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NU parents plead guilty to fraud Henriquezes change plea in admission scandal By TROY CLOSSON and ALAN PEREZ daily senior staffer @troy_closson, @_perezalan_

Two former Northwestern parents involved in the college admissions scheme pled guilty Monday afternoon to charges of fraud, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Massachusetts. After federal prosecutors announced their intent to file additional criminal charges against parents who maintained their innocence, Manuel and Elizabeth Henriquez reversed their earlier pleas of not guilty — along with two other parents tied in with the scandal that rattled the world of higher education last spring. The Henriquez parents were accused of paying $400,000 in bribes to get their eldest daughter into Georgetown University as a fake tennis recruit and paying Newport Beach admissions consultant Rick Singer to set up a corrupt test proctor for both her and their younger daughter, who formerly attended Northwestern. Prosecutors alleged in court documents that the fraudulent

exam proctor “gloated” with the eldest daughter and her mother “about the fact that they had cheated and gotten away with it.” A spokesman for the law firm representing Manuel Henriquez said his attorneys weren’t available for comment, while a lawyer for Elizabeth Henriquez did not immediately respond to a request for comment. A representative from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Massachusetts also declined to comment for this story. The Henriquezes join more than 13 other parents who have pled guilty in the college admissions scheme. The recent wave of guilty pleas came about a month after 10 other accused parents, including actress Felicity Huffman, agreed to plead guilty earlier in the case. Huffman began serving her 14-day sentence last week. Napa Valley vintner Agustin F. Huneeus received the longest sentence so far, of five months in prison. The former Northwestern parents are expected to face several months or more in prison. A federal judge who has sentenced many of Singer’s former clients has indicated that parents such as the » See HENRIQUEZ, page 6

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Church celebrates 150 years in city First Congregational Church of Evanston focuses on engagement By ZAMONE “Z” PEREZ

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The congregation of First Congregational Church of Evanston was formed in 1869, and this year, the parish is

celebrating 150 years of worship and engagement in Evanston. Prohibition activist Frances Willard began her public work when she delivered her speech “The New Crusade” in First Congregational. The church also hosted W.E.B Du Bois after “The Souls of Black Folk”

was published. Television host Oprah Winfrey even filmed an episode in the church sanctuary. But beyond activism and guest speakers, the church has served as a pillar of support for its members and the Evanston community. When Evanston resident

Anne Trompeter battled breast cancer, her husband was not able to go to an appointment with her. But a member of her church went with her instead. For Trompeter, that moment summed up the community of » See CHURCH, page 6

Looking for the Shakespeare Garden ‘Burlesque’ focuses Students and gardeners describe the secluded campus highlight By HALEY FULLER

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W hile tr ying to cut through campus on her way north, Medill sophomore Kyra Steck suddenly found herself lost in a garden, aglow with lights and surrounded by hedges. After seeing a small fountain in the middle, she realized that she had accidentally walked into the Shakespeare Garden. “It felt like I stumbled on something I wasn’t supposed to find,” she said. W h i l e No r t h we s t e r n advertises the garden as a campus highlight, it’s not nearly as conspicuous as the Rock or Weber Arch. Instead, visitors need to hunt around for the 70-by-100 foot garden tucked away between the Technological Institute and the Ford Motor Company Engineering Design Center. Despite its location in the center of campus, it remains hidden to many NU students going about their busy lives.

on empowerment Lipstick Theater to implement structural changes By NEYA THANIKACHALAM

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The Shakespeare Garden, tucked between the Technological Instittue and the Ford Motor Company Engineering Design Center. Despite its location in the center of campus, it remains hidden to many NU students going about their busy lives.

Communication first-year Clay Lawhead was happy to stumble upon the garden on his way north one night. “It made me stop and think and appreciate it,” he

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said. The Garden Club of Evanston created the Shakespeare Garden in 1915, joining many similar gardens in the U.K. and U.S. built in honor

of the 300th anniversary of William Shakespeare’s death. Jens Jensen, a renowned Danish landscape architect who » See SHAKESPEARE, page 6

“Burlesque,” an annual feminist theatre performance produced by Lipstick Theatre, will undergo structural changes — both logistical and thematic — for its 2020 show. Producers said the alterations are in response to student performers who said they did not feel like the show served as a safe space for all performers. Those performers felt they were sexualized and objectified and that the show deviated from its primary goal of promoting body positivity and self-empowerment. “It seemed that ‘Burlesque’ had stepped away a little bit from its roots as a source of empowerment and an inherently activist project,” Zoe Johnson, a Weinberg senior and Lipstick Theatre artistic

co-chair, said. “It’s really sexy and cool and it should be all of the things. But also, first and foremost, it should be a place of empowerment and healing.” A workshop series for the Fall and Winter quarters was arranged to educate students on the show’s feminist message. Show producer and Lipstick Theatre board member Simran Deokule said the workshops will help performers feel safe and allow viewers to focus beyond the sexual appeal of the show. “‘Burlesque’ can be awkward, it can be satirical, it can be political, it can be so many different things that were being lost,” said Deokule, a Communication sophomore. “Those messages of empowerment and activism are being lost when we were only focusing on like ‘Burlesque’ being super sexy, and it took away from the point of ‘Burlesque,’ which is to empower the performer.” The most recent workshop » See BURLESQUE, page 6

