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Team Joseph fights for treatment approval By REBECCA SAVRANSKY
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Northwestern students will pack the Dance Marathon tent Friday to spend 30 hours dancing for Team Joseph as the primary beneficiary petitions for approval for one of the first promising treatments for Duchenne muscular dystrophy. Marissa Penrod, Team Joseph’s founder, said DM has both increased awareness about Duchenne, the most common degenerative genetic muscle disease, and raised funds for the organization. The money raised has the potential to accelerate research on the disease, which could result in the approval of the first treatment for Duchenne, Penrod said. “We’re at a tipping point with Duchenne where we are so close to having the treatment that this will either be the last generation to die or the first generation to survive Duchenne,” she said. “What Northwestern is doing with DM is literally life-changing, and the hope is that it’s life-saving.” Scientists and researchers have developed a therapy targeting specific gene mutations with the potential to treat 13 percent of those diagnosed with Duchenne. This treatment has shown to be safe and effective with no recorded side effects, but hasn’t yet been approved by the Food
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DANCING FOR duchenne The Dance Marathon tent is set up behind Norris University Center. The 40th edition of DM, benefiting Team Joseph and the Evanston Community Foundation, will get underway Friday night.
and Drug Administration, Penrod said. An act passed by Congress in 2012, known as the FDA Safety and Innovation Act, gives the FDA the right to approve therapies at an accelerated rate for rare diseases with “unmet medical need” — a category that includes Duchenne. Penrod said the treatment in question has been tested and received support from multiple scientists, yet the FDA has delayed giving its official approval. “So the big question right now is why, why is the FDA not granting accelerated approval to this when it has shown
to be efficacious and safe?” Penrod said. “We just don’t have time to wait, and I think above all else there needs to be an acknowledgement that our kids are not their science experiment.” DM’s executive board selected Team Joseph in May out of a pool of more than 75 applicants. DM spokeswoman Summer Delaney said when choosing this year’s primary beneficiary, Team Joseph was a compelling option. “I think this year what we really loved about Team Joseph is that we had a chance to make substantial impact,” the Medill
junior said. “I think NUDM is really going to help find a cure or treatment for Duchenne, but we’re just beginning.” Team Joseph is part of a larger network of Duchenne foundations that created The Race to Yes, a website with information on the disease and a link to a recent White House petition. Penrod said creators hope to get 100,000 signatures within 30 days to guarantee the government looks into the issue. Penrod said she hopes the process will set a precedent for the future, emphasizing the importance of rapidly approving
treatments for diseases like Duchenne that have a time limit. “It’s really time that families are allowed to make the decision if they want to try it for their children,” Penrod said. The money raised by DM will help to both fund research and initiate a family assistance program in the Chicago area that will help families pay for Duchennerelated expenses, Penrod said. She said, however, the foundation’s primary mission is to facilitate research with the potential to impact an entire generation of children. Penrod said after the event, she is looking forward to working with Team Joseph’s scientific advisers and researchers to most effectively direct the funds to cause the greatest impact. After months of anticipation and working with DM, Penrod said, she is excited for the weekend to arrive. “The last nine months, I felt like I’ve had this and I have — we have — this entire army of supporters helping to drive our mission in making a difference for what Team Joseph does,” Penrod said. “That has been an incredible gift.” rebeccasavransky2015@u.northwestern.edu Visit dailynorthwestern.com throughout the weekend for full 30-hour Dance Marathon coverage.
Prof’s son appeals Master plan: New halls to motion to dismiss have suite-style bathrooms Boy handcuffed in 2012 claims police racially profiled him By Ciara mccarthy
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A Northwestern professor’s son appealed a federal judge’s decision Wednesday in the racial profiling case the teenager brought against an Evanston police officer. Judge Daniel Martin granted the officer’s motion for summary judgment last week, which dismissed the case from the district level. On Wednesday, the Evanston teenager appealed the decision. The son of Medill Prof. Ava Greenwell sued Evanston Police Officer Mark Buell in September 2012 after Buell mistakenly handcuffed the then-13year-old. Greenwell’s son is alleging that Buell violated his Fourth Amendment rights and racially profiled him.
The Evanston Township High School freshman is also alleging various state claims. Martin granted the motion on the Fourth Amendment claims, but Greenwell’s son can still re-file the state claims in Illinois court. Ava Greenwell said she and her family were disappointed with Martin’s ruling but ultimately decided to appeal the decision. “We have thought about it and decided it was important for us to move forward and not to let the case die,” she said. Buell handcuffed the teen after mistakenly identifying him as a burglary suspect in August 2012. Buell filed the motion for summary judgment in September, and Martin heard oral arguments for the first time last month. “The Court concludes that the circumstances surrounding (the teenager)’s initial detention support a finding that Buell had reasonable suspicion to stop him,” Martin wrote in his decision. “Plaintiff met the general » See greenwell, page 10
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SUITE SHARING Residential Services is adopting new models for future residence halls. The models will eliminate communal bathrooms as bathrooms will be included in the suites.
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As part of Northwestern’s Housing Master Plan, new residence halls will
have suite-style bathrooms instead of communal ones. Paul Riel, executive director of Residential Services, said future residence halls will either feature single or double suites. Primarily for upperclassmen, single suites will have four individual
bedrooms and two bathrooms. Double suites will have two shared bedrooms with a common space that would house the bathrooms, Riel said. “The change I think is moving away » See housing, page 10
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City foundation launches ‘2-generation’ program By ROSALIE CHAN
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Busy. Resilient. Passionate. These are some words 13 mothers used to describe themselves at the first session of the Evanston Two-Generation Education Initiative, which combines education for parents and their children. Targeted at low-income families, the program trains parents in educational and career advancement to promote economic self-sufficiency and provides early education for their children through community-partner programs. The 13-week pilot program launched in February, organizers announced last week. The initiative is the result of a three-way partnership between Ascend at the Aspen Institute, Evanston Community Foundation and the Institute for Policy Research. The program also works with other community nonprofits and businesses in Evanston. “It’s very powerful and very motivating,� said Teresa Eckrich Sommer, senior research scientist at Northwestern’s Institute for Policy Research. “These are women who have faced challenges and are motivated, and they realize that going through this training will help themselves and help their children.� The two-generation initiative bases its approach on research that shows how parental education levels can affect success and economic mobility for their children, Sarah Haight, program manager for Ascend at the Aspen Institute, said. To improve the pilot in Evanston, Sommer
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IT TAKES TWO The Evanston Community Foundation launched the Evanston TwoGeneration Education Initiative Feb. 18. The program provides education and financial guidance for parents and opportunities for early education for their children.
and SESP professor Lindsay Chase-Lansdale are researching the implementation and effectiveness of two-generation initiatives in the U.S., including the Community Action Project in Tulsa, Okla., a leader in this approach, Sommer said. “We want to get a strong model in place and learn about what we would do differently,�
Artishia Hunter, director of the Evanston TwoGeneration Initiative, said. The initiative’s weekly two-hour training sessions mostly take place at the main branch of the Evanston Public Library. The program participants will also visit Oakton Community College and local employers to learn about educational
investigation, a 43-year-old Chicago resident was charged with aggravated criminal sexual abuse and patronizing a minor engaged in prostitution — both felonies — Monday morning, police said.
