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No dining change after WHO report By BENJAMIN DIN

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Sodexo currently has no plans to change policies in response to a report released Oct. 26 linking certain meats to cancer, a Sodexo spokeswoman said. Last week, the World Health Organization released a report linking processed meats to cancer. Despite the report, Sodexo has not recalled products in response to the study as of Friday, said Rachel Tilghman, Sodexo’s director of communications and engagement at NU. Regular consumption of processed meats, including bacon, hot dogs and sausages, can cause colorectal cancer, according to the report. The WHO classified processed meats as Group 1, meaning they are “carcinogenic to humans.” Although this is in the same group as tobacco smoking and asbestos, the WHO said this does not mean they are equally carcinogenic. It also classified red meats in Group 2A, meaning they are “probably carcinogenic to humans.” Although Sodexo has not responded to the study, Tilghman said there are two main ways that policies get changed in dining halls: through a corporate directive or through an on-campus initiative. “If it’s a policy that the University or our director of dining or our program and our student groups here would like to change, we can also change it,” she said last week. “No one has brought any changes to our

team as of this week that I’m aware of.” Karen Sechowski, NU’s campus dietitian who started in June, said there have not been any discussions about potential changes in response to the studies. However, students should always be mindful of their eating habits in the dining hall, she said. “At some point in your life, you need to learn how to make these choices,” she told The Daily last week. “If you hear something like that from a reputable source like the World Health Organization, students should make good choices accordingly.” Real Food at NU co-director Miranda Cawley said she is not sure how effective the study will be in changing any policies or eating habits. She compared the report to other reports on high fructose corn syrup having negative health effects, which have caused minimal to no changes in people’s eating habits. “There’ve been reports coming out for ages about different foods that allegedly give you certain type of cancers, and they continue to be served in dining halls,” the Medill senior said. “Just because reports are coming out that say things are unhealthy does not mean that there’s going to be anything necessarily that we’re seeing in changes in diet, in policy or availability in dining halls.” For change to occur, Cawley said things needs to take place on a larger scale. Because a lot of consumer options are dictated by the food industry, she said it is not » See MEAT, page 7

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INTELLECTUAL CONVERSATION Darush Mabadi, Katherine Week and Bob Hariman sit at a communal table in Unicorn Cafe discussing politics and literature. They are part of a larger group of about 15 people.

Coffee and friendship at Unicorn By DAVID FISHMAN

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One icy morning in 1992, Steven Lubet and his Siberian Husky came upon a new cafe on Sherman Avenue. Looking for a cup of coffee, Lubet walked in and sat down. Twenty-three years later, he still returns to Unicorn Cafe every morning — where he has found companionship in addition to coffee. Lubet, a Northwestern law professor, is part of an eclectic group of 50- to 70-year-olds who meet daily at Unicorn, 1723 Sherman Ave. Over the course of its history, the group of baby boomers has included a former Navy SEAL, an architect and Pulitzer Prizewinning author Garry Wills, who dedicated one of his books to the people he calls the “Unicorn symposiasts.”

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EATING AT FRAN’S A student dines at Fran’s Cafe. Sodexo has said there are currently no plans to take action regarding last week’s health report that there is a link between processed meat and cancer.

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Today, there are more than 15 members who meet every day at about 7 a.m. to drink coffee, mock Donald Trump and lament the Chicago Cubs’ track record. “It’s a classic Habermasian coffeehouse where any topic is legitimate, and nothing’s off limits,” said Communication Prof. Bob Hariman, who has been part of the group for more than a decade. But before the group morphed into its current form, members were spread across multiple tables and cafes in town. An arbitrary genesis In the 1980s, Evanston was mostly devoid of coffeehouses, said Rob Clarke, an Episcopalian priest and former Navy SEAL who used to be a regular member of the group. So when the now-defunct Cafe Express on Dempster Street opened at the end of the decade, it was a hit.

It was there that the earliest iteration of the Unicorn group, called the “philosophers’ table,” was born. “It was a kind of salon in the European sense,” said NU history Prof. Jeff Rice, who co-founded the group. “There was an enormous amount of humor, an enormous amount of pomposity and an enormous amount of good fun.” As the philosophers added members, another parallel group began to form. Founded by a therapist and a priest, it was initially labeled by Lubet as the “psychologists’ table,” he said. But in reality, the crowd was far more diverse. “We’d chat about everything from the Three Stooges to international economics,” Clarke said. For a time, Cafe Express filled the small city’s needs. But gradually, as

The 23-year-old woman was driving herself and two others to St. Francis Hospital in the 300 block of Ridge Avenue at about 10:30 p.m. when her car jumped the curb and struck a bicyclist, Evanston police Cmdr. Joseph Dugan said. Police said the three individuals, two women and one man, were shot in the 1500 block of Morse Avenue in Chicago, the same block where Medill previously operated a

storefront newsroom for journalism classes. The bicyclist, who works as a nurse at St. Francis Hospital, sustained a compound fracture on her left leg but is in stable condition, he said. Police said the driver is not in custody and has not been charged.

