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Evanston responds to whistleblower Officials confirm backlog of about $2 million in deposits

By DAVID FISHMAN

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(Left) Westminster Palace in London, near where a man drove an SUV into a crowd last Wednesday killing three people. (Top right) London residents draw on pavement stones in Trafalgar Square following the attack. (Bottom right) London residents demonstrate solidarity by drawing world flags.

Trips safe after London attack

Officials report no NU student groups were near affected area

By MADELEINE FERNANDO

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Northwestern students and faculty spending Spring Break in London said they felt safe and that University officials did not alter their trips in response to

the Westminster terror attack that left five people dead last week.

Last Wednesday, Khalid Masood, a 52-year-old British man, drove an SUV from Westminster Bridge into a crowd, injuring pedestrians and killing three people. He then exited the car and fatally stabbed a police

officer outside Parliament.

According to the New York Times, police said the attack was “inspired by international terrorism.” The attack left about 40 people injured and five people dead, including the armed assailant.

None of the NU undergraduates participating in Spring

Break programs or studying abroad in London were near the affected area at the time, said Julie Friend, director of the Office of Global Safety and Security.

At the time of the incident, NU had three University-sponsored » See LONDON, page 8

Evanston officials confirmed and refuted some parts of a former city employee’s letter, which reported finding $3 million to $5 million worth of undeposited money in a municipal office and criticized the city’s financial accountability system.

Assistant city manager Marty Lyons — who is also Evanston’s chief financial officer and treasurer — confirmed Saturday the backlog of deposits, which he said built up between January and mid-March last year. Lyons attributed it to the retirement of the revenue supervisor and a busy month of collections. He also said the total money amounted to only $2 million, of which less than $50,000 was in cash.

“Once the backlog of deposits was made known to the Treasurer, the deposits were made immediately, procedures were updated, and the City’s Auditor reported the issue to the City Council,”

Lyons said in the statement. “The City’s Finance operations are excellent and staff is always working on continuous improvement.”

The former employee’s claims — first reported Friday by the Chicago Tribune — were sent in a March 7 letter to five aldermen on the Administration and Public Works committee, the Illinois Attorney General’s office and the news website Evanston Now. In the letter, the former employee claims to have disclosed the incident in Evanston residents’ public interest. The ex-worker also requested whistleblower protection under a state law that shields employees who report “a violation of a State or federal law, rule, or regulation.”

Eileen Boyce, a spokeswoman for the attorney general’s office, confirmed receiving the letter, but declined to elaborate until the office had reviewed its contents.

“We’ve seen it and we are reviewing it,” she told The Daily.

Mayor Elizabeth Tisdahl did not respond to a request for comment.

The would-be whistleblower — who was employed with the city for more than a year — also could not be reached for » See COMPLAINTS, page 8

NU launches new Holmes apologizes after ethics claim scholarships site

By KRISTINA KARISCH

By ERICA SNOW

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Student Enrichment Services launched a website in early March to streamline the application process for various scholarships, including funds for Dance Marathon and Alternative Student Breaks.

The One Form portal allows students to enter their financial need information only once, which will save them the effort of repeating their financial story, SES director Kourtney Cockrell said. Cockrell said she began working on the portal about two years ago when she became the director of the office, because the application process for various funds was “emotionally exhausting and taxing.”

The form also increases transparency as students can see all the funding opportunities available to them on one page, Cockrell said.

The One Form includes applications for Chicago Field Studies, the Associated Student Government Student Engagement Award and scholarships for students in Interfraternity Council and Panhellenic Association.

Madisen Hursey, vice president of the NU Quest Scholars Network, said she has used the form to apply for the ASG Student Engagement Award.

Hursey said she appreciated the simplicity and navigability of the new interface compared to the various portals she previously had to go through.

“You only have to say your » See FUNDING, page 8

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Ald. Delores Holmes (5th) publicly apologized for using a city email to announce her endorsement of Robin Rue Simmons for 5th Ward alderman at a City Council meeting Monday night.

Her apology follows allegations of ethics violations leveled at Holmes and Simmons throughout the election campaign by various residents, including Carolyn Murray, who is also running for 5th Ward alderman. Murray and Simmons moved on from the field of five candidates in last month’s primary with the most votes and will face off in the general election on April 4.

At Monday’s meeting, Holmes said she did not realize her email would be sent to everyone on her mailing list, and apologized for

any confusion it may have caused.

She added that she did not intend for the endorsement to be sent through hewr official email, which was not marked with the city seal, but did include the 5th Ward logo Holmes has used in newsletters.

“I have never intentionally done anything unethical in my life,” Holmes said. “I waited until all of the forums … that involved 5th Ward candidates (were held) to make any kind of statement.”

During citizen comment, Murray also raised questions about the cancellation of last Tuesday’s Board of Ethics meeting, which was rescheduled for after the election. Mayor Elizabeth Tisdahl said the city moved the meeting because it could not achieve a quorum — the number of committee members needed for a vote to take place.

“There were at least three citizens’ complaints and concerns in » See COUNCIL, page 8

regards to the unethical violations directly related to this election,” Murray said. “Those citizens who raised the issues — especially if

they pertained to the election — should have been allowed to be heard prior to the election.”

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Ald. Delores Holmes (5th) at a City Council meeting. Holmes apologized for using a city email to endorse Robin Rue Simmons for 5th Ward alderman at a City Council meeting Monday night.

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Fountain Square renovations to begin next week

By DAVID FISHMAN

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After years of planning, Evanston will kick off its Fountain Square renovations next week with an estimated completion date for the end of the year.

The project, which has been in the works for at least two years, will cost about $6.6 million and begin on April 3 with sidewalk replacements, Public Works director Dave Stoneback said. The renovations — which will roughly double the size of the triangular median south of Davis Street — will turn the fountain area into a mini park, with outdoor furniture and new landscaping. Construction will occur in four phases, leading up to the project’s completion in December. “(The fountain) has always been considered to be a central part of the city; it’s always been an attraction,” Stoneback said. “(But) the existing area is somewhat outdated.”

