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Evanston property assessments rise Residents, property owners worry tax bill will increase By CASSIDY WANG

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Robert Crown Community Center, 1701 Main St. Construction on the complex now totals more than $53 million.

Residents protest Crown cost

Concerns raised about potential tax burden of new community center By EMMA EDMUND

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Evanston residents used public comment time at Monday’s City Council meeting to protest the cost of the new Robert Crown Community Center, voicing concerns about the tax burden on residents and urging aldermen to reconsider some financial decisions. During the meeting, aldermen discussed and voted to raise

the debt ceiling and introduced an ordinance to authorize bonds issuance that would help fund the Robert Crown. The project now totals more than $53 million and includes a library branch and turf field. Evanston resident Misty Witenberg worried there were not enough community meetings to discuss the issue, and said the public was not given enough space to voice its opinions. She also said the media releases she received did not give her enough notice to be heard in a public

setting. “Let’s not pretend that this project is not for the very wealthiest in Evanston, whose children ice skate, play hockey and attend the private schools that get first access to these facilities,” Witenberg said. “It’s subsidized by our most vulnerable residents through budget and service cuts, and our increases in property taxes and fees.” 9th ward resident Lenny Lamkin, who identified himself as a low-income senior citizen, raised concerns that he would be

unable to afford the direct annual tax that would pay the principal of and interest on the bonds that include funding for Robert Crown. The authorization for the levy and collection of the tax would be provided through the bonds issuance ordinance the Council is set to consider April 22. “We need a new Robert Crown Center,” Lamkin said. “It was out-of-date when my kids, who are now in their 30s, » See PROTEST, page 6

Both residential and commercial property values have increased in the recent reassessment period, causing many residents and commercial property owners to worry that their 2020 tax bill will increase. Cook County Assessor Fritz Kaegi completed the assessment for Evanston, along with New Trier Township and Norwood Park Township, for the first time this reassessment period, which comes every three years. The median percentage of assessed Evanston residential property values increased by 9 percent since 2016. In a response to residents’ fears of future financial uncertainty, Scott Smith, the chief communications officer of the Cook County Assessor’s Office, said the assessor’s office is striving to publicize evaluation methods and be transparent with residents by holding public meetings — which the office has not done in the past. Smith said residential assessments generally rise with

increases in market value. The residential assessments were up around 25 percent, which corresponds to a 23.5 percent increase in market value, Smith said. “The problem with doing triennial assessments, we only do this part of the county once every three years,” Smith said. “So you’ve got three years of market forces that are happening between the last time you got an assessment notice from us and now. But you look at the average increase in market value, the assessments are roughly going up the same amount.” Another explanation for the increase of property values could be the change in capitalization rates, or the ratio of income produced by a piece of property and its original price, which is used to determine a property’s value. Small variations in the cap rate could significantly change the property’s value; Smith said there were errors in determining cap rates in the previous assessment. “The capitalization rates we used the last time Evanston was assessed were out of sync with industry standards,” Smith said. Assessors looked at comparable properties across the country that had cap rates that were far lower than the rates the office had used previously, he said. To » See ASSESSMENTS, page 5

How wealth can help admissions

Dobbel launches ASG campaign

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When Christian Reyes expressed an interest in applying to ten colleges, his college counselor at J. Sterling Morton East High School in Cicero, Illinois, where over 90 percent of students are low-income, was not supportive. The counselor told the current SESP senior that applying to any more than one community college, one junior college and one state college was excessive. Meanwhile, three years later in Washington, D.C., at Sidwell Friends School, an elite prep school where annual tuition exceeds $40,000, Anna Cork knew she was allowed to apply to a maximum of only nine schools. Students are capped at nine for fear of increasing intra-school competition among students applying to some of the nation’s most prestigious colleges. Last month’s college admission scandal, in which wealthy parents were indicted for their involvement in a scheme to cheat on college entrance exams and bribe athletic officials, has ignited a conversation about the deep-rooted inequities of higher education access.

Both Reyes, a first-generation college student and co-president of Quest+, and Cork, a Weinberg freshman, ended up at Northwestern. But their admissions paths were vastly different, an illustration of the advantages money can buy in the admissions process.

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Though no bribes were offered and no athletic pictures were photoshopped, Cork had advantages in the college admissions process all the same. Sidwell employs three full-time college counselors to handle classes of approximately 120 seniors, assigned during a student’s junior year. Cork’s counselor helped her pick schools, displayed testing and grade data to ensure that her choices were realistic and edited her college essays and supplements. Cork said having a college counselor was immeasurably important to her admission to Northwestern, and also noted that her high school had a vested interest in her success.The school’s prestige is contingent on its students’ success in the college admissions process, she said, so the counselors take their jobs very seriously. » See WEALTH, page 6

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SESP juniors Izzy Dobbel and Adam Davies running uncontested By ATUL JALAN

SESP juniors Izzy Dobbel and Adam Davies on Monday announced their candidacy for Associated Student Government President and Executive Vice President, respectively. The pair are currently running uncontested, though the candidacy announcement period will run until Tuesday night. The last time a candidate ran unopposed was 2017. Dobbel is the former vice president of A-status finances. During her term, she spearheaded the ASG response to the University budget crisis, in which approximately $26,000 was allocated to affected groups, and led an overhaul of the student group funding system, which replaced the current A- and B-status division with a five-tiered, event-based system. She also implemented the acceptance of Venmo as a form of payment for events put on by certain student groups. Davies is the current Secretary for Men Against Rape and Sexual Assault and serves

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SESP junior Izzy Dobbel and her running mate Adam Davies, also a SESP junior. The two are currently running uncontested for ASG President and Executive Vice President.

on the Gender Queer, NonBinary, Transgender Task Force, which was founded in part due to Davies’ work within the University. Davies also led a protest against Sigma Alpha Epsilon, a fraternity on campus, following multiple reports of alleged sexual assaults and druggings at the fraternity house and

worked to increase the number of gender-open bathrooms on campus during their time as the Rainbow Alliance senator within ASG. “Our overwhelming theme is finding ways to bring justice and a voice to people who are marginalized on campus,” Davies said. “That could be space allocation for dance

groups or a house for LGBTQ students or course affordability so that everyone can take the courses they need to take on campus.” Their campaign will focus on three pillars: health, community and academics, Dobbel said. The goal, Dobbel explained, is » See CANDIDATES, page 6

