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MSNBC contributor Jill Wine-Banks speaks at the Lorraine H. Morton Civic Center on Tuesday. The event, hosted by Indivisible Evanston, focused on increasing civic engagement in the 2020 election.
Activist urges 2020 voter turnout Evanston NAACP leader, MSNBC contributor stress importance By JACOB FULTON
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Ahead of the 2020 election, MSNBC contributor Jill Wine-Banks and the Evanston NAACP’s civic engagement chair Willie Shaw urged
Evanston residents at a Tuesday event to get out the vote and stay engaged. Invisible Evanston held the event at the Lorraine H. Morton Civic Center, aiming to inspire community members to become politically active. The speakers emphasized the importance of grassroots work
and involvement in both local and national elections. Before she was a contributor for MSNBC, Wine-Banks served as a prosecutor who worked on the investigation of President Richard Nixon in Watergate. Indivisible Evanston co-leader Kathleen Long said she was excited about the
speakers’ messages, especially in light of the current impeachment inquiry. “We couldn’t have gotten more relevant than the two speakers we had tonight,” Long said. Shaw started out the event, » See VOTE, page 6
The Illinois Association of School Boards, a lobbying group that advocates for education policy in the Illinois state legislature, has laid out resolutions to support legislation that promotes arming school faculty in anticipation of their Joint Annual Conference. The IASB, which is made up of delegates from 98 percent of all school districts in Illinois, will hold their Joint Annual Conference from Nov. 22 to 24 to lay out their objectives and which legislation they will support next year. Among the list of 12 new resolutions to be considered this year, two include wording surrounding the use of firearms by either school resource officers or authorized school faculty. With resistance to similar resolutions that were taken up at IASB’s annual conference last year, the reemergence of this topic at this year’s conference has reignited the debate around whether or not to arm
school teachers in the face of the growing number of school shootings nationally each year. Joseph Hailpern, a member of the board of education for the Evanston/Skokie School District 65 and the board’s IASB delegate, said the issue is more nuanced as the school districts in favor of arming teachers are from more rural districts than Evanston. “The district and Resolution Committee’s rationale for putting (the resolution) in speaks to the diversity of school districts in Illinois, and it makes a lot of sense,” Hailpern said. “Districts in rural communities have a very different lived experience regarding access to police, proximity to police and response times.” Evanston Township High School District 202 was not available for comment at the time of publication. Among the resolutions surrounding firearm use, one calls for the IASB to support legislation that would give local school boards the option to develop Student Safety and Protection Plans. These plans would authorize “voluntary district employees, in any capacity” to carry a concealed firearm as long as they have » See ARMED, page 6
Buchanan connects Teenagers say wages weren’t enough beyond NU campus Some say Mayor’s Summer Youth Employment Program caused strain NU staff member engages outside Evanston bubble By MADDIE BURAKOFF
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Growing up, Val Buchanan didn’t feel like she really had a hometown. After bouncing around the country for family moves, college and career opportunities, Buchanan, 46, feels she’s partly from Michigan, Texas, Missouri, California and Massachusetts. Since she joined Northwestern’s staff in April 2016, though, Buchanan — or “Wildcat Val,” as she’s dubbed herself on Facebook — said she’s fallen in love with the Chicagoland area and plans on sticking around for a long time. And now, she’s made it her goal to connect NU students with their own temporary home. “At Northwestern, so much of our time and energy is spent on learning our disciplines and research pursuits,” Buchanan said. “And yet, so many of the things that help us figure
out who we want to be in the world, and what we want to be about, come through … experiences that we have with our neighbors.” Officially, Buchanan works as NU’s assistant director of leadership development and community engagement. In simpler terms, she wants to make sure students interact with their neighbors beyond campus limits — for example, by organizing service days, bringing in speakers and advising service-oriented student groups. The role is a little like being a matchmaker, said Buchanan. Sometimes, she’s in her office on the third fl oor of Norris University Center — a bright space near The SOURCE brimming with event fl yers, stacks of books and souvenirs from all over the world — meeting with student leaders and school administrators to find new ways to engage. Other times, she’s out in Evanston and Chicago, building relationships with groups that are already addressing issues she cares about — like serving meals with food bank » See BUCHANAN, page 6
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When Bernice Olla-Chatman’s brother prepared to leave for college this summer, her mother, who single-handedly raises three children, was about to face more financial burden. The Evanston Township High School junior knew she needed to support her family, so she got a job at Evanston’s HAIR Science scheduling appointments, cleaning the salon and resupplying products for $8.50 an hour. Olla-Chatman found the job through the Mayor’s Summer Youth Employment Program, which connects 14- to 18-yearolds in Evanston with summer jobs through a job fair and training process. The program offers jobs in both the public and private sector and subsidizes salaries for some jobs in hair salons and barber shops. Olla-Chatman, who wants to be a hairdresser, said her job gave her real-world experience in the beauty industry. But she said the wage, which the program subsidized, wasn’t enough to support students under financial strain. “I think they were setting it
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Evanston mayor Steve Hagerty addresses participants at the 2018 Mayor’s Summer Youth Employment Program job fair. The program connects “at-risk” teenagers with employment opportunities and training.
because kids were mainly doing it because they just wanted extra money,” Olla-Chatman said. “They really don’t pay attention to kids who really need the job because they’re supporting their families.They’re taking it from the view that if you live in Evanston, there’s really no problems there.” Kevin Brown, who manages Evanston’s Youth and Young Adult division, said the program employed 605 students last summer. Most students who work for the city — in government departments or communitybased organizations — earn an hourly wage between $8.50 and $9.50, although some students
have earned up to $11 an hour. Wages for students who work in the private sector are determined by their employer, and many are above minimum wage. The federally-funded program, which was created in 1992, is a non-law enforcement crime prevention initiative. It targets students with minimal work experience hoping to improve their skill set for future jobs, as well as connecting “at-risk youth” with employment opportunities. Violent, theft, burglary, and drugrelated arrests for 16- to 18-year olds in Evanston decreased by 219 percent from 2012 to 2018. Brown said he believes the job
program has “contributed to that decline.” Brown noted that the program’s public sector jobs pay twice as much as the starting federal minimum wage for employees under 20, which is $4.25 an hour. Evanston’s minimum wage is currently $12 an hour, and will increase to $13 an hour by 2020, following a 2017 Cook County ordinance that incrementally raised the wage. Subsidized temporary youth employment programs, however, are excluded from the wage increase. The program is currently » See YOUTH, page 6
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Evanston patrons struggle to find affordable thrifting By NATALIE CHUN
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In recent years, thrift shopping has become more of a fashion trend than for affordability. As a result, conveniently located stores with stylish pieces, like Crossroads Trading Co., in downtown Evanston, are far too expensive, students said. And more affordable alternatives like Goodwill, often have limited clothing options. Some Northwestern students have complained about the limited options for thrift shopping in Evanston, and one student even said she resorts to options like dumpster diving to find affordable clothing. SESP junior Jessy Feng Han said she first began thrift shopping freshman year of high school after watching a lot of “thrifting videos” on YouTube. “It’s like a little adventure,” Feng Han said. “Every time, you never know what you’re going to find, and it’s inexpensive.” Feng Han said thrifting in Evanston is not very convenient and that the only option is Crossroads or Goodwill. She said that because of the lack of options, and since she is no longer growing, she hasn’t really gone clothes shopping since coming to Evanston. Sam Liu, a Communication sophomore, said she looks for smaller stores in Chicago,
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particularly in Wicker Park and Andersonville, but getting there can be an inconvenience. In response to the lack of thrifting options in Evanston, Liu and her friend Melissa Batz, organized an event last spring called NU Thrift Store, which was held in Norris and allowed students to donate and shop for used clothing items. Liu
said that they sold over 150 items at the event and hope to make it a quarterly event. “It’s so much better to buy used clothes than to buy new clothes, Liu said. “The only cheap clothes that are new are from fast fashion companies, and it’s just terrible, everything they do.” The intersection between sustainability and
men then exited the car and ran toward him. They demanded money and one showed a knife, said Evanston police Cmdr. Ryan Glew. The boy ran to an entrance of the high school, with the two men chasing him across the green. The men eventually retreated and the boy’s father picked him up. He told police officers that the two men seemed around age 18-24 and that one was wearing a black hoodie and one was wearing a grey hoodie. Glew said that there are no suspects and there is no one in custody.
