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Northwestern tuition increases by nearly 4 percent

The total cost of attending Northwestern next year will be nearly $64,000, the University announced Tuesday morning.

The 2015-2016 undergraduate tuition and room and board rates will each increase by 3.8 percent to $48,624 and $14,936, respectively.

The total sticker price adds up to $63,983.

This year’s tuition was $61,640, which was also a 3.8 percent

Charli XCX confirmed as Dillo Day performer

Mayfest confirmed Monday that Charli XCX will perform at Dillo Day. On Sunday night, the group teased a reference to her hit song, “Boom Clap,” on its website, which displayed images representing the track’s opening lyrics and sound clips from the song.

Charli XCX, a British pop star, is also known for her collaborations with singer Iggy Azalea on “Fancy” and with the band Icona Pop on “I Love It.” Mayfest co-chair Ian Robinson said the artist has been on the group’s radar since this summer.

“She’s an unbelievable pop musician and she’s the first offer we sent out because everyone on Mayfest was hyped,” the Medill senior said. “She was a no-brainer for us.”

Charli XCX’s performance slot is not yet finalized, although she is not the headliner.

The artist will be Dillo Day’s first solo female performer since Regina Spektor in 2010. Last year, some students signed a petition asking Mayfest to bring a “female-bodied artist” to the festival. Cults, one of the bands that performed last year, featured a lead female singer.

Charli XCX is also the first pop

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increase from last year. The annual percentage increases have dropped steadily over the past 10 years, with 3.8 percent being the lowest increase since 2009.

The increase in tuition will go toward bolstering the Office of Career Advancement, undergraduate summer internships, research, leadership and civic engagement programs, academic mentoring and advising.

NU’s financial aid will increase by 6 percent for next year, as the University will give out more than $160 million in scholarships and grants. For the 2005-2006 school

year, NU gave out $79 million in financial aid.

NU will also increase the number of students who receive Pell grants and provide aid for students from middle-income families. The University provides financial aid to about half of undergraduates.

Tuition for The Graduate School also increased by 3.8 percent for next year to $48,624. The costs of attending the Feinberg School of Medicine, the Kellogg School of Management and the School of Law are still being reviewed.s

artist in many recent years. Steven Goldstein, Mayfest co-director of promotions, said the group worked to diversify the genres of artists.

He added that 22-year-old Charli XCX is one of the younger performers Mayfest has brought to Dillo Day. “I think that’s definitely going to add a lot to the live set,” the Medill senior said. “You can tell when

someone’s young like Chance (the Rapper) last year really resonated with the Northwestern audience.

(Charli XCX), from what we can tell, brings a really quirky, energetic and very loose performance that we’re very excited for.”

Dillo Day will take place May 30.

— Tyler Pager

— Tyler Pager

The racist chant sung by members of a University of Oklahoma fraternity was likely learned at a national leadership meeting, the fraternity’s Evanston headquarters confirmed.

Blaine Ayers, Sigma Alpha Epsilon’s executive director, said in a statement Friday the chant was probably shared among members about four years ago at an SAE national leadership event. The annual retreat brings participants from around the country for classes and seminars, he said.

The chant was likely learned at a social gathering during the leadership retreat. There is no evidence the chant is widespread across the 237 national SAE

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national headquarters SAE’s headquarters confirmed the racist chant sung by members of University of Oklahoma’s chapter was shared at a national leadership conference. The fraternity’s headquarters are in Evanston.

A second Curt’s Cafe location opened last week that will focus on providing job training and employment for at-risk young women and teenage mothers.

Curt’s Cafe South, 1813 Dempster St., aims to follow the mission of the original Curt’s Cafe, 2922 Central St., but will focus more specifically on women, according to Susan Trieschmann, executive director and founder of Curt’s Cafe.

“We hope to get all the girls jobs,” said Trieschmann, who added she hopes students will become empowered and “fiscally responsible.”

Trieschmann said about six or seven

BOOM CLAP Charli XCX will perform at Dillo Day this year, making her the first solo female artist at the festival in recent years. Charli XCX is known for her hit song “Boom Clap.”

chapters, Ayers said.

Earlier this month, a video surfaced on social media of members of OU’s chapter of SAE singing the racist chant.

The video sparked outrage on OU’s campus and the fraternity was quickly disbanded.

Ayers’ statement came after OU President David Boren said the school’s investigation found fraternity members learned the chant on a national leadership cruise.

“That chant was learned and brought back to the local chapter,” Boren said at a news conference Friday. “Over time, the chant was formalized by the local chapter and was taught to pledges as part of the formal and informal pledgeship process.”

Brad Cohen, SAE’s national president,

A female Northwestern student reported being sexually assaulted by a male Monday night in a University residence hall, according to an NU security alert.

The alert said the student had previous communication with the male. The two met at a Chicago Transit Authority

students are now learning various tasks at Curt’s Cafe South, such as operating a cash register and interacting with customers, with the help of one full-time employee and two volunteers. Before the new location opened March 24, it hosted a “housewarming” party March 22 that many people attended, including Mayor Elizabeth Tisdahl and several aldermen, Trieschmann said.

Kristen Hemingway, founder of Evanston-based consulting firm Hemingway Strategies, and Nancy Floy, owner of the Heartwood Center, which provides holistic health services in Evanston, started a Kickstarter campaign last summer with the intention of purchasing the property » See CURT’S, page 9 station and he then assaulted the student in her residence hall room between 6:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.

The male is not believed to be affiliated with NU, according to the alert.

This is at least the second sexual assault reported at NU this month. The first occurred Feb. 27 at the Evans Scholarship House.

— Tyler Pager

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On Campus

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We wanted to look or projects that had a direct impact on the Evanston community ... We really went out of our way to look for those direct connections.

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NU researchers to study effects of living in space

By PETER KOTECKI

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Northwestern is leading a team of researchers to study the impact of living in space by observing two twins — one who will spend a year at the International Space Station while the other stays on Earth.

