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By JULIA JACOBS

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Kaylyn Pryor was shopping at a mall on Michigan Avenue with her high school friend this past summer when the two stepped into an upscale salon. The young women were offered the chance to enter into a modeling competition and, on a whim, both put down their names.

Months later, Pryor, a 20-yearold Evanston woman, had garnered enough votes to win the Mario Tricoci “Make Me a Model” contest.

Against all expectations, the “tomboy” who always refused to strap on high heels had become a model.

On Monday evening, Pryor left her grandmother’s house on Chicago’s South Side with plans to return home to send in her first signed modeling contract, when she was shot and killed.

Pryor was standing with a teenage boy at about 6:20 p.m. in the 7300 block of South May in Chicago’s Englewood neighborhood when someone drove by and shot them, Chicago police said. Pryor, a 2013 graduate of Evanston Township High School, was shot and later pronounced dead at the hospital.

The 15-year-old boy, who was shot in the groin, was taken to the hospital in critical condition, police said.

“This stuff happens all the time » See PRYOR, page 12

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BYE BOTTLES By the end of the year, Northwestern aims to eliminate bottled water from three campus C-stores.

Pura Playa, a group dedicated to the reduction of plastic waste, has worked with the University to phase out bottled water on campus, and eventually from vending machines and athletic events.

NU aims to reduce bottled water

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Source: Mario Tricoci

REMEMBERING KAYLYN Kaylyn Pryor, a 20-year-old Evanston woman, poses for the Mario Tricoci “Make Me a Model” competition this year.

Pryor was shot and killed Monday evening on Chicago’s South Side.

Northwestern is aiming to phase out bottled water from three campus C-stores by the end of the academic year.

The University has already reduced bottled water products in the Norris University Center C-store by 50 percent, Julie Payne-Kirchmeier, associate vice president for student affairs, told The Daily in an email.

She said the University aims to phase out an additional 25 percent of the products in Norris in the winter and then the final 25 percent in the spring. Once the system is tested in Norris, Student Affairs will move toward reducing bottled water

in the C-stores in Foster-Walker Complex and 1835 Hinman, which the department also controls.

Pura Playa, a project of Engineers for a Sustainable World, was created around three and half years ago to eliminate plastic waste. To address this problem locally, the group decided to focus on trying to eliminate bottled water. Since then, both Associated Student Government and Faculty Senate passed resolutions in support of the group’s mission.

The reduction plan, however, was not set until last fall, said Rob Whittier, director of the Office of Sustainability. Over the past year, Whittier said his office has been working with Pura Playa, Division of Student Affairs and Northwestern Dining on implementing the plan.

One of the main concerns in reducing

bottled water has been ensuring there were enough feasible alternatives, Whittier said.

The next phases of the plan include working toward removing bottled water from vending machines and then from athletic events.

“The reason that we did the phase approach is because we need to make sure we offer an alternative,” he said. “We don’t want to take away bottled water at athletic events until there is an alternate. The worst case is then they turn to a sugar beverage.”

The water bottle filling stations throughout campus are one alternative, Whittier said. He said there are more than 50 water filling stations between the Evanston and Chicago campuses, but there are still some key locations such as certain residence halls » See PURA PLAYA, page 12

Safe Ride works to improve app, lower cancellation rates

By PETER KOTECKI

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Officials in charge of Northwestern’s Safe Ride service are using this academic year to tackle two problems the free ride service faces — high cancellation rates and long wait times.

Safe Ride introduced the TapRide mobile phone app in April 2014 and subsequently extended its service to the summer. The service, which offers free rides to NU students,

faculty and staff as an alternative to walking, operates seven days a week during the academic year from 7 p.m. to 3 a.m. The service provides rides from any location on campus to either on-campus buildings or locations within a coverage area in Evanston, as long as the destination is three or more blocks away.

Previously, students could call a Safe Ride between off-campus locations as well, but that amenity was stopped Spring 2014, the same time TapRide was released.

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Ride office or use the TapRide app to request a ride.

The service is known for long wait times, which Safe Ride coordinator Bernard Foster said are hard to reduce because the service is insufficiently staffed with drivers at the beginning of each academic year.

When fully staffed, Safe Ride has 40 to 45 employees, eight to 12 of which are dispatchers, he said. Currently, the service has about 20 drivers, he added.

This year, Foster said, Safe Ride saw a decline from last year in the number of applications.

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“Based on the things that I can pick up from my drivers and dispatchers, sometimes students will hold off trying to get a job beginning of Fall Quarter because they want to get a feel for how they’re doing academically,” Foster said.

Safe Ride driver Justin Trousdale, a McCormick junior, said drivers are usually busy between 8 p.m. and 10:30 p.m., with a second wave of frequent pick-ups around midnight.

Drivers try to pick up a new passenger between every eight and 12 minutes, he said.

“During the off time, we might

give ourselves — instead of 10 minutes in-between the rides — 12 or 14, but we are always going to or from a pick-up,” Trousdale said.

Popular drop-offs vary but riders often request trips to Jewel-Osco, the NU library, Norris University Center and larger residential halls, he said.

Foster said the TapRide app is the biggest recent change to the service itself, allowing users to drop a pin on their location for a driver to pick them up. However, he said the pin has been ending up in various » See SAFE RIDE, page 12

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Around Town Evanston officials raise concern over drug houses Death prompts city staff to reconsider ‘nuisance premises’ ordinance

By MARISSA PAGE

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After an Evanston woman was found dead this weekend in the yard of a suspected drug house, which is any property associated with the use, production or sale of illegal drugs, city officials have expressed increased concern for such properties throughout Evanston.

Police said the 31-year-old woman was found unresponsive early Saturday morning in the rear yard of a property at 1716 Dodge Ave. She was pronounced dead after being taken to Evanston Hospital.

“Detectives are still investigating and dealing with the circumstances surrounding the female that was discovered there,” said Evanston police Cmdr. Joseph Dugan, of the case.

Police recover 2 handguns in separate incidents hours apart

Police recovered two handguns Tuesday night after two Evanston residents were arrested in connection with separate incidents involving unlawful weapon use.

Evanston police pulled over a 25-yearold male driver in the 400 block of Dewey Avenue at about 5 p.m. for driving without a seat belt and failing to use a turn signal when required, Evanston police Cmdr. Joseph Dugan said. After detecting a marijuana odor, officers searched the man’s vehicle and found a loaded 9 mm Tanfoglio handgun underneath the front seat, Dugan said.

Police also discovered a bag containing about 3.1 grams of marijuana in his

Ald. Peter Braithwaite (2nd) said he and Mayor Elizabeth Tisdahl became aware of the property at 1716 Dodge Ave. about three weeks ago. During a walkthrough of the neighborhood where a shooting occurred nearly two months ago, they observed people smoking marijuana outside the house. The Sept. 15 shooting of Evanston resident Cesario Cox Sr. took place less than a block away from the suspected drug house, both of which are within one block of Evanston Township High School.

After contacting the Evanston Police Department, Braithwaite said the property was under surveillance by an armored car for several weeks until the vehicle was relocated to another site shortly before the discovery of the woman’s body.

Braithwaite said the drug house issue is nothing new for the city. City Council established an ordinance for dealing with “nuisance premises” such as drug houses and overcrowded buildings possession. The man was on parole at the time of his arrest.

The man was charged with two counts of aggravated unlawful use of a weapon and one count of armed habitual criminal for violating parole, all of which are felonies. He was also charged with misdemeanors for two counts of firearm possession with no valid Firearm Owner’s Identification card, one count of unlawful weapon use and one count of unlawful marijuana possession. The man also received two traffic citations.

