Freshman vies for spot at Snowglobe music festival » PAGE 3
sports Volleyball Looking to rebound, Cats turn to freshman stud Abbott » PAGE 8
opinion Matney Why NU isn’t doing enough to foster political activism » PAGE 4
High 33 Low 23
The Daily Northwestern DAILYNORTHWESTERN.COM
Wednesday, November 12, 2014
Find us online @thedailynu
NU faculty train CPS principals By julia jacobs
the daily northwestern @juliarebeccaj
Sean Su/Daily Senior Staffer
HONORING A HERO Carl Wilson, a 101-year-old World War II veteran, is honored at the city’s annual Veterans Day ceremony. Wilson is one of about 1 million surviving World War II veterans, according to the National World War II Museum’s website.
Veterans Day celebration honors service members By Mike Marut
daily senior staffer @mikeonthemic93
Evanston held its annual Veterans Day ceremony Tuesday, where city officials and residents gathered
Medill to create new program in San Francisco The Medill School of Journalism, Media, Integrated Marketing Communications will open a new program in San Francisco in the next academic year. Medill is looking for a location in San Francisco to establish the school, Medill Dean Brad Hamm said. The school will be more extensive Using that than Medill’s model of journalism bureau in working Washingtogether, we ton, D.C., which hosts believe that graduate there’s a big students stage where we for most could do this in of the year and underSan Francisco. graduate students Brad Hamm, during WinMedill dean ter Quarter. The San Francisco site will be “more like a full school,” Hamm said and will include undergraduate and graduate programs in both journalism and Integrated Marketing Communications, as well as alumni events, workshops and career services. “It’s a comprehensive Medill
“
to honor those who serve and have served in the U.S. armed forces. Veterans and residents, both young and old, attended the ceremony, which took place at Fountain Square at Orrington Street and Davis Street. Some spoke at the event, including Mayor Elizabeth Tisdahl. program in San Francisco,” Hamm said. Hamm said the new site would help the journalism school become a “coast-to-coast” program, as Medill has increased its journalism residency locations on the West Coast in recent years. “Our goal then would be to take this school, combined with the best of technology and innovation, and see what develops,” Hamm said, noting San Francisco’s proximity to Silicon Valley. The new school’s programs, while still being determined, will feature a combination of journalism and technology, similar to the Knight Lab media project, a collaboration between Medill and the McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Sciences. “Using that model of working together, we believe that there’s a big stage where we could do this in San Francisco,” Hamm said. Hamm also said the new school’s location is ideal for the Integrated Marketing Communications program, which is not offered in Washington, D.C. Medill is also working on an initiative to give every student opportunities to go abroad. Hamm said he is trying to raise money for Medill scholarships to fund this, whether through short reporting trips, Northwestern study abroad programs or international journalism residencies.
Serving the University and Evanston since 1881
— Jeanne Kuang
This year marked a special occasion for 101-year-old Carl Wilson, a World War II veteran who was a main honoree. Wilson said he grew up in Evanston and attended high school before joining the U.S. » See veterans, page 5
Northwestern is helping develop leadership skills in high-performing Chicago Public Schools principals through a one-year training program provided by NU faculty. Faculty from the School of Education and Social Policy and the Kellogg School of Management’s Center for Nonprofit Management designed the new program, which will operate for the next three years, said Liz Livingston Howard, director of nonprofit executive education at Kellogg. The Chicago Public Schools Principals Fellowship program’s first 21 participants, all CPS principals, will attend six days of training led by NU faculty, receive oneon-one coaching and have their leadership skills assessed by their colleagues, said Livingston Howard, who was part of the program design team. The first training session was held last month. “It’s a tremendous opportunity for Northwestern to have two schools partnering to have significant impact on the leadership of an important institution like the CPS,” Livingston Howard said. The initiative also aims to increase retention of top principals by requiring that participants commit to CPS leadership roles for the next three years, said SESP Prof. James Spillane, key designer
of the program. He said the program hopes to promote a desire to improve the school district. “These fellows will not only think about their own schools, which of course is critical, but that they also begin to think about school leadership and management more broadly within the school system,” Spillane said. The Fellowship program is financed by the Chicago Public Education Fund, which has provided $500,000, as well as the Crown Family. Former University President Henry Bienen first introduced the idea to NU faculty about a year ago after it was discussed between CPS and the Chicago Board of Education, Spillane said. “There is nothing more important for CPS than training and broadening the best principals,” Bienen said in an email to The Daily. “They are the key to how schools work.” One of the central lessons of the program is the theory of distributed leadership, which places focus on not only the CEO or principal but others who are involved in leading and managing, Spillane said. “The reality of leading and managing complex organizations like public schools is that it involves many hands, and as a result we need more complex conceptual frameworks for thinking about the actual work of leadership,” Spillane said. CPS screened applicants through » See cps, page 6
GES exhibit looks at race, identity By Shane McKeon
the daily northwestern @Shane_McKeon
A group within Global Engagement Summit launched a Tumblr page and physical gallery profiling 14 Northwestern students and their experiences with race and identity. “Fourteen Frames” opened at Norris University Center on Nov. 5, the same day the Tumblr page went live with supplemental videos of some of the gallery’s subjects. The OpenShutter Project, a group within GES that focuses on discussing social change through art and visual media, organized the exhibit. The page contains links to short videos of some of the students, who discuss what race and identity mean to them. In addition, other students can submit their own views on race through a text field linked on the page. Medill junior Kalina Silverman, co-founder and copresident of the Mixed Race Student Coalition, was featured in the gallery and said it is important to discuss race on college campuses.
Nathan Richards/Daily Senior Staffer
Framing discussion “Fourteen Frames” a gallery that profiles Northwestern students’ experiences with race, is displayed at Norris University Center. The OpenShutter Project, a group within Global Engagement Summit, created the gallery as well as a corresponding Tumblr page.
“Race is a tricky phenomenon to navigate on campus, especially when you grow up defining yourself a certain way,” Silverman said. “Then you come to campus and your philosophies and political views are also swayed as you learn more and more. It’s up to you to choose how to
define yourself, and that can be very tricky.” The OpenShutter Project reached out to groups on campus — Greek organizations, multicultural groups, religious groups — and asked those who were interested in participating to sign up for an interview. These interviews,
participants said, were informal, open conversations about their views on and experiences with race. The group filmed these conversations and posted short clips from them on the Tumblr. Weinberg junior Roshan » See frames, page 6
INSIDE Around Town 2 | On Campus 3 | Opinion 4 | Classifieds & Puzzles 6 | Sports 8
2 NEWS | the daily northwestern
WEDNESday, NOVEMBER 12, 2014
Around Town Art center discusses moving process By BEN SCHAEFER
the daily northwestern @BSchaefer27
From the gallery floor of the Harley Clarke Mansion, Evanston Art Center staff announced the finalized purchase of art center’s new home on 1717 Central St. and spoke about their plans moving forward. “This is the announcement the Evanston Art Center has been waiting three years to make,” executive director Norah Diedrich said Tuesday morning. The center closed on the $2 million purchase Monday. Diedrich said the center expects to receive a permit for demolition of the current building’s interior by the end of next week. With the help of architectural design firm The Dobbins Group, the center will begin clearing and then renovating the new location. Renovation is expected to finish by May. In the meantime, the center will continue programming and classes in its current location at the Harley Clarke Mansion, 2603 Sheridan Road. Diedrich said she hopes to stay in the mansion until May so as not to disrupt their spring class schedule, citing the fact that tuition revenues make up 70 percent of the center’s budget.
