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John Bamburg files lawsuit against fire, police departments By PATRICK SVITEK
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The father of a slain Evanston man is suing the city and its police and fire departments, claiming they waited too long to respond to his son’s shooting last year. In a lawsuit filed Monday in federal court, John Bamberg says first respondHe was left there ers “did for hours in the not arrive timely” after alley to bleed to his 23-yeardeath without old son was shot in the the police or early mornparamedics ing hours of Dec. 12, to provide 2012, near the medical Evanston Towntreatment ship High that perhaps School, 1600 could’ve saved Dodge Ave. Although his life. Javar BamAnthony Peraica, berg was John Bamburg’s able to attorney breathe, talk and move after he was shot at about 2 a.m. in the 1700 block of Grey Avenue, authorities never called paramedics, the lawsuit alleges. “Despite being told by the 911 caller of Javar’s need for immediate medical care and after witnessing Javar’s dire medical condition at the scene, the Evanston personnel prevented the timely provision of necessary emergency medical care by delaying the immediate transportation of Javar to the nearest area hospital or trauma center,” the lawsuit says. The nine-count lawsuit seeks unspecified damages and alleges wrongful death, intentional infliction of emotional distress and civil rights violations.
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It remains unclear how much time passed between the shooting and when Javar Bamberg died. The Cook County medical examiner’s office said it did not dispatch an investigator, but Javar Bamberg was pronounced dead on the scene. His death was ruled a homicide. Anthony Peraica, attorney for John Bamberg, suggested his client’s son may be alive today if authorities had shown up earlier than they did. “He was left there for hours in the alley to bleed to death without the police or paramedics to provide the medical treatment that perhaps could’ve saved his life,” Peraica said. The lawyer added he plans to subpoena “all documentation” of the incident, including police reports and 911 calls. At the time, police linked the slaying to a gang-related feud between extended families dating back to 2005, when a 22-year-old man connected to the Bambergs was gunned down inside the now-defunct Keg of Evanston. In November of last year, 19-year-old Justin Murray was shot to death outside his grandmother’s house in west Evanston, the latest killing police have tied to the families’ conflict. Evanston police have zeroed in on persons of interest in the shooting death of Javar Bamberg, but the case remains open, Cmdr. Jay Parrott said Tuesday. John Bamberg has been vocal about his frustration with the investigation, appearing before city committees at least twice after his son’s death to demand more information. “We still don’t know exactly what happened to Javar,” John Bamberg said during a City Council meeting in January. “The police have decided to have nothing to say to the Bambergs at all.” In January, John Bamberg reached out to the Living & Driving While Black Foundation, a nonprofit organization headed by a former NAACP official. David L. Lowery, Jr., CEO and founder of the group, said the foundation learned » See BAMBERG, page 7
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CLOSING TIME Students sit outside Willie’s Food Court in Norris, which now closes earlier each day due to recent changes put in place by nuCuisine. The food court will now be open until 3 p.m. each weekday.
NU restricts dining hours despite student concerns By ALLY MUTNICK
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Willie’s Food Court in Norris University Center will not be open for dinner on weekdays this year due to what officials call a lack of business. The reduced hours are part of a slew of changes to campus dining options. The Varsity Grill and the station alternating between Wildcat Wok and the Pasta Bowl, which open at 11 a.m., will now close at 3 p.m. instead of 7 p.m. Frontera Fresco will now close completely at 7 p.m. instead of offering a limited menu until 10 p.m. The hours went into effect Fall Quarter after nuCuisine and Norris staff analyzed traffic patterns in the food court during the spring and summer, said Steve Mangan, district manager for nuCuisine. “It’s very difficult to keep everything open and not do any business with them,” Mangan said. “After 3 p.m. our business in Willie’s dropped off precipitously.” Frontera is also closing earlier due
‘Shrek’ crew aims to attract all ages By JEANNE KUANG
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Northwestern’s largest theater group hopes to garner broad appeal among audience members of all ages with this year’s production, “Shrek the Musical.” “We wanted to do something magical, something that could have a huge audience, something that could appeal to little kids and grandmas,” said Dolphin Show director Marlee Rich, a Communication senior. The musical, which was announced last week as this year’s Dolphin Show selection, is based on the 2001 film of the same name. It was written by David LindsayAbaire with music by Jeanine Tesori. The Dolphin Show, now in its 72nd » See DOLPHIN SHOW, page 7
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DOLPHIN SHOW Perry Sook performs as Shrek during “Shrek the Musical’s” 2013 tour. The Dolphin Show will bring the musical to Northwestern’s Cahn Auditorium early next year.
