The Daily Northwestern -- November 16, 2018 by The Daily Northwestern

The Daily Northwestern Friday, November 16, 2018

DAILYNORTHWESTERN.COM

Find us online @thedailynu

12 SPORTS/Women’s Basketball

Wildcats stay perfect with blowout victory

High 40 Low 30

PAGES 6-7

Cats prepare for matchup with Minnesota

New fee worries int’l students International Office’s tech charge stokes student fear

By DANNY VESURAI and ALEX WONG the daily northwestern @dvesurai, @alexalwwong

A technology fee levied this academic year on international students has sparked outrage among many graduate students, who said the fee’s implementation unfairly targets the international student population and was poorly communicated by administrators. The $50 fee assessed by the International Office has stoked fears that the University is becoming less welcoming for international students and that the software purchased with the fee will ultimately harm them. Students also said antiimmigrant rhetoric and policy coming from the president has added to their fears. “This fee makes me feel very unsafe on top of all of the other challenges,” said Niki Charlafti, a third-year doctoral music composition student on an F-1 visa from Greece. The International Office

assessed the fee to fund a third-party software that will allow them to more efficiently report student visa data to the federal government. Administrators said only international students were asked to pay as it serves them, but some faculty and students express concerns that the fee could set a dangerous precedent. Poor communication from the International Office has exacerbated students’ confusion and anger over the fee, as it initially provided little detail about the fee’s implementation and the software’s purpose and nature. Although the International Office clarified on its website that the software was needed to overhaul its data reporting system — which allows students to maintain their visa status — some students said they felt blindsided by the fee. Almost 600 faculty and students signed a petition circulated by Northwestern University Graduate Workers and the Graduate Leadership and Advocacy Council, which demanded the fee be revoked. The petition was sent » See FEE, page 9

Noah Frick-Alofs/Daily Senior Staffer

BET host Marc Lamont-Hill speaks in FMO event. Hill encouraged students build community of resistance during this time of chaos.

BET host talks black activism

Marc Lamont-Hill discusses making sense of this “moment of chaos” By AMY LI

daily senior staffer

Host of BET News Dr. Marc Lamont-Hill reminded black students at Northwestern

to look to the black tradition of resistance and freedom fighting as a tool to make sense of the current “moment of chaos.” Hill recalled how in the age of Barack Obama’s presidency he felt the need to prove to

people that a black man in the White House doesn’t mean the country had turned a racial corner, but in the age of Trump, “so much of that has been laid bare,” Hill said. The key to building a

community of resistance is “an audacious imagination,” he said at a talk hosted by For Members Only and the Contemporary Thought Speakers Series. » See HILL, page 9

NU grapples with rising STD rates Colectivo brings its With STDs up nationally, universities consider education approach By CAMERON COOK and ALAN PEREZ daily senior staffers @cam_e_cook, @ _perezalan_

Rates of sexually transmitted diseases have risen for the fourth consecutive year to a record high, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. But Northwestern hasn’t changed its approach to addressing it students’ sexual health in response to the news. Nearly 2.3 million cases of chlamydia, gonorrhea and syphilis were diagnosed in 2017, an increase of more than 200,000 cases from the year before. Young people are especially at risk, since they make up about half of new cases, and most of them don’t get tested. “Certainly young people are the individuals in our nation

who are at greatest risk for sexually transmitted infections,” Edward Hook, the scientific committee chair of the National STD Prevention Conference, said in a press briefing earlier this year. Many students come to college without having learned about safe sex and STD prevention in high school, and while some are turning toward colleges to ensure their students are properly educated, Northwestern hasn’t made any changes to orientation programming in response. Madison Fiedler, who attended an all girls middle school in her hometown of Asheville, NC, says her high school sex education was inadequate. “Our sex education comprised our math teacher bringing in some organic vegetables

coffee downtown The new Church Street location opens doors Friday By MADDY DAUM

the daily northwestern

Owen Stidman/The Daily Northwestern

Condoms in a basket. CARE provides free condoms as well as plans content for The Student Body, a True Northwestern Dialogue about sex and consent.

from her garden and putting some condoms on them, and asking if we had any questions,” the Communication senior said. “We didn’t know what to ask questions about.” Adequate sexual health

education — or any sex education — isn’t a given. According to the National Conference of State Legislatures, 24 states in the U.S. require sex education » See STD, page 9

The days of searching for a seat in a crowded Evanston cafe may soon be in the past. Colectivo Coffee, a chain based out of Milwaukee, will be adding itself to the city’s cafe scene when it opens its doors this Friday, following the construction of a cafe at 716 Church St. Colectivo is going in the storefront previously occupied RadioShack on the corner of Church Street and Sherman Avenue. In addition to selling their own roasted coffee, the cafe

will also sell food and craft beer. The chain is looking to provide more variety than traditional establishments, said Jeff Scott Sopko, who manages the Chicago-area Colectivo locations. “The environment is not just coffee,” Sopko said. “You can come work, you can have a date, you can meet with friends and you can still stay until eight or nine at night. We will eventually serve beer so you can get a full range throughout the day, whereas I think coffee shops limit themselves to some coffee and pastries.” Sopko said Colectivo is working to do outreach to support residents and other businesses in the area. Colectivo will be giving out coffee at the Downtown Evanston Tree Lighting » See COLECTIVO, page 9

gigio's pizzeria Evanston's Oldest Pizzeria

10% OFF with WildCard

Order online & get rewards www.gigiospizzaev.com 1001 Davis St, Evanston (847) 328-0990

Serving the University and Evanston since 1881

INSIDE: Around Town 2 | On Campus 4 | Opinion 5 | Classifieds & Puzzles 10 | Sports 12

2 NEWS | THE DAILY NORTHWESTERN

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 2018

AROUND TOWN

Canal Shores golf course land easement approved By CLARE PROCTOR

daily senior staffer @ceproctor23

The Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago on Thursday approved a plan that will allow the Cook County Department of Transportation and Highways to pave over part of a golf course and build an access road connected to a piece of property lining the course. This easement will allow a public road to be built at the 10th hole of the Canal Shores Golf Course in Evanston and Wilmette. The board of commissioners granted the easement with a 5-4 vote, after delaying the vote on Nov. 1. The decision grants a 60-by-426-foot easement at the 10th hole fairway to construct a road. Commissioner Kari Steele — who voted in favor of the easement — said at the meeting that the decision serves as an “intergovernmental request” between the MWRD and the department, which requested the easement. Denying this request, she said, would set a “dangerous precedent.” Ald. Eleanor Revelle (7th) told The Daily that the board’s decision to grant the easement to a “sister governmental entity” was “misguided.” “It’s only superficially a request from a governmental entity, because it’s really to benefit a private landowner,” she said. “I disagree with the basic premises.” Dozens of community members attended the MWRD board meeting and spoke against the

POLICE BLOTTER Man arrested for criminal sexual assault A 41-year-old Evanston man was arrested for criminal sexual assault and home invasion Sunday in the 1400 block of Chicago Avenue. At 9:10 p.m. on the date, the Evanston woman who reported the incident told responding officers that she was in her apartment when the smoke alarm went off. When she opened the door to exit

easement during public comment. Some raised concerns about flooding in the area, damage to the course’s wildlife and destruction of one of the golf course’s 18 holes. Margaret Frisbie, the executive director of the Friends of the Chicago River said in a news release that the decision goes against the MWRD’s mission of improving water quality and protecting businesses and homes from flood damage. “This paved road through a critical ecological area on an MWRD property harms open space that provides habitat for wildlife, serves as an important community asset, and absorbs stormwater,” Frisbie said in the release. The easement will benefit the Keefe Family Trust, which is associated with the Dick Keefe Development Corporation. The development corporation owns a plot of land next to the course and intends to use the easement to develop four homes. Protestors have called into question State Sen. John Cullerton’s (D-Chicago) role in the easement proposal. Cullerton serves as Keefe’s attorney and has an ownership interest in the Dick Keefe Development Corporation, Larry Mages — vice president of the board of the Evanston Wilmette Golf Course Association — previously told The Daily. The MWRD leases the land to Evanston and Wilmette, which jointly manage the golf course. Wilmette Park District board member Bryan Abbott said the MWRD decision is breaking the lease agreement. “My personal view is that I would pursue a lawsuit,” Abbott said. “They are going through extraordinary measures to come up with a way to break our lease.

Colin Boyle/Daily Senior Staffer

MWRD commissioner Debra Shore speaks. The board granted an easement to the Cook County Department of Transportation and Highways to construct a road at the 10th hole of the Canal Shores Golf Course.

I don’t think they should get away with it.” Abbott said he anticipates that the Wilmette Park District board will discuss future actions at their Dec. 10 meeting. Commissioner Debra Shore voted against the easement. She said it will provide disproportionate benefits to the developers and create backlash from residents. “Why would we take action that could guarantee a lawsuit?” she said. Revelle told The Daily she is disappointed by

the building, a man she did not know was there and forced her back into her apartment, Evanston police Cmdr. Ryan Glew said. The woman heard the Evanston Fire Department sirens and ran to the window to yell for help. She pushed the offender who ran out of the building but he was stopped by EFD. The Evanston Police Department arrived and was informed of the situation. The man was arrested.

