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Survey finds widespread sexual misconduct By ALICE YIN
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Nearly one in three women have been groped without consent while at Northwestern, according to findings from the University’s 2015 Campus Climate Survey on Sexual Misconduct released Monday. The survey was circulated last spring, representing the first large-scale effort to study NU students’ perceptions and experiences of sexual misconduct issues, said University spokesman Al Cubbage. “The report is a start, and we definitely want to continue collecting this info and listen to what our community is saying about what’s missing,” Renee Redd, director of the Women’s Center, said. “Students are the most important group that we need to listen to.” Title IX coordinator Joan Slavin, Provost Daniel Linzer, Deputy Title IX coordinator Tara Sullivan and CARE director Erin Clark said they were unable to comment on the survey Monday. About 15 percent of undergraduate and graduate students, or almost 3,000 people, responded to the optional study, with more than one in five undergraduates participating. Redd said she found some of the survey results a troubling indication of the school’s current attitude. Only 7 percent of students who experienced sexual misconduct indicated they formally reported the incident. Reasons for hesitation include not believing the incident was serious enough (68
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percent), that the act was not malicious (53 percent) and that they were reluctant to instigate legal and disciplinary action (45 percent). “It’s widely accepted that sexual misconduct, sexual assault, is the most underreported crime,” Cubbage said. “It’s a national issue, and I think the results here at Northwestern are really very similar.” About 82 percent of undergraduate
females and 42 percent of undergraduate males reported they think there is a chance they will encounter sexual misconduct toward them on campus. Out of the female undergraduates, 11 percent reported being taken advantage of sexually, and 26 percent admitted to experiencing sexual harassment. For male experiences, 4 percent have been taken advantage of sexually, and 7 percent have been sexually harassed.
When asked directly about if they had been touched or fondled without consent, students reported higher numbers. Nearly 31 percent of female undergraduates said they have been touched without consent and 9 percent reported experiencing sexual intercourse without consent. Among male undergraduates, 9 percent reported being fondled and 2 percent reported sexual intercourse without consent.
“We are all concerned for that 31 percent figure that said they experienced someone touching them without their consent at Northwestern,” Redd said. “We have this perceived scale of what’s serious and what’s not serious. … But those are legally part of the definition of sexual assault.” Nationally, a survey administered by the Association of American Universities across 27 colleges reported 27 percent of females have encountered a form of sexual misconduct, with about 7 percent of females reporting unwanted sexual intercourse. Medill senior Haley Hinkle, who serves on the Campus Coalition on Sexual Violence, said although she is glad the University was transparent with the survey’s results, she found them deeply concerning. “We confirmed some of the unfortunate things happening in the community,” said Hinkle, who worked last year to recommend the survey to NU. “Seeing that there are people uncomfortable in our community was not a good feeling this morning.” When the question broadened to include any attempt at sexual misconduct, the numbers rose. Thirty-six percent of undergraduate females said they had someone attempt to fondle them forcefully, and 12 percent said they had someone attempt sexual intercourse without consent. For male undergraduates, 10 percent said they have encountered someone attempting to touch their body without consent, and 3 percent said they have encountered someone attempting sexual » See MISCONDUCT, page 7
Vaisman remembered Display fuels suicide dialogue for passion, dedication By MARIANA ALFARO
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Even after Medill Prof. Cecilia Vaisman was diagnosed with breast cancer, her commitment to her students and her passion for her work didn’t waver. Katherine Nagasawa (Medill ‘15), who had Vaisman for an audio documentary class her junior year, said she turned to Vaisman for help when she wanted to make her own independent documentary. When Vaisman took a leave of absence due to her illness, she stayed in touch with Nagasawa, guiding her through the process. This summer, Vaisman even met with her to discuss the project. “This was when she wasn’t very strong, and she only had two or three good hours each day,” Nagasawa said. “She set aside those good hours for me that one day. It was very selfless of her, and I’ll always remember the fact that she did that in her last few months.” Vaisman, 54, died Sunday after a
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two-and-a-half-year battle with breast cancer. A love of teaching and a dedication to her students defined her time at Northwestern, those closest to her said. Vaisman, whose work and teaching focused primarily on audio documentaries, started teaching at NU in 2010 and took a leave of absence after teaching her last class during Winter Quarter 2015. Born in Buenos Aires and raised in northern New Jersey, Vaisman spoke Spanish, Portuguese and English and taught a variety of courses at NU, including audio documentary and bilingual reporting classes. “She lit up a room, whatever room she was in,” Medill Prof. Douglas Foster said. “She had that combination of Argentine discipline and grace, and some Jersey swag.” Students, colleagues and family remember Vaisman for her fierce dedication to her students. Nagasawa said she asked Vaisman to be her faculty advisor because of the audio documentary class she took with Vaisman. Vaisman went on to mentor Nagasawa while she interned in Argentina and after she graduated. “Very vivacious, she was very energetic,” Nagasawa said. “She was very warm and caring. You could tell that she really deeply cared about her students and about their personal successes. She wasn’t really looking out for herself.” Before coming to the Medill School of Journalism, Media, Integrated Marketing Communications, Vaisman worked at NPR and co-founded independent production company Homelands Productions. She » See VAISMAN, page 7
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More than 1,000 backpacks were laid on Deering Meadow on Monday in memory of all the college students who die by suicide each year. The traveling exhibit, Send Silence Packing, is hosted across campuses by Active Minds, a national nonprofit dedicated to raising awareness about mental health. This was the first year the exhibit stopped at Northwestern as part of an effort by NU’s Active Minds chapter, University administrators and Associated
Student Government to continue conversations about suicide prevention. Weinberg senior Shannon Grogans, co-president of NU Active Minds, said the display’s powerful representation of suicide gives people a better idea of how important it is to have conversations about mental health. “I previously had no construct of what 1,100 backpacks actually looks like,” she said. “People drop statistics all the time, but it’s much more powerful to have a visual representation.” The event had been in the works since Spring Quarter, when Active Minds approved NU to be on the exhibit’s tour schedule, Grogans said.
