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prevention programming and police officer training, would have cost the city about $472,000 — funds that Miller said he intended to come from new revenue sources. In Miller’s initial proposal, funds for the program would come from increased seat belt violations fines and an added fee for vehicle tows, as well as tax revenue from the city’s marijuana dispensary that first opened its doors to the public Monday. However, Miller’s idea for how to fund the antiviolence program were disqualified by information from city staff.
The First-Year Experience initiative within the Office of New Student and Family Programs recently created “This Northwestern Life,” a podcast series in which students can share their stories about transitioning into life at Northwestern. FYE and NSFP created the podcast after hearing many freshmen talk about personal growth and their challenges navigating the NU community, often through an unrealistic lens, FYE Director Josh McKenzie said in the first podcast. “There’s so many paths and directions that students take in their first year here, and everyone has a different narrative, and that’s exactly what we want to do, to share with you, through this series, different stories to help us understand how we each experience this community and journey differently, but in so many instances strangely similar,” McKenzie said in the podcast. FYE has released two episodes, each featuring three students who talk about a certain topic relating to the transition. There are four more episodes in the works, with the next one to be released before the end of Fall Quarter, said Nicole Reed, the graduate assistant for FYE. Reed told The Daily that FYE is trying to choose podcast topics that
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PROPOSAL REJECTED Ald. Brian Miller (9th) attends a City Council meeting. Aldermen rejected Miller’s proposal at Monday’s meeting for a gun violence prevention program that would add five youth outreach workers to city staff.
City dismisses anti-gun proposal By JULIA JACOBS
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Aldermen rejected a proposal Monday to add five full-time youth outreach workers to help combat gun violence in Evanston. Ald. Brian Miller’s (9th) proposal that would have put more “boots on the ground” to address violence in the community left other members of City Council with questions as to how effective additional employees would be in reducing violence that stems from more entrenched problems
such as joblessness. Ald. Delores Holmes (5th) said adding outreach workers is not the answer to issues of violence often caused by people lacking jobs or homes. Although Evanston’s progress in alleviating the problem is not always apparent, an ongoing community effort aims to implement lasting solutions, Holmes said. “It’s going to take more of an effort of us coming together as a community to get rid of some of these problems,” Holmes said at Monday’s meeting. “We have to do something that is going to be sustainable.” Miller’s plan, which also included new violence
Northwestern begins student leadership initiative By EMILY CHIN
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Northwestern’s Division of Student Affairs is working to create a framework for bringing together different campus leaders. The division is assessing the current leadership climate and holding roundtables with students to gauge what kind of leadership initiative students hope to see. “The idea is that no matter if you’re a business assistant, or an employee at Norris, or a Greek leader, or an ASG leader, you’re getting similar opportunities in leadership that prepare you for other opportunities in leadership post-Northwestern,” said Adrian Bitton, assistant director of
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Evanston received recognition Nov. 5 for its work to combat childhood obesity and promote healthy living through first lady Michelle Obama’s Let’s Move! campaign.
Leadership and Community Engagement. The Division of Student Affairs is addressing the question of what it means when someone says they are a “Northwestern leader,” Bitton said. Campus Life was restructured late last year and over the summer, creating three separate departments: Fraternity and Sorority Life, Student Organizations and Activities, and Leadership and Community Engagement. This restructuring gave Leadership and Community Engagement more room to make an impact on student leadership. “The reorganization reflects some new priorities in the works that we’re doing within the student affairs division of investing in student leadership and investing in student activities,” said Kelly Benkert,
director for Leadership and Community Engagement. “It gives us the capacity to do our work differently and do it better.” Benkert said the idea of developing a leadership framework came from the Division of Student Affairs and noted that there is already great leadership on campus but there are no common goals or learning objectives. The goal of the framework will be to bring together different parts of campus to develop a strong leadership brand, Bitton said. “We have really amazing strong leaders on campus, who are very professional, organized, passionate and committed students who are involved in a variety of different things,” Bitton said. “How do we continue to support that as we build out
different programs and initiatives around leadership?” The Division of Student Affairs is also working on harnessing some of the pressures that exist due to students’ high involvement on campus and the fast-paced quarter system, she said. Last week, the Division of Student Affairs held a think tank in which it invited eight students to discuss their experience with student leadership on campus. Weinberg junior Benjamin Kraft, a former Daily staffer, was invited to the think tank because he is a Resident Assistant. He said being an RA has given him a chance to grow as a leader by working with people’s strengths and weaknesses. Kraft said the think tank gave him a good perspective on the campus attitude
on leadership. The Division of Student Affairs will be receiving feedback from students in Student Leadership Roundtable Discussions, which will take place on Nov. 19 and Dec. 2. After the roundtables, they will be extracting themes from the conversations and looking at common goals. In addition, the Division of Student Affairs will be mapping out what the different leadership opportunities on campus are and where the gaps are. “It’s to take the potential work that’s already happening and figure out how we can try to coordinate that into a shared outcome so we’re all working together,” Benkert said.
