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Senator crashes Dems meeting By EMILY CHIN

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Illinois State Sen. Napoleon Harris, a Northwestern alum, surprised attendees at the first NU College Democrats meeting of the year Tuesday night. Harris (Communication ‘01) told The Daily he noticed the event on Twitter and decided to stop by after speaking at a different event. About 20 minutes into the meeting, the Democratic senator stepped in without warning to engage with students and talk about his upcoming campaign for U.S. Senate. “It was Northwestern, so me being a former student-athlete here, it was important for me to come back where it all started for me,” Harris, who played on the football team as a student, told The Daily. Prominent political figures have shown up unannounced to College Democrats meetings in the past, as

the group has a strong public presence, said president Robert Bourret, a SESP junior. Harris, a Chicago native and former NFL star, spoke about how his NU experience and subsequent football background helped him in his political career. He noted that throughout his first state Senate run, voters did not think much of him due to his lack of political experience. However, he was able to focus on his broad life experience — ranging from growing up in a low-income family to rising as a football star — and was able to eventually connect with voters, he said. “It was so many different ways of connecting with people,” he said to a room of more than 50 students. “(People) thought football was going to become a negative thing when it was really a way of connecting with people.” For Harris, serving as senator was a chance to give back to the » See HARRIS, page 5

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NU grads earn above median By MARIANA ALFARO

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Northwestern graduates who receive federal financial aid during their time at NU have a median yearly income of $64,100 10 years after graduation — nearly $30,000 more than the national average, according to the U.S. Department of Education’s recently released “College Scorecard.” The profile’s data looks at average SAT scores, cost of attendance, graduation and retention rates, financial

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FROM GRIDIRON TO GOVERNMENT State Sen. Napoleon Harris speaks about his Northwestern football experience and encourages students to join his campaign for U.S. Senate. Harris surprised College Democrats with a visit at their first meeting of the year Tuesday night.

Driver in fatal car crash charged with DUI

The driver in a car crash that killed an Evanston resident early Sunday morning was found to have been intoxicated at the time of the incident. Evanston police charged the 42-year-old woman who was driving the car at the time of the crash with aggravated driving under the influence, a felony. A 45-year-old passenger in the car, Lamart Bailey, died Sunday morning after the car struck multiple parked vehicles in the 1700 block of Dodge Avenue at about 2:20 a.m., causing the car he was in to roll

over, police said. Bailey, a U.S. Army Veteran, was pronounced dead after being transported to Evanston Hospital. The driver, Monica Wallace, was also taken to the hospital and was in stable condition as of Monday morning, Evanston police Cmdr. Joseph Dugan told The Daily. Wallace, an Evanston resident, was also charged with a misdemeanor for driving under the influence and issued four traffic-related citations for disobeying a red light, driving in the wrong lane, a lack of insurance and failure to reduce speed to avoid an accident. Wallace is scheduled to appear Oct. 9 at 9 a.m. in the Skokie Courthouse.

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An Evanston police officer photographed sleeping at the wheel of his squad car Friday night will be disciplined by the department, police said. The officer was pictured sleeping in his patrol car at about 11:30 p.m

Police suspect man entered female student residences

Police suspect the same man entered the bedrooms of three female Northwestern students in two separate incidents Sunday morning, an official said. Police were called to a house across the street from campus in the 1900 block of Orrington Avenue at about 6 a.m. after a 21-year-old female resident heard someone attempting to enter her locked bedroom door, said Evanston police Cmdr. Joseph Dugan. When the woman’s roommates did not respond to her text messages, she called the police, Dugan said. Another resident of the house, a

aid and debt and median post-grad earnings for thousands of colleges across the nation. President Barack Obama announced plans to create this government site in 2013 to track college performances across the nation and serve as an information center for prospective college students. NU’s median post-graduation salary for students receiving federal financial aid is the highest among Big Ten schools. The University of Maryland trails with the second-highest post-graduation salary for that student demographic at $59,100. Similar students at the University of Michigan receive the third-highest median

post-graduation salary a decade after school at $57,900. NU also has a higher graduation rate and post-graduation salary among students who received federal aid than its geographically closest competitor, the University of Chicago, which has a median postgraduation salary of $62,800. However, NU lags behind some Ivy League institutions such as Harvard University, Cornell University and the University of Pennsylvania, which all have median post-graduation salaries above $70,000 for students who

while parked outside Cinemark Century Theatres, 1715 Maple Ave. The photo “made the rounds on social media” before it came to the Evanston Police Department’s attention the following morning, said police Cmdr. Joseph Dugan. The officer, who was working a double shift when the photo was taken, took full responsibility for his mistake, Dugan said. “It’s still unacceptable, it’s embarrassing,” Dugan told The Daily. “He’s

a good officer with no discipline issues in the past. It’s definitely not consistent with his behavior or the department’s standards.” Once the internal affairs department reviews the incident, a police supervisor will review the case and make a recommendation for the officer’s punishment, Dugan said. The police chief must approve the final disciplinary action.

19-year-old woman, told police she was laying in bed that morning when an unknown man entered her room, he said. The woman told police the man was lifting the sheet off her bed when she said “excuse me,” causing him to turn around and leave the room. The women described the intruder as a man between 20 and 25 years old, about 6 feet tall and between 150 and 160 pounds, Dugan said. They also said the man wore a black shirt and light colored blue jeans and was either white or Hispanic, Dugan said. Police found the rear door of the house unlocked with no signs of forced entry, Dugan said. Later that day at about 1 p.m., police received a call from two women living at a house in the 1900 block of Sherman Avenue reporting a similar incident that

occurred earlier that morning. One of the women, who are both 21, told police a man had opened her bedroom door and entered the room at about 6 a.m., Dugan said. When the woman spoke up, the man apologized and left the room. The other woman said the man also entered her room, where he activated a lighter before she said something, causing him to leave the room, Dugan said. Both women had thought the man was a guest in the house before realizing in the morning he was not. Police believe the incidents are connected because they occurred near to one another at about the same time, Dugan said. The two homes on Orrington and Sherman avenues are about two blocks apart.

