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Call for change follows report Black Student Experience task force members urge action By MARIANA ALFARO
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After almost a year of research and data collection, members of the Black Student Experience task force hope their report, released Friday, will effect change in University systems with speed. The report, sent to students on Monday, outlines 14 recommendations made to the University by a committee of faculty, staff and students. The recommendations range from longterm goals — such as increasing the number of black students, faculty and staff at NU — to creating more spaces for black student organizations. The task force, established by Patricia Telles-Irvin, vice president for student affairs, in the spring of 2015 in an effort to gain a better understanding of the experiences of NU’s black undergraduate students is comprised of four students and 11 faculty and staff, including Communication Prof. Harvey Young. Young, a theater professor whose research focuses on the intersection between race and performance, said though all recommendations are equally pertinent, he believes one of the most feasible proposals for the University to complete in the near future is the creation or reorganization of spaces for black students to meet, socialize and hold performances. “Increasing the number of students, faculty and staff will take time,” Young said. “However, increasing availability of space is something the University can act on pretty much immediately.” University administrators now have three different studies to analyze to enhance the experience of black students at Northwestern. The report joins the Black House Facility Review Committee’s findings released last spring and the University program review as part of an administrative push to keep up with NU’s diverse population. Damilola Arowolaju, a SESP senior and a member of the task force, said students he has spoken to about the report strongly identify with the struggles described by the committee. The report repeatedly outlines the concept of loneliness or “being » See REPORT, page 4
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ETHS student Asher White says she has waited long enough for the administration to craft a policy on transgender students’ use of locker rooms and bathrooms. White has to change in a separate locker room for gym classes.
Transgender policy stalled
Students frustrated as ETHS struggles to enact rules on gendered spaces By DAVID FISHMAN
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Asher White just wanted to use the bathroom. But after a “baffled” security guard at Evanston Township High School saw her exit the girls’ facility, she took an unexpected detour. “I was escorted throughout
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University administrators hired an architectural firm to begin planning work on the Black House by the end of the month. In an interview with The Daily, Patricia Telles-Irvin, vice president for student affairs, said the firm will start meeting with constituents to gather opinions and suggestions on what renovations should be made. Though the schedule has not yet been set, Telles-Irvin said she expects to have a better idea of how the changes will be implemented by the end of September. Last summer, University leaders announced plans to move administrative offices into the Black House, sparking outrage among alumni, faculty and students who said the building on 1914 Sheridan Road should remain a safe space for black students at Northwestern. The debate that followed led to the cancellation of the original plan to move offices into the Black House and the Multicultural Center, 1936 Sheridan Road.
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the entire school, downstairs to the dean’s office where I sat in the waiting room for 10 minutes (until) the security guard reappeared and said ‘Ok, you can go,’” the transgender junior said. ETHS, which serves more than 3,300 students from Evanston and Skokie, has no official policy on transgender students’ use of locker rooms and bathrooms. Instead, principal
During the controversy, a group called Concerned Students of Northwestern University published a list of demands including the improvement of Black House facilities — from the quality of technological equipment to the expansion of rooms and creation of performance spaces. Telles-Irvin told The Daily that the University has already updated equipment in both spaces, including different computer programs and software for McCormick students. The next step for the administration, she said, is to renovate the spaces in the Black House. “(The architectural firm) will give us a recommendation and also the cost associated with that recommendation, and then we need to move into the next phase, which would be planning for when this renovation can take place and what it’s going to entail,” Telles-Irvin said. Telles-Irvin said she expects to receive recommendations from the architects by the end of December or early January. She expects NU to eventually address similar updates for the MCC, she said. — Mariana Alfaro
Marcus Campbell said the school employs a set of “procedures” to guide faculty and staff on the issue. “Usually you have a policy, then you have procedures,” he said. “But given how quickly this is evolving and the amount of students coming in who identify this way, we needed to have some things in place. The policy would come later.”
Officials have been crafting a policy for more than a year, but a recent combination of student frustration and legal battles has reignited calls for clarity.
