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Committee OKs student housing

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The city’s design and project review committee gave unanimous approval Wednesday to an apartment complex aimed at providing off-campus housing options for Northwestern students, under the condition that the building’s height be shortened.

The building, to be located at 831 Emerson St., was approved despite community concerns that the complex would cause disruption in the area. Further discussion of the building will now take place in the city’s planning and development committee where, if passed, it will then move to City Council.

Currently, the building’s proposed location, situated just west of Sherman Avenue on Emerson, is home to a 7-Eleven convenience store and Lake City Cleaners.

The building will be constructed by bKL Architecture, and developed by a joint venture between CA Ventures and Focus Development.

Thomas Kerwin, the founder and principal of bKL Architecture, gave a slideshow presentation demonstrating the features of the potential building.

He emphasized the importance of the building having a modern design, which will help attract students, but

Police arrest man suspected of entering bedrooms

Police suspect a 32-year-old Evanston resident who was arrested Monday for attempting to enter the bedroom of a Northwestern student is responsible for three similar incidents this fall, police said.

Police were called to a house in the 2000 block of Sherman Avenue at 5:36 a.m. Monday after a 21-year-old NU student heard someone attempting to enter her unlocked bedroom window, the Evanston Police Department said.

The woman woke up and said something to the man who apologized and fled the area, Evanston police Cmdr. Joseph Dugan said. An officer in the area stopped a man on a bicycle and arrested him on ordinance charges, Dugan said. An officer determined fingerprints taken from the window matched those of the man

also fitting into the surrounding area’s architectural makeup, which is dominated by older low-rise buildings and houses.

Kerwin also showed various diagrams displaying the building’s shadow effects on nearby buildings to address civilian concerns about the height of the building. He said the shadows would affect almost none of the surrounding neighbors.

Tim Anderson, a representative for both developers, pointed out CA’s and Focus’ experience in developing similar projects in Evanston, such as 1717 Ridge Ave., and other complexes in communities with nearby universities.

Some committee members expressed concerns with the design and architecture of the building.

“I worry that this building will be dated as soon as it’s built,” said Damir Latinovic, Evanston’s planning and zoning administrator. He compared the building’s look to office buildings built in the 1960s and 1970s.

Ald. Judy Fiske (1st), who lives on Sherman Avenue, said she was concerned about the building’s presence in a largely low-rise neighborhood, the loss of local business and whether there is sufficient demand for the building.

“All the buildings built on Sherman Avenue in the last 40 years have been » See EMERSON, page 8 who was stopped, Dugan said.

Steven Manning of the 100 block of Kenney Street was charged with a misdemeanor for attempted criminal trespass to real property and is due in court on Dec. 7.

Manning was also charged with three felonies in 2008 after police said he broke into the Kappa Alpha Theta sorority house. Police said two students reported waking up to Manning in their room watching them sleep.

In September, NU students reported a man entered their houses, which are located in the 1900 block of Orrington Avenue and the 1900 block of Sherman Avenue, at about 6 a.m.

Dugan said Manning has not been charged in any of these incidents, but police are still investigating them.

“Anytime we get similar time frames, similar areas and similar MOs we definitely look to see if they are related,” Dugan said.

Tyler Pager contributed reporting.

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Writers talk black representation

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Writer Mara Brock Akil (Medill ’92) and journalist Amy DuBois Barnett discussed the importance of black narratives in the media during this year’s State of

the Black Union, hosted by For Members Only and NU’s chapter of the National Association of Black Journalists at Alice Millar Chapel on Wednesday night.

DuBois Barnett spoke about her early experiences as a female black journalist. During her first job at a magazine, she said that her boss, an Italian man, told her “black girls don’t sell” when she

proposed having model Veronica Webb on the cover of their publication.

“That was my first slap in the face realization that we … were actively being regarded as not relevant enough,” she said.

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Herndon steps down from ASG role

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Associated Student Government vice president for accessibility and inclusion Matt Herndon resigned from his position at Wednesday’s meeting, citing other commitments and personal health.

“This quarter’s been very difficult for me, with commitments as far as work, class, ASG and other activities, and I’ve not been really taking care of myself very well, so that’s a big thing I’m focusing on going forward,” the SESP junior said. “It’s been a very difficult decision because I’ve really liked my time serving here and I think this community is very important.”

Herndon said he is confident leaving his committee in the hands of his senior members until a new vice president is selected. His apology was met with

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“Christina and I campaigned on the platform of student government needs to be students first,” ASG President Noah Star told The Daily. “While I’m sad to see him go because he was a great leader and he certainly improved me as a leader, I respect his decision and am very proud of him.”

During his tenure, Herndon helped lead the push for a U.S.-based Social Inequalities and Diversities requirement in the Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences. He also advocated ASGsponsored trainings about power and privilege for student group leaders, a program ASG members will pilot in January.

ASG created the position during Spring Quarter 2012, and the post has become increasingly important as student government focuses more on issues of accessibility and inclusion.

Star, a Weinberg senior, said Herndon will be involved in the transition of

the next VP at his own discretion. Star and McCormick senior Christina Kim, the executive vice president, will form a selection committee and will open the applications soon after, Star said.

However, due to reading week and final exams approaching, he expects not to have a replacement until early Winter Quarter.

Later in the meeting, Senate passed a unanimous resolution to support refugee resettlement in the United States, saying that ASG “will urge all members of the Northwestern community to contact local, state, and federal representatives to voice their support for accepting refugees.”

Muslim-cultural Student Association Senator Yusuf Kudaimi, a Weinberg sophomore, authored the resolution with three other students.

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Around Town Skokie mental health facility gets grant

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A mental health institution in Skokie has been awarded a $300,000 grant by the North Suburban Healthcare Foundation to help support the continuation of its services amid the budget crisis.

Turning Point Behavioral Health Care Center is a non-profit organization based in Skokie, which serves as an outpatient mental health center and provides care to residents from Evanston and the surrounding suburbs.

“Psychiatry services are critical to over 50 percent of our client base of individuals, many of which struggle with severe and persistent mental illness,” said Ann Fisher Raney, Turning Point’s chief executive officer and an Evanston resident, in a news release.

NSHF vice chairman Donald Perille said the organization has reviewed hundreds of applications since it began giving grants in 2009, the year of a merger between Skokie Hospital, formerly known as Rush North Shore Medical Center, and Evanston Hospital. NSHF chairman Bev Kroll said board members found Turning Point’s application met their goals and felt its staff would put a lot of effort into providing mental health services.

“They do a terrific job and they’re very helpful to people that have mental problems,” Kroll said.

“They have a very nice approach.”

Police Blotter Several possessions stolen from Evanston residence More than $4,000 worth of possessions were stolen from an Evanston residence Tuesday afternoon.

A 54-year-old neighbor saw two men park a gray Toyota Corolla in the driveway of the house in the 900 block of Grey Avenue and walk around the house with a prying tool on

As for the NSHF’s future plans, however, both Kroll and Perille agreed that they will have to cut back on donations, as the foundation has slowly begun to run out of money due to its ambitious funding projects in the past.

“We actually put ourselves out of business because we never put ourselves in fundraising mode,” Perille said.

The $300,000 gift will help supplement Turning Point’s budget in the midst of the state financial crisis, which has frozen state funding to many social service organizations throughout Illinois.

“This is an inspirational gift received at a critical time,” Raney said in the release. “As state support for community mental health diminishes, we must continue to find creative and sustainable ways to ensure that our clients and families have all the resources they need in their recovery journeys.”

In 2012, Turning Point applied for and received a $250,000 grant in order to support a new nursing program, as a result of a revision to the Illinois state budget that limited funding allocated for psychiatry staffing, Perille said.

