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CVS change draws skeptical reaction promotion and wellness, said she sees this more as a company “remaining true to its core mission” of health care. She said this action, although commendable, likely will not make much of an impact on regular smokers, especially those at NU, despite the fact that the CVS pharmacy in downtown Evanston, 1711 Sherman Ave., is one of the most accessible tobacco distributors for students. “Certainly limiting access like that in any community when there’s only a handful of outlets that sell tobacco, that can impact youth,” Currie said. “But if they’re that daily smoker who needs to buy their cigarettes by the carton, they may be seeking out a way to have that supply regardless of where it’s available.” According to the Core Survey on Alcohol and Other Drug Use, a survey conducted at NU in 2012, only 13 percent of NU undergrads had used cigarettes in the last 30 days. Only 1.4 percent identified as daily smokers. Although these numbers are lower than the national average for college students, Currie said attempting to limit access likely will not have much effect on these
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NOT FOR SALE CVS Caremark announced last week that it will stop selling cigarettes and tobacco products at all of its CVS stores by October 2014. Officials said the sale of tobacco products was inconsistent with the company’s mission to improve their customers’ health.
Chicago teen shot in south Evanston
A Chicago teenager is in serious condition after being shot multiple times Saturday afternoon in south Evanston, police said. The man, 18, was shot at about 2:30 p.m. in the 500 block of Howard Street. Chicago Fire Department paramedics transported him to Saint Francis Hospital, 355 Ridge Ave., police said. Evanston Police are investigating the incident. — Ciara McCarthy
Man sentenced to 35 years in prison for 2011 killing
The man convicted of killing an Evanston resident in 2011 has been sentenced to 35 years in state prison, police said. A Cook County jury convicted Brandon Hinton of first-degree murder in September. Hinton, of Hazel Crest, Ill., attacked and robbed John Costulas in 2011 as the Evanston resident was walking to work in the 500 block of Howard Street, police said. Hinton took $10 from Costulas, then 61, and left him bleeding and unconscious, according to police. Costulas died eight days later after succumbing to his injuries. The Cook County medical examiner’s office said he died due to “blunt head trauma” from the attack. — Ciara McCarthy
CVS Caremark’s decision last week to halt its sale of tobacco products will likely have little effect on local and individual smoking habits, a Northwestern health expert said. CVS Caremark, the parent company of CVS stores, announced Wednesday that it will stop selling cigarettes and all other tobacco products in its 7,600 stores nationwide by Oct. 1. The decision is the first step in the company’s upcoming fullscale smoking cessation program, which will launch this spring. “Put simply, the sale of tobacco products is inconsistent with our purpose,” said CVS Caremark President Larry Merlo in a news release. “The significant action we’re taking today by removing tobacco products from our retail shelves further distinguishes us in how we are serving our patients, clients and health care providers and better positions us for continued growth in the evolving health care marketplace.” But Lisa Currie, who has a master’s degree in public health and is Northwestern’s director of health
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NU remembers prof couple By Rebecca Savransky
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Students and faculty commemorated the lives of Northwestern professors Rae and Leon Moses on Friday, remembering their contributions to the University’s academics. Leon Moses started at NU in 1959, serving in both the economics department and the Transportation Center before he died in October at age 88. His wife, Rae Moses, was an NU faculty member for 38 years, co-founding both the linguistics department and the Women’s Studies Program, before passing away in February at age 77. About 50 guests attended the memorial held in the Vail Chapel. Chaplain Tim Stevens welcomed attendees and discussed the ways Rae and Leon Moses influenced both the community within and outside NU. Stevens encouraged the audience members to consider the effects individual encounters with the couple had on their own lives. “There is no doubt that Leon and Rae have each had an impact on the lives of many through their research and publishing, through their teaching and mentoring of students, through collaborations and friendships, through their devotion to this university and to the common good,” Stevens said. After coming to NU, Rae Moses was influential in establishing Northwestern’s Organization of Women Faculty and Hobart House, the women’s residential college. A strong feminist, she was passionate about
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spurring dialogue on women’s rights, said Weinberg senior lecturer emeritus Frances Freeman Paden, a colleague of Rae Moses. She was also remembered for her kind demeanor and eagerness to address problems that arose. Paden said she was impressed by her kindheartedness and passion for her studies. “As she did for so many others, Rae reached out to me,” Paden said. “I was swept away by her commitment to the social justice, a commitment I soon learned she and Leon shared. For Rae, women’s rights and civil rights were inseparable.”
Leon Moses began his work at NU seven years before Rae Moses. He served as both the chair of the economics department and the director of the Transportation Center, focused on the improvement of systems of movement, both domestically and internationally. He did significant research in many areas, contributing specifically to transport, traffic congestion policies and transportation safety. In his speech, Weinberg Prof. Ronald Braeutigam said he could not begin to do justice to the research Leon Moses did or the way he carried » See MEMORIAL, page 7
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IN LOVING MEMORY A memorial service for former Northwestern professors Leon and Rae Moses was held Friday in Jeanne Vail Chapel. Leon Moses was a former chair of the economics department, and Rae Moses was a founder of NU’s linguistics department.
