Chris Collins didn’t know what to do.

“I kind of felt like I was Jimmy V back in ‘83,” Collins said, referencing North Carolina State coach Jim Valvano, who couldn’t find someone to hug after his team won the 1983 national title.

Senior forward Nathan Taphorn had just tossed a

picture-perfect full-court inbound pass with 1.7 seconds remaining to Pardon, who laid in a bucket as time expired. The score broke a tie and gave the Wildcats (21-9, 10-7 Big Ten) a 67-65 win over Michigan (19-11, 9-8) on Wednesday night.

After the dust settled and the pandemonium subsided,

Candidates focus on April

Tendam, Hagerty prep for general mayoral race

By DAVID FISHMAN

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Businessman Steve Hagerty and Ald. Mark Tendam (6th) have begun to shift the focus of their mayoral campaigns toward next month’s general election, rallying additional volunteers, raising money and working to diff erentiate themselves from their opponent.

While neither campaign has settled on a defi nitive campaign strategy, both teams said they would focus on wooing supporters of the three other primary candidates and sharing more detailed policy plans at future forums.

In Tuesday ’s primar y, Hagerty won roughly 44

percent of the vote, with Tendam carrying about 20 percent. Both candidates said they intended to review precinct-specific data to see where they could most improve.

Hagerty said he looked forward to detailing a “broad array of issues” to voters during one-on-one forums in the general election. In the primary, where he was competing against four other candidates, he said he had not been able to entirely make his case. “ When you have four people in a race there are a lot of different perspectives” Hagerty said. “When it’s just two people running it’s clearer how each candidate is trying to define himself and possibly define the other.”

Since the two candidates

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are ideologically similar — both have prioritized affordable housing, economic development and youth empowerment — they must look elsewhere to stand out.

Both candidates have experience with government, but Tendam said his opponent’s work has been largely in the “for-profi t” sector. Hagerty has worked in emergency consulting for most of his life and owns an Evanstonbased fi rm with more than 100 employees.

“The city is a business, but we’re not a profi t business.

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NU was left to bask in a crucial victory that could deliver the program’s firstever NCAA Tournament bid.

“It’s a big night,” Taphorn said. “It’s still settling in, but I really couldn’t think of a better way to go out.”

The victory stopped the bleeding for a Cats team that struggled throughout

NU student hit by car while crossing street

A 26-year-old Northwestern student was transported to the hospital with a head injury after being hit by a car while crossing Clark Street on foot Wednesday afternoon, police said.

The woman was hit at about 3:10 p.m. while crossing the street between Chicago and Orrington avenues, Evanston police Cmdr. Joseph Dugan said. The student was taken to Evanston Hospital in serious condition, he said.

The car was traveling northbound through an alley before turning left onto Clark Street when it hit the pedestrian, Dugan said. The driver told police she did not see the pedestrian until the collision. The investigation into the crash is ongoing, Dugan said, and there are currently

no signs of impairment in the driver.

The pedestrian was unconscious when emergency officials reached the scene, Dugan

said. Clark Street was blocked off for multiple hours following the incident.

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Police partially blocked off Clark Street after a 26-year-old Northwestern student was hit by a car Wednesday afternoon. The woman was taken to Evanston Hospital with a head injury.

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AROUND TOWN Officials respond to complaints about postal service

By KRISTINA KARISCH

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Aldermen said Monday they planned to respond to complaints regarding postal delivery in certain wards.

Residents have cited erratic delivery times and late delivery of their mail, as well as frequent changes in the letter carriers themselves.

Following a series of complaints lodged by residents and aldermen, members of the Administration and Public Works Committee will draft a letter to U.S. Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-Ill.) asking her to contact the United States Postal Service on their behalf.

Ald. Marissa Wynne (3rd) said she thought of the idea to contact Schakowsky after being introduced to the tactic while working for a congressman in Washington.

“Among the things we could get a response on, regularly, was when a congressman would work to correct problems at post offices in his congressional district,” Wynne said. “The postal service tends to snap to attention when a congressperson sends them a letter or contacts them about service or a problem in the district.”

Evanston voters turn out in low numbers for mayoral primary

Nearly 20 percent of registered Evanston voters cast ballots in the mayoral primary contest, according to data from the Cook County Clerk’s Office.

Of the 49,874 residents eligible to vote in Evanston, just under 10,000 turned out during early voting and on Election Day Tuesday to vote for one of the five mayoral candidates in the primary race, according to the data.

The postal service issue was raised at a committee meeting to discuss renewing and expanding the city’s lease on a parking space at 1800 Maple Ave. Members decided to move

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Citizens have lodged complaints against the Evanston Post office on Davis Street. Aldermen are moving to draft a letter to U.S. Rep. Jan Schakowsky to address the complaints.

Businessman Steve Hagerty and Ald. Mark Tendam (6th) led the pack with around 44 percent and 20 percent of the vote, respectively, and will move on to compete in the April general election.

City Clerk Rodney Greene, Evanston’s election official, said the turnout was “kind of low.”

The 5th Ward aldermanic race — the only of six aldermanic contests with enough candidates to require a primary, which is mandated by the state if more than four candidates run — had especially few voters cast votes, Greene said. Just 17.5 percent of 5th Ward voters participated in the primary, according to Cook County data. Of the five initial candidates, Robin Rue Simmons

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and Carolyn Murray will participate in the general election.

Greene said he believed reduced participation could be the result of both voter apathy and inclement weather.

“A lot of people do not think they need to vote in the local elections, and with the rain, rain will stop a lot of folks, especially the elderly, so it was a combination of rain and lack of interest,” he said.

Early voting for the April municipal election starts March 20 and lasts until April 3.

