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Greek leaders look to increase inclusivity By alice yin

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conservative conversation Former U.S. Sen. Rick Santorum speaks in Fisk Hall on Wednesday night. Santorum, who ran for president in 2012, spoke on American foreign policy.

Santorum talks national security

Haley Smith said she never thought that much about race until she walked into her first sorority recruitment event.

The African-American Medill sophomore said there were few women of color in Norris University Center that day in Winter Quarter 2014, when she and hundreds of other students were split into potential new member groups for recruitment.

“I remember looking around and feeling a bit intimidated,” Smith said. “It just made me more aware. Being in a whitemajority campus, you’re always aware you’re a minority.”

However, Smith, now a member of Kappa Alpha Theta, said she is glad she joined Greek life and does not feel out of place. She said diversity in Greek life is a topic she is still figuring out.

This month, Panhellenic Association is also reflecting on diversity and inclusion, with plans to add new positions and resources to its 12 sorority chapters.

Impetus for change The initiatives were first introduced in

PHA president Frances Fu’s public apology regarding Kappa Kappa Gamma’s canceled “Jail N’ Bail” philanthropy event.

In the statement, Fu asked the student body to forgive the Greek community for any harm caused by the event’s planned mock jail imagery, which students criticized online for being insensitive on socioeconomic and racial grounds.

Letters to the Editor published in The Daily in response to “Jail N’ Bail” pointed out PHA and Interfraternity Council’s 71 percent white demographics, collected from a winter 2014 Student Affairs assessment. In contrast, Northwestern’s total undergraduate population was 54 percent white last academic year, according to the Office of Enrollment.

Relative to their proportions to the NU student body, black students were the most underrepresented, followed by international students, then Asian and Pacific Islander students, then Latinos, which were almost equally represented.

The PHA and IFC community as of Winter Quarter 2014 comprises about 35 percent of NU’s undergraduate population, according to the Student Affairs survey. About 2 percent of students are in the other two Greek councils for multicultural-interest fraternities and sororities.

Smith said she is one of the few black

students in Theta and that it is “obvious I don’t look like a lot of the other girls in my chapter.” She said she realized during recruitment that most minority students don’t join PHA. “I think it matters,” Smith said. “Does it make me feel like I don’t belong? No. But it does make me feel like there could be more of an open discussion amongst all of us why that is.”

New initiatives In an interview Tuesday, Fu told The Daily that PHA is working to address diversity in its chapters.

A memo distributed to all PHA presidents at a meeting Tuesday outlines a preliminary plan to establish a diversity and inclusion chair in each chapter.

The chairs will be tasked with evaluating inclusivity in the chapters and their public relations. The document also encourages the diversity and inclusion chairs to work on aligning each chapter’s values with other organizations on campus.

Though the recent controversy was centered around race and socioeconomic status, the memo addresses many different types of diversity, Fu said. It begins by defining diversity to include race, » See greek, page 7

Former U.S. senator draws bipartisan crowd for NUCR fall speaker event on Wednesday

By Tyler Pager

daily senior staffer @tylerpager

Former U.S. Sen. Rick Santorum spoke Wednesday night to more than 200 people in Fisk Hall on how America must take leadership on national security issues.

Santorum, a former Republican senator from Pennsylvania and 2012 U.S. presidential candidate, came to campus as College Republicans’ fall speaker.

He outlined four key points for successful American foreign policy. He first discussed the importance a strong economy to support the nation’s military. He then emphasized the need for America to

regain its military strength, which in turn, would serve to deter threats from other countries and lead to peace.

“We need to send out a signal to the world that we are strong, we are capable,” Santorum said. “We are in a situation that makes us much more vulnerable to foreign threats … We need to re-engage and better fund our military capability.”

Santorum’s third point was the need to understand and clearly define threats that America faces, which he said both former President George W. Bush and President Barack Obama failed to do. For example, Santorum said, the 2009 shooting at Fort Hood and other similar acts of violence » See santorum, page 9

ASG disputes drug policy on Ski Trip By olivia exstrum

daily senior staffer @olivesocean

Two emergency resolutions raised at Senate passed Wednesday night, one challenging Northwestern’s policy on student marijuana use on Ski Trip and one condemning the overnight disappearance of a Students for Justice in Palestine banner.

The banner resolution, proposed in response to the disappearance of

a banner about Palestinian displacement in Israel, passed after a lengthy debate.

The marijuana resolution was proposed in response to the University’s ban on using the drug during Ski Trip, despite its legal status for people over 21 in Colorado. The resolution asked for Senate support to challenge the University’s policy.

Weinberg senior Daniel Hurwitz, author of the resolution and » See senate, page 9

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Source: Sarkis Cafe on Facebook

FAMILY FEUD Sarkis Cafe, an Evanston restaurant, is located at 2632 Gross Point Road. Marla Cramin, the owner of Sarkis, filed a lawsuit against her brother saying he is claiming a false affiliation with the cafe in a new restaurant he’s planning to open.

City cafe owner sues brother By rebecca savransky daily senior staffer @beccasavransky

The owner of an Evanston cafe and her brother reached a tentative settlement agreement Wednesday in a Cook County court following a dispute over the opening of a new restaurant.

Marla Cramin, the owner of Sarkis Cafe, 2632 Gross Point Road, filed suit against her brother, Scott Jaffe, last week for claiming a false

affiliation with her cafe in a new restaurant he’s planning to open in Highland Park. She said he is using the cafe’s concepts and signature dishes for his future restaurant, Order Up Diner.

“He is trying to harness my goodwill and my name and reputation into something profitable for him without paying for the name or any of the other goodwill that comes with it,” she said.

Cramin said Jaffe created a Facebook page where he posted pictures of himself in Sarkis’ T-shirts and

with the original Sarkis owner, Sarkis Tashjian, who opened the Evanston location in 1965.

Jaffe posted on the Facebook page that his new restaurant will bring customers “old favorites,” according to the suit. Facebook users have also commented on the page making the connection between the two restaurants, saying, “Sarkis fave in HP!!! Welcome to HP,” according to the suit.

“I’m not sure how you have an » See sarkis, page 9

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Students have a hard time considering the full cost of housing when they make housing decisions.

— Jacqueline Bauer, sustainability coordinator for Bloomington, Ind.

Local clergy call for Ferguson prayers

By Hal Jin

the daily northwestern @apricityhal

More than 30 Evanston religious leaders called on city residents to pray Tuesday as a grand jury deliberates whether to indict a police officer for the August fatal shooting of black teenager Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri.

The Rev. Dr. Karen Mosby, a pastor at Second Baptist Church, drafted the letter and convened cosigners by reaching out to members of the Interfaith Action of Evanston, a group of religious leaders, and the Evanston Pastors’ Fellowship, a Christian pastor group. She sent out an invitation to sign and give feedback on the letter on Monday and the finalized letter was published online Tuesday night.

“We add our voices to those locally and nationally who call for healing and reconciliation,” the letter says. “We also affirm that the realization of the divine vision for peace and justice requires holy boldness, compassion, and faithful work toward that vision in our relationships, our communities, our congregations, individually, and in the world. We undergird with prayer those who have and will continue to peacefully seek to bring justice and reconciliation to Ferguson whether they are in government, houses of faith, or marching in the streets.”

Through the two groups, Mosby was able to reach

Police Blotter Man hit in city with unknown object A 33-year-old man was transported to the hospital Tuesday after he was hit in the head with an unknown object, police said.

Police responded just after 9 a.m. on Tuesday to Saint Mary Catholic Church, 1012 Lake St., where they found a man bleeding from his head, Evanston police Cmdr. Jay Parrott said.