Later that night, just before midnight, police approached a vehicle in the 1900 block of Brummel Street after noticing a burnt marijuana odor, Dugan said.

A 23-year-old man found in the car told police he and others in the vehicle had just finished smoking marijuana and that he had a handgun in the glove compartment, Dugan said.

in 2007, but he believes the ordinance is due for an update.

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(Council) wrote the ordinance back in 2007... but we need to really address it so our staff can be more aggressive.

Peter Braithwaite, Alderman (2nd)

“(Council) wrote the ordinance back in 2007 and I can’t tell you how many times we’ve used it, but we need to really address it so our staff can be more aggressive,” Braithwaite said. “Through the ordinance we can make landlords more responsible. If they have some financial stake, we should have the ability to fine them and that will drive Police recovered a 9 mm Beretta handgun from the glove compartment and a loaded 9 mm magazine in a compartment near the steering wheel of the vehicle. Police arrested the man after discovering his Firearm Owner’s Identification status had been revoked.

The man was charged with a felony for one count of aggravated unlawful weapon use and a misdemeanor for two counts of firearm and ammunition possession with no valid Firearm Owner’s Identification card.

The police who arrested the 23-year-old were detectives dispatched as part of the Evanston Police Department’s new violence reduction program, which launched in September following an uptick in gun-related crimes. The program deploys two officers each day to gun-violence hotspots to recover firearms.

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them to be more responsible with their property.”

Ald. Brian Miller (9th) said he felt that stricter enforcement was just one facet of the issue with Evanston drug houses.

“I think it’s important to do some outreach to people involved in these properties,” Miller said. “If there’s a problem with drug use in these properties, then we should make every effort we can to build relationships and help these people receive the treatment they need.”

While there are drug houses located in various locations throughout the city, Braithwaite lamented the proximity of 1716 Dodge Ave. to ETHS. “We deal with drug houses all the time,” Braithwaite said. “What bothers me and has me emotional is that this young lady died in close proximity to a high school.” mpage@u.northwestern.edu

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Fossil Free NU holds climate teach-in

By ALLYSON CHIU

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Members of Fossil Free NU, formerly DivestNU, held a teach-in on Thursday to inform Northwestern students about climate justice and the effect of climate change on marginalized communities.

The organization chose climate justice as this quarter’s focus topic because it wanted to inform students that climate change affects people as well as the environment, said Medill junior Scott Brown, Fossil Free NU’s campaign coordinator and a former Daily staffer.

“Climate change is an issue that, at its core, is a social justice issue,” Brown said. “We wanted to get the message out there because most people still associate climate change with polar bears and destroying the rainforest, so we’d like to fight back against that stereotype.”

Speaking to about 20 students in Harris Hall, Fossil Free NU members presented on topics such as the dangers of harvesting tar

NU jumps up to No. 20 on Trojan Sexual Health Report Card

Northwestern moved up 18 spots in its ranking on the 2015 Trojan Sexual Health Report Card, now sitting at No. 20 out of the 140 schools included on the annual report card this year.

Created by Trojan Brand Condoms, the Trojan report card ranks American colleges and universities based on the quality of their sexual health resources offered on campus. NU was ranked 30 of 140 in 2013, but then dropped eight spots to 38 in 2014. This year’s improvement is partly a result of NU’s Center for Awareness, Response and Education program, said Mollie Cahillane, a Medill junior and the director of

sands and the corporate influence of oil companies. The teach-in was organized by Fossil Free NU’s leadership team and subtopics were chosen by individual presenters.

The student group organized the event in preparation for its march on the upcoming meeting of NU’s Board of Trustees, said SESP junior Christina Cilento, the group’s campus outreach coordinator.

“We’ve been existing on this campus since 2012, and as a movement we felt that it was really important everyone on campus knew what we were doing,” Cilento said. “We want to keep up momentum and build a strong coalition of students who care about this issue within the student body.”

Fossil Free NU is planning to march from Norris University Center to the Allen Center — where the meeting will be held — and rally for the University to divest from fossil fuels, said McCormick junior Natalie Ward, the group’s communications coordinator.

“We’re hoping for the Board of Trustees to start including us in conversations about sustainable investments or for them to make a

public announcement saying they’ve divested from coal and they won’t re-invest in coal,” Ward said.

In addition to lobbying the Board of Trustees, Cilento said the other part of the organization’s mission is to educate and engage the student body, which is done through the teach-ins.

Former NU student and Fossil Free NU member Noah Becker, who transferred to the New School in New York City, attended the presentation and said learning about this different perspective on climate change allowed him to be more connected to the issue.

“I thought that they established really strong information that is really powerful and gives a human face to all of the issues surrounding climate change,” Becker said. “With climate change it’s very easy to say that the temperature of the world is rising, but I think that in order to mobilize people for climate change you have to put a face to that movement. I feel much more in touch with how this affects people.”

Sexual Health and Assault Peer Educators.

“We have a really great staff of dedicated people (at CARE) and also very powerful, passionate student groups that do their best with outreach work,” Cahillane said.

Student groups such as SHAPE and Men Against Rape and Sexual Assault, which fall under the umbrella of CARE, were also contributing factors to NU’s ranking. According to Trojan’s report, one of the 11 categories that was considered for grading was lecture/outreach programs and student peer groups for sexual health education.

Ten other categories factored into the ranking, including health center hours of operation, quality of sexual health information, availability and cost of contraception and STI testing on-site.

A recent Trojan Brand Condoms’ study shows

that only 41 percent of college-aged adults report that they always use condoms — a point of concern for the company, which said in the report card that they believe America is failing in terms of sexual health. Coming from a high school in the conservative south that did not have a strong sexual education program, Cahillane said she is in agreement that sexual education programs in schools around the country are lacking in quality. “(Sexual education) is something that is incredibly important — first of all, for preventing disease and infection,” Cahillane said. “But also for empowering individuals and teaching people about healthy and positive sexuality, which is something that is left out of the conversation far too much.”

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Place less importance on college football rankings JACOB ALTSTADT

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If you’ve been following the current Northwestern football season — as you should be — then you won’t need me to tell you that it’s been a rollercoaster of emotions this fall. Starting with tragically low expectations, the season picked up after two impressive wins over Stanford and Duke on the Wildcats’ way to a 5-0 start and a peak ranking at No.13, only for them to get blown out in consecutive weeks and drop out of the rankings.

But what if a key reason behind this seemingly tumultuous start was due to the unimportance and — oftentimes absurd — subjectivity of the rankings that gave us so much joy early on in the season?

The NU situation is only the tip of the iceberg of reasons behind why we, as college football fans, shouldn’t place as much importance on rankings as we do. If you’ll look closely you’ll notice some very interesting dynamics of the rankings that render them misleading.

For one, there is no one fully accepted

poll.

Yes, ESPN chooses to take the AP Poll as the primary rankings in the early weeks, but there also exist the Coaches Poll, various power rankings, and — as of Tuesday — the College Football Playoff rankings. And as you can see if you peruse the polls, numerous discrepancies exist between them. For example, the Wildcats are unranked in the Coaches and AP polls, yet they snagged a No. 21 CFP ranking.

Additionally, the four potential playoff spots according to the CFP have clear disagreements with the AP top four. Because of these differences, it is difficult to prescribe legitimacy to any one poll in evaluating the relative quality of teams.

