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Aid process change causes confusion Graduate students feel unclear about emergency funding

By CAMERON COOK

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Northwestern is working to improve the emergency aid process for graduate students after changes made to aid distribution caused widespread confusion.

Emergency funding requests that used to be handled by Student Enrichment Services are now being processed by Financial Aid in order to be in compliance with federal law, Julie Payne-Kirchmeier, interim vice president for student affairs, told The Daily in an email.

Though the change was expected to help students — moving the disbursement to financial aid offices could help counselors access “a larger variety of options” for students, PayneKirchmeier told The Daily earlier this month — so far it’s made the accessing aid more complicated.

At the beginning of Fall Quarter, Student Affairs was receiving requests for graduate financial assistance, PayneKirchmeier said. Financial Aid

communicated that the process wasn’t in compliance, because graduate students need to request emergency aid through their school-based financial aid offices.

Undergraduates can still access the emergency aid application through the SES website, but there isn’t any information available for graduate students to do the same. And because administrators never formally announced the change, graduate students looking for emergency funding have no obvious place to go.

Masters student Julia Shenkman, who’s had trouble accessing emergency aid, has been waiting for funding for almost a month.

Shenkman tried to submit an application to Student Enrichment Services to cover the cost of a flight to see a family member in hospice after a $1,788 medical bill put her in “a bad place” financially.

Shenkman said she called Financial Aid and was told graduate cases were not covered by the Emergency Aid Fund, housed in the Office of Undergraduate Financial Aid, and that graduate requests were being handled directly by Mona Dugo, the senior associate dean of students.

Dugo was out of the office, and Shenkman was directed to a » See EMERGENCY, page 10

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Teachers began strikes in Chicago on Thursday, following a breakdown in contract negotiations between the union and CPS.

CTU members mount picket lines

As CPS contract negotiations broke down, thousands striked in Chicago

By OLIVIA LLOYD

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CHICAGO — Strikers donned in red marched up and

down West Madison Street Thursday morning in front of Chicago Public Schools headquarters, as 25,000 members of the Chicago Teachers Union mounted picket lines across the city.

A breakdown in contract negotiations between the union and CPS affected an estimated 300,000 students in the nation’s third-largest school district.However, schools and public parks remain open for students who

need a meal or place to go during the day.

Though Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot has offered a 16 percent pay increase over five years, » See STRIKE, page 10

Shetterly dishes on “Hidden Figures” Ela Gandhi stresses At One Book keynote event, the author reflected on her inspirations

By WILSON CHAPMAN

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Growing up in the city of Hampton, Virginia and surrounded by stories of black scientists, Margot Lee Shetterly never thought a black person being successful in STEM held particular significance.

Shetterly, author of the 2016 best-selling nonfiction book “Hidden Figures” which is this year’s selection for One Book One Northwestern, said she drew inspiration from her family and upbringing. The first scientist she knew was her father, who worked » See HIDDEN FIGURES, page 10

nonviolent action Granddaughter of Mahatma Gandhi holds similar views

By THEA SHOWALTER

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“Hidden Figures” author Margot Lee Shetterly speaks at One Book One Keynote. “Hidden Figures” focuses on the real-life stories of four black women who worked at NASA and made significant contributions to the organization during the space race.

SKOKIE — While living with her grandfather in his rural, monastery-like home in India, 7-year-old Ela Gandhi found herself eating boiled pumpkin — a quick, simple meal — twice a day, every day. At the peak of India’s political change in 1947, Mahatma Gandhi still found time daily for hour-long visits with his young granddaughter. When he said his home was called “Sevagram,”

because it meant “the place of service,” she said he should change it to “the place of pumpkin.”

He didn’t change his home’s name, but he did write a sermon about how variety is important even in a simple lifestyle, lest a simple life becomes a burden.

And at the height of India’s most turbulent period, the world famous Mahatma Gandhi listened to her.

“I think we learn a lesson from that,” she said. “Listen to the grandchildren, because sometimes they have some important things to tell us.”

Now, 72 years later, Ela Gandhi has a message to those grandchildren: disciplined, courageous, organized nonviolence is now, more » See GHANDI, page 10

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AROUND TOWN Author talks novel, shares reflections with residents

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Evanston author Vojislav Pejović spoke about his new novel, “American Sfumato,” — a collection of nine independent stories from a single character’s memory — at Bookends and Beginnings on Thursday.

Pejović said “American Sfumato” focuses on the “interplay between memory and history” through a “foggy” lens.

“Our key anchor to life is our memory and we corrupt it as we form it,” Pejović said. “I started to think, ‘Okay, how do I capture this in a book?’ And then I thought, maybe if I did this kind of cracked-mirror thing, where you have all these stories that give you this fogginess.”

American Sfumato was originally published in Serbo-Croatian, Pejović’s native language, in Montenegro and Serbiain 2015, and was translated into Slovenian in 2016. The English version was released this fall.

Sfumato, Pejović said, is a Renaissance technique that is similar to the lens through which the novel’s protagonist, Miloš, narrates his recollections.

“I have to apologize to everyone for using the word sfumato in the title,” Pejović said. “For those of you who do not know, it’s one of the four classical techniques of Renaissance painting, where you put

POLICE BLOTTER Coats stolen from Uncle Dan’s

A Skokie man was arrested Thursday in connection with a burglary at Uncle Dan’s, Evanston police said.

Between 1:45 a.m. and 3:30 a.m., witnesses reported a broken window at the store on 1600 Sherman Ave. When officers arrived, they found the window was mostly shattered and there were droplets of blood and shards of glass on the ground, Evanston police Cmdr.

Ryan Glew said.

St. Francis Hospital later notified police that

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Pejović reads from his new novel, “American Sfumato.” “American Sfumato” is written in nine independent stories, all from the protagonist’s memory.

everything to appear as if observed through fog.”

The event began with Pejović reading excerpts from two of the nine stories in the novel. Standing up, Pejović put on different voices for each of the characters.

Peer authors Eula Biss and Joshua Corey also coled a discussion and Q&A between Pejović and the audience.

a patient came in seeking treatment for hand lacerations and shards of glass covering his body. Police went to the hospital and found the 28-year-old was wearing a coat with an Uncle Dan’s tag and more coats in his bag.

Glew said the man is in custody.

More than $700 of food taken from Whole Foods

A 55-year-old Chicago resident was charged with retail theft after taking $714 of food from Whole Foods on Tuesday.

Glew said police were called to Whole Foods,

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Pejović, who speaks five languages, reflected on his process of rewriting the same story in English.

“I realized that it actually is very hard to translate oneself and I thought, why don’t I try the other way around?” Pejović said. “Why don’t I try to write in both languages without actually trying to translate anything. It’s almost like switching registers. You’re now playing something in C major and then you

1640 Chicago Ave., and found the man behind 1501 Sherman Ave. Officers searched the man and took him into custody, where he said he had taken food from the store. He placed multiple items — including steak, liquor, orange juice, lemonade, scallops, shrimp, seasoning and beef tips — into a basket and left the store. He told police he had “no intention” of paying for the food.

Glew said employees were able to provide a receipt for 58 of the stolen items worth $114.

transport everything into F minor and the melody is in but you hear it differently.”

Nina Barrett, the owner of the five-year-old independent bookstore, said Bookends and Beginnings is intended to serve as a place for intimate events like these, where authors can have a literary conversation with Evanston residents.

“People feel like they’re in a living room (here), they don’t feel like they’re in an auditorium being talked at,” Barrett said. “One of the things that we bring to the table that the great, awful internet-monster of books doesn’t is an event with real people being in a conversation with the community.”

One of the most recognizable features of “American Sfumato” is Pejović’s ability to incorporate humor into a heavy subject matter, like the impacts of war on memory.

Riva Lehrer, an award-winning artist and writer, came to Bookends to hear Pejović’s writing. She was particularly impressed with the comedic elements of his writing.