Alison May, assistant dean of students, said she hopes the exhibit will encourage students to seek help for their mental health concerns. Send Silence Packing pins stories of students who died by suicide to backpacks lying on the ground. These stories are written by friends and family members who donated the backpacks in memory of their loved ones. “In so many of these stories, no one had any idea,” May said. “It’s so sobering to see a graveyard, literally, of backpacks. … We really hope that just even one student who might not have spoken up or » See SILENCE, page 7
City hosts statewide arts summit By ROBIN OPSAHL
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Evanston Mayor Elizabeth Tisdahl spoke to a crowd of artists and art-lovers from across the state Monday morning about the crucial role art plays in a community. Tisdahl spoke to more than 300 people in the ballroom of the Hilton Orrington hotel, 1710 Orrington Ave., at the inauguration of the One State Together in the Arts conference, a series of events hosted by different cities in Illinois every other year. This is One State’s first time hosting the conference in Evanston. “Arts and culture make cities livable and people better,” Tisdahl said. “That’s why we’re so happy to have One State Illinois here today.”
Tickets for the ninth biennial One State conference sold out before the event began. The conference — hosted by Arts Alliance Illinois and the Illinois Arts Council Agency — is intended to bring artists, professionals and citizens from across the state together to meet and collaborate on artistic works during breakout sessions. Programming also includes a series of keynote speakers, performances and local art tours over the course of the two-day conference. Ra Joy, the executive director for Arts Alliance Illinois who used to live in Evanston, said the city was chosen because of its support for community art initiatives and local artists. “We’re all with One State because we’re all people who deeply care about the culture of this state,” Joy said. “Evanston is a great place to show off the culture of Illinois but also show what community
engagement in art looks like.” The conference opened with performances by Cocodaco Dance Group, an Evanston dance company based at Foster Dance Studios, and Light Opera Works, a local professional nonprofit theater. Tisdahl and local arts managers also spoke about the different creative endeavours in Evanston and the support they get from the city, Northwestern and community. “People here are passionate about arts and get involved,” Tisdahl said. “You don’t need to convince them about importance. If anything, they feel guilty if they don’t do enough with the arts here.” Along with showcasing Evanston’s community art projects and performances, the conference focused on providing artists with resources and connections to survive and succeed in the » See ARTISTS, page 7
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Around Town Journalist discusses Armenia-Turkey relations By DAN WALDMAN
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Armenian author and journalist Meline Toumani spoke Monday about confronting residual issues between Armenia and Turkey a century after the Armenian genocide. During a panel discussion held jointly by the Evanston Public Library and Northwestern, Toumani spoke about the current state of Armenian-Turkish relations and the steps both countries should take to absolve the remaining social tensions. Toumani’s recent book, “There Was and There Was Not,” discusses her personal experiences confronting the
Police Blotter Man arrested after locking police out of apartment A 30-year-old man was arrested early Friday morning in connection with obstructing justice and violating a restraining order after taking several measures to keep police out of his apartment in south Evanston. Police were called to a residence in the 800 block of Hinman Avenue at about 3 a.m. when neighbors reported a man and woman arguing loudly from their apartment, said Evanston police Cmdr. Joseph Dugan. There was no response
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aftermath of the 1915 Armenian Genocide. Toumani’s book describes the evolution of her personal conflict between recognizing injustices against Armenian people and directing her grievances against an entire nation. “I could no longer live with the idea that I was supposed to hate, fear and fight against an entire nation of people,” Toumani said. “It had started to feel embarrassing to refuse the innocent suggestions of American friends to try a Turkish restaurant in the Upper East Side. … I came because being Armenian had come to feel like a chokehold.” The panel discussion following Toumani’s reading included professors from NU’s Middle East and North African Studies program. MENA co-founder and NU Prof. Elizabeth Shakman Hurd spoke about the
political process of genocide recognition. Hurd said stories similar to Toumani’s must be shared, and an open space must be created for Armenians to talk about the obstacles they have overcome. “How might we create spaces as Meline does so brilliantly in her book to hear more stories like hers?” she said. “I see her book as opening up some of the spaces, and there is a lot of room for others to join her.” NU history Prof. Ipek Yosmaoglu, who specializes in the history of the Ottoman Empire, said people should not blanketly avoid using the word genocide. She said as long as people are afraid to explicitly define the tragedy, social tensions between Armenians and Turks will continue to mount. Yosmaoglu offered a solution to get rid of the stigma that surrounds the word genocide.
