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FOUR MORE MONTHS Evanston Arts Center patron Robert Fields argues the art center should have two years to prepare for the end of its lease agreement. City Council approved a measure Monday night to extend the lease through the end of January 2015.
Art Center lease extended By Edward Cox
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City Council approved a measure Monday night granting the Evanston Art Center four additional months to leave its current location at the Harley Clarke mansion. Council approved a motion from Ald. Jane Grover (7th) to give the art center until the end of January 2015 to
leave the deteriorating building after art patrons raised concerns that approving the Human Services Committee’s recommendation to terminate the center’s lease agreement in eight would conflict with the center’s fall class schedule. A proposal raised by Ald. Mark Tendam (6th) to make conditions of the lease agreement more flexible was not approved. During the meeting, the center’s faculty and students read quotes from an online petition asking the city to give the center two years to find a new home.
Group tests changes to CTECs, CAESAR By ReBECCA SAVRANSKY
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The Course and Teacher Evaluation Council (CTEC) is partnering with other campus groups to pilot changes to course rating forms and the CAESAR layout to provide more comprehensive and beneficial evaluations to students and faculty. The pilot program started about a year and a half ago due to complaints about the outdated system and a lack of clarity in students’ responses, said assistant registrar Alison Phillips, the head of CTEC. Phillips said the committee, along with the Office of the Provost’s Assessment and Accreditation Council and the Searle Center for Advancing Learning and Teaching, decided to make changes to the questions posed to students to include more learning-based rather than teacher-based assessments. “The pilot questions are really focused on learning objectives and learning outcomes,” Phillips said. “The pilot questions currently being used are questions trying to align the learning objectives of the instructor and see if those were achieved in the class.” The committee has distributed these pilot questions to differently sized classes in every school over the past few quarters,
Phillips said. Professors teaching classes that were testing the pilot program were requested to clearly lay out class objectives, so students could keep those goals in mind while filling out evaluations. Susanna Calkins, associate director of Searle Center for Advancing Learning and Teaching, said she has been working with CTEC to analyze the data from these past pilot classes and obtain more feedback from students and faculty. Those working on the committee are also attempting to make small changes to the CAESAR interface to encourage students to give more qualitative answers. Changes include refining the layout and adding each class’ objectives to the top of the evaluations so students have the ability to refer to these when answering the questions. “Part of the pilot is improving the current infrastructure of CTEC system,” Phillips said. “So we’re looking at ways of improving the actual format so it looks and feels a little more modern and up to date.” Phillips also said the format of the evaluation forms may change to incorporate open-ended components into questions that ask students to rank the quality of different parts of the class. There is another pilot program » See CTECS, page 6
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Of the more than 30 people who registered for citizen comment, a majority urged the city to provide greater leniency to the center because of its cultural significance. Though the aldermen’s agreement to extend the lease to January 2015 is favorable, the center has struggled with raising funds and spending time searching for a new building, said Norah Diedrich, the art center’s executive director. » See council, page 6
A Medill junior is suing Northwestern, alleging the school failed to act after she filed a sexual assault complaint against a professor two years ago. The lawsuit claims the University handled the allegations with “deliberate indifference and retaliation,” according to a copy of the lawsuit obtained by The Daily. The student said philosophy Prof. Peter Ludlow sexually assaulted her following a downtown Chicago art show the two attended together in February 2012. According to the suit, filed Monday, Ludlow bought the student alcohol and ignored her repeated requests to return to Evanston, taking her to his apartment where she lost consciousness. The student said she regained consciousness early the next morning in Ludlow’s bed. The student is suing the University for the payment of all past and future medical bills and education expenses, reparation for emotional distress and appropriate remedial actions, according to the lawsuit. The lawsuit demands resolution through trial by jury. The student reported the case to a faculty member, who passed it on to Joan Slavin, director of the Office of Sexual Harassment Prevention. After investigating, the lawsuit says,
Slavin found Ludlow “engaged in unwelcome and inappropriate sexual advances,” including “sleeping with his arms on and around (the student) on the night of February 10-11.” About two days after the assault, the lawsuit says, the student attempted suicide. Since then, according to the lawsuit, she has suffered continued severe health effects. She was diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder and remained in the hospital for about three days. Kristin Case, Ludlow’s attorney, said Monday night the professor “denies all of (the) allegations contained” in the complaint. Ludlow is not named as a defendant in the lawsuit. “Out of respect for all parties involved we have no further comment,” Case wrote in an email to The Daily. The suit says the University formed a committee to determine disciplinary action against Ludlow. The committee recommended NU fire him, but the suit alleges NU ignored the committee’s decision. Ludlow remains employed by the University, where he is teaching two 300-level philosophy classes this quarter, according to CAESAR. NU released a statement Monday but declined to comment further. “We don’t comment on pending litigation,” University spokesman » See LaWSUIT, page 6
CAPS debuts walk-in service NU hopes informal consultations will reach at-risk students By tyler pager
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In an effort to demystify the counseling process and offer more support, specifically to multicultural students, Counseling and Psychological Services has started “Let’s Talk,” a new drop-in consultation program. “Let’s Talk” was started at Cornell University and is offered at 19 universities nationally, CAPS psychologist Monika Gutkowska said. Northwestern is the second Midwest school to offer the free program, after the University of Chicago. “It’s basically a program developed to engage community and students who underutilize counseling but need support and would benefit from it,” Gutkowska said. “It’s different, obviously, from counseling. It’s more an informal consultation for students to talk about particular problems, seek advice and support and referrals.”
