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DivestNU holds day of action

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EXPANDING RESOURCES Brett Stachler, graduate assistant at the Gender and Sexuality Resource Center, speaks about the Resource Center’s recent changes. The Resource Center had a grand reopening Friday on the third floor of the Norris University Center.

Gender center lauds changes

By EMILY CHIN

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The Gender and Sexuality Resource Center held a grand re-opening at Norris University Center on Friday.

The Resource Center decided to have the reopening just one year after it celebrated its 10-year anniversary to acknowledge significant changes the center has undergone in the past year, said Brett Stachler, graduate assistant at the Resource Center.

Over 70 students and faculty attended to hear spoken word poetry about love and inclusion, and to do art projects in the Student Organization Resource Center. The event was put

together with help from students and the Center for Student Involvement.

“It’s just to let the campus know that we’re still here and to let them know about the name change from the LGBT Resource Center,” Stachler said.

At other universities, the term LGBT is standard, but it no longer encompasses the full range of sexualities, Stachler said. He said the name “Gender and Sexuality” is more inclusive.

“I like the name change,” said Brent Turner, executive director of student involvement. “I like that the name is progressive. Gender exists beyond a binary.”

The resource center also celebrated

its expanded space within Norris, which was created so it can have more room for events and for students to work, Stachler said.

Stachler said the reopening was also held to celebrate the addition of gender-open bathrooms on the second and third floors of Norris.

“It’s meant to be a safe space for all genders to use the restroom,” Stachler said.

Weinberg sophomores Stephen Rhode and Mahalia Sobhani gave spoken word poetry performances.

In Sobhani’s performance, she spoke about love and romance, which seemed perfect for Valentine’s Day, » See GENDER, page 5

Students start campaign for prof

By PETER KOTECKI

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Numerous Northwestern students, faculty members and community members have participated in a social media campaign supporting Medill Prof. Matt Paolelli, who was recently diagnosed with Hodgkins lymphoma.

The pictures went online Jan. 30, which was the first day of chemotherapy treatment for Paolelli. Athletics Director of Digital and Social Communications Doug Meffley said many members of the NU community, including the football team and Willie the Wildcat, gathered to take photos and uploaded them to Twitter and Instagram with the hashtag #DownWithLumpy.

Paolelli said he noticed a lump in his neck in October 2014 and observed it for a while. A doctor recommended that Paolelli go to an ear, nose and throat specialist, who said the lump could be Hodgkins lymphoma. Paolelli said he was shocked to hear the news because he is in good health otherwise.

He began jokingly referring to lymphoma as “lumpy,” he said, and his first

Students participated in an international day of action Friday as part of an ongoing movement to demand Northwestern divest from coal companies.

Divest Northwestern, which is working to reduce the University’s investment in the fossil fuel industry, had members stationed at The Rock, Technological Institute and Norris University Center on Friday for Global Divestment Day. DivestNU asked students and passersby to sign a petition to ASG and a letter addressed to the Board of Trustees, both asking them to respond to the movement’s requests.

“What we’re trying to do now is to start to ramp up the pressure on them to really, seriously consider divestment,” Medill sophomore Scott Brown, a leader of DivestNU, told The Daily. “We’re trying to … build up a lot more student voice and student support around this as well as faculty and alumni support.”

Brown, a former Daily staffer, said they’ve met with members of the Board of Trustees in the past, with whom they’ve done research about NU’s energy investment.

William McLean, the University’s vice president and chief investment officer, told The Daily in January that his office looked up information about Northwestern’s expenditures in energy and provided it to DivestNU. “We did the research, we found we had more money invested in sustainable, battery, solar, wind, those types of strategies than we did in coal,” he said.

However, Brown said he believes the University can do more to stop investing in coal industries.

“DivestNU has been around for a couple years, and we are all about having the University divest from coal,” said Bienen freshman Noah Becker, who helped plan Friday’s events. “Northwestern has pledged time and time again to work to help alleviate the effects of climate change … And yet, our board of trustees who controls the endowment is still investing in coal.”

Local Pret A Manger branch closes suddenly Source: Orko Manna

STUDENT SUPPORT Medill juniors Ellie Friedmann, Rachel Fobar, Orko Manna and A.J. Vielma hold a #DownWithLumpy sign. The four students, who took a class with Medill Prof. Matt Paolelli their freshman year, took a photo to support the professor through his cancer treatment.

post on Facebook about the cancer included a response from a friend with the hashtag #DownWithLumpy.

The professor said he began documenting his experience with cancer in his blog.

“The blog is actually just my personal blog that has kind of turned into a cancer blog since I got my diagnosis,” Paolelli said. “It is a therapeutic way

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for me to process everything that is happening and keep people informed.

I started posting more regularly on my blog about the various tests I was taking and my feelings about that, and the whole process of going through being diagnosed with Hodgkins and now starting chemotherapy treatments.” » See PAOLELLI, page 5

Pret A Manger, a London-based grab-and-go cafe, unexpectedly closed its Evanston location Thursday.

The company announced the closure on its U.S. Twitter account Feb. 12, stating, “Today we sadly close the doors of our Evanston shop.”

Beverly Basiga, a spokeswoman for the company, shared the company’s statement in an email to the Daily.

“After careful consideration, we are sad to be leaving Evanston,” the company stated. “Our decision to close is based on the location’s long-term performance. We are looking forward to continuing our growth in Chicago.”

Ald. Jane Grover (7th) said she first heard the news in an email from city

Becker, DivestNU’s treasurer, estimated that at least 200 people signed the petition and about 150 letters to the board were submitted. Their goal was to get 200 signatures in order to submit their petition to the Associated Student Government.

“We’re trying to get ASG to send out a referendum to the student body asking whether they would support Northwestern divesting from coal,” Brown said.

DivestNU held a “Burning Love, Not Burning Coal” march on Friday, which was followed by a mock trial Friday night during which (NU) has students whose lives pledged time have been and time again affected by coal spoke to work to help against the alleviate the use of the effects of climate fuel.

“I’d been change ... And in college yet, our board for barely a month of trustees who when my controls the childhood endowment is home in Long Island still investing in fell to the coal. impacts of hurricane Noah Becker, Sandy,” Bienen freshman said Medill junior Miranda Cawley during the event. “The rebuilding efforts took a whole year to complete … and we were one of the lucky families. Much of our community was underwater for weeks.”

Like Cawley, other students shared their experiences with climate change affecting their day-to-day lives.

