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Sen. Kirk tells GOP to drop Trump
Illinois senator criticizes candidate after tape emerges By SAM KREVLIN
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U.S. Sen. Mark Kirk (R-Ill.), who withdrew his support from Donald Trump in June, has called on the Republican Party to engage “rules for emergency replacement,” after the Washington Post published leaked footage of Trump bragging on a hot mic about groping women, saying “when you’re a star they let you do it.” In a tweet posted Friday, the Republican senator wrote that Trump should drop out of the race. Kirk, who is locked in a tight Senate race against U.S. Rep. Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.), has criticized Trump before. Kirk previously called Trump “too bigoted and racist” to be president, making Kirk one of the few Senate Republicans who has not endorsed the billionaire. The leaked video was recorded in 2005 and includes audio of Trump speaking with Billy Bush of “Access Hollywood” about trying to seduce a married woman, saying, “I moved on her like a bitch.” He was also recorded talking about kissing women immediately, telling Bush, “It’s like a magnet. Just kiss. Don’t even wait.” Many Republicans have » See KIRK, page 5
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Students and a professor speak during a panel at Harris Hall on Sunday. The panelists said theater productions on campus should cast actors of color in non-stereotypical roles and represent the American population more accurately.
Waa-Mu panel talks diversity in theater Some students call for less-stereotypical casting for actors of color in Sunday discussion By MARIANA ALFARO
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Students and a professor said Northwestern theater productions need to cast actors of color in nonstereotypical roles during a panel Sunday sponsored by the Waa-Mu Show, arguing productions should represent the American population more accurately.
Communication senior and theater major Adhana Reid spoke about her experience growing up watching plays, movies and television shows in which black women were typecast as the sidekick or the “sassy black girl.” Reid, who performed in the last two Waa-Mu shows — “Gold” and “Another Way West” — said she has experienced microaggressions while working on these projects. In “Gold,” for example, Reid
said she felt disconcerted when her character and the only other black character in the show sang a duet gospel song, even though all other songs in the show were contemporary music. Reid said she spoke to members of the Waa-Mu community about her distress singing the gospel song, saying she felt stereotyped. “I thought I was heard, and I was made to feel like I was heard,” she said. “But
City releases proposed 2017 budget State has forced Evanston to keep ‘lean’ budget, city manager says By NORA SHELLY
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A proposed budget for Evanston’s 2017 fiscal year includes recommendations to hire an equity and empowerment coordinator and raise property taxes to fund police and fire pensions. The budget also proposes raising property taxes 2.4 percent to fund the police and fire pension funds. The total proposed budget is about $304 million, which is 0.8 percent less than last year’s budget. The budget, which was
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City manager Wally Bobkiewicz attends a city council meeting. Bobkiewicz released a proposed 2017 budget for the city on Friday.
