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Faculty Senate shows support for creation of committee promoting responsible investment By REBECCA SAVRANSKY daily senior staffer @BeccaSavransky
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SEEKING SUPPORT Dan Coyne, one of four 9th ward alderman hopefuls, addresses the crowd Wednesday at a forum hosted by mayor Elizabeth Tisdahl. Tisdahl called the meeting to gather public opinion before replacing Ald. Coleen Burrus (9th), who will leave her position April 24.
Mayor hosts alderman talk By MARISSA PAGE
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Mayor Elizabeth Tisdahl heard from residents Wednesday to gauge public opinion before she selects a replacement for departing Ald. Coleen Burrus (9th). About 50 community members gathered for an open forum at the Levy Senior Center, 300 Dodge Ave., to voice complaints, concerns and suggestions about the 9th ward.
Four aldermanic hopefuls attended the meeting: Dan Coyne, commissioner of south Evanston’s Ridgeville Park District; Mary McAuley, a board member on the Evanston Chamber of Commerce; Brian Miller, chief of staff to Cook County’s 13th district commissioner Larry Suffredin; and Shawn Jones, an attorney who contributes reporting to Evanston Roundtable, a local paper. All four candidates are longtime 9th ward residents. The four candidates voiced their support for a forum in which they can share
their qualifications and ideas for the position — an idea Tisdahl said she agreed with. The mayor said she wanted to hold this forum the week of April 13. Tisdahl, along with Ald. Donald Wilson (4th), Ald. Delores Holmes (5th) and Ald. Ann Rainey (8th), shared anecdotes and advice from their tenures on City Council with candidates and attendees. “I think I speak for all the aldermen and the mayor when I say this, but I love doing this,” Wilson said. “I’m thrilled I » See VACANCY, page 7
Students attended SAE cruise By TYLER PAGER
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Northwestern members of Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity have consistently attended the national leadership cruise where SAE brothers at the University of Oklahoma learned a racist chant. However, NU students who have gone on the cruise said they had not heard the
song before the video of the OU students surfaced. Austin Gundry, president of NU’s SAE chapter, said he attended the leadership cruise two years ago. While on the cruise, he attended seminars that covered topics including recruitment, finances and health and safety, he said. “I’ve never heard that song or anything like it at the leadership school or any other SAE event,” the McCormick junior said. “We’ve had many generations of brothers
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LOCAL TIES SAE’s national headquarters organizes a leadership cruise each year, which Northwestern’s chapter has consistently sent members to. The cruise is where members of the University of Oklahoma’s SAE chapter learned the racist chant.
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go on that leadership cruise and not one of us have encountered that chant.” Earlier this month, a video surfaced on social media of members of OU’s chapter of SAE singing a racist chant. The video sparked outrage on OU’s campus and the fraternity was quickly disbanded. An OU investigation found the song was exchanged at the Moseley Leadership School, an annual SAE retreat on a cruise, OU President David Boren said. SAE’s national headquarters, which are based in Evanston, confirmed the song was likely learned at the leadership retreat about four years ago. Blaine Ayers, SAE’s executive director, said in a statement that educational functions constitute the majority of the retreat, but participants do have some time for social functions. He said the chant was probably shared among students during a social gathering. The fraternity’s national headquarters created a mandatory diversity and inclusion education program for all chapters in response to the OU video. Gundry said SAE’s headquarters set a deadline for all members to complete the online program by April 30. NU’s SAE chapter released a statement condemning the OU video when it first surfaced. “We find the behavior displayed by the University of Oklahoma’s members in the video to be appalling, unacceptable, and not at all aligned with the values of the organization,” the statement said. tylerpager2017@u.northwestern.edu
Faculty Senate supported a proposal Wednesday to create an advisory committee on socially responsible investing — an issue that has spurred campus-wide debate over the last few months. Northwestern students have been calling for the creation of an advisory committee for the past 37 years, Associated Student Government president Julia Watson told members of the Faculty Senate. She said 24 out of the 31 Consortium on Financing Higher Education Schools already have one. The new committee would make recommendations to NU’s Board of Trustees on ethical and social issues about its investments. “(The committee) would have access to information regarding where our investments actually lie, and they would be in a position to make recommendations,” said Senate president Stephen Eisenman. “Don’t invest in this because this will lead to disaster. Do invest in this because this will be beneficial to society at large.” The proposal comes more than a month after ASG passed an NUDivest-sponsored resolution asking the University to divest from six corporations the resolution’s sponsors say violate Palestinians’ human rights. The resolution also called for the creation of an advisory committee on socially responsible investing. Members of Senate were in favor of the proposal, but their support only serves as a recommendation. “I think it’s a really strong idea to combine the efforts of faculty, alumni and undergraduates because you will have stronger
NU hires first Title IX investigator
Northwestern’s first employee devoted to investigating Title IX complaints full time started Wednesday. Colleen Johnston will investigate complaints against the University related to sexual assault, NU’s Title IX coordinator Joan Slavin said in a statement. Johnston will work with the Sexual Harassment Prevention Office and Office of Student Conduct and Conflict Resolution, Slavin said. “This will take a huge load off the shoulders of Joan’s office … so they can spend more time working with issues instead of just cases.” ASG President Julia Watson said. The new position was implemented as part of a complete overhaul of the University’s hearing and appeals system for sexual misconduct cases.
