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Hawkeyes hijack Homecoming Wildcats suffer second straight blowout loss to Iowa By ALEX PUTTERMAN
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Northwestern’s uniforms resembled the 1995 Wildcats, but the 2015 team’s performance Saturday certainly didn’t call to mind its Rose-Bowl predecessor. No. 20 NU (5-2, 1-2 Big Ten) played as flat as an Iowa landscape in a 40-10 loss to the No. 17 Hawkeyes (7-0, 3-0) at Ryan Field. The defeat was the Cats’ second straight by 30 or more points, marking the first time since 2002 the team has lost by that much in back-to-back contests. “You can’t play the way we did against a very well-coached, very disciplined team, very fundamentally sound team and expect to be successful,” coach Pat Fitzgerald said. Iowa running back Akrum Wadley, playing in place of the injured Jordan Canzeri, gashed the Cats’ defense for 204 yards and four touchdowns. His two third-quarter
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scores gave the Hawkeyes a 30-10 lead and sent many NU fans streaming to the exits a period early. Fitzgerald credited Wadley’s success to a combination of good blocking schemes from Iowa and mistakes by the NU defense. “When their receivers came down and cracked our safeties, our corners didn’t fit well, and then when we were there we missed tackles,” Fitzgerald said. “And he made plays, so you’ve got to credit him.” The Cats offense displayed vital signs only briefly, during an aberrational second quarter, in which redshirt freshman quarterback Clayton Thorson led back-to-back long scoring drives. Outside of that stretch, the Cats’ » See FOOTBALL, page 6
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HUMILIATED BY HAWKEYES Iowa running back Derrick Mitchell Jr. dives into the end zone for a touchdown. The Hawkeyes gashed the Wildcats on the ground, rushing for 294 yards.
NU commemorates 20th anniversary of Rose Bowl appearance with parade By DAN WALDMAN
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Northwestern students and alumni lined Sheridan Road on Friday for the University’s Homecoming parade, part of the celebration surrounding the 20th anniversary of the Wildcats’ appearance in the Rose Bowl. The Northwestern Alumni Association helped organize the parade, which included 39 registered floats, University President Morton Schapiro and Grand Marshal Darnell Autry, who was a running back on the 1995 Rose Bowl team. Chris de Kok, associate director of student engagement for the Alumni Association, said the parade took about a year to organize, and it took
the student organizations months to plan their floats. “We do a bunch of stuff with the city,” de Kok said. “We talk to the police and the fire department to close the roads down. The different students’ organizations start thinking a few months ahead of time about what they want to do. But it usually all comes together in the end.” The Northwestern University Marching Band led the parade and marched in front of Autry, who rode shotgun in a white Nissan. The parade also included the NUMBALUMS. Former spirit leader and trombonist, B.J. Mitchell (Weinberg ‘81), said he enjoys playing with other alums and showing his purple pride. “It helps continue tradition,” Mitchell said. “So for example, Northwestern has had a very small
number of directors of bands so I met the old ones. It’s nice to have the tradition and to come back and see some of the old professors without necessarily wanting something or being scared.” Along with the different student organizations, several NU football players joined the parade in a float of their own. Freshman Alonzo Mayo said he was excited for his first Homecoming parade. “It’s pretty great out here to see all the people that came out and support us for Homecoming,” Mayo said. “I’m most excited for the camaraderie around the team and how it is going to echo out into the community.” After the parade, students and alumni gathered at Deering Meadow to watch NUMB perform “The Time Warp” from “The Rocky Horror
Picture Show,” as well as Mark Ronson’s “Uptown Funk.” The NU spirit squad also performed on the stage set up in front of Deering Library, which was illuminated purple for the event. Schapiro then spoke to the enthusiastic crowd. He told them to get excited for Saturday’s game against Iowa and about how he enjoyed having all of the alumni back at the University. “It’s great to have so many thousands of alums come back and renew friendships and make new ones,” Schapiro told The Daily. “It’s inspiring. They love this place so much and it makes me want to work hard to make it even better.” Schapiro then turned the microphone over to Autry, who said it has been incredible watching the team this season.