The man said he was riding his bike northbound on Ridge Avenue when he was struck with

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out to 40 to 50 religious leaders, 32 of who signed the letter, she said.

She said she thinks those who did not sign simply were unable to respond in time and that she would continue to take signatures.

The letter also lists six houses of worship that will be open for those who want to gather in prayer when the grand jury decision is announced.

Ferguson officer Darren Wilson shot and killed 18-year-old Brown, who was unarmed, on Aug. 9.

The shooting sparked large demonstrations in the city, including one on Aug. 17 that resulted in police throwing tear gas at protesters.

Members of the grand jury must decide on what charges, if any, to indict Wilson.

In preparation for riots that might follow the decision, Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon declared a state of emergency Monday and the National Guard has been deployed in the city.

The Rev. David Jones, an Evanston fire department chaplain who signed the letter, described the situation as a “tragedy for every side.”

“We live in a broken world and we can’t always figure out how to get along well,” Jones said. “Part of the solution is for people to see the situation through the lenses of their faith.”

The Rev. Philip Bentley of the Mt. Zion Tabernacle Apostolic Church said he signed the letter in the hopes of achieving peace among different kinds of people.

“I’m not hearing a whole lot of calmness being talked about from the political spectrum,” he said.

“From Washington all the way down, people are expecting riots. I’m a pastor, I want peace.”

Jones said he does not expect any violence or riots in Evanston, citing the good relationship the Evanston Police Department has with the different segments of the community.

“One of the reasons I was excited to come here to work is because of the diversity,” the Rev. Kurt Condra of Unity on the North Shore said. “It’s a small enough community and because there’s only one high school, all segments have to come together to overcome any kinds of racism that might arise.”

The fact that the letter was signed by so many different religious sects sends a much stronger message than if it was signed by a single group, he said.

The city’s individual faith sectors have been addressing the ongoing violence in Ferguson, but Mosby said she thinks this is the first time they have come together to act on the issue.

Evanston clergy groups have previously taken collective action toward decreasing violence, Mosby said in an email to The Daily. In December 2012, in the wake of the shooting of 19-year-old Justin Murray in west Evanston, two religious leaders, on behalf of city’s clergy groups, wrote a letter to the community calling for prayer and offering guidance and support, Mosby said.

hjin@u.northwestern.edu

an unknown object, police said.

Although the 33-year-old said he saw two people walking behind him who he knew, he is not sure who hit him with the object, Parrott said.

The man sustained a large cut above his eyebrow, police said. Paramedics, who were already on the scene when police responded, transported the man to Evanston Hospital, 2650 Ridge Ave., for treatment.

Detectives will follow up on the incident to investigate, police said.

Smart Phone taken from EPL

A library employee had her phone taken Tuesday night, police said.

The 56-year-old woman told police her phone was stolen from the children’s section of the Evanston Public Library, 1703 Orrington Ave., where she works, Parrott said. The phone was taken between 6:20 p.m. and 6:40 p.m., he said.

The phone is described as an iPhone 4 in a red and black striped case, police said.

Police do not have any suspects, Parrott said.

— Paige Leskin

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AEPi, Sargent among winners in annual Green Cup

College of Cultural and Community Studies also took home trophies Wednesday night in the annual Green Cup competition.

The winners of the monthlong sustainability competition, which began Oct. 20 and concluded Sunday, received donations for their Dance Marathon teams.

“We are proud to have won Green Cup again this

year,” AEPi president Alex Krule said. “It was a close call with SAE, and we are so happy to see the other chapters in the Greek community take this competition seriously and to be productive about green living.”

The competition was divided into four categories: fraternities, sororities, residential halls with dining halls and residential halls without dining halls. Teams earned points by saving energy and water and by attending environmental events during the competition period.

AEPi defeated its closest competitor, Sigma Alpha Epsilon, by 39 points. Kappa Delta topped second- and third-place winners Sigma Alpha Iota and Alpha Chi Omega. Sargent beat out Slivka Residential College and Willard Residential College. Green House and CCS won by a large margin over Communications Residential College and 1856 Orrington.

There was also a separate off-campus category for the first time this year, though students living off campus could not participate in the energy and water reduction aspect of the competition.

The winners for the off-campus category were teams called Awkward Turtles, Team Maple Tree and the Salty Swashbucklers. The second-and third-place winners got Whole Foods gift cards and the first place winners got monetary prizes.

“For on-campus students, because some of the points are based on the energy and water reductions, it’s something they can incorporate into their every day, and it’s a really simple way to earn points and build a really sustainable habit,” said Danielle Faden, a member of the Awkward Turtles. “Since we can’t measure that off-campus, I think that’s kind of a disadvantage.”

Faden, a Weinberg senior, is also one of the codirectors for off-campus Eco-Reps, which aims to provide off-campus students with information on how to live sustainably. Participating in Green Cup this year allowed off-campus students to work toward that goal, she said.

Weinberg sophomore Sara Johns, Green Cup chair for Students for Ecological and Environmental Development, said Green Cup went well this year, with the most popular events being Eco-Reps Green Fest, the Environmental Day of Service and the Eco-Reps Scavenger Hunt.

“I love the Green Fest,” Johns said of the environmentalism initiative. “I think it was a really fun atmosphere and I think they did a great job of targeting the general population of campus and not just those who might be already interested in sustainability.”

The group hung the banner by The Arch on Tuesday night and found it missing at about 8 a.m.

Wednesday morning, SJP co-president Ruba Assaf said. SJP put up the 6-foot banner, which stated “5.3 million Palestinians have been forced out of their homes by the state of Israel since its creation,” as part of a banner campaign.

“It’s scary to say the least because clearly Palestinian student activities are being targeted in this way,” said Assaf, a Weinberg sophomore. “This is an attempt to silence.”

SJP’s senator Moira Geary discussed the incident Wednesday night at Senate. Geary, a Weinberg senior, said the act is “not an anomaly” for the organization, and said SJP materials have been vandalized in the past.

“For the sake of the personal safety of members of the organization and the right for all student groups to voice political opinions without the threat of damage to our property or ourselves … It’s something that needs to be addressed,” Geary said.

SJP posted a picture of the banner on its Facebook page with a condemnation of “this act of unauthorized censorship of free speech.” The group stated on Facebook that this was an intentional act and was one of many acts of vandalism against Palestinian social justice movements.

“It’s escalating,” Assaf said. “This violation of free speech indicates that some students don’t respect views that oppose their own.”

On the Facebook page, SJP mentioned past vandalism including torn-down fliers and defacing SJP’s

painting of The Rock.

“I can’t say I was completely surprised that the banner was stolen,” Assaf said. “I was just surprised at how quickly it was done because it was taken down overnight.”

Assaf said she believes the Northwestern student body needs more representation of the Palestinian voice. She said SJP has frequently been misrepresented in publications and is “held to a different standard.”

“Pro-Palestine students don’t feel completely safe or comfortable sharing their views,” Assaf said. “Something is wrong with our campus atmosphere, and we need to talk.”

Olivia Exstrum contributed reporting.

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GOING GREEN Winners of this year’s Green Cup pose for photos with their trophies.

Greek houses and residential buildings competed for points in the monthlong sustainability competition by saving energy and water and attending events.

By Emily chin

the daily northwestern

Alpha Epsilon Pi won the Green Cup for the consecutive third year in the fraternity category — the closest race in this year’s competition.

Kappa Delta, Sargent Hall, Green House and the

SJP banner on Palestine displacement disappears by Arch

Associated Student Government on Wednesday passed a resolution condemning the theft of a banner printed with a statistic about Palestinian displacement in Israel.

