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Native research center canceled

By PETER KOTECKI

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The University will not move forward with the Native American Outreach and Inclusion Task Force’s 2014 recommendation for an Indigenous Research Center and instead will launch an Indigenous Studies Research Initiative led by the Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences.

The initiative will replace the proposed Indigenous Research Center despite Northwestern reserving funds in February to create the center. University spokesman Al Cubbage said the money will now fund the new initiative.

Catherine Grimsted, assistant provost for faculty, deferred comment to Cubbage.

The University’s goal is to establish a flexible structure for scholars to thrive in an effort to create a supportive intellectual community centered on indigenous studies, said Weinberg Dean Adrian Randolph in an email to faculty members last week.

Provost Dan Linzer told The Daily the initiative’s structure will allow the University to give flexibility to faculty.

“If you construct something and then try to fill it with the right people, that constrains how you create something here,” Linzer said. “If you go after good people and then give them the flexibility to think about how best to organize their activities, then they take ownership of it.”

SESP senior Forrest Bruce, co-president of the Native American and Indigenous Student Alliance, said he is glad the University is committing to bring indigenous faculty to campus. However, Bruce said he worries about the vague language in Randolph’s email and is unsure how committed NU is to the announced initiative.

“As long as they get all the faculty over here, I think that will get the ball rolling on making more than just an initiative,” Bruce said.

The University will launch searches for two junior faculty members, one in the area of social disparities and one in the area of creativity, history and cultural expression, Randolph said in his email.

A search committee from the Institute for Policy Research will guide the hiring process for the first position. The Kaplan Institute for the Humanities will lead the search for the second position.

In addition, NU will work to appoint postdoctoral fellows in Native American and indigenous studies, Randolph said.

“Finally, we will challenge departments to identify talented, tenured colleagues outside the University who might consider joining the Northwestern faculty as a leader of this initiative,” he said in the email.

Randolph said the University will work to align Native American and indigenous » See RESEARCH CENTER, page 6

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CENTER CANCELED Andrew Johnson, executive director of the American Indian Center of Chicago, speaks at the Native and Indigenous Northwestern Community Forum in 2014. NU has announced an Indigenous Studies Research Initiative will replace the Native American Outreach and Inclusion Task Force’s proposal for an Indigenous Research Center.

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HARLEY HELD Ald. Mark Tendam (6th) attends a City Council meeting. Aldermen voted to table the long-held discussion over the future of Harley Clarke Mansion at Monday’s meeting.

Harley Clarke tabled again Decision held as state remains without budget

By ELENA SUCHARETZA

the daily northwestern @elenasucharetza

Aldermen voted Monday to table future discussion on the Harley Clarke Mansion until an Illinois state budget is released specifying the amount of funding cut from Evanston.

City Council was split 5-4 on Ald. Ann Rainey’s (8th) move to cease discussion of the matter until the city is certain of next year’s state funding challenges.

Following a proposal last week from Ald. Donald Wilson (4th) for the city to fund the mansion’s renovations, Rainey said she thought discussion on proposed funding allocation for the property renovations was premature, considering the state has been stalemated over its budget for nearly four months.

Wilson had proposed the city keep the mansion, located at 2603 Sheridan Road, in city ownership and allocate up to $600,000 for its renovation, establishing programming for Evanston residents. The city has sought new uses for the property since 2011 after the city and its previous tenant, the Evanston

Language exchange group starts

By JULIA DORAN

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When Weinberg senior Kate McCarter learned Northwestern had no on-campus club where she could practice Spanish, she started Campus Language Connection, a student-led group that serves as an informal language exchange program.

Officially launched two weeks ago, Campus Language Connection aims to help students improve overall foreign language proficiency through conversation, while promoting crosscultural friendship and understanding, McCarter said.

The club pairs native speakers of two different languages who want to learn the language of their partner, so

the interaction is mutually beneficial, she said. Once matched, participants are given guidelines about the types of activities they should do, places they should meet and how much time they should spend together.

McCarter said although experience speaking a language is crucial to comprehension, real-life practice is difficult to get in a typical language course.

“In the classroom setting, you’re not really speaking colloquially and you’re also not really speaking that often,” she said.

The program allows students to practice their foreign language in a casual, stress-free environment instead of in the presence of a professor, which can be intimidating, she said.

The informal, non-academic

Serving the University and Evanston since 1881

nature of the program is ideal for those who want to maintain or improve their foreign language skills without taking actual language classes, said SESP sophomore Jack McCarter, Kate McCarter’s brother and vice president of Campus Language Connection.

So far, 165 students have filled out the online sign-up survey, including native speakers of 23 different languages and students interested in learning 21 different languages, Kate McCarter said.

“We’ve had a really good turn out,” McCarter said. “We are really excited about the support and interest we have gotten.”

Sponsored by the NU International Office, the program also » See LANGUAGE, page 6

Art Center, could no longer fund its maintenance.

But Rainey said the state cuts could take $1.5 million from the city’s local government distributive fund, which would impact future spending decisions.

The state is also considering a statewide property tax freeze, which would affect Evanston past 2016, said city manager Wally Bobkiewicz at a special City Council meeting on Saturday morning.