The space shuttle carrying NASA astronaut Scott Kelly left Friday afternoon. Approximately 60 NU professors and students gathered at the Frances Searle Building to watch the live stream of the launch. Scott Kelly is scheduled to stay in space until March 2016 and will become the first American to stay in space for more than 215 days.

Kelly’s twin brother Mark Kelly, a retired astronaut, will remain home to be part of a NASA-coordinated study conducted by NU and other universities. Mark Kelly is the husband of former U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords from Arizona.

NU is part of one of 10 research teams that will each study an aspect of the twins’ health. NU will collaborate with Rush University Medical Center and the University of Illinois at Chicago to study the effects of an extended stay in space on bacteria in the human gastrointestinal tract.

“Anybody that’s taken antibiotics and had that produce an upset stomach has experienced what happens if the bacterial populations in the gut get out of balance,” said Neurobiology Prof. Martha Hotz Vitaterna, one of the researchers on the study.

She said there may be an overgrowth of inflammation-producing bacteria, because antibiotics can

Northwestern forms search committee for new Buffett Institute

Northwestern is launching a national search for the new director of the Buffett Institute for Global Studies, which was

deplete friendly bacteria.

“We are looking at those kinds of bacterial population balances in the two twins,” Vitaterna said.

Two medical samples were collected from the Kelly twins before last Friday’s launch. Vitaterna said there will be three more sampling times while Scott Kelly is in space, followed by two more after he returns to Earth.

She said analyses in trends will not be possible until all 10 teams have completed their research and can integrate all of the data.

Researchers hope the study will allow them to better predict the effects of extended time in space on future astronauts, creating an “early warning system,” Vitaterna said.

NASA Deputy Program Scientist Craig Kundrot (Weinberg ‘82) said although NASA was initially hesitant to use such a small sample size, it decided that the opportunity was too unique to pass on.

Kundrot, who will coordinate the 10 investigations on the Kelly twins, said the research will focus on four main categories: molecular, physiological, cognitive and microbiome-related.

“To our knowledge, no one is doing such a disparate range of things in a coordinated manner,” he said.

Peng Jiang, a postdoctoral fellow in the NU Center for Sleep and Circadian Biology, said the scale of the data is expected to be huge.

“We have multiple time points, multiple samples, and then when you have those samples, what you’re going to do is extract all the DNA from the sample,” he said.

Jiang said modern DNA sequencing techniques will allow the team to identify and characterize the established by a more than $100 million gift.

The institute is seeking a new director to oversee the transformation of the Buffett Center into a hub for global research and education following the gift by Roberta Buffett Elliott (Weinberg ’54) in January. The donation, the largest single gift in NU history, will fund fellowships, travel, research, interdisciplinary

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OUT OF THIS WORLD Northwestern researchers will study the effects of living in space for a year by studying a set of twins. Scott Kelly (left) will spend a year in space while his twin brother, Mark Kelly (right), remains on Earth.

composition of the microorganism species that exist in the digestive tracts of the astronauts.

Kundrot said one aspect of microbiome changes that the Chicago team will study is how the environment in space affects the human body.

“It’s a relatively clean environment,” he said.

“The food they’re eating is super clean because it has to last in storage.”

Kundrot said he’s interested to see how the lack of diversity in the environment is going to affect

gastrointestinal health.

Vitaterna, the NU professor, said the research is unusual because it only focuses on one pair of twins rather than a large experimental group.

“The thing to keep in mind is we’re not directly comparing all possible genotypes to all possible conditions,” she said. “They’re genetically matched, but we’re still comparing each person to himself.”

professorships and scholarships for international students.

University President emeritus Henry Bienen will lead the search, which will be assisted by the search firm Russell Reynolds Associates.

The search committee includes Executive Vice President Nim Chinniah, Kellogg Dean Sally Blount and former Buffett Center director Hendrik Spruyt. The committee will convene

this spring.

The institute will “take the scope and impact of our global programs to a whole new level,” University President Morton Schapiro said when NU announced Elliott’s gift on Jan. 28.

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Evanston to give $5 million to NU

By ALICE YIN

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Northwestern ​w ill donate $1 million to Evanston annually for the next five years, Mayor Elizabeth Tisdahl announced Friday at her 2015 State of the City address.

The gift will go toward projects that will be jointly decided by Tisdahl and NU President Morton Schapiro, the mayor said during her speech at the Hilton Orrington, 1710 Orrington Ave. Every July, Tisdahl will create a list of projects for potential funding. Schapiro and Tisdahl will meet to agree on the list.

The donation will officially start each year on Sept. 1 for five years. “Northwestern University, our businesses, residents of Evanston, our schools and notfor-profits are ‌ partners in making this city great,â€? Tisdahl said after revealing the news. “So I say to you in confidence that we can and we will solve our challenges.â€?

The address began with Tisdahl acknowledging looming budget cuts from the state that would take place under Gov. Bruce Rauner’s new budget proposal, which plans to slash Evanston’s share of the Local Government Distributed Fund by $3.75 million.

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Police blotter Evanston resident arrested in connection with unlawful use of a weapon

Police charged a 19-year-old Evanston man Thursday with unlawful use of weapon by felon, officials said.

The man was arrested in the 200 block of Callan Avenue around 8 p.m. Thursday. He ran from Evanston patrol officers after they pulled over a car in which he was a passenger, police said. Police

lose about $4 million, and Evanston/Skokie School District 65 could lose about $10 million total under Rauner’s proposal, Tisdahl said. She a​ dded that Evanston nonprofit Connections for the Homeless could lose about $300,000. “As you know, the state of Illinois is in terrible financial condition,â€? Tisdahl said. “I just got back from Springfield and it’s worse than I thought. It’s imploding ‌ It’s taking money you were promised ‌ and it’s gone.â€?

Tisdahl said her trip to the state capital to plea Evanston’s case “did not go well.� She encouraged residents to join city leaders and make the trek down to the annual Evanston Lobby Day in Springfield on April 14 to urge the state to choose a different solution to the fiscal crisis.

