The Daily Northwestern - October 5, 2023

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Pressure grows for NU-Evanston CBA

Community calls for contract amid Ryan Field debate

By SELENA KUZNIKOV daily senior staffer @selenakuznikov

rough several debates over Northwestern’s contentious proposal to rebuild Ryan Field, local activist groups, including the Northwestern Accountability Alliance, have been calling for a community bene ts agreement.

Students to vote for ASG Senators

Twenty seats up for grabs accross NU’s seven undergraduate schools

By JACOB WENDLER daily senior staffer @jacob_wendler

Associated Student Government elections for the

2023-24 academic year will take place Thursday through Sunday, offering students the opportunity to select who will represent them in ASG’s primary legislative body. Voting opens at 7 p.m. on

City rallies against domestic violence

domestic violence training event, a community resource fair and a conversation about the intersection between domestic violence and racism.

Thursday and closes at 7 p.m. on Sunday. All undergraduate students are eligible to vote and can do so through Wildcat Connection.

ASG Senate consists of 40 total seats: 20 Senators

who represent the various undergraduate schools at NU — proportional to their enrollment — and 20 who represent student groups.

» See ELECTIONS , page 15

A CBA is a legally enforceable contract between a party that wants to develop something — in this case, the University — and community groups representing individuals impacted by that development, according to Jackson Paller, a lawyer and member of Reclaim Evanston. He said a CBA is a method to hold NU accountable for the promises it has made to Evanston community members.

“Northwestern has made a point of claiming that they’re interested in getting community support,” Paller said. “It costs them nothing to come to the table and talk with the Northwestern Accountability Alliance about the CBA. And

they haven’t shown any willingness, as far as I’ve seen, to do that.”

NAA is composed of several community and campus groups including the Community Alliance for Be er Government, the Most Livable City Association, Reclaim Evanston, Northwestern University Graduate Workers, Fossil Free Northwestern and Students Organizing for Labor Rights.

Lesley Williams, president of the Community Alliance for Be er Government, said NAA is not opposing the stadium project itself, but rather the commercial rezoning of the area surrounding Ryan Field allowing NU to host six for-pro t concerts each year.

In its statement of principles, NAA outlined possible additions to a CBA such as expanded mental health services for University stakeholders, contributions to Evanston’s reparations program, free childcare facilities at the stadium and a commitment to investing in a ordable housing.

“ e CBA would have to be negotiated by community representatives with Northwestern,” Williams said. “(NAA’s) priority is really to get a good community bene ts agreement

» See COMMUNITY, page 15

Dance Marathon length cut in half

By JACOB WENDLER daily senior staffer @jacob_wendler

Northwestern University

By OLIVIA MOFUS

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Sunday marked the beginning of Domestic Violence Awareness Month, and several community groups are hosting events and resource fairs in and around Evanston to raise awareness of resources available to survivors and strengthen the city’s understanding of the issue.

The National Coalition Against Domestic Violence proposed dedicating a month to domestic violence awareness in 1981 to spread awareness of domestic violence and its e ects on survivors, families and communities.

Since 1987, October has been Domestic Violence Awareness Month, signi ed by a purple ribbon.

YWCA Evanston/North Shore will be holding events all month, including a 40-hour

As part of its Every 9 Seconds fundraising campaign, which matches donations up to $50,000, the YWCA will continue to “support our Domestic Violence work — work that touches survivors, their families, youth in the community, and even those who have caused violence and abuse,” according to the organization’s Facebook page.

e YWCA will also hold a Clothesline Project on Oct. 11, where survivors of domestic violence will design and hang shirts as a visual statistic of the pervasiveness of violence.

In addition to these events, the YWCA provides yearround resources to domestic violence survivors and their families. These resources include emergency shelter and long-term housing, a children’s program, community

Dance Marathon’s annual charity event this spring will change in two major ways: the event will last 15 hours instead of 30 and will take place at Welsh-Ryan Arena instead of outside Norris University Center.

The fundraiser, in its 50th year, will run from 8 p.m. on Friday, March 29, to 11 a.m. on Saturday, March 30. NUDM previously hosted its event the weekend before Winter Quarter Reading Period.

According to Weinberg senior Grace Dyer, executive director of NUDM, the group had to find a new venue due to construction anticipated this winter and spring on the Norris East Lawn. Dyer said the location change provided leadership an opportunity for NUDM to rethink other aspects of the event.

“We wanted to make sure that we were thinking critically about every aspect of Dance

Marathon,” Dyer said. “I feel like we have the tendency to just kind of do the same thing every year because if it’s not broken, why fix it? But since we were already making that one big change, we wanted to be very intentional this year about really thinking through each decision.”

She added that NUDM was inspired by the success of A&O Productions’ Blowout, a student-produced concert that takes place in Welsh-Ryan each fall.

Dyer also said changes in NUDM were inspired by student feedback: This year’s team structure will feature a stronger emphasis on student organizations and friend groups, she said. Many students shared that they would be more likely to attend if their friends were there.

Dyer also said students told NUDM that the event being 30 hours long and brushing up against finals season has deterred them from participating.

“We found that many people have some sort of exam or paper due that Monday,

making that pre-Reading Week weekend pretty bad for a lot of people when it comes to preparing for finals,” she said. “We’re hoping people shouldn’t have quite as much schoolwork on their plates as a typical Dance Marathon weekend, and hopefully that will make the event more

accessible to more Northwestern students.”

NUDM named Ronald McDonald House Charities of Chicagoland & Northwest Indiana, which provides housing and support for families with sick children, as its 2024

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Students rank, propose artists in revamped Dillo poll

By MARY RANDOLPH

daily senior staffer

Armed with renewed funding and what they call more comprehensive strategies, Mayfest says it’s more prepared than ever to give students what they want at this year’s Dillo Day. e e ort starts with its revamped artist poll.

Each year, Mayfest Productions sends a poll to the Northwestern community to gauge interest in di erent artists or genres it’s considering for Dillo Day, the largest student-run music festival in the nation. is year’s poll which came out Friday, respondents rate genres on a ve-point scale and artists by distinguishing, “I’ve never heard of this artist,” “I’ve heard of this artist” or “I want to go see this artist.”

Past polls have asked students to mark whether they’re interested in each option.

“A lot of the feedback we got last year was, ‘we don’t actually know who these artists are, but we’re going to check o anyone we’ve heard of in hopes that we maybe know an artist in the lineup,’” said SESP senior and Mayfest Head of Bookings Armaan Ajani.

Respondents told e Daily they appreciate the new format. Communication senior Emia Musabegovic said the new poll was “much more comprehensive” than previous ones. She added she’d love to see even more updates in the future, like hyperlinks to artist bios.

Communication sophomore Aiden Kaliner said he thought the scale inclusion was “unique” and

appreciated the opportunity to share his perspective.

“I felt some of my music tastes weren’t represented last year, so I wanted to make sure I had a voice in the process,” Kaliner said.

Kaliner said he also made use of the poll’s nal question, which allows people to recommend artists not featured in the poll. He wrote in Olivia Dean and Rina Sawayama as his picks for the lineup, he said.