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City approves settlement for man hit by police car By ANDRES CORREA

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City officials approved a $1.25 million settlement with Paul Caldwell at a Monday City Council meeting, three years after he was struck by a vehicle being pursued by two Evanston police officers. On April 3, 2016, Caldwell was crossing the pedestrian crosswalk at the intersection of North Sheridan Road and Greenleaf Avenue, according to court documents, when he was hit by the vehicle the officers were pursuing. Robert Winter, one of Caldwell’s attorney, told the Daily in 2017 that the incident began when two on-duty Evanston police officers pursued a vehicle for a license plate that expired several days earlier. He said the police officers were going to use that as their probable cause to curb the vehicle; however, the driver fled, and the pursuit entered Chicago. According to a lawsuit filed by Caldwell, the officers engaged in the pursuit without using the car’s sirens to signal a car chase. The officers broke several laws, including violating traffic laws, failing to stop at stop signs and speeding. In trying to evade the police, the vehicle drove past a red

POLICE BLOTTER Man arrested for trespassing in Clark Street apartment A man was arrested for trespassing in the 800 block of Clark Street on Thursday morning. Employees of Evanston Neighborhood Properties, LLC, called the Evanston Police Department to report that a known offender had entered an unoccupied apartment at 808 Clark St., Evanston police Cmdr. Ryan Glew said. The man, 58-year-old Chicago resident Johnnie Walker, entered the apartment at about 8:25 a.m., Glew said. It’s unclear how Walker gained entry

light at the intersection where Caldwell was hit. Winter said this pursuit was not necessary because the driver did not violate any traffic laws. “The police were speeding and running stop signs and at least one red light all in Chicago,” Winter said in an email to The Daily. “All over an expired registration.” In court filings, Evanston sought to place blame on Caldwell, saying he was negligent and responsible for his own injuries. A lawyer for the city said Caldwell “failed to take proper evasive action to avoid impact with a vehicle” and failed to take “caution for his own safety,” according to Evanston Patch. In a March 2018 filling, the city admitted the stop light was red at the time, contradicting earlier denials, according to Patch. It also said it was stopping the vehicle for a minor traffic violation. According to the Evanston Police Department policy manual, officers are authorized to initiate a pursuit when “it is reasonable to believe a suspect is attempting to evade arrest, where the suspect is believed to have committed or attempted to commit a forcible felony.” The manual also says that officers involved in a pursuit must be able to justify their actions at all times. Winter said Caldwell suffered multiple fractures requiring multiple surgeries. Winter told the Daily in 2017 that his client suffered a broken nose

to the residence. An employee of Evanston Neighborhood Properties encountered Walker in the building, Glew said. As Walker had been verbally aggressive to the employee before and had been caught trespassing in the same apartment on Jan. 22, Glew said the employee immediately called police. Police arrived, placed Walker in handcuffs and transported him to the police station, where he was charged with trespassing, Glew said. It was later discovered that Walker had called police earlier, Glew said, complaining that Evanston Neighborhood Properties employees had stolen two bags he had left in the unoccupied apartment the previous Friday.

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According to the memo from Evanston corporation counsel Michelle Masoncup, the $1.25 million will come from the city’s insurance fund.

and his head landed on the a satchel full of sheet music, which he believes saved his life. According to the memo from Evanston corporation counsel Michelle Masoncup, the $1.25 million will come from the city’s insurance fund.

The memo also stated that in accepting the settlement and payment, the city nor the officers claim liability.

Cell phone stolen from Target

Police responded Thursday morning to a report of a phone stolen from the Target in the 1600 block of Sherman Avenue. Glew said an employee called police to report that a Boost Mobile cell phone, valued at about $130, had been stolen from the store Wednesday night. CCTV captured footage of a known offender entering the store at about 7:43 p.m. and taking the phone before leaving without paying, Glew said. Police currently do not have anyone in custody.

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Students use Insta to showcase fashion By PRANAV BASKAR

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Move over, Vogue: there’s a new dynasty of fashion forces to reckon with at Northwestern. They’re harnessing the power of digital media to build professional connections, secure brand deals and to express themselves. Annie Gao, SESP sophomore, is one example. She works with College Fashionista — a network of influential college students with experience in the fields of fashion, beauty and digital media, according to the organization’s Instagram page. Gao said after she was accepted to College Fashionista’s team, she was added to a private Facebook page to meet other fashion-forward college students. In the group, Gao said people exchanged Instagram handles, forging new relationships and drawing inspiration from the fashion community. “It’s a great way to build a network,” Gao said. “I definitely get inspiration from other users.” Gao said her identity has been central to the work she does, and, more broadly, it is tied to her core values about fashion. Her philosophy is simple — she’s just “doing her.” And that ideology is reflected in the work she’s does for College Fashionista, most of which, she said, involves producing unique highlight reels for her Instagram story. “I’m also an ambassador for a swimsuit company that reached out to me in high school,” Gao said. “But when it comes to sponsorships, I choose carefully; I want to make sure the clothing is good quality and sustainable.” Gao is just one of a growing community of digital influencers at Northwestern — though some, like Weinberg junior Olivia Pura, eschew that title. Pura said that while she doesn’t necessarily consider herself an “influencer,” she still sees fashion as an important form of self-expression. Pura said she’s appreciated the opportunity to travel and work with different companies,