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Federal gov recalls meat distributed in Illinois By ROBIN OPSAHL

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The U.S. Department of Agriculture issued a recall Friday on more than 300 pounds of meat sold in Illinois and Wisconsin, after the distributor called back uninspected food. A Canadian meat producer recalled 332 pounds of beef, chicken and pork No one has dumplings that were imported to the reported any U.S. in early Octoproblems yet, ber. Pelmen Foods, but that doesn’t a business located mean it’s safe to in Ontario, Canada, recalled the meat earconsume. lier this week for not Alexandra Tarrant, being inspected at the USDA spokeswoman U.S. border. While the USDA hadn’t received any reports of food poisoning or problems caused by the food as of Saturday, Alexandra Tarrant, a spokeswoman for the USDA, said that without inspection, there’s still a chance of adverse health effects. “No one has reported any problems yet, but that doesn’t mean it’s safe to consume,” Tarrant told The Daily. Because of the absence of any inspection, the recall was classified as Class I by the USDA

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— which means the department determined there was “reasonable probability that the consumption of the product will cause serious adverse health consequences or death.” In addition to Pelmen Foods meat, All American Meats announced Sunday it is recalling about 167,500 pounds of ground beef after finding E. coli at its establishment. David Abelman, an employee at Jewel Osco, 1128 Chicago Ave., said the store responds immediately to USDA recalls by disposing of products and encourages customers to listen to recall announcements. “We do what we can on our end to make sure customers don’t get bad products,” Abelman said. “But in these cases, where the meat was sold long before the recall happened, we encourage customers to be cooking their food fully to kill harmful bacteria and throwing out food that’s been labeled as contaminated or risky.” In both of the cases, the USDA urges buyers not to consume the products being recalled and to throw away or return meats to the place of purchase. The USDA has also instructed people on how to prepare meat for safe consumption when possibly contaminated with E. coli, including keeping cooking spaces clean, not allowing raw foods to come into contact with other foods and cooking meats at temperatures of 160 degrees or higher. The USDA recommends consumers concerned about having eaten contaminated food or having health effects because of food being recalled contact a healthcare provider immediately. robinopsahl2018@u.northwestern.edu missing from his bedroom in the 2000 block of Maple Avenue at about 11:50 p.m., said Evanston police Cmdr. Joseph Dugan. The man said his guest’s Longchamp purse containing her debit card, $40 and her ID was also missing from the kitchen, Dugan said. Police said they believe the burglary occurred sometime between 11:30 a.m. and 11:50 p.m.

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Pianist Marilyn Nonken has performed at Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, the Guggenheim Museum, and Le Poisson Rouge. She is director of piano studies and associate professor of music and music education at New York University’s Steinhardt School. This performance is focused on Morton Feldman’s spare, trance-like Triadic Memories, described by the composer as “the biggest butterfly in captivity.”

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The combined forces of Northwestern’s Symphony Orchestra, Chorale, and Bienen Contemporary/Early Vocal Ensemble offer two iconic contemporary works by winners of the University’s Michael Ludwig Nemmers Prize in Music Composition: the Midwest premiere of Kaija Saariaho’s Oltra Mar and John Adams’s On the Transmigration of Souls. Both works were commissioned by the New York Philharmonic, the first as part of its Millennium Project and the latter as a response to the losses of September 11, 2001.

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Intervention program returns to NU By RISHIKA DUGYALA

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After being on hold last academic year, Northwestern’s bystander intervention program, Step Up, now has the staff and resources to ramp up its training workshops for students and faculty starting Winter Quarter. The program was originally started at the University of Arizona before it was offered to other campuses. It uses 90-minute training sessions to educate students, faculty and staff on how to help someone who is being harassed and how to decide the best course of action in various situations, said Paul Ang, the coordinator of Men’s Engagement at the Center for Awareness, Response and Education. Last year, two new positions were created with a focus on Step Up in their jurisdictions: Ang’s position and assistant director of social justice education, which is currently held by Noor Ali. Ali said she and Ang will contact those who asked for workshops last year but did not have their requests fulfilled due to a lack of resources and staff. Both Ali and Ang will head the program with the help of the Step Up Oversight Committee, which comprises many different campus partners including the Women’s Center, the Office of Fraternity and Sorority Life, Norris University Center, Residential Life and Student Affairs Assessment, Ali said. “We want to make sure that students are really

