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PATH TO PEACE Rabbi Hanan Schlesinger discussed how the path forward in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is a nonviolent national “revolution.” Schlesinger and Ali Abu Awwad hope to educate Israelis and Palestinians.

Activists share ideas for peace

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For Rabbi Hanan Schlesinger and Ali Abu Awwad, the path to peace between Israelis and Palestinians lies in a nonviolent national “revolution,” which they hope to create through a grassroots movement educating both sides on reconciliation.

As part of a U.S. speaking tour, Schlesinger and Awwad spoke Wednesday to more than 80 Northwestern students and community members in light of escalating violence in Israel. The two unlikely partners head Roots, their grassroots organization that promotes nonviolence between Israelis and Palestinians.

According to The Washington Post, eight Israelis have been killed by Palestinians this month, and 34 Palestinians were killed by Israeli troops — 17 of whom Israel designated as attackers. Recent

violence also includes the murders of Israelis Naama and Eitam Henkin, whom Schlesinger knew personally.

“I have a need to speak,” Schlesinger said. “Speaking is cathartic, it’s therapeutic, and I have so much pain. … I need a place to put that pain.”

Their organization, Roots, operates in the Gush Etzion area of the West Bank and brings international visitors, local Israelis and Palestinians, as well as members of the Israeli military to meet each other and learn about reconciliation.

The event was hosted by the NU Office of Religious and Spiritual Life. Brooks Robinson, who is interning as a chaplain with the University ministry, said the dialogue at the event left him feeling hopeful.

“I have hope because there’s something concrete on the ground that’s different and seems to be a look into the right direction,” he said.

Both Schlesinger and Awwad shared personal stories through which they

Clarkston elected ASG Senate speaker

By SHANE MCKEON

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Weinberg senior Matt Clarkston will be Associated Student Government’s next speaker of the Senate.

Clarkston beat two senators, Weinberg sophomore Nehaarika Mulukutla

and Weinberg junior Will Pritzker, to succeed former speaker Noah Whinston.

Clarkston said he hopes to lead the body in an understated way, concentrating on running meetings smoothly.

“I don’t want to be the focus,” he said.

“I want the focus to be on you guys and the ideas we’re discussing here in Senate.” » See SENATE, page 11

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SPEAKER SELECTED Weinberg senior Matt Clarkston answers a question during ASG Senate’s Wednesday meeting. Clarkston was elected speaker of the Senate, succeeding Noah Whinston for the body’s top spot.

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illustrated how the separation between Israelis and Palestinians in the West Bank not only physically divides the two peoples, but perpetuates the existence of two national narratives.

Schlesinger, an Orthodox Jewish settler living in the West Bank, described making “aliyah” — immigrating to Israel from the Jewish Diaspora — due to his faith. He said the power of his religious narrative — “his truth” — blinded him to the story of the Palestinians.

“The Palestinians have been there for hundreds of years while we had been in exile, and when we returned we didn’t see that there was somebody else there,” Schlesinger said. “We saw an empty land waiting for us to conquer it, waiting for us to fulfill the vision of our people, waiting for us to create a refuge for the harassed and persecuted Jewish people.”

A Palestinian activist and author, » See DIALOGUE, page 11

Evanston Police deputy chief James Pickett, one of four panelists discussing police-civilian interactions at an event Wednesday night, said that although he is proud to be a police officer, he cannot defend the recent deaths of civilians by police that have garnered national attention.

“My 11-year-old kid looked at me and said, ‘Daddy, why are officers killing people?’” he said during a panel held Wednesday night at the Levy Senior Center, 300 Dodge Ave. “I’m a 23-year veteran and I’m proud of what I did, I look at myself in the mirror every day and know that I have not abused anybody, I take this job seriously … but when my child is looking at us like now we’re the villains, that’s a hard pill to swallow. I can’t defend everything that happens.”

Attorneys Lori Roper and Richard Dickinson and First Defense Legal Aid member Charles Jones joined Pickett on the panel, which addressed questions about conduct in police encounters and citizens’ rights.

The event, titled “Interacting with the Police: Know Your Rights and Resources,” was co-hosted by Evanston aldermen Peter Braithwaite and Delores Holmes and several alumni chapters of National Pan-Hellenic Council sororities and fraternities.

“The playing field is not leveled on the streets,” Dickinson said. “The police have guns and you don’t. You don’t want to get confrontational with someone who can kill you. The objective is to get through that encounter and eventually get to a courtroom where logic and reason come into play.”

All four panelists spoke about different experiences they’ve had not only as attorneys, counselors and officers, but also as civilians dealing with the law.

Their primary advice to the audience of more than 60 people was to cooperate with the police and remain calm, but to keep their rights in mind at all times.

“I always say, ‘He who survives the encounter controls the narrative,’” Roper said. “If you’re dead, we can never get your side of the story. What will happen is, they’ll start concocting what they thought or they will say happened.”

Roper cited the case of Sandra Bland, a woman found hanged to death in a jail cell this summer in Waller County, Texas, after being pulled over for a minor traffic violation, as an example, saying the public can never really know what happened to her.

Roper also spoke about a time when she and her daughter were stopped in traffic because police said her car looked exactly like one they were looking for.

She said she got through the encounter by remaining calm and cooperative.

“They pulled the car over, yanked open the doors, guns drawn,” Roper said. “But I told my baby ‘baby don’t move’ … and she stayed there, and she listened.”

The panelists agreed court settlements are better and faster if a civilian stays cooperative throughout the police encounter because it is better to argue an issue with a lawyer present than alone with a police officer.

“There’s nothing you can say at that point because, again, unfortunately, we’re gonna exclude Mr. Pickett here, but there are a lot of officers that probably shouldn’t even be on the force,” Roper said. “Please, just survive the encounter. Anything that needs to be » See POLICE, page 11

University receives EPA award

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Northwestern earned the 2015 Green Power Leadership Award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Monday, becoming the only institution of higher education to receive the award this year.

The Green Power Leadership Award recognizes exceptional achievement and leadership among Green Power Partners and green power suppliers, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency press officer Enesta Jones said. The honor, in the Green Power Purchasing category, recognizes organizations that make significant contributions to sustainability by purchasing green power from a utility green-pricing program, a competitive green marketer or a renewable energy certificate supplier, Jones said.

“By using green power, college campuses can help lead the way in advancing the renewable energy market and reducing greenhouse gas emissions that contribute to climate change,” Jones told The Daily in an email.

Renewable energy certificates are presented for every megawatt-hour (MWh)

of energy — a unit of measuring power — produced. The certificates provide buyers different options in creating green power across a geographical area and applying that renewable energy to electricity use at a facility of their choice, Jones said.

Many of the initiatives that earned NU the award were pursued by several groups across the University, including the Office of Sustainability and Engineers for a Sustainable World, said SESP junior Christina Cilento, ASG vice president of sustainability.

“The Office of Sustainability was involved in coordinating the purchases of renewable energy certificates. Engineers for a Sustainable World implemented projects including solar panels on the roof of Ford Center, as well as their SolarTree project — a tree-shaped, solarpowered charging station for laptops and cellphones — that the group is currently trying to place in Norris,” Cilento said.

“Northwestern Students for Sustainability and Energy, which promotes solar research on campus, also aided in the establishment of the solar panels on the roof of Ford.”

McCormick senior Hassan Ali, president of Engineers for a Sustainable World, has been involved in both the solar panels

and SolarTree projects on campus. The group received about $26,000 in funding for the SolarTree project, which will be placed in Norris University Center before the end of the year. Ali said the group has another major focus this year: banning plastic water bottles on campus.

“We’re currently trying to get Northwestern to ban the sales of plastic water bottles entirely so as to promote the usage of reusable water bottles and to reduce NU’s carbon emission impact as well as generally being more environmentallyfriendly towards our local environment so that there’s less littering around here,” Ali said. “That’s the next big step that Northwestern has to take if they really want to be committed to improving their sustainability standards.”

Cilento and Ali agreed that, because NU has set itself apart as a nationwide leader in sustainability, it must continue to improve.

“Being an environmentalist means that you have considered what your own impact is on the world around you,” Ali said. “That’s why it’s important for Northwestern to have this mindset that shows that they’re thinking more than just about the present, but also about the future.” fathmarahman@u.northwestern.edu

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Around Town Sociologist discusses poverty at nonprofit event

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A Stanford sociologist discussed economic inequality Wednesday at an event organized by Connections for the Homeless, a nonprofit coping with decreased funding due to diminishing state budget allocations for such organizations.

More than 40 people gathered to hear Marianne Cooper, an affiliate at the Stanford Center on Poverty and Inequality, give a talk based on her 2014 book, “Cut Adrift: Families in Insecure Times,” in which she examines the effect of economic instability on families of different socioeconomic statuses.

“On a daily basis, we’re living a new American reality, which is that it’s tougher out here than it used to be,” Cooper said. “Academics have concluded that there are almost unprecedented levels of economic inequality and economic insecurity, which is a pretty amazing discovery.”

For the book, Cooper said she interviewed and shadowed several families in the Silicon Valley area to focus on how they dealt with economic difficulties.

She said she found poorer families favored downscaling, in which they scaled back their definition of financial security so that they would be satisfied with the little they had. Others, particularly the affluent families, used upscaling, in which they constantly tried to accumulate more as the state of the economy drove them to deep anxiety.

The third strategy, what she called “holding on,” was mostly a middle-class technique, Cooper said.

She said women in families that employ that strategy bear much of the burden of a bad economy, guiding

Police Blotter Local man banned from Jewel Osco following retail theft

A 39-year-old man was sought by police in connection with retail theft Tuesday night.

The man allegedly stole a bottle of alcohol — valued at about $17 — from the Jewel Osco in the 1100 block

the families through pay cuts, layoffs and job searches.

She said the final coping mechanism is “turning to God,” in which struggling families embrace their religion and hope God will help solve their problems.

“The reality is that a lot of people have been so beaten down by the economy that they have stopped hoping for more,” Cooper said. “Planning ahead, having these long term goals is not only hopeless, it’s painful. Which really calls into question the idea of ‘planning your life.’”

