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Colter testifies at NLRB hearing By Alex Putterman
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THAT SUITS YOU Northwestern alum Meghan Markle (Communication ‘03) speaks at Ryan Auditorium on Tuesday night as part of the college tour for “Suits.” Markle plays Rachel Zane on the show.
‘Suits’ cast visits campus By ina yang
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About 600 fans of the USA Network series “Suits” filled the Ryan Auditorium on Tuesday for a screening and panel discussion featuring two stars from the cast, including Northwestern alumna Meghan Markle. The show, which depicts the ups and downs of a fictional New York law firm,
will resume its third season March 6. In a marketing effort by USA Network, cast members are visiting seven universities, interacting with fans and giving early screenings of the mid-season premiere. The NU leg of the tour is fourth in the lineup. Because not all cast members come to every stop, this was the first for Markle (Communication ‘03), who plays the aspiring paralegal Rachel Zane. “It’s my alma mater, so I’m really happy to be back here,” Markle told The Daily. “I forgot what it feels like to be on a college
campus.” Lines opened in front of the auditorium in Technological Institute at 5:30 p.m. for students to get access passes and pick up “Suits”-themed sunglasses and shirts. Refreshments were served, and trivia games were played until the auditorium opened an hour before the screening, which began at 9:3o p.m. “Suits” viewer Mert Can Yavuz said he looked forward to the event. » See ‘sUITS,’ page 7
Kain Colter testified Tuesday in a National Labor Relations Board hearing to determine whether the College Athletes Players Association is to be certified as a labor union. The former Northwestern quarterback outlined the Wildcats’ yearlong schedule of workouts and practices then described how football commitments hindered his ability to enroll in classes he wished to take. “Due to the time demands you can’t ever reach your academic potential,” Colter said. “Football makes it hard for you to succeed (academically). You have to sacrifice one, and we’re not allowed to sacrifice football. We’re brought to the university to play football.” CAPA, using Colter as its key witness, attempted to establish that football is the key component of a college athlete’s experience, more so than academics. The hearing began with an introduction from the hearing officer, followed by opening statements by attorneys from both CAPA and NU. CAPA argued the work put in by college football players — and the corresponding scholarship compensation they receive — qualifies them as employees of the university. “Some refer to the players as student athletes. But they are students and
athletes,” CAPA attorney John Adam said. “Being a football player at Northwestern is hard work. And make no mistake about it, it is work. It is a labor of love for these players, but it is labor.” NU’s attorney, Alex Barbour, refuted that claim, saying the school plans to prove “student-athletes are first, foremost and always students as opposed to employees.” Barbour also questioned the “arbitrary” construction of CAPA’s proposed union, which includes only scholarship football players and pointed out the temporary nature of their employment. Adam noted CAPA would be happy to hold another vote that includes walkons if the NLRB regional director, who will decide the case, deems that appropriate. After a recess, Colter took the stand. He described his high school sports career and subsequent college recruitment process. He then began a long line of questioning regarding the football team’s schedule at various points during the year. Colter, who has exhausted his athletic eligibility and plans to graduate in March, said players spend as many as 50-60 hours per week on footballrelated activities during training camp, 40-50 during the season and slightly fewer through winter workouts and offseason practices. » See HEARING, page 6
ETHS plans to give laptops to freshmen By Jordan Harrison
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Evanston Township High School plans to distribute about 1,000 Chromebook laptops to teachers and freshman students starting next school year. The new one-to-one digital learning initiative will allow students to virtually collaborate and easily access online resources, said Paula Frohman, director of technology at ETHS. “It’s supposed to really improve communication between the teachers and students, whether it’s a paper or a project, and allow for greater collaboration among the students,” Frohman said. “The students can get what they need when they need it.” Each Chromebook will cost around $300, with the cost split between students and the school, said David Chan, technology integration specialist at ETHS. Chan said students will pay a yearly fee for the laptops with the option to purchase them after four years, and financial assistance will be available for low-income students. B ecause the Chromebook is relatively easy to support
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It’s supposed to really improve communication between the teachers and students, whether it’s a paper or a project, and allow for greater collaboration among the students. Paula Frohman, ETHS technology director technologically, the school is also looking into a student-run tech support group, adding another benefit of the laptop program for students, Chan said. “It gives students a sense of empowerment,” he said. “They’re working with each other, for each other. They’re learning new skills, both hard skills like computer repairs, programming classes and certifications and also soft skills, working on their communication.” Frohman said the school had to upgrade its wireless network to support the influx of new computers and plans to install a wireless access point in every classroom » See LAPTOPs, page 7
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‘i support him’ Communication senior Itai Joseph films a student Feb. 12 for a video produced by Men Against Rape and Sexual Assault. MARS released the “I Support Survivors” video to demonstrate its support for sexual assault victims on campus.
MARS creates support video By Edward Cox
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To show support for survivors of sexual abuse, Men Against Rape and Sexual Assault created a short clip featuring students reading messages of encouragement.