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walking away with the different pieces and learning outcomes that we’re hoping to provide them with the program,” Ang said, “so assessment is going to be a big part of what we do this year.” On Oct. 14, members held their first committee meeting in which they began brainstorming how to market the trainings and how to bring Step Up to their respective organizations in the winter and spring, Ali said. Justin Clarke, the operations coordinators at Norris, said he is on the Oversight Committee this year and will serve as one of the trained facilitators. “The University of Arizona is a much larger institution than Northwestern as far as the number of students, and even the student demographics and the campus climate is different as well,” Clarke said. “We’re trying to bring a narrower focus to the program and address things that might actually happen at Northwestern, like practicing bystander intervention on Dillo Day, at a concert or at a football game.” Step Up was brought to NU in 2012 by LesleyAnn Brown-Henderson, executive director of Campus Inclusion and Community. Brown-Henderson said that in the 2013-14 academic year, more than 1,200 students, faculty and staff received training and Step Up was also introduced in Wildcat Welcome. Last year, however, Brown-Henderson’s job expanded and her partner from CARE left the University so she did not have the capacity to be able to focus on Step Up, she said. McCormick senior Joonyong Rhee had never heard of Step Up before he had to go through the

program for his resident assistant training. Rhee said he was glad he was introduced to Step Up because it taught him valuable skills that he may need as an RA. “I feel like it’s something that everyone should learn because it’s one of those things where if you see something happen and you ignore it, you’re obviously in the wrong,” Rhee said. “People should always do something to try to help the victim out.” The trainings will now incorporate presentations, role-play and even videos to effectively teach groups about bystander intervention, Ali said. Ang said the trainings will focus on instilling the five core steps of bystander intervention: notice the event, interpret it as a problem, assume personal responsibility, know how to help and step up. Ang said the trainings will further delve into the “know how to help” step, teaching groups when to choose one of the four Ds: direct, which means putting oneself into the situation; distract, which is alleviating the situation by distracting people involved; delegate, which indicates calling an authority figure; and delayed, which is helping individuals after a situation already occurs. In addition to the group training sessions, Ali would like to hold two campuswide workshops that people could sign up for individually. “We want us as a campus community to start holding one another accountable to a standard of care and a standard of community,” Brown-Henderson said. rishikadugyala2019@u.northwestern.edu

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Unification will be the key to the GOP’s success JACOB ALTSTADT

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The Republican Party held its third debate of the primary race for the 2016 presidential nomination Wednesday. I tuned in, hoping to gain further insight on the Republican candidate field. With my first participation as a voter in the presidential election coming up in 2016, I want to be as informed as possible. Much to my displeasure, I found that this would be difficult to accomplish because the debate quickly turned into a largely non-informative, convoluted mess with candidates spending far too much time talking over one another, arguing with the moderators and complaining about a lack of airtime. As I spent the greater part of two hours watching the candidates arguing over coverage rather than talking about real political issues, one thing became very clear to me: the GOP — whether by candidate concession or general restructuring — needs to

consolidate its candidate field. Consolidating will accomplish a number of things. For one, fewer candidates will mean more airtime for each candidate, eliminating all the bickering that digresses from the actual debate. Most importantly, doing so will also free up time to cover more issues in the debate. In FiveThirtyEight’s coverage, Farai Chideya noted about halfway through the debate that many issues remained largely untouched, and Leah Libresco likewise observed: “It’s hard for the moderators to reach everyone with so many people on stage. Every candidate has only gotten one question.” These observations exemplify two huge problems that my suggested decrease in candidates would solve: more coverage of key issues and a deeper understanding of each participants’ views. What’s the point of having a debate of 10 participants if, within the first hour of the debate, we’ve only heard from each participant once? This solution may also solve deeper-rooted problems for the GOP than just the organization; it can also allow the GOP to develop a unified national identity. In the week

when the GOP nominated Paul Ryan for the speaker of the House and then subsequently had 45 Republicans vote against him in the first vote, FiveThirtyEight published an article with stats saying the Republican Party is in disarray. In addition to that, Jeb Bush’s attack on Marco Rubio called into question the most amicable intra-GOP relationship, and endorsements from fellow politicians have seemingly come to a halt — more proof that the GOP is disorganized and divided. The vast field of candidates — double the size of that in 2012 and 2008 — further emphasizes this divide. One of the two majority political parties in the United States does not have a clear identity or a semblance of a majority front-runner. As a right-leaning voter, this is deeply unsettling: I have no clue what to expect from the Republican nominee. However, if the GOP national leadership were to work to narrow the field of candidates to a few that represented a united Republican front, then success in 2016 would seem more probable. The obvious counterargument is that the vast field of GOP candidates is actually beneficial, because it allows primary voters

to determine the best possible candidate. However, what we’ve found has been quite the opposite: We are just a few months away from the Iowa caucuses and this has yet to even remotely happen; only a handful of participants have dropped out and it appears the GOP is nowhere closer to narrowing the field than they were before the first debate. Consolidation is clearly easier said than done. The fact that there has yet to be a candidate with majority share of the polls, and even the candidates polling the highest — Ben Carson and Donald Trump — have yet to convince analysts they are viable contenders for the nomination makes the decision that much harder. However, despite the difficulty in doing so, the GOP national leadership needs to make tough decisions in order to represent itself as a unified and electable political party. Jacob Altstadt is a McCormick junior. He can be reached at jacobaltstadt2017@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.

