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Local group discusses need for police transparency By JACOB FULTON

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Citizens Network of Protection, an Evanstonbased police oversight and advocacy group, met Friday to renew its calls for improvements in the Evanston Police Department’s review and complaint processes in the wake of police chief Demitrous Cook publicly sharing mugshots and personal information. The group, which was formed in 2008, has worked for systematic change in how the city approaches complaints filed against police officers. Currently, the Citizens’ Police Advisory Committee handles any complaints, but CNP is pushing for a restructuring that gives the committee more influence and will create more transparency in the review process. After Cook on Feb.17 posted over 30 mugshots to his personal Snapchat story, the group has renewed its calls for organizational revisions, citing the incident — and subsequent unclear disciplinary procedures — as proof that citizens should have more influence in the

management of EPD. Austin Spiller, the second vice president of CNP, has been involved with the group since 2015, when he started working with the organization as a volunteer while he was a law student at Loyola University Chicago. He said an oversight board with more extensive influence would be better suited to act with citizens’ best interests in mind after the February incident. “This would be an instance where, if the civilian oversight board believed it was warranted, they would have the power and authority to look deeper into the matter,” Spiller said. “If they felt like discipline was warranted, they would be able to achieve binding disciplinary recommendations.” The photos Cook posted were exclusively of black men. He said this was because they fit the profile of possible subjects for future investigations. In general, communities of color are disproportionately affected by police activities. According to the Illinois Department of Transportation, minority groups made up 47 percent of traffic stops state-wide in 2018, despite only being 23.1 percent of the state’s population. Because of this, he said

he feels a powerful civilian review board is essential. Some of the group’s suggestions include giving the board the power to hire and fire the police chief and a requirement that all civilian complaints must be thoroughly investigated and resolved within 120 days after they are filed. Currently, there is no time constraint placed on resolutions. Evanston resident Carlis Sutton said because of the current board’s limited capabilities, it can be difficult for residents to get justice for their complaints, which is why he feels a restructuring is essential. “If this board is established, and there’s equal representation from the city, this changes the fact that the only way a person who’s been victimized by the police could be through going to court,” Sutton said. “There should be another way.” Ald. Ann Rainey (8th) attended the meeting, and said she would be interested in seeing how the current members of the Citizens’ Police Advisory Committee would react to the proposed changes. Rainey said she observed a high level of cancellations for the committee’s meetings, and she was unsure if it was a result of the low level of complaints,

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or whether it meant the group needed to continue to evaluate how it functioned even without complaints to review. “I have always felt that the people on that committee have been appointed as some kind of reward for something,” Rainey said. “They’re very much not out in the public.” CNP president Betty Ester said she thinks the empowerment of residents to hold police officers to high standards will create better relationships between EPD and the community. She said distrust of police can result from a system that makes it difficult to report complaints. Ester said the only way these systematic changes can occur are through citizen-driven movements, which is why she feels it is important for CNP to continue to push for more accountability. “The minute that you stay silent, you are complicit with everything that happened in your community,” Ester said. “And we need to stand up and get people out to speak on these issues.” jacobfulton2023@u.northwestern.edu

Proposals due for Harley Clarke By JACOB FULTON

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The third Request For Proposal period for the Harley Clarke Mansion ends Friday, bringing the city into a new phase of consideration as it explores next steps for the property. The proposal period, which began May 16, called for individuals, nonprofit organizations and for-profit organizations to suggest possible plans for the building. The Harley Clarke Mansion, 2603 Sheridan Rd., most recently housed the Evanston Art Center until the center vacated the building in 2015. Since then, it has remained empty and become the subject of a contentious battle between different groups within the city. City Council denied multiple plans, including proposed demolition, renovation into a hotel and conversion into an environmental education center. In November, the city held a community meeting where interested parties could present proposals to residents and receive feedback to make changes ahead of the February deadline. This was the first time the city held a community meeting for feedback in any of the three RFP periods. Two groups — Evanston Community Lakehouse and Artists’ Book House — attended the November meeting and shared potential plans. Now that the proposal period is over, the city will evaluate possible plans based on each group’s qualifications and the financial capabilities and organization within the proposal. The city will also consider each idea’s expected benefit to Evanston. In the official RFP document, the city said it intends to award the lease to one entity, but is also willing to consider multiple groups. It can reject any proposals on a variety of counts, including a perceived lack of competence or unproven financial capacity. According to the initial plan for the proposal period, City Council plans to consider any proposals submitted at its March 23 meeting, with an official decision on the future of Harley Clarke to come by May 1. jacobfulton2023@u.northwestern.edu

