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Underrepresented in Greek life space Low-income students share experiences By JOSIAH BONIFANT
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Rachel Kwak was invited a birthday dinner for one of her sorority sisters when she explained that she couldn’t afford to join them. One fellow sorority member suggested she not look at her bank account and enjoy the night without being stressed. “It was at a time when I didn’t even have funds for textbooks that week,” Kwak said. “Her intention was obviously wellmeaning but the impact was that she has the privilege to not look at her bank account whereas I don’t.” Being in a fraternity or sorority and coming from a low-income background are not incompatible at Northwestern, but for Kwak, a SESP sophomore, the balance of these often competing identities has proven too much to handle. Kwak has been in Gamma Phi Beta since her first year, but said she is planning to deactivate this spring after she experienced
microaggressions related to her racial and socioeconomic identities. Kwak’s experience is not irregular. Being a racial and socioeconomic minority in an Interfraternity Council fraternity or a Panhellenic Association sorority can be a struggle. Weinberg sophomore Sonali Patel, who recently also joined Gamma Phi Beta, said she noticed how class and race played a part during recruitment. Patel has immigrant parents from India and Zambia, and said she didn’t want to be a “token minority.” Patel said she was also immediately aware of the “socioeconomic hierarchies” between sororities. Coming from a lowincome background, she has decided to work extra hours this quarter at her work-study job to keep up with sorority expenses. She said some students don’t have to consider the price of dues during the recruitment, upholding the clandestine standard of not disclosing prices. “They’re not very transparent when it comes to dues, because scaring a lot of kids off by money is probably not the best way to recruit people,” Patel said. “You’re » See OVERLOOKED, page 6
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District 65 Assistant Superintendent of Schools Andalib Khelghati speaks at Kingsley Elementary School. Khelghati said he is confident that the achievement gap between Black, Latinx students and white students can be narrowed.
School examines achievement gap
Kingsley parents, district officials point to teacher evaluation system By AMY LI
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In response to multiple metrics that indicate lower achievement levels among black and Latinx students in Evanston/Skokie School District 65, parents are pointing toward flaws in teacher and principal evaluation techniques.
Despite better-than-average teacher evaluations, the racial achievement gap has widened in recent years. Parents and district officials pointed to a evaluation system partly controlled by teachers, which doesn’t mandate that they be evaluated on the achievement of students of color. In 2015, 54 percent of white students in District 65 met English
and Language Arts benchmarks on the PARCC test, while 28 and 27 percent of black and Latinx students respectively met those same standards. In 2018, those numbers decreased, with 15 percent of black students and 20 percent of Latinx students meeting ELA benchmarks. “Our teachers are flying high, but our kids aren’t even in the air
yet,” said LaTarsha Green, District 65’s executive director of black student success. The D65 African-American, Black, and Caribbean Parent Community and Evanston Collective hosted the seminar at Kingsley Elementary School Thursday, which sought to better equip » See EVALUATE, page 6
CANNABIS
CBD use popular in city Evanston embraces cannabis Students turn to CBD as a solution to pain, anxiety
Mayor Hagerty looks to follow Springfield’s lead
By ANDREA MICHELSON
By ANDRES CORREA
Jenna Trattner had a migraine and Advil wasn’t cutting it. For the Communication junior, ibuprofen alleviated some of the pain but none of the pressure — not to mention that taking four painkillers every few hours couldn’t be good for her liver. She found smoking weed provided instant relief but made her feel hazy. It was only when she started ordering CBD-infused gummies on Amazon that she felt like she landed on a longterm solution. Trattner is not alone in making this discovery. According to an analysis by Cowen and Company, nearly 7 percent of Americans use cannabidiol, a non-psychoactive cannabis compound hailed for its medicinal properties. The same analysis predicts that the American CBD market will reach $16 billion by 2025. Keri Brennan, co-owner of Botanica CBD in Evanston, said she was inspired to open
Mayor Steve Hagerty said he expects Evanston to be one of the first municipalities to opt into the use of recreational marijuana if Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s legalization plan is adopted by the Democrat-led state House and Senate. Hagerty met with other Illinois mayors and two main sponsors of the bill, state Rep. Kelly Cassidy (D-Chicago) and state Sen. Heather Steans (D-Chicago), in Springfield last week to discuss the legalization of cannabis. The meetings took place only days before Pritzker announced a 300-page marijuana legalization bill to the public, which would allow Illinois residents over the age of 21 to buy cannabis from licensed dispensaries and legalize possession of up to 30 grams. The bill also aims to promote social equity through measures such as a low-interest loan program for prospective business owners and the expungement of nearly 800,000 low-level drug convictions. In addition, the proposed bill
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Botanica CBD in Evanston. The store, which opened in June 2018, sells CBD tinctures, vape cartridges, edibles and more.