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Rainey (8th) both voiced concerns about mail delivery in their wards at Monday’s meeting.

“Mail delivery is often late,” Holmes said.

“People lose mail, you’re expecting mail that you don’t receive … even in my own home. I never know when mail is going to come.”

Holmes added that when residents head to the post office to raise these issues to employees, “they’re never there.”

She and Wynne agreed that the best way to move forward was to have city staff draft a letter to send from council members to Schakowsky.

The letter would ask the congresswoman to contact the postal service on behalf of the city.

Because the postal service is administered on a federal level, it is easier to address concerns through a member of Congress than to go about it at the local level. Wynne said city officials have successfully employed this strategy in the past.

“The jurisdiction is really federal, as opposed to local,” Wynne said. “We have really found that to be true over the years in Evanston, and when we get Congresswoman Schakowsky or her office involved, then we get better response from the postal service.” kristinakarisch2020@u.northwestern.edu

Setting the record straight An article published in Wednesday’s paper titled “Wildside gains female leadership” misstated that the new Wildside leaders are the first female president and vice president of Wildside. Megan Dunham was the first female president of Wildside.

The Daily regrets the error.

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Northwestern music alumnus part of ‘Hamilton’ success from the beginning

By CATHERINE KIM

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When Stephen Colbert asked the crowd during the 2016 Kennedy Center Honors if “anyone (can) get me tickets to ‘Hamilton,’” crew member Ian Weinberger said he truly realized he was part of a Broadway hit.

“It still kind of honestly surprises me,” he said. “People tell me about their 7-year-old granddaughter who knows every word, and I’m like, really?”

Weinberger (Bienen ’09) is currently the associate music conductor for the musical “Hamilton” in New York.

He first joined the show two years ago as a rehearsal pianist, just two weeks after its opening, and from there worked his way up the ranks to his current position.

Before the “Hamilton” craze, he had been working on Broadway for “Kinky Boots” and “The Book of Mormon” for nearly three years.

Before that, he was a participant in Waa-Mu shows at Northwestern.

Theater Prof. emeritus Dominic Missimi, who worked with Weinberger while directing several Waa-Mu shows, said he was amazed by the interactions Weinberger, who was a percussionist, had with other actors the first time he met him.

“I went up and introduced myself and said, ‘You’re really good. You’re not just a great drummer, but you’re also a wonderful performer,’” Missimi said. “He said, ‘Oh no, I’m not a performer. I’m just enjoying my work.’”

Missimi described Weinberger as a “jack of all trades” because of his ability to play the piano and percussion, as well as conduct and direct.

For a year, Weinberger juggled playing the keyboard and conducting for “Hamilton,” “Kinky Boots” and “The Book of Mormon” and said it was the hardest he had ever worked in his life.

Theater Prof. Ryan Nelson said Weinberger was only able to manage working for three musicals at the same time due to his ability to work well with other people. Weinberger is

an expert at collaborating and communicating with professionals, which is an essential trait to his job, Nelson said.

As much as he loved all the shows he worked on, Weinberger eventually decided to work full time for “Hamilton.” Stepping into the rehearsal rooms, he said he knew it would be an extraordinary show.

“I remember my first couple days down there and walking around meeting everybody and the energy was definitely electric,” he said. “They really knew they had something special.”

Yet, nobody expected the massive cultural impact it has today, he said. It was only after

the release of the album, seven months after its opening, that it began “spreading like wildfire.”

The show then started showing up in the money — not just arts — section of The New York Times. Songs were referenced in magazines and pop culture, and tickets became impossible to get. It was then when Weinberger realized that “Hamilton” was getting much bigger than what anyone had anticipated, he said.

Weinberger said it is this rush of excitement surrounding the show that energizes him before every gig.

“It’s always pretty exciting when the show starts because most people are seeing it for the first time,” he said. “Most of them have had

these tickets for a very long time and went through a lot to get them.”

He added that he also finds the musical challenges of the show enjoyable. Most musicals have scenes between each song for the orchestra to take a break, but in “Hamilton,” the music never stops. It’s a “mental game” where everyone needs to be in their zone for a whole three hour chunk, he said.

Weinberger attributed the success of “Hamilton” to its relatability. The show struck a nerve with younger generations because they “felt like they belonged,” as the musical is narrated in hip-hop, a language that modern young audiences understand.

The musical also skyrocketed because it happened at precisely the right time politically, he said. At the time of its rising fame, the end of President Barack Obama’s term was nearing and race relations had flared up again, Weinberger said.

“This is a very pressing time to be talking about issues of racial equality, economic equality, the role of immigrants in shaping our nation and the role of America in the larger world,” he said.

Weinberger said the show’s relevancy can be seen in the way the tone of the show has changed over the course of the election, most recently since Trump’s immigration ban.

“No matter who you are or what kind of background you come from, any person can have a tremendous influence on our country and our society, and any person should be able to have that (opportunity) if they seek it out,” Weinberger said.

Weinberger said the issues discussed in “Hamilton” will continue to be important, which is why the show will continue to stand and provoke discussion.

He plans to stay with the show for a long time, which he said is unusual for those in theater who are used to jumping from one short-term production to the other.

“I’m very lucky and it is unusual that when I took over the job six months ago, I knew I was walking into something that was going to be there for a long time,” Weinberger said. catherinekim2020@u.northwestern.edu

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The new Broadway show “Hamilton” in previews at the Richard Rodgers Theatre in New York City.

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Festival highlights black student art, community Original 10-minute plays celebrate black experience at Northwestern rendition of Chicago festival

By HAYLEY KROLIK

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Communication sophomore Ziare Paul-Emile performs “Don’t Touch My Hair” by Solange. The event on Monday was the beginning of the “college takeover” initiative of the “Black Lives, Black Words” international festival.