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to lack of business, Mangan said. The Paws ‘n Go C-Store, the C-store in Norris, and North Shore Pizza Company will maintain their weekday hours of 8 a.m. to 11 p.m. Subway, which is being built in the space previously occupied by Windy City Deli, nuSushi and Big Ten Cafe, will be open from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Mangan said it will offer healthier late night dining options. Associated Student Government was not involved in the decision or given prior notice, said Alex Van Atta, ASG executive vice president. Van Atta, a McCormick senior, said he found out about the changes a couple weeks ago from a friend who worked at Norris. Van Atta confirmed the change via email with Julie Payne-Kirchmeier, assistant vice president for student auxiliary services, and Norris executive director Kelly Schaefer. Norris is currently accepting applications for a student advisory board online. Van Atta said he hopes the board can incorporate more student input in future decisions. The loss of the food court stations is concerning, Van Atta said,
City man accused of abducting runaway teen
An Evanston man abducted a 14-year-old girl who ran away from home and forced her into prostitution this summer, according to the Cook County state’s attorney’s office. Donzell Mintz, 21, also hit the girl in the face after an argument Sept. 18, breaking her jaw and teeth, the state’s attorney’s office said. The girl had to undergo surgery following the attack. On Tuesday, Mintz was ordered held without bail for violating his parole for an aggravated battery conviction in 2011. A Cook County judge set bail at $600,000 for his latest charges, which include involuntary sexual servitude of a minor, aggravated
because it leaves late night food options lacking. “Usually we have conversations about these things,” Van Atta said. “Hopefully the infrastructure is now being put into place so something like this would be able to go through the right channels.” Communication sophomore Theanne Liu said she switched her meal plan to a block system this year so she could eat more at Norris using equivalency meals. Liu practices with the concert band at Norris and sometimes finishes late at night after her friends have already eaten. She planned to get dinner at Willie’s Food Court before going back to her dorm. “Now that’s not happening,” she said. Mangan noted that Subway will remain open two hours later than the food court had previously. The brand will offer healthier, low-calorie sandwiches and salads. “As we’ve talked with students, we’ve had several feedback (saying) there’s a » See FOOD COURT, page 7 criminal sexual abuse and aggravated domestic battery. Mintz met the teenage runaway on the South Side of Chicago in late August and offered her shelter, according to the state’s attorney’s office. After a few days in Chicago, Mintz and the girl moved to Evanston, where he made her work as a prostitute and drug dealer. The state’s attorney’s Source: Cook County of f ice said Sheriff’s Office Mintz and Donzell Mintz the girl had sex more than once over a threeweek period. His next court date is scheduled for Oct. 16. — Patrick Svitek
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What is Ventra? Students hailing from Washington, D.C., should think of the Metro’s SmarTrip card. Like SmarTrip, travelers manage Ventra online and go through train turnstiles by touching the card to a scanner rather than swiping it. West Coast residents may be familiar with the Los Angeles Metro’s Transit Access Pass, which completely replaced paper cards last year. Ventra frees customers from having to purchase cards and add value at transit stations. Instead, they can manage their funds online or by phone. Users can link their existing debit cards to Ventra and pay as they go or upload a specific amount. But Ventra is more than a transit pass — it can act as a separate MasterCard. Travelers may choose to open a prepaid debit account and use their cards to buy just about anything. Chase called the fees associated with this
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Ventra: What you need to know Ventra, the Chicago Transit Authority’s longawaited new payment system, fully launched earlier this month. The contactless cards allow commuters to manage El and bus funds online, and the tap-and-go method seems to be working: CTA spokeswoman Tammy Chase said the transit agency had logged more than 5 million Ventra taps by the end of the weekend. “Of all the people that board a train or a bus, 20 percent are using Ventra,” Chase said Monday. “And that number continues to grow.” Northwestern students hoping to commute to Chicago will have to master the new system: the credit card express machine at the Davis Street stop is gone, and the CTA will remove all old fare card stations by Nov. 15. The Daily breaks down everything you need to know about Ventra:
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Ventra A commuter uses the new Ventra system at the Davis Street CTA station. Ventra allows users to tap their cards for entry rather than swiping them.
account “competitively low.” “You can use that as you would any other bank card in your wallet,” she said. “Some people don’t want to mess with a credit card … and they do want something you can pay as you go.” Commuters who don’t want to bother buying Ventra cards can tap any of their credit or debit cards at the machines — as long as they use contactless technology. How do I get Ventra? Order a Ventra card for free online, and it will be mailed to your home or dorm. If you want more immediate service, buy one for $5 from a Ventra vending machine at a CTA station. Once you register your account online, the $5 will go back toward your fare. Customers must load a minimum of $5 to cards online and via phone, but that figure drops to 5 cents when using cash and $1 with credit or debit cards at a station, according to the CTA. Some retailers also sell Ventra cards. Evanston’s options include City Newsstand, 860
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Select students once given CTA U-Passes will now receive similar Ventra cards. Full-time students in The Graduate School start using the new cards — which will not need to be reissued each quarter — this fall, according to the University. School of Law students were among the first customers to test out Ventra when they received the cards in early August. Medill graduate students should get their Ventra cards “any day now,” said Kristen Reid Salomon, assistant director of student life at Medill. Undergrads will have to wait: Medill students enrolled in Enterprise Reporting in Diverse Communities are once again using 1-day passes for Fall Quarter. However, starting in the winter those classes are expected to receive Ventra cards, said Desiree Hanford, acting director of undergraduate journalism. “CTA told us that those passes would be fine through the quarter, and then those Ventra cards go fully into effect after the quarter ends,” Hanford said. Are there any drawbacks? With the introduction of Ventra, the price of paper single-ride El tickets jumps to $3. Yet CTA fare is not technically rising — a oneway trip still costs the usual $2.25 if you use a reloadable Ventra card. When Chicago-area elementary, high school and college students first received Ventra cards in late August, some reported that the system did not allow them to properly load money. But Chase said CTA has dealt with those problems, noting it’s common for money not to post right away to any type of debit card. “Sometimes there was a bit of a lag,” Chase said. “We did have some issues. We’ve resolved them.”
