The Daily Northwestern – April 26, 2018

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Man found guilty of sexually assaulting former NU student Defense lawyer says Pablo Herrera will ask judge to reconsider verdict, plans to appeal if unsuccessful

By RISHIKA DUGYALA and JONAH DYLAN

daily senior staffers @rdugyala822, @thejonahdylan

A Chicago man who was found guilty on April 13 of criminal sexual assault against

a former Northwestern student is filing a motion to have the verdict reconsidered. If that fails, his lawyers plan to appeal.

Pablo Herrera, a 33-yearold from West Chicago, was found not guilty of aggravated criminal sexual assault — a more serious charge — and was

also acquitted of sexual abuse, defense attorney Domingo Vargas said.

Herrera was accused of forcing himself on a then-20-yearold NU undergraduate six years ago.

Vargas said Herrera and the woman were both from the

same area and had attended the same church. They had been communicating over social media months before the alleged assault.

On April 6, 2012, the two visited several bars in Wrigleyville before heading back to the Evanston campus.

‘A Home on the Lake’

Vargas said the two arrived at the Foster-Walker Complex — the woman’s dormitory — around 3 a.m. By then, the trains to West Chicago had stopped running, so both parties agreed to Herrera sleeping over in the woman’s room, Vargas said.

By AMY LI

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Jelani Pitcher and Rachel Shapiro in “A Home on the Lake.” The play, written by Evanston residents Stephen Fedo and Tim Rhoze, discusses race and housing discrimination in Evanston.

Play examines city’s history of discriminatory housing practices

By CATHERINE HENDERSON

the daily northwestern @caity_henderson

The play “A Home on the Lake,” written by Stephen Fedo and Tim Rhoze, struck close to home for Evanston

residents. Characters in the play referenced the familiar “special sauce” at Hecky’s Barbecue and the quintessential North Shore dream of owning a home on the lake. But the play tells a grave side of Evanston’s history as well — one of discriminatory

housing practices and segregation.

“We’re still talking about matters of greed, but we’re also still talking about matters of family and dreaming and hoping,” said Rhoze, artistic director of Fleetwood-Jourdain Theatre. “It’s up to the

audience to decide what other things haven’t changed.”

The play, running from April 19 through May 20 at the Piven Theater, 927 Noyes St., is a collaboration between the Piven Theatre Workshop » See HOME, page 6

» See GUILTY, page 3

Innovator talks higher education Buffett Award recipient discusses work in Africa

Source: Leslie Brown

According to the Chicago Tribune, the woman testified on April 11 at Cook County’s Skokie court that after agreeing to let Herrera sleep on her floor, she woke up to find her clothes off and Herrera sexually

Ghanaian entrepreneur Fred Swaniker, recipient of the 2018 Buffett Award for Emerging Leaders, told students Wednesday that the only way to justify the privilege of education is to use it to solve global problems.

Swaniker, who spoke at an event sponsored by the Buffett Institute for Global Studies, is renowned for his innovation in higher education in Africa.

He is the founder of the African Leadership Academy, the African Leadership University and several other institutions that focus on building an educational foundation for Africa’s future entrepreneurial leaders.

“I came to see that Africa’s greatest potential is our people,” Swaniker told a crowd of about 40 people. “It isn’t our gold, or our diamonds. It is the people that we have above ground.”

Swaniker said he decided to open ALU after 4,000 students applied to ALA when the academy could only accept 125.

“I saw this tremendous

hunger, and a need to do more,” Swaniker said.

However, Swaniker said he was faced with challenges in finding professors who could accommodate the growing demand for education. Eventually, he decided to innovatively shift the focus to online learning and student collaboration, he said.

Instead of designing a university around the scarce resource of professors, Swaniker said he chose to design it around the abundant resource of “brilliant African students.”

Swaniker said Africa will have the largest workforce in the world within 17 years, and by investing in education, the continent can ensure that the emerging generation will be a source of “innovation and prosperity.”

However, the 17-year time constraint calls for “rapid, unconventional solutions to education,” Swaniker added.

He closed his speech by issuing a number of “challenges” to the attendees, one of which is to “choose to be bothered” by the problems faced by the world. Swaniker said the future of the world is intertwined, and it is no longer enough to be a bystander. » See SWANIKER, page 3

R&B artist Daniel Caesar to perform at Dillo Day festival

By JONAH DYLAN

daily senior staffer @thejonahdylan

Canadian R&B artist Daniel Caesar will perform at Dillo Day, Mayfest announced Wednesday.

The Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter released his debut album, “Freudian,” in August 2017, to critical acclaim.

“Get You,” its lead single, recently hit gold in both the U.S. and Canada.

Mayfest co-chair Andrew Hunter said R&B has been an “underrepresented” genre at previous Dillo Day festivals, adding he’s excited for Caesar to play this year.

“Since Dillo Day is at the end of the school year, it’s kind of a bittersweet time and we feel like that really comes across in his more soulful, emotional music,” the Weinberg senior said. “We think it’s going to be a really cool experience for Northwestern students.”

Caesar, who was born Ashton Simmonds, debuted with “Praise Break” in 2014. The EP made Rolling Stone’s list of the 20 best R&B albums of 2014.

Mayfest promotions co-chair Molly Dudas said she thought students would respond well to Caesar based on how their responses to previous acts like Anderson .Paak & The Free Nationals and Little Simz. She also said Mayfest was excited to

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bring an R&B act to Dillo Day. “Daniel Caesar is someone we’re super excited about,” she said. “We haven’t always had an R&B genre featured, and we definitely wanted to highlight that genre because a lot of Northwestern students are really responsive to it.”

