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Thursday, September 24, 2015

FAFSA changes to aid students

By MARIANA ALFARO

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Current and prospective Northwestern students will have an easier time filling out the Free Application for Federal Student Aid after modifications made by President Barack Obama’s administration this year.

The updated application now allows students and their families to apply for federal financial assistance starting in October rather than in January, and also lets them use information from previous tax years rather than waiting until the tax season to complete their applications.

“Learning about aid eligibility options much earlier in the college application and decision process will allow students and families to determine the true cost of attending college — taking available financial aid into account — and make more informed decisions,” the White House said in a statement last week.

Associate Provost for University Enrollment Michael Mills believes the changes to the FAFSA process will give students a better estimate of how much a college education will cost them, but said it is hard to tell what the overall effect of the new policies will be.

“I don’t know what the impact will be of having prior year income,” he said. “I think it will be pretty minimal but good for the President to do this because the financial aid community

has been asking for something like this for a long time.”

Mills said he doesn’t believe the changes will make a big difference in the actual financial aid packages in most cases, but the earlier dates will allow students more flexibility when deciding on a school.

“The only way I could see it having a big impact if you’re looking at two years-worth of income data versus one, would be in a situation where there was a radical change one year to the next,” he said. “Certainly that happens to individual families from time to time, but I can’t imagine it having a big impact. If this had happened in 2007 or ‘08, when the financial meltdown took place, then I could see it having an enormous income, because you could have one year of fantastic impact, followed by two parents laid off all in a year.”

He also said the changes will force other financial aid services used by NU, like the College Board financial aid profile, to change.

Amanda Walsh, Communication senior and president of NU’s Quest Scholar Network, said the FAFSA changes will likely affect new or prospective students more than current students, since those already enrolled in the university know what to expect of their financial aid package and how to file the paperwork needed.

“Students who are applying for financial aid for the first time … are going to have a much easier time » See FAFSA, page 6

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DIVESTMENT DEBATE Students raise their hands in “silent applause” as an NUDivest member speaks in favor of the collective’s resolution at The Senate’s Feb. 18 meeting. The body would go on to pass the resolution at the end of the meeting.

By SHANE MCKEON

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Omar Shanti framed the article and put it up on his bookshelf.

“ASG narrowly passes NUDivest resolution,” the headline reads, accompanied by a photo of cheering supporters.

But no policy changed when the votes were counted, and no

money was divested when the gavel sounded.

As it enters its second year on campus, Northwestern Divest hopes to codify the demands made in its resolution: that the University pursue socially responsible investment, and that it divest from six corporations the group says violate Palestinian human rights. But administrators haven’t shown much support for the group’s ideas, and no investment policy has changed since the

group formed during Winter Quarter 2015.

Shanti, a McCormick junior who is a member of NUDivest, said members have met with administrators to discuss the collective’s goals, but progress is slow.

Shanti alluded to the University’s tepid responses to past divestment movements, specifically those targeting South Africa and Sudan. In » See DIVESTMENT, page 6

New startup incubator hires director EPD launches new

By BENJAMIN DIN

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In her position as head of Northwestern’s new startup incubator, Silicon Valley veteran Melissa Crounse hopes to turn the space into a hub of entrepreneurship and innovation.

Crounse, who started Sept. 1, is the first executive director of The Garage, which launched in June. The area is a place for students to develop ideas and receive help to turn those ideas into startups. Housed in a parking garage on the second floor of the Henry Crown Sports Pavilion, it features two classrooms, meeting rooms and a kitchen.

“We want a place where students can come from all corners of the university and be able to collaborate, create, innovate,” said Alicia Loffler, the executive director of NU’s Innovation and New Ventures Office. “We want a place where students can try many times and fail and try again. It’s a place where ideas will get built.”

Loffler, who said Crounse was chosen from hundreds of candidates in a national search, highlighted Crounse’s passion for students and her tech experience at Google, IBM and three startups, including one she founded.

“She breathes Silicon Valley culture,” Loffler said. “She relates very well with people at all levels. She loves the students, so she was perfect.”

In addition to being a physical space, The Garage will grow into a community of students, alumni and faculty interested in starting companies, Crounse said.

Crounse said she looks forward to getting to know students and figuring out what they need. Because The Garage opened recently, she is looking for more staff members and currently holds a very fluid role.

“I do everything right now, because this is very much a startup for me,” she said. “It’s everything from defining the vision of what is The Garage all the way down to students approaching me about how to get a job, how to find a mentor.”

The Garage offers a residency program, which gives student teams working on a startup idea 24/7 access to the space. It also has entrepreneurs-inresidence, successful alumni who have sold their startups and are working on their next ideas. The entrepreneurs-inresidence work in the space and help mentor students working on their own ideas. Crounse said there are also plans for an accelerator program — a 10-week cycle that helps foster students’ ideas into a startup — and a mentorship program to launch this year.

Another one of Crounse’s goals is to give the space a more comfortable vibe by doing small things such as providing snacks for students.

“I’m trying to make this space more comfortable, this idea that this is a home for entrepreneurship,” Crounse said. “I want the vibe of the place to be a place

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law literacy program

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where … it feels a little more like a Silicon Valley or a New York tech company when you come in here.”

