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Northwestern staff members who have recently adopted children or whose partners have recently given birth can now take paid parental leave.

Eligible staff members can take a paid leave of 10 to 12 weeks after they or their partner gives birth.

Previously, only mothers who had just given birth were allowed four to six weeks of paid leave. The new policy, which went into effect Jan. 1, also allows staff members who adopt children to take four weeks of paid leave.

Professors were already eligible for paid leave after their partners gave birth.

“The parental leave benefit really came together as a result of a lot of staff concerns around, ‘Why don’t we as staff have benefits that are more in alignment with what faculty have?’” said Anne Fish, director of benefits in the Office of Human Resources.

Before the new policy, staff members were guaranteed job protection under the Family and Medical Leave Act if they chose to stay at home longer than the allotted six to eight weeks but without pay, Fish said.

Fish said the office proposed the policy changes to University

President Morton Schapiro and Provost Daniel Linzer in July.

“We’ve been talking about it for a few years,” she said. “We finally got it on paper. … It applies to new dads or new moms. It applies whether you give birth or It applies adopt. to new dads or We’re really new moms. It trying to be inclu- applies whether sive with you give birth it.” or adopt. We’re Howreally trying to be ever, Fish said, inclusive with it. there are Anne Fish, paramHuman Resources eters Office benefits around director eligibility. Staff members must be in a benefits-eligible position — working at least 37.5 hours a week — and must have worked at the University for at least three years.

“We didn’t want to become the employer of choice for everybody who’s pregnant,” she said. “Even still, people were very receptive to it.”

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SALTY The price of road salt from Evanston’s suppliers has increased 30 percent this year, following record-breaking snowfalls in 2014. The city’s reduced need for salt this winter may make up the difference and avoid a budget strain.

Road salt price spike hits city

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The price of road salt from Evanston’s suppliers has increased 30 percent this year, which could lead to a strain on the budget if winter weather ramps up, said Suzette Robinson, the city’s public works

director.

Last year’s harsh winter resulted in a salt price rise of about 20 percent nationwide, according to the Wall Street Journal.

Because last winter’s demand for salt was abnormally high across the country, salt companies began dipping into supplies designated for this winter, said James Maiworm, Evanston’s assistant public works director. The low supply at the beginning

of this winter led to a necessary budget increase in Evanston to cover the higher price, Maiworm said.

“We broke the record in terms of number of inches of snow in Evanston with the snow season last year, so if we go back and have a normal snow season, we could quite easily strain the budget,” » See SALT, page 8

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By MARISSA PAGE Rabbi Brant Rosen, co-chairman of the Jewish Voice for Peace rabbinical council, spoke Thursday night to a crowd of about 60 students, faculty and Evanston community members about the importance of demonstration and conversation regarding the Israel-Palestine conflict.

The event was hosted by NUDivest, a student group that calls for the University to “divest from corporations that are profiting off of the illegal occupation of Palestinian lands,” according to its website.

Rosen, who identifies as an activist and advocate for peace in Palestine, spoke about misconceptions and misunderstandings about groups like NUDivest — which follows the Boycott Divestment Sanctions model — and the role of Jewish activists in the struggle for peace and justice for Palestinians. He compared his role as a pro-Palestine activist to that of a mandated reporter.

“A mandated reporter … is mandated by law to report abuse that you know is going on,” said Rosen, the Midwest regional director for the American Friends Service Committee. “In the triage of things that you need to do when abuse is ongoing is to make sure that people or persons who are being victimized is no longer victimized. The first order of business is to end the abuse.”

That, he said, is a model of how he addresses the Israel-Palestine issue.

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‘MANDATE REPORTER’ Rabbi Brant Rosen, Midwest regional director for the American Friends Service Committee, speaks to a crowd of about 60 students, faculty and community members at an event hosted by NUDivest.

“There is very real abuse going on against Palestinians, inflicted by Israelis right now,” Rosen said. “We know this, I know this. It takes many different forms.”

Rosen said the occupation of the West Bank and the military occupation of Palestine by Israel are some examples of how Palestinians are being pressured and abused.

“Nobody is holding the abuser to account,” he said. “There is no government in the world, no international body is telling Israel it can’t do this … it is required of us to call out this abuse, to

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shine a light on it publicly and to do what we can to end it.”

That, he said, is where the BDS movement comes in.

“This is not an effort that is being done on behalf of Palestinians from outside Israel-Palestine. This originated from Palestinians themselves. It is a call from Palestinian society,” Rosen said. “(Various Palestinian groups) basically put out a call to the world to support their struggle for human rights, for civil rights.”

NUDivest, which Rosen considers » See RABBI, page 8

country?”

Despite her praise of districts 65 and 202, Newsome reflected on microaggressions she endured throughout her secondary education because of her race. Students of color are a majority both at ETHS and in District 65, and both superintendents discussed the importance of providing equal opportunities and instruction to students from all backgrounds.

“Our challenge by addressing the disparities in achievement between our students is that unfortunately there is often a predictability based on race and there is no excuse for that,” Witherspoon said. “You cannot come up with a logical reason that says that’s okay.”

Goren discussed, among other things, District 65’s top five priorities in the coming years: high quality teaching and learning, a thriving workforce, family and community engagement, safe and supportive school climate and financial sustainability.

One major topic of discussion was the implementation of Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers standardized testing in schools, as part of the new Common Core standards

Superintendents of District 202, which serves Evanston Township High School, and Evanston/Skokie School District 65 delivered a “State of the Schools” address at ETHS on Thursday evening, the first event jointly hosted by the districts in recent history.

Throughout the hour-and-a-half program in the ETHS auditorium, District 65 Superintendent Paul Goren and District 202 Superintendent Eric Witherspoon discussed the current statistics, programs, challenges and goals of their respective districts, as well as collaborations between the two.

District 65 and District 202 alumna Jacqueline Newsome opened for the superintendents, discussing the academic foundation Evanston’s school system provided her to later attend New York University and the University of Chicago Law School.

“The Evanston public school system is one of the best school systems in this country,” Newsome said. “Where else can a little black girl whose parents grew up on the West Side of Chicago grow up to attend the No. 4 law school in the » See STATE OF SCHOOLS, page 8

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City waits to see impact of Rauner fiscal plans

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Gov. Bruce Rauner’s first executive order declared a “financial crisis� in Illinois, but Evanston organizations must wait until Feb. 18 to see his fiscal plan and decide how to adapt.

The most likely changes would involve the Local Government Distributive Fund, a fund collected by income tax and distributed by the state, Evanston’s intergovernmental affairs coordinator Ylda Capriccioso told The Daily. “What we’ve always heard is that the Local Government Distributive Fund is a fund that could be swept to be used as a stop-gap measure until either new revenues are discovered or created,� she said. “That is not a policy that Evanston supports.�

The state used the LGDF as a quick fix for the deficit in 2011. Local funds balanced out to no overall change when the state increased income tax by 2 percent and decreased the local share of total collections by 4 percent.

