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Although city manager Wally Bobkiewicz said plans for bike lanes on Sheridan Road are “largely set in stone,” conversation among students, residents and city officials will likely be rekindled at a council meeting tomorrow. Ald. Judy Fiske (1st) is encouraging students to attend Monday’s City Council meeting, at which plans for the lane construction will be presented. The push for bike lanes, which are set to be constructed next summer, was renewed after the death of freshman Chuyuan “Chu” Qiu, who was killed in September while turning onto Sheridan Road on her bike. The plans for the bike lanes were finalized by a council vote in 2014, Bobkiewicz said. However, small tweaks could be made to the plans before construction, he said. In an interview with The Daily last week, University President Morton Schapiro urged close consideration of bike lanes construction. “The idea that all bike lanes somehow make everything safe is just not right … It depends on where you put the bike lanes,” he
said. “We want to make sure that they get it right.” Schapiro said Qiu’s death was an “unthinkable tragedy” and that he keeps a photo of the first-year student on his desk. “If we don’t have the right kind of bike lanes, it’s not going to address anything — in fact, it can exacerbate things,” he said. “So if we’re going to do this, we’d better know what we’re doing.” Under the current design, the bike lanes will extend from the intersection of Sheridan Road and Chicago Avenue and extend north to Lincoln Street on the east side of the road. There will be two lanes of traffic going either direction from Chicago Avenue to Northwestern Place, and one lane north of there to Central Street. Fiske and Ald. Eleanor Revelle (7th) — whose wards both include parts of Sheridan Road — have asked the council to consider lowering the speed limit to 25 mph. The current limit is 30 mph. Both Schapiro and Fiske support lowering the speed limit. Aldermen would have to pass an ordinance to lower the limit. Communication senior Emily Blim, who started a petition following Qiu’s death urging aldermen to lower the speed limit on Sheridan Road, said she currently avoids biking on the road. Blim, who has been an avid cyclist since her first year of college, said although bike lanes can » See BIKE LANES, page 3
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Author and Holocaust survivor Ava Kadishson Schieber speaks at Fiedler Hillel about her new book, “Present Past.” Schieber launched the collection of stories, artwork and poetry that describe her life after the Holocaust at an event Sunday.
Holocaust survivor speaks at NU Author launches new book at Fiedler Hillel about life after war By KRISTINE LIAO
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Author and artist Ava Kadishson Schieber’s first painting after surviving the Holocaust was of a whirlpool. “If I could paint it out, I could face it,” Schieber told The Daily. “That was how I felt, diving into a whirlpool.” Schieber launched her
book, “Present Past ” — a collection of stories, artwork and poetry that describe her life after the Holocaust — on Sunday at Fiedler Hillel. The event was attended by roughly 40 people, who received signed copies of Schieber’s book. Published by Northwestern University Press, “Present Past” follows Schieber’s first book “Soundless Roar,” which was published in 2002 and is
written in a similar format. “Soundless Roar” focused on her experience during the Holocaust, when she was forced into hiding on isolated farmland for four years. “It took some time after the war to learn how to communicate again,” Schieber said. “I went four years in complete silence and hiding. I had learned how to listen and not to speak.” Painting was Schieber’s
first step in opening up about her experience during and after the war. “Abstracting (through art) was kind of a shelter,” Schieber said. “Words are really explicit. Maybe I’m still in a place here and there in hiding. Being open takes a lot of decision.” Schieber started writing about her Holocaust » See BOOK, page 3
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The current speed limit on Sheridan Road through campus is 30 miles per hour. Discussion about plans for bike lanes on the road is set to continue at tomorrow’s council meeting.