A 14-year-old Evanston minor posted an ad on Craigslist to engage in sex for money, and several individuals responded to the ad, including Chicago resident Alejandro Costilla, Evanston Police Cmdr. Jay Parrott said. Police said the
and job opportunities. “I think the women find strength and support from each other,� Hunter said. “Obviously in the group, there’s lots of participants. Some are more vocal, some are more laidback. Some are reaching out to each other outside of classes. It’s been a way of creating networking. Some are questioning what it is they want to do.� In order to qualify for the pilot program, the parents had to have a GED or high school diploma, live in Evanston and have a child between 0 and 6 years old, Hunter said. They take a survey at the beginning of the program and at the end, researchers will collect their demographics and study how the perceptions of their careers change over time. Chase-Lansdale applied for a grant to start the two-generation approach in Evanston. Ascend at the Aspen Institute provided a $100,000 grant to start the program, and the Evanston Community Foundation also provides funding and support. Sommer said in the future, they hope to start a child savings account for every child and continue mentoring the parents, even after the 13-week program ends. Currently, they are negotiating with potential funders, including organizations and private funders. “We’re hoping the philanthropy and policy community in Evanston can come together in helping families,� Haight said. “We’re excited that Evanston can be part of a movement of two-generation initiatives. We see Evanston as a place where the Two-Generation Initiative can work.� rosaliechan2017@u.northwestern.edu
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On Campus White House allocates funds to fight violence against women on campus in 2015 budget
The 2015 fiscal year budget will allocate $11 million to fight violent crimes against women on campus, the White House announced Wednesday. The budget will also provide funds to test backlogged rape kits and help prosecute sexual assault cases. The announcement comes more than a month after President Barack Obama created a new White House task force to address sexual assault that occurs on college campuses. The 2015 budget also allocates $423 million to various initiatives that combat violence against women. Of the funds, $193 million will go to the STOP Violence Against Women Grant Program, which helps coordinate efforts of victim advocates, law enforcement and the courts to address sexual assault. Legal services for survivors and the Sexual Assault Services Program, which works to assist sexual assault survivors by providing funding to different organizations and regions, will also receive funding. In the release, the White House identified reducing the number of women who are sexually assaulted as “a critical priority.” The budget also includes $35 million to establish a new grant program that will test rape kits and create “cold case” units to pursue leads on rape cases. Funds will also be used for research to develop evidence tracking systems. Many rape kits remained untested, but when backlogged kits are examined, their results help create a criminal database and lead to more arrests and help law enforcement identify serial rapists, the White House said in a news release. — Ally Mutnick
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Kate Obenshain will speak on the role of feminism in the 21st century at an event hosted by College Republicans and the Young America’s Foundation. Obenshain is an author and commentator who has appeared on “The O’Reilly Factor” and “Hardball,” among others.
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Winter 2014 ROUNDup Student files Title IX suit Colter, NU football players seek against University recognition as labor union A Medill junior filed a Title IX lawsuit against the University claiming it failed to adequately address her claims of sexual assault at the hands of philosophy Prof. Peter Ludlow. An internal investigation found Ludlow “engaged in unwelcome and inappropriate sexual advances.” The University responded to the lawsuit claiming it had appropriately disciplined Ludlow, citing sanctions including rescinding an endowed professorship and prohibiting him from receiving a pay raise on the 2012-13 academic year. Professors sent a petition to the Board of Trustees and students protested outside of the office of Sarah Mangelsdorf, the dean of Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences. The University announced Wednesday that Ludlow would not teach class for the remainder of the quarter. The student has also filed a civil lawsuit against Ludlow.
Campus divided over ASA boycott debate
Following an American Studies Association vote to boycott Israeli academic institutions, University President Morton Schapiro and Provost Dan Linzer announced in December that Northwestern would continue its programs with universities in the country, citing academic freedom. Students across campus weighed in on the decision. Students from multicultural groups, including Students for Justice in Palestine and the Muslim-cultural Students Association called on Schapiro and Linzer to clarify their statement to make clear their stance is not representative of the entire University. Later, Wildcats for Israel authored a statement supporting the University with more than 40 signatures. SJP organized an event to discuss the boycott which drew more than 60 students and professors.
On Jan. 28, former Northwestern quarterback Kain Colter announced the formation of the College Athletes Players Association, a proposed union for NU football players. A majority of players had signed union cards days earlier, beginning the process to petition for union certification. CAPA’s stated goals included improving concussion benefits for players and bridging the gap between awarded scholarships and the actual cost of college. In February, the case hit the National Labor Relations Board, the governing body tasked with determining whether the players are employees of the University, as CAPA alleges. Over five days of testimony, CAPA and NU lawyers questioned 11 witnesses — including Colter and head coach Pat Fitzgerald — in an at-times-contentious hearing. Colter testified his football commitments limited his ability to pursue his intended major, but various NU witnesses said academics come before athletics unequivocally. On the final day of testimony, three former players chronicled their success in balancing school work and football. It will be up to the NLRB to determine the players’ status as employees. A decision is due some time in the next month, after which the losing party is expected to appeal the decision to NLRB headquarters in Washington.
300-year-old violin stolen from Bienen lecturer
A nearly 300-year-old Stradivarius violin was stolen on Jan. 27 from Bienen lecturer Frank Almond in Milwaukee in late January. The violin was recovered in good condition Feb. 7 by law enforcement in the attic of an east Milwaukee residence. The multimillion-dollar violin, known as the Lipinski Stradivarius, was made in 1715 and lent to Almond by an anonymous owner. Almond, the concertmaster of the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra, was attacked with a taser while leaving the concert. Milwaukee police worked with Taser International and the FBI Art Crime Team to solve the case, which garnered international attention.
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NU residence director Kristina Richards, 41, dies
Animal nonprofit’s relationship with city called into question
The strained relationship between Evanston and a local animal nonprofit came to the forefront in 2014 during several strained public meetings between the two groups. Community Animal Rescue Effort, a local dog and cat adoption agency, currently operates out of the Evanston animal shelter, 2310 Oakton St. The nonprofit came under scrutiny after several volunteers approached city officials speaking out against CARE’s canine euthanasia rate, which was around 45 percent at the time. The city’s Human Services Committee decided Monday to create a new agreement with updated standards; CARE can accept the new agreement or vacate the shelter and terminate its relationship with the city.