May f est teased the announcement earlier in the day, posting a video on social media of instructions for preparing a caesar salad with the caption “teaser salad.”

Caesar is also set to play at Lollapalooza this summer and recently played at Coachella.

He’s the first act announced for this year’s Dillo Day, which » See DILLO, page 3

Source: Mayfest

Daniel Caesar. The R&B artist will perform at Dillo Day on June 2, Mayfest announced Wednesday.

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THURSDAY, APRIL 26, 2018

AROUND TOWN

City OKs job training program funds

By VICTORIA LEE

the daily northwestern @dreamertorii

The Economic Development Committee approved Wednesday a recommendation to supply $15,000 worth of funds to Evanston Rebuilding Warehouse, a job training program teaching skills in construction and deconstruction to individuals who have difficulty finding employment.

Paul Zalmezak, the city’s economic development manager, said at the Wednesday meeting that Evanston Rebuilding Warehouse’s funding request is one part of a local initiative called the Small Business Workforce Development Program, which was created two years ago. The program aims to allow Evanston’s private sector to design training programs that can help develop the local workforce and also expand businesses struggling to find employees.

“Years ago, Curt’s Café came to us a number of times for a similar funding request,” Zalmezak said, “and we decided that we should probably standardize this so that our businesses fairly request a similar type of funding.”

POLICE BLOTTER Man arrested in connection with aggravated battery at a school

Evanston Police Department arrested a man Monday in connection with aggravated battery.

The man allegedly battered a 24-year-old male counselor at Dawes Elementary School, 440 Dodge Ave., on Monday at about 4:50 p.m., EPD communications coordinator Perry Polinski said.

Officers identified the man as the parent of a student at the elementary school and charged him with aggravated battery, Polinski said.

F R E S H & LO C A L

Aina Gutierrez, the new executive director of Evanston Rebuilding Warehouse, said she applied for the workforce development program to help pay the group of five individuals who are currently enrolled in its seven month-long job training program.

The trainees, four of whom are longtime Evanston residents, work full time for $10 an hour, spending a majority of their time on-site, she said. They spend about 20 percent of their time in the classroom, where they learn both technical skills and life skills such as financial literacy and wellness, she said.

Once the students graduate from the program, Gutierrez said, Evanston Rebuilding Warehouse helps place them into the construction trade through union apprenticeships and deconstruction jobs. The program is growing as the demand for construction, deconstruction and skilled labor increases, she said, and if a trainee were to complete a five-year apprenticeship as a carpenter, he or she could eventually earn over $40 an hour.

“We’re not actually just seeking jobs for people, we’re seeking careers,” Gutierrez said.

After visiting Evanston Rebuilding Warehouse, Ald. Melissa Wynne (3rd) said she was

Police investigate possible break-in at home near Northwestern

A 47-year-old woman called EPD to her home in the 1500 block of Emerson Street to investigate a report of criminal damage to her property.

The Evanston woman said the back door to her home had been damaged, possibly by being kicked between about 12 a.m. and 7 a.m. Tuesday.

The woman reported the crime at 3:45 p.m. that day and did not know who kicked in her door, Polinski said.

Officers took a criminal damage to property report, and there are no suspects at this time.

amazed by the program and the amount of building material its employees are able to save during the deconstruction process. She said she also appreciated their careful attention to safety.

Ald. Donald Wilson (4th) said he’s had experience with the organization himself, adding he is grateful for the program’s work in repurposing unneeded building components. Wilson said he considers the organization’s trajectory promising, and believes it will continue to be successful.

“Much like Curt’s Café, you just achieve a certain level of success and then you don’t require the government investment anymore because you kind of get your footing,” he said.

“So this seems to be a solid investment from my perspective.”

Other committee members made similar supportive remarks, saying they expect the need for construction and development in Evanston to increase.

Committee members also approved four entrepreneurship grants to local businesses and two storefront modernization grants Wednesday. victorialee2021@u.northwestern.edu

Setting the record straight

An article published in Friday’s paper titled “EPD advisory committee talks transparency issues” misstated the Human Services committee’s role in the police complaint review process.

The committee is made aware of Chief Richard Eddington’s decision but does not take the final vote to determine if action will be taken.

The Daily regrets the error.

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ON CAMPUS

ASG aims to legitimize Venmo usage

By GABBY BIRENBAUM

the daily northwestern @birenbomb

During Wednesday’s Associated Student Government Senate, vice president for A-status finances Izzy Dobbel announced the creation of an ad-hoc committee to research the use of Venmo for student organizations.

Dobbel, a SESP sophomore, told The Daily allowing student organizations to use Venmo would help digitize the Student Organization Finance Office, which currently operates on a “paper system.”

“Girl Scouts started using (Venmo) to sell cookies by the arch,” Dobbel said at Senate. “They’re ahead of the game. We need to step up.”

Dobbel told The Daily many student organizations already use Venmo accounts, which sometimes contain more money than their official SOFO account. She said the issue was brought to her attention when she learned that an organization had made a lot of transactions through Venmo and then struggled to transfer those profits into its official account.

She said she hopes incorporating Venmo will

increase transparency and standardize its usage. She added that it could make it easier for students to purchase tickets to student organizations’ events.

”

Girl Scouts started using (Venmo) to sell cookies by the arch. They’re ahead of the game.

We need to step up.

Izzy Dobbel, Vice president for A-status finances

“It makes it easier for students to just buy a $5 ticket right when they get to the door rather than having to spot each other with cash,” Dobbel said.

Earlier, Senate unanimously voted to confirm five account executives to the A-status finance committee.

