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Obama to speak at NU
Canvas switch moves ahead
President Barack Obama will speak at Northwestern on Thursday, according to multiple sources. Obama, who will be in Chicago to attend an event with Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn, will speak at Cahn Auditorium, according to multiple sources. The Chicago Sun-Times reported Obama’s scheduled appearance in Evanston on Monday afternoon.
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A White House official told The Daily the president will arrive in Chicago on Wednesday. He will attend a campaign event for Quinn on Thursday, according to the White House and the governor’s office. Obama will leave Chicago on Thursday. On Monday afternoon, helicopters landed on The Lakefill. University spokesman Al Cubbage said the helicopters were part of a police exercise, but would not comment on whether Obama will be on campus Thursday.
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POTUS ON CAMPUS President Barack Obama speaks at a Chicago high school in February 2013. Obama will speak at Northwestern on Thursday after attending an event in Chicago with Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn.
More than half of Northwestern’s classes have transitioned to the new Canvas online course management system, according to NU Information Technology, putting NU slightly ahead of schedule for the department’s goal of moving all courses to Canvas by Spring Quarter. Victoria Getis, manager of faculty support services for NUIT, said about 54 percent of all courses have made the transition from the old Blackboard system. NUIT’s original goal was to have 25-50 percent of courses on Canvas by this quarter. “We’re moving quickly to move from Blackboard to Canvas,” Getis said. “You can’t get through all the classes that the
Council to delay bike plan By Stephanie Kelly
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Aldermen approved the city’s request Monday to delay for two years the implementation of two-way bike lanes along parts of Sheridan Road and Chicago Avenue that run through Northwestern’s campus. Parts of the Sheridan Road/Chicago Avenue Improvement Project also calls for traffic signal upgrades, resurfacing and reconstruction and street improvements. These plans were deferred to 2017. The plans will be delayed due to construction on Emerson Street, Ridge Avenue and Green Bay Road, scheduled to be completed in 2016. Staff want to make sure that the street construction is finished before the construction for bike lanes on Sheridan Road begins, said Sat Nagar, the city’s assistant director of engineering and infrastructure. Before the 2017 construction, there will be street restoration and work done on Sheridan Road and Chicago Avenue’s water main line from June 15 to Aug. 28, 2015. Ald. Jane Grover (7th) said that while
the city works on bike lanes for Sheridan Road, NU will be working on bike infrastructure within campus. “The University wants to also be developing their own bike plan, and so it all has to make sense together,” Grover said to The Daily. Weinberg senior Erik Zorn, Associated Student Government executive vice president, spoke to council about the necessity of a bike path at NU. He said in a campus-wide survey of more than 2,000 undergrads last year, more than 95 percent wanted to see a Sheridan Road bike lane. Students wanted to see it implemented this year, Zorn said. Ald. Coleen Burrus (9th) said the time element is important, but not as important as other aspects of the plan. “I concur with Ald. Grover where it would be great to have it (constructed) next year,” she said. “But getting it right is more important than getting it done fast.” City Council also discussed Evanston bike policy initiatives aimed at improving bike education for city residents and NU students alike. Ylda Capriccioso, the city’s intergovernmental affairs coordinator, laid out the framework for an initiative and the next
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steps for bike policy in Evanston. The city centered the initiative on outreach, education and regulations on biking and plans to launch it by spring and summer 2015. Ald. Melissa Wynne (3rd) said she would like more education about biking given to School District 202 and Evanston/Skokie School District 65 students, as well as to NU students. NU bicyclists don’t realize how invisible they are to cars passing, she said, and she suggested NU provide reflective vests to its students. Aldermen said they want to see a more comfortable relationship among bicyclists, motorists and pedestrians throughout the city. Ald. Mark Tendam (6th) said a middle ground needs to be established to alleviate hostilities among the different groups. “We all need to agree that we all have certain expectations when we meet at an intersection or when we’re on the sidewalk as a pedestrian and there’s bike traffic,” Tendam said. Capriccioso said there are already plans underway to make more web resources available for bicyclists in response to a request from Grover. stephaniekelly2017@u.northwestern.edu
University teaches without going through an entire academic year.” To facilitate the move from Blackboard to Canvas, NUIT worked with each undergraduate and graduate school to form a Canvas Transition Committee to help ensure Canvas meets each school’s specific needs. Susanna Calkins, an associate director at the Searle Center for Advancing Learning and Teaching and a member of the Canvas Transition Committee, explained that although it may be inconvenient for students to look for course information on both Canvas and Blackboard, the transition has required instructors to rethink their courses. “It gives you a chance to think about, ‘What is my course? What am I doing in my course?’ and to reflect a little bit,” she said. “It’s so easy in Blackboard just to do
Power returns after outages reported on North Campus
Power returned to North Campus on Tuesday night after multiple hours of blackouts. More than 15 buildings were affected, University Police Deputy Chief Dan McAleer said. Students reported outages in residences such as Bobb Hall, McCulloch Hall, Sargent Hall and the College of Cultural and Community Studies, and fraternity houses such as Delta Tau Delta, Phi Kappa Psi, Sigma Alpha Epsilon and Zeta Beta Tau. Patten Gym also lost power. McAleer said no academic buildings were affected, including Technological Institute. He said ComEd, the power company that serves NU, was notified and responded to the outage.