Connections, which provides housing, employment and supportive services to homeless and at-risk Evanston residents, organized the event. It’s the second time the group has hosted a fall event, said Sue Loellbach, Connections’ acting executive director.

So far, the organization raised between $5,000 and $7,000 from the event through donations and the sales of tickets ranging from $100 to $5,000 apiece, said Lisa Todd, Connections’ community outreach manager.

This event was not solely meant to be a fundraiser for Connections, but more an opportunity to create a rapport within the community and educate people interested in poverty, homelessness and economic inequality, Todd said.

Loellbach said Connections has been financially compromised by the lack of a state budget, which has led to late or missing checks to social services organizations across the state.

The organization’s programs have been slowed by the decrease in funding, she said. The nearly four months without an Illinois budget has caused several Evanston social services organizations to consider programming or staffing cuts.

She said the team also had to cut their drop-in program that lets people take showers, pick up food and clothing, use phones and computers, and meet with of Chicago Avenue on Oct. 20 at about 6:10 p.m., said Evanston police Cmdr. Joseph Dugan. The manager, who saw the man leave the store with the bottle without paying, told police he recognized the man and knew he lived in a mental health facility nearby.

Police said they recovered the stolen bottle of vodka from the man at the facility. The manager told police he did not want to press charges, but banned the man

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FAMILY FINANCES Stanford sociologist Marianne Cooper address more than 40 audience members Wednesday evening at an event sponsored by Connections for the Homeless. The nonprofit invited Cooper to speak about her findings on income inequality and economic strategies that she explored in her 2014 book, “Cut Adrift: Families in Insecure Times.”

case managers, doctors and nurses.

“We decided the longest term impact was our ongoing work with folks to get them into housing,” Loellbach said. “We’re not going to be able to handle the full load but we’re gearing up to do as much as we possibly can.”

However, the organization is “pretty solid” right now due to the layoffs it made in July, Loellbach said.

She said the team is trying to prepare for an expected influx of people seeking help this fall and winter,

especially because many other agencies that provide similar services are failing at the moment.

“It’s absolutely ridiculous that our legislators can’t have a budget in place,” Loellbach said. “I have to have my budget in place on time, every other non-profit leader has to have their budget in place on time, and the state that supports all of us, and is really our boss, doesn’t have to.”

from the store.

pulling on the door lever on the rear entrance of the Domino’s Pizza in the 900 block of Foster Street at about 3 a.m., Dugan said.

The attempted break-in was discovered by a 20-year-old female employee, who was unable to enter the restaurant due to the broken door lever.

Unknown man attempts Domino’s break-in

An unknown man tried to break into the Domino’s near Northwestern’s campus early Tuesday morning.

Video surveillance footage from the Oct. 20 incident showed a man repeatedly hitting the keypad and

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Real Food at NU receives certificate

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The Humane Society of the United States presented Northwestern with two certificates of recognition at a ceremony Wednesday evening for its efforts to create healthier and more sustainable dining halls.

Paul Shapiro, vice president of Farm Animal Protection for the Humane Society, gave the keynote speech at the Segal Visitors Center and presented the certificates, one to University President Morton Schapiro — who did not attend the gala — and Real Food at NU, and one to Sodexo, NU’s main food provider.

The event was organized by members of Real Food at NU, the Humane Society and Sodexo.

Sodexo’s branch at NU is in charge of NU Dining, catering for campus events, food at NU Athletics events and dining in Norris University Center, said Rachel Tilghman, Sodexo’s director of communications and engagement at NU. Shapiro spoke about climate change and the extreme drought that threatens much of the nation. Additionally, he explained how reducing meat consumption and embracing plant-based diets not only saves water but also supports humane treatment of farm animals.

“It’s not that our country is becoming a vegetarian nation, but a large number of Americans are just eating less meat,” Shapiro said.

“Reducing meat consumption even just one day a week could make some extremely impactful differences.”

Shapiro also explained the benefits of Meatless Monday, a government initiative in which school cafeterias and individuals choose to forgo meat consumption every Monday. Meat consumption has steadily declined since the beginning of the decade, perhaps in part due to the Meatless Monday campaign, he said.

“The trend is certainly clear in our country,” Shapiro said. “In the future, we’ll be eating less meat and more plants. We still have a long way

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DINING DECISIONS Humane Society representative Paul Shapiro gives the keynote speech at a gala recognizing Real Food at NU’s efforts to make NU dining halls more sustainable. Shapiro discussed how a plant-based diet can benefit personal health and slow climate change.

to go, but leaders like Northwestern have been making the world a better place one bite at a time.”

Real Food at NU is the NU chapter of the national organization Real Food Challenge.

Medill senior Miranda Cawley, Real Food at NU’s co-president, said “real food” meets qualifications and standards that make it better for both the environment and the people who consume it.

“I’m really interested in this because it’s the intersection of social and environmental justice — two things that are really important to me,” Cawley said.

Cawley said she brought the Real Food Challenge to NU during Spring Quarter 2014. In June, Schapiro signed a campus commitment pledging 20 percent of dining hall food will meet “real food” criteria by 2020, officially recognizing

and supporting Real Food at NU’s goals.

The Humane Society also collaborated with NU Dining on Monday and Tuesday to offer plant-based cooking classes in the Hinman dining hall for students, faculty and other NU and Evanston community members.

“The classes were an eye-opening experience, and the response was great,” said Chris Studtmann, NU Dining’s district executive chef. “We all had lunch together afterward; everyone had a great time, and bringing these new flavors and ideas together was so exciting.”

Studtmann worked with Ken Botts, the Humane Society’s food policy manager, to organize the training sessions. Studtmann said he expects more changes and more awards at NU in the coming years. alisonhayes2019@u.northwestern.edu

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A non-smoker defends smokers: It’s not OK to judge SARA HALLORAN

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Cigarette smoking may be a polarizing topic, but if there’s one thing we can all agree on, it’s that quitting smoking is a smart move.

Smoking is undeniably bad for the body and can take years off your lifespan. Yet this same attitude that inspires people to support “quitters” is often misdirected into vitriol toward active smokers.

To be clear, I don’t smoke, and I don’t plan on starting. Therefore, I can’t exactly speak from experience when I say every smoker knows that smoking is unhealthy.

I just have to assume the gigantic surgeon general’s warnings that grace every pack of cigarettes have brought the point across. If that somehow fails, the various anti-smoking commercials on television will probably suffice. Don’t get me wrong; it’s perfectly fine to remind your loved ones who smoke that you’d like them to be around longer, but it’s

highly unlikely that your passive-aggressive comment about how smoking is gross will do anything except annoy a smoker.

We could all use a lesson in compassion when it comes to smokers and addiction in general. We see the same thing happen to celebrities with addictions: Amy Winehouse, for example, was ridiculed by tabloids for her substance abuse while she was alive, and only after her untimely drug-related death was she finally portrayed as a complex and talented human being. Additionally, we are suspiciously willing to turn a blind eye to those most likely to start smoking. Similar to users of other addictive substances, smokers are more likely to come from marginalized populations such as people from low-income households, who display much higher rates of smoking than the general population.

It’s clear that smoking is pervasive in communities disadvantaged by society. Some college students also smoke, but alcohol abuse is much more prevalent among college students, almost ubiquitous: Half of the 80 percent of college students who drink are binge drinkers. You could argue cigarettes are more unhealthy than alcohol, but that’s

beside the point. They’re both harmful to your health, especially in large quantities.

So why is smoking, which affects minorities disproportionately, much more stigmatized than drinking, which is more widespread?

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However, this level of smoke inhalation is unlikely to affect you on any conceivable level. The overwhelming majority of diseases caused by secondhand smoke are found in people who spend more extensive periods of time around cigarette smoke, like children or

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spouses of smokers. More concerning should be companies that release huge amounts of toxins into the air, or, more directly, the tobacco industry, which profits off degrading the health of our friends and family. The next time you’re tempted to cast a dirty look at the person smoking quietly by the side of a building, consider instead focusing on the bigger picture.

In our effort to be hard on smoking, we’ve come down hard on smokers. Addiction is not “gross” or “disgusting,” but an unlucky conflation of societal and genetic factors.

No, smokers don’t need pity, but I’m sure they would appreciate if you stopped bothering them about smoking. It’s not our place to judge the vices of others, no matter their background.

Sara Halloran is a Weinberg sophomore. She can be contacted at sarahalloran2018@u.northwestern.edu. If you would like to respond publicly to this column, send a Letter to the Editor to opinion@dailynorthwestern.com.

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The lingering questions surrounding autonomous cars BURAK SEKERCI

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Last week, Tesla introduced its “Autopilot” service for the Model S electric car. For those unfamiliar with the topic, Tesla has remarkably created one of the first working examples of an autonomous car. The update will allow the car to drive itself on a highway without a driver needing to control his or her vehicle.

Autonomous vehicles don’t look like a dream anymore. I see at least one new development on this area every month, whether it’s a research project or an actual car that can drive itself on a predetermined track.

Letter to the Editor: Response to Balk

Tim Balk raises many interesting issues in his recent piece “Let’s retire the ‘state school’ chant” about Northwestern game chants.

However, he is simply just wrong about the entire issue.

At the heart of the “state school” chant is a reminder that our athletes are the best of both worlds: students who can pass

Scientists are working to make automated driving a reality. Yet, our society does not welcome the news with quite the excitement that we would expect.

People have mixed feelings about autonomous driving.

Automated cars are This is partly promising but, although because the concept of automated people don’t cars is clear, their practical want to function is less so. give up driving. We depend so much on our cars that we are scared that something will happen to our routine of driving. Automated cars are promising but, although the concept of automated

cars is clear, their practical function is less so. People are excited about the new technology, but they don’t know how it will affect their lives.

These mixed feelings will continue if the industry moves with its current pace. Toyota announced at the beginning of October that they aim to create the ultimate autonomous vehicle by 2020. Last Thursday, General Motors announced that by next year their “Super Cruise” ability, which is close to Tesla’s “Autopilot,” will be on some of their cars.