Polar vortex comes to NU, Chicago area
The start of winter quarter was delayed two days due to an accumulation of nearly two feet of snow. Nearly 2,200 classes were cancelled, affecting nearly 15,000 Northwestern students and 1,400 faculty members, excluding those in the Feinberg School of Medicine. The combination of recordlow temperatures and delays in travel caused the two-day cancellation. Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences shortened its Reading Period by two days to make up for lost class time. The inclement weather resulted in a $400,000 cleaning effort from Evanston, which used about 58 percent of its total 2014 snow cleanup budget. NU also brought in extra help to clear streets and sidewalks in the aftermath of the storm. The amount of snowfall in the beginning of January totaled 26.5 inches, making it the area’s second-snowiest week ever.
Residence director Kristina Richards died Feb. 23 at a friend’s house in Crystal Lake, Ill. Richards, 41, served as the residence director of graduate halls. The cause of death has yet to be determined, but a McHenry County coroner said there were no signs of foul play. Richards worked at NU for 10 years and spent part of that time serving as an area coordinator for undergraduate residence halls.
Former student Jaqueline Mahoney found dead in Oregon
Former student Jaqueline Mahoney was found dead Feb. 24 in Tigard, Ore., at the Tigard Embassy Suites hotel at the age of 23. The cause of her death has not been determined. Mahoney was a student in the School of Communication. She began in Fall Quarter 2008 and was last enrolled in Summer Quarter 2012. At NU, Mahoney was involved in drum and dance group Boomshaka.
City to install security cameras near ETHS
City Council approved a controversial plan in January to install security cameras near Evanston Township High School in an attempt to make the area safer. After a plan to install a “safe school zone� in the blocks surrounding ETHS, 1600 Dodge Ave., was rejected, Mayor Elizabeth Tisdahl introduced the camera plan in December. Evanston will apply for a grant to fund the project. If approved, the city will install more than 10 cameras along Dodge Avenue and Church Street.
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NU residence director Kristina Richards, 41, dies
Animal nonprofit’s relationship with city called into question
The strained relationship between Evanston and a local animal nonprofit came to the forefront in 2014 during several strained public meetings between the two groups. Community Animal Rescue Effort, a local dog and cat adoption agency, currently operates out of the Evanston animal shelter, 2310 Oakton St. The nonprofit came under scrutiny after several volunteers approached city officials speaking out against CARE’s canine euthanasia rate, which was around 45 percent at the time. The city’s Human Services Committee decided Monday to create a new agreement with updated standards; CARE can accept the new agreement or vacate the shelter and terminate its relationship with the city.
Polar vortex comes to NU, Chicago area
The start of winter quarter was delayed two days due to an accumulation of nearly two feet of snow. Nearly 2,200 classes were cancelled, affecting nearly 15,000 Northwestern students and 1,400 faculty members, excluding those in the Feinberg School of Medicine. The combination of recordlow temperatures and delays in travel caused the two-day cancellation. Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences shortened its Reading Period by two days to make up for lost class time. The inclement weather resulted in a $400,000 cleaning effort from Evanston, which used about 58 percent of its total 2014 snow cleanup budget. NU also brought in extra help to clear streets and sidewalks in the aftermath of the storm. The amount of snowfall in the beginning of January totaled 26.5 inches, making it the area’s second-snowiest week ever.
Residence director Kristina Richards died Feb. 23 at a friend’s house in Crystal Lake, Ill. Richards, 41, served as the residence director of graduate halls. The cause of death has yet to be determined, but a McHenry County coroner said there were no signs of foul play. Richards worked at NU for 10 years and spent part of that time serving as an area coordinator for undergraduate residence halls.
Former student Jaqueline Mahoney found dead in Oregon
Former student Jaqueline Mahoney was found dead Feb. 24 in Tigard, Ore., at the Tigard Embassy Suites hotel at the age of 23. The cause of her death has not been determined. Mahoney was a student in the School of Communication. She began in Fall Quarter 2008 and was last enrolled in Summer Quarter 2012. At NU, Mahoney was involved in drum and dance group Boomshaka.
City to install security cameras near ETHS
City Council approved a controversial plan in January to install security cameras near Evanston Township High School in an attempt to make the area safer. After a plan to install a “safe school zone� in the blocks surrounding ETHS, 1600 Dodge Ave., was rejected, Mayor Elizabeth Tisdahl introduced the camera plan in December. Evanston will apply for a grant to fund the project. If approved, the city will install more than 10 cameras along Dodge Avenue and Church Street.
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Understanding the other side of sexual assault MEERA PATEL
DAILY COLUMNIST @SOSHALONI
This year, there has been considerable discussion of sexual violence on college campuses nationwide. There have been many cases where people have come out and spoken about their experiences and filed lawsuits. But the root cause of assault in our culture is still somewhat murky. I’ve written about how it sometimes disguises assault as a “bad hookup.” That may very well be a cause of several cases of assault, but before we pronounce judgment on our hyper-sexualized society as a whole, we need to explore the different occurrences of sexual violence. The typical perception of rape is in a dark alley, with a man attacking a woman. Most people don’t think it can happen to them — until it does. The statistic cited so often is that one in four women will be sexually assaulted during her academic career. But what about the men who are assaulted or raped? Will anyone believe them if they say that they didn’t want what was forced on them?
As a culture, we glorify the “manly” men, the “players” or “womanizers.” If a guy gets a lot of girls, he’s considered a hot commodity with the ladies and is viewed as someone to be idolized. Celebrities like Robin Thicke perpetuate this stereotype, and the general public tends to listen to their words. “Blurred Lines” was Billboard’s Song of the Summer, for Pete’s sake. The problem with generalizing all boys as just wanting to get into people’s pants is that we overlook what can happen to guys who go through just as much, if not more, than girls who are assaulted. The first rule when dealing with friends who have been assaulted is to validate their experiences and to tell them that you believe them. However, for men, this generally doesn’t happen. Picture this: You’re a guy, and you’ve just been raped at a party. You go to find your friends to tell them that some girl just gave it to you, even though you didn’t want it. What are their reactions? Probably a round of high-fives, a fist bump or two and several slaps on the back. Man, you got a girl without even trying; you even went as far as refusing her advances and she still came onto you. You are one hell of a hot shot and must feel awesome. Wrong.
