The Daily Northwestern – January 5, 2016

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SPORTS Men’s Basketball NU’s 10-game winning streak snapped » PAGE 12

OPINION Folmsbee Why dissertations should be rethought» PAGE 5

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THORSON STUMBLES Northwestern fell to Tennessee 45-6 in the Outback Bowl on New Year’s Day. NU’s offense and defense struggled in the game, with redshirt freshman quarterback Clayton Thorson only completing 8 of 20 passes. The Wildcats finished the season 10-3.

Illinois residents will need more than their driver’s licenses to get into airports and federal buildings, as state IDs will no longer comply with federal law beginning Jan. 10.

The Department of Homeland Security denied Illinois an extension on the 2005 Real ID Act in December for not implementing the act’s requirements, such as providing proof of legal U.S. residency when acquiring a driver’s license. David Druker, the spokesman for the Illinois Secretary of State, said that meeting all the requirements of the Real ID Act would cost the state up to $60 million.

“We feel that not granting an extension to Illinois is a shortsighted action,” Druker said, “And at the cost of millions, it’s going to make things even harder for the state.”

Druker said that costs include implementing a facial recognition system, verifying citizens’ birth certificates, and checking immigration and social security records.

“Illinois meets 84 percent of the Real ID Act’s requirements,” Druker said. “This decision was misguided.”

Until the state legislature provides funds toward making these improvements, Illinois state residents won’t be able to use their IDs to get into military bases beginning Jan. 10.

Rules for using state IDs in airports will be introduced the same day, but will not go into effect for another four months. To access federal buildings such as airports, Illinois residents will have to provide other forms of identification or follow new procedures, Homeland Security spokeswoman Amanda DeGroff said in an email to the Daily.

“Illinois has not yet provided adequate justification to receive an extension on compliance with the requirements of the REAL ID Act passed by Congress in 2005,” she said in an email to The Daily.

DeGroff said that Illinois, along with five other states including Minnesota and Missouri, had already received two extensions. States were supposed to be federally compliant by 2009.

“Illinois can request an extension at any time if there are new developments or additional relevant information regarding the steps they are taking to comply with the REAL ID Act requirements,” she said. » See IDS, page 9

NU accepts more than 50 percent of class of 2020

By DAN WALDMAN

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Northwestern admitted 1,061 students Monday to the class of 2020 — more than 50 percent of the class — breaking last year’s record of 49 percent for the highest percentage of Early Decision applicants to comprise a class.

NU received the most Early Decision applications in University history this year with 3,022.

“We see other schools around the country that we compete with and how they’re doing,” said Michael Mills, associate provost for University enrollment.

“It seems like we’ve had a good year compared to most, and we’re happy to have such a great applicant pool.”

Of the 1,061 new students admitted, 106 were international students — a nearly 25 percent increase from the number of international students admitted through Early Decision last year. Mills said this year’s Early Decision pool was significantly more diverse than that of last year.

The University also accepted nearly twice as many students from Chicago Public Schools as last year. Mills said NU focused on accepting more students from underrepresented demographics. » See ADMISSIONS, page 9

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MARCHING TO NU New students participate in the March Through the Arch tradition during Wildcat Welcome.

Northwestern accepted 1,061 students to the class of 2020 through Early Decision last month.

Construction closes Henry Crown basketball courts

By KELLI NGUYEN

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The Henry Crown Sports Pavilion basketball gymnasium and track will be closed for the next two years due to construction. “(Northwestern is) closing the track and the basketball courts to take them down and then lower (them) into the ground, then essentially build them back up and build (Ryan) Fieldhouse kind of on top of them,” said Peter Parcell, associate director of facility operations for the Department of Athletics and Recreation.

The new Ryan Fieldhouse and

Walter Athletics Center will include an indoor athletic field, training space, more seating and sports medicine facilities. There will also be locker rooms, a nutrition center, a dining facility and office space, in addition to the newly renovated basketball courts and track.

“I truly think this is a groundbreaking and game-changing facility,” Parcell said.

To compensate for the lost court space, Fitness and Recreation has added more than 40 total hours this Winter Quarter to both the Patten Gymnasium and Blomquist Recreation Center schedules.

“We’ve added extra time earlier in the day and we’ve added extra time

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later in the day to try to spread out our club needs, our intramural needs, and also for open rack,” Parcell said.

Patten and Blomquist have a total of five basketball courts between the two facilities. Parcell said the idea is that the extended hours will offset the effects of closing the Crown Sports Pavilion courts.

“It is very difficult to replace three basketball courts on campus,” Parcell said. “There are definitely going to be times of the day when we feel it’s going to be harder to support the need.”

As for the inaccessible track, NU Recreation has purchased 10 selfpowered treadmills for Crown Sports Pavilion. The new equipment will be housed in one of the racquetball

courts, which will be turned into a cardio space.

“I don’t think it will ever completely satisfy, but it will start to satisfy some of the needs of campus for people to do cardiovascular workouts and things,” Parcell said.

The equipment that had previously been set up around the track has been relocated throughout the facility.

Weinberg freshmen Karolina Leziak said she used the track at least once a week during Fall Quarter. She said that although the closure has had no effect on how often she works out, it has made exercising more inconvenient.

“I go downstairs to the weight room, but all the machines are always taken,” Leziak said.

Weinberg junior Scott Flanzman has been playing basketball at Crown Sports Pavilion since freshman year.

He said what frustrates him the most about the construction is the lack of student input that went into its planning.

“Maybe it’s just me, but it just seems like it came out of nowhere and for there to be no discussion among the student body and no explanation, it didn’t feel right,” he said.

Flanzman said the diminished court space coupled with the upcoming intramural basketball season has made it nearly impossible to play a pickup game of basketball. » See CONSTRUCTION, page 9

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Epic Burger to open Evanston location this month

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A Chicago-area burger chain is opening its first Evanston location this month, bringing another burger option close to Northwestern.

Epic Burger, 1622 Sherman Ave., offers burgers made with humanely raised beef and all-natural ingredients free from antibiotics or hormones, according to the company. In addition, the restaurant offers alternatives to beef including turkey and chicken, as well as vegetarian options such as portobello sandwiches and shakes made with organic milk.

“Today’s customers care more and more about the type of food they’re putting in their body,” said Epic Burger CEO Scott Norrick (Kellogg ’91). “We go the extra mile and walk the walk in terms of how we source our food.”

First opened in Chicago in 2008 by chef David Friedman, Epic Burger has six locations in various neighborhoods throughout the city. The chain also operates a restaurant in Skokie.

Norrick said Friedman opened the first Epic Burger in the South Loop neighborhood after working as a chef at several other restaurants.

“Part of his inspiration was he was frustrated with how many additives were in all the processed food in most restaurants,” Norrick said. “His idea was to start an all-natural simple burger concept and be able to offer customers all natural food at a reasonable price point.”

In addition to many requests from customers to open an Epic Burger in Evanston, Norrick said several

Police Blotter Nearly $5,000 worth of jewelry stolen from Evanston home

An Evanston resident returned home from winter vacation travels to discover an estimated $4,950 worth of jewelry stolen from her home.

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other factors contributed to the new location, such as a diverse downtown restaurant market and a large student population.

The business has been intending to create an Evanston location for a while, Norrick said. He added two of the chain’s restaurants are near downtown universities and the brand resonates well with college students, as proven by the large number of student consumers.

The Evanston restaurant specifically will look to form partnerships with the NU community, having previously done so with other Chicago-area universities including Loyola University Chicago.

“We very much want to be active in the local community,” Norrick said. “We absolutely want to look for opportunities to support clubs or groups.”

