The Daily Northwestern – November 6, 2017

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Students protest at SAE headquarters Protesters gather in solidarity with survivors of assault

By CATHERINE KIM

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Several students shared stories of sexual assault as they sat on the lawn of Sigma Alpha Epsilon’s national headquarters Friday in solidarity with survivors.

At the beginning of the protest, about 40 people gathered in between the International Studies Residential College and the Communications Residential College, later crossing the street to SAE’s headquarters. Once the protesters were seated on the grass, some expressed their concerns about rape culture on campus.

Communication senior Mia Weed, one of the protest organizers, told The Daily she felt “defeated” when she heard SAE would be allowed to return to campus in 2018 following a successful completion of its suspension. Still, she said it was important to organize the event to show support for survivors.

“I want them to at least have a physical demonstration of all the people that care about their pain,” she said. “At least see that people don’t want to just let this slide.”

In April, the University suspended SAE until September 2018 after an investigation found that the chapter “knowingly violated” its disciplinary probation last academic year. The investigation found that the fraternity had been “repeatedly hosting parties and providing alcohol to minors,” University spokesman Bob Rowley told The Daily at the time.

The University announced in March that no disciplinary action would be taken against the fraternity after an earlier, separate investigation into allegations of druggings and sexual assaults.

Last week, Interfraternity Council chapter presidents voted to cease recognition of SAE until July 2021.

SAE spokesman Brandon Weghorst told The Daily in an email that SAE “respects the rights of students to assemble and voice their concerns.”

“The national organization is equally committed to being proactive to eliminate sexual assault and misconduct on campuses nationwide,” Weghorst said.

He added that there are no active SAE members at Northwestern while the fraternity is suspended.

“During SAE’s suspension, we are glad to see students’ continued commitment to making campus a safe environment,” Weghorst said. » See PROTEST, page 10

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Macan Wilson runs with the ball. The senior receiver caught five passes for 107 yards against Nebraska.

NU secures 3rd straight OT win Wildcats become bowl eligible with road victory against Nebraska

By COLE PAXTON

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LINCOLN, Neb. — Northwestern had the overtime magic two weeks ago, when Iowa tight end Noah Fant dropped an

open pass to give the Wildcats a 17-10 win. NU had the magic last week, when junior linebacker Nate Hall picked off Michigan State quarterback Brian Lewerke to give the Cats a 39-31 victory in triple overtime.

And NU had the magic again amid a wash of scarlet

Saturday, as senior safety Kyle Queiro deflected a Tanner Lee pass to secure a 31-24 overtime triumph over Nebraska, giving the Cats (6-3, 4-2 Big Ten) their fourth-straight win and an FBSfirst third consecutive overtime victory.

“To see the way we’ve

responded, I could see the look in their eye when we went to overtime: We’re winning this game,” coach Pat Fitzgerald said. “The credit goes to our guys.

They went out and executed.”

The overtime stop came after » See FOOTBALL, page 9

Local reps help with social welfare City names day for returning sergeant

By ALAN PEREZ

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In light of federal efforts to dismantle some social welfare programs, local officials and representatives held an inaugural resource fair Saturday to alleviate residents’ concerns about accessing services.

“Helping Hands” — a community event at Niles West High School organized by Niles Mayor Andrew Przybylo, Cook County Commissioner Larry Suffredin and U.S. Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-Ill.) — targeted families in Evanston, Niles, Morton Grove and Skokie.

Schakowsky told The Daily the event was meant to help residents understand what resources are available to them. She said gathering agencies and organizations in one venue made that possible.

“Getting local officials who are often more trusted than people in Washington to invite people to come and get things that they need is incredibly important,” Schakowsky said. “There’s all kinds of things that I think people don’t necessarily even think are available. That’s why I want to just get people in the door to see what there is.”

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U.S. Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-Ill.) encourages attendees to share information on resources. Schakowsky spoke Saturday at an event meant to make residents aware of the social welfare services available to them.

Representatives from dozens of government agencies and local organizations in the area were present to discuss health care, legal, housing and other general welfare resources with attendees.

Flu shots, hot dogs and family activities were made available, as was information on underwater mortgage assistance, Affordable Care Act enrollment and immigrant rights.

The event demonstrated a

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“comprehensive approach” to providing resources by elected officials, Debra Lawrence, a marketing communications manager, told The Daily. Lawrence represented Business and Career Services, Inc., which offered information on tools, services and connections for people seeking employment.

The concentration of resources, Lawrence said, made it easier for people to access services.

Residents often have varying needs and the event ensured they didn’t have to visit different locations to get help, she said.

Skokie resident Satish Chander told The Daily because federal programs are under threat, it’s important for local officials to organize events like these.

President Donald Trump’s plans to cut Medicaid subsidies, » See RESOURCES, page 10

When U.S. Army Sgt. Aron Wagner returned home to Evanston on Oct. 29 after serving nine months in Iraq, he was certainly not expecting an escort and a new holiday in his name, his mother Susan Wagner said.

But when he landed at Chicago O’Hare International Airport, the sergeant was escorted to the American Legion in Evanston where Mayor Steve Hagerty declared Oct. 29 as “Sgt. Aron Harry Wagner Day.” The city’s proclamation designated the day “in honor of his years of service to the community and the nation.”

Hagerty told The Daily that about 80 to 100 friends, family and neighbors came out for Wagner’s homecoming. He said two veterans groups — A Hero’s Welcome and Warriors’ Watch Riders — approached the mayor’s office and asked Hagerty to name a day after Aron Wagner.

“In terms of proclamations, I definitely look for people who

have made notable contributions to Evanston,” Hagerty said. “It’s important for us to recognize the folks who are in our military, serving and protecting us and our freedom.”

Aron Wagner’s father, Jeff Wagner, said the two veterans groups organized the event.

He added that his son was surprised and humbled by the festivities. “(Aron) has been teasing his friends a little that now they have to celebrate (Aron Wagner Day) every year,” Jeff Wagner said. “He only comes home from his first deployment once, so we wanted to recognize him.”

The sergeant himself declined to comment, deferring to his family, Jeff Wagner said.

He said his son did not serve for the attention, but rather for the love of his country.

“Aron will be the first to tell you that he is one of a much larger team and nobody does things on their own,” Jeff Wagner said. “He would deflect the acclaim onto others if he could.”

As a boy, Aron Wagner » See HOMECOMING, page 10

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Author discusses role of wealthy women in suffrage

By AMY LI

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Feminist author Joan Marie Johnson stressed the integral role of affluent women and their acts of philanthropy in funding the women’s suffrage movement at a Sunday talk.

Johnson, who works in Northwestern’s Office of the Provost, discussed her new book — “Funding Feminism: Monied Women, Philanthropy, and the Women’s Movement, 1870-1967” — at the Frances Willard House Museum. Johnson sparked conversation among roughly 30 community members about how key women funded the feminist movement over the years.

“It was the enormous impact of the money — the purposeful and intellectual giving done by these wealthy women — that really enabled the passage of suffrage to come about,” Johnson said.

The conversation took place at a museum named after Frances Willard, a 19th-century American women’s suffragist and political reformer. Despite Willard’s controversial past with the civil rights movement, the historic house promotes discussion about women, temperance and human rights within the local community.

In her presentation to a largely female audience, Johnson described mini-biographies of wealthy women at the turn of the 19th century. She

POLICE BLOTTER Juvenile charged with robbery A 14-year-old juvenile was arrested and charged last Tuesday evening in connection with a robbery at Comix Revolution.

At 7:26 p.m., a 33-year-old male clerk at Comix Revolution in the 600 block of Davis Street observed a group of juveniles enter the store, Evanston police Cmdr. Joseph Dugan said. The clerk saw one of them take two books — each valued at $15.99 — and exit the store without paying.

The clerk chased the juveniles to get the books back, Dugan said. When he caught up with them, he

chronicled the discrimination of people like Grace Dodge and Phoebe Hearst that prompted their philanthropy during the suffrage movement.