SAT changes optimize objectivity for test-takers LEANNA SMITH
DAILY COLUMNIST
We all took the SAT or ACT to get here. Some people studied on their own, others employed the help of tutors and some relentlessly pored over books and flashcards. The SAT is being revamped for the spring of 2016 to be more practical. Esoteric vocabulary will be eliminated and replaced with words test makers feel are more practical for a university and work setting. The math section will no longer span such a wide breadth of material and will instead go more in-depth on fewer topics. The essay, formerly mandatory, will be optional. I have come to look at standardized tests as a necessary evil. Though they add to busy students’ already heavy course loads, these tests add an aspect of objectivity to an otherwise largely subjective application process. However, the process of studying for and taking tests like the SAT and ACT is anything but standard. There are students who can barely afford to buy the prep books filled with practice tests, and there are those who shell out upwards of $250/hour for a tutor. Incidentally, these students take the same tests and are graded on the same curves. There is no “right” way to study for these tests, but surely there is an advantage in access to top-notch test prep. Students without such resources need to put more effort to compete with others who are receiving better preparation. Changes to the new SAT will hopefully level the playing field and improve some of the disparities in test preparation. Vocabulary focused on practical applications rather than some of the arcane words that appear on today’s SAT will reduce the need for expensive tutors to drill extensively with flashcards and exercises on word roots. Instead, students can gain exposure to more functional vocabulary simply by reading more newspaper and magazine articles. Calculators will not be allowed during some of the math sections in an effort to present the material on the SAT in a way that is geared more toward high school curricula. I have heard of tutors designing special programs for calculators that allow students to plug numbers into formulas and speed through some of the math questions.
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This is obviously unfair without such resources. In addition, the penalty for wrong answers will be discontinued. Test prep classes focus on test day strategies, such as how to navigate the wrong answer penalty while still maximizing a student’s chances for a high score. Hopefully, getting rid of the guessing penalty will help lessen the advantage conferred on students with access to SAT classes and tutors. The shift in focus toward material actually learned in school is a move toward a fairer test, designed to accommodate more test The testing takers. reforms set The anticipated changes to the SAT to take place will not completely hopefully overhaul the testing industry — tutors represent a and prep classes move toward will adapt to the putting the new sections and “standard” back guidelines. It will be interesting to see in standardized how the changes play a role in coltesting. lege admissions and in students’ decisions to take the SAT or the ACT. However, the testing reforms set to take place hopefully represent a move toward putting the “standard” back in standardized testing so that these exams can more optimally provide the objectivity for which they were designed.
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Leanna Smith is a Weinberg sophomore. She can be reached at leannasmith2016@u.northwestern.edu. If you would like to respond publicly to this column, send a Letter to the Editor to opinion@dailynorthwestern. com.
I read an article in Time magazine over break analyzing the way that we as a culture condition teenage boys and their views on relationships. Although girls are allowed, even encouraged, to share their emotions, guys are conditioned to hold everything in, or to pretend everything is okay even when it’s not. They’re told that they should want to get in with girls and are portrayed as the bad guys — pun intended — of assault and sexual violence. Parents worry about the effect of hook-up culture on girls when it affects boys just as much. Discussion of the aftermath of rape and what it means is the most important thing a victim can do after it happens. If you’re a guy and some person has forced himself or herself on you, you need to talk about it, but often, you don’t know where to turn. You don’t know if anyone is going to believe you, and you worry about what people will think of you once they know what’s happened to you. Here’s something to think about: This is something that any victim of sexual violence feels. A hundred years ago, it was legal for a husband to rape his wife. Because people stepped up and talked about it, that law has been changed in the United States. If you are a man, and you have been raped or assaulted, you have every right to stand
up and say that it happened. Just as women have come out and talked about Discussion being assaulted, more men need to have of the aftermath the freedom to talk of rape and about what happened what it means to them, so that we, as a society, can is the most recognize the extent to which it is a prob- important thing lem. We have to start a victim can do to figure out how to after it happens. make a real change, but we need to figure out the root causes of the issue first. We need to start thinking about all the different aspects of sexual assault. We have to increase awareness of the issues that you wouldn’t typically think of when you think of sexual violence, whether this is a “bad hook-up” that was actually rape or a girl forcing herself on a boy. If you’re a victim, stand up and say something, regardless of your sex. I can tell you how empowering it can be.
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Meera Patel is a McCormick junior. She can be reached at meera@u.northwestern.edu. If you would like to respond publicly to this column, send a Letter to the Editor to opinion@dailynorthwestern.com.
Best ‘resume builders’ bring personal satisfaction JENNIFER YAMIN
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With Winter Quarter coming to an end and the smell of internships and application deadlines in the air, there seems to be one thing on a lot of Northwestern students’ minds: resumes. There’s no hiding it. The late nights at Norbucks spent writing bullet points about your fraternity’s philanthropic events, determining whether you have “proficient-” or “conversational-” level skills in Chinese and wavering between size 10 and 10.5 Times New Roman font to fit everything that personifies your professional experience into a one-page Word document. Let’s face it: We’ve got that resume fever. And because there’s no avoiding it, we may as well put our best efforts toward our resumes. These efforts, however, tend to get lost in the perfect image we try to create of ourselves. Recently, a specialist in career enhancement and employer relations analyzed my resume. The most important lesson I learned was that resumes should avoid filler content. To do so, the content we choose to place on our resumes should not be representative of who we are trying to be, but rather of who we are. Joining a group for the sole purpose of it being “a great resume builder” often leads to roadblocks. The passion for this group becomes artificial, and doesn’t allow us to truly embrace ourselves. This barrier caused by filler content can be evident in interviews for jobs. What we decide to put on resumes is important and paints an impressive picture on paper. But during an in-person interview, an employer is seeking knowledge about the potential employee beyond what is on the sheet of
paper. Employers can ask you to elaborate upon certain parts of your resume, because anything you include is up for grabs. But there are only so many answers we can rehearse before we are hit by a curveball. An exceptional response to these types of unexpected questions can only emerge from genuine, truthful experiences. Filler content, on the other hand, is usually not representative of an authentic, legitimate passion for a certain group, accomplishment or work experience. When an employer asks you to elaborate on a specific experience or an organization’s successes, they are looking for more than polished bullet points. They seek responses that have developed from particular experiences about which we have had passionate feelings from the start. When we speak of who we are and not who we hope a resume can portray us as, we can find success. We all have the tendency to join groups we think will improve our resumes and have a positive impact on our careers. Yes, it is acceptable to strive to try new things. But I caution against becoming a member of a group solely for the purpose of adding more to your “work experience” section. Prior to searching for that perfect “resume builder,” I urge you to step back and think if that experience will be something about which you can proudly speak from the heart. I am proud to say on my resume that I am a student-athlete and an opinion columnist for The Daily. If a potential employer were to ask me to elaborate upon either of these, I would be able to provide a natural, fulfilling response. You should be able to do just that. Disregard filler content and embrace you for you. Jennifer Yamin is a Communication sophomore. She can be reached at jenniferyamin2016@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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Lawyers from Northwestern’s Roderick and Solange MacArthur Justice Center are suing Cook County officials and employees on behalf of Cook County Jail inmates. The lawsuit alleges a “culture of brutality and lawlessness infects the jail and forces these men, all of whom are awaiting trial, to live under a constant risk of life threatening violence.” The lawsuit lists multiple allegations, including that jail officers regularly assault people who request mental health care or lodge complaints and that mentally ill inmates are sometimes targeted with violent punishments. The “culture of lawlessness” is the result of officials’ inability to manage the jail’s burgeoning population and overcrowding crisis, according to the lawsuit. Cook County is home to the largest single jail site in the nation, according to a center news release. “The sadistic violence and brutality at the Cook County Jail is not the work of a few rogue officers,” the lawsuit states. “It is a systemic problem that has remained unchecked at the highest levels of Cook County government. The Defendants have had actual knowledge of this pattern of violence for years — if not decades.” Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle and Sheriff Tom Dart are named among
Penny Park redesign planned for fall
More than 20 years after its creation, Penny Park will undergo a complete transformation, Ald. Peter Braithwaite (2nd) said. Braithwaite said the 2014 Evanston budget allotted enough money for the redesign. The renovations are planned for this fall, he said. “It’s one of the most used parks in Evanston,” Braithwaite said. “It draws from a very large range of people.” Penny Park, located at the intersection of Lake Street and Ashland Avenue, currently consists of a large children’s playground made entirely out of wood. Braithwaite said the materials used to construct the park have become outdated.