The city received five gold medals from the National League of Cities for its involvement in Let’s Move! Cities, Towns and Counties, which calls on elected representatives to adopt sustainable initiatives to promote healthy living. Ald. Jane Grover (7th) traveled to Nashville last week to accept the award at the NLC’s annual Congress of Cities and Exposition. Launched by the first lady in
2010, LMCTC sets forth five categories through which cities, towns and counties can promote healthy lifestyles. Evanston was awarded the gold medal level for each of these categories, which include officially recognizing the Let’s Move! initiative in the area; helping parents make healthy choices; improving the health of schools; increasing opportunities for physical activity;
and making healthy food affordable and accessible. The city’s Health and Human Services department announced that its efforts to educate day cares about the importance of physical activity, collaboration with schools to expand student meal access into the summer and updating play spaces in Evanston were among some of the ways the city achieved this honor.
“We are proud of the award and excited to see the effects of these programs,” said Health and Human Services director Evonda Thomas-Smith in a news release. “The Health and Human Services Department strives to empower our residents to make good, healthy choices that will keep them on the path of wellness.”
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Around Town Connections for the Homeless announces new executive director
Connections for the Homeless, an Evanston organization that works to prevent homelessness and aid homeless people in the city, announced its new executive director last Wednesday. Betty Bogg will come into the position with 22 years of experience in other Chicago-based agencies focused on fighting homelessness. Starting in 1993, Bogg worked at Deborah’s Place, a Chicago-based agency focused on solving homelessness for Chicago women. Bogg also served as director of operations for eight years at Teen Living Programs, an organization focused on serving homeless youth in Chicago. “All nonprofits are gearing up for challenging times, given increased poverty rates in Illinois and a funding climate that is unpredictable,” Bogg said in a news release. “I’m eager to help Connections ensure … it continues its innovation and adaptability in providing people in need with what they need most.“ Bogg will replace Sue Loellbach, the organization’s interim executive director since May, Larry Donoghue, Connections’ president of the board of directors, said in the release. Connections will host a Nov. 19 open house so the public can meet Bogg at the organization’s offices, 2121 Dewey Ave. — Elena Sucharetza
Setting the record straight A graphic of the Northwestern Men’s Basketball team’s starting lineup misstated biographical information about two players. Center Alex Olah is a senior and senior guard Tre Demps is from Concord, California. An article in Tuesday’s paper titled “Rep. Gabel talks state budget impasse” misrepresented how Oakton Community College will be impacted by the state budget crisis. OCC has had to find alternative funding sources to pay for some of its programming. The Daily regrets the errors.
Police Blotter Skokie man charged with assault after altercation at train station A 28-year-old man was arrested Monday night in connection with an assault. A female CTA employee attempted to diffuse a situation in which the man and another individual were arguing at the Davis Street CTA station in the 1600 block of Benson Avenue on Nov. 9, when the man became aggressive and threatened to kill the employee, said Evanston
National News Netanyahu reaches out to Democrats in Washington appearance WASHINGTON — After months of cultivating President Barack Obama’s Republican foes in Congress, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu appeared before a decidedly liberal audience Tuesday and tried to undo what damage his unconstrained opposition to the Iran nuclear deal might have done to Israel’s position with progressive Democrats. “You had ‘don’t ask, don’t tell.’ We had ‘don’t care,’” Netanyahu quipped, one of several moments at the Center for American Progress when he reminded his audience that on issues such as gay rights and women in the military, Israel has been far more progressive than the United States. He noted that Israel has had women in combat roles in its military for decades and that they had performed with “tremendous resourcefulness.” “I like to talk to a progressive audience about progressive ideas,” he said in opening his hourlong appearance, a remark calibrated to appeal to the audience’s self-image. The motto of the Center for American Progress is “progressive ideas for a strong, just and free America,” and its first CEO was John Podesta, President Bill Clinton’s chief of staff. In the audience were Democratic luminaries, including David Axelrod, the onetime Obama political adviser, and Jane Harman, the former
police Cmdr. Joseph Dugan. The man was charged with a misdemeanor for simple assault. He is scheduled to appear in court Dec. 24.
