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case dismissed Following Northwestern’s decision to cut ties with Tannenbaum Chabad House in 2012, the religious institution, 2014 Orrington Ave., and its rabbi sued the University for religious discrimination. A federal judge upheld Thursday the dismissal of Chabad House’s lawsuit.
Court upholds dismissal of Chabad House lawsuit By paige leskin
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A federal appeals court affirmed Thursday the dismissal of a federal lawsuit against Northwestern that alleged religious discrimination in the University’s decision to cut ties with Tannenbaum Chabad House in 2012. In a ruling in t he U.S. Court of Appeals,
Illness at local school identified as norovirus The illness that caused students and staff to fall sick at Washington Elementary School last month has been identified as the highly contagious norovirus, according to a letter sent out to parents and guardians of Evanston/Skokie School District 65 on Friday. Samples that the city’s Department of Health and Human Services gathered from sick students tested positive for the virus, the letter said. Norovirus is spread through contact with an infected person or contaminated food, water or surfaces, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. It causes a person’s stomach
Circuit Judge Richard Posner said that Rabbi Dov Hillel Klein, who oversees all operations at the Chabad House, 2014 Orrington Ave., had exhausted all of his chances with the University to fix his improper behavior, which included serving excessive amounts of alcohol, including hard liquor, to underage students. “He had gotten away for more than a quarter of a century with an irresponsible attitude toward excessive underage drinking that went on under his nose in the
Chabad house, and seems to have thought that he could continue to do so, with impunity, indefinitely,” Posner wrote in his opinion. “He was warned repeatedly, but did not react. Had he stepped forward on his own initiative and promised to mend his ways, the Tannenbaum Chabad House might still be a Northwestern University affiliate.” In the original lawsuit filed in
or intestines to become inflamed, leading to symptoms that include stomach pain, nausea, diarrhea and vomiting. Health officials from the city and the school do not yet know the source of the virus, the letter said. After many of the students and staff at the elementary school, 914 Ashland Ave., had symptoms of diarrhea and vomiting, district administration contacted the city on Oct. 31 to inform them of the incident, said Carl Caneva, the city’s assistant director of the health department, in an initial letter to parents and guardians. The city and district are currently working to monitor schools for their maintenance and food safety procedures to guarantee their reliability, the letter said. Since the outbreak, the school has been disinfected per city and district procedures, according to the letter.
When the school first reported the virus, the school canceled its Halloween festivities at the city’s recommendation. The city’s health department began interviewing anyone with symptoms to identify the virus, according to the initial letter sent to parents and guardians. The city is continuing to contact anyone with symptoms of the virus, Friday’s letter said. City officials and district administration reminded people to wash their hands, disinfect surfaces and wash contaminated clothing to prevent further spread of the virus. Norovirus’ symptoms usually end within a few days with no treatment, according to the CDC. Those who are infected should drink plenty of liquids to replace any fluids loss during the illness.
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today.” The Terrapins started out strong offensively, keeping the pressure on the Wildcats’ defense through the first 10 minutes of the contest. A shot on goal by senior Kelsey Thompson got the NU attack started, but the team could not keep it consistent until midway through the first half. The Cats put the pressure on starting at the 20-minute mark and never let up. “We weren’t nervous at all, kind of had nothing to lose in a way,” sophomore Dominique Masters said. “We were so excited to have a chance to beat them again, and we knew it was going to be a tough game, not a walk-over. We wanted to get the butterflies out early and » See field hockey, page 6
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hecky powell way Hecky Powell, owner of Hecky’s Barbecue, greets friends and family members. Powell was honored Sunday for his commitment to the employment of teens and youth in the community with an honorary street sign on the corner of Green Bay Road and Emerson Street.
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After 30 years of community service, the owner of Hecky’s Barbecue was celebrated Sunday with
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D65 students, teachers receive iPads By Anne bruce
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A national learning program provided two schools in Evanston/Skokie School District 65 with iPads at the end of October as part of an initiative to give students and teachers opportunities to extend learnthrough the use of We wanted to ing technology. work in schools Through the Verizon Innovative Learnthat were ing Schools program, representative teachers and their students at Chute Middle of a nation School in grades six of public through eight and Dr. education. Martin Luther King Literary and Fine Arts Jason Tomassini, School in grades five director of through eight, along communications at with six other schools Digital Promise across the country, were chosen to receive iPads donated by Digital Promise with a grant from the Verizon Foundation. “We are excited and honored to have two of our schools selected to participate in a program that not only will give students and teachers
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Police Botter Northwestern student arrested in connection with false ID Police arrested a Northwestern student Friday in connection with possession of false identification, police said. The student was intoxicated and causing a disturbance in the 1600 block of Oak Avenue, Evanston police Cmdr. Jay Parrott said.
access to technology to supplement learning in the classroom and at home; our teachers will receive ongoing training on the use and integration of these devices to help improve student achievement,” said John Price, assistant superintendent for schools for District 65, in a news release. “Through our partnership with Verizon and Digital Promise, District 65 is closing the digital learning gap for over 800 students. Regina Colquitt, an instructional coach at Chute, said she was very excited that all students will receive iPads. She said that with the devices, students and teachers are able to interact on a more regular basis, which helps extend learning time outside of the classroom. To prepare for the transition, Colquitt said teachers received their iPads at the end of August and students were required to complete lessons in a Digital Citizenship course, an online instructional program. Digital Promise, a nonprofit that uses technology and research to improve learning opportunities, selected schools to receive the tablets based on a variety of criteria. All schools involved in the program are required to have Title I funding, which provides financial assistance to schools with a high population of low-income students. Jason Tomassini, director of communications at Digital Promise, said the company also chose schools in which at least 40 percent of students qualify for free and reduced lunch. “We wanted to work in schools that were
representative of a nation of public education,” he said. Tomassini said iPads and other forms of learning technology can be used as tools to achieve a number of learning goals. “We try not to focus too much just on the technology,” he said. “One of the real goals for us in this project was to … really close that digital learning gap quickly and be able to get kids and teachers access to the learning opportunities afforded by technology.” Digital Promise tracks progress in each of the schools selected to participate in the program through their website, where teachers are encouraged to share best practices and experiences. The Verizon Innovative Learning Schools program has worked with more than 24 elementary, middle and high schools since its launch in 2012. Colquitt said she hopes the iPads will help students tap into additional learning opportunities and make students more college ready. “I can tell you that many of them had the look on their face like it was Christmas morning,” she said. “Once the newness wears off … they’ll see it’s just a tool. It’s just a device that hopefully will help them to see that they can have access to information and possibly it may even reach as far as helping them hope for a different future for themselves.”
