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Days before Evanston’s medical marijuana dispensary opens its doors, community members expressed concerns about doctor compliance and cost at a public meeting Wednesday. After 10 months of planning, Pharmacannis Health & Wellness Center is set to open Monday in a storefront at 1804 Maple Ave. Pharmacannis co-CEO Teddy Scott discussed at the meeting that Illinois’ system surrounding medical marijuana is much stricter than other states, causing problems for patient access. Nearly 40 people attended the meeting Wednesday at downtown Evanston’s Hilton Garden Inn, 1818 Maple Ave., led by Ald. Peter Braithwaite (2nd) and dispensary officials. The state determined in February that Pharmacannis’ application to operate in Illinois was the highest-scoring in the region, later authorizing the company to take steps to open a dispensary in Evanston. “It’s going to be a healthcare facility run like a pharmaceutical company,” Scott said, “We need to make sure it’s not being abused.” Several people at the meeting were patients with one of the 39 diseases outlined by the Illinois Department of Public Health that qualify patients to receive medical marijuana. Nancy Schwartz, an Evanston resident who is considering using medical marijuana, said her doctor isn’t comfortable prescribing cannabis. “Some doctors still have their reservations about medical cannabis,” Schwartz told The Daily. “That means people who need this, who are suffering, don’t have a way to get around their physicians’ views.” Because Illinois’ medical marijuana pilot program mandates that the doctor and patient have a “bonafide” relationship for the treatment to be prescribed, patients don’t have an option to receive treatment if their current physician isn’t willing to prescribe it. This becomes a problem for patients who have applied for a $70 medical marijuana card and aren’t able to get refunded. Community members at the meeting also raised concerns that medical marijuana prices may be too high for lowincome patients, considering an average patient buys $300 of marijuana a month, according to data from Pharmacannis. Insurers aren’t predicted to cover medical cannabis for another few years, Scott said. Scott said although the company wants to make products affordable, it needs to keep its costs above “black market” standards so patients aren’t reselling the medical marijuana for a profit. “Its not as simple as being able to give it out to someone for free,” he said. Other residents questioned how Evanston police will discern between medical and recreational marijuana. Carrying fewer than 10 grams of marijuana is decriminalized in Evanston, and medical marijuana users can buy up to 2.5 grams every two weeks with their medical card.
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WINTER CAME EARLY George R.R. Martin talks with the audience about the future of his fantasy series, “A Song of Ice and Fire,” as he participates in a Q&A at Cahn Auditorium. Martin returned to Northwestern on Wednesday to accept a Medill Hall of Achievement award.
Martin accepts achievement award By PETER KOTECKI
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“A Song of Ice and Fire” author George R. R. Martin (Medill ‘70, ‘71) returned to his alma mater Wednesday to accept a Hall of Achievement award and engage in a Q&A with Northwestern students and faculty on his bestselling fantasy series. The event was held at Cahn Auditorium and was moderated by Entertainment Weekly writer Darren Franich, the Asian American Journalists Association’s national vice president for broadcast Niala Boodhoo and Medill sophomore Mariana Alfaro, who is a Daily senior staffer. The author’s fantasy series, “A Song of Ice and Fire,” was adapted into HBO’s Emmy Award-winning show, “Game of Thrones,” in 2011. Martin has written
one episode for each of the show’s first four seasons and works as one of its executive producers. Martin said “Game of Thrones” is the most viewed show in HBO’s history, and it has gained popularity internationally. The show’s success is related to its universality, he said. “Swords and kings and dragons and magic — these are legends that are common to many cultures throughout the world,” Martin said. “Virtually every civilization that we know of passed through a period when there were kings and wars.” The success of “A Song of Ice and Fire” has been an exciting experience for Martin, but writing is not a career for someone who desires a stable lifestyle, he said. “It is a profession for people who can live with violent reversals of fortune,” Martin said. “It’s hard to get used to, particularly when you’re young.” Online publications that review
“Game of Thrones” on a weekly basis give an incredible level of attention to each episode, Martin said. Although some of the reviews are very perceptive, he said online reviews are generally unbalanced because many great shows do not receive the media attention they deserve. In addition, Martin said the quality of certain stories he reads online is very low. “The general quality of Internet journalism, as I experience it more and more, is appalling,” he said. “Whatever journalistic standards I learned here at Medill certainly don’t seem to apply on the Internet anymore.” Martin discussed the future of science fiction writing and said the genre is currently experiencing a crisis. In the past, when asked about the future, Martin said people’s outlook was very positive. Now, however, people seem to approach the future with pessimism as they discuss
topics such as pollution, global warming and nuclear proliferation, he said. “All of this I think has affected science fiction,” Martin said. “We are afraid of the world of tomorrow.” Martin also said he thinks stories can contain elements of tragedy and darkness without losing hope. “Myself, I am attracted to the bittersweet ending,” he said. “People have asked me how ‘Game of Thrones’ is going to end, and I’m not going to tell them the specifics, but I’ve always said to expect something bittersweet.” In addition, Martin referenced J.R.R. Tolkien’s “The Lord of the Rings” and said Tolkien wrote a brilliant, bittersweet ending to the trilogy. “When I look at it now, that’s brilliant — it’s brilliant that Frodo never heals,” Martin said. “He won a battle but not for himself. In my mind, these closing » See MARTIN, page 9
Rabbi calls for religious tolerance in talk By ROBBIE MARKUS
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Rabbi Jonathan Sacks, a religious leader, philosopher and author, spoke Wednesday in Harris Hall to a crowd of more than 200 about confronting modern religious violence. Sacks, who is currently a professor at New York University and Yeshiva University, has had a long and distinguished career. While serving as the Chief Rabbi of the United Hebrew Congregations of the Commonwealth from 1991-2013, Sacks wrote more than 20 books on various religious topics. On the 20th anniversary of Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin’s assassination, Sacks promoted religious tolerance and said having faith includes recognizing other faiths. “How is it throughout history, people have come to hate in the name of the God of love?” he asked. “To kill in the name of the God of love? To wage war in the name of the God of peace?”
Rabin was murdered by an Israeli extremist who opposed Rabin’s peace talks with Palestinians. Sacks related his death to the theory of dualism, the idea that the world has two powers at work in the universe: God and a figure of evil. When bad things happen, dualists question who did these terrible things to them and blame different religious groups, Sacks explained. This leads to religious violence, as in Rabin’s case, he said. “Dualism is quite possibly the most dangerous phenomenon known in the history of humans,” Sacks said. “We cannot attribute evil to some independent force in the universe”. Wednesday was Sacks’ first time speaking at Northwestern since 2011, when he discussed his book, “The Dignity of Difference.” NU Hillel Executive Director Michael Simon said Sacks’ 2011 event was a huge success, and he was thrilled to bring the rabbi back. “We hosted him four years ago, and it was a pretty large audience of students and community members,” Simon said.
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DISCUSSING VIOLENCE Rabbi Jonathan Sacks addresses students at Harris Hall on Wednesday. Sacks discussed confronting religious violence through tolerance and said people can prevent violence by recognizing that those with different religious beliefs are not enemies.
“He has a message that resonates beyond a Jewish audience”. Weinberg senior Romy Bareket said Sacks impacted him as a modern Jew on
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Around Town Kefi brings homestyle Greek cuisine to Evanston By HANGDA ZHANG
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Local restaurateur John Tasiopoulos, who owns Evanston businesses 27 Live and Old Neighborhood Grill, has established a new restaurant meant to bring to the city what he calls “the essence of being Greek.” Kefi Greek Tavern, which celebrated its summer opening in a ribbon-cutting ceremony last week, is intended to give downtown Evanston visitors a taste of traditional Grecian cuisine in addition to more modern dishes. “We are using family recipes from the owner’s mom, Maria Tasiopoulos, to make authentic Greek food,” said Gary Mendelson, the restaurant’s general manager. The owner renovated and renamed the restaurant portion of 27 Live, a food and entertainment venue at 1012 Church St., to establish Kefi in downtown Evanston. Kefi is located at 1014 Church Street, right next to Tasiopoulos’ 27 Live. The name Kefi comes from a Greek word that means “the spirit of joy, passion, enthusiasm, high spirits or frenzy,” according to the restaurant’s website. “It is the spirit and energy that drives the philosophy of an entire nation … and translates directly into a menu where one can find
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A 25-year-old woman was arrested Monday in connection with marijuana found hidden in her underwear during a police search. Police pulled the woman’s car over in the 1800 block of Simpson Street just after 4 p.m. for failure to properly signal when turning and discovered the woman had a suspended driver’s license, said Evanston police Cmdr. Joseph
time-tested and modern signature dishes,” Tasiopoulos said in a news release. The restaurant offers a modern take on traditional Grecian dishes, such as grilled octopus served with a kalamata vinaigrette. It also features a bar offering beer, liquor and Greek wine. Mendels on s aid before Kefi’s opening, Tasiopoulos’ mother to the restaurant We are trying to came and taught employees make customers how to prepare her feel like home, family recipes. The restaurant’s not like in a decor is designed at making diners feel restaurant. comfortable in the Gary Medelson restaurant, Mendelson Kefi general said. Sparkling lights manager hang from the ceiling and small statues of people dressed in traditional Grecian garb show the restaurant’s dichotomy between new and old. “We don’t go with traditional Greek restaurants,” he said. “We are trying to make customers feel like home, not like in a restaurant.” Paul Zalmezak, an Evanston economic development official, said Kefi will help to further diversify Evanston’s dining scene. Elaine Kemna-Irish, executive director of the
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Dugan. A female officer arrived on scene to search the woman and found about 17 grams of marijuana concealed in her underwear, Dugan said. The woman was charged with two misdemeanors for unlawful possession of marijuana and driving with a suspended driver’s license. She also received a traffic ticket for failure to signal when required. The woman is scheduled to appear in court Nov. 30.