In February, the income tax is scheduled to decrease while local share will increase. This change is expected to last until 2025, but the overall LGDF effect of this change remains unclear. “(The budget) will continue to be cost-conscious,� Martha Logan, Evanston’s community engagement manager, said. “Because, although the national economy and the Evanston economy are doing better, the state’s economy is the wild card.�

Larry Bury, deputy director of Northwest Municipal Conference, said a shrinking LGDF would strain local governments, which cannot collect their own income tax. Property taxes

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are the only major tax local governments can collect, and the conference, a coalition of 45 nearby suburban governments, will defend the LGDF, Bury said.

The conference held a legislative brunch on Tuesday, featuring Evanston mayor and conference president Elizabeth Tisdahl, and a keynote presentation from the governor.

Rauner said he will fix finances on all levels by making the state level run efficiently, via ideas and talent from any party. He recently appointed Donna Arduin, known for reforming budgets in Michigan, New York, Florida and California, as CFO of his “turnaround team.�

Rauner previewed his Feb. 4 State of the State address on Jan. 22 at the University of Chicago, but provided little information for local governments. Catherine Kelly, a spokeswoman for Rauner, told The Daily the governor will outline his financial plans Feb. 18 in his budget address, but she did not comment further.

Some Evanston funds seem safe from cuts, while others will take a little more maneuvering.

Evanston receives $725,727 in grants, mostly for health and community improvement, through the state. However, some of these are paid by federal grants, Capriccioso said, making cuts less likely. The Motor Fuel Tax fund, gasoline revenues distributed by the state, is based on a federal formula, she said.

Pension change will be more complicated, but state and local officials agree it may be the most urgent issue to solve. The state requires Evanston to provide a Police Pension Fund and a Fire Pension Fund, costing Evanston $10.5 million and $7.9 million, respectively. “Oftentimes if the state can’t feel like they

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Van stolen from U-Haul lot

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Moving company U-Haul reported a missing van from its lot on 2125 Dempster St. The company claimed the 2013 Ford cargo van was stolen between Jan. 10 and Jan. 22, Evanston police Cmdr. Joseph Dugan said. The van was to be sold for auction and was discovered missing during an inventory check.

The keys to the van were found.

Dugan said though there has “definitely been an uptick in auto theft recently,� none of the thefts appear to be related in any way.

Chairs, fire extinguisher stolen from restaurant

Two men were caught on camera stealing two wooden chairs and one fire extinguisher from Pete Miller’s, a restaurant at 1557 Sherman Ave. The manager discovered Jan. 22 that a fire extinguisher and two wooden chairs, worth about $50 each, were missing, Dugan said.

The manager checked security camera footage and saw two people removing the items from the restaurant. The two then loaded the items into a waiting car and drove off. The manager identified the men as patrons, Dugan said.

Both suspects were men who appeared to be between 30 to 35 years old. One appeared to be 5 feet 10 inches and the other 6 feet 2 inches. — Hal Jin

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On Campus Student group shows sex trafficking documentary

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Fight for Freedom, a student organization that advocates against human slavery in Chicago, hosted an early screening of the documentary “Save My Seoul” on Thursday night in Harris Hall.

Directed by Jason Lee, “Save My Seoul” is a documentary about prostitution and sex trafficking in Seoul, South Korea, by Jubilee Project, a nonprofit that produces films on social issues.

The documentary explores the issue of the sex trade in Seoul through direct interviews and hidden recordings.

The event started with a brief introduction

by Lee. “I hope that this event is the beginning of a movement to fight against this injustice,” Lee said.

He said sex trafficking is the greatest injustice of our time, citing statistics of 27 million people who are victims of sex trafficking worldwide.

He also mentioned that the version he presented Thursday is the eighth version and is a rough cut, and he foresees the completion of the film in the spring of 2015.

The film focuses on the stories of Esther and Crystal, two teenage girls in Seoul, who became involved in prostitution due to the absence of alternate means of survival. The documentary

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unfolds as they reveal their past experience working in brothels to earn money. The film also discusses the history of sex trafficking in Seoul, which has burgeoned since the 1960s as South Korea worked to redeem a war-torn economy.

The documentary tackles the attitudes of ordinary citizens and authority figures regarding the rampant nature of prostitution in Korea, suggesting that most people refuse to talk about the issue despite its urgency.

“I think what we need to begin with is just an open dialogue,” Lee said as a possible solution for deep-rooted sexual slavery in Korea.

Lee said acknowledgment of such atrocities is a huge step for Korea. He also said we need a “paradigm shift” and we should reflect on the way we think about women and reinforce the moral values we must maintain as humans.

He then extended the discussion to the world beyond Korea, saying this is a universal issue that we must all care about.

Medill senior Yu Sun Chin, president of Fight for Freedom and the host of the event, hopes to continue to “inform students about the issue in a nuanced way.”

She said she wants to ensure students do not feel hopeless about the situation and to remind them of the skills and experiences they have to reach out to those in need through means such as counseling.

“I want to continue to help students understand that the issue is very relevant to us,” she said. journal Interface, is the first to consider the power of social media in weight loss.

In an online program in which dieters joined weight-loss communities, online dieters who logged in regularly, recorded their weigh-ins and “friended” more than 10 other members lost more than 8 percent of their body weight in six months.

Users who did not connect with the community as often lost about 5 percent of their body weight, and users with two to nine friends lost almost 7 percent of their body weight in the same amount

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‘SAVE MY SEOUL’ Fight for Freedom screens a documentary about prostitution and sex trafficking in South Korea. About 100 students attended the event at Harris Hall.

She said Fight for Freedom is currently working to partner with non-governmental organizations on initiatives to strengthen the fight against human slavery in Chicago and beyond.

Eunice Lee, a Medill freshman from Seoul said the documentary enhanced her awareness of the issue.

“Living in Korea, I knew that this issue existed, but I was very similar to many other

interviewees in the film in that I didn’t know anyone who was associated with sex trafficking,” she said.

She also said she was glad to see the support the Northwestern community had for the cause, noting the members of the audience who were interested in finding ways they could help.

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“There is an almost Facebook-like social network system in this program where people can friend each other and build cliques,” said McCormick Prof. Luis A. Nunes Amaral, senior author of the study, in a news release. “In this case, we found the larger your clique, the better your outcomes.”

Dr. Bonnie Spring, a Feinberg professor and another author of the study, had access to data from CalorieKing.com’s weight-loss community.

Amaral’s lab analyzed this data and uncovered

trends.