Police Blotter Northwestern student arrested in connection with public urination and false identification A Northwestern student was arrested Saturday after urinating in an alley way and presenting a fake ID, police said. The student was caught urinating in an alley in the 1500 block of Central Street at 2:30 p.m. on Saturday, Evanston police Cmdr. Jay Parrott
The fundraising campaign for the relocation, called See the Bigger Picture, has brought in almost $1.9 million so far. “We had a lot of people willing to donate when we didn’t have a building,” said director of development and communications Paula Danoff. “That really reaffirmed that people wanted this in the community.” Donations of more than $500,000 have come from two sources, one anonymous and one from Jennifer Pritzker, an Evanston billionaire who wanted to purchase the Harley Clarke Mansion to open a bed-and-breakfast Organizers of the campaign have drawn on various networks, including board members, previous donors and current students, who were encouraged to raise $250. The center will provide opportunities in its future location for culinary arts, metalworking, digital fabrication and other new media. In addition to these new resources, Diedrich said she hopes the location will become more of a community resource. “The Evanston Art Center needs to reinvent itself and move from a cultural center to a civic center,” she said. “If we’re going to be open and the lights are going to be on, we want people in there. We want user-driven programming.” Increased open space and movable walls in the main gallery will open the center for more public gatherings such as film showings and
dance shows. The location will also include an Art Bar cafe to provide a space for meetings and for patrons to spend We had a lot of time. people willing to donate “If we can have when we didn’t have people a building. That really linger reaffirmed that people and want to spend wanted this in the more community. time on Central Paula Danoff, Street, Evanston Art Center that director of development and would communications be very good for the community,” Ald. Jane Grover (7th) said. With increased capabilities and programming, the center hopes it can play a greater role in professional development for its students, Diedrich said. “Engineering jobs are being outsourced, but what Americans bring is creativity,” Bill Floyd, trustee and chair of relocation, said. “We can help our students learn in ways that can still help them in the 21st century.”
said. When questioned by police, the student then presented an ID from Texas that was determined to be fraudulent, Parrott said. The student had been drinking, Parrott said.
said. Two men who knew each other got into a verbal argument on the sidewalk, Parrott said. One man punched the other with a closed fist to the face, Parrott said. The man who was punched, a 41-year-old from Evanston, suffered minor lacerations to his lip and experienced some swelling on the left side of his face, Parrott said. He refused medical attention, Parrott said.
Evanston man arrested in connection with battery
An Evanston man was arrested Monday in connection with simple battery, police said. Police responded to an incident at 6:45 p.m. at Greenwood Street and Sherman Avenue, Parrott
“
benjaminschaefer2017@u.northwestern.edu
— Marissa Mizroch
The Daily Northwestern www.dailynorthwestern.com Editor in Chief Ciara McCarthy
eic@dailynorthwestern.com
General Manager Stacia Campbell
stacia@dailynorthwestern.com
Newsroom | 847.491.3222 Campus desk
campus@dailynorthwestern.com
City desk
city@dailynorthwestern.com
Sports desk
sports@dailynorthwestern.com
Ad Office | 847.491.7206
spc-compshop@northwestern.edu
Fax | 847.491.9905 The Daily Northwestern is published Monday through Friday during the academic year, except vacation periods and two weeks preceding them and once during August, by Students Publishing Co., Inc. of Northwestern University, 1999 Campus Drive, Evanston, IL 60208; 847-4917206. First copy of The Daily is free, additional copies are 50 cents. All material published herein, except advertising or where indicated otherwise, is Copyright 2014 The Daily Northwestern and protected under the “work made for hire” and “periodical publication” clauses of copyright law. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to The Daily Northwestern, 1999 Campus Drive, Evanston, IL 60208. Subscriptions are $175 for the academic year. The Daily Northwestern is not responsible for more than one incorrect ad insertion. All display ad corrections must be received by 3 p.m. one day prior to when the ad is run.
Check out dailynorthwestern.com for breaking news
NU SENIORS: SIGN UP FOR YOUR
YEARBOOK
PORTRAIT
Now through Saturday, November 15 @ NORRIS Sign up at: www.OurYear.com NU Code: 87150
F CUS
2015 Syllabus Yearbook Northwestern University Questions? email: syllabus@northwestern.edu web site: www.NUsyllabus.com PHOTOGRAPHERS WILL BE IN NORRIS FOR A LIMITED TIME. Several poses will be taken – in your own clothes and with cap and gown. Your choice will be available for purchase. All senior portraits must be taken by Prestige Portraits/Life Touch. $10 sitting fee required.
THE DAILY NORTHWESTERN | NEWS 3
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 2014
On Campus Freshman DJ competes to play at music festival By EMILY CHIN
the daily northwestern
Few people can say they performed on the same stage as Disclosure, Skrillex and Zedd. Medill freshman Justice Skolnik may soon be one of them. Skolnik is competing to win a spot at the Snowglobe Music Festival in South Lake Tahoe, California. As of Monday night, he is currently second in the chart rankings, which is based on online votes, and has a good chance of winning the competition, he said. The festival will take place Dec. 29 to 31. “You get to meet all the big names,” Skolnik said “There’s a few thousand people who go to the festival, and they’ll hear your music, possibly search you on Soundcloud. And that’s how you get your name out there.” Skolnik said he views the competition as a stepping stone to getting more gigs as he hopes to make music his profession. “I know things take time,” he said. “Possibly you might make a hit song and blow up, but that rarely happens. Hopefully by the time I graduate I can be out there playing festivals, making music, having a solid fan base.” Skolnik’s goal is to get booked at San Francisco music festival Outside Lands in two years. “I want to reach that,” he said. “Nothing really
NU receives grant to buy electron detector through consortium
Northwestern researchers will soon be able to peer into the inside of a molecule thanks to an electron detector purchased for use in collaboration with the Chicago Biomedical Consortium. The CBC, a partnership between NU, the University of Chicago and the University of Illinois at
Source: Facebook
MAKING IT IN MUSIC Medill freshman Justice Skolnik is in a competition to win a spot at the Snowglobe Music Festival in California. Skolnik enjoys music mixing and hopes to do it professionally.
