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NU startup replies to negative reviews Customers criticize exercise-charged battery, AMPY MOVE

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Black Northwestern athletes share personal experiences

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When Derrick Thompson, a wide receiver for Northwestern football from 1996 to 2000, first walked into the Black House his freshman year, he said he felt an unexpected tension. Others saw him as an athlete, not a black student.

Although Thompson eventually developed friendships outside of the football sphere during his time at NU, that initial feeling has stuck with him, he said. On Wednesday, Thompson returned to the Black House to share his story.

A panel of six current and former black student-athletes — including Thompson, senior football player Traveon Henry, a SESP senior, and former football player El Da’ Sheon Nix (SESP ’04) — as well as Johari Shuck, who conducted a study on the black studentathlete college experience, spoke to a group of about 30 attendees Wednesday night on their experiences.

During a conversation lasting nearly two hours, the panel members exchanged ideas, anecdotes and friendly debate about issues that ranged from the divide between students and student-athletes to ongoing race-related issues on campus.

“We created a space where we were able to voice our minds and voice our » See ATHLETE, page 10

Arias, who stayed for both the forum and Senate, said he came to Senate to represent himself as a member of Omega Delta Phi fraternity and others in MGC. “I felt it was an obligation for myself and everybody else who identify to be marginalized students,” Arias told The Daily. “I feel that it was my obligation to represent the voices that could not be spoken for tonight.”

Amendments to the proposed legislation were introduced but failed to pass. Off-campus senator Will Pritzker said he was not in favor of the legislation because the proposed representation would not be proportional to the distribution of students among the four Greek councils.

“The structure of Senate is, by my opinion, wrong and this jumps the gun on changing it in a way that, while it seems makes it better, makes it less representative under the current system,”

A battery charger created by Northwestern graduate students billed as a device that produces electricity through physical activity is generating a different sort of buzz.

The AMPY MOVE charger, created by startup AMPY, has some users raising concerns over its effectiveness. The up and down motion of the user during exercise is intended to generate electricity, converting the physical activity into usable energy for batteries. Some users, however, are finding the product is not performing as expected.

The company’s CEO, McCormick graduate student Tejas Shastry, said the device follows through on what it advertises.

“The negative feedback has been pretty localized to a handful of individuals,” Shastry said. “We are always very cognizant of customers’ feedback and providing our customers the highest experience.”

Founded in 2014 by Shastry and graduate students Mike Geier and Alex Smith, the idea for AMPY emerged during an NUVention energy entrepreneurship class.

AMPY gained 2,573 backers and more than $300,000 in its 2014 Kickstarter campaign. In the campaign, AMPY told backers that 10,000 steps, which equates to one hour of cycling or 30 minutes of running, would produce enough electricity to power a smartphone for three hours, a smartwatch for 24 hours or a fitness

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NUMBERS GAME Off-campus senator Will Pritzker (left) outlines concerns about a Senate representation reform amendment next to Erik Baker, who co-authored the amendment. The amendment would have increased student group representation and equalize Greek representation while decreasing off-campus representation.

ASG legislation struck down Amendment to add MGC, NPHC seats fails

By ERICA SNOW

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Associated Student Government Senate failed to pass legislation to equalize Greek council representation, increase student group representation and decrease off-campus representation Wednesday night in a 17-17 vote by secret ballot, with one invalid vote.

The legislation, which needed two-thirds majority to pass, proposed increasing student group representation by six seats to include 21 total, which would have matched demand when ASG received 21 applications for 15 student group seats last year, co-author Erik Baker said. Off-campus representation would have decreased from eight to six senators to incentivize competition for seats, and all Greek councils would receive two senators each to represent organizations equally, the Weinberg senior added.

The invalid vote was voided because it had no name. An open forum was held before Senate to allow students to learn more about the legislation and voice concerns.

Currently, Interfraternity Council and Panhellenic Association each receive five senators while Multicultural Greek Council and National PanHellenic Council each have one.

Adding a senator to MGC and NPHC would increase the voices of people of color in Senate, said For Members Only senator Gwendolyn Gissendanner during the forum.

“Our current Senate is incredibly inefficient,” the SESP sophomore said.

“The idea that we have to come in here and beg for certain seats and there’s all these vacancies while at the same time student groups are banging down the door — on top of that, we’re not even thinking about the groups who feel so marginalized that they don’t even want to apply.”

Weinberg sophomore Brandon

Balancing Without A Budget

Gov. Rauner proposes options for budget stalemate

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Gov. Bruce Rauner delivered his annual budget address Wednesday afternoon, giving an ultimatum to state Democrats: implement reforms to save costs outside the budget, or give the governor the authority to cut spending himself.

Illinois’ budget stalemate is on its eighth month. Rauner’s second budget address was meant to talk about the upcoming budget negotiations in spring 2016, but his first budget remains unpassed. Following pleas from earlier speeches such as the State of the State address, Rauner called for bipartisan cooperation to end the

stalemate.

“The people of Illinois are sick and tired of this – they want us to work together, not watch another pointless cycle of votes and vetoes,” Rauner said. “I stand ready to negotiate with each and every one of you – 24 hours a day, seven days a week.”

Although the governor said he will do whatever he can to negotiate and pass a budget, Rauner said he won’t pass a budget the state can’t afford.

Rauner said the $36 billion budget Democrats passed was “$4 billion outof-balance,” and he was not willing to raise taxes to make up the difference.

However, Rauner offered an alternative: If state Democrats compromised on Rauner’s cost-cutting initiatives outside the budget, such as changes to unionization and labor laws in the

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state, then he would work with the proposed budget at its current cost.

“I’m insisting that we attack the root causes of our dismal economic performance,” he said.

Rep. Robyn Gabel (D-Evanston) shared the governor’s concerns and said the assembly and governor need to engage in further negotiations. She and 29 other state representatives sent a letter to Rauner, asking him to meet with the state Appropriations Committee to develop a budget. The letter highlighted criminal justice and unemployment insurance reform bills passed through compromise.

“We should do the same with the budget — find common ground and move forward,” they wrote in » See RAUNER, page 10

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BUDGET NUDGE Gov. Bruce Rauner speaks after he was elected governor in 2014. He delivered his annual budget address Wednesday, calling for progress on the stalemate that has lasted eight months.

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In response to a recent string of gun violence, Evanston police Chief Richard Eddington announced plans to beef up police patrolling in specific areas with the hope of deterring such crimes.

Eddington detailed the plan, which includes greater visibility of patrolling officers and social media alerts via Facebook and Twitter to officers’ whereabouts, at a 2nd Ward community meeting last week.

“High visibility is just what it says,” Evanston Police Department spokesman Perry Polinski said. “More officers in uniform in marked cars, more supervisors on the street. Instead of plainclothes officers, they’ll be in uniform out on the street.”

Four recent reports of shots fired, which occurred throughout the city within a span of a week from Dec. 27 to Jan. 2, spurred EPD to consider new tactics to address gun violence in the city, Eddington told The Daily.

“Those four events have sparked an increased level of concern by city officials regarding this cluster of shootings in a short time frame,” Eddington said. “All of these were daytime shootings except (one) … so three of the four.”

Eddington added that the Jan. 19 killing of Bo Bradford-Mandujano, a 20-year-old Evanston

Police Blotter More than $2,500 worth of items stolen from Evanston apartment

An Evanston resident reported a burglary Tuesday after noticing multiple items missing from her apartment on the 1100 block of Dewey Avenue, police said.

The 48-year-old woman believes the theft occurred between Feb. 8 and Feb. 16, but she had not realized several pieces of jewelry, an iPad and an espresso machine were missing

resident, had an impact in the department’s decision to ramp up police patrolling, but stressed that particular incident was a “standalone” and not “interrelated to any other ongoing conflicts.”

Carolyn Murray, a local advocate for gun control whose 19-year-old son was fatally shot in Evanston just over three years ago, expressed concern that the department’s efforts would not be sufficient in curtailing these crimes.

“You need to strategically plan against urban crime appropriately,” Murphy said. “We have seen an influx of shootings and homicides at different times, but because the urban criminals have gotten so out of control they think that they can shoot at any time, night or day.”

Examining social media interactions, Murray said, is critical in addressing how to prevent gun violence.