John Kelley, a McCormick junior who founded Lucid Goose Design with two other friends last fall, works in The Garage after NU’s previous incubator space at 600 Davis St. closed in August. The amenities, specifically the meeting rooms and TVs, have helped facilitate meetings with clients, he said.

“The Garage has been much better than the 600 Davis space,” he said. “It pretty much has everything you need to work.”

From talking to students, Crounse said » See GARAGE, page 6

The Evanston Police Department is launching a new law literacy program this month aimed at combating violence and strengthening relationships between police and community members.

Evanston officials brought the new program, “The Law and Your Community,” to the city in partnership with Chicago’s Metropolitan Chapter of the National Organization of Black Law Enforcement (NOBLE). In the wake of two recent Evanston homicides that police believe are gang-related, the city is taking action to reduce violence and restore a sense of safety among residents, Ald. Delores Holmes (5th) said at Monday’s City Council meeting.

“It’s a response to violence in the community,” Holmes told The Daily.

“It’s about strategies between the police and people. Police can’t (decrease violence) by themselves.”

About seven Evanston police officers were certified by NOBLE as official instructors in May, Evanson police officer Enjoli Daley said. Within the program, officers will teach participants more about how laws are devised and

what law enforcement’s place in the larger criminal justice system. Instructors also address topics like robbery, battery crimes and cyber-bullying as well as how individuals should interact with law enforcement, Daley said.

Officers will hold classes in churches, community centers and after-school programs in Evanston, police said. The sessions are customizable to the needs of individual organizations and are accessible to all ages.

Chicago, which implemented the program in January in its public schools, is one of 59 NOBLE chapters in the U.S. The pilot of the law literacy program was tested in Ferguson, Missouri, after tension between police and the community flared in response to the shooting death of black teenager Michael Brown by a white police officer.

“Recent national events show that there is a need for healing on both sides,” said Carla Kupe-Arion, director of community relations for Chicago’s NOBLE chapter. “There is a need to educate the community of the right way and wrong way, but also for law enforcement to engage and talk with the community to solve problems of tension.” » See LAW PROGRAM, page 6

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Library hosts photographer

Evanston cafe to relocate

By ISABELLA SOTO

By JULIA JACOBS

A retired Northwestern librarian explained how to take quality nature photographs without a professional camera Wednesday night at Evanston Public Library.

Lloyd Davidson, who ran the event, and his wife Arden Davidson are exhibiting their photography in EPL through Sept. 30. The Davidsons’ exhibit debuted Sept. 8 and is located on the library’s second floor.

The Davidsons have travelled across the globe to take photographs. From taking shots of Alaskan glaciers in the back of a six-person plane to capturing exposures of sunset-bathed canyons in the American Southwest, the pair has represented diverse forms of nature through their camera lenses.

While emphasizing the prowess of DSLR cameras, Davidson discussed how he has managed to get quality nature photographs from unexpected sources such as a 5-megapixel digital camera and an iPhone camera.

Davidson compared photographs taken with his Nikon D810 and his iPhone 6. He said he recognized how versatile the iPhone’s camera capabilities were, adding that a creative eye can capture stunning photographs regardless of the camera.

“You still see a tremendous amount of detail,” Davidson said. “The contrast is not quite as high … but a lot of the differences can be addressed in Photoshop.”

Of all the locations they have photographed, Davidson said his favorite site was Patagonia in Argentina.

“The wind was wonderful — there were 60-mileper-hour winds,” he said. “We were surrounded by fantastic clouds in Patagonia.”

Arden Davidson agreed with her husband that the site was her favorite. “(In Patagonia) you get wonderful cloud formations,” she said. “The wind just rips right through them.”

Lloyd Davidson discussed freely experimenting

Coffee Lab will be migrating next month down Noyes Street to the storefront vacated by the made-to-order sandwich shop Rollin’ To Go. The north Evanston cafe, at 922 Noyes St., will be moving to both accommodate more customers and introduce a food menu in an expanded space, Coffee Lab’s owner Chris An said. Rollin’ closed in July due to financial troubles and legal conflicts, but several of the shop’s most popular sandwiches will be served at a nearby grocery store next month.

The empty space at 910 Noyes St. is almost double the size of Coffee Lab’s current one, which struggles to fit the bulk of customers who choose to linger in the shop, An said.

“The bigger space has more potential to bring people in and accommodate students to study,” he said.

Although the move required An to take a loan from the bank, he said he hopes the extra

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PICTURE PERFECT Lloyd Davidson, a retired Northwestern librarian, speaks to an audience at Evanston Public Library about his nature photography. Davidson and his wife’s work is on display at EPL until the end of the month.

with filters and tints, using Photoshop to enhance and edit his photographs.

He began his presentation with a fundamental tip for all good photography: “Keep everything simple and uncluttered and fill the frame.”

About 10 audience members took notes and asked Davidson questions on photographic technology, terminology and how to better their personal photography skills.

Karen Davis, an Evanston resident and the Davidsons’ neighbor, discovered the event through a neighborhood e-mail list.

