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Residents demand police transparency Evanston citizen group pushes for police advisory By CASSIDY WANG

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More than one hundred undergraduate students gathered in Scott Hall Thursday. Students expressed frustrations over the lack of progress in implementing Fossil Free Northwestern.

Students demand NU divestment Board of Trustees has refrained from halting fossil fuel investments By SPENCER ALLAN

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After a year of inaction from the Board of Trustees, students renewed their calls for Northwestern divest from fossil fuels during the Advisory

Committee on Investment Responsibility’s open meeting Thursday. Students gathered in Scott Hall to support the Fossil Free Northwestern proposal, which calls on NU’s Board of Trustees to cut investments in gas and oil companies from the school’s endowment fund. According to

the proposal, NU has over $49 million invested in companies listed on the Carbon Underground 200 Index. Tasked with making recommendations to the Board of Trustees’ investment committee, the ACIR holds three public meetings a year in the Guild Lounge, where students can

voice their concerns about University investments. The meetings often bring in low turnout, but over a hundred undergraduate students attended in support of Fossil Free Northwestern on Thursday. Weinberg sophomore Sarah » See ACIR, page 12

For 5th Ward resident Carlis Sutton, the operations of Evanston police have historically treated residents of color differently. “I like to use the term ‘double standard,’” Sutton said. “As a black man in this community, I’ve seen both sides of it.” A member of the Citizens Network of Protection — a group dedicated to police reform and civilian oversight — Sutton said he’s tried to work “in the system” for marginalized groups. He’s among many residents in the city demanding civilian oversight of the Evanston Police Department. The Citizens’ Police Advisory Committee currently reviews police complaints. In 2018, former assessment committee chair Matthew Mitchell expressed doubt about whether city officials had the authority to hold former police chief Richard Eddington accountable to enforce discipline taken against an accused officer.

At an Oct. 28 meeting, City Council voted to introduce an ordinance that would create a formalized commission to address complaints. The new commission would provide transparency in the complaint process, Deputy City Manager Kimberly Richardson said. The commission aims “to promote public confidence in the professionalism and accountability” of EPD through unbiased review of complaints and policy recommendations, according to city documents. The ordinance also specifies how the commission would incorporate a “citizen perspective” in evaluating complaints and seek to provide a systematic means to citizen and police interactions. EPD said they are not prepared to comment on the ordinance at this time. Despite their consistent advocacy, Sutton said he and other members of the CNP feel the city has largely ignored their demands in constructing the ordinance. “We’re being asked to accept something that’s politically expedient rather than something that would resolve issues in the community,” Sutton said. “This proposal is a Band-Aid, » See CITIZENS, page 12

Fine sponsors insulin bill SESP to pay for practicum State Sen. Laura Fine stresses rising health costs By ANDREW MYERS

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Last week, state Sen. Laura Fine (D-Glenview) chief cosponsored a Senate bill that caps out-of-pocket insulin costs at $100 for a 30-day supply, attempting to rein in the cost of insulin. As insulin prices have doubled from 2012 to 2016, Sen. Fine decided to chief cosponsor to the bill to make insulin affordable. The bill passed the Illinois Senate in a 48-7 vote on Oct. 29. “The goal (of the bill) is to make sure that people who rely on insulin can afford their medication and not have to

choose between their medication and food,” Fine told The Daily. The bill requires any insurer that covers prescription insulin drugs to limit the total out-of-pocket costs for a 30-day supply of insulin to $100. For patients suffering from Type 1 or Type 2 diabetes, their bodies either struggle to naturally produce insulin or effectively use the insulin their bodies produce. Without insulin, patients quickly experience life-threatening symptoms, including heart disease, strokes and kidney disease. Because insulin is an essential drug for those suffering

from diabetes, the increased costs of insulin caused some patients to make difficult choices, such as rationing the drug to last longer. Fine said this concern was one reason she supports the bill. She heard stories from constituents taking only as much insulin as necessary or instead using it once a day instead of twice a day in order to ration their supply. She said that choice is unacceptable to her. “This is ridiculous because if this (insulin) is prescribed to them, they need to have it on a regular basis,” she said. Communication » See RELIEF, page 12

Pilot program to give work-study students stipends By NEYA THANIKACHALAM

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In response to student recommendations, the School of Education and Social Policy is piloting the Undergraduate Practicum and Student Teaching Support Fund program to provide a stipend for students who are part of a federal work study program during their SESP practicum. As their final project in a SESP class taught by SESP Dean David Figlio, a group of students created a policy recommendation to make the practicum more financially accessible for work-study students. The school adopted the policy this quarter after students presented the recommendation to Figlio and

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Annenberg Hall. SESP is piloting a new program to provide practicum stipends for students who are part of a federal work study program.

other University administrators last spring. The pilot program will provide a $1,100 stipend to students on the work-study program — under the

$1,200 that the students proposed in the project — and will run for three years. The project identified » See SESP, page 12

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The Link celebrates ribbon-cutting ceremony By JACOB FULTON

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A new apartment complex in Evanston is linking residents to a contemporary living experience. The Link, located at 811 Emerson St., opened its doors to the public in a ribbon-cutting ceremony Thursday night. The building has 241 units, with a mix of one-, two- and three-bedroom units. Built by Focus Development, a Chicago-based construction group, and maintained by CA Ventures, the complex opened for residents on Sept. 20. Josh Stark, the vice president of construction for Focus Development, said the construction team wanted to set the building apart from other Evanston apartments. “We wanted to create something unique in the design and construction of the building,” Stark said. “We’ve done that with the amenities and the amount of parking that we have. We really looked at the building to try to put everything in one spot to make it good for the residents and so far, it’s turned out pretty well.” The building includes a social lounge, a fitness center and a yoga studio with a dry sauna. The apartments are also located next to the new 7-Eleven, and one block away from the Davis Street Metra stop, which is incredibly convenient for residents, Stark said. Furnishing the interior of the building was blocHaus, a design firm owned by Nick Bowers, furnished the interior of the building. Bowers, who also

serves as the creative director for the firm, said he drew inspiration from the Evanston community to create a cohesive design narrative throughout the building. “We wanted to create a space that was fun, playful, intellectual, mature and stimulating to the people who live here,” Bowers said. “We wanted it to be a place where people could come and spend time in — for example, the social lounge — and not have some random lounge with nothing in it, but something that really inspired them so that they would want to study and congregate there.” The building is geared toward both families and students. The apartment’s proximity to Northwestern and downtown Evanston served as an important part of the marketing during the pre-leasing process. Micah Walk, a leasing and marketing manager for CA Ventures, said before the building was built, potential residents were able to access renderings of rooms and facilities to see what the apartment would look like. Walk said the planned amenities and unique design of the building drew many tenants during the pre-lease period. He added that the residents’ responses to the building have been generally positive since move-in. “Evanston is a true multi-family market, so anyone that wanted to live in the area — that’s who we’re working towards,” Walk said. “It’s a really cool experience for the residents to live in such a close-knit community, which is something we really strive for as an apartment.” jacobfulton2023@u.northwestern.edu

Evanston resident arrested on Nov. 4 for loaded gun found in car

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Police arrested an Evanston man on Nov. 4 for alleged unlawful use of a weapon after finding a loaded gun in his vehicle, according to Thursday Evanston Police Department news release.

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Michael Hales, COO of CA Ventures, and Tim Anderson, CEO of Focus Development. CA Ventures and Focus collaborated in the creation of The Link.