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Queertopia discusses LGBTQ research By YUNKYO KIM

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Queertopia, an annual academic conference on LGBTQ research, hosted presentations that highlighted queer intersectionality, coalition and equity this Saturday. The 13th iteration of the conference held at Kresge Hall, was organized by the Queer Pride Graduate Student Association, a group of more than 400 graduate students focused on advocacy, service and academic development. The day-long conference commenced with a keynote address by Kim Hunt, executive director of Pride Action Tank, an incubator on advancing Chicagoarea LGBTQ communities. She spoke about “the need to move from tearing down oppressive systems” to community building with the goal of liberation. QPGSA event organizers said this mindset reverberated in the research presentations. Attendees also watched and discussed “Criminal Queers,” a 2013 film on queer and transgender individuals in the prison industrial complex. The conference is one of the few in the nation which examine gender and sexuality studies led from the unique perspective of graduate students, Addie Shrodes, a QPGSA executive board member and Ph.D. student who helped organized the event for the last three years, said. “My understanding is that there are very few,” she said. “This is the only conference I know that is graduate student-led and for graduate students.” The QPGSA committee for Queertopia is responsible for organizing, raising funds and soliciting calls for abstracts from students — mostly from the Midwest but recently from other parts of the United States — to present at the conference. Panels, which highlighted justice, healthcare, artistic expression and displacement in the LGBTQ community, included presentations on lesbian television production, queer theology and queer online spaces in South Asia. Shrodes said Queertopia provides a platform for

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burgeoning LGBTQ academics to present their findings, and that representation across intersections of identity help create “worlds that we wanted in the present.” “It’s just a really wonderful opportunity for earlystage scholars and graduate students to present here for the first time,” she said. “We love to create that opportunity for people to feel like they can explore and feel comfortable, and get feedback and be in a supportive space.” Organizers also said the presentations are based on recent efforts for the QPGSA to bring more inclusion into their executive board and practices. Erique Zhang, a QPGSA executive board member, said even though the University administration is willing to pay “lip service” to organizers, they have been slow in putting changes to action. Through Queertopia, QPGSA seeks to look beyond white, cisgender LGBTQ males to serving groups that are underrepresented, even in the queer community. “We’re in an institution where the administration

has demonstrated that they are not sympathetic to certain groups of people that they are (willing to) pay lip service,” Zhang said. “A lot of what we’ve been trying to do as an organization is making sure that we amplify those voices, and that we also work in coalition with other groups.” The conference emphasizes collation and community building between groups representing marginalized communities, they said. Annie Howard, (Medill ’17) an alum who presented their research on transgender individuals in future digital and physical spaces, said they appreciated being able to talk to very different people about their papers. “Just to see the really intentional creation of space that the organizers have made in bringing so many cool people together was rewarding,” Howard said. “I didn’t know what I was going to learn from today. I just knew I was going to learn a lot, and definitely did. It’s hard to make space, queer space.” yunkyokim2022@u.northwestern.edu

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In front of packed Welsh-Ryan Arena crowd, Northwestern achieves a goal years in the making By CHARLIE GOLDSMITH

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With ten seconds left in the game, one usher at Welsh-Ryan Arena turned to another and asked what he was supposed to do when the clock ran out. If there’s a procedure at Northwestern for how to handle students rushing the court after a win, no one gets much of a chance to practice it. Meanwhile, the students were counting down from ten. In front of the biggest crowd for a women’s game at Northwestern since WelshRyan Arena was renovated, the No. 14 Wildcats (26-3, 16-2) beat Illinois (11-18, 2-16), 75-58, to clinch their first Big Ten title in 30 years. Finally the clock struck zero, the two ushers looked

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Northwestern’s season is far from over. Here are some dates for Wildcat fans to circle on the calendar in the coming weeks: March 2: The NCAA women’s basketball selection committee will release its final Top 16 rankings during halftime of the night’s USF-UConn game on ESPN2. NU was the last team to make the cut in the previous Top 16 on Feb. 3, and is expected to make a huge jump this time around. March 6: The Wildcats play their first Big Ten Tournament game as a No. 2 seed in Indianapolis. Maryland, who also won a share of the Big Ten title this weekend, enters as a No. 1 seed, having edged out the Cats in the tiebreaker because of a better record against No. 3 Iowa. NU will open against the winner of No. 7 Michigan versus No.