‘Revenge porn’ bill enters Ill. assembly By Bailey Williams
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Representatives in the Illinois General Assembly introduced a new bipartisan bill last month that would ban “revenge porn,” the publication of sexually explicit pictures without the consent of the person depicted. “It is a very important issue for the state of Illinois to address,” said State Rep. Scott Drury (D-Highwood), who introduced he bill. “I’m proud to be at the forefront of a cuttingedge issue.” Drury introduced the bill, H.B. 4320, to the Illinois House of Representatives at the end of January. Drury explained that revenge porn happens after a sexually intimate couple breaks up and one person decides to publicize sexually explicit photos without the other person’s consent. Drury said the act “overwhelmingly victimizes women.” About 90 percent of revenge porn victims are women, according to End Revenge Porn, a campaign working to criminalize the action. In addition, one in 10 ex-partners threaten to publish sexually explicit photos of their ex, and about 60 percent of those follow through on that threat, according to the campaign. If the bill is passed, revenge porn would be classified as a felony. As the bill is currently written, conviction would result in a three-year sentence, a clause that is subject to revision. Drury said legislators are looking at existing penalties to see if the statute is fair. New Jersey and California both criminalized revenge porn last year. The Illinois bill has drawn a number of co-sponsors from both parties. State Reps. Kelly Cassidy (D-Chicago) and Barbara Wheeler (R-Crystal Lake) considered the role of advancing technology when deciding to co-sponsor the bill. Cassidy has worked on an antibullying bill that failed to pass in 2012, said Matthew Muir, district office director for Cassidy. He said “seeing the impact that bullying can have” nationally and statewide motivated Cassidy to get behind the revenge porn bill. Wheeler explained when she was young, she heard “stranger danger” warnings, but today, situations are different. Being able to share private information is becoming a very prominent issue, Wheeler said. “It’s a great lesson to learn early on for kids … to be careful,” Wheeler said. Wheeler added revenge porn is a serious offense that adults should be held accountable for. “I think we all have a personal accountability towards our actions,” Wheeler said. “We also have a sense of responsibility.” baileywilliams2017@u.northwestern.edu
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Local eateries join Restaurant Month By bailey williams
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Nearly 20 Evanston restaurants are participating in Chicago’s North Shore Restaurant Month, giving special offers to customers who present a certificate during the event. The Chicago North Shore Convention and Visitors Bureau organized the event. Edzo’s Burger Shop, 1571 Sherman Ave., is offering a two-for-one entree deal and The Olive Mountain, 610 Davis St., will give a free dessert with an entree purchase. To receive the deals, customers must present the official pamphlet. “Anything that brings business in is a great thing,” said Scott Brooker, manager of Edzo’s Burger Shop. Brooker said he and the owner discussed whether the current promotion was potentially more damaging to the restaurant’s sales than they had anticipated. The pamphlet customers use for Chicago’s North Shore Restaurant Month cannot be collected, giving customers the opportunity
to reuse the promotion and also pass it along, he said. With all promotions, Brooker said they have to be aware of all associated costs. However, Brooker noted that bringing in new customers is a great thing. Hassid Blan, owner of Mediterranean restaurant The Olive Mountain, said he hasn’t seen anyone use the Chicago’s North Shore Restaurant Month pamphlet. Though some diners did utilize the specials last year, Blan said. It’s a “good thing to be part of an association that deals with the North Shore,” Blan said. Blan also emphasized that promotions like these are good for advertising and promoting the businesses. Other Evanston restaurants participating in the event include Buffalo Wild Wings, 1741 Maple Ave., offering 15 percent off the guest’s check, and Found Kitchen and Social House, 1631 Chicago Ave., offering a three-course prix fixe dinner at $32. In addition to Chicago’s North Shore Restaurant Month, an Evanston restaurant participated in Chicago Restaurant Week, which lasted two weeks from Jan. 24 to Feb.
Police Blotter Police arrest Chicago teen in connection with battery
Police arrested a Chicago teenager Thursday afternoon in connection with punching and kicking an Evanston high school student. The Chicago teen, 19, kicked and punched a 16-year-old student Thursday at about 3 p.m., Evanston Police Cmdr. Jay Parrott said. The man attacked the 16-year-old after the student exited a school bus near the intersection of Brummel Street and Dodge Avenue, Parrott said. The 16-year-old is a student at Evanston Township High School. The 19-year-old was charged with battery and is scheduled to appear in court March 7.
City man arrested in Burger King
Police arrested an Evanston man in Burger King on Thursday in connection with disorderly conduct. The man was arguing with a Burger King employee and appeared to be intoxicated, Parrott said. He was disturbing the employees at the restaurant, 1740 Orrington Ave., just before 2 p.m. Thursday. Police asked him to leave the restaurant and he refused, after which they placed him in custody. The man frequently panhandles in downtown Evanston and has caused issues in the past, Parrott said. He is scheduled to appear in court March 6.
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Hindi dance team qualifies for national competition By Annie Bruce
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After winning a competition in Atlanta last weekend, Northwestern’s A-NU-Bhav dance team will travel to San Francisco to compete at Bollywood America in April. This is the first time the Hindi film dance team will be competing in this national competition. Weinberg senior Supriya Rastogi, co-captain of the team and one of the show’s leads, said the team has worked to make sure this year’s routine is one of the best yet. “We’ve just put our What makes all in this year,” she said. a show so “We have a more progressive storyline, which amazing is is unique to the Bollythat everyone wood circuit. We have more styles of dancing. is really … We made sure to get a participating nice range of genres, and to their fullest ... I think putting all those it’s not just one together and everything with production and the person. choreography and the heart and soul that goes Priyanka Mody, Medill sophomore into it, it really made the perfect mix.” A-NU-Bhav made sure to take advantage of the different dance experience its members have by capitalizing on members who have a ballet and hip-hop dance background.
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GOING TO NATIONALS Northwestern’s hindi dance team A-NU-Bhav has made it to Bollywood America for the first time ever. The team earned first place earlier this month in the A-Town Showdown.
