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Candidates talk jobs, education By paige leskin
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NU Greek members mostly white
About 70 percent of people involved in Greek life at Northwestern are white, according to an assessment gathered by the Division of Student Affairs. The assessment, which details the
racial, class and school breakdowns of NU’s fraternities and sororities as of Winter Quarter 2014, shows white students made up 71 percent of » See greek, page 7
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Democratic Gov. Pat Quinn of Illinois and his challenger in the upcoming election, Bruce Rauner, argued Tuesday about each other’s stances on issues related to black Illinois residents, including unemployment, gun safety and education reform. In their second televised debate, held to focus on matters important to the black community, Quinn and Rauner spent much of the hourlong meeting criticizing the other’s work while touting his own plans to improve public schools and invest in job development. “I care about public education, quality schools, and I’ll bring about a transformation in the Springfield government that works for African American families and all families,” Rauner said. “Pat Quinn has taken the African American vote for granted. He’s talking but not delivering results. We have got to go in a
different direction.” A panel of local journalists directed questions toward the candidates, who are vying for the nod from Illinois voters in the gubernatorial election on Nov. 4. Panelist Jay Levine, chief correspondent at CBS 2 Chicago, asked about Rauner’s charge that Quinn intends to extend a 66 percent state income tax increase that is set to expire at the beginning of 2015. Quinn responded that although he did not plan to raise the tax, additional revenue was needed to put money toward the state’s education. “I believe using the income tax, which is based on ability to pay, is the best way to go,” Quinn said. “I think we should use income tax revenue to properly fund our schools. The best way for good jobs in the future and today is to make sure we have well-educated workers.” Quinn said although he plans to increase the budget for public schooling, Rauner wants to cut the » See debate, page 7
New Res Life director to focus on academics By emily chin
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Deb Schmidt-Rogers, Northwestern’s new director of Residential Life, believes college students, no matter the era or background, all have similar goals. “They want to make meaning of their lives, they want positive relationships and they want to make a difference,” she said. “I think sometimes people will say, ‘You went to Northwestern. Students are very different there.’ And yes, they are incredibly bright and challenged, but they still want all of those things.” Schmidt-Rogers, who was hired over the summer, became interested in 18- to 23-year-olds as an undergraduate at Loyola University Chicago, where she studied biology. She then studied counseling psychology and higher education as a graduate student, also at Loyola.
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She said she wants to bring her knowledge to NU and form positive relationships with students and organizations such as Counseling and Psychological Services and University Police. But she also wants to get to know NU first. “I know how to be a good director of residential life, I just don’t know how to do that at Northwestern yet,” she said. Most of Schmidt-Rogers’ work on campus so far has been in training resident assistants. Her goals for them for this year include focusing on community development, engaging with residents and helping residents succeed academically. “People come to Northwestern because they want to do something, and it’s our job to make sure students have the right atmosphere to do that,” she said. She also hopes to provide students with skills for mediating conflicts and dealing with difficult classes and issues surrounding alcohol use. Paul Riel, executive director of Residential Services, said of all the applicants for Schmidt-Rogers’ position, she stood out for her 30 years of experience and commitment to students. Schmidt-Rogers has spent the last 21 years working at DePaul University, the last 12 of which she served as the director of residential education. She is also the inclusion and equity director of the Association of College and University Housing Officers – International. » See Residential life, page 7
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middle east Buffett Center visiting scholar Nabeel Khoury, right, and former Pentagon official Michael Rubin discuss U.S. policy in the Middle East on Tuesday. Northwestern’s chapter of The Alexander Hamilton Society and the American Enterprise Institute on Campus hosted the event.
Scholars discuss foreign policy By olivia exstrum
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A former Pentagon official and a visiting scholar debated on Tuesday the successes and failures of U.S. foreign policy in the Middle East as part of an event hosted by different campus groups. Michael Rubin, a former Pentagon official and resident scholar of the American Enterprise Institute, and Nabeel Khoury, a senior fellow for Middle East and National Security
at the Chicago Council on Global Affairs and Buffett Center visiting scholar, discussed national security, addressing issues in the Obama administration’s strategy and overall goals. The event, held in Scott Hall, was organized by Northwestern’s chapter of The Alexander Hamilton Society, a nonpartisan group that encourages debate on foreign policy, and AEI on Campus, the student branch of a conservative think tank. About 50 people attended the talk. “The Obama administration and the president himself have a very
good understanding of what’s happening in the Middle East,” Khoury said. “The problem is how you go from an overall goal to a strategy to implement to get from point A to point B.” Khoury then discussed the role that promoting democracy has played in American policy-making in recent years. Khoury pointed to the Bush administration’s strategy of promoting democracy in one nation with the hope that it would spread throughout a region. However, he » See middle east, page 7
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Residents adopt solar-powered water heaters By christine farolan
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An Evanston-based company has helped about 85 residents since January install solar water heating systems in their homes as part of a state program that encourages the use of solar- and wind-powered energy. The Illinois Energy Office allocated about $2.5 million for the Illinois Solar and Wind Energy Rebate Program, which closed to applicants Oct. 10. The program offers a 30 percent federal tax credit to those who use solar- and wind-powered energy systems in homes, businesses and the public and nonprofit sectors. The Evanston company, US Solar Network, worked with homeowners through every step of the process, from navigating the rebate to installing the solar-powered water heaters at home, the company’s owner Bill McDowell said. The business plans to branch out to nearby communities like Wilmette and Rogers Park. McDowell said he looks forward to reaching 100 installations by the end of the year. This achievement would decrease carbon dioxide emissions by 150 metric tons each year, according to US Solar’s site. “That’s our big goal and that would be a significant CO2 reduction for Evanston,” McDowell said.