Man hit in head with child scooter A 50-year-old Evanston resident was at the home of a friend around 5 p.m. on Sept. 20 when he was hit over the head with a child push scooter by a man he already knew. The man told police officers who responded to the scene that he was seated, but got up after the other man sat down next to him. The other man began cursing and calling the man names, threatening him with a bottle. He then picked up a child push scooter and hit the first man on the head. The first man refused a ride to the hospital and the other
nataliechun2021@u.northwestern.edu man fled the scene. The first man called the police department around 8 p.m. that night and said he had a slight concussion from the incident. He also gave further details about where the man who hit him with a scooter could be found, possible whereabouts and residence. On Oct. 16, the offender turned himself in, was interviewed and placed under arrest. He has been charged with one count of misdemeanor battery. — Natalie Chun
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A 15-year-old boy was waiting for his father to pick him up near Evanston Township High School around 9:34 p.m. on Sunday when two men allegedly attempted an armed robbery. The boy was standing near the school, at the 1600 block of Dodge Avenue, when a black SUV pulled into the lot across from where he was standing. Two
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A sign in the window of Crossroads Trading Co. in Evanston. Northwestern students expressed frustration with the prices at the store.
cost-efficiency is one that goes together naturally for some students. Batz, a SESP junior, worked with Liu to create the NU Thrift program last year after seeing a lot of items being thrown away at the end of the quarter. She said that while she latched onto the environmental aspect of thrifting more recently, it’s always been more cost-related for her. “I’m from San Bernardino, Calif., which is a primarily immigrant, Latinx community, lowincome mostly, so thrifting was just like shopping,” Batz said, “like going to another store, it wasn’t anything really special.” Batz said she has had trouble finding affordable shopping places nearby but has found some items at the Goodwill in Evanston and on Free & For Sale, a Facebook group for Northwestern to exchange used items. But while Batz thrifts for economical reasons, Liu encourages people to thrift shop for a multitude of reasons. The environmental aspect is something that she said everyone should consider but that there are also style reasons that inspire some to thrift. “You find more unique pieces, some of the items, depending on where you go, there are specific thrift stores for vintage pieces,” Liu said. “But those tend to be higher-end, more expensive pieces.”
Hear Their Inspiring Stories President’s Alumni Panel: My Northwestern Direction Friday, October 25, 1:45–3 p.m. McCormick Auditorium, Norris University Center The Northwestern Alumni Association congratulates the 2019 Northwestern Alumni Medalists—accomplished leaders in their fields who embody Northwestern through their life, work, and service. Learn how Northwestern shaped their lives and careers.
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Norris’ non-credit courses draw crowds By ARIANNA CARPATI
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Each quarter, the Alumnae of Northwestern University offers four non-credit classes taught by NU professors through its Continuing Education program. Continuing Education enrolls approximately 3,000 students each year who can take the classes, each of which occur for two hours once a week. The Continuing Education board, founded more than 100 years ago, is run solely by women who have coordinated this successful program for 51 years. Debby Hudson (Weinberg ’75, SESP ’93), Continuing Education’s committee co-chair, has been coordinating classes for about 12 years. As a coordinator, she has many roles, one of which is helping to decide who will teach what classes. Course topics range from science to drama, music and more. Hudson said for many older students, especially those who no longer live independently, the busy backdrop of Northwestern students provides an energizing atmosphere and experience. Janice Wessinger Bartlett (SESP ’54) said she has been taking classes with the Continuing Education program for over 40 years and has seen the program expand. Her favorite classes are the music classes and literature classes. “I find it very intellectually stimulating to have all different ideas and topics come up that I can enjoy,” she said. Wessinger Bartlett said she and a group of students were so inspired by a literature class they took several years ago that they started a book club that is still active today. Courses offered in the program are often courses that Northwestern professors have previously taught to undergraduate students. Hudson said she was a religion major at Northwestern and has an interest in history, so she often looks for courses in those fields. There is an effort made each year to offer courses in many different fields. This quarter, for example, there is a course on the
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African-American Experience, which prompted the board to consider how professors in different fields would teach the topic from different perspectives, she added. Some of the most popular classes are the multiprofessor science classes the program offers, which bring in undergraduate and medical school professors to lecture on topics like artificial intelligence or the brain. “It’s a very good experience for the professors too,” Hudson said. ”They have people who are very engaged in what they’re teaching and some of them have read a lot and experienced a lot and bring a lot of content knowledge already to the course.” The board uses the tuition funds for the program for costs — including professor salaries and bus transportation to Norris. Any leftover funds are put towards grants and scholarships for Northwestern students and faculty. In this way, the program funding loops in a full circle.