at each other and shrugged and hundreds of students stormed the court to celebrate a championship. This was Welsh-Ryan Arena like it has never been seen before. The party on the floor lasted almost an hour. The players formed a dance circle in the middle of the floor as streamers rained from the ceiling. Head coach Joe McKeown hugged everyone he crossed paths with before being handed the Big Ten championship trophy and lifting it as high as he could with players grabbing at his shoulders. Then he took the microphone and addressed the crowd. “I want to thank the greatest fans in the Big Ten,” McKeown said. “I’m telling you, we’re not done yet.” When athletic director Jim Phillips hired McKeown in 2008, a moment like this was nice in theory. But really, it seemed unrealistic. The Wildcats had won 27 games over the previous four years before hiring McKeown, and Phillips didn’t mince words when he offered him the job twelve years ago. “He said to me, ‘You’re going to have some heavy lifting when you get here,’” McKeown said. “And he was right.” In 2015, McKeown led Northwestern to its first

10 Nebraska. March 8: The Big Ten Tournament winner is crowned. The Cats need to win three games to add a tournament trophy to their hardware collection, and the road won’t be easy. Should it beat the Wolverines or Cornhuskers, NU could face the Hawkeyes — who handed the Cats one of their two Big Ten losses this season — in the semifinal, and with a win there, possibly Maryland again in the final. March 16: The NCAA Tournament Selection Show airs at 6 p.m. on ESPN. At the time of publication, NU was projected as a No. 2 seed in the Portland region in Bracketologist Charlie Creme’s latest predictions for ESPN. The Cats have appeared in the NCAA Tournament seven times in program history, most recently in 2015. March 20: The NCAA Tournament begins. If NU can earn a No. 4 seed or higher, then it’ll host the first and second round of games on its home floor

NCAA Tournament since 1997. But after the Wildcats graduated the star players who led that team, the program was back in the middle of a rebuild. The low points came in 2017-18 when Northwestern played its entire home schedule at Evanston Township High School. Relying on a young Lindsey Pulliam and Abi Scheid to carry the team offensively, the Wildcats finished that year with just four conference wins. And they played most of their home games with fewer than 1,000 people in the stands. From there, it felt like a long climb to the top of the Big Ten. Even this season –– with an experienced returning core coming off a run to the WNIT Final –– Northwestern wasn’t projected to be one of the six best teams in the Big Ten in 2019-20. “I’ve always wanted to play for a team that would beat the team in first place,” senior guard Byrdy Galernik said. “That underdog mentality is something I wanted to be a part of. Do you want to play for Maryland, or do you want to beat them? You want to beat Maryland.” When Northwestern beat the Terrapins by 23 points this season on New Year’s Eve, the Big Ten championship didn’t look so unrealistic anymore. Then the Wildcats rattled off 15 wins in their next 17 games, including a buzzer-beater to beat Minnesota and a two-point overtime win at Indiana. Even when Northwestern was sitting at the top of the conference standings, the players wrote “Rank Us” on the locker room whiteboard until the Wildcats could be found in the AP Poll. Even when the team was ranked, they watched conference rival Maryland consistently get a higher

in Evanston for the first time since 1990. That Big Ten-winning 1989-90 team was a No. 4 seed in the tournament, the highest-seeded the Cats have ever been in the Big Dance. ellabrockway2021@u.northwestern.edu

ranking. “Nobody believed us,” Pulliam said. “But we all believed it.” On Saturday, 4,016 fans believed in the Wildcats. Northwestern needed to beat last-place Illinois to clinch a share of the conference title. The last time these teams faced off at Welsh-Ryan Arena, 1,129 people were in the stands. Saturday’s crowd was unprecedented. There were so many people in the student section that late-comers were turned away and told to go to another area. For the first time since the arena was renovated, Northwestern let fans sit in Welsh-Ryan’s upper deck. There were more students sitting in the upper deck Saturday than there were total students at the Wildcats’ last home game. Football players were sitting in the aisles. “It was great to have all those people there to support us,” Galernik said. “We’ve had a very memorable season, and the crowd was a great way to encapsulate that.” When the game ended, Northwestern’s students stormed the court for the first time since Dererk Pardon hit “The Shot” to beat Michigan in 2017. They swarmed around Pulliam and encouraged Northwestern’s star junior to dance. She’s been so good under pressure all season, but this time Pulliam just smiled. Eventually, every player and coach climbed up the ladder and cut down a piece of the net for the first time in their Wildcats’ careers. McKeown got the last piece and waved it around in the air. “It’s been a while, so I just didn’t want to fall,” McKeown said. “I was going to do a chin-up on the rim, but then I remembered I’ve got an Achilles and patellar tendons that might get hurt.” But McKeown and Northwestern made it to the top, and really that’s all that matters. charliegoldsmith2021@u.northwestern.edu