Revival of the Republican Party is ahead of schedule GRANT PAPASTEFAN DAILY COLUMNIST

Last week I wrote about how, with the impending election of Paul Ryan for House Speaker and the number of young, capable Republican politicians poised for success, America’s right wing is on the verge of a renaissance. One week later, with Rep. Paul Ryan now officially Speaker Paul Ryan and another GOP debate behind us, it is especially clear that the future of the party is bright. Wednesday’s debate on CNBC told us a lot about the GOP, not just in terms of policy, but also in terms of unity and maturity, and it now seems as if the new Republican Party may have arrived earlier than expected. There is no doubt the moderators of Wednesday’s debate had every intention of making a farce of the Republican Party. From the first question it was clear that moderators Carl Quintanilla, Becky Quick and John Harwood were determined to take the Republican candidates down a notch, starting by asking the candidates to identify their greatest weakness. This was an inappropriate

way to start a debate, setting a negative tone and entirely ignoring the main purpose of the debate: fiscal policy. The questions only got worse from there, with Donald Trump accused of running a comic-book version of a campaign, and Quintanilla asking Carly Fiorina if her Republicans intention to cut the cannot afford tax plan from more than 70,000 pages to to waste the just three involved relatively little using “really small amount of type.” Then, as if the question was not speaking time disruptive enough they have the first time, Quintanilla asked it arguing over when she did petty non-issues. again not respond. These are just a handful of a number of examples of media bias in Wednesday’s debate. However, what separated this debate from all the others was that, instead of letting the moderators pit them against each other, the candidates united, quickly putting the moderators in line and focusing on policy issues rather than personal attacks.

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After Sen. Ted Cruz went on an impassioned rant about the unfairness of the moderator’s questions and other candidates echoed his concerns, the moderators actually started asking real questions, which allowed the candidates to advertise their ideas and show a sense of unity within the party. In addition, the candidates’ aversion to personal attacks presented a sense of civility that was not present in previous debates. This was particularly important for the party: In a field with nearly four times as many candidates as their Democratic opponents, Republicans cannot afford to waste the relatively little amount of speaking time they have arguing over petty non-issues. While Sen. Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton — who each got nearly 30 minutes of speaking time in the most recent Democratic debate — can afford to waste some time, the Republican candidates, who got just about eight to 10 minutes apiece on Wednesday, need every minute they can get to differentiate themselves and present their visions. So what does this mean for the future of the GOP? Well, a lot. The backlash from Republican candidates during Wednesday’s debate was not just a powerful protest against media bias; it was a realization that, in order to stand a chance in the 2016 general

Criticism of Internet activism is misplaced MEGAN ANGELL

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Another dose of alarmism is now in vogue: decrying activist posts, hashtags and other Internet activist campaigns. Labeling such participation as “slacktivism” or “clicktivism” and claiming they are not only ineffective but also detrimental to their causes ignores the Internet’s potential as a tool for social and political change. Skillfully executed Internet campaigns are the Paul Reveres of today, sparking action as well as debate. Examine last summer’s ALS Ice Bucket Challenge or the #supportgaza campaign. Both were online forms of activism criticized for shallowness, and, after a year, we can step back and evaluate both objectively. Whether you agree or disagree with either is irrelevant: The issue here is efficacy. Although the Ice Bucket Challenge may have promoted self-satisfaction and donating for attention, it still raised more than $220 million for the ALS Association. This summer, Johns Hopkins ALS researchers attributed a major breakthrough to the additional funding, explaining, “Without it, we wouldn’t have been able to come out with the studies as quickly as we did.” Although posting “I’m an American and I #supportgaza” may seem shallow, scroll down to the comments. Certainly, some of them are “I support too” or “You hate Israel,” but many are paragraphs of detailed arguments, to which others respond with nuanced rebuttals. When

the war of public opinion is often fought on social media, a viral hashtag helps shift the balance in favor of a cause. Posting emboldens users with a sense of pride and ownership in the movement, strengthening their allegiance to it. And because traditional news outlets often document trending campaigns, spreading news through social media can become synonymous with making news. From this perspective, the #supportgaza campaign succeeded, arousing not only awareness but also legitimate debate. The topics which garner politicians’ attention and action are, to some extent, a function of discussion on “Main Street.” Because online posts, hashtags and videos provide concrete evidence about which issues matter to people and which positions they take, Internet activism gives ordinary people an opportunity to influence the political process and create dialogue on an international level. For instance, all four presidential debates this year have included questions users posted on social media sites. Criticizing Internet activism or efforts to simply inform is not the solution to low youth-voter turnout and low levels of volunteerism. The solution is to participate in such activism, refine it, add more depth and then take action outside the online realm. Raising awareness and taking action are worthy goals, but together they are more powerful. Volunteering at a soup kitchen helps provide food for today, and publicizing ways to donate to a food bank helps provide food for tomorrow. The danger that lurks beneath online activism is the same as that beneath many forms of volunteerism: congratulatory self-satisfaction. In both cases, an instance of activism should not make us pleased with ourselves, but rather foster a desire to do more.