is going to hold me back.” Skolnik currently has 18 tracks on his Soundcloud, including remixes of Rihanna’s “Stay” and Clean Bandit’s “Rather Be.” “He has a unique ability to hear harmony unto everything,” Skolnik’s friend Michael Weston
said. “We’ll just be walking around, humming a song, and he can just remix it with his mouth.” Weston, a Weinberg freshman who has been helping Skolnik get votes for the competition, said Skolnik has a “unique talent” because he is able to mix together material from two worlds
Chicago, announced Tuesday a $3 million initiative that will provide innovative technology for use by consortium researchers. “Chicago leads the nation with this new model for more economically acquiring cutting-edge technology for multiple institutions,” Shohei Koide, CBC scientific co-director and UChicago professor said in the release. “This initiative enables the establishment of transformative instrumentation capabilities, which will allow Chicago-area researchers to stay at the forefront of biomedical discovery.” Researcers will be able to use the detector in the
University’s $5 million “cryo-electron microscope core facility” to study molecules. The detector is the first of its kind in the Midwest. In May 2014, the CBC created the Open Access Initiative, which allows researchers to use facilities at different participating universities free of cost. The new Infrastructure Initiative announced Tuesday, in conjunction with this program, is granting each university $1 million to acquire the technology to be used under the Open Access Initiative. The CBC is supported by the Searle Funds at The Chicago Community Trust. The CBC will fund
of music. Skolnik’s roommate Bowen Gerould has also been reaching out to his friends on Facebook, asking them to vote for Skolnik. “It’s really cool to support someone you know on such a big stage,” said Gerould, a Weinberg freshman. During the summer, Skolnik won another music competition by house producer 3LAU after he remixed one of 3LAU’s songs. His prize was a Skype session with 3LAU and his manager and new DJ equipment. “It was unreal,” Skolnik said. “I never thought I would get to speak with anyone who was famous in the music industry … He told me to keep up with it because he thought I had a lot of potential and thought that I could go somewhere with music.” 3LAU dropped out of Washington University in St. Louis as a sophomore, but Skolnik isn’t looking to give up school for music. He asked 3LAU how to maintain a balance between the two. “When I come back from class, I tend to just go straight to music versus homework,” Skolnik said. “I try to spend two to three hours a day making music. It’s hard to balance it because we have so much work here.” emilychin2018@u.northwestern.edu
three projects: the detector, a $1.6 million cryoelectron microscope at UChicago and a “suite of systems to establish a Single Cell Analysis Core” at UIC. “Thanks to the generosity of the Searle Funds at The Chicago Community Trust, this latest gift will build on our existing expertise in cryoEM,” Jay Walsh, NU’s vice president for research, said in the release. Walsh also said the partnership will foster relationships with UChicago and UIC. — Olivia Exstrum
NOTHING SAYS YOU’VE ARRIVED NOTHING S AYS YOU’ V E A RRIV ED LIKE THE TITLE: NUCLEAR OFFICER.
LIKE THE TITLE: NUCLEAR OFFICER. NOTHING S AYS YOU’ V E A RRIV ED LIKE THE TITLE: NUCLE AR OFFICER.
yourself in truly elite company. one. the Navy NuclearOffi Propulsion Officer PutPut yourself in truly elite company. From dayFrom one. day In the NavyInNuclear Propulsion cer
Teach Lessons That Will Last a Lifetime Choose your country and program:
peacecorps.gov/openings
It only takes an hour to apply! 1.855.855.1961 | chicago@peacecorps.gov Northwestern Univ
Enjoytoangain impressive salary. Extraordinary ts. AsLearn well asmore. world-class technical training. Ready experience beyond yourbenefi years? WANT TO LEARN MORE? CONTACT YOUR NAVY RECRUITER Command a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier. A stealth submarine. TODAY. And teams of Sailors. Ready4MY-NAVY to gain experience beyond your years? Learn more. XXX-XXX-XXXX JOBS_districtnametogohere@navy.mil (800) jobs_chicago@navy.mil WANT TO LEARN MORE? CONTACT YOUR NAVY RECRUITER TODAY.
*Depending on location. ©2010. Paid forYOUR by theNAVY U.S. Navy. All rights TODAY. reserved. WANT TO LEARN MORE? CONTACT RECRUITER XXX-XXX-XXXX JOBS_districtnametogohere@navy.mil (800) 4MY-NAVY jobs_chicago@navy.mil
XXX-XXX-XXXX JOBS_districtnametogohere@navy.mil (800) 4MY-NAVY jobs_chicago@navy.mil *Depending on location. ©2010. Paid for by the U.S. Navy. All rights reserved. *Depending on location. ©2010. Paid for by the U.S. Navy. All rights reserved.
402DADGOF11
Seniors, apply now for a post-graduation assignment.
Candidate (NUPOC) program. upFrom to in$168,300* financial support as a student Put yourself in truly elite day one.support Ininthe Nuclear Office Candidate (NUPOC) program. Getcompany. up toGet $168,300* nancial asNavy a student. EnjoyPropulsion an Enjoy an (NUPOC) impressiveprogram. salary. Extraordinary benefits. As well world-class technical training Candidate in fias nancial impressive salary. Extraordinary benefiGet ts. Asupwelltoas$168,300* world-class technical training.support Commandas a studen Command a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier. A stealth submarine. And teams of Sailors Enjoy impressive salary. Extraordinary benefi ts.Navy As well world-class technical trainin a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier. A stealth And teams of as Sailors. Ready Putan yourself in truly elite company. From submarine. day one. In the Nuclear Propulsion Offitocergain Ready to gain experience beyond your years? Learn more. Command a(NUPOC) nuclear-powered aircraft carrier.inAfinancial stealthsupport submarine. And teams of Sailor Candidate program. Getmore. up to $168,300* as a student. experience beyond your years? Learn
Opinion
Join the online conversation at www.dailynorthwestern.com
Wednesday, November 12, 2014
PAGE 4
NU’s commitment to political activism is empty lucas matney
Daily columnist
In early September, University President Morton Schapiro sent out an email to current Northwestern students, encouraging us to continue to engage in political and social issues on campus in the upcoming academic year. Among other things, Schapiro pledged that his office would “continue to foster an environment that includes free expression and a robust exchange of ideas.” With the quarter winding down, where has this “uncomfortable learning that contributes significantly to greater understanding” been? NU is a campus that can often seem to lag behind other esteemed universities in terms of political activism. The “Northwestern bubble” that Schapiro has referenced in the past often seems to be so self-focused that it is only when harsh or thoughtless incidents directly avail
themselves that we critically engage the topics. This leads to a dearth of national and international topics gaining campus activism as they fail to breach our little microcosm. There’s a temptation to blame the lack of activism solely on the students, but on a campus as intellectually engaged as NU, that’s an unlikely conclusion. While the Office of the President insists that it is making NU’s political and social activism on campus a priority, the lack of communication coming directly from the office proves that they are unwilling to get their hands dirty and foster these passionate exchanges at the expense of making headlines. A first step for increasing engagement is heightening communication — the Office of the President engages with students far too infrequently. One unfortunate feature of the social and political communication that does make its way out of the office is that it can often be so highly manicured and filled with buzzwords that it misses the grittiness that should accompany the “occasionally uncomfortable learning” Schapiro references. Unfortunately, meaningful dialogue from
NU is often minimized and passed through Student Affairs departments that often lack the resources and reach to fully engage issues on a University-wide level, much less on a level that expands outside campus. What results from this compartmentalized communication strategy are misused and frustrated departments consistently reaching out to the same students that follow them on social media and subscribe to their email lists. This not only yields conversations and events filled with like-minded students feeding and reinforcing their own conceptions, but also it isolates passionate persons from their fellow students due to the wide information gap on key topics. The simple act of the Office of the President responding to a situation can have a great deal of impact on drawing attention and building up conversations regarding a topic. The Office needs to take a much more prominent role in being an active participant in responding and engaging student activism rather than watching from the sidelines or waiting until the issue is “solved” to make a statement.