Mary Poole (Communication ‘75, ‘87) was the first graduate school woman to receive a grant from the alumnae association to complete her Ph.D. at Northwestern. Now, she is one of three professors teaching a class this fall in Continuing Education called “3 Actors, 9 Plays” in which each professor chooses three plays to present and discuss with students. Poole said she has enjoyed the opportunity to teach the Continuing Education students and as she prepares for retirement at the end of this year, she said she would love to do anything to continue to help the alumnae association. “It’s a very different type of student — their reasons for being in the classroom is very different, their knowledge they bring to the classroom is very different than a 20-year-old brings into the classroom, and I enjoyed myself tremendously,” Poole said. ariannacarpati2023@u.northwestern.edu
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Diversity at The Daily is important, down to majors MARCUS THUILLIER
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Last year, I participated in the second annual “The Daily Northwestern’s Diversity Report.” I’ll be the first to acknowledge that my socioeconomic and ethnic background do not contribute much to the goal of adding diversity in The Daily’s newsroom. However, it’s nice to see such a storied organization taking steps towards more diversity and inclusion in their newsroom. Still, it was another figure that caught my eye: According to the survey conducted, 83.1 percent of The Daily staff majored in journalism. This number might seem completely normal. The Daily is a newspaper after all, and you’d expect journalism students to contribute and form the backbone of the organization. Yet the report itself points out the issue with such an
assumption. The Daily Northwestern Editorial Board writes that “this imbalance narrows the perspective our staffers bring to each story or project, and makes our coverage less reflective of issues not directly affecting Medill students.” I attended UC San Diego for my undergraduate education, and we did not have a journalism school or major. As a huge public research university, its publication’s newsroom more often looked like a computer science lab with people working on homework rather than a fully functioning newspaper. One big draw of such an environment was the varied perspectives and issues the many majors present in the staff brought to the table. Newspaper coverage reflected the student population as a whole, not just of one school. What we lacked in professionalism, as none of us were part of the classes and training that Medill students endure, we made up for with a broad convergence of different personalities and views. Medill students are no doubt some of the
brightest journalism students in the country and have shown to be fully able to carry The Daily’s legacy. But they also are around each other all the time. They take the same classes. They have the same tricks when it comes to passing those classes. They might come from different backgrounds and have different stories but in the end have very similar academic perspectives by way of their major. They might make excellent journalists in the long run, but the creators of The Daily largely all undergo the same education, affecting the diversity of thought and perspectives present in the papers they publish. As a graduate student in a STEM field, my experience at Northwestern can be very different from a Medill student. Ultimately, while my academic background doesn’t really impact the issues I cover, it has shaped my views differently than if I had pursued a journalism major. I just so happen to voice my opinion on content often unrelated to my academic
background, so it isn’t always evident. There are more pressing issues when it comes to diversity in the newsroom. Race, gender, sexual orientation and socioeconomic background are bigger priorities when it comes to giving a voice to those who haven’t been heard. But it’s important to keep in mind this other group of people whose views don’t usually get portrayed in the media. Getting a few more people with more diverse academic interests outside of journalism involved is a worthy investment when looking at diversity in The Daily. Marcus Thuillier is a second-year graduate student. He can be contacted at marcusthuillier2019@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.
Gov’t should ease barriers for research on psychedelics WESLEY SHIROLA
DAILY COLUMNIST
This is the fourth column in “Failed Policy,” a series examining the history of drugs and drug policy in the United States since its founding. When many of us think of psychedelics, we think of the 1960s, especially its music. Indeed, psychedelic rock, with its characteristic mix of electric guitars, synthesizers and sitars, was largely intended to simulate and enhance the mind-altering experiences of psychedelic drugs. Psychedelics had been around for many decades, however, before their connection to the “American counterculture” led to their classification as illegal. In 1938, Swiss chemist and Sandoz employee Albert Hofmann was trying to synthesize a stimulant when he instead created lysergic acid diethylamide, or LSD. Not the stimulant that he had hoped for, Hofmann set aside LSD for five years until he re-examined it and accidentally absorbed a small dose through his fingertips in the process. He experienced a drastic shift in consciousness and eventually decided that the drug would be useful for psychotherapy. From the 1940s through the early 1960s, research breakthroughs into LSD and psilocybin, another psychedelic, were rapid.
Scientists began to better appreciate the brain’s neurochemistry and how therapists might effectively treat mental illness using psychedelics. An astonishing 40,000 patients were treated with LSD and traditional psychotherapy between 1950 and 1965, and more than a thousand research papers on them were published. By the mid-1960s, though, an increasing number of young Americans were using LSD, and the drug found its way into college campuses and music festivals. As is common with many things popular among young people, stories soon emerged of psychosis and murder as a result of “bad trips.” Supposedly as a result of these drugs, young Americans no longer believed in authorities and the central institutions at the heart of American society; they most definitely didn’t want to enlist and head to Vietnam. Sure enough, by 1966 LSD was illegal in the U.S. Psilocybin was banned in America a few years later. Today, over half a century since LSD was banned, psychedelics are making a comeback as researchers rediscover their powerful therapeutic effects. Partly as a result of the slow, yet widespread, decriminalization of marijuana in the United States — as policy makers realized that pot did not bring the moral and social destruction that many had predicted and in fact is beneficial therapeutically — detractors have opened their minds to the idea that other currently illegal drugs may be therapeutically effective as well.
In 2008, a team from Johns Hopkins University reported in the Journal of Psychopharmacology that the “mystical” experiences provoked by psilocybin mediate the attribution of personal meaning and spiritual significance 14 months after initial administration. Furthermore, compared to methylphenidate — a stimulant more commonly known as Ritalin — the psilocybin treatment produced statistically significant increases in positive attitudes, mood, social effects and behavior. Another study published in the same journal in 2010 found that the psychedelic MDMA was more effective than a placebo in easing the symptoms of treatment-resistant PTSD. Additionally, the researchers wrote that the MDMA-assisted psychotherapy can be administered to patients with PTSD safely and may be beneficial in patients resistant or tolerant to other treatments. In early 2015, Rick Doblin of the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies and a co-author of the 2010 paper announced that he was hopeful that MDMA would be available as a prescription by 2021. While this now seems unlikely seeing that 2021 is less than two years away, Doblin has stayed at the forefront of establishing psychedelics as legitimate and effective treatments for mental illness. Since the 1960s when LSD was made illegal, and up until today, the FDA and DEA have been stringent in their approval of clinical studies into psychedelics. While
‘Midsommar’ misrepresents bipolar disorder KATHRYN AUGUSTINE
ASST. OPINION EDITOR