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Soul Stories Live strives to expand storytelling By MOLLY LUBBERS

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Smiles, tears, laughter—all three are common at Soul Stories Live, an Evanston event series that mixes storytelling and music. Soul Stories Live, previously known as Soul of Evanston, began in April 2019, and each installment centers around a different theme. The next show, “Family Dinner: Stories of Comedy & Tragedy” will be on Nov. 17 starting at 2 p.m. at Firehouse Grill and will feature five storytellers. Co-producers Victoria Reeves and Johnny Price said they intend to make a safe space where people can talk about their own experiences without fear of judgment. “We started this show because we wanted to create a platform for people from very diverse backgrounds to be able to come together through spoken word,” Reeves said. Storytelling is an art form that involves reflecting on an experience in front of an audience, Reeves said. At Soul Stories Live, performers tell 8-10 minute stories. Storyteller Reeves hosts the show, while Price DJs. Price said combining the storytelling with music makes people more “relaxed” and “open-minded.” Now as they prepare for the sixth installment of the series, Reeves and Price said the audience has grown in size. To accommodate a larger group, Soul Stories Live will switch venues from the

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The Evanston Police Department offered its firstever “Active Shooter Response Training Class” on Oct. 5. for the public. EPD has offered similar courses to a variety of local

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Co-producers of Soul Stories Live Victoria Reeves and Johnny Price perform together. Their event series mixes music and storytelling to promote unity between people.

Gibbs-Morrison Cultural Center to Firehouse Grill for the next show. They also changed their name from Soul of Evanston to Soul Stories Live to reflect that performers and audience members outside of Evanston are welcome. Although newly rebranded, Reeves and Price said they maintain the goal of the show: to create community.

“We’re in this polarized climate that wants to divide us,” Reeves said. “But storytelling is the place that brings us together.” Lee Melchior, who has performed in Soul Stories Live, compares the feeling to sitting around a kitchen table with friends. Melchior said she finds writing lonely, and the process of sharing out loud completely different.

businesses, organizations and faith-based communities over the past few years. The department decided to extend the course to the public as a response to the mass shooting in Aurora, Illinois earlier this year. “Unfortunately, mass shootings have become a common occurrence in today’s society,” the city wrote in a press release. “As we strive to equip citizens and residents with the tools needed to maintain personal safety, we feel it is important to offer this training to the Evanston community as a whole.”

Forty-five people signed up for the class, but Officer Enjoli Daley said to the Chicago Tribune that she worried for the safety of those who did not receive training. However, the Tribune noted that police officers did not want to share every tactic for surviving a mass shooting or attack outside of the course. “If we put it out to everybody at any given time, that means your active shooter is going to know ‘OK well people might be doing this or that,’” Daley said

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She added that the audience is a key part of the experience. “There’s something about it: that you’re sharing, and they’re ready for what’s next,” Melchior said. “You feel it more deeply. And that’s true with the laugh line, with the line that makes someone cry. It’s deeper when it’s all felt together.” Some audience members like Evelyn RiveraPalen have performed at the event after attending. After opening up to a small group following a show, Reeves asked if Rivera-Palen would be interested in storytelling for the next one. Rivera-Palen decided to talk about how she earned a master’s degree after people said she couldn’t. “I just felt it’s a good way to help people understand that we may look different, but they don’t know that we’ve gone through a lot of struggles like they’ve gone through struggles,” she said. After more than 15 years of talking about doing something like Soul Stories Live, Reeves and Price said they’re full of energy to continue with it. They’re not only a creative team but also a couple, which factored into why they created the show, they said. ”We planned the show because of our own human experience,” Price said. “We came together as an interracial couple, and if we can feel passionate about each other, and we come from two different sides of the tracks, then so can everybody else. So let’s come together and act on it through listening to people.” mollylubbers2023@u.northwestern.edu to the Chicago Tribune. “We don’t want to prepare anybody to hurt anyone.” Daley said the course was a success, and the department is considering holding another one in the future. “We will debrief and see how this went and see what the need is,” Daley said. “I think this is something pretty popular based off of this. This is something the community is (receiving well) and may like more of.” — Natalie Chun

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NUDM launches accessibility week By ASHLEY CAPOOT