“Maybe the key here is to use the word but not force others to use it,” Yosmaoglu said. “If you want to move forward, we do have to overcome the psychological hurdle, and as more people use the term, I think it will be easier to overcome.” After the discussion, Toumani answered audience members’ questions about the stereotypes she discusses in her book. “I knew it was a risky decision to start the book with my experiences growing up and showing some of the less flattering sides (of Armenia),” she said. “I wanted to be as honest as I could possibly be … so that I could have the credibility later as the book goes on to be equally honest about what I found in Turkey.”
when the officer initially knocked on the door, he said. Officers tried to force entry after they heard a muffled scream and an object crashing to the floor, but someone had blocked the door. Additional officers were called and used breaching tools to open the door, and they found a man standing in the apartment holding a glass bottle by its neck, Dugan said. Officers convinced the man to release the bottle and then attempted to arrest him, but the man pulled his hands away to resist arrest, he said. The man was eventually charged with five misdemeanors: aggravated assault, obstructing justice, two counts of resisting arrest as well as one for violating a restraining order filed by the
woman with him in the apartment.
it with the bottles of Crown Royal whiskey worth a total of $175. Saturday evening at about 8 p.m., employees also reported that a man had left the store without paying for between six and eight cans of baby formula, each worth $25, Dugan said. After employees approached the man, who employees said was wearing a green shirt and a beige hat, he told them they were “harassing” him, he said. The man then left the store walking southbound through the parking lot. Police do not believe the incidents were connected, Dugan added.
to see whether drilling would succeed in the remote and harsh environment off the northern coast of Alaska. The result was a disaster — a loss of billions of dollars and a decision by Shell to cut its losses and quit. Marvin Odum, director of Shell’s U.S. operations, called it “clearly a disappointing exploration outcome.” Shell bet more than $7 billion that its Burger Prospect in the Arctic Ocean would turn into a
world-class, multibillion-barrel discovery. Even as the company endured the oil price collapse and global protests from environmental groups, it pushed forward with the Arctic drilling. But the results of its exploration well this summer were not promising, and the company said Monday it was ending drilling efforts off the Alaskan coast “for the foreseeable future.” The Obama administration has scheduled more Arctic Ocean drilling lease sales, one next year in the Chukchi Sea and another in
2 Jewel Osco thefts within 2 days Two separate thefts, one of cans of baby formula and the other bottles of whisky, occurred Friday and Saturday nights at Jewel Osco in south Evanston. Employees of the grocery store, 1128 Chicago Ave., reported to police on Saturday at about 9 a.m. that a man, who appeared to be between 35 and 45 years old, had stolen five bottles of whiskey from the store the previous night, Dugan said. Security cameras captured the man removing a backpack from an office in the store before filling
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In light of the rare coincidence of a lunar eclipse and full moon Sunday night, Northwestern’s Center for Interdisciplinary Exploration and Research in Astrophysics hosted a viewing party for guests to watch the supermoon eclipse, with telescope stations and CIERA astronomers present to enhance the experience. By opening the event to the public for free, CIERA hoped to bring people together to share the excitement of the special phenomenon, said John Everett, assistant director of operations in CIERA. “We love eclipses because they are such a great event for people to share,” Everett said. “You can have a huge group get together and view this event altogether and experience We love eclipses it together, and because they are it’s a great way to get a sense for the such a great event geometry of the universe — plus for people to it’s just a lot of share. fun.” D espite t he John Everett, cloudy weather, assistant director of about 600 comoperations in CIERA munity members still crowded the top level of the Segal Visitors Center parking garage to await the eclipse together. “It’s great that they’re drawing a lot of people in that wouldn’t have otherwise known about this event or have gotten to see it up this close,” Bienen freshman Aidan Perreault said. Beyond the excitement of the eclipse sighting, the significance of the supermoon itself is more complex, said Ben Nelson, CIERA