Former Evanston Township supervisor Gary Gaspard will run for mayor, he announced in an email Friday. Gaspard said several concerned citizens encouraged him
to run for mayor after meeting with several community leaders. He said he will make a committee to understand citizens’ concerns and ideas to improve Evanston. Gaspard served as Evanston Township supervisor in 2013 but resigned in October 2013 after less than five months on the job, citing an unanticipated
time commitment. Gaspard said he values transparency and loyalty to his voters, and although he faced challenges as supervisor, he wants to work with his constituents to emphasize safety, education and economic development. “In my little short time, I have met every promise I have made to my voters,” Gaspard
said. Evanston residents voted to dissolve the township in March 2014. Before then, the township was a separate entity that had the same borders of the city and provided tax advice and assistance to those in need. City manager Wally Bobkiewicz » See GASPARD, page 3
Former Obama social media aide speaks at Medill event Caleb Gardner asks students to seek out opposing views
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President Barack Obama’s former digital director Caleb Gardner spoke to more than 30 people Friday about the importance of exploring opposing viewpoints on social media. Gardner, who is now a digital
marketer at global management consulting firm Bain & Company, said students should read news sources that may clash with their own views, mentioning Facebook and its newsfeed algorithm, which sorts through content and ranks stories in order of importance to best engage users. “Facebook is the number one news source in America,” he said. “If that doesn’t frighten you, you don’t know about Facebook’s news feed algorithm, because it’s catered to what you believe and engage with.”
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Because of this, students’ political opinions are reinforced because they are only exposed to similar content, he said. Gardner was the keynote speaker for last week’s Medill Fridays, a weekly event hosted by Medill to discuss topics relevant to journalism. Medill Prof. Candy Lee, who helped organize the event, introduced Gardner and told the crowd that the president himself told Gardner that, in terms of social media presence, Gardner is “a better President Barack
Obama than President Barack Obama.” Gardner told The Daily he hopes students took away the importance of civility in politics and on social media. He said civility can’t happen on its own, and it is up to users to improve the state of social media. Lee said the event’s organizers wanted to invite a speaker who would engage students about current issues and encourage them to think in different ways. “Most people would know about the political process on
Twitter, but they might not be thinking about how civility might be impacted in the future by what’s happening in the current campaign,” Lee told The Daily. Medill junior Joshua Burton disagreed with Gardner’s argument on civility, saying there is a difference between being civil and respectful. “Social media is a way for people to argue for different perspectives,” Burton said. “You don’t have to be civil per se, but I think you do have to respect
other people’s opinions.” Although Burton said he appreciated Gardner’s insight about the upcoming election, he does not think it will change his own use of social media, but rather, how he perceives other users. “His point about using social media as a source of good in a complex political climate is interesting,” Burton said. “It’s going to change how I feel (about) social media for my own good.” marydolgoff2020@u.northwestern.edu
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AROUND TOWN Illinois to train convicts in life skills By NORA SHELLY
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Gov. Bruce Rauner announced last week that the Illinois Department of Corrections will be opening up a life skills facility for convicts in southern Illinois. Rauner ordered the Illinois Department of Corrections to repurpose a juvenile facility in Murphysboro into a Life Skills and Re-entry facility, which will aim to give prisoners education, vocational and life skills training to encourage a more successful transition once they leave prison. “After somebody has been punished for a crime, we can keep our communities safer; we can reduce crime, if we give them skills so that they’re not right back doing illegal things again,” Rauner said during a press conference. “We’ve got to stop the revolving door.” Rauner has made criminal justice reform a key part of his administration’s work. Rauner established the Illinois State Commission on Criminal Justice and Sentencing Reform at the beginning of his term to examine the criminal justice system in Illinois. Last month he advocated an initiative to provide offenders with a
state ID when they leave prison to ease aspects of transitioning to normal life. The center will be positive both for inmates and Illinois residents, Rauner said. This is a good facility,” he said. “Right now our facilities are not being run well for our corrections officers or for our offenders.” The facility would be “transformational,” said John Baldwin, the department of corrections’ acting director. “Almost half of the people who serve time in the Illinois Department of Corrections come back to us. That is fundamentally wrong,” he said at the press conference. “They have served their time, they have served their sentence, they need a viable second chance.” Baldwin said training inmates for life after prison is the state’s duty. But Edwin Yohnka, communications and public policy director for the American Civil Liberties Union of Illinois, said although life skills training is a good step, the state needs to do more to reform its criminal justice system. “We essentially have a system that’s been broken, and it’s been broken by the fact that we over-relied on that criminal justice system to fix all of the ills of our society,” he said. Apart from preparing offenders for life after imprisonment, Yohnka said reducing the
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A woman discovered her rear window shattered after leaving work at St. Francis Hospital, 355 Ridge Ave., on Thursday evening. The woman parked her car, a 2008 Mercedes, a little before 7 a.m. She discovered the damage at about 8:20 p.m, Dugan said. No property was discovered missing from the car, nor were any rocks or projectiles that could have caused the damage. The woman, a 66-year-old Glenview resident, said she has had no feuds or disagreements with people to cause
amount of people who are incarcerated and the length of sentences would be essential to reform. Yohnka also said judges need to have more power over sentencing to reduce the harm of mandatory minimums. “To have some sort of decision making and judgement in determining how long someone should be incarcerated is a really important step,” he said. Additionally, Rauner announced the state will also be closing an outdated portion of a prison in northeast Illinois. Called a “roundhouse” for its circular design, the “F House” at Stateville Correctional Center creates safety problems for both prisoners and guards, a news release said. The building is the last remaining roundhouse prison facility in the country, Rauner said. The corrections officers employed in the “F House” will be reassigned to other positions. “It’s a terrible place,” he said. “If you spend time in there, you’re going to have mental health issues … We should’ve closed that years ago.” “F House” will be closed in six to eight weeks, Rauner said.