In the video, student leaders from various student groups read aloud supportive statements written on a whiteboard behind them. The video, titled “I Support Survivors,” has been promoted on social media since it was posted Monday night. “We wanted to demonstrate that the Northwestern community cares and supports all survivors of sexual
assault,” MARS member Ian Robinson said. “Anyone can be a survivor, and anyone knows a survivor, whether or not they realize that.” The video focuses on community support for survivors of sexual assault, which contrasts the media stories that sometimes focus on the » See MARS, page 7
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Subcommittee votes to end city’s ties with CARE By Ciara mCCarthy
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An Evanston subcommittee voted Tuesday to terminate the city’s relationship with an animal adoption nonprofit, initiating a process that will likely bring the strained affiliation to a close. The Human Services Sub-Committee on Community Animal Rescue Effort was created to determine the future of the nonprofit’s tenancy with the city. Operating out of the Evanston animal shelter, CARE facilitates adoptions for abandoned dogs and cats. Concerned volunteers began questioning the nonprofit’s practices in 2012 and, in particular, voiced opposition to its canine euthanasia rate, which was about 45 percent at the time. The subcommittee’s recommendation will be brought before the Human Services Committee next month. Tuesday’s meeting was the third contentious public gathering in which city officials, CARE leadership and concerned residents butted heads over the organization’s policies. CARE responded Tuesday to requests that Ald. Judy Fiske (1st) made at the subcommittee’s previous meeting. In particular, voices were raised when the discussion turned to canine behavior evaluations and finances. At one point, the discussion grew so heated that city officials moved
to take a break during the meeting. In addition to the discussion about the agency’s practices, city manager Wally Bobkiewicz voiced concern over the state of CARE’s finances. Evanston and CARE were in talks to expand the cramped animal shelter, but the plans were stalled due to monetary concerns. The likelihood of expansion diminished after it became apparent that CARE had earmarked only $29,000 for the project. “How can we partner with an organization with only $29,000?� Bobkiewicz asked. Before moving to end Evanston’s relationship with CARE, Ald. Mark Tendam (6th) said he did not think CARE was willing to change or adapt based on the subcommittee’s advice. Former CARE volunteer Joyce Borsotti said the subcommittee’s decision was the right one. “I don’t see how anything good is going to come out of these meetings,� she said before the vote. “There’s just too much tension between the two groups.� CARE does not currently have a valid lease with the city, Bobkiewicz said. The organization’s president, Linda Gelb, said CARE would continue to tend to the animals while its evacuation plan of the shelter is decided. The acerbic debate surrounding the situation has drawn many citizens to voice, sometimes quite loudly, opinions on the issue. Residents on both sides of the debate expressed disappointment with the state of
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VOTED OUT CARE board member Gail Lovinger Goldblatt speaks at Tuesday’s Human Services Sub-Committee meeting. The group voted to terminate the city’s relationship with the nonprofit.
affairs and the hostile relationship between CARE and those asking the group to change. “It would be nice to have a shelter which I could
be proud of, which I’m not,� Borsotti said.
Burglary attempted at downtown Evanston church
Police found blood on the floor inside of the church, which could indicate the individual received a cut on their body for breaking the glass. A church administrator reported the incident Monday morning.
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A 49-year-old Evanston resident was arrested Sunday afternoon in connection with assault and trespassing. Police said they responded to a disturbance where the Evanston resident, who lives in the 100 block of Callan Avenue, had a dispute with his
neighbor, a 45-year-old woman. The 49-year-old allegedly made verbal threats intending to cause bodily harm to the woman, Parrott said.The Evanston resident came into the police department, 1454 Elmwood Ave., after the incident, which was where he was arrested. The man is scheduled to appear in court on March 6.
Someone attempted to break into the Lake Street Church of Evanston on Saturday night. A 12-by-12-inch piece of stained glass window was broken at the church, 607 Lake St. An unknown blunt object broke the glass, Evanston Police Cmdr. Jay Parrott said.
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Senior blends knitting, mental health By Rebecca savransky
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In an effort to put her passion for knitting toward a good cause, Medill senior Danielle Kerani started a business selling her knit products to promote conversation on mental health and to encourage students to use knitting as a therapeutic activity. She founded AK Kerani in 2011. However, the business was not linked with mental health initiatives until the summer before her sophomore year when her uncle, who was diagnosed with schizophrenia, died. The company is now dedicated to remembering her uncle’s legacy, Kerani said. “I talked a lot about how my uncle had had schizophrenia and how he was still very functional and had known his limits and pursued his goals,” she said. “It worked out that I wanted to connect mental health with my uncle, but I also believed knitting was a good therapy for people who were feeling stressed.” AK Kerani hosted an event Saturday at the Trump International Hotel and Tower Chicago to spread the word about the company and bring together a large group of people. About 50 individuals attended the event, which included a presentation about the business and the opportunity to buy products. Kerani hopes to plan more programs featuring the company’s products, to create knitting support groups and rehabilitation programs for students and to further promote open conversation on the mental health aspect of the business through social media and other platforms. The company’s immediate goal is to create more interactive website features including an open forum element, AK Kerani’s media chair Jenna Frasier said. One of AK Kerani’s goals is to eliminate the stereotypes that come with mental disorders, the Medill senior said. “The main thing to reduce stigma is to really open spaces for conversation amongst followers of AK Kerani, in Facebook, friends that we gain
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through social media, Twitter,” Frasier said. “We’re constantly re-blogging articles, magazines, newspapers that have a mental health or anxiety-related theme or something like that.” After graduation, Kerani said she wants to spread the mission to New York and eventually open a retail space. The unique brand, in combination with its social mission, has the potential to be very successful, Kerani said. “My hope is we’re looking to become a very legitimate fashion brand,” she said. AK Kerani has released an official collection for both fall and winter thus far, and the business
is hoping to continue expanding and improving the company and its mission. Kerani said although the business has taken several years to develop, she is ready and excited to take it to the next level and devote more time to it after graduation. “I think I have had a hard time dealing with being in college and the emotions involved and balancing everything I’m doing,” Kerani said. “It has taken me a while to be able to invest my all in the business, but now I’m in the right place.” rebeccasavransky2015@u.northwestern.edu
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No playoffs, no problem Discuss atrocities, not for European club leagues antics of North Korea BOB HAYES
