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A&O celebrates 50th anniversary Students, alumni host reunion during Homecoming By ALEX SCHWARTZ

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Hot coffee, hot water, six styrofoam cups, six tea bags, one pint of milk, one pint of cream, four fresh lemons, six spoons…and two pints of Kentucky bourbon: So read the list of green room items Bob Dylan required in his contract rider when A&O Productions brought him to Northwestern in 1991. This and other documents, laid out on tables in the Norris University Center’s Northwestern Room on Friday afternoon, transported A&O members past and present through the organization’s rich history in celebration of its 50th anniversary. Current board members and alumni flipped through old event posters, promoter passes, contracts and campus media coverage, sharing stories about how they created these experiences for their fellow students. On a table lay a ticket for Jerry Seinfeld’s 1990 visit. A&O alumnus John Nieman (Weinberg ’90) worked to bring Seinfeld and other artists and speakers to campus in the late ’80s.

“Each one of these offers and pictures and telegrams and contracts — they all bring it back to life,” Nieman said. Eyeing the typewritten legal jargon, autographed flyers and yellowing copies of The Daily arranged around the room, some students found themselves surprised at how many legendary celebrities their predecessors brought to campus. Founded in 1969, A&O was originally an alternative body for campus entertainment that didn’t revolve around Greek life. In observance of its semicentennial, Annie Parker, development cochair for A&O, said she spent a lot of time looking through the organization’s archives in its Norris University Center office. “I ended up coming up with just a ton of different documents and stuff that I really wanted everybody on A&O to see,” the Weinberg senior said. Bob Nissen (Weinberg ’71, Kellogg ’75), the second-ever chair of A&O, reached out to Parker earlier this year to organize a Homecoming event for the organization’s alumni. Tracking down folks from the early days of A&O was no easy task, but current members helped find their emails using the Northwestern alumni directory CATalyzer, Parker said. » See A&O, page 6

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Julia Louis-Dreyfus speaks at Chicago Humanities Festival. The Northwestern alumna has won eight acting Emmys for her work on acclaimed sitcoms such as “Seinfeld” and “Veep.”

Julia Louis-Dreyfus talks comedy Emmy-award winner spoke at a Chicago Humanities Festival event By WILSON CHAPMAN

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During her junior year at Northwestern, Julia Louis-Dreyfus performed in the Mee-Ow show. After the final performance, a producer from “Saturday Night Live” came up to her and a few of her co-stars and asked them if they wanted to be in the next season of the show. Her response? “Uh, yeah!” Louis-Dreyfus spoke about

her time at Northwestern at Cahn Auditorium on Sunday to a soldout house. The Chicago Humanities Festival hosted the event for its 30th anniversary celebration. Louis-Dreyfus’ talk was part of the festival’s Elaine and Roger Haydock Humor Series, which interviews comedians about their careers. The actress is an eleventime Emmy award winner, receiving wide acclaim for her roles in “Seinfeld,” “The New Adventures of Old Christine” and “Veep.” “Julia Louis-Dreyfus is an actor who has filled her

post-Northwestern career with truly iconic performances, memorable roles and literally decades of experience in both television and film,” Bill Melamed, managing director of development at the Chicago Humanities Festival and a friend of Louis-Dreyfus, said in his opening remarks at the event. Onstage, Louis-Dreyfus joined indie director Joe Swanberg, who is best known for his film “Drinking Buddies.”Swanberg asked the actor questions taken from an audience survey from before the show. Louis-Dreyfus talked about

her time at “SNL” and the challenges she faced there. When she left school to perform at “SNL,” she arrived excited, having been a lifetime fan of the show. However, she said she was completely unprepared for the combative and sexist culture and was absolutely miserable during her short tenure of three seasons. As hard the experience was, Louis-Dreyfus said it was an important one for her, as she learned valuable acting lessons » See DREYFUS, page 6

Message on Rock condemns Evans Dog costume Students demand recognition for John Evans’ role in Sand Creek By AMY LI

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Alumni and students found the phrases “F--k John Evans” and “THIS LAND IS COLONIZED” painted on The Rock on Saturday during Homecoming weekend, denouncing Northwestern’s reluctance to remove the University founder’s name from campus buildings despite his involvement in the Sand Creek Massacre. Evans was the territorial governor of Colorado at the time of the Sand Creek Massacre. Under Evans’ watch, Colonel John Chivington ambushed the peaceful Cheyenne and Arapaho camps at Sand Creek, killing over 150 people — mostly women and children. In 2015, members of the Native American and Indigenous Student Alliance launched a petition demanding the removal of Evans’ name from University programming and » See THE ROCK, page 6

contest raises funds Evanston Animal Shelter’s fetches over $30,000 By PYRROS RUBANIS

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Passersby view the Rock, which was painted Homecoming weekend and criticized Northwestern’s inaction following student demands to remove University founder John Evans’ name from campus buildings.

