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THE REAL RON SWANSON Actor and comedian Nick Offerman speaks at Pick-Staiger Concert Hall on Saturday night. Offerman discussed his woodworking hobby and political beliefs, and interspersed his talk with songs on a homemade ukulele.
By JEANNE KUANG
daily senior staffer @jeannekuang
Northwestern’s “Parks and Recreation” fans serenaded the show’s fictional miniature horse Li’l Sebastian in a singalong led by actor Nick Offerman on Saturday night.
Offerman, who plays Ron Swanson on the sitcom, sang a song from the series eulogizing the horse at the end of his talk at Pick-Staiger Concert Hall. Nearly 1,000 students packed into the venue to see Offerman’s sold-out show. The comedian, who visited NU as A&O Productions’ winter speaker, appeared without his character’s signature mustache.
“They were paying mostly for the mustache,” he joked. Offerman characterized his talk as having “momentum just shy of a bull in a china shop” and told explicit sexual jokes throughout the night, prompting shocked and raucous laughter from the audience. The rest of his remarks, ranging from discussions of his love of woodworking to personal stories and his political beliefs, were peppered with humorous songs Offerman sang while playing a homemade ukulele. He touched on his connections to NU in his opening, sharing anecdotes about an old relationship he had with an NU student when he was working in the Chicago theater scene. Offerman’s wife, actress and occasional “Parks and Rec” guest star Megan Mullally, also attended NU for over a year in the late 1970s, “if you can imagine such a time.” Offerman paused in his talk to perform a pun-filled song he had written for her. The actor discussed his desire to be independent from technology, criticizing Americans for developing a “softness” after acquiring many “luxurious” gadgets. He also deadpanned the roles that he imagined strangers on an El car would need to play in an apocalyptic scenario. “You have to think about these things, guys,” he said to a laughing crowd. “You’re adults now.” Offerman lamented the role of money in politics, referencing the Koch brothers’ recent pledge to spend nearly $900 million to elect conservative politicians, and riffed on major American corporations such as Coca-Cola and McDonald’s. “Never has anyone bitten into a McDonald’s sandwich … (and said) ‘I’m lovin’ it,’” he said. “Those words have never been uttered.” In a question-and-answer session after the talk, Offerman praised “Parks and Rec” star Amy Poehler as the funniest member of the show’s cast. “It’s not really fair,” he said when asked to choose. “Her first seven characters would be funnier than each of the rest of us.” He said he prefers live theater to other forms of performance for its immediate » See OFFERMAN, page 6
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NU to add Title IX investigator By OLIVIA EXSTRUM
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Northwestern is in the process of hiring a full-time Title IX investigator, one step in a complete overhaul of the hearing and appeals system for sexual misconduct cases. The overhaul began in September when NU implemented a new University Hearing and Appeals System for all cases of alleged student misconduct, including sexual assault. Until this academic year, cases of sexual assault were adjudicated through the now-defunct Sexual Assault Hearing and Appeals System while other conduct cases were resolved through UHAS. “Northwestern’s conduct process was rewritten completely,” said Tara Sullivan, director of Student Conduct and Conflict Resolution, in an email to The Daily. “Though it retained the name UHAS … it is a completely new process.” The changes were based on recommendations from the White House and the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights and new regulations under the reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act and the Clery Act, Sullivan said in an email to The Daily. In sexual misconduct hearings, the reporting student and the responding student will speak with the panel and an investigator. Title IX Coordinator Joan Slavin said in an email to The Daily that the Title IX office is interviewing candidates for the investigator position. Carrie Wachter, coordinator of sexual violence response services and advocacy at the Center for Awareness, Response, and Education, said there are four finalists for the position. The new job was posted in December. The investigator will also work with the Sexual Harassment Prevention Office. “We expect that the number of
complaints filed will continue to grow given nationwide attention to the issues of campus sexual assault, sexual harassment, and dating and domestic violence,” Slavin said. Slavin said although the office considered contracting external investigators, hiring a full-time investigator was the “best option.” “Hiring an employee is more costeffective,” Slavin said, “and by hiring an investigator, we can ensure that the person is available to conduct investigations for Northwestern whenever needed.” Wachter said having a full-time investigator will help the voices of students and survivors be heard. “They’re having a sole person who’s investigating all sexual misconduct,” she said. “It’s a huge win for us.” Through the new UHAS process, disciplinary cases can be resolved through an administrative or a panel hearing depending on the severity of the complaint. In Administrative Hearings, the accused party and a conduct administrator assigned to the case will discuss the alleged misconduct. All cases of alleged sexual misconduct are referred to a panel hearing. In the new system, the student reporting sexual misconduct does not need to be in the same room as the alleged assailant for the hearing. Under the new changes, students are not included on the three-member panel hearings for cases of sexual misconduct, according to the 2014-2015 Student Handbook. Sullivan said in an email that the new process “allows for increased transparency and ease of understanding, increased timeliness, and ensures a process and outcomes that are fair and equitable.” Under the defunct SAHAS process, the complaining and responding students, who were both in the room for the hearing, each made their case and called » See TITLE IX, page 6
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Cats overcome 7-0 deficit, stun Trojans in overtime OT No. 5 Northwestern
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For Northwestern, a team that lost nine seniors to graduation, resiliency will be a flash word the entire season, and was it repeatedly tested in a 12-11 overtime victory Saturday. The No. 5 Cats (1-0) traveled to Los Angeles to face unranked Southern California (0-1) in search of a solid win to start the season, but matters crumbled quickly for the road squad. The Trojans scored in the first two minutes of the contest, then tacked on goals about every five minutes, putting USC up 4-0 less than 16 minutes into
