The Daily Northwestern — October 13, 2016

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University Police to wear body cams UP hopes cameras will increase transparency

By PETER KOTECKI

daily senior staffer @peterkotecki

University Police will begin using body-worn cameras to increase transparency and accountability, Chief of Police Bruce Lewis announced via email Wednesday.

Gloria Graham, deputy chief of police, said she expects UP to begin using the body cameras by the end of this academic year.

“One of the best practices in policing right now is the appropriate use of body worn cameras,” she said. “I emphasize that word — appropriate — because you can have body-worn cameras and not have good policy surrounding them, and then you just have another piece of equipment that may or may not be being used right.”

According to a news release, $30,000 from this year’s Good Neighbor Fund donation will be allocated toward police safety cameras, which include body cameras, dashboard cameras and surveillance cameras.

Evanston Police Department is working toward implementing

body cameras in partnership with UP, City Manager Wally Bobkiewicz said.

Bobkiewicz said he thinks UP is slightly ahead of EPD in implementing body cameras.

The two departments are working together, however, because they plan to use the same brand of devices and systems for data recording, he said.

“The bottom line is that we want to make sure we standardize the same technology so we can use economies of scale in managing that technology overtime,” Bobkiewicz said. “So that’s body cameras; that’s dash cameras in patrol cars; that’s the cameras that are used for surveillance in the buildings and in the community here in Evanston.”

Evanston resident Carolyn Murray, a candidate for 5th Ward alderman and a local gun control advocate, said body cameras are a great step toward increasing transparency in police departments. She said she hopes police will review who receives the cameras first and assign them to those who have received the most complaints in the past.

The decision to include body cameras shows the police department is making an effort to hold officers accountable for any wrongdoing, Murray said. » See SAFETY, page 6

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Associated Student Government President Christina Cilento speaks during Senate on Wednesday. ASG Senate unanimously passed a resolution to improve transportation safety on Sheridan Road.

Transportation safety bill passes

By FATHMA RAHMAN

daily senior staffer @fathmarahman

Associated Student Government Senate unanimously passed a resolution to improve transportation safety on Sheridan Road, including the possibility of closing the road to

thru traffic, in light of the recent death of freshman Chuyuan Qiu, who was killed in a biking accident on Sheridan.

“We coordinated this resolution in conjunction with Faculty Senate because we recognized, especially given recent events, that transportation safety was a big topic on campus,” ASG President Christina Cilento

told The Daily. “We wanted to be able to make sure that we were actually improving the way students get around campus — not just mourning Chu’s loss, but actually doing something about it.”

The resolution, which Faculty Senate passed last week, proposed the creation of a task force to examine ways to better the

“safety and experience of those traveling across campus.” It also recommends the task force consider reducing the speed limit on Sheridan to 25 mph between Davis and Central streets and providing students with free helmets in addition to the bike lights and reflective gear already » See SENATE, page 6

Board talks turning cats against rats NU donation to

aid at-risk youth

By AUDREY WU

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The Animal Welfare Board discussed the possibility of using a feral cat colony to control the Evanston rat population in a meeting Wednesday night.

The meeting, held at the Lorraine H. Morton Civic Center, focused on a feral cat program proposed by Evanston City Health & Human Services. Under the program, the city would release colonies of cats into specific Evanston neighborhoods to target rodents.

Evanston aldermen began discussing the possibility of such a program after the success of the Chicago’s Cats at Work Program, which is run through the Tree House Humane Society. The program removes feral cats from potentially life-threatening situations and moves them to other areas, in the hopes they will help mitigate rodents.

Animal Welfare Board Chair Meredith Rives said discussions about the Evanston program are just starting. Rives said the cat colonies will have assigned caregivers to ensure

By NORA SHELLY

daily senior staffer @noracshelly

Daily file photo by Julia Jacobs

At an Animal Welfare Board meeting on Wednesday, board members discussed the possibility of a feral cat program in the city to control Evanston’s rat population.

the wellbeing of the cats. She said the idea is that volunteers care for the cats in “exchange for the cats’ natural ability” to kill rats.

The program may be carried out specifically in areas with higher number of rodent

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complaints from residents, Rives said.

“My role in this will be to (get) assurance that the cats will be well-cared for and that the cats’ caregivers are (going to be) well trained” said Rives. “The people who are participating in

the program as caretakers have to be responsible for the wellbeing of the colonies.”

Later this year, Rives plans to further discuss the Board’s role in the potential program » See CATS, page 6

The second installment of the Good Neighbor Fund donation will send $1 million from Northwestern to help fund Evanston’s at-risk youth programs and police cameras, among other initiatives.

Northwestern is donating $1 million every five years through the fund, which Mayor Elizabeth Tisdahl announced in March of last year. University President Morton Schapiro and Tisdahl jointly agree on how the money should be allocated every year.

Tisdahl typically puts together a list of potential allocation ideas, then reviews them with Schapiro, said city manager Wally Bobkiewicz.

“The spirit of it is Mayor Tisdahl, President Schapiro sitting down and discussing these issues,” he said.