Epic Burger has worked with the NU community in the past. A Kellogg marketing class did a project on the business several years ago, in which students went to an Epic Burger location to conduct surveys with customers and eventually produced a report on Epic Burger’s overall consumer base, Norrick said.

“We definitely want to do more of (these kinds of projects),” he said. “We find them win-win and we learn from those as well.”

Epic Burger is part of a larger local trend in restaurants featuring customizable food, where customers prefer having more control over not only the ingredients but also their origins, said Paul Zalmezak, an economic development official.

“They’re trying to have … high-quality ingredients as a way of carving out a segment of the hamburger market,” Zalmezak said. “Whatever happens in Chicago pretty much immediately happens in Evanston.” jerryl@u.northwestern.edu the 800 block of Simpson Street on Dec. 11 at noon and returned home around 1 p.m. on Jan. 2 to find that her door had been forced open, Evanston police Cmdr. Joseph Dugan said. Upon entering her bedroom, the woman discovered her drawers had been opened and several pieces of jewelry had been taken, Dugan said.

The burglar’s identity is currently unknown,

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EPIC EATS Chicago-area restaurant chain, Epic Burger, will open its first Evanston location this month. The new burger joint, 1622 Sherman Ave., is located a block away from Edzo’s Burger Shop, 1571 Sherman Ave.

Dugan added.

Local woman’s garage vandalized

A 47-year-old Evanston resident discovered graffiti on her garage door Sunday morning.

Officers responded to a call at approximately 9:30 a.m. on Jan. 3 to discover graffiti on the garage of the home in the 700 block of Forest

Avenue, Dugan said. The owner had previously painted a mural of the Chicago skyline on the door, which vandals marked up with the letters “LBCK TK3” underlined.

Dugan said Evanston police do not believe the graffiti was gang-related.

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On Campus Feinberg teaching hospital penalized by Medicare, loses funding

Northwestern Memorial Hospital is among 23 Illinois hospitals being penalized by Medicare for high rates of potentially avoidable infections and complications like staph infections, blood clots and bed sores, according to data released by the national insurance program last month.

Distinguished civil rights activist Diane Nash to speak at NU

Distinguished civil rights activist and movement leader Diane Nash will address Northwestern on Jan. 25 in honor of the late humanitarian, Martin Luther King Jr. Nash, a co-founder of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, will speak to students and faculty on both the Evanston and Chicago campuses, the University announced this week.

Funded by the Feinberg School of Medicine and the Pritzker School of Law, the event will be free and open to the public.

Born and raised in Chicago, Nash first experienced public segregation when she was a student

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Northwestern plans to open its San Francisco site in June with a focus on journalism and engineering.

The site will host programs from the Medill School of Journalism, Media, Integrated Marketing Communications and the McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science including residency programs, short

The 758 hospitals penalized nationwide will lose a portion of their Medicare reimbursements for fiscal year 2016.

Northwestern Memorial Hospital, the primary teaching hospital for the Feinberg School of Medicine, also received a penalty last year under Medicare’s Hospital-Acquired Condition Reduction Program, established by the 2010 Affordable Care Act. The program punishes hospitals with the highest rates of certain medical complications and infections, and applies to more than 3,000 hospitals nationwide.

Under the HAC, hospitals are given a score from one to 10, with 10 being the worst, on their rates of hospital-acquired complications.

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at Fisk University in Nashville, Tennessee. There, under stringent Jim Crow laws, Nash helped facilitate the first successful campaign to desegregate lunch counters. Nash’s fellow student-activists elected her coordinator of the Nashville Student Movement Ride in 1961, which protested interstate bus terminals in the South.

“Travel in the segregated South for black people was humiliating,” Nash recalled in a recent Public Broadcasting Service documentary. “The very fact that there were separate facilities was to say to black people and white people that blacks were so subhuman and so inferior that we could not even use the public facilities that white people used.”

After numerous arrests stemming from demonstrations and protests, in 1961 Nash was jailed for 30 days. The next year, six months pregnant, she faced another 30 months for encouraging underage students to participate in Freedom

Rides. A judge later lowered the sentence to 10 days.

“I believe that if I go to jail now,” Nash wrote in an open letter in 1962, “it may help hasten that day when my child and all children will be free — not only on the day of their birth but for all their lives.”

Over the years, Nash has received many accolades for her work, including the War Resisters’ League Peace Award and the Distinguished American Award presented by the John F. Kennedy Library.

Nash will speak at Pick-Staiger Concert Hall in Evanston and Thorne Auditorium in Chicago. The annual program commemorating King’s legacy will also feature music and performances by NU student groups.

“immersion experiences” and events for alumni, the University announced Tuesday in a news release. The space will also host new programs in software development, digital design and entrepreneurship.

“The most exciting and unexpected breakthroughs happen at the intersections between disciplines,” McCormick Dean Julio Ottino said in the release. “We have had a track record of success with Medill and look forward to continuing our partnership as we explore new ways that journalism, marketing, engineering and computer science can work together.”

Medill and McCormick students already collaborate on projects such as the Knight Lab, which builds technologies for news organizations, and interdisciplinary classes.

The first group of students will be Medill graduate students as part of the new Media Innovation and Entrepreneurship Specialization, which will include three months in San Francisco beginning in September.

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Reconsidering the necessity of dissertations, theses SAI FOLMSBEE

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Writing your final thesis, or dissertation, in graduate school has always been the capstone to achieving a Ph.D. After years of study, the summation of your entire work is to be compiled, analyzed and submitted to a faculty committee for meticulous review. Only after their approval can one finally graduate with a Ph.D. At least, that’s what a graduate school thesis was intended to be. Now, it is a bloated, cumbersome document that drains productivity, gives a false sense of evaluation and is read by barely anyone. If science, or even academia itself, is to progress into the modern age, the senior thesis requirement needs to be eliminated.

Perhaps a century ago, writing a thesis was valuable. That was a time when research was much less crowded and competitive, when publishing work involved simply putting together your latest observations for the community. Writing a thesis was an easy and productive task, compiling your significant contribution in your field of study to share with the world. But this idealized world of science no longer exists.

Research is now brutish and unforgiving.

More and more, specialized fields are becoming crowded with competing scientists who work non-stop to publish earlier and in better journals. Papers are not just work anymore; they are currency. Receiving grants to continue your research, getting a secure job in academia and even just having someone give your CV a chance requires that you have published early and often.

This is what makes the thesis so useless. By necessity, everyone graduating with a Ph.D. has written a thesis, rendering it a metric that is summarily ignored. All that matters to employers is drive and productivity, and a thesis does not accurately measure either.

Furthermore, no one really reads a thesis.

Sure, a student’s thesis committee and mentor are supposed to read it, but even then it is often more a formality. No one learns anything from the document itself. Although a thesis is often uploaded online to some repository, it might as well be buried deep underground.

Real science happens in peer-reviewed journals, and no respectable scientist has the time to dig through theses to look for a piece of data which has not been peer-reviewed anyway.

Many may argue that the dissertation is a learning opportunity, that it teaches students to write scientifically and dive deeply into a topic. But the structure and style of a thesis is

unlike anything used in the professional world of science. Theses are filled with all the experiments done during graduate school, even those that never became published works.

Then, all the data is analyzed to an absurd depth, eventually creating a thesis spanning hundreds of pages. Real science writing — be it for grants or published articles — needs to focus on intent, be clear and concise in language and be unendingly compromising between the wills of the authors, reviewers and editors. Forcing graduate students to write non-peer reviewed, gargantuan tomes of extraneous data simply encourages poor writing habits.

