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School officials fear state cuts By MARISSA PAGE
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BADGERED Northwestern linebacker Nate Hall contests a Wisconsin pass late in the fourth quarter of Saturday’s game. The Wildcats stopped the Badgers short of the end zone to preserve the 13-7 victory.
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MADISON, Wis. — Once again, the game came down to the final seconds for Northwestern. The No. 20 Wildcats (9-2, 5-2 Big Ten) weathered a wild one to beat the No. 25 Wisconsin Badgers
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(8-3, 5-2) 13-7. NU survived two would-be touchdowns that were overturned on replay in the final
minute of the game before forcing an incompletion on the Badgers’ final pass attempt. The improbable victory was the Cats’ first win in Madison since 2000. “One heck of a defensive battle,” coach Pat Fitzgerald said. “We found a way to make one more stop.” Wisconsin’s first potential score » See FOOTBALL, page 7
With the Illinois budget still in limbo, Evanston school officials fear potential solutions to relieve the state’s massive debt could cut millions of dollars from both districts. Gov. Bruce Rauner and the state legislature failed to compromise on a new budget by the beginning of the fiscal year on July 1. Almost five months later, state legislators have yet to determine a budget while officials predict the state’s backlog will grow to $8.5 billion by the end of the year. Although the uncertainty of the state budget has left some local social service organizations underfunded, both Evanston/Skokie School District 65 and District 202, which serves Evanston Township High School, are still receiving the majority of their state subsidies. “Currently we’re some of the few institutions that are getting most of our money,” said Bill Stafford, ETHS’ chief financial officer. “For the most part, we’re getting our dollars as
opposed to some other institutions, like higher ed.” Although no clear solution has been brought to the table, officials from both ETHS and District 65 foresee several situations in which their funding could be cut significantly, such as a property tax freeze in fiscal years 2017 and 2018. Property taxes account for a major amount of both districts’ funding — 67 percent for District 65 and 85 percent for ETHS. “If we had a property tax freeze, that would really be disastrous,” Stafford said. “Since we get most of our money from (property taxes), we would have to make really huge reductions.” In the event of a property tax freeze — which legislators have been discussing for months — property tax rates across the state would be frozen at a set rate for two years while income taxes rose. “If property taxes were frozen at current rates, and it kicked in two years from now, that would be about a $3 to 3.5 million hit on our budget,” District 65 superintendent Paul Goren » See EDUCATION, page 7
NAISA asks NU to remove Evans’ name from buildings By MARIANA ALFARO
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Members of the Native American and Indigenous Student Alliance launched a petition Saturday morning asking administrators to remove University founder John Evans’ name from buildings including the John Evans Alumni Center. The student alliance made the announcement at the commemoration of the 151st anniversary of the Sand Creek Massacre, held Saturday in Norris University Center’s Dittmar Gallery. The petition also requests the University remove Evans’ name from faculty positions such as the John Evans Professor of Moral and Intellectual Philosophy. SESP senior Forrest Bruce, copresident of NAISA, said there is no
deadline or threshold for the amount of people who sign the petition. “We are just hoping to get a significant amount of people to sign it and we’re hoping that it will sort of gain some steam and get the attention of the administration,” he said. “I’d like to sit down with whoever’s in charge of renaming the center or any other spaces on campus and have a discussion with them.” During the event, Lesley-Ann Brown-Henderson, executive director of Campus Inclusion and Community, announced Jasmine Gurneau, a member of the Chicago American Indian Community Collaborative, will assume the position of assistant director of Multicultural Student Affairs and Admissions, a joint position within the Undergraduate Admissions office and MSA. “She would be helping to recruit, develop and support Native
American students and leading identity engagement initiatives for MSA,” MSA director Charles Kellom told The Daily. Brown-Henderson said Gurneau will begin working at NU in early December. During the commemoration event, Brown-Henderson spoke on the significance of history. “The more that we can acknowledge our history as a university, particularly to marginalized communities, the greater we can be as an institution,” she said. Mark Cleveland (Weinberg ‘87) acknowledged the work by NU community leaders to begin a conversation about changing the names of certain University spaces to make NU a safe space for Native American students. He also recognized NAISA members’ efforts.
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PETITION FOR CHANGE A white flag flies at the John Evans Alumni Center in commemoration of the 151st anniversary of the Sand Creek Massacre Saturday morning.
“I want to thank these young men and women for asking us what the legacy we want to leave behind is and the respectful way that they’ve done
it,” he said. Before the event at Norris » See NAISA, page 7
University says it will increase transparency on investments By TYLER PAGER
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Northwestern plans to sign the United Nations Principles for Responsible Investing to provide greater transparency on its investments, the University announced Friday. The principles address environmental, social and corporate governance issues for investors to consider. NU becomes only the third U.S. university to sign onto the principles, joining Harvard University
and University of California, Berkeley. “Becoming a signatory to the U.N. Principles provides guidance to the external investment managers with whom we work that these are principles to consider as part of their investment strategy,” William McLean, NU’s vice president and chief investment officer, said in a news release. “It doesn’t tell them what investments they can or can’t own, but that they should take these things into consideration.” As part of the agreement, NU will submit a document that details the University’s organization and investment
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process. This document, which will be made public, will not include individual investments or external investment managers. The announcement came the same day Fossil Free NU, a student group that lobbies the University to divest from coal companies, protested outside a Board of Trustees meeting. SESP junior Christina Cilento, a spokeswoman for Fossil Free NU, said the University’s decision to sign the principles is a step in the right direction, but she said she is skeptical of what change it will bring.
“It seems like an evasion tactic to say we are committed to environmental sustainability but not actually enact these principles,” she said. “They have stated they are committed to environmentally sustainability, but they have to actually show that. They have to put their money where their mouth is.” Cilento added the principles, which have a social justice component, could be helpful for other divestment campaigns at NU such as Northwestern Divest, which calls for the University to divest from six corporations the group says violate Palestinians’ human rights.
NU Divest did not respond to requests for comment. Former University President Henry Bienen told The Daily in April universities often try to follow U.S. government policies to guide investment decisions. He said donors aim to maximize the investment of their gift. “People who are on your board tend not to like divestment,” he said. “Their preference is to not have politics attached to investment decisions for lots of reasons.” tylerpager2017@u.northwestern.edu
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Evanston police plan diversity training for officers By ROBIN OPSAHL
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Evanston Police Department is developing a new curriculum for its diversity and inclusion program amid continuing tensions between police forces and their communities nationwide. Gov. Bruce Rauner recently signed legislation mandating human rights training every three years for police departments throughout the state. However, EPD officials said Evanston’s diversity and inclusion program will more than fill that requirement when it debuts this spring. Evanston’s new curriculum will be unique because of its extended length and focus on local concerns, said Evanston police Cmdr. Joseph Dugan. Although Evanston police currently participate in cultural diversity training, this is the first program that extends beyond a day-long course, Dugan said. “We’ve had a lot of diversity training in the past — once in spring and once in fall,” he said, “But we haven’t had a program like this — one that lasts all year and involves the community in its creation.”