Gutkowska said “Let’s Talk” is not an alternative to formal counseling and does not constitute mental health treatment. However, the service offers students an opportunity to experience it on an informal basis. Associated Student Government president Ani Ajith, a former Daily staffer, said “Let’s Talk” is part of a larger effort to broaden CAPS’ services. “We have been, of course, talking with Dr. (John) Dunkle and Monika Gutkowska about (ways) in which to ensure students, no matter what their background is and their familiarity with mental health resources and mental health professionals is, they feel comfortable accessing CAPS’ resources and services,” the Weinberg senior said. The program began in December and consultants have so far seen three students. However, CAPS executive director John Dunkle said the organization just began an advertising campaign. “My hope is that this is sort of like a pilot and we’re seeing how it goes,” he said. “I’m pretty confident that it’s going to be very successful, that hopefully we will maybe be able to offer ‘Let’s Talk’ in other areas on campus and perhaps even in Chicago.”
“Let’s Talk” is offered Wednesdays from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. at the International Office and Fridays from 2 p.m. to 3 p.m. at the Multicultural Center. On Fridays, Spanish-speaking counselors will also be available. While the program is available for all NU undergraduate It’s more an and graduinformal ate stuconsultation dents, there is a spefor students cific focus to talk about on reaching interparticular national problems, seek and muladvice and ticultural students. support and “One of referrals. the things that we Monika noticed Gutkowska, is that for CAPS psychologist students with a multicultural background is that the stigma in relation to mental health tends to be stronger,” said Giovanna Rivano Gomez, a psychology intern at CAPS. “So one of the things that we wanted to do was just create a
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Around Town Repairing old pipes costs city $60K By BAILEY WILLIAMS
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Evanston is shelling out an additional $60,000 to cover repairs for water main and sewer construction downtown. According to city documents, a third of Evanston’s water mains are more than 100 years old and more than half are more than 80 years old. City Council approved an increased payment Monday to the contractor who completed construction on water main and sewer replacements on Davis Street. The contract change is increasing the project’s total cost to just over $2.7 million, according to city documents. Evanston aldermen authorized city manager Wally Bobkiewicz to increase the city’s contract with Bolder Contractors, Inc. by $60,592.43. The money will come from the city’s Water Fund and Sewer Fund, according to the city
Police Blotter Police arrest Chicago man in connection with battery Police arrested a Chicago man on Saturday at a Central Street bar after he repeatedly punched an Evanston man in the face, police said. Both men were at the Bluestone restaurant, 1932 Central St., early Friday morning with a female acquaintance, police said. The trio had been drinking throughout the night, Evanston Police Cmdr. Jay Parrott said. An interaction between the woman and the Chicago resident, 36, prompted the man to punch the Evanston resident in the face, Parrott said. After knocking the Evanston man, 35, to the ground, the Chicago resident continued to punch the victim in the face. The Evanston man suffered minor cuts
documents. In May, City Council approved a contract allowing for the replacement of the Davis Street water main, which extends from Benson Avenue to Hinman Avenue near downtown Evanston. Council also approved the replacement of the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago sewer, which extends from Orrington Avenue to the alley east of Hinman Avenue. Repairs were initially expected to cost nearly $2.65 million. Predicting the cost of these projects is nearly impossible, said Homayoon Pirooz, assistant director of public works. Pirooz explained that it was normal for the costs to change, especially for underground utility work. The construction of the water mains required more money than anticipated, Pirooz said. “Because the work is already completed, we owe the contractor the extra dollars,” Pirooz said. and swelling. The incident was “potentially an intoxicated lovers’ triangle,” Parrott said. Police charged the man with battery. He is scheduled to appear in court March 18.
Teen arrested in connection with Xbox theft Police arrested a local teenager on Friday in connection with two separate thefts involving Xbox products. The man, 19, stole Xbox products worth about $140 in April from Sam’s Club, 2450 Main St., Parrott said. On Jan. 31, the man failed to pay for an Xbox gaming system in a personal transaction, fleeing the scene on foot. He is scheduled to appear in court March 4. — Ciara McCarthy
That amount is leaving out the $9,000 for which Bolder Contractors was penalized after violating Evanston’s Local Employment Program. Although the Davis Street water and sewer main construction is finished, additional projects in Evanston are coming up. Ald. Peter Braithwaite (2nd) held a ward meeting Wednesday to inform residents of water main construction this summer on Washington Street. The plan being offered in the 2nd Ward would prevent a gaping hole in the middle of the street, Braithwaite said. The plan aims to make use of water main lining, which will disrupt less traffic and have fewer environmental effects, city documents said. The alternative plan should speed up the process and save money, Braithwaite said. He added the timeline for the construction is yet to be determined, but should not be longer than 90 days. baileywilliams2017@u.northwestern.edu
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On Campus Hillel closed for at least 2 days after burst pipe
A pipe burst in the Fiedler Hillel Center on Monday morning due to cold temperatures, causing flooding that will require the building to close for at least two days, Hillel Executive Director Michael Simon said. Hillel staff is unsure how extensive the damage
Across Campuses UC Davis part of nationwide USDA research hub on climate change The Obama administration has tapped UC Davis as one of 10 sites around the country to be part of a research push on the potential effects of climate change on farms and forests. Seven “hubs” will represent major regions around the country. UC Davis will serve as a “subsidiary hub,” one of three nationwide, under the larger Southwest hub. It was chosen specifically to address climate change’s effects on specialty crops, ranching and forestry. “This comes as a result of the administration putting climate change high on their list of concerns,” said microbiologist Daniel Kluepfel, who will lead the Davis group, called a “sub-hub.” “Once that
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is, but Simon said the Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago, which oversees the center’s facilities, told him the building would likely be reopened later in the week, Simon said. The federation is currently working with a flood cleanup company to restore the building as quickly as possible, Simon said. “I think it’s one of those things we have no control over and it seems to just be due to the weather,” Simon said. “I feel fortunate that out of
all the people, nobody was hurt in any way and hopefully the damage will be limited.” Because the burst was caught early, Simon said he hopes the damage will be minimal and cleanup will be quick. The Fiedler Hillel Center is not the only building to be affected by subzero temperatures. A pipe burst in University Hall on Jan. 8, forcing many class to relocate while repairs took place. Simon said the Hillel staff will be working
remotely over the next couple of days, and all programming scheduled to take place at the building will be moved to other locations throughout campus. He said there were no upcoming big programs scheduled at Hillel, so the closure will likely only affect a few student groups, including ShireiNU, the Jewish a cappella group, and the Jewish Theatre Ensemble.