Amira Danan said she does not often have the opportunity to surround herself with many fellow black students on campus. So when the opportunity came to work on Northwestern’s “Black Lives, Black Words” project, she said she was excited to fully immerse herself in the university’s black community.

“It sounds kind of sad but it’s a little bit true,” the Communication sophomore said. “It’s just great to have everyone here because we don’t all get together often.”

The event, held Monday, was the beginning of the “college takeover” initiative of the “Black Lives, Black Words” international festival, which was founded in Chicago in 2015. It featured seven 10-minute student plays, incorporating music and spoken word, that reflected upon one central question: “Do black lives matter today?”

Reginald Edmund, founder of the festival, brought the project to Northwestern after working with NU theater Prof. Aaron Todd Douglas.

Douglas, the associate artist for the festival, recruited student contributors along with Laura Schellhardt, who heads the Northwestern Playwriting Program.

Douglas and Schellhardt said most of the students involved did not seem to know each other well before the project. Schellhardt said she was thrilled to see her vision of fostering a community, both among the performers and with the audience, come together with the performance.

Danan’s piece, “Milk,” depicted a young girl struggling to accept her black identity. Though she initially compared the nature of her hair and skin to those of the white girls at school, her mother empowered her to see the beauty in her own identity.

The other six plays touched on a variety of themes, from the experience of being black in college to celebrating individuality. Communication sophomore Ziare Paul-Emile performed an opening song, “Don’t Touch My Hair,” by Solange. Many of the other pieces involved music, Danan said.

The event ended with a reading of “Still I Rise,” a poem by Maya Angelou addressed to the white oppressors of black people. Communication sophomore KZ Wilkerson read the majority of the poem and led the audience in a call-and-response portion. “(Wilkerson) wanted the characters to be interacting with the audience,” Danan said.

“Having (the audience) there made it more real, more tangible, her vision for the piece.”

Edmund was “incredibly proud” of the students for speaking out and sharing their voices.

He said he believes their generation will change the world in terms of race relations, so it is important for them to be empowered.

“Hopefully there’s a spark that has been ignited within these writers, to not just write plays but also to be activists and to be critical thinkers and builders for the what the future of theater could look like with their voices,” Edmund said. hayleykrolik2020@u.northwestern.edu

NU employee to perform one-woman show on albinism

Ashley Hicks prepares to stage original work ‘Beautifully Broken Pieces’ show in Chicago on Friday

By JONAH DYLAN

the daily northwestern @thejonahdylan

As a black woman with albinism, Ashley Hicks said she always felt like an outsider.

Hicks, an administrative assistant at Compliance, Audit and Advisory Services at Northwestern, has reduced pigment in her skin, hair and eyes as a result of the genetic disorder. For the past 10 years she has worked on “Beautifully Broken Pieces,” a one-woman show based on her own life that opens this Friday at Collaboraction Theatre in Chicago. Accompanied by singing, dancing and a PowerPoint slide, Hicks portrays

several different characters beyond just herself in the show.

The show charts Hicks’ life from age 6 until about a year ago. Through her work, she aims to convey her experience with albinism.

“My hope is that a show like this will bring more positive attention to the condition, rather than the negative stigma that surrounds the genetic disorder,” Hicks said.

The idea started when Hicks was a student at the University of Missouri, and she has been developing it ever since. She said she initially struggled to figure out what form the show would take — a fictional play, a book or a screenplay — before settling on a one-woman show.

Justin Dietzel, who works as the show’s stage

manager, said Hicks’ show helps the audience understand and learn about albinism.

“It’s very educational,” he said. “It’s very vulnerable and open, and it’s really about her experience but in a very humorous way, a very relatable way and there’s really some key moments in the play that really strike your heart.”

Dietzel said the 54-minute show helped him understand more about albinism and how it manifests itself in the real world. He added that any one-person show takes a lot of courage and is a “huge undertaking” to produce.

Hicks, who is originally from St. Louis, said she performed the show in the 2016 St. Louis Fringe Festival and won the Fringe Crush Award in the respective category.

BrittneyLove Smith, Hicks’ best friend, said the show does a good job of explaining albinism to the audience without sounding condescending or angry. The show uses humor to break down the audience’s guard, she said.

Ted Hoerl, the show’s director, said he first started working with Hicks about two years ago at The Conservatory at Act One Studios. He said he noticed her talent, felt she wasn’t being properly recognized and then wanted to work with her on “Beautifully Broken.”

In the future, Hicks said she hopes to continue performing the show in hope of spreading awareness about albinism. jonahdylan2020@u.northwestern.edu

Feinberg faculty member melds psychology, playwriting Clinical psychologist Paul Pasulka utilizes professional experience in writing ‘Skin for Skin’ play

By MADELINE BURAKOFF

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As a clinical psychologist, Paul Pasulka (Feinberg ’83, ’85) has spent much of his life surrounded by other people’s stories. He works with conflict, emotion, language and humanity on a daily basis.

As a playwright, he does the same.

Pasulka, who teaches at the Feinberg School of Medicine, has been working in psychology for nearly 50 years. After stumbling upon the Chicago Dramatists school about eight years ago, he developed an interest in theater and has since written 11 full-length plays.

An adaptation of Pasulka’s play, titled “Skin for Skin,” opens Saturday at the Rivendell Theatre in Chicago. The play’s main character, Ayyub, is an Iraqi-American businessman and devout Muslim who is imprisoned and tortured by the U.S. military in a prison reminiscent of the infamously violent conditions of Abu Ghraib.