She said threats are sometimes made via social media, and said she was frustrated that in previous instances, no legal action had been taken against the offenders.

Eddington said that while the police department does investigate these types of threats over social media, it is ultimately up to the state’s attorney to determine whether the comment warranted prosecution.

“We’re butting up against free speech and several other technical issues with proving who sent the message,” he said. “Was it just a general utterance or did someone threaten someone specifically? I realize many members of the community are frustrated but we can’t put that case together that’s not a

prosecutable case in Illinois, and that’s not my opinion — it’s the state’s attorney’s office who review the case.”

Both police and Murray agreed that focusing deployment efforts on problematic areas — which Eddington said were “city-wide” but particularly focused in the 2nd, 5th and 8th Wards — was an important part of strategizing to combat gun violence.

“If you pull up the research on gunshots being fired in our neighborhood you can predict the next homicide or the next gunshots being fired,” Murray said. “These are criminals. They don’t have (Firearm Owners Identification) cards, they don’t have concealed carry, so when they’re shooting they’re in … the vicinity of where their guns are (kept).”

Eddington emphasized, however, that although the effort to hone in on these areas will help reduce crime, gun violence of this nature is difficult to track.

He said through EPD’s violence reduction initiative, in which department members travel door-to-door to recover guns as well as operate a 24/7 gun buyback program, the department has recovered 43 illegal guns since Sept. 5.

“A lot of this violence has transcended traditional conflicts,” Eddington said. “This is way more complicated because, if you and I don’t like each other, and we’re going to shoot each other on sight, police have no idea what (our patterns) of movement is and when our movements cross, there’s violence.”

until Tuesday, when she reported the crime, Evanston Police Department spokesman Perry Polinski said. The items are valued at $2,800, he said.

There was no evidence of forced entry, Polinski said. EPD officers are currently investigating the incident, he said.

the 1000 block of Garnett Place, police said.

The resident, a 25-year-old Evanston man, reported the theft around 2 p.m. Monday afternoon and told police he thinks the anxiety medication was stolen during a party he hosted between Sunday night and Monday morning, Polinski said. Police believe the thief was most likely a guest at the party.

There are currently no leads on suspects, Polinski said.

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Activist talks detainment of trans women of color woman of color living as an undocumented immigrant in the U.S. “Our lives are not disposable,” she said during the event. “We are human beings, and we have every right to exist, just like anyone else.”

Gutiérrez is an activist and a founding member of Familia: Trans Queer Liberation Movement, a national organization advocating for the Latino and lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer communities.

During the event, Gutiérrez spoke not only about her work in this organization but also the overarching issue of the higher risk of violence and abuse that transgender women of color face when they are detained for deportation.

Her actions at the White House, which included her asking for the release of transgender women detained throughout the U.S., drew critical responses from not only the president himself but also members of other organizations that were present at the event, which took place in June 2015. Gutiérrez was booed by

By JERRY LEE

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Jennicet Gutiérrez claimed national attention when she heckled President Barack Obama’s speech nearly eight months ago.

On Wednesday, she held a talk of her own at the McCormick Foundation Center Forum.

More than 50 people attended the event held by Unshackle NU, a student divestment movement calling for NU to remove its investments from private prisons and companies its members say contribute to mass incarceration.

Gutiérrez, who became well-known due to a viral video depicting her being escorted out of the White House after interrupting an event commemorating Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Pride Month.

She based much of her talk at Northwestern on her personal experiences as a transgender

other attendees before being escorted off the premises. “(The other attendees) were trying to say, ‘This is federal grounds. You can be arrested, you can be sent to a detention center and start the deportation Our lives are process,” not disposable. We are Gutiérrez s ai d . “I human beings, and we was willing to risk have every right to exist, arrest and just like anyone else. los e my Jennicet Gutiérrez, freedom activist for a community that has been left out many times.”

Matthew Wright, a member of Unshackle NU, said he was pleased with the event. The Medill senior said the mass incarceration system hinders the quality of life for not only

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minority groups but also different subgroups within those minorities.

“It’s really important that we talk about all identities as far as people of color and especially queer identities who are under attack,” he said.

Weinberg sophomore Nneka Onyeka said the event reiterated the existence of several marginalized groups in the U.S. and around the world.

Gutiérrez told The Daily she fully supports the mission of Unshackle NU, and said the organization’s movement against the University’s private holdings in companies contributing to mass incarceration positively impacts the communities she represents.

“In order to truly see change, we don’t need to have our brothers and sisters in those facilities. We really need to come together and organize to release them all,” she said. jerryl@u.northwestern.edu

NU named one of the 10 worst schools for free speech into Communication Prof. Laura Kipnis after an article she published in a faculty journal and the alleged censorship of Atrium, a bioethics magazine edited

by Feinberg School of Medicine faculty members.

“Those two cases in the aggregate raised concerns about academic freedom, freedom of speech and due process at the University … as well as larger questions about the sanctity of academic freedom at NU,” Bonilla said.

Kipnis’ piece, published in February 2015 in The Chronicle of Higher Education, criticized university policies that prohibit romantic and sexual relationships between professors and students, arguing the policies give students an inaccurate sense of vulnerability. Lawyers hired by NU to investigate Kipnis after two philosophy students filed Title IX retaliation complaints against her in response to the article found in June that she had not violated Title IX.

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Northwestern was named one of the 10 worst schools for free speech in a ranking released Wednesday by the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education.

This is NU’s first year on the annual list, which Peter Bonilla, director of FIRE’s Individual Rights Defense Program, said is compiled by looking at the “most concerning incidents” the foundation worked on during the past year. FIRE is a nonprofit group focused on outreach and education for issues of civil liberties in academia.

NU made the list because of two major incidents, Bonilla said: the months-long Title IX investigation

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University spokesman Al Cubbage declined to comment on the FIRE list, deferring to a June 2015 statement by University President Morton Schapiro and Provost Dan Linzer regarding academic freedom and Title IX released after the Kipnis investigation.

“Northwestern University is firmly committed to free expression and academic freedom, as has been demonstrated on many occasions at Northwestern,” they said in the statement. “The University is dedicated to vigorous inquiry and robust debate, particularly regarding the challenging issues facing society.” foxm@u.northwestern.edu

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People should not focus on always being productive NICOLE KEMPIS

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Productivity. The word has an economic ring to it that evokes black-and-white images of industrial glory. It is reminiscent of a time when people were valued more for their collective ability to produce than their significance as individuals. Today, it’s common to hear college students complain about being “unproductive,” and the meaning hasn’t changed all that much since the Soviet era.

We are still essentially judging ourselves by what we do rather than who we are and creating a culture that makes us feel guilty when we aren’t doing something constructive.

It’s unsurprising Northwestern has a culture that values concrete accomplishments over personal discovery. NU’s selective admissions results in a student body that has needed to adopt an achievement-oriented approach to life in order to build the resume necessary for a shot at an elite college. The students here put enormous pressure on one another to be involved with academics, clubs and social activities.

Moreover, NU is an expensive university and plenty of students feel pressure from their families to make the most of a costly experience.

The pressure to be productive, engaged in academics and active in the NU community can have positive side effects. We live in an age in which the average American between 18-24 checks his or her phone 74 times a day, and being immersed in a society that rewards efficiency can sometimes inspire us to finish an assignment instead of binge watch Netflix (or not).

However, feeling like you constantly need to be doing something, and feeling guilty whenever you aren’t being “productive” has its dangers. I believe the mental stress associated with living in a permanent state of “productivity” is one of the reasons colleges are noticing an increase in mental health issues.

No one can be productive all the time, and the failure to do so often makes people feel insufficient and insecure about their abilities.

Trying to constantly be productive can result in a permanent state of uncertainty, as one is neither truly productive nor truly rested, which can lead to long-term fatigue and frustration.

Furthermore, a performance-oriented environment can quickly become a society

of workaholics, in which people’s priorities become dangerously skewed in favor of material success and external validation, rendering them less likely to focus on developing personal character or follow their passions.

During college, many of us are under pressure to figure out what we No one can be are going to do, but productive all we are rarely asked who we want to be the time, and and what kind of the failure to do lives we want to so often makes create for ourselves.