happened, creation of the hubs happened pretty quickly.” Creation of the hub system doesn’t mean there will be new money for climate-change research this year. But at a news conference last week, USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack said the recently passed farm bill could bring as much as $120 million in research funds, part of which could be made available to fund hub activities in the 2014-15 fiscal year. Kluepfel said an initial goal will be solidifying relationships between the government agencies, land-grant universities such as UC Davis, and local and state governments that are conducting their own research. At first, the hubs will focus on meetings between the different groups with the goal of passing on practical information to farmers, ranchers and owners of forest land. “This will address things like the impact of drought, and the effect that broad temperature
fluctuations have on new pests and potentially new diseases for crop production systems,” Kluepfel said. The UC Davis sub-hub will be at the USDA’s Agricultural Research Service facility on campus. Mark Schwartz, director of the John Muir Institute of the Environment, said the Southwest hub, based in New Mexico, may prove useful in dealing with myriad questions, such as the effect of climate change on spotted-owl populations and bark-beetle infestations. Schwartz said he expects forest health, a big issue in Western states, to be part of the sub-hub dialogue. One problem: bark beetles, which infested 21 million acres of forest between 2000 and 2009. In California, 20 invasive species of bark beetles have been identified. Half of those species have been discovered since 2002. “This is a big issue in the West and something we’ll look at,” Schwartz said.
It remains to be seen to what extent the new hubs will duplicate what is already being done on climate-change issues at universities, agencies and with scientists involved in agriculture and resource management. “In many ways we’re doing these kinds of things already,” Kluepfel said. “If certain scientists need to collaborate and work with each other, that tends to happen organically.” But Kluepfel said the hubs will help facilitate collaborations and lower barriers between scientists and institutions who do not currently work together. Initially, the effort will be meeting-intensive, he said. “We will be relying on existing funds,” said Kluepfel. The hope is that, barring any additional funds for research, the hubs will help spread the word about research that is underway.
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Should emoticons be considered a form of art? Heiwon Shin
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Since looking at Georgia O’Keeffe’s “Blue and Green Music,” a 23-by-18 inch oil on canvas, this past Friday at the Art Institute of Chicago, modes of expression, artistic or otherwise, have been on my mind. Between the different streaks of dark indigo, light and dark green and purple in O’Keeffe’s work were swirly ghost-like shapes that also looked like cabbages sliced in half. In the bottom left corner were some ripples of different shades of green, which to me looked like seaweed. What was really interesting was learning the context. Inspired by Wassily Kandinsky’s theory that “visual artists should emulate music in order to achieve pure expression free of literary references,” according to the description next to the painting, O’Keeffe translated a piece of music into the painting I was looking at. As she later recalled, she explored “the idea that music could be translated into something for the eye.” But one of the perhaps less elegant 21st century versions of “expression” found in our daily lives may be emoticons. Emoticons, in a way, are modes of expression “free of literary references.” Whether they are a “pure” expression is debatable. Our emotions are translated into icons. We express ourselves through texts or posts online with “something for the eye,” or more like something for everyone’s eyes.
We use emoticons to express our emotions. These icons differ from place to place. For instance, :), :(, :D, :S, :P, :/ and so forth may be seen frequently in the West, whereas ^^ or ^-^ (smile), *-* (surprised), -_- (annoyed), T-T (crying) or ^^; (embarrassed) are seen often in the East. This made me question: Are emoticons art? Or could they be modes that become art? Then I thought of “The Medium Is the Message,” written by 20th century philosopher of communications Marshall McLuhan, as a possible link between the two ideas. McLuhan argues that “the ‘message’ of any medium or technology is the change of scale or pace or pattern that it introduces into human affairs,” and that “It is the medium that shapes and controls the scale and form of human association and action.” Although his examples are more related to the Industrial Revolution, what he says about them can be extended to contemporary technology and new forms of expression — including emoticons. I always thought that what defines art is the ability to express something — be it feelings, opinions, observations. Different mediums can equally express a feeling or a thought, whether through visual, auditory or performance arts. Emoticons are a new medium. They change the pace and patterns of expressing our emotions. Anyone receiving a text or looking through Facebook or other social media can see and interpret them immediately. Sometimes in real life, people’s expressions are hard to read because they may be putting on a poker face or simply having multiple feelings about something or some situation. We have to take multiple factors into consideration to
Evolution allows us to appreciate beauty sai folmsbee
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According to a recent Pew Research Center poll, 33 percent of Americans believe that “humans and other living things have existed in their present form since the beginning of time.” Since this statement is absolutely false, it is curious that such a large portion of the United States still rejects the scientific theory of evolution. Despite the staggering amount of evidence behind the origin of life on Earth through natural selection, many Americans still favor a creationist view of the development of human life. Although science advocates have pushed for better education, creationists are just not moved by the facts. So, perhaps a focus on the evidence is just not sufficient. Scientists will need to adopt the same strategy as creationists, reviving the forgotten beauty and romance of evolution in order to convert the last third of Americans to the truth. This failure of facts was evident last week, when celebrity scientist Bill Nye participated in a debate on the merits of evolution against Ken Ham, the founder of the Creation Museum. Ice cores with hundreds of thousands of years of ancient atmosphere, geologic layering and transitional fossils of the evolution of amphibians were put on display as part of the foundation of the theory of evolution. But it soon became clear the battle he was fighting wasn’t over the truth. The honest verdict could be gleamed from the glazed-over eyes of the unmoved crowd: Evolution is, at its very Antarctic core, incredibly boring. It’s easy to see the appeal of creationism. Ken Ham built a story for his origin of the Earth, filled with humanity’s origin through sin, challenges through Noah’s flood and eventual salvation. It is a compelling, emotional story — one that makes humanity the true star on the stage of the planet’s history. Bill Nye had PowerPoint slides with rocks, ice bubbles and slightly different rocks. These will not stir the hearts of the undecided and certainly not any staunch creationists. This dull and unengaging nature of the argument for evolution is also evident in the responses to the debate by creationists. Questions posed by creationists at the debate show that many are not concerned with evolution at