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INTERNATIONAL FLAVOR Kefi Greek Tavern, located at 1014 Church St., opened over the summer as an extension of restaurant and entertainment venue 27 Live. Kefi offers both traditional and modern Greek cuisine.
Evanston Chamber of Commerce, said the city’s dining scene is becoming more vibrant than surrounding suburbs, with diners frequenting downtown restaurants throughout the week rather than just on weekends. “If you go to any other suburb, they’re more sleepy,” she said. “People go out from
Wednesday to Saturday. … We have people eating out on Monday and Tuesday nights in Evanston.”
Evanston woman charged with DUI
The 61-year-old woman admitted to police that she had taken prescription medications prior to getting behind the wheel, Dugan said. She was transported to the hospital to have blood and urine samples drawn, he said. The woman was charged with a misdemeanor for driving under the influence and received one traffic ticket for failure to reduce speed to avoid an accident. She is scheduled to appear in court Dec. 24.
A 61-year-old woman was arrested Tuesday afternoon in connection with driving under the influence of prescription medication. The woman allegedly rear-ended another driver at the intersection of South Boulevard and Sheridan Road at about 2:30 p.m., Dugan said. The woman who was rear-ended, a 46-year-old Evanston resident, was transported to the Evanston Hospital in an ambulance after complaining of neck pain and a head injury, Dugan said.
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On Campus ASG preps for club funding meeting By SHANE MCKEON
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Associated Student Government Senate held a brief meeting Wednesday, preparing itself to hear Fall Quarter funding proposals during its next three meetings. Weinberg seniors Mackenzie Schneider, ASG vice president for A-status finances, and Kenny Mok, ASG’s vice president for B-status finances, outlined the funding process for new and returning senators. Next Wednesday, Senate will hear fall’s A-status funding proposals as new business. Each quarter, students pay a $58 student activity fee. That fee, collected three times per year, comprises ASG’s annual budget: roughly $1.4 million. Student government uses almost all of that money to fund student groups — roughly $80,000 comprises ASG’s internal budget. ASG divides on-campus organizations into two categories: A-status groups and B-status groups. Despite their differences, Schneider said both the A-status and B-status committees draw their original funding from students, prompting them to try to open events to as many students as possible. “We try to make sure that all activities are accessible to all students,” she said, “and they’re comfortable with how their money is being spent.” Just more than $1 million goes to A-status organizations, the 45 student groups that focus mostly on holding large events, Schneider said. The range that groups receive in funding is vast: Together, A&O and Mayfest receive more than half of the entire A-status pool — about $540,000 between the two — while other groups receive less than $3,000 in annual funding. Most other A-status organizations fall somewhere in between. College Feminists, for example, received $15,125 for this year to cover speakers and other costs. “That’s the big difference,” Schneider said. “Groups that are A-status are more programming-oriented. … They put on big speaker events.” Senate approved much of its A-status funding for
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GOT MONEY Weinberg seniors Kenny Mok and Mackenzie Schneider discuss Senate’s funding model at its meeting Wednesday. The body will hear fall A-status funding proposals at its meeting next week.
this year in May. Weinberg senior Matthew Clarkston, speaker of the Senate, said next week the body will hear fall A-status funding proposals as new business. As for B-status organizations, roughly 100 groups receive just more than $17,000 total in funding. Mok said those groups have smaller asks. “A film group needs camera equipment,” Mok said. “A dance group needs drumsticks.” The list of B-status groups is as long as it is diverse: A capella groups ask ASG to cover venue costs, social justice organizations ask for covers on speakers’ fees, and all want funding for the miscellaneous, niche budget items they need covered. Happiness Club, for example, received $100 for a “candy flashmob” and $10 for “small containers and sponges for Temporary Tattoo Day.” Most funding decisions are made within committee and then rubber-stamped by Senate. Senate does,
however, need to approve funding decisions, and it can also amend the committee’s decision. During a funding hearing, a senator can move to add money to a group’s allocation. If a majority of senators approve, the group will receive additional funding from the committee’s “amendment pool,” a supplemental fund of money the committee sets aside for Senate’s changes. Weinberg senior Noah Star, ASG’s president, said funding is one of the major ways student government works with the student body. “It requires tough decisions, but I think that over time the funding (system) has evolved to be representative of what students want,” he said. “Kenny and Mackenzie have done an extremely good job of helping provide the diversity of programming this campus demands.” ShaneM@u.northwestern.edu
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Pianist Marilyn Nonken has performed at Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, the Guggenheim Museum, and Le Poisson Rouge. She is director of piano studies and associate professor of music and music education at New York University’s Steinhardt School. This performance is focused on Morton Feldman’s spare, trance-like Triadic Memories, described by the composer as “the biggest butterfly in captivity.”
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The ‘American dream’ for an international student TINA TANG
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Over the summer, I mentioned to a colleague that I, after a few too many trips to the Social Security Administration office, have finally gotten my social security number. “Oh, congratulations!” My colleague responded. “You’re a U.S. citizen now!” Actually, getting a social security number simply means that I have the pleasure of paying federal and state income tax in a country where I’m often made to feel unwelcome. My friends and I often joke about getting a “green card marriage” just to make finding a job in America easier, but in fact, being an international student at Northwestern comes with its own unique set of challenges. Like most international students at NU, I did not make the decision to attend college in the United States lightly. Ultimately, I decided the opportunities that I could receive here were worth the occasional cultural shock and financial burden placed on my family. The “American dream” paints an idealistic picture of America as the land of opportunities, but the longer I’ve
been here, the more I realize that the future I have envisioned for myself in America is more of a dream than a reality. Compared to other foreigners in this country, I recognize that I am at an incredibly privileged position, with many resources at my disposal. Harsh immigration policies leave little room for upward mobility and make it almost impossible for low-skilled workers to achieve the so-called “American dream.” As I scroll through the opportunities for internships and grants through Northwestern Career Advancement’s weekly emails, I notice that most of these offers are only available to citizens. Employers are under the misconception that they have to complete mountains of paperwork just to hire an international student for a summer internship, when in reality that burden is placed on the student. From discussions with other international students, I notice that companies rarely give qualified candidates the chance for even an interview in order for students to explain their status before their application is rejected. The pressure to succeed is already high at an academically competitive school like NU, but this pressure is even more urgent for international students. Since employers are less likely to hire us as it is, international students often feel
we need to outperform our American peers just to receive the same consideration in an application pool. Additionally, financial aid or meritbased aid opportunities are incredibly limited for international students, and the university hardly offers any financial support, even in the form of workstudy The pressure jobs. Because to succeed is already of this, high at an academically international competitive school like students NU, but this pressure is often even more urgent for feel like they’re international students. disappointing their families if they’re unable to secure a job post-graduation after all they’ve been through. The summer before my junior year of high school, I came to NU for the first time to attend a summer program. It was the first time I had really been on a college campus, and I fell in love with the school and knew without a doubt that it was where I wanted to be. However, by applying early decision, I wasn’t able to apply for any sort of financial aid. I know that I am in an incredibly
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fortunate position that my parents are able to afford the steep cost of attending NU. Yet, I feel incredibly guilty at times when I think that the money my parents are spending on my education may be at the cost of my brother’s education or their own cushy retirement. They have sacrificed so much for me to attend NU, and they have been nothing but constantly loving and supportive. They have never wanted anything more from me than to be happy. I refuse to let myself disappoint them. Families are frequently a student’s core support system, but for an international student, that support system is usually too far away. International students are often forced to juggle the pressure to succeed with the administrative obstacles of working in America, all while being away from their family, and at times this burden comes at the peril of our mental health. For an international student like me, the “American dream” is, at this point, nothing more than a myth. Tina Tang is a Weinberg junior. She can be reached at TinaTang2017@u.northwestern.edu. If you would like to respond publicly to this column, send a Letter to the Editor to opinion@dailynorthwestern.com. The views expressed in this piece do not necessarily reflect the views of all staff members of The Daily Northwestern.
