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SAFE SPACE NU students give input Tuesday evening on what constitutes a healthy relationship. The discussion was part of a joint effort by Sigma Psi Zeta, MARS, SHAPE and CARE to promote domestic violence awareness.

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As part of its domestic violence awareness campaign, Sigma Psi Zeta invited students to discuss healthy relationships on campus to

discourage abusive relationships.

The Asian-interest sorority collaborated with Sexual Health and Assault Peer Educators, Men Against Rape and Sexual Assault, and the Center for Awareness, Response and Education as part of its annual Purple Ribbon Week,

which supports awareness of domestic violence. CARE advisers Erin Clark and Paul Ang began the discussion, attended by about 25 students.

Clark kicked off the discussion » See HEALTHY, page 5

Evanston’s ongoing water negotiations with three nearby communities — which were speeding up in recent weeks — have been delayed as Niles and Morton Grove explore an alternative option to building a new water pipeline to Evanston.

Niles and Morton Grove are considering purchasing Evanston water through Skokie’s water line instead of constructing a new water main, said Dave Stoneback, the director of Evanston’s Public Works Agency, at Monday’s City Council meeting.

Although getting water through Skokie means Niles and Morton Grove no longer have to spend $115 million to build the new pipeline, the water cost for the communities would be higher than if they received water straight from Evanston, he said.

“I just don’t think that’s a very feasible alternative, but they are looking at that,” Stoneback said.

This diversion from the muchdiscussed plan to construct a water line to Evanston has also stymied Park Ridge’s entrance into contract negotiations with Evanston, Niles and Morton Grove on the original project.

Park Ridge officials had been asked to decide by July 1 whether

Author shares stories of family, identity

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Andrew Solomon, author of “Far from the Tree: Parents, Children, and the Search for Identity,” a New York Times’ Best Book of 2012, shared stories of love, heartbreak and acceptance with a packed audience Tuesday night at Cahn Auditorium.

If you are able In “Far to make them f rom t he Tree,” Solofeel like they will mon follows be understood, hundreds of parents they actually of children long to get past dealing the loneliness. with deafness, dwarfAndrew Solomon, ism, Down author syndrome, autism, schizophrenia and other disabilities.

Solomon describes how these universal struggles can lead to growth and promise.

Prior to the event at Cahn, Solomon spoke to members of Chapin Hall. He told them his narration is so effective because of his ability to understand and uphold the trust his interviewees give him.

“A surprising number of people don’t want to talk about these types

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of things because they are upsetting and they think people won’t understand,” Solomon said. “If you are able to make them feel like they will be understood, they actually long to get past the loneliness. People want a sympathetic and nonjudgmental ear.”

Solomon spoke about some of the hardships parents face and how much good can come out of life’s toughest moments. He shared the story of Clinton Brown III, who has a condition called diastrophic dwarfism.

When he was born, Solomon said the doctors told Brown’s parents he was not going to live very long, so they should let him die “quietly” in the hospital.

However, Solomon said Brown’s mother refused to leave her child behind.

“If he dies, at least I know I brought him home and I did my best,” Solomon recalled Brown’s mother saying. “Almost every doctor said he wouldn’t live, except for one that said, ‘That is going to be a handsome young man one day.’”

After 30 major surgeries, Clinton is the first person in his family to attend college.

NU art history Prof. Claudia Swan, a longtime friend of Solomon’s, said she hopes students who attended Solomon’s event will realize how important it is to have compassion and a broader understanding of the struggles families go through.

She believes having this knowledge

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HUMANITIES Author Andrew Solomon signs copies of his book “Far from the Tree: Parents, Children, and the Search for Identity” for audience members following a talk in Cahn Auditorium. Solomon, a bestselling author, spoke about issues of identity in families of children with disabilities.

is important for building students with character.

“I want students to leave with a sense of how much impact a deep understanding of human character, identity, life crises and syndromes can have,” she said.

Tom Burke, assistant director at the Alice Kaplan Institute for the Humanities, said Solomon’s lecture is a huge step for the humanities department. He said people often neglect the importance of the

humanities, something he said he hopes changes by bringing speakers like Solomon to NU. “People often mistakenly dismiss the humanities and the humanities are all around us all the time,” he said. “So it’s less about making a case for the humanities as we are trying to demonstrate how present and relevant they are in our presentday lives.” samkrevlin2019@u.northwestern.edu

to join the other two communities in constructing a pipeline to deliver water from Evanston, but city officials said they needed more time to ensure the cost-effectiveness of the plan. Despite Park Ridge’s continued uncertainty through the summer, the plan to buy water from Evanston progressed with Niles and Morton Grove.

Park Ridge acting Mayor Marty Maloney told The Daily that Park Ridge aldermen were ready to vote on joining contract negotiations on Monday before the city manager received a letter last week suspending the current discussion with Niles and Morton Grove.

The email, signed by the project manager working with Niles and Morton Grove, notified Park Ridge that the cities are now considering an alternative option to building a new water line to Evanston. Without disclosing specifics, project manager Bill Balling said in the email that the option could potentially offset or reduce the capital costs of getting Evanston water.

Maloney told The Daily that Park Ridge City Council would likely have voted to approve funds to join negotiations, but Thursday’s email brought the progress to a “screeching halt.”

“It really threw everyone for a curve,” Maloney said. “No one wants » See WATER, page 5

Hillary Clinton to fundraise in city next month

Hillary Rodham Clinton will appear Nov. 2 at an Evanston fundraiser for her campaign as she makes her second White House bid.

The former U.S. secretary of state will attend a Hillary For America event at an Evanston home, where Mayor Elizabeth Tisdahl and U.S. Rep. Jan Schakowsky will co-host. Tickets for the event — which include a photo with Clinton — cost $2,700 per person.

The fundraiser is also hosted by Chicago Cubs co-owner Laura Ricketts and Fred Eychaner, an entrepreneur who has contributed millions to Democratic politicians. To become an event co-host, individuals must raise $27,000 for the campaign.

The event will take place from 5-7 p.m. at the home of Eric Janssen, the president of a Chicago real estate company.

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Around Town Northlight Theatre plans to return to Evanston

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The Northlight Theatre company formally expressed interest at Monday’s City Council meeting in returning to Evanston to occupy the proposed downtown performing arts center.

Aldermen reacted positively to a presentation by Northlight’s executive director Tim Evans, who has been working with city staff on the potential new performing arts center. City staff has been collaborating with Northlight and with a development firm working with Evanston’s Second Baptist Church on plans for a site at the southeast corner of Clark Street and Benson Avenue.

Officials at Northlight have been looking to relocate to Evanston to expand their facilities and be closer to an urban hub, Evans said at the meeting.

“We seek access to public transportation, plentiful parking, pre- and post-show dining in addition to a main stage theater and use of a second stage theater,” he said. “We would like a space for workshops, small musicals and classes. That’s why Evanston was an exciting option for us.”