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Y.O.U. expands despite possible cuts By LORI JANJIGIAN

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Despite the looming possibility of budget cuts at the state level, one Evanston nonprofit has announced plans to expand — increasing its budget, revamping its programming and changing its name. Youth & Opportunity United, formerly Youth Organizations Umbrella, will announce specifics of the expansion Saturday. Y.O.U. is a nonprofit organization that offers afterschool care, mentoring, parental engagement and clinical counseling to help students acquire skills for success in the future. “We provide high-quality out-of-school time to help students grow academically, socially and emotionally,” executive director Seth Green said. In the past four years, Y.O.U. has grown from assisting 450 students annually to 1,500 this year. “This rebrand comes at a moment when we are celebrating the success of our programs and kids,” Green said. While nonprofits around the state prepare to slash budgets and cut staff, Y.O.U. is expanding. Only 3 percent of its budget comes from the state, and private donors maintain a high level of financial support. “Thanks to their incredible generosity, we are able to sustain every single service that we provide to kids and families,” Green told The Daily in July.

Police Blotter Jogger robbed in south Evanston

A 25-year-old man was jogging Sunday evening in south Evanston when he was robbed by a man who initially proposed to sell him drugs. The Evanston resident was near the 100 block of Chicago Avenue, when a man approached him asking if he wanted to buy marijuana, Evanston police Cmdr. Joseph Dugan said. The jogger agreed to make the purchase, but the man instead demanded money without selling him anything, Dugan said. After the jogger refused to hand over any money,

“Our doors this summer are actually more open than they have ever been.” Although the state has been without a budget since July 1, a variety of legal and legislative avenues have freed about 90 percent of state government appropriations. However, Illinois Comptroller Leslie Munger said there will likely be a backlog of bills by the end of December exceeding $8.5 billion — a funding gap that will especially impact the ability of human service agencies to care for their clients. While Evanston human services organizations that are largely funded by the state face potential programming cuts, Y.O.U.’s current structure relies heavily on support from community partners, enabling it to largely avoid funding uncertainty. One such funding partner allowing Y.O.U. to remain focused on its mission is the Evanston Athletic Club. Amy Whalen, the club’s manager, said it hosts Y.O.U. students every Friday after school. The students have access to the club’s swimming pool, exercise equipment, climbing equipment and basketball courts. “It gives them a sense of being part of the community,” Whalen said. “They learn to be respectful of the organization and other members of the club.” Although the program has already shown significant growth in the past four years, Y.O.U. staff hopes it will continue to reach more kids. Tyler Dixon, a Y.O.U. alumnus, now attends Hampton University in Virginia and said what the organization taught her went beyond what she the man reached into his coat to retrieve something from his pocket, leading the jogger to agree to give him cash, Dugan said. As the jogger took out his wallet, the man pushed him, took $60 from the wallet and drove away southbound in a white van.

Man caught with stolen bicycle

A man, 35, was arrested early Monday morning in connection with a bicycle burglary after police stopped him for riding in the dark without a light. The Chicago resident was riding the bicycle near the intersection of Dobson Street and Ridge Avenue

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learned in the classroom. “Y.O.U. taught me life skills,” Dixon said in a statement to The Daily. “They’re not there just to help with your homework. Y.O.U. is like a big family.” lorijanjigian2016@u.northwestern.edu at about 12:40 a.m. when police attempted to pull him over. The man then jumped off the bicycle and took off running. When the officers stopped him in the 800 block of Brummel Street, the man said he took the bike from a garage in south Evanston. After the man led police to the house in the 2600 block of Broadway Avenue, the owner identified the bicycle — worth $350 — as their own. The man was charged with misdemeanor burglary as well as violating a city bike ordinance regarding the missing light. — Julia Jacobs

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CPEI will design Law School program improvements By RISHIKA DUGYALA

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With the launch of its new legal education center this quarter, Northwestern aims to lead the nation in preparing students for the professional world. The Center for Practice and Engagement will design curriculum and program enhancements to prepare current law school students for the legal industry, CPEI’s director James Lupo said. The center’s board members attended a forum last week with other colleagues to discuss

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the legal industry. “ This project is critical, in my view, to This the future success of project is critial, our current students in my view, and the students who will come to us in the to the future future,” Lupo wrote in success of our an email to The Daily. “The systematic and current students consistent drive to and the keep our educational students who product marketplace relevant is important to will come to us distinguish NU Law.” in the future. An advisory board of experts from variJames Lupo, ous law fields — some CPEI’s director of them NU alumni — will help promote curricular and programmatic innovation, Lupo said. “The diversity in career and backgrounds is what makes CPEI a special thing,” Brian Cohen, a CPEI board member, said. “I could answer for my law firm but just that would be pretty limited since people going into law want to do all sorts of different things.” Chloe Rossen (Law ’14), another CPEI board member, said having a diverse group of people on CPEI’s advisory board will incorporate the perspective of recently graduated lawyers who might be unsure what they will do right after school. During the forum last week, attendees discussed some initial questions CPEI is trying to tackle, Cohen said. Many of these questions circled around the idea of what a lawyer’s role, judgement and skills are supposed to be, he said. “I work in the finance group at my firm and basically the day-to-day work that I’m doing, I barely did any work like that in law school,” Rossen said. “What the center can start doing