Despite the grant funding, he said office space for psychiatry staff members was too limited, considering the non-profit only occupied half of a building at 8324 Skokie Blvd. Perille said the NSHF decided to help the organization out further.

“I turned to my fellow trustees, and I said ‘I have an idea,’” Perille said. “We have the money,

wouldn’t it be great if we bought the other half of the building for them and then Turning Point could come closer to fulfilling the mission they had set for themselves.”

Perille said his proposal was met with unanimous enthusiasm by the rest of the foundation’s board members, who immediately agreed to donate an additional $900,000 to Turning Point for the acquisition of the other half of the building on Skokie Boulevard, bringing the grant total to nearly $1.2 million.

“You never saw so many people crying at one turn,” Perille said. “It was just a total shock. I’ve always maintained that there was some divine intervention because I had to be one of the people who knew of the history of the building.”

In addition to Turning Point, the NSHF has financially backed other community service organizations in Skokie, Evanston, Morton Grove and Niles, among them the Erie Evanston/Skokie Family Health Center, The Chicago Lighthouse for People Who are Blind or Visually Impaired and the Zacharias Sexual Abuse Center.

Kroll said the NSHF aims to fund organizations that collaborate with one another to provide the best possible service to their patients.

“We gave them bricks and mortar in the beginning,” Kroll said. “We wanted to do something that would really help the community with places that people could go to and get help.”

Nov. 17 at about 12:45 p.m., said Evanston police Cmdr. Joseph Dugan.

The neighbor told police that the men pulled the air conditioning unit off the window, and police discovered fresh pry marks on the back door, Dugan said.

When the resident, a 50-year-old man, returned home at about 4 p.m., he told police his Apple iPad, iPod, Playstation 3, and a jewelry box containing at least $3,500 worth of jewelry was stolen. These possessions are estimated to be worth more than $4,100.

Burglars steal prescription medicine, purse from Evanston home

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A burglary occurred in an Evanston home Saturday night.

Police said an unidentified individual kicked open the back door of a house in the 900 block of Judson Avenue on Nov. 14 between 7:30 p.m. and 10 p.m. The burglar stole about $500 worth of prescription medicine and a $2,000 Burberry purse, Dugan said.

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On Campus IGEM hosts second annual campus day for local girls

By ALLYSON CHIU

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The International Gender Equality Movement is hosting its second annual campus day for at-risk high school girls on Saturday in Harris Hall to better inform them about higher education opportunities.

The three-hour event will feature a tour of Northwestern’s campus and presentations about the admissions process, financial aid and college life, said Jessica Marone, iGEM’s community development co-chair. The day is designed to benefit high school girls from refugee organizations, low-income families and schools where a large percentage of people do not go to college.

“It’s important to be constantly thinking about college,” said Marone, a Weinberg senior.

“This was something that was drilled into my head when I was in high school by a team of guidance counselors. Those resources might not always be available, especially for at-risk high school students.”

IGEM is a chapter of the United Nations Foundation’s Girl Up Campaign, which aims to empower adolescent girls around the world.

The organization’s mission is two-fold, said

Faculty express support for recent student protests in letter

Faculty members of Northwestern’s African American Studies, Asian American Studies and Latina and Latino Studies departments wrote a letter Wednesday in support of NU students who protested institutional racism Friday.

“We are proud of the Northwestern students who worked across various organizations including FMO to organize and participate in

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co-founders Vivien The overall goal Hastings and Carly is to introduce the idea Pablos, who of college as a possibility formed the for a lot of these young group their sophomore women who are told that year. IGEM it’s not in their future. aims to educate NU Carly Pablos, students iGEM co-founder about issues affecting females around the world in addition to helping local adolescent girls build leadership skills and understand how their peers are impacted by global issues.

This year, iGEM is expanding its campus day activities by inviting the Quest Scholars Network to teach a financial aid workshop and by creating a panel of speakers, including a guidance counselor from New Trier High School, a NU professor and a student. Hastings, a Weinberg senior, said the reason for the panel is to provide the girls with all the different perspectives on college.

“The overall goal is to introduce the idea of college as a possibility for a lot of these young women who are told that it’s not in their future,”

said Pablos, a SESP senior. “We did this last year and a lot of the girls really didn’t know much about what college even was.”

Despite their lack of knowledge about higher education, GirlForward program director Ashley Marine said she has noticed many refugee families believe education is the key to success for their children.

GirlForward is a Chicago-based non-profit refugee organization that works to support adolescent girls through mentoring, educational programs and leadership opportunities, Marine said.

“For refugee families the American dream is very real,” Marine said. “They have been fleeing persecution and parents are struggling to keep their children safe. They come to this country because they know their daughters and sons have opportunities here. One of those primary opportunities is education. Every family I talk to one of the first things they say is they want daughters to become doctors, lawyers or teachers.”

In addition to girls from GirlFoward, the event will bring together members of RefugeeOne, Heartland Alliance, Chinese Mutual Aid Association and the Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Chicago as well as students from the Lindblom Math and Science Academy

the rally,” the faculty members wrote in the letter to campus media.

According to the letter, some of the faculty attended the rally, which began at the Black House, stopped at the Technological Institute and ended in the interruption of the groundbreaking ceremony for a new athletic facility, where University President Morton Schapiro spoke. Students organized the event to demonstrate solidarity with student protesters from the University of Missouri.

At the groundbreaking ceremony, student protesters listed their demands, which include the cancellation of planned restructuring at

the Black House, the creation of a U.S.-centric diversity requirement for all majors at the University, construction of a building for Campus Inclusion and Community and the creation of a resource center and technology hub for black students.

On Monday, administrators announced during the third Black House listening session that the proposed changes to the Black House have been cancelled.

“We appreciate those students who are voicing their experiences with racism, alienation, and despair and we validate their concerns,” the authors of the letter said.

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CAMPUS DAY High school girls learn about the Northwestern admissions process and college life at the International Gender Equality Movement’s campus day last year.

IGEM will hold its second annual campus day this Saturday in Harris Hall.

in Englewood. Previously, only teenagers from GirlForward and RefugeeOne participated in campus day.

“We wanted to make this event an opportunity to bring together all kinds of women to share knowledge and learn together,” Hastings said. allysonchiu2018@u.northwestern.edu The faculty members said they support the demands of the NU students who participated in the protests and offered to collaborate and participate in meeting the demands.

“Students on campus are putting theory to action and we back their call for equal treatment, changing the culture of Northwestern to reflect justice alongside increasingly diversified demographics, and an end to systemic and everyday racism of which these students bear the brunt,” they wrote. “We stand with our students who are speaking truth to power.”

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In Paris, it is clear kindness prevails after tragedy TINA TANG

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I woke up to a gloomy day on Nov. 14 after a night of restless sleep. The streets of Paris were quiet, but not empty. The restaurants were sparsely seated, but not empty. After the tragedy that had struck the heart of France the night before, one thing felt clearly absent from the minds of Parisians that Saturday morning: fear. Paris was in mourning, but its citizens were not scared.

Despite the state of emergency put in place by the French government, people still gathered at the Place de la Republique near the Bataclan concert hall to pay tribute to the victims. Flowers and candles left in the square created an impromptu memorial for those who lost their lives Friday night. Hospitals and mobile blood drives were crowded with people hoping to donate blood.

Sunday morning saw sunshine and

Parisian families roaming the streets as the city slowly returned to normal. As one of the cultural capitals of the world, the French people refuse to let fear and anxiety envelope this beautiful city. Despite a rightward shift in policy by the French government, and instead of giving into anger and hatred, the people of Paris showed an overwhelming outpouring of love and kindness. In an interview by Le Petit Journal, a father revealed to his son that flowers are more powerful than guns and that they would not be moving just because of the attacks.

