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CAPA, NU present at board hearing

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SHOW OF SUPPORT Linda Scott speaks about the importance of rescue and foster organizations as an alternative to euthanasia. A Human Services subcommittee met Wednesday to discuss Community Animal Rescue Effort and its euthanasia policies, among other issues.

City officials criticize CARE By ciara mccarthy

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Evanston officials criticized a local animal adoption nonprofit during a tense meeting Wednesday, accusing the organization of blatantly lying about its canine

euthanasia rate.

Officials met Monday evening with representatives from Community Animal Rescue Effort, the Evanston Police Department and CARE volunteers critical of the nonprofit. Evanston’s Human Services Committee voted to create a subcommittee to address CARE during a heated meeting last week. CARE is a cat

and dog adoption agency that operates out of the Evanston animal shelter, 2310 Oakton St. The committee was scheduled to determine the future of CARE’s affiliation with the shelter and consider an extension of CARE’s lease agreement with the city. However, community debate » See CARE, page 7

Formal proceedings began Wednesday as the College Athletes Players Association attempts to form a labor union for football players at Northwestern.

CAPA and NU both presented their initial issues at the regional office of the National Labor Relations Board in downtown Chicago. The hearing, though brief, provided insight into what arguments each side will make in the coming weeks.

CAPA began the proceedings by defining an employee, and asserting that college athletes met every requirement of the definition.

“You can be both a student and an employee,” CAPA attorney John Adam said. “There is no connection between performance of football and an academic degree.”

NU’s lawyers brought up a host of issues with CAPA’s case, primarily arguing that football players were “predominantly students,” the grouping of players for the union was too arbitrary, and that players, because they have just four years of NCAA eligibility, would be temporary employees at best.

Adam responded strongly to the latter argument.

“The notion that football players who bring in millions of dollars aren’t

employees because they are temporary is baseless,” he said.

NU also questioned the grouping of the players who signed union cards.

Alex Barbour, the school’s attorney, repeatedly mentioned graduating seniors as a group that does not belong in the union.

“If you look at the NU roster today, there will be graduating seniors who have exhausted their (athletic) eligibility,” Barbour said. “Graduating seniors will never step on the field again, but are still receiving benefits of a scholarship.”

Barbour also noted NU will use the NLRB’s 2004 ruling involving Brown University graduate students as the test case for the university’s defense.

In 2004, the NLRB ruled in favor of Brown, asserting that graduate teaching assistants were primarily students and not university employees, preventing the students from forming a union and gaining the privileges that come with certification, including the ability to strike and bargain collectively.

The Brown case, however, is only part of a complicated history regarding unions at private institutions involving teaching or research assistants.

The 2004 ruling overturned a 2000 NLRB decision allowing TAs at New York University to unionize and collectively bargain. In 2002, NYU began » See CAPA, page 7

Attorney: Student filed Quest starts ‘Confessions’ site police report on assault By tyler pager

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The Medill junior who filed a Title IX lawsuit against Northwestern also filed a police report describing the alleged sexual assault by philosophy Prof. Peter Ludlow, her attorney said Wednesday.

It is unclear whether the student is pressing criminal charges against Ludlow.

The student’s attorney, Kevin O’Connor, sent out a statement late Wednesday night with more specific information about the lawsuit and the alleged assault. Early Thursday morning, O’Connor told The Daily there is not a simple answer to the question of whether or not the student tried to press criminal charges against Ludlow.

He directed inquiries to the detective who assisted the student in filing the report.

Ludlow’s attorney, Kristin Case, told The Daily on Tuesday that to her knowledge no criminal charges had been filed against her client.

O’Connor said he believed the student filed the police report about a year after the alleged February 2012 incident.

It took time and persuading for the student to come forward to the police because she was “very intimidated by the potential for backlash,” O’Connor

said in the statement.

The case became public Monday when the student filed a lawsuit against NU, claiming the University did not act on a sexual assault complaint she filed against Ludlow. In the lawsuit, the student said Ludlow sexually assaulted her after a trip to a downtown Chicago art show. The professor bought her alcohol and refused several requests to take the student back to Evanston. The student woke up the next morning in Ludlow’s bed after losing consciousness.

In the statement, O’Connor also addressed the committee which the suit says the University created to determine a course of action with regards to the student’s complaint.

“We know of its existence and its decision through sources from inside NU,” he said in the statement. “Presently, we cannot divulge those sources out of concern for reprisal.”

According to the lawsuit, the committee recommended that Ludlow be fired but the University did not act on its recommendation.

Included in the statement was a copy of an email sent to the student by Joan Slavin, director of the Office of Sexual Harassment Prevention. In the email, dated April 11, 2012, Slavin disclosed the findings of her investigation to the student. On the night of the alleged incident, Ludlow “engaged in unwelcome » See report, page 7

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In an effort to promote campus-wide dialogue on class and identity, Northwestern Quest Scholars launched “NU Class Confessions” on Wednesday, a website where students can anonymously share their experiences with different economic backgrounds.

The website, which was inspired by similar projects at Stanford University and the University of Chicago, is a precursor to Quest Scholars’ “Money Matters,” a week of programming beginning Monday devoted to issues of economic differences. NU’s chapter of Quest Scholars works to advocate and provide a community for low-income students.

“The most striking thing about the page is you see a lot of guilt,” said Erin Turner, the social chair of NU’s chapter of Quest Scholars. “You see guilt from people of all backgrounds. The guilt is directed toward parents, peers, themselves. This guilt can be incredibly destructive and really multiply the stress of students.”

Submissions to the website opened in the afternoon, and as of Wednesday night, there were more than 225 posts, said Turner, a SESP senior.

One of the anonymous posts on the website reads, “I have a full ride at Northwestern because my family is not able to pay a single penny. I work three jobs so that I can eat, sleep, and socialize like the rest of my friends. It breaks my heart

Source: NU Class Confessions screenshot

DOLLARS AND CENTS Northwestern Quest Scholars set up a website Wednesday where students can anonymously submit confessions about socioeconomic status. Students’ confessions will be on display in Norris from Feb. 17–22 in an attempt to encourage discussion about class.

whenever I go home because my family still sleeps in a cold bedroom, doesn’t buy Christmas presents, and doesn’t eat anything other than groceries purchased with food stamps or an occasional trip to McDonald’s.”

Weinberg senior Alex Glancy said the website shows that everyone, regardless of their financial background, has something to hide.

“I think it is perhaps helping people see that they are not alone,” she said. “I think it’s great that people are talking about these issues more, but I hope it doesn’t stop at awareness.”

Glancy said she hopes discussions lead to substantive changes to financial aid and meal plans.

Daniel Flores, the founder and copresident of NU’s chapter of Quest Scholars, said “Money Matters” was created because conversation about class is lacking on campus. He said 14 percent of NU students are low-income, and others depend on loans to finance their education.

“This isn’t just our issue,” the Communication senior said. “This is » See QUEST, page 7

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Around Town National News Judge, Notre Dame attorneys spar in school’s health care law appeal CHICAGO — A lawyer representing the University of Notre Dame got into a heated exchange with a three-judge panel of the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals on Wednesday over the federal health care law’s contraception mandate, which the Roman Catholic university claims violates its religious belief.

Judge Richard Posner threatened a lawyer arguing against the mandate, saying he would not be able to continue his arguments if he continued to interrupt or fail to directly answer the judge’s questions.

“Stop fencing with me,” Posner told attorney Matthew Kairis, a lawyer with the firm representing Notre Dame in a lawsuit that challenges a provision of the Affordable Care Act. Specifically, Notre Dame objects to a mandate that religious employers contract with third-party providers to offer contraception as part of their health care coverage.

The courtroom drama came during oral arguments in a case that largely has been presented in written briefs. Last year, Notre Dame sued the Department of Health and Human Services, challenging the contraception mandate, despite an

Police Blotter

City man arrested in connection with stalking woman

Police arrested Robert Drymalski on Monday in connection with stalking an Evanston woman.