“Skin for Skin” follows the biblical and Quranic narrative of Job, a wealthy man whose faith is tested when his possessions and loved ones are stripped away from him. Ayyub, whose name is the Arabic equivalent of Job, similarly loses everything as he is imprisoned and tortured by a military that acts as an “ignorant God,” Pasulka said.

“Why do bad things happen to good people?”

Pasulka said. “That is the philosophical question that was generated with the book of Job.” Though the protagonist is from Iraq, he grew up in the United States, said Steve Silver, who

plays Ayyub. Because of this, Silver said Ayyub feels betrayed when he is suddenly imprisoned and tortured.

Because Silver is neither Arab American nor Muslim, he said he did a lot of research to portray the character accurately and respectfully. Silver said a consultant helped teach him and other cast members about how to properly handle the Quran and represent Muslim prayer.

Though the story is set in 2003, director Michael Menendian said it still feels relevant, referencing President Donald Trump’s expressed support of “enhanced interrogation” techniques like waterboarding.

Menendian said he and his team made stylistic choices such as using slow-motion or vocal reactions to be able to represent torture onstage without actually engaging in the acts. He said he thinks the play has a strong message against torture even though those scenes may be less visceral than actual footage.

Even so, Pasulka emphasized that the play is more than just non-stop brutality. The play is political but is most importantly about humanity and does not portray the interrogators as clear villains, he said.

Pasulka said he believes his work in psychology has given him an understanding of this type of emotional nuance. Though he never directly references clients’ stories, he said he draws on his experience to create characters and dialogue that are realistic.

Shariba Rivers, who plays psychologist Dr. O’Brien, said she finds all of the play’s characters to be sympathetic to some degree. Though she disagrees with her character’s choices, she said

she is able to empathize with her struggles, and thinks the audience will be able to do the same.

Rivers added that she wants the play to spark dialogue above all else.

“I don’t think this play answers the question;

I think this play poses the question,” Rivers said.

“What would you do? What should we do?

Where do we go from here?” madelineburakoff2020@u.northwestern.edu

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Steve Silver rehearses for “Skin for Skin.” The play, written by Feinberg psychologist Paul Pasulka, opens Saturday at the Rivendell Theatre in Chicago.

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Project Veritas founder calls for citizen journalism

By ERICA SNOW

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There is an increased need for independent citizen journalists in the “post-factual” world, activist James O’Keefe said in a talk hosted by College Republicans Wednesday.

O’Keefe, College Republicans’ winter speaker, said he launched the website Project Veritas to

conduct undercover investigations into potential corruption and injustice in government officials and institutions. Commentators have criticized O’Keefe’s videos for Project Veritas for being deceptively edited and for reporting tactics such as using false identities to gain access.

He said after investigations, the coverage by mainstream media outlets helps promote his site and ultimately elicit a reaction from the targeted institution.

“I’m not here to tell you my opinion,” O’Keefe

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James O’Keefe, founder of Project Veritas, said his undercover videos and audio recordings are supposed to report stories the mainstream media won’t.

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“I came in, and I challenged them,” Collins said. “It was the first time I said, guys, there is pressure. And anything good in life involves handling pressure and succeeding under pressure. … We’ve got to go out and win if we want to do something great.”

The Cats responded against Michigan.

Sophomore forward Vic Law led the way, shaking off a nightmare month of February in which he shot 23.8 percent from the field.

Against the Wolverines, Law scored 18 points on an efficient 7-for-10 from the field. “(Law) had amazing energy tonight,” Collins said. “For him to play like this, under this kind of pressure, on the biggest stage — the biggest game any of our guys have played in, in their careers — for him to lead the charge with that, I was really proud of him.”

Early in the game, Law and his teammates went to the basket relentlessly. After going 4-for-18 from deep in back-to-back losses to Illinois and Indiana, NU took just 5 first-half 3-pointers and found 16 of their 30 first-half points in the paint.

“We all knew, if we really want to get our offense going, we need to attack the rim,” Law said.

Law and junior guard Bryant McIntosh found early success driving to the basket, and with Michigan struggling to find an offensive groove, NU led for nearly the entire first half.

Despite tough defense from the Cats, the Wolverines found a better rhythm as the game progressed. They hit on half their shots after the break, taking the lead twice in final few minutes of the game.

“We fought so hard to stay in the game, to get ahead in the game,” Michigan coach John Beilein said.

But the Cats responded to each Michigan push. McIntosh hit a layup to retake the lead 3:16 to go. Senior forward Sanjay Lumpkin laid in another bucket to break a tie with 1:47 left. And in the final moments, Taphorn connected with Pardon to break the deadlock one last time.

The Cats escaped behind the heroics of Taphorn and Pardon, dodging a repeat of last March when Michigan dashed their NCAA Tournament hopes in an overtime Big Ten Tournament battle.

“This is why we all came here,” Law said.

“We knew coming in that if we wanted to be different, then this was the game that we needed to take.”

It wasn’t easy, but NU found a way earn its program-record 21st win. Collins said throughout the game his players kept telling each other “we’re not losing tonight.” With the critical victory under their belt, Pardon said the pressure is finally off as a battle with conferenceleading Purdue looms Sunday.

“We have the monkey off our back,” the sophomore center said. “We can just play free.

Just play basketball like we played all year.”

having their names attached to the vote. He said he objected to the decision to conduct the vote by roll call because he preferred to cast his vote anonymously. “(The walkout) didn’t have anything to do with the bill itself,” he said. “It was simply the choice to have the vote done in a roll call manner.”

ASG and the Interfraternity Council released a joint statement on Monday announcing that IFC had removed Seethaler from his role as senator. He will be replaced by a member of the IFC executive board until a permanent replacement is named.

