The Daily Northwestern - May 29, 2018

The Daily Northwestern Tuesday, May 29, 2018

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Trump administration fuels ICE, CBP action

Ananya Agrawal dies on Saturday

DHS approves econ as STEM Change affects international undergraduates

Weinberg senior's cause of death is still unknown

By JONAH DYLAN

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The Department of Homeland Security has approved the Northwestern economics department’s decision to classify as a science, technology, engineering and mathematics major, International Office director Ravi Shankar told The Daily in a Friday email.

The approval comes after NU’s economics department voted unanimously in April to classify as a STEM major.

Students and faculty members previously said they expected months to go by before the change became official.

Moving forward, the change will affect undergraduate international students who are economics majors. The department had previously classified its graduate program as a STEM field. » See ECONOMICS, page 6

By JONAH DYLAN

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Police officers stand outside the Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity house at Northwestern on Monday. Evanston police and University Police are investigating an incident where a student reportedly fell from the fourth floor of the building.

Student falls from Pike's 4th floor He was taken to Evanston Hospital for treatment, evaluation

By JONAH DYLAN and COLIN BOYLE

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A Northwestern student was taken to the hospital Monday after falling from the fourth floor of the Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity house at 2313 Sheridan

Rd., University spokesman Al Cubbage said.

Cubbage said the male student was transported to Evanston Hospital, and he added that there is no indication that the incident occurred during a party or activity at the fraternity house.

Dean of Students Todd Adams and Office of Fraternity

and Sorority Life director Travis Martin were at the Pike house on Monday afternoon. In an email to The Daily late Monday night, Adams said he did not have an update regarding the student’s injuries, and he did not provide any additional information.

University Police are investigating the matter, and Evanston

police Cmdr. Ryan Glew said the Evanston Police Department is assisting.

This is a developing story. jonahdylan2020@u.northwestern.edu colinboyle2020@u.northwestern.edu

Joey Bada$$ named daytime headliner at Dillo Mayfest announces rapper from Brooklyn as final artist for June 2 Lakefill festival

By JONAH DYLAN

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Rapper Joey Bada$$ will be the daytime headliner for Dillo Day, Mayfest announced Friday.

The Brooklyn native, whose real name is Jo-Vaughn Virginie Scott, is known for songs like “Devastated” and “Rockabye Baby.”

Mayfest co-chair Andrew Hunter said he is excited about the energy Joey Bada$$ brings during his performances.

“We’ve talked about the other artists truly being excellent performers and great individuals who bring a lot of energy to the Lakefill and we feel that, honestly, Joey Bada$$ is probably going to be number one in that department,” the Weinberg senior said.

“He’s just an absolutely excellent performer and he’s basically renowned for having great stage presence.”

Joey Bada$$ released his first mixtape, “1999,” in 2012. His first studio album, “B4.DA.$$,” was released in 2015, and his second album, “ALL-AMERIKKKAN BADA$$,” was released in 2017.

The rapper has also appeared on the TV series “Mr. Robot,” and his song “Devastated” has more

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than 144 million plays on Spotify.

“Those are Kanye numbers,” he said. “Not a single person’s going to be on the Lakefill and not know that song.”

In a news release, Mayfest director of concerts Grant Pender said Joey Bada$$ was the mostrequested artist from Mayfest’s student body survey.

“We think he’s a perfect fit for the Daytime Headliner slot — an MC that can bring the hype just as well as he can spit lyrical wordplay, who’s going to create a frenzy midday on the Lakefill,” he said.

Joey Bada$$ is the final act to be announced for Dillo Day. Alternative rock band Young the Giant will headline the festival, while EDM artist TOKiMONSTA, R&B artist Daniel Caesar and indie rock band Whitney will also perform.

Mayfest co-chair Keaton Sullivan said the group is excited to see Joey Bada$$ perform in the daytime headliner slot.

“We were considering different hip-hop acts, we were definitely focusing on acts that were very lyrically talented, and Joey Bada$$ absolutely fits that criteria,” he said.

Dillo Day is set for June 2. jonahdylan2020@u.northwestern.edu

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Weinberg senior Ananya Agrawal died on Saturday evening, according to the Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office.

In a Sunday email to the Northwestern community, Dean of Students Todd Adams said there is no evidence of foul play, but the cause of Agrawal’s death is still undetermined.

According to Adams’ email, Agrawal was from Mumbai, India. On campus, he was a member of Phi Mu Alpha — a music fraternity — and played the saxophone in the Northwestern University Marching Band for two years. The chemistry major was recently » See AGRAWAL, page 6

Star basketball recruit's offer to NU revoked

Jordan Lathon, a heavily recruited member of Northwestern’s incoming freshman class who committed to the school a year ago, will not be coming to NU in the fall, according to a University spokesman.