The woman filed a complaint with police regarding Drymalski, claiming that he followed her at least 13 times between October and December 2013, Evanston Police Cmdr. Jay Parrott said. Until recently, Drymalski and the 24-year-old lived in the same apartment building in the 800 block of Hinman Avenue, Parrott said. He was arrested at his home on Dec. 12 and charged with disorderly conduct, false impersonation of a federal officer and giving false identifying information to police, Parrott said. Following Drymalski’s charges in December, a detective investigated the woman’s

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Notre Dame argues that such an accommodation still violates its Catholic principles and that the government should extend the same blanket exemption to the university that applies to houses of worship.

“Notre Dame is trying to make a moral judgment of where on the spectrum of complicity it falls,” Kairis said.

Posner and Notre Dame’s attorney testily talked over each other at times during Wednesday’s oral arguments, with the federal judge at one point asking Kairis whether birth control was “a mortal or venial sin.”

In December, a judge ruled against Notre Dame’s lawsuit, and the university appealed to the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals in Chicago.

At Wednesday’s oral arguments, an attorney for the government told judges that when Notre Dame complied with the accommodation this year, its third-party provider, Meritain Health, emphasized to recipients that Notre Dame was not the provider of contraception coverage.

“Nothing could make clearer how utterly divorced Notre Dame is from the provision of complaint, which says that Drymalski, 45, repeatedly followed her and made nonconsensual contact with her, Parrott said.

Police arrested Drymalski in the 5600 block of Old Orchard Road on Monday. He was charged with stalking, which is a felony, Parrott said. He is scheduled to appear in court March 7.

More than $500 in tools taken from garage in west Evanston

A burglar took tools worth more than $500 from an Evanston garage.

The burglary occurred some time between Monday evening and Tuesday morning in the 1700 block of Grey Avenue. The burglar took a sander, a chop saw and other tools, which totaled in value to about $520, Parrott said.

services than this statement from Meritain to the employees, which makes absolutely clear that the university is not providing it,” government attorney Mark Stern said. “You need to get a separate ID in order to get these services.”

In January, three female students intervened in the lawsuit, claiming they are entitled to participate because they will be directly affected by its outcome. The rules apply to student insurance coverage starting in August. The women filed anonymously to avoid retaliation, their attorney, Ayesha Khan, said.

Khan questioned the sincerity of the university’s objections, pointing to the fact that the university didn’t object to the federal government’s third-party accommodation before a conservative network of alumni called the Sycamore Trust protested.

The time line suggests that their about-face resulted because of an October letter from the Sycamore Trust,” she said. “What I don’t know is whether the Sycamore Trust is a funder of the university. I don’t know precisely what its interest is.

But I do know that Notre Dame did an about-face and that may cast doubt about their sincerity.”

— Manya Brachear Pashman (Chicago Tribune)

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On Campus

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Love is not colorblind. We are told who and what is valued and who and what is not valued.

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— Prof. Nitasha Sharma

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Students talk interracial sexuality, sexual violence

By PRESTON R. MICHELSON

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Two Northwestern seniors spoke Wednesday about interracial sexuality and sexual violence in the black community.

Communication senior Kyra Jones and Weinberg senior Amrit Trewn both presented the results of their senior theses at the Black House.

The event, which was part of Black History Month at NU, was co-sponsored by the Center for Awareness, Response and Education and the Gender and Sexuality Studies department.

Jones talked about her research on sexual assault in the Chicago-area black community.

In order to learn about what centers are doing to assist black rape survivors, she interviewed several centers dedicated to stopping sexual violence. One of the centers she visited was Rape Victim Advocates, which was formed in 1974 by a group of NU medical and nursing students.

“The culture of secrecy is still extremely prevalent (in the black community),” Jones said. “Some of the people (who visit Rape Victim Advocates) even go as far as to use pseudonyms when seeking services.”

She also discussed CARE and the racial demographics of people who come to their offices for assistance.

Jones said 21 percent of students who went to CARE last year are black. According to the Multicultural Student Affairs website, 5 percent of the NU student body identifies as black or African-American.

Jones warned that the small sample size of students who went to CARE last year and the office’s youth can potentially make those statistics misleading.

Laura Anne Stuart, coordinator of sexual health education and violence prevention at NU, said after Jones’ presentation that CARE is trying to start a task force to look at what those statistics signify.

“Does it represent a higher rate of sexual violence among black students here? Does it mean that we are doing an OK job with outreach, or could we do better?” Stuart asked. “We want to look at this in a systematic way and figure out what we can do

better.”

Stuart also said CARE has a similar task force to look at how their office can better help LGBTQ students because they are also overrepresented in their demographics.

Trewn spoke about interracial relations and how they have evolved since the transatlantic slave trade.

“The millennial multiracialism is constructed by the media and political structures as not a problem, not a disruption,” he said. “But rather as a symbol for how far we have come as a society.”

However, he said that society has not totally adjusted to interracial dating.

“It’s OK if the elite black SAE brother who attended boarding school and played lacrosse dates a white sorority girl,” Trewn said. “It’s proper, he’s not too black and he’s an honorary white. But if a black football player is dating a white sorority girl, then she must have jungle fever and is thought of as dirty and improper.” prestonmichelson2017@u.northwestern.edu

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SENIOR STUDIES Weinberg senior Amrit Trewn gives a talk on interracial sexuality on Wednesday. The presentation was cosponsored by CARE and the Gender and Sexuality Studies Undergraduate Advisory Board.

Center for Civic Engagement announces ‘NU in Chicago’ program

By ANNIE BRUCE

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The Center for Civic Engagement will organize free, themed trips to Chicago as part of a new program called NU in Chicago. The trips will take advantage of alumni and Northwestern connections in the city in order to give students a unique, behind-the-scenes experience.

“We really are changing the culture of the place in terms of you start to get this message from early on in your time here that Chicago really is a significant part of how we engage with our learning community and how people learn at Northwestern, faculty, students and staff alike,” said Robert Donahue, the associate

director for the Center for Civic Engagement.

The first trip, “Behind the Scenes: Exploring Great Chicago Institutions,” will be held March 1 and will feature three different tracks: sustainability, Chicago history and art.

The program was piloted two years ago as a One Book One Northwestern event. Students were paired with professors who specialized in different themes relating to Chicago neighborhoods. Donahue describes NU in Chicago as a year-long extension of this program.

“It became apparent to us that there was so much in the city we weren’t taking advantage of,” Donahue said. “Even if we do get students into the city, too often we only get them into the same kinds of places. ... The city is so rich and so diverse; we really haven’t been doing everything we can to open it up.”

Alex Van Atta, Associated Student Government executive vice president, said an annual University Budget Priorities Committee survey emphasized a desire for more programs in Chicago.

“We want to use Northwestern’s resources, connections and alumni network to really leverage experiences in the city,” the McCormick senior said. “(The program) will add to the experience apart from just something the student could go down and do themselves.”

Though the program is organized by the Center for Civic Engagement, NU in Chicago is in collaboration with ASG and Student Affairs, with support from the UBPC, Van Atta said.

To come up with ideas for trip themes, a steering committee, which includes Van Atta and Donahue, is looking into different opportunities. Donahue said

upcoming plans for the spring include a Global Language Immersion Day and mentioned other potential themes, including food issues and theater. Donahue said the free trips will be funded using University money.

Kevin Harris, the vice president of community relations for ASG, believes the program will be a fun way to get students into the city.

“Most students right now don’t get into Chicago as much as they could,” the Weinberg sophomore said. “(The program) will continue to look at ways to connect Northwestern students with the city of Chicago in a fun way that isn’t viewed as just another program, or over-programming, but something unique that students will want to take advantage of.” annebruce2015@u.northwestern.edu

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Let athletes express humanizing emotion Bob Hayes

Daily Columnist

These days, sports fans have come to expect perfection from athletes. One foul word, one completely human reaction or one simple mistake can get more coverage than the game itself.

This past Saturday, the top sports story in the United States came from a basketball game between unpaid amateurs that even few hardcore fans knew was taking place. In fact, this story centered around a split-second action that occurred off the court during a dead ball. However, anyone with ESPN’s SportsCenter app suddenly received multiple alerts saying that 19-year-old All-American Marcus Smart had shoved a fan in the final seconds of Oklahoma State’s 65-61 loss to Texas

Tech.

Within minutes, my Twitter feed exploded with outraged journalists and fans exclaiming how Smart made a stupid decision. Obviously, confronting and shoving a spectator is a poor choice. Anyone can tell you that, especially Marcus Smart. Even my dog knows she should not push anybody.