Police Blotter Two charged with unlawful use of a weapon Police arrested two Chicago residents last week in connection with the unlawful use of a weapon. Evanston police assisted Chicago SWAT team members in executing a search warrant Thursday on a residence in Chicago’s Rogers Park neighborhood, Evanston police Cmdr. Jay Parrott said. Officers arrested a 26-year-old Chicago man at the searched residence at about 11:35 p.m. on
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Evanston residents are embracing the program as a way to impact the community, he said. “The CO2 reductions that we’re seeing from the solar systems directly effect the atmosphere in Evanston,” he said. “They like that it’s happening right in their own town.” Catherine Hurley, Evanston’s sustainable programs coordinator, said she expects residents’ involvement to grow following the program. “There’s always the early adopters in any type of initiative that are really excited and jump on board right away,” Hurley said. “As their neighbors and friends hear about the different updates … all of these kinds of green practices for your home will Thursday in the 1600 block of W. Farwell Avenue, police said. Evanston police then arrested the second man, 26, on the 1900 block of Dewey Avenue in Evanston at about 1 a.m. on Friday morning, police said. Both men were charged with three counts of unlawful use of a weapon, police said. Although the second man was charged with misdemeanors, the first man arrested was charged with felonies due to a prior conviction, Parrott said. Authorities also recovered two assault rifles, a shotgun, body armor and ammunition at the residence, police said.
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continue to expand as more people are exposed to them.” Installing a solar-powered system to heat water can reduce a home’s greenhouse gas emissions by up to 30 percent per year and decrease its utility bill by up to 20 percent, according to US Solar’s site. US Solar worked with California-based company Heliodyne Inc. to ensure the universal solar unit was built with Midwest weather in mind, McDowell said. “You could say it’s designed for Evanston,” McDowell said. “They designed it based on the latitude and longitude.” The company released a promotional video last spring encouraging residents to join their neighbors who had already installed a solar water heating system. Medill sophomore Clayton Gentry assisted in the production of the video and helps US Solar devise strategies to improve its website and social media presence. Gentry said he enjoys working with the company due to their shared mission. “What I really dig about US Solar is that it just makes sense. It makes environmental sense, and it makes economic sense,” Gentry said. “It’s an upfront investment, but the investment pays itself off, which is the beautiful thing about it.” christinefarolan2017@u.northwestern.edu
Package stolen Monday from residence lobby
An unknown person took a package Monday from the lobby of a multi-unit building in Evanston, police said. The 24-year-old female who the package was addressed to reported the parcel stolen between 11 a.m. and 11:45 a.m. from her building in the 700 block of Hinman Avenue, Parrott said. The package, delivered by UPS Inc., contained a holiday dog treat valued around $18, Parrott said. The woman provided no description of the person who took the package, he said. — Paige Leskin
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On Campus Q&A with columnist Nicholas Kristof By Tyler Pager
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The New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof spoke at Northwestern on Monday night about ways to create effective global change. After Kristof spoke to more than 500 people, he sat down with reporters from The Daily, Northwestern News Network and NU’s Global Health Blog. The Daily: What global issue are you most concerned about today? Nicholas Kristof: I guess broadly I’m most concerned about the issue of inequality and opportunity, and it just sort of rolls in the question of global poverty, global health, global nutrition and also these domestic issues as well. The Daily: How do you think your column
Across Campuses CU-Boulder capping student employee hours The University of Colorado is capping the number of hours student employees can work, in part because of the Affordable Care Act. This month CU began limiting students who work for the Boulder campus to 50 hours every two weeks, or 25 hours per week, during the fall and spring semesters. Under the Affordable Care Act, large employers--including colleges and universities--must provide employer-sponsored health insurance to employees who work 30 hours per week or more on average. Students employed through the Federal WorkStudy Program are exempt from this requirement, but all other student employees are not. Based on rough calculations, it could cost more than $1 million to provide employer-sponsored
in The New York Times helps to shape public opinion about global issues? Kristof: I don’t think that my columns or in general, newspaper columns, have much impact in changing perspectives on issues that people have thought about. So I think on issues like gun control or abortion or the Middle East, I think we tend not to change people’s views. I think that where we can have some impact is projecting issues onto the agenda, and once issues are on the agenda, then they’re more likely to get addressed. So I hoped that I sometimes help spotlight issues that in a way make them more likely to be addressed. NU Global Health Blog: With the rise in popularity of your column … how do you hold yourself accountable? Kristof: I try to hold my own feet to the fire, and other people are pretty good at holding my feet to the fire as well. The challenge is that there is frankly not vast interest in these issues, and there’s a reason more people don’t cover
these issues. They don’t have a huge national constituency. I wrote about Ebola early on, and it didn’t have much impact because it was something that seemed to be happening a long way away. I try to get the facts right, try to have smart things to say, but it’s harden And obviously I’m not an expert on places all over the world, so I do what I can. The Daily: With the way that the journalism industry is changing, what advice would you have for student journalists? Kristof: I think it’s harder for journalists now because they need to have a bigger skill set. I think they need to be very good writers, but I think they also need to know how to shoot stills and video, how to record audio, how to cut video. Fundamentally it’s all about storytelling. I think they need to be masters of storytelling in multiple medias in a way that my generation didn’t have to. tylerpager2017@u.northwestern.edu
health insurance to student employees who regularly work more than 30 hours a week, said CU spokesman Ryan Huff. Though the Affordable Care Act mandate was a factor, Huff said the new policy will help students succeed academically. “We scrutinize our expenses and strive to keep tuition costs as affordable as possible while still ensuring a strong academic experience,” Huff said. “So analyzing health insurance costs is no different. That’s a factor, but we also want students to be retained and earn their degrees.” Huff said the majority of students won’t be affected by the policy change. The campus estimates that between 3 and 5 percent of students work 30 or more hours per week on average, he said. It’s unclear how many students would enroll in an employer-sponsored health insurance plan if given the option. Students are already required by CU to have health insurance; many are covered by their family’s health insurance and others enroll in
a university plan that costs $1,695 per semester, or roughly $340 per month. — Sarah Kuta (Colorado Daily)
Bill seeks oversight of private colleges
A move by some congressional Democrats to strengthen oversight of private, for-profit colleges and universities got a boost this month when it was endorsed by 14 state attorneys general, including New Mexico’s Gary King. However, none of the state’s five-member congressional delegation, including the two Democratic senators, has signed on. Senate Bill 2204 was introduced in April by Sen. Dick Durbin of Illinois and has since picked up four co-sponsors -- all Democrats. An identical bill, HR 4391, was introduced at the same time in the House of Representatives by Maryland’s Elijah Cummings. The legislation is called the Proprietary
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GLOBAL NARRATIVES Nicholas Kristof addresses the audience in Cahn Auditorium on Monday night. Kristof shared a variety of personal stories as well as advice for how to make a meaningful difference in global issues.