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the same assignments, but when you had to make the switch you had to rethink, ‘Well what is it I really want my students doing in this course, and how am I going to arrange it?’” Timothy Dohrer, director of the Master of Science in Education program, called NUIT’s goals timeline, which aims to phase out Blackboard by next summer, “forgiving” to both professors and students. “I just spoke to a colleague at a different university just this week who was given literally three months notice that they were changing from Blackboard to Canvas,” Dohrer said. “I feel like NUIT did a very good thing and a very nice thing in giving instructors a full year to learn the program.” » See canvas, page 6
Ana Gasteyer to be Homecoming Marshal
Ana Gasteyer will serve as the grand marshal for Northwestern’s Homecoming Parade this year, the NU Alumni Association announced Monday. Gasteyer (Communication ’89) is an actress best known for her time on Saturday Night Live and her roles in Mean Girls and the ABC sitcom Suburgatory. At NU, Gasteyer was involved in the Waa-Mu Show and sketch comedy group Mee-Ow. The Homecoming Parade will be held Oct. 17. Homecoming festivities begin on Oct. 11 and culminate with the football game against Nebraska on Oct. 18. — Tyler Pager
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Around Town Public to weigh in on D65 strategic plan By paige leskin
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District 65 officials are calling on the public to weigh in on the district’s new five-year strategic plan, which will take effect at the start of the 2015-16 academic year. The plan will detail the school district’s goals to better students’ educational experiences. Community members are invited to apply by Friday to join one of five working committees, each of which is focused on a different aspect of school life. The committees will collaborate to prepare a draft of the strategic plan to be presented to the Evanston/Skokie School District 65 Board of Education by late February or early March, board member Candance Chow said. “It’s actually the right time to begin thinking on where the district needs to go and what are the key strategies and actions we need to embark on to get us there,” she said. The school’s mission statement was recently updated to reflect school officials’ goals and feedback from new superintendent Paul Goren who was appointed in March. The statement will lay
Police Blotter Neighborhood ‘dollhouse library’ stolen off front lawn A dollhouse that contained books for children was stolen from a 68-year-old woman’s lawn Saturday, police said. An iron garden table was also stolen off the property, Evanston police Cmdr. Jay Parrott said. The dollhouse was worth about $300, he said. The theft occurred in the 2200 block of Lincolnwood Drive sometime between 10 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. on Saturday, police said There was a sign on the dollhouse that read, “little free library number 14316,”
the groundwork for the strategic plan. The public is invited to submit input on the drafted statement. The new mission of District 65 is to “inspire and prepare each student to achieve academically, grow personally, and contribute positively to our global society by providing an engaging and enriching educational experience in a creative and collaborative environment,” according to the district’s site. On Oct. 20, the mission statement, revised with community input, will be presented at a board meeting. With the previous five-year plan expiring at the end of the school year, Chow, who also serves as the board’s strategic planning liaison, said the board wanted to engage the community to ensure the strategy reflects the wishes of students’ parents. “Before we start creating goals and strategies, we want to make sure that we’re driving toward the same unified mission,” she said. “It’s really healthy for a community like ours, every time they initiate a new planning process, to reassess our mission, properly reflect our hopes and desires for our children and what we intend on doing.” The new strategic plan will rely on data collected Parrott said.