voices,” said political science Prof. Rachel Riedl. Riedl said the trustees need to be educated about their role in investing. She said the investment committee sees its role as investing in the endowment to gain a return, but it doesn’t have any guidelines that tell the committee whether its investments need to be socially and environmentally responsible. “So that’s not their purpose unless we tell the trustees that it is their role to tell the investment I think committee there’s an if there are any paramabsolutely eters on that critical role investment,” Riedl said. “I that this body think there’s can play. an absolutely critical role Rachel Riedl, that this body Faculty Senate can play.” member Watson recommended following the example of Columbia University, which added its investment committee in March 2000. Columbia’s committee includes students, alumni and faculty. It sets out an agenda about socially responsible investing and makes recommendations to trustees about the University’s investments, Watson said. “I found out Columbia had the highest ranked model in actually promoting socially responsible investing,” she said. Watson said this model is transparent, most effective and holds accountable socially responsible investing. She said the time is right to pass this proposal now, after nearly 40
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» See FACULTY senate, page 7 In September, NU put into place a new University Hearing and Appeals System to adjudicate all instances of alleged student misconduct and eradicated the separate Sexual Assault Hearing and Appeals System. Johnston and a panel will speak with both the reporting and responding students in sexual misconduct hearings. The opening for the Title IX investigator position was posted in December. Prior to joining NU, Johnston investigated discrimination complaints for Chicago’s Commission on Human Relations and was executive director of the Human Rights Commission in Cambridge, Massachusetts. There will be a reception later this month for NU community members to meet Johnston. — Olivia Exstrum
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Around Town Evanston Art Center executive director leaves for position at Newport
The former executive director of the Evanston Art Center, 2603 Sheridan Road, has been appointed the new executive director of the Newport Art Museum in Newport, Rhode Island, the museum announced Wednesday. Norah Diedrich, one of two finalists for the position, was picked by the museum’s Board of Trustees from a pool of more than 100 applicants, according to the museum. “I’m honored to be selected as the Executive Director of the Newport Art Museum,” Diedrich said in the news release. “This organization has inspired and supported artists from Rhode Island and the region for over a century. I look forward to working with the dedicated board, staff, supporters, artists, and collectors to chart the Museum’s course
City organizations to hold clean up events for Earth Day, Arbor Day
Several Evanston organizations will hold clean up events Saturday, April 25 to celebrate Earth Day and Arbor Day, which fall on April 22 and April 24, respectively. The city announced Monday it will hold its
Police Blotter More than $6,500 worth of watches stolen from Evanston home Two watches with a combined value of about $6,800 were stolen from a west Evanston home March 21, police said. The owner of the home, a 57-year-old man, said he was out of town and while he was away his relatives who were watching his home in the 2700 block of Hartzell Street had a party with a large group of
for growth and sustainability.” Sandra Craig, president of the Newport Art Museum’s Board of Trustees, said Diedrich’s appointment will benefit the museum. “We trust under Diedrich’s leadership, Museum programming will be enhanced, serve increased and diverse audiences, expand membership and appeal to multiple constituency groups—young and old, baby boomers and their grandkids,” Craig said in the news release. “We count on Diedrich to build upon long standing collaborative relationships with local non-profits and state-wide arts organizations.” Diedrich was the executive director of the Evanston Art Center for five years, during which she helped run a $2.5 million capital campaign for the center and facilitated the purchase of a new space, according to her bio from the museum. She also received the Leadership Evanston Award from the Evanston Community Foundation earlier this year. Paula Danoff, the art center’s director of development and communications who will serve as
executive director until the Board of Trustees finds a replacement, said Diedrich’s last day as part of the art center’s staff was last Friday. Danoff said all the art center’s employees will miss Diedrich. “We’re all sad to see her go, but we’re excited for her and this new opportunity,” Danoff said. “It’s an incredible opportunity for her to be able to go to a museum with a larger collection and staff.” Danoff said that following Diedrich’s departure, the board is searching for someone to permanently fill her spot. She said she was not sure exactly when a new director will be named, because many of the center’s efforts are being put into its transition to the new building at 1717 Central St., which is scheduled to be finished for the art center’s May 16 spring benefit. “We’re hoping to have someone soon, but I don’t have an exact timeframe,” Danoff said. “Right now, we’re just trying to get through the next couple of months.”
“Clean Up, Evanston!” event from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. Community groups and individuals of all ages can volunteer at 10 different sites in the city, with at least one located in each of the nine wards. A list of all locations can be found at cityofevanston.org/ earthday. The city’s public works department will have vehicles on hand to pick up trash bags and gloves at each site, the city added. Along with the city-hosted event, Evanston Township High School and the Kiwanis Club of Evanston
are partnering to host ETHS’ sixth annual Earth Day Clean Up. Beginning at 9 a.m., volunteers can meet at the Dodge Avenue entrance of ETHS and help clear trash from the second and fifth wards. Businesses in the WestEnd district will also hold their annual spring clean up at 9 a.m. that day. Residents can join the businesses in picking up litter before meeting at IRMCO headquarters, 2117 Greenleaf St., for refreshments.
friends, Evanston police Cmdr. Joseph Dugan said. The man told police somebody who attended the party stole the two watches, a Rolex GMT Master ii valued at $6,500 and a Hamilton watch valued at $300, Dugan said.
were broken between 12:05 a.m. and 6:30 a.m. in the basement lot of a building in the 1500 block of Ridge Avenue, police said. Nothing was taken from a 2008 Ford, a garage door opener worth about $50 was taken from a 2010 Ford, a passport and a Garmin GPS worth about $250 were taken from a 1998 Lexus and a TomTom GPS worth about $200 was taken from a 2004 Nissan, Dugan said. Dugan said the cars were probably broken into by the same person or persons.