the game. The Trojans then stretched the score to an unfathomable 7-0 margin with seven minutes to play in the first half. NU has replaced its mass exodus of seniors with the No. 1 recruiting class in the country, but youth has its downsides, and it showed in this contest, especially early on. The Cats lost five of their seven top scorers from last season, and the mix of veterans and newcomers starting on attack and at midfield looked out of sorts in the opening minutes. NU struggled with fouls early and turnovers as well, losing control of five possessions in the first 13 minutes. The Cats would commit only eight more turnovers in the remaining 47 minutes. Needing a barrage before the close of the half, NU scored three times to cut the score to 7-3, with senior attack Kara Mupo starting the action and freshmen Selena Lasota and Shelby Fredericks piling on. The Trojans, though, did exactly what they needed in the opening minutes of the second half, knocking in a pair to up
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the lead back to 9-3. The Mupo-Lasota duo would not be denied. The midfielder Lasota scored the next 2 goals as part of a 6-point night. And a pair from Mupo, who had a teamleading 5 goals on the night, moved the Cats to within 2 goals at 10-8 with 10 minutes to play. With 37 seconds left in regulation, NU finally crawled all the way back, as a Mupo goal knotted the contest at 11. Lasota’s go-ahead score in overtime propelled the Cats to victory. Despite growing pains, NU’s freshmen contributed a great deal. Eight of the team’s 14 points originated from the new set, and the freshmen took exactly half of the team’s shots on goal. Turnovers, however, were an issue, and the Trojans blew by the NU defense with their speed for essentially the entire game. A victory from a 7-0 hole is impressive, but if NU wants to entertain thoughts of capturing an eighth national championship, there’s still much work to do. kevincasey2015@u.northwestern.edu
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WILDCAT CHARGE Northwestern could not buy a goal, or a stop, early on against the Trojans, falling into a 7-0 hole in the first 23 minutes of the contest. The Wildcats then kicked on the afterburners, using a threeheaded scoring attack to overtake Southern California 12-11 in overtime.
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Around Town Immigrant discusses memoir at EPL By ALICE YIN
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A writer recounted living as an undocumented immigrant from on Sunday at the Evanston Public Library. Jose Angel N., a professional translator who lives in Chicago, visited the library, 1703 Orrington Ave., to read from his memoir, “Illegal: Reflections of an Undocumented Immigrant.” Jose Angel, who preferred not to disclose his full name, shared stories from his past two decades of living in the United States and held a question-and-answer with the audience. Jose Angel told the audience he trekked from Tijuana to San Diego in 1993 at 19 years old, later moving to Chicago. He took English as a second language classes and got his GED diploma on his third attempt. Now, after going to college and graduate school at the University of Illinois at Chicago, he works as a professional translator and lives with his wife and daughter. Jose Angel’s book touched on the ironies of his life: working his way up to the middle class while remaining hidden in the shadows. Jose Angel shared how he briefly considered being a lawyer before realizing the danger of an illegal immigrant arguing court cases. He also read a passage on being forced to quit his job as a translator after he could not verify a Social Security number. He said he
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never missed a single day of work in his five years there, and his superiors respected him. He was humiliated by the abrupt loss of his job, he said. “I had been dreading this day since I first got the job,” Jose Angel read. “Everything was quiet and dark in the office. I had entered that company with the stealth of a thief, and like a thief I left.” But Jose Angel said he is still grateful for his life and appreciates his chance at an education, a job and having a safer home for his family to
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It is a relief to be able to talk about this. I know it also counts to be able to move the conversation forward. Jose Angel N., author of “Illegal”
be together. “There is only one life to live, and you should embrace it faithfully,” he said. As an immigrant, Jose Angel said he is deeply invested in mastering English. With only an atlas and a Bible in his home growing up, he said he became fascinated with reading books after arriving in Chicago and decided to major in philosophy. Jose Angel said he was never a very outgoing person. Being undocumented The eight community members and 10 students went through the scenarios with a Firearms Training System, which uses interactive videos to train officers in decision-making skills. Because of the scenarios, attendees could gain understanding of police decision-making and how police train their skills, police said. The simulator, which employs handgun replicas, is directed by a Firearms Training System instructor who decides how the simulator characters respond
isolated him from social events even more, so he spent a lot of time reading. “It’s been an obsession of mine,” Jose Angel said during the question-and-answer about learning English. Dr. Francisco Gonzales-Crussi, a Mexican author, introduced Jose Angel before the reading. Gonzales-Crussi said Jose Angel’s writing that reflects his experience “has always been the best kind of writing.” “I think he writes very well,” said Charlotte Robertson, who works at The Book Stall in Winnetka and went to sell copies of Jose Angel’s book. “For a person who says he still struggles with the English language from time to time, he sure had me fooled. He’s a brave guy to come and do this.” Maria Ugarte-Ramos, a social worker in Chicago, said Jose Angel’s book brings awareness to immigration reform. “This is a man who struggled for the American dream,” Ugarte-Ramos said. “A thing that really tugs on our hearts is the fear and constant anxiety of living like you’re hiding. This is a human right, and we violate human rights because we don’t accept immigrants.” Jose Angel said he believes it is important to share his story with other people. “It is a relief to be able to talk about this,” Jose Angel told The Daily. “I know it also counts to be able to move the conversation forward.” aliceyin2017@u.northwestern.edu to the user’s decisions. The user and instructor can go over the decisions after each scenario. The officers involved in the event could see the scenarios for themselves and see how the citizens and students reacted to the situations, police said. The students attended as a part of a public safety class that is taught at ETHS.
