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Bobkiewicz named interim supervisor By PATRICK SVITEK
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DROPPED CHARGERS University Library is no longer distributing chargers for Apple laptops after students stole chargers or replaced them with previously broken ones. The charger program is on hold while the library and Associated Student Government determine whether there is funding available to continue the program.
Library halts charger loans By EDWARD COX
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Students without laptop chargers in University Library will find their Apple computer batteries on life support after the circulation desk’s last available rental charger came back broken last week. The library began loaning out chargers last year in an endeavor supported by more than $1,000 from the Associated Student Government project funding pool. Since then, however, the chargers have either come back broken or ended up missing, circulation services supervisor Alice Tippit said. Problems regarding the chargers surfaced Spring Quarter, when some students did not return them to the library’s circulation desk. Other chargers broke because of wear and tear, Tippit said. In the spring, the circulation desk received broken chargers whose bar codes had been replaced with those of other chargers, Tippit said. After this happened multiple times during the Reading Period following Spring Quarter, Tippit said she realized the initial theft was not an isolated incident. Three chargers ended up missing in this manner, she said. She added two others were never
returned and two were broken. “People noticed it would be easy to trick us and put a charger in there that is broken,” Tippit said. “That happened three times, which I find shocking when someone does something like that.” Since circulation desk staff members noticed some students were replacing the library’s chargers with broken ones, they began People noticed marking the charit would be easy gers with to trick us and pen. ASG put a charger allocated in there that is $300 toward the broken. chargers in January Alice Tippit, circulation services 2012 to jumpstart supervisor the charger rental program. About a year later, it bought more chargers for University Library when the library noted demand for the devices had increased, ASG executive vice president Alex Van Atta said. Three more chargers for Windows laptops for Mudd Science and Engineering Library were purchased in February, along with one more for University Library.
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Students borrowing laptop chargers must present their WildCARDs to be scanned at the desk before receiving a charger. The University Library is now considering purchasing replacement chargers itself instead of asking ASG to contribute additional funds, Tippit said. She said the library had initially waited for about nine months until ASG’s support for the rental program materialized into Mac chargers. ASG and the library have yet to collaborate on a plan to address the issue of missing or stolen chargers, she said. “The reaction of students (to the missing chargers) is disappointment,” Tippit said. “It’s clear they came with the expectation to borrow one.” Van Atta said handing over the responsibility of funding the chargers is ideal because it fits the purpose of ASG-sponsored projects garnering full University backing. “If she thinks that’s something the library should do then that’s great and a perfect example of how the project pool should work,” the McCormick senior said. “It’s a way we can fund some, if you think about it, a start-up project, something somebody thinks might work that we can put money towards.” edwardcox2011@u.northwestern.edu
The Evanston Township board Monday night appointed city manager Wally Bobkiewicz to replace Gary Gaspard, the township supervisor who resigned abruptly last week. The trustees, who also serve as aldermen, voted 7-3 to name Bobkiewicz the interim supervisor and task Evonda Thomas-Smith, the city’s health department director, with the day-to-day duties of the part-time job. The township, which has the same boundaries as the city, handles general assistance for the needy and offers tax advice to residents. Trustees Judy Fiske, Peter Braithwaite and Don Wilson opposed the move, with Braithwaite and Wilson wanting to wait a week to fill the position. Evanston Mayor Elizabeth Tisdahl voted in favor of Bobkiewicz’s appointment. Gaspard’s resignation went into effect Friday, less than five months after he was elected. He cited the time commitment of the job as his reason for leaving the post in a letter sent Thursday to Tisdahl and city clerk Rodney Greene. On Monday night, Ald. Jane Grover (7th) urged the township board to replace Gaspard as soon as possible. “I worry that for those clients of
ours of the township, those are people who fall through cracks, and I don’t want them falling through this crack in the lapse of a township supervisor,” Grover said. But Wilson called any appointment Monday night “premature,” saying trustees owe their constituents more time to explain the fast-moving situation and possibly recruit other candidates. “I think the residents deserve to have someone advocate for them,” Braithwaite said. Ald. Ann Rainey (8th) emerged as the most vocal opponent of Wilson’s suggestion, asking him what harm there would be in appointing familiar faces like Bobkiewicz and ThomasSmith while the township searches for a permanent supervisor. Wilson balked at her remarks, replying, “Did I say there was any harm in it? Did I say there’s no need?” Evanston resident Mary Baker, who frequently interrupted the trustees as they discussed Gaspard’s replacement, told them they were acting too fast by picking Bobkiewicz. “We have not been given the opportunity to have our say,” she said. Baker was one of a few speakers who hinted at unfinished business from Gaspard’s tenure. In her first public comments on her former colleague’s departure, township assessor » See TOWNSHIP, page 7
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FILLING A VACANCY Evanston Township assessor Bonnie Wilson speaks against dissolving the township at the special town board meeting Monday. The meeting was called in light of the recent resignation of township supervisor Gary Gaspard.
Evanston police arrest 2 men in Craigslist scam Cops: Men took $5,000 from Skokie resident last week By PATRICK SVITEK
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David Adams, Martell Henderson
Posing as potential buyers, Evanston
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police Friday evening made two arrests in connection with a botched deal to buy a car off Craigslist. Martell Henderson, 27, and David Adams, 23, are accused of robbing a Skokie man who thought he was heading to purchase the vehicle Tuesday in the 900 block of Monroe Street in Evanston. They held the man at knife point and took $5,000 from him, according to police. At about 6 p.m. Friday, an undercover
team of investigators arranged another meeting with Adams and Henderson in the 7800 block of Kedvale Avenue in Skokie, Evanston Police Cmdr. Diane Davis said. One of the men lured the investigators to the rear of the location, where he tried to rob one of the investigators at knife point. Davis said the other man emerged and punched an investigator in the face. After a brief chase, the investigators revealed their identities and took
the men into custody. The investigator who was punched in the face was not injured, Davis said. Henderson, of the 5600 block of South Ashland Avenue in Chicago, and Adams, of the 18000 block of Dejong Lane in Lansing, Ill., have been charged with armed robbery. They are scheduled to appear in court Nov. 1. patricksvitek2014@u.northwestern.edu
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City, NU look to fill downtown arts panel By EDWARD COX
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The city is beginning its recruitment process for a committee that will decide whether a performing arts center in downtown Evanston is viable. Mayor Elizabeth Tisdahl is looking to appoint nine members to staff the Downtown Performing Arts Center Task Force, which will include Downtown Evanston executive director Carolyn Dellutri, a member of the Evanston Chamber of Commerce board, and a Northwestern representative. Potential members have until Nov. 8 to submit an application on the city’s website. Once the members are picked, the city hopes the task force can finish its work and report back to City Council in the next six months. University spokesman Al Cubbage said NU would be “happy to participate” in the task force, though it has not picked its representative yet.