The 18-year-old was arrested at about 1:09 a.m. on Friday morning in connection with violating a city ordinance for possessing false ID that said he was 21, Parrott said. He was charged with altered and forged identification, police said.
on Wednesday and 6:50 a.m. on Thursday in the 700 block of Dewey Avenue, Parrott said. A 36-year-old Evanston woman returned home to find her overhead garage door open, Parrott said. A stroller valued around $300 and a toolbox containing miscellaneous tools were taken, Parrott said. There were no signs of forced entry, Parrott said.
Evanston home burglarized An Evanston garage was burglarized last week, police said. The burglary took place between 5:30 p.m.
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English prof awarded Ford Fellowship in literature By Marissa page
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English Prof. Chris Abani has always been a writer. “I published my first short story at 10 and my first novel at 16, so I kind of have always done it my whole life,” he said. “There’s never really been a time when I haven’t been a writer.” Abani, an internationally acclaimed novelist and poet, received the United States Artist 2014 Ford Fellowship for literature last month. He is one of 32 artists from eight different disciplines — literature, media, architecture and design, crafts and traditional arts, theater, music, visual arts and dance — chosen to receive the fellowship, which comes with a $50,000 unrestricted grant. A native of Afikpo, Nigeria, Abani has lived in the United States since 2001 and joined Northwestern’s English department as a professor of creative writing and literature in the fall of 2013. His first novel “Masters of the Board,” a political thriller about a former Nazi’s attempt to seize power in Nigeria, became the subject of a conspiracy by the Nigerian government. Abani served six months in jail under the false charge that he provided a plan for a coup that occurred just a few months after the novel’s publication. That was the first of three incidents in which Abani
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WRITER, PROFESSOR English Prof. Chris Abani has received a United States Artists Ford Fellowship, which includes an unrestricted $50,000 grant. Abani, who has been publishing his writing since he was 10, said he wants to bridge the gap between academics and writers.
was imprisoned for his work. He said these events became fodder for his later writing. “My work is against forgetting,” he said. “I often go into stories that people want to forget because they’re too difficult or they cause shame.” About a year ago, Abani received an email from the United States Artists saying that he had been nominated
for the Ford Fellowship. He accepted the nomination and didn’t hear the results until mid-October. “I had completely forgotten I’d even given them that information, so it was a beautiful surprise when they called me to say I had won it,” Abani said. “I haven’t decided yet what the project is going to be, but it may provide money for research or for collaborations
because I like to work interdisciplinary.” English Prof. Mary Kinzie, director of the writing major, praised Abani’s teaching style and skill. “This award only serves to increase the already high esteem in which he is held by everyone who knows him and his work here at Northwestern,” Kinzie said. Abani said his focus on the interdisciplinary defines his role at NU as both a creative writer and an academic. “I think in a way part of my role is to bridge the gap between scholars and writers, between the critical and the creative and to foster more interesting work environments and research and the exciting projects that can come out of that,” Abani said. “This is something the English department is really invested in, which is a wonderful thing.” Communication senior Hallye Webb, who took Abani’s advanced creative writing class Spring Quarter 2014, called his class one of her most challenging and rewarding experiences at NU. The class, “The Long Story,” required students to write 25- to 30-page novellas. “Professor Abani was so honest — sometimes brutally honest — about your writing, but when he gave you a compliment you knew that he meant it,” she said. “He can be this really imposing and scary guy because he’s so honest and demanding in a lot of ways, but he’s also so compassionate and supportive.” marissapage2018@u.northwestern.edu
Fair links families with special needs to resources By mira wang
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Evanston-based companies that offer services for families with special needs gathered Saturday for the city’s first Special Needs Family Resource Fair, which allowed for the different organizations to network with each other and form a community. The event, organized by Katie Smith, a parent of a child with special needs, and Jill Skwerski, a community engagement librarian, featured 17 local organizations. “As a parent of a child with special needs, it was constant work to figure out the right therapy and
find out what was available and what was a good fit,” Smith said. “We tried to get the local groups in the same space together so we can form a community between parents and clinicians trying to support those families.” Frances Price, a parent of a child with special needs, said she learned about the Institute for Therapy through the Arts at the fair. The institute has provided creative arts therapy in Evanston for nearly 40 years. “My son is musically inclined,” she said. “This is definitely something to look into.” The fair also provided a place for local organizations to network, Skwerski said. Cari Levin, the founding director for Evanston