The banner, hung by Students for Justice in Palestine, disappeared sometime Tuesday night or Wednesday morning.

The theft occurred after SJP hung the banner by The Arch on Tuesday evening, members of the student group said.

emilychin2018@u.northwestern.edu

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City, college towns partner on student housing site Rent Rocket will feature information on costs, sustainability in 14 cities By paige leskin

daily senior staffer @paigeleskin

Sustainability officials from Evanston and college towns nationwide are partnering to create a website that helps both students and residents make informed decisions about the full renting and environmental costs of their housing.

Representatives from 14 cities are hoping to have a prototype of Rent Rocket up by early next year, said Jacqueline Bauer, the sustainability coordinator for Bloomington, Indiana, the home of Indiana University’s main campus.

“We think that students have a hard time considering the full cost of housing when they make housing decisions, so a big motivation for us is to try to get better information to tenants before they sign leases,” Bauer said. “Particularly in college towns, students have a huge impact on those communities.”

Made possible with a grant from green organization Urban Sustainability Director Network, the site aims to help college students, as well as landlords, understand that the cost of housing includes money for rent, electricity, water, transportation and more, Bauer said.

The partners want to create a network of data on the site that collects information on the breakdown of costs of various properties, Bauer said “We’re trying to build a database of a whole slew of information that will help people understand everything involved in their housing decisions,” she said.

Before the site can fully launch, representatives from college towns are currently working to compile the data from a range of different sources, including city officials, college students, renters, property managers and landlords, Bauer said.

Not only does the site focus on providing data about housing costs, but it also includes the characteristics of properties’ environmentally friendly efforts, including waste disposal, recycling and

energy efficiency, said Catherine Hurley, Evanston’s sustainable programs coordinator.

In Evanston, Hurley is in the midst of the initial outreach to people in the community. From the few conversations Hurley has had, people seem interested in making the collaborative effort work and making the city greener, she said.

“By working on the Rent Rocket project, we can make that information available and as part of the decision-making process when people are looking for rental properties,” she said. “Right now, we’re trying to make it easy for people to connect through our website to the Rent Rocket tool and start crowdsourcing the information.”

Hurley said she has reached out to the Northwestern Associated Student Government’s Sustainability Committee to better access the NU community. Although she has not been able to meet with ASG yet this quarter to talk about Rent Rocket, she said meetings with the organization, as well as with the University’s Office of Sustainability and Eco-Reps, are definitely a possibility

in the future.

Medill sophomore Christina Cilento, ASG’s vice president of sustainability, said her committee would be interested in working with the city to make Rent Rocket a reality in Evanston.

Bauer said the $45,000 grant must be used by the end of May 2015 in developing the site.

Although it is not a huge amount of money, Evanston does not plan on using any of its own budget for the startup of Rent Rocket, Hurley said.

“The vision right now is that this is really sort of a low-cost, high-tech solution that’s not going to be looking for city funding,” she said. “We’re still looking at what are the ways it would be funded.”

The 14 college towns that have expressed interest in the project include Madison, Wisconsin; Iowa City, Iowa; Ann Arbor, Michigan; and Berkeley, California. pl@u.northwestern.edu

Association works to improve Dempster, Dodge area

Daily file photo by Nathan Richards

intersection improved An Evanston resident has started an organization to improve the area near the intersection of Dempster Street and Dodge Avenue. The group seeks new businesses in the area that serve both the family and artistic crowds.

By rachel yang

the daily northwestern @_RachelYang

After a brief period of inactivity, an Evanston association is planning to revamp the area around Dempster Street and Dodge Avenue by bringing in new businesses before the new year.

Nancy Floy, president of the Evanston West Village Business Association, described her vision for the future of the area around the intersection as “funky” yet attractive to kids.

“We’re looking for this to be family-friendly, but also a community of art, healing, fun,” said Floy, who is also owner of the Heartwood Center, located

City, local officials voice opposition to fire staffing bill

Evanston Mayor Elizabeth Tisdahl and other local officials came together Tuesday to voice their opposition to a bill that would make firefighter staffing levels subject to arbitration by an outside party other than municipalities.

The meeting occurred before the state Senate Executive Committee had a hearing on Wednesday afternoon.

Tisdahl, along with mayors, managers and fire chiefs from across the state, joined together at the Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning offices to speak against the bill. The bill, which passed the House of Representatives on April 3, would make wages, hours and conditions of employment subject to arbitration.

“This bill could indeed leave staffing levels, and thus municipal budgets, in the hands of outside arbitrators with no accountability to local taxpayers and voters,” Tisdahl said in a news release. “Our fire chiefs, not outside arbitrators, are best qualified to determine the fire and life safety needs of our communities in concert with our elected officials.”

The bill, an amendment to the Illinois Public Labor

near the intersection at 1818 Dempster St., which is dedicated to healing activities.

The intersection, in the center of Evanston’s West Village neighborhood, continues to serve both the family and artistic crowds as new businesses are introduced to the area, Floy said.

Some of the present businesses geared toward families include the Team Evanston youth soccer club, the Valli Produce market that is set to open summer 2015 and the Goldfish Swim School that was approved in September to start construction.

The intersection also has a Starbucks, which opened in September. A second storefront of Curt’s Cafe, a nonprofit restaurant that provides job training for at-risk young adults, may also open at the intersection.

Floy said she has planned three jazz concerts in various locations near the intersection to attract residents to the area. She said she would like to host a concert in the future in association with Valli Produce.

Despite the influx of “hip” new businesses, the association does not plan on gentrifying the area, Floy said, “The people who live here, a lot of working class people, can stay living here,” Floy said.

As an example of her efforts to keep people in the area, Floy mentioned the training program for at-risk mothers that will available through the new Curt’s Cafe South. After teenagers graduate from the restaurant’s training, Floy said her business association will help them find jobs in the area of

Relations Act, would make staffing levels subject to mandatory collective bargaining. It would apply to all communities in Illinois except for Chicago.

Evanston fire Chief Greg Klaiber and other city officials took a strong stance against the bill in April.

The bill gives local management less power in evaluating the appropriate staffing levels for their own communities, Klaiber said in April.

Some firefighters’ unions and advocates have voiced support of the bill because it would help settle safety concerns.

Rockford, Illinois mayor Larry Morrissey and Oak Lawn, Illinois’ village manager Larry Deetjen both spoke against the bill Tuesday at the meeting, saying it would have negative impacts on taxpayers and other public safety services.

Deetjen described some difficulties resulting from the bill at the meeting, the news release said.

“HB 5485 increases the challenges for municipalities across the state that are already dealing with severe budget constraints,” Deetjen said in a news release.

“Let our elected mayors and municipal governing bodies do the jobs our constituents elected them to do, free from General Assembly interference and unfunded mandates.”

The bill will have its third reading in the state Senate on Thursday.

Substitute teacher sues District 65 for racial, sex discrimination

— Stephanie Kelly

A substitute teacher is suing Evanston/Skokie School District 65, claiming he was not given a permanent teaching position because he is a white male.

In a complaint filed in a Circuit Court of Cook County on Nov. 13, Elliott Cady alleged both race and sex discrimination against the district, according to the lawsuit. The lawsuit alleged a black woman, who was less qualified and experienced than Cady, was given the job in January 2013 as a second grade teacher at Oakton Elementary School.

“The administration revealed to him that race was definitely a consideration in who they wanted to replace him,” Cady’s attorney Mason Cole told The Daily on Wednesday. “Basically he was told that by various administrators and various other teachers.”

While Cady was a substitute teacher for District 65 in late 2012, he applied to a teacher position at the elementary school at 436 Ridge Ave., for which he expressed his interest and received a personal recommendation from a district administrator for

Dempster Street and Dodge Avenue, where they will be able to continue living.

