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NOTEWORTHY Hundreds attended the ribbon cutting ceremony in front of the Patrick G. and Shirley W. Ryan Center for the Musical Arts on Thursday. The building, shared by the Bienen School of Music and the School of Communication, was dedicated to the Ryan family in recognition of their support of the arts at Northwestern.

New arts building dedicated

By DREW GERBER

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Hundreds attended the dedication of the new Patrick G. and Shirley W. Ryan Center for the Musical Arts on Thursday evening with speeches commemorating the Ryan family’s impact on the University.

Plans to renovate and expand Bienen — as well as performance spaces belonging to the School of Communication — have been stalled for years, said Bienen Dean ToniMarie Montgomery. National economic downturns, namely the Great Depression and the 2008 Great Recession, forced NU to set these plans aside despite the poor condition of the music buildings, she said.

Former NU President Henry Bienen, who spoke with his wife at the dedication event, described touring the Music Administration Building at

711 Elgin Road with Montgomery in 2003 as she sought to convince him of the need for new facilities.

“Inside, it was a disaster,” Bienen said.

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The most beautiful part of the campus now is about music and theater and the arts.

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Recognizing the need for a new building, he ordered a feasibility plan to be completed, and the new building plan was announced in 2008. The Music Administration Building, which was built in 1874, closed last spring.

The Ryan Center for the Musical Arts is the latest addition to the campus’ Arts Circle, which includes venues such as Block Museum of Art and The Virginia Wadsworth Wirtz Center

Financial aid cash available earlier

By MARIANA ALFARO

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Students receiving financial aid can now receive a cash advance from their financial aid packages weeks before classes begin in an effort by the University’s Financial Aid Office to ease the transition between the end of the summer and the beginning of the academic year.

Before, students who received financial aid for books, supplies, rent and food could only receive it once the academic year started. Now they will be able to claim up to $500 in an advance refund before classes start to cover these expenses.

“Northwestern has a goal of trying to bring in more low-income students to the undergraduate student population and, as we are having some success with that, it occurred

to us that these students should have any funds that they’re due in their hands as they arrive on campus so they’re not at a disadvantage,” said Michael Mills, associate provost for university enrollment.

This new policy was made available starting this year, however, its launch posed certain technical issues for both the Financial Aid Office and new students.

“In CAESAR, you have to be registered as a full-time student in order for your aid to disburse and new freshmen … all registered on this Friday,” Mills said. “So we had to come up with some creative ways to try to fool the system into thinking the kids were registered full time.”

Communication senior Amanda Walsh, president of NU’s Quest Scholars Network, said the new changes will make life easier for » See STIPEND, page 15

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for the Performing Arts. Montgomery said one of the requirements set by the University was the creation of a “village-like setting for collegial encounters,” not only among the Bienen and Communication students and faculty who share the building, but also the campus as a whole.

Communication Dean Barbara O’Keefe said the new building’s impact is already evident in how it has facilitated what she called a Communication “renaissance” at NU, including the hiring of new faculty and the creation of new programming.

The consolidation of administrative offices in the new Ryan Center has opened spaces for students in the Wirtz Center and in the Frances Searle Building that will allow for on-screen acting classes and a new interdisciplinary sound arts and sciences program, she said.

The cross-collaboration encouraged » See DEDICATION, page 15

Following the July start date of new Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences dean Adrian Randolph, students are looking to further the conversation about implementing a U.S.-based Social Inequalities and Diversities requirement in the Weinberg curriculum.

The requirement was proposed February 2013 by the University Diversity Council, following a string of racially insensitive incidents in 2012. However, the motion met controversy this spring when members of Weinberg faculty indicated a desire to shift the proposed requirement’s U.S. focus to a more international one.

In response to the potential change in focus, Associated Student Government launched a petition to keep the proposed requirement U.S.-focused and co-hosted a student forum where student opinion was in favor of a domestic focus.

This academic year, ASG will continue its support for the U.S.-centric requirement, said Matt Herndon, ASG vice president for accessibility and inclusion.

“Obviously global perspectives are important, but seldomly do we focus on issues of social inequality based on identity that’s based … right here in the United States,” the SESP junior said. “The biggest point of the requirement (is) to get people who don’t really learn about these things

at Northwestern to confront these realities that we have here.”

Dona Cordero, former assistant provost for diversity and inclusion and chair of the University Diversity Council who left NU last October, told the Daily in February 2014 that the goal of the requirement is “to interact with people who have different life experiences, who come from different cultural backgrounds in order to one, work together in the academic environment, but two, to work together in the larger society.”

Although the transition to the new dean has slowed down the implementation process, Herndon said it is important to make clear what the student opinion is to the dean and the faculty.

“We’re going to have to push the dean on getting this to the table,” he said. “I think one of the most important things … is talking to faculty members about showing up for the vote when it does happen.”

In order for the requirement to be approved, a revised proposal needs to go through a three-stage process: First, to a meeting with the Curricular Policies Committee, then to a faculty meeting for discussion and then to another faculty meeting for a vote if a consensus is reached, Mary Finn, Weinberg associate dean for undergraduate academic affairs, told The Daily in February.

Spanish and Portuguese Prof.

Frances Aparicio said it is important to address diversity because NU admits a more diverse student body each year.

“That in itself is already an indication that we need to talk particularly about race, only because race is a topic so many people don’t feel » See DIVERSITY, page 15

City selects public works director

By JULIA JACOBS

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The city announced Tuesday the director of its new Public Works Agency, tasked with reorganizing the department’s operations by the end of this year.

Dave Stoneback — currently the director of the city’s Utilities Department — will lead the new agency, which combines public works and utilities functions, city manager Wally Bobkiewicz announced. The restructured Public Works Agency will contain four bureaus: water production, environmental services, infrastructure maintenance as well as capital planning and engineering, assistant city manager Marty Lyons said last month when he presented the concept to City Council.

Stoneback has led the Utilities Department since 2010, following his seven-year term as the city’s water superintendent, Bobkiewicz

said. During his 30 years working for Evanston, Stoneback served as the architect for the 12-year sewer improvement plan — the city’s largest public works project in history.

Most recently, Stoneback has been working toward water sale agreements between Evanston and surrounding cities as they gravitate away from Chicago’s increasingly expensive stock.

“Dave Stoneback brings a unique mix of engineering, management and infrastructure experience to this new position,” Bobkiewicz said in a press release. “He is the right person to lead the city’s public works operations as we begin a new chapter.”

Stoneback is currently interviewing candidates for the agency’s four bureau chiefs, who he said will likely be announced within a week.

Stoneback said he will then focus on working with the chiefs to further define the purpose of each bureau and the job descriptions of its staff.

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utilities operations were combined into one agency five years ago, Bobkiewicz said. But in 2010, Bobkiewicz said there was a growing need » See PUBLIC WORKS, page 15

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I started to do some research and learned that the pizza cooked in 90 seconds. That was the lightbulb.

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NU alumni launch studio to inspire self-discovery

By MERCY YANG

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Before creating a new Evanston business designed to cultivate youth creativity, Randy Blaugh (Weinberg ‘91) had a career in finance.

When Blaugh was a kid, he remembers entering an art project into a contest and receiving nothing but criticism. Adults told him to focus on academics instead of art.

