The Daily Northwestern – November 16, 2015

SPORTS Women’s Soccer NU advances in NCAA Tournament with double-overtime goal » PAGE 8

NEWS On Campus NU grieves after attacks in Paris, Beirut and Baghdad » PAGE 3

OPINION Cohen We must go beyond opposing the Safe Campus Act » PAGE 4

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By ALICE YIN

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‘FROM NU TO MIZZOU’ Students gather outside the Black House on Friday to protest institutional racism at Northwestern and other universities. The protesters later moved to Henry Crown Sports Pavilion, where they spoke out at a groundbreaking ceremony for a new athletic facility.

Protest interrupts ceremony

Students march to support Mizzou protesters

By MARIANA ALFARO

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Northwestern students disrupted the groundbreaking for the lakeside athletic complex Friday afternoon as the final stop in their protest in solidarity with black students fighting for racial justice at the

Early Decision applications up by 12 percent this year

Northwestern received its most Early Decision applications ever this year. Prospective students submitted 3,022 Early Decision applications to the University as of the Nov. 1 deadline — an increase of about 12 percent over Early Decision applications last year.

The University’s current record for Early Decision applications came two years ago, receiving 2,863. Michael Mills, the associate provost for University enrollment, said the number of early applications this year is not finalized, but he is expecting a significant increase over last year’s numbers.

“It’s frustrating because it’s a moving target,” Mills said. “Some kids will email us saying they’ve change their minds, and ask to be switched to Regular Decision. Also the QuestBridge apps follow a different process so the number won’t be the final, but it will be pretty close.”

University of Missouri and Yale University.

The event was part of a call to action that convened about 300 students, faculty and community members, beginning at the steps of the historic Black House. The plan for the protest was publicly announced on Facebook late Wednesday night by For Members Only coordinator Yjaden Wood and widely shared by students.

After the rally at the Black House, the

crowd made its way up Sheridan Road with a stop at Technological Institute, culminating in the interruption at the groundbreaking ceremony where University President Morton Schapiro was set to speak.

The demonstrators had met outside the Black House, where members of FMO, Students for Justice in Palestine, Inspire

Mills said he cannot pinpoint a direct cause for the increase in applications, but the University did make adjustments to the way it publicized to prospective students — including changing the routes of campus tours to showcase areas of the school that were too far from the Office of Undergraduate Admission, 1801 Hinman Ave., to show previous applicants.

“My own sense is that I think we have done a very good job this year of presenting Northwestern,” Mills said.

“Through the new visitor’s center, the tweaks we’ve made to the campus tours, through our print publications and I think that our messaging is very good this year.”

Regular Decision applications are not due until Jan. 1, but the University is already expecting a drastic increase in the number of Regular Decision applications from last year.

Mills said based on the data he has received from the Common Application, the number of applications that Northwestern receives could be as many as 3,000 more than last year.

“Regular Decision at this point is looking huge,” he said. “Last year we

finished with like 32,000 in change applications and about 30,000 were regular. We could have 31,000 to 32,000 this year — which would take us to about 35,000 overall.”

With the increase in the number of applications, Mills said he is still expecting similar acceptance rates for Early Decision candidates as last year. He said he thinks the school will take about 45 to 50 percent of its freshman class from the Early Decision pool.

Mills said Early Decision application decisions should be released no later than Dec. 15. But given the expected increase in Regular Decision applications, he is expecting an acceptance rate that is lower than the school’s current accept rate of about 13 percent.

“If all these scenarios come true,” Mills said. “That we end up with 35,000 applications, and take 45 to 50 percent of our class via Early Decision and if we yield like we did last year in Regular Decision, then we could have an acceptance rate of probably about 11.”

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All Northwestern students studying in Europe are safe and accounted for, the University said Saturday, a day after terrorist attacks in Paris that killed more than 120 people and wounded more than 350.

There are 82 undergraduate students and 11 graduate students studying in Paris, University spokesman Bob Rowley said. All have reported they are safe, as have students studying abroad in Europe outside of Paris.

“Since this horrific incident began last night, our Office of Global Safety and Security and other staff members have been working tirelessly,” Rowley wrote in an email to The Daily. “We are very grateful our students are safe.”

The Office of Global Safety and Security is working with the Study Abroad Office and the International Program Development office to ensure students have proper

resources and support, Rowley said.

He said in light of the attacks, there are no plans to cut short NU’s study abroad programs in France, the top study abroad destination for NU students in previous years, according to data from the Study Abroad Office.

French President François Hollande announced Saturday that the Islamic State group is responsible for the attack, which is considered Europe’s deadliest terrorist attack since the 2004 Madrid train bombings, according to The New York Times.

ISIS corroborated its responsibility for the attacks in Paris, claiming they were the “first of the storm.” The multiple shootings and explosions came from three teams in six different locations, including the Stade de France stadium where Hollande was watching a soccer match between France and Germany.

Weinberg junior Simone Rivera said she was also present at the match with three of her friends, including Weinberg junior David » See PARIS, page 6

Athletes don shirts supporting Mizzou

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The Wildcats showed support for the University of Missouri’s fight against institutional racism Sunday, wearing warmup shirts that recognized the recent protests.

The players’ shirts — which read

“We Support Mizzou” — marked the latest display of solidarity with the Missouri protesters by Northwestern students.

“In light of all that has been happening at UM, we, as a united team, wanted to let those students know that we simply see and care about their pain, and are supporting them » See BASKETBALL, page 6

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Around Town Exhibit focuses on life with disabilities

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For Reveca Torres, using a wheelchair is not as much of a burden as people may think. Instead, Torres considers the wheelchair a tool for independence.

“A lot of people think a wheelchair is limiting, and I wanted people to know that the wheelchair is freedom,” Torres said. “It allows me to be independent and gives me a normal life, to work and to travel.”

Torres is one of six artists featured in “The Art of Normal,” an exhibit including photography, poetry and music aimed at sharing personal expressions of community members with disabilities. The free exhibit will open with a reception Thursday at 6 p.m. at the Civic Center’s Fleetwood-Jourdain Art Guild Gallery and will remain open for the remainder of the year.

Torres, whose art includes photographs of herself at different locations using her wheelchair, is the executive director of Backbones, an organization that helps people with spinal cord injuries and their families connect with their community.

Police Blotter Man strikes ambulance attendant before fleeing vehicle

A man who was being transported Friday in an ambulance to Evanston Hospital after making suicidal threats fled the vehicle after striking the ambulance attendant in the face, police said.