Despite advances in women’s rights during the peak of the suffrage movement, Johnson said there was some disunity and resentment due to tension surrounding race, ethnicity and identity.

Johnson highlighted the story of Ida B. Wells, an African-American civil rights activist who traveled with the Illinois delegation to Washington, D.C. for a suffrage parade, but was relegated to the back because of her race. Johnson said the story showed that even though the white, wealthy women she studied were working toward sisterhood, they sometimes failed to achieve that goal.

“Their empathy and their vision for change was really was more on that identity of women and they didn’t always see women of color as a part of that,” Johnson said.

However, Johnson said, the social climate surrounding women’s rights has changed.

“The women’s march on Washington had an online CrowdRise, and they raised over $2 million from 38,000 people in a very short time,” Johnson said. “We don’t have to be so dependent on a handful of very wealthy women, but we certainly have to be dependent on women to make change for women.”

Vickie Burke, chair of the museum’s board of directors, told The Daily she witnessed and experienced the first wave of women’s rights as she grew

up in the 50s and 60s.

Burke said she is often impressed with the amount of change that can take place over a short period of time for women’s rights.

“I was given a choice of being a nurse or a teacher, and that was it,” Burke said. “Two or three years later the same women were getting law degrees. It’s amazing.”

Laurie Howick, an Evanston resident and Frances Willard Historical Association member who attended the event, told The Daily there is a disconnect between policies being passed in Washington and those being pushed by the American people.

She said communities need to band together to effect change.

“Politics is how human beings organize societies,” Howick said. “So we have to ask ourselves, how can we mutually achieve what we want to achieve?”

Going forward, Johnson emphasized the need for a united sisterhood in modern women’s rights movements that didn’t exist in the past.

Although more people are contributing to funding efforts, Johnson said, she wants women to unify across race, ethnicity, sexuality, class and other identities.

“We need to be a model of an intersectional, inclusive movement, and we need to figure out how to all march together,” she said.

noticed another juvenile had stolen an action figure valued at $1. The 14-year-old Chicago resident who stole the books punched the clerk in the back, Dugan said, but the man was not injured.

Officers in the 1700 block of Maple Avenue saw a group of juveniles matching the description provided by the clerk when he called the police, Dugan said.

The officers chased the juveniles, caught the 14-yearold and took him into custody.

He was charged with robbery, a felony.

connection with violating a city noise ordinance in south Evanston.

The Cicero resident and her boyfriend were having an ongoing dispute in the 2000 block of Brummel Street, Dugan said. The woman was outside yelling and screaming, and she would not leave.

When officers attempted to calm her down, she continued screaming and attempted to spit on her boyfriend, Dugan said. After several warnings to quiet down, officers took her into custody and charged her with violating a local city noise ordinance.

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An article published in Thursday’s paper titled “QuestBridge CEO discusses growth” mischaracterized Ana Rowena McCullough’s upbringing and misstated Harvard University’s involvement with QuestBridge. McCullough said her parents could have been QuestBridge scholars, and Harvard participated in a summer program. The Daily regrets the errors.

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ON CAMPUS NU Dining seeks to cut down waste

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Students now have the option to fill reusable plastic bottles with more than 100 different beverages due to a new Northwestern Dining program that aims to increase campus sustainability. “‘Cats Cups” is an initiative designed to decrease the usage of disposable cups and glasses, NU Dining marketing director Sara Chapperon said. Students can purchase the cup with unlimited refills for $65, according to NU Dining’s website.

Chapperon said the plastic bottles are available for purchase either at dining halls or on the NU Dining website. The cups are designed with Radio Frequency Identification chips that track the number of remaining fills.

“These RFID chips are a very high tech way of knowing whether or not a bottle still has fills on it, and is a technology that we are planning on implementing on a further level in the future,” Chapperon said.

The chips work at the Coca-Cola Freestyle machines, which are controlled by touch screens and located in six locations around campus: Lisa’s Cafe, Technological Institute, Norris University Center, Elder dining hall, Sargent dining hall and the Foster-Walker Complex.

As of now, the Freestyle machines can still be used without ‘Cats Cups, but in the future they will require the RFID chips to function, Chapperon said. She added that the next big step in the ‘Cats Cups program is to market it to the student body.

“Our plan going forward is to dramatically increase awareness of the ‘Cats Cups on campus through advertising, so that more students will become aware of the program and see the benefits of having their own ‘Cats Cups,” she said.

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A Coca-Cola Freestyle machine in Norris University Center, where NU Dining’s ‘Cats Cups program is available. The program aims to reduce the amount of waste from disposable cups and glasses.

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“ASG takes these initiatives and supports them by increasing their visibility among the student body,” Mansur said.

Loren Murphy, NU Dining’s director of sustainability initiatives, said NU Dining created ‘Cats Cups to increase the level of university sustainability. NU Dining also launched “Choose to Reuse” this quarter, a program that allows students to take food from Elder dining hall with reusable containers.

The programs will help achieve the University-wide goal of reducing the amount of waste sent to landfills, Murphy said. Last month, NU released its five-year sustainability plan, which seeks to increase the landfill diversion rate to 50 percent of total waste by 2020.

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Media diverts conversation on abuse in Spacey story EISH SUMRA

DAILY COLUMNIST

As disgusting as the allegations against Kevin Spacey are, they are hardly surprising. Since the allegations against Harvey Weinstein were brought to light, Hollywood has been awash with sexual harassment and assault accusations. What is surprising is the reaction to Spacey’s ill-timed coming out. Though his coming out did not exactly shock the world — for some it confirmed suspicions that have been around for decades — Spacey’s choice to do so at the same time he responded to allegations of sexually assaulting a teenager was in no doubt a poor decision, one that is irrevocably harmful to the gay community.

The incessant focus on this coming out proves there is work to be done both inside and outside the LGBTQ community to deal with the widespread virus of sexual assault, which plagues every industry and every sector of society.

It is fair to criticize Spacey’s outing, as he linked sexual assault and predatory behavior to his sexuality, a connection that

bigoted and homophobic people have been making for centuries. Many celebrities have denounced Spacey’s statement, including Northwestern’s very own Billy Eichner (Communication ’00), who tweeted “That Kevin Spacey statement. Nope. Absolutely not. Nope.” I agree the statement was misleading and disgraceful both in content and timing, but as responses to it dominated the national conversation, we forgot that the true disgrace was how Spacey batted away the accusations with the cowardly phrase “I honestly do not remember the encounter.”

This deniability is a cause for concern, but we have allowed that to take a backseat to the uproar surrounding his sexuality.

Yet, the most important thing in this entire situation is dealing with Hollywood’s (and indeed, the world’s) problem with sexual assault by men. It must be the key aspect of any coverage, because that’s the real story here, not the manner in which he came out.

The media and the public’s focus on his sexuality is a backward move. His coming out is a footnote, yet in the early hours after the news broke, it made the lede on many stories. It wasn’t until celebrities expressed their outrage at the way he came out that the narrative changed. The story must now focus on the plethora of accusations being

brought forward.

Spacey’s comments could have led to an important dialogue that is much needed in the gay community, where many men in powerful positions have abused their situations and preyed on other men. While this is in no way synonymous with being gay, it is a consequence of the patriarchal values that purvey society. This is what must be talked about. Many actors have said male producers have harassed them. Within the British Parliament, which is also experiencing a spiral of accusations, there have been reports of male members of Parliament fondling young parliamentary aides. Instead of trying to distance gay people from a problem that is at times common within our community, perhaps a more constructive response could be to address it head on.