Additionally, there even seems to be discrepancy when just looking within one individual ranking system over the course of the year: The Week #1 Coaches’ Poll looks vastly different than the Week #10 Coaches Poll.

While this, of course, is affected by results throughout the season, the polls often fluctuate on the whims of voters who are influenced by recency bias and information based on a small sample size.

In fact, the early rankings have very clearly demonstrated that they are not indicative of a team’s true standing in the college football world: USC was favored over then-ranked

No. 3 Utah and beat them. No. 15 Ole Miss beat then-No. 2 Alabama — only for the winner to eventually fall to No. 25 Florida and unranked Memphis and for the loser to beat No. 8 Georgia and No. 9 Texas A&M. And as of Thursday afternoon, an unranked opponent has “upset” a ranked one 21 times already this season. In fact, I could spend days listing example after example where the rankings, based on past results and ostensibly ranking America’s best teams, failed to predict future outcomes. Yes, upsets happen, but the fact that Utah was ranked No. 3 and was not favored against a 4-3 USC team really says something about the validity of the AP rankings and all rankings in general.

What seems to be the obvious solution, then, is to create a statistic-based objective rankings system that removes the human element from the equation. Well, this has already been done in numerous ways — Football Outsiders, for example, has a number of statistical polls — yet, even these systems seem to lack 100 percent accuracy just due to the sheer unpredictability of the sport.

For example, No. 20 Toledo in the S&P+ Rankings lost to No. 57 Northern Illinois on Tuesday.

Yes, all of these ranking methods provide a cool, in-the-moment indication of a team’s success and make it easy for ESPN and other

sports news agencies to project narratives onto the minds of Americans. But ultimately, on any given field with any given teams, your guess is as good as mine and is as good as the AP Polls’ as to which team will win. This is due in large part to the very nature of what rankings are: a subjective attempt at quantifying specimens based off of a minute sample size.

In a perfect setting, college football would be run like European soccer: Each team would play every other team twice, and the team with the best record would be the undisputed champion. But by the very nature of college football — the vast number of teams, the limited number of games, the travel times for student-athletes, etc. — this is impossible. So, although rankings are incredibly misleading, they’re the best we have. At the end of the day, the sport is still fun and the rankings still provide some interesting stories, but don’t buy too much into them: They’ll most likely be different next week.

Jacob Altstadt is a McCormick junior. He can be reached at jacobaltstadt2017@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.

The unexpected benefits of joining NU’s Refresh group ALECIA RICHARDS

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Hip-hop is more than a genre you see on the Billboard 100 charts. It’s a rich culture overflowing with history and fashion, and it’s a melting pot of derivative and innovative dance styles. Since its birth, hiphop has been used to communicate the joy, sadness and oppression of a people. Hip-hop is about more than putting raps on tracks; it’s a way of being.

For these reasons, I have maintained a great appreciation for hip-hop. This appreciation for the music fueled my desire to become a hip-hop dancer.

Joining Refresh Dance Crew at Northwestern University has given me the opportunity to satisfy this desire.

Refresh Dance Crew is a hip-hop dance group on campus that promotes dance education and growth for students. Since my freshman year, the group has performed at Northwestern events Celebrasia, Drag Show Refresh’s “The Show” and Rhythm Nation.

This group of people has allowed me to evolve as a person and dancer.

But, this evolution did not come without struggle.

Initially, I felt like an unwanted outsider in a largely homogenous space. Not only was it my freshman year of college, but Refresh was predominantly Asian and served as a stark contrast to the South Florida environment I grew up in as an AfricanAmerican. Many members of Refresh were international students who brought with them cultures that I considered a polar contrast to my own.

I recall being in practice hearing my predominantly Asian peers obsess over foods I couldn’t pronounce, K-pop artists I’d never heard of and the latest styles from clothing brands I’d never worn. When it came to global hip-hop dance community, they were much more knowledgeable and researched. My background was limited to the African-American culture that runs through my

veins and remains at the core of my being.

I wanted to dance, but I also wanted to feel like I was a part of their community. I was tired of constantly feeling alone while in a crowd of my fellow crew members, but this loneliness led me to a realization: In order to extract the enriching experience I hoped to get out of Refresh, I had to assimilate.

Assimilation wasn’t that difficult when I had my Refresh mentor and other Refresh resources to guide me through the process. My mentor, among other Refresh members, routinely posts dance videos on Facebook. Thus, the Refresh Facebook page’s timeline has come to serve as an expansive repertoire of hip-hop’s hottest dance groups, styles and choreographers. These posts, in combination with Refresh’s weekly choreography classes and open sessions, played a game-changing role in my education and assimilation to a world outside of my own. As I became more familiar with my Refresh family, I began to immerse myself in their culture.

My exposure was all-encompassing and the Refresh community was very welcoming. Student members on the current Refresh education chair were even responsible for some of my first experiences at local Asian eateries, such as Koco Table and Kung Fu Tea. My involvement in Refresh continues to grow exponentially. I’ve blossomed from only dancing

in one piece my first quarter to currently dancing in four pieces and choreographing two others for this year’s Refusionshaka event, along with one of my closest friends. Even after a year, the cultural exchange between myself and the members of Refresh hasn’t ceased. I incorporate my own style of dancing into the choreography I produce and I continuously learn more about their culture. Although my level of comfort has grown tremendously, I’m still closest to two of the African-American members of Refresh. The sense of familiarity I feel with them is irreplaceable, even in a community with people as amazing as the Refresh dancers.

I’ve learned not to be so complacent in my comfort. Exploring new things and taking risks before the burdens of adulthood take priority is integral to the college experience. I’m happy I took that uncomfortable leap into the daunting, unfamiliar community that was Refresh. My college experience wouldn’t have been the same without it.

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Northwestern students learned the power of social media Thursday during a screening of a documentary by the International Studies Program about an American teenager taking part in the Syrian revolution from her bedroom in Chicago.

Directed by Joe Piscatella, “#chicagoGirl: The Social Network Takes on a Dictator,” documents the experience of a 19-year-old college freshman, Ala’a Basatneh, organizing protests and exposing the violence in Syria to the world from her Chicago home during the first year of the revolution.

Basatneh uses social media platforms Facebook and Twitter as tools to overthrow a dictator.

“My friends in Syria are being detained, and I can’t isolate myself from the reality over there,” Basatneh said in the documentary.

As part of the event series “Perspectives on the Refugee Crisis” held by the International Studies Program in association with Middle East and North American Studies Program, the screening took place at the University Library for an audience of 10 people, mainly undergraduate students.

In the film, Basatneh explained that her main mission was to use Facebook to join small groups of protesters together in one place to demonstrate.

She also purchased small film equipment and shipped them to the citizen-journalists in Syria to record the protests and shelling.

Footage filmed by citizen-journalists was dispersed throughout the documentary, showing severely wounded activists and bombardment.

One of the Syrian filmmakers, Bassel Al Shahade, who was a good friend of Basatneh, was killed while filming in Homs.

“That day (when Shahade died) I wanted to

leave everything online and just sit there and cry,” Basatneh said.

Sureshi Jayawardene, a PhD student in African American Studies and a Global Cafe mentor under the International Studies Program, was one of the organizers of the event. She said this film makes a serious political crisis more understandable to Northwestern students by telling the story of a 19-year-old girl in Chicago.

“We want (the learning experience) to be led by undergraduate students, so they can relate to the issue,” Jayawardene said.