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tribute Ned Rorem (Bienen ‘44) will be honored with a two-day celebration Oct. 10 and 11. The Institute for New Music plans to open its second season with “Ned@90,” a tribute to the composer’s 90th birthday.
A tribute to a Northwestern alumnus and an event for children hosted by the NU Marching Band highlight the early fall schedule of Bienen School of Music performances. The school announced the lineup Tuesday. The Institute for New Music, co-directed by Bienen Profs. Hans Thomalla and Timothy McAllister, will kick off its second year with “Ned@90,” a tribute to the 90th birthday of composer Ned Rorem (Bienen ‘44). The two-day celebration will consist of opening and closing concerts and a roundtable discussion of Rorem’s legacy featuring Bienen professors and other composers. Rorem, who entered the School of Music at age 17, has been awarded a Pulitzer Prize,
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Fulbright Fellowship, Guggenheim Fellowship and an award from the National Institute of Arts and Letters. He is a renowned composer of art songs. The school’s musical offerings will begin Saturday with “March with the Band,” an event for children ages 3 to 8 that “provides budding young musicians with the chance to play their toy drums and flutes as they parade around Welsh-Ryan Arena with the Wildcat Marching Band,” according to a University news release. Other fall events hosted by Bienen include a concert by instrumental group Trio Solari on Oct. 6, a master class with clarinetist and Trio Solari member Chad Burrow on Oct. 7 and a concert by mandolin player, composer and vocalist Chris Thile of Punch Brothers on Oct. 15. — Joseph Diebold
Across Campuses Appeals court reverses parts of ruling in professor’s free-speech case
SEATTLE — A federal appeals-court ruling has found that a Washington State University professor who circulated a controversial proposal to revamp the school’s communications department was protected by the First Amendment. A lawyer for the American Association of University Professors, which supported the former WSU professor in a brief, called it “a significant ruling protecting the academic freedom of professors at public institutions.” Aaron Nisenson, senior counsel for AAUP, said the degree of free-speech protection afforded to university professors was thrown in doubt by a 2006 U.S. Supreme Court ruling, Garcetti v. Ceballos, which restricted the free speech of public employees. The case involves David Demers, a former WSU communications professor, who distributed a two-page pamphlet in 2007 that outlined a plan to improve WSU’s Edward R. Murrow School of Communication. At the time, the future of the The
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then describes Republicans as “dead white people, or dying white people,” and then disparages former GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney. “I absolutely don’t mean to offend you,” Penn said. “Even if you are a Republican, I don’t mean to offend you in this class.” On Thursday—two days after the video’s publication and a review by the campus provost—MSU officials announced that Penn’s “teaching duties have been reassigned to others.” “Michigan State University is committed to creating a learning environment that is characterized by mutual respect and civility where diverse ideas can be explored,” university spokesman Kent Cassella said in a statement Penn didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment. A spokesman told the Los Angeles Times that he had not been otherwise suspended or fired. According to his academic bio, Penn writes under the name “W.S. Penn” and has published seven books of fiction and essays. — Matt Pearce (Los Angeles Times)
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How to make the most of your college experience MAggie Fish
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After going on a nice, sweaty run and glancing at a pile of dirty dishes, I slapped on the nearest hat before heading to Norris University Center for the first pointless meeting I couldn’t get out of for the new school year . “I want people to know I’m a senior by the way I present myself,” I told my roommate as the door slammed, and there I stood on our back porch. Below me I saw cherubic faces laughing and passing, in crisp purple class of 2017 T-shirts, and like a wizened old grandmother, I laughed to myself at their fleeting bliss. Northwestern is going to spit you up and chew you out, my young friends. It’s going to turn your world upside down, and completely redefine every truth you would now stake your life on, guaranteed. And I’m not just speaking as a quote-a-day rip off calendar here — the only reasons I have succeeded at anything is because I have failed at it more times than anyone else. So as this selfproclaimed wise, jam-making senior citizen, I have some pieces of advice for your cherry cheeks and your bright smiles. You’ve probably been told never to take advice from a stranger, but I remember exactly where I was when I was in your shoes. Think of me as your Jiminy Cricket, your Obi-Wan Kenobi after death. You will one day find yourself in these situations not knowing what to do,
and you will remember this article from The Daily you read while waiting for your order at Norbucks, only to find that someone else had grabbed it by accident — but please, sit down and let me impart some wisdom that I wished someone had told me as a young Padawan. Go ahead and fall in love with that guy smoking outside of Louis Hall. He’s going to crush your heart in the very near future, and only marathons of “Arrested Development” and Coldplay songs will fix you. It is absolutely worth The only it, though. To have reasons I have that Nicholas Sparks love will change the succeeded way you expect to be treated for the rest at anything is your life. Don’t because I have of smoke that cigarette failed at it more with him, but look up some undertimes than ground Chicago anyone else. bands and strike up a conversation. Getting caught on the roof of Swift Hall is worth it, or so the campus discipline lady told me. Sitting on those comfy squishy chairs in her office is a rare honor, and let that be a badge for your rebellion. She will tell you that sitting up there and sharing a bottle of wine with your sweetheart is a memory worth the mark on your record. You will be surprised she says this out loud and wonder if she’s luring you into a trap, but she’s not, and she’s right. Just don’t get caught twice — that second visit is not as fun.
