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Khatri known for passion, dedication By paige leskin

daily senior staffer @paigeleskin

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THE WHOLE NINE YARDS NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell answers a question from Medill alumna Christine Brennan at Northwestern on Wednesday evening.

NFL head talks league issues

By Tyler Pager and Sophia Bollag daily senior staffers @tylerpager, @sophiabollag

NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell visited Northwestern on Wednesday and answered questions from Medill students about issues plaguing the league, including domestic violence and player conduct.

Goodell spoke at the McCormick Foundation Center Forum for a Q&A

hosted by USA Today sports columnist Christine Brennan (Medill ‘80, ‘81).

The event was sponsored by the Medill School of Journalism, Media, Integrated Marketing Communications’ new graduate sports journalism program.

University President Morton Schapiro said the event was a good opportunity for Medill students to ask Goodell questions.

“It’s fitting in our stature as arguably the best journalism school in the world,”

Schapiro told The Daily. “You’d expect nothing less.”

The Q&A with Goodell, who is in Chicago for the NFL draft, was closed to the general public but was attended by a limited number of Medill students and guests of Schapiro, who hosted a dinner with Goodell at his home after the event. The draft, which will be held at the Auditorium Theatre in Chicago, » See GOODELL, page 10

Literary festival comes to city By rachel yang

the daily northwestern @_rachelyang

The first annual Evanston Literary Festival kicks off next month to celebrate the city’s rich literary history and community.

The festival, which starts May 11, is a collaboration among Chicago Book Expo, Evanston Public Library, local bookstore Bookends & Beginnings, Northwestern’s Creative Writing Program and Northwestern University Press.

There will be around 20 events held during the festival, said John K. Wilson, a co-organizer of the event and the Chicago Book Expo, an annual literary fair.

Key events include readings and discussions by local authors, such as Garry Wills, a Pulitzer Prize-winning author and NU professor, and Stuart Dybek, a nationally acclaimed writer and a Distinguished Writer in Residence at NU, as well as by Evanston Township High School students. A teen writer’s workshop will also be offered.

Wilson and Lynn Haller, another organizer of the festival and the Chicago Book Expo, said they wanted to branch out of Chicago and thought Evanston’s vibrant literary community made it the perfect location. “(Writers) seem to be on every corner and every street,” Wilson said. “It’s an incredible variety of literary activity in Evanston, and we want to try and shine a light on it.”

The two also said Evanston was appealing because it is a close-knit community and is more accessible compared

to Chicago, where established and larger events could cause smaller, burgeoning programs to “fall through the cracks.”

But the introduction of the festival to a new community doesn’t come without its challenges. Both of the coorganizers and Nina Barrett, the owner of Bookends & Beginnings, said it was difficult to put together the festival in a relatively short amount of time, as most of the planning did not begin until late February.

Haller said she wished there had been more time to establish relationships with literary organizations in Evanston, since she and Wilson have not held anything in the city before. However, she said she wanted the festival to occur in May to coincide with NU’s Spring Writers’ Festival, giving the organizers a chance to

work with the university.

Wilson said the centerpiece of the festival is NU’s event, hosted annually by the English department. This year, it features a panel with well-known writers such as Roxane Gay. “Northwestern is an important part of (the literary community),” Wilson said. “You have a large number of people who are interested in literary culture … as well as people who choose to live in Evanston … because they like the presence of Northwestern.”

Despite these challenges, Barrett said she was impressed with the organizers’ professionalism and ability to plan the festival in such a short time.

Overall, the organizers’ goal of the » See literary, page 10

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ready to read The Evanston Public Library is involved in the city’s first literary festival, which starts May 11. The festival is meant to highlight the literary community that exists in the city.

Serving the University and Evanston since 1881

Avantika Khatri was not one to get carried away with small talk. Instead, she preferred to start off with meaningful conversation.

Her tendency to ask the deep questions and delve beneath superficiality is what set the Weinberg junior apart from others, SESP junior Maeghan Murphy said. Khatri was passionate about social reform and about helping others even when she was having a tough time herself, Murphy said.

Khatri, 21, died Monday afternoon in her off-campus residence. Her cause of death is still pending toxicology results, which could take a couple weeks, Evanston police Cmdr. Joseph Dugan said.

There were no signs of foul play.

Dean of Students Todd Adams notified the Northwestern community of Khatri’s death Monday night.

“The University extends our condolences to Avantika’s family and friends,” Adams wrote in an email. “The loss of any one member of our community affects us all, and it does so in different ways.”

Khatri’s friends remembered her for her dedication and her boldness. Medill junior Timothyna Duncan recalled creating a radio show on WNUR with Khatri, who refused to give up on it despite it not going well.

“Ava being Ava, she didn’t dwell on that … She told me to stop thinking so much about what happened and inspired me to go on,” Duncan wrote in an email to The Daily. “She had a genuineness that was incredibly refreshing.”

Khatri served last year as the co-director of publications for NU’s chapter of Students for Education Reform. She worked as a copy editor at The Daily during Fall Quarter 2012 and as an advertising production staffer at Students Publishing Co., The Daily’s parent organization, from fall

Source: Stephanie Chang

Avantika Khatri

2012 through fall 2013.

Khatri had recently transferred from the Medill School of Journalism, Media, Integrated Marketing Communications to the Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences to study political science, which she was really excited about, Weinberg junior Jane Gross wrote in an email to The Daily.

However, while Khatri was pursuing journalism, she showed tremendous skill in reporting and writing, said Jim Robertson, a managing editor at the Columbia Daily Tribune, Khatri’s hometown paper in Missouri where she worked in summer 2011.

Even as a high school student, Khatri was already talented and mature, Robertson said. When the paper’s staff learned of her death, Robertson said they were “stunned.”

“We were able to just throw her into general assignment stories like we would any other reporter,” he said. “I have no doubt that she was going to succeed in whatever she decided to do. It’s just so surreal when somebody like that, who’s got so much life to live … it doesn’t make sense.”

Robertson said the two of them stayed in touch as Khatri debated whether to attend the journalism school at the University of Missouri, close to where she lived in Columbia, Missouri.

But Khatri ultimately chose NU, an » See khatri, page 10

City taxes steady as pension rises

By Kevin Mathew

daily senior staffer @kevinwmathew

Evanston’s tax rate, with a few exceptions, has stayed relatively stable over the past decade even as Illinois sits with the highest overall tax rate throughout the nation in 2015.

Illinois residents also pay the second highest property tax rate in the United States, but Evanston rates have increased only slightly, mainly for the Evanston Public Library and for contributions to the Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund, a statewide pension pool known as the IMRF. Evanston chief financial officer Marty Lyons said the library tax hike was a result of community requests. The switch five years ago to directly tax residents has stabilized the city’s IMRF funding and has helped Evanston stay ahead of the Illinois pension problem, Lyons said.

The rest of the northern suburbs aren’t in as great shape. Due to proposed cuts from Gov. Bruce Rauner, nearby local governments face a 50 percent decrease

in income tax revenue and a two-year property tax freeze, Northwest Municipal Conference executive director Mark Fowler said. But what’s “strangling” most municipalities, he said, is a lack of change to police and fire pension funding.

“If a municipality is not making its … required contribution, the pension fund can intercept funds which go to the municipality through (income tax),“ Fowler said. “It leaves towns in a very untenable position.”

Most financial issues local governments face stem from state laws that require communities to fund pensions and other services without any state assistance. In Evanston, $14.44 million must be collected this year for the police and fire pension funds. Along with the tax for the IMRF, almost 45 percent of what the city will collect from property taxes in 2015 will go toward pension funding.

But Rauner’s two-year property tax freeze doesn’t scare Lyons. He said as long as the economy is growing, the city’s rates can stay low. High overall property values help Evanston rates stay low, he » See property, page 10

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Around Town Job fair brings on other city groups By billy kobin

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An annual Evanston job fair will be held Thursday in partnership with other organizations for the first time, allowing it to become larger than before.

The Youth Job Center is partnering with the city, Mt. Moriah Lodge #28 and National Able Network to organize the Evanston Community Job Fair from 3 to 6 p.m. at the Levy Senior Center, 300 Dodge Ave. The job fair this year aims to connect job seekers from different age groups with over 25 employers.