“My photography skills are very amateur,” Davis said. “I learned that I probably don’t need to buy a $4,000 camera to take good photographs.”

Davidson said he hoped attendees learned at least one thing from the presentation. “(For people) to realize that photography is more the photographer than the camera,” he said.

food sales will help make up the difference in rent. Coffee Lab currently serves desserts such as scones, but customers have long requested more substantial options such as sandwiches, An said.

Communications sophomore Erica Rottenborn said during her first visit to Coffee Lab she noticed the cafe could use more space for customers when the staff pulled out an extra table from the back room to fit her group of four.

With the additional space, the cafe could make a good meeting place for city staff considering its proximity to the Civic Center, said Paul Zalmezak, an Evanston economic development official, in an email.

“The move to the former Rollin’ To Go space will hopefully grow the coffee business,” Zalmezak said. “The current space doesn’t have the space to meet demand.”

The cafe began construction this week on its future storefront, including installing new counters and ordering equipment, An said. The relocated Coffee Lab will open its doors during the first half of October, he said. juliajacobs2018@u.northwestern.edu

Police Blotter Man charged with Target theft

A 20-year-old man was arrested Tuesday evening in connection with a theft from a Target in south Evanston.

Security at the Target at 2209 Howard St. told police they saw the man put on a pair of gym shoes and a black hooded sweatshirt, as well as stuff other clothes and items in his backpack, said Evanston police Cmdr. Joseph Dugan.

The man first was detained by security before being arrested by police at about 7:30 p.m., Dugan said.

The man was charged with misdemeanor retail theft and is scheduled to appear in court Nov. 4.

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Burglar steals technology from north Evanston home

About $2,000 worth of possessions were stolen Tuesday morning from a north Evanston residence near campus.

Residents of the home in the 900 block of Gaffield Place found their wallet, black backpack containing a Apple MacBook Pro and Xbox One with its controllers and cords missing from their living room area at about 10:30 p.m., Dugan said.

There was no sign of forced entry, but both front and rear doors were unlocked during the time of the incident, he said. ­— Joanne Lee

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On Campus Alumnae to donate $1 million to research

By PETER KOTECKI

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Undergraduates hoping to participate in research will soon have more opportunities due to a donation from The Alumnae of Northwestern University.

The group, a volunteer organization of women that raises funds for various projects at the University, will donate $1 million as part of its centennial celebration to create an endowment for undergraduate research at NU. Founded in 1916, The Alumnae of NU has donated more than $7.5 million to the University in the form of grants, fellowships and scholarships.

Pam James (Weinberg ’71), chair of The Alumnae’s centennial committee, said the money from the endowment is going to the Office of Undergraduate Research for grants administered by the office.

The initial $750,000 gift was presented at the kickoff of The Alumnae’s centennial celebration at the Northwestern Alumni Association Leadership Symposium on Sept. 11, said Janet Bilandic, president of The Alumnae. Since then, the group raised another $100,000 from personal contributions toward the endowment, bringing its grand total to $850,000, she said.

Bilandic said The Alumnae selected undergraduate research as the beneficiary of the endowment after interviewing 24 NU administrators. The group’s 60 directors spent a year examining where the funding should go and decided undergraduate research stood out among 66 total suggestions, she said.

The research grants are open to all NU students and will be administered by Associate Provost Ron Braeutigam and Peter Civetta, director of the Office of Undergraduate Research, Bilandic said. The Alumnae is able to give out many awards because it is made up entirely of volunteers, she added.

Each of The Alumnae’s directors made a personal gift to the endowment, and the organization will contact more women to raise the final $150,000, Bilandic said.

“Our members want to help undergraduates at Northwestern as their top priority,” Bilandic said. “We found out that undergraduate research is becoming

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CAT CASH Ron Braeutigam, Pam James, Anne Martino, centennial committee co-chair, and Janet Bilandic present a $750,000 check at the Northwestern Alumni Association Leadership Symposium. The Alumnae created a $1 million endowment for undergraduate research at NU.

almost a necessity in all areas throughout the school for undergraduates.”

Civetta said The Alumnae’s endowment will provide funding for existing grant programs.

“This money will be used largely in support of the Undergraduate Research Grant program, which funds students to do independent and creative projects in all fields,” Civetta said. “It will also help to fund the new Undergraduate Research Assistant Program, which funds students to work with faculty members on their research projects.”

In the last six years, the number of students funded by the Office of Undergraduate Research has more than tripled and about $1 million was awarded last year alone, Civetta said. “(The endowment) is going to help us significantly to meet the rising demands of students,” Civetta said.

The Alumnae also selected eight female sophomores

to receive scholarships for excellence in science, technology, engineering and mathematics, James said. The group used to give out four annual scholarships but was able to begin offering eight last year, she added.

James said The Alumnae modeled the STEM scholarships after the U.S. government’s SMART grants, which were created to complement the Federal Pell Grant Program. NU students can apply as freshmen or sophomores to receive their awards the following year, she said. “(The scholarships) are for women or underrepresented minorities in the STEM disciplines,” James said.