including Jovani Fashions and PINK from Victoria’s Secret. A former Miss Illinois Teen USA, Pura said she found her affinity for fashion early on in pageantry — and has stuck since. But when it comes to her career, Pura said she’s excited to pursue her true passion — science. “I don’t take my social media too seriously overall — at the end of the day, it’s only a highlight of someone’s life,” she said. “My social media is still me, but it’s definitely a selective part of my day-to-day, so it’s important to be honest.” Gao said having such a public account makes her worry about her adherence to “social norms.” While she considers herself a “confident” person, she said the rise of social media can make personal expression difficult by creating fashion standards that are hard to depart from. Still, Gao said she’s enjoyed acting as an influencer within the Northwestern community. “I’ve had multiple people come up to me and comment on my clothing and outfit,” she said. “For me, I try to avoid being ‘basic,’ but whatever I feel like resonates with my personal style, I’ll wear regardless.” And Gao isn’t the only College Fashionista team member on campus — she’s joined by a number of other Northwestern students, including Communication sophomore Katie Karmin. Pura said she was able to attract most of her corporate partnerships by making her account public and attaching her email. As fashion influencers become more and more popular, social media has become the ideal place to flex. The trend comes as the use of social media platforms, like Instagram, burgeons among young adults. Indeed, 2018 data from the Pew Research Center found that young adults are “especially heavy” Instagram users, with 71 percent of 18-24 year olds on the platform. Within that growing ecosystem, organizations like College Fashionista have put down roots and now thrive. “Our digital community of influencers connect with like-minded peers, build their skill set from their campuses, and gain access to industry experts in the fashion and digital media

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It’s time to legalize marijuana at the federal level WESLEY SHIROLA

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This is the f irst column in “Failed Policy,” a series examining the history of drugs and drug policy in the United States since its founding. Marijuana has a long and interesting history in the United States. While our country has only been around for a few hundred years, marijuana, the dried and shredded flowers and leaves of the hemp plant, has existed for ages. There is evidence that marijuana was widely used for medicinal and spiritual purposes in ancient China. The Vikings and medieval Germans used it for pain relief during childbirth and toothaches. Traces have even been found at the prehistoric sites of hunters and gatherers. Clearly, marijuana has been legal in many regions of the world for most of its history. Marijuana was still legal when the United States was founded. Indeed, domestic production of the hemp plant was actually encouraged by the U.S. government in the 17th century for the production of rope, sails and clothing. Marijuana, itself, however, was not widely used recreationally during this time. Rather, its recreational use came in the first few decades of the 20th century. During the Mexican Revolution, Mexican immigrants came to the United States and brought recreational marijuana with them.

The Americans’ fear toward Mexican immigrants was quickly associated with marijuana itself. During the Great Depression, massive unemployment increased fear of Mexican immigrants and marijuana, since most of it came from the southern border. Government-sponsored research immediately began linking marijuana use with violence, crime and mental illness. By 1931, 29 states had made marijuana illegal.

A few years later, Congress enacted a nationwide ban via the Marijuana Tax Act of 1937. The U.S. Border Patrol began proclaiming the drive against “Mexican marihuana” as a justification for spending more and more money to “secure the border.” When President Richard Nixon launched the “war on drugs” and marijuana was classified as a Schedule One drug, classified as having “no currently accepted medical use and a high potential for abuse,” the Border Patrol focused even more attention on drug smuggling at the southern border. Thus, we see some of the origins of the Border Patrol. It was created to prevent both immigrants

and drugs from coming in. Marijuana is not illegal because it is harmful. It is illegal because of where it comes from and who is associated with using it. Legalizing it, however, will likely lower illicit smuggling significantly. Take alcohol, for example. During Prohibition, the Border Patrol confiscated millions of quarts of liquor a year at the southern border. Year after year, more agents, vehicles, and airplanes were requested to keep up with the illegal smuggling of alcohol. When Prohibition was repealed in 1933, the illicit smuggling of liquor dropped by 90 percent. By 1935, illegal smuggling of liquor across the border had disappeared completely. This is precisely why I propose legalizing marijuana: Because legalization does what fences cannot. Since 2012, when Colorado and Washington state legalized recreational marijuana, many states have followed including Nevada, Alaska and California. In fact, if current trends continue, by 2020 a large fraction of Americans will live in a state where recreational marijuana is permitted. What happened when marijuana was legalized in these states? Less weed was seized coming across the southern border while legal sales increased. Meanwhile, marijuana usage barely budged. There is really no reason that the federal government shouldn’t fully legalize marijuana. In fact, its current standing as illegal seems to directly contradict the beautiful forces of free-market capitalism. Indeed, the country would reap many benefits if marijuana were legalized at the federal level.

First, the marijuana industry, on both the recreational and medicinal sides, saw significant job creation in 2018, with close to 65,000 new jobs added. Additionally, according to a recent report compiled by Leafly and Whitney Economics, “the legal [marijuana] industry remains a substantial and unrecognized engine of grassroots job creation.” Marijuana legalization also promises to bring a huge boost to the U.S. economy as a whole. Tilray, one of the world’s most valuable pot companies, envisions a $100 billion future with plans to take advantage of the burgeoning market for consumer products that use ingredients from marijuana. Everything from marijuana-infused beauty products to marijuana-infused beer could literally upend the current consumer-goods market as we know it. All of this is in addition to the growing list of medical conditions that marijuana has been prescribed to help treat or alleviate including multiple sclerosis, cancer and epilepsy. The answer to the marijuana debate is clear: Legalize it. There is simply nothing to lose, and everything to gain. But, when the federal government finally comes to its senses, it needs to keep it simple. Minimize rules and regulations and let Adam Smith’s invisible hand guide us to a better future. Wesley Shirola is a Weinberg sophomore. He can be contacted at wesleyshirola2021@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.