Education Oversight Coordination Improvement Act. With the House controlled by Republicans, chances of passage are doubtful. However, the letter of endorsement from the 14 attorneys general gave supporters added hope. “The bill is both timely and necessary as each of our offices have encountered far too many former and current for-profit school students who have been harmed by the dishonest and unethical practices of some for-profit institutions,” the letter stated. Rep. Ben Ray Lujan, D-N.M., who represents northern New Mexico, said, “I will take a close look at the full impact this legislation would have. ... I appreciate the views of the Attorneys General, including Gary King, on this issue.” Reps. Michelle Lujan Grisham, D-N.M., and Steve Pearce, R-N.M., did not respond to requests for comment. — Mike Bush (Albuquerque Journal)
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EPL holds LGBTQ book talk By JACQUELYN GUILLEN
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The Evanston Public Library launched Tuesday its monthly LGBTQ book meetings, which aim to discuss the relationship between books, their authors and the LGBTQ community. Greg Salustro, the former chair of Chicago’s annual LGBTQ film festival, led the first discussion, which focused on Oscar Wilde’s “The Importance of Being Earnest.” A former Evanston arts commissioner, Salustro brought the idea of the monthly discussions to EPL, where the library’s head of adult services Lesley Williams helped bring it to life. He led the discussion Tuesday evening, which was attended by fewer than ten people. “I thought it was a great way to get someone from the community involved in our programming,” Williams said. Salustro approached the library with the idea in part because he thought a lot was happening within the LGBTQ community. He said he wanted to see the LGBTQ community become more open and visible in Evanston. “My thinking is if we (the LGBTQ community) understand ourselves and our issues through literature, we’ll be able to communicate who we are a little bit more openly and broadly to a larger audience here in Evanston,” Salustro said. Williams said she and Salustro worked together to pick the literature for these discussions. They tried to pick a variety of works including short essays, plays, fiction and poetry from various authors, she said. Salustro said he picked “The Importance of Being Earnest” partly because of the idea of secret identities and how the characters are forced to reveal them in the play. “People that grow up gay particularly in my generation have a hidden life until we come out,” he said. “For me it’s much, much better to be out of the closet, but it is also fun having that second identity as a young person.” In the discussion, My thinking is if Salustro brought up we (the LGBTQ the idea of code words that Wilde uses in the community) play. According to Salustro’s footnotes, understand like “curious” ourselves and words and “German” referred our issues to homosexuality at the time Wilde wrote the through play. literature, we’ll R a chel L ars on , 19, said she came to be able to book discussion communicate the because she’s read who we are a other works by Oscar Wilde and appreciates little bit more his work. One of the openly and main ideas she took away from the play was broadly to a be more “spontanelarger audience. to ous” like the character Algernon, she said. Greg Salustro, Salustro said he former Evanston arts commissioner enjoyed leading the first book discussion. He said he liked getting new perspectives and felt like there were a variety of views discussed at the meeting. The LGBTQ book discussions will continue to be held the second Tuesday of each month. The next book that will be discussed is Rita Mae Brown’s “Rubyfruit Jungle” on Nov. 11.
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Youth organization hosts talk on pilot school model By hal jin
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Youth Organizations Umbrella, a local youth development agency, hosted a discussion Tuesday on its pilot program of the “community school” model, which aims to engage Evanston and Skokie parents in their students’ school communities. The goal of the community school model is to enhance community engagement by bringing schools, parents and nonprofit organizations together. It has been implemented at Chute Middle School in Evanston and Lincoln Junior High School in Skokie for almost a year. Evanston/Skokie School District 65
superintendent Paul Goren, Y.O.U. representatives and parent leaders presented “Harnessing the Power of Parents through Community Schools” to an audience of about 75 people at the Joseph E. Hill Education Center, 1500 McDaniel Ave. “We can’t expect schools to do everything on their own,” said Melissa Carpenter, director of community schools at Y.O.U. “We really saw an opportunity to use the community school model to rearrange resources around parents and families.” Graciela Suarez, the lead organizer at Community Organizing and Family Issues, was one of the presenters. COFI facilitated a six-week leadership training program that taught parents how to set goals for themselves that can be implemented in the community, according to Y.O.U’s website. Suarez
said she is delighted with the level of involvement of parents in the program. “When I came from Mexico, I never saw myself as a leader,” said Suarez, a first generation immigrant from Mexico City. “My experience is with the Latino community, some of whom are still going through the (immigration) system. Seeing yourself able to make a difference in the (schooling) system is really just a life changing experience.” Audience members voiced both support for and concerns regarding the community school model and asked how its success would be measured. Carpenter said administrators would consider a variety of academic measures, such as course performance and state testing, as well as improvements in infrastructure and emotional support for
students. “Really, we’ll need two to three years of engaged analysis to see how this program has turned out,” Goren said. “We’re very curious to learn what emerges from the pilot.” Erin Moore, the Y.O.U. community school manager for Lincoln Junior High School, said her biggest concern for the project is that parents will not be able to transition from a consumer paying for their child’s education to a member of a community. Carpenter said there is no solid plan that Y.O.U. or the school district has set for the future. “This is a plan that the community needs to develop together,” she said. haljin2018@u.northwestern.edu
Community forum discusses off-campus partying By stephanie kelly
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Members of the Evanston and Northwestern communities discussed issues with off-campus student parties at a forum on Tuesday night. The Fall Community Conversations forum, held at The Family Institute at NU, 618 Library Place, brought together those who had questions about off-campus housing and wanted to voice concerns or complaints. Attendees included Evanston residents, NU and city officials, NU police officers and a member of Associated Student Government. The eight Evanston residents who attended focused on concerns about the noise from off-campus parties and the students attending them. Anthony Kirchmeier, NU’s director of off-campus life, gave an update on the activities for Homecoming week and the Homecoming football game Saturday. He said Fitzerland is being used as a way to get students away from off-campus areas and toward the football stadium, adding that there is also food and water available. “I know you try every year to get kids and students in other areas, but it doesn’t matter because they always start out very early with very loud music,” Evanston resident Barbara Blades said. “It’s pretty hard to take