“The money is intended to allow the students to lessen their work-study load so they can make sure that their academics are in order and possibly doing something else in relation to that.” peterkotecki2018@u.northwestern.edu

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Supporting diplomacy with Iran is crucial for U.S. ALEXI STOCKER

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For anybody watching the Republican presidential primary debate last Wednesday, the controversial nature of the Iranian nuclear deal was immediately obvious. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, declared his intent to terminate the deal if he takes office, and former Ohio Gov. John Kasich promoted the military option.

As critics claim the Iran deal signals serious danger to the United States and its allies, the Obama administration insists it will ensure peace and security, preventing Iran from acquiring a nuclear weapon.

The primary problem with the Iran nuclear deal’s supporters’ and opponents’ approaches is that neither side truly considers the longterm implications of the current agreement or of continued sanctions and isolation of the Iranian state. President Barack Obama, Cruz, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the hundreds of other political figures who have weighed in on the deal couch their arguments in short-term political and security interests. In a recent op-ed, Sen. John McCain, R-Arizona, claims the Iran nuclear deal will, first, enable Iran to build a nuclear

weapon, and, second, expand its influence in the Middle East. He emphasizes past Iranian violence against Americans and conflates Iranian regional influence with the expansion of the so-called Islamic State and Al-Qaeda.

Cruz and McCain are focused on the world that exists now, rather than the world that could, and can, exist in the future. They see the Iranian nuclear deal’s consequences playing out in a geopolitical environment identical to the one we currently face. In their worldview, Iran is the United States and its allies’ eternal enemy, not too different from the Islamic State group or Al-Qaeda. Within this view, Iran’s status as the United States and its allies’ geopolitical foe makes any expansion of Iran’s influence necessarily detrimental to American and allied interests and security.

This worldview is certainly understandable, especially for the Israelis. Iran, through funds and arms, anti-Israeli militia groups such as Hamas and Hezbollah. The Iranians back Bashar Al-Assad’s embattled government in Syria, providing weapons and military advisors to a regime the U.S. and its allies ultimately aim to remove from power. Conflict between the U.S. and Iran, and Israel and Iran, via proxies, is an ongoing reality. However, the current state of affairs need not continue into the distant, or even near, future.

As Northwestern students, we will live our adult lives in the world shaped by the Iranian

nuclear deal, or whatever agreement — or lack thereof — replaces it. Therefore, it is critical for us students to make our voices heard in discussions on foreign policy. The geopolitical environment is rapidly changing, and it appears that many U.S. leaders refuse to change with it.

McCain draws parallels between Iran and the Islamic State group, all the while Iran continues to battle against the Islamic State in Iraq.

Within Iran, the political atmosphere is also in flux. Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, a political moderate, has struggled against Iranian hardliners to ensure the passage of the nuclear deal. President Rouhani has tempered Iranian rhetoric, claiming the infamous “Death to America” chants are about American foreign policy, not the American people. Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s aggressive statements regarding Israel and the United States are signals that Iran’s supreme religious leader fears his power is slipping; abrasive comments in the style of North Korea’s Kim regime are generally signs of weakness, rather than strength.

Engagement with Iran is key to ensuring continued political moderation and proAmerican developments within the country.

The nuclear deal represents a chance for our generation to enjoy genuine peace with Iran and greater security in the Middle East region.

Change will be gradual, of course; the United States and Iran will not become allies overnight.

One thing is certain; if we, as the inheritors of

the geopolitical system, want to live our adult lives in a world of greater peace and stability, it is crucial to give states like Iran a stake in the geopolitical order. Integrating Iran into global trade networks, financial systems and international organizations will help ensure the Iranian people’s commitment to protecting an economic and political system that they, too, benefit from. The Iranian nuclear deal is the first step in a lengthy process of reconciliation.

Redressing the wrongs committed by both sides will take time, but only continued dialogue can bring about an end to violence in Iraq, Syria, and other parts of the Middle East.

At NU, we as undergraduates are encouraged to critically engage issues of global significance. As voters, whether in the U.S. or another democratic nation, it is our responsibility to question the arguments politicians make. As the 2016 elections approach, it is critical that NU students seriously consider the long-term implications of continued hostility toward Iran, and instead support, through our votes, the politicians who will promote diplomacy and stability.

Alexi Stocker is a Weinberg senior. He can be reached at alexistocker2016@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.

Embrace different ideas, debate for intellectual growth JACOB ALTSTADT

DAILY COLUMNIST

Last month, The Atlantic published an article on the prevalence of trigger warnings on college campuses. Of the many points and arguments the authors presented in the article, called “The Coddling of the American Mind,” one stuck out to me more than the others: their identification and condemnation of the oversensitivity of collegiate student bodies.

I think it goes without saying that the majority of students, including myself, at Northwestern have had at the very least a minor, if not major, run-in with another student taking offense to someone else’s remark. More often than not, the offended student claims emotional injury on the basis that whatever was said, purposefully or not, had harmed their mental well-being. And although I fully support the end of racism, discrimination, stereotypes and

anything else that may degrade the humanity of a fellow human being, we, as Northwestern students, have something to gain from the realization that we may be oversensitive during these instances.

