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2-year campus live-in requirement announced By tyler pager
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All freshmen and sophomores will be required to live in on-campus housing as part of Northwestern’s Master Housing Plan. Administrators have not specified when the requirement will be instituted, but it will not be before new residence halls are constructed. Students can fulfill the requirement in Greek housing and residence halls. “Freshmen and sophomores living on campus is probably a pretty good thing for a host of reasons,” said Paul Riel, executive director of Residential Services. “It gives people more sense of continuity of care and our sense of community that we want to develop.” Riel and Julie Payne-Kirchmeier, assistant vice president for student auxiliary services presented the plan during an Associated Student Government Senate on Wednesday night. “As we move through this process, we are giving Northwestern students not just what they need, but what they deserve,” Payne-Kirchmeier said. “When you live in campus housing, there are certain expectations that you have, and we don’t just want to meet them, we want to exceed them. And this plan will help us to do that.” The plan, which has a projected completion date of 2025, focuses exclusively on undergraduate housing and aims to bring the total number of beds in residence halls to 4,252.
As part of the plan, Bobb Hall, McCulloch Hall and Sargent Hall will be demolished and five new residence halls will be constructed. Bobb and McCulloch are slated to be taken down in 2021 and Sargent Hall will be taken down in 2023. The plan also calls for the full renovations of nine residence halls including Goodrich House, Foster-Walker Complex, Public Affairs Residential College, Shepard Residential College, Willard Residential College, 1835 Hinman, Jones Residential College, North Mid-Quads Hall and South Mid-Quads Hall. The fate of East Fairchild, which houses the Communications Residential College, and West Fairchild, which houses the International Studies Residential College, is unclear. The buildings are identified as part of the Master Housing Plan. However, NU’s Evanston Campus Framework Plan indicates the two buildings will be academic space. But, Riel and Payne-Kirchmeier said the decisions about the buildings have not been finalized. However, both Riel and PayneKirchmeier said they are committed to maintaining all residential colleges. They said when the physical buildings are being renovated, the residential college communities will be relocated together. “There’s no plan for those communities to go away,” Payne-Kirchmeier said. Additionally, all future residence » See master plan, page 7
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scan it A customer scans her Ventra card to get onto the El. A new Ventra mobile application to be released in 2015 will allow users to pay fare using their smartphone for rides on the CTA, Pace buses and Metra trains.
Ventra app adds mobile pay option starting 2015 Ventra will release a mobile app in 2015 that will allow users to pay fare using their smartphones when riding the Chicago Transit Authority, Metra and Pace bus system.
Approved by the Chicago Transit Board on Wednesday, the free app will allow users to add transit value and passes onto their Ventra card, check account balances and get account notifications starting in 2015, the three public transit systems under the Regional Transportation Authority announced. The app will enable riders to pay for the Metra with a Ventra card, the system currently used by Pace and the CTA. Metra riders will be able to purchase
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GRAND REOPENING Students spin the wheel for a chance to win free products at a reopening event at Lisa’s Cafe on Wednesday. Lisa’s recently underwent renovations, added to its menu and extended its hours.
Lisa’s adds new hours, menu By Maddie Coe
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Lisa’s Cafe, a popular North Campus spot for a quick bite to eat, has finally received a makeover. Located at the south end of Slivka Residential College, Lisa’s now offers a Starbucks menu and will stay open an hour later. The venue, which offers an array of sandwiches, sushi and refrigerated beverages, has recently undergone renovations. Lisa’s had its grand reopening Wednesday to celebrate its new upgrades. and display their ticket to conductors on a smartphone, according to a news release. Tickets can be purchased with a Ventra account or with a personal credit or debit card. “Essentially, this app will put a Ventra vending machine in your pocket, giving you the ability to manage your account from wherever it’s most convenient for you, whether you ride CTA, Metra or Pace, or all of them,” CTA President Forrest Claypool said in a news release. The budget for developing the app is at $2.5 million and will be made available for Apple and Android devices. The capabilities of the app will be issued in phases. The first version will also give users the ability to review their transaction history and customize phone alerts that can notify customers of account balances and expiring transit passes. Later features, set for 2015, will include options for ordering cards and replacing lost and stolen ones. The app will also provide transit tracking and a regional trip planner that integrates all three public transit systems into navigation. “We provide connections to CTA and Metra service at so many locations throughout our service area, so this is a major step forward for customers who » See ventra, page 7
“It’s brighter for sure,” Weinberg sophomore Alisha Gomez said. “They changed the color scheme, which I really enjoy. It basically got a facelift. It needed it.” The cafe now has new furniture, with more seating in the eastern corner. Before the renovations, there were chess tables and a window bench, which have all been removed. Along with the newly added Starbucks menu and revamped furniture, the closing time has been extended from 2 a.m. to 3 a.m., said Leshea Brown, Northwestern Dining staff member. “Last year we closed at 2 a.m.,” Brown said. “We would usually have
to kick students out. Security would even have to come sometimes.” Lisa’s is now open from 8 a.m. to 3 a.m. Sunday through Friday and from 11 a.m. to 3 a.m. on Saturday. “I’ve definitely gone there at obscene hours at night because I was hungry … Lisa’s is the perfect place,” Gomez said. Northwestern Dining also changed late-night dining hours at other campus venues last fall. The University closed the Great Room, which was previously open until 2 a.m. Sunday through Thursday. In Fall 2013 Fran’s Cafe, South Campus’ late-night » See lisa’s, page 7
City, school admins talk homelessness
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FIGHTING HOMELESSNESS Evanston/Skokie School District 65 superintendent Paul Goren speaks with school and city officials Wednesday night. The group discussed the issue of homelessness among youth in Evanston public schools.