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Friendship is a choice, and don’t let other is simply never to forget where you are. Take people tell you who your friends should be. time to smell the Lakefill, because before you The friends you make here are going to be know it, you’ll be staring at smiling kids from busier than at any other point in your life. the back of your porch smelling of your own There will be midterms, finals, dates, clubs, sweat and dirty dishes. homework, internships; life will spread you Now excuse me, I have classes to skip. out so thin that many times you will feel alone. Do not let this stop you from being Maggie Fish is a Communication with people who make your life happier and senior. She can be reached lovelier. Set up homework dates. Get coffee at maggiefish2014@u. together. Have weekly dinners. Just call and northwestern.edu. If say, “Hey!” Similarly, never let a group dicyou want to respond tate who your friends are. My closest friends publicly to this are in theater, study Radio, Television and column, send a Letter Film and are economics majors, premedito the Editor to opincal engineers and floaters. Our interests will ion@dailynorthwestpull us apart, so you must choose to make ern.com. time to come back together. Try it, and when you fail do not let anything stop you from pursuing what you love. Trying new things is like reaching into a box and finding either a hot stove or a giant piece of cake, but you won’t know until you pick it up with both hands and hug it tight. I’ve auditioned for many things, and it’s not about what you get and don’t get — it’s about how you respond to getting/ not getting it that matters. How fast and how well you bounce back. That horse is just staring at you getting ready to spit — if you don’t hop back on, Source: Facebook you’re going to get a giant loogie in your eye. Flashback Maggie Fish seen here navigating freshman year My last piece of advice without her sage advice.
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After the deaths of multiple students last year, I was glad to see that Wildcat Welcome featured an Essential NU on mental health. Although I was not present, my friends who were peer advisers told me the powerful speaker from Active Minds did an excellent job. One friend, however, remarked there wasn’t much an ENU could fix or prevent in regards to mental health. “Northwestern is too competitive,” he said. I thought about times when I had three midterms in a week, other homework and multiple student group meetings and considered perhaps the school’s over-achieving culture does stress me out sometimes. We are a competitive breed here at Northwestern. As one of the top 15 schools in the nation (and yes, we frequently tote that
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statistic), we all excelled in some area just to receive admission. We slaved away at SAT/ ACT prep, practiced musical instruments for hours (or at least me personally), pulled all-nighters cramming for tests and earned myriads of academic awards. Stephen Colbert joked at his commencement address in 2011 that even on Dillo Day, Northwestern students form “a mosh pit filled mostly with National Merit finalists.” When we left our frenzied high school environments for NU, it seems that we took our hyper-competitive attributes with us. We apply for multiple student groups and complete rounds of interviews just to get into “inclusive” school clubs. We try our luck at becoming a tour guide, but wouldn’t you know, it’s more competitive to become a tour guide than to get into the university. We keep the same expectations for perfection in high school as in college, even though straight A’s at NU are nearly impossible to attain in any major. Have you noticed that very few people on campus are involved in just one student group or have just one major? It’s as
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When we left our frenzied high school environments for NU, it seems we took our hypercompetitive attributes with us.
if being only a biology or an English major isn’t enough. There must always be a second major, or a minor or two, or even triple majors. Being intensely involved in a single student group is frowned upon here. We are expected not to just dabble in multiple student groups, but also hold tangible leadership positions. From Greek life to multicultural students groups, tour guides to PAs and all other campus groups, it is rare that I hear students proudly proclaim that they are intensely involved in one or two student groups. When I tell people that I am involved in Jewish life, Greek life and am a columnist for the Daily, I still don’t feel like I’m doing enough — in fact, I’m searching for additional student activities this quarter.
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We are a student population that loves to do it all, and do it all at a very high level. There is no way we can get a decent night’s sleep every night, eat nutritious meals and exercise regularly when we pride ourselves on being over-achievers. To avoid stress in college, I suggest that we all take the colloquial “chill pill.” We should realize that a major and a minor is perfectly okay, and maybe even drop our minor to focus on our major. We should pick only a select number of student groups to dedicate ourselves to, and not run ourselves ragged to meetings every night. We should realize that students are not supposed to be over-achieving superhumans, and treat ourselves like regular people who need balance. And with a dose of perspective, I think we can break NU’s competitive culture, relax and enjoy our time at college. Meredith Goodman is a Weinberg junior. She can be reached at meredithgoodman2015@u.northwestern.edu. If you would like to respond publicly to this column, send a letter to the editor to opinion@dailynorthwestern.com.