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The program, currently run by Gilo Kwesi Logan, president of Logan Consulting Services, is in a fourmonth analysis stage that will finish in early December. So far, the process has consisted of meetings, interviews and group sessions facilitated by Logan with EPD officers and community members to understand the current relations between the public and police, including the unique problems Evanston faces. Ald. Peter Braithwaite (2nd) said Evanston is one of the first cities in the nation to develop a communityspecific training program. “Cities are training police officers for diversity and sensitivity,” Braithwaite said. “But we’re the first that are creating a program from scratch that addresses what’s actually going on here, with no generalities. It’s a big step towards getting police as in tuned as possible with the community.” Dugan also said the training is unique because Logan grew up and now lives in Evanston. “Other trainings we’ve had, when somebody comes from another state to do something, it’s foreign to them — they don’t know what you’re talking about,” Dugan said. “It really brings it home that we’re working with someone who’s from here.” Logan said although no curriculum is set in stone
for the program yet, it will mirror social justice classes he has taught at Northeastern Illinois University. The trainings will be held in small groups with police, allowing for discussion on issues like biases, stereotypes and leadership while addressing issues of identity. “Adults don’t learn by sitting in lecture halls,” Logan said. “It’s about creating an environment where people can discuss these issues and grow. This program is meant to facilitate a process to contextualize content that the community provides and allow police to collaborate and find the best way to address these issues.” Next, the program will move into a design phase, where Logan will run pilot programs to solidify the content and structure of the trainings. Over the next four months, Logan will host 18 four-hour workshops with small groups of Evanston police officers, testing what kind of structure and content works best for Evanston. In April, the program will be used on all police and evaluated for future use. Logan said he’s grateful to the city for making sure to address police-community relations outright and trying to improve interactions between the parties even before the new Illinois law has been enacted. “Looking at the climate in our nation, I appreciate the proactive approach of the city, whether I’m
Dugan. Police said the man had bloodshot eyes and dilated pupils and smelled strongly of marijuana, Dugan said. Police arrested the man after conducting a field sobriety test and subsequently found about 2.5 grams of marijuana in the center console of the car, he said. The Skokie man was charged with two misdemeanors for driving under the influence and possession of marijuana. He was also issued three tickets in connection with failure to wear a seatbelt, not having a driver’s
license while driving and not wearing prescription glasses while driving. He is scheduled to appear in court Dec. 10.
A 52-year-old man was arrested Wednesday night in connection with spitting at a woman on the street and later at police officers. The man, who police said is homeless, was arrested
afternoon as a result of a two-car collision in north Evanston. The 23-year-old male driver of the minivan attempted a left turn in the 2400 block of Oakton Street at about 3:45 p.m., causing a red Cadillac heading eastbound to crash into the minivan and flip it over, said Evanston police
Cmdr. Joseph Dugan. Police said the man and a 23-year-old Evanston woman, who was a passenger in the minivan, were both taken to Presence Saint Francis Hospital. They were taken to be treated for their reports of minor head, neck and back pain.
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involved in it or not,” Logan said. “This is the type of community I’d like to live in — (one) that’s responding to the calls and the needs of the community.” robinopsahl2018@u.northwestern.edu in the 900 block of Davis Street at about 5:45 p.m. for spitting on an unidentified female and kicking her bag onto the street, Dugan said. The man began spitting at officers when he was brought to the police station and police used a taser to restrain him. The man was charged with two counts of aggravated battery to police officers and one count of simple battery. He is scheduled to appear in court Dec. 10. — Joanne Lee The other driver was not injured, Dugan said. The minivan driver was issued a ticket for failure to yield a left turn. — Joanne Lee
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Days after the University promised not to move administrative offices into the Black House, community members convened Friday evening to discuss the building’s future during the final Black House listening session. Patricia Telles-Irvin, vice president for student affairs, told The Daily after the session that no administrative offices will be moved into the Multicultural Center, either. The news marks the cancellation of the University’s controversial plan announced in August to move some Campus Inclusion and Community offices from Scott Hall into the Black House and the MCC. The announcement sparked backlash from some students, alumni and community members, which prompted the University to launch the listening sessions and establish the Black House Facility Review Committee. Around 50 students, alumni, faculty and community members attended the fourth listening session, where many spoke in favor of updating Black House spaces to better address the needs of black students as well as creating a historical and cultural archive that exposes students to the importance of the Black House. “One of the greatest recommendations that we can offer is really to ensure that we show the value that’s in the Black House, and I think that’s through ensuring that we archive our history,” Kyra Woods (McCormick ‘13) said. “That would give that particular place, that particular plot of land … value that the institution overall cannot overlook.” Woods, among other participants, said creating a strong dialogue on campus to make sure the Black House is not threatened again is important. Students and alumni emphasized the importance of updating computers in the Black House’s computer lab, saying students in the McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science aren’t able to spend much time there because the computers don’t have the applications they need. Kayla Griffith, a Communication junior,
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emphasized the need to create a space for theater and music students to practice in the Black House. “There’s a lot of black performance groups on this campus that need the room to rehearse, and if we have the room to rehearse I think it would be incredibly beneficial,” she said. Qunsia Daniel, a SESP senior, spoke about the importance of the Black House as a safe space on campus for black students, saying if Northwestern wants to become a safe space for black students and other students of color on campus, it needs to change its culture. “The only reason why we need that safe space is because we don’t feel safe on this campus,” she said. “Its because we don’t feel heard in our classes, it’s because we don’t feel respected by our peers, it’s because we don’t feel heard by our faculty.” Daniel said the NU community should be aware that the issues students at universities like the University of Missouri and Yale University are protesting right now also happen here. If the University plans to enhance the black student experience, she said, it should start in the classroom by changing minds and perspectives. She referenced the comments former House Speaker Newt Gingrich made during his visit