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City and school officials discussed the issue of homelessness at a joint meeting Wednesday night, strategizing how to
combat the growing problem. Joined by specialists and organizers familiar with the issues on the agenda, the Evanston City-School Liaison Committee met at the Lorraine H. Morton Civic Center to discuss problems they » See liason, page 7
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City stores named competition finalists By tori latham
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Two Evanston businesses were selected as finalists in the 2014 Martha Stewart American Made Awards, a national competition that “spotlights the maker, supports the local, and celebrates the handmade,” according to the American Made website. Hewn, 810 Dempster St., was chosen as a wildcard finalist via social media in the Food, Sweets and Baked Goods category. Few Spirits, 918 Chicago Ave., is a finalist in the Food, Wine and Spirits category. A panel of judges will choose nine American Made winners on Friday, but the public is encouraged to vote for their favorites as well. The finalist with the most votes through Facebook and Twitter will become the contest’s 10th winner. Both business owners said they are advocates of the qualities the American Made Awards are looking for in businesses. Paul Hletko, the founder of Few Spirits, said makes all of his products by hand and in small batches. He said he appreciates that the contest is highlighting other businesses that work in similar ways. “I’m very excited that the competition celebrates products made in America,” Hletko said. “It was really an honor to be selected. I’m one of only 14 or 15 businesses chosen in my category, so that’s really amazing.” Julie Matthei, co-owner of Hewn, echoed Hletko’s praise for the awards. All of Hewn’s baked goods are made fresh daily and are served in limited quantities, she said. “American Made’s spirit fits us very well,” she said. “At Hewn, everything is handmade, and that’s something they really appreciate. As a local business, we also feel very connected with the community, which is something we like to acknowledge.”
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Both stores embody the sustainable and locally sourced businesses that Evanston loves to have around, said Mark Muenzer, the city’s community development director. “Few (Spirits) is a great example of the beginning of the distillery and microbrewery movement in Evanston,” Muenzer said. “Hewn is utilizing local ingredients and farmers in the area as well as being very community oriented.” Both businesses It was said they have received an outreally an honor pouring of supto be selected. port from their I’m one of only 14 customers. “The regulars or 15 businesses will show up and be chosen in my like ‘You have this many votes now!’” category, so that’s Matt h e i said. really amazing. “They’ll keep us updated. I haven’t Paul Hletko, been paying as founder of Few much attention as Spirits they have, and it’s nice that they are interested in our continued success.” Hletko said Few’s success is really a direct result of its customers. “We’re lucky to have a lot of friends and fans that think we deserve this recognition,” he said. “If we win, we’ll need to double our efforts to continue to earn their respect and trust.” Although Matthei and Hletko said they would love to be named one of the winners, they are thankful for the recognition the competition has already provided them. “The contest has definitely given us more exposure,” Matthei said. “It’s nice that Evanston has representation, especially with more than one local business being nominated.”
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american made People walk by Hewn, located at 810 Dempster St. The bakery is one of two Evanston businesses that are finalists for the 2014 Martha Stewart American Made Awards, which recognizes places that produce local, homemade goods.
Matthei admitted she did not know much about the competition at first and ended up applying on a whim because it looked interesting. She turned in her application the night before it was due and waited to see what would happen. “I posted about it on Facebook and Twitter, people voted and we ended up a wildcard finalist,” she said. “I was very surprised but also happy.”
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Senate creates committee for leadership stipends By Rebecca savransky daily senior staffer @beccasavransky
Associated Student Government passed legislation Wednesday to establish an ad-hoc committee responsible for evaluating applications for the student leadership stipend, a need-based fund developed to help students pursue leadership positions. The $10,000 fund, which was approved by Senate last spring, will be distributed to 20 students who will each receive $500 stipends. Preference will be given to students with financial need. The committee will be chaired by Erik Zorn, ASG executive vice president, who will then select the additional members. Members of the committee will be responsible for “creating, advertising, and evaluating applications,” according to the legislation. “They’ll be developing what the application looks like as well as determining how we actually publicize this to the entire student body to make sure that it is friendly, particularly to low-income students,” Zorn said. The Weinberg senior said the committee would not be evaluating the financial portion of the application but would focus mainly on merit. Zorn will coordinate the submissions with the Center for Student Involvement, Financial Aid and Payroll to assess the
Univeristy administrators appointed to vice president positions Four Northwestern administrators were selected as vice presidents at the Board of Trustees’ recent meeting, the University announced Wednesday. Pamela Beemer, James Hurley, Ronald Nayler and Ingrid Stafford were all previously associate vice presidents at the University. Beemer, associate vice president for human
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LEADERSHIP FUND Speaker Noah Star discusses legislation regarding a student leadership stipend at Senate on Wednesday. Associated Student Government passed the legislation, which will create an ad-hoc committee to evaluate applications for the stipend.
financial need. The committee will not make a final decision on which applicants are chosen, Zorn said. Zorn said the committee will likely have between six and 10 members.
“The idea is that anyone from the entire Northwestern community could apply to this so that’s why anyone from the entire Northwestern community can be on it,” he said.
resources at the University since 2007, has “extensive strategic leadership and management experience” in human resources, according to the release. Prior to her position at NU, Beemer was assistant vice president for human resources at Michigan State University. Outside of education, Beemer has served as president of the Society of Higher Education Human Resource Executives and board member of numerous human resources organizations. Before joining NU in 2006 as associate vice president for budget and planning, Hurley served in the same role at Brandeis University
and as associate dean for administration and finance at New York University’s Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development. He is NU’s budget officer and leads a team of 12 in managing the University’s $2 billion budget. Nayler has been at the University since 1997 and was the first associate vice president for facilities management, where he oversees the development of campus buildings. He was previously associate vice president for facilities at the State University of New York at Buffalo and held various facilities positions at the University of Massachusetts Amherst and the University of Connecticut.
