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the break at South Mid-Quads Hall and North Mid-Quads Hall. D’Arienzo said housing all students who are staying over break in SMQ and NMQ allows the University to consolidate resources, such as energy usage, resident assistants and University Police staffing. “If we let everyone stay in their original dorms it’s inconvenient,” D’Arienzo said. “You’d let one person stay in the building themselves. This is an opportunity to pool resources.” Last year, international students stayed in the Foster-Walker Complex. Prior to the 2013-14 school year, NU did not offer any student housing over Winter Break. All other residential students were required to evacuate their rooms by 12 p.m. on Dec. 14, the Saturday after finals, and to return no earlier than noon on Jan. 4, the Saturday before Winter Quarter. D’Arienzo said that this year, 160 bed spaces are available, in either single or double rooms. The total cost of a staying for
The University of Denver’s John Evans Study Committee released a report Monday that finds Evans, the founder of both DU and Northwestern, “deeply culpable” in the Sand Creek Massacre, an 1864 event in which American soldiers killed about 150 Cheyenne and Arapaho people. The DU report disagrees “strongly” with portions of NU’s own report on the topic, released in May, which concluded Evans was not directly involved in the planning of the massacre and would have opposed the attack. The NU report also said the University has ignored Evans’ “significant moral failures,” including his refusal to criticize the attack. Evans, who was governor and superintendent of Indian affairs in the Colorado Territory where the massacre occurred, has been the subject of scrutiny from committees at both universities since 2013. NU’s John Evans Study Committee was appointed by Provost Dan Linzer in February 2013 after students pushed the University to address its history. An NU faculty member then contacted a DU colleague asking about similar efforts at the school. DU faculty members then formed their own study committee with the support of the university’s administration, according to the DU report. DU’s report, which focused on events leading up to the massacre, concluded that Evans shared responsibility because he failed to promote peace, claimed Native American tribes were planning to fight with white settlers in the region and directly influenced conditions in the territory that made attacks on Native Americans appear justified. Nancy Wadsworth, chair of the committee and a DU political science professor, told The Daily the DU committee “defined culpability in a broader sense whereas Northwestern defined culpability in a narrow instrumental sense” that focused more on whether Evans knew about the attack or co-conspired in it with Col. John Chivington, the military official who planned and carried out the massacre. “If we pull back to the broader question of who was the top official, in the top civil and political authority in the territory,” Wadsworth said, “what were the patterns of action and decisions that led up to the massacre? We believe there’s more than enough evidence to demonstrate that John Evans shared culpability for the fact that the massacre occurred.” The DU report disagreed with the NU report’s claims that Evans would have opposed the massacre if he had known it was being planned. The DU
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‘Voter Van’ to take students to polling stations
NU Votes, in collaboration with other campus offices, will be providing transportation to city voting locations Tuesday to give members of the Northwestern community the opportunity to vote in the midterm elections. For the first time this year, Illinois is allowing same-day voter registration. Students who have not yet registered or have registered in their hometowns but have not voted via absentee ballot will be able to vote in the election. The free shuttle, dubbed the “Voter Van,” is organized by NU Votes, the Center for Civic Engagement and the Center for Student Involvement. It is part of NU Votes’ effort to mobilize voters and encourage political participation. The van will leave from Norris University Center about every 20 minutes from
10 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Tuesday. For students who have already registered, voting will be available at both Parkes Hall and Patten Gym. Same-day voter registration will take place at the Civic Center. The idea for the van stemmed fwrom an NU Votes meeting where the team talked about voting barriers for college students. “We’re very excited about the doors opened by same-day voter registration,” Weinberg senior Larry Svabek, an NU Votes co-coordinator, said in a news release. “But the Civic Center can be a far walk, and we realized that a lot of students don’t even know where it is.” Burgwell Howard, assistant vice president of student engagement, sent an email Monday afternoon from NU votes to the NU community encouraging students, faculty and staff to vote and to take advantage of the free shuttle services. The email specified what information voters must bring to the » See van, page 7
More than 5K turn out to vote early in midterm election
As Evanston residents and Northwestern students head to the polls Tuesday, more than 5,000 people have already submitted their votes in the general election. Voters registered in Evanston were able to submit their votes in a variety of elections, including the Illinois gubernatorial race, through early voting at the Civic Center held from Oct. 20 to Nov. 2. The total number of Evanston early voters for the 2014 general election was more than 4,000 votes less than the number of early ballots cast in the 2012 presidential election. The 2014 early voter turnout was about 2,000 votes more than the previous midterm election in 2010. Comparing voting numbers between 2012 and 2014 is difficult, as there are always significantly more voters who turn out when a president is being elected, said Jim Scalzitti, the Cook County clerk’s office deputy communications director.
More Evanston voters turned out to cast their ballots early in 2014 than in the previous gubernatorial election four years ago when Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn was elected. Quinn first took office in 2009 after former Gov. Rod Blagojevich was removed from office. Only about 3,500 people came out for early voting in 2010, according to the Cook County clerk’s office. Early voting is an important part of ensuring votes are cast, by giving prospective voters more opportunities and flexibility, Scalzitti said. When general voting opens at 6 a.m. Tuesday, city voters will have more than 30 locations to choose from to vote. Illinois residents will be able to, for the first time, register to vote at certain locations on Tuesday when they show up to cast a ballot. People will vote in a variety of elections, not only in prominent races, such as the state governor and U.S. and state General Assembly members, but also for candidates for positions in Cook County and the state, such as the secretary of state » See voting, page 7
Res Services revamps break housing By alice yin
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holiday housing South Mid-Quads Hall will reopen this Winter Break. All students living on campus can stay at either SMQ or North Mid-Quads Hall over the break for the first time.