In July, Ald. Mark Tendam (6th) suggested downtown Evanston as a possible site for a new performing arts center. His idea came after Piven Theatre Workshop asked the city for a $2.2 million loan to double its space in the Noyes Cultural Arts Center. Tendam proposed moving performing arts groups from the arts center, which currently leases space to performance and visual artists, to a new downtown location. Some tenants of the arts center were concerned Piven might push out other tenants by expanding within the center. Earlier this fall, city manager Wally Bobkiewicz cited a study that identified the need for four performing art centers in Evanston. Funded by the National Endowment for the Arts, the research was completed in December with the help of EvanstARTs, the Evanston Community Foundation and the Evanston Arts Council. Patrick Svitek contributed reporting. edwardcox2011@u.northwestern.edu
National News Obama: ‘No excuse’ for website foul-ups WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama said Monday that he was angry and frustrated with the failures of the federal government’s new health care website and he vowed to solve them as soon as possible. Obama said a team of America’s top private-sector tech experts was working around the clock to fix Healthcare.gov, though he and his staff declined to name the companies that are involved. “There’s no sugarcoating it,” the president said at a Rose Garden event with supporters of the health care overhaul. “It’s fair to say that nobody is more frustrated by that than I am. ... There’s no excuse
for the problems, and these problems are getting fixed.” Obama, in his first extensive remarks since the botched Oct. 1 rollout of the insurance marketplace, said the law that aims to provide more comprehensive, affordable health coverage remained a success and that any problems stemmed from interest that exceeded expectations. Nearly 20 million people have visited the website, and more than half a million have successfully submitted applications. “The product is good,” the president said. “The health insurance that’s being provided is good. It’s high quality and it’s affordable.” — Anita Kumar and Tony Pugh (McClatchy Washington Bureau)
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— Viki Rivkin, Open Communities director of fair housing
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Police Blotter 2 men threaten student at ETHS
Two men threatened an Evanston Township High School student with a gun as he was leaving the school Friday afternoon, according to police. At about 3:40 p.m., the men told the student to meet them in the 1600 block of Main Street so they could fight, Evanston Police Cmdr. Diane Davis said. While speaking, one of the men flashed the butt of a handgun underneath his shirt. Davis said the student knew both of the men who appeared at ETHS, 1600 Dodge Ave. The student told the men he did not want to fight and eventually made his way home, Davis said. The student’s mother reported the incident 40 minutes later, but police were not able to find the men.
Man arrested after threatening police officer
Police arrested an Evanston man after he threatened an off-duty Chicago police officer Saturday at ETHS, according to police. Randall Mercer, 33, threatened the officer while he was working at an ETHS football game at about 3:30 p.m., Davis said. Mercer, of the 700 block of Grey Avenue, has been charged with aggravated assault. He is scheduled to appear in court Nov. 11 at 9 a.m.
Woman kicks man after he kicks her dog during argument
An argument between two neighbors ended in injury Saturday, according to police. At about 11:40 a.m., a 41-year-old Evanston woman was walking her dog in the 700 block of Hinman Avenue when a 60-year-old man approached her, Davis said. The two began arguing. During the argument, the man kicked the woman’s dog, Davis said, and in retaliation, the woman kicked the man’s leg. No arrests were made. — Tanner Maxwell
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Moshe Halbertal, a prominent Israeli public intellectual, is the Gruss Professor at New York University School of Law and John and Golda Cohen Professor of Jewish Philosophy at Hebrew University. A former fellow at Harvard’s Society of Fellows, Halbertal has authored People of the Book (Harvard, 1997), Concealment and Revelation (Princeton, 2007), On (Princeton, 2012) and Idolatry (Harvard, 1994, with Avishai Margalit). He has also written three groundbreaking monographs in Hebrew including Interpretive Revolutions in the Making (Magnes, 1997). Moshe Halbertal is a member of Israel’s Academy of Science and the Humanities.
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Many people were happy that they could finally come to a game and order food without having to worry about allergies. — SESP junior Karen Wilber
Alumna releases newest novel in ‘Divergent’ trilogy By JOSEPH DIEBOLD
daily senior staffer @josephdiebold
The Northwestern alumna who signed a book deal during her senior year to publish the popular “Divergent� trilogy will release the series’ third and final chapter Tuesday. Veronica Roth (Weinberg ‘10), a graduate of NU’s creative writing program, is set to release “Allegiant,� which will end a young adult trilogy that began in 2011 with “Divergent.� The second book in the series, “Insurgent,� was released May
Source: Veronica Roth’s Facebook page
YOUNG TALENT Veronica Roth (Weinberg ‘10) will release her third novel, “Allegiant,� Tuesday. The book is the third in a series Roth started when she was a senior at Northwestern.