The 32-year-old resident of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, was being transported from a hospital in Skokie to Evanston Hospital at about 4:35 p.m. when the man hit a 26-year-old female ambulance attendant, collected his personal belongings and fled the vehicle southbound from Gross Point Road and Central Street. The attendant suffered an injury to her nose.

The attacker was described as a 5-foot-3-inch black man, weighing about 240 lbs. and wearing hospital scrubs, police said. The man also had a black hooded sweatshirt in his personal belongings.

Torres said she and the other artists reflected on what they wanted the public to understand about their disabilities.

Commemorating the 25th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act, Patrick Hughes (Kellogg ‘11) proposed the idea of the exhibit to his friends, who later became the six artists featured in the exhibit. Hughes is the CEO and founder of Inclusion Solutions, an Evanston company dedicated to equipping businesses with the tools to ensure inclusion of customers with disabilities.

“The 80 percent of the community who doesn’t have a disability doesn’t necessarily know how to connect and talk to the 20 percent,” Hughes said. “By doing the art exhibit, we’ll be having a conversation in a different way.”

Jay DeWitt, a producer of the exhibit and longtime friend of Hughes, said he felt fortunate to learn how the featured artists process the world and how they think the world processes them.

“The value is the perspective you gain by seeing the world through other people’s eyes,” he said.

Communication senior Jen Yamin, one of the featured artists, said the exhibit reminded her to keep an open mind about people with disabilities rather

than rely on widespread stereotypes. Understanding these artists’ perspectives helps deconstruct the stereotypes of people with disabilities, Yamin said.

“When people walk through the pieces, they’ll have a much better understanding on what it’s like to have any of these challenges,” said Jennifer Lasik, the city’s cultural arts coordinator. “The exhibition is very good at showing our very own sensitivities and insensitivities.”

Other featured artists include Medill prof. Eric Ferkenhoff and recent graduate Tommy Carroll (Medill ‘15), a performing percussionist and electronic composer.

In addition to artistically depicting the life experiences of community members with disabilities, “The Art of Normal” encourages businesses to view the disability community as a customer base, not a compliance under the ADA, Hughes said.

Hughes invites business students and professors to visit the exhibit to gain a new understanding of “normal” and use their talents to transform businesses to help include people with disabilities as customers.

Police had not located the man as of Sunday afternoon.

Man charged with driving under the influence

Elderly woman robbed while unloading groceries

An 85-year-old woman was robbed Friday while unloading groceries in her driveway, police said.

The woman reported to police that she was robbed at about 5 p.m. while unloading groceries from the trunk of her vehicle in front of her residence in the 2400 block of Hastings Avenue. The woman said she felt something hit the back of her head, knocking her down and the groceries out of her hand, police said.

The woman, who thought the impact was of a trunk closing on her, later realized her purse that had been around her arm was missing. The purse contained the woman’s wallet and $16. The woman was transported to Evanston Hospital and is in stable condition.

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A 47-year-old man was arrested early Thursday morning in connection with driving under the influence.

Police stopped the man’s vehicle at about 12:30 a.m. in the 7000 block of North Western Avenue when they noticed he was driving at a high speed without his headlights on, said Evanston police Cmdr.

Joseph Dugan. Police gave the man a field sobriety test but arrested the man after he refused to participate in a breathalyzer test, Dugan said.

The man was charged with a misdemeanor for driving under the influence of alcohol. He was given two traffic tickets for driving without lights and no proof of insurance and is scheduled to appear in court on Dec. 17.

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NU grieves for lives lost during terrorist attacks

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More than 70 members of the Northwestern community gathered at The Rock on Sunday evening to share prayers and thoughts at a vigil hosted in light of recent acts of terrorism, including attacks in Beirut, Baghdad and Paris.

Students and members of the community gathered shortly before 5 p.m. when the candlelight vigil began. The International Student Association organized the vigil with Interfaith, an engagement initiative that creates space for students with different faiths to interact at NU. “It’s a difficult situation to address, especially because there have been so many events over the past few days,” Medill sophomore and ISA member Eish Sumra told The Daily. “I don’t think that (the administration) addressed it in an entirely public way, and maybe they should’ve a little bit more.

That’s why we’re holding the event today.”

Participants of the vigil, mostly students, stayed quiet as they helped each other light the candles and formed a wide circle amid the glowing flames.

“Whether it’s Paris, Beirut, Syria, Iraq or Turkey, Kenya, all the events are equally devastating,” Sumra said as he opened the vigil. “We’re really

thankful that you all came out to support them and show your solidarity.”

Tahera Ahmad, director of Interfaith engagement and associate chaplain at NU, expressed her condolences and denounced the attackers for using violence in the name of Islam.

“As the Muslim chaplain on campus, I would like to share with you my personal belief that terrorism has no religion,” Ahmad said. “It is the result of destructive ideologies that seek to take advantage and exploit the weakest members of society regardless of their socioeconomic faith, religious background.”

Ahmad said injustices occur in Chicago and on campuses across the country. The University stands against the systemic injustices that occur locally and globally, she said.

Followed by a prayer, Weinberg senior Emery Weinstein spoke on behalf of the Jewish community, sharing her experience working at the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development in Paris, as well as her values stemming from her Jewish beliefs. Raising concern for people’s increasing fear of strangers in and outside France, she said people should ask themselves how they can be more welcoming.

“We can fight injustice through the audacity of nonviolent resistance, through saying hello to a stranger, through staying steadfast in trust, and

without any fear, we can eventually begin to love another,” Weinstein said.

Connor Steelberg, a Weinberg senior from France, asked people at the vigil to keep their minds open toward the victims of attacks in Paris and all refugees who are fleeing from violence.

“The most we can do is never forget that currently there are people going everyday through absolutely horrendous things, who, day after day, have to wake up in ISIS-controlled territory, wondering whether or not they will live to see the next day,” Steelberg said.

University President Morton Schapiro said he is keeping in his prayers not only the victims of the attacks worldwide, but also the Muslim population affected by the stereotypes associated with the religion. He closed the vigil with a moment of silence. The crowd eventually dispersed in a somber mood, with some exchanging hugs and condolences.

“It’s our chance to pay our respect to the victims and their families and loved ones,” Sumra said. “It’s a way to show solidarity and hopefully provide the student body with an outlet for support.”

Interfaith will continue to foster and create spaces on campus to unite students from different backgrounds and hold dialogues, Ahmad said.

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IN MEMORIAM Members of the Northwestern community gather and pray at The Rock at a candlelight vigil. International Student Association and Interfaith hosted the vigil Sunday evening to support those who were affected by the recent terrorist attacks worldwide.

