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Madigan advocates change to abuse law AG: End statutes of limitation for child sex abuse, assault By ERICA SNOW
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The attorney general of Illinois advocated Tuesday for legislators to eliminate statutes of limitations for sexual abuse and assault crimes against children. Attorney General Lisa Madigan said current statutes of limitations, which require a survivor to report sexual crimes within 20 years of realizing they were abused starting at age 18, are restrictive because it can take many years to recover from the trauma of childhood sexual abuse. Madigan said because sexual crimes against children are often committed by acquaintances or trusted adults, children can take years to process what happened, and many don’t report the abuse. “Our laws should not let perpetrators benefit from the suffering they inflict on children,” Madigan said at her state Senate testimony. “Originally, statutes of limitations were intended to create a fair criminal justice system. But for some crimes, we as a society have recognized statutes of limitations are not fair to victims.” Madigan said many child abusers are repeat offenders, so removing the statutes of limitations and letting
survivors report “at their own pace” would make Illinois safer. Former U.S. House Speaker Dennis Hastert was called a “serial child molester” by a federal judge when he was sentenced to 15 months in prison in April for bank fraud. He could not be prosecuted for allegedly mistreating high school boys when he was a wrestling coach because too much time had passed since the abuse. Scott Cross is a survivor of childhood sexual assault and said Hastert traumatized him, but testifying against him was a way to clear his conscience. “Hastert inflicted unbelievable pain on the lives of the youth he was entrusted to care for, yet he got a slap on the wrist,” Cross said during his Senate testimony. “As hard as it is to continue to live through the events of the past, the laws in Illinois and across the country have to change.” Statutes of limitations do not exist in Illinois for crimes like murder, involuntary manslaughter and the production of child pornography. Across the country, 36 states have lifted their statutes of limitations for all or some sexual crimes against children. Fear and misunderstanding of the legal system may keep survivors from reporting sexual assault or violence, state Sen. Scott Bennett (D-Champaign) said in a press release. “Victims of sexual abuse, especially minors, may have » See MADIGAN, page 2
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Chemistry Prof. Sir Fraser Stoddart speaks at Hardin Hall on Wednesday. The University held a reception for Stoddart after he and two other scientists received the 2016 Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
Chemistry prof wins Nobel Prize
Fraser Stoddart awarded honor for his work with molecular machines By PETER KOTECKI
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Chemistry Prof. Sir Fraser Stoddart was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences announced Wednesday. Stoddart shares the award with Bernard Feringa from the University of Groningen
in the Netherlands and Jean-Pierre Sauvage from the University of Strasbourg in France. According to the academy, the team received the prize “for the design and synthesis of molecular machines.” “The development of computing demonstrates how the miniaturization of technology can lead to a revolution,” the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences said in its
announcement. “The 2016 Nobel Laureates in Chemistr y have miniaturized machines and taken chemistry to a new dimension.” The prize is the second Nobel Prize awarded to a member of Northwestern’s chemistry department, after the late John Pople received the prize in Chemistry in 1998, according to a news release. Zhichang Liu, a
postdoctoral fellow in Stoddart’s laboratory, said he was excited about the Nobel Prize announcement. Liu said his mentor is an energetic and passionate scientist — the first one to reach the lab in the morning and the last to leave. The University held a ceremony in Hardin Hall on Wednesday morning to » See CHEMISTRY, page 6
Anti-abortion groups sue Rauner Faculty Senate
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Anti-abortion pregnancy centers in Illinois have filed a federal lawsuit against Gov. Bruce Rauner over a bill requiring doctors to give patients information about abortion services and other alternatives to carrying out pregnancies. Senate Bill 1564, an amendment to the Illinois Healthcare Right of Conscience Act, has been a point of contention for both antiabortion and pro-abortion groups in Illinois. Anti-abortion groups say Rauner has failed to meet his campaign promise to stay away from social issues. The groups allege the bill, which Rauner signed into law in late July, violates fundamental rights including freedom of speech and religion. Eric J. Scheidler, executive
Resolution passes to form joint task force with ASG By YVONNE KIM
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Gov. Bruce Rauner declares victory on election night at the Hilton Chicago in 2014. Rauner is being sued by anti-abortion pregnancy centers for a bill that requires doctors to give patients information about abortion services.
director of the Pro-Life Action League, said the bill infringes on both First Amendment rights and the right of conscience, which
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He said anti-abortion supporters were particularly disappointed in Rauner, who » See ABORTION, page 6
Faculty Senate passed a resolution supporting the creation of a task force on bike and pedestrian safety Wednesday, nearly two weeks after Weinberg freshman Chuyuan Qiu was killed by a cement truck while biking. The resolution, authored by Associated Student Government President Christina Cilento, said the task force — a collaboration between Faculty Senate and ASG — would “look at ways to improve the safety and experience of pedestrians and cyclists on campus.”