Finally, Ph.D.’s are getting longer; it is not uncommon for students to take between six and eight years to graduate. It is already difficult to build the skills and accomplishments needed to secure a job after graduation, so why burden students with unnecessary obligations like a dissertation? This is even more important for those seeking employment outside of academia, which is becoming more the norm in such a competitive scientific environment. Students in graduate school programs are in the prime of their scientific drive, and these are years that could be better used in the professional world, not simply dawdling around in some illusion of academic growth.

Unfortunately, a similar parallel can be found in undergraduate honors theses. These

typically do not help applications to top M.D. or Ph.D. programs, since nearly everyone with research experience will have some kind of thesis. What these programs really care about is drive and intelligence in the lab, which is measured by authorship on real, published scientific papers, research awards and fellowships, not theses.

The solution is to simplify the process, reducing the graduation requirement to simply private and public oral thesis defenses. A written document is unnecessary since students seriously considering graduation should have written and published at least one significant paper at this point. But they should still give an oral defense of their work to a faculty committee, since this should only require minimal time of any qualified candidate. Although academia’s inherent inertia makes such a change to the system unlikely, institutions need to seriously consider how academia is grown in this country. There is a fine line between testing and hindering the next doctoral generation, and the largest flaw with the current system is that it is blind to the distinction.

Sai Folmsbee is a Feinberg graduate student. He can be reached at sai@fsm.northwestern.edu. If you would like to respond publicly to this column, send a letter to the editor to opinion@dailynorthwestern.com. The views expressed in this piece do not necessarily reflect the views of all staff members of The Daily Northwestern.

Don’t underestimate importance of primary elections ALEXI STOCKER

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Voter turnout in the U.S. is notoriously low.

In the 2012 presidential election, only 57.5 percent of eligible voters cast ballots. Worse yet, only 50 percent of youth voters – individuals aged 18 to 29 – turned out to vote. During the 2014 midterm elections, when voter turnout rates declined across the electorate, the youth voting rate plummeted to less than a quarter of eligible voters.

The 2016 general election is still 10 months away. While I certainly encourage every Northwestern student with American citizenship to exercise his or her right to vote in November, elections of equal, if not greater, significance are rapidly approaching: the Democratic and Republican primaries, which run from February through June. The primaries are an often-overlooked part of the American electoral system. In 2012, the average voter turnout rate across states

that held primaries — as opposed to caucuses, like Iowa — was a dismal 17.3 percent.

Although the focus of 2012 was the race for the Republican nomination for president, both parties were having primaries for Senate, House, gubernatorial and various other state and local candidates.

If President Obama’s past seven years in office have taught us anything, it should be that the President is not all-powerful. The legislative branch of the federal government matters, as do state and local offices. Primaries for those offices matter more than we think.

According to Nate Silver, editor-in-chief of FiveThirtyEight, 242 House districts are considered “landslide districts,” meaning that they will consistently vote for one party over the other.

In a safe district, the primary is effectively the general election. With such a low turnout during the primaries, however, a small sliver of the dominant party’s electorate selects the representative, fueling partisanship and polarization by forcing candidates to take more radical, liberal or conservative positions, as candidates must focus on appealing to primary voters, rather than the general electorate.

Per the 10th Amendment of the Constitution, all powers not explicitly granted to the federal government are reserved for state and local governments. State governments regulate access to abortions, guns and marijuana. State officials are, in fact, considerably more important than their relative absence from media coverage may suggest.

It is therefore all the more important that NU students vote in their states’ primaries. Those hailing from early primary and caucus states — Iowa, New Hampshire, Nevada and South Carolina — as well as the “Super Tuesday” states, will play an integral part in selecting their respective parties’ nominees for president. The rest of us must not despair at the inequity of the primary election schedule. Residents of late-voting states with large populations, such as New York and California, should keep in mind the importance of their elected state and local officials, as well as their House district.

Voting is as much a responsibility as it is a right. As the electorate has expanded over the past two centuries, a greater portion of the U.S. population has gained the right to vote. It is our responsibility to our predecessors, those

Technology brings us together, not apart ANDREA ZHANG

DAILY COLUMNIST

For Christmas, my sister and I taught my mom how to take a selfie.

At that moment, despite artists creating poignant works demonstrating our society’s addiction to cell phones, despite publications ranging from The New Yorker to The Atlantic claiming that technology has decayed our relationships, we bonded over technology and enriched our relationship. As it turns out, technology can actually be good for people. Who knew?

Those publications simply reflect how many Americans feel about the issue; more than 70 percent think technology is weakening our relationships, according to an NBC News poll. There is also a generation gap on technological perspectives. The older you are, according to the poll, the less likely you are to believe that social media can improve our social connections. However, there are many defenses of smartphones of cell phones and technology at large. Social media allows us to connect with people regardless of physical location. We can keep up with each others’ lives even without constant contact. As was the case with my family, technology can be used to bridge the gap between generations.

However, we should consider that the value

in using technology does not lie in our ability to connect, but in our ability to disconnect from our environment. The importance of being able to tune out of emotionally damaging conversations or situations should not be overlooked when it comes to self-care.

Self-care is exactly what it sounds like: taking steps to ensure one’s own physical and mental well-being. Acts of self-care can range anywhere from taking a hot bubble bath to meditating. To put this in perspective, self-care is choosing a few hours of sleep over turning in an assignment on time. Unfortunately, Northwestern students do not always prioritize healthy behaviors, in many cases lacking self-care in particular. This is where cell phones actually help.

For many, going home for the holidays can mean being put in an environment where one’s identity or mental health is not respected. During awkward gatherings with extended family, phones provide a way out of conversations that are potentially triggering, especially for those with mental health disorders. As great as family can be, people should also prioritize their own health.

Sometimes they should go on Facebook rather than talk to a vaguely racist and not-vaguely oldfashioned uncle. Sure, dialogue and communication is important to change perspectives on issues, but there are some people that you will not be able to change, particularly if they do not even respect you as a person. Not only does a smartphone provide an escape, but it means that someone in a situation can additionally reach out to their

support system.

Furthermore, situations depicted in such works as Eric Pickersgill’s “Removed,” wherein two people are both focused on their phones rather than each other, signify a specific level of comfort. When two people are able to comfortably be in each other’s company — “alone together” as author Sherry Turkle would lament — is demonstrative of an understanding that is neither hurt nor offended by a lack of constant focus and attention. They do not need an unending flow of conversation or interaction to feel connected.

Although technology and social media can cause harm when used in an unhealthy excess, they have plenty of benefits both for our relationships and for our mental health. Unless we are all to become Luddites, destroying our cell phones as we blame them for the decay of society, technology is here to stay. Rather than bemoaning its presence, we should embrace it, recognizing how we can best maximize its benefits while minimizing the harmful impacts. Remember that technology can help us to bridge our differences, create new connections while enriching our existing ones and can be an important resource in selfcare as well.

Andrea Zhang is a Medill sophomore. She can be contacted at andreazhang2018@u.northwestern.edu. If you would like to respond publicly to this column, send a Letter to the Editor to opinion@dailynorthwestern.com.The views expressed in this piece do not necessarily reflect the views of all staff members of The Daily Northwestern.

who fought to establish a democracy, and the subsequent activists, who worked and struggled to grant minorities and women the right to vote, to exercise the power vested in us by the Constitution.

Part of that responsibility is going into the polls on Election Day informed. Learn about candidates’ positions on all of the issues, and try to avoid over-simplistic campaign slogans and media firestorms.

In the coming weeks and months, I urge all NU students eligible to vote to register if they have not already, and to research candidates, their positions and the implications of their policies. It is our right and responsibility, as American citizens and as NU students, to use the power we can wield as informed voters throughout the electoral process, including party primaries.

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FANFARE A Northwestern fan holds up a handmade sign before the start of Friday’s game.