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After Northwestern University Dance Marathon struggled to be an accessible event for students that identify as low-income or disabled, organizers this year are advertising their efforts to make the tent a more inclusive space. NUDM’s Dancer Accessibility and Experience committee organized the club’s first NUDM Accessibility Week last week, Oct. 13-19. The initiative aimed to inform students about measures NUDM has in place to make the event more accessible. NUDM will take place in March, but preparations for the annual event are already underway. This week, students can officially register to dance and begin their fundraising campaigns for this year’s beneficiary, Children’s Home & Aid. NUDM will support the organization’s Daniel F. and Ada L. Rice Child & Family Center in Evanston, which supports young children and teens in foster care who have experienced some form of trauma. Jessie Paridis, the co-chair of NUDM’s Marketing and Media committee, said NUDM has made efforts to inform students about accessibility in the past but the information got lost during registration. “There’s so much content distributed during dancer registration that the accessibility content was kind of getting lost,” Paridis said. “If accessibility is something that’s impeding a dancer from registering, then they should know about the measures we have in place before they register rather than during the week that it’s happening.” The event — which requires participants to raise $400 to participate before dancing in a tent for 30 hours — has been criticized for being inaccessible for students with disabilities and low-income students who do not have the option to fundraise from family members. Over the course of accessibility week, committee members took to Instagram to discuss NUDM’s approach to financial, academic, physical and mental accessibility.

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To address financial barriers, the group said they will provide free transportation to canning locations and recommended students participate in Northwestern psych studies to fundraise. However, NUDM did not lower the $400 prerequisite for participation. For physical and mental disabilities facing dancers, they said they would accommodate food allergies and recommended dancers “rest and return” to the dance floor. Weinberg senior Regina Fricton, one of the cochairs of DAE, said her committee has revamped its focus on accessibility in the past few years, and NUDM Accessibility Week is a product of that hard work. Last year, NUDM changed the Dancer Beneficiary Relations committee to the Dancer Accessibility Experience. “We basically have a whole committee dedicated to experience and accessibility for dancers,” Friction said. “This seemed like a great next step for promoting accessibility on campus for NUDM.” However, many Northwestern students still don’t

think of NUDM as an accessible event. Weinberg sophomore Yaakov Gottlieb danced at NUDM during his freshman year, but he said he had some trouble raising enough money to participate. He said he tried to reach out to his family for support, but they were unable to give at that time. “It’s a lot of money that we have to raise,” Gottlieb said. “It’s all for a good cause and it’s not that I don’t want to, it’s just that it’s hard for people to bring up money out of nowhere.” Nonetheless, SESP senior Sam Schmaier, the second co-chair of the Marketing and Media committee, said NUDM doesn’t pretend that they’re perfectly accessible for every student. Accessibility Week aimed to showcase the measures they have in place, and future efforts to improve, he said. “I thought what was cool about this week was we were able to advertise what we have already in place, while also learning from the community about what they still want from us, and the measures and the lengths that we still have to go,” Schmaier said. ashleycapoot2022@u.northwestern.edu

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150 years: the impact and history of women at NU JULIA RICHARDSON

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This fall marks the 150 year anniversary of Northwestern admitting women to its campus on the “same terms” as their male counterparts. Some may think that 150 years does not seem very long, while others may argue that Northwestern was ahead of its time in comparison to the rest of society. It’s admirable that Northwestern considered integrating women into the University at a time when the idea was just emerging. However, that may have made integration a bit rocky, due to the fact that the idea of women being equal had not been widely accepted. Women were first officially enrolled as members of Northwestern in 1869, 50 years before the 19th amendment was passed in 1920, which extended the vote to white women. At this time, women were not even considered a full part of society, as they hadn’t been granted a fundamental right as citizens. Aside from voting, discrimination against women was common in all areas, and men dominated the professional world. Although Northwestern vowed that women were admitted on the same terms as men, I’m not sure that idea was entirely possible considering the social climate of that time.

The integration of women into the University did not come without pushback or challenges. It was a significant step towards inclusion, but it did not automatically mean equal treatment. One Northwestern faculty member at the time expressed concern about the decision, saying that women would need “additional supervision to keep them out of mischief.” Many were unsure about the idea of women being in close proximity to men and the effect it would have on the men. To address these concerns, instead of pursuing a campus where women and men intermingled, Northwestern implemented a sister school model. “Women would be situated in a separate building, under separate supervision (by women faculty),” but this separate branch, called the Evanston College for Ladies, would be a department of the University. So although women were enrolled at Northwestern, they were still set up to feel inferior. The 150-year crusade from the beginning of women’s journey at NU to where the University stands today has been a long and eventful one. Dr. Anna Ross Lapham became the first female professor to serve at Northwestern’s medical school in 1919, but women were not actually integrated in the school until 1926. Prior to this, the medical school had taken on a sister school model just as the undergraduate school had. The misogyny is evident here — women were seen as fit for professions such as teaching and for helping men along in

their paths towards success, but they were not allowed to have this success themselves. Even now, 150 years later, an equitable system fails to exist. “Today, challenges to gender equity remain, as well as equity for gender identity and expression, racial identity, sexual orientation, and economic status,” says an official statement made on Northwestern’s website, and this holds true. Women in McCormick describe being outnumbered in engineering classes and obvious bias towards men. We also need to overcome the obstacle of the integration of women into faculty. In STEM departments especially, women who aspire to be doctors, engineers and the like do not have the privilege of seeing a significant number of women in teaching and mentorship positions. This can be incredibly discouraging, and these women do not have the privilege of seeing someone similar to them succeeding in the fields they eventually hope to. I think it’s safe to say that the women enrolled in Northwestern today, myself included, are grateful that the school took the leap towards integration in 1869 because we know we would not be here if it hadn’t. However, even though the school became more inclusive the day the board of trustees made that decision, it remained exclusive in a variety of other aspects. Many of the women and men who first attended Northwestern were white and well-off. This is not surprising, of course, since it was 1869, but even now, in 2019, this continues to be a widespread problem not