This sentiment seems to echo throughout the city as people quickly attempted to resume their lives. Even on Friday night, just hours after the first gunshot rang out, Parisians opened their doors to strangers that were stranded in the city, providing shelter when transportation lines were jammed to a near complete halt. In the aftermath of the attacks, kindness seemed to be the irrepressible response to hate.

Throughout the world and all around

social media, people have shown their support and standing in solidarity with the people of France. I deeply appreciated all the kind and worried messages I received from all over the world. Yet at the same time, politicians and political commentators from across the globe are making insensitive and inappropriate comments to advance their own agendas or comparing tragedies to diminish the importance of causes they deem unworthy. But comparing pain will only deepen the suffering of the people experiencing it.

As classes resume this week, Northwestern study abroad program directors checked in with students to make sure everybody is recovering both physically and mentally from the events on Friday. “Paris is the most beautiful city in the world,” one of my professors said. “When you look back on your semester in France in six months time, or in a year’s time, please don’t let the attack on Friday define your experiences here.”

Those chaotic few hours on Friday night

may not define my entire experience, but the days that followed will definitely shape my opinion of the French people. I no longer see the snobby and condescending Frenchmen I encountered when I first arrived, but rather the kind and welcoming Parisians that populate this town. If I wasn’t already enchanted by the beautiful architecture, the rich culture and the charming landscape of this dynamic city, the courage and spirit of Paris have definitely won me over.

As France experiences the most violent attack on French soil since the Second World War, I am thankful to the French people for showing me their vulnerability, but even more the beauty of their strength and resilience.

Tina Tang is a Weinberg junior. She can be reached at tinatang2017@u.northwestern.edu. If you would like to respond publicly to this column, send a Letter to the Editor to opinion@dailynorthwestern.com. The views expressed in this piece do not necessarily reflect the views of all staff members of The Daily Northwestern.

What international students can learn from the US ROVIK ROBERT

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The usual conversations regarding differences between international and American students revolve around the importance of foreign students in increasing diversity and global perspective on campus. This almost seems as though international students are here to provide some sort of cultural counterbalance to the all-American default on most college campuses (in addition to the financial contribution of paying full tuition), and, in return, they receive a world-class education.

I want to explore what else international students can take away from studying in the U.S. to amplify their experiences here. American friends, you need not shy away. This column is equally important to you — if you see yourself in a position to help achieve any of the goals below, then you could be the key in helping improve the experience for international students.

One of the main takeaways international students probably gain from their American college experience is the need to have a stated opinion. Coming to a college environment here puts us in situations surrounded on all

sides with people who have their opinions to share. Free speech isn’t exclusive to the United States, but it is clearly boasted here as a priority. No matter how much we might try to avoid it, we will be asked at some point for our opinion on an issue and will have to defend that stance. In other countries, this is a luxury.

You could have an opinion on matters but it need not be stated for you to be relevant. In some countries, it’s even discouraged to be opinionated. However, in the U.S., your opinion on issues defines you to a large extent. I’m not saying coming to the U.S. is going to teach international students how to have an opinion — if they’ve qualified for college, they likely already have a strong sense of personal voice.

Rather, international students should make use of the high concentration of opinionated people to actively develop your views through discourse and debate with others. They can earn how to argue and how to build perspective by taking the opportunity to engage people in an environment that gets heated easily and where people come out fighting to the end.

International students can also gain from understanding how different cultures coexist in a single society. As a Singaporean myself, an appreciation of diversity and an inclusive society is hardwired into me. Yet I cannot even begin to compare the range of cultures

found in the U.S. with my home country.

Right here in Chicago, you can find strong Polish culture in the Polish Village in Avondale, unique Indian culture in Devon and remarkable Mexican culture in Little Village, South Lawndale. It takes a lot to strongly identify with one’s ethnic background and yet subscribe to a larger affiliation of being American, and that lesson could help in how we promote inclusiveness in our own societies that are starting to face a rapid influx of foreigners. Has the U.S. gotten inclusiveness right already? I would argue not, but it definitely has made more headway than a lot of other countries, and there are many lessons in inclusiveness to learn by attending school here.

Finally, one of the most important things we as international students can learn from being in the U.S. is how to be proud of one’s own culture. We all are used to the regular questions upon introduction: “Where do you come from? Where do you really come from?

Do they speak English there?” It’s become something we’ve gotten accustomed to answering, sometimes even with some sarcasm or wit. Yet, I’ve found myself becoming more proud of my culture every time I share more about it, or better still, when I juxtapose what’s happening in the U.S. with my own understanding of my country’s policies. I learn to represent my country and culture more

actively, which is mainly due to the observation that most Americans at college haven’t really been exposed to the world outside the U.S. When students study abroad and come back as self-declared experts on their country, the conversation gets more nuanced and developed as now everyone has a common frame of reference. It’s a strange irony, then, that most international students actually dig deeper into their own culture when they go overseas rather than necessarily becoming ‘more American.’

I could go on suggesting lessons international students pick up in the U.S., but the spirit is clear — college life for international students is a two-way exchange. As much as we have a lot to offer in the form of global perspective, we also have a lot to gain from studying here beyond academics. Society builds itself from valuable exchanges and strong relationships, and in college we have the opportunity to get the motor started. The future looks bright if we do.

Rovik Robert is a McCormick sophomore. He can be reached at rovikrobert2018@u.northwestern.edu.

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The next step for artificial intelligence: TensorFlow BURAK SEKERCI

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Artificial intelligence is the next big technological leap for mankind. It is the next frontier in technology and will shape and change our lives entirely, bringing controversial issues with it.

In addition to advances Tesla’s new autopilot technology and the Apple Watch, alternative artificial intelligence platforms are being developed by big names in the industry. A major part of these artificial intelligence advancements came in a recent announcement that Google has created a new artificial intelligence engine called TensorFlow. Like Google’s Android software, the

TensorFlow is open sourced, meaning the source code is open for anyone to edit and update. It looks like Google has achieved another magnificent engineering feat. The main takeaway from this situation is not that Google created an AI platform, but rather that Google created an AI platform and made it available to the millions of people who have access to a computer and an Internet connection.

By making this software available to so many users around the world, Google now has the upper hand on AI development over other tech companies. Right now, TensorFlow is the most powerful AI tool out in the market, and those interested in technology and AI will likely explore this software.

Young engineers will be able to gain experience working with the TensorFlow software, and subsequently when they look for jobs in the AI field many engineers will already have

experience. And those Google hires in the future will know the ins and outs of its AI software, benefitting the technological firm in addition to the prospective employees.

Additionally, Google has effectively donated a huge program to the AI community. It will allow AI to move forward even more quickly and more powerfully because anyone can access the source code.

Researchers around the world will be able to create their own learning tools — AI is effectively a learning machine — and share with everyone.

As a result, users can enjoy the AI software while researchers can use others’ advancements to enhance their own tools. Technological advancements are not done overnight, and it takes an incredible amount of energy to create these programs. With open source programs and platforms like the TensorFlow, these advancements can more easily become

a reality.

We McCormick students are often advised that collaboration is good for everybody, especially in the engineering world. Google has just redefined collaboration by open sourcing its AI platform, a remarkably impactful decision by Google’s management team. The benefits of this open sourcing will come for Google, software users, engineers and the industry as a whole. This kind of collaborative decision-making will be the building block of a better, more intelligent future.

Burak Sekerci is a McCormick junior. He can be reached at buraksekerci2017@u.northwestern.edu.

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ReFusionShaka moves to Cahn Auditorium to meet audience demand

By RACHEL YANG

daily senior staffer @_rachelyang

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orthwestern alumnus Geoffrey Baer has apprehensions about performing on Improv Nerd, Evanston resident Jimmy Carrane’s comedy podcast, on Dec. 6.

“I’m completely terrified,” Baer said.

“I haven’t personally performed improv in at least 10 years.”

