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DeVos unveils new Title IX proposal Changes would bolster rights of those accused By ALAN PEREZ

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Carly Rae Jepsen belts her hit songs in Welsh-Ryan Arena. Jepsen recently released a new song, Party for One.

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Carly Rae Jepsen, Smino wow students during Welsh-Ryan concert By ZOE MALIN

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Twenty minutes into headliner Carly Rae Jepsen’s set at Saturday’s A&O Blowout, the distinct beat of her hit song “Call Me Maybe” blasted through the

speakers. The audience screamed and began to sing like it was 2012. “I wasn’t ever expecting to hear that song live,” said Communication freshman Erin Zhang. “It was so cool to be with my friends from NU, jumping up and down together.” About 1,700 attendees piled

into Welsh-Ryan Arena at A&O Productions’ fall Blowout as Jepsen and opener Smino took the stage. The artists performed music of widely different genres, which A&O co-chair Jessica Collins said attracted a diverse crowd. Jepsen was Blowout’s first solo female headliner. Overall, Collins is proud of

the event. “It was a group effort,” Collins said. “A&O really came together to make the concert a good experience for first-years and all of Northwestern in general.” Smino played a variety of songs from two of his previous » See BLOWOUT, page 6

The Education Department unveiled its proposal of highlyanticipated rules on Friday that would bolster the rights of those accused of sexual assault and harassment, a move that could drastically reshape how colleges like Northwestern handle allegations reported to them. The proposed rules would require that schools no longer rely on the so-called single investigator model, give defendants of sexual misconduct allegations the right to cross-examine their accuser and other witnesses and provide written notice of claims to both parties. Due process advocates and self-described men’s rights groups hailed the new rules after arguing for years that procedures adopted by some schools were unfairly biased against defendants of claims.

“While not perfect, the proposed regulations indicate the federal government’s recognition that students accused of serious misconduct are entitled to meaningful due process rights, and the proposed regulations include a number of important procedural protections that will improve the integrity of the process for everyone,” Samantha Harris, vice president for procedural advocacy at the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education, said in a statement. The rules codify procedures that have varied widely across states and schools since sexual harassment was ruled illegal under Title IX as a form of sex discrimination. Title IX rules have until now only been issued through guidelines and “Dear Colleague” letters, which the Obama administration used in an ambitious effort to combat sexual violence in the nation’s schools. But this administrative process frustrated some for skirting the formal rulemaking process. U.S. Department of Education Secretary Betsy DeVos’ rules would put the administration on a stronger » See TITLE IX, page 6

Students report mold in Bobb Sand Creek remembered Similar concerns were raised about dorm in 2016

Descendants reflect on impacts of massacre

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Emma Coughlan has had a severe, chronic cough since the start of the school year. When she visited University Health Services, she was told the cough wasn’t due to a virus. Now, the Weinberg

NU received 187 reports of sexual misconduct policy violations

An Office of Equity report published earlier this month notes 187 reported violations of the University’s sexual misconduct policy during 2017. Twenty-eight reports of sexual violence, — nonconsensual sexual penetration or contact — 17 reports of domestic violence and 36

freshman thinks it’s because of mold. And she’s not the only one. Several Bobb-McCulloch Hall residents have reported finding of mold but say Residential Services did not adequately respond to their complaints. SESP freshman Emma Austin Stein found an organic moldlike substance “all over” the air

conditioning vents in her room in early November. After hearing about mold findings in the past, Stein and her roommate actively looked for mold. She promptly notified her residential assistant. Two weeks later, a member of residential services visited the room and determined the mold to be

reports of stalking made by or on behalf of students were reported to the University, 72 of which reportedly took place on Northwestern’s Evanston campus. Another 62 reports of sexual violence, 32 reports of domestic violence and 12 reports of stalking were made anonymously, without reference to location. The University did not resolve 70 of the reports because it had insufficient information or jurisdiction or honored a student’s request not to move forward with an investigation. Of the two sexual violence investigations completed

in 2017, one respondent was expelled from Northwestern. Four complaints from previous years were decided — only one person was found responsible and excluded from NU. Another respondent to a claim of domestic violence was expelled, while one accused of stalking was expelled and another suspended. The report does not include violations of the policy that may have taken place outside of the policy’s jurisdiction such as off-campus, non-University related events.

Descendants of the Sand Creek Massacre victims — Otto Braided Hair, Karen Little Coyote, Fred Mosqueda and Gail Ridgely — shared their family’s pain at an on-campus commemoration of the massacre’s 154th anniversary. The commemoration attempted to grapple with Northwestern’s ties to the massacre. John Evans, one of the Northwestern’s founders, was the territorial governor of Colorado and the Commissioner of Indian Affairs when the massacre occurred. A report released in 2014 by Northwestern found that Evans did not directly order the attack, but did not serve Native Americans’ best interests as superintendent of Indian Affairs and refused

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(D-Glenview), who was elected to the State Senate on Nov. 6, were present for the ceremony, and Ald. Peter Braithwaite (2nd), said he is excited to begin the work ahead. DPOE also brought in Northwestern political science Prof. Laurel Harbridge-Yong to debrief what happened in the midterm elections. Harbidge-Yong said even though the Democratic party gained control of the House during the midterms, the victory didn’t secure the “blue wave” so many had hoped for. She explained the significance of the seats that turned during the election and spoke about the current political polarization in the United States right now. Harbridge-Young said while she was encouraged by the number of people who voted across the country this year, people could always do more to try to listen to each other. “An estimated 113 million people voted in this election, which is the first midterm election in history with over 100 million voters,” she said during the event. “But both on politics and especially on race and religion, it’s possible to meet someone and realize that ‘Oh this is a person I like, and this is a person who’s a good person, but they think differently than me on something.’”