Police Blotter Resident finds intruder in her apartment A resident encountered an intruder in her residence in the 1100 block of Monroe Street on Wednesday. The resident was suspicious when she saw an acquaintance, who lives in the neighborhood, looking in her direction when she and her caregiver were leaving to go shopping, Evanston police Cmdr. Joseph Dugan said. The acquaintance seemed to be waiting for her car to leave, he said. The resident and her caregiver drove around the block then returned to the resident’s apartment, where they encountered the intruder. The apartment was unlocked. The intruder fled without taking anything, Dugan said. The resident described the burglar as a 6-foot tall man appearing to be 18 to 20 years old. — Hal Jin
Setting the record straight The article “NUDivest holds workshop” in Friday’s print edition, misstated the goals of the BDS movement. BDS calls for the boycott of and divestment from corporations and academic institutions directly involved in the occupation of Palestine. The article “Organizations receive Evanston Community Foundation grants,” also in Friday’s print edition, misstated what kinds of entities receive the program grants. The grants are given to nonprofit organizations. The Daily regrets the errors.
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On Campus Black Lives Matter committee formed By JEANNE KUANG
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Students and faculty members have formed a new committee within Northwestern’s Center for African American History to create programming focused on the Black Lives Matter movement. The Black People Making History Committee is a collaboration of about 15 students and faculty members that grew out of discussions between African American Studies Profs. Barnor Hesse and Sherwin K. Bryant, director of the Center for African American History, as well as student organizers. The events will be in conjunction with Black History Month. “We wanted to do something around the whole phenomenon of Black Lives Matter,� said Hesse, a committee member who spoke on behalf of the group. Hesse said many other universities’ faculty have spoken out about Black Lives Matter, a national movement surrounding racial disparities in the United States that gained prominence in August 2014 after the fatal shooting of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri. Hesse said it was “glaringly obvious� that NU needed to address the issue as
Law school client seeks to prove his innocence after pardon
A client of the School of Law’s Center on Wrongful Convictions of Youth is asking a Peoria County judge to dismiss his previous offenses. Johnnie Lee Savory, convicted for the 1977 murders of Connie Cooper and James Robinson, said results of DNA testing prove he is innocent. On his final day in office, now-former Gov. Pat Quinn pardoned Savory. The pardon permits Savory to expunge his record of these convictions, but he’s since gone further and tried to prove his
well. “We haven’t done that yet, so it was an opportunity for Northwestern faculty and students to engage with this issue through a teach-in, which says something about what we think about these things,� Hesse said. The committee will hold a teach-in Tuesday featuring faculty presentations on racial issues and a panel discussion. “Having faculty support is extremely important,� said SESP senior Sarah Watson, another committee member. In the past, student activists have felt the University administration did not support them, Watson said. “We felt like we were just going and going and we didn’t have that high-level support,� Watson said. “Working on this project, having that institutional support from Professor Bryant, from Professor Hesse and other post-docs and graduate students who are involved is really, really crucial.� In the past week, the committee has launched an art campaign circulating images of the word “Breathe� on social media and around campus, as well as quotes surrounding the concept from notable artists throughout black history, such as James Baldwin and Lorraine Hansberry. Watson called the campaign “a performance innocence. The prosecution cited a dot of Robinson’s blood on a light switch plate that they argued Savory had left behind after the killings. Joshua Tepfer, Savory’s attorney from the Center on Wrongful Convictions of Youth, said in a news release that DNA testing found an unknown person’s blood on the plate. “There is foreign DNA mixed with James Robinson’s blood on the exact tiny spot that the prosecution has long maintained the perpetrator placed there,� Tepfer said in the release. “The DNA profile is not the female victim’s. It is not anyone else’s living or staying in the home. And it is not Mr. Savory’s. It is the killer’s DNA — and these results prove that killer is not Johnnie Lee Savory.�
art medium that we are using to mobilize people around these issues.� The word “breathe� has been recently associated with the last words of Eric Garner, “I can’t breathe.� Garner died in New York City in July 2014 after being put in a police chokehold, and his death, along with Brown’s, has been integral to the Black Lives Matter movement. “If you actually look into that phrase or that idea, as we’ve been showing through the quotes that have been posted,� Watson said, “that idea of oppressed people not being able to breathe, black people not being able to breathe, and feeling like oppression is this suffocating force, is present throughout history and black history.� The student side of the committee also launched a Tumblr blog last week called “Suffocating @ NU� where students can post screenshots of offensive comments found on social media. Many posts are screenshots from the location-based, anonymous app Yik Yak. Watson said the Tumblr page receives about four submissions a day. The committee plans to hold two other events during the month: one that will showcase activists and one for students to share their experiences through art. jkuang@u.northwestern.edu Savory and his attorneys had lobbied for testing for years before a Peoria County judge granted the request in August 2013. Seminal fluid from a rape kit was taken from Cooper after the murder. That testing also excluded Savory as a possible perpetrator. The court also ordered testing on other physical evidence, much of which has no DNA left to test. “Time causes DNA to degrade,� Tepfer said in the release. “We’ll never know whether DNA could have identified the true perpetrator had the state simply agreed to do the testing two decades ago when requested.� — Shane McKeon
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Body image movement is misguided Japan must apologize for crimes MEERA PATEL
DAILY COLUMNIST @soshaloni
The movement to change how America views body image has become more and more pervasive throughout the past few years. A few months ago, Meghan Trainor released her pop single “All About that Bass,� and it instantly became a hit because of its perceived unique look at society’s emphasis on “skinny� girls. More recently, Sports Illustrated featured a so-called plus-size model in its swimsuit issue. Robyn Lawley, the model in question, is 6 feet 2 inches tall and a size 12. Many have complained about the media hype surrounding Lawley’s appearance. All it takes is one look at her picture to see why. Lawley herself has maintained that she doesn’t know if she considers herself a plus-size model or not. She doesn’t believe in labels. I applaud her approach. I have a problem with how much of the body image movement is centered on what is normal. People refer to what is considered a real person — an average size — and then debate ensues about whether what’s average is actually what we want featured in the media because it influences so many Americans. Once we start discussing the average American, debates ensue about whether America is becoming unhealthier, and conversations go in circles.