Obviously, any ill-willed speech with the blatant intention of hurting another person should be dealt with appropriately, but the oversensitivity issue lies in the situations where the speaker didn’t mean harm in what they were saying but had merely been offering their opinion. In these cases, I’ve found through my experiences that although the intentions may be different between that of a purposeful offender and an accidental one, they are dealt with in the same manner: harsh retaliation and condemnation of what was said.

Therein lies the problem: The act of being offended is played as a trump card in order to diminish anything someone else may say. But defining something as offensive when it differs from your beliefs implies one side of an argument is objectively incorrect, even though there are very few situations where this is actually the case.

At the core of intellectual growth — a primary

goal of attending college — is the strengthening of our belief system by encountering views that differ from our own. This is outlined in the Socratic method, where students are constantly challenged by their peers and mentors to both open their mind to new ideas and strengthen their current beliefs by having to defend them in the presence of adversity.

The action of defense within the debate fosters critical thinking and mental development. Just like the strain on muscles when lifting weights, the presence of resistance strengthens the brain in the long term, even though there may be some discomfort in the short term.

By taking offense to something rather than giving it actual thought, one may be avoiding this discomfort, but therefore also inherently avoiding intellectual growth. If an idea or statement causes us discomfort and our reaction is to simply avoid said statement, then we are doing ourselves a great disservice by shielding ourselves from those thoughts in favor of emotional comfort.

Not only do we hinder our intelligence, but we also infringe upon the intelligence of other students

because they may become wary of voicing their own opinions for fear of unknowingly offending someone.

This creates a culture where debate is frowned upon rather than encouraged, intellectual growth is discarded for superficial emotional well-being and we are expected to mindlessly agree with one another.

Socrates is rolling in his grave.

As the new school year begins, I encourage students to continue looking out for one another when it comes to discriminatory and hurtful speech. At the same time, keep an open mind when encountering views that differ from yours. Learn to identify when something is actually offensive or not, and when facing an opposing opinion, rather than blindly taking offense from it, keep an open mind and use critical thinking to grow your intellect.

Jacob Altstadt is a McCormick junior. He can be reached at jacobaltstadt2017@u.northwestern.edu. If you would like to respond publicly to this column, send a Letter to the Editor to opinion@dailynorthwestern.com. The views expressed in this piece do not necessarily reflect the views of all staff members of The Daily Northwestern.

Technological revolution transforms news consumption BURAK SEKERCI

DAILY COLUMNIST

Look around you.

Whether you are in a classroom, in a cafe or walking down the street, you probably see an army of people fiddling with their phones, tablets or computers.

The digital revolution affects every aspect of our lives. We change or adopt new habits because of the digital revolution.

One of these new habits is reading the news from our mobile devices, and we must wonder whether the digital revolution will consume our news as well.

This Monday, The New York Times announced it had reached 1 million digital subscribers. Considering that the newspaper has 1.1 million print subscribers who can also access the online features, this number is pretty significant. It marks an important milestone: Just four and a half years after launching the digital service, the number of digital subscribers has nearly reached the number of the newspaper’s total print subscribers. This is a perfect example of a core characteristic of the digital: It takes over our world very fast.

Smartphones are a necessity that we cannot escape. People now spend more time on their phones than they spend watching TV, Bloomberg reported in 2014.

Technology that is used at such a high frequency automatically brings fresh habits to our society.

One of these habits is that we are not patient anymore. We want to access information instantly. We

want to reach people instantly. We want our photos to be seen instantly. The examples can go on and on. Digital technology has made us addicted to instant information.

This tendency also affects how we consume news. People want to know what’s going on around the world every almost second of the day. People’s lives are swarmed with news now, and I personally get around 40 notifications each day from different news agencies on my iPhone, tablet and email.

Since the digital revolution is here to stay, our new habits will prevent us from defecting back to print news, which is just not fast enough.

On the other hand, we have a natural tendency to like paper and paper-related things, perhaps simply because we are more used to it. Humans have interacted with paper since the third millennium B.C. A concept that has been around for so long carries a sense of attachment. This might be

correct for e-books, as e-book sales in the United States have declined over the last year.

In the past, people would need to wait for the evening news in order to be informed about current events. The Internet age has made us impatient and hungry for information, while technology allows us to read and watch the news almost instantly. Because of these two simultaneous advancements, digital consumption of news is a perfect, natural medium to fulfill our modern society.

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navigating the FAFSA because they will have longer to do it,” she said. “They will be able to get more help in the process.”

She said the changes could benefit students who might be unaware of their financial aid eligibility.

“There are so many students who don’t New even apply for financial aid that are eligible for students will financial aid,” she said. be more likely “Now that there’s more time to fill out the to apply for FAFSA, new students financial aid will be more likely because it will to apply for financial aid because it will be be easier. easier.”

Amanda Walsh, SESP junior Matt Herndon, Associated NU Quest Scholars president Student Government’s Vice President for Diversity and Inclusion, said he was pleasantly surprised by the White House’s announcement. Although he believes financial aid still presents issues for students, he said the changes can offer new alternatives to current and prospective students.

He said being able to use taxes other than the most recent year’s makes it easier and more accurate for families to guess what their financial aid package will look like.