“We are facing the possibility of a tax freeze, and we have no way of knowing when that is going to be resolved,” Rainey said. “To spend $500,000 … is irresponsible.”

City staff presented to aldermen at Saturday’s meeting a proposed $56 million capital improvement plan for next year, more than half of which would be funded from debt.

Evanston resident Lori Keenan, who is part of an organization trying to reclaim the mansion for public use, said it was important to consider that Harley Clarke could foster economic growth in the form of cultural tourism.

“I encourage you to look at the numbers for cultural tourism as an economic engine and think about Harley Clarke as

Wrestling

Drew Pariano out as Northwestern coach

Drew Pariano is no longer Northwestern’s wrestling coach, the University announced Monday night.

The athletic department declined to say why Pariano is no longer at NU. He will be replaced by assistant coach Matt Storniolo, who will serve as interim coach.

Pariano has been on the Cats’ coaching staff for the past 10 seasons and has been head coach for the last five. During his tenure in Evanston, NU produced 24 All-Americans, including two of the three Cats who garnered AllAmerican status for all four years of their career, Mike McMullan and

creative place-making and think about the talent we have in Evanston to do this,” Keenan said.

Nearing the conclusion of the meeting, Ald. Mark Tendam (6th) recommended moving discussion of the mansion to the Parks and Recreation Board — a suggestion that quickly drew objection from some other aldermen.

“A lot of issues were expressed by residents tonight,” Tendam said. “We need to have a body to discuss these issues.”

Wilson countered that the council’s action to not act on his own proposal, which included a recommendation to initiate discussion within the Parks and Recreation Board, rendered aldermen unable to refer the issue elsewhere. Other aldermen remained split as to whether the board should revive an issue it had just put to rest for the undeterminable future. Ald. Judy Fiske (1st) cautioned aldermen against referring the issue to the Parks and Recreation Board.

“That is not in keeping with what the decision is here tonight,” Fiske said. “It doesn’t seem fair or transparent to do that.” elenasucharetza2018@u.northwestern.edu Jake Herbert.

Pariano, who graduated from the School of Education and Social Policy in 2000, wrestled for NU all four years and was a three-time NCAA qualifier. He was also named an academic All-American.

Pariano said on Twitter he had nothing but great things to say about the University and was honored to have been the head coach.

“I am looking forward to beginning the next chapter of my coaching/administrative career,” Pariano tweeted.

Storniolo will take over as interim coach for the Wildcats. He has been an assistant coach for NU for six years and during his time in college was named an All-American for his performance on the mat at the University of Oklahoma.

Pariano is the fourth coach to leave NU in the past year.

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Lecturer talks Basij militia at EPL MENA event

By BEN WINCK

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A lecturer in Northwestern’s Middle East and North African Studies Program presented on the Basij militia, a volunteer paramilitary organization in Iran and its capacity to derail the Iranian political system at the Evanston Public Library on Monday night.

Saeid Golkar, who is from Iran and is also a senior fellow on Iranian policy at the Chicago Council on Global Affairs, discussed the potential for the volunteer paramilitary organization to foster a hostile authoritarian regime in the country. The Basij militia comprises Iranian citizens of differing faiths, races and social backgrounds who unite to counteract various acts of political dissent.

Golkar opened with a history on the Basij, starting with its inception in 1980 and continuing to its significant growth in 2009 due to the group’s suppression of anti-government protests during the Iranian presidential election.

Over the years, Basij has rapidly gained influence by growing to over 5 million members and offering

Police Blotter 6 students referred to NU Student Affairs for marijuana possession

Six NU students in two separate cases were reported by resident assistants to University Police on Friday night in connection with marijuana-related incidents.

An RA reported to UP that at about 6:40 p.m. he observed four NU students smoking marijuana on the south side of the Ayers College of Commerce and Industry, Deputy Chief Dan McAleer said. All four students were identified and admitted to smoking marijuana outside the building, McAleer said.

Only one of the four students lived in CCI. The other three live in other campus residences, McAleer said. UP documented the incident and referred the matter to Student Affairs, he said.

Later that night, a little after 9:30 p.m., UP

incentives such as free education and elevated social status.

However, Golkar noted that as the militia has developed, its presence in nearly all regions and often violent methods of subduing demonstrations has prompted questions about the rapid growth of its power from non-Basij Iranians and Americans alike. The group now works with the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps to silence opposition and promote the Islamic Republic, a governing force in the Middle East that presides over Iran among other countries.

Golkar detailed how the Basij has become corrupt with this relatively new power and oppressed much of Iran’s revolutionary society and overall hope for democracy.

“The Internet (in Iran) is a battlefield between the regime and the people,” Golkar said. “The Islamic Republic use the Basij to produce the pro-regime content … you know that the Basij has the TV, newspaper organizations, news agencies, radio and social media.

They are the most pervasive.”

Not all of the Basij’s anti-rebellion actions are as passive, Golkar said. He talked about how the Basij militia aggressively stops student protests and strikes with overwhelming force and explained how this has

created a climate of fear within Iranian society.