The new Fountain Square area will include several modernizing amenities that will transform it into a central hub for Evanston residents, Stoneback said. Among the changes is a more decorative fountain, which will have water spouts that are level with the sidewalk. The fountain will also feature

computer-controlled jets and shifting colors that will change with the seasons, Stoneback said.

“They can be very lively and change colors at night,” he said. “Or they can be more peaceful, with the jets shooting up a foot high and they can kind of dance.

It’s not the Bellagio, but…”

To make the square more enticing, Stoneback said festoon lighting — trendy bulbs that hang from string or wire — would replace the current light poles. The poles will be moved to the triangular median south of Davis Street, currently occupied by foliage and shrubbery.

Construction workers will demolish two lanes of road to roughly double the size of that triangular median, turning it into a more accessible gathering place. Stoneback said the median will also include outdoor furniture, a small grassy area and permanent evergreen trees so the city doesn’t have to cut one down for Christmas.

Stoneback said the space would become a “more modern multi-use space for all residents of Evanston,” improving on an antiquated design.

The current square — which is located at the intersection of Sherman Avenue, Orrington Avenue and Davis Street — houses a more than 40-year-old fountain that is beginning to deteriorate. In addition, Stoneback said the existing fountains don’t work

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inspection, Dugan said.

Possible gun flashed at 48-year-old man in west Evanston

Attempted apartment burglary in south Evanston

A Skokie resident reported a man displayed to him what appeared to be a gun Friday after a traffic altercation in west Evanston.

The interaction took place between Church Street and Brown Avenue, but the suspect drove north on Brown Avenue, Evanston police Cmdr. Joseph Dugan said. The man was described as driving a green vehicle, and the Skokie resident was unsure if the object was a gun or not because it was dark outside.

Police found a vehicle that matched the description, but found no gun upon

There was an attempted burglary at an apartment complex in south Evanston between Thursday night and Friday morning.

Between 6 p.m. and 7 a.m., someone attempted to kick in the door of a construction area in the 1400 block of Dobson Street, Dugan said. The 51-year-old property manager said there were tools and other materials in the area, but nothing appeared to be missing.

There are no suspects, Dugan said. ­— Sophie Mann

properly and Veteran’s Memorial is hard to read.

As a result, city officials began looking into renovations more than two years ago and approved nearly $5 million in funding in October 2015. The project will be funded in part through tax increment financing, money collected through taxes by the city for public works. The remaining money will come from the General Obligation Funds for Capital Improvement Projects.

After workers complete Phase One — replacing sidewalks on Sherman Avenue, Orrington Avenue and Davis Street — around May 1, they will begin to demolish the current fountain and block off the area surrounding the square, resident engineer Tracy Wais said. Demolition work and sidewalk replacements will continue throughout the project.

Construction is scheduled to end by Dec. 1, but Wais said there would be about a week of final touches following completion. She added the timetable may shift up to a month due to inclement weather. “(Evanston) wants this to be the meeting spot,” Wais said. “They want to build around this new fountain and have it be a location to hold city events. …

They’re really trying to bring more unity down in the city center.” davidpkfishman@u.northwestern.edu

Evanston leads pack in early voting, clerk says

Lorraine H. Morton Civic Center had the most ballots in Cook County during the first week of early voting, according to a tweet from Cook County Clerk David Orr. Orr wrote in the tweet that 1,837 ballots had been cast at the Civic Center since early voting opened March 20. Evanston City Clerk Rodney Greene told The Daily that 2,070 early voting ballots had been cast

by Monday afternoon, about 4.4 percent of the city’s 47,000 registered voters.

Greene said low participation is expected because voters usually wait until election day to cast their ballots.

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Fountain Square is located at the intersection of Sherman Avenue, Orrington Avenue and Davis Street.

Next week, the city will begin a major renovation project to improve the Fountain Square area.

Although early voting will remain open until April 3, the number of early voting ballots cast this year has already surpassed that from both the 2013 and 2015 consolidated elections in Evanston, James Scalzitti, deputy communications director at the Cook County Clerk’s office, told The Daily in an email.

“The issues that are decided in local elections — how tax money is spent, if taxes are raised, if new libraries or sports facilities are built, for instance — and who makes these decisions, have a direct impact on the lives of suburban Cook County residents every day,” Orr said in a March 20 news release.

Evanston voters will elect a new mayor, city council and city clerk on April 4.

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ON CAMPUS NU, ASA promote financial literacy

By ALLYSON CHIU

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Northwestern students and alumni can now access a suite of digital tools to help them better manage their finances both before and after graduation, University administrators said in a news release.

A partnership between NU and American Student Assistance –– a nonprofit organization that aims to eliminate financial barriers to higher education –– was announced Thursday in the release.

The University joins more than 300 other colleges, universities, nonprofits and organizations across the country that are using ASA’s Salt program, said Allesandra Lanza, ASA’s director of communication. The free program provides financial support through various online tools that allow users to search for scholarships, understand how to repay student loans and learn about basic finance principles.

“More colleges are realizing that students really need this type of financial literacy and financial education to not only be successful as students, but to be successful once they leave the school,” Lanza said.

The growing focus on financial wellness, or programs designed to help people improve their financial behavior, is a trend on college and university campuses, said Brian Drabik, senior associate director of financial aid at NU. Introducing the Salt program to NU is part of an effort to expand the Office of Financial Aid’s financial wellness program, Drabik said. As a result of student feedback, the University decided it was necessary to provide more access to financial education, he said.

“When you think about a college education or university education, you’re leaving with a lot of tools to start your professional life,” he said. “Some of the educational experience doesn’t include some of these topics that everyone needs in order to have a successful financial future.”

Popular tools offered through the Salt program include a Repayment Navigator, which tracks a

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The Office of Financial Aid at 1801 Hinman Ave. The University announced a partnership with American Student Assistance to give students and alumni free access to a suite of digital financial support tools.

student’s loans and compares different repayment options, and live chats with financial aid counselors, Lanza said. The purpose of the program is to provide information in a “bite-sized” and understandable way, she said.