Karen Demorest, executive director of the Youth Job Center, said the partnership between several organizations will enhance the fair, which the Youth Job Center has organized for more than 12 years.

“Instead of us just creating a job fair, we’re really working collaboratively with other organizations to create something that will be focused on both the needs of the population in terms of job seekers and the needs of employer partners,” Demorest said.

Demorest said the Youth Job Center is trying to work with more employers from industries that have room to grow, such as retail, customer service and transportation.

Employers attending the job fair include smaller

Police Blotter Five cars burglarized, one car stolen in west Evanston

A car was stolen and five others were rummaged through in west Evanston in a series of incidents police believe are related, officials said.

The incidents took place on Ridgeway Avenue and Colfax Street between 6 p.m. Monday and 6 a.m. Tuesday, Evanston police Cmdr. Joseph Dugan said.

The stolen car was a 2010 Ford Escape. The

local organizations as well as national employers with locations in the Chicago area like Home Depot, Kohl’s and Starbucks.

“We try to really target high-growth economic sectors so that we’re working with employer partners … (with) a good stream of open positions available,” Demorest said.

The Youth Job Center has received a response from a large number of employers, Demorest said.

“After the Great Recession five or six years ago, there were just not jobs available,” she said. “And now we’ve got so many employers that are really diligently trying to figure out how they can bring awareness about the opportunities that exist.”

Jeanne Burgmann, the Youth Job Center’s employer outreach coordinator, said she also thinks the new partnership between the Youth Job Center and other organizations is beneficial to the job fair because the Youth Job Center focuses on youth, National Able Network focuses on an older population and the city and the masonic lodge focus on the community.

“I think we benefit from that, from everyone’s connections being diversified,” Burgmann said.

“I think that the response that we’ve gotten is … because we have that diversity of connections, and we’re reaching out to a bunch of different organizations and different employers.”

The city has advertised the job fair around

Evanston through advertisements in community centers and local businesses as well as through emails, said Maurice Wilkerson, the city’s youth and young adult outreach worker.

“It’s like an open call that we just promote,” Wilkerson said. “(We hope) that we get the unemployed … to come out, meet the employers that are there and hope that they…get hired. That’s the ultimate goal: just to have the unemployed get employed.”

Burgmann and Demorest both said the job fair will attempt to match the different age groups of job seekers with employers.

“We serve as kind of the intersection of the youth and the employer partners where we’re trying to make matches,” Demorest said. “Often times, the youth we serve don’t have a lot of opportunities to understand all the options that are available (for employment).”

Burgmann agreed and said the fair helps the Youth Job Center find people who are struggling to attain jobs.

“I think it’s important for people to understand that there are a lot of opportunities out there right now, and it’s a good time for a fair,” Burgmann said. “It’s a good time to be networking with people and building those relationships and hopefully getting a job if you’re unemployed or underemployed.”

owner did not know if the car was left unlocked, but the person was able to take the car because the keys were left in the center console, Dugan said.

Two of the car’s doors were damaged, likely because the person used tools to break into them, police said. The other three cars were left unlocked, Dugan said.

While four car owners told police nothing had been taken from their cars, one owner reported that an iPod, a set of work keys and $4 in loose change were missing, Dugan said.

Friday taking a Nintendo Wii gaming system from a building’s game room, police said.

The manager of a building in the 1800 block of Maple Avenue told police Tuesday that someone had stolen the gaming system, valued around $300, Dugan said.

A video surveillance camera on the fourth floor showed a man putting the Wii in its original packaging in his backpack, Dugan said.

Detectives are investigating the incident, police said. ­— Paige Leskin

Wii gaming system stolen Friday

A man was seen on a surveillance camera

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ASG Senate confirms VP, Student parents push for considers operating budget more resources, support

By Shane McKeon

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Associated Student Government Senate confirmed a vice president, considered a budget and discussed the organization’s culture at a brief meeting Wednesday.

Following last week’s four-hour meeting, Senate met for just over half an hour with a light agenda.

Senate voted to confirm Weinberg freshman Florence Fu as vice president for public relations.

Fu, a former Daily staffer, said ASG’s committee system sometimes makes it difficult for members to know what projects other parts of student government are working on. “I feel like ASG has a lot more potential to engage with the student body,� Fu said. “But if we don’t know ourselves, how are we supposed to educate everyone else about it?�

Fu is the design editor for STITCH Magazine, an experience she said will help with designing outreach materials for ASG. Later, the budget committee introduced ASG’s operating budget for next school year.

The committee proposed a $5,950 increase from this year’s budget, with most of that increase going toward a proposed $4,000 allocation for a “campus-wide mental health campaign.�

Former executive vice president Erik Zorn said the proposal reflects ASG’s recent efforts on mental wellness. “We do believe that mental health is something the University needs to continue to make a top priority,�

Zorn said.

According to the proposal, almost half of the $80,000 budget will go back to students through stipends, grants and awards.

One example is the $4,500 Event Subsidy Fund, which would allow 100 lower-income students to receive up to $30 per quarter in subsidies to cover WildCARD-ticketed events. The Center for Student Involvement will match the funding, bringing the fund’s

total to $9,000.

Senate will vote on the budget May 13.

ASG President Noah Star spoke about changing the culture of student government to make it more relaxed and welcoming. He announced that future Senate meetings would be themed, beginning with a pajama day next week.

Star said making Senate a fun, easygoing space is important for making it an effective governing body. “We’ve made a ton of strides in Senate over the past year for making the space more comfortable for each other and our guests,� Star said.

This post was updated at 12:35 a.m. April 30 to clarify Florence Fu’s previous involvement with The Daily.

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fresh face Weinberg freshman Florence Fu is sworn in as vice president for public relations.

Fu will succeed Medill senior Jaime Toplin.

By Madeline Fox

the daily northwestern @MadelineFox14

Between writing their dissertations, working as teaching assistants and class instructors, and holding other jobs on and off campus, graduate students have a lot of demands that take up their time. For graduate students who are also parents, their time is stretched even thinner.

Limited resources for parents attending The Graduate School prompted a group of graduate students last summer to form the NU Student Parent Alliance to advocate for more support from the University. The group is building upon the work of other graduate students who have been pushing for improved policies for years. “Graduate student parents have been advocating for many years through the Graduate Leadership and Advocacy Council for improved resources,� said Robin Hoecker, a fifth-year Ph.D. candidate and member of the Student Parent Alliance. “Things like financial support, childcare support, lactation rooms and just overall institutional support, so we are continuing that advocacy effort.

We’ve been making some strides recently.�

The group met with Provost Dan Linzer on April 2 to discuss the campus’ attitude toward student parents and the six specific areas in which they think the University needs to improve its support to student parents. “They did a very good job of presenting the problems graduate students face,� Linzer told The Daily. “It’s tough to juggle everything. It’s tough to take advantage of certain options available for childcare.�

However, Linzer said he didn’t feel the group acknowledged recent efforts by the University to help student parents, such as the University’s partnership with and subsidies for nearby daycares.

Hoecker, who has an 8-month-old daughter, said she recognized that the administration has been trying to improve childcare, but she would

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Assata Kokayi, another member of the group, said she sees student parents as a marginalized group within NU. The fifth-year Ph.D. candidate has two children, an 8-year-old daughter and a 14-year-old son. “We hope that our advocacy efforts create greater institutional support systems for student parents, shed light on student parents’ compounded marginalization and encourage critical scrutiny of diversity and inclusion practices at NU,� Kokayi said.

In addition to more comprehensive childcare policies, the group is advocating for greater financial support, lactation spaces for nursing mothers, more affordable dependent health care, a more inclusive paid parental leave policy and broader institutional support for student parents. “We’re trying to get the support and the policies that match where we are today in terms of gender equality,� Kokayi said about the parental leave policy. It currently offers a six-week “academic accommodation period� for graduate student mothers who have recently given birth. “Men and same sex couples should be recognized as parents, too,� she said The group is working with the administration to create a task force of stakeholders, which will include representatives from the Graduate School and the Office of Human Resources.

Both Linzer and Kokayi stressed the necessity of not assuming that one size fits all when it comes to student parents. “Even though we’re not a homogenous group, oftentimes resources for student parents are tailored as if we are,� Kokayi said. “Our activism is important because we showcase the varied needs and concerns of a heterogeneous student parent group at Northwestern, and the importance of tailoring resources at NU to meet individual student parents’ needs.�

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Students behind Waa-Mu Show share experiences

By ANNIE BRUCE

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OLYMPIC DREAMS Members of the cast of this year’s Waa-Mu Show rehearse. “Gold” is an original show written by Northwestern students — not an adapted book like what’s been done in the last few years.