Senate also unanimously voted to allocate $1,500 from the Wild Ideas Fund to the Strangers Project, “a performance art piece put on by a nationally-renowned artist that a few students want to bring to campus,” chief of staff Lars Benson said.

Though the students asked for $5,000, the Weinberg senior said the committee encouraged them to apply for grant programs and fundraise the rest of the money.

In addition, Weinberg freshman Nyle Arora introduced a code change regarding a potential impeachment of the parliamentarian. In the event that the parliamentarian were to be impeached, under the previous code, the individual would lead the impeachment proceedings — an obvious conflict of interest.

Arora brought this concern to parliamentarian Henry Molnar, and the two drafted the change to create the position of judicial pro tempore to lead that specific impeachment hearing instead. The judicial pro tempore is the most senior member of the Rules Committee, or, if all members have the same level of experience, an internally elected member.

“We like to make stupid things less stupid, so we worked together to write this legislation,” Arora said.

Speaker of the Senate Adam Downing said last week’s resolution concerning feminine hygiene products had been removed from the docket. gabriellebirenbaum2021@u.northwestern.edu

GUILTY

From page 1 assaulting her.

She said she didn’t immediately understand what was going on and had to later Google the phrase, “How do I know if I had been raped?”

“He told me I was lucky because some of his friends wouldn’t have stopped,” she said, according to the Tribune. “I was trying to process what had just happened.”

The defense argued that nothing happened, Vargas said. At trial, he questioned the woman’s version of events, asking her what she was wearing and challenging her actions the following day.

Vargas told The Daily that the woman escorted Herrera out the next morning and gave him directions to the CTA train. And although the woman reported the incident within 24 hours to University Police and was examined at Evanston Hospital, Vargas said she didn’t seek to press charges until roughly nine days later.

On April 12, the doctor who examined the woman testified that she suffered an anal tear, but no DNA from a swab taken from her was matched to Herrera, the Tribune reported.

According to the Tribune, a UP officer testified that Herrera originally agreed to an interview with police but then did not show up. Police eventually enlisted the help of the U.S. Marshals Service, who arrested Herrera in 2017.

In an email to The Daily, University spokesman Bob Rowley said NU has no additional information.

“We have great respect for our former student who was subjected to the assault and who took the stand to testify, which undoubtedly took a significant amount of courage to do,” he said.

Prosecutor Pamela Stratigakis did not respond to multiple requests for comment.

Vargas said Herrera was taken into custody immediately after the verdict was delivered. With the felony conviction, he faces four to 15 years in prison when he’s sentenced at a later date. rishikadugyala2019@u.northwestern.edu jonahdylan2020@u.northwestern.edu

SWANIKER From page 1

Bruce Carruthers, director of the Buffett Institute, said the Buffett Award recognizes outstanding people early in their careers for their leadership in areas of global significance.

“We really styled this not simply as an endof-career award for a job well done, but as a mid-career encouragement,” Carruthers said.

To engage the undergraduate community, the Buffett Institute allows undergraduate affiliates to research and nominate the nominees. Carruthers described the process as “campus democracy at work.”

Weinberg senior Nneka Onyeka, who nominated Swaniker for the award, said she is passionate about development in sub-Saharan Africa and has understood development to occur only through the investment in African people.

“True leaders are individuals who can not only dictate what needs to be done and when, but someone who is willing to invest in those around him,” Onyeka said. “A leader is someone who sees potential and nurtures that potential.” amyli2021@u.northwestern.edu

DILLO

From page 1 is set to be held June 2. Hunter said he hopes Caesar’s music will help contribute to a great environment on Dillo Day. “Dillo Day is just kind of everyone coming together and loving the fact that they’re at Northwestern,” he said. “Daniel Caesar is definitely a love song kind of guy, and so we really think that when people are out on the Lakefill, jamming out, they’re just really going to vibe with his music and they’re going to remember why they love Northwestern.”

Mayfest director of concerts Grant Pender said because Dillo Day was pushed back this year, many artists were unavailable due to a number of major music festivals that weekend.

“He’s playing a ton of major festivals and the fact that we were able to snag him is, I think, just really lucky and a great opportunity for Dillo Day,” Pender said. “And he’s got a Grammy nomination, so that’s just kind of the cherry on top.

We were definitely really lucky to grab an artist like this.”

Gabby Birenbaum contributed reporting. jonahdylan2020@u.northwestern.edu

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arts & entertainment

Source: Carol Rosegg

Alumna Leslie Jackson (left) and Tatyana Lubov in “Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Cinderella.” The show opens Friday at the Cadillac Palace Theatre in Chicago.

Alumna plays fairy godmother role in national tour

By CRYSTAL WALL

the daily northwestern @crysticreme

When Leslie Jackson saw “Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Cinderella” performed during its first run on Broadway, she was under a spell. Five years later, her fairytale dream has become a reality.

Jackson (Bienen ’11) plays the fairy godmother in the show’s national tour, which hits the stage Friday at the Cadillac Palace Theatre in Chicago and will run until May 6.

Jackson said the audition process for the production was an unusual one. After submitting a video audition for the title character Ella, Jackson received callbacks for both that role and the fairy godmother Marie. After a final callback with the show’s director, she was offered the part of Marie.

Marie, Jackson said, is perceived by most

characters in the show as a “crazy woman” who is alienated by society. However, Jackson said underneath this outward image, Marie is a free spirit who ultimately helps Ella chase her dreams.

The role is traditionally played by older actresses in their 40s, which Jackson said initially made her apprehensive because she graduated less than 10 years ago.

“I didn’t really know if I was capable of playing a crazy old lady, but the director was like, ‘No, you can do this … you don’t have to play super old, just be yourself and the makeup and the wardrobe will do the work for you,’” Jackson said.