Officers saw a blue Hyundai driving west on Howard Street that failed to signal while making a left turn. Police caught up to the car and made a traffic stop, the release said. Officers smelled cannabis in the car, and the 25-yearold turned over a plastic bag with 9.5 grams of cannabis. The release said that while talking with police, the man said he had a loaded gun in his car but did not have a Concealed Carry License. The man had a Firearm Owners

Identification Card. Police recovered the firearm from the car and charged the man with unlawful use of a weapon. The man was also charged with two traffic citations, a civil law citation for possession of cannabis and a misdemeanor for driving on a suspended license. He was released on electronic monitoring. His next court date is Dec. 17 at the Skokie Courthouse. — Samantha Handler

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University boosts ranking through apps By ALAN PEREZ

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Year after year, colleges mail high school students brochures with information on academic programs, student-to-faculty ratio, campus culture and how to apply. Schools know who to reach by obtaining data from high schools, test administrators and other places. While the practice of buying student data from test administrators isn’t a new concept, a recent report says schools like Northwestern encouraged applications from students they had no intention of admitting to boost selectivity. The Wall Street Journal highlighted test-taker data as a tool colleges use to boost their exclusivity. Schools can buy information about a student from the College Board, the administrator of the SAT and PSAT, for 47 cents a name, according to the Journal. At a time when students are applying to more colleges to boost their chances of admission to highly selective universities, the practice allows schools to solicit more applications without a matched increase in acceptances, improving selectivity and rankings. Some took to Twitter to express their discomfort of the practice. “This is unconscionable,” wrote Medill Prof. Steven Thrasher. The eliteness of higher education is under particular scrutiny after a number of scandals this past year. Operation Varsity Blues took down wealthy parents who bribed school administrators and test proctors to get their students into selective schools, while another scandal in Illinois revealed parents who gave up custody of their kids to take advantage of financial aid. Much of the attention has shifted to colleges for their role in creating a culture of elitism and exclusivity. Many have pointed to acceptance rates and practices that reward legacy and donor families. Some schools are outright eliminating test requirements, though Northwestern has not

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A student turning the page in their SAT book. The Wall Street Journal highlighted test-taker data as a tool colleges use to boost their exclusivity earlier this week.

added this option. A University spokesperson was not immediately available for comment, though spokesman Jon Yates told the Journal that College Board data “is only part of this process” in its admissions procedures, which “are based on a holistic approach that takes many factors into account.” Applications to Northwestern rose from about 14,000 in 2001 to over 40,000 in 2018. While the number of enrolled students has remained the same, the admissions rate has decreased almost 20 percentage points to 8.5 percent. A decrease in acceptance rates is one contributor to Northwestern’s rise to the No. 9 spot in the

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U.S. News & World Report rankings. Northwestern President Morton Schapiro had said he expected the number of applications and acceptance rate to level out at current levels, though it’s unclear how he reached those estimates. “What I’ve been saying for a while is once you hit 40,000 apps, you’re not gonna get a lot more,” he said in April. “So, where do I see us in the future? I think the 8-9 (percent) range, something like that. I don’t see it going back into double figures.” alanperez2020@u.northwestern.edu

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The First Amendment is misrepresented by many PALLAS GUTIERREZ

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Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances. Above is the entire text of the First Amendment to the United States Constitution. It was added to the Constitution as part of the Bill of Rights in 1791, in order to secure the rights of the people, rather than set up the new nation’s government. The First Amendment — the right to free speech, free assembly and freedom of the press — hangs in The Daily’s newsroom. However, I have seen this amendment interpreted incorrectly, especially in recent years. Not all speech is covered by free speech. Some speech is unprotected by the First Amendment and may be entirely prohibited. As of 2014, there are three unprotected categories: obscenity, child pornography and “fighting words” or “true threats.” Of these three, obscenity is the most controversial, as it was denied First Amendment protection without consideration for harm done. In U.S. v. Stevens, the Supreme Court implied that they are unlikely to add additional unprotected categories, but that it’s possible that they will in future cases. Outside of unprotected speech, there are still restrictions on free speech. Prior restraint is one method of restriction, and it takes two forms. A law can require that speech be submitted to a body for a license to distribute it, such as movies, or a court can issue a temporary restraining order against specific forms of speech, such as publishing the Pentagon Papers. Access to certain spaces, although they belong to the U.S. government, is not guaranteed by the First Amendment. For example,

because the space outside of a post office is not a traditional public forum, and blocking it is disruptive of the Postal Service’s operations, soliciting in front of a post office is not protected by the First Amendment. Free speech has also been limited when it threatens one’s safety. In numerous protests outside women’s health or abortion clinics, the Supreme Court found that entrances must have a certain buffer zone to allow clinic patients and workers to safely access the services. Clearly, the First Amendment has its limits. Still, some people use the First Amendment as a defense from people expressing opposing opinions, usually in the form of protest. As recently as this Tuesday, when Jeff Sessions came to campus, some students argued that protests against Sessions’s presence were impinging on the free speech of other students. However, this is not what the First Amendment means. The First Amendment exists to protect the American people from the government, specifically Congress. The First Amendment does not protect people from private businesses. This is why companies can restrict what employees say at work, such as when James Damore lost his job was for opposing the company’s diversity initiatives by arguing for biological differences between men and women. The First Amendment does not exist to protect people from other individuals. If someone expresses an opinion, whether it be about the government or their favorite tv show, that person is protected from retribution by the federal government, but another individual is free to disagree and debate. The only limit on individual speech that can be tried by another individual is libel. Libel refers specifically to facts that can be proved untrue. Libel laws do not penalize true statements that damage reputations, and it is much harder to apply libel laws to public figures, such as celebrities or politicians. In my experience, the people who most often complain to me that their First Amendment rights are being violated are those who are seeking to oppress another group. If your First Amendment rights allow you to say

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heinous things about minorities, my First Amendment rights allow me to say that you are an uncaring person. Neither of us can be punished by the government for expressing these opinions, but we can be socially punished by others who disagree with us. The Constitution exists to protect us from potential government overreach. It is not a social contract that impacts how we interact with one another. Core beliefs and the way people choose to express them are an elemental part of how people choose friends and

collaborators To imply that the First Amendment means speech has no consequences is irresponsible and simply not what the Bill of Rights exists to do. Pallas Gutierrez is a Communication sophomore. They can be contacted at pallas2022@u.northwestern.edu. If you would like to respond publicly to this op-ed, send a Letter to the Editor to opinion@ dailynorthwestern.com. The views expressed in this piece do not necessarily reflect the views of all staff members of The Daily Northwestern.

Voices of sexual assault victims deserve to be heard in juries KATHRYN AUGUSTINE

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The Sixth Amendment guarantees someone accused of a crime a speedy, public trial with an impartial jury in the state and district where the crime was committed. To ensure that the jury is not biased against the defendant or victim of the case, jurors are selected through the process of voir dire. Eligible jurors are asked questions to determine whether any biases or conflicts of interest exist. Lawyers are also given the privilege of peremptory challenges and are able to remove jurors without a concrete reason. Superficially, these measures seem fair and fundamental to upholding the promise of impartiality. In practice, though, cases can be nuanced and these measures can construct another layer of injustice,

particularly for the victim. The potential danger of voir dire and peremptory challenges is strikingly apparent in sexual assault cases. Defense lawyer Nonnie Shivers explains “What we want to test for is personal experience. We need to look for people whose personal experience makes them unable to take an unbiased look at the case.” Why is there an automatic assumption that experiencing sexual assault equates with a juror being biased against the defendant? That is an unfair generalization. It’s also interesting that there’s a perception that those who haven’t experienced sexual assault are blank slates. David Garland, who similarly represents defendants in harassment cases, is careful to look into the reading habits of jurors — noting that jurors who frequently read The New Yorker will be well-informed about the #MeToo movement, for instance. But can familiarity with #MeToo confidently indicate a bias against a given defendant? There is a clear distinction between being educated on a topic and being unwilling to consider that a defendant is not guilty.

Naturally, the defense will lean toward dismissing these types of jurors who express familiarity with #MeToo, with experience of sexual violence or with cemented opinions on assault. This is logical — they are fighting to clear the name of their client. I believe the defense has a right to remove jurors who are immovably set on the defendant’s guilt or who insinuate that they are unable to remain fairminded. That is perfectly in line with the establishment of an impartial jury. However, I am against the removal of jurors solely on the basis that their knowledge of #MeToo and sexual violence is above average. I am against the removal of jurors solely due to their personal ties to sexual assault. With the dismissal of these individuals from a jury, there’s the possibility the jury will be solely comprised of individuals vaguely familiar with sexual violence and with no connections to sexual assault. This distance from sexual violence is not a sign of impartiality. This distance introduces bias. Because sexual assault is a crime that was largely ignored and misunderstood

until recently, distance in sexual assault cases may mean indifference and an unconscious tendency toward stereotyping or victim-blaming. Drawing the line between who is biased and unbiased is undoubtedly difficult, especially if that person has experienced any form of sexual assault. However, a jury is meant to be impartial while still representing different voices and points of view. By methodically weeding out individuals with greater awareness of sexual assault or personal experiences, we are silencing important voices — voices that deserve to be heard. And these voices are particularly crucial when a victim is seeking legal validation that their experience of sexual violation matters. Kathryn Augustine is a Medill sophomore. She can be contacted at kathrynaugustine2022@u.northwestern.edu. If you would like to respond publicly to this op-ed, send a Letter to the Editor to opinion@ dailynorthwestern.com. The views expressed in this piece do not necessarily reflect the views of all staff members of The Daily Northwestern.