from both the schools and the community that will help the district to teach its students, Chow said. This data does not only include numerical information on student achievement, such as standardized test scores. It also uses research that shows the general satisfaction of staff, students and parents with the environment within the schools. “We’ll be looking more holistically at achievement and what the ingredients are of that achievement that we should be tracking and monitoring as progress continues,” she said. This summer, the district hired Maria Allison as chief strategy officer. Allison, who previously worked at the Chicago Public Schools, was added to the district’s staff to help connect administration and smooth over the implementation process of the new strategic plan, Chow said. At a District 65 board meeting on Sept. 22, Chow told members in a memo that as of Sept. 19, about 30 individuals nominated themselves or others to serve on committees. Officials had distributed information to the public about providing input on the new strategy through emails, guest editorials and the District 65 site, Chow said. paigeleskin2017@u.northwestern.edu
Setting the record straight
Evanston man allegedly caught stealing food from CVS An Evanston man was caught trying to steal eggs and water Saturday morning from CVS Pharmacy on 1711 Sherman Ave., police said. The man took a gallon of water and eggs off of the display shelf and then passed the last point of purchase without paying, Parrott said. The suspect was arrested in connection with the theft, police said. — Marissa Mizroch
In “WNUR Streetbeat to sponsor Chicago music festival,” from the Sept. 29 print edition, the article and the headline misstated Streetbeat’s involvement in the festival due to an editing error. WNUR will be sponsoring the festival, and Streetbeat will be performing in the festival. Also, in “European-inspired bakeries to open in Evanston,” the article misstated the type of food that will be offered at Patisserie Coralie due to an editing error. The bakery plans to carry macarons. The Daily regrets the errors.
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Camp Kesem to host 2 weeklong summer programs By Kimberly Go
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Northwestern student group Camp Kesem is looking to expand its program, which helps children whose parents have cancer, to host two week-long summer camps in the upcoming academic year. Every year, Camp Kesem holds one free weeklong camp session for children ages 6 to 16 with a parent who has died from cancer, is being treated for cancer or is in remission. The camp’s directors said they hope to expand the program to accommodate its high attendance. “We’re really trying to play it up this year,” Camp Kesem co-director Kaila Zogheb said. “It’s always just been one week (of camp). I think last year we had 85 campers, so to continue to grow we would need to move to two weeks (and have) two different sets of kids.” Zogheb, a Weinberg senior, said the group has funding left over from the previous year and hopes to use it to hold two camps this year. Medill sophomore Teresa Balistreri, Camp Kesem’s public relations and marketing coordinator, said the planned expansion shows NU students’ willingness to volunteer. “I think it’s awesome that so many students at Northwestern are excited about spending their time, volunteering their time, to help this cause,” Balistreri said. “If we have a longer camp, we just get to help more kids.” Camp Kesem, named for the Hebrew word for
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magic, was started at Stanford University in 2001. The program, now in its 10th year of organizing camps at NU, aims to create a fun and social setting for children who may face stress at home and to provide an open support group for campers to share their stories. “Kids with parents going through cancer are obviously going through a very hard time,” said Sharyn Ioffe (Weinberg ’11), an advisory board member for NU’s Camp Kesem. “(Camp Kesem) is a chance for children to focus on themselves, get away from stress and build their own selfesteem.” The camp also allows attendees to “find comfort in one another and build really good support systems throughout the year,” Ioffe said, adding that her most impactful Camp Kesem experience took place when she was a teen camp advisor. “One of the girls who (initially) wasn’t ready to talk was able to talk during our cabin chat. She got relief from holding everything inside with people she was comfortable with,” Ioffe said. Because Camp Kesem is free for all participating kids, members fundraise during the academic year with different activities including ticket sales to an event in Chicago and bake sales on campus. “(Camp has) been way more than anything that I could’ve imagined,” Zogheb said. “A lot of (the kids) are saying that they look forward to (Camp Kesem) every year, and they don’t want to go home at the end of the week.” kimberlygo2018@u.northwestern.edu identifies as a member of the LGBTQI community,” according to a news release from The Graduate School. The change is effective for the 2014-15 admissions season. The Graduate School’s Office of Research and Analysis will gather information from the responses to track the LGBTQ population, according to a news release. The data will inform the school on the most effective way to allocate resources and services for LGBTQ
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Learning from the past in the fight against ISIS lucas matney
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In the summer of 2002, in the face of the impending U.S. invasion of Iraq, Secretary of State Colin Powell offered a pithy warning to President George Bush to step back and consider the consequences that the conflict could bring: “If you break it, you own it.” Twelve years later, America has seen itself violently pulled back into its role of caretaker in the face of a foe that the Obama administration has confessed to have underestimated on multiple occasions. ISIS, also known as ISIL or the Islamic State, has undergone a meteoric rise over the summer, garnering tens of millions of dollars in new resources and tens of thousands of new fighters — reports of recruitment figures vary — in their continued quest to expand throughout all of Iraq
and Syria. The United States has vainly attempted to evade full-out involvement in the conflict, but following recent ISIS actions, including the beheading of James Foley, an American freelance journalist and Northwestern graduate, avoidance is no longer an option. The United States has already wagered countless air strikes against ISIS in Iraq and is just beginning to expand the attacks to their Syrian front, which is currently battling Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s forces. As the conflict escalates, President Barack Obama is adamant that there will be no U.S. troops taking part in a ground invasion. This promise is likely to be an empty one, however, and as atrocities continue to be committed by ISIS, public opinion will shift and the President will be able to continue in his predecessors’ footsteps of deep military entanglement in Iraq. We can and will destroy ISIS, but the manner in which we do so is critical. ISIS may be alarmingly well-financed, but its popularity should be seen as its main threat. The group thinks that by luring us into a ground war, they can turn the negative reactions from a public exceedingly wary of Western