With the younger casting, Jackson said the relationship between Marie and Ella more closely resembles a friendship.

Jackson said she drew inspiration from Whitney Houston’s “fun and sassy” portrayal of Marie in a 1997 film adaptation. However, she said she makes sure to keep the interpretation true to

herself, while still integrating the quirkiness of Marie’s character.

Former Bienen Prof. Bruce Hall said he was “unsurprised” when he heard Jackson landed the role and is thrilled for her success.

As an opera student, Jackson was always a talented and kind-hearted student, Hall said.

“I remember her starting off quiet,” Hall said.

“To become a voice major and be very quiet in your lessons was a unique thing, but (she was) always so sweet and always striving to get where she wanted and needed to be.”

During her college years, Jackson said she struggled with stage fright, but overcame her insecurities by performing publicly, using focusing exercises and finding confidence within herself and through her support system at NU. Communication Prof. Amanda Dehnert said although Jackson has always possessed an incredible voice and stage presence, she has seen her

confidence has blossomed over time. Dehnert recalled watching Jackson in an audition room post-graduation and feeling impressed by how Jackson commanded the room.

Jackson said it is both friends and teachers like Dehnert that have helped her to become an “unapologetic” performer. Embracing Marie’s carefree persona, she said, has allowed her to further let go and have fun on stage.

With its Tony-winning costumes and elegant score, Jackson said the show takes an iconic tale and makes it captivating for a modern audience.

“Come expecting the classic story that everyone knows and loves, but also be open to change,” Jackson said. “It’s got a lot of added humor and wit that wasn’t a part of the original production … that kind of makes it a little more modernized and updated for today.” crystalwall2020@u.northwestern.edu

Cellist to perform new piece at Bach Week Festival

By ANDREA MICHELSON

daily senior staffer @amichelson18

When acclaimed cellist Katinka Kleijn came to Richard Webster (Bienen ’74, ’77) with the idea of performing a newly commissioned composition at the 45th annual Bach Week Festival, Webster said he knew the creative decision would be met with some skepticism.

The Bach Week Festival, which Webster cofounded in 1974 with a former Northwestern professor, traditionally honors the work of Johann Sebastian Bach. Though the festival has never premiered a new work, Webster said he signed off on the pitch with confidence. He said he is “always one for pushing the edge,” and his trust in Kleijn’s musical prowess was enough to assure him that the benefits of the performance would outweigh any possible backlash.

Kleijn sought out composer Marcos Balter (Bienen ’08) to make the idea a reality. She will perform Balter’s composition “Ensuite” at Bach Week’s Candlelight Concert on Friday at Nichols Concert Hall in Evanston.

Balter said he was initially intimidated to take on the project, as Bach is one of his “composition heroes.” Composing a response to Bach’s cello suites was a humbling experience, he said.

“For the longest time, I thought I wouldn’t say yes to a project like this,” Balter said. “But it just seemed right for a variety of reasons: for …

Katinka, an old collaborator; for being a project for Chicago, a place where I lived for 12 years;

Source: Elliot Mandel

Desirée Ruhstrat performs at a past Bach Week Festival. Ruhstrat will perform Bach’s Violin Partita No. 2 at the final concert of this year’s Bach Week Festival.

and for being a piece that is commissioned in honor of Andreas Waldburg-Wolfegg, who is a huge new music advocate and commissioner.”

Kleijn commissioned the piece to celebrate Waldburg-Wolfegg, former president of the International Contemporary Ensemble. She described Waldburg-Wolfegg as “a dear friend” who greatly influenced her as a musician and

as a person, at times acting as a catalyst for her artistic development.

Development and creativity live at the core of Bach Week Festival, Webster said. He said the festival organizers take pride in branching out every year to keep the music of Bach fresh and exciting.

Other Bach Week Festival performances will

take unconventional approaches to Bach’s classical works. The finale concert, which will take place at North Park University’s Anderson Chapel on May 4, features an alternative arrangement of Bach’s cantata “Gloria in excelsis Deo.” The original cantata calls for a sermon after the first movement, but Webster said he wanted to incorporate a musical substitute.

In lieu of the spoken sermon, Bienen lecturer Desirée Ruhstrat will play Bach’s Violin Partita No. 2 in D minor. Ruhstrat said the partita is an “epic” and extremely challenging piece.

“It’s one of the greatest pieces ever written, period, let alone for the violin,” Ruhstrat said.

“It’s incredibly powerful, incredibly emotional and very complicated structurally.”

Webster said Ruhstrat will bring a “compelling” performance of the partita to the Bach Week stage. He will conduct the cantata, as well as the other opening and closing night pieces.

Webster lives in Boston now, where he is the music director at Trinity Church Boston. However, he said he has been traveling to Evanston and Chicago for the past 12 years to organize Bach Week Festival.

When asked what keeps him coming back every year, Webster gave a simple answer: Bach.

“The thing about J.S. Bach is that he has inspired all of the western music that has come after him,” Webster said. “He died in 1750, but his influence is as alive today as it was 250 years ago … the man was a musical industrialist, but an inexhaustible fountain of creativity.” andreamichelson2020@u.northwestern.edu

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Pulitzer, Grammy winner awarded Nemmers Prize

By CHARLOTTE WALSH

the daily northwestern @charwalsh_

Jennifer Higdon wrote her first composition as a flute performance major at Bowling Green State University. Her flute teacher assigned her to create a piece for flute and piano, and from then on, she was hooked.

“Just that experience was enough to wet my appetite for composing,” Higdon said.

