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PASSING THE TORCH Weinberg junior Kenny Mok is sworn in as Associated Student Government’s student groups vice president. ASG Senate unanimously confirmed Mok for the position at its meeting Wednesday.
ASG talks Title IX policy By EMILY CHIN
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Associated Student Government introduced a proposal Wednesday to include students on Title IX conduct hearings. Northwestern took students off its Title IX hearing committees after White House officials said in an April report that students should not be included on the committees. The legislation was discussed at the Association of Big Ten Schools conference at NU this weekend by representatives from ASG and other Big Ten school student governments. If ASG passes the legislation, which it will likely vote on next week, delegates
will lobby in Washington, D.C., in the spring in favor of including students in Title IX hearings nationwide. The White House based its report on feedback from task forces on college campuses. The report recommended removing students from sexual assault hearings to protect students who reported sexual assault from encountering other students they knew at the hearings, said SESP junior Chris Harlow, student life vice president. Although they are trying to create a comfortable atmosphere, “adults don’t fully understand the view of students on campus,” he said. In her explanation of the proposal, ASG President Julia Watson said students would help keep the hearing process of sexual violence fair and
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Evanston City Council will discuss whether to move forward with regulations on ride-sharing companies such as Uber, Lyft and Sidecar at next Monday’s meeting, city manager Wally Bobkiewicz said. The opinions of aldermen vary widely on the issue. Ald. Donald Wilson (4th) said he thinks the city needs to treat ride share services and taxicab companies fairly. The key question is whether or not to regulate this form of transportation, he said. “I don’t really see how you can maintain these significant restrictions and requirements you have for taxis and not have the same kind of limitations for other people that are essentially providing the same service,” Wilson said. The proposed ordinance, which borrows from active Chicago regulations, would require that ridesharing companies pay a licensing fee of up to $25,000 a year per driver
and provide drivers with liability insurance. Former Gov. Pat Quinn recently signed legislation requiring ride-sharing services to provide their drivers across the state with liability insurance after vetoing a previous, more stringent ride-sharing bill in August. The city needs to start from scratch when regulating this type of innovation, Ald. Jane Grover (7th) said. Because ride-share companies have their own ways of protecting clients through independent feedback mechanisms, the council has to find a new strategy for regulating them, Grover said. “Innovation in ride-share is far ahead of where municipal regulation is,” she said. Two Uber drivers in Chicago were charged with sexual assault in the past three weeks, adding to the conversation about whether to regulate the company. One of the assaults occurred in November while the other took place over the summer, according to the Chicago Tribune and other media outlets. » See RIDE-SHARE, page 10
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balanced, particularly if students have received training prior to the hearing. “Students provide valuable perspective as peers that faculty and staff cannot,” the proposal says. “They relate to the student experience directly and provide insight during questioning and discussion.” Senate also discussed ASG’s stance on discrimination and harassment policies. Although NU has an expansive policy to address these issues, Rainbow Alliance Senator Petros Karahalios proposed ASG amend its constitution to prevent discrimination and harassment with its own policies. “What I’m proposing is a more » See SENATE, page 10
Evanston residents will soon be able to get their hands on a copy of the most recent issue of Charlie Hebdo. The French satirical magazine will be available at the Chicago-Main Newsstand, 860 Chicago Ave., as early as Friday morning, newsstand manager Eric Ismond, said. “Years ago, we carried the magazine, and we’ve been dealing with the distributor for years,” Ismond said. “About seven years ago there was not enough demand to keep carrying it, but now everyone is interested.” On Jan. 7, gunmen targeted the Charlie Hebdo Paris offices and killed 12 people in response to the controversial magazine’s frequent cartoon depictions of the Prophet Muhammad and criticism of Islam. The cover of the most recent issue, printed after the massacre, shows Muhammad with a tear rolling down his face and holding a sign that says “Je Suis Charlie,” a phrase of solidarity that became popular among those who denounced the attack. The issue’s print run has reached 7 million amid a surge in interest in the publication, according to international media reports. The magazine usually prints 60,000 copies. Only 300 magazines will be sent to the United States, and those issues will be distributed to cities across the nation, Ismond said. He does not know how many copies Chicago-Main will receive.
“No store will have very many,” he said. “I’m guessing we’ll only have a handful. I’m hoping for more copies in another shipment, but we’ll have to wait and see what happens.” The magazine will be sold on a firstcome, first-served basis and only one issue will be allowed per person, according to the newsstand’s website. City manager Wally Bobkiewicz said he was not surprised to hear that Chicago-Main would have copies of Charlie Hebdo for sale. “While there has not been much community discussion about the magazine being available there, most comments I have heard have been along the lines of, ‘Of course, the Chicago-Main Newsstand will have it. They have everything else,’” he said. Evanston restaurant owner Pascal Berthoumieux, a French citizen, also said he expected the city to have the magazine. “Evanston is known to be a more liberal town,” Berthoumieux said. “It makes sense to me that they would import the issue.” Ismond said it is the store’s policy to try to carry everything available. “We’re happy to be a part of it,” he said. “There have been a lot of people interested in it, and we want to take care of the people who want to see or buy a copy.” There has not yet been any negative response toward the newsstand’s decision to carry the magazine, Ismond said. Berthoumieux said he knew how difficult copies were to come by, whether » See HEBDO, page 10
NU admin, ASG discuss Divvy By OLIVIA EXSTRUM
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Associated Student Government and Northwestern administrators discussed the possibility of bringing Divvy bike-sharing stations to campus last week. A survey was sent out Jan. 14 to students and Evanston residents on 17 possible locations for the stations, at least two of which are located near campus. Eight specific locations will be chosen in April or May after city staff makes its recommendations to City Council for approval at a meeting Feb. 23. However, the University is interested in adding stations to campus in the future, regardless of whether Evanston chooses to install the stations, said Kevin Harris, ASG vice president of community relations. “We do recognize there’s only eight stations in this first batch so we’re in the process of figuring out if Northwestern will bring a spot of its own,” the Weinberg junior said. “That was the conversation we’ve already started to have, regardless of what the city might decide.” Harris said ASG is currently promoting the survey, which will close Jan. 31, to get a better idea of how
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DIVVY TO NU Divvy, a bike-sharing service, has many locations in Chicago. Associated Student Government and Northwestern discussed bringing the bike stations to campus last week.
students would use the service. He said “a long-term plan is to connect students to Chicago,” which also hosts Divvy stations. However, he said, any plans for the University to independently install stations will be put on hold until the city-funded stations are chosen and they’ve “evaluated what’s
best for Northwestern at this time.” “Would students buy into this?” Harris said. “Would it be useful for students? Is this something Northwestern wants to invest in?” The two campus locations would » See DIVVY, page 10
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Around Town Evanston Chamber of Commerce to honor 3 community members
The Evanston Chamber of Commerce will honor three members of the community Jan. 28 for their work in business and their dedication to youth and homeless citizens, the Evanston Chamber of Commerce announced Sunday. Stephen Hagerty, William Logan and Paul Selden will be honored at the 95th annual event at the Hilton Orrington/Evanston, 1710 Orrington Ave. Selden, the executive director of Connections for the Homeless since 2006, will be honored for his work with the organization. During his time there, Connections changed from a shelter to a housing agency that helps more than 200 people per year, the Chamber of Commerce said. Selden will retire at the end of the month after helping the organization increase the number of people it helps off the streets by 400 percent. He has also worked to combat homelessness with the
National News Another US-Cuba first: Women lead both sides in normalization talks WASHINGTON — The first steps toward normalization between the United States and Cuba are likely to be taken in heels. Foreign policy analysts who monitor Cuba note that the talks in Havana this week, part of a thaw announced last month after more than 50 years of frozen relations, offer a prominent platform for two formidable women — the United States’ Roberta Jacobson and Cuba’s Josefina Vidal — who have used their expertise and determination to become trusted emissaries of their respective nations. “That’s probably another first, too,” said Mark Entwistle, a Canadian diplomat-turned-consultant who served four years as Ottawa’s ambassador in Havana. Jacobson oversees some 10,000 personnel in 30 countries as assistant secretary of state for the Western Hemisphere; she’s the first woman and first civil
National Coalition for the Homeless and Next Step Partners, among other organizations and groups. The founder of Hagerty Consulting, Hagerty works with people to prepare them and help them recover from disasters, according to the Chamber of Commerce. The firm has helped in national disasters and attacks, such as 9/11, Hurricane Katrina and Hurricane Sandy. The firm is currently working on developing a threat response training program that would be one of the nation’s largest active programs, according to the Chamber of Commerce. Logan co-founded the Fellowship of AfroAmerican Men, an organization that helps to engage young black people, according to the Chamber of Commerce. Logan has also worked in other Evanston positions: He became police chief in 1984 and the director of public safety at Evanston Township High School, according to the chamber. The evening will include a presentation, dinner and chances to connect with other community members. — Stephanie Kelly
servant to hold the job. Her Cuban counterpart, Vidal, is regarded as a top “Americanologist” for the Castro government. She’s not only a Foreign Ministry standout in charge of the North America portfolio, but she also enjoys wider government influence as a member of the Central Committee of the Communist Party. Cuba watchers are eager to see how a detente takes shape under two seasoned negotiators who have studied each other for years. Lower-level U.S. and Cuban teams began previously scheduled migration talks in Havana on Wednesday. Jacobson, the highest-ranking U.S. diplomat to visit Cuba in more than three decades, is expected to meet with Vidal on Thursday and Friday for a first round of normalization talks. “The great news is that they’re speaking and working each for their own presidents, so they’re bringing to the table the gravitas and authority of their respective heads of state,” said Julia Sweig, a scholar who has written extensively on Cuba and has followed both women’s careers.