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McCandless, Thompson announced as DM emcees

By FATHMA RAHMAN

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Dance Marathon introduced Weinberg senior Brad McCandless and SESP junior Sarah Thompson as its 2016 emcees Friday afternoon.

As part of Northwestern’s largest philanthropy event of the year, McCandless and Thompson will lead participants through the 30-hour fundraiser March 4-6

next quarter. This year’s primary beneficiary is Blessings in a Backpack, which sends food to elementary school children over the weekend who would otherwise go hungry. Evanston Community Foundation will be DM’s secondary beneficiary for its 19th year.

Leading up to the event, the emcees will work to promote the fundraiser, attend fundraising parties and interact with DM committees and kids from the beneficiary, said DM spokeswoman Kalli Koukounas.

“They’re really gonna be one of the biggest faces of DM this year,” Koukounas said.

to serve as the DM emcees, they always knew that this was the role that they wanted to play in the future.

“The most memorable part of DM every year is getting to connect with the (beneficiary families) through speeches, videos, real interactions — and that’s what we do DM for,” McCandless said. “It’s about getting to walk a mile in their shoes for a little while to see their perspective on the cause that we’re helping, and it’s the most humbling and moving part of DM.”

Apart from DM, Thompson is involved with the musical theater dance group Steam Heat Dance Company, serves on the executive board of her sorority and is as a peer adviser. McCandless is finishing his term on the Interfraternity Council executive board in addition to serving on the Senior Year Experience Committee.

“They have a particularly great dynamic and they bring a lot of excitement and care for the beneficiary this year, which is something we really value,” DM spokesman James Keane said.

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We must go beyond opposing the Safe Campus Act JULIA COHEN

DAILY COLUMNIST

During Northwestern’s “It’s On Us” campaign last week, we were guided to consider our role in stopping sexual assault on our campus. This is a far bigger question than can be addressed in just a week, or a 500-word column. It requires serious thinking about the responsibilities of bystanders, an understanding of historically marginalized populations and what consent really means.

Across my identities as white, cis female, a survivor, a sorority woman and so many others, I often struggle to understand what role I could play in preventing sexual assault. However, every once in a while, we are given a clear opportunity to take a stance on concrete actions. The Safe Campus Act is one of these opportunities, and I encourage you to join me in taking action against it.

The hideously and ironically named Safe Campus Act prohibits universities from investigating cases of rape and sexual assault unless they are also reported to the police. This makes it harder for people who may have been falsely accused of

rape or sexual assault to face disciplinary action.

It also makes it a lot harder for those who are actually guilty to face consequences, and greatly limits survivors’ choices after an incident. Simply put, it protects aggressors against survivors.

The umbrella groups of many sororities and fraternities had paid lobbyists to push the act forward to protect their own reputations. After the North American Interfraternity Council and National Panhellenic Council members pushed their respective Greek organizations to withdraw support, the two groups made official statements on Friday withdrawing their support for the bill.

As a sorority woman, I could not be prouder of my Greek brothers and sisters for taking action against their national organizations for what they believe is right. Although this incident shined a horrible light on the national bureaucracies of sororities and fraternities, it showed the potential of our organizations to do good. It is so easy to get caught up in tier systems, parties and Gone Greek Night pairings that we often forget what our organizations are truly about.

As fraternity men and sorority women, it is our duty to set examples for our campus and each other. We are told over and over again in our new member training that we “hold ourselves to a higher standard” but can forget what that really

means. It means banding together to speak out for protecting our brothers, our sisters and our campuses.

This doesn’t mean that our handling of the Safe Campus Act was perfect. Unfortunately, much coverage of the act has focused only on Greek organizations. Although sexual assault is a problem in this community, we’ve forgotten marginalized populations, such as LGBT individuals and people of color, who, as survivors, rarely get the support, attention and justice that they deserve. Although the Safe Campus Act is detrimental to all college students, it is especially destructive for them. If passed, the bill would force these groups to report to law enforcement officials who have historically dehumanized them. Dealing with rape or sexual assault is incredibly difficult and confusing. Forcing survivors to come face-to-face with the institutions that have abused them for generations compounds these feelings by amounts that, as a white, cis woman, I cannot even begin to imagine. The Safe Campus Act continues a cycle of violence toward at-risk populations by giving them a terrible choice: stay silent and never be heard, or speak out and face dehumanizing treatment by authorities.

When faced with challenges such as the Safe

Campus Act, we need to reframe our stories.

Although mobilization by fraternities and sororities is a crucial step toward defeating it, we have forgotten millions of other college students.

Individual fraternities and sororities are still technically for the act, so I encourage members to continue to write to their national organizations.

However, I also encourage us to think about how our actions impact other groups on our campus and throughout the country. We can use fraternities and sororities as a tool to keep fighting, but if we make sexual assault on campus a Greek problem, we leave behind some of the individuals who it has hurt the most.

Whether you’re Greek or not, the Safe Campus Act is still in Congress. Write to your senator, representative or any other organization you are a part of and speak out against it while you still can. Because even though each of us can only do so much, it truly is on us to support survivors and stop sexual assault.

Julia Cohen is a SESP junior. She can be reached at juliacohen2017@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.

Some responses to the Paris attacks are misguided ALEX DALY

DAILY COLUMNIST

Paris has been my home since late August and will be my home until December because I study at a French university through a Northwestern program. France has invited me into the buzz of its cities, the language of its culture and the lives of its people. On Friday my temporary home came under assault, as several orchestrated terrorist attacks left 132 dead and hundreds wounded. The details are sickening. Two suicide bombers blew themselves up near a French stadium. Gunmen mowed down civilians at a concert. French President François Hollande has condemned the attacks as “an act of war.”

These events come on the heels of a Russian airliner exploding midair over the Sinai Peninsula, killing everyone onboard the aircraft, in late October. Two suicide bombers killed 43 people and wounded more than 200 in Beirut on Thursday.

Explosions in Baghdad killed 26 and wounded 61 at a Shiite memorial service on Thursday. ISIS has

Letter to the Editor

Our Black House matters to everyone

In 1968, black students at Northwestern took action for survival and self-determination on campus. Then, as now, blacks represented a disproportionately low percentage of the student body and needed specific culturally sensitive interventions to normalize the student experience. The challenge again faced today is whose voice should determine how to obtain what we all want: One Northwestern. Black students and alumni speak with a single voice to say what we have consistently said since 1968: Our voices must be the predominant voice in the discussion regarding the black experience on campus.