Q&A: Keebler Straz, Waa-Mu hair designer

By RACHEL DAVISON

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After working on hair design during this year’s Dolphin Show, Communication freshman Keebler Straz is now acting as the hair designer for this year’s Waa-Mu Show, “Gold.” The Daily sat down with Straz to talk about her experience with this year’s show and the challenges of designing hair that represents the show’s 1936 time period.

Why did you want to get involved with Waa-Mu and how did you become hair designer?

I figured they probably already had a designer for hair and makeup and I just wanted to get involved because I worked with several people that are on the Waa-Mu team, and also in the cast, on Dolphin. So I got involved, and then they were like, “How do you want to call the people in for shifts to learn how to do their hair?” I was

like, “Excuse me?” They said, “Well, you’re doing hair design.”

Monday night’s Waa-Mu Show rehearsal was when things finally started to click for Bienen junior Jon Bauerfeld and Communication senior Kylie Mullins. As one of the actors sang “Flying,” a song the two wrote together, with full orchestral accompaniment for the first time, Bauerfeld and Mullins shared exuberant looks across room.

“That moment is a journey that took months,” Bauerfeld said.

It’s Tuesday evening, with just three days of rehearsals remaining before this year’s Waa-Mu Show, “Gold,” officially opens Friday. Members of the show’s creative team, including co-chairs Mullins and Weinberg senior Hannah Dunn, and head writers Bauerfeld and Communication junior Myrna Conn are sitting in a half-circle in the lobby of Cahn Auditorium, their self-proclaimed home for the last few weeks, surrounded by water bottles, USA sweatshirts and a half-finished Blaze pizza.

The group is later joined by co-chair Max Rein, a Weinberg senior, and head writer Charlie Oh, a Communication junior.

“We’re delirious,” Mullins said with a laugh, as the team recounted the hard work, behind-the-scenes script changes and Costco snack runs that led to

that day.

For most of the members, the journey to this year’s show began years ago. Conn came to Northwestern for the opportunity to become a part of the annual theater production, after visiting a rehearsal for the show as a prospective student, where she also met Mullins for the first time.

As one of the head writers, Conn played a key role in shaping the 84th annual Waa-Mu, which tells the story of athletes competing in the 1936 Olympic Games, held in pre-World War II Berlin. As always, the show is written by NU students, but this year it’s an original show — not an adapted book like what’s been done in the last few years.

The co-chairs for this year’s production were chosen almost a year ago and work for the show began immediately. The team read books and pitched ideas throughout the summer, but the idea for “Gold” finally came about at the end of August, when they were talking with Communication Prof. David Bell, the director, who choreographed a portion of the closing ceremony for the 1992 Summer Olympic Games in Barcelona.

“We started talking about how much we loved the Olympics,” Mullins said. “And then we were all just like, ‘Let’s do it.’ It all just happened really fast.”

The subject matter itself brought another set of challenges for the creative team, who had to figure » See WRITERS, page 6

What has the hair design process been like?

I researched the time period and looked up articles on Wikipedia about the fashion in that time period. And then I pulled a bunch of pictures off Pinterest and Google Images of hair at the time period, like 1936, and I looked up pictures of the Olympic Games. … Then I went to the crew view of the show to see what the show was shaping up to look like, and also to get a better idea of what specifically the girls’ hair looked like and what each person’s hair would be able to do. … We had a day where we went in and I met with blocks of girls in the show in shifts for about 30 minutes. I basically talked to them about what I was thinking their hair should look like, if they were able to use curling irons, because that’s a huge thing with that period in particular, and how much help they would need and taught them what to » See Q&A, page 6

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SINGING STRONG The cast of the Waa-Mu Show performs a number from “Gold.” The show is an original production, written and performed by students, based on the 1936 Berlin Olympic Games.

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What has been the focus of the show’s hair design?

do. We worked on that, and then they went through the first tech day with their hair done. … After the first tech rehearsal I talked with the designers, and they were like “Okay, we love this hair, this hair looks too similar to someone else’s, can we change that in a way?” and it just kind of molded from there.

Mostly, it’s been about time period and the fact that I think all of the girls at some point play athletes, so the hair has to be functional with the time period, but also with the fact that athletes really wouldn’t have had the elaborate hair that the time period called for, with bobs or a lot of rolls and curls, because it would have been in their way as athletes. But to just stick them in a ponytail or a braid would just not look period or finished.

What is challenging about doing hair design for a cast of this size?

What is the most exciting part of being involved in the Waa-Mu Show for the first time?

I think the only challenge of working with this size of a cast is making sure that everyone has the help they need in getting their hair done, because some people have much more practice doing their hair in period ways, so they can just get done very quickly, and other people need a lot more help because they don’t have that much practice or because their hair doesn’t like to do things, basically. It’s never been a huge problem, mostly because everyone’s really goodspirited about it.

I think the most exciting thing about being a part of Waa-Mu is that everyone is a part of it. It’s not that the only people that matter are the cast or the writers. Everyone that has any sort of a hand in any part of the production process is part of the Waa-Mu family, and I really love that. I think that’s a huge thing that makes Waa-Mu as special as it is, because that’s not the case everywhere.

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end of Winter Quarter, the first draft of the show, as well as a number of songs, were completed and the team spent Spring Break putting the entire script together. The first workshop took place during the first week of Spring Quarter.

“Everyone is learning constantly,” Mullins said. “The whole cast becomes really close, because I personally think that they all recognize the work and the time that everyone’s putting into the show and how passionate everyone is about it.”

Mullins said one of the benefits of the constantly evolving script is that actors have a chance to directly shape how the show and script develops.

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From page 5 out the best way to demonstrate the complex pre-war German setting.

“There are some stakes,” Mullins said. “Writing about these stakes from the perspective of athletes… who didn’t know World War II was coming. … Writing in 2015 from the perspective of 1936 is hard.”

Throughout Fall Quarter, the team worked together to lay the foundation for Winter Quarter, when 70 people participated in a class where the show is divided into sections and written by different students. By the

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golden locks Keebler Straz is the hair designer for this year’s Waa-Mu Show, “Gold.” Straz researched 1930s hairstyles in order to create the look for the production.

“Every day there’s a new thing that gets added that makes it more exciting,” Dunn said. “We get to see the show come to life in new ways every day.”

Conn and Bauerfeld also run Team Music, which has members that deal with vocal arrangements, orchestration and making sure information is constantly updated. The elaborate Dropbox system the team uses includes drafts of all past and present music files, a system used in professional theater companies as well, Bauerfeld said.

While the entire team agrees that the constant revisions are the most challenging part of the process, the unique ability to create a musical from scratch stands

out for everyone.

The pizza is gone, water bottles are half-empty and most of the team is rushing off to get ready for its 7 p.m. rehearsal.

“On the days when we haven’t slept in weeks … you think about painting The Rock with this cast and dancing to ‘Get’cha Head in the Game’ from ‘High School Musical’ and filming promo videos with the women’s basketball team in Welsh-Ryan,” Mullins said. “All of this cool stuff that you wouldn’t get to do, if you didn’t do this show. We hold onto that a lot.” annebruce2015@u.northwestern.edu

BLAST embraces superhero spirit with spring show By kimberly go

the daily northwestern

“Who’s a hero in your mind? Who’s made an impact in your life?”

These are the questions director Gordon Burkhart and producer and Weinberg senior Sherry Vernon asked the choreographers of the Ballroom Latin and Swing Team’s spring show when introducing this year’s theme, “BLAST Saves The Day.” “(The show) is all about heroes,” said Burkhart, a Bienen sophomore. “What it means to be a hero, what it means to inspire and mentor and be there as a positive influence, but it also takes a look at the more human side of heroes.”

BLAST is Northwestern’s undergraduate partner dancing community. The organization’s annual spring show opens this Friday at Ryan Auditorium.

BLAST started preparing for the spring show about a week after last year’s spring show,

“BLAST Has A Secret.” The incoming and outgoing directors and producers met to discuss possible themes and started publicizing auditions as early as Wildcat Welcome.

