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Over a year after University Commons reveal, administrators struggle to find funding

By SYD STONE

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Northwestern attracts some of the wealthiest donors in the country. In the last six years alone, the University raised

$3.57 billion in a fundraising campaign that helped launch the construction of worldclass facilities like the Kellogg School of Management Global Hub and the Ryan Fieldhouse and Walter Athletics Center.

Since the “We Will” fundraising campaign began in 2011, Norris University Center has remained untouched on a hill by

the lake. But in August 2016, NU administrators unveiled plans to replace the roughly 45-year-old student center by 2019. The new University Commons, initially estimated to cost $150 million, would include a black box theater, an auditorium with a large stage and a more open layout to ease access to University Library and the Arts Circle.

Over a year later, however, the building is still without a naming donor — something administrators say is not necessarily typical for these projects — and plans for construction. Administrators predict they will not know more about a start date until 2019. » See IN FOCUS, page 4

Shaun King talks police brutality NU legal team aids Writer attracts about 600 people to event in Cahn Auditorium

By JULIA ESPARZA

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Social justice writer Shaun King said while some people think humanity is advancing,

society still confronts many of the same racial challenges it faced decades ago.

“It grieves my soul that the things I was protesting literally 20 years ago as an undergraduate student could be cut and pasted into our headlines

today,” King said at an event Thursday in Cahn Auditorium.

Speaking to about 600 people, King shared his views on the inconsistency of progress and the prevalence of police brutality in the U.S. For Members Only, Northwestern’s

black student alliance, hosted King at its State of the Black Union, in honor of the 50th anniversary of the Bursar’s Office takeover.

King, a writer in residence » See KING, page 7

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Shaun King speaks at The State of the Black Union event on Thursday in Cahn Auditorium. King discussed police brutality and Donald Trump’s rise to power on the back of white supremacy.

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After spending more than eight years in prison, Kerry Masterson was acquitted of 2009 murder charges when the Pritzker School of Law Center on Wrongful Convictions took on her case and reviewed weaknesses in eyewitness testimonies.

In a retrial that ended Nov. 2, a jury in the Circuit Court of Cook County found Masterson not guilty of the 2009 murder of Chicago convenience store owner Michael Norton. In 2011, a jury found Masterson guilty of firstdegree murder and sentenced her to serve 58 years in prison.

Northwestern’s center, founded in 1999, identifies potential cases of wrongful conviction and advocates for criminal justice reform, according to its website. The legal team for Masterson’s retrial included representation from the center and Chicagobased law firm Neal, Gerber and Eisenberg.

School of Law Prof. Andrea Lewis, one of Masterson’s

attorneys, said the center decided to represent Masterson after the Women’s Project, a group within the center, received a letter from her in 2014.

After reviewing the 2011 ruling, Lewis said the center took on Masterson’s case because of the “mistaken gender identification” made by witnesses.

“When we started doing our research and investigations into the case, we noticed that the rest of the evidence against Ms. Masterson wasn’t very strong,” Lewis said. “In addition, she had been denied the ability to use an eyewitness identification expert at her trial, and so we agreed to take the case on while her appeal was pending.”

Jonathan Quinn, a partner with Neal, Gerber and Eisenberg, said he joined Masterson’s team in 2016 and led it during her retrial. Quinn said Masterson deferred comment to her lawyers.

Masterson appealed the 2011 decision in September 2014 in an Illinois appellate court and was denied a retrial. » See CONVICTIONS, page 8

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D65 officials propose 2-way immersion program

By CATHERINE HENDERSON

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Evanston/Skokie School District 65 officials proposed the creation of a Two-Way Immersion Program at Dr. Bessie Rhodes School of Global Studies on Monday, with the intention to eventually transition the entire magnet school curriculum to bilingual learning.

The TWI program is designed to increase bilingualism and cultural awareness between English speakers and Spanish speakers in class together. Stacy Beardsley, District 65’s associate superintendent of curriculum and instruction, proposed the creation of two TWI classrooms at Bessie Rhodes, beginning with next year’s kindergarten class.

“We see (TWI) as a way to strengthen the (school’s) global studies model by strengthening the opportunity to become proficient in a second language,” Beardsley said. “We have a growing population of native Spanish speakers.”

Beardsley said one of the TWI model’s tenets is having a 50-50 balance of native English speakers and native Spanish speakers. She added that District 65 has not yet reached a balance because of the demand from the Spanish-speaking population. She said integrating the program at Bessie Rhodes would contribute to reaching that balance.

District 65 school board president Suni Kartha said though the TWI program’s main purpose is to serve the Spanish-speaking population, it

POLICE BLOTTER Evanston man arrested in connection with public indecency

A local man was arrested Tuesday in connection with a public indecency incident that occurred Saturday in downtown Evanston.

A 19-year-old woman was sitting at the Panera Bread in the 1700 block of Sherman Avenue on

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Bessie Rhodes School of Global Studies in Skokie. District 65 officials proposed a two-way immersion program for the school on Monday.

benefits the entire school.

“There are a lot of opportunities around having TWI at any school,” Kartha said. “The proposal to have an entire school with wall-to-wall dual-language immersion has some exciting

opportunities.”

Kartha stressed that the TWI program is still in the proposal stage, and that the board needs more information before deciding if Bessie Rhodes is the best home for TWI. Beardsley

Sunday when the man began making long, unwanted eye contact with her, Evanston police Cmdr. Joseph Dugan said. The man then exposed himself to her and began masturbating.

After the woman approached Panera staff, they asked the man to leave, Dugan said. Detectives positively identified the man on Tuesday, and he was taken into custody.

Dugan said the man was charged with public

indecency, a felony.

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The property manager of an apartment building in south Evanston reported Wednesday afternoon that several packages had been stolen from the building.

Dugan said the property manager told officers they found some opened packages that were

said the board will vote on the TWI program at Bessie Rhodes in December.

The proposal, however, received mixed reactions from parents and school board members in recent meetings.

Beardsley said she consulted with hundreds of parents, students and teachers from the district about the TWI program, but she did not contact the Bessie Rhodes community before a Nov. 2 email notifying parents of the proposal.

Bessie Rhodes parent Kuan-Ren Su said he was concerned that the school’s administration only contacted parents four days before Beardsley presented the TWI program to the board.

“I have strong feelings that (the program) was made very much in haste,” Su said. “From what I understand, it was discussed for the past couple of years, but for them to make a decision so quickly, there was a lack of communication with parents.”

Su said he sent his children to Bessie Rhodes for its Mandarin program.

He said he fears the Mandarin program will be eliminated because administrators have said it is unclear how the school’s other language programs could be affected by the implementation of the TWI program. Su added that he does not have anything against the proposed program, but he fears Spanish-speaking students would be prioritized over his children.

“Prior to receiving the email, we’ve been very happy to go to Bessie Rhodes,” Su said. “It’s kind of heartbreaking to hear that it’s going to change.” catherinehenderson2021@u.northwestern.edu delivered to residents of the building, located in the 700 block of Chicago Avenue. When they observed security footage, the property manager saw two men enter the lobby and steal approximately five packages.

The property manager left messages for the residents to determine the contents of the missing packages, Dugan said. ­— Sophie Mann

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ON CAMPUS Josh Peck talks childhood stardom

By KEERTI GOPAL

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Actor Josh Peck promised more than 200 Northwestern students he would meet them at Tommy Nevin’s Pub Thursday night to celebrate his 31st birthday.

“I’ll see you there,” said Peck, whose birthday is Friday. “Order me a ginger ale, it’s gonna get crazy.”

Now an internet personality, the former Nickelodeon star spoke to students in Cahn Auditorium as Hillel’s fall speaker. Peck, known for his role in the Nickelodeon sitcom “Drake & Josh,” said Judaism has become an increasingly important part of his identity.

“It’s this intrinsic thing that’s a part of us whether we know it or not,” Peck said. “When I was a kid, I did not embrace my Judaism because none of my heroes were Jewish. … But now, getting older, I find myself being drawn to it more so than ever.”

Reflecting on his own experience, Peck spoke about the difficulties of growing up in the limelight and the tendency for child actors to go “nuts.”

“My saving grace was that I was overweight, and my awkward teenage years were chronicled on television forever,” Peck said. “In a weird way, that saved me because I just never got too impressed with myself, and I fell in love with the work. I just couldn’t believe that I was so lucky to be doing the thing that I loved and making a living out of it.”

Peck flexed his knowledge of NU slang when he threw out references to The Rock, The Deuce and Justin Jackson. Constantly cracking jokes at his own expense, Peck bantered with Communication junior Grady Jensen — the event’s moderator — and even sat on Jensen’s knee, amid applause and laughter from the audience.

Hillel hosted the free event to bring the NU community together, said Sasha Becker, Hillel’s vice president of programming.

“We thought Josh Peck would be really cool, specifically for our age group, because he would appeal to a wide range of students,” the SESP senior told The Daily. “(Hillel is) a Jewish organization, but I

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think our mission is to create an environment that everyone on campus can relate to, and I think Josh Peck does that.”

Peck could not be contained by his seat, leaping up to impersonate Chris Hemsworth, re-enacting an awkward interaction with Jake Gyllenhaal and later, performing a self-deprecating demonstration of his personal squat routine at the gym.

McCormick senior Spencer Simon, who attended the talk, said the light-hearted event was well-timed in the quarter.

“I just wanted to kind of take a break,” Simon said. “He talks about his own experiences pretty well, about his own insecurities and some of the stuff he’s gone through, and that kind of makes him relatable to people, and he’s also really funny.”

Peck spoke about the unique arc of his career in show business, which started when he got into stand up comedy at 8 years old. He landed his first Nickelodeon role while he was in school, co-starring with Amanda Bynes on “The Amanda Show.” Since

“Drake & Josh” launched in 2004, Peck has worked on numerous film and TV projects, including “The Wackness,” “Red Dawn” and the recent Fox show “Grandfathered” with John Stamos. Peck has also garnered more than 860,000 subscribers on YouTube.

