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Obama delivers final State of the Union Speech focuses on hopes, concerns for 2016 By DAVID FISHMAN
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President Obama unleashed Snapchats and hashtags in his last State of the Union address Tuesday night, showing attention to millennials and delivering an optimistic outlook on a political future without partisan conflict. In what may have been his last major address to the American people before his successor is elected, Obama delivered a speech packed with pride in the past and optimism for the future. The president focused on big-picture issues over a laundry list of policies, vehemently defending the issues that have polarized Congress and gridlocked the capital. But Obama, who campaigned on change and compromise, admitted to some responsibility for falling short of that goal and admitted that “rancor and suspicion between the parties has gotten worse.” He also acknowledged that many Americans fear and distrust a political system perceived as “rigged in favor of the rich or the powerful.” Four main questions dominated the speech, including how to bolster a growing economy, harness innovation to curb climate change, protect the nation and put aside partisan politics. But the speech did not include new policy proposals or the executive actions that have come to define Obama’s presidency. Economics Prof. Matthew Notowidigdo said that while Obama should feel proud of preventing a second “Great Recession,” the country hadn’t completely rebounded. “A lot of Americans still feel anxious about the economy,” Notowidigdo said. “Even though unemployment’s down and labor market participation is coming back up, if you went out on street, a lot of Americans would say they don’t feel like the economy has fully recovered.” The presidential election came
up in his introduction and at times throughout the speech. At one point, Obama seemed to implicitly address leading Republican candidate Donald Trump, who has called for a “total and complete shutdown” of U.S. Muslim immigration. “As frustration grows, there will be voices urging us to … scapegoat fellow citizens who don’t look like us, or pray like us, or vote like we do,” he said. “We can’t afford to go down that path. It won’t deliver the economy we want. It will not produce the security we want. But most of all, it contradicts everything that makes us the envy of the world.” Americans should seek to reignite their “spirit of innovation,” not fear it, Obama said. He called for a “moonshot” to cure cancer, raising up Vice President Joe Biden — whose son, Beau, died last year from brain cancer — to head up the initiative. Each year senators and elected officials invite guests to hear the president speak. This year, those people included the first female commandant of West Point, a Syrian refugee and anti-same-sex marriage advocate Kim Davis. First lady Michelle Obama also left a seat empty to symbolize victims lost to gun violence, a topic left largely untouched in Tuesday’s address. Facing a generation increasingly distracted by tweets and texts, Obama sought to capture their attention through new, modern efforts leading up to the address. On Monday, the White House launched a Snapchat account, posting exclusive behind-the-scene “stories.” Throughout the day Wednesday, officials will hold a “West Wing”-themed Q&A on social media under the hashtag “BigBlockofCheeseDay.” And on Friday, Obama will sit down with popular YouTube stars. College Democrats president Robert Bourret said the Obama presidency had been marked by strong private sector job growth and » See SOTU, page 6
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ONE LAST TIME Students watch the State of the Union address at the Buffett Institute for Global Studies on Tuesday night at an event co-hosted by NU College Democrats and NU Political Union. The annual State of the Union address, the final one to be delivered by President Barack Obama, discussed the agenda for the end of his presidential term.
NU convenes for State of the Union viewing party By FATHMA RAHMAN
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Around 35 students gathered on the main floor of Buffett Institute for Global Studies on Tuesday to watch President Barack Obama’s State of the Union address at the Political Union and College Democrats’ joint viewing party. Following Obama’s one-hour national address, attendees reflected on their views of the president’s agenda as well as his speech mannerisms. “President Obama’s speaking style has a lot of things that he’s very well-renowned for,” said Weinberg sophomore Samuel Wang, an event attendee. “He’s a fantastic speaker, great rhythm, very good at touching emotions — but more
than just that, I think the contents of this speech were excellent.” The two groups joined forces to host this viewing party in an effort to bring students together for the important speech, said Karna Nangia, Political Union co-president and Weinberg senior. “I think that viewing it with people from across the political spectrum and seeing their reactions, being able to talk to them through it and after, is a good reason to have a viewing party,” the Weinberg senior said. Students in attendance actively responded and expressed their opinions throughout the event, from rounds of laughter following Obama’s particular comments about “try(ing) to make it shorter” because there were some who are “antsy to get back to Iowa,” to snaps for his comments on the necessity
for bipartisan reform on topics like criminal justice and substance abuse. Weinberg sophomore Cecily Mejia said she approved of how Obama addressed major issues and brought up unresolved problems, including military conflicts with the Islamic State. “It was interesting because he usually doesn’t take that militant stance,” Mejia said. “I also really liked how he directly called out racism and related (issues).” In what may have been a response to anti-Muslim remarks by Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, Obama urged Americans to not take out fear and frustration on “fellow citizens who don’t look like us, or pray like us, or vote like we do.” » See WATCH PARTY, page 6
Funding, privacy concerns stall police body cameras By CHRISTINE FAROLAN
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SNAPSHOT A portion of a law passed in August 2015 regarding police body cameras was enacted Jan. 1. The new ordinance calls for an increased fee for guilty criminal and traffic-related offenses that will fund body cameras.
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Even with a new effort by Illinois to increase accessibility of policeworn body cameras, large budgetary and privacy issues continue to impede the Evanston Police Department’s effort to adopt the technology. As part of a new state law surrounding body cameras that went into effect on Jan. 1, an extra fee of $5 will be applied to criminal and traffic-related offenses resulting in a guilty conviction. The money will contribute to a state-supported fund for body cameras as well as an expanded police training program that addresses appropriate use of force. Although the act notes the fee
could help fund the technology, this is not reasonable because of Evanston’s very low volume of these incidents, police Chief Richard Eddington said. The department was denied a federal grant for cameras in October 2015. “The concept that we are going to pay for this via traffic fines is utter nonsense,” Eddington said. “There was some really imprecise language used by the state legislature that will continue to be problematic until there are court cases to refine it.” Insufficient funding has slowed things at the state level as well. The Illinois Law Enforcement Training and Standards Board was mandated to provide further training and guidelines on using body cameras three months ago but has not started due to funding issues, Eddington said. EPD began to seriously consider the use of body cameras when Gov.