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Wallet with $200 stolen from parked car A wallet was stolen from a car owned by a 27-year-old man parked in Evanston on Tuesday morning, police said. About $200 worth of currency was taken from the car, a 2004 Dodge, which was unlocked and had no signs of forced entry, Dugan said. The car was parked in the 2200 block of Ashland Avenue at an automotive warehouse when the wallet was taken, police said.
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ASG launches camera loan service for groups By EMILY CHIN
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Associated Student Government launched a camera-lending program late last quarter for ASGfunded student groups, where organizations can check out a camera for up to three days. ASG Student Activities Vice President Serene Darwish said she realized how difficult it is for students to get professional equipment for projects and event documentation. “Sometimes we’re lucky and we have someone in the group that has a camera and has access to professional photography, but not everyone has that,” she said. The camera, a Canon EOS Rebel T3i, was originally for ASG internal purposes, but after receiving several Sometimes requests from other we’re lucky student groups to borrow the camera, ASG and we have to offer a full someone in the decided rental program. Stugroup that has dents can request the camera by emailing a camera and Darwish. has access to Darwish said ASG is moving more in the professional of providing photography, but direction services to students. not everyone She said it makes more sense to have one camhas that. era that all student Serene Darwish, groups share rather ASG student than having individual activities VP student groups get their own cameras. “One thing that I think is really important about ASG is that we strive to serve all students
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Former NU prof who taught ‘Survivor’ class joins cast of show
Former Communication Prof. Max Dawson, who was known on campus for teaching a class about the reality show “Survivor,” will compete on the show’s upcoming season, CBS announced Wednesday. At Northwestern, Dawson’s Radio, Television and Film class involved dividing a class of 60 students into “tribes” to play a mock version of the television show. “I am playing to win,” Dawson, now a media consultant in Topanga, California, said in a CBS news release. “I’ll survive because of my laser-like focus, confidence, conviction and level-headedness.” Dawson chose his NU class about the show as his “personal claim to fame.” RTVF 330: The Tribe Has Spoken: Surviving TV’s New Reality, offered Winter Quarter 2012, explored the “post-network, post-TiVo” television universe that
led to reality shows’ rise. Students battled each other for immunity — an important element of “Survivor” — and for prizes such as coffee and even a pass on Dawson’s midterm exam. “I love ‘Survivor,’” Dawson told The Daily in February 2012. “‘Survivor’ is a sort of family tradition for the Dawsons. I tweeted incessantly about the show for probably the last five or six seasons, and it became something I was known for among other academics.” His class even included a Hidden Immunity Idol, a prominent feature of the show, which he hid on campus and tweeted clues about. But it wasn’t all fun and games: students who misbehaved were sent to Exile Island. Dawson isn’t the first member of the NU community to appear on the show. Last February, then-SESP senior Alexis Maxwell began a run on the show’s 28th season. She was the sixth person voted off the island out of 18 initial players. The new season will premiere Feb. 25 on CBS. — Shane McKeon
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#NUDivest from the occupation of Palestine In the coming weeks, you will see fliers, events and actions supporting something called Northwestern Divest. NU Divest is a grassroots student campaign demanding that the University divest its holdings in corporations that profit from human rights abuses against Palestinians. Our first goal is to pass a resolution through the Associated Student Government in support of divestment, similar to resolutions that have passed at other U.S. universities. For the last 20 years, the world has pinned its hopes for a resolution to this conflict on a so-called peace process through which Israelis and Palestinians are expected to negotiate a solution. In recent years, it has become painfully clear that this peace process is not working. Not only does it fail to provide Palestinians in the occupied territories with adequate representation, but it ignores refugees, the diaspora, Palestinian citizens of Israel and Syrians living within the occupied Golan Heights. Furthermore, throughout the duration of this peace process, the state of Israel has expanded its illegal settlements in the West Bank, and assaulted the Gaza Strip. According to an August report from the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian
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Affairs, more than 1,700 Palestinians have been killed, more than 9,000 have been injured, and about 485,000 persons have been internally displaced. While the U.S.-brokered peace process has been ineffective, divestment provides an alternative path for Palestinians to achieve human, civil and political rights equal to their Israeli counterparts. Divestment is one part of the international Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement. In 2005, Palestinian civil society called for BDS as a way to pressure Israel to end its oppression. Palestinians are asking the international community to boycott and divest from companies that profit from human rights abuses and to place sanctions on Israel until it ends the occupation, until Palestinian citizens of Israel are granted full and equal rights and until the right of return is respected for all Palestinian refugees in accordance with UN Resolution 194. How is this relevant to us at NU? Universities like NU are ideal places for a divestment movement because of their large investments in companies directly involved in stripping Palestinians of their human rights and violating international law. Divestment is a strategically legitimate tactic that has been employed many times in history, including when it played a major role in dismantling South African apartheid and when NU and other universities divested from companies supporting the Sudanese government over human rights abuses in Darfur.
The NU Investment Office manages $7.9 billion of assets, partially composed of the hundreds of millions of dollars NU collects in tuition and fees every year. This money is invested in a wide range of corporations, but the Investment Office does not release specific information on which. However, based on the investments of comparable institutions and NU’s lack of a socially responsible investment policy, it is likely that the University is invested in these major corporations targeted by NU Divest: Boeing, Lockheed Martin, Caterpillar, G4s, Elbit Systems and Hewlett-Packard. Each one of these corporations is complicit in military occupation. Boeing and Lockheed Martin provide Israel with F-15A fighter jets, F-16 fighter jets, F-35 fighter jets, Apache AH-64 helicopters and Longbow Hellfire Missiles, the main weapons that were used in the assault on Gaza last summer and that kill countless Palestinian civilians. Caterpillar provides engineering tools and bulldozers routinely used in the demolition of Palestinian homes in the West Bank and Gaza, facilitating the expansion of illegal settlements. G4S provides security systems for interrogation and detention centers, where Palestinian prisoners are regularly subjected to abuse. Elbit Systems provides surveillance tools for the West Bank barrier, which has been ruled illegal by the International Court of Justice. Hewlett-Packard provides biometric identification systems used at Israeli military checkpoints, reinforcing an unjust discrepancy in the rights afforded to Israelis and Palestinians.
Divestment from corporations like these six is a necessary step in moving toward equal human rights for Palestinians, but does not constitute a complete political solution to the current Israeli-Palestinian problem. The history and complexities of war and occupation in Israel-Palestine can be overwhelming, but the human rights abuses that these corporations profit from are clear. Supporters of NU Divest do not need to have a historical background on the conflict, nor do they need to be in support of any particular nation or political solution. Rather, those who support human rights for all, including Palestinians, should support NU Divest. Our school should invest in education, not in oppression. NU Divest aims to hold the University to a strict standard of transparent and socially responsible investment that reflects the values it seeks to instill in its students. As members of the NU community, we have a moral obligation to make sure our institution is not complicit in human rights violations. By holding NU to this higher standard, students can help to correct injustice, wherever it occurs. If you support equal rights for all, if you believe NU needs to prioritize social responsibility in its investments and if you stand in solidarity with Palestine, we invite you to join us in NU Divest. We will be holding informational events leading up to our eventual introduction of our resolution to ASG. If you want to learn more, come and speak with us or visit our website. — Noah Whinston and Moira Geary, #NUDivest
Don’t let academic success determine your self-worth NAOMI JOHNSON
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There was a significant portion of my life during which I would have had no problem with this statement: My academic success determines my self-worth. This dysfunctional and somewhat irrational statement was something that I believed wholeheartedly. Ever since I could understand words, my parents emphasized the value of education and the need to succeed within an academic framework. As a 10-year-old, I listened very patiently to my mother when she listed off the reasons I needed to cultivate I brushed my a willingness to learn preferences and how my acaaside because demic success would all of the I thought they validate sacrifices that she and didn’t matter. my dad made when they immigrated to What else America from South could be more Korea. Without fail, important than my mother would then punctuate these fulfilling the lectures with the need goals that I had to become a medical doctor because that internalized occupation would not throughout the only confirm my hard work, but also her years? hard work. I listened. And I absorbed everything. I never questioned my mother when it came to my career. What reasons did I have to confront her ideas of success? After listening to nearly two decades of lectures from my mom that highlighted the need to become a doctor, I did not consider my mother’s expectations pressure, and I also developed a natural association between my value as a
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student and as a daughter and my academic performance. I did everything in my power to steer myself toward a career in medicine. I participated in science fairs in middle school. Of the 10 Advanced Placement classes I took in high school, half of them were either math or science, even though by this time I had already developed a love for the humanities and social sciences. I brushed my preferences aside because I thought they didn’t matter. What else could be more important than fulfilling the goals that I had internalized throughout the years? Interestingly, as a second-generation Korean-American, my experience in relation to “my� initial career goals is not unique. In 1993, the University of California at Berkeley’s Eun-Young Kim interviewed secondgeneration Korean-American undergraduate students to understand the reasons behind the career and major choices these students made. Kim concluded that strong cultural ideals of success within Korean-American communities, centered around “prestige� and financial security, translated to very narrow parental definitions of success that in turn
affected the students’ career goals. Of course, this is not to generalize every Korean-American student’s experience at universities, but it is comforting — in a strange way — to know I was not alone. It wasn’t until I had arrived at Northwestern as a pre-medical student and had started taking the chemistry sequence that I realized something was wrong. In fact, by the end of the Chemistry-172 sequence, which felt like my personal punishment for not getting a 5 on the AP exam, I felt deflated. And again, I brushed my general sense of malaise aside. But I could not ignore my visceral reactions for long. I felt myself becoming complacent in classes that were supposed to matter to me, and at the end of each science class, I could not recognize myself as a student. It took a great deal of introspection for me to finally understand that I had avoided just that: introspection. I realized I had never seriously considered a career other than one in medicine. It would be easy to blame my upbringing, but I was just as responsible in my insistence to pursue one thing because of fear. I feared choices. The pre-med path was so clear and straightforward. It took an
entire academic year for me to realize that the straightforward pre-med path I held so dearly had become my greatest academic burden. And it took longer for me to finally understand I was pursuing the pre-med path for all of the wrong reasons. There seems to be a running joke that most people leave the pre-med life because the academic commitment became too hard. In my case, however, it was more difficult for me to leave the pre-med path and become a history major because for the first time in my life, I made a decision not for my family or my family’s expectations, but for myself. It was a clear but difficult decision. Still, I am grateful for the prolonged process that led me to this point because I no longer believe academics determine self-worth. That transition in thinking is enough to convince me everything, including my decision to leave the pre-med life, was worthwhile. Naomi Johnson is a Weinberg sophomore. She can be reached at naomijohnson2017@u.northwestern.edu. If you would like to respond publicly to this column, send a Letter to the Editor to opinion@dailynorthwestern.com.