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JACKSON JUKES Justin Jackson runs away from a Tennessee defender. The sophomore running back only carried the ball 14 times.

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IN THE TRENCHES Senior defensive end Deonte Gibson battles against a Tennessee offensive lineman.

Outback Bowl Blowout Defense fails to save NU in Outback Bowl defeat Jacob Swan/Daily Senior Staffer

SALUTE TO SHRIMP Northwestern fans show off their team spirit. The Wildcats were “Team Coconut Shrimp” as part of a promotion with bowl sponsor Outback Steakhouse.

NU seniors reflect on 10-3 season’s tough end

By STEPHANIE KELLY

daily senior staffer @StephanieKellyM

Jacob Swan /Daily Senior Staffer

TAMPA, Fla. — Pat Fitzgerald choked up following Friday’s Outback Bowl loss.

The coach took a moment to regroup after his seniors played their last game as Wildcats.

“I want to say thank you to our seniors, an amazing group of young men from absolutely amazing families,” the coach said. “It was really hard for me the other day, and it’s hard for me now. Our program has been through a lot in the past two years, and our seniors have been the reason why we got ourselves here.”

Despite disappointment in Tampa on Friday following a 45-6 blowout loss to the Tennessee Volunteers, the Cats’ senior class was the first to lead the Cats to seaa bowl since the 2012 son. Key players, such as safety Traveon Henry, defensive Dean Lowry and superback Dan Vitale, helped in defining games, resulting

in the Cats’ unprecedented 10-3 record.

Henry, in particular, followed through on Friday, ending his NU career leading the team in tackles with 16 and outplaying all Volunteers defenders.

Defensive end Deonte Gibson said he, as a senior, believes the team has re-laid a foundation for winning. A captain for the team, Gibson said he wanted to make sure the sense of working hard was instilled throughout the season.

Senior wide receiver Christian Jones noted how much players such as Gibson, Lowry and others have added to the program, saying he’s proud to be a part of the group of seniors graduating this year. Jones is still in shock that Friday’s game was his last as a Wildcat.

“It’ll probably hit me later today,” he said.

Looking at next season, position groups on both sides of the field will lose substantial depth. This year’s statistics outline a senior class that contributed substantially. On the receiving end, an area in which NU particularly struggles, Vitale ends the season with almost 20 more receptions than any other player.

Cornerback Nick VanHoose, who didn’t play Friday because of an injury, and Henry both changed the season with timely interceptions. Lowry and Gibson grounded a defensive line that was pivotal in this season’s success.

Gibson said he’s only excited to see what the team does next year, saying that players who will step up are names fans might not have heard yet.

As for the defensive line that he and Lowry led, it’s in good hands, he said.

“I’m so proud of my guys Ifeadi (Odenigbo) and Xavier (Washington) and I fully believe they’re going to take over the reins and do even better than what I’ve done in my career,” he said. “Those guys are special and you guys will see that next year.”

Fitzgerald said the staff worked to get as many seniors on the field toward the end of the game.

Quarterback Zack Oliver led the final few drives, and receivers Pierre Youngblood-Ary and Cameron Dickerson each made receptions before the final whistle.

“You walk out with a pit in your stomach knowing this was your last game,” Fitzgerald said. stephaniekelly2017@u.northwestern.edu

By CLAIRE HANSEN

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way we have been the past few games. Sometimes you come out like that. Against a great team, you see what happened.”

The defense as a unit and particularly the cornerbacks also struggled in the red zone.

The Volunteers scored each of the six times they were in the red zone. Five of those scores were touchdowns.

Fitzgerald said that preparation had little to do with the loss and there were only a handful of plays that the Cats did not expect to see.

Watkins agreed that execution, not preparation, was the downfall of Cats.

“We had a lot of little mental errors that cost us the game,” Watkins said. “We should have been off the field multiple times on third down and we had a couple of exposure plays that cost us some touchdowns. That’s what did it.”

Yet despite the monumental disappointment of the game, the success of the season and next year’s outlook bode well for the Cats.

First team All-Big Ten linebacker Anthony Walker is just a sophomore, as are Watkins and safety Godwin Igwebuike. Linebacker Nate Hall is a redshirt freshman.

Gibson said the performance is not representative of the 2015 Cats, or of the future.

“It’s disappointing, it’s disheartening, but there’s a lot of hope in this team,” Gibson said.

Wildcats disappoint in postseason play

By ALEX PUTTERMAN

daily senior staffer @AlexPutterman

TAMPA, Fla. — Friday could have been an exclamation point on a historic season, a celebration of one of the greatest teams in Northwestern history.

Instead, the Outback Bowl was a dud. The No. 13 Wildcats (10-3) trailed No. 23 Tennessee (9-4) from start to finish and were blown out after halftime, eventually falling 45-6.

Thus, a wildly successful 10-3 campaign ended meekly.

“I’m sure everyone will lighten up afterward, but right now nobody’s happy with a loss,” senior receiver Christian Jones said. “Everybody’s disappointed, everyone wants to win the game, but it’s been a great season.”

NU’s offense, patchy all season, was fully neutered Friday by Tennessee’s defense. Thanks in part to shoddy offensive line play, redshirt freshman quarterback Clayton Thorson submitted one of his worst performances of the season, an 8-for-20, 57-yard, two-interception mess. Senior Zack Oliver replaced Thorson in the fourth quarter and did no better, completing six passes (of 13 attempts) to Cats receivers and two to Volunteers defenders, with the latter interception returned the length of the field for a Tennessee touchdown.

“Their d-line was pretty good, their back end was solid, and they didn’t make a lot of mistakes,” Thorson said of the Tennessee defense. “That was

the difference in the game.”

The Cats scored one touchdown in the second quarter, on a five-yard carry by sophomore running back Justin Jackson, and never came close to the end zone again.

With the NU offensive unable to move the ball, the defense spent seemingly all afternoon on the field, finally crumbling in the second half. After leading 17-6 at halftime, Tennessee’s offense scored one touchdown in the third quarter and two in the fourth to run away with the game.

Volunteers quarterback Joshua Dobbs completed 14-of-25 passes for 166 yards and added 48 yards and two touchdowns on the ground.

Running back Jalen Hurd, meanwhile, carried 24 times for 130 yards and a score on his way to game MVP honors.

Tennessee outgained NU 420 yards to 261 on the day, with 62 of the Cats’ yards coming during a garbage-time drive.

“It’s one of those games where you look at the score, look at the scheme, you see what happened, and it just wasn’t your day,” senior defensive end Deonte Gibson said. “They played a great ballgame. Hats off to them.”

Silver linings were scarce for NU on Friday.

Jackson had 74 yards on 14 carries and the Cats’ only score, and sophomore cornerback Keith Watkins II played well in place of injured senior Nick VanHoose. Otherwise, almost everything went wrong, from junior kicker Jack Mitchell’s missed field goal and extra point to the offensive line’s inability to keep Thorson safe in the pocket. The defeat was the second-most-lopsided postseason loss in program history.

Coach Pat Fitzgerald and the NU players who spoke after the game were unanimous that the issue wasn’t preparation or lack of focus. The Cats were simply outplayed by a very good team.

Despite the blowout loss, Fitzgerald emphasized cause for optimism. After entering the season with meager expectations, NU tied a program record with 10 wins, including a five-game streak to end the regular season. One bad game against a strong opponent doesn’t outweigh the previous three months, Fitzgerald said.

“It should be kept in perspective,” the coach said. “You win 10 football games, it’s a darn good football season. It doesn’t matter what league you’re in, what level you’re at.”