The Office of Financial Aid will send out a link via emails throughout April for NU students and alumni to access the portal, Drabik said. April is also national Financial Literacy Month, he said.

The program’s novel platform and wide variety of content, from educational courses to interactive games, was designed to appeal to students, said Tracy Drechsler, ASA’s manager of higher education partnerships.

“We hit the students with what they are in tune to,” Drechsler said. “They want it personalized. They want it relevant to their life and they want it to be mobile-friendly.”

Drabik said the program’s ability to be personalized is a “great” feature. After signing up, users complete a survey about which financial topics they want to prioritize receiving information about, and the program then makes recommendations of content based on the user’s answers, he said.

The program could benefit all students and alumni, regardless of their socioeconomic backgrounds, because it is important to have basic financial literacy, said Steffany Bahamon, president of NU Quest Scholars Network.

“Some people aren’t even aware of the fact that they don’t know this information, so just having those resources available will hopefully improve the financial wellness of people going forward,” the McCormick senior said. allysonchiu2018@u.northwestern.edu

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Engagement with NU-Q is essential TROY CLOSSON

DAILY COLUMNIST

This Spring Break I traveled to Northwestern’s campus in Doha, Qatar. As part of an annual, University-sponsored trip, Weinberg, Medill and School of Communication students learned about Doha’s history and explored aspects of Qatari society. We were embraced and shown around Doha by welcoming NU-Q students, and they illustrated that we shared even more in common than I’d imagined: from a freshman who was always the first to start dancing any time “Juju on That Beat” played, to a girl who loved laughing at memes with us, to a graduating senior who shared his passion for producing original electronic and rock music.

On the final day of the trip, I talked with a sophomore communication student who explained her plans to leave Doha after college.

Although other NU-Q students had expressed similar desires, she was the first I’d heard specifically refer to Doha as a “bubble” and reference that as part of the reason she was hoping to leave.

Living in the United States, and especially at a predominantly liberal campus like Northwestern, I often feel like I’m living in a bubble myself, surrounded by those with experiences and perspectives similar to my own. I was surprised, however, to hear that someone living in a region as culturally and ethnically diverse as the Middle East would view their environment as being a bubble, too.

Throughout the week, conversations with

students like Noura demonstrated that despite outward societal distinctions, from Evanston to Doha, countless similarities exist between both Northwestern student bodies in terms of not only viewpoints, but also school pride and community.

And as I learned more about NU-Q’s development in a region devoted to global research and education, while also gaining perspectives about matters on our own campus, I realized many seemingly Evanston-centric issues were just as pertinent in Doha.

In Evanston, unpopular initiatives such as the two-year live-in requirement have indicated a clear disparity between students and administrators in decision making. Similar problems at NU-Q — such as the lack of a cafeteria in their newly constructed building despite students’ appeals — illustrate that communication between administrators and students remains a common problem across campuses. While President Trump’s blatant challenges against U.S. media outlets continue to present possible challenges for journalists in and out of college, Qatar’s press laws, which discourage speaking out against bodies like the Qatari government, can also pose challenges for Qatari journalists, including students at NU-Q who study journalism and media.

Students at both NU-Q and Northwestern’s Evanston campus also face similar challenges navigating an international campus. When I spent the day with an NU-Q student who instructs a small English class to non-native speakers, I heard that many of her students are reluctant to make mistakes because of the perceptions about status that come with not speaking English, an experience that also affects students at

the Evanston campus raised in diverse linguistic backgrounds.

Although the two Northwestern campuses exist under a similar name and colors, my experience at NU-Q helped me see how alike we really are. For me, this was the most rewarding aspect of my week in Doha. As Spring Break began I traveled to NU-Q with few expectations of what student life at our international campus would look like, but toward the end of our trip I realized I had held underlying beliefs that NU-Q would be markedly different from Evanston’s campus.

More than 7,000 miles apart and with NU-Q’s student body consisting of fewer students than some of our introductory classes in Evanston, the two undeniably share distinctions. At the basis of the two campuses, however, are qualities and characteristics shared among Wildcats.

Moving forward, I believe experiences abroad are imperative in stimulating the development of greater cultural competence and a broader understanding of prevalent issues in other countries.

And as my experience at NU-Q illustrated, the development of global perspectives can illuminate similarities between students in regions that are often viewed as having large differences from U.S. society and provide a glimpse beyond the narrow, limited “bubble” of Evanston’s campus.

Troy Closson is a Medill freshman. He can be contacted at TroyClosson2020@u.northwestern. edu. If you would like to respond publicly to this column, send a Letter to the Editor to opinion@ dailynorthwestern.com. The views expressed in this piece do not necessarily reflect the views of all staff members of The Daily Northwestern.

At the ‘front lines’ of change in STEM SARAH RAPPAPORT

OP-ED CONTRIBUTOR

If your Facebook feed is anything like mine, it’s filled with horror stories of climate change deniers implementing devastating environmental policies, or anti-vaccination pushes yielding mumps outbreaks. I see policy decisions based on false or misunderstood science, and the first communities hurt often tend to be those most disadvantaged. My friends and I bemoan these decisions and the subtext is clear: how can we, as new college graduates, work toward a more equitable future for all in the face of general scientific illiteracy?

As a woman in an engineering department severely lacking in female and minority representation, I feel even more frustrated by the lack of progress to achieve equality in STEM, which is paramount to addressing and resolving scientific problems. While underrepresented communities have become increasingly involved in technical fields, engineering remains plagued by sexism and racism, both blatant and passive, on school campuses and the professional arena. As our nation faces massive scientific challenges — from climate change to infectious disease — we cannot afford to lose talented people in this critical sector. We also cannot allow students, regardless of background, to graduate from high school without a basic understanding of how science works, such that even those less interested in STEM have at least the general knowledge necessary to understand current issues.