“It’s interesting because when I was here as a player, I never got a chance to participate in the Homecoming parade,” Autry told The Daily. “So now that I’ve been the grand marshal a couple of times, it’s nice to be able to participate and see how enthusiastic people are. It’s nice to share our experience with the community.” After pumping the students and alumni up about the football team, Autry announced the Homecoming king and queen — Weinberg seniors Danny Callison and Iheoma Nkemere. “It feels great,” Callison said. “You know I campaigned hard. I had a lot of help from my friends. But I think it’s awesome. I’m very confused, but I will take it.” danielwaldman2019@u.northwestern.edu
City medical marijuana dispensary slated for November By ELENA SUCHARETZA
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Evanston’s medical marijuana dispensary will likely open in about one month after it receives deliveries of cannabis from two in-state cultivators, officials said. Representatives from Pharmacannis, the medical marijuana provider, held a community meeting Saturday morning at Evanston Public Library at which officials spoke about the requirements to purchase the incoming products. Residents could apply for a medical marijuana card at the event. Pharmacannis plans to open the dispensary at 1804 Maple Ave.,
said Liz Elliott, a patient development representative for Pharmacannis. The business currently operates four dispensaries in the state, with additional locations in Schaumburg, North Aurora and Ottawa. “Our Evanston location is particularly unique,” Patty Park, a patient associate at Pharmacannis told The Daily. “We are the sole lot licensed to sell this type of product in the area according to legislative guidelines.” The Pharmacannis dispensary will offer products such as edibles, topicals, oils and inhalation options such as vaporizers and smoking pipes. The dispensary is able to open following the passage of a state law in 2013 that allowed patients to choose medical marijuana as an option to
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treat specific illnesses in accordance with regulations set by the state. The law states modern medical research has “confirmed the beneficial uses of cannabis” to treat symptoms such as postoperative pain and nausea. Among the approved conditions are glaucoma, cancer and AIDS. Once operating, the dispensary will only be open to patients with medical marijuana cards. To be able to use medical marijuana in the state, a patient must be an Illinois resident with a documented illness and have a relationship with a doctor that extends for more than a year. The physician is required to send a completed application to the Illinois Department of Public Health
within 21 days of a patient seeking cannabis for medical use. A patient will be permitted up to 2.5 ounces of cannabis every 14 days. Elliott, the patient development representative, said giving residents in Illinois an opportunity to explore marijuana for pain relief is critical given the dangers of pharmaceutical drugs. Elliott cited the highly addictive nature of prescription-grade painkillers as one of the primary reasons the benefits of medical cannabis should be explored, given the drug is not physically addictive. “There are over 16,000 deaths associated with overdosing on pharmaceuticals every year,” Elliott said. “If you go to the DEA site,
even though marijuana is listed as a Schedule I drug with a highly addictive profile, it says in plain writing, ‘No death from overdose on marijuana has ever been reported.’” Although there is a lack of statistics to measure the demand of medical cannabis in the Evanston area, Elliott said she is confident residents will be pleased with what the dispensary will offer. All products contain a combination of THC, the psychoactive component of marijuana, and a chemical called CBD, which offers more therapeutic effects, she said. The dispensary will be selling products with varying levels of THC, » See PHARMACANNIS, page 6
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Around Town Bike safety signs to be tested in city By MARGARET CORN
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The city is collaborating with Northwestern students to increase communication between bicyclists and drivers through hand signals by developing new signage to be implemented next spring. The program, approved by the city’s Transportation and Parking Committee last month, includes measuring the effectiveness of four to six signs near intersections in Evanston that show proper hand signals used by bicyclists. McCormick junior Charles Tokowitz said although there is already an established hand signal code for bicyclists, he and three other NU students found, through a project with the University’s Design for America chapter, that the root of Evanston’s safety problem lies in a lack of a commonly-used way for bikers and drivers to communicate. “Most people do not know the cycling hand signals,” Tokowitz said. “It’s a way that (bicyclists) communicate at intersections letting (automobile drivers) know if they are turning left or right. … If people know it they are more likely to do it.” The cost of the pilot would be less than
Police Blotter Hundreds of dollars stolen from Evanston restaurant
Someone stole about $800 from an Evanston restaurant Thursday morning. A 29-year-old male employee at the restaurant in the 2100 block of Central Street found the restaurant’s safe open and empty and the rear door unlocked at about 11 a.m., Dugan said. The restaurant reported about $800 missing. The employee said he locked the rear door, but police found a broken metal object
$200 for sheet metal to print the signs. With help from NU students on that aspect of bicycle safety improvements, the city is making a larger effort to update its 2003 bicycle plan. The plan was created to make bicycling a more common transportation choice in Evanston. Ylda Capriccioso, bike programs coordinator, said there was demand for action after the city approved its bike plan update at the end of 2014. In addition to enhancing the safety of bicyclists, the plan aims to improve access to surrounding communities and existing bicycle paths and signage. “There was a lot of interest in making sure we took the recommendations and implemented them,” Capriccioso said. “This is just actualizing what the bike plan that City Council approved last year and making sure we were implementing those recommendations.” As part of its plan, the city plans to develop bike safety efforts that are already in place, including an annual giveaway of free bicycle lights at Northwestern’s Arch, Capriccioso said. The city also aims to consolidate information about biking on one website, she said.
“We weren’t doing a good job helping that community get the information they need,” she said. “As people come to our community, they have a place to look for information, for how we want them to utilize the bike lanes in Evanston and respect each other on the road.” Before 2015, there was not a site for members of the community to seek information on biking, Capriccioso added. Created this year, www.bikeevanston.org includes information about the bike plans, maps and events. Sustainability manager Catherine Hurley said she hopes bike awareness will lead to a decrease in Evanston’s carbon footprint, as well as encourage an overall healthier lifestyle among the residents. Hurley said she also hopes people will be bicycling as a cost-effective alternative to driving. “We want everyone to feel safe so more people don’t think they have to ride a car to be safe,” she said. “We can have different modes of transportation and that’s where the healthier lifestyle comes into place, so (people) don’t feel like the only option is to use a car.”
jammed in the door’s deadbolt lock hole, Dugan said.
The store told police they wrote her a check for the missing items, but the woman went to the store at about 7:45 a.m. with a hammer and broke one of the front windows of the business, Dugan said. The woman also attempted to break the other window but was unsuccessful. Police recovered two hammers from her backpack, Dugan said. The woman was charged with a misdemeanor for criminal damage to property. She is scheduled to appear in court on Nov. 12.
Woman arrested after smashing a storefront window with hammer
A 22-year-old woman was arrested early Thursday morning in connection with smashing a storefront window with a hammer. The woman told police that the American PC Consultant, a computer repair store in the 1800 block of Dempster Street, allegedly failed to send $700 worth of items to Haiti for the woman, said Evanston police Cmdr. Joseph Dugan.
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Journalism takes spotlight at Homecoming event By DAVID FISHMAN
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Five Northwestern alumni returned to campus on Friday for the seventh annual Homecoming panel, moderated by University President Morton Schapiro. The event, titled “Who Are You Because of NU?” highlighted alumni from various backgrounds, with a notable emphasis on journalism: Michael Wilbon (Medill ’80), host of ESPN’s “Pardon the Interruption”; Christine Brennan (Medill ’80, ’81), a national sports columnist for USA Today; Sheinelle Jones (Medill ’00), a news anchor for NBC’s “Weekend Today” program; Douglas Stotland (Weinberg ’90), a product marketing director at Facebook; and Dennis Chookaszian (McCormick ’65), former chairman and CEO of CNA Insurance Companies.
