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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 4, 2019

Holiday services remain despite cuts

By JACOB FULTON

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For many families, the holiday season is a time of celebration and happiness. But for those who do not have a home to go to or are experiencing food insecurity, the months of November and December may not be as joyous.

In 2018, according to the United States Interagency Council on Homelessness, homelessness impacts 10,643 people in the state of Illinois. Organizations such as Connections for the Homeless and Interfaith Action of Evanston aim to help — especially during the winter months, when it may be difficult to see others celebrating the holidays.

Sue Murphy, the director of Interfaith Action of Evanston, said despite an influx of holiday volunteers and visitors, her organization strives to keep their soup kitchens running as normal during the winter months — and Interfaith Action of Evanston isn’t the only organization with that mentality.

Nia Tavoularis, the director of development for Connections for the Homeless, said that the group has kept its services consistent, even during state-wide budget cuts that affected social service programs.

“There were really significant budget cuts and budgeting issues in the state of Illinois that impacted a lot of social service agencies from 2012 to 2015,” Tavoularis said. “We have recovered from that, and the state is paying us on time, and they’re even modestly increasing support for our programs.”

Though organizations may often receive funding from the state government, local offices also play a role in supporting the function of social service groups.

Interim city manager Erika Storlie said that Evanston incorporates these organizations into the yearly budget in two places — groups can apply for funding through Community Development Block Grants and the city’s Mental Health Board, a group dedicated to the wellness of Evanston residents. During the budget crisis, Storlie said that the city’s funding became even more essential.

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People line up for groceries in Evanston. The city has not changed its holiday services despite state-wide budget cuts.

us to continue to provide services,” Storlie said.

“The city tried to step in and fill that gap a little bit, even though there wasn’t an increase in our funding.”

In 2018, Murphy said the group received approximately $20,000 from the Community Development Block Grant. However, she said that the organization isn’t funded at all by the state.

Conversely, Connections for the Homeless was given $718,000 from the state and $487,000 from the city during the fiscal year ending on June 30, 2018, according to their 2018 audit. Tavoularis said that the organization also continues to advocate for more

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Storlie said that she hopes the city and the state will continue to fund these organizations because they are an essential part of the Evanston community.

“There is nothing more vital than taking care of our residents, and the work that these organizations do has a very big impact on the community,” Storlie said. “Without them providing services, we would not be the community that we are, so they definitely provide a great value and have an incredible impact.” jacobfulton2023@u.northwestern.edu

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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 4, 2019

GlobeMed raises money through ugly sweater drive

By WILSON CHAPMAN

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You might think a sweater with an elf lifting a barbell underneath the words “Merry Liftmas” is ugly, and you’d be right. But if you buy it at Northwestern GlobeMed’s annual ugly sweater sale, it’s not just a tacky outfit for your family Christmas party — it’s an act of charity.

Every year, Northwestern’s chapter of GlobeMed, a national organization dedicated to fundraising for global health initiatives, runs an ugly holiday sweater sale the week before Thanksgiving. The event takes place in the front lobby of Norris University Center, where the group sells sweaters off the rack for prices ranging from $15 to around $30. This year’s drive ran from Nov. 18 to Nov. 22, between 9 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. every day.

The profits from the event go directly to GlobeMed’s partner organization, the Adonai Child Development Centre, an orphanage and health care clinic in Namugoga, Uganda.

The money GlobeMed raises for the clinic is intended to help fund projects and expansion for the facilities.

GlobeMed co-president Millie Culbertson said the drive is the biggest fundraiser the group does. GlobeMed regularly sells out of sweaters every sale and raises over $7,000 each year. The amount this year has yet to be tallied.

“It’s fun because it’s starting to be holiday time,” the Weinberg senior said. “It’s almost winter break, (and) it’s starting to get cold out, so people genuinely need sweaters. People like to wear them to holiday parties during reading week.”

Culbertson said the campaigns team for GlobeMed works months in advance to organize multiple trips around Chicago to purchase sweaters from thrift stores. GlobeMed purchases roughly 3,000 sweaters from the various sites each year.

GlobeMed general member Charlotte Brightbill said the group tries to be fairly deliberate with the sweaters it buys, aiming to find fun and creative ones. For example, one of the sweaters they bought this year depicts

Santa Claus as a lobster named “Santa Claws.”

“There are two types of ugly sweaters,” the Weinberg freshman said. “The ridiculously ugly sweaters — the ones that are just obnoxiously colorful sweaters. And then there’s the genuinely ugly sweaters. We try not to buy the genuinely ugly ones.”

Culbertson said the group works to make sure that the sweaters represent a variety of different cultures and holidays, so the selections will appeal to everyone on campus. In addition to Christmas sweaters, GlobeMed also sells Hanukkah and Kwanzaa sweaters. Several sweaters also include creative decorations and technology, including a sweater covered with flashing Christmas lights that are based on the TV show “Stranger Things.”

GlobeMed members love the event, Culbertson said. Almost all of the members chip in to help collect or sell the sweaters, and many purchase a sweater from the sale for themselves.

During reading week, the club throws a holiday party where they all wear their sweaters.

Culbertson said the event offers an opportunity to spread the word about what GlobeMed

does.

“We try to tell people what they’re actually giving money toward,” Culbertson said.

“Making sure they know what Adonai is and everything about where their money is going, so it’s not just a fun sale for GlobeMed.” wilsonchapman2021@u.northwestern.edu

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Bienen alum releases Christmas jazz album “HARK!”

By MADDIE BURAKOFF

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Andrew Bird knows there’s no place like home for the holidays. The indie artist, who grew up in the Chicago area, returns to town this December for his traditional series of Gezelligheid concerts at the Fourth Presbyterian Church. Bird (Bienen ’95) has made a name for himself through decades of genre-defying music that highlights his skills as a trained violinist and virtuosic whistler. In November, he released the first half of his Christmas record, “HARK!,” featuring a mix of festive originals and jazzy covers of classic tunes. And he’ll be ringing in the holidays on a high note: He recently received his first Grammy Award nomination for his 2019 record “My Finest Work Yet.”

This interview has been edited for length and clarity. music is an ambient thing to put on, and it’s supposed to just contribute to the atmosphere.

You just released your holiday record, “HARK!” — what inspired you to create a ChristWhat are your own Christmas traditions? mas record?

I tend to do these Gezelligheid shows every year.

It wasn’t something that I’d really thought of That brings me back to Chicago, and that’s become doing all these years. But a few years ago on a a big tradition. I think of the holidays as a reason whim I did a version of “Auld Lang Syne,” and I to try to light up some of the darkness that we have did all this super archaic versus that no one ever to get through. So I get into it — I almost throw can remember. People dug it, so I was like, “OK, my back out every year getting the tree off the car. maybe I can dig out some other gems.” It’s a funny genre, the holiday music thing. People love and With your annual Gezelligheid concert series, hate it, but you’ve got to admit, the classics are which is held in this more intimate venue, what’s great melodies. the atmosphere like?