4 cars in the parking lot of the same building broken into Someone broke into four different cars in the parking lot of an apartment building near downtown Evanston early Tuesday, police said. The passenger side windows of the four vehicles
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Senate elects new speaker, discusses B-status finances By Madeline Fox
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Three Associated Student Government positions changed hands at the group’s weekly Senate meeting Wednesday night. Other business was tabled after many attendees left to attend Speaker Noah Star’s presidential campaign launch party. Weinberg junior Noah Whinston was elected the new Speaker of the Senate, replacing Star, a Weinberg junior. Whinston, who joined Senate last quarter as an off-campus senator, said he thinks he can use his relatively limited experience with ASG to make it a more welcoming environment for new members. “I believe that the voices of students need to be heard and acted on by the administration, and the Senate’s job is to amplify those voices,” Whinston said. “It’s our role to make changes on the important issues, which is very distinct from just talking about it.” Whinston said he plans to focus on fairness, accessibility and accountability as speaker. Senate elected Weinberg junior Matt Clarkston as parliamentarian, replacing Weinberg senior Dana Leinbach. Clarkston, who serves as offcampus caucus whip and a member of the rules
committee, said he intends to ensure debate is conducted “smoothly, fairly and to the benefit of everyone in the chamber.” The Senate also moved to confirm McCormick sophomore Sandeep Bharadwaj as the director of dining initiatives, issues he focused on while serving on the student life committee for the past year. ASG will be able to distribute $7,000 more in funding to student groups this spring, said Kenny Mok, vice president of B-status finances. The Weinberg junior said they will open this week a supplementary round of funding for B-status groups — organizations that receive only a few hundred dollars or less from ASG per quarter. Last month, Mok cautioned that most student groups would receive less funding than they requested because Spring Quarter funding requests exceeded those for the same period last year by $10,000. Although senators also discussed a resolution supporting the federal Collegiate Housing and Infrastructure Act and ratifying the charter of the Coalition of Chicago Colleges and Universities, they were unable to vote because the Senate no longer had a quorum after many members left for Star’s campaign launch. The CHIA would reword tax laws to allow taxexempt charitable and educational organizations to make grants to nonprofit student housing entities that provide collegiate student housing, such
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NEW NOAH Noah Whinston (left) was elected the new Speaker of the Senate on Wednesday. He takes over the position from Noah Star, who is now running for ASG president.
as fraternities, sororities and organizations like the Evans Scholars. Communication sophomore Allison Kitain, who introduced the resolution, said she intends to discuss it with lawmakers this month during ASG’s annual lobbying trip to Washington as part of Big Ten on the Hill. Weinberg senior and Executive Vice President
Erik Zorn asked the Senate to ratify the charter for the Coalition of Chicago Colleges and Universities, an organization to advocate on behalf of students to local governments and to serve as a liaison between student groups at Chicago-area universities. The Senate will revisit the resolutions next week. mfox17@u.northwestern.edu
Kevin Harris, Arielle Miller named DM co-chairs for 2016 By Olivia Exstrum
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Weinberg junior Kevin Harris and Medill junior Arielle Miller will be the 2016 Dance Marathon executive co-chairs, DM announced Wednesday in a Facebook post. Harris and Miller will lead the executive board for DM’s 42nd year. They will succeed Weinberg
seniors Ander Aretakis and David Ryan, the event’s 2015 co-chairs. “This year I was lucky enough to be a public relations co-chair, which was a phenomenal experience,” Miller said. “I could not be more excited to continue growing the incredible legacy that this past year has represented for NUDM 2016.” Harris was also on the organization’s executive board this year as corporate relations co-chair. He said he looks forward to working with Miller again next year.
“I’m super excited to get started right away with what we can do with DM 2016,” he said. Harris said the co-chair role is a “little bit of everything.” Harris and Miller will work with each committee, represent DM, set the organization’s goals and work with beneficiaries, Harris said. One of the co-chairs’ first jobs will be to aid in the beneficiary selection process, Harris said. Ryan, the outgoing co-chair, said the beneficiary application is due this week and will be chosen
at the end of May. “We were really impressed with the overall vision (Harris and Miller) presented for the upcoming year, especially their ability to look at DM in the overall picture,” Ryan said. “We were thrilled with the way they approached their ideas for the position and the ideas that they highlighted for DM to move forward and make it the best year yet.” exstrum@u.northwestern.edu
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Starbucks should more practically address race PIA BASU
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After facing almost universal backlash over its “Race Together” campaign, Starbucks has scaled back its efforts to foster common understanding and address racial tension in this country. The initiative began when Starbucks’ CEO Howard Schultz sought an “opportunity to begin to re-examine how we can create a more empathetic and inclusive society — one conversation at a time,” as he said in a statement in response to the racial tension in Ferguson and in other places around the country. This campaign asks Starbucks baristas to engage their customers in conversation about racial issues if their customers inquire why “Race Together” is written on their cups. After widespread negative feedback, Schultz decided to do away with the writing of “Race Together” on cups but remains committed to the general principles of the campaign. Starbucks will partner with USA Today as previously planned to increase dialogue on racial issues, try to increase the number of Starbucks stores in minority communities and host forums on these topics. Schultz acknowledged he did not expect a universally
positive response, but now the company seems to be struggling with the public relations issues this campaign has caused. Starbucks is known for being a successful company committed to social justice, international development and general corporate social responsibility. It created its own standards for buying coffee, called CAFE (Coffee and Farmer Equity), and works closely with environmental groups to minimize its footprint. It has also attempted to foster dialogue on other serious issues such as job growth and gun control. However, logistically, the “Race Together” campaign as it stood was bad for business and frustrating for both patrons and baristas and also ran the risk of seeming like a publicity stunt or an illogical opportunistic move by Schultz. In terms of execution, the original initiative had many practical problems. Many people just want to grab their coffee and leave to catch a train or to get to work on time. Or, if people want to sit down, they almost always have other plans for what they would like to do while there — meeting a friend, studying, catching up on emails and so on. If given a cup with “Race Together” and expected to take action, customers who want to get their coffee quickly or sit in peace would likely take their business elsewhere, or become frustrated. Baristas already have responsibilities that include taking often customized and
complicated drink orders, preparing food and working the registers. They would be forced to multitask, which is detrimental to their work experience as well as to the service they provide to customers. Furthermore, being willing to engage in racial discussions with customers was not and should not be a requirement for baristas, and therefore they should not have these extra responsibilities thrust onto them. Certainly, I believe Schultz people should and his company care be cognizant of deeply about their social responsibilracial issues ... ity. And I don’t think Uncomfortable Starbucks should be criticized for trying conversations to tackle domestic must be had racial issues. I think if any social the ideas for this campaign came from change is to a well-intentioned happen. place. I don’t see this as entirely a media stunt because Starbucks didn’t suddenly decide to become socially conscious — by implementing “Race Together,” it simply expanded the issues it wants to tackle. However, in determining where Starbucks takes its campaign now after it was almost forced to scale back, it should strive to choose policies and programs that don’t make
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its patrons uncomfortable and overburden baristas. If it really is serious about taking on the challenge and responsibility required to address these issues, Starbucks would do well to first use its popular appeal among young, tech-savvy people to its advantage. It can use its social media presence to raise awareness through sharing facts and personal stories, and people will be happy to buy products from a company that concerns itself with these important issues, rather than being forced to engage at times they don’t want to. Starbucks can promote and host open forums within which people can discuss these issues on their own time, at their own level of comfort. Certainly, people should be cognizant of racial issues, given the seriousness of the problem at hand and that every American is affected and responsible. Uncomfortable conversations must be had if any social change is to happen. If Starbucks wants to tackle this problem through its customers and everyday business, it has a right to. We can’t demand or expect that companies strive to be socially responsible and then attack them when they devise an elaborate plan to do so. Pia Basu is a Medill freshman. 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.