All communities have their respective issues. The gay community shouldn’t skirt around a problem that is so prevalent. This only serves to further divide and encourage stereotypes from the outside. Celebrities like Rufus Wainwright, Charlie Carver and many other gay men have come out with their stories of male abusers. Just like in straight environments, harassment is common in gay ones. The power dynamics associated with gay relationships can be

complex, as masculinity is constantly being challenged and asserted in ways that can antagonize. This creates issues that people rarely talk about. I myself have been in environments where I felt intensely uncomfortable, but with the heteronormative world we live in, these problems go undiscussed — as if our masculinity protects us from feeling unsafe in these spaces. Now that we have an Academy Award-winning actor embroiled in such an issue, our community is provided with a rare chance to publicly deal with a subject that we have repressed for too long, out of fear of judgement and discrimination.

While I do not believe the gay community should be characterized by accusations of pedophilia, assault or the scores of other tags given to gay men by those who wish to demonize us, it is important to confront the relatively few (but still very present) instances of these issues. This is one of those opportunities.

Eish Sumra is a Medill senior. He can be contacted at eishsumra2018@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.

Gay men must acknowledge role in sexual harassment ALEX SCHWARTZ

DAILY COLUMNIST

Gay men, we need to talk about sexual harassment.

A couple weeks ago — when I first saw my Facebook feed populating with #MeToo — I thought about how easy it would’ve been for me to feel like a bystander in this issue. I’m gay, and sexual violence and harassment is mainly an issue between straight men and women, right?

Wrong.

It’s easy for gay men to feel solidarity with women. Heteronormativity has grouped us together and labeled us as weak and less than. Many gay men feel more comfortable around women than straight men, avoiding bullying and harassment that comes with straight toxic masculinity. Women and gay men have also allied politically at some

moments in history, like when fighting for gender equality helped lead to marriage equality.

However, we gay men sometimes identify so closely with women that we fail to recognize our own privilege as men. As a result, we also forget our role in the oppression of women.

Women are not simply oppressed by straight men; they are oppressed by toxic masculinity. Gay men have a role in this structure and, by result, a responsibility to dismantle it. Not being sexually attracted to women does not exempt us from the violence and harassment they experience.

Of course, gay men are not monolithic.

Some of us exhibit more masculinity, some of us exhibit more femininity and some of us reject the gender binary altogether. Still, recognizing our role in the oppression of women involves being aware of both how we behave around them and how society views us.

Do you call women “bitch” without asking them first? Recognize that you may be using your rapport with women to make

them uncomfortable.

Do you stay silent when a straight guy around you makes a rape joke? Recognize that you have as much of a responsibility as his straight friends to call out this violent discourse.

Do you get overly handsy with your female friends without asking? Recognize that even non-sexual contact requires consent.

As gay men, we’ve probably all been guilty of these behaviors at one time or another. I know I have, and I am sorry. We are equally affected by a society that teaches men not to value women’s bodies as much as our own (and, in some cases, not at all).

While that does not excuse our behavior, gay men must recognize that we are not bad people for admitting to bad behaviors so long as we take ownership of them and commit to doing better.

And, gay men, we can definitely do better. We must affirm women’s value as human beings and acknowledge their contributions to our own journey to societal acceptance.

Notre Dame should not limit birth control MARIANA ALFARO

DAILY COLUMNIST

Last week, the University of Notre Dame announced its insurance plan will no longer cover birth control for students, faculty and staff. This makes Notre Dame one of the first institutions in the nation to take advantage of new guidelines issued by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services that allow employers to use religious objections to avoid providing birth control. This also means hundreds of women at Notre Dame will lose free access to birth control coverage.

In an email to NPR, Notre Dame made it clear that this measure was taken to honor “the moral teachings of the Catholic Church.” The university will continue providing birth control coverage if it’s used to treat a medical condition. However, at the end of the day, this is yet another threat to women’s health, this time coming from a prestigious university, an educational leader, an entity that shares the same religious background as me.

Even though I like to think I’m a pretty good Roman Catholic, I am not going to pretend I align with some of Catholicism’s most salient doctrines. First up, I believe in equality for the LGBTQ community, but that’s an entirely separate column on its own right. On women’s health and the stigma surrounding their right to chose, I believe the church’s teachings are misguided. For both of these, I like to apply a bit from John 2:9

that says: “Whoever says he is in the light and hates his brother is still in darkness.”

If you’re Catholic but do not believe in LGBTQ rights, you’re in the dark. If you’re Catholic and don’t believe that women should be able to choose, you’re in the dark.

This is quite the can of worms to open, and I am clearly truncating many of these arguments for the purposes of a 700-word column, so I’ll sum it up to this: as a Roman Catholic, Notre Dame’s decision is not only embarrassing, it also puts women in danger. As a Northwestern student, I recognize the privilege I have of attending a non-denominational university that does not put its affiliations over my right to choose.

Though I know Notre Dame is doing this in observance of its own interpretation of Catholicism, it is disheartening to know that hundreds of women under the university’s insurance — many of whom may not be Catholic — will lose protections that many of us outside Notre Dame take for granted.

I grew up in El Salvador, an incredibly Catholic country and one of the few where abortion is banned under all circumstances. The society I was raised in believes in abstinence-only sex-ed, and I was introduced to birth control pills only after my doctor prescribed them for a medical condition.

My Catholic environment demonized women who were sexually active and made thinking about sex, as a woman, an embarrassment. The shame, of course, never fell on the men. I only escaped this cycle once I made it to NU, a fairly liberal and sex-positive campus where I can freely get birth control thanks to my student insurance.

It was a relief.

But my friends who attend Notre Dame are now subject to similar restrictions as the ones we had growing up. By removing these protections, Notre Dame is exercising its right to religious liberty. I can’t argue against that. But beyond policy and regulations, we must remember that at the end of the day, the ones who are truly affected are those losing their protections, those whose freedom of choice is put at risk by having their access to birth control jeopardized.

When the Trump administration first introduced these changes, I fully expected some Catholic institutions to embrace them instantly.

But, perhaps naively, I did not expect Notre Dame to be the first because of its status as a place of learning — home to hundreds of sexually active students and employees.

Rev. Theodore Hesburgh, who served as Notre Dame’s president for 35 years and is widely lauded as the leader who innovated the university, once said that modern, Catholic universities would run with “true autonomy and academic freedom in the face of authority of whatever kind, lay or clerical, external to the academic community itself.”

I can’t speak for the late Hesburgh, but I wonder if the progressive, Catholic man behind massive Notre Dame milestones would have backed this one.

Mariana Alfaro is a Medill senior. She can be contacted at alfaro@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.

We must call out instances of rape culture wherever we see them, even though they may not directly impact us. We must respect women’s personal space and dignity. And we must reject all instances of toxic masculinity.

The onus should not be on women to tell us what makes them uncomfortable. It is our responsibility to behave respectfully and be aware of how we exhibit toxic behaviors.

We must be cognizant of the fact that every human being deserves the right to have control over their own body, regardless of our sexual attraction to them.

It is not only on straight men to check their behavior toward women — it is on everyone. And it’s time for gay men to realize that includes them, too.

Alex Schwartz is a Medill sophomore. He can be contacted at alexschwartz@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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Wildcats prepare for home games at Allstate Arena

By JONAH DYLAN

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In the final game of the 2016-17 regular season, a sellout crowd of 8,117 packed Welsh-Ryan Arena.

CBS televised the game nationally, and legendary play-by-play announcer Jim Nantz described the environment to the Chicago Tribune as “one of the five greatest scenes I’ve been a part of.”

For reference, Nantz has called the Masters, multiple Final Fours and multiple Super Bowls.

But that Welsh-Ryan Arena is no more, as it is undergoing a thorough renovation during the 2017-18 season. The battle with the Boilermakers was the final game seniors Scottie Lindsey, Bryant McIntosh and Gavin Skelly will play in Evanston.

This season, Northwestern will play its home games at Allstate Arena in Rosemont, Illinois.

“I’m hoping with the fact that we’re at Allstate it’ll give us a little bit of an advantage,” McIntosh said. “After everything we accomplished it could be easy to get complacent. I’m sure coach (Chris) Collins will mention that, but hoping the fact that we don’t really have a home game in Welsh-Ryan, that we play with a little bit more of a chip on our shoulder.”