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America’s largest student-produced musical will be staged on one of the most iconic ships in history. The 73rd annual Dolphin Show opens its production of the musical “Titanic” on Friday for a two-weekend run at Cahn Auditorium. Having produced Broadway musicals in the past, including “Shrek the Musical” in 2014, the Dolphin Show is no stranger to huge production sets and casts. However, this year the show will be even bigger. “I think every year we try to push ourselves to do more, to go further and to really just make the Dolphin Show bigger and better,” said business producer and SESP senior Isabel Garcia. “This year specifically by choosing ‘Titanic,’ we kind of set ourselves up for having to do something on a huge scale.” Many are familiar with the story of the ship sinking after hitting an iceberg in the North Atlantic Ocean, popularized by James Cameron’s Oscar-winning 1997 film
“Titanic.” Artistic producer Jack Eidson said what many don’t know is that the musical was released a few months earlier than the movie and went on to win five Tony Awards, including Best Musical. Eidson, a Communication senior, said the musical and movie are very different. “The musical is not about Rose and Jack — it’s not the same story as the movie,” he said. “They really kind of went back to the people of the Titanic. It’s really a show that’s based on the people. Just about every character in the show is based on a historical person who was on the boat.” Actor Ross Cohen, who plays the role of John Jacob Astor, the richest passenger on the Titanic, said much of the show is about the different class distinctions of the people aboard the ship. “In addition to being a status symbol for these millionaires and the first class who wanted to be on its maiden voyage, (the Titanic) was also just a way to get from Britain to America for poor third-class immigrants who just wanted to make that journey,” the Communication freshman said. As far as musical numbers go, director
and Communication senior Brendan Flynn said “Titanic” contains songs great for storytelling. Cohen said his favorite number is “Lady’s Maid” from the first act, where third-class passengers talk about their hopes about their arrival in America. For Garcia and Eidson, nothing beats the opening sequence. “It spans for about 18 minutes as they’re launching off to the ship, and it’s just so cool to be introduced to all of the different characters,” Garcia said. Eidson echoed the sentiment. “It just brings an incredible energy to start off the show,” Eidson said. “I think it’s a great kind of trailer for the rest of the show that you’re about to watch.” Flynn said he is most excited for opening night and is looking forward to show off the cast and crew’s hard work. “Dolphin is such a great thing in that so many people across campus come together to see it,” Flynn said. “I hope (expectations will) be not only met but people are going to come away being really impressed with what the people who put this together at this year’s show were able to do.” kimberlygo2018@u.northwestern.edu
scenes with the designer By RACHEL DAVISON and PETER KOTECKI the daily northwestern @razdav5678, @peterkotecki
The Daily sat down with the costume designer for The Dolphin Show, Communication senior Cassie Bowers, to talk about her work to dress the cast of “Titanic” on stage, despite the challenges. On the number of costumes to work on: “I would say even for Dolphin this is a particularly large show in that there are 39 cast members. Almost all of them double, triple, quadruple as far as playing characters, so there are people who play as many as five different characters and they all need different, completely separate costumes.” On accurately depicting the musical’s time period, the Edwardian Era: “This is a very historically accurate piece. Titanic is based on real people, based on a historical event, so it’s not so much a show where the focus is on putting a concept on it. It’s a lot more about historical and period accuracy. Especially for the costumes, because the set can’t literally be a boat, so in many ways the costumes and props are what really root it in the historical period and with these real historical characters. It’s not an era you can really fake because a lot of periods — honestly (from the) ’20s on — are easier because the silhouettes are more similar to some modern silhouettes. There is nothing that looks like modern-day dress that looks like an Edwardian dress so you can’t fake it. ” On the limitations of staffing, compared to professional theater: “Typically when, for instance, you were doing this show on Broadway you would have a full shop behind you. Whereas for me, I needed to primarily rent costumes from other theaters. The Northwestern costume shop is where I got a lot of things. Luckily they actually did ‘Titanic,’ the musical, about 15 years ago so they still had a bunch of pieces from that, and I was able to repurpose some of them for my production. It’s been a lot about what I can find rather than making the costumes because the costumes of this period are too elaborate, realistically for me, to make them. I could potentially make an Edwardian dress, but it would take me a month, so I didn’t have time to really do that.” racheldavison2018@u.northwestern.edu peterkotecki2018@u.northwestern.edu
Inside: Student-curated exhibit opens at Block Art Museum Portraits by Sean Su/Daily Senior Staffer
Production on violence in Chicago goes up at NU Law, inspires change
Downtown doughnut shop offers up sweet treats for free Bienen alumna finishes first season at the Met Opera, discusses path to spotlight Q&A with ESPN’s Mike Greenberg on his new book, “My Father’s Wives”
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Survive the winter weather while staying cozy and chic By HELEN LEE
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I’m from Kentucky, the state that’s basically only known for two things: horses and University of Kentucky basketball. We’re not known for frigid temperatures, but during my time at Northwestern, I’ve adjusted to the weather well enough to rack up some tips on how to stay warm during the winter months:
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Add a hat, warm headband or earmuffs — Hats are perfect when you need to cover everything. If your hairstyle doesn’t allow room for one, wear a warm headband or earmuffs. Your forehead (and mom) will thank you later.
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STUDENT CURATION “An Evening With Toulouse-Lautrec” is introduced Wednesday at the Block Museum of Art. The exhibit was curated by a Northwestern art history class.
NU art history students curate Block exhibit By ALLYSON CHIU
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The Block Museum of Art held an event Wednesday evening organized around a student-curated exhibit of works by French artist Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec. The exhibit is titled “Toulouse-Lautrec Prints: Art at the Edges of Modernity” and includes 18 pieces ranging from posters to theater programs. The project has been in the works for two years and was first suggested by Block Museum director Lisa Corrin, said Prof. S. Hollis Clayson, whose Fall Quarter 2014 art history class reunited to speak about the exhibit Wednesday night. The pieces were donated by NU alumnus Irwin Press (Weinberg ’59) and his wife Andra Press. “Their holdings in Lautrec are so deep and they have such good quality work,” Clayson said. More than 50 people attended the event, which began with a lecture by Clayson about Toulouse-Lautrec’s career. Her 13 students then presented their research on their respective works.
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“I think it’s challenging to focus on one single work for the entire quarter and then later on to write about that one piece, but that’s also the rewarding part because detailed viewing
usually gives more than what you first assume,” said Weinberg senior Sharon Chen, who was a student in Clayson’s class. The course allowed the students to have access to quality artwork and gave them the chance to experience curation. “One of the really cool things was that the students were involved in each step of the decision making processes from little things like choosing the wall colors to the big things like choosing which pieces get to be in the gallery,” said class member Yun Lee, a Weinberg senior. Among the attendees were Irwin and Andra Press, who got to see their pieces displayed in a museum setting. Irwin Press said he and his wife were so impressed by what the students accomplished they have decided to bequeath their art to the Block Museum. “It was an incredible and unique opportunity to see what can be done,” he said. “We learned so much from what the students did because they saw things we didn’t even notice.” According to Clayson and her students, the prints belonging to the Press family are in even better condition than the ones at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City. People are encouraged to visit Block and see the display as the exhibit will remain available for viewing in the Katz Gallery until April 15. “I think each wall has its own story, so I hope people get something out of it,” Lee said. This is not the last student-curated exhibit to be featured at Block, as Clayson hopes to continue holding these art history classes. “I really enjoyed doing this. I’d like to do it again,” Clayson said. “I don’t know if collectors who love Northwestern and are just dying to lend their works are standing in line, but if the opportunity presented itself, I would do it again.”
