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Divest charter worries students By FATHMA RAHMAN

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Henrique DaMour said Young Thug’s set was the best part of his night. “He’s one of the more ridiculous personalities (they ’ve) ever booked,” DaMour said. “But that was why I went.” Throughout his performance, the rapper fed off the energy of the crowd, which at one point began chanting

Northwestern student leaders are concerned by discussions surrounding the socially responsible investment committee charter after their most recent meeting with administrators two weeks ago, in which the students said administrators did not include many of the proposed changes discussed in June. After the June meeting, divestment leaders from Unshackle NU, NU Divest and Fossil Free NU, as well as Associated Student Government were under the impression that the University would drop two major components of the charter. One was that University President Morton Schapiro has to approve all voting members of the committee, and the other was that Chief Investment Officer Will McLean only has to forward recommendations of the committee to the Board of Trustees if he concurs. However, according to a copy of the charter obtained by The Daily, both components remained as of two weeks ago. The groups met with administrators in June to review the charter, and they settled on some changes to be made, said ASG president Christina Cilento, a SESP senior. Cilento said McLean and the University’s general counsel were “largely agreeable” to the proposed changes. “It seems like a lot of the key items that we fought for in that June meeting didn’t end up being altered, which is disappointing,” Cilento said. The leaders also said they’re concerned by a new stipulation saying the committee’s chair can only present proposals to the Board of Trustees once a year. Students found the stipulation in the most recent charter draft during the meeting held two weeks ago. Originally, student leaders thought they would present to the board once a quarter, said Scott Brown, a Medill senior representing Fossil Free NU at meetings. Brown said that particular stipulation forces

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Students light candles during a memorial for Chuyuan Qiu on Friday evening. More than 650 people filled Alice Millar Chapel for the service and remembered Qiu for her excitement to be attending Northwestern and her lighthearted attitude.

University holds memorial for Chuyuan Qiu’s family members travel from China to join hundreds at Alice Millar service By MATTHEW CHOI

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“My sweet daughter,” said Chuyuan Qiu’s father, speaking at his daughter’s memorial service. “I’m coming to take you home.” More than 650 students, faculty, administrators, family and friends filled Alice Millar Chapel on Friday evening for the memorial of Chuyuan “Chu” Qiu. The 18-year-old Weinberg freshman died in a bicycle

accident Sept. 22 after being struck by a cement truck. The memorial service was organized by Associated Student Government and featured prepared statements from faculty, students and family, who remembered Qiu for her excitement to be attending Northwestern and her lighthearted attitude. University Chaplain Tim Stevens and Patricia TellesIrvin, vice president for student affairs, opened the evening with remarks on Qiu’s eagerness to begin her time at NU. Qiu, a native of Nanjing, China, was a

resident of the Residential College of Community and Cultural Studies and a member of the Kaplan Humanities Scholars Program. She looked forward to joining a variety of student groups, including ASG, TellesIrvin said, and wore a purple gown to her senior prom to celebrate her admission to NU. “She came to Northwestern with great enthusiasm and pride,” Telles-Irvin said. “She was our ideal student.” Prof. Barbara Newman, Qiu’s academic adviser, and Katharine Cusick, Qiu’s peer adviser, both

spoke to Qiu’s enthusiasm to start her time at NU. The bicycle accident occurred shortly after Qiu spoke with Newman, the English professor said. “I never would have thought that conversation would be the last one she would have on this earth,” Newman said. “So long as I live, I will never forget you.” Hong Lei, consul general of the People’s Republic of China in Chicago, also attended the memorial. Hong helped Qiu’s family quickly acquire documents to come to the United States for the service. In

addition to Qiu’s father, several other relatives visited for the memorial service. Qiu’s cousin read a message in Mandarin Chinese that Qiu had written when she was admitted early decision to NU. Describing her eagerness to “study hard, play hard,” the message encapsulated Qiu’s goofiness and love of life, her cousin said. Qiu looked forward to many aspects of NU, her cousin read, including Dillo Day, joining Greek Life, the Evanston restaurant scene » See MEMORIAL, page 5