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In its second biggest fundraiser of the year, the Evanston Animal Shelter hosted a dog costume contest and walkathon Saturday morning, featuring dogs in costumes ranging from rocket ships to Scar and Simba. The annual contest raised over $30,000 for Evanston’s largest animal welfare non-profit. This year, the event, called Trick or Treat Trot for Tails, left its previous location, Centennial Park, for the home of the Evanston History Center, the Charles Gates Dawes House. “We’re always looking for a way to reach out,” said Grace Lehner, Directory of Archives at the Evanston History Center, “And we thought this fundraiser would be a fun way to greet a new group.” Shannon Daggett, director of community engagement for the

shelter, said the event brought in 80 registrants to the new, larger space at the Evanston History Center, along with four puppies and four dogs currently looking for families at the Evanston Animal Shelter. Three judges from the shelter’s board of directors selected the best costume in a parade of several dogs. Dressed as the beloved Peanuts’ dog, Roy won first prize for his costume as Snoopy, piloting his doghouse against his eternal rival, the Red Baron. Roy’s owners, Dino and Natalie Northway, adopted him from the Evanston Animal Shelter several years ago and bring him to Trot for Tails every year. “It’s just so fun for Halloween,” Natalie Northway said. “Roy was a stegosaurus last year, a full costume… all you could see was his face.” Also appearing in the parade, adorned with a blossoming flower, was Melie, another dog adopted from the shelter. She originally came to the shelter barely breathing and required immediate veterinary care to survive. She had lost two-thirds of her » See DOGS, page 6

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100-day countdown to new Robert Crown Library By EVA HERSCOWITZ

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Laughter, squeals and jazz muffled the downpour as around 30 residents gathered outside the new Robert Crown Center to celebrate the 100day countdown to the opening of an Evanston Public Library branch in the community center. The new branch is part of a $53 million community center expansion project. In addition to two full-sized ice rinks, an indoor track and a daycare center, the renovated community center will host a 6,000-square-foot library. Jill Schacter, EPL’s marketing and communications coordinator, said opening a library within a community center is an “innovative kind of model.” “There will be a lot of synergy between families taking their kids to preschool or taking their kids skating, and then there’s a library,” she said. “Having a run in the running track and pick up a book on your way out.” The event’s activities and speakers reflected the library’s increased outreach to the Latinx community. Mexican-born designer Rafael Robles, who was one of the first recipients of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals designation, as well as stand-up comedian Sonal Aggarwal, spoke at the countdown. Henna artist Shruti Vijay applied mehendi as a continuation of the library’s Diwali celebration, and The Beantet, a jazz combination

POLICE BLOTTER Man arrested for assault after threatening ex-girlfriend with gun A 24-year-old man was arrested Wednesday in connection with an assault on the 1100 block of Emerson Street. A 21-year-old woman reported the incident around 8:10 p.m. on Wednesday. She said that she was walking with a friend near the 900 block of Davis Street

of Evanston Township High School students, performed. The library currently has three locations: Main Library in the 1st Ward, the Chicago AvenueMain Street branch in the 3rd Ward and the Central Street branch in the 7th Ward. Library director Karen Danczak Lyons said she noticed a gap in library accessibility for southeast Evanston residents. The Robert Crown branch, which is located in the 4th Ward, intends to serve primarily Latinx residents who live too far from the library’s other branches to access them. Latino outreach librarian Mariana Bojorquez said the new branch will incorporate programming directed toward Spanish-speaking residents, including ESOL and citizenship classes. It will also host a “sizable” Spanish collection of children’s, young adult and adult books. Bojorquez said she expects the branch will serve students from nearby Washington Elementary School, which has a Hispanic population of 35.8 percent. With a library card, residents can access the library before and after normal hours as part of its “open plus” plan, Danczak Lyons said. She added that the branch will host Sunday family programs and have a teacher available for academic tutoring, promoting community engagement. Third ward resident Silvia Rodriguez said she hopes the new branch fosters a sense of community. “The bigger the branch, the more impersonal it becomes,” she said. “Libraries are really about community building, and if that goal isn’t achieved when she saw her ex-boyfriend, said Perry Polinski, Evanston police communications coordinator. The man followed the two to the 800 block of Davis Street and made verbal and threatening statements and gestures, Polinski said. The man implied that he had a hand gun. He then got into a car and left the scene. The woman gave a description of the man and car. Police stopped the man using that description at the 1100 block of Emerson Street. No gun was

it really is just a waste of space.” Bojorquez said she hopes the new branch encapsulates this sense of “coziness.” “Main is big and it’s beautiful, but there’s something about a branch in your neighborhood that just makes it cozy,” Bojorquez said. “You really get

to know the librarians there, and the staff really gets to know the people. I’m really excited to be able to forge that type of relationship with the neighborhood.”

found but he was arrested.

and searched the vehicle. The search yielded 39 grams of cannabis, a digital scale, baggies and about $800 in cash, Polinski said. Further investigation linked one of the passengers to the cannabis and other items, and he was arrested. The driver of the car, a 19-year-old man, was arrested and charged with driving without a valid driver’s license.

Man arrested for possession of cannabis

An 18-year-old man was arrested Thursday in connection with possession of cannabis near the 2100 block of Emerson Street. A car was pulled over around 6 p.m. on Thursday after rolling through a stop sign. The officer noticed a strong odor after coming up to the car,

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Storyteller Nestor Gomez speaks to a crowd outside the Robert Crown Community Center. Residents celebrated the 100-day countdown to the opening of an Evanston Public Library branch in the Robert Crown Community Center Saturday.