Yue Zeng, a McCormick sophomore from Beijing, spoke at the event about air pollution and its effect on her family’s daily life in China.

She said people have to wear lab masks when going outside and sometimes students are given “smoke days,”

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» See COAL, page 5 manager Wally Bobkiewicz, but did not know why the restaurant was leaving the space or any other details about the company’s decision to close.

“We were all really glad when they opened,” Grover said. “I believe it was even its first suburban location.”

Pret A Manger, 1701 Sherman Ave., opened its Evanston location in January 2012. The company had expanded to Chicago in September 2010 and currently has eight locations in the city, all located in downtown Chicago.

Grover said the disappearance of the cafe from Evanston raises questions about what to do with the space.

“It’ll be interesting to discuss and see what we want to have there,” she said. “We definitely want to keep that corner lively and I’m hoping we can get feedback from the community and find out what they would like to have.”

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Around Town Local artist speaks about ancient Japanese art form The leading artist in the ancient Japanese art of suminagashi spoke Sunday at Evanston Public Library about her childhood and background as a mechanical engineer that led her to a life of painting.

Suminagashi is an art form in which the artist uses water as a canvas for ink paintings, before transferring the image onto rice paper. Amy Lee Segami said she has taken the art in a modern direction.

“In the traditional way, you aren’t supposed to do anything,” Segami, who is from China, said. “You are supposed to let it go with the flow. You aren’t supposed to impose any of your will on it.”

Kerry Chambers, who attended the event to learn more about suminagashi, said he appreciated the uniqueness of the ancient art form.

“It’s really mystifying how it comes together,” Chambers said. “Going from a single surface to something that looks so three dimensional is amazing to me.”

Segami said her work stands out because it is so rare to see in the present day.

“No one else is doing it,” Segami said. “There are people who claim they do painting on water, but it

is totally different. You say it’s passion, but it’s also to open people’s eyes and open their minds, that they can stretch and reach for something.”

Segami spoke at Evanston Public Library, 1703 Orrington Ave., where her collection “Frozen Dreams: Painting on Water” is on display as the local artist of the month. The title comes from her childhood, during which her father influenced her to study to become an engineer, while she dreamed of being an artist.

“Where I was born, where I was from, they told me I was not worth the price of rice,” she said. “My father told me I was to study and be serious. All along as I was doing that, I had no choice but to tuck away my dream into the freezer.”

Segami eventually got a degree in engineering with a focus in fluid mechanics. After working as an engineer, Segami began taking art classes as a way to stay connected to her Chinese heritage. She eventually left her corporate job to work as an artist full time.

Segami’s friend Jill Morgenthaler, who is married to Chambers, said Segami’s unconventional path to art is what makes her so distinctive.

“Even though she was forced to become an engineer because of her father, it all paid off when she got to live her dream as an artist,” Morgenthaler said.

“She’d never be the great artist that she is if she didn’t have the engineering.”

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Two cars ransacked in the same block

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Truck stolen from teenager’s home A pickup truck was stolen from a teenager’s home near Dawes Elementary School, 440 Dodge Ave., on Wednesday night, police said.

The woman, 19, told police she had her keys in her possession and that the truck was locked at the time of the incident, which occurred between around 6 p.m. and 7:30 p.m., Evanston police Cmdr. Joseph Dugan said.

The vehicle, a 1990 GMC black pickup truck, was parked on the street outside her home in the 400 block of Dodge Avenue.

Two cars were ransacked in the same block of north Evanston on Tuesday night, police said.

A police officer was writing a report for a different motor vehicle burglary in the 2700 block of Central Street when he found the contents of the central console and the glove compartment of one of the cars, a 2003 Honda, strewn about, Dugan said. The officer then found the owner, who said nothing was taken.

The man said he had parked the car there sometime on Tuesday.

Another car, a 1997 Toyota, was ransacked in the same block.

— Julian Gerez

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‘FROZEN DREAMS’ Amy Lee Segami demonstrates the techniques used for suminagashi, an ancient Japanese art form that involves painting on water. Segami spoke on the art form at the Evanston Public Library on Sunday.

Today, Segami also credits her father and her background in engineering as the inspiration for her art.

“Truly, if it wasn’t him telling me I needed to have something secure, I couldn’t be doing what I do,” Segami said. “Truly, it was all that engineering that

Teen charged with underage drinking, failing to reduce driving speed An 18-year-old Wilmette resident was charged with underage consumption of alcohol and failure to reduce speed to avoid an accident after a car crash Friday, police said.

The teenager was driving in the 800 block of Brummel Street at 10 p.m. when he lost control

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of his vehicle and hit two parked cars, which resulted in his vehicle rolling over, Evanston police Cmdr. Joseph Dugan told The Daily in an email. Four vehicles were damaged, including the 18-year-old’s, Dugan said. No one was in the other vehicles.

The teen’s passenger, a 16-year-old from Chicago, had minor injuries and was transported to Presence Saint Francis Hospital, 355 Ridge Ave. The passenger was not charged with anything, Dugan said.

The 18-year-old is scheduled to appear in court April 1.

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On Campus Communal closet NU Threads launches for formalwear loans

NU Threads, a student-run communal closet for professional and formalwear, launched last month within the Northwestern Career Advancement office.

Students can rent professional clothing donated by faculty and alumni for up to 10 days at no cost aside from dry cleaning.

The goal of the program is to address the socioeconomic gap some NU students face when they need professional attire.

“I’m really excited,” said Weinberg senior Pooja Mirchandani, CEO of NU Threads. “I’m really passionate about our mission, which is

Setting the record straight The story “Library offers tours of local brewery,” published in the print edition on Friday, Feb. 6, misstated Josh Gilbert’s position at Temperance Beer Co. He is the founder.

The story “Pet care company partners with shelter” in Thursday’s print edition misstated the name of SAFE, or Saving Animals for Evanston.

The story “Youth center to open in March” in Friday’s print edition misstated who created the FUSE program. It was created by researchers at Northwestern.

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helping as many people as possible to be ready for formal and professional events.”

NU Threads initially planned to launch at the beginning of Winter Quarter, but experienced some delays because it took a while to get access to the group’s designated rooms in NCA and bring all of the clothes to the closet, said Weinberg sophomore Vedanta Goenka, chief fundraising officer of NU Threads.

“We’re a new group — you run into problems you don’t expect to run into,” Mirchandani said. “We took the extra time instead of launching a not-so-great product.”

The group was created as the result of a Sustained Dialogue group Mirchandani was a part of.