Governor pushes Young Thug set cut short prison reform bill By GABBY GROSSMAN

Rauner rallies for law aiming to reduce recidivism

By NORA SHELLY

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Gov. Bruce Rauner is pushing a bill that would provide released convicts with state identification cards in an effort to reduce rates of prison returnees. The bill, which was passed unanimously through the Illinois Senate in April, aims to reduce recidivism, or relapse in criminal behavior or imprisonment. The bill has bipartisan support, Rauner said. Having a state ID will help former convicts obtain a bank account, an apartment lease or a cell phone, he said. “In order to combat

recidivism we need to remove some of the hurdles offenders face when they are released from a detention facility and begin to re-integrate into society,” Rauner said in a news release. “In this case, it’s the simple step of providing an offender with a state ID.” The bill requires the State Department to issue an ID to any prisoner upon release if they present a birth certificate, a social security card and two proofs of address. For those without those documents, the Department will issue an ID that is valid for 90 days if the prisoner is able to present a verified document from the Department of Corrections or Juvenile Justice with their name, birth date, social security number and proof of address. The bill, which arrived to » See RECIDIVISM, page 5

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A&O Blowout headliner Young Thug’s set was cut short Friday night, after the rapper arrived more than an hour later than organizers planned. After Kehlani — the show’s opening act — finished her set, the stage was empty for more than an hour, during which time roughly a quarter of the audience left Welsh-Ryan Arena. A&O co-chair Will Corvin said the rapper’s flight was delayed due to weather. “That was out of our control,” said Corvin, a Weinberg senior. Young Thug, whose legal name is Jeffery Lamar Williams, was expected to take the stage at 9 p.m., A&O Street Team member Alec D’Alelio said. But it wasn’t until about 10:30 p.m. that

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Rapper Young Thug performs during A&O Blowout on Friday.

the rapper’s DJ began setting up his equipment on stage. Shortly after, Young Thug performed for about 30 minutes. But at 11 p.m., the rapper’s microphone and music were cut off, and the house lights in the arena came on. By the time Young Thug made it on stage, many students had left the arena. But some of those who stuck it out found the night enjoyable. McCormick sophomore

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AROUND TOWN Viet Nom Nom strives to make good food affordable By RYAN WANGMAN

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A Vietnamese fast food restaurant founded by a Kellogg School of Management graduate will open in Evanston later this fall with a focus on providing the community with a healthy, inexpensive dining option. Viet Nom Nom is the brainchild of co-owners Noah Bleicher (Kellogg ‘15) and Alan Moy who said they wanted to rectify a lack of quick, healthy food in the community. The two said they’re excited about the potential influence of their restaurant in the neighborhood, which will be located at 618 ½ Church St. The two currently run the business through catering and pop-up

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How we use food as a medium to make an impact in the community is written into our DNA. Alan Moy, Viet Nom Nom co-owner

locations. “It’s well beyond the food,” Moy said. “We could talk about recipes all day, but how we use food as a medium to make an impact in the community is written into our DNA.”

POLICE BLOTTER Woman reports electronic device stolen from home Evanston Police Department officers are investigating a theft that occurred in the 1900 block of Jackson Avenue on Thursday.

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Viet Nom Nom is set to open later this fall at 618 ½ Church St. The restaurant will feature fast, healthy food options.

Viet Nom Nom has already partnered with hiring organizations within the LGBTQ community as well as with Curt’s Cafe, a group devoted to developing skillsets in at-risk youth. Bleicher and Moy also spoke to NU students at The Garage last week about entrepreneurship and student startup ideas. “We’re trying to make sure that we can set an example both in our kitchen as well as outside

the kitchen to do a lot of good work in the community,” Moy said. Bleicher grew up waiting tables and had his first job in the restaurant business as a freshman in high school. He said his experience birthed his love of the restaurant-business culture. “The industry of serving others and making for fun, enjoyable, memorable experiences was something I got exposure (to) from a young age

Between 1 p.m. and 2 p.m., the 59-yearold resident of the apartment reported that a Tobii communications device, valued at about $4,000, was missing from her dining room table, Evanston Police Cmdr. Joseph Dugan said. There was no forced entry into the residence.

The Evanston woman was at home at the time of the theft, Dugan said.

