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Simon release raises questions By Tyler Pager

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The Cook County state’s attorney vacated the double-murder conviction of Alstory Simon on Thursday,

raising questions about an investigation assisted by former Medill Prof. David Protess. Protess led the Medill Innocence Project, whose landmark investigation resulted in the release of Anthony Porter from death row. » See Simon, page 11

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tricks and treats Communication freshman Allison Towbes paints the face of a trick-or-treater at Project Pumpkin on Thursday night. The event, sponsored by NCDC, provided treats and games for Chicago-area children.

Norris celebrates Halloween early with Project Pumpkin By BENJAMIN DIN Brian Cassella/Chicago Tribune/MCT

Innocence project Prof. David Protess, right, leads a group of students in a Medill Innocence Project meeting at Northwestern on Oct. 12, 2009 in Evanston, Illinois.

Former NU researcher settles fraud lawsuit

A former Northwestern research physician will pay the United States $475,000 to settle claims of misusing federal grant money for personal expenses, the U.S. Attorney’s Office announced Thursday. Dr. Charles Bennett, who worked at NU’s Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Center for Cancer in Chicago, was accused by a former coworker of submitting false claims for reimbursement for family trips, meals, hotels and consulting fees for his family and friends from Jan. 1, 2003 to Aug. 31, 2010. His brother and cousin, who were paid for consulting fees, were unqualified for the services, according to the lawsuit. Bennett did not admit liability as part of the settlement. NU paid $2.93 million in July 2013 to settle claims that the University ignored a whistleblower’s concerns about Bennett. NU also did not admit

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With more than 1,000 children in attendance, Project Pumpkin took over Norris University Center on

Thursday night for an early Halloween celebration. Northwestern Community Development Corps hosted its annual Project Pumpkin event, during which children from around the Chicago area took part in trick-or-treating and other Halloween activities.

“NCDC is really all about Northwestern and the Evanston-Chicago communities together,” Weinberg senior and NCDC co-chair Lakin Davis said. “So we host this event every year to give Evanston-Chicago » See pumpkin, page 11

liability. “The University was nonetheless disappointed to see the allegations in the complaint because they are at odds with the University’s commitment to a culture of compliance in the administration of federal research grants,” NU spokesman Al Cubbage said in a statement in July 2013. “Northwestern takes its grant administration responsibilities seriously, and fully cooperated with the government’s investigation of these allegations in an effort to demonstrate their inconsistency with its institutional values.” Melissa Theis, the whistleblower and a former NU employee, initially made the allegations and will receive $80,750 from Bennett’s settlement. Theis previously received $498,100 from NU’s settlement. The settlement ends the litigation for the suit, but gives any federal agency the authority to suspend Bennett from receiving future research grants. Bennett must pay the settlement by Dec. 1.

City reacts to new tobacco rule

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Some Northwestern students said they see the practicality in outlawing the sale and purchase of tobacco products for anyone under age 21 in Evanston but still think it is unfair to those who have been smoking since they were 18. City Council voted unanimously Monday to make it illegal for anyone under 21 to buy tobacco or liquid nicotine products. The approval of the amendment came after discussions among the aldermen about how much it would affect Evanston residents and the city’s economy. Ald. Judy Fiske (1st) told The Daily on Monday she thought the beneficial health effects in raising the age were the largest reason in passing the amendment.

City manager Wally Bobkiewicz also told The Daily on Monday that he did not see the amendment affecting students too much, because he did not see smoking as a considerable issue at NU. Weinberg sophomore Ryan Fleming said he is a regular smoker, but thinks there are few other students who smoke at the University. “It’s well below the national average from what I can tell just walking down the streets,” Fleming said. “You rarely see a group, usually it’s just one person by (his or herself ).” Fleming said the city law is a good one in principle, but is unfair to the people who started smoking at 18 and are still not 21. “It just makes it harder for people, which will deter them to smoke I guess,” Fleming said. “But people who are already addicted, they’re not going to stop. It’s just going to

force them to go other places to buy them.” If the ordinance had been passed before he had started smoking, he probably would have been less likely to start in the first place, he said. Weinberg junior Isabella Valdescruz is only 20 years old and has been buying her own cigarettes for the past two years while attending NU. “I still hate the fact that they’re trying to control someone else’s life,” Valdescruz said. “They’re just like, ‘No, just kidding. You’re not old enough to make this decision for yourself.’” She said there is a large underground group of people at NU who smoke, and they will still be able to get cigarettes if they want to. Valdescruz said she did smoke

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Around Town Barre exercise studio plans to open in January By TORI LATHAM

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A new female-focused fitness studio is planning to come to Evanston, joining a number of workout spaces already in the area. The Barre Code, a studio that provides cardio, strength training and restoration classes, received approval from the Site Plan and Appearance Review Committee on Wednesday. The location has plans to open at 604 Davis St. in January. Kate Dalcamo, an instructor and studio manager at other Barre Code studios, is the owner of the new location. She said she decided to bring the workout studio to Evanston because of how active the town has become. “Evanston has really been blowing up, with all of the bars and restaurants that are coming to the city,” Dalcamo said. “It’s almost like an extension of Chicago rather than just a suburb. Expanding there seemed like a good idea and the next step.” Dalcamo said she started taking classes at The Barre Code a couple of years ago and eventually moved up to work as the studio manager at the Lincoln Park and Gold Coast locations. When the company started offering franchise opportunities, she applied and was approved to open her own studio. “There are a lot of boutique workout places that offer mostly cardio and if you want something else, you have your main gym,” she said. “I would never classify (The Barre Code) as just a barre studio. We

Police Blotter Two arrested in connection with drug paraphernalia

Police arrested two Evanston men Wednesday in connection with drug paraphernalia, authorities said. Officers responded to a call from a resident around 2:25 p.m. who had observed two suspicious people in the area of Brummel Street and Dewey Avenue,

are more of a one-stop shop where you can get your barre, yoga and cardio all in one place.” The Barre Code would add to Evanston’s great preexisting fitness choices, Paul Zalmezak, the city’s senior economic development coordinator, said in an email to The Daily. “The Barre Code offers another high quality health and wellness option to Evanston,” he said in the email. “The property owner, Adas/Spatz Properties, does a great job pursuing high quality tenants. I expect this will be another success for them.” Dalcamo said most of her previous clients have been students and women in their early twenties to thirties, a group of people she said she hopes to attract in Evanston. “I’ve realized that Evanston consists of a lot of these people,” she said “The Barre Code just has such a positive and supportive atmosphere that I hope we can bring to them.” Mark Muenzer, the city’s director of community development, said he thinks it’s great that fitness studios such as The Barre Code are moving to the city. The place will certainly appeal to the area’s residents, he said. “These fitness facilities cater to the different people who live and work in Evanston,” he said. “It shows that downtown Evanston is really starting to have a lot of different uses.” Dalcamo said she is looking forward to the studio becoming part of the community and is really excited to become more involved. She said she hopes that people will see it as the perfect place to go for all of their fitness training. “I’ve made some of my greatest friendships Evanston police Cmdr. Jay Parrott said. Police stopped the two men, with whom the officers were familiar, and conducted a pat down, Parrot said. The officers found a crack pipe on each of the men, police said. The two men, ages 42 and 44, were arrested around 2:40 p.m. and charged with possession of drug paraphernalia. Although the arrests could have resulted in