“Northwestern University has revoked its offers of admission and an athletic scholarship for Jordan Lathon, a recruit for the Northwestern men’s basketball team,” University spokesman Al Cubbage said in a statement. “Out of respect for the privacy of the student, the University will have no further public comment.”

Lathon was expected to contend for the starting point guard spot next season vacated by the graduating Bryant McIntosh.

He was rated a four-star recruit by 247Sports, committed to the Wildcats last June and was frequently mentioned by coach Chris Collins in a Wednesday interview as a player he expected to contribute considerably in 2018-19.

“Big thanks to the wonderful fans of Northwestern. I have appreciated the great support they have shown to me & my family,” Lathon tweeted Friday after the news broke. “Being a Northwestern Wildcat was something I believed that I really wanted to do.”

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TUESDAY, MAY 29,2018

AROUND TOWN

Aldermen cut several capital improvement projects

By SAMANTHA HANDLER

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Aldermen cut several projects from the 2018 Capital Improvement program, meeting the $10 million target for the plan.

Evanston’s engineering and capital planning bureau chief Lara Biggs said at a council meeting on May 21 that in past years, the city generally did not exceed in awarding more than $9 million in bonds total. However, Biggs said, the city will award $10 million because staff had over budgeted this year.

From the proposed plan, aldermen needed to cut about $1.3 million to meet the $10 million target, according to city documents. The council carved out $1.4 million from the budget, deferring plans for four projects: painting the viaduct over the Emerson Street, Ridge Avenue, Green Bay Road intersection; repairing a service center; renovating the Lovelace Tennis Court and an animal shelter programming study.

Ald. Melissa Wynne (3rd) said the viaduct is “hideous” in its current state, but recognized that the complexity of the project makes it costly.

According to city documents, the viaduct painting would cost $600,000.

Aldermen decided to not delay plans to repair the South Pier of the Church Street Harbor, which is estimated to cost about $900,000 after it was

Aldermen to consider Oak Avenue, Chicago Avenue developments

Aldermen are set to vote on a special use permit for a 17-story, age-restricted rental development at 1727 Oak Ave. during Tuesday’s City Council meeting.

At a council meeting on May 14, aldermen voted 7-1 to advance the special permit for introduction.

originally budgeted to cost $600,000.

“If you wait, the cost will rise,” Biggs said.

“You’re looking at an additional $300,000 now, who knows if you put off two years or even to next year.”

Biggs said the city needs to rebuild the South Pier seawall that has deteriorated, allowing more sand to flow into the harbor, causing damage to the floating dock. The excess sand also drives up the city’s dredging expenses, a process that clears out the harbor by removing the sand, Biggs said.

She added that there used to be a walkway on top of the wall that people could use to walk or fish.

Parks, recreation and community service director Lawrence Hemingway said fixing the dock is “essential” to lakefront operations as it brings in hundreds of thousands of dollars through recreation and is used for rescue boats and other emergencies.

He added that in an ideal world the city would redo the seawall, saving the city dredging costs and bringing back some lakefront recreation activities.

Ald. Ann Rainey (8th) said the lakefront and lake recreation is part of what makes Evanston unique. She agreed that repairs need to be done “now.”

“We ought to do everything that’s humanly possible to take care of the amenities that are at the lakefront,” Rainey said. “Any effort to downgrade the wall is just nuts.” samanthahandler2021@u.northwestern.edu However, multiple council members voiced concerns about the development leading to increased traffic on Ridge Avenue.

The proposed building would include 169 units, a dog park, a pool and 139 parking spots. Johnny Carlson, principal of the midwest business unit for the developer Trammell Crow Company, said at an April 11 meeting that all apartments would have at least one tenant age 55 or older.

According to city documents, the special permit will grant four development allowances: increasing

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Ald. Ann Rainey (8th) speaks at a City Council meeting. Rainey voted in favor of deferring four programs from the city’s 2018 Capital Improvement program.

the number of units, increasing the building height, changing the front yard setback and requesting loading zones. The developer also requested to separate the lot from 1007 Church St., according to city documents.

Aldermen will also vote on another proposed development — a five-story, mixed-use building at 128-132 Chicago Ave. The building will include 26 residential units, along with a teaching garden, an organic plant yard and a cafe serving organic, locally sourced food. David

Brown, president of Harrington Brown LLC, said at a meeting on April 18 that the building would be the first garden-based lifestyle center in the country. “(The location is) screaming out for something special to be done here,” Brown said, “and we are thrilled to be at this point in the process where I think we have pulled together something that is quite special and will be a great benefit to the City of Evanston going forward.”

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New UP Cmdr. involves community

By RACHEL KUPFER

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After 21 years at Purdue University, Cmdr.

Eric Chin will continue his service within the Big Ten at Northwestern.

Chin started his new position as the Commander of Police Services for Evanston with the Northwestern University Police Department in February. Previously, he was a captain in charge of the special forces unit at the Purdue University Police Department. Chin also graduated from the FBI National Academy in 2007.