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Rebecca Makkai receives book award By BAYLOR SPEARS

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Before receiving the 2019 Chicago Tribune Heartland Prize for Fiction on Sunday, Rebecca Makkai, a Chicago-based author, spoke in-depth about her experiences as a writer and how her award-winning novel ‘The Great Believers’ took shape. The talk and award ceremony took place in Ryan Center as part of the Northwestern Day of the 30th annual Chicago Humanities Festival, a year-long program that works to connect people and ideas that shape humanity. Makkai spoke with Rick Kogan, a Chicago Tribune columnist. Throughout the talk Kogan praised the book, saying it was “one of the most ambitious novels” he’s ever read. “For those of you who haven’t read it yet, you will cry in this book,” Kogan said, “but you will also find great humor and great humanity in this book.” ‘The Great Believers,’ set during the 1980s at the height of the AIDS epidemic, focuses on the intertwining stories of Yale Tishman, the director of a Chicago art gallery, and Fiona, who is the sister of Tishman’s best friend. The novel deals with themes of friendship and redemption in the face of death and hardship. During the conversation, Makkai said she hadn’t originally planned to make the AIDS epidemic the main issue of the novel — it was supposed to be a subtext. But then she said she realized that she didn’t want AIDS to be just another sidenote. “I think there’s the question overall of why is there not more literature about AIDS. You know you look at the amount of literature about, say, the Holocaust, which is appropriate,” Makkai said, “You look at AIDS (and) to date 45 million people globally have died from AIDS. Where are the books? Where are the museums?” Makkai said she wanted to avoid telling a generalized story that plays into what most may think when they hear “AIDS epidemic.” The

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Rebecca Makkai, author of “The Great Believers,” and Rick Kogan discuss the award-winning novel. Makkai was awarded the 2019 Chicago Tribune Heartland Prize for Fiction.

typical narrative, Makkai said, is that AIDS affected young, white men in New York and San Francisco, and that it’s an issue of the past. Makkai said one of her main goals for the novel was to achieve granular realism — a great sense of detail — in her depiction of 1980s Boystown.To achieve this, she said she read every back-issue of the Windy City Times, a LGBTQ+ Chicago newspaper, and reached out to many people who have remained active in LGBTQ+ and AIDS activism in Chicago. She said not being a part of the community or history made writing the story terrifying at times. “This woman who was not old enough to be there, who is not a gay man, who’s trying to write this story, there were so many ways that I could have mangled this,” Makkai said, referring to herself. “There were so many ways that I could have done actual damage.”

In order to avoid mistakes, Makkai said she had a trio of editors who had experience with the AIDS crisis who meticulously edited her drafts throughout the writing process and told her “any little thing that wasn’t right,” even if it meant telling her to completely restructure and change the story. Sherrie Gauley, a Chicago resident who attended the talk, said she loves that the novel is set in Chicago, and after listening to the conversation she wants to read more of Makkai’s stories. “I didn’t realize that so few books had been written about the AIDS epidemic,”Gauley said. “I think she made a terrific point that we probably have a misconception that it’s behind us when there are still people dealing with it, suffering, and it’s important.” baylorspears2022@u.northwestern.edu

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Northwestern’s opposition to graduate unionization aligns with Trump Northwestern’s public face is one of a liberal institution that stands against the Trump administration’s xenophobic fear-mongering, belligerent racism and assault on democratic institutions. Yet, when it comes to scenarios that might affect the University Administration’s financial interests, Northwestern implicitly champions the Trump administration. In particular, Northwestern University aligns itself with the Trump administration by opposing graduate workers’ rights to unionize.

Trump’s unqualified appointees have systematically tried to dismantle the very agencies they are supposed to lead, including the National Labor Relations Board. The antiworker NLRB is now targeting the hard-won right of graduate workers to unionize through a proposed rule that would strip labor law protections from private sector graduate workers. This means that graduate students, including those at Northwestern, would lose the right to unionize! Northwestern has refused to recognize our graduate worker union, Northwestern University Graduate Workers. The administration actively discourages graduate workers from pursuing unionization, asserting that collective bargaining is “not an appropriate method” to address our concerns, and “may result in an environment that inhibits both the success of

graduate students and of the University.” In so doing, Northwestern is furthering President Trump’s agenda to stifle organized labor and put a stop to equitable, democratic and inclusive forms of governance. In spite of the administration’s refusal to recognize NUGW, we continue to work collectively to win change on campus. Over the last few years of organizing, NUGW has won guaranteed fifth year summer funding, dramatic fee cuts and increased benefits for Doctorate of Musical Arts students, the repeal and refund of an international student technology fee and, more recently, a reversal of higher mental healthcare copays. The collective efforts of NUGW have helped hold the administration accountable. Without graduate labor, the classes, programs and research that makes Northwestern

a top-ten University would grind to a halt. We teach courses, run discussion sessions, grade papers, run labs, advise undergraduate students during office hours, perform administrative functions, organize events, write letters of recommendations, assist professors in their research, travel to conferences and produce original research Northwestern directly benefits from. We are unequivocally workers, and we have a right to unionize to better our working conditions. We call on the administration to reject the NLRB’s assault on labor and take a stand against the Trump administration by respecting our right to unionize, regardless of the NLRB’s rule, and remain neutral in our organizing effort. — Northwestern University Graduate Workers

Social media is to blame for Generation Z’s loneliness BEN BORROK

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Growing up in the age of social media, I often thought of Instagram, Snapchat and Twitter as beacons of hope that connected the world tighter than ever before. The idea perpetuated by our parents, that we “should stop staring endlessly at screens,” was comical. After all, I wasn’t just staring at a keypad, I was texting people and partaking in online social experiences, which were powered by people. It wasn’t antisocial to be on Instagram. It was the normal thing to do for an average Generation Z kid. Since the earliest iterations of social platforms, the industry has become all-consuming, curating everything from the order of posts to the ads that appear in one’s feed by violating our privacy. New features, such as Stories, are created every day in order to keep us online. Yet with all of these opportunities to interact with others, the social landscape feels overwhelmingly empty.