Catered to an alumni-filled crowd, panelists offered advice ranging from writing old-fashioned thank you notes to the need for constant reinvention. Chookaszian, who recently donated $6.5 million to establish a computer science program in his name, said NU taught him to adapt. “It was the training I got that allowed me to understand that one simple concept: You’ve got to constantly reinvent yourself and deal with a new world,” he said. Other panelists discussed the importance of curricula that cover all subjects, not just math and science. “When I’m hiring for Facebook or Microsoft, I value a liberal arts background,” Stotland said. “At Facebook, we’re trying to connect billions of people around the world. Your contribution comes less from the code you write and more from how well you can understand the change in management.” Schapiro responded positively to the remark.
“I love when I hear techies who appreciate literature,” he said. Schapiro also noted that NU’s single most ubiquitous experience was Prof. Saul Morson’s Russian Literature course, taken by one in three graduating seniors. Sports journalism also dominated the stage this year, with two of the five panelists actively working in that profession. “Sports used to be called the toy department,” Brennan said. “It used to be the escape from our society and now it’s a mirror of our society. Sports takes us to these national conversations that are so important.” Brennan, whose 2012 column for USA Today prompted Augusta National Golf Club to admit women, said sports represent more than just athletics. “These issues transcend sports,” she told The
Daily. “I’m not waving pompoms saying ‘Go team.’ I’m writing my 25th column about domestic violence.” At the conclusion of the event, panelists were asked to impart one piece of wisdom on NU students. Wilbon responded staunchly. “Grow up,” he said. “Learn how to handle stress. What do you think you’re going into, a world where somebody’s going to exempt you from stress?” Wilbon, who worked for Lerner Newspapers in Chicago during college, said he often would not return to campus until 4 a.m. Monday. Nevertheless, he made it to class the next day. “That’s what you do,” he said. “You’re supposed to be tested, you’re supposed to learn how to navigate and handle stress. If you don’t learn how to handle it here, where the hell are you going to learn it?” davidpkfishman@u.northwestern.edu
Spectrum panel talk centers on mental health, grief By CYDNEY HAYES
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A panel of four student speakers and an administrator discussed grief and mental health at Harris Hall on Friday, hoping the conversation will help destigmatize such topics on campus. Spectrum Theatre Company organized the panel, titled “Seeking Help: Grief, Tragedy and the Power of Community,” focused on what students can do to take care of their minds when stress begins to take a toll. The discussion featured Assistant Dean of Students Tony Kirchmeier and was moderated by Medill senior Matt Silverman. Weinberg sophomore Amy Kuang, who was on the panel, sits on the executive board for NU Active Minds, a collegiate chapter of a national mental
health advocacy organization. Kuang said Spectrum approached her to be a part of Friday’s panel because Spectrum’s fall show, “Alchemy of Desire/DeadMan’s Blues,” focuses on a woman coping with her husband’s death and the mental stress that follows. “We’re really trying to eliminate the stigma that surrounds mental health and mental illness,” Kuang said. “One of the ways that we can help is to start a conversation and inspire people to let their voices be heard and not just stay silent.” Much of the hour-long talk was spent discussing what the culture surrounding mental health is like at Northwestern. Many panel members and attendees who participated in the talk agreed that at a competitive university like NU, the pressure can be crippling, and admitting it can be seen as a sign of weakness. “Addressing your mental health does not equate weakness, just as mental health is not the same thing as mental illness,” Medill senior Taylor Shaw said.
“Even just taking 10 minutes a day to talk to each other and not just automatically saying, ‘I’m okay,’ can make a world of difference.” Shaw, also on the panel, is a student filmmaker who recently produced “Brave Girl,” a short documentary designed to encourage discourse on mental health. Silverman turned the conversation toward how technology affects mental health. Kirchmeier, who spent more than a year helping create the new “NUHelp” app, brought up the benefits today’s technology can have in fostering community and support. “There are direct and indirect benefits of technology,” Kirchmeier said. “The direct benefits are what is right at your fingertips, like how the NUHelp app gives you easy access to CAPS. An indirect benefit is how empowered people can feel just knowing they have the resources at their disposal.” Weinberg junior Brooke Feinstein echoed
Kirchmeier’s comments. Both panel participants, Feinstein and Medill junior Caroline Spiezio are co-directors of NU Listens, a student organization that offers free, confidential peer listening for any University student who needs to talk. “Technology can be a great way to seek out support from a larger community when you don’t know exactly who to talk to face-to-face,” Feinstein said. “Whether you need to talk about your mental health or just find out where your classes are, resources like NUHelp and other social media can really make everything a lot easier.” The show runs at Shanley Pavilion from Oct. 22-24. Spectrum, NU Active Minds and NU Listens all plan to hold similar events throughout the year to facilitate a conversation about mental health on campus, panelists said. alisonhayes2019@u.northwestern.edu
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The silver lining for the GOP in House Speaker race WILLIAM KIRKLAND
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The people’s house is in disarray. In the wake of John Boehner’s bombshell announcement that he wants to hand over the Speaker’s gavel by the end of the month, followed by his right-hand man and presumed successor Kevin McCarthy’s even bigger bombshell announcement that he was withdrawing from the race, the governing Republican caucus is in the midst of an existential leadership crisis. It’s a narrative we’re all familiar with at this point: a battle between establishment leaders interested in running the government and activist backbenchers hell-bent on derailing it. But unlike previous installments of this drama (think 2011’s debt-ceiling fight or 2013’s government shutdown showdown), this time there’s no obvious end game. No one, not even Boehner himself, knows what’s going to happen. The only thing we know for sure is that the current status quo can’t possibly go on much longer. Abraham Lincoln’s warning about a house divided against itself, delivered in far more dire times in American politics, rings true on today’s House floor.