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Connections for the Homeless sets $500,000 goal By NORA SHELLY
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The time has come to act on Evanston’s homelessness problem, said officials from Connections for the Homeless on Wednesday. The nonprofit, located at 2121 Dewey Ave., serves North Shore and Evanston residents who are homeless or struggling with home payments. The group has started an awareness campaign designed to inform Evanston residents of the work yet to be done in alleviating homelessness and raise money to expand programming. Sue Loellbach, director of development for Connections, said, “the math just doesn’t work for anyone trying to live on the North Shore making less than $18 an hour.” The campaign centers around the theme “love don’t
pay the rent” and aims to raise $500,000 to fund a five-daya-week program for homeless people. The programming currently runs two days a week. “ We love our citizens, but our love is not paying the rent,” Loellbach said at a press conference on Wednesday.
Evanston city manager Wally Bobkiewicz said he and Mayor Elizabeth Tisdahl received a notice about the campaign from Connections last week and said the group was smart to raise the level of awareness in the city. “Homelessness in » See HOMELESS, page 4
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Connections for the Homeless launched an awareness campaign attempting to inform Evanston residents of the city’s homelessness problem. They are hoping to both increase community awareness and raise $500,000.
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AROUND TOWN Hecky’s owner helps launch youth training program By BEN WINCK
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The Forrest E. Powell Foundation — operated by the owner of Hecky’s Barbecue — is investing in helping high school students find career success through trade school. “I’ve discovered that many kids aren’t at the top level with AP classes and not in trouble or at the lower level. They’re good kids but they don’t get much attention,” Hecky Powell said. “They come through school, and they don’t know what to do after, even though they definitely have the work ethic.” The Evanston Work Ethic program began its pilot year this fall at Evanston Township High School with help the foundation and various Evanston youth advancement organizations. Powell’s foundation has served Evanston residents for about 22 years through scholarships and an award. The new program is meant to help high school students find success in a specific trade without needing to go to a fouryear college, Powell said. The program aims to take between 10 and 15 ETHS juniors this fall. Through partnerships with Youth & Opportunity United, Youth Jobs Center and Oakton Community College, the program will connect students who plan to go to trade school or work directly out of high school with individuals already in the field. The Forrest E. Powell Foundation was once limited
Police Blotter Police investigate two home break-ins Police are investigating two home break-ins in Evanston that occurred between late Monday and early Tuesday. A resident in the 1500 block of Judson Avenue observed Tuesday morning that the screen to the kitchen window was out of the window frame, a patio
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Hecky Powell launched the Evanston Work Ethic program through the Forrest E. Powell Foundation this school year. The program is hoping to help ETHS students who aren’t interested in a four-year college with a trade career.
to giving out scholarships twice a year, but the foundation will fund stipends and mentorship programs for students in the program, along with helping them find a summer job to bridge the gap between junior and senior year. Although the Forrest E. Powell Foundation is the primary sponsor of the program, Youth
Jobs Center will work closely with students and the foundation to find a fitting occupation. The co-operation between the two organizations will provide students with new possibilities to explore out of high school, YJC director of development and communications Lizzy Kreindler said.
chair was underneath the window, and items that had previously been on the windowsill were knocked over, Evanston police Cmdr. Joseph Dugan said. It does not appear the person was able to enter the residence, Dugan said. A second break-in — this one successful — occurred in the 1400 block of Judson Avenue in the same timeframe. The 33-year-old resident of the home observed on Tuesday morning that his wallet
was gone as well as a shoulder bag, which contained keys and work credentials. There are no suspects at this time, although police believe the two incidents are related, Dugan said.