If the president and the rest of the administration truly wish to achieve a “robust The exchange of ideas,” simple act of then the University the Office of needs to put the onus on themselves the President for engaging with responding to topics in a less reactionary mana situation can ner and working in have a great deal greater conjunction of impact on with student groups and student affairs drawing attention departments to reach and building up out to all students and truly foster an conversations intellectual landregarding a topic. scape that can critically engage key issues.
“
Lucas Matney is a Medill junior. He can be reached at lucasmatney2016@u.northwestern.edu. If you would like to respond publicly to this column, send a Letter to the Editor to opinion@dailynorthwestern.com.
The personality question we should be asking ourselves tom cui
Daily columnist
How are we supposed to think about the controversy over the “Jail N’ Bail” fundraiser planned by Kappa Kappa Gamma and Zeta Beta Tau? I have heard at least three different answers to that question, stirring as it has been over the past two weeks. One way is to name Kappa and ZBT as accomplices in racism. Another is to accuse the protestors as “left-wing radicals.” But there is a third way to think about the problem, a way usually not seen in print: asking both sides “why do you care, anyway?” “Why do you care?” is a question that shows up far beyond a single conflict with a Greek organization. It is a question I ask myself whenever I pass students fundraising for their student group in the dead of winter or performers surrendering sleep during the final week of rehearsals. Despite how often it pops up
in my thoughts, I do not actually ask it to anyone. As far as I can see, no one else likes asking it either. Yet only now, on the cusp of graduation, have I realized how important a question it is. Some context is needed here. The big problem concerns every conflict on campus due to divides in the student body: North versus South campus, Greek versus nonGreek and so forth. Vastly different perspectives on how to view the world and live life create these divides and cause disputes. The apparent solution is dialogue, making attempts to work out differences between seemingly disparate views. If the solution is that simple, why do we not see more dialogue on this campus? For a long time, I assumed people simply thought the cost of dialogue was too great, believing it will either fail or be emotionally draining. But then another question arises: Why do we believe this, even though no side ever promises unsuccessful dialogue? Instead of accusing other NU students of some hidden agenda, assume something about how they think about the world. I will call one group “hedgehogs” and another
group “foxes.” Hedgehogs are those who are inclined to see the world through one intellectual lens, like “technological progress” or “white supremacy.” Foxes naturally see the world in many ways, choosing whichever way feels best at the moment. This distinction was introduced 51 years ago by philosopher Isaiah Berlin. He focused not only on pure foxes and hedgehogs, but also on hybrids of the two. You may think you are a hedgehog in the right when you are actually a fox in need of some clarity in the world. You may think you are a versatile fox when you are in fact a hedgehog lacking a doctrine to follow. The way dialogue is often sparked is with arguments about how you should act one way or the other. Hedgehogs appeal to definitive concepts, like an act’s wrongness; foxes appeal to intuition and what they feel is the best to do. Hedgehogs respond to arguments with conviction in their own theories; foxes respond by thinking about whether those arguments feel good to them. But hybrid thinkers are silenced by these back-and-forths. Think about a fox acting like a hedgehog out of a need for clarity; they
act like a hedgehog not out of conviction, but out of defense. Someone may appear to think in a certain way, but that appearance does not reflect what really motivates them. If we treat them based on how they claim to see the world, we will risk conjuring responses that are to them offenses. Here is the power of asking “Why do you care?” instead of “Why should you care?” How we think we should see the world may not be what is most natural to us, and a stranger asking about our motivations can be what we need to reflect on our ways. The first question is a beacon that shines upon real beliefs instead of defense mechanisms. We rarely mention on this campus divides between approaches to thinking, but that just means there is unlocked potential in questioning a stranger’s inherent foxiness or hedgehogness. Maybe our campus would have fared a bit better had I realized this earlier, but now is as good a time to start as any. Tom Cui is a Weinberg senior. He can be reached at tianfangcui2015@u.northwestern.edu. If you would like to respond publicly to this column, send a letter to the editor to opinion@dailynorthwestern.com
GM should be held accountable for faulty car parts burak sekerci
Daily columnist
On Feb. 7, 2014, General Motors Corp. announced a recall for nearly 800,000 cars due to faulty ignition switches, which may have caused the deaths of 74 people and many injuries. GM covered the problem for almost a decade, by settling or signing confidentiality agreements with the victim’s families. The U.S. government also didn’t show enough interest in the topic during these years, even though reports showed that there was a problem with the car itself. A July 2005 crash resulted in the death of a 16-year-old girl. During the crash the airbag of her Chevy Cobalt failed to go off. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration was informed about the issue but never followed up on it. GM has known about the issue for years now, and yet they waited eleven years to disclose this information with the public and recall the faulty cars. The recall number has reached almost 29 million cars. The reason behind all these recalls and accidents is the faulty ignition switch that GM approved in the first place in 2002. A sudden movement of the car keys can cut the power to the engine, stalling the car and disabling the airbag at the time of an accident, when the driver would need it the most. As mentioned in GM’s internal investigation, the engineers knew that the ignition switch was below standards for GM. From 2002 to 2006 GM tried to
fix the problem with different groups of engineers; however, they did not account the fact that when the ignition switch fails and power is cut off the airbags do not deploy. Instead, a team from Indiana University linked the faulty switches with the failure of the airbags after some accidents were reported around 2007. According to an article published in the Wall Street Journal on Sunday, GM had ordered half a million parts in order to fix the problem before they recalled the cars. The recalls happened two months after GM made the order for the parts. The news that emerged Sunday just adds another reason not to trust GM and any of its products. It is sad to see a company acting so poorly when it comes to customer safety. Not only did they wait ten years to disclose this problem with the public, but GM also waited an extra two months until they recalled their cars even though they had already made the part orders for the faulty ignition switches. The fact that GM did try to fix the problem for four years but failed to do so is a disturbing one. The engineers at GM didn’t understand the fact that the failure of the ignition switch would cause the airbags to not deploy. So what does this say about the employee quality of GM? These are engineers that should be hand picked to design every part of a car with scrutiny, thinking about consumer safety at every step. The internal investigation reports “a GM engineer chose to use an ignition switch in certain cars that was so far below GM’s own specifications.” Then the question arises of how this could be the decision of a single
engineer. How did other engineers involved with these cars not see the fact that this switch could cause, at minimum, inconveniences for customers? If I’m able to ask this question, then the public must have its doubts about GM, which decreases the trustworthiness of this company. Over the past 11 years there were many complaints from customers and dealers about the faulty ignition switches. GM personnel also ignored these issues and concluded that this problem would only cause inconveniences and not safety issues. As accident reports came in, GM officials overlooked them and instead settled with the families. They did not show urgency in fixing the problem but they rather tried covering it up as best as they could. There was at least one case where the families of the victims settled with GM and signed confidentiality agreements. Again what does this say about the moral code of this company? GM tried so hard to save their own reputation as a company, but failed to sustain the safety of its customers. The NHTSA is also responsible in my terms. There were reports when these crashes were caused by the faulty switch. Although GM settled with the families NHTSA should still have looked into these reports. If they looked closely enough I am sure that they would connect the airbags with the faulty switches. By doing so NHTSA could have prevented some of the accidents and saved lives. Burak Sekerci is a McCormick sophomore. He can be reached at buraksekerci2017@u.northwestern.edu. If you would like to respond publicly to this column, send a Letter to the Editor to opinion@dailynorthwestern.com.