It’s not adrenaline-based. It’s more driven by What did your creative process look like for emotion. There’s different ways of listening to this album? music. One is the rock and roll show where you It was really quick and no fuss — I got some kind of hit the audience, and they hit you back. great players together. I was not trying to make It’s this dynamic that gets your blood moving. some Christmas masterpiece. You know, Christmas But then there’s another way of going to shows,

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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 4, 2019

Seasonal sips: exploring Evanston’s holiday drinks beverages during the snowy months, but many are only available for a limited time.

By ZOE MALIN

daily senior staffer @zoermalin

Backlot Coffee

A Peppermint Mocha from Starbucks is delicious, but the drink tastes even better coming from an Evanston establishment. These businesses put their own twist on winter

Backlot Coffee’s Litchi Noir Latte gets its name from a black tea made by Chicago’s Rare Tea Cellar. Co-owner Isaac Bloom said one of the shop’s former baristas created a concentrate syrup out of the tea after “falling in love”

with it. For the latte, the tea concentrate is combined with espresso and a dash of Dutch cocoa powder. It’s topped with the customer’s choice of milk, highlighting the tea’s warm sweetness and floral aromatic flavor. Backlot will offer its Litchi Noir Latte through the winter.

Coffee Lab & Roasters

While many of Coffee Lab’s unique drinks are offered year-round, they’re especially fitting during the holiday season. Customers can sip a White Chocolate Mocha sprinkled with nutmeg or a Maple Latte, which owner Daniel Aquino said tastes like pancakes and syrup. The most indulgent drink is Coffee Lab’s winter special, a Nutella Latte. It’s made with a scoop of Nutella, steamed milk and espresso. It will be offered through the end of January. Aquino’s favorite seasonal beverage, however, is the Ube Coconut Latte. The purple drink is reminiscent of flavors from his childhood in the Philippines.

He ate ube, a species of yam, in dishes growing up and has now perfected his own recipe that uses the ingredient. Aquino said the Ube Coconut Latte tastes like cookies and cream.

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This season, Coffee Lab & Roasters offers unique drinks like a Nutella Latte, White Chocolate Mocha and Maple Latte. Owner Daniel Aquino also developed a recipe for a bright purple Ube Coconut Latte.

Regina Sant’Anna, co-owner of Kombucha Brava, said the taproom uses organic, sustainably-sourced ingredients to make flavors based off of seasonal produce. The team at Kombucha Brava d e ve l o p e d f o u r artisanal flavors this winter: Pomegranate, Cranberry, Vanilla Peppercorn and Orange Cardamom. The company’s Custer Avenue taproom lists its hours online, and anytime it’s open, customers can purchase

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freshly dispensed kombucha. Sant ’Anna encourages people to bring their own bottles to fill, helping the business in its mission to be as “zero waste” as possible.

Patisserie Coralie

Patisserie Coralie released its new Amaretto Eggnog Latte to close out 2019. It will only be offered in December and was inspired by staff members’ memories of drinking eggnog with their families. The drink consists of amaretto syrup, rum extract, Coralie espresso, steamed eggnog and nutmeg. Director of operations Taylor Fay said the drink contains no alcohol but will remind customers of the “warm holiday drink they’re used to.”

Reprise Coffee Roasters

When it came to developing Reprise Coffee Roaster’s seasonal drinks, owner Adam Paronto and manager Hunter Owen turned to the people they know best: their fellow small business owners. Reprise added a Cardamom Honey Latte to the menu in the fall and because of its popularity and will continue to offer it throughout the winter. The cafe sources its honey from bee farms in the Chicagoland area, infuses it with green cardamom and adds espresso and steamed milk. Reprise is also serving a special Spearmint Mocha Latte.

It’s made with bittersweet chocolate from Chicago’s Katherine Anne Confections, housemade spearmint, espresso and steamed milk. zoemalin2022@u.northwestern.edu

Evanston’s best holiday meal may not be what you think

By JASON BEEFERMAN

the daily northwestern

This holiday season, skip the eggnog, candy canes and gingerbread.

There’s a new player in town — Edzo’s Burger Shop’s peanut butter and

bacon sandwich.

The “PB & B” has been on the beloved burger joint’s menu since its opening but has gone unknown and unappreciated. But this year, The Daily has selected it as Evanston’s funkiest dish for the holidays. It’s time to spark a peanut butter-bacon resurgence and perhaps a new holiday tradition.

The PB&B, in an almost mythological way, contains no explanation or description on the menu. Instead, in the spot where each burger or sandwich is described, the word “seriously” appears.

Eddie Lakin, the owner of the Evanston eatery that has been churning out famous burgers and fries for a decade now, said despite its nonchalant name, Lakin has a thought-out reason for the dish.

“I put weird stuff on the menu every once in awhile just to get people to engage,” Lakin said.

“The whole idea of putting it on the menu was to make people approach and be like, ‘What is it?’”

The genesis for the PB&B came from Lakin’s childhood, when a seemingly normal breakfast turned into a groundbreaking discovery.

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Edzo’s peanut butter and bacon sandwich. Despite the strange combination, the PB&B is a hidden gem on the menu, some patrons said.

“When I was a little kid I had pancakes and bacon,” Lakin said. “I would take peanut butter and put it on my pancakes. And then I would take the bacon and lay it in there. And I would fold the pancake and make like a taco.”

But the edible ingenuity did not stop there.

“On the weekdays, when my mom wasn’t making pancakes, sometimes I wanted peanut butter and bacon. And I was like, ‘alright, I’ll just make toast, and then I’ll put a piece of bacon and peanut butter and all maple syrup.’

I started doing that regularly and it’s totally a great sandwich.”

George Callobre, a Skokie resident, said while people regard the kooky peanut-pork combination with hesitation, the initial skepticism quickly turns into flavor-town delight.

“It sounds odd, but it tastes good,” Callobre said. “It’s wonderful! It’s peanut butter and bacon!”

But Lakin says Callobre is in the minority. The sandwich is usually only ordered by parents wishing to appease their restless kids with something simple, but Lakin saves them the surprise.

“Hardly ever do people order it,” Lakin said.

“They usually think that it’s peanut butter and banana. They’ll order it for a kid because there’s fussy kids once in a while, so they want a peanut butter sandwich. They’ll order it with no banana, and I’ll be like, ‘the B is not banana.

Its bacon.’”

Don’t let the treat’s modestly-sized demand fool you. The sticky, savory sandwich has the potential to be a holiday treat. Beside a toasty fire, in boughs-of-holly-decked halls or even in the back of a winter sleigh, the gooey-yetmeaty chow is quirky enough to become a wintertime favorite.

“It’s not odd at all!” Carmie Callobre said.

“This would go really good with a soft drink.

The sweetness and the salty when you get a Coke and you just sip that up.” jasonbeeferman2023@u.northwestern.edu

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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 4, 2019

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Knitwestern’s Happy Helpers Imagine a winter without knit hats, sweaters and scarves to bundle up in. It’s hard to do, but even harder for Weinberg sophomore Sarah Eisenman.

In 2015, Eisenman founded Kids Knitting it Forward, which began as a Girl Scouts project and now continues to teach kids and teens how to knit by creating winter items for donation. So when she graduated high school, she knew she wanted to continue knitting, but there was only one problem: Northwestern lacked a knitting club. Eisenman decided to create a club with the same premise, and with that, Knitwestern was born.