Benefits of weightlifting outweigh unfounded concerns ALEX KOH
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Gender lines define Northwestern’s gyms. Blomquist Recreation Center and its cardio machines are generally populated by women, and Patten Gym’s weightlifting equipment is utilized primarily by men. Of course, this is no written rule that this should be the case. The discrepancy likely exists because of gendered expectations of athletic achievement: Women are expected to be slim and toned, while men should be strong and muscular. Unfortunately, these assumptions cause both sides to ignore important methods of working out and are ultimately detrimental to health as a result. As a (casual) lifter myself, I’m particularly invested in demystifying the weight room and want people to know more
about the benefits of strength training. One common concern that I hear is that women are afraid of getting “too bulky,” or that they will gain muscle in an unattractive way. Aside from its normative statement on female attractiveness, that fear is somewhat misguided. With ideal nutrition and training, a novice female lifter can only gain a few pounds of muscle in her first year. Therefore, it’s an unfounded fear that women will suddenly turn into the Hulk when they start weightlifting. Resistance training has a number of important health benefits despite its reputation as an activity for athletes and people who only do it to look good on Dillo Day. Weight lifting makes everyday tasks from taking out the trash to climbing flights of stairs easier. It also improves quality of life by preventing injuries such as lower-back pain and osteoporosis. These benefits occur at any age, too. If you’ve ever seen a Life Alert commercial, you’ve seen the types of falls and injuries that strength training can help
prevent. Of course, many NU students are in decent shape to begin with, and “old age” is decades down the line; maybe the physical benefits aren’t enough to convince students to take up weightlifting. Therefore, I should also mention the mental health benefits that resistance training can provide. Medical research has shown that weightlifting both improves body image and reduces symptoms of depression. There is perpetual and warranted concern over the state of mental health on campus, with a focus on whether or not Northwestern is providing sufficient resources to address that issue. Research has indicated that the weight racks at Patten gym are an underutilized resource in that regard. Many avoid weightlifting because it can appear to be inaccessible in its lingo and lifestyle. The way that my friends and I discuss “bulking” and “cutting” over dinners of chicken breasts paired with ashy, graycolored protein shakes is borderline cultish.
Candidates: Push science-based medicine SAI FOLMSBEE
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During last week’s Republican presidential debate, the topics of science, medicine and business all intersected in a single, important question. Dr. Ben Carson, a pediatric neurosurgeon who is currently in first place according to the latest national polls, was asked about his professional involvement with Mannatech, a company that sells supplements it once claimed could cure both cancer and autism. In 2009, Mannatech was forced to pay $7 million in a settlement for this illegal marketing scheme, but the company and its products still exist today. At first, Dr. Carson simply outright denied the connection, stating that he “didn’t have any involvement with them,” and he described the notion of any relationship he may have had with Mannatech as “propaganda.” However, he did eventually contradict himself, admitting to having “paid speeches” for the company and that he still currently uses Mannatech’s supplements, which he calls a “good product.” The line of questioning was dropped after it was clear the crowd grew hostile toward the moderators. Unfortunately, the public lost a real opportunity to hear Dr. Carson defend his past. This is not just about Dr. Carson’s proximity to a shady company, it illustrates the real dangers of potentially having a president of the United States who lacks a firm understanding of both science and medicine. The evidence tying Dr. Carson to Mannatech is robust and troubling. As far back as 2004, Dr. Carson appears in a video where he attributes a cure
for his prostate cancer to Mannatech’s products. But this relationship is also relatively recent, when as late as 2013 he received $42,000 to give a speech promoting their products. Although Dr. Carson has now terminated any relationship with Mannatech, he doesn’t deny his support for the purported health benefits of its pseudoscientific treatments. Even his own campaign manager Barry Bennet stated that Dr. Carson is a “believer in vitamins and supplements.” This sets a dangerous precedent for those who see him as a political and medical role model. He was diagnosed with prostate cancer in 2002 and, initially, he even considered forgoing the evidencebased medical treatment of surgery and relying entirely on Mannatech’s products to fight his cancer. He ultimately chose to get surgery, but not without continuing to support Mannatech’s products’ ability to treat his own cancer. Furthermore, Dr. Carson isn’t the only Republican contender endorsing non scientifically-backed medicine. Governor Mike Huckabee was once a spokesman for a “Diabetes Solution Kit” made by Barton Publishing. He gave testimonials where he decried the science-based interventions of insulin and other medications in favor of the “natural secrets” described in the kit, which include a rather bizarre recommendation of eating a mixture of cinnamon and chromium. Understanding how both science and medicine work together is fundamental for any president. And falling into the trap of pseudoscientific medicine doesn’t just link these candidates to questionable companies, it also creates an overly simplistic view of the complex nature of healthcare. During the debate, Huckabee stated that to fix Medicare we must “focus on the diseases that are costing us
the trillions of dollars. Alzheimer’s, diabetes, heart disease and cancer. Eradicate those and you fix Medicare and you’ve fixed America.” While curing all disease is a rather ambitious goal, it is an absurd promise and betrays a real lack of understanding of how medical treatments work and how advancements are made through research. On the other hand, having this kind of knowledge of medicine can help build real progress, evident in the rhetoric seen on the Democratic side of the presidential race. Both Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders have called for the reform of pharmaceutical drug pricing, especially in the wake of the infamous gouging of the anti-parasitic drug daraprim from $13.50 to $750 by Turing Pharmaceuticals. Hillary Clinton recently released a plan to allow Medicare to negotiate down prescription drug prices, and Bernie Sanders supports improving access to generic drugs and transparency in the price and cost of drugs from pharmaceutical companies. Whether you agree with the role of government in regulating the healthcare market or not, we should at least vote for candidates who understand that hard science is the foundation for effective medicines and focus our discussion on how to bring new and better treatments to those who need them, rather than making money off selling pseudoscientific medicine to a public in need of true healthcare reforms. Sai Folmsbee is a Feinberg graduate student. He can be reached at sai@fsm.northwestern.edu. If you would like to respond publicly to this column, send a letter to the editor to opinion@dailynorthwestern.com. The views expressed in this piece do not necessarily reflect the views of all staff members of The Daily Northwestern.
Additionally, advanced lifters can be seen throwing barbells around at Patten in ways that are intimidating to novices. However, none of that is necessary to reap the rewards of weight training. Certainly, more knowledge on the subject can be beneficial, but research has shown that you will benefit as long as you are simply moving weights against a resistant force for just 15-20 minutes, which takes up less time than a single Game of Thrones episode. I’m as interested in the fate of Westeros as anyone, but NU students can and should put it on the backburner for just an hour a week to improve their physical and mental health. Alex Koh is a Weinberg senior. He can be reached at alexanderkoh2016@u.northwestern.edu. If you would like to respond publicly to this column, send a Letter to the Editor to opinion@dailynorthwestern. com. The views expressed in this piece do not necessarily reflect the views of all staff members of The Daily Northwestern.