Content warning: This column includes descriptions of mental illness and suicide and includes a description of a death by suicide in the film “Midsommar.” Historically, the genre of horror films has associated mental illness with violence. The villains who commit gruesome crimes are diagnosed with a variety of stigmatized disorders, and the illness is portrayed as the sole precipitant of that behavior. Unfortunately, the folk horror film “Midsommar,” released in July 2019, is no different. The film opens with the protagonist Dani Ardor reading an email from her sister, Terri, who has bipolar disorder. Terri ominously alludes to her hopelessness and a desire to kill herself and her parents. Naturally, Dani is shaken by the message and reaches out to her boyfriend, Christian Hughes. Rather than acknowledging the possibility that Terri and her parents are in danger, Christian complains that Terri is a burden and reiterates that her behavior is not out of character. Christian’s automatic assumption that Terri’s message is a ploy for attention is troubling. He assumes that, since Terri has expressed suicidal thoughts in the past, yet has not acted on them, she poses no threat to herself. This misconception is erroneous. When a person alludes to taking their own life, that needs to be taken seriously, not
dismissed, and action should be taken to ensure their safety. As a result of Christian’s nonchalance, Dani attempts to suppress her panic. The consequence of disregarding people at risk of suicide is appropriately illustrated — Terri later kills herself. However, accurate portrayal of mental illness ends here. The audience quickly learns that Terri murdered her parents prior to ending her own life. Her homicidal behavior implies a connection between bipolar disorder and interpersonal violence, when in reality, no such connection exists. The film uses bipolar disorder as a crutch to explain her character, which grossly misrepresents the mental health condition. A 2010 study from the Karolinska Institute in Sweden suggests that bipolar disorder does not increase the risk of violent crime. Bipolar disorder’s overrepresentation in violent crime statistics is instead explained by concurrent substance abuse. Twenty-one percent of patients with bipolar disorder and severe substance abuse were convicted of a violent crime, while only 5 percent of patients with bipolar disorder alone were convicted of a violent crime. This illustrates that bipolar disorder alone is not responsible for interpersonal violence; other factors are at play. Suicidal individuals can often perceive themselves as worthless burdens and believe that their loved ones will be happier without their presence. This directly contradicts the notion that suicide is motivated by selfishness and that suicidal individuals want to kill others. Generally, the motivation behind suicide is not bringing suffering to others,
but rather, ending personal suffering. Bipolar disorder is a stigmatized, misunderstood disorder outside of the media industry. People assume that bipolar disorder can be boiled down to mood swings, shifting from happy to depressed in a matter of seconds. People assume that all individuals with bipolar disorder exhibit the same symptoms and patterns of behavior. People assume that individuals with bipolar disorder pose an imminent threat and are not to be associated with. Therefore, when the media perpetuates these myths, misconceptions are further cemented and confirmed. The media has a greater influence on views on mental illness than people will admit. It’s blatantly irresponsible to present a character with bipolar disorder murdering their parents without any background context on that individual. Depicting murder and other forms of violence in horror films that are present in today’s society is not necessarily problematic. However, I staunchly oppose horror films that villainize two-dimensional characters suffering from mental illness instead of presenting the relationship between mental illness and violence in a nuanced manner. Kathryn Augustine is a Medill sophomore. She can be contacted at kathrynaugustine2022@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.
these agencies have increasingly been more receptive over the past decade, the approval process is still horrendous. Earlier this year, The Economist reported that it took Peter Hendricks, a researcher at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, six or seven years to get approval for his trials on the impact of psilocybin on cocaine addiction. Acquiring funding has also been difficult. Due to the drugs’ illegality, the U.S. government is loath to distribute money for research into psychedelics. As a result, researchers have had to rely on private donors and philanthropists for much of their funding. Other countries are not much more willing in this regard. The U.S. government must stand down and loosen these legal barriers to research and treatment with psychedelics. Scientists have realized the powerful therapeutic effects that these drugs hold largely since they were first synthesized. It is time for the U.S. government to realize the same. The longer it holds out and maintains bureaucratic hurdles, the longer it indirectly harms thousands of patients both in the U.S. and across the world each year. Wesley Shirola is a Weinberg junior. He can be contacted at wesleyshirola2021@u.northwestern.edu. If you would like to respond publicly to this column, send a Letter to the Editor to opinion@dailynorthwestern.com. The views expressed in this piece do not necessarily reflect the views of all staff members of The Daily Northwestern.
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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 23, 2019
MEET THE 2019 HOMECOMING COURT Northwestern will soon crown another senior as Homecoming Wildcat. Since Fall 2017, a Homecoming Wildcat has been elected as opposed to a Homecoming King and Queen in an effort to make the festivities more inclusive. The Daily spoke with this year’s nominees — and for those that couldn’t be reached before publication, our staff pulled from their previous statements. Meet them here: — Jacob Fulton, Amy Li and Neya Thanikachalam
LARRY COLEMAN Weinberg senior Larry Coleman said that the experience of being on homecoming court and hearing what people had to say about him in their recommendations has been exciting for him. “It’s been kind of surreal,” Coleman said. “Hearing the kind words from my friends who
RYAN FOREMAN Communication senior and Evanston native Ryan Foreman said he had dreamed of becoming Homecoming Wildcat since high school. His connection with Northwestern, however, dates back to before he was born, when his parents met at Hecky’s Barbeque. Foreman, who attended Evanston Township High School, said he was inspired by his teacher Corey Winchester (SESP ’10), who was the Homecoming Wildcat in 2010. “He is someone I look up to and whom I want to be like in the future: a successful and educated black man making a difference in the world,”
JASON TYLER GOOSEN Jason Tyler Goosen, a Virginia Beach native, is pursuing a degree in mechanical engineering and plays on the Northwestern football team. On the weekends, when he’s not at a football game, he said he can be found at the library working at the entrance desk. In his free time, Tyler Goosen volunteers at
SHU HAN McCormick senior Shu Han said that the best parts of his experiences at Northwestern have come from the faculty and students he’s gotten a chance to learn with. Han is a computer science and industrial
DEBBIEMARIE BROWN Medill senior Debbie-Marie Brown said her time at Northwestern has been shaped by the different communities she’s been involved with on campus. Brown is a member of many groups, including the Wildcat Marching Band, BlackBoard Magazine and Lambda Theta Alpha. “I’ve seen my Northwestern experience as an
recommended me and hearing about why I got picked to be on homecoming court is really exciting to me. Knowing I’ll have people looking at me as a symbol for homecoming is a cool experience.” Coleman said he expects the entire homecoming experience will make him even prouder of being a student here. “I’m excited to come out of this experience with even more Northwestern pride than I already have,” Coleman said. “I already bleed purple — I yell ‘Go ‘Cats’ to everyone I see — and hopefully, this will just deepen my love for Northwestern.”
Foreman wrote for Northwestern’s Royalty Court. Foreman, who is a theatre major and sociology minor with a Musical Theatre Certificate, is involved with many organizations at NU, including Asterisk, the University’s all-male a cappella group; the Ukulele Club; and is the outreach director and developmental chair of Vertigo Productions, a student theatre board that only produces student work. He has also been a Peer Adviser for three years. He said in the release that when he arrived on campus he felt imposter syndrome, and that studying at NU “felt too good to be true.” But now that’s changed. “I feel that Northwestern is truly my home,” Foreman wrote in a Homecoming release. “I hope that the work I have done shows my love for the Northwestern community and I am able to represent the university that has changed my life so much as Homecoming Wildcat.”