The capacities of Allstate and Welsh-Ryan Arenas are drastically different. Before the renovation, Welsh-Ryan Arena had a capacity of 8,117 and was sold out a number of times last season. But Allstate Arena has a capacity of 18,500, so filling it will be a tall order for a team that had struggled to pack Welsh-Ryan Arena before last season.

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The crowd during a men’s basketball game at Welsh-Ryan Arena last season. The Wildcats will play at Allstate Arena while Welsh-Ryan Arena is renovated during the 2017-18 season.

Lindsey said playing at Allstate Arena will be an exciting challenge.

“We obviously built something special at Welsh-Ryan last year,” he said. “Towards the end, that Purdue game was really special. But I think this is a good opportunity for us, I think we can have a really great team this year and if we’re able to fill Allstate Arena I think that’d be really special also.”

NU is coming off its most successful season ever, in which it earned a spot in the NCAA Tournament for the first time ever. The Cats went on to win their first-ever tournament game before falling in the round of 32. This season, they’ll return four of five starters and hope to build off the successful 2016-17 campaign.

Collins said the Welsh-Ryan Arena crowds at the end of last season were among the best he’s ever

seen, but said he wasn’t worried about playing in the much larger Allstate Arena.

“I’ve said it all along since day one: If you play well and you win, it’s like the old ‘Field of Dreams’: if you build it, they will come,” Collins said.

Tim Balk contributed reporting. jonahdylan2020@u.northwestern.edu

Northwestern to navigate difficult 2017-18 schedule

By BEN POPE

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In the final game before Fall Quarter exams last season, Northwestern cruised past DePaul in the middle of its nonconference schedule.

This year, senior guard Bryant McIntosh and company will be taking on Big Ten competition for their exam tune-up.

A drastically restructured conference schedule will bring Illinois to Allstate Arena on Dec. 1 for the respective rivals’ conference openers, then send the Wildcats to Purdue for another high-stakes battle two days later.

The pair of Big Ten games splits NU’s nonconference slate — the usual 13 games — into two segments of seven and six games, respectively, and falls

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directly after the team’s visit to Georgia Tech on Nov. 28 as part of the annual ACC-Big Ten Challenge.

The unprecedented scheduling quirk will force coach Chris Collins’ squad to find its A-game particularly early this year, the coach noted in a news conference last month. The Cats, despite their groundbreaking overall success, did not record a single win in four tries last season against the Fighting Illini and Boilermakers.

“It’s going to be the most condensed, intense early-season schedule that any of us have ever had,” Collins said. “That’s a heck of a challenge … to play the teams that we’re going to be playing in the early season that are good programs (with) winning traditions.”

In 121 meetings since 1949, Illinois and NU have never played earlier than Dec. 29 in any given season and have met prior to New Year’s Day only twice.

The early taste of conference competition won’t

be the only notable challenge, either, in a November and December schedule that is significantly harder than in past years.

Following two season-opening cupcake games against Loyola (Maryland) and St. Peter’s, the Cats will enter a taxing week that begins with Creighton — a No. 6 seed in last March’s NCAA Tournament — and finishes with the Hall of Fame Tip Off Tournament, pitting NU against La Salle and either Texas Tech or Boston College.

The Cats will also play two true road games against fellow major-conference competition: the aforementioned trip to Georgia Tech in addition to a visit to Oklahoma, a Big 12 team expected to take a major step forward this year, on Dec. 22.

Once NU gets into the thick of Big Ten competition, which resumes Jan. 2 when Nebraska comes to Rosemont, it’ll find rest periods few and far between.

To allow the Big Ten Tournament to be held at

Madison Square Garden this season, the conference moved the tournament a week earlier than previous years and thus condensed the regular season schedule leading up to it. The Cats will finish their 2017 slate with a four-games-in-eight-days gauntlet that includes matchups against both 2017 Big Ten runner-up Wisconsin and 2018 favorite Michigan State.

With that race to the finish still months away, however, Collins said he’s focused on the season’s earliest challenges first.

“I always talk about not skipping steps and fast-forwarding to different parts of the season,” he said. “If you want to be relevant late, you have to play well early. That’s something we’ve tried to always embrace, and I think it’s going to be really important.” benjaminpope2019@u.northwestern.edu

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Aaron Falzon will help fill the void left by Sanjay Lumpkin’s departure, and the Wildcats will build off their first NCAA tournament experience. Bryant McIntosh and Scottie Lindsey will lead a team that competes for a Big Ten championship.

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The Cats could get off to a relatively slow start, thanks to their schedule and lack of an obvious starter at power forward, but this team is more talented than and equally experienced to the one that went 10-8 in the Big Ten last year.

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22-9 (10-8 Big Ten)

Vic Law’s emergence as NU’s best player, alongside McIntosh and Lindsey’s excellence, keeps NU in the top 25 throughout the season. NU struggles to separate itself from a talented Big Ten, but continues climbing to national relevance.

21-10 (11-7 Big Ten)

​ ererk Pardon’s evolution inside could allow NU to take a step forward offenD sively​. But playing at Allstate Arena will hurt the Cats, and the Big Ten seems poised to improve, leaving NU’s record about where it was a year ago.

26-5 (14-4 Big Ten)

NU takes advantage of an easier Big Ten schedule. McIntosh, Lindsey and Law will lead the Cats, but Isiah Brown will emerge as a go-to scoring option for the team, which will yet again break the program record for wins in a season.

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NU facing lofty expectations after fi rst tourney berth

By JONAH DYLAN

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The most infamous drought in college basketball is over, and now Northwestern can finally move forward.

A season after making the NCAA Tournament for the first time ever, the Wildcats will return four of five starters and open the season ranked No. 19 in the AP preseason poll. Expectations are understandably high, but senior guard Scottie Lindsey said the team is embracing them.

“I expect us to improve,” he said. “We’ve got a lot of guys that played big minutes for us last year, and are motivated to do even better this year. So I think for this year we’re gonna do even better and build off of what we did last year.”

After finishing sixth in the Big Ten last year, NU earned its first-ever NCAA Tournament win against Vanderbilt before falling to eventual national runner-up Gonzaga — in part thanks to a questionable no-call on what appeared to be a clear goaltend by Bulldogs center Zach Collins. But the Cats finally ended the 78-year tournament drought, and now enter the 2017-18 season ranked higher than any Big Ten team save No. 2 Michigan State and No. 15 Minnesota.

To live up to its lofty expectations and compete for a Big Ten title, NU will have to find a way to replace forward Sanjay Lumpkin, who served as co-captain a season ago. Lumpkin was never one to stuff the stat sheet, but he served as the team’s emotional leader and was a defensive stalwart for four years.

“Sanjay was such a warrior for us,” senior guard Bryant McIntosh said. “It’s gonna be a tough void to fill, because he just understood how we ran things. He knew his role and he starred in it.”

Nevertheless, someone will have to take over that role. Senior forward Gavin Skelly, who averaged 5.9 points per game off the bench a season ago, appears to be first in the pecking order. Sophomore forward Aaron Falzon, who missed most of last season with a knee injury,

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Gavin Skelly looks on. The senior forward could see an increased role this season after the departures of Sanjay Lumpkin and Nathan Taphorn.

could also figure into the equation, as could redshirt freshman Rapolas Ivanauskas.

Coach Chris Collins, for his part, said the final starting spot was “up for grabs.”

“I tell the players all the time: ‘Put me in a position to make tough decisions,’” he said. “I want them to all play well and put me and my staff in a position to figure out who’s gonna be the best group to start.”

Elsewhere, NU will look to its four returning starters, all of whom were named captains before the season. McIntosh will start alongside Lindsey in the backcourt while junior forward Vic Law and junior center Dererk Pardon will start in the frontcourt. McIntosh

and Lindsey both earned All-Big Ten recognition at the end of last season, and Collins said Law could join them this season.