Blaugh’s new business Hackstudio intends to foster creativity and leave students with different sorts of childhood memories.

Founded by Blaugh and another Northwestern alumnus, Hackstudio opened Monday in north Evanston, introducing an individualized learning space for students from 3rd to 12th grade to pursue any creative project they find meaningful.

“What attracted me was that ability… to really start at the beginning and try to reinvent learning in a way that really works for them,” Blaugh said.

Located in a 16,000-square-foot studio at 2510 Green Bay Road, Hackstudio provides the space, tools and mentoring for students to learn while celebrating both success and failure along the way.

Hackstudio, open weekdays from 4-9:30 p.m., is not a traditional after-school program in which students follow a curriculum taught by an expert. For two hours each week for about three months, students work individually as

Police Blotter Evanston woman resists arrest, flees police

A 24-year-old woman was arrested Tuesday morning in connection with violating a nocontact order and resisting arrest.

On Sept. 22 around 10:45 a.m., the Evanston resident allegedly visited the workplace

well as with a mentor and a group of peers.

“What we want them to do is to take the time to give themselves the permission to figure out what they’re interested in,” Hackstudio engagement director Lisa Degliantoni said.

In addition to an airy lounge, round tables spread around the room and cabinets full of crafting materials, Hackstudio includes a sound-proof dance studio and a woodshop. A test kitchen and recording studio are also in the works. Among the nearly 50 students currently enrolled, projects include choreographing a dance, programming a tutoring app, building a finger skateboard ramp and baking original dog treats.

Alayna Rickard, a senior at New Trier High School in Winnetka, came to Hackstudio at the end of last year to participate in its preliminary program. With interests in clothing design, theater and painting, she eventually decided to create a gender-neutral clothing line and a website. “(Hackstudio) helped me figure out my interests and narrow down what I want to do,” Rickard said. “I wasn’t sure I wanted to go to school for design before Hackstudio, but now I know that’s the path I want to go down.”

Mike Meiners (Communication ‘96), Hackstudio’s co-founder and CEO, was inspired to start building the business in 2009 by his own breakthroughs in math through an architecture project.

Meiners said he believes people grow most when connected with their work. For instance, of a woman who had filed a no-contact order against her, said Evanston police Cmdr. Joseph Dugan. The workplace is located in the 2100 block of Green Bay Road. The 24-year-old woman then threatened the employee verbally, Dugan said.

Police said the woman showed up to the police station shortly after the incident to say she was not aware of the no-contact order against her, which was enacted in July. When

Source: Lisa Degliantoni

CREATIVE SPACE Michelle Kokes (left) and Alayna Rickard (right) create their own T-shirt at Hackstudio. The new business helps students pursue any creative project of their choosing.

when Meiners’ son came home from kindergarten discouraged by his math homework, he used one of his son’s favorite games — a jigsaw puzzle — to help him understand arithmetic in a fun way.

“By pursuing something that he really cared about, you just run into the growth opportunity that you need,” he said.

the police attempted to arrest her, she fled the station but was then taken into custody in the 1400 block of Elmwood Avenue and charged with two misdemeanors for violating her nocontact order and resisting arrest, Dugan said.

Dugan said police do not know the relationship between the two women.

man Tuesday night.

The older man was leaving the back entrance of a retail store in the 900 block of Chicago Avenue at about 5 p.m. when he was confronted by a man who displayed a knife and demanded his black, hooded sweatshirt, Dugan said.

A half of a bottle of prescription Prozac was in the man’s stolen sweatshirt, Dugan said.

Man with knife robs older man

A man bearing a knife robbed a 75-year-old

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These are extremely valuable samples, irreplaceable basically, so we want to make sure we do the best thing possible with those samples.

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Fitzerland updates aim to lure students

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Wildside and University administrators have altered tailgating policies at Fitzerland after stricter university-sanctioned regulations decreased attendance during the 2014 football season.

Wildside and the Division of Student Affairs implemented new policies last season to provide a more structured and safe environment for the student-only tailgate section north of Ryan Field but in the process deterred some students from attending both tailgates and games.

The regulations required students to show their WildCARDs to access the area and to provide photo identification to bring alcohol. Students renting grills were required to provide a “tailgate monitor” who attended a training session the week of the game and supervised drinking guests. One sober monitor was required for every 20 students.

This year, student groups are no longer required to provide their own monitor, but instead “tailgate monitors” will be on site at each game. Monitors are expected to remain sober and help foster a safe environment. They will be responsible for seeking assistance when necessary and following the new Amnesty through Responsible Action policy, which excuses students from disciplinary action regarding alcohol and drug violations if they take action in providing assistance to intoxicated individuals when necessary. All other regulations from the 2014 season will remain in place.

Wildside co-president Evan Frost said the initial changes were largely led by the administration starting in 2013 after an intoxicated prospective student went to the hospital before a game. While the SESP junior said Fitzerland previously had a positive safety record, after the first tailgate last year, administration saw a need to monitor the event and how much alcohol is brought in more effectively.

“I think the new policies scared students away more than they promoted safety,” Frost said. “We definitely saw a dip in attendance. The rules themselves may have pushed people away and caused

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FITZERLAND FRENZY Students grill at Fitzerland, the student-only tailgate section. Wildside, NU Athletics and University administrators amended the tailgate area to draw more students.

some confusion within student groups of who can drink or come.”

Wildside co-president Connor Smith said it was difficult to measure the success of creating a safer environment because far less students visited the tailgate area. The Weinberg senior said the new policies resulted in more students attending off-campus tailgates.

“There were a couple of times that attendance was definitely affected at the games,” Smith said. “When you have more students going to off-campus tailgates instead, it makes it harder to get there, and the type of supervision at those parties definitely makes those (unsafe).”

Weinberg senior Lauren Wang, who attended the Fitzerland tailgate both before and after the new regulations, said she appreciates the University providing an opportunity for students to tailgate so close to the game. However, her experience after the regulations

were implemented during her junior year was vastly different from the year before, when attendance was not limited to only current NU students. Wang said she would not attend Fitzerland this year if the policies remained in place.

“It was dead my junior year, but sophomore year was really fun,” Wang said. “A lot of alumni came with their friends to tailgate.”

Frost said that Wildside, the Athletic Department and administrators have worked closely to create a community atmosphere before a football game and to boost student attendance. The Athletic Department did not respond to request for comment.

“We’ve been advocating to make it an experience that is enjoyable for everybody,” Smith said. “Our goal is to get everyone to games, and we want to create the environment that gets everyone excited to be there.” juliefishbach2018@u.northwestern.edu

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Finding myself while studying abroad in France TINA TANG

DAILY COLUMNIST

This essay is part of The Spectrum, a weekly forum in our Opinion section for marginalized voices to share their perspectives. To submit a piece for The Spectrum or discuss story ideas, please email spectrum@dailynorthwestern.com.

When I first moved to America for college two years ago, I had no problem proudly declaring my Chinese heritage. Fall Quarter of freshman year revealed no shortage of small talk, and anytime somebody asked me where I was from, I never hesitated to answer Shanghai, China.

Although I was born and raised in China, I was removed from what it means to really be a native Chinese person. My family has Canadian citizenship, I went to an international school, I hung out among the “expat” community of Shanghai and I rarely dealt with the difficulties commonly associated with living in China. Yet being Chinese was the

only identity I knew, and it was the identity I proclaimed in Evanston.