“The language was really evocative and continuously weaving between the startling and the very humorous,” Lehrer said. “It had a real immediacy.

The sort of exuberance of his personality is just all the way through the writing. I’m buying a copy and taking it home.” jasonbeeferman@u.northwestern.edu

Setting the record straight An article in Thursday’s paper misstated the median salaries of the city’s employees and the city’s Asian employees.

City employees receive a median salary of $86,314; Asian employees receive a median salary of $90,904. The Daily regrets this error.

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The first week of October was recruitment week for Northwestern a cappella groups. Auditions began Sept. 30 and lasted for three days with callbacks were the following weekend. Student interest remained strong after a difficult year for some campus a cappella groups across — during which six groups were placed on the University’s watch list for conduct review.

Weinberg junior Michelle Jiang, president of Harmony in Spirit, said all groups were impacted by last year’s turmoil. Last year, Student Organizations & Activities prohibited a cappella groups from completing a second round of auditions in the winter and spring quarters.

“Especially for the smaller groups, it was harder for us because we were counting on getting new members to balance out voice parts,” Jiang said.

“So we definitely felt like it wasn’t very fair to some of the groups.”

Still, the a cappella community has been collaborating to improve the experiences of new members and promoting the groups’ communityoriented values.

Communication freshman Jonyca Jiao, a new member of X-Factors, was initially unaware that the group was on conduct review, but did know about possible hazing in campus groups. Before auditioning, she said she heard rumors about fighting in a cappella groups among members for solos or returning members being rude to new members.

When she attended her first meeting, however, Jiao said she realized she didn’t have much to worry about.

“Nothing happened,” she said. “They were so welcoming, inclusive, and it’s not like they’re acting, it’s just the way they are. They’re just kind.”

Communication senior Rachael Packard, president of Extreme Measures and member of the Northwestern A Cappella Community Alliance, echoed Jiao’s sentiment.

“We really are a group of friends that just

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happens to sing together three times a week,” Packard said. “I’ve always felt that it’s somewhere I can be completely myself — the full-calorie version of Rachael Packard.”

As a member of NACCA, Packard participated in the recruiting process for all of the groups as a collective. Members of NACCA spoke at theater and a cappella events during Wildcat Welcome to promote performing groups on campus and inform students on how to get involved.

Packard said she did not notice a significant change in the number of freshmen who auditioned for a capella groups. While interest has not wavered, NACCA has changed the way new members are initiated after they’re invited to a group.

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Communication freshman Adam Kern, a new member of Asterik, said he was unaware that groups were on University watch, but noticed certain changes — groups no longer made the first meeting mandatory, for example.

After attending the first meeting and the first rehearsal, Kern described his experience as a positive one. He said members of Asterik surprised new recruits with a fun night on Deering Meadow to welcome them into the group.

“Right off the bat, they don’t treat you like the new guys or like you’re babies,” Kern said. “They’re like, ‘If you want to arrange music and bring in a song, go arrange that music.’ They treat you like adults with skills and talents.”

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The sympathy present throughout “Joker” serves a purpose

KATHRYN AUGUSTINE

ASST. OPINION EDITOR

Released in theaters less than two weeks ago, the film “Joker” is already awash with controversy.

“Joker” traces the evolution of Arthur Fleck, a mentally ill outcast who is relentlessly terrorized, into Joker, a revered, embittered anarchist and mass murderer. In cultivating sympathy, some critics argue that “Joker” may incite violence in individuals in predicaments that mirror Fleck’s.

There is no doubt that select scenes of the film are problematic. When Fleck commits murders without a twinge of regret or guilt, he is hailed a hero who is standing up to the wealthy, privileged classes and garners a following. This insinuates that violent acts provoke fame and an increase in social standing. Inarguably, the film promotes this toxic message that has the potential to encourage

violence as a solution to hopelessness.

However, I view the reinforcement of Fleck’s violence by his followers as a possible trigger for mass shootings, not the depiction of Fleck’s past.

Expressing sympathy for isolated individuals who are deprived of mental healthcare and external support is not dangerous. Refusing to recognize and depict in the media what actually contributes to violence is what perpetuates the cycle of violence.

From the start of “Joker,” Fleck’s battle with mental illness is glaringly obvious. On top of grappling with constant abuse working as a clown and unsuccessful attempts at socialization, Fleck wrestles with suicidal ideation and sudden bursts of howling, inappropriate laughter. Fleck initially receives government-appointed care from a social worker, who encourages him to journal and provides him with a myriad of medications.

The neglect begins when Fleck asks his social worker for a change in the dosage of his medication. Instead of validating Fleck’s pain, she scoffs

that he is on seven medications and surely, his drug cocktail must be doing something. She dismisses and belittles Fleck’s discreet cry for help. At a later, second visit, Fleck’s social worker informs him that he can no longer attend sessions with her because of dismal government funding. This means Fleck is not only unable to vocalize his emotions, but he also cannot receive the medication he needs to support his mental health.

These scenes generate sympathy, not for Fleck’s decision to murder relentlessly, but for individuals like him who are isolated and mentally ill, yet denied adequate care and support. It criticizes the dismissal of mental health issues by medical professionals and government officials.

The termination of Fleck’s therapy sessions and his inability to access medication is the turning point for his evolution into Joker.

Does Fleck’s now diminished system of support excuse his future actions? Of course not. The point of illustrating how Fleck is dismissed is not

to provoke pity. Rather, Fleck’s neglect importantly sheds light on a preventable contributor to violence.

I cannot say with certainty that Fleck wouldn’t have escalated to that level of violence if he continued with therapy and medication. However, perhaps if he continued with his medication and the social worker was able to recognize warning signs of homicidal behavior, Fleck might’ve remained Fleck. There’s the possibility that Fleck wouldn’t have transformed into a thoughtless murderer.

People are hesitant to express sympathy for a person who acts violently, as many critics of “Joker” have pointed out. However, creating sympathy is necessary in order to understand why individuals pinpoint violence and terror as a quick fix. This understanding should yield a greater focus on providing mental healthcare so that violence can be replaced with appropriate coping mechanisms. While “Joker” is flawed, using sympathy as a tactic to draw attention to

claims is full to the brim with intolerance, by being herself systematically intolerant. Mr. Sessions holds views shared by a large majority of conservative Americans — do they all deserve to be shunned and protested for holding views deemed unacceptable by one side of the political spectrum? Does any conservative at Northwestern deserve this?

The answer lies within her op-ed: Miss Chang states that it is “difficult to dissociate conservative political thought from racism, sexism” and other such evil ideologies. Leftists consistently conflate conservative thought

with evil ideologies because conservatism is built on epistemic foundations that subvert many leftist principles, though they still leave plenty of space for civilized dialogue. The only solution to such a crisis, short of civilized discussion, a tactic favored by liberals of old but paradoxically not of contemporary times, is to falsely associate conservatism with evil ideologies and declare its opposite, liberalism, to be the true good. In reality, that most conservatives are not hateful or intolerant at all; they merely believe in traditional values and natural law, ideas that are looked down upon

by modern liberals.

The best way to fight intolerance and hatred is to confront it and fight it, not ignore it. I would ask Miss Chang to consider attending Mr. Sessions’s speech and perhaps even conversing with him. Wouldn’t having a discussion and asking questions of the other side be a far more effective method of “(furthering) intellectual conversation and debate” than having no interaction at all? I hope Miss Chang can tolerate the answer.

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Who would really be intolerant if Jeff Sessions wasn’t allowed to come?