He has filled the role of an officer who recently died after a battle with cancer, UP Chief of Police Bruce Lewis said. The job involves overseeing patrol operations and investigations, internal policies and procedures, and internal affairs, Chin said.

Lewis said the department was looking for someone who would be a good ambassador for the department and a good partner with the department’s external partners: the Office of Student Affairs, Facilities Management and the Evanston Police Department.

“He’s proving quite a hire,” Lewis said. “His communication skills and style resonate well, and garner teamwork and respect, as well as his engagement with our students — whether it’s working a special event or attending a studentled event — his engagement is admirable there as well.”

Chin said his current position is different from his last role at Purdue, because now he is focused more on operations than on support services.

That change was welcome, though, because of his desire to continue to serve, Chin said.

“I felt that I had served in every capacity at the Purdue University Police Department, and wanted to see what else was out there,” Chin said. “When this position opened up, I saw an amazing opportunity to continue to serve with a new student body, staff and faculty members.”

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Eric Chin. After 21 years at Purdue University, Chin began his role as UP’s Commander of Police Services in February.

start in law enforcement. Growing up in Boston, police officers were role models who were always available to help people, he said. TV shows like “CHIPS,” specifically “the old-school version,” added a desire to pursue that life, he said.

After graduating from Purdue, Chin was immediately hired by the school’s police department. He said he enjoyed the opportunity to give back to his college community, as well as connecting and making friendships with the students and parents, some of whom he is still close with today.

During his 21 years at Purdue, Chin worked on patrols, as a detective and as a lieutenant before being promoted to captain by Chief of Police John Cox, who worked with Chin for 18 years.

Due to his experience in a variety of jobs, Chin has a knowledge base “second to none,” Cox said, along with an ability to learn and grasp new material, adapt to developing situations, and keep his campus and officers as safe as possible while protecting the brand of the university.

“He brings some strengths that every top-tier university in the U.S. would want in a senior law enforcement official,” Cox said. “We lost a good one, and Northwestern gained a great one.”

Chin is still learning his way around Northwestern, likening the experience to “a new kid going to a new school,” but the past few months have been a fun and exciting opportunity to learn from the community and the officers here, he said.

Although the weather “doesn’t seem to be very consistent,” Chin said he’s enjoyed that the smaller, more dense student population creates more opportunities to impact students.

“This is a great campus, great students, great faculty, staff and it’s a great community to continue to serve,” Chin said. “It’s been a very warm welcome. Not just from in here, within the police department, but also within the University and Evanston as a whole.” rachelkupfer2021@u.northwestern.edu

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Trump administration fuels behavior of ICE, CBP RYAN BOYD

DAILY COLUMNIST

The Trump administration recently implemented its most callous policy yet. And that’s saying something considering the fact that these are the same people who pushed for the repeal of the Affordable Care Act, refused to act on gun control and implemented a wildly discriminatory Muslim ban.

The new policy I am referring to is the Department of Homeland Security guidance directing U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents to separate children from parents who attempt to cross the border from Mexico into the United States.

Shockingly, this policy even includes parents and children who attempt to cross through official points of entry as asylum seekers. To be clear, these kids — some of whom are as young as 53 weeks old — are not just temporarily separated from their parents. They are placed in U.S. government custody, sent to one of many Department of Health and Human Services facilities across the country and

then placed into long-term foster care (or given to friends or family who are already in the U.S., if they are fortunate enough to have any).

The accounts of parents who have had their kids taken are harrowing. In a court filing, as highlighted by journalist Chris Hayes, one mother recalls, “The immigration officers then made me walk out with my son to a government vehicle and place my son in a car seat in the vehicle. My son was crying as I put him in the seat. I did not even have a chance to try to comfort my son, because the officers slammed the door shut as soon as he was in his seat. I was crying, too. I cry even now when I think about that moment when the border officers took my son away.”

This underscores two issues that plague American immigration enforcement: We have federal leaders pushing policies that advocate treating immigrants like animals, and we have federal employees who are far too happy to comply with these outrageous orders.

The behavior of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and CBP has long been unacceptable. Recent American Civil Liberties Union court filings detail the horrific abuses that took place in CBP facilities from 2009 to 2014. The Washington

Post reported, “U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents allegedly used stun guns on the minors for amusement or punishment, kicked them and threatened to either rape or kill them.” That kind of treatment of children is not just un-American; it is sadistic and criminal.

Earlier this month, a CBP officer detained American citizens for speaking Spanish. And ICE agents have repeatedly raided workplaces and Greyhound busses — they have even started arresting undocumented immigrants while they drop their kids off at school. As government employees, it is the job of ICE and CBP agents to act in the public interest, not to behave like members of some paramilitary organization. While the Bush and Obama administrations often failed to rein in the abuses of our immigration agencies, the Trump administration has actually encouraged their worst impulses.