just at our school, but on other campuses like Northwestern. “Enrollment in the 468 bestfunded and most selective four-year institutions is 77 percent white,” says an article published by The Hechinger Report. Many individuals and families struggle to afford college despite the programs put in place to alleviate financial burdens, which makes a college education largely geared towards those who can afford it. We still have a long way to go. Northwestern was part of the initial wave of colleges making the decision to educate women and pursued the idea despite it being controversial at the time. As a woman enrolled at this university 150 years later, I am proud to know that Northwestern was a crusader at a time when society was skeptical. But of course, as with any institution, there is no such thing as a perfect system, and I see the imperfections as a reminder of what we can still strive for, whether it’s gender equality or other issues. I want us to fight to correct the discrepancies we see. I am proud to attend a university that constantly works to improve and encourages students to fight for what they believe in. Julia Richardson is a Medill first-year. She can be contacted at juliarichardson2023@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.

Receiving reader responses is challenging and heartening PALLAS GUTIERREZ

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At the end of every Opinion piece published by The Daily is a little note about the writer. The second line says, “They can be contacted at,” followed by the writer’s email. When I first started writing for Opinion, I thought I would be contacted very rarely and only about divisive topics. Even in that case, I expected people would send in Letters to the Editor and put their perspective into the public discourse. On average, I receive four reader emails per quarter, not including a random mailing list I was added to without my permission and cannot remove myself from, a physical letter I received at The Daily’s office, and comments on Facebook, Twitter and The Daily’s website. I know that some of my article topics are controversial. My first piece as an op-ed contributor was my viewpoint on the usage of the word “Latinx,” which has been hotly

contested and debated in academic, activist and everyday circles. I have also written about boycotting Chick-fil-A and the role of allies at pride celebrations. Some of these divisive articles sparked enough emotions in readers that they wrote to me. The second piece in my column series “50 Years of Queer Anger” detailed challenges facing the queer community in 2019. In response, I received an almost incoherent email that seemed to argue that queer people should not be integrated into society because they label themselves as outsiders. In response to my column about anti-blackness in the queer community and Andrea Bian’s column about believing survivors, we both received an email from an alumnus about how Medill was failing us by not effectively teaching journalistic law and ethics. (I am not a Medill student.) Six days later, we received a followup about the author pulling donations to Northwestern. I’ve also seen aggressive comments regarding less controversial pieces I’ve written. My final column as assistant editor was about being stuck between journalism and theatre,

and a reader named James Porter commented, “‘My true passion is theater. For a person who writes about male priveledge (sic) constantly, there might not be a higher priveledge (sic) than having someone else pay for you to get a $250,000 Northwestern degree in ‘pretend time.’ I don’t want to hear anymore (sic) of your crap.” Porter’s comment hit harder than either of the emails I received. Whenever I wrote a column for “50 Years of Queer Anger,” I knew that some people would disagree with my points. I prepared myself for emails and comments. I was not prepared for a personal story about my major and extracurriculars to lead to such vitriol. I was also shaken that his takeaway from my pieces was male privilege, which was certainly not my attempt with “50 Years.” I joke with my friends quite a bit about these emails and comments. But when I think about them for a while, I start considering the images people who respond to my pieces have of me. My writing is the only thing they know about me. There’s nothing I can do about that, but it can get overwhelming to have people

Jeff Sessions is not an ordinary conservative ALEXANDRA CHANG

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In response to Mr. Abbot’s letter to the editor on October 17, 2019: In a response to my column criticizing Northwestern University College Republicans’ invitation of Jeff Sessions to Northwestern, Mr. Ryan Abbott presented the argument that I am systematically intolerant of conservative speakers. However, his letter demonstrates that he clearly missed the central argument of my piece. Jeff Sessions is not an ordinary Republican. Sessions had the well-established reputation of being one of the most conservative members of the Senate during his tenure; he was named one of the five most conservative senators by The National Journal. While Mr. Abbott’s claim that “most conservatives are not hateful or intolerant at all” cannot be confirmed or denied, Sessions absolutely is hateful. Mr. Abbot points to a statement in my first column as evidence of my intolerance, but he fails to contextualize my claim in order to prove his point, writing, “The answer (to the question ‘Who is truly tolerant’?) 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.” In my original article, I explicitly followed this statement with, “Nevertheless, it is possible to host a Republican speaker who has not spent their career directly targeting the identities present at this institution.” Additionally, I advocated for the invitation of conservative thought to our campus because “institutions of higher education can often be homogenous in thought,” or, as is the case at Northwestern, a strong liberal bias. Still, I believe that there are many options for conservative speakers who did not spend their political career marginalizing minority groups. My final issue lies in the argument that, because “Mr. Sessions holds views shared by a large majority of conservative Americans,” he deserves to be heard and acknowledged, not protested. Even if Sessions does hold the views of the average conservative — which I have already established as untrue — students should not simply accept this as the reality of conservative thought. Conservatives exist who have not actively oppressed others. If most conservative Americans are systematically unwilling to accept the identities of people for who they are, we do not have to stand idle. We can only achieve progress by fighting injustice, not accepting it. Furthermore, we have the right to voice our opinions through peaceful protest, guaranteed by the First Amendment. Especially considering the fact