During a Q&A after his talk, the audience sang Peck happy birthday. The actor also discussed his supposed falling out with Nickelodeon co-star Drake Bell, assuring the audience that the two are still on good terms.

Looking forward, Peck said he is working on a few film projects and hopes to continue cultivating his internet presence.

“In this day and age, it’s sort of inspiring in the sense that you don’t have to go through the gatekeepers, you don’t need anyone’s permission and you can finally go directly to your audience,” he said “That’s really exciting because you can experiment and try things.” keertigopal2021@u.northwestern.edu

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IN FOCUS From page 1

It could be a year before student groups and various offices will need to begin moving out of the building, vice president for student affairs Patricia Telles-Irvin said.

Telles-Irvin and University President Morton Schapiro both say two factors are delaying the project: lack of both funding and a viable alternative space to accommodate the community when Norris is torn down.

Since receiving design approval from the Board of Trustees in summer 2016, University administrators and New York firm Ennead Architects have worked with students in the design development phase, which mostly took place during the 2016-17 academic year.

Jeremy Schenk, executive director of Norris, said the design development phase included meetings during which faculty, staff and students could voice their concerns to the Division of Student Affairs and Facilities Management.

He said now that the design development phase is nearly complete, the University faces several challenges ahead.

Telles-Irvin said a contractor has not been selected because funds need to be raised before construction plans can be created. The last prediction for when student groups would need to move out of the existing Norris building was Fall Quarter 2018, but Telles-Irvin said that is no longer feasible.

“If I had my crystal ball, I would love it to be today,” she said.

Schenk said administrators will create a plan to relocate student groups and various offices after a construction timeline has been established.

Telles-Irvin said the University is focusing on finding sufficient funding. The Commons is projected to cost over $180 million, $30 million more than the original price, she said.

Schenk said he thinks construction could begin as late as summer 2019 or even 2020.

“At this point we’re kind of at a standstill,” he said.

No alternative

Schapiro said the original plan was to relocate most student groups and functions of Norris to the Donald P. Jacobs Center — which used to house the Kellogg School of Management — once construction on the Commons begins. After visiting the Jacobs Center, Schapiro said he was taken aback to see that the building was not a practical alternative because of its physical state.

“It turns out that Jacobs is not the building that many of us expected,” he told The Daily in an October interview. “When we got in there we saw that the systems are failing. The big surprise was that Jacobs couldn’t just be painted and moved into.”

He said upon realizing the Jacobs Center needed more than just cosmetic updates, the Board of Trustees developed a renovation plan for the building.

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Bonnie Humphrey, director of design for Facilities Management, said administrators are preparing the Jacobs Center for possible renovations. She said remaining Kellogg offices are being consolidated into the north wing of the building to prepare for construction.

Humphrey said she does not know if Student Affairs will move temporary Norris functions into the Jacobs Center during construction of the Commons.

Schenk said he is not aware of concrete plans to use the Jacobs Center as a temporary location for Norris functions. But if Jacobs were to be used during the construction of the Commons, Schenk said he would know.

A possible renovation of the Jacobs Center further complicates the construction timeline for the Commons, Schapiro said.

To him, “the question” is in what order these projects will be completed. Schapiro said the Jacobs Center, a new residential hall or the Commons are all options for the next construction project. Ensuring there is a suitable replacement for Norris, Schapiro said, is a priority.

“We’re not going to touch Norris unless we have a fabulous alternative for two years. I’m not going to take two of those four years and say, ‘Sorry, bad timing, there’s no student center’,” Schapiro said. “I’m not going to do that, and Patricia (Telles-Irvin) wouldn’t do that either.”

NU executive vice president Nim Chinniah said the University is evaluating which Norris functions are essential and which can be relocated to a less central location in the two-year construction period.

“If you’re going to split up the Norris functions in two or three different places, you still need to think about what adjacencies are really important,” he said.

Schenk, who will become the executive director of the Commons, said he will need to find alternative spaces where students feel the sense of community they currently do in Norris.

Telles-Irvin said while “nothing has been determined” as to where students will be relocated, she wants the alternative to be “as convenient as possible” for students.

However, she said “some inconvenience might have to be tolerated” due to the size of the project.

She said some Norris functions could be relocated

to the Jacobs Center once it has been improved, but understands that not all offices, food retailers and student groups can fit into the Jacobs Center in its current layout.

Associated Student Government President Nehaarika Mulukutla said once Norris is eventually closed for construction, student groups may struggle to find space.

“The existing issue is that even though Norris provides space, there’s not enough space for student groups,” the Weinberg senior said. “When we’re working to fix that issue there are going to be a lot of student groups who will have less space than they previously did.”

Finding funding

Although Schapiro said a project of this size typically requires a “big name gift” that constitutes about half the total cost, the University does not have a naming donor for the Commons.

Telles-Irvin said she “cannot predict” when a naming donor will commit to funding the Commons, and it could be anywhere from days to months until one is secured.

“It’s just a matter of someone that can see what the vision is about and how it can really impact the whole campus,” she said.

Securing a naming donor “could help” move the Commons up in priority among other projects on campus, Telles-Irvin said.

“There have been other projects ahead in terms of getting a naming donor … but now I think we’re going to start focusing on it more,” she said.

“We have to wait our turn.”

Schapiro said timing is important when trying to raise funds for a project like the Commons.

Once the University knows when it is going to break ground on the project, it will become “more of a priority” in terms of fundraising, he said.

“When you start getting gifts for something and then you don’t break ground for years, people aren’t that happy,” Schapiro said.

Schenk said the project’s timeline depends almost entirely on fundraising.

Bob McQuinn, vice president for alumni relations and development, told The Daily in an email that even though the construction start date has been pushed back, senior administration and the Board of Trustees recently approved estimates for fundraising.

“We have developed a fundraising plan that identified the building’s major naming opportunities (at $1 million and above) and matched those opportunities with prospective supporters with the philanthropic capacity and potential interest,” McQuinn said in the email.

NU is currently in the campaign’s “Quiet Phase,” in which the Office of Alumni Relations and Development talks “with prospective leadership donors with the goal of securing at least half the fundraising goal from a handful of benefactors,” he said.

Once the “Quiet Phase” is completed, McQuinn said, fundraising will enter the campaign’s “Public Phase” where administrators will market to a wider pool of donors. He said it is

important to secure the lead gifts before “implementing the rest of the fundraising plan.”

However, no leadership gifts have been secured so far. McQuinn would not disclose information about “gifts under discussion” to protect the confidentiality of donors but said in general, a building’s naming amount is around 40 to 50 percent of the total fundraising need.

The Norris name will not be attached to the new building, he said.

“We have discussed with the Norris family that this will be an entirely new building,” McQuinn said. “They understand that although it will be built at the same location, a new naming donor will be needed to finance the project.”

There is no universal policy for all projects that states what percentage of funds needs to be raised before construction can begin, but rather Schapiro decides that number on a case-by-case basis, Chinniah said.

Chinniah added it is “not unusual” for a donor to commit to a certain amount and then back out.

“You can’t predict donor preferences or activities,” he said. “There’s a process that is run very thoughtfully in terms of when you ask donors, how you present the issue to donors and when you declare a project as ‘ready to go’.”

“In the dark”

Although Schenk said the University held several meetings with students to discuss progress and plans for the Commons, some students feel there has not been enough communication.

In January, associate vice president for student affairs Julie Payne-Kirchmeier presented to ASG, Schenk said.

“We went to the Senate and we explained where we were,” Telles-Irvin said of the January presentation. “Probably we’re due for another one of those because we haven’t moved as quickly as we’d like.”

Mulukutla said she hasn’t spoken to TellesIrvin about the Commons in “upwards of a couple months.”

Due to the lack of a timeline, Schenk said he

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has made it clear to student groups that their space in Norris is determined on a quarter-byquarter basis.

Student Organizations and Activities director Kourtney Gray said students were involved in conversations with architects in the beginning phases of the plan.

Gray said he predicts discussion about the transition will “rev up again” once the administration identifies a date for the groundbreaking.

Matt Burgess, one of the co-chairs of Northwestern Student Theatre Coalition, said he hasn’t been given any information about the transition process. Burgess also sits on the Norris Advisory Board.

StuCo, the administrative body that manages most student theater boards and some performance groups on campus, relies on Norris for performance space.

Burgess said he does not know where all of the theater boards’ offices will be relocated during construction or what other performance venues will be used.

“We just really haven’t been told anything,” the Communication senior said.

During construction, Burgess said he predicts StuCo will have to be more “deliberate” about the logistics of planning programing for the year.

Closing two of their larger venues — the Louis Room and the McCormick Auditorium — will affect ticket sales, he said.

Despite not knowing the plans for construction, Burgess said StuCo is “extremely flexible” and willing to work “within just about anything.”

“The minute that we know about new policies and procedures for the University Commons and how this transition is going to work, we’re going to work really hard to make sure that we get up to speed,” he said.

Burgess said the Norris Advisory Board hasn’t heard an update on the Commons since May 5.

Northwestern University Model United Nations president Sumaia Masoom said Norris is “fundamental” to hosting a conference for about 650 high school students and 50 advisers each year.

The SESP senior, a former Daily columnist, said NUMUN also has 98 staffers the building needs to accommodate.

Masoom said she also has not received any communication from the administration regarding when NUMUN will need to move out or what the transition process will look like.

“We have been looking for alternative options with the impending plans to close Norris, but we really haven’t found anything that would suit our needs,” she said. “That’s a major concern for us going forward.”

NUMUN has been looking for off-campus locations for the conference while Norris is under construction because there is no on-campus space large enough to accommodate the group, Masoom said.

One option is to relocate the entire conference to the Hilton Orrington in downtown Evanston, but Masoom said the expenses associated with

doing so could financially “cripple” NUMUN. Telles-Irvin said she understands students have concerns about a lack of communication, but “there’s not a lot to share” due to the stalling of the project.