The pressure to be people feel productive inspires insufficient and people to rush insecure about blindly into majors or even careers, their abilities. without considering if their choices will contribute to their personal growth. It’s essential we take the time to live intentionally and to think about what we want from the future instead of just living the lives that are expected of us.

So how can we overcome the unrealistic expectation to be permanently productive? To an extent it’s inherent to the American work

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culture, but I also believe there are ways to conquer this social pressure. First, by realizing we are more valuable than what we do or achieve, whether that be our GPA, our internships or the number of snapchats we receive.

Second, it’s important to realize we can’t be productive all the time, and we should differentiate time when we are focused on work from time when we are relaxing or doing something we love, whatever that may be.

In an ideal world, having more self-acceptance would also decrease the collective social pressure we apply on one another. Perhaps a concrete way of doing this would be to change our dialogue and stop complaining about being “unproductive.” Sometimes when you’re overwhelmed with work, moaning about how much you have to do is a great way to relieve stress, but worrying about every minute you didn’t spend working is not. It’s time to start celebrating the unproductive moments. After all, they’re usually the ones we remember.

Nicole is a Weinberg sophomore. She can be contacted at nicolekempis2018@u.northwestern.edu . If you would like to respond publicly to this column, send a Letter to the Editor to opinion@dailynorthwestern.com. The views expressed in this piece do not necessarily reflect the views of all staff members of The Daily Northwestern.

Sen. Sanders’ progressive plan lacks sound economics JOSEPH LAMPS

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It is no wonder that Sen. Bernie Sanders’ campaign has received so much support.

Sanders has given America the rare chance to elect a candidate who unabashedly pushes for many positions which are uncommon in political discourse despite significant public backing. These include single payer healthcare, vigorous climate action and support for free college tuition for public schools.

I personally have been thrilled to watch the attention his campaign has received.

However, I worry that Sanders does not base all his policy positions on sound economic principles.

One question mark is his proposal to increase the federal minimum wage to $15.

Our current minimum wage is low when compared to most similar countries and to our own country prior to 1985.

However, more than doubling our current $7.25 minimum wage is a reckless proposal.

The economic consequences of such a large minimum wage hike are unknown, untested

on such a large scale and potentially damaging. A national minimum wage also makes little sense due to differences in cost of living, which is almost three times higher in the most expensive U.S. county than in the least expensive county.

Furthermore, minimum wage is It is of the utmost not the most effective way to reduce importance to poverty because keep in mind the it gives a raise to worker who economic basis every happens to work for platforms a low wage job and to scrutinize whether they need it or not. Earned the plans of income tax credits for the poor would candidates be a more effective carefully. way of directing benefits toward those who truly need them. Sanders appears, on this issue, to prioritize sounding progressive over proposing the best policy.

I also have to quibble with Sanders’ view on the Trans Pacific Partnership. According to the Hamburg Institute of International Economics and other sources, an effective way to help poverty-stricken countries

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develop is to foster international trade. The TPP has been accused of disregarding these concerns and has been criticized for a lack of transparency; however, Sanders’ objections run deeper.

He opposes free trade on grounds that it will export American jobs. This is a valid concern, but it is in the best long-term interest of the United States that the rest of the world develops economically. To argue that poor countries should be held in poverty by high tariffs in order to preserve American jobs is lunacy.

Finally, Sanders insists his platform could be fully paid for by various tax changes. This may well be possible. However, estimates often range widely for potential revenue from untested new taxes.

For example, Sanders says his proposed tax on Wall Street speculation will foot the $75 billion per year bill of his free college program. But the tax has actually been estimated to be capable of raising anywhere from around $30 billion to around $300 billion per year. It is irresponsible to assume it will raise $75 billion, when the real number could be much lower.

This does not necessarily mean Sanders is not the best candidate for the job. However, it is important to remember that it is possible

to strongly support policies such as free college, Medicare for all and a living wage while acknowledging that a specific plan to implement them is economically unfeasible at this time.

Progressives can afford to implement Sanders’ platform gradually, given that the ideas he devotes attention to receive continued publicity. Progressives cannot afford for fiscal conservatives to say in four years that they have been right the whole time — that Sanders’ plan is not well thought out and is impossible to implement without damaging the economy.

When Northwestern students make the decision about which candidate to support, it is of the utmost importance to keep in mind the economic basis for platforms and to scrutinize the plans of candidates carefully.

This is especially true for Sanders because of the large scope of his proposals. There is no guarantee the economic basis is solid.

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By AMANDA SVACHULA

Seconds before taking the stage at the Just Drew show in New York City this past Sunday, Communication senior Danielle Lauder was struck by the hectic atmosphere backstage.

“I couldn’t find the model, who had the black shirt I had to wear, at first,” she said. “I was wandering around backstage, freaking out, about to walk up.”

Lauder managed to find the shirt just in time to strut down Gotham Hall’s stage as part of 2016’s New York Fashion Week, alongside well-known models including Tiffany Trump, Abigail Breslin, and Kyra Kennedy.

“It was so nerve-wracking and I’ve never done anything like that before,” she said. “But once I walked down the runway, I felt a rush.”

This was the runway modeling debut for Lauder, who in addition to studying at Northwestern, has spent her college years also working as a film actress—constantly traveling between New York, Chicago and Los Angeles. Though it was her first time walking on a runaway, Lauder’s ties to the industry extend far back as the great-granddaughter of cosmetic mogul Estee Lauder.

The decision to walk in the Just Drew show on Feb. 14, was spur of the moment, Lauder said. She said she did not even know designer Andrew Warren before he contacted her through mutual friends and asked if she wanted to participate in the show.

Warren founded the clothing line Just Drew in May 2013, and the company aims to create clothing that incorporates simple, sleek lines, with bold, structural designs. In the show, the designer showcased his “It Girl” collection.

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liked her look,” Warren said. “I based my clothing off the different types of New York City “it” girls and their different fashions. I think she fit the look I was going for.”

Lauder, who had never modeled before, decided to take a chance after the invitation, she said.

“I said, ‘Sure, why not?’” Lauder said. “A week before the show, we have to fill out a Google Doc of sizes and height. I looked at the height of the models, 5’11”, 5’10”. I’m 5’4” and I was thinking ‘Oh no, they’re going to put me in 6-inch heels and I’m going to fall on my face.’ But I had very manageable heels.”

Lauder said she was very nervous when she arrived the day of the show and walked into a building filled with hundreds of people that she did not know. The show had not gone through a whole rehearsal, but because she arrived the day of, Lauder added she missed a basic walking practice the day before.

“With (a fashion show) you couldn’t really do a rehearsal of the entire day,” she said. “This is because the day is made up of the preparation and changes and making sure the makeup artists are doing everything right. It was very last-minute and chaotic because you don’t really know until you get there.”

The hectic behind-the-scenes preparation at the fashion show was very different than the more relaxed film preparation she is used to, Lauder said. As a film actor, she said there’s a lot of waiting and preparation time to prepare.

At NU, Lauder has studied theater acting, but said she prefers film acting. She has been in several movies include “Ride” and “The Stanford Prison Experiment.” This past summer, she filmed her first supporting lead role in “The Charnel House,” which premieres in May. Communication Prof. Dawn Mora has worked with Lauder for the past four years as her acting teacher. She said Lauder is enormously

focused and that when acts in film, she is great at portraying vulnerability.

“Dani is a superb actress,” Mora said. “She came to NU with some training already, and she has challenged herself and grown. Since film acting is very contained and centered, it probably helped her on the runway.

She said she admires Lauder’s independence and business sense, and the fact that she can balance school, travel and work.

Lauder has also been involved with the film industry behind-the-scenes, working for companies such as the Sundance Institute, an organization that supports independent film and theater artists, and William Morris Endeavor, a talent agency.

During this past year, because of her upcoming movie, Lauder said she is often never in a place longer than a month and a half to two months at a time.

Communication senior Eleanor McEnaney has been friends with Lauder since freshman year, and said she has watched her balance her life with grace.

“She’s just really born to have this lifestyle and is really good at immersing herself in whatever she is doing,” McEnaney said. “It comes so naturally and she’s good at staying in touch and keeping up and always being present.”

Once Lauder graduates, she hopes to continue this busy lifestyle, though she does not see walking down the runway again in her near future.