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As Family Weekend kicks off at Northwestern, The Daily is looking back at some of the biggest moments of the quarter. Wildcat Welcome brought more than 2,000 new students and transfers into the Northwestern community for the first time with experiences like a trip to Six Flags and March Through The Arch. Students have also kept busy with everything from speakers on campus like Eric Andre and Margot Lee Shetterly to musicians like Jaden Smith and SOPHIE.

As for Northwestern’s football team, the story’s been bleak. Coach Pat Fitzgerald’s Wildcats currently sit at 1-7 and are sitting last in the Big Ten West. Throughout Evanston, City Council has seen revived and continued discussions around equity in local policies. And in our next-door neighbor of Chicago, a historic teacher strike left almost 400,000 students out of school for 11 days. — Kristina Karisch

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Inside Hunter Johnson’s return to the field and injury By CHARLIE GOLDSMITH

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Hunter Johnson just wanted to run back to the huddle, but he couldn’t do it. After taking a late hit in the third quarter of Saturday’s game at Indiana, Johnson was desperate to stay in the game. But he couldn’t get off the ground. Johnson stood up and started moving his feet, heading towards the middle of the field. Before he could take two steps, he collapsed back down. He tried to walk another time, but when he put pressure on his right knee it buckled and gave out like a flat tire. He fell face first onto the turf. Finally, Johnson conceded defeat, and the medical staff ran over and carried him off the field. It’s been a long season for the sophomore quarterback who can’t seem to catch a break. Johnson has dealt with this knee injury since the Wisconsin game on Sept. 28, and it won’t go away. “I landed on my knee again, and it just shot up a little bit,” Johnson told The Daily after practice Tuesday. “I’ve been dealing with it all year and reaggravated it. It calmed down after a little while, and I’ve been doing treatments throughout the week, just trying to take care of it.” “It’s not going to be perfect for the remainder of the season, but I’ve just got to take care of it.” Ironically, Johnson was re-injured on a play where he was trying to throw the ball down the field. The Wildcats haven’t completed a pass longer than 25 yards since their lone win against UNLV in September, but Johnson really wanted to go for it on this first-and-ten play. On a play-action pass, he kept his eyes on receivers Jace James and Ramaud ChiaokhiaoBowman on the right side of the field and scrambled outside the pocket to buy them more time to get open. But they didn’t, the pocket closed and Johnson said he was “slammed” after the whistle by a 246-pound defensive lineman, Allen Stallings IV. Coach Pat Fitzgerald said Monday Johnson is day-to-day. Ideally, Johnson would be splitting reps evenly with junior quarterback Aidan Smith in practice, but because of the knee injury, Johnson

has been limited this week. Coming into last Saturday’s game, Fitzgerald planned for Smith and Johnson to each get a few drives in the first half. Smith started the game and ran for 22 yards on his first play before fumbling the ball over to the Hoosiers. Smith said Tuesday he was certain he was down before the ball came out, but there wasn’t conclusive evidence on the video replay to overturn the call on the field. On his next drive, Smith led NU on a 15-play, 58-yard field goal drive, which included four completions from the junior quarterback. Then on his third series of the game, Smith made a crucial mistake. Offensive coordinator Mick McCall called for a run-pass option, so after he snapped the ball Smith had to decide whether he would hand the ball off to freshman running back Drake Anderson or throw a bubble screen to junior receiver Riley Lees. Smith said he made the wrong choice –– he handed it off to Anderson, who almost immediately was tackled and fumbled the ball. After that misstep by Smith, Johnson subbed into the game. “Obviously, I want that first play back, and I thought I was down,” Smith said. “Other than that, that second drive we went down and got some points. There was only that one other poor decision that I had.” When Johnson came in, he made his first appearance since he first hurt his knee against the Badgers. He missed the next game, at Nebraska, because of that injury, but he was at full strength for the Cats’ Friday night game against Ohio State. Johnson missed that one and the next week’s game against Iowa as he dealt with a family situation. His mother, Shana, was undergoing chemotherapy for breast cancer, and Fitzgerald met with Johnson and told him to focus on her recovery. Fitzgerald made Johnson temporarily unavailable, and Smith knew he’d play the entire competitive portion of the games against Ohio State and Iowa. In the last week, Shana has made great progress, and Johnson can turn his full attention back to football. “She’s through the big bulk of it right now, and she’s feeling great,” Johnson said. “She’s a superhero, and she’s doing awesome.”

Daily file photo by Noah Frick-Alofs

Aidan Smith braces for a tackle. The sophomore quarterback threw for 65 yards before getting knocked out of the game.

But Johnson’s return to the quarterback position wasn’t a heroic comeback story. He threw for only 65 yards on six drives, and his night ended when he reaggravated his right knee. Smith came back in after that, but the offense gained 21 yards and one first down in the last 20 minutes of the game. Fitzgerald said the quarterback position is the area this team needs to improve the most. Johnson and Smith have only thrown two touchdowns all season, and the team hasn’t crossed the goal line in four games. Johnson said he agrees that whoever is in at that position needs to play better. “We’ve got to finish drives,” Johnson said. “We have so many plays there to be made, plays that we’re just not finishing. We’re getting to third down and we’re just not converting. We got to convert those third downs.”

Now ten weeks into the season, the quarterback competition between Smith and Johnson has no end in sight. Johnson said he is attacking his rehab so he can be back in the mix Saturday against Purdue, and he hopes to get more snaps this week against a school he seriously considered transferring to after he decided to leave Clemson. Smith is also expecting to play. Neither quarterback has emerged as the better option going forward, so the plan for now is for Smith and Johnson to continue to split time at that position. “Week to week, we’ve both been preparing to be the guy,” Smith said. “The coaches have always told both of us they just want us to both be ready.” charliegoldsmith2021@u.northwestern.edu

STANDINGS EAST Ohio State

(8-0, 5-0)

Penn State

(8-0, 5-0)

Indiana

(7-2, 4-2)

Michigan

(7-2, 4-2)

Michigan State

(4-4, 2-3)

Maryland

(3-6, 1-5)

Rutgers

(2-7, 0-6)

WEST Minnesota

(8-0, 5-0)

Wisconsin

(6-2, 3-2)

Iowa

(6-2, 3-2)

Illinois

(5-4, 3-3)

Nebraska

(4-5, 2-4)

Purdue

(3-6, 2-4)

Northwestern

(1-7, 0-6)

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NU has dealt with fair share of injuries By ANDREW GOLDEN

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Iowa Defense

Northwestern Defense

Iowa Offense

15 QB Hunter Johnson 25 RB Isaiah Bowser 81 WR R. Chiaokhiao-Bowman 8 WR Kyric McGowan 19 WR Riley Lees 89 SB Charlie Mangieri 70 LT Rashawn Slater 66 LG Nik Urban 65 C Jared Thomas 52 RG Sam Gerak 73 RT Gunnar Vogel

57 DE Chauncey Golston 95 DT Cedrick Lattimore 91 DT Brady Reiff 94 DE A.J. Epenesa 49 SLB Nick Niemann 43 MLB Dillon Doyle 32 WLB Djimon Colbert 33 CB Riley Moss 9 SS Geno Stone 28 FS Jack Koerner 11 CB Michael Ojemudia

97 DE Joe Gaziano 95 DT Alex Miller 96 DT Trevor Kent 91 DE Samdup Miller 51 WILL Blake Gallagher 42 MIKE Paddy Fisher 28 WILL Chris Bergin 2 CB Greg Newsome II 13 S JR Pace 7 S Travis Whillock 18 CB Cam Ruiz

4 QB Nate Stanley 36 FB Brady Ross 10 RB Mekhi Sargent 3 WR Tyrone Tracy Jr 6 WR Ihmir Smith-Marsette 39 TE Nate Wieting 77 LT Alaric Jackson 68 LG Landan Paulsen 65 C Tyler Linderbaum 71 RG Mark Kallenberger 74 RT Tristan Wirfs

Daily file by Noah Frick-Alofs

Adetomiwa Adebawore tries to evade an opposing offensive lineman. The Kansas City native is set to become the first true freshman to start a game for Northwestern this season.