Zorn added he had already reached out to students in several different groups to be a part of the committee, including Northwestern Community Development Corps., Global Engagement Summit and Wildcat Welcome. “I tried to be very diverse with the groups that I’ve reached out to,” he said. The committee will work with the Center for Student Enrichment Services, a new campus resource focused on helping low-income and first-generation college students. The center will then incorporate the stipend program into their services and the committee will be dissolved. Senate also held elections for members of the Wild Ideas Fund Committee, which will help decide how to allot the fund. The Wild Ideas Fund, which was passed last spring, will allow students and student groups to request funding for new ideas and initiatives. Depending on the monetary value of the requests, the committee will decide whether or not to allot the money among themselves or present the idea to Senate. Senate also nominated members to be a part of the selection committee to choose the new chief of staff after Weinberg junior Rafael Henriquez, who serves as the current chief of staff, announced his plans to step down. rebeccasavransky2015@u.northwestern.edu In August, NU announced Nayler would retire at the end of 2014. University spokesman Al Cubbage said in an email to The Daily that Nayler still plans to retire later this year. Stafford, who began at NU as associate vice president for financial operations and treasurer in 2006, has held various positions throughout the University since 1977. Stafford is responsible for nine different areas within the University’s finances and manages its relations with credit rating agencies Moody’s Investors Service, Standard & Poor’s 500 index and Fitch Ratings. — Olivia Exstrum
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NU should extend hours for campus health services Matt gates
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Northwestern’s campus seems to run on absurd hours. University Library is open until 3 a.m. on normal school nights and 24/7 during exam weeks. Students have been known to overload with five classes, leaving them with the class hours of a high school student but much more reading. Extracurricular activities galore fill students’ nights, and internships might even come into the picture for upperclassmen. But these hours are not shared by every service available at NU. Although a library that is open late is crucial to the student community, a health center with broader hours is critical as well. Increasing the hours of the Northwestern University Health Service would create a more accommodating and potentially even safer experience for the NU
student body. Extended hours at the Searle would make it easier for students to schedule medical appointments around their already hectic schedules. Its 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekday hours — except Tuesday when hours are extended until 6 p.m. — make it difficult for students who are likely tied down by classes and work-study to easily schedule an appointment. Night hours would be less likely to conflict with classes, which would help students get to the doctor without falling behind in school. Expanding the hours of Health Service would also make it easier to get an appointment, especially during midterm weeks such as this one, in which coughing interrupts your economics exam every five minutes. More hours mean more appointments and less time spent waiting with a tissue box and cough drops. But there is a more pressing reason to have an on-campus health center open later, especially on weekend nights. We’ve all heard the stories about students that get “too drunk.”
But “too drunk” means different things to different people. “Too drunk” can mean staggering home and falling asleep. Or “too drunk” can be life-threatening. This judgment is often left to the friends of an inebriated student simply because they are the only ones around. Obviously if students have any reason to suspect that a friend may be inebriated to the point of needing medical attention, they should take action. However, the fear of a friend going to the hospital may prevent students from taking action. From having all entering students complete AlcoholEdu and participate in the Wildcat Voices, Alcohol Choices Essential NU to offering Red Watch Band Bystander Intervention Training, the NU administration takes many steps to educate the student body about alcohol and encourage students to make the right decision for a friend. However, having Searle open on Friday and Saturday evenings when alcohol consumption is most likely to occur would be another great step toward keeping the NU community safe. Although the Health Service does provide
urgent care to students on weekends and evenings, its website suggests that in the event of a “medical emergency, including those due to excessive alcohol consumption,” students should dial 911. Students in this situation would benefit from an intermediate option between having a friend sleep it off or go to the hospital. Although increasing the hours at Searle would require the University to pay more employee wages, this seems like a good use of NU’s resources. Expanding the hours of Health Service would make it easier for students to schedule medical appointments without a long wait. It would also make it more likely that students will make a responsible decision when confronted with the situation of encountering an intoxicated peer. NU would be better served if the Health Service extended its hours to meet students’ needs. Matt Gates is a Weinberg sophomore. He can be reached at matthewgates2017@u.northwestern.edu. If you want to respond publicly to this column, send a Letter to the Editor to opinion@dailynorthwestern.com.
In college, marriage may be closer than we think Bob Hayes
Daily columnist
It is largely indisputable that partying represents a fundamental part of the college experience among today’s undergraduates. On a typical weekend night, students across campus gather to hang out with friends, drink alcohol and, often, to find an appealing guy or girl with whom to spend some quality time. Usually, these “quality times” are limited to one-night hook-ups followed by an extended period of sparse — if any — communication. Although the shy guy meeting the coy girl at a frat party may occasionally lead to an unlikely relationship, it is clear that marriage is on few college students’ minds as they embark on their seemingly endless journeys of indulgence and disappointment. Marriage?! Why should any college student feel the need to think about that? On the surface, I think the idea sounds as crazy as you do, but recent data coupled with growing cultural trends show that our social decisions in college may have frighteningly proximate implications on our potential marital futures.