On Tuesday, Apple’s CEO Tim Cook said in an interview: “I do think that industry is at an inflection point for massive change, not just evolutionary change.” As the idea that one day we will not be driving our cars looms, people will start to think more about how changes to car technology will affect their lives.

In the end, automated cars should not be viewed negatively, but they will certainly change a lot about our lives.

Perhaps there will be fewer accidents, but jobs within the automotive industry will be lost along the way. Travel time may be shorter, but the experience of driving may be missed.

So the question really becomes: Is automation worth losing the experience? I believe only time will give us the answer.

Northwestern’s academic muster and play at the Big Ten level. It’s our David versus a state school Goliath, many of whose undergraduate populations would fill every seat at Ryan Field and McGaw Hall, combined. The cheer precedes Mr. Balk, the ’87 grad that I am, and more than a few generations before me. Mr. Balk’s posit that “We’re better because we’re richer” just doesn’t hold water to the chant’s long history.

Contrast this to the recent Michigan/ Northwestern game which I attended in

person. For every NU dropped ball or futile run, a lusty and coordinated cheer of “you suck” came up from the crowd. While Mr. Balk may have tried to adopt it for his own cheer, it certainly doesn’t elevate anybody’s idea of fandom. Indeed, watching last weekend’s Wolverine/Sparty matchup on TV, I could clearly hear the “you suck” chant as Michigan State’s wide receiver dropped his diving attempt near the end of that close, hard-fought game. Of course, the next sound from Michigan Stadium was simple stunned

silence at the last play of the game, and a few folks in green and white screaming in joy and disbelief, and nary a “you suck” to be heard.

If there is one point of reassurance for all of Mr. Balk’s mistakes, it is his report that in this day and age of electronic pass cards and other digital media for entering a building, folks still bring their keys to the game to jangle at kickoff.

Go Cats.

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Burak Sekerci is a McCormick junior. He can be reached atburaksekerci2017@u.northwestern.edu.If you would like to respond publicly to this column, send a Letter to the Editor toopinion@dailynorthwestern.com.

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Northwestern professor receives honor from local technology community

A Northwestern professor was named Technologist of the Year by the Illinois Technology Association, the Northwestern Alumni Association announced on Oct. 8.

Computer science Prof. Kristian Hammond was recognized at the ITA’s CityLights Awards on Sept. 18.

The award is meant to highlight the contributions of an individual whose talent has supported technological innovation through either the development of new technology or reimagined uses for existing technology.

Hammond, who was chosen from among five finalists to receive the honor, co-directs NU’s Intelligent Information Laboratory and co-founded NU startup Narrative Science, which turns raw data into natural language narratives. Narrative Science’s signature product, Quill, uses a computer algorithm to identify the most important information from a data source and craft a story around that information in natural language.

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Evanston Community Foundation raises $335,000 at annual gala

The Evanston Community Foundation raised over $335,000 to support the city at their annual gala Oct. 8.

Nearly 300 ECF supporters turned out to the Celebrate!Evanston benefit at the Evanston Golf Club, 4401 Dempster St. Executive board members from Dance Marathon, proceeds from which benefit ECF every year, greeted guests upon entry to the event.

Celebrate!Evanston also featured a cocktail hour, several speeches from ECF board members and a musical revue written and performed by residents based upon the benefit’s theme, “Growing Stronger Together.”

Celebrate!Evanston also served to introduce ECF’s incoming CEO and president, Monique Brunson Jones. She will succeed current president and CEO Sara Schastok, who has held the position for 15 years.

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The Symphonic Wind Ensemble presents selections including Richard Wagner’s Huldigungsmarsch in E-flat Major, Richard Strauss’ Allerseelen, David Noon’s Sweelinck Variations, Set 1, and Keith Wilson’s arrangement of Paul Hindemith’s Symphonic Metamorphosis on Themes by Carl Maria von Weber.

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Northwestern University Symphony Orchestra, 7:30 p.m.

Pick-Staiger Concert Hall, $8/5 Victor Yampolsky, conductor; Alan Chow, piano

Northwestern’s Symphony Orchestra presents a stellar program including Gioachino Rossini’s Overture to William Tell, Leonard Bernstein’s Symphony No. 2 (“The Age of Anxiety”) and more.

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WFMT Bach Keyboard Festival: Bach’s Keyboard Music, 3 p.m.

Mary B. Galvin Recital Hall, $25/10 Preconcert recital, 2 p.m.

As part of WFMT’s Bach Keyboard Festival, 16 performers from Northwestern’s keyboard program perform solo music of J.S. Bach.

The program includes the Partita No. 1 in B-flat Major, Concerto in G Major (BWV 986), English Suite No. 5 in E Minor, and more.

Hymnfest XIII: “Lift Up Your Heads, Ye Mighty Gates,” 7 p.m.

Alice Millar Chapel, free (offering will be accepted) Stephen Alltop, conductor; Alice Millar Chapel Choir and Millar Brass Ensemble; Eric Budzynski, organ

The 13th annual Hymnfest offers stunning arrangements for brass, organ, timpani, chorus, and congregation by David Giardiniere, Craig Smith, Lani Smith, Richard Webster, and more.

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Alumnus Matt Bellassai takes Internet by storm

By HAYLEY GLATTER

daily senior staffer @heyhay94

A large glass of wine can be used to de-stress after a long day of work or — if you’re BuzzFeed senior editor Matt Bellassai — during a long day of work.

With more than 95 million Facebook views and a People’s Choice Award nomination under his belt, Bellassai (Medill ’12) is a bonafide online sensation whose weekly video series, “Whine About It,” has skyrocketed in popularity since its debut in May. “I never would have thought we would have the amount of views we have every week or that people would be so rabid about expecting a new video,” Bellassai said. “That’s kind of insane.”

In each installment of the weekly series, which appropriately debuts every Wine Wednesday, Bellassai consumes alcohol at his desk in the BuzzFeed office and proceeds to explain why everything from people on Instagram to college students is generally terrible.

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sai said the videos are filmed around 1 p.m. on Mondays, leaving him less than sober for the rest of the day.

“When we first started, we tried filming around 6 p.m. so I could drink real wine and just go home, but I was a bit of a diva and I didn’t like the lighting on my face at the end of the day,” Bellassai said. “So we ended up filming it in the middle of the day. I still drink real wine and have to kind of spend the rest of the day a little bit drunk.”

But years before Bellassai would “get drunk at (his) desk and complain about stuff,” he was involved in Northwestern’s Associated Student Government.

“I was involved in ASG because I really loved being at Northwestern and I wanted everybody else to be as excited as I was to be there and have my glossy sunglasses on,” Bellassai said. “(I) saw everything as bright and sunny and wanted everybody else to see it the same way.”

Bellassai’s involvement in ASG hit its crescendo during the spring of 2011, when he campaigned for ASG president.

Former ASG President and former Daily staffer Ani Ajith considers Bellassai a mentor and said working as the platform director on his presidential campaign was an inspirational experience. “(Bellassai) makes sure whatever he spends time on he’s passionate about,” Ajith said. “It was very clear that he not only had an innate grasp of the issues and the complexities… but also cared deeply about the student experience and what it meant to be at Northwestern.”

Bellassai lost the election, an experience he sarcastically described as “so much fun.” However, as a result of the loss, Bellassai was able to refocus his energy on what would ultimately become his career: the Internet.

“My senior year was the year that, after I lost, I kind of just fooled around on the Internet, and that was kind of my origin,” Bellassai said. “It worked out in the end.”

If Facebook likes and Twitter followers are any indication, it certainly has.

Bellassai first interviewed with BuzzFeed when what is now one of the most popular sites online had about a tenth of the employees it does today, Bellassai said.

“I was around employee 120 or something like that, and now there’s

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1,200, 1,300 employees,” Bellassai said. “The exciting thing for someone like me who’s been around for a few years is that my job has changed so dramatically.”

Bellassai started at BuzzFeed as a writer and said over the course of his three years with the publication his voice has stood out to readers online and he was encourWe aged to start a Facebook fan page to further engage people. ended up filming Michele Weldon, a Medill profesit in the middle sor emerita in service, taught Bellasof the day. I still sai in multiple courses at NU and said his writing prowess was evident drink real wine early. and have to kind “From the start, Matt was incredibly talented and had a really distinc- of spend the rest tive, writerly voice,” Weldon said. of the day a little “It’s no surprise that he’s doing so bit drunk. well.”

Bellassai expects his Facebook Matt Bellassai, page will hit more than 1.5 million BuzzFeed senior likes by the end of the year, a total editor that would have seemed incredibly out of reach just a few months ago.

Ajith said watching his mentor’s meteoric rise has been incredible.

“It’s crazy that Matt’s a celebrity and a social media star to millions of people worldwide, and a lot of us had the opportunity and blessing to go to school with him before he was cool,” Ajith said. “We were the ‘Matt hipsters,’ if you will.”

The “hipsters” now certainly have plenty of company in Bellassai’s fan club, which includes around 170,000 Twitter followers and more than 1.1 million Facebook users.

Since the first season finale of “Whine About It” debuted Oct. 7, these fans have been waiting for the next installment, which Bellassai said will have the same essence, but will play around with more props, costumes and special guest stars.

And as for the Facebook commenters who have called on Bellassai to be NU’s 2016 commencement speaker? Well, he’s certainly ready to play the waiting game with President Morton Schapiro.

“I don’t have any strategy planned out,” Bellassai said with a chuckle. “I’m just going to wait until he comes around.”

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Spectrum Theatre’s fall production addresses grief

By AMANDA SVACHULA

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daily senior staffer @amandasvachula

Northwestern’s Spectrum Theatre Company will present “Alchemy of Desire/Dead-Man’s Blues” this weekend, the group’s first show since it faced fines for space violations last year.

The show will run Thursday through Saturday at Northwestern’s Shanley Pavilion and will explore themes of tragedy and grief in a magical-realist setting. The theater company aims to address social and political issues on campus in their productions.

“It has an important message for the Northwestern community,” producer and Communication junior Bailey LePage said. “As a community we have gone through some rough things in the past quarters, and I think we need to be more active in addressing them.”