a CBD store after stumbling across a TEDx Talk about Charlotte Figi, a young girl whose epilepsy symptoms improved dramatically after she was prescribed medical marijuana. Brennan said although her husband and sister got on board as co-owners, other friends and family members weren’t so quick to warm up — some of her friends still
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think she’s a drug dealer. This “mental hurdle” was one of the biggest barriers to starting Botanica CBD, she said, and ultimately played into her decision to open the store in Evanston. “We found that people in Evanston are very educated and they are willing to do their own research,” Brennan said. » See CBD, page 6
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would give municipalities the choice to allow the sale of recreational marijuana in their communities. If a municipality opts in, it would be able to charge a up to a 3 percent municipality tax on recreational marijuana purchases, according to the bill. “The fact that local governments can choose to opt into it is a strength of the bill,” Hagerty said. Hagerty also said that allocating money toward treatment services, as well as the social equity goals of the bill, are positive factors. The latter measure allows for communities who have been disproportionately affected by
marijuana to get training to receive business licenses. Moving forward, Hagerty said the city will be waiting for the state legislature to do their job to pass the bill, and will then move step by step through the process. “The City Council will likely take it up on an agenda, I’m guessing early next year,” he said. “At that point, we would also have a discussion about what level of taxation we would want to apply, realizing that 3 percent is the highest. And if we were to do that, do we want to direct those funds to a specific need » See MARIJUANA, page 6
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AROUND TOWN
Residents concerned ahead of Dillo Day By CLARE PROCTOR
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With Dillo Day — Northwestern’s annual student-run music festival — less than a month away, Evanston residents voiced their concerns at a Thursday meeting and offered feedback on proper policing and community maintenance. Evanston and NU officials held the meeting to update residents on upcoming events — including Dillo Day on June 1 and the Ohio State University football game scheduled for Friday, October 18. Residents had the opportunity to ask questions and offer feedback on how to improve relations between the University and the community. Representatives from University Police, the Evanston Police Department and Mayfest Productions, the student group that hosts Dillo Day, gave updates at the event. Weinberg sophomore Juan Zuniga, a member of Mayfest’s University Relations committee, said the biggest concern for Dillo Day is to ensure the safety and security of both students and Evanston residents. “We really just want to provide a really fun festival experience by the lake before Northwestern students go into finals,” Zuniga said. “It’s really just kind of a day to all come together and celebrate this community for another amazing year.” In response to concerns over security for the music festival, UP Deputy Chief Eric Chin said the event will be monitored by 85 civilian security guards, 10 EPD officers and 39 University Police officers. He said Dillo Day attendees can only enter through a single entrance, where they will undergo a visual screening for increased security. Residents voiced concerns that the problem with Dillo Day is not on campus, but rather offcampus, at parties after and during the music festival. But Evanston resident Bruce Enenbach told The Daily that relations between NU and the city are “on the right track.”
“Having lived in Evanston since 1977, the community relations have improved a lot,” Enenbach said. “But as always, they need improvement. We’re getting there.” Officials also discussed other partnerships between NU and the Evanston community. EPD and UP have been working to collaborate on a day-to-day basis, Chin said. In response to an “uptick” in reported burglaries over Northwestern’s winter break, Chin said UP partnered with the EPD during spring break to provide extra patrol and coverage over the areas where students live. There were no burglaries reported over the break, Chin said. The University and EPD officers have also begun training together to increase community safety, Chin said. “This is the way that we can best protect the community and be able to respond and ensure that we offer the highest level of customer service as possible,” Chin said. Evanston police Chief Demitrous Cook echoed the significance of the collaboration. He said it’s “very important” for EPD officers to be familiar with Northwestern’s campus in the event of any dangerous situations. The partnership between Northwestern and the city has benefitted EPD in light of the city’s “financial constraints” following a $7.5 million budget deficit for fiscal year 2019, Cook said. “The University has stepped up and afforded
Setting the record straight
A photo caption on page one accompanying an article in Thursday’s paper titled “Car chase, shots fired in Evanston” misstated the day of the car chase. The chase occurred on Wednesday, not Thursday.
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Weinberg sophomore Juan Zuniga speaks at an event Thursday. Northwestern and Evanston officials provided updates to community members concerning upcoming events, including Dillo Day and the Ohio State versus Northwestern football game.
us to continue, and even grow, the partnership and put our resources that’s needed to maintain the quality of life that you expect in your neighborhood,” Cook said. clareproctor2021@u.northwestern.edu
An article published in May’s issue of The Monthly titled “Renaissance Man: Eddie George goes from running plays to running lines” mistakenly stated George attended the Kellogg School of Business. The school is called the Kellogg School of Management. The Daily regrets the errors.
POLICE BLOTTER Man arrested near Northwestern campus and charged with DUI Officers arrested a 39-year-old Chicago man Wednesday and charged him with driving under the influence. Evanston Police Department officers responded to a report of a suspicious vehicle in the 500 block of Lincoln Street around 1 a.m., Evanston police Cmdr. Ryan Glew said. When officers approached the man in the car, they smelled a strong odor of alcohol, Glew said. Officers reported that the man’s eyes were bloodshot and he appeared confused, Glew said. He said the man used slurred speech while providing his name. The man was asked to perform a field sobriety test, which he failed, Glew said. Officers said he was unable to answer questions about the date and his location. Officers subsequently charged the man with driving under the influence.
$600 worth of stereo equipment stolen from AT&T
Officers responded to a report of theft Wednesday night in the 1600 block of Chicago Avenue. An AT&T employee called police to report that two men and one woman entered the store around 6:45 p.m. Glew said as one of the men approached the employee about opening an account, the other two people grabbed two boxes of Beats wireless speakers and ran out of the store. The employee reported that another man was waiting outside of the store and fled with the three other people, Glew said. The items taken were worth $600. Police canvassed the area but were unable to locate any of the individuals. — Julia Esparza
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FRIDAY, MAY 10, 2019
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Insta account fosters crush confessions By HENRY ROGERS
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For many Northwestern students, the thought of admitting feelings to a crush is paralyzing. Even worse is the possibility of those feelings going unrequited. A Northwestern student, who has asked to remain anonymous, saw this struggle for college students to confess their feelings of love as an opportunity, and created the Instagram account @nucrush. Titled “NU Crushes and Confessions,” @ nucrush debuted Feb. 14. It has since posted 40 times, each time with a carousel of multiple confessions anonymously submitted by Northwestern students. The account has quickly grown since its creation, and has now received over 400 submissions since February and 1081 followers, as of Wednesday evening, according to the account owner. “The one that was started on Facebook died and I wanted to restart it since it seemed like something people were interested in,” the account owner said via Instagram direct message, referring to a similar concept started on Facebook last April. Anonymity and safety are at the forefront of the account owner’s mind, with guidelines for submissions included in the account’s bio: “All submissions are anonymous to everyone!” the bio reads. “No racism, sexism, or harmful/offensive content!” The founder of the account said they stick to these guidelines so the account stays true to its original purpose. “It’s purely entertainment and I really don’t want this account to get away from that,” they said. “It’s a good place for people to rant or confess things they wouldn’t normally say without the veil of anonymity.” Romance is at the forefront of each post — each one usually includes compliments to a specific individual. Communication freshman Michael Senko was the focus of a post from March 26, calling him cute and sweet while also asking if