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and just fell in love with,” Bleicher said. Weinberg freshman Zury Cutler, who has eaten Viet Nom Nom twice — once during his pre-orientation program and again at Norris at Night — praised the inclusivity of the menu from a standpoint of a vegetarian. “It’s really hard to get really good, flavorful vegetarian food, but both times I was there they had a really awesome vegetarian option,” Cutler said. Viet Nom Nom currently operates with a fairly set and simple menu with accommodations for allergies as well as vegan and vegetarian diets, Moy said, with plans to expand in the future. The menu was crafted after extensive research in cities including San Francisco and Seattle, where Bleicher and Moy visited restaurants similar to what they envisioned for Viet Nom Nom. They observed what did and didn’t work and talked to people about what they were looking for in a restaurant. “We love to have conversations with our guests,” Bleicher said, “Alan does a great job of asking the customers about their orders and about their experiences so we can get insight about what we’re doing well or what we should improve upon.” Viet Nom Nom hosts a pop-up in Kellogg every Thursday, and will also have a table at Big Bite Night, an event in which students are invited to try local Evanston cuisine. “You go to your Freshii or your Lyfe Kitchen, but there’s always a tradeoff of either flavor or price,” Bleicher said. “Viet Nom Nom really aspires to be an affordable, approachable, healthy but flavorful option for you.” ryanw@u.northwestern.edu the vehicle had gone missing between 11 a.m. and 1:15 p.m., Dugan said. She had left the vehicle, a green Honda, in front of her residence. The keys to the car are accounted for. — Nora Shelly

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Project Pause leaders seek to expand

Post-graduate preparation program hopes to recruit students outside SESP By DARIA LENDERMAN

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Project Pause will return later this academic year after a successful pilot in 2015, with its founders hoping to expand the post-graduate preparation program in the future. “What we would like to see happen is this become a more accessible experience for students in SESP and maybe even students outside SESP,” said Fred Tye (SESP ‘13), one of the co-founders of the program. Project Pause, founded by Tye and Kate McKenzie (SESP ‘13), is a program designed for School of Education and Social Policy seniors to explore their future goals and past college experiences while on a retreat.The weeklong retreat combines reflection with service and leadership development programming. “The culture of Northwestern, to be honest, is usually looking at what’s next,” Tye said. “It can be kind of difficult to realize that that mindset is happening when you’re in school and how it impacts your thinking.”

Communication alumna Agnes Nixon, soap opera trailblazer, dies

Northwestern alumna Agnes Nixon, best known for creating the hit daytime television shows “All My Children” and “One Life to Live,” died Wednesday. Beginning her career as a radio scriptwriter, Nixon (Communication ‘44) broke new ground for the soap opera genre by introducing socially- and politically-relevant topics to the shows she produced and wrote for, including drug addiction, domestic violence

Six SESP seniors participated during the pilot year and traveled to Mission: Wolf, a nonprofit wolf sanctuary in Westcliffe, Colorado. The location is remote, so participants had no cell phone access for the duration of their trip, said Fotini Kaufman (SESP

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The culture of (NU), to be honest, is usually looking at what’s next.

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‘16), an alumnus and participant in Project Pause. Every day, students would participate in a volunteer activity for the sanctuary in addition to group dialogues and reflections, Kaufman said. “You’re really forced to be in the moment,” Kaufman said. “We would sit by the campfire at night with all the people visiting and just sort of share our own life stories and what we were going and the Vietnam War. Popularly referred to as the “queen of the modern soap opera,” she received a Daytime Emmy Award for Lifetime Achievement in 2010 for her contribution in changing the “traditionally escapist nature of daytime serials,” according to the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. “Agnes Nixon was a protean figure in television, creating several of the longest-running and most successful daytime dramas,” School of Communication Dean Barbara O’Keefe said in a news release. “I feel very fortunate to have known her — I admired her both as a woman who became a successful leader in the entertainment industry and as a lovable, kind and generous alumna.”

through. You realize there are so many people besides Northwestern (students) who are going to their own life crises.” The program was structured to meet the needs and answer the questions of participants, Tye said. The group engaged in dialogues surrounding a variety of topics including NU’s forward-looking culture, familial expectations, personal goals and their expectations, Tye said. Megan Redfearn,Tye and McKenzie’s former SESP adviser for the Learning and Organizational Change program, said she helped Tye and McKenzie launch Project Pause. The program gave students a new and refreshing perspective on life after graduation, she said. “It was really powerful for students,” she said. “They were really able to come back and be thoughtful about their job search.” The program, which piloted in September last year, was pushed back due to Tye and McKenzie’s busy schedules, Redfearn said. She said she hopes Project Pause will be able to function independently of Tye and McKenzie in the future. darialenderman2019@u.northwestern.edu Nixon has had a significant impact on the NU theater community. She established the Agnes Nixon Playwriting Festival, a two-day event that annually recognizes three student playwrights who put up staged readings of their works. The festival will commemorate the alumna’s life when it returns this spring. The University Archives house a featured collection documenting the alumna’s 60-year career in radio and television, including her Emmy award and written work from her years at NU. Nixon is survived by four children and 11 grandchildren. — Stavros Agorakis

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The Women’s Center is indispensable ARIANA HAMMERSMITH