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All undergraduate students living on campus can now apply to stay in Winter Break housing for the 2014-15 academic year. This is the first time Northwestern is offering housing to all residential students during the break. The plan was announced over the summer. Last year, Residential Services only allowed international students to stay over Winter Break. “In conversations with other members of the Residential Services team, it was seen as a way to provide more of a service to all residential students,” said Mark D’Arienzo, senior associate director of University Housing Administration. Applications are open until Nov. 28 and students can request to stay for any amount of time on campus during Winter Break. Students are approved for a spot on a firstcome, first-serve basis and will stay during
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Officials discuss possible changes to grant process By Stephanie Kelly
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City officials discussed Monday revising the funding allocation and application process for two grants that support Evanston agencies and social services. Members of the Human Services Committee, the Mental Health Board and the Housing and Community Development Act Committee came together for the first Human Services Funding Summit meeting. Led by Ald. Coleen Burrus (9th), the Human Services Committee chair, they considered different ways funding for public services could be distributed more effectively. About $1 million per year from federal and city sources are allocated to the city’s various agencies and social services, Burrus said. She noted the summit was held in part to identify ways to better distribute the funding. “There’s no way that amount of money can address all the needs in the community,” Burrus said. Burrus proposed a universal application available for groups to request funding from both the Community Development Block Grant and the Mental Health Board, an idea that some agency representatives agreed with. The block grant, a U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development grant, works to provide more opportunities to low- and moderateincome residents. Evanston can use up to 15 percent
Police Blotter City man robbed, hit with gun Wednesday
An unknown person hit an Evanston man with a gun and stole his iPhone in south Evanston on Wednesday night, police said. The 42-year-old Evanston man told police that he was out on his nightly walk when a man approached him from behind at around 10:36 p.m. in the 600 block of Forest Avenue, Evanston police Cmdr. Jay
of the grant specifically for public services, said Sarah Flax, the city’s housing and grants administrator. A universal application would make allocating grants easier for the funders and the requesting agencies, Burrus said. The panelists agreed to look into Burrus’ suggestion. Ald. Delores Holmes (5th) voiced concern about the pressure to allocate the money in a way that includes everyone, even when some groups receive a very small amount of funding. She asked whether awarding a small amount of money is worth it when the paperwork for agencies to apply for funding is so long and time-consuming. “I think that this needs to be part of the discussion, as well, that we need to make a difference with these dollars,” Holmes said. However, during time for comment, some agency representatives tried to dispel Holmes’ concern. The small portion money from the city helps to encourage other donors to provide additional funding, said Ann Rappett, who represented the Child Care Center of Evanston at the meeting. “We can show that if the city supports us, it really makes a big difference,” she said. Allison Stark, a chair of the Mental Health Board, said some organizations feel they need to have an “in” in the city in order to receive funding, since the same group of agencies receive funding year after year. There should be more transparency in the funding application process, she said. The city holds multiple meetings discussing the Parrott said. The man displayed a revolver, chrome or silver in color, and demanded the Evanston resident’s belongings, Parrott said. He then struck the 42-year-old twice in the head with the gun, causing the man to fall forward and drop his iPhone 5c on the ground. The man took the phone and fled southbound on Forest Avenue toward South Boulevard, Parrott said. Police believe the man may have run into Calvary Cemetery, 301 Chicago Ave. Evanston Police Department detectives are investigating the incident, Parrott said. The Evanston man
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FUNDING brainstorm Carl Caneva, the city’s assistant director of the health department, speaks in front of city staff Monday. Officials met at the first Human Services Funding Summit meeting to discuss better ways to allocate funding to public services.
block grant throughout the year that get little attendance, Ald. Ann Rainey (8th) said, noting there is an empty room 90 percent of the time. “It is so offensive when not one agency comes and talks to us and tells us what they need, but then we get a boatload of applications for funding. It’s almost an entitlement mentality,” Rainey said. “I think the agencies have an obligation to be transparent to the community that they need these things, and we don’t
hear that out loud.” The recommendations that came from the meeting will go in front of the Human Services Committee in December, at which time there will be a motion to recommend them to council, Burrus told The Daily. In January or February, there will be a summit for setting goals.
did not sustain any serious injuries, police said. Officials do not have any suspects in the case. Husband, wife arrested Friday in connection with retail theft Police arrested a husband and wife Friday in Evanston in connection with the retail theft of a Sam’s Club, authorities said. Officers responded at about 12:05 p.m. to a call from security personnel at the Sam’s Club, 2450 Main St., police said. Security staff stopped the Chicago residents after they had attempted to leave the store without paying
for some items, Parrott said. The man and woman had paid for some items, but had also tried to take some items they had concealed on their persons, he said. The products they tried to take included medication and clothing, totaling about $102 in value, Parrott said. The 35-year-old man and the 33-year-old woman were both charged with misdemeanor retail theft, police said.