The only candidate who could theoretically win support from both camps, Paul Ryan, doesn’t want the job. Others contenders can’t muster enough votes. In the face of intransigence from the Freedom Caucus, a coalition of the 40 most militantly conservative members, some have even speculated that Republicans may resort to Democratic votes. Where is Frank Underwood when you need him? Coupling the speakership race with the witch hunt that is the Select Committee on Benghazi, most pundits see the House GOP approaching the nadir of its five chaotic years in power. But there is an important silver lining in the chaos, one that isn’t getting enough play in the punditry. The current showdown is the logical conclusion of years of reactionary governance from a caucus led by a radical fringe. In other words, this crisis is nothing new. What is new is that mainstream, establishment conservatives are finally waking up to reality of what happens when you let a fringe caucus run your party into the ground. And now, finally, it looks like they are willing to do something about it. This could be the long-awaited watershed moment when the GOP swings back to the center from its radical anti-Obama rightwing experiment. It may be bad news for Democrats, who rode the wave of Republican
extremism to one presidential election win and may be on the cusp of winning another, but it’s good news for the country. If serious moderate conservatives, the historical backbone of the Republican Party, can somehow manage to beat out the radical fringe in the speakership fight, they may finally be able to rebuild and rebrand their party. In a column last week, David Brooks decried the slow degradation of his Republican Party. A conservative whose political heroes are traditionalist Edmund Burke and federalist Alexander Hamilton, Brooks sees in the contemporary GOP a frivolous project in “revolution” with its head so far up its own rear-end it can’t see the light of day. He blames Rush Limbaugh, Newt Gingrich and other purist crusaders for dragging the party to the comedically anti-government radical right. Brooks views the contemporary GOP as the result of a radical “movement conservative” project with roots as far back as the Goldwater, Reagan and Gingrich “revolutions.” But Brooks and the moderate GOP establishment are at least five years late in their indictment of the GOP’s radical turn rightward. They sat idly by while the Tea Party rabbleroused its way to victory in the 2010 midterms and when the birther movement came to the forefront in 2011 (we really should have seen the Trump candidacy coming). Only now,
backed into one corner by the House Freedom Caucus and another by the Trump phenomenon, is the establishment finally mobilizing against its tumorous radical wing. But if the moderate, governing establishment can somehow break through the Freedom Caucus blockade, it would be a game changer. We could see a completely different GOP in 2016, one that could give Hillary Clinton a run for her money. The party could finally resurrect the kind of conservatism that stands for prudence, reason, tradition and balance — the kind that wins presidential elections and governs seriously and responsibly. America desperately needs this kind of conservatism so it can trade in its current model of paralyzed hyper-partisanship for a system that actually passes legislation and gets things done. There’s a real opportunity for breakthrough in this latest House crisis, and if serious moderate conservatives can somehow gain the upper hand, the party and the country will be all the better for it. William Kirkland is a Weinberg senior. He can be reached at williamkirkland2016@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.
Mental illness not to blame for pervasive gun violence SAI FOLMSBEE
DAILY COLUMNIST
As mass shootings in the United States remain the uncomfortable status quo, gun control remains an unquestionably divisive topic. However, there is one thing both guncontrol and gun-rights advocates appear to agree on: blaming mental illness. Both Donald Trump and Jeb Bush have argued that the fault for gun violence shouldn’t be placed on guns, but rather on mental illness. At the Democratic primary debate last week, in response to a question about gun control, Bernie Sanders called for “mental health counseling,” and Jim Webb described many who perpetrated this gun violence as “mentally incapacitated.” But mental illness shouldn’t be blamed for gun violence because it marginalizes the real struggle of those suffering from mental disorders while simultaneously obstructing real progress in improving treatment and reducing deaths. First, mental illness isn’t one disorder, so simply attributing violence to “mental illness” is at best vague and unhelpful and at worst an insulting generalization. The vast majority of those with a mental illness isn’t violent or dangerous. In fact, those with mental
illnesses are far more likely to be the victims of suicide, which in itself accounts for the vast majority of firearm deaths. Furthermore, only a miniscule 3 percent to 5 percent of crimes involve individuals with mental illness. Using such an imprecise label as “mental illness” in a feeble attempt to assign blame only serves to minimize the real vulnerabilities of those suffering from mental disorders. Importantly, blaming gun violence on mental illness also creates a false narrative for how these events actually transpire. For instance, many argue that individuals who are mentally ill and plan these shootings are so determined to get guns that any governmental restrictions will be useless. But this interpretation is inherently biased in assuming an individual with mental illness has an unstoppable motive and unbreakable determination. In making these assumptions, anti-gun-control advocates improperly place their own capabilities as someone without mental illness onto someone struggling with it. If I could easily acquire guns, then why shouldn’t they? But mental illness is not such a simple phenomenon to understand. Depression is not sadness, and schizophrenia is not paranoia. Those without mental illnesses try to understand them in terms they are comfortable with. We have all felt sadness, but we do not all have depression and we certainly do