released by city manager Wally Bobkiewicz on Friday, includes about $114 million in
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revenues and about $112 million in spending for the year. Bobkiewicz said Illinois’
uncertain budgetary state after January has forced Evanston to keep a “lean” budget. This June, the Illinois legislature passed a six-month stop-gap budget after a year-long budget impasse. Although Evanston’s proposed budget is balanced, the city is preparing to make up to $3.7 million in reductions and revenue adjustments to several funds if state funding is withheld or lessened at some point, Bobkiewicz said. “ We’re struggling still with what the state of Illinois is going to do with us,” » See BUDGET, page 2
they were placating me and making me think that things were better, and nothing really changed.” Reid said being one of the “few black theater majors here” has always made her question the reasons why she’s cast in roles, saying she sometimes worries she receives parts because of her race. During the panel, some of the roughly 20 students in attendance said Waa-Mu
Students report harassment, robbery Friday
Two Northwestern students reported separate incidents of robbery and harassment near the CTA Purple Line early Friday morning, said an email from University Police sent to students on Friday. The email said one male student said he was robbed of cash by two teenage males between 12 a.m. and 1 a.m. on Friday at the Noyes CTA station. He reported that the teenagers made him walk to an ATM on campus, but after he was unable to withdraw money there, he was brought back to the station
needs to speak with members of the Virginia Wadsworth Wirtz Center for the Performing Arts — the office that sponsors the show — about making the show more inclusive. Communication junior Chamaya Moody, a Waa-Mu student outreach coordinator and panel moderator, told The Daily that students involved in Waa-Mu are » See WAA-MU, page 5 where he withdrew money and gave it to the suspects. The second incident occurred near the Main Street station, said the email from Bruce Lewis, associate vice president and chief of police. The male student reported he was intimidated in an effort to get money and described the same suspects. One suspect was described as having had a “faint mustache” and wearing a dark blue hoodie and gray headphones, and the other as wearing a white hoodie and ripped jeans, according to the email. The incidents did not involve weapons, and the students did not require medical attention. — Yvonne Kim
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AROUND TOWN Cook County Board votes for paid sick leave Suburban employees will earn 1 hour of paid sick time for every 40 hours worked By SAM KREVLIN
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The Cook County Board voted Wednesday to give suburban workers paid sick time. More than 440,000 suburban workers in Cook County, including those from Evanston, will be affected by the ordinance allowing a maximum of five sick days per year. The county ordinance allows employees to earn one hour of paid sick time for every 40 hours worked. It goes into effect on July 1. The law brings the rest of the county on par with Chicago, which passed a similar law in June. Cook County Commissioner Larry Suffredin said the ordinance is an important step for the suburbs that should make his district an attractive place to work. Suffredin, whose district borders Chicago on Howard Street, said it’s unfair for a worker on the other side of Howard to have better benefits than residents in his district. “It struck me as very unfair that the city of Chicago has one set of standards, and the suburbs didn’t have it,” Suffredin said. “I see it as leveling the playing field and making sure we have the ability to get workers who will want to work in the suburbs.” Suffredin said he was also concerned about the decrease in productivity of employees who come to work sick. Employees, he said, may get co-workers sick and can end up causing businesses more harm than good. Because many of the affected jobs are in the service area, having sick people working in restaurants is detrimental,
he said. Although Suffredin believes the cost of the ordinance is low for employers, Tanya Triche, vice president of Illinois Retail Merchants Association, said it fails to meet the needs and wants of employers. She criticized the bureaucracy surrounding the ordinance, saying the ordinance is “more complicated than any other law mandating paid sick leave.” Josephs criticized a portion of the ordinance that allows workers to transfer hours into the next year, saying it puts an unnecessary burden on employers. Triche said the ordinance will cost employees opportunities and may hurt small businesses. “There is all this talk about how everyone loves small businesses, but at the same time when they are presented with a real thing to do for small businesses — which is to make a mandate simpler — they look the other way,” she said. Melissa Josephs, director of Equal Opportunity Policy at Women Employed, said paid sick leave is a major step for employee benefits. Women Employed is an advocacy group that works to level the playing field for women in the workplace. The group was part of the Cook County Earned Sick Time Coalition that worked to get the ordinance passed. Josephs said employees have had to face tough dilemmas in the past, including a fear of being fired and losing money because they are on an hourly wage. “You would think the employer wouldn’t want you coming into work sick,” Josephs said. “I wouldn’t want to come into work sick either, but if I don’t get paid I will be afraid to stay home. Also I don’t want to stay home and get fired.” samkrevlin2019@u.northwestern.edu