“Maybe that is why we’ve not been actively communicating; because we are on hold,” she said.

“That doesn’t mean that we can’t notify students that we’re on hold, and we can surely correct that.”

She said she thinks presenting to ASG is an effective way to disseminate information to students because Senate members are responsible for notifying their constituents. However, she said, she is currently looking for different ways to notify students about the progress of the Commons.

Schenk said once his office knows more about the project he will communicate that information to students.

“At this point there is no timeline, so I could understand how people could feel like they’re in the dark on this project,” he said.

Tracey Gibson-Jackson, associate director of Student Organizations and Activities, said she is confident the University will develop a comprehensive strategy before beginning construction.

“We can’t not have something in place,” she said. “Be patient, don’t fret. We will have something in place for the students because it’s an integral part of the student experience … it’s too important to not.”

The addition of a Starbucks to the first floor of the center was an improvement, but thenexecutive director of Norris Rick Thomas said the University didn’t “have the resources” for a renovation or expansion.

The design of the building — solid concrete walls and no central staircase — makes it difficult to renovate, an administrator told The Daily at the time.

University Archivist Kevin Leonard said fundraising for Norris was part of the University’s “First Plan for the Seventies,” similar to NU’s current “We Will” campaign.

“In the post-war years, you have administrators who are trying to develop plans that will guide the institution,” Leonard said. “Ultimately, the University decided to expand its campus by building out into the lake.”

Lasting impact

Recent construction and planned projects can have adverse impacts on the community, Chinniah said. The recently completed Sheridan Road bike lane construction, for example, was “disruptive” to the campus community, he said.

Looking back

Originally intended to unite student groups, Norris has become a meeting space for everyone on campus.

“We’re really excited about the fact that we’ve been here for 45 years helping build community and impact student lives,” Schenk said. “When we get to the University Commons, that’s the next chapter.”

The original building cost $8.8 million to complete, $2.5 million of which was donated by the Norris family in the late 60s — half of the originally projected $5 million that it would cost to build the center. Lester Norris, Jr., a former board member and alumnus who graduated in 1950, died in 1967.

More than 730 alumni donated more than $2 million toward the construction of the building.

After fundraising, construction began with a July 1970 groundbreaking ceremony, and the project was completed two years later in time for the 1972-73 academic year.

Bob Furey, chairman of the Student Advisory Board of Norris at the time, spoke at the dedication about what Norris meant to the student body.

“For years, all segments of the University called for the erection of a center for all University activities — a center for communication — a place where the barriers of classroom, office, and dorm could be overcome,” Furey said at the 1973 dedication.

Thirty-four years later, Norris struggled to keep up with other universities’ student unions.

Chinniah said he considers how students will be affected by numerous construction projects, and cites that as one of the reasons the Commons has been delayed.

“If we take on this project, that means for at least two years we’re going have to function without Norris,” Chinniah said. “It’s right in the heart of our campus, so there are a lot of issues that go into thinking through the impact on campus life before we launch one of these projects.”

Schenk said he doesn’t want students to feel as though “everywhere they look or everywhere they turn is construction.”

He said he knows there is no ideal alternative space to use while the Commons is being built, so Norris services and functions are going to need to become more “mobile” during the transition

periods.

The project’s start date will also affect what spaces are available for a temporary location, he said. He added that once it comes time to orchestrate a transition for student groups and other functions within Norris, he wants to make sure the University doesn’t “lose the community feel that we have here.”

“We will work hard to make sure that our students are impacted by that as little as possible,” he said. “Acknowledging the fact that when you take the building away, it’s going to be hard, but we’re going to work really hard to make sure that it’s as successful as it can be during that interim.”

Schenk said he does not know what will happen to employees who work for the food retail locations managed by Sodexo or the bookstore managed by Barnes & Noble. Both companies’ contracts with the University expire before the beginning of Fall Quarter 2018, Schenk said.

He added that there are other locations for these employees to work on campus while Norris is closed for construction.

“All of this is hitting at a time where there’s lots of change and transition happening with the building and these two (contract) processes going on, but … we’re going to figure out a way to make sure that those employees are kept safe or utilized somewhere on campus,” Schenk said.

In terms of Norris staff aside from Sodexo or Barnes & Noble employees, Schenk said there are still other “satellite spaces” that Norris manages. He said his team will be kept “very busy” with event planning and production elsewhere on campus.

Chinniah said while the “negative impact” of living through a two-year construction period will be felt by everyone, the University as a whole will also benefit from the completed facility. “(The Commons) will really help us in our ongoing journey to build and sustain a vibrant campus community,” he said. “Its location, its purpose, the very artful design, the programming that’s gone on — it’s been a very thoughtful process.”

Even though Mulukutla, the Weinberg senior, won’t be here for the completion of the project, the ASG president said she looks forward to a more accessible building.

“Both from a perspective of equity of facilities and resources for all student groups … the other is plain and simple … the physical accessibility of it,” she said.

Gray and Schenk said the new Commons will have more communal spaces and resources that encourage collaboration, something they have found a need for in the student body.

Telles-Irvin said she most looks forward to the sense of community the new Commons will create.

“I never say never, I’m very optimistic,” she said. “I always want to see the glass half full because I really do think this building will make a difference in this place.” sydneystone2020@u.northwestern.edu

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When systems fail to combat abuse, we have a responsibility to step up

Sometimes the systems in place to combat abuse are not successful in stopping dangerous behaviors. That’s when we — as allies, as witnesses, as bystanders — have to step up.

The last month has seen countless sexual harassment allegations and accusations against powerful men in seemingly every major industry. Each new revelation, though horrifying, pushes us forward in the war against sexual harassment and assault. Many of these allegations, however, have existed as rumors for years — passed around in watercooler talk while witness accounts were waved off because those impacted were made to stay silent.

The perceived power of these men — Harvey Weinstein, NPR’s Michael Oreskes, and, most recently, U.S. Senate candidate Roy Moore and comedian Louis C.K. — was so strong that both survivors and bystanders alike were pressured to stay silent to protect not only their careers, but themselves and their families. This only adds to the trauma and pain these assaults bring. And sometimes, even when witnesses exist, these allegations are still waved off as rumors and

made the butt of jokes — like when “30 Rock” mocked Harvey Weinstein’s disgusting behavior, or when Louis C.K.’s inappropriate behavior became part of his stand-up routine. We as a society are afraid of the repercussions of looking into these accusations, so we keep letting people get away with it.

We, as not only Opinion Editors but also as Northwestern students, are writing this because we know these allegations and assaults are not restricted to the Hollywoods, Washingtons and Silicon Valleys of the world — they’re happening right here, in our own backyard. We are not going to pretend that with Sigma Alpha Epsilon’s suspension, sexual harassment and assault were stomped out of NU. We are not going to pretend that the pressure to keep silent does not exist here. And though we know these experiences and allegations exist, we do not write this to pressure survivors to come out and tell their stories. Survivors do not owe us their stories and should only share them if and when they’re ready to.

Rather, we want to address those who know assault and harassment is happening and instead choose to look the other way.

People stay silent for a number of reasons — you might be afraid of facing backlash or repercussions, and that’s completely valid.

But speaking up can make the difference between ensuring a survivor feels supported

and allowing injustice to continue.

Perhaps the most recent example of this happening at NU came earlier this year, with reports of assaults and possible druggings at SAE. But we want to be clear: We know this behavior at NU does NOT only happen at fraternities. Assault can happen in any space. What we’re trying to get at is that, in the SAE case, someone spoke up; someone reported what happened. And though, at the end of the day, no disciplinary action was taken against the chapter for those accusations, they led to an investigation into SAE, and ultimately a temporary suspension.

Taking a stand isn’t limited to speaking up; it also means actively protesting the systems that perpetuate sexual violence. There’s so much we as allies, as bystanders, can do to continue fighting this system, from not participating in activities thrown by organizations that foster toxic behaviors to talking to our friends about accountability.

Last week, we published the account of a former SAE member who witnessed toxic behavior in the house. Recognizing his complicity, he spoke up. Just this week, students protested outside SAE’s national headquarters, Associated Student Government Senate introduced a sexual assault training mandate and Panhellenic Association released a statement encouraging students to report safety concerns and possible SAE recruitment

efforts.

All we’re asking for is this: If you’re already speaking up against this oppressive system, continue doing so — and encourage others to as well. And if you’re not, take the time to consider what stops you from joining these efforts and how your silence affects others.

This isn’t about creating scandals or outing people. This is about stopping our community from letting harassers and abusers get away with dangerous behavior, and providing support to anyone affected by it. Talk to your friends or a trusted adviser. Go to the multiple spaces — the Women’s Center, Counseling and Psychological Services and the Center for Awareness, Response and Education, just to name a few — on campus that deal with these issues. Continue being loud and affirmative. We cannot let this conversation die.

Mariana Alfaro is a Medill senior and Troy Closson is a Medill sophomore. Mariana can be contacted at alfaro@u.northwestern.edu and Troy can be contacted at troyclosson@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.

US looks largely the same 1 year after Trump election ISABELLA SOTO

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Here we are. 367 days later.

A lot of things haven’t changed. For one, President Donald Trump remains in the White House. We’ve seen the rhetoric and violence that elected him rear its ugly head at alarming rates. Brazen celebrations and demonstrations of white supremacy have occurred across the nation, our television screens illuminated by the horrifying flames of Tiki torches in Charlottesville. News outlets and social media platforms continue to struggle with a postelection “fake news” problem. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has been markedly more aggressive in detaining undocumented immigrants. The threat of a nuclear attack seems only a tweet away from becoming reality.

To many, the election felt like a moral loss. Those who voted against Trump, myself

included, lowered our heads, resigned. We felt defeated and retreated in fear of what looked like a bleak future. A hopeless autocracy. I by no means want to say we’ve escaped this — a lot can happen in three years. But even after only a year, plenty has happened to resist this dangerous Trumpian tide.

We saw millions of people turn out and march during the post-inauguration Women’s March in cities across the U.S. and abroad.