A correction in Thursday’s paper misstated the headline of the story and referenced the incorrect print date. An article published in Wednesday’s paper titled “NU professor finds potential cancer treatment” that was corrected did not misstate the year of Feinberg Prof. Marcus Peter’s study. It was in 2017. An article published in Wednesday’s paper titled “Research funding grows” misstated the year Feinberg Prof. Marcus Peter received a grant and the name of the organization. He received the grant in 2015 from the National Cancer Institute. The Daily regrets the errors.

Mom always loved She always you wanted best... you to have a Breakfast, Brunch good breakfast. or Lunch She always wanted you to Breakfast, Brunch have a good breakfast. or LunchBuy one entree at regular price and get your second Breakfast of equal or lesser at at Breakfast Le Peep. at Le Peep.Buy one entree entree value for just 99¢ Mom would be pleased. regular price and get

99¢

Breakfast, Brunch or Lunch Mom would be your second entreeOffer good Monday-Saturday only Offer good only at restaurants listed Evanston, 827 Church St. of equal or lesser Mon. - Fri. 6:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Limit one offer per coupon. Offer expires 11/30/18 Mom always loved you best... pleased. value for just 99¢ Sat. - Sun. 7:00 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. (847)328-4880

Breakfast, Brunch or Lunch Evanston

827 Church St.

(847) 328-4880

Mon. - Fri. 6:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Sat. - Sun. 7:00 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.

Park Ridge 100 S. Euclid

Summit Shopping Center (847) 318-7337

clareproctor2021@u.northwestern.edu

Setting the record straight

99¢

— Amelia Langas

the decision and that the MWRD is “turning their back on their mission.” But there are many more steps that need to be taken before a road is built, she noted. Despite voting in favor of the easement, Steele echoed this sentiment. “This is the first step,” Steele said. “This is a local issue that should be decided locally.”

Offer good Monday-Saturday only Offer good only at restaurants listed Limit one offer per coupon

jiffy lube ® OIL CHANGE SIGNATURE Mon. - Fri. 6:30 a.m. toSERVICE 2:30 p.m. Sat. - Sun. 7:00 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Offer 11/19/07 Offer expires 10/22/07

NU students, faculty and staff show your Wildcard & receive $10 OFF oil change With this coupon. Coupon Code NW1

WE NOW DO TUNE-UPS, TIRES & BRAKES! jiffy lube • 1941 W. Dempster, Evanston (just west of Dodge) 847-328-5222 • Mon-Fri 8-6, Sat 8-5, Sun 10-4

Attention readers & advertisers! Thanksgiving Break: the print edition of The Daily will only publish Mon. 11/19 & Tues. 11/20 of next week. We will return to daily print publishing Mon. 11/26. The last regular print issue of The Daily is Fri. 11/30, with a special Holiday Guide issue Wed. 12/5. For breaking news visit The Daily's socials or: DailyNorthwestern.com Email ads or questions to ads@dailynorthwestern.com

or call 847.491.7206

N E P O NOW N O T N S I E VAN AGO AVE. 1111 CHIC

If you can’t find it at Binny’s, it’s probably ™ not worth drinking 1 HOUR HOME DELIVERY TO ANY HOME OR BUSINESS IN EVANSTON

Binny’s offers 1 hour delivery from our doorstep to yours. Visit binnys.com. Powered by

4 NEWS | THE DAILY NORTHWESTERN

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 2018

ON CAMPUS

Students weigh in on key jangling By MADDY DAUM

the daily northwestern

When Weinberg sophomore Vicente Rudolph went to his first football game during Wildcat Welcome, he watched as fans jingled their keys at kickoff. He figured it was a form of distraction, to try and throw the opposition off their game. Rudolph said he later found out the tradition implies that Northwestern is so academically superior that even if the Wildcats lose, it’s OK — students at the competing university would “valet our cars” in the future. “It is unsportsmanlike and it’s not in the spirit of the game because it takes a step back from football and makes it like ‘we are better than you’ in other aspects,” Rudolph said. Northwestern has not heavily promoted the jingling the keys since the 2011 Wildside 101: Northwestern Football traditions video. Rudolph said he thinks students continue to do it because of tradition and groupthink. McCormick freshman Alexandre Kaiser also heard the jingling at his first game, but thought it was inoffensive and funny, he said. “If you look at all the other schools, they are chanting that we are nerds and we’re chanting that they’re going to work for us one day,” Kaiser said. “There is a cycle where you are just trying to get under the skin of the other team...It is kind of just mutual at this point.” Weinberg freshman Grace Hauser said that although poor sportsmanship is present among many universities, the jingling makes Northwestern look unprofessional. “I do think that when you (don’t consider) the intended audience it is an elitist thing,” Hauser said “That’s what makes me feel a bit uncomfortable.” Northwestern football has had a reputation of losing, and has only recently become a winning program. Hauser said she felt like the tradition had been around for a long time and was created because students resort to celebrating academic

The Daily Northwestern www.dailynorthwestern.com Editor in Chief Nora Shelly

eic@dailynorthwestern.com

General Manager Stacia Campbell

stacia@dailynorthwestern.com

Holly and John Madigan Newsroom Phone | 847.491.3222 Campus desk

campus@dailynorthwestern.com

City desk

city@dailynorthwestern.com

Sports desk

sports@dailynorthwestern.com

Ad Office | 847.491.7206

spc-compshop@northwestern.edu

The Daily Northwestern is published Monday through Friday during the academic year, except vacation periods and two weeks preceding them and once during August, by Students Publishing Co., Inc. of Northwestern University, 1999 Campus Drive, Evanston, IL 60208; 847-491-7206.

Allie Goulding/Daily Senior Staffer

Northwestern students jingle keys before a kickoff. The taunt has some elitist undertones, but it’s been part of the school’s tradition for years.

success if they fail athletically. Maddy Fisher, former vice president of Wildside, said she was curious about the origin of the tradition and corresponded with University archives. The earliest reference to shaking keys she found was in 1984 in The Daily Northwestern, which refers to it as an established tradition. Fisher said her own theory is it started around the time of the team’s losing streak between 1979-1982. However, she does not participate in the tradition and hopes students understand the meaning behind it.

Take NU with you, wherever you go. Sign up for The Daily's email list to get the headlines in your inbox.

The Daily Northwestern

Email Newsletter Sign up at: dailynorthwestern.com/email FOLLOW US ON SOCIAL MEDIA FOR THE LATEST BREAKING NEWS

TWITTER: @thedailynu FACEBOOK: thedailynorthwestern

“I think students should take it upon themselves to recognize that it has very serious and consequential undertones,” Fisher said. “I don’t know that realistically seeking out some sort of implementation of an order (to stop) from the University or Athletics is necessarily realistic. But I think it is something that the University should strive towards making sure everyone understands clearly what it means and acknowledging that isn’t a way we would want to reflect ourselves.” madisondaum2022@u.northwestern.edu

First copy of The Daily is free, additional copies are 50 cents. All material published herein, except advertising or where indicated otherwise, is Copyright 2018 The Daily Northwestern and protected under the “work made for hire” and “periodical publication” clauses of copyright law. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to The Daily Northwestern, 1999 Campus Drive, Evanston, IL 60208. Subscriptions are $175 for the academic year. The Daily Northwestern is not responsible for more than one incorrect ad insertion. All display ad corrections must be received by 3 p.m. one day prior to when the ad is run.

Check out DAILYNORTHWESTERN.COM for breaking news

OPINION

Join the online conversation at www.dailynorthwestern.com Page 5

Friday, November 16, 2018

LETTER TO THE EDITOR

Northwestern University Graduate Workers stands with trans students On October 21, the New York Times reported that a memo written by the Department of Health and Human Services sought to establish a legal definition of sex under Title IX, stating, “Sex means a person’s status as male or female based on immutable biological traits identified by or before birth.” It further clarified, “The sex listed on a person’s birth certificate, as originally issued, shall constitute definitive proof of a person’s sex unless rebutted by genetic evidence.” Later that week, the Department of Justice filed a brief in a case concerning the wrongful firing of a transgender woman because of her gender, stating that “When Title VII was enacted in 1964, ‘sex’ meant biological sex; it ‘refer[red] to [the] physiological distinction’ between ‘male and female.’ […] Title VII thus does not apply to discrimination against an

individual based on his or her gender identity.” In short, the brief confirms the DOJ’s stance that transgender workers are not eligible for protection from gender-based discrimination. That these two statements came to light within only a few days of each other marks a growing — but not new — environment of hostility towards intersex, transgender, gendernonconforming and/or queer people in the Trump administration. Previously in 2017, President Trump announced over Twitter that he would attempt to ban transgender individuals from serving in the military. While the ban was effectively blocked, it sent a message to transgender people that their rights and freedoms were publicly under attack. While violence against transgender, intersex and gender-nonconforming people did not start with the Trump administration, a Mic report found an uptick in numbers of reported homicides of trans individuals since 2015. And, while all transgender individuals are under heightened risk of victimization, the report found that Black transgender women and gender-nonconforming femmes (i.e. those who may not identify as