The resolution calls for the annual distribution of subsidized bike lights and helmets to all students on campus, and for the speed limit on Sheridan be lowered to 25 mph between Davis and Central streets. About 70 faculty members gathered in Abbott Auditorium to “introduce the Senate to one another and to the other leaders of the university, so that our shared governance initiatives would be based on strong relationships and trust,” religious studies Prof. Laurie Zoloth, the senate’s president, told The Daily in an email. After Zoloth’s opening remarks, Cilento and ASG’s Executive Vice President Macs Vinson briefly spoke about the importance of identity and inclusion on campus. “We’re really happy to have » See SENATE, page 2
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AROUND TOWN Police Blotter Canoe stolen in south Evanston
Evanston Police Department officers are investigating a stolen canoe. A 69-year-old Evanston resident reported to the police Tuesday she had noticed her 17-foot canoe missing from her backyard in south Evanston on Sunday, said Evanston Police Cmdr. Joseph Dugan. The canoe had been locked, and a cut cable was left behind. The last time the woman had seen the canoe was Sept. 25. There are no suspects.
Officers arrest man for domestic battery
domestic battery at the Davis CTA station Monday. A CTA employee alerted the officer, who was outside the station, around 5:30 p.m. a man and woman were arguing inside. When the officer entered the station, the man began walking away, Dugan said. The 51-year-old woman told the officer her husband had struck her in the head and arm, which a witness corroborated, Dugan said. The officer tried to arrest the man, but he refused to be handcuffed. Other officers arrived and the man was taken into custody and taken to the police station. The man was charged with misdemeanor domestic battery. His court date is Oct. 19.
An EPD officer arrested a 57-year-old man for
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the partnership with the Faculty Senate in the work that we’re seeking to do,” Cilento said. “In a time that Northwestern is constantly striving to be more diverse … and create more discussion around topics of identity and inclusion, we’re really seeking to bring that to the forefront of ASG.”
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Northwestern is constantly striving to be more diverse ... We’re really seeking to bring that to the forefront of ASG. Christina Cilento, ASG president
Weinberg senior Ashley Wood, vice president of academics for ASG, spoke about the importance of course accessibility for undergraduate students. Wood said many students told ASG in a 2014 survey that they often struggle to pay for expensive course materials such as
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a very difficult time confronting their abusers and reporting a crime,” Bennett said in a press release. “In instances where abuse is revealed years after the crime has been committed, our legal system should help victims secure justice — not turn them away.” ericasnow2019@u.northwestern.edu
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Singer-songwriter Rachael Yamagata explores deeper, personal themes in newest album
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By YVONNE KIM
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Sitting on the porch of her new home in New York, singer-songwriter Rachael Yamagata (Communication ’97) said she found great healing in a striking, almost indescribable daydream of strangers coming together amid flying snapshots of their pasts. It was this vision — one that acknowledged past pains and emotional luggage — that inspired the title and message of Yamagata’s newest album “Tightrope Walker.” She said she wrote and produced all the songs in such a way that they captured “the magic of Woodstock.” “Tightrope Walker” was released Sept. 23, and signifies Yamagata’s return after a 2012 release of her “Heavyweight” EP and first full studio album since “Chesapeake” in 2011. After the end of her last tour, she spent about two years bringing “Tightrope Walker” to life, she said. “I’m going through the process of … taking the time to have reflections on my career and on life,” Yamagata said. “As time goes by, you go through your heartbreaks. You experience death more frequently, and there are family events that happen. I started to question myself.” Yamagata bought a house in Woodstock, New York, in hopes of finally taking root somewhere and reinventing her space, she said. This home ended up becoming the birthplace of the album, as she set up a studio indoors, placed amps in the closets and even recorded music in the nearby woods. Rather than formally sitting down to write lyrics, Yamagata focused on “free-writing” journals and picking out prominent phrases and themes, Yamagata said. It was during this