Bruce Rauner signed a bill authorizing their implementation in August, Eddington said. However, due to budget cuts and the effect on residents’ right to privacy, among other issues, the department has been unable to make progress, EPD officials said. “The equipment, although it’s pricey, is not the big price. It’s the upkeep of it, the redaction, the storage,” police Cmdr. Joseph Dugan said. If body cameras were utilized, Eddington said he would compare the old and new amounts of stored data to “a 12-ounce Coke can and an oil tanker” due to the police’s sheer number of interactions. The cost of cameras for the department is a minimum of $450,000 in the initial year, which is not feasible in the 2016 budget, Eddington said. » See BODY CAMERAS, page 6
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Around Town Residents hear from 7th ward alderman candidates By NORA SHELLY
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Responsiveness to constituents and fiscal responsibility are two of the qualities 7th Ward residents said they want in a new alderman at a town hall meeting hosted by Mayor Elizabeth Tisdahl on Tuesday night. “I heard a lot about listening, so that is going to be a major focus,” said Tisdahl, who heard input from almost 20 Evanston residents and business owners, at the meeting. Tisdahl is set to appoint a new alderman for the ward to replace former Ald. Jane Grover, who resigned at the end of 2015 to serve as the outreach principal for the Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning. Eight out of the 10 candidates who have put in names for the mayor’s consideration gave brief informal statements to more than 50 attendees. Many of the speeches focused on candidates’ own involvement in the city. Several candidates also mentioned that they were impressed by the applicant pool, among them Lori Keenan, who said she thought the other candidates were highly qualified for the position. “I’m looking for a council person, whether it’s me or any other of the other very qualified people… to stand up and listen to constituents and represent those people and not force them to come back meeting after meeting after meeting,” said Keenan, who works as a principal for a public relations agency. Many residents emphasized the importance of
Police Blotter Car parked on Howard Street stolen
A 2012 gray Toyota was stolen from the 1000 block of Howard St. on Monday afternoon. The driver — a Bartlett, Illinois, resident — left the car unattended with the keys inside between 2 p.m. and 2:15 p.m., Polinski said.
aldermen being accountable to their constituents. A few residents suggested the appointee should refrain from running for a second term and instead let those who live in the 7th Ward elect a new alderman, an opinion the mayor and others residents disagreed with. “We need a strong, tough alderman with direction,” said Bob Danon, who owns The Danon Gallery, 1810 Central St. “Personally, I don’t care if they’re in there for one or two or three terms if they’re doing a good job.” Other issues brought to the mayor included the need for continued development of the Central Street business area, a need for a focus on economic as well as environmental sustainability and a commitment to serve all of Evanston, not just residents of the 7th Ward. “There are a couple of aldermen who I think see their role as mainly serving their ward’s concerns,” 9th Ward resident Elliot Zashin said. “I think it’s important that an alderman look at the community as a whole.” Tisdahl shared her own opinions on what attributes she is looking for in the new alderman, citing fiscal responsibility and a commitment to diversity as important factors. The mayor discussed her personal experience with a close friend who had fallen behind on mortgage payments and was ultimately evicted — an incident she said is all too common among the city’s low-income and minority residents, which is leading to a decrease in Evanston’s diversity. “I think diversity is important — it’s what’s special about this community,” Tisdahl told The Daily. “I would hope that whoever the alderman is
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ALDERMANIA John Zbesko, one of 10 candidates who submitted his or her name for consideration in filling the vacant 7th Ward alderman seat, spoke at a town hall meeting Tuesday night.
would be committed to helping us remain a diverse community.” Tisdahl said she hopes to make the decision before next Tuesday. The appointed candidate would then have to be approved by City Council before beginning his or her term, which will expire
in 2017. “This is a wonderful job,” she said at the meeting. “But it’s a very difficult and demanding job and you have to want it.”
approximately 10:30 p.m. to find the rooms ransacked and three cameras, a television, a watch, an iPad and jewelry missing, said Evanston Police Department spokesman Perry Polinski. Police investigated and found that the burglar entered the building by removing an air conditioning unit from a first floor window
and crawling through it before entering the basement apartment through an unlocked rear door, Polinski said. Nothing from the first floor apartment — which also houses NU students — appeared missing, Polinski said.