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data science scholar and postdoctoral fellow. Nelson also said three special aspects of the moon tonight added to its unique presence. “First, the moon is in its phase where it is physically closest to the Earth, so it appears bigger in the sky,” Nelson said. “Diameter wise, it is about 14 percent bigger, but in terms of its area, it is about 30 percent bigger.” During this time of year, the moon appears in the sky early each evening, a phenomenon known as the harvest moon. Farmers would use the light of the moon to stay out longer to harvest their crops. The third aspect is the lunar eclipse, when the moon passes into the Earth’s shadow and turns a blood-red color. “If you were on the moon looking back at the Earth, you would see the Earth eclipsing the sun, and you’d see all the sunsets and sunrises on Earth at the same time,” Nelson
said. “All the red light that is filtered from the Earth’s atmosphere shines onto (Earth), but the moon also shines back onto the Earth, so that’s how we see all the red light.” The peak of the eclipse occurred at 9:47 p.m., magnified by its large size and deep red color. The last supermoon eclipse occurred 33 years ago, and the next one will not be for another 18 years. “It brings us out of the common idea that you look up to the sky and things are rotating above you, where it almost looks like you’re just standing still and everything else is going in front of you,” Everett said. “But when you see one of these eclipses, you realize you can get a glimpse of how they’re all connected and (how) we’re all part of this motion.” fathmarahman2019@u.northwestern.edu
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Cellphone etiquette in the age of the smartphone TIM BALK
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We are in the age of the smartphone — an era of constant connectivity with a vast digital world by way of a powerful computer, posing innocuously as a phone, that has become as central a component of daily life for college students as regular meals. I’m sure at any given time, your average Northwestern students are more likely to have their cell phones on them than their wallets. I love my smartphone. And, like any selfrespecting college student, I rarely leave home without it. So let’s be clear — I am no Luddite. I am all about technology, and my addictions to Facebook, Twitter and Spotify are beyond unhealthy. That said, I think we could all do well to keep our phones in our pockets a little bit more. Much has been said about the negatives of excessive smartphone use. There have been
TED Talks about it. There have been studies — at NU, no less — indicating a positive correlation between cell phone use and depression. And cell phone overuse is often a subject used by comedians in their social commentaries. Even Jerry Seinfeld has gotten in the action. “There is no security for you in this life anymore unless when you’re walking down the street, you can feel a hard rectangle in your pants,” Seinfeld said on The Tonight Show in 2014. The New York Times published an opinion piece this weekend that focused on what smartphones are doing to us and how they are damaging our capacity for empathy. “Our phones are not accessories, but psychologically potent devices that change not just what we do but who we are,” MIT Prof. Sherry Turkle wrote. I do not doubt smartphone use has all sorts of effects on each of us. And I certainly believe a low smartphone diet is probably a cognitively healthier one. But, to be honest, the reason I appreciate a hidden cell phone is simply a matter of
courtesy. Our generation is rude. We struggle with please Texting and thank you. during We fail to hold conversations doors. We don’t give up our seats and meals for elders. Before I has become start sounding like your grandparents, commonplace, I will concede but that does that rudeness in a not make it younger generation is far from the reasonable worst thing. behavior. After all, are not all younger generations ruder than their predecessors? And can we be blamed for a little rebelliousness? But the rudeness has to stop somewhere. Our generation is rude on our phones, ignoring texts and subtweeting each other. But we are even ruder with our phones. Texting during conversations and meals has become commonplace, but that does
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not make it reasonable behavior. It not only sends the signal that we would rather be doing something other than spending time with the people around us, but it also suggests we would rather be with someone else. At the risk of sounding hypocritical, I will admit that I, too, text and talk and that I have been known to ignore the people around me in favor of Twitter or Facebook. It is so mainstream, so standard, that it can be easy to lapse into it. The allure of the smartphone can be hard to resist as well. But that makes it all the more worthwhile to try to resist that urge. In an age when smartphones on dinner tables are no more unique than forks and knives, Northwestern students can stand out by keeping their hard rectangles in their pants. Tim Balk is a Medill sophomore. He can be contacted at timothybalk2018@u.northwestern.edu. If you would like to respond publicly to this column, send a Letter to the Editor to opinion@dailynorthwestern. com.The views expressed in this piece do not necessarily reflect the views of all staff members of The Daily Northwestern.