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It may be inherently paradoxical to label any success as improbable from the best team in its sport’s history. Yet, this weekend’s culmination of Kentucky basketball’s quest for perfection is nothing short of extraordinarily improbable and historically unprecedented. By perfection, I mean it in the most unqualified way possible: Tipping off nearly five months ago with an elementary win against the Grand Canyon Antelopes, the Kentucky Wildcats have yet to lose in the 38 games they have played. Facing a semifinal matchup on Saturday with fellow one seed Wisconsin followed by a potential Monday championship versus a talented Duke or a streaking Michigan State, Kentucky is 80 minutes away from the first 40-0 season in college basketball history. Many readers are aware of my sobering and often exasperating tendency to immediately shoot down superlatives, recency bias and faulty conclusions, but I took the time to write about the non-Northwestern Wildcats because of my confidence in the assertion that I have repeated to anyone who will listen all week: Virtually any possible outcome
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for Kentucky this weekend in Indianapolis will be one of the most breathtaking, heartbreaking and unforgettable moments in the 77-year history of March Madness. No matter how existentially meaningless basketball is, this weekend will profoundly affect millions of lives, present and future. Coming off a shocking run to the championship game as an eight seed last year, Kentucky added four more ESPN top 25 recruits to an already star-studded roster. Its starting lineup consists of two 6-foot-6 identical twin guards and three athletic forwards listed at 6-foot-10, 6-foot-11, and 7 feet, and its bench players would be superstars at almost any other school. The Wildcats deserve an A-plus in any eye-test evaluation, yet all year hardly anyone believed they could complete an unbeaten season due to the absurd improbability of any team winning 40 games without a loss. Simple statistics tell us that a team would need an average win expectancy — meaning we can expect a given team to win a given game x percent of the time — of 98.3 percent in each game to finish without a loss in just half of 40-game samples. Any team with such a high average win expectancy is unfathomably good. But before we grant Kentucky such a prestigious honor, we must remember that win expectancies are by nature futureoriented, normative statistics, so we cannot accurately say, “Kentucky had a win expectancy of x percent” without some statistical
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disagreements and nuances that muddle any meaningful conclusions. However, we do have a number of tangible statistics that display just how ridiculous Kentucky’s season has been. Of Kentucky’s last 23 games, just two have finished within one possession, with one of them being Saturday’s sensational 68-66 Midwest Regional final win over Notre Dame. In the Midwest semifinal, the Wildcats doubled the score of a strong West Virginia team, whose 39 points were the fewest ever in a Sweet 16 game since the tournament expanded in 1975. Kentucky’s 38 wins heading into the weekend match two other teams for the most in the history of college basketball, with the others being current Kentucky head coach John Calipari’s 2012 Kentucky champion and Calipari’s 2008 Memphis runner-up. No team has entered the Final Four undefeated since UNLV lost its 1991 semifinal matchup. Most notably, no champion has gone undefeated since Indiana in 1976, when most current students’ parents were teenagers. Kentucky’s 85.6 adjusted defensive efficiency ranks as the second lowest since statistics pioneer Ken Pomeroy began tracking in 2002, behind Calipari’s 2009 Memphis team. Amazingly, Kentucky’s next opponent, Wisconsin, posts the highest-ever adjusted offensive efficiency in the Pomeroy era. But on the other end of the court, Wisconsin
ranks 55th in the country in adjusted defensive efficiency, while Kentucky ranks fifth in adjusted offensive efficiency. By any metric, this Kentucky team — which Nate Silver’s FiveThirtyEight gave a monstrous 41% chance to win the title entering the tournament — seems too good to be true. Regardless of what happens this weekend, this Kentucky team will go down as one of the best to ever play basketball at a collegiate level. A single loss to another top team does not overwrite any of Kentucky’s accomplishments, but as trite as it sounds, no accolade stacks up with winning a title. In the end, what makes Kentucky’s bout with perfection so exciting is the inevitability of the proverbial “one shining moment” — a culmination of the inherent unpredictability of sports coupled with the life-depends-on-it passions of players entrenched in a fleeting system of contrived amateurism. Sometime this weekend in front of that massive behemoth of a crowd in Indianapolis, an unforeseen turn of events will change lives forever. Next Monday, we will forever remember Kentucky as the first 40-0 team in college basketball history, or its one loss will be the one game we all remember. Bob Hayes is a Weinberg sophomore. He can be reached at roberthayes2017@u.northwestern.edu. If you would like to respond publicly to this column, send a Letter to the Editor to opinion@dailynorthwestern.com.