I am not here to say Smart’s action was right; I just think it is a little unfair for fans to sit behind a computer screen and criticize a 19-year-old (yes, he is probably younger than you are) for confronting a fan who taunted him toward the end of an emotional loss. Smart, a young man who grew up in a troubled home and dedicates every game to his dead half-brother, has had a somewhat disappointing campaign after making the mature decision to return to school for his sophomore season. Still, we expect him to be morally perfect.

Does Flappy Bird have something to teach us?

Naib Mian

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It seemed like the perfect apocalypse with enslaving attention, creating mass hysteria and evoking destruction, all from the frustration of a pixelated little yellow bird.

Remember when Flappy Bird halted humanity?

The game, which was released last May, began to gain popularity in November and topped the app store’s game rankings in January.

Flappy Bird exceeded the fervor surrounding games like Candy Crush and Temple Run and the server-crashing mania that arose from Draw Something (remember that?). The smartphone world was so embroiled in its hatred for that wretched bird that the game’s creator, Dong Nguyen of Vietnam, was pushed to the point of removing the app Sunday because it became so addictive and ruined his “simple life.”

But was Flappy Bird really such a bad thing? It may sound strange, but I’m proud of the fact that the game gained so much popularity – and frankly I’m a bit disappointed that it (or at least the opportunity to download it) has left us. Here’s why: Flappy Bird is an example of the first time a mainstream mobile app has presented us with something difficult. It wasn’t another game that everyone could just fly through, no pun intended ... okay, maybe the pun was intended.

The complaining about how hard it was and the videos of people destroying their phones after playing the game never ceased, and the frustration gained popularity and kept bringing people back.

Flappy Bird taught us something that games of its

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kind haven’t before: that a challenge can be fun, and we can improve through trying again and again.

This brings me back to why I was proud of Flappy Bird’s popularity. It proved to me that beneath all the fervor, we finally saw people having fun doing something really hard.

While the game was criticized for lacking complexity and sharing visual similarities with Nintendo’s games, these factors didn’t contribute to its downfall.

The wide-scale attention and negative reactions the game received for its difficulty revealed that we remain uncomfortable with challenges, seen through the multitude of “therapy” Flappy Bird parody games that turned the game into a mindlessly easy task.

People may see this as just a silly game or even a dumb topic to be talking about, but in a world where many of us try to get by in the easiest possible way, Flappy Bird showed that at even the most insignificant level, true achievement is challenging and rewarding. Many will scoff at the naivete of people who obsessed over trying to get a higher score. Think of it from a larger perspective — greater challenges in life won’t be won easily.

It takes working hard, persevering and really obsessing to solve problems. This is clearly something we know, but Flappy Bird reminds us of its truth on any scale.

The privilege that was Flappy Bird swept people away with its difficulty and united us in an intense pursuit of self improvement. It would therefore only be right to honor its legacy through continuing that pursuit. If you fail, just remember to flap and flap again.

Naib Mian is a Medill freshman. He can be reached at naibmian2017@u.northwestern.edu. If you want to respond publicly to this column, send a Letter to the Editor to opinion@ dailynorthwestern.com.

The same day on the opposite side of the Atlantic, Italian soccer star Mario Balotelli, who plays for historic club AC Milan, cried on the bench after he was subbed off during a defeat at Napoli. The 23-year-old Balotelli has often been the victim of racism over the years, yet he received harsh criticism and hysterical laughter from fans who could not begin to feel his pain.

We can attribute a substantial amount of this magnification of the athletes’ faults to warp speed, modern-era sports coverage. As Grantland’s Bill Simmons mentioned on his podcast, in 2004 All-NBA point guard Chris Paul, then playing for Wake Forest, blatantly punched an opponent in the groin during the middle of a game – yet this was only a secondary story that night. In 2014, a college kid shoves a fan and our phones blow up, the story leads SportsCenter and it is absurdly compared to the astronomically worse “Malice at

the Palace,” when NBA player Ron Artest deliberately entered the crowd and attacked a fan. Smart receives a three-game suspension, and we never stop hearing about how the incident hurts his draft stock.

Many of us love sports because we see our favorite athletes as projections of ourselves. What the issue comes down to is that we, as sports fans, unreasonably expect the world’s greatest athletes to act as the world’s greatest people. We criticize sports for being too emotionless and businesslike, but when athletes finally display emotion – perhaps what humanizes them the most – why do we find it wrong?

Bob Hayes is a Weinberg freshman. He can be reached at roberthayes2017@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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If these allegations are true, this is a truly disgusting scenario. I hope that the NU administration acts swiftly to remedy this embarrassing and horrible scenario. Kudos to Professor Laura Beth Nielsen for telling it like it is.

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Shawarma Showdown

New Mediterranean restaurants square off

BY HAYLEY GLATTER After I returned to Evanston from my trip to Israel this Winter Break, the last thing I wanted to do was eat Mediterranean food.

I turned up my nose to all mentions of the word pita and was insulted by dining hall hummus. I claimed I had seen and tasted the best the world had to offer.

However, Evanston is now home to two new Mediterranean food locales, Naf Naf Grill and Olive Mediterranean Grill, and I couldn’t exactly ignore all of the delicious new food located just blocks from my dorm.

The only question that remained, though, was deciding where to eat.

Naf Naf Grill Since opening in November, Naf Naf Grill, 1629 Orrington Ave., has been serving up falafel, shawarma and pita to Evanston residents. General manager Jordan Maman said Naf Naf Grill provides a fast, high-quality customer experience that keeps people coming back for more.

“We’re always smiling, thanking the customers and greeting the customers,” Maman said. “We’re moving at an efficient pace, so there isn’t a line out the door. But we’re not rushing.”

Maman said Naf Naf Grill’s most popular item is their chicken shawarma sandwich and that the restaurant gets a lot of student traffic.

Olive Mediterranean Grill Just a few blocks from Naf Naf Grill, OMG, 1726 Sherman Ave., has a similar menu but a different customer focus.

Rather than emphasizing speed and efficiency, OMG partner Irfan Zia said healthy food is what sets the restaurant apart.

“We want them to come in and have that homely feeling where it’s a comfortable environment,” Zia said. “The food is all fresh, and nothing is processed. They feel like they’ve just prepared themselves a meal, but they haven’t actually cooked for themselves.”

OMG opened Jan. 10. Zia said his interaction with students has been very positive, and he hopes OMG can fill the role of a healthy choice alternative.

Now that you know a little bit about each place, read on to find out which of these Mediterranean juggernauts reigned supreme.

Hummus Naf Naf Grill killed it with their hummus.

First of all, you can decide whether or not you want the chickpea spread on your sandwich or bowl, and they even gave me a little bit on the side for free. The hummus was very flavorful and memorable.

OMG, on the other hand, has a more defined menu, and not all of the sandwiches come with hummus on it. For $2.50, however, you can enjoy a side of hummus and few pieces of pita. Unfortunately, though the portion of hummus was certainly more generous than at Naf Naf Grill, the pita to hummus » See MEDITERRANEAN, page 2

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ratio was totally out of From page 1 whack. I had way too much hummus for the amount of pita I received, leading me to waste a lot of it.

few other flavors, enhanced the falafel well. The only drawback to the OMG falafel was that the homemade pita it was placed on got a little flimsy under the weight of the food, and some spillage occurred. Messiness factor aside, however, this falafel was top notch.

Falafel The falafel award definitely goes to OMG. The $6.50 sandwich at OMG, in comparison to the $5.99 offering at Naf Naf Grill, was excellent. The pieces of falafel were crispy on the outside and soft on the inside. The potatoes that came on the sandwich were also delicious and complemented the falafel well. In addition, the Mediterranean salad, consisting of tomato, onion, pepper and a

Chicken shawarma Both restaurants claimed chicken shawarma was their most popular dish, and I understand why. The sandwiches were absolutely delicious, but in very different ways. At OMG, the meal came with a garlic spread that really highlighted the nice flavors in the chicken. The sandwich was $6.50 at OMG and $6.79 at Naf Naf Grill. At Naf Naf Grill, the chicken wasn’t dry at all, and the

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basmati rice had excellent spices that mixed well with the chicken.