Ameer Al-Khudari, a Weinberg senior from Homs, Syria, was invited to lead a discussion after the screening. While agreeing that the film seems more accessible from a Syrian expatriate’s perspective, he said he hopes more students can see films documenting experiences of actual protesters in Syria.

“Basatneh is just one of many online activists outside Syria,” Khudari said. “(Syria is) where the real action is happening.”

Near the end of the film, Basatneh and her friends began to feel helpless after the United Nations failed to be of substantial help. While her Syrian friends put down their cameras and took up AK-47s to join the Free Syrian Army, Basatneh traveled to Syria twice to bring in medical supplies.

“The real change is happening on the ground (in Syria),” Weinberg freshman Carolina Laguna said. “So what are other things we can do besides sharing things on Facebook?”

For Weinberg senior Alexa Klein-Mayer, one of the main avenues for students to help is by addressing the refugee crisis.

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The woman allegedly attacked her former coworker, a 25-year-old Evanston resident, and fled the scene last month on Oct. 26 at about 2 p.m. in the 1000 block of Davis Street, said Evanston police Cmdr. Joseph Dugan. The woman was upset because the former coworker had her fired, Dugan said.

Police said she was taken into custody when she came into the police department on Nov. 4 at about 7:45 p.m.

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Pat Fitzgerald regularly praises the opposing team’s players, but on Monday, he took his praise of junior quarterback Christian Hackenberg and Penn State’s dynamic defensive line to the next level.

“Hackenberg is one of the best, if not the best, quarterbacks in the country,” he said. “(He’s) a first-round talent.”

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his weekly press conference. Although Fitzgerald’s praise of Penn State and Hackenberg in particular was extreme, he wasn’t far off in terms of projecting the challenge it presents to the Wildcats.

Hackenberg possesses undeniable physical tools and arm talent, but his production hasn’t always refl ected that. In 2014, Hackenberg threw for 12 touchdowns and 15 interceptions, completing passes at a 55.8 percent clip. Many expected him to grow following a stellar freshman year, but his touchdown-to-interception ratio declined from 2-to-1 to 4-to-5.

The obvious blame goes to his offensive line, which ranked 119th in the FBS by allowing 44 sacks in 2014. But the stats show the offensive line isn’t any better this year. In fact, the opponent-adjusted sack rate of the offensive line has actually fallen from 80.2 — 101st out of 128 FBS teams — to an even more dismal 59.9, ranking 124th. Despite this, Hackenberg has increased his level play of this season.

Since a subpar opening game against Temple in which he was sacked 10 times, Hackenberg has thrown for 13 touchdowns with just one interception.

The offensive line has still been subpar throughout that stretch, but the addition of freshman running back Saquon Barkley injected a dose of new life into the Nittany Lion offense. After carrying the ball just one time Week One against Temple, Barkley has rushed for 715 yards and five touchdowns, averaging more than six yards a carry.

“They have a freshman running back who’s pretty dynamic,” senior defensive lineman Deonte Gibson said. “That’s a guy that we’ll key on a lot throughout the game.”

Barkley has taken pressure off Hackenberg and

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starts are aided by his unusual speed, a speed that made Fitzgerald initially consider placing him at tight end.

Lowry’s quickness off the line, physicality and speed culminated in his standout performance against Nebraska, where he totaled 10 tackles, six tackles for loss and two sacks. Lowry’s play alone cost the Cornhuskers 47 yards.

Lowry’s six tackles for loss set a new NU record and tied for sixth-best ever in the Big Ten, while his pair of sacks moved him into seventh place for career sacks in NU program history.

“I just felt dialed in that game,” Lowry said.

“Sometimes I try to read different keys that I see or different tendencies you see on film, but a lot of it is just focusing on the game.”

While Lowry’s strong senior season has NFL scouts hovering, Lowry said the future simply isn’t a focus for him right now.

“The focus is to finish strong,” Lowry said. “We have four big games left, and right now it’s just about sending the seniors off and myself with a big next four games and a bowl win, so that’s the goal.”

This team-centric mentality is one of the reasons that Long describes Lowry as a consistent “leader by example.”

“His mindset is, ‘if I can get the goals for the team, then I’ll be able to get the goals for myself,’” Long said. “Guys see how hard he plays and they want to play.” clairehansen2018@u.northwestern.edu

Hackenberg’s unique abilities, but ironically, the Cats need to focus first on slowing down the run game.

Because of the porous Nittany Lion offensive line, shutting down the run game and making the Penn State offense one dimensional is the best chance of repeating last year’s performance, when the Cats rolled to a 29-6 win in State College, Pennsylvania. Even with Hackenberg’s sacks excluded, the Nittany Lions rushed for just 45 yards. As a result, Hackenberg faced pressure all afternoon to the tune of four interception, sacks and an limiting his ability to showcase his talents throwing the football. “(We will) mix our » See PENN STATE, page 11

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THE MONSTER Dean Lowry brings down the ball carrier in last season’s game against Iowa. The senior defensive end has steadily progressed by adding weight in each of his years at Northwestern.

pounds while his squat is about 590 pounds.

Lowry’s increased physicality has only served to accentuate his increasing knowledge of the game, a growth that Long can see in individual plays.

“There was a play a week ago where the tight end was going to block down and the tackle was going to pull and he knew it was coming,” Long said. “And he just physically got off and went through people and made the tackle. He came to the sideline and I said, ‘How did you know?’

And he said ‘Coach, I saw it happen before the play even started.’”

Perhaps one of Lowry’s most developed skills is his ability to jump off the ball quickly, a move that Long calls a “pro-style get off.” Lowry’s fast

limited the number of obvious passing downs Hackenberg has to face.

Penn State’s defense “Do I have to? It’s a nightmare.”

That was Fitzgerald’s reaction to being asked about Penn State’s star-studded defensive line.

Seniors Anthony Zettel and Austin Johnson anchor the inside of the 4-3 front, joined by fifthyear senior defensive end and FBS sack leader Carl Nassib.

“Their front four are some of the best we’ve seen the whole year, maybe that we’ll ever see,” Thorson said. “It just comes down to making my reads, making quick decisions.”

Zettel was a breakout performer last season for the Nittany Lions, wreaking havoc on the inside after moving from defensive end to defensive tackle. He tallied eight sacks and 17 total tackles for loss, putting himself on the national scene and generating buzz about his NFL draft prospects.

Meanwhile, Nassib has been an absolute revelation for Penn State, leading the nation in sacks.

Nassib, the brother of NFL quarterback Ryan Nassib, has built himself up from a (relatively) scrawny 6-foot-6, 218pound walk-on to a 6-foot-7, 275pound NFL-level talent.

Nassib presents an interesting combination of size and speed as an edge rusher, showing great hip bend and leverage for a player of his size. In pass rushing situations, he regularly explodes off the line and gets under the tackle, creating problems for the opposing quarterback.

Adding to the task of blocking Penn State’s front is its depth, which keeps the top guys fresh throughout the game.

“They remind me, personnel-wise from a standpoint of rotation, of what we’re trying to do to keep our guys fresh,” Fitzgerald said.

“They’re talented, they’re deep, they’re fast, they’re physical.”

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Dean Lowry doesn’t talk about himself very often. When asked about his individual performance, it’s not uncommon for the 6-foot-6 defensive end to respond with a statement about the team.

But in his senior season with the Wildcats, Lowry’s unrelenting play has gotten a lot of other people talking about him.

Through the first eight games of the year, Lowry has recorded 36 tackles and 10.5 tackles for loss, six of those coming in a breakout performance during Northwestern’s victory against Nebraska.