Even with his nerves, Baer will take the challenge in his appearance on the show as Carrane begins the fifth year of the improv-based podcast.

In each podcast of Improv Nerd, which has aired more than 150 episodes, Carrane invites comedians to talk about their creative process and perform an unscripted scene with him. Past guests have included the comedy duo from the hit sketch show “Key & Peele,” Bob Odenkirk, best known for his role on “Breaking Bad,” and the two lead actresses from the Comedy Central series “Broad City.”

Carrane, who has been involved with improv for more than 30 years, started the podcast in 2011 to combine his passions for improvisation and interviewing. Carrane said each show, which is performed live in Chicago, averages an audience of about 3,500 listeners.

“I love the impact of it,” Carrane said.

“The podcast goes all over the world. I hear from people in Germany, in England, in China and in smaller cities in this country.”

Sam Bowers, the podcast’s director, said the show is a mixture of light-hearted and serious material. Carrane does not shy from topics that other interviewers would, and he is able to have meaningful conversations with his guests, Bowers said. He remembers Carrane interviewing a guest who was battling brain cancer and was impressed by his willingness to discuss taboo topics like illness.

“So often today, when it comes to podcast or talk shows, you see very, very superficial conversations,” Bowers said.

“Jimmy really digs down to get the rawest and most meaningful conversations with his guests … He wants to get to the true, emotional honesty behind the inspiration and motivation for improvisers today.”

Baer (Communication ’85) is multiple Emmy Award-winning host and producer at WTTW, a public TV station in Chicago. Baer, who has been at WTTW for more than two decades and appeared in more than 20 feature-length documentaries about Chicago, was featured in his first prime-time special on the national PBS network in 2013.

Although Baer is not his typical podcast guest, Carrane said the NU alumnus’ diverse background will bring an interesting twist to the show by combining his improv and theater backgrounds.

Baer said even though he had a theater background, he decided to work in television right after college. However, he eventually wanted to return to his roots, so he chose to go to NU to get his master’s degree in theater. Baer said his time in the program “turned his world upside down,” and he felt out of his element while at the University.

“I was always the youngest guy on the staff (at work),” Baer said, “Then I get to Northwestern, and I’m the older graduate student … I was never formally trained in theater, and this was a graduate program, so I was way out of my league.”

However, despite the challenges he faced at NU, Baer said he still uses his varied backgrounds in theater and improv in his job.

“Everyone I have on as a guest, I consider a success,” Carrane said. “So anybody who is a success at anything has some failures, they have some rejections, they have some disappointments. And it’s not so much about all those failures and disappointments and rejections, it’s how they overcome those.”

Carrane said he thinks the foundations of improvisational comedy can be applied to everyone’s life, such as the idea of “Yes And.” “(It means) anything that you offer to me, I have to accept it as a gift and then build on it, add something to it,” Carrane said. “When we say ‘yes’ to other people’s ideas … it gets us out of our comfort zone and we come up with ideas that we could never have done by ourselves.”

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ReFusionShaka switches venue to meet interest

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JUST DANCE Dancers rehearse for Refusionshaka. This year, the show has moved from Ryan Family Auditorium to Cahn Auditorium to accommodate larger audiences.

By KIMBERLY GO

the daily northwestern @kimberlygo2018

After turning people away from sold-out shows in past years, ReFusionShaka will be held

in Cahn Auditorium, the largest performance space on campus, this year.

ReFusionShaka, which features student groups Refresh Dance Crew, Fusion Dance Company and Boomshaka, began in 2010. The show moved from McCormick Auditorium to Ryan Family Auditorium last year because it

had been selling out in McCormick Auditorium, said Sarah Ehlen, one of Boomshaka’s artistic directors. However, the performances continued to sell out in Ryan Auditorium.

“People didn’t get to see the show and had to watch it on a screen in a classroom,” the Medill senior said. “We tried to stream it so people could see it but we had to turn a lot of people away. We were like, ‘What’s bigger than Tech so that everyone who wants to see the show, can?’”

Tickets for the show, which will be held on Friday and Saturday, will also be sold through Norris Box Office for the first time this year.

Jisoo Lee, Communication senior and president of Refresh, said this will make the ticketing process more efficient and prevent ReFusionShaka from having to turn people away at the door.

Lee said ReFusionShaka has gained a lot of popularity over the past few years and has become something on everyone’s “NU Bucket List.”

“We also gained much more of a diverse team membership and I think that helped us reached audiences across campuses that didn’t know about ReFusionShaka,” she said.

Sunny Song, a producer for Fusion and general member in Refresh, said she thinks the growth of ReFusionShaka comes from the growing dance community in general. She agreed with Lee that the show is able to attract more people because of the reach of the three dance groups.

“We pull different types of people across campus and we’ve been trying to get it more integrated and more influential in all social circles,” the Weinberg senior said.

Ehlen said she attributes ReFusionShaka’s

popularity to Refresh’s growth. Last Spring Quarter, Refresh had its first solo show.

“Refresh has become a more solidified group over the past few years,” she said. “The first year of ReFusionShaka, Fusion was the well-known group, but now Refresh has made a name for themselves and they are a huge group.”

B ecause of the move to the larger We tried to space, Boomshaka stream it so will have a different sound, Ehlen said. people could Refresh and see it but we had Unlike Fusion, Boomshaka to turn a lot of does not rely on musical tracks but rather people away drumming on trash Sarah Ehlen, cans and buckets, Boomshaka artistic which will be affected director by echoes in Cahn.

The dance groups have been leveraging the bigger space at Cahn to get more people to perform in each piece, Song said.

The larger stage has allowed Refresh’s dance teams to experiment more, Lee said. Knowing they would be performing at Cahn allowed them to be more flexible in the number of people they accepted and expand their repertoire.

“This year’s set packs more of a punch,” Lee said. “A lot of choreographers this year focus on visual aesthetic and since we have more members, (we can) be more experimental and come up with things we can’t do with a 10-person group.”

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Production puts Shakespeare play in timeless setting

By YAQOOB QASEEM

the daily northwestern @yaqoobqaseem

An upcoming student production of “As You Like It,” set in an unspecified time period, aims to show that although William Shakespeare wrote his work hundreds of years ago, it still contains themes that are relevant today.

“The reason we still do Shakespeare’s plays is because he’s articulating some fundamental truths about what it means to be in relationships with others, what it feels like to love, to hate, to be jealous,” said Risher Reddick, an MFA directing student and director of the play.

“As You Like It” will run from Friday, Nov. 20 through Sunday, Dec. 6 in the Ethel M. Barber Theater. The Virginia Wadsworth Wirtz Center for the Performing Arts mainstage production tells the story of the main character, Rosalind, who is banished to the forest by her duke uncle.

Rosalind, accompanied by her cousin Celia, disguises herself as a man and attempts to teach the man she fell in love with before banishment, Orlando, how to love.

The distance between the audience’s and Shakespeare’s times can make his plays feel removed despite their timeless themes, Reddick said. The production incorporates features such as costumes and jokes from various time periods through the present to bring the play closer to the audience.

“It’s important for the audience to know that this is not something in the past that lacks relevance for them,” Reddick said. “We get down to articulating (Shakespeare’s themes) rather than getting bogged down in a particular period or a particular place or a particular time.”

The play takes place in two main settings, a court representing structure and a forest representing wilderness, Reddick said.

Olivia Cygan, a Communication senior playing Rosalind, said she appreciates how Reddick encourages her to focus on playing her character rather than focusing on acting like a man.

This is Throughout the show, her disguise slips when not something she expresses too much in the past that affection for Orlando. “(Reddick) has really lacks relevance. encouraged us to think Risher Reddick, about who we are in University relation to all (the charspokesman acters),” Cygan said.

“Risher really treats these characters as full, complicated humans, and that’s really nice.”

