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Faculty reflect on contributing to historic discovery By ELIZABETH BYRNE
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Junior safety Jared McGee hits Michigan State quarterback Brian Lewerke during Saturday’s Big Ten showdown. The Wildcats defense came up strong against the Spartans in Northwestern’s overtime victory.
Cats stun Spartans in triple OT Fans rush Ryan Field as NU upsets No. 16 Michigan State 39-31 By TIM BALK
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The ball hung in the air Saturday in the final moment of Northwestern’s battle with
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No. 16 Michigan State, as the outcome dangled in the balance. Spartans quarterback Brian Lewerke had just been stripped before recovering and heaving a high-arcing pass toward the end zone. “Everyone was just holding
their breath,” said running back Justin Jackson, who watched from the sideline. On the other end of the throw waited junior linebacker Nate Hall. Hall said he “just played the ball,” fighting for position and
then making a game-ending interception that sealed a 39-31 triple-overtime upset victory for the Wildcats (5-3, 3-2 Big Ten) and launched a gleeful student section onto the field » See FOOTBALL, page 5
During her postdoctoral years at Harvard University, Northwestern physics and astronomy Prof. Vicky Kalogera said she started looking into gravitational wave astrophysics as a side project, despite discouragement from others. “At the time, it didn’t look clear that gravitational wave observations were going to become a reality,” Kalogera said. “In fact, a lot of the astronomy community was quite doubtful, and I had a lot of advice not to pursue gravitational wave astronomy as my main research.” However, Kalogera said she continued to study gravitational waves and joined the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory Scientific Collaboration, a group of scientists dedicated to exploring gravitational wave science. The LIGO Scientific Collaboration used LIGO detectors and the Virgo detector from the Virgo Collaboration in Europe to first record a neutron star collision Aug. 17.The antennas detect gravitational waves.
The “multi-messenger” discovery was announced by the collaboration Oct. 16 as the first of its kind because the collision emitted both gravitational and electromagnetic wave signals, Kalogera said. The neutron star collision discovery comes less than two years after a team of scientists, including NU researchers, first detected gravitational waves. The collaboration consists of more than 1,000 members from over 100 institutions worldwide, according to its website.Thirteen of its members are from Northwestern. Kalogera said NU played a large role in the discovery of the neutron star collision because participating faculty members are leaders in both gravitational and electromagnetic wave research. On the day of the discovery, the collaboration published six academic papers — NU faculty either led or “heavily co-led” four of them, she said. “This kind of leadership at the core of the discovery both on gravitational waves and electromagnetic waves doesn’t exist at any other university,” Kalogera said. “We’ve been positioning ourselves to have strength in both sides … and we are so proud to be in this position.” Kalogera added that while she was the leading astrophysicist on the discovery, all NU team members significantly contributed to the discovery. » See COLLISION, page 5
Officials elucidate DPOE hosts former Obama adviser social services shift By CATHERINE HENDERSON
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City officials on Saturday addressed resident concerns surrounding the restructuring of social services in the Evanston Police Department, clarifying that the changes are structural and meant to meet residents’ changing needs. The restructuring plan is part of the proposed 2018 city budget, and includes a transfer of the Social Services Bureau from the police department to the Health and Human Services Department. With the shift, the bureau would lose $400,000 in funding and undergo significant changes. At a special City Council meeting, Evanston Chief of Police Richard Eddington said EPD has previously relied on expensive credentialed social workers to offer short- and long-term counseling, Eddington said. However, in recent years, residents have been more reliant on referrals to outside assistance from advocates in the department. He said this changing
need allows the department to reorganize its services and eliminate the expense of employing credentialed social workers. “There will be changes, but the victims will not be ignored,” Eddington said. “In the health department, we’ve been intentional about providing services to vulnerable populations, to atrisk populations and populations in crisis.” City manager Wally Bobkiewicz said the changes would not affect the quality of services available to residents. “The intention here is not to provide less service, but to leverage the services that we have in a better way,” Bobkiewicz said. “I want to make sure as we start with this transition that those people that are in need continue to get that initial crisis service from city of Evanston staff.” Health and Human Services director Evonda Thomas-Smith, whose department would oversee the new positions, said the police Social Services Bureau is currently staffed by a manager, three victim advocates and one youth advocate. Under the new changes, the » See SERVICES, page 5
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University of Chicago economics Prof. Austan Goolsbee emphasized the importance of Democratic values and efforts at the Democratic Party of Evanston’s annual fundraiser Sunday. In his keynote address, Goolsbee — former chairman of the council of economic advisers under President Barack Obama, and the youngest cabinet member of the administration — said the Democratic Party lost in 2016 because it got “complacent.” He said though Democrats are still frustrated with the end result, they haven’t done enough to guarantee future change. “We’ve got to push back starting now and starting at every level,” Goolsbee said. “I am reminded of my late grandmother. If you complain about anything, she’d say, ‘80 percent of the world doesn’t care about your problems, and the other 20 percent are glad.’” After leaving the White House, Goolsbee said he thought he would never see a reemergence of the policies that caused the economic crisis in 2007 and 2008, such as the deregulation of the financial sector and decreased taxes for the wealthy. However,
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University of Chicago Prof. Austan Goolsbee speaks at the Democratic Party of Evanston’s annual fundraiser. He said Democrats need to continue to work for change.
Goolsbee said, the Trump administration is returning to such policies, which would endanger the nation. In contrast with President Donald Trump’s lack of concrete policy, Goolsbee said the Democratic Party advocates for using tax dollars to provide millions with health care, education and infrastructure. However,
Goolsbee said Democrats need to go out into their communities and neighboring states to talk to opponents if they want to make real progress. “You can’t persuade anybody unless you meet them where they are,” Goolsbee said. “You can’t do anything from these tables in Evanston.” However, other speakers from
the event said Evanston is a community known for advocacy. State Sen. Daniel Biss (D-Evanston) said the DPOE is respected statewide. “We’ve seen the Evanstonization of the Democratic Party across this state,” Biss said about statewide political activism after » See GOOLSBEE, page 3
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