Adebawore is next man up on D-line By JONAH DYLAN

daily senior staffer @thejonahdylan

For years, Northwestern’s defensive line has consistently been its deepest and most consistent position group. Coach Marty Long’s unit has produced Ifeadi Odenigbo, Dean Lowry, Tyler Lancaster and a host of other NFL players in the past few seasons. Joe Gaziano, now the anchor of NU’s defensive front, will be playing on Sundays next year. But the line’s success isn’t just about the stars. Even when guys go down, it seems like someone is always ready to take their place and play at a high level. With injuries to Samdup Miller and Earnest Brown IV, the newest member of NU’s starting defense is true freshman Adetomiwa Adebawore. Adebawore — who goes by “Tommy” — will earn his first career start this Saturday (11 a.m. CST, BTN) when NU (1-7, 0-6 Big Ten) hosts Purdue (3-6, 2-4). Adebawore will be the first NU true freshman to start a game this season.

“He’s just continuing to learn,” Long said. “Physically, he has the strength and everything like that. We just have to continue to teach him the fundamentals of the game.” Long said it isn’t necessarily that rare for true freshmen to earn a starting spot, mentioning two former standouts — Lowry, now a starter for the Green Bay Packers, and Jordan Thompson — as examples of players who’ve done it in the past. If Adebawore turns out as well as those guys, the Cats will be set at defensive end for years to come. The Kansas City native earned significant playing time in last Saturday’s loss at Indiana and capitalized in a major way, earning his first career sack. “It felt amazing,” he said. “Not gonna lie to you, it felt really good. To finally be out there and make a play for the team, that felt really good.” Adebawore was a three-star recruit and chose NU over Washington State, Yale and Navy, among others. He said he didn’t expect to be playing this kind of a role this soon, especially because he could still redshirt and keep a year of eligibility. Players can redshirt if they play four or fewer games in a season, and Adebawore has played in four so far this year.

Coach Pat Fitzgerald said he’s been impressed with Adebawore since he joined the program. “He’s got great power, he’s got really good get off and he uses his hands well, plays with a base,” he said. “He’s just gonna continue to get stronger and stronger. He has got a very bright future here in our program.” As the Cats have struggled to a 1-7 start, the mood has naturally started to shift toward the future of the program. Adebawore could be a major part of that, especially if he cements himself as a defensive line stalwart while he gets the extended playing time. Junior defensive tackle Jake Saunders — another guy who’s earned more playing time due to injuries and also recorded his first career sack against the Hoosiers — has also been impressed with Adebawore’s development. “Tommy’s been great,” Saunders. said. “He’s been full of questions anytime he’s unsure of something, even on the sideline. No hesitation to ask. On top of that, he’s super strong, super athletic. He’s got a really bright future...he’s been huge.” jonahdylan2020@u.northwestern.edu

Early in the second quarter of Northwestern’s season opener against Stanford, senior cornerback and captain Trae Williams fell to the Stanford Stadium turf with an injury. The next quarter, senior quarterback T.J. Green was carted off the field with a foot injury and sophomore running back Isaiah Bowser didn’t return after a 1-yard run. Green’s injury ended his season, and Williams has only seen the field sparingly since his injury, though it wasn’t that severe. The cornerback position took another hit when coach Pat Fitzgerald announced sophomore Greg Newsome, arguably NU’s most consistent corner, was out for the season. “It’s been tough,” Williams said. “In (the cornerbacks) room we’ve always, since January, said everyone has to be ready and everyone has to prepare like they’re the starter, like they’re the No. 1 guy.” While the next-man-up mentality is important for any team, it’s hard not to recognize just how much talent is missing on both sides of the ball. Injuries have become a common theme for the Wildcats at every position this season. In almost every game, a key player has been injured. Think of any game this season. UNLV? Junior running back Jesse Brown. Michigan State? Senior wide receiver and captain Bennett Skowronek. Wisconsin? Sophomore quarterback Hunter Johnson. Nebraska? Junior left tackle Rashawn Slater. Ohio State? Defensive linemen Earnest Brown IV and Trevor Kent. Iowa? Wide receiver JJ Jefferson. Indiana? Senior defensive lineman Samdup Miller and Newsome. The list goes on and on. As a result, the team has struggled on both sides of the ball: The offense has failed to rack up yards, and the defense hasn’t found a way to force turnovers. “These last couple of weeks have been hit after hit after hit, whereas earlier in the season, we were healthier,” Williams said. “But that’s part of the game and that’s part of why you have a full team of 100-something guys. Everybody has to be ready to go.” By far the biggest injury question coming into Saturday will be status of Johnson, who played in his first game in over a month against Indiana last week. In the third quarter, Johnson was thrown down onto the turf and had to be helped off the field by medical staff. Quarterback health has been a problem for Purdue as well, and, as a result, the team has also had a slow start to its season. Senior quarterback Elijah Sindelar broke his collarbone in September against Minnesota, and his backup, freshman Jack Plummer, broke his ankle last week. Now NU will have the luxury of facing the Boilermakers at home against sophomore quarterback Aidan O’Connell, making his first career start. However, there’s a chance he could get back sophomore wide receiver Rondale Moore, who hasn’t played since Sept. 28. Purdue has four players who have already been declared out by coach Jeff Brohm and five others who are game-time decisions. Regardless of who plays for the Boilermakers on Sunday, the Cats will have to rely on their backups to finish the season strong. If not, NU could be staring at a 1-8 record. “The next guy’s gotta step up,” Fitzgerald said. “Obviously, we’ve failed at that as coaches. We haven’t had the next guy ready.” andrewgolden2021@u.northwestern.edu

Daily file photo by Noah Frick-Alofs

Hunter Johnson gets tackled on the play. The sophomore quarterback was injured on this play last game.

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Friday, November 8, 2019

Revisiting the 1959 Northwestern-Oklahoma game Before the Wildcats destroyed the Sooners, OU players were mysteriously poisoned at a Chicago nightclub By PETER WARREN

daily senior staffer @thepeterwarren

It was the biggest game of the 1959 college football season’s opening weekend. No. 2 Oklahoma — a national powerhouse that had lost just two games over the previous five seasons — was travelling north to Evanston to face off against No. 10 Northwestern, and NBC was broadcasting the game across the country. But what they televised wasn’t just a football game. Instead, it was a chapter of one of the most interesting and long-lasting mysteries in the history of college football. “When you’re that age, I would have been 19 years old, it’s surreal,” former Oklahoma end Paul Benien told The Daily. “You dont think something like that is going to happen to you.” On the Thursday before the game, half of the Sooners’ travelling team got food poisoning at the Chez Paree — Chicago’s top nightclub — with six spending the night in the hospital. The two teams played less than 48 hours later with the Wildcats smacking Oklahoma by 32 points in a rainstorm. The Sept. 26, 1959 game marked the end of the Sooners dynasty and the boosting of NU to the top of the college football world. But questions about the poisoning continued to linger even after Oklahoma returned to Norman. And now, 60 years later, the case file on the Sept. 24, 1959 food poisoning has never been closed. Kenneth Rudeen, a writer for Sports Illustrated who later became the magazine’s executive editor, perfectly summed up what happened that week in a story written a two weeks later. “It started as a slight case of poisoning and ended as a slight case of murder.”

The Powerhouse and the Upstart

You couldn’t talk about college football in the 1950s without talking about Bud Wilkinson and the Oklahoma Sooners — they were the undisputed team of the decade. From 1950-1958, the team finished the season below No. 5 in the polls just once, won every Big Seven Conference title, made four bowl games and earned three national championships. But the team’s biggest accomplishment was winning a major-college record 47 straight games from 1953-1957. “Oklahoma during those years had exceptional talent,” said Jay Wilkinson, Bud’s son, who grew up watching the Sooners play. “They had speed and they had discipline. Oklahoma’s great teams were very fine defensive teams. My dad always felt that the order of importance in coaching started with defense, second was punting and third offense.” If Oklahoma defined college football in the 1950s, Northwestern wasn’t even in the dictionary. In 1959, the Wildcats were just 10 years removed from their first Rose Bowl title, but it felt much longer. Bob Voigts, a former Cats AllAmerican who coached NU to the Rose Bowl, resigned following the 1954 season after three straight losing seasons. Lou Saban replaced Voigts, but his team went 0-8-1 and his entire staff was fired after the season. Athletic director Stu Holcomb then hired Ara Parseghian, the head coach at Miami-Ohio at the time, to lead the team. After a .500 season in 1956 and a putrid 0-9 campaign in 1957, Parsegihan and NU turned the boat around in 1958. The team finished 5-4, defeated two ranked teams in Ohio State and Michigan and, at one point during the season, rose to No. 4 in the AP Poll. “You always think you have a pretty good team,” said Dale Samuels, an NU assistant coach from 1956-59. “(In 1958), we were close in all the games we played. We looked forward to the 1959 season — opening up with Oklahoma was as tough as it gets.”