Ajani said Mayfest’s booking team formulates the poll careful to not spoil the lineup eight months before the festival. ere are artists on the poll who de nitely won’t be at Dillo Day, and artists who could perform at Dillo Day not on the poll, Ajani said.

Last year, just one artist who performed at Dillo Day was featured on a Mayfest artist poll: indie musician Briston Maroney. e lineup also featured rapper O set, EDM artist J. Worra, rapper TiaCorine and R&B artist RINI.

But, more importantly, the poll helps take the musical pulse of campus, Ajani said.

“We do try to create as diverse a list as possible in order to extrapolate the best data we can on how campus would feel about any artists we’re considering,” he said.

While the booking commi ee created the poll, Mayfest’s promotion team was responsible for ensuring it reaches as many students as possible –– mainly through promoting the poll on social media. e new format seems e ective, Weinberg junior and Mayfest Co-Head of Promotions Tyler Keim said. Mayfest is on track to get the most responses it has ever seen, according to Keim.

on whether they have the ability to maintain a vegetarian diet.

The study, led by Feinberg Prof. Nabeel Yaseen, is the fully peer-reviewed, indexed study to explore the link between vegetarianism and genetics.

As Mayfest continues its search for artists to grace the lake ll this spring, the poll is an important factor, Keim said.

“ is is key data our bookings team uses to try to create a Dillo Day lineup that is not only exciting to the Northwestern community but re ective of all the tastes that make up the community,” he said.

“Are all humans capable of subsisting long term on a strict vegetarian diet?” Yaseen said in a Wednesday news release. “This is a question that has not been seriously studied.”

e poll is still open to all Northwestern students, accessible online and on Mayfest’s social media. e club hopes to hear from as many students as possible, Keim said.

“Take the survey,” he said. “Make your voice heard. lilycarey2025@u.northwestern.edu

vegetarian than actually are, and a genetic factor is to blame, Yaseen said in the release.

Given a substantial rise in plant-based diets, few metropolitan areas today lack restaurants boasting vegetarian or vegan options. However, despite an apparent increase in the number of people identifying as vegetarian, a recent Northwestern Medicine study found that an individual’s genetic makeup has a major impact

About 48%-64% of those who claim to maintain a vegetarian diet do, in fact, report eating some meat, according to Yaseen’s study, which was published Oct. 4 in science journal PLOS ONE. Yaseen said he believes this statistic reflects the fact that biological qualities can prevent some from holding to vegetarianism.

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Los Angeles County operates the largest jail system in the United States, which incarcerates more people than any other nation on Earth. At a cost of nearly $1 billion annually, nearly 20,000 people are caged every night in L.A.’s county jails and city lockups. But not every neighborhood is equally impacted by L.A.’s massive jail system. In fact, L.A.’s nearly billion-dollar jail budget is largely committed to incarcerating many people from just a few neighborhoods. In some communities, local authorities are spending more than $1M annually on incarceration. These are L.A.’s Million Dollar Hoods. Led by Prof. Kelly Lytle Hernández, Million Dollar Hoods (MDH) is a university-based but communitydriven research initiative that maps the fiscal costs of mass incarceration in Los Angeles. To date, MDH research has contributed to numerous social campaigns dedicated to dismantling the carceral state, such as bail reform and defunding school police.

Kelly Lytle Hernández is a professor of History, African American Studies, and Urban Planning at UCLA where she holds The Thomas E. Lifka Endowed Chair in History and directs the Ralph J. Bunche Center for African American Studies. One of the nation’s leading experts on race, immigration, and mass incarceration, she is the author of Migra! A History of the U.S. Border Patrol (University of California Press, 2010), City of Inmates: Conquest, Rebellion, and the Rise of Human Caging in Los Angeles (University of North Carolina Press, 2017), and Bad Mexicans: Race, Empire, and Revolution in the Borderlands (Norton, 2022). She also leads Million Dollar Hoods, which maps fiscal and human cost of mass incarceration in Los Angeles. For her historical and contemporary work, Professor Lytle Hernández was named a 2019 MacArthur “Genius” Fellow. She is also an elected member of the Society of American Historians, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and the Pulitzer Prize Board.

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Yaseen investigated this question in his recent study, which identified three genes that have a significant association with vegetarianism, as well as 31 others that possibly are associated.

Some of the genes, including two of the genes with the highest association, are involved in fat metabolism and brain function.

There are more people who wish to become

Yaseen’s study could pave the way for future investigations into how genetics influence an individual’s ability to maintain vegetarianism.

“We hope that future studies will lead to a better understanding of the physiologic differences between vegetarians and non-vegetarians, thus enabling us to provide personalized dietary recommendations and to produce better meat substitutes,” Yaseen said.

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Attendees dance to music during Dillo Day 50.

Genes could impact who stays vegetarian, Feinberg study finds

ON CAMPUS

Businesses adjust to new plastic bag ban

By LILY CAREY daily senior staffer @lilylcarey

“Paper or plastic?”

It’s the quintessential question customers are asked at most grocery and retail stores — and starting January 2024, a question Evanston residents may no longer have to answer.

Evanston City Council approved an ordinance in May that would ban plastic bags “community-wide,” including at restaurants and large retailers. The ban is a key part of Evanston’s effort to meet its Climate Action Resilience Plan goals, one of which calls for the phase-out of single-use plastics by 2025.

The ordinance also imposes a 10-cent tax on any paper bag distributed; however, qualifying businesses can retain 5 cents of the tax.

But when the Aug. 1 compliance date for the ordinance came, some of Evanston’s small businesses were still scrambling to make the switch from plastic to paper with just two months’ notice. In response, councilmembers decided to push the compliance date for businesses under 10,000 square feet to Jan. 1, 2024.

While customers at larger Evanston stores like Jewel-Osco and Target are now walking away with paper bags, the switch has been more difficult for some Evanston shops and shoppers.

“For small businesses, it’s very hard,” said Ashwin Patel, who works at Delta Discount, a convenience store on Main Street. “People on food stamps, they cannot afford the extra costs … Still, we try to push them to get reusable bags, we sell them for 99 cents.”

According to the city’s website, the 10-cent plastic bag tax does not apply to bags used to carry items purchased with the Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program, the Illinois LINK card or similar governmental food assistance. However, Patel said it’s still been difficult for some of his customers to remember to bring or purchase their own reusable bags.

Some businesses also had trouble absorbing the costs of purchasing new paper bags when the ordinance first took effect. At the Aug. 28 City Council meeting where councilmembers voted to extend the effective date, discussion centered around D&D Finer

Foods on Noyes Street, which had ordered thousands of plastic bags in 2022 and couldn’t afford to replace them all with paper.

Since then, some businesses have been finding new ways to offset the costs of purchasing the new bags, Ald. Devon Reid (8th) told The Daily.

“The 10-cent tax is just the city’s floor, but businesses are able to charge more than 10 cents, and I think that’s an absolutely reasonable way to cover the costs,” he said.

As the effective date for the ban approaches, other Evanston businesses are ready for the switch.