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A LA BARRE Cars pass by the vacant storefront at 604 Davis St. Thursday evening. The Barre Code, a fitness studio, is looking to open in the space.

while working here, either with clients, instructors or other employees,” she said. “I’m hoping that I’ll be able to provide that for others at our new location.” With the recommendation from SPAARC, The

Barre Code will appear in front of the Zoning Board of Appeals on Tuesday. If passed, it will appear in front of City Council for final approval.

criminal state charges, the charges will only result in fines, Parrott said.

and the Skokie resident were in a verbal altercation over some money, police said. The person told police the Skokie man was making threatening comments and was going to hit him, authorities said. Police arrested the 34-year-old around 3:30 p.m. in connection with misdemeanor simple assault.

Skokie man charged with simple assault

Officers charged a 34-year-old man with simple assault Wednesday afternoon, police said. Police reported to a call in the 1500 block of Ridge Avenue, Parrott said. Officers were told that a person

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Residential Services discontinues free newspapers By alice yin

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Low pick-up rates of the free daily newspapers at dining halls have led to a cancelation of the program this year. The program, called The Collegiate Readership Program, is run by USA Today, and brought free copies of its paper, along with the Chicago Tribune and The New York Times, to the campus dining halls and Norris University Center for several years. Before summer 2014, Residential Services terminated the program, leaving empty wire racks outside the dining halls during the beginning of Fall Quarter. Paul Riel, executive director of Residential Services, said he found there was a general consensus to end the daily subscription. “We’re seeing not a lot of students were using the program,� Riel said. “The distribution of the papers and cost and the fact that students weren’t using them showed this program has run its course.� Riel said the papers’ pick-up rate was reported to be between the “low 30s to high 20s percentile.� Residential Services, Residential Hall Association and the Residential College Board spoke during the last academic year and decided the program’s underwhelming use to the student body was not

NU to undergo reaccreditation within academic year Northwestern is undertaking an institutional reaccreditation review this academic year that will conclude in a visit to the University in April 2015 by a seven-member evaluation team, the University announced Monday. The review is being done

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No nEWS friends Dining halls no longer have stacks of free newspapers at their entrances. Northwestern’s free newspaper readership program with USA Today was canceled this year, ending years of newspaper supply for students.

worth continuing. Riel said Residential Services is reallocating

funds used to subsidize the newspaper program for other services, which he said mainly include

through the Higher Learning Commission and will occur under the direction of Provost Daniel Linzer. “The reaccreditation process involves the entire University community, and the active engagement of the schools and administrative units in the this process to date has been outstanding,� said Jake Julia, associate vice president and associate provost for academic initiatives, in a news release. Julia said the process is a “team effort.� The University must submit various materials to the team to be reviewed. The Office of

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Tobacco ban reveals city’s disregard for NU students coretta lemaitre

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Recently, Evanston aldermen voted to increase the legal age for purchase of tobacco products from 18 to 21. City Council stopped short of outlawing the possession of cigarettes, which one alderman called “excessive” and another foresaw as unfairly punishing young individuals already addicted to tobacco products. The reasoning for the new ordinance was based primarily on health concerns for teenagers under 18 who have access to tobacco products. According to health studies, youth under 18 receive 90 percent of their tobacco products from young adults aged 18 to 21. Because about 90 percent of current adult smokers started smoking before turning 18, the supply flow between these two age groups is a crucial link in the attempt to reduce tobacco addictions in the

population. Looking solely at the apparent benefits the ordinance promises, most significantly for high schoolers and younger students, one might question why more districts have yet to follow suit. Indeed, some cities across the country have already started entertaining the notion of joining the growing campaign. However, Evanston aldermen spent a surprisingly short amount of time discussing the other demographic directly affected by the ordinance: 18- to 21-year-old adults. A smoking ban may not seem to bear significant consequences for the age group largely represented by the Northwestern student body. However, the ordinance carries much greater significance than implied by aldermen who commented that the targeted demographic accounts for only 2 percent of tobacco sales. If truly insignificant, certainly the legislation should have passed sooner and in a more widespread fashion on a national level. A smoking ban for under 21-year-olds definitely contains significant benefits, but to achieve this benefit, another age group must give up a right. What

bothers me is that the manner in which the Evanston City Council treated the issue makes the change seem a lot more like a loss of a right, rather than an educated and voluntary relinquishment. Aldermen in Evanston, represent NU students and pass ordinances that directly affect our daily lives. Yet many of the decisions made by the council seem to take place with an unreasonable disregard for the thoughts of the NU community. Had I been polled about my willingness to give up my right to buy cigarettes to help limit the access of addiction-prone minors to tobacco products, I would likely have supported the ordinance wholeheartedly. Council decisions and the manner with which they are reached carry important symbolic significance. Disregard of the impact of an ordinance on the NU population reveals a problematic communication and cooperation gap between the residents of Evanston and University students. Not only do students need to be aware of their right and responsibility to vote for representatives, but those representatives need to show a vested interest in the opinions and

wellbeing of NU students. Although interests of students and other Evanston residents may historically have clashed, both groups are affected by the actions of the council. NU is a world-class institution, educating thousands of individuals from all over the world to interact in global politics, medical research, technological development and social development. Shouldn’t our voice also carry weight and importance to the members of City Council? Hopefully, the new ordinance will positively impact the long-term health of many individuals. But I also hope for an active attempt on behalf of both the greater Evanston community as well as the NU student body to breach the existing demographic and ideological differences to create a town that demonstrates its concern for the opinion and wellbeing of every aspect of its residentship. Coretta Lemaitre is a McCormick sophomore. She can be contacted at corettalemaitre2017@u.northwestern.edu. If you would like to respond publicly to this column, send a Letter to the Editor to opinion@dailynorthwestern.com.