Of the nearly 40 audience members, several had differing opinions on how to handle the problems the Basij and its influence pose. Afsaneh Kalantary, an anthropologist and Evanston resident, spoke of how the Basij’s connection to the Iranian government is responsible for its revolutionary culture.

“Iran is not Nazi Germany, Iran is not fascist Italy. … It’s a revolutionary society,” Kalantary said during the event. “These young men and women want to create new politics through resistance, and they haven’t been successful in translating their little acts of resistance into different types of politics.”

Barbara Lyons, another Evanston resident, had a different opinion. “(We should do) nothing. It’s their country. The whole thing is capitalism,” Lyons told The Daily. “We’re no longer separate countries, we have corporations that go across the globe.

Golkar said he hopes to return to Iran someday.

“I can only hope for peaceful transition to democracy,” Golkar said. “I hope to go back, but I don’t think I can.”

responded to a report from an RA who noticed an odor of burnt marijuana outside of a second floor room during a routine check of the residence hall at 1856 Orrington Ave., McAleer said. He said officers gained permission from the student resident to enter the room, and upon entering UP detected an odor of burnt cannabis and discovered in plain view an electronic wooden vaporizer with cannabis residue, which the student admitted to using to smoke cannabis.

When asked if there was more marijuana in the room, the student indicated a vial containing a green, leafy substance on his roommate’s desk, which was later tested and confirmed to be cannabis, McAleer said. UP located the student’s roommate, who claimed ownership of the marijuana and admitted to purchasing it from an unknown Evanston resident, he said.

UP issued tickets in connection with possession of drug paraphernalia to both residents and issued a ticket in connection with possession of cannabis to

the owner of the vial. Both students were referred to Student Affairs, McAleer said.

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Local man charged with driving under the influence

A 49-year-old man was arrested early Sunday morning in connection with driving under the influence.

Police found the Evanston man sleeping in his car while stopped at a signal light in the 1100 block of Chicago Avenue at about 1:30 a.m., Evanston police Cmdr. Joseph Dugan said. Police said the man had bloodshot eyes and slurred speech.

The man refused to perform any field sobriety tests, Dugan said The man was charged with a misdemeanor for driving under the influence and disobeying a traffic control device. He is scheduled to appear in court on Nov. 19.

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EPL TALK Northwestern lecturer Saeid Golkar speaks about the role of Iran’s Basij Militia in influencing the country’s government at the Evanston Public Library. About 40 people attended Golkar’s talk.

Evanston woman arrested in connection with marijuana possession

A 19-year-old woman was arrested Sunday night in connection with marijuana possession.

The Evanston woman flagged down police while in her vehicle in the 1200 block of Oak Avenue at about 6 p.m. to ask the officer a question about recovering money she loaned to an unknown individual, when the officer noticed the smell of unburned marijuana, Dugan said.

The woman had about 16 grams of marijuana in her posession and was driving with a suspended license, Dugan said.

The woman was charged with two misdemeanors for possession of marijuana and driving on a suspended license. She is scheduled to appear in court Nov. 19. ­— Drew Gerber and Joanne Lee

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On Campus DarkMatter performs poetry at NU

By FATHMA RAHMAN

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DarkMatter, a transgender South-Asian performance art duo composed of Alok Vaid-Menon and Janani Balasubramanian, performed their #ItGetsBitter spoken word poetry as Rainbow Alliance’s fall speaker Sunday night.

The poetry performance was a wordplay on the hashtag trend #ItGetsBetter, which implies a progressive future of people believing society has reached an appropriate level of acceptance — and DarkMatter refutes that so-called reality, said Weinberg sophomore Sylvia Regan, Rainbow Alliance’s publicity chair.

“DarkMatter is very critical of people just accepting things the way they are,” Regan said.

“They’re saying that this world is really hard on different groups of people, particularly for people of color and transpeople, and that for them, (this world) is not better, and it’s not good enough.”

In their poetry, DarkMatter highlighted disparities in how gay rights are portrayed, versus the reality for nonconforming LGBT people of color. The duo also discussed problems in present-day colonialism, queer violence and LGBT exploitation from white society.

“So many of us here come from places of privilege and DarkMatter really works to make people think about privilege and about people

Northwestern student assaulted outside CVS on Sherman Ave

A female Northwestern student reported being assaulted outside CVS Pharmacy, 1711 Sherman Ave., on Friday morning, police said.

who don’t have it,” Regan said. “DarkMatter is, though critical, very inspiring.”

Vaid-Menon and Balasubramanian’s first poem described fear of discrimination through the metaphor of crossing a road to illustrate the danger transfeminine people face.

“When you’re a transfeminine person, you learn not to jaywalk often because you don’t think a car is going to stop,” Vaid-Menon said. “I’ve been thinking about the relationship between the ways that deer cross the road and transgender people cross the road — both of us are seen as freaks and not supposed to be there.”

They also described problems with feminism and white supremacy.

The event, attended by about 120 people, was followed by a Q&A session. Vaid-Menon and Balasubramanian responded to a variety of questions ranging from their poetry decision-making strategies to what they love about themselves.