“While members of SAE may have been personally uncomfortable with voting on the resolution, we prioritize the comfort of survivors on this campus, and, for that reason, we condemn the actions of Senator Seethaler and the other substitutes,” the statement reads.

The statement also says Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity will not have representation in Senate while it is under a “cease-and-desist” order from its national headquarters.

The resolution comes after an order from SAE national headquarters in Evanston to

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But Hagerty said his consulting experience would serve as a “huge well” from which he will draw ideas to improve the city.

“I am a better candidate for mayor because I have been committed throughout my entire professional career, including my education, in the area of improving the public sector,” he said. “I am a very strong leader. That is recognized by many throughout this community.”

Virginia Mann, a Tendam supporter running

said to a crowd of about 60 people. “I’m here to report facts because my media won’t. My media — our media — is symbiotic with the people who are supposed to be investigating.”

O’Keefe detailed a 2009 scandal surrounding the now-defunct Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now, a publiclyfunded organization that advocated for affordable housing. O’Keefe said he went undercover with conservative activist Hannah Giles to reveal employees’ possible knowledge of criminal activity by inquiring how to use affordable housing for prostitution.

Clark Hoyt, public editor of The New York Times, wrote in 2010 the videos of different offices nationwide were “heavily edited” to make ACORN employees appear in the worst light. But O’Keefe said his video helped defund ACORN and pointed out that the scandal also lost the organization many private donors.

One of the video’s subjects later sued O’Keefe, claiming an invasion of privacy in the filming, according to The Washington Post. O’Keefe settled the case for $100,000, the Post reported.

“This is an American story about how a citizen, how normal people with nothing but YouTube can get their stories to the White House and the only thing that matters, the only thing that you need, is the willingness to not be afraid,” O’Keefe said about his videos on prominent Democrats Scott Foval and Robert Creamer.

The leaked videos appeared to show Creamer, a political consultant who is also the husband of U.S. Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-Evanston), talking about voter fraud. They also show Foval, former national field director for Americans United for

indefinitely cease operations at the Northwestern chapter after the University notified students Feb. 6 about an anonymous report alleging multiple sexual assaults and potential druggings at the SAE house. The University announcement also said it received an

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Weinberg senior Lars Benson speaks at Wednesday’s Senate. Benson co-authored a resolution regarding accountability for sexual assault that was later passed.

for his seat as 6th Ward alderman, said voters’ perceptions of Hagerty had been largely shaped by advertisements. During the primary, Hagerty contributed about $90,000 to his campaign while Tendam contributed roughly $15,000, according to data from the Illinois State Board of Elections.

Mann added that Tendam would likely pick up votes from supporters of the other three primary candidates — none of whom have announced an intention to endorse.

“Tendam is just the kind of person we need as mayor,” Mann said. “He’s got a very calm personality and an ability to work with a wide variety of people and bring everyone together to find solutions that work.”

Change, discussing hiring homeless and “mentally ill” individuals to protest at Donald Trump rallies.

Foval was laid off from Americans United for Change, and Creamer said last October he was “stepping back” from working for the presidential campaign.

When he investigates a controversial topic like abortion, O’Keefe said he doesn’t want to argue its morality or legality but instead aims to find aspects of Planned Parenthood that he thinks are indisputably wrong.

Before O’Keefe spoke, Evanston residents Susan Laws and Michael Orenstein stood outside the event with a sign supporting Planned Parenthood and did not listen to his talk.

“Especially in this upheaval environment with everything talking about being cut, I don’t want the most vulnerable people in society to be without the health insurance and the care they need,” Laws told The Daily. “Here’s a man who makes movies based on lies. … This is not a good direction for our country to go in.”

Julia Cohen, vice president of College Republicans, said the two people standing outside the event were “perfectly respectful” and had the right to be there because they did not block the entrance or disrupt the event.

The SESP senior said the event was successful despite pushback the group received for inviting O’Keefe.

“We just take the high road,” Cohen told The Daily. “We handle every single criticism we have with grace, and I’m proud of how we handle that.” ericasnow2019@u.northwestern.edu anonymous report alleging that a female student was sexually assaulted and possibly given a date rape drug at a second, unnamed fraternity house in early February. The University has not made public any updates on the investigation since the Feb. 6 notification.

At least 41 out of 51 ASG senators attended Senate on Wednesday, more than any other Senate session this quarter. Seethaler and the substitute senators — one Panhellenic Association substitute and two IFC substitutes — were able to stop Senate from voting on the amendment because there were only 25 senators and substitutes at Senate at the time. Senate needs 25 or more senators and substitutes present to maintain quorum and conduct meetings.

Senate also passed a resolution relating to the expression of free speech on campus.

The resolution calls on Northwestern to allow speakers of all viewpoints to speak on campus, citing situations in the past where invited speakers have cancelled events due to hecklers or situations where speakers did not feel comfortable expressing their views at NU. Senate also elected Isabel Anaya to the Rules Committee, filling the seat left empty by Daniella Lumpkin’s election as parliamentarian. jonahdylan2020@u.northwestern.edu But Sean van Dril, a McCormick senior who works for Hagerty, said the primary illustrated broad support for his candidate’s message. He said Hagerty had a slew of “pragmatic skills” that set him apart from Tendam and “uniquely” qualified him for the position.

“Evanston is such a progressive city generally, so ideologically the differences are very nuanced,” van Dril said. “What separates Steve from Mark Tendam is … his ability to carry out effective government.”

Evanston residents will decide between the two candidates on April 4, in addition to voting in races for city clerk and six of the nine wards. davidpkfishman@u.northwestern.edu

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Businessman Steve Hagerty and Ald. Mark Tendam (6th) speak Feb. 7 at a mayoral debate. The two candidates have started to shift the focus of their campaigns toward next month’s general election.

