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Ludlow’s Title IX suit dismissed By SOPHIA BOLLAG

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federal judge Thursday dismissed philosophy Prof. Peter Ludlow’s lawsuit against Northwestern and top University officials alleging gender discrimination, defamation and invasion of privacy. The judge dismissed all claims against all the defendants in the lawsuit, which Ludlow filed in June. “The University said when this lawsuit was filed that it had no merit,” University spokesman Al Cubbage said in an email to The Daily. “The federal court today ruled that to be the case.” Ludlow’s lawyer did not respond to a request for comment Thursday evening. In the suit, Ludlow alleged NU violated his rights under Title IX and discriminated against him because of his gender during a 2014 sexual misconduct investigation. Judge Sara L. Ellis dismissed the claim, saying Ludlow failed to prove NU discriminated against him because of his gender. This is the second Title IX suit filed against the University and dismissed in the last year. In November, another federal judge dismissed a Medill senior’s lawsuit alleging NU

acted with “deliberate indifference and retaliation” after she reported Ludlow sexually assaulted her in 2012. Ludlow has denied the Medill student’s allegations. In her ruling Thursday, Ellis also dismissed Ludlow’s claims against a philosophy graduThe ate student, philosophy University Prof. Jennifer Lackey said when this and direclawsuit was tor of NU’s filed that it had Sexual no merit. The Harassment Prevention federal court Office Joan today ruled that Slavin. Ludlow alleged to be the case. the three Al Cubbage, women University defamed spokesman him in statements they made during the 2014 investigation into the graduate student’s complaint that Ludlow had non-consensual sex with her while they were in a relationship. Ellis ruled the student’s statements were not defamatory because the student made them during an investigation into an employee’s alleged sexual misconduct. Ellis said Slavin’s

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BOYCOTT DIVEST SANCTION NU Divest members Alexa Klein-Mayer and Hazim Abdullah-Smith lead the group’s workshop about BDS. Over 40 people attended the event in Fisk Hall on Thursday.

NUDivest holds workshop By SHANE MCKEON

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A Northwestern Divest workshop on its boycott, divest and sanction strategy drew more than 40 students

to Fisk Hall on Thursday. NUDivest, a movement pushing for the University to divest from “corporations that are profiting off of the illegal occupation of Palestinian lands,” according to its website, held the event to clarify misconceptions about BDS and to explain the

strategy to students. BDS involves boycotting antiPalestinian corporations and academics, divesting from those corporations and sanctioning Israel. Weinberg junior Alexa Klein» See BDS, page 6

Child care programs face cuts Environmental film festival returns to city By KEVIN MATHEW

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State funding will likely freeze for local child care programs as a $300 million deficit in program funding looms. Child care services are in jeopardy for the state-funded Childcare Network of Evanston, and no long term solution for the Illinois Child Care Assistance Program is being discussed. Last week CNE received a letter warning the organization that state funding payments could be significantly delayed or dropped. CNE places low-income families with child care centers, and has committed to continue paying centers through February until state funding is solidified. CNE executive director Andrea Densham said the short-term solution is necessary because services benefit both to the economy and low-income families. “It’s critically important for families

to have stability and to be able to put their children in reliable high-quality child care … so they can continue to rise and build their way out of poverty,” Densham said. “This is a smart investment for our communities if we’re trying to help build a solid middle class.“ According to a CNE news release, low-income families must allocate about 30 percent of their income to child care, while families above the national poverty level allocate about 8 percent. Illinois Action for Children provides advocacy and research to support subsidized child care for low-income families. IAC will send valentines made by children to state officials next week before a Springfield rally Feb. 19 addressing the issue. The budget made last spring originally created about $200 million in deficit, and IAC president and CEO Maria Whelan anticipated a fall supplemental to ease that deficit. But a fall bailout never came, and a new child care management system required more

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spending and created another $100 million in deficit. “Basically the Childcare Assistance Program has spent all of its general revenue funds, its state money, and is now operating on federal money only,” she said. State officials heard testimony at an Illinois Senate Appropriations Committee meeting Thursday. The crisis was acknowledged, but no path to a solution was agreed upon. Densham said Gov. Bruce Rauner has been mostly silent on the issue, but his State of the State address Wednesday was promising. “Our budget will increase funding for early childhood education so that more at-risk children can enter kindergarten ready to succeed,” Rauner said in the address. “From cradle to career, our children’s education needs to be our top priority.” However, Rauner was addressing the next fiscal year, and both CNE and IAC

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By ALICE YIN

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The nationwide Wild & Scenic Film Festival is returning to play a selection of environmental films in Evanston on Friday. Organized by the South Yuba River Citizens League, the touring festival will be at the Evanston Ecology Center on Feb. 6 and Feb. 20. The Evanston Environmental Association will play sixteen films both nights that range from a minute to just more than 30 minutes long. This is the fourth time EEA is hosting the festival, and about 100 people are expected to attend each night. Last year, the festival sold out both nights. The films cover many different themes. EEA board secretary Karen Taira said the subcommittee in charge of the movie

selection combed through more than 100 different films that the league sent in, looking for a balanced mix of adventure, science, environmental policy and artistry. Each evening will feature 75 minutes of screen time. “The environment doesn’t always have to be this dark and heavy conversation,” Taira said. “Sometimes a really good impact is to show them somebody having fun outside rock-climbing or surfing, to listen to the birds … It really gets you to start thinking … what actions positively or negatively affect what’s out there.” Lisa Molomot, director of “School’s Out,” a documentary featuring kindergartners in Switzerland who go to class in a forest, said her film has an appreciation of nature present in the background, although it isn’t “super obvious” or “preachy.” » See FESTIVAL, page 6

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Library offers tours of local brewery By JULIA JACOBS

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Evanston Public Library has organized free tours for library patrons at Temperance Beer Co., a local microbrewery, and FEW Spirits, a local distillery. Ben Remsen, EPL’s adult service librarian and event organizer, spearheaded the two-part event series on local alcohol producers so residents can learn the technical processes of brewing and distilling, as well as extend the community outside the walls of the library, he said. “It is useful for people to see the library as something beyond just a big building filled with books that they go to but to see it as a sort of hub of community activity,” Remsen said. The tour of Temperance Beer Co., 2000 Dempster St., on Feb. 15 includes a behind-the-scenes view of the brewery and its equipment as well as information about the company’s brewing techniques and beer-making in general, co-founder Josh Gilbert said. Temperance, which opened a year and a half ago, is named after the Temperance movement, which gained popularity in Evanston in 1874 and was officially enacted into Illinois legislation in 1919, Gilbert said. “Some people assume right off the bat that (the name) is sort of thumbing the nose at the (Woman’s Christian Temperance Union), but it really isn’t,”

Police Blotter Police use year-old evidence to charge resident with burglary A 19-year-old resident was charged Tuesday with residential burglary for an incident that occurred more than a year ago. The man was arrested in connection with the burglary of a residence in the 800 block of Oakton Street. A Toshiba laptop was stolen during the burglary, which occurred Oct. 21, 2013.