NU’s players were far from disconsolate following the game Friday. Thorson, Gibson and Jones all described the season as a success blighted by three bad outcomes, in which the Cats lost by a combined 107 points. Multiple times, Gibson and Jones in particular mentioned how proud they were to have played with this group. Following two straight five-win seasons that left the Cats out of postseason play, Fitzgerald and the players view 2015 as a step forward for the program.

As for Friday’s loss: “It’s disappointing, and we’re heartbroken but you move forward,” Fitzgerald said. “You take all the great lessons that we learned today, all the great lessons we learned throughout the whole season and you learn from it, you grow and you get better next season.”

TAMPA, Fla. — If one puts faith in predictions, Northwestern’s loss to Tennessee in the Outback Bowl was unsurprising. Tennessee was the heavy favorite; ESPN gave the Volunteers a 77 percent chance of victory.

What was surprising, however, was the absence of NU’s defense, a squad that has been the backbone of the team’s 10-3 season thus far.

The Cats allowed the Volunteers more than 400 yards of offense, including 226 yards rushing — notable because NU’s rush defense was 13th in the nation before Friday’s game.

“We had a couple opportunities where we had to make plays,” sophomore cornerback Keith Watkins II said. “Our defense pretty much leads our team and our (defense) just wasn’t there today.”

This is not to say that NU’s defense was the sole reason for the defeat. The offense faltered badly, tallying just 261 total yards of offense.

Redshirt freshman quarterback Clayton Thorson went 8-for-20 with two interceptions, and, after Thorson was benched, senior Zack Oliver threw another two picks.

In fairness, the defense was on the field for more than 34 minutes. But the offense has struggled all season, a consistently inconsistent squad clairehansen2018@u.northwestern.edu asputt@u.northwestern.edu that the defense has bailed out many times. So what was so astounding on Friday was just how severely the defense faded.

Perhaps the most pivotal, and telling, play of the game came in the middle of the third quarter. NU was trailing 17-6 and the Volunteers had fourth-and-one on NU’s 7 yard line. A Tennessee touchdown would almost certainly guarantee a Vols victory.

Running back Jalen Hurd walked through the NU defensive line for the first down. A play later, he skipped into the end zone untouched, giving the Volunteers a lead that proved impossible to usurp.

Hurd produced all over the field on Friday, racking up 130 yards rushing — just two yards shy of NU’s total rushing yardage. “(Hurd is) a strong back. He’s longer limbed, so when you wrap up you have to wrap him dry because he’s a big guy.” senior defensive end Deonte Gibson said. “He’s a great back.”

The Cats also faced trouble in the middle of the field, blowing coverage and giving up long passes, including a 42-yard pass in the first quarter that gave the Volunteers an early lead.

Coach Pat Fitzgerald said in the post-game press conference that NU’s troubles started at the line of scrimmage.

“There were three games this year that we didn’t win the line of scrimmage. It was today, Iowa and Michigan,” Fitzgerald said. “So I think there’s a theme there. For us to be successful, we have got to win on the line of scrimmage.”

Gibson chalked up the defeat at the line of scrimmage to, again, a failure of fundamentals.

“It was a little bit of technique and fundamentals that we missed out on, after being Jacob Swan/Daily Senior Staffer off for a while, stuff we should know how to handle,” Gibson said. “We just didn’t execute the TOUGH TO TACKLE Sophomore Godwin Igwebuike tackles Tennessee tight end Ethan Wolf. The Northwestern defense faltered against the Volunteers on Friday, losing the Outback Bowl 45-6.

Plenty to appreciate despite Outback loss BOBBY PILLOTE

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The Wildcats just aren’t very good, and they never were.

That’s what I wrote in the middle of the season, after back-to-back blowout losses to Michigan and Iowa scuttled Northwestern’s chance at winning the Big Ten West and left the Cats at 5-2.

After Friday’s 45-6 beat-down at the hands of Tennessee, it appears as though not much has changed.

NU absolutely overachieved this season, repeatedly finding luck in close contests and winning games it probably shouldn’t have. But with the year over and a 10-3 record permanently in the books, the quality of the team is beside the point. In spite of the Outback Bowl loss the 2015 Cats were incredibly successful, and will be remembered for quite some time because of it.

Coach Pat Fitzgerald understands this as well as anybody, and the context of this 10 win season is especially poignant to him.

“We’ve been through a lot the past two years,” Fitzgerald said after the Outback Bowl, choking up in the process.

Fitzgerald didn’t elaborate, but he was in part referring to the unionization battle over NU football that began after the 2013 season and dragged all the way to August.

After testifying in court against a former player and stoically fending off news media interested in nothing else, Fitzgerald was no doubt glad to return to football and guide a memorable season to help forget the past.

Fans needed this season too.

Consecutive 5-7 campaigns in 2013 and 2014 brought little outside of misery and seemed unacceptable after a streak of five straight bowl appearances.

The 10 wins this season matched a program record and revitalized interest in the team.

And perhaps most importantly, the program has achieved a sense of direction — something that seemed lacking the past two years.

Most of the stars on the roster — linebacker Anthony Walker, safety Godwin Igwebuike and running back Justin Jackson — have two years left to play. And in spite of all his struggles this year, redshirt freshman Clayton Thorson showed the potential to be a truly special quarterback given more time under center to develop. There’s clear hope for continued success in the future.

The Cats will win fewer games next year but probably be a better team. Barring an epic collapse or rash of injuries, a return to the postseason seems almost certain. The 2016 season won’t be miserable to watch.

Fitzgerald rightly emphasized perspective in his post-Outback Bowl press conference.

Yes, the loss was disappointing or even embarrassing, but it doesn’t erase what’s been accomplished this season and where those achievements have positioned the program going forward. bpillote@u.northwestern.edu

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Feinberg researchers find link between chronic pain, emotion

Researchers at the Feinberg School of Medicine found chronic pain redesigns a region of the brain that controls emotion, but that change can be reversed by drug treatment.

The treatment restored the affected region and substantially reduced pain symptoms in animals using two FDA-approved drugs in combination. The researchers found it was key to use the drugs, one used to treat Parkinson’s disease and the other a non-steroidal antiinflammatory, immediately after injury.

The researchers also found that a drop in dopamine, a major neurotransmitter, causes a group of neurons believed to be responsible for negative emotions to be more easily excited and more strongly connected with other regions of the brain. These regions are linked to feeling bad following an injury causing chronic pain.

Based on their results, the scientists will pursue a clinical trial.

“It was surprising to us that chronic pain actually rewires the part of the brain controlling whether you feel happy or sad,” said study author James Surmeier, chair of the Department of Physiology at Feinberg, in a news release. “By understanding what was causing these changes, we were able to design a corrective therapy that worked remarkably well in the models.

The question now is whether it will work in humans.”

— Madeline Fox

IDs

From page 1 The law was passed in response to 9/11 to improve the standards of government-issued IDs. However, the bill has been criticized as an invasion of privacy and leaving residents open to identity theft, according to groups such as the American Civil Liberties Union.

Druker said they are working with the DHS and General Assembly to solve this issue, but that it is not likely that Illinois will be able make the necessary updates to the ID system anytime soon, and that residents should prepare.

“The best advice right now is to get a passport,” Druker said, “It’ll take quite a while to get through the state, so frequent fliers and people visiting bases should be prepared.” robinopsahl2018@u.northwestern.edu

Admissions From page 1

“We have higher numbers and percentages of underrepresented minority students,” Mills said.

“We have higher numbers and percentage of low income students than last year, and Chicago Public Schools students have been an important focus of ours.”