when there’s a night game and loud partying that goes on for hours starting pretty early in the day.” Resident Kevin McKenna said too many people are given warnings as opposed to tickets for noise. He said people would likely quiet down faster if tickets were given more liberally. Another Evanston resident said she has asked police officers to write tickets before, but they don’t do it. “When we ask you to write the tickets, we’re not just being pains in the ass,” the resident said. “We’re asking you because the landlord potentially wants to kick the students out of the house too. We’re hopeless and helpless without cooperation of the police department.” NUPD Officer Scott Sengenberger, a member of the problem solving team for the 1st and 7th wards, said students are given tickets and not warnings. Three of NUPD’s six police cars are dedicated to the neighborhoods surrounding NU, Sgt. Steven Stoeckl said. Stoeckl said there will be additional police cars in the neighborhood after the Homecoming game. Police officers will also be deployed from the stadium through the neighborhoods on motorized scooters, he said. During the last home football game, police spent two hours going down city streets following the game, including Maple Avenue, Hamlin Street and Simpson Street. Dean of Students Todd Adams said there is a lot
of time and energy his office spends dealing with off-campus incidents. Students who are issued tickets usually have to go through Adams’ office in student conduct, as well as the police and potentially the court systems. Many of the residents had identified what they called “problem houses” near their residences and asked how to best deal with those houses. Ald. Jane Grover (7th) recommended student residents and non-student residents introduce themselves to each other and establish personal relationships. “If you’ve built social capital, you can spend social capital,” Grover said. Evanston resident Emily Ekstrand Nieves said it has been helpful when student residents have come to her first, as it established a good tone for the year. This year, she said, she hasn’t gotten that same sense from the new student residents. The problem is that students don’t have a chance to really live within the community, resident Alfonso Nieves Ruiz said. “What we have here is the lack of the sense of community because the students are only here for four years or two years or six years, and then they just leave,” he said. However, Bella Sandoval, a member of ASG, said there are events, such as Cats Come to Dinner, that allow students to interact with the community. Kirchmeier said there are also service projects in
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NOISE CONCERNS Dean of Students Todd Adams talks to NU and city officials at a meeting Tuesday. Evanston residents brought up concerns about off-campus parties and students making disruptive noises in the community late at night.
the area for NU students and meetings for off-campus relations. “We do try to do a certain amount of outreach, but we could always do more,” he said. stephaniekelly2017@u.northwestern.edu
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Campus activism deserves respect, understanding tom cui
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There has been no shortage of activism on Northwestern’s campus this quarter. There has been the talk with Steven Salaita, the professor whose pointed tweets on the Gaza War led to a rescinded tenured job offer; the mock wall put up around The Rock last week; and immigration activists protesting during President Barack Obama’s visit. We should not forget that last school year featured the Title IX case involving philosophy Prof. Peter Ludlow and the subsequent movement for greater transparency in sexual misconduct cases, along with the campaign for divestment from coal. Contrary to my expectations, my time at NU has been spotted with radicalism and protest. Beneath the veneer of pre-professionalism and shiny glass buildings, radicalism at NU runs deep. At some point, an undergraduate will learn about the 1968 occupation of the Bursar’s office by black
students, the anti-apartheid divestment movement or the Living Wage Campaign on behalf of food service workers. Whether underwhelming or successful, these actions do matter. As much as someone may deride activists’ gestures, I think they are right in a way worthy of care. When I say “deride,” I mean the overall dismissal of someone’s ideas based on how they are expressed, not the ideas themselves. Disparagement can extend toward actions or toward words. Perhaps people found the Obama protests ridiculous or thought an occupation of Ludlow’s class led to needless losses for enrolled students. After Salaita was refused tenure at the University of Illinois for profane tweets accusing Israel of murder, some have defended his freedom to speak but will still condemn his words as “sophomoric,” “invective” and “hate speech” undeserving of a place in higher education. But I cannot view the actions mentioned as hateful or undeserving. To take an example, revisit one of Salaita’s most offensive tweets: “Zionists: transforming anti-semitism from something horrible into something honorable since 1948.” In
a parallel situation where a friend of a murder victim is enraged that the murderer on trial had been acquitted, we would expect her to say: “This bleeding-heart judge has transformed murder from something horrible to something honorable.” Like the victim’s friend, even if you spite the anger driving the words, you understand why he is angry. I believe acts of hate exist and must not be allowed to roam free. However, undiplomatic acts are often consumed by the urgency and passion behind what they stand for. Undiplomatic acts are different from the hateful acts of Holocaust deniers or conspiracy theorists, which are hateful because they stand in falsehood. What drives NU activists is undiplomatic yet moral: they say less on truth versus falsehood, and more on the need to oppose the evils in this world. Even if you do not agree with any of the activists’ opinions, respect that they believe in their causes’ urgency. That alone is a reason to think deeply about what they are doing. Urgency is a concept rarely confronted in a university environment. Our four years here is a time when self-discovery rules, when we can live isolated from both community
and moral imperative. We have the freedom to take up a cause, drop it if we fall out of love with it and place it all on the back burner once we sign onto a fulfilling white-collar job. And what if our complacency leads us first to four years of spinelessness? Campus activism is materially unfulfilling. It is not a resume bullet point, a GPA booster or mindless fun. Yet those with a spine commit to it will consequently feel more at ease with themselves. I will say I am more sympathetic to leftist, progressive causes than ones from the other side. At the same time, I am impressed by other movements like the pro-life campaign, who have used the rhetoric of murder to strengthen their cause. Elevating the debate this way is what we should do; before any conversation, let all of us realize the stakes. Listen to activists and understand their commitment. The more we do, the more we will work toward actual agreement and real solutions. Tom Cui is a Weinberg senior. He can be reached at tianfangcui2015@u.northwestern.edu. If you would like to respond publicly to this column, send a letter to the editor to opinion@dailynorthwestern.com.