Gilbert said. “One of the most interesting elements of Evanston’s history is its sort of tortured existence with alcohol, and so I wanted this brewery to be … a brewery that belongs here.” Paul Hletko, founder and distiller at FEW Spirits, 918 Chicago Ave., said the tour on March 15 will include a discussion on the distillery’s place in Evanston history as the city’s first producer of grain spirits since the city started allowing alcohol in the early 1970s. “When we fired our stills it was the first legal alcohol ever produced in the city of Evanston,” Hletko said. FEW Spirits, which opened three and a half years ago, distills its alcohol on site rather than buying it from a third party, Hletko said. The tour of FEW Spirits will conclude in the sampling room where attendees 21 years and older can taste its products, he added. Nothing similar to the tours has ever been done at EPL, Remsen said. About a dozen people have registered for the tour of Temperance Beer Co. and he hopes the tour will lead people to attend other library programs, he said. Temperance Beer Co. offers regular tours on the second Saturday of each month, while FEW Spirits offers tours at three separate times each Saturday. Gilbert said he and Remsen, who will be attending both events, discussed bringing library books on microbrew, which would further establish the event as what Gilbert called “beer through the lens According to analysis from a crime lab, fingerprints recovered from the scene matched the man’s, Evanston police Cmdr. Joseph Dugan said. Detectives obtained an arrest warrant on Jan. 29, and the man was arrested on Feb. 3, Dugan said. The man, who was 18 at the time of the burglary, will be tried as an adult. He is scheduled to appear in court March 9. The delay between the burglary and the arrest was because of the state police crime lab that the Evanston Police Department used,

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of the library.” “If we’re going to learn from anyone about brewing and distilling, we should learn from people who do it locally,” Remsen said. juliajacobs2018@u.northwestern.edu

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Dugan said. “They have a definite hierarchy where they process the murders first and then the sexual assaults,” Dugan said. “Property crimes are a little lower, so it takes a little longer. The delay is also caused by the amount of cases they get.” EPD has switched to using the North Suburban Crime Lab since last year. Dugan said he estimates the new crime lab would take only two weeks to return analysis on fingerprints. — Hal Jin

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Climate is a problem where we don’t necessarily know the full set of equations. It’s messy. It’s just whatever nature gives you.

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Buffett Center hosts social entrepreneur for talk By MARIANA ALFARO

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Greg Van Kirk, founder of Social Entrepreneur Corps and the co-creator of the MicroConsignment model for community development, spoke to more than 20 students and community members Thursday night at the Buffett Center. The event was organized by Patrick Eccles, assistant director of the Global Engagement Studies Institute. He said Van Kirk visited Northwestern as part of the Buffett Institute’s Global Development Speaker Series to talk to students about social work abroad. Van Kirk spoke about creating a social impact by offering the audience tips and advice on how to develop ideas of social change and put their plans into action. “This is pretty much about the ‘how,’â€? he said. “How to take an idea, how to take a concept, how to take some inspiration and ‌ engage it.â€? Van Kirk touched on many of the problems people interested in social work encounter when developing an idea. One of the problems, he said, is that people set goals that are too big and impossible to achieve by themselves and get frustrated. He suggested finding a balance and establishing smaller goals that can grow into bigger developments with time. He said one thing debate over which causes are more important to champion can delay

NU to offer course in Native American health in Spring Quarter

Northwestern will offer a new global health course this spring on Native American health. The seminar-style class will focus on “Indian health services and policy and the picture of Native American health in our country and over time,� said Kim Rapp, associate director

involvement. “We get into care contests — what is the most important thing? Education is more important than the environment or youth empowerment is much more important than creating employment opportunities, � he said. “It’s all part of a tapestry, it’s all important. We get into debates about that and we focus too much on that and that’s what holds us up.� He said the best way to start getting involved is by asking the right questions and identifying the problem and whether people really want or need a solution. Another tip he gave the audience is to always maintain moral integrity. “Strategies change, environments change, things are dynamic. You need to change tactics, you need to adapt,� he said. “But something needs to stay true. You need something that’s going to keep you.� Van Kirk emphasized the importance of being a good leader by being humble. He shared his own story of volunteering in Guatemala with the Peace Corps. He had been looking forward to being humbled and learning, but as he entered the village, people immediately looked for him for help because his business experience made him stand out. “Its really hard to be humble when everybody is looking up to you for help in their business,� he said. “How do you balance this? Because you do need to lead and you do need to be humble.� SESP senior Alexis Gable said she worked with Van Kirk when she studied abroad in the Dominican

Republic and worked with the organization he founded. She said one important thing he left out of his talk was the MicroConsignment model, which she worked with him on while abroad, she said. “I was working with local women entrepreneurs in the (Dominican Republic) to sort of sell products

of International Program Development. The course will be offered by the Global Health Studies department through IPD. Rapp said the course was inspired by a talk the department hosted Jan. 29, “Challenges and Importance of Native American Health Research.� “There’s a lot of overlap between indigenous health worldwide and Native American health,� Rapp said. “We wanted to do something positive with Native American health research. When we saw the great turnout, we decided to offer

it.� The Native American Outreach and Inclusion Task Force submitted recommendations to Provost Daniel Linzer and University President Morton Schapiro in November on how Northwestern can better engage with Native American communities. The task force recommended increased academic programming, among other steps. Rapp said although the recommendations definitely were involved in the decision to offer the course, it isn’t specifically because of the report.

and learn how to market those products to their communities,� she said. “I feel everything he’s talked about, he’s really tried to implement in his own organization.� marianaalfaro2018@u.northwestern.edu

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SOCIAL WORKER Greg Van Kirk, founder of Social Entrepreneur Corps and co-creator of the MicroConsignment Model for community development, speaks to a group of students interested in social work abroad. Van Kirk has worked in Latin America helping isolated, low-income villages.

“I’m sure that the report highlighting people’s interest in Native American subjects and our responsibility to have a broad curriculum definitely played into it,� she said. The course will be capped at 20 students, and Rapp said some students have already expressed interest in taking it. She said although there are no immediate plans to expand the class beyond Spring Quarter, they will add a second section if there is enough demand. — Olivia Exstrum

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We don’t need to form opinions on every issue TIM BALK

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Folks talk about pressure a lot at Northwestern: pressure to succeed academically, pressure to drink, pressure to get involved in clubs and extracurriculars. There’s no question that NU can be a bit of a pressure cooker. But I’d like to make note of a type of pressure that generally doesn’t get discussed, or even necessarily noticed. The pressure to opine — a pressure to have a hot take on every issue, from the prominent to the mundane. It’s present in the halls of Willard Residential College, it’s present on the ground floor of Norris University Center and it’s present beneath the roof

of the formidable Harris Hall. It’s quietly apparent in the casual conversations of students. When a controversial topic comes up, there is an expectation for students to have a strong view. NU students are expected by their peers to take a strong stance on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict or on drug laws or on gay marriage or even on sports. This pressure is a negative force. Not because opinions are bad. I love opinions. I have scads of them. But I don’t have an opinion about everything. I just don’t know enough. I remember, for example, on the day President Barack Obama visited NU this fall, a middle-aged man stopped me on the sidewalk and asked how I felt about the President’s foreign policy. I flubbed an answer, trying to sound intelligent while explaining that I thought criticisms of Obama as “soft� in his foreign policy were unfair and that I’d actually prefer him to be softer. It was a classic case of an NU

student feeling like he needed to sound smart and have an opinion on an important issue. I can synthesize an opinion on any issue, even those I don’t know or care deeply about. It’s a skill taught and emphasized in our society. History teachers in high schools implore their students to take stands on issues, to manufacture a strong take on an issue that the students might have just learned about. “Should the United States have dropped atomic bombs on Japan?� a teacher might ask, attempting to prompt debate and engage students. Yet, I believe there is nobility in admitting ignorance. Legend has it that in ancient Greece, the Oracle at Delphi declared Socrates was the wisest man in all of Athens. In seeking to explain how this could be so, Socrates said it was because he knew one thing: that he knew nothing. There is, of course, a clear benefit in the fact that NU students feel a need to have opinions. This

pressure engages them in issues. It forces them to confront important topics of our time. Being surrounded by people who care about the world is unquestionably superior to the alternative. That said, NU students should not feel like they need to sound smart all the time. They should be more willing to admit they are not experts on every issue known to man. They should take time to research issues before they pretend to be authorities on them. Hours spent attempting to find the truth might produce little beyond even more questions. It’s a complicated world we are living in. NU students need not feel like they have to have all the answers. Tim Balk is a Medill freshman. He can be contacted at timothybalk2018@u.northwestern.edu. If you would like to respond publicly to this column, send a Letter to the Editor to opinion@dailynorthwestern.com.

