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Workshop on whiteness debuts
LGBT advocacy in Israel discussed
NU to begin workshop about race targeted for white students
Israeli activists talk state of affairs after Pride parade stabbing
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Although trials persist and tragedies linger, it is getting better for one of the most prominent LGBT rights organization in Jerusalem, said Sarah Kala, executive director of Jerusalem Open House. Kala spoke to a crowd of about 15 at Fiedler Hillel on Thursday with her colleague Tom Canning, director of development for JOH, an LGBT organization in Jerusalem that organizes the city’s annual March for Pride and Tolerance. Their visit came five months after a fatal stabbing during the Jerusalem Pride parade organized by JOH in which a man stabbed six participants, CNN reported. One of the participants, a 16-yearold girl, died soon after the attack from her wounds. Kala, who was present during the attack, discussed her experience. “I’m still in shock,” Kala said. “It’s been six months, and it doesn’t matter what I do, where I go. … It’s still inside everyone who was there.” However, from the attack came a new sense of solidarity, Canning said. Many organizations who had previously avoided contact with JOH expressed their condolences and condemned the attack. “From this, we tried to make change, we tried to make progress,” Canning said. “And what we saw was some of the religious communities that weren’t willing to talk, that were afraid of us, suddenly realized how important it was to engage with LGBT community and reach out to us.” Canning said he and Kala work with about 200 volunteers providing services to the community, including HIV testing and counseling. They welcome a diverse range of clientele, including ultra-orthodox Jews and Arabs, who face cultural challenges to » See PRIDE, page 6
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SLOW TO SNOW A plow clears away piles of snow during a blizzard that swept through the Chicago area last February. The storm ranked as the area’s fifth worst snowstorm in history and caused Evanston to declare a snow emergency for two days.
City saves money due to lack of snow By BILLY KOBIN
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Infrequent snowfall in Evanston in December saved the city nearly $50,000. December 2015 was the hottest
winter on record in the continental United States, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and city officials said snowfall in the city was down compared to previous winters. The city has saved thousands of » See SNOW, page 6
Northwestern’s Campus Inclusion and Community is launching a workshop examining race, specifically geared toward white students. Titled “Deconstructing Whiteness,” the guiding principle of the workshop is that social justice work should start by examining self-identity before trying to understand the experiences of others, said Michele Enos, assistant director of Social Justice Education, an office within the Division of Student Affairs. Enos, who will be leading the workshop, said this initiative has been a goal of hers since she helped create a similar group for white Northwestern staff members last year. “There’s a lot of space on this campus for conversations to happen around issues of privilege and specifically around issues of white privilege,” she said. The workshop, which will begin Tuesday and run once a week through March at the Women’s Center, will encompass several topics, including terminology used in conversations of race, the history and meaning of whiteness, white guilt and the difference between intellectualizing and feeling racism, Enos said. She said discussions will reveal how racism operates in people’s everyday lives in ways they often fail to consider. “Especially with everything that’s happening both on this campus and other campuses and in this country, I think now is a very important time for white people to start to understand their role in doing social justice work,” Enos said. Enos said she expects about 15 participants for this workshop but hopes to continue to strengthen and develop this initiative going forward.