The real disparities that exist in STEM begin before we even set foot on a college campus and begin our careers. My mother tells me that during her undergraduate days, she was asked why she was “taking up space” in a class that could be filled by a man. Though I am fortunate to have made it through 20 years of science and math while only rarely feeling differentiated by my gender, and have seen McCormick make efforts to correct these disparities, almost every woman I’ve met has an anecdote about female friends who drifted away from STEM for one reason or another, despite intelligence and aptitude. Middle school girls I’ve tutored are curious and excited about science, but tell me they’d never do it as a career. I personally very well know the feeling of being the “only one” in an engineering classroom.

It was this set of experiences that brought me to Teach For America, a nonprofit education initiative which places college graduates in highneed schools across the country. As a student in the highly pre-professional field of engineering, making the switch from preparing for Ph.D. programs or industry jobs to teaching mathematics in the Greater Puget Sound region of Washington state was challenging. I felt like I was abandoning the path that had been laid out for me. But after all I’ve learned about educational inequality, and all I’ve felt as a woman in STEM, the decision to bring my passion for science and math to a classroom was natural.

When I think about teaching, I know that the work will not be easy and educational equality won’t come without a fight on all of our parts. But NU is an incubator for leadership, enabling all of us to gain the skills and drive to enact real change.

As a student here, I’ve learned that leadership

takes many forms, and I feel compelled to take on the most important leadership position of my life thus far – shaping the next generation from the head of a classroom. Problems of educational inequality run deep: for example, even in the hub of scientific development that is my assigned region of Greater Puget Sound, young scientists still lack access to AP classes, hands-on learning and lab work due to systematic inequalities. By giving my students the tools to succeed academically, I hope to help them take on the 21st century’s increasingly complex technological challenges.

As NU students, we’re privileged to attend one of the top universities in the country. We gain rigorous training in many disciplines and leave our university capable of evaluating and solving hard problems. With this education can often come a preordained notion of what constitutes success, especially in technological fields. But for me, success in STEM comes in a variety of different forms. The future of STEM can move beyond the lab and into the classroom, and it is imperative that we leverage our expertise to help engage young scientists, especially those who have been systematically pushed away from the sciences. As a TFA math teacher, I’ll have an opportunity to work toward the future of STEM, not in a lab, but in a classroom on the front lines of change.

Sarah Rappaport is a McCormick and Bienen fifth year. She can be contacted at SarahRappaport2016@u.northwestern.edu. If you would like to respond publicly to this column, send a Letter to the Editor to opinion@dailynorthwestern.com. The views expressed in this piece do not necessarily reflect the views of all staff members of The Daily Northwestern.

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NU students, faculty should vote ‘yes’ on District 65 referendum

I’m part a diverse group of parents and grandparents; community, faith-based, business and educational leaders; and many other everyday Evanston residents supporting a grassroots effort to save our schools and protect our kids by voting “yes” for the District 65 referendum on election day.

Our committee and hundreds of volunteers have been knocking on thousands of doors, phone banking and talking to as many of our friends, family and neighbors as we possibly can to ensure that this passes. Our message comes down to what Bill Clinton once succinctly said: it’s about arithmetic.

Over the last 10 years, we’ve added 1,500 students to our district. It costs $20 million more annually to educate them, but only $3.5 million has been added to the property tax rolls, leading to a massive budget deficit.

While District 65 hasn’t asked for an operating referendum in 30 years, that streak must come to an end. After cutting $11 million out of its budget over the last several years, there are no more easy reductions to make. If this referendum fails, the district will be facing a $112 million budget deficit over the next eight years, which will mean incredibly dire consequences.

Class sizes would explode to 30 plus, schools could close, kids could be shifted to other schools and multi-grade classrooms, curriculum and enrichment programming slashed, free full day kindergarten eliminated and teachers laid off. Our only option is to save ourselves. Political paralysis has overtaken Springfield and Washington. State support for our public schools is a fraction of what is constitutionally mandated, and the new administration wants to take steps that will stress and not strengthen our public schools.

A “yes” vote on April 4 will keep our schools the strong, incredibly special institutions they are by balancing the district’s budget for the next eight years, bringing more innovation and technology to the classrooms, strengthening our core curriculum, continuing investments in enhancing equity and reducing the achievement gap, and investing in long overdue school capital projects.

The average District 65 property taxpayer will owe about $1.25 more a day.

As a Northwestern graduate, I know first-hand what an important role the University plays in our schools and in our community. For example, I have seen many Northwestern volunteers at Kingsley Elementary School where my daughter is in fourth grade. I think it is vital for the editorial board to make its voice heard because the future of our school system is at stake. I also think it’s important for Northwestern administrators, faculty and students to make their voices heard on April 4.

Whether you have kids in public elementary and middle schools right now or not, we cannot be the generation which lets our public schools fall apart. Our strong schools are the bedrock of our community, and one of the main reasons people buy homes and raise their families here.

This represents an investment in our kids, our community and our homes.

There’s a famous phrase that says service is the rent we pay for living on this Earth. We can certainly serve our next generation well by voting “yes” on April 4. I am. I’m urging you to vote “yes,” too.

— Andrew Ross School of Communication ’90 Committee to Save Our Schools member

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State Sen. Daniel Biss (D-Evanston) took a step in his gubernatorial campaign toward building “a movement of people” last week, holding a meet and greet with commuters at Evanston’s Main Street Metra station.

Biss launched his campaign for governor on March 20, citing a need to “take the state back” from billionaires and “machine politicians.” On March 21, Biss told The Daily he entered the race because he believes people can’t rely on the state to perform basic functions, such as opening schools, providing health care or passing a working budget.

“The state is at a pivotal moment,” Biss said. “We’re in crisis. People are being hurt every single day.”

Illinois has been operating for more than a year without an official state budget — save a six-month stopgap spending bill from June to December 2016 — which has led to funding cuts for child care, health care and education. The budget impasse led the state to have the worst credit rating in the nation, according to news reports.