The mayor went on to congratulate Evanston’s business growth in recent years. Last year, 43 new businesses opened, adding 212 new full-time jobs, while 19 closed. Unemployment also went down to 4.2 percent in December 2014, which is lower than the national and Chicago average. “There’s proof that well-spent economic development money can change a neighborhood by filling it with fun, pride and a sense of community,� Tisdahl said.

Evanston is also committed to being a safe, trusting community, Tisdahl said, addressing

the recent spotlight on crime and police accountability after a white officer’s shooting of a black teenager in Ferguson, Missouri. “People ask me what we’re going to do about Ferguson,� Tisdahl said. “We are not Ferguson. We are absolutely, positively not Ferguson.�

Tisdahl expressed her gratitude toward the “excellent police work� by the Evanston Police Department. Officers have engaged in ongoing diversity training, with more planned for the future, she said.

Crimes against persons, such as homicide, robbery and arson, went down 20.8 percent in 2014, Tisdahl said. There was one homicide last year, compared to four in 2013.

The mayor also touched on the city’s commitment to sustainability, celebrating Evanston’s 2015 World Wildlife Fund U.S. Earth Hour City Capital award. In addition, the city has made strides in decreasing pensions and will work on affordable housing. “Gentrification, crime, climate change, the state of Illinois’s finances ‌ if you want challenges, we have plenty,â€? she said. “My message is we are working on it. We have extraordinarily talented residents, aldermen and city staff. We have an extraordinary university helping us.â€?

caught the man and recovered a loaded handgun on Mulford Street that he had tossed away while he was running, officials said.

While police pursued the man, the driver of the car fled northbound on Chicago Avenue, officials said. Police have not yet been able to identify the driver. The man was charged with a felony due to a 2013 conviction for reckless discharge of a firearm, police said.

Evanston spa after he was asked to leave the building, police said.

Officers responded to a report that two people, a man and a woman, were being loud and causing a disturbance at Egea Spa, 1521 Sherman Ave., Evanston police Cmdr. Joseph Dugan said.

After the 23-year-old receptionist asked the two people to leave, the man opened up a bottle containing an unknown beverage and poured it on the receptionist’s computer and desk, Dugan said.

The incident occurred around noon on Sunday.

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5 student groups awarded ASG engagement grant

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Five Northwestern student groups received ASG’s newly renamed Evanston Engagement Grant to fund projects that directly impact the local community.

A total of $1,300 will be given to the International Gender Equality Movement, Lending for Evanston and Northwestern Development, Purple Crayon Players, Academy of Music and Arts for Special Education and the Society of Physics Students.

This year, the selection committee reviewed 13 applications requesting more than $6,000 in total.

Applicants ranged from student groups to undergraduate or graduate students.

“There was a ton of interest,” said Kevin Harris, Associated Student Goverment’s

City restaurant cited for selling alcohol to underage person

An Evanston restaurant was cited last week for illegally serving alcohol to an underage person.

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NU increases MOOC offerings to include health care, business

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vice president for community relations, who served on the committee. “It was exciting to see so many ideas from a diverse group of students.”

The grant, which was previously known as the Community Engagement Grant, was renamed this year to reflect ASG’s desire to focus the grant on Evanston.

“We changed it to Evanston-focused just because we think there’s so many opportunities here in Evanston pretty locally,” Harris said.

The change in focus is reflected in this year’s selection committee, which included Charliese Agnew, one of the city’s community engagement specialists.

Members of ASG’s Community Relations committee and Tony Kirchmeier, the University’s director of off-campus life, also served on the committee.

“We wanted to look for projects that had a direct impact on the Evanston community,”

Harris said. “We really went out of our way to look for those direct connections.”

The grant application timeline had been moved up this year, so recipients would receive their funds for Spring Quarter.

In the past, recipients have had issues with implementing projects before the year ended, and money would be rolled over into the next academic year, Harris said.

Originally $600 had been set aside for the grant, Harris said, but ASG was able to increase the amount due to a surplus in funding from charging landlords for attendance at this year’s housing fair.

ASG wanted to put that surplus back into the Evanston community and the grant does that, he said.

Weinberg junior Vivien Hastings, one of the co-founders of iGEM, said the group will use the grant to help fund its second leadership summit devoted to educating local middle school girls about global issues.

“We’re hoping that the money will be able to expand our efforts to reach that greater number of people and also be able to attract more students of color and a population of participants that’s more representative of Evanston as a community,” Hastings said.

Chris Harlow, LEND’s director of fundraising, said the group plans to use the funds to host a business and microlending workshop for the community in collaboration with First Bank & Trust.

“We see a lot of benefit and only good things from Northwestern and Evanston becoming more closely connected,” the SESP junior said.

“I’d love for Evanston residents to not just see me as one of those students who’s drunk down Sheridan Road at 2 a.m., but rather that we have something to contribute and provide to them as well.”

supervision of law enforcement without checking identification to verify the person’s age.

Officials from Evanston Police Department and the Illinois Liquor Control Commission conducted compliance checks at 19 Evanston locations on March 25, police said.

The restaurant received two citations — one to the employee who sold the liquor and another to the establishment itself, Evanston police Cmdr. Joseph Dugan said.

This is the first time that Smylie Brothers has been cited for underage alcohol sales since the restaurant opened last year, Dugan said.

The restaurant will go before the ILCC for its violation of state law.

Under the general guidelines that the commission follows in penalizing establishments, the restaurant will likely face a $500 fine or a one-day suspension of its liquor license for its first-time offense, ILCC spokesman Terry Horstman said in an email to The Daily.

For violating a city ordinance, Smylie

Brothers also faces a hearing at the Civic Center, police said.

Mike Smylie, the restaurant’s owner, said he has suspended the employee who failed to check for proper identification. In the future, any employee who does not card someone who purchases alcohol will be fired, Smylie said.