that freedom of speech has allowed for the publication of both of our columns, I find it hypocritical to attempt to subdue my First Amendment right to assemble. To end his letter, Mr. Abbot suggests that “the best way to fight intolerance and hatred is to confront it and fight it, not ignore it.” It seems clear to me that protesting Northwestern University College Republicans’ event is a direct confrontation to Sessions, signaling that we are opposed to the decisions he made as Attorney General of the United States and a Senator from Alabama. Ignoring “intolerance and hatred” would be neither attending Sessions’ lecture nor the protest. Additionally, Northwestern University College Republicans does not deserve to cite our attendance as an indicator of success for their event or suggest that students approve of the decision to bring Sessions to our campus. I do not believe in protesting conservatism. I believe in protesting Sessions, and I hope my peers who do not approve of his record are willing to demonstrate with me. Alexandra Chang is a Weinberg sophomore. She can be contacted at alexandrachang2022@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.

criticize me based on 600 words I wrote about an issue I care about. I have received nicer emails, too. Last December, a recently accepted theatre major emailed me in response to my piece about being a theatre major at a highly ranked university. She expressed excitement that the reasons she had applied were the same things I loved about being here, and apologized for the “weird sappy email,” but it touched me. I save every email I’ve received as a Daily columnist. Sometimes they give me ideas for new pieces, sometimes they center me when I’m wondering about the point of Opinion, and some of them are just funny. It’s a sign to me that people are reading my articles and that they’re engaged with the content in some way, and that’s the least I can ask for. 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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the church. “It was nice to have this support from the church,” Trompeter said. “It was a tangible way to really help.” The congregation, 1445 Hinman Ave., has worshiped on the same piece of land since 1870, when the church was erected on land gifted from Northwestern. Though rebuilt twice, the congregation has been active in Evanston since its inception. In the community, members of the congregation participate in Interfaith Action of Evanston, a group that serves underprivileged groups in Evanston, promotes interfaith dialogue and fights for social justice. In addition, the Church House, a community center run by First Congregational, provides sack lunches and hosts the homeless during the winter months. Going forward, Trompeter wants to put a larger focus on welcoming all communities. “It’s really going to be about serving the underserved. We are not only open and affirming to LGBT people, but really to all humans,” Trompeter said. “First Congregational Church offers a radical welcome.” Chris Krei and his wife Linda were married in a Congregational church in downstate Illinois, and when they moved to Chicago, they went to various Congregational churches throughout Chicago. Since deciding to attend First Congregational Church of Evanston and becoming members 12 years ago, Krei said the church has become an extension of his family. Krei forsees a bright future for the congregation’s next 150 years, as he said the church has changed with an increase in the number of young families. “It’s great to get our name in the community and be a forefront in Evanston,” Krei said. “Church hasn’t been as important to people now as it was years ago, but we’re glad to say that it is for us.” For this year’s celebration, the congregation hosted a “Never on a Sunday (morning)” concert, featuring music not heard in church. On Oct 27, First Congregational will hold an anniversary worship service at 10 a.m., with a luncheon after. The church’s activities also include the personal growth of the congregation, Senior Minister Ann Rosewall said. “One of my aims is for people to dream closer to each other and closer to God,” Rosewall said. “When people come to our church, whether it’s because of community or because of finding things out about themselves, they are transformed. And they go out and change the world.”

Henriquezes, who are convicted of exploiting both the testing and athletic recruitment scams, should expect sizeable prison terms, according to the Los Angeles Times. Prosecutors did not charge students in the scandal, placing blame instead on parents as the “prime movers of this fraud.” But documents suggested the Henriquez daughters received answers during the college entrance exam. After The Daily reported the Henriquezes’ involvement in the scandal in March, Northwestern said it would expel or revoke the admission of any student found to have falsified application material. It’s unclear whether NU handed down disciplinary action or ever opened up its own investigation into the allegations, though University spokesman Bob Rowley confirmed in a Monday afternoon statement that the Henriquezes’ youngest daughter is no longer enrolled at the school. The two former Northwestern parents are scheduled to be sentenced in March.