The Daily Northwestern Volume 135, Issue 39 Editor in Chief Ciara McCarthy
Opinion Editor Amy Whyte
Managing Editors Ally Mutnick Lydia Ramsey Rebecca Savransky
Assistant Opinion Editors Bob Hayes Angela Lin
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR may be sent to 1999 Campus Drive, Evanston, IL 60208, via fax at 847-491-9905, via e-mail to opinion@dailynorthwestern.com or by dropping a letter in the box outside The Daily office. Letters have the following requirements: • Should be typed and double-spaced • Should include the author’s name, signature, school, class and phone number. • Should be fewer than 300 words They will be checked for authenticity and may be edited for length, clarity, style and grammar. Letters, columns and cartoons contain the opinion of the authors, not Students Publishing Co. Inc. Submissions signed by more than three people must include at least one and no more than three names designated to represent the group. Editorials reflect the majority opinion of The Daily’s student editorial board and not the opinions of either Northwestern University or Students Publishing Co. Inc.
the daily northwestern | NEWS 5
WEDNESday, NOVEMBER 12, 2014
The
Alice Kaplan Institute for the Humanities
WINTER 2015 COURSES HUM 225-0 -20
MEDIA THEORY
Professor: James Hodge Day: TTH Time: 11:00-12:20 HUM 260-0-20 Humanities Explorations
ALTERNATIVES: MODELING CHOICE ACROSS THE DISCIPLINES
Professors: Morton Schapiro and Saul Morson Day: TTH Time: 12:30-1:50 HUM 302-0-20 New Perspectives in the Humanities
LIBERTY AND THE ENDS OF REVOLUTION IN THE ATLANTIC WORLD
Professor: Doris Garraway Day: TTH Time: 11:00-12:20
HUM 302-0-21 New Perspectives in the Humanities
OCEANIC STUDIES: LITERATURE, ENVIRONMENT, HISTORY
Professor: Harris Feinsod Day: TTH Time: 11:00-12:20 HUM 302-0-22 New Perspectives in the Humanities
POSTCOLONIAL URBAN ART AND AESTHETIC PRACTICE
Professor: Krista Thompson Day: TTH Time: 9:30-10:50
Photos by Sean Su/Daily Senior Staffer
Veterans From page 1
Army when he was 29 years old in June 1943. “It’s been quite an experience,” Wilson said. “The experience has been bumpy. I always tell everybody the first hundred years is the hardest. I’m getting along all right, must’ve been doing something right. The real man upstairs must be looking down on those humps and bumps.” Wilson is one of about a million surviving World War II veterans out of the 16 million who served, according to the National World War II Museum’s website. During the ceremony, city officials and American Legion Post 42, an Evanston veteran organization, thanked veterans for their service to their country. Attendees faced east at 11 a.m. in a moment of silence to honor the armistice that was signed at that time on Nov. 11, 1918, to end World War I. After the moment of silence, “Taps” played while five veterans fired blank cartridges into the air to honor fallen soldiers. Veterans from different wars in American history attended the event, including Korean War veteran Adam Kwiecinski. Kwiecinski joined the military in 1951 at age 21 and now represents American Legion Post 42. “On a day like today, we had a good turnout,” Kwiecinski said. “People appreciate the veterans. We do what we can … I always think to myself, I’m very lucky that I’m back here in the States. It was an experience, that’s for sure.” michaelmarut2016@u.northwestern.edu
6 NEWS | the daily northwestern
City police investigate fradulent charges in alleged taxi scam Police are investigating a series of fraudulent charges made in Evanston with the debit card of a man who said it was stolen by a Chicago
Wednesday, november 12, 2014 taxi driver. A man recently reported to Chicago police that after taking a cab in Chicago, his debit card was used in Evanston to make several illegal charges, Evanston police Cmdr. Jay Parrott said. The man tried to pay for the cab fare with his debit card, but the card reader in the back of the taxi was not working, police said. The man then gave his card over to the driver to
CPS
Frames
a rigorous process that involved multiple stages of interviews and did not involve NU faculty, Livingston Howard said. She said the principals will receive feedback about their leadership abilities from colleagues in their schools and will analyze the assessments with faculty from Kellogg, SESP or coaches It’s going to outside NU. Lori Ann Campbell, be valuable principal of John Marinformation shall Metropolitan High to push my School in the West Side of Chicago, is a current practice. program participant. She said she is awaiting results Lori Ann from her colleagues who Campbell, provided information on principal of how she handles stress, John Marshall builds teams and designs Metropolitan strategic plans. Although High School Campbell said the 360degree assessment is a bit unnerving, she said she sees value in looking at her own performance through that lens. “Some of the best feedback you can get is from someone else’s view and perception of you as a leader,” Campbell said. “It’s going to be valuable information to push my practice.” Campbell, who started as principal of Marshall High School in September, said she is grateful for the opportunity to study leadership district-wide because it enables her to pinpoint effective strategies at other schools and apply them to her own. The school is representative of a majority of the participant schools, which have predominantly low-income and minority student populations, according to a Chicago Public Education Fund news release. At the first academic training session last month, participants discussed different ways of thinking about leadership, Spillane said. He said he hopes the program creates “world-class school leaders” and that it is extended past the planned three years.