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to campus this week, when he said students protesting institutional racism around the nation are “wasting their time,” and how students in the audience gave him a standing ovation at the end of his speech. “That is so harmful in ways that I feel we shouldn’t even have to articulate and say ‘Hey, that hurts us,’” she said. “We should just know.” First-year Kellogg graduate student Pleshette Strong (SESP ‘15), a member of the Black House Facility Review Committee, told the audience that though she understood why many were offended by the initial proposed changes to the Black House and the MCC, they shouldn’t be disrespectful toward administrators such as Lesley-Ann Brown-Henderson, CIC’s executive director, and Patricia TellesIrvin, vice president for student affairs. “I feel like there was no critical thinking that went into the reaction, it was just reaction. And there’s a space for that,” she said. “But there’s also people on the other end of that. And there are also people receiving that hate and that feeling that people felt when these changes were announced, and that is not OK.” alfaro@u.northwestern.edu
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The war being waged on the Christmas spirit TIM BALK
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I’m sure you’ve heard the rumors, and they are indeed true. There’s a war on Christmas. A pernicious war on the core ideals of Christmas. It’s not a war waged by capitalists commercializing the great Christian holiday, as folks have fretted for more than a century. Nor is it a war fought by secular liberals, by overly sensitive multiculturalists, by overzealous Jews, by illmeaning atheists, by American Muslims or even, as a Bible-thumping Donald Trump fears, by the famously Christmas-hostile Starbucks. (LOL.) Nope. This is a war for the soul of Christmas. And it is waged by people like Mr. Trump. People like Megyn Kelly, the wicked smart Fox News anchor who should have known better than to say with almost comic conviction on her news program in 2013, “for all you kids watching at home, Santa just is white … you know, Santa is what he is and just so you know, we are just debating this because someone wrote about it,
kids.” As if a fictional, mythical character has a definite, manifest race, worthy of passionate defense. Kelly’s goofy, racially tone deaf rant about a Slate article advocating for a penguin-stylized Santa Claus exemplifies the core of the real war on Christmas: a war that demands that the holiday have an element of exclusivity. A war that insists that Christmas is a holiday for some and not for others. A war that pushes people away rather than together. Maybe this war is one waged only on a certain version of Christmas, practiced in my case in a marginally religious fashion by my marginally religious family. But you will have to forgive me for thinking the version I was raised on aptly captures the true spirit of Christmas. For this version captures the spirit found in the Christmas music of my youth — the same spirit that led Band-Aid to remind the fortunate “in our world of plenty we can spread a smile of joy” and implore us to “throw your arms around the world at Christmastime.” It’s the same spirit that led Stevie Wonder to croon about the power of a diminutive Christmas tree to “light up a home.” And it’s the same spirit captured by carols about a poor little drummer
Christmas. In a song that Donald Trump may not have heard, Stevie Wonder croons that “someday at Christmas there’ll be no wars, when we have learned what Christmas is for.” May the same be true of this war we see today, this war on the spirit of Christmas led by those who claim to defend it. My view of Christmas does not need to be the same as yours, or as his, or as hers. But acceptance of this fact is necessary and fundamental to Christmas and to the Christmas spirit. We can have a white Santa, a black Santa and a penguin Santa and maintain the spirit of Christmas. Indeed, to reject others’ versions of Christmas is to reject Christmas itself. Unless that version of Christmas is threatened by missing “Merry Christmas” messages on coffee cups. That’s a version that does not deserve to be defended.
boy. The Christmas musical canon, and the American spiritual heart of Christmas, is predicated on an appreciation of unity and of peace. This ideal of Christmas leaves little room for exclusiveness. It celebrates inclusion. It finds no problem with black Santas or Latino Santas or Asian Santas. It welcomes folks from all walks of life, rich or poor, Jewish or Hindu or Muslim, to share if not in the theology of Christmas, then in the spirit of Christmas — of opening arms and hearts to each other. And it is this spirit that is under fire from Trump’s ludicrous calls to boycott Starbucks because its cups do not have “Merry Christmas” scrawled on them. It is this spirit that suffers and is indeed perhaps lost, when people describe an effort to be more inclusive during the holiday season as a war on anything. War and Christmas are inextricably linked in the American view of one of our most central cultural holidays, if only because war and Christmas are diametrically opposed. Our most poignant Christmas stories are stories of peace, like those of Allied and German soldiers coming together along the Western Front during World War I to sing carols and share a meal on
Tim Balk is a Medill sophomore. He can be contacted at timothybalk2018@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.
Mathieu Flamini’s success US should intervene in can inspire NU students the South China Sea issue COLIN WANG
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The name Mathieu Flamini is not very recognizable to most Americans. Some may not even recognize its French origin. But across the pond, in the United Kingdom and the rest of Europe, Flamini’s name holds a bit more star power. Flamini is a French soccer player who began his career in Marseille, France. He is currently playing in his second stint at Arsenal FC after returning in 2013. Although he doesn’t hold global celebrity status quite like Lionel Messi or Cristiano Ronaldo, Flamini is by no account a bad soccer player. He has made more than 200 appearances in Europe’s top soccer leagues. Earlier this week, Flamini revealed that back in 2008, he secretly cofounded a biochemical company with a friend, Pasquale Granata. The company, called GF Biochemicals after the initials of Granata and Flamini, is believed to be entering a market potentially worth £20 billion (approximately $30.4 billion). Flamini’s announcement came on the heels of GF Biochemicals’ latest scientific breakthrough. GF Biochemicals is the first firm to develop a process for mass-producing levulinic acid, one of a select few chemical compounds that the U.S. Department of Energy lists as potential petroleum substitutes. Levulinic acid has the potential to replace petroleum in the fields of cosmetics, polymers and fuel additives. This breakthrough seems poised to severely reduce global reliance on petroleum. When Flamini first conceived the idea of starting GF Biochemicals, turning massive profits was not his primary objective. Rather, he came up with and originally funded GF Biochemicals because he said he felt a connection to nature and a responsibility to help the environment. If levulinic acid turns out to be a perfect petroleum substitute, the world could witness a monumental shift away from fossil fuel reliance. In addition to helping the environment, the shift would also expand the biochemical field as more companies and institutions invest in finding ways to use levulinic acid. Even if levulinic acid cannot do all that some think it promises, the manufacturing process developed by GF Biochemicals could provide