We need tougher policies for Chinese online hackers America’s new cybersecurity agreement with China is destined to fail JULIA COHEN
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I spy with my little foreign-policy eye a disaster in United States cybersecurity. The United States and China are being applauded for reaching a major agreement that will force the Chinese government to stop spying on American businesses and to use its law enforcement to help the U.S. catch hackers. But spying directly on each other’s governments — the United States’ preferred strategy — is still fair game. Although this sounds like a step in the right direction in theory, it pretty much lets the U.S. continue what it’s already doing — spying directly on governments — while forcing China to change a major part of its intelligence strategy and go after its own citizens. So, why would China take this deal? Because it’s not going to live up to its end of the bargain, and frankly, it has no reason to. To start, the Chinese government isn’t directly spying on U.S. companies. There’s strong
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evidence, however, that the military — which is run by many of the same people as the civilian government — is. Like any modern government, the Chinese government needs to keep its citizens relatively happy to stay in power, and stealing corporate secrets helps China compete. The country is Creating an not doing this with environmental proagreement tections or liberties, that looks at so it does so with a strong economy. cybersecurity officials have from a U.S.-defined Party every incentive to perspective isn’t help businesses steal — it makes just ideologically them money, it flawed. It can makes their citizens money and it keeps have real, in power. destructive policy them Many American implications. politicians whine that we rely on China, but China relies on us, too. The U.S. is a major market for its mass-produced products,
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and as the U.S. learns to cut down production costs and push “made-in-America,” it takes a part of that market away. It makes sense to learn everything about both your market and your competition, and by looking into American companies, China is killing two birds with one stone. So the business leaders are happy, the people are happy and the politicians are happy. Even if the Chinese government did want to hold up its end of the bargain, it could still get away with private-sector spying. President Xi Jinping has asserted the Chinese government does not aid in stealing commercial secrets from U.S. companies. This seems like a blatant lie. But if you look at his language carefully, it actually isn’t. The Chinese government may not officially spy, but the military can. Unlike in the U.S., in China the military and the main governing body can actually operate as parallel entities. Although this isn’t happening currently (President Xi has relatively firm control over both), constitutionally, it’s still technically correct to say the government isn’t doing something when the military is. This means the agreement isn’t covering the most advanced — and dangerous — forms of spying. These are the attacks on U.S. defense contractors, who produce some of the most
top-secret and likely dangerous weapons in the world. If this sounds terrifying, that’s because it is. We spy. China spies. We just focus our energy on spying on different things. Creating an agreement that looks at cybersecurity from a U.S.defined perspective isn’t just ideologically flawed. It can have real, destructive policy implications. If the U.S. is going to fight international hackers, the best offense is a good defense. By improving our own information-security infrastructure, as well as actively partnering with private companies and firms who may be at risk, we no longer take the chance of having one party back out of the deal because everyone is on the same side. It is naive to think China will live up to an agreement that is blatantly bad for its government and its people. It’s not something we would do, and it’s not something we should expect other major countries to do either. Julia Cohen is a SESP junior. She can be reached at juliacohen2017@u.northwestern.edu. If you would like to respond publicly to this column, send a Letter to the Editor to opinion@dailynorthwestern.com. The views expressed in this piece do not necessarily reflect the views of all staff members of The Daily Northwestern.
sparked a firestorm of protest at a public hearing. Opponents cited a shortage of parking spaces and an inadequate sewer system for the site. But even if this high-rise isn’t built, it raises disturbing questions. Why do many students live off campus? Are they post-graduates or undergrads? Grad students may want to live off-campus if NU doesn’t provide enough housing or charges too much for what’s available. Undergrads who live off campus ignore a key purpose for attending a four-year residential school: to share rich experiences and vital support resources in an academic setting. Does NU allow undergrads to live off campus except for internships and residencies? If so, why? I don’t have the answers but hope to get them from NU administrators. If not, an old French proverb remains true: “The more things change, the more they stay the same.” — Dick Reif (Medill ’64)
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ART MEETS POLITICS On the first full day of a state arts conference hosted in Evanston, attendees gathered in a tent on the East Lawn of Norris University Center for an opening reception. Artists, art professionals and city and state officials attending the One State Together in the Arts conference converged on campus to mingle and tour Northwestern’s major art venues, including the Block Museum of Art and Norris’ Dittmar Gallery. Some of the city’s young artists from The Actors Gymnasium and Evanston Children’s Choir also performed for the guests.
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also reported throughout Latin America on various issues, including the AIDS epidemic in Brazil, the destruction of the Amazonian rainforest and the children of those who were disappeared and killed by the military junta in her native country of Argentina. “She had a deep love of sound, a deep love of storytelling,” said Vaisman’s husband, Gary Marx, an investigative reporter at the Chicago Tribune. “Most of her storytelling was about the dispossessed, the powerless who were being taken advantage of by the powerful.” Vaisman received two Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Awards for her reporting on disadvantaged people. As a reporter, Vaisman was skilled at interviewing people in power, as well as convincing the powerless to tell her their stories, Foster said. With her radio experience and love for audio, Vaisman was a prime candidate to help grow the audio documentary program at Medill, said Medill Prof. Jack Doppelt. “We literally brought her here to change the face of journalism with an appreciation for what audio not only can do, but how much of the world appreciates audio … as its primary way to get information,” Doppelt said. “That’s a mission we still have to do on behalf of Cecilia.”