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While soccer has gained popularity among American sports fans, European club leagues — the most popular and perhaps most competitive sports leagues in the entire world — are often maligned by Americans because of their lack of a playoff system. A no-playoff league seems highly unorthodox for Americans. Even college football has developed a playoff system, which now means that whatever American sport you are watching, its champion is almost certainly determined by a playoff. Although it may sound crazy, the European soccer structure may in fact be better than the American system. Why do we like playoffs? The general argument surrounding the implementation of playoffs within college football is that teams should settle the championship on the field. It seems unfair for the champion to be crowned without playing a team who we know is fit for a championship. Playoffs would ensure that all the top teams have a shot at the title and would have to repeatedly prove it against top-level competition. That argument makes sense in abolishing college football’s Bowl Championship Series but not when it comes to European soccer. Let’s use the English Premier League as our example of a playoff-less European soccer league. Far and away the most popular sports league in the world, the 20 EPL teams play a slate of 38 matches each season — a home match and an away match against each of the other 19 teams. Three points are awarded for a win, one for a draw and zero for a loss. At the end of the 38 matches, the team with the most points receives the championship. That’s it. Sounds unfair, right? Boring even? First, let’s explore this structure on the grounds of fairness. It seems wrong to award the winner of the so-called “regular season” the championship. In college football, that would be asinine. Each team only plays 12 or 13 games against not even a tenth of the total number of teams. However, in the EPL, each team plays every other team, home and away. It is a sufficient and perfectly fair sample size from which to determine a champion — much more so than a playoff, full of one-game sample sizes, would. Which makes more sense: determining the Major League Baseball champion from a 162 game sample size or from three isolated series, each much shorter? Furthermore, the EPL never falls short on excitement. In recent years, the EPL has become a battle among a half-dozen or so clubs who all believe they have a shot at the title. Just two years ago, the
season ended with the two top clubs, Manchester City and Manchester United, accruing the exact same number of points, with City miraculously winning in the final seconds on goal differential. Week in and week out, every point from every match matters in the title race. Additionally, all the top teams are guaranteed to play twice every season, which leads to a massive match just about weekly. In just the past week and a half, I have seen my favorite club, Arsenal, play an electric Liverpool club twice as well as a talented Manchester United in three massive matches. Wednesday, Arsenal takes on Bayern Munich, by all accounts the best team in the world, and I find myself as excited as I could be for any American playoff game. In American sports, only a few teams make the playoffs, and a fan’s passion peaks right as his or her team is eliminated. In Europe, playoff-like atmospheres arise nearly every week, and that buzz can be carried throughout the entire year since no team is never eliminated. Even if a club is out of the title picture, there are multiple secondary goals for clubs and fans. Clubs are always gunning for the elusive top-four finish, which means they qualify for the next year’s UEFA Champions League. The exciting relegation and promotion system, in which the bottom three EPL teams each year are relegated to a lower division, means that the teams at the bottom have just as much to fight for as anyone else. Also, England features two single-elimination domestic cups each year that lead to some exciting Cinderella stories. Still have a problem? Well, each year the top 32 European teams face off in the UEFA Champions League. These matches take place throughout the year, and the clubs also compete in their respective domestic leagues and cup competitions. It is a true playoff between the top teams that exists in addition to the exciting EPL slate. The Champions League ultimately settles all scores between passionate fans arguing which club or which league is the best in the world and leads to an annual final with viewership numbers that trump even the seemingly insurmountable Super Bowl. Finally, on the last match-day of the EPL season, all 20 teams kick off at the exact same time, and complete madness ensues. Imagine March Madness with all games being played at the same time, except the competition is between seasoned professionals on the world’s biggest stage. In the culmination of a season of excitement and fairness, the bruisers at the bottom are just as exciting as the cash cows at the top. Is that not more American than a playoff? 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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For years, the world has sat in deafening silence in regards to North Korea, whose level of suspected heinousness is topped only by its mystery. On Monday, the United Nations released a 400-page report attempting to eliminate the latter trait while highlighting the former. Indeed, the pages of the report depict a tyrannical regime perpetrating some of the greatest atrocities in recent history. The world is a complicated and sometimes dark place. Here at Northwestern, it’s all too easy to forget about those struggles To the rest of — struggles most of the world, North us can’t even fathom, Korea may as let alone relate to. And when we do rememwell be a black ber them, it’s easy to hole. I say this become overwhelmed with the amount of ... simply to suffering in the rest note that our of the world. At this understanding moment alone, there are power struggles, of life there is high-profile oppressive drastically less laws and horrible violent behavior affecting than in other all of the following: nations. Russia, Ukraine, Syria, Iran, Israel and Palestine, Afghanistan, Cuba, Mexico, South Sudan and more. The difference is we have, as a whole, been quick to criticize unjust actions in any of the above examples. They dominate our foreign policy agenda, they shape our protests and they even influence our Google doodles. Somehow, we seem to have treated North Korea as the elephant in the room. In large part, this is because we know very little about what happens there. To the rest of the world, North Korea may as well be a black hole. I say this not to diminish the voices and actions of those who have been calling for action, but simply to note that our understanding of life there is drastically less than in other nations and that the aggregate voice of those advocating action regarding North Korea is much softer. Additionally, when discussing these nations, it’s all too easy to fall into the activist fallacy of comparing suffering. All suffering is suffering,
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SafeRide fails to fulfill its purpose at NU Jennifer Yamin
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It’s 1 a.m. on a Wednesday night, and after a long night of studying at my friend’s off-campus apartment, it is time to get back to my on-campus home. My three options to get back are to walk, take a shuttle or call SafeRide. Normally I would have no problem with walking, but it’s late, dark and I am alone. The area is not as well-lit as, say, the streets of downtown Evanston, so I am a bit hesitant to walk back unaccompanied. The shuttle stop is far away and at an inconvenient spot. Not to mention, as many Northwestern students know, the shuttles aren’t always reliable. I decide to call SafeRide but am informed that because the wait is more than 40 minutes, they cannot provide me with a ride. The dispatcher then directs me to take the next shuttle. So though I walk home alone in the dark, devoid of a “safe” ride, a SafeRide car can drive three friends to get frozen yogurt in Evanston. There are many positive attributes to SafeRide. The rides are free, sometimes punctual and can save a lot of travel time. But when it comes to fulfilling its actual purpose, the service falls short. According to the SafeRide page on the Division of Student Affairs website, “SafeRide is a service provided to members of the Northwestern community as a safe and free alternative to walking alone after dark.” When SafeRide transports a group of friends