Rastogi is on the A-NU-Bhav executive board and has been a part of the team since her freshman year. She said attending Bollywood America has always been the team’s ultimate goal. According to its website, Bollywood America is the biggest South Asian filmi-fusion dance
competition in the world. In order to compete, teams must take first place at a bid-qualifying competition. For A-NU-Bhav, that was last weekend’s A-Town Showdown, where they placed first against seven other teams. Medill sophomore Priyanka Mody, who has been
Sunday night to discuss sex differences in medical research. Dr. Melina Kibbe, also a doctor at Northwestern Memorial Hospital, was interviewed by Lesley Stahl on the disparities that result when most or all of the testing for new medications is done on men — including exclusively male rats and other animals used in testing.
Kibbe, a vascular surgeon, said the chances of medical research, even her own, being done on a solely male sample are “very large” because it simplifies the data being gathered. “So to control for that variable most researchers study just males,” Kibbe said on 60 Minutes. “I was also studying just males.” The CBS report came in response to an action
on the team since her freshman year, said everyone on the team plays an important part in the show. “It really is a team effort,” she said. “What makes a show so amazing is that everyone is really participating to their fullest … it’s not just one person.” To get ready for the national competition, Mody said the team will continue to add more to their routine and work on technique. While preparing for Bollywood America, and the three other competitions that precede it, A-NU-Bhav is also fundraising for their trip. The team has a site on GoFundMe with a $9,000 goal. According to the site, A-NU-Bhav has currently raised $995 from donations from 15 people over the last 11 days. “It’s a very expensive sport, with traveling and production and dancer registration fees, so we are always looking to fundraise,” Mody said. In addition to the website, A-NU-Bhav also applies for grants, works concessions at sporting events and participates in campus events to get funding. One of the biggest overall fundraising challenges is getting people to actually donate. “Fundraising is always hard to convince people that this is a matter that needs to be supported,” Rastogi said. Raising money is complicated when the team is also practicing and competing, but Rastogi is confident the team will reach its goal. “It’s something that we know we can accomplish,” she said. “We will never say no to nationals because of financials. We will work our way. We will do whatever it takes to make it possible so every member can come to nationals with us.” annebruce2015@u.northwestern.edu last January by the Food and Drug Administration, which cut the recommended dosage for the sleep drug Ambien in half for women. Kibbe said even while doing her research, it never occurred to her there might be differences. “I didn’t even think about it,” she said. — Joseph Diebold
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From fire to Flappy Bird, where do we go next? YONI PINTO
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When the first iPhone came out in 2007, it revolutionized what we thought about mobile phones. It changed the concept of what a phone was, where and how it was used and what it was used for. It created a whole new industry and a brand new culture around the concept of mobile phones. It directly changed how people all around the world live. Since fire was discovered, we’ve been inventing new things, new tools and new ways to live our lives. All of our innovations and accomplishments have brought us to what I would consider the best period of human history. Right now we’re in a period where we have technology that can shape and reshape the world around us in almost any way we want. We can change, create and build new things like humans could never do before. We have been the main force shaping the world for a long time, but never as strongly as we are right now. Most of us don’t think about this. We just carry on with our lives, not considering what we are capable of doing. But when you think about it, this is truly amazing. We have never
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Think about life as a process, not just a product Determining progress is more important than a yesor-no decision on success SAM Douglas
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I have spent my life concerned with what I produce. My senior year of high school seemed completely dedicated to getting a letter of acceptance. My peers and I took part in activities sometimes with the sole intent of appearing “qualified” to get into our choice colleges. Yet the will to end up with a noteworthy product has continued into my college life. I happen to be a theatre major. There’s a wonderful group of theater boards, known as StuCo, or the Northwestern Student Theatre Coalition, that produces nearly all of the student theatre productions on campus. There are many students involved in StuCo from across NU’s campus. In an environment as large as NU where theater is created, it is expected that a certain preoccupation might be reserved for a final product. However, product-oriented living is not reserved solely for the NU theatre community. Now is the time of year when students are looking for summer internships or are writing resumes and cover letters explaining all of the impossibilities they made possible just to get noticed by a corporation which will provide some occupational and fiscal safety after graduation. I am no exception. A simple question should be asked: Is the product more important than the process? I don’t believe so, and I think that many readers would agree with me. After all, we are at NU to become better people — both intellectually and socially. That in itself is a process. However, I often berate myself for not being better at things I’ve just begun — things specific to me, like understanding Sanford Meisner’s acting technique, or like finding my optimal pitch; things more universal like navigating murky social waters or even planning out my day. If I end up with products I am proud of without having done the work necessary for them, I begin to take things for granted. I procrastinate. I would even stake a claim to being the best (i.e. worst) procrastinator on campus. This also means that it is
something that I’ve thought about a lot. I’ll wait days to start work on major assignments, turn essays in late and scrape by on the good will of my professors. I don’t enjoy procrastinating (I am sure few do), and it’s something I wish I could do without. I have even found myself daydreaming about not procrastinating as a form of procrastination (thanks, Christopher Nolan). This quarter I made it a priority to refrain from procrastination as much as possible. Success has varied. But progress has been admirable. At the beginning of the quarter, I naively thought that refraining from procrastination would be just as easy as procrastinating. After all, it is just a matter of willpower, and I believed my mental stores were I recognize full of it. Turns out both the I was wrong. What little willpower I had progress I have I burned through made and that in the first week. My depleted stores achieving any required time to type of success renew themselves, is always a and I found that I needed to econoprocess. mize. Apparently, I have the brain of a sprinter, not a cross-country runner. I grew disappointed in myself because I couldn’t follow through on a resolution founded on ill-conceived notions of the ease with which habit-breaking could occur. What this lengthy anecdote describes is that the question of process versus product is really a question of progress versus success. When we focus on a product, our judgment becomes dichotomous: Did I succeed or did I fail? However, when we focus on the process, we open our minds to developmental indicators of the distances we’ve traversed. My struggle with procrastination is an ongoing process, one that requires a battle here, a scuffle there in order to win a war that will likely last my entire life. And though I’m aware I still have a long way to go before I win my petty war, I can understand how much I have improved. I recognize both the progress I have made and that achieving any type of success is always a process.