President Trump, DHS Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen and Attorney General Jeff Sessions are directly responsible for telling CBP to separate immigrant children from their parents. They are responsible for encouraging an environment in which ICE and CBP can trample over the rights of immigrants and American citizens alike. And they are responsible for fostering nativist, anti-immigrant

sentiment across the country. We should never let them forget that — whether it’s at the ballot box in 2018 and 2020 or when Nielsen and Sessions inevitably try to cash out once they leave the Trump administration. Advocating for the separation of families — and permitting abuse and discrimination — should render someone unemployable, in both the public and private sectors.

But if you are as appalled as I am, don’t just wait until the midterms to voice your displeasure. Call U.S. Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-Ill.), U.S. Sens. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) and Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.), your home state representatives and the White House. Put pressure on the Trump administration and the Republican-controlled Congress to act because, with each passing day, more families are broken up and more harm is wrought on innocent people.

Ryan Boyd is a Weinberg freshman. He can be contacted at ryanboyd2021@u.northwestern.edu.

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On North Korea, world just may have Trump to thank WESLEY SHIROLA

DAILY COLUMNIST

It all started in February at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, when South Koreans and North Koreans walked under one united flag for the first time in history.

This moving display of unity marked a sign of hope that there may one day be a united Korean Peninsula, as I wrote in a March column. Now, it seems that day may come sooner than I had initially expected.

President Donald Trump and North Korean Supreme Leader Kim Jong-un are expected to meet on or around June 12 in Singapore. If the summit indeed occurs — as of now, I see no reason that it won’t — it will be the first time a sitting U.S.

president meets with the leader of North Korea.

The Korean Peninsula has largely been divided since 1945. A North Korean attempt to unify the peninsula in 1950 led to the breakout of the Korean War, in which the North and South fought for three years to no avail, leaving millions of Koreans and more than 50,000 Americans dead. Since a peace settlement was never signed, the two Koreas are technically still at war to this day.

The peninsula was officially divided in 1953 by the Korean Demilitarized Zone at the 38th parallel, and the North and South have been adversaries ever since. But that may soon change, and the world may just have Trump to thank.

Trump is the first U.S. president in recent times to open a constructive dialogue with North Korea.

President George W. Bush named North Korea part of an “axis of evil” with Iraq and Iran in his 2002 State of the Union address. President Barack Obama went as far as to threaten North Korea with the “military might” of the U.S. in 2014. Both

former presidents failed to make any headway on forging a diplomatic relationship with North Korea and bringing unity to the Korean Peninsula.

Trump successfully negotiated North Korea’s release of three American hostages earlier this month. He held a welcome-home ceremony in the middle of the night at Joint Base Andrews for the three Americans in yet another sign of improving relations between the U.S. and North Korea that past presidents were unable to achieve.

Kim Jong-un has held several meetings — likely as a result of the proposed summit — with South Korean president Moon Jae-in, who said Kim believes the face-to-face meeting with Trump could “put an end to the history of war” between the two Koreas. On Sunday, Moon also said Kim reaffirmed his commitment to “complete” denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula in talks the two leaders held the day before at the demilitarized zone.

With the proposed summit just weeks away, officials from the U.S. and North Korea have been

diligently meeting in order to forge an agreement on denuclearization that the leaders of both countries could sign at the summit. While complete denuclearization is rightfully Trump’s primary objective for the summit, many have their doubts that the North will dismantle its nuclear arsenal. Just last week, however, North Korea blew up tunnels at its only known nuclear test site in a clear display of Kim’s willingness to work with the U.S. It’s time that we give Trump the credit he deserves. No U.S. president has ever gotten us this close to a united Korean Peninsula, and we should remain nothing but hopeful.

Wesley Shirola is a Weinberg freshman. He can be contacted at wesleyshirola2021@u.northwestern. edu. If you would like to respond publicly to this column, send a Letter to the Editor to opinion@ dailynorthwestern.com. The views expressed in this piece do not necessarily reflect the views of all staff members of The Daily Northwestern.

Lessons on failure from my freshman year at Northwestern CASSIDY JACKSON

DAILY COLUMNIST

Last week, I wrote a column about how I learned to take ownership and be unafraid in my friendships during my freshman year. But I learned things in the classroom too, like the fact that academics shouldn’t define me.

Similar to the vast majority of Northwestern students, I excelled in high school academically, but as my feet hit this campus, I quickly began to think high school had been, in fact, my academic peak.

Coming into this year, my academic success was a defining feature of my identity. Yet, almost instantly, it was snatched from me.

Time-wise, college seemed easier. With fewer hours spent locked in classrooms and only four classes per quarter, I couldn’t rationalize how everyone didn’t have 4.0 GPAs. Yet I didn’t factor into my

thinking the hellish quarter system. I didn’t consider the fact that my key academic motivator — getting into college — was out of the equation. And I didn’t think about the rigor that is Northwestern academics.