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he was single. Senko said he appreciates the account’s purpose. “It’s a pretty innocent thing with people giving compliments to people anonymously,” Senko said. “It’s a non-serious way to express your feelings.” Not all submissions are strictly about romantic crushes, though. A post about Communication freshman Alana Friedman professed a friend crush for her instead of something romantic. Friedman still is not sure who sent it, but enjoyed the submission. “It’s honestly kind of flattering to be mentioned,” Friedman said. “I wondered who submitted it after my friends starting tagging me in the post.” The account owner said they aren’t aware of any students that have met each other because of the account’s posts. Although the account provides an opportunity for students to anonymously admit their feelings for others, some students mentioned in the submissions feel the posts create a “dead end” for
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50 Years of Queer Anger: Camp at the Met Gala A. PALLAS GUTIERREZ
ASST. OPINION EDITOR
This is the twelfth column in “50 Years of Queer Anger,” a series examining LGBTQ+ issues in the United States since 1969. Susan Sontag described camp as “love of the unnatural: of artifice and exaggeration,” in her essay “Notes on Camp,” which attempts to define the elusive concept. Andrew Bolton, the head curator of the Met’s Costume Institute, knew that the theme would be difficult to nail down: “Camp is a site of debate rather than consensus.” That debate has been sparked by the Met Gala’s red carpet in two parts. What
is camp, and who on the red carpet embodied camp successfully? Camp is incredibly hard to define. Kareem Khubchandani, a queer studies and performance studies professor at Tufts University, says camp “makes profane the things that are sacred,” and is “a queer way of knowing.” Camp is over-thetop. Camp is glitzy to the point of being ugly, and usually has something to say about society. Camp was, as Lena Waithe’s tuxedo proclaimed, invented by black drag queens, a systematically ignored population even within the queer community, despite their constant contributions to queer liberation. So who or what was camp? Waithe, with her pinstripes made of lyrics from classic drag queen anthems, was definitely camp, albeit in a more political and less flamboyant way. Billy Porter’s Egyptian-inspired outfit and entrance
was camp. Jordan Roth dressing as a theater was camp. The Gucci Met Gala afterparty being held in the Hunter College gymnasium was definitely camp. Articles and tweets have cropped up criticizing Frank Ocean, Harry Styles, and Shawn Mendes for not being on-theme enough. As camp is so intrinsically tied to male queerness, I can understand some peoples’ reticence to go all out this year. All three of these stars have had pressure put on them for not following traditional standards of masculinity and male sexuality. Especially in music, where image can dramatically alter success, I understand Ocean, Styles, and Mendes leaning into their respective comfort zones to avoid being mislabelled. Fashion is very personal. Something that one person thinks is hideous might be the center of another person’s wardrobe. Fashion
is also one of the key ways humans can express their identity, whether that be gender, ethnicity, interests, or anything else. The Met’s Camp: Notes on Fashion exhibit gives credit and attention to a fashion style that often goes ignored or uncredited, due to the progenitors being black drag queens and queer men. The representation of camp as an art form by the Met, one of the most well-known art museums in the country, is an undeniable step forward for queer culture. A. Pallas Gutierrez is a Communication freshman. They can be contacted at pallas2022@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.
Speaking another language should not invite prejudice MARCUS THUILLIER COLUMNIST
“Say something in French,” was a sentence I heard constantly when I first moved to the United States. Within the first five minutes of meeting new people, I would be known as “that guy who speaks another language.” I have struggled to really understand what that means for me throughout the years as I transitioned from high school to college. More often than not, it doesn’t mean much, since speaking French in and of itself isn’t a big deal. However, there have been instances in the past where not being a native English speaker signaled another way my experience in this country was diminished. Despite not having an official language as defined by the Constitution, many people and organizations within the United States prefer that other people living in this country speak English. If you don’t speak English, they like it when you speak a traditionally “white” language. When people learned that I spoke French, it would never cause
much prejudice. People would be curious, enthusiastic and ask me questions about it — questions that, although annoying, were never meant to be harmful. Meanwhile, people can get detained by Border Patrol solely because they are seen speaking Spanish in public, as happened in Montana about a year ago. Speaking another language can make you feel marginalized. There are obviously different levels to this, as my feelings of uneasiness cannot compare to what people speaking Spanish or Arabic — or languages viewed with similar prejudice — face on a daily basis. There are countless examples of people being heckled or targeted for speaking their native language in public settings in America. The “This is America; speak English” phenomenon has gotten more attention with the rise of social media platforms like Twitter, and has helped to show how the marginalization of those communities remains a true problem. The bulk of my issue with how people view bilingualism if your first language is not English is the assumption that people speaking other languages in public cannot speak English well. Most of us choose not to speak English in public for convenience. I don’t speak English to my parents, because it would
be weird. Yet that somehow is a problem to people we are not even interacting with. In this country that is constantly held up as a paragon of freedom, I sometimes feel not free to speak my language without judgement. Much has been written about the advantages of bilingualism, both as a competitive advantage and leading to improved brain improvements, but there is at least one major drawback. Bilinguals are bound to feel stupid at some point when trying to navigate the language they are less comfortable with. Even after living here for almost eight years, I still think faster and perform better in French. My first year of college, despite being fully fluent in English, I struggled to grasp key concepts of my physics lectures because I had been in the French school system for so long. I even got wrong answers on one test, where I blanked on what the word “wavelength” translated to in French. As I said, it is in no way comparable to being detained for speaking my language. It is, however, one more struggle to face in a world full of them. Author Dragan Todorovic had a simple take on it: “It was painful to realize that in my language I was smart, but I sounded stupid in English.” This is
all good and fun when it is a white person speaking French, but because of entrenched racism, it quickly devolves into a problem otherwise. It’s important to realize that someone’s first language isn’t an indication of a person’s smarts or ability to function in American society. It is an added layer of complexity that the speaker has to navigate, but that ultimately should not lead people to differentiate you from native English speakers. It especially can’t be evaluated on a case by case basis, dragging traditionally suppressed languages down and glorifying the use of Western European tongues. In most cases, knowing more than one language is an advantage, and this recognition needs to be extended to the public sphere for all languages. Marcus Thuillier is a first-year graduate student. He can be contacted at marcusthuillier2019@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.