Collaboration among the association and city officials was a big emphasis for Floy, who said the process of aggregating the businesses and hosting monthly meetings has not been difficult at all.

“We all really love each other and support each other,” Floy said.

She said she even turned to local Jamaican restaurant Kingston Grill to cater an event she is hosting this upcoming weekend.

Meagan Jones, the city’s economic development coordinator, said the association has shown its collaborative spirit by bringing in an array of businesses.

However, Floy admitted there were challenges in implementing community initiatives for the area.

“The biggest obstacle was the perception of our neighborhood being unsafe,” Floy said.

But she said she believes these ideas are unfounded. Floy said she has no qualms about leaving Heartwood at night after work and walking back to her home, which is located in the Dodge Avenue corridor.

Although Jones acknowledged that public perception is still an issue, she believes the West Village area will flourish “a lot sooner than some might think.”

Evanston police Cmdr. Jay Parrott agreed with Floy’s statement, saying that crime in the West Village area was only a concern around 10 years ago.

Parrott also said the area became safer after Dominick’s closed in December 2013, as there were many narcotics incidents reported at the eatery.

“Lately we have not had calls for that area,” Parrott said. “I think it has (gotten better) and I think it will continue to get better.”

In response to the people who still may have doubts about the safety and vibrancy of the West Village neighborhood, Floy said she encourages them to come and see what it’s actually like.

“There’s so much happening in our neighborhood,” Floy said. “I live here and I work here. And this is my neighborhood. And it’s an incredible community.” weizheyang2018@u.northwestern.edu the job, according to the lawsuit.

Oakton’s principal, Churchill Daniels, never interviewed him and instead hired the black woman, according to the lawsuit. While the woman had never before held a permanent teaching position, Cady has bachelors and masters degrees from Northwestern, the lawsuit says.

Although it is unusual for someone not to be hired because they are Caucasian, any matter of race cannot be an influence in whether a person is hired or fired in employment discrimination cases, Cole said.

“They can say, ‘I don’t like the color of your shoes,’ but what they can’t say is, ‘I don’t like the color of your skin,’” he said.

The lawsuit claims that the district’s decision is in violation of the Illinois Human Rights Act. Cady also alleges that in retaliation to filing a charge with the Illinois Department of Human Rights for racial and sex discrimination, District 65 staff no longer expressed an interest in employing him full-time.

The district has a month to file a response to Cady’s lawsuit and must submit an answer by Dec. 13. If the case were to go to trial, Cole estimated that it would not reach court until summer 2015.

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Thanksgiving break should be made longer MATT GATES

DAILY COLUMNIST

Making the decision whether to stay on campus or go home for Thanksgiving can be difficult. If your family celebrates the holiday, you would probably like to be home.

Yet if you hail from outside the Midwest, you probably would prefer to not pay Thanksgiving airfare for a brief trip home.

Maybe you are going abroad next year and want to enjoy America’s biggest fall holiday with family while you can, but this means spending time and money to go home for only a few days.

There are many factors at play when students decide NU’s current to go home schedule leaves whether for break. However, many students Northwestern’s allottrying to make ment of only two days for the break, their way home Thursday and Friday, makes the decision on one of the comtwo worst days unnecessarily plicated for students. to travel all year The student body would benefit if NU (and possibly extended Thanksgivcoming back on ing break to include Monday, Tuesday and the other).

Wednesday.

Having classes scheduled on Wednesday makes deciding when to fly home difficult for students. Although the day before Thanksgiving is technically a school day on NU’s calendar, professors have been known to cancel classes on Wednesday. But some professors still hold class or even have final exam review sessions prior to the official 6 p.m. Thanksgiving break start time. Some students are left speculating about whether it is better to miss a class on Wednesday or try to travel home the night before a major holiday.

NU’s current schedule leaves many

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students trying to make their way home on one of the two worst days to travel all year (and possibly coming back on the other). The Wednesday before Turkey Day is considered one of both the busiest and the most expensive days of the year to fly. Although making it possible for students to travel earlier in the week will not enable everyone to go home for break, the money saved and time home gained could make a difference for a portion of the student body.

The school days lost by extending the break could easily be made up by starting the quarter slightly earlier. Many of us know the feeling of waiting to get to campus in September: Our high school friends have probably departed, we can’t wait to see our college friends and our internships or jobs are likely to have ended. For example, the Chicago Field Studies summer program ends on Aug. 14, and many internships outside the Midwest work on a calendar that aligns with semester schools. Starting the school day earlier would be beneficial to a majority of students.

Moreover, because professors often cancel classes on this fateful Wednesday and students sometimes skip classes that are held, having school a day early in September instead will provide another opportunity for instruction with most students present.

Given the speed of the quarter system, this is likely to benefit NU students and professors alike.

NU’s current Thanksgiving break schedule creates unnecessary hassles for students who are considering going home and could be improved upon by trading several days off in November for a few days of school in midSeptember.

Whether you are going to spend Wednesday night waiting in line at security, ditch class to leave on Tuesday night or enjoy Thanksgiving with your fellow Wildcats on campus, you might be better off with a longer break.

Matt Gates is a Weinberg sophomore. He can be reached at matthewgates2017@u.northwestern.edu. If you would like to respond publicly to this column, send a letter to the editor to opinion@dailynorthwestern.com.

Evaluating economics of injuries in professional sports NBA business model makes it hard for teams, fans to get a good season BOB HAYES

DAILY COLUMNIST

Just hours before the opening tip of Monday’s nationally televised matchup between the Chicago Bulls and the Los Angeles Clippers, the Chicago Tribune’s K.C. Johnson reported that Bulls point guard Derrick Rose would be out for a second consecutive game with a minor hamstring strain. As if missing the former MVP were not bad enough, just before game time, Johnson reported that veteran big man Pau Gasol — arguably the Bulls’ top player through its first 10 games — would also miss the game with a calf strain.

The effect of injuries during the NBA regular season is a little peculiar. Due to the infinitesimal sample size of one game in a way-too-long regular season of 82, an isolated result can easily appear odd, like the injury-riddled Bulls’ impressive 105-89 win over a talented Clippers squad. Obviously, over the long term, the noise evens out and injuries plague a team’s quest for success as Rose’s and Gasol’s minutes are transferred to Aaron Brooks and Nikola Mirotic.

Yet, as much as teams like the Bulls suffer through key injuries, fans feel the effect as much as anyone. It sounds trite and ultimately irreverent to place fans at the center of a discussion regarding physical injuries to people who rely on their bodies for their livelihoods, but beyond the obvious detriment injuries cause to players, the consumer-centric quality of sports as entertainment places fans as the

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In a sport in which individual players make or break an entire team’s success, the absence of a player of Derrick Rose’s caliber sorely diminishes the overall excitement surrounding a game.

determinant of a sport’s long-term success.

To put it in more tangible terms, Clippers fans have only one chance per year to see their favorite team host the Bulls, and Rose himself represents a significant portion of the Bulls’ appeal. In a sport in which individual players make or break an entire team’s success, the absence of a player of Rose’s caliber sorely diminishes the overall excitement surrounding a game.

According to market research portal Statista, the average ticket price for a Clippers game last year was $65.55, and a ticket for a major matchup like Monday’s almost certainly exceeds that price. When buying tickets, fans pay the sticker price with the general assumption that they are paying to see the Bulls — Rose and Gasol included. By the time the two are ruled out of the game, fans have already paid an exorbitant amount for a game that has dramatically depreciated in interest value.