insight into developing manufacturing processes for other possible petroleum substitutes and important biochemicals. The U.S. Department of Energy mentioned 12 such chemicals in a 2004 report. I believe Flamini’s story can also be inspiring and valuable to every member of the Northwestern student body. NU students tend to set high standards for excellence. Oftentimes, excellence in one field is not enough. NU is full of theater majors interested in economics, Division I athletes studying engineering and bassoon players exploring complex mathematics. Flamini is similar to all of us in that respect, and we can learn from his road to success. We can learn patience. NU students often try to do too much at once. I, myself, am guilty of this. Our confidence drives us to take on anything and everything that could lead to future success. We must be able to take a step back. GF Biochemicals took seven years to begin to show success. We can’t expect ourselves to change the world right after we graduate. We can learn the value of meaningful friendships. Flamini and Granata forged a friendship that also resulted in a valuable and lucrative business partnership. In addition to world-class faculty and facilities, I believe NU’s greatest resource is its student body. Despite diversity in interests and backgrounds, all NU students are intelligent and driven. Don’t limit your social interactions to inebriated weekends. Share your ideas and goals with those that you meet. You and your new friends could be sitting on a billion dollar idea. Lastly, we can learn to follow our passions. GF Biochemicals was not founded on the principle of creating a cash cow for Flamini and Granata but rather on their shared vision of helping to resolve environmental issues. Oftentimes, NU students feel pressured to abandon their original passion because it may be too time-consuming or not lucrative enough to justify an expensive education. Although changing career paths may be the best option, keep your original vision on the back burner. With patience and helpful friends, it is never too late to rekindle your passion. Colin Wang is a Weinberg sophomore. He can be contacted at colinwang2018@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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The flexing of China’s military muscle in the South China Sea has escalated tensions in Southeast Asia. The main issue is the Chinese government using a “nine-dash line” to demarcate its purportedly historical sovereignty over most of the South China Sea, totaling 1.4 million square miles. China has been transforming reefs in the Spratly Islands into artificial islands and building military and civilian facilities on them, mostly notably a 3,000 meter airstrip on Fiery Cross Reef. These structures make up China’s “Great Wall of Sand.” Other countries in the region — Vietnam, Philippines, Taiwan and Malaysia — have also constructed airstrips in the South China Sea. There is no question that China’s “Great Wall of Sand” encroaches on the sovereignty claims of various Southeast Asian countries. This development endangers vital shipping lanes in the South China Sea, where 30 percent of the world’s trade and 50 percent of the world’s oil tankers pass through. Officially, the United States remains neutral with respect to the South China Sea disputes. However, upholding international maritime law is important to defend the sovereignty of smaller nations and protecting international commerce. Despite the profound commercial and diplomatic relations at stake, the U.S. should confront China about its attempts to consolidate control over the South China Sea. An enormous volume of trade passes through the South China Sea, and the presence of Chinese military there threatens freedom of navigation in the region. Each year, approximately $5 trillion in trade passes through the South China Sea. Currently, China claims almost 90 percent of the sea. China’s presence threatens the flow of international trade, as its expansion of military facilities in the region appears to serve the hegemonic interests of China and not the general welfare of the global community. If tensions escalate in the region, it could threaten trade between the U.S. and Southeast Asia. So far, China has been very obstinate about discussing its territorial claims.
The commercial ramifications of the South China Sea disputes cannot be underestimated. China’s violation of other countries’ sovereignties should be challenged by the U.S. The U.S. has repeatedly asserted its rights to freedom of navigation in the South China Sea. America has the world’s largest navy and it has served as the policeman for shipping lanes in the South China Sea. In September, the P-8 Poseidon, an American surveillance and submarine hunting aircraft, was rebuffed by the Chinese navy when it neared a Chinese-occupied island in the South China Sea. This island was some 600 miles from China’s coastline. This incident shows how incredible the reach of China’s territorial claims is. China’s claims extend into the Exclusive Economic Zones — waters within 200 nautical miles of a country’s coastline — of countries including Vietnam, Malaysia, Brunei and the Philippines. Currently, the Philippines is suing China in the Permanent Court of Arbitration in Philippines v. China concerning China’s “nine-dash line.” Although the case is in progress, its ramifications are inconsequential without the U.S. commitment to freedom of navigation. Although international law does not support China’s “nine-dash line,” it is to some extent a symbolic gesture of international cooperation. Thus, the United States must support its allies in the region through the use of military support. The “ninedash line” clearly disregards the sovereignty of smaller nations in favor of China’s own geopolitical interests. China’s recalcitrant attitude should not discourage the U.S. from intervening in the South China Sea. The only party that benefits from the U.S. negligence of the region’s disputes is China. The sovereignty of Southeast Asian states is in the balance, and the economic and commercial interests of the global community are being usurped by the hegemonic ambitions of China. This is an opportunity for the U.S. to demonstrate its leadership and commitment to stability in the Pacific. Henry Cao is a Weinberg sophomore. He can be reached at henrycao2018@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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Students march to demand coal divestment By ISABELLA JIAO
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Chanting slogans such as “Not another Harvard, our leadership is smarter,” a group of students led by Fossil Free Northwestern marched through campus to attract the Board of Trustees’ attention, demanding the University withdraw its investI just ments in coal plants don’t know after Northwestern why they are so signed the the United Nations-supported attached to this Principles for Responlast bit of coal. sible Investment. Around 50 students Christina Cilento, marched from NorFossil Free NU ris University Center spokeswoman and to the James L. Allen SESP junior Center on Friday, where the Board of Trustees was meeting. The crowd gathered at the entrance of James L. Allen Center holding up their cellphone lights and signs with slogans such as “There is No Planet B” and “Invest In Sun & Wind.” NU is the third U.S university to sign the principles after Harvard University and the University of California-Berkeley. Kara Rodby, a McCormick junior studying environmental engineering, said although signing the principles is a positive step, she is afraid
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it is an empty gesture by the board of trustees. “We are not fooled by your gestures,” Rodby said while in the crowd. “We are going to continue to fight.” The group then marched to the Henry Crown Sports Pavilion where they knew the Board of Trustees was having dinner. Waiting in the elevator lobby, the students were met by T. Bondurant French, who serves on NU’s Board of Trustees. He gave credit to the students and then said NU has a negligible holding in coal plants. “I just don’t know why they are so attached to this last bit of coal,” said SESP junior Christina Cilento, a spokeswoman for Fossil Free NU. “Why is it so hard to get rid of it?” The students ended the protest by having a moment of silence in remembrance of those who suffer due to climate change all over the world. Cilento said the demonstration on the whole was successful although the Board of Trustees did not promise to divest from coal. “To me they are just giving a symbolic gesture to what we care about but are not putting anything into action,” Cilento said. “It seems like we are doing it because Harvard did it.” Some residents from the local area also joined the student demonstration. Catherine Buntin, who lives in Evanston and is part of the Chicago Area Peace Action, participated in the march. “You are doing a great service to my grandchildren,” Buntin said to the students. yawenjiao2019@u.northwestern.edu because of “flight issues in Chicago,” according to a Tweet from the event’s organizers Sunday morning. The first major snowstorm of the season hit the Chicago area over the weekend, canceling hundreds of flights at Chicago airports. An NU spokesman confirmed in an email to the Daily that the team’s scheduled flight was canceled.