“Knitting is really important to me,” Eisenman said, “and I love using it to help other people by making items that they can use.”

Officially founded in February, Knitwestern has spent the past year teaching students how to knit. This week, the group will donate its first batch of hats, scarves and winter headbands to the Broadway Youth Center of Howard Brown Health and will make a similar donation to Inspiration Corporation during Winter Quarter.

The club holds informal knitting sessions once every two weeks, with Eisenman and other exec members teaching students of all knitting abilities. As students become more skilled, she said, they will begin playing movies to provide a relaxing study break.

Knitwestern actually revived a faculty and staff knitting club called CompassionKnit that died out two

Concrete Canoe When McCormick junior Shea McHenry looked at colleges, she looked for an unusual characteristic — whether schools had a concrete canoe club.

McHenry is now a project manager of Northwestern’s Concrete Canoe team, an undergraduate club with the annual objective of designing, building and racing a canoe made out of concrete against other teams.

A civil engineering major, McHenry looked to find a club containing skills that appeal to her classes and area of study. After hearing about concrete canoe teams at universities across the nation, the presence of a team became a factor while she considered different schools.

As the project manager of Northwestern’s team, McHenry oversees the process of creating a concrete canoe. Going into the holidays, the team is preparing for a Winter Quarter of executing and building its model, which is more complex than it seems, she said.

“In reality, we’re designing, manufacturing, constructing a canoe that’s raceable against other teams while creating a fully inclusive design report, budget spreadsheet and other presentations to

64 Squares Every Thanksgiving, Weinberg senior Isaiah Katz recalls going over to a family friend’s house and playing chess on an ornate glass set, the adults watching as “these two kids duke it out over the chessboard.”

But at around age 14, Katz — who grew up playing chess against his late grandfather — said he stopped playing because of stigmas the board game carries, like being nerdy, solo and quiet.

Now, as a member of 64 Squares,

Source: Steven Han

years ago, Eisenman said. Assistant Director of Creative Writing Jennifer Britton, Knitwestern’s advisor and a former member of CompassionKnit, said Eisenman contacted her over the summer asking about CompassionKnit. When the group became dormant, Britton said she helped Eisenman begin Knitwestern.

“I just really love seeing how students — and Sarah particularly — had this idea and just brought it back to Northwestern,” Britton said. “It’s created this club that’s going to make useful and beautiful things that people need.”

Eisenman said the club received over 100 signups at the club fair and has seen success with its semiweekly meetings, bringing in about 10-15 students each time. And while Knitwestern currently charges $5 dollars per member for knitting needles, Eisenman said that will hopefully be waived this February once the group begins receiving funding from Associated Student Government.

Knitwestern treasurer Ben Gherman said he loves attending the meetings because they’re so relaxing.

“Because everyone’s knitting, they’re really focused,” the Weinberg sophomore said. “I mean, we still talk and stuff, but it’s quiet.”

Gherman was a founding member of the club, and Eisenman taught him and another friend how to knit last year. Now, Eisenman said, he teaches other members how to knit.

Teaching others is the most rewarding aspect of Knitwestern, Eisenman said, citing the “aha moment” when a member is confused and then suddenly understands how a pattern comes together.

But the premise of Knitwestern — learning to knit by creating items for donation — is what sets the

club apart.

“There’s just a lot of pride in making something for someone else,” Eisenman said, “especially when it’s something they really need.”

accommodate it,” McHenry said.

Every spring, the Northwestern team takes its canoe to the American Society of Civil Engineers Great Lakes Student Conference. The next conference will be in Madison, Wisconsin in April 2020.

The team will race their canoe against approximately 20 other schools, according to McCormick junior Paty Lohman, the team’s other project manager.

“Sometimes people think it’s really simple, but it truly isn’t,” Lohman said. “If anything, designing a mix of concrete that floats is difficult, but then doing that all by hand from scratch with students is a fun and challenging design project from start to finish.”

McHenry and Lohman say they put in approximately four to seven hours a week into managing the canoe and the team. They hold 30-minute meetings once a week for the whole club, but commitment time increases as the conference approaches.

As the project manager of finance, some of McHenry’s responsibilities include asking for grants and managing the budget for the team’s resources. Lohman is the project manager of communication, so she takes care of scheduling meetings and coordinating with McHenry to order materials needed to construct the canoe.

McHenry said one of the challenges of managing the team is coordinating schedules on top of members’ busy workloads.

“McCormick kids are just really stressed,” McHenry said. “Not everybody’s gonna be in a good spot all through the quarter, so [it’s challenging] to adjust to people’s schedule changes, family conflicts and personal health.”

Besides constructing an efficient canoe, the team also gets to finalize their design’s theme. Last year, the canoe was “Incredibles” themed, with a red exterior and an “N” designed to look like “The Incredibles” logo. This year, the canoe’s theme is “We Canoe It,” a spin on Rosie the Riveter’s “We Can Do It.” McHenry and Lohman said the theme is relevant, given their leadership as two female project managers in a male-dominated design team, and more generally, in engineering, a male-dominated field.

“When both of us started in these positions, we were picking up the team and having a rebuilding year,” Lohman said. “We’ve been growing with the team. It’s been a pretty good experience. Everyone treats us with respect, and we treat them with respect.”

Northwestern’s chess club, Katz said the group is breaking a lot of those stereotypes.

McCormick junior Steven Han, the club president, said that entering this year, he, Katz and treasurer Nicholas Neu wanted to “make the club a lot more official,” which included establishing a formal meeting time on Sundays in Harris Hall.

Katz, the team captain, said the club plays a lot of variants of chess, including one-minute games and others with five-minute time controls.

The group also plays a team-oriented version of chess known as “Bug House” or “Crazy House.” When participants take a piece in the four-person game, they pass it to their partners, who then place it elsewhere on the board.

“It gets loud,” Katz said. “It gets kind of wild — there are pieces flying everywhere, stuff just being thrown from player to player. It’s great.”

Han, who played on his high school chess team, said the game is a great way to meet other people. Several weeks ago, a team of nine players from Purdue came to Northwestern for a match. While the match was close, Purdue did eventually win, “like their football team the week earlier,” Han said.

Still, the group achieved the main goal: having fun in a casual setting. And looking ahead

to the new year, Han said the group plans to head to West Lafayette, Indiana for a rematch during Winter Quarter.

“You can be six years old, you can be 70 years old, and you can bond over a chess game because you can be the same level,” Han said. “Chess is like a language people can speak.”

The group also competes in the Chicago Industrial Chess League against other schools like the University of Chicago and companies like Citadel and Google.

But Katz said the club is open to people of all skill levels, with several players trained to coach who give formal lessons. He added that people with different interests — from political science and math majors to a chemical engineering major and economics doctorates — have participated.

“It’s a fun game — we have fun playing it,” Katz said. “Our club meetings are never going to be silent. It’s never going to be you go in and there are a bunch of people staring intently at boards and… not enjoying themselves. It’s always going to be people laughing, people talking, people yelling at each other, people asking why you made that ridiculous move.”

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After college freedom, how to survive the holidays PALLAS GUTIERREZ

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Winter break can be a stressful time for many reasons, but a lot of holiday stress can come from returning home for a substantial amount of time. Existing family strife combined with nothing to do and general holiday weariness can lead to blow-ups. Here’s some advice to avoid the explosions and keep the good vibes going.