Northlight Theatre currently operates at North Shore Center for the Performing Arts in Skokie, where it has been located since 1996. The group was founded in Evanston in 1974.

Based on a $37 million preliminary plan for the theater presented to aldermen in July, the theater group chosen to partner with the city would be

Police Blotter Boy threatened with robbery on his way home from school

An 11-year-old boy was threatened with robbery Thursday afternoon while walking home from school in Evanston.

The boy told police he was walking on Wesley Avenue at about 3:45 p.m. when a male teen on a bicycle grabbed the boy’s arm and demanded money, said Evanston police Cmdr. Joseph Dugan. When the

expected to participate in the fundraising effort for the center’s development. In the plan devised by city residents and staff, the group would permanently occupy the largest of the center’s three auditoriums, seating 350 people. Another performing group could claim the 200-seat theater, while the smallest theater fitting 100 would be open to temporary occupants.

Evans said he hopes Northlight’s return would strengthen the creative community in Evanston by maintaining the relationships it has fostered with organizations throughout the community. These relationships with Northlight have included Evanston Township High School, Evanston/Skokie School District 65 and Evanston’s Youth & Opportunity United, he said.

Jason Balla, owner of The Stained Glass Restaurant in Evanston, said he is hopeful Northlight Theatre will enhance business at dining establishments around the area. Balla said he was certain members of the musical community would be excited by the prospect of a prominent theater located in Evanston.

“We aspire to be a community center where patrons can see world-class theater,” Evans said. “We want to … serve as an inclusive and vital arts partner in the city. Evanston enjoys a rich cultural community committed to those that are creative.”

City manager Wally Bobkiewicz said the discussion surrounding Northlight’s relocation was particularly relevant given the prominent roles City Council has taken in establishing arts venues and activities around the city.

“City Council has provided tremendous leadership in this area,” he said. “We created a standalone boy said he did not have any money, the teenager stuck his hand in his jacket to imply he had a gun, he said.

The boy, who did not believe the teen had a gun, walked away and was not injured except for a minor hit on the head from the teenager, Dugan said. The boy told police he had seen the teen before and that the individual is in middle school.

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COMING HOME Northlight Theatre executive director Tim Evans (right) and artistic director BJ Jones speak to City Council about their interest in returning to Evanston in its proposed downtown performing arts center. Northlight Theatre was founded in Evanston in 1974 but has been established in Skokie at the North Shore Center for the Performing Arts for nearly two decades.

cultural arts coordinator working with the Evanston Arts Council, a photography exhibit at the Civic Center and a whole variety of other things.”

Bobkiewicz said this project is a work in progress

and updates will be provided on the status of the move at subsequent council meetings.

bag containing money and her laptop stolen Friday afternoon at the Urban Outfitters in downtown Evanston.

The woman discovered her LeSportsac bag was missing at about 1:30 p.m. after she put it down to shop at the store in the 900 block of Church Street, Dugan said. The woman told police her wallet, credit cards, identification cards — including a Northwestern University WildCARD — as well as her laptop were stolen. These items are valued at about $1,700.

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Gang-related graffiti was reported Monday on the garage door of a home in south Evanston.

The graffiti was likely spray-painted on the garage door in the 2000 block of Warren Street sometime between Oct. 14 and Oct. 19, Dugan said. The graffiti featured a spraypainted five-point crown, which police said they believe to be the symbol of the Latin Kings.

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The CEO of an education company shared career advice he learned from starting his own business, drawing on his journey from rural South Africa to Wall Street.

Aaron Fuchs told a group of more than 15 students in an hour-long presentation at Parkes Hall how he came to found a startup. The event was hosted by NU’s chapter of TAMID, an organization that seeks to connect college students with the Israeli economy through education, investment funds and access to summer internships.

Fuchs offered both career and life advice during the talk, discussing how passion should fit into students’ careers.

“These are things that have happened to me that I think would be useful lessons for someone who hasn’t had these things happen to them,” he said. “A lot of people will tell you to find your passion. What I’ve learned over my time is it’s not about finding your passion: It’s about bringing passion to whatever you do.”

Fuchs is the CEO of the South Africa-based iXperience, a company that runs a career training program for American students in Cape Town.

“We have a really good relationship with iXperience,” said McCormick junior Naomi Gutstein, the chapter’s director of programming. “We are very set on giving all of our members exposure into the business and startup world.”

Fuchs was born in rural South Africa and did not have much access to technology before his family moved to Cape Town when he was 10. He graduated from Yale University and worked on Wall Street before deciding to move back to South Africa to work at technology startup Prodigy Finance. Soon after, he started iXperience while working at a Cape Town beach.

“There was really spotty mobile wifi,” he said about the location.

Fuchs said the goal of his company is to completely

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STARTUP IXperience CEO Aaron Fuchs speaks to a group of students Tuesday at Parkes Hall.

During the event, Fuchs shared life and career advice he learned through founding his startup.

reimagine the way we learn. The company hosts American students from top-tier colleges in Cape Town during the summer for a month-long learning experience and a subsequent internship of the same length, he said.

During the program’s first summer, only one course in coding was offered to 40 students. Next summer, between 250 and 300 students will have access to six courses.

“The popularity of the program is exploding,” he said in an interview after his presentation.

Fuchs said he was encouraged by Yale career services to get into finance or consulting after college, but he did not enjoy his time on Wall Street working at a hedge fund, and chose to return to his home country to pursue his passions in technology and education.

The CEO is presenting at 20 universities across

the country, including Harvard, Stanford and the University of Chicago.

Fuchs also said to dream big and to create a network of friends and mentors to use for inspiration.

He shared career advice and said to focus solely on the task at hand, use both the right side of the brain as well as the left side and pursue personal goals.

“Start something,” he said. “Start anything. Start something right now.”

Weinberg freshman Ellen Wu said she found Fuchs’ talk inspiring.

“I really enjoyed hearing his story,” she said. “I always like hearing new advice and having a different perspective from someone who has been successful and tried something new. norashelly2019@u.northwestern.edu

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‘Excellent Sheep’ overlooks students’ complexities ALEXI STOCKER

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This weekend, a friend and I debated the merits of former Yale Professor William Deresiewicz’s arguments in “Excellent Sheep: The Miseducation of the American Elite and the Way to a Meaningful Life,” which are nicely summed up in a controversial article he wrote for The New Republic in July 2014.

Deresiewicz argues elite institutions are problematic because they reinforce class structures, preventing a true American meritocracy. Although it is true that the American higher education system is tied to increasing economic inequality, Deresiewicz undermines his argument with a broad-based attack on students at elite institutions. He argues “kids at less prestigious schools are apt to be more interesting, more curious, more open, and far less entitled and competitive.”