Protesters and pro-bono lawyers flooded airports when Trump’s now-failed travel bans initially took effect. Sit-ins at the Capitol in support of the Affordable Care Act highlighted just how many people depend on it as well as the cruelty of those planning to strip it away. Journalists have done a diligent and impressive job exposing insidious instances of assault perpetrated by gatekeeping men in seemingly-impervious industries. The investigations into the Trump campaign’s ties with Russia seem to be inching closer and closer to the president himself. And if there’s anything that Tuesday’s elections signaled, it’s that pockets of this country are rejecting Trump’s

brand of extremist Republican politics.

In Virginia, there was a particularly stunning wave of progressive victories. Ralph Northam came out on top of Republican challenger Ed Gillespie, who was criticized for running racially-charged campaign advertisements that targeted undocumented immigrants and upholding the preservation of confederate statues. Danica Roem unseated incumbent Republican Robert Marshall in the state’s House of Delegates. There’s a sweet sense of justice in knowing Roem — Virginia’s first transgender legislator — defeated the man who introduced the state’s own version of the discriminatory “bathroom bill” and intentionally used male pronouns to refer to Roem in campaign fliers. Lee Carter, a democratic socialist, unseated the GOP Majority Whip Jackson Miller by a comfortable margin of almost 10 points. Also in the House of Delegates, Democrat Chris Hurst, whose girlfriend was shot and killed on live television in 2015, defeated the GOP incumbent, NRA-backed Joseph Yost. And that’s just naming a few of the seats that were filled by Democrats. This

momentum has the chance to carry into the 2018 midterm elections, although it seems as though the Democratic Party still has some significant soul-searching and restructuring to do before then.

There are countless unfulfilled promises that are likely to resurface and battles that are far from over: the U.S.-Mexico border wall, Trump’s own series of sexual misconduct allegations, the Affordable Care Act’s existence and Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals protections, to name a few. This past year was tough, and the next three will likely be tougher. But 367 days later, we must not sink into the hopelessness and despair that was so easy to do on the morning of Nov. 9. We’re just getting started.

Isabella Soto is a Medill junior. She can be contacted at isabellasoto2019@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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The activist pointed to the war on drugs and the roughly two million incarcerated people in the U.S. as evidence for society’s lack of progress.

He also said President Donald Trump capitalized on existing white supremacy to win his election.

has no single leader.

King compared the cases of Eric Garner, Trayvon Martin and Tamir Rice — unarmed black men who died at the hands of police — to lynchings from the 1950s.

He said, however, there are more instances of police brutality than those three cases. He added that the legal system often doesn’t provide justice for victims, leading people to believe the judicial system is broken.

“A broken system suggests that it was well-built, well-designed, well-intentioned and has deviated from its intention,” King said. “What we did not understand is that we were dealing with a system that is actually working exactly in a way that it was built.”

For example, King said, the war on drugs was established to disguise the continued oppression of minority communities.

Medill freshman Salina Tsegai, who attended the event, told The Daily she never thought about history in terms of “dips.”

“In the way he described (history) it made me realize we make the same mistakes because we don’t look back on history and learn from it,” Tsegai said.

FMO president Kasey Brown told The Daily it was important to bring the “controversial” figure to campus not only for the black community — to which the event caters — but also for the larger public. The Weinberg senior said all people should remember the injustices that exist today.

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With the center’s help, Masterson re-appealed in 2016, claiming her original 2011 trial erred in excluding expert testimony on eyewitness identification. She was granted a retrial in May of that year.

The May ruling followed a January 2016 decision by the Illinois Supreme Court in People v. Lerma, which noted –– from a scientific standpoint –– eyewitness testimony can be unreliable.

According to court documents from Masterson’s 2016 appeal, a man and woman who lived in the apartment above Norton’s convenience store were arrested for the crime and testified that Masterson was also involved. Eyewitnesses reported they saw a “skinny Hispanic male” fleeing the crime scene, but after Masterson was identified as a suspect, eyewitnesses were presented with female-only lineups, the documents said.

Collette Brown, an associate with Neal, Gerber and Eisenberg and a member of Masterson’s trial team, said eyewitness testimony can be “highly unreliable.” Brown said it was important for the retrial to have an expert on eyewitness testimony testify as part of Mas-

The science tells us that memory is not as reliable as people assume that it is. … Memory’s not like a video recorder.

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“The science tells us that memory is not as reliable as people assume that it is. … Memory’s not like a video recorder,” Brown said.

“The way you receive it, the way you recall your memory, other factors can influence it, and I think it’s really important that the jury, the judges (and) the prosecutors are informed of all the factors that can affect eyewitness identification.”

According to documents from Masterson’s retrial, prosecutors called three eyewitnesses to the stand who positively identified Masterson as the person they saw running away from Norton’s store in 2009.

Quinn said he hopes the outcome of Masterson’s case will result in future reforms.

“Even if judges of the Circuit Court of Cook County were now to routinely permit defendants to use expert witnesses, or routinely … give the jury additional information with which to vet and consider the testimony of eyewitnesses, all of those things would be very beneficial,” Quinn said.

Quinn added that the science of eyewitness testimony is a growing area of the law and more “scientific safeguards” are developing so that they address inaccurate and unreliable identifications.

Brown said the relationship between the center and Neal, Gerber and Eisenberg played a key role in the success of Masterson’s case.

She added that Lewis was an integral part of the trial team.

“We truly just worked as one team and it was a great working experience,” Brown said. “We all brought something different to the team, we all worked together and pulled the load and it was all worth it.”

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Joe Gaziano emerges as defensive leader for Cats

By BEN POPE

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With a team-leading six sacks to his name already this season, sophomore defensive end Joe Gaziano is well on his way to becoming a household name on Northwestern’s defense.

But Gaziano’s teammates prefer some alternatives.

“People have been giving me a hard time, saying that anything that is Italian is my last name,” Gaziano said. “So they’re calling me Joe Fettuccine Alfredo or Joe Grazostoppi. … I answer to a lot of them.”

As intimidating as the 6-foot-4, 280-pound lineman may appear, Gaziano’s personality makes some lighthearted ribbing a safe venture for his teammates. But the same can’t be said for opposing quarterbacks who stare down the Wildcats’ No. 97.

Starting with his first career sack last year — an instant highlight-reel demolition of Michigan State’s Brian Lewerke in the end zone — Gaziano has developed a reputation as a particularly hardnosed rusher at the end of NU’s talented defensive line.

The former Massachusetts Player of the Year in high school excelled while filling in for the injured Xavier Washington last fall. And following Washington’s arrest and ensuing indefinite suspension during the offseason, Gaziano seemed guaranteed to cement his starting role as a redshirt sophomore in 2017.

One day during fall training camp, defensive line coach Marty Long pulled Gaziano aside for a chat to tell him he hadn’t arrived quite yet.

“When guys play when they’re younger,” Long said, “they tend to think they’ve arrived.”

The other expected starters — senior tackle Tyler Lancaster, junior tackle Jordan Thompson and freshman end Sam Miller — had earned their starting roles already, Long said. Gaziano hadn’t.

“Having to have that conversation was definitely tough,” Gaziano said. “That being said, going forward, I knew I needed to step my game up.”

After having “the conversation,” players generally react either by falling apart or by working harder, Long said, and in this case, Gaziano fell

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Joe Gaziano engages an offensive lineman. The sophomore defensive end has six sacks this season.

squarely into the latter category. Gaziano said he took a step back and refocused — perfecting his technique, upping his intensity and translating his in-the-weight-room leadership qualities onto the field.

The renewed approach worked. Long said he recalled a day some time later in training camp when, while running a conditioning drill, the 280pound Gaziano was one of the first players finishing each lap — time after time.

“He wants it now, badder than he wants to breathe,” Long said he thought to himself.

Gaziano ultimately did start in Week 1, recording a career-high four quarterback hurries against Nevada, and he hasn’t looked back. After recording just one sack in three nonconference games, Gaziano has five in six Big Ten games and is now tied for third in the conference in sacks per game.

The sophomore has also contributed to NU’s

stellar run defense by setting the edge and forcing speedsters like Penn State’s Saquon Barkley and Maryland’s Ty Johnson back inside, where they meet the waiting arms of the likes of Lancaster, Thompson and redshirt freshman linebacker Paddy Fisher. Thanks to the effective scheme, the Cats have allowed the 13th-fewest rush yards per game in the nation.

Gaziano’s success can be traced all the way back to his offseason mindset shift, he said.

“I’m a little heavier than I was last year, so I’m trying to play with a low pad level and get off blocks,” he said. “I think I’ve gotten better as a player, but I haven’t really changed much with my technique. It’s really just been honing in on it rather than being lackluster.”

Just over a year after his first career sack, Gaziano reintroduced himself to Lewerke this fall, bringing the Spartans’ quarterback down early

in the second quarter of the Oct. 28 game.

Hours later, he played a vital part in NU’s triple-overtime walk-off win, stripping Lewerke after a relentless pass rush off the edge — taking the young lineman’s budding reputation up yet another level.

Since then, Gaziano said he’s worked on becoming a mentor to the younger defensive linemen, passing on the lessons he learned from Dean Lowry and Deonte Gibson in 2015 and C.J. Robbins last year.

Those younger linemen have listened to Gaziano too, Long said, and the coach has a theory why.

“If he says something, guys listen,” Long said.

“They respect guys that are playing well, and he’s playing well.” benjaminpope2019@u.northwestern.edu

After slow start to season, offensive line finds footing

By COLE PAXTON

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After a rocky early-October stretch, in which Northwestern conceded eight sacks to Wisconsin and didn’t score until late in the fourth quarter against Penn State, the Wildcats’ offensive line didn’t get a pep talk or take a “magic pill,” junior guard Tommy Doles said.

Instead, it simply started playing better.

In the team’s last four games, No. 25NU (6-3, 4-2 Big Ten) has allowed just five sacks and put up two of its best rushing performances of the season, statistics demonstrating improved line play that parallels the Cats’ four consecutive wins.