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Amid all this debate around safe spaces on college campuses, I don’t think I ever really understood the issue until I found one of my very own. The Women’s Center sits on the corner of Sheridan Road and Foster Street, a space I had not gotten to know until the fall of my sophomore year. It took me a while to work up the courage to call. Like many other Northwestern students, I have a hard time asking for help. I can actually remember my hands shaking as I dialed the number for my phone appointment. There were so many times I debated not calling, not going and just forgetting the whole thing. I figured therapy was just for people with “real” problems. It took me awhile to get comfortable at the Women’s Center. At first, I debated skipping appointments, telling myself that it wouldn’t make me feel that much better anyway. I was nervous about telling someone I barely knew my most intimate thoughts and feelings, things I had never verbalized before. Over time, I grew more at home. There’s something very special to me about the physical space the Women’s Center occupies. The main room on the first floor has

these comfy, broken-in couches and a coffee table littered with feminist magazines. The walls are covered with flyers from the Center for Awareness, Response and Education (CARE) and Sexual Health and Assault Peer Educators (SHAPE) as well as black and white portraits of former directors of the center. Potted plants line the windowsill, and upstairs there are shelves full of books on feminist theory. The bathroom is a nice shade of green and has curtains with little leaves on them, and it always, always has a basket of complimentary pads and tampons. When you first walk in, the front desk has a bowl stocked full of condoms and lube. For the past year, the Women’s Center has supported me in body and mind and sex and blood. It’s hard to put into words, but there is something visceral about that space to me. Not only was it a space to access free, longterm mental health care, but there was also something about the actual physical space of the Women’s Center that made me feel supported, respected and cared for. The Women’s Center provided mental health care services for students of all genders through a feminist lens and specialized in providing care for victims of sexual assault, violence, harassment and discrimination. It was a service that did not exist anywhere else on campus. I am deeply saddened to hear that the counseling services offered at the Women’s Center are moving to Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS). I feel that I am

losing my ability to access mental health care in a space that is safe and comfortable and understands my unique experiences as a woman. Although the University has made strides to improve CAPS through increasing the size of its staff and eliminating the twelvesession limit, it still primarily acts as a system for short-term care. It is so, so hard to ask for help. Most students, including myself, don’t reach out until they’re at their lowest point. When you finally feel so awful that you pick up the phone to call, the last thing you need is an appointment seven weeks away, only to walk out of the appointment with a list of referrals and a knot in your stomach. The last thing the University should be doing is limiting options. It seems that President Morton Schapiro likes defending safe spaces when it’s good for PR, but loses interest when it actually comes to supporting the ones that exist on campus. I’d like to thank all of the absolutely incredible women who put their time, hard work, dedication and love into the Women’s Center for all these years. Ariana Hammersmith is a SESP junior. She can be contacted at ArianaHammersmith2018@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.

We should include youth in NU dialogues ISABELLA SOTO

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Two weeks ago, I attended a sexual health training in downtown Chicago put on by the Illinois Caucus of Adolescent Health. Surrounded everyone from high school freshmen to folks well into their 30s, the training was like nothing I’d ever experienced. The facilitators who led workshops never made it seem as though they knew more than anyone else in the room. There was no real distinction between “teachers” and “students.” We all contributed to the conversations equally, bouncing so many ideas off each other that a piece of butcher paper brimmed with “circle-back” topics collected throughout the three-day training. High schoolers taught our group about androgens and their use in hormone replacement therapy, before grad student interns discussed the proper insertion of an internal condom and collaborated with youth to brainstorm creative ways to ask for consent. It’s incredibly easy to forget what it’s like outside a space surrounded by university students around the same age. Within the Northwestern bubble, it’s also painfully easy to write off or underestimate the importance of high school-age kids. A number of organizations in Chicago focus on restorative justice and peace circles for youth, and many social justice collectives

extend their work into younger communities. As a student body brimming with activists and always looking for ways to engage with both Evanston and Chicago, we should focus on bringing area students into some of the larger-scope dialogues we have on campus. Imagine a sustained dialogue-type circle, but featuring young voices.

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Within the Northwestern bubble, it’s also painfully easy to write off or underestimate the importance of high schoolage kids.