Other funds will go to Evanston Fire Department paramedics, at-risk youth job training programs and two full-time positions at the city’s Youth and Young Adult Division. In

addition, $30,000 will fund police safety cameras, which could include body cameras for officers, dashboard cameras or surveillance cameras.

An additional $30,000 will go towards a fund at the discretion of the mayor to assist families impacted by violent crime.

A portion of violent crime in Evanston is generated by a longstanding family feud or gang issues, Evanston Police Chief Richard Eddington said in April.

The fund is used to aid family members who need to quickly leave town after a violent act has occurred, said Bobkiewicz.

“When there are acts of violent crime, there are family members who are not involved in the crime who are looking to leave the community because the incident occurred at a place where they’re living or involves family members,” he said.

The fund can help the individuals who are in potential danger with the cost of moving their belongings or with gas money or a bus ticket, Bobkiewicz said.

The fund allows the city to go beyond its necessary duty help » See DONATION, page 6

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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 13, 2016

AROUND TOWN Crosswalks stymied by state agency

By NORA SHELLY

daily senior staffer @noracshelly

City staff and residents are running into roadblocks when it comes to installing crosswalks on some busy Evanston roads.

Several Evanston residents and staff have twice sought to install crosswalks on Dempster Street, which is under the control of the Illinois Department of Transportation, said city manager Wally Bobkiewicz. One was at the intersection of Dewey Avenue and Dempster Street and the other at the intersection of Ashland Avenue and Dempster Street. The first request was turned down by IDOT, and the second has yet to receive a response.

“There’s been a long history of trying to put additional crosswalks on roads that are owned by the state,” he said. “We’re going to kind of ratchet up our efforts from IDOT on this issue.”

At an Administration and Public Works Committee meeting Monday, Ald. Donald Wilson (4th), whose ward borders Ashland Avenue, said the area received a lot of foot

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traffic with its proximity to Evanston Township High School and Penny Park.

“Staff has been pushing this for several years with IDOT, and we really want to get a solution in place,” he said. “It’s something that needs to get addressed in one way or the other.”

The city has typically heard negative responses from IDOT when trying to install crosswalks, Bobkiewicz said. At the intersection of Central Street and Prairie Avenue, a crosswalk was only approved after “bumpouts” — in which the curb is extended further into the road — were installed.

Requests to put additional crosswalks in on Asbury Avenue have been denied as well, Director of Public Works Dave Stoneback said.

“They have some pretty stringent requirements they look at to make sure you’re doing things right,” he said.

Crosswalks are denied for various reasons, Stoneback said, including high traffic speeds, poor visibility for drivers and distances between cars on the road. Dempster Street was considered an unsafe crossing because cars on the road drive closely to each other,

iPhone 6 stolen from McGaw YMCA

Clothes, food and cosmetics stolen from CVS Pharmacy

Police investigated a case of retail theft at CVS Pharmacy in south Evanston on Tuesday.

Officers were dispatched at approximately 12:30 p.m. after a security guard at the store saw a woman place food, clothes and cosmetics in a shopping cart and attempt to push it out of the store, Evanston police Cmdr. Joseph Dugan said. The security guard apprehended the woman before she left.

The stolen items were valued at more than $300. The woman was charged with a felony count of retail theft.

Officers are investigating the theft of an iPhone 6 from the McGaw YMCA at 1000 Grove Street.

The iPhone, valued at approximately $600, was stolen from an unlocked locker Monday evening.

A 38-year-old female Evanston resident placed her phone and various accessories in the locker at around 8:45 p.m. on Monday and returned at approximately 9:00 p.m. to find it missing, Dugan said.

The crime is a felony. There are no suspects.

Stoneback said.

The city is proposing to building bumpouts at the intersection of Ashland Avenue and Dempster Street to make the intersection safer for pedestrian crossing.

Bump-outs are typically built out into the parking lane and decrease the distance pedestrians have to travel across traffic, Stoneback said.

“We’re hoping that that would be more acceptable to IDOT,” he said.

Dempster Street currently only has two intersections at Dodge and Asbury avenues, which are 2,400 feet apart, Stoneback said.

Ald. Melissa Wynne (3rd) said at the meeting she was concerned drivers would not notice the crosswalk.

The city should put in some sort of flashing lights on the signage at the crosswalk, Wynne said.

“We all have driven that road quite a bit … and you see people try to scurry across,” she said. “I’m … worried that even with a bump out and all of the signs that drivers will still be not expecting pedestrians.” norashelly2019@u.northwestern.edu

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QUEEN B’S Northwestern graduates produce off-Broadway show highlighting identity issues through drag

By KELLEY CZAJKA

daily senior staffer @kelleyczajka

“We’re all born naked and the rest is drag.”

This line from actor and drag queen RuPaul’s song “Born Naked” spoke to Jared Rubin Sprowls (Communication ‘16), who started watching RuPaul’s Drag Race during his junior year at Northwestern.

The timing of Sprowls’ exposure to drag was key, as it coincided with his discovery that he could graduate with honors by writing a senior thesis play in tandem with a research reflection paper.

“At the time, I was (also) just thinking for some reason (about) this idea that the LGBT community is corrupting our children … And I was like: ‘That is so crazy. That sounds like a witch hunt,’” Sprowls said.