The Cats will also need to replace forward Nathan Taphorn, who led the Big Ten with a ridiculous 47 percent shooting percentage from behind the arc in 2016-17. Falzon, known for his shooting, could help fill Taphorn’s shoes.

“If he’s on the court, somebody’s gotta be tagging him at all times, so it opens up spacing and gives you another offensive weapon out there,” Collins said. “It allows us to do some more creative things on the offensive end.”

NU will play the 2017-18 season at Allstate Arena, far away from the cozy confines

of Welsh-Ryan Arena in Evanston. Despite last season’s successes, Collins said the team is hungry for more.

“The NCAA Tournament was never my endgame,” he said. “It was a big step, something that we needed to do to kind of get to the next level, but the endgame for us is to be a nationally relevant program year in, year out. We’re still not there, we’ve got a ways to go to get there.”

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By GARRETT JOCHNAU

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When Northwestern takes the court Friday, it will do so without a familiar weight on its shoulders.

For the first time ever, the Wildcats will enter their new campaign on the heels of an NCAA Tournament appearance — an appearance 79 years in the making and the fruits of a historic journey that captivated a national audience.

But NU’s veterans aren’t celebrating; if anything, they’re preparing to shoulder an even bigger burden.

“Reminiscing can happen 20, 30 years from now,” senior guard Bryant McIntosh said. “Right now, I’m just focused on this year.”

Now in the twilight of his time in Evanston, McIntosh has one final opportunity to define his legacy. The same goes for fellow seniors Scottie Lindsey and Gavin Skelly, whose careers saw the program enter a new era.

And though their names are already carved into the record books, the senior trio is ready to lead the Cats forward — wherever that may be.

“We can’t dwell on what we did last year,” Lindsey said. “We’ve got to try to do something bigger.”

Something bigger.

It’s uncharted territory for NU, but the seniors are singing a familiar tune. When they joined the program, they devoted themselves to securing that first tournament bid. Every season built on the prior year’s foundation, and every accomplishment was merely a stepping stone to ending the drought.

What the next step includes, however, remains to be seen.

Ask McIntosh, and it features a banner hanging in the Welsh-Ryan Arena rafters.

“It’s my last year,” he said. “I want to win a championship. I come from a winning pedigree.

In high school we won championships and that’s how I want to go out.”

It might seem strange, of course, for a team that went 78 years without an NCAA Tournament appearance to suddenly be contemplating a title run. But McIntosh isn’t one for moral victories. NU’s all-time assist leader has a checklist, and last season’s bid was only one component of it.

“Just making the tournament wasn’t winning a championship to me,” he said. “A championship is when you’re the last team standing and you get to cut down the net, celebrate as a team.

You get a trophy, you get to hang a banner, you get championship rings. So I don’t think it’s out of the question or out of the realm of possibility.”

The Cats’ road to that title begins Friday against Loyola Maryland, and McIntosh, Lindsey and Skelly will be at the forefront of that

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Scottie Lindsey surveys the court. The senior guard will look to build on his impressive 2016-17 campaign alongside fellow senior guard Bryant McIntosh.

charge.

In his second year as a captain, McIntosh’s role remains the same. Since his freshman year, the Greensburg, Indiana, native has been NU’s starting point guard, and in his final year, he’ll look to establish himself as one of the nation’s best.

His backcourt mate, however, enters his senior campaign as a household name for the first time in his career.

As McIntosh said, “America found out about Scott Lindsey” in 2016-17. Until he was sidelined toward the end of Big Ten play, Lindsey was the Cats’ leading scorer and best player as a junior. He was a consistent perimeter threat and dynamic finisher, and finally emerged as a defensive weapon for an NU team that made strides on that end of the floor.

Lindsey committed himself to a deeper

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Bryant McIntosh lays the ball up. The senior guard is one of three seniors on Northwestern’s team this season.

tournament run, but the Cats will need him at his best from start to finish to emerge as a national contender.

“For us to be good, we need Scottie to be an all-league guy,” coach Chris Collins said. “I’ve just noticed, as a senior now, his maturity. He’s really embraced what it takes to be a guy that’s counted on, and we expect him to have a big season, and I know it’s something he’s hungry for as well.”

Skelly, meanwhile, will look to make strides in his final season after three years as a role player off the bench. As NU looks to maintain momentum from last year, it will need size and energy to replace graduated starting forward Sanjay Lumpkin.

Collins has yet to name the team’s fifth starter, but Skelly is among the names floating around to fill the void. And even if the 6-foot-8 Ohio native returns to his familiar spot on the bench, he’ll still be viewed as one of Lumpkin’s successors.

“Sanjay had some big shoes for me to fill,” Skelly said. “He’s a guy that’s solid, he’s consistent, he doesn’t make mistakes, he does everything the coaches ask him to do. I, on the other hand, I make a lot more mistakes. I take a lot more risks.”

But Skelly has proven himself in the past as an important rotation piece, and alongside Lindsey and McIntosh promises to provide leadership to a group swimming in unknown waters.

“I know we have lofty goals as a team,” Collins said. “A lot of veterans returning, we have really good leadership, a core group of guys that have been a part of winning and have tasted what winning is about.”

Much like his senior trio, the Cats’ coach isn’t going to get complacent with a tournament appearance. Though the elusive bid has dominated the narrative since Collins joined the fray in 2013, he said securing it was never his end goal.

He too wants a championship, whether that be in March, in Big Ten play or in November’s Hall of Fame Tip-Off. The team may no longer have 78 years of futility driving it, but Collins and his veteran crew are dedicated to moving forward — even if the final destination is far less concrete. And for a group of seniors who have known nothing but uphill battles, the commitment to improvement remains unchanged.

“In my years, we’ve never had any expectations going into any season,” Lindsey said. “It was always ‘is it going to be this year?’ but not really knowing if we were going to make it or not. So it’s a little bit different, but we take it as a challenge.”

Tim Balk and Cole Paxton contributed reporting. jochnau@u.northwestern.edu

There’s plenty of reasons for Northwestern fans to get hyped about the upcoming season.

Sure, the team will play in charmless and dreary Allstate Arena. And sure, the drama of last year’s quest for a first-ever NCAA Tournament bid will not be easily replicated as the Wildcats seek merely to return to The Dance.

Still, returning talent and depth should render NU better than a year ago and perhaps capable of challenging for a Big Ten title. The stage is set for an encore, and gravity almost dictates that competition from conference opponents will stiffen somewhat following a down season for the Big Ten. But here’s the thing.

On multiple levels, the conference is conspiring to suck the juice out of the season following its least piquant winter in years.

It all revolves around the conference tournament. For the first time, the Big Ten Tournament will be played in Madison Square Garden in New York City, hundreds of miles from the conference’s heartland. Though the move will no doubt benefit some northeast alums, it still takes leaps of creativity to pose the change as a wise idea on the whole.

The Big East Tournament remains a Madison Square Garden institution, immortalized by epic battles over decades. Scheduled for the days following the Big Ten Tournament, the Big East showdown can also be expected to overshadow it.

In fact, just about every conference tournament should overshadow the Big Ten’s, which will arrive a week early to accommodate the Big East.

The Big Ten isn’t the Big East. And it shouldn’t try to be. The 2014 additions of misfits Rutgers and Maryland to the conference represent enough coastal pandering.

The Big Ten tourney ought to be played in the Midwest.

And it should happen the same week as other major conference tournaments. The early tournament will push some of the Big Ten schedule into early December and lead to hyper-stuffed months of January and February.

If this sounds swell at first glance, it’s not.

NU will host Illinois and visit Purdue on Dec. 1 and Dec. 3 respectively, when many students will be gone from campus and many others will be swamped in finals season.

During the tightly packed slog of games in January and February, the Cats are slated to play eight home Big Ten games. Six will take place on weeknights. Six. It’s unlikely that many folks will want to pack onto buses and wrestle with rush-hour Chicago area traffic while whispers of exams and essays whistle through the Evanston winter. The bunched-up weeknight games will exacerbate a problem created by the Welsh-Ryan Arena renovation.