The University agreed to specific courses of action in 1968, resulting from the first major action of the protest era on Northwestern’s campus. From May 3-4, 1968, about 100 black students (supported by hundreds of majority students) occupied the Bursar’s office with a list of demands to make existence on campus livable. These were the self-determined views of blacks as to what would work best in the face of perceived and real oppression. The resultant concessions, including increasing admissions and financial aid and the establishment of the Black House, were a covenant without an expiration date, particularly prior to eradicating disparities in the black student experience.

Forty-seven years later, the Black House is a cultural icon. It should be designated a landmark building on campus and continue as a mainstay for African-Americans in the same way Hillel, the Women’s Center and Greek houses exist for other student communities. Furthermore, the Black House should have an autonomous existence beyond the

been implicated, either directly by its own admission (in the case of Baghdad and the plane crash) or indirectly through mounting evidence suggesting its ties to the other attacks (a suspect has claimed ISIS was involved in Beirut).

These shockwaves have spread across international borders. On Saturday, Poland announced it was withdrawing from the European Union’s refugee plan as a result of the Paris attacks, and given that one militant entered Leros as a refugee according to the Greek government, perhaps it won’t be the last. The migrant crisis can only worsen further.

And yet, widespread attention seems to focus on the politicizing of the French national tragedy.

Newt Gingrich used the opportunity to call on Twitter for concealed carry laws for firearms. Bill Maher has used the opportunity to again express his distaste for the idea of intervention. Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson has suggested that the U.S. should refuse refugees for the sake of national security. It is an opportunity pundits and politicians are scavenging to exploit, some having done so before the death count had been totaled and confirmed.

What Frank Bruni calls “the exploitation of

Paris” has taken on other forms as well. The oftrepeated implication taking shape across social media and some editorial websites that solidarity with France comes at the expense of solidarity with others is frustrating and troublesome. It comes from a place of anger and a place of empathy, but the politicalization of slaughtering trails closely behind, as problematic for the right as it is for the left. And it is grossly misguided.

Perhaps we should be cautious in our rush to comparison, if, indeed, we should be making them at all. Because it doesn’t seem that drawing bridges between terrorism is for the purpose of developing a foreign policy. Perhaps, just perhaps, we shouldn’t rush to assume those who have expressed their condolences to France and the death in Paris have forgotten the lives of countless others.

You may very well say, “Open your eyes beyond Europe!” And I would urge wholeheartedly that we should, particularly to the victims in Paris and to the migrants escaping the same terrorism we condemn. The safety of thousands has been threatened. The streets are empty in Paris. The fear is experienced together.

So when we think about Paris, let us think about the innocent who are now dead. Let us think about

purview of Student Affairs. We believe its future should include expansion to become a Resource and Cultural Center and a home for an archive of the nearly 150-year African-American experience at Northwestern. Northwestern University Black Alumni Association has submitted such a proposal to the administration. However, the Division of Student Affairs has proposed to diminish student space by adding two additional offices for Multicultural Student Affairs. Based on the black community’s response, it is currently engaging in a series of “Listening Sessions” about its proposal. Unfortunately, the presumption of the Listening Sessions is there’s a debate about the ongoing value of the Black House.

Furthermore, any recommendations from the sessions’ committee may or may not be adapted at the discretion of the vice president of Student Affairs.

Since 2004, there has been a steady erosion of the Black House. The Department of African-American Student Affairs has been eliminated. The dean and subsequently the director of African-American Students Affairs, has been eliminated. The resources, spaces and services within the Black House explicitly targeted to assist black students have been reduced and replaced with “global support staff” for Multicultural Student Affairs.

Issues of mental health, matriculation, sexual assault and campus safety still remain significant concerns for African-American students, much as was the case in 1968. Blacks report concerns about their student experience, including feelings of isolation and fears related to safety from verbal and physical attacks. The approach of the Student Affairs appears to be to remove the problem by eliminating identity safety under the guise of multiculturalism, under the premise that allocating resources to all groups will benefit and meet the specific needs of African-Americans. Is this a social version of trickle-down economics? Where is the evidence that multiculturalism positively impacts outcomes

of interest to African-Americans? Is the University unaware that this approach runs counter to best practices in diversity and inclusion initiatives on college campuses?

These ongoing actions to dilute the importance and ability of the Black House — the single most important symbol of the black experience and contributor to the historic success of blacks at NU — send strong messages: 1. NU chooses to abrogate the May 4th agreement.

2. NU shirks responsibility for subpar performance in service to this segment of students.

3. NU doesn’t value the need for blacks to have a safe haven on campus.

This action removes the safety net that has created thousands of success stories for generations of black NU students. This is unacceptable, whether by intent, design or implementation; these are distinctions without a difference and the subsequent outcomes will be all too predictable.

African-American students and alumni are concerned about outcomes and are past the point where we are willing to allow actions that we understand produce harm to black students. Whether by intent, design or implementation, initiatives furthering conditions that disproportionately disadvantage NU’s black community needs to be reversed. As these things go, institutional racism is oblivious to intent; it’s the outcome that defines its existence. The debate shouldn’t be about the value Black House but a more effective use of it.

We call for NU to meet with student and alumni leadership to discuss the way forward. We want the future success of black students to be because of initiatives at NU, not in spite of a lack support from the school we love.

— Jeffrey E. Sterling, MD (WCAS, ’85), Northwestern University Black Alumni Association president

the migrants whose safety has been launched immediately into further risk as each day passes.

Let us stand against those who have already begun demonizing Muslims for terrorist acts they would never commit. Let us play close attention to the problem at hand, watch attentively as it unfolds and keep our respects honest and checked. But let us do it with respect for those affected in Paris.

There is no progress to be made in comparing incidents, hoping to further attention by inadvertently exploiting and trivializing another when the opportunity presents itself. Attention, at the moment, is directed toward Paris. It is respectful and understandable that our attentions are aimed there.

As the French military mobilizes and walks the streets of France’s capital, it is becoming a bullhorn for the right and the left. This will not change minds. And it will not heal.

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Four Northwestern students recounted personal experiences with mental illness, from depression to anorexia nervosa, to a crowd of about 40 people Sunday night.

The Stigma Panel, held for the fifth year in a row

by NU Active Minds, featured Bienen junior Jacob Pope, Medill senior Taylor Shaw, Bienen-SESP freshman Phoebe Glowacki and a Weinberg senior who preferred to remain anonymous. The panel was an effort to reduce the stigma around mental illness, said Sarah Moss, co-president of NU Active Minds and a Weinberg senior.