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Four Wildcats finish in double-figures in Senior Day spectacle By DREW SCHOTT

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As coach Joe McKeown climbed a ladder to cut the net for the first time in his Northwestern career, he celebrated the only way he knew how. McKeown lifted both of his hands in the air and slammed them on the rim, as if he was dunking, to the delight of the large crowd below him. The last of more than 20 players and coaches to ascend the ladder, the Philadelphia native snipped the final string of nylon and pulled the net off of the rim. After waving it around triumphantly in the air, McKeown placed the net over his head, symbolically crowning himself and the No. 14 Wildcats Big Ten champions. That’s right. For the first time in 30 years, NU clinched a share of the conference championship. Behind 21 points and nine rebounds from senior center Abbie Wolf and a defensive effort that forced 14 turnovers, the Cats (263, 16-2 Big Ten) cruised to a 75-58 win over in-state rival Illinois (11-18, 2-16) on Saturday to give NU its first Big Ten title since the 1989-90 season. Junior guard Lindsey Pulliam, senior forward Abi Scheid and sophomore guard Veronica Burton added 40 combined points as the Cats set a record for program wins in front of a 4,016-person crowd at Welsh-Ryan Arena, its largest for a women’s game since its reopening in the fall of 2018. “It means the world,” Pulliam said. “It was so awesome to have all that energy in there and have all those people to support us. It obviously makes us play better and makes us give more effort.” Before the game, NU honored its five seniors: Scheid, Wolf, guard Byrdy Galernik — who made her first start of the season — forward Bryana Hopkins and forward Amber Jamison. In the opening quarter, the Cats struggled to score down low against the Fighting Illini’s 2-3 zone defense. Illinois tied the game halfway through the first, but NU used a 7-0 run to take a 21-13 lead after 10 minutes. The Cats’ defense — ranked second in the Big Ten — held the Fighting Illini scoreless for the final three minutes and forced four turnovers. By the time Illinois scored its first points of the second quarter, NU had a 15-point lead. Burton led the way with six points — she finished the game with 13 —- as the Cats took a 36-25 lead into halftime with the Welsh-Ryan crowd rocking. The Fighting Illini showed signs of a possible comeback when it cut NU’s lead to six at the beginning of the third. But then Wolf took over. The Connecticut native scored three and-1 layups in two minutes to spark a 21-6 run for the Cats. “Coach (Kate Popevec) said before the game, ‘You had, like, 18 and 10 last time. They can’t stop you,’” Wolf said. “Coach said ‘Bury them, bury them,’ so that’s what I tried to do: Go up strong and be physical.” In the fourth quarter, Pulliam — who finished with 17 points — scored six to extend NU’s lead to 27. Even though Illinois chipped away at the Cats’ lead within the final minutes, the crowd at 2705 Ashland Ave. knew what was going to happen. And so, when the clock struck zero,

hundreds of fans stormed the court. Celebration ensued as players formed a dance circle at center court before receiving purple t-shirts and hats recognizing their achievement. Purple and white streamers rained down from the ceiling as NU received its Big Ten championship trophy. McKeown, who has spoken highly of the Cats’ fans throughout the season, expressed gratitude to the team’s record-setting crowd. “I want to thank the greatest fans in the Big Ten,” McKeown said. Next weekend, NU will head to Bankers Life Fieldhouse in Indianapolis for the Big Ten Tournament as the No. 2 seed. Scheid — who finished with 10 points against Illinois — said the Cats’ top priority is to prepare for their first tournament game against either No. 7 Michigan or No. 10 Nebraska. “(We) play

Northwestern basketball,” Scheid says. “Focus on one game at a time and focus on the little things.” drewschott2023@u. northwestern.edu

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A different approach to how we think about welfare BEN BORROK

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I came across a tweet last week that posed the following thought experiment: If public school bussing didn’t exist, and it was proposed this year as a new policy proposal, would it pass? I was taken aback because my initial response, made without much thought, was that it would obviously pass. What would we do without buses? But as I considered the question a bit more, I realized that the answer wasn’t so simple. More likely than not, public bussing wouldn’t pass — at least, not the system we currently have. The questions that would kill it mirror those asked when considering other initiatives. Why should I have to pay for your child’s ride to school? What kind of family can’t ensure transportation for their family? What about families with cars? How will we pay for it? These questions should sound familiar, as they seem to pop up every time a new welfare proposal appears. With the 2020 election focused on initiatives such as universal healthcare and tuition-free college, it is important that they are contextualized before dismissing them. Welfare isn’t as black and white as cable news and Twitter pundits make it out to be. Everyone relies on welfare in some form or

another, whether it’s going to a public library or school, or having a relative on Medicare. We take these services for granted today, but they were once considered radical ideas. Regardless of this, radical ideas today are never considered through the lens of the future. The simple explanation for this is in America’s rugged individualism that seeps into every conversation about society. The “pull yourself up by your bootstraps” ideal has always been a point of pride for our country, but it isn’t a reality. Study after study indicates that economic mobility in the United States is virtually nonexistent. The wealth you are born into is highly likely to be the amount of wealth you are able to ascertain. In short, it means dreams of reaching wealthy status require assistance to even the playing field.