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created multiple parks in and around Chicago, designed the garden, as well as the hotly contested Harley Clarke Mansion in Evanston. However, Northwestern’s Shakespeare Garden is one of the few formal gardens he designed. Adding to its history, the garden was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1988 because the two hawthorn hedges ringing the garden are the originals, grown in France specifically for this Shakespeare Garden. Every plant and flower is mentioned in

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took place last Friday, and was led by Weinberg senior Maya Glenn. The session focused on the societal representation of black and non-normative bodies and how to reclaim their agency. Deokule said it was also difficult for leadership to address student concerns because of various outside factors, but hoped the changes this year would lead to improvements. One of those improvements is the location. “Burlesque” will now be performed in the Louis Room in Norris University Center instead of Lutkin Hall, a change which producer and Lipstick Theatre board member Jane Leff welcomed, as it would make lighting the stage much easier.

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one of Shakespeare’s works with the goal of making it a true English garden where bees and butterflies come and go, said Cie Bond, the Garden Club of Evanston’s head coordinator of the Shakespeare Garden. Bond has held her position for the Shakespeare Garden for four years and said she has loved her time at the helm. “Working in the soil that you know a hundred years worth of women have cared (for) and loved is really incredible,” she said. While it requires effort to find the garden, it takes even more work to maintain it. Bond said 40 of the Garden Club of Evanston’s members

work five shifts in the garden every year, while four women meet twice weekly to plan and coordinate volunteer shifts. Every spring they plant new flowers, while in the fall they remove dead plants to put in bulbs. Even though it’s a lot of work, Bond said working with the garden club has been a rewarding experience. “I’ve learned so much working here,” she said. “I can’t even tell you what this garden has meant to me and what it’s brought to me as a mother, a woman, a gardener, a friend.”

The Communication and McCormick sophomore also said there were changes being made to the way “Burlesque” was being marketed. The production team had deliberately selected all the imagery to be used for the current school year to ensure the message of female body empowerment, rather than sexualization, comes across. “We had a lot of conversations over the summer about what kind of marketing we were going to use,” Leff said. “We sort of (want to) show that we’re still doing ‘Burlesque,’ but we’re changing what ‘Burlesque’ looks like to the outside.” Leff said she hopes that through all the changes a community will form around “Burlesque” that allows everyone to feel

“comfortable in their own skin.” She added that one of the first steps to reaching that goal would be to attend the workshops, which are open to all students. Johnson and Deokule emphasized the workshops weren’t just for performers. They encouraged students, even ones who weren’t planning on performing, to go to at least one workshop. “We always hear from people who are like ‘Oh I’m so interested in the things that ‘Burlesque’ represents but I don’t think I want to take my clothes off,’ which is super fair,” Johnson said. “We wanted to provide a way for people to get involved in the community and get involved in the learning that happens.”

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Northwestern finds footing at NCAA Pre-Nationals By JOHN RIKER

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After several bottom-half finishes early in the season, Northwestern finally found its footing at the NCAA Pre-Nationals in Terre Haute, Indiana. on Saturday. The Wildcats finished fifth out of 26 teams in the “White Race” — the slower of the meet’s two heats. Sophomore Rachel McCardell and seniors Kelly O’Brien and Sarah Nicholson led the way for NU with top-30 finishes. McCardell took 14th place with a time of 21:24.3, and O’Brien and Nicholson clocked in at 21:47.4 and 21:53.0, respectively. The result was a drastic improvement over the Cats’ showings in September, and coach Jill Miller said the difference in the team’s composure was “night and day.” “I was really pleased with their ability to go to the line really calm with a great sense of clarity as the race started and (get) out in really good position,” Miller said. “Tactically we were sound, but we were able to simplify and really engage in the middle and push through the pain to progress really well this weekend.”

For this meet, NU’s strategy involved runners pairing up and pacing off each other through the early stages of the race. McCardell said the plan worked well. “Everyone stayed with their packs until 2 or 3K — people started breaking off from there,” McCardell said. “It really helped us all to get through the first half of the race because we were able to rely on our teammates through that part. It’s a lot easier to gear up for that 3K rather than the whole thing by yourself.” The strategy also elevated O’Brien to a breakout performance as the Cats’ second runner to cross the finish line in 26th place. “It was all mental for me,” O’Brien said. “I didn’t allow myself to get too far ahead in the race or focus on the outcome…That’s something I can replicate and take with me. It was a very nice page-turning moment for me in my longer career too, not just the season.” While Miller saw the meet as a step in the right direction, she added that there’s still room for improvement. For instance, the gap between the top trio and the team’s fourth and fifth runners was almost a minute long, and she said closing that gap will help NU “take a big step forward.” But most of all, Miller wants the Cats to keep their

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Northwestern runs in a pack. The Wildcats placed fifth out of 26 on Saturday.

competitive mentality. “It’s a huge improvement from where we were three weeks ago,” Miller said. “I certainly want to illuminate that, but also be very real that we want to be better and to keep focused on the process…My goal is that this

is one step forward of many and that they continue to stay true to what we’re doing both inside and outside of practice.” johnriker2023@u.northwestern.edu

Tariffs hit Irish butter company with Evanston offices By MAIA SPOTO

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No luck for the Irish: Kerrygold, a Dublinbased butter company with offices in Evanston, is reeling from a recently imposed 25 percent tariff that affects a variety of European domestic and agricultural products. A World Trade Organization ruling, which the Office of the United States Trade Representative calls “the largest arbitration award in WTO history,” allocated the United States $7.5 billion in tariffs on European products. The ruling, which President Donald Trump said during a press conference was “a big win for the United States,” ends a 15-year legal battle against European Union