The transition from college back to hometown life can be difficult. The first quarter of college for many students is the first time they are in total control of their lives. When newly independent students return home to their families, that independence is sometimes at odds with the teenagers parents remember.

Parents expect their children to be home and available for family plans, while the young adults want to go out with friends.

A great starting point in that situation is a conversation with your family about what the holiday plans are. Go through a schedule with them as best you can, and figure out which days are free for you to do what you want.

While this method doesn’t guarantee that family members won’t get mad at you for not being around, there is some amount of safety in knowing which days are family days and which days you can see your friends from home.

Going home means questions about school and the future. These conversations are stressful, especially when students just want to relax. Polite, truthful answers go a long way.

It can also be useful to set boundaries: “I’m really enjoying spending time with you, so I’d rather focus on that than talking about school.” Another tactic is asking questions of your family members: “There’s a lot still up

in the air for me, but how is your job going?”

People love to talk about their own lives, and it takes the spotlight off of you.

Sometimes, going home puts students in more harmful situations. Because on-campus students have to leave for winter break due to dorm closures, people could be forced to return to houses that contain abusers or other elements that make them feel unsafe. Holidays can sometimes be centered around food, which is potentially stressful or triggering for the 32 percent of college women and 25 percent of college men who have eating disorders.

These situations are far more difficult to navigate. Setting boundaries can help, but only to a certain extent. Reaching out to your support systems at home and at college, whether that be friends, roommates, teammates, or significant others, can help remind you that there are people who want to take care of you and make surviving the holidays a little bit easier.

Generally, when the holidays are getting stressful, it can be useful to take some time for yourself when you can. Offer to get the groceries or run an errand to get out of the house.

If you can, request an hour or two of a busy day to be alone. Little breaks can be reenergizing and healthy.

In short, the holidays are a stressful time for everyone, and adding returning home from college for a substantial amount of time only piles atop that stress. While you can’t always avoid holiday stress, there are some little things that can be done to keep at least some of the good vibes going.

Pallas Gutierrez is a Communication sophomore.

They can be contacted at pallas2022@u.northwestern.edu. If you would like to respond publicly to this op-ed, send a Letter to the Editor to opinion@ dailynorthwestern.com. The views expressed in this piece do not necessarily reflect the views of all staff members of The Daily Northwestern.

Northwestern students should support small businesses NEYA THANIKACHALAM OP-ED CONTRIBUTOR

During my time in Evanston, I’ve noticed that my life has been pretty limited to the “Northwestern bubble.” I definitely haven’t spent as much time exploring Evanston and Chicago as I’d intended when I first started college.

The weekend before Thanksgiving break, I stepped outside the bubble and decided to check out Evanston’s annual Holiday Bazaar.

My ultimate goal was to find a birthday present for my mom, but meeting the vendors also gave me great ideas for Christmas presents for the rest of my family and helped me realize the importance of supporting small businesses in my community.

This year’s Bazaar, held by the Woman’s Club of Evanston, hosted 50 different vendors. All the profits went to local nonprofits, like Peer Health Exchange and the Howard Area Community Center.

I don’t typically hear a lot about small businesses in Evanston, but the Bazaar gave me the chance to meet different vendors based in Evanston and the surrounding area. Everyone was very friendly, and I was able to connect with people and learn about what they did and the origin of the products they sold. Many vendors I talked to also had a connection to Northwestern — one vendor I spoke to graduated from NU, and another was a mother of recent graduates.

I also got a better grasp of the scope of the work these vendors did to make their businesses run. Troy Holmes, from the Portage Park Candle Company, told me about the

extensive candle-making process, which he said included searching for antiques like old coffee tins to use as repurposed containers for his products.

Some of the items were a little pricey for the average college student. I had to search for a while to find a present for my mom that was within my budget. Despite this, I was really happy with what I bought –– one of Holmes’ candles.

However, many friends I spoke with didn’t know anything about the Bazaar or the vendors I’d met. While it’s true that shopping from Amazon is more convenient when selecting presents, exploring businesses in Evanston and the city is an experience college students should have.

Supporting small businesses is also great

for the economy — there are over 30 million small businesses in the nation, and they account for about 99 percent of the nation’s businesses. They also contribute to local economies and provide people the chance to learn about the backstories of vendors and their products. This also makes the experience a lot more human and gives consumers the chance to connect with the vendor and the product in a unique and personal way.

Until I read Zoe Malin’s feature on stores located on the Main-Dempster Mile and explored different neighborhoods in Chicago with friends, I didn’t know that I was missing out on these experiences because it’s so easy to get caught up with schoolwork. Now, I’m a lot more conscious of my choices as a consumer.

OPINION EDITOR

Christmas is my favorite time of the year. I remember walking down the shopping lane as a child and seeing a swarm of Christmas trees lining the streets. Trees of every size with their prefixed ornaments and fairy lights stood alongside them. My parents would get me a small tree and ornaments to decorate it with every year.

They would take me to church to light a candle and embrace the holidays.

Even as a child living in the states, I was frequently asked if I celebrated Christmas or if I had even heard about it. The question always struck me as odd because I had never even considered not celebrating the holiday. This year, I was asked the same question once again, so I took a moment and thought about why, and then the realization hit me – Christmas isn’t a secular holiday.

The serenity of Christmas has been unmatched in my life. The appeal of this holiday for me always belonged in its ability to build communities and to secularize the experience of

Neya Thanikachalam is a Medill Sophomore. She can be contacted at neyathanikachalam2022@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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Holidays like Christmas belong to everyone PRIYANSHI KATARE

So even if Small Business Saturday has passed, checking out local stores can give people great ideas for presents as the holidays approach. With Chicago so nearby, there are plenty of opportunities for students to support the local community just a train ride away.

faith for me. I don’t come from a country that celebrates Christmas as a high holiday; nonetheless, I’ve been taught about it and included in celebrating every ritual and practice associated with it — as have my parents and everyone in my own generation.

I believe this practice helped build a more tolerant society around me. This has become a leading example in my life for inclusive holiday settings. In a world that is becoming increasingly defined in terms of faith and religion, it’s extremely important to ensure that people are given the opportunity to not just educate themselves about traditions and rituals that concern these religions, but are also involved in carrying out these practices.

When we fail to do so, we start alienating people from their peers and their surroundings. Christmas has always represented a time to meet friends and celebrate with family. In a way, it helped me access a different facet of interactions within my own community. Something as simple as Secret Santa allows people to come together and take a moment to reflect on things that concern people beyond us. It creates empathetic relationships. The moment we start excluding people from such events, we start creating a toxicity that eventually results in

intolerant behaviors.

My own life experiences have taught me to appreciate the nuances of holidays that didn’t belong to my faith. It was only a few months ago that my friend invited me to join her in breaking her fast of Yom Kippur. A recent while ago that same friend was telling me how she celebrated Hanukkah. These were holidays I heard about but never actually experienced and I am grateful that I was provided with a chance to partake.

I have learned to appreciate and acknowledge the gravity of such practices and recognize the importance it holds in other people’s lives. In a way, it has taught me to act more respectfully towards societies that these traditions belong too.