Fast forward two years. I am currently studying abroad in France, and the answer to the same question is not coming as easily. Shopkeepers, waiters and everybody else are keen to know where I’m from. Yet every time I’m confronted with this question, I hesitate a little and answer with a neutral, “I go to school in Chicago.” Sure, having lived in the States for the past two years, I’ve grown attached to the city, but I’m not truly from Chicago either. For some reason, I find it convenient to simply give the Chicago answer than going into the more lengthy Shanghai explanation.

I often hear, “But you speak English so well,” or, “Why did you give yourself an English name?” or my personal favorite, “But you are so American!” which contrary to popular belief, is not a compliment, but I digress. I never had a problem explaining these things to my classmates back in Evanston, and I am by no means ashamed of my Chinese identity. Yet who I am seems to have changed when I’m in a different country.

I thought maybe this was a common experience for international students studying abroad. Another

Northwestern student in the same program who went to international school in Beijing shared similar sentiments. “We’re surrounded by ‘loud obnoxious Americans’ anyway,” she said, “and the French think we’re all the same. So it’s easier to just go along with it.”

I soon noticed that people treat me differently depending on whether I am alone or with a group of friends. Whenever I walk into a store alone, shopkeepers welcome me with lukewarm greetings and condescending looks as if I were one of the typical Chinese tourists believed to be plaguing the streets of Paris. However, when I’m with a group of friends, the reaction we get from the French is completely different. When we visited a bar a while ago, people would come up to us and speak to us in a tone that wasn’t unfriendly yet not genuinely welcoming either. Where are we from? Chicago. Are we on spring break? No, we’re here to study, and no it’s September. After the bartender gave us some novelty gifts that advertise the bar, he asked us in a joking, but almost accusing tone, “Why aren’t we acting American enough?” Was he expecting us to dance on tables and lift our shirts up to yell “Woooh” in a style befitting of a “Girls Gone Wild” video? Or was

he waiting for us American girls to make fools of ourselves in his bar?

However I introduce myself, neither answer seems to satisfy the Parisian imagination. Do I want to be put in the mold of the “typical Chinese” or the “typical American”? Am I simply choosing the response that would elicit the least amount of negative reaction?

But why should I be so afraid of their perception of what it means to be Chinese? Shouldn’t I be even stronger in proclaiming my Chinese identity, just to prove their misconceptions wrong? I have realized I should never shy away from declaring the identity I take so much pride in just because of some misconstrued stereotype of the “typical Chinese.”

The “be proud of who you are” message may seem trite and overused, but in reality this really is easier said than done.

Tina Tang is a Weinberg junior. She can be reached at TinaTang2017@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.

Republicans’ answers to simple question fall short PIA BASU

DAILY COLUMNIST

The second Republican presidential debate took place last Wednesday at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, California.

As the end of the three-hour debate approached, moderator Jake Tapper from CNN asked the 11 candidates, “Earlier this year, the Treasury Department announced that a woman will appear on the $10 bill. What woman would you like to see on the $10 bill?”

Tapper intended for the last few questions of the debate to be “light-hearted” since the candidates had spent several hours discussing much more serious issues. If anything, this “lighthearted” question offered great insight into the frightening idea that few of the top Republican contenders could name American women of actual historical importance.

Senator Rand Paul began with Susan B. Anthony, Senator Marco Rubio said Rosa Parks and Senator Ted Cruz agreed but said she should be on the $20 bill instead. Scott Walker said Clara Barton, and Chris Christie chose Abigail Adams.

Donald Trump first said it should be his daughter Ivanka but ultimately decided on Rosa Parks. Ben Carson chose his mother, and Mike Huckabee chose his wife. Jeb Bush chose former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, and John Kasich chose Mother Teresa.

All these men had to do was name one woman who is dead, American and of great historical significance. It wasn’t a detailed question about

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In recent years college students have become, fairly and unfairly, the target of extensive criticism from the news media and prominent American public figures. Magazines and

policy or an attempt to unearth some controversy in their personal or political pasts. All of the candidates seemed taken aback by the question, but to be fair, Paul, Rubio, Cruz, Walker and Christie did answer the question and named important American women.

As far as Prime Minister Thatcher and Mother Teresa, both of these

her own money, with her face,” and Trump’s only reason for initially choosing his daughter Ivanka was that she had the patience to sit through the three-hour debate. The reason Christie gave for choosing Abigail Adams was that John Adams would not have “been able to do it without her.”

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women are certainly revered for their leadership and service — there is no doubt about that. However, it’s noteworthy that Bush and Kasich couldn’t think of a single American historical woman they respect and admire.

Carson’s mother and Huckabee’s wife are noteworthy American women, and both men explained how these women were influential and meaningful to them. However, to begin with, they are not eligible because they are still alive, and more importantly, the greatest American contribution a woman can make to her country is not taking care of a man.

Huckabee joked that his wife “could spend

debate question or for showing their support for their families, but the implication of their responses was that these women are important only because of their connections and relationships to powerful men. What about women who selflessly served America and shaped the course of this country, outside the home? Women can and have affected change on their own, without male counterparts.

These men had a good opportunity to say something meaningful and genuine, to connect with American voters, to show that they respect and recognize women who have served this country and not just their husbands or sons. But they completely missed their chance.

The longest answer came from the only female

newspapers, including The Atlantic, The New York Times and The Washington Post have run articles and editorials lamenting the psychological frailty and intellectual simplicity of the millennial undergraduate.

Prominent comedians like Louis C.K. and Chris Rock have stopped touring college campuses due to a culture of hysteria that stifles their ability to perform. A robust discussion has emerged among American intellectuals

and journalists, many of whom argue that four years of college only serves to entrench the prejudices of students, rather than open their minds to new ideas.

Jacob Altstadt’s column in The Daily takes an important step in proving, both to the Northwestern student body and to the general public, that our generation is capable of engaging in nuanced, rational and controversial discussions without resorting to the type

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Republican candidate, Carly Fiorina, who said, “We shouldn’t change the $10 bill or the $20 bill. I think, honestly, it’s a gesture. I don’t think it helps to change our history. What I would think is that we ought to recognize that women are not a special interest group. Women are the majority of this nation, we are half the potential of this nation and this nation will be better off when every woman has the opportunity to live the life she chooses.”

Her answer was thoughtful and likely resonated more with women than any of the others. Putting a woman on government money is just a gesture, but it can be an important one. Anthony, Adams, Barton and Parks are all good choices, as are Amelia Earhart, Shirley Chisholm, Sally Ride, Eleanor Roosevelt, Ida Tarbell and hundreds of others.

We are surrounded with reminders of male American figures of great historical importance — their names are attached to schools, hospitals, libraries and their faces are printed on our money.

So maybe it is easier to come up with the name of a male patriot or hero than it is to think of a woman’s name off the top of one’s head, but even so, the fact that these college-educated American leaders became so flustered at the thought of having to think of an influential American woman is upsetting at the very least.

Maybe Jake Tapper did intend for his question to lighten the mood as the debate came to a close, but by asking it, he showed how truly out of touch many of these candidates are.