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the defendants. The suit alleges the prevalent violence often occurs while people are handcuffed or shackled. “To cover up these attacks by officers, the victims of these brutal assaults are often placed in segregation as retaliatory punishment,” MacArthur attorney David Shapiro said in a news release. “Segregation is the polite term jailers use when they lock you in a cramped, filthy cell for nearly every minute of the day.” The lawyers are representing defendants Tylon Hudson, Laton Stubblefield, Angelo Matthews, Jermaine Brooks, Anton Carter and “similarly situated individuals.” The justice center is a public interest law firm and joined the law school’s Bluhm Legal Clinic in 2006. mccarthy@u.northwestern.edu Guidelines put in place by the Americans with Disabilities Act and the manufacturers of the wooden material called for updates and improvements to the park, he said. Braithwaite said plans for Penny Park are still in the “preliminary stages.” Its design will be based on community feedback, like it was when it was built two decades ago. Leathers & Associates, the company who assisted in the first design of Penny Park, will host a series of meetings with the Evanston community to hear its feedback and incorporate those ideas into the final design. The firm will also visit schools and talk to students to collect their thoughts. Braithwaite said the first meeting to gauge community input will be held at the end of March. — Paige Leskin
National News US, Europe denounce Russia over Crimean annexation vote, impose limited sanctions
WASHINGTON — The Obama administration on Thursday denounced plans for a March 16 referendum on the future of Crimea and announced that it had authorized sanctions against officials whom the United States holds responsible for the tension that is building into a Cold War-style showdown. The announcement of the referendum came after the Crimean Parliament voted to leave Ukraine and join Russia, a step that immediately triggered talk of military action in Kiev, the capital of Ukraine, whose troops so far have made no move to resist the Russian presence in Crimea. U.S. officials were adamant that the sanctions measures _ a visa ban that has already taken effect and an executive order that will allow for even harsher penalties _ were in the works before the referendum announcement. However, it’s clear that the United States and its European allies view the pro-Russian Crimean Parliament’s decision to stage a vote on annexation as yet another move away from the “off ramp” that U.S. officials have urged Moscow to take. President Barack Obama spoke for an hour with Russian President Vladimir Putin, the White House said, during which he told the Russian leader of U.S. actions and urged him to open negotiations directly with the interim government in Kiev, which has governed Ukraine since the ouster of elected President Viktor Yanukovych last month during a deadly political crisis. Speaking from the White House briefing room, Obama separately said that the vote on whether Russia should annex Crimea violates Ukraine’s constitution and international law. Obama said any discussions about Ukraine’s borders must include the leadership in Kiev, which is made up primarily of pro-Western technocrats, politicians and activists. “In 2014, we are well beyond the days when borders can be redrawn over the heads of democratic leaders,” Obama said. Even European states that were reluctant to join the Americans in swift punitive measures against Russia, a key trade partner and their largest supplier of natural gas, were spurred to action Thursday. The European Council announced a suspension of talks with Russia on visa matters and a broad economic deal. It also warned that unless Russia and Ukraine begin direct talks within the next few days, the council would “decide on additional measures such as travel bans, asset freezes and the cancellation of the EU-Russia summit.” The U.S. steps went slightly further, with the
travel bans against unnamed Ukrainian and Russian officials and an executive order that Obama said authorizes sanctions on “individuals and entities responsible for violating the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine, or for stealing the assets of the Ukrainian people.” Senior U.S. officials, speaking on condition of anonymity so as to freely discuss sensitive diplomacy, told journalists via conference call that, as of Thursday morning, no individual or entity had been slapped with sanctions. Still, as one official put it, the move should be “leading people in Russia, people in Crimea, to be asking whether or not they’re going to see their name in a designation.” “We’re not going to accept a status quo in which Russia can violate the sovereignty of its neighbors with some type of impunity,” another U.S. official said. At the State Department, spokeswoman Jen Psaki explained that the travel ban and executive order are two separate measures _ the travel ban is in effect but a law bars the disclosure of the names of those targeted, so there’s no word on whether Putin is included. The executive order is a “powerful tool” that will give the authority to impose sanctions against people or entities. If and when that order is used, U.S. officials said, the names of those targeted will be made public. “Now the next step is, of course, to have an interagency discussion about that in terms of implementation and what individuals and entities will be targeted,” Psaki said. “So that is a separate piece that has not been implemented yet. Implementation is the next step.” But analysts who are closely monitoring the crisis say that even fully implementing sanctions isn’t likely to persuade Putin to reverse course by returning his forces to their garrisons and opening direct talks with Ukrainian leaders. The best the United States can do to counter the stubborn Putin, analysts say, is to deepen Russia’s political isolation, bolster Ukraine’s nervous neighbors and kick the diplomacy into overdrive. Secretary of State John Kerry spent 40 minutes with his Russian counterpart, Sergey Lavrov, on the sidelines of a meeting in Rome, stressing that the next step should be direct Russian-Ukrainian talks. In Washington, Kerry’s No. 2, Deputy Secretary William Burns, said the U.S. should “steadily and methodically” approach the crisis. He told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee bluntly: “We do not seek confrontation with Russia.” — Hannah Allam and Lesley Clark (McClatchy Washington Bureau)
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A number of local partners are joining together to present an exhibition with a new perspective on race. The exhibition RACE: Are We So Different? presents historical, biological and cultural views on race, according to a news release. The YWCA Evanston/North Shore and the Illinois Holocaust Museum and Education Center are co-presenting the exhibit. The various partners of the exhibition include Northwestern, the Evanston Public Library and Evanston Township High School. A news conference announcing the exhibit
will be held at Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 909 Davis St. at 8 a.m. Thursday. Evanston Mayor Elizabeth Tisdahl and Skokie Mayor George Van Dusen will attend the conference along with representatives from the co-presenters and others. YWCA Evanston/North Shore has a number of programs and services focusing on is goal to raise awareness of race and gender issues. Among these programs include violence prevention and domestic violence assistance. The Illinois Holocaust Museum and Education Center aims to honor those lost during the Holocaust by having exhibitions and educational programs in addition to other initiatives.