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The International Gender Equality Movement hosted its third annual “Jams for Justice” event Wednesday, with students performing original songs, covers and slam poetry to support the feminist campaign Girl Up. Weinberg senior Arielle Zimmerman, an iGEM campus events co-chair, told The Daily that the event focused on the theme “Speak Up” and gave students a platform to speak about causes they are passionate about. “Jams for Justice” showcased more than 10 student performances and about 30 students attended the event held in Dittmar Gallery. iGEM is Northwestern’s chapter of Girl Up, the United Nations Foundation campaign that aims to promote the education, wellbeing, safety and leadership of girls in Ethiopia, Liberia, Malawi, Guatemala and India, according to iGEM’s website.

Arielle Ticho, co-president of iGEM, told The Daily that iGEM focuses on community development and educates girls in the Evanston and Chicago communities about issues of inequity they may face. The SESP senior said on campus iGEM aims to educate students about gender equality while fundraising for the UN campaign.

Zimmerman said since 2014, the club has grown from about seven active members to more than 20.

In the past, “Jams for Justice” was more of a general open mic event, but this year iGEM chose to give the night the theme “Speak Up,” she said.

To give the event a clearer focus, Ticho said the group decided to center the night on a universal theme that could relate to the work iGEM does.

“It’s this idea of when do you raise your voice, what causes are you passionate about, what are you going to make sure you don’t stay silent on,” Ticho said.

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Performers play guitar during “Jams for Justice” on Wednesday. The event featured student performers and gave them an opportunity to speak about social justice issues.

with the NU community, Zimmerman said. She said the event’s theme gave more of a structure and direction for performers to follow.

“We want to kind of give people a place where they can speak up about issues that affect them (and) the ways that they fight injustice in their lives,” Zimmerman said. “We’re essentially trying to focus the conversation a little bit more around social justice and the different forms it can take and how art is a form of social justice as well.”

Meghan Reckmeyer, the other iGEM campus events co-chair, told The Daily that the event allowed audience members to support various

causes by writing what they “speak up” for on a banner.

Though “Jams for Justice” raises money for important causes like social justice and gender equality, the SESP sophomore said the event itself offers an “intimate” and welcoming atmosphere for both performers and audience members.

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The woman reported that she and her father got into a dispute at about 2 p.m., Evanston police Cmdr. Joseph Dugan said. After being struck, the woman said she exited the car and called the police. She had bruises and cuts under her right eye, Dugan said. There was one witness who observed the incident.

Police located the Evanston man and arrested him. He is due to appear in court on March 15.

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Faculty Senate passes new resolution Irish consul Resolution recommends NU ombuds program deal with ‘systemic’ issues

By YVONNE KIM

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Faculty Senate passed a resolution Wednesday recommending the establishment of an ombuds program at Northwestern responsible for improving university services for students, faculty and staff.

Presented by the Faculty Rights and Responsibilities Committee, the resolution was introduced for the first time on Wednesday. If created, the ombuds office would be designed as a “designated impartial, neutral, and confidential third party” independent of the University, the resolution said.

The office would recommend solutions to systemic problems that students, staff and faculty may face when working with University departments, according to the resolution.

Though senators voiced concerns about the cost of implementation — which the resolution’s draft budget estimated to an annual $104,000 in direct expenses — Senate president and religious studies Prof. Laurie Zoloth said it is a problem that many people at Northwestern are already doing the work of an ombuds office voluntarily.

“I don’t feel entirely comfortable asking people to work for free through the University,” Zoloth said. “At other universities this is a paid service. …

It just seemed part of my impulse in being president of Senate to hold Northwestern University’s governing structure up to the standards (of other institutions).”

Ombuds programs have existed at other institutions of higher learning since the 1960s and have been established in more than 300 universities nationwide, according to the resolution. The resolution also clarifies the duties of a full-time ombudsman, who would report directly to the university president and write annual, public reports.

Zoloth said the number of volunteers have been too few to deal with the amount of work necessary and that the ombuds program would serve as a “first line of response” for faculty or individuals who have opinions to voice.

Art history Prof. Claudia Swan, who is on the faculty rights and responsibilities committee, said it is important to have professional oversight on important university issues.

“All too much of these discussions and mediations are … being performed by faculty out of office,” Swan said. “There are too many professional issues that arise that we are not trained for or paid to take care of.”

After a discussion, the resolution passed with only one vote opposing.

Zoloth also encouraged senators to support and learn about issues currently affecting students on

campus during her report.

She emphasized Senate’s “neutral and transparent” stance on the issue of graduate students’ unionization. Zoloth then informed senators about a student petition in response to allegations against Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity regarding sexual assault — describing students as “threatened by the fraternity culture” on campus — as well as addressed concerns voiced by immigrant students and green card holders under President Trump.

“This is going to be a long four years,” Zoloth said. “Many groups of students feel upset or threatened.”

Later in the evening, the ad hoc committee on academic freedom — formed in response to both Communication Prof. Laura Kipnis’ Title IX investigation and censorship disputes surrounding Feinberg School of Medicine’s magazine Atrium in 2015 — introduced a report with recommendations to the University.

The report suggested adopting language borrowed from the University of Chicago to define harassment, specifying that harassment must be “objectively unreasonable” behavior. In response to the Atrium incident, the committee recommended that administrators and public relations staff be prevented from editing student or faculty journals. yvonnekim2019@u.northwestern.edu

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general talks about Brexit Brian O’Brien discusses Brexit implications at Kellogg event

By TIM BALK

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Brian O’Brien, consul general of Ireland to Chicago and the Midwest, said Ireland is likely the European country best prepared for Brexit, but acknowledged that change presents “massive” challenges for the country in a talk Wednesday afternoon. “(Brexit) is a British policy,” said O’Brien, referring to the United Kingdom’s decision to leave the European Union some time before summer 2019. “Ireland didn’t vote for Brexit.