In response to Miss Chang’s op-ed on October 14th, 2019: Miss Chang’s op-ed protesting the arrival of Mr. Sessions to Northwestern begs the question: Who is truly tolerant? It is strange that she would protest a speech from a conservative figure holding mainstream conservative beliefs, a man she

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Legacy students in admissions are hurting the rest of us PALLAS GUTIERREZ

OPINION EDITOR

Agatha Advincula, a sophomore at the University of Pennsylvania, recently wrote an opinion piece for The Daily Pennsylvanian about her experience as a legacy student. Advincula explained that she was initially ecstatic to go to Penn, but when she arrived she was mocked by other students who assumed that the only reason she was accepted to Penn was her family connection.

She claims her title with pride, saying that her family is a part of Penn’s history. Advincula is obviously entitled to describing her experiences, but as a first generation college student, my only thought after reading her article was, “She’s missing the point.”

When people like me criticize legacy admissions, we are not criticizing specific people like Advincula. We are criticizing the systemic racism and classism of American universities and colleges that legacy admissions reinforces. Legacy admissions gives a leg up to students whose family members attended the university of their choice. What the reality of this looks like is that legacy admissions give advantage to wealthy, white people whose families have been in power in the United States for generations.

Public information about Northwestern’s legacy admissions rates is sorely lacking, so

I cannot speak specifically to our relationship with legacy admissions. As an example, Harvard’s overall acceptance rate is about 6 percent, while their legacy acceptance rate is about 33 percent. This advantage is disproportionately afforded to white people: 21.5 percent of white applicants accepted to Harvard were legacy students, while legacy students composed only 6.6 percent of accepted Asian students and 4.8 percent of accepted black students.

Naviance, a college and career readiness software company, estimated that at 64 colleges the admissions rate for legacy students was about 31 percent higher than overall official admissions rates.

While an estimated 18 percent of legacy students are below a university’s middle 50th percentile of standardized testing scores, some legacy students fit or exceed their university’s admissions criteria. However, it is important to acknowledge other institutional factors at play. Because legacy students have highly educated parents, they are more likely to receive academic support at home than students whose parents did not attend college in the US, or students whose parents have to work longer hours to support their families.

The process of holistic review, adopted by some colleges, attempts to consider every factor in a student’s life that would affect their grades, test scores and what they could contribute to the university. These factors include academic record, test scores, extracurriculars, race and ethnicity and legacy status. While

this may be a step in the right direction, the inclusion of legacy status as a factor at all is still problematic. Legacy students are not necessarily any more qualified than their peers, and if they are, they should be able to get in on merit alone, rather than family names and contributions to the university.

The system of legacy admission is reflective of systemic institutional problems that privilege the wealthy, largely white, elite at the disadvantage of everybody else. In return for critiquing these systems, many first generation students of color are told, mockingly or seriously, that they were only accepted to top universities for their diversity.

As I was applying to colleges two years ago, I found myself worrying about legacy students. I worried that other students whose families had attended Northwestern, possibly for generations, would receive a spot instead of me. All I had to offer was myself; I don’t have family money or a family name connected to NU. I attended a strong high school in New York City, but so had thousands of other kids in New York. My application was only as strong as I was, and I worried that wouldn’t be enough to get me into my dream school.

I was elated when I got in, but as the excitement set in, the dread came in waves.

What if other students assumed, as some of the students at my high school suspected, that I was only accepted to Northwestern because I was a first generation Latinx student? I can never know for sure, but when I feel

like I don’t belong at NU, I remember that, by design, I very much do not belong. Elite private colleges were designed to educate rich white men, a category I do not belong in. But that doesn’t mean I haven’t earned my spot here.

Nowhere in her article does Advincula acknowledge the way that legacy admissions disadvantage people like me by prioritizing people like her. She doesn’t consider, as Penn freshman and first generation low income student Lucia Gonzalez points out, that we can go on to bring prestige to our schools. Sonia Sotomayor and Michelle Obama were both first generation college students at Princeton, and no one can argue that they don’t bring prestige to their alma maters.

None of these ideas are new. Editors and columnists before me have written about legacy admission and its institutional flaws.

Andrea Bian, spring Opinion editor and current recruitment editor, wrote about the Harvard trial over Asian American admissions and how legacy admissions was more problematic. I am by no means the first person to criticize this process, and unless things change very quickly, I will not be the last.

Pallas Gutierrez is a Communication sophomore.

They can be contacted at pallas2022@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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Pace, Whillock anchor Northwestern secondary

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With his team leading 7-3 late in the first half on Sept. 28, Wisconsin quarterback Jack Coan decided to take a shot down the field.

Coan was looking for Quintez Cephus, the star receiver who entered with more than 200 receiving yards through three games. Cephus beat Northwestern’s best healthy cornerback, sophomore Greg Newsome II, and appeared to be open for a big play.

But JR Pace had other ideas. The Wildcats’ junior safety read the play perfectly, backpedaling before Coan even took the snap, and stepped in front of Cephus to intercept the pass.

“We were in Cover 3,” Pace said. “I was the post player, and he threw it up, so I appreciate it.

It was a gift.”

The Badgers seemed to learn their lesson from the pick — it was one of very few deep passes they attempted, and their longest completion of the day went for 19 yards. Most of NU’s other opponents have acted similarly in their reluctance to attack the Cats deep. NU has allowed just 176 passing yards per game, the 11th-fewest in the country.

Pace and his partner at safety, junior Travis Whillock, are a big reason why.

A Georgia native, Pace played in every game but one as a true freshman in 2017. As the lone member of the Cats’ secondary to stay healthy all year, he had a breakout year last season, intercepting three passes, breaking up seven others and winning defensive MVP of the Holiday Bowl.

“I definitely came in with the mindset that I wanted to play early,” Pace said. “I wasn’t trying to redshirt, so I went about my daily life trying to do what I could to make that happen.”

Whillock, a Texas native, saw his career begin inauspiciously — after redshirting in 2016, he sustained an injury in training camp in 2017 and missed the entire season. But injuries elsewhere in the secondary forced him into action last year, when he recovered two fumbles, including one in the fourth quarter of NU’s Big Ten West-clinching

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JR Pace surveys the field. The junior safety is a big part of the Wildcats’ strong pass defense.

victory at Iowa. His 15 tackles at Minnesota were the most in a single game by any Wildcat all year.

And he has been even better so far in his junior season, leading the team with 44 tackles. Earlier in that same second quarter against Wisconsin, Whillock came unblocked on a safety blitz and sacked Coan for a six-yard loss.

“He’s the traffic controller for us back there,” defensive backs coach Matt MacPherson said. “He makes a lot of the calls, gets everybody on the same page. To have him back, (with) experience under his belt, makes things smoother back there.”

Senior cornerback Trae Williams has missed the last three games, leaving the cornerback spot opposite Newsome in flux all year. As a result, Pace and Whillock have been forced to carry a lot of weight in the defensive backfield.

Pace said Whillock has come a long way in his development as a player and that the two play well together.

“That’s my boy, that’s my brother. I love playing with him,” Pace said. “He knows the game inside and out, and I love playing off of it. He’s a ball magnet. He’s developed into a great player, and he’s not nearly the player he’s going to be.”

NU’s next opponent, No. 4 Ohio State, will give the Cats’ safeties their biggest challenge yet. Three Buckeye receivers have caught passes for at least 50 yards this season, and three others have receptions of more than 35 yards.

Then there’s quarterback Justin Fields, whose quarterback rating of 187.5 is sixth-best in the nation. In six games, Fields has thrown 18 touchdown passes and only one interception.

“They’ve got four or five guys that can all run, they can sub them in, and they all have the ability to stretch the field,” MacPherson said. “And they’ve got a quarterback that has the arm for it. We’re expecting some deep shots from them.”

But with Pace and Whillock holding NU’s secondary together, the Cats have a chance to at least contain Ohio State’s passing attack, even if they can’t stop it completely.

Newsome offered particularly high praise for NU’s safety duo.