Police officers are investigating the defacement of a sign at Nichols Middle School, 800 Greenleaf St. Illegible green spray paint markings were discovered Thursday at about 12:30 p.m. on a sign near the school’s playground, Evanston police Cmdr. Joseph Dugan said. The sign was likely graffitied sometime Wednesday night or Thursday morning, Dugan said.
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ON CAMPUS Chemistry professor awarded $1 million for alternative fuel research Chemistry Prof. Mercouri Kanatzidis will go to Israel to receive the world’s largest monetary award for alternative fuel research. Kanatzidis is a recipient of the $1 million Eric and Sheila Samson Prime Minister’s Prize for Innovation in Alternative Fuels for Transportation. The inorganic chemist has worked with Massachusetts Institute of Technology chemistry
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From page 1 experience for her grandchildren. She said she wanted their generation to understand the history and its potential to repeat itself. The book launch event was conducted in an interview format, split into three sections by readings of excerpts from the book. Weinberg senior Molly Benedict was one of the three students from Jewish studies Prof. Phyllis Lassner’s “Gender, Race and the Holocaust” course who read an excerpt. “Her poetry, compared to what I usually read, has a realness to it,” Benedict told The Daily. “You know it’s based on experience and memory.”
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became the interim township supervisor after Gaspard resigned. Township services were absorbed by city management in April 2014. Mayor Elizabeth Tisdahl endorsed Gaspard for township supervisor, but said she has some concerns about his running for mayor. Tisdahl said he did not consult her before announcing his candidacy, and Gaspard confirmed that he did not notify her before he announced. “I will tell you that Gary is an excellent campaigner,” Tisdahl said. “He will be out passing out
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Prof. Gregory Stephanopoulos — with whom he will share the prize equally — in alternative fuel development. They are being recognized for their research on automobile fossil fuel reduction and thermoelectrics, which are semiconductors that convert heat into electricity. Kanatzidis heard the news Oct. 5 while at the press conference for chemistry Prof. Sir Fraser Stoddart’s Nobel Prize in Chemistry, according to a news release, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Science, Technology and Space Minister Ofir Akunis announced the winners and congratulated them for their “marvelous scientific achievements.”
“I am proud that Israel is taking an active part in supporting innovative science to promote alternative fuels for transportation,” Netanyahu said in a news release. “This will make our world cleaner, safer and sustainable.” Kanatzidis and Stephanopoulos will be honored in Israel on Nov. 2 at the fourth annual Fuel Choices Summit in Tel Aviv. “I was speechless when I heard the news from Israel,” Kanatzidis said in the news release. “Some people have to go to Stockholm, and I have to go to Tel Aviv. I am very OK with that.”
Benedict said it was eye-opening to learn about life after the Holocaust, considering most Holocaust accounts describe experiences during the war. She also said the format of the event was a good representation of the way Schieber’s book moves back and forth between past and present. SESP senior Jenny Hendrix joined SESP Prof. Danny M. Cohen in interviewing Schieber. Hendrix said she met Schieber last year when Schieber was a guest speaker in Cohen’s class. “I remember the first time she came I was almost afraid to ask her questions,” Hendrix told The Daily. “To be in the presence of someone who’s experienced so much was really nerve-racking. But the amazing thing
about Ava is she’s so open and so willing to talk about anything you want to ask her.” Hendrix told The Daily that Schieber is “one of the most amazing people” she’s had the opportunity to speak with. During the event, Hendrix asked Schieber about the current conflicts happening around the world, including the Syrian refugee crisis. Schieber said the Syrian refugee experience, which forces people to leave everything behind and take only what means the most to them, reminds her of her own experiences. “It doesn’t make me peaceful and quiet,” Schieber said. “On the contrary, it is really deja vu.”