When deciding on a theme, Burkhart said he wanted to focus on something that meant a lot to him.

“Last year I had a lot of great mentors, going through high school, coming up through my freshman year of college,” he said. “I personally wanted to pay tribute to those people who made a difference in my life.”

This show will be a lot brighter with a lot more positive emotions than last year’s, Burkhart said. He said that reality isn’t “sunshine and rainbows all the time” and that the show will reflect that as well.

“We have a few darker pieces that really show what happens when a hero fails and when things don’t always come out all right,” he said.

Weinberg sophomore Shirley Zhang is one of the dancers in the show. Although this is her first time performing in the spring show,

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DANCING SHOES Members of BLAST rehearse for this year’s spring show, “BLAST Saves The Day.” The show incorporates a wide range of dancing styles, including Viennese waltz and samba.

she is no stranger to dance. Zhang started as a ballerina when she was seven and danced professionally until she was 13, when she switched to Latin ballroom dancing.

Zhang, who was a part of BLAST’s competition team last year, said the show will incorporate a wide range of dancing styles.

“We see everything from your traditional waltz, Viennese waltz and ballroom to some competition dances like the samba,” she said.

“And then you have your social dances, you’ve got a blues piece, salsa pieces, just everything around the board.”

Burkhart said his favorite style of dancing is swing and blues.

“I love the style because it’s very grounded,” he said. “You’re always connected to the ground, your knees bend, feeling your energy really being shared between two people. … Both of those kinds of dance are very visceral, very vernacular. They feel very natural to do.”

For Michael Ryzhov, a performer in the show, dancing is “very new.” He had never danced before coming to NU, but got involved with

BLAST after going out to a social blues dance in Chicago during Fall Quarter and enjoying it.

“Learning the choreography initially is just kind of hard,” the Weinberg freshman said. “My feet aren’t used to moving around in this manner, so you just have to get used to that.”

However, Ryzhov said the show tries to emphasize the story each piece tells not only through dance, but also through acting, facial expressions and character development.

Zhang echoed his sentiment and said the show is not so much about the technique of the dance, but rather what the audience is feeling when they watch it.

“If we see a superhero piece, we want them to feel like, ‘Oh my god, they saved the day!’ and be really excited,” she said. “If we see a heartfelt (dance), two people struggling through a life crisis … we want them to empathize with that.

As dancers, we want to express the theme or the emotion of the piece so that the audience can connect with that.” kimberlygo2018@u.northwestern.edu

Source: Jacob Stern

SWING THING Members of BLAST, Northwestern’s undergraduate partner dancing community, perform one of the numbers from “BLAST Saves The Day.” This year’s spring show is inspired by heroes.

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The scoop on dessert spot Frio Gelato’s new location

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DESSERT DESTINATION Frio Gelato opened a new retail location last week at 517 Dempster St. The shop serves Argentine-inspired gelato.

By Rachel Holtzman

the daily northwestern

With flaky pastries, freshly brewed coffee and unprocessed, uniquely-flavored gelato, Frio Gelato stands out among other dessert spots in town. The shop, which opened a new retail location at 517 Dempster St. on Friday, is known for its Argentineinspired gelato and has gained quite a following since it opened its doors in May at 1701 Simpson Street, which is now its production facility.

The atmosphere in Frio Gelato is light, laidback and fresh — everything is clean and bright, from the blue paint on the walls to the stylish font of the

menu. Luciana Koziura, who works in all aspects of the business and whose father, Sebastian Koziura, owns the shop, said the goal is to recreate the happy, social culture of gelato shops in Argentina, which are an integral part of the country’s culture.

“Here, you’re coming to eat gelato, and it’s so nice for people,” Koziura said. “You come and eat, and you can get away from work.”

At the Simpson location, Frio Gelato uses a pasteurizer to slowly blend milk, sugar and natural flavors together. The key is to churn the mixture slowly, while keeping out the air — if there’s air or it spins too quickly, the gelato tastes more like ice cream.

But employee Daniel Fiddler said the shop is also unique because it’s adapted to the community.

“We’re nut-free, since we’re trying to be conscious of allergies,” he said. “And we’re also hormone- and gluten-free … It just tastes better. When you taste it, it’s the real thing.”

After making the gelato and assorted pastries on Simpson, the Koziuras take inventory and fill up their business truck’s refrigerator with all of the containers of gelato they’ll need for the day and drive it to the Dempster location. Koziura said she typically gets up at 8 a.m. to take stock and make sure everything is in order before the shop opens at noon.

Fiddler said customers’ favorite flavors include Dulce de Leche and Tramontana, which is made up of vanilla ice cream with chocolate chips and caramel streaks.

“In Argentina, we have a large immigrant community from Italy, and we have lots in common,” Koziura said.

The shop’s incorporated its own flavors, though, with more sweet, milky options, citrusy flavors and other unique options. Their avocado flavor is surprisingly good, both Koziura and Fiddler said.

“My stepmother is from Ecuador, where a lot of people have an avocado with sugar, so she was the one to come up with the flavor,” Koziura said.

Evanston residents and siblings Keira Tu and Patrick Tu, and their friends Leo Zematis and Ralph Zematis, recently tried Frio Gelato for the first time.

“I don’t have gelato a lot, but my mom really likes it, so I wanted to try gelato,” Leo Zematis, 9, said.

All the kids agreed they liked the flavors they tried.

“This tastes very lemony,” Keira Tu, 10, said. “The

flavor is very intense. … And (gelato) is better than Starbucks.”

Frio Gelato is just down the street from the Chiaravalle Montessori School, 425 Dempster St., so it gets plenty of traffic from children in school and the families who live within a few blocks.

“I love meeting new people,” Koziura said. “A lot of customers are really interested in Argentina — we get a lot of questions about what makes our gelato unique.”

Less than a week in, the Koziuras and their employees are still figuring out what logistics will look like in their new location, from when there is a rush of people to what time is best to transport gelato from the Simpson Street location.

“We don’t really have a typical day yet,” Fiddler said. “All I can say is our opening weekend was huge.

(Tuesday) is our first real weekday, but usually we’ll get a rush after dinnertime.”

The shop is small but cozy, with benches for people to sit on and eat their gelato, and pretty pictures and nicely painted walls. It’s also an example of how every member of the Koziura family is very involved in the family business. Koziura’s stepmother Karla is in charge of marketing, so she came up with a lot of the presentation of the shop, including the pictures.

Fiddler describes the vibe of Frio Gelato as “fresh.”

“Both the owner and I, we’re sticklers about cleanliness,” he said. “Even our font is clean and bold and simply stated. If you want to use fresh ingredients, you keep everything simple.” rachelholtzman2018@u.northwestern.edu

Piven to premiere ‘Melancholy Play: a chamber musical’ By helen lee

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This weekend, Evanston’s Piven Theatre Workshop will premiere “Melancholy Play: a chamber musical.”

Written by Tony-nominated playwright Sarah Ruhl and directed by Evanston native Polly Noonan, the play tells the lighthearted story of a woman’s melancholy. A bank teller, Tilly’s extreme sadness turns sexy when every stranger she meets falls in love with her.

The production will run April 30 through June 7 at 927 Noyes St., with the official press opening on May 2.

Noonan starred in the show herself over a decade ago and has returned to develop “Melancholy Play” as a new chamber musical with five actors and five musicians. She described the story as improvisational, eccentric and full of poetry and humor.

“It’s about something quite concrete but in a hilarious way,” Noonan said. “It asks questions about the nature of our emotional lives, because it’s about one woman who is so melancholy and so in depression that she’s so alive in her emotional life that person after person falls in love with her.”

Noonan described her experience starring as Tilly in 2002 as a culture shock that broke her acting hiatus and challenged her.

“A play appears very simple on the page, but in order for it to come up, it demands a great deal from the actor,” she said. “It demands that you be in transformation and alive and connected to your emotions every step of the game.”

Noonan said she decided to direct “Melancholy Play” because she’s always been curious about directing. She said she saw a production of the show in New York was “beguiled” by the music.

“It made me think it would be a wonderful idea to produce it at (Piven Theatre Workshop),” she said.

Actor Ryan Lanning, who studied vocal performance at the University of Michigan, plays Lorenzo,

Tilly’s therapist, in the show. He described his time at Piven as a new experience because the show, originally a play, has been adapted to include a major musical component.