improve SafeRide by making adjustments or finding alternatives. NU can and should find ideas for alternatives by looking at other universities’ “safe ride” services. The University of Michigan, for example, has both “SafeRide” and “S.A.F.E. Walk.” While SafeRide is simply a transportation service, S.A.F.E. Walk is devoted to serving those who are walking alone at night and is coordinated by the U-M Police Department. Another possible alternative to vehicle aids are “walking escorts” who will pick you up and walk with Graphic by Jordan Harrison/The Daily Northwestern you to your destination. The University of South Carolina uses this on-foot service, to an off-campus destination, it seems to operate as as well as a vehicle service called “Campus Cruiser.” more of a taxi service. SafeRide, however, claims it Of course, all campuses are different, but NU can “is not a taxi, it is a safety service meant to be used in conjunction with other strategies such as traveling in always take cues from other universities and how they handle this transportation. NU should consider groups and using Northwestern’s Shuttle Service.” coordinating with the Evanston Police Department The safety service seems more reassuring in in order to establish a service similar to the Univertheory than it actually is. On my first campus tour sity of Michigan’s “S.A.F.E. Walk.” It can also conas a prospective student, my parents were especially sider emulating USC’s “walking escorts” in addition pleased to hear of the SafeRide service. What they to drivers or dispatchers. didn’t know is that groups of students traveling Even if either of these are options are not feasible, together can get priority over a student walking NU’s SafeRide should seek to make improvements alone at night. SafeRide can still function to bring and decrease the number of students who feel groups of students off campus but should also unsafe while walking home alone at night. ensure that students who feel unsafe walking alone are guaranteed a ride. Jennifer Yamin is a Communication sophomore. She can be Rather than simply calling out SafeRide for its reached at jenniferyamin2016@u.northwestern.edu. If you flawed system, we should look to fix the problem. would like to respond publicly to this column, send a Letter to Clearly, the number of vehicles and drivers availthe Editor to opinion@dailynorthwestern.com. able limits the service. However, it is still possible to
and we shouldn’t try to rank them or declare which nations are experiencing better or worse struggles. But we have a moral obligation to address them all instead of sweeping the crimes of a nation under the rug. The report is gigantic, and it will take plenty of time before reporters and politicians read and digest all of its content. Still, there should be no effort required to understand that a “guard beat(ing) a nearly starving woman who had recently given birth, then forc(ing) the woman to drown her baby” requires immediate action. It’s hard for many, myself included, to read some of the witness reports and hear stories from refugees without being reminded of the crimes the Nazi regime committed seventy years ago. Like the Nazis, Kim Jong Un is continuing a long-standing regime where a select few in power are systematically and cruelly torturing their own population — a population who, through decades of victimization, exposure to propaganda and an ignorance of the outside world, are powerless to fight back. Its people are sent into labor camps for any multitude of reasons (or lack thereof), starved, beaten and killed. One only needs to recall Kenneth Bae to see the abuse of power being committed in North Korea. And yet, instead of discussing North Korea as we would one of the greatest humanitarian abuses in the modern era, we routinely resort to mockery instead. Now, this isn’t a call to arms. The same secrecy that obscured our knowledge of daily life in North Korea before continues to do so now. In spite of the thousands of defectors with stories similar to those in the report, some people argue the country is much more open than we are led to believe. Frankly, I find this unlikely. I would be hard pressed to think of another nation where some people are imprisoned for watching soap operas, and the government would be judged open and humanitarian. All the same, history tends to disfavor those who hastily jump to action with incomplete information. What we need is to complete it. The time must pass when the most public story regarding North Korea doesn’t involve Dennis Rodman. North Korea has a population of 25 million, which means we have 25 million reasons to stop with the jokes and treat the North Korean regime as the brutal tyranny we are increasingly learning it is. Yoni Muller is a Weinberg junior. He can be reached at jonathanmuller2015@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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NU continues to refine shuttle services By Rebecca Savransky
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In an effort to improve reliability of shuttles for students and faculty, University Services is refining the recently debuted DoubleMap app and creating new criteria necessary to run Frostbite shuttles. Due to the extreme cold temperatures this winter, the Frostbite shuttles have run 16 times, about five times more than the average, said Marge Grzeszczuk, transportation manager for University Services. This year, University Services created additional guidelines to run double the number of Frostbite shuttles. The extra buses operate when temperatures fall below zero and windchills are below minus 10, Grzeszczuk said. “It was really based on a lot of feedback that we were getting. There were very unhappy campers because of the brutal cold,” she said. “Safety is a big consideration for us to make sure everyone is safe and making sure they get to where they want to go.” Grzeszczuk said the additional shuttles have run about four or five days, likely costing the University at least $3,000. The additional costs will probably lead to cuts in other areas, but the budget reallocation has not yet been determined. The launch of the DoubleMap app, which gives individuals the ability to track the exact locations of shuttles around campus, is another initiative by University Services to improve shuttle usability. The app
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launched about three weeks ago and has received about 14,000 hits, Grzeszczuk said. The app has been popular and effective, she said, but University Services is working to update it by eliminating glitches from the system. “We released this early, even though it’s not 100 percent,” Grzeszczuk said. The majority of student feedback has been positive, but some have complained about the lack of specific features, including tracking capabilities for the Frostbite shuttles, the ability to determine shuttle direction and the presence of accurate anticipated arrival times, said Haley Hinkle, Associated Student Government director of transportation initiatives. Hinkle said she and other ASG representatives met with University Services last Wednesday to discuss the new app and assess its functioning and suggest improvements. “I think in ASG, we’ve all been hearing that students really like it, that it’s very helpful to them,” Hinkle said. “There are certain features they’d like to see tweaked a little.” Grzeszczuk said, in response to student requests, GPS tracking systems were recently installed in the Frostbite shuttles, and the University is currently working on the feature used to predict arrival times. “The system needs to take a couple of weeks of data to estimate when the next bus is,” Grzeszczuk said. “Part of the confusion is we share so many stops with all the routes. The system doesn’t know if it’s an intercampus or Ryan Field, so were trying to work through all that little stuff.”