Spending must prioritize Freedom of speech doesn’t diseases over immortality free us from scrutiny HEIWON SHIN

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NOAH KANE

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Humanity’s hunt for eternal life dates back to at least 2,500 B.C. with King Gilgamesh’s unsuccessful quest for a life-giving plant. More than 4,000 years later, J.K. Rowling published “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone.� Life expectancy has certainly increased in the interim, but Rowling’s instant classic remains relegated to the “fantasy� shelf. Still, immortality, once the stuff of myth and legend, feels within reach in the 21st century. We live in a world where we can land a probe on a comet 6.4 billion miles away and where a few well-timed motions of the thumb can summon twelve pizzas. Sure, living forever is a lot to ask, but is it really so out of the question? We not only The field of cryonlive in a world ics answers this question with a definite where you can “maybe.� Essentially, cryonics is the process buy a luxury of freezing a deceased car for the human body in order upfront cost to preserve it for reanimation — that is, if of cryogenic we ever develop the preservation, technology to bring but also one in people back to life. In to the risk that which diseases addition the procedure might like polio still not work, cryonics is expensive. Whole-body exist. preservation can cost anywhere from $30,000 to $200,000 — plus a $100-$600 annual fee ad resuscitatum. As a college student with an interest in the nonprofit sector, this price tag makes me shudder. But for the ultra-wealthy, a couple million dollars (and a few centuries of waiting) is attainable. Despite my skepticism that cryonics will ever work, I can’t help envying those who are financially able to give it a try. The problem is that we not only live in a world where you can buy a luxury car for the upfront cost of cryogenic preservation, but also one in which diseases like polio still exist. More

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than 600,000 people died of malaria in 2012 — the vast majority of them in sub-Saharan Africa. Roughly the same number of Americans died on both sides of the Civil War, a bloody conflict that lasted four long years. Entirely preventable diseases — sicknesses that the “first world� hasn’t experienced in decades — plague the developing world. And effective treatments and even cures exist for many of them. Imagine how much more progress we could make toward an epidemic-free planet if the current patrons of cryonics centers had invested their money in vaccination delivery and development. Given the current state of global health, making a $200,000 bet on one’s own immortality is a highly egotistical and morally questionable act. Even more ludicrous is the fact that the wealthy aren’t the only beneficiaries of cryonics: their pets are, too. Of course, lambasting a few incredibly rich and inconsiderate people is not nearly as productive as it is satisfying. The reality is that cryonics and other life-extension technologies are the subject of significant research and financial attention. Experiments conducted at the University of Pittsburg in 2005, Massachusetts General Hospital in 2006 and Stanford University in 2010 have all taken stabs at reanimating the corpses of dead animals. Google — a multinational corporation with millions in assets — launched Calico, a new venture charged with lengthening the human lifespan, in 2013. It would be unfair, however, to paint this work as entirely unproductive. For example, short-term cryonics could be very useful in trauma wards. Stabbing victims could be temporarily frozen and then reanimated after doctors treated their wounds. Still, I believe that sound policy — like better gun safety regulations, or antipoverty programs that help lift people out of communities torn by violence — could be more effective because they address the root of the problem. When weighed against the high likelihood that investment in the fight against preventable diseases in the developing world would reduce or even eliminate such ailments there, the dream of immortal life does not deserve to be a reality — not yet. Noah Kane is a Weinberg senior. He can be reached at noahkane2015@u.northwestern.edu. If you would like to respond publicly to this column, send a Letter to the Editor to opinion@dailynorthwestern.com.

In a country well known for promoting freedom of speech and liberal thinking, I fear speaking out. This country is the United States. At a school like Northwestern that’s full of smart individuals, it’s almost offensive not to have an opinion. But to offer one can easily strike fire. Before I figure out exactly what I want to say, I sometimes find myself apologizing. Often times this happens as I express my opinions. I don’t mean to offend, but because I don’t know what it’s like to be everyone, sometimes I may say something some people find offensive. And some will make that clear. I learn from my mistakes, but the unpleasant memories that inevitably come up as I express my views simultaneously become ingrained. I love to learn about different perspectives and understand how others think about issues. However, I don’t like immediately being labeled as ignorant or wrong. Although I may well be ignorant or wrong on an issue, I see a difference in disagreement and accusation. Although the former can be the beginning of a fruitful discussion that allows both sides to know where each is coming from and better grasp an issue, the latter shuts that possibility down and only feelings get hurt. The First Amendment clearly delineates individuals’ freedom of speech, and so far I can only attest to how vehemently, almost aggressively, people vouch for it in the U.S. “Freedom� of expression isn’t a quantifiable thing that necessarily grows from adding more parts to it. Diversity is a gift, but it also presents a challenge. It becomes harder to balance, just like a taller Jenga tower, and harder to manage a flow of the different parts. In real life, the rights to express oneself seem to manifest in strong opinions and strong reactions. While these are not bad in and of themselves and can result in constructive initiatives, they can also cause others to fear having opinions at all. Last quarter for my studio practice art class, I explored the topic of self-censorship and how political correctness can affect people. I asked friends for their experiences. One friend said she was afraid of talking about religion, for example, within the discussions of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict at NU. Just as she said it, she looked around, spotted someone with a kippah and immediately lowered her voice. On a different occasion, another friend told me he purposefully avoids discussing controversial topics and keeps out of advocacy groups because he wants to remain friends with those who have opposing opinions. What underlies such self-censorship is the fear of retribution, whatever form it may take. It could be judgment, stained friendships or other situations one would rather avoid. One thing colleges like NU could do to further respectful and active conversations

on campus is to start meta-discussions where students, faculty and speakers can talk about how different entities are talking on campus. NU is pretty decentralized and it’s hard to get people to talk about something as abstract as the nature of conversations on campus, let alone one concrete thing. Social justice, rights or even understanding how we can contribute Before to these issues may not be a pressing I figure out matter for many. It’s exactly what not something most I want to say, people feel as they endure the scorching I sometimes cold, which seems to find myself be the only concrete topic we can talk apologizing. about. But if not now, when else? There are many causes and issues that the NU community is talking about. At the heart of it all, or perhaps the prerequisite for any discussion, is understanding what everyone is bringing and how to realize the potential we have to bring about change. Wildcat Welcome’s Essential NUs only started this train of thought, but we need something that continues and pushes the ideas mentioned. We need to stretch our views and minds before we actually exercise them. If we go straight to discussing complex and controversial topics, we may trip and get injured. I don’t know what it’s like to be everyone, and I never will. But my efforts to understand will be futile if our conversations are not free.

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Heiwon Shin is a Medill sophomore. She can be contacted at heiwonshin2017@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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Unemployment rate in Evanston drops to 4.2 percent

Evanston’s unemployment rate improved last year, dropping from 6.5 percent to 4.2 percent, the city announced Wednesday. In a 2014 year-in-review, released by the city’s Economic Development Division, staff detailed city updates, including new businesses, new jobs, the employment rate and commercial building vacancy rates in Evanston. The review reported the addition of 43 new businesses and 109 new full-time jobs in 2014.

Feinberg professor: adults should get measles vaccine

With the recent outbreak of measles, a Feinberg professor suggested adults get the measles vaccine if they don’t know if they are up to date. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported 60 percent of the people affected by measles are over 20 years old. Dr. Tina Tan, who studies adult vaccine use, said adults transmit many infectious diseases, including measles. Infants, pregnant women and adults with weaker immune systems are at the highest risk of complications

Organizations receive Evanston Community Foundation grants

The Evanston Community Foundation announced Monday three new capacity-building grant recipients for this year. The new root2fruit grant recipients include Books & Breakfast, a before-school program that offers students breakfast along with academic assistance; Meals at Home, a meal-delivery service for people who are homebound; and Muse of Fire, a theater company that aims to perform for a widespread local audience, the news release said. The recipients will each receive $10,000.