process her “vivid, mystical daydream” came to her and drew her to the image of a tightrope walker. “I could literally see in my mind’s eye this strange healing process taking place,” she said. “The idea of a universal heartache of all levels … all these things that cause us to almost give up: that was, like, the thing I wanted to heal — and help other people heal — from.” Medill sophomore Julia Song, who has been listening to Yamagata for six years, said the artist is an “intimate” musician despite her large following. “In her lyrics, she’s been very open that almost everything is based off her life experiences,” Song said. On explaining the more mature themes in her new music that go beyond relationships, breakups and heartache, Yamagata said “when someone passes away, when you lose a loved one … you question whether you’re on the right career path.” Communication sophomore Laura Petty first saw Yamagata live in concert in 2015. Though much of the new album remains consistent with her previous music, there are some differences, Petty said. “With her old (songs), it’s super obvious what she’s talking about,” she said. “She wears her heart on her sleeve more, but with this one she has more subtle messages.” According to Yamagata, “Tightrope Walker” is more all-encompassing than her older work, bringing in a wider range of experiences and pains. Song described Yamagata as a powerful performer who still can be intimate with audiences. “Her lyrics become almost uncomfortable sometimes,” she said. “But she doesn’t shy away from that at all.” Ultimately, however, the artist strove to embody hope and growth with “a much more lyrically positive record” than any she had done prior.
“(The image of the tightrope walker) was such an interesting metaphor for how you get through things,” she said. “Here’s this guy on a high wire who’s at the risk of falling, but it’s just a beautiful act of balance and strength and focus that basically allows this tightrope walker to basically be a living artist.” This theme pervades not only the tracklist, but also the music videos released for the album. Yamagata released two videos — “Nobody,” which she co-directed, and “Over” — before the record’s official release. In “Over,” a white-clad Yamagata performs the song in a brightly lit home against a backdrop of lush green trees. Allowing herself to be splattered by white paint, she embodies the lyrics of acceptance and healing. “Lately I’ve stopped listening to voices … This is over over over, this is who we have become,” she sings. Petty added she noticed “Tightrope Walker” was “less vocally dominant,” bringing in more musical instruments and a full band. This new approach has led to greater attention from production and music magazines, Yamagata said. She described the album as “a grand experiment” with a diversity of sound. “‘Nobody’ is very aggressive and in your face, passionate and edgy … but we still have these sweeping ballads like ‘I’m Going Back,’” she said. “I feel it’s very different from what I’ve done before, so that’s what’s really exciting for me.” Yamagata is currently on her national tour and performed Oct. 4 at Thalia Hall in Chicago, a place she said feels to her like a home show. She is scheduled for more performances across the country and in China. yvonnekim2019@u.northwestern.edu
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Bienen professor to premiere piece on hallucinations Professor Michael Mulcahy will perform piece inspired by Oliver Sacks with Chicago Symphony Orchestra By JENNIFER HEPP
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It has been 16 years since Chicago Symphony Orchestra trombonist and Bienen Prof. Michael Mulcahy has taken center stage with the orchestra. This Thursday, he will return and premiere a new work. The piece for trombone and orchestra, titled “Five Hallucinations,” was written by Australian composer Carl Vine, who was inspired by renowned neurologist Oliver Sacks’ book “Hallucinations,” which chronicles various hallucinatory conditions he observed during his career as a neurologist. The piece was co-commissioned by the CSO and the Sydney Symphony Orchestra. Mulcahy, a native of Sydney, was allowed to choose the composer and picked Vine, a fellow Sydneysider. “There is the right balance of tension and beauty in Vine’s composition,” Mulcahy said. “The writing is not retrograde. It’s contemporary, but … it’s somewhat tonal.” Mulcahy said he wanted a piece that was dramatic and lyrical, not “showy” — as he said many trombone concertos usually are. He said he also wanted to have input in the composition process, which is why he and Vine worked on developing the piece together for roughly
18 months. “My fingerprints are all over it, for better or for worse,” Mulcahy said. “I was able to be very frank with him in my wishes for the piece, and I was also able to tell him when I had to have a little break in the piece.”