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The Democratic Party of Evanston held a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Nov. 13 to celebrate the opening of their new office in west Evanston. The new office, located at 1806 Church St., replaced the party’s old office space, which was filled over capacity in the weeks leading up to the Nov. 6 election. The larger space will be able to accommodate more volunteers and phone banks. Jane Neumann, a DPOE board member, said before the event that their old office could not support all of the volunteers who wanted to help prior to the election. “I think that the experience of this recent election showed us that there are a lot more new activist volunteers in our community than we had before,” Neumann said. “We were busting at the seams at the old office, and we recognized that we needed to have more space to allow those volunteers to have a home base.” Though DPOE had begun to use the space before the election season ended, the ribboncutting ceremony made their move official. Michelle Jordan, the president of the DPOE

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Politicians during the ribbon-cutting ceremony at the new DPOE office. The Democratic Party of Evanston relocated to a bigger office space early this month.

board, said that she thinks the move will help make the organization available to more people around the Evanston area. “It’s really going to work out well, and I think it sort of acts as a roadmap for where we’re going as an organization,” she said. “We want to involve

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wanted to call his mother. Officers attempted to handcuff the man, at which point he resisted and pulled an officer to the ground, Glew said. Once handcuffed, the man also resisted getting into a police cruiser, and spit in the face of one of the officers, Glew said. At the station, officers found one gram of cannabis and a folded up piece of aluminum foil with residue of narcotics, Glew added.

Man asks to call mother, arrested for spitting on EPD officer Evanston Police Department officers arrested a man Friday in the 400 block of Sheridan Road in south Evanston after he resisted arrest and spat on an officer. The man, a 24-year-old Evanston resident was walking along Sheridan Road when he saw EPD officers in a police cruiser and ran away, said Evanston police Cmdr. Ryan Glew. When officers caught up to the man, he refused to identify himself and asked officers why they were bothering him and told them he

Baby food stolen from CVS

EPD officers on Thursday afternoon responded to a report of retail theft at the 1711 Sherman Ave. CVS in downtown

more young people, so we’re very close to the high school right around the corner, and we’re in a part of Evanston that’s accessible for transit.” Several of Illinois’ most prominent Democratic political figures, like State Sen. Daniel Biss (D-Evanston) and State Rep. Laura Fine

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Evanston. A 28-year-old CVS employee told officers that two men wearing black jackets and khaki pants entered the store, walked back toward the pharmacy and stole several jars of baby food, Glew said. The employee stopped the men and asked them if they were stealing the food. They said no, then walked out the door without paying the $312 they owed, Glew said. “Not exactly a highbrow heist here,” he added.

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McSA speaker talks mental health By CAMERON COOK

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While in college, now-psychiatrist Dr. Rania Awaad didn’t take a single psychology course. At the time, she thought of psychology as a “Western construct.” “What good Muslim takes psychology?” she asked. “That’s a bunch of nonsense.” It wasn’t until Awaad was a practicing spiritual counselor that she realized something her freshman-in-college self would not have believed: Islam can’t fix everything. Awaad, a clinical psychologist at Stanford University, spoke to a crowd of around 75 in Hardin Hall for the Muslim Cultural Students Association fall speaker event, Inside Muslim Minds. During the event, Awaad addressed issues of mental health in the Muslim community, like the problem of many Muslims not seeking treatment for mental illness. Both internal and external factors drive this reluctance to seek help from a counselor or psychiatrist, and the biggest deterrent is a fear of judgement, Awaad said. But that jugement can come from more than one angle. On one hand, Awaad said many Muslims don’t feel comfortable disclosing mental illnesses to their other Muslim friends, who may not consider mental health issues real problems. Awaad described an incident where she heard a woman speak about judgement she got for disclosing her depression — when she told her friends how she felt, they told her simply to pray more. “It’s not because of laziness,” Awaad said. “She would say, ‘Look, I am barely brushing my own teeth and combing my own hair. If I’m not taking care of my daily basic functions of living, how is it that I’m supposed to do extra prayers?’” The other worry Awaad said Muslims may have is that non-Muslim counselors won’t be culturally competent enough to integrate Islam into traditional therapy. But this, Awaad says, is where history comes in. One of Awaad’s best received research papers,

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Dr. Rania Awaad gives a talk Friday at Hardin Hall. Awaad is a clinical psychiatrist at Stanford University, and during the event addressed issues of mental health in the Muslim community.