Additionally, the review highlighted the partnership between the Evanston Youth and Young Adult Division and the Evanston Youth Job Center. The partnership placed more than 500 young adults in jobs with 14 different employers through the Mayor’s Summer Youth Employment Program, according to the city. As a result of the program’s success, Mayor Elizabeth Tisdahl and the city won first place for small cities in the U.S. Conference of Mayors’ National Summer Youth Jobs Challenge. The Economic Development Division also releases an economic report each quarter during the year. — Stephanie Kelly

from the disease. “One of the reasons for adults to get vaccinated is to prevent them from getting the disease and also to protect young infants who they may be around who are too young to be vaccinated,� she said in a news release. “It is imperative that adults stay up-to-date on their vaccines and receive the vaccines they need.� Tan leads a study to examine the role of pharmacists in increasing vaccine rates in adults. She said adult preventative vaccine rates are low or stagnant and many health care providers don’t give adult vaccines because they are not comfortable or because of cost issues. — Emily Chin

The root2fruit program was established as a partnership between the Mammel Foundation and ECF to build up small- to mid-size Evanston nonprofits. The program has provided $1.1 million worth of grants to 39 organizations since 2002, according to ECF. “(ECF) took a chance on us,� said Michael Miro, executive director of Mudlark Theater, a root2fruit alumnus organization, in a news release. “And we blossomed because of it.� ECF also renewed grants for six additional businesses and awarded smaller grants to root2fruit alumni, the news release said. The newly announced businesses will be reconsidered for grant renewals in 2016 and 2017.

A master’s student in the Kellogg School of Management was chosen to be a 2015 OneEnergy Scholar, a program that provides mentorship and networking opportunities for graduate students interested in renewable energy. Nneka Uzoh was among six students chosen for the program. The program is a collaborative effort between Net Impact, a nonprofit organization that works toward sustainability in business, and OneEnergy Renewables, a company that specializes in projects that use solar energy. The annual program began in 2011, said Kaitlyn Finegan, a spokeswoman for OneEnergy Renewables. “Essentially they have mentor sessions and research projects in line with their field of study, and they pair with past graduates to accelerate their career,� Finegan said. Uzoh is interested in the relationship between renewable energy and policy. “I am passionate about energy because it is at the nexus of innovation, geopolitics, and business,� she said on her profile on the OneEnergy website. “More specifically, how energy companies adjust their practices to be more sustainable and innovative.�

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From page 1 Mayer, an NUDivest member, was one of the event’s hosts. “BDS isn’t an end in itself, it’s a means to peace,� Klein-Mayer said in the workshop. “Often, BDS is portrayed as being in opposition to peace, but at the end of the day, BDS is about the recognition of rights that were supposed to be guaranteed to Palestinians, and how can peace be achieved without these rights being granted?� NUDivest is targeting NU’s Investment Office, which manages about $7.9 billion, some of which comes from students in the form of tuition and fees. The group advocates divesting from six corporations — Boeing Co., Elbit Systems, G4S, Caterpillar Inc., Hewlett-Packard Co. and Lockheed Martin Corp. — that it believes the University invests in. The Investment Office does not release information on its investments. NU Divest believes that both the size of these corporations and NU’s capital make it likely that the University is invested, Klein-Mayer said. “The fact that our tuition money is involved is even more reason for individual NU students to care,� she told The Daily. “We want our University to stand on the right side of history, and we want to make sure that it’s not complicit in violating human rights.� Weinberg senior Moira Geary, an NUDivest member, said the group is acting on specific requests from Palestinian civil society. “They called for BDS, and that’s a very important distinction,� she said. “We are responding specifically for something Palestinians asked us for, and that’s different from imposing our will or a solution upon people who are being oppressed.� The group has drafted an ASG resolution formally asking the University to divest from those six corporations. Geary said there are many ways to influence the University to change policy, but an ASG resolution was the primary means the group decided on. “We know it takes a certain kind of leverage to force the University to change its actions,� she said. “The leverage we’re trying to get is through this resolution. We feel like it’s a really good show of student support, and that it would hold a lot of weight if passed.� The resolution has not been introduced yet, and organizers ended the meeting by urging attendees to contact their ASG senators in support. Klein-Mayer said she’s overheard some mischaracterizations about the group on campus, and she encouraged attendees to read the resolution on the group’s website. “It’s important to know what’s in it, and what it says, and what it doesn’t say,� she said. “We aren’t divesting from Israel, we’re divesting from these six corporations.� Klein-Mayer said the group does not have a stance on a one- or two-state solution, and that its focus is mainly on advocating for Palestinians’ rights. The group will participate in an NU Political Union-moderated panel with members of Northwestern Coalition for Peace, a group opposed to divestment, in Harris Hall on Monday.

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 2015 asked them to sing back in intervals. They were then scored on their accuracy. Bienen Prof. Steven Demorest, lead researcher of the study, and State University of New York at Buffalo Prof. Peter Pfordresher, co-author of the study, found that children showed improvement when they practiced, but adults didn’t. Demorest said his study suggests that adults who stopped singing as children may have lost their ability to perform. “When people are unsuccessful they take it very personally, but we think if you sing more, you’ll get better,� Demorest said in a University news release. Children being told they are tone deaf can have a negative effect on their self-image, and children

NU study: singing on key can be learned through practice

A new Northwestern study suggests that singing is a learned skill and that, through practice, one can learn to sing on key. The study, published in February in the interdisciplinary journal Music Perception, compared the singing accuracy of kindergartners, sixth graders and college-aged adults. One test asked the participants to sing back an entire sequence while another test

who are told they can’t sing well are less likely to participate in music in the future, according to the study. “So much of elementary school music revolves around singing, but that’s only one way to measure musicality,� Demorest said in a news release. “Everyone should be able to have music as a part of their life. It’s OK to select out of it, but it should be by choice, rather than because you think you don’t have ‘talent.’� Demorest and Pfordresher are further working on ways to better assess one’s music capabilities. — Emily Chin

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emphasized immediate action. CNE is asking supporters to sign a petition or submit testimonies on Child Care Assistance Program use in the Evanston area and planning a childhood education forum for late February. IAC is urging residents to contact local representatives to push for immediate funding and avoid cuts in program services. Whelan said the IAC wants current solutions before looking ahead to 2016. “The only solution is to identify revenue and pass the supplemental ‌ so that lowincome working families can continue to work and take care of their kids,â€? Whelan said. kevinmathew2015@u.northwestern.edu

“The light was so beautiful in the forest and the sound is really good, under a canopy,� Molomot said. “Even after the first visit, saying goodbye, you have a bit of attachment.� American parenting could hold kids back by trying to protect them from injury, Molomot said. Taira, who said “School’s Out� was her favorite film, also said the documentary revealed how kids tend to be disconnected with the outside world. “There was such a contrast between what our kids had through American kindergarten and these kids,� Molomot said. “Little by little we learned stuff and questioned certain ways Americans tend to parent.� The film “River of Eden� scopes the Fijian Highlands, where locals are conserving the jungle’s Upper Navua River through a tourism business along its tropical gorges. Steve Markle, the film supervisor, said he came up with the idea after witnessing a rich

cultural experience during a visit. The documentary conveys a touching story, surrounding a group of people who understand the “intrinsic value� in Fiji’s setting, Markle said. “You’re just totally overwhelmed with the beauty of it,� Markle said. “You literally are in a tight, narrow canyon with waterfalls everywhere you look. It’s a scene straight out of the most pristine jungle ever imaginable and you feel like you’ve gone back in time.� This year, Bake 425, a new pizza restaurant on Central Street, will join last year’s list of sponsors, Taira said. Gift cards and products from all sponsors will be given out to attendees during drawings. Returning sponsors include Patagonia, Clif Bar, Sierra Nevada Brewing Co., Klean Kanteen, Orion Magazine and Barefoot Wine & Bubbly. aliceyin2017@u.northwestern.edu