The new bachelorette isn’t enough to make the show feminist EMILY WONG
OP-ED CONTRIBUTOR
This Monday marks the season premiere of my favorite guilty pleasure show, “The Bachelorette.” This season’s Bachelorette is Hannah Brown, also known as Miss Alabama USA 2018. Her first block of screen time during season 23 of “The Bachelor” consisted of a mysterious feud with Caelynn Miller-Keyes, another contestant she knew from competing in Miss USA. Now, Brown is being touted as the most “relatable” Bachelorette the show has ever featured, with an extended trailer showing the star dancing goofily in one scene and telling off the group of men for not trying to get to know her in the next. In fact, most of the current promotions seem to capitalize on Brown’s “realness.” One of the trailers, released a little over a month ago, features the bachelorette strutting through a forest in a scene reminiscent of Cinderella, complete
with a baby blue gown. The song “You Don’t Own Me” plays in the background, an anthem often associated with the second-wave feminist movement. Brown throws her tiara to the ground, removes her “Beauty Queen” sash, and rips off the train of her dress to reveal a jumpsuit underneath. The whole production seems like an attempt to portray the idea that Brown is not your typical bachelorette. This is strange considering how well Brown fits into the show’s conventional mold. Refinery29 contributor Martha Sorren criticized the trailer for trying to repaint the program as feminist simply by throwing a few empowering elements into their music and wardrobe choices. She pointed out that this feminism didn’t seem evident in the drawnout drama between Brown and Miller-Keyes in “The Bachelor.” While I appreciate Brown’s confidence and apparent resolve to stand up for herself, I agree with Sorren. The producers’ job is to play up any angle they can get for the sake of ratings, and I doubt a large portion of the show’s viewers take the marketing ploys seriously. However, it still feels off-putting to see
this blatantly obvious appeal to feminism, pressuring the viewer to support Brown’s efforts to find love because she fits conventional standards of an empowered woman. Promos aside,“The Bachelorette” promotes values that oppose feminism in almost all other aspects of the show. Even though the Bachelorette is seemingly in a position of power, the show still serves as a platform for competition and toxic masculinity. Although theoretically, she should be in control of the situation, a mentality often develops among the contestants that she’s a prize they’re all after. This attitude is perpetuated by the program’s features — the main way to win more time with the Bachelorette is to win the group date activity, where past competitions have included mud wrestling and a boxing tournament in which one contestant was sent to the emergency room after being punched in the face. Aside from the more direct perpetuations of gender norms, the show’s design is inherently unconducive to a feminist mission. Even outside of the goal of competing for one person’s affections, filming takes place over roughly nine weeks,
which is too short for anyone to build a meaningful relationship. Even worse, the structure of the show barely allows contestants to spend any of that time with the wife-to-be. Because of the condensed timeline, whatever connection the couple may form is inevitably based on surfacelevel qualities — such as charm and appearance — along with sharing one or two deep conversations or stories from their lives. Despite my skepticism, I do understand the appeal of Brown’s relatability and boldness, and I hope that viewers are inspired by a woman who knows her worth. However, “The Bachelorette” wasn’t designed to be a feminist triumph, and dressing their star in a pantsuit in an attempt to adopt this label doesn’t change the show’s core message. Emily Wong is a Medill sophomore. She can be contacted at emilywong2021@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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FRIDAY, MAY 10, 2019
More than 200 students receive research grants By CADENCE QUARANTA
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While pursuing undergraduate research may conjure up images of test tubes and lab coats, the 211 students awarded an Undergraduate Research Grant last month will be pursuing a variety of topics this summer, taking them from dusty archives to sunny beaches. To receive the $3,500 grant, applicants were required to find a faculty advisor for their project, submit a two-page research proposal, and fill out an application form by March 15. The requirements, however, end there. Students may come from any academic area of study, and pursue any topic of their choosing. According to the Undergraduate Research Grant website, this year’s awardees have chosen to pursue subjects ranging from “Interracial Love Stories” to “Root-Seeking in China International Adoption” to “Carbonates in Lake Decatur Sediments.” Avery Van Etten does not plan to follow the traditional research report format — the Medill sophomore will be investigating sea level rise in the Florida Keys through a series of 30-minute podcast episodes.
“I wanted to do something that would allow me to gain experience with what I want to go into, which is radio,” Etten said. She said she will speak with both experts and people who live in the area, hoping to inquire about their opinions and feelings on the sea-level rise. Weinberg freshman Natalia Wang, another URG recipient, said she will utilize the grant to simultaneously pursue multiple areas of interest. “My project is about oil paint degradation,” Wang said. “We are looking at why, in certain cases, oil paint degrades — specifically the mechanism of what goes on on the molecular level.” Wang said art and chemistry are both topics she appreciates, and she is excited to be able to study their overlap this summer. She will be working in a lab at Northwestern to investigate this subject. Her end goal? To have her studies applied to pieces in the Art Institute. Medill first-year Maya Mojica will be studying the overlap between objectification theory and the Ziegfeld Girls, a performance group from the 1920s. The grant will take Mojica to the New York Public Library, where she will peruse and analyze their archives, working with descendants of the group themselves. Mojica said she plans to talk to psychologists
about the information she discovers. She hopes they will be able to provide insight as to how the psychological theory of objectification connects to her findings. Unlike other awardees, Mojica said she does not plan to write a normal research report. Instead, she will use her research to write a piece of historical fiction. “I want to turn this information, which people might not be interested in reading in a regular report, into something that is a bit more exciting to read, something people are going to want to pick up and read,” Mojica said. She said she decided to pursue this subject because of her familial connection to it — her great-grandmother was a member of the group. Mojica said she gained interest in the Ziegfeld Girls after talking about them with her grandmother last quarter. Upon further research, she further realized the group’s connection with objectification theory. “I was already interested in the theory because I’ve taken some psych classes at Northwestern, and I’ve heard about it here and there,” Mojica said. “And I was able to make that connection by myself and it was really exciting for me to see two very separate parts of my life come together.” cadencequaranta2022@u.northwestern.edu
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Avery Van Etten plans to investigate sea level rise in the Florida Keys using her Undergraduate Research Grant. More than 200 students received the grant this year.