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On Campus NU partners with Divvy bike service By emily chin
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As Evanston and Northwestern prepare for the Divvy Bike Share service to arrive in spring 2015, the University plans on advocating for stations near campus so students can use the service. NU’s Office of Sustainability is partnering with Divvy, Chicago’s bike-sharing system, to offer discounts to members of the NU community. Students with a WildCARD will be able to receive a $20 discount off a $75 membership, and faculty and staff will be given a $10 discount. Rob Whittier, director of the Office of Sustainability, said the program “opens up an opportunity for people who don’t own a bike on campus” and he said he hopes to see 100 students use the bike-sharing system each day. “Divvy is only as effective as the network is,” Whittier said. “Having only two stations in Evanston wouldn’t be very useful.” The Office of Sustainability has been discussing the possibility of bike-sharing for It’s another students on campus for about two years, and convenient has seen interest in the way to make idea, Whittier said. trips to connect However, the office to see what travelers to their wanted Evanston was conlast mile of their sidering before they chose to implement a trip. separate bike-sharing Catherine Hurley, program. Sustainable In October, Evanprograms ston received a grant coordinator from the Illinois government to create eight Divvy stations in the city, bringing bike-sharing to Evanston for the first time. Divvy allows people to take a bicycle with their pass from any station. People then have 30
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minutes to return the bicycle to either the same or another station. The city is currently looking for community members to partner with Divvy in Evanston by investing in individual racks or sponsoring the program, with NU as one of those partners. “If Evanston wasn’t going to do Divvy, they wouldn’t be my first choice,” Whittier said. “But now that we know what they are, that elevates the pros of doing a Divvy-like program.” Whittier said the reason Chicago’s bike-sharing program works well is because it’s “ubiquitous and widespread.” He added that he appreciates Divvy’s reliability. “They make sure that the bikes are always working,” he said. “If a bike isn’t working, you
report it and they come fix it or replace it. If one rack is empty, Divvy has the data to know that it is empty, and they will come and move bikes to that bike rack.” The bike-sharing program will also be convenient for people who use the public transit already, said Catherine Hurley, Evanston sustainable programs coordinator. “It’s another convenient way to make trips to connect travelers to their last mile of their trip,” she said. Whittier said he hopes that if there are a large number of users and the system is successful, the program will grow in the future. emilychin2018@u.northwestern.edu
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Class of 2045: a futuristic view of NU education lucas matNEY
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Last week, I touched on the idea that Northwestern was proceeding too slowly in its adaptation of education technology, but now I’m left to ask where all these technological changes are realistically leading us as a university. Imagine NU 30 years in the future. If the current rate of annual tuition increases hold, undergraduate tuition will reach $143,383 for the 2044-45 academic year. I can’t look into the future, but based on the rapid adaptation of technology across fields, I believe that in three decades’ time NU will endure a number of major changes as it strives to keep up with — and stay ahead of — society’s pace for innovation while justifying its potentially exorbitant price tag. These developments will largely be brought about by the digitization
of the classroom and an increasing reliance on data analysis. These progressions will alter the ways NU professors approach instruction and examination as well as how the University rethinks the way it approaches connecting students with career advancement opportunities. Generally, people like to exaggerate the pace of physical change when looking towards the future (I’m still waiting patiently for the autolacing shoes and hover boards from the “Back to the Future” vision of 2015.) Digital innovation is moving ahead at a pace that may be surpassing society’s willingness to adapt. One of the most predictable changes that will occur over the next several decades is the digitization of campus resources. Major efforts will be put towards scanning the entirety of the library’s five million volumes into searchable text documents that will be available to anyone on the campus network. This will be particularly useful as eBooks, which will replace all academic print texts by this point, grow vastly more sophisticated and you’re able to hopscotch through various adaptable texts that update
automatically alongside new breakthroughs in research. Professors will undoubtedly be using technology much more in class, but largely in ways that will be standardized across the University. Testing will take place exclusively online and all students will probably need to use insanely powerful — and inexpensive — mobile devices to supplement their learning and research capabilities in class. How lectures evolve will obviously vary depending on the subject, but technological advances will still impact the instruction of even the most technologically averse instructors. Incredibly fast and reliable Internet connections will allow classrooms across the globe to connect and participate together, blurring borders and widening perspectives in the process. Academics will also be more easily connected, allowing collaborations in research and class instruction. Big data will play a major role in personalizing the educational experience of each student. Personal student education profiles will hold
National Security Agency-quality amounts of data on students pulled largely from testing. Tools, similar to Apple’s suggestion-engine “Genius,” will be able to use these datasets to offer recommendations for classes, professors and even degree focuses. Where this data will prove most useful — and lucrative — will be in allowing NU to connect a vast network of employers with its most qualified students and vice versa. Technological progress is leaving society ripe for a great deal of exciting changes, and the future will not allow places like NU to bypass the “disruptions” that countless other institutions are undergoing. I think that a lot of the concerns about overreliance on technology are valid, but honestly the inevitability of its utility is already a foregone conclusion. The future is already on its way. 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
Ebola fear stigmatizes Africa instead of helping sick sai folmsbee
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Ebola has gone from an obscure African virus to a catalyst for a worldwide panic. About 5,000 have died so far from the 2014 outbreak, out of the nearly 14,000 who have been infected. Although the majority of its effect has been felt in West Africa, fear of Ebola has now crept into the United States, leading to counterproductive, non-scientific and reactionary responses from our political leaders. But if Ebola has been deadly and disastrous primarily in Africa, why are Americans so afraid? It cannot be due to its death toll. Only one case of American Ebola has been fatal, out of eight confirmed cases in the U.S. Although the numbers are small, they show that the United States has much lower mortality rates than Africa, where Ebola is fatal 50 to 70 percent of the time. But it is not because we have more advanced medical treatments. True, we have access to novel therapies, such as ZMapp, the expensive antibody therapy being used for the first time now in humans