SESP junior Matt Herndon, a member of the Sustained Dialogue leadership team, said “Deconstructing Whiteness” will help students more clearly understand their identities by generating challenging conversations that don’t happen enough on Northwestern’s campus. “A lot of the time, people don’t really think about how their whiteness impacts their daily experiences and how institutions are set up to support that whiteness,” Herndon said. Kate Gladstone, a Communication senior who is also part of Sustained Dialogue, said because whiteness is a dominant identity, people often think of it as a neutral identity and neglect to examine it as a race with important implications. She said the workshop will offer white students a unique opportunity to take initiative in teaching and learning about race. “It’s important to have a space for white students to have these discussions because so often the burden of teaching about race and racial injustice falls on the shoulders of people of color, and that’s an unfair burden for them to bear,” Gladstone said. She said although some of the conversations will likely be difficult or uncomfortable, these discussions are essential in order to work toward social justice. “Learning happens when we’re uncomfortable but safe, and I think that’s the goal of setting up a space like this,” Gladstone said. “I think that the kind of self-work that a workshop like this demands holds a lot of promise.” Enos said all participants will be encouraged to be vulnerable and open to ensure they can truly get something meaningful from the workshop. She said she thinks the students will become more comfortable sharing the space with each other as they start to discuss their personal experiences with race. “The space will give white people a chance to forgive one another and to support one another and to learn how to challenge one another,” she said. juliadoran2018@u.northwestern.edu
Activist talks school-to-prison pipeline By FATHMA RAHMAN
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Chicago-based organizer and educator Mariame Kaba said Thursday one of the driving forces behind the disproportionate incarceration of black people in the U.S. is an unfair
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education system. Kaba was the first speaker of a quarter-long series hosted by Unshackle NU, a private prison divestment campaign launched Tuesday. Kaba is the founder of Project Nia, an organization she said implements a restorative, community-based justice model that operates through conversation and mediation, rather
than punishment, for students. She involved the audience of about 80 in a conversation focusing on the “schoolto-prison pipeline” and its relationship to private prisons. Unshackle NU was founded to pressure the University to divest from international security company G4S, Corrections Corporation of America and The GEO Group, Inc., in addition
to a longer list of companies the campaign says the University invests in that relate to the prison industrial complex. William McLean, NU’s chief investment officer, told The Daily in an email Thursday that NU has less than $1 million invested in G4S and » See PIPELINE, page 6
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Around Town Campaign to reduce Evanston food waste launches By JULIET FREUDMAN
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Evanston residents involved in a campaign aimed at reducing food waste in the city held a meeting Thursday to initiate community dialogue about local food insecurity. The campaign, Plates Over Waste, brought together residents and Northwestern students for a public discussion at Coffee Lab, 910 Noyes St. Plates Over Waste is an initiative within the Millennial Action Committee, a political action group that works with Evanston youth to address community issues, said Bobby Burns, the committee’s co-chair and co-founder of the campaign. Devon Malcolm Reid, Millennial Action Committee co-chair and Plates Over Waste co-founder, said he and Burns were inspired by French legislation passed in May. The unanimous decision by the French National Assembly obliged supermarkets to donate unsold food to charity or to repurpose the food as animal feed. Plates Over Waste is seeking similar changes in Evanston, where Reid said one in seven residents suffer from food insecurity and 270 tons of food are wasted every week.
Police Blotter Four kids caught stealing candy at Valli Produce Four juveniles were caught stuffing candy into a backpack at a Valli Produce at 1910 Dempster St. on Wednesday afternoon, police said. When a store employee confronted them at approximately 4:50 p.m., the 13-year-old boy holding the backpack dropped it in the store and the four juveniles ran off, said Evanston Police Department spokesman Perry Polinski. Police located the 13-year-old in the 1100 block of Darrow Avenue. They returned him home and he apologized to the store, Polinski said. The other three involved are in the process of
The event was an open dialogue among organizations fighting to limit food waste. Representatives from Evanston Food Exchange, Edible Evanston and Zero Percent attended and shared their opinions on moving forward with the campaign. “We’re all here because we’re passionate about this issue,” Reid said to the gathering of approximately 30 people. “Working through value-based issues, we can show young people that through the democratic process, they can make change in their community.” As a sector of the Millennial Action Committee, Plates Over Waste prioritizes reaching young members of the community, Burns said. Evanston Township High School students spoke at the meeting about ways in which their school can partner with Plates Over Waste. Representatives from NU Campus Kitchens and Points for a Purpose, two University initiatives concerned with food waste on campus, also participated in the discussion. “The whole issue of hunger and food insecurity is not so much a problem that there’s not enough food, it’s more how the food is distributed,“ said NU Campus Kitchens vice president Jing Lee, a SESP junior. “There’s so much edible food that’s going into the trash while there are people who don’t even know when their next meal is going to be, so that’s a problem that can be simply solved if you redistribute the food.” being identified by police but the store has decided not to press charges because they recovered the candy, Polinski said.
Police respond to shots fired call Wednesday afternoon
An Evanston resident reported hearing three shots fired at the intersection of Sheridan Road and Hamilton Street — about a mile south of Northwestern’s campus boundary — at approximately 7:40 p.m. Wednesday afternoon, police said. The caller also reported a car driving away shortly after hearing the shots, Polinski said. He added police searched the area but didn’t find anything.