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An unidentified man was seen stealing a bottle of Jack Daniel’s whiskey from a Walgreens Thursday afternoon. The 36-year-old store manager of the Walgreens, located in the 600 block of Chicago California member of Congress who now is president of the Woodrow Center think tank. In a format billed as a conversation, Netanyahu responded to questions from CAP’s current president, Neera Tanden, who was Obama’s domestic policy adviser during his 2008 presidential campaign. The appearance raised controversy within the organization, where a dozen staffers last week objected to the center’s invitation to the Israeli prime minister, saying the invitation allowed him to rehabilitate his stained image among American progressives. “This is not just a ‘policy difference,’” they said in a statement that was published by The Nation magazine. “This is a person who continues to defend the deaths of over 2000 people, many of them children, last summer alone” _ a reference to the Israeli assault on the Gaza Strip. “What do we call a disagreement of that magnitude? A thing that terrible? Would we bring in other leaders to this institution who had committed similar crimes?” None of that emotion, however, was apparent during Netanyahu’s appearance. Indeed, only the prime minister made reference to it, noting as he took his place on the stage that “my visit here has been a source of some controversy.” He said he was grateful for the opportunity to speak at the Center for American Progress because “It’s important to me that Israel remains an issue of bipartisan consensus.” Netanyahu made no news in the next hour. He described his meeting with Obama as “very good,” and he praised the president for having
Avenue, observed the man place a bottle of Jack Daniels, valued at about $32, in his pocket and walk out without paying on Nov. 5 at about 12:30 p.m., Dugan said. The man was unlocking his bike outside when the manager confronted him, Dugan said. The manager told police he retrieved the stolen bottle, but the man fled and left his bike behind. Officers inventoried the bike, Dugan said. — Joanne Lee met more times with Netanyahu than any other world leader. “I appreciate that,” he said. He said he and Obama had agreed on three objectives, all seemingly involving Iran: “holding Iran’s feet to the fire” on the nuclear deal, blocking Iran’s expansion in the region, and working against “Iran’s international terror network.” In response to a question from Tanden, he once again tried to apologize for having summoned his supporters to the polls earlier this year by warning that “Arabs are voting in droves.” “This statement as it was made was wrong,” he said. “It shouldn’t have been said.” He defended himself by saying he should be judged not by his words, but by his deeds, recalling that he had advocated flood control measures for Arab communities even though there was no likelihood they would vote for him. “I think ultimately medievalism will go down,” he said. “Will they lose in the next 20 years? I don’t know.” And he defended Israel’s insistence that whatever peace agreement is finally achieved with Palestinians, Israel must remain in charge of security. He said that ongoing Israeli presence shouldn’t prevent the Palestinians from creating a thriving state — “think Germany, Okinawa and South Korea,” he said, recalling long-term American occupations. “I don’t see the Palestinians accepting it,” he added. — Mark Seibel (McClatchy Washington Bureau/TNS)
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On Campus Law school to host symposium on fair policing
Northwestern Pritzker School of Law will host a day-long symposium Friday on fair policing. The speakers will focus on how police, attorney and community leaders can work toward improving police practices and building safer communities. The event will be
Northwestern Medicine finds gene linked to lung cancer
Northwestern Medicine scientists have identified a new gene correlated with lung cancer tumor formation and metastasis. In a study published Nov. 3 in the Journal of
Across Campuses Texas universities bracing for concealed guns in campus buildings HOUSTON — Carrying concealed weapons in campus buildings will be legal in Texas as of next summer, but that doesn’t mean the debate is over: Opponents are trying to forestall enforcement by creating gun-free zones. The law’s effective date, Aug. 1, is also the 50th anniversary of a mass shooting at the University of Texas at Austin that left 14 dead and 32 wounded. The Austin campus has also become the epicenter of a movement against implementing the law. On Tuesday, about 200 demonstrators from Gun Free UT rallied on campus. Speakers included the sister of one of 20 children killed in the 2012 Sandy Hook massacre in Newtown, Conn. Chase Jennings — founder of Texas Students
highlighted by a keynote speech from Paul Butler, a professor of law at Georgetown University and one of the nation’s leading lawyers on issues of race and criminal justice. The symposium, which will be held on the law school’s campus in Chicago, is sponsored by the school’s Journal of Law and Social Policy. “The event concerns the growing issue of police misconduct in this country,” Erica Haspel, a law student and symposium editor for the JLSP, said in a news release. “Our primary
goal is for the panelists to reflect on strategies to improve fair policing and promote safer communities in America.” Other featured speakers include law Prof. Destiny Peery, who will speak about implicit bias, Brigitt Keller, executive director of the National Police Accountability Project in New York, and G. Flint Taylor, founding partner of the People’s Law Office in Chicago. The event will run from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Clinical Investigation, scientists show that the suppression of Myo9b, the protein encoded by the gene Myosin 9b, could help patients suffering from metastatic lung cancer. Approximately 90 percent of the lung cancer tissue samples in the study contained Myo9b, and samples with more of the protein indicated shorter patient survival. This finding lead researchers to identify the targeting of the Myo9b protein as a potential treatment for lung cancer spread and
tumor formation. “Our study provides new insights into the molecular and cellular mechanisms underlying lung cancer invasion and metastasis, a critical process that often leads to fatal consequence,” principal investigator Dr. Jane Wu said in a news release. “Our data also provide a solid foundation for developing new diagnostic and therapeutic tools for lung cancer.”