At Sea Ranch Sushi on Dempster Street, a few plastic bags remain on the shelves — but it is well stocked with paper bags. Restaurant manager Keiko Thomas said it has been a “smooth transition” to paper bags.

“We know we can still use plastic bags, but we’ve

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fully made the transition to paper,” Thomas said. “I know (plastic bags are) bad for the environment.”

At other small businesses, paper bags have long been the norm.

“Every once in a while we’ll get somebody who talks about it, but we’ve always used paper bags,” said Liz Larsen, who works at organic grocery store Village Farmstand. “It’s kind of built into our business model.”

Reid said adjusting to paper bags requires “creativity” from businesses and some extra effort from customers. Yet, with just under three months until the ordinance takes full effect for small businesses, Reid said most shoppers remain undeterred.

“They’re still shopping in Evanston, and I think that’s because of what Evanston offers, which is the best shopping options,” Reid said. lilycarey2025@u.northwestern.edu

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In May, Evanston City Council approved an ordinance that would ban plastic bags “community-wide,” including at restaurants and large retailers.

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ASG Senate Elections

If you could choose one initiative or piece of legslation to spearhead in ASG Senate, what would it be?

*Answers have been edited for brevity and clarity. Full answers can be viewed online using the QR code on page 5.

Layah Nasr

School: McCormick

Year: 2027

Hometown: McLean, Virginia

One that I’m really interested in is dining and accessibility to food for students. I’m really interested in is doing a cost bene t analysis and looking at the nancials of opening mini-mart similar to Lisa’s Cafe on (South) Campus, because I’ve found myself stressing about accessibility to resources in my dorm and also that’s a issue with my friends, and so having more access to resources on campus would be greatly bene cial to the student body.

Diego Oliva

School: McCormick

Year: 2027

Hometown: Orlando, Florida

I really want to be on the nancial side. I want to give back to the student organizations, and I want to do more within that. So I feel like I can just pinpoint a speci c one that would just fall within that range.

Eliza Marcus

School: Weinberg

Year: 2027

Hometown: Madison, Wisconsin

Dillon Scheuer

School: Weinberg

Year: 2026

Hometown: Marsh eld, Wisconsin

I would like to make Evanston not hate Northwestern. I know that there is a lot of contention between the larger Evanston community and this university, and I’ve only been here for four weeks. I think that that is something that de nitely needs to be xed sooner rather than later, especially with the (rebuild) of Ryan Field, and how that would impact the greater Evanston community.

Kaitlyn Salgado -Alvarez

School: Weinberg

Year: 2026

Hometown: Gurnee, Illinois

I go to bed pre y late, like two, three o’clock in the morning. I’m walking back from brushing my teeth and I noticed that the lights are still on in all the hallways. If all the lights are on in all the hallways of all the dorms, that’s a lot of energy that’s being wasted, when no one’s really using it. Maybe looking at something like motion lights or even a light switch so students can turn them on and o , or even something as simple as solar power or some type of reusable energy to power those lights. at’s just a small thing, but it makes Northwestern a more sustainable campus.

Knox West

School: Weinberg

Year: 2027

Hometown: Washington, D.C.

at would de nitely be an initiative to push for ASL courses. Of course, we would have to talk with Northwestern administration. But it is vital for a large number of students to be interested in this topic. It’s not just about an academic level, it’s about accepting people with disabilities in our academia and in our community, so that’s something

very important to me.

My biggest thing would be the free textbooks because the tuition here is $91,000. It’s ridiculous to ask every quarter to pay another couple hundred dollars for each textbook. In just my political science class, I had to spend almost $250 just to get the stu I needed that was required by the class, which was not provided by Northwestern. And some of those materials did not have the audible books that I need, and the electronic version, the PDF, so I had to go and nd that on my own.

Fund our Student Activities Assistance Fund, so they don’t deny people constantly.

Coby Potischman

School: Medill

Year: 2025

Hometown: Brooklyn, New York

John Sisco

School: Medill

Year: 2027

Hometown: Tampa, Florida

Phoebe Cahill

School: Weinberg

Year: 2024

Hometown: New York City, New York

I feel that making broad promises before the election is something that would be unwise from someone with just a few weeks of experience. at being said, I would pursue any expansion of ASG’s funds from administration – anything to minimize the costs of se ing up events; of supporting student groups of any variety. I want that, above all, to be something that is easy, convenient, and a ordable (and) accessible for everyone on campus.

Eshaan Chandani

School: Weinberg

Year: 2027

Hometown: Johnston, Iowa

I want to be able to fund a lot of di erent smaller clubs to ensure that everyone on campus has their own place where they can nd their community and nd their people and really feel accepted in such a big place.

Taylor Hancock

School: Medill

Year: 2027

Hometown: Buford, Georgia

I think it would be increasing funding for student organizations; making sure that our funding doesn’t only go to a few organizations and we increase our overall budget.

Abby Wertz

School: Weinberg

Year: 2027

Hometown: Pi sburgh, Pennsylvania

Natasha Gonzalez

School: Weinberg

Year: 2025

Hometown: Chicago, Illinois

At my high school, food insecurity was a large issue that we faced. I know many Northwestern students are on meal plans, but not all Northwestern students live on campus. And for those who do live on campus or are on a meal plan, certain parts of the year you’re not living on campus. You’re living at home. So I want to come up with a way that Northwestern can continue to support students who struggle with food insecurity when they’re not on campus or on a meal plan.

More resources for mental health. I think that at a prestigious institution, mental health is de nitely a prominent topic. And I think that advocating for more resources, more accessibility and be er resources is an area that could really be improved and the legislation could really help make a di erence.

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I de nitely would pick the cultural summit that the Justice & Inclusion Committee is trying to complete. I really think it’s important for the BIPOC community on campus to know each other, see each other (and) recognize each other and just feel like they’re actually there and present and meant to be here. So I think that’s one initiative I’m really focused on and just building and strengthening the community at Northwestern.

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Bienen:

- Angela Choi

McCormick:

- James La Fayette Jr.

Weinberg:

- Alvaro Junco

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- Jamal Omoniyi

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- Aiyanna Tombs

- Hamza Haq

AI stretches its legs: Researchers use AI to design robots in seconds

A team led by Northwestern researchers is the first to use artificial intelligence to build robots from scratch, according to a Tuesday news release.

The unique algorithm designed a successfully walking robot in mere seconds that runs on a lightweight console compared to other AI systems that require larger storage and datasets.

The study published Tuesday in the scientific journal, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, states this technology has the potential to carry out near-instantaneous design, development and debut of bots for medical, environmental, vehicular and space-based tasks.

McCormick Prof. Sam Kriegman, who headed the experiment, said the AI system has

SESP Prof. Destin new faculty director of student access and enrichment

SESP professor Mesmin Destin was appointed faculty director of student access and enrichment Sept. 1, according to a Friday news release. Destin will bring leverage to Student Enrichment Services and First-Generation-Lower-Income programs across campus to enhance engagement with rstgeneration and lower-income students.