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EVERY DAY I’M SHUTTLING A student boards a shuttle Tuesday afternoon. Record low temperatures have forced Northwestern to run Frostbite shuttles more often this winter.
The app is still in beta version as students and faculty test it and learn how it works, Grzeszczuk said, but she expects to receive additional feedback. University Services is working closely with DoubleMap and the shuttle operator The Free Enterprise System to ensure the continued success of the app and to prevent further problems, Grzeszczuk said. “This is something that is truly a useful tool that passengers can look at and gives the comfort that the bus is arriving at some point,” Grzeszczuk said. “It was our biggest goal to give our passengers that comfort level.” rebeccasavransky2015@u.northwestern.edu
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These shows all have something in common. They all used to be great shows. Then something happened. They got bad. They started recycling jokes, running out of story lines or just becoming too painful to watch. These are shows that should have ended when they were good instead of limping along painfully for networks to squeeze a few more dollars out of them. 5. “The Office” (2005-2013) I feel bad putting “The Office” on this list because, truthfully, I enjoyed every season. But that doesn’t change the fact that the show definitely started to go downhill in its later seasons, especially after the exit of Steve Carell. It became guilty of recycling jokes and running out of fresh material. I still found it funny though, and I will always love Jim and Pam. Also, the dynamic between Dwight and Jim remained one of the best on television. 4. “How I Met Your Mother” (2005present) “How I Met Your Mother” is higher up on the list because it’s finally ending in its ninth season. “HIMYM” used to be great. Tagged as “a love story in reverse,” the main character narrated to his children how he met their mother. But the show dragged on and on and didn’t even introduce us to the mother until season nine. The show forgot its purpose, becoming repetitive and just not as funny anymore. It should’ve ended at least three seasons ago. 3. “The Vampire Diaries” (2009-present) The first two seasons of “The Vampire Diaries” were excellent, especially for a CW show. It had great acting and awesome writing. It moved quickly and had so many plot twists. It was great. And then it added too many characters and love triangles, got too complicated and just became no longer enjoyable to watch. The show doesn’t look like it’s going anywhere anytime soon. “Vampy Ds” has been renewed for a sixth season and has a spinoff called “The Originals.” 2. “The Big Bang Theory” (2007-present)
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People have always had issues with “The Big Bang Theory.” It’s been accused of being misogynistic and disrespectful. I used to like the show quite a lot before I realized how problematic it is. The main female character, Penny, doesn’t even have a last name. She’s a typical attractive airhead, and when contrasted with the intelligent Amy, both women show the incredibly insulting theory that women can either be attractive or intelligent. Also, nerds are always the butt of the joke in “TBBT.” It’s the age of geek culture, and “TBBT” tries to beat it down. Please just cancel the show instead of heaping it with awards. 1. “Glee” (2009-present) Season one of “Glee” was amazing. The show was revolutionary, hilarious and heartbreaking. Detailing the lives of a hodgepodge group of students in rural Ohio, it had strong characters and great dancing. It rejuvenated the music industry. If a song was on “Glee,” the next day both the cover and the original were on iTunes charts. The program had sold-out tours and millions of downloads. But then “Glee” lost its way. It became a parody of what it used to be. The quirkiness that made the show unique became amplified to the eleventh degree, making the show obnoxious. “Glee” dropped too many storylines and added too many characters. It’s finally ending this year, in its sixth season. molliecahillane2017@u.northwestern.edu
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Park district creates policy amid nepotism concerns By Edward Cox
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A park district in south Evanston created a new hiring policy this month after a board member raised concerns about nepotism. Ridgeville Park District commissioners approved a policy Thursday requiring a consensus of at least three board members when candidates with close relations to park district members are considered for jobs. If the board member is closely related to the candidate, he cannot vote. “Nepotism continues at Ridgeville but with a new sort of public scrutiny by having members vote on it,” commissioner Dan Coyne said. Commissioners Robert Bady and Ann Covode drafted the policy, which was presented at a board meeting. The new policy arises after commissioners Coyne and Bady
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The testimony served to emphasize the structured nature of players’ lives. Colter mentioned only being allowed to take six-week summer classes and having to cut short a summer internship to be ready for training camp. “I absolutely hate when people use the term ‘free ride,’” Colter said. “I believe that we earn everything that we are given through blood, sweat and tears, sacrificing our bodies and working hard throughout the year.” Colter went on to describe his experience as an aspiring pre-med student. He said football practice prevented him from taking the required chemistry classes for several quarters, and he ended up behind on the pre-med track. CAPA also referenced ways schools control the players’ activities and images. Specifically, Colter said the team monitors athletes’ social media accounts and once even asked him to remove a potentially controversial tweet. He noted the NCAA rules preventing him from profiting from his own image, contrasting that with the sale of his No. 2 jersey on the NU website and the use of his likeness in video games. Once CAPA’s lawyer finished questioning Colter, NU’s side followed up with a flurry of its own inquiries. Attorney Anna Wermuth asked Colter about his academic record, hoping to paint the psychology major as a strong student who accomplished much academically because of his time at NU. She further pointed to other skills his football career taught him, such as leadership