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is having more classes and opportunities that will give you that kind of experience and also show people what it’s like when you’re actually practicing.” Those who teach law could improve in the way they instruct students how to write well and how to adopt a sense of professional responsibility, Dean Hansell, a CPEI board member, said. “CPEI is an impressive effort,” Hansell noted. “Northwestern has always been a leader in legal education innovation, so when they approached me to discuss this it did not surprise me at all, and to my knowledge there really is not an analogue to it in other schools.” CPEI is organizing a survey and debrief program for NU third-year law students and recent alumni on their assessment of critical curricular successes and needs, Lupo said. The first design workshop will take place this spring. “The data we report will be very useful to undergraduates considering law school,” Lupo said. rishikadugyala2019@u.northwestern.edu

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Feinberg appoints new diversity and inclusion director, Teresa Mastin

The Feinberg School of Medicine welcomed a new director of diversity and inclusion last week, furthering the school’s diversity efforts. Teresa Mastin who previously taught media studies and health communication at DePaul University, said she is excited to work with community partners and practice many of the skills she taught her students. As director, Mastin will guide Feinberg’s strategic planning through the Office of Diversity as well as coordinate with departments throughout the University on issues of diversity. Feinberg appointed Dr. Clyde Yancy to the newly created role of vice dean of diversity and inclusion in February to oversee the growth of diversity programs at Feinberg, as well as to support programs developed through the Office of Diversity. Both diversity and inclusion are important in creating a strong community, Mastin said. Although diversity issues are often easier to address, issues of inclusion need to be a focus as well, she said. “By necessity, the first diversity iteration focused on ensuring that underrepresented groups had a seat at the table,” Mastin said in a news release. “Inclusion, on the other hand, is working to ensure that the broad range of perspectives are integrated holistically into the existing culture.” Mastin said she has already begun meeting with student leaders and members of the Feinberg Diversity and Cultural Affairs Council, which supports physicians from underrepresented backgrounds. She said her main goal is to listen to the community so her office can act as a resource. “Ultimately, I would like to see what we are doing serve as a model across campus, across the country and across the globe, where applicable,” Mastin said. — Drew Gerber

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Considering others’ experiences is vital to learning ALEXI STOCKER

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President Barack Obama’s recent remarks on “coddled” college students and elements of political correctness culture have received a great deal of attention. Analysis and discussion of President Obama’s remarks have appeared in a number of news sources, including Vox and The Atlantic, which published the “Coddling of the American Mind,” an article discussed in a recent Daily column. There is one central problem with many of the articles on Obama’s remarks. Not once did Obama actually use the words “political correctness,” despite both articles from Vox and The Atlantic clearly conflating Obama’s remarks with the term. This may seem a minor point, but, by disagreeing with students’ attempts to block speakers with different views or opposition to reading books with demeaning language toward minorities or women, the President is not necessarily taking issue with students’ criticisms of, say, comedians’ offensive remarks. Comedians are an interesting component of the “political correctness” debate. Jerry Seinfeld, Larry the Cable Guy and Chris Rock no longer perform stand-up on college campuses. No student groups banded together to exclude the three aforementioned comedians from college campuses. All three made that

choice on their own. Seinfeld ceased performing on campuses in part because students challenged his use of the word “gay” as a derogative. It seems that Seinfeld is the one guilty of self-coddling. Rather than accept or respond to students’ criticism, Seinfeld lambasted their responses to his jokes as an example of “a creepy, PC thing” ruining his shows. Obama said students who try to block speakers who disagree with them are effectively saying, “You can’t come because I’m too sensitive to hear what you have to say.” Seinfeld, Rock and other campus-boycotting comedians are, in turn, refusing to perform at college campuses because they are too sensitive to listen to students’ criticisms. That, as Obama said, is “not the way we learn.” Although the misappropriation of Obama’s remarks in the defense of comedians like Seinfeld is certainly interesting, I have been most troubled by students and political commentators’ manipulation of the President’s words to justify their, and others’, offensive remarks. Obama said students should listen to, and engage with, people they disagree with. He also said students should read books that may use language deemed offensive by contemporary standards. Both are reasonable requests for college students. Engaging with people with different beliefs is a key component of developing arguments in favor of one’s own convictions. Reading historical books with racist, sexist, homophobic and other harmful or hateful messages are crucial to understanding, and then combatting, those

negative forces. What Obama did not do was give college students a free pass to make thoughtless, offensive remarks to their fellow students. A lack of malice should not exempt students from criticism. A little more thought prior to speaking is often all it takes to determine whether one’s speech is going to be offensive. Broad, generalized assumptions about any ethnic, racial, religious or other group Listening are always offensive. Moralistic judgment to others’ of another person’s criticism of beliefs is often offenour speech is sive. The sole exception to this rule is the as much a part condemnation of ideof learning as ologies that are clearly and indisputably listening to harmful to others, others’ views. such as racism. When there is any ambiguity, moralistic judgment is best withheld. Note that “moralistic judgment” does not include questioning another’s ideas — even their morality — but rather refers to the action of immediately condemning others’ ideas. Such statements are neither constructive nor beneficial to any sort of intellectual argument. This leads directly into my second point: listening to others’ criticism of our speech is as much a part of learning as listening to others’ views. It is incredibly difficult for me, or any other white, heterosexual American male, to imagine what it is like to have one’s

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beliefs, actions or identity moralistically condemned by a fellow classmate. Society is structured to support our identity. Attacks on the American identity, masculinity or heterosexuality are absorbed by the overwhelming power of the United States’ culture. For minorities, especially those with identities routinely attacked by the U.S. media or political establishment, generalized assumptions about their identities are only reinforced by societal biases. There is no “objective” measure of what constitutes offensive speech. What offends a person is the product of their individual life experiences, and attempting to reduce offensiveness down to some “objective” measure marginalizes the experiences of those most likely to be moralistically attacked. It is up to us students with the most secure identities to listen to the criticism of our fellow students. Discussing what constitutes offense will lead to discussions of experience and identity. Considering others’ experiences, and truly thinking before we speak, will undoubtedly give each and every one of us a greater understanding of ourselves, our fellow students and the forces in society at large. That, as Obama would almost certainly agree, is how we learn, whether as students or comedians. 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.