This, in addition to a budding love for Donna Summer music, led to the premise of “Bridget Bishop Presents: The Salem Bitch Trials,” Sprowls’ senior thesis play which premieres off-Broadway in New York on Oct. 18.

“Bridget Bishop” is a play about a drag queen who enlists her two drag daughters, a gogo dancer and a club emcee, to perform in a drag show about Bridget Bishop, the first woman executed in the Salem Witch Trials, all to the soundtrack of Donna Summer’s greatest hits. The meta-theatrical production emphasizes the theme of transformation to find identity, Sprowls said.

“It’s a lot about transformation,” he said.

“The way that drag queens and many people, especially within the LGBT community, find their identity through transformation, through this fluidity of gender and performance of gender, and sort of what that means to them.”

Sprowls wrote the first version of the play from June 2015 to January 2016 and performed it at NU in February. But that performance wasn’t the end of the road for “Bridget Bishop.” Sprowls submitted his play for consideration by the Araca Project, an initiative of the Araca Group, which selects artists straight out of college to participate in a producing workshop culminating in a New York production.

While rehearsing for the NU production, Sprowls realized the play wasn’t reaching its full potential, he said. But if he were to get accepted to the Araca program, he would use that opportunity to rework the play and make it what he wanted.

Sprowls was the only recent NU undergraduate to win the contest, said Laura Schellhardt, head of the undergraduate playwriting program and Sprowls’ thesis adviser.

“I am thrilled that we live in a day and age where this type of theater is being given funding and is being celebrated,” Schellhardt said.

“I don’t know that this sort of play would have been done on campus even five years

ago, let alone being given a fellowship to go to New York. That’s an exciting development, not just on campus, but I think in the theater world.”

After being selected by Araca, Sprowls spent his summer reworking the script to fully develop each of the characters and give the actors time to memorize their lines and begin rehearsals in late September.

While Araca covered the cost of the performance space and a small portion of the budget, Sprowls was responsible for finding a crew and actors. For the crew, he kept it “in the family,” enlisting director Aaron Simon Gross (Communication ‘16) and stage manager Kyle Largent (Communication ‘16), as well as co-producer Caitlin de Lisser-Ellen, whom Sprowls did theater with in high school.

For actors, Sprowls said he and his crew reached out to their top choices of New York drag queens. All ended up saying yes, which Sprowles said felt “insane.”

Largent said stage managing the show was an interesting experience because the queens aren’t actors in a traditional sense.

“They’re definitely performers, and they perform every night, but a lot of drag is improvisation and lip syncing, so it’s been a really cool experience working with them getting to act for the first time onstage,” Largent said.

Although the run in New York will only last one week, Sprowls said it won’t be the end for “Bridget Bishop.” His hope is for the play to come back to Chicago one day and be per-

formed by his favorite Chicago drag queens.

Sprowls said he hopes his show will encourage people who would never step inside a drag show to fall in love with the art form the way he did.

“I still remember the first time going to a drag club, seeing drag queens perform, so vividly and just thinking, ‘Oh my god. This is the best f—–g thing I’ve ever seen,’” Sprowls said. “I’m just in love with it; I still am. I love the form. Every single person — I don’t care if you’re gay, straight, bi, whatever the hell you are — go to a drag show. That’s entertainment.”

Sprowls said he hopes people of all gender identities embrace RuPaul’s motto: that every person is a blank slate, and we consciously decide how to present ourselves on a daily basis.

“We have a trans character; we have a cisgendered male character as well … It’s all a performance,” he said. “Hopefully people will feel empowered to express that however they feel. If they want to go to the club and wear a potato sack and heels, they can do that, whoever they are. You are allowed to perform that however you wish.” kelleyczajka2019@u.northwestern.edu

Source: Jared Rubin Sprowls

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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 13, 2016

Evanston artist featured in prestigious Boston gallery

By JENNIFER HEPP

the daily northwestern @jenniferhepp97

Evanston artist Robin Samiljan’s work will travel all the way to downtown Boston to be exhibited at a prestigious gallery for the artist’s upcoming solo show, “Miniature Moments,” beginning Thursday.

Samiljan’s work will be featured at the Copley Society of Art on Newbury Street — an achievement Samiljan said is a “dream come true.” The Copley Society is the oldest nonprofit art association in the United States.

“This is a big deal to me,” Samiljan said. “For

me, on a personal level, this was a professional goal of mine.”

In order to get her own solo show, Samiljan said she had to go through an extensive artistic process, which included her becoming a Copley Artist — a prestigious title awarded to accomplished artists — and later submitting a proposal to the art committee and getting it approved.

“This is a great opportunity for both Robin and the Copley Society because we are always happy to showcase our members’ work,” said Dana Marks, the society’s gallery coordinator.

“We are really happy to have Robin as a Copley Artist member here this fall. It’s going to be a great show.”

“I want people to look at this miniature place and have people feel like they want to walk and enter it,” Samiljan said. “I want to be able to bring people to a place.”

Samiljan’s solo show at the Copley Society includes 35 pieces, she said.