Pia Basu is a Medill sophomore. She can be reached at piabasu2018@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. of emotional demagoguery that has muffled debate in the past. His article highlights the self-evident truth that respect and disagreement are not mutually exclusive. Hopefully, now and in the future, the subjectivity and dogmatism which has blocked debate in the past will be replaced by objectivity and mutual respect.

— Weinberg freshman Edmund Bannister

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New assembly-line pizza restaurant to open in city

By JERRY LEE

daily senior staffer @jaewookjerrylee

A new assembly-line pizza restaurant will open next month in Evanston, the chain’s first midwestern location.

Establishing its 10th branch worldwide, 800 Degrees Neapolitan Pizza will open at 812 Church St. on Oct. 9 and will offer customThe restaurant ers full customization of their pizzas with a variitself is really of crusts, toppings different, and it ety and cheeses. Originally looks like fine established in Southern California, 800 Degrees dining with offers a selection of marble counters. other food items such as gelato.

Anthony Carron, “I really like EvanExecutive chef ston because it feels a and founder, 800 Degrees Neapolitan lot like where we got our start,” said Anthony Pizzeria Carron, executive chef and founder of the franchise. “It has a similar campus feel with cool stores and lots of students .… It felt like home.”

800 Degrees initially launched in Westwood, California, which is home to the University of California, Los Angeles, and currently operates both in the U.S. as well as internationally in Japan and Dubai. Established in 2012, the franchise is credited with the start of the assembly-line pizza concept, the company said in a news release.

The restaurant specializes in Neapolitan pizza, which is characterized by its short cooking time, Carron said.

“I started to do some research and learned that the pizza cooked in 90 seconds,” Carron said. “That was the lightbulb. There’s this whole trend of pizzeria now.”

Carron said 800 Degrees has a “democratic concept” that accommodates dates or business lunches.

However, he said his restaurant differs from Blaze

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Pizza at 1737 Sherman Ave., which has a similar build-your-own assembly-line format.

“The restaurant itself is really different, and it looks like fine dining with marble counters,” he said.

The restaurant offers daily half-off discounts on pre-selected pizzas, as advertised through social platforms such as Facebook and Instagram.

Paul Zalmezak, an economic development official, told The Daily that 800 Degrees and the fast-casual restaurant industry is a good fit for the atmosphere in downtown Evanston.

“They want to be in (the area) and take advantage of the great daytime population,” he said. “The restaurant appeals broadly … but I do think their key target is office workers, Northwestern students and residents of Evanston.” jerryl@u.northwestern.edu

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Surgeon encourages parent-child interaction

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A pediatric surgeon spoke Thursday evening at Rotary International World Headquarters about how children’s socioeconomic status affects language and brain development.

Dr. Dana Suskind, an author and professor of surgery at the University of Chicago, told an audience of more than 100 in the auditorium at 1560 Sherman Ave. about two young patients — one whose family has a stable income and the other born into poverty — and their varying experiences with deafness. In her practice, Suskind uses cochlear implants to improve her patients’ hearing.

“A cochlear implant is an incredible device to allow a child born deaf to meld into this world both educationally and socially,” Suskind said.

“But it wasn’t long until I realized this device came with a very large asterisk.”

Suskind defines this caveat as a child’s environment and the stressors to which they are exposed. A child born into poverty will have heard on average 30 million fewer words by age three than a child from a professional family, Suskind said.

The surgeon said she founded the Thirty Million Words Initiative, an educational program at UChicago, to find an empirical way to teach lowincome families about the power of language in brain development.

“We are not talking about a difference of love in parents,” Suskind said. “Families without stable child care must be supported so they can invest in their homes.”

Thirty Million Words aims to help with this investment through home visits, which lie at

Northwestern gives $35,000 to District 65 educational foundation

Foundation 65, the education foundation serving Evanston/Skokie School District 65, received a $35,000 donation from Northwestern, the group announced

the crux of its program, Suskind said. Specialists work with parents to communicate the science of language and brain development and how powerful their influences are in shaping a child’s learning trajectory, she said. A feature of the program is making a list of goals with the parents.

“The foundation of our program has less to do with language than the idea of intelligence as a malleable factor,” Suskind said. “We help parents understand that babies aren’t born smart — they are made smart.”

Suskind acknowledged convincing individuals of this science is difficult.

Keith Johnson, an Evanston resident with a masters degree in human development who attended the event, said he was at first perplexed about why something so natural as parent-child interaction needed to be taught. He said Suskind allowed him to see the importance in environmental stressors that might make interaction difficult between parent and child.

Suskind said an equal partnership between parents and researchers is crucial in reducing the impact of poverty on a child’s brain development. She said she strives to make programming low-cost and efficient, which led her to integrate the curriculum in hospitals and pediatricians’ offices. The Well Baby Program is one such project where a child’s immunization appointments are used as opportunities to encourage verbal communication between parent and child.

“What’s inspiring is, at a core level, this is a low cost initiative,” audience member Stephanie Rosa said. “Every person without expensive resources can effectively help their child.”

Ultimately, these strategies must be partnered with larger changes at a macro level, in which poverty is not stigmatized and programs are implemented on a level that can produce a Thursday.

The nonprofit foundation distributes grants to expand and enhance arts and literacy programs throughout the district. First established in 1994, the group has invested more than $1 million in the district over the past decade with the help of donors such as NU. This most recent gift will impact “all students in all District 65 schools,” the foundation said in a news release.

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CRITICAL COMMUNICATION Dr. Dana Suskind, a pediatric surgeon, spoke Thursday evening at Rotary International World Headquarters about the importance of parent-child verbal communication to language development. Suskind started educational programming based at the University of Chicago to help children in low-income families develop at a similar pace as children in wealthier families.

population-wide change, Suskind said.

“We need policymakers to hear this,” Suskind said. “When we advocate in parent-talk, we must

also advocate for the parents.”

“This generous gift is an extraordinary example of Northwestern University’s commitment to supporting the Evanston community,” said Foundation 65’s executive director Lise Jinno the release. “Their support will allow us to continue to invest in innovative learning opportunities for students at every school in District 65.”

NU has been a lead donor to Foundation 65 for almost a decade, along with the Chicago-based Tawani

Foundation, which has agreed to match a portion of NU’s contribution.

“Northwestern University remains deeply committed to supporting the education and development of children,” NU’s Executive Vice President Nim Chinniah said in the release. “We are honored to support these efforts in District 65.”

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Coach Pat Fitzgerald maybe — just maybe — doesn’t want to talk anymore about NU’s past two 5-7 seasons.

“We’ve flushed what’s happened over the last two years, this is a totally different team and quite frankly I think everybody behind me is tired of talking about it,” he said after Saturday’s game.

But it’s just so fun that we’re going to look at those seasons one more time.

It was 2013. The Cats were 4-0 going into the game against the Ohio State Buckeyes. The sky was a little bluer (actually, it was pouring that day), Ryan Field was a little fuller and ESPN’s “College GameDay” broadcast was actually at NU. Without rehashing the disappointing details of that game, the then-No. 15 Cats lost to the No. 4 Buckeyes 40-30.

All hope was not lost for the season, however. That was a great game. Even coach Pat Fitzgerald afterward called it a “momentary lapse.”

Hope wasn’t even lost after the next game — a horrible 35-6 defeat to Wisconsin. Everyone has an off game, right? We should give them the benefit of the doubt.