More than 30 years later, the Bienen School of Music awarded Higdon the 2018 Nemmers Prize in Music Composition. The prize honors contemporary classical music composers who have significantly influenced the field of composition. It comes with a $100,000 cash prize, a performance of her work by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and two on-campus residencies to work with Bienen students, according to a Bienen news release.

Bienen Dean Toni-Marie Montgomery said the prize was awarded to Higdon because of her extensive body of work, which features more than 150 compositions, as well as accolades including a Pulitzer Prize in Music and two Grammy awards.

Montgomery said the award is the largest cash prize for composers, tied with the Grawemeyer Award given by the University of Louisville. She said the Nemmers prize is different, however, because it recognizes a composer’s lifetime body of work and also requires the recipient to schedule residencies on campus.

Higdon’s first on-campus residency is scheduled for Oct. 15-20.

Montgomery said the on-campus residency is beneficial for young musicians because it

Source: Peter Checchia

Jennifer Higdon teaches at a workshop. The Bienen School of Music awarded Higdon the 2018 Nemmers Prize in Music Composition this month.

gives students the chance to perform a modern composer’s work and ask clarifying them questions, rather than just relying on musical convention.

“If you’re playing music that is not of a living composer, you’re going on tradition, how your teacher learned the work, or how they are recorded,” Montgomery said. “The opportunity to ask questions with the composer right there is

a really wonderful opportunity for our students and faculty.”

In addition to collaborations with Bienen ensembles and students during her on-campus residencies, Montgomery said she would like to organize a panel with Higdon and Northwestern faculty members from other fields to talk about their experiences as LGBTQ+ professionals, and how this “impacts their creative activities.”

Montgomery said discussions such as these would allow Higdon’s residency to benefit the campus as a whole, not just the Bienen school.

Higdon said she would also like to talk about the business aspect of music composition during her on-campus residency, as she runs her own publishing company in addition to composing.

Higdon recalled hearing composer Philip Glass give a talk in which he advised students about copyrights, saying it was one of the first times she heard a composer address the business side of music composition.

“I’m hoping to bring this in with me to talk to anyone who’s working in a creative field about what it’s like to try to balance the business aspect along with the creative aspect,” Higdon said.

Bienen lecturer Desirée Ruhstrat, a friend of Higdon’s for years, said she is glad Higdon received the prize not just because of her substantial body of work, but because of her generous spirit and dedication to teaching the next generation.

“Sometimes this is given to a great composer but not necessarily somebody that is as dedicated to teaching and working with people,” Ruhstrat said. “She’s just an amazing person outside of her composing.”

Higdon said she had been aware of the Nemmers prize since its creation, adding that her win feels “mind-blowing.” She said she has a lot of respect for NU and Bienen, so the award carries extra weight.

Higdon said she is honored to be in the same category as many prestigious contemporary composers.

“It’s still sinking in, I’m still adjusting,” she said, laughing. “I’m amazed. It’s kind of unreal.” charlottewalsh2021@u.northwestern.edu

New Wirtz mainstage show features fantasy, feminism

By VY DUONG

the daily northwestern @pris_vy

When childhood stories of magic suddenly come to life in a dark reality, things can get scary and messy. For the protagonist of the new mainstage show at Virginia Wadsworth Wirtz Center for the Performing Arts, this means facing ugly encounters while reconnecting with her childhood — and with no “happily ever after” guaranteed.

Set in post-Soviet Moscow, “The Fairytale Lives of Russian Girls” tells the story of Annie, whose journey back from the U.S. to her native Russia brings her face-to-face with bears, witches, evil stepmothers and more. The award-winning play, written by Meg Miroshnik, is based on Russian folk tales. The show opens Friday at the Ethel M. Barber Theater and runs until May 6.

Third-year MFA student Caitlin Lowans, the play’s director, said she was initially drawn to the script’s theme of female empowerment. She said it made her think about the young women at Northwestern, who may be under pressure to be strong while remaining true to themselves.

“The show is a lot about authentic presentations and what (society expects of you),” Lowans said. “When (do) you slide into that, and also when do you need to break that down and create something new?”

Lowans said while fairytales often follow only one individual, that is not the case in this play, which instead shines the spotlight on multiple

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Performers rehearse for the Wirtz mainstage show “The Fairytale Lives of Russian Girls.” The show is based on Russian folk tales.

characters as they interact with Annie’s journey.

The female friendships in the production become deeper and stronger, allowing characters to support and even rescue each other over the course of the

show, she said.

“By pursuing your narrow path where you’re only interested in yourself, you’re never actually going to be able to (surmount) and truly empower

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yourself,” she said. “You’re still working in this singular system that men have created.”

Communication sophomore Lucette Panush said she knew she wanted to be part of the show when she first read the script during callbacks.

Panush, who will be playing a 300-year-old witch named Baba Yaga, said the show reminds her of her “Russian roots” and will allow audience members to reflect on their own identities.

While the play does not have a “direct message,” Panush said she hopes people notice the primary purpose of Annie’s journey: “following your dreams but also understanding the importance of where you come from.”

Panush said working with the cast, which she described as “the perfect blend of art and intellect,” reminded her of the reason she came to NU in the first place. She said the rehearsal process helped her discover her own voice and character.

Communication sophomore Felicia Oduh, who plays Annie, said she is fascinated by the way the play merges reality and fairy tales. Unlike previous shows she has been cast in, she said “The Fairytale Lives of Russian Girls” takes real-life problems and places them in an otherworldly setting.

Oduh said she hopes the audience leaves the play feeling ready to embrace life’s ups and downs, no matter where they are in the journey. “(The journey) can be crazy; it can be insane.