Proactive approach needed in fight against Ebola burak sekerci
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“I will say that in the 30 years I’ve been working in public health, the only thing like this has been AIDS.” These words were said by the Director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Dr. Thomas Frieden. The ‘thing’ he mentioned is Ebola, which has crippled three countries in Africa and has put fear into the hearts of many around the globe. Let’s get our facts straight: The current Ebola outbreak has spread to five countries, infected more than 8,300 people and killed 4,033, as of Oct. 8. Two cases have been reported in the U.S. as of Oct. 11. Both are in Dallas, Texas. One patient, Thomas Eric Duncan, was hospitalized eight days after arriving on U.S. soil. Duncan was infected while living in Liberia and died in Dallas on Oct. 8. The second case is Nina Pham, the nurse who took care of Duncan while he was hospitalized. She is currently being treated in Dallas. Ebola is a problem for everyone. Even though Liberia and Sierra Leone have had the most deaths from Ebola, it is not just the problem of those countries. The efforts of these countries’ governments
are not enough, since they have neither the technology nor the money to fight the disease. The World Health Organization, United Nations and many countries in the world are sending scientists, volunteers and money to these countries with the hope that the situation will sort itself out, but that has not happened yet. Yes, Ebola cases have slowed down. In fact, the UN special envoy David Nabarro told the BBC that there are less cases each day than the day before, and the outbreak could be under control in three months. This is an optimistic estimate if we acknowledge the fact that the African governments aren’t really acting in an organized fashion. All the resources coming in are not regulated well enough to be used efficiently. The governments of Liberia and Sierra Leone are trying to fight the disease while in a state of panic, which doesn’t create great results. Even though Liberia is already in a state of emergency, President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf has asked for even more powers in an attempt to control the situation, including the ability to confiscate private property and cancel the elections. The House of Representatives voted against this proposal, arguing that the state of emergency is enough to solve the situation. I concur that more power will not be helpful in fighting the disease. Liberia’s government should be more organized and should also put more effort in regulating the aid that they are getting from outside. One example is the fact that Duncan came to the U.S. while carrying the disease. He should not have
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been allowed to leave the country in the first place. Liberia’s only safety measure is to ask people leaving the country whether or not they have come into contact with anyone who had Ebola. Duncan lied
in answering “no” and was allowed to fly to the U.S. Liberia should increase these safety measures so they won’t jeopardize people in other countries. Another proposal made purely out of panic was to terminate all flights to and from the infected countries. One advocate of this proposal, congressman Joe Barton (R-Texas), told CBS that President Obama has not put adequate effort into solving the issue of Ebola. The CDC strongly disagreed with this proposal at a hearing in Dallas, saying terminating all flights, rather than helping the situation, would make fighting the outbreak more difficult. Although terminating all flights would eliminate the mistakes of the governments of Ebola-stricken countries, it wouldn’t come close to being a solution for Ebola. The economic effects would be enormous, not to mention the psychological effects. The people would feel isolated, as if the world has turned its back to them. As much as we fear Ebola, we shouldn’t let panic get in the way of fighting it. With more thoughtful actions by the African governments and with the help of the UN and WHO, Ebola can be eradicated. Everyone knows that fighting Ebola is not easy, but with meticulous planning, an organization can bring out the best possible solution there is. Burak Sekerci is a McCormick sophomore. He can be reached at buraksekerci2017@u.northwestern.edu. If you would like to respond publicly to this column, send a Letter to the Editor to opinion@dailynorthwestern.com.