We need to let people in spaces, all spaces — irrespective of whether or not they were born into them.

Pallas Gutierrez is a Communication sophomore.

They can be contacted at pallas2022@u.northwestern.edu. If you would like to respond publicly to this op-ed, send a Letter to the Editor to opinion@ dailynorthwestern.com. The views expressed in this piece do not necessarily reflect the views of all staff members of The Daily Northwestern.

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Hillel to host Latkepalooza despite renovations

By ISABELLE SARRAF

the daily northwestern @isabellesarraf

Though renovations are underway, Hillel will continue its tradition of hosting “Latkepalooza,” its annual Hanukkah celebration, during reading week. Tonight, Dec. 4, students will gather in Unicorn Cafe from 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm to celebrate Hanukkah early.

On Nov. 15, Northwestern’s Fiedler Hillel closed for renovation its 629 Foster St. building, with plans to re-open in September 2020.

During the renovations, Hillel is temporarily located at 1835 Hinman.

Rebecca Haas, the Hillel director of student life, said that Latkepalooza will feature latkes (potato pancakes), sufganiyot (jelly doughnuts) and chocolate gelt (coins used in games of dreidel) — all traditional treats that commemorate the miracle of Hanukkah.

“The idea is to have a place for students to come together and take a break from studying — to (celebrate) Hanukkah with people around you and the people you care about in your community, even though it isn’t for another three weeks,” Haas said.

Hillel campus Rabbi Brandon Bernstein said the timing of the renovations is interesting because of its proximity to Hanukkah, given the holiday’s etymology and significance to the Jewish people.

The word “Hanukkah” literally means

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Rebecca Haas puts up a sign at Hillel’s 629 Foster St. building announcing its temporary relocation to 1835 Hinman amid renovations.

“dedication” and “renewal” because the holiday is a festival celebrating Jewish rebels who fought to protect the Second Jewish Temple in Jerusalem. The temple was the holiest spot for the Jewish people, and after its destruction, the Jewish people rededicated the space by lighting the flame of the menorah with oil that lasted eight nights — which is where the modern tradition of lighting a menorah for all eight

nights of Hanukkah comes from.

“So much about what’s happening with Hanukkah is about dedicating space,” Bernstein said. “I think that one of the ways that we should celebrate Hanukkah on campus is by dedicating 1835 Hinman as Hillel’s space for the rest of the academic year.”

The Fiedler Hillel building was built in the late 1990s and has since been the center of

Jewish life on Northwestern’s campus. However, in recent years, its staff noticed the building’s layout had difficulty accommodating programming and student groups, said Executive Director Michael Simon. Thanks to a $2 million donation by Northwestern parents Abel and Judy Friedman, the Hillel staff established a plan to completely remodel the building’s interior.

Simon said that the building’s first floor, where weekly Shabbat dinners are held, will feature retractable walls and moving doors in order to make the space more flexible. Hillel is also home to weekly challah bakes and is a practice space for the Jewish Theatre Ensemble and the a cappella group ShireiNU. They found those spaces hard to manage due to the restrictive layout of the building, Simon said.

“We’ve been growing over the years with our programming and there are times where there’s just not enough space,” Simon said.

SESP senior and Hillel student president Abigail Shay said that Hillel’s function on Northwestern’s campus has changed a lot throughout her four years. From new positions on the student executive board to wider student engagement initiatives, Hillel has greatly expanded to make Jewish students feel welcomed, Shay said, and the renovations will continue that work.

“I’m excited about being out of the building,” Shay said. “It gives us an opportunity to go into spaces that we’re not normally in.” isabellesarraf2022@u.northwestern.edu

Sheil mitten tree supports community during holidays

By SOPHIA SCANLAN

the daily northwestern @sophia_scanlan

Each year during the holidays, a small Christmas tree stands by one of the windows in the Sheil Catholic Center— and it’s not just a decoration.

Beside the tree are two tables that hold printed cutouts of mittens, each with a requested gift typed on it. Sheil employees, churchgoers and Northwestern students stop by the tree, pick up paper mittens, purchase the gifts and return them to the center, where they will be wrapped and delivered to people in need.

“It’s the whole community participating,” campus minister Tim Higgins said.

Higgins, who coordinates the mitten tree activities, said the tradition began sometime before his arrival in 2002. The recipients of

the gifts have changed over the years, but this holiday season, the donations will go to three primary groups.

Hoodies and bath products will go to the Precious Blood Ministry of Reconciliation — a restorative justice community between Fuller Park and Englewood — where people at the ministry distribute them to at-risk youth, many of whom have been incarcerated, Higgins said.

Hilda’s Place, a homeless shelter under the umbrella organization Connections for the Homeless, will receive items like hats, gloves, socks and underwear. Various Evanston families will get backpacks with art and school supplies.

Higgins said Sheil receives the names of participating Evanston families from the Society of St. Vincent de Paul, which gets names from other Catholic churches in Evanston like St. Nicholas, St. Athanasius and St. Mary.

St. Vincent de Paul often provides new names, but Higgins said many families from previous years ask for services again.

“A lot of times, we end up engaging with the same families every year, so you build a relationship,” Higgins said. “Our list has grown because we’ve developed relationships.”

Higgins said sometimes families invite him into the house for food or drink when he’s delivered gifts, and he’s gotten to know some of them outside of the mitten tree tradition as a fellow Evanston resident.

Sociology Prof. Christine Percheski, who attends mass at Sheil, also enjoys participating in the tradition, which she’s done for the past several years.

She said she uses the tree as an opportunity to talk with her 5-year-old daughter about the importance of recognizing how fortunate they are to have “material things” as well as good health, family and friends.

“That’s a little tricky to explain to a 5-yearold, but it’s really important to start early explaining to kids about inequality and injustice,” she said.

Abby Smith, a third-year statistics graduate student, is getting involved with the tree for the first time this year. As a service chair for Graduate Women Across Northwestern, Smith said she wanted to involve the graduate community in this project.

“Graduate students want to be involved in service but can’t make longer-term commitments,” she said. “And so I thought this would be a great way to give back over the holidays.”

On Thursday, Smith and a group of graduate women will shop for gifts, wrap them and deliver them.

Smith, who was active at her church in Baltimore, said she was happy to get involved with service here.

“I’ve done things like this before, but it’s always stopped at the wrapping phase,” she said. “Getting to deliver to the kids — that will be really great and special.” sophiascanlan2022@u.northwestern.edu

Opinion: My experience perusing Urban Outfitters with $20

By GREG SVIRNOVSKIY

the daily northwestern @gsvirnovskiy

“Love your mother” It’s the first thing I saw as I walked into the storefront, in cursive print, emblazoned on a white shirt with a heart-shaped earth scribbled on top. Its owner, a mannequin donning a poofy gray Champion jacket and black sweatpants, was dressed more expensively than I’ve ever been.

The Evanston Urban Outfitters: one of the largest clothing stores in immediate proximity to Northwestern’s campus. It’s where I spent my money in the first quarter of freshman year, determined to build a skater boy vibe despite not knowing how to skateboard. I hadn’t been back since. Last week, armed with $20, I was back.