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On Campus Sodexo contracts up for renewal in 2018
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Sodexo’s contracts with Northwestern are slated for renewal in 2018, and the University hopes to consolidate its contracts with the food service provider following the current agreement’s expiration, dining officials said. Sodexo, a large multinational company that provides food services to many organizations, businesses and companies around the world, is the service provider for Northwestern Dining, the campus dining service. The University has three contracts with Sodexo: one with Student Affairs for the Evanston campus food outlets, one with the athletic department, and one with the Chicago campus. “(Consolidating) would help improve transition between different areas,” Dining director Ken Field said. “We work with Athletics to allow students to use meal swipes at basketball games and football games in the concessions area, but those are really two separate entities kind of working together even though they’re both Sodexo. We try to look for ways we can find additional opportunities to expand.” Sodexo has been a campus partner at NU for at least 20 years and provides food service for retail at Norris University Center, residential food service, food service for NU’s Chicago campus and the athletic department, said Rachel Tilghman, Sodexo’s spokesperson at NU. As the service provider, Sodexo sets the wages and policies for NU Dining employees by negotiating directly with the workers’ union, the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees. In addition, Sodexo employs students, allotting funds to provide opportunities for them to work as marketing or food service interns for projects, Field said. “Working with Sodexo, we’ve got a lot of initiatives in the works for continuing to improve
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created to serve as a liaison between Sodexo and the University. Sodexo reports to and works under the Office of Student Auxiliary Services, which is a unit within Student Affairs that encompasses NU Dining and catering along with Residential Services, Safe Ride, and other services, said Julie Payne-Kirchmeier, the associate vice president for student affairs, in an email to The Daily. rishikadugyala2019@u.northwestern.edu
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In evolving times, caution with technology is vital DANNY COOPER
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Most Northwestern students have a good relationship with technology. Our generation grew up with our hands accustomed to keyboards and touchscreens, and we are very comfortable with and reliant on devices like computers and smartphones. Our dependence on technology has made living easier than it was in previous generations in some ways, but it has at the same time introduced new, frightening prospects into our lives. In an ideal world, it would not matter that someone was careless about how information was protected online. Organizations and people with valuable digital information would have taken more steps to safeguard their information against those who would try to access it. But two recent stories involving breaches of cyber security have placed a heightened focus on keeping information secure. It is important to note the role that carelessness played in each
situation. Former St. Louis Cardinals scouting director Chris Correa pleaded guilty last week to five counts of unauthorized access to a protected computer for his role in hacking the database of the Houston Astros. This might lead you to imagine Correa dropping, Mission-Impossible style, into the Astros front office in the middle of the night, entering lines of code into a central computer and absconding with a flash drive full of valuable information. However, what actually happened is much less exciting. Correa accessed the Astros database by using a password similar to one that Astros GM Jeff Luhnow had used during his time as a Cardinals executive. From there, Correa was able to gather data about trade discussions, Houston’s targets in the MLB draft and various other personnel decisions. Correa was clearly wrong in his violation of privacy and, more importantly, the law. But shouldn’t there be more of a responsibility on Luhnow to guard such essential information with the utmost caution? Some people don’t even use similar passwords for Facebook and Twitter, and he used a similar password to
guard his multimillion dollar organization’s database? Access to crucial information should come with the responsibility to protect it from others. Let’s look at another example. Last month, Hillary Clinton’s campaign accused Bernie Sanders of stealing voter information. Bernie’s team gained access to the Clinton campaign’s information after a bug in the technology used to store voter lists for Democratic candidates, known as NGP VAN, displayed all candidates’ information for half an hour. The Sanders campaign gathered data on voters in several influential states before informing the database of the bug. In response, the Democratic National Convention temporarily barred the Sanders campaign from accessing any data from the database. What the Sanders campaign did was wrong; they clearly shouldn’t have taken that important information. But again, it’s not as if the crimes were the result of a frenzied campaign to infiltrate the Clinton database. It was the fault of a database that, as Sanders communication aide Michael Briggs said after the incident, “continues to make serious errors.” It is the
responsibility of the DNC to ensure that campaigns are confident that their information will be secure. These technological advances are only going to become more intertwined with our daily experience. For example, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio just announced the city will replace 7,500 phone booths with tech kiosks that provide free wifi — an exciting development, for sure, but one that holds a massive security risk. With so much of our lives dependent on technology, we should make absolutely sure that our information is sufficiently protected. People will take advantage of any lapse, whether it’s the fault of the user or of the technology itself. Those with important information, therefore, should take all the steps necessary to ensure that it is protected sufficiently. Danny Cooper is a Medill freshman. He can be contacted at DanielCooper2019@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.
To tackle inequality, admit and discuss male privilege HENRY CAO
DAILY COLUMNIST
Writer Timothy Leary once proclaimed that “women who seek to be equal with men lack ambition.” Implied sexism aside, it is clear Leary is criticizing the faults of men and how women should not seek to emulate them. One such flaw that comes to mind is “male privilege,” which is defined to be unearned economic, political and social advantages or rights conferred to men based solely on their sex. Male privilege permeates throughout much of society, and learning to identify it is a huge stride for gender relations. A privilege that men enjoy is being authoritative. This is not saying that men are domineering by nature, but rather that men see the removal of power as a form of emasculation and hence are less responsive to women who attack their privilege. There is a set of actions that men use to retain their power. It includes claiming a monopoly on truth, physical intimidation, emotional leverage, denial and other methods. These actions
constitute a form of oppression where fear trumps reasoning and leads to dysfunctional relationships. Women have been speaking about this issue for a long time and their perspective is insightful, as they are the marginalized group. Feminist Betty Friedan criticized how men define the aspirations and ideals of femininity in her book, “The Feminine Mystique.” Friedan wrote that “the only way for a woman, as for a man, to find herself, to know herself as a person, is by creative work of her own.” Women do not deserve to live in a society whose institutions are created and maintained by men. This kind of system limits women’s ability to take initiative. Men should evaluate the merits of what women say by reason alone and not by their gender. Moreover, men should not wait until another man reiterates what women have already been saying to accept a woman’s ideas. This gives men the artificial notion they are the purveyors of progress in gender relations by stealing the credit from women. Women speaking for themselves is not an affront to men, but men defending their own prerogatives — especially the ability to be heard with reverence — is a threat to women.
It is important to recognize the different ways that stigmatized groups deal with their stereotypes. According to psychologist Erving Goffman, there are three kinds of responses that come from a marginalized individual; minstrelization is when an individual exaggerates the stereotypes imposed on him or her because that is often the only way he can criticize it; normification is when the individual challenges the stereotype by minimizing the difference between him or her and the dominant group; militant chauvinism is when an individual asserts that he or she is consistently superior to the dominant group. In response to these different actions, men are likely to apply convenient rationalizations to cast women in a certain set of stereotypes. The cliche damsel-in-distress reflects minstrelization, where a man may reaffirm a sexist view that women are helpless. When a woman undertakes normification by having a job that is traditionally male dominated, a man may conclude that there is no disparity between the treatment of men and women in society whereas such an inequality still exists. If a woman is seen as a feminist, a man creates new stereotypes to impose on women and discredit their ideas.