Israel Story presents live podcast during NU Israel week By ZINYA SALFITI
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Israel Story gave a live performance Thursday of the podcast “The Wall – A Look At The Barriers That Separate Us, And Those That Bring Us Closer Together” at Evanston Rocks. The performance is a part of a week-long series of events for Northwestern Israel Week, organized by Northwestern Hillel. The team from Israel Story utilized a range of different multimedia elements in their performance, including a live band, a DJ set and a series of photographs and videos to tell stories, all the while weaving through an underlying theme of walls: human walls, obstacle walls, religious walls
and separation walls, each connected to Israel in some way. Performer and tour manager Hannah Barg explained that Israel Story is a radio initiative and podcast aimed at narrating the stories of members of Israeli communities through podcasts and tours of live performances. “Every story that we tell is somewhat connected to Israel,” Barg said. “It has to have a link.” The podcast works to connect a series of stories to one underlying theme — in this case walls — all the while explaining the process of finding each unique narrative. The stories of how the team comes across, looks for and sometimes even stumbles upon their narratives are unique stories within themselves. Co-founder and host of the show Mishy
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connections of the Western Wall in Jerusalem, which is the most religious site in the world for Jewish people. The team ended the performance by mentioning separation walls, as they touched on the historical and political complexities of Israel’s West Bank Barrier wall, dubbed “apartheid road.” Weinberg sophomore Galit Rosenblatt, who helped organize the program for Israel Week, said she thought the event was a dynamic way of telling a story. “It’s not just storytelling,” she said. “There’s the visuals, the video, the music and really really talented performers. People are laughing and gasping at time... They get chills.”
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Harman said the team has “sort of developed these story antennae of searching for stories everywhere.” Harman said his favorite story from this show was “the story about the Arab woman who turned out to be a Holocaust survivor.” Between tracking down all the characters and following them around, “that story took over a year,” he said. During the event, the team showed a video of a historical football game between Australia and Israel — where Israeli players stood shoulder-toshoulder in an effort to prevent the opposing team from scoring a penalty — to highlight the theme of “human walls.” They also discussed obstacle walls, showing footage of the performers trying to climb a wall in a training center for the Israel Defense Force. They spoke about the historical and religious
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“And if you do your own research, there’s some pretty compelling research out there.” Botanica CBD opened its doors in June 2018. Brennan said the response from Evanston residents was “enthusiastic,” although it took time for people to figure out what the store was selling. “We didn’t want people to feel like they were walking into a headshop,” she said. “We wanted high-end, really high quality products, and we designed the store to make it comfortable for people to walk into. I’m not sure the reception would have been the same if the design had been different.” Brennan said her customers use CBD for joint and muscle pain, sleep disorders, anxiety and autoimmune disorders, among other ailments. She emphasized that CBD is not FDA-approved to treat any of these conditions and that Botanica does not make any claims about the efficacy of CBD. Communication sophomore Gaby Godinez said she purchases vape cartridges and tinctures from Botanica CBD. She uses CBD to cope with nausea, which she experiences as a symptom of anxiety. Her therapist recommended the supplement as a potentially helpful and soothing option, with the caveat that it wasn’t a definitive solution. “It’s tricky since (CBD) isn’t FDAapproved, and you can’t get any health insurance to cover the cost of it,” Godinez said. “It’s incredibly expensive.” Godinez said she also has a CBD candle that “works wonders” for her symptoms. Other methods for using CBD include anything from edibles to bath bombs. Brennan said Botanica CBD also carries skincare and exercise recovery products, and recently started selling “CBD flower” — weed with a negligible amount of THC. Cannabis that contains less than 0.3 percent dry weight THC is considered hemp rather than marijuana, Brennan said. Illinois law allows merchants to sell CBD products derived from hemp, though marijuana remains a Schedule I substance. Trattner said she thinks it is important to distinguish CBD from marijuana in the discourse surrounding cannabis legalization. “Because CBD is so simple and so effective, it really deserves to be in its own category (separate) from the high school party drug that also comes from the same plant,” Trattner said. “Weed definitely has more quirks and kinks to legalizing and understanding, but CBD should really just stand on its own
told that no one is looking at the way you look or what you’re wearing but you know for certain sororities that’s exactly what they’re doing.” Kwak has noticed the issues of race and class are interconnected with her experiences in her sorority. She said the continued tradition of allowing legacy sisters into the sorority was problematic because, in the past, they were all-white spaces, meaning legacies were almost exclusively white. Those spaces can often struggle to be inclusive for underrepresented students. While low-income students struggle with feeling welcomed in these spaces, they still stand to gain from joining these organizations. SESP sophomore Andrew Duarte said that while there was a disconnect between his experiences as a first generation low-income student and his Delta Chi brothers, he felt he had benefited from joining the fraternity. Duarte said he has grown academically by being around other men studying in the common areas of the
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parents of students in underperforming groups with information on how teacher and principal evaluations can be useful in facilitating growth in student learning, especially in narrowing the learning gap between racial groups. Andalib Khelghati, assistant superintendent of schools for District 65, said he has the “utmost confidence” that changing the trajectory of Black and Latinx scores can and will be achieved. “It’s not a new challenge,” Khelghati said, “but it’s an opportunity that we truly believe we can work towards and overcome.” However, many parents remain skeptical that statewide teacher evaluation guidelines do enough to
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here in the community or just have the funds going to the general fund.” The bill wouldn’t change regulations for medicinal dispensaries like PharmaCannis –– Evanston’s only medicinal dispensary. Owned by the parent company PharmaCann, the shop’s clientele consists of patients with qualifying conditions under the state’s Medical Cannabis Patient Program. This program provides a medical marijuana card to patients diagnosed with a terminal illness or one of 40 qualified debilitating health conditions. More recently, their clientele was expanded to participants of the Opioid Alternative Pilot Program, who would have otherwise been prescribed an opioid to manage pain. Jeremy Unruh, director of regulatory and public
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fraternity, as it’s easy to slack off when studying alone. He also said he has met a lot of men who he wouldn’t have otherwise and has been inspired by their stories. “I love hearing about experiences of them traveling because it makes me want to travel. It pushes me,” Duarte said. “I didn’t have this childhood growing up, but that doesn’t mean my children won’t.” Duarte said his older brother was also in a fraternity at Northwestern and was able to assist him in reaching out and applying to financial programs to lower the costs. Duarte was appreciative of this support, but thought it “sad” that other students might not know about the financial assistance Northwestern provides for Greek Life activities The Student Activities Assistance Fund has helped 173 students specifically for affording Greek Life this school year, Joe Lattal, the assistant director of Student Organizations & Activities said in an email to The Daily. SAAF has existed since 2012 and is now implemented through the Student Enrichment Services OneForm to accommodate student organization related expenses for low-income students. Applications involve brief essays and a detailed explanation on how much