I find it surprising that Deresiewicz claims students at elite institutions are somehow less interesting and less curious than their peers at other

institutions. To criticize the admissions policies of these universities is one thing, but to attack the students themselves is confounding. He argues that small liberal arts schools — Reed, Oberlin, Wesleyan, etc. — are where you can find the most interesting young people. Deresiewicz claims elite schools’ admissions policies, by “selecting students

by GPA or the number of extracurriculars more often benefits the faithful drudge than the original mind.” In his imagined world, schools like NU and the University of Chicago are filled with mindless drones hell-bent on receiving good grades and landing the perfect job but lacking in unique, defining characteristics.

As I come to the midway point of my final Fall Quarter here at NU, I can confidently say that Deresiewicz’s attacks on students at elite institutions are unfounded, and moreover, downright incorrect.

From the moment I arrived at NU, my fellow students have never failed to amaze me with just how interesting, unique and passionate they really are.

To call their devotion to academics, or their future career a “faithful drudge” is baffling and appalling.

Sadly, criticisms like Deresiewicz’s are commonplace here at NU. All too often I hear NU students bemoan how careerist and boring their peers are. I

see two primary flaws with this argument.

First, careerism is not something inherently negative. Although I favor a liberal arts education, not everybody wants to study the humanities and social sciences. Students who focus on their post-graduation career are no better or worse than those who experiment and explore while in college. Moreover, I have found that I can learn just as much from careerand academic-oriented students as I do from those more heavily engaged in activism, the arts or some other pursuit. Last winter I took part in consulting internship recruiting. That experience taught me just as much about myself as the best courses I have taken here, or all but my most central extracurricular activities. To speak ill of career-oriented students is judgmental and counter-productive. Elite institutions like NU produce leaders in the professions; learn from the perspectives of society’s future consultants, bankers, lawyers, doctors and academics.

Second, careerism does not preclude someone from being interesting. I understand it is difficult to pursue other interests when academics and postgraduation plans are your focus. Yet, here at NU, students do just that. It is true that many NU students do not display their passions to the rest of the student body. The most fascinating and unique people

I know here have interests relatively unknown to the rest of their peers. Get to know your classmates, even your friends, a little better, and you might be surprised by what you find. Throughout my years here I have found a future doctor with a passion for history, politics and guitar, consultants with a passion for architecture and German culture, or street art and squash, or poetry and theater, a future economist who can lay down an amazing rap about Janet Yellen, and dozens of other colorful characters who have taught me about the depth of human character and the surprises within each of us.

To paraphrase many great teachers, judge not others for their pursuits and choices. Deresiewicz has no right to label one student’s interests or activities “more interesting” than another’s, and nor do any of us.

Rather than judge, get to know your fellow students.

I have been pleasantly surprised every time; there is a great deal of depth and complexity to every one of us.

Alexi Stocker is a Weinberg senior. He can be reached at alexistocker2016@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.

How the American college system extends immaturity NICOLE KEMPIS

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When NU’s international students go home, I believe they make a significant shift, from being “college kids” to “university students.” This movement has little to do with linguistic technicalities and a lot to do with how various societies understand tertiary education. In the United States, college is alternately presented as essential for future success, exclusive and competitive, the best four years of your life, and the gateway to adulthood. While other countries do share part of this definition, I have found the different roles universities adopt in society drastically affect the experience of being a student.

I personally find it challenging to describe my course of study to people I meet overseas. How do you explain that you study comparative literature as well as political science to someone who spent four years studying exclusively ancient Mesopotamian cultures? Courses tend to be a lot more specific elsewhere, with little opportunity for change and the expectation that your career will relate to your university degree in some way. American colleges are unparalleled in the degree of flexibility they

afford their students — a trait I believe encourages students to take responsibility for their education and to create a unique future.

Yet there are elements of the American college experience that seem to keep us younger than our contemporaries elsewhere. I asked a few friends that have experience at both American colleges and international universities about notable differences in student experience. Their feedback painted a complex picture that delves beyond social experiences and into structural differences in tertiary education.

The responses I received, from Norway to Nigeria, focused on certain key differences between the American colleges and the institutions in their respective home countries. The first was that the concept of underage drinking at university keeps students socially younger. As a French student at Princeton told me “partying is prevalent in (French) high schools, it’s nothing new when you get to college.” I was also extremely surprised by the amount of binge drinking that happens here and conversely by the number of students that had never had a drink before their freshman fall. Furthermore, I believe students are socially excluded from the realm of adulthood because they are not considered mature enough to drink responsibly, a situation that leads to a prolonged adolescence.

The same student said “Princeton students tend

to be less mature than the average French student … because of their knowledge that high-paying jobs in top companies often await them.” I find this particularly interesting, as it directly contradicts one of the strengths of the liberal arts system, which should be to inspire individuals to take risks in their education to discover their passions. However, at elite colleges, the perceived certainty that high-paying consulting jobs await us leads to a degree of complacency and immaturity among students.

The view that American colleges are overly insular was also echoed by a Norwegian exchange student, who explained, “In Norway, as in other parts of Europe, the university sees itself as a primarily academic institution … An example of this would be that we don’t have a psychologist on campus… the attitude of the university is that this is a private concern.” American colleges tend to oversee every aspect of student life. This is positive in the sense that it inspires a strong sense of community, but I believe it does not embolden individuals to create an identity or develop a community outside the university’s constraints.

College tuition was an aspect that engendered a variety of responses. As my friend explained, “Generally a university education is … something normal in Norway, which does not require a specific financial background. University is free and … as a result virtually all students are financially independent.” A

U.S. must rethink its Middle Eastern policy JACK DRUMM

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Two weeks ago, in an ancient Afghan city near the border with Tajikistan, the United States military bombed a Doctors Without Borders hospital.

The profoundly tragic incident in Kunduz speaks to a larger failure of American foreign policy in the Middle East. In the past, our country has justified military intervention with the hope of installing American-style political and economic systems abroad. These policies fail to achieve their goals and end up adversely impacting the welfare of the civilians whom we supposedly try to help. The justification for American military force in the Middle East — and around the world, for that matter — should be the presence of an outstanding, imminent national security threat and/or a humanitarian emergency.

What does success in the Middle East look like? How do we exit a war? These are the central questions of American involvement in the Middle East. Libya is a failed state, half of Syria is governed

by ISIS, and the Taliban still operates forcefully in Afghanistan. Yet, it is very possible for the U.S. to affect real change by increasing foreign aid to these impoverished countries and using the resources of the American military to aid in remedying humanitarian crises.

It cannot be the duty of the United States to impose its political and economic models upon other countries. Effective governance and an economy that gives opportunity to all are not products

of Western intervention; they are institutions these nations must prop up themselves. That being said, the U.S. does have the moral obligation to ameliorate the suffering of those less fortunate if we can.

And we can.