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Wear a vest — Vests are great because they keep your arms mobile but add serious warmth to your chest. Make your outfit pop with a colorful vest or add some edge with a fur vest. If you’re looking for the former, look into J. Crew’s vest collection. For the latter, Forever 21, H&M, Zara and other similar stores have a variety of fur and printed vests. Either way, you can’t go wrong. Layer thermal leggings under jeans — Don’t forget to add a layer on the bottom! You can find great deals on thermal leggings on Groupon and Amazon. My favorite retailer to find thermal leggings is Anthropologie for its wide selection of fleece leggings of all different colors, prints and designs. Pair thick tights with your nicer outfits — Lobster-like red legs can ruin your gorgeous cocktail dress and also lead to a long, miserably cold night. Thick opaque or sheer tights, available at virtually any clothing store, easily fix this. If you’re not sure about what to buy, remember that simple is better and can be matched with more outfits. Also, be a smart shopper and look for quality tights rather than tights with an appealing price tag. If they’re inexpensive, they’ll rip easily. Invest in high-heeled boots — Sometimes your go-to heels are not your go-to, like when it’s muddy outside or your tights don’t go well with your peep-toe stilettos. When you’re in this situation, pull on some sassy high-heeled boots.
Wear wool socks — People don’t just wear wool because it’s super cute; they wear it because it’s also super cozy. Wear a long pair underneath water-resistant boots and you’re good to go.
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Hide your face in a chunky scarf — Scarves protect your neck and lower face from the biting wind and spice up your outfit at the same time. Pair it with a simple cashmere sweater for maximum warmth and comfort. If you’re looking for cheap and chic, Charlotte Russe is the place to go.
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Stock up on oversized sweaters — These make up the perfect lazy day outfit. Don’t be afraid to shop in the men’s section at times. Surprisingly, what you find there could be cuter and less expensive. If you’re shopping on a budget (aren’t we all?), consignment stores are a wonderful place to find what you’re looking for. An added bonus: Your sweater may or may not have belonged to a cool grandpa at one point.
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These tips should help warm you up as you tackle these next few months.
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Student entertainment company supports charity By RACHEL DAVISON
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Not only does Tufaan Entertainment put on two annual dance competitions featuring students from across the nation, but it also directly supports Shanti Bhavan Children’s Project, a school for disadvantaged students in India. A non-profit entertainment company at Northwestern, Tufaan produces two annual events, Dance World, which took place Jan. 16, and Tufaan, an annual collegiate Bollywood dance competition, which will be held in Cahn Auditorium on March 21. The organization began in 2010 as a way for students to promote Southeast Asian arts and culture and to support education in India. Tufaan’s founders wanted to use the dance competition to raise funds for charity, said Bienen senior Natasha Ramanujam, a Tufaan co-chair. Tufaan has raised more than $40,000 for
Shanti Bhavan, which provides a free liberal arts education to disadvantaged students. “Shanti Bhavan really aligns with our mission statement,” Ramanujam said. “We’ve been able to see how effective the school is. We have a really good relationship with them.” The Dance World event started during Tufaan’s second year as a way for NU dance groups to compete. “Every year it’s been getting bigger and bigger and we’ve enjoyed seeing it grow,” Ramanujam said. Six campus groups competed in Dance World this year and students from Butler College Prep, a Chicago public charter school with a focus on arts education, performed as well. Northwestern Bhangra won the cash prize and NU’s A-NU-Bhav won the fan favorite award, which attendees voted for upon entering. Before Winter Break, the 13 members of Tufaan’s executive board watched video submissions and selected the competitors for this year’s Bollywood competition. In March, the 10 teams from California, Michigan, Missouri, Georgia and other states
will compete for first, second and third place awards. The first place team gets a bid to compete at Bollywood America. Out of these teams, seven I think that competed at the national level in motivates all of last year’s season. us to work hard to “We have really brought in some bring in the most of the best teams sponsors so we across the nation can bring in the that perform in this circuit,” said Parth most revenue Dalal, Ramanujam’s to donate to this fellow co-executive school. officer. The weekend Aditya Mazmudar, of the competiTufaan tion includes time Entertainment for the groups to logistics chair rehearse before they compete as well as assemble their backdrops and sets and interact with the other teams.
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pete on is a very close knit community,” Ramunajam said. “It’s a very busy time, but teams really enjoy it. We really enjoy it as well.” Logistics Chair Aditya Mazmudar coordinates the competition to make the weekend go smoothly by booking hotel rooms and rehearsal spaces and reaching out to local businesses for food donations, in order to maximize the donation to Shanti Bhavan. “I think that motivates all of us to work hard to bring in the most sponsors so we can bring in the most revenue to donate to this school,” Mazudar, a Weinberg senior, said. Tufaan connects the dancers to Shanti Bhavan by showing photos and video messages of the students to the dancers. “Tufaan is not just a dance competition,” Ramunajam said. “We’ve heard a lot of positive feedback about trying to put Shanti Bhavan in the spotlight.” racheldavison2018@u.northwestern.edu
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Bienen alumna finishes season at Met Opera By JACQUELYN GUILLEN
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When Amanda Majeski (Bienen ’06) first came to Northwestern, she thought she might pursue a career in music education. Flash forward to this past December, and Majeski has wrapped up a season at the Metropolitan Opera. Majeski graduated from the Henry and Leigh Bienen School of Music with a degree in vocal performance. Since then, she has performed at an impressive list of opera venues, including the Lyric Opera of Chicago and Oper Frankfurt. While at the Met this past season, she performed in “Le Nozze di Figaro” as the Countess Almaviva. Originally, Majeski was due to make her Met debut in December as part of the second cast. When the performer who was cast for the first 10 performances canceled on the second day of rehearsal, Majeski had to sing. The next day, the origi- It’s reassuring to nal cast member with- know someone drew from the perlike her can formance altogether, become so and Majeski made her debut on opening night successful with in September. all the right “It was pretty tertools. rifying and thrilling,” Majeski said. “It totally Theresa changed my perspecBrancaccio, tive on the whole thing. Bienen professor I was forced to grow right away as opposed to taking my time.” Even though it wasn’t Majeski’s first time playing the Countess, she still experienced stage fright, which she worked on by running to relieve any anxiety. Some of her other preperformance routines include going to Subway for a turkey sandwich and going to the theater early for a long warm-up by herself. “I always make a point when I’m doing a warm-up by myself to get out of my warm-up room and get up in the theater before everyone else gets there,” Majeski said. “I like to feel the space and make it feel like my space.”
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By the last performance, Majeski felt she had grown a lot as a performer and felt more confident. She also enjoyed playing the role as the Countess, a newlywed woman whose husband has lost interest in her. “She’s a real woman with real problems,” Majeski said. “The thing I love about her is that she goes through the whole opera with hope.” Before NU and the Met, Majeski didn’t grow up with an opera or a music background. Her parents played sports and signed her up for basketball, volleyball and even soccer. Her mom, however, wanted to expose her to various activities. Eventually, Majeski also tried piano, cello and dance lessons. “I just naturally gravitated more toward the artistic stuff,” Majeski said. Once at NU, she focused on figuring out what she wanted to pursue, taking full advantage of the close proximity of Lyric Opera of Chicago. Majeski said Bienen profs. Theresa Brancaccio and Richard Boldrey had lasting impacts on her. Brancaccio said she first met Majeski when Majeski was a high school student during a summer program. She described her former student as a singer with a great attitude, work ethic and an ability to take direction and work consistently. “It’s reassuring to know someone like her can become so successful with all of the right tools,” Brancaccio said. “She had this joyful commitment.” Even though Majeski has left NU, she and Brancaccio still work together occasionally. Brancaccio also said while some opera singers are known for a “diva-attitude,” Majeski isn’t one of them. Boldrey, who first met Majeski in her freshman year of college, said he initially thought her voice was average. When he started coaching her during her junior year, something in her voice changed. Boldrey also took note of her professional drive. “That’s the main sense I got,” he said. “She was focused like nobody else.” Once Majeski figured out a new piece and the technique, she could sing it like a “seasoned artist,” Boldrey said. “She had that sense inside of how a piece of music should go, what the drama was about and she just did it,” he said.
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STAGE CAT Bienen alumna Amanda Majeski just finished her run as Countess Almaviva in “La Nozze di Figaro” at The Metropolitan Opera House in New York. After initially trying out sports as a child, Majeski found her calling as a singer.
This year, Majeski returns to Chicago to perform in “The Passenger” at Lyric Opera of Chicago, and later in the year she’s heading to Germany to perform at Oper Frankfurt. Majeski said this will be her fourth season at Frankfurt. “I love the opera company,” Majeski said.