I’m guilty of having low expectations for conversations with my three 14-year-old sisters simply because their faces are usually glued to phone screens, and they’re often unwilling to break from their jokes to have a serious conversation. Although college students are by no means exempt from such behavior, I’ve found myself to be a little less patient with young people. There’s a significant gap in what we think we can learn from young people and what we actually learn when put in spaces with young folks. It may seem weird or inappropriate to learn about sexual health from teenagers, but it was actually one of the most

valuable educational experiences I’ve had in my young adult life. Chicago-area youth may not necessarily be interested in hearing about all campus-related issues, but we truly underestimate what young people know about themes and issues that concern us at Northwestern such as diversity, community engagement and well-being. Working in an organization that focuses on adolescent health, I was amazed to see adults and professionals teaching health to adolescents and young people themselves being active agents in learning and helping spread this knowledge into their schools and communities. Such a project would benefit both NU students and the community at large. We would create a space to learn about the experiences of high school-age youth and have an opportunity to sit back and listen to them. There truly exists no culture like the one on a college campus. We’re a collective of young adults ready to have meaningful discussions. And although we might laugh at the notion that a 14-year-old Instagram star can contribute to a conversation about race, when was the last time that your dirty jokes or Snapchat use interfered with your capacity to have a meaningful conversation? Isabella Soto is a Medill sophomore. She can be contacted at isabellasoto2019@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.

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Putting trigger warnings in course descriptions is a simple solution

I commend the honest discussion about the need to be both intellectually and emotionally challenged in college. Indeed, adversity affords the opportunity for growth and learning, both in and out of the classroom. But from my own experience of adversity, I have learned the importance of being candid about trauma and its lasting impact. My family was murdered by a serial killer. I have post-traumatic stress disorder, a highly-stigmatized and misunderstood condition. Thus, I am bemused at the suggestion that we exclude PTSD from the conversation of trigger warnings. Such a proposition dismisses the only rationale for these warnings to begin with.

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The purpose of trigger warnings is to alert those who, like myself, have personally experienced severe trauma.

The purpose of trigger warnings is to alert those who, like myself, have personally experienced severe trauma. And, although complete avoidance of triggering subject matter is neither possible nor advised, students deserve the right to know if they are going to be put into a vulnerable situation. Furthermore, trigger warnings were never intended to coddle or insulate the university environment. In fact, I am a proponent for the discussion of topics such as murder, rape culture, sexism and racism. And I am encouraged by the thought that so many great minds at Northwestern are looking at these issues with the hope that the rates of such occurrences can be reduced. Faculty shouldn’t soften or re-frame classroom material in a less challenging way. They shouldn’t censor discussions about topics that make students feel uncomfortable. But faculty should allow students the opportunity to engage in their education in the healthiest way possible. The conversation about trigger warnings should not be about whether or not they are needed. At the risk of making people “uncomfortable,” PTSD is real. Rather, the conversation needs to be about when these alerts should be made. And the solution seems rather self-evident. Put trigger warnings in the course description. Students who have PTSD or an emotional sensitivity to a particular subject matter will not purposefully choose courses that focus explicitly on the subject. The issue for students arises when a course includes a lecture on sensitive material (e.g. murder or rape) but the content is not divulged in the course description due to the course’s wide scope. This lack of disclosure leaves students feeling blindsided in the middle of the quarter when the focus unexpectedly shifts to a subject that is triggering due to their own prior experiences of the most adverse and challenging kind. I will conclude by expressing my gratitude to university faculty that encourage students to talk about the most disturbing and difficult subject matter that our society faces. But I must ask a simple question: If these subjects are important because of their negative impact on people, why can’t we support the people they have impacted the most? —Evelyn Hudson Communication junior

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“Jeffery,” Young Thug’s real name, and the name of his latest mixtape. “You’re not f—ing around, Chicago! I like that,” Young Thug said. When the rapper’s DJ came on stage, students who were on their way out came running back through the doors in an attempt to get a spot in the pit, which was mostly empty. But rather than let more people into the standing area, security shone flashlights at students in the pit and removed those who didn’t have a green wristband. Corvin said the stringent security was due to fire safety. As with any event at Welsh-Ryan, he said, only a certain number of people are allowed on the floor before it becomes a fire hazard. When his set abruptly ended mid-song at 11 p.m., Young Thug leapt from the stage and into the barricaded walkway that divided the standing area. At that point, students rushed the aisle to get closer to him, some jumping over the outside barricades that kept students without wristbands out of the pit. After greeting fans, Young Thug and his entourage walked back toward the stage and exited the arena. Corvin said any time A&O Productions has a show in Evanston, police set an end time in order to not disturb the Evanston community. In this case, Corvin said, that time was 11 p.m., and because Young Thug arrived late, his set was cut short. “I was definitely a little disappointed,” DaMour said of the rapper’s early exit. “But overall, the experience was solid. I definitely got my $10 worth.” Before Young Thug’s set, R&B singer-songwriter Kehlani performed for almost an hour. Wearing sweatpants and an Oakland Athletics crop top, she performed the songs “Gangsta” and “The Way,” along with other songs from her 2015 album “You Should Be Here.” She was accompanied by a DJ, a keyboardist and two dancers. Despite complications with this year’s Blowout, Corvin said the night was still a success. “It was a great event. I think people had a lot of fun,” he said. “Students enjoyed both acts tremendously, and we got a lot better turnout than we had hoped.”