Copley Society Executive Director Suzan Redgate called Samiljan’s exhibit “beautiful” and said the pieces are relatable, as they portray landscapes and settings in Chicago and the New England area that are familiar to people, as well as being accessible price-wise.

“My first love is landscape and nature,” Samiljan said. “I want to paint places that I’ve been to that made me feel good, or bad, or made me feel something.”

Samiljan’s work will be shown in the Red Room at the Copley Society, one of the two spaces on Newbury Street where artists can show their solo shows.

Marks said the Red Room, which is the smaller of the two spaces, will be a great intimate setting for people to view Samiljan’s art.

“The pieces are going to be very well lined up and close together, so you are going to be able to see a wide range of her work,” Marks said. “It’s going to be a very full gallery, and it will give people an opportunity to see [the paintings] up close and personal.”

Contrary to popular belief, Marks said, the Red Room is not the color red. The gallery walls are repainted for every show to match the artist’s work, she said.

Samiljan, who lived in Boston for 25 years and recently moved back to Chicago, regularly teaches classes at the Evanston Art Center and the North Shore Art League in Winnetka.

“Miniature Moments” will run from Oct. 13 through Dec. 24, while Samiljan will exhibit her “Elemental” series, which includes more abstract landscape paintings, at Navy Pier in April. jenniferhepp2020@u.northwestern.edu

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Medill junior Ryder Chasin to host ‘Blackout’ for Fall Quarter

By MAXINE WHITELY

the daily northwestern @maxine_whitely

“Let’s talk about blacking out,” read the subject line of an email sent to Ryder Chasin from Liam Feroli. It wasn’t an invitation to a party, but a request for Chasin, a Medill junior, to be the new host of The Blackout, Northwestern’s first late night comedy talk show.

As an organization under a year old, The Blackout is still in the throes of self-definition, Communication junior Chelsea Jacobson said. Both stylistically and structurally, the show was based around Jacobson, who was the creator and original host.

When Jacobson started the show, part of the premise was that she was a female late-night talk show host, said talent scout Kathryn Karnaze. Now, the team is working to redefine The Blackout with Chasin as its frontman.

“They’re really giving me an amazing amount of creative direction and jurisdiction over what we’re actually doing and executing on the show,” said Chasin, who is also a staffer for The Daily’s video desk.

Jacobson said her biggest goal is to make The Blackout a core part of Northwestern’s comedy community, attracting a wider student audience.

This quarter, Jacobson is studying abroad in Paris. Her absence, along with the departure of former Executive Director Devon Kerr at the end of Spring Quarter, has forced the young organization to regroup and restructure the show.

Without Jacobson and Kerr, a Communication junior, the staff structure is morphing to fit the show’s demands. After more than 100 people signed up, Jacobson said they need a new system to accommodate the voices of all the people involved with the show.

“I took feedback from everyone and … people wanted to feel more that they could have a hands-on role,” she said.

Karnaze, a Medill sophomore, said Kerr’s former role as executive producer has been split into three

positions for this quarter. She and Feroli, a Communication senior, find talent for the show and its sketches, Communication sophomore Max Kliman produces sketches, and Communication junior Peter Condie plans and coordinates the live show. Each producer works with a group of associate producers, allowing more direction for newer members than last year.

The host of the show was one critical role that remained vacant until this weekend. Now, Chasin,

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We wanted an established upperclassman who had a lot of experience ... His presence on stage was electrifying.

Kathryn Karnaze, Talent scout for The Blackout

tapped by Feroli and Karnaze, is poised to fill the role starting later this fall.

“When we were looking at people for the fall, we wanted an established upperclassman who had a lot of experience in comedy and improv and acting,” Karnaze said. “His presence on stage was electrifying.”

Although Chasin had not previously been part of The Blackout, his involvement with other comedy organizations, including long-form improv group The Titanic Players, may bring new exposure to the show.

“Built into the talk show format is a way to get different people from different communities onto the show,” said Communication senior Ben Gauthier, who is also a member of The Titanic Players. “That brings different people to the audience and to the comedy scene in general, which can be pretty insular.”

The Blackout is scheduled to produce one live show this quarter. maxinewhitely2020@u.northwestern.edu

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Medill junior Ryder Chasin will step in this quarter to host The Blackout, Northwestern’s first late night comedy talk show.

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‘Grounded’ focuses on female Adaptation of Gatsby to empowerment, empathy examine characters’ shame

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Tess Musky-Goldwyn rehearses for the upcoming production of “Grounded.” The Jewish Theatre Ensemble’s fall mainstage production opens Thursday in Shanley Pavilion.

By MADDIE BURAKOFF

the daily northwestern @madsburk

In The Jewish Theatre Ensemble’s fall mainstage production, all it takes is a single performer and a plexiglass box to tell a story about drone warfare, female empowerment, mental health and human empathy.

“Grounded” is a one-woman play that tells the story of a female fighter pilot who is demoted to a drone pilot and explores the challenges she faces in this new role.

Director Joan Sergay said she and producer Austin Manross chose “Grounded” because of its powerful storytelling, relevant messages and female-centric narrative. Manross, a Communication sophomore, said the duo wanted to do something “striking and monumental” but also relatable to the student population.

“It’s political but also personal,” said Sergay, a Communication senior. “I felt it was something a lot of people needed to see.”