BUDGET From page 1
Bobkiewicz said. “We’re assuming nothing is changing … but in order for Illinois to balance its budget, something has to change.” All expected state funds were paid to the city after June’s stopgap budget. But the budget runs out at the end of this year, and it is possible a future budget will not allocate the usual amount of funds to local municipalities. The proposed property tax increase would help fill pension funds, as those across the state are hurting as a result of state and local policies
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We’re assuming nothing is changing ... but in order for Illinois to balance its budget, something has to change. Wally Bobkiewicz, city manager
of withholding or lessening payments to the funds throughout the years. In 2007, Evanston began a concerted effort to increase funding to both pensions. At that point, both funds were underfunded by $145.8 million. Evanston’s police and fire pension funds are currently funded at about 47 percent and 44 percent, respectively. “We really need to progressively pursue
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funding the pensions that haven’t been funding,” Ald. Donald Wilson (4th) said. “The numbers are daunting.” Wilson said the closer the city got to fully funding the pension funds the better. “I’m pleased that we’re heading or trending in that direction,” he said. “But it’s disappointing because it is money that has to go out the door.” The equity and empowerment coordinator position was included in the proposed budget as part of the city’s efforts to help organize the various aspects of the city’s equity work, Bobkiewicz said. The proposed new position is a good move, Wilson said. The city has several parties working on equity, he said, including city staff, community members and non-profit organizations. “As a community, we’ve done a lot of different things to try to bring … fairness opportunities to all members of the community,” he said. “This is an opportunity to have someone coordinate some of those efforts.” Eff orts to consolidate committees and boards across Evanston’s government have not resulted in the reduction of the total budget, Bobkiewicz said. City employees who serve on any of the committees — which include the Mental Health Board and the Housing and Homelessness Commission — typically do that work in addition to their other responsibilities. The proposal will be introduced at the City Council meeting on Oct. 17. A meeting for public input will be held on Oct. 29. A final budget will likely be approved in late November, Bobkiewicz said. norashelly2019@u.northwestern.edu at the scene, officers observed the man going through the trash, eating thrown out food and throwing trash, Evanston police Cmdr. Joseph Dugan said. A 52-year-old man was charged with criminal trespass to land in connection to the incident. — Erica Snow
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ON CAMPUS YouTuber talks Desi, Western culture By LEAH DUNLEVY
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As YouTuber Zaid Ali opened his performance Friday night, his question, “Who here is a die-hard fan?” prompted shouts and a sea of raised hands. The Pakistani-Canadian YouTuber spoke to roughly 500 people at the Muslim-cultural Students Association’s Fall Concert event. Throughout the night, he performed skits and quoted well-known lines from his most popular YouTube videos. Ali is a third-year student at the University of Waterloo. The 21-year-old is prominent on social media for his videos that use humor to address the relationship between Desi and Western cultures. After a trip to Pakistan, during which his cousin questioned the profanity on his channel, Ali said he deleted about 15 of his earliest videos. Now, Ali’s content is what he considers to be in line with his religious values and “family friendly.” “If you guys were to see me, you would never for a second think that was me on there, but that’s how I started,” Ali said of his earliest videos. This mentality extends beyond his YouTube career. In January 2015, he said he turned down the opportunity to act in a movie because it required he participate in a kissing scene, and pre-marital relations are strictly forbidden in Islam. Since the reinvention of his YouTube channel and his transition to Facebook, Ali has uploaded dozens of videos and has gone on tour in both Pakistan and the U.K. He gained fame in March 2015 after Bollywood star Sonakshi Sinha retweeted his video titled “When You Use Bollywood Dialogue in Real Life.” His YouTube account has about 400,000 subscribers and more than 47 million views. Weinberg sophomore and McSA member
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YouTuber Zaid Ali speaks to students Friday night during a Muslim-cultural Students Association event. Ali performed skits and quoted well-known lines from his most popular YouTube videos.