Citizens for Appropriate Special Education, an organization at the fair, said one of the major benefits of the event was to build a community of Evanston organizations, including preschools, special education advocacy groups and therapy institutions, that provide special needs assistance. It is an especially helpful event for organizations such as Have Dreams, an autism resource organization, which have a newer presence in the Evanston area, said Ceci Rice, a job coach at Have Dreams. Rice said this event will help her organization network with other providers. Project SEARCH, one of Have Dreams’s programs, helps older students with special needs secure and keep internships. This event could also help the
organization find more internship opportunities for their students, Rice said. For non-profit organizations like the ITA, having the fair helps the group spread awareness of its programs without having to divert funds to marketing, said Amber Bond, ITA’s administrative director. “Evanston is a great community with services no one knows about,” said Alissa Levy Chung, a special education advocate at the fair and an adjunct lecturer in SESP. “On the city of Evanston website, there’s no page for special needs, so there’s no one place to know where to get started … This is a first step to get a sense of what else is out there.” mirawang2018@u.northwestern.edu
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Telling the truth is more than just snap judgements rhytha zahid hejaze Daily columnist
“Because sometimes the truth isn’t good enough. Sometimes people deserve more,” Batman narrates at the end of “The Dark Knight,” as I lay propped in bed with my laptop. My mind halted in that moment. Those two sentences flipped my philosophy on truth. Truth is cruel at times, and we deserve better. Don’t let anyone tell you otherwise. Since seventh grade, I had been a brutally honest person. I expressed unpleasant feelings as often as I expressed my undying love for everything and everyone around me. I wanted people to know me for who I really was; I didn’t want them to love my disguise. I didn’t want to hide behind a mask, for fear the mask might fall and I might end up hurting someone. If people knew my true self, they’d never be in for such a surprise. I wanted to be openly hated or unconditionally loved; I didn’t want any hidden agendas. I wanted people to know I didn’t dislike them any more than I said I did or loved them any less than what they already knew. And sometimes, I wanted to just unburden myself
– for myself – to get things out of my system and to clear the air. But if I didn’t want the burden of those thoughts myself, why did I let myself burden someone else with them? I had been hurt in the past by being lied to. Sometimes, friends would just keep things from me – things I needed to know – and that hurt too. I didn’t want anyone to be hurt like that. When it’s okay to hold back information and when it’s okay not to is another discussion. “I was always taught by my mother that the first thought that goes through your mind is what you have been conditioned to think. What you think next defines who you are,” read a post on Tumblr’s Facebook page at the start of my sophomore year at Northwestern University in Qatar. That clicked and got me thinking: Every first thought we have should go through our conscience to be corrected – to change into something better – before it comes out of our mouths or stays in our heads to rot. One day as I took the Qatar Foundation bus from the dorms to NU-Qatar, a girl in the bus wore heart-shaped golden-rimmed sunglasses. My first thought was, “Why would someone wear something as tacky as that?” But my immediate second thought was, “So what? If that’s what she wants to wear – if that’s what makes her happy – then that’s all that matters.” Plus, what might be elegant to me could be
tacky to anyone else. My perception of elegance is my truth, and nobody should have to deal with my version of the truth when there’s no one thing that’s true. One morning, as I was working at the front desk at Al Majlis Al Shamali, the female residence halls, a friend asked me to come out from behind the desk like she wanted to confide something in me. “Do I look like a slut?” she asked. “No, you look fine!” I told her. I didn’t like the black stockings on her, but that’s not what I told her. She had two important meetings that she wanted to look professional for. As she waited for the bus to university, she fidgeted and fumbled with her dress. “Don’t do that. Just be confident,” I told her. Because if you can be confident, you’re going to love the way you look anyway. My opinion doesn’t matter. You matter. What you want matters. Ask.fm is the prime social networking site where snap judgments are thrown at people all the time – where people’s first thoughts never pass through their consciences and retain their stagnant smell. I received one such “question.” “There’s a place and a time for everything. Skipping and swirling around EC (Education City) with your headphones on … You’re in college. Grow up,” the anonymous questioner wrote.
“This is college, and you still haven’t learned how to accept someone’s individuality, have you?” I replied. “I will skip and swirl all I want, because My that makes me happy. perception I probably smile more than you do; I probof elegance ably love and care is my truth, more. I hug strangers and nobody if I see them crying. I spread joy and I make should have people smile. And I to deal with skip and swirl as I do that. Because this life my version of is too short to not skip the truth when and swirl. And that’s there’s no one growing up – learning how to skip and swirl thing that’s true. through life.” So post that gooey photo of yourself with your girlfriend or boyfriend on Facebook – if that’s what you want, if that’s what makes you happy. Shine in those black stockings and wear those heart-shaped golden-rimmed sunglasses like there’s no tomorrow. Skip and swirl through life’s eccentricity.
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Rhytha Zahid Hejaze is a sophomore studying journalism at NU-Qatar. She can be reached at ridahejaze2017@u.northwestern.edu. If you would like to respond publicly to this column, send a Letter to the Editor to opinion@dailynorthwestern.com.