with Ebola. However, only a handful of patients have been treated with ZMapp, and without proper scientific controls and methodology, it remains unclear whether it provided any benefit at all. Regardless, we have overlooked America’s strongest treatment: supportive therapy. Our best defenses against Ebola, the strategies that saved the lives of those seven American cases, are also our most boring. We provide fluids and blood products to Ebola patients, and take precautions to properly quarantine them to prevent further spread of the disease. Our health care infrastructure and resources which provide this basal level of care have proven enormously effective in preventing the spread of Ebola to the United States. In any case, the fear has only gotten worse, because of our flawed perception of disease in general. It is easy to view illness as existential justice, finding fault in those who get ill. When the HIV and AIDS epidemic emerged in the 1980s, we incorrectly and callously blamed homosexuality and drug addicts. And now, we blame Ebola on Africa. Unfortunately, this fear is forcing us to act erratically. Sen. Mark Kirk (R-Ill.) has already called for a travel ban for all people from Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone wishing to come to the U.S. His ban is supported
by Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn’s opponent in the gubernatorial race, Bruce Rauner. This kind of irrational, isolationist policy will likely be ineffective and just make it more difficult to track exposed persons, as those The fear from West Africa may simply travel to has only gotten other nations before worse, because coming to the U.S. Even the mandaof our flawed tory 21-day quarperception antines for those of disease in traveling from Ebola-stricken regions general. It is easy are an unnecessary to view illness response, according to a recent editorial as existential in the New England justice. Journal of Medicine. The authors argue that the quarantine of non-symptomatic individuals is not based on science, but rather on political pressure. Asymptomatic persons, even if they have contracted Ebola, are likely noncontagious, since there is little chance of exposure of bodily fluids. Furthermore, in the cases in the United States so far, it is remarkable that the transmitted virus occurred more often in health care workers than the families of
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the Ebola patients. If we care about stopping Ebola, we should focus on protecting clinicians over forcing travelers into a quarantine based solely on fear. But more importantly, these quarantines and travels bans may actually end up hurting the African countries that need the most help in fighting Ebola. Already, some medical workers may be more hesitant to travel to Africa to aid in the fight against Ebola knowing that they will have three weeks of essentially house arrest upon their return. And if a travel ban manages to become a reality, they may fear that they may not be able to come home at all. In our attempts to protect us from Ebola, we are only isolating Africa even more from U.S aid. Here is the scary truth: If someone returning from a trip from an Ebola-stricken country in Africa shows up at the Northwestern Memorial Hospital emergency department with a fever, the most likely diagnosis is not Ebola. It is probably just influenza. So if you really want to turn your fear into something productive, maybe you should get a flu shot. Sai Folmsbee is a Feinberg graduate student. He can be reached at sai@fsm.northwestern.edu. If you would like to respond publicly to this column, send a letter to the editor to opinion@dailynorthwestern.com
Old social media posts provide means for self-reflection trevor Stoimenoff Daily columnist
Not taking yourself too seriously is an aspect of life that I’ve found incredibly important, especially at Northwestern, where it is so tempting to compare yourself to those who surround you. I was reminded of this fact today in my attempt to procrastinate writing a paper, when I began going through my old posts on Facebook. Despite how silly it sounds, looking back through social media posts is beneficial. Yes, it might be embarrassing, but it is possible to learn from it. Personal growth is the pinnacle of life, and old social media posts can serve as a benchmark to see how much you have grown. Timehop is an interesting new application for mobile devices that allows one to very easily look at old social media posts from specific days. It can be incredibly cringe-worthy, but it does allow comparison between your old self and your current self. One common theme is that old posts are often superficial. I find that mine were geared toward things that people generally don’t post on social media – grades, plans and other personal information that other people wouldn’t really care to read about. I always find myself wondering why people post certain things on Facebook, but looking
back at my old updates, I realize I once did as well. It’s fun to see that my life has evolved from posting about my grade on an English paper or being sick on a school night to having a real job and attending college. Five or six years ago, I never would have imagined my life to be where it is now. Social media allows a tangible and readily-available comparison. In the age of Millennials, technology Personal growth seems to define curis the pinnacle rent culture. We as a society are said to be of life, and old robotizing ourselves by becoming slaves social media mobile devices, posts can serve to computers and tabas a benchmark lets. As technology evolves and changes, to see how so do we, and social much you have media is conveniently there to chronicle grown. this development. A concrete example of this is the old Facebook status system, in which we were prompted to type our updates in third person. It provided a more direct and acceptable way of saying how we were feeling. It then changed to being just a blank text box, where we could post anything as we pleased – making statuses much less personal than before. Now, we are given the option to add how we are feeling at the end of our updates. As the system changes it is
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interesting to see how we respond and adapt to such shifts in technology. Social media archives our old posts and allows us to physically see how we change in response to these fluctuations. So, Facebook, keep doing what you’re doing. It may be devastatingly embarrassing to see old pictures or videos pop up on your newsfeed, but no matter how incriminating this piece of media is, remember that you can justify your embarrassment by looking at it objectively and learning from it. It is a great method of seeing how far things have come, and how much everything has changed in just a few years. It is evidence of the
undeniable fact that life moves so fast that it’s hard to stop for a second and take it all in – but your old posts and pictures can be your own personal freeze-frame. Take a look at them, reminisce, stop time for a moment and remember what life was like back in the glory days when all you had to worry about was high school and petty drama. It’s a nice break from the reality of midterms, polar vortexes and Ebola scares. Trevor Stoimenoff is a Weinberg junior. He can be reached at trevorstoimenoff2016@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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Church to shelter homeless on cold days
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cooling off Evanston experienced one of its coldest winters in 2013-14. As the weather gets colder, Interfaith Action of Evanston and St. Paul’s Lutheran Church will again be providing a place to sleep and a shelter from harsh weather this upcoming winter.