David Barish, a Biss supporter, said Biss’s background in mathematics — which includes a bachelor’s degree from Harvard University and a doctorate in mathematics from Massachusetts Institute of Technology — was an “ideal” attribute to solve the state budget crisis. He also said he appreciated the job Biss has done in Springfield.

“If somebody is going to make difficult choices, it has to be somebody you feel ethically that you can trust to make those choices,” Barish said. “Rarely do we get that these days, (but) I think he’s one of those people.”

Nicki Bazer (Weinberg ’97), who volunteers for Biss, said she was drawn to the campaign because she has been impressed with the congressman’s leadership and focus on making life better for every Illinois resident. Biss has government experience and isn’t a very wealthy “gazillionaire,” so he understands the impact of various policies, Bazer said.

“We need someone who not only is focused on

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State Sen. Daniel Biss (D-Evanston) speaks to a supporter at a “meet and greet” last week in Evanston. Biss announced his gubernatorial bid last Monday through a Facebook Live video.

solving problems right now … but also thinks about where our state could and should be 10, 20, 30 years from now and brings that vision to Illinois,” Bazer said.

Biss served in the Illinois House from 2011 to 2012 and has been in the state Senate since 2013. He has been an outspoken critic of Bruce Rauner, the current Republican governor who has been at the forefront of the state for the past two years and will seek another term.

Last week, Biss called Rauner a failed governor and said one of his primary concerns was holding politicians in Springfield accountable. Biss said his campaign will focus on involving people all across the state, and that he hopes to harness an “unbelievable flowering” of activist passion and energy.

“If we’re going to build a movement, we have to be everywhere,” he said. “We have to listen everywhere, (and) we have to include everyone.”

The gubernatorial primary will be held in March 2018, after which the top Democratic candidate will likely take on Rauner in the general election. ryanw@u.northwestern.edu

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MADNESS After a seven-decade wait, Northwestern finally made its first NCAA Tournament after a schoolrecord 23 regular season wins. The Wildcats, the No. 8 seed in the West Region, made history and memories by defeating Vanderbilt, 68-66, in a first round thriller. Junior guard Bryant McIntosh put on a show, scoring 25 points. He hit a pair of free throws in the final moments to help push NU to victory after

a miscommunication caused the Commodores to foul leading by a point. The Cats’ magic ran out two days later, however, as NU couldn’t quite complete a comeback from a 22-point first half deficit against top-seeded Gonzaga. Still, NU had its most successful season ever and is likely to be even better next year.

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groups in London, hosted by the Medill School of Journalism, the School of Communication and Global Health, Friend told The Daily last week.

Medill Prof. Karen Springen, who led the Medill group, said her students were visiting Shakespeare’s hometown, Stratford-upon-Avon, at the time of the attack. However, many of them received news notifications about the attack and quickly notified NU administrators and their families that they were safe, she said.

The School of Communication group was on its way to a media company when it heard the news, said Stephanie Uriostegui, a Communication sophomore who was on the trip. Uriostegui said she did not know the severity of the attack until she heard a news report in her hotel later that day.

“The immediate reaction was shock,” Uriostegui said. “Most of us were there the past couple days because (Westminster) is a very touristy area … so

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financial need one time, which is really nice because it can be really annoying to tell, basically, a computer over and over again why you need money,” the Weinberg sophomore said.

Cockrell said the Northwestern Career Advancement office is working to include two opportunities on the One Form: the Career Development Fund, a way for students to receive financing for travel expenses to career-related events, and the Summer Internship Grant Program, which awards funding to students with unpaid summer internships.

The form took two years to create because it

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comment. It was not immediately clear why the employee stopped working for the city.

The ex-worker alleged city officials had violated the state Public Funds Deposit Act, which requires that “cash receipts be deposited within two working days of receipt,” according to the letter. The former employee said 35 days of undeposited checks and cash had been left in “unsecure locations” without being counted or verified.

The former employee also claimed city officials brushed off the incident and went into “minimize mode.”

After being informed of the backlog, Lyons said he instructed staff to deposit the cash within two business days and the checks by the end of the next week. He also denied that any money had been left in unsecured locations, and said nothing had been lost or stolen in the process.

“Since this time, the new Revenue Manager has updated all cash management functions/duties and no backlogs have occurred,” Lyons said in the statement.

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it’s kind of like, oh, that could’ve been yesterday or the day before, when we actually had time to roam around by ourselves.”

Springen said students were told to avoid the area near Westminster Bridge while investigations were taking place. Travel plans were not altered significantly and students were able to continue with their scheduled programming throughout the trip, she said.

“Parliament is apparently carrying on, and we’re carrying on,” she said last week while still in England.

Back in Evanston, Friend said she watched the news for updates and assisted in checking with the travel leaders and students studying in London. The Office of Global Safety and Security monitors the news whenever students are abroad, and especially after an attack, she said.

Friend added she “wasn’t terribly worried” when she first saw news of the attack because she had the groups’ itineraries, and knew none were scheduled to be in the Westminster area. However, Friend said it was an essential part of the office’s protocol to check in with all of the groups.

“One of the most important things that we do is that we want to remind students to check in with their families,” Friend said. “When something is attracting significant media attention, we know that that is going to raise concerns and anxiety from parents, and we also know that students may be busy.”

Friend’s office also works to prepare trip leaders before they leave. Before departure, leaders are required to complete a training program in health and wellness, and risk management to prepare for emergency situations, Friend said. Following the attack, trip leaders were given recommendations about how to stay safe and were reminded of ways to arrange for counseling if any student requested it, she said.

Springen said she felt administrators were “very involved” throughout the process and that the attack did not impact their trip significantly.

“I certainly feel like we have a lot of support back at home in Evanston, and I think the students feel that way, too,” Springen said.

required the collaboration of different NU offices, such as the Office of Financial Aid and the Office of the Registrar, Cockrell said. In addition, the website had to be secure because it handles sensitive financial information, she said.

The ultimate goal is to have more departments include their scholarship opportunities on the One Form, Cockrell said.