The “pull yourself up by your bootstraps” ideal has always been a point of pride for our country, but it isn’t a reality. In the case of public school bussing, students who took the bus were less likely to be absent, which in turn enables them to succeed in school. The link between education and success in life is undeniable, and increased accessibility only

serves to strengthen the notion that graduation is within reach for everyone. Just like bussing, the notion and need for libraries has never been questioned. Once we become acquainted with social programs, we tend to take full advantage of them for the betterment of our lives. Despite this, the same arguments and fictional fears seem to plague our decision making. We find ourselves in a quagmire in terms of how we proceed in the current election. The precarious situations millions of Americans find themselves in seem to go unrecognized, despite decades of evidence. For instance, with healthcare costs spiralling out of control, a medical emergency would send a majority into financial ruin. It is unfair that something so far removed from our own control could dictate the rest of our lives. When it comes to building war machines or tax cuts for the rich, we don’t question how we’ll pay for it. Each year, these initiatives eat into our budget and deplete key social programs so how can we be surprised about the decline in quality of life for many Americans? Budget cuts proposed in 2018 hit low-income families hard, slashing housing services and other assistance. It is tiring to act like we are all above help, that we can’t enjoy the wide array of freedoms and securities that other developed nations enjoy. Instead of continuing our mindless spending on war, we can redistribute funds in a way that provides genuine social benefit to the

American people. We seem to be prisoners to our own antiquated mindset, the effect of Cold War messaging has paralyzed many into thinking that healthcare isn’t a human right or that it is acceptable to put ourselves in debt to attain a degree that is now seen as a requirement of the working world. What do we have to lose from a healthier and more educated population? Think of the economic benefits from a population that isn’t chained to massive debts and systemic poverty. The arguments regarding costs are perpetuated by the billionaires who also serve as the only people to benefit from the current situation. We don’t need middlemen and corporations making money off our fundamental needs. Welfare has always been a fight between an oldfashioned idea of personal responsibility coupled with the uncertain situation many of us live in. At some point, the wall has to come down. However, the fight won’t be complete unless we step outside of ourselves and look at society through a wider lens. The next time you face a conversation about welfare, think about all the ways you already benefit. Ben Borrok is a Weinberg sophomore. He can be contacted at benjaminborrok2022@u.northwestern.edu. If you would like to respond publicly to this op-ed, send a Letter to the Editor to opinion@ dailynorthwestern.com. The views expressed in this piece do not necessarily reflect the views of all staff members of The Daily Northwestern.

Lessons learned, top takeaways from learning a new language ZACH BRIGHT

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If there’s one thing I wish I had all the resources, time and energy to devote to, it would be learning another language. Duolingo is great and I wish I took more advantage of it, but I’m talking about really immersing myself in another language. In high school, I was fortunate enough to have the chance to learn Chinese. After learning up to the AP level, I taught the language to other high school students as a peer mentor at a summer immersion program. For two weeks, we only spoke Chinese. While I don’t quite have the abilities of a native-speaker, the experience really helped me

solidify my skills. With Chinese under my belt, I was able to test out of my foreign language requirement, so the thought of diving into another language at Northwestern didn’t cross my mind until last winter. I got interested in learning Japanese because it’s so different from a language like English. A few summers ago, I tried to learn the language with a friend from my hometown, but we really didn’t make much headway. So starting my sophomore year I actually began learning Japanese. Japanese is my most entertaining class and probably my favorite. Similar to the program I once taught at, the class is conducted almost entirely in Japanese. This requires you to engross yourself in the language, making acquiring the language more practical but also more fun. That by no means implies that I’m particularly good at picking up the language. The classroom is a space that encourages you to mess up and learn

from slip-ups to hone your skills at the language. Everyone in the class in one way or another has messed up, and each time we take it with positivity and good humor. The many, many mistakes I make do reflect them-

If there’s one thing I wish I had all the resources, time and energy to devote to, it would be learning another language. selves in my grades. But it’s the best way to actually improve and actually teaches me. It’s an environment

that enables me to be less concerned with my academic success and focus on learning the language. It helps build soft skills that are hard to replicate in another classroom setting. Patience comes from struggling to string together sentences, whether in speaking or in writing. It comes from becoming familiar with new grammar structures and quirks of the language. In some way, language acquisition shows you a different way of thinking. Japanese certainly isn’t my first language and hopefully won’t be my last.