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WHAT’S INSIDE: PAGE 6 Local theater group to premiere play on divorce PAGE 7 Q&A Vanessa Carlton talks new music, concert
‘The Lilliput Troupe’ to make Off-Broadway debut By RACHEL DAVISON
daily senior staffer @_RachelDavison
“The Lilliput Troupe” closed in April 2014 after a sold-out weekend run in the Shanley Pavilion. On Friday, the show will open again with another sold-out show, but this time off-Broadway in Midtown Manhattan. The play recounts the true story of the Ovitz family, of which seven of the 10 siblings had dwarfism and were performers. They survived a year in Nazi doctor Josef Mengele’s laboratory during the Holocaust being used for experiments. The show is presented as the family’s first performance after the war and is structured as a vaudeville-style telling of “Snow White” to follow the Transylvanian family’s story. Playwright Gaby FeBland (Communication ’14) first wrote “The Lilliput Troupe” for her three-quarter-long playwriting sequence in the 2012-2013 academic year. In researching possible subjects, she found the story of the Ovitz family and was surprised that it had not been adapted as a play. “I just connected to it as a theater maker,” FeBland said. “Their story really highlights the healing power of theater and comedy.” During FeBland’s senior year, Vertigo Productions produced “The Lilliput Troupe,” and after closing, the team did not immediately continue with the project of the show. “Really, since we did the show in 2014, we let it lay for that year,” said Alex Benjamin
(Communication ’15), director of the NU and New York productions. “We sort of put it away for a bit.” Last fall, producers Sally Lindel (Communication ’15) and Jack Eidson (Communication ’15) brought up the idea of submitting “The Lilliput Troupe” to The Araca Project, which provides young artists with a space and the opportunity to produce an off-Broadway production in New York City. After an application and interview process, “The Lilliput Troupe” was selected this spring. The creative team, largely consisting of designers from the Northwestern production, has since been working out of New York and Chicago to cast the show, raise funds and make changes. The main difference between productions is the casting, Lindel said, with little people actors playing the siblings in the Ovitz family. The actors come from all over the country and were cast remotely, which was a challenge, Benjamin said. The director said that despite their casting and financial challenges, the team found a passionate cast. “I don’t think there are enough opportunities for little people in the entertainment industry to be taken seriously as actors,” he said. “It’s been amazing to be a part of something that has power in that way, because it’s empowering a lot of people in a way that a lot of other shows can’t.” Despite the success and positive reception of the original production, having the Ovitz family cast accurately makes the characters more true to the story, as they have faced the same challenges as their characters, Lindel said.
“The Northwestern cast was amazing, but they were not little people so it just brings this really incredible honesty to the characters,” she said. “Every time I go into rehearsal, I just marvel at how awesome our ensemble is.” In working on this show about a discriminated population, FeBland said she has become passionate about having more opportunities for little people in entertainment. Many of the roles for little people, including Christmas elves and dwarfs, can be seen as demeaning, Benjamin said. “I got so impassioned about preventing this type of exploitation,” FeBland said. “I’m so happy that they’re getting to play wonderful, charismatic characters.” On Sunday, Nov. 8, as part of the Little People of America Day at the Theatre, there will be a talkback moderated by Becky Curran, a chapter president for Little People of America. “I wish we lived in a world in which we could just cast someone with dwarfism in ‘(A) Streetcar Named Desire,’” FeBland said. “Until then, we’ve got to welcome these artists into the few dignified roles that are allotted to them.” While the realistic casting is new for the off-Broadway version, many of the original designers from the Vertigo production are working on the show in New York. “There’s such a unity of vision when you’re working with designers who have such a long history of collaborating with each other,” FeBland said. Bienen senior Conor Keelan, who has » See LILLIPUT, page 7
Source: Justin Barbin (left) Source: Sally Lindel (right) Graphic by Jacob Swan/Daily Senior Staffer
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Local theater group to premiere play on divorce By JENNIFER HEPP
the daily northwestern @jenniferhepp97
John Frank (Medill ’76) wrote a play exploring divorce from the perspective of men after having his own experience with it. A new Evanston theater group, 2nd Act Players, will premiere this play, “Boys in the Basement,” on Friday. “I thought this was a story that needed to I thought be told, and especially from how a man sees this was a story it, because there are that needed a lot of movies and to be told, and things about women especially from going through divorce, but men never talk how a man sees about their feelings,” it. said Frank, who plays the role of Lawyer. “I John Frank, wanted to really tell it Medill ‘76 from a man’s point of view.” “Boys in the Basement” follows a group of men who all live in the same apartment building. As the show goes on, they become friends as they swap stories about their individual experiences with divorce. Mary Reynard, who has professionally
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directed theater productions in Chicago for 35 years, will direct “Boys in the Basement.” Reynard said she was impressed when she first read Frank’s play. “He’s really an excellent writer and I had never really seen anything done on this topic,” she said. “It’s a very underserved topic — what men go through when they’re getting a divorce. Our sympathies are usually with the women.” Frank and his wife Carolyn Calzavara (Kellogg ’87) are co-producers of the show. The play also explores other issues such as whether true love exists, Frank said. “Divorce is a terrible, painful thing,” he said. “After you’ve been through it, you kind of wonder if there’s really such a thing as love anymore in the world.” 2nd Act Players produced its first play in 2013, and has produced a show every year since. The group is producing another play in January, making this the first time they will produce two shows in a season. The theater group was originally made up of actors that Frank and Calzavara met in a local acting class. The group has expanded to include actors from all over the Chicago area, ranging in age from 16 to 52 years old, Frank said. The play will open at the Noyes Cultural Arts Center, a theatre that seats about 70 people. “It’s a very intimate story told in an intimate setting,” Calzavara said. “It also has a very minimalistic set, which I think is very powerful.”
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BREAKING UP IS HARD TO DO Cast members Gina Palmer, Bryan Jansyn, Bailey Lawrence and John Frank (Medill ’76) rehearse a scene from “Boys in the Basement.” The show, put on by the 2nd Act Players, opens Nov. 6 at the Noyes Cultural Arts Center.
The play is a very honest and unapologetic look at marriage, Reynard said. “I’m hoping that the audience really evaluates the whole institution of marriage,” Reynard said. “Do people get married for the right reasons,
how do you keep your marriage healthy and productive and loving, and what are the elements that break a marriage down?” jenniferhepp2020@u.northwestern.edu
Celebrated pianist to perform in Bienen music festival By RACHEL YANG
daily senior staffer @_rachelyang
Bienen Prof. Hans Thomalla has called musician Marilyn Nonken one of the best piano performers of contemporary music of the century. Nonken will play Morton Feldman’s 90-minute piece, “Triadic Memories,” at Northwestern’s Mary B. Galvin Recital Hall on Friday. Nonken, who has performed at venues such as Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Center, has been called “one of the greatest interpreters of new music” by American Record Guide. Nonken’s performance is part of NU New Music Conference 2, a three-day conference and festival hosted by Bienen School of Music’s Institute for New Music. In its second year, NUNC! 2 brings together composers, performers, musicologists, theorists and enthusiasts interested in contemporary music. Nonken, the director of piano studies at New York University’s Steinhardt School, said she chose this piece because of its slow and contemplative sound. However, she said that due to its length, the composition can be challenging to play at times and when performing it, she needs to use techniques and pedals strategically, she said. “Feldman’s music requires a lot of concentration to play,” she added. “It’s a challenge to just stay in the character and the mood and always be listening to the show to make sure it’s always quiet and beautiful, and that every effect that happens is the right proportion to the other effect.” The piece’s length and complexity are part of its beauty, Nonken said. Feldman himself once called the composition, “the biggest butterfly in captivity.” “When I think of patterns I think (of ) butterflies’ wings flying through the air. You can see the colors and patterns of their wings,”
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PIANO PROWESS Pianist Marilyn Nonken sits with a piano. Nonken will perform at NU on Friday as part of Bienen School of Music’s New Music Conference and Festival.