2012. The series is set in a dystopian version of Chicago and chronicles the trials and tribulations of a teenage girl who leaves her family for a different faction. By Monday night, “Allegiant� had reached No. 1 on Amazon’s bestsellers list. As of Oct. 8, it was outselling “Mockingjay,� the final book in the “Hunger Games� series, by a ratio of five to one when compared with “Mockingjay� sales two weeks before its release. A film based on the first book in the series, starring Shailene Woodley, Kate Winslet and Tony Goldwyn, is scheduled to be released in March. English Prof. Averill Curdy, who directed the honors seminar for creative writing majors when Roth was graduating from the program, said Roth’s work stuck with her. “It’s very unusual that I keep thinking about a piece past the point when I’ve read it, commented on it and handed it back,� Curdy told The Daily when Roth signed the deal. “The novella Veronica was working on really stuck with me.� Roth, who lives in the Chicago area, will hold an event Saturday in Downers Grove, Ill., to promote the release of “Allegiant.� She told The Daily in 2010 that she puts aside her shyness for publicity. “I’m not generally someone who enjoys having the attention focused on her,� she said. “But it’s exciting too. How many people get a chance to go places and talk about their books?� Roth said in a University news release that the creative writing program taught her to tone down her writing. “The first story I wrote at Northwestern had all these crazy car accidents and things,� she said. “I learned how to quiet down, how to write clearly and how to construct stories that were subtle and not so heavy-handed.� josephdiebold2015@u.northwestern.edu
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CAMPUS CALENDAR Power and Privilege: 22 Reimagining inclusion OCT.
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Tuesday, 7 p.m. McCormick Auditorium
Wednesday, 12 p.m. Searle Center
Middlebury College Dean Shirley Collado will kick off the Women’s Center’ 2013-14 events series with a keynote lecture Tuesday. Collado will share ways Northwestern can become a more inclusive campus as part of a two-day series of campus events. Earlier in the day, she will give a keynote address on NU’s Chicago campus. Collado is also a psychology professor at Middlebury.
As part of Northwestern’s celebrations of the month, sociology Prof. Hector Carrillo will deliver a lecture Wednesday on how gay immigrants’ intersectional identities combine when confronting issues of race and sexuality. Carrillo is an expert in both Latino studies and sexuality studies.
SEED fall speaker: 22 Adrian Grenier OCT.
Tuesday, 8 p.m. Cahn Auditorium This year’s fall speaker from Students for Ecological and Environmental Development may be best known for his role as Vincent Chase on “Entourage,� which went off the air in 2011, but filmmaker and actor Adrian Grenier is also the co-founder of an environmental website, shft.com, which offers tips for incorporating sustainability into everyday life. After the event, SEED will host a meetand-greet with Grenier for select students.
Education in Our 22 Communities OCT.
Tuesday, 8 p.m. Harris Hall Northwestern Teach for America, Supplies for Dreams, the Multicultural Greek Council, Students For Education Reform and Associated Student Government will come together to host a panel on education in marginalized communities. The discussion will kick off with an introduction from former University President Henry Bienen.
John Evans Study 23 Committee open forum OCT.
Wednesday, 5 p.m. University Library After forming last academic year to examine the role of Northwestern founder John Evans in the 1864 Sand Creek massacre, the John Evans Study Committee will present its work publicly for the first time Wednesday, offering attendees an overview of its findings and providing a chance for public feedback. The Native American and Indigenous Student Alliance began a campaign last academic year asking the University to acknowledge Evans’ role in the massacre and make amends, including establishing a Native American studies program at NU. OCT.
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Coffee shop environment as important as coffee JULIAN CARACOTSIOS DAILY COLUMNIST
“Black as the devil, hot as hell, pure as an angel, sweet as love.� These are the words of the famous French statesman Charles-Maurice de Talleyrand, when someone asked him to describe great coffee. When he wasn’t driving Napoleon Bonaparte up the wall with his schemes, the silver-tongued Talleyrand was busy enchanting and entertaining the elites of Europe in the salons of Paris. Widely considered to be one of the most skilled diplomats in all of history, Talleyrand knew that good hospitality, good conversation and good drinks were an essential part of his work. The quote may be apocryphal, but either way, Talleyrand has something to tell us about the importance of a good cup o’ Joe. To say that coffee is ubiquitous is an understatement. “Sleep is a symptom of caffeine deprivation� — and coffee is the primary medium by which this beloved non-prescription stimulant is obtained. This is where our boy Charlie comes in. He knows that one of the keys to “winning friends and influencing people� is not just serving something to eat and drink, but providing an atmosphere in which those things enhance
the relationship between one and one’s guests or friends. Coffee can be a crude chemical kick to jumpstart our mornings, or it can become an element of refinement. And since most of us lack mansions befitting eighteenthcentury Parisian aristocrats with which to host a regular crowd of guests, coffee shops are the place to go. If you’ve met me in person, you probably know that Peet’s Coffee & Tea is my home away from home. Were it not for my tutoring jobs, I’d certainly have been bankrupted by my cappuccino habit. Even when I study at the Starbucks downtown, I make sure to first swing by Peet’s and grab a cafe au lait to go. But wait, you say, Peet’s is just another chain! There’s nothing ‘hipster� or “unique� about it, so get off your high horse and pay homage to Emperor Starbucks like the rest of us. Technically, the haters are right. Peet’s Coffee & Tea is just another chain, and though I will defend the superiority of its cappuccinos until the day I die, there is nothing
Wall Street and Capitol Hill need couples therapy YONI MULLER
DAILY COLUMNIST