Zach Bright is a Medill sophomore. He can be contacted at zacharybright2022@u.northwestern.edu. If you would like to respond publicly to this op-ed, send a Letter to the Editor to opinion@dailynorthwestern.com. The views expressed in this piece do not necessarily reflect the views of all staff members of The Daily Northwestern.

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ImproveNU awards top prize to water conservation By JACOB FULTON

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The third annual ImproveNU competition came to an end on Saturday, awarding its top grant to H2Aware, which pitched a project on water conservation. The competition, co-sponsored by Associated Student Government and The Garage, is Northwestern’s own version of Shark Tank. The event gives students the chance to pitch ideas on improving campus life and receive grant funding to implement their plans. This year’s winning group consisted of Medill freshmen Libby Markham and Talia Schulhof, who pitched plans to install shower timers to encourage students to limit their daily water waste. They were awarded $7,000 to follow through with their idea. Exchange NU, a group that plans to create an accessible donation system to redistribute resources across campus to low-income individuals, won second place. In third place was Scope, an aggregation platform for easy access to Wildcard discounts in Evanston. The runners-up were granted $3,000 and $1,000, respectively. Markham said she and Schulhof decided to participate in the competition on a whim, and they found they shared a passion for climate activism, which inspired the idea they pitched. The proposed idea

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The winners, organizers and judges of this year’s ImproveNU pose for photos after the event. The event awarded $11,000 in grants to three student groups to implement their proposed ideas to improve campus.

winning groups in years to come. “I just want to see it grow from a standpoint of being able to get more money to winners,” Wade said. “If I choose to get involved next year, I definitely want to dedicate more time to securing more and more funding, because $7,000 is a lot, but $10,000 is even more that can be put to good use.” Wade said he looks forward to seeing all three of this year’s winning ideas enacted across campus because he thinks they will have tangible impacts on the Northwestern community. Schulhof said she was thankful the judges saw the potential H2Aware’s proposal had. She said its simplicity was the reason she thought it won because it would be feasible to implement and have a tangible impact. “I think it makes people know that they don’t have to start a revolution to have an impact on the climate crisis,” Schulof said. “Take a five-minute shorter shower and be doing something — every drop counts.”

will pay for itself, she said, if collectively, the campus reduces its shower times by 0.8 percent. Markham said she was excited her team’s idea was chosen out of this year’s contestants because she was impressed by the other presentations. “We presented the first time and were not feeling confident — after, we were like, ‘okay, that was probably like the end of it,’” Markham said. “Then we got to the finals and were feeling a little bit better, but then we saw all the other amazing groups. And then

our first reaction was in the corner just laughing. Just pure shock.” H2Aware was one of approximately 50 teams involved in the event — twice as many as the previous year. SESP sophomore Christian Wade, ImproveNU’s executive director, said this growth is indicative of the program’s possible longevity and future success. Wade said he was excited to see the organizing team’s months of planning come to fruition, and he wants to continue to see strong support for the

Jonas said he toured the school back in 2009 with his father Paul when he was 16 years old. At that time, the Jonas Brothers were at the peak of their popularity, and Jonas’ visit to campus drew large amounts of attention. “It turned into kinda like a scene from Hard Days Night,” said Jonas. “It was something.” That “something” was described in a Daily Northwestern column by Jeremy Gordon (Medill ‘10) following Jonas’ tour. “I can safely say the reaction was huge – Perez Hilton blogged about the visit, a bunch of my friends had Facebook statuses reflecting their missed

opportunity to show some love, and when I ventured into Norris to see where he had gone, I found not his boyish face but a gaggle of teenage girls standing in a circle, squealing in ecstasy,” Gordon wrote. “Jonas madness was real, and it was at NU.” In the interview, Jonas also disclosed his real dream: to try and walk onto the baseball team. “I, at that point, played a lot of baseball. I probably didn’t have the size then to play and be competitive, but I always loved it,” said Jonas. Following Jonas’ remarks, Northwestern Baseball initially tweeted, “We love that you dream big. You’re welcome at Rocky and Berenice Miller Park any day

of the week.” The next day, the account followed with, “We’re a sucker for Friday night baseball. Let’s pick up where we left off,” referencing the band’s popular song released last year. Although Jonas never enrolled at NU, he has visited Chicago several times and performed at Loyola University Chicago in March 2018. “I do really love this city, specifically from this point of the year until about October,” Jonas told the Chicago Tribune in April 2018.