With the historic amount of Early Decision applicants accepted, Mills said he expects the Regular Decision acceptance rate to drop significantly. Regular Decision applications are due Jan. 1 and applicants are notified of their decision before April 1. “(The Early Decision acceptance rate) will be about 32 percent,” Mills said. “And Regular Decision will be much, much lower than that. I would guess it will be 10 percent or less.”

Although it’s possible this year’s acceptance rate will drop into single digits, University President Morton Schapiro said earlier this month he is more focused on NU accepting the best applicants rather than the school’s admissions statistics.

“I’m really not looking to minimize the admit rate the way some schools are obsessed to get into single digits,” Schapiro said. “There are a lot of really talented kids who could really thrive here who’re simply not going to get admitted, but that’s the world of selective admissions.” danielwaldman2019@u.northwestern.edu

Construction From page 1

“Everyone needs some sort of outlet,” Flanzman said. “For me especially that’s always been going to (Crown Sports Pavilion) to play basketball. It was a good way to relieve stress and it sort of just threw me off, having that outlet torn down.”

Despite the challenges, Parcell said that ultimately he believes the construction at Crown Sports Pavilion will improve the facilities for students, providing more space and opportunities for varsity, club and intramural teams.

“I definitely think that there is going to be an added advantage to indoor field space, that is going to be a really nice attribute to the facility,” he said. kellinguyen2019@u.northwestern.edu

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DRIVE THRU A Chicago teenager drove through the window of Freshii, 1569 Sherman Ave., on Jan. 1. The 18-year-old was evading a traffic officer who had attempted to pull him over near Ridge Avenue and Church Street.

Chicago man drives through window of Freshii restaurant

A Chicago teenager sustained minor injuries after driving a vehicle into the front window of an Evanston restaurant Friday evening, police said.

An Evanston traffic officer attempted to pull over the 18-year-old male for a minor

State opts for distribution of SAT over ACT to Illinois students

Illinois state officials decided last month to offer the SAT college entrance exam to high school juniors this spring instead of the ACT, leaving local schools to fund the ACT themselves.

After 15 years of offering the ACT for free to high school juniors throughout Illinois, state officials announced they had signed a threeyear, $14.3 million contract with the College Board, the SAT’s distributor, to administer the recently redesigned college entrance exam.

The test adjusted significant components of its grading and content, most notably in decreasing the difficulty of the math and reading sections, making the essay portion optional and changing the maximum score from 2,400 points to 1,600 points Evanston Township High School will not offer the SAT this year, as the announcement came after preparations for offering the ACT had already been made, said Peter Bavis, the school’s assistant superintendent of instruction and curriculum. The school does plan on offering the SAT instead of the ACT in the future, he said.

“My understanding is that (the new SAT) is very similar to the ACT,” Bavis said. “It’s not going to be a big leap in terms of adjusting elements of our instruction and curriculum … but we’ll have to roll up our sleeves and look at what the alignment pieces are.”

Bavis said ETHS anticipated in the fall that they would have to fund the ACT themselves

National News US says Venezuelan court interfered with election results

WASHINGTON — The Obama administration accused the Venezuelan government Monday of meddling with the newly elected National Assembly after the Venezuelan Supreme Court decided to block several elected officials from taking their seats. But the administration stopped short of calling for stronger action, such as imposing penalties as proposed by Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, R-Fla., and Sen. Robert Menendez, D-N.J. “We are concerned by the Venezuelan government’s efforts to interfere with the newly elected National Assembly exercising its constitutionally mandated duties,” State Department spokesman John Kirby said. “We continue to call for respect for the will of the people.”

The Venezuelan opposition called the court’s decision a “judicial coup” after judges blocked four elected lawmakers who were supposed to take their seats Tuesday. In a statement, the Supreme Court denied the allegations.

In Washington, leaders in Congress with ties to

traffic violation at around 6:30 p.m. in the Ridge Avenue and Church Street area, the Evanston Police Department said. The driver fled from the officer, crashed into a car at the intersection of Davis Street and Sherman Avenue and subsequently drove into the front window of Freshii, 1596 Sherman Ave. The teenage driver and the 22-year-old front passenger, a man from Chicago, were taken to Evanston Hospital with minor injuries. Another passenger, a 25-year-old Chicago resident sitting in the backseat, was

unharmed, as was a 51-year-old Evanston female who was struck in her car while driving at Davis Street and Sherman Avenue.

Other than cosmetic damage to the front window, Freshii’s building sustained no other damage, police said.

Police said officers recovered a handgun and suspected cannabis from the vehicle.

The incident is still under investigation, the department said.

in light of the state’s lack of a statewide testing budget. He said that distributing the test will cost the school around $40,000 — a burden ETHS, unlike many other schools reliant on state funding, can shoulder.

“Given the financial situation the state was in we knew we’d be in a position to have to fund it,” Bavis said. “It’s essential that kids take it … We’re fortunate to be able to do this as a lot of districts can’t afford to fund a college admissions test.”

While adjusting curriculum to align with SAT preparation will take some work, Bavis said he felt that test could be a great opportunity for ETHS’ curriculum standards.

“In the future, I think it holds great potential for the state to move to a new accountability model,” he said. “If the state does go to making the SAT part of the high school accountability mechanism, we think that’s just great.”

— Marissa Page

— Marissa Page

Daily file photo by Adnaan Zaffer

TESTING THE WATERS Illinois decided in December to offer the SAT instead of the ACT to high school juniors across the state. Evanston Township High School and other Illinois high schools will pay to offer the ACT to students before adjusting their curriculum to align to SAT prep for the coming year.

the region called for the Obama administration and regional allies to condemn the regime of Nicolas Maduro and stop it from further destabilizing the country and weakening the National Assembly.

“Maduro is up to his dirty tricks only to hold on to power, but we must remain vigilant and apply stringent sanctions to anyone in Maduro’s regime who commits human rights violations,” RosLehtinen said.

Menendez wrote President Barack Obama a letter Monday urging him to lead an effort to impose stricter international penalties and monitoring on Venezuela. Menendez urged the administration to press the Organization of American States to invoke the Inter-American Democratic Charter, which allows the organization to pressure any of its members for “unconstitutional alteration or interruption” of the democratic process.

“Shining light on a shadowy regime like Mr. Maduro’s is an important part of the process for holding it accountable,” Menendez said in a statement. “The United States should call on the Organization of American States and other legitimate international bodies to monitor the handover of power in Venezuela’s National Assembly.”

Before the Dec. 6 elections in Venezuela, OAS Secretary General Luis Almagro raised concerns that Maduro’s administration was inhibiting political dissent, manipulating the news media and banning opposition leaders from running for office.

Almagro did not say what the OAS could do, such as invoking the Inter-American Democratic Charter.

Gregory Weeks, chairman of the department of political science and public administration at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte and editor of the academic journal The Latin Americanist, said he didn’t think the OAS would invoke the charter, citing Latin American leaders’ lack of interest in taking drastic actions against sitting governments.

But Eric Farnsworth, vice president of the Washington-based Council of the Americas and a former State Department official, said Almagro had been aggressive in his stance against the Venezuelan government. He could continue to lead a prodemocracy push to see what outside efforts could be used to protect the electoral process, including invoking the charter, Farnsworth said.

-Franco Ordonez (McClatchy Washington Bureau/TNS)

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The year 2015 was a great one for Northwestern sports. Women’s basketball made its first NCAA Tournament since 1997, swimmer Jordan Wilimovsky qualified for the 2016 Olympics and the football team tied the program record with 10 wins.

Of course hindsight is 20-20, and as a staff The Daily tried to predict what 2015 would bring to Evanston. Looking back at some of last year’s predictions, it’s clear we hit big on some and missed on others.