all, but with beauty. One asked to “explain a sunset if (there) is no God,” and another could not accept how anyone could not see God in the world, saying “It’s amazing!!!” These are not the questions of individuals seeking a detailed explanation of carbon dating or biodiversity through chromosomal rearrangement. Creationism is not grounded in facts and so it has remained invulnerable to the ever-growing truth of evolution. Scientists who debate creationists may need to try a new tactic, shifting their focus away from the scientific evidence and toward the beauty and romance of a vibrant, dynamic and everevolving world of life. And evolution can be a beautiful and profound process, particularly when you consider that modern humans almost never existed. Between 20,000 to 40,000 years ago, humanity was driven to the brink of extinction, with only an estimated 1,200 individual humans in existence. For many species, going through such a bottleneck in evolution is often a sign of impending doom. But this evolutionary struggle should give humans pride and humility, because we were able to survive not by brute strength, but through intelligence. Our close relatives, the great apes, are much larger, stronger and more agile creatures than we will ever be. We are remarkably frail organisms, so it is no surprise that we nearly went extinct. But for the first time in evolutionary history, intelligence was a conquering force. Our sentience gave us tools, control over our environment and cunning that has built unshakeable civilizations. Something as simple as consciousness propelled us from being scrawny, mostly-hairless primates to the most powerful creatures on the planet. And this is the romance of evolution. We have a deep connection to all other life on the planet through our shared ancestry. We have been given the freedom to carve our own purpose in this world through the evolution of our own intelligence. Since we are the only organisms that can understand the world through science, we have become the stewards of the entire planet. Evolution is spectacularly beautiful in that it created our ability to appreciate beauty itself. Sai Folmsbee is a Feinberg graduate student. He can be reached at sai@fsm.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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read those faces. But now emoticon users, at least those within the same region, have agreed upon defining exactly what emoticons mean, and there is no need to interpret these expressions of emotions anymore. It is simply read and understood the minute it is uploaded or sent. Medium, by definition, is not necessarily art. But the creation of the medium, in a broader sense, can be. Coming up with a new system of communicating, in a broader sense of art, is art. Alphabets and other writing systems are creative works that allow expression of multiple things. Language art is the creative combination or use of a writing system. In the same way, emoticons have allowed a new, creative way of interacting with the
developing technology of the contemporary era and expressing ourselves. So the creation of emoticons and creative use of emoticons can be art, too. There are many emoticon arts where the shapes or colors of the emoticons can be used to create a bigger picture. Here, the emoticons are dissociated from the original emotions they represented. We are constantly finding new connections and disconnecting them and reconnecting to new ideas and forms, and that is beautiful. Heiwon Shin is a Medill freshman. She can be contacted at heiwonshin2017@u.northwestern.edu. If you would like to respond publicly to this column, send a Letter to the Editor to opinion@dailynorthwestern.com.
Are groups the path to finding one’s ‘culture’? angela Lin
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I came to Northwestern the way many freshmen did: alone and with an undying drive to get involved. Hoping to kill two birds with one stone, I joined a cultural student group in hope of finding an immediate set of friends and a fun way to get involved. For me, that meant joining the Taiwanese American Students Club, or TASC. The first meeting was a hit. I chatted and laughed with everyone while we bonded over shaved ice, complete with authentic Taiwanese toppings like sweet red bean, condensed milk and grass jelly. I left feeling optimistic. However, as I continued to attend meetings, I progressively became more and more uneasy. What had been kept a proud, yet inadvertently private aspect of my life, was now thrown into overt exposure. Never before had I been surrounded by so many who shared my Americanborn-Taiwanese identity. Before I continue, I should elaborate on my own background growing up as a second-generation immigrant. Until senior year, I was the only Taiwanese student in my high school. There were perhaps one or two Chinese students. While my three best friends are Korean and Vietnamese, I never attributed our friendships to their racial identities — it just happened that way. My childhood best friend was white. The majority of my school was white with a few Latino, black and Asian mix-ins. I also have strong ties with Taiwan, from its smog-tainted humidity and night market street food to my extended family that lives there. My whole life, I have been surrounded by either Americans or Taiwanese — never before had there been a sizable demographic of the two mixed together. But in TASC, I was surrounded by a sea of racial homogeneity that matched my own — supposedly unique — cultural composition. Strangely, this didn’t bring me comfort. Although unintentional, I had spent most of my life keeping the two identities externally separated, instead implicitly incorporating them into my internal values and identity. Something that I had kept internalized my whole life was now forcibly exposed and shared by complete strangers. Rather than finding solace in these people, I found discomfort inside myself. I felt that I didn’t fit in with a culture that was externally paraded as “Taiwanese-American.” I felt I had failed to be a true “Taiwanese-American,” which forced me into the ambiguous cloud of neither American nor Taiwanese.