NU should finance more safe campus transport options KATHRYN AUGUSTINE

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As women on college campuses, we receive constant reminders that we are in danger when we travel solo. This is a seemingly stagnant reality that we feel forced to accept. Uber and Lyft provided an initial facade of safety. There was a sense of greater comfort seated in the backseat of a locked car, tucked away from the dangers on dimly lit streets. But, on March 29, the perception of Uber and Lyft as safer alternatives was shattered by the murder of Samantha Josephson. At 2 a.m., Josephson found herself separated from her roommates after a night out in Columbia, South Carolina. Opting for what she deemed the safe choice, Josephson called an Uber and climbed into a black Chevy Impala, a car she believed to be her Uber. She was found murdered only 14 hours later. The incident has garnered a lot of media and public attention. Josephson’s experience also drew attention to other violations by Uber drivers. For instance, according to a 2018 investigation by CNN, 103 Uber drivers have been accused of sexual assault or abuse by their passengers. Many women pay

for Uber rides, however, in hopes of avoiding assault. This presents a difficult situation for those without cars on campus or those who find themselves traveling home late at night after a party. While Northwestern provides University-specific transportation services, these services do not meet the needs of students. Northwestern provides shuttles for faculty and students, with the Evanston shuttle running as late as 3:05 a.m. However, the routes of the shuttles are not always easy to maneuver and beyond that, the shuttles typically do not arrive on time. While the app Rider provides a clue to the shuttle schedules, often times I’ve found the app is faulty in terms of predicting arrival and departure. Because of this, women are still subjected to danger while waiting for the bus to arrive. In addition to shuttles, Northwestern operates Safe Ride — a free service that runs from 7 p.m. to 3 a.m. and essentially functions the same way as Uber or Lyft, but is operated by Northwestern students. The cars, all of which are white Priuses, can be easily identified by the Northwestern Safe Ride insignia and individual car number. In theory, Safe Ride is a saving grace for young women looking to be transported back to their dorms in a cost-efficient manner. Yet, in practice, Safe Ride is not reliable. During Fall Quarter, I personally called for

a Safe Ride from North to South Campus to avoid a 20-minute walk to the opposite end of campus at night. I was told that a Safe Ride at the time of my call was unavailable, given the high demand for rides. While I was able to call an Uber to return to my dorm, calling for Uber rides on a regular basis is not practical for low-income students. My experience also begs the question: What if I was in a genuinely dangerous situation and needed a ride immediately?

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Instead of police cars, I want to see Northwestern allocate resources to improving the efficiency of transportation.

I understand that both the shuttle system and Safe Ride are given set budgets and cannot practically afford to hire enough drivers to individually cater to every student on campus. But an inefficient Safe Ride system doesn’t provide comfort from the sheer volume of emails Northwestern students receive from University Police Chief Bruce Lewis with the subject “Crime Alert.” It doesn’t quell the fear that female students

experience briskly walking alone with their phone clenched in their hand, ensuring that distance is kept between other pedestrians late at night. Instead of working to expand on the transportation systems in place, Northwestern has responded to increasing safety concerns by amping up the presence of UP officers. However, the mere presence of police officers sitting behind the wheel of a Ford Explorer seems to provide a superficial sense of safety and security. Officers logically cannot be situated on every street corner and protect every vulnerable woman. And beyond that, heightened police presence can increase discomfort among minorities targeted by police misconduct. Instead of police cars, I want to see Northwestern allocate resources to improving the efficiency of transportation because no woman deserves to be paralyzed with fear simply because she’s walking back from the library after a late night of cramming for an exam. Kathryn Augustine is a Medill first-year. She can be contacted at kathrynaugustine2022@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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CAPS, National Alliance on Mental Illness to start Northwestern chapter

Northwestern University Counseling and Psychological Services and the National Alliance on Mental Illness - Cook County North Suburban announced the creation of “NAMI on Campus,” a joint initiative to raise awareness about and advocate for student mental health needs, according to a Tuesday news release. Weinberg senior Carlie Cope and Bienen senior Tina Zheng began working on starting the chapter last May. After a year of planning, the NAMI chapter is set to launch this May, in time for Mental Health Awareness Month. “I am thrilled to bring a student-centered resource to campus where students who struggle with mental health problems regularly, who want to learn more about how to maintain their mental health, who are struggling to cope with finals or an unfortunate life event, or just students who are having a bad week can come and listen, be listened to, and feel safe amongst students who are going through similar trials,” Cope said in the release. The initiative is emblematic of the increasing responsibility students have assumed in caring for their own mental health. Students have repeatedly expressed concern about what they call a pattern of apathy and inaction from administrators, though the University has in recent months shown greater attention to the issue. NAMI is the nation’s largest grassroots mental health organization, whose mission is to raise

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Counseling and Psychological Services. CAPS partnered with the National Alliance on Mental Illness to create “NAMI on Campus”.

awareness about, provide support for and educate about those affected by mental illness. The organization also provides group support programs for people with mental illnesses and their families in the northern suburbs of Cook County. In their partnership with NAMI, CAPS employees John Dunkle, the executive director, and Steven Andrews, a member of CAPS staff, will serve as advisors for the program. Dr. Steve Arkin, a Northwestern parent and NAMI supporter, also partnered with CAPS to bring the program to life. “As a Northwestern alumnus and the father of Jason Arkin, who died by suicide on Northwestern’s campus in 2015, I am proud of the students and administration working together to take the next step to give students a safe on-campus resource for additional peer-to-peer to complement psychological services,” Arkin said in the release. — Gabby Birenbaum

Federal prosecutors unveiled new charges today against Northwestern parents Manuel and Elizabeth Henriquez, who are accused of participating in the college admission scheme. The Atherton, California, residents have now been indicted on a charge of conspiracy to commit money laundering in addition to the charge of conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud and honest services mail and wire fraud, which they were indicted for in March. An arraignment date has not yet been scheduled, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Massachusetts. The new charge, which carries a maximum of 20 years and hefty fines, raises the stakes of the Henriquez case. Though 13 of the parents charged have agreed to enter a guilty plea, the Henriquezes have not yet entered a plea or indicated which way they will plea. The Henriquezes last appeared in court on April 3 to hear the charges against them and the conditions of their release, which included limited travel and surrendering firearms. Of the 33 parents charged in the case, 16 of them, including the Henriquezes, are now facing the additional charge. The additional charge will likely impact the Henriquezes’ plea. The original mail and wire fraud charge carries a maximum of 20 years in prison, three years of supervised release and a fine

of $250,000 or twice the gross gain or loss, whichever is larger. The new money laundering charge carries the same maximum sentence and release terms, but a larger fine of $500,000 or twice the value of the property involved in the money laundering. The Henriquezes, along with 50 others, were charged last month with participating in a college admissions scheme that facilitated the admission of wealthy children to elite schools. The Henriquezes were accused of paying to facilitate a phony proctor The Henriquez daughter is still listed as a student at Northwestern. A University spokesman again declined to say on Tuesday whether NU has opened an investigation. — Gabby Birenbaum

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Manuel and Elizabeth Henriquez. The Northwestern parents are now facing two charges, each with a twenty-year maximum prison sentence.