The NBA cash cows do not mind accepting fans’ overpayments, but the propensity of dayto-day injuries in the league causes a deficit

between the advertised and the actual NBA product quality. Addressing the root of this dilemma is a difficult task.

Within their contracts, players rarely have explicit contractual incentives to push their hobbled bodies every single day of the lengthy season. Obviously, players who have a tendency to miss games due to injury will have more trouble finding robust contract offers, but a guy like Rose will make a ton of money whether he plays a weekday road game or not. The result is the recent exasperating debate surrounding Rose’s toughness for not playing through perceived minor injuries, when he really is just saving his body for when he more reasonably needs it.

How can this apparent problem with the NBA’s product be fixed? Players can try to push themselves to play through injury to satisfy the fans, though that can often be both dangerous and irrational. Teams can increase the prevalence of bonuses triggered by total games played, though franchises are subject to the prisoners’ dilemma in which players would always be more likely to sign with whatever team boldly chooses not to attach a pay scale to games played. The league can decrease the number of regular season games, though fewer games equals fewer total dollars in bank accounts.

For now, the onus rests on us as fans to be wary that any prime matchup can quickly die with the tweak of a hamstring.

Bob Hayes is a Weinberg sophomore. He can be reached at roberthayes2017@u.northwestern.edu. If you would like to respond publicly to this column, send a Letter to the Editor to opinion@dailynorthwestern.com.

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Fu said PHA does not want to dictate an explicit set of rules for all chapters to follow. She believes the new position would be most effective if each chapter works individually to mold the new position to its internal needs.

Some chapters will start looking for a chair as early as Winter Quarter, but there is no hard deadline, Fu said.

“There’s no time limit on diversity and inclusion … although there definitely is a sense of urgency and immediacy,” said Medill junior KK Doyle, incoming president of PHA. “We need a lot of collaboration, and that takes a little bit of time.”

The new initiatives will also implement PHA-wide Sustained Dialogue discussions. The first panel will consist of representatives from each chapter. Fu said ideally PHA would establish a monthly dialogue on different issues, depending on community needs.

Looking to the future Doyle, who will continue the movement after Fu finishes her term at the end of January, said the “Jail N’ Bail” incident was an “unfortunate impetus to a conversation we have been meaning to have and are excited to have.”

PHA also met with IFC after the cancellation of “Jail N’ Bail,” which was co-hosted by Zeta Beta Tau. IFC president Kyle Sieber said his executive board will also encourage adding a diversity and inclusion chair for fraternities.

Sieber, a Weinberg senior, said before the “Jail N’ Bail” incident, IFC was planning to meet with LesleyAnn Brown-Henderson, director of Campus Inclusion and Community, to talk about how its chapters could better portray an inclusive environment for recruitment and outreach. The meeting, which is slated to take place this quarter, will now also discuss the “Jail N’ Bail” event and how to move forward.

Fu said the day the “Jail N’ Bail” Facebook event was posted, she was well aware of online backlash, especially as someone from an “activist background.”

She reached out to the Office of Fraternity and Sorority Life, PHA’s executive board and Associate Student

Government leaders for ideas on how to address the situation.

“Obviously anyone who spoke out had any right to do so, and we respect anyone who did that,” Fu said. “At the same time we had sympathy for Kappa because this wasn’t a malicious act … it was an act of ignorance.”

Changing the culture Weinberg junior Aditya Raikar, a member of Sigma Nu who helped recolonize the chapter, said he believes the key to improving inclusivity in Greek life is for people to be honest about who they are and to be open to diversity.

Raikar, an international student of Indian descent, is also the vice president of International Student Association. He said he noticed his fraternity has a reputation for attracting more international students, a group he says is not as aware of Greek life, which originated in America.

“At the end of the day people are going to go where they feel comfortable,” Raikar said.

An Asian-American member of an IFC fraternity, a Weinberg junior who asked not to be identified,

said he believes the Greek system is less to blame for diversity issues than NU itself.

“When you talk about Greek life, you also got to talk about college accessibility in general,” the student said.

“I don’t believe it’s fair to blame a particular system when it’s a structural issue larger than Greek life.”

He said NU has grown from days when the student body had to discuss the acceptability of racial incidents such as the use of blackface but added that is an inadequate standard.

“I will say that compared to three years ago, my chapter personally has more people who are sensitive and care about issues of diversity,” he said. “I have also seen a couple of other chapters approach recruitment in a more positive light.”

Smith, the Theta member, said she believes after the recent tension, the Greek community and the non-Greek population must decide how to proceed.

Many students have strong emotions and must meet in the middle, Smith said.

“We’re at a standstill now,” she said, “and don’t know what’ll happen next.” aliceyin2017@u.northwestern.edu

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harmonizing in communities Michael Martinez, a co-founder of hip-hop group Don’t Only Just Observe, speaks about the importance of music in communities at a panel event hosted by Northwestern Community Development Corps. The panelists were all members of organizations that promote music, writing and art.

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Six panelists discussed art and music’s integral role in community development Wednesday in an event hosted by Northwestern Community Development Corps.

About 25 people attended the event in University Hall. The panel comprised professionals, NU undergraduates and graduate students, all of who are members of organizations that promote music, writing and art in different communities.

“When we work with communities where music is really important, we remember how much of a positive impact it can have,” said Daniel Flores, a first-year Kellogg student on the panel and a founder of Mariachi Northwestern.

The panelists spoke about how working with communities, both on and off campus, has enabled their organizations to better themselves. Ebele Onyema,

Youth Organizations Umbrella coordinator at Evanston Township High School, said she believes the partnership between NU students and Y.O.U. has bettered the Evanston community.

“Bringing people from NU to Evanston Township High School has created conversations and better perceptions of cultures that high school students may not have in their homes,” Onyema said.

The panelists also discussed the importance of passion in developing organizations oriented to help the community. Michael Martinez, a McCormick sophomore and co-founder of Don’t Only Just Observe, described the process the hip-hop freestyle group underwent before focusing on their main mission.

“We wanted to wait and establish our own identity before we started working with other people in order to distinguish ourselves from other groups,” Martinez said.

He mentioned that the unique and open nature of his group allows the organization to collaborate with many campus groups and give them a sampling

of the role of hip-hop in communities.

“It’s important to see some sort of relation between your organization’s mission and the community you want to work with,” he said.

Although the hour-long discussion was mostly devoted to panelists answering questions, they also asked the audience a few questions about their passions and ambitions.

“All students have the potential and the education to make possible organizations realities,” said panelist Sarah Choi, a volunteer coordinator for nonprofit Academy of Music and Arts for Special Education. “All you need is a group who has the same dream and initiative. You have the power to put it all together.”

The panel also featured Alex Qin, a WeinbergBienen junior and president of NU’s chapter of AMASE Northwestern, and Alanna Hickey, a fifth-year graduate student who works with Y.O.U. Evanston.

Following the panel, each member hosted a breakout session. Participants were able to take

part in writing, freestyle rapping and other music workshops.

NCDC committee member Jessica Lewis said the group wanted to focus on promoting community on campus as well as in Evanston and Chicago.

“The panelists did a great job expressing how music and art are just two of the many ways we can engage with different communities on and off campus,” said Lewis, a Weinberg sophomore.

Meron Tsegai, who attended the event and took part in a breakout session, said she believes the expression aspect of music and art is integral to strengthening communities.

“I didn’t consider it at first, but music and art can really push people to step out of their comfort zones,” the Weinberg sophomore said. “While I was attempting to freestyle, I didn’t realize how it would push me to express myself. Through music and art, you’re able to express your personal self and get closer to those around you who are doing the same.” elipanken2017@u.northwestern.edu

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Santorum said, however, he does not believe abortion will be a topic of discussion 50 years from now, saying members of younger generations are more against abortion than their parents. “I think the fact that you’re a generation that all of you could be not here,â€? he said. “I think that reality sits on a lot of people. You’re a very visual generation, and you’ve all seen the baby in the womb ‌ It’s hard to say that’s not a human.â€?