In the end, I have to give the nod to Naf Naf Grill. The chicken was phenomenally flavorful, and because the sandwiches are more customizable, customers have the chance to decide what toppings they want.

Overall Naf Naf Grill feels very much like a Mediterranean Chipotle. Customers move quickly through the line, and the staff doesn’t interact much with patrons aside from asking what toppings they want. If you’re looking for a quick bite to eat, this atmosphere is definitely appealing. The food at Naf Naf Grill is very good, and the prices were

reasonable.

On the other hand, upon walking into OMG, employees offered free samples and were very pleasant. The restaurant was well lit and clean and certainly gave off a more organic, healthy feel. The food at OMG was good, but I would have liked more of an opportunity to select my own toppings as opposed to having the sandwich fixings pre-determined.

Overall, the food at Naf Naf was better in two of three categories, but the experience of visiting OMG definitely came out on top. If you’re looking for good Mediterranean food, Evanston definitely has two solid options. hayleyglatter2016@u.northwestern.edu

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Best known for winning season three of MTV’s America’s Best Dance Crew, Quest Crew has appeared all over the world and performed with the likes of LMFAO and Sean Kingston. The Crew performed at Northwestern’s Celebrasia 2014 and taught a workshop the day after. The Current spoke to two of its members, Hokuto Konishi and Steve Terada, about their backgrounds, memories and heritage. Konishi hails from Japan and placed in the Top 12 on “So You Think You Can Dance” and currently teaches workshops and choreography. Terada is a California native with a martial arts background, who has done stunts for movies like “Memoirs of a Geisha” and works with various philanthropic organizations around the world.

The Current: How did you start dancing?

Hokuto Konishi: I was back in Japan and watched dancers on a Japanese TV show. I was really inspired, and ever since then, I got started. I was 15.

Steve Terada: I actually started because my sister started doing collegiate dance at UCLA and non-collegiate dance too. I started going. I was also in martial arts that used music. So I kind of crossed those two together and started dancing.

The Current: How did Quest Crew get together?

HK: We used to be part of a different crew. There were different things we wanted to do, so we partnered away and got together and became Quest Crew.

The Current: What has been your favorite performance?

HK: Being able to win “ABDC.” It’s one thing to win something like that by yourself, but to do it with your best friends was a nice achievement and a good feeling.

ST: It was a whole journey. It was something we worked towards full of highs and lows. There was also the stress of reality television.

It was probably the biggest bonding experience we’ve had.

The Current: Do the Quest Crew members do things individually outside the dance crew?

HK: We all do other things too. Steve does his martial arts. Feng and I teach and do choreography for different artists. Ryan has his music. So we all have our different things going on, but it’s a nice balance that way that we can all come together and still do shows like this.

The Current: What did you like about performing at Celebrasia?

ST: It was our first show back as a full size crew. A lot of us were injured or got busy with individual things. We usually have a hell week, or few weeks, where we just meet up every day and create and make things for the set. It was one of those things that just bring us back.

The Current: Do you have any advice for people who want to pursue dance?

HK: Work hard. That’s the first thing. Things don’t come easy.

If they do, that’s really lucky. We actually got very lucky with certain opportunities. There are a lot of people out there that work hard and are extremely talented, but the opportunity just doesn’t come to them. But no matter what, you need to work hard.

ST: And do your research. You could be working really hard at something but in the completely wrong direction. That happens a lot, too. You see some dancers say, “I’ve been dancing for 16 years,” but they don’t know any of the things that are current.

The Current: Did your common Asian heritage affect the formation of the group?

ST: Actually, in California especially, the dance scene is predominantly Asian. I didn’t really know that but realized it as I got into the dance scene.

There’s a lot of Asians out there. But I do think that with Quest, having similar Asian backgrounds helps us relate to each other in that sense too sofiarada@u.northwestern.edu

This year’s Winter Olympics have been atypical, to put it politely. From journalists tweeting hilarious pictures highlighting their favorite “#sochiproblems” to politically charged messages from gay rights activists, Sochi has become a media hotspot. No matter your opinion, there’s no denying there’s a lot more going on in Sochi than just figure skating and snowboarding. Here’s what a few Daily staffers think about these Sochi shenanigans.

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Valentine’s DIY snacks for the millennial generation hayley glatter

In my dark, Tay l or Sw i f t obsessed days, I was really excited about the 2010 movie “Valentine’s Day.” Tay had a small role in the film alongside thenboyfriend Taylor Lautner, and I was totally jazzed to see my idol make the transition from singer to actress (hopefully more successfully than that time Rihanna was in a “Bring it On” movie).

However, the movie, like the holiday it was

pinterest columnist @heyhay94

based on, was anticlimactic.

Valentine’s Day is one of those things people love to hate, especially if their love lives are less than greeting card worthy.

That being said, whether you’re excited for a V-Day with your significant other or you’re excited because it’s an excuse to eat a lot of sugar, you’ll probably want something sweet to snack on. I turned to Pinterest to find some treats for Feb. 14 and have likened their success to various social media interactions because millennials like the Internet.

Favorited tweet You’re kind of interested in someone, but you don’t want to be too forward. And you for sure don’t want him or her to know you’re a borderline crazy online stalker. So, you favorite a tweet because it’s quick, simple and shows you are paying a socially acceptable level of attention. Chocolate-filled raspberries have the same effect: they seem sort of healthy and don’t make you look like you’re trying too hard.

This recipe can’t even be called a recipe: All you do is rinse raspberries and stick chocolate chips inside.

Fruit and chocolate are a killer combination, and this recipe requires minimal effort.

Facebook official It’s time. You’re friends with your one gossipy aunt on Facebook, and you know as soon as you click that relationship status button, the entire family is going to know about your new significant other. That confirmatory mouse click takes commitment and so do these cookie

sandwiches. Though I have no idea if your FBO relationship will pan out, I can tell you that these treats are better than getting 72 likes on that new couple profile picture.

To make these masterpieces, shape pre-made cookie dough into hearts. To do this, flatten a dough ball and use a knife to create an indent at the top. Then pinch together the bottom of the dough. After baking the cookies, put frosting between two of them and dust with sprinkles to make a heart-shaped sandwich.

AIM “brb” Getting a prolonged “brb” from a crush was seriously the most detrimental thing to ever happen to middle schoolers circa 2007. It was basically saying “talk to the hand” but in a more digitized way. You knew he or she was totally still online talking to someone else, and you were shunned. You should apply this level of coldness to these Fruit Roll-Ups fortune cookies because they deserve to see an away message forever.

The recipe made it look so easy to form Fruit Roll-Ups into fortune cookies, but it wasn’t. I wrote cute Valentine’s Day messages and then attempted to use a peanut butter jar lid as a cookie cutter to make circles of Fruit Roll-Ups. It was all downhill as the lid did not cut through the candy, and I was unable to fold the Fruit RollUps into the desired shape. This recipe was definitely a Pinterest “cya l8er.” hayleyglatter2016@u.northwestern.edu Hayley Glatter/Daily Senior Staffer

Let’s talk about V-Day laken howard

It’s that time of y e a r again.

Your newsfeed gets clogged with statuses like “Happy Valentine’s Day to my bae! I’ve loved you so much ever since we first met three months, eight days, 11 hours and 27 minutes ago!” Your eyes can’t seem to avert themselves from the Instagram selfies of happy couples feeding each other chocolate-covered strawberries and/ or tongue-f--king each other. And God forbid someone in your building gets a ProFlowers box in the mail and you don’t.

I know it’s almost as cliche to hate this holiday as it is to love it now, but I can’t deny that for me, Valentine’s Day has always been a toss-up between a cry-fest and a temper tantrum. Being perpetually single can seem like such a negative thing on Valentine’s Day, so this year, I’ve decided to focus on a V-word I find much more important: vibrator.

Let’s face it: When no one else will do it for you, sometimes you just have to f--k yourself. I’ll never forget the first time my mom mentioned masturbation to me. We were in the car and presumably I was complaining about how single I was, droning on and on about how if nothing else, being single sucked because you’re never sexually satisfied. It was at this point that my mom — being the bad bitch she is — casually mentioned that you can “take care of yourself,” and that you don’t need a man to have an amazing orgasm. Believe it or not, I was 17 at the time and had never tried masturbating before.