his literature in subzero temperatures with a smile on his face. He’ll work hard at it. But he had a tough time in the first job, and I don’t know what has changed.” Gaspard said even though he may face challenges if elected mayor, his “eagerness for change” will help him push for policy initiatives voters want to see. “I look in the mirror and expect that I will find the same challenges,” Gaspard said. “I am a fighter. I’m not a quitter. I want to fight strategically, and I want to serve my constituents.” Gaspard received some criticism in August 2013 for a township budget proposal that included a 29 percent increase in spending. Ald. Delores Holmes
(5th) said at the time that she had to meet with him twice before his presentation to the committee because the original draft was “embarrassing.” The Human Services Committee refused to recommend his budget. Holmes declined to comment on his candidacy. Gaspard said the budget was drafted within the first few weeks of him taking office as township supervisor. Ald. Brian Miller (9th), Ald. Mark Tendam (6th) and entrepreneur Steve Hagerty are also running for mayor. The election is April 4, 2017.
make things easier for people trying to get from one point to another as quickly as possible, they can be intimidating for some cyclists. “It’s dangerous for inexperienced bikers because it gives this sense of security that is not necessarily there,” she said. Although the plans for construction have already been approved, Fiske said she feels better they are again being discussed. She added that she voted against the bike lane plan and has always felt one lane in both directions would be safer. Although slowed traffic with one lane in either direction may be frustrating, Fiske said slower traffic would create a safer situation for cyclists. There are a lot of “potential conflicts” on Sheridan Road, Fiske said, and the road seems to have become more heavily used in the last five or so years. “People who are the least protected are first pedestrians and secondly bicyclists,” she said. Fiske said it is essential for students to become involved in the discussion, despite the fact the plans are already approved. “Really this is designed for Northwestern students,” she said. “We need everyone to be involved with this.” SESP sophomore Ben Powell, who is an Associated Student Government senator for five social justice groups, said he appreciates the effort to involve students in the discussion. Powell introduced an amendment at ASG on Wednesday asking the city to consider permanently closing Sheridan Road to through traffic. Powell said he didn’t introduce the amendment to stop car traffic on that road immediately, but to get people thinking about how the road could be differently used. “It’s easy to stick with the perception that a road is just a road for cars,” he said. “A road is a public space, and both students and residents of Evanston should be able to use it as a public space and really think through whether it’s being used to serve that end.” Powell said he thinks the bike lanes are a good step and that the road as it’s currently designed is “dominated” by cars. “We should always be looking at whether what we have is actually serving our needs,” Powell said.
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We cannot normalize Donald Trump Finding your ALEX SCHWARTZ
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I recently heard someone at Northwestern say that it’s hard for them to be a Trump supporter on this campus. They expressed that the hostility and judgement they received from their liberal friends was, at times, too much to deal with; they felt like this was simply another case of progressives blocking out ideas they don’t agree with. I’ll say this: If this were 2012 and they were voting for Mitt Romney, I would disagree but I wouldn’t judge them — political opinions should not warrant personal criticism. But Donald Trump is not Mitt Romney. Voting for him does not just constitute a political opinion. I respect others’ views and their right to disagree with me. I may not agree with all of them, but I certainly don’t think less of them as people because of them. I can agree to disagree with those who put faith in the market rather than the government, those who support a strong military and an assertive foreign policy or those more moderate on most social issues. But I have to draw a line in this election. Donald Trump isn’t that one uncle who sometimes says some questionable things at Thanksgiving. During his campaign, he has shown himself to be a pathological liar, a racist, a sexist and a demagogue. He is facing multiple sexual assault allegations. I am speaking to those voters who are likely in agreement with the fact that some of these
things are objectionable, yet still plan to vote for him. I understand the practical reasons why many may still vote for Trump: the nomination of conservative Supreme Court justices, his position on foreign trade, even his desire to tighten up our immigration system — other than the wall, of course. And with a different candidate I’d say that to vote because of party allegiance would be entirely valid. But Trump carries far too much baggage. He is an existential threat to the character of this nation. We cannot normalize Trump. We cannot subject him to conventional political analysis because that would diminish how fearmongering and unqualified he actually is. But people don’t seem to talk about the most obvious way of normalizing Trump: voting for him. The very act of casting a vote for Donald Trump cements the idea this type of behavior is acceptable in American politics. It is rewarding Trump for his indecency. I get it. Many of these students simply don’t want to vote for Hillary Clinton. But as things stand, she is likely going to win. I’m going to assume they don’t support sexism, bigotry, racism or xenophobia. So why vote for a candidate who promotes these very principles? Aside from the fact Trump won’t be able to enact most of his outlandish policy ideas, do they really support the idea of him being the face of our nation? So, being a Trump supporter is “hard” on campus. But is being a Trump supporter harder than being a Mexican American, terrified of being discriminated against or even deported under a potential Trump presidency despite doing nothing wrong? Is it harder than being Muslim, blamed for
attacks carried out by people who represent the most extreme and fundamentalist iterations of Islam? Is it harder than being a victim of sexual harassment or assault, too scared to come forward after being told over and over again to “get over it?”