campaigns to wait an entire year before getting to approach the Board of Trustees, which he said kills momentum and students’ ability to organize — especially considering the short time period students spend at NU. “It’s frustrating because we verbally agree on things during the meetings, and then they go back to their people and come back to us with something completely different,” said Weinberg senior Marcel Hanna, a member of Unshackle NU. “These stipulations completely invalidate the integrity of the committee — there’s essentially no difference between this and an ASG resolution now.” McLean told The Daily in an email that administrators made “great progress” over the summer discussing the construction of an advisory committee. Student leaders have been “very responsible and passionate” regarding their views, McLean said, but he added they are only one of the multiple constituents involved in the process. In March, the University announced plans to create a socially responsible investment committee to advise McLean and Schapiro. The committee was to include alumni, students, faculty and staff, Schapiro and McLean wrote in an

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and being able to “enjoy the courses rather than pursuing a result.” Although Qiu had been on campus for only a short time, she made a great impact on the NU community, said Christina Cilento, president of ASG.

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the Illinois House in late April, was sponsored by Rep. John Cabello (R-Rockford) and Rep. Mary Flowers (D-Chicago). Sen. Kwame Raoul (D-Chicago), who sponsored the bill in the Senate, said at a news conference Thursday that the state had much more work to do to help former prisoners assimilate to life after they are released. “Obtaining an ID, something that seems so

email to divestment leaders and members of ASG at the time. NU Divest, Unshackle NU and Fossil Free NU presented a first draft of the charter at the end of Spring Quarter. Nearly two weeks ago, administrators responded without many of the proposed changes that had been discussed, Hanna said. The groups’ leaders expect to hear again from administrators about the charter on Wednesday. Hanna said administrators are trying to “dilute” the charter because they want something the Board of Trustees can approve. Hanna and other divestment leaders are wary of a weaker charter becoming a bureaucratic obstacle that could be used against other campaigns and student groups in the future. “The board doesn’t care and that’s the message we’re getting,” Hanna said. “The board doesn’t want to bother itself with this, and they want to spend as little time as possible discussing this. The board is unwilling to compromise or to give this committee any power and (the) administration is being complicit to whatever the board wants.” In November 2015, NU announced plans to sign the United Nations-supported Principles for Responsible Investing. Hanna said he believes the socially responsible investment committee just wants the Board of Trustees to abide by the

principles they say they want to abide by, which is why Hanna said McLean should not have veto power against the committee’s recommendations. “Our peer institutions have these committees, but none of theirs have any power — it’s just a formality,” Hanna said. “We have this opportunity to form the committee now, and I think we have to focus on forming one with integrity as well as the power to check the board and make these dealings transparent. What we’re pushing for is a committee with a purpose.” McLean said the parties are nearing agreement on the charter. “We are very close to a finished product, so negotiating in the press makes no sense at all,” McLean said in the email. “I will say however that given that President Schapiro has been the driving force to establish this committee, he will absolutely have the authority to approve the members and the committee chair.” Student leaders disagree. “If we’re going to establish this committee, then it should be our direct avenue to the board because that’s the whole point of the charter,” Hanna said. “But administration seems to be okay with a toothless committee, which raises doubt about their intentions in creating this committee.”

“We’re all so shocked and saddened to be here so close to the start of the school year and to a student so young,” the SESP senior said. “Too few of us knew her, but I know Chu loved Northwestern. I want her family to know we loved her back.” Qiu’s father read a letter in Mandarin Chinese he wrote to his daughter while on his flight to the United States for the memorial. He was happy

Qiu could realize her dream of studying abroad in the United States, he read, but when he heard the news of her death, “the sky fell.” “You are our pride … we love you so much, especially now. Can you feel it?” he said. “There was so much we could have done … Let me render you more love in our next life.”

fundamental, is something that has been an obstacle for a long, long time,” he said. “It’s not easy work.” The legislation was drafted after recommendations from the Illinois State Commission on Criminal Justice and Sentencing Reform. Rauner established the commission in February of 2015 to create strategies that will reduce the state’s prison population by 25 percent in the next decade. The bill is not yet perfect, Flowers said,

because it implies the State Department has employees in correction centers who are able to give the prisoners IDs when they are released. Additionally, the state must ensure the bill results in action, she said at a press conference on Thursday. “We have to make sure when we pass this legislation that it is being implemented,” she said.