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“We look forward to a collaborative partnership and will work together to get young people connected to a positive first job experience and on the clear path they want,” Kreindler said. The program is also meant to provide individual help to each student according to their interests. The key to growing the program is keeping it focused and individual, Evanston WE executive director Nancy Baker said. “This first year is our pilot year, and in terms of where it would go from there, we see a lot of potential to help many students at ETHS and possibly beyond,” Baker said. “We want to make sure that every student involved would receive custom advice and attention.” Juniors at ETHS can apply to be one of the first participants of the program, with a deadline of Oct. 14. The program is expected to grow over time and help change the stereotypes that surround the choice of attending a trade school or pursuing an associate’s degree, Baker said. The program is meant to be seen as a community foundation with the potential to expand to other schools, she added. “A really important thing to us is to not just focus on how we’re going to help these 10 individuals this year,” Baker said, “But the ambient effect of how many young, talented individuals we can influence by addressing the reality of how many post-high school opportunities really do exist.” benjaminwinck2019@u.northwestern.edu An 18-year-old Chicago woman was arrested in connection with the incident, in which a 20-yearold man was bit on the arm and hit with a radio in the 1600 block of Benson Avenue, Dugan said. Evanston police charged the woman with misdemeanor domestic battery. The court date is set for Oct. 5. — Nora Shelly
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ON CAMPUS Student travels world studying GMOs By ALLYSON CHIU
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The biggest challenge Tara Mittelberg faced on her 11-week research trip to six different countries was overcoming her fear of flying. “I had to take 18 planes,” the Weinberg senior said. “I would board every plane and think, ‘Oh my God, this is the one. This is the one that’s going to crash.’” Mittelberg — an environmental science and international studies major — received $9,000 from the Circumnavigator’s Travel-Study Grant to study genetically modified organisms and their relation to food security in Argentina, Brazil, South Africa, Ghana, Malaysia and the Philippines. She spent more than a week in each country visiting research institutions and speaking to local farmers, non-governmental organizations and anti-GMO activists. “I wanted to study GMOs because it’s something a lot of people have an opinion about but don’t really know much about,” Mittelberg said. “There’s this really polarizing conversation where people are saying, ‘I’ve heard of GMO, I’m anti-GMO,’ but it’s really a lot more complicated than that.” It was this goal and the passion behind her research that made Mittelberg an appealing candidate for the grant, said Peter Civetta, director of the Office of Undergraduate Research. Because of the lengthy application process and single-winner policy, only a handful of students apply for the grant each year, Civetta said. The grant is cofunded by Northwestern and the Chicago chapter of the Circumnavigators Club. “The (members of the club) are interested in projects that can really potentially change the world,” he said. “If she did the project and did it well, she could really change a conversation that impacts a lot of people.” Mittelberg’s motivation to study food security stemmed from her high school Advanced Placement biology class, where she learned about biologist and Nobel laureate Norman Borlaug. Borlaug was credited with introducing high-yielding disease-resistant wheat crops to tropical areas such as Mexico and
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India. “I wasn’t interested in medicine, and I didn’t want to do anything related to veterinary science … so I wasn’t sure what I wanted to do with biology,” Mittelberg said. “When I saw this huge impact you could have directly through agriculture, I became interested in food security.” The research trip combined Mittelberg’s passion for food security with her love of adventure, said her mother, Cathy Mittelberg. “It was a perfect fit for what she wants to do with her life,” Cathy Mittelberg said. “Tara is very interested in the topic she studied and trying to get to the bottom of the controversy with GMOs. This allowed her to really explore that on a world level and not just in the United States.” In addition to furthering her academic passion, the trip also impacted her daughter on a personal level, Cathy Mittelberg said. Tara became more independent and a better problem solver, she added. Receiving the grant and embarking on the
journey was not simple, as Mittelberg juggled completing her application and proposal while studying abroad last fall in Ecuador, she said. After being notified that she won the grant, Mittelberg had to figure out the logistics of her trip on top of being a full-time NU student. “It was like a whole other class Winter Quarter putting everything together,” she said. “I went with a travel agency to plan my flights, so that helped, but looking for places to stay and trying to make contacts and strengthening my contacts in each country — it was a lot of time.” However, Mittelberg was not deterred. “This is a really unique opportunity that Northwestern has, and there probably won’t be another opportunity to independently plan a world trip and research something you’re passionate about,” she said. “It’s a big trip, but once you get going it’s really wonderful.” allysonchiu2018@u.northwestern.edu
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NU works toward cutting energy use By YVONNE KIM