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I’m going to assume they don’t support sexism, bigotry, racism or xenophobia. So why vote for a candidate who promotes these very principles?
The Latinx community. Muslims. The disabled. Prisoners of war. Women. Every marginalized group Trump has bashed are the ones who have it “hard.” And they don’t even have a choice — they’re targeted because of their identities. But, unlike them, voters have a choice. We don’t have to support the bigotry, the hatred and the lack of decorum Trump stands for. Don’t vote for Donald Trump, but if you do, never say you have it “hard.” Alex Schwartz is a Medill freshman. He can be contacted at alexanderschwartz2020@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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Before I left for Northwestern, I thought the transition to college would be easy. After all, the pictures my friends posted on Facebook, Snapchat and Instagram presented college as a breeze. However, through a few weeks at NU I am still trying to find out where I fit, and most of my friends are, too. From choosing a major to picking extracurriculars, the adjustment has challenges. Even something as seemingly trivial as finding a study spot can be a challenge. First I tried the Lakefill, but ants and tiny spiders invaded my backpack, jeans and seminar reading. Lisa’s Cafe seemed appealing, but there I found myself chatting more than actually working. The same distractions plagued me when I tried to work in my room. As soon as I walked into Main Library, I was immediately overwhelmed. The library felt more like a maze than an inviting place to get my work done. I felt like a Wildcat Goldilocks: one spot was too hot, one was too cold, and I had no idea where to find the one that was just right. I began to worry I wouldn’t find a place to feel comfortable at NU, to study or to stay. Finally, I found my sweet spot. Between the wooden bookcases and towering windows of Deering Library I finally felt my most productive. The room wasn’t too quiet, nor was it too far from my dorm. It was well lit and cozy. I realized this process of trial and error was not only necessary to find the right study spot, but also to adjust to college as a whole. During Wildcat Welcome I remember feeling a pit in my stomach and my heart racing as I went to discuss my class selections with my Peer Adviser. I had and still have no idea what I want to major in. It often feels like there is pressure to arrive on campus and immediately know where we fit in. However, I received sage advice from my PA: Try things out, and by trying certain classes you’ll find out what you love and what you can’t stand. In order to find the things where we truly excel and are happy doing or the places we study best, we must first try things that make us miserable. I keep reminding myself it is unrealistic to arrive at college and immediately have everything figured out. I must remember pictures can be deceiving and that everyone presents their best selves online. On social media, college looks like all fun and games, rather than the trial-and-error process of adjustment this first quarter actually is. Instagram does not tell the whole story, and only through trial and error will I find the things I am passionate about and works for me. Finding my study spot after a few weeks on campus assured me that adjustment takes time. Though it might take me from the Lakefill to Lisa’s, from Main to my room, the process of finding a place at NU won’t be captured on social media. Marisa Kaplan is a Weinberg freshman. She can be contacted at marisakaplan2020@u.northwestern. edu. If you would like to respond publicly to this column, send a Letter to the Editor to opinion@ dailynorthwestern.com. The views expressed in this piece do not necessarily reflect the views of all staff members of The Daily Northwestern.