“We don’t do a good job fostering an environment conducive to mental health,” Pope said.

“We’re busy all day, every day. And if you’re not stressed to the point of breaking, you’re doing something wrong. We put ourselves through the wringer here at Northwestern.”

Pope and Shaw both addressed how the “elite” Northwestern environment can create excess stress due to a lack of a culture that prioritizes students taking care of themselves physically and mentally.

Pope said because he did not have much experience with the term “mental illness,” and due to societal beliefs that men should keep their problems silent, he felt extremely alone. Pope didn’t realize there was something abnormal with his constantly negative thoughts until he was spoken to by hospital staff after a suicide attempt, he said.

Shaw said she discovered she had depression in her sophomore year at NU. This summer she created a documentary, “Brave Girl,” detailing her struggle to inspire others who may be feeling similar emotions, she said.

Glowacki delved into her struggle with anorexia nervosa and panic disorder. She said she found her vibrant, fun personality diminishing as she dealt with physical and verbal abuse as well as the death of her grandfather, who was “morbidly obese.” Blaming herself, she said she stopped eating and struggled with her weight loss until she received treatment the summer after her senior

year of high school.

“Eating disorders are not fueled by a desire to be thin,” Glowacki said. “It’s not so much wanting to be thin as being afraid of giving up something that makes you feel safe and in control.”

A Q&A session, fueled by topics the panelists discussed, ended the event. Panelists answered questions about finding a psychologist that fits best, distinguishing between depression and feelings of sadness, and dealing with the shame brought on by mental illness.

Active Minds, a student group dedicated to reducing the stigma surrounding mental illness, brought the national Send Silence Packing program, a display of 1,100 backpacks representing the number of college students that commit suicide every year, to NU’s Deering Meadow earlier this year.

Moss said the organization hopes to host firesides, conversations in which people can get together to discuss issues related to mental health. Active Minds will also prepare for Stress Less Week, a series of generally free programming held during one of the many midterms weeks in the winter, Moss said.

For Stress Less Week, the organization will work with local businesses to offer classes and events that help students de-stress, Moss said. The board will try to incorporate more original ideas and unique events, like potential music therapy sessions, in addition to offering yoga and painting classes, she said.

Even as the board plans for more activities, Moss said she feels good about the organization’s productivity this Fall Quarter. The organization received publicity because of Send Silence Packing, and its goal to promote open conversation is being accomplished through the Stigma Panel, Moss said.

“Talking about these issues is extremely important,” Pope said. “You are not alone. Getting help is a difficult first step, but you can take it. With the proper resources in place and with the right atmosphere of empathy and understanding, we can beat mental illness.” rishikadugyala2019@u.northwestern.edu

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From page 1 Media, Alianza, Asian Pacific American Coalition, MEChA de Northwestern, African Students Association and CaribNation, among other student groups, led a rally in support of Missouri and Yale students against racial injustice.

“Northwestern students of color send their support and solidarity to the students at the University of Missouri whose peaceful protest against racial injustice on their campus has been met with threats of violence and terror,” said Gwendolyn Gissendanner, a SESP sophomore and FMO’s Associated Student Government senator, at the start of the rally. “Their struggles against racial injustices affect their mental, psychological and, in many cases, physical health, and it cannot be ignored or silenced.”

At 12:15 p.m., those who were described as being from the African diaspora screamed in unison with students gathered for a counterpart protest at the University of Chicago, followed by a moment of silence.

Students then spoke about their experiences being black at Northwestern, saying University administrators often have a limited response to the school’s racial issues and to black students’ presence on campus. The protesters also denounced the low representation of and lack of resources for black students at Northwestern, particularly in STEM fields.

Communication freshman Audre Sorem Smikle called the recent wave of protests against institutional racism at U.S. colleges a new civil rights movement and said black students “will not stop.”

“Don’t stop talking about this because it matters,” she said. “Every single kid who is dead, who doesn’t get a chance to go to college, who doesn’t get a chance

Paris

From page 1 Levin and McCormick junior Xander Chase.

“A little into the first half we hear this loud bang,” Rivera wrote in an email to The Daily.

“We all thought initially that it sounded like a bomb, but no one seemed too worried about it.”

Rivera said it wasn’t until after halftime that she, along with the rest of the stadium, realized they were standing in the middle of a terrorist attack. The fourth friend in her group, Rivera’s childhood friend Isabelle Edmonds, had received a phone call from her mother who said there was a string of terrorist attacks in Paris, one of which was unfolding at the stadium, which has

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through it all,” the team said in an official statement.

The team went on to further explain its motivations for displaying the show of support.

“We believe that students shouldn’t have to

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 2015 to be here, they matter.”

Students were also angered by an email Schapiro sent early that morning to the University community about “troubling events” on college campuses nationwide. They said the email, sent at 2 a.m. Friday, failed to adequately address black students’ experiences.

“We got an email last night,” Gissendanner said.

“Do you realize that email said nothing?”

The email was sent six days after black football players at Mizzou announced they would not play until their university president, Tim Wolfe, resigned.

“I’m just curious as to why that time was the most appropriate, six days later in the middle of the night versus the day of, the day after,” Wood, a WeinbergMcCormick senior, told The Daily. “Six days is an incredibly long time.”

Participants then marched up Sheridan Road, chanting variations of “From NU to Mizzou, we care about you!” with fists raised in the air. When gathered at Tech, they criticized Schapiro for his absence from the rally.

Then the group strode, chanting, to the groundbreaking ceremony at the Crown Sports Pavilion’s basketball courts.

University officials, including an NUPD sergeant, and Crown Sports Pavilion staff closed a curtain, formed a barrier and turned up the ceremony’s music, but students continued to shout their list of demands.

Those appeals included a full cessation of planned restructuring at the Black House, construction of a building for Campus Inclusion and Community, creation of a U.S.-centric diversity requirement at NU for all majors and the creation of a resource center and technology hub tailored to black students.

The crowd pushed past the curtains and interrupted the ceremony, where multiple athletes, alumni and

members of the general public awaited a speech by Schapiro.

Medill junior Sierra Boone, president of NU’s chapter of the National Association of Black Journalists, who participated in the rally and protest, said the day’s events were symbolic of what has been happening to black students on campus for years.

“The fact that we decided to go to that space of the groundbreaking and invade their space and make them uncomfortable is just symbolic of how they make us feel on an everyday basis,” she told The Daily. “They could never even feel like we feel because this is a onetime thing and it was like not even an hour long that we were in there.”