for Concealed Carry chapters at UT Austin, the University of Houston and Texas A&M University _ calls foes of the law “alarmists” who are “trying to get people riled up.” Gun-free zones go against the “spirit of the law” and won’t make people safer, he said. Opponents “want the illusion of safety.” Texas is among eight states that allow concealed carrying of weapons on public college campuses. The others are Colorado, Idaho, Kansas, Mississippi, Oregon, Utah and Wisconsin, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures. Similar measures are being debated in Florida, Michigan, Ohio and Wisconsin. California Gov. Jerry Brown, a Democrat, signed a law last month banning concealed guns on school campuses, and 18 other states had already banned concealed guns on college campuses. Texas has allowed those licensed to carry concealed weapons to take them on campuses for 20 years — just not inside buildings. More than 800 University of Texas professors have added
their names to a list opposing guns in classrooms, and more than 8,000 people have signed a separate petition. A UT Austin economics professor resigned last month to protest the law, worried about teaching students who might be armed. Some demonstrators who gathered Tuesday said they were emboldened by the chancellor of the eight-campus system, William H. McRaven, who has spoken out against the law. McRaven, a former Navy SEAL, has said he does not think it will protect students. Christina Adams, 54, recalled selling “Gun Free UT” T-shirts on parents weekend when McRaven approached. “He came up to us and talked to us and said we were doing the right thing,” said Adams, whose husband is a professor at the university and whose eldest son is a freshman. “We know McRaven is on our side. I don’t know how tied his hands are. The fact is, he will take into account the recommendations of the president of each campus.”
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Because the state caps seat belt violation fines at $25 and there is already a tow fee that is paid to the towing company, those ideas were counted out as potential revenue sources. Additionally, city manager Wally Bobkiewicz said the approximation Miller used for marijuana dispensary tax revenue — $141,000 for a year of collection — is a highend estimate. In its proposed 2016 budget, city staff had already allocated $50,000 to the general fund for revenue from the dispensary tax, which amounts to 6 percent of marijuana sales. A spotlight fell on the conversation in Evanston about gun violence prevention in September when the second gun-related homicide within about two weeks occurred in the city. In the nearly two months of Evanston Police Department’s new violence reduction program — in which officers are deployed each day with the intention of recovering guns off the street — 13 firearms have been
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 2015 collected and 21 gang members arrested as a result of the initiative. Ald. Jane Grover (7th) said it is important for the community to realize the city is making progress with its current anti-gun violence initiatives, even if those effects are not always obvious to residents. “We come at the issue of gun violence and crime and gun possession from every direction,” Grover said. “Maybe it is time to really promote what plans we have, what strategies we’re already deploying so people understand the big picture of what’s happening in Evanston.” Despite the aldermen’s rejection of the requested addition to the 2016 proposed budget, Miller remained convinced that more outreach workers would be effective in reducing violence in the community. “The only way we’re going to connect people to the necessary services is through reaching out to them,” Miller said. “They need dedicated resources, hence why I think we should put staff on this problem.”
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Northwestern rose to 18th in the College Football Playoff Rankings released Tuesday. The news comes after the Wildcats (7-2, 3-2 Big Ten) defeated Penn State (7-3, 4-2) 23-21 Saturday on a field goal with nine seconds left in the game. The win came despite NU playing without its starting quarterback, redshirt freshman Clayton Thorson, for most of the game. The Cats rose three spots from No. 21 last week. They are one of six Big Ten teams ranked this week, in addition to No. 3 Ohio State, No. 5 Iowa, No. 13 Michigan State, No. 14 Michigan and No. 25 Wisconsin. NU takes on Purdue (2-7, 1-4) in its final home game this Saturday.
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THE FINAL COUNTDOWN Lauren Douglas drives toward the basket. The senior forward will have a final chance to help the Cats reach the NCAA Tournament.
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Joe McKeown is on the verge of building something big. Last year, Northwestern put together a historic season by notching 23 wins and reaching the NCAA Tournament. Then it was all over in a flash. Poor rebounding, an injury to a key contributor and a missed shot by the team’s star player left the Wildcats out of luck and on a plane headed home. NU left the big dance right after it showed up. “Getting to the NCAA Tournament was great, losing in the first round kind of left these guys hungry,” McKeown said. Going into this season, the Cats have all eyes on them. High preseason rankings in multiple polls show it’s clear there are expectations for excellence in Evanston. With the team’s top five scorers and four starters returning, there is plenty of reason to believe NU deserves its preseason praises.