Over 15 years, Destin’s research has explored students’ formative access to resources and opportunities, speci cally investigating whether environments and experiences in uence people’s lives by expanding their identities. He has long been fascinated by forces that can in uence the lives and futures of young people, Northwestern Now said in the news release.

“As Northwestern’s student body diversies across multiple dimensions, it is critical that the institution grows in ways that authentically embrace students’ backgrounds, perspectives and goals,” Destin said in the news release.

Destin is the co-director of the SESP Leadership Institute, a program geared toward FGLI students that helps rst-years, sophomores and transfers build strengths within their personal communities to support success and well-being.

compressed billions of years of evolution and bypasses the bias of robotic designers.

“Evolution has no foresight,” Kriegman said in a Tuesday YouTube video. “It cannot see ahead of time if a mutation will be beneficial or catastrophic. What we discovered is a way to remove the blindfold and thereby compress billions of years of evolution into an instant.”

After the AI receives instructions, it works to add or remove particles to create the shape of the body and assess itself after each iteration to eventually achieve its goal. The robot’s locomotion is a result of pumping air into the body’s air muscles.

The entire design process — from a shapeless mold with no visible movement to a moving robot — took 26 seconds.

“I think when some people look at this robot they see a useless gadget. I see the birth of a brand new organism, and it’s a thrill to witness its genesis,” Kriegman said in the video.

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NU Provost Kathleen Hagerty said the O ce of the Provost is eager to collaborate with Student A airs to extend more support for students of FGLI backgrounds.

“Mesmin Destin has the academic insights and leadership skills to position Northwestern for even greater success for all of its undergraduate students,” Hagerty said.

In 2019, Destin received the American Psychological Association Distinguished Scienti c Award for Early Career Contribution and Northwestern’s Charles Deering McCormick Professor of Teaching Excellence Award. e next year, he was presented with the International Society for Self and Identity Outstanding Early Career Award. Destin was named a Guggenheim fellow in 2021 and now serves as a fellow at NU’s Institute for Policy Research.

Destin shared his research on how individuals are a product of their environment in a 2022 TEDX Talk, titled “How everyday interactions shape your future.”

He said he plans to use this research in his new role.

“His focus furthers the collaboration between Student A airs and the academic community, ensuring that research and scholarship continue to inform our practice and our practice informs research and scholarship,” vice president for Student A airs Susan Davis said.

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WhAt tO WaTcH FoR: hOmEcOmInG MaTcHuP

By ALEX CERVANTES daily senior staffer @cervantespalex

In 30 minutes of football last Saturday, Northwestern put No. 6 Penn State on upset watch, with the two teams kno ed up 10-10 at the intermission. However, the Ni any Lions promptly quelled any notion of a Wildcat triumph, hanging 31 points on interim head coach David Braun’s squad in the third and fourth quarters.

With “plenty of positives to pull from,” according to Braun, NU turns its focus to Howard this Saturday. As droves of University alumni pour into the stands and parking lots for Homecoming Weekend, the ‘Cats will cap o a three-game homestand against the Bison before their bye week.

Here are three storylines to note before NU’s clash with Howard this weekend:

1. NU looks for four full quarters of football

Braun has preached about playing “complimentary football” for a full game, most recently in his Monday press conference.

“ e challenge moving forward is what this team can truly be capable of when it nds a way to play a full four quarters,” Braun said.

It’s become one of Braun’s most-used maxims as the ‘Cats enter Week 6, still searching for a complete 60 minutes of football. NU’s lead man expressed optimism that the team will get itself there soon, though.

e ‘Cats got o to a blistering start against Penn State, forcing a turnover on the game’s opening play. But a er staying level with the Ni any Lions for two quarters, a third quarter surge from coach James Franklin’s squad all but put the game to bed.

“We prepared to win a football game, prepared to play a full four quarters, or however long it takes,”

STANDINGS

Braun said. “I think that gives us an opportunity as a team to continue to take full ownership in our performance and continue to fake full ownership of the things that we need to continue to improve upon moving forward.”

2. Bryant’s health will be under center Saturday

Gri y. Tough. Warrior. ose were the words Braun used to describe graduate student quarterback Ben Bryant, who su ered an upper-body injury in the second half against Penn State. Braun provided li le clarity on Monday regarding Bryant’s status for Saturday’s contest.

“(Bryant) is going to do everything in his power to get back to full health and be ready to play,” Braun said. “Not sure what that looks like in terms of timeline by Saturday.”

If Bryant were not to suit up for NU, all eyes

will turn to junior quarterback Brendan Sullivan, who has seen action in three games this season. With Bryant sidelined at the end of regulation last weekend, Sullivan a empted six passes, completing two for eight yards and throwing an interception. Despite the struggles through the air, the Davison, Michigan, native recorded a season-high 25 rushing yards.

Braun said the team anticipates Bryant will be available in a few days’ time, but if he’s not, Sullivan will be the starter under center.

“If Ben weren’t able to go, as of right now, (we) would anticipate Brendan going,” Braun said. “Brendan’s earned that opportunity. He’s played well in his opportunities to come in and spell Ben.”

3. Ge ing the ground game going

Sullivan, who ran the ball a mere seven times against Penn State, was NU’s leading rusher last weekend. e ‘Cats managed just 45 yards on the

ground on 32 carries, good for only 1.4 yards per rushing a empt. In NU’s comeback Week 4 win over Minnesota, the numbers were slightly be er: 29 carries for 92 yards.

e ‘Cats are the only team in the Big Ten averaging fewer than 100 rushing yards per game. NU has only eclipsed the 100-yard mark twice this season — against UTEP and Duke in mid-September.

Braun said the team’s ability to play complimentary football with a lead will open the team’s rushing a ack, namely senior running back Cam Porter, to more opportunities.

“Our running back room is going to be at their best, our O-line is going to be at their best when we can nd ways to be up two scores in the third quarter,” Braun said. “Control the clock, run the football, and all of a sudden (o ensive coordinator Mike) Bajakian has the entire call sheet available to him.”

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By JAKE EPSTEIN daily senior staffer @jakeepste1n

In his rst season atop the depth chart since 2020, senior running back Cam Porter is a man on a mission.

Following a ve-touchdown freshman season, he worked his way back from a season-ending ACL injury that ended his sophomore campaign before it began. Still, he fought to return for the season opener against Nebraska during his junior year.

A er passing one of the toughest tests in resilience, Porter threw down the gauntlet as he arrived back in Evanston for his senior season, seeking to transcend his abilities and improve on the eld.

Before he walks out of Northwestern’s practice facility, Porter challenges himself to snag 50 catches every day, sharpening his hands and route running savvy.

Like a prototypical Power 5 hal ack, Porter runs tough between the tackles, looking to impose his will on any given down. With his 5-foot-10, 220-pound frame, the Cincinnati, Ohio native has made a name for himself around the conference since he burst onto the scene as a true freshman.

But, he’s neither satis ed with his past accolades, nor focused on stu ng the statsheet — the senior captain consistently strives to raise the bar for both himself and his teammates.