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advantage of anything new anywhere on the world. Soon, there’ll be new focal points for technological development. In this century, other things we once deemed impossible will be made possible with technology. In medicine and in the space industry, there will be remarkable developments; diseases thought untreatable will be treated and places thought unreachable will be reached. The fact that these technologies travel ridiculously fast around the globe will mean that whole new industries, whole new businesses and whole new cultures will come to life all around the world. Just as the computer was the beginning of the information revolution, just like the iPhone was the beginning of the smartphone revolution, the whole world will change again. We are living in a wonderful time. Yes, there are still problems all around the world, but there will always be some. But I think the fact that we’re moving toward new things, even a new way of life, is amazing. I think we’re lucky we will be witnessing some of the greatest innovations humanity has ever seen. I think it’s awesome we will be there when the way that we envision our lives changes once again. Yoni Pinto is a Weinberg freshman. He can be reached at ybpinto@u.northwestern.edu. If you want to respond publicly to this column, send a Letter to the Editor to opinion@dailynorthwestern.com.
Dropping tobacco from CVS stores does not go far enough Katy Vines
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America’s largest drugstore, CVS pharmacy, recently vowed to make a drastic change for 2014: The pharmacy chain will no longer sell tobacco or tobacco products. Larry J. Merlo, president and CEO of CVS Caremark, the parent company of CVS stores, said in a statement “the sale of tobacco products is inconsistent with our purpose,” which is to “help people on their path to better health.” Though the change may seem like a progressive step toward improving wellness in America, it is important to assess if it will really benefit us. The change reminds us that smoking is still a major health issue in our country and it begs the question of whether it will help Americans, or even just CVS customers, to quit smoking, thereby improving their health. The answer is no. As it is, most cigarettes are purchased from convenience stores anyway, not pharmacies. CVS tobacco sales make up a small portion of the total sales of the tobacco industry; therefore, the decision will not have a noticeable impact on the industry itself. Furthermore, people who are addicted to cigarettes and who don’t feel the need to quit using tobacco products will simply buy their desired goods elsewhere. Major retailers like dollar stores have recently taken advantage of tobacco sales, so it is unlikely tobacco users will decide to quit smoking just because CVS no longer sells the products they crave. Though there will be no discernible change in the lives of tobacco users, there will be a negative impact on CVS. It is estimated that CVS will lose $2 billion as a result of the elimination of tobacco products from sales. That kind of loss would not be crippling, but it could mean a slight rise in CVS’ prices to make up the difference. Perhaps the most troubling aspect of CVS’ decision to stop selling tobacco products is the hypocritical nature of its reasoning for the change. Merlo said CVS employs “26,000 pharmacists and nurse practitioners … (who) manage conditions like high blood pressure, high cholesterol and diabetes — all conditions that are worsened by smoking.” Smoking is a major problem in the United States, but Merlo fails to point out that there are other factors that cause these health concerns. If CVS wants to lead their customers on a “path to better health” by helping them avoid these conditions, the company should focus on targeting the other health problems that are devastating America. In 2000, smoking was shown to be the cause of 435,000 deaths in the United States, and recent
numbers are closer to 480,000. But America’s second-largest health problem was obesity, which caused approximately 400,000 deaths in 2000. CVS stores sell an abundance of unhealthy food items — from candy and chips to soda and alcoholic beverages — all of which cause obesity. Moreover, obesity has been shown to cause high blood pressure, high cholesterol and heart disease, as well as diabetes and some cancers. Because obesity rates have been increasing in recent years and smoking rates have been dropping, obesity is expected to surpass smoking as America’s number one killer. CVS Caremark must realize that smoking and the use of tobacco products are not the only negative health behaviors its stores are promoting. If the company truly wants to promote total health and wellness for its customers, then it must take a wider stance against unhealthy food items that cause obesity and other chronic diseases. Until these steps are taken, CVS will not be a making an outstandingly positive difference in its customers’ lives. 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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Prof’s research links pregnancy rates, recession By amanda gilbert
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Sociology Prof. Christine Percheski is working to understand the correlation between fertility rates and poor economic conditions across communities. Percheski discussed her analysis of fertility rates during the recent recessionary period at an Institute for Policy Research colloquium last week. Government reports indicate the fertility rate in 2012 was about 63 per 1,000 U.S. women, dropping from 70 per 1,000 in 2007. Percheski and her colleague, Rice University Prof. Rachel Kimbro, found women with better economic conditions were more likely to become pregnant than women in areas with high unemployment and mortgage foreclosure rates. Percheski also found that a woman’s partnership status greatly impacted her fertility rate. Pregnancies among married women depended more on the unemployment rates while pregnancies among
single women relied more on mortgage foreclosure rates. “While these were some of the key findings, what surprised me the most was that when unemployment was high, women with different levels of education responded similarly,” Percheski said at the colloquium. Kelly Becker, a graduate student studying sociology, said she attended the discussion because she was interested in learning more about demographic research. “The finding about education and pregnancy proves you can’t assume anything,” Becker said. “While we see broad patterns in data, it’s sometimes important to desegregate the groups and to see different patterns.” Percheski plans to continue and expand her research in this area. “That’s what’s important,” she said. “People need to know the research isn’t over. There’s still more I want to look into.”