Northwestern should reassess attitude on drinking ROVIK ROBERT

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It is perhaps ironic that a country associated frequently with binge drinking and basement parties in the media is one of the few places with a drinking age limit of 21 — in effect prohibiting college students from consuming alcohol. Right here at Northwestern, we seem to be facing a tight clamp on any and all kinds of parties and events that include alcohol, with pressure from both the administration and Evanston threatening to take further action against alcohol-related activities. As we watch things unfold, the question remain unanswered: Are stricter laws really a means to a safer campus, and, if they’re not, what’s a better alternative? The wet versus dry campus debate has existed for a while now, with the main distinction being whether universities allow students of legal age to drink on campus. Colleges are hotspots for alcohol consumption in the United States. According to research compiled by Johns Hopkins University, the average age for Americans to begin drinking

is 16. The report also notes underage drinking is responsible for between 11-20 percent of the U.S. alcohol market. This data presents a formidable case for some sort of action, motivated by a desire to better safeguard lives and prevent reckless behavior. The administration can either clamp down Underage on alcohol-related activities with the goal drinking is a establishing a dry legal problem, of campus — what seems but unsafe to currently be happening at NU — or it drinking is a can admit campuses more pertinent are inherently wet and strive to enforce betissue. ter monitoring and accountability. I advocate for the latter. A wet campus policy would solve many problems. For one, parties could happen in the open and be monitored more efficiently. For example, Butler University in Indianapolis is developing its wet campus policy. With on-campus consumption allowed, it eliminates the incentive for students to go drinking off-campus unmonitored. This

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could also potentially salvage our relationship with Evanston by limiting noise complaints from residents. For all the fear-mongering that wet campuses produce more alcohol consumption, The Economist reported that according to a Harvard study, “fewer students on dry campuses drink, but those who do imbibe just as much as their counterparts at ‘wet’ places.” There is an obvious conundrum though: What about minors? They would still be drinking underage. I respect the legal aspect of it — if the act is illegal and someone is caught, the law must prevail. What I am more concerned with is the fact that more parties this year seem to be going deeper into secrecy, with the opportunity for accountability diminishing. Although Greek associations seem to have felt the biggest brunt of this change, underage drinking is an issue for a variety of student groups on campus. The truth remains, college students will drink and they will party. They will always follow that old Beastie Boys refrain, fighting for their right to party. It seems the trust between administration and student groups is dwindling, and no matter how reasonable measures such as

the Responsible Action Protocol may be, one must consider their effectiveness if a scared freshman is inundated with this culture. With a wet campus, people acknowledge realities and are able to directly confront alcoholrelated issues with measures such as education and counseling even before problems occur. Problems can be contained on campus, reducing the need for students to travel — or worse, drive — off-campus for their alcohol and receive lasting penalties from the police that could affect their career prospects and others’ lives. What I see happening on campus is a mismatch of problems and solutions. Underage drinking is a legal problem, but unsafe drinking is a more pertinent issue. If the school wants to truly help the student population, it is time to stop fighting realities and address the true matter at hand. We want to build a safe campus, not a fearful one. Rovik Robert is a McCormick sophomore. He can be reached at rovikrobert2018@u.northwestern.edu. If you would like to respond publicly to this column, send a Letter to the Editor to opinion@dailynorthwestern.com.The views expressed in this piece do not necessarily reflect the views of all staff members of The Daily Northwestern.

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NU alumni to put on charity showing of ‘Rent’ for nonprofit launch

A nonprofit startup spearheaded by Northwestern graduates is launching its inaugural production this quarter with a charity showing of “Rent.” Artists Giving Back, which aims to use art

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received federal financial aid. Northwestern Career Advancement and Medill Career Services administrators said the “College Scorecard” profile does not fully capture the value of an NU education because it fails to explore the different schools in the University and their respective median postgraduation salaries. “One of the things that Northwestern students do is that they go into a wide range of fields after graduation,” said Mark Presnell, executive director of NCA. “Those fields pay a wide range of salaries. We know people who go into software development are going to make more than people who go work for a nonprofit.” He said a lower salary shouldn’t discourage students from wanting to work in fields such as the nonprofit industry, but rather they should understand what salaries are available after graduation. Presnell emphasized NCA’s role in helping

ties to the school, he told The Daily. Harris hopes to engage college students, as he thinks young people are the “backbone” of the nation’s communities. SESP Sophomore Michael Hermes hopes to get involved with Harris’ campaign. The main reason he came to the meeting, he said, was to get more involved in a political campaign. “I worked with a state senator when I was in high school so I think it’s really cool that he was in the Illinois Senate and now he’s going to the U.S. Senate,” Hermes said. “I’m excited to see how it manifests itself.” emilychin2018@u.northwestern.edu