she said, was about a translation she made of a document from the 9th century in which a Muslim doctor almost perfectly described the symptoms of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. In addition, she said, the first psychiatric hospital was built in what is now Baghdad, also in the 9th century. What Awaad learned from doing her research contradicted what she thought as a college student — that psychology was Western in origin. “I want you to know your own heritage,” she told the audience. “So that when you start this discussion with your folks and your friends and your family members, you know where you’re coming from.” Starting that discussion, Awaad added, is extremely important, especially for college students. She told the audience to be aware and “not ostriches sticking our heads in the sand.” Weinberg freshman Rwan Ibrahim came to see

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Awaad to learn more about a subject she thinks the Muslim community doesn’t talk about nearly enough. “Subjects like this are really important to gain knowledge on,” she said, adding that she thinks it’s necessary to learn about a new perspective and make changes based on new information. Awaad ended her talk with a reminder that the Muslim community is not immune to mental health concerns, and urged the audience to look out for friends and family members who might be struggling. “We have to actually talk about these things in much more detail and acknowledge them for what they are,” she said. “What we have going on is what everyone else is susceptible to, and that’s where the conversation has to start.” cameroncook2021@u.northwestern.edu

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Jamal Khashoggi case revists American hypocrisy CATHERINE BUCHANIEC

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The United States places itself on a moral pedestal — a platform promoting equality and freedom, liberty and justice — and has for decades. From our own perspective, we are the apostles of democracy. But under the gaze of the rest of the globe, we are moral hypocrites. Presidential administrations have promoted liberal democracy as the superior form of government, taking actions to globalize the beliefs they held so near and dear. President Bill Clinton strived for the world to have democratic values through the National Security Strategy of Engagement and Enlargement. President George W. Bush pledged to promote peace around the world and end tyranny, his words ultimately translating into years of unnecessary intervention in the Middle East. For better or for worse, our government has told us we have a habit of getting involved in the name of doing good. Yet, this involvement is inconsistent and not always done for the right reasons. We pick and choose our battles depending on what we get out of it. We perpetuate involvement when it

suits America, not necessarily when it is the right thing to do. Jamal Khashoggi, a critic of the Saudi royal family and a writer for the Washington Post, entered the Saudi consulate in Istanbul on Oct. 2. He was not seen again.

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If we stand for justice, then Khashoggi deserves justice. Wrong is wrong — crimes against humanity and crimes against innocent people do not allow for discretion.

Despite the audio tapes and a report from the CIA, our own president refuses to accept that Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman — the 33-year-old de facto ruler of Saudi Arabia — played a role in Khashoggi’s death. After a month of investigation and world discussion, action against Mohammed bin Salman has been deemed “premature” by President Trump. Furthermore, our government’s response against Mohammed bin Salman has been weak at best. Saudi Arabia has shifted its narrative countless times, yet President Trump continues

to accept whatever tale they decide to tell. Our economic and political investment in Saudi Arabia is being prioritized over acting with morality. The U.S. cannot pick and choose when to speak up or when to take action. If we condemn crimes against humanity, we have to condemn all crimes against humanity. If we promote freedom, we need to promote freedom everywhere. Both our enemies and our allies warrant equal treatment. Regardless of whether a country has rich oil reserves, we have a responsibility to ourselves and to humanity to treat it equally when it engages in human rights violations. If Canada is demonized for economic trade, Saudi Arabia warrants critical rhetoric and radical action for murder. If we stand for justice, then Khashoggi deserves justice. Wrong is wrong — crimes against humanity and crimes against innocent people do not allow for discretion. As a country, we have a host of weapons at our disposal; not those of destruction and violence, but those of economic prestige and sanctions, those of verbal condemnation. When a country — ally or foe — commits atrocities, the U.S. and the world at large need to speak up. When we hear or see them, we need to say something and, better yet, take determined, non-violent action to ensure that

future harm will never be done. If we continue to give Saudi Arabia weapons and to treat them like nothing happened — like they didn’t murder a U.S. resident and journalist — it only validates them to commit more unthinkable crimes. Doing nothing sends the message they can do whatever they please. President Donald Trump might want to put “America first,” but we cannot forget the rest of the planet; we cannot just look out for ourselves. We are past an age where we can hide behind our own borders and policies. We live in a time when someone oceans away can be called in a second, a time when economies are depend on foreign trade. It is impossible to ignore the fact that we live not in the age of America, but in the age of Earth as a whole. Promoting a moral code only when we get something out of it demonstrates a degree of unfathomable hypocrisy and self-interest: beliefs that violate the very code we are preaching. If we wish to be perceived as a moral country, we need to act with morality. Catherine Buchaniec is a Medill freshman. She can be contacted at catherinebuchaniec 2022@u.northwestern.edu. If you would like to respond publicly to this op-ed, send a Letter to the Editor to opinion@ dailynorthwestern.com. The views expressed in this piece do not necessarily reflect the views of all staff members of The Daily Northwestern.