Ava Wallace and Kevin Casey correctly guessed that women’s basketball would gain an NCAA Tournament berth, while Alex Putterman incorrectly thought they would win a tournament game. Bobby Pillote was right that football would make a bowl game, but wrong about quarterback Clayton Thorson winning Big Ten Freshman of the Year. Lastly, Julian Gerez was correct to assume that Joey Calistri and Cole Missimo would make an All-Big Ten team (albeit second team, not first) while Mike Marut was way off in saying men’s basketball would finish second in the Big Ten behind Wisconsin.

Here’s what our writers think is in store for

Benjy Apelbaum: Women’s basketball will make a run to the Elite Eight of the NCAA Tournament after last year’s frustrating firstround loss.

Max Gelman: Football will make another bowl game, but won’t win 10 regular season matchups. Men’s basketball will fall short of the NCAA Tournament yet again, while the women’s basketball team will advance past the first round this year. Jordan Wilimovsky will win a medal at the 2016 Olympics, and field hockey wins a Big Ten championship.

Garrett Jochnau: On the basketball front, the men’s basketball team will continue to flirt with the tournament bubble in a weakened Big Ten conference while the women’s squad will build off last year’s success to emerge as one of the NCAA’s top teams. When the football team takes the field in 2016, it should remain a force and will use its depth and added experience to overcome the loss of key seniors.

Tucker Johnson: Men’s swimming has some tough years of growth ahead, but the women’s team is going to see big improvements under its new coach. World champion

Jordan Wilimovsky has a tough race ahead at the Olympics, but I think he wins a medal next summer.

Sophie Mann: Women’s Basketball is going to go past the first game of the postseason this year, and maybe even make it to the Sweet 16.

Mike Marut: Women’s Tennis will claim another Big Ten championship, avenging last year’s performance.

Cole Paxton: Northwestern swimmers will have an outstanding Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.

In backstroke, 2007 grad Matt Grevers will defend a pair of titles from 2012, and Wilimovsky, the 2015 world champion in the 10 kilometer open-water event, will also win Olympic gold.

Bobby Pillote: Men’s basketball will be firmly on the bubble for the NCAA Tournament heading into March, ultimately just missing the cut and making a good run in the NIT. Women’s basketball and softball will each win NCAA Tournament games, and the football team will make it back-to-back seasons with a bowl game.

Ben Pope: Men’s basketball will miss out heartbreakingly on an NCAA Tournament

Daily file photo by Daniel Tian

PERI PREPARES Manon Peri sets up for a forehand stroke. The junior will be a major key for the Wildcats if they want to reclaim the Big Ten Title in 2016.

appearance, but women’s basketball will make a run to the Elite Eight. In the fall, the football team’s offense will take a step forward but the loss of key defensive players, a difficult schedule and some bad luck will drop its record to 7-5.

Will Ragatz: Led by the underrated backcourt of senior guard Tre Demps and sophomore guard Bryant McIntosh, men’s basketball will finally end its tournament drought. The women’s basketball team will reach the Sweet 16.

Max Schuman: Men’s basketball struggles in Big Ten play, at one point losing seven straight games. Coach Chris Collins’ seat gets a little warm at the end of a season that started with such promise.

Dan Waldman: Despite starting the season 13-1, NU men’s basketball will miss the NCAA tournament because of its weak schedule. However, Aaron Falzon will make the All-Big Ten freshman team, and Dererk Pardon will cement his role as the starting center for next season.

Joe Wilkinson: Behind All Big-Ten quarterback Clayton Thorson, Northwestern turns in another strong season, but the team finishes 8-4 due to a stronger schedule.

Daily file photo by Jacob Swan

NEW YEAR, SAME CARRIER Justin Jackson breaks loose for a big gain down the sidelines.

The sophomore running back ran the ball almost 300 times in 2015.

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TUESDAY, JANUARY 5, 2016

Huge first quarter stretch propels Cats to victory

By COLE PAXTON

the daily northwestern @ckpaxton

Women’s Basketball

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RUNNING WILD Christen Inman drives around a defender. The junior guard propelled Northwestern to a huge first quarter lead that visiting Nebraska was unable to overcome.

Men’s Soccer

Former NU players Calistri, Miller sign with MLS teams

Two former Wildcats have found themselves on MLS rosters.

First, forward Joey Calistri signed a homegrown contract with the Chicago Fire, the team

announced in December.

Calistri is the seventh “homegrown player,” a Chicago-area product that signs with the team, in Fire history and his signing marks the thirdstraight year a Northwestern player has signed an MLS contract. The Deerfield, Illinois, native played for Chicago’s U-18 and U-23 teams, totaling 51 games between the levels from 2010 to 2015.

“Coming up through the Fire youth system, the dream has always been to play for the first team,” Calistri said in a news release. “It’s an incredible

In just a short three-minute span, junior guard Christen Inman led Northwestern to 17 points.

Nebraska, on the other hand, was held scoreless.

The Wildcats’ 17-0 run midway through the opening quarter set the tone for No. 14 NU (12-2, 1-1 Big Ten) in an 85-62 win over Nebraska (9-4, 0-2) on Sunday at Welsh-Ryan Arena.

“We just really want to focus on us, and the things we do well,” Inman said. “Coming out hot and coming out fast was one of the things we said we needed to do.”

The Cats shot an exceptional 7-of-9 from the field during those three minutes and went 3-of-4 from 3-point range.

NU players hit layups and jumpers, both assisted and unassisted.

No one player took charge of the scoring during the run. Inman and senior guard Maggie Lyon each had 5 points in that time, and every Cats’ starter made at least one shot.

NU’s three 3-point shots all came from different players: Inman, Lyon and junior forward Nia Coffey.

“Our big four … came out ready to play, got off to a great start,” coach Joe McKeown said of Coffey, Inman, Lyon and junior guard Ashley Deary.

“We’re hitting shots, but we’re taking great shots.

That’s what I’m really more concerned with.”

NU did not simply outpace the Cornhuskers on the scoreboard.

An undersized Cats team out-rebounded Nebraska 6-3 and forced a pair of turnovers honor to play for my hometown club.”

During his collegiate career, Calistri was a fouryear starter and finished tied for second all-time with 30 goals scored. Calistri is also the first fourtime All-Big Ten selection in program history and won Big Ten Freshman of the Year in 2012.

Additionally, former Northwestern goalie Tyler Miller signed a one-year contract with the Seattle Sounders FC, the team announced in December.

Miller was drafted in the second round of the 2015 MLS SuperDraft by the Sounders, but instead elected to play for SVN Zweibrücken of

during the run.

The visiting team struggled mightily shooting the ball during the three-minute span, going 0-of-7 from the floor. NU’s interior defense was so strong that the Cornhuskers attempted only one layup during the stretch, which was blocked

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We just really want to focus on us, and the things we do well. Coming out hot and coming out fast was one of the things we said we needed to do.

Christen Inman, junior guard

by Coffey.

“We didn’t handle pressure very well,” Nebraska coach Connie Yori said. “I would say that’s the big thing, and they got a lot of transition baskets because of that.”

The two teams were fairly evenly matched outside of the stretch; the Cats outscored Nebraska by just 8 points over the remainder of the game.

The deciding run came as part of NU’s 28-point first quarter, which ties for the second most points the Cats have scored in a quarter this season.

Coffey said defense remains the key for NU despite the early offensive explosion.

“We just really wanted to focus on our defensive pressure,” she said. “It really started with Ashley and Inman … We just wanted to match that.” colepaxton2019@u.northwestern.edu the German Fourth Division.

Following a short stint there, Miller signed with Seattle’s reserve team, Seattle Sounders FC 2, in July before undergoing thumb surgery later that month.