These hypothetical situations are not a depiction of all men and women, but rather show shortcomings of certain rationales. With regards to topics such as dating, academics and politics, miscommunications happen at many levels. Nonetheless, this does not make gender inequalities — namely male privilege — any less relevant. The remedy to male privilege begins with understanding what it is to begin with. At the heart of male privilege is the unconscious wielding of unmerited powers and the failure to recognize the lack of rights of women. There is little debate that gender disparity is contemptible, but there is not enough discussion on the blinding effects of gender privileges and restrictions. The word “privilege” has been used in many contexts and now appears jaded to many people, but this is because too many people do not stop and process the consequences of privilege. Henry Cao is a Weinberg sophomore. He can be reached at henrycao2018@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.
NU students should focus potential beyond classrooms AARON LEWIS
DAILY COLUMNIST
Northwestern is known for being a campus with hardworking students who earned strong grades in high school and expect a similar academic record at NU. Most students here have built the study habits, time management skills and mental prowess required to succeed. But is that enough? C’s get degrees, they say, and that may just be the goal for some students. And there’s no shame in that. Others aim for B’s. Some even work and study hard for a perfect GPA, as an NU degree accompanied by a high GPA grants a high likelihood of a job right out of college.
But today, that isn’t enough. Many students decide they need to make themselves stand out and complete their resume with unique extracurriculars. Ranging from constructing robots to joining dance and comedy teams to becoming part of a fraternity or sorority, student life goes beyond the classroom for fun, friends and, of course, that resume. All of the mentioned reasons why students participate in extracurriculars are justifiable and well-intentioned. However, few students understand the full potential of the University and of themselves. Oftentimes in conversation I will ask another student, “What is your goal with your major?” They often answer that they either don’t know, that they just hope to get a job or that they are waiting until the next year or the year after that to do what they need to do to become successful.
What they don’t understand is the time to act is now, and I’m not talking about putting in extra study time to pull up those grades. I’m talking about networking with those above you and going out of your way to make time for events related to your intended career path. I had an experience in which all Medill students, both undergraduates and graduates, were invited to a networking social in downtown Evanston for drinks and networking. Only two undergraduate students showed up. They were both freshmen and one left two hours before the event ended. The other was me. Suddenly, I was the only undergraduate left in the restaurant with close to 100 other graduate students and alumni. Talking to nearly every graduate and alumna at the venue, I gained hidden knowledge of internships and how to get ahead in my field, journalism, and
learned about the careers and lives of professionals in my field. The value of my time there outside of the classroom was evident; however, many did not see the event as a good use of their time. In the book “Never Eat Alone” by businessman Keith Ferrazzi, he says that “America’s focus on individualism works against reaching out to others.” He is completely right. Some students — at this school and across the country — believe that they can do it all by themselves. But that is not true. To think that is all you need is severely limiting your potential. Aaron Lewis is a Medill freshman. He can be contacted at AaronLewis2019@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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NU researchers train smartphones to spot forged activity data
Northwestern researchers have designed a way to teach smartphones to spot fake activity on smartphone and wearable activity trackers. With health care providers and insurance companies looking to digital trackers to monitor patients and customers and reward healthy behavior, such as Cigna’s “Just Walk 10,000 Steps a Day” program, Northwestern Medicine and Northwestern Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago researchers set out to increase these trackers’ ability to detect forged activity. “As health care providers and insurance companies rely more on activity trackers, there is an imminent need to make these systems smarter against deceptive behavior,” lead study author Sohrab Saeb, a postdoctoral fellow at the Feinberg School of Medicine’s Center for Behavioral Intervention
ETHS staff appointed to state nutrition organization on Tuesday
Two nutrition services officials at Evanston Township High School were appointed to the Illinois School Nutrition Association board Tuesday. Kim Minestra, ETHS director of Nutrition Services, will serve as president of the organization and assistant director of Nutrition Services, Emily Conti, will be ILSNA’s public relations committee co-chair. They will serve on the ILSNA board for the remainder of the 2015-16 school year. At ETHS, Minestra and Conti manage child
Skokie man shot in Evanston alley Tuesday, in stable condition
A Skokie man was shot in the midsection Tuesday night in an Evanston alley. At approximately 6:50 p.m., Evanston police responded to several 911 calls reporting shots fired at the corner of Mulford St. and Custer Ave.