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assess 2019 commercial property values, Smith said the assessor’s office had to come up with new cap rates. He added that the rates used by previous assessors were wrong across all industries when comparing the Evanston business district to other similarly-sized districts across the country. “We are not sure why they used those numbers,” Smith said. “We are not sure what decisions went into making those cap rates…Our rates are closer to what was used for average cap rates coming out of other data sources than it was in 2016.” A joint investigation by ProPublica and the Chicago Tribune found that the last Cook County assessor, Joseph Berrios, used errorridden commercial and industrial property assessments that punished property owners and benefited lawyers, creating inequity and hurting small businesses. According to the 2019 commercial property assessment report, 2019 cap rates decreased for all types of commercial properties. The cap rates for apartments decreased to 6 percent from 11.95 percent in 2016, reflecting the most significant decrease of all properties. The rates of commercial, industrial, office and restaurant properties decreased as well. Such increases in cap rates reflect the variations of increases in values of the property groups. According to the 2019 assessment report, the average value of all commercial assessments increased since the last assessment in 2016. The average assessed value of apartments increased 281 percent, partly reflecting new construction in the city. Commercial and retail assessments increased 92 percent while offices and industrial assessments increased 71 and 46 percent, respectively. Many commercial property owners are worried that the increase in property values will lead to a significant increase in their 2020 tax bill, worrying small business owners that they could be driven out of the city. Property owners expressed their concerns at a Monday public meeting at the Evanston Public Library. However, Smith said the work of the new assessor’s’ office is coming closer to assessing property values more accurately, although mass appraisals like this one have a tendency to cause discrepancies. Smith said that through mass appraisal, the assessors are looking at “broad classes,” so individual assessments will need to be made in the appeals process to ensure accuracy. However, he emphasized the work done by the assessors this year is “a lot closer to being right than it was in the past.” “One of the challenges of mass appraisal is you are trying to take broad property classes and property characteristics and apply them broadly to multiple kinds of properties,” Smith said. “But everybody’s house is a little different and the average homeowner, property owner knows their property better than we do. We’re hoping to continue working with folks to get that data, to get the information correctly.” Appeals for Evanston property owners are due April 15. Are you worried that your recent property value assessment will affect your ability to afford your next tax bill? If so, we would like to hear from you at city@dailynorthwestern.com. cassidywang2022@u.northwestern.edu

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were skating there and playing there. But we don’t need a $53 million structure.” Some residents affiliated with the North Cook/ Lake County Poor People’s Campaign also came to protest the cost of Robert Crown. 3rd ward resident Meg Welch said the campaign is a revival

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“The name brand of my (high) school helped me get in, but also these resources and the dedication that my high school put in to us getting into school was kind of crazy,” Cork said. “I know that was an advantage for me.” Like many of her peers, Cork’s parents also hired a private tutor to help her prepare for the SATs. Nearly everyone she knew worked with a testing preparation service — a resource that is “much more expensive than you would think,” she said. Cork said the strategies and practice questions that her tutor offered her gave the exam a semblance of predictability. Her tutor even downloaded a legal shortcut program onto her graphing calculator, which saved her a lot of time in the math section. “My SAT score went up significantly,” Cork said. “I definitely wouldn’t have done as well on the SAT if I didn’t have that tutor.” Medill sophomore Jake Liker, a graduate of the prestigious Harvard-Westlake School in Los Angeles, knows the one-on-one test prep tutoring that his parents, and the parents of nearly every student at the school, purchased made a difference for him — a four-point ACT score difference, to be exact. As much as people like to imagine college admissions as a meritocracy, Liker said, the rigor and resources offered at his high school meant that he and his classmates had a leg up in admissions. “We have the deck stacked for us, if you go to a place like a Harvard-Westlake,” Liker said. “I never had to deal with not knowing how to fill out certain forms. I’m not first-gen. (College admissions) is there for you. It’s there for the taking.”

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While Cork and Liker were consulting with hired tutors and counselors, Reyes, stuck with an unsupportive counselor and a lack of resources to pay for outside help, turned to Reddit and Google. He found online communities to be helpful in navigating the Common Application, essay-writing and application fee waivers on his own. Still, he wished he had a person who understood both the pressure and the process of college applications. When Cork’s parents felt like they didn’t understand the admissions process, they outsourced to tutors and met with their daughter’s assigned counselor. When Reyes took his problems to his mother, all she could offer was “emotional support.” “I would just kind of vent to her,” Reyes said. “She

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 10, 2019 of Martin Luther King Jr.’s 1968 Poor People’s Campaign for equality. The campaign sent out an action alert urging members of the campaign to come out to the April 8 and April 15 City Council meetings to join the protest. The alert argued that the roots of systemic racism, poverty and inequality issues stem from decisions made by public officials. “There is no shame in taking a step back,” Welch

said at the meeting. “There’s no shame in just sitting and looking at what we can do to reduce the cost or at least have a conversation about this.” At the end of the City Council meeting, Ald. Peter Braithwaite (2nd) said while he is a big proponent of freedom of speech, he asked residents to reflect on how they advocate. He said there exists a significant difference between the human rights Martin Luther King Jr. fought for and the capital

wouldn’t know what to say. She didn’t know the terminology. She didn’t know what the process looked like. She was just telling me, ‘It’s gonna be okay.’” One of Reyes’ frustrations throughout the process was that nobody could relate to the pressure he was putting on himself to get into college. At expensive prep schools, Liker said parents are often a source of that pressure. Getting into a prestigious school is “expected” rather than “celebrated,” Liker said, and parents will use their money to buy any test prep, counseling or other services that can help meet that expectation.

“If there’s something I learned,” he continued, “it’s that it’s all kind of BS.”