Alcohol compliance checks usually occur twice a year.

professors from the Feinberg School of Medicine and the Kellogg School of Management, are the latest additions to the University’s growing curriculum of MOOCs on the Coursera platform. NU has created 11 courses on the platform since first launching in 2013.

The business class, “Scaling Operations: Linking Strategy and Execution” will begin March 30. The course will focus

on operations strategy and run for five weeks.

Feinberg’s first MOOC will launch April 13 and is geared toward students interested in careers in health care. The six-week course, “Career 911: Your Future Job in Medicine and Healthcare,” will give students career advice and strategies for entering health related fields.

Three MOOCs will be offered again this

spring beginning on March 30: Digital Image Processing, Life Cycle Assessment and Content Strategy.

The Content Strategy course is part of the University’s first MOOC specialization program. The second course in the sequence will begin June 1 and will be followed by a final project.

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Israeli people want a peace deal but not quite yet YONI PINTO

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In February 2014, a non-profit organization called the Israeli Peace Initiative conducted a poll from the Israeli population regarding a possible peace agreement between Israel and Palestinians. According to the survey, more than three quarters of Israeli Jews would be willing to support a peace deal between the two sides.

Just a few weeks ago, elections in Israel seemed to show the opposite.

At the time, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was running for reelection, rivaled mainly by Isaac Herzog and his Zionist Union.

The Zionist Union had a lot of factors working in its favor: the ever-increasing cost of living, Netanyahu’s failure to halt Iran’s steps toward nuclear power and the subsequent widening of the gap between him and U.S. President Barack Obama.

Coupled with polls showing a strong lead for the Zionist Union leading up to the

Letter to the Editor: Northwestern, check your damn privilege

During my years at Northwestern as a Black male SESP undergrad, I was confronted on numerous occasions with ongoing and pervasive microaggressions around campus that impacted me in very profound ways. These interactions with individuals who appeared to represent socially advantaged groups (White, able-bodied, male) rendered me into a racial and gendered stereotype (“Are you an athlete?”) with limited finances and narrow possibilities (“You’re just going to be a teacher? Well, why didn’t you major in something that will actually make you rich or go someplace cheaper?”). Even though these microaggressions did not deter me from accomplishing what I sought from my four years at NU — to become an educator — those oppressions never went unnoticed and have continued to inform my experiences, especially with respect to the work I currently do as an educator at Evanston Township High School.

Last month I led a group of ETHS students who are part of the school’s SOAR (Students Organized Against Racism) organization to

Letter to the Editor: NU standards high for would-be teachers

As college students, you already know how much GPAs matter.

Your grade point average determines whether or not you keep your scholarships. It affects your chances of getting into graduate school. It could be the tie-breaker when you’re competing for a job.

But grades also matter because they are supposed to reflect what you know and can do.

While everyone wants good grades, it’s generally a bad sign when everyone gets them. If

election, Netanyahu’s defeat seemed all but certain.

On March 16, a day before the election, Benjamin Netanyahu made a controversial statement: “I think that anyone who is going to establish a Palestinian state today and evacuate lands is giving attack grounds to the radical Islam against the state of Israel.”

When Netanyahu was asked if this meant a Palestinian state would not be established if he were to remain Israel’s prime minister, he replied: “Indeed.”

Against all odds, Netanyahu won the election the following day, earning 30 seats in the Knesset — the Israeli parliament — to the Zionist Union’s 24, and is now in a perfect position to form the new coalition government.

What made the Israeli people completely reverse their position on a peace deal in one year?

A lot of things happened in that year: The Islamic State grew more powerful in Iraq and Syria, building more fear of terrorist attacks. Iran’s talks with the United States and other western powers brought it closer to nuclear power, while its influence around

the region steadily rose. But maybe most important, the Palestinian Authority decided to form a joint Palestinian government with Hamas, an organization that has the destruction of Israel as one of its core principles, to participate in future negotiations.

All these factors unnerved the Israeli people. Today, Israel appears to have significantly more enemies than five years ago.

These are all enemies that can be influential over a future state of Palestine, all significant risks that can hurt Israel and Israelis.

It seems understandable that Israelis would shift their perspectives to peace. In my opinion, this is what Netanyahu has done as well.

When looking at Netanyahu’s statement it’s very easy to ignore context. It’s easy to say Netanyahu is not in favor of a two-state solution anymore and to believe that he’s finally revealing some hidden extreme Zionist ideology. However, it’s a bit more complicated than that.

It’s important to understand Netanyahu’s opposition to a Palestinian state is not because he’s a crazy right-wing nationalist who will forever be anti-Palestinian — it’s because he’s worried for the safety of his

country.

Netanyahu believes that in this time of turmoil in the Middle East, any vacuum can quickly be filled by extremist groups that would be dangerous for Israel. He believes evacuating lands would give ground to radical Islamists for attacks that can harm his country and its people. He’s worried that the endgame of a peace process will be much worse for Israel than the current situation.

In 2009, Netanyahu pledged his support for a two-state solution in appropriate conditions. The problem is, Netanyahu doesn’t believe appropriate conditions for peace are present just yet. In his view, the best course of action for the survival of Israel is to preserve the status quo.

It appears as if the Israeli population agrees: Right now, they think the survival of Israel is worth delaying the peace process.

It’s disappointing, yes, but it is ultimately understandable.

coordinate a conference focused on identity development, racial consciousness and privilege.

The conference was held on NU’s campus and included over 110 students and staff members from five local high schools including ETHS. The goal of the conference was to provide high school students with tools for developing their racial consciousness and leadership for racial justice. While buying lunch at Norris, a few of our female high school students encountered a very serious and negative experience with privilege. As our students waited in line figuring out what they wanted to order, an NU student unapologetically cut them off, inserting himself to the front of the line. This individual appeared to represent the same privileged groups (White, able-bodied, male) that fueled the microaggressions I experienced during my days at NU. When politely confronted by a Norris staff member who alerted him that the young women were, in fact, next in line, the self-reported NU student said, “I’m not moving. I have class and I am entitled to be here.” The topics our students were discussing at the SOAR conference – racism, sexism, classism – came alive in that moment.