So, I entered NU naive as ever and basically asking for a slap in the face — and oh did I get it.

Against the warnings of my peer adviser, I willingly signed myself up for two reading-heavy courses.

I walked in all bright-eyed and bushy-tailed and left drowning in book pages and academic papers.

Unable to relinquish my hold on perfectionism, I found myself floundering among the pages. I switched courses a week into the year.

I didn’t need to spend so much time closely reading 60-70 pages a night. But in my head, cutting corners wasn’t an option. In high school, it was more than possible to do all the readings, homework, worksheets and so on without breaking a sweat. I quickly realized the same isn’t true for college. Anything even slightly considered unessential to success in a course is tossed to the wayside to make room

for the essential assignments, immense amount of extracurriculars and a minuscule amount of social life. But a piece of my perfectionism was chipped away — though not fully — when I ran for the hills.

If Fall Quarter was an academic slap in the face, Winter Quarter was a knockout. I was dying in my economics class, suffocating in my earth science class and completely dreading my journalism class.

My extracurriculars were dragging me further and further into a dark pit.

Prior to Winter Quarter, I strongly believed I was smart enough to juggle anything and everything, as if I were a walking Wonder Woman. But my classes proved me wrong. I wound up barely contributing to my extracurriculars, crying out of frustration after getting back my assignments and having a practically nonexistent social life. At the end of the quarter, I looked at myself and wasn’t happy. Even if I would have gotten a 4.0 that quarter (which I definitely did not), I knew I wouldn’t have been happy. In an effort to succeed, I became someone I didn’t even recognize: socializing became

tedious, extracurriculars became chores and I lost much of the bubbly, happy personality that made me … me. I was a walking zombie that only said and thought about academics, academics and more academics.

Naturally, being the perfectionist I was trained and shaped to be, I walked away from that quarter frustrated and disheartened by what appeared to be my blatant inadequacy.

But then I took a step back and accessed my situation: I go to NU — what did I expect? None of this was meant to be easy, and the minute I realized that fact, I took ownership of my education instead of letting my academic success own me.

Cassidy Jackson is a Medill freshman. She can be contacted at cassidyjackson2021@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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Amen Dunes, Lisa/Liza perform at NU’s Philfest

By WILSON CHAPMAN

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Philfest, an annual outdoor benefit concert on campus, featured folk artists Amen Dunes and Lisa/Liza on Monday.

The event, co-produced by A&O Productions and SEED, is held in honor of former SEED member Phil Semmer, who died in 2000.

Semmer was a fan of bluegrass and folk-style music, and in his memory, SEED and A&O produced an outdoor concert featuring the style of music he appreciated, A&O co-chair Louisa Wyatt said.

“It’s kind of meant to be a really nice, chill space for people to eat chips and guac and tie-dye T-shirts and just enjoy the sun and be together, and the music compliments that vibe really well, with both acts,” the Medill senior said.

The show was headlined by Amen Dunes, an indie folk-rock band. Lisa/Liza, a psych-folk project fronted by singer-songwriter Liza Victoria, opened the event. Wyatt said both acts were A&O’s first choices for the concert.

Amen Dunes frontman Damon McMahon said during the headlining performance that the set was the group’s first job after a tour with the band Fleet Foxes. He also said the band, which recently released its fifth album, “Freedom,” looks ahead to performing in Chicago soon.

“So nice to be here, thank you guys, we’ll see you next time in Chicago,” McMahon said while closing his set. “Good luck on those exams.”

During Lisa/Liza’s performance, Victoria thanked the audience for being welcoming and supportive. She said she’s a fan of Amen Dunes herself and was excited to see them perform, also mentioning her 2016 debut title, “Deserts of Youth,” which she sold copies of after the set.

Victoria told The Daily she enjoyed performing at Philfest because of the great audience and the beautiful area next to the Lakefill that the concert was held in. On another note, she said she loves folk music for its ability to convey emotions and connect artists to those listening.

“It felt like everyone was in a good mood because it was Memorial Day,” she said, “and there was a really nice energy to the whole day.” wilsonchapman2021@u.northwestern.edu

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The Table aims to provide alternative food options

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When Weinberg freshman Matt Schnadig came to Northwestern in September, he didn’t expect to become a CEO. But after visiting his friends at other universities in the fall, Schnadig found a large discrepancy when it came to the quality of breakfast and late-night food choices between Northwestern and the other schools. “(Those schools) had ready-to-go breakfast and late-night options and Northwestern just didn’t,” he said. “When I came back I wanted to make a change.”

Schnadig’s startup, The Table, aims to offer alternative choices to dining hall food. His idea took off when he joined EPIC Launch Program, a program in which students get a crash course in entrepreneurship basics before being able to pitch their own business ideas and create a startup. Schnadig said he started and finished his application the night before it was due.