In a Sept. 29 article on Nate Silver’s popular data journalism website FiveThirtyEight, Ben Casselman examines the Pew Research Center’s disappointing finding that the marriage rate continues to decline in the United States. “In 1960, nearly 90 percent of 25- to 34-year olds had been married; today, that figure is barely 50 percent,” Casselman says. The obvious counterargument to this data is that people are simply choosing to marry later, which I will explore soon. Regardless, the Pew report, titled “Record Share of Americans Have Never Married,” “estimated that a quarter of today’s young people — those between ages 25 and 34 — will never marry, or at least still won’t have married by age 55,” Casselman says. This is an obviously much larger total than in previous decades. In order to infer why fewer people are getting married, we must first understand why adults increasingly marry at later ages than they have in the past. If we dive into the Pew report itself, we find, “For young adults who want to get married, financial security is a significant hurdle.” Devastating stories of marriages that fall victim to financial difficulties have become more apparent as the world grows connected, making job security and economic wellbeing an increasingly important facet when
considering marriage. According to the Pew report, 78 percent of women cite “a steady job” as “very important” when searching for a partner, which was the top choice among women and the second-highest choice among men, behind “similar ideas about having and raising children.” This trend of marriages skewing older means that many young adults and college students do not even consider tying the knot as an imminent possibility. Concurrently, the growing social appropriateness of hooking up in place of dating — accelerated by popular cultural figures like Barney Stinson in “How I Met Your Mother” and Carrie Bradshaw in “Sex and the City” — further postpones consideration of serious relationships. Interestingly, I have noticed that far more Northwestern students are interested in a relationship than they choose to display. Yet, the culture is established by an odd sort of prisoners’ dilemma: As soon as some people choose to enter the “hook-up” market, others feel pressured to join their friends in seeking immediate gratification over steadily developing relationships, which further exacerbates the problem. As fun as the hook-up scene can feel at the time, when the weekly parties end and occupational life begins, young adults often face a
startling realization: The limitless options of potential mates have suddenly transformed into a mundane set of intergenerational coworkers. For most people, by far the best chance to meet potential mates that we will ever experience comes during the four years when hardly anyone has begun to consider the possibility of marriage. I am not at all making the laughable assertion that students should show up to a party looking for a spouse. However, the undeniable prevalence of hook-up culture in college is a deceptively major reason for Pew’s conclusion that today’s adults postpone and ultimately fail to marry more often than ever before. Although the Pew report should not induce a state of emergency on college campuses, it does invoke some interesting questions about how our decisions right now affect our futures as husbands and wives. College represents a rapid four years of growth from a curious, immature child to a hardened, developed adult, and marriage can perhaps be added to the list of astonishingly imminent life choices faced by students. Bob Hayes is a Weinberg sophomore. He can be reached at roberthayes2017@u.northwestern.edu. If you would like to respond publicly to this column, send a Letter to the Editor to opinion@dailynorthwestern.com.
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Building bridges, not walls, for Israel-Palestine dialogue
In light of recent conversation and events on campus regarding Israel and Palestine, we want to clarify what the pro-Israel community at Northwestern stands for. We welcome open conversation about this sensitive, important topic. But we wish to counter some incorrect information — whether misconceptions or outright historical inaccuracies — that has been spread on campus recently. NU should be a place where we learn to engage with people who hold perspectives different from our own. As such, we seek to create opportunities for students of all backgrounds to engage with each other on issues surrounding Israel and Palestine and to forge a path for meaningful political action. We also condemn practices such as “antinormalization,” which in this context means a refusal to engage in conversation with anyone who believes in Israel’s right to exist. Over the last few weeks, Students for Justice in Palestine has hosted a number of events on campus that have promoted a historically inaccurate narrative about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and attempted to monopolize the discourse on this incredibly complex matter. Every one of us has the right to freedom of speech — and that extends to SJP’s recent “Apartheid Wall” display at The Rock and the group’s events featuring Steven Salaita and Remi Kanazi. But that does not mean that this speech is beyond challenge or reproach. Through these events, SJP has espoused a narrative in which
supporting Israel and supporting Palestine are mutually exclusive, in which the conflict is falsely reduced to a binary where any support for Israel is synonymous with opposition to basic human rights. Within the pro-Israel community at NU, some of us believe that Israel should focus on ending its occupation of territories that would be part of a future Palestinian state in a two-state solution, while others believe that Israel should focus on spreading awareness of its contributions to the world, including major technological and medical advances. But we are united in this: We refuse to accept this polarizing environment that reinforces a divide on campus and ultimately detracts from realistic efforts to end a conflict thousands of miles away. We firmly believe in Israel’s right to exist as a Jewish, democratic state. And we just as firmly believe in the Palestinian right to self-determination in an independent Palestinian state. But the necessary and just call for this Palestinian state cannot come with a systematic denial of the same right for Jews. We, the undersigned, support the establishment of a secure, independent Palestinian state alongside a secure, Jewish, democratic State of Israel, with borders based on those before 1967, a position which is shared by the United States, European Union, United Nations, Israel, Arab League and Palestinian Authority. We all want to be able to talk openly about
possibilities for a path to peace with people who do not agree with us. No justice or peace will ever be achieved without constructive dialogue among people who care passionately about the state of this small, special piece of land. The following list of events is a sampling of upcoming opportunities to challenge, question and engage in dialogue with professors, guest speakers and other students on this subject: “Gaza and Beyond: Israel, the Palestinians and the Arab World,” a panel moderated by Prof. Elie Rekhess on Thursday, Oct. 23 at 5 p.m. in the
McCormick Foundation Center. “5 Broken Cameras.” “Zionism in the Black and Jewish Communities,” featuring Dumisani Washington of the Institute for Black Solidarity with Israel, Nov. 6 at 5 p.m. in the Norris Wildcat Room. Julia Rudansky, president of the Hillel executive board; Jonathan Kamel, president of Wildcats for Israel; Alex Krule, president of Alpha Epsilon Pi Tau Delta Chapter; Tina Umanskiy, Israel Education Center intern; Josh Boxerman and Tal Axelrod, co-chairs of J Street U Northwestern.
