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Hearts beat for Gambino By TYLER PAGER
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Sarah Nelson/Daily Senior Staffer
‘I JUST LIKE MAKING MUSIC’ Childish Gambino performs as the headliner at the annual A&O Blowout on Friday night. The other bands included AyOH and Grouplove.
From rock to indie to rap, students heard from all corners of the music industry Friday night at A&O Blowout. Donald Glover, also known by his stage name Childish Gambino, headlined the concert at Welsh-Ryan Arena. Chicago rockers AyOH kicked off the event, opening for indie band Grouplove. Fresh off the new record “Spreading Rumours,” Grouplove opened with “I’m With You,” the first song off the album. The band followed with hit tracks “Itchin’ on a Photograph” and “Borderlines and Aliens.” In the middle of the set, Grouplove’s drummer, Ryan Rabin, took the microphone to address the crowd. “Did anyone live in Bobb?” he asked. “Cool. So did I.” Rabin, who attended the University of South California, was referring to dating a Northwestern student during his college years. She lived in Bobb, and he said he
frequently visited her. “It’s cool,” Rabin said about coming back to Evanston. “I can show the band around.” Toward the end of the set, the group played “Tongue Tied” and “Ways to Go,” eliciting cheers from the crowd, many of whom sang along. “Grouplove was amazing live,” said A&O spokeswoman Rosalind Mowitt, a Weinberg senior. “We had known that, and that is why we booked them, but it was just really incredible to see what their live performance and their energy were like.” Before Gambino took the stage, Ski Trip president and Weinberg senior Kayla Katz announced the winner of a raffle for a free ticket to Ski Trip, a contest all concertgoers were entered into as part of a new partnership between the organization and A&O. Weinberg sophomore Clara Clymer won the trip. Gambino’s set included hit songs such as “Fire Fly” and “Heartbeat,” and he also » See BLOWOUT, page 7
Marathon not hindered by heightened security By JOSEPH DIEBOLD and PATRICK SVITEK daily senior staffers @JosephDiebold, @PatrickSvitek
Nearly 40,000 people completed the 36th Chicago Marathon on Sunday, the first running of the annual race since the April bombing at the Boston Marathon. More than 300 Evanston residents registered for the Chicago Marathon, according to race results. More than two-thirds of them crossed the finish line, with 25 placing in the top 10th percentile. Five Evanston runners cracked three hours, led by 28-year-old Jeremy
Rielley, who finished in 2:48:46. Evanston Running Club coach Nancy Rollins finished the marathon in 3:31:02, her fastest time in almost five years. She came in first among 65- to 69-year-old runners. “My attitude was to embrace the day, and I did,” said Rollins, 66. “There’s so much more to it than the race.” Rollins said she prepared for the event by participating in other races throughout the year, including at the National Senior Games this summer. Sunday’s “ideal” weather helped too, she said. McCormick junior Kyle Taylor, who completed his first marathon in an official
time of just more than five hours, said he and a friend decided in February to cross the 26.2-mile run off their bucket lists. “I’d be lying to you if I said it wasn’t one of the most difficult things I’ve ever done, mentally and physically,” Taylor said. “It was pretty good up until mile 18 and then it got pretty tough. But once we got to the end, we had a lot of people cheering for us and that made it go by pretty fast. It was just absolutely exhilarating to finish it.” Security was heightened for this year’s marathon after the April bombing at the finish line of the Boston Marathon, which killed three people and wounded many
Dominick’s to leave Chicago By PATRICK SVITEK
daily senior staffer @PatrickSvitek
Dominick’s owner Safeway announced Thursday it will exit the Chicago market by early next year, potentially leaving Evanston with two empty grocery stores. On a conference call, Safeway CEO Robert Edwards said the 72 Dominick’s locations in the Chicago area have been a “noticeable drag” on the California-
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DOMI-NIXED Dominick’s is leaving the Chicago market by early next year. Safeway owns 72 Dominick’s grocery stores in the Chicago area, including two in Evanston.
based company’s bottom line. Safeway is also selling its Dominick’s branches in Canada. “These actions will allow us to focus on improving and strengthening our core grocery business,” Edwards said in a news release. “We are continuing to review all of our businesses to optimize our allocation of resources, improve sales and grow operating profits.” Safeway did not specify which Dominick’s stores are affected by the regional phaseout, though city manager Wally Bobkiewicz tweeted Friday that the Evanston Economic Development Division is working to replace the two locations in the city, 1910 Dempster St. and 2748 Green Bay Road. “Should be lots of interest,” Bobkiewicz added on Twitter. On her ward’s message board Thursday, Ald. Ann Rainey (8th) said a division staffer listened to the conference call, hoping to hear if and when the Evanston stores would be bought. “From the conference call, Dominick’s seems out in front of this one and actually has buyers for some of the properties,”
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Rainey told her constituents on the forum Friday. Later Thursday, Safeway said it has already Dominick’s sold four Dominick’s seems out locations in in front of the Chicago area to New this one and Albertsons, actually has which runs some buyers Jewel-Osco grocery stores. for some of the Two of the properties. locations are in Chicago, one Ann Rainey, is in Homer 8th Ward alderman Glen, Ill., and one is in Glenview, Ill. Safeway said it would use a cash tax benefit of as up to $450 million from leaving the Chicago market to help balance out the costs of selling its Canadian properties and expand its footprint elsewhere.
more. Spectators were not allowed as close to the start and finish areas as in previous years, and Weinberg senior Michael Rossi, who ran for the second straight year, said he noticed more security personnel along the course. “It was definitely way different this year,” Rossi said. “Last year the spectators were packed around the finish line, so there was lots of cheering. And they were still there, but there were giant fences around everything so they were 20, 30 feet farther back, which was still fun, but not as good.” Rollins was also encouraged by
runners’ solidarity in light of the Boston bombings. She gave Chicago “high marks” for organizing an efficient, safe race without changing its atmosphere. “It’s just a statement,” Rollins said. “You just have to live. You can’t say, ‘Oh, better not run marathons anymore.’ Then you’re losing. You can’t live in fear.” The marathon had another NU connection as well. For the seventh straight year, Feinberg Prof. George Chiampas served as the race’s medical director. Chiampas, also an emergency medicine physician at Northwestern Memorial » See MARATHON, page 7
Mayhem in Madison
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AMERICA’S DREARY-LAND Weinberg sophomore John Carney watches in frustration as the Wildcats struggle against the Badgers on Saturday. Northwestern suffered an embarrassing 35-6 defeat in Madison. See the full story on Page 8.
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