Cygan also said it has been nice that the play includes a dramaturg, a person on the production team to provide context for the play and answer questions about words and allusions.

Alicia Hernandez Grande, a second-year Communication graduate student and the dramaturg for the play, said she often describes herself as the Wikipedia in the room. Cygan said Hernandez Grande provides relevant background information and finds new information when she does not have the answer to a specific question.

Hernandez Grande said she looks at how words, jokes, sarcasm and irony translate over the past 400 years. She explores how Shakespeare’s meaning and intention can be conveyed to modern audiences.

Cygan said she is looking forward to performing for an audience, as Reddick encourages the

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SHAKESPEARE TODAY Cast members rehearse for “As You Like It.” The show opens Friday in the Ethel M. Barber Theater.

actors to talk directly to the audience when possible.

Reddick said he has a long history of performance with Shakespeare & Company in Lenox, Massachusetts, where the work focuses on the relationship between the actors and the audience.

Before coming to Northwestern, Reddick founded Orfeo Group, a theater company based in Massachusetts that focused on creating large events around the shows using extension programming. He said he will incorporate some of

these features in “As You Like It” by including both pre-show and post-show surprises for the audience.

“It’s a really fun, interactive production that requires the presence of the audience for it to really take off and take life,” Reddick said. “The arc of the audience’s experience coming to the play will hopefully be as much of a delight as seeing the play itself.” yaqoobqaseem2018@u.northwestern.edu

Graduates’ original plays featured in holiday production

By JENNIFER HEPP

the daily northwestern @jenniferhepp97

The original one-act comedies of two Northwestern alumnae will premiere this weekend as part of Step Up Productions’ third annual “HoliDaze,” a show that features six plays dealing with holiday themes like family and gift-giving.

Mia McCullough (Communication ‘92) is one of the featured playwrights. Her play, “Temperance vs. Tolerance,” depicts a newly sober woman whose family members deny her request for them to abstain from alcohol at Thanksgiving dinner.

“It’s a story about how families can be very liberal and very tolerant of things like religion, interracial marriage and gender identity changes, but somehow alcoholism is still a

problem,” McCullough said. “It’s a hurdle that many families don’t know how to navigate.”

M. T. Cozzola’s (Communication ‘92) play “Christmas Eve Eve” is about a highly disproportionate gift-giving exchange between two coworkers at a company. “(The company) was looking for stuff about the holidays and family dynamics,” Cozzola said. “For me, office families can sometimes be more prevalent in our lives than even our biological families.”

Cozzola said the style of comedy she uses can sometimes make people uncomfortable.

The character at the heart of her piece is the most offensively comic, but also embodies what she considers to be the pure spirit of Christmas, she said.

“We can get all stressed out about commercial things, but really what’s wonderful is when you see that pure, unadulterated joy that comes

from people who really love to give,” Cozzola said.

McCullough said she is looking forward to seeing her play in front of a live audience.

“In the rehearsal room it’s very hard to tell where the humor lands,” McCullough said. “It’ll be interesting to see how my humor reads in front of an audience.”

Molly Lyons, a Chicago-based actress, plays the role of the mother in the family in McCullough’s show.

She said acceptance is one of the valuable messages in McCullough’s play.

“The holidays are always stressful because people have an expectation for them to be perfect,” Lyons said. “What I like about this play is watching people trying to work through to connect and communicate, even if they fail.”

Both McCullough and Cozzola are working with Step Up Productions for the first time.

Step Up Productions is a non-profit theater company in Chicago.

“I’m delighted,” Cozzola said. “It’s always a wonderful gift for any playwright to have the chance to get their play’s first time on the board with such a talented director and cast. It’s just a great gift for me.”

Step Up Productions will donate a portion of the proceeds from HoliDaze to Chicago’s Lakeview Pantry. Proceeds will also go to a local business that provides counseling for people with Seasonal Affective Disorder, a type of depression related to changes in the seasons, in the Chicago area.

“I like the fact that there’s some purpose behind what they’re doing,” Lyons said. “There are causes involved. It’s more than just putting on a play.” jenniferhepp2020@u.northwestern.edu

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Grad lands lead role in new Call of Duty video game

By EMILY CHIN

daily senior staffer @emchin24

Driving through Los Angeles, Andy McDermott’s three-year old kid looked out the window and saw a billboard with his father’s face on it — the face of the new Call of Duty video game.

McDermott (Communication ‘98) is the lead role in Call of Duty: Black Ops III, which was released Nov. 6. He is the face for all of the game’s marketing materials and the hero’s movements in the game are based on his own movements.

“It didn’t set in until it came out,” he said.

“All the Phoenix news stations wanted to do interviews. It went from being not such a big deal to doing TV network interviews from my apartment through Skype.”

McDermott’s road to the acting industry has not been a traditional one. After graduating from Northwestern, where he played Big Ten soccer for four years, McDermott went on to play soccer professionally for seven years.

He then moved to Arizona, where he worked as a cop for the Phoenix Police Department.

“It was a lot like being on the sports team,” he said. “It was fun for me to go lurk and come across all different walks of life. You never knew what you were going to get into.”

While in Phoenix, he jump started his acting career with his first movie, “Everything Must

Go.” He also modeled and took acting classes on the side. “(The movie) was kind of the impetus for the big change,” he said. “Acting was always something that I wanted to do since Northwestern, but it was never the right time. I finally realized if you wait for the perfect time to do something you’ll wait forever.”

McDermott took several acting classes while at NU, which he said still help him everyday when he auditions for various projects.

He has been acting and modeling in Los Angeles for the past three years, and has been in small movies and TV shows. But being the face of Call of Duty is bigger than any movie he’s been a part of, he said.

Eight months ago, he got a call from his agent, who told him people wanted him to audition for the Call of Duty role because of his strong tactical background.

In addition to his background in soccer and as a cop, McDermott also has a third-degree black belt.

“What’s crazy about this lifestyle is you never know when your phone’s going to ring and you never know what’s going to happen tomorrow,” he said.

Carol Scott, McDermott’s modelling agent, was contacted by the ad agency that did the outsourcing for the Call of Duty job. She suggested a number of models and actors that she represents, including McDermott.

“He has a good look, it just came to me,” she said. “I know he can handle almost anything.

He has a very versatile look.”

McDermott was brought in for a test shoot in which he worked with weapons and did running and jumping shots. Once he got the role, he did three 10-hour days of shooting.

In the first weekend alone, the new Call of Duty made $550 million. Going into the job, McDermott completely underestimated the scope of the project, he said. He didn’t realize how big it was until kids that he coaches in soccer and baseball told him about it.

“Anytime I’m on TV or doing a show or commercial I always get recognized a few times,” he said. “This one is just kind of crazy because everyone’s seen it.”

Aaron Stolberg (Communication ‘98), a friend of McDermott’s and fellow teammate at NU, wasn’t surprised at all by McDermott’s success. As a leader on the soccer team, McDermott showed good worth ethic and inspired others on the team to work hard, Stolberg said.

Now McDermott is going through the normal ups and downs that most Hollywood actors have to go through before they make it really big, Stolberg said. However, he’s confident that McDermott will make it and is proud of what he’s accomplished so far, he said.

“He was always an inspiration to a lot of guys on the team, and I see that today still,” he said.

“He’s got a lot of different motivating factors now but that aspect in him hasn’t changed a bit.

It’s great to see that hard work still matters.”

McDermott said he hopes his role as the Call of Duty hero helps him nail his dream

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Andy McDermott

job: the action hero. He has been auditioning for several roles and is working on a project to create his own movie.