“I didn’t plan on doing this when I came to Northwestern,” he said. “I didn’t even plan on being in this Launch program, (but) I started learning a lot more about entrepreneurship and thought it was really cool.”

Schnadig’s idea was popular: Weinberg freshmen Amelia Russo and Rob Konoff, and McCormick sophomores Troy Daley and Aaron Empedrado joined the startup.

During Winter Quarter, the team applied and was accepted for a residency at The Garage, and it began selling its inaugural product — overnight oats — to BrewBike last month.

Empedrado said The Table originally focused on late-night options, but members had to reevaluate their business plan to include breakfast food when the opportunity to sell to BrewBike surfaced. The decision was cemented when, after interviews with students, the group found many were dissatisfied with the breakfast offerings in the dining halls, Schnadig said.

“Now we’re ‘right food at the right time’ because we cover both ends of the spectrum,” Empedrado

said.

At the moment, Daley is the sole chef and makes all the overnight oats in an off-campus commercial kitchen. The Table has no location of its own, but members will buy a food cart that they plan to park in front of Technological Institute.

Once the food cart is up and running — ideally in time for Fall Quarter — Daley plans to add breakfast sandwiches and waffles to the morning menu. His ideas for late-night dining include street tacos, burgers and buffalo fries.

“Our real mission is convenience,” Empedrado said. “We want it to be quick and fast, and that’s what differentiates us from other options on campus.”

Thanks to this distinction, Schnadig is optimistic about The Table gaining traction — the business met its fundraising goal of $5,000 in just four days.

Its Indiegogo fundraiser is open until mid-July and offers perks for those who decide to donate, including free food and the chance to name a sandwich after oneself. The team has enough money to buy a cart, Russo added.

“We’re really excited to have a full launch in the

fall,” Daley said. “It will be a lot of work getting the cart up and running all the time, but I think it’ll be worth it for all of Northwestern.” cameroncook2021@u.northwestern.edu

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(Left to right) Students Troy Daley, Amelia Russo, Matt Schnadig, Aaron Empedrado and Rob Konoff.

The group created The Table, a startup that will offer alternative breakfast and late-night options to dining hall food.

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have been different if that tape hadn’t reached Northwestern at the right time, or if it hadn’t even been sent out in the first place.

“I probably wouldn’t be an athlete if it wasn’t for Northwestern,” Sheila said. “I’m very thankful.”

Amonte Hiller said Sheila’s story of arriving at Northwestern is part of the beauty of the program.

“Not every kid comes to us with the same background or the same path,” the coach said. “However they get here, we embrace them.”

Sheila said she didn’t come to Evanston with an expectation to make a difference as a freshman, but that changed on day one. Her first career start came in a 13-12 win against Virginia, and she started all of the rest of the games that season, including postseason matchups against Florida and Maryland.

That immediate success showed her promise and

FREDERICKS

her potential.

“They both had had an impact on the program right away in their freshman year,” Amonte Hiller said of Sheila and Fredericks, who also started the majority of the team’s games her freshman year. “Any time you get a chance to impact right away and you get that experience, it’s a huge advantage.”

After a strong sophomore year, Sheila was forced to redshirt in 2016 after an injury knocked her out four games into the campaign. While the injury was a setback then, it produced a positive: She was granted another year of eligibility that made her 2018 breakout season possible.

Sheila set her personal career-high records in points, assists and goals in the 2018 campaign, finishing with 14 multi-goal games and two Big Ten Offensive Player of the Week honors. She saved her best performance of the year — and of her career — for one of the biggest stages, scoring 14 total goals in the Cats’ first- and second-round matchups of the NCAA Tournament.

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Fredericks on the Long Island Top Guns summer club team. Smith noticed Fredericks’ competitive drive early.

“It takes a special person to have an extreme work ethic like that,” Smith said. “(She’s) someone that’s going to go above and beyond to make sure that they can be successful in what they want to do individually, but more importantly, for the team.”

her junior year) and the third-most career assists.

Fredericks averaged the third-most assists (2.94) and tied for the fifth-most draw controls per game (8.0) in the country her senior season.

She noted that one of the most important aspects of the draw doesn’t even involve hands or height or even the stick, but rather the mind.

“The mental side of it is really just taking it one at a time,” Fredericks said. “My favorite part of taking (the draw) is just the pressure of it. It’s really fun to be in that position to dictate momentum.”

Fredericks said her focus on taking the draw didn’t begin until she arrived at Northwestern.

She took the draw occasionally in high school, but also played on the circle and behind the line; once she joined the Wildcats, she worked with Amonte Hiller and former assistant coach Danielle Spencer to develop the skills she has today.

“That’s been a marquee of our program since the beginning — we’ve had great draw people — and Shelby is obviously one of the best,” Amonte Hiller said earlier this season. “She’s got so much experience and knowledge in her game … so we count on her a lot and she just brings it every game.”