NU Threads now has more than 50 items of clothing, ranging from suits to skirts and dresses.

It still wants to build its inventory, although that isn’t the organization’s main goal right now, Weinberg senior Nick McQuinn, chief merchandizing officer for NU Threads.

Mirchandani said she is satisfied with the closet because of the amount of work that went into making it happen. Although not many people have actually rented from the closet, it has gotten a lot of interest from students, Mirchandani said.

NU Threads is trying to publicize the closet and fundraise so that it can be sustainable in the future.

“We are a resource now,” Mirchandani said.

“Our aim is to help people.”

Across Campuses

Even the wealthiest local school, the College of William & Mary, had an endowment less that one-seventh as large as U.Va.’s. W&M’s endowment totaled $798 million as of last June, the association reported.

And turning the tables, Harvard University’s $35.9 billion endowment, which tops the charts, is six times as large as U.Va.’s.

The gaping differences “are something to be concerned about,” said Sarah Waldeck, a law professor at Seton Hall University in South Orange, N.J. She wrote a 2009 essay for the Fordham Law Review titled “The Coming Showdown over University Endowments.”

The wealthiest colleges create an “arms race” by funding “campus improvements” that other schools feel pressured to replicate though they may not be able to afford them, Waldeck said.

At the bottom tier, “institutions with very small endowments are going to have a much harder time if enrollment decreased unexpectedly,” she said.

At least six local colleges were not included in the association’s list of 851 college endowments, because the colleges did not provide information to the business officers association or were not asked for data.

The rich get richer: Endowments in higher eduction Feb. 15 — Last year, colleges became much better endowed.

The value of university endowments rose an average of 15.5 percent from July 2013 to June 2014, the National Association of College and University Business Officers reported recently.

That was unadulterated good news for the schools: more money to sock away, more earnings to spend on such goodies as academics and scholarships.

But the growth exacerbated a less-healthy trend in higher education -- the chasm between the haves and the have-a-lot-less universities. The older a school and the wealthier its alumni, the more likely it boasts a bulging endowment.

Consider: The University of Virginia holds by far the largest endowment among schools across the state. Its value grew to more than $5.9 billion last year, placing it No. 18 nationwide.

Old Dominion University’s increased to $214 million, according to the association. That’s less than 4 percent the size of U.Va.’s mega-fund.

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Why I’m voting against the divestment resolution ARIEL ROITMAN

GUEST COLUMNIST

This Wednesday, Associated Student Government will vote on divestment from six corporations linked to the Israeli military.

This debate affects me personally: I was born in Israel and will be moving back after graduation.

Last week, NU Divest said that its most important cause is the call for increased transparency in the university endowment, and that it only calls to divest from six specific companies. As an Israeli, I support the call for transparency and stand for Palestinian rights, an end to occupation and to settlement expansion. Despite that, I find the campaign problematic.

While this resolution claims to be apolitical and focused only on human rights, NU Divest has consistently, explicitly and publicly connected itself to the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement. BDS is a political movement that targets the Israeli economy and institutions with cultural, economic and academic boycotts. Just last year, Students for Justice in Palestine spent Winter Quarter promoting the American Studies Association’s boycott of Israeli academic institutions.

NU Divest’s website states that its campaign supports BDS, and the description of its “BDS from A-Z� workshop states, “BDS is part of

the philosophy and context for #NUDivest.�

Yet, contrary to the claim that the resolution does not aim to condemn a country or propose a political solution, that’s precisely the purpose of BDS. BDS leaders and founders have called for a one-state solution, and the movement’s goals are inconsistent with Israel’s existence as a Jewish and democratic state. Regardless of the specific wording of the resolution, the upcomvote is about We can address ing endorsing NU Divest. the urgency Passing this resolution will align Northof socially western with the BDS responsible movement and will add our name to the investing list of BDS victories. without A “yes� vote will be endorsing a used as a precedent to encourage other BDS problematic campaigns on college movement like campuses across the country.

BDS. NU Divest claims to be responding to a 2005 call from Palestinian civil society. But Palestinians, like Israelis, are divided on the issue. Important sectors of Palestinian society continue to call for a two-state solution, and as a result oppose BDS. One example is the Geneva Initiative, a 2003 joint Palestinian-

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Jon Stewart always kept politicians honest WILL KIRKLAND

DAILY COLUMNIST

Jon Stewart’s 2004 appearance on CNN’s “Crossfire� perhaps best captures his essence as a man unafraid to bring accountability to the forefront of mainstream media. The clip features Stewart, the host of “The Daily Show with Jon Stewart,� who announced his retirement from the show last week, ripping CNN’s old political spin show to shreds on its own turf. It’s a pretty well-known clip, and for good reason. There’s nothing better than seeing Paul Begala and Tucker Carlson squirm in their chairs on their own shows and listening to Stewart masterfully hammer down his most frequent target: the hyperpolarization of American politics and media.

But what makes that clip so good and so important and so timelessly poignant — besides his perfect deadpan delivery — is that it demonstrates the ultimate role that Stewart plays in the media and in American culture more broadly: a source of accountability.

As a fellow Daily columnist pointed out last week, Stewart is more than just a comedy act, despite his protests to the contrary. He’s a political act. He’s practically another branch of government the way he checks and balances the people and institutions that hold power.

Others have pointed to the importance of “The Daily Show� as a source of news for millennials, bringing out opinion polls that rank Stewart among our generation’s most trusted journalists. It’s true his function as a newsman has been one of his greatest contributions to American culture and politics for the last two decades. But in the end, his function as a source of accountability is even more important.

There will probably always be a CNN to serve us straight over-the-plate news that gives comedians like Stephen Colbert so much fodder, a BuzzFeed for gif-centered distillations of current events, a Vox. com for map-centered distillations of global geopolitics and a Fox News for “fair and balanced� political

reporting.

But “The Daily Show� has done something different. Instead of delivering the news, “The Daily Show� shapes the news by holding our leaders directly accountable to the electorate, to the world and even to their own words. One of Stewart’s greatest strengths is his ability to point out the hypocrisy that pervades our political institutions.

The necessity and value of a show like “The Daily Show� is evidenced not only by its incredible success in the United States, but also by the continual struggles of its contemporaries in other countries.