money is being requested and what the money would be used for. Travis Martin, the Office of Fraternity and Sorority Life director, said in an email to The Daily that IFC and PHA have their own funds independent of SAAF. Before 2012, the funds through IFC and PHA were the primary source to fund low-income students’ participation in Greek Life. Kwak said she was able to afford her dues to a combination of both funds, which she found “amazing” that it was an option at Northwestern. As her time in a sorority winds down, she said she thought she could have made a bigger change in the system. She said she hoped to be able to expose some of the women to people with lower-income backgrounds with whom they might have never interacted. “I thought maybe naively that I can make that change from the inside out,” Kwak said. “But for a system established for as long as it has been and what it’s rooted in, it’s going to take a lot more than four years of someone’s undergrad career to truly create sustainable change.”
encourage teachers to focus on improving learning outcomes for low-scoring groups. As a result of the 2010 Performance Evaluation Reform Act, the district established a joint evaluation committee comprised of teachers and district leaders to assess teachers. They base their scores the Charlotte Danielson Framework for Teaching, a rubric for evaluating teachers. In their evaluation, every teacher is required to identify underperformance in one subject area, choose a minimum of 10 students to assess, and measure their growth, which makes up 30 percent of the overall evaluation. District 65 uses the MAP test, which students between third and eighth grade are required to take three times throughout each school year, to measure student growth. But teachers are also allowed to substitute another
committee-approved measure in their evaluation. Teachers are not only expected to identify the top performers of the class, but also evaluate a group in need of improvement in a specific subject area. However, there’s no guarantee Black and Latinx students are included in their samples. This mismatch is shown by inconsistencies between scores received by teachers, and the salient gaps between the scores of white and non-white students. Green said the wide racial disparities in learning outcomes call for closer evaluation of instruction in classrooms, which is the closest indicator for learning performance. “We want to see which teachers are teaching really well, and which teachers are really struggling,”Green said.
affairs for PharmaCann, said in an email that the proposed bill provides a “positive foundation” for adult use of marijuana and that the company actively supports the social equity provision in the bill. However, he said the company would like to see revisions to be made to the bill. “We are interested in continuing to test and discuss the fundamentals of the proposed market structure in order to help the bill’s sponsors refine a plan that maintains the best-in-breed consumer protections, while still creating room for growth and innovation,” he said. Representatives from Educated Alternative, a cannabis nonprofit, spent last Saturday at the Evanston Public Library providing free application assistance for the Illinois Medical Cannabis Patient Program. The event in Evanston occurred only hours before Pritzker released his proposal. The group also seeks to educate communities about the benefits of cannabis and help qualifying individuals to get access to medicinal cannabis at the lowest cost.
Jose Gonzalez, the founder and executive director of Educated Alternative, said he created the nonprofit to combat negative connotations about cannabis and demonstrate its medicinal benefits. “On a regular basis, we are with doctors or speaking to groups about cannabis,” Gonzalez said. “So we are on a regular basis, we are with doctors, or by ourselves speaking to doctors or speaking to groups about cannabis, educating people.” Amy Masters, an Evanston resident, said she is for all for the legalization of marijuana. She said people already drink and smoke, so legalizing pot wouldn’t be any different. Her only concerns would be the underage consumption of marijuana, or the operation of machinery or automobiles under the influence. “It’s silly not to have it legalized,” she said. “It’s always been silly not to have it legalized.”
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Environment Board discusses climate action plan By HENRY ROGERS
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The City of Evanston’s Environment Board on Thursday discussed the continued implementation of the city’s Climate Action and Resilience Plan. First initiated by Mayor Steve Hagerty, CARP is a climate action plan that seeks to overhaul the city’s current efforts to combat climate change with goals like carbon neutrality and zero waste by 2050. Since the plan was enacted in 2018, the Environment Board has served as a body to discuss the prioritization of the plan’s multiple facets and determine the performance metrics to be used. “I don’t think we even know yet,” board cochair Wendy Pollock said of the board’s priorities. “City Council just voted in late December to adopt CARP. We’re just getting to that point.” Kumar Jensen, Evanston’s sustainability coordinator and the only staff member dedicated entirely to CARP’s implementation, said the city is still developing a draft for the first and second round of the “omnibus approach.” In a proposal for a 2019 Climate Action Omnibus
Ordinance, the “omnibus approach” is described as combining CARP’s regulatory changes for the city with other relevant actions. The approach aims to increase the transparency of the plan’s progress and improve the efficiency of the implementation by taking advantage of the plan’s overlap into the responsibilities of multiple departments. Without the approach, approved CARP actions would need to be broken into separate bills that would advance through multiple individual committees, according to the proposal. “It’s definitely a learning curve internally,” Jensen said. “But we’ll learn about what works and what needs to be changed as we go.” The board also discussed the proposed Environmental Justice Ordinance, which is currently being drafted and has yet to be seen by the board. The ordinance seeks to enforce an equity-centered approach to fighting climate change, Jensen said. During the meeting, board member Jerri Garl brought up a settlement reached between the city and the operator of its waste transfer station, Advanced Disposal, in which the operator sued the city for imposing fees it claimed were illegal. The city eventually settled the suit, and was allowed keep the $1.26 million in fees collected. Surplus money from the settlement could be
put toward redoing alleys in the area where citizens’ health was impacted by the station, Garl said. The board agreed to table the discussion for a future meeting where a more concrete proposal could be considered. The board also discussed the development of performance metrics for future climate actions by the city. While creating performance metrics for the climate action plan, Linda Young, the board’s longest-serving current member, said, “We have goals of full participation and affordability and loads of other things.” The meeting also considered a “simple recycling” initiative and a potential ban on all gasand propane-powered lawn equipment. Both initiatives are a part of CARP. Jensen expressed interest in a board review of the city’s current policies on “simple recycling,” which is the recycling of textiles and other reusable objects through a secondary recycling company. Earlier this year, the City Council rejected a measure seeking to implement a five-year contract for residential soft recycling services following testimony from a Goodwill Industries representative, Jensen said. The board plans to research performance
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The City of Evanston’s Environment Board. Board members discussed the implementation of a recently enacted climate action plan.