Thursday night at the Chez Paree

Oklahoma arrived in Illinois earlier than usual, flying on Wednesday night instead of Thursday. The team stayed in the Orrington Hotel — the current location of the Hilton Orrington — during their trip and held a secret workout session Thursday afternoon. After the practice, the team returned to the hotel. On every away trip, Wilkinson and the Oklahoma staff planned a nice dinner at a fancy place near where they were staying. For this trip, they chose the Chez Paree. The Chez Paree was the nightclub of the 1950s in downtown Chicago. Located at 610 North Fairbanks Court, the club regularly saw some of the biggest celebrities in the country — entertainer Sophie Tucker; singers Nat King Cole, Jimmy Durante, Duke Ellington and Frank Sinatra; and comedian Jerry Lewis. While most of the coaching staff, including Wilkinson, did not attend, all the players except starters Prentice Gautt and Edward “Wahoo”

McDaniel made the trek to the nightclub. The team arrived for their meal around 7:15 p.m., and were greeted by a hostess who asked the players their names and positions. Oklahoma athletic business manager Ken Farris, who had been planning the event for three months, had chosen the menu for the evening: fruit cup, tossed salad, mashed potatoes, steak, rolls and butter, ice cream. But the team didn’t even make it to the main course. “We didn’t know what the heck happened,” Benien said. The players were served the fruit salad, and only 15-20 minutes after sitting down, some started getting “violently ill,” Benien recalls. He remembers players stumbling down the steps, trying to make their way to the street so they could take taxis to the hospital. It was a chaotic, scary scene — players vomiting, dealing with diarrhea and nausea. In Jim Dent’s book on Oklahoma football during the 1950s, he wrote that starting quarterback Bobby Boyd lay on the sidewalk outside the building waiting for a cab because he was so sick. As they drove to the hospital, Benien remembers telling the cab driver to pull over at the median of Michigan Avenue/Lake Road, where players would open the doors and throw up. He said he almost bailed out of the cab three times. “I threw up four or five times before I went to the hospital,” former tackle Bill Watts told The Daily. “They were pumping our stomachs and everything else. It was a traumatic experience.” Eight players — along with assistant coach Jimmy Harris — spent time at the hospital: cocaptains Gilmer Lewis and Boyd; starting center Jim Davis; backups Bob Scholl, Bob Page, Ronnie Hartline and Benien; and Watts, a third stringer. Only Watts and Hartline returned to the hotel by the end of the night. The rest had their stomachs pumped, while Page suffered a circulatory collapse. The six hospitalized players were released on Friday around noon, Benien recalls. When he returned, there was a whole new atmosphere around the team. “We were supposed to have some team meetings and things like that on Friday and have another dinner and probably go out to a movie, but most everybody went back to (their) hotel room and that was it,” Benien said.

A blowout in a monsoon

Benien remembers sitting in the Dyche Stadium locker room before the game. He recalls it being “pretty dreary” and that there wasn’t “a lot of enthusiasm.” From the moment the game started, NU imposed itself as the stronger team, scoring on two early rushing touchdown. At the start of the second quarter, a massive rainstorm that swept through Evanston was so powerful that many people watching the game on television were unable to see the action on the field. NU dealt with the weather better than its opponent, and when the rain stopped and the grass was an Everglades swamp, the Cats kept dominating — eventually claiming an assertive 45-13 victory. It was the worst loss in the Wilkinson era. Boyd called the team’s performance “pitiful.” The Sooners fumbled the ball 11 times, losing five. They were sloppy and got thoroughly outplayed. Mike Stock, a junior fullback and captain on the 1959 NU team, said the Cats were extremely prepared for Oklahoma’s high-tempo offense and that victory was critically important for the program. “Doing things like that, that’s a shot heard round the world,” Stock said of the game. “That was huge.”

Who did it?

In his book on the Wilkinson era, former Oklahoma sports publicist Harold Keith recalls a story from Sept. 24, 1959 when he received a phone call from Fred Russell, a prominent sports reporter. Russell said the point spread in favor of the Sooners had been slashed in half, and asked if there were any injuries. Keith said there wasn’t. Then the team went to the Chez Paree. In the immediate aftermath, investigators tested the team’s meals from that Thursday. Dr. Edward Press, Evanston’s health commissioner, inspected the sandwiches served for lunch at the Orrington, and Dr. Herman N. Bundsen, Chicago’s health director, looked at the food at the Chez Paree. In one of Press’s tests, a bacteria that can cause upset stomachs turned up on the turkey used for the sandwiches. However, those symptoms would show up within two hours, and Harris did not have a sandwich for lunch. That eliminated the Orrington. It had to be the Chez Paree. But Bundsen said the Chez Paree food did not test positive for poisoning. That answer didn’t satisfy Oklahoma. The fruit salad served at the Chez Paree was the only logical answer. Oklahoma’s team physician wanted to do more

Source: Northwestern Archives

tests on evidence secured at the hospital, but the hospital said they lost the files. “When the Oklahoma medical team insisted on the hospital preserving (the collection of files) for them and having it mysteriously disappear,” Jay Wilkinson said. “It’s really sad in the history of sports that something like that would happen.” Even without the files, Oklahoma officials reached the conclusion that the players received food poisoning from the apomorphine in the fruit salad. And the team also came to the conclusion that gamblers and/or the mob poisoned them, which would account for the point spread dropping the day of the poisoning. They concluded that those who knew about the poisoning beforehand put a lot of money on the Cats, causing the line to drop so rapidly. Bud Wilkinson played down the event, both in the media and within the team, because he was not the type of man to make excuses. He said his team was beaten not because they were poisoned, but because NU was the better team. Watts said the game probably should have been cancelled and that while people said there would be a big investigation, there never was. “They didn’t pursue the investigation too vigorously because they also thought ‘What mother is gonna say okay my kid wants to go play at Oklahoma, he might get drugged and poisoned over a football game’” Watts said. One person who did investigate was Tim Cohane, the Sports Editor of Look Magazine and a good friend of Wilkinson’s. According to a 1997 article from the Tulsa World, Cohane’s investigation was “persuasive” in tying gamblers to the poisoning, but the magazine’s lawyers thought it was “too risky to publish.” The Daily reached out to the family of Cohane, asking if they had any information on his investigation. Cohane’s son said he looked through his dad’s files but couldn’t find anything. While there is no public information about the planning behind the 1959 poisoning, there is a record of a poisoning in 1954. Steve Budin is the son of a New York bookmaker. In his 2007 book “Bets, Drugs, and Rock & Roll,” Budin describes a situation in 1954 involving Oklahoma and Oklahoma A&M — now Oklahoma State. Budin says his father worked with a “legendary figure named J.R.” in the Chicago area who was connected to the mob. During the week of the 1954 game, Budin’s father got a call from J.R. telling him to bet as much as he could on A&M. J.R. had never not told him a specific number. A short-handed Oklahoma team played that Saturday as many players on the team got sick. J.R. told Budin’s father that his guys went to the hotel the Sooners were staying at before the game. The guys beat up the cook, according to J.R.’s account, then gave him $100 to pour horse laxative into the soup that the players later ate. Oklahoma won, but did not cover the spread. Budin then says that J.R. and his partners reportedly did the same thing for the 1959 game, although he does not chronicle the story in his book because his dad did not work with J.R. at the time. But, the story illustrates how one could

— and did — successfully poison a football team once before. And that they could do it again.

Impact on the programs

The game was a crucial marker for both the NU and Oklahoma programs. NU proved to the country it was for real. The Cats jumped to No. 2 in the polls and then travelled to Iowa City the following week and beat No. 5 Iowa to prove their might. But quarterback Dick Thornton was injured in the game, and NU wasn’t the same. “Had (Thornton) not gotten hurt early in the year,” Samuels said, “that team had every possibility of going undefeated.” Led by halfback Ron Burton — who was named a consensus All-American at the end of the year — the Cats managed to win their next four games before crashing at the end of the season with three straight losses. NU travelled to Norman for a rematch against the Sooners in 1960 and proved 1959 — poison and all — wasn’t a fluke. Despite extremely warm temperatures, the Cats cruised to a 19-3 victory. Oklahoma wasn’t the same after the NU game. While there were signs that forewarned of a demise, that contest is known as the moment that Wilkinson era went into a sharp decline. They finished the season 7-3, but fell to 3-6-1 in 1960 and then 5-5 in 1961. For the Sooners, Sept. 26, 1959 was the day the dynasty died. “I wish they would throw the (NU game out of the record),” Benien said, “but they’re not going to. Football is football.”