A year of the college application process, in which we realize that tens of thousands of Internetsavvy applicants have nearly perfect grades and SAT scores and have founded a service or political organization, should contribute to our optimism about activism’s future. If each year of college applicants has accomplished this much, America has significant raw talent and dedication that can improve the society of the future. For all its faults, the American college application process provides an important, and sometimes needed, perspective for high school seniors: What you have accomplished is not enough, and you can always do better. This attitude is crucial to making a lasting contribution to any cause. If we denounce Internet activism, we surrender the Internet to be a realm of simple social exchanges, advertising and games, ignoring its vast potential as an architect of change. To be sure, crafting a successful Internet campaign is both a science and an art, and many campaigns, just like their letter-writing counterparts, will fail. It is clear that some Internet activism works remarkably well. Now, the question should be how to best create such campaigns. Instead of descending to the alarmism which seldom creates constructive change, we must channel both optimism and an unrelenting motivation to increase activism’s effectiveness. Megan Angell is a Weinberg freshman. She can be reached at meganangell2019@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.

election, the Republican Party must change the way it conducts itself. It was recognition of the fact that, with so many people in politics and media attempting to stand in the way of the Republican Party, the last thing the party can afford to do is get in its own way. Most of all, it was a statement to the American people that the Republican Party is ready to work together, attack the issues instead of one another and help hardworking Americans find their way back to the path to prosperity. One week ago, the Republican Party was a torn establishment dominated by radical factions. Now, although the process is far from complete, it is transforming into a cohesive party united behind a young Speaker of the House. Though Halloween is behind us, Democrats should be frightened by what the future holds, because the new Republican Party has arrived earlier than expected, and it is not going anywhere anytime soon. Grant Papastefan is a Bienen freshman. He can be contacted at grantpapastefan2019@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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MONDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 2015 restaurant. The northern side of Howard Street, which marks the cutoff between Evanston and Chicago’s Rogers Park neighborhood, currently features two other restaurants — Ward Eight and the Peckish Pig. “The relocation of the outpost from the 600 block of Evanston’s Howard Street to the 700 block is a direct result of a thriving business community that continues to attract retail and food-related establishments to the corridor,” Ald. Ann Rainey (8th) said in a news release. “It will be great to have the Evanston Police Department continue to have a presence on the street.” The city also has plans for Howard’s 700 block to host a new Howard Street Theater. City Council voted to hire an architect to complete and initial drawing for the theater in September.

Evanston Police Department relocates Howard Street outpost

The Evanston Police Department relocated its Howard Street outpost one block west of its former location at a ribbon-cutting ceremony Thursday. The outpost, now located at 745 Howard St., first opened at 633 Howard St. in July 2001. The location was originally established to help anchor EPD to the 8th Ward and allow officers to network and collaborate with south Evanston residents. EPD hosts open meetings with officers at the outpost to garner community input and hear concerns. The former space is now in talks to become a

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half of its 43-year history. During her tenure, Schechter organized coalitions in affluent North Shore suburbs around affordable housing and co-conducted a federal government-sponsored study of housing discrimination in Chicago. This year, Schechter has been at the helm of a program called the 2015 Justice Project, which aims to encouraging grassroots organizing in the northern suburbs surrounding housing inequality. Schechter will remain a member of a state housing board, where she focuses on enforcing a 2003 Illinois law that requires certain communities to adopt affordable housing plans. “It has been a privilege to serve these wonderful communities and to work side by side with so many who wholeheartedly believe that

Longtime head of North Shore affordable housing nonprofit to step down

The long-time executive director of Open Communities, a nonprofit that has worked with Evanston to ensure equitable housing in the city, will step down in January. Gail Schechter, who is also a former professor at Northwestern’s School of Professional Studies, is leaving the nonprofit to pursue new opportunities in social justice, the organization announced last week. Schechter, the organization’s first full-time executive director, led Open Communities for 22 years — more than

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our cities and villages thrive when our neighborhoods are culturally diverse, and everyone has equal access to housing, educational and economic opportunities,” Schechter said in a news release. Schechter will continue to lead Open Communities until mid-January to transition the organization to a new executive director. “Gail has been a visionary, an unflinching supporter to thousands in the northern suburbs who have endured unfair socioeconomic disadvantages, and a mentor to countless others who have sought to organize on their behalf,” said Liliana Fargo, board president of Open Communities, in the news release. — Julia Jacobs

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Pollard hopeful despite disappointing tournament By MIKE MARUT

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Northwestern traveled to Tuscaloosa, Alabama this weekend for the Roberta Alison Fall Classic — a chance for four Wildcats to get more action and repetitions, if not rack up a couple of wins. Junior Jillian Rooney dominated the courts on Friday, winning both of her matches to carry her to the finals on Saturday. Rooney fought her way through her first match in straight sets, 6-4, 6-3. Her second match of the day proved more challenging and went three sets. After losing the first one 4-6, she came back with a vengeance, defeating her opponent 6-1, 6-0. “We’ve been talking about being a really competitive team,” Rooney said. “We’ve been focusing on that — play every point. I went into my matches really aggressive and had that mindset. It ended up working well for me.” Although Rooney found some sweet success, the weekend proved to have a few more tricks than treats for the other three players. Coach Claire Pollard said the team as a whole did not get to play enough tennis over the weekend, but fewer matches didn’t stop her from seeing a silver lining for some of her athletes. “It’s really great for Brooke (Rischbieth) to get out there and get some matches because that’s what she’s needed,” Pollard said. “She’s getting herself back and getting better with each match that she plays — that’s critical. Rooney has just been such a great leader for our team. I was really pleased for her to get some individual success.” For Rischbieth, this weekend could mean a lot toward her development and improvement. Pollard said the junior simply needs more matches and experience. This weekend provided that. Rischbieth lost her first match on Friday but won out the rest of the consolation bracket, as well as made it to the final consolation match of the doubles bracket with Rooney.