Weinberg junior Matthew Fligiel said he thought Santorum’s speech was interesting, despite the fact he disagreed with many of the speaker’s views. “He did make very good points about foreign policy in the Middle East,� Fligiel said, “but I didn’t agree with all of his things about mentioning Islam by name and I didn’t think it would achieve that much.�

Santorum concluded the event by expressing optimism about the future of national security policy in Congress. “National security has been in the past and I believe can be in the future, an area to which we can begin to build bridges back between the two parties,� Santorum said. “It’s possible to get bipartisan support for a strong and principled national security approach.�

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should be labeled as Islamic terrorism. “This is political correctness run amok,� he said.

In his fourth point, he said Americans deserve a definitive plan on how their interests will be accomplished, explaining that Americans do not want presidents who engage in a conflict without a clear plan for victory.

NUCR President Domonic Burke said he was pleased with the event’s large turnout, particularly by those who do not agree with Santorum’s views. “They came and they listened to his opinion, which goes a long way in our No. 1 goal of bringing a diversity of opinion to this campus,� the Weinberg junior said. “We were really happy by all the bipartisan turnout.�

During a question-and-answer session after the speech, Santorum was asked about social issues such as abortion and gay marriage. Santorum, who is antiabortion and against gay marriage, said he knows many disagree with his views but emphasized the importance of allowing for “informed debate.� “I think these issues need to be played out in the public square,� he said. “Just because I disagree with you doesn’t mean I hate you.�

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From page 1 old favorite in a brand new restaurant unless you’re talking about somebody else’s old favorites,� said Jeffrey Rosenberg, an attorney for Sarkis. “They’ve been telling lots and lots of people that they are affiliated or a new Sarkis.�

Jaffe previously worked as the manager at Sarkis but was dismissed in 2012 after Cramin learned the restaurant had not been paying its taxes, according to the lawsuit. Before Jaffe took over the restaurant, Cramin’s husband ran the diner, but he died suddenly in an accident in 2002. Since Jaffe was fired, Cramin has been managing the restaurant, according to the lawsuit. “I trusted my brother to continue the legacy of my husband and history in a really positive way,� she said.

Cramin first heard Jaffe was trying to start a new restaurant about a month ago when she discovered a post on Facebook, the suit said.

Jaffe planned for the restaurant to open in early 2015, according to the suit.

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debating resolutions Students for Justice in Palestine senator Moira Geary, a Weinberg senior, speaks on a resolution that denounces the theft of a banner hung by the group. The resolution was passed at Senate on Wednesday.

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president of NU’s Students for Sensible Drug Policy, said banning the drug for students who are legally able to use it in Colorado could result in higher alcohol use, which studies have indicated to be more dangerous than marijuana. “We believe drug use is an individual right that people should have,� Hurwitz said. “We should do honest education to tell people how to use drugs safely and then reduce harm related to drug use.�

Noah Star, the speaker of the Senate who co-sponsored the resolution, said University administration should be held “accountable� when putting policies in place many students don’t agree with. “I think it holds students to an unfair and almost patronizing standard,� the Weinberg junior said. “I don’t think that it makes a lot of sense, and I think it’s important as students to say we want a stakehold in this discussion.�

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“It’s OK if he opens a restaurant,� Cramin said. “I don’t have a problem with that. He just can’t open a Sarkis.�

The suit says Sarkis will be “irreparably harmed� by the misrepresentation that the two restaurants are related. The cafe’s reputation will be tarnished, and it will lose customers who will eat at the Highland Park diner instead, according to the suit.

Jaffe could not be reached for comment Wednesday.

Cramin said the cafe, which is approaching its 50th year, still has the same “soul� it has always had. She added she hopes it will continue to honor the legacy of her husband. “Knowing how my brother runs a restaurant, he’s going to soil the reputation of Sarkis,� she said. “It’s not just the money, it’s the reputation and the idea and the loyalty to my husband.�

The next court date is scheduled for Tuesday, where the parties will discuss further the terms of the settlement agreement, Rosenberg said. rebeccasavransky2015@u.northwestern.edu and NU Relay for Life received additional funding.

A resolution addressing socioeconomic status at NU was also passed. The legislation asks that the University require academic departments and faculty to make textbook and class material prices available before pre-registration. It also recommends NU set a goal of having Pell Grant recipients make up at least 20 percent of the undergraduate population by 2020.

Weinberg senior Erik Zorn, ASG executive vice president, proposed legislation that would transfer the duties of the treasurer, which the executive vice president currently fulfills, to the Chief of Staff. The bill was passed.

In addition, legislation supporting the ASG Executive Board’s decision to ban ground flyering by all ASG committees was passed.

Senate also passed proposals regarding University support of faculty work against Ebola, discussed last week, as well as the creation of a working group that will examine how ASG receives feedback. oliviaexstrum2017@u.northwestern.edu

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National News A look at who loses as oil prices keep plunging

WASHINGTON — The rapid plunge in oil and gasoline prices means huge savings for American consumers, but the steep downward swing may ultimately prove dangerously disruptive to energy-producing countries and companies.

If prices remain low for a protracted period, which seems likely, it’ll send shock waves across the energy sector. For oil-producing countries, that could mean budget shortfalls.

For energy companies, the lower profits may force mergers and consolidation that will cost thousands of jobs.

Oil prices have tumbled in recent months from their peak at about $105 a barrel in June to their current lows, below $75 on Wednesday. The Energy Information Administration projected last week that gasoline prices would stay under $3 a gallon throughout next year.

A gallon of regular unleaded averages $2.86, the motor club AAA said Wednesday, about 25 cents lower than a month ago.

For American consumers, who used 135.4 billion gallons of gasoline last year, that’s a big savings — nearly $34 billion on an annualized

Across Campuses UC tuition-hike plan advances, but debate just beginning SAN FRANCISCO — University of California regents voted Wednesday to raise tuition annually for the next five years if the state doesn’t give the system more funding, making an aggressive — if wildly unpopular — first move in a high-stakes state-funding fight.

The answer to avoiding the dreaded fee hikes is simple, UC Regent Bonnie Reiss told state leaders who attended the Wednesday session to object to the move: “(Give) $97 million to UC, and we don’t have to raise tuition. You have the power to do that.”

But her newly appointed colleague John Perez, a former Assembly speaker, said he had a problem with what he called UC’s “hostagetaking posture,” which he described as “Give us X or this is what we’re going to do with our students. It’s not the most effective way to go about it,” he said.

It appears to be the way UC is going. The 7-2 committee vote — with only Gov. Jerry Brown and a student representative opposed — sets up an almost certain approval from the full Board of Regents on Thursday. The increase plan would break a tuition freeze imposed by Brown and raise in-state undergraduate fees, now $12,192, by up to $600 next year alone

basis.

But for companies and countries that depend on oil prices for their income, it’s a trend that makes them nervous.

Already, the oilfield services giant Halliburton, anticipating lower prices, has announced it will buy rival Baker Hughes in a cash and stock deal worth $34.6 billion.

Venezuela, heavily dependent on oil revenue, is looking for a buyer for its U.S. refining operations that run under the Citgo brand.

Global giant BP, whose stock has yet to recover after the disastrous Gulf of Mexico oil spill in 2010, is widely viewed as in play. In fact, veteran energy analyst Fadel Gheit thinks that every private oil company except Exxon Mobil Corp., which is twice as large as its competitors, is now potentially a merger target.