Abid, a member of the South Asian Student Alliance, also participated in the gallery. He said “Fourteen Frames” is especially valuable because it allows students to hear their peers’ experiences “firsthand.” “I think that this project is really cool because one thing people do when they address race and inclusion issues, they will acknowledge it, but it’s
From page 1
From page 1
“
juliajacobs2018@u.northwestern.edu
Feinberg profs write new guidelines for LGBT, intersex patients
Two Northwestern Medicine professors were involved in writing the new Association of American Medical Colleges guidelines dealing with LGBT and gender-nonconforming patients, the University announced Tuesday. Feinberg professors Alice Dreger and Scott Leibowitz worked on the guidelines, released Tuesday, which will update medical school curriculum to “improve care for patients who may be lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, gender nonconforming or intersex,” according to the
Across Campuses University of California plans steady tuition hikes For the first time in four years, University of California leaders are proposing tuition hikes — as much as 5 percent in each of the next five years — to help cover rising costs and to expand the enrollment of California students. For undergraduates who are California residents, tuition next year could rise to $12,804, not including room, board and books. By the 2019-20 school year, that could increase to $15,564. UC needs more money to help cover rising costs of retirement benefits, fund recent pay increases in employee contract settlements, hire more faculty and raise the number of California undergraduates by 5,000 over five years from the
pay, and the driver handed back to him a debit card and a receipt. However, the man said he did not realize the driver had given him someone else’s debit card, Parrott said. The card given to the passenger turned out to be that of someone who was ripped off in a similar scam a year before, police said. Police are very close to identifying the driver, who made several purchases in Evanston with
the card, Parrott said. Detectives are currently looking for video evidence that could be used to indicate the driver’s identity, he said. Evanston police are also investigating a similar scam in which illegal charges were made with a credit card in Evanston after a cab ride in Chicago, Parrott said. Police are not sure if the two incidents are related, he said. — Paige Leskin
hard to understand the issue from the perspective of the person involved,” Abid said. Abid also said the student-run, student-focused project would benefit the campus more than an administrator-run project. Communication sophomore Nikita Kulkarni, who was also featured in the gallery, agreed, saying student-to-student discussions of race often foster greater honesty. “I think when administrators do things, it automatically makes it seem like they’re being
condescending or like they’re just obligated to pay attention to you,” Kulkarni said. “It kind of tempts you to not say your true feelings. Whereas when it’s peer-run, peer-organized, you don’t feel like it’s something you’re forced to do. You share how you’re actually thinking about it.” Although the website will remain up indefinitely, the gallery at Norris is scheduled to come down Nov. 15.
release. “Our group is concerned that many wellmeaning physicians and medical students need more concrete help in caring for these populations,” Dreger, a co-editor of the guidelines and former chair of the Intersex Society of North America said in the release. “This document is aimed at bringing all American medical schools and practicing physicians up to speed on that.” There have been no official guidelines for addressing the health of LGBT, gender-nonconforming and intersex individuals until now, according to release. The guidelines identify 30 areas of competency medical professionals should have. Dreger said in the release these individuals are at an increased risk within the medical
arena as well as in general. She said she wants physicians to not contribute to this risk and instead “lead in terms of cultural change for these populations.” Leibowitz, a child and adolescent psychiatrist at the Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago, said often when young patients are dealing with gender identity and sexuality issues, many physicians feel inadequately trained to help. “Helping physicians understand how to care for all patients across the lifespan in terms of sex and gender development and sexuality is crucial in reducing some of the health risks that many youth currently face,” he said.
current 166,250, according to the proposal being formally released Thursday. Given all those pressures and goals, a tuition freeze could not continue into a fourth year, UC system President Janet Napolitano said. “The three-year hiatus was about as long as was wise,” said Napolitano, who became UC president just over a year ago after serving as U.S. secretary of Homeland Security and Arizona governor. Napolitano said tuition hikes could be reduced or even eliminated in all or some of the years if state funding for UC rises above the 4 percent annual increases currently anticipated. If the state doesn’t increase its UC spending, she said, she wanted to provide the 10-campus university and its 238,400 students a more dependable, longer-range and moderate schedule of increases. This comes in contrast to the steeper and erratic hikes imposed on students before tuition was frozen for the last three years,
she said. The proposed series of 5 percent increases “is the worst-case scenario for California students and their families, but it is a very predictable scenario,” she said in an interview. The proposal is scheduled to be debated and voted on by the UC regents at their Nov. 19-20 meeting in San Francisco, a gathering that could attract sizable student protests if history is repeated. Key regents said they expect the board will approve the plan. An important voice could be that of Gov. Jerry Brown, who serves on the regents board and won voter approval for tax increases two years ago that helped make the tuition freeze possible. He has opposed tuition hikes in the past and has criticized salary raises for UC executives while pushing for university spending cuts.
ShaneMcKeon@u.northwestern.edu
— Oliva Exstrum
—Larry Gordon (Los Angeles Times)
DAILY CLASSIFIEDS For Sale
Place a Classified Ad
Help Wanted
Trying to sell in Evanston? Place an ad here or online. Go to: dailynorthwestern.com/classifieds
CLASSIFIED ADS in The Daily Northwestern are $5 per line/per day (or $4 per line/per day if ad runs unchanged for 5 OR MORE c onsecutive days). Add $1/day to also run online. For a Classified Ad Form, go to: dailynorthwestern. com/classifieds FAX completed form with payment information to: 847-491-9905. MAIL or deliver to: Students Publishing Company 1999 Campus Dr., Norris-3rd Floor Evanston, IL 60208. Payments in advance are required. Deadline: 10am on the day before ad is to run. Office Hours: Mon-Thurs 9-5; Fri 9-4. Phone: 847-491-7206.
HELP WANTED ADS are accepted only from advertisers who are equal opportunity employers. The presumption, therefore, is that all positions offered here are available to qualified persons without discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, marital status, age, handicap, or veteran status.
FIND A JOB.
OR A TEXTBOOK.
OR AN APARTMENT. Go online to:
dailynorthwestern.com /classifieds
For Rent
It is the policy of The Daily Northwestern to accept housing advertising only from those whose housing is available without discrimination with respect to sexual Help Wanted orientation, race, creed or national origin. The presumption is therefore, that any housing listing Need part-time help? Place an appearing here is non-discriminaad here or online. Go to: dailynorthwestern.com/classifieds tory.
DAILY SUDOKU Complete the grid so each ROW, COLUMN and 3-by-3 BOX (in bold borders) contains every digit, 1 to 9. For strategies on how to solve Sudoku, visit www.sudoku.org.uk SOLUTION TO PREVIOUS PUZZLE
11/12/14
Level: 1 2 3 4
© 2014 The Mepham Group. Distributed by Tribune Media Services. All rights reserved.