“It will help people get a jump on the application, especially people who are like ‘Can I stay at Northwestern another year? Will I be able to afford it with the federal aid I’m getting?’, or people who are trying to go to Northwestern but aren’t sure if they will be able to afford it,” he said. “I think that the timing works better.”

the case of South Africa, student activists lobbied the University for two years before it divested $3.5 million from two companies with ties to the country in 1986.

That wasn’t quite a victory, though: The University still had more than $160 million invested in companies involved in South Africa as of that year.

NUDivest faces similar obstacles. Speaking to The Daily in May, University President Morton Schapiro showed no support for NUDivest, nor any intention to comply with its resolution.

“The students of Northwestern, the elected representatives did a vote that I might not agree with — don’t agree with,” he told The Daily.

Still, the collective might find progress elsewhere. William McLean, the University’s chief investment officer, has expressed some openness to a socially-responsible investment committee, one of NUDivest’s recommendations.

“There’s an argument for having a central place where some of these (investment issues) get vetted,” McLean said in April. “We’re interested in hearing student voices, and maybe a committee is a better way to do it.”

In the meantime, Shanti said, NUDivest will continue to promote dialogue among students.

“We’re still looking to provoke meaningful conversations about the systematic suffocation of the Palestinian people,” Shanti said.

In February, Senate debated the resolution for more than five hours during a heated, emotional meeting that featured dozens of students from both NUDivest and NU Coalition for Peace — a group largely comprising Jewish students who opposed the resolution — alternating pro and con speeches. Senate eventually passed the resolution by two votes: 24 for, 22 against and three abstentions.

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Students on both sides sometimes deviated from discussing the resolution itself and instead spoke about privilege and oppression in broader and more personal terms. Senate’s debate became a proxy for larger discussions about marginalization and power at NU. “Discomfort is felt by every person of color on this campus,” Hagar Gomaa (McCormick ‘15) said at the meeting, responding to criticism that the resolution made Jewish students feel uncomfortable. “We feel discomfort any time we bring up an unpopular opinion or voice a controversial issue. To those who say this divestment bill makes you uncomfortable, I say: Check your privilege.”

Throughout the debate, Coalition for Peace argued that to pass the resolution was to endorse the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement, a strategy called for by Palestinian civil society.

“NUDivest has linked themselves to BDS through their events, through their website and through the use of (a BDS-affiliated) handbook,” then-Weinberg junior Nathan Bennett said at the meeting. “If this bill does pass, it should be nakedly clear what it is, and that is a firm part of the BDS movement.”

The resolution itself does not call for boycotts or sanctions, only divestment. The group has, however, held workshops to educate students about BDS. Although passing the resolution was a major victory for NUDivest, it didn’t change any policies: That power rests with administrators, who have shown no willingness to codify the resolution’s requests.

But Shanti is still hopeful.

“We knew this isn’t something that would be done in a short time,” Shanti told The Daily. “We’ve always understood that this process will take many years.” shanem@u.northwestern.edu

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“There’s no real true hub or home for entrepreneurship or innovation,” she said. “The hope is that this will become the home for those students, faculty and staff that are into entrepreneurship and innovation.” benjamindin@u.northwestern.edu

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The Evanston Police Department also implemented a program last week to combat violence, particularly in locations of recent shots fired reports. Two officers are deployed each day with the task of recovering firearms through tips from confidential informants and social media. Police on the assignment recovered two handguns in separate locations on Wednesday.

Versions of the law literacy program have been implemented in Evanston in the past but were never fully established, Daley said.

“The main goal is to educate people about what their rights are and what’s considered a crime,” she said. “Often, teenagers get information from other teenagers. This to make sure they’re getting accurate information and building relationships with police officers.”

In Evanston, several organizations are in the planning stages of implementing the program, Daley said.

“This program is an eye-opener for a lot people,” she said. “It allows them to take a step in the shoes (of the police) and see what we feel like.” amandasvachula2018@u.northwestern.edu

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Evanston high school to unveil renovated planetarium

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Evanston Township High School renovated its nearly 50-year-old planetarium over the past few months with the help of private donors.

The ETHS Educational Foundation raised more than $700,000 to help refurbish the planetarium, which was first constructed in the late

Across Campuses Pope Francis embraces, and challenges, America in first visit

WASHINGTON _ Pope Francis swept into America on Wednesday, captivating the nation’s capital as he launched his first visit, embracing the country’s heritage while challenging it to do more to solve global problems.

“God Bless America,” he said to enthusiastic applause at the White House at the start of a whirlwind day.

Thousands cheered the popular leader of the Roman Catholic Church as he made his way around the nation’s capital, first at an elaborate welcome on the South Lawn of the White House, then on a brief parade in the “popemobile” near the National Mall, and finally at an outdoor Mass

1960s. The planetarium updates include repairs to the building’s indoor and outdoor structure, a 360-degree screen with a digital projector as well as new sound and lighting systems.

The high school will unveil the renovated planetarium Oct. 15 at a ribbon-cutting ceremony.

“We take a lot of pride in the fact that we’re one of the very few high schools in the country with a planetarium,” said Maureen Sippel, the educational foundation’s president. “There is so

much technology that is new and exciting that can be brought into a planetarium. It made so much sense to us to update it and really bring it into the 21st century.”