I felt drawn to the checkerboard-patterned flannels, blues and reds and yellows and blacks, which occupy their own display, and the racks of vintage hats on the far back wall.

But with my cost-conscious budget in mind, I headed straight to the clearance section and parsed through the array of shirts still on the racks. I slung two shirts over my forearm and moved on towards the jeans section, where I picked up a pair of stonewashed skinny jeans.

The dressing room at Urban is minimalist, with wood panels on either side of a large central mirror, hooks on the side for clothing. I walked in and set my backpack and coat on the floor.

I tried on the first combination, pairing the light blue jeans with an oversized patterned tee. The shirt is red, black and white, lined with rows of alternating motifs to give it a textured

appearance. It’s super comfortable, silky smooth.

All the clothes here are like that, light and breezy — as if an angel has touched them, like they’re made of the stuff from shampoo commercials. Lush.

The next shirt is a nod to the Phi Slama Jama days of the University of Houston’s basketball team, a two year period from 1982-1984 when the team dominated the college basketball landscape. In it, an outlined basketball player dunks in air, yellow bubble letters in the background.

A good vibe.

And then my favorite. A white tee with a massive picture of Bob Ross at the center. His eyes follow you no matter where you stand, dominating the shirt and any conversation you’ll have while wearing it. I loved it — until I saw the price tag. $29. Yikes.

In the middle of the trip, I broke a hanger after crashing a jacket into the wall as I tripped over my shoelaces. I’d later grimace while passing by the sales clerk on my way out of the building, knowing what he’d find in my changing room.

I popped the jacket over the ensemble. Gray and yellow plaid on the inside and brown fur covering the inside. It’s boujee, coming in with a price tag of $147. But it’s the only thing here that I’d really consider buying. There’s a picture of it on my Instagram now @Gregsvirnovskiy.

Urban thrives off of people like my freshman year self, who come to college determined to change our looks without any idea of what that actually means. It paints an idealized version of how teenagers dress, with shirts that remind shoppers to “teach peace” nestled next to overpriced Fila bucket hats. But in doing so,

it alienates some shoppers.

The store’s entire vibe is hipster-lite, hell-bent on making you feel like you’re really shopping for streetwear, when in reality, it’s anything but.

Soft alternative music plays in the background, and yellow and black posters of bold print line the windows. It feels niche, blazing its own trail, a different kind of store. But perhaps owing to its level of popularity, Urban literally defines the mainstream.

At any rate, when there are only so many clothing stores in a town, and one of them is a GAP Factory, nothing is ever really niche. It’s just a store. gregorysvirnovskiy2022@u.northwestern

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The Daily’s Greg Svirnovskiy wearing an extremely pricey coat. He did not purchase the garment.

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Analyzing top “Survivor” castaways of the decade

By TROY CLOSSON and JONAH DYLAN

daily senior staffers @troy_closson, @thejonahdylan

With the end of the decade less than a month away, The Daily’s two Survivor experts thought it would be a perfect time to look back on all the outwitting, outplaying and outlasting that we’ve witnessed in the past ten years. And what better way than ranking the best Survivor players of the decade? Seven hours of argument later, here is our def initive list.

Before we get started, a quick note: die-hard fans might wonder why the mentors from this season aren’t on this list. While Sandra and Rob are both Survivor legends, their performances this year were disappointing. But feel free to disagree with us.

10. Ciera Eastin (Blood vs. Water, Cambodia, Game Changers):

“She voted out her mom!” At least in Jeff Probst’s eyes, that’s Ciera’s claim to fame: becoming the only contestant to vote out her own loved one. Ciera comes in at #10 though since in that same season — her first time playing — she also flipped on a majority alliance with six players left and caused the second rock draw in 27 seasons. Just a few seasons later, feeling empowered by her valiant

effort, the final 10 went to rocks, and another time’s probably right around the corner. Thanks Ciera. You couldn’t win, but you changed the game forever.

9. Wendell Holland (Ghost Island):

Half of one of the more dominant alliances in recent Survivor history, Wendell cruised in almost complete control of the game. Sure, Dom played a big part in that, but it was Wendell’s relationship with Laurel — she voted for him after the first ever tie at a final tribal — that made the difference. Earning his spot at final tribal by making fire doesn’t hurt his case either. Dom’s decision not to give up immunity to go against his ally cost him $1 million and a likely spot on this list.

8. Sarah Lacina (Cagayan, Game Changers):

Ciera. Tony. Ozzy. Sandra. Cirie. All legends of the game, but in a season with them all, it was Sarah who stood alone as the sole survivor.

How’d she do it? By taking the typical role of a “floater,” and turning it completely on its head. She moved from alliance to alliance, but somehow was in control of almost every vote.

While Culpepper won five of six immunity challenges down the stretch, Sarah had to rely on her social game to keep advancing. And in her second Survivor opportunity, she came away with a well-earned million dollars.

7. Kelley Wentworth (San Juan del Sur, Second Chance, Edge of Extinction):

Goodbye, Andrew Savage. In one of the most groundbreaking moves of the past decade… no, in the show’s history, Wentworth canceled nine votes against her. Savage went home with three.

How’d she end up in Cambodia after her disappointing first season? Who knows. But Kelley made the most of her second chance. At Final 6, she pulled out her second idol — which women historically have found a smaller percentage of — and was the biggest threat to win until she made a mistake in the last immunity challenge. What’d she do while making it to Day 27 in Edge of Extinction? Find another idol.

6. Kim Spradlin (One World):

Some people need a little practice before perfection. Kim came out, and played as flawless of a game as anyone ever has. Outwit. Kim was always the strongest on One World’s cast full of duds (which is the only reason she’s not ranked higher). Still, she manipulated everyone into keeping her tribal after tribal with her impeccable social game.

Outplay. Kim won four immunities, tied for the most ever by a woman. Outlast. Despite orchestrating blindsides of all her closest confidants, she convinced them all — well, expect for two bitter people — to give her the million.

Kim makes excellence look easy.

5. Russell Hantz (Samoa, Heroes vs Villains, Redemption Island):

Well, well, well. The most divisive Survivor player of all time checks in at No. 5 on this list in typical fashion, as one of us ranked him No. 1 and the other didn’t rank him at all. It’s easy to be turned off by Russell’s gameplay, but no one has ever had as much control as him. He changed the game forever when he found an idol without a clue, then changed it some more when he overcame a 6-3 deficit and expertly took down Boston Rob on Heroes vs Villains. The jury members never understood his greatness enough to look past his gameplay, but Russell deserves to be on any list of great Survivor players.

4. Jeremy Collins (San Juan del Sur, Second Chance):

Talk about likeability. It was hard not to root for Jeremy the first time he played, when he battled through the merge after his wife was voted out early. But it was his second chance (on Second Chance) that he cemented himself as a great. On a season with blindside after blindside and very few consistent alliance, Jeremy always managed to put himself on the right side of the vote. Second Chance had some of the highest-level gameplay we’ve ever seen, but everyone knew Jeremy stood alone at the end. You know he’s a threat, but you still don’t come for him.

3. Natalie Anderson (San Juan del Sur): When your twin sister gets voted out first in Survivor, you have two choices: break down or double down. Natalie chose the latter and managed both a subtle game and aggressive moves.