not all understand suicide. The most important aspect to remember is mental illness is an illness. It is a disorder, a pathology of the brain and mind that distorts our self. It is not the default state, nor is it how any one person should be defined. It is in this way that this argument that gun control is useless for those with mental illness falls apart. For example, let’s extend this same logic to suicide: Why isn’t the suicide rate 100 percent? If those with mental illness truly wanted to kill themselves, then why don’t they? Mental illnesses are internal struggles, with many thresholds to action. People with depression have to reach a certain mental state to contemplate suicide. Then they will have to reach a desire to act on it. Then they will need to acquire the means. At each one of these steps, there is the opportunity to intervene, whether it be from a healthcare professional, friend, family member or even themselves. By enacting gun control, it is simply another threshold that people with mental illnesses must cross, giving them another chance to rethink what they are doing and seek help. Once you understand this, it is easy to comprehend why gun control is actually the best answer to preventing mental illness deaths. Instead of generalizing gun control in relation to mental illness, we should focus
Do not be afraid to identify as a feminist MEGAN ANGELL
DAILY COLUMNIST
Let’s talk about the “F” word. No, not English’s “mother of all curse words,” but a word that has become almost as dirty: feminism. Why has the term “feminism” become so needlessly tainted? Why do both women and men of our generation avoid identifying as feminists? When discussion of the feminist movement arises, people often claim it is “too strong” or they are “kind of” feminists or they “don’t like the label.” They then explain that, while they would not identify as feminists, they believe in equality for men and women. This attitude is a contradiction and obscures meaningful dialogue and progress toward equality. Media attention to feminism heightened last week when Alexandra Petri’s article “Famous quotes, the way a woman would have to say them during a meeting,” which highlighted the ways in which women often must speak to avoid being termed aggressive, bossy or too direct, went viral. Petri’s inspiration for the piece was an article by
Jennifer Lawrence about unequal pay in the film industry. Yet, Lawrence explains when she realized her pay was significantly lower than her male peers, “I got mad at myself,” for not asking for higher pay, not at her employer. Lawrence’s misdirected anger ignores the larger problem of how women are unfairly expected to act and the consequences when they do not conform to these norms. Had Lawrence asked more directly for raises or negotiated more strongly, she would likely be thought of as aggressive or pushy and may not have received higher pay. Petri’s article helps explain why some view the term “feminism” negatively. I have often heard people claim that second wave feminism gave the principle aggressive, angry or threatening connotations. Sound familiar? These are the same characteristics that, as Petri explained, women who are direct are often accused of, independent of the subject matter. It does not matter whether or not we agree with second wave feminism or with a particular branch of the movement. Feminism should be more about defining our own sense of self, independent of media, popular culture or societal norms, than about following the ideals of past feminist movements. We should each be able to define the idea instead of simply accepting others’ conceptions. We can argue over the precise magnitude of the
gender pay gap in the United States, the accuracy of sexual assault and human trafficking statistics or the exact number of women in corporate and governmental leadership roles. But we don’t have to agree on these statistics to see that lack of equality persists in the United States. If we want evidence that the problem exists, we only need to walk outside and hear women being described in objectifying terms or even walk into a playground and hear six-yearold girls, acting no differently than their male counterparts, being accused of bossiness. When we consider the gross inequities women outside of the United States face, from lacking property and voting rights to being denied an education, we cannot afford to be equivocal. We cannot afford to be “kind of” feminists or to be afraid the word “feminism” is “too strong.” Our mindsets, our discussion and our actions must be about what feminism means and how we will advocate for it. Megan Angell is a Weinberg freshman. She can be reached at meganangell2019@u.northwestern.edu. If you would like to respond publicly to this column, send a Letter to the Editor to opinion@dailynorthwestern. com. The views expressed in this piece do not necessarily reflect the views of all staff members of The Daily Northwestern.
on taking time to understand the underlying disorders to find evidence-based solutions. The availability of guns is shown repeatedly to have profound effects on suicide. Recently, when Connecticut increased gun-control measures, the firearm-related suicide rate fell significantly. In contrast, when Missouri loosened gun restrictions, the firearm-related suicide rate rose. Mental health issues should always be taken seriously on a political level, but these kinds of state-level, politically motivated reforms that ignore gun-control measures can often backfire, as strict new rules can actually discourage individuals from seeking mental healthcare in the first place. People with mental illnesses are not evil. They deserve our sympathy and our help, not our scorn and our blame. Calling them out in a form of political grandstanding to dodge an honest discussion of gun control is cruel and unproductive. If we really want to help improve mental healthcare in this country, we need to start with an honest discussion of how to prioritize decreasing deaths first. Sai Folmsbee is a Feinberg graduate student. He can be reached at sai@fsm.northwestern.edu. If you would like to respond publicly to this column, send a letter to the editor to opinion@dailynorthwestern.com. The views expressed in this piece do not necessarily reflect the views of all staff members of The Daily Northwestern.