“I think they’re the two best safeties in the country,” Newsome said. “Knowing they’re behind me in all coverages, it gives me the opportunity to be more aggressive.” benjaminrosenberg2021@u.northwestern.edu

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Michigan

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Michigan State

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Minnesota

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Nebraska

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Iowa

(4-2, 1-2)

Purdue

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Illinois

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OSU, NU in different How a Friday game changes places after last meeting the Wildcats’ preparation

By ANDREW GOLDEN

daily senior staffer @andrewcgolden

The last time Northwestern and Ohio State were on the field together, the Buckeyes were hoisting the Big Ten championship trophy at Lucas Oil Stadium after defeating the Wildcats in the conference title game.

Less than 11 months after losing that game in Indianapolis, NU (1-4, 0-3 Big Ten) will welcome No. 4 Ohio State to town for a Friday night showdown at Ryan Field.

Neither team looks like it did the last time they faced off, with new quarterbacks on both sides and a new head coach roaming the sidelines for Ohio State.

But after reaching their goal of winning the Big Ten West, there’s an additional component for the Cats that’s not visible on the field: an attitude change within the program.

“For us to actually get there and get a taste of it, it just solidified those goals that we have each and every year,” senior center Jared Thomas said. “It definitely changed the way we approached every single day coming into the offseason and how we look at ourselves in the mirror each and every day.”

Thomas said expectations within the program are always high but believes this year’s team has approached practices with more focus and grit.

But so far, that change in mindset hasn’t resulted in the success coach Pat Fitzgerald » See OHIO STATE, page 8

Daily file photo by Noah Frick-Alofs

Former Ohio State coach Urban Meyer and former quarterback Dwayne Haskins celebrate a win over NU.

By PETER WARREN

daily senior staffer @thepeterwarren

In a famous tune by the band Chicago, the lead singer is approached by multiple people on the street and asked what time it is. His response, which is also the name of the song, propelled it to the top of the charts.

“Does anybody really know what time it is?”

If someone walked up to junior wide receiver Riley Lees this week and asked him what day it is, the questioner might get a similar answer.

“Today is Tuesday. That’s how we are doing it.

My mind has adjusted,” Lees said Monday. “Today is Tuesday. I got class even though I don’t but I do.

I’m pretty confused. But its Tuesday.”

With Northwestern playing its first Friday regular season game since 2007 — and first ever conference game on a Friday — the Wildcats have rearranged their schedule and mindset to be ready to play a day earlier than usual.

NU moved up its game week schedule by one day, meaning that for Lees and the team, Monday followed the Cats’ Tuesday schedule, Tuesday followed the Wednesday schedule and so on. Last week’s bye allowed for an easier transition into this modified schedule.

The Big Ten’s decision to schedule conference games on Friday has been poorly received throughout the conference. When the decision to make this game a Friday night contest was announced, Fitzgerald told The Chicago Tribune that the choice “does not make me happy.” Northwestern’s athletic department has emphasized for weeks that it had no role in the scheduling of this game.

One of the reasons Fitzgerald gave for his disappointment with the schedule was that Fridays are meant for high school football. A Friday night game means Fitzgerald and his staff cannot scout high school contests, and most high school players cannot visit the campus for the game. Ohio State coach Ryan Day responded to a question about negative reactions from high school coaches to the Friday game.

“I hadn’t really got much feedback from the guys on that,” Day said. “Just one-on-one in my conversations with high school coaches, I’m sure they don’t appreciate it, but that’s out of our hands, out of our control and not much we can do about it.”

NU has played about 10 non-bowl games on a Friday, including nonconference away matchups against No. 16 USC in 1952 and No. 19 Miami in 1968. But the team hasn’t hosted a Friday game since 1894 when touchdowns were worth four points and the Cats were coached by a University of Chicago student who also played for the Maroons that season.

During Fitzgerald’s first season as head coach, Northwestern traveled to Reno, Nev., to play a Friday night nonconference game against Nevada. Fitzgerald said his son Ryan was born on the Monday or Tuesday before the game, and he doesn’t remember anything else about that week.

The following year, NU traveled to Ford Field in Detroit to play a Friday game against Eastern Michigan. He recalls the 2007 game against the Eagles as “brutal” — even though the Cats won 26-14 — because there were “like 12 people” in attendance.

“I’m not gonna use anything (we) did those weeks,” Fitzgerald said. “I’m not having any kids this week.” peterwarren2021@u.northwestern.edu

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Johnson hopes to improve off rough start to season

By CHARLIE GOLDSMITH

daily senior staffer @2021_Charlie

Sometimes, he looks at his situation and asks himself “why me?”

Three years ago, Lowell Narcisse was a top quarterback recruit in the 2017 class, expecting to set the college football world on fire. He’s already transferred twice –– going from LSU to Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College to the University of Texas at San Antonio. He says it’s been a difficult journey.

“You know the work that you put in,” Narcisse said. “You know the things that you do to prepare yourself for those moments. And then a lot of things you can’t control happen, that’s frustrating.”

The biggest lesson he’s learned along the way? It’s not easy being a quarterback who expects a lot from himself and doesn’t deliver immediately.

There are plenty of four and five-star quarterbacks in that class who thought they would hit the ground running. Alabama’s Tua Tagovailoa and Georgia’s Jake Fromm are Heisman contenders. Kellen Mond and Sam Ehlinger have received all-conference recognition at Texas A&M and Texas.

But of all the quarterbacks in that highlytouted class, none were supposed to be as good as Hunter Johnson, the top recruit at his position that year. He’s struggled more than all of them, starting only four games and throwing three touchdowns at two colleges in three years.

After a hit against Wisconsin caused Johnson to miss Northwestern’s game against Nebraska, he’s uncertain if he’ll start Friday against Ohio State. Despite rehabbing throughout the last two weeks, now he’s trying to beat out Aidan Smith, who was the Wildcats’ third string at the beginning of the season.

“This is not the way we planned it,” Johnson said after another practice where he tried to put the pieces together.

It’s hard preparing to face an Ohio State defense that’s considered to be one of the best in the country. It’s even harder when you’re trying to get back to full strength.

After missing the Wildcats’ last game, he spent the bye week studying film and going through rehab, icing his shoulder and his knees and his ankles. There’s been a lot of ice.

NU hasn’t won a Big Ten game yet, can’t score and is about to face an elite defense. But Johnson has his own issues. “(He’s) got to go out and produce on gameday,” coach Pat Fitzgerald said. “When you’re not, sometimes taking a step out is what you need to do.”

This isn’t how Johnson’s redshirt sophomore season was supposed to go. Johnson was supposed to fill Clayton Thorson’s shoes. Supposed to be even better. You couldn’t have a conversation about NU football without hearing about “five-star Clemson transfer Hunter Johnson.”

So as he struggles to be that guy, Johnson admits he’s feeling frustrated. He’s never lost this much, and he’s never played like this under center.

Sometimes, Johnson will call people he trusts to vent. He asks them what he’s

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and staff probably envisioned coming into the season. The Wildcats are currently in the midst of the program’s worst start since 1992 with a struggling offense looking for answers.

NU will have to put together one of its best games to beat the Buckeyes, who have found themselves in Indianapolis three of the last five years and are firing on all cylinders offensively this year.

Despite losing quarterback Dwayne Haskins, who was the Washington Redskins’ first-round pick, Ohio State (6-0, 3-0) ranks seventh in the nation in yards per game and fourth in points per game. Part of the reason for the Buckeyes’ success has been quarterback Justin Fields.

Fitzgerald called Fields a “rockstar” and added that NU tried to recruit the quarterback out of high school before he became a highly-coveted prospect. Fields presents the same challenges as Haskins — with the added twist of his running ability.

“We had some plays in the championship game that we had just outstanding coverage, we got a guy there to make a play and then (Haskins) made a play,” Fitzgerald said.

“When you watch this year’s offense, it’s the same thing… they do a great job, and they’ve

supposed to do.

“You have to make sure that you have some people to talk to about things and let it go,” he said. “I’ve had many conversations over the week with people I love and trust, trying to work through it. You’ve got to talk to people about it.”