intervention into fierce loyalty and devotion, and they may be right. ISIS wants a very public battle: The executions of Foley and other Westerners were nothing short of recruitment videos to enlist other radical Muslims in their highly ambitious and murderous quest to establish a new Islamic Caliphate operating under the strict code of Sharia law. This is a genuine concern because the West, specifically the U.S., is no longer seen by Middle Easterners as some sort of intervening busybody. To many, we are now the clear enemy. In order for us to help return Iraq to some remnant of stability, we need to fix that reputation and in doing so, learn from our past missteps. Combatting ISIS effectively will desperately require the U.S. to heighten efforts in again tackling the issue of training regional Iraqi forces, all while continuing to carry out a very deliberate, yet faceless campaign of targeted strikes from both manned aircrafts and drones on ISIS leadership and key choke points. Destroying ISIS will require ground troops from somewhere, but at this point, neighboring countries have more than enough incentive to take that responsibility into their own hands. Offering assistance to troops from these countries, like
what we are unfortunately “indirectly” now doing for Assad’s forces in Syria, is a strategy we are likely to continue to employ. These strategies for removing ISIS will not be enough to establish stability for the country unless major Iraqi government restructuring can be undergone to reduce incompetence and sectarian onesidedness. This is a task that the next U.S. administration will likely inherit and one that significant energy and resources will have to be put toward. America, it seems, whether boots hit the ground or not, may be back in Iraq for the long haul. How we engineer the fight to take apart ISIS can help determine how we put the country back together. ISIS will come and go, but the destitution and frustration that so quickly facilitated its meteoric rise in the Middle East will survive and worsen as long as the West refuses to take a more proactive approach in bringing about stability in the region. Lucas Matney is a Medill junior. He can be reached at lucasmatney2016@u.northwestern.edu. If you would like to respond publicly to this column, send a Letter to the Editor to opinion@dailynorthwestern.com.
Voter ID laws flawed but necessary for democracy curtis chou
Daily columnist
Suffrage is a basic right ingrained in the concept of American democracy, and it has the power to shape the immediate future of the world. Indeed, the right to vote lays the foundation for the entire modern political system that upholds the values of the United States. It is popular representation in its purest form — the end goal of the “democratic” concept. Yet at the same time, it is vastly underused in terms of participation. So does it make sense that in the last 15 years, there has been an increase in the number of voter identification laws, particularly those that require photo ID? It is a topic that has stoked greater passions in recent years as party lines harden and the gap between Democrats and Republicans in the federal government widens. The public as a whole became more receptive to anti-voter fraud measures following the messy 2000 presidential election, when former President George W. Bush carried Florida by a mere few hundred votes. Two years later, Bush signed the Help America Vote Act into law, which required all first-time voters in federal elections to present photo IDs or the last four digits of their social security cards at registration or polling. In subsequent years, Arizona and Indiana passed photo ID laws. Recently, other states such as Wisconsin, Texas, South Carolina and Rhode Island passed similar measures, though some of these remain in contention with the Department of Justice. As students at Northwestern, not many
of us come from an environment where producing such proofs are difficult, but these laws may have far-reaching effects on others that warrant attention. Many Democrats have declared that voter photo ID laws violate the voting rights of poorer and younger voters, who tend to skew liberal and fewer of whom have the means to access approved IDs. They point to studies that show widespread consensus that there is minimal voting fraud and accuse proponents of strengthened voting laws of enacting legislation for political gains. If one believes strongly in the rule of law, there is little wrong with the concept of voter photo ID laws. After all, it is the right of U.S. citizens to vote in elections if they choose to do so. However, why is there such a designation between citizens and non-citizens if it is not enforced? If only citizens are allowed to vote in elections, is it wrong to ask voters to prove that they are, in fact, citizens of the United States? A state-issued ID with a photo would be the simplest way to do so. Even so, it is not incorrect to say that such a restriction would effectively disenfranchise those who must be inconvenienced (whether by distance, finance or some other reason) to attain approved identification, but that is where these laws must do better. They must make it easier for people of all demographics to obtain the right identification. In fact, Wisconsin has begun to issue approved IDs for this very purpose. Identification should be issued to citizens for a nominal fee (or none at all) at locations that are easily accessible everywhere and by everybody, perhaps even online. Colleges that hold voter registration drives, such as NU, could make it a point to inform younger voters of the requirements
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of registering and assist in any way they can to help students acquire necessary identification. The point is that voter ID laws need not mean that Republicans are suppressing voters or that people are losing the right to vote. A 2012 Reuters study of Georgia and Indiana — two states with voter ID laws in place for several years — concluded that concerns by Democrats are probably overstated. Furthermore, a study by New York University School of Law’s Brennan Center for Justice claimed that only 11 percent of eligible U.S. voters do not possess government-issued IDs. Considering the sub-60 percent voter turnout in the recent presidential elections, the issue becomes much more manageable. Polls already show that the vast majority of the public support voter ID laws.