“It’s a product of our work in the offseason, training camp, the work that we put in throughout the season,” Doles said. “It’s things starting to come together, getting our timing together, getting on the same page, (and) making our calls.”

Saturday’s win at Nebraska, a 31-24 triumph that marked the Cats’ third consecutive overtime victory, may have been the best recent performance for the line. NU averaged 5.2 yards per carry, scored all four of its touchdowns on the ground and did not allow a sack for the first time this season.

The line’s play was on full display during one of the game’s most important plays: junior quarterback Clayton Thorson’s touchdown sneak on fourth-and-goal in overtime. Behind a strong

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Northwestern’s offensive front lines up. The team has seen improved play from its offensive line over the course of this season.

push, Thorson secured the eventual game-winning score.

“They’ve had a solid four weeks,” coach Pat Fitzgerald said of his line. “They’re working hard.”

The improved performances also correlate to a more clearly defined set of starters. After using a complicated rotation that involved up to eight regular players, lately NU has stuck with the same five players.

Junior Blake Hance has regained the left tackle spot he lost in training camp, while junior J.B. Butler has filled the left guard role vacated by Hance. On the other side of the line, true freshman right tackle Rashawn Slater has separated himself from redshirt freshman Gunnar Vogel, who fell off the two-deep depth chart this week.

Beyond personnel, the line’s veterans said the unit has embraced a new mentality.

“We’ve challenged ourselves, we’ve set a precedent now that we need to … finish every block possible,” senior center Brad North said. “We just changed our attitude and our culture over the last few weeks, and obviously it’s shown good results.”

Defensive linemen have taken notice of the shift, too. Sophomore defensive end Joe Gaziano even had high praise for the scout team offensive line, against whom defensive players practice at this point in the season, and said weekday practices are more taxing than Saturday games.

Senior defensive tackle Tyler Lancaster attributed that intensity to the line’s leadership, praising North’s command and calling the mentality “top-down in the O-line room.”

The Cats’ competition in recent weeks could also be a factor in the line’s improved results.

Nebraska and Maryland — against whom NU racked up 238 rushing yards — sit near the bottom of the Big Ten in rush defense, while Wisconsin and Penn State are two of the conference’s top three teams in sacks.

But the competition won’t stiffen down the stretch. The Cats’ final three regular season opponents are all among the worst at recording sacks in the Big Ten; this week’s opponent, Purdue, had just 10 in eight games before tallying five against conference bottom-feeder Illinois last week.

For a rejuvenated line, games like Saturday’s present an opportunity for more fun.

“We love doing our job,” Doles said. “If we can give Clayton some more time or open up some holes, that’s gratifying to us.” colepaxton2019@u.northwestern.edu

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It was hard not to feel a little bit bad for Purdue last November. Northwestern parachuted into West Lafayette and jolted the Boilermakers in a 45-17 blowout that sent most of an already pitiful crowd filing out of Ross-Ade Stadium eons before the final whistle.

After the game, the Wildcats were all smiles, just one float in a parade of teams that rolled past the ultimately 3-9 Boilermakers. NU’s offense, fresh off a 7-point outing in a loss to Wisconsin, made mincemeat of a Purdue defense which had given up 106 points in its previous two games. “Losing’s not fun,” thenjunior running back Justin Jackson said after the beatdown. “We definitely needed this game.”

But that was then. This is now.

Twelve months later, the Boilermakers are still no overwhelming power; they enter the weekend with a middling 4-5 record. But this squad is vastly improved, better than its win total might suggest and a serious threat to end NU’s current winning streak. I’ll admit, I’ve been a Boilermaker truther for a while now. In fact, I’ve been singing their praises as early as this season’s opening week, when Purdue hung with then-No. 16 Louisville before losing by a score.

Since then, the Boilermakers have seesawed throughout the season. They roughed up a good MAC team, Ohio. They crushed a subpar SEC team, Missouri. They faltered at home against Michigan and lost to a Rutgers team that’s probably a little better than you think. They also coasted by Minnesota and Illinois. In the aggregate, they look like a mediocre Big Ten team.

That impression represents a giant step forward from last year. It also undersells Purdue.

The Boilermakers play mighty solid defense.

They’re sandwiched between Michigan State and Iowa for fifth in the Big Ten in scoring defense. And they play close games. A single point separated them from Nebraska. Eight separated them from then-No. 7 Wisconsin at Camp Randall Stadium. A few plays here and there, and the Boilermakers could realistically sit at 8-1. There’s a reason why some analytics love Purdue; they are a dangerous, underrated crew.

The sudden shift in West Lafayette is the immediate byproduct of Jeff Brohm’s arrival.

The Boilermakers’ first-year coach turned Western Kentucky into a Sun Belt bully before he relocated to the Hoosier state. This week, coach Pat Fitzgerald praised Purdue’s decision to bring him in.

“I said it in the offseason privately, but I said that was a great hire by Purdue,” Fitzgerald said. “They’re going to be very, very good for a long time under Jeff ’s leadership. … They’re playing outstanding football and those guys are highly motivated and playing very physical.”

It’s night and day from what folks have come to expect from the Boilermakers. The Cats could learn that quickly under the lights Saturday if they’re not careful. Even with part-time quarterback David Blough out for the season, the visitors are more than capable of putting a quick stopper on all the fun NU has had lately.

Fans shouldn’t arrive at Ryan Field expecting a rout. The Cats shouldn’t either. Because if they come out complacent, they can expect to wind up on the short end of the battle. And as Jackson said last November, losing is not fun. timothybalk2018@u.northwestern.edu

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Wildcats’ streak of staff stability reaches 7th season Seasons as a full-time assistant at Northwestern

By MAX SCHUMAN

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A sour mood enveloped Ryan Field in the aftermath of Northwestern’s ugly homecoming loss to Penn State last month, the kind of game that the hosts could have played for days without matching the Nittany Lions’ 31 points.

At the postgame news conference, coach Pat Fitzgerald apologized for the disappointing performance. He decried the “one-man breakdowns” and “self-inflicted wounds” that had torpedoed his team’s offense too frequently in the Wildcats’ 2-3 start to the season.

But when asked about the prospect of change to the offensive coaching staff, Fitzgerald shot down the suggestion.

“Any time you go out and don’t have a few weeks of good performance on either side of the ball, any of those types of feelings to have as a fan are absolutely fair,” Fitzgerald said. “I look at things holistically, and I always have and always will.”

That holistic approach has put the Cats in a class of their own — the 2017 season marked the seventh straight year NU’s staff, from Fitzgerald to the coordinators and position coaches, has stayed unchanged, the longest such streak in the country.

The Cats’ nine assistants have taken different paths to their positions in Evanston. Some were outside hires; others were on staff before Fitzgerald assumed the program’s head job in 2006. Their tenures range from seven years for wide receivers coach Dennis Springer to 25 for defensive backs coach Jerry Brown.

In a sport notorious for its coaching turnover, NU’s staff has been a model of stability.

And despite calls for change over the years from some corners of the team’s fanbase, a shake-up anytime soon seems unlikely under Fitzgerald’s steady hand.

From the top

The linchpin of the Cats’ coaching continuity is their leader. Fitzgerald, who signed a 10-year extension in April to coach NU through 2026, appears to have earned the admiration and loyalty of his assistants through their many years together.

Defensive coordinator Mike Hankwitz, whose 40-plus year career has taken him all over the country, spoke highly of Fitzgerald, who hired him a decade ago.

“I love the way he coaches with our players,” Hankwitz said. “He’s youthful, yet he’s got a lot of wisdom, and I really appreciate that.”

By numerous accounts, Fitzgerald has built a comfortable environment for his coaches in Evanston that has proven hard to leave. Multiple assistants said Fitzgerald understands the importance of work-life balance, an idea that could easily take a back seat in the high-intensity world of football coaching.

Despite the pressure that surrounds the profession, offensive line coach Adam Cushing said

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Fitzgerald encourages.

“He’s a demanding coach that wants to see everyone, not just the players but in his staff, do their best, but also stresses family,” Cushing said.

“When you have that type of leader … that you know is going to support you, is going to look out not for just the one aspect of football, but look at the players and the coaches as a whole person, coaches don’t want to leave that type of situation.”

Fitzgerald’s foundation has given his staff the chance to gel and get on the same page. NU’s position coaches have had ample time to learn the schemes of the Cats’ coordinators, Hankwitz and offensive coordinator Mick McCall. With that knowledge comes more ability to contribute to the weekly game plan, and Hankwitz said every assistant on his side of the ball has a voice in that process.

Still, Fitzgerald alone steers the ship, and McCall said NU’s staff trusts its leader.

“People on this staff have had opportunities to go other places and that hasn’t happened,” McCall said. “There’s a reason behind it, and it’s the people that you work for.”

A player perspective

For NU’s players, all of whom have spent their entire careers in Evanston playing for the same coaches, familiarity with the staff can be a boon both on and off the field.

“You know their expectations, you know what they want from you and what areas they want to see you improve,” senior safety Kyle Queiro said.

“There’s things that (Brown) can entrust with me or say to me that maybe a coach who I’ve only had for a year may not be able to notice.”

After years under the Brown’s tutelage, Queiro joked that he and fellow senior safety Godwin Igwebuike could run defensive back meetings if their coach needed a day off. Away from football, Garrett Dickerson said he can trust superbacks

coach Bob Heffner with issues in his personal life thanks to a relationship built over the senior’s four-year career.

To Cushing, that comfort level between the Cats’ players and coaches is afforded by the team’s coaching stability.

“I’ve recruited offensive linemen that I’ve gotten to watch graduate,” Cushing said. “That gives (players) … a level of trust that the person is going to have your back, that the coach is going to be there and is willing to coach you every single rep.”

The prospect of developing a bond with a position coach could be enticing to NU’s potential recruits. In recent years, the Cats have held their own in recruiting rankings despite lacking the prestige and resources of some of their powerconference peers.