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Silence is deafening for everyone else, but it feels good for us. — Clayton Thorson, quarterback
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loved the way our young men responded.” NU used quick starts in its other two wins this season, striking first against both Duke and Iowa, but this game did not follow a similar path. In fact, the high-scoring shootout proved to be unlike any the Cats have played in years. The Cats stormed backed against the Spartans with explosive offensive play after explosive off ensive play. Junior running back Justin Jackson zoomed for 29 yards to the end zone to cut the deficit to 14-7. Then sophomore quarterback Clayton Thorson connected with senior receiver Austin Carr to move the score to 17-14 after a Michigan State field goal. By halftime the Cats had the lead.
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EAST LANSING, Michigan — Opposing Big Ten schools might want to stop scheduling their homecomings when Northwestern comes to town. For the second time in three weeks, the Wildcats (3-3, 2-1 Big Ten) spoiled the homecoming of a favored conference foe, taking down Michigan State (2-4, 0-3) at sold-out Spartan Stadium Saturday. “You’ve got to have that mentality of like, team’s scheduling their homecomings against us, let’s make it our homecoming,” senior defensive end Ifeadi Odenigbo said. “We talked about it before the game, this is our homecoming right here.” The Cats, who took down Iowa at its homecoming two weeks ago, got off to a rocky start in the eventual 54-40 victory. Michigan State took an early 14-0 lead, as the Spartans scored quickly on their second drive and then used a pick-six from defensive back Justin Layne to dig an early hole for the NU. “We knew they were going to try and knock us out early,” coach Pat Fitzgerald said. “We basically got what we expected … but I really
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By the end of the night, they had their best off ensive performance since 2011 and their first 50-point outing since 2012. Both Carr and Jackson went on to have career days. Jackson finished with a career-high 188 rushing yards, while Carr captured a careerhigh in receptions with 11. Meanwhile, Thorson shook off the errant first quarter throw picked off by Layne, putting together one of his best days as a Wildcat. He finished a stellar 27-for-35 with four total touchdowns and 281 passing yards. “I think everyone kind of
realized that the interception for a touchdown was my fault,” Thorson said. “Just try and weather the storm there for a little bit, and then we picked it up after that.” Thorson was on the mark early in the second half, connecting with sophomore receiver Flynn Nagel for a 57-yard touchdown and running in another score to give NU a 33-17 third quarter lead. The Spartans charged back, though, turning to previously benched quarterback Tyler O’Connor to lead their offense. He delivered two long touchdown passes over NU’s secondary to bring MSU within two points. “We gave them Uncle Mo,” Fitzgerald said. “Momentum went over there to their sideline.” But then the Cats took it right back — first with a 95-yard touchdown return from junior Solomon Vault on the ensuing drive and then with another long Jackson run six and a half minutes into the fourth quarter. The touchdown trot from Jackson gave NU a 47-31 lead and Michigan State an insurmountable deficit. After the score, throngs of Spartans fans began to file out of the stadium. “It’s nice to hear the silence,” Thorson said. “Silence is deafening for everyone else, but it feels good for us.” timothybalk2018@u.northwestern.edu
Redemption for NU’s Thorson delivers for Wildcats special teams in win By MAX GELMAN
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EAST LANSING, Michigan — A homecoming crowd of 75,625 felt a Michigan State comeback in the cards after two long touchdown passes cut Northwestern’s lead to 33-31 with 2:08 left in the third quarter. Fifteen seconds later, Solomon Vault silenced them again. The junior receiver fielded Kevin Cronin’s kickoff on the bounce along the sideline inside his own five, then raced through a maze of Wildcat blockers and Spartan tacklers for a 95-yard kickoff return touchdown. The score completely shifted the momentum of a wild game back in the visitors’ favor. The explosive return highlighted a consistently strong day by the entire NU special teams unit — the only exception being a meaningless punt block in the final minutes — just two weeks after a disastrous outing against Iowa. The 180-degree turn is thanks to what coach Pat Fitzgerald described as a massive overhaul of the coverage units, which conceded 254 return yards to the Hawkeyes. “Some of our guys that are ‘2’s’ are what most coaches in the country call ‘comfortable 2’s’: you ride the bus, you eat the steak, you get to go enjoy everything but (you say), ‘Eh, maybe I’ll go out there, maybe I won’t, my mom gets to wear my button on the sidelines,’” Fitzgerald said. “Then you go out there and … you get embarrassed like we did in our coverage units against Iowa.” “I just said, ‘You’re done, we’re going with these guys, and if they’ve got to play 300 kick reps and 300 defensive reps, then that’s what we’re going to do and you’ve got to earn your job back,’” he added. The new personnel contained the Spartans’ special teams game throughout the afternoon.