EPD officers to participate in walk for sexual assault awareness

Officers from the Evanston Police Department, including Chief Richard Eddington, will participate in a walk Sunday to raise awareness about sexual assault. The Walk a Mile in Her Shoes event, hosted by the Northwest Center Against Sexual Assault, was created last year to spread awareness about sexual assault and abuse cases — only 30 percent of which are reported to the police. Proceeds from the walk help fund Northwest CASA, which provides free services such as counseling, advocacy and community education programs. While men, women and children are invited to participate in the walk, which extends just a mile and

originates at Centennial Park in Wilmette, Illinois, men are encouraged to wear red high heels that will be distributed by Northwest CASA. The red heels are a symbol for the International Men’s March to Stop Rape, Sexual Assault & Gender Violence. This will be the second year Evanston police will participate in the event, Evanston police Cmdr. Joseph Dugan said. Dugan said it’s important for members of the Evanston community to see officers outside their roles as police enforcing the law. “When you get to know an officer in non-law enforcement activities, it just causes you to see things in a different light and brings people closer together,” Dugan said. “It brings a more human element to both sides.” — Marissa Page

as a channel for philanthropy, was founded this February with three of the four members on its leadership team hailing from NU. The new organization will debut with its first show on Dec. 1, World AIDS Day. All proceeds will go to the AIDS Foundation of Chicago. The nonprofit’s executive director, Justin Callis (Communication ‘11), was a prolific member of NU’s student theater community. The NU alum, who was also the organization’s cofounder, is joined by director of finance Tyler

McLean (McCormick ‘11) and corporation counsel Kristin Leasia (WCAS ‘11, Law ‘14). “I know for myself and Justin at least, quite a bit of what we learned and experienced as NU students has directly influenced our desire and ability to pursue an endeavor such as AGB,” Leasia said in an email statement to The Daily. The one-night showing of “Rent” will star guest artist Steve Grand, an LGBT singer from Chicago. Grand, who peaked at the third spot on Billboard’s Independent Albums chart, will

perform the rock musical’s finale song, “Seasons of Love.” “‘Rent’ is a show that has inspired me for years,” said artistic director and co-founder Peter Ruger in a news release. “The passion of the music and the story, and the connection I felt to the wonderful characters, brought me not only to the fight against AIDS, but also helped guide me to my life as a singer.”

students choose their career path and said out of the 80 percent of the class of 2014 who responded to a post-graduation survey, only 2 percent were unable to find a job within six months of graduation. “That speaks to the strengths of Northwestern,” he said. Jerry Donahue, assistant director of Medill Career Services, said it would be more accurate to look at specific schools within universities across the United States to find a better estimate of post-graduation salaries. He said a study of journalism schools across the country, for example, would be a better measure of Medill alumni’s financial success. “College Scorecard” only takes a look at the general status of a school and does not reveal the prospective salaries for each discipline. NCA conducted a separate survey of the entire class of 2014, regardless of aid status, and split up earnings between schools. The survey found McCormick graduates earned a median salary of $68,942, followed by Weinberg graduates at $50,331. Medill graduates reaped an average salary of $40,347 — the fourth

highest-earning NU school. Donahue said he agrees this profile is helpful for parents who want to know what is best for their children, especially given the high costs of a college education. “This is a start. They’re trying to get parents something to work with but you really have to be careful,” he said. “In Northwestern, there are these different offices, there’s different schools. Engineers are going to make more than liberal arts people or journalism people typically.” Weinberg junior Erin Dierker said NU has two very different programs for its students that cater to the diverse student population: those who are “business-oriented” and those interested in the liberal arts. Due to this wellroundedness, she said such a ranking does not accurately reflect NU’s value as a leading university. “I don’t know that it’s necessarily speaking towards the quality of our education here (or) the network Northwestern has,” she said. “It’s more a result of the programs we offer here versus the programs offered at Harvard. I know some people at Harvard, and I think every single

one of their majors is very pre-professional.” Dierker said she believes there are results more valuable than rankings when considering universities. “I’ve never felt here like I couldn’t get a job,” she said. “I feel like here the resources are very good and just putting a number on it and ranking it doesn’t talk about the ins-and-outs of how people are getting a job, are people being left behind, how easy is it to get to the resources. So I feel like there’s a lot more than just that one number.” Presnell said he stays positive about NU students’ outlook post-graduation, saying although the numbers on “College Scoreboard” only reflect the median salaries over 10 years of students who received financial aid while in college, NCA has seen small increments in salaries for NU students across fields. “The general trend has been up over the course of the last couple years,” he said. “We’re just really starting to see hiring pick up in earnest across many, many different fields.”

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National News Corals off South Florida hit with severe bleaching FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Corals are turning chalk white and dying on reefs stretching from the Florida Keys to Palm Beach County, in what experts call one of the worst episodes in two decades of coral bleaching. Under stress from unusually warm water, the corals are expelling the tiny bits of algae that give them their fiery streaks of red, orange or green color and that provide the coral with nutrition. Divers have reported tracts of corals that have lost their living tissue, leaving ghostly white skeletons. Bleaching leaves coral vulnerable to diseases that can be fatal, although some corals do regain their color and survive. Federal and state officials say the bleaching started this summer, as ocean temperatures peaked. The danger is expected to diminish as cooler weather arrives, but many coral communities, which support a vast range of fish, crabs and other marine life, may not be able to recover. “It’s significant impact, and it’s permanent,” said Margaret Miller, ecologist with the National Marine Fisheries Service Southeast Fisheries Science Center. “Corals do not grow back very effectively. So that’s a permanent loss to our coral community. It just becomes rock.” The Florida Department of Environmental Protection says the most bleaching has been seen in the Florida Keys, Miami-Dade County and Broward County, although some reports have also come in from Palm Beach County. Brian Walker, research scientist at Nova Southeastern University’s Halmos College of