Johnson wouldn’t be facing this much pressure if he hadn’t been such a phenomenon coming in. In high school, the others quarterbacks looked up to him. He was clearly the top passer in his class, the one who would have been voted most likely to succeed.

Four-star recruit Myles Brennan, now a three-year backup at LSU, remembers meeting Johnson at a quarterback camp in high school.

Brennan marveled at him flinging the ball around the field like he was a top draft pick at the NFL Combine. “He was the number one quarterback,” Brennan said.

Johnson wouldn’t reveal what it’s been like dealing with those expectations. He didn’t want to go there. But he isn’t the only quarterback in the country whose career isn’t going as flawlessly as recruiting experts expected.

Take Narcisse. He trained with Johnson at several of the top high school quarterback camps. Narcisse said he didn’t compare himself to Johnson then and can’t do that with Tagovailoa and Fromm now.

“To go out there expecting to be one of the best guys, it’s challenging,” Narcisse said.

“Sometimes you’ve got to take yourself out of it. Really, you can’t compare your situation to anybody else’s situation.”

Then there’s Brennan, who expected to be the Tigers’ starting quarterback as soon as his sophomore season in 2018. But then they recruited Ohio State transfer Joe Burrow, who took the starting spot from Brennan. Burrow has emerged as a Heisman frontrunner, and Brennan had to spend even more time than he hoped at backup. He recently tweeted: “BREAKING NEWS: I’m not transferring.

Never have thought about it and don’t see myself doing so.”

Everyone had assumed he’d leave Baton Rouge because of his pedigree and his lack of opportunity. But Brennan never thought about it and is committed to make it work at LSU. “Top guys in our class still not starting at this level, that puts it all into perspective,” Brennan said. “I know that Hunter wants it just as bad as I do. I’d just tell him to keep working hard every day and prepare like he’s going to be the starter.”

When Brennan feels disheartened, he said he reminds himself that even the best guys in the 2017 class didn’t make it big right away.

Tagovailoa famously sat his entire freshman season until the second half of the national championship game, and even after leading his team to a dramatic comeback win he spent the next eight months in a daily quarterback competition with Jalen Hurts.

Fromm didn’t get to play until then-sophomore Jacob Eason got hurt in the season opener, and Fromm might have transferred like Ohio State’s new quarterback Justin Fields if he didn’t get that opportunity in 2017.

Tuguaviloa and Fromm both got a little lucky along the way, and they also took advantage of a single opportunity that changed the rest of their careers. Johnson can get another shot Friday, in primetime against the No. 4

got weapons everywhere.”

Fields has a plethora of skill players to get the ball including junior running back J.K. Dobbins — who’s second in the country in rushing — and his trio of wide receivers, seniors K.J. Hill and Binjimen Victor and sophomore Chris Olave — who are all averaging more than 10 yards per reception. As if his surrounding talent wasn’t enough, Fields alone has contributed to 26 touchdowns, with a team-leading eight rushing scores.

On the other side of the ball, the Buckeyes are just as talented, with the nation’s secondranked defense in yards per game, led by junior defensive end Chase Young — who is projected by many analysts to be a top-5 pick in this year’s draft.

The Cats will come into Friday’s game with nothing to lose and a chance to turn their season around — and they will be ready to give the No. 4 team in the country everything it can handle.

“Especially when you go to the Big Ten Championship game, people are gunning for you because you’ve gotten to somewhere that they want to go,” Thomas said. “You just gotta come prepared and even more ready to play each and every year and each and every game.” andrewgolden2021@u.northwestern.edu

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Hunter Johnson prepares to take a snap. The sophomore quarterback has struggled so far this season.

team in the country.

Fitzgerald said sometimes it looks like NU’s quarterback is taking his time in the pocket and “whistling the national anthem.”

This wasn’t exactly a ringing endorsement of Johnson’s first four games.

But they still think highly of Johnson around here. The Cats didn’t reach out to transfer quarterbacks this spring –– even Fields, who Fitzgerald has a relationship with.

Having Johnson in the fold is likely one of the reasons why.

Fitzgerald said Johnson is having a difficult time learning the offense compared to the veteran quarterbacks on the roster. Despite having “all of the talent in the world,” according to offensive coordinator Mick McCall, he’s completed only 48.3 percent of his passes.

Critics are saying Johnson hasn’t panned out. McCall says he just needs more time.

“Everybody wants immediate satisfaction,” he said as he starts snapping his fingers. “They say ‘Give me immediacy.’ But life doesn’t happen that way whether our society thinks that or not. Life does not work that way.”

“It’s hard to get a guy that’s going to be the right player in our system, that understands how to work hard, that understands what it means to go through the process of learning this offense and go through the process of being a leader. That’s hard.”

After McCall’s fingers stop, he says to look at all of the quarterbacks drafted No. 1 in the NFL and consider how many haven’t panned out. McCall says the difference between Tom Brady and a quarterback who doesn’t make it are “little innate things” that the people who rank high school quarterbacks can’t see.

McCall doesn’t believe in “five stars.”

Instead, he believes the biggest indicator for

a quarterback is those innate things he can’t coach like the ability to read a defense and make the right decisions in the pocket. He’s spent this season trying to bring those qualities out of Johnson.

“It just doesn’t happen overnight,” he said.

“You see five star and you think ‘oh, hey,’ but it’s not that easy. Some guys are going to take longer than others, and that’s OK.” Even though Johnson is still growing as a quarterback, he’s been praised for the positive steps he’s taken this year. When he watches film, he focuses on the plays that look like catastrophes. Then in practice, he gets reps in those same situations and works on improving.

He gives himself a second chance to make the right choice.

Johnson has also broken out of his shell since the season started. Redshirt freshman running back Drake Anderson said he didn’t know Johnson that well and thought of him as a shy person. But since September, he said they’ve bonded. Senior wide receiver Riley Lees said Johnson has started to become a more vocal presence in the huddle.

He’ll be back in the huddle Friday night, whether he starts the game or not. McCall said Johnson and Smith will both be in the mix. He can only ice his shoulder for so long.

Eventually, he has to get back on the field and determine whether or not he’ll live up to expectations.

“This is a tough start, but you’ve got to learn from those mistakes and move on,” he said.

“That’s part of playing football and that’s part of the season. You’re going to take some hits every once in a while and get some bumps and bruises along the way. But I’m feeling good.” charliegoldsmith2021@u.northwestern.edu

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Ohio State celebrates after beating Northwestern in the 2018 Big Ten Championship Game. The Buckeyes have started 2019 6-0 while the Wildcats have struggled to a 1-4 start.

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Q&A: Former NU QB Kain Colter reflcts on career

By JONAH DYLAN

daily senior staffer @thejonahdylan

Kain Colter served as Northwestern’s quarterback from 2010-2013, but he’s most wellknown for spearheading the unionization push for NU’s football team in early 2014. Over five years after Colter made national headlines at NU, he spoke with The Daily about the fallout, his playing career and SB 206, the landmark California bill passed last month.

The Daily: As Northwestern prepares to host Ohio State for the first time since the 2013 ‘College GameDay’ game, the question still remains: Do you think you got that first down?

Kain Colter: Ohhh, yeah. I felt that at the time, for sure. I don’t know what the TV coverage showed — I know there was like a fumbled snap, and my knee hit the ground before I picked the ball up. I felt like I’d crossed the first down mark, but who knows. The chain gang knows. The chain gang says no, so that’s what it comes down to.

The Daily: When you look back at all of your NU career, what stands out as the best moment?

Colter: Winning the Gator Bowl was a highlight for sure. I just look back at a lot of our upset victories. A lot of time going into the game we are the underdog. I guess if I had to pick out a certain moment, it’d be the Gator Bowl victory because we went so long as a football program without winning one.