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Three weeks into its participation in a national energy saving challenge, the Office of Sustainability reported noticeable progress in its efforts to reduce Northwestern’s carbon footprint. To supplement its goal of cutting 20 percent of its energy use by 2020, Northwestern started Battle of the Buildings at the beginning of the month. Battle of the Buildings is a 90-day challenge started by Energy Star — a national organization working toward energy efficiency — encouraging participants to save building energy consumption through internal competition. NU has selected five laboratory facilities — the Catalysis Center, 1801 Maple Ave., the Technological Institute, the Tarry Research and Education Building, and Cook Hall — to compete with one another to save the most energy. The challenge is a way to engage more people on campus to save energy in simple ways, Office of Sustainability director Kathia Benitez said in an email to The Daily. “Over the past month we’ve walked through each building and found quick wins that could easily reduce our energy usage with significantly
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the only one” on campus — something Arowolaju said black students experience constantly on campus. Arowolaju, who was invited to join the committee by Telles-Irvin, said he hopes the report will help increase representation in student groups such as Greek organizations and increase the funding multicultural groups receive. With the recommendations, the task force tries to make organizations and councils “more aware” and to make sure they create a welcoming environment for everyone, Arowolaju said. “I can recall from my own experience going to IFC parties and just not feeling very welcomed,” he said. “I can only speak for myself — it wasn’t a great atmosphere. I didn’t feel
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low to no-cost impact to implement,” Benitez said. “Our goal is to be able to demonstrate energy savings from improved air flow … by the end of the competition.” To reach this goal, laboratory workers are encouraged to close fume hoods — ventilation devices for harmful chemicals — that are not being used and to turn off lights in vacant labs, sustainability communications manager Stephanie Folk said. A single fume hood can use up to as much energy as three single family homes in a year, she said. The Office of Sustainability is promoting ways to save energy by distributing information throughout buildings and putting reminder labels on equipment, Folk said. “Since our messaging has circulated throughout campus regarding the competition, we have received tons of positive responses from department chairs excited to learn more about the initiative and are including our conservation tips with our students,” Benitez said. Participation in Battle of the Buildings will contribute to the University’s efforts to reduce energy usage by 20 percent by 2020 from baseline levels in 2010. It is currently well on track to meeting the goal, having already reduced energy use by 15 percent, Benitez said. To work toward this goal, NU has invested in
replacing fluorescent lamps with LEDs throughout campus and ensuring that current construction projects are as energy efficient as possible, Folk said. Kresge Hall, which opened in August after renovations, is applying for the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design platinum certification, the highest ranking a green building can obtain. Folk said the Office is “hopeful” that the building meets LEED’s requirements. “Twenty percent is pretty ambitious, but I think with a lot of the technology that’s coming out it’s something actually not that hard to do,” said Weinberg sophomore Anand Lal-Tabak, Associated Student Government vice president for sustainability. He said he hopes to add a “student component to energy” and get more NU students involved. The Battle of the Buildings will last until the end of November, and the lab with the most savings will be rewarded for its work. “We are seeing some interest from the building managers at Tech saying they’re excited about it, they’re behind it,” Folk said. “Just seeing that some of the people who manage these buildings and work in those buildings are getting engaged and … contributing some of their own ideas as well, that’s been great to see.”
welcomed at all, and since freshman year I’ve never went to another IFC party because of the treatment I experienced.” Young said he believes the senior administration is already discussing which recommendations they can act on immediately. “What’s really refreshing and exciting about this report is that when we presented it … all these senior administrators were there to not only listen to the report but also to engage the recommendations,” he said. “They stayed a lot longer than they were supposed to stay because they were really invested in the report.” Though the task force has already presented its report to a group of senior administrators, including University President Morton Schapiro and Jabbar Bennett, associate provost for diversity and inclusion, Young said the committee will meet one more time to
reflect on the report’s findings and how they can support the implementation of their recommendations. Telles-Irvin said she has not yet received feedback from members of the NU community on the report but thinks people will be pleased with how thorough the report is. She said the report included the largest number of black students ever surveyed by the University, giving NU the data to explore different identities within the black demographic. “It’s difficult, if not impossible, to describe a single, all-encompassing black student experience,” she said. “I think more than anything, (the report) affirmed some of what we need to do. Now we have it in writing — now we have the data, and now we have to do something about it.”