“It’s the moments that are set to music that enhance the atmosphere of the play and really deepen the feeling,” Lanning said. “Sometimes you feel emotion so strongly that spoken word just doesn’t do it, so you have to sing it.”

Lanning said working with Noonan has been encouraging for him as an actor. He said she veers away from mechanical, step-by-step direction and chooses to make her direction collaborative.

“She lets us show what we are feeling,” he said. “She takes what we give and creates the ultimate finished product by expressing ideas that inspire you to move in a certain direction.”

Ruhl teamed up with composer Todd Almond to feature a string quartet and pianist to complement the play.

Noonan said the experience working as director is wildly different because of the addition of music director Aaron Benham.

“It’s a very different world,” she said. “The music is really challenging and quite beautiful. It’s exquisite.

He has made it appear effortless.”

Noonan said the prospect of working within the city’s vibrant art community is an added bonus.

“My friends and I like to say there was something in the water in Evanston during the 70s because there were so many creative people growing up,” she said.

“Evanston has been the wellspring through which all good things have come into my life.”

She said the production represents a chance to revisit a past chapter in her life.

“It’s a pleasure to remember your earlier life, your earlier self,” she said. “It was a good collaboration those many years ago. And I’m happy to be immersed in it again.” helenlee2018@u.northwestern.edu

Source: Chris Zoubris

MELANCHOLY MOOD Ryan Lanning (Lorenzo) and Stephanie Stockstill (Tilly) perform in “Melancholy Play: a chamber musical.” The show, which was originally a play, has been adapted to include musical components.

CALENDAR thursday Mayfest Presents: MAYHEM at 7:30 p.m. World of Beer The Grapes of Wrath at 7:30 p.m. in Virginia Wadsworth Wirtz Center for the Performing Arts Art 2 Auction at 3:30 p.m. in the Dittmar Gallery

friday The 84th Annual Waa-Mu Show: “Gold” at 7:30 p.m. in Cahn Auditorium BLAST Saves the Day! at 7 p.m. & 10 p.m. in Ryan Auditorium The Grapes of Wrath at 7:30 p.m. in Virginia Wadsworth Wirtz Center for the Performing Arts Bienen Contemporary/Early Vocal Ensemble and Contemporary Music Ensemble: Lost Objects at 7:30 p.m. in Pick-Staiger Concert Hall

saturday The 84th Annual Waa-Mu Show: “Gold” at 7:30 p.m. in Cahn Auditorium Thai Night 2015: Thai Carnival at 6:30 p.m. in Norris Lewis Room The Grapes of Wrath at 7:30 p.m. in Virginia Wadsworth Wirtz Center for the Performing Arts BLAST Saves the Day! at 7 p.m. and 10 p.m. in Ryan Auditorium

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The 84th Annual Waa-Mu Show: “Gold” at 2 p.m. in Cahn Auditorium The Grapes of Wrath at 2 p.m. at Virginia Wadsworth Wirtz Center for the Performing Arts BLAST Saves the Day! at 1:30 p.m. Ryan Auditorium A&O Films and Wrestlepocalypse Present: FIGHT CLUB at 8 p.m. in Louis Room Greek Scene 2015 at 7 p.m. in Ryan Auditorium

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Wrestling with realities, striving for a solution

At our event titled “Side by Side: Telling Two Narratives,” we at J Street U Northwestern tasked ourselves with presenting multiple narratives of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in our effort to both celebrate and reflect on the coming Israeli Independence Day. Inspired by a book by Palestinian and Israeli educators, our goal for this event was to present the necessity of discussing Israeli independence alongside the narrative of the Nakba. We used a collection of videos that showed first-hand accounts and perspectives of the events in 1948 through the eyes of a range of individuals. In order to avoid speaking on behalf of Palestinians or Israelis, we chose to exclusively use video testimonies and direct quotes from the book.

Students for Justice in Palestine critiqued our event both in person and in an op-ed last

week, challenging the premise of our event.

Academics who study the conflict agree that two dominant narratives have crystallized around the events of 1948. These narratives can be plainly seen in the Israeli and Palestinian textbooks analyzed by the authors of “Side by Side.” This, more than anything, was the goal of the event: to understand the very different stories of 1948 that dominate Israeli and Palestinian cultures and to consider how differing memories of 1948 impact the way people think and act today — and as a result of this critical thinking, students then become ready to act. While the event would have benefitted from making this intention clearer, we stand by that goal.

The NU chapter of J Street U is part of a student movement dedicated to promoting a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. We stand for an end to the occupation and an end to settlement expansion.

We take action by educating students on the issue and organizing them on a national scale to advance that two-state solution. We do not define ourselves in relation to other campus groups. We don’t seek some sort of middle ground for the sake of it. We seek

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We define ourselves in terms of our goals and our national movement: to mobilize American college students to demand strong U.S. diplomatic and communal leadership for an end to the occupation and a two-state solution. We are dedicated to achieving a just and lasting peace for Israelis and Palestinians. We would be doing this work no matter who else was organizing on campus.

In order to take substantive action to achieve that peace, NU students have a responsibility to hear out the perspectives of all stakeholders in the conflict, and to understand the dominant narratives of Palestinians and Israelis alike. We have a responsibility to consider them in the same space — if not to put them in conversation, at least to see them side by side. After all, there are initiatives in the region that do similar things.

Our chapter felt a responsibility to ensure that celebration of Israeli Independence Day by the pro-Israel community would not take place without reflection on the truth of the Nakba. The students who attended our event learned more because of that outlook than they would have if they had attended an

event with only one perspective — which SJP suggests that they should do.

Wrestling with the past deepens our commitment to working for a better future, one that must contain a free and independent Palestine alongside a Jewish and democratic state of Israel. On a national level, that means pushing the U.S. government to demonstrate strong leadership for two states. It means asking tough questions of pro-Israel groups in this country about whether they spend money and political capital to support the settlement enterprise in the West Bank, and holding them accountable to students and not donors. And on campus, it means agitating as many students as possible to learn about and get involved in that national action.

We call on the NU community to grapple with the many truths of this conflict and, further, act to resolve it. By engaging with the perspectives that make us uncomfortable, rather than pushing them aside, we can break the status quo and truly ensure change.

J Street U Northwestern Executive Board

Struggling with a burning Baltimore, creating change julia cohen

Daily columnist

Scrolling through Facebook recently, I saw friends of all different racial and socioeconomic backgrounds posting articles about Baltimore with a similar message: Don’t criticize the violence; it’s a response to years of oppression. Don’t support the National Guard; they’re just white demagogues quelling the revolution. Don’t think about it; white privilege clouds intelligent thought. Keep quiet. Let Baltimore burn. It’s what has to be done.

On one hand, I understand their point.

It is so important that we look at the riots in context. It is irresponsible to condemn actions without acknowledging why they are happening. Privilege is a difficult subject to explain if you benefit from it, like I do, and it is unfair to steal the conversation from those who are suffering from it. I realized that when I came to Northwestern and, for one of the first times in my life, was interacting with people who looked and lived fundamentally

differently than myself. Now, with unrest in Baltimore reaching alarming levels, I realize the only way toward social change is listening to perspectives from all sides.

As an effect of the generations of racial conflict, people feel afraid to condemn inflammatory situations like that in Baltimore more than that “riots suck.” Like the posts I saw on Facebook, generalizing that the rioters are all responding to civil injustices is almost as unproductive as generalizing that they are all thugs. It can drown out the viewpoints of those in the Baltimore community who want to find solutions in other ways, like the pastor who wanted to use the church to build community, or the man who just wanted to protect store owners in his neighborhood.

It is easy for someone on the outside looking in to think that if Baltimore residents just respected law enforcement’s wishes, all of the pain would be over. To ask that protesters “just listen to the police” is irresponsible and futile. For the first time, those who have had their voice repressed are able to respond to those who have stifled them. It makes little sense to disband for the sake of the people you are protesting against.

However, that does not mean that those from a privileged position should be

dismissed as “ignorant” at the first swipe of criticism. Police violence cannot be dealt with in the same way that previous civil rights movements, like slavery and segregation, have been in the past — it cannot be solved with legislation. The 13th, 14th and 15th Amendments, as well as the Brown v.