“In the clinic, we don’t have the ability to connect people with such a large network of others on the same journey to lose weight,” Spring said in a news release. “I was very surprised by how lawfully each step-up in social connectedness translated into greater weight loss. We could clearly see the benefit of the online social network for weightloss success.”

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City restaurants join Chicago Restaurant Week

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Four Evanston restaurants will participate in this year’s Chicago Restaurant Week, offering three-course meals at a fixed price.

For the next two weeks, Jan. 30 until Feb. 12, Quince at the Homestead, Farmhouse Evanston, Oceanique and Bistro Bordeaux will offer prix-fixe meals.

“The fact that we can participate in the broader Chicago event is great for our restaurants as far as bringing customers in,” said Paul

National News Budget fight looms as Obama wants 7 percent spending increase WASHINGTON — Setting up a showdown with the new Republican-controlled Congress, the Obama administration said Thursday that the president’s proposed 2016 federal budget would include a $74 million increase in discretionary spending that blew past the caps in place under current budget law.

The fiscal 2016 budget plan, which would take effect Oct. 1, will be released by the White House on Monday. It proposes spending that is 7 percent above the levels agreed to under a multiyear budget deal in 2011.

To sweeten the spending proposal for Republicans, President Barack Obama would boost military and domestic spending almost equally.

The White House said military spending would total $561 billion and non-defense $530 billion; each increasing by $38 billion and $37 billion, respectively.

Presidential spokesman Josh Earnest said the one-for-one tradeoff “certainly is consistent with the kind of agreement that’s been reached in previous budget negotiations over the last several years.”

The White House proposal would force Republicans to choose between two priorities: national security and deficit reduction.

Obama presented his plan to a meeting of Democrats from the House of Representatives at a retreat in Philadelphia. House Republicans

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Joe Jochens, assistant manager at Quince, 1625 Hinman Ave., said the timing of Chicago Restaurant Week works well because, for most restaurants, it is the slowest time of the year.

Quince is taking the opportunity to showcase some of its regular menu items in a threecourse meal for $44, he said.

“We’re pretty proud of everything that’s on our menu,” Jochens said. “It’s a genius idea.”

Jochens said the contemporary American restaurant has been keeping tabs on its visitors for the past five years, and for many people,

the event is the only thing that’s bringing them back.

A more recent addition to Chicago Restaurant Week is Farmhouse, 703 Church St. As one of the largest restaurants in the city, the staff can serve more than 200 customers. It is the only restaurant out of the four that will offer a prix-fixe lunch menu, which will cost $22.

Dinner will cost $33.

The menu Farmhouse has prepared for the event features its most popular items in the same portions as regularly-served portion sizes.

Scott Hinden, the restaurant’s assistant general manager, said that customers often only order

one item, such as the popular cheese curds.

“This is a chance for people to have the whole dining experience,” he said.

Those who prefer seafood will find it at Oceanique, 505 Main St. Normally, a three-course meal costs around $70, but the prix-fixe meal costs only $44. Mark Grosz, the owner and chef, said he recommends the Maine scallops.

Bistro Bordeaux, 618 Church St., will add French cuisine to the mix. Dinner is priced at $33 and features choices such as Parisian-style gnocchi and sirloin steak.

already signaled skepticism.

Until Obama “gets serious about solving our long-term spending problem it’s hard to take him seriously,” said Cory Fritz, a spokesman for House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio.

The 10-year budget deal agreed to in 2011 sought to reduce future spending by $917 billion over 10 years, forcing automatic cuts in years that lawmakers couldn’t agree on a budget.

The idea was to bring down the annual budget deficit, which is expected to reach an Obama administration low of $468 billion in the current fiscal year.

Even with forced spending cuts in place, deficits are projected to grow again in a few years, hitting $1.1 trillion in 2025. That’s because of mandatory spending programs such as Social Security and Medicare, sacred to voters. The White House wouldn’t say whether Obama’s proposal includes any cuts to such programs.

Presidential budgets tend to be dead on arrival, even in the best of times when the partisan divide hasn’t been as deep as it’s been. But with Republicans now controlling both chambers of Congress and eyeing the White House in 2016, the administration’s spending plan is as much about providing a campaign message for anxious Democrats as it is a serious budget blueprint.

Repeating Obama’s State of the Union appeal to the middle class, Earnest said the budget would “reverse harmful sequestration cuts and, instead, show how we can invest in his vision for middle-class economics by making paychecks go further, creating good jobs here in the United

States and preparing hardworking Americans to earn higher wages.”

Obama, he added, will also make it clear that he would veto a bill that didn’t include full Department of Homeland Security funding.

Republicans are looking at ways to starve parts of the agency budget that deal with immigration, to push back on the president’s executive order late last year that allowed millions of undocumented aliens a deportation reprieve and path to legal work.

The proposed 2016 budget would pay for numerous initiatives such as making community college attendance free for millions by closing tax loopholes and tax-advantage programs that disproportionately benefit wealthier Americans. These include already-announced proposals such raising the capital gains tax to 28 percent for the richest Americans, tweaking the rules governing estate taxes “and then some,” said Earnest, hinting at further tax proposals Monday.

Obama’s proposed budget takes a cue from the two-year budget deal Congress agreed to in late 2013, which lifted by $85 billion the spending caps for the 2014 and 2015 fiscal years, the latter ending next Sept. 30. Obama proposes a one-year deal that raises spending by just $11 billion less than that amount, something Republicans are unlikely to find inviting.

The caps that would be busted come under what’s known as sequestration. Under the Budget Control Act of 2011, which took effect in March 2013 and runs through the 2021 fiscal year, automatic spending cuts take effect each

year if lawmakers can’t agree on a budget.

“I find it very hard to believe that one of the first things they would do is ease the 2016 caps,” said Rudolph Penner, a former head of the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office who is a fellow at the centrist research center the Urban Institute. “Defense is a whole other issue.”

That’s why Obama’s proposed budget puts Republicans on their back foot. In rejecting his proposal, they allow the Defense Department to be starved of what it says are needed funding increases.

“We are on track now to cut $1 trillion from America’s defense budget by the year 2021,” Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman John McCain, R-Ariz., bemoaned Wednesday at a hearing he had called to examine the effect of the sequester on the military.

The cuts have made it difficult for the military to plan for the future or make long-term investments, said McCain, adding that absent action, “sequestration will return in full in fiscal year 2016, setting our military on a far more dangerous course.”

Budget experts loathe the sequestration process because it forces across-the-board cuts, akin to cutting spending with a blunt sword rather than a sharp scalpel.

“Smart deficit reduction should replace the non-smart deficit reduction that is in place today,” said Shai Akabas, a policy expert with the think tank Bipartisan Policy Center.