A recent study conducted by Cigna, a health insurance company, revealed that Generation Z is the loneliest generation and claims to have worse mental health than any other generation surveyed. In short, the kids aren’t alright. Though the study doesn’t claim social media to be the direct driving force behind this trend. It says it’s hard to ignore its effect on the youngest minds in our nation. Despite this, I didn’t truly understand the association between social media and loneliness until a rough patch last year. Relying on social media to stay connected with friends and family, I fell into a spiral. Social media only displays the positives in everyone’s life. There is a feeling of inadequacy that arises when you only see others’ lives through heavily edited snippets on social media. Logically, it makes sense that people wouldn’t project their struggles, but when all you have are struggles, social media increases the feeling of isolation. We seem to generate our self-worth from these apps, which conveniently have a builtin ranking system. Likes, retweets and shares are the lifeblood of social media and the main motivator for many to post in the first place. It is not surprising to see friends post on their

Instagram Stories, asking their followers to like their posts. It calls into question the reason for posting in the first place. Posting has evolved from a way to share special moments into a popularity contest. It is a competition that will undoubtedly leave many questioning their place in school and other social environments. As a camp counselor, I have also witnessed how the younger sector of Generation Z has coped with social media. The phenomenon has been around for their entire lives — their parents posted their baby pictures on Facebook, and they made social media accounts significantly earlier than any prior generation. Fully literate in Internet-related lingo, they have been posting and sharing for as long as they could use an iPod Touch. As a result, they can’t sit alone with their thoughts and interact face-to-face. As Instagram and Snapchat introduced anonymous messaging features, similar to Ask.fm launched in 2010, young people can now send and receive a barrage of negative and hurtful messages. These features create a toxic culture around these anonymous questions. Yet so many young people would rather answer these invasive questions in front of

a public audience than sit with their own thoughts. It’s easier for them to be present online than to be comfortable alone. My campers followed these trends and, unsurprisingly, came into the summer riddled with anxieties about school, their social status and their futures. It is heartbreaking to think that kids as young as 11 now share the worries of adults. Yet that seems to be the reality. Social media has been the catalyst for so many great things in recent years. It has been key in organizing and proliferating information about protests, marches and many other forms of activism. It has reunited old friends, shared memorable videos and even led to marriages. But this perspective seems to be gilded. Hiding under these wholesome stories and useful strategies is a cesspool of isolation, depression and anxiety. If we continue down this road, what will become of Generation Z? Ben Borrok is a Weinberg sophomore. They can be contacted at benjaminborrok2022@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.

Study abroad gave me the courage to stop conforming YUJIA HUANG

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Before I took off to spend eight weeks in Hokkaido this summer, studying abroad had always meant something different for me. I had heard fellow Northwestern students speak about the amazing scenery they saw while studying abroad in Copenhagen, as well as the delicious dim sum they got to try between undemanding courses while enrolled at an institution in Hong Kong. As a result, I naturally equated going abroad for a semester with relaxing and taking a break from the hustle of school. Before I took off to Hakodate, Japan, I was confident that my time studying abroad would be enjoyable, but I didn’t know it would change my life. Studying abroad was nothing like what I had imagined. Not only did it exceed my expectations, looking back, I can now say that it was the best experience so far for me as a college student.

Sure, I relaxed. I enjoyed the local onsens, munched on delicious bentos from convenient stores and had the luxury and comfort of taking only one class for the entire summer. However, studying abroad was so much more than taking a short break from the hustle and bustle of the busy Northwestern life. Studying abroad exposed me to different worldviews and led me to reconsider what it means to live a good life. Studying abroad was life-changing. For the first time, I was in an environment where the name “Northwestern” meant nothing to those I interacted with. People would look at me with confusion when I told them that I go to Northwestern, and I had to explain that Northwestern is an “elite institution” in Chicago, the United States. For the first time, careers like finance and consulting were not admired or put on a pedestal. Blue-collar jobs are respected in Japanese society: whether you are a driver or a construction worker, people would treat you with kindness, and your salary would allow you to live a decent, respected life in society. I met students who studied architecture, veterinary studies, and art to their heart’s content. When everyone was introducing themselves in my class, I was surprised

how few studies studied “financial economics” or “computer science.” For the first time, being “undecided” was okay. When I told the rest of my class that I am still undecided after a year of exploring and taking different classes in college, people responded with approval and passionate recommendations rather than indifference or mere surprise. Studying abroad is liberating. It offers a new environment where you can step away from all the assumptions you’ve absorbed, whether that is from home or school. It provides a precious opportunity to meet new peers completely different from all the friends that you’ve made before. It teaches you that is not only okay, but good, for you to make decisions about your studies based on your interests rather than peer, parental or institutional pressure. For the first time since freshman year, I felt that it’s truly okay to have different interests than other people on campus. I realized that prestige is not that important to me, and I want to be able to follow my heart. I had not realized that spending a year at Northwestern had affected some of my values, and the pressure of the pre-professional culture on campus had started to affect the classes I had been adding to my shopping cart.