Despite being diagnosed not long after starting at NU, Vaisman continued to teach because of her love for the profession and Medill, Marx said. Her goal was to establish the best radio program for college students at Medill. “Every day, she got up and she fought, and she taught and never expressed fear,” Marx said. During Vaisman’s chemotherapy and radiation treatments, Marx said he asked her to cut down her workload, which she found extremely difficult. “Cecilia considered it a privilege to teach at Northwestern,” he said. “(She) gave her heart and her soul to teaching. She loved her students.” This summer, Vaisman took her final trip to Buenos Aires. Despite having energy for only a few hours each day, Marx said she was “so happy” to introduce her two children to Argentina and her family that lives there. “(Cecilia was) somebody who, in her journalism and her private life as a wife and as a mother, lived with grace and with courage and with boundless energy,” Marx said. “We are so heartbroken that she’s not with us anymore.”
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conference serves as a way to get people across Illinois on the same page regarding what is valuable to the state and its future. “There’s so much right now that should be funded and should be made a priority,” Fine said. “But because of the fact that we’re in the midst of this budget crisis, there are a lot of important issues that are getting lost in translation.” Evanston/Skokie District 65, which stands to lose millions in state funding cuts, is doing the best it can to sustain its arts program amid the budget crisis, superintendent Paul Goren said. “A lot of the arts and culture starts before the kids even land at school,” Goren said. “We have to nurture everything we can in arts and culture.” Events continuing Tuesday include sessions on visual art with Evanston painter Jevoid Simmons, performances by Tim Rhoze, artistic director of the Fleetwood-Jourdain Theatre and Chicago television actor Michael Patrick Thornton.
From page 1 artistic world. Tatiana Gant, the executive director of the Illinois Arts Council Agency, said the conference’s theme of “Flourish” is meant to reflect the opportunities given to Illinois artists to fully express their talents and build more connections in the artistic sphere. “Our goals are to feed ourselves and support the arts sector,” Gant said. “With the help of this conference, we want to feel the impact of arts in communities around Illinois.” The event’s first full night culminated with an opening reception at NU, with tours of the Block Museum, The Virginia Wadsworth Wirtz Center for the Performing Arts, Dittmar Gallery and Patrick G. and Shirley W. Ryan Center for the Musical Arts. Joy said to The Daily that because it is a challenging financial time for the state — which remains without a budget three months into the fiscal year — it has become even more important for the conference to inspire artists to persevere. State Rep. Laura Fine (D-Glenview) said the
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intercourse without consent. Redd, a licensed psychologist, said denying or excusing such traumatic experiences can be a coping mechanism. However, those distressing feelings often remain with victims and cause them to withdraw from others, she said. “Part of that is people fear it wasn’t the most egregious act,” Redd said. “‘I wasn’t raped, so it wasn’t that serious.’ … It is a big deal. When you think of someone touching your body, it is a big deal. Our bodies are the boundaries that help us feel safe.” In conjunction with the findings, the University released an updated Policy on Sexual Misconduct that elaborates on the reporting procedure and the definition of consent. With only 52 percent of respondents saying they knew where to seek help on campus after sexual assault and 36 percent saying they know how to report an incident, NU decided to also clarify the steps student should take to report sexual assault. “The most important takeaway from the survey that isn’t obvious is that a lot of students aren’t really
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From page 1 realized what a big deal this was, does speak up now and gets help.” Hundreds of students stopped by the exhibit on their way to class, Grogans said. “The most powerful thing for me was the number of people who came up and said ‘thank you,’” she said. “You don’t think of it as like a thing you would say
aware of the resources that exist on campus, including what happens when you file a complaint,” Weinberg senior Erik Baker, who served on the campus climate committee, said in a statement to The Daily. “Going forward, it’s important for NU to strive towards an environment where survivors feel less alone” The procedure first focuses on emergency support for the victim, with resources and instructions for medical assistance, evidence preservation and counseling services. The next steps outline procedures for reporting the incident to law enforcement and the University, ending on a summary of what a formal investigation would entail and result in for all parties. Later this year, NU plans to mandate an online Title IX course for faculty, staff and graduate students who will work with undergraduate students. The class will be implemented in phases starting this quarter. “It was encouraging that we are starting to think critically in direction to look out for each other,” Hinkle said. “Remember, we can’t ever be complacent about our community and students — we must keep moving forward.” aliceyin2017@u.northwestern.edu thank you for … It was just really moving.’” Communication sophomore Halle Lukasiewicz said she walked by the exhibit on her way to class and decided to check it out. “This can happen to anybody,” she said. “All of these stories really helped me figure out what (the warning) signs are and how they can be in anyone. They can be in your best friend and you may not even know.” marianaalfaro2018@u.northwestern.edu
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SHATTERED SILENCE More than 1,000 backpacks covered Deering Meadow on Monday to commemorate students who died by suicide. “Send Silence Packing,” hosted by student life offices at NU, attracted hundreds of students.