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Offenses run wild in Evanston There were fireworks from the beginning at Welsh-Ryan Arena on Thursday as No. 20 Iowa buried four 3-pointers in the game’s first four minutes. From there, the scoring pace remained at full throttle. Iowa raced out to a 58-41 halftime lead over Northwestern. The Wildcats struck back, and almost erased the entire deficit. In the end, NU fell to Iowa 102-99 in an offensive battle for the ages.

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Context important in Israeli-Palestinian conflict MAX GELMAN

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Because of my Jewish upbringing, I had never heard Students for Justice in Palestine’s side of the story when it comes to the IsraeliPalestinian conflict. As a Jew who is proIsrael and in favor of a two-state solution, I decided to attend the Palestine 101 event last Friday to hear a new perspective.

Members of SJP passed around handouts titled “Welcome to Palestine 101� that included a summary of SJP’s presentation, including the subsections “Common Misconceptions� and “Necessary Vocabulary.� At the top of the handout appeared a short passage about activist Angela Davis’ speech on campus last spring. The biggest problem I found in this excerpt was the assertion that one “need not know every detail of PalestinianIsraeli history in order to� join the Palestinian solidarity movement. I disagree; I think the details are imperative to the evaluation of the holistic conflict.

Through Davis’ allegation, SJP is effectively asking people to remain ignorant of any historical context surrounding the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Imagine for a second that NATO took Russia’s annexation of Crimea out of its post-Cold War historical context. What do you think would happen if an economic superpower like Russia suddenly invaded a nearby country and NATO acted without regarding the Cold War as a sensitive issue?

The most prominent argument taken out of context Friday was a picture on the handout illustrating four different maps of Israeli “occupation� since 1946.

These maps, similar to those used for SJP and MEChA de Northwestern’s mock wall last October, attempt to portray Israeli encroachment of “historically Palestinian� land. I have a few problems with these

pictures, first and foremost being that one of them is not only taken out of context, but factually inaccurate.

Four maps illustrate “historical Palestine� during 1946, 1947, 1948-67 and 2012.

The 1947 depiction of Israeli “occupation� stands out as the inaccurate map, because it shows that Israel occupied land before it even declared independence. How can an entity that doesn’t exist oppress people with the government it doesn’t have? The picture that SJP used is really portraying the United Nations 1947 Partition Plan, which was adopted by the General Assembly but never went into effect. Also omitted from SJP’s picture was the international state of the City of Jerusalem, belonging neither to the Jews nor the Palestinians. Six months later, when the British Mandate expired and Israel declared independence, Egypt, Lebanon, Syria and Transjordan all immediately declared war on the newly formed Jewish state. Without this important context, it’s easier for SJP to skew the rhetoric in its favor when addressing people who know nothing about the history of this region.

Another point SJP failed to touch on is that the situations in the West Bank and in the Gaza Strip are completely different.

While the West Bank is governed by the Mahmoud Abbas-led Fatah military wing and the Palestinian Authority, Gaza is run

by Hamas, which the United States recognizes as a terrorist group. Despite the two factions recently agreeing to work together, Hamas has tried to undermine Abbas’ rule.

In the West Bank, Israel continues to expand Jewish settlements into the internationally recognized State of Palestine, something I believe Israel should cease immediately if it ever wants peace in the region. On the other hand, the Israeli government evacuated all Israeli residential complexes from the Gaza Strip in 2005. Since then, Hamas has launched more than 11,000 rocket and mortar attacks from Gaza, including from civilian areas, endangering more than 5 million

Israeli lives.

Additionally, the SJP speakers brought up how the West Bank security barrier can be considered “de facto apartheid.� According to critics, the barrier restricts the free movement of Palestinians unfairly, and represents physical evidence of Israeli “occupation.�

What SJP failed to mention — and the context that is important to understand — is that the barrier was constructed out of a very real need for the security of Israeli citizens, which Israel’s government has an obligation to protect.

From the start of the Second Intifada in September 2000 through the completion of the barrier’s first segment in July 2003, there were 73 “mass murder� attacks, including suicide bombings, in Israel. Only five years later, the number of suicide bomb attacks fell to zero.

Thirdly, I’m most unwilling to excuse how the SJP speakers occasionally used “Jew� and “Israeli� interchangeably, and “Palestinian� and “Arab� interchangeably. Distraught at the anti-Semitism conveyed through the images of what the speakers described as “Jewish-only roads,� I sent in a question on an index card during the Q-and-A session about this, which the speakers read aloud.

Fully aware of the answer, I asked “Is it possible to be Palestinian, but not Arab, or Arab but not Palestinian?� And my question was answered correctly – yes it is possible. The speakers even listed a couple different ethnic and religious combinations that exist such as Palestinian-Jew, Palestinian-Muslim and Arab-Jew. However, they left out one incredibly important ethnic group, one that, without suitable context, punctures a hole through SJP’s narrative: Israeli-Arabs.

Because SJP’s lecturers used “Israeli� and “Jew� synonymously, they painted the picture that certain roads in Israel can only be accessed by Jewish people, and that nonJews were forced to use decrepit, unpaved motorways.

The truth is that Israeli Arabs living in the

West Bank are 100 percent allowed to use these “Jewish-only roads� despite the fact that none of them practice Judaism. A more accurate description with appropriate context would have been “Non-Palestinian� roads, which became necessary after the sheer number of suicide bomber attacks in Jerusalem during the Second Intifada.

Furthermore, Israeli-Arabs are full citizens of Israel, have the right to vote and account for over 20 percent of Israel’s population.

There are even a few who identify as IsraeliPalestinian. And in the Knesset, Israel’s 120seat parliament, 12 seats are held by Arabs with Israeli citizenship. An audience ignorant of this context will assume that all Israelis are Jewish, and the fact that SJP portrayed the state of Israel as a racist, oppressive entity is indicative of the anti-Semitic undertones its narrative entails.

The Israeli-Palestinian conflict ultimately boils down to the fact that the turmoil surrounding the narrow strip of land on the Mediterranean coast that the Jewish people call home has existed ever since David conquered what would become Jerusalem almost 3,000 years ago.

Today, conflict still engulfs the region, and Israel isn’t the only country at fault. I’ll be the first to admit that the biggest obstacle to peace right now, other than Hamas, is the continued construction of settlements in the West Bank.

If there’s ever going to be a realistic twostate solution, both sides need to stop provoking each other. But most importantly, the delicacy of the situation must be kept in proper historical context, including all topics like the Six-Day War of 1967 and the Gaza flotilla raid in 2010. Otherwise, the opposing one-sided narratives will not be reconciled and strife will continue to prevail.

Max Gelman is a Medill freshman. He can be reached at maxgelman2018@u.northwestern.edu. If you would like to respond publicly to this column, send a Letter to the Editor to opinion@dailynorthwestern.com.