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[Mulcahy] managed to push me into all sorts of interesting areas musically I hadn’t gone before. Carl Vine, Australian composer
Mulcahy will premiere Vine’s piece Thursday night at the Symphony Center in downtown Chicago. He is later scheduled to perform the Australian premiere at the Sydney Opera House next April, he said. The piece features five diverse movements, with no breaks in between the sections, represented by five hallucinations in Sacks’ book: “I smell the unicorn,” “The lemonade speaks,” “Mama wants some cookies,” “The doppelganger” and “Hexagons in pink.” Vine described the piece as “psychedelic.” Vine said Mulcahy’s request for him to write
him a piece came “completely out of the blue.” “I was very surprised, but very delighted,” Vine said. “Composers around the world would generally sacrifice one of their limbs to work with the Chicago Symphony … and indeed to work with Michael, who is one of the great trombonists of the world.” Mulcahy said although he has been practicing with a synthesized track, he is looking forward to hearing the music live. He compared premiering the piece to giving birth, saying he could not wait to “give life” to it. Vine said working closely with Mulcahy was a “terrific” experience, given he doesn’t normally work with musicians so closely. “[Mulcahy] managed to push me into all sorts of interesting areas musically that I hadn’t really gone before,” Vine said. “Although it was very unusual for me, it was really very exciting to have this instant feedback from a musician as fine as Michael.” Vine, who flew into town from Sydney on Tuesday, has only three rehearsals with Mulcahy before the premiere Thursday night. Professional orchestras work very quickly, Mulcahy added. Cristina Rocca, vice president of artistic programming at the CSO, was in charge of finding a conductor for the premiere. Rocca settled on James Gaffigan, who last conducted the CSO in 2009 and is always open to new pieces, she said.
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Vine’s piece is one of nine new CSO commissions to premiere this season, Rocca said. “I can’t wait to hear it,” Mulcahy said of the piece. “I hope that the piece sounds as great as I think it’s going to sound.” jenniferhepp2020@u.northwestern.edu
“Cardenio” puts new spin on Shakespeare Q&A: Paris Lovers and Madmen invites audience to a wedding with love and pasta Strother from KING By KATIA PODTYNOV
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After reading four pages of descriptions of pasta, Communication sophomore Gracie Brakeman knew she had found Lovers and Madmen’s fall mainstage play. Lovers and Madmen, a member theater board of the Student Theatre Coalition, typically produces original Shakespeare plays, with its previous season featuring classics like “Titus Andronicus” and “Twelfth Night.” But Brakeman, the fall show’s producer, said she and director Adam Orme, a Communication junior, were not interested in doing “straight Shakespeare” this time. Instead, she said they were looking to find an adaptation that explored why people tell old stories and why they perform classical theater. “We wanted to do an adaptation that was very much a departure from what you would expect,” Brakeman said. Brakeman and Orme found this in “Cardenio,” a play that celebrates love while examining ancient romantic narratives. The show will premiere Thursday in Shanley Pavilion. “Cardenio,” written by Charles Mee, is the story of an eccentric retired couple who claim to have found the lost manuscript of a Shakespeare play, “The History of Cardenio,” and decide to perform the play at their son’s
By STAVROS AGORAKIS
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2016 has been KING’s breakout year: from the release of their debut album, “We Are KING,” to their international tour, the Los Angeles-based trio, made up of twins Paris and Amber Strother and their “musical sister” Anita Bias, has garnered its share of attention. Paris Strother, who produced the album and co-wrote the songs, talked to The Daily about the group’s rise to stardom. KING will be performing in Evanston Space on Oct. 11. The Daily: You released your debut album this year. What was the process and the experience like?
wedding. The boisterous wedding is filled with larger-than-life characters as well as seduction, feuds, songs, lies and pasta.
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Performers rehearse a scene from Lovers and Madmen’s fall mainstage production. “Cardenio” opens Oct. 6 in Shanley Pavilion.