NU alumnus Rohan Zhou-Lee (Bienen ‘13) said the performance helped them feel affirmed in their work for a Chicago theater company to create a more inclusive art scene by bringing in a diverse array of artists. Zhou-Lee, who does not identify with a gender, said the most important takeaway was that the performance’s concepts were to-the-point and direct.

“Self-love is important,” Zhou-Lee said. “F— the patriarchy.” fathmarahman2019@u.northwestern.edu University Police were dispatched to the intersection of Sherman Avenue and Davis Street at approximately 11:22 a.m., said Dan McAleer, deputy chief of University Police.

McAleer said the student provided a description of the assailant, and an Evanston resident unaffiliated with NU who fit the student’s description was later stopped. The student was brought to identify the subject matching

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SPEAKING OUT DarkMatter speaks out against transphobia and racism during the duo’s spoken word performance at Parkes Hall on Sunday night. The South Asian art group brought poetry and discussion about nonconforming LGBT people to Northwestern as the student group Rainbow Alliance’s fall speakers.

the description given, but she said the subject detained was not the assailant, McAleer said.

The matter was referred to the Evanston Police Department, McAleer said.

Evanston police Cmdr. Joseph Dugan did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

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His debut collection of poems, Somewhere Else (Coffee House Press), was named one of 2005’s debut books of the year by Poets & Writers Magazine and was winner of a 2006 American Book Award. He is currently Associate Professor in the Department of Creative Writing at Columbia College Chicago.

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Don’t worry, freshmen, you’ll settle in at college TIM BALK

DAILY COLUMNIST

One of the great joys of being a sophomore is that I know the tricks. I understand how things work. For example, I know I can steal the Chicago Tribune from outside of Willard, where the paper piles up each day a few steps from the door. And I know I can skip frat parties, day parties, ragers, fundragers, etc. without needing to feel any fomo.

They’re not fun, they’re gross and they’re all the same. I know how to get into other dorms without having to check in — it’s all about keeping your head down and not making eye contact.

I know Northwestern football will let us down. Same with the basketball team. And

that the Campus Loop probably won’t be on time.

I have a routine. I know how classes work.

I know how the social life works. I have friends. In short, I am a savvy veteran. NU is my element now.

One year ago, it was not. That is not to say I had a bad first quarter. On the contrary, I was a typical eager and excited freshman.

More than anything, I was simply happy to be off at college.

Still, like most freshmen, I had a distinct sense that NU was not my home. It felt like a foreign land I was momentarily occupying, a thousand miles from my family, the comfort of my bed, my cats and what I knew up to that point as my life. I worried I would never be at home at NU. I worried I would never settle in.

What I have found, like so many others, is that I did settle in. I became comfortable navigating the various aspects of NU and

Evanston. The truth, though, is I did not fully settle in until this fall. It took a full year for NU to truly become my home. In fact, I still grow more comfortable as each day passes, discovering a new trick here or there.

This experience is not unique to me. It is not unique to NU students. And it is not unique to college students. Indeed, it is a universal experience. And this experience is among the most valuable of college experiences. College forces us to grow up and find a new home. And it forces us to do it on our own while a blizzard of other new experiences is being foisted upon us.

That is what can make it so scary. Fall Quarter of freshman year involves a cavalcade of baptisms: For many it represents the first time away from home, the first time taking college classes, the first time taking care of oneself and the first time dealing with a wide array of new freedoms and opportunities. There is an overwhelming variety and

range of firsts, each piled on the bedrock of having to make a new home.

Do not despair, freshmen, if you have not settled in yet. Settling in takes time. Getting comfortable at NU is a process. Trust me, I know. Heck, I didn’t realize you could use your meal plan at Norbucks until Winter Quarter of freshman year. (The day I discovered that, you could say was a glorious day indeed.) But I did settle in, as everyone does, each at his or her own rate.

Freshman year is a transition year. But transition you will, freshmen. And I have to say, once you do, college is a whole bundle of fun.

Tim Balk is a Medill sophomore. He can be contacted at timothybalk2018@u.northwestern.edu. If you would like to respond publicly to this column, send a Letter to the Editor to opinion@dailynorthwestern.com. The views expressed in this piece do not necessarily reflect the views of all staff members of The Daily Northwestern.

Today’s sharing economy will be pivotal for our future TANISHA PATNI

DAILY COLUMNIST

Looking around Northwestern, I notice students interviewing with Airbnb and getting job offers at Uber. I see alumni successfully turning profits off of companies that serve as intermediaries, making use of objects that already exist rather than inventing new ones. This recent unprecedented rise in the so-called “sharing economy” is not just defining our careers, but also actively reshaping our daily lives and even our mental approach toward consumption.

I was in the elevator of my apartment building the other day when the girl behind me said to her friend, “Don’t judge me, but I’m probably just gonna call an Uber to class if I miss this shuttle.” I could fake acting surprised, but I’d be lying if I said I haven’t

taken an Uber to class before. And I’m sure many of us are guilty of it. When I went to Turkey over spring break last year, I used Airbnb to find two separate places to stay with nine friends in Istanbul for an entire week. These services are so unbelievably easy (and cheap) to use that it’s now second nature for me to call an Uber or Lyft to get around or to check Airbnb if I’m going to New York for the weekend. Hotels seem to be an outdated, expensive option.