The Woodbury, New Jersey, native was a fouryear starter for the Cats and recorded an all-time school record 36 shutouts during his collegiate career. He was also a First Team All-Big Ten selection three times.

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We’re not going to beat a top five team in the country by going 2-of-20 from three.

— Chris Collins, men’s basketball coach

Men’s Basketball Ohio State at NU, 8 p.m. Wednesday

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Reality Check NU falls to No. 4 Maryland at home, 10-game win streak snapped No. 4 Maryland

By DAN WALDMAN

the daily northwestern @dan_waldman

Northwestern men’s basketball came into Saturday’s game with its best record in school history, but the team had no answer for Maryland’s explosive offense led by guard Rasheed Sulaimon.

The Wildcats (13-2, 1-1 Big Ten) fell to the No. 4 Terrapins (13-1, 2-0) 72-59 in a game that was not as close as the final score indicated.

NU’s defense could not compete with Maryland’s dynamic combination of post offense and perimeter shooting, and guard Melo Trimble picked apart the team’s zone defense in the loss.

Going into halftime, the Cats trailed the Terps, 40-20, and could not find a way to convert on their scoring opportunities. Sophomore guard Bryant McIntosh led all NU scorers in the first half with seven points, and senior guard Tre Demps only shot one-ofeight from the field in the first half.

Sulaimon ravaged NU’s defense in the first half, shooting 5-of-5 from the field for 13 points. The Cats’ efforts to keep centers Damonte Dodd and Diamond Stone in check backfired, allowing the Terps to shoot 35.5 percent from three and 46.6 percent from the field.

“In our zone we were trying to switch things.” McIntosh said. “It’s tough, they have guys that can put the ball on the floor and get to the

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basket and they have shooters that can spread the floor.”

Following the break, McIntosh started to spark the Cats’ offense, finishing with 17 points and nine assists.

But the guard could not sufficiently carry the team, which collectively shot 2-of-20 from three.

“We’re not going to beat a top five team in the country by going 2-of-20 from three,” coach Chris Collins said.

“Especially with Alex (Olah) not out there. It’s just not going to work.”

McIntosh did not receive much support from the rest of the offense, and was the only player to score in double figures. Dodd and Stone also kept freshman center Dererk Pardon quiet after his breakout game against Nebraska on Tuesday when he scored 28 points. Pardon finished with 8 points and 5 rebounds.

“We got to move forward like I told the guys somebody may prove me wrong but I don’t see anyone going 18-0 in our league,” Collins said. “We won our first game and now we have to flush this one out.”

The Cats will host Ohio State on Wednesday for a chance to reclaim their winning Big Ten record.

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TERRAPINNED Maryland guard Rasheed Sulaimon shoots a jumper over junior forward Sanjay Lumkpin. The danielwaldman2019@u.northwestern.edu Maryland backcourt scored 40 of the Terrapins’ 72 points.

Inability to contain talented Terrapin backcourt dooms Wildcats

By COLE PAXTON

the daily northwestern @ckpaxton

Rasheed Sulaimon and Melo Trimble attacked Northwestern’s man defense and its zone defense. They nailed 3-pointers and dished dazzling assists. They made plays frequently and at big times. On Saturday, the Wildcats simply couldn’t stop the Maryland duo.

The guards combined for 40 points on 9-of-18 shooting on 3s, leading the way in the No. 4

Terrapins’ (13-1, 2-0 Big Ten) 72-59 win over NU (13-2, 1-1) at WelshRyan Arena.

“I thought our initial defense, when we got them stopped in the transition, I thought our zone presented some problems,” coach Chris Collins said. “The end of clocks and some of the turnovers and runouts I thought were the things that killed us.”

The Cats had no answer for Sulaimon in the first half. The senior scored 13 points before the break on perfect 3-of-3 shooting from beyond the arc. Roles very much reversed in

the second, when Trimble had 17 points and nailed four 3s.

The duo worked excellently together in the first half, as Trimble assisted on four of Sulaimon’s five field goals. Trimble was an offensive wizard in an extended 22-9 Maryland run midway through the first half, dishing out three assists and hitting a pair of baskets of his own.

“They’re a very skilled team,” sophomore guard Bryant McIntosh said. “They’re a tough team to guard.”

If the first half was a model of consistency for Sulaimon and

Trimble, the second was one of big plays.

With the crowd on its feet after the Cats cut the deficit to 14, Trimble drained a 3 just moments before the shot clock expired. After another similar run shortly thereafter that brought NU within 14, Sulaimon swished a 3 to take Maryland’s advantage to 56-39.

Their passing was just as impressive as their scoring. Sulaimon and Trimble combined for 14 assists — more than the 11 the Cats had as a team. The two guards combined for just one turnover.

“Our guards’ assist-to-turnover ratio — Rasheed and Melo — tonight was tremendous,” Maryland coach Mark Turgeon said.

The Terrapins’ backcourt strongly outperformed their NU counterpart.

McIntosh and senior guard Tre Demps combined for 26 points on 11-of-32 shooting.

For Collins, the story was the performance of Sulaimon and Trimble.

“I thought they were exceptional,” he said. “They played like big time guards tonight.” colepaxton2019@u.northwestern.edu

Northwestern dominates Cornhuskers for first Big Ten win

By GARRETT JOCHNAU

Women’s Basketball

the daily northwestern @garrettjochnau

TRIPLE THREAT Ashley Deary dribbles up the court. The junior guard almost notched a triple-double against Nebraska, with 15 points, 8 assists and 8 steals.

If Thursday’s loss to Penn State called into question the legitimacy of Northwestern’s No. 14 rank, Sunday’s double-digit rout of Nebraska reaffirmed the Wildcats’ status as a top Big Ten team.

NU (12-2, 1-1 Big Ten) downed the visiting Cornhuskers (9-4, 0-2 Big Ten) 85-62 to earn its first win of the new year.

“We challenged our team defensively in practice,” coach Joe McKeown said. “I love how they responded today. They came out ready to play.”

Nebraska opened with the contest’s first basket, but NU’s subsequent 17-0 run left the Huskers in a deep hole from which they never emerged.

Though NU didn’t add to its lead immediately before or after halftime, a 24-point final period from the Cats allowed them to dance away with the commanding win.

Junior forward Nia Coffey led the

Daily file photo by Sam Schumacher

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Cats with 25 points and 17 rebounds, good for her Big Ten-leading ninth double-double of the season. She also added four blocks and three steals.

“Thank goodness she’s only a junior,” McKeown said about his superstar.

Coffey’s big day was complemented by junior guard Christen Inman’s 25 points and five assists.

Her team-leading five three-pointers — the team hit a collective 12 — were a career high.

“It really just helps me get into a flow offensively,” Inman said on her team-high 17 first-half points. “I just want to do anything I can to help my team … Scoring those 17 points, it helped put my team ahead.”

Junior guard Ashley Deary turned in a balanced performance, finishing with 15 points, eight assists, eight steals and six rebounds.

Her trademark scrappy defense proved crucial as the Cats won the turnover battle to garner momentum during their first- and fourth-quarter runs.

“I tell (Deary) once a week that she’s the best point guard in the Big Ten,” McKeown said. “When she plays like that, it’s just awesome to watch.”

Though NU dominated along the perimeter, it also gained a strong advantage inside. On the heels of a loss to Penn State in which the Cats struggled on the glass, the team managed a season-high 57 rebounds.

The rebounding effort, which Coffey said is dependent on how much “heart” the team brings, showed what the Cats are capable of in an area that many deem to be their biggest weakness.

“We just really want to focus on having really efficient, hard practices and have that translate to the game,” Coffey said. “So we’re just going to take everything and learn from it and keep moving forward.” garrettjochnau2019@u.northwestern.edu