But Lowry wasn’t always so dominant. As a freshman, he tallied only 14 tackles in 13 games, and recorded just three tackles for loss on the whole season. The biggest difference between then and now has been the weight Lowry has added over the years.

“I thought that Dean was a great player in high school,” coach Pat Fitzgerald said. “And he’s developed. He’s put on 15 pounds every year, he’s bought into our strength program, he’s done a great job with (defensive line coach) Marty Long and developed really well. His technique and fundamentals have really, really improved.”

Recruited out of Rockford, Illinois, where he led his high school team to two consecutive undefeated seasons, Lowry weighed 225 pounds and was ranked 115th in the nation among high school defensive ends by ESPN.com.

Now, as a senior, Lowry is getting looks from NFL scouts.

Long credits Lowry’s steep personal growth to significant time in the weight room and a deepening understanding of his opponent’s techniques.

“When he was a freshman, he had the same height and everything, but just was not as strong, and that’s why I say those strength coaches were key,” Long said. “If he were not as strong, I could still coach him, but he wouldn’t be the physical presence that he is right now.”

NU’s defensive line unit spends a significant amount of time in the weight room together, building a competitive camaraderie by “talking smack to each other,” Lowry said. Lowry added that his current bench press hovers around 415

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In Northwestern’s six wins, the team has averaged 332 total yards of offense. In the Wildcats’ two losses, they have averaged 183. In NU’s six wins, the team has averaged 268 total yards allowed. In the Wildcats’ two losses, they have averaged 436. In NU’s six wins, the team has outscored opponents 157-63. In the Wildcats’ two losses, they have been outscored 78-10.

With four games left to determine how NU’s 2015 season is remembered, we ask: will the real Northwestern please stand up?

‘We’re gonna have a problem here’

Sept. 2 — One the eve of the season, The Daily offers its predictions for Northwestern’s season — “The Cats will win games they shouldn’t win, lose games they shouldn’t lose and raise the blood pressure of every NU

football fan out there.”

Preseason projections for the Cats weren’t exactly rosy. Four out of five Daily writers pegged NU at 6-6 or 7-5, edging its way into the postseason. ESPN was less optimistic, with most of its writers calling for 6-6 or worse. Jerry Palm of CBS Sports even went as far as labeling the Cats his “most overrated team” in the Big Ten. “Pat Fitzgerald has done a great job of raising expectations at NU,” Palm wrote in late August, “but they missed out on a bowl last year and will struggle to get to one this season.”

Two months later, the Cats sit at 6-2, in better shape than even the most optimistic prognosticators projected. Even beyond the team’s record, the path NU has taken in 2015 has been anything but predictable.

‘May I have your attention please?’

Sept. 5 — NU shocks Stanford, 16-6 — “What looked to possibly be a rebuilding year for NU is now anything but, with the Cats earning a statement victory over a

ranked opponent,” The Daily reported after the game. “If the underclassmen keep outperforming their age, bigger things may be in store for 2015.”

Completing 12-of-24 passes for a measly 105 yards doesn’t sound like a game-winning performance from a quarterback. Eight carries for 68 yards and a touchdown isn’t too stellar either, unless that score happens to be the only touchdown of the game.

In one play — a 42-yard dash past several bewildered Stanford defenders — redshirt freshman Clayton Thorson vaulted from being a shaky freshman in his first start to the savior of the Cats offense, statistics be damned.

NU knocked off a team some considered a national championship contender and raised the question: What is going on in Evanston?

“We had a very average performance as a football team,” Fitzgerald said after the game, taunting a nowenthused fan base with an impressively stoic answer.

Despite the win, NU played ugly and continued to do so in the ensuing weeks, with an offense that was aesthetically unpleasing, to put it kindly. That begins

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‘TIL I COLLAPSE Justin Jackson charges toward the line against Michigan. The sophomore running back has had an inconsistent season mirroring Northwestern’s success on the field.

at the quarterback position. Thorson ranks among the worst quarterbacks in the Big Ten, falling second-tolast in yards per attempt and passer rating. Even so, he’s shielded himself from Trevor Siemian-level criticism because of his occasional breathtaking ability, obvious potential and game-winning heroics.

Thorson piloted two 80-yard touchdowns in the third quarter against Ball State to mount a comeback victory, and his two long runs and touchdown heave to senior superback Dan Vitale were undoubtedly the difference in a key win over Nebraska.

But the same quarterback who has helped win the Cats several close games has looked lost more often than not. Thorson turned in a 9-for-23, twointerception performance against Duke, and struggled to complete half his passes against Iowa, accounting for only 125 yards. That the Duke game was a win and the Iowa game a loss says quite a bit: However discouraging the performance, Thorson often finds a way to make it work.

‘Jaws all on the floor’

Oct. 3 — NU beats Minnesota 27-0 — “What it means: It means NU is a legitimate Big Ten West contender,” The Daily wrote after the game.

Sophomore running back Justin Jackson carried 20 times for 120 yards to finish off Minnesota in NU’s Big Ten opener, capping a five game stretch that saw him rush 138 times for 636 yards. In living up to his epithet, The Ball Carrier, Jackson had his workload questioned but continued to grind out positive gains for the Cats whenever called upon.

Jackson was the theoretical cornerstone of a ground-and-pound team, one that could limit the use of its first-year quarterback, batter the opposition into submission with a bevy of talented running backs and let its superb defense do most of the heavy lifting. Everything went just according to plan during a 5-0 start.

But in the three games since that fast start? The sophomore has just 36 carries for 95 yards. On the season, he has only one rushing touchdown. Jackson has disappeared when NU needed him most.

Beyond circumstance — the Cats quickly faced large deficits against the Hawkeyes and Wolverines which necessitated throwing — there’s no apparent cause to Jackson’s dropoff in production. He hasn’t been listed on any injury report and looks fine out on the field, and even a new direct snap wrinkle deployed against the Cornhuskers didn’t jump start him. Keeping the ball on the ground has been NU’s bread and butter in close games, but Jackson’s 14 carries against Nebraska accounted for only half of the Cats’ 28 rushing attempts.

“We want to be perfect every week, but obviously that’s not going to happen,” Jackson said this week.

“Sometimes we slip up, we’re not perfect. We just want to go into every week with the confidence and the preparation to win… We know the type of team we » See REAL NU, page 11

Q&A with Nittany Lions senior safety Jordan Lucas

By ALEX PUTTERMAN

daily senior staffer @AlexPutterman

At Big Ten Media Days in late July, before the season began, The Daily asked various players around the conference their thoughts on the Northwestern program.

With the Wildcats set to host Penn State on Saturday, here’s what Nittany Lions safety Jordan Lucas had to say.

The Daily: From an outsider’s perspective, what can we expect to see from Penn State? If you turn on a Penn State game, what are you going to see?

Lucas: Just hard-nosed football. Dudes who are ready to play at any given moment.

The Daily: Where do you guys think you stack up against the Big Ten? Lucas: We don’t. We stack up with Penn State. We stack up with tradition. That’s the thing that I think is the best about this team and our university: we’re not worried about anyone else. We’re worried about ourselves, we’re worried about making alumni proud, we’re worried about competing with the alumni. We want to be the best Penn State team that ever was.

The Daily: Last year even we at Northwestern were a little surprised about how that game against Penn State turned out. What do you remember from that game?

Lucas: I remember losing. We need to play well on offense and on defense, and that didn’t happen that game. And Northwestern was able to capitalize on that.

The Daily: There have been some good games between Northwestern and Penn State recently.