Evanston is not as apparent as it is in other communities,” he said. There are about 4,000 people homeless at some point during any given year in Evanston, said Loellbach, with almost 1,500 on any given night. This includes 272 District 65 students and 178 ETHS students homeless on an average night. Additionally, nearly 7,500 households in Evanston are at risk of becoming homeless. Helping to prevent homelessness or helping those who are already homeless will also alleviate other community health problems, Loellbach said, such as mental health issues and hunger. “More and more, our primary job is to help people survive,” Loellbach said. Connections is part of Pay Now Illinois, a coalition of more than 90 social services agencies that is suing Gov. Bruce Rauner and his administration for payments on contracts the state had taken out with the social service agencies. During the year-long budget stalemate, many state-supported social services agencies were missing checks from Springfield and were forced to consider cutting programming or staff. Betty Bogg, the executive director of Connections, said that although they have recently got paid on their Fiscal Year 2016 contracts, some of the damage from the impasse cannot be undone. Bogg said a small amount of money can make a major difference in whether a person becomes homeless or not. “If we can give you that as prevention, you may not become homeless,” she said. “We did not get that in FY16, and we were not able to help people with that money.” Bogg said they wrote the state funding out of their budget for the 2017 fiscal year, although they still have contracts with the state for this year that are not getting paid. Connections received a about $600,000 a year in state funding — a relatively small amount for them — some of which was from the Affordable Care Act and was set to expire. Despite the state’s financial woes, Loellbach said the time to work toward ending homelessness is now. “We’re tired of waiting,” she said.
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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 2016 remained largely silent on the issue. Board president Pat Savage-Williams would not comment for this article. Farmer said a draft of the new policy had been presented to ETHS officials last fall. Earlier this year, he said, school officials signaled the policy would be in place by summer. “It is extremely frustrating,” Farmer said, “especially since I thought we were actually finalized with it, which was what had been communicated in multiple venues.” Campbell said although he understood the frustration, ETHS had to remain cautious until courts passed down a definitive ruling. “We’re trying to figure out how to navigate this legal terrain when the environment is so in flux,” he said. “Our attorneys are advising us not to be out of step.”
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Illinois came into the national spotlight earlier this year when 51 families sued the federal government and Palatine-based Township High School District 211 for its practice on allowing transgender students access to bathrooms and locker rooms of their choosing, a case ETHS officials said they were watching closely. In December, the district, facing pressure and loss of funding from the Department of Education, had allowed a transgender girl to change in a girls’ locker room, prompting legal action. Jocelyn Floyd, an attorney from the Thomas More Society who represents the families, said the district’s policy violated “an individual’s
reasonable right to privacy” and made her clients feel uncomfortable. “When you’re talking about these private facilities for girls — for their intimate activities in a bathroom, in a shower, in a locker room, in a hotel room, in a dorm — they have the right to have their privacy respected,” Floyd said. Floyd said much of the debate hinges on the language behind Title IX, a law which protects people from discrimination based on sex. Floyd in her lawsuit argues that the term “sex” does not include gender identity and instead should be based on “biological objective scientific fact.” However, Ed Yohnka, director of communications and public policy at the American Civil Liberties Union, which represents “Student A,” a transgender student in District 21, said gender is a multi-dimensional decision of which sex is only a factor. “(The plaintiffs) fail to recognize that gender identity is determined by a whole series of factors, one of which — but not exclusively — may be biology,” he said. “And the reality is that people often are not the gender that they were identified at birth.” In May, the Obama administration sent a letter to public schools across the country mandating access to bathrooms that best align with students’ gender identity. A federal court in Texas temporarily halted the directive more than three months later. Proponents of the directive say it represents a strong reaffirmation of civil rights, while opponents say the administration has overstepped its legal authority.
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ETHS has not yet come up with a clear policy addressing transgender students’ use of locker rooms and bathrooms. The school has procedures in place, and has a third, separate locker room for transgender students to use.
What has ensued is a series of protracted legal battles across the nation that some lawyers say can only be resolved by the Supreme Court. “The issue is being fought across the country of how best to protect the privacy rights of everyone involved, and we do anticipate that one of these cases very soon will end up in front of the Supreme Court,” Floyd said.