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 2015 Natural Sciences and Oceanography, said the bleaching appears to be particularly severe from Biscayne National Park to Hillsboro Inlet in northern Broward County. Among the hardesthit species are pillar corals, maze corals, star corals and staghorn corals. These include corals off Broward and MiamiDade counties that had survived 200 or 300 years. Scientists have found that some of these old corals have lost nearly half of their living tissue. “These corals are very important because they have proven to be quite resilient, withstanding everything over the last couple hundred years,” Walker said. “Understanding how these resilient corals respond to present environmental conditions informs us of how the environment has changed. The fact that they are dying now after living hundreds of years, may indicate that their surroundings are much more stressful than ever before.” The corals form the only major reef tract in the continental United States and support fishing, diving and snorkeling. Reporting the bleached and dead corals are scientists from government agencies and universities, as well as volunteer divers, in a system coordinated by the Florida Department of Environmental Protection. The sick corals off the South Florida coast are part of a worldwide bleaching outbreak that includes the coral reefs of Hawaii and other Pacific islands and is projected to reach Indonesia, the Philippines and Australia. The last global coral bleaching event occurred in 1997 and 1998, when 15 to 20 percent of the world’s coral reefs were lost, DEP said in a statement. Asked to describe what he’s seen, Walker said,

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“Many white colonies, some diseased colonies, and many corals that have recently died. These are identifiable by exposed fresh skeleton without any tissue or bare colonies covered with a layer of turf algae. Some sites appear to have over 50 percent of the colonies affected.” Scientists say it will be difficult for South Florida’s reefs to make up for the loss of coral. Although coral larvae settle out of the water onto rocks and found new colonies, this doesn’t happen to a sufficient extent to make up for the losses, Miller said. “It’s a bad situation for the corals out there right now,” she said. Bleaching episodes have increased in duration and severity in the past few decades, according to National Marine Fisheries Service. Miller said climate change is likely to be a long-term factor in increasing the number of bleaching episodes, although it would be difficult to tie any particular episode to global warming. This year, for example, there is a strong El Nino, the periodic warming of the eastern Pacific Ocean along the equator, she said, which is a factor in the bleaching taking place across the globe. — David Fleshler (Sun Sentinel/TNS)

GOP critics attack, Planned Parent chief counters in hearing

WASHINGTON — Planned Parenthood President Cecile Richards told a congressional hearing Tuesday that claims that the group was selling fetal tissue for profit, making the health care provider a political target of both Republican lawmakers and the party’s presidential hopefuls, were “offensive and categorically untrue.” Richards was under fire from the GOP-led House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform from the outset, defending the group’s work in the face of embarrassing undercover videos prepared by abortion opponents that show employees negotiating in a matter-offact manner over fetal tissue donations. She called the videos “deceptively edited” and said her organization’s involvement with fetal tissue research complies with federal and state statutes, and that it accepts compensation below costs. “Currently less than 1 percent of Planned Parenthood health centers are facilitating the donation of tissue for fetal tissue research,” Richards said. “In those health centers, it’s something that many of our patients want to do and regularly request.” Whether the videos were manipulated is under investigation, but Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, told Richards, “You can say all you want, but a picture is worth a thousand words.” Long a target of conservatives, the issue has caught Planned Parenthood in a political whirlwind. Republicans in Congress want to cut off its federal support, even threatening to hold the federal budget hostage to their demands. That

issue, among others, led to the stunning decision last week by House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, who has struggled with the right wing of his party, to resign at the end of October. It has also triggered fireworks on the campaign trail, as several of the GOP’s 2016 presidential contenders have used the controversy to score political points. The committee chairman, Rep. Jason Chaffetz, R-Utah, questioned Planned Parenthood’s need for any federal funds when the organization has a $1.3 billion annual revenue. “As best I can tell this is an organization that doesn’t need federal subsidy,” Chaffetz said, noting that 41 percent of its revenue comes from the government. Richards replied that the federal funds help the group provide a variety of health services to women, including birth control, cancer screenings, and testing and treatment for sexually transmitted infections. She said that Medicaid, a federal-state program that helps low income people and families pay for health care, reimburses Planned Parenthood for its services. Moreover, she said that no federal funds are used to pay for abortions, except in certain cases such as rape and incest, according to federal law. Several Republicans on the panel said they would prefer to see the federal money aiding Planned Parenthood be distributed among the 13,000 federally approved health centers. Jordan asked Richards why she had previously apologized when the first videos surfaced if she denies their credibility. “In my opinion it was inappropriate to have a clinical discussion in a non-clinical setting, non-confidential area,” Richards said of a scene in the video. “It did not reflect the compassionate care that we provide.” Committee Democrats defended Richards and the organization. “We need to recognize this fight for what it is,” said Rep. Carolyn Maloney, D-N.Y. “The core issue is the Republican members of Congress almost universally oppose women’s right to choose.” The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office has estimated that cutting off federal aid to Planned Parenthood would increase federal Medicaid spending by $650 million until 2025 and could reduce access to health care for 25 percent of Planned Parenthood’s 2.7 million yearly patients. Maloney also staunchly opposed Chaffetz’s questions about Richards’ salary as an “inappropriate and discriminatory” attack on successful women. Rep. Gerry Connolly, D-Va., apologized for the rough treatment she had thus received from Republicans, including the “disrespect, the misogyny rampant here today.” “I’ve seen many women treated tougher than you,” Rep. John Duncan, R-Tenn., told Richards. — Grace Toohey (McClatchy Washington Bureau/TNS)

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Consistency at the top was not enough for the Cats last weekend