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Evanston announced Thursday the creation of a second Twitter handle to better inform residents, just in time for Mayor Elizabeth Tisdahl’s State of the City Address on Friday. “We have a very high follower-to-resident ratio compared to other local government agencies,” Evanston digital services coordinator Luke Stowe said in an email. “Twitter is popular in Evanston, and we enjoy interacting with our residents via social media.” Stowe told The Daily in an email that city manager Wally Bobkiewicz, who uses Twitter frequently, brought the idea for another account to the Community Engagement team, who supported the idea.
Stowe explained the focus of the second account was to share live and immediate updates. The account, @CityofEvanston2, will live-tweet the Mayor’s State of the City Address on Friday, which Tisdahl will give at the HiltonOrrington, 1710 Orrington Ave. The city began using social media in 2009. It currently has accounts on Instagram, Pinterest, Facebook and Twitter, with more than 5,000 likes on Facebook and more than 5,000 followers on Twitter. “The Community Engagement team spends a portion of our time updating our various social channels including Twitter,” Stowe said in an email. “A large amount of our residents’ attention and time has shifted to digital, and we have made corresponding adjustments.”
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Baseball
Young starters thrown into fire early for NU By Alex Putterman
daily senior staffer @AlexPutt02
There’s no question Northwestern’s starting pitchers have a lot to learn. With presumptive ace Brandon Magallones sidelined indefinitely with a high-grade stress fracture in his shin, the Wildcats will rely on a freshman and two sophomores as their weekend starters for at least the next few series. For the youthful trio, results haven’t been great. Freshman Joe Schindler and sophomores Reed Mason and Matt Portland have combined to allow 33 earned runs in 44 innings pitched this season, for a 6.75 ERA. Those early returns won’t stop NU from continuing to throw them into the fire, partly because of a lack of options but also to promote long-term
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features of the suspect’s description, even if it was overly broad.” The descriptions of the burglary suspect broadcast over the police radio play a critical role in the case, said Christopher Cooper, the teen’s lawyer. In dispute is a depiction of the suspect as of “a medium complexion, black male, 17-18, 6’0 to 6’2”, 160-180 pds, juvenile, brown Tee shirt, dark tan cargo shorts.” Cooper and his client argue that no officer would reasonably believe that the teenager matched that description; Martin wrote in his decision that this was never broadcast to officers, and thus Buell did not hear it before handcuffing the boy. On Monday, several days after Martin had made his decision, Buell’s lawyer Brandon DeBerry called Cooper with a settlement offer that would preclude Greenwell’s son from filing an appeal, Cooper said. DeBerry offered to waive the $7,700 court expenses that the teenager owed if he agreed not to appeal the case, Cooper said.
development. “You only have them for four years anyway,” said Tim Stoddard, NU’s assistant coach and a former Major League reliever. “They’re always in a learning process as they go through their college careers. The tough part is, with losing Mags, we now have three guys that are still building all the experience and the knowledge and how to pitch.” For Schindler — who has a team-worst 8.40 ERA — the adjustment to college has been admittedly difficult. Against Tennessee Tech last weekend, the freshman said he was throwing hard and over the plate but was knocked around anyway. “In high school I could dominate with my velocity, but now it’s about learning how to pitch to the corners of the plate,” Schindler said. “My velocity will come as I get older. Right now I throw probably 87 or so, which was hard in high school, but now it’s average at best. … What I need to
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Cooper said the offer was unprecedented in his experience and that it wouldn’t have been made if Buell’s lawyers were confident he would win the appeal. Greenwell reiterated the importance of the suit for her son and the larger community on Thursday. “It’s really a bigger issue as it relates to racial profiling and whether it’s OK to stop young people and handcuff them before you even ask them any questions,” she said. mccarthy@u.northwestern.edu
focus on is location.” Mason feels Schindler’s pain. As a freshman last season, the light-throwing left-hander allowed his share of hits but limited his walks and finished with a 2.92 ERA. He did so with his brain as much as his arm. “I’m not the type of overpowering pitcher that commands respect off that bat,” Mason said this week. ”I’ve always taken pride in being able to prove people wrong. Through growing up and through high school, I didn’t have the best stuff; I still don’t have the best stuff in college baseball. But I take pride in my mental game, in being able to bounce back from rough outings and being able to control the image and just being able to be a complete pitcher.” Now Mason is transitioning from starting against lesser competition during the week and coming out of the bullpen on weekends to a fullfledged weekend starter. That means facing top
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from what are typically called communal bathrooms, meaning you go down the hallway and you have a common bathroom that’s shared by 18-20 students,” he said. “I think future housing for us would involve these suite types of units where bathrooms would be included in the rooms where students are actually living.” The first residence hall that will feature the new models is planned for the corner of Sheridan Road and Lincoln Street, in the lot formerly known as “Peanut Row.” Peanut Row was demolished summer 2013 and previously housed fraternities including Zeta Beta Tau, Alpha Epsilon Pi and Theta Chi. Fall 2017 is the expected completion date, Riel said. The new building will serve as “swing space,” as other residence halls are renovated, he said. “We will decant students out of a space we are going to renovate so we don’t lose occupancy space on campus,” Riel said. Residential Services’ first project will be to expand Chapin Hall, which will result in tearing down the Music Practice Hall also known as the