“A holding pattern”
At ETHS, officials said they could not provide a timeline for the drafted policy’s enactment, but suggested they would not act until courts clarified the law. But lawyers on both sides of the Palatine case said it could take months, if not years, to reach a precedent-setting ruling. Kai Joy, a recent ETHS graduate who identifies as genderqueer and uses “they/them/their” pronouns, said administrators were generally sympathetic to the issue but rarely took action. “Evanston always tries to play that card of being this diverse, welcoming place,” Joy said. “In a lot of cases it is pretty welcoming, but at the same time that allows the administration and student body to be a bit complacent in terms of forms of oppression that do exist.” When Joy attended ETHS from 2011 to 2015, they said a policy on transgender students always seemed “shrouded in mystery.” Joy said they never felt like the administration recognized the importance of such an issue. “As an educational institution it’s your job to ensure that you’re providing the best environment for every student to get an education,” Joy said. “By not instituting these policies, ETHS is failing to do so.” Students and faculty echoed Joy’s sentiments that although administrators expressed sympathy for the issue, many had brushed it aside and delayed action. At the same time, many of the same students and teachers who criticized the administration also praised Campbell for his outspoken advocacy. Campbell said he was aware of the criticism and asked for patience as ETHS worked past its legal “holding pattern.” “We’re kind of just waiting things out right now,” Campbell said. “But there’s been some discussion about do we really need the law to tell us what to do … We just want to make sure that we’re within the parameters with the legal climate.” White, however, said she has waited long enough. “Everyone’s nice, but also deceivingly difficult,” the transgender junior said. “It’s hard to take issue … when people are smiling at you and then saying you’re not allowed to have the privileges that every other student has … It’s weird for someone to be like, ‘I respect you as an individual. Also, I don’t respect your gender.’” davidpkfishman@u.northwestern.edu
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NU fails to capitalize on chances in loss By MARTY JOHNSON
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Despite a solid night offensively, the Wildcats are still winless in September. Nor thwestern (1-6-1, 0-2-1 Big Ten) had a seasonhigh 17 shots against DePaul (5-22) on Wednesday night, but was unable to secure its first win of the month, falling to the Blue Demons 2-1 at Martin Stadium. The Wildcats got off to a good start, controlling possession of the ball and creating several scoring chances. In the third minute, junior forward Elo Ozumba created separation from his defender after receiving a well-placed through ball from freshman defender Mattias Tomasino. Ozumba put a shot on goal but Quentin Low, the Blue Demons’ goalkeeper, made a diving save to keep the Cats off the board. Five minutes later, the Cats had another prime opportunity to take the lead when senior forward Mike Roberge used his speed to get past two DePaul defenders, earning an NU corner kick. Sophomore Camden Buescher took the corner, collected the rebound off a DePaul defender and then took a shot that was once again saved by Low. “We had really good chances early in the game that we have to put away,” coach Tim Lenahan said. “The first 20 minutes we were really good.”
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The rest of the first half, however, was a different story. The Blue Demons were able to get better possession of the ball as the half wore on, using long passes to attack the Cats’ defense over the top. They were finally able to poke a hole through NU’s defense in the 35th minute. DePaul’s leading scorer, midfielder Simon Megally, received a deep cross from midfielder Hans Wustling and buried it into the top right corner past outstretched junior goalkeeper Francisco Tomasino. “It was their first good chance in the half,” Lenahan said. “Their best player scored the goal and that was one of the things that we didn’t want to happen.” While NU was able to get to halftime without conceding another goal, the Blue Demons continued their pressure into the start of the second half. In the 76th minute, DePaul’s counter-attack, which had created several dangerous scoring chances already in the game, produced another goal when Megally placed a through ball to forward Zach El-Shafei, who placed a low driving shot into the left side of the net. To the Cats’ credit, they came right back a minute later with their first goal of the game. Senior defender Nathan Dearth tapped in a rebound off senior midfielder Brandon Medina’s corner kick. “We knew we were in a tough spot and needed to get a goal,” Buescher said. NU had two more corner kick opportunities in the last minute of the game but was unable to convert them to steal a tie. For the game, the Cats put more shots on goal (7) than the Blue Demons (4) and had 10 corner kicks to DePaul’s four, but once again dropped a tight contest, their fifth loss by one goal this season. “We produced the most scoring chances that we’ve had all year. We just need to work on finishing,” Dearth said. martyjohnson2019@u.northwestern.edu