Hassan Sayed said he connected with Ali “by virtue of being Pakistani.” Many of Ali’s videos — including “If Brown Parents Gave the ‘Sex Talk’” and “What Brown Parents Hate!” — are premised on poking fun at Desi parents. However, Ali emphasized that parents should be valued and that his videos are intended only for comedic purposes. “Even though he makes fun of brown parents, it’s important he recognizes it is only a joke,” Sayed said. The last 30 minutes included a Q&A, in which Ali welcomed his mother on stage for the first time ever during one of his events. She was met with eager applause, and one audience member asked whether she could take a selfie with Ali’s mother after the show. At first, Ali said, his mother did not want to be in his videos. Now, she is frequently
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featured and has developed her own online persona as a traditional Desi mother. Ali joked that although it usually takes him two or three takes to film a clip for his videos, his mother requires nearly 100 takes. Despite a request by McSA to ask questions in English, nearly all of the questions were posed in Urdu. Weinberg senior and McSA Co-President Haaris Pervaiz acknowledged the “unexpected” language barrier during the entire event. “The exec board overlooked that many of his jokes were meant to be performed in Urdu,” Pervaiz said. “In the future, we want to make sure that events are inclusive to the whole Northwestern community, including all Muslims.” leahdunlevy2020@u.northwestern.edu
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Monday, October 10, 2016
Abolish Greek life. It wouldn’t be as hard as you think. AARON BOXERMAN
OP-ED CONTRIBUTOR
When we think of the classic “college experience,” we often jump straight to Greek life: brotherhood, boozy tailgates and basement parties. Every college movie is full of these tropes. From “Animal House” to “Neighbors,” fraternities and sororities seem as American as apple pie. In her column, “A call for self-critical participation in PHA and IFC,” Jessica Schwalb makes a powerful argument for how fraternities and sororities rest on rotten foundations. She amasses a serious pile of evidence –– sexual assault, a history of violent hazing, toxic masculinity, elitism –– for why they make Northwestern a more dangerous place for everyone, Greeks and independents alike. Greek life enjoys a deference undeserved by its record. Fraternities are one of the only places on campus where you won’t get in trouble for drinking. You’re more likely to get written up when drinking in the safety of your own dorm surrounded by your friends than you are in the basement of a frat house.
And yet, at the end of her piece, Schwalb pulls back. She avoids the logical conclusion that fundamental change is required and instead encourages a greater degree of “selfcriticism,” along with a few other stopgap solutions. For Schwalb, everything hinges on one claim: that “Greek life exists on our campus, and will continue to do so for the foreseeable future.” But it only takes one thing for Greek life to end: If committed people join forces to advocate an end to the fraternity and sorority system at NU, anything is possible. Is it really so unthinkable? The majority of students in our country who attend college don’t join a fraternity or sorority. Last year, 29 percent of undergraduate men joined fraternities and 32 percent of undergraduate women joined sororities at NU, according to University data. Plenty of schools our size –– Tufts University and the University of Chicago among them –– have a low or practically non-existent Greek presence. Despite this, these universities also manage to have vibrant campus communities. Even many large universities, such as the University of Oregon, University of Washington and the University of California, Berkeley, have fewer students in Greek life,
proportionally, than we do. The dominance of Greek life is the province of a certain subset of schools. There is nothing “inevitable” about it. But what about “self-critical participation”? I wish self-critical Greeks the best of luck, but I have little hope for their success. Your money, your face and your name are bound to an institution premised on elitism and exclusivity, both of which often cut across lines of race and class. Expanding financial aid and allowing sororities to throw parties are band-aids, as Schwalb herself suggests, to a fundamentally unjust arrangement. It’s important to remember that these institutions don’t exist at NU alone. Greek organizations are national brands, with national leadership that severely restricts well-meaning students’ hopes for change. Exclusivity will always exist in student groups. But this is different –– in many other clubs on campus, the problems are local. Students at NU can challenge their peers or the administration and demand answers. That option does not exist in the context of many of the biggest questions facing Greek life. Taking a “self-critical” stance within these institutions isn’t pragmatic –– it’s an excuse
for inaction. To assert that Greek life is somehow an essential part of college is to present it as some kind of eternal, universal force. It’s not. To be sure, long years of tradition give the Greek system a veneer of strength. But the only thing that keeps fraternities and sororities going is the people who buy into them. In other words, we built it –– and we can put it away for good, if we decide to. Eliminating Greek life would not end sexual assault, classism or exclusion at NU. But it’d be a powerful start. Those students committed to making the world around them a better place should start thinking creatively about what a non-Greek NU campus could look like. We must all begin to take seriously the following two questions: Should Greek life exist at all? And if not, what are we to do about it? Aaron Boxerman is a Weinberg sophomore. He can be contacted at aaronboxerman2019@u.northwestern.edu. If you would like to respond publicly to this op-ed, send a Letter to the Editor to opinion@ dailynorthwestern.com. The views expressed in this piece do not necessarily reflect the views of all staff members of The Daily Northwestern.