“I definitely want to focus more on acting,” Lauder said. “I would love to do modeling in another facet, maybe more editorial and not runway. I feel more connected and engaged to people on a film set.”

Erica Snow contributed reporting. amandasvachula2018@u.northwestern.edu

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Three-dimensional, public art added to downtown

By KELLEY CZAJKA

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In a few weeks, Evanston’s Church Street Plaza will be decorated with vibrant, three-dimensional artwork in order to brighten the daily routines of people getting on and off the Metra.

Evanston community members will gather on Saturday and Sunday to decorate six canvases that will be displayed as a part of “Winter HeARTh 2016: TryAngles.”

Community Arts organizer Jason Brown started the Winter HeARTh Series two years ago as an effort to bring the community together and lift people’s spirits in the winter.

“The winter is this long expanse of time when we’re just gray and stay inside and do our own thing,” Brown said. “It’s a great time to challenge people to do community art, to get outside during the winter months into public spaces, and to doing something colorful.”

Brown added that past events have included “IceScape,” in which community members tie-dyed ice formations on Lee Street Beach with food coloring. Another previous event was “SplatterDance,” in which the City of Evanston and Downtown Evanston partnered with Dance Marathon to paint a canvas by dancing on it with wet paint then displaying it

during DM. For the project, Downtown Evanston provided six street banners to be repurposed as canvases.

People will paint colorful triangles on the canvases and adorn them with bottle caps to add more color and texture to the pieces, Brown said.

Once they are finished, the canvases will be displayed on lattices in Church Street Plaza on the northwest corner of Church Street and Maple Avenue, Downtown Evanston’s business development and marketing manager Laura Brown said.

“Arts and cultural activities bring a lot to a community and they’re important both aesthetically but also important to bring people that live and work and just visit the community together,” Laura Brown said.

“We’re looking forward to having that as part of the fabric of downtown Evanston and just promoting public art in Evanston” Additionally, organizers will ask participants to reflect on the upcoming year and goals they might have, Jason Brown said. He added they will be encouraged to write their responses on the canvases.

“One of the questions is ‘What’s something new you’ll try this year?’” Jason Brown said. “Or the deeper questions of what you do in times of trial — I hope to encourage shared vulnerability and also create a sense of belonging with these kinds of questions but also these answers.”

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EVANSTON ART Artwork by Evanston community members is displayed in Downtown Evanston to cheer people up in the winter. Artwork will be displayed in the next few months as part of “Winter HeARTh 2016: TryAngles.”

10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Levy Senior Center at 300 Dodge Ave. and Sunday from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. at the Gibbs-Morrison Cultural Center at 1823 Church St. Jason Brown said they want encourage anyone to come and hope to dispel the idea that only artists

can participate.

“Everyone is an artist,” he said. “So bring your creativity and an open mind.” kelleyczajka2019@u.northwestern.edu

Bienen soprano places first at prestigious competition

By JENNIFER HEPP

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After trying the piano, cello and guitar as a child, Bienen graduate student Madison Leonard decided to use a different medium to create music in college — her voice.

Leonard graduated with a major in vocal performance from Pepperdine University and decided to continue studying voice and opera at Northwestern. This month, Leonard won first place and took home a $10,000 prize in the Houston Grand Opera’s 28th annual Eleanor McCollum Competition.

“When they called my name, my mouth flew open,” Leonard said. “I was just completely floored. I feel very privileged that I got first place and I was kind of on cloud nine the rest of the night.”

Leonard traveled to Houston in the fall along with nearly 500 other singers to audition for the preliminary round of the competition, which serves as a recruitment tool for the Houston Grand Opera Studio, one of the most prestigious young artist programs in the country. Young artist programs are designed specifically for people who are on the track to becoming professional singers.

Leonard was one of 14 semifinalists invited back in January. The semifinalist group included singers from the Ukraine, South Africa and South Korea.

For the competition’s second round, Leonard said she went to Houston with six pieces prepared. She added throughout the week that

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MUSIC MAGIC Bienen graduate student Madison Leonard (second from left) stands with other contestants at the Houston Grand Opera’s 28th annual Eleanor McCollum Competition. She won first place in the competition after advancing as one of eight finalists to the final round.

she practiced them with Houston Grand Opera staff members. From there, the coaches selected two French arias for Leonard to sing in the final round: “Je suis encor” and “Emily’s Aria.”

Leonard was selected as one of eight singers for the final round, and then named the first place winner on Feb. 4.

She said she is honored that she got first place out of the group of singers at the competition and said she has had a passion for opera since her teacher at Pepperdine introduced her.

“The sounds were so different than anything I had ever listened to, and it really blew my mind,” Leonard said. “From that point really, I knew it was what I wanted to do. Opera for me, combined so many different interests. I love learning languages and history, traveling and drama. It’s just definitely the art form for me.”

While Leonard was in Houston, she also had the opportunity to attend rehearsals with the Houston Grand Opera staff, tour the opera house and see several mainstage performances, she said.

Bienen Prof. Karen Brunssen, Leonard’s voice teacher, said she was thrilled when she heard about Leonard’s first place finish. Brunssen, who has been working with Leonard since fall 2014, said Leonard’s voice has a warm quality to it that makes it endearing for people to listen to.

“Madison has a really beautiful soprano quality,” Brunssen said. “The countenance she has when she sings, even if she’s doing warmups, just draws your attention to her. It’s really beautiful.”

Bienen graduate student Nathan Ward, who is in Leonard’s voice studio at NU, added that Leonard is very expressive with her body and face when she sings. He said on stage, she has a strong balance of energy and stability.

He added that because singers mature over a long period of time, Leonard has talent that is already evident and powerful, but her voice is also constantly changing.

“I’ve been able to see her respond to this constant challenge of being presented with something that you can’t do yet,” Ward said, “and then working to do it without cheating it in any way.”

Leonard said she has auditioned for several young artist programs this year, and she plans to audition for a few more programs in the spring.

For Leonard, entering one of these programs would be the next stage in her career, she said.

“The regular kind of class load and participation in the operas (at Northwestern) have prepared me really well for these kinds of experiences,” Leonard said. “I’m getting up, preparing new music and singing it for my classmates and teacher every week.” jenniferhepp2020@u.northwestern.edu

NU professors launch podcast for sound professionals

By RACHEL HOLTZMAN

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A group of Northwestern professors have created a podcast to function as a newsletter for sound professionals and students on campus, in anticipation of NU’s new graduate program in Sound Arts and Industries that starts September 2016.

The latest podcast profiles seven-time Academy Award-winning sound artist Gary Rydstrom, sound designer for “Jurassic Park,” “Titanic,” and “Star Wars: The Force Awakens.”

The group of professors, who calls themselves the Northwestern University SoundTank, launched the podcast in January. The series, which has released two podcasts, blends together interviews, audio tours and student work each month. The SoundTank is made up of a group of sound scientists, engineers, historians and artists.

“At Northwestern, we are uniquely positioned to bring all these people together,” said Communication Prof. Jacob Smith, director of the new graduate program. “There aren’t many programs that draw on top neuroscientists and radio, television and film that are (also) dynamic in terms of podcasting, along with sound design.”

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Communication Conference in November 2014, Smith said.

Rydstrom, who is profiled in the latest podcast, was the keynote speaker at the conference. Smith said Rydstrom’s interest and willingness to learn were the perfect example of why an integrated graduate sound program could be useful today.

“He wanted to talk more to the historians and

sound scientists — the conversations could be inspiring for someone like (Rydstrom),” Smith said.

“He’s someone who illustrates how these different skill sets can be combined to create a new kind of sound professional — not only a sound artist but someone interested in the latest ideas surrounding sound culture and science.”

The graduate program will integrate different

areas of sound study through different programs and classes combining sound science, history, film and art design, Communication Prof. Neil Verma said.

Verma said the podcast functions as both a newsletter for the program and a showcase of unique work, and that it will change as the graduate program progresses and students learn experimental sound techniques. He added that it helps bring together professionals and puts scientific, sound history and design ideas into one accessible package.

“There is this artificial boundary between sound making and sound theorizing — we want to break the boundary down,” Verma said.

Communication Prof. Nina Kraus said she loved the approach of the podcast’s format.

“To me, what better way (is there) to communicate about sound than through sound, using sound as a medium?” she said.