You can feel like it’s the end of the world,” Oduh said. “But at the end of the day, you can get to the point where you’re able to buck up and take care of yourself.” vyduong2021@u.northwestern.edu

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From page 1 and Fleetwood-Jourdain. The show was sold out during opening weekend.

With an ensemble of six actors, the play features an LGBTQ, biracial family in the present and two families, one white and one black, in the 1920s. The show follows the families as they are all impacted by the changing housing market and discrimination in Evanston.

Rhoze, who co-wrote and directed the play, said he created the story based on the theme of this Piven season: home. Though he always intended to direct the play, he decided to join the writing team to illuminate the creation of the 5th Ward “as we know it.”

Rhoze said he and Fedo chose to intertwine stories from the past and the present to illustrate that past actions continue to affect life in Evanston today. Though he emphasized that the characters themselves are fictional, Rhoze said housing discrimination in Evanston is real.

“This play takes a fictional story, a story borne out of the imagination of the playwrights, to humanize what might have been,” Rhoze said.

“It deals with what home really means to people.

Home doesn’t necessarily mean land. It means the very land where their ancestors settled. For other people, home is wherever the family is.”

In the process, Rhoze said he used interviews from Nina Kavin, co-founder of Dear Evanston, as inspiration and research for the script. He said he had heard stories of black-owned homes by the lake being loaded onto flatbeds and driven to the west side of Evanston, referenced in one of the opening scenes of the play.

In her work for Dear Evanston — a Facebook page discussing race and inequality in the city — Kavin said she has focused on discussions of violence. Over the years, she said she began

developing relationships with Evanston residents, particularly those in the black community.

Kavin said she interviewed Evanston residents on her own, but Piven Theatre contacted her to collaborate. She said her interviews provided “flavor and texture” for the playwrights.

“I started talking to (residents) about their lives and opinions,” Kavin said. “Dear Evanston became a forum for stories about people whose voices are less often heard in Evanston.”

Kavin discussed the systematic efforts to keep black people from living on the lakefront. As black people moved to Evanston from the south, she said they often had no choice but to live in the 5th Ward due to housing costs and discrimination elsewhere. Still, she said white people needed black people to work in Evanston and live nearby to support the economy.

However, Kavin said a dominant theme in her interviews was the idea that black people living in the 5th Ward created a self-sufficient and cohesive community despite facing racism and discrimination. Still, she said the community lost a lot of black institutions due to desegregation.

Kavin interviewed 5th Ward resident Jerome Summers, former Evanston/Skokie School District 65 board member, for the project. Summers’ family has lived in Evanston since the 1890s, he told Kavin. “(Racism is) the water we swim in,” Summers told Kavin. “Evanston’s image of itself is not even close to the reality of itself. You know, we talk about ‘We love our diversity,’ and it’s true. As long as it’s gone by 3:30.”

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Source: Leslie Brown

Source: Leslie Brown

Though the people Kavin interviewed are not portrayed as characters in the play, she urged people to watch the interviews on the Dear Evanston website because she said very few white people from Evanston are aware of the “richness” of these stories.

Kavin described the resilience, love and community in the 5th Ward despite massive barriers and challenges.

“There are a lot of people — and I was one of them several years ago — who knew absolutely nothing about the history of Evanston and the role that racism and discrimination played in this city,” Kavin said. “I hope people are inspired to learn more about the city that we live in.”

Rodney Greene, former Evanston city clerk, attended the play on Sunday and said it provided insight into the history of the city and how white people took land on the lakefront from the black community. At one point in the city’s history, he said, black people were not even allowed to swim in the lake in Evanston, another fact addressed in the play.

Greene said even though Evanston has come a long way since then, housing is still difficult to afford.

“It depends on who had the money, who had the homes on the lake,” Greene said. “Back then it was almost like a gated community.”

Rhoze said people should come to the show with an open mind and prepare to be entertained and learn something about Evanston. He also said he hopes the show will lead to conversations about race in the city.

Rhoze said he was happy to collaborate with

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Piven on a project addressing such important themes as home, history and family.

As the character Cynthia says in the show, “Everyone should wake up to a view of the sun rising over the lake.” catherinehenderson2021@u.northwestern.edu

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Top-seeded NU seeks Big Ten Tournament crown

By CALVIN ALEXANDER

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Minnesota/Maryland vs. No. 12 Northwestern Minneapolis, Minnesota 11:30 a.m. Friday

Northwestern will travel to Minneapolis, Minnesota, to compete in the Big Ten Tournament this weekend.

The No. 12 Wildcats (19-4, 11-0 Big Ten) head into the postseason on the back of a successful regular season. They have won 16 of their last 17 matches, including an undefeated run in Big Ten play.

NU has been impressive in both singles and doubles, and its top three singles players all appear in the national singles rankings. Seniors Erin Larner and Maddie Lipp are currently 37th and 78th, respectively, while junior Lee Or sits at 121st.

Or clinched the perfect Big Ten regular season last week against Ohio State in a competitive three-set match. After blowing three match points at 5-2 in the third set, Or pulled through and shortly after celebrated with her teammates.

“After I won and we shook hands, I realized we were unbeaten and that moment was so cool,” Or said. “But we are going to continue working and show everyone the reason why we were unbeaten.”

This marks the first season since 2009 that coach Claire Pollard has led her team to an undefeated conference record during the regular season.

The Cats will look to break another streak this weekend by advancing to the finals of the Big Ten Tournament. NU has not returned to the tournament title match since winning it at home in 2014.

“We talked over and over again with the seniors about the hardships of the last few years,” Pollard said. “I really care about this for them and for everyone.”