The ordinance Plates Over Waste hopes to pass would reduce the amount of food wasted and redistribute the unused, edible food to those who need it, Lee said. “Their push to get more restaurants donating wasted food or recovered food would be really helpful for us as a way to engage more in the community,” NU Campus Kitchens program coordinator Samantha Warren told The Daily. Warren also said many restaurants do not understand the process of donating unused food and mistakenly assume there are legal ramifications for doing so, but through education, Plates Over Waste can teach the community how to safely donate food to Evanston residents who need it. More so, Reid said the 1996 Bill Emerson Good Samaritan Food Donation Act protects food businesses that donate food from liability if the beneficiaries get sick from it. Organizers said the discussion at Coffee Lab was Plates Over Waste’s first step in a larger process of advocating for political change. Reid said he hopes for an ordinance that will require Evanston grocers to donate unsold food and for Evanston restaurants to compost. In addition to such policy changes, Plates Over Waste aims to educate the public about donating and
composting unused food, Burns said at the event. “We wanted all those people who wanted to express themselves to have an opportunity to express themselves, and I think that was done,” he told The Daily. “As far as this campaign, it really is everybody that’s leading it.” julietfreudman2019@u.northwestern.edu
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FOOD FOR THOUGHT SESP junior Jing Lee addresses a community discussion about food waste on Thursday. The meeting marked the beginning of a new campaign called Plates Over Waste which hopes to redistribute unused food.
Setting the record straight A story that appeared in Tuesday’s paper titled “Three Divvy stations to open on campus this spring” misstated the number of Divvy stations that will open this year. Ten stations will open. It also misrepresented Katherine Knapp’s statement about potential Divvy routes. Knapp said students will be able to travel into downtown Evanston as well as to the Main Street CTA station.
A story that appeared in Tuesday’s paper titled “State senator discusses education, social justice,” misstated the office Napoleon Harris ran for in 2013. Harris ran for a seat in the U.S. House of Representatives. The Daily regrets the errors.
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On Campus Students shave heads to fight cancer NU chapter of cancer research foundation begins recruiting new members By RACHEL SILVERSTEIN
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The newly formed Northwestern chapter of pediatric cancer research foundation, St. Baldrick’s, is recruiting new members and spreading the word about its April 16 headshaving fundraiser. Brian Liu, the volunteer event chair and founder of the NU chapter of St. Baldrick’s, has been involved with the organization for more than a decade. “I’ve been shaving my head for St. Baldrick’s since maybe fourth or fifth grade, so it’s been a part of my life for a really long time,” the Weinberg junior said. The foundation held its first event in a Manhattan pub on St. Patrick’s Day in 2000, where the first 19 heads were shaved. Since then, it has become a nationwide organization, shaving more than 50,000 heads and raising more than $36 million in 2015. St. Baldrick’s, committed to combatting childhood cancer, donates all of the money it raises from head shaving events and other fundraisers to fund research through the Children’s Oncology Group. “Research for childhood cancer is some of the most underfunded cancer research,” said Keaton McNamara, the NU chapter’s outreach chair. The mortality rate for kids diagnosed with childhood cancers is much higher than that of the more common cancers found in adults, the Weinberg sophomore said. The act of shaving heads is unique, McNamara said, because it is both an effective way to raise money and a strong statement of support for kids who lose their hair as a result of
chemotherapy and other treatments. “When (kids) lose their hair during chemo, it can be a really traumatic thing and it’s a really isolating thing that they have to deal with,” said Ushasi Naha, one of St. Baldrick’s two recruitment chairs. “This is supposed to show support and solidarity in the most visible way and at the same time, the money that is raised is going towards finding a cure for these diseases.” The NU chapter of St. Baldrick’s, which launched at the start of this quarter, is still in the beginning stages of development. It has established three executive positions so far, and the executive board is working on organizing committees under each position, McNamara said. In the next few months, the executive board’s goal is to spread the word about their work, Naha said. “We’ll be doing fundraising events, profit shares and we’re thinking about When (kids) trying to do things lose their hair with other organizaduring chemo, tions that have similar so that we can it can be a really causes combine forces,” said traumatic thing Naha, a Weinberg and it’s a really junior. The organization’s isolating thing main focus for this that they have year is the shaving event in April, Liu to deal with. said. “Participants will Ushasi Naha, shave their heads as St. Baldrick’s recruitment chair both an act of solidarity with children who lose their hair from chemo and, more importantly, as a means of raising money,” Liu said. The goal is to not only make this event an annual tradition, but also to extend its scope beyond campus to involve Evanston and even Chicago residents in fundraising and
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Proactivity should be President Schapiro’s next move ISABELLA SOTO
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The morning of Jan. 15, the Washington Post published an opinion piece about safe spaces on college campuses written by our very own University President Morton Schapiro. While first reading the piece, I liked what Schapiro was saying. I thought the anecdote about the black students eating in the cafeteria was an apt one. He acknowledged the importance of safe spaces for students and rightfully recognized the efforts of the black student activists whose actions saved the Black House in November. Something didn’t sit right with me after reading, though. I felt as though I had glossed over the crucial point of the article but later realized it was the article that had failed to address something. Although it’s good that Schapiro is capable of recognizing the power of student activism and the critical role that safe spaces have on