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NU-led research reveals gender gaps within disadvantaged families

A new working paper released by two Northwestern researchers reveals that siblings raised in disadvantaged families experience gender disparities in behavioral and educational outcomes at a greater rate than that of high socioeconomic status families. David Figlio, director of NU’s Institute for Policy Research, and Krzysztof Karbownik, an IPR postdoctoral fellow, collaborated with researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the University of Florida to analyze records for more than 1 million Florida children to study the growing gap between boys and girls in educational and behavioral success. Though generally U.S. women graduate from high school at higher rates than men, the gap between high school graduation rates is larger and has been increasing at a greater rate for black boys and boys from disadvantaged families, according to the working paper. The research showed that compared to their sisters, boys raised in low-income neighborhoods by

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From page 1 likely for NU to respond quickly, if at all, to the report. “It would be great if Northwestern, using this information, stopped serving as much red meat and processed meat,” she said. “But given how complicated the food system is, it’s unlikely the University will be able to respond with that kind of immediacy.” However, for students who are worried about the

poorly educated, unmarried mothers are more likely to suffer from behavioral problems in school, test poorly on standardized testing and commit serious crimes as juveniles. By comparing siblings, researchers controlled for gender gaps between siblings in both high- and low-socioeconomic status families at birth, which they argue shows that family disadvantage affects gender gaps in outcomes rather than intrinsic biological advantages in girl siblings. Additionally, researchers discovered that even within low-quality school systems, black siblings experience a greater disparity in outcomes than white siblings, which the authors attribute to the fact that black children are more likely to have been raised in more disadvantaged family environments. Both gender and disadvantage should be taken into account when coming up with strategies to assist poor children, and research supports early action for boys, Figlio said in a news release. “It’s something about family disadvantage itself,” Figlio told The New York Times last week. “Black people in America are more disadvantaged than white people in America, and if we were to reduce the disadvantage, we may see a reduction in the relative gender gap as well.” — Drew Gerber

reports, Tilghman said they are welcome to speak to dining hall managers for options outside of what is being offered. “Students are empowered to make personal choices when it comes to their health when dining both on and off campus,” she said in an email to The Daily. “If a student has concerns, they are welcome to bring them to the managers at the location where they are eating.” benjamindin@u.northwestern.edu

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coffeehouses everywhere caught on, demand for them grew in Evanston. Drifting to the Unicorn In the early ‘90s, a falling out with the owners of Cafe Express prompted the exodus of both groups to Unicorn Cafe, which had just opened on Sherman Avenue. “I had been in France and fell in love with having a cafe au lait and sitting and watching life pass by,” said Unicorn co-founder Wendell Thomas, who no longer owns the cafe. Thomas, a former trader on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, created the space for people who wanted to socialize without pressure to drink alcohol. For him, it was a community project more than a business venture. Still in separate groups, the philosophers and psychologists found a new home in Unicorn — one sitting near the window, the other on a back platform. Eventually, they merged together. “We saw the same people every day, morning after morning for years,” Lubet said. “There was some attrition, and we just started sitting together.” The window symposiasts Since the original groups formed in the late ‘80s, Hariman said relationships have become more personal, especially over the last 10 years. The symposiasts regularly gather with their families at each other’s houses, hosting readings of the Declaration of Independence on the Fourth of July and holiday parties. Grandchildren sometimes stop by Unicorn to take pictures with the group, whom they see as extended family. “When you know people long enough you begin to understand them,” said Jeff Berkson, a 25-year member of the group. “It’s not just having coffee and talking about sports or the weather — you’re talking about the challenges, successes and failures that create the arc of life.” Their time together has not been without bumps. A recent change in Unicorn’s ownership created tension with the new management, leading some members to consider switching locations, said Katherine Week, a retired Evanston resident who joined five years ago. Jessica Donnelly, the new owner, said the transition was a shock for the group, which she said expects any new employee to quickly catch onto its rituals. After a spokesperson for the group sat down with Donnelly to voice its complaints, things have gotten better, Week said. Since its inception, three group members have died, said David Sutton, a freelance photographer who joined in the ‘80s. After the first death, Michael Kane in 1994, the symposiasts mourned together. “We sat in a backyard and drank wine for hours,” Sutton said. “The whole process of losing him, of going to the funeral with all these people and of celebrating in a quiet private way really stayed with me.” When asked what has kept the group intact all these years, there was one universal answer: laughter. “I love a good joke,” Hariman said. “And I love people laughing together. That’s why I’m here.” davidpkfishman@u.northwestern.edu

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We’re going to put it behind us and look forward to the next game. It’s all you can do. — Nandi Mehta, senior midfielder

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Cats contained by Michigan again in 1-0 loss By MAX SCHUMAN

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MOVING PAST IT Suzanne Malherbe pulls away from a defender. The senior forward will have to continue looking ahead with the rest of the team as the Cats will try to bounce back after opening postseason play with a loss to Michigan.