“female” but who present femininely) were most at risk, making up 72 percent of 111 reported transgender homicide victims between 2010 and 2016. For transgender people, these incidents are sobering, if not surprising, reminders that living as trans in America is fraught with material and political violence and that these risks are particularly salient for working-class trans people and trans people of color. This reality is exacerbated on campus when there are a lack of resources available to trans students and workers. For example, the difficulty in locating all-gender restrooms on campus — due to both a lack of all-gender restrooms in many buildings as well as outdated maps on the university’s website — forces trans students to out themselves to their instructors and peers, subjecting them to potential transphobic violence. In addition, it is unacceptable that Northwestern University Health Services does not employ any medical care providers who are specifically trained to administer hormone replacement therapy or provide specialized care for transitioning students, forcing students to go off-campus to seek medical

services. For students who rely on NU-SHIP insurance, this comes with additional deductible and coinsurance costs of hundreds of dollars annually, when they could be receiving medical services at no additional cost at NUHS. Northwestern University Graduate Workers (NUGW) stands in solidarity with all intersex, transgender and gender-nonconforming students, staff and faculty in the NU community. We further acknowledge that violence against trans people is an axis of oppression that intersects with misogynist, homophobic, racist, anti-black and classist violence. We call on the NU administration to affirm its commitment to protecting the safety of all its students and to increase the resources available to trans community members, including but not limited to increasing the number of all-gender bathrooms on campus, hiring medical care and mental health providers trained to provide specialized care to trans students and making clear the protections trans students have under the University’s gender-based discrimination policies. — In solidarity, NUGW

What I learned from hearing the founder of Spikeball ALEXANDRA HUANG

DAILY COLUMNIST

One of the biggest perks of going to a school like Northwestern is the array of interesting people who come here to speak. I feel lucky to get the opportunity to engage with people who have successfully navigated challenges to get to the place they want to be. Last week, Spikeball Founder Chris Ruden shared his life story with my entrepreneurship class. After working at Microsoft for a decade, Ruden decided to quit his job and redesign his life. He founded a sport that went viral in the United States, with over 4 million players. Ruden’s story taught me four important life lessons that I think would benefit all of us. First, it’s possible to refocus your life at any point. When Ruden first conjured up the idea of Spikeball, he said the risk of quitting his corporate job was high. He was a husband and a father of three children, and quitting his stable and well-paid job at Microsoft would mean losing all the benefits that came along with it. Nevertheless, Ruden said his long dissatisfaction with his working environment pushed him to make the difficult choice.

Often, we hear adults say that they are stuck in a job they dislike while they refuse to do anything to change things. Instead, they blame it on something else. “I have a family to feed,” they say. “But I am about to be promoted,” they say. Ruden is living proof that these statements are sometimes nothing but excuses and fear. When you have enough will, determination and passion, you can redesign your life any time you want.

“

Ruden found a way to redirect his career without compromising stability. Granted, it took immense hard work and persistence, but he pulled it off. Second, take risks. But more importantly, take calculated risks. Instead of altogether quitting his job at Microsoft, Ruden came up with an even better plan. He worked on Spikeball from 8 p.m. to 1 a.m. every day while still working at his day job. Ruden found a way to redirect his career without compromising stability. Granted, it took immense hard work and persistence, but he pulled it off. After five

years of moonlighting, Ruden reaped the fruits of the risks he took and quit his job to go work full-time with Spikeball. Third, taking things slow can lead to magical results. It took Ruden five years of sitting on his idea of Spikeball before he actually put it into practice. He would test the idea of Spikeball on his friends and talk about it with strangers. He wasn’t in a hurry to get started, and he took things slow. A lot of “wantrepreneurs” today jump into product development impatiently without spending enough time learning what customers actually want. But Ruden’s patience set him apart, and, eventually, it paid off. Last, but perhaps most important, compassion and human connections matter. Ruden’s success with Spikeball largely stems from his ability to foster human connections. While advertising for Spikeball, Ruden said he would ask basketball players to give out free Spikeball sets to their opponents when they won games. The losing team who received the Spikeball set almost always reacted with surprise and smiles on their faces. That gesture of respecting your competitor showed compassion and sportsmanship, which people started to associate Spikeball with as a result. Ruden said he also requires all 24 of his employees to do customer service shifts no matter what position they are in. They start

their emails to customers with greetings like “Hey Mike!” and “What’s up Sarah?!” instead of the typical, monotonous “Dear Customer.” Ruden said every customer is valuable to Spikeball, and they want to convey that whenever they interact with their users. Ruden genuinely cares about connecting with people, and he wants to make Spikeball a community that symbolizes love and inclusivity for whoever plays the sport. Thanks to Ruden, my understanding of what an entrepreneur is has changed. I always thought entrepreneurs are just really techy, casual and smart, but it turns out that entrepreneurs can be incredibly patient, kind and human. The process of finding teammates, pitching, fundraising and pivoting again and again is incredibly difficult and demanding, but it can actually be easier if you approach it with a genuine and sincere attitude. Anyone can become an entrepreneur, even when you think you can’t afford it. If Ruden can do it, so can you. Alexandra Huang is a Weinberg freshman. She can be contacted at alexandrahuang@u.northwestern. edu. If you would like to respond publicly to this op-ed, send a Letter to the Editor to opinion@ dailynorthwestern.com. The views expressed in this piece do not necessarily reflect the views of all staff members of The Daily Northwestern.

The Daily Northwestern Volume 139, Issue 36 Editor in Chief Nora Shelly

Managing Editors

Troy Closson Jonah Dylan

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR may be sent to 1999 Campus Drive, Evanston, IL 60208, via fax at 847-491-9905, via e-mail to opinion@dailynorthwestern.com or by dropping a letter in the box outside The Daily office. Letters have the following requirements: • Should be typed • Should be double-spaced • Should include the author’s name, signature, school, class and phone number. • Should be fewer than 400 words They will be checked for authenticity and may be edited for length, clarity, style and grammar.

Opinion Editors Alex Schwartz Marissa Martinez

Assistant Opinion Editor Cassidy Jackson

Letters, columns and cartoons contain the opinion of the authors, not Students Publishing Co. Inc. Submissions signed by more than three people must include at least one and no more than three names designated to represent the group. Editorials reflect the majority opinion of The Daily’s student editorial board and not the opinions of either Northwestern University or Students Publishing Co. Inc.