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It took a while for me to warm up to the idea, but since then, you could say my eyes have been opened.

It was even later when I finally took the plunge and bought a cheap vibrator online. They’re such a fun way to explore your own body and learn what you like and dislike. Maybe you only want a bullet vibrator to stimulate your clitoris, or maybe you want one of those giant scary dildos to really liven things up during your solo sessions. You’ll never know unless you try, so check out different kinds of vibrators online and pick one that fascinates you.

I currently have my eye on these incredible Leaf vibrators that look like — you guessed it — leaves. They come in a few varieties and each is so elegant and pretty, but they’re also a bit pricey. I guess there’s always next year.

Even if you’re not single, you should still explore the options of self-pleasure and go vibrator shopping. Having your partner use one on you can be a very sexy experience, so open your mind to the possibility of using toys in the bedroom to switch things up this holiday. Plus it’s yours for later when your S.O. goes out of town (or even when he or she is just too lazy to come over).

So this Valentine’s Day, don’t cry because you’re single. Spend the day literally doing you (even sans vibrator if you want), and feel sorry for all the schmucks missing out on the opportunity to love you.

Until next time, stay safe and stay sexy! lakenhoward2015@u.northwestern.edu

The perfect TV marathon for Feb. 14

mollie cahillane

Valentine’s Day has an undeservedly negative reputation. Couples love it; singles hate it. I love Valentine’s Day, and I always have. I have a difficult time understanding why some people despise it. Whether it’s a boy, a girl, chocolate or my personal favorite, Netflix, everyone can have a significant other to celebrate with.

So, if you’re spending this VDay with your television, here are the best Valentine’s Day TV episodes to marathon.

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6. “The Office” — “Valentine’s Day” (2006) Michael Scott accidentally reveals that he and Jan Levinson “hooked up” right before a corporate meeting in New York.

In Scranton, the office gets jealous when Phyllis’ boyfriend delivers her gifts all day, Pam gets mad at Roy and we have to watch Jim heartbreakingly long for Pam. In the show’s prime, this was one of the best episodes.

5. “Friends” — “The One with the Candy Hearts” (1995) Chandler agrees to go on a double date with Joey, only to find that he was set up with his two-time ex, Janice, and Ross’s Valentine’s is tested by the presence of his lesbian ex-wife.

“Friends” is a classic, and honestly I wouldn’t blame you if you decided just to watch this show on VDay. 4. “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” — “Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered” (1998) Cordelia broke Xander’s heart, so he casts a love spell so he can break up with her.

However, the spell backfires, and every woman in Sunnydale, with the exception of Cordelia, falls in love with him.

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Buffy’s mom.

Gross.

Buffy becomes a rat and Angel is evil, so there’s a lot to laugh at. Also, this is my second all-time favorite show. Go watch it.

3.

“30 Rock” — “Anna Howard Shaw Day” (2010) Liz deliberately schedules a root canal on Valentine’s Day, only to realize she has no one to drive her home. Add the fact that she’s high as a kite, and you’re guaranteed to laugh. Jenna is devastated to discover her favorite stalker has moved on, and Jack has a date with a journalist. If Liz Lemon is single on Valentine’s Day, I think we’ll all be OK. 2. “Veronica Mars” — “Ruskie Business” (2005) This is my first all-time favorite show. Veronica gets hired by a Russian mail-order bride to find her husband, but Veronica is distracted by helping her friend Meg find her secret admirer. Logan (be still my heart) is devastated when he finds his sister instead of the mother he believes to still be alive.

This leads to a funny but heartbreaking scene in which Logan shows up at the school dance without wearing pants.

1. “Parks and Recreation” — “Galentine’s Day” (2010) Leslie and Justin try to reunite Leslie’s mom with an old fling before they realize he isn’t quite all there in the head.

This episode introduces us to the wonderful tradition that is “Galentine’s Day,” where on Feb. 13, women celebrate other women. Every friend group should have this tradition. It’s cute and fun and reminds you to appreciate the great people in your life. molliecahillane2017@u.northwestern.edu

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What does a Pussy Riot sound like?

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Two former memDAVID LEE bers of Russian femiMUSIC COLUMNIST @DAVIDYLEE95 nist group Pussy Riot headlined an international peace concert, talked in-depth with the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations and gave what some consider the best interview ever on “The Colbert Report.”

Nadezhda Tolokonnikova and Maria Alyokhina have brought international attention to the politically radical 11-member collective within roughly a month of being released from jail.

The Sochi 2014 Olympics have given Tolokonnikova and Alyokhina an enormous platform to broadcast their message, but I cannot recall a band gaining so much prominence without any of their music being known.

But what does their music even sound like?

I went on YouTube to find out, and I was completely blindsided. I was at Norbucks searching when I was hit with a grungy, hard-hitting punk song. I had heard they were a punk band, but Tolokonnikova and Alyokhina seemed so softspoken during interviews that it was surprising to find that they created this kind of music.

The lyrics to “Putin Lights Up the Fires,” were screamed, not sung, with an incredible amount of rebellious angst. The music video, which involves women taking off their clothes and then engaging in a sort of female “Fight Club,” also left me feeling completely vulnerable. Everybody at Norbucks definitely thought I was some crazy pervert — maybe I should have taken the video off full-screen mode.

“A Punk Prayer” is probably the group’s most well-known song, as it is also the title of the 2013

HBO documentary regarding their court cases.

The song begins with a choir, mockingly singing lyrics like, “The Church praises rotten leaders. The march of the cross consists of black limousines.”

The video depicts the group donning ski masks, bowing down as an apparent satire to the church and then rocking out as officials of Christ the Savior Cathedral in Moscow try to escort them away.

The lyrics are abundantly clear: Russians are being severely wronged by President Vladimir Putin and the Russian Orthodox Church. As the clergy line their pockets, Pussy Riot sings, “Freedom’s ghost (has gone to) heaven.

A gay-pride parade (has been) sent to Siberia in shackles.” The actual music, again, is nothing special. They sound like a bunch of teenagers in a garage, blurting out their feelings with reckless

FASHION COLUMNIST @KESIEWERT

Although New York is always a fashion capital, this week the city gets a little trendier.

New York Fashion Week is a chance for a select few to preview future designer collections. And even though I love the runway, my favorite part is always the celeb outfits.

Each year, celebrities take fashion and risk to the next level during Fashion Week, steering away from red carpet glam and toward runway fabulous. Here are a few of my favorite celeb looks from the week.

Solange Knowles She may be Beyonce’s younger sister, but she’s also a style icon in her own right.

Solange sported a long-sleeved, blue-patterned blouse under a boxy, jeweled shortsleeve sweater to the Noon by Noor fashion show. She completed the look with a black skirt and small white heels with a black cage detail. Her naturally curly hair and bright orange lip made sure that she wouldn’t be lost in

Beyonce’s shadow, much less anyone else’s.

Tina Fey Poor Tina always gets criticized on the red carpet. My advice? Repeat an outfit similar to the one she wore at the Carolina Herrera show. She nailed the mixed prints trend with a floral skirt, black top and tweed coat. Her oversized glasses and T-strap heels made the outfit edgy. What I love so much is that Fey doesn’t look like she’s trying to be something she’s not, which is what I sometimes find with her red carpet looks. She’s quirky and funny, so her outfits should highlight that, not disguise it. Her New York Fashion Week look shows that her stylist is on the right track.

Karolina Kurkova This supermodel’s look was 100 percent original and eye-catching. She paired a black turtleneck with a long fur-trimmed coat and multicolored loose pants. Kurkova finished off the look with black sneakers and her blonde hair pulled up loosely. The whole outfit seemed effortless, like she threw on various pieces that shouldn’t go together but oddly did.

How I truly love New York Fashion Week. kendallsiewert2017@u.northwestern.edu

Shirley Temple dies at 85 Beloved child star Shirley Temple Black passed away Monday surrounded by family and friends.

Temple made her onscreen debut at just age three, but unlike other child stars, she transitioned gracefully into adulthood. After leading the box office for three straight years as a child, she eventually became the U.S. ambassador to Ghana and Czechoslovakia. There’s no doubt Shirley changed show business, and I’ll be drinking a Shirley Temple tonight in her memory.