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Medill students can now enroll in classes or have side jobs while on their journalism residency. Journalism residency coordinator Desiree Hanford announced the policy change in an email to Medill undergraduates Thursday. Journalism residency, or “JR,� is a quarterlong internship all students are required to complete. “Students are accustomed to carrying four, sometimes five, units of credit and in many cases also working,� Hanford said. “We thought students should have these options while on JR.� Because journalism residencies generally count for three units of credit, the change would enable students to take up to two credits worth of classes while on JR, assuming there is no time conflict. Students also have the option of holding a part-time job. “JR is a full-time commitment,� Hanford said. “It’s important that students are still able to really fulfill their JR responsibilities.� Though only students on JR in the Chicago area will physically be able to take classes at Northwestern, Hanford said students with JRs in other locations can still take classes if they find a nearby university that meets NU’s standards for transferable credit. Online classes are also an option for those unable to commute to Evanston. Medill senior Arpita Aneja, who is on JR this fall, said although the policy change was a nice idea, she personally did not think it was possible to fit in a class or a job on top of the time already being committed to JR. “I just don’t have a lot of time for anything else when I’m already working 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.,�
Aneja said. “I’d rather just focus on JR.� However, Medill senior Lisa Xia, who is also on JR this quarter, said she was able to find a flexible part-time job that she hopes will allow her to balance work and her internship. “Lately I’ve been needing some last-minute money to make ends meet with family and with other things as well, so I was really grateful to be able to get this job offer, but I was a little nervous because I knew JR was this quarter, and I wasn’t sure what the department would have thought about it,� Xia said. “It was just at that moment that I got that email telling us it was okay.� Xia said though JR will remain her first priority, she appreciStudents ates the opportunity to be able to work a part- are accustomed time job as well. to carrying four, “We are students at sometimes Northwestern and by nature we are super five, units of ambitious, unreasoncredit and in ably ambitious, but that just means we’re used many cases to having a lot going also working. on,� Xia said. “It’s great We thought to have that flexibility and that understanding students should to be able to work with have these your advisers or to be able to work with your options while boss to make things on JR. work for you.� Hanford said in the Desiree Hanford, past, Medill has made JR Coordinator exceptions for students who asked about the possibility of working while on JR. She said the most essential thing about the new policy change is that students hoping to take class or work while on JR clear their decision with both herself and their JR supervisor before taking on any extra responsibilities. “The most important thing is that it’s transparent,� Hanford said.
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Aldermen moved one step closer to abolishing Evanston Township on Monday night, introducing a proposal to put the issue before voters. City Council voted to advance the plan without discussion and could approve it as early as next month, ensuring the question is on the election ballot in March. Aldermen serve as trustees of the township, which has the same boundaries as the city. The township handles general assistance for the needy and tax advice for residents. Township assessor Bonnie Wilson voiced her opposition to the proposed ordinance in brief remarks read by resident Angela Butler.
“(Wilson) wants to make it perfectly clear that she does not approve of the referendum, that she has worked very hard these past four years to be an advocate for the taxpayers of Evanston, and she feels very strongly that the general assistance and the assessor’s office are providing excellent programs and services to the residents of Evanston,” Butler said. Resident Betty Ester asked aldermen whether she would have an opportunity to debate anyone who supports township dissolution. City attorney Grant Farrar responded, saying the city cannot take a position on the issue but can provide unbiased information. The council’s decision Monday night came more than a year after residents voted to dissolve the township in a non-binding referendum. patricksvitek2014@u.northwestern.edu
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strike a pose Senior outside hitter Stephanie Holthus prepares to serve. Holthus earned Sports Imports/AVCA Division I National Player of the Week for her play in the Wildcat Classic.
Holthus earns national player of the week honors
Senior outside hitter Stephanie Holthus earned Sports Imports/AVCA Divison I National Player of the Week on Tuesday for her performance in last week’s Wildcat Classic. The award comes a day after Holthus took home Big Ten Player of the Week honors. Holthus recorded 6.2 kills and 4.1 digs per set during Northwestern’s run in the tournament, which included wins over South Florida, Miami (Ohio) and IUPUI. The senior notched a double-double in all three matches, and the Wildcats won the
NU scientists uncover way to calm fear during sleep
tournament after dispatching the Jaguars in straight sets. Against South Florida, Holthus put up a career-high 24 digs and 27 kills — one short of her best — and helped the Cats rally from a 0-2 hole. Her 24 kills against Miami (Ohio) were the most by an NU player since Iwona Lodzik recorded 22 against North Carolina in 2003. This is only the second time in program history that an NU athlete has won Sports Imports/AVCA Divison I National Player of the Week. Erika Lange earned the award in 2003.
Northwestern scientists have produced the first evidence that fear can be reduced during sleep. Katherina Hauner, a postdoctoral fellow in neurology at the Feinberg School of Medicine, said the team of scientists was able to decrease fear felt by subjects regarding a specific memory by exposing them to that memory over and over while they slept. This is the first time emotional memory has been manipulated in humans during sleep. “It’s a novel finding,” Hauner said in a news release. “We showed a small but significant decrease in fear. If it can be extended to pre-existing fear, the bigger picture is that, perhaps, the treatment of phobias can be enhanced during sleep.” During the study, 15 healthy human participants were subjected to mild electric shocks as they saw two separate faces. A specific smell accompanied the viewing of each face, allowing both the face and smell to be associated with the fear of being shocked. Then, while subjects were asleep, one of the odors was re-presented in the absence of the associated faces and shocks.