6 GAMEDAY SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 17

NORTHWESTERN VS. MINNESOTA

The Daily Northwestern

Friday, November 16, 2018

Ohio town, school rally behind Bowser By BEN POPE

daily senior staffer @benpope111

Sidney, Ohio, is a small manufacturing town nestled amidst mile upon mile of farm fields in western Ohio, 40 minutes from Dayton for fast drivers and more like an hour for slower ones. It’s an all-American town in many ways: a courthouse at the center, a historic theatre a block away, a few chain hotels off the two interstate exits along the edge of town. About 21,000 call it home, many of whom work at the Emerson plant in town, or the Honda plant a short drive north. And its football loyalties have always been clear: yellow for the Sidney High School Yellow Jackets, and red for Ohio State. But now there’s a new team in the mix. “Now you see people running around here with Northwestern stuff on,” said Kevin Foy, a local peewee football coach, on Thursday. “Even people in their Daily file photo by Allie Goulding 70s and 80s, they’re asking, ‘How can we get North- Isaiah Bowser celebrates a touchdown in Northwestern’s game against Wisconsin. Bowser has become a western gear?’” celebrity in his hometown of Sidney, Ohio. There’s one man causing all the ruckus: Isaiah Bowser. Last autumn, Bowser was concluding an Sidney fireman Jason Truesdale’s daughter, Hallie, lately has asked, per usual, “When is Ohio State on?” illustrious career at Sidney, rushing for 2,617 yards was the team’s kicker. She broke a school record by but always quickly followed it up with, “And when is and scoring 32 touchdowns his senior year. This year, making 58 extra points on the season. Yet Truesdale Northwestern on?” He can rattle off the story of the he has rushed for 483 yards in just the past four weeks knew her accomplishment was partially enabled by Bowser’s season in Evanston with ease. and helped the Wildcats (6-4, 6-1 Big Ten) clinch a someone else. And Truesdale, also a huge Ohio State fan, said he spot in the conference championship game. “My daughter set a record because of him,” he hears not about the Buckeyes but rather the Wildcats Certainly, Bowser’s life has changed dramatically, said. “I told her one time, ‘You need to remember at the fire station now — “even from the guys who as Inside NU wrote this week. Yet the fate, spirit and this because Isaiah is special. You don’t come across a aren’t football guys,” he adds. community of Sidney itself has also changed dramati- player like this all the time.’” So far, the town has been only able to watch Bowscally, reviving interest in a school — and a team — Prior to Sidney’s first playoff game in three decades, er’s college football takeover from afar. But even that that quietly, simultaneously, had fallen on hard times. the entire town threw a pep rally for the Yellow Jack- is going to change soon. Less than a decade ago, Sidney was in trouble. ets, marching them from that historic theatre down After the Cats’ win over Iowa last Saturday, clinchThe Great Recession hit the blue-collar manufactur- the block to the steps of the historic courthouse, ing their spot in the Big Ten Championship on Dec. ing town particularly hard: the unemployment rate Stockton said. Prior to the second playoff game, a 1, Doenges made a “lighthearted” suggestion on Twitjumped to nearly 14 percent, and the city’s tax revenue road contest that Sidney lost, residents lined the main ter that Sidney residents book tickets for the game dropped almost 20 percent. An emergency tax levy street leading from downtown to Interstate 75 to in Indianapolis. The next time he checked his phone, for the school system in fall 2009 passed by a single cheer on the team buses. he found it bombarded by texts and calls. The roots vote out of 8,903. “It was the talk of the town,” said Doug Barhorst, of a Sidney-Indianapolis pilgrimage, now believed to Things weren’t much better on the field, as the Yel- a coach of Bowser’s in middle school. “Football hadn’t be over 100 people strong, had begun to take hold. low Jackets went 7-33 between 2008 and 2011. There been what everybody wanted it to be for a long period Foy is going. Barhorst is going, too. Stockton is was so little funding for the football team that players’ of time, and then it became that big thing again.” going, as are her kids and her parents, she said. Truesfamilies had to pay to keep it going, said Cara StockThe effect has lingered. In elections last week, Sid- dale is hoping to also go, if he can get out of a fire ton, the mother of one of Bowser’s childhood friends. ney’s school tax levy was passed again, not by a single instructor class he’s supposed to teach the next day. “Many people ran away from Sidney, whether it vote but with over 61 percent in favor, and several In the middle of Ohio State country and the Midbecause of our football program or our school district,” residents said they thought it was because of increased west’s rural agricultural belt, Sidney, Ohio, has been said Adam Doenges, the head coach since 2011. interest in the high school. But for as much as Yellow rallied by a sport, a team and — perhaps most notably The economy improved significantly in the time Jacket fever has overtaken Sidney, Bowser fever has of all — a single 19-year-old man, powering for yard that followed, but the football team did not follow proven even more contagious. after yard in crucial games around the Big Ten. And suit, and entering last autumn, still had not made the “The town is abuzz right now. That’s all you hear, now Bowser fever is spreading. Ohio state playoffs in 27 years. everybody’s talking about Isaiah,” Foy said. “When “We were at Logan Steakhouse in Troy (Ohio), Then Bowser, a promising multi-position player he scores his touchdowns, I run around jumping and about 20 miles south of here — all the TVs had over the prior two seasons, exploded to catalyze argu- screaming at the TV like I just scored the touchdown.” Northwestern on, and everyone was talking about ably the best season Sidney had ever seen. He almost Foy isn’t the only one watching. Doenges said he Isaiah,” Truesdale said. “It’s really cool to see a local single-handedly won several games, including a 55-48 and the entire Sidney coaching staff left at 5 a.m. to kid that has really done everything right. I watch shootout victory over Xenia in which he ran 41 times drive to Ryan Field for the Wisconsin game, watching Northwestern now more than anything.” for 413 yards and six touchdowns. The Yellow Jackets Bowser tote the rock 34 times in a NU upset win. went 9-1 as a result and, at long last, made the playoffs. Barhorst, a diehard Buckeyes supporter, said he benjaminpope2019@u.northwestern.edu

Thorson fails to find statistical consistency By JOSEPH WILKINSON

daily senior staffer @joe_f_wilkinson

At times this season, Clayton Thorson has been outstanding. At other times, Northwestern’s senior quarterback has been almost miserable. But never has he been average. The senior quarterback has yet to finish a game this season with between 200 and 350 passing yards. He is averaging 233 yards per game, but has never come within 30 yards of that number. For comparison, in 2016, Thorson had eight games in that range, and in 2017, he had four. Gardner Minshew, the Washington State signal-caller who leads the country in passing yards in 2018, has five. Even Art Sitkowski, who quarterbacks Rutgers’ conferenceworst passing offense, has three games in this range. And Thorson has only been close only once, when he threw for 198 yards against Duke. In the other nine games, he hasn’t even come within 20 yards of either endpoint. He attributed the variation to gameplan changes. “Different games call for different things, and that’s what’s happened,” Thorson said this week. “I’ll take wins any way we can get them.” As Thorson suggests, there are ways to explain this oddity. In the Wildcats’ first two games, against Purdue and Duke,Thorson was still splitting time with backup junior T.J. Green and likely would have finished with more than 200 yards had he been healthy enough to play every snap. However, this timeshare didn’t stop him from throwing for a then-career-high 383 yards in the next game against Akron. The three games in which the senior has thrown for more than 350 yards (Akron, Michigan State and Nebraska) are also the three games in which he has attempted the most passes. In some of his games with fewer than 200 yards, such as last Saturday’s win over Iowa, NU has run the ball more than 45 times.

“It really depends on how the game is going,” Green said Tuesday. “Last week, we were running the ball so effectively that we didn’t have to rely on the pass game as much. Other games, we can’t run the ball as well, and he’s airing it out.” In his past four games, Thorson’s numbers have been unimpressive. This could be attributed to the caliber of passing defenses he’s been up against. Apart from the Rutgers game, which Thorson admitted was his worst of the season, he has faced three top-55 passing defenses by S&P+ and thrown for fewer than 200 yards each time. To Thorson and Green’s points, NU ran the ball effectively in victories against both Wisconsin and Iowa, totalling more than 180 yards on the ground in each contest. Those numbers were a far cry from the wins over Michigan State and Nebraska, in which the Cats ran for 40 net yards in two games. Saturday’s opponent, Minnesota, boasts the 34thbest pass defense according to the holistic metric S&P+. That’s better than both Wisconsin (55th) and Iowa (37th), but worse than Michigan State (23rd). They’ve also allowed between 200 and 350 passing yards six times in 10 games this season, a signal that Thorson could finally break his odd streak on what is expected to be a chilly day in Minneapolis. “This is a really good team, they just beat up on Purdue,” Thorson said. “We know that they played well last week in the cold, so (we just have to) focus on our job and take it one play at a time.” Whether or not Thorson is hitting arbitrary statistical boundaries, there is little doubt that NU has struggled to pass the ball this season. The Cats rank 84th in Passing S&P+, ahead of only Illinois among teams in the Big Ten West, which NU has already clinched. As for coach Pat Fitzgerald, the Cats’ leader who is notoriously uninterested in particular statistics? “Stats are for losers,” Fitzgerald said. “We won, right?” josephwilkinson2019@u.northwestern.edu

Daily file photo by Noah Frick-Alofs

Clayton Thorson surveys the field against Iowa. The senior quarterback has had wildly divergent performances this season.

(6-4)

NORTHWESTERN WILDCATS vs. MINNESOTA GOLDEN GOPHERS 16

2 23

7 97

51 13

84 88

(5-5)

COLE PAXTON

DAILY SPORTS

6 82 78 77 62

73 80

MINNESOTA

NORTHWESTERN

7 Fitzgerald is best in most crucial settings GAMEDAY

The Daily Northwestern

Friday, November 16, 2018

Northwestern Offense

Minnesota Defense

Northwestern Defense

Minnesota Offense

18 QB Clayton Thorson 25 RB Isaiah Bowser 8 WR Kyric McGowan 2 WR Flynn Nagel 88 WR Ben Skowronek 84 SB Cam Green 72 LT Blake Hance 59 LG J.B. Butler 65 C Jared Thomas 71 RG Tommy Doles 70 RT Rashawn Slater

46 DE Winston DeLattiboudere 19 DT Gary Moore 97 DT Royal Silver 45 DE Carter Coughlin 21 LB Kamal Martin 41 LB Thomas Barber 35 LB Blake Cashman 16 CB Coney Durr 23 SS Jordan Howden 2 FS Jacob Huff 4 CB Terell Smith

97 DE Joe Gaziano 99 DT Jordan Thompson 92 DT Fred Wyatt 91 DE Sam Miller 32 LB Nate Hall 42 LB Paddy Fisher 51 LB Blake Gallagher 10 CB Alonzo Mayo 7 SS Travis Whillock 13 FS J.R. Pace 18 CB Cam Ruiz

2 QB Tanner Morgan 24 RB Mohamed Ibrahim 82 WR Demetrius Douglas 6 WR Tyler Johnson 13 WR Rashod Bateman 80 TE Jake Paulson 73 LT Donnell Greene 64 LG Conner Olson 62 C Jared Weyler 77 RG Blaise Andries 78 RT Daniel Faalele