our campus, the real work comes in dismantling the social structures and ideas that perpetuate student marginalization. Safe spaces are valuable beyond words and essential sites of historical preservation, community and support, but the administration shouldn’t act as though the existence of safe spaces resolves the issue of student marginalization. Schapiro’s acknowledgement of safe spaces feels more like an appeasement than a bold and radical statement of solidarity with the student body. In failing to suggest continued action of any form and deciding to settle for and praise what is already “working,” his complacency reveals itself. He claims that “the best hope we have of creating an inclusive community is to first create spaces where members of each group feel safe.” But what happens when the University has already failed at that? In a recent letter to the editor, the Native American and Indigenous Student Alliance criticized Schapiro for his comments against “sanitizing history” when discussing the removal of John Evans’ name from several Northwestern buildings and rooms. When the presence of a problematic
historical figure manifests itself on campus and American Indian and indigenous students are expected to deal with this on a daily basis, where can these students go to find a safe space? The University is complicit in glorifying someone who played a role in one of the worst genocides against American Indian and indigenous populations, and while the concerns of NAISA have been voiced on multiple occasions, the issue seems to be of little to no concern to the administration.
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The administration shouldn’t act as though the existence of safe spaces resolves the issue of student marginalization.
While it may take time, if the University is truly concerned with creating spaces where members of each group feel safe, they should listen and work with students. They’re currently doing this with the student activists of Black Lives Matter NU as a select group of
students are in discussion with Schapiro and other University administrators regarding the list of demands the group released last November. This will hopefully lead to change that is more focused on bettering Northwestern for black students, students of color and marginalized students. Indefatigable student activists are continuing work on Northwestern Divest, petitions for Sodexo workers’ rights and Unshackle NU, a new campaign calling for the University to divest from private prison companies. So long as there are issues that marginalize students, there will always be something to work for and something to better on this campus. Once there’s change that’s significant enough to write about, maybe then I’ll look forward to another op-ed from President Schapiro. Isabella Soto is a Medill freshman. She can be contacted at isabellasoto2019@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.
Trump is the result of a schism in the Republican party HENRY CAO
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In the current election cycle, Donald Trump’s campaign more closely resembles a three-ring circus than a professional operation. Perhaps such a sideshow is the embarrassment the Republican Party deserves. After all, his ascension did not spring from the ether. Rather, his nativist rhetoric and pompous personality have appealed to poor and uneducated voters who have been pushed to the periphery of the Republican Party, according to a New York Times analysis. And the success of Trump’s sound and fury reflects a broad backlash by the Republican base against the Republican establishment. The ongoing split of the Republican Party into a populist branch and an establishment branch is a result of the Republican Party’s
hardline orthodoxy against Democratic agendas. Such a philosophy has emboldened the most radical members of the party, notably the Freedom Caucus. What’s more, this approach has caused a significant share of the Republican base to become disaffected with the establishment. This can be seen in Trump’s support. When the Republicans seized the Senate in 2014, the Republican Party was suddenly burdened with the expectation of governing effectively. After witnessing the Republican Senators’ letter to the Ayatollah, multiple bills to defund Planned Parenthood and the fall of Speaker John Boehner, the public now has the impression the party is more contrarian than it is principled, and that the radicalism of fringe politicians is slowly spreading throughout the party. The rancor against the Republican establishment has only intensified due to the presidential election cycle. Studies have shown that many Republican-leaning voters prefer political outsiders over experienced politicians. Donald Trump is at the forefront of this
populist revolution, since he has no experience in public office and instead made his career as a real estate mogul. Many Republican voters are eager to divorce themselves from the establishment. Trump supporters rally around him in the hope he will fight political correctness and “make America great again.” Uneducated, poor Republicans do not benefit from establishment policies such as the Trans-Pacific Partnership and tax cuts for the rich. Indeed, Trump’s populist ideas directly challenge the agenda the establishment has ineffectively promoted in Congress. In light of the chaotic Republican primary, the general public should reflect on the broken system of contemporary politics: The measurement of one party’s success should not be at the detriment of the other party. Ironically, Trump voters view the establishment as too moderate. However, the establishment is deeply conservative, which stymies compromise and prevents any progress. Thus, the status quo remains and neither Republicans
nor Democrats are satisfied. The manifestation of voter discontent in the guise of Trump is a real threat to sensible politics. Had the Republican Party taken a more moderate approach to governing, Donald Trump may not have risen to such prominence. Nonetheless, it is incumbent on all voters to discover why politics has devolved to its current state. Voting against Trump will not eradicate his ideas or those who support them. The task of containing dangerous radicals like Trump includes making smart compromises and accepting the fact that voting for the Democrats is against the interest of certain voters. Trump, in short, means everyone, including Republicans, need to move more to the center. Henry Cao is a Weinberg sophomore. He can be reached athenrycao2018@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.