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Local playwrights bring laughs to Piccolo Theatre By Scott Brown
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At the Piccolo Theatre in Evanston, life can be funny. First Laugh, a one-act comedy festival, kicked off its inaugural year Friday with the premieres of three short plays submitted by local playwrights. The show was initially delayed due to a power outage that shut down the Purple and Yellow lines on the Chicago Transit Authority. A few actors as well as the light and sound technician were late after they were forced to take cabs, said Tony Lawry, creator and host of First Laugh. “Life’s gonna throw comedy at us, so we’ll take it,” Lawry said. So, with about 35 audience members in the intimate 50-seat theater, the show went on. The first play, “Laughter is Serious Business” by Zev Hurwich, focuses on a worried young father who calls in a child psychologist because his three-month-old
son hasn’t laughed yet. Hurwich is a student at the University of Chicago, and the three-person cast was made up of area college students. “It hasn’t been the same twice,” said UChicago third year Hannah Nyhart, who played the mother in “Laughter.” “It was really fun to work with.” The minimal set included only five folding chairs, including three pushed together to create a couch. The chairs were rearranged to create an improvised car for the next show, playwright John Green’s “Ice Flow.” Sitting in a car looking out on Lake Michigan in deep winter, an alcoholic sister opens up about a scarring experience, interspersed with jokes from her brother to relieve the tension. The audience went from roaring laughter to dead silence as the show lurched continuously between the two moods. “I thought I was in for comedy, and then I got ‘Ice Flow,’” said Nate Ferguson who attended the show. “But then I was just ‘give me more of this.’” Ferguson, who will be acting in a First Laugh show next weekend, said he would like to see “Ice Flow” adapted to be a full-length play.
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Emmi Hilger (Communication ‘08) directed the show. “A lot of my work revolves around how important relationships are in our lives,” Hilger said. “John’s play has a lot to do with how difficult it can be to connect through relationships and how transformative it can be when they’re successful.” Audience energy spiked back up as a young woman ran screaming onstage to open Liz Calvert’s “Happy 3rd Birthday Siobhan,” the last show of the night about a birthday party gone horribly wrong. Smeared with icing, three young, suburban mothers huddle on top of a kitchen island, trying to figure out what to do about the murderous toddlers running around the house with steak knives. “It’s too much TV,” one of the mothers sighs. Director Erik Tylkowski, who lives in Chicago, said “Happy 3rd” was a parody of 1990s suburbia and the mothers who lived in it. “The number-one thing was making sure we had mom hair,” Tylkowski said. “We looked at some 90s sitcoms.”
At the end of the night, audience members filled out a ballot voting for their favorite shows. The playwright with the most votes at the end of the festival will receive a $250 prize. Lawry, who is the director of education and outreach and is the rental manager at Piccolo, said he would also like to give them the opportunity to produce a full-length version. “What’s really nice about doing this is that … there’s actors that have never been in this theater space before, there’s directors that have never worked in this space before,” Lawry said. “It’s always nice to get fresh faces on the stage in front of our usual audience.” First Laugh continues next Friday and Saturday at 8 p.m. at 600 Main St. with three new plays, including the show Ferguson, a freshman at Loyola University Chicago, will be acting in. “In comparison to everything today, it is way further on the absurd scale,” said Ferguson. “It is way more surreal.” scottbrown2017@u.northwestern.edu
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Medill alumni upset over email list’s discontinuation By TYLER PAGER
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With the launch of a new online community later this year, the Medill School of Journalism, Media, Integrated Marketing Communications’ alumni email list will be discontinued despite complaints from many former students. B elinda Clarke, Medill’s director of It’s clear that communications and some alumni alumni relations, messaged the email list would prefer Thursday to confirm to continue the mailing list will be networking eliminated on May 30. “As I explained in ways that briefly in the newsletare already ters that went out last integrated into week, the Northwestern Alumni Associatheir lives. tion has spent the last Jessica Hilberman, several years building a new online commuMedill ‘05 nity for Northwestern alumni, students, faculty and staff called Our Northwestern,” she wrote. Our Northwestern will allow alumni to access an alumni directory, communicate with various clubs and network with the NU
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Across Campuses Bar exam falling out of favor PITTSBURGH — Across the country, law school graduates are preparing to take next month’s bar examination in order to get their licenses to practice law. Many will spend a few thousand dollars on an all-consuming preparatory course, even as they wonder if they’ll be able to find work in one of the worst labor markets for lawyers in a generation. A growing chorus of voices is suggesting that it is past time to rethink how lawyers become lawyers. And they’re taking aim at one of the biggest barriers to entry: the bar exam. Iowa is considering a proposal to do away with its bar exam entirely and move to a “diploma privilege” system like one used by its neighbor Wisconsin. In Wisconsin — the only state not to require a bar exam — students who graduate from a state law school can practice law there.
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EMAIL VS. SOCIAL MEDIA Alumni of the Medill School of Journalism, Media, Integrated Marketing Communications may start to communicate through the Our Northwestern portal later this year after their email list is discontinued May 30. Users can incorporate other social media accounts into their profiles.
community. Users can access the portal through various social media outlets such as Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn or Google Plus. Jessica Hilberman (Medill ‘05) said she was disappointed when she found out the email list would be terminated. She said she uses the email list for a variety
of purposes including employment opportunities, keeping in touch with fellow alumni and discussions related to journalism. As a result, she created a new email list through Google Groups, which 250 people have signed up for. “It was clear that others would also like to continue to have an email resource available, so I set one up,” Hilberman wrote in an email
“I will say that Iowa is on to something here,” said Ken Gormley, Duquesne University School of Law dean. “It would be healthy for bar examiners in all states, including Pennsylvania, to examine their practices and their goals and make sure they really are in alignment.” If Iowa does abolish its bar exam, some legal scholars think other states may follow suit, especially states that have only one or two law schools. Guy Cook, president of the Iowa State Bar Association, is a proponent of the plan to abolish the bar exam. “It’s nothing more than a final hazing that tests students on esoteric material they will probably never use,” he said. “It doesn’t test students on Iowa law, and leaves students who have already spent three years in law school in limbo.” Iowa’s pass rate for students taking the bar for the first time is 94 percent, he noted, so it’s not weeding out many undesirable candidates.