NU pride’s canned food drive and Misericordia Candy Days. He also said he loves cooking for his friends and family and hopes to continue improving his skills as a home cook. Tyler Goosen’s teammate Jesse Meyler nominated him for homecoming royalty, and he thought it would be an interesting way to become more involved on campus and represent his school as well as his team. “I’m excited to meet some different people,” Goosen said. “I’ve been exclusive in mostly the engineering community and football community, but I’m excited to meet some different people and get to know fellow royalty members of Northwestern.”
engineering double major, and he currently works as a teacher’s assistant for some computer science classes. He said that he’s been impressed with the passion and drive of all the people around him. “In my time here I’ve really enjoyed my classes and the people I’ve gotten to meet,” Han said. “I can’t wait to go to all the homecoming events next week. I’m excited to meet other students, talk to some alumni and go to the game — where I’m hoping we end up with a win.”
opportunity to make the most of the organizations and communities on campus,” Brown said. “I’ve gotten the chance to develop myself professionally, socially and academically.” Through her time on campus, Brown said that one of the most important lessons she has learned is the ability to not lose herself in any situation. “In academia, there’s a perception that, to be professional, you have to get rid of part of yourself and only put on a professional performance,” Brown said. “The most important thing I’ve learned at Northwestern is that I can be 100 percent myself, but also 100 percent qualified.”
MARY PEDRAZA Weinberg senior Mary Pedraza said that she felt being on homecoming court would be a fun way to cap off her Northwestern experience during her last quarter on campus. The international studies and political science major will be attending the University of Illinois for graduate school, where she plans to
SERENA SALGADO For Weinberg senior Serena Salgado, the person selected as Homecoming Wildcat is a strong representative of Northwestern and the senior class as a whole. Salgado, an anthropology and global health major, is the president of Quest+, an on-campus
KIRTHANA SANDEPUDI Kirthana Sandepudi was born in Hoffman Estates, a Chicago suburb. Though she now calls Tampa, Fla., home, she still describes herself as a “a Midwesterner at heart.” Sandepudi is studying biomedical engineering with a minor in human communication sciences. She said she plans to complete a fifth year
EMILY SCHRAM Emily Schram, who bursting at the seams with love for Northwestern, said her involvement as a trumpet player in the Wildcat Marching Band is her biggest source of purple pride. “Before classes even start, you’re brought in two weeks early, and every single person you meet just absolutely loves the Cats and loves the school,” Schram said. “We’re all just a bunch of dorks for Northwestern.” Schram, a sister in Alpha Chi Omega, said her
BRANDON SCOTT Brandon Scott was born in Chicago but often jokes about how Chicago natives won’t recognize him as a real Chicagoan — having spent all 21 years of his life in Evanston. Scott’s relationship with Northwestern dates back to before he was admitted to the University, when he worked in the University Archives before attending college.
MATT ZIENTS Matt Zients is a multifaceted SESP senior studying social policy, playwriting and pursing a design certificate in the Segal Design Institute. The Washington, D.C., native said after he was nominated for homecoming royalty, he began to reflect on how much he loves how dynamic Northwestern is and how thankful he is to have had the opportunity to meet similarly passionate people from around the world.
pursue a degree in library sciences. She found her passion for archival work in her job at the University’s archives. Pedraza said she was pleasantly surprised by how relaxed the process of being on homecoming court was and that she looks forward to all the festivities to come. “I kind of saw homecoming court as something unattainable in high school, but here anyone can do it,” Pedraza said. “I’m not particularly spectacular — I’m just another student. And lots of students here are just another student, which really shows that anybody can do it.”
organization for first generation and low income college students. As an FGLI student, she feels that her collegiate path has differed from many students on campus — and she is especially proud to represent students on homecoming court because of that. “I always looked up to like the Homecoming Wildcat as being emblematic of who the University is,” Salgado said. “And so I thought it was cool that like someone like me, who is what some people call an atypical student — low income, first generation and a person of color — could represent the school in this way, was really exciting for me.”
masters in biomedical engineering and hopes to bring accessible innovation to the medical field in the future. On campus, Sandepudi is the music director of Brown Sugar, a South Asian interest a cappella group. In her role, she organizes rehearsals and creates set lists for each show. Sandepudi described joining Brown Sugar as one of the best decisions she’s made at Northwestern. “It’s been a really great way for me to stay connected with my culture and meet other people who are South Asian and who are interested in the same things — it’s been an incredible community for me,” she said.
sorority sister nominated her for the homecoming royalty court. Schram takes pride in her impeccable attendance at Northwestern sporting events. She said she has attended every football game since her freshman year, most basketball games and at least one of every other sport. “I literally just love our football team so much,” she said. Her love for the University dates back to the very beginning — the manufacturing and design engineering major with a minor in music cognition said she recognized that Northwestern is her “soulmate” the moment she stepped on campus. “It was one of those moments — when I first drove on campus — and I was like, ‘This is where I want to be,’” Schram said.
The Weinberg senior said he is most involved in Slivka Residential College, first serving as social chair and now as president. “I helped create programming that I thought was meaningful to all the students here in this dorm and now oversee that very community that I have valued so much over my time here,” Scott said. Scott, who is majoring in psychology with minors in theatre and human communication sciences, said he hopes to use the interdisciplinary skills he accumulates across all three fields to better study speech language pathology. He said he hopes to work with kids in a therapeutic capacity in the future.
Zients’s friends nicknamed him the “King of Norris” — a name he said he fully embraces — because he can always be found speaking loudly at the Norris University Center. Zients is involved in a number of activities on campus from theater to entrepreneurship groups. However, he said his involvement as a counselor for the Chicago Undergraduate Program, a preorientation program for incoming students, has been one of the most defining experiences in his undergraduate years. “Getting to know incoming first years before Wildcat Welcome, learning about Chicago history, the social justice legacy of Chicago and what that means — that was a big part of my Northwestern experience,” Zients said.
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obtained the necessary licenses, certifications and training. The reintroduction of these resolutions has provoked concern among parents, students and school board members who opposed similar resolutions last year. Allison Longenbaugh, a mother of three children who attend Naperville North High School, told The Chicago Tribune on Oct. 8 that she was not comfortable with the resolutions. “The state shouldn’t expose kids unnecessarily to any tools of violence,” she told The Tribune. “Adding guns into the circulation will always put kids at risk, and the state should universally adopt the position to not arm school district employees.” While Hailpern acknowledged the issue is more complicated than it appears, he ultimately said firearms should stay out of school zones and that there are more effective solutions to combat the recent uptick in school shootings. “I’m a school principal, and I don’t think me having a firearm makes my school safer,” Hailpern said. “The solution, in my educator and board member view, is to build better relationships and casting better webs of support for people in the school community, not adding protective measures via firearms into the school.”