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ESports Club looks to expand following award Club won 2015 Wildcat Excellence Award for outstanding new student group By LEO JI
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ESports Club, which started as two gaming groups unrecognized by University administrators, has earned the 2015 Wildcat Excellence Award for Outstanding New Student Organization. The student group for video gamers now plans to use the publicity and recognition to expand and promote the group. “We’re really just looking to expand and create more events,” said Weinberg junior James Yoon, the president of eSports Club and game head of its League of Legends division. ESports Club, formed in 2014 and officially recognized in 2015, was created after the merger of two older groups, one focused on online multiplayer battle-strategy game League of Legends and another
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on crossover fighting video game Super Smash Bros. Both continue as committees in the eSports Club in a structure laid out by the club’s constitution. McCormick junior Kyle Lueptow, eSports Club’s vice president and game head of the Super Smash Bros. division, said the next step in the club’s expansion plan is the addition of Hearthstone, an online collectible card game, as the club’s third division, since many of their League of Legends players play it too and it is possible that the two groups can meet at the same time. Lueptow explained that the groups merged primarily to allow eSports Club to be registered, as Northwestern refused to recognize either of the predecessor groups because of a no-endorsement policy for particular organizations. “To us, that’s ridiculous, because we’re not promoting Nintendo products, we’re not promoting even Smash as a product,” he said. “It’s like telling a baseball club that their club is supporting the sale of baseball bats and Wrigley chewing gum. That’s not what we’re
doing, it’s the tools that we need to play what we It’s want.” like telling a The Wildcat Excelbaseball club lence Awards highlight achievements of stu- that their club is dents, student organizasupporting the tions and their advisers on an annual basis. The sale of baseball Outstanding New Stubats and Wrigley dent Organization award chewing gum. is specifically given to a student organization That’s not what on campus that has not we’re doing. existed for longer than two years and has demKyle Lueptow, onstrated outstanding McCormick junior potential to improving the NU community. The club’s overall membership numbers vary
has built residence halls at 15 colleges and universities, including Tufts University in Boston and Washington University in St. Louis. “In the end, the committee felt most comfortable with our chemistry with Rawn, their work and our experience with them,” Riel said. “We have not been disappointed.” The design for the new residence hall features seven floors with a total of 422 beds in suite style, with each suite comprising its own bathroom. All floors will be gender-neutral. Open to all students, the residence hall will support Residential Services’ mission to create community on campus by featuring three large multi-use spaces on the first floor and double-height — meaning shared between two floors — lounges, Riel said. “The notion is that community is happening on each floor,” he said. Other amenities include laundry facilities on every floor, an elevator and free printing for the building. Part of the 10-year Housing Master Plan, the new residence hall will host students from other halls as they are renovated or demolished. The current plan will see students from 1835 Hinman and Jones Residential College living at 560 Lincoln Ave. in 2017-18, Communications Residential College and
International Studies Residential College residents in 2018-19 and Foster-Walker Complex residents from 2019-20. Riel said new construction on campus always takes environmental factors into consideration; a building certification of LEED Silver is NU’s standard, with some buildings achieving the higher certifications of Gold and Platinum. Several environmental standards that will be featured in the new residence hall include thicker window panes to prevent heat leakage, availability of bicycle racks and technologies to track energy use. Riel, who previously has worked on building projects as large as 3,000 beds, credits the experience of his partners at William Rawn Associates as well as that of his colleagues with the success of the project so far. “Rawn is a wonderful firm that’s done a lot of housing, and on our own campus, we have experts who’ve done this before,” Riel said. “We have a pretty good team, I like to say. We are fortunate we have a pretty deep bench of expertise.” Construction on the new residence hall will begin at the beginning of 2016 and aims to be completed by the start of the 2017-2018 academic year. — Drew Gerber
because of the open nature of their events. Lueptow said between 20 to 30 students regularly go to the Super Smash Bros. division, while Yoon estimated between 30 to 40 students regularly go to the League of Legends division meetings. Edison Urena, a Weinberg sophomore, found out about the club last year after a friend sent him a picture of a poster advertisement for an event run by the eSports Club. “Everyone (at the club) is really cool,” Urena said. “I was looking for a community that was centered around video games, so I went to the event at Norris.” Urena described the event as feeling like “a relic from childhood” because it reminded him of playing games with friends in middle school. “I don’t get to go as often as I’d like, but from the times that I’ve met with the people, played with them, they’re good people, and I really like them,” he said. leo.ji@u.northwestern.edu
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passing attack was particularly unproductive, with Thorson’s poor stat line — 17-of-35, 125 yards, one touchdown, one interception — attributable as much to his receivers as to the quarterback himself. Add in a second straight underwhelming performance from sophomore running back Justin Jackson, who carried 10 times for 30 yards, and the result was a measly 198 yards of total offense. NU turned the ball over three times and punted nine times, reaching the red zone only twice. Those drives, both in the second quarter, produced NU’s only points of the afternoon, via a touchdown pass from Thorson to senior receiver Christian Jones and a short Jack Mitchell field goal. The Cats’ defense, a major strength through the team’s first five games, was hardly better. The Hawkeyes racked up 294 yards on the ground and 198 more through the air. Wadley was the game’s star, but third-string running back Derrick Mitchell Jr. played almost as well, tallying 79 yards and a touchdown on 10 carries, mostly late in the contest. “It was a matter of poor execution,” senior defensive end Dean Lowry said of the team’s failure to stop the run. “Guys not fitting right and too many one-man breakdowns. Against a
team like Iowa that can’t happen.” Overall, Iowa out-gained NU 492 yards to 198. The loss came one week after NU fell to Michigan 38-0 and about one year after the Cats lost to the same Hawkeyes team 48-7 in Iowa City. “When you only get one turnover in two years against them, that’s not going to be a recipe for success,” Fitzgerald said. “When you don’t stop the run against a team that wants to be a run-first team that’s going to be a recipe for success for them again. And then we’re not able to get our run game going and get balance, which ends up being a recipe for success for them again.” One of the day’s only NU-centric highlights was the halftime ceremony recognizing the 1995 team, which finished 10-2, won the Big Ten and played in the Rose Bowl. As the current Cats began the season 5-0, comparisons to the similarly ground-andpound ’95 squad wrote themselves. Two losses later, the 2015 NU iteration seems to more closely resemble the 2013 and 2014 teams, which flashed promise on the way to underwhelming records. “We have to look ourselves in the mirror and ask ourselves, Are we the team that beat Stanford and Minnesota?” Lowry said. “Or are we the team that performed today.”