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Hillel Rabbi to leave NU for Washington job By REBECCA SAVRANSKY daily senior staffer @BeccaSavransky
Fiedler Hillel Rabbi Aaron Potek said his goals while at Northwestern were to create communities, engage with students and help them find their Jewish identity — in whatever way they felt comfortable. And even though he’ll be leaving at the end of this school year to take on a new job in Washington D.C., his work at NU isn’t over yet. “I definitely want to go out with a bang,� he said. “I want to share as much of my teachings as I can and ask as many provocative questions as I can and create as many places for growth and reflections as I can.� Potek, who’s worked at NU since July 2013, announced in January his plans to leave the University at the end of the academic year. He will work for a new startup organization called Gather the Jews. In the position, he’ll help Jews in their 20s and 30s connect with Judaism in a way that’s meaningful to them. And even though he said his decision to leave NU was the hardest one he’s ever had to make, Potek said he looks forward to what the new position offers. “I was excited about the idea of being brought on to create a vision of a new organization,� he said. “It felt like a blank canvas where I could really engage with out-of-the-box approaches to Judaism.� At NU, Potek said he found people are much more interested in engaging with Judaism than one might think. “When you offer a Judaism that’s open and accepting but authentic and text-based, when you give students the chance to connect to their Judaism in a way that is meaningful to them and not tell
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Police arrested two people Wednesday in connection with multiple reports of shots fired in south Evanston, officials said. A stray bullet hit an unoccupied car in the 300
them how they should connect to their Judaism, then people want to get involved,� he said. During his time on campus, Potek spurred a host of conversations and put together many new events. He started SinaiSlam, where students performed original poems and stories to celebrate the Jewish holiday Shavuot, and put on Rabbi Rants, where he’d talk about a variety of subjects on Friday nights. He also held many seminars each week — and is adding new ones Spring Quarter. This quarter he will lead conversations called “Back to Basics Judaism� and “Sex, Love and Intimacy.� Along with students, he’s helped put on Jewish Sustained Dialogue — based on the campus-wide programming — where a group of people explore how He’s been their Jewish identity intersects with other fantastic in identities. connecting Although Potek said to students he hasn’t been at NU for long enough to really where they feel like he made a seriare in terms ous impact, he said he still had the rewarding of engaging to be able them in what’s experiences to see so many students meaningful grow and learn. about their lives. Hillel is in the process of looking for a new Mitchell Caminer, rabbi and has dozens of Hillel co-president potential candidates, Hillel executive director Michael Simon said. Once the search committee narrows the pool to a handful of candidates, finalists will visit the campus for another round of interviews. Simon said the new rabbi will hopefully be chosen by the time Potek leaves.
Simon said they’re looking for a candidate who can engage, connect and relate to a wide variety of students both within and outside the Jewish community. Potek will leave difficult shoes to fill, Simon said. He’s been proactive at meeting students where they are and helping to move them along in their journey. On a more personal level, Simon said he’ll miss Potek’s sense of humor and his ability to challenge his colleagues to be as effective as possible. Mitchell Caminer, co-president of Hillel, said Potek has been an “unbelievable asset� to the community. “He’s been fantastic in connecting to students where they are,� the Weinberg junior said, “in
terms of engaging them in what’s meaningful about their lives.� When Potek led an Alternative Student Break trip to Morocco last year, Caminer said they’d stay up for hours — probably later than they should have — talking about religious and cultural issues. Although Potek is leaving NU and excited for his new adventure, he said the relationships he’s formed here, the lessons he’s learned and conversations he’s had have shaped him and his relationship with Judaism. “I’m going to really miss this place,� he said.
block of Custer Avenue, Evanston police Cmdr. Joseph Dugan said. No one was reported injured. Police received many calls from residents early Wednesday afternoon that shots had been fired on Custer Avenue, Dugan said. One caller provided a description of a car seen leaving the area, he said. Officers responded and located the car, Dugan
said. After police tried to stop the car in an alley in the 600 block of Oakton Street, the car’s two occupants fled on foot, officials said. One of the occupants was caught in the 400 block of Callan Avenue, police said. Officers found the second person hiding in the 600 block of Hull Terrace, Dugan said. Police were clearing the area around the scene
of the shooting Wednesday afternoon, according to a tweet from the Evanston Police Department’s account at about 1 p.m. Dugan said police recovered two handguns.
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making connections Rabbi Aaron Potek hosted an event with “Orange is the New Black� star Natasha Lyonne in February about her Jewish identity. Potek is leaving NU at the end of this year to take a new job in Washington.
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NSH removes AirHop, Project Cookie businesses By emily chin
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Northwestern Student Holdings has cut nearly half the businesses it manages this year after restructuring its leadership. The new leaders made major changes to ensure resources were being properly used, said Mark Werwath, the group’s faculty adviser. “We wanted to have businesses that were able to grow, businesses that had viability both on and off campus,” the McCormick professor said. “We realized we had spread ourselves too thin and had grown too fast. It was time to consolidate.” At the beginning of this academic year, NSH, a student-run company that funds and manages businesses geared toward the Northwestern and Evanston communities, had seven companies in its portfolio.
Across Campuses Duke campus rallies against racism after noose found DURHAM, N.C. — A noose found outside the main student center at Duke University thrust the campus into turmoil Wednesday, prompting an investigation, a student march and a forum that drew hundreds to the steps of Duke Chapel. “One person put up that noose, but this is the multitude of people who got together to say, ‘That’s not the Duke we want, that’s not the Duke we’re here for and that’s not the Duke we’re here to create,’” Duke President Richard Brodhead said to a sea of people standing at the center of campus late Wednesday afternoon. The gathering was the culmination of a tense day. The noose was discovered around 2 a.m. in the Bryan Center plaza. Word spread quickly on
“A lot of people really liked the idea that Project Cookie exists, but no one actually purchased the
cookies,” said Connor Regan, NSH’s vice president of business operations and former co-CEO of Project Cookie. “It was hard decision-making and it’s really good business experience to have to make those tough calls.” Regan, a SESP junior, is a former Daily columnist and a former board member of Students Publishing Co., The Daily’s organization. Priya Kumar, NSH’s CEO, said the changes were necessary so the group could focus more on the four businesses they have, rather than trying to juggle many different ones. The group looked at each of the businesses in its portfolio and asked whether they would be worth continuing based on potential. “Our mission is to build strong businesses that really add value to the people we serve,” the Weinberg junior said. “We were looking at the current portfolio and we were starting to ask the kind of difficult questions we didn’t want to ask before. ‘Wait a second, let’s
pause this train.’ Is what we’re doing really good for ourselves?” The group currently runs DesignWorks, which provides graphic design assistance to businesses, RezEssentials, which provides easy sale of necessary residential items, BoxCo., a storing and shipping service, and NU|Tutors, a tutoring service for local high school students. Kumar said she hopes the changes will allow NSH to add more companies to their portfolio in the future. “I’m sure there was talk about ‘Why did some of the companies close?’, and ‘What is their plan?’ and ‘Do they have a plan?’” she said. “We haven’t been as big of a presence on campus this year, but we really hope that for the next 10-20 years, and even the next 100 years, to be a very strong presence on campus.”