The fact remains that the right to vote is reserved for citizens, and exercising that right as a citizen occasionally invites minor inconveniences such as driving to a polling station or whipping out an ID. Providing the proper IDs, if done with good and caring intentions, can be made easy and quick. Indeed, obtaining a driver’s license, traveling abroad, opening a bank account and buying alcohol, among dozens of other transactions, require photo IDs. It is not a crime to protect the most sacred of democratic institutions with the same tenacity. Curtis Chou is a Communication senior. He can be reached at curtischou2015@u.northwestern.edu. If you want to respond publicly to this column, send a Letter to the Editor toopinion@dailynorthwestern.com.
Recognize humanity as separate from conflicts blair dunbar
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This past Friday night, Northwestern’s Students for Justice in Palestine led a candlelight vigil at The Rock in honor of the Palestinian victims who died in the recent conflict in the Gaza Strip. I am certainly not an expert when it comes to the conflict, but the religious undertones are hard to ignore. The question of who is right or wrong is irrelevant at a memorial such as the one held Friday night: A war is a war, and the casualties on both sides are disheartening. The candlelight vigil reminded me of my experiences in Russia this past summer when the conflict between Ukraine and Russia was plastered all over newspaper headlines. The role of the American press seemed to be twofold: make Russian President Vladimir Putin a villain while insisting that Russians hate Americans. The Russian press’ goal didn’t seem too different. As someone who regularly watched the news with her host mom in the evening, it seemed Russia’s main agenda was not only to portray Russia as an innocent bystander but also to suggest that the Western world was oppressing the country. My host mom is not a fan of Putin,
but the subject of Putin or President Barack Obama or right or wrong never came up in our conversations. Every night my host mom would watch the coverage of the Ukraine crisis and sigh, clearly upset by the obvious death and destruction. I have studied abroad twice in Russia now, totaling about six months. Even at the peak of the Ukraine crisis, I never received a negative comment or even a negative look when I told a Russian I was from America. The most frequent comment was, “You’re from America? I love America! Why did you want to come here?” It was a different story when it came to the topic of Obama, but I was never ostracized for being American. Too often governments become synonymous with the people of a country. Obama becomes the all-embodying representation of the United States, and Putin becomes the all-too-conspicuous symbol of Russia. Many Americans I talk to have a perception of Russians as angry, depressed, rude and certainly not members of the U.S. fan club. Granted, Russians can be angry, depressed and rude but so can Americans. Also, no Russian cafe would refuse to play American music, and I have yet to meet a Russian who rides a horse bareback and shirtless. The tentative ceasefire agreed to by Ukraine’s President Petro Poroshenko, as of now, is holding. Similarly, the conflict in Gaza was recently
concluded on Aug. 26, with more than 2,100 Palestinians dead. However, if history is an example, neither of these two regions will be peaceful for long. As unrest occurs, it’s important to remember that people — whatever the country or whatever the religion — are not defined by a single governing body. Just as it would be unfair to hold all Russians accountable for the actions of Putin, it would be unfair to hold all of Palestine responsible for Hamas’
actions or all Israelis for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s actions. It’s a hard distinction to draw, and it’s our nature to choose sides. But it’s a distinction that’s a worthwhile endeavor. Blair Dunbar is a Weinberg senior. She can be reached at blairdunbar2015@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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Students and faculty members from Northwestern’s Jewish organizations spoke publicly in support of Israel on Monday afternoon at a social event hosted by Fiedler Hillel and the Israel on Campus Coalition. The Israel Solidarity Picnic, held outside FosterWalker Complex, drew about 40 people who listened to speakers discuss participating in the pro-Israel movement on campus. Weinberg junior Jonathan Kamel, president of Wildcats for Israel, said he came up with the event to unite people in the NU Jewish community. “It was a tough summer for … Israel,” Kamel told The Daily. “Our angle is very open and inclusive. We don’t have a political agenda, it’s to have people come together for the support of Israel.” Along with Kamel, speakers included leaders from NU College Republicans and J Street U Northwestern. They spoke on dedication to Israel and celebrating Judaism’s roots in the nation. “(Hillel’s) mission is to try to inspire every Jewish student at Northwestern to make a meaningful and enduring commitment to Jewish life,” Hillel’s