There’s a story that reminds me of my experience abroad, “There are these two young fish swimming along and they happen to meet an older fish swimming the other way, who nods at them and says, ‘Morning, boys. How’s the water?’ And the two young fish swim on for a bit, and then eventually one of them looks over at the other, and goes, ‘What the hell is water?’” It’s nice to be reminded of what water is. Though the young fish looks silly, I think it’s fair to say that we all sometimes forget the context that we live in. I can now thankfully say that studying abroad did the same for me: It reminded me of the type of environment I was in, and it helped me go forward to become one step closer to who I was meant to be. Thank you, Hakodate, for those eight weeks. Yujia Huang is a Weinberg sophomore. She can be contacted at yujia@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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from putting on a live show every week. She compared it to grad school, saying that in her three years there, she received a crash course about how to be an actress. She also found opportunities and made connections through SNL — during her last season, comedian Larry David also worked there, and the two bonded over how much they hated the environment. Four years later, she ended up working with David in her star-making role as Elaine on “Seinfeld.” When she left “SNL,” she was determined to only take acting jobs that were fun and had a healthy environment. “That was a huge lightbulb moment for me, and it’s been hugely helpful for me going forward,” LouisDreyfus said. “I call it the ‘no assholes’ policy.” Years later, Louis-Dreyfus would return to SNL in 2006 as the first female cast member to serve as host. She said then she was able to take charge and have the experience she wanted during her original run on the show, thanks to how much she had grown as an actor and a person in the years since. Louis-Dreyfus and Swanberg also discussed her latest role as Selina Meyer in “Veep.” Swanberg asked Louis-Dreyfus about her process researching and working on the show, which follows the career of a disgruntled vice-president, noting that many politicians have described it as the most accurate portrayal of politics on television. “Everything I’ve read from politicians says that ‘Veep’ gets it more right than anything else,” Swanberg said. “(Politics are) really that confusing, and power is shifting in these nebulous ways. It’s amazing and frightening to me.” Louis-Dreyfus said before the show started, she and the cast and crew took several trips to Washington, D.C., where they talked with both notable politicians like former vice president Al Gore and behind-the-scenes people who helped inform the tone of the show. Louis-Dreyfus said one of the factors that made “Veep” work is that the show was careful not to identify the parties of any of the characters, focusing instead on the bureaucratic elements of politics, which helped attract people from both sides of the aisle. When Swanberg asked her what attracted her to comedy, Louis-Dreyfus admitted she did not know she wanted to be a comedic actress, but gravitated to it when she kept getting parts in comedies at Northwestern. Louis-Dreyfus attributed her skills as a comedian, and her views toward comedy, to her background, noting that she comes from a family that values comedy, and has used comedy to cope with the tragedy in their lives. “There’s something about dark humor in particular that really makes me delight,”Louis-Dreyfus said.“And it’s gotten a lot of people I know through hard times. I recall my father saying something like,‘Without a sense of humor, you’re dead.’ And I sort of subscribe to that thinking. It’s a lovely thing to laugh, particularly in the face of something that’s really not funny.”

Nissen, originally a swimmer when the Dolphin Show was still an actual water show, was one of the co-chairs who took the show out of its aquatic infancy to produce the first Broadway musical in the Dolphin Show canon, “Mame,” in 1970. The following school year, he was appointed chair of the newly formed A&O board and brought Woodstock legend Richie Havens to perform in McGaw Hall — which now holds Welsh-Ryan Arena — that February. “My experience on A&O board was really special,” Nissen said. “Just having the opportunity to get up on stage in front of 6,000 people and

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campus buildings, including the John Evans Center. NAISA members were not responsible for painting the Rock this weekend. A Northwestern task force concluded that Evans’ failure to protect the Native people in Colorado as the superintendent of Indian Affairs helped make the massacre possible. “The University has ignored (Evans’) significant moral failures before and after Sand Creek,” a 2014 NU study of Evans’ involvement in the Sand Creek Massacre wrote. “This oversight goes against the fundamental purposes of a university and Northwestern’s own best traditions, and it should be corrected.” Former NAISA executive board member

introduce Richie Havens — my line was, ‘From Woodstock to McGaw.’” During his remarks at the reunion, Nissen displayed a letter the Dean of Students sent to then University President Robert Strotz in 1971, responding to the A&O board’s plans for a “Spring Thing” festival that year (Nissen rejected the name “Spring Fling” as a relic of the ’60s — this was, after all, a new decade). The dean urged the president to oppose the weekend of performances, carnival rides and free food on the Lakefill because “the University is not in a position to be part of and sponsor a rock festival.” But the A&O board convinced administrators that Spring Thing would not be Woodstock 2.0, and Nissen said the event was hugely successful.

Parker said she loved hearing stories of how alumni worked with big-named talent of yesteryear to produce a wide variety of events. “It honestly was just amazing to see…how the role of A&O has changed over the years,” she said. The first chair of A&O, Steve Nisenbaum (Weinberg ’70), could not be in attendance but sent his regards in a letter. Touching on the power of student organizations throughout Northwestern’s history, he wrote, “I think the energies and spirit of students asserting themselves and expressing themselves in so many diverse activities and organizations is the truth of A&O.”

Lorenzo Gudino (Medill ’17) told The Daily that when Native students visit and see these names around the University, it can bring back trauma that can be triggering. “It’s not a really safe space for them,” Gudino said. “They still have that historical trauma ingrained with them.” The Board of Trustees voted against student demands in 2016. In an October interview with The Daily, University President Morton Schapiro said he intends on respecting the board’s decision and does not plan on bringing the issue up again in the near future. “(The Board of Trustees) thought long and hard… at the end of the day, the name stays on,” Schapiro said. “I have my own strong views about this, but I respect the prerogatives of the board.”