social media, as students posted photographs of the yellow rope dangling from a tree. Duke police responded, and officials launched an investigation to hold the perpetrators accountable. The incident caused distress on what should have been a day of excitement as the Duke men’s basketball team prepares to play in the Final Four this weekend. Tours were underway for parents and high school students considering Duke, and the campus was bright with spring blooms. By midday, the Black Student Alliance led a crowd of students who marched to the area where the noose was found. There, tacked to a tree trunk, a sign said: “To the cowards of Duke University. We are not afraid. We stand together.” People huddled, some arm in arm. A circle of students embraced and bowed their heads, as if in prayer. Amani Carson, a sophomore from Rye, N.Y., said she had passed by the spot about 11 p.m.
Tuesday and saw nothing. Then, around 2 a.m., social media exploded with news of the discovery. She kept turning her phone off and on, trying to process what she was reading. “Is this a joke? Because this can’t happen,” she recalled thinking. “But it did.” Carson said she had hosted an African-American high school student last weekend and was thankful the noose didn’t appear then. But now she wonders what she’ll tell the student. “I don’t know how in good conscience I can tell her to come here, because I don’t even know if I feel safe,” said Carson, who was raised in Massachusetts. “Like, what am I supposed to say?” People made their way to the chapel late in the day where speakers, one by one, denounced the act. A Duke administrator estimated the crowd at more than 1,000. Some held signs, and others hugged with tears in their eyes. “I cannot imagine any one of my classmates’ hands tying that knot,” said Lavanya Sunder,
president of Duke Student Government. But she added that she could not deny the racial tension that has escalated at Duke in recent weeks. “It would be to invalidate the experiences of students of color who go every day, feeling unsupported or underestimated or invisible.” Last week at Duke, a student reported hearing racist comments from another student on campus on March 22. The university is investigating that incident. A group called the Duke People of Color Caucus said the student, a black female, encountered white male students on Duke’s East Campus who sang the same racist chant that was recited by members of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity at the University of Oklahoma. A video of that chant went viral and prompted the shutdown of the fraternity and the expulsion of two students.
The group has since discontinued two of the companies, AirHop, a service that brought students to and from the airport, and Wildcat Express Delivery, a campus catering service. Project Cookie, which sold fresh-baked cookies to students late at night, has been put on hold.
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A female Northwestern student was punched during an attempted robbery Wednesday night, according to an NU security alert. The incident occurred in the 2000 block of Pratt Court in Evanston at approximately 11:55 p.m. While walking north on the east sidewalk, the student was approached from behind and punched in the face by a male who unsuccessfully attempted to take her cell phone and fled. No weapon was displayed, according to the alert. The student suffered minor injuries. The security alert describes the attacker as a “younger” white male between 5 feet 7 inches and 6 feet wearing dark pants and a grey hooded sweatshirt.
years of activism, adding that no one has questioned its moral aspects. Senate members also passed the bottled water-free initiative, which urges NU to stop selling bottled water by April 2016 to reduce its environmental impact. The legislation also recommends all drinking fountains be replaced with water bottle refilling stations — a recommendation that brought questions about cost and feasibility. The legislation says more than 1,000 students have signed the petition urging the University to go bottled water-free and named Washington University in St. Louis a model example after the Missouri school changed its contract with Coca-Cola to exclude bottled water.
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have the opportunity to do it … It’s a lot of work and a lot goes into it, but I think we all really enjoy it.” The mayor shared a cautionary story of when she was first elected to serve as alderman for Evanston’s 7th ward in 2003. One resident urged her to cover a large pothole, and she ended up filling the wrong one. “It’s a pretty steep learning curve,” Tisdahl said to the crowd. “Whoever is chosen to be the 9th ward alderman, cut them a little slack because no matter how wonderful they are and how brilliant they are, they’re going to need a little time to figure out how to get the right pothole filled.” Burrus, who also serves as senior director of corporate engagement at Northwestern, will leave her posts on City Council and at the University to take a position as director of corporate and foundation relations at Princeton University. Burrus’ last day as 9th ward alderman is
Northwestern student injured during attempted robbery
National News Indiana religious freedom law spells trouble for Republicans WASHINGTON — The furor this week over Indiana’s religious freedom law means new trouble nationally for a Republican Party that’s been fighting an image of intolerance for years. Politically, this is the first big, bruising social issue skirmish of the 2016 campaign. Most potential Republican presidential candidates have lined up in support of the law, which in its current form is seen by many as allowing discrimination against gays. Such full-throated support for the law may appeal to the evangelicals and born-again Christians whom hopefuls would need to win the Iowa Republican caucus and some key Southern states, but it’s also likely to alienate a lot of people needed to win a general election. Republican leaders are well-aware of the problem and of the powerful ammunition the Indiana law hands Democrats and have worked feverishly to soften their party’s image. It’s been a rough ride. A Pew Research Center poll in February found 59 percent of respondents saw the Democratic Party as “tolerant and open to all groups of people,” while 38 percent viewed the Republican Party that way. The Indiana law “reinforces commonly held
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perceptions of the party,” said Kyle Kondik, managing editor of Sabato’s Crystal Ball, a Virginia-based nonpartisan political analysis organization. Indiana Gov. Mike Pence, seen as a rising Republican star and a potential presidential candidate, ignited this firestorm Thursday when he signed the Religious Freedom Restoration Act. It protects companies and individuals from government actions that would substantially burden religious practices. Pence has suggested the law is supposed to mirror a 1993 federal law, signed by President Bill Clinton, as well as laws in 19 other states. But there are some differences, including the coverage of business, and critics said the law is a legal license to discriminate. The political damage may already be done. What matters now is how the media portray the issue, said Drew Gold, executive director of the Saint Leo University Polling Institute in Florida. Most potential 2016 Republican presidential candidates have weighed in supporting the law. Former Texas Gov. Rick Perry and former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum tweeted, “I stand with Mike Pence.” Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson, Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal, former business executive Carly Fiorina and Sens. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, and Marco Rubio, R-Fla., also offered