Wildcat Welcome should be shorter, give students a break MATT LIEBERMAN
OP-ED CONTRIBUTOR
After eight exhausting days of Wildcat Welcome, I had trouble getting up in the morning for my first 9 a.m. class. Even when I arrived, excited to begin, I was too tired to take it all in. The fellow freshmen next to me in lecture looked drained too. Wildcat Welcome was a blur of True Northwestern Dialogues, PA lunches and meeting new people, but left me with little time to unwind. While the week or so of orientation is full of exciting programming and experiences, the administration would do well to shorten the length of Wildcat Welcome or provide more leisure time for new students. Although students experience many forms of growth, academic coursework is the backbone of learning in college. By sending students into the first week sleep-deprived, Wildcat Welcome denies professors and students the best opportunity to learn from each other. Although the dreaded “Freshman 15” is often overblown, after being drained from long days of programming students
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may lack the energy to exercise, leading them to continue similar sedentary habits in the future and making it more likely that they face weight gain. To set up students for optimal success throughout their first week and beyond, getting enough sleep and exercise is vital. We don’t do that when PA events, programming and academic advising keep the Wildcat Welcome schedule so tightly packed. It is no secret that on a college campus, especially during the first week, alcohol use is everywhere. Although the eye-opening TND programming teaches students about the effects of alcohol abuse, Wildcat Welcome can take a more tangible route to improve students’ decision making. We should be learning how to balance going out and fulfilling responsibilities. Coming into NU, I knew that it was a work-hard, play-hard environment. But Wildcat Welcome made it seem like running on empty, whether at Deering or the Deuce, was the norm. It doesn’t have to be. Although many incoming freshman and transfers spend the week leading up to their arrival on campus relaxing in preparation for Wildcat Welcome, others participated in pre-orientation programs. After six days of engaged community service on the Freshman Urban Program (FUP) or eight days of camping in northern Minnesota on Project Wildcat
(PWild), many students need a well-deserved break. Altering the format of Wildcat Welcome would support the success and health of incoming students. As a first option, the
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Altering the format of Wildcat Welcome would support the success and health of incoming students. University could hold Wildcat Welcome for the same eight-day period, but cut down on required programming, giving students the chance to get on track to improved physical and mental health. Building in more time to spend on our own or with new friends could provide a much-needed break from required activities. This first month at college required me to learn how to manage free time, a process made more difficult when orientation filled so much of my day. Wildcat Welcome could also feature a similar schedule with a shortened length. NU’s in-state rival, the University of Illinois,
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runs an orientation program lasting just three days, acclimating students to campus without overtiring them before classes begin. A jampacked version of Wildcat Welcome over the course of just a few days might be equally tiring for students, but is more likely to get new students acclimated to a rigorous college schedule. A shorter schedule could accomplish the goals of orienting students and bonding with friends while still preparing them for the first week of classes. The problem with Wildcat Welcome’s packed schedule became especially clear when normally engaged students dozed off during the inspiring speeches at convocation. Although Wildcat Welcome certainly provides unparalleled learning experiences and an extraordinary introduction to life at NU, altering the schedule would showcase the University’s commitment to student health and better prepare new students to join the Wildcat community. Matt Lieberman is a Medill freshman. He can be contacted at matthewlieberman2020@u.northwestern.edu. If you would like to respond publicly to this op-ed, send a Letter to the Editor to opinion@ dailynorthwestern.com. The views expressed in this piece do not necessarily reflect the views of all staff members of The Daily Northwestern.