Shockingly, these names were barely heard on campus just three years ago when I was a freshman. I’d take the El to Chicago, and if I got stranded at Howard late at night after the purple line stopped running, I would have to call a Norshore cab back to Evanston. I’d wait on hold for an agent to answer, tell them my location and destination and then wait, without a GPS tracker, for the cab to reach me.

Now that entire process seems medieval.

The sharing economy, also known as collaborative consumption, centers on the premise of using existing resources for a

limited time instead of buying new, usually expensive, ones. Prime examples of this are using someone else’s car or home when it is unused or someone else’s labor or time for one-off jobs or other services.

The poster child of the sharing economy is Airbnb, which allows travelers to rent a room, boat or even an entire British castle out to others more easily and cheaply than ever before. Lyft and Uber, every NU student’s best friends, are ride-sharing companies where regular people provide rides on demand in their personal cars.

The greatest aspect of the sharing economy is that it is accessible to everyone, regardless of age, social status or race. It’s no mystery why the peer-to-peer sharing economy has seen unprecedented growth on both the demand and supply sides: It is convenient, easy to use and inexpensive.

The effect of this phenomenon has been disruptive, making us rethink our approach to using products and services as a whole. It also has future implications on efficiency and

collaboration. We are simultaneously changing the way we spend money while redefining the future of consumption. What does it mean for earning money? Can renting out your apartment become your job?

These changes can be observed even on NU’s campus as we buy each other’s textbooks and beds and sublet each other’s rooms. Our generation is central in driving this movement of greater collaboration, innovation and efficiency forward. Although these changes are still relatively nascent today, we are just a few years from an even more enhanced sharing economy. The scale of this economy has the ability to transform the ways in which we consume and use, massively changing the way we live.

Tanisha Patni is a Weinberg senior. She can be contacted at tanishapatni2016@u.northwestern.edu. If you would like to respond publicly to this column, send a Letter to the Editor to opinion@dailynorthwestern.com. The views expressed in this piece do not necessarily reflect the views of all staff members of The Daily Northwestern.

US gov should be based on proportional representation JOSEPH LAMPS

DAILY COLUMNIST

In the United States, candidates can win elections without popular support. Just look at the 2000 presidential election, won by George W. Bush with 47.8 percent of the vote. For a democratic nation, this is a big problem.

Because the outcomes of elections can make real differences, our government should represent the population’s views as accurately as possible.

There are other problems in our political system: for instance, anybody who does not fall into one of two major ideologies goes unrepresented, because third parties almost never win. In the U.S., because people are forced to side with one of the two major parties, the parties are often extremely polarized and unpopular. This issue is evidenced by both major parties’ favorability ratings falling well under 50 percent.

These problems can be solved by a system of proportional representation.

In this system, voters are shown a list of parties, and vote for one. The parties are then given seats proportional to their percentage of the popular vote.

If, for example, the Green Party wins 2.7 perecent of the vote, it wins 2.7 percent of the seats. Those seats are filled by representatives chosen by the party. The parties can choose members by whatever mechanism they want. If no party has a majority, two parties whose votes add up to a majority form a coalition.

This system gives the majority of seats to members with the majority ideology, even if these members come from multiple parties. Voters tired of the major parties can vote for a third party without wasting their vote, with the added benefit that major parties have to reign in their extreme wings if they want votes. Furthermore, fringe causes not served by either major party can be represented. We know this system can work: out of the 10 most democratic countries according to the democracy index in 2014, eight use proportional representation.

To implement a system of proportional

representation in the United States would be difficult, requiring multiple constitutional amendments and reforming central pieces of our constitution.

Parties would need to be added officially to the constitution for voters to vote for parties instead of candidates on ballots.

One drawback would be that citizens would no longer have specific representatives for their districts, because all senators and representatives would be elected on the state or national level. This could be partially remedied by requiring parties to send people from all geographical locations to Washington, and assigning representatives and senators to certain areas.

The president could continue to be directly elected, or we could transition to a parliamentary system, with the president elected by the legislature.

A final issue would be that we would vote for parties instead of individuals, which would increase the power of parties. That said, parties already have significant sway over the political system. We would not lose much voting for parties directly.

Discomfort with change is not a strong reason to stick with our current system.

One important, looming question remains: Why even talk about something so politically infeasible when we can barely even pass a budget? There are two good reasons.

First, it is important in our increasingly global world to understand how other systems of government work in relation to our own form of government and the benefits and drawbacks of different types.

Second, there is the issue of the longevity of the country. When we talk about political feasibility we usually think in the timespan of years or decades.

However, to be successful long-term and have our government function as effectively as possible, we need to be talking about ways to improve our system, even ways that now seem politically infeasible.

Joseph Lamps is a McCormick freshman. He can be reached at josephlamps2019@u.northwestern.edu. If you would like to respond publicly to this column, send a Letter to the Editor to opinion@dailynorthwestern. com. The views expressed in this piece do not necessarily reflect the views of all staff members of The Daily Northwestern.