On Sunday, media outlets reported that after weeks of discussions and negotiations, JPMorgan Chase agreed to pay $13 billion to settle civil charges leveled by the Department of Justice. The legal battles emerged from practices the company conducted in misrepresenting assets that it sold. Those same assets, sold by banks all over the world, would be the underlying cause of the housing bubble and the subsequent recession. That’s bad stuff. I want to go on the record stating that, so nobody will jump to rash conclusions regarding other parts of this column. So, for the record, I think packaging a bunch of high-risk assets, saying that by nature of having lots of high-risk assets they become low-risk and selling them off knowing that investors were poorly informed, if not lied to, is wrong. And when you do something very wrong, and it has serious consequences, you should be held accountable. Having said that, this settlement is insane, and it serves as a strong indicator that the relationship between Wall Street and Capitol Hill is flawed. JPMorgan is receiving a penalty wholly disproportionate to its crimes, particularly given the history of the events before and after the start of the market’s collapse. The bank is handing over a wad of cash the size of Iceland’s GDP, making it the largest settlement in the DoJ’s history. Yet JPMorgan itself had very little involvement in the sub-prime, mortgage-backed securities market. Of all the assets subject to these lawsuits, only 30 percent were actually created by JPMorgan. The remaining 70 percent were actually concocted by two institutions JPMorgan bought in 2008. Of course, that in itself doesn’t mean much without the proper historical context. Many people today would mark the start of the recession with the meltdown of Bear Stearns, one of the leaders in the troubled mortgage market. In March, 2008, the company was facing billions in losses on defaulted mortgages and no liquidity. This was seen as a catastrophe — the kind of event that could lead to a financial meltdown. In an attempt to prevent this, the Treasury Department and the Federal Reserve asked JPMorgan’s CEO, Jamie Dimon, to buy the troubled bank at a colossal discount. A few months later, the government brokered a similar deal, only this time it was Washington Mutual that needed to
be rescued. These are the two banks that created and misrepresented the majority of the assets in this case. These are the banks on whose behalf JPMorgan must now pay $13 billion. What this means is that although one government agency had to beg JPMorgan to buy out some rivals, another was getting ready to sue the pants off of them. Many people are quick to say that it’s still fair. When someone buys something, they buy its good things and its bad ones. A stockholder owns a company’s assets as well as its liabilities. Besides, JPMorgan made billions of those acquisitions since, so they have no right to play financial martyr. However, at the time, everyone thought the sky was falling. Multiple other banks turned down the chance to buy WaMu; if it was such a steal why would anyone ever say no? The underlying problem here is not whether or not JPMorgan is being vilified, or punished unfairly, or whether they were saviors or tycoons who made a bad purchase. The real issue is that the relationship between banks and the government has soured. Bankers like to look at all forms of regulation as the enemy, and, as a result, bureaucrats like to speak of CEOs as if they’re better suited for the Gilded Age. Somewhere in the mayhem, everyone seems to have forgotten that the government benefits greatly from bank activity, and on the same note, bankers benefit just as much from good regulation. After all, even though banks may have misrepresented their assets, nobody was telling them they couldn’t do so. And because nobody did that, investors got burned beyond their wildest dreams (as did everyone else). Of course the disconnect is more nuanced than as described. Plenty of the financial instruments being traded are too sophisticated for a lot of the traders to understand, let alone regulators who are distanced from them. The sophistication of these assets makes it incredibly challenging to regulate them, but that’s not an excuse for the state of affairs we’re in today. As cliche as it sounds, the solution is not more or less regulation, but better regulation. Bankers and government officials need to work closer together to develop regulation that actually works. The vitriol between the two needs to dissipate and be replaced with cooperation. That way, not only will banks not face such unfair punishments, but the underlying problems that led to those cases might be avoided entirely. Yoni Muller is a Weinberg junior. He can be reached at jonathanmuller2015@u.northwestern.edu. If you want to respond publicly to this column, send a Letter to the Editor to opinion@dailynorthwestern.com.
objectively superior about Peet’s itself. But that was never the point. I think Peet’s has good coffee, but I’m loyal not so much to the brand or the product, but rather the specific Peet’s at 1622 Chicago Ave. There’s something special about a place where the baristas know you by name, where you can have a conversation while your coffee is brewing, where there’s a regular crowd of people and where you can meet your friends and know you’ll feel at home. So, you can imagine my rage when I heard about the abomination called the Briggo coffee kiosk. For those of you print readers unable to click the online hyperlink, this is no mere glorified Mr. Coffee. It’s a veritable automatic Starbucks, able to make everything that you would find at a conventional coffee shop. What’s more, because it’s a machine, it can keep track of all your personal preferences and specifications and make your coffee exactly the way you like it, every time, with no mistakes. Okay, so an all-in-one automated coffee shop which can replace the entire staff of the local Starbucks is probably not an existential threat to coffee shop culture. But
the gusto with which the coming of this technological marvel has been hailed disturbs me. It’s yet another instance of the incessant drive to mechanize, standardize and accelerate everything which supposedly will deliver out society from the evils of waiting in line, getting a drink not made to exactly the same specifications every time and having to talk to another human being when not absolutely necessary. Convenient as they may be, the ever-proliferating cornucopia of time-saving devices leads us to the temptation to accelerate everything, which as you all know is often more stressful since once we have the option of going fast, we’re often expected to. When I step into Peet’s, I know it’s not a very efficient means of accomplishing my stated purpose for being there — getting some coffee to wake me up while studying — but I prefer it that way. These inconveniences and inefficiencies force conversation, human contact and distraction into our lives. If you want to abolish them, then do so by all means, and have someone endorse your “efficiency� and “management skills� on LinkedIn while you’re at it. I think I’ll stick to getting my coffee from a human, with all the imperfections it entails. Julian Caracotsios is a Weinberg senior. He can be reached at juliancaracotsios2014@u.northwestern.edu. If you want to respond publicly to this column, send a Letter to the Editor to opinion@dailynorthwestern.edu.