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“righting the wrongs” that exist within all the University’s institutions and achieving justice for marginalized students within each of the campaign’s three categories. In line with those intentions, the campaign’s slogan is openended: “_______ for justice.” Dobbel said she became focused on issues of marginalization after witnessing the various ways in which ASG and the University perpetuate inequality during her three years of involvement in ASG. “Systematically, there a lot of ways ASG and the University work against certain communities,” Dobbel said. “My sophomore year, I sat on the funding reform committee, and so I really learned that (how student groups were funded) was completely regressive.” Though it is likely the election will remain uncontested, Dobbel, Davies and Henry Molnar, their campaign manager, are not treating it that way. Already, the candidates have met with dozens of different student groups to discuss what changes students and student groups would like to see. They also plan to use social media and engage with community members in-person to ensure students remain informed about what their student government is and will be doing. “We’re by no means treating this like an uncontested election,” Molnar said. “We’re still very passionate and we’re still trying to make sure that we are as engaged with the student body as possible and not just taking this election for granted.” Previous elections that were contested have sometimes devolved toward the use of negative rhetoric. Last year’s election, for example, saw competing Letters to the Editor in The Daily and multiple ASG code violations. One benefit of an uncontested election, Dobbel said, is that rhetoric can remain positive and both candidates and students can focus on the policies. “We are not going to burden ourselves with ripping each other apart and pitting ASG against ASG or pitting students against students,” Dobbel said. “It’s just continuing to organize together.”

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Reyes also found himself disturbed by the exploitative nature of the application process as a first-generation, low-income student. Northwestern’s low-income admit rates and 20 by 2020 campaign to increase the number of Pell-eligible students coincided with the US News & World Report’s decision to consider diversity as a factor for rankings, Reyes said — an occurrence he does not find to be coincidental. While Reyes found his story as a first-generation, low-income student to have been capitalized on in the University’s push for diversity, Cork’s college counselors were actively involved in crafting a narrative for her to promote in her essays, even going so far as to emphasize different parts of her profile for different schools. “(They) helped me cultivate an image,” Cork said. “When I was applying to schools, it was like, this is the angle we’re going for. When I was writing my essays, I played up certain parts of my extracurriculars or personality that we were going for, that (reflected) the image I was trying to portray to schools.”

‘Rigged’

Reflecting on his college admissions process, Reyes said he has realized that the unjustness of the process is indicative of larger societal problems related to economic inequality. The application process is “rigged,” he said. Reyes knows that despite whatever help he can offer, his younger siblings will face the same challenges he did. “It’s still going to be a lot more difficult because we can’t afford tutors,” Reyes said. “We don’t have good counselors that are going to support us. When schools reach out to us, it feels like we’re being exploited, because when you’re low-income, you’re invited, and then you’re offered financial aid packages that aren’t what they promised.”

When the college admissions scandal broke, Liker immediately received texts from friends saying they were sure students from his high schools were involved. Liker was not surprised that members of the Los Angeles private school community were involved, because he sees divisions among the students in the one percent that attend his school. Parents who used The Edge College and Career Network, the fraudulent foundation at the center of the indictment, he said, exist in the “crazy” distinction of being in the one percent but not the 0.1 percent — they are wealthy enough to spend hundreds of thousands of dollars cheating on entrance exams but not wealthy enough to make a “legal” bribe of donating a building to a school. “There was just...complete anger and disgust (when the scandal broke),” Liker said. “Cause, you don’t need to do that. Seriously? This is already so in your favor.” Reyes was similarly unsurprised when the scandal broke. He said he is glad that the cheating parents are being exposed, but said legacy policies and donations to schools that aid in admissions are worse, to him, than the outright bribery detailed in the scandal.

Solutions

With college admissions being inextricably tied to income, Reyes said a solution will not be achieved unless the entire system is dismantled. Attempts at reform are fruitless because the system was not built for first-generation, low-income students, he said. Even with decades of affirmative action policies, low-income students remain underrepresented in the nation’s most competitive schools. A 2016 report found that only 3 percent of students in the most selective schools come from the 25 percent of families with the lowest incomes. At Northwestern, about 45 percent of undergraduates receive financial aid, according to the common data set, and 20 percent of the class of 2022 is Pell Grant-eligible. Liker said college admissions would be difficult to fix on its own because the inequality that feeds its unfairness precedes the application process. “By the time you’ve already reached that point in high school where you’re applying to colleges, a lot of those inequities are already set in stone,” Liker said. “(They) have already shaped your destiny.” Catherine Kim contributed reporting.

project residents are protesting, and he struggles with a comparison of the two. “When we reduce our conversations to those issues that have deep, deep, deep, deep, deep, deep pain and suffering as part of our American history to what we’re going through now, it just doesn’t balance out on my scale,” Braithwaite said. emmaedmund2022@u.northwestern.edu

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Bienen dual-degree senior wins award from Yamaha By ZOE MALIN

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After spending over 20 hours a week perfecting saxophone sonatas, Bienen dual-degree senior Eric Zheng has been selected as a winner of the 2019 Yamaha Young Performing Artists Competition. Zheng, a saxophone player, is one of 11 musicians nationwide to receive this distinction, according to a news release from Yamaha, the world’s largest musical instrument manufacturer. He will participate in the Yamaha Young Performing Artists Competition Celebration Weekend in June 2019. “We are thrilled to honor Eric for his remarkable talent at this phase of his music career,” John Wittmann, Yamaha Artist Services director of artist relations and education, said in the release. The Yamaha Young Performing Artists Competition is an annual program that honors young musicians studying in the United States who excel in jazz, classical and contemporary genres. Zheng said he learned of the competition online and through relationships with past winners. He decided to enter Yamaha’s 2019 competition because he felt he could prepare for graduate school auditions simultaneously. Leading up to submitting four recordings for the competition, the Arizona native sent his files to a teacher from his hometown, Derek Granger. Zheng also worked closely with his Northwestern saxophone professor of four years, Taimur Sullivan. “Professor Sullivan has guided my way

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Eric Zheng is one of 11 musicians to win the 2019 Yamaha Young Performing Artists Competition. To prepare for the competition, he spent over 20 hours a week perfecting saxophone sonatas.