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Across Campuses In earning college degrees, gap between rich and poor has grown, study finds

The education gap between rich and poor continues to grow, becoming a chasm of opportunity that often blocks the search for a better economic life, according to a report released Tuesday. The study, titled “Indicators of Higher Education Equity in the United States,” was prepared by two groups that analyze college costs and degree attainment. The groups are the Alliance for Higher Education and Democracy, or AHEAD, at the University of Pennsylvania graduate school of education; and the Pell Institute for the Study of Opportunity in Higher Education, a research institute in Washington. The study paints a bleak picture of how opportunities for higher education vary by economic status. For example, the percentage of students from families in the bottom quartile, earning no more than $34,160 a year, grew by 3 points from 1970 to 2013, from 6 percent to 9 percent. By comparison, college completion for students from the wealthiest families in the top quartile, those making at least $108,650 a year, increased from 40 percent to 77 percent during the same period. Perhaps even more striking is that the education gap between rich and poor is growing, the researchers found. In 1970, those from high-income families were five times more likely to earn a bachelor’s degree than those from low-income families. By 2013, high-income students were eight times more likely to complete their degree than poor ones. “These data illustrate the profound gaps in equity for one important group: students from lowincome families,” according to an accompanying analysis by Laura W. Perna, executive director of AHEAD. “Most of the data also describe an even more specific subgroup: students of traditional college-going age (18 to 24) who are financially dependent on their parents.” Complicating the situation is that the way higher education is funded is changing. More and more, the cost is borne by families, with less help from different levels of government. Even as the amount of aid is falling, the cost of education has been rising dramatically. College costs were more than two times higher in 2012 than in 1975, when the Pell grant program

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began. Pell grants, which provide federal aid to low-income students based on need, covered 67 percent of college costs in 1975 but only 27 percent in 2012, according to the report. The report comes as President Barack Obama calls for rethinking higher education costs. The president has proposed making two years of community college free, a move designed to give as many as 9 million students entry to the higher education system. During that period, the student could take courses that would allow transfer to a four-year institution. The program, which would cost an estimated $60 billion over 10 years, was greeted coolly by the Republican-controlled Congress. — Michael Muskal (Los Angeles Times/TNS)

Fired up millennials become political, labor and community organizer

CHICAGO — On a snowy evening, Brianna Tong gathered more than 50 students in a classroom at the University of Chicago to meet and dine with aldermanic candidates. The smell of curry filled the air as Tong told the audience that before becoming a campaign volunteer, she didn’t connect with public officials. “(They) did not look like me ... did not represent people who looked like me,” said Tong, 20, whose father is Asian and mother is African-American. Now she’s spreading the word about candidates who share her views. Jobs, she said, should pay wages that at least keep up with the cost of living and tax breaks should not be given to corporations that pay low wages. “Does that sound exciting to y’all,” Tong asked at the end of a six-minute speech. “Yeah” students exclaimed, cheering and clapping. The faces of political, labor and community organizing campaigns in Chicago are getting younger. The groups are gaining the support of more millennials, who now are roughly ages 15-35, who are increasingly frustrated with everything from police profiling to the state’s budget deficit to the lack of well-paying jobs, especially in fields that match their college educations. Last year, the average student-loan debt of a college graduate rose 6 percent to $33,000. And while the unemployment rate for college graduates is the lowest since the recession, many are squeaking by in jobs that historically have been filled by high school students. In December, there were more

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engagement is reminiscent of the rallies and protests of the 1960s. “It’s really exciting when I go to meetings and meet people who are doing this who have the same spirit that attracted me (to organizing),” said Shurna, 69. “It’s exciting because it didn’t happen for like 20 years.” As recently as six years ago David Hatch, director of The People’s Lobby, a political advocacy group, recalls looking around a room filled with organizers and realizing that, while in his 50s, he was the youngest person in attendance. “Here is where I think bad (economic) conditions helped,” said Hatch, noting his group now has vibrant campus organizations. Since The People’s Lobby began organizing students in 2011, it has sent about 100 to a weeklong training program. Those who have become organizers say the work gives them a sense of purpose. Wayne Hayer, 22, who says organizing saved him from a life of drugs and crime, was 19 when he met an organizer who offered him a job working with at-risk youth in a summer program. He said he took the job only because it offered a little money, but then organizers began mentoring him and sent him to the Midwest Academy, a Chicagobased organizing school. — Alejandra Cancino (Chicago Tribune/TNS)

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ZARQA, JORDAN — In its first military response to the Islamic State’s killing of its pilot, Jordan said Thursday it had sent dozens of F-16 aircraft to attack Islamic State targets in Syria, possibly its biggest intervention so far in the war. But for many Jordanians it was way short of what’s needed to avenge the Islamic State’s act of burning Lt. Muath al-Kaseasbeh alive, and then broadcasting it to the world in a video. If interviews of 20 people in Jordan’s two biggest cities is a predictor, citizens of all backgrounds and ages hope for an all-out war that will result in the total defeat of the extremist group. And they’d like the United States to send ground troops in to finish the job but doubt that support will be forthcoming. “We should smash them into the ground,” said Abu Majid, 56, who manages a sewing machine store in Zarqa, a city of 800,000 whose claim to fame includes being the birthplace of the founder of al-Qaida in Iraq, the precursor to the Islamic State. Like most interviewed for this story he didn’t want his full name used and instead used the Arabic word “Abu,” which means “father of.” It would be “an honor to fight those people,” he said. “We should use our ground and air forces. The United States should support us, but in our situation, we should not wait for help from anyone.” His condemnation suggested that Jordan’s King Abdullah II, who Thursday met the family of the deceased pilot, even as air force jets flew overhead, could have a major challenge fulfilling the expectations of this nation of 6 million. Abdullah promised Wednesday to “hit hard at the very center” of the Islamists’ strongholds. Jordan’s military, totaling 105,000, is well trained, according to the annual “Military Balance” report of the International Institute of Strategic Studies in Britain. On paper, Jordan has a 3-to-1 manpower

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advantage over the Islamic State, should Abdullah send ground troops. Not everyone thinks that’s a good idea. “I think the Jordanians are at risk of overreacting and making choices that cause it greater troubles down the road,” said Ramzy Mardini, a nonresident fellow at the Atlantic Council, a Washington think tank. Zarqa, a hardscrabble, dusty city of potholed roads, run-down housing and high unemployment, is the hometown of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, the founder of al-Qaida in Iraq, which later changed its name to the Islamic State. In random interviews with a dozen people, no one spoke positively of him, and most said they knew nothing beyond media reports that U.S. forces shot him dead in 2006. Whatever sympathy the Islamic State once enjoyed is apparently over, however. Just one month ago, many Jordanians were happy that there was an Islamic State, Abu Majid said. But after the beheadings of two Japanese and the burning alive the Jordanian pilot, “We pray to God to kill them, to banish them from the Earth,” he said. Abu Odai, 41, who runs a hardware store nearby, said that before al-Kaseasbeh’s death, the Islamic State was “just another news item.” “But now, I am against it. I cannot accept what happened,” he said. Repeatedly, residents said they were offended by the Islamic State’s gross violations of Islamic law. Abu Mohammad, a carpenter, volunteered not only to send his four sons but to join the fight himself. “I am 54. I will go before my sons to fight, after what they did,” he said, pounding his fist on the table of a tailor’s shop. “I want to protect my Islam.” He called for the U.S. to join Jordan in a ground war against the Islamic State. “One hand cannot clap. You need two hands,” he said. Many doubted U.S. support. “Americans should have acted already because Daash has killed many Americans,” said Abu Hamid, 32, using the Arabic acronym for the Islamic State. “They are rats,” he said as he puffed on a waterpipe at a Zarqa cafe. “The Prophet Muhammad