Most audience members remained in their seats as students marched to the front of the room and read their demands. After most of the protesters left the room, the groundbreaking event continued, and Schapiro addressed the interruption in his remarks.

“Part of me felt a certain pride,” Schapiro said. “That our students had the guts and the organizational ability to march here from a rally they were having… and under real risk, came here and confronted us that way.”

Vice President for Student Affairs Patricia TellesIrvin talked to the remaining protesters following this gathering and said discussions of the black student experience at Northwestern would follow.

Cari Chambers, FMO’s vice-coordinator of programming who participated in both the rally and protest, said whether or not the audience received the message, the act of standing up for their demands was empowering.

“When we walked out of the room, they got to sit back in their chairs, take a deep breath and move on with the event that they had,” the SESP junior told The Daily. “But when we walked out of that room,

screaming ‘Black Lives Matter,’ we still wear our blackness, proudly, every single day.”

Wood said in his four years at NU, Friday was his happiest, though the reason the community came together was painful.

“The fact that everyone came together so quickly and there was so much intercommunity and work being done … that brings a smile to my face,” he told The Daily. “It was a pivotal event. There was a space of anger, there was a space of healing, there was also a space of joy.”

Later in the evening, Telles-Irvin and Associate Provost for Diversity and Inclusion Jabbar Bennett responded to the protests across U.S. universities in a dialogue with more than 150 students who shared their encounters with racism at NU. Communication Prof. Henry Godinez said he understood students are looking for “fluid” and “appropriate” responses to campus diversity and inclusion issues. He said he is working to create a diversity and inclusion strategic plan as something that can hold the University accountable in such issues.

First-year graduate student Ashley Agbasoga recounted an experience at the library when a library staff member “basically harassed” her for her ID and once she pulled it out to scan it, the staffer said, “Oh, you don’t look like you go here.”

“I understand the dialogue and the emails … but it’s not changing anything,” she said. “And it hasn’t since the 1950s. We’ve been having this dialogue — we need to actually figure out what we can do structurally to get not only more black and brown bodies in the University in the first place but actually have administrators that care.”

a capacity of 80,000.

Initially, Rivera and her friends were barricaded in by police forces, she said. People began crying and attempting to contact their families and friends as authorities tried to direct the crowd.

“It was only after exiting the stadium and regaining phone service did we come to the awful realization that not only had there been a terrorist attack on Paris but on the exact location we were standing,” Chase wrote in an email to The Daily. “It was a gut wrenching feeling to read the breaking news headline on my phone ‘Carnage in Paris as Terrorists Attack Stade de France’ while standing in Stade de France.”

People in the crowd began running in different

directions, Rivera said, so she and her friends began down an alley to a police checkpoint until another swarm of people suddenly turned around and sprinted toward them.

“Everyone then panicked, parents were picking up their children and we all started running back to where we came,” she said. “That was the scariest moment of the night, we all temporarily lost each other. It felt like we were all running for our lives.”

There was no immediate threat, she said, although the group of four ended up wandering the streets around the scene of attack for several hours. Eventually, Rivera said they found a cafe to wait in until one of her dad’s friends drove over to pick her up.

“It was terrifying to be in such a densely populated area that had just been bombed several times, while constantly hearing new news that the attacks were continuing,” Chase said.

At least one U.S. student studying abroad in Paris died from the terrorist attacks. California State University, Long Beach student Nohemi Gonzales, who was studying at the Strate School of Design for a semester abroad, died in the attack, the University announced.

“The sense of camaraderie that is currently tangible in Paris is a testament to the city’s coat of arms, ‘She is tossed by the waves, but she does not sink,’” Chase said.

choose between going to class and their safety, and that every voice is valuable and deserves to be heard,” the team said. “We hope that this act of love and solidarity would inspire other student-athletes to use their platforms to take a stand.”

This is not the first time athletes have become closely entangled with the recent

protests. On Nov. 7, the Missouri football team said it would not participate in any football activity until the university’s president, Tim Wolfe, resigned.

On Friday, about 300 members of the NU community convened at the Black House to show similar support.

After the group formed at the historic NU

landmark, the protest stopped at the Technological Institute before moving to the groundbreaking ceremony for the University’s lakeside athletic complex.

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Falzon, Olah carry NU in season opening victory UMass Lowell

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It wasn’t pretty early on, but Northwestern caught fire in the second half and cruised to a 79-57 victory over Massachusetts Lowell in the 2015-16 season opener on Friday night.

NU was led by one of its oldest players and one of its youngest. Senior center Alex Olah led all scorers with 21 points and added 12 boards, his third career 20-10 game. Freshman forward Aaron Falzon was dynamite in his college debut, scoring 15 of his 20 points in the second half and connecting on four 3-pointers.

After the game, Wildcats coach Chris Collins praised Falzon’s outside shooting and his overall performance.

“I think he’s just a really good basketball player, who happens to have a skill of shooting the basketball that’s as good as anybody you’re going to find,” Collins said.

NU started slow, hitting just two of its first eight shots and committing six fouls in the first eight minutes. Collins attributed the slow start to the nervousness that comes with the first game of a season.

“Every year it (never) ceases to amaze me, no matter who I played for or coach for, in the first game, you just battle jitters,” Collins said.

Luckily for the Cats, UMass Lowell was even worse early on. The River Hawks made only one field goal

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for the first 7:34, falling behind 9-3.

That drought ended when UMass Lowell guard Isaac White connected on back to back 3s eight minutes into the half, igniting an 22-7 run that gave the Hawks a 25-16 lead.

NU started to show signs of life with just over three minutes left in the first half when Falzon hit the team’s first 3-point field goal after 11 misses. That began an 8-2 run for the Cats, who pulled within a point with 1:34 to go.

Sophomore point guard Bryant McIntosh gave the Wildcats some much-needed momentum heading into the break with a buzzer-beating jumper that made the score 34-32 Hawks.

Olah was the lone first-half bright spot. With NU shooting so poorly, the big center kept the team in the game with five rebounds and 8 points.

Despite making one of 13 threes and shooting just 34 percent in the half, Collins’ message in the locker room was to keep shooting.

“I told the guys, outside shooting is one of the best things this team does,” Collins said. “We’re gonna have

stretches where we don’t shoot it well, but we can’t get away from that.”

The Cats caught fire in the second half.

Less than two minutes after the break, senior guard Tre Demps hit his first triple of the game, giving NU a lead it never relinquished.