Two cases of conflict — Yemen and Syria — demonstrate a contradiction in American foreign policy toward the Middle East. In Yemen, a U.S.backed Saudi campaign against Houthi rebels has resulted in widespread penury and desperation. The Saudi bombing campaign and blockade has generated a humanitarian cataclysm, with some Yemeni having to wait days for food, and the U.S., which provides essential resources to the Saudis like weapons and refueling, is complicit in this crisis. Some journalists have even gone so far as to suggest the U.S. is guilty of war crimes. The entanglement of the U.S. in this conflict has done nothing but deteriorate the humanitarian catastrophe in Yemen and has not realized its goals of changing power in Sana’a.

In Syria, the U.S. has wisely avoided military intervention in a conflict with a plethora of actors scrambling for influence, including Bashar al-Assad, ISIS, Russia, Hezbollah, Iran and Turkey. It is no secret that the horrors of war are a daily norm for the Syrian people; food and shelter have become the most valuable currency in Syria. Barney Frank, a former Massachusetts representative, argues that no action the U.S. could take in Syria would actually end up doing any good, which I agree with. The situation in Syria is so wildly complicated that the only good the U.S. could effectuate is providing humanitarian assistance.

Fortunately, the United Nations and its World Food Programme, which is largely funded by the United States, has combatted the starvation and tumult of the Syrian people. These are the humanitarian policies

that the United States needs to expand in Syria and adopt in other Middle Eastern countries.

The question then becomes: What should be the red line for American intervention? From the overwhelming amount of evidence on AmericanMiddle Eastern relations the past 14 years, we can see that never-ending war isn’t a viable solution.

For too long, government officials have promoted policies that attempt to cultivate an environment friendly to U.S. political and economic interests. It is no big secret that corporations who manufacture war materiel have a very large incentive to keep demand for their products high; President Eisenhower left office warning the public of their influence. The American people cannot let our nation fall into another prolonged war that seeks influence in a region that simply does not want it. The human suffering is far too high.

We can execute smart, time-limited operations to protect national security. We can intervene to save lives, distribute food, or house refugees. The U.S. did this back in August 2014, when U.S. and Kurdish forces saved the lives of tens of thousands of Yazidis on a besieged mountain in northwestern Iraq.

It is true, as President Bill Clinton said in 1996, that sometimes America is the difference between freedom and repression. Let that credo be this nation’s guiding light, but let us never forget that freedom is not endless war.

Jack Drumm is a Weinberg freshman. He can be contacted at jackdrumm2019@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.

free college education seems like a utopian dream here at NU, and financial emancipation from one’s parents is all but impossible without incurring long-term loans or obtaining a scholarship. However, another student responded by saying that he believed that in Nigeria, few parents would expect their kids to pay for college, asserting, “the U.S. is one of the few places I know where students take responsibility for paying their college tuition.” This divergence in opinion illustrates the complexity of the matter, which cannot be generalized when one considers the diverse array of college experiences within the United States.

Despite our consistent moaning, there is a reason that so many international students choose to attend university here instead of somewhere closer to home. American colleges give their students fantastic freedom and support, but I wonder if we couldn’t learn something from the tertiary education systems in other countries and remember that, ultimately, college is a path that should prepare us for adulthood instead of extending our immaturity.

Nicole Kempis is a Weinberg sophomore. She can be reached at nicolekempis2018@u.northwestern.edu. If you would like to respond publicly to this column, send a Letter to the Editor to opinion@dailynorthwestern.com. The views expressed in this piece do not necessarily reflect the views of all staff members of The Daily Northwestern.

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From page 1 to be spending time and money to investigate or flesh out the details of a project we might not be involved in.”

Balling told The Daily he could not confirm whether the alternative plans mentioned in the email involve receiving Evanston water through the Skokie line.

How e v e r, B a l l ing said it is unclear whether the alternative No one wants would have to be spending pipeline the capacity to include time and money Park Ridge’s water demand. Although to investigate information on the or flesh out the alternative line is not details of a project complete, they felt it fair to alert Park we might not be was Ridge to the possibilinvolved in. ity of a new direction for the project, Balling Marty Maloney, said.

Park Ridge acting “Of course, if these mayor investigations lead the Morton Grove and Niles team to identify an option that would enable Park Ridge to also be served, we would be happy to discuss with Park Ridge the option of becoming (a) participant in the team,” Balling wrote in the email.

Maloney said when Park Ridge’s city manager Shawn Hamilton reached out to Balling, he said he would not give further information on the potential water plan.

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“I understand that those cities are trying to get the best deal possible for their residents, but I wish they were sharing that information with Park Ridge,” Maloney told The Daily.

Evanston has been in talks for years with surrounding municipalities seeking a cheaper alternative to Chicago water, which has reached $3.81 per thousand gallons, having risen a minimum of 15 percent each of the past five years. Evanston’s price is about $0.92 per thousand gallons.

If all three cities agreed to help construct a new water line, Park Ridge would provide about $47 million toward the project, the largest contribution considering it is the farthest distance from Evanston among the three cities.

Park Ridge is projected to save $113 million over 40 years, with Niles and Morton Grove saving even more over the same time period.

Stoneback, who attended Park Ridge’s City Council meeting last week, expressed to Evanston aldermen that the city would likely join on to the original plan.

“Park Ridge is actually sounding very interested in becoming part of the group with Morton Grove and Niles to study getting water from them as well,” Stoneback said at Evanston City Council’s Monday meeting. “They’re about a year behind the other communities, but they seem to be interested in catching up quickly.”

However, Maloney said Park Ridge’s own Monday City Council meeting was inconclusive. Park Ridge will wait to see the outcome of Niles’ and Morton Grove’s alternative option before making another move, he said. juliajacobs2018@u.northwestern.edu

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by addressing different kinds of violence in relationships. The two CARE advisers emphasized that relationship violence is not only physical but can also be verbal, emotional, financial or academic. The speakers proposed a “relationship bill of rights,” detailing various individual liberties and boundaries people in healthy relationships should have.

The speakers said 32 percent of American college students have experienced some sort of relationship violence in their lives.

“Boundaries need to be clearly defined and communicated,” Clark said. “And one needs to be prepared in case boundaries are crossed.”

The audience interjected in the discussion, expressing personal opinions on relationship boundaries and definitions of a healthy relationship. Students then discussed potential relationship conflicts in college, the impact they would have on the person and what they would want to happen.

Ang turned the conversation toward methods of handling relationship conflicts in an effective manner. He said all relationships experience conflict and that conflicts are not intrinsically unhealthy.

“All of us are involved in relationship conflicts at times,” Ang said. “But we need to make sure we approach conflicts in a respectful manner and grow from them.”

Student hosts took over for the latter half of

the seminar. They split the audience into two groups of seven to eight students, for more intimate discussions.