Wildcat Welcome expansion a step in wrong direction MEREDITH GOODMAN

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As a student anxious to start college so far from my parents, I enjoyed my Wildcat Welcome. It was helpful for me to tour campus, register for classes with guidance and meet my peer adviser, fellow students and freshman seminar professor. Plus, I got to roam around Six Flags for a few hours without waiting in line for anything.

That being said, Wildcat Welcome gets a little old after a few days. The endless array of mandatory activities, the need to walk everywhere with your PA group and the required lunches and dinners start to make you feel like a little kid back in summer camp. I became overwhelmed by the sheer number of activities and just wanted a few hours to myself to explore the campus and Evanston.

This is why I was surprised to learn that Northwestern will expand Wildcat Welcome to 10 whole days this upcoming school year, up from seven my freshman year and eight the past two years. I know this decision won’t affect me personally, but I feel the need to advocate for the freshmen coming to campus in the fall. Freshmen do not need 10 whole days of required activities for Wildcat Welcome.

Though I disagree with the decision, I applaud the rationale behind it. Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, begins the evening of Sunday, Sept. 13 this year, and classes start the next Monday. Because the organizers of Wildcat Welcome cannot hold required events during the Jewish holiday, they want to expand orientation to accommodate Jewish students who want to take days off to observe the holiday, while still finishing all the required activities before the start of classes.

As a Jewish student who takes off class and activities to observe the Jewish holiday every September or October, I do appreciate this reasoning to welcome and accommodate new Jewish students. However, starting Wildcat Welcome and then taking a one- or two-day break from mandatory activities does not make any sense to me or new students. Additionally, Jewish students will miss out on any PA group bonding activities that happen while they observe the holiday.

As a solution, Wildcat Welcome should consider making move-in day Sunday, Sept.

13, and then having two optional days of PA-led programming during Rosh Hashanah.

This will give Jewish students the chance to observe the holidays for both days and allow other new students to either explore NU and Chicago or get to know campus with their PA. Perhaps Wildcat Welcome could even subsidize El passes so PAs could take their advisees to downtown Chicago. Whatever students choose to do, giving everyone a break before

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the madness of Wildcat Welcome will allow everyone to be more relaxed and prepared to start school.

Ultimately, Wildcat Welcome has the important responsibility of making sure that new students are prepared to start their NU journey, but this can be done without overwhelming students with an extraordinary number of mandatory activities. NU should

consider shortening Wildcat Welcome to let new students get to know the campus on their own terms.

Meredith Goodman is a Weinberg senior. She can be reached at meredithgoodman2015@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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the Office of Human Resources, said in addition to the four weeks of paid leave, parents who choose to adopt will receive a $5,000 reimbursement for the cost of adoption. One family can receive up to two of these reimbursements during its time at the University. “(Adoption) can cost anywhere from $10,000 to $35,000,� Henderson said. “That’s an incredible expense to the family.

It’s also emotionally a very challenging time depending on the circumstances.�

Fish said she doesn’t anticipate the new policy will cause a gap in staff services. She said before the policy was enacted, often staff members would come back to work immediately after their leave period ended.

Others would exhaust all their vacation time, she said.

The NU Staff Advisory Council, which serves as the representative body for staff members, has been discussing parental leave for some time, said Jonathan Greene, the group’s benefits committee chair. He said the change will put NU “on parâ€? with other institutions. “It’s essentially a benefit to staff members with no real cost incurred to staff,â€? he said. “It’s not like in some instances, if we’re pushing for a benefit they might say ‌ ‘What do you want to give up to get this?’ In this case, there was nothing given up.â€?

Fish said more than 50 percent of NU’s non-student population is staff members. “To not recognize that they’re key contributors to the success of our students ‌ It was a gap,â€? she said. “I think what we’ve done over the past number of years is close some of those gaps. People have really applauded the fact we’ve done it.â€?

Robinson said.

However, because this year’s winter has thus far been milder than last year’s, the 30- to 40-percent reduction in road salt use could compensate for the increased price, Robinson said. The decrease in fuel prices could also be a balancing factor, as the city is currently spending only 55 percent of the fuel budget, she said.

A week of heavy snowfall early last January left the city with $165,000, only 24 percent of the winter weather budget for the rest of the season, according to city documents. “Unlike last year where we were using salt like crazy, this winter has not turned out to be that bad, so therefore we’re using less salt,� Maiworm said.

In the effort to further reduce salt usage, the city uses an anti-icing technique that involves priming roads with salt brine and beet juice on the street before a snowfall, Robinson said. This year, the addition of calcium chloride as a liquid additive should further supplement rock salt.

The city dedicated a week in November to raising community awareness of what to do after a snowfall, which included posting videos on snow removal techniques and a view from inside the new salt dome, said Cindy Plante, a local government management fellow. New programs intended to increase compliance among residents regarding shoveling their sidewalks and following parking restrictions during snowstorms stemmed from a survey conducted after last winter, Plante said.

The city’s salt dome currently holds 3,200 tons of salt and it is unlikely that the city will require all of the salt that it ordered, Maiworm said. The dome, with a capacity of 4,200 tons, replaced a smaller one that was deteriorating in the fall. “The more that we can have on hand, it gives us more flexibility to be able to weather salt shortages,� Robinson said.

a “non-violent movement,� targets six different corporations that have been linked to the conflict in Israel-Palestine, including The Boeing Company, British security company G4S and Lockheed Martin, one of the world’s biggest arms manufacturer. “The BDS campaign is not a human rights campaign,� Rosen said. “It is a campaign that is standing in solidarity with the (oppressed) people.�

NUDivest has drawn both praise and criticism for its goals, the latter most recently in an opinion piece in the Chicago Tribune by Law Prof. Steven Lubet, an article Rosen referenced during the event. “I found this article offensive, I felt that it was patronizing to Northwestern students and to the organizers of this campaign who are important and remarkable leaders,� he said.

Noah Whinston, a Weinberg junior and a member of NUDivest, invited Rosen to speak and created the event. “There is a sort of misperception on campus and in the world that being Jewish means that you must have some particular type of relationship towards Israel,� Whinston said. “I think Rabbi Rosen is a great example of a great Jew, a great man and a great rabbi who rejects that norm.�

Imtisal Khokher, a Weinberg senior and another organizer of the event, said the event cleared misconceptions regarding NUDivest’s purpose. “We thought it was a really important conversation to have, especially with the misconception that supporters of BDS (and) NUDivest are just Arab or just Palestinian,� she said. “We come from all over the world and from all different struggles.

It was important to show that Judaism and Zionism are not the same thing. Zionism is a political movement. ‌ Judaism is a religion.�

for public schools in the country. Audience members questioned the financial practicality of enacting PARCC testing in Evanston schools.

Goren explained that their budgets could suffer serious cuts if they refused to comply with state reforms.