A campaign centered around body acceptance should feature a variety of sizes, from size 00 to size 24. When Meghan Trainor calls out the skinny girls for being their size and talks about how men like women of a larger size, she isn’t furthering the body image movement. She is furthering acceptance of larger sizes while belittling other body types. That’s not what we want to strive for. I’m not saying there hasn’t been a good deal of shaming people who are larger sizes, but our conversations need to go beyond size. I’m a good example of someone who constantly struggles with my size, even though everyone has told me multiple times that I am not overweight and my BMI is completely normal. I work out, I eat healthily (or as healthily as a 21-year-old who loves deep dish can eat) and I get enough sleep in a night. I’m not saying this is what everyone should strive for — I’m saying this is what I like to do to feel my best physically. Instead of arguing about whether the people in magazines are plus size or not, we should focus on their lifestyles. We should get a variety of people with different lifestyles, with different ideas of how often they need to work out to stay healthy, and see how people respond. Not everyone needs to work out five times a week to stay in shape, and there are people who miss the gym when they haven’t been there in a long time. It’s not about who is the skinniest or who is the most ripped— it’s about what people need to stay healthy and feel that their body is functioning at its maximum potential. There is obviously an issue that needs to be
addressed here. Even the word “model� marks a difference between the people you meet on an everyday basis and those you see in magazines. Seeing “models� everywhere seems to tell us who we need to be, and they’re generally surrounded by phrases that focus on losing weight or accepting themselves even though they’re not the “expected� size. But the way we are going about changing things, by labeling some people as larger than others and shaming those who do fit the norms, isn’t going to change how we look at the human body. The body image acceptance movement shouldn’t be so focused on the physical appearance of bodies because that is exactly what it is trying to stop. It should be focused on lifestyles, on choices and on treating our bodies well. That’s what should be featured in magazines, not how to drop six sizes in two weeks or how to pack on the muscle before you hit the beach. The next time you look at models in a magazine, or when you look up Robyn Lawley after you read this, take a second and think about what they do to their bodies on a regular basis. Is she eating enough to sustain her daily lifestyle? Is he working out 17 times a week and too exhausted to do anything else? Or is she just living her life, flaunting it because she feels healthy and proud of herself and her size, not because she fits some societal norm? Meera Patel is a McCormick senior. She can be reached at meera@u.northwestern.edu. If you would like to respond publicly to this column, send a Letter to the Editor to opinion@dailynorthwestern.com.