to the country too high-risk. This week, the State Department classified South Korea as a Level Three travel advisory, suggesting U.S. travelers reconsider all travel to the country. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued a Level Three travel warning for South Korea on Feb. 24, advising Americans to avoid nonessential travel to the country. By policy, the University restricts undergraduate travel to countries given Level Three advisory warnings or above. As of now, most University-sponsored spring break travel to Asian countries — including Cambodia,

Japan, Taiwan and Vietnam — remain on schedule, but preparations are being made in case COVID-19 spreads further across the continent, according to the release. Though no spring break programs are scheduled for countries with a high number of cases like Italy or South Korea, the Office of Global Safety and Security is monitoring all University-sponsored spring break trips and issuing weekly updates. In a Feb. 28 email, University officials wrote that one undergraduate student and one graduate student studying abroad in Italy are returning to the U.S. due to their programs closing. The State Department raised its travel advisory to Italy to a

Level Three and advised Americans to reconsider travel the same day. The University maintained that there is no increased risk of the novel coronavirus to the Evanston or Chicago communities at this time, but officials are closely monitoring the outbreak and will continue to provide updates to the community. The release also stated that the University does not condone discrimination against members of the campus community based on their country of origin or countries they’ve traveled.

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As Northwestern went through a twelve-game losing streak, no player held himself more accountable than freshman guard Boo Buie. After the Wildcats had a disappointing loss to Ohio State in January, Buie stressed how there were no excuses for the team to play the way it did. And after NU lost an overtime game at Rutgers, Buie said, “I’ll take the blame.” Buie has taken most of the Cats’ most important shots this season, and he finally delivered in the clutch in NU’s (7-21, 2-16 Big Ten) 81-76 overtime win over Nebraska (7-22, 2-16) on Sunday. “I was really proud of our group to gut it out,” coach Chris Collins said. “At the end of regulation, looking in our guys’ eyes, I just saw they were really determined. They didn’t look rattled.” Buie finished with 15 points and seven assists in 35 minutes, but his last stretch was one of the Cats’ best clutch performances over the last three seasons. In the final six minutes of regulation and overtime, Buie had 11 points –– with all of them coming off off-balanced floaters. But he had the biggest play of his career on the defensive end. With the score tied at 67 with 25 seconds left, Buie came up with a steal that guaranteed the game would go to overtime. Then once the extra period started, NU played some of its best basketball of the year. The Cats scored the first 7 points of overtime, with Buie assisting on the first two baskets. The Cornhuskers cut their deficit down to 2 points with 44 seconds left, but NU made three of its last four free throws to secure the team’s first win since Jan. 11.

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The Cats’ win moved them out of last place in the conference standings, but NU got plenty of help. Nebraska went 8-for-30 from the free throw line and finished with the worst free-throw percentage in the last ten years for a team that shot 30 or more free throws in a game. With the Cornhuskers leaving 22 points on the table, the Cats got the chance to force overtime and pull away in the extra period. “We were fortunate to have them shoot the way they did,” Collins said. “Obviously, you feel for those guys. Sometimes shooting can be contagious. With free throws, sometimes guys walk up and you miss, and then it gets in everybody’s head.” Sophomore forward Miller Kopp led NU with 21 points, scoring 14 of them in the first half. Grad transfer guard Pat Spencer finished with 12 points and six rebounds, and sophomore forward Pete Nance added a career-high 14 rebounds. Cornhuskers forward Haanif Cheatham had a team-high 21 points, and freshman center Yvan Ouedraogo had 11 points and 19 rebounds. But Ouedraogo missed two free throws that could have tied the game late in overtime, which led to the Cats breaking the team’s longest losing streak since 1991. “We had that lead there late in the second half, and we’ve had our struggles finishing games,” Collins said. “I was really proud of our group to regroup and get that lead.” charliegoldsmith2021@u.northwestern.edu

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Opinion: What the win Cats rally late to beat Stanford means for NU’s future By CARLOS STINSON-MAAS