“It’s always nice when you live kind of a gypsy lifestyle like I do, bouncing from place to place, it’s always nice to come back to somewhere because it’s familiar.” jacquelynguillen2018@u.northwestern.edu
Glazed & Infused offers free doughnuts for promotion By MADELINE BURG
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Graphic by Lexy Praeger
Doughnuts are trendy, and doughnuts are delicious and — for one week — doughnuts are free. From Jan. 19-26 you can drop by any of Glazed & Infused’s five Chicago-area locations for free coffee and doughnut holes as part of a store promotion. The doughnut shop, established in 2012, has already become a mainstay of the Chicago food scene — people who know their doughnuts will rank Glazed & Infused among the top stops for tasty, inventive pastries. With locations ranging from Wicker Park to Streeterville, doughnut connoisseurs as well as casual doughnut dabblers everywhere can satisfy their powdered-sugar-covered urges.
The Glazed & Infused shop in Lincoln Park is nestled directly underneath the Armitage CTA station on the Brown Line, and the incessant rush of trains overhead lends a certain drama to the experience of agonizing over a Hot Chocolate Snowball or a Pina Colada Fritter. The weeklong promotion, called “Infuse Your Day with #GoGlazed,” is simply a gift to the public in order to drum up business, just one of several promotions Glazed & Infused has had. Through a partnership with local roaster Sparrow Coffee, Glazed & Infused has created its own eponymous roast and is giving out free cups along with three free assorted doughnut holes all day, every day this week. And business has been booming. Monday evening, the first day of the promotion, the Lincoln Park location was closed well before the end of its regular hours of operation,
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having sold out of doughnuts. “Everybody sold out,” said Tatiana Fulgern, a cashier at the Lincoln Park Glazed & Infused. “They sold out of everything. People were disappointed because we made so many doughnut holes and we still sold out.” All five locations sold out on January 19 — the Lincoln Park location saw lines around the block. Tuesday morning saw a steady stream of eager customers, including students, couples and several families with young children. Glazed & Infused had only been open for an hour. Employees and customers alike were grinning, surrounded by tiny paper bags filled with doughnut holes. “It’s been really really busy, insane, crazy!” said Fulgern. “But it’s fun, and the people are excited about it, and I’m excited about it.” madelineburg2015@u.northwestern.edu
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Q&A: ESPN’s Mike Greenberg By HAYLEY GLATTER
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Between hosting ESPN’s “Mike and Mike,” serving as the grand marshal of Northwestern’s 2013 Homecoming and devoting time to his family, Mike Greenberg (Medill ’89) somehow found time to write another book. “My Father’s Wives” follows the story of Jonathan Sweetwater, a man who goes on a journey to meet the five women who married his absentee father after his mother. Greenberg will talk about the newly released novel at Winnetka’s Book Stall, 811 Elm St., on Saturday, and he will co-host a radio broadcast with ESPN Radio 1000’s Jesse Rogers from the store. Greenberg, who donated 100 percent of the proceeds from his last book, “All You Could Ask For,” to breast cancer research, sat down with The Daily to talk about “My Father’s Wives.” The Daily Northwestern: Can you tell me a little bit about the development process of “My Father’s Wives”? Mike Greenberg: I was having dinner with a friend of mine in Los Angeles and he introduced me to another guy, literally someone I had never met in my entire life, and he had just wound up being invited to this dinner. We had dinner with about eight people. We’re chatting and he tells me, out of nowhere, ‘My father was married six times.’” And it was like being struck with a bolt of lightening. I thought to myself, “Gosh that’s fascinating. What a different way of living.”… I finished my previous book not long before that, and I was looking for something else to write, and I thought, ‘That is a fascinating character and that was really the beginning of it. I started with that character and then I decided I wanted it to be somewhat based on me. It’s first-person voiced and it is very similar to mine, and I thought to myself, what situation do I want to put him in. And I thought, “What is the worst thing that could possibly happen to me?” And I thought the worst thing that could happen to me would be to feel like my family was threatened. … There’s nothing in my life that’s nearly as important as my wife and kids and to feel like that was hanging in the balance would be the scariest thing that I could think of happening to me. I decided to put Jonathan, my lead character, in that situation right at the beginning of the book and have him find his way out of it. The Daily: Why didn’t you write a sports book? Greenberg: I wanted to be a writer a lot longer than I wanted to be a sportscaster… There’s nothing even remotely as satisfying in my professional life as looking at a blank piece of paper and filling it up. Or, maybe more to
the point, of walking into a bookstore and seeing my book. I find that more satisfying than I find anything. So I’ve always wanted to be a writer. I’m not opposed to the idea of writing about sports. That is not, nor do I ever envision it being, a priority for me. I’ll write stories that I find to be interesting… and I may someday write a book that’s set in the sports world. I probably will, I’d guess, because it’s a world I’m familiar with. But it’s not something I feel obligated to do. My goal someday — and I know it’s going to take a lot of work and it’ll be a long time before it happens — but my goal someday is for me to release a book and for people to say, “I’m looking forward to reading Mike Greenberg’s book because I like him as an author,” as opposed to, “Oh yeah, that’s the sportscaster who keeps writing books.” I know I’m a long way away from being thought of that way, but that is my eventual goal.
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The Daily: How have you navigated the change from journalist and sportscaster to author? Greenberg: You don’t really have to navigate the change. In life, and I think this is a great message for students, a great message for people at Northwestern, is you can do more than one thing. If you are disciplined in the management of your time, then you should not confine yourself to one box. You should not say, “Well because I’m doing X, I cannot do Y or Z.” … My message to Northwestern students, and I wish someone had delivered this to me when I was there 25 years ago, is don’t allow yourself to be pigeonholed into one thing. You can be a lot of different things at once, and that’s what I’m being. Just because I’m a sportscaster doesn’t mean I can’t write books or do any number of other things if I want to. The Daily: Why is Jonathan a character that will resonate with readers? Greenberg: I love him. He’s a guy who has really good priorities. He’s a guy who was raised without a real, structured family unit, and that’s all he cares about. His entire life is built around having a stable and nurturing home for himself, his wife and his kids. When that is threatened, he comes to the conclusion that he will do literally anything he has to to try to save them. And I think that if I were to ever find myself in the same situation he finds himself in at the very beginning of the book, I think I would do exactly what he does. I love him. In my mind, he’s sort of an extension of me. The Daily: Anything else to add? Greenberg: I’m really looking forward to coming back. The last time I was on campus was when I was the grand marshal of the homecoming parade, and I can tell you that
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ON THE MIKE ESPN Radio personality Mike Greenberg will co-host a live radio broadcast at The Book Stall in Winnetka on Saturday in conjunction with his new book, “My Father’s Wives.” The novel follows the journey of main character Jonathan Sweetwater as he searches for the six women who were married to his father.
that was one of the best experiences of my life… In my life, the older I’ve gotten, the more important Northwestern has become to me, the more important my connection to the university has become, the more important my memories of my time there have become. And my message to all students, to any Northwestern students reading this, is to really try to take some time to cherish your experience there. The one thing that I think is really sad, and I see this with my own kids who are younger than that, is that young people today, your age and younger, are being put in a position where they’re forced to worry about their future too much and spend far too much time worrying about their future. I’m not suggesting you shouldn’t be worried about your future, you should be working as hard as you can, but as I said when I spoke at Medill (in October 2013), make sure to take time to have fun in college. You’re never going to live this way again. hayleyglatter2016@u.northwestern.edu
Looking for somewhere to park your Wienermobile? Look no further. The Oscar Mayer Mansion in Evanston is on the market. The landmark, originally owned by Oscar G. Mayer, Sr., the former chairman of the Oscar Mayer hot dog company, was built in 1901. He purchased it in 1927 and lived in it until his death in 1965. The 7,400-square-foot home is listed by Jameson Sotheby’s International Realty for $1.75 million dollars. Listing agent Dale Lubotsky said she is “working with an attorney who is the executor of the estate,” as the home is in court possession because of its landmark status. Because the home has been vacant for “six This is or seven years,” upkeep has been dormant, a really unique and the mansion has property. It become increasingly needs to be dilapidated. According rehabbed. to Lubotsky, the home Dale has no heating or coolLubotsky, ing systems and does Oscar Mayer have a leak in the roof. Mansion listing No known rehabilitaagent tion has been done on the house in several years. “This is a really unique property. It needs to be rehabbed,” Lubotsky said. “It has amazing woodwork inside, but it has been left to deteriorate and now they’re trying to sell it.” Purchasing this home entails more than simply touring it and writing a check. Appointments to see the home are made through Sotheby’s and are for serious buyers only, Lubotsky said, because of the financial investment the home requires. According to zillow.com, a housing value search engine, the average listing price in Evanston is approximately $300,000. The listing price for the mansion is nearly six times the price of the average Evanston home. Potential buyers must first consider how much the house will cost to restore, in addition to the high listing price, with restoration costs nearly doubling the cost of the home, Lubotsky said. “How much are they willing to pay?” Lubotsky said. “You don’t want to end up with a $4 or $5 million investment, so it’s kind of a working backwards process. The house next door is going for $3.6 million because it does not need any restoration.”