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Football Athletic Director Jim Phillips announced on Tuesday that Northwestern has added Northern Illinois to its 2014 football schedule. The Huskies join California, Western Illinois and Notre Dame on the Wildcats’ nonconference slate. With the exception of the Notre Dame contest, all games will be played at Ryan Field. NU last played NIU during the 2005 season,
with the Cats eking out a 38-37 victory after entering halftime with a 24-14 lead. NIU is coming off back-to-back MAC Championships and a 2013 Orange Bowl appearance in which it lost to Florida State 31-10. The Huskies have started the season 3-0 and are 37-8 over the past three seasons. — Dan Ryan
“While this particular odorant was being presented during sleep, it was reactivating the memory of that face over and over again which is similar to the process of fear extinction during exposure therapy,” Hauner said in the release. When the subjects woke up, they were again exposed to both faces. NeuIt’s a novel roimaging and sweat finding. ... The analysis found subbigger picture jects to have lower fear reactions to the is that, perhaps, face linked to the the treatment odor they had been to during of phobias can exposed sleep. be enhanced Research for the study, published during sleep. Sept. 23 in the jourKatherina Hauner, nal Nature NeurosciFeinberg ence, was conducted postdoctoral fellow in the lab of Feinberg in neurology Prof. Jay Gottfried, the study’s senior author. NU graduate student James D. Howard and NU postdoctoral researcher Christina Zelano also co-authored the study.
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need for something that’s a little lighter, better for you at night,” he said. “We’re hoping the Subway will attract people to Willie’s.”
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year of production, is the largest student-run theater production in the country. Show spokeswoman Maddie Ambrose said one reason “Shrek the Musical” was chosen is the story’s popularity among many different age groups. “It’s a story that everyone in college grew up with but also a story that children and families will want to see,” the Communication sophomore said. She said the comedic fairy tale musical is an opportunity for the Dolphin Show to put on a show that will interest people from outside “the normal theater-going community,” particularly children. “Maybe this will be their first production,” she said. Ambrose noted that the musical is contemporary, a change from the productions of the past several years. Artistic producer Brandon Johnston
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authorities did not do a “real thorough job” of looking into Javar Bamberg’s shooting death. “We take claims of civil rights very seriously,” Lowery added. City attorney Grant Farrar said the city has no comment on the lawsuit. patricksvitek2014@u.northwestern.edu
Van Atta said he had noticed many students were not aware of the hours change and wants to wait to see the reaction in the coming weeks. If enough students decide they want the dinner food court hours back, Van Atta said he would ask administrators to reevaluate the decision. He
suggested reinstating longer hours at one station as a compromise for miffed students. “We’re willing to fight the fight as long as students are behind it,” he said.
said he and business producer Rachel Marchant, both Communication seniors, are interested in newer work. “It’s really exciting to not have anything that is a precedent before us,” Johnston said. “We get to really have our own vision and not be influenced by past productions of it.” Rich and the producers said the selection will allow them to attract diverse forms of talent from the student body. “There’s so many talented students at this school and I wanted to make sure that the show we decided to do could showcase many of them that maybe don’t always get to be showcased,” Rich said. “There’s a big ensemble and each ensemble member has their own character and will have some part featured, whether it’s a line or a small scene.” Johnston said “Shrek the Musical” also “offers a lot of exciting opportunities for designers” with
both challenges and artistic freedom. “Our goal is to make it really accessible and open to everyone,” Marchant said, “not just to people who love theater, but to everyone who loves ‘Shrek.’” Now that the show has been announced, Rich said the next steps in the production are meeting with designers, analyzing the script, planning rehearsal schedules and holding auditions, which will take place Oct. 4 to 6. The producers said they look forward to a wide variety of audience members as well as the sense of community generated by working with a large group of people. “‘Shrek’ has an amazing story and amazing messages,” Rich said. “It’s a fun show.” The show will run Jan. 24 to Feb. 1 in Cahn Auditorium.
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Cats combine youth, experience in early season By Ellie Friedman
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After winning the Badger Season-Opener and placing fourth at the Dartmouth Invitational, Northwestern is gearing up for a meet that presents its first opportunity to win an at-large point toward the NCAA Championship. The Notre Dame Adidas Invitational on Friday, Oct. 4, takes place on the second weekend when teams can potentially score an at-large point for the national championship. The Wildcats are bringing their top 15 runners to compete. Coach April Likhite said the meet will present very serious competition, but her team is well prepared. At the Badger Season-Opener at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, the Cats won overall as a team,
and senior Michelle Moriset won as an individual. The Cats placed fourth out of seven teams at their second meet at Dartmouth. “We knew Georgetown was a top-ten team, so they were going to be untouchable for us at this point,” Likhite said of NU’s competition at Dartmouth. “We were hoping to be a lot more competitive with Dartmouth and Syracuse. Syracuse now is not ranked, but it is getting votes. That is where we’re hoping to be in the next couple weeks.” Moriset was NU’s first runner to finish at the Dartmouth Invitational, clocking in at 11th with a time of 21 minutes and 23.9 seconds for the 6K course. She was named Women’s Cross Country Big Ten Athlete of the Week on Sept. 10. “She needs to be going out with the leaders and seeing how long she can hang on,” Likhite said. “She is in a fantastic place right now. She has never come into a season more prepared.”