I was alone again. However, I soon realized that the notion of a defined identity was absurd. Even more, I realized that the late-coming realization of this absurdity was absurd. Whether it’s out of simplicity, forgetfulness or just plain laziness, we often isolate “culture” into a singular dimension, whether it be race, religion or geography. Yet, even when we do acknowledge that culture isn’t a static term, we still feel failure or unease when we don’t fit one of these definitions. However, the biggest detriment of this paradox is that it leads us to believe that we have failed holistically, when really we have failed at nothing. Don’t feel like you need to join a student cultural group to “find” your culture. Even more, don’t feel bad if you can’t find it, for a culture is not an external definition — it’s an internal translation that is profoundly personal and should, by no means, have a standard. Angela Lin is a Weinberg freshman. She can be reached at angelalin2017@u.northwestern.edu. If you want to respond publicly to this column, send a Letter to the Editor to opinion@dailynorthwestern.com.
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Speaker addresses Asian-American body image By ERIN BACON
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To kick off Northwestern’s Body Acceptance Week, Lisa Lee, Facebook’s former diversity program manager, spoke at Harris Hall Monday about ways Asian-Americans can develop a healthy body image. Lee is creator of the Tumblr blog “Thick Dumpling Skin,� which focuses on issues of body acceptance in the Asian-American community. She asked an audience of about 50 people, “What are Asian girls supposed to look like?� She shared her work on this question, advocating for “active analysts� of societal norms about beauty. “We’re still living in a society where we’re given limitations based on our gender,� Lee said. “From a young age, we’re told what’s socially acceptable and what’s not.� Lee drew from her own experiences growing up as an Asian-American, from as early as age four when she said her parents stopped her from climbing a pole, saying “girls just don’t do that.� Growing up, she questioned why she had a different body shape than her cousins. In the three months before starting college, her mother brought her to a specialty spa in Taiwan where she lost 30 pounds drinking powdered mixes and receiving stomach massages. Within one year of school, she had gained the weight back. Lee said her college friends staged an intervention after seeing her develop unhealthy eating habits, leading her to question her own diet. She shifted her focus to treating herself positively, sometimes skipping visits back home to keep
National News US to further delay Obamacare employer mandate WASHINGTON — The Obama administration again delayed a requirement that large employers provide their workers with health benefits, offering businesses more relief from the president’s health law deadlines. Under the law, employers with more than 50 full-
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‘THE MIND IS VERY POWERFUL’ Lisa Lee, former publisher of Hyphen magazine, gives the keynote presentation for Northwestern’s Body Acceptance Week in Harris Hall on Monday night. Lee talked about creating ThickDumplingSkin.com, an online forum for discussing eating disorders and body image issues in the Asian-American community.
herself on track. In her post-college years, Lee worked as a publisher for Hyphen, an Asian-American magazine, where she published a first-person account of her journey with her body and weight. Later teaming up with actress Lynn Chen in 2011, Lee created
“Thick Dumpling Skin.� “The way we can change the status quo is by changing what we say and do, by actively changing the way we talk about weight and body sizes,� Lee said. “I’m a huge believer that the mind is very powerful.�
time employees must offer affordable health benefits or pay fines, a requirement originally scheduled to go into effect this year but postponed until 2015. Now, under Monday’s action, the employer mandate will be phased in and won’t fully take effect until 2016. The additional delay is likely to have little effect on employees because the vast majority of large employers already offer health benefits. The phase-in plan drew praise from several leading business groups that have worried about complying with the complicated documentation
required by the law. But the move marks a further retreat in the rollout of the Affordable Care Act at a time when the White House hopes to convince a skeptical public ahead of this fall’s congressional elections that the law works.Republicans are seeking to make Obamacare, as the law is commonly known, the top issue in races Democrats must win to hold the Senate. The law’s opponents, who oppose the employer mandate, almost immediately characterized the decision as more evidence that the health
Lee recently left her job with Facebook after seven years with the social network and shared advice about how activists can further their causes using social media. “Social media becomes a voice for people who didn’t have one,� she said. “What do you want to use your voice for?� She said the recent death of her aunt caused her to value the time and influence she has, especially as it relates to combating body image issues. Eileen Biagi, a psychologist and the eating concerns team coordinator at Counseling and Psychological Services, organized the event. Lee was the keynote speaker for the week. “With Body Acceptance Week, we’ve tried to do programs to better understand issues for different groups,� Biagi said. Students approached Biagi asking her to invite Lee to speak, and she was open to the opportunity for an Asian-American perspective, following last year’s focus on men’s body issues. “The general focus is turning away from weight to health at every size,� said Elizabeth Gobbi, a staff psychiatrist at CAPS. Lee offered a similar message in her talk. “The journey to love yourself has no end,� she said. “It’s a lifelong process.� Weinberg freshman Linda Yu, who attended the event, said she was interested in how the media portrays body image. “Lee was really relatable, and I like how she ended with positive notes, like how to be content with yourself,� Yu said. Body Acceptance Week will continue with more events this week, including yoga and workshops. erinbacon2017@u.northwestern.edu care overhaul is a “disaster,� as Sen. Orrin G. Hatch, R-Utah, put it. The delay also fueled new speculation that the employer mandate might eventually be scrapped because it is cumbersome and may not be necessary to prompt employers to provide coverage. The administration has not delayed the penalty on individuals who do not get health coverage this year. — Noam N. Levey (Tribune Washington Bureau)