Malala Yousafzai’s Nobel peace prize is premature ekin zeytinoglu Daily columnist
Recent news has caused an array of feelings that can be roughly described as worrying, traumatic and disheartening all at the same time: ISIS is increasing pressure in Kobani, Syria. Protests are escalating close to the Syrian-Turkish border. The threat of Ebola remains. However, Malala Yousafzai and Kailash Satyarthi’s accomplishments, singled out among others, promoted one feeling and one feeling only: hope. Hope both in the form of a possible solution for the once again intensifying IndoPakistani conflict in Kashmir and in the form of an international recognition of the inequality of children’s education in some of the world’s poorest and most dangerous regions. Malala is a 17-year-old Pakistani human rights advocate for education and women and a Taliban terrorism survivor. Satyarthi, founder of Bachpan Bachao Andolan, or Save the Childhood Movement, is a pioneer in freeing more than 83,000 children in 144 countries from child labor. The pair were awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, an award with both indisputable and controversial laureates, for their work for children’s rights. With recipients such as Nelson Mandela, the 14th Dalai Lama, Martin Luther King Jr. and Amnesty International, the Nobel Peace Prize has undoubtedly found noble and worthy owners, who by Alfred Nobel’s definition have
done “the best work for fraternity between the nations and the abolition or reduction of standing armies and the formation and spreading of peace congresses.” But at times the Nobel committee loses track: 1973 winner Henry Kissinger was involved in the Cambodian bombings and supported one of the 20th century’s most tyrannical leaders. Unquestionably, if the efforts of either Malala or Satyarthi are going to fall into one of Nobel’s categories, it is going to be in the former. Their efforts should be admired and supported The Nobel in every possible way. Peace Prize, Without any doubt, despite all the child education, human rights advocacy and discrepancies, campaigning to end child labor promote should go to peaceful future. It is someone who aimpossible to assign has made a an absolute scale to difference in a measure a person’s contribution to peace. global context. Therefore, the Nobel Peace Prize should not be based on any similar system. If we simply try evaluating their works in a global context, Malala, despite being a prominent figure and an excellent orator, has hardly done anything more outstanding than any of her less commercialized and perhaps even more threatened peers suffering under Boko Haram or the Lord’s Resistance Army. Even in Turkey,
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there are various organizations and at least hundreds of individuals working for children’s rights with no less success despite the minimal media coverage and international recognition. Meanwhile, Satyarthi has dedicated more than four decades to a cause at the end of which he managed to make a great difference in thousands of lives. Although we can name lots of institutions and individuals with similar concerns, none of them managed to make the same universal change Satyarthi has successfully demonstrated. Besides the marginal contrasts in the two laureates’ accomplishments, the different areas of children’s rights they focused on and the separate struggles they pursued does make the prize look like an engineered product at a time when gender relations and Hindu-Muslim and IndianPakistani tensions are rising in the world. This does not only damage the Nobel Peace Prize’s reputation and intent, but also overshadows the importance of both winners’ causes by shifting the focus. Children’s rights to education and child labor are undeniably among the most important challenges of humankind, as they lead to all sorts of inequalities and hostile environments in existence today. Therefore, all efforts in diminishing those inequalities should be admired, supported and respected in every probable aspect. However, the Nobel Peace Prize, despite all the discrepancies, should go to someone who has made a difference in a global context. Although Satyarthi’s award is the evidence of a long-lasting and distinguished struggle, it is only fair to say Malala’s achievement is premature, if not unfounded.
Ekin Zeytinoglu is a McCormick sophomore. He can be reached at ekinzeytinoglu2017@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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said this idea is flawed because it has the potential to advance religious extremism. “It’s an interesting concept: If a dictator controls the political environment in the region, they can squeeze out civil society and secular political parties because they are easy to identify and ban,” Khoury said. “But they can’t ban religious practice and gatherings, and therefore religious extremism is the only thing that survives.” Rubin was more critical of U.S. foreign Pundits say policy and its strategies, saying they tend (people in to focus on grievMiddle Eastern ances rather than countries) hate ideology. He gave the of former Western values example Iraqi Prime Minister and Western Nouri al-Maliki and said simply addresscultures and ing the complaints of therefore want terrorist organization to push it back. ISIS would have been futile for achieving Nabeel Khoury, peace. Buffett Center “We have a sepavisiting scholar ration of church and state, but that doesn’t mean we can rule religion out of every policy,” Rubin said. In response to Rubin’s comments on grievances versus ideology, Khoury said the view
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National News No ‘quick fixes’ in battle with Islamic State, Obama says WASHINGTON — Amid growing signs of the limits of the U.S.-led air campaign against Islamic State militants in Iraq and Syria, President Barack Obama appealed for the public’s patience Tuesday as he met with more than 20 defense chiefs from nations he enlisted in the struggling campaign. Speaking to reporters after the meeting, Obama acknowledged the prospects of “periods of setback” and indirectly addressed critics who point to continued territorial gains of Islamic State forces as signs that the U.S.assembled coalition is losing the battle against the surging extremists. “This is going to be a long-term campaign. There are not quick fixes involved,” Obama said. “We’re still in the early stages. As with any military effort, there will be days of progress and there are going to be periods of setback. But our coalition is united behind this long-term effort.” The reassurances were a sign of the pressure
of Middle Eastern ideology popularized by pundits and politicians is inaccurate. “Pundits say (people in Middle Eastern countries) hate Western values and Western cultures and therefore want to push it back,” he said. “This is true as far as extremists are concerned, but these are a small minority in the region.” Rubin also argued the biggest difference between the political left and right is on the topic of national security. He said while the left tends to “demonize” power, the right recognizes that the use of military force is sometimes necessary. Khoury criticized the Obama administration’s foreign policy as well, saying as a superpower, it is the U.S.’s responsibility to “maintain power and use it effectively.” Rubin ended his remarks with suggestions for U.S. policy in the future. The U.S. should envision what they want policy to look like in a decade and move backward, he said. He added the U.S. needs to understand history in order to better grasp foreign issues. Weinberg senior Wilson Shirley, who helped organized the event, said he first met Rubin in Washington, D.C. and became interested in bringing him to campus. “With this event, you get two speakers with differing viewpoints on an issue,” said Shirley, a member of both AHS and AEI on Campus. “You often don’t get to critically engage in these issues in the classroom.”
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budget by $4 million, which would hurt early education and lay off one out of six teachers in Illinois. In return, Rauner said Quinn has slashed early childhood education investment. Rauner and his wife have donated to schools to create scholarships, train teachers and encourage college education, he said. Both voiced their support for raising the minimum wage yet accused each other of opposing it in practice. Democrats have had control of the Senate and the House for Quinn’s six years in office, yet he has failed to produce a law raising the minimum wage, Rauner said. If Quinn was really committed to it, he would’ve passed it already, Rauner added. Quinn countered that he wants to increase the minimum wage to at least $10, which can be done with a public referendum on the ballot. The increased minimum wage would give low-income residents enough money to sustain themselves and send their children to school, he said. “We’re all in this together. My motto is, ‘everybody in, nobody left out,’ especially when it comes to education,” Quinn said. “There’s only one person running for governor who favors raising the minimum wage. And that’s me.” Addressing the violence in the Chicago area, Quinn said he was committed to working with police to ensure justice is brought, as well as confronting gun safety through signing new laws that deal with lost and stolen firearms. Rauner said the key to reducing violence lies in improving education from the start. “The real answer to deal with our crime problem is to create opportunity,” Rauner said. “It’s the lack of opportunity that causes crime. It’s low income, it’s the lack of jobs, it’s lousy schools that don’t really provide an education for the jobs that are available.”