Running backs coach Matt MacPherson, who also serves as NU’s recruiting coordinator, said the staff ’s continuity has helped the team on the recruiting trail.

“We’re truthful with kids. We say we can’t promise … that everybody here is going to be here throughout your four years,” MacPherson said. “But the best predictor of future behavior is past behavior.”

Today, that message resonates with Dickerson, who has developed into one of the Big Ten’s better pass catchers under a single position coach.

“Thinking back now, how influential it’s been to me,” Dickerson said, “I’ve definitely been very happy about it.”

Looking forward

NU’s seven seasons without a change in coaching staff are a testament to the team’s ability to hold onto coaches who could leave — and its willingness to stand by assistants rather than let them go.

On one hand, Fitzgerald said members of his

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Running backs coach Matt MacPherson.

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staff have had the opportunity to advance their careers elsewhere, only to be retained by the program. The last coach to leave the Cats was Kevin Johns, hired as the passing game coordinator at Indiana in 2011.

MacPherson could be the next NU assistant to be poached away for a promotion. He interviewed for the open head coach position at Western Michigan after last season, but for now, he remains in Evanston. MacPherson said the opportunity to interview with the Mustangs was “a product of the success that we’ve had here.”

Relative to the program’s history, the Cats’ staff has in fact been successful. Over the past seven seasons, NU reached bowl eligibility five times and notched 10 wins in 2012 and 2015.

But there have been missteps, too, such as the Cats’ 5-7 records in 2013 and 2014. Even 2015’s 10 wins belied a deeply flawed offense, perhaps wasting a shot at a Big Ten title.

In general, much of the Cats’ inconsistency in recent seasons has come on the offensive side, leading to pressure from fans to move on from McCall, the unit’s coordinator, as well as assistants like Cushing and Springer. Fitzgerald has responded with unwavering support for his staff, brushing off worries of complacency.

Now riding a four-game winning streak after a tough start to the season, NU has temporarily quieted the loudest coaching questions. The signs point to another year of continuity on college football’s most stable staff.

“Everybody has their own beliefs about it,” Cushing said of the team’s coaching consistency.

“We haven’t had the success at as high of a level as we’d wanted, but … we’ve had two 10-win seasons, we’ve done a lot of really productive things, bunch of bowl games, and we’re looking to take that next step.” maxschuman2018@u.northwestern.edu

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Defensive coordinator Mike Hankwitz.

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UP undergoes training to identify potential cases of mental health distress

University Police trained its personnel in mental health first aid in July, according to a safety message sent out Wednesday.

“Given the highly stressful environment that we operate in, it’s important that our officers recognize early signs of a situation that might be attributed to mental health distress so as to take appropriate action,” Chief of Police Bruce Lewis told The Daily.

This training was required as part of UP’s enrollment in the One Mind campaign, run by the International Association of Chiefs of Police, deputy chief of police Gloria Graham said.

All police personnel and dispatchers were trained to identify potential cases of mental health crisis, use de-escalation techniques and recommend resources, Graham said.

UP also added five officers to its bike officer program, according to the safety message.

Graham told The Daily having more officers on

bikes instead of in patrol vehicles improves approachability and encourages community engagement. It is also “ecologically responsible” to use bikes over cars, she said, especially if response times are similar.

The email included links to data regarding all of UP’s field and traffic stops. According to the data from the second quarter of 2017, white males as a group had the most field stops and the most traffic stops.

The data for the second quarter looked “pretty consistent” with what UP has seen in the past, Graham said.

In addition to posting field and traffic stop data on a quarterly basis, Lewis said he and other UP members review data weekly to detect patterns and ensure there is no evidence of “bias-based policing.”

The email emphasized that “safety is a shared responsibility” and encouraged community members to report any potentially suspicious activity to UP. “We don’t want our community to be seen as a ‘police state,’” Graham said. “We want our community to feel open, and for people to feel good when we’re here.”

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Evanston police officers discuss gangs at town hall

By SAMANTHA HANDLER

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Evanston Police Department officers discussed policies and procedures related to drugs and gangs during a Thursday town hall meeting.

The meeting, held at the Lorraine H. Morton Civic Center, was the second in a series of townhalls EPD is hosting. Two upcoming panels will discuss social media, crime prevention and community policing as well as rights, responsibilities and reasonability in Evanston, according to a news release.

Gilo Logan, a professor at Northeastern Illinois University and an EPD consultant, moderated the discussion. He said the panel was a result of the community asking for more information about drugs and gangs after a town hall last year.

“Officers in the police department felt that this information would be valuable and beneficial to the community because we all realize that it’s a partnership from the community, and (to) the Evanston Police Department to help resolve these issues in the community,” Logan said.

Detective Christopher Tortorello, one of the panelists, said Evanston updates its gang database list every five years, and that officers do thorough research to check if those on the list have had contact with gangs.

Because gangs were heavily policed in the 1980s, many of them now exist without a hierarchy or structure, leaving the opportunity for more conflict, Tortorello said.

Statistically, however, violent crime is down in the city, Evanston police Cmdr. Ryan Glew said.

Tortorello said the decrease is due in part to the department’s gun recovery efforts.

“In September 2015, Special Operations was directed by the chief of police to focus hours, at least a two-man unit everyday, on gun recovery and violence reduction,” Tortorello said. “This led to a recovery of numerous handguns, numerous arrests and overall the publication of these arrests.”

Evanston resident Madelyn Ducre, who attended the event, said she is concerned about the fairness of policing — especially around racial profiling — as well as the help that people get once they leave prison and return to Evanston.

She said if the police department fixes some of these issues, it would eventually need fewer officers.

Austin Spillar, a member of Citizens Network of Protection — a group dedicated to police reform and civilian oversight — said he came to the panel because he realized the need for more people to voice their opinions and ask questions.

Spillar said many of the issues the panelists talked about, including drugs and gang databases, can be fixed by instituting a civilian oversight board.

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Detective Christopher Tortorello speaks at an Evanston Police Department town hall at the Lorraine H. Morton Civic Center on Thursday. Tortorello and two other officers talked about drugs, gangs and unsolved homicides.

“Obviously there’s some things we need to dive into more,” he said. “One of those issues was the gang database list. It’s frankly disconcerting that it’s only updated every five years and (from) what I hear it can be a relatively low standard to get on a gang database list.”

Though there was a smaller turnout than at the first panel, Evanston police Cmdr. Joseph Dugan said

it is good to foster conversation between residents and officers.

“We’re always open,” Dugan said. “(Conversation is) always good, even if it’s a sensitive topic or a topic that might not be flattering to the police department.

There’s always room for improvement.” samanthahandler2021@u.northwestern.edu

Alternative school hosts grand opening, ribbon-cutting

By MARISSA MARTINEZ

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Janet Agranoff said her daughter Nora stopped attending school in October after the then-freshman struggled with high anxiety levels. By the time her daughter recovered, she had been gone long enough to make return nearly impossible.

Though she supports public education, Agranoff said she sent her daughter to Fusion Academy, a new school in Evanston that offers individualized learning. Since enrolling, she said, Nora has found a renewed interest in school.

“My favorite part is that she goes to school every

day, and does all her work here,” Agranoff told The Daily. “She doesn’t bring any of her homework home. If you have a child that doesn’t want to go to school, she doesn’t want to do homework either.”

The Evanston location of Fusion Academy — 847 Chicago Ave. — held its grand opening celebration Thursday, giving prospective families a chance to learn about the alternative middle and high school. Fusion is part of a for-profit school system with locations in 10 states, including four in the Chicago area.

The schools serve students from grades 6 to 12, and children can be enrolled at any point in the year as full-time or part-time learners.

About 130 people attended Thursday’s event, which included a live band, student musical

performances, a short panel discussion and tours of the campus.

Although the school officially opened in January, the faculty wanted to host an open house to celebrate its first full school year, director of admissions and outreach Loni Itah said.

One of the the school’s defining traits is its dedication to one-on-one learning, in which teachers have one student for each 50-minute class period.

Most of the students have learning disabilities, struggle with mental health or do not “meet the mold of a traditional setting,” Itah said.

“A lot of these kids come from schools where it wasn’t working,” Itah told The Daily. “Because we’re one-on-one, we’re extremely intentional about that social interaction.”

She cited field trips, student-run clubs and intercampus collaborations as parts of the student experience.

Fusion teacher Sara Goodman said the close relationships at Fusion foster academic growth. One key aspect of the school is how involved teachers become in students’ lives, which makes going to school feel like “coming home to a family,” she said.

“When you are in an academic setting and you feel anxious, your anxiety becomes the prevalent force that’s dictating everything, and it blocks what you could actually be learning,” she said. “Here, the fact that we get to know them as people, the anxiety factor kind of dissipates.” marissamartinez2021@u.northwestern.edu

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By CHARLOTTE WALSH

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A new “all-occasion” restaurant, Kinship/Next of Kin, will open January 2018 in downtown Evanston and serve a variety of handmade dishes.

The restaurant will open at 1603 Orrington Ave. — the former location of LYFE Kitchen — and feature “sister concepts within one space,” said Emily Paulsen, director of marketing and sales for L3 Hospitality Group. The Chicago-based company will own and operate the shop.

Two-thirds of the space will be set aside for Kinship, a full-service restaurant that will offer dinner and weekend brunch. In the other third, L3 plans to open Next of Kin, a marketplace concept operating only on weekdays. Next of Kin will also offer takeout options for breakfast and lunch.

Paul Zalmezak, Evanston’s economic development manager, said splitting the restaurant will help attract more customers.

“It will really stabilize the property because you will have activity in that space throughout the day,” he said.

“It’s a really creative solution.”

The restaurant will be a space of community for Evanston residents to gather with friends or family and share a meal, Paulsen said.

“Evanston is lacking an all-occasion restaurant that feels cool,” she said. “We really want to be some place where you can take somebody on a date, go out for a

birthday dinner with your girlfriends, can go to brunch with your friends on the weekends or you can take your parents when they’re in town.”