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BLOWOUT

Carly Rae Jepsen produced a performance living up to her most recent album’s name — “Emotion” — as Saturday’s A&O Blowout headliner. As she sang the opening verses of “Call Me Maybe,” the crowd of 1,700-plus attendees went wild. The pop star’s performance was preceded by rapper Smino who opened the concert at Welsh-Ryan Arena with popular hits from his latest albums. — Jonah Dylan

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TITLE IX From page 1

legal footing to enforce Title IX, the federal law barring sex discrimination in federally-funded schools. The public has 60 days from the day the rules are published in the Federal Register to participate in a comment period. Much of the regulations are already part of NU’s process, such as the right to appeal by both parties and its choice of the “preponderance of evidence” standard — the lower of the two evidentiary standards. In the lead-up to the anticipated rules, University administrators stressed that a complete overhaul would not be necessary since state laws like the Illinois Preventing Sexual Violence in Higher Education Act — which mirrors much of the regulations — already govern these sexual misconduct policies. The news comes at a particularly sensitive time when sexual violence remains a flashpoint issue on campus. With the return of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity and the national reckoning around sexual misconduct, students have mobilized to combat sexual violence. Administrators have taken notice, and are relying heavily on prevention initiatives, such as a new required training set to roll out this winter. “Northwestern is committed to ensuring the safety of our students, faculty and staff,” University spokesman Bob Rowley said in a Friday statement. “We work diligently to prevent sexual misconduct and respond to reports of sexual misconduct in a prompt, thorough and impartial way.” “We are reviewing the document and preparing to participate in the comment period on these critically important issues,” he added. The rules would reduce the responsibility schools

MOLD

From page 1 dust. Stein performed an air quality test and sent the test out to a local lab. If the lab finds results to be positive, she and her roommate plan to contact the city health department. “They’re totally within their right to do that. I would do the same thing,” said Mark D’Arienzo, Residential Services senior associate director. Bobb-McCulloch has a reputation among students for fostering mold. Several reports have been made to Northwestern administrators, including in 2016 when reports of mold were verified. The University plans to build two new residence halls to replace Bobb-McCulloch, but administrators have stalled any new construction plans due to the budget deficit. Jennifer Luttig-Komrosky, the executive director of Residential Services, told The Daily her office is “evaluating next steps” for the Housing Master Plan, which includes the plans for new halls. Some residents have found mold but did not go through the procedure of a report, based on the response their peers received. Coughlan said that three weeks ago, a cup of water was sitting out in her dorm room. When her

have to investigate claims of sexual misconduct. NU would only need to address claims when it has “actual knowledge” of an incident that occurred in its own “education program or activity.” In other words, the University would no longer need to respond to offcampus incidents or reports made to University officials who don’t have the proper authority to take “corrective action.” In an interview on Thursday, Provost Jonathan Holloway, whose office oversees Title IX, said it can often be difficult to determine NU’s jurisdiction to investigate off-campus incidents. “You can imagine a scenario, you know the scenario. One party says it was consensual. One party says it wasn’t. Both parties were drunk.This is just typical stuff. It was off-campus and one of the parties is not affiliated with the University,” he said. “Where does our responsibility begin and end? That describes a fair number of these cases, and it’s really exquisitely difficult.” Northwestern’s sexual misconduct policy maintains it has the right to investigate alleged incidents that would “affect the University’s working or learning environments, regardless of whether the reported conduct occurred on or off campus.” It is not yet clear whether Northwestern would adopt this change. Colleen Johnston, Northwestern’s Title IX coordinator, referred comment to Rowley’s statement. The rules would also make it harder to find that schools violated Title IX law. Schools would need to demonstrate their actions were “clearly unreasonable in light of the known circumstances.” Northwestern would need to address formal complaints, but would have leeway to implement resolutions. The Education Department would allow Northwestern to close cases through informal resolutions like restorative justice or mediation, a practice the Obama administration roommate went to go pick it up, she found floating pieces of mold. She has since checked the air conditioning unit and found mold there too, but currently has no plans to make a report to residential services. The students living next door to Coughlan allegedly found mold in the air conditioning unit as well, but Residential Services told them the levels of mold were not severe enough to take action. After that, Coughlan thought, “What’s the point? … They don’t really care.” Currently, Residential Services compares levels of mold in the room with levels of mold outside — if the mold count is higher than the mold count measured in the room, the University will not take further action. Coughlan said the University needs to be more strict with what constitutes an unacceptable amount of mold. “We’re in a close, contaminated space,” she added. D’Arienzo said his office takes “mold and student’s health very seriously.” “Anytime anyone uses that four-letter word mold, people start to get concerned,” he said. “We also want to make sure if that’s what it is, that’s what is; if it’s not, it’s not.” Ashley Capoot contributed reporting. snehadey2022@u.northwestern.edu