Take the case of Egypt. Bassem Youssef is an Egyptian television personality who hosts a satirical news show that clearly takes its cues from “The Daily Show,� skewering leaders in Egypt and pointing out the hypocrisy of its political institutions. In 2013, before leaving power in a coup that toppled his Muslim Brotherhood government, President Mohammed Morsi engaged in a series of campaigns to silence his critics, among the loudest of whom was Youssef. In March, the government began a series of legal actions to intimidate him into selfcensorship, and Youssef even faced an arrest warrant from state prosecutors.

The warrant for Youssef’s arrest is a testament to the potency of the danger to autocracy that his show and his criticism represented. In a country where democracy activists are regularly arrested, Youssef’s insistence on accountability posed a direct threat as a source of check and balance.

Stewart may not have faced arrest warrants himself, but as the inspiration for Youssef and countless other speakers of truth to power, he represents a vital source of accountability that is so desperately needed.

The leaders and institutions that wield power in our world do so only with the support of the people they serve. It is people like Stewart who remind our leaders to whom they are accountable.

Will Kirkland is a Weinberg junior. He can be reached at williamkirkland2016@u.northwestern.edu. If you would like to respond publicly to this column, send a Letter to the Editor to opinion@dailynorthwestern.com.

Israeli civil society effort to create a model agreement. Responding to the call for BDS is a choice to work against the call for two states.

I am disappointed about the one-sided approach that some are trying to impose in this debate. To me, this conflict is about clashing narratives that are both valid. Nuance and complexity define the conflict, so the blackand-white picture painted by NU Divest has been frustrating. For instance, the resolution quotes sources referring to the West Bank-Israel separation barrier as the “Apartheid Wall.�

While the hardships the barrier has imposed to Palestinian daily lives are undeniable, it was only constructed after a five-year wave of constant suicide bombings during the Second Intifada. Palestinians have a right to freedom of movement, but my family also has the right to take a public bus without fear. We fail to understand the reality on the ground when we lose context and complexity, and to ignore it is intellectually dishonest.

I understand that neither side has a monopoly on truth or suffering. Palestinians have an unequivocal right to statehood. Yet, as NU Divest fights for Palestinian rights, they refuse to recognize Israel’s right to exist as a Jewish and democratic state, and forget that Israelis have rights too. I believe that two states is the only pragmatic solution to the conflict and the only approach that addresses the rights of both peoples. I share the frustrations regarding unsuccessful peace talks, but I believe it’s

possible and don’t see another path to a real and just peace other than one based in mutual recognition.

I share the concern to increase transparency in our University investments. If that’s really what this campaign is about, I suggest we draft a new resolution that calls for transparency without singling out a specific country. We can address the urgency of socially responsible investing without endorsing a problematic movement like BDS. However, a call for increased transparency must also be based in a transparent campaign that does not carry hidden agendas.

I will vote “no.� Because I refuse to see one side of the conflict as absolute evil and the other one as absolute victim, and because I believe there is a way to be pro-Palestine without being anti-Israel. Because, just as Palestinians have a just right to statehood, Israelis have a right to live in peace. Because I support rights for both peoples and believe that BDS will only make it harder for a two-state solution to be achieved. And because I refuse to support a campaign that will align our student body with a global movement that attempts to isolate and delegitimize the country I am proud to call home.

Ariel Roitman is a Weinberg senior. He can be reached at arielroitman2013@u.northwestern.edu. If you would like to respond publicly to this column, send a Letter to the Editor to opinion@dailynorthwestern.com.

Authors of classic novels deserve to branch out MATT GATES

DAILY COLUMNIST

I remember my high school English teacher describing “To Kill a Mockingbird� as a “one-hit wonder� because Harper Lee has only ever published one novel, despite the fact that it has become one of the most popular American literary works of all time.

However, earlier this month, the reclusive author announced another novel of hers, “Go Set a Watchman,� will be released this summer.

Despite the controversy over the publication of “Go Set a Watchman� more than 50 years after its aging author completed the work with no intention to ever release it, at this point the new novel is set to hit the shelves this summer. But what should fans of “To Kill a Mockingbird� expect out of its “parent novel,� as Lee describes it?

The day HarperCollins Publishers announced it would release a new work by Lee, The New York Times wrote an article that included comments by Charles Shields, a biographer of Lee, voicing skepticism that Lee’s new book could “hold up against� her classic.

But is this a fair way to evaluate “Go Set A Watchman?� To an extent, perhaps.

Although it is inevitable that readers will consider an author’s older works when evaluating her newer ones, these expectations can lead to a less enjoyable experience for the reader and an unfair evaluation of a work for the author.

Written prior to “To Kill a Mockingbird� in the mid-1950s, “Go Set a Watchman� reportedly also takes place in Maycomb, Alabama and includes many of the same characters, although it is set 20 years later

during the 1950s. The new novel involves an adult Scout, the narrator of the previous novel, returning to her childhood home and addresses some of the same themes as “To Kill a Mockingbird,� which focused on Southern society, racism and loss of innocence. However, the novel may also differ from its predecessor most obviously in that it will be narrated through the voice of an adult rather than a child, one of the most distinctive aspects of “To Kill a Mockingbird.�

Reading “Go Set a Watchman� with “To Kill a Mockingbird� in the front of one’s mind might lead readers to get less out of the new novel. Had the novels been published in the opposite order, readers today might be lamenting that “To Kill a Mockingbird� might not live up to its predecessor.

The “Harry Potter� series, while in a very different category of literature, comes to mind as a recent example of the same problem. The later novels in the series upset parents who were put off by the more adult content as J.K. Rowling’s world grew darker and her protagonists grew up. Moreover, Rowling’s attempt to begin a career writing mystery novels for adult readers left her new novel, “The Casual Vacancy,� to be evaluated according to the author’s enormous success in the realm of children’s literature despite her new book’s very different genre.

It is important to allow authors the chance not to become trapped in the voices or even the genres in which they began writing.

Amazon touts “Go Set a Watchman� as an “instant classic.� Whether this proves true or not, it deserves the chance to become a classic of its own, rather than merely out of its relationship to Lee’s previous work.

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Cross Country

New personal records abound for NU at Grand Valley State

The Wildcats proved they are nowhere near their collective ceiling on Friday, as all nine NU runners

participating at the Grand Valley State Big Meet in Allendale, Michigan set new personal records.

Sophomore Jena Pianin set two personal bests on the day in two different races. She snagged second in the one-mile race with a time of 4:49.81 and ran 2:15.08 in the 800m.

Fellow sophomore Andrea Ostenso finished hot on Pianin’s tail in the one-mile for her own personal best of 4:52.18. The two All-Region runners from the fall cross country season showed well in the

race, with Ostenso finishing third.