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Maryland in Big Ten play By ZACH MOORE
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Northwestern (12-1, 2-0 Big Ten) defeated Rutgers (7-8, 0-2 Big Ten) on Friday and Maryland (7-6, 0-2 conf.) on Saturday. The Wildcats breezed past the Scarlet Knights in three sets (25-8, 25-16, 25-21) and held on to survive against the Terrapins in five sets (25-15, 23-25, 23-25, 25-16, 17-15) to start Big Ten 2-0. The Cats dominated the first set, opening a quick 12-4 lead forcing an early timeout. The first play after the timeout was an ace by freshman Taylor Tashima. NU scored 5 consecutive points with Tashima on serve, forcing yet another Rutgers timeout. “I think they were nervous and we weren’t and you could really see the difference,” coach Keylor Chan said. “And we knew they would play better after that.” The Cats put together their best set of the year. NU shut down the Scarlet Knights’ offense, holding them to a hitting percentage of -.40, while posting a hitting percentage of .684. Rutgers was unable to handle the versatile attack from the Cats, losing the first set 25-8. The Cats started the second set with sophomore Maddie Slater delivering a block at the net. It was not as pretty as the first set, but the Cats outscored the Scarlet Knights 15-4 to finish out the set. Senior Katie Dutchman put the exclamation point on the set with a thunderous kill to give NU the set 25-16. “Overall we played really well, we came out really strong in this match,” sophomore Kayla Morin said. The third set went back and forth before Tashima carried the Cats on a 5-point run, widening the margin to 23-18 late in the set. The match ended with a kill by freshman Symone Abbott, giving the third set to the Cats 25-21. “It feels good, but it wasn’t as smooth as we wanted it to be,” Abbott said. NU finished out the back-to-back games with a victory against Maryland. NU got off to a fast start, as the Terps could not
score off the Cats’ defense. NU collected 19 digs while holding the Maryland offense to a .025 hitting percentage. Morin led the Cats in the first set with six of the 15 NU kills, and NU took the set 25-15. “Our girls executed well.” Chan said. “They took advantage of the match-ups and we controlled the game with the servant pass.” The Terps shook off their first-set woes and put pressure on the Cats in the second. The teams traded leads multiple times, but NU dropped the second set 23-25 as Maryland’s Ashleigh Crutcher carried the Terps by driving home eight kills in the set. Senior Monica McGreal urged the Wildcats along in the third set, telling her team to be aggressive. The play of McGreal and Morin pulled the Cats within 1 point late in the set, but NU had seven errors in the set and lost 23-25. During the fourth set, the Wildcats cleaned up its offense. The Cats regained its momentum, scoring six consecutive points. Tashima and senior Yewande Akanbi made sure the Cats kept things rolling. NU bounced back with the match on the line to take the fourth set 25-16. “It’s just us. We are not playing our game we just need to come out on the floor and step up our game.” Tashima said. “That’s what happened in the fourth. We ran our offense cleaner, put down some balls, and it carried into the fifth set.” In the fifth and final set, the Cats and Terps put on an amazing show. When Maryland needed a point, they leaned on Crutcher to generate the offense. With the Cats down 11-13, Chan called timeout to gather his team for a final push. Coming out of the timeout, NU went to Dutchman and Akanbi to tie things up. The Cats rallied to win the decisive set 17-15. Taking down the Terps gave the Cats their second Big Ten win. “It’s a big deal being 2-0 in the Big Ten,” Tashima said. “The Big Ten is the best conference in the nation.” NU will host No. 5 Wisconsin on Wednesday at Welsh-Ryan Arena. zacharymoore2016@u.northwestern.edu