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A report on the experience of black students at Northwestern released Monday by a University task force includes comments from a focus group of six student-athletes, providing a sample of the issues black student-athletes face on campus. Protests by students against the relocation of administrative offices into Northwestern’s Black House and Multicultural Center in November 2015 began a campuswide discussion about the importance of safe spaces for minority student groups. But one studentathlete in the focus group said being a part of a team served as a sort of safe space in itself. “We have locker rooms and stuff, just speak our minds,” the studentathlete said. “For a lot of (other students), they don’t have this safe space. Living with teammates and stuff, a locker room, gives us a little more safe space.” Another focus group member expressed a feeling of loneliness with respect to the team environment, saying, “On the soccer team there are only three of us — and that’s a record.” According to the report, there were 70 black student-athletes attending Northwestern as of the spring of 2016 — or 10.6 percent of all black students. In the past year, there have been
several noteworthy intersections of Northwestern’s athletics programs and the larger conversation about race taking place on college campuses across the country. In November 2015, students protesting the loss of space at the Black House interrupted a groundbreaking event for a new lakeside athletic complex, and the women’s basketball team wore warmup shirts expressing solidarity with students at Missouri, where the football team had pledged not to participate in football activity until the university’s president agreed to step down for mishandling racial issues at the school. At a panel in February, several current and former black studentathletes said the protest at the groundbreaking caused a conflict of interest for student-athletes, highlighting the separation that some student-athletes feel from the black community on campus. One focus group member, who said the black community was more accepting of black student-athletes than other groups, also spoke to the tension some student-athletes feel with that community. “There is kind of a rift between Black student athletes and the regular Black community,” the studentathlete said. “They would like us to do more to support them. They don’t understand what we have to do. We have obligations, too.” maxschuman2018@u.northwestern. edu
By AIDAN MARKEY
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It was a rocky start to the Big Ten season for Northwestern on Wednesday night. The Wildcats (7-6, 0-1 Big Ten) struggled mightily in their first conference match of the season as they fell on the road to Indiana (12-2, 1-0) in four sets. NU, unable to handle Indiana’s aggressive attack for the majority of the match, missed 14 serves while also totaling 11 receiving errors. “You’re just not going to win a lot of matches against anybody with that kind of serve and pass game,” coach Shane Davis said. “We just couldn’t gain any momentum with our missed serves.” After dropping the first two sets, the Cats clawed back to take the third set 27-25, fighting off a match point in the process. The improved overall play in the third
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Senior outside hitter Sofia Lavin gets blocked at the net. Northwestern hit well in its game against Indiana but struggled with serving in the four-set defeat.
envisioned the outcome of its first Big Ten match, a quick turnaround forces it to move on and continue to prepare for the challenging conference schedule. NU will return to Evanston on Sunday for its first home contest of the season. The Cats will take on a perennial volleyball power in No. 18 Penn State (9-3, 1-0 Big Ten) while going for their first conference win. The seven-time national champion provides a difficult task for NU. However, the team is eager for a chance to take down the Nittany Lions at Welsh-Ryan Arena for the second consecutive season. The Nittany Lions have 11 players that measure six feet or taller, and the team ranks second in the Big Ten in hitting percentage. Junior setter Taylor Tashima knows the significance of such a game for the Cats and what the team needs to do in order to grab a win against the storied Penn State program. “Penn State’s a great team, just like Indiana.”Tashima said. “We’re going to have to be really good up at the net.” Davis, knowing the potential meaning in a win over Penn State, is adamant that NU must execute its game plan in order to conquer volleyball’s Goliath. “We have to be able to side out,” Davis said. “We have to be able to pass the ball so we can put our hitters in good situations.” The home opener holds valuable opportunities for the Cats.The players know this, and Tashima sees the team is ready for the moment. “We’re really excited to play on our home court,”Tashima said. “Anything can happen in the Big Ten.” aidanmarkey2019@u.northwestern.edu