“I don’t like to put numbers on my game,” Porter said. “I want to make sure I’m having complete games, making the most out of every carry. I’m doing whatever I can do to make sure we win. ”

Last season, Porter operated out of a crowded position group, spearheaded by Indianapolis Colts’ 5th round pick Evan Hull. Bearing the brunt of the back eld’s ball carrying duties, Hull tallied 276 touches and 1,459 scrimmage yards and led the ‘Cats in both rushing and receiving yards.

Now, the onus has shi ed to Porter and the rest of the Wildcats’ running back room to pick up much of the pass-catching slack, especially in NU’s system packed with spread alignments. While Porter snagged just seven grabs last season, he entered the preseason ready to push the envelope of his playstyle.

“I wanted to establish myself as a three-down back,” Porter said. “If (the quarterback) needs an outlet, I’ll

be there and I can checkdown — do whatever I have to do.”

When interim head coach David Braun rst took the podium at Big Ten Football Media Days in late July, he made a point to shoutout his lead tailback.

From that moment onward, to his rst win in Evanston and now through ve games, Braun’s faith in Porter hasn’t wavered. Braun said Porter embodies what a Big Ten running back should look like, emphasizing the importance of establishing the running game.

However, the running back room more than met its match last Saturday, as No. 6 Penn State’s stingy front seven dominated the trenches and sealed o gaps nearly every snap. On a day when the o ense struggled to generate any semblance of momentum, yards were certainly at a premium.

Porter managed to gain just 18 yards on seven carries, while ripping o a 17-yard reception to bring his air yardage to 19. But, the veteran ball carrier said there are plenty of lessons to learn from NU’s last e ort, such as maintaining a quick tempo and rhythm on o ense.

“A lot of respect for Penn State’s defense — awesome front and awesome back end,” Porter said. “Sometimes you go a speed things up, reaction has to be a li le bit quicker, your reads have to be a li le bit quicker and (there’s) some good and some bad, but we learned from it and now we’re gonna carry it on for the rest of the season.”

As Porter and the ‘Cats set their sights on Saturday’s Homecoming game against Howard, Braun said nobody in their locker room is approaching the matchup lightly.

For Porter, the game plan boils down to trusting his teammates and play callers, regardless of whether they a ack through the air or on the ground. ough he’s one of NU’s more veteran players, Porter continues to develop as a student of the game.

“I’m learning throughout the season, and I’m ge ing be er in all aspects of my game, whether that’s pass protection, catching the ball, making defenders miss (or) running through tackles,” Porter said. “ at’s my focus: watching lm and constantly ge ing be er.”

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wHiCh qUaRtErBaCk wIlL LeAd pLaY SaTuRdAy?

BrYaNt’s iNjUrY MaY ReQuIrE BrEnDaN SuLlIvAn tO StEp iN

By LAWRENCE PRICE daily senior staffer @lpiii_tres

Graduate student quarterback Ben Bryant’s upper-body injury silenced the Ryan Field crowd immediately on Saturday versus thenNo.6 Penn State.

The big hit occurred seconds after a third quarter snap, as Nittany Lions defensive tackle Zane Durant accelerated past the ‘Cats offensive line unscathed, smacking Bryant from his blindside. The 25,064 fans in attendance held still as NU’s training staff tended to the wounded warrior for multiple minutes.

Although the ‘Cats exited the possession

with three points, it Braun was

unsure of his starting quarterback’s status following the contest, waiting to hear from medical staff.

Fast forward to Monday’s press conference, Braun still didn’t know the timeline for Bryant’s recovery, but felt confident that his starting quarterback would return to the field quickly.

“That dude is tough, he’s gritty, he’s a warrior, you know, he’s going to do everything in his power to get back to full health and be ready to play,” Braun said.

And up to this point in the season, Bryant has earned that type of respect. Even though his final statline on Saturday didn’t show it, the veteran efficiently orchestrated NU’s scoring drive in the first half even against a strong defense.

According to Pro Football Focus, Bryant was pressured on 50% of his dropbacks. This doesn’t take into account how strong Penn State’s defense is — a defensive line front filled with NFL Draft talent and arguably college football’s top defensive unit.

But after Bryant went down in the fourth quarter, junior quarterback Brendan Sullivan took over for the rest of the contest.

Braun noted that if Bryant can’t go against Howard, the Davison, Michigan’s native’s name will be called.

“Brendan’s earned that opportunity, he’s played well in his opportunities to come in and spell Ben,” Braun said. “But as of right now, we’re moving forward anticipating that Ben will be ready to go.”

Braun said he would “absolutely not ” rest Bryant this week with FCS opponent Howard

on Saturday and a bye week the next, which would give the starter nearly three weeks to rest.

However, even if Bryant leads the ‘Cats out onto the field during their first drive, the question remains how long the starter will remain in the game.

NU’s 98.0% chance to win according to ESPN says it all — Saturday’s game could be decided in the first half. This would allow the ‘Cats to sit back, take in the Homecoming weekend festivities and roll out its second unit, which would include Sullivan.

The junior struggled against the Nittany Lions, completing two of six passes for eight yards and throwing an interception directly to a Penn State defender lurking in the secondary. But Sullivan was pressured even more than his teammate on dropbacks: 83% of the time, according to PFF.

Braun described the quarterback’s effort as tough and gritty — in typical Sullivan fashion, he said.

“(He was) doing whatever he could to just keep battling with this team,” Braun said. “We’re anticipating and expecting Ben to be able to go, but regardless of how that plays out moving forward, (we’re) very confident in Brendan’s ability to step in and help this team go win.”

Although both quarterbacks stand at 6-foot-3 and are separated by only five pounds, Bryant and Sullivan bring starkly different attributes to the table. Bryant’s experience and elite play against Minnesota demonstrated why Braun and his staff handed the keys over to the veteran.

On the other hand, Sullivan’s mobility and flashes of potential highlight why he and the former competed for the number one job in the spring and fall. Sullivan only played in the fourth quarter but led the ‘Cats with 25 rush yards on Saturday.

Braun made it known if Bryant is ready to go, he doesn’t have a problem sending the pro-style quarterback out.

Yet, with the chance to let him rest for multiple weeks before the remainder of Big Ten West play, the team can believe in the backup.

“He’s been a guy that’s taken charge, he’s been a great leader for our team,” sixth-year wideout Cam Johnson said. “We didn’t have any doubts when Sullivan was going to come in and play a great game, and we’ll continue to have that confidence in moving forward no matter what happens.”

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Lachman: e Fruit Loops are ready to bounce back

basketball during my sophomore year at Northwestern.

self-care at a demanding school and balance leisure time with my academic responsibilities.

Last year, my intramural basketball team’s name was the “Fruit Loops” (yes, we spelled our name di erently than the cereal brand). We lost in the semi nals.

As Winter Quarter and a new season approaches, the burning reball of desire to win residing deep in my belly is almost ready to explode.

Just kidding … sort of.

I’ve always been a competitive person, and my 10-year childhood basketball career is to blame. I played for many Amateur Athletic Union squads and school teams. Basketball was inextricably tied to my identity for much of my life — or so I thought. At the end of my sophomore year of high school, I decided to quit.