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I was sitting at the top of the box and saw the ball coming my way. I called Niki off it, lowered my head and let it go. — Nandi Mehta, senior midfielder
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Cats upset No. 11 Rutgers with golden goal in OT By MAX SCHUMAN
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CARDIAC CATS Junior Maria Grygleski and a pack of Wildcats celebrate a goal. Northwestern continued its record-setting start to the season with an overtime victory over No. 11 Rutgers.
Nandi Mehta knew as soon as the ball left her foot that she had done it. “There was no way it wasn’t going into the back of the net,” she said. And with that powerful strike off of a corner kick less than three minutes into overtime, the senior midfielder scored the goal that had eluded Northwestern (9-1-2, 3-0-1 Big Ten) in regular time and handed the Wildcats a victory over No. 11 Rutgers (8-2-0, 1-2-0) Sunday, 1-0. Junior midfielder Rachel Zampa received a corner in the box and avoided pressure before sliding the ball back out toward the top of the box, where Mehta and fellow senior midfielder Niki Sebo were waiting. With Sebo’s back turned to the goal, Mehta chose to pounce on the chance. “I was just sitting at the top of the box and saw the ball coming my way,” Mehta said. “I called Niki off it, lowered my head and let it go.” Her golden goal secured the victory for NU in what was a defensive battle royale. With the two teams in the top five nationally in goals allowed per game, it was no surprise that the game needed extra time and a set piece to see its first score. The best chance of regular time
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came in the 31st minute, when Rutgers forward Colby Ciarocca nodded a lofted cross into the box past Cats sophomore goalkeeper Lauren Clem but was ruled offsides on her run, nullifying the goal. Mehta was responsible for NU’s best first-half chance, a 44th minute curling free kick that forced a diving save from Rutgers keeper Casey Murphy. The Cats dictated play in the second half, totaling six shots compared to one for the Scarlet Knights. Junior forward Addie Steiner, who scored a brace in Thursday’s match against Maryland and leads the team in goals, got free to shoot several times but wasn’t able to finish any of her four second-half shots. Coach Michael Moynihan thought his team was taking control in the second half of the game. “We had more energy than they did, and we were close to ending the game at the end of the second half,” he said, referring to a tantalizing 90th-minute cross whipped in
by senior defender Jennifer Korn that deflected twice off NU players in front of the net before freshman defender Kayla Sharples shot it over the net. Mehta acknowledged the Cats, who have struggled at times this season to finish chances, had a rough time getting through a sturdy Rutgers defense. “They’re really difficult to break down in the run of play,” she said. “They’d drop really deep immediately every time we won the ball, which made things tough.” But NU stayed organized and wasn’t lured into sending too many players forward in search of a goal and leaving themselves exposed to dangerous counterattacks from the Scarlet Knights, who were shut out for the first time this season in the match. That defensive effort gave the Cats time to build pressure and set the stage for Mehta’s wonder strike in overtime. Riding an eight-game unbeaten streak into next week’s showdown with No. 12 Penn State, the senior is embracing the challenge of meeting expectations in what could be a historic year for NU. “This is the best we’ve ever been,” she said. “Anything can happen.” maxschuman2018@u.northwestern.edu
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NU looks to clean up mistakes entering Big Ten play By HUZAIFA PATEL
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The Wildcats are 4-0 entering Big Ten play, but they aren’t perfect. Coach Pat Fitzgerald, whose team climbed to No. 16 in the nation in the Week 5 AP poll, addressed the negatives at his Monday afternoon press conference. “If we do what we did in the first half this Saturday every Saturday moving forward in Big Ten play, we’ll get embarrassed,” Fitzgerald said. The Cats have done enough to win all four games, but many of those game-winning plays occurred in flashes, rather than in conjunction with a consistent 60 minute performance on both sides of the ball. Perhaps no player has exemplified
this more than redshirt freshman quarterback Clayton Thorson. “The third quarter (against Ball State) was a pretty good snapshot of what he’s capable of,” Fitzgerald said. “He’s got to take care of the football. That’s the number one priority not only this week but every week.” Fitzgerald touched on Thorson’s development, citing the interception against Ball State as an example of where he could improve. “He predetermined before he even caught the snap that he was going to throw a fade instead of letting the route progress,” Fitzgerald said. “It’s a lesson learned. You can’t do that in this game and expect to be consistent.” Even with erratic play, it appears the Cats are in their quarterback’s corner as Thorson tries to fix these early mistakes and build on the