Freshman Andrea Ostenso has also proven her talent this year by being NU’s second finisher at both meets. She finished second at the Badger SeasonOpener and 18th at the Dartmouth Invitational with a time of 21 minutes and 38 seconds. “What is exciting about her is she comes from a program and a conference and pretty much a whole region where she was never pushed until the very end,” Likhite said. Likhite said all of the freshmen are talented. She expects the majority of them to have an impactful presence on the team’s top twelve spots this season. The experienced seniors are just as dynamic as the talented freshmen this year. The team has six returning seniors who have been on the team since freshman year. Likhite said she has never before seen a class grow so much in four years as the class of 2014 has. She and the rest of the team are counting on the seniors’ guidance through the end of the season.
“Not only will we see them compete hard to be with us at the end of the season, but what we are really looking for from them is continued leadership,” said Likhite. “It is about finding that balance of them being really committed to themselves as individuals but also fostering the chemistry and the team dynamics that we feel has made our program successful over the last couple of years.” The Cats will showcase their preparation and talent next week at Notre Dame and will continue to do so throughout the season. Their main goal overall is to expand their accomplishments from last season. “We should have been better than seventh at the Big Ten Championships,” Coach Likhite said. “I think we have the ability to be a top-5 team at Big Tens. Regionally, we’re going to have to tap into the top three.” ellenfriedmann2.2016@u.northwestern.edu
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I got a little more swageer and a little bit more pep in my step. — Jack Perry, senior
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NU triumphs at Windon Memorial By Josh Walfish
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Northwestern started at the bottom, and now it has arrived. A week after finishing in last place in the Fighting Illini Invitational, the Wildcats shot even par in the final round of the Windon Memorial to take home the trophy at their own event for the first time since 2007. Coach Pat Goss credited the victory to NU’s ability to adequately prepare for the tournament, unlike last week at Olympia Fields North Course. “We We knew we played had two players Olympia Fields withwho could enough compete to win out days of almost every preparation,” Goss week. said. “We Pat Goss, just needed men’s golf coach to get home, circle the wagons, work on the right things (and) build our confidence.” The tournament was the first indication that Goss’ plan for the team may actually come to fruition. Senior Jack Perry shot a 2-under 70 in Monday’s final round to card a score of 5-under and finish the event in second place. Freshman Matt Fitzpatrick cooled down after an opening round 66 on Sunday morning but still shot a 70 Monday to secure a tie for third. It takes more than two players to win a golf tournament, and the Cats’ supporting players shot well enough to keep NU in the hunt at the Knollwood Club. Junior Bennett Lavin shot a 71 in both Sunday’s rounds to be the ideal third-score added to Fitzpatrick’s and Perry’s. Sophomore Josh Jamieson overcame an illness to shoot a 73 Monday, the third best round of the day for the Cats. Junior
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Matthew Negri never managed to shoot under par in the event, but his 73 and 74 on Sunday were enough to keep NU three strokes back entering the third and final round Monday. “What we saw this tournament was very much the formula (assistant) David Inglis and I anticipated all year,” Goss said. “We knew we had two players who could compete to win almost every week ... and we knew we had players who could put together good rounds and support that really well.” Perry’s runner-up finish comes in the wake of one of the worst tournaments during his four years in Evanston. The All-American finished in last place at Olympia Fields with a score of 26-over par, including a 12-over 82 in the event’s final round. Perry did not shoot over par in any round this weekend and only had six bogeys through 54 holes compared to 11 birdies. The dramatic change in results stemmed from an improved mentality from the senior. Perry said he tried to play with more confidence this week and made the conscious decision to control his movements. “I got a little more swagger and a little bit more pep in my step,” he said. “I just decided I’m going to take control of my thought and my ball. I did a good job at picking really smart targets, picking conservative targets and swinging aggressively and I did that pretty well.” Fitzpatrick also struggled last week, but most of those issues had to do with his hectic summer schedule, which he said did not give him much time to rest. With a full week in Evanston and some distractions thanks to Wildcat Welcome, he was able to work on his mistakes with some help from his coaches in England. “The biggest thing that helped me was my coach at home,” Fitzpatrick said. “I know what he told me straight away, I’ve done it before and that certainly fixed it. I had a bit of time to practice it before this
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the individual standings. Kaitlin Park was the best player for the Cats last weekend, but the sophomore’s momentum did not carry over to Friday. The reigning Big Ten Freshman of the Year had only a single birdie to offset six bogeys in the opening round. Park’s other two rounds were markedly better, as she carded a 74 and 72 to finish the tournament 5-over par, fourth-best on the five-golfer team. NU took great advantage of the par-5, 466-yard ninth hole throughout the entire tournament. Despite a blind tee shot, the Cats shot 6-underpar, which included two eagles during the 15 times the team played the hole. Freshman Kacie Komoto may have fared the best on the hole, hitting the flagstick in the opening two rounds to secure a tap-in birdie in the morning and tap-in eagle in the afternoon. The team now returns home, where it gets a week off before hosting the Windy City Collegiate Classic in Highland Park on Sept. 30 and Oct. 1. Fletcher said she thinks the team will respond to being at home for the first time this year. “They’ll come into it with some confidence,” the coach said. “We have an elite field coming with some of the best teams in the country. It will be a good test.”