The behavior and language of the privileged continues to sustain systems of oppression at NU, and only an intentional, unified,

institutional front to address it can keep NU as one of the “world’s best universities.” Spending a minimum of four years and over $200,000 on an NU degree to have one’s identity dehumanized and invalidated on a consistent basis by these oppressive mechanisms is not sustainable, especially given one’s emotional, mental, and/or physical health. Since I’ve graduated from NU, I’ve seen my own NU experience as a Black male play out on a number of social networks: various Tumblr pages posted by NU students reporting ongoing microaggressions on campus; an increasing number of Facebook invites from NU students to attend town halls discussing cultural appropriation, racism and sexism; and repeated YikYak messages from anonymous posters on NU’s campus who use the app to promote their racist, sexist, classist, homophobic and transphobic thoughts about their classmates. This climate does not make NU a ‘safe’ space, or one in which I can take full pride as an alumnus. If NU is concerned about the wellbeing of its students, staff and alumni and its overall reputation as one of the world’s best, it’s going to need to consider how privilege is discussed and acknowledged on its own campus. I encourage NU to take the same lead as Evanston Township High School by reflecting and addressing the ways in which its own institutional systems contribute to the

microaggressions and oppressions that target current and potential students and staff. Like ETHS, NU has the opportunity to become a leader in developing a racially and identity conscious community; that is something in which I can take great pride!

Even though I have much work to do in checking my own privileges, I want to stand in solidarity with NU in bringing about consciousraising change as an alumnus. This community of oppression that exists at NU isn’t unique; we see this in institutional spaces across the United States, take Sigma Alpha Epsilon at University of Oklahoma for example. As a proud NU alum and social justice advocate, I’m not okay with NU’s lack of public and ubiquitous institutional commitment to make changes to address these attacks on Other(ed) individuals — everybody should be working on a unified front to make NU a safe space. The institutional message at NU should be one that inspires every student, faculty member, administrator, police officer, alumni or parent to do the work necessary to create change. If this commitment doesn’t become NU’s main priority, then NU will be the next University of Oklahoma, a common trend amongst institutions of “higher learning.”

that’s happening, the bar for “excellence” is too low. Some people are getting high grades for doing less, cheapening the value of an A so that truly exceptional students don’t stand out.

A recent report, “Easy A’s and What’s Behind Them,” by the National Council on Teacher Quality (NCTQ) looks at more than 500 colleges (including Northwestern University) and finds that, on average, about 30 percent of all students at these schools graduate with gradebased honors.

What’s troubling for NCTQ, a research organization that advocates for improving the instruction of K-12 students by improving the preparation of their teachers, is that “Easy A’s” also found that teacher candidates at the schools we reviewed are nearly 50 percent more likely

than their peers across campus to graduate with honors.

At NU, however, there is no worrisome discrepancy between the proportion of teacher candidates who earn honors and other majors.

Specifically, 25.53 percent of soon-to-be teachers at NU graduate with honors, which compares with 24.15 percent for all programs on campus.

We hope to see more institutions follow this example. For teacher candidates and all other students, if virtually everyone has stellar grades, an easy A doesn’t really help you get a job, and it definitely won’t help you keep it.

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Online Buzz What commenters are saying The only reaction these students should expect from the administration is an explanation that at a university, dissenting voices must be tolerated and, when necessary, protected. They don’t have to like it.

— Kevin Jones I had the pleasure of knowing Mayor Barr and co-managing her 1990 campaign for the Illinois State House. She lost that race to Jan Schakowsky, but the Northwestern turnout and support for her was unprecedented at that time. For students to come out and vote in a local election was unheard of. She was as classy and softspoken as she was intelligent and committed to the issues of her city and district.

— Ty Levine It is one thing for these students to disagree with an article, another to demand that the college take action against this teacher. What happened to free speech?

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8 NEWS | the daily northwestern Tuesday, march 31, 2015 The top floor of the building is designed to house administrative and faculty offices for the School of Communication, while the rest will be used by Bienen. The classrooms are equipped with Smart Classroom technology and have special features that contribute to musical instruction, such as surround sound and audio playback.

Along with classrooms, offices and studios, the building has a 400-seat recital hall and opera theater.

“One of the many benefits of our coming together in one complex is that these new classrooms will be available to all faculty in the Bienen School and will support the instructional needs of both academic and performance areas of the school,” said Rene E. Machado, Bienen School associate dean for administration and finance, in a news release.

The School of Communication began moving into the building over Spring Break and will finish its transition after commencement on June 19.

A formal dedication will take place Sept. 24.

New Communication, Bienen building holds first classes

The first classes in Northwestern’s new Music and Communication Building were held Monday for music students, but the formal opening will not occur until Fall Quarter 2015.

The building allows the Bienen School of Music to consolidate all of its programs in one place — which has not been possible for more than 35 years — by connecting to the Regenstein Hall of Music.

“I walked over to the new building this morning and was thrilled to see the excitement on the faces of students and faculty who were experiencing the classrooms for the first time,” Bienen Dean Toni-Marie Montgomery wrote in an email to The Daily. “The new facilities are a tremendous gift to the Bienen School family and we are grateful for the university’s significant investment in our future.”

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princeton bound Ald. Coleen Burrus has represented the 9th Ward on City Council since 2009. She will step down next month to accept a position at Princeton University.

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NEW DIGS The first classes in the new Music and Communication Building were held on Monday.

The building and the adjacent green space cost $108 million to construct.

NU acceptance rate drops for sixth consecutive year

Northwestern’s admissions rate hit a record low again this year with only 13 percent of applicants accepted.

The acceptance rate has dropped for the last

six consecutive years. Ten years ago, 31 percent of applicants were admitted.

NU accepted 4,187 students for the class of 2019 out of the 32,124 that applied in both the early decision and regular decision rounds. Last year, NU received 33,688 applications and admitted 4,403 students.