Marriage equality ruling not the end for LGBT activism JOE MADDEN
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Last August, social conservatives nationwide rallied behind Colorado’s winner of the relatively uncompetitive title “Most Homophobic Baker,” Jack C. Phillips. Phillips was found guilty by the Colorado Court of Appeals of violating state law for refusing to bake an engaged gay couple a wedding cake. In its decision, the court noted the absurdly offensive fact that Phillips had baked a cake for the marriage of two dogs, which I presume Phillips was fine with doing because it was between one female dog and one male dog. Regardless, social Republicans came to the defense of Phillips, claiming his First Amendment right to freedom of religion. I am not writing in opposition of their
argument (though I certainly could be), but at the response to the ruling that I heard from friends, teachers and relatives alike: I support LGBT marriage but that is not that big of a deal. Phillips would have made them a cake — just not a wedding cake. Who cares? I have heard similar arguments from a surprising number of my gay friends. They say that we just won the right to marry; that we have come so far in the past 40 years; that we have never had it better and we should not ask for too much. My response to the story was, however, much more personal. The story that I heard was one about another place that would treat people differently because of their sexual orientation. One fewer place where I could be attracted to the gender I am attracted to without repercussion. One more example of homophobia that made me wonder if I would have stalled my coming out had I heard it. I thought about Gloria Steinem, in her HBO documentary, being told by news anchor Harry Reasoner that Ms. magazine
could only make one issue because they had written all there was to write about. I thought about the feminists that protested restaurants with men-only sections, being told by what was supposed to be an objective press that they were asking for too much. Demands for I then thought about one of my LGBT rights favorite Steinem should not be quotes and one of placated by Steinem’s favorite Susan B. Anthony claims that a quotes: “The lot has already primary thing is not that (young been done. girls) know who I am but that they know who they are,” and “Our job is not to make young women grateful. It is to make them ungrateful so they keep going,” respectively. The two feminist heroes articulate the message most essential to activism: keep going. Demands for LGBT rights should not be
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placated by claims that a lot has already been done. Just because gay marriage was legalized nationwide this past summer, just because the military stopped wasting millions of dollars on witch hunts for gay soldiers in 2011, just because sodomy was nationally legalized in 2003, does not mean progress should be halted. It is not the fault of LGBT rights activists that those ridiculous policies were only stopped so recently. They should not be told to stop asking for more just because their movement has never come so far. Just because we have never had it so good does not mean we cannot have it better. And we will eat cake. Joseph Madden is a Weinberg freshman. He can be contacted at josephmadden2019@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.