Still unsolved?

Mostly everyone involved in the incident believes that gamblers and/or the mob committed the poisoning. “It was not a gray situation,” Jay Wikinson told The Daily. “There are just so many indicators to this story that point to some nefarious play and bad intentions on the part of certain people.” However, barring a breakthrough, the full truth of what happened that Thursday night at the Chez Paree will probably never fully be revealed. It is worth noting that there has never been any suggestion that NU had anything to do with the poisoning. In fact, Benien and Wilkinson both gave credit to the Cats football team in their interviews with The Daily, praising Parseghian and the team that year, while emphasizing that they weren’t involved. Despite its relevance at the time, the incident is not a well-known event in college football history. But it’s a key moment in Oklahoma’s and NU’s history, as well as a fascinating tale about an historic era of the sport. For the athletes who played in that game, they have all moved on. Benien said he still gets together with his old teammates, grabbing dinner and talking shop. Naturally, they reminisce about the old days, but does the poisoning ever come up? “No,” Benien said with a laugh. “We would like to keep it out of our minds.” peterwarren2021@u.northwestern.edu

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From page 1 Fernandez, who spoke to the committee on behalf of Fossil Free Northwestern Thursday, demanded that the Board of Trustees act quickly and deliberately when deciding on the proposal. “You have already voted in favor of our divestment proposal in June 2019,” Fernandez said to the Board. “Five months later, we still stand with that decision.” The Board of Trustees has remained silent since the ACIR passed the Fossil Free proposal last summer. Feinberg Prof. Philip Greenland, who chairs the committee, expressed his frustration over a lack of acknowledgment from the Board. “We’re also frustrated that this has taken a while,” Greenland said. “I expected a response

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and we have been diagnosed with skin cancer.” However, a significant barrier to achieving the powers of a civilian oversight board the CNP would like lies in restrictive state law. As of 2015, Illinois is one of 15 states that have enacted legislation to codify a version of a Law Enforcement Officers’ Bill of Rights, a law that grants police special protections in criminal prosecutions and other investigations. Under the ordinance, the nine member commission would review the EPD’s internal investigation and evaluate its objectivity and fairness, among other factors, through watching videos, including body-cam footage, in closed sessions. But ultimately, the police chief and city manager have the authority to decide if there will be discipline for the officer in question, in accordance with state law. The ordinance for the commission specifies that “pursuant to the Collective Bargaining

SESP

From page 1 parts of the practicum that disadvantaged low-income students. In their presentation, they said “students were essentially paying NU to have an internship.” SESP does not guarantee that students will be compensated for their practicums. However, students still have to cover expenses such as meals and transportation, and because practicum counts as four units of credit toward their majors, they have to pay tuition. A SESP survey found that 45 percent of students didn’t have time to work another job on campus during practicum, and of students who kept their jobs, 73 percent were forced to work reduced hours. To maintain their income, some students worked over 50 hours a week at multiple jobs, while others resorted to cutting down on daily living costs. “Most of the strain was from not being able to work

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 2019 sooner myself.” In 2013, students created Fossil Free Northwestern when Associated Student Government passed a referendum to eliminate the University’s holdings in coal and oil companies. The Board of Trustees rejected the proposal, bringing Fossil Free’s efforts to a halt for nearly four years. Early in 2019, undergraduate students from a regrouped Fossil Free reintroduced the proposal to the recently formed the ACIR. It passed in June, but the Board of Trustees hasn’t addressed the ACIR’s recommendation. At the start of the school year, Greenland heard from the Board that they were working on a policy statement regarding investments but received no indication that they were considering the proposal. Communication senior Ross Patten spoke on behalf of NU’s chapter for Students for Justice in

Palestine, another student organization calling for divestment. “We are deeply concerned with the lack of transparency surrounding the ACIR and the Board’s Investment Committee, the lack of proposals put through and the lack of necessary investment knowledge available to us as students,” Patten said. Fossil Free also called on the Board of Trustees to be more transparent about endowment investments. Weinberg sophomore Keala Uchoa, one of two undergraduate students serving on the ACIR, emphasized concerns about transparency. “The numbers that Fossil Free brought in their proposal are gross underestimates of what Northwestern has actually invested in,” Uchoa said. “It’s clear that my constituents here are really

concerned about transparency. How can we do our job if we don’t even have the numbers?” Greenland called on students to make suggestions, rather than demands, of the Trustees, eliciting outcry from students. He also promised that the ACIR would ask the Board of Trustees to move quicker in its response to the proposal. Despite Greenland’s promise, students remained frustrated over the lack of progress in passing a proposal first suggested over six years ago. “This is just an advisory committee — it doesn’t have any sway on the board,” Patten said. “It feels to me very much that this committee is a bureaucratic way of stifling campus activism.”

Agreement, only the police chief and the city manager are empowered to impose discipline.” The city’s collective bargaining agreement with the Fraternal Order of Police Union provides that the city can “hire, promote, demote, suspend, discipline or discharge” police for a just cause. Sutton said the FOP sufficiently protects police officers in the community, but citizens are not entitled to the same opportunity to voice their concerns and understand key decisions that affect their communities. “When we look at the statistics, who’s being adversely affected in this community? Poor, black citizens,” Sutton said. “Not one item of that proposal addresses the concerns of the person who are adversely affected.” Richardson said Police Chief Demitrious Cook has the final say in the complaints process and must balance making sure policies and procedures align with where the city is as an organization culturally and state statute. She said the ordinance is not perfect and understands why the CNP is demanding for

more. “I understand where their frustration is,” Richardson said. “They’re looking for more civilian input, civilian say in the policy, civilians being a part of it. It’s just that unlike other states, Illinois has a very strong statute that does protect (police officers).” Austin Spillar, a member of CNP, said the group does not want a civilian oversight board “where the police are still allowed to investigate the police.” In situations where the department investigates its own officers, investigations might not be thorough, he said. “We know that there’s a code of silence, what they call the ‘thin blue line,’” Spillar said. “It’s not set up to provide equity for the complainant.” As a whole, Spillar said the proposed civilian oversight board has no power. The CNP advocates for the board to have subpoena power to compel police officers to testify and include witnesses. “When you look at their powers and duties, (the proposed board) reviews the internal

investigation, to make sure it’s complete thorough, objective and fair,” Spillar said. “But basically, they’re going to read a copy of the complaint, a transcript of the interviews and any final reports prepared by the Office of Professional Standards.” Spillar said these reports may be drafted to omit or downplay certain facts, portraying EPD in a better light. If the board determines an investigation was inadequate, there’s no way for them to follow up, he said. The commission can give recommendations for course of action, but the police chief would ultimately decide if the implementation of policy change is needed, Richardson said. “If this board says a police officer should be disciplined, but then the police chief decides another way, there’s nothing in this ordinance that would compel a police chief to give a reason why,” Spillar said. “That’s a lack of transparency.”

(for pay) during my Practicum,” a student said in the comments section of the survey. For Larissa Edwards, a SESP junior and one of the students who worked on the project, this issue was especially relevant. Edwards, a first-generation and low-income student, chose to do her practicum last summer because she was able to apply to the Summer Internship Grant Program and receive financial aid. Because the program is limited to work study students, other students with financial constraints were excluded from getting a stipend. Students who receive financial aid could use a quarter of their aid toward the practicum. However, the University still limited students to 12 quarters of financial aid, so students who completed their practicums over the summer need to graduate early or lose their aid. neyathanikachalam2022@u.northwestern.edu

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From page 1 sophomore Connor Maduzia, who was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes when he was 14 years old, described how he was aware of the rising costs of insulin. He said he’s fortunate does not need to make difficult decisions regarding his insulin use because of cost concerns. While he is currently on his parents’ insurance, he is concerned about finding a way to pay for insulin later. Maduzia has also been warned by his endocrinologist, a doctor specializing in diabetes treatment, about the consequences of rationing or failing to take his insulin. “Without insulin, I would be very sick within two to three days and probably hospitalized,” Maduzia said. “I know about people

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Journalist Josh Noel talks book on craft beer By RAYNA SONG