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When the temperature drops below 5 degrees this winter, a local organization will open a shelter for Evanston’s homeless population to provide them with a place to sleep and protection from severe weather. Interfaith Action of Evanston’s cold shelter, located at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, 1004 Greenwood St., has provided cots to people with limited options for about six years, said Susan Murphy, the director of Interfaith Action, an organization that brings together a diverse community to serve people in need. “Once it gets cold, there’s really no other place for homeless people to go besides the library, and you can’t sleep there,” Murphy said. “This gives them a place to lie down for a while.” Interfaith Action’s cold center is the only overnight shelter of its kind in Evanston. In 2010, there was a national shift toward housing-first homeless programs. The programs gained traction with the U.S. Interagency Council on
Homelessness’ Opening Doors strategy. The strategy shifted the federal focus, and therefore funding, away from temporary relief programs and services, and toward an approach focused on permanent housing options. “The mindset used to be to get people into these transitional spots, and then once they’re ready we can get them into housing,” said Mary Ellen Poole, the city’s housing planner. “Now, there’s been a shift so housing is the first thing we need to get people.” Interfaith Action continues to offer many of the temporary relief programs that have received less emphasis under the housing-first policy. In addition to its cold shelter, the organization runs morning and afternoon shelters and coordinates several soup kitchens in the area. Murphy and Interfaith Action work closely with other Evanston-area organizations for the homeless, including Connections for the Homeless, an organization focused on housing and employment services, as well as homelessness prevention. The two organizations often share clients. Those seeking housing and services from Connections for the Homeless will stop by Interfaith Action’s shelters for access to food
and other services. Sue Loellbach, director of development for Connections for the Homeless, said she wishes Interfaith Action’s services were unnecessary, but acknowledges the services it provides are critical, especially with winters as cold as last year. “I think ideally, everybody who wanted it would have a place to go at night — a safe, dry, warm place — but that just isn’t the case right now,” Loellbach said. “Interfaith is filling a serious need.” She said there are several hundred people in Evanston who don’t have a permanent place to stay. For Poole, although the services Interfaith Action and Connections for the Homeless provide are essential, she said meeting those immediate and long-term needs does not completely address the problem. “At the end of the day, when we’re talking about homelessness, it’s not necessarily just a conversation about a roof — that’s just the first step,” Poole said. “Having a conversation about shelter is really a conversation about poverty, mental illness, addiction and so many other factors.” mfox17@u.northwestern.edu
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City man killed Monday in Chicago from stab, gun wounds
An Evanston man died early Monday morning in Chicago’s South Shore neighborhood from multiple stab and inside wounds, officials said. Police discovered Evanston resident Andrew Brown, 46, around 12:19 a.m. Monday unresponsive with a gunshot wound to his chest, authorities said. Brown was found on the sidewalk in the 3000 block of East Cheltenham Place in Chicago and pronounced dead at the scene at about 12:49 a.m., police said. Brown’s death has been ruled a homicide, according to the Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office. Pathologist Adrienne Segovia performed the autopsy and reported the cause of death was multiple stab and inside wounds. Police do not have anyone in custody in connection with the homicide, authorities said. Chicago Police Department’s Area South detectives are conducting the investigation. — Paige Leskin
Police: City man injured in drug-related shooting incident
An Evanston man was injured in a south Evanston shooting Monday morning that police believe was drug related, authorities said. A 22-year-old man with gang affiliations walked into Presence Saint Francis Hospital, 355 Ridge Ave., with a gunshot wound to his left arm, police said. The man’s injuries are not life threatening. The shooting occurred at about 8 a.m. Monday in the area of the 700 block of Dobson Street, police said. Police are investigating the shooting and ask anyone with information about the incident to contact the Evanston Police Department’s Detective Bureau. — Paige Leskin
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There has been a recent increase in the amount of counterfeit money circulating to Evanston businesses, police said Monday. The Evanston Police Department has received many reports of counterfeit currency passing through the local community, officials said. To combat the rise, EPD sent out information to residents about what they can do to prevent counterfeiting. With the emergence of more high-tech computers and printers, people are finding it easier to make their own counterfeit money, Evanston police Cmdr. Jay Parrott said. Officers have received multiple calls from businesses who were given counterfeit $20 bills and did not initially realize, he said. The denomination is often not considered high enough in value to attract suspicion and can be easily accepted by business owners, police said. New versions of U.S. bills and the continued
Across Campuses Duke University patient tests negative for Ebola, remains in isolation A patient in an isolation ward at Duke University Hospital has tested negative for Ebola after developing a fever after a trip to Liberia, North Carolina state public health officials announced Monday morning. Officials said the patient will remain in isolation while the first test result, which is considered preliminary, is confirmed by follow-up testing. The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services said the patient, who was not identified, had no known exposure to Ebola and had no other symptoms besides the fever.
National News Scientists see fracking as cause of earthquakes in heartland WASHINGTON—Evidence is growing that fracking for oil and gas is causing earthquakes that shake the heartland. States such as Oklahoma, Texas, Kansas and Ohio are being hit by earthquakes that appear linked to oil and gas activity. While the quakes are far more often tied to disposal of drilling waste, scientists also increasingly have started pointing to the fracking process itself.
tuesday, november 4, 2014 circulation of older bills increase the variety of currency and make it harder for residents to spot forged bills, Parrott said. Because of this, he said, police hope to educate the public on the features of specific bills, ranging from $5 to $100. EPD is looking to make residents more aware of counterfeiting, what they should look for and when they should notify police of wrongdoing, Parrott said. All reported incidents of counterfeit money are investigated by the U.S. Secret Service, police said. The EPD gives all reported counterfeit money to the Secret Service, Parrott said. Police encouraged anyone who thinks they are in possession of counterfeit U.S. currency to notify their local police department or their local U.S. Secret Service office. EPD will go to the location of a business if it reports counterfeit money, officials said. Parrott advised business owners to call police while a person who has tried to use counterfeit money is still on the scene in order to better assist in a later investigation.