The attacker tallied 496 total draw controls, 108 assists and 166 points, setting additional records for most draw controls in a season (165 during

How does music fit into this story?

Fredericks said she has always loved to sing.

When she was a sophomore, she decided to start playing the guitar. She did most of her learning from YouTube, and said that former Northwestern players Spring Sanders and Lauren Murray, who both graduated in 2016, were her main inspiration behind “creating something” and not just “doing (music) to do it.”

She started accompanying Murray to open-mic nights at Kafein before Murray graduated, but never performed herself. That changed on April 23, two days after her stellar performance against Rutgers, when Fredericks made what she called a spur-ofthe-moment decision, took her guitar and headed to Kafein to perform solo for the first time.

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Sheila finished her career with the 16th-most goals in program history and the fourth-most goals in a senior season in program history. She studied economics and industrial engineering, and is now completing her master’s degree in predictive analysis.

High school senior Sheila probably wouldn’t have predicted that redshirt senior Sheila would end up here: In the record books of one of the most accomplished programs in women’s lacrosse history.

Her athletic career and college experience could have been completely different, if not for one game, or one injury or even one email. Perhaps it’s that awareness that led her to say that the biggest lesson she learned from the Northwestern program is to treasure the everyday.

“On this team, it gets hard and you have to push yourself, and sometimes you forget to appreciate those moments, (because) you’re looking forward to the game or the next week,” Nesselbush said. “This program does a really good job of helping us focus on the process and enjoying that while it lasts.”

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Sheila Nesselbush runs with the ball during her 2015 sophomore season. The following season, an injury forced Nesselbush to redshirt, giving her eligibility through 2018.

“It was just a cool way to share something that you make,” Fredericks said of the experience, during which she sang two original songs called “Still Be Me” and “Long Enough.”

“It’s hard to share that, (because) it’s your own words, and it’s kind of like reading from a diary, but it was a really freeing feeling,” she said.

Fredericks said Northwestern’s program has shown her that she loves to give to things that are more than herself, and even more than lacrosse. That spirit is evident when she talks about her future, and her dream to become a head coach someday.

At the same time, she said Northwestern lacrosse has also taught her to be her full self: not just Shelby Fredericks the lacrosse player and not just Shelby Fredericks the open-mic performer, but both.

“Something I’ve learned here is that you don’t need to be one person,” Fredericks said. “Sometimes when you play a sport like this, you feel like you have to take on this really hard exterior and (that) you can’t play guitar, you can’t sing songs like that, because you have to hold this tough image on social media … but I think that’s one thing that I’ve learned: that you can be all of the things that you are.” ellabrockway2021@u.northwestern.edu

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Shelby Fredericks performs at Kafein’s open mic night on April 23. The lacrosse star said she’s found another side of herself through music.

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Fredericks starred both on Cats team, on stage

By ELLA BROCKWAY

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Sheila Nesselbush yells defensive instructions to teammates. Nesselbush has become much more vocal during her time at Northwestern, her sister said.

Nesselbush took unusual pathway to NU stardom

By ELLA BROCKWAY

the daily northwestern @ellabrockway

Although a year separates Northwestern lacrosse’s two Nesselbush sisters in age, Shannon Nesselbush said she and her older sister Sheila Nesselbush have always been close.

They shared a room growing up in Penfield, New York. They won a state sectional title for Penfield together in 2013, Sheila’s senior and Shannon’s junior year.

And they both went on to play for the Wildcats, not even far apart numerically, with Shannon wearing number six and Sheila number seven.

Shannon pointed to a specific moment when asked how she’s seen Sheila grow since her first year. The younger sister visited Northwestern for a game during the 2014 season, just as Sheila was securing a spot in the starting

lineup. Shannon said she watched Sheila give a pregame speech, and remembered coach Kelly Amonte Hiller demanding more enthusiasm and leadership from her thenfreshman midfielder.

In the four years since, Shannon said, Sheila has found that voice.

“You wouldn’t even recognize her her fifth year,” said Shannon, a senior defender. “She’s so confident when she speaks, and whenever she speaks, she has such intention. She doesn’t just ramble on. When Sheila’s talking, everyone’s listening.”

Sheila Nesselbush’s path to the Wildcats wasn’t a typical one. The majority of women’s lacrosse players commit to a college very early on in their high school careers.

Senior attacker Shelby Fredericks, for example, verbally committed to Northwestern when she was

in ninth grade — but Sheila was different.

A four-year starting point guard in high school, she had spent much of her pre-collegiate athletic career focusing on basketball and didn’t seriously consider playing college lacrosse until her junior year, when she finished with 39 goals and 17 assists, leading Penfield to the state sectional finals. Her mother, Marlene, was making a highlight tape for Shannon, then a sophomore, in October 2012, and decided to put together one for Sheila too.