The Cost of Getting Sick at NU
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1 Missed IM Basketball Game graphic by Manuel Rapadda and Jee Young Lee
NU has an overcommitment problem MATT GATES
DAILY COLUMNIST
This year’s flu strain brought more than just droves of Northwestern students swarming to NU Health Service, coughing in the back of lecture halls or, if they dared, sleeping through class in their dorm room beds. It brought an awareness of another epidemic on campus: overinvolvement. When The Daily interviewed Thomas Reda, medical director of the NU Health Service, he urged students to get a flu shot despite it only reducing a recipient’s chances of having to see a doctor by 23 percent. “If you can take five days off of class,â€? he said, “and lie in bed and feel like a truck hit you for those five days, don’t get the flu shot.â€? But NU students have more to take care of when they’re sick than just class: jobs, internships, music groups, athletics, Greek life, writing for publications, charity work, volunteering ‌ the list goes on. When students find themselves either struggling through class and activities or skipping these obligations to take care of their
health, how do they bounce back into their busy lives? We have all watched friends and peers struggle through this. Involvement is a good thing for a variety of reasons, but the pressure that comes with the culture of involvement at NU can be detrimental to our health and happiness. What does it say about us that when we get sick, we can’t even take a few days off to get better without falling disastrously behind? Is it not more important to stay healthy than to stay involved in that extra club or activity? The fact that our over-involvement can hinder our health has to prove that it is not always a good thing. Moreover, how happy can we really be with our 17 extracurricular obligations? It’s possible to be passionate about more than a couple of endeavors, but at some point, we have to wonder if we feel obligated to join that one last student group just for the sake of our resume. One might argue there is value in participating in a group we do not derive immediate satisfaction from because it will lead to happiness through post-graduate success. While working toward future goals during college is necessary, taking the pressure to get involved to extremes may barely enhance, if not even hinder, our future prospects. In other words, in terms of building a resume, less can be more. Do any employers or graduate
schools really look for students who were involved in everything? Even if they did, can anyone really do it all? What about students who were involved in and excelled at a few things they were passionate about? At the end of Wildcat Welcome, my Peer Adviser gave me some of the best advice I have heard while at NU: This school has a lot to offer, but you can’t do it all. Sometimes, it’s about making choices, she told me. As a sophomore, I have watched many of my friends step back their involvement from freshman year, not because they are lazy or no longer ambitious, but because they realize they can accomplish more doing less. I have no doubt they are happier, better equipped to apply to jobs and grad school and more capable of handling a day off if they get the flu. So next time you find yourself about to add another obligation to your list, consider what it is really offering you. If you are really passionate about this activity, you should join, but if not, you might be better off devoting your time to what you already have. You never know when the flu is coming your way. Matt Gates is a Weinberg sophomore. He can be reached at matthewgates2017@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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At approximately 8:00 a.m. on Jan. 26, Seon-Soon Hwang, a former sex slave of Japan during World War II, died in a South Korean hospital. Hwang was 89 years old at the time of her passing. Three days later, Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe criticized McGraw-Hill Education, an American publishing company, for publishing a high school history textbook that contained the following sentence regarding the Japanese military’s actions during World War II: “The Japanese army forcibly recruited, conscripted and dragooned as many as 200,000 women ages 14 to 20 to serve in military brothels.� Abe added that he would attempt to spread the “correct� historical view to educate students abroad. Tomomi Inada, a “policy chief� and Abe’s ally, then expressed her anger that the history textbook inaccurately taught American students about Japan’s military practices. “This is not an issue of the past. I believe this is an ongoing issue that, for example, violates the human rights of Japanese children living in the U.S.,� Inada said. Indeed, this is an ongoing issue even though Japanese military war crimes during World War II happened decades ago, because Hwang was 17 years old when she was lured and captured in Korea as a sex slave for the Japanese military and lived to tell her story — one of many in an ongoing collection of testimonies. Yes, this is an example of human rights violations because the Japanese government’s continuous denial of the military’s use of sexual violence against women violates the rights of the late Hwang. She spent three years of her young life trapped in a Japanese military base in Nauru Island — three years of violations against her body and mind that the current Japanese leadership has further compounded with its denial of her indescribable suffering. Abe’s criticisms and Inada’s angry statements illustrate an important point: Time cannot heal or reconcile unless the perpetrators acknowledge their crimes. And the rhetoric of the current Japanese leadership appears to make reconciliation an unlikely outcome. Let us consider some historical figures that scholarly consensus supports. By the end of World War II, the Japanese military had enslaved roughly 200,000 Korean, Chinese, Filipino, Indonesian and Dutch women as sexual servants to Japanese soldiers. Most of the victims were Korean or Chinese. A heartbreaking 75 percent of these women died while enslaved because of physical brutality and venereal diseases, and many of the survivors were left infertile. Japan’s government has never issued an official apology to the victims or the victims’ families and only started to financially compensate the victims in 1995 when it set up the privately funded Asian Women’s Fund. A majority of the Korean victims refused to accept AWF funds because they wanted a “sincere� official apology from the Japanese government, not private “charity� funds. It is appalling that Abe and Inada have taken to criticizing McGraw-Hill Education for publishing a historically accurate textbook. Abe’s rhetoric suggests a plan to revise history to suit the conservative Japanese government’s public relations agenda. Equally troubling is Inada’s rhetoric, which implies that the leadership of the Japanese government sees the sexual slavery victims’ stories as a liability that harms the current generation. Abe and Inada are looking without seeing. Sexual violence against teenage girls and young women is a human rights violation. Exposing the truth of Japan’s military crimes is not a human rights violation. When members of the Japanese leadership see this distinction, perhaps they will engage in some introspection and examine the aftermath of their denials and the damage they themselves have perpetuated against Japan, rather than blaming accurate textbooks or invalidating victims of sexual slavery. Time is running out for the remaining survivors who seek an official apology. Rest in peace, Seon-Soon Hwang. Naomi Johnson is a Weinberg sophomore. She can be reached at naomijohnson2017@u.northwestern.edu. If you would like to respond publicly to this column, send a Letter to the Editor to opinion@dailynorthwestern.com.