through growing as a musician,” Zheng said. Zheng started playing the saxophone around age 9. He was “turned on” to the instrument because his father “loved” famous saxophonist Kenny G. Zheng played the saxophone in

ensembles throughout his childhood and said he “found his community.” When it came time to apply to undergraduate school, Zheng wanted to attend an institution that allowed him to study an academic subject

as well as music. NU fit the bill. Working toward his dual-degree in economics and saxophone performance while being a member of multiple Bienen ensambles is quite a task. But it is one Zheng said he took on with pleasure. “Being a student musician is hard,” Zheng said. “It takes some time to figure out what balance works for you. It’s all about dedication.” Zheng said one of his most cherished memories during his time at NU is performing at the World Saxophone Congress in Zagreb, Croatia, during the summer of 2018. Zheng received a Weinberg undergraduate research grant to study United States and European pedagogy in the field of saxophone performance at this event. He said it was “fascinating” to interview music professors from two different parts of the world and perform internationally. In the future, Zheng looks forward to attending graduate school and receiving his master’s degree in saxophone performance. He would also like to further collaborate with musicians and pursue his own projects in chamber music. Zheng’s friend and mentor Jordan Lulloff (Bienen ‘18) said “it is a known fact that Eric is going to do great things.” Before Lulloff graduated, the two participated in a saxophone ensemble together. He recalls Zheng always working to make himself better. “When Eric and I played together at Northwestern, all the older kids talked about how talented he is,” Lulloff said. “Eric has a crazy work ethic and he never fails to bring energy to his music.” zoemalin2022@u.northwestern.edu

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Northwestern freshman midfielder Izzy Scane was named the Big Ten Freshman of the Week for the fourth consecutive week this Tuesday.

Scane scored four goals and tallied one assist in the Wildcats’ 20-13 win against No. 17 Johns Hopkins on Saturday. That performance pushed her season total up to 33 goals and an average of exactly three goals per game. The Clarkston, Michigan, native had previously earned the award for her performances during the weeks of March 19, March 26 and April 2. In a 23-13 win over Rutgers on March 14, Scane scored a career-high six goals and

finished with an 85.7 shooting percentage. Her hot streak continued during NU’s threegame spring break stretch, collecting a combined 13 goals in wins over Marquette, Penn State and then-No. 5 Penn, and she picked up her second and third Freshman of the Week honors for those showings. Scane is the first NU player to win the Freshman of the Week award multiple times in the same season since senior attacker Selena

Lasota earned the title three times during her first year in 2015. She is the second player in the five-year history of the award to earn the recognition as Freshman of the Week four times in a row, after Ohio State’s Liza Hernandez — who now leads the Big Ten in assists per game — completed the feat in 2017.

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Eighteen seasons, 10 NCAA Tournament appearances and two Big Ten championships later, twin sisters Kate and Caryl Drohan have logged their 600th career win as a coaching duo at Northwestern. The landmark win came in a 3-1 victory for the Wildcats (30-7, 9-0 Big Ten) over Notre Dame (24-13, 7-5 ACC) at home Tuesday. “Milestones you reflect on later,” Kate Drohan said. “But (this achievement) just means I love coaching at Northwestern, and I’m honored to have the staff that I’ve had and the young women who’ve come through our program.” In 2002, Kate took the helm at NU after serving as assistant coach under Sharon Drysdale for four years. Since then — when Kate also brought along Caryl as her assistant — the two have earned a record of 600-352-1. Tuesday’s triumph marked the Cats’ eighth-straight win. NU has also now won 13 of the past 14 games, keeping it in the race for a spot in the NCAA Tournament later

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this spring. After a quiet first inning, the Cats broke open the game in the bottom of the second with a double from senior Lily Novak and a missed tag that turned into a single for freshman Skyler Shellmyer. Sophomore Rachel Lewis loaded the bases on a fielder’s choice. Senior Morgan Nelson then hit a grounder to right, bringing in the first two runs of the game. After going 1-for-9 over the weekend against Nebraska, Nelson said she was glad to turn it around. “That’s kind of just how it goes, up and down,” she said. “I’m just trying to be more consistent with my mental approach. We all have the physical ability to do well, but it’s our mental game that needs work.” Two innings later in the fourth, sophomore pitcher Kenna Wilkey allowed a pair of singles and a run, before eventually loading the bases. She escaped the jam with a flyout from the Fighting Irish’s Ali Wester. Despite the tricky moment, she said she felt confident because of her teammates. “The zone was a little tough, but I trusted myself, and I trusted

my defense — they had my back,” Wilkey said. “Even if I get in these tough situations, I know they’re going to be there, and I know they’re going to be making those plays.” Wilkey exited the game after the fourth, having allowed just two hits and one run, though she did walk four and hit two batters. Freshman Danielle Williams replaced her in the circle, a strategy the coaches had planned before the game. “We came into the day wanting to use both pitchers, and I thought both of them pitched really tough out there today and got some big outs when we needed them,” Kate Drohan said. “It was good to get them both in there.” After the end of the game, the players poured the ice bucket on Kate in celebration. Despite the festivities, Kate turned the attention back to her players and the games ahead, exactly one month out from the Big Ten Tournament. “At this point in the season, it was a big win for us because we beat Notre Dame today,” Kate Drohan said. Daily file photo by Katie Pach

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NU defeats Milwaukee on road Cats fall to Michigan By PETER WARREN

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Before Tuesday, senior shortstop Jack Dunn had played 51 games at Kapco Park in Mequon, Wisconsin. But for his 52nd contest in the ballpark, a 6-1 victory for Northwestern over Milwaukee, Dunn did something he had never done before — he ventured to the visitors’ dugout. “I have actually never been over to that side. I had never warmed up over there,” Dunn said. “The field had a different kind of feel to it. The was no Chinooks gear or logos anywhere. It was definitely a little bit different.” The stadium is home to the Lakeshore Chinooks of the Northwoods League, the team Dunn competed for the past two summers. Dunn said the trip was like a homecoming, and he was excited to be back in the area. The Georgia native made the most of his return to his summer home, finishing with two hits, two runs scored and two RBIs. Behind Dunn’s day, as well as keen batting-eyes, timely hitting and great pitching, the Wildcats continued its torrid stretch of play. NU (15-14, 4-2 Big Ten) start to the game was ideal. Dunn and junior designated hitter Alex Erro drew back-to-back walks, and then advanced to second and third following a wild pitch, putting to runners in scoring position for the Cats with nobody out. Freshman second baseman Shawn Goosenberg and senior first baseman Willie Bourbon both popped out on two-straight pitches, but a walk from freshman center fielder David Dunn kept the inning alive and loaded the bases for sophomore right fielder Casey O’Laughlin. The sophomore took the first pitch for a strike and then slashed a single up the middle to score Dunn and Erro and put NU up 2-0 on the Panthers (16-13, 5-6 Horizon).