viewed as improper. While the University would have less responsibility to investigate off-campus incidents, it would also not need to look into reports not made directly to a University official with authority to investigate. Instead, NU would need to offer those accusers supportive measures that are non-punitive and non-disciplinary. Additionally, the rules stick with the extended timeline granted last year, when DeVos stripped Obama-era guidelines and replaced them with an interim Q&A. The centerpiece of DeVos’s overhaul bolsters the rights of the accused by strengthening due process regulations. Northwestern’s procedures would require cross-examination conducted by an adviser, though it would prohibit questions about an accuser’s past sexual history. It would also prohibit the single-investigator model, in which a Title IX investigator interviews both parties separately and presents findings to a panel. The University was sued by a former student in 2017 for its “grievous mishandling” of an investigation, partly due to the single-investigator model. The proposed changes were met with backlash from survivor advocates, who fear the regulations will discourage survivors from stepping forward. But the regulations could set up a clash between students’ concerns and the University’s responsibility under the law. “We care about both sides of the equation,” Holloway said last week. “What we’re trying to do is get to a place of safe culture on campus, safe reality on campus, clarity about processes so both sides feel reasonably represented and heard.”

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albums, as well as his song “KLINK” from his latest album Noir. Medill junior Claire Toomey, who booked Smino, said it was important for A&O to have an opening artist of a different genre than Jepsen; the group wanted to achieve a balance in the concert’s appeal. Soon after Smino’s set, the lights of Welsh Ryan were dimmed once again for Jepsen. The audience rushed to the stage as she opened with “Run Away With Me” from her third studio album Emotion. “I don’t think I’ve ever seen Northwestern dance more,” Collins said. In an attempt to make Blowout comfortable for all attendees, Collins said A&O’s members recently participated in training with the Chicago non-profit Our Music My Body. The group learned about bystander intervention and making concerts “a safe space for everyone.” A&O also issued a statement on its Facebook page prior to Blowout discouraging attendees from using the N-word while singing along to Smino’s songs. Collins said this was a continuation of last year’s movement to bar the N-word from non-black students’ vocabulary at the concert. Additionally, A&O had two American Sign Language interpreters present at Blowout. “Blowout exceeded my expectations,” the Communication freshman said. “I still can’t believe it was that good.”

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to acknowledge the massacre after it occured. It also said he fostered an environment that allowed the massacre to happen. A separate report from The University of Denver, however, found Evans “deeply culpable” in the massacre. Jabbar Bennett, associate provost and chief diversity officer, acknowledged the work the University has left to do in supporting the Cheyenne and Arapaho people. “Embracing our history is not only the right thing to do, but is something we have to do,” he said. “We have to continue to right wrongs.” At the Sand Creek Massacre, Cheyenne and Arapaho people were mutilated, for “no reason,” said Karen Little Coyote. “That was supposed to peaceful camp, a chief ’s camp,” she said. “And yet they did what they did to us.” The panelists said remains are still being sent to them, which they take to Sand Creek for a proper burial. The panelists spoke about the history of the event. Prior to the panel, a video ran about John Evans and the pain he caused. Ridgely pled to students to be a

part of the movement of getting the stories of Native Americans’ right. “We controlled that area. That was our land, that was our home base…. They started to restrict us,” said Mosqueda. The panel was followed by a bonfire by the lakefill, where the descendants led a memorial song. Weinberg junior Zoe Johnson said she attended the event because she wanted to learn about Native American history. “It is something that was taken from people and it something we benefit from,” Johnson said. “It is important to be aware of what has been done in the past.” The commemoration was organized by the Office of Institutional Diversity & Inclusion, Multicultural Student Affairs, the Colloquium on Indigeneity and Native American Studies and the InclusionNU Fund. This was the University’s fifth commemoration. “It’s emotional, it’s hard to talk about what happened to our people. Thank you for understanding our history, where we came from and where we’re going. We won’t ever let this happening again,” said Karen Little Coyote. snehadey2022@u.northwestern.edu

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Roles of freshmen have not yet been defined By CHARLIE GOLDSMITH

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Three minutes into the game, freshman forward Pete Nance received a pass on the wing and simultaneously turned the ball over and fouled Bearcats guard Sam Sessoms. As Nance ran down the floor, Collins shouted the freshman’s name in frustration, and less than a minute he later took Nance out altogether. It was a compelling moment in an otherwise forgettable 82-54 rout against Binghamton on Friday. The scene highlighted two of the biggest questions Northwestern has been facing all season — how much to trust the first years and how much responsibility to give them right away. Collins used a different rotation in the third game of the season, and he said he’s still processing how Nance, forward Miller Kopp and guard Ryan Greer will ultimately fit into the team’s season-long plans. After the opening minutes of Friday’s lopsided game, Collins kept them in so they could highlight their skill sets and even make mistakes. “As a freshman coming to college basketball, the first thing that you’re worried about is just catching up with the pace,” junior center Barret Benson said. “Because when you get on that floor, things are moving 100 miles per hour, a lot faster