Ostenso also ran part of the 3,000m, setting an early pace for junior Rachel Weathered before dropping out. Weathered used that push to set a personal best in the distance with a time of 9:52.12, good for 10th in the race.

Freshman Isabel Seidel narrowly missed the five-minute barrier in the one-mile but still set a new personal best with a 5:02.14 finish. Junior Renee Wellman set a new best in the 3,000m at the

meet, while sophomore Ellen Schmitz and juniors Allison Jacobsen, Megan O’Brien and Mallory Abel all set new personal records in the 5,000m at the meet.

Coach April Likhite had spoken before the meet about mixing training with rest. With the results from the Grand Valley meet, that balancing act is working its wonders.

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which she compared to snow days, during which they don’t go to school because air contamination levels are too high.

“If you ask any kid that was born later than 2010 what color is the sky, they’ll say gray,” she said. “That’s what they see every day. A blue sky is something luxurious to see, you might see a few of them every year.”

DivestNU plans to host a dialogue between students and two speakers, one pro-nuclear energy and another anti-nuclear energy, who will speak about the dangers of coal in the environment.

“They’re going to disagree on everything, but the one thing that’s going to unite them is the fact that they both think fossil fuels need to stop right now,” Becker said.

The event will be held Spring Quarter.

she said.

“It’s poetry written for the purpose of addressing an audience,” she told The Daily. “It tends to be more social justice-oriented. It’s about positivity and inclusion.”

Following the spoken word performances, audience members were invited to an open mic to read poetry that spoke to issues relating to sexuality and inclusion.

“It’s about pride and inclusion and making the whole community feel connected,” Turner said.

“It’s really important for student communities to build one Northwestern.”

The resource center is also continuing its search for a new director, which will continue until April.

Devin Moss, the previous director of the Resource Center, left last summer. Stachler said the center is looking for someone who will work to create a community for all student voices.

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COAL TALK Yue Zeng, a McCormick sophomore from Beijing, speaks at DivestNU’s mock trial against coal on Friday. Zeng said air pollution in Beijing is so dangerous that people have to wear masks to go outside.

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“I woke up in the morning on the day of my chemo and logged into Facebook, and my entire news feed was just photos and posts of people wishing me well on my chemotherapy and using the hashtag #DownWithLumpy,” Matt Paolelli said.

Medill junior Orko Manna said Theresa Paolelli contacted him to help raise awareness of the campaign among My Medill students. Manna entire news said he knows Matt Paolelli well because he feed was just has taken a class with photos and him and filmed the Paolellis’ wedding in posts of people the summer of 2014. wishing me Manna said he well on my reached out to some friends at NU, includ- chemotherapy ing peers from a freshand using the man journalism class hashtag. that Paolelli was the lab Matt instructor for. Manna Paolelli, and his lab group went Medill professor to McCormick Foundation Center and took a photo for Paolelli in the same spot they took their end-of-the-quarter photo at the end of the journalism class, Manna explained.

Alumni Relations and Development digital community manager Brent Waugh also spoke to Theresa Paolelli about involving the NU community in the social media campaign. Waugh said he helped gather about 75 members of the Alumni Relations and Development staff, and the group took a picture for Matt Paolelli with signs that said “Down With Lumpy.”

Paolelli said seeing the posts of support was overwhelming to him.

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MONDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 2015

Women’s Tennis

NU wins despite Pollard’s leave, player injuries

By MIKE MARUT

Penn State

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Northwestern did not have it easy in its Big Ten opening weekend, eventually beating both of its opponents, but only barely in the latter match.

The Wildcats began Big Ten play Saturday against Penn State and then squared off Sunday against Purdue. Northwestern is only allowed to count 11 of its 13 games against Big Ten foes toward its conference record, and elected not to count the Purdue matchup.

The turmoil started before this weekend when the No. 23 Wildcats’ (3-2, 1-0 Big Ten) head coach Claire Pollard took an indefinite “leave of absence” for family reasons last week, the players could not wear any NU apparel in practice in the lead up to the pair of contests, and two of the nine members of the team were injured. More was yet to come as the weekend began.

Against the Nittany Lions (1-5, 0-1), a team the Cats have never lost to, sophomore Manon Peri hurt her knee during her singles match on the No. 3 court.

After a medical timeout, Peri continued to play, but

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before the first set ended, she conceded defeat with a medical forfeit. On Sunday, Peri had an MRI, but the results have not been disclosed.

“We had some injuries,” assistant coach Rob Gurden said. “We had (Peri) go down … she had an MRI (Sunday morning). It’s something that she could be out for an extended period of time.”

Beyond Peri, sophomore Maddie Lipp is out for the season and freshman Rheeya Doshi is suffering from shin splints but is expected to return after next weekend.

Before the weekend, the players were disallowed by coaches from wearing NU clothing — going so far as to be without a locker room until Friday and wearing practice shirts inside out. But with a strong 4-3 victory Saturday, the Cats proved they have earned the NU program name once again.

“I was really pleased as a coach to see the battle face,” Gurden said. “That’s one thing we were talking

about, just trying to get their nose bloody, try to knock out some teeth, and I think we had a little bit of that (on Saturday).”

For the freshmen, getting the first Big Ten matchup under their belts meant a performance in front of a large audience. And the crowd on hand Saturday brought plenty of energy.

“It’s honestly so much fun to bring the crowd into the game and see your friends and family up there cheering for you,” freshman Alex Chatt said. “Being out there playing with your best friends, you just can’t describe it. It makes the matches so entertaining.”

Against the No. 33 Boilermakers (2-2, 0-1), adversity showed up yet again. Due to Peri’s injury, the Cats were down to six of the nine players on the roster.

Without any 2015 doubles experience, sophomore Jillian Rooney stepped up to replace Peri at the No. 2 doubles court with freshman Erin Larner. Larner and Rooney gelled nicely to take the victory.

After the tightly contested doubles point and down-to-the-wire singles play, NU took the overall victory 4-3.

“We’ve had a really tough week,” senior Lok Sze Leung said. “We are facing a lot of adversity. We know how dangerous this team is. It was, more or less, the same situation last year. We were up 3-1 and had trouble finding that fourth point. We knew what we were in for today.”

Leung clinched the victory for the Cats in the tiebreak game of the second set. The senior began the year at the No. 3 singles spot, moved down to No. 4 but then returned to No. 3 after Peri suffered the injury on Saturday.