Northwestern simply can’t figure out the Wolverines, and it has cost the team a shot at Big Ten Tournament glory. A 49th-minute goal from Michigan’s Nicky Waldeck was too much for a sputtering Wildcat offense to overcome, and for the second time this year NU (13-5-2, 7-3-1 Big Ten) fell to the Wolverines (12-6-2, 6-32) 1-0, ending its run in the Big Ten Tournament in the quarterfinals. Though the scoreline was the same as the one-sided affair in Ann Arbor on Oct. 8, the tenor of the game was different in the early going. Through the first half, the Cats dealt with Michigan’s pressure well, while NU’s defensive back three effectively snuffed out fast-paced Wolverine counterattacks. With their fair share of possession and the support of the home crowd, the Cats appeared to have settled into the game — until disaster struck. Early in the second half, NU finally succumbed to Michigan’s pressure and made a costly turnover deep in its own half. The ball came to Wolverine midfielder Corinne Harris, who picked out a perfect pass to connect with a well-timed run by Waldeck through the Cats’ back line. From close range, Waldeck fired a

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shot that sophomore keeper Lauren Clem deflected but could not stop. The ball agonizingly trickled across the goal line, giving Michigan a lead it wouldn’t relinquish. Coach Michael Moynihan credited the Wolverines for successful execution of their direct, high-pressing game plan at that moment. “A player got caught on the ball a little bit, and they stole it and punished us pretty quickly,” he said. “It’s one way of being effective.” NU saw a good portion of the possession for the remainder of the game, but despite throwing numbers forward in search of an equalizer, the Cats’ offense went cold. As Michigan bunkered down to secure its lead, NU found it difficult to break for quick counters and couldn’t find much space to shoot or room on the flanks to play crosses. Making matters worse for the Cats was the conspicuously limited playing time of the team’s leading scorer and top option to break down a packed-in defense, Addie Steiner. The junior All-Big Ten Second Team forward tied a season-low in

minutes with 48, and despite the need for a goal, she saw her first action of the second half with less than 20 minutes remaining in the game. While the attack perked up after Steiner returned to the pitch, the Cats simply struggled to find a rhythm with their offensive play, in part because of the feisty, hard-tackling play of the Wolverines, who picked up four yellow cards in the game. “They’re a physical, aggressive team,” Moynihan said. “It’s the way they choose to do it, and they got the result.” Ultimately, the golden opportunity to equalize never came for NU, a common refrain for a team that scored only a little more than a goal per game this season. Now the Cats must hope for an at-large bid into the NCAA Tournament. Moynihan said he felt his team’s spot was secure despite its early exit from the Big Ten Tournament, but nothing is certain until the 64-team field is revealed on Nov. 9. If NU’s postseason run does continue, the Cats will have to forget the sour taste of this match quickly, said senior midfielder and team captain Nandi Mehta. “We’re going to put it behind us and look forward to the next game,” she said. “It’s all you can do.” maxschuman2018@u.northwestern.edu

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NU’s victory spoils Penn State’s senior celebration By BEN POPE

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One weekend after scoring with 1:02 left to beat Michigan State on Senior Day, the Wildcats (7-7-2, 4-3-0 Big Ten) scored twice in the final 12 minutes to spoil the same occasion for Penn State (6-7-3, 2-4-2) on Sunday afternoon, escaping with a 2-1 victory. “We just try to hang around, try to stay close to the opposition and then when it’s our time, we go make a play,” coach Tim Lenahan said. “I’m really proud of how this group has been resilient all year.” The Cats were again heavily out-shot in the game, taking 14 fewer shots than their opponent and putting five fewer on goal, and fell behind early on a gusty day at Jeffrey Field in State College, Pennsylvania.

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The Nittany Lions took the advantage in the 11th minute thanks to a spectacular hit by midfielder Connor Maloney. Penn State forward Riley Grant stole the ball from the Cats’ junior midfielder Jeffrey Hopson, who had it caught up awkwardly between his feet, and touched it to Maloney, who unleashed a shot from 25 yards out that curled perfectly into the top left corner of the goal. With the wind at their backs in the second half, however, the Cats made a late push to level the match and stunned the home crowd of 2,022. In the 79th minute, senior forward Joey Calistri dribbled toward the box

and passed the ball through a Penn State defender’s legs to hit junior forward Mike Roberge in stride. Roberge hammered a rocketing shot by Penn State goalkeeper Evan Finney and off the underside of the crossbar to tie the match. “I saw Mike making a great run off the defender’s shoulder and I just tried to get it to him,” Calistri said. “He had a great finish, so it worked out pretty well.” Two minutes and 33 seconds later, NU then struck for the winner. Freshman midfielder Camden Buescher beautifully curled a corner kick from the left side onto senior defender Henry Herrill’s head. Finney got a touch on the ball, but it skittered toward the goal line until Penn State forward Noah Pilato’s attempted clearance ricocheted off of NU junior defender Nathan Dearth and into the net. “Buescher played a great ball and