“Cardenio” comprises a series of layered adaptations, Brakeman said. The play is adapted from the long-lost Shakespeare play, which is itself adapted from a story in Miguel de Cervantes’ “Don Quixote.” Directors putting on the show adapt it in a unique way to fit their vision, Brakeman said. “I hope people have fun and take a step back and look at the idea, at how stories are passed on through these many adaptations, and how the story changes but the essence remains the same,” Brakeman said. “Cardenio” is primarily rooted in the modern world, but includes aspects of a classical Elizabethan story with sonnets and some classically-inspired costumes. “It’s basically, at its core, about how we accidentally and unknowingly live out really ancient narratives of love and romance, especially at weddings,” Orme said. Communication sophomore Alex Jackson, who plays the anti-romantic interest, said the production team had to find the delicate balance between contemporary language and Shakespearean poetry. Jackson said he wants the audience to leave having experienced the emotional truth within personal relationships. “I want this play to make you believe in love, how messed up it is, how beautiful it is at the same time and have everyone in the same space together, having fun and experiencing the story together,” Jackson said. katiapodtynov2019@u.northwestern.edu
Paris Strother: We were really happy to make the album that we always wanted to make — having the opportunity to take our time and put it together. The genesis of that album was “The Story” EP that grew into this full-length project. It was really just the three of us making the music how we wanted to and then eventually putting it out the way that we wanted to, which ended up being independently. It has been a really awesome journey. The Daily: What does the art of songwriting mean to you? Paris Strother: It means a lot. It is a great form of storytelling — it is another aural tradition that tells people’s stories and passes along the history. It’s cool to be a part of this tradition … We’re just putting out the music that comes naturally to us, and we have a lot of influences that lie in black American music — there is a lot of stuff in there. The way it comes out definitely fits along with what we traditionally call R&B. The Daily: How did it feel to collaborate with Robert Glasper on “Move Love” and be a part of a Grammy Award-winning album? Paris Strother: It was awesome. It was one of our first endeavors into songwriting — not just on our own record — and it was a really cool collaboration. The album is really groundbreaking, and it’s an honor to be a part of it. The Daily: What are you most excited about for your tour? Strother: I just can’t wait to get out there and share the music with people and meet a lot of new fans. The tour has been received very well, and I’ve seen a lot of people coming to the shows, which is exciting. agorakis@u.northwestern.edu
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Northwestern alumni open new Evanston venue By MADDIE BURAKOFF
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It took 10 years in the making, but Evanston’s newest performing arts venue, Studio5, finally opened its doors this past weekend to children, adults and Fat Babies alike. Studio5, located on 1934-38 Dempster St., held its grand opening celebration from Sept. 30 to Oct. 2. The venue invited Evanston residents to enjoy music and dance, provided by the band The Fat Babies, at the opening. “I’ve always thought that we could use a performing venue in town for dance,” Studio5 co-director Bea Rashid (Communication ’78) said. “I wanted to have a nice small, intimate space … where I could present not only our dance companies but also present professional dance.” Bea Rashid will co-direct Studio5 with her husband, Steve Rashid (Bienen ‘83). Both studied at Northwestern and are longstanding members of the Evanston arts community. Bea Rashid first envisioned the venue after she moved Dance Center Evanston, which she also directs, to the west side of town at 1934 Dempster St. and noticed an empty space next door. The space boasts professional quality sound and lighting systems and a stage designed to fulfill the sizable spatial requirements of dance and theater performance, Bea Rashid said. Its 104 tiered seats are retractable, allowing the space to be converted into dance classrooms within an hour, she said, an investment supported by an Economic Development grant from the city. Having a performance space like Studio5 in the city felt like a necessity because the Evanston arts scene is so robust, Bea Rashid said. “We are actually quite a vibrant group of performing artists in this community,” Bea Rashid said. “I think a lot of that is because we’re so close to Chicago. So a lot of artists live up and around or close
to Evanston, and I think Northwestern University is a feeder for a lot of artists.” During the week, the venue will serve as an additional classroom space, expanding on the original four studios in Dance Center Evanston — hence the name Studio5. On weekends and over the summer, it will transform into a performance space for dance, music and theater, Bea Rashid added. The two directors will focus on programming events in their areas of artistic expertise, with Bea Rashid scheduling dance performances and Steve Rashid handling music events. Outside groups can also rent the facility, Bea Rashid said. Jennifer Lasik, who serves as Evanston’s Cultural Arts Coordinator, said she sees Studio5 as a way of expanding the arts community in the western part of Evanston. “I have a real desire to see a cultural district form in that area,” Lasik said. “It’s an area where the arts are very advantageous, and it gives a lot more people accessibility geographically to an arts venue.” The theme of inclusivity was apparent in many forms in the grand opening celebration. Performers such as Evanston-based dance groups and children’s performer Jim Gill were selected to attract diverse audiences. “I’d like to make this a multigenerational performing space,” Bea Rashid said. “I’d like it to be a space that’s really open and welcoming to the community of all ages and all interests.” According to Lasik, the inclusivity aspect is key because the arts play a role larger than just entertainment; they are essential to the well-being of the community at large. The Rashids said they hope Studio5 will be a part of the bigger process of bringing people together through the arts. “Having a vibrant arts scene encourages inclusion and empathy,” Steve Rashid said. “[It] allows us to imagine potential and possibility that we may not see in our day-to-day lives.”