The Daily: California recently passed SB 206, which gives college athletes the ability to profit off their image and likeness. Do you feel like the stuff you worked on in college contributed to bills like these finally being passed?

Colter: Absolutely. It was something that we addressed in our platform as well. Our effort was (about) the right to free association and some sort of democratic participation and these rules and regulations that we have to live by.

But I think being able to have rights to your name, image and likeness is a huge component

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Former Northwestern quarterback Kain Colter who played from 2010-2013. Colter sat down with a Daily Northwestern reporter to reflect on his collegiate career and SB 206 in California.

of that.

The Daily: Looking back to the unionization push in 2014, how do you feel about it now?

Colter: I think a lot of the criticism we faced was that this is just at Northwestern, it’s one private school within a sports league that’s composed of mostly public institutions and therefore if we were able to negotiate or collectively bargain just so that one institution within the Big Ten — within the NCAA — that it wouldn’t bring, I forget what the judge

said, it wouldn’t bring stability in the labor relations or something like that.

And I think a lot of it was portrayed in the media as ‘Kain’s just attacking the school,’ rather than the players are actually trying to get meaningful participation in the decision making process of all these things that are gonna be affecting their lives.

The Daily: How do you feel about the way you were portrayed through all that?

Colter: I don’t know. In some ways, it followed the typical union-bashing campaign,

carried out. Third partying the union, that was a lot of the rhetoric, just talking about how this is one disgruntled employee that had the issue instead of 98 percent of the team signing cards. They did do a good job of controlling the narrative and going along the lines of a regular union bashing campaign, but that only came after we won the regional decision.

I don’t know, it was also difficult because I just wasn’t with the guys on the team as that whole process was playing out as much as I wanted to be. I wasn’t able to communicate with them the way I’d like, and talk about some of these anti-union arguments that they were receiving — and that their parents were receiving. It would have been nice to actually be on campus at the time and try to combat the propaganda that they were receiving on the other end.

The Daily: What’s your relationship like with NU now?

Colter: I’m definitely rooting for them. I love Northwestern and my time there. It was a very formative time in my life.

But I think the decisions that we made to try and get the collective bargaining unit, I think that definitely severed some relationships there.

I don’t know, I guess to answer your question, they’re pretty much nonexistent.

The Daily: Do you ever talk to Pat Fitzgerald or Jim Phillips?

Colter: No. The Daily: Looking back would you do anything different with the NLRB case?

Colter: We probably should have made a joint employer case, that we’re not just employees of Northwestern but also saying that we’re joint employees of not only Northwestern but of the Big Ten conference and the NCAA. And that way, I think the bargaining unit would have been greatly expanded and the judges argument that this wouldn’t have brought stability to labor relations would’ve went away.

The Daily: Anything else you want to add?

Colter: I hope my love for Northwestern comes across. Hopefully it’s criticizing intercollegiate sports and not the people. jonahdylan2020@u.northwestern.edu

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From page 1 the CTU has emphasized class sizes and additional staffing supports for students, such as social workers, librarians and school nurses.

SEIU Local 73, the union representing special education classroom assistants, janitors, bus drivers and other support staff also joined the picket lines on Thursday after their negotiations with the city fell through in July.

Dennis Kosuth from Rogers Park currently works as a nurse at three schools, though last year he worked at six. He expressed frustration toward Lightfoot,

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phone number for SES that was out of service.

“It would cost me between $450 and $600,” she said. “El Paso is a small airport, so even the cheapest flights cost a lot, and budget airlines don’t fly there. I was hoping to use the SEEN fund to cover this, but now with this situation, and the new medical bill, I

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than ever, the way to bring about change.

In a discussion hosted Thursday evening by state Sen. Ram Villivalem (D-Skokie) at the Skokie Public Library, Ela Gandhi discussed living with her grandfather’s lasting legacy, the contemporary importance of the nonviolent movement and her life as a nonviolent activist. Earlier this month marked what would have been the activist’s 150th birthday.

“There was a special sense of needing to recognize (Mahatma Gandhi’s) legacy and his work,” Villivalem said.

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as a research assistant at the local Langley Research Center. Her hometown was full of black professionals who worked at NASA. It was only when Shetterly’s husband said he had never heard about NASA’s black female employees that Shetterly realized people weren’t aware of the significant role black women played in the space race.

Shetterly spoke at the One Book One Northwestern keynote event in Ryan Family Auditorium.

“These women and their work and their stories and the history of NASA were something that was always in the background as I grew up, and that was something that I took for granted,” Shetterly said. “But when he asked that question, I had to admit, I didn’t know the whole story — I didn’t know why there were so many of those women. I didn’t know how they got there, and I was like ‘well, I want to know,’

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who included education reform as part of her campaign platform last spring.

“The mayor campaigned on our demands,” Kosuth said. “She said she wanted to put a nurse in every school, every day. I just wanted her to put her campaign promises into writing.”

Social workers, nurses, teachers and other CPS professionals joined the picket lines across Chicago on Thursday morning, marching from 6:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. Strikers wore red CTU paraphernalia and held signs and coffee cups while chanting. One man walking by shouted, “Take the deal,” while some continued to bang on their makeshift drums made out of buckets and duct-taped straps.

Erin Matthews, a social worker at Wells Community Academy High School and Brennemann Elementary School, said she is striking because she sees an unmet need for social workers on school campuses.

“There are communities experiencing trauma,” Matthews said. “They come to school carrying all that weight, and when there are no mental health services readily available in the community, the school is it.”

Matthews attended the strike with her 12-yearold daughter, Danielle Odom, who attends Blaine Elementary School. Matthews said her daughter’s school has Chromebooks, but some schools’ library doors are locked.

Odom said she has seen the difference between her school and the schools where her mother works, such as the lack of a full-time school nurse at other schools.

“When kids are sick they have to go to the office and call home, or they have to push through the day,” Odom said. “They don’t have a nurse to actually check up on them.”

The city and CTU came back to the table for negotiations during Thursday’s protests, but Lightfoot canceled school again Friday, as the strikes continue.

likely won’t get to go.”

And although Payne-Kirchmeier said Financial Aid “communicated to the school-based financial aid offices” that the change was going to be made, at least one office wasn’t aware of the change.

In an email obtained by The Daily, Laura Soria, associate director of graduate student funding and operations, told Shenkman her office was “not informed of the plans regarding the emergency fund.”

She added she would contact Student Affairs for more information and determine whether the Office of Graduate Student Funding and Operations would be able to administer the program.

The funding available to graduate students still exists — it’s just hard to find. After Student Affairs started getting direct requests for aid, Payne-Kirchmeier said, administrators began meeting to find a way to “streamline” the process for graduate students, which

include “federal loan options or other alternatives to assist with additional expenses.”

“Student Affairs has already begun meeting with The Graduate School administration and Financial Aid to create a more streamlined process that is compliant and easy for students to navigate,” PayneKirchmeier said.

Prasad Gollanapalli, managing trustee of the Gandhi King Foundation, helped coordinate the event from India. He said he and others are determined to expand Gandhi’s legacy.

“Our concern is how do we take the message of peace and nonviolence around the world, which is more needed now than ever,” Gollanapalli said.

Villivalem also said people should contemplate how Mahatma Gandhi brought people together under one movement. That is especially true now, he said, because “ we have leaders that are trying to divide and conquer” as opposed to bringing people together.

Villivalem added that he thinks nonviolence can accomplish any kind of change.

“The cost of pitting one community versus another or engaging in violent protest is not worth it when it comes to whatever outcome folks are trying to achieve,” he said,”because that outcome will always be scarred by what took place to get there. History shows us that too.”

Ela Gandhi also shared her conviction that violence is not the solution, especially in times of anger or fear.

All over the world young people are extremely upset with the way governments are run, she said.

“An important issue is for young people to convert that anger into constructive activity,” she said. “If we say we are unhappy and we want to bring about change, what is the change you want to bring about? They need

to be very clear about what kind of change they want.”