The final acceptance rate for the class of 2018 was 13.1 percent. Though it was initially

Ald. Coleen Burrus (9th) will leave the City Council next month to take a position at Princeton University.

Burrus will step down as alderman before she begins her job as the director of corporate and foundation relations at Princeton on April 27.

Burrus currently works as the senior director of corporate engagement at Northwestern. Her last day at NU is April 10, she said.

According to Evanston city code, a vacancy on the council can be filled by either election or appointment. If Mayor Elizabeth Tisdahl chooses to appoint reported as 12.9 percent, admission numbers fluctuate until the final numbers come out during Fall Quarter, Michael Mills, associate provost for University enrollment, said in an email.

In December, the University admitted 1,012 students through early decision, comprising roughly 49 percent of the class.

This year, the accepted pool included a smaller percentage of students — 92.2

Burrus’ replacement, the appointment will be subject to review by the council.

Burrus said she will work with Tisdahl to ensure the 9th Ward alderman’s transition is smooth.

Burrus said she has not determined the exact date she will step down as alderman.

Burrus has served as 9th Ward alderman since 2009 and has lived in Evanston for nearly 15 years, she said. She cited the council’s work on economic development and financial security as her proudest accomplishments as alderman.

“Evanston is a tremendously special place,” Burrus said. “I’ve been very honored to represent the 9th Ward.”

— Ciara McCarthy

percent — in the top 10 percent of their high school graduating classes. Last year, 93.2 percent of accepted students were in the top 10 percent.

Students admitted through the regular decision round were notified Monday and have until May 1 to decide whether they will enroll at NU. — Tyler Pager

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“This project really touches people’s hearts,” Floy said. “There’s something about the idea of helping these teen moms get job training that really speaks to people. These are our girls. They go to Evanston Township High School around the corner, and it’s our community.”

More than 200 backers donated $51,360 by Aug. 17, 2014, allowing the Dempster Street storefront to be purchased, according to the Kickstarter page. Hemingway and Floy are now trying to raise $150,000 needed to continue renovating and operating the space. Floy said people can donate online by visiting the Curt’s Cafe website.

Johanna Nyden, the city’s economic development division manager, said Curt’s Cafe South will help the business district it is located in.

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From page 1 posted a status on his personal Facebook page Monday criticizing Boren’s statements. Cohen said he was “amazed” Boren did not know the difference between “learned” and “heard.”

“If he truly believes these biggots (sic) at our former chapter at his University ‘learned’ or were taught that vile song as part of the curriculum at one of the greatest learning experiences for young college men,” the statement said, “then he should not hold the position that he does as President of a major University.”

“We hope that it can drive and attract new customers to the neighborhood and be successful for the years to come,” Nyden said.

Trieschmann said she thinks the new location is doing great after its recent opening.

“We’re really pleased with how it has gone so far,” Trieschmann said. “It’s a community space, so we just want to build a community around the program we have.”

Floy said she will continue to fundraise for the cafe because she can personally relate to its mission. When growing up, she said she experienced poverty, child prostitution and teenage pregnancy.

“In my life, it was a restaurant job that got me off the street, got me to school, got me off of drugs and turned my head around,” Floy said. “I remember being that girl. (The students) told me how grateful they are, how thankful they are, how much they appreciate this chance. Their circumstances will not hold them back.” williamkobin2018@u.northwestern.edu The status has now been taken down, according to The Oklahoma Daily. Northwestern’s chapter of SAE released a statement when the video first surfaced, calling it “appalling” and “unacceptable.”

“This vicious hate speech and unequivocal bigotry stands directly contrary to the creed that every SAE brother vows to follow, as well as basic human decency,” the statement said. “We join all members of the Northwestern community in unambiguously condemning this disgraceful, racist act and all others like it.” tylerpage2017@u.northwestern.edu

Across Campuses Retraining is ordered for Virginia alcohol agents in wake of Martese Johnson arrest Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe signed an executive order Wednesday that requires all of the state’s Alcoholic Beverage Control agents to undergo training on use-of-force policy and community policing after the bloody arrest of a University of Virginia student sparked protests.

The order, which mandates all training to be completed by September, comes one week after a photo of 20-year-old Martese Johnson, his face covered in blood, became the focus of a rallying cry in a nationwide discussion about excessive force by law enforcement agents.

Johnson, a Chicago native described by friends and classmates as a youth leader, clashed with Alcoholic Beverage Control agents after he was denied entry to a bar near the Charlottesville campus early March 18. His attorney has said Johnson struck his head on the pavement after ABC agents threw him to the ground, opening a gash on his forehead.

Johnson, who was charged with public intoxication and obstruction of justice, is expected to appear in court Thursday.

The governor ordered an investigation into the agents’ conduct after Johnson’s arrest gained national attention, and the state police have said an administrative review is underway.

A criminal investigation was also requested

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McAuliffe said Johnson’s arrest “exposed the need for more extensive training and oversight” of the department.

Under the order, all ABC agents must undergo training in use-of-force policy, cultural diversity, interactions with youth and community policing

by Sept. 1. McAuliffe also ordered a review of the agency’s structure and policies to be completed

by November.

The agency has been accused of overzealous enforcement in the past, including in a 2013 incident involving another University of Virginia student that resulted in a lawsuit.

In that incident, Elizabeth Daly was walking out of a grocery store carrying a case of water when ABC agents surrounded her, according to state Sen. Creigh Deeds, a Democrat who has unsuccessfully argued for legislation that would have placed the agency under the control of Virginia’s state police.

The agents had mistaken the case for beer, and in a panic, Daly tried to flee in her vehicle and was later arrested on suspicion of assault.

She successfully sued the state for damages, and all charges were dropped.

Deeds also said that aggressive enforcement

by ABC agents led to problems at a large music festival in Arlington.