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WAA-MU From page 1
concerned about the influence of the Wirtz Center’s donors. A lot of the funds for the show come from alumni sponsors, whom she
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Two students act on stage during last year’s Waa-Mu show, “Another Way West.” Students participated in a panel on Sunday to discuss making theater productions on campus more inclusive.
said “tend to be wealthier and whiter than the rest of the school.” Moody said she heard complaints from some students of color about their experience with Waa-Mu and in NU theater. “We came to a consensus that there are things that we need to change in terms of tradition, in terms of who we want to see on stage, whose stories we want to hear told,” she told The Daily. “That experience should be for everyone and not just for (a small) group of people, specifically the group of people who pay the most money towards the institution.” Theater Prof. Melissa Foster (Bienen ’96, ’01), head of the Musical Theatre Vocal Studies program, said diversity and inclusion efforts at NU have improved since her time here, but she believes there is still a lot to be done. Foster said having diverse casts, stories and identities on stage can open people’s minds. “The question is, can it get better fast enough?” she said. Foster told the audience, mostly students in NU’s theater community, that making WaaMu more diverse will take patience because students will have to educate each other about their different experiences. She said it will take a while before the full effects of students’ work are visible, but that shouldn’t discourage them. “You’re laying an extremely crucial foundation for tomorrow,” she said. “You can come back for your 10-year reunion and weep in the audience at what you did.” alfaro@u.northwestern.edu
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he does not condone his remarks and cannot defend them. In a video posted to his Facebook page, Trump apologized but said he would not withdraw from the race. “I’ve never said I’m a perfect person nor pretended to be someone that I’m not,” Trump said. “I’ve said and done things I regret, and the words released today on this more than a decade-old video are one of them. Anyone who knows me know these words don’t reflect who I am.” Melania Trump, the nominee’s wife, said in a statement Saturday that the words Trump used in the leaked footage were “unacceptable and offensive to her,” but that she accepted his apology and hopes others will too. Vice President Joe Biden criticized Trump’s comments in a tweet on Saturday, calling the behavior Trump was describing in the video as sexual assault and an “abuse of power.” At a fundraising event for Duckworth in Chicago on Sunday, President Barack Obama condemned Trump’s rhetoric throughout the campaign, saying it has been “demeaning, degrading women, but also minorities, immigrants, people of other faiths,” according to the White House pool report. “It tells you that he’s insecure enough that he pumps himself up in order to put other people down…it tells you that he doesn’t care much about the basic values that we try to 76933 impart to our kids,” the president said.
From page 1 begun to distance themselves from their nominee. Sen. John McCain, the Republican presidential nominee in 2008, said in a statement on Saturday that he would no longer be voting for Trump, writing that “no woman should ever be victimized by this kind
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It tells you that (Trump’s) insecure enough that he pumps himself up in order to put other people down. President Barack Obama at a fundraising event in Chicago
of inappropriate behavior.” House Speaker Paul Ryan disinvited Trump from a campaign appearance with him on Saturday in Wisconsin. “I am sickened by what I heard today,” Ryan said in a statement published in the Los Angeles Times. “Women are to be championed and revered, not objectified. I hope Mr. Trump treats this situation with the seriousness it deserves and works to demonstrate to the country that he has greater respect for women than this clip suggests.” Mike Pence, Trump’s running mate, said
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A student participates in the puzzle hunt organized by the Knight Lab and One Book, One Northwestern. The event took place Saturday.