“The dream is to be the action hero guy,” he said. “I was an athlete, and then a martial artist, and then a cop. At some point they’re going to need another Ethan Hunt or Jason Bourne and being the Call of Duty guy certainly lines up with that dream.” emilychin2018@u.northwestern.edu

Alumni help produce fairytale ballet at Harris Theater

By AMANDA SVACHULA

daily senior staffer @amandasvachula

“Day of the Gypsy,” a fairytale story ballet that will premiere this weekend at Chicago’s Harris Theater, highlights the unique music genre of gypsy jazz.

“Gypsy jazz was a style of music developed by Jean ‘Django’ Reinhardt in the 1930s and 40s,” said Gordon Peirce Schmidt, the director and choreographer of the show. “He was a gypsy and he loved the music of the famous trumpet player, Louis Armstrong. So he started learning to play jazz and he came up with the genre of gypsy jazz.”

Three years ago, Schmidt started thinking about the concept of incorporating the energetic gypsy jazz into a show with artistic associates Laura Schwenk-Berman (Communication ‘96) and Jeff Bauer (Communication ‘81). After two test runs of concert versions of the show in Grand Rapids, Michigan and Chicago, they decided to take the concept to another level by adding in dance.

“It interweaves the various disciplines of performing and visual arts,” Schwenk-Berman said.

“There’s a jazz band and it’s a story ballet — a story told from movement. And I think movement is one of the most honest expressions there is.”

“Day of the Gypsy” will be produced by Chicago’s RPM Productions, a nonprofit theater company. It combines gypsy jazz music with folk-infused ballet dancing to tell the story of a gypsy woman as she comes across an evil gypsy character. The show’s music and dance interact to create a complicated love story filled with magic and a fight between good and evil, Berman said.

“I’d say the gypsy woman is a free spirit,” Schmidt said. “Gypsies are wanderers. They come into our lives, affect them and then they’re gone.”

The story ballet features 13 dancers and five musicians. John Jorgenson wrote the music for

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FAIRYTALE BALLET Northwestern alumni Laura Schwenk-Berman (Communication ’96) and Jeff Bauer (Communication ’81), pictured left and middle, and freelance choreographer Gordon Peirce Schmidt, pictured right, put together the upcoming production The “Day of the Gypsy.”

The show highlights the unique genre of gypsy jazz.

the show and will perform with the John Jorgenson Quintet. The musicians will use instruments including a rhythm guitar, violin and a bass guitar.

“You’d be surprised at how compelling it is,” Schmidt said. “It’s very passionate music and it’s amazing how the musicians can weave a story with their music.”

As the main choreographer for the show, Schmidt focused on studying different types of gypsy folk dancing when deciding what movement to incorporate, he said.

“It’s very athletic choreography,” Schmidt said.

“It’s based in contemporary ballet, but there are a

lot of folk elements in it. I’m not proficient in gypsy dance, but gypsies are very passionate people, so the choreography has to be very physical.”

The dancers constantly engage in complicated dips, spins and other moves that convey meaning without words, associate choreographer SchwenkBerman said.

In order to accommodate the complicated choreography, Bauer aimed to create simplified versions of elaborate, tribal gypsy costumes.

Bauer also designed the set of the show. The Harris Theater, a large venue, is transformed into a gypsy camp. Within the story of the play, the

passage of time is shown metaphorically through the scenery surrounding the action.

“One of the goals of the space was to introduce a progression,” Bauer said. “The inspiration for that was the phases of the moon. We do have a moon image but instead of doing that literally, I’ve designed it in such a way that the space of the shape changes with drapes and fabrics that fill the stage and fall in.”

Bauer said what he learned at Northwestern years ago has folded into newer and larger things, like the design for this show.

Schwenk-Berman said what she learned at NU has transferred into her professional life as a choreographer.

“Up until that time I had been a ballet dancer and you’re used to people telling you what to do,” Schwenk-Berman said. “But at Northwestern, I was able to develop as a choreographer and a director. I had a wonderful class that taught me a lot about going to the essence of things as an artist, rather than just about the technical aspects of theater.”

The essence of art as a way to connect with others is the main thing that Schmidt wants to get across with “Day of the Gypsy.”

“I think the most important thing for me is that I reach people on an emotional level,” Schmidt said.

Schmidt said the show is accessible to all ages, and is specifically geared toward college students because of the messages about life and decisions that it explores.

“It’s wonderful that students at Northwestern are learning and networking,” Schmidt said. “But for college students, deep inside, there’s often a passion and a question that asks you what you really feel about life. These are mature artists performing, and I think it’s important that college students see something like this.” amandasvachula2018@u.northwestern.edu

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Union

From page 1 she dealt with similar situations where she felt black voices were ignored or kept out of the narrative. She emphasized the media usually portrays black women in ways that reinforce negative stereotypes.

She said it wasn’t until she started working for Ebony magazine that she felt she was writing for a publication that accurately represents black people.

DuBois Barnett encouraged the audience to start blogs and share their stories that way.

“Everybody can have a voice,” she said. “You can use the device you have in your pocket to control the whole message.”

Brock Akil spoke about her experiences as a writer and producer of TV shows like “Girlfriends” and “Being Mary Jane,” saying she created these shows knowing her audience would be predominantly black women, but that she knew if she “did the job well,” other people would enjoy them, too.

She said “Girlfriends” dealt with black women’s sexuality a lot because it was a theme she didn’t think was properly represented in the media at the time, referencing music videos oversexualizing black women. She said she was trying to “free the humanity” of black women.

“Yet the first voice I heard … was from black women who told me that they hated that aspect of the show,” Brock Akil said. “They questioned why I had … to air our dirty laundry?”

Brock Akil said she was surprised by this response, since she expected black women to be on her side as she tried to represent them as more than just one thing. Many asked her why she couldn’t have her characters just be stable, one-dimensional “positive images,” like a lawyer, instead of having them deal with broader issues like sexuality.

“Positive images are just as damaging as negative images,” Brock Akil said. “We can’t just be lawyers because there’s so much more than that. We are mothers, we are daughters … we are so much more

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low-rise,” Fiske said. “This building really is a downtown development. It’s sort of a wall.”

Anderson pointed out various mid-rise buildings already in the area, which he said would help the building seem less out of place.

“The 10 and 11 story buildings around (the project), especially 1900 Sherman Ave. which would be right adjacent to this project, create a context for this

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 2015 than lawyers.”

NU’s chapter of the NABJ held a Q&A session with both speakers during the second half of the event.

When asked about her college experience, Brock Akil said black students should feel entitled to their campus and feel free to explore different opportunities at NU without fear. She said this is especially important for black students who are the first in their families to go to an institution like NU and worry too much about being a successful student that they forget to follow their own dreams.

She said being a Medill student made her realize she didn’t want to be a journalist, which was OK because she gave herself the chance to explore other options, which is how she became a screenwriter.

Similarly, DuBois Barnett left a career on Wall Street to pursue writing, and though many told her that was a bad decision, she decided to go ahead with it.

“It’s up to me to fix my life and to figure out what am I doing to be happy,” she said. “It was the most terrifying yet powerful feeling I’ve ever felt in my life.”

FMO coordinator Yjaden Wood told The Daily that Brock Akil and DuBois Barnett are “power weights” in their fields, which is why he believes it was important to bring them to campus. He said black women are usually not showcased well in journalism and broadcast television.

NABJ president Sierra Boone agreed, saying black women are usually pushed aside by the media and, as a black female journalist, she identified with both speakers strongly.

“We talk a lot in NABJ about controlling our narrative, which was the theme of this year’s State of the Black Union and is also our chapter theme,” she said.

“Ever since last year (we’ve) just have been talking about taking on the responsibility as black journalists to like live your experiences but also be an authority on how your story is told.” alfaro@u.northwestern.edu building,” Anderson said.

Fiske also voiced concerns about the loss of local business, especially Lake City Cleaners, which she said would be forced out of their current location.