Board of Education decision, just scratched the surface — if they did more we would not see the issues we do today — but they at least represented societal benchmarks of moving forward.

Police brutality does not have those benchmarks. Yes, we can pass laws trying to limit it, but the nature of the profession is discretion.

This means that if we want change, society needs to be more on board with changes than it had to be in the past. This requires change to come equally from both ends, from the people being persecuted taking action and asserting their voices — as they are in the less-televised peaceful Baltimore protests — and from the wealthy white members of society whom protesters believe are at fault for the violence. To say that the second half should be excluded from the conversation is fundamentally leaving half of the equation out of solving the problem.

This does not mean that minority voices

should be denied anger and weight. They absolutely should be the ones who are driving the conversation; for too long the people driving it have been academics in ivory towers. But when both sides form such firm moral judgments, we are ignoring that this solution requires more hands on deck than one that can be simply legislated. It is the job of public officials, community leaders and even writers such as myself to use their platforms in a constructive, respectful way. If we are too scared of being attacked for our views, then we will be too scared to make structural societal change.

But this is just my perspective of the situation, the perspective of an outsider. So much of the story of race in America is about people whose voices are never heard: I get my voice heard weekly in The Daily. Baltimore is burning, and if my small corner of the Internet can get people to think critically about this issue, hopefully they will be led to the true stories of Baltimore and beyond.

Julia Cohen is a SESP sophomore. She can be reached at juliacohen2017@u.northwestern.edu.

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Schools should delay start times for healthy teens pia basu

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As I walked back to my dorm room after my two morning classes Tuesday, one of which was a midterm, I thought back to high school, something that seems worlds away now. I would wake up at 6:15 after a minimum of five or six hours of deep sleep, commute for 40 minutes, have classes and clubs from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. with only a 40-minute break in between, usually stay at school until 5 p.m. for extracurriculars, commute home and spend the evening doing all my homework for the next day. I did this for five days, until I could sleep in on Saturdays and Sundays. How was it that I — and I’m assuming many of you — could do that on repeat for years on end, when I can barely get up before 8 a.m. now?

I’m not arguing that either college or high school is more stressful than the other, and I know that everyone has different schedules and commitments. But what I have noticed is that because I’m in college and can choose to take classes that don’t start before 10 a.m., even if I fall asleep past midnight, I still get enough sleep, manage to finish most of my work, see friends and stay involved on campus. Of course, there are days this doesn’t happen and I’m always busy and stressed out to a certain extent, but delaying when I need to wake up does make a difference.

Northwestern can be a very stressful

place, especially since midterms begin any time after week two and never end. Resident Assistants, professors, advisors and parents remind us constantly to get enough sleep, especially in the interest of mental and physical health. Sometimes, even with the best planning and time management, there’s simply too much to do. However, fitting in adequate sleep is made so much easier at NU, since as college students, we can make our schedules conducive to our natural sleep cycles.

Unfortunately, high school students often do not have this same luxury. The National Sleep Foundation released a review in February detailing the different amounts of sleep each age group should receive. It created a new category, young adults who are 18 to 25 years old, differentiating this group from adolescents who need eight to ten hours and arguing that seven to nine hours of sleep for young adults is sufficient.

Not only do high school students need more sleep than college-age students, they are also far less likely to get it because they have to be awake in time to get to first period.

The American Academy of Pediatrics found that sleep deprivation among people in high school is a chronic problem, particularly since school begins so early. Adolescents’ biological sleep clocks change as they grow up, making it difficult for them to fall asleep early enough for them to get sufficient sleep, disrupting circadian rhythms. In a policy statement, the Academy urged middle schools and high schools to push back start times to at least 8:30 a.m. to allow their students to receive more sleep. Pediatricians

suggest that delaying school openings for high schoolers would lead to better physical and mental health as well as higher attendance and graduation rates.

A lack of sleep contributes to a greater chance of becoming anxious, depressed or obese and affects everyday classroom performance and concentration, according to the American Academy of Sleep Medicine.

Eighty-seven percent of teens are sleep deprived, according to the National Sleep Foundation. The staggering number of

people who would be affected by delayed school openings makes it a worthwhile policy change to consider, whatever the political and logistical obstacles it faces. Students should be allowed to do well academically, pursue outside interests and socialize — all while ensuring their bodies stay healthy.

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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84th Waa-Mu Show ‘Gold’ set to premiere Friday

By Matthew choi

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Waa-Mu is set to open its 84th annual show, continuing an integral tradition of Northwestern theater.

“Gold,” Waa-Mu’s newest production, tells the story of the 1936 Berlin Olympics through original music and writing.

Composed, written, choreographed and produced by over 100 NU students, “Gold” aims to offer a historically accurate view of Berlin just before World War II and the unique qualities of the 1936 Olympics. Waa-Mu anticipates welcoming around 5,000 spectators during its run at Cahn Auditorium, including alumni.

The show will run from May 1 to May 10, including special showings. Tickets will be $10 for students.

Several events will be held during the days the show runs. May 1, opening night, will also be Wildcat Night and students will be able to purchase tickets half-off online with a code.

Waa-Mu invited alumni of the show to Alum Night on May 2. Upwards of 50 alumni, including former co-chairs of the show, are planning to come, said Communication senior Kylie Mullins, co-chair of Waa-Mu. “We have co-chairs come back who haven’t seen the show since they were co-chair in like the 60s,” Mullins said. “It’s crazy.”

Former Illinois governor, NU alumnus dies at 92

Former Illinois governor and Northwestern School of Law alumnus Daniel Walker died Wednesday morning in California. He was 92.

Walker, who was elected governor in 1972, garnered fame for walking more than 1,100 miles across Illinois after announcing his candidacy.

After serving one term as governor from 1973 to 1977, Walker plead guilty in 1987 to

Waa-Mu will invite the Greek community to see the show May 8 for Greek Night. The chapter with the most members present will have money donated to its charity.

Writers first got the idea for a show around the Olympics after Communication Prof. David Bell, director of the show, told students last year he had choreographed part of the 1992 Olympics in Barcelona, said Bienen junior Jon Bauerfeld, co-head writer for Waa-Mu. “When choosing the actual Olympics, we chose 1936 because it just adds another level,” Bauerfeld said. “There are so many inspirational stories in that Olympics, like true stories, and it was also one of the first Olympics done on the grand scale that we know them today.”

The show will focus on the events of the 1936 Olympics while also exploring the social conditions of pre-war Germany. The story follows the narratives of four groups of people — the United States basketball, swim and track and field teams and a group of journalists — as they travel from New York to Berlin and compete.

The project was not without challenges as writers worked to accurately reflect the era, said Weinberg senior Hannah Dunn, co-chair of Waa-Mu. While the task was challenging, production staff was motivated by a fast approaching opening night, Bauerfeld said.

“From conception in August to opening in May is probably the shortest turnaround for a obtaining more than $1 million fraudulently in loans from two banks he managed and spent 17 months in prison.

Walker moved to San Diego following his time in prison. He became a philanthropist and also wrote seven books, including “The Maverick and the Machine,” a memoir.

Walker was a Navy veteran of World War II and the Korean War. He received a law degree from NU in 1950.

Walker is survived by his wife, Lily Stewart, his seven children from a previous marriage, 22 grandchildren and four greatgrandchildren.

— Mariana Alfaro

Sean Su/Daily Senior Staffer

STay Gold Student actors get cozy in this year’s Waa-Mu Show, “Gold.” The musical, centered around the 1936 Berlin Olympics, will open May 1 in Cahn Auditorium.

musical of this size that exists,” Bauerfeld said.

“We know that on a certain day there will have to be something on this stage that sells 5,000 seats, there’s got to be something there.”

Mullins said she is proud of the work the team has accomplished and is eager for

Across Campus Swastikas found at three student residences at Stanford University Stanford University is investigating a series of hate-fueled graffiti, including swastikas, found at student housing units and a fraternity house on campus.

Swastikas and anarchy symbols were spraypainted early Sunday at the BOB house for students transitioning out of dorm life, Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity and Casa Italiana, an Italian language and culture-focused academic house, according to university spokeswoman Lisa Lapin.

students to see the final product.

“It’s one of the most unique things that I think happens on this campus,” said Mullins.