saying that she got involved with the NAACP in fourth grade and has been a member since. Shaw said her time as an activist has demonstrated the importance of connecting to community members who may feel like their voices are unheard in politics. “Sometimes, when they can make the connection between what’s going on locally and what’s going on nationally, it impacts the greater voting initiatives we’re trying to get them to focus on, like local elections,” Shaw said. “When they begin to understand what it is that they need, they feel that you understand that and you want to be a person that will work
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A Just Harvest or cleaning out an old classroom at local public school Gale Community Academy in Rogers Park. Two years ago, Buchanan helped launch the neighbor2neighbor program, which focuses on connecting NU students with Rogers Park through dialogue events (“Justice Talks”) and service days (“Justice Walks”). Buchanan has personal stakes in this small slice of the city, as she lives in the neighborhood and is an elected council member at Gale. Because she’s a resident of Rogers Park, Buchanan said she is attuned to the tricky dynamics involved with bringing NU students, who often come in with varying degrees of power and privilege, to serve the community. She said the key to building good service partnerships involves shrugging off preconceptions and listening to what residents really want. “If you’re entering a community that is not your own, there has to be a lot of questioning around how your presence is impacting people, what identities you hold,” Buchanan said. “To
National News Real estate developer sentenced to 1 month in prison for college admissions scandal role
Robert Flaxman, a Beverly Hills real estate developer who admitted to participating in the college admissions scandal but insisted his motive was less noxious than those of other parents in the case, was sentenced Friday to one month in prison. The sentencing came after Flaxman, 63, pleaded guilty in May to conspiring with William “Rick” Singer, a college consultant who ran the admissions scam, and other accomplices to rig his daughter’s entrance exam. Flaxman paid Singer $75,000 for the illicit service. Flaxman is the 10th parent to be sentenced among a group of 15 mothers and fathers who have pleaded guilty to paying Singer for
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From page 1 applying for a state violence reduction grant of several hundred thousand dollars, Brown said. If granted the money, he said the program will use it to increase wages and hire more students. Olla-Chatman earned $3.50 less than the minimum wage for Evanston adult workers. She said she spent some of her salary on family bills, back-to-school clothes and school supplies for herself and her younger sister. “They’re not really looking at everyone’s aspects for why they’re signing up for the job fair,” she said. “For some, $8.50 is enough. But it’s not enough for everyone.” This February, Democratic Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed a bill that will raise Illinois’ minimum wage from $8.25
to help them get those things.” Wine-Banks’ work as both an MSNBC contributor and a prosecutor has shown her the importance of being an educated citizen, she said. She added that in the current political climate, she encourages people to become active in their community, so they can create positive change. “If we don’t do something, we’re not going to take responsibility,” Wine-Banks said. “Hopefully, you will be motivated to say, ‘Well, what can I do?’ And it means that there’s a grassroots effort and that you’ll be able to accomplish something. But I want to motivate you to remember that our democracy depends on it.” Recently, Indivisible Evanston events have seen an uptick in attendance — the past three events
have been significantly more popular than earlier in the year, Indivisible Evanston co-leader Linda Tate (Weinberg ‘76) said. Tate said she attributes the increase in participation to the proximity of the 2020 election, which is one year from Nov. 3. She said events like the one on Tuesday — which drew more than 150 attendees — are key to convincing community members to become politically active. “We’re hoping that this will make attendees motivated to get involved,” Tate said. “It may seem far away, but we are building momentum. This is consistent with the programs that we’re putting together, and it’s exactly what we want to be talking about.”
to $15 by 2025. Brown said raising wages for students in the Mayor’s Summer Youth Employment Program over that timeframe is “something to be examined.” He added that the city has to balance wage increases with employment access. “We want to be able to employ as many young people as possible,” he said. “We have to figure out a way to create a balance where people are being paid fairly for the work that they’re doing and the training they’re receiving, while at the same time, being able to target really high-risk populations who need these opportunities for their growth and development.” ETHS junior Halle Hall-Latchman worked as a camp counselor for the Robert Crown Community Center, where she earned $8.50 an hour through the employment program. She said she felt she wasn’t adequately compensated for her work, which she said was “a lot of running around in the hot sun, or hours
on my feet in the heat.” But Hall-Latchman added that the job fair was “convenient.” In addition to connecting students with jobs, the program provides students with training on interviewing, resume writing and workplace etiquette to increase the chance of being hired through the program. Oliver Ruff, the vice president of Evanston’s Organization for Positive Action and Leadership, said that while the program’s average wage for public sector jobs may incentivize some students to continue working, “it doesn’t buy very much.” “It does give the children something they can strive for,” he said. “It acts as a motivation for them. But in terms of the purchasing power, it doesn’t take them a long way.”
come as a learner, to have humility, to really sit at the feet of people who are living in a particular place and learn from them … those are great guideposts for any kind of engagement.” SESP senior Arzu Singh, co-chair for the Chicago Undergraduate Program, said she worked closely with Buchanan to plan the week of service and learning for incoming firstyear students. During this year’s CUP, she said Buchanan was always the first to offer up coffee to exhausted counselors or swoop in to care for a sick “CUPper.” Buchanan comes into every situation with “energy and optimism” and treats her student collaborators as equal partners, Singh added. “Even though she’s crazy busy, when you’re sitting with her, you truly feel like you have her undivided attention, which I think is super rare,” Singh said. “She has this inner glow that lights up her eyes and makes her face shine.” Kelly Benkert, NU’s director of leadership development and community engagement, added that Buchanan is one of the hardestworking people she’s ever met. She’s always willing to go the extra mile to support students, Benkert said, recalling how Buchanan ran
around Norris in an inflatable T-Rex costume for last year’s Project Pumpkin — a Halloween event for Chicagoland children. “She is optimistic and friendly and warm, and that comes from a place of her really caring and loving the work that she does,” Benkert said. “You can’t fake that kind of belief that your work makes a difference.” Outside of work, Buchanan keeps up with a wide variety of hobbies, from jamming on guitar and djembe to running and playing softball. She loves to travel and read, and her office is stacked with relevant nonfiction titles like Eve Ewing’s “Ghosts in the Schoolyard” and Kevin Coval’s “A People’s History of Chicago.” But it’s her job — interacting with optimistic young people, building relationships and serving her neighbors — that really brings her alive, Buchanan said. “I think of myself as a community developer, and a person who is committed to a set of values,” she said. “I don’t really feel like I work. I feel like my work is a part of a greater life purpose and life calling.”
doctored test scores or to outright buy seats at a handful of selective universities around the country from athletic coaches on Singer’s payroll. All but one of them have been punished with time behind bars, although the relatively short sentences that range from two weeks to five months have been shorter than those sought by the government. Singer has pleaded guilty as well, while many of the more than 50 people charged in the case, which prosecutors say is the largest ever of its kind, have maintained their innocence so far. In handing down Flaxman’s punishment, U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani rejected a lastditch bid he made to be spared prison altogether. In a court filing in which he asked Talwani to sentence his client to probation, Flaxman’s lawyer urged the judge to view him in a light different from other parents who committed the same crime.