This is the first mainstage show Spectrum Theatre Company will produce since last year, when they faced $12,000 in fines from the Office of Student Conduct.

The company was charged for space violations during its production of “Merrily We Roll Along,” including for some of the cost of a ripped projector screen in McCormick Auditorium. Money to pay the fines was raised by other student groups, friends, family and the greater NU community.

“Alchemy of Desire/Dead-Man’s Blues” follows the main character Simone, who must deal with the tragedy of losing her husband in war.

As Simone closes herself off from her town, a group of women try to help her regain hope.

To set the stage for the show and encourage discussion, the company held a panel entitled “Seeking Help: Grief, Tragedy, and the Power of Community” on Friday.

Four student speakers and an administrator talked about grief and mental health on campus.

“The panel was a precursor to the show,” said Matt Silverman, executive director of Spectrum’s board and a Medill senior. “We create theater that addresses relevant socio-political issues and the primary issue we are exploring

important role. Although the songs in the production do not drive the entire show as in a musical, they We create are interwoven with the theater that plot in various places.

The six cast members addresses sing a cappella and crerelevant ate percussion sounds socio-political with their bodies.

“The show feels like issues and a poem or a song,” said the primary Communication sophomore Tatiana Dalton, issue we are plays Simone in exploring here who the show. “The world is tragedy, is partially created by sound made by the grief and actors in transitions overcoming from scene to scene.

This adds to the sense that as a that this world is full community of magic spirits that are simultaneously Matt Silverman, executive director human.”

The show’s characof Spectrum’s ters speak in a way that board almost sounds like slam poetry, LePage said. Simone speaks mostly in monologues. For Dalton, the biggest challenge about playing Simone is portraying the character’s deep grief.

“I haven’t touched this deep and all-consuming grief before as an actor,” she said. “That is quite a challenge and something I am trying to honor.”

“Alchemy of Desire/Dead-Man’s Blues” brings grief and tragedy to the center of audience’s thoughts without directly addressing specific NU issues, LePage said.

“Theater has a funny way of sticking with people,” LePage said. “We can transpose our own experiences on the story and discuss things in the context of the story, rather than in our own personal context, which may be too difficult.”

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THEMES OF TRAGEDY Communication sophomore Tatiana Dalton plays the role of Simone in “Alchemy of Desire/Dead-Man’s Blues.” The show, presented by Spectrum Theatre Company, opens Oct. 22 at the Shanley Pavilion.

here is tragedy, grief and overcoming that as a community.”

Set in the present-day, the show takes place in a rundown southern town. The swampy world is filled with magical and realistic elements.

“It’s very earthy, rundown, rustic, and has a sense of timelessness to it, as dates and wars are not named,” LePage said. “We’re trying to make a very immersive world to bring people into this magical realist environment.”

To avoid fines during the creation of the show’s set, the Spectrum Board has instituted new procedures for “Alchemy of Desire/DeadMan’s Blues.”

Along with added paperwork to avoid problems, a board member acts as an internal riskmanager and educates the production team on Norris safety guidelines, Silverman said.

These procedures have allowed Spectrum to maintain a closer working relationship with the cast and production team of “Alchemy of Desire/Dead-Man’s Blues,” LePage said.

“In the past, productions have been very independent,” LePage said. “The board has been more there for moral support or mentorship when asked. This year it’s trying to be a little more active in its role.”

Besides visual creations in “Alchemy of Desire/Dead-Man’s Blues,” sound plays an

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NU alumnus’ comedy to be extended until December

By KIMBERLY GO

the daily northwestern @kimberlygo2018

Northwestern alumnus Joshua Harmon (Weinberg ‘05) didn’t expect his play “Bad Jews,” a comedy about two cousins fighting over a family heirloom, to run as long as it has.

“I wrote the play for myself,” Harmon said.

“I generally believed that I was the only person in the world who would be interested in seeing it done.”

Theater Wit, a Chicago theatre company, has been running its production of the show since April. Because of the support it has been receiving, “Bad Jews” will be extended through Dec. 10 at Chicago’s Royal George Theater.

In “Bad Jews,” the cousins feud over a family heirloom belonging to their grandfather, a Holocaust survivor who recently died. Themes of family, faith and legacy emerge as both cousins fight over their grandfather’s traditional necklace.

“Bad Jews” is the most successful play Theater Wit has shown, with almost 16,000 people having seen it, Theater Wit’s artistic director Jeremy Wechsler said.

Harmon said the play was partly inspired by the sterility of a Holocaust memorial service he saw while attending NU. During the service, grandchildren of Holocaust survivors talked about their grandparents’ experiences.

“I remember finding that service incredibly unmoving,” Harmon said. “There was something about the distance the speakers had from the event that felt sterile somehow, and I I don’t think remember leaving that anybody’s been experience very scared more surprised and unsettled.”

Harmon wrote the than I have that play in 2011, and it it’s gone out into premiered in New the world this York’s Roundabout Underground in the way. fall of 2012.

“Before ‘Bad Jews’ Joshua Harmon, was produced, the playwright longest production of a play I had was three nights,” Harmon said. “It’s now been done at a ton of places, so I don’t think anybody’s been more surprised than I have that it’s gone out into the world this way.”

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Harmon, who studied drama in the English department, said NU shaped his journey in becoming a playwright.

His classes changed the way he looked at theater.

He took Introduction to Playwriting with Penny Penniston and remembered Wechsler, Penniston’s husband, coming in to teach a class.

He didn’t know that 10 years later Wechsler would direct one of his plays.

“Josh is great at really sharp character observations,” Wechsler said. “The characters in ‘Bad Jews’ are extremely astutely observed.

He writes them with a lot of compassion, but they’re absolutely recognizable without it all being stereotypical.”

Actor Philip Ettinger, who was part of the original “Bad Jews” cast in New York, said Harmon is a young playwright with a strong voice.

“I remember the first time I read his words, it definitely seemed like this was a new voice that was going to stick around for a while,” Ettinger said.

During the show’s run, Harmon has been busy with other projects like his newest play, “Significant Other,” which opened in June at Roundabout Theatre. He is also working on several commissions in two different theaters

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Joshua Harmon

in New York and has ideas for new plays he would like to write.

Although responses to the play have been mixed, Weschler said there has been a large impact. He thinks people will see a lot more of Harmon in Chicago. “(Harmon’s) plays are kind of like shots of whiskey,” Wechsler said. “They hit really hard and are unmistakable when they happen.” kimberlygo2018@u.northwestern.edu

Block Cinema series explores power and lack of privacy

By RACHEL YANG

daily senior staffer @_RachelYang

Harry Caul is a surveillance expert with an extreme job: eavesdropping on other people’s conversations.

Caul is a character in “The Conversation,” which will be shown at the Block Museum of Art on Thursday.

The film is the second in a series accompanying Geof Oppenheimer’s exhibition, “Big Boss and the Ecstasy of Pressures,” currently being shown at Block and marks the first time the museum has commissioned work by a contemporary artist, said Michelle Puetz, Block’s curator of media arts.

The film, directed by Francis Ford Coppola, the filmmaker behind the iconic “Godfather”

franchise, revolves around Caul’s struggles as he tries to decipher the ambiguous meaning of these conversations and makes difficult decisions about what he should report to his employer.

Despite the fictitiousness of “The Conversation,” the film delves into real issues about structures of power and privacy, said Puetz.

“We’re growing up in a culture, especially undergraduates at the University, (where) perhaps it’s normal to think about the fact that your email could be read by anyone,” Puetz said. “Those issues of public and private … and the regulation of our ability to communicate by the government and by these higher powers are absolutely in this film.”

The film connects to the themes of Oppenheimer’s exhibition, which will be on display until Nov. 30, and explores ideas about how societal pressures regulate behavior and how

systems of power, such as the federal government or prisons, relate to individuals in society.

The film series, selected by OppenIt helps heimer to accompany the exhibition, kicked open people’s off Oct. 15 with a eyes to how screening of Lars von powerful the Trier’s arthouse comedy “The Boss of it All,” systems in our which satirizes people’s love-hate relationship civilization are. with authority.

Will Schmenner, Justin Lintelman, guest film curator Block’s program coorat the Block dinator, said he anticiMuseum pates an audience at Thursday’s screening because the first film and the preceding discussion with Oppenheimer drew about 50 people.

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“The Conversation” is also appealing because of its status as a classic film and its famous director, Lintelman added.

Will Schmenner, Block’s guest film curator who helped to curate the film series with Oppenheimer, said he hopes the exhibition and film inspire audiences to reflect on their own ideas about power and privacy.

He said people should question what they hear and not accept everything at face value because, as Caul realizes in the film, language is often ambiguous. “(The film will) get people to think more about the assumptions that they make,” Schmenner said. “It helps open people’s eyes to how powerful the systems in our civilization are.” weizheyang2018@u.northwestern.edu

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Chinese language professor makes documentary

By YAQOOB QASEEM

the daily northwestern @yaqoobqaseem

Despite making a documentary on women’s issues in Taiwan, Chinese Prof. Hsiu-Ling Robertson said she does not consider herself a feminist.

Robertson, who hails from Taiwan, said she hopes to educate a wider audience on societal issues in her home country and that the documentary changes negative attitudes about women.

She said American feminist theory could not be directly applied to Taiwan, but she was able to rethink the ideas to apply them to improving her own culture. Robertson said she does not identify as a feminist partly due to the negative image of feminism in Taiwan. She believes in using her knowledge to help others accept women’s issues in an easygoing way rather than working as an activist.

“I just spread the seed and hope in the future the garden can be more colorful and women’s (voices) can be heard,” Robertson said.

Robertson’s first documentary, “Jiu-Fen-Er

Mountain: The Lives of Taiwanese Foreign Brides,” is about single women who migrate from other Southeast Asian countries to become the wives of rural Taiwanese workers with the assistance of matchmaking agents. These foreign brides fill the deficit of rural women that has resulted from Taiwanese women moving to cities to find jobs rather than marrying, Robertson said.

Many people in Taiwan believe that the women only immigrate for money, and media reports call the women mercenaries and social troublemakers, Robertson said.