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The “Salaam Cinema!” exhibit and Iranian Cinephilia series at the Mary and Leigh Block Cinema of Art, featuring around 300 Iranian movie posters and over 10 films, open Thursday.
Block Museum exhibit, film series look at Iranian history By HAYLEY KROLIK
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While people may typically collect keychains or stamps, Communication Prof. Hamid Naficy has his own collection: he is the proud owner of almost 300 Iranian movie posters. Most of Naficy’s posters will be on display at the Mary and Leigh Block Cinema of Art as part of the “Salaam Cinema!” exhibit and Iranian Cinephilia series, which premieres Thursday and aims to humanize Iranian history and culture through film. “I think [film] is an important window to the society and culture, especially in the last 30 to 40 years when there hasn’t only been a diplomatic relationship between Iran and the U.S., but also an antagonistic relationship,” Naficy said. “Both sides’ propaganda is against each other and produces negative news. It is good to have access to what Iranians are making.” Naficy, who has devoted 38 years to researching Iranian cinema, said he wants to share his findings with the Northwestern community to help people better understand life within the Middle Eastern country. His ideas fit well with Block Museum’s mission to represent art across time, culture and media, said Michelle Puetz, the museum’s curator of media arts. “We want to focus and highlight global perspectives, so it seemed very timely in this moment to think about Iran,” Puetz said. The posters are organized in order to take the viewer through a timeline of Iranian cinema as it relates to political discourse in the country, Naficy said. The film genres begin with pre-revolution “filmfarsi,” a vibrant and celebratory category partially characterized by the sexualization of women, and ending with the approach of the
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A dancer rehearses in Studio5. The performing arts venue, 1934-38 Dempster St., opened in Evanston as a space to teach and showcase the arts.
Iranian revolution, when new wave and art house cinema appear and introduce a more somber tone. Naficy added post-revolutionary films also depict a new culture of censorship. “A bra cup has been drawn by magic marker on the poster, or here you see a skirt drawn on the woman,” he said. “This is also what happened to the film themselves. If they couldn’t cover the offending parts, they just cut the section.” Puetz emphasized the intentional pairing of the movie posters and films. The Block Cinema’s goal is to strengthen the connection between the two media to further emphasize the importance of Iranian history, she said. “People think of film posters as propaganda or as advertising material, and they do serve that function,” Puetz said. “For artists who are making these posters, they have to really think about how to condense the ideas that unfold in a two hour narrative film in one single visual representation.” Mehrnaz Saeed-Vafa, a cinema art professor at Columbia College Chicago and a guest lecturer in the film series, said Iranian cinema has been especially important in the last three decades because it is as much an entertainment medium as it is a teaching one. The exhibit and film series should leave the audience the lasting impression of the attention Iranian filmmakers give to the art of filmmaking and production, Naficy said. He added the art house genre put Iran on “the map of world cinema” and presents the nation in a way that is not typically portrayed by the U.S. “If you even think about the last presidential debate, Iran is really demonized or presented as the enemy, and this is a way to open up conversations about the history of Iran and film culture,” Puetz said. hayleykrolik2020@u.northwestern.edu
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celebrate Stoddart’s achievement. University President Morton Schapiro and the Nobel laureate both gave remarks during the event.