I wrote an opinion piece re ecting on the decision for my high school newspaper titled “It’s okay to quit.” And though I’ve sometimes worried I sounded a bit self-righteous at the time, I’m still very proud of the piece.

e one thing I wish, though, is that I had fully taken my own advice. At Friday night basketball games, I’d support my teammates but simultaneously ridicule myself for not being out on the court.

It’s interesting how a static piece of writing can feel so viscerally true in one moment but almost insincere in the next. And that’s how my opinion piece has o en felt to me ever since — dishonest. at is, until I played intramural

My freshman year, I had trouble nding an intramural team to join for Winter Quarter because I didn’t feel comfortable pu ing myself out there. I didn’t have a friend group that I could automatically turn to, and I believed that was the only way to get involved.

But in my sophomore year, I decided I’d play no ma er what. I signed up as a “free agent” and was ready to play on a team of complete strangers. But in the end, a friend invited me to join his group, and I accepted. I was still nervous at rst, and I felt as if I didn’t belong because I was not part of the “original squad.” All that changed, though, as soon as I got to our rst practice.

We had a casual opening scrimmage in Blomquist Recreation Center before the league started, and despite all my missteps, gasps for air and aching hamstrings, I knew then that our team chemistry was special. I had met a few of my teammates before joining, but becoming be er friends with them through basketball reminded me of the strong bonds the sport can foster.

My team struck just the right balance of taking the game seriously and having fun. We talked game plans, loosely scouted other teams and chanted “Fruit Loops” in huddles. We vented together about opponents who played dirty, hyped each other up for making a three-pointer and sat together in beautiful silence as we untied our shoes a er exhausting games.

People o en talk about playing intramural sports as if it’s a throw-away activity, or as if it doesn’t ma er because it’s not career-oriented. Really, it’s a great way to learn how to live. It helped me learn how to incorporate

Even years a er qui ing, I’ve still been trying to be er understand how that impactful period of my life ts in with who I am now. at processing is ongoing, but the discomfort I felt from having to think about it — from grappling with what I thought was a lost aspect of my individuality — is largely gone.

Playing intramural basketball with such a great team reignited my competitive spirit, but it most importantly reintroduced me to a healthy relationship with the sport. It helped me overcome some of my social anxiety and stop dwelling on

the past, instead carrying the good parts with me. at being said, I’ll surely be dwelling on our past when we reassemble some iteration of the Fruit Loops this coming winter.

And for anyone looking to challenge us, let it be known: We will not lose in the semi nals again.

Ethan Lachman is a Medill junior. He can be contacted at ethanlachman2025@u.northwestern. edu. If you would like to respond publicly to this op-ed, send a Le er to the Editor to opinion@ dailynorthwestern.com. e views expressed in this piece do not necessarily re ect the views of all sta members of e Daily Northwestern.

Crawford: Challenging myself to conquer phone call phobia

10 years. Living down the street from one another, it never really occurred to me to FaceTime her, because she was always there.

While typing those 10 seemingly innocuous li le digits into my phone I felt the anxiety rising inside me. My chest tightened as I pressed the lime green phone icon on the bo om of the screen and that all too familiar ring drilled into my ears. And then what I had been dreading all along nally happened — a so click le ing me know the call had been picked up.

“Hello?”

When I got to Northwestern freshman year I realized that my phone habits set me apart from the rest of my friends. I kept hearing about people calling their friends from home and how they would catch up for hours on end about their mutual new experiences at college.

Meanwhile I had yet to pick up the phone and call my closest friend Chelsea, who I’ve known for over

I have struggled with my shyness my whole life and avoiding phone calls was just one of the ways it manifested. My phone call avoidance was extreme. It wasn’t that I was afraid of my phone -- quite the opposite actually because I’m chronically online -- it was more so that talking to people on the phone made me feel insanely nervous.

Even at home whenever my mom would pass the phone to me to talk to a relative, I would always end up pacing around my house on my tiptoes, and shortly a er I would give the phone back to my mom with my clammy hands.

My phone was constantly on “do not disturb” to try and deter people from calling me. I would immediately decline incoming calls out of instinct, not because I didn’t want to talk to whoever was trying to reach me. I’d send a text right a er: “Sorry, can’t talk rn, what’s up?” o ering another format of communication.

But something snapped during Winter Quarter of freshman year. As a Medill student I was taking

JOUR 201-1 Reporting and Writing with Prof. Michael Deas. For our nal project, he said none of our sources were allowed to be a liated with NU. roughout the quarter he always encouraged us to call our sources. He tried to make calling our sources a general practice and our rst step in our reporting to ensure we got the most accurate and genuine quotes. is made phone calls seem more trivial in my mind. It allowed me to view making calls as something I needed to get be er at for my career. A er consistently emailing my sources and not receiving a response to my requests for an interview, I decided my desire to perform well in class was greater than my phobia of cold calls.

I decided to actually pick up the phone. is new association meant that I could feel more con dent with each source that picked up my call. is year, I’ve challenged myself to be more assertive. I now call my friends frequently, even just to chat. Liberating myself from my anxieties around phone calls wasn’t easy and I am still working on being more proactive in calling the people closest to me.

I’ve challenged myself by taking more seminarbased classes to overcome my aversion to public speaking, which is where I feel my fear of phone calls was really stemming from. I don’t always participate in every class, but I’m taking small steps towards taking up more space in them.

I’ve realized that talking is a form of power and by being quiet and not picking up the phone, I was hurting myself and hindering my own learning. I know phone calls can be scary, especially as an introvert. And growing up in a new technological age means that I always had other forms of communication

It wasn’t that I was a aid of my phone -- quite the opposite actually because I’m chronically online -- it was more so that talking to people on the phone made me feel insanely nervous.

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education and support services.

The North Suburban Legal Aid Clinic is also observing DVAM. The organization provides free legal services in three areas: domestic violence, housing and immigration. Rebecca Weininger, director of the clinic’s domestic violence law practice, oversees programs and services that support domestic violence survivors.

Weininger said households and entire communities feel the effects of domestic violence. She said the awareness month is necessary to publicly remind people of available resources for survivors, their families and anyone else impacted and “amplify” the voices of service providers.

“Everybody in our community has a vested interest in being aware of and addressing the roots of domestic violence,” Weininger said. “There isn’t any member of the community who isn’t affected by domestic violence. The sheer number of people who are surviving means that we all know somebody who is surviving domestic violence.”

Calls to the Illinois Domestic Violence Hotline have increased in recent years. In 2022, there were a total of 37,236 contacts to the line. This figure represents a 15% increase from 2021 and a 50% increase from 2019.

In 2022, the Evanston Police Department

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investigated 316 cases of domestic violence, ultimately making 21 arrests, according to the department’s annual report.

Alondra Montes Arroyo is the director of the hotline, run by The Network: Advocating Against Domestic Violence. The group includes over 40 member organizations dedicated to supporting victims of gender-based violence.