“The governor’s order is a good first step,” Deeds told the Los Angeles Times on Wednesday. “The governor recognized there was a big problem here last week. He’s been on top it from the beginning, and I’m grateful.”

— James Queally (Los Angeles Times/TNS)

Former Ole Miss student charged with placing noose on James Meredith statue

A former University of Mississippi student has been indicted on federal civil rights charges, accused of placing a noose and a Confederate symbol around the neck of a statue of James Meredith, the civil rights leader who desegregated the school, it was announced on Friday.

Graeme Phillip Harris is accused of hanging the rope and an old Georgia flag that bears a Confederate symbol around the neck of the statue. Meredith was the first African-American to break the color line in 1962 and enroll in what had been an all-white university.

Federal troops protected Meredith so he could enter the school in Oxford, Miss., and overcome the opposition of the state’s white government.

According to the Justice Department, Harris faces two counts of violating civil rights laws.

One count accuses Harris, who is no longer at the university, of conspiracy and alleges that he used the cover of darkness early in the morning of Feb. 16, 2014, to deface the statue with racist symbols. The other count accuses him of using the threat of force “to threaten and intimidate African-American students and employees” at the school because of their race.

“This shameful and ignorant act is an insult to all Americans and a violation of our most strongly-held values,” Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. said in a statement. “No one should ever be made to feel threatened or intimidated because of what they look like or who they are.

“By taking appropriate action to hold wrongdoers accountable, the Department of Justice is sending a clear message that flagrant infringements of our historic civil rights will not go unnoticed or unpunished.”

— Michael Muskal (Los Angeles Times/TNS)in

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STANFORD, Calif. — Stanford University is investigating allegations of academic cheating by students during the recent winter quarter, according to University Provost John Etchemendy.

A letter Etchemendy sent to faculty and teaching staff this week pointed to “an unusually high number of troubling allegations of academic dishonesty” reported to the school’s Office of Community Standards at the end of the quarter.

Winter-quarter classes started Jan. 5 and ended March 13; finals were held March 16-20.

In the one-page letter to his colleagues, Etchemendy said that “among a smattering of concerns from a number of winter courses,” one faculty member reported allegations that may involve as many as 20 percent of the students enrolled in one of Stanford’s large introductory courses.

Etchemendy said that all students entering the university are informed of the school’s honor code and agree to abide by it.

“But with the ease of technology and widespread sharing that is now part of a collaborative culture,” he wrote, “students need to recognize and be reminded that it is dishonest to appropriate the work of others.”

The allegations follow incidents of academic cheating at other top-ranked U.S. colleges.

— Tracy Seipel (San Jose Mercury News/TNS)

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Police start text-to-911 program in response to cell phone calls

Evanston residents can now text 911 if they are unable to call in an emergency, police announced last week.

Evanston police created the program after discovering the department receives 70 percent of its 911 calls from cell phones. Evanston is the first North Shore suburb and the fourth

First female city mayor, NU alum dies at 75 from leukemia

Former Mayor Joan Barr-Smith died Saturday at the age of 75, city manager Wally Bobkiewicz told Evanston media in an email.

Her cause of death is believed to be leukemia, Mayor Elizabeth Tisdahl said.

Barr-Smith was born in 1939 in Chicago, Illinois. She received her bachelor’s degree from Syracuse University in 1961 and moved to Evanston in 1962. She owned her own catering business and later became the governmental affairs director for the American Dental Hygienists Association,

National News To balance budgets, governors seek higher education cuts WASHINGTON – Governors in nearly a half-dozen states want to cut state spending on colleges and universities to help close budget shortfalls, often sparking vehement opposition among state lawmakers of both parties.

In fiscal year 2013, schools got about 47 percent of their revenue from tuition, up from about 24 percent in fiscal year 1988, according to the State Higher Education Executive Officers Association. Democratic Gov. Dannel Malloy of Connecticut has suggested a tuition hike to compensate for the cuts, but the Republican governors are urging the schools in their states to find the necessary savings by trimming bureaucracy and consolidating campuses. During the recession,

Illinois city to provide a text-to-911 option, according to EPD. The service is ideal for those who are deaf, hard of hearing or are in a situation where calling would increase their danger, said Perry Polinski, the city’s 911 communications coordinator.

“We do want to emphasize that this is not as reliable as voice calls,” Polinski said.

“People should only text if they have no other option, such as being in a hostage or burglary situation.”

EPD began developing the program in late

2013. It went into effect in early February, although at that point it was still in a testing stage, Polinski said.

“We wanted to be on the cutting edge,” Polinski said. “This is important, and the public expects it from us.”

Residents can exchange text messages with an operator if they text 911 in an emergency, Polinski said. However, cell phones do not automatically provide police with a caller’s address, so those who text or call 911 on a cell phone must tell the operator that information.

according to public records from the Evanston Public Library.

Barr-Smith served as 2nd Ward alderman from 1977 to 1985 and was elected the first female mayor of Evanston in 1985, a position she held until 1993.

“She was utterly charming,” Tisdahl said. “People liked her very much.”

As mayor, Barr-Smith addressed municipal issues from downtown redevelopment to the city’s landfill problem. Tisdahl noted Barr-Smith was also known for vetoing a 1990 ordinance that would have taxed Northwestern students.

On a more personal level, Tisdahl said Barr-Smith was always kind whenever they communicated.

“She was so gracious and supportive,” Tisdahl

said. “Even though I probably did things she wouldn’t have done, she was still always encouraging and positive.”

After leaving office, Barr-Smith earned a master’s degree from NU’s Kellogg School of Management in 1996 and trained to become a deacon in the Episcopal Diocese of Chicago in 2007, according to library records.

Memorial services for Barr-Smith will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday, March 28, at St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, 1509 Ridge Ave. According to the church, Barr-Smith’s family requests those wishing to send flowers instead donate to the church, the Northlight Theatre in Skokie or the Evanston History Center, 225 Greenwood St.

48 states cut higher education spending.