Fewer words have never felt so final.

The Cats descended into a downward spiral with a losing streak of seven games in a row — including the ones against Ohio State and Wisconsin. Fans, including myself, were left wondering how this happened after a season-starting winning streak by NU. I can’t help but look back at that season with the Cats currently 3-0 (and, if all goes as expected, soon to be 4-0 headed into conference play).

But let’s look ahead. What does this Duke win mean for the rest of the season? Why should we be optimistic about upcoming important games? Why shouldn’t we look back at the last two years as an indication for what’s to come?

The simple answer: The Cats have by-and-large proven themselves these last three games more so than in the past. They won in games that others and myself predicted them to lose and had a landslide victory against the easiest team they faced so far.

That was not the case two years ago. We can blame injuries, lost momentum or bad luck, but the truth is the Cats were not a very strong team in 2013.

Just by looking at the games won early in that 2013 season, there was no 41-0 blowout like this season.

The Cats only won against the Maine Black Bears by 14. That number should have been much higher to guarantee season success. They also beat up on two teams, California and Western Michigan, that each finished 1-11. Those early four wins — even if they weren’t by a lot — gave us a false sense of security that the Cats would be OK, even after the losses to Ohio State and Wisconsin. We shouldn’t have thought that.

In 2013, the Cats relied on key players like Venric Mark and Kain Colter. Once unlucky injuries ensued, no one was there to pick up the pieces.

This year’s team shows experience and depth. Not only does NU have sophomore running back Justin

Jackson, but also they have very capable junior Warren Long and sophomore Solomon Vault.

Depth also lies in the defense. Defensive end starters Dean Lowry and Deonte Gibson are backed by the talented sophomore Xavier Washington and junior Ifeadi Odenigbo, respectively.

And while we’re talking about defense, the Cats’ total defense is ranked sixth nationally right now. By the end of the 2013 season, we were ranked 89th. The Cats gave up 5.46 yards per play in 2013, while so far this year it’s been a more respectable 3.81.

This isn’t to say that NU will go through the season with flying colors.

The team so far this year has been buoyed by its defense. The offense still needs to develop a consistent

passing game. If the team can quickly develop more chemistry that will yield more yards per play (they’re sitting at 4.55 right now), there would be even more certainty that they won’t suffer the same fate as 2013.

There will be mistakes — as is the case with any team. There will be spotty games — seen by the Duke win. But the Cats’ play these past three games and the domination by some of these players show that this is a team that will do markedly better than the past two years.

And I can only hope this is the case, or else this entire column is for naught. Don’t let us — or my Daily sports career — down, Cats. stephaniekelly2017@u.northwestern.edu

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A NEW HOPE Fans in the student section cheer on the Wildcats during their Sept. 12 matchup against Eastern Illinois. Northwestern’s 3-0 start has revived optimism about the team.

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Everyone saw the play. It was the opening drive against Stanford, second and 9 at the Northwestern 13 with the Cardinal driving down the field seemingly at will. The play call was a wide receiver reverse, and the wideout had what looked like open field ahead.

Sophomore defensive tackle Tyler Lancaster, seemingly out of nowhere, flew in to make a perfect-form tackle, containing the edge with exceptional quickness. And suddenly everyone wanted to know who he was.

“There was a lot of hoopla about the play, but that was my job,” Lancaster said after Tuesday’s practice. “I had to get contain, and I saw him coming around. And I knew I had to get outside of him, and I just chased him to the edge. I did my job.”

The Romeoville, Illinois, native out of Plainfield East High School was recruited as an offensive center, defensive line coach Marty Long said, and struggled early with the transition to defensive tackle. As an offensive lineman, Lancaster was used to knowing the snap count rather than reacting to the snap of the ball. He also dealt with injuries that forced him to miss much of the 2014 season.

“It was kind of hard mentally then, but that just increased my work ethic,” Lancaster said.

“I’ve been working to get stronger, like running with coach (Jay) Hooten after practice every day. I knew that even last year I had the potential to make a big impact, and I wasn’t able to. So that drove me further to do it big this year, and I think I have so far.”

As a redshirt freshman, Lancaster cited explosiveness as his biggest strength. But this week, he was ready to add power to that list thanks to long hours spent working with strength coaches. It has definitely shown on the

field, as Lancaster is clogging rushing lanes and handling double teams extremely well. While he has recorded a modest five tackles, he has made life much easier for the NU linebackers.

Long said Lancaster was seven-for-seven at the point of attack against Duke, playing a big part in slowing down the Blue Devils’ running game. “(Sophomore linebacker) Anthony Walker is making a lot of tackles because of Tyler Lancaster and (senior) C.J. Robbins,” Long said.

Lancaster’s reaction to his coach’s praise?

“Well I’d like to say you’re welcome Anthony, but, I mean, I’m doing my job,” Lancaster said.

“Being there in the middle, we know we’re not going to get a lot of the (media) looks … but when we hold up those linemen, Anthony is allowed to shoot in and get that tackle.”

Lancaster was quick to credit the veteran leadership of the team, particularly his mentor senior defensive end Dean Lowry.

“Me and Tyler are lifting buddies, and he’s one of the strongest guys on the team. So he’s always pushing us upperclassmen to get stronger,” Lowry said, adding that Lancaster bench presses more than 400 pounds. “Coming in we had some injuries there (at defensive tackle), but Tyler has been lights out so far and really been one of the X-factors of our defensive line.”

It’s no surprise Lancaster can lift that amount. There is perhaps nothing more striking about him than his size, which is unique even for an NU defensive tackle. Clogging up running lanes is definitely his strong suit, but Lancaster is looking to increase his versatility. Even as a freshman, Lancaster pointed out pass rush as his biggest area for improvement.

While he plays primarily on first and second down, he is still looking to improve that aspect of his game.

Long also sees him expanding his leadership role in the future.

“He leads by example,” Long said. “I think I

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Several teams in the conference face major tests on the eve of the first full week of Big Ten action. Michigan hosts No. 22 BYU — the karmic beneficiary of a Hail Mary win over Nebraska early this season — in another big challenge for first year coach Jim Harbaugh. A loss at home could make the Wolverines look vulnerable, while a convincing win makes them the early favorites for third place in the East division and a potential competitor for Northwestern’s bowl placement. Maryland and Indiana also have opportunities to uphold the prestige of the Big Ten against West Virginia and Wake Forest, respectively. After seven straight seasons without a bowl game, the undefeated Hoosiers actually look competent for a change and possess the nation’s leading rusher in running back Jordan Howard. A win over the lackluster Demon Deacons boosts Indiana to a 4-0 start and one step closer to the promised land of the postseason.

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see him in the future as a guy that’s going to talk more, but right now, he’s leading by example.

He’s got juice, but he’s not a rah-rah guy.”

Lancaster will have his hands full with Big Ten guards and centers in a couple of weeks.

For now, he’s focused only on Ball State.

“Seriously, I have not looked forward,”

Lancaster said. “It’s all in the moment. I’ve seen games on TV, and I’ve watched how the offensive linemen move. But I haven’t really focused on a certain guy. I’m just going to play them all the same. My hardest.” huzaifapatel2017@u.northwestern.edu

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Depth, leadership make the difference for defense

By BOBBY PILLOTE

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Don’t look now, but Northwestern has the best defense in the country.