Pat Fitzgerald has taken some ugly losses in recent years. Consider the one-two punch of Western Michigan (not so bad after all, since the Broncos went to the Cotton Bowl that year) and Illinois State (horrifyingly bad) in 2016. In 2017, Northwestern lost to Duke by 24 in a game far more lopsided, then briefly regained its footing only to barely score against Penn State. Then, of course, there was this September. First, the Wildcats suffered an inglorious home defeat to the Blue Devils. A week later, NU covered itself in shame by losing to Akron, thanks in no small part to three Clayton Thorson turnovers that ended in touchdowns. Beyond their hideousness, those losses all have one other thing in common: They meant virtually nothing. That’s the thing with Fitzgerald. His track record in routine contests is between middling and maddening. But in games with something tangible on the line, the Cats’ 13th-year man excels. NU underscored that point last Saturday at Iowa, coming from behind in the fourth quarter to clinch its first-ever Big Ten west title — with two weeks to spare. Instead of waiting for Minnesota and Illinois, Fitzgerald and Co. took advantage of other favorable results on Saturday, defeating the best team left on their schedule to claim victory early. With Thorson again off his game, true freshman running back Isaiah Bowser stepped up, for the fourth consecutive week, to carry the offensive load. Barely used defensive backs — like cornerback Alonzo Mayo — looked unfazed after being gashed on the Hawkeyes’ lone touchdown drive, and quickly recovered to shut down the Iowa offense. Jake Collins coolly converted the first extra points of his career. Obviously, the players themselves made the plays. But no one seemed spooked after being thrust into an unfamiliar, high-stakes position, and NU’s confidence never wavered after falling behind in the third quarter. Players from the offensive backfield to the defensive backfield raised their level of play, just as Kirk Ferentz’s Hawkeyes did not. “If you step out on the field, you’re expected to go out there and win. You’re not going out there to just fill a position,” Fitzgerald said this week. “That’s a mentality I’ve talked about for years, we’ve preached for years as a staff.” As a result, Fitzgerald has the division title he so frequently parrots as his goal. The ugly losses to Duke and Akron make for cool trivia about teams who win a division title but no nonconference games. That’s about it. Fitzgerald’s abilities, however, came into play shortly after those defeats. Entering October 1-3 and with no semblance of a running game, the Cats handed No. 20 Michigan State a 10-point defeat. NU faced adversity as broad as Lake Michigan, then suddenly looked like it could walk on water. That’s a theme. A reeling 2016 Cats team turned its season around with consecutive upset wins at Michigan State and Iowa, turning a lost campaign into a bowl-eligible one punctuated with a memorable Pinstripe Bowl upset of No. 23 Pittsburgh. Last year, NU took itself out of division title contention early, but ran off eight straight wins — including three straight in overtime — to cobble together a 10-win season. Those campaigns ended in bowl victories, one of Fitzgerald’s three prominently stated on-field goals. This year, the coach one-upped himself, and got the Cats to a second goal. And the elusive third goal, winning a Big Ten title? That will be decided in the most significant game of Fitzgerald’s coaching career. colepaxton2019@u.northwestern.edu

GAMEDAY Gameday Editors Cole Paxton Ben Pope

Writers

Designer

Ella Brockway Jonah Dylan Joseph Wilkinson

Caitlin Chen

Gameday is a publication of Students Publishing Co. A four-page issue is usually published on the Friday prior to Northwestern home games and a two-page issue is published on the Friday prior to Northwestern road games. All material is © 2015 Students Publishing Co. Questions or comments should be sent c/o Gameday Editor Cole Paxton, 1999 Campus Dr., Evanston, IL 60208.

STANDINGS EAST Michigan Ohio State Michigan State Penn State Maryland Indiana Rutgers

WEST (7-0, 9-1) (6-1, 9-1) (4-3, 6-4) (4-3, 7-3) (3-4, 5-5) (2-5, 5-5) (0-7, 1-9)

Northwestern Wisconsin Purdue Iowa Nebraska Illinois Minnesota

(6-1, 6-4) (4-3, 6-4) (4-3, 5-5) (3-4, 6-4) (2-5, 3-7) (2-5, 4-6) (2-5, 5-5)

8 NEWS | THE DAILY NORTHWESTERN

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 2018

VOLLEYBALL

Wildcats prepare for tough test against Penn State By MANASA PAGADALA

the daily northwestern

As Northwestern moves into its last few games of the season, the Wildcats have had time to reflect on their whirlwind of a season this year. After a string of eight consecutive losses against Big Ten teams to start conference play, the team broke their losing streak last month against Michigan State. Since then, NU has picked up confidenceboosting wins against Iowa, Ohio State and Rutgers and dropped tough three-set losses to No. 19 Michigan, No. 4 Illinois and No. 7 Penn State. Yet, they have gotten “enough determination to last till the end of the season.” For this Saturday’s away game, the Cats face off against the Nittany Lions in State College, Pennsylvania for the second time this season. NU’s last game against Penn State was this past weekend in the new Welsh-Ryan Arena and had the highest attendance for a home match since 2014, with over 2,200 fans watching the back-and-forth battle. The match ultimately ended in a three-set sweep for Penn State. Compared to previous games against top-ten teams, the Cats came closer to victory, scoring at least 20 points in each of the three sets. In the first set, freshman outside hitter Abryanna Cannon and sophomore outside hitter Nia Robinson aggressively attacked the net with five and six kills, respectively. Robinson led the Cats in hitting throughout the game, ending with a match-high 12 kills while Cannon pushed NU to

Northwestern vs. No. 7 Penn State

State College, Pennsylvania 6 p.m. Saturday

outblock the Nittany Lions, six to five overall. The Cats carried the momentum into their four-set win against Rutgers the following day. Their game against the Fighting Illini on Wednesday, however, was another rough patch for NU. Against Illinois, the Cats struggled to gain traction and dropped all three sets, finishing with a negative hitting percentage for the second time this season. “We started playing with a little bit of fear and that carried over to the second and third; we lost our competitiveness,” said coach Shane Davis . “They have a lot of better players that don’t make mistakes and control the ball really well. And we didn’t do anything at all like that outside the first half of the first set.” Pulling off the upset against the Nittany Lions requires “responding to losing properly” and using their last loss as a learning experience against Penn State’s prestigious women’s volleyball program. Like the Cats, the Nittany Lions are also a young team, with nine underclassmen, yet they have performed above their age thus far in the Big Ten. They have won 12 out of their 17 total games, including many dominant victories. Most recently, Penn State swept Michigan 3-0 as their star players, senior Nia Reed and freshman Jonni Parker, both landed double-digit kills overall, with Reed hitting a ground-breaking 0.520

Daily file photo by Brian Meng

Britt Bommer sets the volleyball. The sophomore setter returned from injury Wednesday.

hitting percentage. As a team, the Nittany Lions delivered their 17th Big Ten championship last fall, advancing all the way to the Final Four before their eventual loss to the Nebraska Cornhuskers . Despite the obstacles facing right in front of them, junior libero Emily Ehman said she hopes

the team can rebound against Penn State. “Hopefully we can come back and get our competitive spirit,” Ehman said. “Right now it seems like everyone’s pretty motivated to get out there and start grinding harder.” manasapagadala2021@u.northwestern.edu

CROSS COUNTRY

After third straight season, Roberts heads to NCAA Championships

It’s the old adage — third time’s the charm. This weekend, though, Aubrey Roberts will look to make it come true as she races for All-American honors.

The junior earned a berth in the NCAA Championships — for the third straight year — after her impressive performance at NCAA Midwest Regionals last weekend. To earn the national honor, she’ll have to crack the top 40. Though Northwestern’s fall season is over, Roberts is still competing. In her freshman season, she finished in 50th place with a time of 20:31. Then in her sophomore campaign, she slipped to

a 63rd place finish but improved her time, finishing in 20:25. The meet will be held in Madison, Wisconsin, for the first time since 1978. It’ll be Roberts’ third time competing on the Badgers’ 6K loop at the Thomas Zimmer Championship Course this season. In September’s Badger Classic, Roberts finished in 21:14 on the course and four weeks later, she improved her time to 20:10 at NCAA

Pre-Nationals. Roberts will face familiar competition this weekend — including Alicia Monson, the Wisconsin junior who bested her for the win at Big Ten Championships last month — along with the three runners who crossed the line before her at Midwest Regionals. — Troy Closson and Jonah Dylan

Picture yourself

AMONG THE GREATS

CLASS OF 1988 NU SYLLABUS YEARBOOK PHOTOGRAPHERS WILL BE IN NORRIS FOR A LIMITED TIME. Several poses will be taken – in your own clothes and with cap and gown. Your choice will be available for purchase. All senior portraits must be taken by Prestige Portraits/Life Touch. $10 sitting fee required.