Schapiro told The Daily in 2015 that he believed “sanitizing history is a mistake,” and that names like Evans’ should either be kept on buildings or other landmarks and have their history told, or taken off with acknowledgement that they used to be called something else. The Rock read “EAT THE RICH” and “Y’ALL ARE RACIST.” Bob Rowley, a University spokesperson, wrote in a Sunday email to The Daily that the University does not condone “painting obscenities” on school property. “Northwestern is committed to the principles of free inquiry and free expression, which are central to the mission of the University,” Rowley wrote. “However, painting obscenities on University property violates Northwestern’s policies.”

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From page 1 hair, and her spleen had failed, her current owner Cathy Palivos said. “They practically re-arranged her insides,” Palivos said. “She was a hot mess… but such a sweet dog. I fostered her because she needed a quiet place to recover and then I decided I couldn’t part with her, so I kept her.” Evanston Police Department Officer Random Johnson opened the parade with his K-9 companion, talking about the dog’s initial training in Europe and his recent graduation to full police service. Proceeds from the walkathon go to housing costs, veterinary care and behavioral training for cats and dogs at the Evanston Animal Shelter. Daggett told the crowd about Miss Cardi, a stray dog the shelter housed for 13 months, which was enough time for her lost family to locate and reclaim her. “All of your support here today,” she said, “Helps us reunite families and their pets or get them into homes… (because of you,) Cardi didn’t have a time limit.”

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NU’s loss to Wisconsin puts a dent in playoff chances By GRAYSON WELO

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For the second year in a row, Northwestern could miss the Big Ten Tournament. Heading into Sunday’s game at Martin Stadium, the Wildcats sat in eighth place in the conference standings, and a win over No. 10 Wisconsin would have bolstered their chances of making the tournament. However, the Badgers (13-2-2, 9-0-1 Big Ten) defeated NU 3-1, claiming the Big Ten regular season champion title and further hurting the Cats’ (5-10-3, 3-6-2) postseason chances. NU must wait for the results of next week’s matchups to see if it will finish in the top eight of the standings and qualify for the tournament. If Wisconsin beats or ties Ohio State and if Michigan State can beat Indiana on Wednesday, then the Cats will make the tournament. Otherwise, this will be the second consecutive year that NU fails to qualify. The Cats had many offensive chances at the start of Sunday’s game, including two corner kicks within the first five minutes of the match. NU couldn’t convert on either of them, but despite the Cats’ failure to

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score, they continued to push upfield and pressure the Badgers’ defense. “We shocked them when we came out in the first few minutes because they weren’t expecting us to be so aggressive,” junior forward Nia Harris said. The energetic start hit a roadblock when Wisconsin forward Dani Rhodes scored in the 16th minute. Badgers goalie Jordyn Bloomer punted the ball down the field, which Rhodes eventually settled before dribbling past the defense and sliding the ball past sophomore goalie Mackenzie Wood. The Cats continued to attack, however, and in the 23nd minute, freshman defender Reilly Riggs scored the equalizer off a corner kick. Riggs headed the ball into the top left corner of the net, earning her second career goal for NU. “(Freshman midfielder Lily Gilbertson) served it right to the back post, and it went over the head

of the girl who was man-marking me,” Riggs said. “(Wisconsin) only had two people zoning and the rest man-marked, so we tried to pull them out of position.” For the rest of the half, Wisconsin controlled most of the possession. The Cats held off the Badgers’ offense until the 44th minute, when defender Claire Shea struck the ball from 40 yards out. The ball hit the underside of the crossbar, hitting the turf and bouncing into the arms of Wood. It was not ruled a goal on the field. But after review, the referee reversed the call, declaring that the ball bounced over the goal line — a similar outcome to Minnesota’s sole goal against the Cats on Thursday. Forward Jenna Kiraly later sealed Wisconsin’s win by tapping in a free kick that deflected off several players in front of the goal in the 75th minute. Despite the loss, coach Michael Moynihan said the team performed better against the Badgers than the Golden Gophers. “We really hammered them on things we have control over: our effort, our focus, our organization on things and our execution,” Moynihan said. “Those are all the things I thought by in large we did pretty well today. We just made a couple of unfortunate errors.” graysonwelo2023@u.northwestern.edu

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Defender Reilly Riggs prepares to kick the ball. The freshman scored Northwestern’s lone goal against Wisconsin.

Downtown Evanston Farmers’ Market celebrates fall By PYRROS RUBANIS

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Downtown Evanston’s Farmers’ Market held a Fall Fest event to celebrate Halloween and entertain children with pumpkins, games and arts and crafts on Saturday, which marked its penultimate weekend. The market runs every Saturday from 7:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. from May to November, bringing as many as 60 farmers, bakers and cooks to one central location behind the Hilton Garden Inn. Last weekend, costumed children decorated pumpkins with string, beads, markers and stickers in a novel Fall Fest tent at the back corner

of the market. Market manager Myra Gorman said the event was a way to celebrate both Halloween and the harvest. “This year we had free pumpkins and decorations,” added Tiffany Caston, one of the ten volunteers at the Fall Fest tent. “We were running out of stuff pretty fast — probably at least a hundred kids visited the market.” In addition to decorations, families were also invited to guess the weight of two large pumpkins stationed in the tent, with the winner getting to take the pumpkins home. Attendees of the market also danced and clapped along to the music of folk trio Slippery Elm as they played traditional Appalachian dance music and some rural tunes from Illinois. People also flocked to the prepared food

vendors, which served a variety of cuisines. Vegan and gluten-free burgers and wraps, made entirely from local produce, were available at The Eating Well. Cocina Azteca sold freshly made burritos, empanadas and other staples of Mexican cuisine. Gotta B Crepes put their line cooking process on display, preparing sweet and savory stuffed crepes in front of customers. Gorman said that the selection process for selling at the farmers’ market was quite competitive. Returning vendors have first pick and The Friends of Evanston Farmers’ Market, an affiliated non-profit, fills the remaining open slots — often only four or five. Fall Fest comes at a time when attendance at the farmer’s market is tapering off with the end of the outdoor market just a week away.