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abandon.

I realize, though, maybe that is exactly what they want. The group does not want the public to be distracted by things as trivial as musicianship.

Rage Against the Machine held similar revolutionary views, but the band members seemed to be upstaged by their own skill. When the fourpiece band signed to Epic Records in 1996, many questioned the legitimacy of the group’s political agenda in light of its financial success.

There is no such risk with Pussy Riot. Everything about them — the name, worldview, lyrics and interviews — calls for controversy. They are not a band with a political stance. They are a political machine with instruments and they shout because they want to be heard.

Taylor Swift cuts her iconic hair Taylor posted an Instagram video showing people cheering with the caption: “Haircut.” A few hours later she posted another photo of herself and singer Ellie Goulding captioned, “London, I could never thank you enough. See you next time! PS: Short hair, don’t care. (!!!)” There aren’t many people who could make breaking news with a haircut, but like it or not, Taylor is one of them. Check out pictures; it’s glorious.

Derek Jeter to retire from baseball after 2014 season I grew up going to Yankees games, and for me, Jeter is the Yankees. So when he announced the 2014 season to be his last, it was hard not to cry. The Yankees are criticized often for paying their players too much and not having any true loyalty, but just look at Jeter. His entire career has been with the Yankees, and he represents the heart and soul of this truly American sport. With the exception of a playoff appearance, captain Jeter’s final game will be Sept. 28 at Fenway Park.

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Interracial dating discussion packs University Hall New student group, MIXED, organizes panel with unique experiences, perspective

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A panel on interracial dating and the power of romance attracted more than 100 people Wednesday night to University Hall.

Presented by the Mixed Race Student Coalition that formed in the fall, the panel featured Asian American Studies and African American Studies Prof. Nitasha Sharma, PhD candidate Kareem Khubchandani and professional marriage and family counselor Jakara Hubbard.

Medill sophomore Kalina Silverman and SESP sophomore Tori Marquez, the co-presidents of MIXED, moderated the discussion before allowing the audience to ask some questions.

The dialogue started with a discussion on interracial dating and Hubbard touching on her experience as a biracial woman dating outside her ethnic background. Sharma identified statistics that showed the imbalance of marriage patterns between people of different races. For example, she said Asian women are much more likely to date and marry outside of their race as opposed to black women.

“Love is not colorblind,” Sharma said. “We are told who and what is valued and who and what is not valued.”

Khubchandani spoke about how this also applies to the homosexual experience. The same racial imbalances that affect interracial couples and marriages for heterosexual couples also apply to homosexuals, he said.

“The race will always matter,” Khubchandani said. “Even if you look white, the second

Engage Chicago adds Law and Advocacy concentration

The Center for Civic Engagement has added a new Law and Advocacy concentration to its Engage Chicago summer program.

Engage Chicago is an eight-week, two credit program during which students take a weekly seminar and complete an internship in Chicago. In the past, there was only a Health and

too would the number of mixed race people.

More awareness is needed for this fast growing population, she said.

“They have this ability to see people through this different lens and take a look at their biases and focus on how you’re viewing people,” Hubbard said.

Additionally, the panelists spoke about the importance of race in society and how interracial marriage and dating could change racial dynamics in the country. Sharma said even though the mixed race population is increasing, this does not necessarily I loved how indicate a decline in racism as a whole, though blunt and open it has the possibility of they were doing so. discussing “Walking across the taboo subjects racial line does not make you an anti-rac- such as sexual ist,” Sharma said. “But relations. on the other hand, who you’re with tells you a Rashad Laher, lot about who you are.

Weinberg Sex and romance and freshman love can be a potentially radical force.”

Weinberg freshman Rashad Laher said he enjoyed the casual nature of the discussion, despite the serious nature of the topics.

“Being mixed race, I really related to a lot of the things the panelists were saying,” he said. “I loved how blunt and open they were discussing taboo subjects such as sexual relations.”

MIXED was formed over the summer in response to the lack of a group for biracial or multiracial students on campus.

“Tonight was an inspiring moment,” Marquez said. “It showed all the work we’ve put in this year. We’ve grown not just in numbers, but from a social and academic standpoint.”

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sharing stories Kareem Khubchandani, a Northwestern PhD candidate in performance studies, discusses interracial dating Wednesday in a panel presented by Mixed Race Student Coalition. MIXED is a new student group for students with a background or interest in mixed race affairs.

someone knows about your race, it changes the way we see someone.”

Khubchandani also said the character of each person in a homosexual interracial relationship is also manifested in deeply rooted stereotypes, as evidenced by the tendency for black men to play an aggressive sexual role in

their relationships with other men.

“All these historical representations get named in public culture and pornography,” he said. “Porn is a great place to see racism.”

Hubbard and other panelists agreed that both the number of interracial couples and marriages would increase and as a result, so

Medicine concentration offered.

The program was initially created through the Chicago Field Studies department to give students more opportunities to learn in Chicago, said Robert Donahue, the associate director for the Center for Civic Engagement. However, it soon turned its focus to the application of specific disciplines in the real world setting.

Donahue said the goal of the Law and Advocacy concentration is to show students how law and advocacy intersect with social change and community development in Chicago. He said this is something that can be better taught

through full immersion rather than in the classroom.

“We don’t necessarily have a lot of opportunities in the undergraduate curriculum to get off campus and engage with the people doing this type of work,” Donahue said.

He said the concept of concentrations came about because the University Academic Advising Center identified an interest from students in the pre-law and pre-health fields.

Donahue encouraged anyone with an interest in law to apply. He said he aims to have around 30 to 40 students in the program this year.

juliangerez2017@u.northwestern.edu “We get applicants like rising sophomores and juniors who are new to this. And they might be a history major who is interested in law and doesn’t want to make that the focus of their work, but they want to explore the whole range of opportunities that are out there in a legal related field to decide what they want to do,” he said.

Now in its fifth year, Engage Chicago has seen a rapid increase in applications from 30 its first year to 118 last year.

— Jonathan Li

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Senate introduces new position to back student clubs

By Edward Cox

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Associated Student Government president Ani Ajith proposed creating a new position Wednesday that would work more closely with student groups.

The new position, vice president of student activities, will be discussed at an open forum meeting next week, and the Senate will vote on it Feb. 26. As a result, the release of applications for financial vice president and vice president for student groups has been delayed until Feb. 26 in order to accommodate the possibility of a new position.

The vice president for student activities will be responsible for leading a committee and advising the nearly 150 ASG-student recognized groups.

The position was created to divert part of the workload of supporting clubs from the financial vice president and the vice president for student groups who are both involved in securing club funding.

Currently, $1.3 million is designated through the ASG Activity Fee for student clubs. Many student clubs, however, continue to raise concerns about lack of financial support, ASG speaker Katie Funderburg told The Daily after the meeting.

“Hopefully, if the new position is created, (the appointee) will have more time to look into alternative solutions ... and can look into some of their concerns,” the Weinberg senior said.

Seven members of the ASG Executive Board authored the legislation.

Academic vice president Sofia Sami also introduced legislation to formally recognize the University Student Advisory Board, which works with the student advisory boards in the six undergraduate schools.

RCB senators Isaac Rappoport and Lauren Thomas also introduced resolutions backing bankruptcy protection for students and an end to sequester cuts for higher education institutions. Student loan debts do not have the same amount of consumer protections as other types of debt, the Weinberg freshmen noted during their presentation. Rappoport and Thomas also

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discussed lending ASG support for a resolution that promotes expanding access to information on different types of loans and lowering barriers to obtain low-interest state loans.

ASG members approved resolution supporting the Affordable College Textbook Act sponsored

by U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.). The national bill aims to alleviate the burden of textbook costs on students partly through sponsoring online resources using grants.

In addition, ASG passed a bill backing the transgender community.

“Trans is a minority within a minority and a frequently marginalized group,” said Petros Karahalios, Rainbow Alliance senator and a Weinberg junior. “This is a good time to introduce something like this.”

At the beginning of the meeting, Robert Donahue, associate director for Center for Civic Engagement, discussed NU in Chicago, which will feature behind-the-scenes trips in Chicago.