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studies at NU with related resources in Chicago, including the D’Arcy McNickle Center for American Indian and Indigenous Studies at the Newberry Library, the American Indian Center of Chicago and the Mitchell Museum of the American Indian in Evanston.

“The purpose of this initiative is to build a critical mass of scholars working in the field of Indigenous Studies broadly construed,” Randolph said.

Linzer told The Daily he is excited about the University’s steps toward Native American and indigenous inclusion. He said Randolph, who began his position at NU in July, came with his own perspective and background from Dartmouth College, an institution with a long history of Native American programs.

“He brought a very useful frame of reference to think about what we could do here,” Linzer said.

Although the University is making progress in its Native American and indigenous inclusion efforts, Bruce said a center for indigenous studies would be a more concrete step in that direction.

He added that NAISA will continue to hold the University accountable.

“We plan on staying really vocal on campus and making sure that the University doesn’t forget about the task force and its recommendations and the institution’s obligation to fulfilling those recommendations,” Bruce said.

receives support from various Northwestern language professors and the Global Language Initiative.

Ravi Shankar, director of the International Office, said Campus Language Connection provides an excellent opportunity for international students to enhance their English comprehension and conversation skills by allowing them to practice aspects of the language that are natural to native speakers, such as speech patterns, rhythms and intonations.

He added the International Office is pleased that the program will allow international and U.S. students to form meaningful connections with each other and that the cross-cultural interaction will make more students “globally prepared.”

“We’re really excited about this, and it fits into a larger strategy for us in terms of getting our international students engaged,” he said.

Campus Language Connection is open to undergraduate and graduate students, as well as PhD candidates, postdocs and spouses of Northwestern students.

Jack McCarter hopes the group will continue to expand going forward and eventually incorporate even more languages.

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Aldermen on Monday approved a new job training program for at-risk Evanston residents launching next week.

City Council unanimously agreed to allocate $24,000 lasting until the end of this year for the Evanston Small Business Workforce Development Program to train Evanston residents in fields such as sales, health care and food service. At-risk individuals targeted for the program include ex-offenders and those without stable housing or who are not on a traditional career path, Paul Zalmezak, an economic development official, told The Daily earlier this month.

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Cats finish second at final regular season meet

By ELLIE FRIEDMANN

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Senior Renee Wellman led the Wildcats to a second-place finish Friday at the Illini Open, Northwestern’s final competition before the championship season begins.

The Cats will host the 2015 Big Ten Championships on Sunday at the Sydney Marovitz Golf Course in Chicago, but before the culminating conference meet of the season, they ran at the University of Illinois to finish the regular season and help determine which final runners will be added to the roster for Big Tens.

Wellman ran the 4.98-kilometer course in 18 minutes, 56.73 seconds, crossing the finish line 11th in a field of 74 runners. Behind Wellman were

junior Ellen Schmitz and freshman Ashley Ko, who finished in 19:04.11 and 19:12.38, respectively.

With the group of seven or eight runners slated for Big Tens not on the course, Coach ‘A Havahla Haynes said the rest of the Cats demonstrated progress as they finished strong and ahead of Big Ten competitors Illinois and Purdue.

“It was really progress in terms of the ability for the women to beat out other runners, regardless of it being teammates or competitors,” Haynes said.

“They were able to compete and move well over their last kilometer.”

Haynes said she has coached her athletes to run to pass other runners to score points and gain spots on the field, not just to go out and post a quick time.

Wellman said she noticed how successful her teammates were at running strategically, ultimately leading to their second-place finish.

“I was really happy with how we all continMost ued to move up during people on the the race,” Wellman said.

“We weren’t really getting team certainly passed, we were the ones hope to run Big passing.”

Tens. It’s one With Big Tens coming up this weekend, part of of our biggest the focus of the Illini meets of the Open was to see which women were able to year. run fast, injury-free and Renee Wellman, according to the racing senior plan. Those who have raced in the top five or six on the team consistently this season know they will race Sunday.

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For the final few spots on the roster, Haynes said she seeks the runners who are healthiest and running well. If someone is sick with a head cold or under a lot of stress, she said, that woman won’t race Sunday.

Wellman said her performance at Illinois puts her in the running for the Big Ten Championships roster, but she will not officially know until later in the week after Haynes gets a better sense of where her athletes stand.

“For anyone who wants to be on the line next Sunday, I think we need to have a very solid workout on Tuesday and make sure we’re taking care of ourselves,” Wellman said. “Most people on the team certainly hope to run Big Tens. It’s one of our biggest meets of the year.” ellenfriedmann2.2016@u.northwestern.edu

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By KARA STEVICK

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Northwestern clutched its first win of the season this past Saturday as it knocked off three opponents in a quad meet hosted by the University of Chicago.

Coming off their loss to Eastern Michigan on Oct. 15, the Wildcats swept all events excluding the breaststroke races in their victories.

NU competed against UChicago, Denison University and the University of Illinois at Chicago, and defeated all three, 226-67, 222-78 and 211-89 respectively.

The Cats were led by junior Andy Jovanovic, who placed first in the 100 backstroke (50.6), the 100 freestyle (46.43) and the 100 butterfly (50.21).