Too much importance placed on grades KATY VINES
DAILY COLUMNIST
Almost every day, students across the country strive to get their hands on that amazing letter A. They go to school early, stay after to ask questions and spend hours each night studying. All to get one letter written on their paper the next day. When the letter is not the one he or she hoped for, the student’s psyche can take a catastrophic hit. America’s school systems hope to raise knowledgeable, strongminded, dedicated citizens but have entered students into a tragic race to the front of the alphabet. If nothing else, this fact should be considered: emphasizing grades in schools takes away from students actually learning. With so many things dividing up their time, such as sports, jobs, and quality time with their families, students have some (but not a lot of) time to devote strictly to homework and studying. They try to accomplish everything, but it’s not possible. This pushes students to find other ways to get the grade without really taking the time to do the work. In my high school Advanced Placement Calculus class, we had 15-20 homework problems a night, and that was from just one class. The solutions were online, but that was supposed to be so that we could check our work once we were finished. We were all bright students to have gotten into an AP class, but that did not mean we had extra time to do homework. I know many students who copied the online solutions and turned them in, which got them an A but didn’t teach them anything. Instead, they could have actually done half the problems and gained something, but then they would have gotten a 50 percent, a failing grade. So much more emphasis
was put on the grade than the actual learning that many times students learned nothing at all. Similar situations occur in classrooms across the country every day. Moreover, the quest for good grades can be detrimental to a student’s health. Students deprive themselves of sleep by pulling all-nighters to finish their homework or stress themselves out when they know they can’t do it all. Not to mention that getting bad grades after working really hard on something can decrease their self-esteem and confidence in their abilities. As a freshman, I studied all night for a French test and barely got a B. One little letter hardly seems to be worth all the trouble. Placing so much emphasis on grades is unfair. At my high school, percentages of 100 to 90 were an A and percentages of 89 to 80 were a B. One percentage point made the difference between an A and a B, and a major difference in GPA, which students think is the defining factor for getting into college. Is it really fair to allow one percentage point to be so consequential in this high-stakes grading system we’ve crafted? Adding to the problems with school systems is that 50 percent means failure. If a student knew nothing about a subject coming in, and was able to learn half of the material, they learned a lot and they should get credit for it. However, in most, if not all, school systems in the country, they would get none. In the end, school systems that emphasize grades so heavily are unfair and end up hurting students by taking away their desires to actually acquire knowledge and by wounding their health. If this country wants to raise knowledgeable, strong-minded, dedicated citizens, it is going about it the wrong way. Katy Vines is a Weinberg freshman. She can be reached at kaitlynvines2017@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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TUESDAY, OCTOBER 22, 2013
Students praise allergy-conscious football game By BOB HAYES
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Northwestern’s inaugural Peanut Free Day attracted a number of fans to Ryan Field for their very first Wildcat football experience Saturday. NU’s game against Minnesota was Ryan Field’s first-ever game during which peanuts Many people were prohibited inside were happy the stadium. For what that they could is possibly the firstever allergy-conscious finally come to a game day at any college, game and order the Family Weekend matchup drew many food without sports fans who cannot having to worry normally attend games about allergies. due to their peanut allergies. Karen Wilber, “Saturday was my SESP junior first time attending a Northwestern game,” McCormick freshman Jon Hoffman said. “And it might be the only time I get to go unless Northwestern has a Peanut Free Day in the future.” Hoffman, who said he is “deathly allergic” to peanuts, is one of at least 2 percent of Americans who have peanut allergies, according to the Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America. “Northwestern took the right steps to ensure
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NUT IN MY HOUSE Fans cheer on Northwestern during Saturday’s game against Minnesota. The athletic department hosted a peanut-free day in an attempt to open the stadium to fans with peanut allergies.
that the game was perfectly safe,” Hoffman said. “They released the video of (Chicago Bears’ Charles) ‘Peanut’ Tillman and said they were power washing the entire stadium, and I ended up feeling totally comfortable at the game.” Ryan Field concessions were adjusted to remove snacks that contained peanuts. SESP
junior Karen Wilber, who works at a concession stand to raise money for Alternative Student Breaks, said peanuts, Cracker Jack, and Snickers bars were removed for Saturday’s game. “A few people asked if we had some of the items that contained peanuts,” Wilber said, “but overall the event did not seem to have a
ways that students can save money while they work toward those goals, Kasich said. Quality and cost are the biggest issues facing students who are struggling with increasing tuition and fees, rising student-loan debt and stagnant graduation rates, Kasich said. “If the status quo remains in effect for higher education over time it will crumble, and I’ll tell you why: It costs too darn much to go to school,” he said. “Mothers and fathers and students —y oung men and young women — they’re getting tired of this.”
Kasich warned that if Ohio’s schools do nothing to prove their value, they will become like the churches in Europe: big buildings with few people as students increasingly turn to less affordable options such as online colleges. But Kasich has hope for the future, he said, because the state already has what he believes is the best higher-education system in the nation. “When you look across our great state and you look across our great institutions, I think we can beat anybody, not only in the country but in the world,” he said. “But we have to keep moving, we
big impact on our sales. Many people were happy that they could finally come to a game and order food without having to worry about allergies, so why not have peanut-free games every week?” Athletic department spokesman Paul Kennedy said he was impressed by the execution of the allergy-conscious game day. Kennedy called the feedback from fans “exceptionally positive” and said the athletic department is assessing the possibility of hosting another allergy-conscious day in the future. “By all accounts the day was a resounding success,” Kennedy said in an email to The Daily. “Both leading up to the event, and at the game, we heard from many families affected by peanut allergies that were so appreciative of the opportunity to enjoy the college football experience in person for the first time.” Weinberg freshman Jason Chen, who is allergic to peanuts, said he normally feels comfortable attending NU football games, but he felt particularly safe at the peanut-free game Saturday. Chen, who led an allergy awareness club in high school, said he was proud of NU’s efforts to create an allergy-friendly event. “The University has been great about allergy awareness,” Chen said. “The dining halls make it easy to see what foods contain allergens on a daily basis, and the game Saturday further showed how Northwestern is at the forefront of this pressing issue that needs awareness.” roberthayes2017@u.northwestern.edu
Across Campuses Kasich assigns Gee to study college affordability, relevance Retired Ohio State University President E. Gordon Gee will lead a study looking for ways to make college more affordable and relevant for Ohio students, Gov. John Kasich announced this morning. Gee is to spend the next year working with other college presidents, K-12 education leaders and the business community to come up with ways to tie education to potential jobs and to find
have to keep changing because if we don’t our institutions will go backward.” Innovation will take a new way of thinking, Kasich said. Gee is the best person to lead the effort because of his experience leading five colleges. Gee retired from Ohio State University in July and now teaches law there. He also is establishing a center in OSU’s Glenn School that will confront the challenges and opportunities facing higher education. — Encarnacion Pyle (Columbus Dispatch)
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NFHA accuses U.S. Bank of racial discrimination By KELLY GONSALVES