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support. A spokeswoman for Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker said he supports “broad religious freedom.” None of the likely Republican candidates came out opposed to the state law. “No one here is saying that it should be legal to deny someone service at a restaurant or at a hotel because of their sexual orientation,” Rubio told Fox’s “The Five” on Monday. He added: “The flip side is, should a photographer be punished for refusing to do a wedding that their faith teaches them is not one that is valid in the eyes of God?” Democrats, gay rights groups and a lot of others are pouncing. Former Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley on Tuesday called Republican candidates’ support for the law “shameful.” “We shouldn’t discriminate against people because of who they love,” tweeted former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton the day Pence signed the law. Both are considering presidential runs themselves. Public opinion is with them. Support for samesex marriage nationally has grown sharply over the last decade, according to the McClatchy-Marist Poll, and last summer it was at 54 percent. Add to this an image the Republican Party is having a hard time shaking. “We do need to make sure young people do not see the party as totally intolerant of alternative points of view,” said a 2013 Republican Party report on its future. “Already, there is a generational difference
scheduled for April 24, her husband Dave Skrodzki told The Daily. Burrus was not present at the meeting. Several attendees praised Burrus’ work, particularly her direct communication with 9th ward residents and improvement of economic development in both her ward and the city at large. “(Burrus) has had a laser focus on economic development, and a lot of the progress I think the city has made over the last few years has really been through her leadership on the council,” city manager and 9th ward resident Wally Bobkiewicz told The Daily. “We will miss that, and I think we’re well on our way now, but particularly in the first few years of her term she contributed quite a bit with leadership to the council on that issue.” Tisdahl said she was unsure when the new alderman would be selected, but she hopes to have someone in the position by the time Burrus leaves. “I don’t want to leave the 9th ward without representation for very long,” Tisdahl told The Daily. marissapage2018@u.northwestern.edu within the conservative movement about issues involving the treatment and the rights of gays and for many younger voters, these issues are a gateway into whether the party is a place they want to be.” But just as powerful a force in the party is the Christian right, particularly in Iowa, the nation’s first caucus state. Caucus entrance polls in 2012 showed 57 percent of voters were born again or evangelical Christians, and Santorum easily won that group. Several potential 2016 candidates, including Cruz, Huckabee and Santorum, are vying for their votes. Being too closely identified with that wing, though, can become a liability as the campaign moves elsewhere. In New Hampshire, the nation’s first primary state, “We don’t have a lot of social conservatives,” said Andrew Smith, director of the University of New Hampshire Survey Center. “You don’t have to endear yourself to the far right.” Candidates have to decide “are they running to be president of America, or president of Christian America?” said Dennis Goldford, a professor of political science at Drake University in Des Moines. The Republicans’ challenge, he said, is that “for some, there’s no distinction.” — David Lightman (McClatchy Washington Bureau)
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In the Big Ten, everybody’s your rival. The game’s never over until it’s actually over. — Julia Kuhn, senior first baseman
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Northwestern (17-11, 5-0 Big Ten) looks to continue its power surge as the team takes on Purdue (23-11, 4-2) in a three-game series starting Friday. Last weekend in a weather-shortened two-game series against Wisconsin (13-18, 0-5), the Wildcats poured on the offense and scored a combined 33 runs between the matchups. In the first game, NU circled the bases 19 times, reaching its highest offensive output in 32 years while shutting out the Badgers. The Cats forced the
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eight-run rule again in game two, coasting to a 14-6 victory. Thanks to a 6-1 Spring Break, NU sits in first place in Big Ten play, a half-game ahead of Michigan (31-5, 5-1) and Minnesota (29-5, 5-1). After a 3-9 start to the season, the Cats won 14 of their last 16 contests. Despite the inconsistent season, coach Kate Drohan said her team always prepares on a game-by-game basis. “We make adjustments every day,” Drohan said. “I think we learn very
quickly, and we’re experiencing the results of those early tournaments now.” Senior outfielder Olivia Duehr echoed her coach’s sentiments, saying NU maintains its focus throughout the season. “We had a really hard schedule in the beginning and we knew that, as we moved forward, that was going to help us as we play in the Big Ten,” Duehr said. The Cats have won 19 of their last 21 matchups against the Boilermakers heading into this weekend’s series, providing NU with some extra motivation against one of its conference rivals. Duehr also said she is excited to face off against Purdue ace Lilly
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KARRYING THE TEAM Kara Mupo shields the ball from the defender. The senior attacker has been a key cog of Northwestern’s high-octane attack with 16 goals this season.
No. 6 Cats set to face Wolverines in Ann Arbor
Following a trio of grueling Spring Break games, No. 6 Northwestern (6-3, 0-1 Big Ten) will travel to Ann Arbor, Michigan, on Thursday to face the Wolverines (5-5, 0-1) in the Big Ten “Thursday Night Game of the Week.” After being trounced by Maryland 16-5 last Thursday, the Wildcats hope to secure their first Big Ten win of the season. Michigan will also enter Thursday night’s game on the heels of a loss, a 13-5 defeat against No. 18 Ohio State. Last season marked the inaugural season for Michigan women’s lacrosse, and the Cats earned a
No. 6 Northwestern vs. Michigan Ann Arbor, Michigan 6 p.m. Thursday
decisive 20-6 victory against the Wolverines. For the Cats, freshman midfielder Selena Lasota has proved herself as one of the most impactful players on the field this season and will be instrumental against the Wolverines. Lasota leads NU in goals, points and caused turnovers. Lasota is fifth in the nation in goals per game. Against No. 1 Maryland she tallied 3 goals and an assist. Senior Kara Mupo has also been on fire since returning from an injury against Syracuse on March 22, notching 10 goals in three games. Mupo and Lasota shine during free position shots. Mupo is 6-for-7
Women’s Basketball
McKeown awarded for reaching 600 wins
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THE 600 CLUB Joe McKeown directs his team from the sideline. The coach will receive an award for surpassing 600 career victories.