Why I’m not ready to enter full-fledged adulthood madeline burg
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I don’t know what the general consensus is on how we feel about Family Weekend, although I personally have opinions. This year, my brother is a freshman at Northwestern, and so my family descended this past Friday to help him do his laundry, attend the football game — Wolverine pride never dies — and ask me politely whether or not I’d be doing anything after graduation. In this way, Family Weekend engendered within me a volatile mixture of pleasure at being treated to so many restaurants and fairly bone-deep anxiety at being questioned about my future. The feelings I have about being a senior are all cliches and can all be accounted for with one sentiment: I feel like I’m not ready for real life. College is not real life. For many at NU, college is blissful semi-dependency with just enough distance between you and your source of funds to make you feel invincibly autonomous. It’s a lovely, fake existence; a blurred region in which you’re neither an adolescent nor an adult. But in any other generation we would be considered adults, and therein lies my confusion or anxiety
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Student Engagement stipends promote inclusivity, accessibility During the past year, the Northwestern community has engaged in dialogue surrounding the issue of socioeconomic inclusivity. These conversations, and the heightened sense of awareness that they have created, have sparked a new commitment to prioritizing these issues as we consider what it means to be an engaged student at NU. Student extracurricular involvement is a crucial part of the NU experience. From day one, students are confronted with a plethora of student groups that each offer unique opportunities for growth, community and experiential learning. Becoming involved is often viewed as a key component to a positive NU experience: More than 91 percent of NU students are involved in at least one student organization and spend, on average, a minimum of five hours per student organization each week. Students learn from this involvement too:
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or general existential malaise. I don’t think of myself as an adult, and I’m pretty sure I don’t even know what being an adult entails. One of the events of Family Weekend is a series of lectures given by faculty in each of NU’s schools. On Friday morning SESP Prof. Regina Logan gave a talk on adult development titled “Do We Ever ‘Grow Up?’” My mom attended, sang its praises and directed me to an article in the New York Times from four years ago about why twenty-somethings these days seem to resist becoming adults for a longer period than any generation before them. This feels true, at least for me. Our grandparents wouldn’t have been dismayed to find themselves doing manual labor; our parents didn’t have to, but retained the drive to find work straight out of college, whether or not it was in their field of choice. But I’ve been told my whole life that I don’t have to settle for anything less than my dream job, or whatever makes me happy. I should be able to do what I love, and I will be qualified for it, and it will be waiting for me as soon as I shed my cap and gown. I’m discovering that none of this is realistic, but honestly I’ve labored under this delusion for the majority of my conscious life, so what am I supposed to do now? According to a 2010 article in The New York Times, 40 percent of twentysomethings moved back into their parents’
houses at least once. The age at which people get married is getting later and later, and people cycle through more jobs in their twenties than during any other decade. If being an adult means becoming independent from your parents, finding a steady source of income, and settling down to start having children, what are twenty-somethings these days? We get our degrees and hope to jump right into our field, have a stellar career that gives us whatever disposable income we think we deserve (all of it), and then eventually get around starting a family, maybe. In the meantime I can just move back into my childhood bedroom and wait until the perfect job comes along. I am firmly in favor of finding work that makes you happy, and of waiting until you’re ready to get married and to start a family. But these are the milestones of adulthood and my generation just isn’t reaching them, which is
curious and slightly disturbing. The fact is that when I graduate there will be few jobs that I deem attractive available to me at all, and I might be overqualified for the other ones. Adulthood looks a lot to me like working very hard at something I don’t quite like, or else I’m condemned to sleep in a tiny bed under a pile of dusty stuffed animals at my parents’ house for the remainder of my 20s. And isn’t it sad that I think this way? It’s nobody’s fault but my own, I’m sure. It’s pleasant to assume I’ll be able to earn money writing whatever I want straight out of undergrad. But the idea of adulthood remains a mystery to me, and I don’t think anybody else knows what being an adult means either. Half of the “adults” I meet have careers and maybe even families but appear to operate at the maturity level of my peers and me. On the Netflix original series “House of Cards,” extremely high-ranking politician Frank Underwood is shown playing “Call of Duty” while his wife talks at him. He is an “adult,” and I am not, and maybe we don’t ever grow up after all.
Non-classroom experiences give students a safe environment to develop a sense of self, work collaboratively with others, relate to peers from different backgrounds and more. Despite these benefits, many students struggle to balance involvement with their commitment to academics, their personal health and their need to earn income. Students who rely on a steady income to finance their education must often prioritize work over extracurriculars. By attempting to balance the demands of working with involvement in student groups, lower-income students often face stress unparalleled by the average NU student or are left out of student group involvement entirely. The choice between taking time-intensive leadership opportunities and working shouldn’t exist. Students should not have to make a financial sacrifice to be involved in communities they care about. For these reasons, Associated Student Government, in collaboration with student group leaders and the Center for Student Involvement, is taking a tangible step toward increasing inclusivity among student organizations through the creation of the Student Engagement Stipend program. This new program is intended to help relieve the financial burden on students
across campus and to open up leadership opportunities to a wider group of our peers and classmates. Through the program, stipends of up to $500 will be available to students who are engaged as leaders on campus in any NUrecognized student group. The applications will be evaluated by a student committee that evaluates applications on merit from a need-blind perspective and the Center for Student Involvement that looks at financial aid. Though financial aid will be considered, any student who feels that a stipend would make the opportunity to make meaningful change within their organization and on campus accessible to them is encouraged to apply. We hope that this stipend will help relieve some finance-based stress and give students of all socioeconomic levels greater opportunity to impact the NU community. Every student’s involvement on campus is valuable, and no one deserves to feel as if their opportunities are limited by financial need.
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A history professor spoke to more than 30 people at the Evanston Public Library on Sunday about the experiences and perspectives author Kathryn Stockett left out of her bestselling novel “The Help.” Joan Marie Johnson, a history professor from Northeastern Illinois University who specializes in women’s, African-American and Southern history, presented as part of EPL’s “11 Months of African American History” program. The program consists of at least one AfricanAmerican history and culture-themed program or speaker every month, from March 2014 through January 2015. Lesley Williams, the head of adult services at the library, came up with the program to extend African-American programming beyond African-American History Month in February, she said. “February has become the programming ghetto for African-American history, and then it’s as though African-American history and art don’t exist for the rest of the year,” Williams said. When Johnson offered to present a talk on “The Help,” Williams said she thought it would fit in with the program. Although Johnson talked shortly about the life of African-American domestic workers outside of how they were portrayed in “The Help,” her presentation
City sees decrease in unemployment in 3rd quarter economic report The city released an economic report Friday that presented Evanston’s progress in the third quarter of 2014. The report showed a consistent decrease in the unemployment rate since July. In the report, the city’s Economic Development Division detailed changes in Evanston during the months of July, August and September, and development on Northwestern’s campus due to construction. The report also described business openings and Evanston’s
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ALTERNATIVE VIEWPOINTS Local professor Joan Marie Johnson speaks to Evanston residents about perspectives not included in the bestselling novel “The Help.” The history professor talked about black female activists, including Rosa Parks and and Septima Clark.