In early October, the hotline opened a survivor fund application portal for survivors of gender-based violence that qualify for financial assistance. They will also be holding and participating in a number of awareness month events — such as Purple Thursday on Oct. 19, where supporters will wear purple — and a YWCA community resource fair on Oct. 26.

During its regular operational hours, the hotline is open to anyone impacted by domestic violence, including the perpetrator. The Network also provides transportation for clients, referrals for counseling and legal assistance, among many other services.

“We haven’t gotten rid of domestic violence,” Arroyo said. “It’s happening at all ages in all communities. So I think it’s important to come together and pinpoint the need that is there, but also achievements and success that have happened. Until it is gone and nonexistent in our community, I think we have to keep talking about it.”

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The body is responsible for writing and voting on legislation, deciding how to allocate funding to student organizations, and serving as a liaison between the student body and administration.

All 20 school seats are up for grabs this fall, with 10 seats for the Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences, four for the McCormick School of Engineering, two for the School of Communication, two for the Medill School of Journalism, one for the Bienen School of Music and one for the School of Education and Social Policy.

27 candidates petitioned to run in this year’s election, with 18 candidates for Weinberg, four for Medill, three for McCormick, one for Bienen, one for SESP, and no candidates for Communication. Candidates must collect 30 signatures from current NU undergraduates to appear on the ballot.

Weinberg senior Dylan Jost, ASG’s executive officer of democracy, said voting in Senate elections is a particularly effective way for students to ensure their interests and opinions are represented in student and administrative decision-making processes.

SESP senior and Speaker of the Senate Leah Ryzenman said this process allows for a vacant seat to be filled, if necessary, as ranked-choice voting makes runner-ups easily identifiable.

Ryzenman also said the legislative duties of the Senate places the body in a unique position to impact the entire NU community.

“If there’s an issue that they’re especially passionate about, a senator can write legislation,” Ryzenman said. “If it’s passed, it really goes to show administration and the community that this is something people care about and want to do something about.”

Ryzenman said one of the Senate’s most important roles is allocating money to student organizations.

The Student Activities Finance Committee has jurisdiction over nearly $1.8 million in student activity funds, and the Senate allocates $15,000 per year to student groups that are less than two years old through the New Student Organization Support Fund. In addition to the SAFC, several other Senate committees including Sustainability and Justice & Inclusion can offer input on some administrative decisions, McCormick senior and ASG Co-President Molly Whalen said.

that is going to do the most for all the residents of Evanston.”

In May, the city released an updated zoning request for the project, which included a letter of intent for a memorandum of understanding — an agreement between two parties that is not necessarily legally binding — that addresses neighbors’ concerns about the rebuild.

Additionally, the University announced a partnership with nonprofit organization Rebuilding Exchange earlier this month, which NU says will ensure 35% of all construction jobs in the rebuilding project will go to “minority- and women-owned businesses.”

Williams said without a CBA, promises like these are not codified. Under a memorandum of understanding, NU wouldn’t be legally required to follow through on such terms. She said other organizations that have negotiated CBAs with developers adopted

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a first-source hiring provision, which would mandate the developers to hire locals for a set amount of time.

“There’s an accountability measure built into that,” she said. “You can check back in a couple of years and say ‘How many people did you actually hire from the local community?’”

Paller said a CBA would allow community organizations to enforce the University’s promises through legal means, if necessary.

David DeCarlo, president of the Most Livable City Association, said he feels NU is asking the city Land Use Commission to approve this project without any accountability measures put into place.

“There need to be outside parties and community stakeholders who will be able to independently verify whether these promises are being kept,” DeCarlo said. “It shouldn’t just be between the city and Northwestern.”

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“The Senate is supposed to represent the student body and truly represent the students,” Jost said. “The students need to vote in the Senate elections so they can choose the people who they want to represent them and to advocate for them, and make sure that their interests and opinions are heard.”

Last year, ASG implemented rankedchoice voting in Senate elections, allowing voters to rank as many candidates as there are seats available for their home school.

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primary beneficiary in June. The Evanston Community Foundation will once again be NUDM’s secondary beneficiary, receiving the 10% of financial donations that do not go to RMHC-CNI.

NUDM is also launching a five kilometer run on the Lakefill on Saturday, Oct. 14, at 6 p.m. The run will be followed by a bonfire.

Weinberg senior Kelsey Norton, NUDM’s

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“Committees are where a good bulk of the work and especially working with administration happens,” Whalen said. “It’s committees who are in these meetings with administration advocating for different policies. So when you vote for a Senator, you’re voting for who you want to be seated in front of that administrator.”

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operations director, said the 5k is a revitalization of an old NUDM tradition that has not been hosted in over a decade.

“We’re really excited about it to help get students excited starting really early in the quarter, as a great way for freshmen to get exposure to the organization and also for all four years,” Norton said. “Essentially to start the fundraising and start the process just much earlier on.”

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Coaches, players discuss upcoming hoop seasons

By AAYUSHA AGARWAL daily senior staffer @aayushagarwal7

At long last, basketball season is nearly here.

At the Chicagoland Media Tipoff Luncheon, Northwestern men’s basketball coach Chris Collins, women’s basketball coach Joe McKeown and three men’s basketball players — graduate student guards Boo Buie and Ryan Langborg and graduate student forward Blake Preston — fielded questions from Chicago media.

With the men’s and women’s teams’ seasons starting off on Nov. 6 and Nov. 9, respectively, all eyes have shifted toward the two programs’ abilities to put last year in the rearview mirror and look ahead to the 2023-24 season.

Collins understands this season is a new one

After a historic 2022-23 season that led to the Wildcats’ second-ever NCAA Tournament experience, Collins understands the importance of treating the upcoming season as a new one.

“The culture is in a very positive place,” Collins said. “I’ve sensed a newfound hunger, and no one in NU history has gone to consecutive NCAA Tournaments. The opportunity to create more history is there.”

When NU went dancing in 2017, it

failed to reach the tournament the following year. Collins expressed the importance of reinstilling values that made his team successful this past year, especially given six new faces in the fold.

A major focal point for Collins’ aspirations this season will be Buie — the team’s cornerstone once again.

Buie, who is entering his fifth season, explained his rationale for returning to Evanston, a decision that surprised many in the college basketball community.

“Last season was a lot of fun,” Buie said. “Who wouldn’t want to come back and do that again? The coaching staff and the entire Northwestern community as a whole was a big reason I came back. These past four years have been amazing, and I can only imagine how special the fifth will be.”

The ‘Cats lean on graduate transfers in 2023-24

While NU lost much of its offensive production following the departures of Chase Audige and Robbie Beran, the additions of Langborg and Preston will provide much-needed relief.

On Wednesday, Collins said the new members have already integrated themselves well.

“The summer was really important for our guys to get to know each other and start a new journey,” Collins said. “Even though (we’ve) had some success the previous year and guys might be back, it’s a new season. It’s a new team, and we’ve

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Tseng leads NU at Fighting Irish Classic

By LUCAS KIM daily senior staffer @lucaskim_15

With the first three tournaments of the fall season in the books, it’s already safe to say sophomore Ethan Tseng has officially broken out.