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From page 1 coming out, Canning said. The organization started as a few friends who recognized the need for social work for the LGBT community, Kala said. She said it has since grown considerably. “It wasn’t easy at all,” Kala said. “Year after
FRIDAY, JANUARY 22, 2016 group’s hope is that if they can get a divestment resolution passed, they can join NU Divest and Fossil Free NU in pushing the University to install a socially responsible investment committee, which she said begins with the current education series. “The primary focus of this campaign is education,” Sanders said. “All of our speakers are well-versed in the different pillars of the prison industrial complex, so hopefully the people who were as engaged as they were at this event will want to come back.” Kaba, who has taught courses at Northwestern and Northeastern Illinois University, founded Project Nia in order to combat the large numbers of students that were removed from the education system, she said, putting them at
greater risk for outcomes such as incarceration. Kaba shifted her focus to youth activism after seeing a school near her Rogers Park home send a large number of young people to prisons and handing out suspensions almost exclusively to black students, she said. “I wanted to create a space within the school called the peace room that would allow for students to stay in the school to get with volunteers who had been trained to practice and work with them as an alternative to suspensions and expulsions,” Kaba said. School plays a major role in shaping an individual into educated, college-ready students, Kaba said, but for people of color, schools play a very different role. “Schools themselves are incarceral in their
nature, and have always pushed out black kids — and that has existed for a very long time,” Kaba said. “They are sources of social reproduction that reinforces the norms of racist, classist, sexist, transphobic society and sort people into various slots.” Weinberg junior Edward Duron, who attended the event, said Kaba’s story reminded him of his own high school experience, which he said included zero-tolerance policies for fighting and other offenses, drug-sniffing dogs and a school police officer. “If it happens at my school, I can imagine it happens so much more in other places,” Duron said.
snow removal category, Maiworm said. “We have definitely in the past exceeded that (budget),” he said. “We have the ability to exceed it as necessary because clearing the streets and maintaining safe mobility for vehicles and pedestrians is not something where we can just say, ‘Oh, sorry. (We’re) out of money!’” The savings in snow removal could potentially help bolster the city’s budget, Maiworm said, especially as Evanston continues to function through the state budget stalemate and waits to see how a state budget would impact the city’s funds. Last winter, the city’s expenses in the snow and ice removal category went over budget
by more than $1 million, said Ashley King, the city’s assistant director of administrative services. “2014(-2015) was an extraordinarily bad year,” King said. Maiworm said while the savings have been significant so far this winter, the season is far from over. He said in previous years, Evanston winters that began mild became more active toward the end of the season and ultimately put the city over budget with snow and ice removal. The lack of snowfall this past December, however, gave the city’s Public Works Agency opportunities to work on other projects instead
of solely removing snow and ice, he added. “There certainly have been winters where we’ve just been busy clearing snow and ice constantly,” Maiworm said. “So this (winter) has given us an opportunity to do a little bit more street repair and concrete work than what we typically would have anticipated.” For now, Maiworm said the savings are nice, but the rest of winter could be much worse in terms of snowfall and conditions. “If we end up saving some money, that’s great,” he said. “And if we end up going over budget, well, it’s disappointing, but it happens.”
year, it got bigger and bigger. Now we are huge. … We are just like people used to say about Israel: We are small but have a large impact.” JOH faces numerous challenges, Kala said at the event. Although many may perceive Israel to be welcoming to the LGBT community, many parts remain less so, she said. Kala differentiated the LGBT experience in more progressive cities like Tel Aviv from the more
conservative Jerusalem. “They come (to the pride march) to have fun in Tel Aviv,” she said. “In Jerusalem, people come to say something. We’re here. We want to be here.” Hillel executive director Michael Simon said inviting JOH to NU was important in advancing Hillel’s mission of inspiring every Jewish student to make a meaningful commitment to
Jewish life. “(Their visit) may inspire students here to think about how are we, in our own community, making sure that we’re embracing people from all different backgrounds, different ways of living, and in our community, different ways of expressing their Judaism,” Simon said.