Cindy Chen, the president of Sigma Psi Zeta, helped lead these discussions with other members of her sorority, as well as students from SHAPE and MARS. “Our sorority decided to host this because it’s Domestic Violence Awareness month, so we wanted to raise awareness about potential relationship violence on campus,” Chen said.

The topics discussed in these groups included the transition from high school to college relationships, how alcohol and partying can affect relationships, how to spot potentially unhealthy relationships, and how to support friends going through relationship issues.

“Personally, I have trouble talking to partners about the relationship, because I don’t want them to be too stressed out,” Medill sophomore Andrea Zhang said. “Most kids are already so stressed with schoolwork, so lack of communication becomes a common issue.”

During one of the discussions, Tiffany Teng, a Weinberg junior, said it is important to note red flags in relationships.

“A good rule to have is to compare your relationship to a regular friendship, and think about whether something a partner says or does would be acceptable in a regular friendship,” she said. “You shouldn’t make exceptions for your partner.” markduanmu2019@u.northwestern.edu

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National News US, Russia sign Syria air safety deal but keep quarreling over war aims

WASHINGTON — American and Russian senior military officials signed an agreement Tuesday spelling out safety rules their nations’ aircraft are to follow in the contested skies over Syria, but the two governments continued to snipe at each other’s goals in the Middle East country.

Pentagon officials said the accord was a narrow, technical “memorandum of understanding” that in no way signals U.S. approval of the new Russian air campaign to support Syrian President Bashar Assad’s embattled army.

“We don’t agree with what they’re doing,” Pentagon press secretary Peter Cook said of the Russian airstrikes in Syria that began three weeks ago. “And that has not changed. We can agree, on this limited basis, to try and promote the safety of our air crews over Syria.”

Kremlin leaders, for their part, said that Pentagon negotiators had rejected opportunities to share intelligence, exchange targeting information and take other more robust steps to attack Islamic State militants from the air in Syria.

“The Russian side was seeking a more substantial agreement,” the Russian Defense Ministry said in a statement. “That is why a number of specific proposals aimed at deepening cooperation between the Russian and U.S. militaries in countering international terrorism were put forward.”

In addition to Russian and American aircraft, the accord covers the planes of eight other countries that have joined the U.S.-led airstrikes in Syria: France, Canada, Australia, Turkey, Jordan, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. More than 90 percent of the raids have been conducted by American bombers.

Pentagon officials have repeatedly said that most of the Russian airstrikes since Sept. 30 have not targeted the Islamic State or other radical Muslim groups, but rather moderate opposition forces that are fighting the Assad government and are backed by the United States.

In the last two weeks, there have been what Cook described as “a handful of incidents” when American and Russian aircraft flew as close as 500 feet to each other. Pentagon officials first expressed concern two weeks ago when a Russian bomber flew within 20 miles of a U.S. jet.

While that distance seems far enough for safe passage, an American F-16 and a Russian Tu-95 hurtling toward each other at more than 500 miles an hour could traverse 20 miles in 60 seconds or less.

The agreement signed Tuesday covers both piloted planes and unmanned surveillance drones. The Pentagon has complained in recent weeks that Russian planes have flown close to U.S. drones in apparent attempts to get close-up views of their composition and equipment.

While cooperating in the name of air safety, Washington and Moscow continued to criticize the legitimacy of each other’s air campaigns in Syria.

Stressing that the aviation protocols “do not constitute U.S. cooperation or support for Russia’s policy

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 21, 2015 or actions in Syria,” Cook added: “In fact, far from it, we continue to believe that Russia’s strategy in Syria is counterproductive and their support for the Assad regime will only make Syria’s civil war worse.”

The rhetoric from Moscow was just as dismissive.

“The signing of the document in no way changes the Russian principled position,” the Defense Ministry said. “Our military forces in Syria are operating at the request of the legitimate authorities of that country, while the projection of force by the United States and the counter-ISIL (a common acronym for the Islamic State) coalition led by Washington on the territory of Syria is without the consent of Damascus and, in the absence of any relevant U.N. Security Council resolution, represents negligence of international law.”

The Kremlin provided the full Russian-language title of the agreement: “A Memorandum of Understanding between the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation and the Department of Defense of the United States of American on the Prevention of Flight Safety Incidents in the Course of Operations in the Syrian Arab Republic.”

The possibility of air conflict escalating over Syria is far from just theoretical.

Turkey has scrambled fighter jets at least twice this month in response to Russian planes that it said had crossed or come close to its border with Syria.

And Turkey on Monday said it had shot down an unidentified drone after it flew along the border.

Analysts said the drone was Russian, but the Russian Defense Ministry denied that claim.

“If it was a (piloted) plane, we’d do the same,” Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said Tuesday.

“Our rules of engagement are known. Whoever violates our borders, we will give them the necessary answer.”

For all the differences between Washington and Moscow, their air accord includes some sweeping provisions that will see the American and Russian militaries cooperating more closely than at any time since they were allied against Nazi Germany in World War II. Among the accord’s provisions, specific radio frequencies will be maintained by both sides so that American and Russian pilots can communicate directly with one another.

Should those communications fail to prevent a possible conflict or other potentially dangerous situation, a special phone line will be set up on the ground for military leaders from the two countries to have urgent conversations.

Cook stopped short of likening the new phone line to the two countries’ existing “nuclear hotline,” which was established Aug. 30, 1963, at the urging of President John F. Kennedy after Moscow and Washington narrowly averted nuclear warfare during the Cuban Missile Crisis 10 months earlier.

— James Rosen (McClatchy Washington Bureau/TNS)

Paul Ryan will run for speaker if House GOP rallies behind him

WASHINGTON — Rep. Paul Ryan told House Republicans Tuesday night that he’s willing to run

for speaker if the chamber’s entire GOP conference _ including some often rebellious groups _ rally behind him.

Ryan, R-Wis., laid out his conditions for the nomination to replace outgoing House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, during a closed-door meeting of House Republicans. The chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee gave his colleagues until Friday to determine whether they all can abide by his terms.

“What I told the members is, if you can agree to these requests, and I can truly be a unifying figure, then I will gladly serve,” Ryan said in a statement.

“And, if I am not unifying, that is fine as well. I will be happy to stay where I am, at the Ways and Means Committee.”

In asking for a unified conference, Ryan is seeking the endorsements of the conservative House Freedom Caucus, the Republican Study Committee and the so-called Tuesday group.

The Freedom Caucus, which has about 40 members, played major roles in Boehner’s decision to retire from Congress and House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy’s sudden withdrawal from the speaker’s race. Ryan met with the Freedom Caucus before the Republican conference gathering.

“He said he wants everyone to buy into it before he buys into it,” Rep. Peter King, R-N.Y., said after Tuesday night’s conference meeting. “He said basically he’s willing to take arrows in the chest, but not in the back.”

McCarthy dropped out of the speaker’s race after the Freedom Caucus pledged its support to Rep. Daniel Webster, R-Fla., stating that a McCarthy speakership wouldn’t be different from Boehner’s.