Nonken said “A butterfly is usually something which flies away from you so quickly, it’s a momentary pleasure, so I want to explore and extend that pleasure for almost two hours.” Although Nonken has played at large locations, she said it is also rewarding to perform
in more intimate venues where she can interact with the audience. “My mission is bringing newer music to audiences,” she said. “I can do that really well playing for a large audience like at Lincoln Center, but it’s something extremely rewarding
about playing in an intimate, alternative venue where you really get to meet people and find out what they really think about the music .” For Nonken, the appeal of contemporary music is that it is more relatable for current audiences than classical compositions. “Today’s composers speak to us in a very personal way,” she said. “They understand how to connect with (audiences) emotionally and expressively and dramatically … much like people go to the movies, or listen to music on the radio … it speaks directly to us.” Nonken hopes audience members on Friday come away with better appreciation of the complexities in Feldman’s music, she said. “(To) live and exist within it for 90 minutes, (audiences) come away with an understanding of what Feldman was doing,” Nonken said. “It’s very complex, it’s very beautiful, it’s very emotional and it’s very challenging … over the course of two hours of your life, you can have a really profound experience that you aren’t going to get any other way.” Fellow Bienen Prof. Ryan Dohoney, a curator for the conference and festival, said people should attend to see the “double whammy” combination of Nonken’s advanced skill and the piece’s own style. “The music itself is quite transfixing and puts you in an altered state,” Dohoney said. “It’s just an incredibly virtuoso performance on Nonken’s part, because of what is required of her, both mentally and physically, to put the piece across.” The quiet and meditative quality of Nonken’s piece will perfectly accompany the concert hall’s views, Thomalla said. “The idea was to have the concert at the new concert hall, to look out at the Chicago skyline,” he said. “It will be an introspective night, looking out into Lake Michigan. It will be quite lovely.” weizheyang2018@u.northwestern.edu
‘A Year with Frog and Toad’ brings children’s book to life By YAQOOB QASEEM
the daily northwestern @yaqoobqaseem
“A Year with Frog and Toad” will bring a friendship from popular children’s books to life for both young and mature audiences, as a part of the Department of Theatre’s Imagine U series for family audiences. “It’s everything that (friendship) means, but in a really accessible way,” said director Jerrell Henderson, who is pursuing an MFA in directing. “It is a play that’s theater for young audiences, but it’s also a play that doesn’t condescend to the point where it’s going to talk down to children or the adults that come. There’s a little bit for everyone.” Communication senior Maisie Rose, who plays Frog in the play, said she enjoys being
part of a performance that does not talk down to any of the age groups in the audience. “It’s a really lovely show, and everyone can enjoy it without having to make it for kids,” Rose said. The musical shows how friendship works in a cyclical way by depicting the relationship of the two main characters changing through the seasons, Henderson said. “You watch them grow, and you watch them struggle, and you watch them come together, and you watch them fall apart,” Henderson said. “They’re more similar than they are different, but it’s the differences that anchor the friendship.” Henderson said she enjoys the opportunity to introduce young audiences to theater in a way that will encourage them to see more shows in the future. “I love the children connecting with the
characters, because there’s a little bit of each character in each child,” said theatre Prof. Lynn Kelso, founder of the Imagine U series. The Imagine U productions stage adaptations of popular children’s books. After each perIt’s a really lovely formance of “A show, and everyone can Year with enjoy it without having to Frog and make it for kids. Toad,” children Maisie Rose, from the Communication senior audience can come up on the stage to meet the actors and get a closer look at the set, Kelso said. “In a theater setting, the live actor and the audience have a relationship that’s magic, and
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it can’t happen any place else,” he said. “I want children to have that experience.” Joel Solari, marketing and communications manager of the Wirtz Center, said the musical has been easy to market due to the popularity of the children’s books. Imagine U is in its fifth year and is building an audience base, with 11 of the shows sold out as of Wednesday. The show will run from Nov. 6 through Nov. 22 in the Hal and Martha Hyer Wallis Theater at The Virginia Wadsworth Wirtz Center for the Performing Arts. Henderson said he is looking forward to seeing how the audience reacts to the performances. “It’s a good story,” he said. “And we’re going to work really hard to do it justice.” yaqoobqaseem2018@u.northwestern.edu
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Q&A: Vanessa Carlton talks new music, concert By RACHEL DAVISON
daily senior staffer @_racheldavison
Vanessa Carlton, the voice behind the popular 2002 hit “A Thousand Miles” is performing in Evanston at SPACE, 1245 Chicago Ave., on Nov. 11. She is back on tour after releasing her fifth studio album, “Liberman,” on Oct. 23. Before starting her tour, Carlton spoke to The Daily about it, her life since her original hits and how her music has changed. The Daily: What excites you the most about your new album? Carlton: I’ve been sitting on this album for a long time, so I’m excited that it’s finally coming out. I think it’s one of my favorite projects I’ve ever worked on and, so, I’m really looking forward to having people listen to it other than, like, my friends and immediate family and collaborators. The Daily: What about your upcoming tour? Carlton: Just getting out there and reconnecting with the audience, people that come to the shows now, I mean, some people just kind of do it out of curiosity because they’re like, “Oh, I wonder who that girl is from that one song?” but to be honest, most people have been following me and I’ve kind of been able to take them along on my little journey on whatever I’ve been doing the past eight years, and they’re, like, die-hards. It’s really cool to reconnect with those people in a live setting because it’s energizing. It makes you
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From page 5 remained sound designer since the original production, flew to New York for the show’s tech week and will return to Chicago after the show opens. The NU student theater community was excited to hear about the show premiering in New York, he said. “It gives us all hope and makes the professional world not seem like this crazy dream,” Keelan said. Communication senior Maddie Ambrose produced the original production of “The Lilliput Troupe” and is excited to see the premiere this weekend. “It’s a story that I sat with for so long that I saw happen before my eyes,” she said. As the creative team has a strong Northwestern presence, the show is representative of NU’s theater community and students, Lindel said. “It’s exciting for everyone to be working on a production that seems so classically Northwestern,” she said. “It’s something we can really be proud of because it’s so representative of the way students at NU analyze and work their hardest.” “The Lilliput Troupe” will run from Nov. 6 to Nov. 15 in the Chernuchin Theatre at the American Theatre of Actors. Linden and Benjamin are excited to see how this familiar production connects to a new audience outside of NU. “It’s been really nice to share the story with new people,” Benjamin said. “It has the same power, same universal appeal that I fell in love with.” racheldavison2018@u.northwestern.edu
want to do more work and I think it’s definitely a trust thing as well, between the audience and the performer. The Daily: How has your music changed since your original hits? Carlton: The sound is much more mellow and I think this particular record is my dream record, meaning that I want it to really feel like a dream. I want it to feel like you’re in another dimension, a little spacier, more chilled out, more lush, and not so raw and earnest and This particular live. The sound and the songs are very different. record is my
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dream record, meaning that I want it to really feel like a dream.
The Daily: What made you change to that more mellow style?
Carlton: It’s just what I love. It’s the type of Vanessa Carlton, music that I listen to, singer but I think it’s kind of a concept. I really wanted it to feel like the type of record that you listen to with headphones, and you know, walking around listening to music with headphones on is so meditative, so I really was inspired by some of the records that I listen to that are like that, and some of it is electro pop too, but I think this is its own sound for sure. I don’t know what you would compare it to, but I really wanted to achieve that kind of escape, that meditation if you will, as a record.
The Daily: What is the setlist like for this tour? Carlton: It’s mostly the new record, but I will really put songs in from past records, like the ones that people know and love. A lot of the set will be what we love to play the most because I think that’s when the musicians are happiest on the stage for sure. We know kind of the stuff that people want to hear and I don’t want to disappoint anybody. The Daily: What’s exciting about coming to Evanston, with a college town audience? Carlton: I love Chicago … We always have great shows in that area. I always like to play for students, for sure. The Daily: What were some of your other influences in your early music? Carlton: My mom is a pianist and she was my first piano teacher. I would say most of my early influence, in terms of what I played when I was young, comes from classical music. I learned a lot of Mozart and Grieg … I think a lot of my aesthetic, even to this day, pulls from that early training, classical training. The Daily: What have the last few years been like? Carlton: The past couple years have been really amazing. I moved to Nashville. I got married. I had a baby. A lot of change, but a lot of feelings of stability and I love living in Nashville. It’s been
Source: Lucy Bartozzi
MAKING HER WAY DOWNTOWN Vanessa Carlton is coming to Evanston to perform at SPACE on Nov. 11. Carlton released a new album, “Liberman,” on October 23. Vanessa Carlton is coming to Evanston to perform at SPACE on Nov. 11. Carlton released a new album, “Liberman,” on October 23.