Student’s from school’s chapter of the Posse Foundation, which sent 10 students to NU this year, talked about a retreat in April during which students will talk about the intersection of social

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Weinberg Katie Funderburg, freshman ASG speaker and Posse Scholar, said the students strive to promote campus-wide discussions and make NU more welcoming.

Lesley-Ann Brown, director of campus inclusion and community, said the timing of the retreat at the beginning of next quarter would allow students to participate without worrying about midterms.

“It’s a great opportunity to have a time you all get away from campus,” Brown said. “(You) have an opportunity to engage in community in a way that a lot of students really haven’t been able to have at Northwestern yet.”

Northwestern not in top 25 for sending alums to Peace Corps for first time in 13 years

according to a February 2013 news release.

A typical Peace Corps term lasts 27 months.

In February 2013, the University announced that NU alumni were serving in 17 countries including Swaziland, Cambodia, Ecuador and Ukraine.

Since the Peace Corps’ founding in 1961, nearly 1,000 NU alumni have served, according to the 2013 University news release.

In 2004, NU took 17th place on the list with 29 graduates volunteering. The University dropped from its eighth place spot in 2003 when they had 35 volunteers.

The George Washington University and the University of Virginia have consistently taken the top rankings in the midsized colleges category from 2003 to 2012, according to the Peace Corps.

Western Washington University has topped the list the last two years, with 73 alumni volunteers in 2013 and 65 in 2014.

For the first time in 13 years, Northwestern did not make the list of top-25 colleges sending graduates to the Peace Corps.

Last year NU ranked 18th among the 25 top medium-sized colleges and universities, with 23 graduates volunteering in the corps. The University has been dropping in the rankings for the last few years. After placing 11th with 27 volunteers in the 2010 list, NU dropped to 15th place in 2011 and then 18th place in 2012.

In the Peace Corps’ annual list, NU falls in the medium-sized category of colleges with between 5,000 and 15,000 students. The University has made the list for the last 13 years,

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everyone’s issue. The ‘One Northwestern’ experience isn’t quite the same across the socioeconomic spectrum.”

“Money Matters” events will include a fireside chat with University President Morton Schapiro on Monday and a keynote address next Thursday from Alfred Lubrano (Medill ‘80), the author of “Limbo: Blue-Collar Roots, White-Collar Dreams.”

Turner said she wanted to plan the week because she comes from a low-income family and didn’t feel comfortable talking about it until her sophomore year.

“It’s something that I’ve seen throughout my four years,” she said. “It’s my last chance to spark a dialogue that I feel has been missing.”

to formally recognize the United Auto Workers union for graduate TAs. After the Brown ruling, NYU rejected the TA union’s right to collectively bargain in 2005.

In 2012, the NLRB announced it would reconsider the ruling in the Brown case, an action again brought on by graduate assistants at NYU. In November of 2013, the UAW and NYU settled, once again allowing graduate TAs to form a union.

However, as part of their settlement, UAW and NYU withdrew their case from the NLRB, meaning no ruling was issued that could set a precedent in favor of unions for future cases.

It is unclear if CAPA will use the recent settlement as part of its argument.

At a news conference following the hearing,

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CARE

From page 1 around the issue was so intense that Ald. Jane Grover (7th) moved to create a subcommittee to continue the discussion.

Wednesday’s smaller meeting was also strained and included several bitter back-and-forth exchanges between opposing parties. City officials outlined their main issues with CARE’s policies, and representatives from the organization often argued back in defense of their practices.

Ald. Mark Tendam (6th) criticized CARE’s published euthanasia rate, which he said was misleading.

On its website, CARE claims 20 percent of its dogs are adopted and 16 percent are euthanized. When Tendam challenged CARE about the fates of the unaccounted for 64 percent, he was met with silence.

Report

From page 1 and inappropriate sexual advances” toward the student, Slavin wrote. The student woke up the next morning in Ludlow’s bed with his arms around her, Slavin concluded.

Slavin said she concluded Ludlow “discussed his desire to have a romantic and sexual relationship” with the student on the night of the alleged assault.

Slavin also advised the student to contact her in the event Ludlow retaliated against her in any

Adam told reporters most experts expect CAPA to win against NU, promising “we will ultimately prevail.”

Adam also expanded on CAPA’s arguments for the “employment” of college athletes, noting their conduct is controlled by non-faculty coaches, they devote over 40 hours a week to their sport, and they mimic their professional counterparts in the NFL, whose players are represented by a union.

The hearing will continue Tuesday.

The proceedings are expected to ramp up considerably, as each side will begin its arguments and witnesses will be called to testify.

Senior Kain Colter will be one of the primary witnesses for CAPA. “To paraphrase Winston Churchill,” Adam said to start of his news conference, “it’s not the end, but it’s the beginning of the end.” rohannadkarni2015@u.northwestern.edu

“As far as I’m concerned ... this is outright lying, and you’ve convinced a lot of people that you’re correct. And you’ve managed to go public saying that we are mistaken,” Tendam said.

According to Tendam’s calculations, CARE’s actual canine euthanasia rate was 34 percent, and in previous years it was more than 45 percent.

CARE uses behavior evaluations to inform its decision on which dogs are put up for adoption. The Evanston animal warden, Linda Teckler, makes the final decision on which dogs are euthanized, a policy that changed in 2012.

Since 2012, Teckler has sent 20 dogs, which CARE had failed in their behavior evaluations, to rescue organizations.

“CARE fails them in their temperament, and when I spend time with them ... I am not always seeing what they’re seeing,” Teckler said.

CARE board president Linda Gelb said the city needed to work on creating a relationship of trust between the two parties.

The organization also came under fire for the amount of money it has set aside to expand the animal shelter. CARE and Evanston have been discussing an animal shelter expansion for several years, but the plans have been stalled due to financial reasons.

CARE board member Gail Lovinger Goldblatt said the organization had earmarked $29,000 for the expansion of the shelter.

City manager Wally Bobkiewicz said it was unclear if the city would partner with CARE to expand the shelter.

“We don’t know,” Bobkiewicz said. “We need a partner that has sufficient resources.”

way.

“Please let me know right away if you experience any behavior you believe is in retaliation for your raising this complaint,” she wrote in the email.

Slavin declined to comment on the case Tuesday.

The lawsuit says Ludlow denied the student’s allegations of sexual assault and threatened to sue her for defamation. The student reported the incident to Slavin, but no action was taken, according to the suit.

Political science Prof. Jacqueline Stevens was identified in the statement as a faculty advocate

for the student. O’Connor said Stevens encouraged and accompanied the student to file the police report.

O’Connor said the student appreciated the public concern the lawsuit has generated.

“My client is deeply touched that the public has taken an interest in her case,” O’Connor said in the statement. “As one can imagine, this can be a very overwhelming experience for a person in her position.”

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and once I got back out for fall ball the coaches were happy with my progress.”

Stevens said sophomore Reed Mason will initially hold the third spot in the rotation and will start Sunday against USC, but freshman Joe Schindler will get opportunities going forward as well.

The opening series against the Trojans serves largely to get the Cats back on grass after a winter of practicing indoors. Ultimately, results this weekend matter less than how each player performs in his respective new role. NU’s lineup and rotation could change dramatically by conference play, and auditions begin now.

It remains to be seen whether Ruchim can repeat and improve upon last season, whether injury-plagued Heelan will stay healthy, whether Magallones is a true ace and Portland has really made a jump and whether the departed seniors will prove irreplaceable or the new infield brigade will thrive in their absence.

For a team with many unknowns, opening day presents excitement and opportunity up and down the roster.

As Stevens said, “I can’t wait to get started.” asputt@u.northwestern.edu

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the Cats will have to change their five-man lineup for the first time all season. NU can activate six players for the event but can only use five in each match.

Sophomore Andrew Whalen, who was a part of the Cats’ line-up for much of last spring, is the favorite to be that fifth man.

That leaves senior John Callahan and redshirt sophomore Scott Smith fighting for that last coveted spot.

If the Cats happen to lose their opening quarterfinal match, they will be pushed into a loser’s bracket and forced to fight for fifth place.

But history, for the most part, says that won’t be the case.