raised concerns that district job postings were not advertised enough to local residents. Currently, only Rita McCourt, the minute taker of the meetings, is related to a board member. Ridgeville director of parks and recreation Brian Rosinski has hired family members as part-time employees for jobs in past years. Bady has raised concerns about the hiring process as early as November after joining the board last year. During the meeting, commissioners agreed to grandfather in the wives of Rosinski and Ridgeville Park District president Pat McCourt as part-time employees and wait until next year to apply the new hiring process, Bady said. “It’s the relatives who (will) be (treated) unfairly,” Bady said. “The spotlight is on them.” According to data from Cook County payroll forms collected by Coyne, about $13,000 was paid to members of Rosinski’s family skills and critical analysis. Wermuth also had Colter affirm ways walkons and scholarship players are under the same set of rules, presumably to cast doubt on the selection of CAPA’s proposed union. She also attempted to establish that academics had influenced Colter’s college choice during recruitment. NU looked to undermine Colter’s earlier testimony that he received $75,000 a year, including the tuition covered by a scholarship and an additional stipend. The school distinguished between that money and traditional income by asking whether Colter paid taxes on the money. The 21-year-old responded that his mother did his taxes. One of NU’s most convincing points came regarding an internship Colter had with Goldman Sachs one summer. On his resume for the position, the quarterback promoted himself by citing skills he developed playing football, including as a member of the team’s Leadership Council. The implication was players do in fact benefit in career and earning potential from their football career, making athletics part of the general education experience. CAPA, on the other hand, used the Leadership Council to demonstrate the coaching staff ’s absolute power over the players, saying even though the council ostensibly makes decisions, coach Pat Fitzgerald has 51 percent of the final say. In an interview with The Daily on Tuesday, University President Morton Schapiro reiterated NU’s position that it respects the players’ leadership but disagrees they are University
during the 2011-12 fiscal year. Many of the positions Rosinski’s relatives held involved youth camp leadership. Relatives to McCourt and commissioner Covode have also served the park district, according to recent data. Rosinski said, however, that “those days are over” because some of his younger relatives have moved on to college. There are four full-time employees including Rosinski, two maintenance staff and an administrator, Bady said. “(The) people who worked here were positive forces,” said Rosinski. The policy includes recommendations that staff post job listings through churches, recreation centers, print media, online and school districts for two weeks. The district usually hires employees in the spring, Rosinski said. Rosinski said the hiring policy will not affect the makeup of the park district staff much because it will continue to hire talent.
The park district is bordered to the west and east by the North Shore Channel and Chicago Avenue and to the north and south by Greenleaf Street and Howard Street. The district collects real estate taxes within its boundaries, Rosinski said. The hiring policy is a step in the right direction to making Ridgeville Park District more inclusive, Bady said. Even though the district makes up a relatively small proportion of Evanston, Bady said the board members are fiscally responsible and promote community events. “You have to have cooperation in order to move forward. You can’t ask people to make too many changes at once. … You have to be diligent, but we also have to partner with each other,” Bady said. “I’d like to see a lot more cohesiveness with this board rather than divisiveness.” edwardcox2011@u.northwestern.edu
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kain’t hold us Former Northwestern quarterback Kain Colter — standing with National College Players Association president Ramogi Huma and United Steelworkers political director Tim Waters — addressed the media Tuesday after answering questions from attorneys for more than six hours at a National Labor Relations Board hearing.
employees. “We try to produce leaders with courage, and even if you don’t necessarily agree with the direction they lead, you gotta respect them,” Schapiro said. “It would be very disingenuous of the institution to say, ‘You should be a leader, but not in that area.’” Schapiro said he was not surprised the movement started at NU, noting few other private
schools play in the Football Bowl Subdivision. If the players are successful, the ruling would only apply to private schools because public ones are governed by state labor laws. The hearing will resume Wednesday morning when a sports economist will testify as CAPA’s expert witness. asputt@u.northwestern.edu
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“It’s the best legal drama since ‘Boston Legal,’” the McCormick sophomore said. The panel was supposed to end by 11 p.m., but Markle let questioning continue out of affection for her alma mater. Students referenced Markle’s NU ties with their questions and posters. One sign featured Markle’s composite photo taken when What I love so she was in NU’s chapter of Kappa Kappa Gamma. much is how Markle also revealed her freshman year dorm, they created North Mid-Quads Hall, these female after a student asked. archetypes that Markle said she greatly are not just the admires the independent paralegal who she plays in women behind the show. “What I love so much the men. is how they created these Meghan Markle, female archetypes that are Rachel Zane not just the women behind on “Suits” the men,” Markle told The Daily. “Most of these guys need these female characters to anchor them and sort of propel them forward.” Rick Hoffman told The Daily his role as Louis Litt is very layered and one he will likely never get to play again. “It’s very difficult for me to read things that he does,” Hoffman said. “It’s heartbreaking at times … I’m right there with everyone (who) watches.” Weinberg freshman Francesca Pietrantonio said she was a fan of the show and thought the event provided a unique opportunity to see the cast. “It’s so witty,” Pietrantonio said. “The characters are all so interesting. ... They each have their own thing.”
negative aspects of such situations, said Robinson, a Medill junior. It was created about a week after a Northwestern student sued the University in a Title IX lawsuit. The decision of what to write was left up to participants, SESP junior Meg McPherson said. McPherson wrote “I support you” on the board but she wished she had added, “because it’s not your fault.” One drawback of the final video production was that participants tended to focus on women in relation to sexual assault, McPherson said. “I just wish there would have been more people who thought of, ‘I support him,’” she said. “It’s more reflective of the student body than MARS.” The all-male peer organization, which was founded in 2009, produced the video to increase awareness about sexual abuse. The video fits into the group’s peer education scheme that involves presentations at fraternities, member Louis Dietchweiler said. The group also invited former Amherst College student Angie Epifano to speak Fall Quarter about her experiences as a victim of rape. Although MARS is a relatively small organization, its members were able to get people from around campus involved to spread the group’s message about awareness of sexual abuse issues, Dietchweiler said. The group is affiliated with Northwestern University Health Service and the Office of Fraternity and Sorority Life. “I personally think it’s very powerful to see fellow students speak,” Dietchweiler said.