Wrestling
Pair of Cats shine in early season NWCA All-Star Classic
Senior Mike McMullan and sophomore Jason Tsirtsis returned to the mat at the 2014 NWCA All-Star Classic on Saturday with their work cut out for them, and the duo delivered. McMullan knocked off the nation’s top heavyweight, Nick Gwiazdowski of North Carolina State. Tsirtsis, who holds the top ranking at 149 pounds, edged No. 3 Josh Kindig of Oklahoma State. McMullan is a three-time All-American, but a national championship has eluded him each season. He made a statement Saturday with an 8-4 victory against Gwiazdowski, the defending NCAA heavyweight champion. The senior was one of two athletes named the event’s Most Outstanding Wrestler. “I got to my offense and felt crisp for it being the first time out,” McMullan said in a news
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release. “I know that I can be more diligent on my attacks and that will get me to where I want to be in March.” McMullan entered the season ranked second at 285 pounds, and with this win, he could snag the top ranking from Gwiazdowski. Tsirtsis finished last season on a roll, and that continued at the All-Star Classic. Last season, he won his final eight regular season matches and then won Big Ten and NCAA titles. In the national title match, he defeated Kindig in overtime. In the rematch, Tsirtsis defeated Kindig 4-1 in regulation. “Jason showed he’s capable of widening the gap against a national runner-up,” coach Drew Pariano said in a release. With the official season opener at Stanford approaching, Pariano has a pair of the nation’s best leading the way. “It speaks volumes about their desire to dominate and be NCAA champions,” Pariano said in the release about Saturday’s performances. — Jesse Kramer
The patient arrived from Liberia at Newark Liberty International Airport on Friday, traveled to Person County in northern North Carolina Saturday and developed the fever Sunday, the department said in a statement. The patient’s transfer to Duke University Hospital, about 30 miles south of Person County, was carried out under appropriate health and safety protocols, according to the health department. Tests are underway to determine whether the fever was caused by another condition, the department said. The patient is being interviewed about travel and personal contacts as public health officials conduct “precautionary control measures,” including monitoring anyone in contact with the patient after the fever developed. North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory said in a statement that public health officials have worked since July “to prepare for the possibility that a
patient in North Carolina might be diagnosed with Ebola.” Health officials said risk of exposure is extremely low. “Ebola is not spread through the air, water or food – or simply by being near an infected person,’’ the health department statement said. Ebola is spread only through unprotected contact with blood or body fluids from an infected person who has symptoms, or with objects such as needles that have been contaminated with the virus. Several people in the United States have tested negative for Ebola after being placed in isolation upon arriving from countries in West Africa where the virus has spread. Public health officials have been on high alert since summer, paying close attention to anyone who has traveled to countries where people have contracted the virus.
At least five Americans have contracted Ebola after traveling to West Africa. Four have been cured. An American doctor, Craig Spencer, 33, is being treated at Bellevue Hospital Center in New York after becoming ill Oct. 23 after working with Doctors Without Borders in Guinea. His doctors said Saturday that he was stable and responding well to treatment. A Liberian man, Thomas Eric Duncan, who contracted Ebola in that country, died at a Dallas hospital Oct. 8. National nervousness about the disease has led to several false alarms across the U.S., with subsequent tests showing the patients did not have Ebola. Another scare occurred Friday in Oregon, where a woman was hospitalized. Officials said Saturday that she is at low risk for Ebola.
“Certainly I think there may be more of this that has gone on than we previously recognized,” Oklahoma Geological Survey seismologist Austin Holland told colleagues last week. In addition to what Holland has seen in Oklahoma, a new study in the journal Seismological Research Letters concludes that fracking caused a series of earthquakes in Ohio a year ago. That follows reports of fracking leading to earthquakes in Canada and across the Atlantic in the United Kingdom. Hydraulic fracturing, known as fracking, is when massive amounts of high-pressure water
with chemicals is pumped underground to break shale rock and release the oil and natural gas inside. The process is responsible for the nation’s energy boom since 2008, as it has allowed access to oil and gas trapped in the shale. But at the same time, earthquakes have spiked in the central and eastern United States. Before 2008 Oklahoma averaged just one earthquake greater than magnitude 3.0 a year. So far this year there have been 430 of them, Holland said. Scientists have linked earthquakes in Oklahoma to drilling waste injection. Shale drilling produces large amounts of wastewater, which
then is often pumped deep underground as a way to dispose of it without contaminating fresh water. Injection raises the underground pressure and can effectively lubricate fault lines, weakening them and causing earthquakes, according to the U.S Geological Survey. USGS senior science adviser Bill Leith, speaking at an earthquake forum last week held by the U.S. Energy Association, said communities need to be worried about earthquakes from drilling waste injection. But quakes from fracking itself are rare, Leith said.
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Northwestern foiled the competition this weekend in its first dual meet of the season. During the NU Duals meet, the Wildcats beat all 12 teams by a combined score of 298-26 at the Henry Crown Sports Pavilion. “What more can you ask when you go 12-0?” coach Laurie Schiller asked. “We slammed everybody, pretty much.” Wisconsin, Purdue, University of Chicago, Lawrence University, Iowa, Michigan State, Minnesota, Michigan, Florida, Bradley, Swarthmore and Indiana each left Evanston with a loss to NU marked on its schedule. “It’s looking very good considering this is just preseason and just the beginning,” sophomore sabre Cindy Oh said. In fact, NU had a couple of fencers competing outside of their comfort zones. Because multiple Cats are injured and one is abroad, Schiller used his large foil squad to plug the holes on the roster: Junior Charlotte Sands and senior Katherine Kim — both foilists
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— both picked up the epee. A part-time fencer, sabre senior Sarah Bruhl, also started for NU. “We have a big enough and strong enough group to fill those needs,” Schiller said. “It shows the kind of good spirit that they’ll step up and fill in when there’s another injury or a reason that we need them to do that.” And, most importantly, the freshmen got their first exposure to dual meets. “They definitely saw the competitiveness and how different it is from national competitions and fencing for yourself,” Oh said. “But they handled it very well.” The setbacks didn’t hurt the Cats, winning two matches 27-0 and five 26-1. NU’s most difficult victory was 19-8 over Michigan. The Cats opened round one against Wisconsin and Purdue, toppling them 27-0 and 24-3 respectively. Round two was more of the same: 23-4 over Chicago and 24-3 over Lawrence. But NU wasn’t done. Round three meant continued dominance for the Cats. The team notched a pair of 26-1 victories over Iowa and Michigan State. “This was a good start,” Schiller said. “We got the 2015, requiring state health insurance plans to cover prescription birth control and implementing an additional income tax on people who make more than $1 million. In addition to the advisory referenda, Illinois voters can decide whether or not to adopt two constitutional amendments that aim to strengthen the rights of crime victims and officially give all people the right to vote. — Paige Leskin other double applications. D’Arienzo said Residential Services has not decided whether or not to open dining halls during the break. Meal plan availability depends on the number of students who apply for housing, he said. There is a question on the application asking if the student would be interested in a two-meal-per-day plan, if offered. Prices would depend on the number of interested residents.