focused on black women who were activists in the Jim Crow South, specifically in Mississippi and South Carolina. “I am glad Stockett pushed so many people to think about black domestic workers in Mississippi,” Johnson said. “However, Stockett leaves out other significant groups from her story, including AfricanAmerican women in the middle class and those who were activists.” Johnson recounted the lives of many African-
American women activists, including Rosa Parks, NAACP activist Modjeska Simkins and teacher Septima Clark. “Hopefully we’ll seek out more stories like this to understand the richness and diversity of black women’s stories,” Johnson said. Skokie resident Marc Arenberg, a graduate student at Northeastern Illinois, said the presentation appealed to him because of his own specialty in African-American history and civil rights.
commercial construction. About $207 million was spent on commercial construction at NU, with the recent finish of the Visitor Center, which opened Oct. 10, and the near completion of a new Henry and Leigh Bienen School of Music and School of Communication building, according to the report. Construction on the new Kellogg School of Management building is ongoing, with an expected opening in 2016, the report said. NU’s commercial construction spending has increased from the total from April through June, which reached $12.3 million, according to the second quarter report. In general, the Building and Inspection Services Division spent $15.9 million in commercial construction in the city this quarter,
the report said. Evanston Hospital, 2650 Ridge Ave., and Hyatt House, 1515 Chicago Ave., were the top costing projects. Work will begin soon at 1968 Dempster St. to convert the existing space into a larger grocery store at the Evanston Plaza shopping center. Evanston’s unemployment rate continues to remain under the national and state rates. In September, the city’s unemployment rate of 5.1 percent was the lowest in all of 2014. It was also less than the national and state rates, which were at 5.7 percent and 6.2 percent, respectively. The mayor’s Summer Youth Employment Program placed 504 youth in summer jobs with 14 employers in Evanston. NextChapter, an
“It’s a subject that interests me, and I’m excited to see what she has to say about it,” Arenberg said before the presentation. “I’m particularly interested in this presentation because I’ve taken classes with her.” Evanston resident Theresa Cameron (Communication ’88), another attendee, said she read “The Help” and was interested in hearing more about the voices not included in the novel. “The book was entertaining, but the presentation added more substance,” Cameron said. “It was exciting because it brought in people of more relevance.” For Williams, the people whose perspectives weren’t incorporated in the book included characters whose lives were seen through the lens of white people. “There should be more stories from the point of view of the oppressed groups,” Williams said. “In stories like ‘The Help’ and ‘To Kill a Mockingbird,’ the only reason you should care about civil rights is that it helps young white people become a better person.” In her talk, Johnson agreed, questioning the role of the white female protagonist as a go-between to connect the audience with the titular help. “I wondered, as I read ‘The Help,’ ‘Do we actually need to have Skeeter?’” Johnson said. The library’s 11 Months of African American History series will continue Nov. 17 with a discussion of August Wilson’s “King Hedley II,” a play about a black man recently released from prison who is trying to rebuild his life in Pittsburgh’s Hill District. mfox17@u.northwestern.edu organization that supports developing businesses that are home-based, independent, or run by solo entrepreneurs through workshops and mentorships, had 238 participants this quarter and offered 26 classes, the report said. This quarter, 12 new businesses opened, including El Pueblito Mexican Grill, 1805 Howard St., Campus Gear, 1720 Sherman Ave., and YoFresh Yogurt Cafe, 635 Chicago Ave. A drivethru Starbacks also opened at 1901 Dempster St., the report said. The next economic report will highlight the city’s progress during the last three months of the year. — Stephanie Kelly
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From page 1 September 2012, the Lubavitch-Chabad of Illinois, on behalf of Klein and Chabad House, claimed that anti-Semitism and religious discrimination against the Chabad sect motivated the University’s disaffiliation. They accused NU of treating Chabad differently than it does other student groups, including fraternities, that are commonly associated with heavy underage drinking. However, Posner agreed with the December 2013 summary judgement from U.S. District Court Judge John Darrah, who said the University had a “legitimate, nondiscriminatory reason” to disaffiliate with Chabad House. University spokesman Al Cubbage lauded the court’s upholding of the decision in a statement Friday. The serving of alcohol to underage students at the Chabad house was in violation of both University
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get some plays through.” With a green card issued to Maryland’s Maxine Fluharty, NU had a chance to convert while the Terrapins were undermanned. The Cats ended up not needing the card, as a minute after Maryland returned to full strength, junior Lisa McCarthy scored off a penalty corner with help from junior Charlotte Martin. “When I scored the goal, I felt like I was in the right place at the right time, pretty lucky,” McCarthy said. “I just got my head down and put it in. You don’t have time to really celebrate it because it was early on in the game, because you have to get your head down and focus and not get ahead of ourselves.” The Terrapins responded almost immediately with a penalty corner goal of their own with 8:25 left in the first half. After swapping goals, NU had two consecutive penalty corner opportunities but could not capitalize on either, with Maryland knocking them away and marching down the field after the second. The NU defense held into halftime with the score tied 1-1. “(Making stops) is easy when I’ve got Maddy backing me up,” McCarthy said. “We’ve had an overall team defense the whole year, our people tackling back the whole time, our press worked really well today and we put them under pressure.” In the second half, the Terrapins applied pressure early but, like the Cats in the beginning of the game, could not maintain it consistently, missing two shots wide left of the goal. NU started out with plenty of pressure, keeping the ball within Maryland territory for many of the opening minutes. Two consecutive corners proved unfruitful, but a third consecutive