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Evanston Development Cooperative hosts housing forum By SNEHA DEY
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Evanston resident Trish Stieglitz can afford to live in Evanston, but it becomes “harder and harder every year,” she said during an affordable housing forum Thursday evening. Stieglitz was one of about 25 residents who attended the meeting at Backlot Coffee, located at 2006 Central St. The forum was hosted by the Evanston Development Cooperative. The co-op, which was founded last year, works with homeowners to build developments, specifically coach houses and other accessory dwelling units. When Stieglitz first built a coach house on her property, she said the city had her sign a letter
prohibiting rentals to non-family members. The city code was amended in April 2018, allowing property owners to rent out coach houses to non-family members. The amendment was part of an initiative to increase affordable housing in Evanston. Stieglitz emphasized the need to continue affordability efforts. With taxes rising, Stieglitz said her kids won’t be able to live in the city. Residents at the meeting were divided into groups of four to consider questions on affordability. “What do you think is the biggest issue facing our community?” and “What’s the purpose of housing in our community?” were some of the questions posed. Evanston resident Gordon Anderson said access to resources, passionate citizens and diversity draw people in, but the taxes and cost of living are driving people out. Anderson stressed that those who work in the community cannot afford to live there.
“For me, it always comes back to this. What type of housing do residents need in this community, what type of residences are residents okay with and where is this intersection...and how can we build housing...that works for all residents?,” said Communication senior Robinson Markus, EDC co-founder and former Daily staffer. Markus said his group considered Evanston’s complicated history with race. He pointed to structural racism and the city’s landmark efforts to desegregate schools. He said he recognizes the efforts of the city government and the public sector, but added that “there’s still so much work to do.” As a development cooperative with residents on the team, Markus said the community gets to play a bigger role in expanding affordability. “I really do believe that by bringing together the
collective wisdom of the community... that’s when we can really begin to think about looking long term, but also acting now,” Markus said. He said the co-op plans to hold similar forums in other parts of the city. John Kim, the owner of Backlot and a 23-year Evanston resident, said he appreciates the co-op’s efforts to develop housing for all income levels. People of higher income levels will always exist, Kim said, but catering to those people threatens the character of this city. “To see Evanston thrive is to see Evanston spread out housing in a way that makes sense,” Kim said. “If we keep building high rises or huge 4000-square-foot houses, Evanston will cease to be this place.” snehadey2022@u.northwestern.edu
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Riley breaks course record, NU earns spot in NCAA Champs By CHARLIE GOLDSMITH
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Course records are made to be broken, and redemption is the best motivator. In the first tournament after Northwestern’s disappointing sixth-place finish in the Big Ten Championship in April, junior Brooke Riley broke the women’s course record at the Tumble Creek Club by shooting a 65 in the first round of the NCAA Tournament. That led the Wildcats to finish with an even-par team score in the Cle Elum NCAA Regional in Washington and advance to the NCAA Championship. On the first day of the three-day event, NU had the second-best score in the 18-team field, but after shooting 14-over-par on the second day of the tournament, the Cats entered the final day in fifth place. This put them in a precarious position, as only the top six scoring teams advance past the Regional. On the morning of the tournament’s
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final day, Riley said she and her teammates had one of the best and most relaxed warm-ups they have had all season. “It was just a really good vibe among the five of us,” she said. “My warm-up (Wednesday) was just really good, so I went out with a lot of confidence. We just were keeping everything light and having a lot of fun.” Dealing with the pressure of the NCAA Tournament better than they did in the Big Ten Tournament, the Cats shot 10-under Wednesday. NU finished 11 shots better than seventh-place Ohio State, which was the best-scoring team to not make the cut. Riley said there was some déjà vu for the team since Ohio State was the team that upset NU and won the Big Ten Tournament on April 21. “Since the team chasing us was Ohio State fresh off Big Tens,” Riley said. “We had a competitive feel there.” But Riley and the Cats handled the Buckeyes and finished third among the 18 teams in the tournament field.