The River Hawks hung around for a while in the second half, but with just over eight minutes left in the contest, NU started to pull away. Consecutive threes

by McIntosh and junior forward Nathan Taphorn put NU ahead 61-50.

From there, it was the Falzon show, as the star recruit scored 10 of the Cats’ final 14 points.

Following a win in front of more than 6,000 fans in his first college game, Falzon was nearly at a loss for words.

“It’s hard to describe the experience,” Falzon said.

“When it happened, I hit my first shot and was just like, ‘You’re here, it’s time to play.’”

Despite Falzon’s hot shooting, Olah was NU’s best player on Friday night. The 7-footer was matched up with much shorter defenders and was a dominant force in the paint.

The Cats as a team finished with a commanding 38-14 advantage on points in the paint.

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FRESH FACE Aaron Falzon stands in triplethreat stance and looks to make a move. The freshman forward made four three-pointers and poured in 20 points in his collegiate debut.

Lakeside athletic facility groundbreaking disrupted

By BENJAMIN POPE

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University President Morton Schapiro and athletic director Jim Phillips broke ground on a new $260 million athletic facility Friday, in a ceremony disrupted by students protesting institutional racism.

The event, which included speeches from Phillips, Schapiro, football coach Pat Fitzgerald and several donors, was interrupted early on by the protest. The students broke through curtains surrounding the room, encircled the seating area and chanted and listed demands for about 25 minutes.

After the students left, the speeches continued and several of the most influential figures ceremoniously shoveled soil to commemorate the official groundbreaking of the construction.

Construction on the lakefront athletics facility will begin soon, north of Henry Crown Sports Pavilion. The complex will include the Ryan Fieldhouse and the Walter Athletics Center.

Ryan Fieldhouse, named in honor of donors Patrick and Shirley Ryan (Kellogg ’59 and Weinberg ’61, respectively), will house an indoor practice field, strength and conditioning rooms, sports medicine offices and will be large enough to host events such as Northwestern Dance Marathon.

Walter Athletics Center will become the epicenter of Northwestern football’s operational

side. It will be named in honor of Mark and Kimbra Walter (Law ‘85 and Weinberg ‘85, respectively).

Phillips said he hopes the new buildings will allow football players and other student-athletes to better assimilate into the student body as a whole.

“What I love most about it is … integrating (the football players) into campus,” he told The Daily. “For them to walk the same sidewalks and bike paths and facilities as the student population, I think that’ll be a wonderful thing.”

Fitzgerald said the new project is “an absolute game-changer” for his program, which ESPN said had the worst facilities in the Big Ten in a 2012 article.

“We recruit young men and women that are … steadfast in their belief that they can have it all, in the appropriate way,” Fitzgerald said. “Now we offer state-of-the-art facilities to holistically develop student-athletes on and off the field.”

Schapiro focused on additional underappreciated benefits that the facility will provide to NU. “We’ve been frustrated not to have venues large enough (to host major events),” he told The Daily, noting the inadequacy of Cahn Auditorium to house occasions such as President Obama’s speech at NU last year. “Now we have a fieldhouse that we can set up for thousands. I really want it to affect everyone.” benjaminpope2019@u.northwestern.edu

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Three minutes into the second overtime of Northwestern’s first NCAA Tournament game since 1998, Michelle Manning was a bit nervous.

“I was actually really scared,” she said.

“It was definitely an adrenaline rush. A lot of nerves going through my mind.”

But the nerves didn’t stop her, as the sophomore forward snuck behind the Washington State (14-6-0, 7-4-0 Pac-12) defense and slotted home a golden goal to push the Wildcats (14-5-2, 7-3-1 Big Ten) past the Cougars Saturday, 1-0.

With the victory, NU advances to face West Virginia in the Round of 32. Coach Michael Moynihan said that the victory felt surreal.

“This group has been through an awful lot,” he said. “They’ve just come so far, invested a lot.”

Although neither team was able to break through with a goal for more than 100 minutes, both the Cats and the Cougars had ample chances in the fast-paced postseason affair. But both defenses shrugged off the constant pressure to keep the game scoreless through regular time and the first overtime.

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Sharples, an All-Big Ten freshman team selection, was everywhere for the Cats, intercepting passes and making critical last-ditch tackles. Meanwhile, Davison was responsible for a headed save off the line that stymied Washington State’s best chance of the first half, a header by Chelsea Harkins off a corner kick.

The Cougars were constantly threatening and managed six shots on goal, but the strong play of NU’s freshmen defenders allowed the Cats to keep a clean sheet for the 12th time this season.

At the other end, NU’s offense was lively all evening after a punchless showing in a Nov. 1 loss to Michigan that ended the Cats’ Big Ten Tournament run. Junior forward Addie Steiner was a constant nuisance for the Washington State back line, pressuring constantly and running the channels well.

Meanwhile, Manning, who has dealt with injuries this season, was strong and smart on the ball throughout the game. She played in Steiner for the NU’s best chance of the second half with a cutting diagonal ball, but Steiner curled the shot just wide of the far post.

Moynihan helped his team keep the pressure on with liberal usage of his bench.

Nine players saw action for the Cats off the bench, and second half chances by substitutes junior forward Kourtney Scott and sophomore midfielder Kim Jerantowski nearly broke the deadlock in favor of NU. The Cats also seemed to handle being on the road well. Senior midfielder Nandi Mehta said NU didn’t let being away from home impact the team’s play.

“You just have to try to block that out,” she said. “It’s soccer. We’ve played a million games.”

With neither team able to connect on their chances in regulation and in the first overtime, Manning became the hero after slipping behind the Cougars back line to latch onto a pass from freshman midfielder Marisa Viggiano.

“Marisa was looking up and I was making a dashing run in behind,” Manning said. “We made eye contact, and she kind of cut it in a bit, gave me a through ball.”

Manning took one touch to avoid a defender before passing the ball around the Washington State goalie, ending the game and extending NU’s season.

In a nerve-wracking game, Moynihan said he calmed down when he saw Manning get the ball in position to score.

“She’s done it before,” he said. “She’s done it many times for us. (She’s) kind of a clutch player.” maxschuman2018@u.northwestern.edu

NU scores late to down Purdue

By CLAIRE HANSEN

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MANNING MAGIC Michelle Manning dribbles upfield during an October game against Iowa. The sophomore forward scored the game-winning goal in double overtime during Saturday’s match against Washington State.

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Cats overwhelm Howard in opener

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In the last home game of the season, a late, fourth-quarter touchdown lifted Northwestern over Purdue in a game of blunders, penalties and big defensive plays.