As a sound scientist, Kraus said she thinks the SoundTank podcast, like the new graduate program, will be a training ground for sound experts to learn from one another regardless of their field of choice.

“We’re really in a position of leadership in terms of how sound is used in society and in scholarship for the future because we’re creating an opportunity for our students to learn about sound,” Kraus said. rachelholtzman2018@u.northwestern.edu

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Dittmar exhibit spreads awareness of segregation

By VICTORIA CABALES

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In a vibrant display of African-influenced art, the Dittmar Gallery’s new exhibit reflects the injustices inflicted upon black communities.

The exhibit features Chicago-based artist Marcellous Lovelace’s work and celebrates Black History Month, Dittmar graduate assistant Federico Arroyo said.

Lovelace’s art portrays the struggles of segregation and poverty that stem from modern-day racism, Lovelace said. The exhibit, ““#Biko70 Lumumba Blacker than Space,” draws from his experiences growing up in a low-income neighborhood in Chicago’s South Side.

“The message of my work is a message of resistance from oppression against colored people all over the world,” Lovelace said. “I think from the perspective of people facing a hard time … it’s like a revolutionary stance.”

Lovelace said his art represents the problems he sees within his life. Many of his paintings are influenced by African art, he said.

“I see people getting shot, killed, robbing from each other, neglecting each other on purpose,” Lovelace said. “I paint it, either to the best of my ability or how I feel. I feel like I’m painting a desperate person.”

Lovelace talked about issues of gentrification and American education when referring to his art and called Chicago a “gentrification station” that leaves poorer, black families without homes.

The artist said the red X’s in his paintings represent buildings that are condemned to be torn down for wealthier individuals. In front of these condemned buildings, crowds of black protesters

“black art is not real art.”

Despite this discouragement, Lovelace has continued to paint. He has developed more than 400 mixed media images from any mateI see people rial he has getting shot, killed, access to. Many of his paintings robbing from each are made of a other, neglecting combination of cardboard, each other on s pr ay p a i nt purpose. I paint it, and markers, either to the best of Lovelace said.

Although he my ability or how I can afford tradifeel. tional canvas, he prefers to use a Marcellous Lovelace, mixed medium artist to reflect the resourcefulness that is necessary to survive in poverty, he said.

Medill senior Michael Odom visited the exhibit and said the messages and narratives of modern-day racism in Lovelace’s work are clear.

“It points to the necessity of black liberation,” he said.

Lovelace described his work as a means to reflect the harsh reality he faces on a daily basis.

“I don’t look at art as a way to escape anything,” Lovelace said. “I look at it as a way to explain existence on Earth. It’s more of a documentation of my life. … When I do art, I’m just painting from my heart and painting from what I know.”

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hold signs that say, “America teaches us poverty.”

Other pieces in the exhibit show Lovelace’s critique of the current education system in America. Groups are shown protesting and in one piece a sign reads, “America teaches us poverty.”

“This exhibit is a little more extreme, and he

doesn’t really hold back,” Arroyo said.

Lovelace’s critique of American education comes from his own negative experiences with the system, he said. He said he struggled to finish college due to financial circumstances and has faced racism because of his artistic style.

He recalled that one of his professors told him

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Students to showcase slam poetry in ‘Say Word’ event

By EMILY CHIN

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For a soft-spoken person like Mahalia Sobhani, slam poetry provides a means to express herself and speak about sensitive topics.

Sobhani, a Weinberg junior and administrative officer for The Slam Society, will be performing a poem about her brother’s struggles with mental health Thursday at Say Word, a night when students and professionals will be presenting their poetry.

The Slam Society, a spoken word group Northwestern, and No Strangers to Fiction, a writing workshop club on campus, will present Say Word in the Jones Great Room. 10 students and three professional guest poets will be performing at the event.

Sobhani describes slam poetry, or spoken word, as loose and passionate writing that involves some kind of performance. Slam poetry often involves social justice or subjects the writer feels passionate about, such as romance or rape culture, Sobhani said.

“How well your writing works depends a lot on how your audience reacts,” she said. “The people coming on Thursday are able to be flexible with what they’ve written. They can change it to go with the audience’s mood, they can decide to skip a line, whereas poetry written for the page or stories written for the book is

a lot more solidified.”

Robbie Q. Telfer, a performance poet and teacher in Chicago, has been working with The Slam Society for the past six years and will be performing at Say Word.

In his own poetry, Telfer provides humor and tries to let his personality show, rather than choosing a distinct style, he said. He hopes students do the same.

“The culture around performance poetry has grown a lot so you see people who are more comfortable sounding like themselves than trying to sound like someone else,” he said. “You try to sound like your favorite poets. It’s occurring to them sooner that they can still sound like themselves and be successful.”

McCormick junior Nataliya Rokhmanova, a member of The Slam Society, will be performing a piece about her relationship with her mom. This is her second time performing slam poetry — her first was an open mic night in December.

“One that really inspired me was a girl who did a piece about her sexual assault, which was really touching because I am also a survivor of sexual assault,” she said. “It really motivated me to perform my piece, which was also about sexual assault. It was really an inspiration for me going up there.”

Like Sobhani, Rohkmanova said she appreciates the lack of rigidity that separates slam poetry from more traditional forms of poetry and storytelling. She said she was first exposed

to slam poetry in slam nights and coffee shops in Chicago and saw it as an eye-opening experience.

Even after 20 years of performing, Telfer said he still gets nervous when getting up in front of an audience. However, as soon as he begins his first poem, it’s like riding a bike, he said.

Sobhani described the experience as terrifying, but rewarding.

“I hope it’s a leading by example t hing,” she said. “When I was a freshman it helped to see people I knew get up there and be really vulnerable. It gives other people the power to get up there and speak ab out s ome t h i ng that’s really sensitive to them.” emilychin2018@u.northwestern.edu

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Mee-Ow’s second winter show: Speak Mee-Ow or Forever Hold Your Peace at 10 p.m. in Shanley Pavilion A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum at 7:30 p.m. in Ethel M. Barber Theatre Say Word: A Night of Prose and Poetry at 8 p.m. in The Great Room

Mee-Ow’s second winter show: Speak Mee-Ow or Forever Hold Your Peace at 8 p.m. and 11 p.m. in Shanley Pavilion A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum at 7:30 p.m. in Ethel M. Barber Theatre Spectrum Theatre Company’s Winter Mainstage: A Bright New Boise at 7 p.m. and 10 p.m. in McCormick Auditorium Treblemakers present: The Layover at 8 p.m. and 11 p.m. in Harris 107

saturday Mee-Ow’s second winter show: Speak Mee-Ow or Forever Hold Your Peace at 8:30 p.m. and 11 p.m. in Shanley Pavilion A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum at 7:30 p.m. in Ethel M. Barber Theatre Spectrum Theatre Company’s Winter Mainstage: A Bright New Boise at 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. in McCormick Auditorium Treblemakers present: The Layover at 11 p.m. in Harris 107

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DM, NUCHR, Buffett Institute host hunger banquet NU students assemble to discuss issues related to food shortages, poverty

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Students were handed cards that determined their socioeconomic class — low income, middle income or high income — and the type of meal they received at a “hunger banquet” Wednesday night.

About 30 students gathered in Parkes Hall for a dinner and discussion about hunger and poverty sponsored by Dance Marathon and the Northwestern University Community for Human Rights, along with the Buffett Institute for Global Studies. The event was hosted by DM 2016’s emcees, Weinberg senior Brad McCandless and SESP junior Sarah Thompson.

To be in the high-income group, which is represented by 20 percent of the world’s population, one must earn a minimum annual income of at least $6,000, the emcees said. For middle income — 30 percent of the population — the floor fell to $1,032. The remaining half of the population is in the low-income group, they said.

“You may think hunger is about too many people and too little food,” McCandless said during the event. “That is not the case. Our rich and bountiful planet produces enough food to feed every woman, man and child on earth.”

Thompson said the reason for hunger is because of an imbalance in power and resources.

“Hunger is about power,” she said. “Its roots lie in inequalities in access to resources. The results are illiteracy, poverty, war and the

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inability of families to grow or buy food.”