“We need to give those foreign brides a positive image,” Robertson said. “I need to do something to educate people through the film. It’s not right to think they are secondary citizens in our society.”

Robertson said she has had many contacts with foreign brides and has found them to be kind and hardworking individuals making significant contributions to society. The namesake of the film, Jiu-Fen-Er Mountain, is a location in Taiwan where foreign brides helped rebuild a community in the aftermath of an earthquake.

“Hsiu-ling felt she wanted to tell the story of

these brides because they didn’t have an outlet,” said Daniel Zox, who edited the documentary with Robertson. “Their stories weren’t being heard. Mainstream media was presenting them or seeing them as almost prostitutes.”

Robertson said she It’s wanted to make the not right to documentary successful because of the death think they are of one of her close secondary friends, with whom she organized international citizens in our conferences together on society.” gender issues.

The documentary got Hsiu-Ling into the Athens InternaRobertson, tional Film and Video Chinese language Festival and Sheffield professor Doc/Fest’s Videotheque in 2014.

Robertson said she uses the documentary in one of her courses to introduce societal issues in Taiwan, as Chinese language courses often focus more exclusively on China. She shows the film

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to encourage conversation and critical thinking on these issues, she said, as she believes these aspects of education are more important than memorization.

Victoria Wee, a Weinberg sophomore and one of Robertson’s students, said Robertson is kind, maternal and understanding, and is one of her favorite professors due to her unique attitude toward teaching.

“You can tell that she has a passion for it, and that she really wants us to take away something from what she’s teaching us,” Wee said.

Robertson said her life story is simple, as she has not left school or university since age six.

After studying Chinese literature at Tunghai University in Taiwan, she lectured for several years at Tunghai then completed a doctoral education degree at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. She joined NU as a lecturer in the Department of Asian Languages and Cultures in 2004.

“I was born in teaching,” she said. “It’s my personality and my interest.” yaqoobqaseem2018@u.northwestern.edu

DarkMatter uses performance to highlight trans issues

By SOPHIE MANN

daily senior staffer @sophiemmann

Dark energy and dark matter together comprise over 90 percent of the universe, but they are poorly understood by even the most learned of people. This fact inspired Alok Vaid-Menon and Janani Balasubramanian to name their performance art duo DarkMatter.

Multicultural Student Affairs and the Rainbow Alliance are bringing the duo to campus as a part of Trans Empowerment Month. DarkMatter will be leading a workshop with Students for Justice in Palestine and will perform Oct. 25.

DarkMatter began as the brainchild of VaidMenon and Balasubramanian while they were undergraduates at Stanford University. The New York-based duo travels across North America and the world, bringing spoken word, comedy and fashion performances and workshops along with a message of trans inclusion to venues. They have performed at locations such as Asian American Writer’s Workshop and Queer International Arts Festival in New York, as well as Warehouse 9 in Copenhagen and over 100 college campuses.

“We define ourselves as an artistic collaboration,” Vaid-Menon said. “We defy forms.”

Rainbow Alliance president Bo Suh chose DarkMatter because they reflect Rainbow Alliance’s interests in LGBT activism and are widely known, which will draw a large and diverse audience.

Suh thinks that DarkMatter digs deeper into issues in the community because they challenge ideals and the status quo of the LGBT movement by going beyond issues like marriage equality. This also challenges their audiences to do the same, Suh said.

“A lot of their material is positioned against the norms that have shaped the existing LGBTQ rights movement,” Suh said. “They’re not interested in carving a space for themselves in the larger LGBTQ community since it is so cis-normative and white. I believe they’re more interested in liberating themselves from that ‘community’ since it is so exclusive of trans people and (people of color) and instead mobilizing a community that exists outside of those norms.”

Both Vaid-Menon and Balasubramanian identify as gender nonconforming. Their goal is to destroy the notion that one must conform to one gender

or another.

“Often when we talk about trans issues, we often erase people who are nonbinary or gender-nonconforming,” Vaid-Menon said. “We need to uplift the narrative of nonbinary people in the LGBT community.”

They strive to create spaces for trans and queer students on campus, because they are so often silenced in or left out of many LGBT-inclusive spaces, especially trans students of color, Vaid-Menon said.

“We find queer and trans people of color are feeling a lot of isolation,” Vaid-Menon said. “It’s really

beautiful to connect with queer and trans people of color and talk about how our sexualities and colors intersect.”

Beyond a university campus, their work has created a strong network of activists, Balasubramanian said.

“It’s a pleasure to meet with activists and see what other work is happening,” Balasubramanian said.

“We’ve built an amazing network of activists, queer activists and activists of color.”

Balasubramanian said they push anyone and everyone to understand and learn about people

that are poorly understood. Oftentimes, trans individuals need to educate their fellow classmates who do not understand their identities, something that can be draining and fruitless for the trans or queer individual.

“We have to be the education for our peers instead of being educated at these institutions,” Vaid-Menon said. “We don’t compromise our identities and challenge our audiences to see the tremendous silence our community faces.” sophiemann2018@u.northwestern.edu

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SPOTLIGHTING ISSUES Alok Vaid-Menon and Janani Balasubramanian are the members of the artist and activist duo DarkMatter. The pair will be performing on campus on Oct. 25

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The Act of Killing film screening at Harris 107 - 6:30 p.m.

Fresh Market at Norris -11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.

McSA & PARS: Iranian Film Night at Ford ITW Classroom - 7:00 p.m.

A&O Productions Presents: Blowout 2015 at Aragon Ballroom - 7:00 p.m.

Cooking for a Cause at Allison Hall - 7:00 p.m.

Green Day’s American Idiot at Ethel M. Barber Theater - 7:30 p.m.

Green Day’s American Idiot at Ethel M. Barber Theater - 7:30 p.m.

Symphonic Wind Ensemble at Pick-Staiger Concert Hall - 7:30 p.m.

“Alchemy of Desire/Dead Man’s Blues” at Shanley - 10 p.m.

“Alchemy of Desire/Dead Man’s Blues” at Shanley - 7 p.m., 10 p.m.

sunday Green Day’s American Idiot at Ethel M. Barber Theater - 2:00 p.m.

WFMT Bach Keyboard Festival: Bach’s Keyboard Music at Mary B. Galvin Recital Hall - 3:00 p.m.

saturday “Alchemy of Desire/Dead Man’s Blues” at Shanley - 2 p.m., 7 p.m.

Garba, Raas, Bhangra Night at Patten Gymnasium - 7:00 p.m.

Green Day’s American Idiot at Ethel M. Barber Theater - 2 p.m., 7:30 p.m.

Northwestern University Symphony Orchestra at Pick-Staiger Concert Hall 7:30 p.m.

Hymnfest XIII: “Lift Up Your Heads, Ye Mighty Gates” at Alice Millar Chapel 7:00 p.m.

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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 22, 2015

Fundraising platform starts new projects Months after its launch, the Kickstarter-esque site Catalyzer helps new groups

By LEO JI

the daily northwestern @theleoji

Catalyzer, an online fundraising initiative for Northwestern, added seven new fundraising campaigns for student groups to help them expand both at home and abroad.

The Kickstarter-esque platform is powered

by ScaleFunder, a crowdfunding platform for universities and nonprofits. Catalyzer started with four projIt’s just ects in the spring. a really great Funds donated to student groups through platform, and Catalyzer count toward it’s set up for the We Will campaign, the University’s $3.75 success. I would billion fundraising recommend it effort. to everybody.

All donations made through Catalyzer are Kate Lee, tax deductible, accord- Weinberg, Bienen ing to the We Will senior website.

The student groups receive 100 percent of the contributions regardless of whether they meet their fundraising goals, according to the website.

One group, NU’s chapter of Engineers Without Borders, will use the funds to expand its efforts in Kimuka, a community outside of Nairobi, Kenya. In its first two trips to Kenya during the spring of 2014 and spring of 2015, the student group designed and constructed a tapstand, a device that delivers water.

“They are so passionate about helping these folks,” McCormick Prof. Russ Joseph, the group’s faculty adviser, told The Daily in an email. “The Catalyzer project will make it possible to continue those efforts by sending our students to Kenya.”

The group hopes to use Catalyzer funds to

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return to Kimuka.

The students want to see if they can design a system to move clean water from the tapstand to houses in the community.

“The application process I don’t remember being too difficult,” said McCormick junior Sam Cohen, the group’s president. “It was pretty straightforward and streamlined and easy.”

EPIC, a group of student entrepreneurs, asked for $3,500 to create a library of books and other resources, said McCormick senior Ahren Alexander, co-director of the EPIC Launch Program.

Another group, the Treblemakers, will use Catalyzer funds to go on an international tour

that will hit three cities in Asia.

The a capella group has already reached its initial $8,000 fundraising goal and has since increased its goal to $12,000 to help raise money for new members who joined since the campaign began.

Weinberg and Bienen senior Kate Lee, the group’s music director, said the group wants to apply for Catalyzer funds again.

“Any chance we get, we’ll apply to be a part of Catalyzer again,” Lee said. “It’s just a really great platform, and it’s set up for success. I would recommend it to everybody.”

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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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While imprisoned, Awwad said he learned the value of nonviolent resistance from older political prisoners but that it wasn’t until the Israelis denied him

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From page 1 The race came after Whinston, who would have been a Weinberg senior, dropped out of NU to take a job in Los Angeles as the CEO of a professional gaming franchise.

Clarkston joined ASG his sophomore year, when he was appointed as an offcampus senator. He eventually became whip for the off-campus caucus. Last March, he was elected parliamentarian, No. 2 in the Senate, when Whinston was elected speaker.

Clarkston is also a member of Delta Tau Delta fraternity and served on the organization’s executive board at the same time as ASG President Noah Star.

Star, who also preceded Whinston as

permission to visit his mother in prison that he was convinced and the two began a 17-day hunger strike until the Israelis relented. In 2001, his mother set up a meeting between Palestinians and Israelis who had lost loved ones in the conflict, something which he said changed his perspective on his “enemy.”

“For the first time in my life … I saw an Israeli crying. I couldn’t even imagine Jewish people had tears,” Awwad said.