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Your contributions to that field, of course, are legendary. Morton Schapiro, University president
Schapiro said Stoddart’s win came just in time for the annual International Institute for Nanotechnology Symposium, which will be held Thursday at the Hilton Orrington.He said most people want to build on the work of those who came before them, but Stoddart
created his own field. “Your contributions to that field, of course, are legendary,” Schapiro told Stoddart. During his speech at the ceremony, Stoddart emphasized the importance of collaboration in science and said it is necessary to support basic science that can lead to future discoveries. Stoddart told The Daily he hopes the award will open up the possibility of Northwestern scientists winning future Nobel Prizes in chemistry, physics and medicine. Each year, the University’s chemistry department ranks at “the very top of the league,” Stoddart added. “The world has to catch up with this more instant type of recognition,” he told The Daily. “It will help that I’ve got a Nobel Prize because that then raises the attention of the more traditional people in assessing the importance of our department. It can only be good news for Northwestern.” Lauren Duquette contributed reporting. peterkotecki2018@u.northwestern.edu
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is a Republican, in light of their support for him over former Democratic Gov. Pat Quinn in the gubernatorial race. On the final vote in the General Assembly, every single Republican member voted against the bill. “We knew Gov. Rauner was pro-choice and his family had contributed to Planned Parenthood,” Scheidler said. “We didn’t expect Gov. Rauner to go so far with this bill. It’s puzzling why he would want to do this because he knows that he was elected in part by the pro-life Illinoisans and many of us are deeply regretting supporting him.” Rauner, so far, has had a moderate record on social issues. Rauner’s spokeswoman Catherine Kelly said in an email Rauner “has never pushed a social agenda and remains committed to government, economic and education reforms that can turn around Illinois.” However, Brigid Leahy, director of legislation at Planned Parenthood Illinois, said the bill isn’t just about abortion. The bill amends Illinois law, which she said “was the broadest in the country
for what it was allowing providers to do,” including states that are usually more conservative. The American Civil Liberties Union said critics of the bill are extreme and the bill was a compromise with Catholic organizations. “For a patient to make an informed decision about their healthcare choices, they have to know what the choices are,” Ed Yohnka, director of communications and public policy at American Civil Liberties Union, said. “All this bill does is really restore and strike that balance between the interest of the patient and the legitimate health care conscious of religious interest of the health care provider.” Through work with the Illinois State Medical Society, the Catholic Healthcare Association of Illinois and Catholic Conference of Illinois, his ACLU team was able to compromise on a neutral bill, Yohnka said. “We knew where the opposition was coming from and we went to them and said here is our goal, help us get there,” Yohnka said. “That is how you legislate. That is how you govern. That is how you create good law.” samkrevlin2019@u.northwestern.edu
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Wildcats held scoreless for second straight game, fall in Orlando By MARIANA ALFARO
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Once again, the goal didn’t come for Northwestern. The Wildcats (2-8-1, 1-3-1 Big Ten) suffered a 1-0 loss in Orlando, Florida, against UCF (3-5-0) Wednesday night, leaving the team heartbroken as it prepared to leave the city before Hurricane Matthew makes landfall. “We knew … (the) game was going to be a one-goal game,” NU coach Tim Lenahan said. “They found the goal. We did not.” With the match scoreless through the first half and much of the second, the Knights took the lead late in the game and rode out the victory. UCF midfielder
Anton Delwer scored the decisive goal, his first of the season, in the 73rd minute. Ten minutes later, NU junior goalkeeper Francisco Tomasino received a red card as he stopped the Knights’ second potential goal. Tomasino, who was ejected from the game and replaced by redshirt freshman Braden Thuraisingham, won’t be allowed to play in Tuesday’s game against UIC. Junior forward Elo Ozumba, who took the shot on NU’s last chance to score in the 85th minute, said Tomasino’s goalsaving play was the right one. “If we had gone 2-0 down, it would have been no hope for us,” Ozumba said. Thuraisingham was pressed into action because fellow redshirt freshman Robbie White suffered a lower extremity injury with a seven-to-eight week recovery period in a shutout of then-No.
3 Indiana on Sept. 18. The regular thirdstring keeper will be the Cats’ starter against UIC. After a relatively uneventful first 20 minutes, Ozumba and sophomore midfielder Camden Buescher came onto the field, speeding up the game’s pace. Buescher shot twice in the first half, improving NU’s chances for a first goal. The goal never materialized, though, leaving the Cats with another defeat in a tough season. Buescher said he believes the team could have been more efficient with its chances. “Once we got closer to the goal, I felt like that final pass, that final shot just wasn’t there,” Buescher said. “(We’ve) got to put ourselves into better positions to score more.” alfaro@u.northwestern.edu
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Cats swept again in home loss NU ready to battle No. 24 Illinois
By AIDEN MARKEY
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The last thing struggling Northwestern needed was an injury. Unfortunately for the team, that’s just what it got. With sophomore libero Katie Kniep out due to a back injury, the Wildcats (7-10, 0-5 Big Ten) fell at home to No. 24 Illinois (11-5, 4-1) on Wednesday in another sweep, 25-18, 25-13, 25-18. It was the sixth loss in a row and fourth consecutive straight-set defeat for NU. With her team needing a libero, senior outside hitter Rafae Strobos
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stepped in and played the position for the first time in her career with the Cats. “We fought hard, especially in the beginning,” Strobos said. “We let things get away from us a little bit.” Strobos had 12 digs and two assists in the match. Coach Shane Davis said Strobos’ effort was impressive given the sudden position switch after Kniep’s injury
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Taylor Tashima sets the ball. The junior setter had 18 assists in a three-set loss for the Wildcats against No. 24 Illinois on Wednesday.