hitters two or three times in an afternoon. The increase in competition will necessitate an adjustment in approach. Without high velocity, Mason relies on changing speeds, and last year that meant throwing a lot of curveballs. But the lefty knows good hitters will pick up a big-breaking curveball as the game goes and is developing his change-up as an alternative off-speed pitch. Of course, the easiest way to improve is through on-the-job experience, and there will be no shortage of that for the Cats’ youthful trio. Schindler, Portland and Mason will all start this weekend at South Florida, where the Cats hope to end a four-game losing streak and tack a few wins onto their 2-8 record. “We can do things on the side, this and that,” Stoddard says, “But right now it’s getting in games and pitching and going through it.” asputt@u.northwestern.edu “Beehive.” The Housing Master Plan will drastically change NU’s housing options over the coming decades. The changes will add more than 1,000 beds across campus. The University hired Brailsford & Dunlavey, a program management firm, to assist with the plan’s development. One component of creating the plan was reaching out to student representatives. Chris Harlow, Associated Student Government’s director of residential life, said Riel and his staff have been very open to student input. “Residential Services has been very cooperative in reaching out for student opinion,” the SESP sophomore said. “They have been diligent and want to do a good job to make sure this master plan serves the needs of students.” Harlow said the University is behind many of its peer schools in terms of on-campus housing. “I’m optimistic about the master plan being something that will really allow the University to provide top-notch services on par with their peers,” he said. “We’re paying a lot to grow and it’s important to feel like we are getting our money’s worth.” tylerpager2017@u.northwestern.edu
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Eyes on McMullan, Harger, Tsirtsis in Big Ten Championships
No. 19 Northwestern (9-7, 1-7 Big Ten) begins postseason wrestling Saturday and Sunday in Madison, Wis., for the Big Ten Championships. The Wildcats enter the tournament with six pre-seeded wrestlers, as voted by the Big Ten coaches. Juniors Mike McMullan and Pierce Harger, as well as redshirt freshman Jason Tsirtsis, lead the Cats’ championship charge. All three hold No. 3 Big Ten seeds in their weight classes. McMullan held the No. 1 ranking at 285 pounds in February but enters the weekend ranked No. 4. The two-time All-American faces a stacked field with the Big Ten holding seven of
the nation’s top-eight heavyweights. McMullan performed well against Big Ten competition this season. The junior compiled a 7-1 record in conference duals with the only loss coming to No. 2 seed Adam Chalfant of Indiana. McMullan knocked off No. 1 Bobby Telford of Iowa to steal his ranking and Minnesota’s Tony Nelson, the reigning NCAA champion. Telford and Nelson are seeded right behind McMullan at No. 4 and No. 5, respectively. McMullan could potentially renew a longlasting rivalry with Nelson at Big Tens. Nelson eliminated McMullan in the Big Ten Championships and NCAA Tournament each of the last two seasons. McMullan upset Nelson on Jan. 10 in their most recent meeting. Harger and Tsirtsis face slightly easier competition at 165 and 149 pounds, respectively, but it will be no cakewalk.
Harger has three other top-10 wrestlers in his field, but he was wrestling his best toward the end of the season. The junior won his last four matches, and coach Drew Pariano said after the team’s last match against Duke he thought Harger was finally wrestling to his full potential. Tsirtsis could be at a disadvantage due to his inexperience. The redshirt freshman’s main competition this weekend are juniors Jake Sueflohn and Nick Dardanes, who have both wrestled on this stage before. The Cats were bogged down in many Big Ten duals by sophomores Garrison White and Dominick Malone. The two wrestlers finished a combined 3-13 in conference. But each recorded victories in their final match of the regular season. Malone enters the tournament as the No. 10 seed at 133 pounds. — Jesse Kramer
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HeavY COMPETITION No. 3 junior heavyweight Mike McMullan wrestles former No. 1 Bobby Telford of Iowa. In addition to Telford, McMullan may meet another top heavyweight, defending NCAA champion Tony Nelson of Minnessota, at Big Tens.
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On Saturday, No. 8 Northwestern (7-3, 2-0 Big Ten) will fight for the Land of Lincoln against conference opponent No. 36 University of Illinois (6-4, 0-0). The Illini open their conference season against the highly ranked Wildcats, who have won their last two contests. Last time the two teams came together, March 2013, NU won 5-2. The Cats won all three matches for the doubles point and won at courts 3, 4, 5 and 6 in singles. Illinois enters the conference matchup with four returning starters from last season and three new freshmen. NU returns with five veterans and four freshmen. Led by seniors Veronica Corning, Belinda Niu and Nida Hamilton, the Cats have shown great performances over highly ranked opponents but have struggled against opponents ranked lower than them such as then-15 Vanderbilt (loss), -18 Baylor (loss) and -39 Purdue (4-3 victory). NU keys on the doubles point for their victories and will have to take it against Illinois to get a victory. The Illini this season are 4-0 when winning the doubles point and have won those matches with a cumulative team score of 26-1. The Cats will need to claim the doubles point as well as silence their singles opponents who, despite losing to then-No. 23 Notre Dame, defeated then-No. 25 Texas Christian. The Cats lead the Big Ten with a 2-0 record despite the rest of the conference only having played at most one game. With victories over Indiana and Purdue, NU looks to continue its conference win streak against Illinois. — Mike Marut
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We live to see another day on Sunday. As long as there are games to be played, we’ll keep fighting. — Chris Collins, men’s basketball coach
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‘To finish like this was tough’ Crawford ends tumultuous 5th year at Welsh-Ryan in blowout loss to Penn State
Men’s Basketball
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adieu, drew Senior forward Drew Crawford walks onto the Welsh-Ryan Arena floor for the final time during Northwestern’s Senior Night festivities. Crawford scored just 6 points in his home finale.