Airbus subsidies, which the WTO ruled illegal. Kerrygold — the second most popular butter brand in the United States, according to a Bloomberg Article — has a head office in Evanston, which is responsible for the North American sales and marketing of its butter. The company said in an email to The Daily that the tariff, which took effect last Friday, will disrupt Kerrygold’s business. “If this tariff cost cannot be recovered in the market, it will negatively impact our supply chain,” Kerrygold wrote in the email. “In anticipation of the WTO’s decision, we have been preparing our businesses by having appropriate risk mitigation measures in place.” Tariffs are a tax that can be paid either by foreign producers or by domestic consumers, said Economics Prof. Martin Eichenbaum. According to Eichenbaum, the price difference can seem small to large

entities. But the shift may be one that lower-income individuals may not be able to afford. “Tariffs always benefit a few people intensely, and hurt many people by a little,” Eichenbaum said. “The few people who benefit fight viciously for them. The people who just get hurt by a little bit don’t run to the ramparts. So it’s always easier politically to give to the few who are passionate than the broad-based electorate, who are just getting hurt by a little bit. But if you integrate over everybody, they’re really getting hurt by a lot.” Economics Prof. Mark Witte said the tariff will likely cause Kerrygold to raise prices, triggering a consumer shift from Irish-produced butter to domestic companies such as Land O’Lakes. The tariffs, Witte said, are a political strategy to benefit American farmers and charm domestic dairy producers to the current administration.

According to the FRED economic research database, milk and butter prices are much lower than they were five years ago. The tariff likely has local farmers “thrilled,” Eichenbaum said, because the upper-Midwest dairy industry is depressed. Eichenbaum said the current administration has imposed tariffs under the assumption that American companies will ramp up production. However, Eichenbaum said production does not have much room for growth, because the unemployment rate in the United States is so low. Witte said damage to consumers is far greater than gains from any domestic jobs that the tariff creates. “For the most part,” Witte said, “economists think this was really poor policy.” maiaspoto2023@u.northwestern.edu

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Wildcats bring in top recruit Max Christie for scrimmage By CHARLIE GOLDSMITH

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Most open preseason scrimmages aren’t that important –– that’s why Kansas invited Snoop Dogg to Allen Fieldhouse to make things interesting. But Northwestern’s was a day that could end up as a turning point for the program. Five-star shooting guard Max Christie made his second visit to Evanston to watch the scrimmage, and it seemed to go really well for the Wildcats. The top-15 recruit in the 2021 high school class sat next to coach Chris Collins and four-star forward Bryce Hopkins throughout, as they spent the time laughing and analyzing the game. Even though he’s being recruited by Duke, Villanova and Michigan, Christie said he’s giving serious consideration to NU. “Wherever I’m comfortable with is where I’ll pay attention to,” Christie told The Daily. “I’m not looking at all the blue blood schools just because I’m a five star, or whatever you want to call it… It’s not like I’m embarrassed to come here because I’m a five star.” Christie, who lives in Rolling Meadows, Illinois, has strong ties to the Cats’ program. His mom played on the women’s basketball team and has taken Christie to several men’s games at the old Welsh-Ryan Arena. Collins and assistant coach Emanuel Dildy are leading Christie’s recruitment, and Christie said they’re stressing his potential fit next to sophomore forwards Pete Nance and Miller Kopp. Christie added he’s excited about NU’s young core and the coaches are in constant communication with him as they try to make him the top rated recruit to ever sign with the Cats. “I’ve been around here since I was really young, and it’s always good to be back,” he said. “With the new arena and everything, I want to take everything in.”

The purple-white scrimmage was “projective”

The scrimmage was clearly an appetizer to Friday’s football game against Ohio State. In order to accommodate the football team’s weekly “ Walk with Us” through Welsh-Ryan, the purple-white scrimmage ended in a 32-32 tie. Assistant coach Brian James, hoping to call an out-of-bounds play late in the game, was told he had to “hurry up” when he unsuccessfully tried to call a time-out with less than a minute to go. With the players in a rush, no one scored in the last minute. Junior guard Anthony Gaines missed a contested layup that could have won the game at the buzzer. Gaines led the white team, which had guards Ryan Greer and Pat Spencer and bigs Nance and Jared Jones. They played against a lineup comprised of freshman Boo Buie at the point, A.J. Turner and Miller Kopp on the wing and Robbie Beran and Ryan Young in the frontcourt. “It was pretty projective,” said Bryant McIntosh, the assistant director of basketball operations who coached the white team Friday. “We get to see when the lights are on what we have and the things we need to work on.”