Flying under the radar allowed her to convince everyone her vote for Alec was a mistake, pull off a blindside of her “ally” Jon and play an idol correctly for someone else. Natalie always had the endgame in mind, and targeted her tribemates in the perfect pecking order. She made that happen — while receiving no votes against her in nine tribals — and she made her sister proud.

2. Tony Vlachos (Cagayan, Game Changers):

Cops R Us, spy shacks and a bag of tricks.

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schemed, he was paranoid — he didn’t let it get the best of him. He convinced everyone he had an idol with special powers so they wouldn’t send him home. He finessed himself a spot at the end despite being the biggest threat. He owned his gameplay at Final Tribal Council. He won. And so he goes down as an all-time great.

1. Parvati Shallow (Cook Islands, Micronesia, Heroes vs Villains):

Any conversation about Survivor greatness starts here. Quickly, for all the Boston Rob truthers: they played together on Heroes vs Villains. Rob didn’t make the merge. Parvati already had a win from Micronesia, but her performance on Heroes vs Villains cemented her as the greatest player of all time. The spectacle of the first post-merge tribal — when she pulled out two immunity idols and correctly played one for Jerri, sending J.T. home — stands as one of the most memorable tribal councils of all time. No matter what Parvati said, you had to believe it. Even though you knew you shouldn’t. troyclosson2020@u.northwestern.edu, jonahdylan2020@u.northwestern.edu

Opportunities for local community service this winter

By AMY LI

daily senior staffer

The holiday season doesn’t look the same for everyone in the Evanston community. In the season of giving, here are some ways to help this winter.

Help survivors of domestic violence at YWCA Evanston/Northshore’s Women’s Emergency Shelter

For women and children who have survived domestic violence, there are opportunities to donate money, toys and time to the YWCA Evanston/Northshore Domestic Violence Program.

The program provides emergency and longer-term housing to women and children fleeing from violence. Verda Bhatti, the program’s volunteer coordinator, said this winter, there is a toy drive to help mothers and their children celebrate the holidays.

“We try to serve them around the year, but the holiday time is when things can get really difficult for women who are not in their homes and children who don’t have a lot of family around,” Bhatti said.

The shelter is looking for volunteers to help organize the toy drive and wrapping presents.

In addition to toys, other in-kind donations keep expenses down so the shelter can focus on essential programming. Gift cards and cash donations in any amount are also welcome.

If your New Year’s resolutions involve donating more to charity, you can also set up recurring donations of any amount with YWCA Evanston/Northshore.

The emergency shelter can accommodate up to 30 people, but Bhatti said the program

is in the process of doubling its capacity within three years.

“This is the time to keep in mind of all the survivors of domestic violence and how challenging it is for them,” Bhatti said. “Please give generously and from your heart.”

Make the holidays happier by giving to Mayor Steve Hagerty’s Holiday Food, Book, and Toy Drive

Help other families make the most of the holiday season by donating new, unwrapped toys, books and non-perishable food items to Mayor Steve Hagerty’s Holiday Food, Book and Toy Drive. All financial donations will also be received by the Evanston Parks Foundation to purchase food and toys in bulk.

The Evanston city website lists 15 locations where these items can be dropped off. Multiple Evanston businesses are offering 20 percent discounts on items purchased at their stories to be donated to the drive.

The drive spans Nov. 4 to Dec. 13. There is no time more generous than the holidays, and leverage that warm fuzzy feeling into building a warmer winter for members in the Evanston community.

Fight homelessness by lending a helping hand to Interfaith Action of Evanston

Chicago winters regularly dip into sub-zero temperatures. To help the homeless through the cold, from mid-November to late March, Interfaith Action of Evanston opens an overnight shelter from 9 p.m.to 7 a.m. that provides warm drinks and a safe place to sleep.

The shelter will also be open every night for two weeks around the Christmas holidays,

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The Christmas Tree rests in downtown Evanston. There are several opportunities to volunteer in the city this holiday season.

regardless of temperature.

The shelter provided for 2,651 guests between January and March of 2019 and hopes to be open every night this winter.

Sue Murphy, the executive director of Interfaith Action Evanston, said the center relies on volunteers to staff these shelters and

encourages anyone to reach out.

“Nobody should have to sleep outside ever but certainly not in the winter,” Murphy said.

“We are really excited to be able to be open all of next winter.” amyli2021@u.northwestern.edu

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HAPPY PAWLIDAYS

Season’s Greetings from our readers’ and staffers’ pets

This holiday season, we’ve picked some of our readers’ and staffers’ most spirited pets and given them the ultimate seasonal makeover — their own holiday cards. From festive felines to dogs in Santa hats, enjoy some of our favorite four-legged friends and their wishes for the holidays.

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The Cats win their first conference game of the season versus in-state rival

By BENJAMIN ROSENBERG

the daily northwestern @bxrosenberg

CHAMPAIGN — Unlike Illinois, Northwestern knew Saturday would be its last game of the season.

So the Wildcats practiced like it — and played like it.

“We talked about this week being a bowl week mentality,” coach Pat Fitzgerald said. “The way that we did it today is a statement about the future of our program. Today we came down with a singleness of purpose.

That was an incredible, physical display of the way you should play Big Ten football.”

NU (3-9, 1-8 Big Ten) came into Memorial Stadium with absolutely nothing to lose. And it was the Cats’ new faces that paved the way in their 29-10 win over the Fighting Illini (6-6, 4-5), as NU avoided its first winless mark in conference play since 1998 and won the Land of Lincoln Trophy for a record fifth consecutive year.

A couple of those new faces were playing out of position. Freshman Coco Azema, a defensive back, was moved into the running backs room out of sheer necessity. Sophomore Isaiah Bowser, junior Jesse Brown and senior John Moten IV were out, and freshman Evan Hull could not play in

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any more games to still be eligible for a redshirt. So Azema stepped into the offense and lit up the Illinois defense for 123 yards on just seven carries, including a 62-yard burst late in the third quarter.

Azema capped his performance — and the victory — with a 24-yard touchdown run with just over a minute to play in the game.

“We were down a million backs,” Fitzgerald said. “About five weeks ago, we projected the end of the season and we knew we needed to have at least one more guy ready to go. We put our heads together about who from the young guys we could put in the backfield, and it was Coco.”

Azema was the Cats’ leading rusher on the day, but just 12 yards behind him was the man who began the year as NU’s fourth-string quarterback.

Sophomore Andrew Marty, in his first career start, carried 30 times — compared to 10 pass attempts — for 111 yards and two touchdowns.

Marty’s biggest mistake of the game came on the first play of the second quarter, when his interception set the Fighting Illini up inside the Cats’ 40 and led to Illinois’ only touchdown. But he came right back to lead NU down the field on the next possession — a 15-play, 75-yard march that took more than eight minutes off the clock. Marty capped the drive with a 12-yard run over the left

side that gave the Cats the lead for good.

“I was going to play every snap like it was my last,” Marty said. “We dominated the line of scrimmage. The (offensive line) was absolutely terrific all day.”

Despite throwing for just 55 yards, Marty continued to make an impact in the second half as the Cats gradually pulled away. He threw a 34-yard touchdown strike to junior receiver Riley Lees in the third quarter to put NU up two scores, then added another touchdown on a quarterback sneak early in the fourth.