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that laptop use in lecture classes has on student grades. She found the students with the best grades on average took pen-and-paper notes while students who used the Internet during class generally had lower grades. Whether these results apply to high school classes depends on how a class is structured, she said. “There are some classes, though, where it’s perfectly appropriate,” Broaders said. “So when
CHICAGO — University of Illinois at Chicago professor Milos Zefran is on campus Tuesday, but not to teach his robotics class. Instead, he is participating in a two-day strike and picket in hopes of drawing attention to contract negotiations between the university and a union that represents about 1,150 full-time tenured and nontenured faculty members. Organizers said the strike, which is the first faculty-led walkout in campus history, was planned as a last resort. It could cancel hundreds of classes through Wednesday. “This is a short term pain that in the long term will help reinvest the money in education, where it should go,” said Zefran, who has taught electrical engineering at UIC since 1999. Members of organizations like Campus Worker and Student Coalition and SEIU Local 73 also came out to the picket to show support for unionized faculty. “Our learning conditions are directly affected by our faculty’s working conditions,” said Caroline Gonzales Kuehner Hebert, a third-year student and a member of the Campus Worker and Student Coalition. Some students, however, were concerned about the strike’s impact on their coursework. Carrington Lemon, a third-year student, said his political science and music classes scheduled Tuesday and Wednesday were canceled because of the strike. Lemon, who came to the UIC quad to observe the picket with his sociology class Tuesday morning, said his 300-level classes cover a lot of material, and he was worried the strike would cause his class to fall behind schedule. “This is a disruption in our education,” he said. The strike does not affect classes taught by I teach research methods, for example, we’ll use Google Docs to immediately upload data. Part of it depends on the class structure, and it is something where the students would have more structured use of the computer versus more free-form use.” Chan said ETHS research on one-to-one laptop programs points to positive effects for students, and the school plans to continue rolling out the program for successive freshman
graduate student instructors. The faculty union was certified in 2012, and has not finalized its first contract with the university despite dozens of bargaining sessions. UIC officials have said its minimum salaries for lecturers are “competitive” with those of lecturers at other institutions, though the university recognizes the need to increase the wage. The negotiations made some progress over the weekend, but the union called the university’s latest proposals “insufficient.” According to the latest public contract proposal, from last Friday, the union wants a merit salary increase of 4.5 percent this year. The administration has offered a 3.25 percent increase. In a written statement, UIC officials said the union’s proposals — including raises, increases to minimum salaries and payment of employee out-of-pocket insurance costs, would increase total costs by an estimated 23 percent for tenured faculty and 27 percent for non-tenured faculty. The two sides are at odds on how to structure future pay adjustments. The union wants a minimum increase of 3.25 percent for each of the next two years, while the administration’s offer calls for currently undefined “wage increase programs” equivalent to the increases that other employees will get those years. The union is asking that tenured faculty earn at least $60,000 a year. For nontenured, full-time lecturers, the union is asking the minimum salary be increased from $30,000 to $45,000, and that instructors be offered multiyear contracts. The university has offered a minimum salary of up to $36,000 by 2016. The next bargaining session is set for Friday, and other sessions are set for Feb. 24 and March 3. — Naheed Rajwani (Chicago Tribune) classes. “Being able to continue working and continue researching and creating and collaborating outside of the classroom is a huge boon for going one-to-one,” Chan said. “Giving our students, many of whom may not have laptops or computers at home, this option to have that and being able to provide that is a huge driver.” jordanharrison2017@u.northwestern.edu
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NU rallies to finish 3rd in Puerto Rico Classic By kevin Casey
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Three days after the men finished third in their opening spring tournament, the ladies of Northwestern matched the feat. Playing in tropical Puerto Rico, the Wildcats placed third Tuesday at the Lady Puerto Rico Classic. The 19thranked Cats posted a 22-over-par total of 886 over the three days, falling 5 strokes short of No. 40 GRU Augusta and 19 behind No. 8 Arkansas. The 15-team field included nine squads ranked in the top 50, with NU surpassing two higher-ranked opponents, No. 7 Alabama and No. 15 NC State. The result did not feel inevitable from the beginning, though — the Cats struggled mightily over the opening 18 holes. None of the team’s five competitors shot better than 74, and only freshman Kacie Komoto was inside the top 30, leaving NU hanging in ninth after a 13-over 301 in the first round. A new day turned the tide for the
Cats. Sophomore Suchaya Tangkamolprasert, who opened with a disappointing 79, took advantage of slightly easier scoring conditions at the Rio Mar Country Club with a five-birdie effort on her way to a 3-under-par 69. The remainder of the squad didn’t capitalize to the same degree, but a slew of solid scores, one 73 and three 74s, allowed the Cats to produce a 2-over 290 and rocket up to third place. With Arkansas 20 strokes ahead and GRU Augusta still holding a significant 7-stroke margin over NU, the Cats’ final day was mostly about holding on to that third-place spot. All five players, led by Komoto and sophomore Kaitlin Park, shot in the mid-70s to keep third. In the end, none of the Cats’ competitors threatened for individual victory. Komoto led the way by tying for 17th. That would seem to make the team’s high result rather peculiar, but the absence of any truly weak performances did the trick for the Cats. The team’s five members finished within four shots of each other, all placing in the top-30 of the field. With that type of consistent performance across the board, coach Emily
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Better luck tomorrow Sophomore Suchaya Tangkamolprasert opened poorly at the Lady Puerto Rico Classic but bounced back with a strong 18 holes the next day to lead Northwestern to third place in the event.
Fletcher was happy about her squad’s start to the year. “Overall, I’m very pleased with our play this week,” Fletcher said in an email.
“We got off to a bit of a slow start the first day, but after that we settled down. These girls have worked extremely hard the past six weeks, and they were ready
to compete. Overall, a very solid start to our spring season.” kevincasey2015@u.northwestern.edu
Cats produce mixed results at USFA Junior Olympics By alex lederman
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usfa-ok Four Northwestern fencers traveled to Portland, Ore., for the USFA Junior Olympics, an event coach Laurie Schiller used to scout potential future Wildcat fencers.