With its win Sunday against Nebraska, Northwestern is up to 13th place in the Big Ten, a small victory in an otherwise disappointing season. At the end of regulation, the Wildcats (7-21, 2-16 Big Ten) struggled to keep their lead against the Cornhuskers (7-22, 2-16 Big Ten), and it seemed like NU was about to blow another big chance. But during the overtime period, the Cats finally found a way to win and took the game 81-76. “We’ve got a lot of young guys out there who are going through this for the first time,” Collins said. “They’re trying to figure it out. At the end of regulation, looking at our guys’ eyes, I just saw they were really determined. They didn’t look rattled.” After losing 12 straight games, NU needed a win. Collins said after Thursday’s Illinois game that it only takes one, and the Cats were finally able to find something like a breakthrough and win another Big Ten game. Moving forward, NU plays Wisconsin and Penn State next week, two of the top contenders in the Big Ten. A win against Nebraska, the worst team in the Big Ten, doesn’t guarantee a strong finish to the season — the Cats’ last win, 14 games ago, was also against Nebraska — it may provide a confidence boost for a squad with nothing left to play for but pride. NU did not have its best performance of the season, committing 20 turnovers, but because of the Cornhuskers’ poor foul-shooting, the Cats got the opportunity in overtime to rectify the mistakes they’d made in the final minutes.

Against Maryland on Jan. 21, NU showed it has the ability to compete with the top programs in the Big Ten — at halftime, the team was up by 14 points, but was unable to close out the game. If the Cats use Sunday’s game against Nebraska as a lesson of the intensity required to win in competitive games late, they may have a shot in their last two games. “You can’t practice (closing out games),” Collins said after his team’s January game against Nebraska. “We can put three minutes on the clock in practice, but it’s not the same. The only way you can get better is by going out there and succeeding.” In order for NU to be a contender next season, it must play better than it did against the Cornhuskers Sunday. But for a young group of guys who have struggled to figure out how to win games, the win is a tangible sign of the growth Collins has seen throughout the season. “It’s been a while for both of us to taste winning,” Collins said. “Although the play at times had turnovers and missed shots, you could tell it mattered to both teams. I was really proud of our group to gut it out.” Gabriela Carroll is a Medill freshman. She can be contacted at gabrielacarroll2023@u.northwestern. edu. If you would like to respond publicly to this column, send a Letter to the Editor to sports@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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Entering Sunday’s matchup, Northwestern had won eight consecutive games against Stanford dating back to 2004. The No. 7 Wildcats continued that streak Sunday, defeating the Cardinal 25-18 at Ryan Fieldhouse. The victory marked the 300th career win for coach Kelly Amonte Hiller. NU (4-2) played most of the second half without one of their leading scorers, sophomore attacker Izzy Scane, who left the game with an apparent lower-body injury. The Cats got off to a slow start, surrendering seven unanswered goals to Stanford (2-3) in the opening minutes. NU went over ten minutes without scoring during that period, falling behind 7-2. But the Cats rallied to tie the game, closing out the first period on a 4-0 run that included two goals in the final 10 seconds of the half. Scane and junior attacker Lauren Gilbert, who entered the game tied for the team lead in goals, both netted three goals in the first half. “I honestly feel so honored to be able to play with Izzy,” Gilbert said. ”Being able to play off each other on the field gives us both a ton of confidence.” With the score even at 10, the Cardinal responded early in the second half, taking a quick two-goal lead. However, Stanford’s offense faltered, and it failed to score for over 10 minutes in the second. NU took advantage, breaking off a 7-0 run of its own to go ahead 17-12. Scane scored twice more before being

injured just inside the 16-minute mark. Despite not playing for nearly half the game, she finished with the team lead in shots, caused turnovers and ground balls. After the Cardinal scored a couple goals to pull within three, the Cats broke off a 6-0 run to extend their lead and seal the game, eventually winning 25-18. “I’m just really proud of our resilience today,” Gilbert said. “That’s just the mentality we need to have moving forward, and obviously the win feels good.” NU benefitted from 31 Stanford fouls, several of which resulted in goals for the Cats. For comparison, NU only committed 16 fouls, and the Cardinal scored just one free position shot –- the

Cats scored eight. NU’s second half run was due largely in part to sophomore goalie Madison Doucette, who recorded eight saves on the day. “We’re fighting for every play,” Doucette said. “If you’re (number) one, or if you’re unranked, we really don’t care, we’re going at it the same way.” Next week, the Cats will face No. 1 North Carolina and conference foe No. 20 Penn State. They say they’ll look to get more wins for coach Amonte Hiller. “It’s nice to be able to represent her,” Doucette said. “We just hope to keep it rolling. Three hundred is not where we’re stopping.” carlosstinson-maas2023@u.northwestern.edu

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Izzy Scane makes a move. The sophomore finished with five goals in NU’s win over Stanford.