Interfraternity Council and Panhellenic Association groups and 68 percent of Greek life overall. This data applies to all groups overseen by the Office of Fraternity and Sorority Life which includes IFC, PHA, Multicultural Greek Council and National Panhellenic Council. The second-highest represented racial group in IFC, Asian and Pacific Islander students, made up 11 percent of the fraternities’ membership. In PHA, Asian and Pacific Islander students made up 9 percent of members. Hispanic students made up 8 percent of IFC’s membership and 9 percent of PHA’s membership. Black students made up 2 percent in both councils’ groups, slightly less represented than international students. Student Affairs Assessment passed the numbers to the OFSL in the winter. In an email to The Daily last week, OFSL Assistant Director Ben Wiebers said administrators have not yet discussed “the information or any trends within it” due to transitions in the office. The membership of MGC groups were 47 percent Asian and Pacific Islander and 32 percent Hispanic. Black students made up the majority of NPHC groups. PHA president Frances Fu said the demographics did not surprise her. The SESP senior said she thinks the demographics mirror “the progress of universities” in slowly having more diverse students. “This is a mirror of society and our university,” Fu said. “These chapters can’t become more diverse until our university becomes more diverse.” Fu said PHA has focused more on socioeconomic diversity within the Greek community, including starting “conversations around micro-aggressions around financial privilege and socioeconomic status.” Representatives of IFC were unable to comment as of Tuesday evening.
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oliviaexstrum2017@u.northwestern.edu on the White House to justify a strategy that leans heavily on air power or to adjust course. Some analysts have criticized the air assault as insufficient to beat the militants, while the Iraqi security forces remain too weak to capitalize on coalition successes. During the meeting, the defense leaders agreed that Islamic State has tactical momentum on several fronts, a military official said. In recent days, Islamic State fighters have solidified their hold on Iraq’s Anbar province and moved close to Baghdad. Meanwhile, the Kurdish city of Kobani on Syria’s border with Turkey has teetered on the edge of falling to Islamic State control. U.S. and Saudi forces carried out 21 airstrikes Monday and Tuesday near Kobani, hitting Islamic State compounds, vehicles and mortar positions. The number of strikes is three times more than what the military carried out per day over the last week and serves as an indication that the militants are moving in equipment to take over the city after a month of fighting Kurdish militia forces.
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“She certainly works well with students, she’s certainly passionate about her job,” Riel said. But Schmidt-Rogers said she hasn’t always been interested in residential education. As an undergraduate at Loyola, she majored in biology and spent a lot of time in the library. “I spent a lot of time studying, and it wasn’t until I was an RA that I begaxn to explore a different side of myself,” she said. She became a RA during her senior year in college and realized she was good at the job, she
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Christine Farolan contributed reporting. — Jeanne Kuang said, adding her mentors told her she would be a good leader in college residential life. Riel said he is “thrilled” to have SchmidtRogers on the Residential Services staff. Paul Hubinsky, senior assistant director of Residential Services, who works under Schmidt-Rogers’ supervision, echoed Riel’s thoughts. “She has high energy too, which has been great,” Hubinsky said. “It really helps the staff team get really excited about what we do.” emilychin2018@u.northwestern.edu
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I don’t think anybody expected us to go into Happy Valley and make it a very unhappy valley. — Morton Schapiro, University president
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The Wildcats fell to reigning national champions Notre Dame on an overcast Tuesday night in South Bend, Indiana. No. 11 Notre Dame (7-3-2, 3-1-1 ACC) snapped No. 19 Northwestern’s (6-2-4, 1-1-2 Big Ten) six-game unbeaten streak after a lone secondhalf penalty kick in a match in which the Cats were out-shot 14 to 5. Notre Dame midfielder Patrick Hodan converted from 12 yards out in the 66th minute for his fourth goal of the season to give the Fighting Irish the victory. “We were a little bit slow and sluggish on the field,” NU coach Tim Lenahan said. “Notre Dame was clearly the better team.” There weren’t many opportunities for the Cats throughout the match. Despite that, it was junior forward Joey Calistri who forced the first save of the game with a shot in the 12th minute. The Fighting Irish dominated possession in the first half but weren’t able to make the most of their time on the ball, recording eight shots but no goals. In the 24th minute, NU senior goalkeeper Tyler Miller was beat by a thunderous shot from midfielder Connor Klekota, but fortunately for the Cats, the shot cannoned off of the crossbar. Just three minutes later, Notre Dame had another chance when a header by forward Vince Cicciarelli went just wide of Miller’s goal.
Lincoln, Nebraska 7 p.m. Wednesday
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tenure, I can say. Justin Jackson is extraordinary. It’s unbelievable that we’ve had the Big Ten Freshman of the Week three weeks in a row, with Anthony (Walker), Godwin (Igwebuike) and now with Justin. It’s hard not to be excited about those guys. Three freshman in a row, and this the Big Ten, with 14 teams. So it’s extraordinary. But I think my favorite player is Kyle Prater. I just think to go from the success he had in high school to all the injuries and the tough time he had at (University of Southern California) and to come back and be a team leader. He just seems like a remarkable young man. I cheer for everybody, but the one I get most excited about is Kyle. The Daily: I heard that the game on Yom Kippur (Oct. 4 against Wisconsin) was the first home game you’ve missed while you’ve been here. Schapiro: Yeah, of course. The Daily: Was that a tough decision for you? Schapiro: No, no. That never, ever entered my mind. I wouldn’t go on the second day of Rosh Hashanah, much less Yom Kippur. I’m in temple all day. There would never be that option. Two times since I’ve been here they did move it. First time they moved it to 6:15 kickoff, so I missed the first quarter, but after synagogue and breaking the fast I went. And last time the kickoff was at 7:15, so I went right from synagogue to there. I understand the Michigan State game being the featured ABC game, but the other Big Ten game could’ve been us, but it wasn’t. I think if they knew when they scheduled it we were going to beat Penn State, we would’ve had a shot.