The No. 18 Wildcats (8-2, 4-2 Big Ten) rushed for 250 yards in the 21-14 victory over the Boilermakers (2-8, 1-5), improving to 8-2 for the first time since 1996.

“I’m never going to apologize for going 1-0 in a Big Ten game,” coach Pat Fitzgerald said. “[Purdue] played their tails off and we knew that today was going to be a battle. That being said, we’ve got to be more efficient offensively.”

The offensive struggled throughout the contest, efficiently moving the ball down the field on the first drive of the game and failing to do much of anything else after that. Redshirt freshman quarterback Clayton Thorson had a particularly bad game, getting benched late in the third quarter in favor of backup senior Zack Oliver for two drives.

But it was Thorson who would eventually play the hero.

Tied with the Boilermakers in the fourth quarter and facing 3rd-and-14 on the Purdue 37-yard line, Thorson scrambled and ran for 16 yards, evading several Purdue defenders and stretching out to secure the first down. On the next play, Thorson rushed for another 16-yard run to bring the Cats within the 5-yard line.

Sophomore running back Justin Jackson punched in the TD with two short runs, giving NU the edge they needed to secure the win.

Thorson said that being pulled from the game for a couple drives allowed him to collect himself and execute on that fourth-quarter drive.

“I think I just needed to settle down a little bit and just get back in the groove,” Thorson said. “I think as an offense it

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WEAK WIN Redshirt freshman quarterback Clayton Thorson drops back to pass. Thorson was benched briefly in the second half Saturday after a rough day throwing the ball.

was good. Zack came in and made some big throws and got us a little momentum there, and we just finished it off in the next drive.”

The scoring drive in the fourth quarter came after a long stretch of offensive inconsistency. Apart from the opening drive of the game and a similarly steady touchdown drive in the second quarter, offensive execution was poor at best.

At halftime, the Wildcats had just 19 passing yards on three completions and trailed the Boilermakers 177 to 233 in total yards.

Turnovers plagued the Cats in both halves. Jackson fumbled the ball in the second quarter, Thorson threw an interception in the third quarter and Oliver threw another pick shortly after going in for Thorson.

However, Purdue was unable to capitalize on any of the turnovers thanks to strong responses by the NU defense.

Senior linebacker Drew Smith sacked Purdue quarterback David Blough after each interception before the rest of the NU defense forced the Boilermakers to go three-and-out after each pick.

“When you lose a turnover ration like we did, it’s pretty rare that you find a way to win a game,” Fitzgerald said. “But our defense, we use the analogy—not to be disrespectful—but we use the analogy of being a fireman. When the bell rings when you’re a fireman, it’s time to go put the fire out. When you turn the ball over, there’s a fire out on the field and our guys have got to go put it out and our defense did that 100 percent today.”

Despite giving up 287 passing yards, NU’s pass defense prevented the Boilermakers from making any big plays through the air, save for one touchdown pass on their first play of the game.

Senior safety Traveon Henry led NU’s pass defense with two pass break-ups and one interception. Five other Cats each recorded one pass break-up.

On the ground, sophomore linebacker Anthony Walker recorded a team-high 14 tackles for the game while redshirt-freshman linebacker Nate Hall tallied eight.

Saturday’s win is the Cats’ fourth one-score win of the season, a fact that Henry said doesn’t impact the team’s confidence at all.

“Our confidence is in a great place,” Henry said. “We’re confident in our preparation, we build that throughout the week and then when game time comes we know that we are prepared.

It’s really just trusting each other.”

The victory was the last home game for the 24 seniors on the team, and despite the highs and lows of the afternoon, Thorson said the focus was always on them.

“We have a big senior class this year.

They’ve all worked their tails off,” Thorson said. “They’ve really set the foundation for us this year. To go 8-2 and hopefully finish even better, they’ve been huge for us this year. I’m so happy to finish them out on Ryan Field with a win.” clairehansen2018@u.northwestern.edu

Northwestern opened the season with a dominant 89-49 victory over Howard on Sunday.

The No. 19 Wildcats (1-0) controlled the game from the opening tip, carving up Howard’s (0-2) defense while holding the Bison to 29 percent shooting from the field.

NU was led by junior forward Nia Coffey, who finished with 27 points on 8-of-15 shooting along with 7 rebounds in 23 minutes. Coffey also scored her 1,000th career point in the first quarter.

“I can’t say that was my goal,” Transition is Coffey said. really when we “I just like to go out get going. That’s there and really our bread play hard.”

The Cats and butter from opened the an offensive game with a blisterstandpoint. ing 19-6 Joe McKeown, start, highcoach lighted by a 13-2 run in which Coffey and junior guard Ashley Deary combined for all 13 points. Deary also spearheaded the NU defense, hounding Bison ballhandlers and helping the Cats to 18 steals on the day.

Although NU had only a 22-13 lead after the first quarter, it outscored Howard 28-9 in the second to take a 50-22 lead into halftime.

Throughout the game, the Cats turned defense into offense for easy fastbreak buckets, scoring 24 fastbreak points and 34 points off turnovers.

“Transition is really when we get going,” coach Joe McKeown said.

“That’s really our bread and butter from an offensive standpoint.”

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turnovers, it was busy forcing tough shots that led to Howard’s nightmare of a shooting night. The Bison made only 20 of their 68 shots, including zero of their 18 three-pointers.

While Coffey led the team in points, she received ample support from Deary, who contributed 16 points and 7 assists, and junior guard Christen Inman, who chipped in 18 points while making 3-of-5 threes.

Together, the group dissected the Bison’s 2-3 zone.

“We just like to be patient, have ball movement, make them move in the zone and just get open shots,” Deary said.

For the first time in the last 37 games, senior guard Maggie Lyon was held without a 3-pointer, missing all four shots from beyond the arc and finishing with only 3 points in 27 minutes.

“Maggie Lyon had a tough night shooting the ball, but that’s the least of my worries,” McKeown said. “She’s a great player and a great competitor.”

Freshman guard Jordan Hankins shined off the bench in the second half, scoring 13 points on 5-of-7 shooting while backing up Deary.

Hankins also contributed on the defensive end, picking up four steals in 17 minutes.

Along with Hankins, Amber Jamison notched 6 points and sophomore Maya Jonas anchored the defense off the bench with a block and two steals for the Cats in the second half.

Howard was led by senior center Victoria Gonzales, who scored 21 of the Bison’s 49 points.

NU’s next game is Thursday at 7 p.m. against Idaho State at WelshRyan Arena. josephwilkinson2019@u.northwestern.edu