Michigan State kickoff returner R.J. Shelton nearly broke a return for open grass early in the second quarter, but a crucial tackle brought him down inside his 30 before a penalty pushed the ball back to the 5-yard line. Outside of that, none of Shelton’s returns even made it to the 25 — the line where the ball is placed after a kickoff touchback. The same held true in the punt coverage. Junior Hunter Niswander averaged a respectable 42.8 yards on his five punts and the Spartans managed only 18 total yards with their returns. “The way that our coverage units were today was much better, obviously except for the end … giving up (a) blocked punt,” Fitzgerald said. “Outside of that, I thought our kicking game was pretty good, one of our better games of the year.” Senior kicker Jack Mitchell, who faced a wave of criticism after his early-season struggles, was also flawless — if not heavily tested — for the second consecutive game. He nailed a 33-yard field goal and made all seven of his extra point attempts. Vault’s big play, however, stole the show. His touchdown restored NU’s twoscore lead and seemed to inspire the Cats to snatch back control of the game: sophomore safety Jared McGee picked off quarterback Tyler O’Connor on the next possession, and then a grueling 91-yard touchdown drive essentially put the game out of reach. Vault now has four kickoff return touchdowns in his career, the most in school history. Both of his two touchdowns last year proved critical — one gave NU the lead in the second half at Duke and the other eventually helped the Cats to a nail-biting victory over Penn State — but neither occurred so late in the game or in such a hostile environment as this one. With the entire special teams unit in need of redemption on Saturday, Vault provided the clincher to its altogether impressive bounce-back performance. benjaminpope2019@u.northwestern.edu
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EAST LANSING, Michigan — Through six games, it’s safe to say Northwestern’s offense — scrutinized and ridiculed for the better part of the last three seasons — is finally humming like a well-oiled machine. Not only did its operator, sophomore quarterback Clayton Thorson, lead the Wildcats (3-3, 2-1 Big Ten) to nearly 500 total yards, as the Cats rocked Michigan State (2-4, 0-3) 54-40. Thorson engineered the highest-scoring performance by any visiting offense at Spartan Stadium — ever. “I can throw it to one of the best receivers in the country, or I can hand it off to one of the best running backs in the country,” Thorson said. “Our coaches do a great job of putting us in positions to be successful, and with the 54 points, obviously they’re doing a lot of things right.” Completing nearly four out of every five passes for a career-high 27 completions, Thorson willed the Cats to their first 50-plus point game in four seasons. His on-field bromance with senior receiver Austin Carr continues to flourish, as the captain hauled in a personal-best 11 catches and a pair of touchdowns. While Carr continued to pad his resume as the Big Ten’s best receiver, junior running back Justin Jackson set a career-high with 188 rushing yards. Saturday’s outburst so barely resembled the offenses of yesteryear, or even earlier this season, that Thorson’s first quarter pick-six was a distant memory by the time the clock hit zero. “He didn’t lose his composure, he didn’t get upset,” coach Pat Fitzgerald said. “When you see that type of maturity from a younger player
who’s still a redshirt sophomore at No. 1, to understand what (coverage) they were in, understand he made a mistake and to own it, that shows you why he came back and played as well as he did.” It’s clear Thorson has taken the next step in his development, as he threw for three touchdowns for the third time in the past four games, and ran the ball in for another score. Recruited for his dual-threat abilities, Thorson is responsible for 14 total touchdowns against six turnovers so far this season. But navigating the Cats through the waters of the Big Ten hasn’t always been smooth sailing for Thorson. The sophomore still has
completed 50 percent of his passes or fewer in 11-of-19 career starts, and just six weeks ago cost NU a victory over Western Michigan when he fumbled at the goal line. Still, if the past few weeks are any indication, it’s thanks to Thorson that the Cats are no longer the team they were at the beginning of the year. “We didn’t coach well enough and we didn’t play well enough,” Fitzgerald said of NU’s first few games. “But we’ve stayed the course and we’ve kept grinding, and good things usually happen when you respond.” maxgelman2018@u.northwestern.edu
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Clayton Thorson looks for a receiver. The sophomore quarterback tossed three touchdown passes against Michigan State, giving him 11 on the season.