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Fair housing activists have added Evanston and six other Chicago suburbs to a list of cities in which they claim U.S. Bank does not maintain foreclosed homes in black and Latino neighborhoods as well as it does in white neighborhoods. Last week, the National Fair Housing Alliance announced the amendment to its federal complaint against the bank, which was first filed in April, 2012. The group says it invesitgated 27 properties in cities that the bank has neglected due to racial prejudice. A U.S. Bank spokesman did not respond to a request for comment last week. The complaint alleges poor upkeep of foreclosed homes disrupts these communities’ housing markets by discouraging prospective buyers and lowering the value of surrounding properties. Fair housing agencies investigated all foreclosed properties owned by U.S. Bank in the Chicago area in August, according to the alliance. The groups said they found evidence of housing discrimination in Evanston, Aurora, Dolton, Hazel Crest, Matteson, Waukegan and Country Club Hills. Open Communities, a fair housing organization in the north suburbs of Chicago, claims it found seven poorly maintained foreclosed homes in Latino, black and other non-white neighborhoods of Evanston and Waukegan. “There’s plants growing in the gutters, gutters are falling down, doors aren’t secured, (and) there’s no ‘for sale’ signs outside saying that these homes
and the bank has so far “not been productive,� Smith said. She added that U.S. Bank lawyers have claimed that the bank is merely the trustee of these properties and therefore does not have the responYou sibility of taking care of them, but the NFHA see that they points to the Fair Houstake pride in ing Act of 1968 as proof of the banks’ liability. maintaining The alliance began their homes, investigating foreclosed but they live properties in 2009, prompted by banks’ next door historic use of redlining to this literal against Latino and black neighborhoods. In 2010, dump that U.S. the alliance investigated Bank refuses to eight banks, including take care of. U.S. Bank, Wells Fargo and Bank of America. Shanna Smith, Smith said the alliance president of the began filing federal comNational Fair plaints against specific Housing Alliance banks after they ignored an April 2011 report by her group that accused their industry of discriminatory foreclosure maintenance. Last year it filed complaints against U.S. Bank, Wells Fargo and Bank of America. Only Wells Fargo has begun to work with the fair housing agencies to resolve the issues, Smith said. Smith said Evanston will likely be included as evidence in federal complaints against the other banks once they are filed.
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LOW MAINTENANCE The National Fair Housing Alliance cites an Evanston home in its case against U.S. Bank, which it claims maintains some foreclosed residences better than others. The group says the home has an “uninviting entrance.�
are available for purchase,� said Viki Rivkin, Open Communities director of fair housing. “They’re not homes that people would want to buy, and it continues to drive down the market.� These properties were compared to a foreclosed home in a white neighborhood in Skokie, where U.S. Bank took “much better care� of the property,
said Shanna Smith, president of the alliance. “You look at the neighboring properties and you see how neat and clean the neighbors are,� Smith said. “You see that they take pride in maintaining their homes, but they live next door to this literal dump that U.S. Bank refuses to take care of.� Conversation between the fair housing agencies
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Women’s Center addresses relationship violence By BAILEY WILLIAMS
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A talk held Monday night at the Northwestern Women’s Center addressed healthy and unhealthy relationships, stalking and intervention tactics. Women’s Center counselor Sara Walz said the purpose of the discussion, titled “How to Talk to a Friend about Relationship Violence,� was “to support peers, support the community.� She said she hoped the event would “build awareness� and “give people tools and language to keep the topic from being so silent.� Walz and a clinical intern touched on many aspects of relationships. An emphasis was made
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We want to create safety for the participants. Sara Walz, Women’s Center counselor
throughout the discussion that either gender in any kind of relationship, for instance a manman relationship or a woman-man relationship, can experience relationship violence. Signs of an unhealthy relationship were discussed in detail. The types of abuse that can create an unhealthy relationship vary from academic abuse to sexual abuse, all of which can be harmful to people in those relationships. The speakers also discussed ways to identify healthy relationships, such as by recognizing
respect and communication. The speakers also discussed stalking and tactics to battle it. Thirteen percent of female college students have been victims of stalking, according to a packet provided at a talk. The facilitators pointed out Illinois-specific stalking laws and suggested creating an incident log as a means to handle those situations. Having an incident log allows people of any gender to provide specific evidence to the police when the stalking is reported, facilitators said. The talk was geared toward building awareness on handling discussions with friends who are experiencing relationship violence or stalking. Intervention strategies discussed involved telling a friend with a relationship problem or a violent incident that the occurrence was not his or her fault. Facilitators emphasized
that often victims internalize the blame about the incident or the relationship violence on themselves. Walz told The Daily after the discussion that turnout at similar events varies, but it tends to stay around 10 people, which provides a comfortable space to discuss issues such as relationship violence. Walz also said she was pleased with how the discussion panned out. “We want to create safety for the participants,� Walz said. Editor’s note: Confidentiality is a key component of the talks held at the Women’s Center. Individual names and specific references to what was said by people present were left out of this story. baileywilliams2017@u.northwestern.edu
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TUESDAY, OCTOBER 22, 2013
Football
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Fitzgerald looks around for answers By JOHN PASCHALL
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If Northwestern is going to end its losing streak this weekend against Iowa, it has to do so without senior running back Venric Mark. Coach Pat Fitzgerald announced Monday that his electrifying playmaker will miss Saturday’s game and said he is unsure how much more time Mark will miss after that. The senior injured his hamstring during training camp in the fall and missed most of the Cats’ non-conference games. He was able to return for the game against Ohio State but was injured again the following week early in the game against Wisconsin. NU’s offense has been in disarray since conference play started. The Cats have scored only 23 points in their past two games after having a streak of seven games of scoring 30 points or more entering their contest against Wisconsin. Fitzgerald made it clear on Monday that all his offenders are on notice. “We’re not being The only way successful enough on offense right now for us we’re going to win,” he said. “With to get out of it that comes that vein that we always have in is to fight and our program of comscratch our way petition. If guys don’t show us consistent out of it. effort of improvement Pat Fitzgerald, this week, we’re going football coach to start rotating guys at different positions.” Execution has been the word Fitzgerald has stressed most when it comes to his offense’s struggles. He said the Cats have beaten themselves recently, which has resulted in their threegame losing streak. But Fitzgerald still thinks the high character of his players will help turn around NU’s misfortunes . “Our offense has really caused us to be in a hole,” he said. “The only way we’re going to get
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Bonnie Wilson suggested the office was turning the page on a tumultuous period. “The staff is to be commended for all of the turmoil that they have recently had to endure under the last administration,” she said. The trustees, however, declined to publicly air out what Rainey called the “who did what to whom,” voting to enter executive session to discuss the interim supervisor appointment. After about 45 minutes, they returned to the council chambers with Bobkiewicz’s name. patricksvitek2014@u.northwestern.edu
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looking at the effort level of some of our guys that have played a lot of football for us, and it’s unacceptable. It’s not up to the standard that we believe in, and that’s a choice. If I’ve got to coach effort for any of our guys then they’re not going to play.” Redshirt freshman running back Stephen Buckley, who scored his first career rushing touchdown Saturday against Minnesota, acknowledged that players sometimes push too hard on offense and need to focus on what they have to do individually each play. “As players we try to do more than we are asked to do,” he said. “I just think that we need to focus on our job. That’s one of the things that Coach Fitz tries to stress a lot. … If we focus on our job and what we do, we’ll be able to go out there and execute.”