NU should encourage study of computational thinking Heiwon Shin

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Last spring, I took Journalism 201-2: Multimedia Storytelling, a required class for all journalism majors. There, I found the beauty and power of sound, pictures and video that words cannot capture. If it weren’t for my requirement, I doubt I would have taken the class, being the technologically illiterate person that I was — I only found out about the keyboard shortcuts for copying and pasting a year ago. I was pushed to face something new and I’m truly thankful for it, because I found my love for multimedia storytelling. Fueled by the urge to learn more about how I could apply technology to my work, I decided to try new classes such as journalism with engineers and art with engineers. In my journalism with engineers class, we apply journalistic goals with computer programming technology to create useful applications for websites. My team and I are currently developing a web extension model to pull tweets from pundits and Reddit comments relevant to articles users read. It’s mind-boggling to realize the potential that the

marriage between journalism and technology can bring. Before, I used to feel as if engineers and programmers existed on a different planet. But through working with them and learning about the processes and overall framework, I now know how things operate and how small steps are taken to create all the things we use daily that I took for granted. It sounds simple and obvious, but actually experiencing it makes me more confident to pursue this intersection of journalism and technology for my career. I believe this experience can be expanded further to other majors, just as my art with engineers class is doing. It’s like the Gestalt theory: When you combine disciplines, the sum is greater than its parts. 1+1 does not equal 2, but something even bigger. Northwestern should invest in creating resources and curricula to make computational thinking and computer programming available to a wider range of students and for a wider purpose. It may be an exaggeration but it seems like everyone is either premed or majoring in economics or engineering because they are very useful and in demand. Computer science should be up there too because it’s a new kind of literacy that contemporary professionals need. Already, introductory classes to computer science and computational thinking exist. But as

computer science Prof. Ian Horswill says, there needs to be more faculty to teach it. Also, one or two introductory classes may not be enough for students to fully grasp computational thinking or programming. More importantly, many students may find it scary to try computer science. Learning a foreign language sounds like a solid challenge, but add a whole new dimension of a computer system and it can be pretty daunting. Naturally, I first thought of proposing a new requirement — computer science and/or computational thinking — to increase technological literacy. Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel recently announced that in three years Chicago Public School students would make coding education mandatory requirement to graduate. True, not everyone needs to be programmers. But we can all profit from computational thinking, by knowing how to solve problems and understanding how the technology of search engines, emails and other software work. As Google puts it, it is a “21st century skill” that includes decomposition, pattern recognition, pattern generalization and algorithm design. However, after talking to Prof. Rich Gordon and Prof. Larry Birnbaum, who lead not only the Knight Lab but also the journalism with engineers class, Innovations and News in Technology, I thought otherwise. Requirements could come across as forceful. Even before

going to the class, students could be resentful or stressed, feelings that could possibly bring down the experience for themselves, their peers and their instructors. Rather, we could build upon the collaborative classes between two or more different fields, such as the classes I’m taking now. Going even further, there can be certificate programs that allow students from different fields to come together to learn and pioneer through the new cross-sections. College is about trying new things, but quite frankly, it’s easy to fall back on what’s familiar. It’s difficult to just plunge into a completely new field. Computer science could be your thing, but you may not know it just because you’ve never done it before. Even if you try it and you find out it’s not your thing, it’s still important to be literate in computational thinking because you’re living in a world that is built by it. NU is building new infrastructure such as the breathtaking new music building, but what it should also be building is new computational thinking infrastructure within all curricula. Heiwon Shin is a Medill sophomore. She can be contacted at heiwonshin2017@u.northwestern.edu. If you would like to respond publicly to this column, send a Letter to the Editor to opinion@dailynorthwestern.com.

Letter to the Editor

New developments in Title IX lawsuit raise questions Editor’s Note: This Letter to the Editor is in response to an article in Wednesday’s print issue titled “Ludlow sues Medill senior.” The situation surrounding a Medill senior’s legal action against Northwestern and Prof. Peter Ludlow can be best described as Catch 44 – twice as crazy as Catch 22. It has morphed from a “she said vs. he said” dispute to a “she sues and he counter sues” situation in which the only winners will be the lawyers for

both sides. As an NU grad (Medill ’64), I have several questions: 1. Mr. Pager noted that Ludlow hasn’t taught his philosophy course during the 2014 Spring and Fall Quarters. Does he remain on NU’s payroll, and if so, why? How can a school charging students more than $61,000 a year justify paying a faculty member who’s not working? 2. Have any of the parties in both lawsuits tried to reach an out-of-court settlement?

That makes more sense than paying lawyers $800 an hour while the meter still ticks. 3. Why do NU students take a two-faced approach to sexual violence? They staged protests against Ludlow, but later invited an artist previously charged with sexual abuse to perform at A&O Blowout. If that event’s organizers had done their homework, they would have discovered that Big Sean was charged with sexually abusing a women at a Lewiston, New York, concert in 2011. He pleaded guilty

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to a lesser charge of unlawful imprisonment and paid a $750 fine, which is about what he pays for two bottles of Cristal Champagne. I realize that many rap “artists” have rap sheets, but booking one charged with this particular crime insults all women on campus. NU taught my generation of students to embrace excellence. Now they welcome the worst.

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NU expands MOOCs program with new courses Northwestern is developing new, free massive open online courses (MOOCs) on the digital Coursera platform, after terminating its forcredit, tuition-charging Semester Online program this past spring. The University is rolling out five new MOOCs on Coursera, bringing the total number of courses offered by NU to 11 by the end of the academic year, said Marianna Kepka, assistant provost for academic administration. New courses include “Teaching the Violin and Viola: Creating a Healthy Foundation,” which is being offered this quarter, and “Game On: Mapping a Pathway to Your Career in Health Care,” which will be offered spring 2015. Later this quarter, the Provost’s Office will also put out a call for proposals for new MOOCs to be

Youth organization forcloses on Boocoo space The space once home to Boocoo Cultural Center and Cafe, where a youth organization intended to move, has been foreclosed, the city’s economic development coordinator Paul Zalmezak told The Daily on Thursday. We Want To Live signed a purchase agreement in March for the property at 1823 Church St. In an interview with The Daily in March, spokesman Bobby Burns said the organization wanted to partner with other groups to develop youth initiatives.

developed next year. Each course takes three to six months to develop, Kepka said. Kepka said the six MOOCs launched last year had “really high enrollment.” “Instructors were very pleased with the results and what they learned from that experience and what they were able to bring back to their classrooms at Northwestern,” she said. Between about 20,000 and 60,000 people were enrolled in each of the 2013-2014 academic year’s MOOCs, according to a University report of the program published in September. One of the MOOCs, an engineering course taught by McCormick Prof. Todd Murphey, improved the learning of NU students who were enrolled in it while also taking Murphey’s engineering class on campus, according to the report. “These Northwestern students were, as a result of having enrolled in this MOOC, grasping much more complex topics much earlier in the course than he had ever experienced before in teaching that course,” Kepka

said. Kepka said that looking forward, the University is considering how to develop MOOCs more sustainably. She said putting together the courses took time, a “good amount of funding” and support from various NU departments that have “other full-time responsibilities.” “That’s not a long-term model,” she said. “We’ll have to look at, how do we really develop sustainable support model for them at Northwestern.” Kepka said the future of MOOCs at NU is not certain, but the University will continue to work on online educational platforms. “I don’t know if MOOCs are going to be around in five years but we believe that some kind of online learning that’s reaching a wide swath of learners is going to be around,” she said. “This investment in learning, the approach, is a valuable investment and will pay off in the future and will pay off on campus in terms of how our students are learning.”