On the most infamous night in Penn State football history, Bill O’Brien was offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach at Georgia Tech University. At the same time, Christian Hackenberg was an elementary school student. On March 1, 2002, Jerry Sandusky was seen having sex with a preteen boy in a locker room shower. Then-Penn State graduate assistant Mike McQueary, who witnessed Sandusky’s actions that evening, reported what he’d seen up the chain of command, prompting a cover-up that eventually ruined the careers and reputations of everyone involved. Sandusky will die in jail. Coach Joe Paterno died in relative disgrace. Former administrators Tim Curley, Graham Spanier and Gary Schultz were forced from their positions and now face criminal charges. Even McQueary is no longer employed by the university. Left to suffer the consequences of their predecessors is the current Penn State regime, led by head coach O’Brien and freshman quarterback Hackenberg. In the wake of the Sandusky scandal, the university was buried beneath a pile of historic NCAA punishments: four years of banishment from bowl games, 14 years of wins vacated, a $60 million fine and severe limitation of the Nittany Lions’ available football scholarships. Of course, the sanctions were intended as preventative as well as punitive. Because universities — not only individuals — need warnings from facesaving cover-ups of unforgivable crimes. In a sense, the punishments doled out to the Penn State football program must have been as much about sending a message as they were about bringing justice to wrongdoers. The culprits of the scandal and cover-up were punished with lost jobs. The NCAA, prone to disciplining schools for misbehavior by departed coaches, punished those who came after the bad guys. As it turns out, that harshness was retractable. With their message presumably sent and received, the NCAA is mercifully relenting on their infliction of footballprogram suffering in Happy Valley. The Nittany Lions were returned ten 2014 scholarships and will retain their full allotment in 2016. It’s a surprising reversion for the often hammer-handed NCAA, a change of course its president, Mark Emmert, called “an important recognition of the university’s progress.” “Progress,” likely means many things, but a crucial aspect of its significance is certainly the removal of the scandal’s perpetrators. With Sandusky, Paterno and company long gone and Penn State apparently demonstrating substantial accountability, the university deserves a gradual chance at new life. O’Brien deserves some flexibility in recruiting, and Hackenberg deserves a full slate of new teammates. For now, the freshman can’t play in a bowl game until his senior year. Maybe, with the NCAA’s openmindedness toward repealing sanctions, that will change. In the Penn State case, a headline-grabbing, fear-striking punishment was needed to assure America and remind its athletic departments that the behavior of the Nittany Lions’ brass was intolerable. Now, with Penn State reacting appropriately post-sanctions, repealing some of the rigidity makes sense. Props to the NCAA for having mercy on an essentially innocent group. Sandusky, Paterno, Spanier, Curley and Schultz got their justice. Now let’s let O’Brien and Hackenberg have theirs.
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Key player Senior Jack Perry shot an even par 70 in Monday’s third round to finish in second place at the Windon Memorial. Perry was an All-American last season after leading the Big Ten with a 71.61 scoring average in the regular season last year.
weekend, but it was nice for it to pay off straight away.” The Cats will take two weeks off to begin school before heading to
Wisconsin to play the Erin Hills Intercollegiate from Oct. 6-8. joshuawalfish2014@u.northwestern.edu
Women’s Golf
Bad round burns Cats over weekend By Josh Walfish
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Northwestern learned the hard way that one bad round can prove very costly last week. The Wildcats placed fourth at the Dick McGuire Invitational, finishing six strokes out of third place and 4 ahead We struggled a shots of fifth. bit early on, but However, I was pleased the inconsistency of the how well we team’s best players was were able to to overplay on the last hard come. Junior nine holes Hana Lee shot rounds Emily Fletcher, women’s golf coach of 2-under and 3-under sandwiched around an ugly 4-over 77 in the second round. “It’s hard to imagine Hana playing that golf course and not making any birdies,” coach Emily Fletcher said. “She had a lot of chances in the afternoon, but she just didn’t convert. Her ball-striking was good.” The conditions were a bit abnormal for Albuquerque, N.M., with
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moving four-ward The Cats finished fourth at the 16-team Dick McGuire Invitational in Albuquerque, N.M. Junior Hana Lee, who posted NU’s best score, finished tied for seventh individually at 1 shot under par.
the rough being more unruly than usual thanks to some unseasonable rain. Fletcher said the rough was particularly difficult around the greens, which led to some of the fluctuations in scoring. “It’s a golf course where you can make some birdies,” Fletcher said. “The rough around the greens was very penal. We struggled a bit early on, but I was pleased how well we were able to play on the last nine holes
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(on the course).” Lee’s tournament began well, carding four birdies en route a team-best 71 Friday morning, despite a doublebogey. However, in the afternoon round, Lee did not sink a birdie, and two bogeys and a double outshone her 14 pars as she fell to 2-over for the tournament. She responded with five birdies Saturday morning on the way to a 69 to finish one-under for the tournament and in a tie for seventh in