“Penn State’s a really great team, and we had to come in with the attitude like we had nothing to lose,” Niedospial said. “But they are one of the best teams in the country, they have some of the best hitters in the country and it just wasn’t there (for us) today.” As for NU’s offense, the team started off hot with 13 kills in the first set, an impressive mark considering Penn State had been holding opponents to 10.3 kills per set. Yet in the final two stanzas, the Cats mustered a combined 18 kills and were blocked nine times by the Nittany Lions’ front court. Outside hitter Kayla Morin said the attack performed admirably Sunday, but that blocking, along with Penn State’s serving, wrecked havoc. “Offensively, we were holding our own against Penn State,” the freshman said. “But they got us on the serves a lot. They had some really tough serves. Also, they had some huge blocks. We had to find some ways around that, so it was definitely an obstacle.” This match was a blemish in an overall fantastic 10 days for NU. What is there to do after this disappointing defeat? Simply look to the next match. “It’s never fun to lose,” Chan said. “We have to give credit to Penn State and get ready for Illinois because we only have two days. Tonight we won’t feel good about it, but tomorrow the sun will come up and we’ll have to move on.”
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PAT’S CHAT Pat Fitzgerald attempted to explain NU’s recent offensive failures at his weekly press conference Monday. The coach questioned his team’s effort saying, “If I’ve got to coach effort for any of our guys, then they’re not going to play.”
out of it is to fight and scratch our way out of it. I believe those guys will do that.” Junior quarterback Trevor Siemian has struggled with the absence of senior quarterback Kain Colter, who is listed as day-to-day. Siemian has thrown five interceptions through seven games, one more than he and Colter combined threw all of last year. To make matters worse, the rushing attack that used to be the strength of the offense has failed to go more than 100 yards for three consecutive games. The offensive line has also seen its fair share of troubles blocking defenders at the point of attack, an issue that Fitzgerald compared to “a Picasso looking like puke”. Fitzgerald said the mistakes are correctable but that his offense needs to have a sense of urgency all the time. “When we did that on Saturday, we moved the ball pretty well,” he said. “Other times, I’m
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Defense reigns as NU splits weekend on road By MIKE MARUT
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Northwestern allowed only eight shots all weekend yet came out with one win instead of two. Senior midfielder Nikki Parsley led the offense against the Hoosiers on Friday for the Wildcats. She scored both goals of the game in the first half, though the defense held Indiana to only two shots all game. “Nikki controlled the ball and the offense,” coach Tracey Fuchs said. “The defense didn’t let up any field shots.” The two shots that Indiana tried weren’t on goal, proof NU’s defense shut down any attack the opponent might have launched during the game. The Cats’ junior goalkeeper Maddy Carpenter didn’t have to move much at all. The defensive strength coupled with Parsley’s presence made for a deadly combination. Parsley’s first goal came off a penalty corner and pass from freshman midfielder Dominique Masters, and the second one Parsley took herself past the hash marks and shot a laser across to the far post. The team even planned to shoot for wide-out goals, their best way of scoring, senior midfielder Julia Retzky said. “The first goal was just an awesome ball from Dom (Masters),”
Parsley said. “I put my stick down just in case, and it was a perfect ball. Indiana T he s e c ond goal was kind of one you just dream of. I just No. 11 took it myself Northwestern and thought I should probably pass it but No. 17 there was no Louisville pressure, and I just ripped it.” The Louisville game was a defensive battle as well. NU’s defense let the No. 17 Cardinals shoot just six times, but, unfortunately for the Cats, two got past Carpenter. On the Louisville side, goalkeeper Sydney King made ten saves. “It was the best defensive effort I’ve seen since I’ve been here,” Fuchs said. Leading the attack was senior midfielder Tara Puffenberger with six shots, five on goal. Arguably the most aggressive player for NU, Puffenberger has the most shots on goal this season with 38, but racked up only 5 goals total. “(Puffenberger) had some great shots in the game, the goalie just got a piece of them,” Fuchs said. The Cats had plenty of No. 11 Northwestern
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On the defensive side for NU, Louisville only scored off-penalty corners. This weekend the Cats’ defense withstood the challenge of two competitive squads, and the offense created opportunities. This leads one to The second goal believe NU has little to was kind of one work on. Fuchs you just dream said of. I just took it otherwise. myself ... there “We’ll was no pressure definitely be working and I just ripped on corners this week,” it. she said. Nikki Parsley, “We can’t senior midfielder let teams go two and five on corners on us.” Parsley said it is crucial to learn from the loss — there are tactical things for the team to work on. The team needs to find ways to score, especially with the Cats taking on conference opponent Michigan State next weekend. The offensive aggressiveness and defensive staunchness is there, but NU needs to tweak a few things in order to roll through the rest of its schedule and into the post-season.