Freshmen Justin Hanson and Carter Page also stepped up to contribute to this week’s wins. Hanson took first in the 200 butterfly

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with a time of 1:52.41 and closely followed UIC’s Christian Grobe to place second in the 200 breaststroke with a time of 2:10.49. Page, who has won nearly all of his events this season, snagged first in both the 500 and 1000 freestyles with times of 4:38.89 and 9:26.97, respectively.

“I think having … such a big young group is exactly what the program needs,” Jovanovic said. “They bring a lot to the table. They bring a lot of enthusiasm, they bring a lot of hard work and commitment.”

Jovanovic said he believes the atmosphere that has developed from having such a young team allows some of the older members of the team, such as himself, to gain new perspectives.

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Meanwhile, captain Stephen Shull said he believes the team still has a lot of work to do as they prepare for the Big Ten dual meets and their upcoming meet in Missouri.

Sophomore Almog Olshtein agrees, explaining that overall the freshmen have been successfully integrating into the group, though some are still navigating the process of adjusting to collegiate swimming.

Although Hanson agrees that several of his fellow freshmen are struggling to get used to the new training environment and program, he greatly values the input of his older teammates, like Shull, and said it helps learning from the older guys.

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they want to, it’s just a matter of time,” Hanson said. “It’s going to work well for them eventually.”

According to Olshtein, as the focus of the season is getting to Big Tens, practices have begun to increase in difficulty and will continue to do so as the season progresses.

Shull agreed, explaining that the primary focus of training lately has been improving the team’s front-half speed, which will allow them to compete faster in events.

“I don’t think we’ve ever trained this hard for dual meet,” Olshtein said. “The coaches are really pushing us to the limit each practice.” karastevick2019@u.northwestern.edu

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EVADING THE ENEMY Suzanne Malherbe looks to escape the pressure of the defense. The senior forward played a season-high 41 minutes in NU’s victory over Illinois on Saturday.

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By MAX GELMAN

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Northwestern has a consistency problem.

Just two weeks after quite possibly the biggest upset in program history in a 3-2 win over No. 3 Penn State, the Wildcats (12-9, 4-6 Big Ten) have dropped three of their last four matches. NU’s play this weekend left it on the wrong side of two 3-0 matches, falling to No. 19 Purdue (17-4, 8-2) on Friday and Indiana (13-9, 3-7) on Saturday.

“We need to figure out how to execute at a higher level,” coach Keylor Chan said. “That’s on all of us to just improve … we know we’re capable at times, but it’s just the level of consistency (is lacking.)”

Perhaps the most startling indicator of the Cats’ inconsistency is the fact that all nine of their losses have come as 3-0 sweeps. This includes a stretch bridging September and October where NU strung together three-straight three-set wins and then lost their next trio of matches without clinching a set.

Granted, that losing streak came against three top-20 teams, but the Cats toppled the Nittany Lions in the following match. That unexpected victory is now beginning to look like a fluke.

Since the miracle at Welsh-Ryan two Saturdays ago, NU’s lone win has come against the Iowa Hawkeyes (1013, 0-10), who have yet to win a Big Ten matchup.

Two of their three losses have come against tough teams in No. 3 Nebraska (16-4, 7-3) and the Boilermakers, but falling to the lowly Hoosiers on Saturday epitomizes the Cats’ unpredictability.

“We weren’t technically doing things that we know we can do well,” Chan said. “[Purdue] did a great job of … taking away the angles from our hitters.”

One thing that was consistent over the weekend was NU’s offensive performance. On Friday the Cats managed only a .134 hitting percentage

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versus Purdue and just .135 the next day against Indiana. However, individual performances varied greatly.

Sophomore Gabrielle Hazen’s weekend hitting percentages varied by .538, as she committed as many kills as errors on Saturday — good for a percentage of .000. In a nearly mirror-image struggle, junior Kayla Morin hit .000 on Friday but then .563 Saturday.

Also on Saturday, junior Maddie Slater, usually NU’s most dependable hitter, turned in a negative hitting percentage in a conference game for the first time in her career at -.200.

And junior Sofia Lavin, a transfer who has quickly become a top option in the front row, hit negatively in both weekend matchups, at -.250 and -.214, respectively.

“We’ve got to just let it go,” Chan said about keeping his team optimistic after a rough stretch. “You can’t let this dictate the rest of the year, and we know we have it in us. We’re still in a good situation right now, as tough as it is.”

One player who didn’t appear to be fazed was sophomore Symone Abbott, who registered her best offensive performance in almost a month with a .273 hitting percentage against Indiana. Abbott’s performance so far this year has been underwhelming after bursting into the spotlight last season, but this weekend’s performance may be a sign of improvement.

NU hopes improvement will be consistent for everyone on the team. maxgelman2018@u.northwestern.edu

Northwestern has earned at least one extra game this season.

On the back of yet another shutout and goals from their two leading scorers, junior forward Addie Steiner and senior midfielder Niki Sebo, the Wildcats (12-4-2, 6-3-1 Big Ten) left Champaign on Saturday night with a 2-0 victory over Illinois (9-5-3, 3-43) and a secure spot in the Big Ten Tournament.