occurred the day of the match. “I’m proud of what Rafae did on short notice,” Davis said. “Rafae did a great job of stabilizing our serve-receive. She came in and kept us in system a lot.” Although the Cats showed defensive improvement from their last match, the team struggled on offense, tallying a mere .034 hitting percentage during the match. The match marked the end of junior outside hitter Symone Abbott’s 26-match streak of consecutive matches with double-digit kills. She had eight kills and nine errors for the Cats in the loss. NU could not keep up with its instate foe as the match progressed. The Cats kept it close to start each set, but Illinois consistently put together large runs to put sets out of reach. Davis said his team became predictable as the match wore on. “We started out pretty well. We did a nice job of feeding our hitters and mixing things up,” Davis said. “We got into too much of a pattern, and that’s when they started loading up on us.” Illinois, the ninth-best blocking team in the country at three per set, controlled the net for the entirety of the match. The Fighting Illini had five players notch six or more kills. NU will now travel to No. 1 Minnesota in search of its first conference win. With no timetable for the return of Kniep, the Cats must find a way to deal with the absence of their starting libero. “Obviously it’s a big change, but there’s nothing we can do about it,” Strobos said. “We have to fight through adversity no matter who is on the court.” aidanmarkey2019@u.northwestern.edu
WOMEN’S SOCCER VS. MICHIGAN STATE
NORTHWESTERN
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By BEN LEWIS
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Nobody stays perfect forever. After a middling set of performances on the road, Northwestern (10-1-1, 3-1-1 Big Ten) returns to Evanston looking to get back in the win column against Michigan State (5-6-1, 2-3-0). The Wildcats are 1-1-1 in their last three games after winning nine straight to start the season. In a 2-0 loss to then-No. 22 Rutgers on Sept. 23, NU took just three shots to the Scarlet Knights’ 20, and in a scoreless draw against Ohio State last weekend, the Cats were outshot 28 to nine. Those results have knocked NU, which entered the game against Rutgers at No. 21, out of the national rankings. The Cats will face the Spartans looking to recapture the magic of their unbeaten start and prove their dominance in the Big Ten. Although Michigan State isn’t one of the top teams in the conference, NU has a chance to build momentum with a win ahead of a matchup with Big Ten-leading No. 19 Michigan on Sunday. The Cats defensive unit remains one of the strongest in the nation despite the team’s recent struggles. After shutting out the powerful Buckeyes offense, NU now surrenders 0.33 goals per 90 minutes, the third-best mark in the country. Sophomore defender Kayla Sharples said the defense’s communication sets it apart. “Every single match, (our backs) come together,” she said. “We communicate really well and make sure we
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always cover each other, because defense wins games.” While the Cats have locked down on the defensive end, NU’s offense has been inconsistent in recent games. The team put up four goals in a Sept. 25 win over Maryland, but struggled to put away the chances it had against the Scarlet Knights and Ohio State. Sophomore forward Brenna Lovera, the Cats’ leading goalscorer, is out indefinitely with injury, passing the goalscoring burden onto other players. But coach Michael Moynihan said he is still confident in his team’s offensive ability. “We’re still creating chances, so that’s the important thing”Moynihan said.“We just have to do things a little smarter.” NU now sits in a tie for third in the Big Ten, and the top four in the conference standings play their opening games of the Big Ten Tournament at home.That advantage might be especially valuable to the Cats, who have shutout victories in all six of their home games this season. Winning this game against Michigan State would help solidify NU’s position in the conference standings, and graduate Midfielder Nandi Mehta said homefield advantage matters to the Cats. “We love this field … Our fans have been great, and we want to keep that going,” she said. “We’re 6-0 at home, and that means a lot to us. People don’t come in here, and they don’t beat us.” benjaminlewis2020@u.northwestern.edu
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