Northwestern was far from top form this past weekend at the Roy Griak Invitational, as rust may have trumped rest for the Wildcats who have not competed since Sept. 12. After an impressive performance at the season opener in Madison, Wisconsin, junior Jena Pianin finished first for the Wildcats again on Saturday, but she finished 95th overall out of 243 runners. She ran the 6-kilometer course at the University of Minnesota in 23 minutes, 18.7 seconds. Finishing close behind Pianin, seniors Elena Barham and Rachel Weathered clocked 23:20.4 and 23:25.5, respectively. NU’s three top runners, who finished in the same order at the Badger Season Opener, have shown consistency and strength early in the season. In a deep field of 26 teams, the Cats

finished 20th behind Big Ten competitors Michigan State (second), Minnesota (third) and Illinois (ninth). For a stronger team finish at future meets, the runners in positions four through seven for NU will need to move up toward the leading pack. Freshman Hannah Anderson has shown serious potential to run fast times and be a regular top-five finisher for the Cats this season. After posting the top time among the NU runners at the UW-Parkside Midwest Open, Anderson finished fourth for the Cats on Saturday, outracing several veterans on the team for a 24:00 finish. The Cats will travel to South Bend, Indiana, next to race in the Notre Dame Invitational on Friday. Pianin, a consistent frontrunner so far this season, will look to repeat her standout performance from last year’s Notre Dame Invitational, where she recorded a season-best time for the 5-kilometer distance of 16:45.9 and took first for the Cats. — Ellie Friedmann

Across Campuses University of Virginia didn’t properly investigate sexual violence reports, officials say The University of Virginia failed to properly investigate reports of sexual violence on campus, including allegations of abuse filed against fraternities, on several occasions in recent years, the U.S. Department of Education said Monday. Federal officials and the university reached a “resolution agreement” on Monday, four years after the Education Department launched a Title IX investigation into the way the school handles reports of sexual violence. Although the school updated many of its practices and policies under federal guidance in recent years, the Education Department still found that the campus failed to adequately respond to several alleged instances of sexual assault during the academic years 2008-09 through 2011-12, the department said in a news release. As of April, more than 100 colleges nationwide are being investigated by the Education Department on suspicion of failing to properly handle sexual assault complaints. Public scrutiny, however, focused on the University of Virginia when Rolling Stone

2016 recruit Carnifax to enroll early and start classes this winter

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UPHILL CLIMB A trio of Wildcats run to the finish. The Cats are coming off a disappointing showing in their last meet, but are looking to get back on track this weekend.

published an explosive article last year describing a brutal gang rape of a freshman girl inside a campus fraternity house. The story, titled “A Rape on Campus,” was later discredited and retracted. Charlottesville, Va., police said they could find no evidence that the assault of the girl at the center of the piece, who was only identified by the pseudonym Jackie, ever took place. Alumni of the Phi Kappa Psi fraternity have since sued Rolling Stone, alleging defamation. Still, the federal report supported complaints that the University of Virginia struggled to promptly investigate claims of sexual violence on campus. From 2005 to July 2015, the school had to revise its policy on responding to sexual assaults several times, coming into compliance with federal guidelines only in recent months, the Education Department found. It also found that students who complained of sexual harassment or violence sometimes faced a “hostile environment” at the school. The school’s sexual assault policy for years required that students accused of assault could be found “responsible” for their actions only if they were confronted by “clear and convincing evidence.” — James Queally (Los Angeles Times/TNS) recruit in Ohio. He chose Northwestern over Duke and several Big Ten schools. Early enrollment enables Carnifax to par-

Northwestern football recruit Tommy Carnifax will enroll for classes Winter Quarter after signing a Big Ten Tender of Financial Aid with the University, the athletic department announced Tuesday. “We’re thrilled to add a young man of Tommy’s caliber to our program,” coach Pat Fitzgerald said in a news release. “Tommy is the first member of an exciting recruiting class that we look forward to introducing in full on National Signing Day.” Carnifax, from Warren, Ohio, is listed at 6 feet 5 inches, 245 pounds and was rated as a consensus 3-star recruit, according to 247sports’ composite rating. The defensive end is ranked 31st in his position and the 26th-best

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ticipate in the football team’s spring practices. The process has been rare under Fitzgerald, with just one other recruit, redshirt freshman cornerback Parrker Westphal, electing to enter school early during the coach’s tenure. — Bobby Pillote

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Cats set for first ranked opponent Maddie Slater seeks to continue dominant play against No. 16 Minnesota By SOPHIE MANN

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Northwestern is hitting the road once again for what may be its most difficult matchup of the season so far. The Wildcats (10-3, 2-0 Big Ten) take on their first ranked opponent this year, No. 16 Minnesota (9-3, 1-1), after an exciting She’s becoming winning weekend a really solid, when junior consistent middle middle for us. ... If blocker she keeps up her Maddie Slater was game, we can named beat anybody. Big Ten Player of Symonne Abbott, the Week. sophomore outside “The hitter last week was a culmination of Slater’s career,” coach Keylor Chan said. “I don’t think it was necessarily anything other than her going out there and helping her team. We need her to work really hard and be a pillar of our offense.” Even though Chan looks to Slater to lead the team to another road win, Slater attributes the Big Ten honor and the team’s success to the support and constant

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Slater named conference player of the week

On Monday, the Big Ten announced junior middle blocker Maddie Slater as the conference player of the week.

communication of her teammates. Slater specifically mentioned her on-court connection with sophomore setter Taylor Tashima. Tashima’s ability to control play in the middle of the court allows her to assist her teammates on the outside, like Slater. This chemistry has proven valuable for Slater throughout the season, helping elevate her play. “My connection with Taylor has been going really well,” Slater said. “I have been getting really good passes from my teammates, so it’s been really easy to get points.” In 2014, the Cats squared off against the then-unranked Golden Gophers twice, beating them in front of the home crowd but falling on the road. This year, however, the Cats are riding a five-game winning streak to Minneapolis, and Slater said she thinks the team will be prepared to play on another team’s court, even if that opponent is ranked. “It’ll be a good test for us to see how hard we’ve worked this season,” Slater said. “We’ve played most of our games not at home, so I think we’ll be ready.” Going into their first meeting with Minnesota this season, the Cats have been working to strengthen their middle blocking and outer hitting for the upcoming matchup. This will be crucial since the Golden Gophers boast Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week, middle blocker Paige Tapp. Slater played a vital role in the Wildcats’ weekend success, when they claimed two straight-set victories on the road. Slater led Northwestern with 11 kills in its triumph against Rutgers and then followed up that performance by collecting another seven kills versus Maryland. This honor is the first weekly

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MARVELOUS MADDIE Junior middle blocker Maddie Slater spikes the ball past the defender. The Cats will look to create chances like this when they take on their first ranked opponent this season.