Ryan’s announcement Tuesday prompted Rep. Jason Chaffetz, R-Utah, to abandon his long-shot bid for speaker. In a tweet, Chaffetz called Ryan the “Right person at the right time.”

Earlier in the day, Rep. Raul Labrador, R-Idaho, a Freedom Caucus member, said the group was sticking by its Webster endorsement.

“I think we’re open to a lot of things, but the important thing is that we still are supporting Daniel Webster,” Labrador said on MSNBC’s “Andrea Mitchell Reports.” “He has promised that he’s going to change the culture of the House. He’s been a successful speaker of the House in Florida. He was a successful majority leader of the Senate in Florida. And he knows what we need to do here in Washington, D.C., so we can come together as Republicans and Democrats.”

Rep. Joe Wilson, R-S.C., a Republican Study Group member, said he’s backing Ryan.

“I feel he’s a unifying person, a very bright person, we know that he’s a very positive person and I want a positive message,” Wilson said.

House Republican leaders _ including Boehner and McCarthy _ have implored Ryan to seek the speaker’s gavel. But Ryan repeatedly resisted. When Congress went home for a Columbus Day weeklong break, Ryan contemplated what it would take for him to seek the job.

In addition to demanding party unity, Ryan told Republican House members that he wouldn’t spend as much time on the road as previous speakers, citing his desire to spend as much time at home in Janesville,

Wis., with his family.

“But I pledged to make up for it with more time communicating our message,” Ryan said.

As Boehner can attest, whoever replaces him inherits a deeply divided caucus split between conservatives and tea party-backed lawmakers who want a House GOP leadership that they feel will stand up to Democrats and President Barack Obama. The tension inside the caucus pitted so-called establishment Republicans who have no qualms about negotiating with Democrats and the White House and the hardline conservatives who have rejected compromise.

While Ryan deliberated at home, the number of Republicans reportedly interested in being speaker mushroomed. In addition to the declared Webster, potential candidates included Reps. Mike Pompeo, R-Kan.; Texans Bill Flores, Mike Conway, Pete Sessions and Mike McCaul; Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn.; and Lynn Westmoreland, R-Ga. Ryan received a surprising endorsement Tuesday _ from Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev. “I’m a Paul Ryan fan. I don’t agree with him on much of what he does,” Reid told reporters Tuesday.

“I think what he’s done with Medicare and Medicaid, what he’s wanted to do, I disagree with. But generally speaking ... we’ve been able to work with him.¦” That sort of endorsement sounds like fingernails on a blackboard to some conservatives on and off Capitol Hill. Several talk radio hosts and conservative groups have panned a potential Ryan speakership, saying it wouldn’t be any different than political life under Boehner.

They balk at Ryan’s role in negotiating a 2013 budget agreement with Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., that provided relief from the mandatory automatic federal budget cuts known as the sequester; for his support of the Troubled Assets Relief Program, or TARP, that bailed out troubled Wall Street financial institutions; and his backing of the 2001 No Child Left Behind education law.

“What’s at least as offensive as his voting record is his reported attitude toward the job,” Jenny Beth Martin, president and co-founder of the Tea Party Patriots, wrote in an op-ed article in Politico Tuesday.

“Media accounts indicate he’ll only consider taking it if he has to make no promises to any of his colleagues about how he would run the House and can be elected by acclamation.”

— William Douglas (McClatchy Washington Bureau/TNS)

Setting the record straight A story in Tuesday’s edition titled “Students analyze solutions to climate-related issues” misspelled Monika Wnuk’s name.

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Across Campuses Villanova U. to arm its police force Villanova University announced Monday that it will add armed police officers starting next fall in response to rising nationwide concerns about campus safety.

The Catholic university now has a 75-member public safety department, responsible for patrol, investigations, parking enforcement, residence hall and building security, and crime prevention, but the officers cannot arrest suspects or carry guns or batons.

However, under the new arrangement, 19 members of the department - about 20 percent - will become armed police officers who will have completed police academy training, the university said.

The decision comes as college campuses across the country face increasing security threats. Villanova spokesman Jonathan Gust said there had been about 100 college campus shootings since the 2007 massacre at Virginia Tech that left 32 dead and 17 wounded.

“It’s better to be safe than sorry,” said Camila Arteaga, 18, a freshman biology major from Puerto Rico.

Of seven students interviewed on campus, only one said she was on the fence about the idea, and she questioned how much the police would be needed day to day.

Villanova officials acknowledged the university’s 260-acre Radnor campus is in a relatively safe community on the Main Line.

“But we know that safe areas aren’t immune to acts of violence,” said Chris Kovolski, assistant vice president of government relations and external affairs. “This is more about being prepared for what could happen.”

Many local colleges, including the University of Pennsylvania, Drexel, Temple, West Chester, Lincoln, Rutgers-Camden, Rowan, and Pennsylvania State University, already have armed police forces.

Nationally, three quarters of four-year college campuses with 2,500 or more students had armed officers in 2011-12, according to a report from the U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics.

But other suburban campuses, including Haverford, Swarthmore, Cabrini, Rosemont, Neumann, Immaculata, and Bryn Mawr, and even some city universities, such as St. Joseph’s University, do not have armed officers.

Villanova officials said the location of their more than 10,000-student campus presented special challenges.

“With three train stations on campus, close proximity to a major highway, and hundreds of thousands of visitors each year, the combination of police

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and campus security officers will be able to provide a higher level of campus safety,” said Ken Valosky, executive vice president, who oversees public safety.

Universities across the region were put on heightened alert this month when federal law enforcement agencies said an anonymous threat of violence had been made against an unnamed local campus for a specific date and time.

That threat, which proved unfounded, came a day after eight students and their professor were killed in a classroom at Umpqua Community College in Roseburg, Ore. “Many in our community expressed to me how shaken they were two weeks ago with the threat to Philadelphia-area colleges and universities,” the Rev. Peter Donohue, president of Villanova, said in an email Monday, announcing the change to staff and students. “My greatest fear is the loss of a member of our community, particularly as a result of violence on our campus.”

Villanova officials said the changes would improve safety on campus. Now, the university’s security officers can’t use lights or sirens when responding to emergencies. They can’t stop, question, or detain anyone without the individual’s permission.

They do not have direct radio communication with local police departments, which can hinder emergency communications. And they lack access to local law enforcement databases, which could help in an investigation.

“Right now, security officers don’t have any more rights than private citizens do,” said David Tedjeske, director of public safety. “We can find ourselves literally sitting on Lancaster Avenue in traffic in an emergency.”

Radnor Township police come onto campus about 250 times a year to assist with arrests and security for big events, Tedjeske said. Villanova will still rely on township police, but its own officers will be able to handle some of the load.