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This is new territory for this program, but for coach McKeown, it’s a return to familiarity. When he coached at George Washington, 20-win seasons and being ranked in the preseason were not signs of good things to come. Rather, they were the norm. “I want them to enjoy it … that’s my theory here,” McKeown said about the Cats being ranked No. 19 in the AP Top 25. “GW I looked at it a little different. You told me we were ranked 19, I would be mad. We should be in the top five, top 10.” McKeown said the team will have to be consistent if it wants to get to where he had George Washington. And it will be the veterans who are asked to lead the team even further. The senior class has seen it all with NU getting better during each of their seasons. The quintet consists of guards Tessa Haldes, Nof Kedem and Maggie Lyon and forwards Lauren Douglas and Christen Johnson. During their time with the Cats, Haldes and Kedem have not been able to crack the rotation due to a crowded backcourt, but have provided a good example for other players in the locker room and for the community. McKeown said
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they have been much more than basketball players. Similar to Haldes and Kedem, Johnson has also had a tough time cracking the rotation during most of her NU career. But just like her classmates, Johnson has proven GW I looked at it herself a leader off the a little different. court, evident by being named a captain twoYou told me we straight years. This year may be were ranked 19, her chance to make an I would be mad. impact in games with We should be in last year’s starting centhe top five, top ter, Alex Cohen, graduating. But Johnson and 10. McKeown have both said that her spot is not Joe McKeown, given, she must show coach she deserves it. “Coach and I talked, and he was like, ‘you have to just keep earning it,’” Johnson said. “So that’s helped me mentally to always come into practice every single day
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like I don’t have anything, I still have to work for this.” While Johnson is expected to take on a bigger role, Douglas will also be needed to help fill the void left by Cohen. But unlike Johnson, Douglas’ spot in the rotation is already locked up. The versatile forward has been a Swiss army knife for McKeown thanks to a skill set that allows her to take advantage of defenders from anywhere on the court. Last season, Douglas was unavailable when the Cats needed her most, however. She battled an injury in the middle of the season, and then was unable to suit up for the team’s NCAA Tournament game. “Injuries are always difficult, but you just always try to look forward, move on to the next thing,” Douglas said. If Douglas can stay on the court this year, she should provide consistent production for the team in all facets of the game. But the most reliable contributor from this group has been Lyon. The sharpshooter has put together one of the best resumes of anybody in program history and will have a chance to write a great final chapter if she continues to do what she has done her first three years. Lyon is third in NU history in three-pointers and has eclipsed 1,000 points in her career. Along with being one of the team’s top scoring threats, she will also be passing wisdom down to the younger players, similar to what happened to her when she first arrived on campus. “You learn things when you’re younger,” Lyon said. “Things that you don’t like, things that you do like. And you learn that and kind of want to be the best leader possible.” The group has plenty of wisdom it can impart on the underclassmen. It also will need to bring serious contributions on the court. McKeown said this group is special, and this year will be their last chance to show that. In his quest to go from the Big Ten’s basement to the conference penthouse, McKeown said the team needs to know how to win. The seniors have shown they know how to improve from year to year, and if they make one more jump, they can leave a mark on the program similar to how they have left a mark on McKeown. “Obviously the tangible things, like taking a program to back-to-back NCAA Tournaments, I don’t know if that’s ever been done here,” McKeown said. “But also the impact they’ve had in helping to bring Northwestern basketball to the forefront of the campus and the community … These guys have done a lot of things besides basketball that I think is really going to be their legacy.” khadricerollins2017@u.northwestern.edu
Season Outlook
KHADRICE
23-7 (12-6 Big Ten)
The top five scorers all return, so there should be no trouble on the offensive end for the Cats. Add that with the hunger to make up for the disappointing finale from last year, and there is a team ready to make a statement.
MAX
19-11 (9-9 Big Ten)
Last year, the team basically rotated seven players in its lineup. Now that two of those seven have graduated, Northwestern will have trouble finding depth beyond its starting lineup, which will end up costing it games.
CLAIRE
23-7 (14-4 Big Ten)
Though there will be a big Alex Cohen-sized hole to fill, NU’s other impact players — Nia Coffey, Maggie Lyon, Christen Inman and Ashley Deary — have yet another year of Big Ten experience under their belts.
GARRETT
23-7 (12-6 Big Ten)
The Big Ten remains competitive at the top, but the experienced Cats will compete with the best of them throughout the season. With Coffey leading the way, NU is primed to make a solid run in the NCAA Tournament.
WILL
23-7 (13-5 Big Ten)
Northwestern has a great coach and a team with playmakers, scorers, defensive tenacity and a legitimate go-to player in Nia Coffey. The Cats are going to take care of business against most of the conference.