“I really hope people come see it.” matthewchoi2018@u.northwestern.edu

No arrests have been made in connection to the graffiti, she said.

Stanford President John Hennessy condemned the vandalism as an act of hate “that has no place at Stanford.”

“I am deeply troubled by the act of vandalism, including symbols of hate, that has marred our campus,” he said in a statement.

University administrators as well campus police will investigate the vandalism as part of its protocol for investigating real or perceived acts of intolerance. ­— Veronica Rocha (Los Angeles Times/TNS)

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Goodell told the audience he wanted to speak with Medill students because of the important role the media plays in the NFL. “I enjoy the opportunity to have these kinds of exchanges. … It was something we thought would be a great opportunity for us to be able to share our perspective,” he said. “Journalism is very important to our business. We want the facts out there.”

Brennan told The Daily before the event that the NFL reached out to her asking to schedule an interview at Medill. She said beyond that she left the event planning to Medill and the NFL. Brennan opened the event with questions about Ray Rice, the former Baltimore Ravens running back who punched his fiancee, knocking her unconscious, in February 2014.

Goodell said the league has taken steps to educate all NFL employees about domestic violence. He spoke about personally visiting four shelters for victims of domestic violence in the past few months and educating himself on the issue.

At the end of last year, the NFL adopted a new personal conduct policy that regulates players’ off-field conduct, including instances of domestic violence.

Goodell said the new policy allows the NFL to punish

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festival is to increase the visibility of the literary community in the city.

“I feel like Evanston has always been very good about celebrating the visual arts,” Barrett said. “But I feel like we have now this power to do the same kind of thing with the literary arts.”

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Khatri

players beyond the penalties determined by the legal system.

Goodell said the NFL’s new policy is one of the most progressive.

“We are plowing new ground,” he said. “We’re doing things other organizations aren’t doing.”

In response to questions from Medill students and Brennan, Goodell said he doesn’t consider the Washington NFL team’s name to be a racial slur.

“It’s the name of a football team,” he said. “I grew up as a Washington Redskins fan. I always looked at that as something we were proud of. In that context, it’s not being used as a racial slur.”

Medill junior Samantha Sterling, who worked as a public relations intern for the team this summer, said she was surprised by Goodell’s comments.

“As someone that worked for the organization, I do understand how they value the tradition of the name,” she said. “It was interesting to see his candid perspective rather than a formulated answer.”

Goodell declined to give his opinion on NU football players’ attempt to form a union, but said the NCAA should evaluate the challenges college athletes face.

“There’s nothing worse than somebody who doesn’t understand all the issues passing judgment, so I’m not going to do that,” he said.

From page 1 opportunity Robertson said Khatri was excited about.

Khatri never hesitated to help and support others, Murphy said.

“We spent many occasions on the Lakefill at night, singing and screaming and crying,” Murphy wrote in an email. “She was a fighter … She taught me how to stay true to myself and advocate for my needs.”

Khatri showed her spirit in the form of adventures. Murphy said that once, when she and Khatri were lost in downtown Chicago during their freshman year, Khatri suggested they turn off their phones and wander around the city.

Murphy said she will always cherish her memories with Khatri, as did Weinberg junior Stephanie Chang, who lived with Khatri in Shepard Residential College their freshman and sophomore years.

In a story Chang posted Tuesday on Medium called “On Loss and Acceptance,” Chang described

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said, which allows Evanston to hold stable pension funds.

However, Evanston still has plenty to worry about. The freeze could potentially affect the two local school districts, Lyons said, and the 50 percent cut in income tax revenue is still on the table.

When the state boosted income tax rates in 2011, the state earned few local government enemies because the total dollars allotted to each municipality remained the same. Rauner declined to renew the tax hike this winter, meaning residents and companies will pay lower income tax rates for the next 10 years until another tax drop in 2025. With

tylerpager2017@u.northwestern.edu sophiabollag2016@u.northwestern.edu Barrett also said she hopes the festival will make people realize the importance of being part of a literary community.

“This experience of community is something that exists in a different form online,” she said. “There’s nothing that can replace being in the room and we shouldn’t forget that.” weizheyang2018@u.northwestern.edu

her grief following Khatri’s death.

“Each time I scroll past your name on my contacts list, my heart clenches and my eyes well up with tears,” Chang wrote. “Every time I look through old photos or hear something you would have thought was funny, I see you with your head thrown back, laughing that completely free, contagious laugh of yours.”

Chang wrote that with her pain and grief, she also feels a “bittersweet, tender joy” for the memories she’ll keep with her.

“I’m learning what it means to lose, and what it means to grow from that loss,” Chang wrote. “But most of all, I’m learning to accept what happened and hopefully one day, move on. Rest in peace.”

Associated Student Government will hold a community gathering in Khatri’s memory to support her family and friends Thursday at 3 p.m. at The Rock.

Tyler Pager contributed reporting. pl@u.northwestern.edu less money to go around, he said he expects “shared sacrifice” in his proposed budget, which calls for the 50 percent cut.

Costly pension funding leaves little wiggle room for local governments, Fowler said, and much remains unclear as the May 31 deadline for the final state budget approaches. Fowler said residents will directly feel an impact if local governments can’t get their necessary funding.

“They’ve cut public works, they’ve cut road construction, some towns don’t snow plow like they used to snow plow,” he said. “If further cuts are facing municipalities, they’re gonna look at police and fire.

How do you operate a municipality when you can’t protect people?” kevinmathew2015@u.northwestern.edu

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Clutch hits lift Cats past Cougars in extra innings

By JESSE KRAMER

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Zach Jones lost out on his day’s rest, but all ended well for the junior first baseman Wednesday.

Jones was called upon in the bottom of the 10th inning with Northwestern and Chicago State tied, and the game-winning run on third base. The lefty poked

a 2-2 pitch into left field, scoring senior Luke Dauch for a 5-4, walk-off victory at Rocky Miller Park.

“I was just looking to hit the ball hard somewhere,” Jones said. “I put a good swing on it, and it worked out.”

With the win, the Cats have defeated Chicago State 13 straight times dating back to 2002.

NU (14-29, 4-11 Big Ten) earned its opportunity in extra innings thanks to a stellar relief performance from junior Jake Stolley, who picked up his second win of the season.

The left-hander cleaned up freshman Tommy Bordignon’s bases loaded mess in the eighth inning to preserve a 4-4 tie. After working in and out of trouble in a scoreless ninth, he set Chicago State (11-32-1, 4-12-1 WAC) down 1-2-3 in the 10th.

“Stolley’s been solid for us all year,” coach Paul Stevens said.

Sophomore Joe Hoscheit began NU’s 10th-inning rally with a stand-up double to deep left field. Dauch pinch ran for Hoscheit and, following a walk and sacrifice bunt, the Wildcats had men on second and third base with one out.

Despite facing a two-strike count, sophomore RJ Watters laid down a perfect bunt to advance the runners.

“When people are charging that hard, you don’t even know how difficult it is,” Stevens said.

Jones pinch hit for catcher Jack Claeys, and Cougars catcher Cody Freund set up for an intentional walk.

However, pitcher Nick Kostalek’s second intentional toss tipped off Freund’s glove toward the backstop.

Dauch stayed put at third, but junior Antonio Freschet took off from second. Freschet beat the throw back to the second, but his frenzied slide carried him past the bag, where he was tagged out.

With two outs, the Cougars opted to pitch to Jones, who had the benefit of 2-0 count.

“That’s definitely new to me, starting off with two intentional walk pitches,” Jones said.

Kostalek worked the count back to 2-2, but Jones needed to make contact just once to start the celebration.

The walk-off hit was reminiscent of last season’s crosstown matchup at Rocky Miller Park.

That time, junior Jack Mitchell was the pinch-hit hero, sending a game-winning single to left field to cap a ninth-inning rally. “(The Cougars) are probably starting to get a little frustrated with the way things are going, but it’s been working out for us,” Jones said of the dramatic finishes.

“It’s always fun winning walk off.” jessekramer2017@u.northwestern.edu

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Introducing a Museum of Communication and Media at NU-Q 12:00 p.m. | Tuesday, May 12, 2015 Frances Searle Building, Room 1-483 Presented by: Pamela Erskine-Loftus, director, gallery for media, communication and journalism As the new NU-Q building nears completion, the plans for the gallery space are taking shape. The multimedia gallery will showcase NU-Q work, as well as exhibitions from around the world. The gallery showcase is an opportunity to see the conceptual progress of this unique undertaking.