“Grounded” takes place over the course of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars and examines drone warfare, terrorism and Middle Eastern involvement, said Tess Musky-Goldwyn, who plays the lead character in the show. She said her character’s narrative is complex as she struggles with mental health and posttraumatic stress disorder as well as motherhood and work-home balance.

The play, which premieres Thursday in Shanley Pavilion, is a one-woman show, which means the unnamed pilot is the only character on stage for the entire 75-minute run of the play.

“On a human level, this story is about a woman attempting to reconnect to what she has been most proud of in her life — what has made her most human,” said Musky-Goldwyn, a Communication senior. “I think that’s a universal thing.”

The military theme is not the sole focus of the production, and instead, there are “multiple entry points” for audiences to take interest in, Sergay said.

In the end, the play is most essentially about humanity, Musky-Goldwyn said. This was why she was able to connect with her character despite lacking first-hand experience with many of the pilot’s life circumstances. The underlying themes of love, power, sacrifice and empathy are all things she said she believes

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Performers rehearse for the upcoming production of “The Great Gatsby.” Northwestern’s first fall mainstage production premieres Friday in the Josephine Louis Theater.

the audience will relate to and hopefully learn from as well.

“My number one goal for audiences is to recognize the power of human empathy, the power of remaining open-minded and worldconscious,” Musky-Goldwyn said. “We are not (just) responsible for ourselves; we are responsible for our communities and everyone around us.”

In directing the production, Sergay said it was difficult to transition from directing multiple actors to focusing on just one. MuskyGoldwyn said the one-woman show was essentially an extended monologue, and memorizing her lines for the show was “a beast.”

But Manross said the single-actor format allows for deeper exploration of the pilot’s story and specifically highlights a woman’s voice. Both Manross and Sergay cited this focus on female storytelling as important to their selection of the work.

Musky-Goldwyn agreed that the female narrative was essential, especially coming from the military, which “has always been a place of male power and testosterone.” She sees parallels between her character and Hillary Clinton in that both are confident women breaking into traditionally male fields.

“Showcasing strong female characters like this in the theatrical world is important not only to the theater and to the modern Amer ic an artist, but (it’s) important to spreading the significance of female power,” Musky-Goldwyn said.

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By OLIVIA ZAPATER-CHARRETTE

the daily northwestern

A high school classic will take center stage in a college theater venue for Northwestern’s first mainstage production of the year.

“The Great Gatsby,” the stage adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel, tells the story of the clash of “new” and “old money” in New York, while critically examining themes of the American Dream in the 1920s.

Director and third year graduate student Michael Cotey said his version of the American classic will differ from other productions because the show will focus more on the characters’ feelings of guilt.

Cotey said “ The Great Gatsby,” his third and final project for his master’s program, is his biggest yet.

The production premieres Friday in the Josephine Louis Theater, put up by the Virginia Wadsworth Wirtz Center for the Performing Arts. “(I thought) what would it be like going back now to t h i s b o ok and rereading it and reengaging with the story now … and trying to find something new with it,” Cotey said.

Cotey wanted to approach the play with “fresh eyes” and Illustration by Ali Bauersfeld focus on the themes he felt were most important to the narrative. He

said he was interested in how the characters carried the “burden of shame” and attempted to fill that emptiness with money, parties, danger and risk.

Despite their efforts, Cotey said none of the characters are able to really escape it in the end.

“They’re like swimmers who try to keep themselves above water,” he said, “but there’s this certainty that they’re going to end up drowning at the end.”

Communication junior Noah LaPook, who plays protagonist Nick Carraway in the production, said the themes of shame and vulnerability echo students’ experiences in college.

Similarly to how Carraway is swept up by the glamor of the new setting, students on a college campus for the first time can be “blinded by the spectacle,” LaPook said.

In fact, he said the rehearsal process reminded him of his first days at Northwestern, going to fraternity parties.

“I remember the first party I went to here. I walked in and was very swept up in the world,” LaPook said. “On the surface people are laughing and drinking and partying and dancing, and then you’re there for long enough, and you realize there’s this undercurrent of anxiety and fear, and there’s a lot of disgusting things happening in unspoken ways.”

Cotey said the script also posed many technical challenges because it condenses a 180page novel — there are 17 scene changes in the show in total.

Third-year graduate student Lauren Nichols, who set designed the production, said she and Cotey tried to create Gatsby’s luxurious world while still executing scene changes by stripping the set pieces to the essentials for each scene.

There’s also an ensemble that doesn’t speak but helps move the furniture and are pieces of the set themselves, Nichols said. The ensemble members form the structure of a car, become stands for flower pots and create the image of water with fabric, she said.

Nichols said the show strives to surprise the audience visually and theatrically.

“The whole show is unexpected from what you would assume you’d be coming to see as part of Gatsby’s story,” Nichols said. oliviazc@u.northwestern.edu

COMING UP A&E Thursday

Friday

Saturday

• “Grounded,” Shanley Pavilion, 8 p.m.

• “Grounded,” Shanley Pavilion, 8 and 10:30

• “Grounded,” Shanley Pavilion, 2 and 8 p.m.