In 2014, Villanova received three reports of rape, two robberies, three aggravated assaults, 25 other assaults, 114 thefts, two arsons, 35 incidents of vandalism, 28 incidents involving narcotics, and 51 cases of disorderly conduct.

Villanova’s decision to move to armed officers follows a two-year study by a university task force and help from a consultant.

In addition to academy training, officers will get specialized training in conflict resolution, antibias, and sensitivity issues. Villanova also will set up an “oversight committee” to make sure policies and procedures are followed.

— Susan Snyder (The Philadelphia Inquirer/TNS)

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Researchers to study University of Kentucky’s use of locally-produced food

University of Kentucky researchers will study UK’s local food purchases more carefully in order to increase how much is bought from Kentucky farms.

“Our shared goal is to create measures of local food sourcing beyond those already established and reported at UK, thereby providing a more complete, meaningful picture,” said Scott Smith, director of UK’s Food Connection in an email last week to the campus community.

In August, UK revealed that half of the local food purchases made by its dining partner, Aramark, were for soda and ice.

Aramark spent $1.1 million on food products produced in Fayette County or the six contiguous counties, and another $1.2 million on products labeled Kentucky Proud by the state Department of Agriculture. It spent a total of $10 million on food in fiscal year 2015.

In the local column, Aramark reported spending $1 million for Coca-Cola beverages, $45,000 for ice from Home City Ice, $39,000 for Pepsi products and $5,000 for drinks from Ale-8-One, which in based in Winchester. UK officials said they had always considered soda to be local because Coke and Pepsi have bottling plants in Lexington.

Despite disappointment from food activists over the soda revelation, UK has said it will not alter the definition of local food in its 15-year, $245 million contract with Aramark. The contract included $70 million from Aramark to build new eating spaces and $5 million for the Food Connection.

“We are holding Aramark to the same standards that the university operation held itself to when it was a self-operated enterprise,” said UK spokesman Jay Blanton. “We still believe that’s an issue of fundamental fairness.”

Smith said he and others will categorize purchases based on where the food is grown or produced and the location of the supplying vendor. For example, a Kentucky milk company might get some or most of its milk from out-of-state cows. A food subcontractor might be based in Kentucky, but get all its produce from other states. Those distinctions have never been studied.

Smith said researchers also will develop a database of food vendors in Kentucky. The first report is expected before the end of the year.

Anita Courtney, director of the Tweens Nutrition and Fitness Coalition in Lexington, said she was “disheartened” that UK counts Coke as local food but that the newly-announced UK Dining Impact Assessment is “a good step in the right direction.”

“I hope that the information collected will inform the policies and practices of our land-grant university so that UK will have an increasingly meaningful

impact on the local farm economy and the health of its students,” Courtney said in an email.

Smith said the far-ranging goals of the assessment are aimed at improving local food economies across Kentucky.

“Some good things are happening,” he said. “But this is really difficult and what we need is much more careful analysis of what good is happening and why things are difficult and that’s what we’re trying to do.”

— Linda B. Blackford (Lexington Herald-Leader/TNS)

Vital loan program was left to expire by U.S. Senate

College students could lose a vital stream of aid this year if the U.S. Senate does not vote to extend a federal loan program.

The federal Perkins loan program, which provides low-interest college loans to students who cannot afford private loans, expired Oct. 1. Though the House of Representatives passed an extension, the Senate let it lapse.

Now north country officials and colleges and universities are asking the Senate to extend the program they say is vital to north country students.

Sen. Charles E. Schumer stood in front of LeMoyne College in Syracuse last week to call on his colleagues to pass an extension of the loan program.

“With the cost of college continuing to increase, Congress should be doing more, not less, to make college affordable,” Mr. Schumer said. “That’s why I am urging my colleagues in the Senate to extend the Higher Education Extension Act of 2015 for one year, to prevent the Perkins loan program stalling any longer.”

Many north country college students are reliant on the Perkins loans program to continue their education.

“I am very disappointed that the Perkins loan program did not receive an extension prior to October first,” said Kerrie L. Cooper, president of the New York State Financial Aid Administrators Association, who also serves as the director of financial aid for SUNY Canton. “Myself and many others have been advocating heavily over the last year for the continuance of this program. It is affecting our students and many students across the country.”

More than 400 Canton students tapped into the more than $500,000 that went through the Perkins loan program at the school last year.

“The program is meant to assist students who show need,” Mrs. Cooper said. “Unless the Perkins loan program is extended, new students will no longer be able to receive these funds. We are still advocating, as are our students.”

— Richard Moody (Watertown Daily Times/TNS)

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Sara Ahmed is Professor of Race and Cultural Studies and Director of the Centre for Feminist Research at Goldsmiths, University of London.

Her publications include Strange Encounters: Embodied Others in Postcoloniality (2000); The Cultural Politics of Emotion (2004/2014); Queer Phenomenology: Orientations, Objects, Others (2006), On Being Included: Racism and Diversity in Institutional Life (2012) and Willful Subjects (2014). She is currently completing a book, Living a Feminist Life, and has been writing a blog as a companion text to the book, feministkilljoys.com.

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Australian parliamentarian Dr. Andrew Leigh is currently serving as Shadow Assistant Treasurer, Shadow Minister for Competition, and Federal Member of the House of Representatives for the Australian Capital Territory (Fraser). Before his election in 2010, Leigh, who holds a PhD in public policy from the Harvard Kennedy School, was professor of economics at the Australian National University, specializing in labor economics, public finance, and political economy. His books include The Luck of Politics (2015), and The Economics of Just About Everything (2014).

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Strong performance in goal helps Cats force a tie

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It was a very long night at Toyota Park, and in the end nothing separated the two teams on the scoreboard.

Notre Dame (8-2-5, 3-1-2 ACC) had no trouble creating space and open shots all night, but it had a much tougher time finding the back of the net. Northwestern (5-6-2, 2-3-0 Big Ten) struggled to create shots, although that didn’t stop it from gritting out an impressive double overtime 1-1 draw.

The Wildcats, save for the occasional counter, appeared to be offensively outmatched by the eighth ranked Fighting Irish.

Six minutes into the game, Notre Dame had six shots. A minute later the team had its first goal, courtesy of a blast from forward Jon Gallagher.

It seemed that the game was quickly getting out of hand.

That very well may have been the case if not for the terrific play of Cats senior goalkeeper Zak Allen.

Allen saved more shots (12) than NU attempted on offense (7). The ball remained in the Cats’ defensive third almost the entire evening, with the Fighting Irish finishing with 39 shot attempts — the most shots attempted by Notre Dame in more than 20 seasons.

To put that into perspective, that is as many shots as NU averages over a period of more than four games.

This is not to say that NU played poor defense. In fact, of the 39 shots only 12 were put on goal. The Cats were continuously well set defensively, putting bodies in front of goal and ensuring that the Fighting Irish did not pull away.