After being left off Northwestern’s five-man starting lineup for the majority of last season, Tseng has cemented himself as one of the Wildcats’ key contributors with a top-20 and top-5 performance to start out this fall.

But the second-year player took a major step forward in the Fighting Irish Classic this Monday, earning medalist honors and tying the 18-hole program record with a third-round score of 62.

Tseng and fellow sophomore Daniel Svärd led NU to a second place tie out of the 14-squad field. The ‘Cats finished at 3-under, tying with Indiana and trailing seven strokes behind Tennessee.

The tournament started out rough for NU. With Svärd being the only ‘Cat to hit below par (–3) in the first round, the team fell to eight place out of the

gate at 3-over.

The subsequent round saw NU climb up the leaderboard largely due to the play of Tseng and Svärd, who tallied a 2-under 68 and 1-under 69, respectively.

Entering the final round, NU stood just one stroke behind second place Tennessee with Svärd tied for first individually and Tseng not far behind in 10th. The rest of the ‘Cats’ lineup — junior Cameron Adam, graduate student James Imai and freshman Archie Finnie — sat tied for 27th.

Remarkably, Tseng put up an all-time performance in the third round, tallying six birdies and an eagle to finish the round with an 8-under-62.

No player came close to matching Tseng’s play as he fought his way up to first place. Svärd also impressed with a fourth place finish at 4-under.

NU’s second place team result marked a season-high after placing fifth and sixth at its previous two tournaments.

The ‘Cats will be back in action at the Golf Club of Georgia Collegiate Invitational on October 13.

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got to start over and recreate those winning habits.”

Langborg and Preston’s ability to help lead a ‘Cats team, which lost two of its captains from the previous season, is paramount.

Collins said both players’ success during their collegiate careers will be instrumental for NU.

“We brought in guys who have won conference championships,” Collins said. “When you understand how to win and help teach the younger guys what it takes, that’s really important. You feel in a better spot as a coach when you have those leaders.”

Langborg, who helped lead Princeton to the Sweet 16 last season, will provide valuable experience in the backcourt.

After spending four years at Princeton, Langborg called his transition to NU a “smooth” one. He said the biggest difference between entering school as a freshman versus as a grad transfer is being immediately cast in a leadership role.

Langborg cited what he hopes to implement in Evanston from New Jersey this season.

“I’m able to bring that experience of being there before now; I have a sense of what it takes,” Langborg said. “At Princeton, we may not have been the most talented and biggest team, but our camaraderie as a group and our togetherness is something I want to implement at Northwestern … I think we’re a special group.”

McKeown on importance of rebuilding strong in 2023 after tough 2022

While the women’s basketball team struggled last season, finishing 2-16 in Big Ten play, McKeown believes his team will significantly improve the team’s campaign.

“This is my 40th year as head coach, and I think I’ve had two losing seasons,” McKeown said. “Those seasons stick with you and give you a chip on your shoulder.

I was encouraged by the way we played in the Big Ten in February, and it carried over.”

NU has three freshmen — forward Rachel Mutombo, guard Casey Harter and forward Crystal Wang — who McKeown says will be beneficial towards the team’s success in 2023-24. The coaching

staff’s ability to develop young players into star-caliber talent, specifically assistant coach Tangela Smith, was highlighted by McKeown.

Over the summer, the ‘Cats also had the chance to travel to Barcelona and Madrid to compete internationally. McKeown said the team bonded well, which will help NU going forward.

“We have a lot of great young players and a great player from the No. 1 high school team Sierra Canyon named Crystal Wang,” McKeown said. “We also have a great point guard in Caroline Lau, who I give the ball to just like we did with Veronica Burton. I think we’re going to be a lot better and more poised.”

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SOCCER

Unbeaten NU draws Green Bay

By COLIN CAPECE daily senior staffer @colincapece

N0. 12 Northwestern put eight shots on frame, but none in the back of the net in a 0-0 draw against Green Bay.

The Wildcats (8-0-3, 2-0-1 Big Ten) rose to 12th in the United Soccer Coaches College Rankings before Tuesday’s game and are unbeaten 11 games into the season for the first time since 2008. But they looked far from a top-15 team on offense against the visiting Phoenix (3-3-4, 1-2-1 Horizon League).

“It’s very easy to get distracted this time of year by all the headlines and accolades that are happening for a team that hasn’t been here in a long time,” coach Russell Payne said. “I think we were a little distracted tonight.”

Finding opportunities to score was not an issue for NU in the first half, but no shot on goal tested Green Bay goalkeeper Tobias Jahn. A free kick in the first minute taken by junior midfielder Collin McCamy found its way to senior forward Justin Weiss, but the latter topped a leftfooted shot into Jahn’s frame for a simple save.

Consecutive McCamy corners in the seventh and eighth minutes were as close as the ‘Cats came to taking the lead in the first half. On McCamy’s first in-swinger, senior midfielder Rom Brown’s free header in the sixyard box was punched over the bar. McCamy put the second corner into the same area for Brown once again, but his header made for an easy catch by Jahn.

NU’s best scoring opportunity of the match came in the 88th minute. Weiss cut the ball back on the right side of the 18-yard box and played a left-footed cross on the ground to a cutting junior midfielder Paul Son. He scorched a shot on the ground that would have found the bottom right corner of the net, if not for a diving save by Jahn.

As the game continued, Payne said he liked the sense of urgency his team showed trying to score the winner, but the lack of energy in the first half led the ‘Cats to struggle.

“We didn’t get on the ball quick enough to our midfielders,” Payne said. “We didn’t move the ball quick enough into the next line. We didn’t find our forwards high up the field. We started to do that in the last 20 minutes.”

NU looked like a completely different version of itself in this match as compared to its matches last week against Ohio State and Maryland, where it poured in a combined six goals.

Payne explained that nothing changed tactically, but that his midfielders did not take control of the match against Green Bay.

“Our backline started making the

game. That’s not how we normally play,” Payne said. “Our backline is not the group of players that we ask to make all the passes to break teams down. We try to find the next line very quickly so we can break teams down.”

The ‘Cats will play Big Ten opponents in their final five matches of the season, beginning with Rutgers at home Sunday.

Despite the disappointing result Tuesday, Payne said that it was an anomaly for his team. He expressed confidence heading into the final three weeks of the regular season.

“ We have everything to play for. We’ve shown now that when we play our game and we play to our abilities, we can play and beat anybody in our conference,” Payne said.

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Delilah Brumer/The Daily Northwestern Sophomore forward Christopher Thaggard dribbles the ball. Thaggard logged 49 minutes in Northwestern’s 0-0 draw with Green Bay.

Photo courtesy of Ryan Kuttler/Northwestern Athletics Junior Cameron Adam hits the ball. Adam finished tied for 36th at the Fighting Irish Classic.

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Boo Buie drives to the rim in a win over Indiana last season. At the Chicagoland Media Tipoff Luncheon, Buie spoke of his decision to return back to Northwestern for the upcoming season.