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STANFORD — Last week, a Stanford swimmer was charged with raping an unconscious young woman outside a fraternity party. That same day, two Vanderbilt football players were convicted of gang-raping a classmate who also had lost consciousness before the attack. Both cases, and many that go unreported every year, involved heavy drinking. And now some colleges — most notably, Dartmouth, which last week announced a hard-liquor ban — are looking at restricting alcohol as one way to combat rape. But amid the growing outrage over a culture of sexual violence at America’s colleges is a debate over the role of alcohol — and whether campus crackdowns can make a difference. Stanford already requires ID checks at parties. UC Berkeley’s Greek system banned hard alcohol from most events in 2009. Getting college students to abide by those regulations is another matter. “I’ve never been to or heard of a party where those rules are actually followed,” said UC Berkeley student Meghan Warner, an ex-sorority member who now leads the organization Greeks Against Sexual Assault. Warner and other advocates say linking alcohol consumption to rape is also the wrong approach because it blames intoxicated victims — suggesting they failed to protect themselves — and makes excuses for their assailants. The implicit message is “these are nice kids that because of the demon rum behaved differently than they would otherwise,” said Lisa Maatz, of the American Association of University Women. Research has shown that alcohol can be a factor, and that some predators use it as a tool. A decadeold study of Canadian college students published in Justice Quarterly found that men who drank at least twice a week and had friends who supported a culture of emotional and physical violence against women were nearly 10 times as likely to admit to being sexually aggressive. “Sometimes they’ll just simply go to a party and look for the most drunk girl whose defenses are down and target her,” said John Foubert, a sexualassault prevention activist and professor of higher education and student affairs at Oklahoma State University. Witnesses in the rape case against 19-yearold Brock Turner paint an alcohol haze over the
evening. Prosecutors say the varsity swimmer met a young woman at a Kappa Alpha fraternity party, where both were drinking. Later, cyclists passing by saw him “thrusting” on top of her and tackled him when he tried to run away, according to police reports. Turner, who was not in a fraternity, reportedly told police that he believed the activity was consensual. The woman, who regained consciousness at a hospital hours later, told investigators that she didn’t remember walking away from the party with him or anything that followed. After he was charged with felony rape, Turner dropped out of school and Stanford took the unusual step of immediately banning him from campus. But it is still investigating, and a spokeswoman said it is too soon to speculate about sanctions against Kappa Alpha. Fraternity members declined to comment when approached by a reporter last week. Colleges could curb underage and binge drinking, Foubert said, but because cracking down on alcohol would likely cause such an uproar they often look the other way. “I think students know they can get away with it, for the most part, and universities are letting them,” he said. “If universities got serious about alcohol, we would see fewer student deaths and likely fewer sexual assaults.” Stanford’s administration says it does enforce drinking laws, as well as on-campus party regulations in effect since the 1990s. Seven students were disciplined in 2013 for alcohol-related violations, according to the university’s self-reported crime statistics — compared with just one student in the previous two years combined. “We do actively try to hold students accountable,” said Ralph Castro, an associate dean of student affairs. But colleges everywhere have a “default drinking culture,” he said. “It’s a vexing problem.” Last fall, Stanford adopted a stricter policy for its Greek houses: One major violation, such as a sexual assault, or three minor violations, including serving alcohol to minors, and they are stripped of on-campus housing privileges. “The simple truth is that the broad Greek culture continues to be associated with instances of alcohol abuse, hazing and sexual misconduct,” Provost John Etchemendy wrote to Greek leaders in September. “We need a dramatic and immediate change in Greek culture, so we are taking dramatic and immediate action.” — Katy Murphy (The Oakland Tribune)
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adversity and climbed back to a 7-5 victory that gave NU the point and the momentum, and silenced a sizeable Valparaiso contingent in the crowd. “I sensed that they were getting a little jumpy, so
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From page 1 witnesses before the panel, which decided whether the respondent had violated policy. The panel also determined sanctions for the respondent. In addition, not all sexual misconduct cases were adjudicated through panel hearings in SAHAS. Students could have cases of assault resolved by mediation with University administrator or through a panel hearing. The panel included students, faculty and administrators who received training. In the 2012-2013 academic year, just one case of sexual assault was heard through SAHAS. Associated Student Government Senate passed a resolution during its meeting on Jan. 28 calling for students to be re-instated on Title IX conduct hearings. When she explained the proposal during ASG’s Jan. 21 meeting, President Julia Watson said including students in the hearings would help keep the process fair. “Students provide valuable perspective as peers that faculty and staff cannot,” the resolution says. “They relate to the student experience directly and provide insight during questioning and discussion.”
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with 26 seconds to play. From there, it was all Deary. The sophomore made four high-pressure free throws, and NU walked away with a 64-58 victory. “It was a crazy game,” McKeown said, “and I thought we were in control most of it. We got reckless with the ball in the last three or four minutes, so I was disappointed with that. But I was proud of the fight, and the way Deary played at the end was incredible.” Lyon said that withstanding such a strong comeback shows the team’s growth. “We have matured over the season and from last season as well,” she said. “We have a lot more poise in end-of-game situations.” clairehansen2018@u.northwestern.edu Additionally, a working group began meeting over the summer to decide on a campus climate survey on sexual assault, Slavin said. Health Promotion and Wellness, CARE, the Women’s Center, the Sexual Harassment Prevention Office, Student Conduct and Conflict Resolution, the Office of Student Affairs Assessment and the Office of Institutional Research are all involved in the working group. The group recommended that the survey be distributed to the student body in April, Slavin said. Slavin said she has been working with the Office of the Provost to create a new faculty discipline process for cases that involve faculty respondents. She said a draft of the process is currently under review by Faculty Senate’s Faculty Handbook Committee. The new process is in line with new VAWA regulations and U.S. Department of Education Title IX recommendations, she said. The University is also choosing between two vendors for online Title IX training for faculty, staff and graduate students. Although Slavin said she is unsure of when the training will be implemented, she hopes it will be introduced in phases later this year. oliviaexstrum2017@u.northwestern.edu and-answer session. “Him off-the-cuff was very fun to see,” Gauthier said. “The show was super fun … It was very exciting to open for Nick Offerman.” Weinberg freshman Sheena Goel said the show was “really different from Ron Swanson.” “I thought the show was awesome,” she said. “It was weirdly educational.”