He said he was considering contacting the city to get financial aid. The organization failed to pay the funds to which they had agreed, and the property went into foreclosure, Zalmezak said. The 3,000 square-foot space is located across the street from Evanston Township High School. At a sheriff ’s auction Oct. 7, Zalmezak said the property was sold to the only bidder, Capital Crossing, a Boston-based real estate investor. A judge will review and validate the sale in early November, he said. Boocoo, which served as a youth community center, had to start suspending some of its programming in December 2013. When We Want To Live signed the purchase agreement, there were about 12 volunteers working for the

organization. Its plans for the space included a “Battle of the Chef ” competition and internships for ETHS. Nothing has been posted to We Want To Live’s website since April. “As movement & planning continues to be in the works for the future collaborate of 1823 Church St., many conscious conversations are being had with business owners in the neighborhood,” the site says. Its Facebook page, which has been inactive since May, still says in its description that the organization has a purchase agreement to acquire the property. We Want To Live had not responded to a request for comment by 8:30 p.m. on Thursday.

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Much attention has been given to the poor performance of Northwestern’s offense in the second half of the Wildcats’ game against Nebraska, but 24 second-half points from the Cornhuskers demonstrated the defense was also far from infallible. Part of that lackluster performance was certainly due to fatigue and short fields, but the Nebraska offense also did a good job of exploiting structural weaknesses in the NU defense, namely the Cover 4 defensive scheme the Cats often use. One such play was the Cornhuskers first play of the fourth quarter, the pre-snap alignment of which can be seen in the first image to the right. Nebraska has four wide receivers, two to each side of the offensive line, with the receivers on the wide (bottom) side of the field bunched together. What’s most apparent about the Cats’ defense is that, despite facing a four wide receiver set, they’re still using their base personnel package of four defensive linemen, three linebackers, two cornerbacks and two safeties. Each defensive back is lined up over a Cornhusker receiver, but sophomore corner Matthew Harris and junior safety Traveon Henry (bottom and second from bottom, respectively) are standing well off the line of scrimmage. The Nebraska players to the wide side of the field have an open eight yards of field to work with. In the second image, Cornhuskers running back Ameer Abdullah motions to the left and

NU senior linebacker Jimmy Hall shadows him, opening up space in the middle of the field. It isn’t visible in any of the television shots, but as the ball is snapped the receiver to the far left of the formation runs a short post, sprinting a few yards upfield before angling inward, while the receiver to the near left runs a go-route straight towards the end zone. The result is plainly visible in the third image. All four defensive backs backpedal off the snap into what’s known as a Cover 4, in which each player covers a deep fourth of the field. With Hall following Abdullah in motion and redshirt freshman linebacker Anthony Walker lined up over center, Nebraska’s Alonzo Moore (82) has plenty of space to make an easy catch. With no cornerback or safety in the vicinity, Moore easily splits Hall and Walker and turns upfield for a big chunk of yardage. As can be seen in the fourth image, Henry (third from left) doesn’t come over to make the tackle until Moore has reached the 45-yard line, 15 yards from the original line of scrimmage. The Cover 4 scheme is frequently employed by NU, favored for its ability to contain big plays. But the tradeoff is leaving space open over the middle field. The Cornhuskers took full advantage of this by employing a pre-snap motion and utilizing a clever route combination to give their quarterback an easy read and throw and their receiver an easy catch. This isn’t to say the Cover 4 is inherently flawed — all defensive schemes have strengths and weaknesses — but it is something to watch for, especially in critical defensive situations.

Trevor Siemian first injured his ankle Sept. 6, late in Northwestern’s 23-15 loss to Northern Illinois. Since then, the senior quarterback’s health has been the dominant storyline of the season, with coach Pat Fitzgerald repeatedly citing the ankle injury as an explanation for Siemian’s less-than-stellar performance this season. Here’s what we know about the most-discussed ankle in Evanston: The injury NU was down 23-7 at the time of the injury, three minutes away from a second consecutive loss. On the first play of a must-score Wildcats’ drive, Northern Illinois’ Jason Meehan slipped by NU junior right guard Matt Frazier and dove at Siemian’s legs (Meehan would be penalized 15 yards for the low hit). Meehan landed on the quarterback’s right ankle, twisting it under him as Siemian released the ball. Siemian sat calmly on the turf until the Cats’ medical team rushed over to tend to him. About a minute later, the quarterback was helped off the field, his right led swinging above the ground. Siemian did not return to the game. The testimonials NU had a bye the following week, allowing time for Siemian’s ankle to recover. The quarterback’s status for the following week’s game against Western Illinois was never seriously in question. That Wednesday, Siemian said he would almost certainly play Saturday and joked about Oliver breaking his ankle to gain more playing time. He also pre-empted all injury excuses. “I’m not the only one banged up, and nobody’s using that as a crutch around here,” he said. “It’d be pretty easy to go out there and throw six interceptions and say, ‘oh, my foot hurt,’ but that’s not what we do around here.’” Siemian didn’t throw six interceptions against Western Illinois, but he did complete only 15 of 25 passes for 117 yards against the Leathernecks. After the game Siemian said his ankle felt fine, but Fitzgerald played up the injury as a source of his

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ACHILLES ANKLE Senior quarterback Trevor Siemian’s right ankle, injured Sept. 6, has continued to bother him in the five games since.

struggles. “He’s coming off an ankle injury,” Fitzgerald said. “He didn’t drive off his back foot.” Since then, Siemian has insisted the injury is no big deal, but Fitzgerald has several times brought it up as factor in the quarterback’s performance. After NU’s Oct. 18 loss to Nebraska — six weeks after the initial injury — Fitzgerald said Siemian’s ankle isn’t “anywhere close to 100 percent.” The coach’s public stance on the injury presents a dramatic departure from a year ago, when Fitzgerald revealed only after the season that Siemian had been coping with a heel problem for much of the season. It’s possible Fitzgerald has volunteered the information to protect his quarterback from criticism. The coach certainly knows of the public heat Siemian has taken for his play this season. “Keep eating him up,” Fitzgerald said Wednesday. “He enjoys it.” The stats Whether or not Siemian’s ankle has limited his play, it’s not as if he was playing great before taking that hit against Northern Illinois. In those first two games, the senior completed 50 of his 85 pass attempts (59 percent) for 5.8 yards

per attempt. He threw two touchdowns against three interceptions. In the five games since the injury, he’s completed 101 of his 180 passes (56 percent) for 5.55 yards per attempts, with two touchdowns and three interceptions. Based on those numbers, he has thrown the ball slightly less effectively with the bum ankle. But the difference isn’t huge, and much of it can be explained by the increase in competition in Big Ten play. The drop-off in Siemian’s play is much more dramatic compared to last season, when he completed 60 percent of his passes for 7.2 yards per attempt with 11 touchdowns and nine interceptions. It’s certainly possible some of that decrease in production is related to the ankle injury, which could make it difficult for Siemian to plant with his back foot and fire accurate passes downfield. But Siemian said this week that now his ankle problems primarily affect his ability to move in the backfield and scramble downfield. “We’re getting there, just as far as moving in the pocket and mixing things up,” Siemian said. “When I first got hurt that’s the one thing I was worried about was you’ve got to be able to protect yourself. If you can’t move you can’t really protect yourself.”