And while all these annoyances muck up the season, the Cats and the rest of the Big Ten will also face down a new TV contract that will leave fans to catch action on Fox Sports channels. Sorry, but Fox Sports 1 isn’t quite the same thing as ESPN. None of this is to say the Cats won’t have a blockbuster season.

It’s simply to say NU, which already faces a self-imposed exile from Evanston, will also run up against a Big Ten that has made curious changes in structuring the upcoming season.

Meanwhile, the conference still lacks the excitement and star power it boasted a half-decade ago. Maybe that’s a boon for the Cats, who could roll through the soft underbelly of a league that concluded last season with just one team ranked in the top 20. But good luck keeping track of those weeknight games, let alone getting to them.

Tim Balk is a Medill senior. He can be contacted at timothybalk2018@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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Dealt a difficult hand due to its low seeding in the Big Ten Tournament, Northwestern watched its season come to an end Sunday with a 4-1 loss to topranked Michigan.

The Wildcats (7-12-0, 1-7-0 Big Ten) finished eighth out of nine teams in the Big Ten and, as a result, had to win a play-in game against ninth-seeded Rutgers (4-13-1, 0-8-0) before facing the No. 12 Wolverines (12-4-2, 6-1-1). NU beat the Scarlet Knights 3-2 on Saturday, but could not defeat the Big Ten’s best regular season team Sunday in Ann Arbor.

The Cats’ only conference victory this season came against the Scarlet Knights in a dominant 3-0 rout three weeks ago. In the rematch, NU again got out to a 3-0 lead after 63 minutes thanks to two goals from freshman midfielder Tommy Katsiyiannis.

This time, however, Rutgers battled back, quickly responding to Katsiyiannis’ second goal just 30 seconds later. The Scarlet Knights added one more goal in the 79th minute, but could not complete the comeback.

At the time, the win was the Cats’ fifth in their last seven games. During that stretch, NU averaged 2 goals per game, a significant improvement after averaging just 0.64 in its first 11 contests.

“We can take a lot of positives away from this season,” freshman defender Garrett Opperman said. “We learned to play as a team this year.”

Sunday’s showdown featured another rematch for the Cats, who suffered a 3-1 loss to Michigan in Ann Arbor in late September.

A packed schedule complicated matters for NU. The team played back-to-back days, something it had never done during the regular season. Further, rain and lightning delayed start time five hours and made the field tricky to play on. However, Katsiyiannis and

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junior quarterback Clayton Thorson nudged the ball across the goal line on fourth down to give NU the lead, setting the stage for the Cornhuskers’ (4-5, 3-3) four-and-out to end the game.

It was a satisfying ending to an uneven day for Thorson, who completed 19-of-35 passes for 243 yards and threw two interceptions. He gathered himself late in the fourth quarter, leading the Cats on a 13-play, 84-yard drive that tied the game with 5:03 remaining.

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Opperman both said the delay gave the team crucial time to heal after Saturday’s game.

“The delay gave us all a little more time to recover from the game yesterday. Every hour counts when you play the day before,” Opperman said. “That’s why you don’t want to get stuck in the eight or nine seed.”

Neither the Cats nor the Wolverines established control early in the game as the ball frequently changed possession. As the half wore on, Michigan forward Francis Atuahene began to find open space on the right side of the field. Atuahene eventually scored the Wolverines’ first goal in the 24th minute of the game on a long throw that skipped through the box and found his foot.

The Cats responded to the goal with increased energy and had opportunities to score off multiple set pieces throughout the rest of the half. NU’s breakthrough eventually came in the 49th minute during a scramble after a free kick when sophomore midfielder Mattias Tomasino headed the ball to Katsiyiannis, who found himself open behind the defense and beat the goalkeeper to tally his third goal of the weekend.

The tie was short-lived. Six minutes later, Wolverines forward Jack Hallahan smacked a ball from it with a seven-yard scramble into the end zone.

“Huge plays by those guys — kept us in the game,” said Thorson, adding that he improved markedly on that drive.

The second half had otherwise been a nightmare for Thorson. His first post-halftime pass was intercepted by Marcus Newby and returned for a touchdown, giving Nebraska its first lead of the afternoon. The Cats then punted on three consecutive series, hampered by an errant quarterback who completed just three passes and badly missed a variety of throws.

NU’s defense, however, bailed out the offense.

Leading by 4, Nebraska moved the ball methodically down the field, eating up nearly 10 minutes of third quarter game time on 18 plays. But the Cats kept

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Tommy Katsiyiannis fights for the ball. The freshman midfielder and the Wildcats saw their season end with a 4-1 loss to Michigan in the Big Ten tournament quarterfinals Sunday.

outside the box past junior goalkeeper Robbie White and into the top left corner of the net. “(Michigan) countered very effectively and were a very experienced team,” Katsiyiannis said. “They knew what they were going to do to hurt us specifically going into the game.”

Michigan tacked on two more goals soon after, including a second from Hallahan.

The Cats would continue to battle as the clock wound down, but with plenty of mileage accrued over the course of two days, the team was unable to

generate many opportunities. As the final seconds ticked off, NU’s season came to an end.

The Cats are set to graduate five players from this year’s team, but will return numerous key contributors as they look forward to next season.

“We really started to develop an attacking identity after the beginning of the season,” coach Tim Lenahan said. “We head into the offseason enthusiastic about our potential and our future.”

the Cornhuskers out of the end zone — a “critical turning point,” Fitzgerald said — and forced a short field goal that kept the game within one score.

“We had come out in the second half … adjusting, and we just all weren’t on the same page,” redshirt freshman linebacker Paddy Fisher said. “We got that fixed.”

Queiro was the defensive standout, intercepting Lee twice and breaking up three more passes. He shined in the game’s key moments, nearly grabbing a third interception on a pivotal Nebraska third down in the final minute of regulation, then batting away Lee’s last-ditch pass on the game’s final play.

A climactic finish looked unlikely early in the game, when senior running back Justin Jackson — who rolled up 154 yards on 31 carries — juked his

way into the end zone on NU’s first possession, and Queiro quickly followed with his first interception.

But Thorson was then intercepted himself, setting up a back-and-forth first half that gave way to a third quarter controlled by the Cornhuskers.

The Cats responded late in the fourth quarter, then executed brilliantly in the extra session. NU made just enough plays offensively to score, then pushed Nebraska backward on its series, sending the Cats to bowl eligibility and most of the 89,721 fans at Memorial Stadium home disappointed.

“We fought after not having the third quarter we wanted. We kept fighting,” Jackson said. “That’s been our motto over the past four games.”

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PROTEST From page 1

Though the majority of the protest occurred on private property, Weed said the risk for her was a “tiny sacrifice” in comparison to the pain of survivors.

Communication senior Lindsey Weiss, one of the protest organizers, told The Daily students will not tolerate violence against their peers. Weiss, who uses “they/them/their” pronouns, added that students need to address sexual assault on campus.

“It is so immensely frustrating and dehumanizing and enraging to me on a personal level,” Weiss said.

It is important to hold “survivor-centric” events like Friday’s protest because they provide a space where survivors can control what they share in a safe environment, Weiss said.

Weiss said because of the many reported and unreported cases of sexual assault, people have become desensitized to the issue. Instead, people need to start caring daily about these issues on an interpersonal level, they said.

They added that people can help fight sexual assault by intervening when it may be occurring and by preventing aggressors from holding positions of power.

Weed said another way to help survivors is to listen to their stories and believe them, as survivors of sexual assault are often doubted.

“People won’t act until there’s full proof and a lot of the times, they don’t care as much about the person who’s done this,” she said.

Dean of Students Todd Adams, who attended the event, said he worked with organizers beforehand to discuss their plans and ensure their success.

Adams added that he understands concerns about student safety on campus.