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G Ashley Deary
5’4” junior Flower Mound, Texas
G Christen Inman 5’10” junior Katy, Texas
G Maggie Lyon 6’1” senior Wilmette, Illinois
F Nia Coffey
6’1” junior Minneapolis, Minnesota
F Christen Johnson 6’3” senior Powder Springs, Georgia
11/15 Howard 11/19 Idaho State 11/22 Western Michigan 11/26 Eastern Washington 11/27 Creighton 11/28 East Carolina 12/2 North Carolina 12/6 Milwaukee 12/13 Loyola 12/15 Alcorn State 12/19 DePaul 12/22 Missouri - Kansas City 12/31 Penn State 1/3 Nebraska 1/7 Purdue 1/10 Michigan State 1/14 Ohio State 1/17 Maryland 1/20 Minnesota 1/24 Indiana 1/28 Ohio State 1/31 Iowa 2/4 Illinois 2/7 Minnesota 2/10 Rutgers 2/14 Maryland 2/17 Penn State 2/20 Wisconsin 2/23 Michigan 2/28 Nebraska Home games are in bold
Head Coach Joe McKeown Assistants Sam Dixon Carrie Banks Shauna Green
Christen Johnson (Sr) Centers Pallas Kunaiyi-AkpaAllie Tuttle (Jr) Oceana Hamilton (So) nah (Fr) Forwards Nia Coffey (Jr) Lauren Douglas (Sr)
Guards Ashley Deary (Jr) Maggie Lyon (Sr)
Christen Inman (Jr) Lydia Rohde (So) Tessa Haldes (Sr) Nof Kedem (Sr) Jordan Hankins (Fr) Amber Jamison (Fr) Maya Jonas (So)
Cats looking to earn respect in national spotlight By GARRETT JOCHNAU
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When the Wildcats take the floor against Howard on Sunday, they will command a
certain respect unlike any Northwestern squad in recent history. It’s not just because the Cats open as heavy favorites against an opponent that won just four games last season. Rather, it’s a league-wide respect that should follow them going forward — a respect that comes after a 23-9 campaign
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WHAT IT MEANS TO DEARY Ashley Deary charges to the basket. The junior point guard will try to help Northwestern gain respect this season amid higher expectations.
that featured an NCAA tournament bid for the first time in 18 years. More than anything, it’s the type of respect reserved for college basketball’s elite programs, territory that the Cats, ranked 19th nationally, find themselves in after returning the bulk of their rotation players from last year’s watershed campaign. “Last year we kind of snuck up on people, and so we had, going into the season, a great mentality of ‘we don’t just want to be mediocre. We don’t just want to be average like we had been in the past,’ and that kind of catapulted us,” senior guard Maggie Lyon said. “This year we might have more of a target on our back. … We have to come out twice as hard because people are gunning for us.” Junior forward Nia Coffey returns to lead the team with an added year of experience. One of the top players in the Big Ten, Coffey was unanimously named by conference coaches to the preseason All-Big Ten team in October. At the same time, NU, who finished fourth in the conference last season, was tabbed as the third best Big Ten team by media, a harbinger for the respect that will continue to come. “When I took the job, we were voted 12th, and there was 11 teams in the league,” coach Joe McKeown joked at Big Ten Media Day in October. McKeown has been rebuilding the program since joining the Cats in 2008 after a legendary tenure at George Washington. After seven seasons, six of which were spent hovering between eighth- and tenth-place finishes in the Big Ten, he finally has a squad that is expected to contend with the nation’s top teams from the onset. “Last year it kind of started,” McKeown said. “Maggie and Nia were a big part of it. They walk in the gym now, ‘we’re not losing anymore. We’ve got to play like we’re down by 10.’” Having an experienced roster will help the case, but the team’s goal — to win the Big Ten championship — will still require hard work,
even with rising external expectations. Maryland, who won the conference tournament and finished undefeated in the Big Ten last year, enters the season ranked ninth in the country. Ohio State is ranked sixth and should prove We’re to be an even tougher Northwestern opponent than last year. and we’re still But, for the first fighting for time in the McKeown era, NU is being placed respect, even in the same category as though we’re those elite squads. not a secret “Mar yland obviously is an outstanding anymore. team,” Rutgers Hall of Joe McKeown, Fame coach C. Vivian coach Stringer said at Media Day in reference to the top teams in the conference. “Certainly Ohio State. The promise of Michigan State and the work that they’re doing, it just promises to be something special. And, of course, Northwestern was really tough this year as well.” Yet, even with unprecedented attention, McKeown wants his squad to continue to play with an edge and retain its focus. Having coached Team USA at the World University Games in the college offseason, McKeown is well-aware that elite expectations can serve as great motivation. “(Coaching Team USA) kind of gave me that chip on our shoulder that I want our players to have: that we’re Northwestern and we’re still fighting for respect, even though we’re not a secret anymore,” he said. “I just wanted them to have that attitude and that mentality that … we still got a lot of work to do and let’s keep all the noise out. I think they’re buying in.”