Four fencers represented the Wildcats at the United States Fencing Association Junior Olympic Championships in Portland, Ore., over the weekend and came away with what coach Laurie Schiller called “so-so” results. Still, Northwestern (34-9) had a productive weekend. “What I was doing here was scouting for future Wildcats, looking at juniors in high school,” Schiller said. “That’s a lot of what we do at this tournament.” Although he is not permitted to talk to prospects off-campus, Schiller said it was a useful weekend to observe some fencers on his radar. He said this is the first time he gets a serious look at these fencers, and it serves as a good starting point for his evaluations. Because of injuries, NU sent only four fencers out west: foils Stephanie
Chan and Stella Pointeau, sabre Cindy Oh and epee Ailstair Murray of the men’s club team. Chan and Pointeau fought Friday in the junior women’s foil event. Chan won three of her five pool bouts and her first two bouts in direct elimination before falling to eventual fifth-place finisher Sarah Pak, 10-7, in the third round. Chan earned 28th place out of 128 fencers. “Stephanie fenced the best of the three girls,” Schiller said. “I think that she lost against a very good opponent, and she fenced a very strong bout until the end. Being behind, you kind of have to take risks, which will make the score look worse than it was.” Pointeau lost in the first round of direct elimination to Alexis Tate, 15-10 and placed 72nd in her first Junior Olympics. Oh competed Sunday in the junior women’s sabre event. Although she won five of her six matchups in her pool and earned a first-round bye,
she lost her first direct elimination match to Danya Yu, 15-7. Oh finished 41st of 105 fencers. “I didn’t do as well as I hoped to, and I lost to someone I know I could have beaten,” Oh said. “But it’s OK. It’s just an experience, and from this weekend I’m gonna learn from the mistakes I made and will go into conference and regionals ready to fence.” Schiller agreed. “We know that she can do better than that, but sometimes its tough to go out by yourself and be the only fencer without your team there,” he said. Murray, who entered the weekend seeded 48th, tied for 40th place of 193 Friday in the junior men’s epee event. He also competed in the junior men’s team epee with two friends from his squad in MEDEO Fencing Club from Bridgewater, N.J. The three nabbed 14th place of 34 groups. alexanderlederman2017@u.northwestern.edu
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Colter’s testimony pulls back curtain on program By rohan nadkarni
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Former Northwestern quarterback Kain Colter revealed new information Tuesday about the behind-the-scenes workings of NU’s football team in his testimony for the College Athletes Players Association’s unionization case against NU. Colter answered questions posed by counsel from each side, beginning his testimony with details about rigid daily schedules for football players. For example, on the day of the Cats’ Homecoming matchup against Ohio State, every player received a schedule that was planned from 9:30 a.m. until the game started at 7:12 p.m. The schedule includes meetings, stretches and activities such as a mandatory nap. A graduating senior told The Daily on Sunday he used to know his schedule “down to the minute.” Social media was another contentious point. Colter said the athletic
department hired a third party to comb through each players’ various social media profiles and highlight items that could cause trouble. The senior was Football once told to remove makes it a tweet he hard for you posted that had a picto succeed. ture of free You have to sunglasses. sacrifice one, “Is there a social netand we’re working not allowed polic y in the underto sacrifice graduate football. handbook?” Colter asked Kain Colter, NU attorney former Anna Werquarterback muth during one heated moment of his testimony. Colter also testified about how difficult football made his class scheduling, saying he is behind on the required
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pre-med courses. “Football makes it hard for you to succeed (academically),” said Colter, a psychology major. “You have to sacrifice one, and we’re not allowed to sacrifice football.” Colter said academic advisors in the athletic department repeatedly told him when to take certain classes, such as chemistry, which is typically only offered in the morning. Colter enrolled in classes in the School of Continuing Studies in order to catch up on his pre-med requirements but still claimed to be very far behind. The team’s practice schedule restricted Colter from taking the classes he wanted. In the fall, players were not allowed to sign up for classes that began before 11 a.m., he said. Colter testified the team also had a Swahili class added one quarter in order to accommodate players. Players are also advised not to take eight-week summer classes. Players who do must travel from Evanston to Kenosha, Wis., in order to attend practice. Last summer, Colter was in a “conflict group” because of an
internship and was forced to attend separate summer workouts. Players are also required to live on campus their first two years at school. When they move off campus, their housing is subsidized by a monthly stipend totaling around $1,600. The money is intended to cover rent and groceries but can be spent however a player chooses. Part of the stipend is deducted for food at certain team activities. Coaches can also control where players live off campus. Colter said players must have their leases approved by coaches, describing one instance in which players were told not to sign a lease because a coach did not like the area the house was in. Discipline also became an issue, as NU lawyers pressed Colter to reveal what happened to players who missed practice. Colter said for each minute a player was late, they had to spend one day at “study table,” essentially spending an hour before morning practice in a coach’s office. The senior outlined very specific times players can see their families.
The three main vacations are about 10 days before summer workouts in June, the University’s regularly scheduled Spring Break and four or five days before a bowl game. On Thanksgiving, players practice in the morning and must stay within a six-hour radius of Evanston after that. During seasons when the team does not make a bowl game, players have more time off. NU’s lawyers also revealed some of the perks of being a football player. As a junior, Colter was assigned a mentor, former running back Jacob Schmidt. NU’s lawyers repeatedly asserted Schmidt helped Colter attain an agent and gain an internship at Goldman Sachs. Despite his objections, Colter said he was not trying to change the substance of the experience but rather to have the rigorous structure of athletes’ lives acknowledged. “We’re not complaining about anything right now,” he said. “We’re just trying to be recognized as employees of the University.” rohannadkarni2015@u.northwestern.edu