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IOWA CITY, Iowa — With its season seemingly teetering on the brink, Northwestern came up in the clutch. Impressive play from junior running back Justin Jackson and senior wide receiver Austin Carr powered the Wildcats (2-3, 1-1 Big Ten) to a 38-31 come-from-behind win, spoiling the Hawkeyes’ homecoming game. NU’s 38 points were its most against Iowa (3-2, 1-1) since the 1996 Big Ten champion season. Coach Pat Fitzgerald said he was pleased overall with the win, noting the perseverance of his team after blowing an early 10-point lead. “We had to avoid the first-round knockout,” Fitzgerald said. “Kinnick (Stadium) and the Hawkeyes, they knock a lot of teams out … in the first 15 minutes, and for us to weather that storm and not flinch after they went on a 17-0 run, I thought showed maturity.” For much of 2016, the Cats’ defense has underwhelmed as injuries plagued the secondary, with junior cornerback Keith Watkins II out for the season and defensive backs Matthew Harris and Kyle Queiro having missed time. Coming into Saturday, NU allowed an average of 435 total yards and had just given up 556 yards in a loss to thenNo. 20 Nebraska, its highest total allowed

since 2012. But needing a win to prevent the season from spiraling out of control, the Cats held Iowa to just 283 yards, including just 79 on the ground. Furthermore, redshirt freshman cornerback Trae Williams sealed the victory in crunch time, intercepting Iowa quarterback C.J. Beathard in NU territory with just under a minute to go. Junior linebacker Anthony Walker, who recorded a season-high 10 tackles in the win, praised Williams after he was forced into the starting lineup. “Trae’s a focused guy; he comes in every day and works hard. I knew he was going to make a play,” Walker said. “Coming off of last week giving up the big play and then this week making the big play, it’s a great response by him. Being able to come up at the right time and make a play, that was great.” The defense also suffered a scary moment in the third quarter, as junior linebacker Brett Walsh was injured on a kickoff return and needed to be carted off the field on a stretcher. Fitzgerald said after the game that all tests came back negative and that Walsh would travel back to Evanston on Saturday night. On the other side of the ball, NU’s offense exploded, putting up its highest point total of the season and most in a road game since November 15, 2014, when the Cats upset Notre Dame 43-40 in overtime. Jackson’s 171 rushing yards were a season high, and Carr established a personal record with three touchdown catches. Jackson’s longest run of the day, a 58-yard

scamper to the end zone, put NU up for good late in the third quarter after the teams traded leads in the first half. Coming off three straight games he failed to reach the century mark on the ground, Jackson said he was happy to turn in a big performance. “There was a pretty big seam, and it was just me and the safety,” Jackson said of the run. “I had been putting my head down early in the game, so I tried to just make a move and after that it was me trying to get away from the guys.” Historically a team that struggles in October, the Cats’ schedule only gets tougher from here. After next week’s bye, NU will face No. 17 Michigan State and No. 2 Ohio State in a three-week span before the end of the month. Fitzgerald said though he was impressed with the way the team handled itself in a “hostile” environment, the upcoming games in East Lansing and Columbus will be difficult. “After a couple weeks you know what you have and what you don’t have,” Fitzgerald said, reiterating a point from his Monday press conference. “We’ve got to squeeze everything out of this group, and I think they’re coming along with us.” Keshia Johnson/The Daily Northwestern

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Last weekend, Northwestern was the underdog, the team with little to lose. This weekend, it was the favorite, with a target on its back — but the results were the same. A week after upsetting two top-10 teams and vaulting to No. 6 in the country, the Wildcats (10-2, 4-0 Big Ten) continued their winning ways with a 5-3 win at conference foe Rutgers (6-4, 1-2) on Friday and a 7-2 blowout of Drexel (6-6, 1-0 Colonial) on Sunday in Philadelphia. With the wins, NU extended its winning streak to eight games. Living up to their lofty national ranking, the Cats dominated on the scoreboard. NU scored in the opening five minutes against the Scarlet Knights and led 3-0 at halftime. On Sunday, senior midfielder Isabel Flens completed a hat trick in the first nine minutes and the Cats built a 7-0 lead midway through the second half. But despite the convincing score lines, Coach Tracey Fuchs said her team had somewhat of an inconsistent weekend. “We struggled a little bit on Friday, but we were really good on our corner execution,” Fuchs said. “(Sunday) we started strong and played a nice game throughout the whole 70 minutes.” Neither game was as close as the scoreline indicated. NU led Rutgers 5-1 before a pair of goals in the last 10 minutes made the score more respectable, and Drexel was shut out until the final two minutes. Senior midfielder Dominique Masters said the Cats’ strong team play presents serious challenges for opposing teams. “When we’re passing and giving it to each other it kind of makes it more unexpected when we’re coming at the defense,” Masters said. NU’s winning formula was largely unchanged from recent games. The team