“Lake City Cleaners, if this is built, will move out of Evanston,” she said. “They employ 35 people. We are struggling to find good jobs for Evanston residents. I think losing 35 jobs is a real difficulty for us, despite how many jobs the developers would create.” markduanmu2019@u.northwestern.edu

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Recent loss can’t dampen NU’s mood Women’s Swimming

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LACEY ‘EM UP Lacey Locke prepares to launch. The junior captain will lead Northwestern this weekend in one of Northwestern’s biggest home events of the year.

By TUCKER JOHNSON

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In their largest regular season meet, Northwestern will host five teams this weekend.

The Wildcats will face off with Michigan State, Truman State, University of Illinois at Chicago, St. Louis University and Grand Canyon University over the course of the next three days. This will be NU’s only multi-day meet until the five-day long Big Ten Championships next February.

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From page 1 Kudaimi said. “It’s hitting close to home even more now because our governor, our own governor, is speaking out against refugees.”

The resolution faced some debate over whether it was ASG’s place to send a message to the entire NU population on what some senators called a “politicized issue.”

Others, including Star, disagreed.

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“The multi-day meet is important for coaches, to see how (the swimmers) recover from day to day,” said coach Abby Steketee.

Steketee added the meet will serve as a test run of how swimmers will rest and prepare for Big Tens.

For fans of Northwestern swimming, the meet will be a great opportunity to see a broad range of different teams. Michigan State’s women’s team finished last –– 13th of 13 teams –– at the 2015 Big Ten Championships, scoring only 65 points at the meet. St. Louis University, Illinois-Chicago and Grand Canyon all also compete in Division I, and GCU has the distinction of being the first and only for-profit college or “As the person who would potentially be sending the message, I have no qualm,” Star said. “This would be an important message to send. I don’t think it would be political in any way. It’s about helping people.”

Senate also finalized supplemental funding for the 2015-2016 year under the supervision of the executive board. Student groups could petition their allotted funds, and two groups, Northwestern Community Development Corps and CaribNation, received additional funding of $1,200 and $900

university to compete in Division I athletics.

This weekend will also be the Cats’ only opportunity to compete in various events that are included at Big Ten and NCAA Championship meets, but are not typically included in the regular season. This will give swimmers an opportunity to race in all five of the different relays instead of just two during a normal dual meet, as well as the very first 1650 yard freestyle of the season. Additionally, the meet will include some uncommon races, including a 50-yard event in each stroke and a 100-yard Individual Medley.

Only the 50-yard freestyle normally takes place.

Swimmers will be limited to two individual events per day, but because the meet will include preliminary heats and finals, a swimmer who qualifies for finals in every event may swim as many as 15 races over the course of the weekend.

“Even though the stakes aren’t as high at a meet like this, we’re pretending they are so that we know what to do at Big Tens,” junior captain Ellen Stello said.

Stello’s co-captain, junior Lacey Locke, agreed, saying it is a good opportunity to rehearse for Big Tens, where swimmers will have to race at a high level multiple times a day for several days.

Despite last week’s loss to Wisconsin, the team is in high spirits going into this meet. The swimmers will have two days of de-loading, or a lower volume of swimming, before the meet. While not a true, multiweek taper, this will leave the team slightly better rested for its competition.

“We have to race with really fierce energy (in the meet), and when it comes down to it you want to get back to that energy you have when you’re a kid in summer league and are just giving it all you’ve got,” Steketee said.

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“Let the record show this was amazingly fast,” said Matt Clarkston, speaker of the Senate and a Weinberg senior.

Senate had $13,055 to give, and the remaining $10,955 will go into the spring funding pool for the following year.

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Michigan State

A career night from Symone Abbott couldn’t lift Northwestern to victory in East Lansing.

The Spartans (15-13, 7-10 Big Ten) fought against the Wildcats (13-15, 5-12) in East Lansing on Wednesday night after NU topped them 3-1 in a Halloween battle in Evanston.

The Cats seemed to be in control throughout the first three sets, winning the second but narrowly losing the first and third. However, the Spartans were determined to redeem their performance from October and topped NU 25-9 in the final frame.

Being unable to get into double digits in the fourth set does not bode well for the Cats. As usual the night was riddled with errors as NU accrued 26, while

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Michigan State only had 18.

This loss pushes the Cats to No. 39 in the NCAA RPI rankings, in essence ending any hopes of a playoff berth.

Playoff hopes aside, a five-game losing streak is frustrating for the coaches and players alike. Coach Keylor Chan attested to this, speaking to how the team’s lack of conversion haunts them on the road.

“The difference came down to execution and making plays; when you’re on the road, you have to convert them,” Chan said. “It came back to bite us in the butt.”

Sophomore middle blocker Symone Abbott said

Michigan State was getting to the ball right away, something the Cats were unable to defend. She also spoke about the stark contrast between the first three sets and the last one, in which the Cats all but stopped playing.

“The first three sets we fought really hard,” Abbott said. “The fourth set … I honestly don’t really know what happened. Our offense couldn’t do anything to put those balls down.”

Even though NU was not converting plays to points, it scored big tonight. Abbott racked up 25 kills for the Cats, while junior outside hitter Chloe Reinig scored only 18, the most for the Spartans.

Chan said Abbott has been making developmental leaps as a player and has been working harder in the gym. Abbott said that she figured out that swinging high works best and coming out of her comfort zone allowed her to become a better player overall.

“It just kind of came together (tonight),” Abbott said. “If you swing high, something’s bound to happen.”

Sophomore middle blocker Gabrielle Hazen, who had the second highest hitting percentage for NU, was also pleased with the first three sets, but said the Spartans pulled away from the Cats in the last set.

Despite their five losses, Chan and Hazen both think the team has been improving. Chan said the team has been playing some of their best volleyball in these past five games.

Although these developments are important and do not go unnoticed, a lack of wins means that improvements fall to the wayside as people focus on the team’s losses. Hazen said the team is trying to rally together to make wins on the road more likely.

“We want to beat these teams on their home court; we are all striving to reach for the same goal,” Hazen said. “Everybody talks about just being one point better, so it helps better the team.” sophiemann2018@u.northwestern.edu

NU preparing to host biggest regular season contest

By KARA STEVICK

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As Northwestern prepares to host the three-day TYR invitational this weekend, the team anticipates achieving some of its fastest swims outside of the Big Ten Championship meet.

“I can assure you that most of the guys will get best times for the season, which is going to be awesome,” captain Almog Olshtein said.

Olshtein, who recently had a strong showing against the University of Wisconsin, taking both the 50 and 100 freestyles, played a key role in the Wildcats’ second place TYR finish last year.

In contrast to the seven teams that the Wildcats previously hosted, this year’s TYR invitational will feature only five schools. Among these teams are Michigan State University and Grand Canyon University, two teams Olshtein said would be tough competition.

Formatted similarly to the Big Tens, the meet will present athletes with the opportunity to have multiple swim experiences in the same race and to practice

events that they will be competing in toward the end of the season, coach Jarod Schroeder said.

“It’s a good gauge of how the first half of the season has gone,” Schroeder said.

By giving swimmers the opportunity to compete under the preliminary-final format characteristic with the Big Ten Championships, Schroeder hopes that the invitational will provide his team with the boost in confidence needed to succeed going forward.

Schroeder said the former is especially true for the younger swimmers as they continue to adjust to the college meet setting and gear up to compete against squads that typically wear his so-called “champion suits.”

Ultimately, the TYR invitational, which remains the largest meet of the year, serves as a fitting conclusion to the first half of 2015-2016 season, Schroeder said.

“It’s different, it’s fun, we get more chances to compete and we’re going to have good competition so it’s going to be fun,” Olshtein said.

Despite this lively atmosphere and the fact that the Cats won’t taper for the meet, the squad plans to swim hard, Schroeder said.