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McCormick junior Nevil George, who was a RA in Plex last year, stayed on-campus for the 2013-14 Winter Break period. He oversaw four people who also remained at NU. “I think personally that it’s a good thing,” George said. “I come from Mozambique, so I don’t go home that often at all … I think the new changes are cool. If someone wants to stay then they should.”
committee argued in its report that the “histrionic and inflammatory verbiage” Evans used in his letters indicated his “keen enthusiasm for a ruthless, ‘punishing’ winter attack on Indians.” NU’s report stated that “John Evans … was one of several individuals who, in serving a flawed and poorly implemented federal Indian policy, helped create a situation that made the Sand Creek Massacre possible.” In Monday’s report, the DU committee said Evans, holding the top political office in the territory at the time, had more responsibility in “creating the conditions in which the massacre was possible and even likely.” “It is all the actions he undertook and the attitude that he maintained before the massacre that not only reflected ‘indifference to the suffering inflicted on Cheyennes and Arapahos,’ but promoted the suffering,” the DU committee stated in its report. Wadsworth said Evans’ responsibility in the massacre is “different in character but comparable in degree” to actually planning the attack. She emphasized the DU report was not meant to prompt an “adversarial relationship” between the university and NU. The DU committee, upon reading NU’s report in May, decided to focus its own report less on parts of history NU covered, such as Evans’ biography and career, she said. “(We) focused on the areas where we think that the evidence suggests different conclusions,” Wadsworth said. At NU, public interest about the John Evans Study Committee’s work led to the fall 2013 creation of the Native American Outreach and Inclusion Task Force to recommend actions the University should take in light of the committee’s findings. The task force consists of students, faculty and administrators and is expected to release its report this month, which will coincide with the 150th anniversary of the Sand Creek Massacre. November also marks Native American Heritage Month, during which the Native American and Indigenous Student Alliance plans to hold various events commemorating the anniversary and discussing Evans’ role in the massacre. NAISA commented on DU’s report Monday on the group’s Facebook page, saying the new report “offers a humanizing narrative.”
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freshmen introduced to what it’s like to fence in dual meets against other teams. Everybody did very, very strongly.” The fourth round saw NU’s only “misstep”: the aforementioned 19-8 margin over Michigan. The Wolverines won three of the first four bouts in foil and held a 4-3 lead, but NU fought back to win it 5-4 after sophomores Kayla Kelch and Stephanie Chan delivered the tying and winning bouts, respectively. Also in that round, NU took down Minnesota 26-1. The remaining rounds featured four more blowouts: 24-3 over Florida, 27-0 over Bradley and 26-1 over Swarthmore and Indiana. “Each week is a step toward the ultimate goal,” Schiller said. “This was a good start, and we got the freshmen introduced to what it’s like to fence in dual meets against other teams.” The meet also gave the Cats the chance to square off against other schools as a team. “It’s nice to have a weekend where we’re not fencing against each other,” Schiller said. “It gets tiresome after a while.” alexanderlederman2017@u.northwestern.edu
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he does,” Fitzgerald said. “He’s trying everything he possibly can to get back and his body’s just responding the way that it is. I’m at a loss for words for him, because he was playing at an all-Big Ten level. It’s not from a lack of effort on his part, I promise you that.” Vitabile earns an academic honor Senior center Brandon Vitabile was one of 17 players nationwide named to the National Football Foundation’s National ScholarAthlete Class of 2014. Vitabile, who has started all 45 games of his NU career, was one of three Big Ten players recognized. “It’s a great honor,” Vitabile said. “I’m just glad I could represent this program in a positive way and show what’s capable here and what we do.” Vitabile follows in the footsteps of fellow offensive lineman Patrick Ward, who earned the honor as a senior in 2012. “It’s really cool that we have the chance to get recognized like that,” he said, “because it’s not just me, it’s the whole team that does great things, academically and on the field.”
Sophomore Jena Pianin broke the 21-minute mark and set a new personal best for a 6K race, leading the Wildcats to a 10th-place showing in the Big Ten Cross Country Championships on Sunday in Iowa City, Iowa. Pianin finished 22nd out of 123 runners in the meet with a time of 20:42.0, beating her personal best at the distance by nearly 40 seconds. Coach April Likhite attributed Pianin’s strong showing to a fast start and the ability to hang with the fastest runners at the meet as they made moves. “If you want to finish highly at a championship meet, like the Big Ten Championship, you have to go out with the fastest group,” Likhite said. “When the group starts to move, you have to go with them, and she did that.” Pianin demonstrated her marked improvement over the course of the season by cutting more than a minute off her time from the Big Ten Preview meet, which was run on the same course. As a freshman, she finished 89th in last year’s Big Ten Championship meet. Pianin’s performance led NU to 10thplace among the 14 teams competing. The Cats finished with 268 points, ahead of Iowa, Rutgers, Nebraska and Maryland. The nation’s top-ranked team, Michigan State, placed their five scorers inside the top 11 en route to a Big Ten championship. National top 10 teams from Wisconsin and Michigan took second and third, respectively. Despite a cool and blustery day, with a temperature around 40 degrees and winds touching 20 miles per hour in Iowa City, many of NU’s runners put together season and personal bests at the meet. Sophomore Andrea Ostenso rode a strong start to a top-50 finish in the meet. She was 31st at the halfway point in the race and ended 48th, with a time of 21:20.3, cutting 15 seconds from her season-best time. The finish is her second top-50 performance in the Big Ten Championships after placing 40th a year ago. Junior Elena Barham finished 52nd and set a personal best in a 6K with a time of 21:22.4. She was sitting in 61st at the 3K mark and finished strong to move up in the final standings over the second half of the race. “Elena responded well to what we were saying to her during the race,” Likhite said. “That’s one of the best things a runner can do: actually respond to what we’re trying to get her to do in the middle of the race. I think the excitement of being where she was supposed to be carried her through the whole race.” Junior Camille Blackman finished 75th with a time of 21:51.5, narrowly setting a personal best at the 6K distance. Another junior, Renee Wellman, rounded out the scorers for NU by placing 96th with her own personal record of 22:30.6. Despite the strong individual performances and numerous personal bests set, Likhite still saw plenty of room for improvement. “The times are exciting, but cross country is more about places than times,” she said. “We still haven’t had five girls run a great race together yet.” The Cats will have two weeks to recover and refocus before their next race at the 2014 NCAA Midwest Regional Championships, in Peoria, Illinois.