The Cats’ first opponent will be the winner of ninth-seeded Maryland (10-12, 4-7) and the host, eighth-seeded Minnesota (14-11, 6-5). Both matchups resulted in 6-1 wins for NU during the regular season, and in both instances, it was senior Alex Chatt who lost the lone point.

“I try my hardest out there and those were disappointing losses,” Chatt said. “But at the end of the day we are team-oriented; we want to win as a team, not necessarily individually.”

If the Cats advance to the second round, they will meet either fifth-seeded Purdue (14-9, 7-4) or fourth-seeded Ohio State (13-7, 7-4), ranked No. 28 in the country.

Earlier in the season, NU blanked the Boilermakers, losing just one set that day. On the other hand, the Cats scraped past the Buckeyes just last

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the Terrapins’ attack, and the Cats will look for another strong performance from redshirt freshman goalkeeper Julie Krupnick.

Even in the postgame Senior Day celebrations of last weekend’s 19-7 win against Rutgers, the specter of the matchup against Maryland was present, looming in the distance as it has in every game this season.

After Saturday’s triumph, junior attacker Selena Lasota emphasized that NU was right back to work, saying in three simple words that the goal to end the season on a strong note hadn’t changed: “Get it done.”

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to capitalize on those opportunities against Maryland.

“We’ve been very successful thus far and we just have to … take that same mentality against (Maryland),” said Fredericks, who averages the second-most draw controls per game in the country. “We respect them, and they respect us.

I think it’s going to be a great challenge for us.”

NU leads Maryland, and the conference, in two noteworthy defensive categories: caused turnovers (9.8) and ground balls per game (22.7). Senior defenders Lindsay Darrell and Ally Mueller will command the defense against

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Lee Or readies to hit a forehand shot. The junior clinched the Wildcats’ undefeated Big Ten regular season last weekend, propelling the team into the tournament with momentum.

week in a competitive 4-2 victory.

Regardless of who they play, the coach said the team is confident about the weekend because they are not scared of any team.

“I like the tournament because there is only one

DRAFT

From page 8 counter the prolific passing attacks of the modern NFL. Igwebuike was praised by scouts as offering “nickel linebacker versatility,” combining the “build and toughness to play near the line of scrimmage” with “arm length and leaping ability to fight for 50-50 balls” on the perimeter.

Jackson and Igwebuike will likely be the only former NU players drafted. Although the analytical website Pro Football Focus highly ranks defensive back Kyle Queiro, he’ll likely have to settle for signing as an

winner at the end of it,” Pollard said. “Our mentality is to go in there and beat everyone handily this weekend.” calvinalexander2021@u.northwestern.edu undrafted free agent in reality. And while this class played crucial roles on some of the best Northwestern teams of all time, they’ll likely see much less draft fanfare than rising senior quarterback Clayton Thorson — who some evaluators had in their top 10 before his tore his ACL — will receive before next year’s draft.

The draft will take place in Arlington, Texas, with the first round taking place Thursday night, the second and third rounds occurring Friday afternoon and the fourth through seventh rounds filling the day Saturday. josephwilkinson2019@u.northwestern.edu

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“I like the tournament because there is only one winner at the end of it. Our mentality is to...beat everyone handily this weekend.”

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Thursday, April 26, 2018

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Cats hush Ramblers, extend win streak Loyola

By BENJAMIN ROSENBERG

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It was no secret that Morgan Newport had been struggling.

Since the start of Big Ten play, the sophomore pitcher had seen her ERA rise from 2.25 to 3.96 entering Wednesday’s nonconference matchup with Loyola. Freshman Kenna Wilkey has carried Northwestern’s pitching staff lately, so the team has been able to stay hot, but the Wildcats have been conscious of overworking Wilkey’s young arm.

Newport got herself back on track and gave NU (30-13, 11-5 Big Ten) a chance to rest its other pitchers Wednesday, throwing a complete game in which she allowed only three hits and one unearned run. She struck out seven and walked just one as the Cats won their eighth straight game with a 4-1 victory over the Ramblers (21-23).

“I felt really good, to take some pressure off Kenna, who’s been working so hard in the circle for us,” Newport said. “I was just trying to pound the zone and trust my defense behind me.”

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Newport retired the first nine batters she faced and struck out the side in the third, and NU tallied a run in each of the first three innings to give Newport a comfortable lead to work with. Senior center fielder Sabrina Rabin led off the first with a walk, stole second, went to third on a groundout by freshman second baseman Rachel Lewis and scored on a sacrifice fly by junior left fielder Morgan Nelson.

The Cats doubled their lead in the second. Senior shortstop Marissa Panko led off with a single and stole second. She stole third as well and scored when the throw got past the third baseman. Lewis gave NU a third run an inning later with a home run to left-center, her 16th long ball of the year.

“We’re all just trying to adjust. We hadn’t seen slow pitching in a while,” Lewis said. “We need to realize that we need to put in the effort, and that will push us to score more runs.”

Newport had a brief hiccup in the fourth, allowing a leadoff double and eventually an unearned run on a throwing error by freshman third baseman Mac Dunlap. But she limited the damage from there, getting out of

the inning on a strikeout and a weak grounder.

NU added an important insurance run in the sixth when Rabin led off with a triple and scored on a single

by Lewis, giving the Cats their 3-run lead back and accounting for the final margin of victory.

“I felt like we were patient at the wrong time and aggressive at the wrong time,” coach Kate Drohan said. “We’ll make that adjustment.

We’ll understand the feel for that.

But we had some big hits when we really needed it, and putting that last run up there in the sixth was a big key for us.”

The Cats’ defense gave Newport a big lift in the fifth. Following a oneout single, senior right fielder Brooke Marquez caught a line drive and doubled off the Loyola baserunner to end the inning.