An educational bright spot for both schools was collaborating with Northwestern, particularly in fostering science, technology, engineering and mathematics education in both schools.

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Logan was not as worried about the budget uncertainties after speaking with Evanston CFO Marty Lyons. “The city’s budget is set for the year, but the city is able to make adjustments as needed if they see there won’t be revenue to meet expenses,� she said. “That’s nothing new.�

Evanston schools estimated about 86 percent of funding from local sources across their 20132014 budgets, but state funds are still a major chunk of change.

School District 202 predicted $3.8 million of state funding, with about $2.4 million for transportation, special education and bilingual programs, according to the 2014-2015 budget.

Evanston/Skokie District 65 expected $11.7 million of revenue from state sources for 2013-2014, including $4.3 million of unrestricted aid, and about $7.4 million for special education, transportation, bilingual education and the Early Childhood Block Grant. Neither district could be reached for comment.

Although potential cuts can be identified, Evanston is waiting for a clear signal from Rauner. “We are just patiently waiting to see what the governor’s proposed budget will include or not include,� Capriccioso said. kevinmathew2015@u.northwestern.edu

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Dartmouth College is banning hard alcohol on campus and threatening to disband organizations that donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t shape up as part of efforts to â&#x20AC;&#x153;root out extreme behavior,â&#x20AC;? the schoolâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s president announced Thursday amid controversies enveloping universities across the nation.

Dartmouth President Philip Hanlon announced the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Moving Dartmouth Forwardâ&#x20AC;? plan in a speech Thursday morning after a school committee had studied campus issues for months. The plan includes banning hard alcohol for students on campus, implementing a four-year sexual-violenceprevention program and creating new residential communities. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Colleges and universities across the country face the issues Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve detailed today,â&#x20AC;? Hanlon said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We are not alone in facing them. But we will take the lead in saying, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;No more.â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;?

The Ivy League school is one of 95 that is under federal investigation in connection with its handling of sexual harassment and violence. Last year, Dartmouth adopted a zero-tolerance sexual-assault disciplinary policy, with mandatory expulsion in the worst cases.

Under the new plan, undergraduate students wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be allowed to have or consume hard alcohol, which it defines as alcohol that is 30 proof or higher, in residential areas or on other college property, and hard alcohol wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be served at college-recognized events, Hanlon said. Penalties for those who have or purchase hard alcohol will â&#x20AC;&#x153;ramp up,â&#x20AC;? he said.

Hanlon also addressed the collegeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Greek community, saying many had suggested over the last few months that the college eliminate fraternities and sororities. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Ultimately, I do not believe that simply eliminating this one aspect of campus life would be a comprehensive, or even effective solution to the more pervasive challenges we face,â&#x20AC;? Hanlon said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It would not address the charge I placed before our community of purging extreme behaviors where they occur on campus.â&#x20AC;?

However, he said, Greek and other organizations will face a higher level of accountability than in the past, with the college creating an annual review process to confirm that expectations for student organizations are being met. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Everything is possible for Dartmouth. But our aspirations will never be realized if we fail to address a vital component: the environment in which our students live and learn,â&#x20AC;? said Hanlon, who has led the Hanover, N.H., school since mid-2013.

The U.S. Department of Education is investigating a total of 98 sexual violence cases at 95 colleges and universities, and the issue of sexual assault on campuses has been receiving increased national attention.

On Tuesday, two former Vanderbilt University football players were found guilty for their roles in a dorm room gang rape of an unconscious female student in 2013.

In November, the University of Virginia suspended all of its fraternities and sororities after fallout over a Rolling Stone article in which a woman, identified only as â&#x20AC;&#x153;Jackie,â&#x20AC;? said she was gang raped at a fraternity party. â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Brittny Mejia (Los Angeles Times/TNS)

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Men’s Tennis

NU faces final road test before home doubleheader No. 11 Duke vs. No. 30 Northwestern

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Evanston, Illinois 11 a.m. Sunday

No. 30 Northwestern vs. No. 14 Notre Dame

Illinois-Chicago vs. No. 30 Northwestern

Notre Dame, Indiana 4:30 p.m. Friday

Northwestern has a lot on its plate this weekend, as the team heads to Notre Dame, Indiana, to play No. 14 Notre Dame on Friday before hosting its home opener with a doubleheader against No. 11 Duke and Illinois-Chicago on Sunday.

The No. 30 Wildcats (2-2) say they aren’t afraid of facing more high-ranking competition. Three of NU’s last four opponents have been top 30 squads, and the team has been able to pick up a couple hardearned wins while staying close in its two defeats.

“Progress has been good so far this season,” head

Evanston, Illinois 6 p.m. Sunday

coach Arvid Swan said. “We’ve still got a long ways to go, but I still feel good about the direction we’re going.”

Specifically, the Cats are excited to finally be playing at home. NU will finish up its five-game road trip at Notre Dame (2-1) and finally start a six-game home stand this weekend. For many of the players, competing at home gives them added confidence and energy going into a game.

“We don’t want anybody coming here and beating

us at our place,” junior Fedor Baev said. “This is our house, and they’re coming here. And they’re going to get a beating.”

This is But some players are our house., and just happy not to be on the road. When asked they’re coming if he was excited to play here. And at home, sophomore Sam Shropshire said it they’re going to is “nice to sleep in your get a beating. own bed.”

Fedor Baev, NU will have to be on junior its game against a Duke lineup that is firing on all cylinders. The Blue Devils are 4-0 this season, and are coming off of a commanding 4-0 victory against then-No. 23 Memphis. Nicolas Alvarez is the No. 18 singles player in the nation, and spearheads a team that has only lost three sets so far this season.

The Flames (1-3) bring up the tail end of NU’s

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doubleheader. Swan and the Cats have been emphasizing conditioning all season, and they say they feel confident handling both teams.

“We’re fitness-wise fine to do it, so it’s not really a difference in preparation,” Swan said. “We just have to make sure in between matches that we take care of our bodies.”

NU has to make sure it does not underestimate UIC, whose only win so far this season was against lowly Wisconsin-Whitewater. Playing an unranked, local team in the second game of a doubleheader can be a recipe for a shocking result if the Cats are not careful. But they seem cognizant of the upset potential.

“Definitely, (underestimating our opponent) is a big thing that can happen,” Shropshire said.

“Oklahoma was doing that a little bit with us, so we definitely have to be ready, focused and be ready for the match.” davidlee2017@u.northwestern.edu

Women’s Swimming

Cats working out kinks in season’s final dual meet Northwesterns vs. No. 19 Minnesota

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Minneapolis, Minnesota 5 p.m. Friday & 12 p.m. Saturday

Coming off a recent and convincing victory over a ranked Iowa squad, Northwestern is excited about its two-day competition this weekend against Minnesota and Purdue.