• “The Great Gatsby,” Josephine Louis Theater,

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Murray added she feels body cameras are more effective than neighborhood cameras in solving crime in Evanston.

In its efforts to be more transparent, UP also launched a new webpage, Graham said.

The page shows data on policing, such as whom UP is stopping, which officers are stopping people and what kinds of traffic stops the department is engaging in, she said. The decision to make this data public was a result of a series of national conversations on policing, she said.

“We decided, why don’t we share this with the community?” Graham said. “If we identify a problem, we should address the problem and we should be transparent about what it is we’re doing, especially when this is a national concern.”

UP will publish information on the webpage quarterly, Graham said, but the department reviews data closely each month to identify any trends.

people with something that is “outside the normal realm of municipal government.”

“That fund has provided some flexibility to get some people out of harm’s way quickly,” he said.

This year’s donation also will include $500,000 to place bike lanes on Sheridan Road, according to a news release. Last year, $500,000 was also allocated to the project. Bike lanes and other improvements on Sheridan are set to be constructed next summer.

In a meeting with The Daily on Tuesday, Schapiro said he is concerned installing bike lanes on Sheridan may not automatically the road safer.

“The idea that all bike lanes make make everything safe is just not right … it depends on where you put the bike lanes,” he said. “We want to make sure they get it right.”

In plans released by the city last week, the bike lanes will be installed on the east side of Sheridan Road, which will be widened from the intersection of Chicago Avenue and Sheridan Road to Northwestern Place.

“Evanston is where we work and where many of us live and send our children to school,” Schapiro said in a news release. “We love this community, and we are grateful for the opportunity to partner with Mayor Tisdahl, a great leader of a great city, on some important priorities.”

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If we identify a problem, we should address the problem and we should be transparent about it is we’re doing.

Gloria Graham, Deputy chief of University Police

Graham said UP is also focusing on inclusivity.

Its in-service training earlier this year discussed implicit bias research, LGBTQ awareness and dealing with trauma after sexual assault or domestic violence, she said.

The theme of this year’s in-service training was inclusiveness, Graham said. UP wants its officers to be comfortable having conversations with different groups of people on campus, including survivors of domestic violence and those who have been traumatized by sexual assault, she said.

Graham said it was helpful for officers to understand how to use appropriate language and be conscious of pronoun use.

She added there is a lot of talk about fair and equitable policing, and implicit bias is a big piece of the discussion. The topic was chosen because UP had not found a record of having ever done training that included presentations about research on implicit bias, she said.

It is important to understand that even people with good intentions have biases, Graham said.

“If you know that about yourself, or even you know that about your peers or the people that you’re supervising, then you can take some sort of action to counter that bias,” she said.

Allyson Chiu and Nora Shelly contributed reporting. peterkotecki2018@u.northwestern.edu

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An amendment Senate approved with the resolution recommended the task force consider a longterm possibility of closing down a part of Sheridan Road passing through the University to “all or most vehicle traffic” in order for the road to be reclaimed as a “public space.”

“The problem with Sheridan is it’s people (driving) who have no interest in the University, are not going to anywhere at the University, have no involvement with the University and may not live in Evanston or Chicago,” SESP sophomore Ben Powell said. “(They) are coming from northern suburbs to Chicago or

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The Board agreed the discussion must include outlining what role the Board and the shelter would play in the program.

“The welfare of the cats will be the responsibility of Animal Welfare Board,” said Diane Valletta, a member of the Board.

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Mayor Elizabeth Tisdahl speaks at an event. Tisdahl and University President Morton Schapiro announced Wednesday the allocation for the second year of the Good Neighbor Fund.

back again at the end of the day and are causing massive traffic jams that pose a danger to students.”

An amendment to the amendment was proposed to alter the language to specifically block traffic of “non-university affiliated vehicles” on Sheridan, but it was voted down.

Cilento said ASG received $10,000 in funding from the Office of the President to get free bike helmets and plans to distribute them next week, which she hopes will become an annual program.

The city will also be giving out and installing bike lights Thursday at The Arch and 1823 Church St. Emergency legislation was also presented at the meeting to revise the composition of the A-status finances committee. The changes include increasing the number of members from 12 to 14, removing

the requirement that six senators must serve on the committee and changing the procedure for voting to recognize decisions.

Previously, recognition decisions had to be approved by a two-thirds majority of the Joint Committee, which comprises both the A-Status and B-Status committees. The new procedure requires a two-third majority of present A-Status and B-Status Finances committee members separately, according to the resolution.

“It allows more people from different parts of campus to participate, even if they’re not a senator, in the allocation process,” said Weinberg senior Eric Oringer, vice president for A-status finances.

Valletta supported the program, saying it is a “fabulous idea.” Several board members also said they were in favor of of the possible program.

“I think it has a tremendous potential be a success in the city,” said Rives.

The meeting also reviewed the Evanston Animal Shelter Association’s performance in dealing with Evanston’s stray cats and dogs following the Board’s implementation of its new ‘no-kill’ philosophy. Only 30 of the 447

dogs and cats taken in by EASA last month were euthanized.