What are your impressions generally of the Northwestern program, having played against them a couple of times?

Lucas: Well first of all they have a great coach.

I’ve been paying attention to Coach Fitz for a pretty long time — I watch him in press conferences. You hear nothing but great things about him. So he’s a guy that definitely knows how to get his team ready.

He’s a guy that loves his team and loves his players, and that goes a long way with getting your players to go out there and play for you. That’s what they do.

They don’t always come out with a win, but they do always play hard.

The Daily: How does your approach change when you know you’re playing a team that has an inexperienced quarterback?

Lucas: You just want to make it as difficult for him as possible. Some quarterbacks who you can’t really fluster, you just have to go out there and play the game. But quarterbacks that you know have an issue with certain things, you want to go out there and try to expose those. And you just want to make him uncomfortable.

The Daily: Do you have a preference between playing against a stationary, pocket passer versus a more mobile guy?

Lucas: I just want to play against the best. If he’s a runner, then we have our work cut out for us. You guys have got to make sure that you’re able to contain, and we’ll handle ours in the back end. asputt@u.northwestern.edu

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coverages up. That helps our guys out back, they’re not just stuck in one thing,” defensive line coach Marty Long said regarding stopping Hackenberg. “As a front, we’ve just got to find a way to get to him.”

The second key will be to take away the deep ball. Fitzgerald mentioned Monday that he expects to see six to 10 shots from Hackenberg, who has a very capable deep arm. The return of junior cornerback Matthew Harris should help the Cats in this regard.

As for slowing down the Penn State defensive line, the hope should be to exploit their aggressive play and attack them with quick-hitting throws. Although extremely talented and quick off the line, Zettel and Nassib tend to overpursue, which could bode well for the Wildcat option and screen game. Thorson, who showed a greater willingness to run against Nebraska, needs to have a similar game against Penn State for NU to move the ball consistently.

“It’s awesome having a guy back there that, who, when things break down, he can make something happen,” sophomore running back Justin Jackson said. “That pretty much won us the game against Nebraska.”

Penn State has talent concentrated in specific areas, so it makes sense for the Cats to take a page out of the Belichick-ian guide to football and take away the opposing team’s strengths.

It’s easier said than done, but it is what the Cats will have to do to come away with a victory on Saturday. huzaifapatel2017@u.northwestern.edu

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‘What if you win? Wouldn’t it be weird?’

Oct. 22 — NU loses two straight games by a combined score of 78-10 — “What happened to Northwestern the past two weeks? The answer is as simple as it is demoralizing: The Wildcats just aren’t very good, and they never were,” Daily columnist Bobby Pillote wrote.

Before NU’s midseason skid, thoughts of a return to the Rose Bowl taunted the imagination, only for the identity of the team — the defense — to fall flat on its face in back-to-back games.

NU allowed 35 points through its first five games, then quickly proceeded to more than double that total in the next two. The Michigan quarterback Jake Rudock looked much like the Iowa version that helped torch the Cats’ 48-7 a season ago, and Hawkeyes’ backup running back Akrum Wadley plowed through NU’s overmatched defenders in this year’s game.

To lose was one thing, but to do so inexplicably in such a seemingly uncharacteristic manner was entirely another.

“I don’t think that was us at all,” sophomore linebacker Anthony Walker said. “We got off track a little bit, but we were able to get it turned right around.

That Tuesday (after Iowa) in practice we came in with the mindset that we just want to play our ball and control what we can control.”

And though giving up 28 points to Nebraska doesn’t look stellar, the defense slowed the Cornhuskers to an inefficient 5.24 yards per play and produced when it mattered most by denying a potential gametying 2-point conversion late in the fourth quarter.

Facing Penn State quarterback Christian Hackenberg, who has vacillated between awful and awesome in his career, on Saturday is almost certain to extend the roller-coaster ride for the defense.

‘Let’s all stand up’

Nov. 3 — “After just eight games, it’s safe to call NU’s 2015 season a success,” Daily columnist Bobby Pillote wrote.

In spite of an ongoing identity crisis, the Cats secured six wins this season, enough for a return to postseason play after back-to-back seasons of staying home in December.

With four opponents left on the schedule who run the gamut in the tumultuous middle-to-lower tier of the conference — a Penn State team which almost lost to Maryland, perennial doormat Purdue, reigning Big Ten West champion Wisconsin and rival Illinois — there’s no telling which NU will appear for the final third of the season. Now 6-6 is just as much a possibility as 10-2.

But fresh off a bye week, there’s a chance the Cats finally have it all figured out. Maybe the defense regains its footing, Thorson steadies as a consistently good-but-not-great quarterback and the offense recovers with a healthy dose of handoffs to a rested and revitalized Jackson.

There have been plenty of different NU’s lurking this season, and the team’s destiny rides on which one of them stands up. bpillote@u.northwestern.edu asputt@u.northwestern.edu

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“We are still trying to work out issues that we are having with the app as far as the locations are,” Foster said.

Upon TapRide’s release, Foster said, Safe Ride saw high cancellations but determined it was normal because students needed to get used to the app.

“We did find out in the beginning that a lot of the cancellations were due to the wait times being shorter than students had originally thought,” he said.

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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 2015 in an effort to get a ride faster. As a result, Safe Ride observed 70 to 80 percent cancellation rates, he said.

Although Safe Ride is still seeing cancellations at a high rate, the rate has gone down to about 60 percent, Foster said.

Other universities have experienced high cancellation rates as well, he said.

Medill sophomore Mai Schotz, a Safe Ride driver, said some riders tell her about problems they experience, such as not being able to drop a pin onto the correct location in the TapRide app. She says she relays the feedback to the dispatcher, who in turn alerts the developers.

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McCormick senior Megan Renner, one of the co-project managers of Pura Playa, said the group’s mission is driven by the environmental and ethical concerns about bottled water. She also highlighted the cleanliness of Evanston’s tap water as a reason why bottled water is not necessary.

“Plastic bottles are just a huge waste, and when people recycle them, it takes so much energy to break them down and reuse the plastic where in the first place tap water is free,” she said. “All of the pollution is just building up in our world and adding to landfills and sucking up energy.”

Renner said the group is also working on developing a map of all of the bottle refilling stations on campus. The map will not only help students locate these stations, but she said, it will also help the group identify areas of campus that lack stations.

— and I understand — but I can’t put into words how special she was,” said Alan Nick Scott, Pryor’s father. “She could do anything she wanted.”

Despite her recent success in modeling, Pryor’s older sister Chantal Pryor said becoming a professional model was not her sister’s ultimate ambition. Kaylyn Pryor wanted to practice law and had previously been enrolled at Chicago’s Robert Morris University taking classes to become a paralegal, her sister said. The day she was shot, she posted on Facebook saying she planned to return to school in January.

Pryor’s father said he moved the family from Englewood to Evanston about 20 years ago to protect his children from violence on the South Side. Although the house in Evanston was much smaller than in Chicago, the peace of mind was worth it, he said.

Growing up in Evanston, Chantal Pryor said Kaylyn was “all over”— not just a track star

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The structure of the Safe Ride team has also evolved, with Safe Ride dispatchers’ role changing significantly since the TapRide app came out. Now, they no longer assign rides to drivers, Foster said.

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“She didn’t let any of that go to her head at all,” she said. “She was the same person… the same goofy, silly person.”

Pryor garnered support from people in the community who would text and call to keep Pryor in the competition, eventually singling her out among nearly 500 applicants. Now, members of the community are supporting Pryor in her death: A Chicago clergy group called the Leaders Network is offering a $5,000 reward for information on the shooting, the Chicago Tribune reported Thursday.