“I’m hoping that this fund will attract more and more units and departments to try and sign on as a partner,” she said.

Steffany Bahamon, president of the NU Quest Scholars Network, helped Cockrell develop the form and said the new portal helps students learn about new financial opportunities.

“We’ve gotten a lot of input from other students saying that besides the fact that it’s now easier to apply to all these different funds, it’s also easier to find them,” the McCormick senior said, “which is really important because oftentimes people wouldn’t even know that these funds exist.”

Bahamon said the form includes a wide variety of funding opportunities from different organizations, and added she would like to see the form grow.

“I would like everything to become as centralized as possible, so that whoever needs to use the form can find it and easily access these funds,” Bahamon said.

have been raised at various times throughout the campaign. Most recently, two 5th Ward residents, Sophia and Thomas Jenkins, sued Simmons over allegedly abandoning a home-renovation contract.

The lawsuit concerns renovations Simmons had been hired to perform on their house in 2012, when she owned now-defunct construction company Signature Construction Services, Inc. The company was involuntarily dissolved in 2014, according to state documents.

The lawsuit asks for Simmons to pay the pair nearly $65,000 in damages, for what court documents describe as renovations done in a “negligent and/or unworkmanlike manner.”

Simmons said she saw the lawsuit as a “political hit,” because of its filing so close to the election.

She said the Jenkinses issued several additional orders for work, which she had planned to charge for.

“There was a cost for the additional work that (Thomas Jenkins) didn’t agree to pay for,” Simmons said. “At that time, I stopped working.”

At the same City Council meeting, officials voted to approve a loan for Kabul House, an Afghan restaurant scheduled to open at 2424 Dempster St. — the former site of Chicken and Waffles. The $50,000 loan will cover costs associated with the restaurant’s buildout.

Though the committee ended up approving the loan, Ald. Mark Tendam (6th) — who is running for mayor — voted against it, saying it “sets a bad example.” He added that the loan would encourage other businesses to apply for money they did not necessarily need.

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The former employee also raised concerns about the city’s property tax revenue system. The ex-worker claimed that city officials intentionally misstated financial statements, because they “could not afford to lose the revenue or the fund balance.”

Toward the end of the letter, the former employee listed several recommendations for improving Evanston’s finance systems. One of those included an audit and finance committee that would “review in more detail the annual audit” and review “internal control weaknesses.”

The ex-worker also suggested devising an “independent and anonymous” means for reporting incidents, like an anonymous hotline or reporting vehicle.

Currently, the former employee said, staff can only disclose “fraud, suspected theft and internal control weaknesses” up through the chain of command.

Lyons said the former employee shared these concerns while on the job and that they had been “reviewed by staff and the City’s Auditors as appropriate.” City manager Wally Bobkiewicz deferred to the statement and declined to elaborate. davidpkfishman@u.northwestern.edu

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The District 202 Board will consider a policy next month that would allow transgender students to use locker rooms that align with their gender.

On March 16, the Board Policy Committee addressed the issue for the first time, drawing an unusually large crowd of more than 60 people.

The committee — joined by a few board members, Superintendent Eric Witherspoon and Principal Marcus Campbell — decided to draft new language that would better support its gender discrimination policy. That language will be presented to the full board at its meeting next month.

As of now, the district has a policy to prevent gender discrimination and a set of practices used to carry out that policy. Based on those practices, transgender students at Evanston Township High School may use the bathroom of their choice, but must request access to a separate locker room.

“We are at the critical decision point,” said Gretchen Livingston, an ETHS board member who sits on the Policy Committee. “I believe our existing policy allows for transgender students to use the locker room of their gender identity, but we are not letting that happen.”

Livingston, who is running for re-election, expressed frustration over the board’s failure to address the issue. Last month, she told The Daily she had made two written requests to discuss the gender policy. Though an official policy had been drafted in fall 2015, the board cancelled a meeting to discuss the issue last summer, citing legal advice.

Jennifer Smith, an attorney who represents the district, said ETHS had delayed action because of a “rapidly evolving” legal landscape and an impending Supreme Court decision. But after the court sent the case back to the appeals court earlier this month, she said the issue would not likely be resolved any time soon.

In addition, President Donald Trump’s administration last month revoked federal guidelines allowing transgender students to use the bathrooms and locker rooms that align with their gender identity.

“The law has been rapidly evolving literally month to month,” Smith said at the March 16 meeting. “There are risks on all sides. … I very much think that with risks on all sides (the district is) basically free to go forward.”

During the public comment period, about 10 ETHS students and community members gave impassioned speeches in support of a new policy. Biz Lindsay-Ryan, an Evanston equity consultant, said the district should do more to support transgender students given the current political climate.

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“Many gender-expansive kids are bullied regularly, they often feel unsafe at school and have an incredibly high dropout rate,” she said.

“The psychological impact of having a policy that unequivocally stands up for you goes a long way.

It affirms their identity and their right to exist.”

Lindsay-Ryan added that a separate locker room relegates many students to “isolation.”

Grey Miller, an ETHS freshman who is transgender, said using the separate locker room makes him feel different. He commended the district for its current policies, but implored it to “affirm our humanity” by extending them to locker rooms.

“I often think of a future where having a third locker room is going to be like horrendous,” Miller said. “Bathrooms and locker rooms have been a civil rights issue for pretty much every marginalized group of people and it’s important that ETHS is on the right side of history.” davidpkfishman@u.northwestern.edu

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Among the crowds of 16,952 and 18,565 that attended the Cats’ games against Vanderbilt and Gonzaga, respectively, fans wearing all shades and variations of NU apparel packed their assigned cheering section and scattered throughout the rest of the arena. Wooed by the team’s Cinderella-esque reputation, many other teams’ fans and unaffiliated Salt Lake City residents seemed to jump on board, too.

The result was a sight that nearly brought coach Chris Collins to tears when he first walked onto the court, and again later in the press conference following the dramatic win over Vanderbilt.

“When I walked out and saw all that purple out

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foundation for something bigger.