“By now, some of the farmers have gone,” said Gorman. “It just gets slower the last two weeks.” Market vendor Erin Stover said the rain, cold and other Evanston events held that weekend could have led to a decrease in attendance to the market. “It’s not like other years, there’s hardly any kids,” Stover said. “I don’t think the festival necessarily drew anyone in… the people that were here that were buying things, were just stocking up today since it’s almost the last market.” The Downtown Evanston Farmers’ Market will have its last gathering of the year on Nov. 2, after which the Ecology Center Indoor Farmers’ Market begins in December. spgr@northwestern.edu

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Northwestern falls flat at home in shutout loss to Hawkeyes By CHARLIE GOLDSMITH

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The 33-yard pass tipped off Riley Lees’ fingers, and after the junior wide receiver fell to the ground empty handed, he slapped the turf four times. Last week against Ohio State, Lees did the exact same thing after dropping a potential first-down catch. The same scenes keep happening for Northwestern, now stuck in the middle of a season that feels like a recurring nightmare. History isn’t being shy about repeating itself, and this loss looked a lot like the others. Junior quarterback Aidan Smith threw for fewer than 150 yards interception again. The Wildcats didn’t score a touchdown or force a turnover again. And NU (1-6, 0-5 Big Ten) keeps losing in blowout fashion, this time a 20-0 loss at Ryan Field to No. 20 Iowa. “From the standpoint of our inability to score points and take the ball away, that makes it really challenging to win games,” Fitzgerald said. “It’s been our recipe that we had been able to get the ball across the 50 and make some plays and get some points on the board. Both of (those) didn’t happen today.” NU never even made it into the redzone Saturday, continuing its recent trend of inefficient offense. The Cats were held to 10 or fewer points for the fifth time this season and shutout for the first time since October 2015 in Ann Arbor. Smith connected with sophomore receiver JJ Jefferson for his first two

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completions in the first quarter, gaining 23 yards through the air. But on that second reception, Jefferson sustained a lower-body injury that kept him out the rest of the game. After that, Smith threw for only 115 yards. The Cats only made it to midfield five times, and they turned the ball over on downs on four of those possessions. The furthest they made it was the 28-yard line late in the first quarter, but that drive ended with Smith throwing the ball away to avoid taking a sack on fourth down. Smith is now 0-3 in his tenure as a starter, and he said being a college quarterback is about more than just showing up on Saturdays. “It’s not just a gameday thing,” he said. “It’s all about the preparation that you have to do. I’ve been doing a good job of doing that preparation, but in order for my play to go to that next level, I probably need to double or triple what I’ve been doing. That’s what I’ve learned, that it’s a lot of preparation and you can’t just go out and play like you did in high school.” While Saturday’s offensive performance looked like several other games this season, the defense has started to show cracks. The Hawkeyes took a 7-0 lead early in the first quarter off a 50-yard touchdown pass from quarterback Nate Stanley to receiver Tyrone Tracy. Tracy

caught the ball at the 36 with six NU defenders in the area, but he reversed fields to avoid all of them and scored his second career touchdown. Stanley threw three completions longer than 35 yards, including a 41-yard bomb to tight end Sam LaPorta –– his first career reception. It’s been a while since the Cats have kept an opposing quarterback in check, allowing more than 175 passing yards in four of five conference games. “Sometimes they’re just going to break through and make big plays,” junior linebacker Blake Gallagher said. “A couple of them were us at the point of attack not having solid fundamentals, and then stuff like that pops through the defense.” Iowa added to its lead with a field goal that ended a 12-minute drive in the second quarter, and Stanley took the Hawkeyes 59 yards down the field in their first possession of the third quarter to take a 17-0 lead. After adding a field goal in the fourth quarter, Iowa became the third team this season to beat NU by 20 or more points. With five games left, the Cats have to run the table to avoid missing a bowl game for the first time since 2014. After the game, Fitzgerald said he told his players that he’s willing to try whatever it will take to ensure the NU execute its gameplan well on Saturdays. “We had scouts at practice on Wednesday and they thought, ‘Wow. Seeing (NU’s) attitude and morale, you’d think we were undefeated,’” Fitzgerald said. “We’re just not taking practice to the games.” Joshua Hoffman/The Daily Northwestern

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Quarterback struggles continue Wildcats’ defense wears down in loss to Iowa