… Herrill made a great header,” said Dearth, who recorded his first tally of the year. “It squirted out, and I just dove at it. It’s a good first goal at a prime time.” Penn State held the lead for more than 67 minutes and controlled the flow of play for most of that time, too. NU senior goalkeeper Zak Allen continued his excellent form of late by making six saves, and the defense in front of him blocked a large number of promising scoring opportunities. Lenahan noted that he was “really disappointed” with the team’s ability to produce scoring opportunities in the first 30 minutes of the second half. He made a formation change, adding an extra forward and removing a defender, which sparked the late surge. With one regular-season match remaining — at last-place Wisconsin on Wednesday night — the Cats are now tied with Rutgers for second in

the Big Ten standings at 12 points and trail first-place Ohio State by one point. The Scarlet Knights travel to Maryland (nine points) on Wednesday while the Buckeyes host Michigan (11 points). The reality that NU remains in very serious contention for the regular-season conference championship despite being outshot 127-60 in its seven Big Ten games combined is something the team has said is almost hard to believe. Dearth, however, said the team has learned much about its own composure from the unexpected success. “To be in a fight for a Big Ten championship in a season that we’ve been on our heels a lot, it just shows the character we have a team,” he said. “None of us ever really thought we’d be in this situation. We may not be the most talented, but we’re fighters, warriors, who can win games.” benjaminpope2019@u.northwestern.edu

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Wildcats close out regular season with 3-2 loss at home By COLE PAXTON

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One shot went off the post. A penalty shot was saved. Shots went off feet, sticks and masks. Not enough Northwestern shots went in, however. Despite a furious second-half push, the No. 16 Wildcats (12-7, 4-4 Big Ten) failed to completely erode a two goal deficit, allowing Penn State (8-9, 4-4) to win 3-2 on Senior Day Friday at Lakeside Field. “It’s disappointing,” coach Tracey Fuchs said. “We had a lot of seniors out there who played their hearts out.” After falling behind 3-1 early in the second half, the Cats turned up the pressure. Freshman forward Eva van Agt failed to nudge the ball past Penn State goalkeeper Jenny Rizzo from close range, and a minute later

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both junior midfielder Isabel Flens and senior midfielder Lena Phillips saw shots knocked away by Rizzo. In the final 10 minutes, NU saw two golden opportunities fall by the wayside. Junior midfielder Dominique Masters had a sliver of open net to aim for, but her shot ricocheted off the post and out of danger. Just a moment later, senior back Lisa McCarthy stepped up to take a penalty shot, but Rizzo guessed correctly and brushed the shot aside. Masters scored a consolation goal from a penalty corner with no time

remaining. “Everyone’s doing everything right, (I’m) trying to get something on cage,” Masters said. “The angle of the ball was just not quite right. The post was in the way I guess. It’s annoying but at the same time … we hit the keeper plenty of times.” The Cats found themselves chasing the game after going down 2-0 midway through the first half. Penn State forward Brooke Birosik pounced on a rebound in front of the net in the seventh minute to open the scoring, and she doubled her tally fewer than 11 minutes later with a close range finish after a cross from midfielder Aurelia Meijer. Trailing on its home field, NU found a spark through Masters. With seven minutes remaining in the half, a loose ball fell to her, and she found the back of the net. “I was just in the right place at

the right time I think,” Masters said. “We’re going to get lots of rebounds, so we’ve got to get ready for anything and just putting anything on goal.” The Cats drew no closer, however, despite 14 second half shots. Penn State had just one shot in the second half, but Birosik made it count, completing her hat trick in the 46th minute. In stark contrast to recent NU opponents, the Nittany Lions created more than enough opportunities to score three goals. The visitors had seven shots on goal in the first half, and finished with six penalty corners. “It’s frustrating to come out and maybe not start the way (we) want to,” McCarthy said. That starts in our warmup. That starts in our preparations the night before, so that’s something we’ve got to look at over the next week.” The next week is critical for the

Cats, as their next loss will most likely end their season. NU, the No. 4 seed in the Big Ten Tournament, will meet fifth-seeded Ohio State at 9 a.m. on Thursday in Bloomington, Indiana. The Cats defeated the Buckeyes 2-0 on Oct. 23. For Fuchs, however, there is no panic as NU enters the postseason. “They just put their chances in and we didn’t. Unfortunately that’s been the story of our season,” she said. “We have three days to figure it out. We know our path to the NCAA (tournament) is through the Big Ten Tournament, so we certainly have the capability to do it. We just have to prove it on the field and stop talking about it.” This post was updated at 9:49 p.m. on Nov. 1 to include the Cats’ opponent in the first round of the Big Ten Tournament. colepaxton2019@u.northwestern.edu