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Hundreds visit NU buildings during Open House Chicago By FATHMA RAHMAN
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For the first time, three historical buildings on Northwestern’s Evanston campus were included in the Chicago Architecture Foundation’s Open House Chicago program this weekend. Alice Millar Chapel, Dearborn Observatory and Deering Library were among the 200 buildings open to the public during specific hours for visitors to enjoy free, behind-the-scenes access. Coinciding with Homecoming weekend, the event was well-attended, University Chaplain Timothy Stevens said. “They approached us last spring and said that they were thinking to add Evanston venues,”
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Stevens said. “We considered not doing it because it’s also Homecoming weekend, but we decided to do it anyway. Homecoming weekend turned out to be a good weekend for it, because there were a lot of people coming in after the game.” In recent years, the University has been trying to increase its outreach into the Evanston community as well as deepen its relationship with the Chicago area, which is visible in different kinds of marketing, from sports to academics, said Drew Scott, University Library communications specialist. “We’ve watched Open House Chicago from afar for a while, and we’ve always thought Evanston has loads of interesting offerings, so it’s great to be added this year,” Scott said. “It’s been healthy for us as a university to get people excited about the architecture and the services and education
we’re offering inside this building. I didn’t expect it to have much of a ripple, but this place has been bustling all day,” NU’s locations had hundreds of visitors pass through its doors on both days this weekend, Scott and Stevens said. Evanston residents Marge and Neil Gambow had the unique opportunity to experience Open House Chicago from both the perspectives of visitors and tour guides. The Gambows spent Sunday visiting the Sigma Alpha Epsilon building, as well as the three NU locations. “We’re going to all these places that are usually not open to the public,” Marge Gambow said. “You go by the buildings all the time, but this is what is really inside the building. It’s like [the outside] is the shell but this is the heart of the building.”
of Emerson Street, resulting in non-life-threatening injuries. The Skokie resident was struck once in the thigh after getting out of his car when a man walking westbound fired several shots at him with a handgun. The man who was shot was driven by an acquaintance to Evanston Hospital. Police later stopped two teenage boys in the 1900 block of Darrow Avenue and discovered a .380 caliber Kel-Tec handgun on one of them. The teenager with the handgun was initially charged with four felonies, including aggravated unlawful
use of a weapon and possession of a firearm by a street gang member, in addition to a misdemeanor for reckless conduct. After results from the Northeastern Illinois Crime Laboratory determined the recovered bullets from the scene matched the handgun recovered from the teenager, the Evanston resident was charged with a felony for aggravated battery with a firearm. Due to the charges, the teenager’s case will be transferred to adult court. — Julia Jacobs
With Dearborn Observatory leading in age as a 126-year-old site, Deering Library follows at more than 80 years old, trailed by Alice Millar Chapel at more than 50 years old. Each building’s distinct history and architecture adds to its relevance as part of Open House Chicago. “It all reminds you how old this university really is and how much history is maintained amongst all these walls,” Neil Gambow said. The University has made no promises or commitments about future involvement with Open House Chicago, but Stevens said he was optimistic about the future. “Whether it’s going to be on Homecoming weekend or not, I have no idea, but I would be very open to doing it again,” Stevens said. fathmarahman2019@u.northwestern.edu
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The Wildcats (12-7, 4-4 Big Ten) took quite a beating on Friday from No. 3 Nebraska (16-2, 7-1), who, during its sweep through Illinois, swept the floor with the Cats. Subsequently, the Cornhuskers moved up in the Big Ten standings to No. 1. Aggression on the court has been a focal point for NU all season, especially in its matchups these past two weekends. The Cornhuskers, who lead the Big Ten in digs, were both more aggressive from the service line and at the net than the Cats. Coach Keylor Chan appeared visibly frustrated after the first set, where the Cats finished with a cumulative hitting percentage of 0.097. Although he said when NU handled the ball, it was “right there with Nebraska,” the Cornhuskers proved to get the better of the host. “(Nebraska) served extremely well tonight,” Chan said. “They frazzled us. They kind of did to us what we did to Penn State.” Sunday seemed to be the Cats’ lucky day because they got to welcome one of the worst teams in the conference. The team redeemed its loss from Friday by beating Iowa (1011, 0-8), 3-1. Iowa’s tied-for-last-place ranking did not cause the team a lapse in passion on the court for NU. Junior outside hitter Sofia Lavin, who led the
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team in kills, spoke of the importance of not letting play slip, no matter the opponent. “I think it’s important to not play down,” Lavin said. “We need to stay up at our level, just getting at it hard.” After seeing how aggression paid off for the Cornhuskers on Friday, the Cats stepped it up to shake up the Hawkeye offense and defense. Junior outside hitter Kayla Morin attested to their hard work at the service line and commented on how disrupting Iowa’s rhythm with its serving immensely helped NU. “The thing that we improved on most was our serving,” Morin said. “We made it hard for them to run their offense and kept the ball in play to give us more chances to put it down.” The Big Ten currently has eight out of 14 teams represented in the AVCA Coaches ranking and nine out of 14 in the top 25 of the NCAA Women’s Volleyball RPI. “Everyone is good in the Big Ten,”
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SLATER SMASH Junior middle blocker Maddie Slater spikes the ball. Slater notched 12 kills for the Cats over the weekend, including eight in the team’s victory over Iowa on Sunday.