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No Northwestern player was under more scrutiny during the previous four seasons than Clayton Thorson, despite finishing his career as the winningest quarterback in the program’s history. Now, as the Wildcats sit at 1-6 in their first season without Thorson, NU fans are learning the hard way that consistent quarterback play is hard to come by. “Man, he’s a pretty good player, huh?” coach Pat Fitzgerald said. “The most underappreciated player in Wildcat football…the haters hated that guy too, didn’t they?” If the “haters” really did hate the play of Thorson, who knows what they are saying about the Cats’ current quarterback situation. After splitting reps with senior quarterback T.J. Green against Stanford, opening-day starter Hunter Johnson got the job due to Green’s seasonending injury. Despite “winning the job,” Johnson’s inconsistencies, along with injuries picked up against Wisconsin, forced the Cats to turn to junior quarterback Aidan Smith. Johnson is now back healthy, but the coaching staff has stuck with Smith to lead the team. Smith’s day started off about as poorly as NU would have imagined. On a third and five deep in the Cats territory on their first possession, Smith’s pass was tipped at the line of scrimmage and intercepted. While that was the only interception that Smith threw Saturday, NU struggled to move the ball and Smith’s play was a major reason why. Throughout the game, the junior from Fort Wayne, Indiana didn’t throw to open

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Aidan Smith runs with the football. The junior quarterback threw for 138 yards and an interception on Saturday.

targets, made errant passes and often opted to scramble when the pocket began to collapse on him. After the contest, Fitzgerald said the quarterbacks are struggling to make the proper reads and, at times, holding onto the ball longer than they should. Looking back on the game tape, there will definitely be some plays, reads and throws that Smith will probably want back. “When we take a look at the tape, there will be some pretty disappointed quarterback room guys,” Fitzgerald said. “They’ll look at some opportunities that they left on the field.” Earlier in the season against Michigan State and Johnson struggling to move the offense down the field, Fitzgerald decided to toss Smith into the fire and see if he could turn the Cats fortunes around. While it was too late to mount a comeback, that game, as well as injuries, springboarded Smith into the starting quarterback position. But despite being in a similar predicament Saturday, Fitzgerald opted

to leave Smith in the entirety of the contest instead of giving Johnson a shot in the second half. Ultimately, Fitzgerald said it was his decision to stick with Smith, and would not go into details about why Johnson never saw the field. Regardless of who plays, NU has to figure out how to correct the mistakes of its struggling offense and it starts under center. Thorson had his struggles too, especially his freshman year when he threw nine interceptions and just seven touchdowns. Yet the Cats still won 10 games that season. With No. 18 at the helm, NU always had a knack for winning the games it needed the most — but now, someone else in the quarterback room needs to fill that void. “Quarterbacks need to lead to win and make the plays that winners make,” Fitzgerald said. “They gotta take care of the ball, they gotta put the ball in the right spots.” andrewgolden2021@u.northwestern.edu

With a defense asked to carry as much weight as Northwestern’s is right now, injuries are going to take their toll. With sophomore Trevor Kent and junior Earnest Brown IV both missing from the defensive line Saturday against No. 20 Iowa, the Wildcats’ defense gradually wore down in a 20-0 loss. The unit has not produced a turnover since junior safety JR Pace’s interception Sept. 28 against Wisconsin. “We have a handful of younger pups getting a lot of reps,” coach Pat Fitzgerald said. “The next guys have to step up and play to the best of their ability. I’ll watch the tape to reserve judgments on a lot of those things.” Among those “younger pups” in the defensive front were redshirt freshman Wyatt Blake and true freshman Jason Gold. Blake played in his third game of the year and has not accumulated any statistics in any of them. Gold saw his first collegiate action Saturday and had a decent showing, recording a tackle for loss and a quarterback hurry. But NU (1-6, 0-5 Big Ten) missed out on several opportunities to get its defense off the field. On the final play of the first quarter, with the Cats down by just seven, the Hawkeyes (6-2, 3-2) faced a third and eight at their own 48-yard line. But running back Mekhi Sargent went straight up the middle on a draw play for 13 to move into NU territory. Later in the drive, the Cats were unable to stop a quarterback sneak by Nate Stanley on third and two, which moved Iowa into field goal range. The Hawkeyes would eventually kick a field goal to extend their lead to two scores. Junior linebacker Blake Gallagher, who led the team with 10 tackles and also had a

pass breakup and a quarterback hurry, said NU’s mentality is to have the backups prepare the same way as the starters. “We just need to keep swinging,” Gallagher said. “I’m not punching (the ball out) enough, some other guys aren’t punching enough. We’re not working the ball right now.” Early in the second half, NU’s defense had another chance to make a stop in Iowa territory. But Tyler Goodson, the Hawkeyes’ third running back on the depth chart, ran straight up the middle 12 yards on third and seven. Iowa converted a fourth and eight later on a quick pass into the flat, and ultimately scored a touchdown to make it a 17-0 game. While the front seven was banged up and struggled at times Saturday, the secondary was not blameless either — the Hawkeyes completed two passes for more than 40 yards. The Cats have only made two interceptions in seven games all season, with just one of them by a defensive back. Both starting cornerbacks, sophomores Greg Newsome II and Cameron Ruiz, got hurt Saturday, though both returned to action in short order. On top of Newsome’s and Ruiz’s injuries, senior Trae Williams is still making his way back — he played briefly last weekend against Ohio State but had not seen the field before that since Sept. 14. But Williams missed a key tackle on Iowa receiver Tyrone Tracy on what turned into a 50-yard touchdown in the first quarter. “We talk about tackling and turnovers — those are the two most important things you have as a defense that you can control,” Fitzgerald said. “If you tackle well and you create turnovers, you give your offense more opportunities, short fields and momentum. Right now, the turnover aspect is not happening.” benjaminrosenberg2021@u.northwestern.edu