The squad is down one big name. This event will be the first indication of how it will deal with this abrupt change. kevincasey2015@u.northwestern.edu

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By Rohan nadkarni

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Coach Chris Collins will be looking for the biggest win of his Northwestern career Thursday.

The Wildcats (12-12, 5-6 Big Ten) will travel to East Lansing to face No. 9 Michigan State (20-4, 9-2) for the second time this season. NU fell to the Spartans at home on Jan. 15, when Michigan State was ranked in the top five.

The Cats have demonstrated a Sometimes you penchant for play really well, upsets so far this season. and the other Collins’ team team just plays has notched wins over two better. ranked opponents and Chris Collins, on Northwestern’s won tough road games at 54-40 loss to Michigan State on Indiana and Minnesota, Jan. 15 but a win over the Spartans on Thursday would give Collins his first ever victory over a top-10 opponent.

Michigan State wore down NU during the teams’ meeting in January. The Cats hung around for a while, trailing by only 4 heading into the second half.

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double down Sophomore guard Tre Demps looks to make a play.

Demps was the only Northwestern player to score double digits in the 5440 loss to Michigan State on Jan. 15.

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NU starts 2014, Big Ten play sans Fitzpatrick

By KEVIN CASEY

daily senior staffer @KevinCasey19

When Northwestern travels later this week to Bradenton, Fla. for the Big Ten Match Play Championship, the team’s opening match of the spring, it will do so with all of the squad’s members.

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If you missed the fall action and were looking forward to seeing Matt Fitzpatrick don a Northwestern uniform, you’re out of luck.

The star freshman and the top-ranked amateur in the world announced last month that he was withdrawing from NU after one quarter at the school.

The decision came as quite a shock to coach Pat Goss, who said he received nothing but positive feedback from Fitzpatrick and his family.

But during his winter break back home, the 19-year-old apparently became convinced that devoting his full effort to an amateur golfing career was the path to take.

Fitzpatrick produced one victory and two top-tens in his short college career.

Now, the Cats must move on.

That will be the plan for Goss and company at the Concession Golf Club on Friday and Saturday, and this event is a good starting point.

The Big Ten Match Play Championship has been quite kind to NU in the tournament’s short five-year history.

The squad compiled a 16-2 record in that span and racking up first place trophies in 2010, 2011 and 2012.

The Cats actually held a 13-match winning streak in the tournament before it was snapped when Michigan State took them down

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Eventually, the Spartans pulled away for a 54-40 win.

“Sometimes you play really well, and the other team just plays better,” Collins said on the night of the loss.

Offense was an issue in NU’s first meeting with the Spartans. The Cats managed only 40 points, and only one player, sophomore guard Tre Demps, scored in double digits. NU shot just 28.3 percent from the field.

However, Michigan State coach Tom Izzo heaped praise on Collins and NU in January and reiterated his feelings Wednesday.

“You look at Northwestern, a team that a month ago everybody thought was in shambles,” Izzo told Michigan State media. “Chris (Collins) has done a great job rallying them. This is a team that, if they hadn’t lost a heartbreaker to Nebraska, they would have come in (here) with a four-game winning streak. That’s exciting. It’s a change there. Because of that, they’ll come in here (with confidence).”

Izzo mentioned NU’s loss to Nebraska, which came at home Saturday and effectively ended any postseason hopes for the Cats.

Against the Cornhuskers, the offense again pulled a disappearing act. NU failed to score 50 points in the defeat,

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in the quarterfinals of last year’s iteration.

Regardless, NU is familiar with winning in this event, and the squad is in decent position to do so again.

Coming off a fall in which they won twice in five tournaments and were once in prime position to finish second in a star-studded field before collapsing to fifth, NU is the 37th-ranked team in the country, per Golfstat.com.

As seeding is determined by these rankings, the Cats were able to obtain the No. 3 spot in this match play tournament.

That gives the squad a firstround bye before it must face the winner of Indiana-Wisconsin in the quarterfinal.

Because of this, NU is forced to win one fewer match and can avoid powerhouse Illinois until the finals.

Of course the No. 3 ranking may be a bit inflated by Fitzpatrick’s fall presence, but the Cats are hardly left with a weak cast of characters.

Jack Perry, who earned All-America status in the 2012-13 season, once again headlines the squad.

The senior is coming off a highly productive fall, one which garnered him a victory and four top-tens in five events. He led the team with a 71.56 scoring average.

Juniors Matthew Negri and Bennett Lavin and sophomore Josh Jamieson played in every event.

Their play was mixed, but each came away with some promising results.

With Fitzpatrick gone, though,

and senior forward Drew Crawford especially struggled, finishing with just 13 points after playing all 40 minutes.

Though the loss to Nebraska was disheartening, the Cats can take solace in their road winning streak. NU has won each of its last three away games, including an upset over then-No. 14 Wisconsin.

The Spartans, a trendy preseason Final Four pick, have been up and down since late January. They have alternated wins and losses in their last six games.

Michigan State notched a big win when it defeated Iowa on the road Jan. 28, but also lost to Michigan and Wisconsin in games that were considered upsets.

Thursday’s rematch could take on a much different tone due to the return of Spartans’ big man Adreian Payne, who missed the first meeting between the two teams last month. NU may have no answer down low for Payne, who was a preseason All-Big Ten and First-Team All-American pick at center.

The Cats did do a serviceable job on star guards Gary Harris and Keith Appling, containing the duo to only 25 points combined.

Even with NU’s postseason hopes dashed, Thursday’s game should still serve the team well. Collins, who said after the loss in January that his team was “on the verge of going somewhere,” can find out just exactly where the Cats have gone.

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we want a batter Senior utility player Kyle Ruchim rounds second.

Ruchim, who was Northwestern’s best hitter in 2013 with a batting average of .365, is abandoning his pitching career to focus on batting.

By Alex Putterman

daily senior staffer @AlexPutt02

Little is certain as Northwestern enters its 2014 baseball season.

The Wildcats open with a threegame series at USC this weekend, looking to start on the road to redemption from last year’s 22-26 record.

To do so, NU will have to overcome the departures of a whole cast of seniors.

The Cats’ two best pitchers and entire starting infield graduated, leaving question marks around the diamond.

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The holes will be filled, coach Paul Stevens said, by a committee of players.

“It’s going to change all the time. It’s going to be a committee thing. Right now, we’re moving a lot of people around,” Stevens said. “I don’t know that you’ve got any one person who sits there and jumps out, but that’s what I like about what I’m seeing.

There’s a lot of competition, There’s a lot of guys fighting. There’s a lot of guys doing good things.”

Kyle Ruchim is perhaps the team’s lone sure thing. As a do-everything junior in 2013, Ruchim was the team’s best hitter, with a .365 batting average and .974 OPS and moonlighted as a hard-throwing reliever.

This year he’ll abandon his pitching career to focus on swinging the bat, while playing defense wherever needed on the diamond, infield or outfield. “(Stevens) has brought up both to me. I’m open to whatever,” Ruchim said. “(Hitting) is always where the focus is with me. I’m just trying to help out defensively wherever he puts me.”

A visibly bulked-up Ruchim, along with junior catcher Scott Heelan, will bolster an otherwise-unproven lineup, which might struggle after the graduation of three of its top five hitters.

The starting pitching situation could be steadier. Even with former star hurlers Zach Morto and Luke Farrell now in minor league baseball, Stevens seems confident in at least two of the three primary rotation slots.

Junior Brandon Magallones returns for a third go-around pitching on weekends, and sophomore second starter Matt Portland has his coach singing his praises.

“If I have to sit there and say one guy really impressed me the way his approach was this fall, it was Matt Portland,” Stevens said. “(He) has stepped up big-time. He made some huge jumps last summer. He came in with a ‘oh my gosh, don’t get in my way’ attitude in the fall, and that’s the way it’s been ever since.”

Pitching mid-week last season, Portland endured typical freshman ups and downs. In 28.1 innings, the left-hander posted a 4.76 ERA and 1.57 WHIP. Some afternoons he’d shut down the opponent, and others he’d be knocked around by unimpressive competition.

“Last year was a little bit frustrating for me,” Portland said. “I didn’t have the same success I was hoping for. Going into the summer I had a couple things I needed to work on, worked on those, felt like I got better » See baseball, page 7