While some might say Mahatma Gandhi’s success in India was due to chance, not design, the victories of nonviolent activists Martin Luther King Jr. and Cesar Chavez disprove that, he said.

Nonviolence can bring constructive change, but anger drives people to do things that they regret afterwards, Ela Gandhi said.

“But you must be angry,” she said. “Unless you are angry, unless you are concerned about what is happening...then you are going to allow the status quo to continue.”

and I should know.”

“Hidden Figures” unearths the stories of black women who worked as “human computers” at NASA during the space race and the challenges they faced working during the intensely segregated era.

The book documents the real stories of four women: Katherine Johnson, who calculated the trajectory for the flight of the first American in space; Dorothy Vaughan, the first black woman at NASA promoted to the role of supervisor; Christine Darden, the first black woman in the Senior Executive Service; and Mary Jackson, NASA’s first black female engineer.

The novel won the Anisfield-Wolf Book Award for Nonfiction and was adapted into a 2017 film nominated for three Oscars, including Best Picture.

In her opening remarks at the keynote, The Graduate School Dean Teresa Woodruff said the One Book selection committee chose “Hidden Figures” to mark the milestone of 150 years of coeducation.

“Through the various websites and school-based

programs that feature our intellectual sisters and grandmothers comes a recognition of the heels and shoulders upon which the institution was built,” Woodruff said.

During the event, Weinberg Prof. Heather Pinkett facilitated a discussion with Shetterly about her book.

Shetterly said she had to become familiar with the women’s research, then write and explain it in a way that was accessible to a wider audience. Shetterly said she also researched the work of civil rights activists who pushed to allow black women to work in civil service and incorporated that context into the novel.

One Book Fellow and Weinberg freshman Teresa Truong said she enjoyed “Hidden Figures” and admired Shetterly’s dedication to highlighting the significance of the black women. Truong said that the book struck a chord with her.

“I’m a woman in STEM, and although I might not be facing the same racism as them, there’s still some discrimination,” Truong said. “These women weren’t

really acknowledged when they were alive, and that’s a little disappointing, but the fact that there were these women throughout our history — it’s good to know that they’re there.”

Shetterly told The Daily that the stories in “Hidden Figures” resonate today because women of color in STEM still face barriers and obstacles. Shetterly said she hears from women facing the same discrimination she chronicled in “Hidden Figures.”

In spite of this, Shetterly said working on the book and learning about the achievements the women made fills her with optimism.

“To look back at a time when there were many problems… and see how these people came together and applied their talents and applied their humanity and were able to move forward, that brings me a tremendous sense of optimism,” she said. “As challenging as it is, it has happened before, and it is possible.”

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Homecoming Week includes food trucks, Purplepalooza

By VIVIAN XIA

the daily northwestern

As midterm season rolls around, Homecoming offers a much-needed break. The week is filled with festivities planned by the University to prepare for the annual Homecoming game this year against Iowa. Homecoming Week this year runs from October 20-26, packed with fun activities, free food, and giveaways. Be sure to check out these events open to current students and alums to show your purple pride by taking part in some of Northwestern’s homecoming traditions:

Tuesday, Oct. 22

10:30 a.m.: The Cajun Connoisseur, La Cocinita, and Beavers Donuts will be at the Food Truck Festival held at Arts Circle. Student performers from the Bienen School of Music will provide entertainment, along with some giveaway events.

6 p.m.: Students will have the opportunity to

meet the Homecoming Court members at the Homecoming social, which will be held at The John Evans Center with catering from Pita Inn.

Wednesday, Oct. 23

4 p.m.: Purplepalooza, a Homecoming Week tradition, will be held on the Foster-Walker Lawn this year. There will be a petting zoo, inflatables, giveaways, and, of course, free food.

Thursday, Oct. 24

10 a.m.: There will be free giveaways throughout the day at Homecoming at the Rock. There will also be refreshments for students to take as they walk by.

5:15 p.m.: The tailgate before the women’s soccer game against the University of Minnesota will be at the Martin Stadium.

Friday, Oct. 25

1:45 p.m.: The President’s Alumni Panel: My Northwestern Direction will take place in McCormick Auditorium and feature a speech from

President Morton Schapiro. The 2019 Northwestern Alumni Medalists will speak about how NU impacted their lives and careers. This year’s medalists include US Navy vice admiral Lisa M. Franchetti (Medill ‘85), global business leader and education foundation executive director Bridgette Proctor Heller (Weinberg ‘83, Kellogg ‘85), and Fortune 100 investment management CEO YieHsin Hung (McCormick ‘84).

5:30 p.m.: Wildcat Warm-Up and Pep Rally will be held on the Deering Meadow with performances from the X-Factors, Boomshaka, Deeva, the Treblemakers, and Ballet Folklórico Mexicano.

The two Homecoming Wildcats will be crowned at the pep rally, and the NU Marching Band, football coach Pat Fitzgerald, Schapiro, Willie the Wildcat, and the Spirit Squad will be there.

There will also be hot chocolate, hot cider,and other snacks there to keep students warm at the event. In addition, a special Homecoming game giveaway event will be happening here. vivianxia2023@u.northwestern.edu

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Homecoming week is filled with festivities planned by the University to prepare for the annual Homecoming game this year against Iowa.

Candidates clash throughout fourth Democratic Debate

By ASHLEY CAPOOT

daily senior staffer @ashleycapoot

Tensions ran high Tuesday, as 12 presidential candidates took the stage at the fourth round of Democratic debates in Westerville, Ohio.

The New York Times editor Marc Lacey and CNN anchors Erin Burnett and Anderson Cooper moderated the debate and posed questions about topics including impeachment, the Middle East, health care, and gun control. Candidates did their best to distinguish themselves and often ended up attacking one another as a result.

Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), a front runner in several polls, received intense criticism throughout the debate. Mayor Pete Buttigieg directly attacked her for supporting Medicare for All, and Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) emphasized that Warren is not the

only democratic candidate with bold policy ideas.

Communication senior Rachael Packard said she was impressed with how Warren conducted herself while under scrutiny.

“I always think Elizabeth Warren stands out,” Packard said. “She was getting s--t on a little bit tonight because she’s leading in a few of the polls, but I just really would love for a woman to be the nominee again. I think it would really send a message to run another woman against Trump.”

Packard worked on Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s gubernatorial campaign last year, so she said she understands first-hand how important debates can be. However, she noted that the structure of the Democratic debates can be challenging for viewers.

“I think the format of a 10- or 12-person debate is frustrating, just because, in a 30-second answer, no one is going to completely say what they want to say,” she said. “It’s also frustrating

watching Democrats fight each other over such nitty gritty details. It’s really important for them to distinguish themselves at this point, but it is frustrating, as a Democrat, to hear them attack each other.”

SESP sophomore Madeline Baxter said she was particularly interested in what the candidates had to say about health care, especially as a global health minor. However, she said she only happened to catch a few minutes of the debate on Tuesday because her housemates had happened to turn it on.

She said she thinks it can be particularly challenging for students to take time away from their studies to watch the debates.

“Maybe it’s the difference between freshman and sophomore year, and me still feeling out of control in trying to ground myself in my academics and make the time for it, but I’m struggling to make time for things that should be important,” Baxter said. “School unfortunately

trumps those things.”

Medill junior Alex Moore also said he was surprised by how difficult it was for students to watch the debates, though he set aside some time to watch highlights. He said he thinks of Northwestern as a politically engaged campus, but he noticed the libraries were still packed Tuesday night with students studying for midterms instead of tuning into the debate.

Regardless, Moore said that he is excited to see what’s in store for the next debate in November.

“Just having less people on stage is going to make a huge difference because it’s hard when there are 12 people on stage,” Moore said.