than you expected and you can’t really prepare for that besides playing.” In the Wildcats’ exhibition game this season, Collins trotted out a surprising starting lineup with Kopp on the wing alongside graduate guard Ryan Taylor and senior forward Vic Law. But even though Kopp has been starting, he only played 14 minutes in the opener against New Orleans and just seven minutes against American. Likewise, Nance only got 12 minutes in the first game and three in the second. Before Friday’s game, the only freshman to get extended minutes in a game was Greer, who played 15 second-half minutes against the Eagles because he could consistently find senior center Dererk Pardon in the post. Nance and Kopp both played season-high minutes against Binghamton and were hunting shots for the first time all season, combining for 18 attempts in the game. Kopp, who finished with seven points, was able to get to the rim better than he had in the previous two games. And Nance finished with 10 and made his first two pick-and-pop jumpers of the season in tandem with sophomore guard Anthony Gaines. “I thought Pete gave us great minutes in the first half,” Collins said. “When the game was still kind of in doubt, I thought he came in and scored (10) points, had a couple rebounds and blocked a shot… (Kopp and Nance) have been willing learners, willing workers, and hopefully they’ll continue

to improve as the season goes on.” All of Nance’s baskets and all but one of Kopp’s in the first two games were spoonfed threes or baskets close to the rim. Against the Bearcats, even though Nance and Kopp both shot under 50 percent from the field, they were aggressive as they played double-digit second-half minutes. “Those are important minutes for all of those guys, and I wanted them to understand that.,” Collins said. “You look at a score and say ‘Oh, it’s the last eight minutes,” but those are valuable minutes early in a career.” The questions about Nance’s and Kopp’s roles on the team still linger, and Collins won’t be able give the freshmen designated developmental minutes until NU plays Chicago State on Dec. 17. It’s also unlikely that the Cats can run the table in the Wooden Legacy and beat highly regarded Indiana and undefeated Michigan and DePaul in the next three weeks without some major contributions from the newcomers. Collins has said he’ll always ride the hot hand down the stretch of close conference games, but for the first time all season, Nance and Kopp showed they belong in the conversation. “They both have bright futures,” Collins said. “I want them to continue to gain confidence, especially as they’re young right now and learning what it’s all about.” charliegoldsmith2021@u.northwestern.edu

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The lights in Welsh-Ryan Arena were dimmed and the crowd was buzzing. The main event was starting soon and Northwestern’s star was about to make his grand entrance. As the public address announcer boomed the Wildcat’s name, NU’s band began to play the fight song and fans throughout the arena burst with excitement. But it was not basketball stars Vic Law or Lindsey Pulliam running onto the court. Instead, it was Michael Wilbon (Medill ’80) jogging onto the hardwood. Before Friday’s men’s basketball game between Northwestern and Binghamton, ESPN’s afternoon talk show “Pardon the Interruption,” which Wilbon co-hosts, broadcasted from Welsh-Ryan. The Sports Emmy Awards-winning show aired from Welsh-Ryan because of the relationships of the two hosts to the teams playing later that night. In addition to Wilbon’s connection to NU, Tony Kornheiser, Wilbon’s co-host, is a Binghamton graduate. “It was fun. It was unbelievably fun,” Wilbon said to The Daily. “Seriously.” With a studio set up just south of center court and facing toward the south entrance of the arena, students stood behind the hosts while non-student attendees filled the stands in front of the stage. The event was a first in 17-plus year history of “Pardon the Interruption.”The show had broadcasted from the road before, but had done so only a couple of times in front of a live audience — and never in front of a crowd with clear biases. The broadcast was not without its hiccups. The taping started later than usual and getting through the opening segment took multiple run-throughs. But after that, the two found their groove and went through all three main segments of the show — Headlines, Toss Up and Happy Time — without much falter. During Toss-Up, the two debated Binghamton and Northwestern centered topics, while former “Pardon the Interruption” guest host J.A. Adande, the director of Sports Journalism at Medill, made an appearance from the second deck for the “Errors and Omissions” segment. Erik Rydholm, an executive producer of “Pardon The Interruption” who has been a part of the program since its conception in 2001, said the dynamic between the two felt different from their usual rapport. “They were a little more subdued in a weird way than they are normally in the studio,” Rydholm said. “And I think that part of that is it is so unusual for them — everything is so usual for them — and then part of it is that you can start feeling, when you are in front of an audience, a pressure of expectations.” After hosting “Pardon the Interruption,” Wilbon and Kornheiser had about an hour and a half to prepare for their next endeavor — providing commentary for the game. Kornheiser spent a few seasons calling “Monday Night Football” and Wilbon has done a few football games in the past — but basketball game commentary was totally new territory for both. Alongside them at courtside was experienced playby-play broadcaster Will Flemming, who likened his role during the broadcast to a traffic cop. “Tonight’s game was just about letting them run,” Flemming said. “They are freakishly talented at ablidding and maybe they are not classically trained basketball analysts, but that’s not what this show was about at all. It’s just about bringing them to an arena with their alma maters playing and letting them be them and be the show.” Flemming first found out he would be doing the game with Wilbon and Kornheiser about a week before Friday and said the broadcast itself was different than anything he had done before — but different in “wonderful ways.” After the game, which Northwestern won easily by 28 points, Kornheiser and Wilbon took photos and talked with fans. While Kornheiser left after a few minutes of interaction, Wilbon stayed in WelshRyan well after the crowd cleared.The Medill graduate talked to everyone who came up to him after the game and interacted with NU players and coaches. Wilbon then settled in the Wilson Club box for a postgame soda and birthday dessert. At the end of what is in all likelihood a once-in-a-lifetime event, Wilbon said he was not sure if he’d taken in the whole day yet. But one moment hit close to home for him. “The Medill people standing behind me, that was important to me. Very important to me,” Wilbon said. “I care about the whole university. I care even more about my school… That was great for me and I’m sure it was great for Tony too. We are journalists. We care.” peterwarren2021@u.northwestern.edu