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Q&A with Homecoming Grand Marshal Ana Gasteyer By tyler pager
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Ahead of Homecoming, Grand Marshal Ana Gasteyer’s return to Northwestern, she spoke with The Daily about some of her most memorable times in Evanston. Gasteyer (Communication ’89) is well-known for her roles in “Mean Girls” and on “Saturday Night Live,” as well as for her recent jazz album titled “I’m Hip.” The Daily: What are you most excited about for Homecoming? Ana Gasteyer: I don’t even really remember Homecoming from my days of yore. I was a Willard girl and I think I went to a grand total of two football games the entire time I was there. So I’m strangely excited to recreate this situation that never existed for myself and I’m going to bring my kids to the game, and I’m very excited to see a bunch of old friends that I’m going to be reuniting while I’m there. The Daily: What is your favorite Northwestern memory? Gasteyer: Definitely Mee-Ow show. Without a question. It was a completely formative experience. Honestly, it changed the trajectory of my entire career and life. I feel like it was just such good fortune to go to school in Chicago in a place that was so close to the birthplace of improvisation and improvisational comedy, in particular. It just was the first time I felt like I had found the thing
Police Blotter Two men arrested in connection with retail theft Two Waukegan, Illinois, men were charged with the retail theft of a Home Depot on Tuesday, police said. Police were called to the Home Depot in Evanston, 2201 Oakton St., after the two men were stopped by the store’s security, Evanston police Cmdr. Jay Parrott said. Twenty items with a total value of about
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I inherently loved doing and connected to some really talented and amazing performers and colleagues that I’m still friends with. People that have totally impressed me. The Daily: The movie “Mean Girls” has a lot of Northwestern and Evanston connections. What was it like to act in a movie that is set in your college town? Were you able to offer any advice $600 were found in the men’s possession, Parrott said. The men were then arrested at about 1 p.m., police said. The men, ages 58 and 60, were charged with misdemeanor retail theft, Parrott said.
Police respond to a disturbance between a driver and pedestrian Police responded Sunday night to an altercation between a driver and a pedestrian, police said. A 46-year-old man said he was standing in the street at Dewey Avenue and Emerson Street
because of your knowledge of Evanston? Gasteyer: Not really, to be honest to you. I always sort of forget that it was set at Northwestern. I think there’s a groundedness to the story and that probably felt more resonant because it was set in Chicago. Tina Fey was a Second City performer and had a real connection to the Chicago area as well so maybe it felt familiar in an academic way, but that’s really about it. The Daily: What was it like to play a Northwestern professor in the film? Gasteyer: It felt very straightforward and very identifiable. It’s hard to describe, but when you’re playing something that you know that well, it doesn’t require a whole lot of effort. You kind of fall into a type or a familiar pattern of people you know. The Daily: What was it like to work with Lindsay Lohan? Are you still in touch with her? Gasteyer: No, I’m not still in touch with her. The movie has had such a long trajectory in terms of its popularity, but we shot it very quickly and we shot it 12 years ago. So it’s funny people always ask me about it and I’m like “it was fun and I did it a long time ago.” I’m glad it’s still resonant to people. The Daily: What is one piece of advice you would share with current Northwestern students? Gasteyer: I really wanted to go to a conservatory, and I actually started as a voice major and the reason that I did that was my parents very firmly believed that I had to get an undergraduate degree, which always had that underlying “in case you don’t make it” message, which is a little bit negative, but when a vehicle nearly hit him, Parrott said. The driver exited the vehicle after the pedestrian said something to him, Parrott said. The driver then began to push and shove the pedestrian and then punched him in the face, police said. After the driver left the scene, a 43-year-old woman called police to report the incident, Parrott said. The vehicle was a 2007 black Mitsubishi, police said. The driver of the vehicle is unknown. — Marissa Mizroch
I do have to say for completely different reasons not because I had a back up career because I went to Northwestern, but because I had such a wellrounded education and because my writing was so well-refined there and because I was exposed to so many awesome, incredibly motivated, interesting, diverse students. I feel like it really impacted the kind of performer I became and I have an incredibly sort of what they call multi-hyphenate career. I mean I have my first album out last week and I have a comedy career and I’ve done a lot on broadway. So it spans really broadly and I think that’s a direct reflection of having gone to Northwestern and not gone to a very specific, highly specialized conservatory program like I thought I wanted. I think I got a really broad range of experiences by going there – in every way. The Daily: What is your favorite Evanston hangout? Gasteyer: You know it’s so funny. I don’t think anyone goes there anymore. We lived at – we called it Sherm’s – it was a diner, but I don’t even know if it’s on the corner there anymore across from Willard basically. I think it’s called Sherman’s Restaurant. It might be gone. When I get back, I’ll walk around and check everything out. I’m amazed that Steven Papageorge is still there because that’s where I’m going to get my hair done, but we would go to Sherm’s Restaurant. We lived there. We ate like a thousand omelettes and a thousand bowls of Greek soup. It was an old school Greek diner. It was fantastic. tylerpager2017@u.northwestern.edu
Setting the record straight In “Community forum discusses off-campus partying” from the Oct. 15 print issue, the article misstated which police department officer Scott Sengenberger is affiliated with. He is an Evanston Police Department officer. The Daily regrets the error.