Individually, Riley finished tied for fifth over the three-day event after shooting a team-best seven-under. Freshman Kelly Sim finished tied for 11th with a 213, senior Stephanie Lau finished tied for 35th and senior Janet Mao and freshman Kelly Su both finished in the top 70 in the 96-person field. By moving on to the next round, NU is one of 24 teams advancing to the NCAA Championships. Last year, the Cats advanced to the national quarterfinals before losing a close matchup against Stanford that ended their season. Riley said the team showed the ability to compete at a high level under pressure this weekend, and she said by advancing to the NCAA Championships, the team accomplished one of its major preseason goals. “The first thing I think of is our seniors,” Riley said. “We just wanted to do everything we could today to keep the season going and give ourselves another shot at nationals.” charliegoldsmith2021@u.northwestern.edu
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As the No. 2 seed in the Big Ten Tournament, Northwestern has the chance to make some serious noise. But the Wildcats are competing for much more than a trophy this weekend. No. 18 NU (42-9, 21-2 Big Ten) has an RPI of 11, which puts the Cats right on the bubble for being a top-16 national seed and hosting an NCAA regional. In the end, their fate will be in the hands of the selection committee, but a deep run in Bloomington, Indiana, will help solidify their chances of being seeded. It will not be easy. NU will play the tournament hosts, seventh-seed Indiana, in the quarterfinals Friday. The Hoosiers (36-20, 10-13) defeated Penn State 4-2 on Thursday to advance, and split the game between their two top pitchers, Tara Trainer and Emily Goodin, so both should be ready to go again against the Cats. “We’re definitely not overlooking our first matchup,” senior left fielder Morgan Nelson said. “That happens every year in the Big Ten Tournament, someone gets upset. You don’t want to be that team, you want to be the team that takes care of the teams you need to take care of.” NU beat Indiana 5-0 on March 16 in a game that did not count toward the Big Ten standings. Freshman pitcher Danielle Williams threw a two-hit shutout in that game, and the Cats’ four hits were all home runs. But the Hoosiers love to put pressure on defenses, as their 141 stolen bases lead the Big Ten by far. Should NU advance to the semifinals,
By ELLA BROCKWAY
The last time Northwestern entered the NCAA Tournament as the No. 4 seed, it left with the national championship. It was 2006. Coach Kelly Amonte Hiller was in her fifth year at the helm of the varsity program, and the title was the second of seven in a span of eight years. The Wildcats’ tournament run began with a 17-9 win over Stanford and ended with a 7-4 championship game victory against Dartmouth. In 2019, Amonte Hiller is still in charge, but it’s been five years since NU even advanced to a Final Four. With a 14-4 record and a win over perennial powerhouse Maryland under its belt, the No. 4 Cats (14-4, 7-1 Big Ten) are seeking to re-ascend the mountain they stood atop for so long. And coincidentally, the first step of this year’s journey could come against Stanford. NU will play its first game of the NCAA Tournament at home Sunday against the winner of Friday’s first-round matchup between the Cardinal (13-5, 7-3 Pac-12) and Notre Dame (13-4, 5-2 ACC).The Cats last faced Stanford in 2013, and upset the Fighting Irish 15-11 on the road this April. “The success of this past weekend has given everyone a lot of confidence and everyone’s feeling focused and determined,” Amonte Hiller said. “We are not satisfied with just a Big Ten championship.” NU enters the weekend on a five-game win streak, its last loss coming in the regular season to the Terrapins on April 11. The Cats’ offense is firing on all cylinders. Selena Lasota, who was named a finalist for the Tewaaraton Award on Thursday, is
averaging the fourth-most goals per game in the country, and the trio of freshman Izzy Scane, sophomore Lauren Gilbert and junior Lindsey McKone has scored 44 goals in the last five games. NU defense is finding its rhythm at the right time, too. While the Cats still allow 13.8 goals a game, their play has drastically improved since senior Mallory Weisse took over in net. In NU’s last six matchups, Weisse has totaled 68 saves, collecting double-digit saves in each game. Against Maryland last Sunday, the Cats won 19 draw controls and went a perfect 20-for-20 on clear attempts. Since losing to NU on April 20, Notre Dame has played just one game, dropping a tight 14-13 contest to Duke in the quarterfinals of the ACC Tournament. Friday’s game against Stanford will be its first in 16 days. The Cardinal finished third in the Pac-12 this season, picking up ranked wins over Stony Brook and Colorado and advancing to the semifinals of the conference tournament. All-Pac-12 attacker Ali Baiocco currently has 50 goals and 28 assists on the season, and leads the conference with 71 points. In 2013, Notre Dame and Stanford also met for a NCAA Tournament first-round game played in Evanston. Stanford won that game 8-7, and then NU, seeded No. 2 overall, claimed a 15-8 victory in the second round. For now, the past is the past, and the Cats are only focusing on the game at hand. “We want to seek more for this program, and that’s what Sunday’s about,” Amonte Hiller said. “It’s seeking another opportunity to get a game the following week and hopefully the following week after that. But we’ve got to take it one game at a time.” ellabrockway@u.northwestern.edu
By BENJAMIN ROSENBERG
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The Wildcats gather in a huddle. NU will face Indiana in the quarterfinals of the Big Ten Tournament on Friday.
it would likely mean a rematch with No. 3 seed Minnesota, who won two of three against the Cats last weekend in Minneapolis. Coach Kate Drohan said her team, which starts five freshmen on a regular basis, learned a lot from that series. “What a great experience it was for us,” Drohan said. “Yes, our team was very disappointed on that bus coming home, but I’m excited about their maturity and their hunger to get a little better.” Drohan was named Big Ten Coach of the Year on Wednesday for the third time in her 18 seasons at NU and the first time since 2006. Several players earned accolades from the conference as well, with Williams winning Big Ten Freshman of the Year honors. Williams and freshman catcher Jordyn Rudd were named to the all-conference first team, with freshman shortstop Maeve Nelson and sophomore second baseman Rachel Lewis earning spots on the second team. Maeve Nelson said the team’s upperclassmen have been helping her and the
other freshmen prepare for postseason play. “It’s been unspoken guidance,”Nelson said. “They know how everything goes, and their calmness and their preparedness has been flowing through the team.” The Cats’ pitching staff, led by Williams, has been strong all season, with NU’s 1.92 team ERA ranking second in the Big Ten. The offense, however, has been up and down, and the Cats are coming off a weekend in which they managed just one run on four hits in three games against ace Amber Fiser and company. NU is viewing the Minnesota series as the start of its postseason, and although the Cats fell short of the regular-season championship, Drohan said NU is built for this tournament. “What we experienced last weekend was the most valuable lesson,” Drohan said. “With the atmosphere, the great pitching we faced, that was a true gift.” benjaminrosenberg2021@u.northwestern.edu