DAILY CROSSWORD Do It Yourself. Post a Classified! Now anyone can post and manage a classified ad. Go to: DailyNorthwestern. com/classifieds Questions? Call 847-491-7206
Edited by Rich Norris and Joyce Nichols Lewis
the daily northwestern | NEWS 7
WEDNESday, NOVEMBER 12, 2014
National News Ohio State damages Michigan State’s playoff hopes with dominant victory EAST LANSING, Mich.—Michigan State fans can stop checking the College Football Playoff standings, dreaming about championships, making plans to be in Indianapolis on the first weekend of December. A stadium full of them Saturday saw the team that will be there on Dec. 6 instead—barring an improbable collapse in the final three games of the season, it’ll be the resurgent and redeemed Ohio State Buckeyes. They engineered a dramatic momentum reversal late in the first half, torched MSU’s defense with big plays all night and rolled to a 49-37 win in the Big Ten’s alleged game of the year. No. 13 OSU (8-1, 5-0 Big Ten) earned the revenge it has craved since losing 34-24 to MSU in last season’s Big Ten title game in Indianapolis, riding the
excellence of freshman quarterback J.T. Barrett (300 yards and three touchdowns passing, two touchdowns rushing) to a throttling of No. 7 MSU (7-2, 4-1) in front of 76,409 at Spartan Stadium. So unless OSU loses two of its final three games — at Minnesota, Indiana and Michigan at home — it will represent the new Big Ten East in the championship game. And its fans now have more reason to check the next CFP rankings Tuesday. The Spartans? It says something about what Mark Dantonio has done that they could end up with 10 wins and a Florida bowl game and be depressed about it. But in the two biggest games of the season for the defending Big Ten and Rose Bowl champs, the dominant defense of last season was nowhere to be found. Just as Oregon did in a 46-27 comeback win over MSU on Sept. 6, Ohio State exploited a secondary that hasn’t been able to make up for the losses of Darqueze Dennard and Isaiah Lewis. This looked like it was going MSU’s way late in the second quarter, when Jeremy Langford (137 yards, three touchdowns) appeared to give the Spartans a
China may open theaters to the sale of movie-themed merchandise LOS ANGELES — The head of China’s powerful state-run movie enterprise that supervises film imports wants to strengthen ties with Hollywood by selling merchandise in that country’s theaters. La Peikang, chairman of China Film Group, has launched a new initiative aimed at spurring consumer product sales at theaters in China’s fastgrowing exhibition sector. To test the project, the group has already selected 1,500 top-ranked theaters in China that will have their own shops selling movie-themed merchandise, such as toys, clothing, games and DVDs, La said in an interview with the Los Angeles Times. The initiative could give major Hollywood studios a potentially lucrative share of ancillary revenue in the world’s second-largest film market. The Chinese box office raked in $3.6 billion last year and is projected to reach $4.6 billion this year. The country is in the midst of a multiplex building boom. The number of movie theaters has more than doubled to 4,409 as of June, up from 2,000 in 2010. Despite the box-office growth, market restrictions and rampant piracy of toys and DVDs have frustrated Hollywood executives eager to tap into
Marcus Yam/Los Angeles Times/MCT
La PeiKang, chairman of the China Film Group, poses for a portrait after the conclusion of the discussion panel at the Chinese American Film Festival, in Pasadena, Calif., on Nov. 3, 2014.
the country’s vast market and expanding middle class that has a strong appetite for U.S. movies.
two-touchdown lead on an 11-yard scoring run. It was called back for a holding on Jack Allen. MSU’s Michael Geiger hooked an attempt from 39 yards, his fourth straight miss. And Michael Thomas took a short pass from Barrett on the next play, ran through a Darian Hicks tackle attempt and was gone for a 79-yard touchdown to make it 21-21. That sequence seemed to change everything. OSU got another touchdown in the half and didn’t stop scoring. And MSU still doesn’t have a home win over the Buckeyes since 1999. From the start, the offenses were in charge. Ohio State drove down the field but missed a 47-yard field goal. MSU got in fast for its first touchdown — a 44-yard bomb from Connor Cook (310 yards, two touchdowns passing) to Keith Mumphery, leading to a 15-yard catch and run for a Mumphery touchdown. He beat Gareon Conley on the bomb, ran over him on the touchdown. OSU responded with an Ezekiel Elliott 47-yard outside run leading to a Barrett 5-yard score. MSU’s Chris Frey jumped on a punt that went off the leg of OSU receiver Jeff Greene, and Langford ran through
a huge hole for a 33-yard score on the next play. Barrett responded with a 43-yard bomb to Devin Smith, on Hicks, on a third-and-23, leading to a Barrett scoring plunge on a fourth-and-1. MSU’s offense provided the ideal answer. The Spartans went 66 yards in 14 plays, eating 7:50 off the clock and getting runs from Cook to convert three third downs. Langford punched it in. Then MSU’s Jon Reschke forced a Dontre Wilson fumble on the ensuing kickoff. Spartan Stadium roared. It appeared Langford got in three plays later ... but the game broke the other way, sharply, instead. MSU drove for a field goal to start the second half, but OSU sandwiched forceful touchdown drives around a doomed fourth-and-5 run for MSU’s Nick Hill from the Ohio State 35. It was 42-24 early in the fourth when MSU got one back on a Cook pass to Josiah Price with 9:15 left, but OSU came right back down the field for the touchdown to make the rest of the time garbage time.
“In Hollywood, box office accounts for just 20 percent of total revenue, and the other 80 percent comes from consumer products, merchandise, theme parks or other businesses,” La said. “In China, most of the film revenue comes from the box office, and consumer products is nearly zero. We need to expand that in order to build a mature film industry in China.” Under the plan, China Film would set up licensing deals with studios and find manufacturers to design and produce the merchandise. Profits would be shared between China Film Group and the studios based on the level of sales, La said. “If a new film is going to be released in China by Disney, we can introduce some of the consumer products to be sold in our shops,” he said. La said he had already discussed his plan with major studio executives in Hollywood in March. “Of course, they showed their enthusiasm and interest in this project,” he said. Analysts say it’s difficult to predict how much money studios would collect from in-theater stores, given that theater owners and Chinese distributors also are likely to seek a share in the retail business. What’s more, studios currently collect only about 25 percent of box-office revenue from foreign movies imported into China. Nonetheless, the strategy could help combat the piracy problem by creating a legitimate outlet
for merchandise and giving the state a stake in protecting intellectual property. “It remains to be seen what kind of merchandise will be sold, but certainly that’s something that Hollywood would be interested in, given that the theatrical market (in China) is growing about 35 percent a year,” said Stanley Rosen, a professor of political science at the University of Southern California who specializes in China. “This is a concession to Hollywood, which is always clamoring for a chance to get additional revenue.” In January, La took over as head of China Film Group, which produces and distributes mainland movies and oversees the export and import of films. He replaced longtime Chairman Han Sanping, who presided over a period of rapid growth in China’s film industry. A former deputy to Han, La is a 31-year veteran of China’s film and TV industry with extensive international experience. From 2008 to 2013, he served as deputy director of State Administration of Press, Publication, Radio, Film and Television. La was in Los Angeles this week to attend the 10th annual Chinese American Film Festival and U.S.-China co-production summit organized by EDI Media Inc.
—Joe Rexrode (Detroit Free Press)
—Richard Verrier (Los Angeles Times)
Order your 2015 yearbook on CAESAR 1. Log on to CAESAR 2. Go to "Quick Links" click on
3. Check "order" and click save
Save $5 if you order next year's Syllabus yearbook today FOR INFO AND ALL THINGS YEARBOOK VISIT
www.NUSyllabus.com
SPORTS
ON DECK
ON THE RECORD
Volleyball 12 NU at Minnesota, 7 p.m. Wednesday
NOV.