Paulsen said Kinship will have a woodstone oven and serve roasted vegetables and wood-fired pizzas. L3 wants the menu to feel warm and “homey” without being too simple, Paulsen said.

Appetizers and desserts will be shareable, and the menu is set to feature some “ethnically-inspired cuisines,” like Spanish octopus, she said.

L3 has been a franchisee of the LYFE brand for the past four years, Paulsen said, operating five LYFE Kitchen restaurants in the Chicago area. But it has recently begun to close locations to take a more local approach, she said.

“Since we are such a small, local Chicago company, we really wanted our brand to reflect that, and not feel like this big chain that’s out of California or has locations all around the country,” Paulsen said. “We wanted it to be a little more authentic.”

Kinship/Next of Kin will be located next to Fountain Square, for which renovations are set to be complete in the spring. Ald. Donald Wilson (4th) said the restaurant would be a great addition to his ward.

“One of the things I really like about Evanston … is the idea of outdoor dining, outdoor experiences and just spending time with friends, family,” Wilson said.

“With it being situated right next to the plaza, (the restaurant) is ideally located for that.” charlottewalsh2021@u.northwestern.edu

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The building where LYFE Kitchen once stood, 1603 Orrington St. Kinship/Next of Kin, a new “all-occasion” restaurant, is set to open at the location early next year.

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Night in Chicago

Students ventured into the heart of Chicago on Thursday with faculty and staff to participate in an annual event at the Art Institute of Chicago.

Northwestern partnered with the Art Institute to host two Thursday night events, said Joe Lattal, assistant director of Student Organizations

and Activities.

The partnership allows NU to customize the night to fit with a campus experience, Lattal said.

Part of the night featured a tour in collaboration with One Book One Northwestern, which included art and artifacts from the American

Revolution.

Lattal estimated that roughly 400 people attended similar events at the Art Institute in years past.

— Colin Boyle

Former Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn donates to Northwestern archives

Former Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn (School of Law ’80) will donate a collection of his personal papers to the University Archives, according to a Thursday news release.

The papers include Quinn’s correspondence with Gold Star families — families who have lost a loved one in military service — and other documents related to Illinois veterans who died in Afghanistan and Iraq, the release said.

“Quinn attended wakes and funerals for service members killed in action, corresponded with Gold Star families and honored heroes throughout his time as lieutenant governor and governor,” the release said.

“This collection of documents provides unique insight into those who have borne the battle defending citizens in America’s wars.”

Quinn’s donation will be formally announced at a Friday event at the Mudd Science and Engineering Library.

The event, held the day before Veterans Day, will honor Gold Star families and their loved ones who died in action, the release said. Families will also be honored at the men’s basketball game on Friday and the football game on Saturday.

“As you know, honoring our military personnel is of the utmost importance to Governor Quinn; it’s also important to Northwestern University,” Dean of Libraries Sarah Pritchard said in the release. “We choose this occasion, on the eve of Veterans Day, to thank these families for their sacrifices.”

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Medill junior Nora Shelly to be next editor in chief of The Daily

Medill junior Nora Shelly was named The Daily Northwestern’s next editor in chief, the newspaper’s publisher announced Thursday.

Shelly, currently the In Focus editor, previously served two quarters as city editor and one quarter as managing editor. She will serve as editor in winter and fall 2018. Current editor Peter Kotecki will return to the position in spring 2018.

Shelly said she looks forward to expanding The Daily’s reach online and growing a group of talented staff from all undergraduate schools.

“I’m looking forward to making the newsroom a more welcoming place for everybody,” Shelly said.

Previously, editors served for two continuous quarters. However, due to an increased number of opportunities for students to leave campus, the Students Publishing Co. board decided it would

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be “more realistic” to break up the next term, said Charles Yarnoff, chair of the board.

Yarnoff said the board liked Shelly’s ideas about a future mentorship program that would pair Daily Senior Staffers with new reporters to help them navigate the newsroom, retain members and make them part of a community.

“We really like the idea of her creating a structure at The Daily that would make people feel like The Daily is part of their time at Northwestern and beyond,” Yarnoff said.

Kotecki said Shelly is a great leader with a deep understanding of Evanston issues.

The Weinberg senior said he has worked well with Shelly in the past and looks forward to the transition. They most recently collaborated on an In Focus about a contentious meeting from March 2016 between political science Profs.

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Evanston, Illinois 9 a.m. Saturday

Northwestern has picked up three wins in the last two weeks against weaker opponents, but has struggled against stronger teams from power conferences.

The Wildcats (3-5) have an opportunity to change that Saturday in their Big Ten opener against Wisconsin. The Badgers (1-6) have already faced five ranked teams in No. 10 Auburn, No. 15 Tennessee, No. 12 Georgia, No. 5 North Carolina State and No. 4 Michigan.

Wisconsin will compete on the road for the second consecutive day. The Badgers swim at Green Bay on Friday before heading to Evanston. Still, the Cats are expecting a challenge from their Madison rivals.

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If we can just swim our best and hold up against them, I think that will be a success for us.

Lyon Zhang, Freshman swimmer

“Wisconsin is a really strong team,” freshman Lyon Zhang said. “If we can just swim our best and hold up against them, I think that will be a success for us.”

Zhang has been a bright spot for NU recently, finishing fourth out of 17 swimmers in the 200yard breaststroke last weekend at the SIU Invite against Missouri, Kentucky and Southern Illinois.

His improvement is another encouraging sign for the team, which has benefited from its large freshman class.

For one of those freshmen, Saturday’s meet has a special significance. Peter Lewczyk was recruited

by Wisconsin out of St. Ignatius in San Francisco, but chose NU due to its academic reputation and accepting team. “(Wisconsin is) a Big Ten rival, so that’s always fun and a lot of the guys are excited for that,” Lewczyk said. “The fact that I know them makes it all the more exciting.”

After losing to the Badgers in 2014 and 2015, the Cats did not face Wisconsin last year. NU’s last win against the Badgers came in November 2013.

Since that 2013-14 season, in which the Cats went 8-3, NU has not won a dual meet against a Big Ten school.

For that to change Saturday, the Cats will need to reach their full potential, which freshman Keegan Bundy said hasn’t happened yet.

“We just need to get each other excited,” Bundy said. “We’re racing another Big Ten team, so I think that will do it. We’re just going to keep training hard, and eventually we’ll get there.”

The Cats are also looking forward to the return of junior Ben Magliato, NU’s lone diver. Magliato has missed the entire season so far due to a concussion, but Lewczyk said he has been practicing this week. It is unclear whether Magliato will compete against Wisconsin, but his return would boost the Cats’ morale and scoring.

Last weekend, NU had a six-hour bus ride downstate for a two-day meet. The environment Saturday will be much more controlled. The Cats will face just one opponent for one day at their home pool, and are finding motivation from recent defeats.

“It’s always good to get wins, but even the losses that we’ve had are also motivational,” Lewczyk said.

“We match up better against Wisconsin than we did against Kentucky and Missouri last week. There’s a good opportunity to get some first-place swims.” benjaminrosenberg2021@u.northwestern.edu

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MEN’S TENNIS

Wildcats incorporate freshman class

By BENJAMIN APELBAUM

daily senior staffer @benjyapelbaum

After its top three players graduated at the end of last year, Northwestern reloaded with four talented freshmen.

Every member of the Wildcats participated in singles and doubles matches across four tournaments during the fall season. While results for the young team were mixed, the highlight came when freshman Antonioni Fasano won the Big Ten singles tournament in late October.

That tournament, held for the conference’s less established players, was won by then-freshman Dominik Starý last season. Fasano won five straight matches to claim the event, including a semifinal matchup with fellow freshman Nick Brookes, who retired in the second set after losing the first.

In addition to their singles success, Fasano and Brookes also won two matches as a doubles team to advance to the semifinals, where they lost in a tiebreaker to a team from Iowa.

“Overall, everyone did really well, especially Tony did well at the Big Tens,” coach Arvid Swan said. “It shows he can compete with anyone, so I think there’s a lot of potential.”

The freshman from Sao Paulo, Brazil, is likely the most promising player in NU’s class and was ranked as the No. 8 newcomer in the country by the ITA. In addition to Fasano and Brookes, the freshman class is rounded out by Johannes Abrahamsen of Norway and AJ Joshi of New Jersey, who was ranked as the No. 20 recruit in the U.S. Brookes racked up the most singles wins of any individual during the fall and finished with an 8-3 record. He shined at the ITA Midwest regionals where he picked up a three-set victory over the No. 79 player in the country, Kennosuke Nouchi of Western Michigan. After two wins, he lost in two tight sets in the round of 16 to the No. 2 newcomer in the country, John McSally of Ohio State.

Brookes, the 6-foot 6 freshman from England, performed well in the fall, and said the atmosphere at NCAA tournaments differed from his experience competing back home.

“Compared to back home, the atmosphere

around college tennis is a lot more upbeat, everyone is a lot more positive and it’s a lot louder,” Brookes said. “You’ve got to try and impose yourself on court so you’re not seen as the underdog who is shying away.”

The Cats will need to find numerous new contributors after losing the trio that played in the top three spots of the lineup for the past three years. This iteration of NU is much younger and has no seniors after the only member of that class transferred in 2015.

The fall season provided a glimpse of what NU has lost. Last year, senior Strong Kirchheimer won the ITA Midwest Championship, but this time no individual got past the round of 16 at the same tournament.

“The fall season was a good lesson for us,” junior Jason Seidman said. “We lost a couple of our good guys and I think it really showed what level we need to achieve in order to do well in the spring. We could have done better; however, it gives us a gauge and tells us what

we need to work on.”

The fall also offered an opportunity for Swan to test out new doubles tandems. The only regular pairing that will return is junior Michael Lorenzini and sophomore Chris Ephron, who played No. 3 doubles last year. One high-profile combination Swan tried out was pairing last year’s No. 4 and No. 5 singles players, Starý and junior Ben Vandixhorn, who played in two tournaments together and had a 2-2 record.