really a rejuvenating time for me personally. My baby’s nine months old now, so I feel like I can take a shot at going, you know leaving, and seeing how the whole touring thing works out, you know, now, see how I can do it even with a baby. We’ll see what happens. It’s an experiment. racheldavison2018@u.northwestern.edu
Prominent filmmaker will return to NU
Source: Elizabeth Rose Morrissey
Joshua Oppenheimer
By RACHEL HOLTZMAN
the daily northwestern @rdanielle1995
Two years ago, the Northwestern community overflowed Ryan Auditorium to watch and discuss “The Act of Killing,” a film by Joshua Oppenheimer that explored the 1965 genocide in Indonesia. On Monday, Oppenheimer, an Academy Award nominee and MacArthur Genius Grant recipient, will return to Northwestern to screen his follow-up film, “The Look of Silence,” and hold a question-and-answer session about the making of his film. The film follows the aftermath of the massacre of one million people by a new military regime in
Indonesia in 1965. The 50th anniversary of the massacre, which occurred over the span of four months, is commemorated in 2015. The film follows the younger brother of a genocide victim as he confronts the men who killed his brother, in a society where people who participated in the genocide still openly brag about the killing. “There are all these images of breaking the silence and sharpening our sight on this issue for the first time,” said political science Prof. Jeffrey Winters, who specializes in Indonesian politics and is working with Equality Development and Globalization Studies to coordinate the event. “The arc of the story is trying to come to grips with the past and deal with the wounds and pain of the situation.” EDGS and the other organizations co-sponsoring the screening hope to make people aware of this issue. Many American students may not have ever heard of this massacre in the first place, said Virginia Van Keuren, A&O Productions’ co-marketing and media chair and a former Daily staffer. “Northwestern has a large international community here…and many people [I’ve spoken with] want a kind of call to action about this,” Van Keuren said. “There’s an overarching concept of genocide reoccurring all over again, whether it’s Indonesia or Syria.” The film includes a combination of interviews, reenactments and live encounters between people as they struggle to talk about the genocide, 50 years after it took place. Its style allows viewers to look at the crisis through a more individual, yet transformative lens, Winters said. “The immediate tragedy is something that sort of ends,” Winters said. “But as for the rest of us … I think as democratic citizens, it is incumbent upon us to know not only world history and the struggles people have gone through, but also to know [and expand] our
engagement with it.” Asian Pacific American Coalition (APAC) copresident Jeanne Hou said that as her organization and other co-sponsors have publicized the event, they have emphasized the struggle of uncovering lost perspectives on this massacre. “Whoever’s in charge has the ability to write history and decide what is right and what is wrong,” Hou said. “It’s relevant today … It’s relevant to Asian history and it’s also a real representation of what power and pressure look like.” The organizers of the program are hoping to reach a large audience with the screening, as EDGS’ 2013 screening of “The Act of Killing” was attended and discussed by many people. “We didn’t know we were going to fill Tech that night; every seat was filled, and people were standing in the back,” Winters said. “I don’t know why the response was so powerful, but it was really something. There are people still here now who were there that night and who are talking to their friends. We’re planning on having a really packed house.” At the end of the film, there will be a quick intermission, followed by a question and answer session with Oppenheimer about his choices and experience with making the documentary, Van Keuren said. The sponsors of the event include EDGS, A&O Productions, APAC, Global Engagement Summit, Inspire Media and the School of Communication MFA in Documentary Media Program “We wanted to complete what we started with the Northwestern community [two years ago],” Winters said. “People found the evening to be transformative for them, and we believe that this night is going to be just as powerful.” rachelholtzman2018@u.northwestern.edu
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Arts Night acts highlight women’s empowerment By AMANDA SVACHULA
daily senior staffer @amandasvachula
Two performance groups interested in exploring women’s empowerment, Lipstick Theatre and a cappella group Significant Others, will perform at Women’s Empowerment Arts Night on Thursday. The performers hope to promote conversation about female leadership on campus through thought-provoking theater and music. This is the first year that Women in Leadership, a newly formed organization on campus, has joined the Panhellenic Association in planning the annual Women’s Empowerment Week, which runs this year from Nov. 2 to Nov. 6. The week kicked off with events like an interview workshop and a breast cancer awareness program. The Arts Night will take place at 9 p.m. on Thursday in the McCormick Auditorium. Weinberg sophomore Nehaarika Mulukutla, the vice president of external affairs for Women in Leadership, said the night serves as a supplement to the more serious events of the week. “Dialogue about various controversial issues needs to be explored at every medium at our disposal,” Mulukutla said. “Having serious events with lectures is wonderful and does further your knowledge. But the arts express that conversation in an entirely different way.” At the event, Lipstick Theatre, a student theater
company devoted to exploring women’s issues, will show a preview of their upcoming show that explores issues of mental health, racism and sexism. “We are a feminist theater group which means we kind of seek to share the stories of those people whose stories don’t get heard,” said SESP junior Katherine Slosburg, Lipstick Theatre’s campus engagement chair. “This really means that we tell women’s stories, women of color’s stories, minorities’ stories, and queer people’s stories.” The show, “for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf,” follows the stories of seven women who have experienced oppression in a racist and sexist society. It is a “choreopoem,” which means that it is composed of 20 poems that are intertwined through song and dance. “People should come because this kind of show is important to see,” Slosburg said. “It’s not hard to have a seat and listen and open your minds and hearts to what is in front of you. I think conversations can happen naturally after that.” Significant Others will perform two songs that were both originated by female artists. The group, made up of 13 women on campus, sings at different events throughout the year and tends to selectively choose feminist events like this one, said SigO Publicity Chair Liz McLaughlin. “SigO is an a cappella group but simultaneously we are this group of women,” McLaughlin said. “Whenever we’re approached by events like this, we’re always excited to participate because we’ve
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LEANING IN Actors perform in Lipstick Theatre’s production of “The Children’s Hour.” The company will preview its upcoming production, “for colored girls who have committed suicide/ when the rainbow is enuf,” at Women’s Empowerment Arts Night on Thursday.
all had experiences (as women) where we can look back and things could have been easier.” Event organizers hope that the arts night will inspire conversation in attendees about issues like gender equality, Mulukutla said. “In general the arts are given that status of telling the stories of oppressed groups of people, “
Mulukutla said. “Having that night during a women’s empowerment week is incredibly important. Conversation about equality and oppression is incredibly important to this campus and to the world at large.” amandasvachula2018@u.northwestern.edu 75004
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chapters elevate ‘The Lord of the Rings’ way above all the fantasies that followed it.” Graduate student Luke Prestowitz told The Daily he has always been a fan of Martin’s work and thought it would be interesting to go see him in person. Martin’s comment on pessimism and its relation to science fiction was interesting, he said. “How society has changed, and what the repercussions of that have been — I think that he is able to see that and we are just starting to experience it now,” Prestowitz said. Earlier in the day, Martin attended a ceremony to accept the Medill Hall of Achievement award. The Hall of Achievement is the school’s highest honor and recognizes Medill alumni whose careers have had a positive impact on their fields. Martin was one of seven alumni honored May 14 during a ceremony
at the Chicago History Museum. Beth Moellers, who manages special projects at Medill, told The Daily in September that Martin was unable to attend the ceremony in May and was therefore invited to NU this November. At the Hall of Achievement ceremony, Martin spoke about his time in Medill and described how the school influenced his storytelling, said Medill senior Orko Manna, who attended the Q&A session and spoke on a panel during the Hall of Achievement event. Although Manna is pursuing a career in broadcast journalism, he said Martin’s stories about fiction writing were still relatable. “He was talking about being persistent in whatever field that you go into, and these fields are similar in that it’s really a case by case basis,” Manna said. “You work toward this goal and if something doesn’t go well, it could really affect your career.” peterkotecki2018@u.northwestern.edu
Marijuana A nationally recognized economist whose work focuses on the interplay between education and economics, Michael McPherson heads the Spencer Foundation. Before joining the foundation in 2003, he served as president of Macalester College for seven years and spent the 22 years prior to that at Williams College, where he was professor and chair of the economics department and dean of faculty. He is co-author and editor of several books, including Crossing the Finish Line: Completing College at America’s Public Universities (2011) and College Access: Opportunity or Privilege? (2006), and was founding co-editor of the journal Economics and Philosophy.
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Evanston Police Chief Richard Eddington said mistaken charges shouldn’t be an issue as long as people keep the drug in its prescription bag and do not use it in cars or in public. “If you’re driving back from the dispensary and you get pulled over, having a medical marijuana prescription doesn’t matter,” Eddington said. “But if the back seat’s full of dope, this is going a different direction.” Attempting to dispel concerns among community members, Scott said the dispensary will create jobs for locals and is set up to make sure there’s no diversion for fake conditions. The dispensary will provide a needed service for many residents battling cancer and other diseases in the area, he said. “There are still kinks to be worked out,” he said, “But it’s here. We’ll be working on the problems while providing this service.” robinopsahl2018@u.northwestern.edu
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community at large, and especially in the Jewish community at large, has empowered me and others to be strong in our beliefs and feel confident when going about our daily lives,” he said. Ultimately, Sacks concluded, human beings should not be divided into those who serve God and those who serve the enemy of God.