positives he has shown You glimpses of. certainly Senior offensive wouldn’t know lineman Clayton’s a Shane Mertz said he is freshman. confident Shane Mertz, i n T h o rsenior offensive son’s ability, lineman praising his leadership in the huddle. “You certainly wouldn’t know Clayton’s a freshman,” Mertz said. “He’s out there, he’s leading the offense, he’s talking to the O-line, he’s talking to the receivers. He might as well be a fifth-year senior for us.” Another priority for Northwestern is health, as Saturday’s contest against Ball State saw multiple key
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players go down with injuries. Sophomore safety Godwin Igwebuike is day-to-day and senior left tackle Geoff Mogus was out for today’s practice, Fitzgerald said. The coach gave no update on sophomore safety Kyle Queiro, who is expected to miss games after suffering a broken arm on Saturday. Fitzgerald praised his team’s time management and preparation for Ball State. He said the team is ready and in a positive routine for October, a month when the Cats have historically struggled. The first Big Ten test will come against Minnesota, a divisional opponent that dealt the Cats a heartbreaking 24-17 loss last season. The Golden Gophers no longer have workhorse running back David Cobb, who departed to the NFL, but Fitzgerald isn’t expecting the Gopher
rushing attack, led by freshmen Rodney Smith and Shannon Brooks to miss a beat. “(Smith and Brooks) are fast and physical,” Fitzgerald said. “Their offensive line has been banged up and obviously that hurts, but I thought they got things rolling last week against Ohio.” Senior defensive tackle Deonte Gibson described the past four games as teaching tools for the Cats and acknowledged the added significance of Big Ten play. “The first four games are a preparation for the Big Ten,” Gibson said. “Conference play has a little bit more intensity to it because these games really do count towards us achieving all of our goals as far as winning the Big Ten Championship.” huzaifapatel2017@u.northwestern.edu
Wildcats have difficulty scoring against Indiana defense By BEN POPE
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A second-half surge proved fruitless for Northwestern in a 1-0 loss to conference rival Indiana on Sunday afternoon. The Wildcats (3-4-1, 1-2-0 Big Ten) ripped off 10 of their 12 total shots in the second half but were only able to get two on goal in the game. Indiana (5-3-1, 1-2-0) goalkeeper Colin Webb saved both. Hoosiers defender Andrew Gutman scored in the 42nd minute for the lone goal of the game, held at Toyota Park in Bridgeview. Indiana won the 2012 NCAA national title and has appeared in back-to-back Big Ten championship games but opened its conference schedule with losses to Penn State and Rutgers. Coach Tim Lenahan has stressed the need for better starts this season after repeatedly falling behind early in matches; NU nearly flipped the script on Sunday by earning a corner
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kick and two shots in the first eight minutes. Neither attempt made it on goal, however, and the Cats didn’t create another shot until nearly 50 minutes later. Following NU’s failed attempts, the momentum shifted in Indiana’s favor for the remainder of the first half, and Gutman eventually hit the back of the net on his third shot. The freshman received a pass from midfielder Tanner Thompson and found the space to step into a hard shot from just outside the left corner of the 18-yard box, beating NU goalkeeper Zak Allen after a slight deflection. The Cats spent much of the remainder of the game searching for an equalizer to no avail. After a diving punch by Webb in the 60th minute, junior midfielder
Jeffrey Hopson had a look at an open goal but his lofting shot from distance sailed high. Senior forward Joey Calistri created a pair of chances in the 63rd and 67th minutes, but both attempts were blocked. Hopson found himself in another great scoring opportunity in the 86th, but his glancing header off of a corner kick was parried just over the bar. The Cats had a last chance to equalize with a free kick from 25 yards out in the final minute, but sophomore midfielder Sam Forsgren’s shot was saved calmly by Webb. Sunday’s match was the first time this season that NU outshot its opponent. The final whistle, however, marked the continuation of a different trend: the fourth time NU was shut out in its last seven games. The Cats get the entire work week off before visiting Maryland — a team still undefeated (1-0-2) in Big Ten play after a 4-1 Sunday win over Wisconsin — on Friday night. benjaminpope2019@u.northwestern.edu
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MISSING THE MARK Senior midfielder Cole Missimo leaps for a header. The Wildcats were unable to finish near the goal as they were shutout at home against Indiana.