“For the first time, I saw an Israeli as a victim.”

However, both Awwad and Schlesinger acknowledged fear, anger and grief can make pursuing nonviolence difficult, describing the Israelis and Palestinians as “traumatized peoples.”

Representing opposing and often conflicting perspectives, Awwad and Schlesinger did not pretend to agree on most things, noting their key divide over the legitimacy of Israeli settlements in the West Bank. However, both said overcoming their disagreements and being able to accept and legitimize each other’s

narrative reveals a path toward peace.

The two said their nonviolent, national movement would find strong support from the Israeli left-wing and is the Palestinians’ best chance at achieving independence.

“The price of war is more acceptable than the price of peace … because we are fearful,” Awwad said. “But I also believe that whatever the price of peace will be, it is much cheaper than the price of war.”

speaker, said he’s interested to see how Clarkston leads after two more outspoken speakers.

“I’m excited to see what he does,” the Weinberg senior told The Daily.

Both Pritzker and Mulukutla pointed to their experience in student government when running for the position.

More than six senators endorsed Pritzker, the current off-campus caucus whip, during Senate’s endorsement period, Communication sophomore and NU Student Theatre Coalition senator Jake Rothstein told The Daily. He said a couple senators endorsed Mulukutla, a Panhellenic Association senator, too.

“It was very competitive,” he said, “But it was assumed that (Clarkston) would win.”

Later in the meeting, Weinberg

seniors Jonathan Kamel and Caroline Naughton introduced a resolution that asks the University to allow students living on campus to consume non-smokable forms of medical marijuana.

The resolution comes as Illinois prepares to issue prescription cards to qualifying state residents.

Naughton, Students for Sensible Drug Policy co-president, said she knows students who have applied for cards in Illinois.

“There are a lot of other medications that are allowed on campus, like Adderall and Xanax,” she said, “and a lot of other prescription drugs that are legal federally and that we can use in our dorms.”

But no other school has made such a change, Naughton said, mostly due to a

federal law that ties universities’ federal funding to their ability to keep campus “drug-free.”

A dispensary is scheduled to open in Evanston in November.

“We’re just trying to advance a policy that both the University can get behind and a majority of students can get behind,” said Kamel, an Interfraternity Council senator.

Senate will debate and vote on the resolution at its meeting Oct. 28.

The body also elected Weinberg freshman Leo Wing, a senator from SHARC, to the Wild Ideas Committee.

The committee allocates funding to students and groups independent of ASG’s standard funding process.

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From page 1 done legally, let your lawyer handle that in court.”

One solution to police brutality that has taken hold nationally is the use of body cameras on officers’ uniforms to monitor police conduct. Due to a lack of grant funding and potential budget cuts, Evanston Police chief Richard Eddington told The Daily last month the department is unlikely to start using body cameras in the near future.

Pickett discussed the use of police body cameras at the panel, and said though Evanston officers were not granted the funding necessary for camera implementation, the Evanston Police Department is looking to communicate better with the Evanston public to find ways to address this issue.

Evanston resident Trisha Linwood, who attended the event, said it is disappointing that EPD officers won’t have body cameras. However, she said she felt very fortunate to live in Evanston because of the different rules and regulations the police department has in place to assist citizens in filing complaints and making sure things are done properly.

“We have a police force that’s proactive instead of reactive,” she said.

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Across Campuses Leaders of effort to remove Mississippi flag from Ole Miss campus hope for swift action

MEMPHIS — The University of Mississippi, an Old South icon that has struggled in recent years to distance itself from Confederate symbols of the past, is moving cautiously in a new battle over the state flag and will take no immediate action on lowering it.

Student leaders of the push to abandon the flag say, however, they will keep the pressure on and hope an emergency meeting of the faculty Senate Thursday means action will come quickly.

Ole Miss officials Wednesday commended the Associated Student Body for “using the democratic process” in voting Tuesday evening to ask for removal of the flag, which incorporates the Confederate battle flag and flies over the Oxford campus. The university did not commit to doing anything right away.

“As part of the university’s shared governance model, input will be welcomed from the graduate student council, the faculty Senate and the staff council concerning the issue voted on by the ASB (Tuesday) night,” a university statement said.

“The University will consider input from all these constituents before deciding how it will move forward.”

The statement added: “As the flagship university for the state of Mississippi, we are proud that our students are taking the lead in addressing the need to create a more welcoming and inclusive environment throughout the state we love.”

Allen Coon, the student senator who wrote the resolution calling for the flag’s removal, said Wednesday that in light of the faculty Senate’s meeting Thursday to discuss the issue, he’s hopeful the university will be pushed to some final action at least within the next couple of weeks.

If the university does indeed decide to stop flying the flag, as a number of cities and universities in the state already have, Coon said he thinks it would send a particularly strong statement coming from the school that made history with the James Meredith integration.

“I certainly hope it would send a strong statement,” said Coon, a sophomore from Petal, Mississippi, who is white. “We have a complicated past on social justice, but with student leaders calling for this I hope it will send a clear message to legislators in Jackson that we want change.”

Student body President Rod Bridges, of Madison, Mississippi, added in a statement that removing the flag goes beyond what is best for Ole Miss.

“This issue is not simply a university issue.

It’s not a white issue or a black issue, either,” said Bridges, who is also white. “This is a human issue, and we have a symbol that instills fear and insecurity into individuals on this campus and in this community.”

State leaders have been reluctant to call for

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 22, 2015 replacement of the flag without a vote. Voters overwhelmingly chose in 2001 to keep the current flag that the state has had since 1894.

Still, in the groundswell of opposition to Confederate symbols since the June slayings of nine African-Americans in a Charleston, South Carolina, church by an avowed white supremacist, several Mississippi cities and counties, including Oxford, have stopped flying the state flag. Also, the state’s three historically black universities no longer fly it and U.S. Rep. Bennie Thompson, the lone African-American in Mississippi’s congressional delegation, does not display it in his offices.

On the Ole Miss campus, a rally opposing the flag last Friday drew about 200 supporters along with some in support of the flag.

This isn’t the first time the university has dealt with the sticky issue of Old South imagery considered offensive by many today. Former Chancellor Dan Jones took heat for his efforts over the past few years to rid the school of the Colonel Reb mascot, though athletic teams continue to carry the Rebels nickname.

The enrollment of the Oxford campus is about 14 percent African-American, while the state’s population is about 38 percent African-American.w — Ron Maxey (The Commercial Appeal /TNS)

USC student leaders demand action against campus racism

LOS ANGELES — A month after the USC undergraduate student body president was attacked with a racial epithet, student leaders are demanding a campuswide against bias, including the appointment of a top administrator to promote diversity, equity and inclusion.

Rini Sampath, who made national headlines when she disclosed the racist incident against her on Facebook, presented the demands to the undergraduate student government Tuesday evening in a resolution crafted with several student organizations.

The resolution says that USC has “failed to produce action plans to address issues of bias and discrimination,” unlike UCLA, Brown and other campuses it cited as more actively working to ease the problem.

“Unfortunately, [USC] students have spoken out on this topic but there hasn’t been a strategic response,” Sampath said. “We need something that is proactive to change the culture.”

Ainsley Carry, vice-president for student affairs, said there was a “disconnect” between students and administrators over perceptions of university efforts to combat bias. He said the campus started a reporting system for bias several years ago and also handles complaints in an office dedicated to enforcing Title IX federal laws barring discrimination. In addition, he said officials have met several times with students since the Sampath incident.

But Carry agreed that officials could do more to prevent bias, rather than simply respond to it.

“Changing a culture and implementing solutions to ending racism on a college campus - those are complex issues; it can’t happen in 20 days,” he said. “But we’ve got to do a better job. It’s an important opportunity for us to create an education culture around respect for one another.”

Sampath, the daughter of immigrants born in India, was walking past a fraternity house last month when a student screamed at her, “You Indian piece of ...,” using a vulgarity, and hurled a drink at her.

University officials sent out a campuswide letter expressing sadness, anger and dismay; the USC Interfraternity Council condemned the action; and Sampath filed a federal discrimination complaint against the student, who reportedly has been evicted from his fraternity house.

But Sampath and other student leaders said much more needs to be done to address what they call a long-standing problem.

Around campus, including at a forum last month, faculty and students of color have spoken out about their experiences with bias: accusations of stealing their own bikes or selling contraband by security guards, stereotyped as athletes who gained admission only through affirmative action, anti-gay harassment that forced students to find new housing.

“What happened to Rini has gotten a lot of attention but these incidents happen far too frequently on an ongoing basis,” said Christina Gutierrez, vice president of the graduate student government.

The resolution was introduced Monday to graduate student leaders. Both student government groups expect to vote on it next week; assuming passage, the resolution will then be delivered to university administrators, Sampath and Gutierrez said.

The chief demand -- to hire a vice president of diversity, equity and inclusion and vice deans for such matters in each academic division -- was inspired by UCLA. Earlier this year, the Westwood campus named Jerry Kang, a professor of law and Asian American studies, to head diversity and equity issues as a vice chancellor after an independent review of complaints of discrimination against some faculty members.

Other demands include: A plan to measure and increase diversity of students, faculty, staff and trustees; A $100-million fund by 2025 for scholarships, fellowships, programming and mentorships for underrepresented groups; Mandatory diversity training for faculty and students; Increased funding and space for cultural centers serving African Americans, Asians, Latinos, LGBT students and others; An annual independent survey to gauge the campus climate toward diversity, equity and inclusion.

Carry said administrators would respond to the

demands after students present them but said they appeared to be “great for discussion.”

— Teresa Watanabe (Los Angeles Times/TNS)

Many state colleges will waive application fees Friday

GOSHEN — High school students wishing to enroll in college may be able to save money by applying Friday.

Friday marks National College Application Day, an event sponsored in partnership with Learn More Indiana and the National American College Application Campaign. The annual event seeks to increase the number of students pursuing post-secondary education, according to a press release from the Indiana Commission for Higher Education.

On College Application Day many Indiana colleges choose to waive application fees as added incentive for students to apply.