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He said people can prevent violence by recognizing that those with different religious beliefs are not enemies. “Good is found in everyone and bad is found in everyone, and the battle between dark and light, between good and bad, is the one we have to find in ourselves,” Sacks said. “When we defeat the bad within ourselves, we bring peace to the world.” robinsonmarkus2019@u.northwestern.edu
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Across Campuses UC Merced stabbing spree started as fight in a classroom MERCED — Police at the University of California, Merced shot and killed a knife-wielding student Wednesday after a bloody stabbing spree wounded four people at the pastoral Central Valley campus. Two of the victims were students, one was a university staff member and one was a construction worker doing a job on campus. The male student, whose name hasn’t been released, apparently set upon several students with a knife during an altercation in a classroom and then stabbed the worker as he opened another classroom door to view the disturbance, authorities said. The stabbings occurred at about 8 a.m. inside the university’s Classroom and Office Building. Keith Dick, a father from Gilroy, rushed to campus to meet his son, Justin, 20, a computer science major who witnessed the eruption of violence in his social studies class. “He said there was some scuffle and everybody started getting stabbed,” said Keith Dick, who afterward followed his shaken son’s car on the drive home. “He said he saw everything, including the police officer kill the guy. He is pretty torn up.” After the incident, a wounded 31-year-old worker, Byron Price, was rushed to Mercy Medical Center by coworkers of Artisan Construction, which was working on a classroom remodeling project in a nearby building. “They heard a scuffle in the classroom right across from where they were working and it sounded like a fight,” John Price, Byron Price’s father told the Merced Sun-Star. “So (my son) opened the door and the guy lunged at him. It got the (attacker) outside the room, away from others.” The suspect, described as a male student in his 20s, was shot and killed by UC police, according to Merced County Sheriff Vern Warnke, whose agency is assisting in the investigation. University spokeswoman Lorena Anderson said two victims, including Price, were airlifted to hospitals in Modesto while others were treated on the scene. “None of the injuries appear to be life threatening,” Anderson said. The incident forced the closure of the UC Merced campus as police secured the crime scene. Officers also went in search of potential additional victims and even sent in a bomb squad as a precaution to ensure that neither the stabbing suspect nor anyone else might have left an explosive devices. No such device or other victims were found. Frightened students, barred from areas near the
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2015 crime scene, huddled in their dorms or packed up their books, papers and bedding and left the campus. “My parents just want me to go home,” said Candelaria Amezcuita, 18, of Sacramento, who was leaving campus Wednesday afternoon with friend and fellow Sacramento resident, Nohely Alcala, also 18. The two freshmen had been scheduled for an afternoon class in the building where the stabbings occurred. From their dorms, the students knew something was wrong. “We just heard sirens –and then we got an email that someone got stabbed,” said Amezcuita, describing a campus warning that advised students to stay in place. “I didn’t think it was true. And then we saw police. And then there was another email saying someone got shot.” The campus community first was notified of the attack shortly after 8 a.m. when school officials issued an alert on Twitter, advising students to avoid the area around the Classroom and Office Building. Students arriving for morning classes found a campus on lockdown and activities canceled. Amezcuita, a political science major, described the university response to the incident as “very professional.” But the two girls were still anxious as they were leaving campus. “It happened in our writing classroom where we were supposed to be later today,” said Alcala, a history major. She clutched her pillow as she carried her laptop and personal belongings in a backpack and tote. “That freaks us out.” Alex Raj, a sophomore from Sacramento who is studying applied mathematics, said he chose the Merced Campus because he thought its rural, tranquil location would allow him to concentrate on his studies. The campus of 6,700 students is surrounded by grazing lands and a county park, where geese wander around a small lake. “It’s a really great campus, where students can learn away from distractions,” said Raj, 18. He then reflected somberly on the events. “I heard there was an argument and somebody went crazy about it. It’s sad,” Raj said. He said he was going to spend Wednesday night at the off-campus apartment of fellow student “just to diffuse the tension.” “I’m just going to hang out with a friend, chill out and pray for other people.” Wednesday’s stabbings at UC Merced were another in a long string of recent violent incidents on college campuses across the country. Many of these have been shootings rather than stabbings, and have produced more lethal results.
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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2015
Men’s Golf
Wu lone bright spot in NU’s 12th place finish
Volleyball
By TYLER VANDERMOLEN
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REJECTED Junior Kayla Morin and junior Maddie Slater form a wall to block a spike attempt. Despite the defensive effort and strong offensive performances from each, the Cats were unable to hold on to beat Illinois.
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team. “Now that we’ve played them once we know their tendencies, and what they’re good at and what they’re bad at,” Slater said. “In the next few days of practice we’re going to really try to work on those things, so we can take advantage of them this weekend.” Even without a W on the board, NU gained quite a bit from its hard-fought match this
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games, the Cats fell behind 2-0 early the first half. Although NU ultimately recovered against Ohio, it failed to dig itself out of the early hole against the Nittany Lions. Beyond starting strong early in the match, the Cats will simply have to get up early. The 10 a.m. local time start is NU’s earliest of the season, but Cats players are unconcerned with the early hour. “We’re waking up kind of early,” senior midfielder Charlotte Martin said, “but everyone will have the energy that we need because it’s the Big Ten Tournament. We’re not going to be worried about the time.” The early start could actually prove beneficial for NU, as it would give the team extra preparation time for the semifinal, likely against top seeded Maryland (16-3, 8-0). The Terrapins meet No. 8 seed Michigan State (5-13, 2-6) later on Thursday.
evening. The team kept the Fighting Illini on their toes, despite the team’s Top 20 ranking in the NCAA, which bodes well for the Cats over the weekend. Though it wasn’t the Cats’ night for a win, Tashima said they brought their A-game, which could mean good things to come on Saturday. “We came to play tonight,” Tashima said. “It was a long, great, five-set Big Ten game.” sophiemann2018@u.northwestern.edu “It is early, but we have to be ready for everything,” junior midfielder Isabel Flens said. “Because we play so early we’ll have a lot of time to recover if we win that first game.” The Cats had an up-and-down Big Ten regular season, losing to the top three seeds in the tournament. All three losses, however, were by just one goal, and NU generated enough opportunities to win all three. The Cats firmly believe that they can rise to the challenge against teams like Maryland, ranked No. 7 nationally this week, and No. 10 Michigan (15-3, 7-1). Before potential matches with the Terrapins and Wolverines, NU realizes it must take care of Ohio State. “Most important is that we just take it game for game,” Flens said. “If we focus too much on the second game or even the third game, we lose some focus (on the first one).” colepaxton2019@u.northwestern.edu
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Northwestern’s disheartening finish at the Gifford Intercollegiate Championship shows the difference a year can make. NU had good reason to celebrate on the long flight home from California after last season’s Gifford Intercollegiate Championship. The event capped the Wildcats’ fall season with one of their strongest performances of the year, highlighted by then-freshman Dylan Wu’s dramatic individual victory on the tournament’s final hole. This season’s return trip promised to be more subdued, as NU struggled to a 12th place finish in the event’s 15-team field. Coach David Inglis’ team was unable to carry over the momentum it built after a strong third-place finish at last week’s Bridgestone Golf Collegiate, and will now have an entire offseason to contemplate its lackluster season-ending performance. “Obviously it’s a bit of a disappointing way to end the season, especially considering how well a lot of the guys had been playing coming in,” Inglis said. “We all felt good about our chances this week, but for whatever reason it just never really clicked for us.” Unseasonably tough conditions may have played a role in the Cats’ struggles. The already difficult Legends Course at La Costa Resort in Carlsbad, California, was made even tougher by gusting winds that increased steadily as the event went on. The team’s Saturday practice round was played in perfect conditions, and Inglis as well as several of his players said they believed the course might yield some low scores. That did not prove to be the case. “We were all a little surprised by how hard it blew all three days, because all of a sudden it was just like someone turned on the fans,” Inglis said. “That’s obviously no excuse though. We play in Chicago all the time and we all know how hard the conditions can be there, so it’s something we should have been able to handle.” NU’s three-day total of 37-over, 889, left the Cats well behind eventual winner Washington, who defeated a field that consisted of a number of the nation’s premier golf programs, including Stanford,