Technologies, said in a news release. “We’ve shown how to train systems to make sure data is authentic.” Researchers found that once a tracker learns to spot how one person cheats, it will recognize the same fabricating behavior in someone else. The tracking systems the researchers trained using falsified data were 84 percent accurate in spotting that behavior later, a substantial increase from the 38 percent accuracy of tracking systems trained using real fitness activity. The study, funded by grants from the National Institute of Mental Health, a division of the National Institutes of Health, tested smartphone activity trackers, but could also be applied to wearable sensor-based activity trackers like Fitbit bracelets, researchers said. The training method is not entirely foolproof, though, Saeb cautioned. “If someone attaches the activity tracker to a dog, the system can’t recognize that,” he said in the release. — Madeline Fox
nutrition programs for elementary and middle schools in Evanston/Skokie School District 65. ETHS officials said in a news release that Minestra and Conti’s efforts on local food sourcing at ETHS will serve them well on the ILSNA board, which works toward getting Illinois schools healthy and Midwest-produced food. Nutrition Services at ETHS employs more than 28 professionals who prepare 3,100 meals for high schoolers and 1,800 lunches for district elementary schools each school day. In addition to providing meals, the department headed initiatives for students to get involved in, including an organic garden and greenhouse and a studentemployed smoothie stand. — Robin Opsahl
Officers found the victim, a 24-year-old Skokie resident, in the alley, according to a news release from the Evanston Police Department. Paramedics from the Evanston Fire Department transported the victim to Presence Saint Francis Hospital. He was taken into surgery in stable condition, police said. Police said the unknown offender fled the scene on foot and he was wearing a dark hoodie. — Marissa Page
Across Campuses Lawmakers delay action on auditor’s proposal to restructure higher education system CHARLESTON — Lawmakers voted Tuesday to delay receiving an audit of the state Higher Education Policy Commission and Council for Community and Technical College Education after officials said they were not given enough time to respond to its recommendations, which call for a complete restructuring of the two institutions. The audit, conducted over the past year, alleges the commission and council do not uphold their legislative mandate to oversee the state’s colleges and questions their process for approving budgets, academic programs and tuition increases. It asks the Legislature to consider restructuring the commission and council by limiting their authority and divesting certain functions back to the state’s colleges. The committee’s vote lays over taking action on the report until its next meeting, which will not come until after the Legislature adjourns in March. Legislative auditors delivered their findings to the Joint Standing Committee on Government Organization during interim meetings at the state Capitol on Tuesday. The report wasn’t given to state higher education leaders until Friday, something that has been a point of contention between the commission, council and audit office. While auditors claim they were forthright with their call to restructure the commission and council, higher education officials say they had no idea the recommendation was coming. Both Paul Hill and Sarah Tucker, chancellors for the state Higher Education Policy Commission and Community and Technical College System, respectively, said the report was delivered to the Legislature in haste. They also contend its findings are flawed. In a statement provided after Tuesday’s meeting, Hill said the commission is disappointed higher education officials weren’t given time to respond. He also alleges the audit is an unfair critique that lacks sufficient evidence for its claims and support for its recommendations. “West Virginia’s economic future hinges significantly on our ability to educate more of our citizens, and while we welcome a fair evaluation of our agency, we fear that such an
incomplete and uninformed review could only serve to erode the far-reaching work we are doing to achieve that goal,” Hill said. Tucker also sent a statement, saying the review reflects auditor’s misunderstanding of the state’s higher education governance structure. Some lawmakers also questioned the short amount of time auditors gave the two institutions to respond before appearing before the Legislature Tuesday. Sen. Herb Snyder, D-Jefferson, asked if the audit office normally gives “damning reports” with such short notice. Legislative Auditor Aaron Allred admitted he would have liked to have delivered the audit’s findings last week, but said the report needed to go to the Legislature before session’s start Wednesday. Snyder also raised concern over the audit’s lack of data on budget cuts to the state’s higher education system. He said auditors, who specifically raise issue with the commission and council approving all tuition increases the past four years, should have included in their report tables showing the amount higher education funding has been cut. “Laying the blame on them is unfair when it lies with these two chambers,” he said, adding that higher education officials have had no choice but to increase tuition after years of disinvestment from the state. The Legislature has cut higher education funding each of the last four years, bringing state funding to a decade low, according to commission data. In response to accusations that the cost of sustaining the commission and council exceeds any benefit the state receives, Tucker said the two institutions are worth funding because they bring in more money than what the Legislature appropriates each year. Over the past 7 years, the commission and council have secured $125 million in federal grants. State funding for the two institutions is about $3.5 million each year. In addition to saying the commission and council do not oversee or provide accountability to the state’s colleges, Allred asked if giving the two institutions $3.5 million a year is worth it. He noted the $3.5 million the two receive is 1 percent of the state’s current budget deficit of $350 million, adding that the deficit means difficult decisions need to be made. — Samuel Speciale (The Charleston Gazette/TNS)
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To Wang, another important aspect of Obama’s address was the subject of political polarization, which Obama alluded to on multiple occasions when talking about bipartisanship and focused on more directly near the end of his address. “Obama talks about how party extremism has continuously grown, and that’s one issue he touched upon very well because he’s been through it himself,” Wang said. “Slowly, as politics has progressed, we’ve seen the strong trait of polarization and that was a big emphasis of
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The legislation also states body cameras are not mandatory, but if they are utilized, departments must follow specific guidelines. The law requires cameras must be kept on when involved in law enforcement activities and can be turned off only in certain situations, such as when officers are speaking with a confidential informant or at the request of a victim or witness. Turning a camera off outside of these exceptions could result in a charge of misconduct. Eddington said citizens’ privacy is also of concern. “If you’re in your home and you call the police, what expectation of privacy is reasonable
National News Donald Trump won’t drop birther question, and Ted Cruz is fighting back
WASHINGTON — Canadian-born Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, continued to come under fire Sunday over whether he is a “natural-born citizen” eligible to be U.S. president. Cruz, a lawyer, has said that his citizenship is “settled law” and on CNN’s “State of the Union” on Sunday said it is “clear and straightforward” that he became a U.S. citizen at birth in Calgary because his mother was a U.S. citizen. His presidential primary campaign even released his mother’s U.S. birth certificate over the weekend after denying she had become a Canadian citizen, although her name appears on a 1974 Canadian federal election voter roll. But Republican national front-runner Donald Trump, who stoked the issue last week by saying Democrats would sue if Cruz was the nominee and ensnare the election, continued to press his case on several Sunday news programs that the foreign birth was “a problem” that the Supreme Court ought to decide. Asked about his eligibility as a citizen on CNN Sunday, Cruz said, “The substance of the issue is clear
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 13, 2016 his speech.” In addition, Obama emphasized his intention to push his agenda in the final year of his presidency. With presidential campaigns already in full swing, much of the nation’s attention has been directed at the 2016 candidate pool, but Obama stayed focused on the end of his own presidency. “The State of the Union is supposed to set the tone for the coming year and in this, being his last, he has really shown that in the last year and the next, he really wants to push forward his agenda,” Mejia said. fathmarahman2018@u.northwestern.edu
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From page 1 predicted an even greater need for bipartisanship in the coming years. “Sometimes we get wrapped up in a college bubble where everyone is able to have discourse and it’s difficult to recognize that the rest of the country is stuck in gridlock,” he said. “The rhetoric has gotten so strong on both sides of the aisle that it’s hard to move forward, but democracy works through compromise.” Members of College Republicans were unavailable for comment. Following the address, South Carolina Gov.