Throughout the weekend, NU showed a competitive fire that was sorely missing in the beginning of the season. With a renewed sense of vigor after the past two weeks and two hard-fought victories, the Cats have started anew.

“It really could’ve gone either way (against Purdue),” Gurden said. “A couple points here and there and we could be losing 4-3. At the critical moments in the matches, I was really proud of the girls because they were playing to win, and not playing not to lose.” michaelmarut2016@u.northwestern.edu

Baseball

Cats produce late-inning gaffes in 3 heartbreakers

By ALEX PUTTERMAN

Northwestern

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Every February, Northwestern hits the road for opening weekend. And seemingly every year, the Wildcats return with some harrowing set of losses.

This weekend at the Surprise College Baseball Classic in Surprise, Arizona, NU dropped three games by a combined four runs, losing on a balk Friday, a play at the plate Saturday and a pickoff Sunday.

“I liked the way we competed, I liked the way that we pitched, I liked the way we played defense for sure,” coach Paul Stevens said. “Things were as close as what the scores were.”

Facing Oregon State on Friday, the Cats (0-3) entered the ninth inning in a 1-1 tie, but freshman reliever Tommy Bordignon allowed a single and two walks, then balked home the walk-off run.

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ejected for arguing over the umpire’s strike zone and suspended for the weekend’s final two games. Stevens also had quibbles over the strike zone fluctuations.

“The balk was legitimate,” Stevens said. “What wasn’t legitimate is how the big the strike zone was before that. It had been a pretty big strike zone, and all of a sudden it was shrunk.”

The following day, NU fell behind 5-2 against New Mexico on Saturday but threatened in the ninth inning. With a run already in and the bases loaded, pinch-hitter Luke Dauch attempted to score on a ball in the dirt and was thrown out to end the game.

“I don’t think the ball went quite as far as he thought,” Stevens said. “He made a decision and did

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what he felt was right and I’m not second-guessing any of that.”

Sunday’s weekend finale against Michigan State was similarly close. The Spartans took a 3-2 lead in the bottom of the seventh inning, then shut the Cats down for the final two frames. The game ended when NU’s Cody Stevens was picked off at first base.

With Heelan out Saturday and Sunday and senior Kyle Ruchim suspended for the weekend, the Cats scored only 6 runs on 22 hits over the three games.

Sophomore outfielder and catcher Joe Hoscheit attributed some of the offensive struggles in part to the transition outside after a winter of indoor practice.

“We didn’t score as many runs as we should have,”

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Hoscheit said. “We had a lot of opportunities.”

On the bright side, there were strong performances from the Cats’ pitching staff. Magallones pitched into the sixth inning allowing one run Friday, junior Matt Portland gave up only three unearned runs Sunday, and the bullpen was strong all weekend.

Magallones said the weekend provided hope.

“Obviously nobody’s happy with the results, but there was some good that came out of it,” he said.

“It was definitely good to get those games out of the way, and hopefully those close games moving forward turn our way.” asputt@u.northwestern.edu

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MONDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 2015

NU earns 5th-consecutive win in thriller on road

By CLAIRE HANSEN

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February has proven to be a lucky month for the Wildcats.

Northwestern (19-6, 9-5 Big Ten) extended its win streak to five in Ann Arbor, Michigan, on Saturday with a thrilling, come-frombehind win against the Wolverines (14-11, 6-8).

Trailing by 1 with It was a great the clock ticking down, sophomore forward win on the Nia Coffey snatched road. We are a a rebound, dribbled resilient team down the court and made a layup with 4.9 right now. seconds to go to secure Joe McKeown, Women’s basketball a 63-62 victory for the Cats. It was the first coach NU lead of the entire game.

Saturday’s contest marked the end of a nine-game, five-year losing streak against the Wolverines.

“Our main goal is just to play together as a team and play to the last second,” Coffey said.

“I feel like that’s what we did, and it took a lot of effort and a lot of heart. And I’m just really happy.”

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Wolverines to run away with the first 9 points of the contest. Senior Karly Roser, in her third consecutive start for the Cats, ended the Michigan run with a 3-pointer.

Michigan would end up with a comfortable 13-point cushion late in the first half and take a 10-point lead into the break.

The Cats shot well in the first half, netting 43 percent of their field goal attempts, but Michigan shot slightly better, making 47 percent of its shots. NU, a team that came into Saturday’s game top in the conference in turnover margin, gave the ball away eight times while Michigan only had five turnovers.

The second half started off with a bang when junior guard Maggie Lyon swished a 3-pointer just 12 seconds into the period. Lyon has now made a shot from behind the arc in 30 consecutive games.

The Cats began to slide backward again, eventually falling behind by a margin of 12 points early in the second half. Then, NU began to launch a counterattack.

The Cats went on a spirited 15-3 run over the next four minutes and 17 seconds to tie the game at 51.

Michigan and NU traded points over the

following minutes, with the Wolverines staying just slightly out of reach. Down by 3 with 27 seconds left, Lyon grabbed a huge defensive rebound. After coach Joe McKeown called a timeout, junior guard Lauren Douglas was able to bank a layup, making it a 1-point game with 18.6 seconds to go.

The Wolverines missed four consecutive free throw attempts to keep the contest a onepossession game. Coffey grabbed the rebound from the last Michigan free throw, ran down and threw up a layup, giving the Cats a 1-point lead with 4.9 seconds to go.

Michigan regained possession and took the ball down, but its last-second shot fell short of the basket.

Coffey tallied 25 points and 11 rebounds Saturday, earning her fifth consecutive doubledouble and 12th of the season.

“When you have (Coffey) on your team, you know you have a chance,” McKeown said. “A lot of people like to win, but she hates to lose.

She has that competitive edge that just carries through your team.”

Lyon and Douglas joined Coffey in double digits, scoring 12 points apiece.

McKeown said the win exemplified NU’s perseverance.

“I was really proud of our team. Down 10, 12, 13, we just hung in there,” he said. “It was a great win on the road. We are a resilient team right now.” clairehansen2018@u.northwestern.edu

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CELEBRATE GOOD TIMES Nia Coffey celebrates a successful play. The sophomore forward dominated the Wolverines, posting 25 points and 11 rebounds in a 63-62 victory.

Wrestling

Cats, Harger earn big victories against Maryland

By ALEX LEDERMAN

daily senior staffer

The feel-good story played out to perfection on Friday against Maryland.

In his final home meet ever, on senior night in front of his family and friends, Pierce Harger earned his 100th career win — doing so by pin — and led the Wildcats (10-8, 2-7 Big Ten) to their first dual meet victory in almost a month.