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Northwestern edges Wolverines in best win of season so far By GARRETT JOCHNAU
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From the opening minutes of the Wildcats’ conference battle against Michigan, Northwestern had a target on its back. Despite falling twice to the Wolverines last season, NU earned a bid to the NCAA Tournament over Michigan, and the No. 19 Wolverines entered the contest eyeing revenge. But the Cats, (12-1-1, 5-1-1 Big Ten) who had not beaten the Wolverines (9-3-1, 5-2-0 Big Ten) since 2011, had a bone to pick too. And after an emotional back-and-forth contest, NU pulled away with the 2-1 victory. Michigan surged out of the gate, dominating possession and putting Cats’ goalie Lauren Clem on the defensive early. “I took a chance to turn around and look at the scoreboard and I was like, ‘Wow,
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only 10 minutes in and we’re getting pounded,’” Clem said. “But, I wasn’t too worried. We know how Michigan plays, we know they get off strong and we didn’t let that get to us.” Clem held her own, and after entering the half tied 1-1, the Cats emerged in the second with superior passion, controlling the game’s pace and defending well after scoring a second goal in the 49th minute. Despite opening with a barrage of shots on goal, the Wolverines actually ceded the first score of the contest. Sophomore midfielder Michele Chernesky scored on a deflection off a free kick in the 15th minute to give NU a cushion. Michigan responded four minutes later with a penalty kick goal to tie the game. The Wolverines continued to control the tempo for the remainder of the first half, but Clem — who would eventually finish with a career-high 11 saves — kept Michigan from pulling ahead. When the second half began, the Cats flipped the narrative. After surviving the Wolverines at their best, NU refused to let the opportunity to make a statement win slip away. “We’ve been playing them for the past four years — us seniors — and finally we were sick,” senior midfielder Mary Erikson said. “We had lost every game until this, and we were just like, ‘This is our day. … They deserve a loss.’ We were really angry and in the second half (we) just got after them and
wanted it more.” Just five minutes into the period, Erikson attempted a deep cross, which Michigan’s goalie Sarah Jackson fumbled. Sophomore midfielder Olivia Korhonen took advantage of Jackson’s mistake and headed in the go-ahead goal. The score was her first of the season — as was Chernesky’s. With topscorer forward Brenna Lovera awaiting surgery for a torn ACL, per Coach Michael Moynihan, production from new sources proved key. “When we have this many of our attacking players out right now — prominent ones — to have people continuously stepping up, it’s very encouraging,” he said. The win puts NU on track to accomplish its goal of winning the Big Ten. The Cats had already proved themselves against a number of opponents, but Michigan was perhaps the biggest roadblock they faced this season. And with the victory, NU not only proved itself to the Wolverines, but also to the rest of the country. “There were a lot of people who didn’t think that we were the real deal, because we hadn’t really played anyone,” Erikson said. “It was good to go out there and prove to everyone that we are the real deal, and we’re here this year to prove something.” garrettjochnau2019@u.northwestern. edu
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Wildcats swept by top-ranked Golden Gophers on road Northwestern
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Coming into Sunday’s match against No. 1 Minnesota, it had been 322 days since Northwestern had won a conference game. Make that 323. The Wildcats (7-11, 0-6 Big Ten) were swept by the top-ranked Golden Gophers (13-2, 5-1 Big Ten) on Sunday in Minneapolis, 25-17, 25-21, 25-17. NU has now lost seven straight matches and has only won a single set during that span. After going down early in the first
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set, the Cats battled back in the second set, leading 18-17. But Minnesota proved to be too much. “With a team like Minnesota, you can’t afford to make any mistakes at all,” junior outside hitter Symone Abbott said. “We had to play nearperfect volleyball to have a chance of beating them, and we didn’t.” Abbott finished with nine kills, her second consecutive game without