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SLICK NIKK Nikki Parsley and the Cats split a pair of matches over the weekend, beating Indiana 2-0 Friday before falling to No. 17 Louisville on Sunday. Parsley scored both goals against the Hoosiers.
opportunities to score but could not
convert offensively, Puffenberger said.
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Cats can’t top Nittany Lions NU loses by biggest deficit this season 3 By KEVIN CASEY
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Northwestern arrived on its home court Sunday afternoon as the winner of three straight contests. Two of these matches came against top-20 foes, forming a strong run of play in the heart of Big Ten season. Apparently, Penn State didn’t care. The Nittany Lions (16-2, 7-1 Big Ten) defeated the Wildcats (12-8, 4-4) in three sets at Welsh-Ryan Arena on Sunday, swiftly killing NU’s bid for a fourth-consecutive victory. It was another banner day for the then-No. 4 team in the nation, as Penn State won its seventh straight Big Ten match after
losing its conference opener. On the other side, the Cats failed to live up to their potential, as the team never seriously threatened to win any stanza down the stretch. Coming four days after taking down then-No. 17 Ohio State in four sets, this was quite the perplexing result. Is Penn State an insurmountable powerhouse, or did NU play a really sloppy match? For coach Keylor Chan, both played a hand in the loss. “It was a combination, maybe we were a little off, maybe they’re that good,” Chan said. “I give a lot of credit to Penn State, that’s the best I’ve seen them play all year.” Early on in the first set, the match appeared it might be quite the battle.
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CAN’T WIN ‘EM ALL Senior Stephanie Holthus serves in the NU’s game against No. 4 Penn State on Sunday. The Cats lost 3-0, ending their three-game winning streak despite a team-best 13 kills from Holthus.
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The two squads waged a fierce fight over the initial 12 points of the contest, as the duo combined for nine kills and three lead changes in a 6-6 beginning to the opening set. From there, though, Penn State asserted its dominance. The Nittany Lions scored 12 of the next 18 points and cruised to a 25-17 victory. The following two sets didn’t start off nearly as close, allowing the visitors to defeat the Cats by scores of 25-15 and 25-17. Penn State’s varied offensive attack gave NU fits all night, as it produced a healthy 14.0 kills per set at a highly effective .385 rate. Outside hitter Nia Grant was especially potent, capitalizing on 11 of her 13 attacks against one error. Chan took notice. “Tonight she was electric,” Chan said. “She hasn’t played this well all year. It was one of those matches where Penn State played an amazing offensive game and they were better than us.” Penn State’s offense didn’t just affect NU’s coach. Libero Caroline Niedospial produced 41 digs in her last nine sets coming into this match, putting on two dazzling defensive displays in aiding the Cats to victories over ranked opponents. Against the Nittany Lions, Niedospial failed to cobble together the same defensive firepower, pounding out a mere 10 digs in three sets. For the redshirt sophomore, the highly-touted visitors brought an offense the Cats couldn’t keep up with on an off night. » See VOLLEYBALL, page 7
By ALEX LEDERMAN
the daily northwestern
After finally earning its first conference victory Saturday, Northwestern was ready for its luck to turn with a strong finish to the season. The rest of the Big Ten, however, was not willing to let that happen. The Wildcats have returned to their losing ways, with their second consecutive loss to a Big Ten foe Sunday. Ohio State topped NU 6-1 in a game the Cats would love to get back. “It was rough,” coach Michael Moynihan said. Ohio State forward Nichelle Prince completed a hat-trick against NU, scoring the only two goals of the first half and the first of the second. This is the second consecutive game in which the Cats have allowed three straight goals to the opposing team’s leading scorer. Prince ranks third in the Big Ten with 11 goals. “We know going into these games who these players are and what they do, but we’re still making silly decisions in terms of how we deal with them,” Moynihan said. “Things that we talk about, we’re not executing.” The one goal for NU was scored by freshman forward Addie Steiner in the 68th minute, knocking the ball to the back of the net for the second time this season off the assist from junior forward Katie Landgrebe. Steiner struggled early this year with many shots firing off the crossbar or landing just wide of the net but now has two goals and an assist in the past three games. Although Steiner is heating up, many other of the Cats’ frustrations persist. Senior forward Kate Allen, who has led the team in goals the past three seasons and is tied for the lead this year, missed five more shots — two on goal — bringing her shot percentage to a brutal .046 for the year. Allen has taken 65 shots this season, 32 on goal, but only has three goals. The player with the next most shot attempts on the squad is Steiner with 32. The biggest news from this game came when freshman goalie Jenna Hascher left
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the game with a concussion after a collision with Ohio State midfielder Alexis Degler on the Buckeyes fourth goal of the game. Hascher was replaced in goal by senior Sam Hatfield, who saw her first game-time action this year. Hatfield would go on to allow two more goals to the Buckeyes: one to Kristen Niederhaus in the 77th minute and another to Nicole Miyashiro one minute later. Hascher’s status for future games remains unclear, Moynihan said. “Somebody else has to step up (if Hascher is hurt for an extended period of time),” Moynihan said. “We’ve got other goalkeepers on this team who have worked really hard that are looking for opportunities. If one comes their way, I think they’ll be ready.” NU had lost all its previous Big Ten matchups by only one or two goals. On Sunday, the Cats lost by five. “I think that they really did capitalize on a lot of mistakes we made,” Landgrebe said. “The game really wasn’t as lopsided as the score suggests,” Moynihan added. “That’s the thing that’s really hard to stomach.” He said that there were some questionable calls and that luck just wasn’t on the Cats’ side. The game easily could have been tied at halftime and late in the second half, had a few little things gone NU’s way, Moynihan said. This is a game the Cats would prefer to forget. Still, NU remains a team that has struggled with adversity before and is used to seeing the “L” next to its name. The group now must do something it has done many times before — bounce back up and prepare for its next foe. NU takes on Michigan State 7 p.m. Friday at Lakeside Field. alexanderlederman@u.northwestern.edu