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Josh Noel, a beer and travel journalist for the Chicago Tribune, cracked open a cold one with a packed audience during his presentation about his latest book on craft beer. The book, “Barrel-Aged Stout and Selling Out: Goose Island, Anheuser-Busch, and How Craft Beer Became Big Business,” documents the entrance of craft beer into the market and its growing popularity. The Evanston History Center hosted the event, and an Evanston craft brewery, Sketchbook Brewing Co., offered free alcoholic beverages to the audience at the event. The Evanston History Center, 225 Greenwood St., is hosting an exhibition on prohibition, “Dry Evanston: The Untold Story” to commemorate the 100th Anniversary of the 18th Amendment. According to Kris Hartzell, the director of facilities, visitor services and collections at the Evanston History Center, Noel’s presentation fits with the exhibition. In 2011, Goose Island Beer Company, a Chicago craft brewery, sold the business to AnheuserBusch InBev, one of the largest beer companies in the United States, Noel said. According to the Brewers Association, an American craft brewer is a small and independent brewer. Specifically, the annual production of a craft brewer is 6 million barrels of beer or less, and this brewer cannot be owned by a large alcohol company that is not a craft brewer. Therefore, after the transaction, Goose Island “is generally not viewed as a craft brewer because (Anheuser-Busch) is so big, but that does not mean that (Goose Island) does not produce craft beer,” Noel said. During the event, Noel compared craft beer with light beer. “Initially the attraction to light beer was calories… Craft beer serves as a reaction to that. Big, browny, boozy,” Noel said. “But now, craft beer is starting to pivot toward craft light beer… low-cal craft beer.” According to Noel, craft beer is usually more

expensive than macro-brand beer. However, Anheuser-Busch InBev has pushed down the price of craft beer. He said Anheuser-Bush is good at “devaluing its products.” “For people who need that financial advantage, that’s great,” Noel said. “But it makes it really hard for breweries like Sketchbook to compete.” Jenny Thompson, the director of education at the history center, said they wanted to involve local breweries, and Sketchbook agreed to contribute. She added that the history of prohibition in Evanston remains part of the quotidian, even though the city is no longer dry. “If you ever buy alcohol in a grocery store, if the cashier is under 21, they have to go get someone else to scan the bottle,” Thompson said. “That’s like an old leftover from Evanston.” raynasong2023@u.northwestern.edu

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Curt’s Café opens new site in Highland Park By JACKSON MILLER

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Curt’s Caf, an Evanston cafe and nonprofit that provides job training to at-risk youth, opened a second location in Highland Park at the end of October. Curt’s Café provides trainees with education, training services, counseling and mentorship programs. The organization closed its second location on Dempster this summer, consolidating to one shop at 2922 Central St. However, the Highland Park location, 1766 Second St., opened Oct. 29. Curt’s Café board president Rick Marsh said the organization always had a vision of growing Curt’s to reach more students. Marsh said the nonprofit aims to empower young people and teach them the skills they need to be positive working people. “We had one kid that said once he completed the program and graduated, this was the first thing that he had completed in his life,” Marsh said. T.J. Jones, a cafe manager at the Evanston location and former student from the training program, said many students don’t have the best role models coming to Curt’s. He said he appreciated many of the other services the organization offers, including GED tutoring, free meals and trained social workers. “(Curt’s Café is) also a place where higher-ups go out of their way and stick their neck out so that you can succeed,” Jones said. As far as choosing a location for the new cafe, Marsh said the mayor of Highland Park, the Lake County state attorney and several churches in the area reached out to Curt’s to inquire about opening a location in the city. Highland Park also raised money to help establish the new location. “A really energetic group of people came and said ‘We like the Curt’s mission, and we want the Curt’s mission in our community,” Marsh said. Herb Harms, an Evanston resident who frequents the cafe on Central Street, said Curt’s benefits the community and added the cafe should do more to draw additional customers.

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The program also leads to better outcomes for the trainees, who have a recidivism rate of 3 percent compared to a state average of 86 percent, according to the organization’s 2016 annual report. “(Curt’s) is trying to help people out,” Hams said, “and that’s good for the community.” Marsh said Curt’s Café encourages community members to bring their own strengths to the organization’s various auxiliary programs such as GED tutoring, resume writing, financial literacy and connecting students with jobs. On the other side of the partnership, Curt’s contributes to the community as well, engaging with customers and supporters, he added. “It’s a two-way street,” Marsh said. “It’s not just the community giving to our mission, giving to our students. The community gets a lot out of it too.”

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In September, Northwestern upset defending national champion Maryland 3-1 on the road in College Park, Md. Now, two months later, the Wildcats have the chance to defeat the Terrapins once again. NU (8-7-2, 3-3-2 Big Ten), seeded No. 4 in the Big Ten Tournament, will face No. 5 seeded Maryland (9-6-2, 3-3-2) on Sunday in the quarterfinals of the Big Ten Tournament. The Cats are hosting the match, making it their first home playoff game since 2014. According to coach Tim Lenahan, NU recently has been very strong defensively and is beginning to find its offensive pace. Additionally, the Cats haven’t given up a goal in the past four games. “We were leaking goals there for a stretch,” Lenahan said. “The bounce back with four straight shutouts gives us a lot of confidence defensively. I’m always confident that we’re going to be able to make something happen. We have tremendous pace in the attack and I just think… we’re going to find a way to play.” In NU’s early-season victory over the Terrapins, the team put together one of their best offensive performances of the season, with goals from sophomore midfielder Bardia Kimiavi, senior midfielder Matt Moderwell and senior forward Ty Seager. Lenahan said the win happened because the Cats “were at the top of our game.” This weekend, NU will be facing a slightly different Maryland squad than the one they

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Bardia Kimiavi waves to the crowd. The sophomore midfielder scored Northwestern’s first goal in their 3-1 win over then No. 25 Maryland in September.

defeated. Sophomore forward Brayan Padilla, who scored the Terrapins’ lone goal in the Cats’ win, is out for the year with a torn Achilles. However, senior midfielder Eli Crognale, who came off the bench in the September match and is currently tied as Maryland’s point leader, will start for Maryland. The other three teams on the Cats’ side of the bracket are No. 1 Indiana, No. 8 Ohio State and No. 9 Rutgers. If NU defeats the Terrapins, the squad will play the winner of the match between the Hoosiers and the winner of the Buckeyes or the Scarlet Knights. In the regular season, the Cats lost to the Hoosiers 3-1, tied the Buckeyes 0-0 and defeated the

Scarlet Knights 2-0. The Cats will have to play their best this weekend, as Lenahan called the Big Ten the “toughest conference” in the country. Lenahan noted there is a lot of parity in the Big Ten, highlighting No. 7 seed Wisconsin, which only achieved a 1-4-3 conference record but was able to tie NU, No. 3 seed Michigan and Maryland. “(Wisconsin) tells you how difficult this league is, that a team that is 3-10 can still get three draws against top teams,” Lenahan said. “I think that’s what really different with this league than most other leagues.” According to Lenahan, the team watched film Thursday of the Terrapins. On Friday, the team

plans to “scout” their opponent, before having a normal practice on Saturday. Seager, after the team’s 7-0 win against Div. III Marian University, said the past three years of lackluster regular season records and early Big Ten tournament exits have been tough. But, NU has changed for the better this season, he said, and is ready for the Big Ten Tournament. “We’ve got a great group and a really close-knit team and we’re just looking forward to a great run in the tournament and we’re really excited to get after it,” Seager said. “It’s been really awesome to turn things around for my senior year.”

of Obstetrics & Gynecology and found that black and Hispanic women are less likely to receive a prescription for an opioid than white women — and those who receive pain medication received significantly fewer morphine milligram equivalents than white patients. Women often use medications to manage pain following delivery. Badreldin, assistant professor of obstetrics and gynecology, said the two findings in conjunction suggest the disparities in pain management

between black and Hispanic women and white women cannot be explained by less perceived pain. She said though the reasons for the disparities are likely complex, one way to address the differences is to encourage more standardized approaches to postpartum pain management. The publication is co-authored by Feinberg Profs. Lynn Lee and William Grobman and retroactively looked at 9,900 deliveries at a large academic medical center from Dec. 1, 2015 to Nov. 30, 2016, the release said. The research was supported

by the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development and by the National Institutes of Health’s National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences. “Acknowledging the presence of racial and ethnic disparities in postpartum pain management is the first step to addressing why it exists and how we can stop it,” Badreldin said in a University release.