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Northwestern (4-1-4, 0-1-2, Big Ten) tied Indiana (5-1-3, 1-1-1 Big Ten) 1-1 in a thrilling match in Bloomington, Indiana on Sunday. The Wildcats were spurred by a goal in the second-to-lastminute of regulation and an imperious performance from senior goalkeeper Tyler Miller. “We were grinding today,” coach Tim Lenahan said. “We weren’t sharp, and sometimes you’re not going to be sharp, and we were still able to find a point against a good team.” Hoosiers sophomore midfielder Tanner Thompson scored the first goal of the contest, his second of the season, off of a penalty kick in the 73rd minute. The Cats had a couple of chances throughout the match, which was mostly dominated by Indiana but became more even over time. Finally, NU was able to capitalize in the second-to-last-minute of regulation, when sophomore Brandon Medina headed in his 1st goal of the season after a rebound off of the crossbar to take the match into overtime, which ultimately wasn’t enough to separate the two teams. It was the Hoosiers who had the best chances in the fist couple of minutes, with several shots putting Miller under pressure. But the New Jersey native, who played 307 minutes without allowing a goal before Sunday’s matchup, was up to the task, making important saves against a potent Indiana offense. Indiana junior Andrew Oliver put the ball into the back of the net in the 24th minute after a cutback down the right side. The goal was called back, though, because
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Oliver was offside. “We were really lucky to get out of the first half even,” Lenahan said. “We made some adjustments to push some guys forward in the second half.” NU seemed to wake up a bit after the scare, finally creating a couple of offensive opportunities toward the middle of the first half in a game that evened out. The game really picked up the pace at the start of the second 45 minutes, with both teams going back-and-forth. Miller continued making impressive saves, including a spectacular diving save in the 67th minute on what would have been a sure goal for Indiana. A couple of minutes later, the Hoosiers broke the deadlock. Cats senior defender Grant Wilson was called for a foul after a dangerous cross into the
box. Thompson stepped up to take the penalty for Indiana, and the sophomore slotted it low but powerfully to the right of Miller, who made eight saves in the game. The Cats had a couple more opportunities toward the end of the match to take it into overtime. Agonizingly, it took a corner kick in the 89th minute of the match, which bounced around the inside of the Hoosiers box until it rebounded off the crossbar and fell kindly for Medina. The sophomore headed in the equalizer for the goal. “I just happened to be there,” said Medina, who admitted he’s not fully recovered from last season’s ACL tear. “I had no clue where the defenders were, I just zeroed in on the ball.”
Fitzgerald also had praise for No. 17 Wisconsin, NU’s opponent on Saturday. Junior quarterback Tanner McEvoy will start for the Badgers. McEvoy, who switched from safety before the season, had four tackles in Wisconsin’s 35-6 victory over NU last year. “He’s a very athletic young man,” Fitzgerald said. “I think a first-time starter and position move, you would think maybe he’s managing the offense. I don’t see that. I see a dynamic playmaker. He’s scary with the ball in his hands, and he’s made pretty good decisions throwing it.” Fitzgerald called Wisconsin’s blockers “ginormous” and listed the heights and weights of the 10 players on the Badgers’ two-deep at offensive line, none of whom is shorter than 6-foot-3 or lighter than 303 pounds. He also praised the work of Wisconsin running back Melvin Gordon, who has carried the ball 78 times for 612 yards on the season. “He’s going to get his yards,” Fitzgerald said, before comparing Gordon to former Chicago Bears running back Walter Payton. “He runs like ‘Sweetness.’” He reiterated sophomore defensive end Ifeadi Odenigbo, who has three sacks and three forced fumbles this season, has to improve playing the run, saying the Badgers will look to exploit Odenigbo if he plays on running downs. “Their front is watching him and going, ‘Man, I got lunch. Number seven’s lunch in the run game,’” he said. “That’s your resume on tape buddy, and if I see it, I know they see it.” josephdiebold2015@u.northwestern.edu
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Both teams seemed to be tired during the two overtime periods, with Oliver hitting the side-netting of the NU goal, fooling the two benches and fans who thought he had scored. The Cats also nearly scored the golden goal with eight minutes left in the match with Cats jointtop scorer junior forward Joey Calistri almost scoring off of a fast break. In the end, NU left with a valuable point in a tough match against powerhouse Indiana. “This is one of the most historic places to play, against a very good team,” Lenahan said. “To come away with a draw, that’s not the worst thing in the world.” Alex Putterman contributed reporting. juliangerez2017@u.northwestern.edu
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ALL BETTER Sophomore cornerback Matthew Harris left Saturday’s game against Penn State with an apparent head injury. Coach Pat Fitzgerald said after the game all of Harris’ tests came back clear.