SIGN UP FOR YOUR SENIOR YEARBOOK PORTRAIT DON'T GET LEFT OUT! SCHEDULE YOUR PORTRAIT Thurs. Nov. 1 through Sunday, November 18 @ NORRIS Sign up at: www.OurYear.com NU Code: 87150 Walk-ins welcome (but appointments have priority). questions? email: syllabus@northwestern.edu or go to: www.NUsyllabus.com

THE DAILY NORTHWESTERN | NEWS 9

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 2018

FEE

From page 1 to associate provost and chief diversity officer Jabbar Bennett on Oct. 19. After NUGW announced a meeting about the fee, Bennett emailed both organizations to say administrators were considering “other options for funding” and would issue a decision by the end of Winter Quarter — though students would have already paid this year’s fee by then. Some students and faculty say the fee forces one demographic group to pay for a service they’re told will benefit only them, part of why political science prof. Jacqueline Stevens called the fee “outrageous.” “The rationale they’re giving would be the same rationale for charging women more for having a Women’s Center or charging black students more for the Black House,” she said. Some students felt the fee was insensitive. “Financially, emotionally, psychologically, there’s so much going on, and we just want one less thing, one less pressure from the University,” said Communication graduate student AnneMarie Singh, who was previously on a student visa. Provost Jonathan Holloway — who approved the fee — told The Daily only international students were asked to pay because they are “the population that needs this.” But students graduating this year may not benefit from the new software — it will be implemented next calendar year around June 1, said Jennifer Zabel, the International Office’s assistant director of operations, and will be functional for limited use around March 1. Holloway said students weren’t consulted because administrators had been planning for the change since 2015, and it was “mission critical” to approve the fee. He said the administration had a “pretty strong sense of what it needed (to do) in order to support this community.” International Office Director Ravi Shankar acknowledged that the International Office may have assumed international students would know more about the fee’s purpose than they did, but he added the office acted in a way they felt best protected international students. Several graduate students said the International Office communicated vaguely over email to students and faculty about the fee. The first email international students received on Aug. 27 said the software was needed “due

to increasingly challenging federal reporting requirements,” leading some to believe it would be used to send more information to the Department of Homeland Security. In another email responding to queries from Stevens on behalf of NU’s chapter of the American Association of University Professors, Shankar said there were “no changes to the type of information requested of Northwestern” and only “increased scrutiny” by federal agencies. Holloway said the communications came months after deans were notified of the technology because of a lack of a precise cost for the software. Shankar said in his email to Stevens — viewed by The Daily — that the program’s estimated cost was $182,000, although he declined to comment on the cost to The Daily. His email to Stevens also said the fee would decrease. Many students were also unaware of the International Office’s currently disorganized reporting system — a major reason for the overhaul. That system “puts students’ visa status at risk,” Zabel said. She said she didn’t want to tell students their visas may be at risk even though she said she wants to be as transparent as possible. “I don’t want students to panic when they understand that they have been at extraordinary risk for the last however long they’ve been here,” she said. Students remain unclear about how the software will function as some fear data breaches in the software or action from federal officials based on newly gathered information — both of which Zabel said are unfounded. “There is legitimately no way (the software) could put them more at risk,” Zabel said. The new system would expedite processes for gathering information needed by the federal government like students’ residencies, names and work statuses. If Northwestern doesn’t meet federal reporting requirements, the University may not get recertified to grant international students visas. Mathematics doctoral student and NUGW organizer Kitty Yang and other members said they hope continued pressure will force NU to reverse the fee. “We’ll continue to put pressure because we don’t want the administration to think that we don’t care about this,” said Ben Schacht, a NUGW organizer. “I could imagine that some concerns will die down and the fee will stand.” dvesurai@u.northwestern.edu alexwong2022@u.northwestern.edu

HILL

From page 1 “Let us imagine a world without prison, a world without a militarized police presence,” Hill said. “Don’t just imagine an effective #MeToo movement, let’s imagine a world without patriarchy, without misogyny, without transphobia, without homophobia. We can produce something better, that’s what it means to have this freedom dream.” Hill said in a backdrop where college campuses are “filled” with sexual violence and universities behave more like multinational corporations than places of higher learning, struggle is necessary for democratic possibility. FMO President Anyah Akanni said Hill’s words are especially important to hear considering the recent chain of incidents targeting women near Northwestern’s campus. “Violence in that way is always gendered, but it’s also racialized,” the Weinberg senior said. “But when our response to violence like that is to increase police presence—what does police presence do for some racialized bodies?” The event included a question-and-answer section, moderated by Director of Graduate Studies Mary Pattillo, during which Hill answered student questions submitted prior to the event. Leading up to the presidential election in 2016, Hill defended his decision to vote for a third party candidate. Hill said he “I would rather have Trump be president for four years and build a real left-wing movement that can get us what we deserve as a people, than to let Hillary be

COLECTIVO From page 1

on Dec. 8 and donating pastries to the Care for Real organization, which has a food pantry for the Chicago area. “We just want to be a part of the community and we hope that other businesses will see us as a tool to grow their businesses as well,” Sopko said. “By bringing more foot-traffic to one area, it provides traffic for (other businesses) because each of us can only hold so many people. We try to work together with businesses to try and make sure we do our part.” Paul Zalmezak, Evanston’s economic development manager, said the new location will be at the “epicenter of Evanston” and indicate to the marketplace that it is a strong area for business. Colectivo will join many other coffee shops in downtown Evanston — including Unicorn Cafe, Starbucks and Cupitol. Zalmezak said there’s “no question” Colectivo will compete with its new neighbors. “There is competition in the coffee space in Evanston and I imagine the longtimers are going to have to adapt and hopefully they will,” Zalmezak said. “I think there is room, since in the

STD

From page 1

ORDER YOUR

2019 NU SYLLABUS

YEARBOOK ON CAESAR

& SAVE 10% Log into CAESAR and go to Student Homepage > Profile > Syllabus Yearbook Orders

OFFER ENDS 11/30/18

be taught, and only 21 of those states are mandated to also cover HIV and other STDs. Northwestern students come from around the globe, so sex education, especially including a discussion of STD prevention, isn’t a universal experience. Many students come to school without having sex, and may have trouble learning safe sex on their own. “When I came to Northwestern there was a huge learning curve for me,” Fiedler said. Northwestern’s Center for Awareness, Response and Education provides free condoms and sexual health programming available upon request. “CARE can provide programming on sexual health such as learning the basics on contraception, STIs and safer sex,” said CARE assistant director Carrie Wachter. “Essentially all that one should have learned in high school but often does not.” CARE also helps plan content for The Student Body, a True Northwestern Dialogue about sex and consent presented to students during orientation. But the TND does not include detailed information about sexual health and STDs. Just sex and consent are “difficult to teach in 45 minutes,” Wachter said. “We try to be conscious about what aspects of consent are going to make the most sense and feel the most relevant to talk about during such a short time frame.” In light of the new figures, Wachter said, there’s a chance more content could be added in the future. Patricia Hilkert, the director of New Student and Family Programs, which plans orientation, said her office and CARE would need to work together to change the content. “If there are rising rates of STDs we will have to look into this issue more and see how it can be incorporated into the TND,” Hilkert said. “Currently, the focus of the TND is more about healthy sexuality and consent so there would definitely have to be some additions to the script and discussion guide.” And Fielder said adding content about safe sex and STD prevention “wouldn’t be disruptive” to the existing content of the TND.

president and stay locked in the same space where we don’t get what we want,” he said on VH1’s “The Breakfast Club.” When Pattillo confronted Hill on whether he felt the left-wing movement he envisioned was realized, Hill laughed and joked that he doesn’t “accept the terms of the question.” Hill said his answer in 2016 was in response to a pointed, rigorous political question about why one should vote for the Green Party without the possibility of winning. He answered by encouraging people to vote according to their values and not to the outcomes of the election. He added that his main priority during the election was to “keep Trump out of the White House,” and his comments on voting Green were directed specifically at those who were voting in a blue state. However, the activist said he is “deeply regretful” and believes it is necessary for him to be held accountable for how his words are understood. Hill ended the conversation on a lighter note with a thought from Kiese Laymon’s in “Heavy: An American Memoir” about a desire for black people to have “good love, healthy choices, and second chances.” “That always sticks with me. It governs how I think about my life, what our activism should be,” Hill said. “I want black folks, poor folks, all the folks to have access to healthy choices. And when we don’t make the right choice, we need structures for second chances.” amyli2021@u.northwestern.edu afternoon it can be challenging to find seating at Cupitol or Starbucks. It’s always jammed. ” Communication junior Natalie Vazquez said she has been studying at Unicorn Cafe since the spring of her freshman year. Vazquez said Colectivo could gain more attention if it appears modern. “I think maybe I’ll go and check out (Colectivo) just because of the hype of having a new place in the area,” Vazquez said. “I think for me it would mostly consist of what the space would look like. So if that ends up being a space where they would have (big windows) then maybe I would go there as well, but I don’t think I would completely switch.” Sopko said that the Evanston location is one of the “most beautiful” stores Colectivo has because of the wood wrapped columns and two separate rooms. “I think for us (Evanston) is just a neighborhood that we felt comfortable with that is a full neighborhood with a community and base,” Sopko said. “I think as we grow in the Chicago market we are finding neighborhoods that we really jive with.” madisondaum2022@u.northwestern.edu “When you’re talking about safe sex, consent is already a part of that definition, or it should be,” Fiedler sad. “And so should pregnancy and STD prevention and also basic resources.” She added that, though including that level of basic sex ed may seem pedantic, it’s “one of those things that can’t be talked about too many times.” CARE isn’t the only resource available to students when it comes to learning about safe sex and STD prevention. Sexual Health and Assault Peer Educators is a student-run, CARE-affiliated group that facilitates campus discussions about sexual health and assault. Communication sophomore Amy Prochaska, who is on SHAPE’s executive board, said SHAPE tries to combat the rising infection rates by educating students. “We do this mostly through our presentations which clarify and specify what the infections are, how to get tested, preventative measures, and possible treatments,” Prochaska said. In addition to already existing programming — including the G-Spot, a weekly installation in Norris University Center — Prochaska said she’s trying to work with the University to provide a free day of STD testing sometime in the near future. Occasionally, Northwestern does provide a day of free testing, like when Multicultural Students Association and Asian Human Services of Chicago partnered for confidential HIV testing in February. Fiedler said the by-request availability of CARE and SHAPE programming is a problem, and the University doesn’t do a good job publicizing the “resources it actually offers,” Fiedler said. What the school offers in terms of sexual health services and education isn’t necessarily clear, she added. If she were to be diagnosed with an STD, she wouldn’t know where to go. “Be realistic about the limitations, but be transparent about where you go when you want to do what,” she said. “It has to be easy for people to know what to do. It’s always easier to do nothing than to do something.” aperez@u.northwestern.edu cameroncook2021@u.northwestern.edu