MONday, NOVEMBER 10, 2014 policy and state law and was a practice that NU had warned Klein about many times, Cubbage said. The University has spent more than a decade fielding complaints and handling incidents in which underaged students consumed alcohol at the Chabad house, Posner said. In 2001, a student had to be hospitalized due to excessive alcohol consumption at a party at the religious center, according to the ruling. “As far as we’ve been able to determine, plying minors with hard liquor is not required by any Jewish religious observance,” Posner said. According to the ruling, Klein continued to provide alcohol, even after apologizing to NU for doing so and noted that Illinois law allowed for those under the age of 21 to drink “in the performance of a religious ceremony or service.” After an NU graduate’s parent, who was also a rabbi, complained to administration about the drinking practices, the University conducted an investigation into the Chabad house, according to the ruling. As a result corner put the Cats on top with sophomore Isabel Flens netting the ball. After reviewing an official ruling, Maryland lined up for a penalty corner with 21:19 remaining in regulation but could not convert. The Terrapins earned a second penalty corner 54 seconds later, but could not score on the second try. The NU defense stifled Maryland and held off numerous attacks throughout the game. With defensive support, the Cats offense turned up the heat and forced the Terrapins to play more defense, outshooting Maryland at one point 14 to 5. The numerous shots paid off for NU with a goal by the Cats’ scoring leader, Masters, to put away the game, 3-1. To get to this point, NU had to beat storied conference foe, Michigan. Earlier in the season, the Cats fell to the Wolverines 2-1, but came away with a 2-1, overtime win on Friday. The final goal had to be reviewed by the officials before NU could finally celebrate making it to the Big Ten Title game for the first time under coach Tracey Fuchs. After the championship, NU could finally take a short moment to celebrate their accomplishments before thinking about their 2014 NCAA Tournament bid. Carpenter’s eyes began to well up with pride for her team. Fuchs vocalized the same sentiments towards her Cats teams. “Relentless has been our word the whole season,” Fuchs said. “First time we won a first round game, first time we’re in a final, but these kids … they don’t budge; they’re relentless. They play together. I was so proud to get in this game, that win or lose, I was going to be really happy with our group, and now I’m even happier.” michaelmarut2016@u.northwestern.edu
of what was found, NU cut its ties with the Chabad house as long as Klein remained its head. Tamara de Silva, one of the attorneys who represented Klein and Chabad House in the original lawsuit, told The Daily on Friday that Posner’s decision is “plainly wrong.” He cites Wikipedia in order to define certain Jewish terms to make a “pretty scathing” point, she said. “This is a religious ceremony that was recognized even during Prohibition,” de Silva said. “Judge Posner infers things outside of the four corners of the record to reach his opinion.” Although de Silva did not provide counsel in the appeal, she said she hopes Klein will appeal Posner’s decision and that she would love to take part in it. Jonathan Lubin, who acted as co-counsel with de Silva on the original suit, said Posner made conclusions that were not supported by any of the evidence presented. “If you look at Judge Darrah’s decision … it was very well reasoned,” Lubin said. “In contrast, if you
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From page 1 Sunday afternoon to watch the unveiling of the “Hecky Powell Way,” named after owner Hecky Powell. “It means a lot to me,” Powell said. “But besides me, it means a lot to my family.” Among the people present at the event was Powell’s mother, Verna. She worked at Hecky’s at the beginning, and said she is happy to see how far her son has come. “I was his first cook here, for 10 years,” Verna Powell said. “When I came to work for Hecky, he had one man, that was all. I am proud of him because he has done so well. He is loved a lot in the community, like we all love him too.” Hecky Powell opened Hecky’s Barbecue 30 years ago after becoming discouraged with his work as social services administrator, according to a news release about the event. Since then, Powell has served as president of the Evanston/Skokie School District 65 school board, started a charity foundation named after his father and became known as an advocate for Evanston youth. Jonathan Baum, member of the District 202 board, attended Sunday’s ribbon cutting because he wanted to recognize all of the work Powell has done for youth in Evanston and the community. “There is no one who has shown more dedication to the kids of this community than Hecky,” Baum said. “Sponsoring teams, hiring kids to work for him, he’s just demonstrated a real commitment to the youth of the community.” Baum, who worked with Powell when he was District 65 school board president, described him as an honest and outspoken
look at the appellate decision, there was a lot of stuff in the appellate decision that was outside of the record entirely.” Klein can ask for another hearing of the case in front of the full panel of appeal judges, de Silva said. After that, Klein could appeal the case up to the U.S. Supreme Court. Klein declined to comment Friday and referred to Rabbi Meir Moscowitz, the director of LubavitchChabad of Illinois, to speak on the litigation. Moscowitz said he was disappointed with the decision and was considering the further steps he should take. “Rabbi Klein followed Northwestern’s rules and despite that was singled out by the University,” Moscowitz said. “Rabbi Klein remains steadfastly committed to serving the students and faculty of Northwestern University, as he has for close to three decades.” pl@u.northwestern.edu leader. “Hecky is an original,” he said. “He does not shrink from sharing his opinions, he is fearless. He doesn’t really care if anyone is bothered by what he says, as long as he is speaking his truth.” Ald. Jane Grover (7th) said she attended the event to celebrate the numerous ways Powell has served the community over the years. “Hecky is embedded in the community, his reach goes broad and deep,” Grover said. “He’s worked so tirelessly on so many youth issues. He’s got the Forrest Powell Foundation that does a lot of good work locally. He stood up and took his turn, served elected office. He has just made his good intentions and good work felt in so many ways.” Ald. Delores Holmes (5th), whose ward encompasses Hecky’s, originally recommended Powell for the honor of a street designation due to his work and community activism. “This is a great day for the 5th ward,” said Holmes. “He’s done so much for our community in terms of sponsoring sports teams, hiring kids that no else will hire. He’s a wonderful person, a wonderful community person. I am just proud and think it’s an honor well deserved.” Despite all the success that Hecky’s has seen over the last 30 years, Powell said there is another, bigger accomplishment of which he is most proud. “What I’d like to be remembered for is that I was able to help a lot of young people,” he said. “I was able to help a lot of young people get on the right track.” marissamizroch2017@u.northwestern.edu
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Northwestern’s Cinderella run through the Big Ten Tournament ended Friday with the Wildcats falling to the Hawkeyes 1-0. Two day after upsetting top-seed Penn State, the Cats were back at it in West Lafayette, Indiana, playing a decent game overall but failing to convert on any of their 19 chances. It was NU’s first loss in seven games, the end to a magical run that resulted in multiple fantastic finishes. Only one of those games was decided by more than one goal, when the Cats beat Michigan State 2-0. Friday was no different. The first half was a backand-forth affair that left both teams scoreless, with both the Cats and the Hawkeyes totaling eight shots apiece. “I thought the ball movement early on was good, but they caused us some problems later on in terms of our ability to get pressure to the ball,” coach Michael Moynihan said. “In the latter part of the first half I think they started to cause some problems for us.”