The British voted for Brexit, but we have to deal with the consequences.”

About 30 people attended the talk at the Donald P. Jacobs Center, which was hosted by the Kellogg Public Policy Club and the European Business Club. O’Brien discussed concerns Brexit has prompted around the peace process between Ireland and Northern Ireland as well as broader relationships between Ireland and other nations in a changing world.

First year Kellogg student Nick Michael, who helped organize the event, said he was pleased to see O’Brien talk about contemporary European issues, especially because a large population of Kellogg students is from Europe.

“Because Brexit has been such a big story in the news over here as well as in Europe,” Michael said, “there was a high level of interest in it and students left … with a clearer picture of how Brexit will impact the institution of the EU.” A majority in Northern Ireland, which is part of the United Kingdom, voted against leaving in the Brexit referendum last June. In the wake of the vote, questions have swirled about of a return of a hard border between Ireland and Northern Ireland and its potential impact on the peace process. Ireland and the United Kingdom currently share a common travel area allowing free passage between the two countries.

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“Our peace process has been very, very good — it’s brought peace to the island,” O’Brien said. “But it’s fragile. We can’t lose sight of that. This is destabilizing. … We do not want a hard border going up.”

Brexit could have benefits for Ireland, O’Brien said. He pointed to potential financial opportunities created for Dublin as London leaves the European Union. On the whole, though, Brexit creates a “serious headwind” that Ireland is going into economically, O’Brien said.

Responding to a question about the relationship between Ireland and the United States after the election of President Donald Trump, O’Brien said Ireland is “apolitical” when it comes to foreign nations, and noted that Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny will meet with the president on St. Patrick’s Day per custom.

The upcoming visit has prompted controversy in Ireland and in the United States.

“We have to work with the administration as is, not as we may want it to be in our own heads,” O’Brien said. “Given the temperament of President Trump, you don’t want to be grandstanding.”

Second-year Kellogg student Luke Murphy, who is co-president of the Kellogg Public Policy Club, said he appreciated O’Brien’s perspective on Brexit.

“Events like these continue to educate Kellogg and Northwestern students about international perspectives,” Murphy said.

Matthew Choi contributed reporting. timothybalk2018@u.northwestern.edu

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Wildcats score with 1.7 remaining to drop Michigan

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A lot happened in the last 1.7 seconds of Northwestern’s Wednesday night clash with Michigan.

After a missed 3 from Wolverines (19-11, 9-8 Big Ten) guard Zak Irvin gave the Wildcats (21-9, 10-7) a baseline out-of-bounds set with the game nearly over and the score tied at 65, coach Chris Collins called a timeout and decided to go for the win. He passed the clipboard to assistant coach Brian James, described by Collins as “my special teams coordinator,” who drew up a potential game-winner.

The ultimate goal was to get the ball to sophomore big man Dererk Pardon near the rim. Pardon said the coaches had a simple message for him in the huddle. “( James) told me to set a double screen … and he said ‘go long,’” Pardon said. “In so many words, he said ‘go long and score the ball.’”

Michigan coach John Beilein called a timeout to set up his defense after NU returned to the court, giving Collins and his staff

another chance to walk through a play he said they’ve never run before.

Senior forward Nathan Taphorn was chosen to inbound from the baseline. He took the ball from the referee after the second timeout, ready to send it deep.

“You kind of mess around before, after practice, throw some long balls,” Taphorn said. “My goal was just to kind of throw it to the corner of the board.”

With the ball in his hands and 94 feet of court to cover, Taphorn waited a moment before lofting a one-handed, football-style pass deep down the court. Even throwing that pass was a risk — if the ball had landed out of bounds without being touched, Michigan would have received the ball under the Cats’ basket with a chance to win the game.

As the ball traveled through the air, Collins thought his risk might not have paid off.

“I was a little bit worried that it was going to airmail,” he said.

“The way it was sailing, I said ‘Oh no. Not tonight.’”

But Taphorn said that when he saw Pardon turn and see the ball as it flew, he knew it was safe. NU’s

SOFTBALL

6-foot-8 center snagged the ball over 6-foot-1 Derrick Walton, Jr., and found himself free a few feet from the hoop.

In the end, it was a pictureperfect pass from Taphorn, leaving Pardon on the right side of the basket with time to gather himself.

The big man went back up easily with his left hand off the glass to seal a 67-65 victory.

“I thought it was long. I thought it was going out of bounds at first,” Pardon said. “As I caught it, I was like, ‘the rim is right there.’”

Just 1.7 seconds of game time had elapsed, ending with a simple layup attempt. But like the rest of this crazy season for the Cats, filled with highs and lows and unbearable pressure, nothing about the play was as simple as it seemed.

And when Pardon’s attempt fell through the net, those 1.7 seconds faded into possibly the greatest moment in the history of an NU program on the brink of returning from the wilderness.

“It’s almost kind of fitting,” Collins said. “When you’re trying to do things that are really hard, it takes exceptional things sometimes.” maxschuman2018@u.northwestern.edu

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Wildcats split weekend contests NU looks to bolster

By FATHMA RAHMAN

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For the first time this season, the Wildcats are coming home with momentum.

Northwestern (3-10) closed out the Mary Nutter Collegiate Classic with an 11-2 win over North Carolina State (3-12) and a 3-2 victory against Houston (7-11). The Cats fell to No. 11 Georgia (14-3) and No. 8 Washington (11-2) earlier in the weekend after losing eight straight entering the stretch.