Siemian was sacked seven times in his two games pre-injury and only 11 times in the five games since. On the other hand, he scrambled nine times during the first two games and only 12 times since. Overall, there’s been no uptick in Siemian’s production as his ankle has theoretically healed. This leaves two possible conclusions: 1.) Siemian must still be suffering from ankle problems, Fitzgerald is being honest about the severity of the injury and Siemian is understating it to avoid making excuses; or, 2.) Siemian’s ankle hasn’t been a major issue in weeks, Fitzgerald is making excuses for his struggling quarterback and Siemian is correct in saying every player is banged up and he’s no different. Regardless, everyone seems to agree the ankle is better after last week’s bye than it was before. The quarterback himself said he feels “as good as I have since I’ve been hurt.” How good exactly is anyone’s guess. asputt@u.northwestern.edu

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NU to build new opera theater in honor of alumna A new opera theater, to be located in the Music and Communication building which will be completed in 2015, will be named the Shirley Welsh Ryan Opera

Across Campuses Feds issue new debt-to-income standards aimed at for-profit colleges PORTLAND — The U.S. Department of Education on Thursday announced new “gainful employment� rules aimed at ridding higher education of for-profit colleges that leave students deeply in debt and ill-prepared for employment. Colleges that don’t meet what government regulators call new “accountability standards,� could lose access to the massive federal student aid system, which provides 80-90 percent of the revenue for many of the for-profit colleges. As student debt has surpassed $1.2 trillion and become a painful financial burden for thousands of American families, for-profit colleges have become a major consumer protection issue. Critics of the industry, which increasingly includes the education department, accuse the large for-profits of targeting low-income students with high-pressure, deceptive recruiting tactics, charging much higher tuition than equivalent public-sector schools, and similarly leaving them much deeper in debt. “Career colleges must be a stepping stone to the middle class,� U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan said. “But too many hard-working students find themselves buried in debt with little to show for it. That is simply unacceptable.� Under the regulations finalized today, a program would be considered to lead to gainful employment if the typical graduate finishes with an estimated annual loan payment not exceeding 20 percent of his or her discretionary income, or 8 percent of their total earnings. The education department estimates that some 1,400 programs serving 840,000 students, 99 percent of them at for-profit colleges, would not pass the new accountability standards. By most accounts, students of for-profits end

Theater in honor of a Northwestern alumna. The theater, which will include rehearsal and performance space, is named after Shirley Welsh Ryan (Weinberg ’61), who jointly contributed with her husband Patrick Ryan (Kellogg ’59) to NU’s $3.75 billion fundraising campaign, We Will: The Campaign for Northwestern. “The Ryans are passionate supporters of the arts and of all things Northwestern, and Shirley and Pat’s love of opera will be reflected in this world-class

theater,� President Morton Schapiro said in a news release. “I look forward to attending performances in this special space as our students prepare for careers at the top opera houses in the world.� Welsh Ryan currently serves as a chair of Pathways. org and on the executive committee or board of directors of the Lyric Opera of Chicago, the University of Notre Dame and the Art Institute of Chicago, among others. She and her husband have contributed to NU for many years, supporting different projects including

scholarships, the Feinberg School of Medicine and the construction of NU’s nanotechnology center. “Our family has a deep appreciation for music — especially opera,� Shirley Welsh Ryan said in a news release. “Whether they perform on stage or are members of the audience, we encourage Northwestern students to embark on a lifelong relationship with music.�

up with significantly higher debt and default on their student loans at a much more frequent rate than students at public and private non-profit colleges. The new standard enraged the for-profit college industry and managed to leave student advocates dissatisfied at the same time. For-profit colleges said the new rules are an “arbitrary� and “bad-faith� attempt to target their industry. “Regulations created and issued based on bias against certain institutions have no place in our country,� said Steve Gunderson, president and CEO of the Association of Private Sector Colleges and Universities. The industry successfully challenged an earlier “gainful employment� rule issued by the education department. It’s unclear whether it will again go to court to get the new standard thrown out. As of 2010-11, the for-profit trade association had 41 member institutions in Oregon with local enrollment of 20,693. Years of bad publicity has led to declining enrollment and revenues at many of the for-profits. Anthem College shuttered its Oregon operation this summer and Corinthian Colleges Inc., parent of Everest and Heald career schools, is trying to sell all of its locations by the end of the year. Corinthian was sued in September by the U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, which alleged the company pushed its low-income students into a predatory private student loan program. Student advocates, who pushed hard for the new rule, said it didn’t go far enough. The education department stunned consumer advocates when it dropped a maximum loan default standard. A draft rule issued last spring by the department had included a 30 percent maximum default standard in addition to the debt-to-income requirement.

Penn State trustees reject bid to reopen Sandusky investigation

“We need to defend Penn State,� alumni-elected trustee Anthony Lubrano, a Chester County businessman, told board members during the 90-minute meeting at the Nittany Lion Inn, spurring vigorous applause from the audience. “If not now, then when? If not us, then who?� Dandrea argued that the ad hoc board committee being advocated by alumni trustees would run into the same roadblocks as Freeh: It would not have access to key witnesses or subpoena powers to get critical information. The debate became heated at times and board chair Keith Masser, a Schuylkill County potato farmer, ejected several audience members for outbursts critical of the majority of trustees. Lubrano and Al Lord, another trustee and the former head of student loan lender Sallie Mae, said they would press to gain access to Freeh’s investigatory files, through the courts if necessary. “I’m going after that information,� Lord said after the meeting. “If they don’t want to do it as a group, so be it.� Masser said after the meeting that the board could look foolish if it were to take a stand only to have evidence incriminating to the university surface at the criminal trials. “There are a lot of issues that could reveal facts one way or the other,� he said. The board majority passed another resolution, promising to monitor the criminal cases against former administrators and other relevant proceedings and take “appropriate action� when they end. Freeh’s report, after an investigation commissioned and paid for by the university, included more than 100 recommendations for improving university governance and operations. But it also included conclusions about the university leadership’s culpability, which trustees who commissioned the report said they never asked Freeh to make. — Susan Snyder (The Philadelphia Inquirer)