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Survivor of Mexican student tragedy visits city By ISHA BHUTADA
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On Sept. 26, 2014, 43 male students from the Ayotzinapa Rural Teachers’ College in Guerrero, Mexico, were attacked and kidnapped by government forces. More than a year later, the students remain missing. On Nov. 20, about 25 Evanston residents gathered at the Civic Center to discuss the ramifications of what happened before, during and after the forced disappearances. The Justice in Ayotzinapa Committee Chicago hosted a Q&A session with survivor Omar Garcia, who was a first-year student at Ayotzinapa during the
time of the attack. The brief discussion was followed by Occupy Evanston documentary film group’s presentation of “Ayotzinapa: Chronicle of a State Crime,” a documentary directed by Mexican filmmaker Xavier Robles. “We do a different documentary every month,” event organizer Tina Stevenson said. “People in the group are activists in many different areas.” For Garcia, Evanston is one of the many cities where he can share his story and his hope of someday finding his peers. “We’ve gone all over the world with this movie. Not just the students are involved but the parents as well,” Garcia said. “We are still fighting to find them.”
Robles’ documentary begins by addressing the history of brutality and repression in the state of Guerrero. The film turns to the testimony and commentary of Garcia, eyewitnesses and experts to reconstruct the climate of corruption and criminality that exists in all of Mexico. “Our politicians aren’t interested in solving the problems that we face,” Garcia said. “In Mexico, it isn’t just 43 people who have disappeared. It is 26,000. It isn’t just three who have been killed, but 150,000 over the course of 10 years.” The documentary shows how inefficiency in the Mexican government has resulted in thousands of young voices demanding justice for the missing students.
“It deepened my knowledge,” Glenbrook South High School teacher and Evanston resident Emily Ekstrand Nieves said. “I’m both furious and scared, but this could be an awakening moment for Mexico, which gives me a grain of hope.” Garcia and the Justice in Ayotzinapa Committee Chicago hope that by spreading their story across the United States, they will be able to garner support for enforced social justice in Mexico. “We are with anyone who is oppressed,” Garcia said. “We just want to live … and to live in peace.” ishabhutada2019@u.northwestern.edu
Kathy Gannon given Foley Medill Medal of Courage By CYDNEY HAYES
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Associated Press correspondent Kathy Gannon was recognized Friday with the James Foley Medill Medal for Courage in Journalism by the Medill School of Journalism, Media, Integrated Marketing Communications. The award is given to the individual or group of journalists who “displayed moral, ethical or physical courage in the pursuit of a story or series of stories,” according to Medill’s website. The award ceremony, which included a breakfast buffet before the event, was held in the McCormick Foundation Center. Gannon was attacked and wounded last year while reporting in Afghanistan, where she was stationed for nearly two decades. “Our job is to inform, but sometimes that comes with a price,” Gannon said. After being presented with the medal, Gannon spoke to the nearly 200 students, faculty and community members about her experience and philosophy as a reporter. Gannon discussed the dangers of being a female reporter overseas. In addition to the inherent dangers of traveling through politically unstable regions like the one in which she was attacked, she often faced blatant sexism due to the culture in Afghanistan, she said. Although she maintained her resolve when met with prejudice, she said she always made sure to never shame other cultures, and to remember what story she was trying to tell. “The whole point of us doing what we do is
to tell, is to try and tell their stories, not our own,” Gannon said. “I can’t let being Canadian, or a woman, or whatever else take away from that.” James Foley’s parents, John Foley and Diane Foley, also attended and spoke briefly about the James W. Foley Legacy Foundation and about their view of Gannon before the ceremony. “Jim was so proud to be a Medill alum; he was courageous, committed and compassionate,” Diane Foley said. “Kathy is also all of those things, much more experienced and truly a veteran in her work.” James Foley (Medill ’08) was an American journalist who was beheaded by the Islamic State group in 2014 after being captured in Syria two years earlier. The award, which began in 2003, was renamed from the Medill Medal of Courage last year to honor Foley’s memory. During the breakfast, student organizers walked through the lobby of the McCormick Foundation Center, holding a whiteboard with the words, “A journalist is … ,” written on it. As part of a social media campaign, they approached the attendees and asked them to complete the sentence. “We’re trying to get people to think about what a journalist is to them,” said Priyanka Mody, a Medill senior and co-chair of the Medill Undergraduate Student Advisory Council. “Obviously a journalist is courageous, but a journalist is also so much more, and we really want to get people to recognize that.” Gannon also gave the Medill students in the audience some advice for overseas reporting. “Get to know your craft and hone your skills
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MEDAL FOR COURAGE Reporter Kathy Gannon accepts an award and speaks to students and faculty about her experience as a reporter in Afghanistan for nearly 20 years.
here before you go overseas if you plan to go at all,” Gannon said. “Reporting on different countries and cultures is delicate, so you have to make sure you have the experience and knowledge before you do.” She also thanked her husband for his support and expressed her plan to return to work
overseas. There are still many stories in Afghanistan and Pakistan that need to be told, she said. “As journalists, it is our job to first understand the why,” Gannon said. “We inform, we don’t preach. We are chroniclers of history.” alisonhayes2019@u.northwestern.edu
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MONDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 2015
Defensive line holds strong for Cats By STEPHANIE KELLY
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MADISON, Wis. — In the Wildcats’ penultimate game of the regular season, the defensive line did not disappoint. Northwestern’s pass rush in particular helped the Cats to their 13-7 win Saturday in Madison. Wisconsin ended with 58 total lost yards on tackles and sacks against a strong NU defensive front. “Both defenses … played outstanding football today,” coach Pat Fitzgerald said. “We found a way to get one more stop and that was key.” Senior defensive end Deonte Gibson had a standout game with three sacks and four tackles for loss. In arguably the most vital defensive play Saturday, Gibson sacked Wisconsin quarterback Joel Stave in the last minute of the game with the Badgers one yard away from the end zone. The sack — which resulted in a loss of 10 yards for Wisconsin — came after two would-be Wisconsin touchdowns and resulted in a Badgers quarterback replacement. “It’s just fundamentals,” Gibson said. “As the season goes along, everybody has a ton of film on you, so it’s a point of emphasis on execution, and I think we got that done today.” On Wisconsin’s last play of the game, the defense called its own shots, Fitzgerald said. Senior defensive end Dean Lowry said they knew they would be able to stop the drive. “We had a lot of confidence in our group up front and made it happen,” Lowry said. Lowry also came up strong in a game that reflected his overall productive senior season—the defensive end contributed to a
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TENACIOUS IN THE TRENCHES Several Wildcats defenders team up to bring down Wisconsin running back Dare Ogunbowale. Northwestern’s defense, and its defensive line in particular, carried the team in Saturday’s 13-7 win.