UCLA and South Florida. Although Wu was did not defend his tournament title the way he would have liked, his 6-over, 219, was good enough to lead the team and place him in a tie for 24th overall. “There are a lot of positives that I’m going to take away from this week even though it wasn’t exactly the kind of result I would have envisioned,” Wu said. “I made 11 birdies and an eagle, so if I’m doing that I’m definitely playing well enough to win the tournament. I just made too many dumb mistakes that ended up costing me.” Wu was followed by senior Andrew Whalen, who carded a 7-over, 220, to finish tied for 31st. Freshman Luke Miller and sophomore Sam Triplett posted scores of 12-over, 225, and 13-over, 226, to finished tied for 51st and tied for 56th, respectively, while senior Josh Jamieson’s 17-over, 230, placed him tied for 68th. Playing as an individual, freshman Ryan Lumsden fired a 14-over, 227, and finished tied for 60th. The disappointing performance has left the Cats’ lineup in flux outside of Wu and Whalen, whom Inglis praised for their consistent performances this season. NU has nwow used four different lineups in its four fall tournaments, and will likely seek a measure of stability this offseason. “We’ve given a lot of guys opportunities to show what they’ve got in competition, and so far they’ve been pretty up and down,” Inglis said. “This offseason is going to be huge, because you essentially have six guys competing for three spots. We’re very excited to see who separates themselves.” Despite the substandard end to the year, Wu said he believes there is reason for optimism moving forward. The Cats can work on fine-tuning their games throughout the winter in preparation for their spring season, which starts Feb. 12 with Big Ten Match Play in Palm Coast, Florida. “The work that you put in during the offseason is what is going to make the difference when you get back out there, and that’s something that we all understand,” Wu said. “We’re all ready to grind and put in the hours, especially when you have to end the season with a bad taste in your mouth like this.” tylervandermolen2018@u.northwestern.edu
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The work that you put in during the offseason is what is going to make the difference when you get back out there. — Dylan Wu, sophomore golfer
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The type of late comeback that has defined Northwestern’s season failed to materialize on Wednesday night. After surrendering a deflating goal at the end of the first half and then falling behind with less than 23 minutes to play, the Wildcats (7-8-2, 4-4-0 Big Ten) were unable to convert another late surge into an equalizing goal and lost 2-1 to Wisconsin (5-10-3, 2-3-3) to conclude the regular season. “It was one of the better games we’ve played this year,” coach Tim Lenahan said. “We’ve had a lot of good breaks go our way this year and this was not one of those nights.” NU broke a scoreless deadlock in the 20th minute, the first time they scored in a first half since Oct. 7, with a swift counterattack following a Wisconsin turnover. Senior defender Henry Herrill held up near midfield then fed senior forward Joey Calistri, who was making a run down the left side. Calistri dribbled the ball into the box and passed it across the goalmouth to unmarked junior midfielder Mike Roberge, who buried his third goal in four games. “We had a lot of speed up top, so we knew when we had time to counter that
we could,” Roberge said. “Joey played a good ball across the goal through the defense and thankfully I was there to knock it home.” Wisconsin tied the match in the 41st minute after a series of wild events. Following a corner kick, sophomore forward Elo Ozumba attempted to clear the ball out of the box but instead struck Wisconsin’s Adam Lauko cutting in front of him, leading to a penalty kick call. Senior goalkeeper Zak Allen saved Mike Catalano’s PK attempt with a diving save toward his left, but Badger forward Isaac Schlenker got to the rebound along the end line and lofted a short cross back across the box that Luc Kazmierczak headed down and in. Herrill said the goal with just 4:28 left until the break took a lot of wind out of the team’s sails. “We came out and we were … playing confident. That goal we gave up at the end of the first half really stung,” he said. “If we had gone into halftime with a 1-0 score, it would’ve been easier to stay a little bit more organized in the second half.” The Badgers found the winner in the 68th minute off the foot of Mark Segbers. Segbers found inside position on NU junior defender Nathan Dearth after a hard pass from Drew Conner and toed the ball into the corner of the net. Lenahan attributed the winning goal to a temporary lull in the action that led to the defense getting caught off-guard. “(We) relaxed a little bit defensively and they were able to spring on us,” he said. The Cats responded by turning six shots toward goal after Segbers’ strike but found Wisconsin goalkeeper Adrian Remeniuk unbeatable.
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CAUGHT SLIPPING Joey Calistri falls to the ground as he fights for the ball. The senior forward assisted on NU’s lone goal in its 2-1 loss at Wisconsin.
Calistri unleashed a powerful free kick from just outside the box that was stopped beautifully by Remeniuk in the 70th minute. Ozumba then rose up for a threatening chance off another free kick in the 77th, but his header bounced harmlessly into Remeniuk’s torso. The Cats out-shot their opponent for only the second time this season, firing 13 attempts to the Badgers’ 9, yet fell to 0-2-0 when doing so. Dramatic wins over Michigan State and Penn State during the past two weeks had
positioned NU for a shot at the Big Ten regular season championship entering Wednesday, but Ohio State’s 3-1 win over Michigan extinguished that possibility by halftime. Instead, the defeat dropped the Cats to a tie for third place in the final standings and the No. 5 seed in the tournament, forcing them to travel on the road for a rematch with Rutgers in the first round at 12 p.m. on Sunday. The Scarlet Knights put a season-high four goals past Allen in a 4-2 victory over NU back on Oct. 16.
The team must win at least twice in the Big Ten tournament — or, in other words, advance to the finals — to reach a .500 overall record for the year and become eligible for the NCAA tournament. “We realized somewhere along the line we were probably going to have to win two (consecutive) games,” Lenahan said. “We’ve had a challenging season but I think we’re coming together at the right time.” benjaminpope2019@u.northwestern.edu
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Cats let opportunity slip against Illinois By SOPHIE MANN
daily senior staffer @sophiemmann No. 18 Illinois
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UP IN THE AIR Caroline Troncelliti competes for a loose ball. The senior midfielder had an assist when the Wildcats beat Ohio State 2-0 earlier this season.
Cats set to make postseason play By COLE PAXTON
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It’s now or never for the Wildcats. No. 17 Northwestern (12-7, 4-4 Big Ten) heads to this weekend’s Big Ten Tournament in Bloomington, Indiana, knowing it almost certainly must win three games in four days to take the tournament and earn a second consecutive berth in the NCAA Tournament. The fourth-seeded Cats meet fifth-seeded Ohio State (9-9, 4-4) in the quarterfinals today at 9 a.m.
Ohio State vs. No. 17 Northwestern Bloomington, Indiana 9 a.m. Thursday
Despite the tall order and a 3-2 home loss to unranked Penn State (8-9, 4-4) on Friday, the team is relaxed and confident, coach Tracey Fuchs said. “Everybody’s really excited to go,” she said. “We feel like we’re prepared.” NU seems to have drawn a favorable opening matchup, having defeated the Buckeyes 2-0 in Columbus less than two weeks ago. In that game, the Cats had an
astounding 29-2 advantage in total shots, and held Ohio State without a single shot on goal. To advance to Friday’s semifinals, however, NU will likely need to take better advantage of its opportunities. “It’s going to be hard; the momentum is going to go back and forth,” Fuchs said of Thursday’s match. “We just need to play our game. We know we’re going to get the opportunities we need to win; we just need to make sure we finish in our circle.” The Cats will also need to be solid defensively. In each of NU’s last two » See FIELD HOCKEY, page 11
Despite a 3-2 loss in its first game against No. 18 Illinois, Northwestern proved it has a fighting chance against the Fighting Illini. The Wildcats (13-11, 5-8 Big Ten) lost the first set, but took the next two against the Fighting Illini (168, 7-6), who came back to win the fourth and fifth sets. This is only the second time this season the Cats have gone to the fifth set, the first time being against No. 4 Penn State in an epic 3-2 win on Oct. 10. NU asserted dominance this evening, showing the aggressive side many of the team members said they have been hoping for. The team totaled 62 kills over the Fighting Illini’s 57, but lacked consistency in hitting to fight off Illinois in the final sets of the game. Coach Keylor Chan spoke highly of the match, talking about his pride
in the team, especially against a team like Illinois. Although the defensive effort kept the team in the game, and a similar performance could help lead to a victory in Urbana-Champaign this weekend, sophomore outside hitter Taylor Tashima talked about the importance of offense. “We definitely want to replicate our server; we got them out of system,” Tashima said. “Just bringing more fluidity to our offense. It’s a game of errors, so definitely just going down there and playing smarter volleyball and getting after it.” Tashima was a power player on the court with 48 assists, many of which were to junior outside hitter Maddie Slater. The two were on the same wavelength tonight, as Tashima assisted Slater on 12 of her 14 kills of the game. Slater said the two have been working together the past few weeks to up their connection. This is evident on the court between the two women. Having played the Fighting Illini once serves the Cats well going into the weekend matchup. Slater attested to the good fortune that is getting a second chance against this Illinois » See VOLLEYBALL, page 11