“We know we deserve to be here. And we played like it in the second half,” Law said. “We had all the pieces to be special. … This is just a building block, this is just the beginning.”

Much of that stems from the Cats’ young core. Only senior forwards Sanjay Lumpkin and Nathan Taphorn will depart at the end of the year, as NU’s young pieces enter the offseason with an opportunity to develop.

And though next year’s team may look remarkably similar to this season’s group, the perception will be different.

“Coming into this year, one of our Chicago papers told us … that we would be the third best team in the Ivy League, and we proved that wrong right away,” McIntosh said.

There will be still be doubters, but the pervading sentiment will have changed.

NU’s loss to Gonzaga may represent the end of one fairy tale, but it also ushers in a new era of Northwestern basketball — an era in which the Cats no longer have to answer for years of futility, but can instead pursue success like any other big-time program.

On Selection Sunday, Collins said NU had put itself on the national map with its first ever tournament bid, and had no intention of leaving.

After taking the region’s top seed to the wire on basketball’s biggest stage, the Cats did more than simply end their season with the resilience that characterized their historic campaign.

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TUESDAY, MARCH 28, 2017 there, it got me for a second,” Collins said. “It just showed what a special place we’re at and how much support this team has gotten from all the NU fans and alums all over the country.”

Collins credited the fans’ energy for motivating his team down the stretch of the first-round game, when his players were tired and his team was trying to cling to a lead. And in the second-round matchup, when the tables were flipped and the Cats needed support to rally back from an 18-point halftime deficit, the fans proved able to help with that, too.

Senior forward Sanjay Lumpkin’s steal and dunk in the opening minutes of the second half brought NU’s Section 117 to its feet with a roar — and, at that point, their team was still down by 15.

As the deficit dropped into single digits, fans — led by a visibly fired-up Pat Fitzgerald, who attended both

games despite flying back to campus in between — alternated between outrage at several controversial calls and ecstasy with their team’s improbable comeback effort against top-seeded Gonzaga.

The six stories, apple green seats and snow-capped mountain backdrop outside didn’t much resemble the familiar aged confines of Welsh-Ryan Arena that many Cats supporters said goodbye to the weekend before, but for two afternoons, the Salt Lake City facility colloquially known as “The Vivint” transformed into a second home for NU. “It was unbelievable to look up in the stands and hear the chants about us,” Lumpkin said. “It was awesome to … just be here, and knowing that our fans have our back like that, it was awesome.”

They also provided the perfect launching point for whatever is to follow.

“The sky is the limit for this program,” Lumpkin said. “This is just the start of Northwestern basketball and I am just so proud of

these guys and our fight all season. I will be an alumni, but I can’t wait to watch where this program goes.”

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She said the season has been building up to her scoring her first career goal, and she expects the rest of the defense to follow suit in the attack.

“Every game, defense gets together and we say ‘we’re gonna go,’” Quinn said. “We’ve had the confidence, and I saw the lane. I saw the opportunity, and I took it.”

The Cats went into halftime trailing the Cardinals 5-3, when Amonte Hiller gathered her team.

Her halftime speech woke the players up as NU responded, getting 4 goals from four different players in a three minute span.

But NU’s lead didn’t last long. The Cats couldn’t contain Louisville attacker Hannah Koloski, who scored four goals Sunday, two of which came in the second half to tie the game at 7.

The Cardinals then took the lead late in the half.

But Louisville’s lead didn’t last either, as Quinn notched her second career goal just 26 seconds later.

Quinn’s tally was just the start.

The Cats went on to score 4-straight goals to give them a 12-8 lead. Following the game, Quinn said the success of the sophomore class stems from their close relationship and the bonds they have developed over the past two years.

“It’s team chemistry, we’re all living together, we’re with each other 24/7,” Quinn said. “We’ve been building on that, we’re with each other every day.” danwaldman@u.northwestern.edu

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Northwestern’s starters huddle at half court. Four of the team’s starters will return in 2017-18 as the Wildcats look to build on their recent success.

losing in straight sets, the match fell to Vandixhorn and Seidman in their respective third sets.

Ultimately, it was Vandixhorn who recovered, dropping just one game in the final set and winning 6-3, 3-6, 6-1.

Despite the late test Sunday, the Cats opening Big Ten weekend saw them in a rhythm, revealing both their star power and the depth needed to contend for a conference championship.

“We’re heading in the right direction,” Zieba said. “We have good momentum to move forward and as we play more matches in the Big Ten hopefully we can keep it up.” jochnau@u.northwestern.edu

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Purple wave lifts NU Thousands travel to support Cats in Utah

By BEN POPE

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SALT LAKE CITY — The scoreboard showed a 5-point deficit for Northwestern, down from 22 earlier in the game. The clock read 5:29.

And from the March Madness logo at center court to the retired Utah Jazz jerseys hanging from the rafters, Salt Lake City’s Vivint Smart Home Arena — located nearly 1,300 miles from Evanston — reverberated with a chant of “Let’s Go Cats.”

Five and a half minutes later, after the Wildcats’ rally against Gonzaga fell just short, after a magical season of unprecedented success for NU ended, after fans gave each player a standing ovation as they walked off the court, sophomore forward Vic Law took a moment to appreciate

the week’s purple migration to the central valley of Utah.

“As much as we deserved the fans flying out here and giving us as much love as they did, they deserve just as much credit as we do,” Law said. “When you get all your famous alumni to come back and support you, when you get all the previous teams to come back and watch the games, I just feel like the fans were so special and that they were right in the game with us.”

NCAA Tournament tickets are sold for two-game sessions instead of individual games, which equates to the arena being divided among four fan bases even while watching only two teams at a time. For that reason, as well as the fact that all eight universities playing in the Salt Lake City regional were located more than a 10-hour drive away, establishing a vocal majority in the crowd can be difficult, if not impossible. » See CROWD, page 10

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NU hopes tourney run leads to future success

By GARRETT JOCHNAU

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SALT LAKE CITY — For a brief moment, it appeared as though the Wildcats were on the brink of the impossible.