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“Casey O’Laughlin really came up big,” coach Spencer Allen said. “That was really big because when you don’t get those runs in, that can be pretty mentally draining on a team.” After finishing the rally in the first, O’Laughlin started one in the fourth, drawing a four-pitch walk to begin the frame. Junior third baseman Charlie Maxwell then laid down a sacrifice bunt, but a throwing error by pitcher Jack Mahoney allowed Maxwell to be safe and O’Laughlin to reach third.Junior left fielder Leo Kaplan scored O’Laughlin two pitches later on a groundout to give the Cats the 3-0 lead. Again, a inning-starting base on balls sparked a run-scoring inning in the seventh. This time, it was back-to-back fullcount free passes to Kaplan and freshman catcher Jack Anderson. A passed ball pushed the two runners into scoring position. Jack Dunn then torched a 3-1 pitch into right field for a two-run double. Dunn then came around to score for the second time on the day when Erro ripped a single to center field to push the score to 6-0. Freshman left-hander Parker Hanks earned his second-straight midweek start, and had arguably his best performance of the season. The Ozark, Missouri, native tossed five scoreless innings with six strikeouts and allowed only two hits and a walk. Senior sidearmer Danny Katz relieved Hanks in the top of the sixth and threw the next four innings and picked up where Hanks left off. Katz earned his first-career save for his four-inning outing, giving up the only Milwaukee run in the ninth inning. “I thought our pitching definitely won

us the game,” Dunn said. “Parker went out and threw strikes and located all of his pitches. That’s really key, especially in a cold game like that, to have a quick start. And then Danny came in in the sixth inning and shut the door on them.” Because of construction delays at Milwaukee’s home ballpark and with its temporary home without lights, NU and the Panthers played Tuesday in Mequon, about fourteen miles north of Milwaukee’s campus. Over the past two weeks, the Cats have now won nine of their last ten, including sweeps against San Jose State and Ohio State in Columbus. This is the first time during Allen’s tenure the team has won nine of 10 games. “We are getting contributions from everywhere,” Hanks said. “That’s really been the theme of this winning streak we have been on. It’s a whole team effort, and everyone is doing their part.” peterwarren2021@u.northwestern.edu

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and Michigan State By ELLA BROCKWAY

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The weekend of April 6 and April 7 had the potential to be a historic one for Northwestern. If the then-No. 25 Wildcats could finish the two-day stretch with wins over then-No. 18 Michigan and Michigan State, they would be in good position to win the Big Ten for the second season in a row. Things didn’t go as planned. NU (11-7, 5-2 Big Ten) dropped both its matches over the weekend, putting it out of contention for the regular season conference title. The Cats fell to the Wolverines (13-4, 9-0) in a 6-1 defeat on a chilly Saturday morning, and then lost to the Spartans (13-10, 4-5) in a tight 4-3 contest Sunday. Prior to the loss, NU had a perfect 38-0 all-time record against Michigan State. “If there’s any silver lining that you can find from Sunday, was that the girls were so disappointed and so fraught about Saturday that they couldn’t perform Sunday. Even though it’s not much of a consolation, I feel relieved and grateful that my players care so deeply about Northwestern women’s tennis, and that speaks volumes to what we’re about,” coach Claire Pollard said. Senior Lee Or was the only Cats player to win both of her singles matches. Or on Saturday claimed a 6-3, 6-3 victory over Michigan’s Chiara Lommer — the 28th ranked singles player in the country — and then won in two sets again facing Michigan State on Sunday. For just the third time this season, NU did not take the doubles point against the Wolverines. Or and freshman Clarissa Hand fell 6-2 at first doubles, while junior Julie Byrne and freshman Hannah McColgan tied their match at six games before losing in a 7-3 tiebreak. In first singles, Clarissa Hand lost in

straight sets to Kate Fahey, the current No. 3 ranked singles player in the country and the defending Big Ten Athlete of the Year. Sophomore Caroline Pozo almost walked away with a win at third singles against No. 45 Brienne Minor — a senior who won a national title as a sophomore and played in the US Open in 2017 — but lost in three sets, her first in six matches. The overall team defeat put a damper on the Cats’ spirit heading into Sunday. “We did not handle the moment against Michigan well,” Pollard said. “We didn’t perform very well and we handled the fact that we performed badly and were so disappointed in ourselves, that carried through until Sunday and never left us.” Weather forced NU to play indoors against Michigan State, but the change of scenery didn’t help. The Cats got a 7-5 win from Hand and Or at first doubles to claim the first point of the match. After the break, all but two of their six singles players fell down 2-0 in their opening sets. Or and senior Rheeya Doshi each won in two sets, but the Cats’ final three matches — played by Julie Byrne at first, Hand at second and sophomore Inci Ogut at sixth — of the afternoon all went to three sets. The Spartans mustered enough energy to win all three matches and claim their first-ever win over the Cats. The race for an undefeated conference record may have ended, but the season itself isn’t over. NU has four matches before the Big Ten Tournament begins, and the Cats will head on the road this weekend to face Minnesota and Wisconsin. Pollard thought the change of environment would help NU finish the regular season on a strong note. “We need to move on, which is easier said than done,” the coach said. “There’s so much tennis left, so many great opportunities, and I hope we can take advantage of that.” ellabrockway2021@u.northwestern.edu