Nikki Haley, a Republican rumored to be on the shortlist for vice president, delivered an official rebuttal to the address with a far more negative outlook of the future but also a shared responsibility for the past. “While Democrats in Washington bear much responsibility for the problems facing America today, they do not bear it alone,” she said. “There is more than enough blame to go around. … We as Republicans need to own that truth. We need to recognize our contributions to the erosion of the public trust in America’s leadership.” davidpkfishman@u.northwestern.edu
in that setting?” Eddington said. “You’ve invited the government into your home to attempt to deal with something.” He said it would be wise to observe how other jurisdictions interpret the language of the law before instituting the camera technology. City attorney Grant Farrar said the lack of court case precedent makes interpretation challenging. “At this very early juncture in body camera use, we are unaware of any Illinois or other case law which provides meaningful guidance regarding law enforcement duties under the (legislation), and how these are to be balanced with the privacy rights of recorded subjects,” Farrar told the Daily in an email. Additionally, the law’s wording fails to fully
cover the situations in which an officer could turn their camera off, Eddington said. He explained there have been many instances in his career where he thought he was entering a non-emergency situation but it escalated into something that might necessitate recording. “We’re once again deferring to officers’ judgment on when the camera is and isn’t off, and if the officer makes a decision that turns out later to not be correct, what are the sanctions in that?” Eddington said. City officials also said the question of what information could be redacted from recordings and what could be released under the Freedom of Information Act remains. Recordings cannot currently be released except under case-bycase circumstances, which would take time and
resources to assess for each case, Farrar said. There is no current timeline for deciding if cameras will be used, but officials believe the issue is important to consider. “We try to utilize what we have now,” Dugan said. “For investigation, transparency… it would be a useful tool.” Once the department moves closer to being able to implement cameras, discussions for resident feedback is expected, EPD officials said. “This will be a significant community issue that I would encourage your leaders to express their opinion on because no matter where they fall on the issue, there will be some impact,” Eddington said.
and straightforward. As a legal matter, the Constitution and federal law are clear that the child of a U.S. citizen born abroad is a natural-born citizen.” Cruz was born in Calgary, Alberta, in 1970 when his Cuban father, Rafael Cruz, and American-born mother, Eleanor Cruz, were living and working in the oil industry. However, his father became a Canadian citizen, as Rafael Cruz told NPR in 2013. And both his and Cruz’s mother’s names appear on Canadian voter rolls in May, 1974, in documents obtained by McClatchy. Only Canadian citizens are eligible to vote in that country. The Urban Polling Division document of the “preliminary list of electors” for Calgary as compiled by officials, called enumerators, who went door to door to compile voter lists, has Raphael (sic) Cruz, selfemployed, and Mrs. Eleanor Cruz at a southwestern Calgary address. Cruz said on CNN that his mother didn’t vote in a Canadian election. “My mother didn’t because she was a U.S. citizen. And my mother — look, the Internet has all sorts of fevered swamp theories, but the facts are simple. My mom was born in Wilmington, Delaware. She was an American citizen by birth. She’s been an American citizen all 81 years of her life. She’s never been a citizen of any other place.” While Cruz seemed to rule out the possibility that his mother was a dual citizen, he himself was a
dual citizen of the U.S. and Canada and renounced his Canadian citizenship in 2014 in anticipation of a presidential run. As for the “natural-born” clause of the Constitution being clear-cut, several constitutional law scholars, including Harvard University’s Laurence Tribe who taught both Cruz and President Barack Obama, said it was not. “I don’t agree that it’s ‘settled law,’” Tribe said on ABC News. “The Supreme Court has never addressed the issue one way or the other, as I believe Ted ought to know.” Trump’s solution: “I would say that I would want the Supreme Court to rule because they haven’t ruled.” On Fox News Sunday, asked by Chris Wallace whether he was “trolling” Cruz by spreading negative information about him, Trump said he was not. “What he should do is ask for a declaratory judgment,” said Trump. “I think I’m going to win. I don’t want to beat him this way. I’m just saying, in my opinion ... the Democrats are going to bring a lawsuit. If it’s Ted, the Democrats are going to bring a lawsuit. He’s got to have this thing worked out.” Rep. Alan Grayson, D-Fla., who is running for Senate, has said he will sue over Cruz’s constitutional eligibility if the Texan is the Republican nominee. Asked by Wallace if he thought Cruz was a
natural-born citizen, Trump said, “I don’t know. I really don’t know. It depends. Does ‘natural born’ mean born-to-the-land, then he’s not. But nobody knows what it means. It hasn’t been adjudicated.” Cruz, for his part, on CNN tried to deflect attention from the circumstances of his birth. “And so the law is simple and straightforward. And it’s actually come up a bunch of times in our nation’s history. So, John McCain was born in Panama, but he was a U.S. citizen because his parents were citizens.” Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., the 2008 GOP presidential nominee, was born to a U.S. military family in the Panama Canal Zone when it was a U.S. territory. And McCain, who has clashed with Cruz in the Senate, offered him no support last week saying in a radio interview that “I don’t know” if the Texas senator was a natural born citizen. Cruz suggested Sunday that his rising poll numbers in Iowa — where he now leads the Republican contenders — were the reason for the interest in his citizenship. “Three weeks ago, almost every Republican candidate was attacking Donald Trump,” said Cruz. “Today, almost every Republican candidate is attacking me. That kind of suggests maybe something has changed in the race.”