Newport then worked around a two-out double in the sixth inning before working a perfect seventh to complete the win, ending the game emphatically with a strikeout. She threw just 92 pitches in her effort. “(Newport) was outstanding, especially with the way she took charge of the strike zone,” Drohan said. “That was a sharp day for her today. That just gives her confidence going into the weekend.” benjaminrosenberg2021 @u.northwestern.edu

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Cats, Terrapins square Cats’ safety, RB likely to be picked off in big top-10 battle

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When No. 7 Northwestern (133, 5-0 Big Ten) lines up to face No. 3 Maryland (15-1, 5-0) in the final game of its regular season Thursday in College Park, Maryland, with a Big Ten regular season title on the line, the Wildcats will look to break some droughts and make some history.

It’s been nearly six years since NU last beat Maryland. On May 25, 2012, the Cats won 9-7 against the Terrapins in Stony Brook, New York, in the NCAA semifinals, en route to their seventh national title. That same season, Maryland lost to Syracuse at home in March; the Terrapins haven’t lost a game in College Park since.

It’s been even longer — 12 years, to be exact — since NU last won on Maryland’s home turf in College Park. That game, a 13-8 Cats win on Feb. 13, 2006, was the first time coach Kelly Amonte Hiller ever coached against her alma mater. President George W. Bush was in office, the first-generation iPhone had yet to be released and the current freshmen on this year’s NU team were in first grade.

In the years since that day in College Park, the Cats have secured just three wins over the Terrapins in 11 meetings, in which time Maryland has advanced to nine straight Final Fours and has won the Big Ten regular season title every year since the conference added lacrosse in 2015.

Despite the talk of the droughts and the records and the history, NU’s approach heading into the game isn’t any different from any of its past

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games, senior attacker Sheila Nesselbush said.

“Even though we’re playing Maryland, we’re treating it just like any other game,” Nesselbush said. “I don’t think the way we play is really going to change, so the selfless play that we’ve had over the course of the whole season is just going to continue.”

The two programs also met on the final day of the regular season last April, when the Terrapins dominated for an 18-9 victory in Evvvanston.

They rallied weeks later to another victory over NU, this time on their home turf by a score of 14-6 to win the 2017 Big Ten Tournament.

Maryland suffered its only loss this season to No. 5 North Carolina in overtime on Feb. 24, a game in which the Tar Heels held the Terrapins to a season-low 29 shots.

Attacker Megan Whittle is one of the primary threats of the Maryland offense. The senior, who ranks in the nationwide top 10 in goals, free position goals and shots per game, has registered 61 goals this season and broke the program’s all-time scoring record earlier this month — topping a list that includes Amonte Hiller.

The Terrapins average the thirdmost draw controls per game in the country at 16.50, compared to NU’s 15.69 per game. Senior attacker Shelby Fredericks said the Cats will need to focus on their box-outs and creating space in the draw circle » See LACROSSE, page 7

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Students often called Justin Jackson the “Ball Carrier” during his time at Northwestern, but it’s Jackson’s pass-catching ability that has him on the radar of NFL teams ahead of the upcoming 2018 NFL Draft.

The shifty running back was the heartbeat of the Wildcats’ offense for the past four years, amassing 5,440 rushing yards on 1,142 carries. Those totals rank 11th and sixth in FBS history, respectively.

Conversely, those numbers may also hinder his draft stock. Running backs average the second-shortest careers among NFL position players, and Jackson already has four years of wear and tear on his body.

His frame itself has also been a concern of draft evaluators at the NFL combine, who pegged Jackson as having a “thin frame” and described him as “slightly built with spindly legs and thin waist.”

Of course, there are reasons why most draft projections still have Jackson coming off the board between the fifth and seventh rounds — and NU fans know them well. Throughout his career with the Cats, Jackson displayed his shiftiness and agility while leaving would-be tacklers grasping at air.

An underrated part of Jackson’s game at NU was also his ability to create extra yardage on standard running plays up the middle. On the NFL’s official website, scouts noted his ability to “find hidden yardage in a crowd” and “contort around interior tacklers.” Jackson is no one’s idea of a power back, but

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Justin Jackson eyes two Iowa defenders. The longtime Northwestern running back is likely to be chosen by an NFL team during this weekend’s draft.

he turned potential runs for no gain into three or four crucial yards over and over again.

Over his final two years in college, possibly with an eye toward the league, Jackson began to feature more in NU’s passing game. He increased his reception and yardage totals in his junior and senior seasons. Scouts took notice: “Has quickness and tools to become a more dangerous route-runner out of the backfield” and “elusiveness can help him turn a four-yard dump pass into a third-and-long conversion” are two of his bullet points on his combine evaluation.

And Jackson isn’t the only staple of recent Cats teams likely to hear his name called this weekend.

Safety Godwin Igwebuike played in 50 of a possible 51 games throughout his collegiate career.

The Ohio native burst onto the scene his redshirt freshman year when he intercepted three passes in an upset of then-No. 17 Wisconsin.

From that point forward, he made a name for himself as a ballhawking, hard-hitting safety patrolling the backline of NU’s defense, an occasionally dominant unit that undeniably powered the Cats to their 10-3 campaign and Outback Bowl appearance his sophomore year.

Those characteristics have enticed NFL scouts as well, and Igwebuike is projected as a thirdto fifth-round pick in the draft.

W hile Jackson’s position is becoming less valued by many across the league, scouts at the combine projected that Igwebuike could fit into the mold of the hybrid safety-linebacker position that many defenses have developed to » See DRAFT, page 7