said, ‘Treat prisoners well.’ What they have done is insanity.” Abdullah, 31, a waiter, could not understand why the United States had not moved more firmly against the Islamic State. He challenged a visiting reporter to explain U.S. policy. “What if it had been an American pilot” burned in a cage? he asked. “Would they not start a war the next day?” Thursday evening in Amman, dozens of members of the Al Assaf tribe gathered for a rally in a tent located at an Amman traffic circle to announce their solidarity with the Kaseasbeh family. Some of the young men demonstratively set alight posters showing Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the leader of the Islamic State, then stomped out the embers. The tribe, which is from the Amman area, plans to travel Friday along with other tribes to Karak, al-Kaseasbeh’s hometown south of Amman, to pay respects to his family. Abdullah Karim, a tribal elder, said Jordan’s response to the death of al-Kaseasbeh had hardly begun. “We will do our best to smash those rats,” he said. “We will show the world what Jordan can do.” But he couldn’t say what that meant. “I don’t know how we will do it. We will act. You will be surprised,” he said. The Jordanian army was not 105,000 people, he said. “It is 6 million.” At a cafe in central Amman, four young men welcomed a reporter approaching to ask if they, too, would volunteer to fight the Islamic State. Three were 18, and one 22. “Muath is our brother and son,” said Rami Shawar, 18, a high school student. “We are all Muath,” an echo of the chant in Paris after the Islamic extremist attack last month on the staff of the Charlie Hebdo satirical newspaper. He described the Islamic State as “godless people” who did to Muath what “you wouldn’t do to an animal, no less a Muslim to a Muslim.” He said the four young men would eagerly volunteer to fight. “We are prepared to act for Jordan,” he said. “Not only us. But all of Jordan.”

The unity of the country was a theme in every conversation in Zarqa or Amman, and nearly everyone said the next step was up to King Abdullah.

Fight for Fair Housing,” will take place Saturday. Participants will explore Chicago’s Lawndale neighborhood and other areas of Chicago’s West Side where King lived and worked to achieve fair housing practices in the 1960s. They will also visit the MLK Fair Housing Exhibit Center, 1558 S. Hamlin Ave., which is located on the same street where King lived. There they will have a discussion with SESP Prof. Dan Lewis and community activist Prexy Nesbitt. The event will conclude with a brief reception co-sponsored by Sustained

Dialogue. The program is a part of the center’s NU in Chicago program that seeks to provide students with interactive opportunities to explore different areas of Chicago neighborhoods and the civic resources they offer. The center is hosting a similar program Feb. 21 to provide graduate students with a social justice history tour examining past and present hubs of social change across Chicago. That event will include an evening gathering of graduate and

post-doctoral students at the Chicago History Museum. The goal of the program is to highlight King’s involvement with the Chicago Freedom Movement and the fight against discriminatory housing practices, the center said. Those involved in the partnership hope to encourage critical thinking about segregation and economic development in Chicago, the center added.

— Roy Gutman (McClatchy Foreign Staff/TNS)

Ex-pop star Gary Glitter convicted of child sex abuse

LONDON — Former 1970s glam-rock performer Gary Glitter was convicted on six charges of sexual abuse against children on Thursday, leaving him facing a likely third jail term for pedophilia. The 70-year-old appeared in London’s Southwark Crown Court under his real name, Paul Gadd, to hear a jury convict him of attempted rape, four counts of indecent assault, and sexual intercourse with a girl under 13. All the offences were committed in the 1970s. He was cleared on four other charges. Following the jury’s verdicts, judge Alistair McCreath remanded Gadd in custody for sentencing on February 27. Gadd previously spent two months in a British prison after he pleaded guilty in 1997 to 54 charges of making indecent photographs of children. The offences were uncovered after a computer engineer found thousands of indecent photographs of children on his laptop. In 2002, Cambodian authorities expelled Gadd after accusing him of sexual offenses against children. He moved to Thailand and Vietnam before he was convicted of sexually abusing two Vietnamese girls in 2006. He served two and a half years in prison until he was repatriated to Britain. In October 2012, Gadd was the first suspect arrested under the Metropolitan Police-led Operation Yewtree investigation, which was prompted by allegations of a widespread cover-up of childsexual offences by radio and TV personality Jimmy Savile. — Tribune News Service

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Men’s Tennis

NU to finish homestand with easier slate of foes No. 45 Boise State vs. No. 26 Northwestern

No. 30 Harvard vs. No. 26 Northwestern

Evanston 4:30 p.m. Friday

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Shropshire has had his ups and downs already this season. He began the season ranked No. 78 in singles, but is currently unranked there. He seemed to find his stride defeating Duke’s No. 36 Jason Tahir even though it wasn’t enough to give NU the win. This weekend he will most likely play Harvard’s No. 57 Denis Nguyen, another challenge for NU’s rising star. “Sam Shropshire is one of the best players in the country,� coach Arvid Swan said. “So, he can beat anybody in college tennis. Sam’s got three tough matches ahead of him but he’s ready to go.� NU will try to stifle Boise State’s momentum as it arrives in Evanston hot off a comeback victory against No. 47 Pepperdine. Valparaiso (3-0) is riding a run of its own, still undefeated so far in the season. Its schedule has not rivaled the strength of NU’s, but the Crusaders are motivated as ever to continue their streak. “I think it’s important for us that we don’t underestimate these teams,� Kumar said. “We have to learn to win. We haven’t been able to win those matches that we’ve been in position to finish, so this is a good opportunity for us to finish those matches.�

Valparaiso vs. No. 26 Northwestern

By DAVID LEE

Evanston 6 p.m. Sunday

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The No. 26 Wildcats will finish their five-game homestand with contests against No. 45 Boise State, No. 30 Harvard and Valparaiso this weekend. Although Northwestern (3-4) still has a tough slate, especially with the Broncos (2-2) and the Crimson (3-1), it’s the closest thing to a reprieve the team has seen so far this season. The Cats sport a seemingly disappointing sub-.500 record, but they have already faced five top-30 squads. Their actual level of play might be much higher than their record suggests. “We were four or five games away from beating (Duke),� junior Mihir Kumar said. “Notre Dame,

we’re four or five points from beating them, so even though they’re losses we can take confidence in those matches.� The Fighting Irish were able to edge past NU 4-3, needing a doubles set tiebreaker and a threeset thriller in the first singles spot for the victory. Sophomore Sam Shropshire was on the losing end of both brutally close defeats. “They’re definitely tough losses, and there are things to learn from both of them,� Shropshire said. “So I think bouncing back won’t be too difficult for us.� But Shropshire will have to do more than bounce back if he wants to beat his opponents this weekend.