STATE COLLEGE, Pa. — During a raucous special meeting Tuesday, Pennsylvania State University trustees defeated a resolution to reopen the controversial investigation into how school leaders handled the Jerry Sandusky sex-abuse scandal. The proposal, introduced by alumni-backed trustees who for more than a year have been pushing the board to act — and preferably reject — the damning findings of former FBI Director Louis Freeh, won the support of only nine of the 26 board members who voted. Opponents said that too much remains unknown about Penn State’s role in Sandusky’s abuse of young boys on and off campus, and that they want to wait for the conclusion of criminal proceedings against former administrators on perjury, conspiracy and other charges. They also cite pending litigation by some Sandusky victims. “I believe patience is the order of the day,� said one trustee, Richard Dandrea, a Pittsburgh-area lawyer. Freeh’s July 2012 report said former Penn State President Graham B. Spanier, Athletic Director Tim Curley and Vice President Gary Schultz had conspired to cover up child-sex abuse allegations against the former assistant football coach to preserve the university’s reputation. Critics of the report have long wanted the board to repudiate it, reopen the investigation and perhaps wipe clean the blemish on the late football coach Joe Paterno’s legacy and the other former administrators. The alumni trustees maintain that there is no credible evidence of a cover-up. Their motion would have created a board committee to reinvestigate Freeh’s work and report back to the board.

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National News Rainbow revolution: US welcoming gay marriage, changing politics WASHINGTON — It would have been unimaginable even a couple of years ago. The most powerful Republican in Washington flew to San Diego this month to help raise money for an openly gay candidate for the House of Representatives. House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, wasn’t just trying to help elect a Republican. He was trying to help his party build a new image, and reach out to voters it had spent the last decade shunning. His decision to campaign for gay candidates was met with surprisingly nominal opposition, which he was able to brush aside quickly. Little-noticed and making barely a stir, Boehner’s trip was a potent sign of a fundamental shift in the country and its politics. After decades of solid opposition, a majority of Americans now support marriage between those of the same sex, would accept it if a child of theirs were gay and say it wouldn’t make a difference if a candidate for Congress were gay. The shift has come rapidly; it was just in 2013 that a majority first supported same sex marriage. This change didn’t come from political leaders. Rather, it was driven by Americans themselves, a “rainbow revolution” propelled by a new generation coming of age in a new era with new attitudes, older people becoming more familiar with gays and lesbians in their families and

Suspected cop killer Eric Frein taken into custody PHILADELPHIA — Eric Frein, the suspected cop killer who for six weeks was the target of a Poconos manhunt involving more than 1,000 law enforcement officers, surrendered Thursday after being discovered hiding in an airplane hangar, officials said. A search team led by U.S. marshals found Frein, two sources confirmed. He was unarmed and surrendered without incident, the sources said, and was expected to be transferred to nearby Pike County. Pennsylvania State Police spokeswoman Trooper Connie Devens confirmed Frein was in custody, but would not elaborate. She said more details would be released Thursday night. Edward Hanko, special agent in charge of the FBI’s Philadelphia division, said no shots were fired and no one was hurt during the arrest. A photo of Frein that surfaced after his capture showed him sitting next to a trooper in the back of a car with long dark hair, a thin beard, and what appeared to be a bloodied cut across

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Maine Democratic gubernatorial candidate Mike Michaud greets Hillary Clinton with a hug and a kiss on the cheek as she arrives at a rally at Scarborough High School in Maine on Oct. 24, 2014.

communities, workplaces that welcome gays, changing messages in popular culture and new conversations in places of worship. As people are changing their attitude, politics is changing in reaction. Democrats who long opposed same-sex marriage _ such as Barack Obama and Bill and Hillary Clinton _ all have changed their position. Many Republicans as well have changed, some

in their position, some in their approach. The state Republican Party in Nevada dropped its opposition to same-sex marriage. Tea party icon Michele Bachmann said marriage wasn’t even an issue this election. “Boring,” she said. And just a decade after opposition to gay marriage helped Republican George W. Bush win re-election, his political guru said he could envision one of his party’s presidential hopefuls

the bridge of his nose. The image was in stark contrast to the photos that for weeks had circulated on billboards, the Internet, and the FBI’s Most Wanted List as agents combed the dense Pocono woods: the 31-year-old self-described survivalist, cleanshaven and smiling, and wearing European military garb. Police say Frein, a fan of Cold War military re-enactments, fatally shot State Police Cpl. Bryon Dickson and wounded Trooper Alex Douglass in a Sept. 12 ambush outside the state police barracks in Blooming Grove — about 32 miles from the airport. Three days after the shooting, investigators found a Jeep stuck in the mud, and documents inside that identified Frein as the driver. Thus began a laborious but tightly focused search that involved investigators from across the country, cost several million dollars, and disrupted daily routines and crippled the tourist business during the peak fall-foliage season. Schools were intermittently closed, and residents became accustomed to regular roadblocks and SWAT team personnel tiptoeing

through their neighborhoods. The manhunt included officers from state and local police, the FBI, U.S. marshals, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Fireams and Explosives, and other agencies. Tactical teams from other states rotated in and out of the Poconos. More than once, police said they had found evidence that suggested they were closing in Frein: Serbian cigarettes he was said to favor, two pipe bombs, an AK-47 assault rifle, clothing and other clues that he wasn’t far away. They said he survived on tuna and ramen noodles, and at least once turned on his cellphone, a misstep that enabled them to tighten their search radius to a five-square mile area of Pike and Monroe Counties. But despite multiple sightings, sometimes even by officers at close range, Frein was able to slip back into the woods _ a terrain he had studied while growing up in Canadensis. The woods are so dense in some areas that officers tracking him could not see each other from 10 or 15 feet away, police said, and had to sling their rifles over their shoulders to crawl

in 2016 supporting same-sex marriage. There are still opponents, to be sure. A solid segment of America opposes same-sex marriage. The Republican Party is torn. Some lawmakers are refusing to allow couples to marry, even as an avalanche of court rulings say they can. Religions such as the Roman Catholic Church weigh changes, then back off. But rapidly changing views on gays and lesbians, particularly marriage, are altering American politics this fall, perhaps for good. Carla Jones, 59, a real estate agent from Orange County, Calif., is one who’s changed her mind. For her, it was realizing that sexual orientation is not a choice but rather something that a person is born with. “We’re hard-wired, if you will, in our sexual preference,” she said. “Once I kind of understood that, then everything started to fall into place about same-sex marriage.” The impact on politics is most evident in the Republican Party. A Republican candidate for U.S. Senate is running statewide TV ads in favor of same-sex marriage. A pair of openly gay Republicans _ Carl DeMaio of California and Richard Tisei of Massachusetts _ are running in competitive House races, both featuring ads with their partners, both backed by Boehner. At least eight Republican members of Congress have indicated their support for same-sex marriage. Leading the pack: Sen. Rob Portman of Ohio, who reversed his longtime opposition because his son is gay. — Anita Kumar (McClatchy Washington Bureau) through the underbrush. The attack and retreat, police said, had been planned for years. In Frein’s bedroom, they said they found a book on sniper training. They cited other evidence that he searched the Internet in 2012 and 2013 for information on police raids, cellphone tracking, and manhunt tactics. Two weeks ago, officials said they had recovered journal pages handwritten by Frein at a campsite that they said reinforced their resolve to find him. “I will tell you, after reading this coldblooded and absolutely chilling account, I can only describe Eric Frein’s actions as pure evil,” said State Police Col. George Bivens, who became the public face of the probe. The journal, they said, offered the most compelling evidence to date of Frein’s premeditation. It did not say why he targeted the barracks, they said, although the writings suggest Frein did not know the troopers he attacked. — Laura McCrystal and Mike Newall (The Philadelphia Inquirer)