And for a Northwestern team that overcame injuries and slumps to tally a program-best 24 wins and qualify for its first-ever NCAA Tournament, an improbable comeback against top-seeded Gonzaga would only have built on a prevailing dream.

But the Cats’ final push, which saw a 20-point deficit sliced to 5, fell just short, shattering the team’s tournament hopes and ending its season.

Yet, beneath the disappointing 79-73 result, the competitive close offered final

proof that NU basketball has emerged from decades of futility.

“To me, the second half ... is who this group was all year long,” coach Chris Collins said. “They took me on an amazing ride.”

The second-round battle saw no shortage of emotion. And from it all emerged an aura of finality, palpable as the Cats’ core trio of sophomore forward Vic Law and junior guards Bryant McIntosh and Scottie Lindsey exited in the final minute to a chorus of applause.

But the conclusion bore little resemblance to those of previous years. There was disappointment and heartbreak, but also an underlying sense of happiness — a realization that, with the season in the rearview, NU’s dramatic finish set the » See BRIGHT FUTURE, page 10

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Sophomores lead NU to victory Depth powers Cats to

By DAN WALDMAN

daily senior staffer @dan_waldman

Northwestern has struggled all season to hold onto leads and separate from its opponents. But a spark Saturday from the Wildcats’ sophomore class may have solved that issue.

No. 16 NU (5-5, 1-0 Big Ten) got past Louisville (9-4, 1-2 ACC) in a 12-8 back-and-forth contest that followed the script of the Cats’ season as they exchanged leads throughout.

NU needed to win Sunday to bring the team’s record back to even and give the team its first pair of consecutive wins since the opening two weeks of the season. But the task wouldn’t be easy against the Cardinals’ scoring defense, which ranked 13th in the nation allowing just 8.75 goals per game entering the match.

And less than three minutes into the game, Louisville struck first.

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The Cats needed a response, and sophomore attacker Liza Elder answered.

Elder, who missed nearly all of last season with a lower body injury, scored twice in Sunday’s contest, giving NU an unexpected offensive catalyst. With junior midfielder Selena Lasota injured and senior attacker Christina Esposito unable to singlehandedly shoulder the offensive load, the Cats have sought contributions from elsewhere.

“We’re all just boosting each other up, and through that, we’re all getting a lot more confident in our play,” Elder said.

“Our coach just talked to us about we all have to make plays for each other, and work for each other. And as soon as we wanted to do that, it all clicked.”

With the Cats trailing by a goal with under five minutes remaining in the first half, sophomore defender Claire Quinn took advantage of a free-position opportunity, driving hard with her left hand and ripping a shot past the Louisville goalkeeper.

Coach Kelly Amonte Hiller said Quinn’s goal was a huge momentum swing for the team, as the defenders have made it a season-long goal to join the scoring party.

“This is the first game we’ve had defenders score in,” Amonte Hiller said. ”They’ve had that as a goal for themselves … they just were able to step up, find the openings and finish their shots.”

Quinn’s goal was the first of her NU career, and knotted the game at 3-3.

The sophomore, who leads the team in ground balls, also anchored the team’s defense, flying across the field to stifle Louisville’s shooters. » See LACROSSE, page 10

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Claire Quinn brings the ball up the field. The sophomore defender scored her first career goal in NU’s win Sunday.

pair of weekend wins

By GARRETT JOCHNAU

daily senior staffer @garrettjochnau

Northwestern’s star senior trio made waves entering the 2016-17 season, but with Sam Shropshire sidelined for the opening of Big Ten play, the Wildcats found decisive boosts from younger contributors in recent matches against Purdue and Indiana.

After a historic 10-0 start to the season, NU struggled against the nation’s best, closing non-conference play on a 2-6 slide.

But with an easy weekend slate to open league play, the Cats rediscovered their winning ways, sweeping the Boilermakers in Evanston and dropping the Hoosiers 4-2 on the road.

“In the Big Ten you can’t give up any spots because it’s always so close,” coach Arvid Swan said. “I’m pleased with the level of preparation that we had and the level of competitive effort that we’re giving.”

Swan declined to comment on Shropshire’s status. But without the senior’s veteran presence, NU was forced to shuffle its lineup and lean on its depth in both contests.

Against Purdue on Friday, the team rattled off a quick doubles point. Sophomore Ben Vandixhorn and senior Konrad Zieba opened with a 6-3 decision at No. 2, before sophomore Michael Lorenzini and freshman Chris Ephron clinched the point with a 7-5 win at No. 3.

In singles competition, Zieba found himself locked in a first set battle at No. 2.

And though senior Strong Kirchheimer flexed his veteran prowess with a swift 6-3, 6-0 win at No. 1, it was ultimately the Cats’ newer contributors who sealed the victory.

Freshman Dominik Stary won 6-2, 6-3 at No. 3 to give NU its second point,

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and after Kirchheimer closed his victory, sophomore Jason Seidman delivered in straight sets to secure the sweep.

“We played really well,” Zieba said. “We had a good week of practice and I think that really helped us this weekend. We competed hard at all our spots.”

A similar narrative followed the Cats on Sunday in Bloomington.

The teams of Stary and Kirchheimer, and Lorenzini and Ephron notched doubles wins to give NU the leg up heading into singles play.

At Nos. 1, 4 and 5, Zieba, Vandixhorn and Seidman raced out to early first set leads. But Indiana challenged after an uninspired start to score second set wins against Vandixhorn and Seidman and pushing Zieba — who conceded just one game in the first set — to the brink of a tiebreaker.

“I didn’t really feel like I was playing that much worse,” Vandixhorn said. “It just came down to a few points here and there at the beginning of the set and that kind of set the tone for the rest of the set.”

Eventually Zieba secured a 7-5 secondset victory, while Kirchheimer pulled through with a 6-4, 6-3 win at No. 1.

But with Lorenzini and Stary each » See TENNIS, page 10