Chan said. “Everyone wants to talk about numbers, but Iowa is a good team.” Going into its next games on the road, the team no longer has its home court advantage, and although it will be playing against one of the lowestranked teams in the Big Ten, Indiana (12-8, 2-6), it will also be matched up with No. 18 Purdue (15-4, 6-2),
who is currently tied for fourth in the conference. While the stint at home was not as fruitful as the Cats may have hoped, Lavin noted the main difference between their games against Nebraska and Iowa was the Cats’ confidence level. If they can take this confidence with them on the road, Lavin said
they are bound to be more successful than they have been on the road — and at home — in the past. “As long as we go in and play the way we know how to play, we can take care of a lot of teams,” Lavin said. “We’re excited for the competition to come.” sophiemann2018@u.northwestern.edu
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Cats lose late to Michigan, dominate Michigan State By COLE PAXTON
the daily northwestern @ckpaxton
While it was a weekend of mixed results for the Wildcats, they head into this week on a positive note. After falling 4-3 in double overtime Friday to No. 14 Michigan (12-3, 5-1 Big Ten), No. 16 Northwestern (10-6, 3-3) rebounded with a comprehensive 3-0 victory over Michigan State (5-11, 2-5) on Sunday. The Cats had far more opportunities than their opponents in both games but failed to capitalize on 17 shots on goal Friday. Michigan, meanwhile, scored on four of their six attempts on frame. On Sunday, however, NU was utterly dominant, outshooting the Spartans 25-1 and earning 19 penalty corners. “We’ve been playing well for the whole Big Ten season, so it was so nice to finally
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get a really solid win,” coach Tracey Fuchs said after Sunday’s game. “Again I can’t ask more from these guys. They’re playing their hearts out.” NU was aggressive from the outset Sunday but, like Friday, struggled to convert chances into goals. Despite nine shots and eight penalty corners in the first half, the Cats entered the half without a goal against Michigan State.
That quickly changed in the second half, however, as junior midfielder Dominique Masters scored from a penalty corner less than three minutes into the period. Fellow junior midfielder Isabel Flens added NU’s second goal less than nine minutes later, also via a corner, closing a frenetic stretch of play in which the Cats earned four penalty corners and had numerous opportunities to add to their lead. Freshman forward Eva van Agt added the final goal late in the match. “We had so many chances and we really felt confident that we were finally getting those shots off that we’ve been struggling with the past couple of weeks,” Flens said. “Once we get the first one (goal) the others will come after that.” NU’s offensive performance Sunday was eerily reminiscent of Friday’s. The Cats peppered Michigan goalkeeper Sam Swenson with shot after shot but saw numerous opportunities go by the wayside.
Senior midfielder Caroline Troncelliti beat Swenson early on, however, scoring from a corner just over a minute into the match. NU grabbed a pair of second-half goals in quick succession, with Troncelliti and van Agt beating Swenson in a twominute span. The difference in the two games was the Cats’ defensive performance. Although Michigan was lethal on its opportunities, NU simply didn’t give the Spartans any chances. Michigan midfielders Katie Trombetta and Veerle Lubbers scored in a span of 30 seconds midway through the first half, and forward Shannon Scavelli knotted the score at 3 late in the second half. Back Lauren Thomas scored the winner in the second sudden-death overtime session. “We put enough on the board,” Fuchs said following Friday’s game. “We just needed to stop some on the defensive end.” Michigan State, on the other hand, did not record a penalty corner and its
lone shot on goal came in the game’s final minutes. Further, the Spartans rarely got the ball into the Cats’ defensive circle and only occasionally had extended periods of possession. “We’ve been working a lot on defense all over the field, from the forwards to the backs, everyone doing what they need to do to make sure we keep it in our circle,” senior back Lisa McCarthy said Sunday. Sunday’s win was an important rebound for NU, McCarthy said, particularly as the Big Ten Tournament approaches in three weeks. To make the NCAA Tournament, Fuchs said the Cats will almost certainly need to win the conference tournament, which will require playing three games in four days. “We have a lot to prove as a team,” McCarthy said. “There’s definitely greatness and resilience in the team, and it shows in our performances.” colepaxton2019@u.northwestern.edu
Poor passing game plagues NU offense in recent loss By STEPHANIE KELLY
daily senior staffer @StephanieKellyM
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ALLIGATOR ARMS Christian Jones bobbles a pass. The receivers exacerbated Northwestern’s offensive struggles by dropping passes.
With the first half slipping away and the Wildcats losing 9-0, NU needed a big play. Instead, at their own 13-yard line, the Cats punted after three pass incompletions and no yards gained on the drive. After the ensuing drive ended in another Hawkeyes touchdown, the Cats’ reception-less gameplay couldn’t be ignored. Saturday’s 40-10 loss to Iowa concluded four quarters-worth of dropped passes, poor throws, an interception, sacks and a lackluster passing game for the Cats. “Although we want to play with tempo, we have to be a ball-control offense,” coach Pat Fitzgerald said. “That’s the name of the game.” Starting quarterback Clayton Thorson ended the day completing 17-of-35
attempts for 125 yards. The redshirt freshman was slow on his reads and jumped around in the pocket, resulting in three sacks and many rushed passes. Mistakes by the receiving corps highlighted Thorson’s shortcomings. Even when receivers were able to get open— which was far too few times—dropped passes plagued the offense throughout the game, with wide receivers Christian Jones and Mike McHugh failing to follow through. “No one wants any dropped passes, and you’ve got to take each one like you dropped five,” Jones said. During a drive in the second quarter with the score 16-0, sophomore running back Justin Jackson and senior wide receiver Cameron Dickerson each dropped passes from Thorson. After another incomplete pass intended for McHugh, Thorson finally broke through with a rush of 13 yards, converting a third down for the
Cats that led to NU’s best drive of the game with five pass completions. “It seemed like guys caught the ball for (Thorson in the second quarter),” Fitzgerald said. “It looked like we got some momentum going there. It looked like some guys made some plays.” This week, NU adopted a more passfocused game than in last week’s Michigan loss. The Cats completed 15 of 33 attempts for 130 yards last game, while this week Thorson, combined with backup quarterback Zack Oliver, ended with 43 attempts, in part because the team trailed the entire game. Next week’s match against Nebraska will decide whether the Cats continue this passing trend. But with skittish play from Thorson and an inconsistent receiving corps against Iowa, an aerial game plan is as shaky as ever. stephaniekelly2017@u.northwestern.edu