“If oil prices remain sub-$80 for a long period of time, we’re going to see a lot of mergers and acquisitions,” said Gheit, who works for the investment bank Oppenheimer & Co. Inc. When Exxon Corp. and Mobil Corp. merged in 1999, the combined company was able to eliminate 50,000 jobs. “Companies are drawing short lists of targets: plan A, plan B and plan C.” In the past, when oil was too abundant, producers simply left it in the ground. The curtailed production tightened supplies and drove

up prices. That’s going to be tougher to do now, analysts say, which explains why oil ministers from nations that belong to the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries have been deep in consultation before OPEC next meets on Nov. 27.

OPEC’s biggest producer and exporter, Saudi Arabia, doesn’t appear keen to cut production, in part because history has shown that most other OPEC members, who depend on oil to fund their governments, won’t reduce production even after they’ve agreed to.

“For those kinds of countries this is a huge shock, and they’re desperate ... but Saudi Arabia has made it pretty clear it doesn’t want to cut back to give market share to Iraq and Iran,” said Daniel Yergin, a noted oil historian. “If prices fall further, you’re going to see panic.”

Among the shakiest of OPEC members is Venezuela, grappling with inflation above 60 percent and its government bonds at six-year lows.

It’s sure to suffer financial and political fallout if prices drop another $10 or $20 a barrel.

“They can continue at $75 or $80 ... anything much lower I don’t see them able to sustain,” said Risa Grais-Targow, a senior analyst who specializes in Venezuela for the Eurasia Group, a political-risk consultant for global

corporations. “They’re working with a pretty narrow margin.”

That’s what pushed the government of President Nicolas Maduro to look for a buyer for Citgo, which operates refineries in Illinois, Louisiana and Texas. The asking price reportedly is $7 billion. “The issue is going to be whether there are interested buyers,” GraisTargow said.

The lost oil revenue is also likely to sting Africa’s largest producer, Nigeria, which is grappling with the Islamist insurgent group Boko Haram in the northeast.

Nigeria didn’t create a rainy-day fund when prices soared, and now it must reduce government spending by a pledged 6 percent to offset the 30 percent decline in oil prices. But it has national elections on Feb. 14, and many Nigerians question whether the ruling party will really cut spending before the elections, meaning the country’s already messy finances could get messier.

Even countries that better manage their oil revenue will feel the pinch. Colombia’s balanced-budget requirement might trigger higher taxes as oil revenue slumps, Andre Loes, global bank HSBC’s chief economist for Latin America, said in a note to investors.

and 5 percent annually in ensuing years, up to $15,560 in 2019.

At a packed and contentious public meeting Wednesday, Reiss and other regents argued they did not intend to use students as pawns or hostages, as some had suggested. But many students said that’s exactly how they felt as they watched each side blame the other for the university’s financial position.

“Students are caught in the middle of it,” said Melvin Singh, a student leader at UC Santa Barbara.

UC’s CFO seemed to reinforce that point.

If the system doesn’t get the money it needs, warned Nathan Brostrom, it could be forced to gut financial aid or slash in-state enrollment in favor of out-of-state students, who pay nearly three times the fees.

UC President Janet Napolitano and other university leaders argued the 5 percent was a cap, and that the increases would be lower — or nonexistent — if the state gives the system more money than expected.

The more the state contributes, according to the plan, the more UC could cut tuition; $100 million would allow the university to freeze it.

Napolitano’s approach could pay off as the state enters better fiscal times, said Larry Gerston, a political-science professor emeritus at San Jose State.

“She’s taking a bit of a risk, but I don’t think

much of one, as she’s trying to carry out her mandate,” he said. “This is an awfully good time, politically, for them to be sowing some seeds with the governor. ... ‘If you want us to pare back some of this, how about handing out some more money?’”

Brown told the regents he didn’t think UC needed the extra revenue. He announced that in January he will propose a select committee to find ways to reduce costs and improve access and quality. Expanding online education and creating a three-year undergraduate degree path were two options the committee might explore.

“I would like to look at this, not at a rhetorical or abstract level, but at a concrete level,” Brown said. “Oftentimes the pressure of not having enough money can force creativity that otherwise cannot even be considered.”

And Assembly Speaker Toni Atkins — who says the system does need more money — released details of her own state budget proposal on Wednesday.

It would increase state funding for UC in exchange for enrolling more California students, keeping out-of-state enrollment at current levels, cutting administrative costs and keeping tuition stable.

“What’s being proposed today is going to hurt middle-class students, and that’s what we’re trying not to do,” said Atkins, also an ex officio member of the board.

Earlier this year, Atkins tried to secure an additional $50 million each for UC and CSU, but Brown vetoed the bill in September.

Early in the morning, picket lines formed outside the UC San Francisco-Mission Bay conference center and its parking garage, making entry difficult.

“I had to fight my way in here today,” said regent Norman Pattiz.

At one point after the meeting began, a demonstrator shattered a glass entryway downstairs.

Students spoke passionately against the plan as others protested outside, condemning what could amount to an increase of more than 27 percent by 2019.

“I really want to challenge the notion that this plan is stable and predictable,” one student told the regents. “It’s neither.”

Brostrom said the university is doing its part to run more efficiently, having generated more than $660 million in administrative savings and new revenue over the past four years.

Pattiz called the tuition plan “a no-brainer.”

Some students said afterward they weren’t surprised by the vote, just disappointed.

“I expected it to happen,” said Singh. “It’s still disappointing to see it happen in front of my face.”

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— Katy Murphy (The Oakland Tribune)

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After tonight’s game, the Wildcats are looking to buy an O for offense.

Looking to reverse the wheels of its fortune Wednesday in the midst of a three-game losing streak, the Cats (15-13, 5-12 Big Ten) fell to the Michigan State Spartans (15-13, 8-8) in four sets. There was simply no offense to be found, as Northwestern only achieved a dreadful .050 hitting percentage during the match.

“It comes down to first-contact serve and pass,” freshman setter Taylor Tashima said after the loss. “I think they won the serveWe just couldn’t and-pass game tonight. really click on We know we can defiplay with them, the court, I felt, nitely we can play with any and we just let team in the Big Ten. them beat up We just have to find that consistency.” on us.

A somber Caroline Niedospial expressed Caroline her disappointment Niedospial, with the team’s play in junior the final two sets.

“We just kept letting them get too many strings of points, and once you’re down 6, 7, 8 points it’s really hard to come back. We just couldn’t really click on the court, I felt, and we just let them beat up on us.”

The Cats changed their lineup from the 6-2 they had been using over the past month to a 5-1 tonight, but struggled for much of the evening.

“I think it’s game-to-game right now,” coach Keylor Chan said about the 5-1 lineup. “We’re assessing our opponents, trying to put us in

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the best matchups. We thought that was, and in the first two sets we (executed), and then didn’t get it done in sets three and four.”

As NU started with the 5-1 lineup, Michigan State got off to a roaring start in the first set by playing dink-and-dunk volleyball, getting key blocks and taking advantage of some outof-position Cats. After dropping 7 of the first 8 points, NU started to get some momentum going, making it an 11-9 game and pulling within 2 points.

However, the Spartans were determined not to let the Cats advance any further, maintaining control of the set. NU eked out a subpar .088 hitting percentage in the first set, while Michigan State fared much better at .286, and the Spartans won the first by a score of 25-15.

The second frame began more evenly.

Michigan State went out in front slightly 8-5, but NU won the next 4 points before Spartan coach Cathy George took a timeout. Eventually, Michigan State regained its momentum.