“Almost all of the 30 euthanized animals were put down for health problems,” said Jill Cabot, vice chair of Animal Welfare Board.

Cabot said the numbers are encouraging.

“There is nobody else in the area that is doing quite the same,” said Rives. “It feels like we are making a big difference.”

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Most credit, debit card users will no longer need ID at campus retailers

Starting Thursday, most customers at retail locations on campus will not be asked to show an ID when paying with a credit or debit card, said Ken Field, director of dining.

Previously, those paying with a credit or debit card were asked to present a Wildcard or government-issued ID with any purchase.

Field said although showing an ID was never required, on-campus retailers asked customers to have one available when approaching the register.

In an email to The Daily, Field said this decision was made during a meeting Wednesday after administrators discussed complaints from students and staff who said the identity verification is unnecessary and slows down the payment process.

Now, on-campus retailers will only require customers to show an ID if the back of their credit or debit card is unsigned. Customers will still be asked to sign their receipts to verify they are the ones making the transaction, Field said.

NU prof named one of world’s most influential people in finance Economics Prof. Robert Gordon took 36th place in Bloomberg’s 2016 list of the world’s 50 most influential people in finance.

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Northwestern dropped 29 spots in Trojan’s annual Sexual Health Report Card, which ranks sexual health on college campuses.

The ranking, which is sponsored by Trojan Condoms and conducted by Sperling’s BestPlaces, considers factors such as schools’ “contraceptive availability, HIV/STI testing and superior sexual health resources on campus.” It has been released annually since 2006.

The Sexual Health Report Card analyzes 140 campuses nationwide. NU was ranked 38th in 2014 and jumped up to 20th last year. However, it dropped to 49th in this year’s report.

Trojan’s report noted that “comparing year-overyear rankings, it is clear that schools continue to make sexual health a priority.”

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Gordon has also been elected a Distinguished Fellow of the American Economic Association and is a Fellow of the Econometric Society and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

Theresa May, prime minister of the United Kingdom, topped the list, and presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump tied for second place.

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was also stronger than it had been in recent matches. Senior outside hitter Rafae Strobos led the team with 10 digs, and junior setter Taylor Tashima added nine of her own.

Tashima said NU’s strong defensive play early on helped the team establish a rhythm on the offensive side of the net.

“Our in-system percentage was a lot higher, so I was able to set the off ense,” Tashima said. “I had a lot more options.”

The second set was similar to the first — although the Cats played well, they were worn down by the visitors after a run put the set out of reach. The Wolverines took the set, 25-18.

NU’s sound play came to an end in the third set. The power and length of Michigan overwhelmed the Cats, who played without sophomore libero Katie Kniep due to a back injury for the third consecutive match.

Davis said NU did not compete at the level it could have in the final set.

“In the third set, we gave up. Plain and simple,” Davis said. “We gave up, and we didn’t want to fight.”

The Wolverines had five players tally five or more kills, and the team notched a .314 hitting percentage on the match. Outside of Abbott, no Wildcat had more than five kills.

NU next faces Illinois on the road Saturday. The Fighting Illini earned a sweep at Welsh-Ryan just eight days ago.

Davis said the players have to take it upon themselves to turn their season around.

“The players have to come in and they have to work hard,” Davis said. “They have to earn it.”

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markets.” According to the list, Chair of the Federal Reserve Janet Yellen has referenced Gordon in her speeches more times than any other economist outside the central bank.

Gordon served as chair of the Northwestern economics department from 1992 to 1996 and has been at the school since 1973.

He is an expert on inflation, employment and long-term economic growth, and he is widely recognized for his work on U.S. economic growth.

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Lauren Clem punts the ball downfield. The junior goalkeeper was busy against Michigan on Sunday, notching a career-high 11 saves.

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On top of that, the Cats lose home-field advantage as they prepare for a two-game away trip. Thus far this season, NU has gone 8-0-0 in Evanston and 4-1-1 on the road.

“Traveling is always a different environment,” Korhonen said after Sunday’s win. “We just have to keep our heads in it.”

As they search for a rhythm in preparation for the regular season’s home stretch, the Cats

will also look to use each contest as a springboard to improve, all while balancing their long-term goals with the individual tasks ahead. “(We need to) keep trying to improve instead of getting caught up in results and rankings,” coach Michael Moynihan said. “That all sorts itself out at the end of the season. Go into every game knowing that … the last place team beat the first place team in the conference. On any given day, anything can happen.” garrettjochnau2019@u.northwestern.edu

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Northwestern plans to rely on maturity, leadership and hard work when the team takes on Eastern Michigan in the first dual meet of the season Friday.

Coming off an eighth-place finish in the Big Ten Championships in 2016, the team’s best since 2009, the Wildcats hope to ride last year’s late-season momentum into their first meet.

“Last season we got better at dual meets throughout the year,” sophomore Tyler Lis said. “This year, we want to start from where we left off and go from there to post some fast times.”

NU’s young team from last season put together a strong finish, but the

biggest name on the squad didn’t swim for the Cats in 2016. This season, U.S. Olympian Jordan Wilimovsky is making his return to the team after taking a year off to train for the 2016 Summer Olympics.