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took excellent advantage of its offensive chances — scoring five goals on six shots on frame Friday — and scored early and often. Flens’ three goals Sunday came in a stretch of just 6:07. The defensive unit was also characteristically strong. The back line held Rutgers and Drexel to a combined 12 shots on goal and allowed just five penalty corners over the two games, and NU goaltenders combined to make seven total saves. In contrast to recent games, however, the Cats’ brightest stars put up big offensive numbers. Masters scored twice

Friday, and Flens, who had scored just one goal over the last four games, tallied five goals over the two games. “She hasn’t been on the scoresheet, but she’s been playing great,” Fuchs said of Flens. “She’s been playing really consistent, leading the team, making things happen.” Bigger tests, including a non-conference game at No. 7 Louisville and a home Big Ten showdown against No. 9 Michigan, are still to come. Nonetheless, the squad has been adamant that it respects every team on the schedule and has stressed its desire to finish the conference season undefeated. This weekend’s wins likely won’t move NU up in the national rankings or garner much national attention. Flens, however, was still impressed with the Cats’ overall performance. “It’s always nice to get two wins in a weekend away. It’s always tough; sometimes you struggle a little bit against teams that are not ranked in the top 10,” Flens said. “We did a good job … of playing our game.” colepaxton2019@u.northwestern.edu

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IOWA CITY, Iowa — Coming into a trip to Iowa, Northwestern fans had every reason to be worried about the run defense. A week before against Nebraska, the Wildcats (2-3, 1-1 Big Ten) gave up more than 300 yards on the ground in defeat. And while the Hawkeyes (3-2, 1-1) don’t pose the same challenges as the Cornhuskers did, Iowa put up 515 rushing yards combined in its last two matchups with NU. All signs were pointing to the Hawkeyes having a big day on the ground. But the Cats didn’t just limit the damage en route to their 38-31 win Saturday — they shut Iowa’s run game down, right from the start. NU gave up 121 rushing yards on 35 carries on the day, not including sacks, good for a 3.5 yards-percarry average. Against a Hawkeyes team known for racking up yards and big plays on the ground, that effort was crucial to the Cats’ win. Coach Pat Fitzgerald said the goal coming into the game was to contain Iowa’s rushing attack, one his charges met and exceeded. “You’re typically not going to be able to stop (the Hawkeyes’ run game), but you’ve got to be able to keep it inside and in front,” he said. “It really looked like we were able to … minimize gains.” NU was ready for that challenge from the opening play. Junior linebacker Anthony Walker and junior defensive end Xavier Washington combined to stop running back

Akrum Wadley for a loss of two yards on the game’s first play, helping force a three-and-out on Iowa’s first drive and setting the stage for the Cats’ strong day against the run. Walker said he and his teammates knew they would need to hold up against a lot of rushing attempts Saturday. “We came ready to play, ready to tackle, ready to be physical,” he said. “We had to bring our big boy pants today.” All game, NU did well against the run on first downs, surrendering just 3.2 yards-per-carry on 19 Iowa rushing attempts on those plays. Perhaps more impressively, Hawkeyes running backs LeShun Daniels and Wadley managed no runs longer than nine yards on their 31 combined rushes. The run defense put the Hawkeyes into numerous 3rd-and-long situations and set up the rest of Cats for success. While Iowa quarterback C.J. Beathard completed 19-of-27 passes and had some big plays through the air, NU countered with big plays of its own, notching six sacks and a game-sealing interception by redshirt freshman corner Trae Williams. It was a masterful showing against the run from a group that’s had trouble matching last season’s level of play in a tough start to 2016. Senior defensive end Ifeadi Odenigbo said the energy the Cats played with defensively was born out desperation for a win. “We were just pissed off,” he said. “We’re in Iowa City … and we’re not leaving without a win. That’s just our demeanor.” maxschuman2018@u.northwestern. edu