“What are the odds that my wins and losses just come together and collide just with this day?”

Harger said. “When you look back, if I would have won in Iowa or I would have won in Midlands, this would have happened last week, and it would have been a different story.”

Harger’s crucial pin was part of a robust effort from the Cats on Friday, as Northwestern defeated the Terrapins (5-15, 0-9) 26-18 at home.

From the start of his match against Maryland’s T.J. Guidice, Harger looked eager to put on a show. The 165-pound senior jumped out to a quick 7-1 lead in the first period with two bulldozing takedowns and a near-fall before scoring 5 more points in the second with a reversal and another near-fall. Up 12-1, Harger finally put an end to Guidice’s misery with the pin.

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For Harger, reaching this milestone the same night he was honored for four years of service to NU was almost a surreal experience.

“I had someone tell me in high school that I’d be a good addition to the practice room here at Northwestern,” he said, “so to get 100 wins now, to be an All-American last season and hopefully do it again this season is pretty special.”

But Harger entering triple-digits was not the only story from the night. The team collectively put together its best showing in weeks on Friday. Although the 26-18 score may look close, it doesn’t do NU’s dominant outing justice.

Victories from the team’s three lightest starters — juniors Garrison White, Dominick Malone and Jameson Oster — were key to the Cats’ success.

The trio has struggled to pick up wins all Big Ten season, much to coach Drew Pariano’s frustration. After all, NU’s inability to win bouts outside of its four ranked wrestlers (No. 3 sophomore Jason Tsirtsis at 149 pounds, No. 7 Harger

at 165, No. 16 senior Alex Polizzi at 197 and No. 4 senior Mike McMullan at heavyweight) was a key factor in the team’s 1-7 conference record heading into the night.

But commanding performances from White, Malone and Oster against the Terrapins helped the Cats to overcome their four-match losing streak.

“At the start of the match, (athletic director Jim Phillips) asked ‘How’s this match gonna go?’” Pariano said. “I told him, ‘Those first three matches are extremely important. If we win those first three, we’re going to be in a pretty good spot.’”

Pariano’s prediction came true, as the early 9-0 lead propelled NU to victory. Malone’s 5-3 win over No. 20 Geoffrey Alexander at 133 particularly stood out, not only because he beat a ranked foe, but also because he avenged his loss to Alexander at the Midlands Championships.

Tsirtsis followed and turned in one of his strongest outings of the season — clearly making a deliberate effort to be more aggressive and offensive — with a tech fall over Ben Dorsay, extending the Cats’ lead to 14.

Still, the Terrapins entered halftime within striking distance. Sophomore Ben Sullivan was pinned at 157 by Lou Mascola, handing the

Terrapins 6 points. Because NU continued to forfeit a weight class at 174, the team essentially only led by 2 heading into the break.

Luckily for the Cats, Harger was their first wrestler on the mat in the second half. His fall and the succeeding forfeit brought the score to 20-12.

Redshirt freshman Mitch Sliga followed at 184 and continued the good vibes for NU by notching his second career Big Ten victory with a 6-2 decision over Tony Gardner.

But the night’s biggest surprise came at 197 when Polizzi experienced a less joyful senior day than Harger. He was pinned by Rob Fitzgerald just one minute into the last match of his career at Welsh-Ryan Arena.

Still, NU’s third senior starter, McMullan, closed out the night and his final home match with a 4-2 victory over No. 12 Spencer Myers, his 92nd career win.

“I’ve been here for it seems like forever,” McMullan said. “It’s really crazy that it’s come to an end, but I’m just grateful that I was blessed with an opportunity to compete in the Big Ten Conference for a fantastic school like Northwestern.” alexanderlederman2017@u.northwestern.edu

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Northwestern finally did it.

Heartbreak turned to despair as the Wildcats (11-14, 2-10 Big Ten) lost nail-biters, blowouts and everything in between during a 10-game losing streak, but NU returned to the win column Sunday at Welsh-Ryan Arena with a thrilling 66-61 overtime victory over Iowa (15-10, 6-6).

“I’m a believer in the basketball gods. I always have been,” coach Chris Collins said. “I got that from Coach K. … They can be good to you when you really deserve it.”

The Cats held a lead at halftime, and despite temporarily relinquishing it during the second half, they were up by 3 for Iowa’s final possession of regulation. With just three seconds on the clock, Hawkeyes junior forward Jarrod Uthoff heaved a contested desperation shot from beyond the arc that somehow found its way through the rim to send the game to overtime.

“We played that exactly like we wanted,” Collins said. “Give the kid credit, he’s a great player.”

At that moment, another victory seemed to be slipping through NU’s fingers, but Iowa couldn’t keep the shooting magic going in overtime against the Cats’ stout defense. The stat of the game for NU was the team’s incredible 12 blocked shots, five of which came from junior center Alex Olah. The big man also contributed 11 points and a game-high-tying 13 rebounds to tally a double-double.

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running a 2-3 zone on defense, a look the Cats have turned to for stretches this season but have never run I’m a believer in consistently for a full 40 the basketball (or 45) minutes. The gods. I always change-up have been. I got worked, that from Coach with NU the K. They can be holding Hawkeyes good to you to 8-of-24 when you really from beyond the deserve it. arc and preventing star Chris Collins, Iowa forhead coach ward Aaron White from leveraging his skill set in one-on-one matchups.

“Love it. We won, so what’s not to love?” Olah said of the zone defense.

“It slows down the offensive team. …

We keep everything out of the paint.

As a defender, it allows me to see everything.”

White, who leads the Hawkeyes in scoring with 15 points per game, was held to just 6 on 1-of-12 shooting from the floor. Overall the team shot 32 percent, with 25 of its 61 points coming from Uthoff.

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“We didn’t establish anything at the rim offensively, it was all jump shots,” Iowa coach Fran McCaffery said. “We didn’t establish our ability to score at the rim pretty much the whole game.”

The Cats had an unlikely performance of their own from sophomore forward Nathan Taphorn, who returned to the lineup after missing the last seven games. He made limited contributions in just 13 minutes played but helped to bolster the depth of a rotation that is still without senior guard JerShon Cobb and made a clutch 3-pointer with 45 seconds left in regulation to put NU up by 2.