Wilimovsky said he’s excited to be training at NU again and be surrounded by his teammates, as he practiced in a much smaller group while training for Rio. He also hopes to use his Olympic experience to produce better individual times this season and to provide guidance to his teammates.

“Most of these guys are pretty experienced, but there still might be situations I’ve been in where I could give them some advice,” Wilimovsky said.

Wilimovsky’s homecoming has influenced the team in and out of the pool.

Senior Andy Jovanovic said even before making his appearance in the Olympics, Wilimovsky possessed a model work ethic and attitude in practice.

“When I saw his demeanor and the way he approached everything, I was like ‘If he can do it, I can do it,’” Jovanovic said.

Beyond Wilimovsky’s return, the Cats are confident if the team remains healthy this season, they can achieve success. Last season, from top to bottom, the team was plagued by injury, losing key contributors like Grant Halsall and Van Donkersgoed, who have since graduated.

The team also enjoys greater experience this season. Unlike last year, when 10 freshmen joined the team, this year’s squad contains no new members. As a

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result, NU has been able to focus primarily on accomplishing concrete team goals rather than nurturing individual development, former captain junior Almog Olshtein said.

Olshtein said in the short-term, the team will focus on producing faster times during the regular season, while in the long-term, it will attempt to place higher in the Big Tens.

“I would say last year was more about building the team for the future,” Olshtein said. “The main goal for this season is to finish higher in the rankings.”

Jovanovic also believes the increased overall experience of the group will benefit the team in competition.

“A lot of the underclassmen have really stepped up in accepting their roles in terms of what we need them to do,”

Jovanovic said.

To help facilitate improvement, the Cats have also made minor adjustments to the dynamic of team practices. Veterans of the team requested to have more opportunities to race each other in practice and over the past month and have seen positive results, Lis said.

Although NU’s swimmers are competing against each other more in practice, Olshtein said team chemistry is still a priority for a Cats squad looking to make noise in the Big Ten. “We do team dinners together; we go to the city together, and we hang out together. It’s a big family,” Olshtein said. “I don’t know if you can get that on any other team.” troyclosson2020@u.northwestern.edu

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NU takes to road for Cats topped in straight sets matchup with Iowa 3 No. 18 Michigan

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Last Sunday’s win over Michigan opened new doors for No. 22 Northwestern, putting it a point behind first place in the Big Ten and making its goal of winning the conference’s regular season title feasible with four games remaining.

But even with an easier matchup against Iowa (7-8-0, 1-6-0 Big Ten) awaiting them Thursday, the Wildcats (12-1-1, 5-1-1) are hesitant to think big-picture.

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We know on any given day, anything can happen.

Rachel Zampa, Senior midfielder

“(We’re) treating every game as the game that’s going to get us into the Big Ten Tournament,” senior midfielder Rachel Zampa said.

“We’re not going to take anything lightly. We know on any given day, anything can happen, so we’re trying to focus on our own strengths … as

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opposed to being content with where we are.”

NU’s strengths were evident against Michigan, where a careerhigh 11 saves from goalkeeper Lauren Clem anchored a defense that found its footing in the second half.

The Cats’ scrappy style of offensive play helped produce a pair of goals from inside the box, with set pieces playing a big role in the 2-1 victory.

Now, they’ll look to get their defense back on track for a full 90 minutes and to weather the loss of top-scorer Brenna Lovera to an ACL injury.

“One of our focuses this year has been our attacking third,” Zampa said. “We need that attacking mentality. We need to find more people that can go in and make that difference, just like (sophomore midfielder) Olivia (Korhonen) did in the last game, to come into the game and make that impact in that final third.”

Though Iowa is tied for last place in the Big Ten, its only conference losses by more than one goal have come against Ohio State, Penn State and Minnesota, teams in top half of the Big Ten standings. » See WOMEN’S SOCCER, page 7

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Northwestern is making the wrong kind of history.

The Wildcats (7-12, 0-7 Big Ten) fell at home Wednesday to No. 18 Michigan (16-3, 5-2) in yet another straight-set defeat. The loss is the sixth straight match NU has been swept, the longest such streak in more than a decade.

The final score of Wednesday’s match, though, was not indicative of the Cats’ overall competitiveness.

“In the first two sets, I thought

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we came out and we competed,” Coach Shane Davis said. “We were sticking to the defensive plan, and we were holding Michigan to a lower hitting percentage. We were doing great.”

NU’s initial defensive intensity helped it keep the first set close at 6-6. However, a quick run then gave the Wolverines a 12-8 lead.

Although the Cats had bright

spots on the offensive side of the court, they were not able to recover from the visitor’s rally, as Michigan took the first set, 25-17.

Junior outside hitter Symone Abbott, who had 15 kills in the match, was a positive for NU’s offense, while junior middle blocker Gabrielle Hazen and senior middle blocker Maddie Slater each had five kills.

“I had a lot of one-on-ones tonight,” Abbott said. “Having (Hazen and Slater) as a threat made it easier for me to get kills.”

The Cats’ defense and serve-receive » See VOLLEYBALL, page 7

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Symone Abbott spikes the ball. The junior outside hitter had 15 kills, but that was not enough to save Northwestern from a sixthstraight sweep.