After two disappointing losses last week against No. 5 Penn State and Ohio State, Northwestern (13-4, 3-3 Big Ten) will face No. 13 Nebraska (10-6, 4-2) Wednesday hoping to rebound after their first losing streak of the season. Facing a tough opponent like Nebraska on the road can be challenging both physically and mentally, but coach Keylor Chan isn’t worried about the Wildcats. “The realities of Big Ten volleyball are that it’s really hard to win on the road,” Chan said. “The best thing we can do is learn from our mistakes.” Losses to top teams like the Nittany Lions and the Buckeyes can be demoralizing and another match against a ranked opponent such as the Cornhuskers may seem daunting, but Chan insists that the Cats’ game plan won’t change. “We’ll work on areas we feel we’re deficient in (in practice),” Chan said, “but overall we’ll just keep on staying with the plan we’ve had in place, making small adjustments here and there.” The Cats current road stretch is arguably the most difficult slate of games this season. Following the losses to Penn State in The straight sets and realities of Big Ohio State three sets to one, NU Ten volleyball is starting to are that it’s show signs of weakness in the really hard to Big Ten portion win on the road. of their schedule, although the Keylor Chan, match against coach the Buckeyes was much closer than the box score might suggest. NU’s opponents following the Cornhuskers include Iowa, Purdue, Indiana and Michigan to close out the month. NU will need to rely on Symone Abbott and Taylor Tashima, two starting freshmen who have really boosted the Cats back into prominence this season. Last week, NU was ranked in the Top 25 for the first time since the 2010 season. Abbott is sixth in kills in the Big Ten with 209 – averaging 3.48 per set — while Tashima is fifth in assists in the conference with 515, an average of 10.73 per set. Additionally, Abbott has been named Big Ten Freshman of the Week twice this season, and Tashima also earned the honor at the end of September. Ultimately, the Cats are hoping to clinch their first NCAA Tournament berth since 2010, when the team was defeated by unranked Missouri in the second round. “It’s a long ways away, but I think in the backs of our minds, it’s definitely one of our goals,” Chan said. “(However,) we don’t want to get too far ahead of ourselves, we just want to go ahead and do the best we can tomorrow (against Nebraska).” If the Cats want to achieve their goal, they will have to persevere through the entire season, in good times and bad and especially during this rough stretch of conference games. The match Wednesday against the Cornhuskers starts at 7 p.m.
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LUCK OF THE IRISH Despite three impressive saves from Northwestern senior goalkeeper Tyler Miller, the Wildcats lost 1-0 to No. 9 Notre Dame on Tuesday.
The same two men were forced into action again less than a minute later when Cicciarelli found himself on a breakaway, but Miller made a great save to put it out for a corner. After the period of Notre Dame danger, NU produced a couple of opportunities toward the end of the half. The Cats hit the post themselves in the 38th minute when senior midfielder Eric Weberman, who came off of the bench, rattled the post of the Fighting Irish goal with a dangerous free kick just outside of the 18-yard box. Then, three minutes later, freshman forward Elo Ozumba found his way into the box, cut right and shot high
of the goal. The Fighting Irish kicked off the second half on the front foot, while NU sat behind hoping to catch their opponents on the counterattack. The Cats weren’t able to take advantage of any of these chances. But in the 66th minute, the referee pointed to the spot after a breakaway by Notre Dame. Sophomore defender Nathan Dearth fouled Fighting Irish forward Jon Gallagher in the box and received a yellow card for the foul. Hodan made no mistake from 12 yards out, even though Miller dove the right way, to give the Fighting Irish the lead. “It was a pretty good PK,” Miller
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FIRST FAN University President Morton Schapiro (pictured on the sideline during last year’s game against Ohio State) recently missed his first home game as NU president for Yom Kippur. Schapiro named senior wide receiver Kyle Prater as his favorite Wildcats player.
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Almost nothing can prevent University President Morton Schapiro from assuming his customary position on the Ryan Field sideline during Northwestern home games. But when this year’s bout with Wisconsin fell on Yom Kippur, Schapiro missed a game in Evanston for the first time during his tenure. On Monday, Schapiro talked football with The Daily, sharing his thoughts on the The Wildcats’ (3-3, 2-1 Big Ten) season so far, his favorite NU player and his Koufax-like decision.
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said. “I thought I might have had it, but he beat me at full stretch.” After the goal there were just a couple more opportunities for either team and two more yellow cards for NU’s Weberman and Miller. “We have to find a way to eliminate giving up (penalties) even if they are controversial,” Lenahan said. “Four out of the seven goals we’ve given up have been penalty kicks, and that’s got to stop.” The Cats will try and get back to their winning ways as they travel to Rutgers on Saturday for a Big Ten matchup. juliangerez2017@u.northwestern.edu
Q&A: Schapiro discusses NU fandom
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Volleyball
The Daily: I want to hear about your thoughts, as a fan first and foremost, on how the season’s going. Morton Schapiro: I saw (NU coach Pat Fitzgerald) after the Northern (Illinois) game, and he said “We have a really good team. This season’s going to be a really good one.” And I was like, “Oh.” (smiles) I was encouraged by that, and boy was he right. He really was. The third game we saw a little hope there. Well, even in the first two games there were some good things that happened. But I don’t think anybody expected us to go into Happy Valley and make it a very unhappy valley and blow them out. And Wisconsin — that running back — they’re really a good team.
I was flying back on Saturday from Tokyo, but fortunately they had Wi-Fi on my flight, so I was able to follow the Minnesota game. Although we landed, and they made us shut it off. We had just scored, and then I had the phone shut off because we were landing, and I saw that they ran it back. And that was the end. By the time I got through customs the game was over. Anyway, I’m looking forward to Nebraska. When you look at the last three games with them, they were spectacular games, and now it’s our turn. The Daily: Do you have a favorite player on Northwestern, or are you not allowed to say? Schapiro: I’m allowed to say. I have
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