In typical fashion, NU relied on another stellar defensive outing to power itself to a win over its in-state rival. The Fighting Illini, sporting a potent offense powered by star forward Jannelle Flaws, managed 17 shots and put seven on goal, but the Cats kept them away from the most dangerous spots on the field and sophomore keeper Lauren Clem saved every shot she faced to secure the team’s 11th shutout of the season.

On the other end, NU got off to a slow start and ceded much of the early play to Illinois. But good scouting of their opponent’s defense gave the Cats a chance to change the game in the 26th minute, Michael Moynihan said.

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“We felt we could get behind their center backs,” he said. “There were things that we talked about, and it was one of the scenarios.”

Senior midfielder Jennifer Korn exploited this weakness with a lofted ball that played Steiner in behind the Illinois defense. Steiner slotted in the goal, her team-leading sixth of the season, to give NU a 1-0 lead against the run of play.

Senior midfielder Nandi Mehta said the goal had a calming influence on the team as the players worked through their early struggles.

“We could go in at halftime and say ‘okay, that wasn’t our best half, but we’re winning,’” she said. “We could make some adjustments and be all right. We weren’t chasing the game because of the way we played.”

The Cats stepped up their play in the second half and generated numerous quality chances, including several near-misses from Steiner, Sebo and junior midfielder Rachel Zampa.

Eventually, NU broke through with a 72nd-minute goal from Sebo, her fifth of the season, to double the Cats’ lead.

Meanwhile, Illinois continued to create chances through long serves into the box, but Mehta said there was no doubt the back line would hold up.

“Our back five has been so solid this year,” she said. “They really just put their bodies out there, went into tackles, matched (their) physicality, everything.”

Illinois’ best chance came from the penalty spot in the 78th minute, but Clem guessed correctly and made a kick-save on Flaws’ attempt to maintain the clean sheet and seal the game.

With 19 points earned in Big Ten play, NU has punched its ticket to the conference tournament for the second straight season and will be looking to improve its seeding against conference leader, Wisconsin, in its final game.

Mehta said the Cats won’t hold anything back in Wednesday’s showdown in Madison.

“We’re on a mission to finish in the top four of the Big Ten standings. We’re going to do everything in our power to make sure that that happens,” she said.

“Everything’s on the line for this game.” maxschuman2018@u.northwestern.edu

NU set for contest against Loyola

By BENJAMIN POPE

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Northwestern coach Tim Lenahan will look across to the opposite sideline on Tuesday night and see a familiar face.

Neil Jones, who served as an assistant at NU from 2010 to 2012, now coaches a Loyola team that boasts an 8-3-3 record (2-1-1 Missouri Valley Conference) in 2015. “(Jones has) modeled a lot of the things that he’s done there off what he learned here,” said Lenahan, who remains good friends with his former right-hand man. “He’s very familiar with our program, and that makes it even tougher.”

The derby match between the Wildcats (6-6-2, 3-3-0 Big Ten) and the Ramblers comes just a few days after NU’s dramatic 1-0 Senior Day victory over Michigan State.

With only three games left on the schedule — the Cats visit Penn State and Wisconsin to close their conference slate — even the Big Ten regular season title is within reach: As of Monday, NU is tied third with Maryland at 9 points and only barely trails Ohio State (10 points) and Rutgers (12).

Amid the swirl of conference drama, however, the Cats must focus on Loyola, which ended a 14-match winless streak against NU via a 1-0 OT victory last year and now seeks a second-consecutive triumph over its northern neighbor.

Senior defender Nati Schnitman emphasized his team needs to avoid looking past what he called a “game for pride.”

“No one game is any more important than any other,” Schnitman said. “Beating Loyola is just as important, because (if ) we get a win there, it pushes us forward with more confidence into our Big Ten play.”

The Ramblers haven’t allowed a single goal during a six-game unbeaten streak, most recently winning 1-0 at Northern Illinois last Wednesday.

They topped Central Arkansas 3-0 on Oct. 17 in their most recent home contest to remain unbeaten (4-0-1) at home.

They’ve also already ensured another winning season after breaking .500 for the first time since 2008 last year, earning Jones and his

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assistants the 2014 Coaching Staff of the Year award in the MVC. Despite the difficulty of the opponent, senior forward Joey Calistri — who scored in NU’s 4-1 win over Loyola in 2013 and played under Jones his freshman year — feels confident the Cats can maintain their momentum of late.

“We’re prepared for (Loyola) and we’re starting to hit our stride a little bit,” he said. “Hopefully, we can keep that going.”

The maelstrom of storylines surrounding both the Big Ten standings and the NCAA Tournament

bubble escalates on a seemingly daily basis.

NU could still finish anywhere from first to last in the conference table and could still slip back out of the NCAA’s expected field, despite surging from 61st to 35th in RPI over the past week.

But Lenahan said he simply hopes his squad embraces the intensity of the situation.

“We’ve scrapped, we’ve clawed, we’ve survived and we’ve made the last three games of the year very meaningful,” he said. “It’s like we’re in a pennant race, and everybody wants to clinch the pennant with a month to play, but it’s really the tightness at the end of the year that makes it exciting.” benjaminpope2019@u.northwestern.edu

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