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Friday, November 8, 2019

BEND IT LIKE BENTE NORTHWESTERN

By GABRIELA CARROLL

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After fending off four penalty corners to end the half, Northwestern desperately needed a jolt to solidify their lead. Freshman forward Bente Baekers delivered. The Big Ten Freshman of the Year scored two goals in quick succession to open the half and buried Rutgers for good. She had all three scores for the Wildcats (14-6, 5-3 Big Ten) on Thursday as they defeated the Scarlet Knights (10-8, 4-4) 3-1 in University Park, Pennsylvania.ß her fourth hat trick of the season. Baekers’ 27 goals this season are two off the program’s record of 29, set by Chelsea Armstrong in 2012. “She’s a finisher. Really proud of her. It really shows what an offensive threat she is,” coach Tracey Fuchs said. “Certainly her teammates have a lot to do with it, but her corner’s getting better and better... and she’s just always in the right place.” Baekers scored her first goal with a reverse hit that sailed just over the stick of the Scarlet Knights’ junior goalie Gianna Glatz in the

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first quarter, giving NU an early advantage. The Cats used that momentum and played lockdown defense, but couldn’t seem to find the back of the net for an insurance goal for the rest of the first half. Baekers changed that just seconds into the second half. She collected a hit from outside and fought to work it into the goal. Mere minutes later, she drove another one in on a penalty corner to give NU a 3-0 lead. Senior midfielder Saar de Breij said the lead gave the Cats the freedom to play loosely and to let go of the initial stress of the Big Ten Tournament. Rutgers scored a consolation goal later in the third quarter but it was too little, too late. The Cats only outshot the Scarlet Knights by one, but NU had double the amount of shots on goal. Rutgers did have 12 corners to the Cats’ five, but junior goalkeeper Florien Marcussen and the NU defense were effective throughout the game. “By the time you get to the tournament, your players are a little nervous, so we wanted them to go out and be really really aggressive because Rutgers is a really good

defensive team,” Fuchs said. “We did that, and the kids really played together today.” NU will face Iowa in the next round of the Big Ten Tournament, after Iowa demolished Ohio State 4-1 earlier in the day to advance to the semifinals for the second straight year. The semifinal game will take place Friday after the first semifinal matchup of Maryland and Penn State. The Cats lost a heartbreaker to the Hawkeyes on Oct. 26. During the contest, NU got out to an early 1-0 lead but allowed the Hawkeyes to complete a comeback. This time around, they are aiming for a different result. “Today was a tight game in the beginning, but we kept fighting for each other, and we were not willing to give up our lead,” de Breij said. “We knew 1-0 was not enough. That is what went wrong during the Iowa game, we sort of got comfortable with the 1-0 lead, so now we are looking for more goals and more goals and are not satisfied with a one- or even a two-goal lead. We just keep wanting more, and then we’ll protect that lead.” Daily file photo by Alison Albelda

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NU opens season with Merrimack Cats have high hopes for 2019-2020 season

By CHARLIE GOLDSMITH

daily senior staffer @2021_charlie

Coach Chris Collins remembers walking into a college arena for the first time on game day, taking in the environment of Cameron Indoor Stadium when his career tipped off in 1992. On Friday, eight Northwestern players will have that same experience. But their eyes won’t be anywhere near as wide as the players from Merrimack’s. The Warriors are the newest Division I team, elevating from Division II over the summer. Merrimack has already made its debut –– a 84-64 loss at Maine on Wednesday. But a program makes a transition like this to compete under bright lights in big arenas against schools with budgets twice their size. And when the Warriors walk into Welsh-Ryan Arena on Friday, they’ll have that opportunity. “This is huge, to be honest,” Merrimack head coach Joe Gallo told The Daily. “These games are a great opportunity for them to play against guys they watch on TV and read about. They can really see where they stack up.” Gallo said he expects his players to pose with each other for photos on the floor. It will be the nicest arena Merrimack will play in all season, and Gallo said he’s excited for his players will get a taste of “what Big Ten life is.” That doesn’t mean they’ll play like a Big Ten team. The Wildcats recruit bigger and more high- profile players than Merrimack, and the score is expected to be so lopsided that there isn’t a betting line listed on multiple outlets. Gallo said he knew junior guard’s Anthony Gaines’ reputation as a high school player but watched him be recruited by bigger schools. Even though NU finished last place in the Big Ten last year, Merrimack doesn’t have anywhere the same stature in college basketball. Senior forward A.J.Turner transferred from Boston College and used to play just more than 30 miles from Merrimack’s campus in Massachusetts. Turner said he

By ANDREW GOLDEN

daily senior staffer @andrewcgoldem

Daily file photo by Joshua Hoffman.

A.J. Turner waves to the fans. The senior forward and NU will play in the season opener Friday.

thought Merrimack “sounded familiar” but didn’t know much about the program. Warriors’ guard Juvaris Hayes, who was a Division II All-American last season, said he’s relishing the chance to prove himself against more popular players like Gaines and Turner. “It’ll be big-time,” he said. “I’m looking forward to a bigger and a better level. I’m just looking forward to the intensity we’re going to be up against tomorrow night.” Merrimack has been one of the best Division II teams recently, finishing with over 20 wins in consecutive seasons. Last year, Merrimack won its conference behind an active 2-3 zone defense that forces a lot of turnovers. That defense didn’t translate in the Warriors’ loss Wednesday against Maine, a team that went 5-27 last year. After Black Bears’ forward Andrew Fleming scored 37 points against Merrimack, the Warriors

went through an “air-it-out film session” Thursday morning. Gallo told his players they hadn’t executed their defense the way they had all last season and explained what needed to change for them to compete against a Big Ten program. Since Merrimack has a track record of playing at a high level, though, Collins said he expects the Warriors to look better when they come to Welsh-Ryan. “What I tried to tell our guys is that even though they’re transitioning from DII to DI, they’ve been a winning program,” Collins said. “A lot of their veteren guys they return won their conference and went to an NCAA Tournament. They’ve been a team that’s won 20-plus, so they have a winning mentality. They’re going to come in here with nothing to lose. charliegoldsmith2021@u.northwestern.edu

Last season, Northwestern got a glimpse of what it looks like to win a championship. Playing against Arizona in Tuscon for the WNIT Championship, the Wildcats were beaten handily, leaving them so close to a taste of lifting a trophy. NU hasn’t reached the NCAA tournament since the 2014-2015 season, when it was led by standout forward Nia Coffey. But this year, the Cats have their own set of star guards, juniors Lindsey Pulliam and Jordan Hamilton and sophomore Veronica Burton. For this season to be a success, coach Joe McKeown wants the NU to do three things: Stay healthy, finish higher in the Big Ten than last year and put themselves in a position to make the NCAA Tournament. And McKeown, as well as his team, will use last season as motivation for this season. “Obviously, we want to finish it off. I think that’s how our players feel, which is what you want if you’re me. ” McKeown said. “You want them to have a little bittersweet outlook on this year.” Last season, the Cats had an extremely talented roster and started off with five straight non-conference wins against teams like Duke and Florida. But then the injury bug started to hit NU. Hamilton suffered injuries that kept her out for stretches of the 2018-2019 season. Forward Abi Scheid also missed a portion of the season with an injury of her own. McKeown said he watches game tape from last season and thinks about how good the team would’ve been if they were healthy.

If the Cats can stay healthy this season and avoid major injuries, NU has the potential to compete against most teams in the Big Ten. The lone problem they will have to answer is who is going to replace the production of center Pallas Kunaiyi-Akpanah. Kunaiyi-Akpanah, who is now playing in Italy, was one of the best rebounders in the conference, averaging 11.2 rebounds per game and drawing comparisons to Moses Malone by McKeown. If the Cats want to improve on their record in the Big Ten, they will have to find someone to replicate the her rebounding. But it won’t be one person who makes the difference, but rather the team as a whole. “For me, it’s making sure I’m on the glass more,” Pulliam said. “We did lose a lot of rebounding from Pallas… it’s going to be more of a joint effort this year to get on the glass.” Pulliam added the team hasn’t lost its prowess on defense with her loss either and she believes the team is going to be better on that side of the ball. With an improved defense and an offense with loads of talent at guard and veterans in the frontcourt, NU can definitely make the jump within the conference. The Cats return four of their top five scorers, and Pulliam, the team’s leading scorer last season, has expanded her range in the offseason. With big NCAA aspirations, NU has the talent to take them there. “My approach doesn’t change. It’s been the same since I started playing basketball,” Pulliam said. “And that’s to come in and do what I do and win the game.” andrewgolden2021@u.northwestern.edu