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From page 8 meaning the Cats are getting about 6.5 rebounds per game from Cohen’s successors in the middle. And although Johnson and Kunaiyi-Akpanah have not been real scoring options, Coffey, senior guard Maggie Lyon, and junior guards Ashley Deary and Christen Inman are all posting career-highs in scoring, making up for the loss of Cohen on the offensive end. The Cats’ recent struggles are not about who has been playing — they’re about a player who has yet to suit up for NU: senior forward Lauren Douglas. Last season, Douglas was the Cats’ third leading scorer, posting 10.1 points per game while only playing around 20 minutes per contest. Along with that, Douglas grabbed an average of 4.3 rebounds per game, good enough for fourth on the team. But Douglas was more than just instant offense for NU last season, she was a swiss army knife for coach Joe McKeown and allowed him to get more creative with his lineups. At 6 foot 2, Douglas gave McKeown the ability to play smaller, more athletic lineups without sacrificing too much on
the rebounding end. The Cats could also put five legitimate scorers on the court in crucial moments, with Douglas also being able to take players off the dribble and play from either inside or outside. Douglas also gave McKeown the option to sit Coffey and Lyon more often without having to worry about where offensive production would come from. And when Douglas was unavailable for NU last season, there was a drop in play, as the team went 1-3, including a loss to a lackluster Penn State team and a loss to Arkansas in the opening round of the NCAA Tournament. Unfortunately for the Cats, Douglas is officially day-to-day with an injury, and her return seems nowhere in sight. And as she remains sidelined, McKeown has relied even more heavily on Coffey, Deary, Inman and Lyon, all of whom average over 30 minutes per game as no other player averages more than 16.5 minutes per game. NU is asking a lot of its stars and role players, and they have all answered the call. But as long as Douglas remains banged up on the bench, there is nothing more this team can do to improve. khadricerollins2017@u.northwestern.edu
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LOST WITHOUT LAUREN Lauren Douglas goes up for the shot. The senior forward has yet to suit up this year, and the Wildcats have suffered without her versatility on the court.
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GUTTER BALL Clayton Thorson evades the pass rush. Northwestern finished at No. 23 in the final AP Poll of the season, down 11 spots from its ranking before the Outback Bowl.
After a 10-win season and a blowout loss in the Outback Bowl, Northwestern came in at No. 23 in the end-of-season AP Poll released Tuesday. The Wildcats (10-3, 6-2 Big Ten) fell from their No. 12 ranking they held prior to their 45-6 bowl loss to now-No. 22 Tennessee on Jan. 1, but finished the season ranked in the top-25 for the first time since 2012, when NU finished the season 17th. The Cats defeated two teams that finished the season in the final rankings, No. 3 Stanford and No. 21 Wisconsin, and all three of NU’s losses came against teams that ended the season ranked: No. 9 Iowa, No. 12 Michigan and Tennessee. Five Big Ten teams — No. 4 Ohio State, No. 6 Michigan State, Iowa, Michigan and Wisconsin — finished the season ranked above the Cats, and NU will play all of these teams except Michigan next season. The Cats open the 2016 season with a Sep. 3 game against Western Michigan. — Max Schuman
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I want him to believe he’s that good, because he is. And I want him to feel like when he’s out there, he’s in control. — Chris Collins, men’s basketball coach on sophomore Bryant McIntosh
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Northwestern outlasts Wisconsin for first Big Ten home victory
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an 18-16 lead with under seven minutes left in the first half after a 3-pointer by guard Jordan Hill. Deep baskets from freshman forward Aaron Falzon and junior forward Sanjay Lumpkin helped the Cats regain the advantage by halftime, a 26-24 lead. However, Wisconsin grabbed the lead right out of the half as guard Zak Showalter drained a 3-pointer with just 20 seconds in. As the Badgers started to get in a groove on offense, McIntosh took over. The sophomore guard was the only NU player to tally double-digit points. After trailing 47-46 with under eight minutes to play, McIntosh led a run of 6 consecutive points for the Cats, connecting with van Zegeren for another alley-oop and then drove for a layup to force a Wisconsin timeout. “Getting those 6 points … was huge,” Collins said. “The crowd got into it a little bit and then I thought we were able to carry that on down the stretch.” Despite Pardon fouling out and a full-court press that gave NU trouble, the hosts converted well enough at the charity stripe to keep the Badgers at bay. After mostly relying on a zone defense in Saturday’s dominant win over Minnesota, the Cats executed a hybrid zone on Tuesday to key on Wisconsin forward Nigel Hayes while maintaining the same overall scheme. “It just requires talking, especially
with the forwards,” said junior forward Sanjay Lumpkin. “It was more of a matchup zone.” B a d ge rs’ i nte r i m coach Greg Gard said the zone defense was something he was concerned about entering the game, as his team hadn’t faced an opponent that used it in “quite a while.” His team’s lack of practice attacking it seemed to have an effect as the game wore on, with Hayes scoring only 5 points in the opening frame and tallying 12 in the second half. Lumpkin and Falzon both added 9 points and five rebounds for NU. S enior guard Tr e Demps’ struggles continued, though, as he made just 3-of-10 shots Tuesday and failed to
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n the third Big Ten game at Welsh-Ryan Arena, the Wildcats finally found the elusive home win they have been craving. Sophomore guard Bryant McIntosh erupted in the second half as the Wildcats (15-3, 3-2 Big Ten) rallied in the game’s final eight minutes to top Wisconsin (9-9, 1-4) 70-65 on Tuesday night. McIntosh scored 20 of his game-high 28 points after the break as NU earned its first home victory against the Badgers since 2009. After attempting 20 or more 3-pointers in each of their last four games, the Cats went just 4-for-12 from deep but converted a seasonhigh 22 free throws and outrebounded Wisconsin 34-25. “(The Badgers) were really trying to hug the three-point line…and we told the guys to drive the ball,” coach Chris Collins said. “We were able to win a grind-it-out kind of game so I was really proud of my guys.” McIntosh began his productive night early, knocking down his first three shots and feeding graduate center Joey van Zegeren on a crowd-energizing alley-oop as the Cats surged to an early 12-3 lead. Freshman center Dererk Pardon made a significant impact soon after being first subbed in with 13:23 until halftime, grabbing an acrobatic rebound on the defensive end and then finishing over a Wisconsin defender on the opposite end. A scoreless drought for NU in the middle of the first half, however, helped Wisconsin regain confidence. The Badgers used a 15-4 run to claim
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improve his 31 percent shooting efficiency during Big Ten play. In the two losses that began the Welsh-Ryan conference slate, the Cats shot a measly 17.8 percent from 3-point range. On Tuesday, their 33 percent conversion rate from deep was barely even a factor. “There’s a lot of chatter that we’re a one-trick pony,” Collins said. “For us to … drive the ball and get fouled and get the stops we need and play a … hard-nosed kind of game and win, it’s good for our growth.”