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MINNEAPOLIS — Pat Fitzgerald was insulted. To start the week, he faced a barrage of questions about whether his Wildcats would stay focused in their final two conference games. Then the line on Saturday’s game at Minnesota shifted so heavily that No. 22 Northwestern went from 2-point favorites to 2-point underdogs. He stewed over a compendium of negative comments compiled about senior quarterback Clayton Thorson. His team got the message. They never trailed against a decent Golden Gophers (5-6, 2-6 Big Ten) team, using a stout defensive effort and a fourth-quarter offensive burst to pull away for a 24-14 victory at frigid TCF Bank Stadium. The victory was the Cats’ (7-4, 7-1) sixth straight in conference play and an eighth consecutive Big Ten win away from Evanston. “It really pissed us off. That’s the way we approached it,” Fitzgerald said of the outside chatter. “This group has been very focused. … I’m really proud of our guys.” NU’s performance was far from a perfect one. The Cats had just 147 yards of offense in the first half, failed to convert two ugly fourth-and-long plays deep in Minnesota territory and didn’t take a two-score lead until the fourth quarter. But NU nevertheless displayed a “businesslike” effort, Fitzgerald said,

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After Michael Wilbon (Medill ’80) and Tony Kornheiser trash talked each other’s teams in a live taping of “Pardon the Interruption” at Welsh-Ryan Arena, it was Wilbon’s Wildcats who stole the show when the game began. Northwestern led Binghamton seconds after the opening tip, leading by as many as 41 and easing past the Bearcats, 82-54. NU (3-0) saw nine different players find the scoresheet with five reaching double figures. Senior forward Vic Law led the Cats with 14 points and junior forward A.J.Turner had 13. Freshman forward Pete Nance and senior center Dererk Pardon finished with 10 points apiece. But the surprise star of the night was junior center Barret Benson, who came off the bench to earn a double-double with 12 points and 14 rebounds. Benson saw 27 minutes of action, compared to just 13 for Pardon, who dealt with foul trouble in the first half and was rested in the second due to the large lead. “Sometimes what gets lost, because (Pardon) is such a good player, has been (Benson’s) development,” coach Chris Collins said. “He wants success for everybody, he wants to win, and he’s been working his tail off. We have confidence that he can come in and do the job.” NU scored the game’s first nine points and simply did not look back, building a 48-19 lead by halftime. The Cats shot 58 percent from the floor while holding the Bearcats (1-3) to 22 percent in the opening 20 minutes. NU also had 12 assists in the first half while Binghamton dished out just one. Law started the night hot, making his first three shots from outside the paint. He had surgery in the offseason to increase his lung capacity in an attempt to improve his stamina, and has responded well so far, averaging 19.3 points in three games.

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“What I love is for the first time in his career, he’s healthy,” Collins said. “He’s been able to gain some muscle, he’s gotten stronger, he’s able to play extended minutes longer. He’s just playing like a fifth-year senior who’s a very good player.” It was Benson, however, who the Cats had to rely on down low with Pardon in early foul trouble. Benson scored just one point total in NU’s first two games but stepped up in a big way Friday night. His point and rebound totals were both career highs. Benson said he did not feel as locked in as he needed to be before the game, but was able to put himself in the right mindset. “I told myself, ‘you’ve got to focus, because (Pardon) is going to get some fouls in the first half and you’re going to play a lot,’” Benson said. “And then I was like, ‘no, that’s not going to happen.’ And then it happened, and luckily I was ready.” The Cats stretched their lead all the way to 70-29 with roughly 12 minutes left before the Bearcats found a little bit of rhythm. Binghamton went on a 19-2 run at one point but never got closer than 24 points behind. The win gave the Cats a 3-0 start for the first time since the 2015-16 season. New Orleans, American and Binghamton are not exactly top-tier teams, but the fact that NU beat each by double digits is encouraging. “Our length at the rim bothered them,” Collins said. “Our guys were really locked into the game plan, made them take tough shots, we turned them over and then were able to use those in the offensive end for transition opportunities.” brosenberg2021@u.northwestern.edu