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SURROUNDED Kelsey Thompson battles for possession of the ball. The senior midfielder has started all 19 of the Wildcats’ games this season while contributing three assists.
September. Despite that, Fuchs can still see the silver lining. “We didn’t play well today,” Fuchs said on Sunday. “Our skills were off, we were just not very good defensively or attack-wise. I think the trait of a good team is that you can play like we did and still come out with a victory. We’re happy about the win, but nobody’s really happy with the way we performed.” On the statistics sheet, the Cats seemed to dominate, but were only able to net 1 goal during the game. All three seniors on the team started and turned up the heat early. NU shot six times in the first half, continually pressing the Golden Flashes by pushing the ball up-field
at breakneck speed. “In the first half, we were excited, and it came off a bit frantic,” Thompson said. “When we couldn’t put goals away, I think it got in our heads a little bit. At halftime, it was about keeping the energy up, but in a poised way. In the second half, that’s what we brought out: a poised sense of energy.” The loss to Penn State fueled that energy. The Cats wanted to prove themselves worthy of playing with the best. “It is hard to come back from a loss like that,” Wirtz said. “We were upset about it Friday night. Saturday (we) worked through it and really showed up today to focus on Kent
State. You can’t take anybody lightly. We tried to focus on the present, focus on now because every game counts.” With the seniors’ energy and focus also came the emotions of playing their final game at Lakeside Field. All three seniors contributed to the program and have seen it grow under Fuchs’ leadership. “It’s been an exciting four, five years for us (seniors),” Thompson said. “We’ve seen the program go through a metamorphosis. It’s really awesome to leave it where it is now, and obviously we’re not done and we’ve got a lot of goals to reach.” michaelmarut2016@u.northwestern.edu
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Fitzgerald optimistic despite Iowa loss By JOSEPH DIEBOLD
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If there has been a theme to coach Pat Fitzgerald’s weekly news conferences this year, it is this: an inverse relationship between Northwestern’s play on the field and Fitzgerald’s mood. When the Wildcats perform well, Fitzgerald has been full of criticisms two days later, calling out mental mistakes by young players who have played well. When the team has played poorly — as they did Saturday in their worst loss of the season, a 48-7 trouncing at the hands of Iowa — he has stayed upbeat, focusing on the upcoming week and attempting to put the previous week’s performance behind him. That didn’t change Monday, when a frank but cheerful Fitzgerald admitted NU “got our butts whipped” by the Hawkeyes and offered his usual array of praise for Michigan, which visits Ryan Field on Saturday. Bouncing back from a blowout There was little in the way of praise for the team’s play from Fitzgerald following the 41-point
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No. 8 Northwestern (13-6, 6-2 Big Ten) fell to No. 5 Penn State (14-4, 5-3) 2-1 Friday but won Sunday’s Senior Day game against Kent State (8-10) 1-0. Friday, the Wildcats fought for a piece of the Big Ten title but lost late in the game against the Nittany Lions. With less than seven minutes remaining, Penn State’s second-top scorer, Laura Gebhart, slapped the dagger for the NU loss. After the game, the Cats had to hope Maryland would lose to Iowa on Saturday. The Terrapins won, which knocked off any chance for NU to claim part of the title. “Penn State is (fifth) in the country for a reason,” coach Tracey Fuchs said. “We battled with them. They had the better of the play the first half, we had the better of the play the second half. It should prove to our entire team and people around the team that we’re one of the best top-10 teams. We can play with anybody.” With NU’s loss Friday, Maryland’s win Saturday and Michigan’s win Sunday, the Cats claim the No. 3 seed going into the Big Ten Tournament. Sunday was Senior Day for three Cats players: goalkeeper Maddy Carpenter and midfielders Kelsey Thompson and Kristin Wirtz. NU did not play up to its true potential. The Cats were unable to score in the first half against Kent State. NU has scored in every first half since the team played Rutgers in late
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blowout, NU’s worst since 2010. For the first time this season, the Cats’ coaches did not name a defensive player of the week. Fitzgerald said NU’s players didn’t win “more than three or four one-on-one battles” during the entire game. He said the team needs to turn its frustration from the loss into motivation for this week and the rest of the season. “Sometimes you gotta embrace the suck. We were bad,” he said. “There’s no magical formula. You just gotta embrace it.” Fitzgerald brushed off broader criticism about the state of the NU football program, saying at the end of each season, the rest of the coaching staff is evaluated on their entire body of work and that he has “never met” those who criticize him for too much loyalty to players or assistant coaches who are not living up to expectations. Player updates There were no major changes to NU’s depth chart for the Michigan game. At right tackle, Jack Konopka replaced Eric Olson, but both have appeared regularly for the Cats this season. Senior quarterback Trevor Siemian, who was replaced by junior Zack Oliver late in Saturday’s
game, remains the starter. Senior linebacker Collin Ellis, who has been out for several weeks with a concussion, is “week-to-week,” Fitzgerald said, and likely will not play Saturday. Junior Miles Shuler was replaced by junior Cameron Dickerson on the depth chart at his wide Sometimes receiver sp ot but you gotta remains on embrace the the depth chart as suck. We the team’s were bad. top punt returner. Pat Fitzgerald, Senior coach safety Ibraheim Campbell was expected to play against Iowa, but Fitzgerald said his hamstring injury tightened up on Thursday and Campbell was held out. The coach was at his most emotive expressing his disappointment at the way the injury has crippled the senior season for Campbell, one of the team’s captains. “I don’t know if there’s a guy in the country that works harder than
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