The No. 17 Wildcats rank first in scoring defense, allowing a paltry 5.3 points per game.

They also lead the nation in opponent third down conversion rate, having yielded a first down just six times in 43 tries.

The list goes on. NU is sixth in the FBS for both passing defense and total defense. The Cats have four interceptions, six sacks and 18 tackles for loss through three contests. Even advanced stats, the ones especially for losers, favor the team. Football Outsiders pegs NU as the seventh-best defense according to its S&P+ ratings system, right behind all-time powerhouse Alabama.

Even accusations of a small sample size don’t hold up. The Cats got the best possible outcome — a shutout — against FCS opponent Eastern Illinois and gummed up two very competent offenses in Stanford and Duke. NU held the Cardinal out of the end zone in their Week 1 matchup, and last week Stanford blew then-No. 6 Southern California out of the water with 41 points.

It’s safe to say this defense is very good. But after some forgettable performances last year, especially against Iowa, Notre Dame and Illinois, and the loss of some key playmakers, it’s difficult to pinpoint what, exactly, has improved from 2014.

“It’s the way (the defense is) preparing,” coach Pat Fitzgerald explained. “(Defen(Defensive sive coordinator coordinator Mike Hankwitz) and Mike Hankwitz) the staff are doing a great job, but the guys and the staff are are, I think, very, very focused.” doing a great preparation job, but the guys is aCiting classic coach-ism, are, I think, very, and one that isn’t helpful here given Hankvery focused. witz and the rest of Pat Fitzgerald, the defensive coaching football coach staff are unchanged from last season. It’s another football cliché — winning the battle in the trenches — that many players believe is the real cause for the defense’s sudden success.

“The credit really goes to our front four guys,” senior linebacker Drew Smith said. “If we have guys like Ifeadi (Odenigbo) and Deonte (Gibson) who can get off the ball, it’s going to help no matter what the situation is.”

And helped it has. Strong play up front has been the hallmark of many great 4-3 defenses — think Warren Sapp and the early 2000s Buccaneers — and NU has found its winning combination along the line. Seniors Deonte Gibson and Dean Lowry and junior Ifeadi Odenigbo are each starting-quality defensive ends, and the fact that the Cats can play all three is an embarrassment of riches.

Add in Odenigbo, a former 4-star recruit, finally starting to realize his full potential with 2.5 sacks so far this year, and NU possesses a nightmarish front for opposing offensive lines to counter.

The defensive line toils in the trenches to set the stage for the rest of the defense, and it helps immensely that there’s a showstopper like sophomore linebacker Anthony Walker behind them to dash through holes and blow up plays before they get started.

Walker is the glue of the stop-unit — think Derrick Brooks on the early 2000s Buccaneers — and it’s by design that he’s the team’s leading tackler through three weeks. The defense funnels plays toward the rangy middle linebacker, which makes plenty of sense considering how great an athlete he is.

“As long as we make the play, you don’t care who it is,” Smith said.

Walker and the defensive line have all elevated their level of play, but NU’s biggest strength this season — depth — revealed itself in the secondary. Sophomore Keith Watkins played one of the best games of any defender Saturday against Duke, and he’s a backup cornerback.

Fitzgerald credited Watkins with “starting to play at a high level” and pointed to his injury last year during the Penn State game as the first of many dominos to fall during an injury-plagued season.

Having a bevy of talented, healthy players to trot out onto the field and produce competition during practice and in games has been their greatest asset.

“We’ve been (rotating) all preseason, we’ve rolled a lot of guys,” Fitzgerald said. “I’d love to play everybody … but I told the guys you’re not

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DOUBLING DOWN (Top) Junior defensive end Ifeadi Odenigbo fights through a blocker to get to Eastern Illinois’ quarterback. (Bottom) Sophomore linebacker Anthony Walker chases down a ball carrier. The teammates have been two standouts on Northwestern’s elite defense.

going to continue to play if you don’t perform at a high level.”

Fitzgerald hammered home that point by adding that Lowry, the coaching staff ’s selection for defensive player of the week after the Duke game, played just 60 percent of the snaps against the Blue Devils.

The shuffling of so many players in and out of the lineup may seem jarring, but NU’s defenders have bought into the philosophy. Those ugly losses last season and back-to-back 5-7 campaigns

certainly didn’t feel good, and everyone on the stop-unit has rallied behind the defense’s leaders to turn that around.

Sophomore defensive tackle Tyler Lancaster summed it up when asked what he thinks has changed from a year ago.

“I’d say the leadership has picked up,” he said.

“I’m very comfortable with our team captains.

They talk to everybody, they motivate everybody and they get everybody to work harder. That leadership has gotten the guys behind them, me and

the younger guys, to hop on board.”

All of the stars — talent, depth, leadership — have aligned for NU, and the result is greater than the sum of its parts: a nasty defense that has thus far carried a shaky offense to a 3-0 record with wins over some impressive competition. If the team can keep it up, there’s just one cliche they should be worrying about — defense wins championships. bpillote@u.northwestern.edu

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Since new students join NU every year, the discussion needs to continue to reinforce the values of the University, Hinkle said. The campaign aims to engage a more diverse group of students, such as students of color and students from various economic backgrounds, she said.

Next week, the Title IX department will make announcements of accomplishments related to the law as well as initiatives for this year, Title IX coordinator Joan Slavin said in an email to The Daily. A new NU website for sexual misconduct response and prevention went live recently, providing students confidential support and advice on helping their peers, she said.

LOS ANGELES — Watson, IBM Corp.’s supercomputer that famously competed on the television show “Jeopardy,” is coming West.

The technology giant said Thursday it planned to open a second headquarters in San Francisco early next year for the project, which represents one of the most advanced investments in artificial intelligence.

The move, which includes giving developers access to Watson’s technologies, will help IBM connect with data scientists and startups in Silicon Valley.

“Since introducing the Watson development platform, thousands of people have used these technologies in new and inventive ways, and many have done so without extensive experience as a coder or data scientist,” Mike Rhodin, senior vice president for IBM Watson, said in a statement. “We believe that by opening Watson to all, and continuously expanding what it can do, we are democratizing the power of data, and with it innovation.”

The San Francisco Bay Area has emerged as a world center in artificial intelligence and machine learning. Google, Facebook, Apple, Microsoft and others are also investing heavily in those areas. One result: voice recognition on smartphones.

The Armonk, N.Y.-based-IBM said Watson has been improved in key areas. They include a better understanding of the ambiguities of language, image recognition, and the ability to create software for languages other than English, such as Japanese, Mandarin and Spanish.

Watson appeared on “Jeopardy” in 2011, dominating human rivals with its encyclopedic knowledge. The computer has since branched out into the medical field, helping doctors understand medical records and treatments.

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A year after its introduction at Northwestern, “It’s On Us,” a national campaign established to end campus sexual assault, plans to engage more community members and protect the LGBT community by holding more discussions across campus.

NU joined the campaign last September when it was introduced through Associated Student Government. After the launch, student groups like NU Athletics, Men Against Rape and Sexual Assault and Sexual Health and Assault Peer Educators spread the message throughout campus with surveys and visuals.