After the emcees’ presentation, attendees had their meals, which ranged from only rice and water to bread and pasta, before breaking up into small groups for discussion. Discussion topics ranged from the statistics shared throughout the night to examples of experiencing poverty in the U.S. and abroad.

“It was a powerful event,” Justin Marquez, one of DM’s community engagement chairs, told The Daily after the event. “Hearing (attendees’) different takeaways … demonstrated to me people were not just engaging with this event, but they’re learning. These are experiences people can take outside of the room.”

The Weinberg senior said DM collaborated with NUCHR to bring an international perspective to the issues of hunger and food insecurity, because Blessings in a Backpack, DM’s primary beneficiary which works to provide food for elementary school children on the weekends, only operates in the U.S. At the event, those in the high-income group sat at tables, while those in the low-income group sat on the floor, obscured from sight by the middle-income group who sat in rows of chairs between the two.

Jacqueline Soria, a SESP senior who was assigned to the high-income group, said the layout of the event helped her visualize statistics about hunger and food insecurity in the past.

“Us actually stepping into people’s shoes and representing them for a moment and realizing just 20 percent of the world population has above $6,000 and can live and eat comfortably Dold began at the Tribune in 1978 as a reporter before being appointed to the editorial board in 1990. In 2000, he was named the Tribune’s editorial page editor.

With his new appointment, Dold replaces Gerould Kern, who has been the top editor since July 2008 and with the Tribune for 25 years.

“We’re thrilled that Gerry gets to retire,

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FOOD FOR THOUGHT Weinberg senior Brad McCandless (right) and SESP junior Sarah Thompson host a “hunger banquet” in Parkes Hall on Wednesday night. The 2016 Dance Marathon emcees led a presentation on the effects of hunger and poverty around the world.

was really striking to me,” she said.

NUCHR programming co-chair Tara Mittelberg said she had past experience planning hunger banquets and hoped this event would draw attention to unequal access to food, a major human rights issue.

“We live in unfortunately very separate worlds,” the Weinberg junior said. “I hope this just provided people an opportunity to at least think about inequality a little more.”

which has been a long-standing discussion, and as happy that we have someone of Bruce’s caliber to become the editor of the Chicago Tribune,” the paper’s publisher, Tony Hunter, told the Tribune.

In a tweet Wednesday, Dold called the appointment “the honor of a lifetime.”

While at the Tribune, Dold received the Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Writing in 1994

for his coverage on the death of a three-yearold boy who was abused by his mother and neglected by the Illinois child welfare system.

During his time at Northwestern, Dold worked at a variety of campus media outlets, including The Daily and WNUR, where he was the jazz producer.

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A popular Chicago restaurateur plans on opening a new Mediterranean and Italian-style restaurant in downtown Evanston’s Church Street Plaza later this year.

Alpana Singh, who owns two other Chicago restaurants and hosted the popular restaurant-review show “Check, Please!” on Chicago’s PBS station for a decade, will open her new restaurant, Terra & Vine, at 1701 Maple Ave. The space, which is just to the right of the Cinemark Century 12 movie theater, 1715 Maple Ave., was home to Bravo Cucina Italiana before the restaurant closed last October. Singh said Terra & Vine would be open for dinner all week, and brunch on weekends.

The restaurant, which Singh said she will co-own with her business partner, Matt Fisher, will serve a blend of Mediterranean and Italian food and will have a wood-fired grill to add a “rustic, smoky flavor to the food.” Singh said the restaurant would be open for brunch and dinner and that lunch would possibly be added in the future. “‘Terra’ refers to the Mediterranean (and) the earth component,” Singh said. “But there is also the vine component which represents the wine.”

At age 26, Singh became the youngest-ever woman to achieve the rank of master sommelier in 2003, and she said her 20 years of experience in the wine industry will hopefully help her find and sell exclusive wines at Terra & Vine.

The 8,000 square foot space will hold 115 seats in its dining room and will have a 40-seat bar, a 70-seat outdoor patio and four private dining rooms that can hold altogether 140 people, Singh said. Singh and Fisher are in the process of looking for a chef.

The bar area will be dubbed “Bar Terra” and will aim to attract theater patrons and customers looking for a quicker, lighter or more casual meal, Singh said.

“The concepts are designed to stick to what a neighborhood needs, which is a neighborhood

restaurant,” she said. “We want to be something that is accessible, portable (and has) an environment that’s casual.”

Singh submitted a food establishment license request to the city last Friday and said she hopes to open the restaurant by the summer if possible.

Realistically, however, Singh said the restaurant would open in the fall.

Paul Zalmezak, an economic development official for Evanston, said Singh’s restaurant will be a “perfect fit” for downtown Evanston and that Singh’s background in the dining business will only help its success.

“It will elevate the Evanston dining scene,” Zalmezak said. “She will bring that (experience) to Evanston, and she’ll attract a crowd.”

Zalmezak also said the restaurant will positively impact the corner of Church Street and Maple Avenue.

“It’s just going to change the way that corner feels and looks,” he said.

Singh said she chose Evanston as a location for her new restaurant, as she used to live in Rogers Park and spent plenty of time in Evanston.

“Evanston was my go-to city,” she said. “So when the opportunity came up, it was a viable idea for me, having just experienced Evanston as a customer.

Also doing ‘Check, Please!’ I’ve learned that people really want to enjoy good food wherever they are, and I don’t think it’s a prerequisite (for) a great restaurant to have to be in a city (like Chicago).”

Annie Coakley, executive director of Downtown Evanston, said Terra & Vine will add to Evanston’s well-regarded restaurant scene.

“Evanston is home to many, highly acclaimed and successful restaurants, so we’re very excited to add another well-known restaurant to the mix,” Coakley said.

She said Singh’s success in the wine industry as a master sommelier along with her plan to offer a wine collection at the restaurant adds a different element to the city’s dining landscape.

“Evanston has certainly made its name in the beer world, so it will be exciting to see a winefocused restaurant as well,” Coakley said. williamkobin2018@u.northwestern.edu

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From page 1 experiences,” Henry, a three-year starter at safety who is set to graduate in June, told The Daily.

Shuck spoke of a rift that her study had revealed between student-athletes and their non-athlete peers. Often, the time commitment needed to maintain an “athlete” identity or the all-encompassing bond of the team prevents players from developing a “black” identity outside of sport, she said.

Shuck said that lack of identity sometimes leads to a lack of inclusiveness, which becomes particularly apparent when players graduate or are injured and have to step completely outside the sports realm.

“Repeatedly, this issue seems to come up with this wedge between black students and black athletes, but it’s never been resolved,” Shuck told The Daily. “Part of what we wanted to achieve is continuing that conversation and not having it just stop.”

Others on the panel mentioned feeling unappreciated or left out in black communal causes.

Panelists also said the protest that disrupted the university’s lakeside athletic facilities groundbreaking ceremony in November caused a conflict of interest for black students involved in the athletics department, and several said that while they supported the protest’s aims, they wished there had been more organization and communication with athletes.

Henry added that, in his experience, some athletes base so much of their self-identity on their on-field performance that they feel no need to explore the rest of who they are. As a result, when major issues arise in the real world, they aren’t sure how to approach the subject and what their

Rauner

From page 1 the letter, asking the governor to look at past successes.

The lack of a budget has led to an increase in state debt, and the representatives wrote in the letter that the stalemate has been “devastating” to the functions of social services and state universities.

However, the local government distributive fund, which is the primary funding source for cities, has not yet been impacted by the stalemate. Rauner did not address the local government distributive fund in his speech, but Evanston city manager Wally Bobkiewicz said that does not mean the funds will remain untouched.

“I wish I could say because the (local government distributive) funds are fine, we’ll be good, but there’s really no plan,” he said. “Any entity that receives money from the state through the state are at risk.”

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 2016 role in it is.

Heather Browning, assistant director of Multicultural Student Affairs, said the event was not intended to settle disagreements but rather to generate discussion, which she thought it did well.

She said she hopes the “shared dialogue” between students undergoing varying college experiences will lead to “greater understanding” among the black community at large.

Medill senior Morgan Jackson, who attended the talk, said she believes it will.

“I look forward to future conversations on this topic and connecting with black athletes, especially the ones I saw present today because I know that they’re also open to discussion,” Jackson said. “I look forward to the future that this panel has paved the way for.”