Despite being enormously wealthy from real estate developments in Arizona and elsewhere and knowing that what he was doing with Singer was wrong, Flaxman’s attorney, William Weinreb, said his client does not fit the portrayal put forth by prosecutors of rich, entitled parents who resorted to fraud in order to give their already privileged children an extra leg up in the cutthroat scramble for spots at elite schools. Flaxman, instead, was driven by a misguided desire to help his troubled daughter get into a lower-tier school after years of undisclosed problems left her with “a checkered disciplinary record and modest grades,” Weinreb wrote. Flaxman, his lawyer wrote, saw a traditional four-year college as an important step toward getting his daughter’s life back on track and was desperate to boost her credentials enough to make her eligible for the University of San Francisco, a school that accepts the majority of
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applicants. With Singer telling him his daughter would not get in anywhere if she did not post a reasonably good score on the ACT, an entrance exam, Flaxman took Singer up on his offer to rig the test, Weinreb said. “He should have found another alternative that did not require breaking the law. That goes without saying. But all criminals make bad choices; the reason Robert chose badly in this case should matter in deciding on a just sentence,” the lawyer wrote. Prosecutors saw things differently, making the same general argument they have against other parents: that incarceration is necessary to adequately punish wealthy parents who knowingly paid into a scam that upended the college admissions process. — Joel Rubin, Los Angeles Times
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Walking into Ryan Fieldhouse, it immediately became clear the alumni game was not a normal lacrosse game. While the Northwestern alumni in matching white shirts were shooting around and hugging one another, the current team was doing something close to a normal warmup when the big screen in the Fieldhouse turned on. As they did often Saturday afternoon, the alumni instantly started cheering. The screen played a video featuring clips from last year’s Big Ten Championship game as well as pictures from many other games. Their excitement watching their friends’ goals and their team’s success was palpable, and throughout the scrimmage, which the alumni lost 23-13, it never wavered. “It’s a weekend everyone marks on their calendar to get the crew back together, and really just celebrate everything that was, and to celebrate the team here and show them how much support they have behind them,” said Nicole Beardsley (SESP ’18), the current
director of lacrosse operations at Northwestern. The alums, the current players and the families that had come to watch all had such pride in Northwestern and the lacrosse program. The alumni game is an annual tradition, and many come back year after year to reunite with their friends and to come back to the program. During the scrimmage, the alumni engaged in a little extra trash talk with the current team members — a highlight being when an alum yelled that the player on the draw’s shoe was untied just before the whistle blew. When an alum hit a beautiful behind the back shot, the others erupted into cheers. Throughout the game, the team of only 16 players was clearly having an excellent time. “The traditions associated with Northwestern lacrosse have been an honor for me to be a part of since I was in upper elementary school,” Olivia Harpel (Weinberg ’18) said. “Now that I’m an alumna, it’s kind of bittersweet to represent that on the back end of my journey. It’s exciting to see some of the younger girls going through what we went through back when we were getting recruited, and that those traditions last over generations.”
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Northwestern’s current team and former alumni. This weekend, a teams of the two groups faced off in a game.
Tara Chelios (Communication ’18) said that Northwestern’s championship tradition drew her to the school, but the community among her teammates is why she has returned for the alumni game for the two years since she graduated. And now, she, as well as her other former teammates can watch players from the current team form their own community — some of whom she used to play with. “Some of the incoming freshmen are so sick to run
around with, because they can run circles around at least me right now,” Harpel said. “It’s really fun to see them coming in and starting off fresh and watching some of the girls that were freshmen when we were seniors filling the role of being seniors now and leading those new girls. It’s kind of like a family, you grow up and watch the younger girls grow up. Getting to come back and see that transition is really special.” gabrielacarroll2023@u.northwestern.edu
Open mic event stands with undocumented immigrants By JACOB FULTON
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Members of Lambda Theta Alpha, a national Latin sorority, and Alianza, Northwestern’s Latinx student alliance, held a Tuesday open mic event at The Rock in support of undocumented immigrants. The event was part of a greater movement, the I Stand With Immigrants Day of Action, and schools across the nation participated in similar ways to bring awareness to the discrimination and legal obstacles undocumented immigrants face. Members of both groups shared personal stories of how immigration has touched their lives, performed spoken-word poetry and explained how students could get involved in activism surrounding the issue.
This year, members said the event was especially timely, as the Supreme Court is slated to hear arguments for a case that will determine the fate of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, a program first started by former President Barack Obama that has been contested by President Donald Trump. Lambda Theta Alpha chapter treasurer and event organizer Yurizet Villa said that though the issue of DACA has been hotly debated over the past few years, the issue of immigration has felt relevant to her since her freshman year. “There was a protest my freshman year where there were rumors about an alleged (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) agent on campus,” the Weinberg senior said. “Since that day, as a student who has a direct relationship to the actions of ICE agents, I felt that it was important to have peaceful events that allow students to express their emotions.”
Villa said that the issue’s proximity to many Northwestern students makes this event essential for the school’s community, and she hopes it will make students consider the impact of their vote on the people around them. Many of the event’s attendees were directly impacted by immigration in some way. Alianza president Naomi Banuelos-Lozano said that this proximity to the issue has made many activists forgetful of the fact that people may not always know how to approach the subject in their lives. “I’ve been active in this issue for a long time — my parents are immigrants,” Banuelos-Lozano said. “While working in those fields for a long time, I realized a lot of people don’t know how to talk to immigrants or how to talk about immigrants. They have so many stereotypes and predispositions about what they imagine immigrants being like, and for me this
is a way to depict and characterize immigrants as part of the community instead of outside the community.” Lambda Theta Alpha vice president Rocio Bautista said the topic is one the sorority feels very passionate about, and that educating the Northwestern community is something they hope to continue to do. Because many students haven’t experienced the impact of immigration directly in their life, Bautista said one of the event’s main purposes was to inform students about how they could be productive allies to immigrants. “We hope that everybody learns more about the issue and also finds some way to help — any way they can,” Bautista said. “Anybody is able to help in one way or another, and we hope that those who hear about this can find something to do to support the cause.” jacobfulton2023@u.northwestern.edu
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Bryant McIntosh returns home on Collins’ staff By CHARLIE GOLDSMITH
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Last winter, Bryant McIntosh found himself alone in the middle of Europe, playing with teammates who barely spoke English. That wasn’t anywhere near the hardest part for him. He’d been concussed multiple times. He’d injured his elbow and needed surgery. He wanted to come home. So he picked up the phone and asked Chris Collins for help. “I expressed my frustration with my injuries,” he said. “Not being able to do what I wanted to do. We talked about hanging it up and if he had any intel of getting somewhere.” Collins didn’t have any intel –– at least not yet. McIntosh told his former
coach he would take any coaching job at any level, anything in basketball. He was one of the best players in Northwestern history and considering retirement, less than two years after leading the Wildcats to their first NCAA Tournament and before he’d even played a full season overseas. A month later, Collins called again and told his former point guard he had a job interview. With Collins. In Evanston. Now, McIntosh is back with NU as the assistant director of basketball operations, turning the page on his 1,683-point career with the Cats. It’s a pretty good first gig out of college for someone who wants to be a head coach, and McIntosh said he’s excited to work with several former coaches and teammates. “I’m not nervous,” he says. How can he be? After playing the
last game of his college career in March 2018, McIntosh just finished a 506-day journey that led him back to Evanston. *** McIntosh remembers crying as the clock ran out on his senior night, hugging Collins and every other person on the Cats’ bench. It was the last time he would play in front of thousands of fans who knew his name. Less than a week later, McIntosh was just another professional basketball player. He worked out with Purdue guard Carsen Edwards ahead of the 2018 NBA Draft but went unselected. Former New Orleans Pelicans General Manager Dell Demps, the father of former NU guard Tre Demps, knew McIntosh’s game well. So New Orleans gave McIntosh a chance as a summer league invitee. He participated in the Pelicans’ presummer league camp in early July 2018
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Bryant McIntosh prepares to shoot the ball. The assistant director of basketball operations finished his Wildcat career with 1,683 points.