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DOWN AND OUT Northwestern fell 1-0 to Iowa on Friday in the Big Ten semifinals, likely ending its season. Before the defeat, the Wildcats had not lost in six straight games, as they snuck into the tournament and upset top-seeded Penn State.
Moynihan said the team made adjustments at halftime and started to threaten more, but they were just unable to finish on the shots they got. The Cats outshot the Hawkeyes 11-6 in the second half, but it was the Hawkeyes that made the play that counted.
In the 67th minute, star Iowa forward Cloe Lacasse received a sideline pass and snuck a ball into the left corner, past freshman goalie Lauren Clem and into the net for the game deciding goal. “(Iowa was) very different than Penn State,” Moynihan said. “They don’t possess the ball the way Penn
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At least nobody can say Northwestern didn’t — as coach Pat Fitzgerald said last week — “embrace the suck.” The Wildcats (3-6, 2-4) fell to Michigan (5-5, 3-3) 10-9 on Saturday, with an avalanche of ineptitude keeping NU out of the end zone until three seconds remained in the game and a late rally falling short when senior quarterback Trevor Siemian slipped to the Ryan Field turf on a two-point conversion attempt to win the game. “I made that decision (to attempt the two-point conversion) with six minutes left in the game. … Already had our plan in place, already knew what we were going to do,” Fitzgerald said. “We didn’t score a lot of points, so I felt like I’ll take a one-play opportunity.” The Cats checked nearly every box on the list of possible mistakes; with poor coaching and bad offensive execution resulting in a late deficit they fell three yards short of overcoming. NU turned in a much better overall performance than last week’s 48-7 drubbing at the hands of Iowa, but the Cats’ inability to convert Michigan’s miscues into points cost them dearly. After a muffed punt by senior receiver Tony Jones gave Michigan a short field, the Wolverines finally cracked a scoreless deadlock in the third quarter, with De’Veon Smith carrying in from 3 yards out to give them an ultimately-insurmountable seven-point lead. Siemian looked sharper than he had for most of the season, completing 32 of 49 passes for 273 yards and
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minute mark. In overtime, nothing materialized for either team as the match went into penalty kicks. Indiana took and made the first penalty kick to the right of Miller, but Calistri responded with a shot of his own down the same side of the goal. Thompson scored his shot from 12 yards out next, and then Weberman missed high to put the Hoosiers at an advantage. Both teams scored in the next round of shots. After another successful Indiana penalty, Miller stepped up to take a kick of his own and smashed it into the roof of the net. Immediately afterward, he made a save and Holloway scored to tie the shootout 4-4. Webb then scored from the spot, and with the game on the line, Rosenberg hit the crossbar, ending NU’s hopes of a deep run into the Big Ten Tournament. “Honestly I was just trying to read them the best I can and hopefully I’d get it right,” Miller said. “I knew if I saved one then we would have a chance.” Despite the result, Lenahan is confident of his side’s chances of making the NCAA Tournament. “We always want to win a Big Ten championship so there’s disappointment with that,” he said. “But that being said, we get the chance to get some guys healthy and train and grow … so we can be sharp and ready for whatever comes.”
If Northwestern’s 2013 season was a disaster, what words do we have left for this one? The Wildcats’ performance against Michigan on Saturday went beyond embarrassing. It was unacceptable. And now it’s time to demand accountability. First, we start at the quarterback position. Senior Trevor Siemian is a good kid, and doesn’t deserve at this age to be picked apart every single day. But he shouldn’t be on the field. It’s a disservice to him and his teammates. If he’s hurt, then it makes absolutely no sense why NU has not gone to its backup at quarterback. The Wildcats’ offense looks pitiful. It’s boring, inept and incapable of achieving any sort of rhythm. What evidence have we seen this entire season that the offense has the potential to win a game for this team? The special teams, outside of a baffling ability to block field goals, are their own comedy of errors. NU has two punters who can barely punt 25 yards, an untrustworthy field goal kicker and no one who is a threat in the return game. It’s even more frustrating because the defense, outside of last week, keeps the Cats close in just about every game. Most of the scorn, however, is reserved for the coaching staff. And it starts at the top, with Pat Fitzgerald. The Cats are shockingly ill-prepared every week. Fitzgerald is begged to mix things up — go for it on fourth down, play redshirt freshman Matt Alviti or just return a punt every once in a while. Of course, whenever NU tries these things, they somehow lead to even more miscues. This doesn’t validate Fitzgerald for refusing to take risks. Instead, it just reinforces his inability to consistently prepare for victory, which is supposed to be one of his main goals. It’s one issue for the Cats to lack big plays or transcendent stars, but there is no excuse for not being able to execute the little things. The kind of performance the Cats had on Saturday is defining, in some way. Either this team is held to a higher standard, or we accept that the recent renaissance was nothing but a blip in this team’s long-standing ignominious history. President Morton Schapiro, athletic director Jim Phillips and Fitzgerald have all promised more than what we saw Saturday, and they’re currently failing, miserably. Perhaps nothing is more representative of how infuriating watching this team is than what happened with around eight minutes to go in the fourth quarter Saturday. After an 18-play, 90-yard drive, NU faced a third-and-goal around the 10-yard line, losing 7-0. A short pass on third down gave the impression the Cats’ offense would come back out on fourth down and try to tie the game. Inexplicably, Fitzgerald opted for a field goal. After a 19-play, 95-yard drive, Fitzgerald chose to kick. It made absolutely no sense at the time, and I’m still struggling to grasp the logic behind that decision. That drive was the only time all afternoon NU showed anything on offense, but it ended in a measly field goal. How could he trust the offense to march down the field again for a touchdown? But everyone watching the game felt the same way: not surprised. Not surprised NU made the wrong decision. Not surprised Fitzgerald folded again in an important situation. Not surprised the Cats chose the losing play. Somehow, Fitzgerald had an opportunity to redeem himself. He made another crazy decision by deciding to go for two at the end of the game. Siemian dropped back, rolled right … and fell down. Game over. No one was surprised.