Good news, bad news for banged-up defense News was mixed for the Cats with regards to injuries, particularly on defense, where NU was down three week-one starters by the end of Saturday’s game. Senior safety Ibraheim Campbell will miss Saturday’s game with a hamstring injury, but Fitzgerald said he hopes senior linebacker Collin Ellis, who is still undergoing the team’s concussion protocol, will be back. He noted Ellis will return to his starting position when he comes back, despite Walker’s heroics in his absence, but the coaches will rotate Walker in as they normally do. “Unless you do something poorly when you come back from injury, we don’t take guys’ jobs because they got hurt,” he said, “but Anthony played well enough to play, no doubt about that.” The best injury news for NU is that sophomore cornerback Matthew Harris
will be back at practice this week. Harris was carted off the field Saturday following a head-to-head hit from Penn State quarterback Christian Hackenberg, giving a thumbs-up as he departed. Fitzgerald said Harris will not take contact in practice to start the week, but the coaching staff is “very hopeful” he will be available for Saturday’s game. VanHoose said he was scared in the aftermath of Harris’ injury. “Seeing him drop down and not move, it’s one of your brothers,” he said. “It’s pretty emotional seeing one of your brothers get injured like that.” In other injury news, Fitzgerald said freshman running back Solomon Vault was hurt on his opening kickoff return but did not expand on the injury. Senior wide receiver Tony Jones returned to action Saturday after missing two games. “I feel good,” Jones said. “Not great, but good. Winning makes your body feel
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Northwestern faced Penn State on Friday and Ohio State on Sunday and lost both games by scores of 4-1 and 3-1, respectively. Coming off of two heartbreaking losses, the Wildcats hoped to gain some momentum against two tough teams, but the Cats couldn’t fix the mistakes coach Michael Moynihan has mentioned earlier in the season. “The problem is we’re not finishing well,” Moynihan said. Despite being down 4-0 at one point, the team generated quite a few chances against Penn State. Once again, sophomore Addie Steiner was active, generating a scoring opportunity from outside the box late in the first half. However, the Cats didn’t score until sophomore Rachel Zampa buried a distance shot in the 86th minute. Against Ohio State, Steiner created chances once again in the 34th minute when she sped across the box and fired a shot, but the attempt was deflected by an OSU defender, leading to a corner kick. She generated another fast break opportunity just two minutes later when she fired a left-footed shot from the wing, but it was also denied. When asked if other players had to be more aggressive, Moynihan disagreed, saying the rest of the team generated enough chances. “We had a pretty well rounded attack today,” Moynihan said. “Katie (Landgrebe) had a few good chances. She brought the ball up really well and created some opportunities for herself, so quite a few people were involved. We just didn’t get the final product like Ohio State did.” In fact, Moynihan said he thought the team outplayed Ohio State. “Today (Sunday) we were far, far better than them,” Moynihan said. “I mean, we were all over them. We hit the post, missed a couple of other really good chances, and when we had it back to 1-1, we were definitely out front and had a lot of momentum in the game.” Moynihan was referring to the Cats’ strong second half start in which they had three shots on goal in the first seven minutes. They finally scored in the 62nd minute when freshman Michelle Manning hit a strike from 20 feet out into the left post, netting the equalizer. Ohio State responded with a bending goal from over 25 feet out which would prove to be enough for the victory, though they added an insurance goal in the 88th minute to make it 3-1. Moynihan said he was disappointed because wins against Penn State and Ohio State could have catapulted the team as high as eighth in the Big Ten. But he knows the team is still in contention for one of the eight spots in the conference tournament. “There’s a lot of teams that are very close right now,” Moynihan said. “If we can get on track and get a couple of wins against both teams, we’ll be right back thinking about the Big Ten Tournament. That’s where we want to be.” Cats fans can hope home cooking can give the team momentum for a playoff push, as the team will close their season out with five of seven games in Evanston.
MILLER TIME Wildcats goalkeeper Tyler Miller made eight saves in Northwestern’s 1-1 tie with Indiana, including a spectacular stop in the 70th minute.
Fitzgerald offers critiques after victory If fans expected Northwestern and coach Pat Fitzgerald to rest on their laurels after their best win of the season, they were mistaken. Fitzgerald used his weekly news conference Monday afternoon following Saturday’s 29-6 win at Penn State to run down the numerous areas for improvement the coaching staff saw during the conference-opening win. “I know the DNA of this team right now: We are very, very immature, and we are far from where we need to be,” the coach said. “The kids know what I’m talking about, and they’ll get it fixed or the floggings will continue. … It’s got a lot less to do with what happens on the field and a lot more to do with the details of everything you do every single day.” Junior cornerback Nick VanHoose expanded on Fitzgerald’s point, explaining how little details can impact the team’s performance. “It’s just the little things,” VanHoose said. “Apparently we had guys missing meals, skipping them. You miss a meal here and there, you’re going to start losing weight. You start losing weight, for your one-on-one battle that week, the person might have an extra five pounds on you that you should have had from eating. Little things like that we need to get the younger guys on board about.” Fitzgerald said redshirt freshman linebacker Anthony Walker, who was named Big Ten Freshman of the Week, made 10 mental errors against the Nittany Lions despite having a statistically prolific day that included an interception returned for a touchdown.
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