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Wildcats to face two top-10 opponents at Penn Duals By SOPHIE MANN
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After two weeks of easier opponents, Northwestern will head to Philadelphia this weekend and face tougher competition at Penn Duals. This past weekend was a stellar one for the No. 5 Wildcats, as they came in first in two of three categories. At Penn, however, the team will go head-to-head with two top-10 teams in No. 9 Penn and No. 10 Temple. Coach Laurie Schiller said the increased difficulty of competition and the possible travel restrictions due to the upcoming snowstorm on the East Coast will pose serious challenges for the team. “We have two matches coming up, one that we may be buried in snow,” Schiller said, with a laugh. “Assuming we get there, we have two top-10 teams and three lesser teams, so we’re working toward that.” But the team has more to worry about than
the weather. Four of Temple’s fencers finished in the top 16 at the North American Cup. Additionally, freshman Blessing Olaode finished in the top 50 and Penn sophomore Arabella Uhry finished in the top 25 for sabre, the category NU struggled with the most in San Diego last week. The Quakers are also coming off four wins at the Penn State Duals this past weekend. Northwestern junior Mandeep Bhinder said it is important for the team to focus on practicing and learning more about their opponents. “We have to better understand who we’re fencing,” Bhinder said. “The level of difficulty from this (past) weekend and next weekend are totally different and we have to adjust our mindsets.” Bhinder added the team’s performance this past weekend is a good indicator for the rest of the quarter and the next few weekends should prove fruitful for the Cats. “We didn’t lose any duals we shouldn’t have,” Bhinder said. “We’re prepared.” sophiemann2018@u.northwestern.edu
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NU may employ a similar attitude toward Ferrell that it did against Maryland’s Melo Trimble, who scored a game-high 18 points Tuesday, but needed an inefficient 18 field goal attempts to get there. “Our whole motto is if you can hold a great shooter … to a 1-to-1 point-to-shot ratio, you’ve done a good job,” Collins said after Tuesday’s loss. Last year, Indiana ended the Cats’ 2014-15 season, and any crazy dreams of the program’s first-ever NCAA Tournament berth, with a 71-56 victory in the second round of the Big Ten tournament. If NU wants to break its legendary NCAA Tournament streak this season, it needs to start winning against supposedly superior teams. Saturday’s contest against the Hoosiers offers yet another crucial opportunity to do so.
Wilimovsky is not with the team this season, as he is training for the 2016 Olympics after winning the 10-kilometer open water swim at the FINA World Championships in Kazan, Russia, last summer. In Wilimovsky’s absence, freshman Carter Page has stepped up in the distance freestyle events. After he won both the 500- and 1,000-yard freestyles in convincing fashion last weekend, Page was named the Big Ten Freshman of the Week for the second time this year. His swim in the 1,000 against Notre Dame beat the secondplace finisher by more than 8 seconds. Redshirt freshman Anthony Marcantonio has also stepped up in the freestyle events, winning the 200-yard freestyle against Notre Dame in a personal best time that earned special praise from Schroeder. “Everybody had at least one good swim last
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CATS DUEL A Northwestern fencer duels her opponent. The Wildcats’ matchup in Philadelphia this weekend will be difficult as NU faces two top-10 teams.
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weekend,” sophomore Nick Petersen said. “If we do that again this weekend and win the close races, we’ll have a competitive meet.” Iowa has not competed since the first week of December, when they hosted the Hawkeye Invitational against five other teams. Iowa won that meet in a close competition with the University of Denver, though the top two teams each scored nearly twice as many points as the third place team at the three day competition. Schroder said the tough competition against the Hawkeyes will benefit NU in the long run. It will give the team a challenge and help them sharpen their races before the Big Ten Championships in late February, Schroeder said. “We knocked off the cobwebs (against Notre Dame), we had a good meet, and Iowa is just another step towards Big Tens,” junior Andy Jovanovic said.
in big matches as they prepare for the grind of the Big Ten season, where three other teams have top-25 rankings. This weekend, however, will not be the last time the Cats will face off against the nation’s best outside of their conference. Friday will mark the beginning of an incredibly tough, month-long, nine-match stretch for NU, during which the team is not scheduled to play a team currently outside of the top-60. Still, the Cats are looking forward to proving themselves as an elite team with a winning performance this weekend. “It’s a good opportunity,” Swan said. “Winner of the pod gets into national indoors, which is a pretty good thing, so hopefully we’re ready to go.”