massive second-quarter sack, broke up a pass and recovered a fumble. The defensive line began the game immediately blitzing and making aggressive plays, Lowry said. An outstanding first half saw four sacks and six tackles for loss against Wisconsin. Gibson’s play in the second quarter exemplified this aggressiveness after he made two sacks. One of those plays stamped out a Wisconsin drive when, after a Gibson sack brought the Badgers to third-and-18, they
weren’t able to convert. “If we can get to the quarterback, we make the job a lot easier on the back guys,” he said. The defensive line also helped stop the run. By the end of the game, Wisconsin garnered -26 rushing yards. “We just wanted to prove to Wisconsin, the rest of the Big Ten and the nation that we’re a great defense,” Gibson said. “And I think we got that done today.” stephaniekelly2017@u.northwestern.edu
NU honors victims of trans violence By RISHIKA DUGYALA
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Northwestern community members convened Friday night to commemorate lives lost to antitransgender violence for the Transgender Day of Remembrance vigil. While chanting “Say their name” after each victim was identified, about 20 students and faculty gathered at The Rock cupped their palms around the flames of their candles to protect them from the first snowfall of the year. “The importance of the candles — they represent that those we have lost, we keep their spirits with us,” said Jordan Turner, assistant director at Multicultural Student Affairs. “If you guard the candle, you guard their spirits.” Turner organized this year’s vigil with help from Counseling and Psychological Services, Religious and Spiritual Life and Rainbow Alliance. Turner said this year there have been more transgender homicide victims than in previous years. Associate university chaplain Jackie Marquez began the vigil speaking on grieving and healing.
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in the final seconds, a 22-yard pass to tight end Troy Fumagalli, was called back after the replay crew determined Fumagalli’s knee was down at the one yard line. Quarterback Joel Stave found receiver Jazz Peavy on the very next play for what looked like the go-ahead touchdown, but after review the pass was ruled incomplete. Stave was sacked and forced out of the game on the following play, and backup quarterback Bart Houston threw incomplete on the Badgers’ last gasp. But despite the last-second drama, it was not a game for the offensively-minded, with the two teams trading a total of 15 punts. NU’s defense, however, ultimately held the upper hand. The defensive effort was spurred by the play of the line, which made a living in the Wisconsin backfield and recorded 11 tackles for loss. Senior defensive end Deonte Gibson led the way with three sacks and four total tackles for loss, including the sack on Wisconsin’s final drive, while senior Dean Lowry and junior Ifeadi Odenigbo each added half a sack apiece. “(Stave) is a great quarterback and they’re a great team, and we were able to limit them,” sophomore linebacker Anthony Walker said. “He made some plays, but we were able to make one more down the stretch.” A flustered Stave finished 20-for-34 for 229
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told The Daily in September. Another concern for both districts is a state funding reform bill — initially proposed in 2014 and then retooled and reintroduced the following year — that would redistribute funding from tax-wealthy districts such as Evanston to more tax-poor areas. Officials said the result would be a roughly $2.2 million deficit for ETHS and an approximately $6.6 million shortfall for District 65. However, Goren said although the district has a generally high wealth index, Evanston schools serve students from a range of socioeconomic statuses, with 40 percent of District 65 students receiving free and reduced lunches. “The concentration of poverty we face in the district is substantial,” he said. Stafford said that a better solution than redistribution from district to district would be the state investing excess money from other areas into poorer school districts. “Rearranging the dollars is a little bit like rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic,” Stafford said. “Don’t, in the middle of a crisis, start taking money away from schools, as little as they give us in the first place.” District 65 school board member and parent Jennifer Phillips said the district, which cut the equivalent of 29 full-time positions already earlier this year to cope with a projected deficit, has already begun to prepare itself for the worst. Stafford recalled that ETHS was forced to make large reductions in the 1990s and late 2000s. “(ETHS has) been through three or four budget crises, we went through the recession and had to make million dollar cuts,” Stafford said. “It’s harrowing and a problem, but it’s something we’ve done before.” As both districts have weathered reductions in the past, however, District 202 superintendent Eric Witherspoon said ETHS has already trimmed virtually all its excess expenditures. “Based on how we’ve already become leaner and found ways to save money and still continue offering the services and the education we offer our students, the challenge would become that now we would have to find even more ways to cut,” Witherspoon said. Phillips emphasized that information and open communication between the district and its families is crucial moving forward. “I hope the administration and the board are committed to making sure that parents, administrators, teachers and taxpayers have a really good understanding of the financial landscape and understand the choices and potentially trade-offs we will have to make,” she said. Witherspoon said District 202 can ultimately find ways to bear the deficit, even if the cuts are deep. “We can do it, but it’s going to be painful,” Witherspoon said. “Not only for our students, but for our community to see the kind of issue it’s going to create when we can’t provide the quality of education that this community wants and cherishes.”
“We can emerge from mourning with a strength that we could have never have imagined we had inside of us,” Marquez said. “We will continue to live in holy defiance and fight for justice.” This is the first time a representative from Religious and Spiritual Life has spoken at the annual vigil, said Medill senior Bo Suh, co-president of Rainbow Alliance. Marquez touched on the importance of solidarity, partly because religion is one of the main reasons people struggle with their identity, Suh said. After the reading of the victim’s names, those who were present at the event were invited to share their thoughts and experiences. “All these people died because of transphobia,” Natalie Vega, a Weinberg freshman, said at the vigil. “And if we’re not working actively to call out these issues… we are complicit in their murders and we are complicit in their death and in all the violence against them.” After the vigil concluded, most relocated to Norris University Center for an informal discussion in the Gender and Sexuality Resource Center with hot chocolate and apple cider. Jod Taywaditep, the associate director for training at CAPS, attended the discussion to tell students he and his colleagues are available to
speak with students about transgender issues. However, the students spearheaded the discussion itself, sharing their thoughts on how to improve the Greek life system, how to help their transgender friends get home safely and how to create a safer environment on campus. Suh said it is important to note that transwomen of color in particular are systemically attacked and persecuted for their identity. Antitransgender violence is an issue that not only deals with transphobia, but also with factors of race and class that are specific to the transgender experience, Suh said. College campuses across the nation are holding similar vigils for the Transgender Day of Remembrance, Turner said. The vigils help empower the transgender community and ensure that the victims of violence are not forgotten, despite the lack of news coverage, Turner added. “Just planning and preparing for this event was really difficult,” Turner said. “Seeing their names but also seeing their faces and their stories… They were people, they had people that cared about them, and they were taken from this world because of who they were.”