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the elimination of a medical expense deduction through a proposed tax bill and the failed ACA repeal have created fear, Chander said. He added the resource fair helped clarify residents’ options going forward.

“It’s OK if one door is closed — there is another door open,” the retired finance consultant said.

“Before a crisis in the community, our local leaders are already up to the mark. They’re already out with the information. … There are local not-for-profit organizations, there are local government agencies who are ready to help you.”

Still, organizing resource fairs is only part of the effort.

At Saturday’s event, representatives from organizations outnumbered resident attendees. In the future, Chander said, community members must take advantage of resources so local officials can “rightfully” ask for more from the federal government.

Chander proposed inviting resource representatives to already-scheduled community events with guaranteed high attendance.

Schakowsky said she hopes to increase attendance at future events and that she was open to the idea of holding an additional fair. During her speech, Schakowsky also urged present residents to relay the information they received to family, friends and neighbors.

Though the initiative has room for improvement, Chander said hearing from representatives was beneficial for both him and the community at large.

“I had fear when I walked in, (but) I have no fears when I’m walking out,” he said. “We will work together. We will survive together.”

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 2017 “We continue to work with students, including the group that has gathered today and some of the organizers, around their concerns addressing prevention issues, other ways we’re intervening, and acknowledging that we have work to do — but are in progress with that,” he said.

Dwight Hamilton,Title IX coordinator and associate vice president for equity, said the University named Kate Harrington-Rosen as the new Title IX/Equity Outreach and Education Specialist to promote sexual assault prevention and education.

“If you address the culture and create an environment where sexual violence is simply not tolerated, that should create an environment where individuals do feel safer,” Hamilton said.

Weinberg junior Talia Waxman, who attended the event, told The Daily she was “overwhelmed” by the enormity of sexual assault on campus and barriers that make it difficult to achieve progress.

However, Waxman said she felt inspired by survivors’ stories.

“Hearing survivors speak up and share their stories really grounds this issue in those lived realities and the trauma that survivors face on campus every day,” she said. “It’s really important to be reminded that and the human element of this.”

Weed said she hopes the protest brings awareness to sexual assault on campus.

For survivors who attended the protest, Weed said the event will serve as a reminder that survivors stand in solidarity, even if sexual assault cases are quickly forgotten.

“Seeing people physically holding signs and shouting, I think it does something to make them feel a little less alone at least,” she said. catherinekim2020@u.northwestern.edu

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Students sit on the lawn of Sigma Alpha Epsilon’s headquarters as part of a protest to support survivors of sexual assault. Several students shared their concerns about rape culture as well as their own stories.

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HOMECOMING From page 1

developed athletic abilities, social aptitude and leadership skills, his parents said. He also developed an interest in serving in the military. His uncle, Alan Wagner, said Aron Wagner is dedicated, passionate and quiet.

“He is putting the needs of others before his own needs and setting a tremendous example for everyone around him in terms of his selflessness,” Alan Wagner said. “He’s become a role model of mine.”

Aron Wagner enlisted in the military in 2014 for a five-year term. His mother said he was interested in being a part of the military’s group environment and channeled his team-building skills to serve his country.

Susan Wagner said she saw her son grow up while in the military. In addition to serving, he has become more compassionate and grounded, she said. His uncle said he sees a level of maturity that accelerated while Aron Wagner served in Iraq.

His family members said they are delighted and relieved to have Aron Wagner back home, albeit only for a short time. The sergeant will be redeployed in a couple months, so his parents said they are making the most of their time with him.

“It’s been such a pleasure to see him grow into this evolved adult,” Susan Wagner said. “I’m just thrilled that he’s doing so well.” catherinehenderson2021@u.northwestern.edu

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FIELD HOCKEY

Wildcats fall to Michigan in Big Ten semifinals

By JOSEPH WILKINSON

daily senior staffer @joe_f_wilkinson No. 4 Northwestern

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Since Sept. 22, Northwestern has only lost two games. Both times, Michigan has stood in its way, most recently racking up a 2-0 victory in Friday’s Big Ten Tournament semifinals.

The Wolverines took the lead just 37 seconds into the match and never looked back, adding a second goal 30 minutes later and holding on to advance to the final.

“We came out sluggish,” coach Tracey Fuchs said. “For them to get a goal in the first minute really took the wind out of our sails.”

It was the third straight Big Ten Tournament semifinal loss for the Wildcats, who fell in overtime to Maryland each of the previous two years.

Unlike those matches, however, NU was unable to get on the board against Michigan’s stifling defense. The Wolverines didn’t allow a goal the entire tournament in their run to the championship.

“They’re a tough team,” Fuchs said. “To go down 1-0, with their defense and how they’ve played all season, it was like we were running uphill. They’re a good team and congratulations to them.”

Michigan midfielder Guadalupe Fernandez Lacort set the tone with the early goal, streaking down the left side of the field and finishing a perfect pass from forward Emma Way. The Wolverines continued to control play throughout the half, with various counterattacks from the Cats falling a pass or two short. Michigan’s Meg Dowthwaite, the second leading scorer in the conference, put the Wolverines ahead 2-0, cementing the advantage. In the first period, Michigan outshot NU 8-1 and dominated possession.

“Michigan is just a really physical team,” senior defender Sophia Miller said. “That’s where we needed to step up a little bit more. That first goal

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Elena Curley runs upfield. The senior midfielder and the Wildcats fell to top-seeded Michigan in the Big Ten tournament semifinals Friday.

put us on our heels for sure, but it was also a little bit of a wake-up call.”

The Cats attempted a furious comeback in the second half, outshooting the Wolverines 6-2 in the period. NU put four of those shots on net, but Michigan goalkeeper Sam Swenson saved all four.

Swenson, the Big Ten Defensive Player of the Year, led the nation with a .837 save percentage and stopped all five shots on goal from the Cats on Friday.

“We knew we were down 2-0. We just had to come, attack and press,” junior midfielder Puck Pentenga said. “We had our energy up a little bit more. Unfortunately, it wasn’t enough, but we definitely had a good fight the second half.”

NU will get another chance to bring that fight in the NCAA Tournament next weekend. For the first time since winning the Big Ten Tournament in 2014, the Cats were selected as part of the 18-team field.

Another showdown with the Wolverines could be on the horizon. If both teams win their first round games, they’ll square off for the third time this season. Michigan has shown a unique ability to slow down the Cats’ high-flying attack this season.

NU attempted only two penalty corners Friday, both coming with less than 15 minutes remaining in the second half. The Cats led the conference in corner attempts this season, averaging over eight per game, but in their two games against

the Wolverines managed just five total attempts and no goals.

NU averages over 15 shots per game, but has taken only 14 total in its two showdowns with the conference champs. For now, however, the Cats are simply happy to be back in the tournament after barely missing the cut the past two years.

“It’s awesome,” Fuchs said. “These guys have worked really hard, and they’re going to get rewarded for all the hard work they put in this summer, last spring, and this fall. I’m really, really happy.

It’s really hard to get in in our sport, and they proved they’re some of the best in the country.” josephwilkinson2019@u.northwestern.edu

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They got a cross where the girl just jumped higher than us. And that goal took the wind out of our sails.

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SINKING IN THE RAIN

By CHARLIE GOLDSMITH

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The rain-soaked clash between Northwestern and Penn State grew more physical, sloppy and chaotic after each lightning strike. Mudstained, bruised and blackeyed, the Wildcats fell 2-1 in the Big Ten Tournament Championship match after Penn State scored two late goals to keep second-seeded NU from its first-ever title.

Senior goalkeeper Lauren Clem called it one of the craziest days of her life, one that filled her with emotion in her last chance at a conference title. She saw it as an opportunity taken away from this group.

“Now, the whole team has to move on,” Clem said.

Lightning pushed back kickoff by more than 90 minutes, but the Cats came out strong in the early going.

Right after freshman forward Nia Harris gave the Cats a 1-0 lead with her first career goal in the 38th minute, lightning struck again and a four-hour delay followed. The match was moved to a nearby indoor complex with a turf field, a decision that coach Michael Moynihan said changed the flow of the match.