10 SPORTS | THE DAILY NORTHWESTERN

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 2018

MEN’S BASKETBALL

MEN’S SWIMMING

NU does well in NJ, prepares for TYR By JIMMY LYNN

the daily northwestern @jamesbiscotti33

Last weekend, Northwestern came in third place out of the five teams participating in Princeton’s annual Big Al Invitational, posting 749 points throughout the two-day event. The other teams present at DeNunzio Pool last weekend were Duke, Lehigh, Penn State and Princeton. Princeton finished first with 897 points overall, and Duke’s 756 points barely edged out the Wildcats for second place. Penn State, NUs only Big Ten opponent in attendance, finished fourth and Lehigh finished fifth. “I think (the Big Al Invitational) symbolizes a huge step forward for us,” senior Ryan Tate said. “Especially getting a win over Penn State, one of the first Big Ten teams we’ve beaten besides Michigan State in my four years here.” The Cats will look to build off that performance when they host the TYR Invitational this weekend, their second home meet of the season. NU owes a lot of its success in New Jersey last weekend to the younger members of the team.

Sophomore DJ Hwang won the 1,650 with a time of 15:34.37, and freshman Andrew Zhang won the 100-meter backstroke with a time of 48.87. These wins proved to be crucial for the Cats, as NU only had four first-place finishes total in the Big Al Invitational. “We saw a pretty consistent showing from everyone,” Tate said. “The underclassmen really did pull through and it’s always fun to see those guys go fast.” Not only did the underclassmen pull their weight in the individual races, but the top relay teams for the Cats are composed of mostly underclassmen as well. NU came in second in the 400meter freestyle relay, and third in the 800-meter freestyle relay. Although the freshmen led the team in the pool, they looked to the more experienced members of the team to stay focused and involved while spectating from the deck. “Our (‘A’ relay teams) were primarily freshman with some seniors thrown in there,” Zhang said. “The seniors were leading us and keeping the energy up, and that’s really important.” The Cats strong performance last weekend came in spite of the taxing conditions of the meet.

The Big Al Invitational was NU’s first two-day event of the year, with two sessions on both on Friday and Saturday. “It was kind of meant to be a precursor, because (the Big Ten Championship) is even longer than that,” Tate said. “It’s good preparation because you have to be able to recover in between sessions and be physically ready to go multiple times a day.” Multiple Cats swam in four or more events last weekend because of the two-day format, such as freshman Ryan Gridley, who swam four separate times on Saturday night, finishing in the top eight in each race. This weekend, Illinois-Chicago, Michigan State, Saint Louis, Truman State and William & Mary will all travel to Evanston to participate in the prestigious three-day TYR Invitational. “This is our midseason meet, so [we’ll] use this meet to measure where we’re at and to see how much faster we can get by the end of the season for [the Big Ten Championship] and [potentially the NCAA Championship],” Tate said. “So I’m expecting some fast times from basically everyone.”

the University’s Board of Trustees in 2009, and a purple NU football helmet has a prominent and visible place on the show’s studio set. Foss said the live taping offers a unique opportunity for exposure for the Pardon the Interruption and ESPN brands. “We hope that being able to share that relationship (between Kornheiser and Wilbon) live in front of a packed arena and offer a little bit of insight and an ability to reach out and expand our sphere of influence or our fanbase through some direct interaction,” Foss said. “If we can do those two things … it’s going to be a fun environment for our public, our general viewing public.” Friday will be the first-ever meeting between the Cats and the Bearcats. Binghamton, who joined Division I in 2001, finished last season with an 11-20 overall record and went 2-14 in the America East. The Bearcats are looking for their first winning season since the 2008-09 campaign. NU enters the game with an undefeated record after wins over non-conference opponents in New Orleans and American to open the season. “It’s going to be fun for both schools, really great exposure for our program,” coach Chris Collins said last week. “(It will) give us the chance to put the new arena and the new facility on a national stage which is really cool.”

jameslynn2021@u.northwestern.edu

ellabrockway2021@u.northwestern.edu

FENCING

Cats to fence at tough Elite Invitational By PETER WARREN

daily senior staffer @thepeterwarren

Since coach Zach Moss took over as Northwestern’s leader, he has overseen some monumental victories at difficult tournaments. But this weekend’s Elite Invitational in Columbus will be a challenge Moss and the Wildcats have never had to deal with before. “I don’t know that we have fenced a stronger competition in terms of where teams were ranked the previous year,” Moss said. “This one’s way up there. And to fence this many teams at this level is particularly challenging.” Along with NU, the eight teams competing at the invitational are Cornell, Cleveland State, North Carolina, Notre Dame, Ohio State, Penn, Penn State and Princeton. Of those nine teams, six of them — Notre Dame, Ohio State, Penn, Penn State, Princeton and the Cats — finished the 2017-18 season

ranked in the top ten. Cornell and North Carolina received votes in the final poll. NU is coming off a perfect weekend at the Vassar Invitational where the team went undefeated against a group of inferior teams. Since the Cats knew the vast differences between the level of play at the two competitions, they rested many of their best fencers. Because of the “insane” competition NU will be going up against, Moss has different expectations for this weekend than last weekend at the Vassar Invitational. Last Sunday, Moss expected to leave New York with eight wins. Now, he wants to leave the Buckeye State with more wins than losses. “I would like to see us go 5-4 or better, that would be a pretty reasonable result,” Moss said. “I could see us at 4-5 or 6-3. Hopefully we aren’t any worse than 4-5 because we wouldn’t feel great about that.” At last year’s Elite Invitational — which was held the week before the Vassar Invitational — the Cats went 5-3 with an impressive victory over

From page 12

POINTER From page 12

the hosting Buckeyes. NU fences four matches on Saturday and five matches on Sunday. The Sunday gauntlet is much more competitive as the Cats will battle four of other five top-10 teams at the tournament, including Midwest Conference foes Ohio State. NU and Cornell will face off twice in Columbus because this event is the only competition the two teams will both be attending, Moss said. Last year, the Cats put a beating on the Big Red, winning the contest 22-5 as both the sabre and epee squads finished 8-1. There are 12 new freshman in the program and Moss said he is happy with the progress they have shown so far and with how the team is playing. “I feel really good about our team’s potential and I believe that we are capable of beating anyone,” Moss said. “But we also are at a point in our season where we are not necessarily fencing the best we are going to fence for the year so it’s a little bit harder to predict our results.”

an assistant coach. But I think the thing we discussed at the end of the year was expanding her jump shot. She takes threes comfortably. And the other facet is the other night against Duke she had like four assists. Her total game is beginning to shine because she can do more than just pull-up. Her emotions heading into the game: Coming into the game I was just conflicted. You want to beat your former team, like who wants to lose to their former team and for that matter any team? But I think that they’re just a remarkable group. Last year was extremely tough. There was a lot of growing pains, and obviously the growing pains paid off now. They’re in a season 3-0 right now, and I think they have the chance to be really really special, as special as (McKeown’s) previous team with Nia Coffey. I think that when you win, you win because you learn how to lose first. And losing has to drive you to another level. And I think that that’s what we’re seeing with Northwestern right now, that their losses from last year are driving them to have a remarkable year.

peterwarren2021@u.northwestern.edu

charliegoldsmith2021@u.northwestern.edu

DAILY PUZZLES & CLASSIFIEDS • HELP WANTED • FOR RENT • FOR SALE Classified Ads

For Rent

THE DAILY NORTHWESTERN is not responsible for more than one incorrect insertion of an ad. Corrections must be received by 10am on the day before ad runs again, call 847-4917206. All Classifieds must be paid in advance and are not accepted over the phone. To run online, ad must run in print on same day. The Daily does not knowingly accept misleading or false ads and does not guarantee any ad or claim, or endorse any advertised product or service. Please use caution when answering ads, especially when sending money.

HELP WANTED ADS are accepted only from advertisers who are equal opportunity employers. The presumption, therefore, is that all positions offered here are available to qualified persons without discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, marital status, age, handicap, or veteran status.

It is the policy of The Daily Northwestern to accept housing advertising only from those whose housing is available without discrimination with respect to sexual orientation, race, creed or national origin. The presumption is therefore, that any housing listing appearing here is non-discriminatory.

For Sale 2014 MINI Cooper S 57,674 miles, manual, blue, 1 owner $5,450 Email patsrowka@gmail.com (847) 796-1839

Miscellaneous 2019 PreHealth Study Abroad Guide Learn Spanish & Shadow Doctors (Summer in Chile, Argentina, Peru) Download -> PreHealthAbroad.com

DAILY SUDOKU Complete the grid so each ROW, COLUMN and 3-by-3 BOX (in bold borders) contains every digit, 1 to 9.