Despite Tapp’s threat and Minnesota’s home court advantage, Chan said he believes the team can pull through if it keeps playing at the level it has been throughout the season. “We’re confident in the process

we’ve put through, so we haven’t done anything different or special for Minnesota,” he said. Although attention has shifted to Slater, sophomore outside hitter Symone Abbott leads the team in kills and said Slater remains crucial

for the team. “She’s becoming a really solid, consistent middle for us,” Abbott said. “If she keeps up her game, we can beat anybody.”

award Slater has earner in her career. Throughout her time in Evanston, she has shown clear improvement year-to-year and is on pace to shatter her career-highs for kills, total attacks and hitting percentage, all of which she set last season. Over the course of this season, Slater has proven to be one of the

most consistent Cats. She leads the team with a .412 hitting percentage and has gone seven straight contests with at least a .300 hitting percentage. The 2014 Academic All-Big Ten honoree also sits fourth on the team in kills with 94 on the season. She has also been able to start every match for the team so far this

season and has appeared in a teamhigh 43 sets. NU will be relying on Slater to keep up this level of play and reliability this week as its next two contest are both on the road against ranked Big Ten competition.

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Wildcats trying to climb back to top of the Big Ten By MIKE MARUT

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Northwestern lost its first Big Ten conference title in 16 years last season. The Wildcats are determined to not let it happen again. Last year, injuries plagued NU, which lost then-sophomore Maddie Lipp for the entire season and suffered from a host of other injuries throughout the winter and spring

— at one point having only six healthy players of the nine on the roster. To succeed this season, coach Claire Pollard constantly reiterates one phrase: “Be healthy.” Lipp has returned to full strength, evidenced by her co-singles title and doubles title in the Wildcat Invite over the weekend. Both crowns were shared with sophomore Alex Chatt, a rising star in her own right. The Cats have a “work hard in the preseason” mindset, and this

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RETURN POWER Senior Alicia Barnett, a former Daily staffer, returns a shot. Barnett is the lone senior on this year’s team and her experience will be needed as it tries to earn another Big Ten title.

unification will make them hard to stop. Tennis is as much an individual sport as it is a team game. “Ultimately, it’s an individual sport, only you can get your job done,” Pollard said. “On the court, you need to take care of yourself and be very selfish about your own game. … everyone takes care of themselves and raises the level and pushes the bar up and up and up.” Lipp’s return and the loss of only one player to graduation means this year the players are all upperclassmen except one new freshman, Lee Or.

The freshman

Although incoming freshmen typically arrive with drive, passion for the game and a great amount of skill to succeed, the self-admittedly demanding Pollard said they usually find their freshman season difficult. “I have a very specific way of doing things — it’s just a huge culture shock for (freshmen) to join the program,” Pollard said. “All the girls have gone through this. They’ll tell you being a freshman in the fall at Northwestern is not a fun experience on the tennis team.” But this season, the new kid on the block, Or, isn’t so green to hard work and high expectations. Or hails from Kfar Saba, Israel, where she spent the past two years in the military. Sgt. Or brings a different attitude than most new players to Pollard’s program — a certain aura of seriousness

and leadership. “She brings a maturity, a sophisticated game, a lot of skillful tennis that will just need to be harnessed the right way,” Pollard said. “She’s a playmaker. College tennis is a little She bit more brings a about grinding and commaturity, a peting and sophisticated making balls. We need to game, a lot of merge her skillful tennis skills with that will just (that) and then we’ ll need to be have a heck harnessed in of a player there.” the right way. Or a ls o Claire Pollard, identified women’ s tennis some of the coach benefits her time in the service has brought to her tennis game. “For starters, in the army you’re a team player,” Or said. “You have your soldier friends, you have their backs. The army has taught me discipline.” That doesn’t make her all business, all the time, though. She has already begun gelling with the team, joking around and enjoying her time both on and off the court. Of course, the push from Pollard to improve every day has not gone unnoticed. “Claire is demanding more at

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this point than the Israeli army,” Or joked.

The return

Lipp is making her collegiate comeback as a redshirt sophomore. Missing all last season due to injury, Lipp is on the warpath whenever she takes the court. As a freshman, Lipp showed her skill with her power and attention to detail. Her injury inspired her during the off-season to bring her game to the next level. “She really dedicated herself this summer, really put tennis at the top of her list of priorities,” Pollard said. “She’s made the extra commitment. As a result, she got wildcard into the All-American Main Draw in singles and doubles Main Draw. That elevates our program back up to the level that we aspire to be.” She started the season strong, winning two titles in the Wildcat Invite last weekend “It was different playing with our uniform on, as opposed to playing for myself,” Lipp said. “A little more pressure with the N on, but definitely more fun.” With the Cats at full strength, they will be a force to be reckoned with once again this year. “I pretty much guarantee the girls, if they do the work, they’ll be successful here,” Pollard said. michaelmarut2016@.northwestern