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Uber users voice concerns over surge pricing policy Uber users have voiced their frustration with the rideshare company in the past year, criticizing its policy of the temporary charge increase called “surge pricing.” The Better Business Bureau, which ranks businesses to help buyers and sellers make better decisions, gave Uber an “F” grade on Oct. 9. An “F” is the lowest grade the organization gives out. The ranking is partially based on input from customers, who have submitted more than 100 complaints to Uber over the last year through the BBB site. The majority of the complaints focused on issues either with Uber’s billing and collection or with its product and service. “Consumer complaints allege misunderstanding Uber Technologies’ pricing, being misinformed about the overall cost of the services rendered,” BBB’s site reads. “Some consumers claim that they were told the final cost of the transportation service the company provided … only to be subsequently charged a substantially larger amount.” Many complaints addressed problems with “surge pricing,” a short-term rise in charges that Uber implements at times of high demand. When users tried to contact Uber’s customer service to
National News Soccer coaches resign, students could face discipline over Ebola taunts After allegations surfaced that Pennsylvania boys high school soccer players used Ebola to taunt a West African opponent, the team’s coaches have resigned and its players could face discipline, according to a school official. The Northampton Area School District on Tuesday finished its investigation into whether soccer players made “inappropriate comments” to a Nazareth, Pa., player, Northampton Superintendent Joseph Kovalchik said Tuesday evening. “The administration has conducted a thorough investigation throughout the entire day and appropriate discipline will be dispensed to any students who violated the code of conduct,” Kovalchik said. Due to student confidentially, Kovalchik would not state the actual form of discipline or how many students will face discipline. He would also not reveal the investigation’s findings. The team’s head coach, Craig Carvin, and
thursday, october 16, 2014 fix their issues, they found it difficult to reach representatives and find resolutions, according to BBB’s site. Uber, Lyft and similar commercial rideshare services have been at the center of Illinois state politics in 2014. Legislation passed through the state’s General Assembly in the first half of the year that would impose statewide regulations, requiring drivers to obtain background checks and many types of insurance. Nicknamed the “Uber bill,” Gov. Pat Quinn vetoed the rideshare restrictions in August, stating his veto would help create jobs and protect consumers in Illinois. Bruce Rauner, Quinn’s challenger in the gubernatorial election on Nov. 4, praised the governor for doing “the right thing” in vetoing the bill. Uber runs on the goal of ensuring that customers receive reliable rides whenever and wherever they are, Uber spokeswoman Lauren Altmin said. Surge pricing helps align the company’s supply and demand, she said. “During times of peak demand – when there are not enough drivers on the system – fares increase so as to incentivize more drivers to come onto the platform,” Altmin said in an email to The Daily. “Uber’s direct channel for two-way feedback is regularly reviewed and acted on to ensure a high-quality experience. The fact is that consumers in 220 cities around the world have made their opinion known by taking millions of rides with Uber.” — Paige Leskin
assistant coach, Jason Melniszyn, submitted their resignations Tuesday evening, Kovalchik said. Neither could be reached for comment, and Kovalchik said he had no comment other than stating neither is a district teacher. Edward Bachert, custodian for the 16-yearold West African soccer player, said the teen told him he was peppered with Ebola comments at last Thursday’s game at Nazareth. Other Nazareth players told Bachert their opponents directed racial remarks at the teen as well, said Bachert, who was at the game but out of earshot. The teen came to America with siblings about three years ago and is from a small town in Guinea, ground zero of the Ebola outbreak, Bachert said. Bachert’s family took in the teen two years ago, but he constantly worries about the health of his parents, who still live in their home village. Distressed by the alleged Ebola remarks, the teen charged a Northampton player during the game’s waning minutes and was ejected, Bachert said. He cried at the kitchen table when he got home. The end of the investigation brings closure to the incident, Bachert said. “I am glad Nazareth and Northampton took this incident very seriously and did a very thorough investigation,” Bachert said. “I think kids nowadays
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have to realize that their words can cause a lot of damage and you’ve got to think before you speak and be careful with what words you choose.” Bachert is comfortable not knowing for sure what discipline Northampton players could receive, he said. He also said he believes the Northampton coaches made the right decision in resigning. — Adam Clark, Matt Assad and Jacqueline Palochko (The Morning Call (Allentown, PA))
As second nurse is infected with Ebola, her air travel heightens fears DALLAS — Fears grew Wednesday that more medical workers may have been exposed to the deadly Ebola virus after a second Dallas nurse fell ill and health officials scrambled to alert scores of airline passengers who had been on a jet with her. After weeks of assertions that U.S. hospitals were well-prepared for Ebola, the latest developments illuminated lapses on several fronts: at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital in Dallas, where two nurses contracted Ebola while treating Thomas Eric Duncan, a Liberian who died of the disease; at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta, which says it could have reacted more aggressively to Duncan’s case; and with a
public health system that has no way of preventing potentially contagious people from boarding public transportation, even if they know they may have been exposed to Ebola. The latest nurse to become sick, Amber Vinson, 29, did not have a high fever or other Ebola symptoms when she boarded Frontier Airlines Flight 1143 from Cleveland to Dallas on Monday, and CDC chief Thomas Frieden said the risk to others on the jet was “extremely low.” He said her temperature was 99.5, slightly above normal, but she should not have been on a commercial flight given her role in treating Duncan and the subsequent diagnosis of another nurse, Nina Pham. Vinson tested positive for Ebola early Wednesday; Pham fell ill Friday, the same day Vinson flew from Dallas to Ohio, where her family lives. Pham, 26, was diagnosed two days later. “These health care workers both had ... extensive contact with the patient when the patient had extensive production of body fluids,” Frieden said. The virus is transmitted in bodily fluids. Late Wednesday, however, the CDC confirmed that Vinson had permission to travel to Ohio. — Molly Hennessy-Fiske, Geoffrey Mohan and Tina Susman (Los Angeles Times)
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HOUSING REVAMP Julie Payne-Kirchmeier, assistant vice president for student auxiliary services, presents the Master Housing Plan at Senate on Wednesday. Under the long-term plan, freshmen and sophomores will be required to live in on-campus housing.