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I don’t know about you, but midterm season really wore me down. The thought of cooking anything just really did not sound worth it, even if I was making something delicious like smoked Gouda and spinach mac n’ cheese or an apple, walnut and endive salad. But recipes can be simple and still delicious, right? This week, I took over the kitchen in Allison Hall to make a fast, but healthy and hearty, wrap. This recipe is awesome because it is very fast, particularly healthy, vegetarian and easily adaptable to make vegan or gluten-free. Additionally, it is easily something you can make Sunday evening and eat for the rest of the week. I would like to warn you, though: Tahini has a fairly strong flavor and will overpower all the other
flavors if you add too much. If you try the recipe and don’t like it, I recommend trying it again and only using 1/4 cup of tahini. Also, make sure you have feta and Monterey Jack cheeses or a similarlyflavored substitute. Their flavors are important in the balance of the dish. Note: The dip that is used to flavor the wrap can also be eaten separately with chips. Serves 4-5 | Hands-on time: 25 minutes | Total time: 35 minutes | Source: MarinMamaCooks Avocado-tahini dip: Ingredients: ■■ 1 medium ripe avocado, peeled and diced ■■ 1/3 cup well-stirred tahini — Make sure this is a level cup, as too much tahini will overpower the dip. ■■ 3 tablespoons fresh lemon juice (about
one lemon) ■■ 1/2 teaspoon ground cumin ■■ 2 tablespoons cilantro, rinsed and minced ■■ 1/2 teaspoon coarse sea salt ■■ 1/4 cup filtered water Directions: 1. Combine the avocado, tahini, lemon juice, cumin, cilantro and sea salt in a mini prep or food processor and puree until smooth. 2. Make sure to scrape down the sides one or two times so that everything gets mixed in. The mixture will be pretty thick and chunky at this point. 3. Add in the 1/4 cup water and puree again until blended and smooth. Quinoa wrap: Ingredients: ■■ 1 cup of dry quinoa ■■ 1 15-ounce can of black beans, rinsed
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occurring this winter quarter. Phillips said the committee is working on having roundtable discussions and meetings to receive more feedback about the evaluation format to determine the next steps. Sofia Sami, Associated Student Government vice president of academics and a member of CTEC, said she has been responsible for giving feedback to the committee and is taking part in the roundtables in the coming weeks. “There are parts of CTECs people still like,” the Weinberg senior said. “You can get an idea of what’s working, what can improve.” CTECs were originally created as teacher evaluation tools, Sami said, and after being made public as part of an ASG initiative several years ago, the evaluation format has not been changed very much. Committee members said they are unsure on the timeframe for distributing the new CTEC questions university-wide, but the results have been positive and more transparent thus far. After looking at the analysis for the recent pilot program, Calkins said what the teacher currently excels in and needs to improve on is easier to decipher. “I think the instructors are going to be happy,” Calkins said. “I think its going to be helpful for them to see this in a more clear way.”
Bob Rowley wrote in an email. “But the University has policies and procedures in place to protect our students and to address any such reported concerns.” Ludlow came to NU in 2008 after previously teaching at the University of Toronto and the University of Michigan, according to a resume posted on the philosophy department website. A public Facebook post from Ludlow in November indicates he has accepted a senior position at the philosophy department of Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey.
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1 ripe avocado sliced into long wedges Spinach leaves Monterey Jack cheese to taste Feta cheese to taste Large (9-inch) multi-grain or spinach tortilla. You could also skip the tortilla and wrap it in lettuce or collard greens, or just mix the quinoa with some spinach leaves.
Directions: 1. Cook 1 cup quinoa as directed on the package. 2. Add black beans and 3/4 cup of avocado-tahini dip to thequinoa.Addmorediptodesiredtasteandconsistency. 3. Sprinkle tortillas with Monterey Jack and feta and heat in a microwave or pan to soften the tortilla and melt the cheese. 4. Add two healthy dollops of the quinoa mixture, a few leaves of spinach and two slices of avocado, and that about wraps it up. benjaminkraft2017@u.northwestern.edu Rowley said he had no information regarding Ludlow leaving NU. In January, the University released a new sexual conduct policy, including a more specific definition of consent and a wider-reaching list of what constitutes sexual assault. Administrators said the new policy would help NU better comply with federal regulations, including Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 and the Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2013, both of which work to protect students from sexual assault.
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Men’s Tennis
Notre Dame looks to mar NU’s perfect home record No. 16 Notre Dame vs. No. 30 Northwestern
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Evanston 5 p.m. Tuesday
Following an exhausting but successful home weekend for Northwestern, the Wildcats are left with just two days to prepare for one of the best teams they have faced all season. Once again, NU (7-2) will play in the Combe Tennis Center, this time hosting No. 16 Notre Dame. The Fighting Irish hold a 6-1 mark heading into their contest against the Cats on Tuesday. Their most recent match produced that sole defeat, to No. 22 Illinois, but the squad has already compiled quite a resume. Through seven matches, Notre Dame’s list of victims includes No. 50 Michigan State, No. 39 Minnesota and two wins over No. 17 Kentucky. Considering the totality of what Notre Dame has accomplished in such a short time, it may seem unwise for NU to make this its fourth
match in five days. But coach Arvid Swan was dismissive of fatigue playing a factor. “We’re fit, so Monday we’ll have a practice that won’t be quite as strenuous, but we still practice hard,” Swan said. “I mean, we’re fit, we’re fine, that doesn’t bother us.” What might bother the Cats more is Greg Andrews. The Notre Dame senior is currently the No. 22 singles player in the country and half of the No. 21 doubles squad. But Andrews has struggled of late in singles, posting four consecutive losses in straight sets in that area. Doubles is a different story, with Andrews and partner Alex Lawson putting together six consecutive victories to start the