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ON DECK Women’s Basketball 15 Howard at No. 19 NU, 6 p.m. Sunday
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Volleyball
By MIKE MARUT
daily senior staffer @mikeonthemic93
Northwestern finished its series of fall tournaments and matches over the weekend with the annual Wildcat Fall Duals. To close out fall, junior Manon Peri made her official return to competition. Partnering with freshman Lee Or on Friday and Saturday, and with fellow junior Jillian Rooney on Sunday, Peri recorded one win and two losses. It was with Rooney that she found her most success. “It was amazing,” Rooney said of playing with Peri. “We haven’t played together since freshman year, or maybe the beginning of sophomore year, so it was so fun playing with her. She’s so aggressive and fun to play doubles with. I was happy to be out there with her.” On the other hand, the Or/Peri pairing did not go as well as coach Claire Pollard expected. “We were rough,” Pollard curtly said. Going into the weekend, neither Pollard nor Peri really had too many expectations for Peri’s performance, but both were happy she got back on the court. Pollard even called it “the highlight of the weekend.” For Peri, just being on the court was a positive. “I was a little rusty, in terms of competing, but it got a lot better as the days progressed,” Peri said.
“It felt a lot better playing points and everything. That’s really what I need right now: just playing points as much as possible.” Peri did not play any short games either. In her two losses, the Or/Peri pairing won at least two games in each match. In the victory on Sunday, Peri and Rooney played a lengthy match to win 7-5. Pollard found a lot of improvement within t he te am throughout the fall. She’s so Mu c h of aggressive and this time of year is dedfun to play icated to doubles with. I individual was happy to be improvement more out there with than growing and her. building Jillian Rooney, as a team. junior Some tournaments have doubles competitions and brackets, but not everybody goes to every tournament, as evidenced in the Roberta Alison Classic on Halloween weekend, where only four of the nine players on Pollard’s roster competed. Two players Pollard has seen great improvement in are Or and Rooney. Pollard has used a tornado analogy in the past to define Or’s still uncontained and unharnessed ability, but has seen improvement in honing her skills to her advantage.
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“She’s still a little overwhelmed,” Pollard said. “She’s still in a hurricane. I’m hoping it slows down, but it’s a strong one.” Or said she still has some work to do, but has seen some progression already. “I need to work hard,” Or said. “Everybody keeps saying the fall is harder — you just came here, head spinning, all over the place, it’s true. I’ve started to adapt, I’ve started to get the hang of things. There is an improvement.” Rooney has found her stride too, and both she and Pollard have noticed. Rooney said she competed well and was happy with how she performed, particularly when it came to overcoming some adversity on the court. Pollard said she was also pleased with Rooney’s performance over the weekend. “In the fall, we made progress in it,” Pollard said. “Really happy for Jill, she had a great weekend, she’s making some breakthroughs.” Pollard said the team still has to work on understanding the difference between playing well and competing well, and to be great, “you have to have both.” Although the Duals may have concluded the team aspect of the fall season, sophomores Alex Chatt and Maddie Lipp will compete this coming weekend at the Intercollegiate Tennis Association’s Indoor Championships as a doubles tandem. michaelmarut2016@u.northwestern.edu
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BRACE YOURSELF Manon Peri sets herself up to return a shot. The junior got back on the court this past weekend after being sidelined due to a knee injury suffered last season.
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HEY, ABBOTT! Symone Abbott leaps to spike the ball. Despite one of the country’s toughest schedules, the sophomore hitter still hopes that the Cats can reach the NCAA Tournament.