NU has also experienced a recent resurgence in doubles play. After losing their first three doubles points, the Cats have won four of their last five. They have experimented throughout the season with different combinations of players but seem to have settled on their current lineup: Strong Kirchheimer/ Fedor Baev, Shropshire/Alex Pasareanu and Kumar/ Alp Horoz. These pairings have looked smooth and comfortable playing with each other and give the Cats an effective doubles attack. “The fit is better. We’re playing much more aggressive,� Swan said about the current doubles pairings. “We’re calling more aggressive plays. We play a lot better doubles when we’re the ones who are dictating play, and we’ll try to continue that this coming weekend.� The Cats have a lot to build with, but also a lot to work on if they want to achieve their upside as NCAA championship contenders. They have the talent to do so, but they must continue to practice and improve. This weekend is going to be another barometer of success toward that objective. davidlee2017@u.northwestern.edu

Cats rest ahead of lighter schedule in North Carolina “We are more tactical than they are, and what we need to do is not to get too sloppy, lazy or go off the line hard,� Gomez-Shah said. “Our main focus is to improve things we’ve been doing wrong.� This will be NU’s last set of dual meets before the all-important conference championships. Schiller sees his team in a good spot at the moment. “Foil has probably been the most consistent the

Duke Duals

By KEVIN CASEY

Durham, North Carolina Saturday

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It’s been a series of action-packed weekends of late for No. 7 Northwestern, with an average of a dozen matches over the past two weekends, but this Saturday at the Duke Duals in Durham, North Carolina, the Wildcats only have two teams to worry about. That means a smaller heaping of stress, something that can be a double-edged sword if mismanaged. “We were able to get some rest this week because of only having two matches,â€? coach Laurie Schiller said. “We know what they’ve got. We fence in the afternoon so we ‌ don’t have to get up too early, which is nice. The only thing I worry about a little is a letdown. We’ve been fencing hard for a month, I don’t want the team getting too relaxed.â€? That’s easier said than done for the Cats (36-7). The previous schedule has been littered with fellow top-10 squads, as many as five over two days, but this weekend offers up just two unranked opponents in Duke (15-3) and North Carolina. The Midwest Fencing Conference Championships also loom a little over two weeks from now, and NU has rival No. 5 Ohio State to hone in on

there as the main impediment to a conference title. Schiller insisted that his team is just focusing on this weekend rather than the Buckeyes, but the thought of a conference crown isn’t entirely absent. “We all have the rings on our mind and we want to hang up a banner in Patten Gym,� junior foil Jen Yamin, a Daily columnist, said. “Having that on our minds the next few weeks and staying focused throughout the tournament should help us win.� Still, NU is not underestimating this pair of opponents. The Cats beat both teams earlier this year, defeating the Blue Devils 18-9 at the Western Invitational and comfortably handling the Tar Heels 19-8 last weekend at NU Duals II. Sophomore sabre Alisha Gomez-Shah said although she expects the team to win both bouts by scores of somewhere between 17-10 and 20-7, similar to these previous bout tallies, she isn’t discounting the two squads. In fact, the Cats are harping on a reduction in mistakes.

last few weeks,� Schiller said. “Sabre’s done pretty consistently. Epee’s been a little up and down. But on the other hand, epee really took Temple apart last Sunday. The trick is consistency. We know we can beat Ohio State. The question is getting the team focused at the right time.� KevinCasey2015@u.northwestern.edu

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SWEET REPRIEVE The Wildcats face two unranked opponents on Saturday in Durham, North Carolina. Northwestern is hoping to mend any flaws ahead of an anticipated Midwest Fencing Conference Championships that commences Feb. 21.

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just like the energizer bunny right now. Just doing everything she can to just help us win, and that’s what you need right now.” This victory was NU’s third on the road in conference play, and it is only the second time they won back-to-back conference games.

As the team prepares for the end of the season and a possible NCAA tournament berth, it will need more performances like Thursday’s to capture the bid. khadricerollins2017@u.northwestern.edu

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this point in the season, it’s about feeling good individually and getting yourself ready.” Pariano agreed that individual wins are crucial this weekend, and he’s looking for progress from “the guys that have been taking their lumps.” But he’s most focused on the process of the season. “When you’re going in with a forfeit in Big Ten wrestling, it’s demanding of your team,” he said. “We can look at it one of two ways. One, each guy needs to do extra work to pick up that 6-point deficit. Or two, let’s not put so much pressure on ourselves and let’s just go out there and do our job, and the dual meet score will take care of itself.”

Cats take aim at competitive schedules

And if the Cats are going to turn things around, this is a good weekend to do it. They face the Big Ten’s two new teams, Rutgers and Maryland, the next two weekends and then battle a couple of non-conference challengers the following week. McMullan said it’s a good opportunity to gain some momentum and put together a win streak heading into the postseason. “There’s no bad team in the Big Ten,” Pariano said, “and Rutgers is obviously in the mix with everyone else. But are they an Iowa or a Minnesota? No, they’re not, so it’s good to see somebody new.” alexanderlederman2017@u.northwestern.edu

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HITTING THEIR STRIDE Tough Big Ten competition has mashed Northwestern lately. On Sunday, though, the Wildcats will take a reprieve from top-15 teams, with a home match against No. 24 Rutgers.

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By MAX SCHUMAN

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Coach April Likhite has scheduled the most competitive slate of track meets for Northwestern in her tenure, giving her runners a chance to run against the same athletes they faced in the fall. With the long time between the end of one cross country season and the beginning of another, live races on indoor and outdoor I’m tracks in the winter and spring can cement excited to see gains made in training what I can do and prove to an athlete with other that hard work is paying off. people around “We’re going to to push me meets where a lot of those Big Ten schools Andrea Ostenso, we want to be competsophomore itive with are going to be racing their better athletes,” she said. “It’s only going to make (our athletes) better.” The Wildcats will tackle one of the first of many premier events on their plate for the season at this weekend’s Meyo Invitational, hosted by Notre Dame. Nearly 1,000 athletes representing 49 schools and several track clubs are entered for the two-day meet on Friday and Saturday, and the competition includes several Olympic athletes and numerous AllAmericans. The Cats will also take trips to several prestigious outdoor meets in the spring such as the Lenny Lyles Invitational hosted by Louisville, the San Francisco Distance Carnival, which attracted almost 1,300 runners from more than

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150 schools last season, and the Drake Relays. Sophomore Andrea Ostenso, who earned All-Region honors during the fall cross country season and will be running the 5,000 meter this weekend, is eager for the opportunity to test herself at meets like the Meyo. “I’m excited to see what I can do with other people around to push me,” she said. Likhite believes the increased number of showcase events for her team will give her program a boost for the future as well as the present. “It’s more attractive to early high school runners who are looking for a more well-rounded distance career,” she said. Likhite is not only looking for more top events for her team, but also for more opportunities for her runners at these meets. In the past, Likhite would bring a couple of athletes to the Meyo Invitational, but this year she said she is extending that number to four or five. NU’s runners will be competing in the mile, 3,000meter and 5,000-meter events at the meet. For the athletes on the team like Ostenso, the loaded schedule is not merely a symbol of a rising program or a chance for fall preparation. The intense schedule is a way for Cats athletes to make a name for themselves on the biggest stages and push themselves individually to the highest levels of the sport. “My ultimate goal is to break 16 minutes (in the 5,000 meter) by outdoor track, so I can qualify for the Stanford Invitational (one of the most prestigious track meets in the country),” Ostenso said. Ostenso is hardly the only one on the team setting lofty goals of improvement for the season. Likhite believes the process of reaching those goals will begin this weekend on the indoor track at Notre Dame. “They have an outstanding track,” she said. “It’s just a great environment to run a fast time.” maxschuman2018@u.northwestern.edu

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SPORTS

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Men’s Basketball NU at Wisconsin, 4:30 p.m. Saturday

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I was born in New Jersey, and I’ve got family in New Jersey. So it’ll be nice to show them what the Midwest is all about. — Mike McMullan, senior

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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 2015

Cats battle to road NU faces long odds in Madison win over Hoosiers Men’s Basketball Northwestern vs. No. 5 Wisconsin Madison, Wisconsin 4:30 p.m. Saturday