The tape was mailed out to a number of schools, but Northwestern responded immediately, Shannon said. The Wildcats had a partial scholarship available, and after a visit in late October, Sheila announced her commitment in November.

More than five years later, she acknowledged how her life could » See NESSELBUSH, page 7

Shelby Fredericks was a star on two stages.

Most days, she shined on the lacrosse field, lining up as one of the top draw specialists and attackers in the country. On a Saturday in April, she finished with nine assists and nine draw controls against Rutgers, on her way to setting the all-time Northwestern record for career draw controls.

Two days later, she took the literal stage, sitting on a chair with just a microphone and a guitar, performing two original songs for the first time at an open-mic night at Kafein, a coffee shop in

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Evanston.

To understand Fredericks, it’s necessary to consider what each stage allowed her to do: one let her give to something bigger than herself, and the other enabled her to be herself, she said.

“It’s two definitely different feelings,” she said. “On the field, I feel a lot more killer-instinct, and when I’m on stage, it more so feels like you’re being vulnerable, and just connecting with the crowd. That’s something that is completely different than lacrosse.”

Fredericks said the person she is today is completely different than the freshman who arrived on campus in fall 2014 as a highly-touted recruit from Babylon, New York.

“You

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don’t know how to really take each day at a time and really be grateful for every day (as a freshman) because it’s coming at you like a whirlwind,” Fredericks said. “You’re really just caught up in everything that’s going on. Now, I’m a lot more laid back and a lot more confident in myself.”

Despite battling injuries that kept her out for her freshman and much of senior seasons at Babylon, she finished with 368 career points and 225 goals.

Fredericks committed to Northwestern when she was in ninth grade, but said she’d dreamed of joining the program since attending one of coach Kelly Amonte Hiller’s summer camps in middle school.

Shannon Smith (Weinberg ’12), the program’s all-time leading goal scorer, coached » See FREDERICKS, page 7

Daily file photo by Brian Meng

Shelby Fredericks eyes an opponent. Fredericks leaves Northwestern lacrosse with the most draw controls in program history.

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NU narrowly eliminated from NCAAs after 3rd day

By SOPHIE MANN

daily senior staffer @sophiemmann

During its first NCAA Championships appearance since 2011, Northwestern narrowly missed the final day of

team competition, while senior Sam Triplett went on to compete with others from non-advancing teams in the final round of stroke play Monday.

The Wildcats started their Stillwater, Oklahoma, excursion Friday even stronger than anticipated. The team finished the first

day of competition at Karsten Creek Golf Club in first place, with junior Ryan Lumsden tied for first overall. Triplett and sophomore Everton Hawkins finished in the top 25 after the first day as well.

Coach David Inglis said the Cats to have the lead early on

Daily file photo by Lauren Duquette

Ryan Lumsden hits a putt. After Friday’s first round, Lumsden individually was tied for first in the tournament.

demonstrated their improvement as a team.

“That was just an indication of how far our games have come,” Inglis said. “This wasn’t a miracle round; this was us taking care of business and playing how we know how to play.”

Inglis also said the team knew going into the second day that the competition would get even stiffer. NU could not keep their footing on Saturday, however, finishing the day in 19th. The team finished 20-over par on the day and only Lumsden remained in the top 25.

The Cats managed to eke their way into 16th by the end of Sunday’s outing, but fell two strokes shy of North Carolina for the 15th and final spot in Monday’s round. Rougher course conditions caused issues for the team, Inglis said, and the team gave away too many “cheap shots.”

As one of the top players from the non-advancing teams,

Triplett got the opportunity to play Monday as an individual.

Triplett said going on to compete without the team was “strange,” and he turned in a 7-over round after standing at just 3-over after Sunday.

“I knew coming into the day I wasn’t competing with my teammates,” Triplett said. “In addition, I wasn’t anywhere near to competing for the individual title. I was just trying to enjoy it as much as I can.”

Triplett said even though it was disappointing not to accomplish all they set out to do at Karsten Creek, the entire experience was something to be proud of.

Freshman Eric McIntosh said he gained much from the precompetition prep, as well as the weekend itself. Playing alongside the country’s best players created an important learning experience, he said.

“You subconsciously learn from what they do through every

round,” McIntosh said. “You’re always learning when you’re playing with guys at that level.”

Triplett said starting off so strong and almost making it to Monday’s round left him with a lot of emotions to process, especially with his career coming to a close.

He said it may take him a few weeks to fully parse through all of the feelings and highs and lows of the week, but he’s leaving the program with a finish he says they should be proud of.

“We were on such a high after the first day,” Triplett said.

“Looking back on that, it’s really cool (that) our team can compete with the best teams in the country, (and that) is a source of validation. We’re doing the right stuff, and if the program can keep doing that the next few years, there’s no reason they can’t be a top 10 team.” sophiemann2018@u.northwestern.edu