NU plays a noteworthy role in the racial history of collegiate athletics. The first black man to letter in football in the Big Ten, George Jewett, finished his career with the Wildcats in 1893; the second black Division I football coach ever, Dennis Green, headed NU’s team from 1981 to 1985.

Wednesday’s discussion, however, focused more on the role of athletes within the campus and black communities than racial issues among athletes.

The group in attendance fueled a conversation which ended only due to time constraints — a positive sign, Browning said, for further developing such lines of communication moving forward.

But for Henry, the opportunity to be heard for his perspective, not just watched for his skill, was important in itself.

“People are willing to listen, people want to hear our stories,” he said. “That’s the biggest takeaway that I had. It could be huge step to a … more unified community.” benjaminpope2019@u.northwestern.edu Bobkiewicz said for the time being, Evanston’s budget is squared away, but he added that much about funding and grants remains unclear without a state budget. However, the city is getting used to functioning in the framework of a budget limbo, he said.

“This is sort of a new normal for us,” Bobkiewicz said. “Nothing’s really changed, and we’ll continue to move forward.”

Though the budget remains in a stalemate, Rauner stressed places of compromise, such as separating funding for early childhood education and general state aid from the budget to ensure financial support for those programs.

“If we come together to fix our long-term challenges – we will deliver world class education to every child in Illinois – no matter where they live or where they came from,” Rauner said. “We need to work together to change the trajectory.” robinopsahl2018@u.northwestern.edu

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From page 1 the Weinberg junior said before senators voted.

ASG president Noah Star acknowledged that Senate reform has failed several times while he has been in ASG, but he wished to see change.

“We’ve all acknowledged that the way we do representation now is problematic,” the Weinberg senior said after the legislation failed. “Things have been bad, and we could have made them better tonight, and I’m quite frankly disappointed that we didn’t. We need to do a better job, regardless of

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The AMPY MOVE, released in September 2015, has fallen short of some buyers’ expectations, such as Sean Hollister, a senior editor at tech media outlet CNET in San Francisco.

“I walked my 10,000 steps everyday for a whole week and I didn’t get that from a week’s worth, much less a day’s worth of exercise,” Hollister said of the promised amount of electricity.

Shastry said one hour of running or other cardio exercise should generate up to one hour of regular phone use or five hours of standby — a modification from the earlier promise in AMPY’s initial kickstarter campaign. Per the earlier explanation, 30 minutes of running would have given three hours of battery for a smartphone.

“It’s just an issue of everybody uses their phone a little differently and everybody works out a little differently and moves a little differently,” Shastry said.

Hollister purchased two AMPY MOVE chargers and tested them. Although the devices did indeed generate energy, he said, he concluded they did not generate nearly enough to power a phone.

His testing methods included draining the pre-charged device in order to test how much energy could be generated purely through movement.

“Each time we did find it would generate some electricity, but not enough to do anything meaningful with,” Hollister said. “Not as much as the claims they’ve been making during their Kickstarter campaign and definitely not in the use cases that they’ve been marketing to people.”

From a scientific standpoint, the AMPY MOVE device should work, said McCormick Prof. Yip-Wah Chung, co-director of the Institute for Sustainability and Energy.

“The device is based on solid scientific principles, so there’s no scientific reason why it shouldn’t work,” said Chung, who was not

where you fall on this, on actually talking to our constituents.”

After the nearly two-hour debate and discussion on representation reform, ASG unanimously passed legislation showing support for the creation of a wellness and relaxation room in the new student center.

Legislation was also introduced to allow ASG funding to cover food expenses if essential to a student group’s event, which will be voted on next week. ericasnow2019@u.northwestern.edu involved in the product’s creation.

Shastry maintained the device generates the electricity promised. The AMPY MOVE’s purpose is not for daily power, but emergency power, he said.

“People sometimes have expectations that it’s going to replace charging from the wall, and you’re not going to replace charging your phone from the wall,” Shastry said. “Phones require a lot of energy relative to their size, so if you’re looking for a replacement for plugging in every night, then AMPY isn’t the solution.”

Michael Ciuffo, a Seattle-based electrical engineer who criticized AMPY in an online article, said the problem with AMPY was the lack of concrete information on its capabilities. Its Kickstarter promised hours of use without ever specifying what an hour of use consisted of, Ciuffo said.

“They’ve been careful about what they’ve said so that nothing that they’ve said is strictly lying per se, but I think they definitely allowed people to believe the product would work better than it could without correcting them,” Ciuffo told The Daily.

Although Ciuffo and Hollister do not believe AMPY MOVE is worthwhile, they do not believe the product is a scam either.

“The functionality of the device is obviously what we’re bringing into question, but as far as where they money went, I’m sure all of it went into manufacturing and developing that product,” Ciuffo said.

Despite the negative reviews, Shastry said AMPY has only had to take back, exchange or refund less than 2 percent of more than 6,000 units worldwide.

His company is continuing to develop its technology with the hopes of releasing a second generation of the AMPY MOVE as well as wearable devices, he said.

“We’re learning what we can from those use-cases and always using that to improve the quality of the next generation of the device,” Shastry said. kellinguyen2019@u.northwestern.edu

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NU looks to snap four-game losing skid

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Northwestern may have beaten Alabama during the Wildcat Duals in January, but both teams have grown since then, and the Wildcats are preparing accordingly.

“We know how to construct a point,” coach Claire Pollard said. “We’ve gotten better, but they’ve also gotten better. The match will be very different. … For ourselves, we’ll do some drills for a high percentage first serve, and we’ll change the height of the ball to adapt to the outdoors.”

The No. 17 Crimson Tide (2-3) was NU’s first opponent of the season and with Alabama only having three days to practice, Pollard said, the game can basically be forgotten since the Wildcat Duals did not count toward

Northwestern vs. No. 17 Alabama Tuscaloosa, Alabama 11 a.m. Sunday

either team’s records.

Since then, both teams have more experience under their belts. The Cats (1-4) overcame Alabama last month but have since struggled to win, only notching one victory with four losses. The Crimson Tide has suffered a similar fate with a record of 2-3 since the Wildcat Duals.

Both teams come into the weekend on long losing streaks: three-straight for Alabama and four for NU. The Crimson Tide was also scheduled to play against Virginia last weekend, but the match was postponed.

Meanwhile, the Cats have played without a break and said they have seen marked

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improvement since the Wildcat Duals.

“At the beginning, we all knew how to get better, but we didn’t execute it,” freshman Lee Or said. “Now we put an emphasis on being more competitive and more physical on the court. I think we’ve gotten better at We’ve the points we set for ourselves.” been playing Although the so many good team’s growth may teams, and we not be apparent on paper, many matches come close thus far in the season every single have been decided by a few points that ulti- time. Obviously, mately determine the we want to win. final outcome.

Most recently, NU Alex Chatt, has been able to comsophomore pete at a high level despite falling short in dual play. In its match against then-No. 5 Vanderbilt last weekend, the Cats came close to victory, which would have been their first against a higher-ranked opponent.

Now, NU is desperate for a win after almost a month-long drought. Pollard sees Sunday as an opportunity to claim a win against another team that is in the same boat as hers.

“Anytime you can win, that’s better than losing,” Pollard joked. “I don’t think one win is what we need. We’re playing an opponent who hasn’t won as much, so both of us are desperate for a win. We’ll have to go out there and battle and see what happens.”

The Cats’ desperation to forge ahead, and claim another win as they head into Big Ten play after Alabama, will be on their minds all weekend.

“We need a win right now,” sophomore Alex Chatt said. “We’ve been playing so many good teams, and we come close every single time. Obviously, we want to win. We’re expecting a win. We want it, and I think it will be essential to be a turning point of the season.”

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Norovirus reported at Big Ten Championships, meet to go on as planned

A norovirus scare nearly derailed the Big Ten Championships before they even began.

The pool at the University of Michigan’s Canham Natatorium was closed to athletes Wednesday morning, forcing coaches to find other facilities for their teams to use as officials performed a deep clean of the infected area.

Officials were confident they had isolated all cases of the virus.

Three Michigan swimmers and one Indiana diver had contracted the illness and were being quarantined, according to Swimming World Magazine.