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JUST SHORT Senior receiver Kyle Prater watches a ball sail just beyond his grasp early in the fourth quarter Saturday. Northwestern settled for a field goal on the drive and lost 10-9 on a failed two-point conversion.
a late touchdown, but two first-half interceptions kept the game scoreless into the third quarter. Redshirt freshman Matt Alviti spelled Siemian for several plays in the first half, carrying three times for minus-two yards and taking a sack on what would have been his only pass attempt. Freshman running back Justin Jackson was unable to provide the spark he did earlier in the season, carrying 17 times for just 35 yards. NU’s offensive struggles crested later in the third quarter. After a 79-yard interception return by senior safety Ibraheim Campbell, who played well in his return from a hamstring injury, NU started its drive on the Michigan 15-yard line. The Cats proceeded to lose five yards on a reverse, two on a sack and 21 on an intentional grounding penalty before punting. The offense sped up in the fourthquarter, driving 95 and 74 yards as Siemian finally got into a rhythm. “We definitely used our tempo to
our advantage,” Jones said. “We just stepped up and made plays when we needed to.” After giving up 48 points in their worst performance of the season last week, the Cats’ defense responded in a big way Saturday, keeping NU in the game despite the offense repeatedly shooting itself in the foot. NU held Michigan to 256 total yards, with two interceptions in the red zone keeping the game from getting out of hand and setting the stage for the late dramatics. “We were a lot more focused,” sophomore cornerback Matthew Harris said. “I’m not going to say last week we weren’t ready but we just didn’t play like it.” After a 22-yard fourth-quarter field goal from junior Jack Mitchell was answered by a Michigan field goal, Siemian took over with 3:10 left and drove the Cats for a would-be tying touchdown, hitting Jones from three yards out with three seconds left. Instead, Fitzgerald opted to leave
his offense on the field for a two-point conversion attempt. Siemian rolled right and, with a defender closing in, attempted to reverse his field and tumbled to the turf. It was another heartbreaker for NU against Michigan, which knocked off the Cats in overtime in 2012 and 2013. This time, Fitzgerald turned down a shot at an extra period to attempt to win in regulation and had to watch as NU’s shot at a season-turning win slipped away. With its sixth loss of the season and fourth in a row, NU must now win out to reach bowl eligibility, a tough task with a trip to South Bend, Indiana, to face Notre Dame awaiting next Saturday. “We don’t need to worry about winning out, we need to worry about winning next week,” Fitzgerald said. “It comes back to how you prepare. That’s what I challenged the guys with after the game.” josephdiebold2015@u.northwestern.edu
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For the second time this season, No. 16 Northwestern (9-3-6, 4-1-3 Big Ten) and No. 2 Indiana (11-3-5, 3-3-2) scored a goal each and could not be separated after two overtime periods. But instead of the match ending in a draw, this time the Wildcats crashed out in the quarterfinals of the Big Ten Tournament after losing the penalty shootout to the Hoosiers 4-5 at Lakeside Field. Even though Cats senior goalkeeper Tyler Miller was able to make a save in the shootout and score a penalty kick of his own, senior midfielder Eric Weberman missed his spot-kick high, and sophomore midfielder Drew Rosenberg had to score to tie and continue the shootout but hit the crossbar from 12 yards out to give Indiana the victory. “We missed two that we didn’t miss in practice,” coach Tim Lenahan said of the shootout. “You can’t replicate the wind (at practice) … But I was really proud of the guys and the way they played against a
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BOXED OUT Senior defender Nikko Boxall goes for a header in a game against Penn State. His second goal of the season Sunday wasn’t enough to spare Northwestern from defeat.
top team. They gave it everything they had.” Before that, Hoosiers’ midfielder Dylan Lax opened the scoring with a good, driven shot from the outside of the box. Senior defender Nikko Boxall equalized for the Cats in the 38th minute when he turned in a header off of a good free kick. Indiana scored the first goal of the game, in the 17th minute. The Hoosiers broke quickly, and midfielder Matt Foldsey made a layoff that found Lax who drove a low, wellplaced shot to the back of the net that beat Miller at full stretch. It was an opportune time for Lax to score his first goal of the season.
The game settled down a bit after the goal, with NU doing a good job of absorbing pressure and countering quickly. With seven minutes to go in the half, a free kick from sophomore midfielder Brandon Medina found the head of Boxall, who made no mistake from short distance to equalize for the Cats and pick up his second goal of the season. The second half maintained some of the slightly slower pace from the end of the first period. Indiana put some pressure on the Cats goal towards the end of regulation but failed to score, and the teams remained inseparable at the 90th