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Theater show at Law School sheds light on violence By AMANDA SVACHULA
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Northwestern’s Law School used the power of theater as a catalyst for social change Wednesday night by presenting a free performance of “Crime Scene Chicago 2015: Let Hope Rise.” Featured as a part of D.R.E.A.M. Week, a set of events to recognize the efforts and achievements of Martin Luther King, Jr., the docudrama gave the audience a look at the segregation, violence and crime that have permeated Chicago throughout history. “I wanted to make a piece of theater that dealt with our most critical social conditions,” show creator Anthony Moseley said. “Being a Chicagoan, I felt like the violence in the city is our most pressing issue and is one we need to deal with. I thought theater could be a powerful weapon and tactic to create a more peaceful Chicago.” As a docudrama, the show used nonfiction material collected from news articles, Twitter and Facebook comments, to fuel the story. The play was split into chapters, beginning with a chapter describing the background of crime and violence in Chicago and ending with individuals’ stories of overcoming hardship. Issues such as segregation, poverty and popular culture were depicted in small segments. Moseley incorporated raps and songs into the show to contribute to the vibrancy of
the stories and their messages. The show was followed by a panel discussion where the audience talked about issues presented in the play. The performance of “Crime Scene” was unique to D.R.E.A.M Week this year. “It is very different from what we have done,” said Shannon Bartlett, director of I wanted to diversity, education make a piece and outreach at Northof theater western Law. “In the past we usually just that dealt did panel discussions. with our most But interest in this has been staggering.” critical social The show reflected conditions. the recent rise of vioAnthony Moseley, lence, crime and racial show creator issues in the media. “As law students, we don’t have a lot of opportunities to interact with the community, and this event can bring us together,” law student Jenna Harris said. “I think it’s the best time to have this. These issues are on my mind, and having a candid conversation about current events will be beneficial to the public.” One of the main messages of the show was to not only raise awareness of violence and crime in Chicago, but also to call the audience to action. By bringing real, and in some cases extremely violent, situations to life, the actors caused the audience to empathize with their
characters. They continuously emphasized the message of “Let Hope Rise.” “The main message of the show is look at history — look at how we got to this point of segregation and economic disparity and look where we’re going,” Moseley said. “Eventually,
we will overcome inequality of all kinds. But until then we are in a continuum. You’re either part of the solution or part of the problem.” amandasvachula2018@u.northwestern.edu
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THEATER FOR CHANGE The Collaboraction Theatre Company performs “Crime Scene Chicago 2015: Let Hope Rise” Wednesday evening. The show served as a call to action for social justice.
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Kaplan Institute launches Spring Break program By MARIANA ALFARO
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For the first time, Northwestern students who aren’t planning to leave campus during Spring Break will be able to participate in a week full of activities as part of a new program from the Alice Kaplan Institute for the Humanities. The Humanities Plunge includes activities ranging from improvisation classes at The Second City comedy club to attending a performance of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra during a fiveday immersion in Chicago. The program is an opportunity for students to gain a stronger background in the humanities, said Thomas Burke, assistant director for the Kaplan Institute.
Northwestern receives $5.6 million gift to support history center
A Northwestern alumnus and his wife have donated $5.6 million to Northwestern as part of the “We Will” campaign, the University announced Wednesday. The gift from Nicholas Chabraja (Weinberg ’64, Law ’67) and his wife Eleanor will support several
National News Va. Senate defeats bill stripping immigrants’ in-state tuition RICHMOND, Va. — A coalition of Latino groups came to the Capitol today ready to play defense against a bill that would have taken in-state tuition away from some immigrant students. They got their wish when the bill (SB722) was defeated by one vote. The vote by Sen. John Watkins, R-Powhatan, and an abstention by Sen. Jill Vogel, R-Fauquier, resulted in the Senate rejecting the measure 19-20. The bill, by Sen. Dick Black, R-Loudoun,
“We’ve been thinking about developing new ways to expand the number of students that we can interact with and develop interest in the humanities,” Burke said. The Kaplan Institute offers a series of courses and events throughout the school year relating to the humanities, including trips to the opera and speaker events, and heads the Kaplan Humanities Scholars Program, a four-course program for first-year students that seeks to introduce students to the liberal arts. According to Burke, the Kaplan Institute aims to give students a “condensed” version of the Institute’s programs through the Humanities Plunge. “We wanted to make it available for students across campus with full course loads who might not be able to take a humanities course,” he said.
The course, which will be for credit, is open for all undergraduate students. Applications were due Jan. 18 and, according to Burke, the Kaplan Institute received a strong applicant pool. “We are shooting for 20 to 25 participants” he said. “We received many times that number of applications.” The program will be held from March 23-27. Students are responsible for their own housing during the program. Residence halls and colleges will remain open during the break. The Kaplan Institute will provide tickets to events, transportation and some meals that, according to the website, might include Peruvian, Polish and Ethiopian food. The program’s schedule was planned with the help of Derek Mapson, a dramaturg who has worked with the Lyric Opera of Chicago and the
Goodman Theatre, said Kasey Evans, director of the Kaplan Humanities Scholars Program. “We worked to create a diversity of different kinds of opportunities,” she said. “We didn’t want to have all museums or all dance performances. We wanted to explore as broad a swath of Chicago as possible.” Yannik Kumar, a Communication freshman from Dubai, United Arab Emirates, applied to the program. “It seemed like a great opportunity mainly because you get to explore Chicago’s cultural offerings in a way that’s neither superficial nor perfunctory,” he said. “And it’s completely free.”
different areas of the University, including the Judd A. and Marjorie Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences’ Nicholas D. Chabraja Center for Historical Studies. In addition to the center, the gift supports various funds within the University, the Women’s Board and the Renee and Lester Crown Speaker Series. “This new gift will greatly enhance the Chabraja Center’s mission while supporting other worthy areas of the University,” University President Morton Schapiro said in a news release. “We are deeply grateful for Nick and Eleanor’s generosity.”
This most recent gift will allow the historical studies center, established in 2006 and named for Nicholas Chabraja in 2010, to expand its graduate education programs and undergraduate research opportunities. The center has partnerships with many organizations, including the Chicago History Museum, Newberry Library, University Library, NU’s Center for African American History and the Holocaust Education Foundation. “The Chabraja Center’s impact on graduate and undergraduate research is felt University-wide,” Provost Dan Linzer said. “History is one of the
top-ranked and most popular departments in Weinberg, and we are committed to building a continuous pipeline of promising scholars throughout the University who take historical approaches in their work.” “Eleanor and I really believe in the mission of the Center for Historical Studies,” Nicholas Chabraja said. “The additional fellowship support can be leveraged to recruit, retain and support exemplary students pursuing advanced graduate work.”
would essentially have reversed a decision last April by Attorney General Mark Herring that students granted Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals status qualify for lower, in-state tuition rates. U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services may confer DACA status on immigrants illegally brought into the country by their parents as children. It allows them to work here legally and protects them from deportation if they meet certain criteria. Herring’s opinion made a college education attainable for many talented young Virginians who otherwise may have gone out-of-state, said Del. Alfonso Lopez, D-Arlington. It means students like Jacqueline Cortes don’t have to work multiple jobs to pay tuition or risk
dropping out because the cost is too much. Cortes, a 20-year-old Northern Virginia Community College student, said this morning she paid $5,500 for 11-12 credit hours before Herring’s opinion. Now she pays $2,200 for 16-18 credit hours, she said. There are several other bills this year with the same goal as Black’s. Lopez said he hopes they face a similar fate. He’s pushed for expansion of in-state tuition for years. “This year we’re defending the dream against these attacks that we knew would be coming,” Lopez said. “We have to defend what we’ve achieved.”
Duke suspends fraternity after sexassault allegation
— Kathy Hieatt (The Virginian-Pilot/TNS)
Jesus Campos contributed reporting. marianaalfaro2018@u.northwestern.edu
— Olivia Exstrum
A fraternity at Duke University has been suspended while police investigate charges that a woman was sexually assaulted at an off-campus party, the school announced Wednesday. Alpha Delta Phi has been suspended while Durham, N.C., police investigate what happened at an off-campus house leased by fraternity members. “Duke University is cooperating with the Durham Police Department in the investigation of an alleged sexual assault of a Duke student at an offcampus private residence that is leased to members of the Alpha Delta Phi fraternity,” the school said in a statement emailed to reporters. — Michael Muskal (Los Angeles Times/TNS)
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From page 1 expansive internal policy for ASG, not changing University policy,” the Weinberg senior said. “More and more people should be protected under law to protect against harassment and discrimination.” Karahalios said though this idea won’t elicit immediate action or a particularly noticeable change, “it has symbolic value.” “Even if it was just that alone, I think that is worthy of being enshrined into the constitution we have for students,” he said. Senate also discussed changing the procedure for off-campus elections. At last week’s meeting, senators passed legislation to have an election for off-campus senators in conjunction with the ASG
THURSDAY, JANUARY 22, 2015 presidential election. The suggested procedural changes would amend the ASG Code and will likely be voted on next week. Other proposed election changes include banning sidewalk fliering and changing the length of presidential campaigns from seven to 14 days. There was some disagreement over how long campaigns should be – while last year’s seven-day campaigns saw a decrease in 2,000 voters from the previous year, a two-week campaign seemed too long to some senators. “Two weeks is a long time to devote all your energy to getting elected,” said Weinberg junior Jonathan Kamel, who represents the Interfraternity Council. “We have to think about maintaining the sanity.”