With approval from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration and medical personnel, officials decided to go ahead with the meet by early Wednesday afternoon. The timed finals of the 200-yard medley relay and the 800-yard freestyle relay went ahead as scheduled at their normal 5:30 p.m. start time.

A Northwestern spokesperson reached by phone said the team would not have any comment on the outbreak.

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Nittany Lions, however, were frequently careless with the ball themselves, totaling 24 giveaways of their own.

Despite NU’s mistakes, the Cats outscored Penn State in points off turnovers with 24, and the defense was at times the cause of Nittany Lions turnovers. Entering Wednesday, NU led the Big Ten in both turnover margin and assist to turnover ratio.

On Wednesday, however, McKeown had little explanation for why his team was so careless with the ball.

“Sloppy game, we turned it over a lot, they turned it over a lot too,” McKeown said. “I don’t know if we were flat from playing Sunday against Maryland so hard. No excuses.” colepaxton2019@u.northwestern.edu

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It’s been a nightmare season for Northwestern, and it got worse Wednesday night.

Nothing went right on either end for the slumping Wildcats (14-13, 3-12 Big Ten), who dropped their ninth game out of their last 10, against Penn State (10-16, 5-10), 73-54.

Nittany Lions guard Lindsey Spann led all scorers with 18 points, while Penn State forward Kaliyah Mitchell scored 13 on an efficient 4-for-5 line from the field. Junior forward Nia Coffey led NU with 14 points on the night but was unable to help the Cats overcome sloppiness on both ends of the floor.

NU struggled out of the gate, trailing 25-14 as the Nittany Lions surged behind hot shooting from Spann.

The sophomore shot 4-for-4 from behind the arc to score all 12 of her first-quarter points and put the Cats in another early hole after they fell behind 25-5 in the first period against then-No. 5 Maryland on Sunday.

Coach Joe McKeown said after the game that he didn’t know why his team got off to another slow start.

“We looked tired,” he said. “(Penn State) just seemed to catch us playing on our heels.”

Things got worse for the Cats in the second quarter, as NU went ice cold offensively. The Cats started well from the field, going 6-for-12 in the first quarter, but slumped to just 6 points in the second quarter as Penn State seized a 41-20 lead going into halftime.

Both teams struggled with ball control throughout the game, with Penn State committing 24 turnovers and NU committing 21. But the Nittany Lions made up for their turnovers with a

scintillating offensive performance, shooting 53.8 percent from the field and 63.6 percent from deep on the night.

Meanwhile, the Cats scuffled offensively as one of their stars struggled to settle into the game offensively. Junior guard Ashley Deary failed to make much of an impact for NU offensively, scoring just 5 points and turning the ball over four times on a night when the Cats would need all of their players clicking to pull off a comeback.

NU came out with energy in the second half, closing the gap with an 8-2 run to start the third quarter behind two 3s from senior guard Maggie Lyon, but the Cats’ defense wasn’t up to the task of a big comeback. Penn State always seemed a step ahead of NU’s rotations on the perimeter and controlled the paint offensively, snagging nine offensive rebounds and scoring 34 points in the paint to the Cats’ 18.

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“I thought we came out ready to play the third quarter, but then we couldn’t get stops,” McKeown said. “Just a lot of defensive breakdowns.”

NU managed to cut the lead back to 15 with 4:49 left in the third, but an 11-2 run to close the quarter gave the Nittany Lions a 61-37 cushion to start the fourth quarter that proved too much for the Cats to overcome. The Cats chipped away at the lead in the fourth quarter and got back to 20 points with 4:41 remaining in the game, but ultimately weren’t able to climb all the way back.

McKeown said Penn State’s ability to make shots at the right times gave his team little chance to fight back.

“It gave them a chance to get some momentum, and we didn’t respond like we normally do,” McKeown said. “We’re going to have to put this behind us.”

On Wednesday night, Northwestern simply could not hold on to the ball.

During the second quarter, freshman guard Jordan Hankins poorly passed to her left, sending a line drive right to Penn State coach Coquese Washington standing on the sideline in front of the bench.

Hankins’ bad misfire was one of 21 Northwestern turnovers as Penn State (10-16, 5-10 Big Ten) rolled through the Wildcats (14-13, 3-12) 73-54 Wednesday at Welsh-Ryan Arena.

“That caught me way off guard,” coach Joe McKeown said of the giveaways. “I don’t know why we just seemed to break down, just panic a little bit and throw the ball away. Maybe we tried to play too fast sometimes.”

Hankins was far from the only NU player to turn the ball over. Junior point guard Ashley Deary lobbed a ball so far over the head of junior forward Nia Coffey that Coffey made no attempt to grab the ball.

Beyond wide passes, the Cats gave the ball away in several other ways. In one case, junior center Allie Tuttle traveled while trying to make a pass.

Six Cats players turned the ball over at least once, and three — Deary, Hankins and senior guard Maggie Lyon — each committed at least four. NU finished with just 17 assists compared to the 21 turnovers.

“They came in an all variety pack,” McKeown said. “Different flavors, came from everywhere, came from really good passers.”

The Cats’ turnover problems were uncharacteristic. The 21 turnovers tied a season high and marked just the second time NU reached 20 giveaways. On six occasions this season the Cats have committed fewer than 10 turnovers.

Further, NU’s 12 first half turnovers were more than the 11 they totaled in the first game between the two teams, a 79-72 Penn State win on New Year’s Eve. Penn State capitalized on the Cats’ sloppiness, scoring 14 points off turnovers. The

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Northwestern underwhelms with fifth-place finish Women’s Golf

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GOING GREEN Sarah Cho walks to her ball on the putting green. The sophomore won the Big Ten Championship last spring.

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The weather may have been gorgeous, but the play wasn’t quite as beautiful as the Wildcats expected it to be in the Lady Puerto Rico Classic.

No. 6 Northwestern shot 22 over par to tie for fifth place in the competition, 19 strokes behind first-place No. 5 Georgia.

Junior Kacie Komoto, who was named Big Ten Golfer of the Week, led NU by shooting 3 over for the tournament and finishing tied for eighth.

“I think I did pretty well,” Komoto said.

“I stayed pretty patient considering I still made quite a few bogeys out there, and I think my patience was rewarded in some way by the amount of birdies I made. That was really the key: staying patient and not letting myself get ahead of myself.”

Behind Komoto were sophomores Hannah Kim, who shot 5 over, and Sarah Cho, who, along with freshman Stephanie Lau, finished 7 over.

Although many top teams practice outside year-round, the Cats are limited

to indoor practice for much of the winter. This means the first tournament of the spring season serves as a transition for NU. Last year’s performance was almost a mirror image, as the team went 19 over in Puerto Rico before winning the next tournament, the Hurricane Invitational in Coral Gables.

“It’s just a good starting point for us, and I think that we have a lot of positives to take away,” coach Emily Fletcher said.

“We’ll take the next couple of days to unpack what we did well and acknowledge that. Then we’ll zero in on a couple things we really need to improve on individually before we head back to Miami.”

The Cats’ fifth place finish was significantly better than other Big Ten teams in the field, including No. 19 Purdue.

The Boilermakers shot 54 over par as a team to take 14th place in the 16-team tournament.

The closest conference opponent was Maryland, as the Terrapins finished 48 over par for the tournament. Fletcher, however, was not especially concerned with the results of other Big Ten teams.

“It’s really about us playing our best

golf, not necessarily whether it’s an ACC team or an SEC team,” Fletcher said.

“We’re just trying to be the best we can.

There’s some teams that are really improving in the Big Ten, and any time we can beat them, obviously that’s a good thing, but I think overall we were striving to beat the best teams there, regardless of what conference they were in.”

NU finished behind three top-25 programs in addition to Georgia, as No. 8 Arkansas, No. 24 Texas Tech and No. 18 Iowa State rounded out the top four. No. 9 Kent State, another highly-ranked team impacted by cold weather, tied with the Cats for fifth.

Even with the underwhelming overall performance, Kim said she was not disappointed despite finishing behind lowerranked teams.

“For me personally, I think it’s just a stepping stone to getting better,” Kim said. “Same for the whole entire team. We obviously didn’t win the tournament, but I think from this tournament on we can learn that once we step outside we’ll be able to get better and better.” josephwilkinson2019@u.northwestern.edu