More importantly, Allen’s great play meant the Fighting Irish’s first goal would also be their last, and despite a deep disparity in play the Cats knew that despite it all, they were only trailing by a single goal heading into halftime.

All of Notre Dame’s possession in the attacking third left them open to a counter, and it was on such a counter that NU was able to level.

In the 58th minute, senior forward Joey Calistri, who was seemingly everywhere throughout this game, laid a ball across to the right post to sophomore forward Elo Ozumba. Ozumba flicked it past the keeper, and for the remaining 50-plus minutes the Cats defense held.

Tension built as the game wore on, and it appeared the Fighting Irish

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MASTERFUL MISSIMO Senior midfielder Cole Missimo gains control of the ball. Missimo and his fellow seniors are being looked upon to lead the Cats as the season comes to a close.

finally would pull it out early in the first overtime. Instead, forward Patrick Hodan’s shot hit the far post, and NU’s impressive defensive effort was not laid to waste.

Fresh off two troubling defeats, a draw against such a highly ranked opponent allows the Cats to remain in the NCAA tournament conversation.

NU concludes its home portion of the schedule this Saturday against Michigan State at 2 p.m. bradencouch2016@u.northwestern.edu

NU welcomes back former swimmers for exhibition

By TUCKER JOHNSON and KARA STEVICK

the daily northwestern @kentuckyjohnson and @kara_stevick

Men’s Swimming

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Northwestern

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Eastern Michigan

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FRESH WATER Freshman Anthony Marcantonio competes in the 300-meter freestyle. Marcantonio is a part of a large freshman class for the men’s swimming and diving team that will need to quickly adjust to swimming at the collegiate level.

Northwestern’s swimming teams celebrated Homecoming weekend with their second annual Alumni Meet on Friday.

“It was really great to see some people I hadn’t seen for a long time and to meet some new people,” said women’s coach Abby Steketee (SESP ‘03).

The meet featured exhibition races between a team of previous NU swimmers in town for Homecoming against swimmers from the current men’s and women’s teams.

Don Goldstein (McCormick ‘68), was the oldest alumnus present. He finished the 50 yard breaststroke in 39.46 seconds and the 50 freestyle in 33.65 seconds.

“This is the first time I’ve been back for the swim meet,” Goldstein said. “I’d do it again, hopefully real soon.”

The exhibition meet presented athletes

with the opportunity to swim in events that they normally do not participate in and featured a series of unconventional events, including the 300 freestyle, which proved to be one of the most thrilling races of the evening.

Freshman Carter Page was racing neckand-neck with 2007 NU graduate, Olympian Mike Alexandrov, into the final wall.

Alexandrov just out touched the freshman from Sarasota, Florida, in 2:38.73, with Page finishing half of a second behind.

Despite several other wins from Alexandrov, the men’s team beat its alumni 89-59 and the women beat their alumnae 124-17, though serious competition was not the main purpose of the meet.

“It’s not a very serious meet,” men’s coach Jarod Schroeder said. “It’s an opportunity for the guys to meet with those who came before them.”

Freshman Justin Hanson shared a similar sentiment, explaining that the meet allows athletes to ask alumni about their thoughts on the NU swim program and their experiences.

Ultimately, the women’s team had three goals for the meet, the most important of which was connecting with alumnae, Steketee said.

Steketee was also looking for clean starts and hitting good lines into the turns.

“I can see some things we still need to work on, but in terms of being able to focus

on that they did a really good job,” she said.

Sophomore Jonathan Blansfield believes the men’s team also has room for improvement. On Thursday, Eastern Michigan topped NU 182-118, the first time since 2001 the Eagles outswam the Wildcats.

Schroeder described the meet as a “baptism by fire.” He said many of the younger swimmers were impressed by their times in the early season meet although the times were not good enough to get the Cats a victory.

“This year, with so many young guys, we gotta be patient and let them come into their own,” Schroeder said. “They certainly have a talented class, it’s just a matter of them figuring things out.”

Of the 20 swimmers that made the trip to Ypsilanti, Michigan, over half were freshmen experiencing the collegiate swim environment for the first time.

After having only been training for about five weeks and with the team missing several key contributors due to injuries, the Wildcats felt underprepared despite coming ready to race, Hanson and Blansfield said.

“But those are excuses and, in the Big Ten conference, excuses aren’t going to get us anywhere,” Blansfield said. samueljohnson2019@u.northwestern.edu karastevick2019@u.northwestern.edu

Cross Country

Despite missing key pieces, NU still accomplishes its goal

By ELLIE FRIEDMANN

the daily northwestern

Without their star runner on the course, the Wildcats still managed to accomplish their goal of placing in the top half of 35 teams Saturday at the Pre-Nationals Invitational at the University of Louisville.

According to coach ’A Havahla Haynes, junior Jena Pianin, who paced the Cats in two of the three races she ran this fall, will not be competing for the rest of the season because of a stress reaction injury in her shin.

Even in Pianin’s absence, Northwestern’s younger athletes were able to step up and fill the gap to bring NU to a 17th-place finish. The team was led by seniors Elena Barham and Rachel Weathered, who both finished in the top 40 out of 237 runners and clocked 21 minutes, 37.1 seconds and 21 minutes, 41.5 seconds, respectively, for the 6-kilometer course. Sophomore Sara Coffey and freshmen Hannah Anderson and Mary Orders rounded out the top five.

“Elena and Rachel did a great job being the top women,” Haynes said. “They went out with what was a fairly quick pace and managed to maintain that 30th or 40th

position that we talked about. And Sara Coffey ran one of the best races she’s run for Northwestern cross country.”

Like Pianin, senior Camille Blackman was also unable to race in Louisville due to injury. Haynes said Blackman’s hamstring soreness was minor, and she should be back in competition for the Big Ten Championships, which the Cats will host on Nov. 1 at the Sydney Marovitz Golf Course in Chicago.

With two key players missing from competition on Saturday, Anderson and Orders got the chance to step up and fight to score points for the team.

“They’re strong runners,” said Weathered, whose performance on Saturday was a personal best for the 6K. “They’re competitive and they’ve adapted well to this program really fast. You often see freshmen take time to adapt well to the training, but they’re taking it really well.”

For Weathered, she said it’s nice to have a wide range of ages competing as the top NU runners this season. But of course in the absence of a star runner and leader on the team, the women are focusing on building morale and keeping everyone else healthy as they approach the Big Ten Championships in just under two weeks.

The Cats were able to accomplish their goal of finishing in the top half at PreNationals, and they expect to accomplish their goal of finishing in the top ten at Big Tens. With their top runner or without her, the Cats’ dreams for the season have not been compromised.

“We are doing the same and moving past it,” Haynes said. “Without having Jena you lose one of your top scorers, but someone definitely has to step up and help maintain what our goals are.” ellenfriedmann2.2016@u.northwestern.edu