“We’re getting an outpouring of condolences and prayer from people she maybe even met only one time, but they said she had a strong impact on their lives,” Chantal Pryor said.

“Anyone that she came in contact with basically thought she was family.”

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Northwestern has aptly adhered to this season’s motto of “Be Healthy,” as another previously injured player returns just in time for the Wildcat Fall Duals this weekend.

Nearly nine months ago, junior Manon Peri saw her 2014-2015 season come to an abrupt end. She suffered a season-ending knee injury on Feb. 14 and has been recovering since.

As of this past Monday, Peri has finally been cleared to play competitively, albeit in a limited fashion. Peri will team up with freshman Lee Or on the doubles court for her 2015-2016 debut.

“I’m excited mostly,” Peri said. “I’m just grateful that I can compete again. Honestly, I just want to have fun, play well. I’ve been practicing well, so hopefully it translates and get a little bit of competition.”

Coach Claire Pollard said she is excited to see Peri play and is optimistic that she and Or will develop into a strong doubles pairing for the team this year.

But because Peri has not seen true competition since Valentine’s Day, Pollard is just looking for her to compete to the best of her ability this weekend.

“She’s ahead of schedule in terms of what we were anticipating,” Pollard said. “Just the fact that she can get out there is a win-win for us.”

With Peri back, the Wildcats now have seven of their nine players on the court. Senior Alicia Barnett will not play over the weekend due to a wrist injury and sophomore Rheeya Doshi will not be playing for personal reasons.

Four of NU’s players are coming off a weekend at the Roberta Alison Classic tournament down in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. Juniors Brooke Rischbieth, Jillian Rooney, sophomore Erin Larner and Or competed at the tournament to get more experience and matches under their belt, which Rischbieth believes will translate to this weekend’s competition.

“Every match we play is a good experience for learning,” Rischbieth said. “On a personal level, I think

getting out there and getting good court time for me is most important. I think all of us who were lucky enough to go to Alabama, and those who weren’t, we’re all working hard towards where we want to go so we’re ready to compete as a team in January.”

Starting Friday, the Cats will take on Yale, Oklahoma and DePaul in dual matches like the competitions during the winter and spring season, although these matches do not count toward NU’s record. Pollard said it will be good to see the Cats compete as a team for the first time, as each fall contest to date has been individual rather than team-oriented.

Redshirt sophomore Maddie Lipp has already stormed back from her season-long injury last year, making the singles final of the Midwest Regional Championships. If the same proves true for Peri, the players have a real shot to back up Pollard’s claim that she has the best group of tennis players in the country. michaelmarut2016@u.northwestern.edu

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THE RETURN Junior Manon Peri hits a serve. Peri will play doubles at this weekend’s Wildcat Fall Duals, her first action since a February knee injury cut her 2014-2015 season short.

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Freshmen to represent Cats at next tournament

By GARRETT JOCHNAU

the daily northwestern @garrettjochnau

After making a collective splash in their first collegiate tournament, Northwestern’s trio of firstyear talents will represent the school this weekend in Iowa at the Big Ten Men’s Singles and Doubles Championships.

Though new to the program, freshmen Michael Lorenzini, Jason Seidman and Ben Vandixhorn have made strong impressions thus far, impressing Coach Arvid Swan both in practice and in October’s Regional Championships.

“The freshmen have done a nice job in practice and they’re all putting in the time on the court,” Swan said after Regionals. “They’re a disciplined group. It’s just learning to play at the college level. That’s the step that they’re trying to transition to.”

That transition began rather successfully, as Swan later noted. Vandixhorn in particular dazzled in his first NCAA action.

He will enter the upcoming Big Ten tournament with momentum after playing his way into Regionals’ Round of 32 before falling to the eventual champion.

“It felt good to get a few (wins) under my belt as a Wildcat,” Vandixhorn said. “It was a good start.”

Seidman earned a spot in the main draw, notching three straight-set wins in the qualifying rounds. Lorenzini lost his only match, but “played a good match against a lineup player for Illinois,” Swan said.

Now after their first taste of competition at the college level, all eyes will be on the freshmen as they enter

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Hazen said. “If you have an off game (like Illinois) we know that everybody else is there to pick you up.”

Hazen certainly was not “off ” against the Fighting Illini on Wednesday as she tallied 11 kills, her most in a conference game this season.

Chan also said he wants his team to focus on the outcomes of games less, especially since the Big Ten is loaded with good teams. Although winning is fun, Chan said it’s important to keep the bigger picture in mind.

the conference tournament as NU’s sole representatives, despite other schools bringing players of all levels of experience.

The tournament begins Friday, with the opening day’s action devoted to doubles.

“It’s a good opportunity to play the teams that are in our conference and it’s a good format because there’s a focus on doubles,” Swan said.

Vandixhorn and Lorenzini, two Chicago-area natives, will partner up for the second time in their tennis careers, Lorenzini said.

The singles tournament runs from Saturday through Monday, with all three freshmen slated to play.

Expectations will surely be tempered, given their collective lack of exposure to Division I competition, but all three seem eager to take advantage of the opportunity to showcase their talent against the Big Ten’s best. “(My goal is) just to do as well as possible,” Lorenzini said. “This is my second fall tournament of my collegiate career, so just one match at a time.”

Yet, success is far from the only thing the Cats will look to emerge with.

As freshmen, experience is key. Swan is hopeful that Lorenzini, Seidman and Vandixhorn will walk away with a greater indication of what is expected at this next level.

“When you’re a freshman, every single match is important from a learning standpoint, so we’re just trying to get a lot of matches in and hopefully we have guys advancing deeper in the tournament,” the coach said.

And though the three will represent NU alone, they’ll look to utilize the lessons they have already “We’re just trying to enjoy the process, as crazy as it sounds,” Chan said. “Winning and losing is just 32 days out of the 365 that we’ve been training and working … When you lose, the sun will rise the next day and you move on, and if you win the same thing’s going to happen.”

For the Cats to stay afloat in the Big Ten standings, Saturday’s game is a must-win as three and a half games separate the fourth through 10th place teams.

NU’s final match against Illinois begins at 7 p.m. maxgelman2018@u.northwestern.edu

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STRONG ARM Junior Strong Kirchheimer hits a return. Kirchheimer, who made the semifinals of the Big Ten Singles Championships his freshman year, will step aside as Northwestern’s three freshmen compete in the 2015 edition of the tournament this weekend.

learned thus far into their collegiate careers.

Last month, Swan noted the squad’s veterans have set the bar high for the freshmen, and all of the firstyear players agreed that the mentorship has been crucial in their first few months with the team. “(Swan and the upperclassmen) have been really encouraging,” Vandixhorn said. “They’re always just trying to help me get better. And I think that’s the main focus right now, just getting better.”

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another chance to face Rutgers in his collegiate career, said of the game that “it was a tough way to go out because I thought we were definitely a better team than they were.”

He will get another shot against the Scarlet Knights to justify that claim. Along with the rest of the team, Missimo will have to work to stop a highly potent offense seeking to replicate the fast pace of last month’s match.

Rutgers will likely rely on Big Ten regular season scoring leader Jason Wright, who scored one of his 13 goals against NU, to

The indoor championships will provide the perfect stage for the trio to make that essential step forward, as well as provide a platform for each player to build upon his play at Regionals.