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halls will have suite-style living spaces, in which students will either live in single or double suites. Single suites will have four individual bedrooms and two bathrooms, whereas double suites would have two bedrooms with a shared bathroom. “I’m particularly excited about the focus shifting away from standard ‘dormitory-style’ housing where it’s the long hallways and the two rooms on the side and a greater emphasis on apartment-style or more independence for sophomores and upperclassmen,” said Chris Harlow, ASG student life vice president. The first component of the Master Housing Plan
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was the destruction of the buildings on Peanut Row, which occurred in 2013. The first new building, which is currently named 560 Lincoln, is still being designed. It is expected to be completed in 2016 or 2017. The other new residences include two North Campus projects, one to replace Bobb and McCulloch and one to replace Sargent. There will also be a new residence hall near Chapin Hall and one near 1835 Hinman and Jones. However, the plans for these new buildings have not been developed yet. “There’s still a lot of opportunities going forward for students to continue to give input,” Harlow said. “I think that will be crucial as we start to get down to the more intricate details.” tylerpager2017@u.northwestern.edu in class and you just need some coffee.” Students were introduced to the new menu and furniture at the re-opening, which coincides with Homecoming week. At the event, students participated in a raffle to win dining deals. Northwestern Dining staff also handed out free food. “It’s a place for students to come and try our new menu, as well as show their Homecoming spirit,” said Aisha Hauser, marketing intern for NU Dining. MadelineCoe2018@u.northwestern.edu
faced and to give an update on the relationship between Evanston and its public schools. The meeting focused on issues facing the youth of Evanston and on setting objectives to improve them. Leaders at the meeting cited a talk given by journalist Alex Kotlowitz at a luncheon on Oct. 8 hosted by community organization Connections for the Homeless as the impetus for addressing the issue. “Afterwards some folks indicated that we really ought to lift the issue of homelessness for youth up a little bit more,” District 202 superintendent Eric Witherspoon said. “But so often we’re hit with problems and then trying to understand where the solutions come from.” The imperative to focus on youth homelessness emerged from increasing numbers of homeless youth in Evanston school districts. The findings showed that about 350 students in Evanston/Skokie School District 65 and about 130 youth in District 202 are considered homeless. Those numbers indicate a 78 percent and 38 percent climb, respectively, from the last time data was collected, Paul Selden, executive director of Connections for the Homeless, said. Conversation centered on how best to use the school’s direct connection to students and families in tandem with the resources of the city and community groups. School officials at Evanston Township High School are forbidden from directly asking a student if he or she is homeless, associate principal Paula Miller said. This and several other obstacles make intervention with troubled youths a challenge.
Across Campuses University of Minnesota knocks down claim of new Ebola risks Ebola anxiety spread rapidly on social media Wednesday when inaccurate articles and tweets claimed that University of Minnesota infectious disease experts had determined the deadly virus has become airborne -- a claim quickly shot down by the U. A Twitter user with the name @UnivMinnNews, which uses the U logo but is not an official university account, spread the claim -- citing an article in the alternative news site Inquisitr. That story cited a commentary posted on the website of the U’s Center for Infectious Disease Control and Policy (CIDRAP). The published commentary, however, doesn’t make that claim, U officials pointed out. It only states that “people should understand the potential for a virus to become airborne.” And
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Specifically, the high school seeks to work with older students who are closer to graduating or leaving the school to establish a more permanent living situation and means of providing for themselves, Miller said. Mary Ellen Poole, a housing planner for the city, spoke about the need for housing assistance and the city’s Tenant Based Rental Assistance plan, which will use rental subsidies as vouchers for families who demonstrate the potential for self-sufficiency in two years. “(Homelessness is) a poverty thing, it’s a childhood thing, it’s an education thing,” she said. “It impacts every part of community life in Evanston.” The committee also spent time discussing the progress of Cradle to Career, a long-term education initiative that is putting down roots in Evanston and its public school districts. Officials have received 47 applications so far for the position of executive director, whom will lead the initiative. The committee also provided updates on various initiatives it has focused on in the past, including increased transportation access for students through more accessible bike and bus routes. Moving forward, the committee hopes to find more data on the issue of homelessness, enhance communication between different members and bring pertinent officials and organizations together to talk about solving issues with Evanston’s community and its schools. The next meeting of the committee will take place Feb. 18 at ETHS. benjaminschaefer2017@u.northwestern.edu it while it was posted on the CIDRAP website, it was written by an unaffiliated researcher from Chicago. “CIDRAP is not saying [Ebola] is airborne,” spokeswoman Caroline Marin said Wednesday afternoon. “There is always the possibility that diseases can mutate.” The false claims spread rapidly on social media, and seemed to stoke fears already heightened by the discovery that a second nurse in Texas became infected at a hospital that treated the first U.S.-diagnosed case of Ebola. Ebola spreads through contact with infected bodily fluids such as blood and saliva -- unlike seasonal influenza, which can be airborne. The current Ebola outbreak is centered in west Africa, where more than 8,000 people have suffered infections and 4,000 have died. CIDRAP’s director, Dr. Michael Osterholm, said last week that he doubts there will be widespread transmission of Ebola in the U.S., or cases in Minnesota. — Jeremy Olson (Star Tribune)
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Cats fall to Cornhuskers in 3rd straight loss By MAX GELMAN
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Looking to get back into the win column after two straight losses, Northwestern (13-5, 3-4 Big Ten) went into Nebraska confidently but lost to the No. 13 Cornhuskers (11-5, 5-2) in straight sets. “We made a lot of unforced errors,” coach Keylor Chan said after the game. “When you do that against a team like Nebraska on the road, you’re in for a long night.” A long night it was for the Wildcats. The first set started off with Nebraska in complete control, winning 8 of the first 10 points — at one point earning 7 straight. NU spikes were repeatedly blocked by the Cornhuskers, and the Cats hurt themselves tremendously with numerous attack errors. NU lacked communication on the floor and simply looked lost at times during the opening set. Freshman hitter Symone Abbott was strangely absent for most of the first set, possibly leading to the Cats’ issues. A sloppy set overall for NU, Nebraska easily won the opener 25 points to 12. NU finished the first set with a negative hitting percentage, in part because senior hitter Yewande Akanbi had only one kill with two errors. “We didn’t come out with the right mindset,” Chan said. The second set opened much more evenly, with the teams splitting the first sixteen points. NU appeared in sync and attacked the ball ferociously, especially from the middle, something they hadn’t done much in the opening set. With the
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TAKING A HIT Right side attacker Kayla Morin prepares to deliver a serve. She had five kills and eight digs in the Wildcats’ losing effort against Nebraska.
help of Abbott and Akanbi, who rebounded after her early struggles, the Cats began to pull away. But Nebraska then tied the set at 18 and regained the lead, coming back from a four point deficit thanks to a 7-1 run. Following a 22-point tie, the Cornhuskers won three straight points and the set, 25-22. Akanbi came back in the set with four kills while Abbott added three. Freshman setter Taylor Tashima had a nice 16 total assists through the first two sets, while senior Katie Dutchman and Akanbi led the team with five kills through the two.