Cook put together a nonpartisan blue-ribbon commission to look at possible improvements for educating law students. After six months of study, the commission’s unanimous decision was to recommend that Iowa move to a diploma privilege system. “We have two excellent law schools, and a good working relationship between the state Supreme Court and the bar,” he said, which could help the law schools decide what practical knowledge students should be getting from their coursework. “If students still wanted to take a course on, say, comparative law in Bosnia, they could, but it wouldn’t help them earn a diploma (in Iowa).” During the early part of the 20th century, most states moved toward requiring a bar examination prior to receiving a license to practice law. Wisconsin did not follow that trend and has been alone in its use of diploma privilege since 1988, when West Virginia finally moved to a bar exam requirement. Despite several challenges over the years,
to The Daily. “It’s clear that some alumni would prefer to continue networking in ways that are already integrated into their lives.” Although Ian Monroe (Medill ‘09) has only tried Our Northwestern a few times, he said he was not impressed by the site, which is currently in its beta phase. “It’s a network site,” he said. “The utility for something like that is only in proportion to the number of people that participate in it. If there’s not participation, then there is no utility. That was one of the nice things about the email list. ... There were enough people who were contributing to it on a regular basis where it actually did have a fair amount of utility for the people who were using it.” Monroe said there are anywhere from two to a dozen emails sent over the email list each day. University spokesman Al Cubbage (Medill ‘78, ‘87) said the email list is “an old-fashioned way of doing things” and Our Northwestern will serve as a universal hub for all alumni communication. “We understand that the listserv is popular with a number of Medill alums and serves as a good tool, but we also think the new site will not only meet the current needs, but also provide other services,” he said. “It’s a bit of a change. We understand that, but at the same time, we’re confident that Northwestern alums will be able to adapt.” tylerpager2017@u.northwestern.edu Wisconsin’s diploma privilege has remained intact. Wisconsin’s rule is fairly straightforward: If a student graduates from one of the state’s two law schools, Marquette University or the University of Wisconsin, the student can be admitted to the state bar without taking an exam. Practicing law in another state would probably require taking that state’s bar exam. Iowa, too, has two law schools, at the University of Iowa and Drake University. Beverly Moran, a professor of law at Vanderbilt University in Tennessee who was formerly a professor at the University of Wisconsin, wrote an oft-cited paper in 2000 titled, “The Wisconsin Privilege: Try it, You’ll Like it.” More than a decade later, Moran said her opinion of Wisconsin’s system had not changed. “The University of Wisconsin is a highly theoretical school with very prominent faculty,” said Moran. — Kim Lyons (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
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Women’s Basketball
With 6 games remaining, Cats slipping off bubble By BOBBY PILLOTE
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After Northwestern narrowly lost to then-No. 12 Penn State on Feb. 2, the team made an appearance in ESPN’s Bracketology projection under the header “Next Four Out.” It’s a commendation for the grit the Wildcats have shown in close games all season, but also a warning that there is still work to be done to reach the NCAA Tournament. In other words, NU is firmly on the bubble. The Cats then fell to Michigan on Feb. 6, and when the bracket projections are updated tomorrow they’ll likely fall off the list and back into postseason obscurity. But with six games left on their regular season schedule, including two against ranked opponents, NU still has plenty of time to make its case for a tournament berth. “Every day when I walk into the gym it’s something that’s on my mind,” coach Joe McKeown said. “How can I get this team into position to have an opportunity? We’re excited about the potential of
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From page 1 few dedicated smokers. Medill sophomore An Phung, who is a regular smoker, echoed Currie’s statements, saying she is “indifferent” to CVS’ decision as long as it does not affect cigarettes prices elsewhere. “It’s more of an inconvenience. CVS is supposed to be a convenience store. But I think it’s their business, and I also feel like society is moving more toward an image that is less supportive of smoking cigarettes,” Phung said. Furthermore, she said she only purchases cigarettes at CVS if she happens to be there already; if not, she is more likely to purchase them at 7-Eleven because it is closer to campus. “That would, if anything, deter me from smoking that day if I’m craving it,” she said. Stephen Burnett, Kellogg professor of management and strategy, said it would not make sense strategically for the company to continue
that.” There certainly is plenty of potential on the Cats’ talented but inexperienced roster. It’s led to some impressive wins, but has also contributed to the team’s inconsistent play. Despite all the ups and downs, McKeown is still confident in his young group. “I feel good about where we’re at,” he said. “I don’t get caught up a whole lot in our record. ... I’m more concerned about our progress. When you’re starting three freshmen and sometimes two sophomores ... you could be really good and playing really well and your record might not be reflecting it as much.” NU may have impressed its coach but it still needs to inflate its win total if it wants to impress the NCAA selection committee. That road starts Monday as the Cats travel to take on the Iowa Hawkeyes. It won’t get any easier from there, with the team’s next two opponents being Minnesota, a team that earlier this season served NU a 35-point beatdown, and a road rematch with Penn State. As the games get tougher and more important, the Cats will have to tap the experience that lays deeper down their bench. Help may be coming in the form of junior guard Karly Roser, a team co-captain who only recently returned to the court this season from selling cigarettes. “I’m sure they’re not doing this out of the goodness of their hearts. There are some sound business reasons,” Burnett said. “The actual impact would be pretty slim.” He also pointed out that, despite CVS’ claims of potentially losing $2 billion in sales from the decision, that revenue will likely be made elsewhere by replacing its tobacco products with other product lines. Despite the lack of substantial effects, however, Currie said the statement itself is still valuable, and that she still hopes other pharmacies follow suit. “From a health perspective, of course I support limiting access,” Currie said. “The more we can discourage people from either acquiring the habit of smoking or discourage them from continuing the habit of smoking, that’s a win. It’s the most preventable health care issue out there.” kellygonsalves@u.northwestern.edu
injury. McKeown, however, is being cautious about rushing her back into action. “We’ll just see how she progresses with practice,” he said. “Right now, we’ll go slow with it; but she’s doing great.” Junior forward Alex Cohen is also likely to see a bigger role after replacing freshman forward Nia Coffey, the team’s top scorer, when Coffey missed a game due to a foot injury. The tallest player on the team, at 6 foot 5 inches, Cohen is a big asset on defense. “As she’s gotten more comfortable in that role, she’s started to be better positioned,” McKeown said. “She’s started to understand her timing with blocking shots. And she’s doing a much better job guarding in the low post.” Even though it has been a bumpy ride this year, McKeown seems satisfied with where his team stands and believes it is poised to make a postseason push. “We’d all like to be undefeated,” he said, “but I feel like we’re playing well. Our attitude is great, our energy is great. ... As we go from February into March, hopefully our experience will help us finish off those games.”