The Spartans tied the set at 18 and threatened to go up 2-0. The teams traded points until the score stood at 20-20, and then the Spartans went up by 3. However, behind strong serving by senior Monica McGreal, the Cats tied it up at 24. A big kill by Kayla Morin and an attack error by the Spartans gave NU the second set, 27-25.

NU got off to another slow start in the third, losing 8 of the opening 10 points, and Michigan State never holding a lead smaller than 6 points. The Cats couldn’t get anything going and dropped the set 25-9 to fall behind 2-1 in the match.

Set four was flat-out dominance by Michigan State, as the Spartans jumped out to a huge 12-1 lead. The Cats could not muster any momentum on the floor, only winning consecutive points three times during the fourth set, as Michigan State went on to win the set 25-13 and the match 3-1.

“It all came down to first ball contact,” Chan said of the third and fourth frames. “We didn’t serve aggressively enough to put them in bad situations, and we didn’t handle the ball behind the block well enough to help our hitters.” maxgelman2018@u.northwestern.edu

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NO OFFENSE Senior Katie Dutchman battles a Purdue defender at the net in a recent match.

Dutchman and the Cats lost their fourth straight match Wednesday, falling to Michigan State in four sets.

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We’ve had a great season so far, and we’re really looking forward to continuing it.

— Tyler Miller, senior goalkeeper

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No. 17 Northwestern (9-3-6, 4-1-3 Big Ten) will take on SIU-Edwardsville (7-8-4, 4-1-1 Missouri Valley Conference) at home in the first round of the NCAA Tournament on Thursday afternoon.

“We’ve got a great group of guys with a lot of good chemistry on and off the field,” senior goalkeeper Tyler Miller said of the team’s chances looking ahead. “We’ve had a great season so far, and we’re really looking forward to continuing it.”

The Wildcats qualified for the tournament, receiving one of 24 at-large bids, despite losing in the quarterfinals of the Big Ten Tournament. They are undefeated at home and hope to continue the streak against the in-state rival Cougars that qualified for the NCAA Tournament by winning their conference championship.

SIU-Edwardsville forward Christian Volesky has scored eight goals and contributed four assists this season and is a potent threat that the NU defense will be looking to shut down. But he also has the joint-lead for the Cougars in another statistical category: Volesky has five yellow cards this season.

Offensively, he has put 37 shots on goal this season, more than double NU’s leader in that statistic, junior forward Joey Calistri.

Calistri has also been the Cats’ biggest offensive threat in terms of goals scored

this season, though he has not quite hit the scintillating heights he reached last season when he scored 12 goals. Even though this year he’s scored just half the amount, other players have taken an important role in the offense, including junior midfielder Cole Missimo. The Dallas native has been clutch this year, scoring 5 goals — 4 of them game-winners — and has been all over the place on offense for the Cats this season.

But the real story for NU this season has been its defense. Two Cats earned some of the conference’s highest honors. Miller was named the Big Ten Goalkeeper of the Year, while senior defender Nikko Boxall was declared the Big Ten Defensive Player of the Year. These two have anchored an NU defense that has the fourth-best goals against average in the nation.

“I’ve got to give credit to the guys I’m working with,” Boxall said. “I’ve got a great back four. … It makes my job easy when they’re so good to work with. It gives you confidence having Tyler (Miller) behind you.”

Miller and the defense have only conceded 11 goals this year, six of which have come from penalties or as a direct result of a penalty kick. Additionally, the Cats were knocked out of the Big Ten tournament against Indiana in a penalty kick shootout. Miller said he and the team have been cognizant of the threat of the shootout especially.

“We really want to be confident when we’re going into penalty kicks,” he said.

“It’s important to know who your shooters are and try to do as much research on the other team as you can, but we’re going to try to win the game in regulation.”

NU has arguably had a more difficult schedule than SIU-Edwardsville, which has not defeated a ranked team yet this

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nailed it Nikko Boxall plays a ball forward. The senior centerback was named Big Ten Defensive Player of the Year for his role in leading the Cats’ stingy defense.

season, coming just one point off of the top of the conference final regular season standings in a very strong Big Ten. The conference contributed the secondmost teams of any conference into the NCAA tournament, only one off of the

leading ACC. But coach Tim Lenahan said despite the results the Cougars have had this year, they “outplayed” some of their opponents.

“They have really been one of the hottest teams in the country,” he said. “This is

going to be a really good team. They know how to attack and keep the ball well.”

Bobby Pillote contributed reporting. juliangerez2017@u.northwestern.edu

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By huzaifa patel

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Men’s Basketball

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A day before their home tilt against North Florida, the Wildcats got together Wednesday for their last practice before beginning the Cancun Challenge.

The team’s endurance will be tested, as they will play four games in seven days, two at home in Evanston and two in Puerto Aventuras, Mexico.

“It is weird because you don’t play any games for so long, you practice, practice, practice and then you dive in and you have a lot of games,” coach Chris Collins said. “There’s no question we played well versus Brown, but now you’ve got to flush that and you got to lock in on North Florida.”

During the first few games, Collins has countered the scheduling kinks with a deeper lineup focused on maximizing the effectiveness of his players.

“I think I played 11 guys in the first half of the Brown game,” Collins said.

“For me that’s kind of a new thing. I’m used to settling into a shorter rotation, but that’s not the kind of team that we

have this year. We have more guys who can help.”

Collins referenced guard Scotty Lindsey’s strong performance against Brown — 10 points in 13 minutes — as well as senior point guard Dave Sobolewski’s strong play as a backup point guard as a basis for a bigger rotation.

“I’ve told our guys all the time, I like to be in a position where there’s a lot of guys that are playing well,” Collins said. “I’m okay with those guys being a little mad at the coach sometimes and wanting to get in there. That’s a good thing as long as it’s channeled the right way.”

Part of the reason why Collins has opted to sport a deeper lineup thus far is because of the versatility of skill-sets on the Cats’ roster. In their two wins this season, they’ve received production on offense from two completely different groups of players.

“The thing that I’ve been saying a lot that’s been proven to be true at least initially is how balanced we are,” Collins said. “The guys who really stepped up and played great against Houston Baptist and helped us win did fine, but you saw against Brown it was Sanjay (Lumpkin), Scott Lindsey, it was Jershon Cobb, three guys that led us in scoring that weren’t our three leading scorers in the first game.”

Collins specifically mentioned Lumpkin’s play and the boost it gave the Cats against Brown.

“I’ve made the comment that we’re not

going to run our offense through Sanjay, and that’s true, we’re not,” Collins said.

“That doesn’t mean he can’t score 15 points in a game. He’s doing a great job at being a threat for us. He’s making his open shots, and then I think he’s finishing much better around the basket.”

Lumpkin remains a linchpin in the Cats’ defensive game plan as well. His ability to switch onto virtually any perimeter defender has made it easier for the Cats to stop penetration into the lane. It takes more than just one player like Lumpkin to make the switches work, and, luckily for Collins, he has those players.

“It’s a big reason why I got on the floor, especially last year,” Lumpkin said.

“I guarded 1 through 5 last year. For instance, I started on Adreian Payne one game, (and) I can switch onto point guards, and that’s a trait that a lot of guys on this team have. A lot of length, a lot of athleticism to switch onto any position.”

The Cats will need all of their guys to contribute in the upcoming stretch, especially against North Florida. The Ospreys are projected to finish towards the top of their conference, one that features recent Cinderella Florida Gulf Coast.

“They have an outstanding point guard in Dallas Moore, who averaged about 20 in their league,” Collins said. “This team is a good team. (They’re) definitely capable of beating us if we’re not ready.” huzaifapatel2017@u.northwestern.edu