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and play in counted competition for her team for the first time in her college career. “I enjoyed playing for the team (last weekend),” Doshi said. “Of course there is pressure (this weekend), but I’m just going to play my best and not think about that. I’m just going to play for the team, play for myself and give 100 percent.” To prepare for the We’re all pretty approaching weekend, NU watched film ready. We’ve on itself and been practicing mainly only rarely on its oppohard and nents. Pollard likes to training hard. keep the attention focused on her players, We’ve all been not what everybody else is doing. playing well After watching the under pressure. video from last weekend and from practice, Alex Chatt, the Cats know what freshman they have to do to be ready. “We felt our quality was inferior to a lot of our opponents last weekend in terms of depth, penetration and pace,” Pollard said. “We picked one thing for each doubles team and just generally moving along the progression to make sure we’re match-ready.” NU plans to bring its full effort this weekend and explode out of the gate. Hitting the ground running will be important for the Cats to show opponents they have not skipped a beat since ending the 2014 season. “The best thing we can bring out there is grit,” Chatt said. “We all have great energy, and that’s what everybody should be looking for when they’re watching us this weekend.”
In response to the assaults, Uber Chicago introduced a new program Tuesday in which security specialists, including offduty Chicago police officers, will conduct real-time monthly inspections of Uber rides to monitor quality safety issues, according to the company’s website. Uber boasts more than 2 million rides per month in the Chicago area. Bobkiewicz said the council is aware of the assaults and that the incidents may play a role in their discussion of whether to move forward on the licensing ordinance. Wilson said the recent assaults reinforce his concerns about the lack of regulations on ride-sharing companies in Evanston. Grover said the issue should be a part of the
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During the meeting, senators unanimously confirmed Weinberg junior Kenny Mok to replace McCormick senior Alex Van Atta as student groups vice president. Mok has been involved in several student groups and held several roles within ASG, including being an executive for the student groups committee. Mok said his four major goals for the quarter are redefining what a group executive can be, supporting “non-normal” groups such as theater groups and student publications, keeping a comprehensive database of what groups are doing and connecting and advocating for these groups. “I’m really there to offer my opinion and speak up for students,” Mok said.
in the United States or in France, so he was glad to hear it would be available in the city. He was able to subscribe to “Charlie Hebdo” and plans to carry the weekly issues at his pastry shop, Patisserie Coralie, 600 Davis St., as a way to express his encouragement for free speech and stand in solidarity with the French people. “Lots of Americans have showed support for the French,” Berthoumieux said. “You can’t compare this trauma to 9/11, but when 9/11 happened, we were all Americans and now, we are all French. We are all Charlie.”
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council’s discussion, but she is inclined to compare the rate of assaults from ride-sharing drivers with that of taxicab drivers. According to Evanston police Cmdr. Joseph Dugan, there have been no instances of assault by drivers from ride-sharing companies in Evanston. Dugan said there are steps one can take in order to be safer when using ride-sharing services. “I would never get into a ride-sharing vehicle that you didn’t order,” he said. “Keep your family and friends updated on your status (when using these) and be sure to report it to police or the company if you feel uncomfortable with the service.” Julian Gerez contributed reporting. juliajacobs2018@u.northwestern.edu chance to weigh in on the potential locations. The eight stations will be funded by a grant the city, along with Chicago and Oak Park, received from former Gov. Pat Quinn in September. Ylda Capriccioso, assistant to the city manager and bike programs coordinator, said although there is only funding for eight stations, she hopes Evanston will continue to work with bike-sharing in the future. “Our goal is to build a good background on the bike share program in Evanston so we can secure funding for additional stations,” she said. For now, Harris said, ASG and University representatives are still in the investigation stage of bringing Divvy bikes to campus. “We haven’t had the chance to talk with high level administrators yet who ultimately would be involved in a decision like this,” he said. “We’ll keep an eye on how this survey goes.”
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seventh in field goal defense in the conference. NU, on the other hand, ranks second and first, respectively. If the shots fall like they did against Michigan — NU was 50 percent from the field against the Wolverines — the Cats should have no problem running up the scoreboard against the Fighting Illini. Rebounds also shouldn’t prove problematic. Illinois sits 11th in the Big Ten in offensive rebounds and second-to-last in defensive boards. NU will rely heavily on Coffey, who leads the team with 145 grabs this season. Defensively, Coffey says, the plan is simple. “We really just want to focus on our defense overall as a team, making sure we can guard the ball with one person so we don’t have to rely on our help side as much,” she said. “Being in the passing lanes, pressing the ball more, just basically picking it up.” As for the two games that the Cats have dropped, neither McKeown nor Coffey see the losses as anything more than learning experiences. “(The team is) disappointed coming off last week, but they’re excited for this week,” McKeown said. “I think in the Big Ten, every team that aspires to be really good is going to go through some ups and downs. It’s a tough league, everybody can beat everybody.” Coffey echoed her coach, saying the Cats plan to focus on the positives, learn from the negatives and move forward. If the Cats play consistently tenacious defense while maintaining a balanced offense, they shouldn’t have too much trouble in Champaign this weekend. “It’s going to be a fun game,” McKeown said.
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Cats expect boos, tough NU heads to Iowa for season’s final dual meet competition from rivals By TYLER KENDALL
Northwestern vs. No. 20 Iowa
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The Northwestern men will travel to Iowa City, Iowa, on Saturday to take on the Hawkeyes for the last dual meet of the season against No. 20 Iowa. Last year the Cats beat the Hawkeyes (then No. 21) by 2 points, 151-149, when they placed first and second in the final relay. And the rivalry is as intense as ever. “My freshman year we lost, my sophomore year we lost and then last year we pulled it off by a small margin,” senior Uula Auren said. “I want to see if we can pull it off again.” Iowa boasts a strong freshman class as well as a large number of returning members. The team also recently impressed at the Hawkeye Invitational. “I know they’ll be ready for us,” NU coach Jarod Schroeder said. “Usually there is a home pool advantage, so we had the advantage last year and we only won by two. They didn’t lose much in terms of graduating seniors, whereas we probably lost a little bit more. But I think our recruiting classes are pretty similar so I think it’s going to be a close meet.” Schroeder noted that on paper, Iowa is the stronger team especially in the backstroke, breaststroke and fly events. The coach is also hoping NU’s freestyle events, diving team and relays can pull in some crucial points for the Cats this weekend. As this last dual meet of the season against a Big Ten rival nears, NU is excited to get a taste of the competition that they will encounter the next time they are in Iowa for Big Tens in late February. “It’s very different for us now than it was from when we started,” Auren said. “We had lost to them some years in a row. It was always tight, but then last year we pulled it off with some amazing swims and that was incredible. I’m really excited
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to have another opportunity to swim against them.” The women’s side will also be looking for a victory over the No. 21 Hawkeyes this weekend . The men weren’t the only NU squad to produce a thriller against the Hawkeyes last year, as the women took part in a two-day battle to the finish against Iowa. On that occasion, the Cats fell behind 63-47 after the first day, but came back to claim a tight 186-184 victory, in large part due to a strong showing from that year’s freshman class. Coach Jimmy Tierney said the team has been preparing for this meet all quarter. Understandably, this is the competition that is on Tierney’s calendar. “We are focusing on competing tough against Iowa,” he said. “We want to go and we want to battle and be really, really tough.” The coach said he doesn’t envision this meet will be any easier than last year’s incredibly competitive contest. But after completing a landslide home victory against Milwaukee on Friday, Tierney said he is ready to get back into the fight. “It’s going to be a challenge, but I’m excited about it and looking forward to it,” Tierney said. “I think these girls are stepping it up another notch for next week so it’s going to be a fun trip, I hope.” tylerkendall2018@u.northwestern.edu
No. 22 Northwestern vs. No. 2 Iowa
By ALEX LEDERMAN