double-digit kills after her 26-match double-digit kill streak was snapped Wednesday against Illinois. NU finished with a .172 hitting percentage, while the Golden Gophers finished with .322, and junior middle blocker Gabrielle Hazen said Abbott’s difficulties hurt the offense. “We do rely on Symone a lot,” Hazen said. “If they can slow her down, it’s hard for our offense to get going.” Coach Shane Davis said he liked the balance his team found, spreading the ball around to a variety of hitters. Abbott had 42 attempts, more than double that of any other hitter, but senior middle blocker Maddie Slater
got 20 attempts and Hazen had 19. “Any time you can get a middle 20 balls you’re doing a pretty good job as far as taking care of the little plays and staying in system,” Davis said. “We’ve got to make sure that we continue to establish that.” In her second straight start at libero, senior Rafae Strobos had 10 digs. Regular starting libero Katie Kniep did not play Sunday after missing the game against the Fighting Illini with a back injury. NU now looks ahead to a date with Michigan on Wednesday in Evanston. Even though the season has gotten off to a slow start, Hazen said there’s still optimism around the
team. “We have a lot of volleyball left this year,” Hazen said. “It definitely stings to start off so slow, but we’re definitely focusing on being positive and just having fun on the court.” Abbott agreed and said the team plays better when they’re having fun, regardless of the outcome of the match. “You can’t lose hope in a conference like this,” Abbott said. “Everybody’s so good that you can’t start going into games and not having confidence. You’ll get annihilated if you do that.” jonahdylan2020@u.northwestern.edu
FIELD HOCKEY
NU ends long winning streak with pair of weekend losses No. 6 Northwestern
By COLE PAXTON
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Northwestern ended one streak Friday and began a streak of another kind Sunday. The No. 6 Wildcats (10-4, 4-1 Big Ten), who entered the weekend on an eight-game winning streak and hadn’t lost in four weeks, fell at unranked Indiana (7-7, 2-2) 2-1 on Friday, then slipped again in a 2-0 road loss to No. 8 Louisville (11-3) on Sunday. “The ball just didn’t bounce right for us,” coach Tracey Fuchs said. Of Sunday’s game, she said, “Both teams played really hard. They made a little bit better of their opportunities.” Because of Friday’s loss, NU’s grip on
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the top spot in the Big Ten standings is now less secure. The Cats are tied with No. 5 Penn State and No. 7 Maryland for the conference lead, though NU holds head-to-head tiebreakers against both teams. In both losses, the Cats’ offense was
far less surgical than in recent games. NU generated many opportunities against the Hoosiers, earning eight penalty corners and forcing 11 saves, but scored only on freshman midfielder Lily Katzman’s shot midway through the first half. On Sunday, the Cats were virtually shut down. NU tallied only four shots, just two of which were on frame, and earned a paltry three corners. The Cats were shut out for the first time since early in the 2014 season. Both offensive performances were in stark contrast to recent outputs. NU has been extremely efficient as of late, scoring seven goals despite earning just six penalty corners against Drexel last weekend and notching five goals on six shots on frame at Rutgers. “Indiana put a lot of bodies in the
circle, so we didn’t get a lot of space to get the shots,” senior midfielder Dominique Masters said. Of a goal overturned on video replay Sunday, she said, “We were unlucky with the call back (against Louisville) … We still fought the entire 70 minutes of the game.” Beyond the offensive struggles, the loss to Indiana was the team’s first slip in a game in which it was the clear favorite. NU entered the weekend undefeated against unranked teams and won those seven games by an average of more than four goals. The weekend also marked the first time this season the Cats lost consecutive games. Following each of its first two losses of the year, NU responded with decisive wins, albeit against lesser competition. The 0-2 weekend was the Cats’ first since 2011.
Nonetheless, NU played a pair of contested, evenly-matched games and were far from overrun, junior back Sophia Miller said. “We played two very tough teams,” Miller said. “One thing was just execution. We had a lot of opportunities … but we just couldn’t get the ball in the goal.” The Cats remained upbeat about their weekend. Neither Fuchs nor her players expressed concern about the team’s play and stressed the importance of upcoming Big Ten home games against No. 16 Iowa and No. 10 Michigan. “We didn’t step back. We put in all our effort, and it’s a small setback,” Masters said. “We’re not disappointed in how we’re playing, just the outcome.” colepaxton2019@u.northwestern.edu