More generally, Swan said he was not as concerned with the results of the fall season, but rather with preparing his young squad for the team season in the winter.

“We looked at a lot of different doubles options, but really the fall is just about getting better,” Swan said. “I’ve been pleased with the progress in terms of team dynamic. … We have improved throughout the fall, so I’m happy about that.” benjaminapelbaum2019@u.northwestern.edu

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team failed to score in any of those matches.

Outside the top five, however, the Cats have thrived, racking up a 14-2 record with wins over No. 9 Maryland and No. 16 Stanford, both tournament teams.

In all those games, NU has counted on penalty corners to generate offense. The Cats rank fourth in the country in corners per game. In the first showdown against Louisville, sophomore defender Kirsten Mansfield scored both NU goals on corner plays.

“People are a little confused how I get some goals,” said Mansfield, who is third on the team with eight scores. “But it’s usually just because I’m on the corner trying to get tips and help everyone out.”

If the Cats take down the Cardinals for a second time, they will likely square off against the Wolverines in the second round.

NU has struggled to generate those crucial corner opportunities in its previous two matches against Michigan. In their most recent meeting, the Cats allowed a goal in the first minute of play, forcing them to play from behind for almost the entire match.

Despite a strong second half, Pentenga knows the team will need to bring that mentality from the getgo if it gets another shot at Michigan this weekend.

“Our slow start is what got us,” Pentenga said.

“We came back in the second half strong. The energy from the bench was great, which has been great all season. That just really helped us to keep going and keep fighting.” josephwilkinson2019@u.northwestern.edu

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Daily file photo by Kate Salvidio

Ben Vandixhorn goes to his backhand. The junior and the Wildcats competed in several tournaments during the fall.

I’m not gonna let her do that to me. I’m going to dig it up.”

Davis said the Cats need to look out for Michigan State’s size and the team’s experience. Seven of the Spartans’ 16 players are seniors, while NU only has three seniors on the roster.

The Cats may have less experience, but freshman outside hitter Nia Robinson said their genuine love for each other could make the difference for the team this time around.

“We’re closer than most Big Ten teams,” Robinson said. “ If we can show…how much we love each other (by) playing for each other and having each others’ backs, then the outcome should take care of itself.” cassidyjackson2021@u.northwestern.edu

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It’s been really exciting seeing that we can play with any team in the country. We just come out with that confidence.

— Kayla Sharples, defender

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Friday, November 10, 2017

Butler vs. Northwestern

By CHARLIE GOLDSMITH

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Evanston, Illinois 1 p.m. Sunday

After four consecutive positive results at the beginning of Big Ten play, Northwestern was hitting its stride.The Wildcats couldn’t have expected the disappointing stretch that followed: two consecutive losses to Purdue and Illinois, now the No. 221 team in the RPI. With their backs against the wall, the Cats needed leadership to get out of their rut, coach Michael Moynihan said. Senior goalkeeper Lauren Clem took action right away.

“She made the team come in and do stuff on their own, they were bringing them in to do video and making sure they were doing the scouting reports,” Moynihan said. “They’re doing it without us as

coaches. A couple people would groan, and they were like, ‘No we got to do it. This is important and we want to win.’”

After losing 2-1 to Penn State in the Big Ten Tournament championship game, Clem said she wants another winning streak to take the Cats further than they have ever gone in the NCAA Tournament.

NU (12-7-2, 7-3-1 Big Ten) plays Butler (13-2-5, 5-0-4 Big East) in the first round Sunday, and, as in October, the Cats have no room for error.

NU fell to the Bulldogs 1-0 in an exhibition match before this season. Though Butler didn’t lose in conference play in the regular season, the Bulldogs, like the Cats, lost in their conference tournament

Northwestern prepares to host Butler in NCAA Tournament opening round

championship match and earned an at-large bid.

Clem said she is excited to play against a physical, highly-regarded opponent. Competing against this quality of competition, she said, leads to her playing her best soccer, even though she won’t take credit for any of NU’s success.

“It doesn’t come down to one person at the end of my day,” she said. “I’ve actually been waiting for more of my teammates to get recognized because this is such a team sport.”

While Clem held five consecutive opponents scoreless late in the regular season, she credited her defensive unit for the Cats’ success. She made two difficult late saves against Michigan

State to seal the No. 2 seed in the Big Ten Tournament, but Clem said her favorite moment in the match was a block made by an NU defender that kept the ball away from her.

Though Clem set the school record for minutes played, and she rose to fourth in NCAA history for career shutouts by the season’s end, she said she was satisfied seeing NU — not her own name — in the record books.

“You have to be a selfless individual if

you’re part of a team,” Moynihan said.

“That’s a hard thing to do. Everybody says they like to do it, everybody says they’re a team player, but it’s hard when it’s 7 a.m. and it’s cold and it’s raining and you don’t really feel like going out to train. The culture is what drives everything.”

Despite the devastation the Cats felt after the Nittany Lions came back in the Big Ten Tournament, junior defender Kayla Sharples said NU is anticipating another run. After shorter and “crisper” practices that prepare the Cats for postseason play, Sharples isn’t setting any limits.

“This season isn’t finished and we have so many things that we can accomplish,” she said. “It’s been really exciting seeing that we can play with any team in the country. We just come out with that confidence because that’s what we do.” charliegoldsmith2021@u.northwestern.edu

Katie Pach/Daily Senior Staffer

VOLLEYBALL

FIELD HOCKEY

Cats look to get back NU faces Louisville in rematch on track in Big Ten

By JOSEPH WILKINSON

By CASSIDY JACKSON

the daily northwestern

With Northwestern’s season winding down, the clock is ticking and the window for the NCAA Tournament is closing.

The Wildcats (13-13, 3-11 Big Ten) will first stop in Ann Arbor to face off against Michigan (16-10, 6-8) on Friday night. NU will then head to East Lansing for a rematch against No. 8 Michigan State (17-6, 10-4) on Saturday.

With six games left in the regular season and the NCAA Tournament looming over NU’s head, it’s crunch time. Coach Shane Davis said the Cats, sitting at .500, will need to win three of their final six games to qualify for the tournament. At this point in the season, Davis said the team’s hunger for wins is still very much there.

“It’s always tough to be satisfied with anything,” Davis said. “I always want more for them. I want more for this program, and so that’s what we keep striving for.”

After a successful nonconference season, NU has struggled in Big Ten play. Currently, the Cats are in the midst of a three-game losing streak and have lost eight of nine.

Yet, this weekend promises to be an opportunity for NU to satisfy its hunger and snap its losing streak. For the first time this season, the Cats will take on the Wolverines, and while

Northwestern vs. Michigan

Ann Arbor, Michigan 6 p.m. Friday

Northwestern vs. No. 8 Michigan State East Lansing, Michigan 5:30 p.m. Saturday

Davis identified a number of Michigan’s strengths, he also recognized several holes.

“They’ve got a great dynamic left side,” Davis said. “They’ve got some good middles. A setter that moves them around a lot. They’ve got a few holes like what we do, so we’ll hopefully scout and exploit those holes.”

In East Lansing, however, the Cats will face a familiar opponent — NU is fresh off a loss to the Spartans.

During the match, the Cats showed improvement and an increased stamina as the game progressed with set scores at 25-13, 25-19, 25-18. Ultimately, though, it wasn’t enough.

Freshman libero Lexi Pitsas said the short turnaround between last weekend’s game against Michigan State and the upcoming game allows NU to know exactly what to expect Saturday.

“It’s fresh in our minds,” Pitsas said. “I still remember a kill that a girl hit and beat me on, so next time » See VOLLEYBALL, page 18

daily senior staffer @joe_f_wilkinson

Things are different for Northwestern in 2017. Last year, a loss to Louisville kept the Wildcats out of the NCAA Tournament, forcing them to watch from home for the second straight season while the Cardinals snagged a tournament bid.

This year, No. 10 NU beat No. 8 Louisville 2-0 in September. Now, the two teams are set to square off again in the first round of the tournament.

“It’s really exciting,” senior defender Sophia Miller said. “This means a lot to (coach) Tracey (Fuchs) and the whole team because the last two years we haven’t gotten that chance, and I think it’s a really big step for us this season. Making the tournament really shows all the hard work we put in during the season.”

Miller is the only member of the team with NCAA Tournament experience, as she started in the Cats’ final game of the 2014 season — a 1-0 loss to Duke in the first round of the tournament.

Though Miller was a solid contributor to that team, starting all 23 matches, she has since become a crucial part of NU’s success this season. The senior earned a unanimous First Team All-Big Ten selection for her defensive prowess while also tallying nine assists and scoring one goal on the season.

If the Cats are to have more success in Miller’s second tournament appearance, they’ll need the postseason newcomers to step up, none more than junior midfielder Puck Pentenga, who has spearheaded the

No. 10 Northwestern vs. No. 8 Louisville Ann Arbor, Michigan 1 p.m. Saturday

NU attack with a Big Ten-leading 17 assists and 105 shots. Pentenga assisted on both goals in the first matchup against Louisville.

“It’s my first time, and it’s a lot of people’s first time, so I think we’re all really excited,” Pentenga said. “We’re really proud and really happy that we’re going.”

The Cats will need to channel some of

that excitement on the field if they hope to knock off the Cardinals for the second time this season. Louisville struggled early in the season, but is 10-3 since its loss to NU in September.

That stretch includes upsets of No. 2 Duke and No. 4 North Carolina. For comparison, the highest-ranked team the Cats have beaten is the Cardinals.

NU, on the other hand, has struggled to pick up victories against top-five teams, dropping games to No. 1 UConn, Duke and falling to No. 3 Michigan twice. The » See FIELD HOCKEY, page 18

Daily file photo by Brian Meng

Puck Pentenga runs upfield. The junior midfielder and the Wildcats will face Louisville in the first round of the NCAA Tournament on Saturday.