“We’re telling students that education beyond high school is more important than ever, so we need to do everything we can to make sure they’re prepared. College Application Day highlights the importance of higher education and provides information for navigating the application process,” Indiana Commissioner for Higher Education Teresa Lubbers said in the release.

While the national event is slated for Friday, Indiana schools are hosting student events throughout the fall season to provide resources and guidance for high school seniors as they consider their post-secondary options and the college admission process, according to the release.

The following Indiana colleges and universities will waive application fees, according to Learn More Indiana website: Ancilla College — Always free for Indiana students Franklin College — Always free Goshen College — Friday Grace College — Always free Hanover College — Friday Holy Cross College — Friday Huntington University — through Friday Indiana State University — Friday Indiana University East — Friday Indiana University Kokomo — Friday Indiana University Southeast — Friday Indiana University South Bend — Friday Indiana University Northwest — Friday Marion University — Friday Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology — Friday Saint Joseph’s College — Always free Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College — Friday Saint Mary’s College — Always free Trine University — Friday University of Evansville — Friday University of Saint Francis — Friday Valparaiso University — Friday Vincennes University — Friday Wabash College — Friday — Goshen News/TNS

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The Iranian Nuclear Deal and Middle Eastern Geopolitics How does the just-concluded deal over Iran’s nuclear program affect the geopolitics of the Middle East? In particular, how does it affect the United States’ two most important regional alliances, with Saudi Arabia and Israel, and the ongoing conflicts in Iraq, Syria, and Yemen?

Rashid Khalidi is the Edward Said Professor of Modern Arab Studies at Columbia University.

He is the author of, among other works, Sowing Crisis: American Dominance and the Cold War in the Middle East (2009); The Iron Cage: The Story of the Palestinian Struggle for Statehood (2006); and Resurrecting Empire: Western Footprints and America’s Perilous Path in the Middle East (2004), which was awarded the Albert Hourani Prize of the Middle Eastern Studies Association.

Wildcat recognized as top weight class wrestler in nation after great 2014

Junior Jason Tsirtsis will have a target on his back this upcoming season.

The two-time defending Big Ten champion at 149 lbs, and the 2014 NCAA champion at the same weight class, was recently ranked number one in the country in the InterMat preseason poll for 149 lbs.

Last season, the 2015 All-American racked up a career-high 39 victories on his way to

NU golf finishes fourth in Stanford Invitational Tournament

After recently being named the No. 1 golf team in the country, Northwestern came in fourth at the Stanford Invitational Tournament Tuesday, finishing 17 over par as a team.

The 54-hole tournament featured 17 colleges and spanned three days, beginning Sunday. Sophomore Hannah Kim paced the Wildcats’ effort with a 211 (-2) score, ending the tournament tied for fourth individually.

NU entered six golfers in the tournament overall.

Freshman Stephanie Lau and junior Kacie Komoto

School of Law offers online admission interview option

Northwestern School of Law launched a registration portal in September for the 2016 admissions cycle, becoming the first law school to offer online video interviews. The portal will close in March.

Although the School of Law does not require admissions interviews, the video interviews are another option for applicants wishing to do so. Applicants still may request traditional in-person interviews.

The School of Law will use Kira Academic, an online video interviewing and talent assessment platform, to conduct the interviews.

Johann Lee, assistant dean at the School of Law’s Office of Admissions and Financial Aid, said in a news

claiming his second conference crown in as many seasons. Tsirtsis went 19-1 in dual meets and 8-1 in conference. His lone loss against a Big Ten competitor was avenged when he defeated Iowa’s Brandon Sorensen in the Big Ten title match.

InterMat also recognized a couple other Wildcats as senior Dominick Malone earned the number 14 spot at 125 lbs and redshirt freshman Johnny Sebastian was ranked No. 16 for 165 lbs.

Tsirtsis was also ranked number one for his weight class by FloWrestling in September.

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each finished in the top 25 for the competition. Lau tied for eleventh at 215 (+2) while Komoto tied for 23rd, scoring a 218 (+5).

Rounding out the Cats’ squad, sophomore Sarah Cho hit 225 (+12), tying for 54th, while senior Kaitlin Park struck a 237 (+24). Freshman Janet Mao, who competed individually and wasn’t eligible for the team score, managed a 219 (+6) and tied for 30th place.

The host Stanford took home the gold, clinching the victory with a 5 under par performance and was the only team to finish the tournament under par. USC finished in second at 2 over par, while UCLA settled for third at 3 over.

NU will have a long layoff until its next competition, an alumni match play in February.

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release that the school believes everyone should have the opportunity to complete an admissions interview.

“One of the main reasons cited by applicants for not doing an interview is availability both on-campus and off,” Lee said in a news release. “The video interview basically gives us unlimited capacity for applicants to conduct interviews at any time and location at their convenience — thereby, removing the hurdle of availability.”

The interviews will last between 30 and 45 minutes, during which applicants will answer six questions.

Interview questions address topics such as maturity, motivation, empathy, problem solving and resilience, Lee said.

Reviewers will be able to view the videos at any time if they have questions about a particular interview, Lee said.

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National News Ryan wins GOP hard-liners’ backing for speaker of the House

WASHINGTON — Rep. Paul Ryan’s potential ascension to speaker of the House of Representatives overcame a significant hurdle Wednesday night when a majority of the conservative House Freedom Caucus voted to support his candidacy.

The Wisconsin Republican said he wouldn’t seek the speakership unless his House GOP colleagues, including the sometimes rebellious Freedom Caucus and the Republican Study Committee, rallied around his candidacy and met other conditions.

Ryan, chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, met with the caucus Wednesday afternoon. Afterward, the group’s 40 or so members voted whether or not to back him.

“A supermajority of the House Freedom Caucus has voted to support Paul Ryan’s bid to become the next speaker of the House of Representatives,” the caucus said in a statement Wednesday night. “While no consensus exists among members of the House Freedom Caucus regarding Chairman Ryan’s preconditions for serving, we believe that these issues can be resolved in time.”

It was unclear following their sit-down earlier Wednesday whether Ryan had succeeded in placating the hard-line members of the caucus, a faction within the House GOP that has grown increasingly restive over what it sees as its leadership enabling the policies of the Democrats and President Barack Obama.

Caucus members champion a fiercely no-compromise approach.

Ryan had set out conditions for him taking the post on Tuesday. He demanded party unity before he formally enters the race to replace outgoing Speaker John Boehner, the House’s 247-member Republican conference met, pondered, and discussed his terms and whether they could agree to them.

Ryan gave Republicans until Friday to make up their minds. Boehner, R-Ohio, said the House Republican conference will choose its nominee for speaker on Oct. 28 and the full 435-member House will vote Oct. 29.

The Freedom Caucus played major roles in Boehner’s decision to retire from Congress and House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy’s sudden decision to withdraw from the race to succeed Boehner, thus opening the door for the seemingly reluctant Ryan.

The 2012 Republican vice presidential nominee has made no secret about his preference to remain at the helm of the powerful House Ways and Means Committee over a post that is next in line for presidency

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 22, 2015 behind the vice president.

“I think when he went from, ‘I don’t want it,’ and ‘I won’t take it’ to ‘I don’t want it, but I might take it under certain terms and conditions,’ the preface to both of those statements is still, ‘I don’t want it,’” said Rep. Mick Mulvaney, R-S.C., a Freedom Caucus member. “Well, it’s one of the questions we’re going to ask, which is ‘Paul do you really want the job?’”

In addition to party unity, Ryan told House Republicans that he wants a change in the process that allows a House member to file a motion to vacate the speaker’s chair, a procedural tool that can be used to oust a speaker.

Rep. Mark Meadows, R-N.C., filed such a motion against Boehner in late July. The measure now rests in the House Rules Committee.

Ryan also informed GOP lawmakers that he would limit his time on the road raising campaign money for his colleagues to spend time with his family. Boehner was a prolific fundraiser for his party, traveling from district to district for events on weekends and during congressional recesses.

While many rank-and-file Republicans were hopeful Wednesday that they could rally around Ryan, several lawmakers and outside groups were skeptical about his demands.

Rep. Mark Sanford, R-S.C., a Freedom Caucus member who supports a Ryan speakership, said fellow caucus members are having a hard time with Ryan’s call for a change to the process for the motion to vacate the chair.

“That seems to be the biggest sticking point within the conference,” Sanford said. “It’s roughly a 200-yearold tradition, and I think just from an institutional standpoint, a lot of members would say, ‘Wait a minute.

Why would we give to anybody a new institutional privilege that hasn’t been afforded other speakers for the last 200 years?’ I think that’s a legitimate point.”

Sanford said the motion has now “become in essence a weapon.”

“It’s been pulled out of the closet and it may be used again,” he said.

Rep. Bill Flores, R-Texas, chairman of the Republican Study Committee, said some of his members also struggled with Ryan’s request about the motion.

“He said we need to revisit how the process works,” Flores said. “Some people supported that, some people were less supportive.”

Mulvaney and Sanford said the Freedom Caucus was sticking with their backing of Rep. Daniel Webster, R-Fla. _ who they endorsed over McCarthy for speaker _ at least for now.

Sanford said there has been discussion within the Freedom Caucus about the Webster endorsement.

When asked about the tone of the talks, Sanford said

“that depends on which side of the argument you’re on.”

Several outside conservative groups and pundits _ who already were complaining about Ryan for his support for the TARP Wall Street bailout, the No Child Left Behind education law and his role in negotiating a budget deal with Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash. _ launched new broadsides against him.

The Tea Party Patriots released a YouTube video titled “Choose Wisely” that contains portions critical of the current House Republican leadership. It includes a snippet of what appears to be Ryan speaking on the House floor talking about voting for the Wall Street bailout.

Conservative talk radio hosts Laura Ingraham and Mark Levin took to Twitter to blast Ryan.

“NOT SO FAST! Paul Ryan an amnesty advocate, along with his buddy Luis Gutierrez,” Levin tweeted, referring to Rep. Luis Gutierrez, D-IL., an advocate for comprehensive immigration legislation.