Redshirt freshman Raymond Niro III, recruited as a wide receiver, also received action at running back, with 56 yards on four rushes.

NU held the ball for more than 40 minutes, including just over 25 minutes in the first half. The Cats outgained the Fighting Illini 433160, including 378-14 on the ground.

Defensively, they limited Illinois’ leading rusher, Reggie Corbin, to minus-10 yards on seven carries.

Fitzgerald acknowledged after the game it has been a tough year for the program, but is confident the team will get stronger from the adversity it faced.

“This type of record,” Fitzgerald said, “will never happen again.” benjaminrosenberg2021@u.northwestern.edu

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Wildcats should hire a QB coach A look back at NUCHARLIE GOLDSMITH

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Northwestern’s quarterbacks had less help last season than any other signal caller in the Big Ten. Not because of the inexperienced group of wide receivers, or the injury plagued running backs. But Hunter Johnson, Aidan Smith and Andrew Marty got less coaching than any other quarterback in the conference.

And I’m not just talking about Mick McCall.

Since a team can only have ten assistant coaches, most offensive coordinators have additional job titles. Last season, McCall was the offensive coordinator as well as the quarterbacks coach. He was also only Big Ten coordinator without anyone — a dedicated quarterbacks coach, a co-offensive coordinator or passing game coordinator — helping him out.

McCall was the only coach at NU designated to work with the quarterbacks. The task of doing both proved to be too difficult as he was fired Sunday after the offense finished No. 122 in the nation and the quarterbacks combined to throw six touchdowns and 15 interceptions.

Coach Pat Fitzgerald has already said fixing the quarterback room will be the team’s biggest priority in the offseason, and hiring the next offensive coordinator is the first move to be made. But why hire just one person to fix such a big problem?

For the first time with Fitzgerald as the head coach, NU needs to hire an offensive coordinator and a separate quarterbacks coach.

McCall has filled both of these roles since he was hired in 2008, and before that, Garrick McGee ran both the offense and the quarterback room for two years. But two heads are better than one.

Look at any other team in the Big Ten. Ohio State offensive coordinator Kevin Wilson works with tight ends on the side while a fulltime quarterbacks coach works with the signal callers. Wisconsin’s Joe Rudolph also coaches the offensive line to make room on the staff for a QB coach. And Penn State has a full time “passing game coordinator” in addition to offensive coordinator Ricky Rahne.

If the Cats want to compete with teams like this, they need to allocate as many resources as possible into the position they need to improve the most. At the very least, NU should have multiple coaches who know more about the most important position in the sport.

Last season, McCall was the only coach with the Cats who had ever worked directly with an FBS quarterback or even had played the position. Running backs coach Lou Ayeni came to NU after working as the running game coordinator at Iowa State, and he’s spent his entire coaching career focusing on that aspect of the game.

Wide receivers coach Dennis Springer has only worked with receivers and running backs, and offensive line coach Kurt Anderson has only worked with linemen and tight ends. Superbacks coach Bob Heffner was an offensive coordinator at Lafayette a decade ago, at the FCS level.

If Fitzgerald redesigns his coaching staff to open a spot for a quarterbacks coach, that means another assistant has to leave as well. Heffner is the most likely assistant to go.

McCall was the coach who brought

the superback position to college football, but without him in the fold, the future of the position is up in the air.

Anderson has experience coaching tight ends at Indiana State and Eastern Michigan and could likely take over Heffner’s responsibilities.

That’s a small sacrifice to make to ensure that the quarterbacks have a full-time assistant.

Down the stretch of the Cats’ 2019 season, it was clear that Johnson, Smith and Marty needed more help. Since NU hasn’t added any high-impact grad transfer at receiver or running back recently and likely won’t break that trend this offseason, the best possible present for the three returning quarterbacks would be better coaching.

So why hire just one coach to help them when you can hire two?

The quarterbacks need the most attention, so give them a coach whose focus won’t be diluted. Ideally, the coordinator and quarterbacks coach will make sure NU doesn’t have the fifth-worst scoring offense in the FBS again this season.

As a former linebacker and linebackers coach, Fitzgerald never had to lead an offense. Now he has the chance to add two staffers with experience doing that.

It’s time he reorganize his coaching staff to match the rest of the Big Ten.The careers of Hunter Johnson, Aidan Smith and Andrew Marty are all depending on it.

So is the success of the program.

Charlie Goldsmith is a Medill junior. He can be contacted at charliegoldsmith2021@u.northwestern.edu. The views expressed in this piece do not necessarily reflect the views of all staff members of The Daily Northwestern.

Notre Dame’s 1935 tie

By PETER WARREN

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In college athletics, the period surrounding New Year’s is typically known as a time for college football.

But during the Great Depression, the Midwest was treated almost every year to a special New Year’s Eve rivalry basketball game.

Starting in 1929, Northwestern and Notre Dame starting playing one of their two yearly contests on New Year’s Eve. The holiday game, called the “high spot of the holiday season in basketball circles” by the Chicago Tribune, became a tradition for the two rivals known for engaging in hard-fought battles on the hardwood.

They played nine times between 1929 and 1941. Patten Gymnasium — the Wildcats always hosted the contest — drew capacity crowds, with many of the fans dressed to the nines to celebrate the forthcoming New Year.

“The annual series between Notre Dame and Northwestern has developed into one of the best rivalries in the central states,” Chicago Tribune reporter Wilfrid Smith wrote in 1932.

“Year in and year out the teams stage a slam bang battle which keeps the crowd in an uproar.”

These New Year’s Eve matchups featured many memorable games — only two of the games had a final margin of victory greater than five points — but none compares historically to the clash on Dec. 31, 1935, which featured the rarest result in the sport.

While the action on the court was exciting, the true drama did not occur until after the final buzzer. When the game concluded, the scoreboard read 20-19 in favor of NU, as did the scorebooks of each team’s student

managers. The two teams shook hands and headed to the showers with the Cats thinking they had avenged their 40-29 loss two weeks prior and the Fighting Irish believing they would enter 1936 on a two-game losing streak.

But the reporters in the stands were shocked — every one of them had the score tied at 20-20. The discrepancy was in the number of free throws made

by Notre Dame’s Raymond Meyer. The student managers had him at one made free throw. The sportswriters had him making two.

By the time this inconsistency was brought to the attention of both teams, players were either in the showers or dressed to leave. The two referees refused to make a decision, and a small investigation was held to decide the true final score. The next day, NU Athletic Director Tug Wilson announced the game would be accepted by NU as a draw.

“The game was obviously a tie,” Notre Dame’s Hall of Fame coach George Keogan said after the game.

“The thing to do is to play it over.

Notre Dame is willing to play Northwestern at any place at any time.”

NU would finish the year strong with a 13-6-1 record and 7-5 conference mark that placed it third in the Western Conference, which is now the Big Ten. The Notre Dame game was never rescheduled. Wilson said the Cats could not add another game to their schedule because they were already at the maximum amount allowed by the conference.

“Just call the game a tie, and mark it down as another manifestation of the intense rivalry between Notre Dame and Northwestern,” Wilson said. peterwarren2021@u.northwestern.edu

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