For strategies on how to solve Sudoku, visit www.sudoku.org.uk SOLUTION TO PREVIOUS PUZZLE

Large 3 Bedroom Furnished Apartments On Campus SHERMAN & EMERSON 1901 Sherman Ave Available September 2019 Hardwood Floors, Ceiling Fans Appliances, Heat, Hot Water FREE Large Storage Units Bike Room, Intercom $2,695 Laundry Room Cable Ready Open House Showing Thursday November 15th 4:30 7pm Friday November 16th 4:30 - 7pm Cagan Management 312-504-6499 bbernsen@rcn.com

Order your YEARBOOK on CAESAR & SAVE 10% Log into CAESAR and go to Student Homepage > Profile > Syllabus Yearbook Orders Offer ends 11/30/18

11/16/18

Level: 1 2 3 4

nusyllabus.com

DAILY CROSSWORD Edited by Rich Norris and Joyce Nichols Lewis

GREAT RATES FOR NU students and staff!

WE HAVE EVERYTHING YOU NEED:

GIRL POWER

4 GROUP FITNESS STUDIOS OVER 140 CLASSES WEEKLY CLIMBING WALL BOULDERING CAVE LAP POOL AND WHIRLPOOL FUNCTIONAL TRAINING FLOOR EXPANSIVE WEIGHT ROOM KIDS CLUB STEAM & SAUNA

Chicago Athletic Clubs is a proud partner of:

JOIN NOW $0 ENROLLMENT! Visit club for details. Offer expires 11/30/18.

ChicagoAthleticClubs.com

SPORTS

ON DECK NOV.

Football No. 22 NU at Minnesota, 11 a.m. Saturday

ON THE RECORD

I think they’re a Sweet 16 team. With the right bounce, they could be an Elite Eight or Final Four (team). — Tasha Pointer, UIC coach

@DailyNU_Sports

Friday, November 16, 2018

BLOWOUT

Northwestern coasts to easy victory over Illinois-Chicago Illinois-Chicago

By JOSEPH WILKINSON

daily senior staffer @joe_f_wilkinson

Northwestern

Northwestern remained undefeated Thursday night with a 87-44 win over Illinois-Chicago. The Wildcats (3-0) cruised to the victory behind sophomore guard Lindsey Pulliam who had 22 points on 9-of-16 shooting. Pulliam was aided by senior forward Pallas Kunaiyi-Akpanah, who grabbed an unsurprising 10 rebounds and added six points for good measure. Kunaiyi-Akpanah has tallied at least 10 rebounds in all three games this year. “I was just being aggressive, being confident and trying to go at them from the jump,” Pulliam said. “We just keep building our confidence and focusing on getting better every day, because if we get better, we’re going to continue to keep winning.” Freshmen Veronica Burton and Sydney Wood each sat out with injuries, and coach Joe McKeown said both would take it “day-by-day” and that he didn’t see either being out for long. The two have combined to average 10.5 points per game so far this season. Into their place stepped junior guard Byrdy Galernik. Making her fifth career start, Galernik ran the offense like an experienced veteran. She helped the

Cats — who were extremely turnoverprone last season — break the Flames’ full-court press in the first half and finish with only 12 turnovers. She also pitched in with eight points and nine assists. Junior forward Bryana Hopkins also shone with her most playing time of the season, putting up 14 points while shooting an efficient 6-for-7 shooting. “Byrdy came in and played a great floor game for us, did a great job for us,” McKeown said. “We’re playing against ourselves as much as the opponent, so we’ve got to clean up the things that we feel that we’re capable of doing.” The Flames (1-1) were led by guard Taylor Toney, who had 12 points on 6-of-14 shooting. Guard Brittany Byrd was the only other UIC player in double figures, as she added 11 points on 11 shots. It was a revenge game for UIC coach Tasha Pointer, who was an assistant coach at NU last year before taking the head job with the Flames. Pointer’s squad struggled to generate good looks against the Cats’ matchup zone

defense, shooting 32 percent from the field. The visitors struggled both from behind the arc, going 2-for-16, and at the free throw line, finishing 6-for-10. “You want to beat your former team. Who wants to lose to their former team?” Pointer said. “Not only did we lose, we got punched in the face. And we could not recover. It was a technical knockout.” Junior forward Abi Scheid added 16 points on 5-of-7 shooting, making her NU’s second-leading scorer on the night. Other than sophomore guard Brooke Pikiell, junior forward Amber Jamison was the only NU player to finish with zero points, missing all seven of her shots from the field. It was a banner night for the end of the bench. Freshman guard Jess Sancataldo poured in 10 points on only three field goal attempts. She also assisted on fellow freshman Courtney Shaw’s first collegiate points. “(Amber’s) playing really well. The ball didn’t go into tonight; she had a tough shooting night, but she was on the glass hard, she can defend one through five,” McKeown said. “Jess came in, she’s just getting her passport settled from Australia. She’s learning how to play, but can score the basketball.” Daily file photo by Katie Pach

josephwilkinson2019@u.northwestern.

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

MEN’S BASKETBALL

Former assistant talks PTI to broadcast before contest about the Wildcats By ELLA BROCKWAY

By CHARLIE GOLDSMITH

daily senior staffer @2021_charlie

It wasn’t until after former Northwestern associate head coach Tasha Pointer took the head coaching job at Illinois-Chicago that she realized she’d have to play against her former school. Thursday, the Flames lost 87-44 in her return to Evanston as the Wildcats moved to 3-0 on the season. Pointer, who coached the team in the 2017-18 season, spoke at length after the game about the experience and how this Wildcat team is different from last year’s. How the game deviated from her expectations: It was different because Northwestern came out and punched us first. We didn’t know how to respond, and so we went back to our old ways… and we didn’t fight back. Her impression of this year’s team: I keep saying this, I think they’re a Sweet 16 team. With the right bounce, they could be an Elite Eight or Final Four (team). With “Pull-up Pulliam” playing her best basketball right now along with Jordan, I mean those two, they got a lot of experience last year. You can definitely tell.

What she learned from Northwestern coach Joe McKeown: One of the things that I learned from him was no matter what, run your stuff, have great expectations of your team and have your team execute. I think what you saw tonight, some teams after a big win like Duke, they can have a letdown game. There was no letting down. The most nerve-wracking part of the game for her: I’m just happy Pallas didn’t dunk the ball. So all is well. Frustrated we lost, but Pallas didn’t dunk because the last time I saw Pallas, she told me she was going to dunk in this game. If I know Pallas, she was going for the dunk. How she was able to impact Lindsey Pulliam and Jordan Hamilton as an assistant coach: They came in and they were talented individuals. I think the role as an assistant coach helping the head coach is to just continue to instill confidence in each player and what they do extremely well. How Pulliam’s game has changed: We call Pulliam “Pull-up Pulliam” because that pull-up game is serious. I would probably say she pulls up like a guy. No seriously, it’s one-two dribble and she’s right in her shot. And so she had that before I even touched her as » See POINTER, page 10

daily senior staffer @ellabrockway

This March, Mike Foss, a senior director of remote production operations for ESPN, and his team began talks with the Northwestern athletic department about a possible collaboration between the department and the network’s “Pardon the Interruption” television show, based around NU’s Nov. 16 matchup against Binghamton. Foss visited Welsh-Ryan Arena for the first time a month later, and although the arena was still under construction and seven months away from completion, he liked what he saw. So began a plan to bring one of ESPN’s most popular and recognizable shows to Evanston. That plan will finally come to fruition Friday, as ESPN personalities Michael Wilbon (Medill ’80) — a former Daily staffer — and Tony Kornheiser — a 1970 Binghamton graduate — will tape an episode of Pardon the Interruption live from Welsh-Ryan Arena before calling the game between their alma maters on ESPNews. “It’s such a special and unique relationship so when we saw both of their alma maters lining up to play men’s basketball at Northwestern, we really wanted to be there,” Foss told The Daily. “Corresponding with the opening of the new basketball arena, or I guess the refurbished basketball arena is the

Source: Randy Sager/ESPN Images

Michael Wilbon (Medill ‘80) poses on the set of ESPN’s ‘Pardon the Interruption.’ The show will broadcast from Welsh-Ryan Arena on Friday.

better way to put it, on a Friday evening, it’s just all the stars aligned, so to speak.” Pardon the Interruption has been one of ESPN’s most-viewed daily studio programs since its beginning. Wilbon and Kornheiser both found fame as award-winning sports columnists for the Washington Post, and have hosted Pardon the Interruption since the show debuted on Oct. 2001. In those 17 years, Pardon the Interruption has had its share of memorable moments: President Barack Obama recorded a special message for Kornheiser and Wilbon to commemorate the show’s tenth anniversary in 2011; Wilbon and Kornheiser have hosted road shows from national sporting

events ranging from All-Star Games to the Super Bowl; and the show has won two Sports Emmys for Outstanding Studio Show — in 2009 and 2016. But on Friday, they will do something they have never done. “This is the first time we’ve ever traveled PTI by itself to a remote location,” Foss said. “We’ve always been co-located with other ESPN shows, so this is the first time PTI’s ever traveled independently to a site for a remote broadcast.” Wilbon’s ties to his alma mater remain strong years after his graduation. The Chicago native was named to » See MEN’S BASKETBALL, page 10