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No. 22 Northwestern (9-4, 1-3 Big Ten) faces its toughest challenge yet this weekend with a road meet at No. 2 Iowa (9-0, 4-0) and a rivalry home match against No. 10 Illinois (8-3, 2-2). “At Iowa, the fans, when you start beating them, they boo you,” coach Drew Pariano said. “We want to get booed a lot.” Carver-Hawkeye Arena, Iowa’s 15,000-seat stadium, is the most hostile environment in the country to wrestle in, Pariano said. Hawkeye fans are known for being especially passionate, packing the stands and making their voices heard. “It’s a crazy atmosphere,” senior Pierce Harger said. “The people in Iowa love wrestling, and it’s loud in there. They bring the fans. Half the time they don’t even care who’s on the mat, as long as it’s a lot of action.” The Hawkeyes’ wrestlers aren’t any less formidable than their home atmosphere, as Iowa has a ranked wrestler in every single weight class. Key matchups for NU on Friday include junior Jameson Oster vs. No. 6 Josh Dziewa at 141 pounds, No. 1 sophomore Jason Tsirtsis vs. No. 3 Brandon Sorensen at 149, No. 6 Harger vs. No. 9 Nick Moore at 165, No. 13 senior Alex Polizzi vs. No. 4 Nathan Burak at 197 and the most anticipated bout, No. 4 Mike McMullan vs. No. 1 Bobby Telford at heavyweight. McMullan has already faced Telford once this season in the finals of the Midlands Championships, losing 4-2. “Telford’s ranked No. 1 right now, and we want to take that from him,” Pariano said. “(McMullan and Telford) go way back, all the way back to high school. It’s been a back-and-forth series, but we feel good about that match. Mike’s training hard, and we’re gonna peak at the right time.” Hargar, meanwhile, topped Moore 8-5 in the Midlands Championships semifinals. He’s coming off a memorable weekend, with a technical fall and a fall. “The reason that I was successful this past weekend
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was because I had a good week of practice the week before, so that’s the game plan again for this week,” he said. Pariano said he thinks teams have taken note of Harger’s recent success. “Pierce is wrestling extremely well right now,” he said. “If anything, they should be the ones that are worried, and we should just go out there and wrestle our style.” But Pariano said if the Cats really want a chance of winning the dual, they need a strong performance at 141 pounds from Oster, who is “firing on all cylinders right now.” After Iowa, NU has a quick turnaround, returning home to take on the Fighting Illini just two days later. Pariano said he especially expects Tsirtsis and McMullan to turn in strong performances. Tsirtsis is currently 24-0 on the season and rides a 40-match win streak dating back to last season. “I don’t think he’s too concerned with being undefeated or how many victories in a row he has,” Harger said. “He’s focused on the match ahead each weekend. The kid trains harder than anyone in the room, and regardless of being undefeated or a win streak, his biggest goal is to win it all again in March.” And that’s the goal for the whole team. “It’s still just January,” Harger said. “For me, for most of the guys, the most important thing is to do well at Big Tens and at NCAAs. You can’t win any titles in January, so it’s kind of a back-and-forth kind of mentality going through the grind of the season.” alexanderlederman2017@u.northwestern.edu
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Wrestling 23 NU at Iowa, 7 p.m. Friday
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At Iowa, the fans, when you start beating them, they boo you. We want to get booed a lot. — Drew Pariano, wrestling coach
Thursday, January 22, 2015
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Tormented Cats come home to Buckeyes By BOBBY PILLOTE
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Northwestern can’t seem to catch a break. Five days after yet another tight loss, this time in heart-breaking fashion on the road against Michigan, the Wildcats (10-8, 1-4 Big Ten) face the challenge of hosting the Ohio State Buckeyes (14-5, 3-3), a slumping but still dangerous conference foe. Despite the physical and emotional exhaustion facing his team, coach Chris Collins believes his squad is prepared and ready to go. “We can’t lose our fighting spirit,” he said. “These guys know we’re close, they know we’re right there. … We have to keep our confidence up and focus on the positive things that we’re doing.” But besting the Buckeyes will be no small task for the Cats, even on NU’s home court. Ohio State is led by shooting guard D’Angelo Russell, a precocious and prolific athlete who is already running away with Big Ten Freshman of the Year honors thanks to his videogame-like stat line. Russell leads the Buckeyes in minutes played, shoots almost as well from beyond the arc — 44 percent — as he does from everywhere — 46 percent
Ohio State vs. Northwestern Evanston, Illinois 6 p.m. Thursday
— and predictably leads the team in scoring with 18.6 points per game, good for third in the Big Ten. And, adding insult to injury, he also leads Ohio State in rebounds with 5.1 per game — as a guard. Based on how NU has handled other hot-handed perimeter players this season, Russell is serious cause for concern. The Cats surrendered 16 points to Wisconsin’s Sam Dekker, 18 to Michigan State’s Travis Trice, 25 to Illinois’ Kendrick Nunn and 18 to Michigan’s Caris LeVert. A revitalized senior guard JerShon Cobb, who returned to the starting lineup against the Wolverines and played 27 minutes, is likely to draw the difficult assignment of guarding Russell. With Cobb tangled in a tough matchup, NU will need energy and intensity from everybody else on the court to contain the rest of Ohio State’s offense. That also means more weight will fall on freshman Bryant McIntosh to produce scoring. The standout point guard had an off-night against
Michigan, tallying just 4 points, but was given the opportunity to take the game-tying shot and has emerged as Collins’ preferred option. McIntosh admitted he was hard on himself for the missed shot, but has recovered in the days since and is ready for a hard-fought contest. “It was a tough one to swallow,” he said. “You have to get ready for the next game. At some point you just have to let it go and get prepared for the next one.” The emerging star’s razor focus is no doubt in part due to the faith Collins has already placed in McIntosh. When asked if the freshman would be taking more late-game shots in the future, Collins answered immediately. “I hope so,” he said. “I love the fact that the ball was in his hands (against Michigan) … I wish when it got back to him he would have gone for the win. … He wants the ball.” In spite of three consecutive close losses, Collins said he trusts his young point guard. He added he expects to see many more game-deciding attempts from McIntosh over his career, and coach and Cats fans alike would certainly appreciate one against Ohio State. bpillote@u.northwestern.edu
Women’s Basketball
Cats looking to find groove By CLAIRE HANSEN
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Northwestern vs. Illinois
Sean Su/Daily Senior Staffer
SENIOR REVIVAL JerShon Cobb fights off his defender. The senior guard has battled injuries this season but has looked closer to full strength in producing double-digit points in two of his last three games.
Women’s Tennis
NU hosts ITA KickOff Weekend By MIKE MARUT
daily senior staffer @mikeonthemic93
Champaign, Illinois 7 p.m. Thursday
Northwestern (13-4, 3-3 Big Ten) has a shot at redemption Thursday. Still reeling from losses to Big Ten foes No. 18 Iowa and Michigan, the Wildcats travel to Champaign, Illinois, to play the Fighting Illini (11-7, 2-4) for another conference showdown Thursday night. Recent inconsistent play in an otherwise outstanding season led to the losses, which will serve to foster tenacious — yet careful — play against Illinois. “Hopefully (we’re going to bring) a lot of intensity and a little chip on our shoulder,” coach Joe McKeown said. “And the confidence that we can play really well. We’ve just got to find 40 minutes to do it.” Turnovers plagued the Cats against Michigan, where NU lost the ball 21 times. Some of the turnovers were caused by the defense, but others were self-inflicted, McKeown says. NU faces the challenge of maintaining possession while still playing with the passion McKeown said he hopes to see. “We’ve just been really focusing on us, on not turning over the ball but still playing with speed and intensity that we want to play,” sophomore forward Nia Coffey said. The Fighting Illini and the Cats have both proven more than capable of
Men’s Basketball
Sean Su/Daily Senior Staffer
COFFEY WOES Nia Coffey goes up for the shot. The sophomore forward has been in a shooting slump of late, nailing just 25 percent of her shots from the field over her last three games.
stripping the ball from opponents. Illinois sits first among the Big Ten in turnover margin, causing an average margin of 22.3 turnovers a game. The Cats are a close second, forcing an average margin of just under 21. “We’re still a young team, so we’ve got to make the extra pass, try to slow down
a little bit at times,” McKeown said. “I think we get a little ahead of ourselves at times.” The two teams may be close in turnover margin, but that’s about it. Illinois sits 12th in field goal percentage and » See WOMEN’S BBALL, page 10
No. 17 Northwestern will host No. 32 Arizona State, No. 21 Rice and No. 44 Kentucky in the ITA Kick-Off Weekend that commences Saturday. This is the first competition of 2015 that counts toward the Wildcats’ record. Not having played a true competitive team match since last season, the Cats’ players are itching to take down the Sun Devils on Saturday, then the Owls or Kentucky Wildcats on Sunday. Coming off a strong weekend in Alabama, coach Claire Pollard looks forward to kick-starting the event. “It’s time to get the show on the road and get the scorebook going,” Pollard said. “That’s what you come to college tennis to do, that’s what you came to Northwestern for — to play in the biggest matches we could find. Everyone is geared up and ready for that.” Arizona State comes into the first weekend of competition having swept its first opponent, the University of California, Davis. The sweep provides a certain level of confidence for the Sun Devils, but the Cats are ready to rumble. The ITA Kick-Off also marks the first weekend of true collegiate
No. 32 Arizona State vs. No. 17 Northwestern Evanston, Illinois 11 a.m. Saturday
No. 21 Rice or No. 44 Kentucky vs. No. 17 Northwestern Evanston, Illinois 10 a.m. or 2 p.m. Sunday
competition for the freshmen joining the team. “Going into this tournament, we know there is a lot of pressure,” freshman Alex Chatt said. “We’re all pretty ready. We’ve been practicing hard and training hard. We’ve all been playing well under pressure.” With sophomore Maddie Lipp out with an injury, Pollard only has eight players to choose from when deciding who will start for singles and doubles. Earlier in January, Pollard noted even the freshmen were working at a level such that they have a chance to play in the upcoming competition. Coming off a strong fall season in the doubles category — winning the doubles title in Alabama back in November — freshman Rheeya Doshi is excited to get on the court » See WOMEN’S TENNIS, page 10