The campaign has had a growing presence and impact on NU after its introduction last year, especially when members of NU Athletics and ASG filmed their own videos spreading the message of the campaign, said SESP junior Sydney Selix, president of NU College Feminists. Due to a mandate from the White House as part of the campaign, NU surveyed the students about campus climate and sexual assault.

The results of the survey have not yet been released.

“I’m really proud of the fact that Northwestern has really incorporated ‘It’s On Us’ into everyday,” Selix said.

The “It’s On Us” campaign is different from previous approaches of sexual assault prevention because it spreads the message that everyone, not only women, has the responsibility of preventing sexual assault.

Past advertisements have focused on the precautions women need to take to avoid assault, Selix said.

College Feminists supported the campaign since its introduction at NU by incorporating the organization’s values into the campaign, Selix said. She said College Feminists wanted to ensure the campaign supported the organization’s ideals, which include allowing sexual assault victims to report directly to the

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police without having to report first to the University and follow its protocols.

The campaign must take on a new level by addressing how identity affects students’ experiences, focusing on members of the LGBT community, said Medill senior Haley Hinkle, one of the campaign leaders at NU. Transgender people have reported the highest rate of sexual assault in the Association of American Universities’ Campus Climate Survey on Sexual Assault and Sexual Misconduct, according to a Chicago Tribune article.

“This issue is relevant as long as people are still having these experiences, which unfortunately they are,” Hinkle said. “Until we can assure that everyone is safe, we should always keep working to raise awareness.”

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Friday’s Big Ten opener against Iowa having won just once since Sept. 5: a 4-2 victory over Ball State last Friday. Like Rutgers, Indiana sports an 0-2 mark against ranked opponents.

The Hoosiers suffered early-season road defeats at No. 12 Louisville and sixth-ranked Stanford.

However, a taxing travel schedule and new Indiana coaching staff will make Sunday’s contest far from a walkover for NU. “The No. 1 thing is rest and sleep, making sure we’re fueling our (bodies),” Fuchs said.

“We just need to make sure we take each game as it comes.”

Despite a rocky league opener and a pair of challenging matches this weekend, the Cats remain confident and have shown no signs of panic.

It appears the team is using the slip-up against Maryland as a teaching point, and not something to sulk over.

“We have to keep building each game,” Masters said. “We’re pleased with how we’ve been playing, but I think that we’re very hungry to score more goals.”

NU has played just one of eight Big Ten games and reached the midway point of the regular season last weekend, Masters noted.

“You’ve got to be sad for a little while, be kind of upset about it,” she said of the Maryland defeat. “But then you’ve got to pick yourself up because there’s so many more games we have left … the conference has only just begun.” colepaxton2019@u.northwestern.edu

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Kelly reaches six-month mark in historic expedition

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A Northwestern research team observing two twins — one spending a year at the International Space Station while the other stays on Earth — in a study of long-term stay in space, will reach the six-month mark on Sept. 27.

Scott Kelly was launched into space in March while his twin brother Mark Kelly, a retired astronaut, remains at home as part of a NASA-coordinated study about twins conducted by NU and other universities.

Scheduled to return home in March 2016, Scott Kelly will become the first American to stay in space for more than 215 days.

The University is part of one of 10 research teams each studying a different aspect of the twins’ health.

NU is collaborating with Rush University Medical Center and the University of Illinois at Chicago to examine the effects of an extended stay in space on bacteria in the human gastrointestinal tract.

Biology Prof. Fred Turek, a member of the NU team, said the team is collecting the twins’ fecal material to study the bacteria. Changes in the gastrointestinal tract have been linked to disorders in the gut as well as cancer, obesity and diabetes, he said.

Two fecal samples were collected from each twin before the March launch, Turek said. Three more sampling times are scheduled while Scott Kelly is in space, followed by two more after he returns home, Turek added.

“The microbiota are important for human health and disease, (but) we have no idea what is the effect of the space environment on the microbiota,” Turek said.

NASA scientist Craig Kundrot (Weinberg ‘82), who initially coordinated the research project when it began, said Scott Kelly will receive a flu vaccination at the end of this month. Kundrot — currently the life sciences lead at NASA’s Office of the Chief Scientist — said the vaccine is being administered a total of three times, with the last one to be given after Kelly returns home. Scientists will draw Kelly’s blood to study the effects of the vaccine on his immune system, Kundrot added.

Most of the research project revolves around collecting samples from the twins, which are being frozen until Scott Kelly returns to Earth, Kundrot said.

Although Kundrot is no longer involved with the twin study on a day-to-day basis due to his new position, he said sample collection for each of the twins has been going well.

Neurobiology Prof. Martha Hotz Vitaterna, one of the NU researchers, said the 10 teams will analyze data at the same time after Scott Kelly returns home. The NU team is currently working on improving analysis techniques and sequencing technologies in preparation for data analysis.

“These are extremely valuable samples, irreplaceable basically, so we want to make sure we do the best thing possible with those samples,” Vitaterna said.

The NU team will also examine whether bacteria in Scott Kelly’s gastrointestinal tract will go back to normal levels after he returns home, Turek said.

Research on bacteria in the gastrointestinal tract is important because scientists will need to know the effects of long-term stay in space on human health for future space travel, he added. peterkotecki2018@u.northwestern.edu

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comfortable talking about,” said Aparicio, who co-chaired the diversity council subgroup that drafted the 2013 proposal. “I think by giving students the tools that they need to be able to reflect and critically think about these issues on their everyday life is going to help the climate on campus.”

Although Aparicio believes the requirement will not change people’s attitudes completely toward inequality and diversity, she said she hopes it will at least springboard students into thinking about these issues in the future.

“It’s not just about (a student’s) four years on campus,” she said. “It’s about creating the tools that you need and the language and to be reflecting on ways in which we can begin to identify the social inequalities and try to do something about it.”

The proposal recommended implementation of the requirement by Fall Quarter 2015, but currently only the School of Education and Social Policy and the Medill School of Journalism, Media, Integrated Marketing Communications have such a requirement existing.

If approved by all six schools, the diversity requirement would be the first University-wide undergraduate academic requirement.

The earliest the requirement will be implemented is the 2017-18 academic year, and would only affect incoming freshman that year, Finn said in February.

Despite the delay in the timeline, Aparicio said she is happy to see the progress that has been made and the commitment Weinberg is making to the requirement’s implementation.

“I do hope at some point if it happens and when it happens, both faculty and students will embrace this opportunity, because it is a unique opportunity for all of us to continue growing and to continue thinking about these issues and engaging in them,” she said.

by the new building and other improvements to the Arts Circle reflects the interdisciplinary educations the Ryans valued at NU, they said.

Patrick Ryan (Kellogg ’59) said since their first gift to the University 60 years ago in honor of their parents, he and his wife Shirley Ryan (Weinberg ’61) have enjoyed their role as supporters of the school.

University President Morton Schapiro said the new Ryan Center sits in an important location as the outward face of campus because it sits on the Lakefill, looking toward Chicago.

“I know there was a time in history of our proud University where we didn’t take advantage of the blessing that we have being located on Lake Michigan,” Schapiro said. “We do now thanks to you.”

Schapiro also emphasized the building’s location on campus reflects the University’s belief in the value of the arts and his personal belief that the arts are a “reason to live.”