season before a 6-2 loss at Illinois. NU’s doubles teams discovered their own fine form this past weekend. In a trio of blowout victories, the home squad We can dominated doubles on all three occajust take our sions, leaving their confidence foes little chance of from this past obtaining that crucial first point. weekend. ... The team actuConfidence and ally played well in all phases of these the belief that matches, with no we can win this weak link exposmatch at home ing itself in the proceedings. are huge. Notre Dame will Raleigh Smith, present a differsenior ent challenge. Still, senior Raleigh Smith sees a lot from this weekend’s play that could
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catapult NU to a victory Tuesday. “We can just take confidence from this past weekend,” Smith said. “We played well, and the score was pretty decisive. Obviously we expect a huge battle from Notre Dame, a top-20 team. So, confidence and the belief that we can win this match at home are huge.” The Cats have yet to drop a point at home this season, an impressive streak likely to come to an end against a squad of Notre Dame’s caliber. The key is whether or not the home winning streak will come to a halt. In that department, Swan is blunt about what his players must do to avoid that fate. “We’ve got to compete great. We’ve got to play great doubles and we’ve got to play great in singles,” Swan said. “In the new rankings, I believe Notre Dame will be top 15, maybe top 10, but we’ll see there. They’ll be right around there though. We’ll have to bring it.” kevincasey2015@u.northwestern.edu
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Cats collapse against Illini as losing streak reaches 6 No. 21 Northwestern
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Despite improved individual efforts, No. 21 Northwestern’s losing streak hit six Sunday at No. 18 Illinois. The Wildcats (6-7, 1-7 Big Ten) have now lost six straight matches, all against nationally ranked opponents, after falling to the Illini (8-6, 2-5 Big Ten). After tying the match, the Cats lost the final three bouts in a 24-12 defeat. “Individually, I think the guys know what they need to work on and what it takes to be
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successful,” coach Drew Pariano said. “They have that opportunity, those seven minutes, to take everything we’ve learned in a full week of practice and put it into the competition. It’s a process.” Four team members won individual bouts Sunday. Redshirt freshman Jason Tsirtsis opened the match with a victory against John Fahy at 149
pounds. Tsirtsis, ranked fourth in his weight class, has now won his last five matches, including two against ranked competition. Two bouts later, No. 7 Pierce Harger defeated No. 13 Jackson Morse at 165 pounds. Harger suffered a close defeat to Iowa’s Nick Moore last week. Pariano said Harger was more focused this week and showed a killer instinct during the match. “I think Pierce is starting to put things together,” Pariano said. “The one thing he did that was excellent was when he was winning the match, he put the nail in the coffin. He went after his guy and got another takedown.” Victories by No. 17 Alex Polizzi at 197 pounds
and No. 1 Mike McMullan at 285 pounds tied the match at 12-12 entering the last three bouts. Sophomores Garrison White and Dominick Malone, along with junior Pat Greco closed the match with three defeats. In the last six matches, that trio is a combined 1-17. “Every single one of those guys has won big matches in their career,” Pariano said of White, Malone and Greco. “They’ve shown that they’re capable. We have three more duals, so that’s a great opportunity to put themselves in a good position heading into the Big Ten Tournament.” jessekramer2017@u.northwestern.edu
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Northwestern (14-10, 4-7 Big Ten) gave up its third straight loss against conference rival Iowa (19-6, 7-4) on the road Monday night in Iowa City. Freshman Nia Coffey and sophomore Lauren Douglas were bright spots in the 90-84 defeat, the Wildcats’ third conference loss in a row, tallying 29 and 25 points apiece. Coffey had arguably the best game of her freshman season in the first contest she played fully since coming back from injury. Not only did she lead the team with 29 points, but the young star also added a team-high 10 rebounds for her seventh double-double of the season. Coffey was quick to downplay her performance and look at the team picture. “I was in attack mode,” she said. “But it doesn’t matter unless we win.” Coffey led the Cats from the start, putting up 7 of NU’s first 11 points and pushing the Cats to a 14-14 tie with the Hawkeyes. Nonetheless, Iowa was able to pull ahead thanks to impressive 3-point shooting and led 25-18 with about eight minutes left in the first half. The Cats kept pushing back into the game and pulled within 2 with a minute and a half left in the half. Iowa added to its lead to end the half with the score at 43-39 in their favor. The team continued to battle throughout the second half, but the Hawkeyes seemed to have answers for all of its threats. NU was able to pull within 3 with
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If a return to the confines of the Combe Tennis Center was supposed to serve as Northwestern’s path back to the winners’ circle, the Wildcats rode that trail to perfection. For NU, the busy weekend, which included three matches over three days, was a fruitful one. First, the No. 30 Cats welcomed Rice to NU on Friday night and quickly laid down a whooping. The visiting Owls never had a chance as the home team pounced on the opening doubles point and secured the first three singles matches to stake out a 4-0 victory. Cornell fared little better against NU on Sunday. Once again, the Cats took the doubles point and the first three singles, producing another 4-0 triumph. This contest was arguably even more impressive. The Big Red were nationally ranked, No. 62, and at the time of completion, the remaining three singles matches were all heavily in NU’s favor. Senior Raleigh Smith and freshmen Sam Shropshire and Strong Kirchheimer each won the first sets of their singles matches and were all up in the second at the time of completion. Coach Arvid Swan was impressed with his squad’s performance. “Those were two good wins for us against quality opponents,” Swan said. “I was pleased with that. It was definitely a big step up in terms of the difference between the way we played at Vanderbilt and the way we played this weekend. I was pleased with the effort and the competitiveness of the team, and we played better as a result.” One such improvement was in doubles play: NU had been up and down in
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“We competed well and we carried each other through by keeping the energy high,” Horoz said. “Momentum carried through the courts and it helped each one of us play better. Against Notre Dame, we have to compete very hard like we did this weekend and we’ll be fine.”