In the third set, NU looked as though its early struggles returned, as the Cornhuskers won the first eight points of the set. The Cats started getting their act together a little bit, but never managed to cut the Nebraska’s lead to less than five. The Cornhuskers’ defense overwhelmed the Cats, and again miscommunications on the floor hurt NU. Steamrolling over the Cats 25-13, Nebraska swept NU in straight sets. Dutchman led the Cats in kills with seven, but the most glaring stat from the box score was the team
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hitting percentage — an even zero. With 28 kills and 28 errors, this was a bad loss for NU. Chan made no excuses for the loss, refusing to blame crowd noise on the Cats’ high number of errors. “It might have been a little loud at the beginning,” he said. “But it was really us.” Up next for NU is a road game at Iowa (8-9, 0-6), where the Cats will be looking to snap a losing streak that now stands at three games. maxgelman2018@u.northwestern.edu
freshmen are Gage Kohner and Almog Olshtein, who will play key roles in filling sprinter positions. “A lot will be asked of them,” Schroeder said. “Because we lost the core of our sprint group, our top-50 freestyler and top-100 freestyler are gone, so Gage and Almog need to fill that void … there’s a little bit of pressure on them, the young guys.” In total, there are five new freshmen joining the team this year. “I’m really This excited about our year I think we incomneed to walk ing freshinto every man class,” Donkersmeet knowing goed said. that we are a “I think we have a great program that group of can compete incoming guys who with those guys. are going to be impact Van Donkersgoed junior captain players from the get-go.” The team also has key swimmers returning for the 2014-15 season. Junior Jordan Wilimovsky finished second in the 1,650-yard freestyle at last year’s Big Ten Championships and fourth in the same event at NCAA Championships. Although NU redeemed a 2012 loss to Eastern Michigan during last year’s season opener, which the Cats won 160.5 to 128.5, the team remains focused on swimming its best. “We won’t take them lightly,” Schroeder said. “They’re a good team. It should be a good competition and a measuring stick of where we’re at.”
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FULL SPEED AHEAD All-American Jordan Wilimovsky and the rest of the Wildcats are ready to dive into their 2014-15 schedule. The junior is looking to build on a successful season in which he placed fourth in the 1650yard freestyle at the NCAA Championships.
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Northwestern will be on the road Thursday against Eastern Michigan for its season opener. Coach Jarod Schroeder has set high expectations for his team this year.
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“We put together a lot tougher schedule,” he said. “What I want to do with the guys is challenge them to step up to the occasion each weekend that we swim, and to do that we need to put ourselves into a position where we’re swimming teams that may be better than us on paper.” The Wildcats understand the need to be confident going into the highly competitive season. “I think we need to not count ourselves out,” junior captain Van Donkersgoed said. “This year I think we need to walk into every meet knowing that we are a program that can compete with those guys, and by
going and racing the best, you elevate yourself to the best.” Ending the season in the receiving votes category of the College Swimming Coaches Association of America coaches poll with a record of 7-3-1 last year, the team hopes to crack into the top 25 this season. “I’d like to see if we can move up a few spaces this year,” Schroeder said. “It doesn’t happen overnight, but I think we have the foundation set where the five guys that are coming in this year are a great replacement for the seven guys we lost last year as seniors.” Included in this year’s group of
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Trevor Siemian looks like he just walked through a snow drift. The senior quarterback’s ankles have been bound in white during practices this week, carefully and tightly wrapped with medical tape to the point of bulging outward. It’s pronounced enough that the right ankle, the one the righthanded Siemian plants on to throw, is noticeably thicker than the left. Coach Pat Fitzgerald revealed at the end of last season that Siemian had played most of 2013 with a hidden heel injury, offering an excuse for the quarterback’s poor play during the team’s seven-game losing streak before Siemian recovered and recorded an impressive performance against Illinois in the season finale. This year, we saw Siemian leave the Northern Illinois game late in the fourth quarter after suffering an apparent ankle injury. He started the next game and every game since, but his play has been a far cry from how it was at the end of 2013. Play calling this season has emphasized short passes, perhaps in an attempt to mask Siemian’s difficulty with accurately throwing deep passes. In the past he hasn’t had the healthiest feet, and based on the appearance of his ankles, that’s still an issue at the midpoint of the 2014 campaign. There are still six (and maybe even seven or eight) games left to play, so if Siemian’s health is so severely affecting his performance or causing the offense to alter its game plans, he needs to be benched. Even if he wasn’t apparently hurt, his stats alone would be enough to warrant a change. Among starting quarterbacks in the Big Ten, which is not a very illustrious group, Siemian ranks 13 out of 14 in yards per attempt with 5.9. That trails Wisconsin’s Tanner McEvoy, the quarterback the Wildcats forced out of the game two weeks ago, by 0.6 yards per attempt. Put more starkly, Siemian is second in the Big Ten in passing attempts — trailing Penn State’s Christian Hackenberg by just one throw — but sixth in yardage with 1,323. His four touchdown passes is the second-worst total by a starter in the conference, with the worst total belonging to Minnesota’s Mitch Leidner, who has thrown just 91 times this year. The offense is a model of inefficiency with Siemian at the helm. Its incapability to generate big plays through the air has been a key contributor to the team’s depressing 4.7 yards per play this season. Some of that blame lies with the receiving corps, which has committed many noticeable drops this year, but at this point, it’s hard to imagine backup Zack Oliver is a serious downgrade from Siemian. The junior came into the Northern Illinois game and threw a perfect 54-yard bomb to junior wideout Pierre Youngblood-Ary. One pass is not an appropriate statistical sample size, but qualitatively, it shows that Oliver is prepared and ready to play each week. If Oliver is healthy and able to execute the game plan and Siemian is not, Oliver should get the starting nod. This team is no stranger to having a second quarterback, and it’s clear from the stats that something has to change. robertpillote2017@u.northwestern.edu