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MOVING UP Ibraheim Campbell returns an interception against Illinois. The safety is likely to be the first Northwestern player selected in the NFL Draft.

By BOBBY PILLOTE

daily senior staffer @BobbyPillote

The 2015 NFL Draft is taking place in Chicago, and coincidentally Northwestern is sending one of its best crops of talent in recent memory to the professional ranks.

At least one former Wildcat should be drafted and end up on an NFL roster in the fall, and several more are sure to get training camp invites or latch onto practice squads.

The prospect with the best chance to be drafted is safety Ibraheim Campbell. He’ll play strong safety in the NFL and has good size for the position at 5-11, 208 pounds. Campbell also performed well in pre-draft workouts, benching 23 reps at the NFL Combine in February — second-most among defensive backs — and running a 4.47 40-yard dash time at his pro day in March.

All of that adds to an impressive resume compiled on the field.

Campbell was a four-year starter, who missed just four games over that span and racked up 316 tackles, six forced fumbles and 11 interceptions during his career.

CBS Sports projects him being taken as high as the fourth round.

The reasons Campbell doesn’t rate higher are because he lacks elite height and athleticism, and safety

is of low positional value in the NFL. The other Cat with a chance to have his name called is center Brandon Vitabile. Another four-year starter who never missed a game, Vitabile will get looks because of his impressive record of consistency, but may be passed over due to his concerning lack of size. The mentally nimble center held up against Big Ten competition, but is listed at an undersized 6-3, 310 pounds, and will struggle against the mammoth nose tackles in the professional ranks.

The dark horse candidate in the draft is quarterback Trevor Siemian, who has inexplicably seen his stock rise in the final weeks of the process. The signal caller wasn’t on any team’s draft radar during the season and dropped further into irrelevancy when he tore his ACL against Purdue on Nov. 22.

But NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport reported in a tweet in late March that the Denver Broncos scheduled a workout with Siemian, and the quarterback subsequently met with the Chicago Bears and Cleveland Browns as well.

Siemian had a lackluster college career with a 59 percent completion percentage and a 27-24 touchdownto-interception ratio, but might get drafted because of his prototypical size and good arm strength.

The remaining wild cards from

NU are receiver Kyle Prater and linebacker Jimmy Hall. Prater, like Siemian, has a shot because of his size and background. The former five-star recruit measures at 6-5 and finally had a productive season his senior year, pulling down 51 receptions for 535 yards.

But Prater is also slow, even for his height, and ran a 4.71 40 at NU’s pro day. The lack of athleticism will keep him off many teams’ draft boards.

On the other end of the spectrum, Hall is the stereotypical workout warrior. He had an unusual career, starting at safety before switching to linebacker, and didn’t see significant playing time until his senior year. But, he blazed a 4.50 40, benched 24 reps and had a 10’10” broad jump at the Cats’ pro day.

Hall is a “tweener” — not quite a linebacker and not quite a safety — which could actually boost his stock a bit. Hybrid players are a growing trend in the NFL, and at least one team is likely to see Hall as a good fit for its scheme.

There may not be a single blue chip prospect, but the number of former NU players in the NFL will certainly grow by September.

The draft runs Thursday through Saturday at Chicago’s Auditorium Theatre. bpillote@u.northwestern.edu

Since 2009, the home team between a Northwestern and DePaul softball matchup has come away with the win.

This time was no different — the Cats came out on top at Evanston’s Sharon J. Drysdale Field on Wednesday.

NU (25-19, 12-7 Big Ten) was able to close out the game quickly after scoring 9 runs with two outs in the bottom of the fourth inning. The win against DePaul (20-22, 11-3 Big East) continues the history between the two teams, while also giving the Cats momentum as they head into a crucial Big Ten series against Iowa this weekend.

Although DePaul struck first with a solo home run from pitcher Mary Connolly, NU got back on the board in style with a 2-run homer to the right field bleachers from senior rightfielder Andrea DiPrima.

NU’s offense in the bottom of the fourth gave them the momentum to pull away and secure the run-rule after a 3-1 start by the Cats. The Cats began to rally for base hits, and after scoring a run off of a hit by pitch and walks, a 2-run ground rule double by senior first baseman Julia Kuhn made the score 6-1 in favor of NU. The Cats then went on to score 6 more runs in the bottom of the fourth, with Kuhn’s homer followed by walks to

senior leftfielder Olivia Duehr and freshman second baseman Brooke Marquez.

With the score at 7-1 due to an RBI from walks, a 2-run single by Edwards and a 3-run homer by junior Brianna LeBeau closed out the inning.

LeBeau’s home run to the left field bleachers was her sixth of the year, and came after a quick 0-2 count from Connolly.

“I just wanted to put the ball in play and it was a quick two strikes,” she said.

“I half swung, sent one over and it felt really good.”

Another stellar performance from junior pitcher Kristen Wood left the Blue Demons shaking their heads, with DePaul only managing two hits against the ace throughout the game. Wood ended the game with eight strikeouts and moved to 14-8 on the season.

LeBeau emphasized Wood’s play as a key aspect of the win, noting that supplementing Wood’s play with offensive power will be key in getting wins against Iowa.

“We play really all around when our offense is there,” LeBeau said. “We need to take that offensive momentum and also stand behind Kristen because she’s doing a heck of a job out there.”

Coach Kate Drohan agreed with LeBeau and said she knows the team will use today’s win as momentum against another Big Ten opponent.

“We’re excited about our opportunity this weekend and we like going to Iowa,” Drohan said. “It’s about playing the way we know we can play. To finish the game in five today was critical for us, especially for Kristen Wood.”

The Cats will play their last regular season Big Ten series in Iowa City beginning May 1. melissahaniff2016@u.northwestern.edu

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CLEARING THE BASES Julia Kuhn takes a pitch. The senior clubbed two hits and recorded two RBI in Northwestern’s blowout of DePaul.

Lacrosse

NU prepares for Michigan in first Big Ten Tournament No. 6 Michigan vs. No. 3 Northwestern Piscataway, New Jersey 3 p.m. Thursday

There’s a first for everything, and this time it’s for Big Ten lacrosse.

The inaugural Big Ten Women’s Lacrosse Tournament will take place

this weekend at Rutgers University.

All six teams in the Big Ten will participate.

Northwestern (11-5, 3-2 Big Ten) clinched the No. 3 seed in the tournament after a win against Ohio State on Saturday and has a bye in the first round.

The Cats will go into the tournament with the news that two of their players — freshman Selena Lasota and sophomore Sheila Nesselbush — were named to the 2015 Women’s Lacrosse All-Big Ten Team, announced Wednesday. Senior goalkeeper Brooke Jones was also honored with a sportsmanship award.

The Wildcats will play their first game Thursday afternoon against No. 6 seed Michigan (5-11, 0-5) in the quarterfinals.

As far as first games go, the Cats really couldn’t have a better matchup to ease into the tournament. When the Wolverines and Cats squared off earlier this season, NU handed Michigan a humbling 17-8 loss.

The Cats dominated on the circle, flirting with perfection by winning 23 of 27 draw controls. NU was almost nearly perfect on clears, exploiting the Michigan defense in transition.

It’s tournament time, though, and

all bets are off. NU will have to pay special attention to groundballs and turnovers, as they nearly tied the Wolverines in both categories.

If the Cats don’t succumb to a Michigan upset, they will face No. 2 seed Penn State (12-4, 4-1) next, who promises to be a far more challenging opponent.

In the April matchup, the Nittany Lions pulled away with a 14-10 victory. The loss was almost inexplicable — the Cats lead Penn State in shots, ground balls, draw controls and freeposition shots, but allowed the Nittany Lions a 7-1 run in the end of the first half.

The Cats are going to be hungry for revenge if they get a chance to square off against Penn State once again, and that fire could help them to stifle the strong Penn State attack and prevent a big run. If they stop the Nittany Lions from building offensive momentum and playing a clean game, the Cats should be able to battle — if not cruise — to a victory.

The winner of the Penn State vs.

NU/Michigan game will play the winner of No. 1 Maryland vs. No. 4 Ohio State/No. 5 Rutgers in the championship game.

— Claire Hansen