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Opposing teams’ gyms continued to serve Northwestern in a friendly way on Thursday, as the Wildcats took care of business against Indiana, defeating the Hoosiers 75-69. “You’ve got to be able to go on the road and play and be fearless,” coach Joe McKeown said. “Especially in February, early March.” NU (16-6, 6-5 Big Ten) had to fight hard to get out of Bloomington, Indiana, with the win and relied heavily on the little things. Indiana (13-9, 3-8) defense held NU to 43.9 percent shooting for the night and a mediocre 26.7 percent on 3-pointers. But the Cats were able to make up for the poor shooting with a terrific 21-of-25 performance from the free-throw line. The Cats also held their own on the glass thanks to sophomore forward Nia Coffey’s game-high 12 rebounds. Coffey also chipped in 14 points to pick up her sixth double-double in conference play. “I thought Nia was in great position tonight,” McKeown said. “She’s somebody that’s going to get 10 rebounds every time she walks onto the court.” The Cats were scrappy on the scoreboard as well as in the statistics. The Hoosiers jumped out to a 10-2 lead in the opening minutes, but NU swiftly mounted a charge and methodically built to a 32-28 halftime cushion. McKeown praised the team’s hustle in the game’s aftermath and said that was a big reason his players competed so well for rebounds, even if the Cats

actually trailed in that department 20-17 at the half. Hustle did play a role in the Cats dominance in early turnover margin, as the road squad forced the Hoosiers into 11 turnovers in the opening period, with NU only committing four. The Cats weren’t as dominant with ball security in the second period, but hot shooting more than made up for it. After a 35.3 percent showing from the field early (including 1-of-10 from 3-point range), NU nailed 56.5 percent of its shots in the last 20 minutes, including 3-of-5 from beyond the arc. The Cats had only 11 assists for the game, well below their (Nia’s) Big Ten best average of somebody 18.2 per that’ s going to game going into the get 10 rebounds night. Yet every time she the offensive attack was walks onto the incredibly court. balanced, Joe McKeown, as six playhead coach ers tailed at least 9 points and four were able to reach double figures. Led by junior guard Maggie Lyon, who put up 16 points in the contest, NU was able to pose a threat from every spot on the court throughout the game. The team had to deal with foul trouble late, as senior center Alex Cohen and sophomore guards Ashley Deary and Christen Inman each picked up four fouls. The Cats were in the penalty with 10:14 left in the second half. Senior guard Karly Roser and junior forward Lauren Douglas provided huge help off the bench. “(Lauren) gave us great minutes tonight,” McKeown said. “I was really proud of her. And (she) created some mismatches for us. I thought defensively played really well down the stretch. And Karly Roser again, is

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Women’s Basketball

By JESSE KRAMER

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Teams can learn to win, and they can also learn to lose. Northwestern (10-12, 1-8 Big Ten) has lost eight straight games and will likely be in for some more trouble Saturday. The Wildcats will be heavy underdogs when they face No. 5 Wisconsin (20-2, 8-1) at the Kohl Center, leaving their hopes of halting the streak at eight unlikely at best. But that doesn’t mean coach Chris Collins is content with accepting anything less than a victory. “There has to be a great sense of urgency amongst our group,” Collins said. “I want those guys to not lose confidence, but I want them to hurt real bad about it. I don’t want losing to become the norm and something that’s accepted. And sometimes that’s what happens when you get on a losing streak.” Last season, NU was embarrassed by the Badgers at Welsh-Ryan Arena, 76-49, in its Big Ten opener. The beatdown was not quite as bad this year when Wisconsin visited Evanston, but the Cats were still completely overmatched in an 81-58 defeat. History is on the Cats’ side though, as NU followed up last year’s home faceplant with a shocking 65-56 win in Madison a few weeks later. Kenpom. com gave Wisconsin a 95.3 percent win probability in that matchup. This time around, the Badgers hold a 97 percent chance of waltzing away with a season sweep of the Cats. “People know when you play us you’ve got to show up and play us and you’ve got to play well,” Collins said. “We have to turn that into getting over the hump and getting some wins.” Wisconsin enters Saturday on a five-game winning streak and leads the Big Ten by 1.5 games. The Badgers

By ALEX LEDERMAN

daily senior staffer

No. 23 Northwestern hopes the cure to its recent losing streak is a home match against conference newcomer Rutgers. The Wildcats will face the No. 24 Scarlet Knights for the first time as a Big Ten foe on Sunday. “I was born in New Jersey and I’ve got family in New Jersey,” senior heavyweight Mike McMullan said. “So it’ll be nice to show them what the Midwest is all about.” Even so, the challenge against Rutgers (11-6, 1-6 Big Ten) won’t be easy. After all,

the Cats (9-7, 1-6) have been forfeiting a weight class all season long, entering each dual at a 6-point disadvantage. NU opened the season with freshman Bryce Brill at 157 pounds and sophomore Ben Sullivan at 174, but when Brill was shut down for medical reasons, that left an open slot in the team’s lineup. Sullivan shifted to 157, and the Cats’ main option at 174, freshman Johnny Sebastian — the No. 1 recruit at his weight class in the country — was already redshirting. “I’m not going to bring a guy out of redshirt in mid-December,” coach Drew Pariano said. “Dual meet wins are important, don’t get me wrong, but so is the development in the process that is college wrestling. You have to put your ego aside and you have to do what’s best for your wrestlers.” Pariano said that with the forfeit, his team needs to win six matches and probably needs to get bonus points in at least

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two or three of them. He said, though, that is attainable when you look at the favorable matchups for NU’s top wrestlers: No. 3 sophomore Jason Tsirtsis at 149 pounds, No. 8 senior Pierce Harger at 165 and No. 4 McMullan at heavyweight. The match Pariano said he looks forward to most is junior Jameson Oster at 141 vs. No. 9 Anthony Ashnault. Pariano worked with Ashnault when he coached the FILA Cadet Pan American team in 2011, and he said he knows Ashnault’s wrestling style well and is preparing Oster for it. Oster is one of a number of NU wrestlers who are struggling. No Cats competitor outside of McMullan, Harger, Tsirtsis or No. 16 senior Alex Polizzi has a win in the past three matchups. “We’re just trying to focus on what each individual guy needs,” McMullan said. “At » See WRESTLING, page 11

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“I think there’s always been a lot of potential in him,” said senior guard Dave Sobolewski, who was Kaminsky’s teammate at Benet Academy. “But at the same time, I don’t know if anybody projected how good he’d really become. I don’t think even he projected it.” NU is trying to find success with a young team that has now experienced more losing than winning. Looking at how Wisconsin develops players like Kaminsky, Collins sees a model NU could use to find more victories. “Unless you are these guys who are just freaks of nature, you have to go through a process at this level and learn how to win and learn what it takes physically and mentally to be successful,” Collins said.

Cats welcome Big Ten newcomer Evanston 5 p.m. Sunday

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lead the nation in adjusted offensive efficiency and have five players in the top 70 for offensive rating. Senior forward Frank Kaminsky leads the way, along with junior forward Sam Dekker and sophomore forward Nigel Hayes. Collins has used Kaminsky’s progression as an example to his young players of the growth someone can have over a college career. Kaminsky, an unheralded recruit out of high school, played just 7.7 minutes per game as a freshman, scoring 1.8 points and grabbing 1.4 rebounds per contest. He remained a bench player as a sophomore but then blossomed into a star last season. Now, as a senior, he is averaging 17.8 points and 8.1 rebounds per game and is Kenpom. com’s frontrunner for national player of the year.

Wrestling

No. 24 Rutgers vs. No. 23 Northwestern

SCORING OPTIONS It was a night of balance on offense for Northwestern. Sophomore guard Christen Inman was the most efficient scorer, posting 13 points on 5-of-7 shooting.

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FRANK THE TANK Frank Kaminsky reaches for the opening tip against Northwestern’s Alex Olah. The Wildcats will likely need to quell the 7-foot senior forward who averages 17.8 points and 8.1 rebounds per game and has emerged as one of college basketball’s top players in order to have any shot at victory.

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