“We won against Iowa which was really great and we want to continue that energy over into this weekend,” sophomore Katie Branch said. “We know we’re not going to win against Minnesota, because they are ranked pretty high, but we can still go and put up a good fight.”

The Wildcats will travel to Minneapolis, Minnesota, for the Friday and Saturday meet, and indeed the Golden Gophers (6-1, 2-0 Big Ten) are ranked high, as they currently sit at No. 19 in the country.

The Cats (7-4, 2-2) have a little more confidence facing No. 16 Purdue (4-2, 1-2) this weekend

Northwestern vs. No. 16 Purdue Minneapolis, Minnesota 5 p.m. Friday & 12 p.m. Saturday

— despite the Boilermakers’ higher ranking. Senior Madeleine Klichowski noted that the swimmers will approach every competition with the same mindset and equal determination.

Despite the perceived difficult competition, coach Jimmy Tierney believes the meet has multiple opportunities for the Cats to score points and will be good preparation for future events.

“Minnesota’s one of the best teams in the Big Ten, Purdue’s certainly in the top half,” Tierney said. “More

than anything, it’s putting our girls in a position to race well and get some confidence up for Big Ten (Championships).”

Focus on Big Tens is probably the right tactic, especially with Tierney not expecting to bring any divers on the road for the second straight trip for recovery reasons, burying the Cats in a 32-point hole in the process.

NU beat the Hawkeyes in spite of that same circumstance last week, but the Cats needed a seasonbest performance to do so.

Although the Cats are less focused on victory, that doesn’t mean the team is willing to settle for mediocrity in Minneapolis.

“We want to perfect all the little things that we’ve been working on this season,” Klichowski said. “Everything has been coming together for us really well as a team, so this is the last chance to touch up things before Big Tens.”

This meet will also help to determine final standings and positions for the races during Big Tens.

Tierney noted the elevated level of competition for NU, especially during this past month, and that spots are still open for swimmers in the 800- and 400-relay teams.

“Hopefully if somebody is a little bit off, it’s not going to do anything to shake their confidence because one meet shouldn’t dictate your whole approach and attitude,” Tierney said. “People still need to show us how bad they want to be on those relays.”

Ultimately this upcoming meet is meant to serve as a final springboard for both skills and morale.

The Cats are hoping an impressive showing this weekend will bode well for a strong finish.

“I think that the team is stoked,” Klichowski said.

“We are so excited going into these last three weeks of the season and just want to go and compete, and we’re starting to feel a lot better in the water. I think that every race is just an opportunity to prove our dominance.” tylerkendall2018@u.northwestern.edu

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NU’s wild charge falls short No. 20 Iowa

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By CLAIRE HANSEN

the daily northwestern @clairechansen

Northwestern suffered another brutal defeat Thursday night, this time at the hands of No. 20 Iowa in a 102-99 home loss after the Wildcats clawed back from a 23-point deficit.

The Cats (14-6, 4-5 Big Ten) and the Hawkeyes (17-3, 8-1) put on an offensive showcase. The two teams made a combined 32 3-pointers to break the NCAA single-game record for combined 3-pointers set by Ole Miss and Bowling Green in November 1999. The Cats finished 13-of-18 beyond the arc, only to see Iowa net an equally impressive 19 of 28 attempts.

Sophomore forward Nia Coffey tallied a career-high 35 points and also tacked on eight rebounds, despite playing in foul trouble for most of the second half. Sophomore guard Ashley Deary also scored a career high, earning 22 points while going 5-of-5 from 3-point range. Junior guard Maggie

Lyon finished with 20 points.

Yet, despite this mesmerizing offensive showing, NU was unable to stop Iowa’s nearly unbelievable first-half shooting.

“It was a crazy game,” coach Joe McKeown said. “I don’t ever remember giving up 100 points in 30-something years and I’ve coached a lot of good games.”

The Hawkeyes began the contest by hitting four 3-pointers, acquiring a 12-4 lead just 3:23 into the game. Iowa continued to sink 3s while NU steadily began to chip away at the deficit.

With the Hawkeyes leading 23-15 with 13 minutes left in the first half, Coffey lit up, leading her team on a 15-6 run in just over four minutes to take the lead. Coffey scored a whopping 18 of NU’s first 30 points as the home team led 30-29 with about eight minutes remaining in the opening period.

Then, Iowa began to seriously attack.

The Hawkeyes drained trey after trey, going on a 29-11 run to end the half with a lead of 58-41.

Iowa shot 73.7 percent from downtown in the first half, sinking 14 3-pointers out of 19 attempts. NU, in comparison, went 4-of-6 on such plays.

Iowa was on fire from the field as well, shooting 64.3 percent from the paint

compared to the Cats’ 42.4 percent.

Melissa Dixon spearheaded the Iowa offense, finishing with 21 points from seven 3-pointers in the opening half.

“In the first 20 minutes (Nixon) went 7-of-8 from the 3-point line, and that can’t happen,” McKeown said. “We can’t have those kinds of breakdowns and wait until halftime to make an adjustment.”

The second-half began how the last one ended, with Iowa hitting four more triples in the first three-and-ahalf minutes.

Down an intimidating 23 points, NU launched a counter attack. Led

by Deary, Lyon and Coffey, the Cats methodically began to whittle down the Hawkeyes’ lead, nailing 3s, layups and jumpers while playing with obvious defensive tenacity. At one point, the Cats went on a 14-0 run.

With just 3:21 to go, the home team found itself within 4 points of its Big Ten foe.

“I think a lot of it was just pride,” Deary said about the renewed attack.

McKeown credits the comeback to energy and better defense.

“I loved our fight in the second half,” he said. “We just found Dixon. Somehow we lost her the first 20 minutes of the game. And then somehow we

Lindsey key for Cats vs. Purdue

By BOBBY PILLOTE

daily senior staffer @BobbyPillote

Northwestern seems to inch closer to victory with each passing defeat.

The Wildcats (10-10, 1-6 Big Ten) are hoping the seventh time is the charm when they face Purdue (13-8, 5-3) Saturday at Welsh-Ryan Arena. NU has lost its last six games, and its last five by margins of 7 points or fewer in an increasingly gut-wrenching fashion.

“We’re being tested,” coach Chris Collins said. “The first thing is we’re playing really well. The second thing is we have to learn how to finish the games off.”

The Cats are doing their best to keep their eyes focused on the Boilermakers, and forward Scottie Lindsey is sure to be a part of NU’s winning equation going forward. The lanky freshman played 21 minutes against Michigan, made his first career start against Ohio State and performed well enough to earn a

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subsequent start against Maryland.

Those 21 minutes against the Wolverines are telling. Lindsey was tasked with the difficult job of defending guard Caris LeVert, Michigan’s top offensive threat.