The Educational Foundation is comprised a volunteer board of directors — including alumni, parents and community members — who work to raise money to improve student experience in areas outside the ETHS’ budget.

A large portion of the donations, $500,000, came from ETHS alumnus Leonard Schaeffer, a

professor at the University of Southern California’s Sol Price School of Public Policy. Schaeffer, along with Michelle Larson, president of Chicago’s Adler Planetarium, and Faith Vilas, a senior scientist at the Planetary Science Institute, will attend the ribbon cutting.

“This project really resonated with many members of the board,” Sippel said. “The planetarium is a state-of-the-art place for education.”

for 25,000 canonizing the country’s first Hispanic saint.

Throughout, he waded into some of the most contentious issues in American politics and the church, on subjects such as immigration and the sex abuse scandals that plagued U.S. Catholicism.

He started in a characteristic display of his common-man touch, arriving at the White House in a small Fiat 500 as he was welcomed by President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama.

The formal welcome also skipped the traditional 21-gun salute for a head of state in deference to his standing as a religious leader.

“In your humility, your embrace of simplicity, the gentleness of your words and the generosity of your spirit, we see a living example of Jesus’ teachings, a leader whose moral authority comes not just through words but also through deeds,” Obama said.

In brief remarks, the pope spoke about the need to take on poverty, care for immigrants and combat global warming.

“As the son of an immigrant family, I am happy to be a guest in this country, which was largely built by such families,” he said slowly in accented English.

“When it comes to the care of our common home, we are living at a critical moment of history,” he added. “We still have time to make the change needed to bring about a sustainable and integral development, for we know that things can change.”

The pope made only a passing mention of other hot-button issues, including same-sex marriage, saying he supports “the institutions of marriage and the family at this critical moment in the history of our civilization.”

After the ceremony, Obama and Francis met for about 40 minutes privately in the Oval Office,

using a Vatican translator. White House press secretary Josh Earnest declined to say what the two men spoke about.

Francis then took a brief ride past thousands outside the White House in the open-air popemobile. Throngs of supporters, many not Catholic, came out before dawn to catch a glimpse of him.

After leaving the cheering crowds, Francis told church leaders in a meeting at St. Matthew’s Cathedral that they had a duty to ensure the sex abuse scandal that shook the U.S. Catholic Church would never happen again. He told bishops that he had not come “to judge or to lecture” them.

“I realize how much the pain of recent years has weighed upon you,” he told the church leaders at a prayer service in the Cathedral of St. Matthew 75004

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1 With a return to Big Ten play looming on the horizon, Northwestern triumphed 2-1 in double overtime over the University of Illinois at Chicago (4-3-1, 1-0-0 Horizon League).

The victory ended a threegame winning streak for the Flames and enabled the Wildcats to even their record for the year.

Once again, NU (3-3-1, 1-1-0 Big Ten) found itself facing an early deficit, this time after conceding a header goal off a cross in the 30th minute from Flames back Thomas Villamil off a set piece.

Coach Tim Lenahan said NU “battled all night … even after the first goal, they were all over us on set pieces all night.” Lenahan agreed with the assessment that the NU defense operated under something of a bend-butdon’t-break model tonight, which is “always nerve-wracking for coaches”.

Going into the second half, NU began to press the Flames further up the field on defense. The Cats were able to level the score in the 65th minute on an impressive finish by senior back Henry Herrill.

NU forced overtime because of this goal, as the remaining 34 minutes saw no scoring for either side. Nonetheless, the final 10

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TEAM EFFORT A pack of Wildcats celebrate a goal. Northwestern needed late game heroics from sophomore forwards Sam Forsgren and Elo Ozumba to escape UIC with a 2-1 double overtime victory on Wednesday.

minutes in regulation saw two Flames headers turned away. The Cats were unable to capitalize on an 83rd minute header by senior forward Joey Calistri, and the final minutes winded down with a late yellow card for Flames back Kyle Hamann.

The first half of overtime saw two shots from the Flames sail wide and high, respectively, while NU could only manage one shot from sophomore forward Sam Forsgen.

The second overtime featured more scoring chances for both

teams, but it appeared likely that momentum was with the Flames.

After a 101st minute shot from Calistri, the Flames rattled off two shots in quick succession.

The first shot was saved by Cats senior keeper Zak Allen. After a subsequent shot resulted in yet another Flames corner kick, it appeared that the Cats’ best hope was a draw.

However, after successfully defending this final Flames’ corner, NU was able to bring the ball down the field and score off a pass from Forsgen to sophomore

forward Elo Ozumba for his first goal of the season.

“Johnny Moderwell made a diving header that sprung us, and then Sammy made a great pass to Elo,” Lenahan said.

The shot into the back right corner of the net ended a very long night for the Cats on a successful note, one that they will look to carry forward into their upcoming match against Indiana on Sunday. bradencouch2016@u.northwestern.edu

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BIG TEN BATTLES Sophomore midfielder Kim Jernatowski leaps in the air to get a foot on the ball. The Wildcats start a homestand against conference opponents on Thursday.