Freshman Carter Page agreed with his coach and

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LAKE OF PAGE Carter Page reaches for his next stroke. The freshman swimmer will be able to compete in many different races this weekend as the Cats host a five-team event.

said he hopes to swim faster than he has in previous meets. Though Page typically focuses on the 500 and 1000 freestyles, he said the TYR invitational will provide him with the opportunity to practice his 200 freestyle, an event he has only competed in once this season.

Such an aggressive swim style will be key to NU’s success this weekend, as they will be challenged with

maintaining a high level of performance over a tiring three-day period, Olshtein said.

“A lot of it is just approach,” Page said. “You just kind of have to understand that no one is going to feel good on the third day and you got to be the toughest one out there.” karastevick2019@u.northwestern.edu

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Even though the stakes aren’t as high...we’re pretending they are so that we know what to do at Big Tens.

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Thursday, November 19, 2015

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Wildcats seek to overwhelm opponents in early play

By WILL RAGATZ

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Northwestern will be looking to build off its dominant performance in its season-opening blowout against Howard when it takes on Idaho State at Welsh-Ryan Arena on Thursday.

Against Howard, junior forward Nia Coffey, who reached 1,000 career points in the 89-49 victory Sunday, led the way with 27 points in just 23 minutes. Two of her fellow juniors stepped up with big games as well, with guard Christen Inman putting up 18 points and guard Ashley Deary adding 16 points and seven assists.

Deary said the three juniors have grown a lot in two seasons of playing together.

“We’ve learned from our mistakes over the few years,” Deary said. “We like to stay together and be persistent.”

Coach Joe McKeown said he will be looking for big contributions from his talented crop of third-year players all season long. McKeown said as upperclassmen, those players are capable of doing even more than they have in the past two seasons.

Freshman guard Jordan Hankins impressed during her college debut, chipping in 13 points off of the bench, including a pair of three-pointers.

Coffey said Hankins will play an important role this year.

“She’s a really good spark for us,” Coffey said. “Her aggressiveness and her shooting ability can bring this team to a whole other level.”

McKeown also praised Hankins’ performance in her first game.

“Jordan Hankins is a great scorer, and you saw a little bit (Sunday) of what she’s capable of,” McKeown said.

Although the Wildcats (1-0) beat Howard by 40, McKeown said he wasn’t fully satisfied with his squad’s performance. After scoring

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50 points on 60 percent shooting in the first half, the Cats managed just 39 points in the second half, shooting 40 percent.

NU also found itself giving the ball away more in the final 20 minutes.

The Cats had eight turnovers between the third and fourth quarters, compared to five in the first half.

“We got a little bit sloppy late in the game, but it gives us an idea of some things we have to work on,” McKeown said, specifically mentioning offensive movement and patience as things We’ve learned t h e y w i l l be looking from our improve mistakes over to going the few years. forward.

Given We like to stay who it was together and be facing, the wide margin persistent. of victor y Ashley Deary, in NU’s seajunior guard son opener wasn’t shocking. Howard went 0-16 on the road last season and ranked 341 out of 349 Division I teams in RPI. Idaho State (1-0) will be a step up in competition.

In their first game of this season, the Bengals defeated Division II Colorado Christian by a score of 82-56.

The Bengals finished 13-17 last year, including 8-10 in the Big Sky Conference.

However, Idaho State returns its three leading scorers, including senior guard Apiphany Woods, a Chicago native who led the team with 15.5 points per game.

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FRESH JORDAN Jordan Hankins prepares to drive. The freshman guard received considerable playing time in the season opener and will likely see more action.

Besides slowing down the Idaho State offense, the Cats will need to address its rebounding issues in this upcoming matchup. NU was outrebounded 45-43 by Howard, but

should be more successful on the glass Thursday. Idaho State doesn’t have a player taller than 6’2” on its roster.

This is the second of three

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Northwestern holds on late, moves to 2-0 Wildcats stave off rally to win by 7 points

By SAM KREVLIN

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Despite a late run by Fairfield, Northwestern held off the Stags recording its second win of the season by a score of 79-72.

Sophomore guard Bryant McIntosh stole the show both offensively and defensively. Following an 18-4 Stags (0-3) run to whittle a double digit lead down to three points, McIntosh’s clutch steal and three-point play with 52 seconds left sealed the deal.

“I played more aggressively on defense,” McIntosh said. “I tried to make a couple more plays. Coach has been on me about getting more aggressive. Getting in passing lanes and trying to read people’s eyes a little bit and it paid off.”

McIntosh not only played impressive defense, but he also stood out on the offensive end leading the team with 20 points on 8-of-13 shooting.

With just 2:30 left in the game, the Wildcats (2-0) led by just three points after maintaining a double digit lead for almost the entire contest. Sophomore forward Marcus Gilbert headed the Fairfield charge late in the second half. Gilbert, who only scored 5 points in the first half, shot 5-of-9 in the second.

“We started fouling,” Collins said of Fairfield’s second half run. “That’s when the game turned. It was close to 14 minutes when they got into the bonus. And all of the sudden 16 goes to 14 to 10.

They start smelling like they are in the game. We have to do a better job playing without our hands and keeping the ball in front of us.”

Late heroics by McIntosh sink Stags at Welsh-Ryan

By COLE PAXTON

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IN THE FALZON Aaron Falzon drives around a defender. The freshman sharpshooter drilled three three-point shots in the first five minutes of Wednesday’s game against Fairfield.

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NU had no trouble breaking the Stags’ press, which was implemented right from the opening tip. Fairfield committed ten turnovers in the first half, leading to 16 points for the Cats.

Freshman guard Aaron Falzon picked up right where he left off from Friday’s

Bryant McIntosh knifed down the lane and through a pair of Fairfield defenders. When the ball hit the net and the whistle sounded, Northwestern had put the game away.

McIntosh’s I was just layup trying to create and ensucontact...I got all ing free throw the way to the the rim, was just able gave C at s a to put enough 73-65 lead over English on it.

Fairfield Bryant McIntosh, with 52 Sophomore seconds point guard remaining, the final dagger in NU’s 79-72 win Wednesday night.

“I saw a little opening to the right,” McIntosh said. “We were wasting clock, and the way (the officials) have been calling the game lately, I was just trying to create contact and get to the foul line. I got all the way to the rim, was just able to put enough English on it.”

The sophomore point guard

opener, draining three early three-pointers in the game’s first five minutes. He cooled off quickly though, not burying another shot from beyond the arc for the rest of the game.

When the Cats next host Columbia Friday, they want to improve their defense after nearly collapsing late.

“Our defensive toughness has to be better by Friday,” junior guard Sanjay Lumpkin said. “We need to prepare for that game.” samkrevlin2019@u.northwestern.edu

was a force throughout the second half. He scored 14 of his 20 points and added a trio of assists after the intermission.

In one stretch early in the half, McIntosh made a layup and a jumper in less than two minutes, then dished a pass between a pair of Fairfield defenders a short time later, giving senior center Alex Olah an easy score.

“He was making plays; he was finding guys.” coach Chris Collins said. “Even the shots he missed, he got so much attention that we got the tip-ins. I just thought he was sensational tonight.”

When the game was on the line, McIntosh came alive. He fed junior forward Sanjay Lumpkin perfectly for a layup with 5:52 remaining to extend NU’s lead to 66-60, and a few moments later added a floater of his own to give the Cats a 70-65 lead.

McIntosh also excelled defensively. He finished with a career high four steals, including a key takeaway from Fairfield guard Jerome Segura that set up his final drive and score.

McIntosh took control of the game when the outcome was in doubt. Despite just being a sophomore, that came as no surprise to his teammates.

“He carried us at the end of the game there,” Lumpkin said.

“That’s just what he does.” colepaxton2019@u.northwestern.edu