“As we’ve played more and more, our instincts on the field have gotten … sharper,” senior outfielder Anna Petersen said. “We’ve become much less timid both offensively and defensively.”

The Cats faced a challenging stretch to start the season — eight of their first 13 games came against ranked opponents. And though it struggled to find success, the team competed hard in several games, losing by just a run to No. 1 Florida State in its first game of the ACC-B1G Challenge and taking thenNo. 21 Baylor into extra innings at the Hillenbrand Invitational.

It wasn’t until this weekend, though, that NU’s efforts translated to wins.

The team worked to improve its consistency and aggression on the field since the season’s start three weekends ago, but saw its first real turning point of the season in the N.C. State game Saturday, which it won in five innings.

“I think we’re starting to gel in particular with our speed game,” coach Kate Drohan said. “We’ve been using a lot of different lineups the first 13 games of the year and in the last two wins, the team has learned to control momentum offensively, and we’ve come up with some big timely hits.”

The Cats thrived offensively against the Wolfpack, scoring six runs in the first inning thanks to a career-first grand slam from Petersen. Junior outfielder Sabrina Rabin, senior outfielder Krista Williams

and sophomore infielder Morgan Nelson also contributed with two hits apiece, scoring a combined 4 runs.

Sophomore pitcher Kenzie Ellis tossed a season-best 10 strikeouts and allowed just one run against Houston in the Cats’ third win of the season.

“Everybody was doing their part,” Ellis said. “Whether that was putting out a bunt or getting a base hit or Anna Petersen coming up with a huge grand slam, it was fun to see everyone have a part in that win.”

However, NU didn’t start the weekend as strong as it closed. Though the Cats held the Bulldogs scoreless through four innings, a home run in the fifth and an RBI in the sixth resulted in a 2-0 defeat.

NU put up a tougher fight against Washington, but couldn’t catch up after Washington’s four runs in the bottom of the fifth lifted the score to 6-3. Ellis, freshman Morgan Newport and sophomore Kaley Winegarner totaled six walks over the course of the game.

“The difference is in Georgia we didn’t

get the timely hit,” Drohan said. “And as we went through the weekend, we really worked on staying in the process and trusting our work that we’ve done and getting excited about the next opportunity — and that opportunity came in a big way against N.C. State.”

Starting Friday, the Cats will play five games in three days, including a trio against ranked opponents: No. 23 California, No. 3 Florida and No. 8 Washington. NU also plays South Carolina and Fresno State over the weekend.

Ahead of the packed stretch, Petersen said the team must maintain its aggressive mindset to continue its groove. And with momentum on its side, the Cats could be on the brink of an early-season turnaround.

“I don’t necessarily see that game as a turning point for any individual,” Petersen said. “But I think definitely for our team, it was a nice way to come back from a string of losses.” fathma@u.northwestern.edu

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Anna Petersen lines up for a pitch. The senior hit a grand slam in Northwestern’s win over N.C. State.

resume at Big Tens

By DAN WALDMAN

daily senior staffer @dan_waldman

Northwestern has one more chance to bolster its resume for the NCAA Wrestling Championships, as the wrestlers head to Bloomington, Indiana this weekend for the Big Ten Championships.

NU (7-8, 2-7 Big Ten) will have six pre-seeded wrestlers for the tournament, the conference announced Monday. However, the Cats will be set up for tough competition as the event, which begins Saturday, will feature 11 of the top 25 teams in the national dual rankings.

NU’s highest ranked wrestler in the championships is senior 197-pounder Jacob Berkowitz, who received the No. 6 seed in his weight class. Fellow senior and 157-pounder Ben Sullivan, who went winless in the conference, earned the last pre-seed in his division.

Along with the veteran duo, junior and No. 9 wrestler in the 184-pound weight class Mitch Sliga, 174-pound freshman Braxton Cody and a pair of redshirt freshmen, 141-pound Alec McKenna and 133-pound Jason Ipsarides, all earned pre-seeds for the championships.

Though having six pre-seeded wrestlers going into Saturday’s start of the tournament is promising, those numbers do not necessarily guarantee postseason success, coach Matt Storniolo said.

“It’s nice to see those guys get a little bit of recognition for their bodies of work this season,” Storniolo said. “But they don’t give out awards based on the pre-seeds.

They have to go out there and compete. … Those seeds are an indication of how well those guys can do.”

Berkowitz will headline the Cats’ lineup going into the Big Ten Championships, as the 197-pounder recorded 12 dual wins en route to a team-high 22 victories during the regular season.

The fifth-year senior has won six of his last eight matches coming into the weekend and will look to secure a spot to compete at the national championships in St. Louis.

“I’ve been waiting five years to have a season like this,” Berkowitz said. “It’s definitely been something I’ve enjoyed. But it’s still a tough tournament, anything can happen. You have to go out there and wrestle every match like you’re the underdog.”

While the majority of NU’s starting lineup received recognition from the Big Ten committee, a few of the NU wrestlers were snubbed.

Among those left out is sophomore heavyweight Conan Jennings, who is approaching Saturday with a vengeance.

Jennings, who picked up nine dual wins during the regular season and climbed into the national ranks at one point, finished the season on a four-match losing streak. But the heavyweight said he’s ready to rebound.

“The only reason I didn’t get a seed is my fault,” Jennings said. “I didn’t go out and compete the last two weeks in duals and it shows, and I didn’t get the results. But I’m going to come out there, I’m going to beat these kids this time, no more losing by this one point bulls– t. I’m going to go to nationals.” danwaldman@u.northwestern.edu