yards and tossed two interceptions, the first to senior cornerback Nick VanHoose and the second to Walker. The Badgers committed a total of five turnovers, fumbling three times in addition to the two picks to routinely stunt their offense and set the Cats up with good field position. The Badgers also weren’t able to get anything moving on the ground, finishing the game with -26 rushing yards. Star running back Corey Clement, limited most of the year with a sports hernia, carried just 10 times. In addition to NU’s defensive play and Wisconsin’s turnovers, the outcome of the game also pivoted on a bizarre punt return in the third quarter. As the kick was bouncing toward him, Badgers punt returner Alex Erickson crossed his arms back and forth to signal his teammates to stay away from the ball. He then proceeded to field the punt, break through several tackles and sprint all the way to the end zone to give Wisconsin a 13-10 lead. But the play was called back on a technicality. Erickson, it was ruled, actually called for a fair catch and couldn’t advance the ball. The six points were taken off the scoreboard, and the Badgers failed to score for the rest of the game. An excellent performance by the defense was necessary given how NU’s offense limped through the contest.
Sophomore running back Justin Jackson was the lone positive, tying a career high by carrying 35 times for 139 yards and the Cats’ lone touchdown. “I feel fine right now,” Jackson said of the heavy workload, “but we’ll see in the next three or four days. You have to do what you have to do to win.” Junior kicker Jack Mitchell was not the hero, missing two of four attempts. Both missed kicks were within 40 yards, with the first going wide right from just 27 yards out. “He’s just got to look at some things,” Fitzgerald said. “The first one he came up short on the ball and just didn’t follow through. I haven’t seen that before from him.” Redshirt freshman quarterback Clayton Thorson had one of his worst performances of the season, completing 9-of-20 passes for only 60 yards. No Cats receiver had more than two catches. But critically, Thorson and everyone else on the offense avoided turning the ball over, and the resulting 5-0 turnover margin proved crucial in a tight game. The defense shined for NU, just as it has all season. “That was pretty cool,” Lowry said. “Camp Randall is a fun place to play. … We got the win, and it’s a tough place to play.”
University Center, NAISA students and community members raised a white flag over the Alumni Center in memory of the white flag chiefs Black Kettle and White Antelope raised near Fort Lyon, in Colorado, as a symbol of peace to establish themselves as friendly before U.S. troops. On Nov. 29, 1864, Colonel John Chivington attacked this Native American camp near Fort Lyon, killing more than 100 Native Americans. NU formed the John Evans Study Committee in 2013 to investigate Evans’ connection to the Sand Creek Massacre. The Native American Outreach and Inclusion Task Force was created the next year to study Northwestern’s ties to the Native American community. In May 2014, the Study Committee found no evidence Evans, NU founder and governor of the Colorado territory at the time of Chivington’s attack, was directly involved in planning the Sand Creek Massacre. However, the committee said Evans did have some responsibility in an attack that killed about 150 Cheyenne and Arapaho people. Lorenzo Gudino, NAISA’s treasurer, helped raise the white flag Saturday morning. The Medill junior said he was happy with the event’s turnout, especially because the ceremony had to be moved from outside the Alumni Center to Norris because of the weather. “I strongly suggest Northwestern students to go check (the flag) out before it’s taken down,” he said. “We don’t know how long it’s going to stay up there.”
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It was a sour ending to an historic season. Northwestern (14-6-2, 7-4-1 Big Ten) crumbled 4-0 to West Virginia (18-2-1, 6-0-1 Big 12) in the NCAA Round of 32 on Friday night in Morgantown. West Virginia’s win marks its fourth trip to the third round. “We got off to a rough start, but it was too much to overcome,” coach Michael Moynihan said. “Halftime came, and we just talked about what type of impression we want to leave for the people watching us tonight.” The Wildcat’s history-making season screeched to a halt after a 4-goal deficit in the first half. The Mountaineers outshot NU 22-3, forcing West Virginia’s goalkeeper Hannah Steadman to make only one save, while the Cats’ sophomore goalkeeper Lauren Clem was under constant fire tallying seven saves. West Virginia wasted no time. The team generated a penalty kick just 12 minutes into the half, but the ball ricocheted off the crossbar. At that point, it was anyone’s game, but a short two minutes after, West Virginia broke through. “I thought we were going to ride a bit of luck after they hit their penalty kick off the crossbar, and that we might be able to keep ourselves in it,” Moynihan said. Captain and midfielder Amanda Hill
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scored her fifth goal of the season in the 15th minute after burying a header off of a corner kick. Mountaineers’ leading goal scorer and forward Michaela Abam padded her statistics in the 23rd minute after firing a bullet from 25 yards out to the far post. The game significantly slipped out of the Cats’ hands when they couldn’t maintain possession. Nothing was connecting, no one was at the receiving end of crosses into the box and no one was rebounding off of long-range shot opportunities. NU couldn’t penetrate the steely backline making chances remote or stifled. This allowed for West Virginia to keep knocking. In low-scoring sports, it is often said the third goal is the most deadly, and in this game it nailed the coffin. In the 28th minutes, midfielder Leah Emaus received a feed below the PK line and buried a low shot opposite of Clem to the far left post. To cap the scoring off for the day, in the 36th minute, forward Kelsie Maloney one-timed it in front of the net to the near left post. This catapuled the Mountaineers to a program singleseason record in team goals (56). But, despite the heart-breaking
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END OF THE ROAD Addie Steiner fights for possession of the ball. The junior forward finished the season as the team leader in both goals and assists, with seven of each.