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ON THE BUBBLE Forward Lauren Douglas is one of two sophomores who are often the most experienced players in coach Joe McKeown’s starting lineup. McKeown faces a unique challenge in that the team’s record may not reflect how well the squad plays, considering its youth.
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himself within his roles at NU. Braeutigam said Moses brought an unparalleled vision and energy to the center and to his students. Speakers remembered Leon Moses for his rigid teaching method in economics and for his sincere willingness to help anyone in need. “Leon was not just a good teacher, he was a great teacher,” Braeutigam said. “Students flocked to his courses even though they knew he was tough because they knew he had a passion for the subject and could explain difficult materials in a transparent manner.” Braeutigam said Leon Moses was admired for his honesty, ability to collaborate, passion and capacity to challenge both his constituents and students. “He had a tough exterior,” Braeutigam said, “but he was a marshmallow on the inside.” Although Rae and Leon Moses both engaged
with the NU community individually, friends and faculty said they remembered the two were happiest when they were together. Megan Moses McBride, daughter of Rae and Leon Moses, said her mother was empowered by her father, as they each had comparable jobs, a rarity during that time. Although her mother’s demeanor was quieter than her father’s, each of her parents held an equal role in the household, she said. Both passionate intellectuals, the two complemented each other, McBride said, noting she learned qualities and values from her parents that she still carries with her today. “They sought to instill the same values that they encouraged for me: honesty, integrity, commitment, loyalty, discipline, compassion, courage of conviction,” McBride said. “These are the legacies my parents left to Northwestern University, this faculty and its students.” rebeccasavransky2015@u.northwestern.edu
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Cornhuskers bring Cats back to earth NU’s offense falters late against Nebraska By ALEX PUTTERMAN
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Anyone who follows Northwestern sports knows everything can’t go right for too long. The Wildcats’ impressive run of Big Ten victories came to a halting stop Saturday, when they lost to Nebraska (12-10, 4-6 Big Ten) 53-49 at Welsh-Ryan Arena. The loss dropped NU to 12-12, 5-6 in conference and likely ended any optimistic hopes of an at-large NCAA Tournament appearance. Entering Saturday, the Cats had won five of seven conference games to rise to fourth place in the standings. The matchup against Nebraska was considered a highly winnable one for NU. “You’re very disappointed. We put everything into this game,” coach Chris Collins said. “When you care that much and you’re that invested, it hurts when you lose.” The Cats led by 6 points early in the second half before Nebraska’s shots began We had been to fall. The making those Cornhuskers used shots those separate last few games. 11-2 and 8-0 Today we got runs to take 40-32 lead the game tied, awith 8:28 and they hit to play and incredible shots. withstood a frenzied Chris Collins, Cats comecoach back to win by 4. NU’s offense, the team’s weakness all year, continued to struggle. The Cats missed a cascade of open 3-pointers from the corner on the way to 37 percent shooting for the game. “It’s hard for us to score,” Collins said. “That’s not new. It’s been that way all year. That’s why when we do have an opportunity around the basket to finish or when we do have open looks or we do go to the free throw line, we have to make those. Our margin of error is so slim, and it’s very hard to expect yourself to win games when you score 49 points.” Forward Drew Crawford, who had been enjoying one of his best offensive stretches of the season, shot poorly for most of the afternoon Saturday. The senior missed all four of his field goals in the first half and finished with 13
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CORN ON THE COBB Junior guard JerShon Cobb attempts to get by a Nebraska defender late in the Wildcats’ loss to the Cornhuskers on Saturday. Cobb led Northwestern with 14 points, but NU stumbled late for a streak-busting defeat. Nebraska
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points of 4-of-13 shooting. Junior guard JerShon Cobb, who led the team with 14 points, was the only other player in double figures. Cobb would have had 2 more if not for an apparent missed call on a Nebraska goaltend with six minutes left in the second half. “It was a tough call,” Cobb said. Nebraska forward and leading scorer Terran Petteway netted a game-high 17 points, though he needed 16 shots to get them against the Cats’ stingy defense. Forward Walter Pitchford pitched in with 15 points of his own, including 3-of-4 from long range. NU made a dramatic game-tying run late in the second half after falling behind 8. Crawford hit 3-pointers on back-to-back possessions, and with the Welsh-Ryan crowd buzzing,
sophomore guard Tre Demps drove for a game-tying layup. The run appeared to be the latest instance of late-game heroics for the Cats, who had played well down the stretch to pull out close games throughout conference play. But the luck ran out Saturday. Pitchford and Petteway contributed a pair of 3s to give Nebraska the lead back, and in the end the Cornhuskers prevailed by 4. “They hit a couple big shots down the stretch and we didn’t,” Collins said. “That was the difference. We had been making those shots those last few games. Today we got the game tied, and they hit incredible shots.” NU has seven conference games to play, beginning Thursday at No. 9 Michigan State. Though the team’s postseason hopes are deflated, there’s still much to play for — including a possible NIT berth. “Are we disappointed? Absolutely,” Collins said after the loss Saturday. “Are we defeated? No.” asputt@u.northwestern.edu