in Louisiana. But when the team flew to Las Vegas, McIntosh wasn’t on the plane. He’d gone home. “It just wasn’t a great situation,” he said. “That’s where I learned this was a business.” About a month later, McIntosh signed with the Leuven Bears in Belgium. He wasn’t nearly as popular across the Atlantic, and he played through multiple injuries during the season. Eventually, McIntosh was hurt to the point where he couldn’t play at the level he was used to. He wasn’t moving as easily, and the elbow affected his shooting. “I felt I had exhausted my ability,” McIntosh said. “I knew I had accomplished every goal and every dream I had ever set out to do. I played highlevel Division I basketball, I played professional basketball and I got my degree.” Not long after McIntosh came to that conclusion, he was in Evanston meeting with Collins, athletic director Jim Phillips and director of basketball operations Chris Lauten. Before the meeting even started, they had one important question to ask McIntosh. Did he really want to do this? Yes, he did. He was certain his playing career was over. McIntosh made that clear in his resume, which he says he spent as much time polishing as any other recent college grad. In his cover letter, he explained in detail how his experience as a player could help get NU back to the NCAA Tournament. Collins admits these interviews were awkward because he knew McIntosh better than any of the other candidates. But he told McIntosh wouldn’t be handed the job. “I told him, ‘I know who you are, and I know what you’re about,’” Collins said. “‘But I want you to come in here and interview just like everyone else did.’ We looked at other candidates, and he had to prove to me that he could earn the job.” In the interview process, McIntosh stressed his passion for coaching and his connections in the program. Even though senior forward A.J. Turner and junior guard Anthony Gaines are the only players who overlapped with McIntosh, he hosted several underclassmen on their recruiting visits. Without
much of a learning curve, McIntosh was officially hired on July 17. *** When McIntosh arrived, he already had a grasp of why players decided to play for the Cats in the first place. Now he’s applying that knowledge as the next generation of recruits come to campus. Last weekend, five-star guard Max Christie visited NU, and McIntosh played a major role in making sure it went well. McIntosh says the most nervewracking part of his job is making sure it goes smoothly when recruits like Christie come to campus. It’s one of the most important responsibilities for a coach, but Collins knows he doesn’t have to worry about McIntosh’s ability to sell the program. “To have him as a player who went through it, that’s a great resource,” Collins said. “He was part of a build when he came in. They took some lumps early, and they weathered the storm.” When he isn’t telling potential recruits why they could be the person to take the Cats to the next level, McIntosh is in the film room. He’s already spent a lot of time there, analyzing upcoming opponents and preparing materials for coaches and players. It’s the exact same role Collins had in his first NCAA coaching opportunity, working with Seton Hall 20 years ago. “The way I explained it to him was you’re just starting a new path,” Collins said. But, of course, that path led McIntosh back to NU. He’s one of the most beloved players in program history, and Welsh-Ryan Arena might not look as nice as it does now had McIntosh not led the team to the NCAA Tournament. As he explains what it means to be back while standing in one of the arena’s back hallways, a fan screams over and asks where he’s supposed to pick up his wristband for the football game against Ohio State. He asks where the Wilson Club is. “Turn left, up the steps and you’re right there,” McIntosh says with the confidence of the person who built the place. Trust him, McIntosh knows his way around. charliegoldsmith2021@u.northwestern.edu
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Wildcats search for first conference win of the season By CARLOS STINSON-MAAS
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Northwestern’s upcoming game against Maryland comes with high stakes. If they lose, the Wildcats would secure their worst start in conference play since 1999. NU (9-11, 0-8 Big Ten) hosts the Terrapins on Wednesday, looking to pick up its first win in over a month. Maryland (11-9, 3-5) is the first unranked opponent the Cats have faced since Oct. 5. But that doesn’t mean the game will be an easy contest — the Terrapins won their last three meetings against NU. Coach Shane Davis praised Maryland’s performance in recent weeks, specifically its five-set loss at No. 8 Penn State. “Maryland’s playing really well right now,” Davis said. “They’ve got a lot of returners from last year’s team, so they’re going to be a handful.” Thirteen of 15 players from the Terrapin’s 2018 squad returned this season, including redshirt sophomore middle blocker Katie Myers, who ranks fifth in the nation in total blocks with 114. Last Saturday, Maryland broke their all-time attendance record in a
Maryland vs. Northwestern Evanston, Illinois 7 p.m. Wednesday
3-0 loss to No. 5 Nebraska. The Cats also lost in straight sets, falling to No. 6 Wisconsin. Despite NU’s losing streak, Davis said the team has performed well in practice and praised some individual performances in games. Junior opposite Danyelle Williams and sophomore outside hitter Ella Grbac recently returned from injuries, and both recorded at least five kills in the loss to Wisconsin. Freshman outside hitter Temi Thomas-Ailara has converted 10 or more kills in 17-straight matches — she ranks 30th in the country in kills per set. However, the Cats have faltered in the Big Ten thus far, winning only two sets in eight conference matches. Fortunately for NU, eight of its next 10 games will be against unranked opponents, so the Cats will have more promising opportunities to get back on track. Coach Davis, however, said he’s focused on beating Maryland. “We’ve got to continue to take care of the first contact,” Davis said. “They’re a physical team, so we just gotta find ways to minimize our errors, continue to find ways to kill
the ball on top. The next piece for us is getting that second and third contact in bigger moments.” NU has certainly struggled in big moments this season, taking late first set leads against ranked opponents four times but failing to win a single set in those games. Last week against Wisconsin, the Cats led 21-16 in the first set and 19-18 in the second but couldn’t find a way to win either. Davis said he’s proud of the team’s performance against top-ranked teams, despite the losses. “We were fighting every single point, and I was proud of the group in that sense,” Davis said. “We had a good week, but we just kind of got beat.” The matchup with Maryland should be less daunting, as the Terrapins have lost seven games this year to unranked opponents — NU has lost just five. Davis said the team has a positive mindset moving forward. “They’re doing a really good job at focusing on team-first, mission-first,” Davis said. “It’s not something that happened overnight, it’s not something that just happened this year. It’s been something that’s been an ongoing process.” carlosstinson-maas2023@u.northwestern.edu
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Temi Thomas-Ailara stares at her opponent. The freshman outside hitter leads the Big Ten in kills per set.