Kyle Dunn 7-5, 6-3 to put Valparaiso on the board. For the weekend, the Cats did not lose any singles contests where they captured the first set. That aggressive play, along with the emerging confidence in the doubles pairings, bodes well for the future. With four straight wins for the Cats going back to last weekend, Swan can feel his team’s momentum
building with Big Ten competition looming. “We continue to play better and better as the year has gone on,” he said. “We’ve got a lot of good teams coming up, but we feel good about where our team is.” maxschuman2018@u.northwestern.edu
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National News Fort Hood shooting victims will receive military honors WASHINGTON — After a hard-fought battle by lawmakers, the U.S. Army announced Friday that the victims of the Fort Hood shootings in 2009 will receive Purple Heart medals and the civilian equivalent, the Defense of Freedom awards, and the benefits that accompany them. The 13 people killed and 32 injured by a Muslim extremist, who was also a U.S. soldier and psychiatrist, had been denied the recognition until Congress passed legislation, and the president signed it, last year that put them on a par with the victims of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. “The Purple Heart’s strict eligibility criteria had prevented us from awarding it to victims of the horrific attack at Fort Hood,� said Secretary of the Army John McHugh in announcing the decision. “Now that Congress has changed the criteria, we believe there is sufficient reason to allow these men and women to be awarded and recognized with either the Purple Heart or, in the case of civilians, the Defense of Freedom medal. It’s an appropriate recognition of their service and sacrifice.� It was sweet vindication for members of Congress from Texas who had been battling the Pentagon’s earlier position that the Nov. 5, 2009, shootings by Maj. Nidal Hasan were “workplace violence� instead of a terrorist
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It took another nail biter for the Wildcats on Sunday, but Chicago’s Big Ten Team secured a 64-58 home victory in a spirited matchup against state rival Illinois. Northwestern (17-6, 7-5 Big Ten) stifled a late comeback attempt by Illinois (12-12, 3-9) in a game that proved to be just as physical as players anticipated. “Whenever we play Illinois, it’s a passionate game, being instate rivals,” junior guard Maggie Lyon said. “Today we knew that they weren’t going to give up, and they played really hard. It shows a lot of character for us.” The Cats were forced to change their starting lineup slightly after sophomore Christen Inman was injured yesterday, coach Joe McKeown said. Senior Karly Roser started in Inman’s place, marking the first change in the starting five in the last 26 consecutive games. From the get-go, both teams played fast, albeit sloppily. The Cats and the Fighting Illini seemed to sling the ball around, both executing a few wild passes. Two minutes into the game, Lyon nailed a pair of free throws to put the first points on the board. NU and Illinois rapidly traded possessions, and points, over the next 10 minutes, with the Fighting Illini leading for most of the time. An Illinois 3-pointer at 8:39 notched the score at 18-13, giving the visiting team their largest lead of the game. NU quickly responded. Sophomore Lauren Douglas added a jumper and sophomore guard Ashley Deary had a layup to give NU its first lead in almost 10 minutes. Following more back-andforth play, the Cats entered the locker room at the half up 31-27. Shooting troubles plagued the Cats in the first half. NU went just 12-33 in field goals and hit an uncharacteristically low 25 percent of 3-pointers. The Fighting Illini, on the other hand,
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ROSER RISES Guard Karly Roser dribbles up the court. The senior started Sunday’s game against Illinois and helped Northwestern overcome the Fighting Illini after sophomore Christen Inman was a late scratch.