“Having more time for the candidates to speak is something that I’m excited about, and just the fact that you never know what’s going to happen.” ashleycapoot2022@u.northwestern.edu

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WOMEN’S SOCCER

NU collects third tie of season against Ohio State

By SOPHIA SCANLAN

daily senior staffer @sophia_scanlan

For the third time this season, Northwestern couldn’t pull out the win when tied in double overtime.

However, the Wildcats’ (5-7-3, 3-3-2 Big Ten) 1-1 draw against Ohio State (4-8-3, 2-4-2) on Thursday looked much different than their other double-overtime ties.

In their Aug. 29 tie against Central Michigan, NU had 15 shots, and in their draw against Purdue earlier this season, the Cats only took five.

In Columbus, Ohio, on Thursday, NU notched 21 shots — the most of any game this season — and seven of them were on goal.

The Buckeyes struck first, with midfielder Maddy Lowe picking up her first college goal in the 31st minute.

Midfielder Olivia Petit drove the ball down the center of the pitch before passing it to Lowe on the left side of the box with an open lane to the goal.

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Wood came out of the net to block the shot, but Lowe nicked it past her and sophomore center back Julietta Thron. “(Lowe) got behind our entire line, and the only thing that I could do was sprint to the goal and see if I could save it,” Thron said. “There was no way I was really going to be able to get it.”

The Cats came to life in the second half with seven shots — just three fewer than their number of shots against Michigan and Michigan State all last weekend.

Freshman defender Marianna Annest’s upper-90 shot went in at the 73rd minute, slipping past freshman Jordan Silkowitz.

The Colorado native had the ball in the middle of the field and took the shot with her left foot from just outside the box.

“She’s got a great shot,” coach

Michael Moynihan said. “She’s a natural lefty, so it was something that was designed for her, and she executed it very well.”

NU had a collection of good chances to take the lead in overtime, highlighted by freshman midfielder Lily Gilbertson’s shot to the bottom left that nearly passed Silkowitz.

However, even with a second overtime and most of the possession near the Buckeyes’ net, the Cats still finished the game without another goal.

NU will travel to University Park, Penn., on Sunday to face Penn State, who currently sits in third in the Big Ten standings, four spots above the Cats.

Thron said the Cats need to come out playing well from the first whistle and not wait until 10 minutes into the game.

“Penn State’s an extremely talented team,” Thron said. “It’s going to be one of those things where we need to come out with a fire and a desire to win. Everything needs to be 100 percent.”

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MEN’S SOCCER

Cats take on ranked opponents Kimiavi returns from

By CARLOS STINSON-MAAS

the daily northwestern @thepresidito

With no wins against Big Ten teams, Northwestern is currently tied for last in the conference. Having one of the toughest schedules in the nation hasn’t helped. The Wildcats have faced four ranked opponents in their first six conference matches.

And the next two games won’t be any easier.

On Friday, NU (9-9, 0-6 Big Ten) visits No. 7 Minnesota, and the Golden Gophers (11-3, 5-1) have won eight straight matches against the Cats dating back to 2014.

The next day, NU will travel to Madison to take on No. 6 Wisconsin. The Badgers (10-4, 6-0) swept the Cats earlier this season on Oct. 9 before sweeping Minnesota four days later, giving them sole possession of first place in the conference. Wisconsin enters the weekend on a six-game win streak.

Coach Shane Davis said NU needs to motivate itself “from within” ahead of this weekend.

“They’re just excited about playing two teams like Minnesota and Wisconsin,” Davis said. “We’ve proven that we can play with the top teams in the country — we just gotta figure out a way to win.”

The Cats have showed promise against top teams this year, taking late leads against then-No. 3 Nebraska and No. 7 Wisconsin.

However, NU has still yet to win a set against a ranked opponent, and they’re 0-19 against top-ten squads since 2017.

Last Saturday, NU took on No. 20 Purdue, losing in straight sets. The Cats once again held a late lead in the first set, but like several other matches this season, fell apart down the stretch.

“It’s become a little bit of our story,” Davis said. “We’ve gotten a lot of sets against top ranked opponents up into that 18-point mark, and we seem to falter. We’ve been working in practice on pressure situations — put the score in that 18 range and see if we can overcome some battles.”

NU will have to overcome

Northwestern vs No. 7 Minnesota

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seemingly insurmountable battles over the next few days, as Wisconsin hasn’t lost against unranked opponents this year and Minnesota has only lost to one. The Golden Gophers are also undefeated at home, and the Badgers have lost just one set to an unranked team.

Individually, the Cats have had their own successes. Freshman outside hitter Temi Thomas-Ailara leads the Big Ten in kills per set and ranks third in the conference in service aces per set. Coach Davis also praised junior libero Lexi Pitsas for her defensive

prowess — she ranks fifth in the Big Ten in digs per set.

The Cats, however, are more focused on team success than individual accolades, Davis said.

“There’s a good team-first mentality,” Davis added. “It’s just embracing everybody, doesn’t matter your role, doesn’t matter what class you’re in.

We’re a family. This is the biggest team I’ve had since I’ve been here, and it’s also the closest team I’ve had.” carlosstinson-maas2023@u.northwestern.edu

injuy to play Rutgers

By CHARLIE GOLDSMITH

daily senior staffer @2021_Charlie

Speed had never been an issue for sophomore forward Bardia Kimiavi. He’s so quick that Northwestern defenders frequently kick the ball all the way down the field, hoping he’ll chase it down and create a chance by himself.

So when Kimiavi had a lower body injury that forced him to miss two conference games, both he and the Wildcats’ offense weren’t themselves. Kimiavi couldn’t cut and run the way he usually can, and NU couldn’t make up for his consistent presence in the attacking third.

But after playing in an exhibition Monday, Kimiavi has shown coach Tim Lenahan he’ll be at full strength for the Cats’ (5-7-1, 1-3-1 Big Ten) game Sun-

Daily file photo by Alison Albelda

Attacker Bardia Kimiavi dribbles the ball.

The sophomore has provided strong offense for Northwestern throughout the season.

Daily file photo by Joshua Hoffman

Lexi Pitsas prepares to receive a serve. The junior libero is fifth in the Big Ten in digs per set.

day against Rutgers (7-3-3, 1-3-1).

“He had a little pop in his step,” Lenahan said. “That’s what we were watching, to see how he moved. And I

Rutgers vs. Northwestern Evanston, Illinois 1 p.m. Sunday

think he moved pretty well.”

In the two Big Ten games Kimiavi missed, NU score just two goals against Michigan and Penn State.The Cats were outshot 43-12 in those games, dropping them to second to last in the Big Ten standings.

Kimiavi returned in Monday’s 6-0 exhibition win against Aurora. In his first game back, he scored an athletic goal –– cutting back to his left with the ball and taking a contested shot that went in the net.

Lenahan said the purpose of Monday’s game was to get players on the field who were struggling with injuries or haven’t been able to crack the rotation against in-conference competition.

Kimiavi played extended minutes for the first time in two weeks, and he said he felt emotional getting back on the field.

“I didn’t think it would take this long to get back, and it was pretty frustrating to watch from the sidelines,” Kimiavi said. “Especially considering it was a week where we had three pretty big games. Hopefully, after this, I’ll be good to go.”

NU will need him Sunday and for the rest of the season to accomplish their goal of hosting the first round of the Big Ten Tournament as a top-four seed. The Scarlet Knights currently sit in seventh place, and with a win, the Cats would jump from eighth to fourth.

NU finished eighth in the conference standings last season after scoring just four goals in eight conference games. Kimiavi has helped rejuvenate the offense this season, and the Cats have already scored six times in five conference games. Kimiavi said he knows it’s up to him and the forwards to lead NU to accomplish its goals.

“It’s pretty much make-or-break at this point,” Kimiavi said. “If we want to have the season that we know this team has the potential of having, we’ve really got to put it all out there these last three games.” charliegoldsmith2021@u.northwestern.edu