“I just definitely want to compete well,” Seidman said. “You know, give it all you got. (I) don’t want to have any regrets and just (want to) play good tennis.” garrettjochnau2019@u.northwestern.edu spearhead an attack that led the conference by a wide margin in goals per game.

The Cats nevertheless remain confident after pulling out several crucial wins over the past few weeks and feeling like they deserved a better result than they got in the regular season finale.

“We’ve been through a lot this year. We know we can bounce back,” junior forward Mike Roberge said. “We’ve lost some tough games and come back with big games the next game.” benjaminpope2019@u.northwestern.edu

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Wildcats advance to Big Tens semis with shutout

By DAN WALDMAN

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Once they started moving, the Wildcats did not let their foot off the gas, propelling them to a shutout victory over Ohio State in the opening round of the Big Ten Tournament.

Northwestern (13-7, 4-4 Big Ten), the No. 4 seed in the tournament and reigning Big Ten Tournament champion, attacked the tournament’s No. 5 seed, Ohio State (9-10, 4-4), relentlessly Thursday in the Cats’ 4-0 win in the quarterfinal match. NU started the game off slowly, but following a media timeout, the Cats’ offense started to spark.

“One of their players in the backfield was doing a nice job of distributing the ball so we really tried to cut her out of the play,” coach Tracey Fuchs said. “We really pinched in and congested the field so we could get more intercepts and get to work.”

NU outshot the Buckeyes 19-4 in the game and garnered 12 penalty corners — one of the Cats’ strengths during the regular season. NU scored two of its first three goals off of penalty corners, igniting an offensive frenzy.

Junior midfielder and leading scorer Dominique Masters scored the first goal of the game by following a missed shot and rebounding the ball into the net. She then assisted the third goal of the game when she took a shot off of a penalty corner and junior midfielder

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Lauren Bernardi redirected the ball past the goalkeeper. “(Following shots) was incredibly key,” Masters said. “In our game plan we wanted to keep executing shots. It’s very like us to get lots of shots and lots of corners but I think we’ve just really been practicing really getting pressure on the keeper for rebounds because we tend to get a lot of second shots.”

This is the second time in less than two weeks the Cats faced Ohio State, and in both games NU’s defense shutout the Buckeyes. NU’s defense held Ohio State to only putting one shot on goal and conceded only three penalty corners the entire game.

Senior back and All-Big Ten firstteam honoree Lisa McCarthy said the defense frustrated Ohio State’s offense, including fellow All-Big Ten first-team honoree, Peanut Johnson.

“Our goal in that game was to try to get ahead as much as we could because we know Ohio State has a tracking offense,” McCarthy said. “So it’s the kind of thing where they can come back into the game at any stage. It’s a big confidence booster because they have some talented forwards and that is something that we are going to face in the tournament.”

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MOVING ON Freshman midfielder Puck Pentenga faces off with a defender. Pentenga and the Wildcats outshot Ohio State 19 to 4 en route to a 4-0 victory in their Big Ten Tournament quarterfinal matchup Thursday.

The Cats’ path to defending their Big Ten Tournament title only gets more difficult from here, as NU prepares for a quick turnaround against top-seeded Maryland on Friday. When the Cats last played the then-No. 10 Terrapins on Sept. 18, Maryland came away with a close 3-2 win over NU. Masters said the team is lucky to

NU to face Illinois in rematch

By MAX GELMAN

daily senior staffer @MaxGelman

Northwestern will need to move on quickly after dropping the first game of its home-and-home series against No. 18 Illinois.

After losing a tight 3-2 match to the Fighting Illini (16-8, 7-6 Big Ten) on Wednesday, the Wildcats (13-11, 5-8) face Illinois again Saturday, this time in Champaign. NU’s defeat marked the first time since 2012 it fell to its in-state rivals at home.

Coach Keylor Chan said that normally the second game of a homeand-home is easier than the first. “(Neither) team is going to radically do anything different from one match to the other,” Chan said about making adjustments between games.

“It’s going to be execution and some small changes.”

Chan added that, because the first match took place on a Wednesday instead of a Friday, his team got a break from the monotony of its rough October schedule.

Sophomore hitter Symone Abbott, who struggled Wednesday despite tallying 16 kills, sees benefits in playing the same team in back-to-back games.

She agreed with Chan, saying that once she sees what her opponent can do, fine-tuning her game becomes a simpler task.

“You don’t have to do another (scouting report) — you already know them,” Abbott said. “You play

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have played the earliest game since they will get the most rest of any team in the tournament, and the team is treating Friday’s semifinal game as a final.

“We’re going to rest up and focus and have a look at the game,” Masters said before the team learned it would play Maryland. “We could play anyone.

This is the type of tournament where

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Northwestern vs. No. 18 Illinois Champaign, Illinois 7 p.m. Saturday

them first and you’ll either win or lose, but in the second game you’re going to come back with more intensity because you’re playing them again … you want to prove a point and redeem your loss.”

Following three straight matches with at least a .233 hitting percentage, Abbott regressed against the Fighting Illini, hitting at a .073 clip, her lowest output since Oct. 9 versus then-No.

9 Ohio State. Abbott’s 12 errors were a season high and the second-most of her career.

NU has seen its fair share of good teams this season, having the hardest schedule in the country. When it comes to managing expectations after tough losses, sophomore hitter Gabrielle Hazen said the team goes into each game not necessarily expecting to win, but to play well.

“You get the feeling coming off a win like (Michigan State) — you try to carry and maintain that momentum,” » See VOLLEY, page 14

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Men’s Soccer

By BEN POPE

SPIKE IT Sophomore middle blocker Gabrielle Hazen leaps for a spike.

Hazen and the Wildcats will count on their resiliency as they look to win a rematch with Illinois on Saturday.

you can’t underestimate anyone. So whoever we play tomorrow is going to be treated as a final. Whether it’s Michigan State or Maryland, we are just going to focus on us for the rest of the day and come out and play tomorrow.”

Northwestern has already played countless matches this season desperately needing a win. On most occasions, the Wildcats have gotten what they needed.

But Sunday’s match against Rutgers in the first round of the Big Ten tournament is a different story: For the first time, a win is absolutely necessary.

“Our backs are on the wall right now,” said senior defender Henry Herrill after his team’s disheartening 2-1 defeat by Wisconsin on Wednesday dropped them to the 5th seed. “We can’t really look back.”

The Cats (7-8-2, 4-4-0 Big Ten) must advance not only through their quarterfinals meeting with Rutgers (11-5-1, 4-4-0) but also through the semifinals — during which they could face regular season champion Ohio State, a team they did beat back in September — to pass .500 and become eligible for the NCAA tournament.

For now, however, NU’s focus must solely be on Rutgers, which won seven consecutive matches until falling at Maryland this

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week and sliced through the Cats en route to a 4-2 road win in the two teams’ Oct. 16 regular-season meeting.

In that game, the Scarlet Knights scored a goal off a corner kick to take the lead less than four minutes into the match. By the 61st minute, they had stretched the lead to 3-0, and while two NU goals in a five-minute span briefly cut the deficit to just one, a fourth Rutgers strike in the 69th minute effectively ended the Cats’ comeback hopes.

Coach Tim Lenahan noted afterward that the team was forced to deviate from its typically conservative style and found themselves stuck in an unfamiliar game. “(We were) going end to end with a team much more comfortable going end to end,” Lenahan said. “If this were a football analogy, we were a running team that was forced to throw the ball 60 times.”

Senior midfielder Cole Missimo, then not knowing that he would get » See MEN’S SOCCER, page 14