sank 45.5 percent of both field goals and 3s. Sophomore forward Nia Coffey asserted that the Cats were just having some bad luck. “They just weren’t falling,” Coffey said. “You just had to keep shooting and keep your confidence. We are all capable shooters.” Defensively, the Cats were clearly dominant in the first half. NU pressured Illinois into 11 turnovers while only losing the ball five times. Illinois and NU entered the game sitting first and second respectively in turnover margin in the Big Ten. “I thought our ball pressure was good, I thought our ability to get in passing lanes and deflect was,”
McKeown said. “We did a good, solid job at being in good position.” The Cats were able to brush off their shooting troubles and emerged for the second half a new offensive team. Coffey hit a 3-pointer just 15 seconds into the period, beginning a 10-2 run over the next two and a half minutes. Despite increased pressure by the Illinois defense, NU maintained its lead for the next 10 minutes and the scoring margin was handily kept in double digits. With 8:25 to play, Illinois hit a layup to pull itself within 8 and mounted a spirited comeback campaign. Sloppy » See WOMEN’S BBALL, page 6
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Looking for its second upset at the Kohl Center in as many years, Northwestern left the arena disappointed Saturday with a 65-50 loss to No. 5 Wisconsin. The Wildcats (10-13, 1-9 Big Ten) dug an early 17-point deficit and trailed by as many as 22 points in the second half before finding some offense late to make the final margin more respectable. “There’s no quit in my team, even today,” said coach Chris Collins, whose squad is 0-9 since the start of 2015. “It could have gotten really out of hand really quickly. We fought back.” The Badgers (21-2, 9-1) possess the most efficient offense in college basketball according to Kenpom.com, and it showed during the first half. They opened with 8-of-11 shooting to grab a 21-4 lead not even nine minutes into the game. “Those first four minutes at the beginning of the game, I thought we were on our heels a little bit,” Collins said after the game on WGN Radio. “I don’t know if we were a little bit nervous or tight, but then we settled down and starting playing. And when we started (The problem) playing, we did a was those of good second-chance lot things.” points, some The good things came of the long in the form rebounds and of a 9-0 run hustle points we later in the half to pull didn’t get. within single digits, but Chris Collins, Wisconsin head coach responded with a 12-2 burst and held a 37-21 advantage at halftime. Wisconsin guard Bronson Koenig, who posted a career-high 16 points, scored the second period’s first 6 on a pair of 3-pointers. Meanwhile, NU’s offense struggled. Junior center Alex Olah put the Cats
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on his back, as the team tried to make one last push in the final eight minutes. Olah scored 9 points for NU in a four-minute stretch to cut the deficit to 57-42 with less than four minutes to play. The 7-footer finished with a teamhigh 15 points on 6-of-13 shooting. The Cats pulled as close as 11 points when junior guard Tre Demps drilled a 3-pointer with 1:01 remaining, but Wisconsin forward Frank Kaminsky’s dunk a few seconds later ended the visitors’ final flurry. “They’re just too good,” Collins told WGN. “When you dig yourself a 17-point hole, it’s tough to climb back. … Against a great team, you have to play close to a perfect game.” Overall, after the initial barrage, the Cats defense clamped down on the Badgers’ potent offense. Wisconsin finished 38.9 percent from the field. Although the Badgers made nine 3-pointers, they needed 28 attempts to get there. “They’re one of the most dynamic offensive teams in the country and we held them to 38 percent and 65 points,” Collins said to WGN. “Our defense was pretty good, it was those second-chance points, some of the long rebounds and hustle points we didn’t get.” NU has competed well with most Big Ten teams, but Collins said he thought the differences in experience played a part in Saturday’s lopsided score. Wisconsin is the second-most experienced team in the Big Ten, whereas NU ranks No. 11. With a sole victory in 10 conference contests, the Cats are far from where Collins wants them to be. But he still sees the deluge of losses as part of a long-haul process. “We’re at year two of a building project, and they’re a better team than we are,” Collins said. “They’re a bunch of old guys that have a chance to win a national championship. … We’re building. We have to develop these guys.” jessekramer2017@u.northwestern.edu
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Another tough slate of matches didn’t slow down the Wildcats, as No. 26 Northwestern enjoyed a fruitful weekend at home winning three straight matches. The Cats (6-4) put together a complete performance Friday night to defeat No. 45 Boise State, 7-0, then followed the win on Sunday with a 4-3 victory over No. 30 Harvard and a 6-1 triumph over Valparaiso. These latest results bring NU to 4-1 at the Combe Tennis Center this season. Coach Arvid Swan noted his team’s inspired home performance after the matches. “It’s important to utilize the home advantage, which we did,” he said. “The guys really fought this weekend.” As has been a trend in the team’s challenging non-conference season, the Cats squared off against a pair of ranked teams,
winning the matches in significantly different fashions. It took a comeback to down the Crimson on Sunday. Harvard took the doubles point to get out to an early 1-0 lead and grabbed a 3-1 edge when sophomore Sam Shropshire fell to the Crimson’s Denis Nguyen, who is ranked 57th in the nation, 7-5, 6-1 in the No. 1 spot. From there the Cats controlled the match. Sophomore Strong Kirchheimer took three sets to defeat Harvard’s Nicky Hu, 6-3, 2-6, 6-2 and halve the deficit. Junior Fedor Baev then closed out his match against Brian Yeung, 7-5, 6-3, to tie the match. As it has so often for the Cats this season, the match fell to the final point, where, for the second time this season, Alp Horoz won it for his team. The sophomore closed out a 7-6 (9-7), 7-5 victory over Harvard’s Kenny Tao. In the aftermath, Horoz was quick to defer the spotlight to his team. “We worked hard to win the match, so
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I was happy to win for my teammates,” he said. The dramatic contest against the Crimson was sandwiched between two comprehensive victories for NU. The first came Friday night against the Broncos. Horoz and junior Mihir Kumar closed out the Boise State pairing of Brian Foley and Danny Moyer in the third doubles set to take the doubles point and give the Cats an edge they wouldn’t relinquish. Straight-sets wins by Horoz, Shropshire and Kirchheimer in singles sealed the match for NU, with freshman Logan Staggs, Baev and Kumar also finishing their matches with victories to set the final margin. The Cats followed a similar path to victory Sunday night against Valparaiso. Horoz and Kumar fell behind early in the deciding match of doubles as Horoz struggled with an apparent back injury. Down 5-2, the duo stayed focused through the » See MEN’S TENNIS, page 6
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OLAH IN CHARGE Alex Olah shoots over a closing defender. The big man recorded 15 points and two blocks in a losing effort against Wisconsin.