“He’s constantly moving, he’s constantly going around screens,” Lindsey said of LeVert. “I had to be disciplined, stay down and get over screens and give my full effort.”

Despite starting the past two games, Lindsey played just 25 combined minutes and posted only 2 points, three rebounds and two blocks between the two contests. Lindsey said his role is mostly defensive, and teammates insist he also adds energy to the starting lineup.

“He’s brought some juice,” freshman guard Bryant McIntosh said. “I think he

Men’s Basketball

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GROWING ROLE Scottie Lindsey elevates for the shot. The freshman forward has seen an increase in responsibility lately and adds a key defensive presence the Cats will need against Purdue’s guards.

really grew up at the Michigan game. …

His growth has really helped us, and he’s playing with confidence.”

When he does touch the ball on offense Lindsey is one of the more efficient scorers on the team, having hit 12 of his 29 attempted 3-pointers this season. Still, there’s no doubting defense is his primary role.

Lindsey possesses impressive reach and quickness for a 6-foot-5-inch player, traits that make him a perfect choice to defend Purdue’s dynamic backcourt tandem of guards Rapheal Davis and Kendall Stephens. The pair is listed at 6-foot-5 and 6-foot-6, respectively, and averages a combined 20.7 points per game.

Lindsey will have his hands full with switches off of picks, but his wide wingspan should afford him opportunities to disrupt passing lanes and generate steals for NU. The latter will be especially important, as the Cats average an abysmal 3.3 steals per game — last in the Big Ten by nearly two steals per contest.

Lindsey is confident in his athleticism aiding on this desperate front.

“I think I would play tennis (if I weren’t playing basketball),” Lindsey said. “I’m so long I could cover the whole court, and I think I would have a pretty good serve too.”

The new starter has kept a positive attitude in light of the Cats’ ongoing struggles and the added pressure of playing more minutes. As Collins continues to experiment with his roster, Lindsey provides a steady defensive presence on the court that can help NU break through for the second conference win it has already come so close to.

But Collins is also taking care that his team doesn’t become stuck with tunnel vision, recalling from his personal experience that the sting of a close loss can become a powerful motivator.

“We won a national championship (at Duke) in 2010 with a bunch of juniors and seniors,” Collins said.

“When they were freshmen they lost to VCU in the first round (of the NCAA Tournament).”

The Cats now sit alone at the bottom of the Big Ten and still have rematches against Wisconsin, Illinois, Michigan and Michigan State on the schedule.

Whichever motivational tact he settles on, Collins should hope it takes hold soon. bpillote@u.northwestern.edu

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SOARING SOPHOMORE Northwestern and Iowa had an offensive display for the ages Thursday night, combining for 201 points and 32 3-pointers on nearly 70 percent shooting from beyond the arc. Sophomore forward Nia Coffey led the Cats with a career-high 35 points on 63 percent shooting.

found her.”

Iowa surged ahead to an 8 point lead with under a minute left, but triples by both Lyon and Coffey put the Cats within 4. After a layup put the Hawkeyes in front by 6, Coffey sunk a 3-pointer with just 2.6 seconds on the clock.

The Cats were unable to regain

possession before time ran out, and went on to narrowly lose to the Hawkeyes 102-99.

“No matter what the score is — we are down by 20, if we are up by 20 — we are going to play as hard as we can,” Coffey said. clairehansen2018@u.northwestern.edu

Wrestling

Redemption on Cats’ minds back home

By ALEX LEDERMAN

daily senior staffer

The Wildcats are coming off a weekend they’d prefer to forget.

But after losing to No. 2 Iowa and No. 11 Illinois by a combined score of 69-12, they know what they need to do to bounce back.

“We had probably the best talk we’ve had with the team this entire year today,” coach Drew Pariano said Tuesday. “It was one of the best practices we’ve had the entire year. The guys were motivated by this past weekend and are looking forward to redeeming themselves.”

That chance for redemption comes Friday versus No. 10 Nebraska (7-1, 4-1 Big Ten), but it won’t be easy. Seven of Nebraska’s 10 starting wrestlers are ranked.

“You look at Nebraska’s lineups and there’s just no weak spots,” Pariano said.

“But that’s Big Ten wrestling and that’s pretty typical.”

Outside of No. 22 Northwestern’s (9-6, 1-5) top four wrestlers — No. 3 sophomore Jason Tsirtsis at 149 pounds, No. 8 senior Pierce Harger at 165, No. 12 senior Alex Polizzi at 197 and No. 4 senior Mike McMullan at heavyweight — the team did not win a single matchup this past weekend.

“In the past,” Pariano said, “different guys wrestling with a lot of pressure on them haven’t performed that well. I think trying to put the pressure on the opponent more than put the pressure on ourselves is key.”

Nebraska’s depth remains a big issue.

The Cats have five ranked wrestlers among nine of the team’s 10 probable competitors against the Cornhuskers, which still falls short of the Nebraska standard of seven.

In addition, all 10 Cornhuskers competitors hold a winning record this season, with six of them having at least a 72 percent winning rate in their matches.

On the Cats’ side, three of their nine wrestlers are .500 or worse this season, and only the top quartet of Tsirtsis, Harger, Polizzi and McMullan can claim that 72 percent or better mark.

Still, Pariano said he feels confident for the future, especially after the talk he had

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with his team.

“It was very personal,” he said. “We went into some things people don’t even want to talk about — competition, readiness, warm-up, diet, knowing that you’re going to get tired in a seven-minute match and confronting that head on — those are things that sometimes people don’t want to speak about because it’s like the elephant in the room.”

At the very least, NU could get a boost from its top four leading the way.

Tsirtsis and Harger are slated to both matchup against unranked Nebraska opponents, and McMullan and Polizzi face the Cornhuskers’ fifth- and seventhhighest ranked wrestlers, respectively.

It could get dicey on the other side, though. Nebraska’s Robert Kokesh, No. 1 at 174 pounds, may face an unranked opponent. No. 4 James Green at 157 is set to fight unranked sophomore Ben Sullivan, and No. 8 Anthony Abidin at 141 pounds will face unranked junior Jameson Oster.

With this sort of lopsided set of match ups. the Cats will need plenty of grit, something Polizzi said the team is focusing on gathering now that it is back at practice.

“More grit, it’s a tough thing to practice,” he said. “But it comes down to just, in the practice room you put in the time and the effort.”

For his part, Polizzi is 21-6 on the season. He’s having one of the best years of his career.

Still, Polizzi said he knows the challenge ahead for NU with Nebraska, but he thinks the Cats are ready for it.

“We’ve got to make sure that every match we’re putting forth effort,” he said, “whether we have a matchup where we’re down, whether we have a matchup that we’re supposed to win, everybody needs to go out there and wrestle every second of every period. What matters is this Friday against Nebraska.” alexanderlederman2017@u.northwestern.edu