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After a double overtime 1-1 draw against Indiana, the Wildcats are on the hunt as they host Big Ten rivals Maryland on Thursday and Rutgers on Sunday at Toyota Park.

“We felt we had the second (half) in our grasp, so there is some frustration that we only took a point from the game versus Indiana,” coach Michael Moynihan said. “It leaves us going into this

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weekend, confident and hungry for more wins.”

An even score doesn’t mean an even game: The Cats (7-1-2, 1-0-1 Big Ten) out-shot the Hoosiers 20 to 9. They finally capitalized on their offensive domination 90 seconds into the second half. Fift hyear senior Niki Sebo earned the

Cats’ lone goal, burying the feed from senior Nandi Mehta with a header into the back of the net.

This marked Mehta’s first assist and Sebo’s second goal of the season.

This being their best nonconference start to a season in program history (3-0), the Wildcats will look to carry this momentum into the next two conference games. This weekend will indicate where NU stands in the Big Ten: No. 2 Rutgers defeated Maryland 1-0 last Friday.

The Cats will face stiff

competition on both ends of the field against Maryland (5-4-0, 0-1 Big Ten). Defensively, the Terrapins have three Big Ten Players to watch: senior goalkeeper Rachelle Beanlands, senior midfielder Sarah Fichtner and senior defender Erika Nelson. The Cats will rely on junior forward Addie Steiner, who leads the team in shots (42) and points (8), to generate pressure on Beanlands, who is tied for the most starts in Maryland’s program history (66) and has allowed 1.09 goals per game in her career (fourth in program history).

Moynihan describes the Terps’s offensive line as “a potent scoring threat that we need to neutralize.”

Maryland forward Alex Anthony leads the threat with 6 goals (tied for third in the Big Ten) and four game-winning goals (tied for first in the country).

“We really expand the field and get a lot of people going forward,” Moynihan said. “We will have to communicate well to deal with the numbers and be committed to defending off the ball.”

The Cats have a quick turnaround for their matchup against No. 2 Rutgers (8-0, 1-0) on Sunday.

The Scarlet Knights are just one of three teams in the nation who remain undefeated and boast the longest shutout streak in the country (eight consecutive shutouts).

“They defend very conservatively and deep and then transition very well into the attack,” Moynihan said. “We want to assert ourselves and dictate our style of play, so we will try to do that. We know we will have to be in top form and look forward to the challenge.” charlottevaziri2014@u.northwestern.edu

Stop giving Justin Jackson the ball.

Yes, the sophomore running back is the best player on Northwestern’s football team and yes, the Wildcats needed to keep it on the ground to grind out a close win on the road over Duke, but 35 carries is too many.

“He probably had too many touches,” coach Pat Fitzgerald admitted. “But he’s a guy that can handle it. He’s a throwback running back. He’s one of those guys that just gets tougher the more he carries the ball. … We were in fourwheel drive most of the game, and he’s really important when we do that.”

I have no doubt that Jackson is physically capable of handling the football that many times in a game, and that, teammate camaraderie aside, he wants every single carry he can get, but that doesn’t mean Jackson taking every handoff is in his best interest or the best interest of the team.

For all the talk of Jackson’s excellence — which is still evident every time he conjures a three-yard gain from what looked like a tackle for loss — he hasn’t gotten off to a very fast start statistically this season. Jackson averages just 3.91 yards per carry through three games, and ranks second nationally with a staggering 85 carries.

That puts Jackson on pace to receive 28 carries a game the rest of the year.

For comparison, most top running backs, Ohio State’s Ezekiel Elliot and Georgia’s Nick Chubb for example, are on pace to average about 20 carries a game.

NU is going to run the ball a lot, especially while redshirt freshman Clayton Thorson continues to mature in the passing game, and they have to distribute the ball more to keep Jackson fresh for high-leverage situations. It’s also inexcusable that the coaching staff doesn’t spread the wealth around what is arguably the deepest position group on the team.

Junior Warren Long and sophomore Solomon Vault are both capable with the ball in their hands, as each proved Saturday by scoring a touchdown. And redshirt freshman Auston Anderson impressed in spring practice but has yet to sniff meaningful playing time this year.

Whether it’s power packages, outside zones, speed options, quarterback draws or jet sweeps, there are plenty of ways to get the ball out of Jackson’s hands and still gain yardage on the ground.

Although it’s highly unlikely a running back is going to start to wear down in his sophomore season, the Cats still have at least nine games to play and haven’t even started their conference schedule, and Jackson is going to be on the roster for at least one more year beyond this one. The coaches should keep that in mind.

Imagine this scenario: Jackson, Vault, Long, Thorson, Anderson, and maybe even freshman receiver Jelani Roberts and sophomore quarterback Matt Alviti all split the workload in the first three quarters, keeping the opposing defense off-balance with a variety of play calls and running styles.

Then, in the fourth quarter, with the defense gassed and NU nursing a close lead, a still-fresh Jackson assumes the lead role and repeatedly bursts through the line for big gain after big gain to seal the win for the Cats.

That sounds much better than 35 carries for just 120 yards. bpillote@u.northwestern.edu