The Big Ten is crazy right now. Everyone is beating everyone. — Taylor Tashima, freshman setter
Wednesday, November 12, 2014
@DailySports_NU
Abbott, Cats face Minnesota again Northwestern vs. Minnesota
Volleyball
Minneapolis 7 p.m. Wednesday
By MAX GELMAN
the daily northwestern
Symone Abbott and the rest of the Northwestern team are amped up about their next game. After falling to Illinois last Saturday, the Wildcats turn their attention to Minnesota, a team against which freshman hitter Abbott had early success. Abbott tallied a I don’t know if personal it was because best with 21 kills the we played last time Minnesota or if NU faced Golden it was just how the Gophers we were playing last month, and she is that day. looking Symone Abbott, forward freshman outside to facing hitter them once more on Wednesday. “I am really excited to play them again,” Abbott said. “I feel like the first time we played them, we came out and just played really well … I don’t know if it was because we played Minnesota or if it was just how we were playing that day, but I think we’re going to do really well against them tomorrow.” Junior libero Caroline Niedospial stressed the importance of Wednesday’s matchup. “We’re really close to (Minnesota) in the Big Ten standings, so definitely a huge match for both of us,” she said. “Hopefully we can get the win.” Coach Keylor Chan, in his usual
Daily sports @JulianeGerez
Nathan Richards/Daily Senior Staffer
GOPHER IT AGAIN Outside hitter Symone Abbott has been key for the Wildcats this season. The freshman was especially strong last time Northwestern played Minnesota, tallying a personal best 21 kills.
resigned demeanor, played down the impact a Cats win would have on the season’s outcome and instead focused on the match at hand. “Every game’s a big game in the Big Ten,” Chan said. “We know what the last part of the year is, you know, and it’s obviously important. We’re just going to have to play our best.” After the Fighting Illini defeated NU in four sets, the team’s main focus is to get back into the win column. But as freshman setter Taylor Tashima put it, you can never be sure what’s going to happen. “The Big Ten is really crazy right now,” Tashima said after Saturday’s loss. “Everyone is beating everyone. It doesn’t matter that we beat (Minnesota) before. It’s a new game.
They’ve been doing really well the past couple weeks. It’s just like our game against Illinois. It means just as much.” Abbott’s performance in the straight-set victory in October garnered her a second Big Ten Freshman of the Week award. This time around, Abbott has her sights set on something bigger: the NCAA tournament. “This is a huge game for us,” Abbott continued. “Minnesota’s sort of in the same boat that we are, struggling in the Big Ten, and we both need to win a fair amount of games to get to the tournament. And we’re both kind of on the edge. If we beat them twice handily and we beat them on their court, it’ll be more of a reason to pick
Football
us for the tournament.” “The most important thing is that we play as a team, and we play the best volleyball that we can,” Chan said when asked about the upcoming tournament. “The end result will happen, but we have to focus on what we can control, which is the process and doing the very best that we possibly can.” Fun fact about Wednesday’s matchup: If NU defeats Minnesota, they will match their final win totals from the past three seasons at 16. The Cats have also missed out on the NCAA tournament each of those seasons and are hoping to buck the trend starting Wednesday at 7 p.m. maxgelman2018@u.northwestrn.edu
Former Cats receiver Rashad Lawrence signed by Chicago Bears
Daily file photo by Brian Lee
Back in town Former Wildcats receiver Rashad Lawrence signed to the Bears’ practice squad Tuesday. Lawrence caught 96 catches for 1,165 yards in his Northwestern career, which ended last season.
Cats compete in Junior North American Cup
Loss may be blessing in disguise julian gerez
“
Fencing
Men’s Soccer
Northwestern fencers competed in the United States Fencing Association Junior North American Cup in Louisville, Kentucky this past weekend. The foilists took the strip Friday. Freshman Michelle Lee was the Wildcats’ top finisher in this foil event, placing 32nd of 159 fencers. Freshmen Stefani Kahookele and Lucia Procopio
Rashad Lawrence has another shot at the National Football League. The former Northwestern receiver, who graduated last year, was signed to the practice squad of the Chicago Bears on Tuesday, according to a team news release. The move comes in the wake of the Bears releasing veteran wideout Santonio Holmes. Lawrence signed with the Washington Redskins as an undrafted free agent in May but was later cut during training camp, never making the 53-man roster. He had 31 catches for 463 yards and a touchdown in his final season as a Wildcat and 96 catches, 1,165 yards and two touchdowns over his career. Lawrence is now the second NU alum on the Bears’ team, joining former Cats cornerback Sherrick McManis.
and sophomore Stella Pointeau also fenced, landing 58th, 99th and 96th, respectively. Next, two NU fencers were in action Saturday in the epee competition. Freshman Katie Van Riper finished 68th, while her classmate Anna Tolley tied for 82nd of 180 total competitors. Finally, the sabres had their turn Sunday in the sabre
— Bobby Pilotte
tournament. Sophomore Cindy Oh notched the Cats’ best result at 49th of 138 fencers. Meanwhile, freshman Emine Yucel landed five spots behind her at 54th and sophomore Ania Parzecki placed 102nd. NU returns to action Friday for a scrimmage at Notre Dame. — Alex Lederman
This month, No. 16 Northwestern (9-3-6, 4-1-3 Big Ten) beat Wisconsin in its last Big Ten regular season game. The Wildcats finished the conference season with 15 total points, just a single point out of first place and the Big Ten regular season championship. But even though NU only lost one conference game and went undefeated at home all season, it earned the third seed in the Big Ten Tournament. The Cats had to face the sixth seed in the conference: then-No. 2 Indiana, one of the most successful programs in the history of collegiate soccer. “That’s your reward,” coach Tim Lenahan said after the game against Wisconsin that sealed their tournament rivals. “You finish one point out of first and you play the number one team in the country.” There was a bit of a silver lining: At least the Cats would get to play at home. And so NU took on one of the best teams in the country at Lakeside Field on Sunday and lost in penalty kicks after double overtime, ending NU’s chances at a Big Ten title. But maybe the loss was a blessing in disguise for the Cats’ chances at success in the NCAA Tournament, which Lenahan described as the “first and foremost” goal of the program he has helped build in his 14 years as a head coach. The team will have an opportunity to prepare and focus for its matches instead of increasingly tiring its players with more games. The Cats usually have trouble with midweek games, as evidenced by their surprising loss against Loyola Chicago. Additionally, 7 of the 18 games this season for NU have gone into overtime, so players the team leans on a little bit more heavily, including Nathan Dearth, Joey Calistri, Cole Missimo, Connor Holloway, Brandon Medina and even goalkeeper Tyler Miller — all of whom have played in every single game this season — may be a little worn out. The team is built in Lenahan’s traditional counterattacking style and is strongest in its defensive qualities, which in a singleelimination tournament setting can be more advantageous than an offensively stacked team. Thus, after some time off, the Cats should be dangerous in the NCAA Tournament. NU has the fifth best goals-against average in the country, conceding only 11 goals in 18 games. Anchored at the back by senior goalkeeper Tyler Miller, who is essential to the team not only with his incredible saves but his leadership in marshaling the defensive unit. Ahead of him, the rock-solid center back pairing of senior defender Nikko Boxall and sophomore defender Nathan Dearth have been able to shut down their opponents to great success. Offensively, two players have burst onto the scene for NU this season. Sophomore forward Mike Roberge scored three straight goals in three straight conference matches earlier in the season, including the match-winning goal against Penn State. Junior midfielder Cole Missimo scored only one goal in each of his last two seasons but has put 5 goals into the back of the net this year in addition to four assists. And last year’s top scorer, junior forward Joey Calistri, who fell into a 6-game goalscoring drought, is now finding the back of the net again with his brace against Wisconsin. The attack hasn’t entirely gelled yet, but the defense is its usual solid self. Forget football, there’s much to look forward to this year in the realm of “futbol” for NU. juliangerez2017@u.northwestrn.edu