daily senior staffer @Rohan_NU
The day he was introduced as Northwestern’s new coach, Chris Collins promised a raucous atmosphere at Welsh-Ryan Arena, regardless of the gym’s dated features. Collins delivered on his promise Saturday, even as the Wildcats fell to Nebraska, 53-49. Welsh-Ryan was packed with purple. The crowd was a far cry from many other NU games, where opposing fans or sparse student sections marred the game’s appearance. The excitement was palpable Saturday. The early afternoon contest even drew out school celebrities such as Michael Wilbon (Medill ‘80), Dan Persa and Evan Eschmeyer. Collins’ father Doug, a former NBA head coach, was also in attendance. “It was awesome. I’m so pleased with the turnout,” Collins said. “That’s what my guys deserve. They’re so proud to be wearing the jersey with ‘Northwestern’ on it. You need every little ounce of energy.” The Wildcats’ recent success was certainly a factor in drawing out students. But the Collins effect is just as much of a boost. The rookie head coach filmed a video during the week urging students to make it to Saturday’s game. The result was a student section on each end of the court full before tip-off. The crowd was at its loudest late in the second half. After falling behind by as many as 8, NU tied the game on a 3 by senior forward Drew Crawford.
Nearly the entire arena roared to its feet. Athletic director Jim Phillips punctuated the excitement by waving his fists in joy from his seat in the lower bowl. Crawford noticed the increased energy even around campus. “It’s been awesome. The students, alumni, everybody has been so supportive,” he said. “It feels great to come into a game and see the stands packed. I’m just hoping they’ll stay with us.” Junior guard JerShon Cobb earned his own moment with the crowd. Referees robbed Cobb of a basket when they missed a goaltend by Nebraska. The crowd screamed in disapproval, and Cobb was grateful for the support. “It was great,” he said. “Hopefully (the fans) come out like that for every game.” The focus now moves to the future. Saturday’s loss derailed momentum for the Cats’ alreadyfaint postseason hopes, and could do the same for the fans’ energy. NU has three home games left before the Big Ten Tournament in Indianapolis. In the long-term, fans should be rewarded with some upgrades to Welsh-Ryan. The Chicago Tribune reported in November that NU has planned upgrades for the arena for next season, including a new video scoreboard. Collins believes the energy will carry forward for a long time.“To me, it’s only going to get better,” Collins said. “This is just the start. I appreciate it. We need that kind of support.” rohannadkarni2015@u.northwestern.edu
Brian Lee/Daily Senior Staffer
CROWD SOURCE Students turned out en masse for Saturday’s noon tip-off against Nebraska. But moral support from the stands wasn’t enough to keep Northwestern from a 53-49 loss to Nebraska.
Macdonald’s late goal edges Cats past Cavaliers By AVA WALLACE
daily senior staffer @AvaRWallace
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Daily file photo by Melody Song
RECORD SETTER Senior draw specialist Alyssa Leonard reaches for the ball against Penn in last season’s Senior Day contest. Leonard pulled for 10 draw controls in Sunday’s season opener and now has the most career draw controls of any active Division I women’s player with 316.
Sunday’s game against Virginia marked the beginning of a new season, but featured the same old Northwestern. The Wildcats (1-0) beat the Cavaliers (0-1) 13-12 in Atlanta, taking the lead for good on an 8-meter goal from senior attack Kate Macdonald with 17 seconds left in the game. The Cats played a back-and-forth contest en route to their eighth consecutive victory against one of their rivals and frequent NCAA Tournament opponents. Junior goalkeeper Bridget Bianco also anchored the NU defense with a career-best 14 saves, easily surpassing her previous high of nine. Bianco’s tally was just one short of the program’s
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single-game record. But aside from the contest’s thrilling final shot and Bianco’s standout performance, the game was par for the course for NU. Sunday’s game was the first time NU took to the field without its old guard, among them star midfielder Taylor Thornton, the team’s go-to attack, Erin Fitzgerald and ground ball champion, midfielder Gabriella Flibotte. But NU is no stranger to moving on. Senior veterans such as Macdonald, draw control specialist Alyssa Leonard and defender Kerri Harrington, who saw plenty of playing time even while
Thornton and Fitzgerald dominated headlines, led a Cats squad that produced fairly characteristic stats. Leonard dominated the draw control with 10 possessions to help her team reach a total of 18 draw controls compared to Virginia’s nine. Leonard, who also netted two goals against the Cavaliers, now has 316 draws in her career, the most among active Division I women’s lacrosse players. The Cats also somewhat struggled with control, tallying 20 turnovers — six of which were unforced errors — and falling short on 50/50 balls. NU collected 19 ground balls compared to Virginia’s 26. NU will travel south once again on Feb. 22 to face Duke on the Blue Devils’ turf. The Cats’ conference schedule is set to begin March 9 against Ohio State. avawallace2015@u.northwestern.edu