Wildcats hoping for miracle vs Gophers By SOPHIE MANN
daily senior staffer @sophiemmann
After a painful week fighting thenNo. 18 Illinois, Northwestern does not see the light at the end of the tunnel just yet as the Wildcats gear up to take on No. 4 Minnesota. Although the Wildcats (13-12, 5-9 Big Ten) have home court advantage, they will need far more than just the comforts of Welsh-Ryan Arena to push them past the Golden Gophers (21-3, 13-1). Minnesota occupies the top spot in Big Ten standings. In addition to an overall strong Gophers team, NU has to be especially worried about senior outside hitter Daly Santana, who leads the Big Ten in kills and is in the Top 20 in the NCAA in kills per set and points per set. Sophomore outside hitter Symone Abbott leads NU in kills, with 295 this season. Even this impressive number falls short of Santana by more than 100 — Santana has racked up 410. Abbott said the team is preparing for Santana specifically by working on defending attacks. According to Abbott, the team is well aware of the necessity for heightened performance in the coming games. “There’s a lot more at stake,” Abbott said. “Even though they’re so good, we have to at least try to beat them or else we’re not going to have a chance to make it to the tournament.” The only way for the team to pull out a win tomorrow is to reduce the number of errors from this weekend against Illinois. Abbott said individual players who had many errors in Champaign have been working on reducing mistakes for themselves and that the team as a whole has been trying to get into a good flow. Coach Keylor Chan is well aware of
No. 4 Minnesota vs. Northwestern Evanston, Illinois 7 p.m. Wednesday
the uphill battle the team has to fight in the coming match, especially with a player like Santana. “We know we’re going to have to defend Daly pretty well,” Chan said. “What we are trying to do is limit the factors she can play in the match.” Like Abbott, Chan also knows how important these last six games are in determining their NCAA Tournament fate, especially their match against Minnesota. In its last game against Minnesota in September, Chan said the team didn’t convert at important times as well as the Gophers did, and it’s imperative they don’t make those mistakes again Wednesday. “At this time of the year, it’s about making big plays at big times,” Chan said. The Cats have three weeks of volleyball before the season ends, and they cannot count themselves out until then. The team needs a rally more than ever to beat the Gophers tomorrow. It comes down to which team shows up: the team that showed then-No. 3 Penn State that Wildcats are fiercer than the Nittany Lions or the team that couldn’t keep down Indiana, which has only tallied three conference wins this season. Tomorrow may be the turning point for NU — the Cats need to be on the hunt for glory (or Gopher, as it were) or say goodbye to their hopes of a Big Ten tournament berth. “We just know it’s do or die now,” Abbott said. “We don’t have any wiggle room anymore.” sophiemann2018@u.northwestern.edu
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Five things to watch in NU’s upcoming basketball season By WILL RAGATZ
the daily northwestern @willragatz
Northwestern enters this season with some of the loftiest expectations in program history. The Wildcats are ranked 19th in the preseason AP Top 25 and are projected by Big Ten media members and ESPN to finish third in the conference. The attention isn’t surprising, as NU returns with the top five scorers from last season’s NCAA tournament team. Led by junior forward Nia Coffey, a preseason All-Big Ten Team selection, and senior guard Maggie Lyon, these Cats have loads of potential. However, there are also several uncertainties heading into the campaign.
Here are five things to watch in the 2015-16 season: 1. Nia Coffey If this seems obvious, that’s because it is. Nia Coffey is the best player on NU’s roster and has the ability to put up 20 points and 10 rebounds every time she takes the floor. Coach Joe McKeown says she’s one of the best players in not just the Big Ten, but the entire country. Her stats are a given, but there are several reasons to monitor Coffey’s play this season. Will she take on more of a leadership role? Can she become more of a threat from long range? A 29-point effort in the exhibition game against Seton Hill is a promising sign that Coffey could have a huge season. 2. Who will replace the graduated seniors? McKeown has to replace two
important players from last year’s team, center Alex Cohen and guard Karly Roser. Losing the 6’5” Cohen especially hurts for a team that already struggled on the glass. Allie Tuttle is the only true center on the roster, but she isn’t expected to play significant minutes. Rebounding may be an issue for NU’s starting lineup, which doesn’t feature a player taller than 6’2”. Roser was the second ball handler behind Ashley Deary last season and it is unclear who will fill that role this year. 3. The freshmen Some of the holes left behind by Cohen and Roser could be filled by a trio of new additions to the roster. Pallas Kunaiyi-Akpanah, a nationally ranked forward recruit, will get the best opportunity of the three to contribute immediately. She is a physical presence and
will provide defense and rebounding as part of the rotation McKeown will use to replace Cohen. The other freshmen are guards Jordan Hankins and Amber Jamison, each of whom should get a chance to handle the ball off the bench. 4. Two non-conference tests NU’s non-conference schedule is littered with opponents that they should beat handily. Teams like Idaho State, Loyola, and Missouri-Kansas City won’t offer much of a challenge. However, there are two games that will be excellent tests for the Cats before they begin conference play. On Dec. 2, NU travels to Chapel Hill, North Carolina, to face the 22nd-ranked Tar Heels. Seventeen days later, the DePaul Blue Demons, who fell to NU in two overtimes a year ago, visit Welsh-Ryan Arena. These early-season matchups could reveal a
lot about this basketball team. 5. Health Arguably the most important factor toward the success of NU this year is staying healthy. Since McKeown relies so heavily on his starters, any injuries to that group would be tough to overcome. That was the case at times last season, as Lauren Douglas and Christen Inman each missed multiple games. NU went 1-3 without Douglas, including a loss to the worst team in the Big Ten, Penn State. She also missed the Cats’ NCAA Tournament loss to Arkansas. If Douglas and Inman can stay healthy, along with Coffey, Deary and Lyon, NU should be headed back to the NCAA tournament for the second-straight year. williamragatz2019@u.northwestern.edu