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NU struggling due McIntosh electrifies Welsh-Ryan to Douglas injury Men’s Basketball
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“You can’t guard him!” With under six minutes remaining in Northwestern’s contest against Wisconsin on Tuesday, the student section at Welsh-Ryan Arena was on its feet, chanting those words as sophomore guard Bryant McIntosh carried the Wildcats on his shoulders as they downed the visiting Badgers, 70-65. By the game’s end, McIntosh had 28 points, five assists and a performance that NU faithful won’t soon forget. His masterful orchestration got the Cats off to a 12-3 start, with McIntosh scoring or assisting all 12 points. Running the pick-and-roll with a veteran’s poise, the second-year guard ensured that NU (15-3, 3-2 Big Ten) began the game on the right foot. And when Wisconsin (9-9, 1-4) fought back and played NU tit for tat through most of the second half, it was McIntosh who guided the Cats back on top to victory. “B-Mac really started us off that game,” junior forward Sanjay Lumpkin said. “He made some big plays right at the beginning of the game. He makes big plays every night. He’s
just a good point guard. He’s a floor general for us and he keeps us going.” Every time the Badgers seemed to gain momentum, McIntosh quieted the crowd. When Wisconsin’s Ethan Happ tied the game at 30 early in the second half, it was McIntosh who responded with a pull-up 3-pointer. When Badger guard Bronson Koenig cut the Cats’ lead to 2 after NU made a late run, it was McIntosh who brought the crowd to its feet with another unassisted three. Whenever Wisconsin made a shot, Welsh-Ryan looked to NU’s floor general for an answer, and like clockwork, McIntosh delivered on cue. “I want him to believe he’s that good, because he is,” coach Chris Collins said. “And I want him to feel like when he’s out there, he’s in control.” It wasn’t too long ago that McIntosh was the target of criticism during the Cats’ two-game skid against Maryland and Ohio State. Many, including both McIntosh and Collins, believed the point guard had tried to do too much by himself. He certainly spearheaded NU’s attack on Tuesday, but he also found the right balance between scoring and facilitating. And once the final buzzer sounded, nobody was faulting him in the slightest. “I got off to a quick start and then
I tried to be a facilitator and (assistant) coach (Armon) Gates got on me a little bit, telling me that if I have it going, just to keep going,” McIntosh said. With NU off to its finest Big Ten start since 1968 and looking to do more damage once senior He was just center magnificient. Alex Olah People don’t start returns, the spot- realizing that this light will is one of the best be locked — forget about firmly on guards — he’s one McIntosh as of the best players he tries in the Big Ten. to bring the team Chris Collins, as far as coach it will go. Tuesday, with plenty on the line, he showed that he was more than capable of handling the challenge. “He was just magnificent,” Collins said. “People don’t start realizing that this is one of the best — forget about guards — he’s one of the best players in the Big Ten.”
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Northwestern women’s basketball has been struggling of late, and with games against No. 5 Ohio State and No. 8 Maryland on the horizon, it looks like the Wildcats will drop five of their first six conference games. NU (12-4, 1-3 Big Ten) was bounced from the AP Top 25 this week and is unranked for the first time all season. The Cats have lost four of their last six games, the most recent a 23-point drubbing at the hands of No. 18 Michigan State. To say the team has issues right now would be an understatement. But pinpointing what needs to change is not that simple, because the biggest problem is not what is happening on the court. One clear flaw right now is the team’s rebounding. NU has been outrebounded in 11 games and has the second worst rebounding margin in the Big Ten at -2.9. But this isn’t a new problem for the Cats. Last year’s team, the first to make the NCAA Tournament since 1997, also had trouble on the glass. That unit had a -3.5 rebounding differential. So, although rebounding struggles are a problem that puts a team in a tough position and can be a clear
reason why losses pile up, it’s hard to believe this team has forgotten how to win while getting beat on the boards. This year’s team has actually been better on the glass than last year’s, so rebounding is probably not the biggest issue. The Cats have had some changes in the starting lineup from last season to this one, so it would be plausible the loss of former center Alex Cohen has finally caught up to the Cats. Cohen averaged 8.8 points per game last season to go along with 4.9 rebounds per contest and finished the season tied for the team-high in blocks per game at 1.8. Going into the year, there were questions about how NU would replace Cohen’s production, particularly as a rim protector and rebounder. So far, everyone on the team has helped to pick up the load. Junior forward Nia Coffey has become an even more dominating presence on the inside, boosting her rebounding and shot blocking numbers from last season. Coffey is currently the best rebounder in the conference pulling down 11.1 boards a night and the team as a whole is second in the conference in blocks per game. Senior forward Christen Johnson and freshman forward Pallas Kunaiyi-Akpanah have combined for 104 rebounds already this season, » See ROLLINS, page 7