Boo Buie is better than advertised

The last freshman point guard to be a consistent scorer for NU was McIntosh. He’s a coach now –– it’s been that long. NU couldn’t replace McItnosh’s production in its first year without him in the fold, but Buie already looks like a competent solution to the Cats’ scoring woes from last season. He had a game-high 13 points, hitting shots from everywhere and playing at an up-tempo pace. Buie played with Kopp and Turner, two of the team’s most talented returning scorers. But Buie set the tone for the offense, running several high pick-and-roll and scoring from all three levels. He started the game

with a ceiling-scraping floater,made three 3-point shots off the dribble and looks like the best long-distance shooter on the roster. Buie appears to be ahead of Greer in the rotation, as the sophomore guard was hit-or-miss from the field. He’s less dangerous than Buie off the drive and fumbled multiple pass attempts to Jones on the pick-and-roll. Greer finished with six points and was clearly more aggressive offensively than he was last year. He had a few creative finishes at the rim, hitting contested spinning laups and an underhand scoop shot, but Greer missed a floater off the drive on his team’s second-to-last possession.

Pete Nance is ready for his moment

Nance returned for the stretch run of last season after missing eight games with mono, but he said he never felt like himself in the final five games he played. Nance was back to full strength for the offseason, and the results of his hard work showed. Nance walked onto the floor looking twice as strong as he did last season –– the recently graduated Vic Law complimented him on it –– and he finished with eight points. Nance hit two threes and a post fadeaway, and he also attempted a few mid-range shots off the dribble. His team gave him the ball on a few pivotal possessions down the stretch, and he made good reads off the drive to find Greer and Gaines open on the other side of the court. He was as aggressive as the coaches hoped he would become for his sophomore season.

Jared Jones shows his versatility

The biggest uncertainty regarding the season’s rotation is how Collins works out his big man rotation between traditional fives in Jones and Young and a small-ball option in Nance. While Nance is the best shot blocker and Young is the best rebounder, Jones showed that he can

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do a little bit of everything. The freshman from Georgia finished with seven points, doing his most damage below the rim as a target for driving guards looking to pass. He showed good touch finishing through contact, though Collins gave Jones a hard time for missing a contested layup that would have given his team a late lead. None of this was unexpected. Jones came into Evanston with a reputation as an elite athlete who would defend physically in the post

and make easy baskets on offense. But early in the game he surprised the crowd by taking a three-point shot, and Welsh-Ryan cheered louder than they had all game. Jones made his first attempt from distance and took three shots from beyond the arc. His final two attempts drew the attention of defense, who closed out on Jones like he’s been draining threes in practice all season. charliegoldsmith2021@u.northwestern.edu

WOMEN’S SOCCER

Cats fall to 7th in Big Ten with loss to Nittany Lions By ANDREW GOLDEN

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In Northwestern four matchups prior to Sunday’s contest against Penn State, the Wildcats’ opponents had been the first to score — and Sunday was no different. Less than five minutes into the game, the Nittany Lions got on board after a goal by Payton Linnehan. In the previous four games, NU fought back to tie the game in three of them. But in University Park, Pennsylvania, the Nittany Lions (11-6-1, 7-3-0 Big Ten) scored another goal in the first half and eventually beat the Cats (5-8-3, 3-4-2 Big Ten) 3-1. “They’re a really difficult team to play, probably the most experienced team in the Big Ten” coach Michael Moynihan said. “We got into an early hole and that doesn’t help against a good team.” Moynihan said the team opted for a tactical change, hoping to bottle up Penn State’s stars offensively and win the game through counterattacking. But NU didn’t execute the game plan the way that Moynihan wanted.

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Penn State only need two shots to get on the board. Linehan flew past the Cats backline of defenders, receiving a perfect ball from midfielder Sam Coffey. She kicked the ball right over the outstretched hands of sophomore goalie Mackenzie Wood, leaving NU in the early hole. Despite being ahead, the Nittany Lions continued to be the aggressors, taking six more shots before Linnehan added her second goal on a corner kick. By the end of the first half, Penn State took 10 shots while the Cats failed to register one during the first 45 minutes. But that wouldn’t last for long. Just 19 seconds into the second half, graduate midfielder Olivia Korhonen sent a cross into the box where junior midfielder Regan Steigleder was waiting and headed it into the bottom left corner of the net to give NU a glimmer of hope.

Unfortunately, that shot was the only one that the Cats took all game. NU was outshot 19-1 for the whole game and Penn State constantly put pressure on the NU defense to make stops throughout the game. “We started off the game timid and by that I mean we played like that for most of the game,” Steigleder said. “We came in a lot better in the second half, but we kinda dropped off.” Moynihan said he was particularly disappointed in the fact that two of the three goals given up were on corner kicks. The Cats are currently sitting tied for seventh in the conference standings with two games remaining before the Big Ten Tournament. In order to move up in the standings, Moynihan said the team needs to be more aggressive, something that the team did in spurts throughout the game. “The last two games, we have not executed our tactics very well which puts us in a mode where we’re chasing, ” Moynihan said. “Whenever you’re chasing it’s hard to assert yourselves.” andrewgolden2021@u.northwestern.edu

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Regan Steigleder kicks the ball. The junior scored a goal on the Cats lone shot of the game.