No. 16 Northwestern (4-2) returned to its winning ways over the weekend at the Intercollegiate Tennis Association National Team Indoor Championships in Charlottesville, Va. The unseeded Wildcats took down both No. 8 seed Texas A&M (4-2) and No. 1 seed Florida (6-1) on Friday and Saturday. NU was the only unseeded team to make it past the first round, which pitted the nation’s top 16 teams against each other. “We needed to look like the team that believed in ourselves more than other teams believed in themselves,” coach Claire Pollard said. “Even if that wasn’t the case against each team. ... There were a lot of bright spots this weekend.” Against the Aggies, the Cats went the distance and finally came out on top when senior Belinda Niu, NU’s only ranked singles player at No. 105, defeated Saska Gavrilovska in two sets at the No. 2 singles spot, 7-5, 6-2. Unranked senior Veronica Corning rallied to victory at the No. 1 singles spot against Cristina Stancu, ranked No. 14 in the nation, 4-6, 6-3, 10-7. The Cats jumped out to an early lead, claiming the doubles point against the Aggies, and stood their ground, eventually winning 4-3. When NU took on Florida, ranked No. 2 in the country, the freshmen took center-stage and helped lead the Cats to victory, 4-2. Freshmen Maddie Lipp and Jillian Rooney stepped up to defeat their top-40 opponents. Lipp overcame No. 39 Kourtney Keegan 7-6 (7-4), 7-5 and Rooney took down No. 27 Sofie Oyen 6-2, 6-1. Again, Niu put the finishing touches on the match defeating No. 23 Alexandra Cercone 7-6 (7-4), 6-2. “It was the ultimate team effort,” Pollard said. “It was a perfect match from our doubles point through our singles.” No. 4 seed UCLA finally stopped NU’s run of upsets by blanking the Cats 4-0. Ranked No. 5, the Bruins trumpet the nation’s top singles player and top doubles pair in the country. Corning, comfortable playing highly ranked players, made No. 1 Robin Anderson sweat, barely losing 7-6 (7-3), 6-4. Niu also made an impressive stand for the Cats in her unfinished match against No. 9 Chanelle Van Nguyen. As the team match ended, Niu was leading her opponent 8-4 in the tiebreaker. “(The brightest spot this weekend) was playing all nine players, getting a contribution from everyone,” Pollard said. “It’s usually you only play six players so it was really good playing everyone.” Despite losing in the semi-final round to UCLA, NU’s strong performance showed the team has bounced back from its loss to Vanderbilt a week ago. Having faced their toughest competition yet and coming out on top against two top-10 teams, the Cats are ready to rumble with the best this season. “I was really pleased with the girls and for the girls,” Pollard said. “They rebounded really well after our loss to Vanderbilt. ... This weekend, we proved to ourselves that we can play at the highest level of competition.”
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Women’s Basketball Source: Tessa Hursh/The Daily Iowan
UNLUCKY NUMBER SEVEN Freshman Nia Coffey attempts a shot. The forward, in her first full game back from a foot injury, posted a career-high 29 points en route to her seventh double-double this season. Northwestern
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90 14:14 left in the half as the battle continued. Finally, and in characteristic comeback fashion, the Cats seemed to catch fire offensively, going on a 10-0 run to go up 63-62 lead for their first lead since early on in the contest.
Coffey and NU continued to try and match Iowa’s intensity as the freshman scored her 28th point of the game, a career high to help the Cats pull within five with just over three minutes remaining. The Cats made a final push with 23.8 seconds allowing them to pull within 4, but the Hawkeyes were able to hold them off for the victory. “We really needed to step up defensively,” Coffey said. “Offensively we were better.” Junior point guard Karly Roser
played 19 minutes, the most she has since coming off of an injury. The guard chipped in 4 points and a rebound. Since her return, the veteran has been a spark for the Cats after starting each game in her freshman and sophomore seasons. “It’s going to take time, but I’m more comfortable than I was,” Roser said. “I’ll be back to normal soon. I just have to relearn how to play point guard.” rebeccafriedman2015@u.northwestern.edu
NU shuts out trio in weekend homestand By KEVIN CASEY
Women’s Tennis
that department this season, recording a 3-3 mark coming into the weekend. The struggles vanished during the weekend’s home slate. In the Rice and Cornell matches, the Cats were ruthless. Against the Owls, NU won 6-2 and 6-3 in the first two doubles contests, with the third one left unfinished with NU leading 5-3. The numbers against the Big Red were nearly idenIt was tical, with the first and definitely a second battle big step up in both ending terms of the 6-3. Smith difference was a part between the of the team that won 6-2 way we played against Rice, at Vanderbilt. and had the Cornell No. Arvid Swan, 40 doubles coach team down 5-3. In the aftermath, the senior was satisfied with the doubles competition. “We played some good doubles this weekend,” Smith said. “Mihir (Kumar) and I got cut off this morning but we felt like we were going to win. On Friday, Mihir and I played well and we didn’t think we were going to finish because the other guys were up 5-2 as well. We all had a pretty good weekend there.” NU’s final match of the weekend saw the Cats face Western Illinois on Sunday evening, a considerably weaker opponent who the team pummeled easily, 7-0. The doubles mastery continued, and no cracks in singles play seemed readily apparent. Smith, who did not play against the Leathernecks, felt “everybody handled their business” and were
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Men’s Tennis Brian Lee/Daily Senior Staffer
BREAK OUT THE BROOM Freshman Sam Shropshire returns his Cornell opponent’s shot Sunday. The 114th-ranked singles player dropped only one match, at the No. 2 singles spot against Rice on Friday, en route to Northwestern’s weekend sweep.
“efficient” in their play. The Cats are still yet to lose a point, let alone a match, at home this season. No. 16 Notre Dame will be easily the greatest test NU will have faced at home when the Fighting Irish travel to Evanston on Tuesday. Freshman Alp Horoz was impressed with the fire he and his teammates played with throughout the weekend.