“It makes a statement about our University,” he said. “And for all those universities out there that are so obsessed about (STEM), Northwestern University makes a statement because the most beautiful part of the campus now is about music and theater and the arts.”

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for a larger focus on water sales, which led him to divide the departments and appoint Stoneback as director of utilities.

In the current climate of uncertainty over state funding, Bobkiewicz directed his staff to consider the potential for recombining the departments to boost efficiency. Those staff members presented the vision for a unified Public Works Agency to City Council last Walsh said. “(Before) it was really, really difficult for our students because a lot of people will not be able to buy their books before the first day of school because they don’t have their refunds, people will be behind on rent or can’t pay for food for a couple of weeks in September because that’s the

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The bureau chiefs will be granted more freedom to act autonomously from division managers below them, which will allow Stoneback to focus on bigger picture issues as director, Bobkiewicz told The Daily.

“The idea with the agency is that we’re empowering the next level, the four bureau managers, to have more day-to-day responsibility and authority,” Bobkiewicz said.

Stoneback said he aims to return stability to the redefined agency following the only money they have to live on,” Walsh said.

Matt Herndon, Associated Student Government vice president for diversity and inclusion, said the previous process for refunds made it hard for students to adjust when they arrived at Northwestern.

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reorganization of staff this past summer, instituted to analyze the potential department consolidation. Stoneback said the new agency should be ready to operate — hopefully even more smoothly than before — by Jan. 1, when the city enters its next fiscal year.

“There are a lot of opportunities there that hopefully I can bring my 30 years of experience and knowledge to,” he said. juliajacobs2018@u.northwestern.edu students who felt that the process was very unfair and not beneficial to them,” he said.

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Steiner scores twice to lift NU over Maryland, 2-0

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It was business as usual Thursday night for the Wildcats.

Junior forward Addie Steiner bagged two goals, the defense controlled yet another opposing offense and Northwestern (8-1-2, 2-0-1 Big Ten) secured a victory, this time against Big Ten foe Maryland (5-5-0, 0-2-0 Big Ten), 2-0, on Thursday.

Steiner has been an offensive force this season for the Cats, leading the team in shots and shots-on-goal, but had scored only two goals on the year.

She needed only four shots in this game to double that total. “(Addie had) great composure and presence in front of the net today,” coach Michael Moynihan said. “I haven’t seen that quality from her in that regard in, I don’t think, ever.”

Steiner got NU on the board early, splitting the Maryland defense with a run onto a long ball from senior midfielder Niki Sebo and cheekily lofting the ball over onrushing Maryland goalkeeper Rachelle Beanlands to put the Cats up 1-0 in the 16th minute.

NU fell into a lull for the remainder of the first half, conceding the majority of possession and play to the Terrapins while leaning on what has been a rock-solid defense and midfield to stay compact and turn away the Maryland attack.

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just outside the box that missed off the crossbar. This would be the best chance Maryland had all night.

“They really stretch the field and they expand their shape so much offensively,” Moynihan said. “I thought our midfield and defensive line kept a very compact shape and really held them at bay, so even though they were keeping the ball it wasn’t in areas that were very dangerous to us.”

The Cats came out with a burst of energy to start the second half and were rewarded in the 65th minute when Sebo got a free run at the Terrapin backline before crossing to a lurking Steiner, who slotted the ball into the net from 12 yards out.

From there, an NU defense that came into the game ranked sixth in the nation in goals allowed per game saw the game out and secured the victory. The Cats held Maryland to five shots on the night.

The Cats’ formula of staying compact on defense and trusting Steiner to generate and finish chances has done well for them so far this season, but a huge test will come in Sunday’s match against Rutgers, a team that was a perfect 8-0-0 until a 2-1 loss against Illinois last night.

Moynihan knows that the defendand-counter approach that his team is

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SHINING STEINER Junior forward Addie Steiner takes on a defender. The forward continued her successful season with two decisive goals in Thursday’s game against Maryland.

suited for might not be enough against the stingy Scarlet Knights, who didn’t allow a goal in their unbeaten run to start the season.

“Their back four are very compact

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ON THE PROWL Junior midfielder Dominique Masters handles the ball.

The Cats dropped their first conference game of the season this year but look to make up for it with two road Big Ten contests this weekend.

really, really strong on Sunday,” Fuchs added.

To right the ship in league play, NU will have to continue to get the job done on the road. The Cats will meet Rutgers (5-2, 0-1 Big Ten) Friday in Piscataway, New Jersey, then travel to Indiana for a Sunday matchup with the Hoosiers (3-4).

On paper, NU would appear to be favored in both games. Although Rutgers has won three of its last four and scored at least three goals in

every game this season, its two losses have come against ninth-ranked Virginia and No. 16 Iowa — the Scarlet Knights’ two ranked opponents to date this year.

Nonetheless, the Cats are preparing for a difficult test.

“Rutgers are playing really well right now,” McCarthy said. “It’s going to be a lot of work all over the field.”

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And if NU can create chances, it looks like an on-form Addie Steiner is ready to finish them.

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Bloomington, Indiana 11 a.m. Sunday

It is only one game into the conference schedule, but Northwestern finds itself in an unfamiliar position in the Big Ten standings: looking up at the rest of the league.

The defending conference champion, No. 14 NU (7-3, 0-1 Big Ten), faces a pivotal early season weekend after last Friday’s 3-2 loss at 10thranked Maryland (6-3, 1-0 Big Ten) in the Big Ten opener for both teams.

“We were definitely a bit defeated by that,” junior midfielder Dominique Masters said. “We were expecting to win.”

Fresh off of the Maryland defeat, however, the Wildcats rebounded with a 4-0 road shutout of Temple on Sunday, a victory coach Tracey Fuchs characterized as “really important.”

Senior back Lisa McCarthy called it “really really important.”

“The character of a team is how they come back, and we came back

and they’re a great transition team, so we have to be wary of that,” he said.

“If we can hold the ball against them, we’ll be able to create some good chances.”

The Wildcats are hoping history won’t repeat itself.

After enduring a six-game losing streak amid a rocky 2014 Big Ten campaign, Northwestern (8-3) readies to kick off conference play against Rutgers (3-9) on Friday and Maryland (10-4) on Saturday with an updated strategy to take on these crucial opponents.

“We’ve spent a lot of time researching, reading and educating ourselves on how to manage training cycles,” coach Keylor Chan said. “There’s been a huge environmental shift in how we manage our athletes.”

Part of this shift revolves around re-tooled workouts and an emphasis on team dynamics. Chan has been working to develop the athletes both individually and as a team. He said this training, which began in January, has already brought “some success.”

“We’ve really enjoyed how they’ve developed as volleyball players and as people,” Chan said.

“And that’s really been a joy to watch.”

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One player who has emerged in this new system is sophomore middle blocker Gabrielle Hazen. In her freshman year, Hazen played just six sets, but this year, she has been a centerpiece for the Cats, starting all 11 games.

Hazen’s team-leading 42 blocks have helped propel NU to two home victories, and Chan said her height and skill have poised the young player for a bright future. “[Gabrielle] is an athlete that can be physically imposing, really dynamic off of one foot,” Chan said.

“You know, she’s a young player that has a lot of room for improvement, but we’re excited with the direction she’s moving and where she’s going to take her game.”

Max Gelman contributed reporting. sophiemann2018@u.northwestern.edu