Poor shooting, full-court defense on Senior Night spell 7th straight NU loss By rohan nadkarni
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Senior Night at Welsh-Ryan Arena was a night for memories. After the festivities ended, however, Northwestern played a game it would soon like to forget. The Wildcats (12-18, 5-12 Big Ten) fell to Penn State (15-15, 6-11), 59-32, in their last home game of the season. The loss to the Nittany Lions was NU’s seventh straight. Penn State had the game put away by the end of the first half — the Nittany Lions went on a 22-6 run to head into halftime with a 32-15 lead. Despite an emotional entrance into the game, senior Drew Crawford struggled out of the gate, missing five field goals and three free throws in the first half alone. “The bottom line is, you’re not going to win if you score only 32 points,” coach Chris Collins said. “We’re going to keep fighting. We’ve lost games like this before and we’ve bounced back. We live to see another day on Sunday. As long as there are games to be played, we’ll keep fighting.” NU struggled dealing with Penn State’s full court defense. Guards dribbled into double teams, passes went
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backward or big men were forced to bring the ball up the floor and often made poor decisions after doing so. As Penn State poured on the points, NU began showing its frustration. Senior forward Nikola Cerina angrily threw a towel to the ground during a timeout in the first half. In the second, Collins drew an unsportsmanlike conduct technical foul for complaining to referees about a missed call. “It’s a lot of emotions. You’re a little bit stunned,” Collins said of how team felt while down big. “Emotionally, you’re competitive, you’re frustrated, you’re mad. You go through a wide array of emotions. We get mad but we try to stay positive.” The Cats’ lack of depth, especially with junior guard JerShon Cobb out for the year, became an eyesore as Collins tried a slew of different lineups to spark some kind of rhythm. Little-used forward Nate Taphorn, a freshman, and guard James Montgomery III, a senior, were among those who saw significant time on the court. As usual, NU’s shooting left much
to be desired. The Cats made only 10 field goals all game, shooting a paltry 23.3 percent and an equally poor 42.9 percent from the free throw line. Crawford, who turned down chances to transfer to return to NU for his senior season, finished his final home game with only 6 points, failing to score in the second half. Sophomore center Alex Olah led the team with 14 points. “They do a good job of protecting the paint,” Crawford said of the Penn State defense. “They do a good job of closing driving lanes. They played great help defense. When you do get in the paint, they have guys slapping at the ball.” In NU’s wins this season, the defense has bailed out the offense. That wasn’t the case Thursday, when the Nittany Lions hit 50 percent of their shots, including a stellar 40 percent from three. “Northwestern makes you play this way. It’s difficult,” Penn State coach Pat Chambers said after heaping praise on Collins. “They’ve beaten some big-time teams. I was proud of our approach. The Cats’ regular season ends Sunday with a road matchup against Purdue, whom NU beat 63-60 in double overtime earlier this season. rohannadkarni2015@u.northwestern.edu
There was only 1:13 remaining in a blowout loss, but one more important matter of business required attention. After almost 2,500 minutes played at Welsh-Ryan Arena, senior forward Drew Crawford came off the floor for the last time. The crowd gamely stood and cheered as Crawford walked toward coach Chris Collins. Collins spoke into Crawford’s ear, and the senior wiped his eyes. When Crawford sat down on the bench, he buried his head in a towel and scarcely looked up again. “It was a tough moment because it’s been a good career here at Northwestern,” Crawford said afterward, again slightly choked up, “And to finish like this was tough.” The senior forward was one of three Northwestern seniors — along with guard James Montgomery III and forward Nikola Cerina — honored before Thursday’s game against Penn State in a Senior Night ceremony. Each player was announced and his accomplishments read as he
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one last hurrah Senior Drew Crawford drives to the basket against Penn State. The forward scored 6 points for Northwestern in his final home game, a 59-32 loss.
walked to midcourt. There, Collins, University President Morton Schapiro and athletic director Jim Phillips greeted the players and their families with hugs and framed jerseys. Crawford, third in program history in points scored, received the loudest ovation from an announced crowd of 6,253. “The Northwestern community has always taken care of me,” Crawford said. “They’ve always supported me, and I’ve always tried to work my hardest for this program.” Once the game The started, the fuzzy Northwestern feelings community dissipated. has always NU was taken care of blown me. ... And I’ve out from the start always tried and evento work my tually lost 59-32. hardest for the Crawprogram. ford shot 2-of-9 Drew Crawford, for only senior forward 6 points, and Cerina and Montgomery failed to score. With just under two minutes to play, Cerina and Montgomery joined Crawford on the floor to a nice ovation, before Crawford was removed for the final time. Collins got teary when describing what he told his senior leader. “The main thing I said to him is, first of all, that I love coaching him,” Collins said. “Secondly, I told him I don’t want tonight to be indicative of what he’s meant to this program and to this team this year. “More than anything, I just said, ‘Hold your head high,’” Collins continued. “Because he should. He’s one of the great players to play in this program but not even just the way he’s played, the way he’s carried himself. … He’s the model of what I want this program to be about.”
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Late comeback not enough in first round of Big Tens By bobby pillote
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Early on, it looked as though Northwestern was heading for a repeat of its previous game against Ohio State. The Buckeyes (16-17, 6-11 Big Ten) jumped out to an early lead, and although the Wildcats (15-15, 5-12) fought back to force an exciting finish, they ultimately fell, 86-77, in the opening round of the Big Ten Tournament. “Just a hard-fought, back-andforth game,” coach Joe McKeown said. “The last two minutes, they made a couple extra plays, and that was the difference.” Freshman forward Nia Coffey led the way for NU. The team’s leading
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scorer has had her ups and downs this season but showed up when it counted most with 17 points, 11 rebounds and three blocks. Guard Maggie Lyon was also a key contributor. The sophomore struggled with her outside shot, going just 3-for-12 from beyond the arc but showed off her physicality inside, pulling down five rebounds and going a perfect 8-of-8 from the free throw line to reach her team-high total of 23 points. Lyon was vital in sparking a 16-0 run for the Cats to end the first half.
“Especially when we’re coming from behind, we’re trying to push,” she said. “I felt like defensively we were doing a good job, we were grabbing rebounds and we were executing our game plan.” While the youth movement of Coffey and freshman guards Christen Inman and Ashley Deary has been the story for much of the season, NU leaned heavily on a veteran presence, junior guard Karly Roser, for most of this game. Roser missed the first two-thirds of the season with an injury and played only sparingly during the remainder of the regular season. “I’ve just been trying to contribute in any way possible,” Roser said. “Whether that be on the offensive end or the defensive end, whatever my team needs me to do. Today I thought that, by attacking, I could
lead the front and other people would follow.” It was Roser, not Deary, who led the offense, logging 28 minutes and helping her team with 11 points, six rebounds and six assists. “Deary was sick,” McKeown explained after the game. “But Karly played extremely well today, probably the best game she’s played since coming back.” Defensively, Ohio State guard Ameryst Alston was too much to handle for NU. She dominated the Cats with a game-high 30 points and was lethal from long range, hitting four of her nine 3-point attempts. Alston’s effort was part of a Buckeyes barrage from beyond the arc. “I didn’t know they were going to make 11 3s,” McKeown said. “They make four or five a game, and today they just shot the ball really well.
… They rebounded their misses late in the game, and that was the difference.” While the NCAA Tournament is now certainly out of the question for NU, the team’s postseason prognosis remains in flux. The Cats will just have to wait until March 17 for the field of the NIT to be announced. Unfortunately for the Cats, the defeat may be their last game of a season filled with highs and lows. McKeown, usually optimistic, seemed more reflective than anything after the game. “I’m proud of our team,” he said. “I’m proud of our seniors, their leadership and what they’ve done. … They’ve helped turn around Northwestern into a prominent women’s basketball program.” robertpillote2017@u.northwestern.edu