A successful season has been capped with postseason honors for Joe McKeown, as the coach is scheduled to receive a Women’s Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA) Victory Club award Monday at the WBCA Awards Show. The award is presented at the end of each season to coaches who achieve milestones of 200 wins or greater, in 100-win increments. McKeown qualified by earning
this year while Lasota is 7-for-9. As a team, the Cats are shooting 50 percent from the 8-meter, going 19-38. Michigan, however, is 26-for-57 on the season, or about 46 percent. Michigan goalie Allison Silber has a 38 percent save record so far this season, and if the Cats can continue to draw fouls in the 8-meter, they should be able to capitalize. NU struggled in the circle against Maryland, nabbing just five draws compared to the Terrapins’ 18. Against Michigan, the Cats will need to box out Anna Schueler, who has a team-high 34 draw controls. Thursday’s game marks the start of a busy April for the Cats, who will play three home games and four away games to finish out the regular season. — Claire Hansen
his 600th career victory on Nov. 21 against his alma mater, Kent State. The veteran helmsman guided Northwestern to a 23-9 overall record and a 12-6 mark in conference during the 2014-2015 season en route to a seven seed in the NCAA Tournament, the first such berth in McKeown’s seven-year tenure. The Wildcats lost in the first round of the Tournament to tenthseeded Arkansas, but the campaign still marks the most success McKeown has enjoyed since coming to NU. The team also achieved a ranking in the Associated Press poll and had two separate winning streaks of at least eight games. — Bobby Pillote
Fecho, whom she played with in high school. “She’s having an awesome year,” Duehr said of Fecho. “It’s kind of fun, especially for me personally just because I get to play against people that I’ve had a relationship with before.” Fecho is tied for seventh nationally with 183 strikeouts and ranks 15th with a 1.19 ERA. Senior first baseman Julia Kuhn, who smashed two home runs in the Wisconsin series, won’t let Fecho’s numbers scare her. “Based on the success that we’ve had, we need to just focus on ourselves,” Kuhn said. “I’m confident in the fact that our team can score against anyone, so we all just need to
have that mentality. It’s just another uniform.” While the upcoming series will likely have a significant impact on the conference standings, Kuhn isn’t letting the rivalry aspect of the matchup get into her head. “In the Big Ten, everybody’s your rival,” Kuhn said. “The game’s never over until it’s actually over. We have to stay with our foot on the gas pedal, keep aggressive and play our game, and not let the rivalry get in our heads.” The Cats kick off their series against Purdue at 4 p.m. Friday at the Sharon J. Drysdale Field. maxgelman2018@u.northwestern.edu
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Chicago State
A pair of midweek matchups dwindled into just one game for Northwestern (8-19, 2-1 Big Ten), when the Wildcats’ Wednesday contest against Western Michigan (10-13, 3-3 MAC) was cancelled despite ideal weather conditions. The cancellation was due to the rented field in Chicago becoming unavailable at the last minute, the Northwestern athletic department told The Daily in an email. The game was unable to be rescheduled anywhere outside of Chicago due to restrictions imposed by players’ class schedules. The matchup was originally scheduled to be played at Rocky Miller Park as NU’s home opener, but had to be moved due to ongoing renovations in the stadium. Despite the scheduling hiccup, the Cats made the most of their abbreviated midweek slate by beating Chicago State (7-19, 1-4 WAC) on Tuesday, 7-2. Leadoff man and centerfielder Kyle
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Ruchim starred for NU, turning five at-bats into a home run, a triple, two RBI and 2 runs. Catcher Scott Heelan had the only other extra-base hit for the Cats, with the team relying on a parade of singles and sacrifices to score the majority of its runs. NU also benefited from a strong bullpen performance. Starting pitcher Justin Yoss was credited with the win but gave up four hits, two walks and 2 earned runs in just three innings of work. Fortunately for the Cats, relievers Jake Stolley, Grant Peikert and Joe Hoscheit held the Cougars scoreless in a combined six innings of work. Following the win, the team is set to face Illinois in a three-game series over the weekend. Those contests were also originally scheduled to be played at Rocky Miller Park, but will now be played in Champaign, Illinois. NU’s first home game will not be until March 21 against Milwaukee, barring further schedule changes. — Bobby Pillote
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JOE OF ALL TRADES Joe Hoscheit hacks at a pitch. The utility player shined on the mound against Chicago State, closing out the final inning of Northwestern’s 7-2 victory.
Former NU quarterback Kafka signs with Vikings
Former Northwestern quarterback Mike Kafka has signed a contract with the Minnesota Vikings, according to his agent and several media reports. The signal caller played as a Wildcat from 2005 to 2009 and led the team to the Outback Bowl during his senior season as the full-time starter. He amassed 4,265 passing yards, 887 rushing yards and 30 total touchdowns over his career. He went on to be drafted in the fourth round (122nd overall) of the 2010 NFL Draft by the Philadelphia Eagles, where he played for two seasons.
Kafka appeared in just four games over that span, completing 11 of 16 passes for 107 yards while also throwing two interceptions. After being cut by the Eagles, he latched on as a backup for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers prior to the 2014 season, but was waived from the roster in October and spent the remainder of the campaign signed to the team’s practice squad. The 27-year-old drew interest this offseason as a participant in the NFL’s first Veteran Combine. Kafka is the fourth quarterback for the Vikings joining Teddy Bridgewater, Pat Devlin and Shaun Hill on the roster. The details of his contract have not been released. — Bobby Pillote