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Our whole motto is if you can hold a great shooter... to a 1-to-1 point-toshot ratio, you’ve done a good job. — Chris Collins, men’s basketball coach
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Wildcats’ unique defense will need to be in top form against offensive juggernaut Indiana
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By BEN POPE
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Days after holding No. 7 Maryland to just 17 second-half points in a near upset, Northwestern will need to again rely on its unique defensive tactics against No. 25 Indiana on Saturday. The Wildcats (15-5, 3-4 Big Ten) will face a Hoosiers (16-3, 6-0) team that has converted 52.3 percent of its shot attempts this season, the highest percentage among all major conference teams and the third-highest among all 351 Division I colleges. But Indiana hasn’t seen anything quite like NU’s matchup zone defense so far this year. Coach Chris Collins has admitted he can’t precisely describe the constantly evolving formation, which originated from a standard 2-3 zone and transformed into an amorphous hybrid zone that focuses primarily on opponents’ top scorers. Players begin in a fairly standard zone shape but rotate on and off opposing players as the opposing offense runs its plays. The defenders on the back line, often forwards such as junior Sanjay Lumpkin and freshman Aaron Falzon, watch the offense’s movement and, along with the coaching staff on the bench, help direct their frontcourt teammates where to go. Speaking last week about the one-ofa-kind system, Collins said its originality
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has not only “kept teams off-balance” but also created a level of defensive confidence within the roster that didn’t exist last season. However, the Cats have dropped backto-back games since then, despite holding the Terrapins — the second-most efficient power-conference offense — to a seasonlow 48 regulation points on Tuesday. On Saturday, NU will need its unusual schemes to work as smoothly as possible. The Hoosiers rank first in the Big Ten in points per game, overall field goal percentage and 3-point percentage. Additionally, Indiana has been on a roll since Dec. 5, winning 11 straight games, and is a perfect 11-0 at home. Illinois coach John Groce saw Indiana’s explosiveness firsthand Tuesday in his team’s 103-69 loss in Bloomington — a game in which the Hoosiers hit a schoolrecord 19 3-pointers. The Cats will need a bounce-back performance from sophomore guard Bryant McIntosh after a Tuesday performance where he shot at his lowest efficiency (5-for-18) since Nov. 23. McIntosh will likely go head-to-head against Indiana guard Yogi Ferrell, who is one of only three players in the conference — along with McIntosh and Michigan State’s Denzel Valentine — who rank in the top-10 in both points and assists per game.
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Cats hope to improve at ITAs
NU looks to rebound at Iowa after loss
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Northwestern will have a chance to qualify for the prestigious ITA National Indoor Championships this weekend with two wins over top teams. The No. 25 Wildcats (2-0) will start in a four team grouping with a match against No. 24 Tulsa, who is fresh off a 4-3 victory over No. 27 California. If NU wins its first match on Friday, it will then play the winner of No. 7 Illinois and No. 36 Notre Dame the next day. A loss will put the Cats in the third place match against the loser of Illinois-Notre Dame. Illinois is the group’s top seed and will be hosting by virtue of its top-15 ranking. Junior Strong Kirchheimer said the team is expecting a stiff challenge this weekend.
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“Every team at the kickoff is pretty good, so we’ll have our back to the wall, but we’ll see what we can do,” Kirchheimer said. “We’re a good team as well and everyone else there is good, so hopefully we can get it done.” NU certainly has reason to believe it can beat any of the country’s top teams after a resounding 4-0 victory in the season opener over then-No. 36 Louisville on the road last Sunday. The Cats followed up that match with another 4-0 win later in the day over Chicago State. Freshman Ben Vandixhorn found himself in the starting lineup in both matches and was excited to earn victories in both of them. “It was fun, everyone had a really
good energy,” Vandixhorn said. “It was really nice to get the first win.” Coach Arvid Swan said he expects the lineup to move around going forward, but with the success Vandixhorn has had, Swan said the freshman has the opportunity to develop into a strong option at the bottom of a lineup that is otherwise stocked with upperclassmen. NU’s experience will certainly be helpful in the National Indoors, a tournament in which 60 of the nation’s top teams compete in 15 four-team groupings, with the winners of each group earning a trip to the National Indoor Championships hosted by last year’s NCAA champion, Virginia. Advancing would be a big step forward for the Cats, who finished second in their group last year behind Oklahoma. Getting to Charlottesville would give NU more key experience » See MEN’S TENNIS, page 7
By TUCKER JOHNSON
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After dusting off their racing suits last weekend, the Wildcats are set to host Iowa at the Norris Aquatics Center on Saturday. Northwestern is coming off a tough loss last weekend at Notre Dame, where they lost 166-132. There, NU won 7-of-16 events and only missed out on other wins by small margins. Although Iowa is currently unranked, coach Jarod Schroeder said he thinks they are a stronger team than last weekend’s opponent. “They have a couple guys who have been to NCAA’s before, and they bring a little more experience than Notre Dame,” Schroeder said.
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“Notre Dame has a pretty young team as well.” The Cats’ last meeting with Iowa did not go well for Schroeder’s squad. NU lost 171-129 to thenNo. 19 Iowa one year ago, though they still managed to win all five individual freestyle events. Almog Olshtein won the 50- and 100-yard freestyle, Charlie Cole won the 200 and Jordan Wilimovsky carried the 500- and 1,000-yard competitions by large margins. The Cats also won the 1 meter diving event, as Andrew Cramer scored 292.73 points. » See MEN’S SWIMMING, page 7
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