But perhaps the most surprising player of the game was freshman forward Gavin Skelly. NU has lacked a true backup center all season, and when Olah picked up his third foul less than two minutes into the second half, Collins called on Skelly for a crucial seven-minute stretch. The freshman delivered big time, and Olah certainly seemed to benefit from the extra rest. “(Skelly’s) minutes in the second half after Alex got his third foul really uplifted us,” Collins said.

It was the usual suspects on offense for the Cats, with freshman guard Bryant McIntosh scoring a team-high 18 points and junior guard Tre Demps trailing him with 16. Demps made some big shots as NU struggled to get anything going on offense, and Collins applauded both guards for strong play in the face of heightened defensive attention.

The coach was even more impressed with the effort and resilience his team showed in a tough game, saying the Cats bought into a clean-slate

mentality and didn’t get down the way they did in similar close contests earlier this season against Michigan State and Ohio State.

“The looks I saw in the huddle at the end of regulation were

different,” Collins said. “They were determined.”

The Cats return to action Wednesday at Minnesota. bpillote@u.northwestern.edu

Men’s Basketball

Sean Su/Daily Senior Staffer

RESERVE POWER Nathan Taphorn goes in for the contested layup. In his return to the lineup, the sophomore forward hit a clutch 3-pointer with less than a minute left, part of a robust bench effort that was key to a Wildcats victory.

NU’s bench plays monster role on both sides in winning performance

By JESSE KRAMER

daily senior staffer @Jesse_Kramer

Freshman reserves Scottie Lindsey and Gavin Skelly gave Northwestern crucial bench production Sunday in the team’s 66-61 overtime win against Iowa.

In the first half, Lindsey’s active defense and outside shooting gave the Wildcats a big lift. He also scored the bucket that put NU ahead for good with 1:29 left in overtime.

Lindsey finished with 7 points, six rebounds, one steal and a career-high

three blocks.

After one block he shook his head at the Iowa player to emphasize the rejection.

“Seeing his fire was great. When he plays like that he’s really good,” coach Chris Collins said. “Sometimes he can be a little bit too chill for me. That’s part of his growth, learning how to play with that fire all the time.”

The Cats needed an energy boost early in the second half, and this time Skelly provided the answer.

The 6-foot-8-inch forward played just seven minutes, which all came in one stretch early in the second half. But those were his best seven minutes of the

season.

Skelly posted 3 points and four rebounds in that stretch while making big plays on both ends of the floor.

“Coach has basically told me I’m not good if I don’t have energy,” Skelly said.

“It’s true — I wouldn’t be here if I didn’t have that energy. That’s something that I can bring to the table all the time.”

Skelly had one block and forced or assisted on three additional misses during that stretch.

He and sophomore forward Sanjay Lumpkin teamed up on a driving Iowa senior forward Aaron White to force a miss. After the Hawkeyes got the offensive rebound, Skelly’s pressure defense

forced Iowa junior center Adam Woodbury to travel.

A few possessions later, Skelly and Lindsey contested White’s dunk attempt to force a miss on what would have been an emphatic slam.

“Gavin Skelly really uplifted us,” Collins said.

Skelly and Lindsey were not the stars Sunday — those were junior center Alex Olah, junior guard Tre Demps and freshman guard Bryant McIntosh, a trio that carried the team particularly down the stretch and in overtime.

Other bench players stepped up as well in the win.

Senior guard Dave Sobolewski

made two 3-pointers in the first half and then made two clutch free throws in overtime.

“Sobo, that’s why he is a senior and a leader,” Olah said. “He’s one of the best free throw shooters on our team. We had confidence in him.”

Sophomore forward Nathan Taphorn connected on a 3-pointer in his first game back from injury to give NU a 50-48 lead in the final minute of regulation.

“If you look at everybody who played in the game, everybody made a play to help us win,” Collins said. jessekramer2017@u.northwestern.edu

Defense carries Cats to victory

Lacrosse

By AVA WALLACE

daily senior staffer @AvaRWallace

Daily file photo by Melody Song

CLOSE CALL Northwestern reaches for the ball off a draw control. The No. 5 Wildcats captured a close 6-5 victory over No. 7 Virginia on Saturday in Georgia.

Northwestern left bitterly cold Evanston temperatures behind and headed to Georgia to face No. 7 Virginia on Saturday in the Cobb County Classic.

The No. 7 Cavaliers (0-1) had lost their last eight games against the No. 5 Wildcats (2-0) and were eager to balance the scales a little. Virginia’s Daniela Eppler and All-American Courtney Swan put the Cavaliers up 2-0 in just over two minutes before NU’s defense righted itself and held strong en route to a 6-5 Cats’ victory.

The two sides of the field in Georgia saw two different NU teams in the first half. The Cats’ defense, anchored by senior midfielder Haydyn Anigian, was as clinical and quick-footed as their offense was sloppy.

Anigian’s defense, kept intact with the help of midfielders sophomore Sheila Nesselbush and junior Nancy Dunbar, forced the Cavaliers to hunt

for open chances for minutes at a time and kept last season’s top scorer Liza Blue off the board.

Goalkeeper Bridget Bianco stepped in to notch nine saves. The senior faced 20 shots from Virginia and was pleased with how well the defense stayed on track.

“Nobody freaked out when we got down by two,” Bianco said. “We talked about it together: Calm yet aggressive, and we really did our jobs.”

The Cats’ offense saw comparatively little action and seemed rushed when they did have ball control.

NU’s youth on attack has been evident in both of the Cats’ games so far this season. When NU edged Southern California by one goal in Los Angeles for its season opener, it was freshman midfielder and field-lacrosse newbie Selena Lasota who scored the gamewinner in overtime.

This time around, senior Kara Mupo found herself in front of Virginia’s crease multiple times, but dumped-off feeds and imprecise shots kept her off the score sheet for the first time in a

five-game streak that stretches back to last season.

Nesselbush and Lasota netted NU’s first two goals unassisted to kick off a 5-0 run for the Cats that lasted into the second half. Junior midfielder Kaleigh Craig scored her first goal since her season-ending injury last April to put NU up 3-2 going into the break.

Nesselbush, Lasota and Craig had a goal apiece in each half, with Nesselbush netting the game-winner in a man-up situation with three minutes left on the clock.

NU graduated the bulk of its attacking core last season — Mupo was the only senior attacker to start the game — and both coach Kelly Amonte Hiller and Bianco attribute these close games at the beginning of the season to a bit of a learning curve.

“We’re young, but we’re tough,” Bianco said. “It’s going to be challenging, no team is going to roll over, we’re not just going to win games. But we’re there, and we’re ready.” avawallace2015@u.northwestern.edu