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From page 1 Porter, who was convicted for killing two teenagers in 1982, was released from prison in 1999. Former Illinois Gov. George Ryan cited Porter’s case when he initiated the suspension of the death penalty in the state. As part of its investigation, the Medill Innocence Project said Simon was guilty of the killings. Simon was later convicted of the crime and sentenced to 37 years in prison. However, on Thursday, State’s Attorney Anita Alvarez released Simon from prison and raised questions about the integrity of Protess and his students’ investigation. The Innocence Project worked with Paul Ciolino, a private investigator, who obtained a video of Simon confessing

Pumpkin From page 1

a safe place to trick-or-treat and to let Northwestern students participate in that.” 65 student organizations hosted booths, and more than 40 student chaperones assisted the event, Davis said. In addition to trick-or-treating, the evening featured a haunted house and a bouncy house. Almost all second-floor rooms in Norris were given a Halloween makeover. Several student groups were also present at the event. Groups had their own booths and organized fun activities for the participants, including face painting, ring toss and handing out Zoobooks.

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less when CVS Pharmacy stopped selling cigarettes nationally earlier this year. However, although most people are aware that smoking is bad for their health, they will still do it, she said. Valdescruz smokes because it is a good study break and helps keep her awake when she’s doing work late at night, she said. D&D Finer Foods owner Kosta Douvikas said he would prefer not to sell cigarettes at all and instead move in the direction of CVS. Cigarettes are more of a convenience for customers at D&D’s, he said. “To me, it’s more of a hassle to even have

to the murder. “This investigation by David Protess and his team involved a series of alarming tactics that were not only coercive and absolutely unacceptable by law enforcement standards,” Alvarez said at a news conference Thursday. “They were potentially in violation of Mr. Simon’s constitutionally protected rights.” Alvarez said she decided to vacate the conviction after a yearlong investigation by her conviction integrity unit, in which her team interviewed more than 100 people. The team was unable to determine who carried out the killings. Ciolino said Simon’s confession to killing the two teenagers speaks for itself. “I believe Anthony Porter was innocent, but no one can deny the state fell far short of

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“I think it’s I think it’s really awesome that it gives really awesome that Northwestern it gives Northwestern students the chance to inter- students the chance act with local to interact with local students and get students and get us to be a kid again,” Medill us to be a kid again. senior Summer Summer Delaney, Delaney, who Medill senior volunteered with Dance Marathon, said. Students were also able to volunteer as chaperones of Project Pumpkin, leading groups them,” he said. “We’re not making money on (selling them), we’re just trying to get people in the door.” Around 90 percent of his customers who come in to buy cigarettes do not buy other products in the store, such as groceries, he said. Instead, they strictly come to buy cigarettes. Douvikas said he could see how the ordinance would affect local gas stations and other stores whose main sales come from cigarettes. “They might be a little upset about it but too bad, you know,” he said. “It’s what we got to do. Just got to say yes to the city and say we’ll do what we have to do. That’s it.” stephaniekelly2017@u.northwestern.edu

meeting the standard of beyond all reasonable doubt in securing a death sentence This for him. But for the work we did investigation by together with David Protess and Northwestern and his team involved the students, Porter’s life would a series of alarming have been taken,” he said in a state- tactics that were ... ment. “I appreciate unacceptable by the State’s Attorlaw enforcement ne y ’s re ne we d standards. commitment to Anita Alvarez, rooting out wrongState’s Attorney ful convictions. While misplaced

here, I hope her office reviews other cases in the system.” Protess retired from NU on Aug. 31, 2011 amid accusations from the University that he doctored emails and concealed documents from prosecutors. Prosecutors accused Protess and his students of ethical misconduct in the murder conviction investigation of Anthony McKinney. Medill Prof. Alec Klein now runs the program under the name Medill Justice Project with a new set of established ethical guidelines. Protess currently serves as the director of the Chicago Innocence Project. Protess could not immediately be reached for comment.

of children around Norris to the different activities. Jessica Hoffen, a Weinberg sophomore, said her love of Halloween and kids were the main reasons why she chose to get involved with Project Pumpkin as a chaperone. “I miss children,” Hoffen said. “There aren’t that many kids in college, and I loved Halloween.” Even the parents at the event enjoyed the night out with their children. Patricia Hilkert, director of new student and family programs, brought her children to the event. “The kids wanted to have some Halloween fun with a little NU spirit,” Hilkert said. NCDC campus outreach co-chair Augusta

Blandford, attributed the turnout at the event to NCDC’s heavy outreach efforts. The SESP senior said the use of social media and sending out flyers and information to after-school programs in the Chicago area brought about the massive turnout. In addition, the anticipation for Project Pumpkin was so large that some programs had contacted NCDC before the event for information, Davis said. Both Blandford and Davis agreed on their favorite thing about hosting Project Pumpkin. “Seeing all the little kids in their costumes is probably the best part,” Davis said.

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Tobacco troubles In the wake of City Council banning the sale of tobacco products to anyone under 21, many Northwestern students who smoke will have to go elsewhere to buy cigarettes.

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If (Penn State) wins, they’re going to win the Big Ten regular season. We’re not going to let that happen. — Nikko Boxall, senior defender

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NU to host No. 18 Penn State

No. 20 Cats struggling to score goals in recent games State in 110 minutes of play, finishing in a 1-1 draw against the Spartans. On Wednesday in NU’s most recent contest, the Cats’ offense proved even more ineffectual, as they fell 1-0 in overtime to Loyola University of Chicago at the nearby Loyola Soccer Park.