— William Douglas and Tori Whitley (McClatchy Washington Bureau/TNS)

Western Digital to buy SanDisk for $19 billion

LOS ANGELES — In a deal that underscores the dramatic shift from desktops to thin laptops and handheld devices, hard-drive maker Western Digital Corp. said Wednesday it will acquire flash-memory manufacturer SanDisk Corp. in a cash-and-stock deal worth about $19 billion.

Under the deal, Western Digital, based outside Los Angeles, in Irvine, picks up one of the leading manufacturers of the small memory chips crucial for smartphones, tablets, ultra thin laptops, and increasingly, the data centers that power cloud computing.

The combined company will be headquartered in Irvine and led by Western Digital Chief Executive Steve Milligan. After the deal closes, SanDisk Chief Executive Sanjay Mehrotra is expected to join the Western Digital board of directors.

Western Digital has about 76,500 employees and generated revenue of $14.6 billion in its fiscal year that ended July 3. SanDisk has over 8,000 employees and generated $6.6 billion in revenue last year.

While Western Digital produces a small number of those flash drives, also known as solid state drives or SSD, it has long focused its business on hard-diskdrives for a declining market in personal computers.

“Western Digital gets to diversify their business into solid state,” said Angelo Zino, an equity analyst for S&P Capital IQ in New York.

SanDisk is credited with introducing the first flash drives more than two decades ago. Instead of reading

data from a rotating hard disk, computers using farfaster flash memory read it directly from a set of computer chips.

The company ranks fourth in global share for flash memory with 14.8 percent of the market, about half that of market leader Samsung, according to research firm IHS. SanDisk holds a 15-year-old joint venture with Japan’s Toshiba to manufacture flash drives, a relationship that will continue, Western Digital and SanDisk said.

The deal between the two companies values SanDisk common stock at $86.50 a share, a 15 percent premium over Tuesday’s closing price. On Wednesday, shares of the Milpitas, Calif.-based company climbed $1.59, or 2 percent, to $76.78.

Shares of Western Digital fell $3.42, or 4.5 percent, to $71.44.

The acquisition marks the “next step” in expanding the company’s size, products and technologies, Western Digital said in a prepared statement.

Part of that evolution has been rapid consolidation the past year. The memory drive industry has reached a record $89 billion in merger and acquisition activity this year, according to research firm Dealogic.

No deal has been bigger than Dell Inc.’s $66 billion takeover of data storage company EMC Corp. earlier this month. Smaller deals include Western Digital’s $4.9 billion acquisition of Hitachi Global Storage Technologies in March.

“The cost of gaining market share in most segments is increasing rapidly,” said Handel Jones, chief executive of International Business Strategies Inc., which consults the semiconductor and electronics industry.

“With the low cost of money, it’s much better to make an acquisition than develop new products.”

Analysts say the deals have also been driven by Wall Street pressure to increase profit margins in a maturing industry. While it’s sound strategy for Western Digital to expand into flash memory, they say, demand for the technology will likely taper. That’s because smartphone and tablet markets are also maturing. Big data and cloud computing will also make memory storage more efficient, again diminishing the need for more flash hardware.

The SanDisk acquisition follows Western Digital’s deal with a unit of China’s Tsinghua Unigroup last month. Unisplendour Corp., known as Unis, paid $3.78 billion for a 15 percent stake in Western Digital, giving the data-storage disk maker the funds go after SanDisk as well as access to China, one of the fastest growing markets for memory storage.

— Samantha Masunaga and David Pierson (Los Angeles Times/TNS)

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SPORTS

ON DECK Field Hockey 23 NU at Ohio State, 2:30 p.m. Friday OCT.

ON THE RECORD

If one person is off, it makes it very inconsistent, so you have to make sure everyone is on the same game plan. — Maddie Slater, junior middle blocker

Thursday, October 22, 2015

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Slater finds role as leader on and off court for NU

By SOPHIE MANN

daily senior staffer @sophiemmann

After going 2-2 on the road and 2-2 during their homestand, the only thing consistent for the Wildcats (127, 4-4) is inconsistency. But they’re hoping to change that this weekend against No. 19 Purdue (15-4, 6-2) and Indiana (12-8, 2-6).

As the Cats prepare to travel for another weekend of hard-hitting conference matchups, the uncertainty from their last two weekends away from If one person Welsh-Ryan Arena does is off, it not sit well makes it very with the team or head inconsistent, coach Keyso you have lor Chan, to make sure who’s been everyone is on pushing the team toward the same game more consistent play all plan. season.

Maddie Slater, He conmiddle blocker siders junior middle blocker Maddie Slater, a three-year starter for the Cats, a leader on the court, he said. Slater has more experience hitting than any other player on the team.

Additionally, Slater is a leader

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outside of conference play. She is ranked in the Top 50 in the NCAA for hitting percentage and most recently showed her dominance on the court against then-first ranked Haleigh Washington during the Cats’ matchup against Penn State.

“Maddie has a ton of fire and passion to win,” Chan said. “Our team needs some of that; you need someone where winning drives them, and she brings that for sure. I think that’s going to make us better.”

Slater knows what it takes to win games. She commented that the team has been working on smaller details of the game, which she thinks will increase wins.

In addition to being practiceminded, Slater also spoke about the importance of consistency, especially against a team like the Boilermakers and even against an unranked Hoosiers team.

“If one person is off, it makes it very inconsistent, so you have to make sure everyone is on the same game plan,” Slater said.

Slater is not the only player hoping — and practicing — for more consistent gameplay. Sophomore middle blocker Gabrielle Hazen is pushing herself, even after being sidelined by several weeks of illness. In this past weekend’s matchup against Iowa, Hazen led the team in blocks, with seven throughout the course of the game.

If this type of gameplay keeps up, the Cats have a fighting chance against an aggressive competitor, such

Volleyball Zack Laurence/The Daily Northwestern

SLATER’S GONNA SLATE Junior Maddie Slater (center) has been a leader on and off the court this year for the Wildcats, and both her coach and teammates recognize her skills.

as Purdue, and definitely have a shot against Indiana. But, even with these opponents coming up, Hazen said the team is only focused on “their side of the court” and not on letting the other team’s gameplay get in their heads.

If the Cats can show their dominance this weekend, they will have

a serious leg up in their next games, especially on the road. As Chan has said repeatedly, improvement in the Big Ten is the only ways to keep up with the Joneses — such as Nebraska, Purdue and Penn State.

“The thing we have been working on together is how to put improvement

over results,” Chan said. “And trying to embrace the process of how can I become a better volleyball player and person every day. I think this group has improved in many of those areas, but we still have a long way to go.” sophiemann2018@u.northwestern.edu

Once a perceived strength, Cats receivers a liability BOBBY PILLOTE

DAILY SPORTS @BOBBYPILLOTE

Does Northwestern have the worst group of receivers in the Big Ten? The hot take after Saturday’s loss to Iowa is yes. Redshirt freshman quarterback Clayton Thorson finished the day completing just 17 of his 35 passes for only 125 yards, in part due to a multitude of mishandles by his pass catchers. Drops aren’t officially kept as a statistic, but qualitatively it’s easy to say the Wildcats’ receivers had trouble holding onto the ball against the Hawkeyes.

And beyond the latest loss, no NU receiver has really impressed

this season. It’s easy to blame that on the redshirt freshman under center, but, anecdotally, Thorson has thrown plenty of passes this season that have been on the money and simply not caught.

This was a position group some thought before the season might be a strength. So far it’s turned out to be anything but, though the Cats’ receivers may still not be worst in the 14-team Big Ten. In answering the question, the conference’s elite teams can be eliminated right away. Ohio State has Braxton Miller, Michael Thomas, Jalin Marshall and basically everyone else on its stacked roster. Michigan has Amara Darboh, Jehu Chesson and Jake Butt. Michigan State has Aaron Burbridge, who leads the Big Ten

in receptions and yardage with 44 catches for 702 yards through seven games.

But even lower-profile programs all seem to have at least one wide receiver or tight end who jumps off the stat sheet. Iowa quarterbacks completed just 16 passes Saturday, and eight of them went to Matt VandeBerg. Illinois’ Geronimo Allison just trails Burbridge in receiving yards per game. Nebraska has Jordan Westerkamp and Minnesota has KJ Maye, both of whom rank among the top 11 in the Big Ten in receiving yards.

In fact, every other team in the conference has at least one — in most cases two or three — receiver who averages more yards per game than NU’s leader, senior Dan Vitale.

The superback has 221 yards through seven games, good for 29th in the Big Ten. Compounding the lack of production is some injury misfortune and what seems like a lack of player development, with many receivers on the Cats’ roster curiously anonymous either this year or throughout their careers. Seniors Cameron Dickerson and Pierre Youngblood-Ary combined for 31 catches in 2014, and this year the pair has just two, both by Dickerson. Sophomore Macan Wilson started the season on the twodeep, but hasn’t caught a pass this season and is currently nowhere to be found.

It only gets worse and weirder.

Talented freshman Flynn Nagel is hurt and classmate Jelani Roberts is

used almost exclusively for jet sweeps.

Sophomore superback Jayme Taylor is out for the year. Junior Stephen Buckley emerged as a talented running back his freshman year before tearing his ACL, then moved to receiver postrecovery and has caught just three passes since. Currently filling out the depth chart is senior Garrett Kidd, a graduate transfer from Miami who caught just two passes as a Hurricane.

Overall NU has the worst passing offense in the Big Ten, an almost inarguable fact given the Cats rank dead last in the conference in passing yards per game and yards per passing attempt. The quarterback has to shoulder some of the blame, but his receivers definitely aren’t helping. bpillote@u.northwestern.edu

Football Jacob Swan/Daily Senior Staffer

SHUT OUT The ball slips out of wide receiver Austin Carr’s hands in Ann Arbor. Carr led the team with 39 receiving yards in the Cats’ 38-0 loss.

Daniel Tian/Daily Senior Staffer

HOMECOMING HEAVE Quarterback Clayton Thorson launches a pass down field during Northwestern’s 40-10 loss against Iowa on Saturday. The Cats averaged just 3.2 yards per pass in the blowout.