Penn State had nine shots in the first half played outdoors, and NU’s back line buried its chances in the mud. Then, the Cats were shoved into the turf, and Moynihan said he was frustrated with how

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they closed the match.

“They put us under a lot of pressure early and I thought we did a nice job weathering the storms,” he said. “But then they got a cross where the girl just jumped higher than us. And that goal took the wind out of our sails.”

Nittany Lions forward Laura Freigang scored the first Penn State goal in the 71st minute, one that Moynihan said deflated NU. Eight minutes later, midfielder Haleigh Echard fired a kick from outside the 18 yard box past Clem, who said she was frustrated watching the Nittany Lions celebrate with a trophy she was 20 minutes away from clinching.

“Once they got their first goal we were obviously a little taken aback, and we knew there was still a lot of time to move past it,” junior defender Kayla Sharples said. “But then they scored a second goal … then we had to leave it all out there.”

The Nittany Lions were the lower seed, but in the Big Ten, a fifth seed can be among the strongest programs in the country. Ranked 11th in the latest poll, Penn State has also won 18 regular season championships, a national championship and now seven titles in the conference tournament.

After the Cats lost to Penn State 3-0 to start their Big Ten schedule, Moynihan said they looked intimidated. He even called a team meeting where he asked the players if they could compete against the Nittany Lions.

He said NU has come a long way since that meeting — something he saw as a catalyst for the team’s Big Ten success. He thought the Cats proved themselves in the finals, but NU was stuck as runner up after a match that ended more than five hours after it was supposed to start.

The Cats, however, are expected to qualify for the NCAA Tournament, and will hope to advance further than they did last season and reach their first Elite Eight in program history. Last season, NU advanced to the Sweet 16 and Clem said this team has always been focused on improving.

After scraping from the middle of the conference to second place in the Big Ten, the Cats have the perfect group to overcome this emotional setback, Moynihan said, because chemistry matters more as the season goes on, even if it was not enough to overcome Penn State on Sunday.

“I’m proud of the team for pulling together when our backs were up against the wall,” he said. “We just played one of the top teams in the country and did admirably. Now we have to look at that and see how far we can go.” charliegoldsmith2021@u.northwestern. edu

FOOTBALL

Defense stands tall as Thorson rallies in overtime win Cats win 4th in a row

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By BEN POPE

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LINCOLN, Neb. — While Northwestern’s offense prepared for a critical third-and-goal in overtime, Kyle Queiro stood anxiously on the sideline.

The senior safety wasn’t stressed about what had already been a career game for him: two interceptions, three additional pass breakups and six tackles. Nor did he feel bad about holding Nebraska receiver J.D. Spielman, who entered the game with 349 receiving yards over the past three weeks, to just three catches for 48 yards on the day.

Running through Queiro’s mind instead, he said, was his chance to end the game with a pick-six in the final minute of regulation — he had jumped a Nebraska out route and had nothing but grass between him and the end zone — that had slipped through his fingers.

They spent a good deal of time with different looks, kind of curveballs to the short side of the field.

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“I was like, ‘If we lose this game, I had a chance to win it and I didn’t,’” Queiro said. “Thank goodness for Godwin (Igwebuike) and some of the other DBs (who said), ‘Just get that stuff out of your head.’ They just saw it on my face, I wasn’t even saying it.”

Igwebuike, Queiro and the rest of the Wildcats’ secondary had proven adept at reading faces all afternoon — particularly that of Nebraska quarterback

Tanner Lee, who struggled against an NU pass defense that entered the weekend ranked an ugly 120th in the country.

Lee completed just over half of his 38 attempts and was picked off three times, the third and final of which squandered a golden opportunity for Nebraska to go up by two scores in the fourth quarter.

“They spent a good deal of time with different looks, kind of curveballs to the short side of the field,” Cornhuskers coach Mike Riley said of NU’s defensive schemes. “We got surprised with a couple of coverages.”

Queiro credited the work of the Cats’ scout team for helping the secondary prepare for the Nebraska receivers, none of whom topped 50 yards Saturday. He added that guarding junior receiver Jelani Roberts in practice was very similar to guarding Spielman during the game.

The defensive backs unit was also called out verbally by coach Pat Fitzgerald this week, redshirt freshman linebacker Paddy Fisher said.

“Fitz challenged them this week in practice, and they accepted the challenge,” Fisher said. “I talked to Godwin earlier this week and I said, ‘I’m not worried about it. I know y’all are going to … get it fixed it up and get it right.’”

Fisher’s confidence in the unit behind him was justified for 60 minutes Saturday in Lincoln, as NU’s secondary held Lee — who had erupted for a career-high 431 yards against Purdue last week — to just 217 passing yards in regulation.

Then, come overtime, it was justified again.

Moments after the Cats punched in the go-ahead touchdown on that fourthand-one, the Cornhuskers were backed into a fourth-and-12 hole, and Queiro found the game’s outcome in his hands yet again. Tracking Spielman man-onman in the slot, Queiro read a curl route.

This time, Queiro didn’t even need an interception. He simply batted Lee’s pass away and closed the book on NU’s fourth consecutive victory. benjaminpope2019@u.northwestern.

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LINCOLN, Neb. — Clayton Thorson wasn’t at his best Saturday.

Northwestern’s (6-3, 4-2 Big Ten) quarterback sailed throws most of the day, seemed slow through his progressions and chucked a pair of ugly picks, the second of which was returned for a touchdown.

And yet when the final whistle blew in the Wildcats’ 31-24 victory over Nebraska (4-5, 3-3), it was the junior signal caller who emerged triumphant, with his touchdown on a fourth-down sneak at the goal line in the overtime period proving to be the game-winning score.

“Definitely didn’t have my best stuff the whole game, but kept battling,”Thorson said. “That’s why it’s a team game.

Really proud of how everybody picked me up.”

A week after confidently slinging the ball around for 356 yards in a barnburner

triple-overtime victory against Michigan State, Thorson misfired on some makeable plays during the game. His nadir came on his first throw of the second half, as he air-mailed a pass to sophomore receiver Ben Skowronek underneath. The ball sailed into the arms of Cornhusker linebacker Marcus Newby, who took the interception to the house and put the Cats in a 21-17 hole, the team’s first deficit of the day.

Despite the early struggles, coach Pat Fitzgerald’s confidence in his quarterback never wavered. Fitzgerald said that offensive coordinator Mick McCall told him he wanted to keep throwing after Thorson’s pick-six and get the signal caller going.

“I said, ‘Let’s go,’” Fitzgerald said. “I saw a young man with a lot of resilience and a lot of character.”

Thorson found the plays NU needed in the fourth quarter with his team trailing by a touchdown. On a third-and-nine near midfield, the quarterback threaded a pass to junior receiver Flynn Nagel for a 20-yard gain to keep the drive alive. In the red zone, Thorson broke the pocket

and sprinted toward the goal for a sevenyard rushing score that knotted the game at 24 with just over five minutes to go.

The Cats’ defense and running game helped the squad stay afloat while the quarterback scuffled. Thorson’s tying score capped a drive set up by an interception by senior safety Godwin Igwebuike with Nebraska in the red zone, keeping NU within one score of the hosts.

Thorson admitted after the game that his turnovers set the team back.

But given the chance to win the game, Thorson capitalized, ultimately scoring the decisive touchdown with a plunge in overtime. His stat line wasn’t one to remember — 19-for-35 for 243 yards and no touchdowns through the air — but it got the job done.

“I don’t think he thinks that he played the best game he could’ve, but when we needed him to make plays, he did,” senior running back Justin Jackson said. “It’s the sign of a great quarterback and a great leader.” maxschuman2018@u.northwestern.edu

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Clayton Thorson fires a pass. The junior quarterback shook off a number of mistakes to lead the Wildcats to their victory over Nebraska.