No. 18 Penn State vs. No. 20 Northwestern Evanston 1 p.m. Sunday

By TIM BALK and JULIAN GEREZ the daily northwestern @TimBalk, @JulianEGerez

No. 20 Northwestern (7-3-5, 2-1-3 Big Ten) returns to Lakeside Field on Sunday to take on reigning Big Ten champion No. 18 Penn State (11-3-1, 5-2), which currently sits at the top of the conference table. The Wildcats will return home for the first time since Oct. 5, when they topped Maryland 3-2 in overtime. “It will be good to get back home and play (Penn State),” senior defender Nikko Boxall said. NU is undefeated at home, but faces a major test in the Nittany Lions. “I can tell you right now they’re not going to win,” Boxall added. “If they win, they’re going to win the Big Ten regular season. We’re not going to let that happen.” The Cats have struggled to produce goals recently. Last Sunday, NU’s offense managed just one goal against defensively stout Michigan

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This is who we are. We gotta play better, and I think we will. We’re going to come out and do our best, and hopefully we come out with a win. Tim Lenahan, coach

Despite the offensive power outage, coach Tim Lenahan isn’t planning on making any adjustments. He says the defensively oriented Cats will stick to their approach. “This is who we are,” Lenahan said. “We gotta play better and I think we will. We’re going to come out and do our best, and hopefully we come out with a win.” Penn State was undefeated this

season until they hit a bump with three straight losses against Maryland, Michigan State and West Virginia. The Nittany Lions won their most recent game against Wisconsin — NU’s final opponent of the season — by a score of 2-1 in double overtime. Penn State’s offense has been difficult to stop this season, with the team scoring 24 goals in total on 228 shots. Forward Connor Maloney has come up with 9 of those 24 goals along with three assists. The sophomore has been at the center of his team’s offensive capability and will have to be shut down by the enterprising NU defense. While the Cats’ offense has been more subdued, it has also been more efficient. NU has scored 17 goals from 134 shots. With the Big Ten Tournament looming, NU has only two chances left to enter it with momentum on its side. They will look to capitalize on one of those chances against Penn State, which knocked off the Cats when the two programs last met a year ago in University Park, Pennsylvania. timothybalk2018@u.northwestern.edu juliangerez2017@u.northwestern.edu

Men’s Soccer

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TAKEN FOR GRANTED Grant Wilson out-leaps an opposing player to win a header. The senior defender is a key part of a back line that has only given up three goals in the past five games.

Cross Country

NU squad ready to step up at Big Tens Championships By Max SCHUMAN

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In cross country, a sport that places such a priority on an athlete’s ability to know where he or she is in the field to maintain his or her pace and stick to a carefully crafted strategy in the face of adrenaline and competitive instinct, conventional wisdom would seem to give more seasoned athletes an edge. Through an up-and-down season, it’s important to remember that fact as the Cats field a very young squad week in and week out. Northwestern’s lineup at Sunday’s Big Ten Cross Country Championships — where the team will race against 13 conference rivals for

supremacy in the Big Ten — will be no different. Check the NU entry list for the meet and you won’t find a single senior among the 10 girls entered. Five of the 10 entrants — sophomores Jena Pianin, Andrea Ostenso, and Ellen Schmitz, and freshmen Isabel Seidel and Sara Coffey — are underclassmen. The team leaders, Pianin and Ostenso, are only in their second years in the program and have already shown huge growth over that time, coach April Likhite said. “I think ultimately for them it’s how they establish their goals. I think that in itself showed a lot of maturity,” Likhite said. “When they first came in, it was more, ‘This is what I’d like to do,’ and now it’s much

more ‘This is what I’m going to do.’ They’re learning what it takes to be competitive collegiate distance runners at the Division I level.” At the Pre-Nationals Invitational two weeks ago, Pianin impressed with a 34th-place finish against a nationally competitive field. She and her training partner Ostenso will be counted upon as top-two runners to finish highly and give the Cats some margin for error in their other positions. Behind those two, Seidel finished as one of NU’s top five finishers at Pre-Nationals, an impressive performance from a freshman in her first quarter of classes. Her coach has taken notice of her recent form. “I think her confidence is

building,” Likhite said. “Some of her teammates have taken her under their wings too, and I think it’s really helped.” In collegiate sports, an inexperienced team one year is an experienced one the next, and the potential of her team to grow through another offseason excites Likhite. “We’re not losing anyone, so it’s great,” she said. “Experience-wise, talent-wise, we’re really excited for the future.” With such a young and relatively inexperienced team, issues with consistency meet to meet would be expected. “Our biggest thing is being able to take what we’re doing in practice and do that in meets. Each meet we have one or two that step up and have a

really good race, but it takes five,” Likhite said. However, the team is not using youth and a bright future as an excuse to look past the present, and is going into the Big Ten Championships this weekend with the goal of being a real contender. “Our goal is to be top seven (in the team standings),” Likhite said. “We’re not asking for a miracle, we’re just looking for the girls to do what they show us in practice, and if they finish in the top 50 we should be set.” The Cats will take the starting gun for the 2014 Big Ten Cross Country Championships in Iowa City, Iowa, on Nov. 2 at 10:45 a.m. maxschuman2018@u.northwestern.edu

Fencing

Cats heavy favorites in season’s first dual meet Sunday By Alex lederman

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Northwestern will welcome 10 schools to Evanston on Sunday for its first dual meet of the season: the NU Duals. “The teams that we’re fencing aren’t particularly strong,” coach Laurie Schiller said, “but what we want to do is use this as a way to really test our ability to scout and prepare for teams later in the season.” Schiller got right to the point: He expects to win this weekend. NU is

perennially a top 10 fencing powerhouse, and nine of the 10 teams the Wildcats are facing are club status. NU will square off against Purdue, University of Chicago, Michigan State, Michigan, Florida, Swarthmore, Bradley, Indiana, Lawrence and Iowa at the duals. Of these schools, only Lawrence has an NCAA fencing program. “We’re going to win those dual meets because we’re a stronger program,” Schiller said. “But I want to win those dual meets very well. In other words, I’m not talking about running up the score, but what I mean is when you go out and

fence, I expect my better people and everybody on the team to go out there and win a match 5-1 or 5-0 instead of 5-4.” Up until now, the Cats have only competed in individual tournaments where each fencer fights for personal glory; there’s no team aspect to these events. But this weekend, each player’s result impacts the team score. “When you do an individual tournament, you never know who you’re going to be fencing, so you can’t really prepare in advance.” Schiller said. “ But with this dual meet … we know the level

of the fencers that they’re going to bring, so we’re going to spend the week really doing the preparation to fence that level of fencers.” Although this weekend may not challenge NU, Schiller sees it as a critical stepping-stone for this team. “This weekend is good training early in the season for when we have tougher meets like Notre Dame,” he said. “It prepares us for that level of competition.” Even so, meets this early in the season are not about winning and losing. The meets are for Schiller to evaluate his fencers, find their weaknesses and prep

them for what’s to come this season. Still, Schiller said he’s looking forward to the NU Duals. His team has battled some injuries early in the season, but things are finally starting to shape up for the Cats. “We’re sort of getting healthy, and that’s a good thing,” he said. “Several people who had been held out for various injuries were able to fence this past weekend. For this coming weekend that’s good, because then they’ll be ready to go. I’m very happy with that.” alexanderlederman2017@u.northwestern.edu

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