finale, there is still plenty to celebrate. “I can’t put into words how special this season was,” senior midfielder Nandi Mehta said. “I love every single one of these girls. The bar has been set high and this program has some big things ahead of it.” This season was not only the program’s second time ever appearing in the Round of 32, but also the first time it was ranked nationally under Moynihan. In addition, it collected seven Big Ten wins and didn’t lose a game to a team
McIntosh leads Cats to OT win By DAN WALDMAN
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Northwestern’s undefeated season continued Friday after the Wildcats edged out Columbia, 83-80, in overtime. The Cats (3-0) didn’t lead in the game until freshman forward Aaron Falzon made a free throw with 3:36 remaining in overtime to put them up 75-74. Then with just under a minute remaining in the game, senior guard Tre Demps hit a 3-point shot, followed by a jumper from sophomore guard Bryant McIntosh to give the Cats an 82-78 lead over the Lions (1-2). Senior center Alex Olah fouled out of the game — conceding two more free throws to the Lions — with just 16.2 seconds remaining. But Falzon then made one-of-two free throws to give the Cats a 3-point lead with 10 seconds remaining in the game. “(I’m) still trying to figure out how we pulled it off,” coach Chris Collins said. “The numbers, analytically would probably prove to be a little bit of an anomaly that we won that game.” Despite NU coming away with the victory, the Cats had a slow start against the Lions. NU allowed Columbia to shoot seven-of-17 from 3-point range in the first half, as well as committing nine first-half turnovers. NU went into halftime on the wrong side of a 9-2 run, trailing the Lions 35-28. Collins said he was disappointed with the team’s first-half performance. “We were getting our butts kicked and then we made a great run and tied it at 26,” Collins said. “I thought we were back in the game, and then we had to sub a little bit. We didn’t defend well and then they (Columbia) go into the half with a seven-point lead.” After getting outscored 9-4 in the first four minutes of the second half, NU’s offense picked up, finishing regulation shooting 62 percent from the field and 60 percent from three. McIntosh led the team with a careerhigh 32 points and said along with Demps, the guards did a good job of attacking the basket to get easy layups. “Their big wasn’t up very high so I felt like if I could get the guard rubbed into the
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not-ranked in the top 45 on the RPI. Moynihan credited the team’s success to the seniors who played key roles, like Mehta and midfielder Niki Sebo, who was second on the team in goals with 5. “You can carry this back a few years, we’ve been growing,” Moynihan said. “We talk a lot about the senior class and the character that they have shown. They really didn’t have role models to follow when they joined the program in terms of how to get to this level of success.”
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screen, I could set the big up and attack the basket,” McIntosh said. “That’s how I got a couple fouls, got to the line a couple times and also got layups.” The Cats’ guards led the team’s offense, combining for 54 of NU’s 83 points. Demps scored 22 points in the win, after scoring only a combined 24 points in the Cats’ first two games. Demps played the entire 45 minutes. Collins played sophomore Scottie Lindsey only seven minutes. With both Olah and junior forward Sanjay Lumpkin fouling out of the game, the Cats had to deal with a limited rotation. “I felt pretty good,” Demps said. “The hardest part is the beginning of the game because the tempo is so fast. But once the game slows down and calls are being made and teams are running half-court sets, it’s a little bit easier to kind of catch on.”
After Lumpkin fouled out, the Cats were trailing 66-58, when Collins turned to sophomore forward Gavin Skelly. Skelly, who did not play in the Cats’ last game against Fairfield, finished with 5 points and two blocks. After the Fairfield game, Skelly said Collins told him to be prepared to play a crucial role, and Skelly said he was ready to make an impact. “(I saw a) lack of energy,” Skelly said. “Columbia even during the whole game just played harder than us… We weren’t playing hard and we had no energy givers out there. That’s one thing why I got recruited and came here because I’m able to do that for this team.” The Cats play North Carolina, the No. 1 ranked team in the nation, in their next game Monday. “Well it’s going to be pretty challenging,” Collins said. “From first-hand experience, I know. I had the opportunity to compete against that program for a lot of years and have nothing but amazing respect for coach (Roy) Williams and everything Carolina basketball stands for.” danielwaldman2019@u.northwestern.edu
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BRYANT’S BUCKETS Bryant McIntosh looks to split a pair of defenders as he attacks the rim. The sophomore guard scored a career-high 32 points.
The coach also added this group of seniors created a roadmap the rest of the team can follow going forward. With this win, West Virginia advances to the Round of 16, where it will face Loyola Marymount on Sunday. “Credit to West Virginia, they were a fantastic team,” Moynihan said. “We came in here with high hopes, and I think we put together a fantastic season.”
On an afternoon where most of Northwestern’s lineup came out looking sluggish, junior guard Ashley Deary helped fuel the team to keep it undefeated in a win over Western Michigan on Sunday. Deary provided the necessary spark for the Wildcats (3-0) with career-highs in points and assists, with 25 and 12, respectively. Nineteen of Deary’s points came in the first half which gave NU a 40-29 lead at halftime, before a 22-point run late in the game gave the Cats an insurmountable lead and an 86-62 win. Junior forward Nia Coffey again had a solid day for the Cats, scoring 20 points and pulling down nine rebounds, following up her performance from last Thursday where she tied her career-high with 18 rebounds against Idaho State. She grinded for points and rebounds on the block all day, earning 10 free throws and making six. Coach Joe McKeown praised Coffey’s consistency. “She’s raised the bar … you can expect the energy and the effort every night,” McKeown said. The Broncos (2-2) possess much more talent and athleticism than NU’s first two opponents and were able to provide a much stiffer test for the Cats. Western Michigan hung tough in the first half, cutting NU’s lead to 25-24 after a sevenpoint run in the second quarter. NU’s weakness on the glass manifested itself again today with the Cats losing the rebounding battle 38-32. Along with winning the battle on the boards, Western Michigan allowed only seven offensive rebounds to NU, compared to the impressive 23 the team had last game.
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Junior guard Christen Inman had a scoring breakthrough in the second half during NU’s dominating 22-point run in the late third and early fourth quarters. After only having 4 points in the first half, Inman exploded for 13 points in the second. The Cats’ aggressive defense was key again; NU forced 24 turnovers that led to 40 points. The Cats have forced 23 or more turnovers in every game this season. Another area where NU excelled was on the fast-break. Often led by the lightning quick ballhandling and passing ability of Deary, the Cats scored 22 points on the break, and allowed only four to the Broncos. Senior guard Maggie Lyon made her presence felt on the defensive end where she nabbed a gameleading five steals. On offense, she contributed 12 points. However, her struggles from beyond the arc continued where she shot 0-of-3. Lyon’s 37 gamestreak of making at least one threepointer ended in the first game of this season. Before their trip to Texas for the Lone Star Showcase, which begins Thursday, the Cats demonstrated that even on a night that had some sloppy plays, aggressive defense and a number of standout performances could still give NU a blowout win. “We knew that would come if we kept on pressuring them on the defensive end and finally a couple people hit some shots and it just kind of catapulted us,” Lyon said. benjaminapelbaum2019@u.northwestern. edu