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and scored when it needed to. The Cats answered a game-tying drive late in the first half with a three-play, 55-yard spurt, driven by two long Thorson completions and an 11-yard quarterback keeper for the go-ahead touchdown. “That was huge, to get some points before the half,” Thorson said. “We just executed. Great play-calling.” NU led for the final 31 minutes of game time, and extended its advantage early in the fourth quarter with a 92-yard drive highlighted by a 68-yard connection between Thorson and freshman receiver JJ Jefferson. Freshman running back Isaiah Bowser later punched in his second score of the afternoon, and the Cats moved ahead by three scores with a field goal — set up by a fumble recovery — shortly thereafter. Minnesota, meanwhile, struggled mightily to effectively move the ball. Beyond three turnovers, the hosts crested 300 yards of total offense only in the final minute, and the Golden Gophers went nearly two full quarters without scoring. It was an impressive defensive performance for an NU unit missing several regular starters, including three in the secondary alone. The Cats were especially effective at stopping the hosts on short fields. On three separate occasions, Minnesota

drove inside NU’s 30-yard line only to give the ball back to the Cats without scoring. Sophomore safety Travis Whillock, who had a team-leading 15 tackles, attributed that effort to a wellexecuted “bend, don’t break” mentality. “It gives us a chip on our shoulder, knowing that we’re backed up, but knowing that we have the opportunity to make that stop,” Whillock said. “Let’s go out and do it. We know we’re capable of it.” That stoutness allowed the Cats to win comfortably on a day when they tallied only 325 yards of offense and Bowser failed to reach 100 yards on the ground for the first time in six weeks. NU was also hamstrung by the loss of leading receiver Flynn Nagel, who left injured early in the game, and kicker Drew Luckenbaugh, which forced the Cats to rely on punter Jake Collins for kicking duties. For Fitzgerald, however, the personnel travails were moot. His team came to practice prepared, he said, and “won this game on Tuesday.” And instead of resting starters with the division title already in hand, NU sought to attack another opponent. The coach had plenty of fuel to add to the fire. “We come up here as underdogs? Are you kidding me?” Fitzgerald said. “I made it very crystal clear (to the team) that the level of respect for the guys in that locker room was not very high. … If we want to earn respect, let’s go do it.” colepaxton2019@u.northwestern.edu

FOOTBALL

Defense holds despite injuries By BEN POPE

daily senior staffer @benpope111

MINNEAPOLIS — The football ricocheted off Northwestern cornerback Cam Ruiz, glanced Minnesota receiver Rashod Bateman and then briefly hovered near Ruiz’s helmet before being batted towards the sky by linebacker Paddy Fisher. Just before it hit the ground, rendering all of the madness pointless, senior linebacker Nate Hall dove beneath it for his first interception since the season’s opening night. Team efforts like that continued throughout the afternoon and helped the No. 22 Wildcats’ (7-4, 7-1 Big Ten) undermanned defense, missing three usual starters in the secondary, lock down the Golden Gophers (5-6, 2-6) en route to a 24-14 victory on Saturday. “We’re underdogs every week and we don’t care, we’re fired up either way,” said Fisher, the sophomore leader of NU’s front seven. “That’s how it’s been; that’s how it’s going to be.” One week after rolling for 415 yards and 41 points in a beatdown of Purdue, Minnesota’s offense managed only 306 yards and 14 points on Saturday, a significant chunk of which came in garbage time with the game’s result already determined. Even more importantly, the Cats forced three turnovers: two Hall interceptions in the first quarter and a smooth strip-and-scoop by defensive end Joe Gaziano to essentially seal the game in the fourth. In the last four meetings between the two schools, the Gophers have averaged only 10.8 points and 247 yards per game against NU. After Saturday’s game, coach Pat Fitzgerald offered a detailed analysis of how his team has consistently stopped Minnesota’s system. “That might be the biggest offensive line in the country, and they’re basically run no-pull power and just

wedge-blocking everything and trying to create soft spots,” Fitzgerald said. “Our guys fit some things really well (and) the defense had a really good gameplan to try to minimize some of those hurts. And yeah, they threw a couple slants for completions — the key thing was the tackling. They did not get any yards after the catch it looked like to me.” Safety Jared McGee and cornerbacks Montre Hartage and Trae Williams all missed the contest, leaving substantial holes in the secondary that lined up to face young Gophers quarterback Tanner Morgan. Yet those holes didn’t last long. Ruiz, a redshirt freshman, and veteran Alonzo Mayo filled in admirably on the edges, and sophomore Travis Whillock — a former high school teammate of Fisher in Katy, Texas — produced a memorable performance in the defensive backfield. He finished with 15 tackles, a team- and careerhigh, and upped his total to 34 over

just the past three weeks. “I had been preparing all year, through my injuries as well, and I knew that I could get the job done,” Whillock said. “You’ve got to credit the guys that are playing with me. They’re keeping their gaps strong, picking up blockers, and that’s freeing me up to make plays.” Fitzgerald said his annual preseason message to players who don’t crack the first week opening lineup to prepare as if they’ll be called upon in October or November has paid off particularly well this season, as the team has now won six of its past seven games despite widespread injury concerns in all phases. This weekend, it was Fitzgerald’s defense that powered the team to their latest of those wins. “For our defense to do what they did today I think was a pretty strong statement,” the coach said. benjaminpope2019@u.northwestern.edu

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Alonzo Mayo makes a tackle. The defensive back was one of a number of Northwestern players who stepped up with numerous injuries on the defensive side of the ball.