Some critics have urged the Republican governors to roll back recent tax cuts to spare the colleges and universities. But so far the governors have balked, arguing that lower taxes have helped working families and attracted businesses.

Nowhere is the controversy greater than in Louisiana, which has a complicated higher education system and a Republican governor who is considering running for president.

Gov. Bobby Jindal proposed a budget that would reduce higher education spending by $141 million in fiscal 2016. In recent weeks, he has proposed offsetting some of the cuts by getting rid of some refundable business tax credits, which have a total value of $526 million. But the business community is strongly opposing that idea. That leaves the Republican-dominated legislature in a bind, forcing members to choose between education and low taxes, two priorities

they generally support.

State Sen. Conrad Appel, a Republican, said in an interview that if the higher education cuts Jindal proposed all go into effect “it would be really serious” and a big blow to colleges and universities. He said he wants to scale back the proposed cuts, but wasn’t prepared to say exactly how.

“If we vote to replenish, some of the cuts will be mitigated to some extent,” he said. But, he noted that the Louisiana public university system has “structural inefficiencies” that will mean more budget cuts in the future. He said he told college administrators last week that they should take steps to cut their budgets, whether that means consolidation of campuses or other methods.

Republican Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, a potential presidential candidate who has cut state income and property taxes by $541 million during his tenure, has proposed cutting

— Tori Latham

Residents with cell service provided by AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile or Verizon can use the service within Evanston or other areas with text-to-911 services.

Thus far, EPD has received about half a dozen texts, Polinski said. Of those, only two were for emergency situations — a domestic issue and a report of shots fired.

“I don’t think we will receive that many texts,” Polinski said. “The occasion will be rare when somebody is unable to call.

— Tori Latham

Source: EPL Archives of the Evanston Review

Joan Barr-Smith

$300 million from the University of Wisconsin system.

In Illinois, Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner recommended a reduction of nearly 6 percent in direct spending on state colleges and universities. Despite the cut, Rauner argues that “this budget proposal continues to offer state support to our public universities” through contributions to the universities’ retirement system and insurance benefits for university employees.

But Rauner faces strong opposition from the Democratic-controlled legislature and from the state’s universities.

Senate President John Cullerton said on his Facebook page that the governor’s budget cuts will “undermine access to health services, child care, affordable college and retirement security for working- and middle-class families” and vowed that the legislature will amend it.

- Elaine S. Povich (Stateline.org/TNS)

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Cats end rough Spring Break with Minnesota wins

By TIM BALK

the daily northwestern @TimBalk

A rocky Spring Break for Northwestern ended on a high note, as the Wildcats (7-19, 2-1 Big Ten) won back-to-back games against conference rival Minnesota over the weekend.

The pair of wins ended a five-game losing steak and gave the Cats their first winning record in Big Ten play since March 2013.

NU kicked off Spring Break with a four-game series at UNLV on March 20, with the Cats falling 9-8 in the first game of the series in a dramatic 15-inning marathon.

Junior first baseman Zach Jones recorded seven hits on the day and junior pitcher Jake Stolley pitched six and two-thirds scoreless innings in relief, but a walk-off single in the bottom of the 15th frame gave the Rebels a hard-earned victory.

The Cats bounced back the next afternoon with a 13-12 comeback win over UNLV. Jones stayed hot, logging three hits and three RBIs, and senior utility player Kyle Ruchim and sophomore outfielder Matt Hopfner each

had four hits in the win.

The two teams battled again that night, with UNLV coming out on top 11-8. Ruchim was the bright spot for the Cats, homering and knocking a double in the loss.

UNLV won the final game of the series 7-2, and NU headed to California for a two-game series against Saint Mary’s.

The Cats had little success against the Gaels. Saint Mary’s turned a 6-1 deficit into a 9-6 victory on Tuesday, as a seven-run fifth inning put the Cats away for good. The next day, Saint Mary’s rolled to a 17-1 win over NU. After returning to the Midwest, NU began its three-game series with Minnesota on Friday.

Junior pitcher Matt Portland got the start for the Cats and struck out six in six innings of work, but also allowed eight runs, five of them earned, which proved too many in an 8-3 defeat.

The Cats played another extra inning contest Saturday, eventually gutting out a 2-1 win over the Golden Gophers in 13 innings.

The game was a pitchers’ duel from start to finish, with NU benefiting from a trio of strong outings from its staff. Sophomore Joe

Schindler worked the first six innings for the Cats and surrendered just one run and one hit.

Junior Reed Mason pitched six scoreless innings in relief, striking out nine and earning the win, and Stolley pitched the bottom of the 13th without allowing a run and earned his third save of the year.

The rubber match of the series on Sunday saw more offense, as the Cats rolled to a 19-7 victory. The 19 runs were the most in a single game by NU since 2006.

Ruchim had a double and a home run in the victory, driving in a career-high five runs, while junior outfielder Jack Mitchell — better known for his football heroics — had a pinch hit home run in the 9th. The Cats finished the day with 20 hits.

The Cats will aim to keep their bats simmering hot Tuesday when they play at Chicago State in their first game of the season in the state of Illinois.

The Cougars, sitting at 7-18 on the season, should be easy prey, especially considering NU faced Chicago State three times last year and won each contest.

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By AVA WALLACE

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Northwestern’s punishing Spring Break schedule saw highs and lows from the No. 6 Wildcats, whose two hardfought wins against top-10 opponents were marred by an ugly home loss to No. 1 Maryland.

The wins, against Syracuse and Louisville, marked NU’s second and third wins against top-10 teams this season.

NU (6-3, 0-1 Big Ten) lost 16-5 against the indomitable Terrapins (10-0, 1-0) in the Cats’ conference opener March 26. With first draw at 6 p.m., Maryland spent the evening ripping NU up and down the field after pulling away with just under seven minutes left in the first half with a 9-0 streak that lasted into the second half.

The Terps outshot the Cats 29-16, and won the draw 18-5 thanks to midfielder Taylor Cummings’ 13 draw controls.

Cummings, Maryland’s engine who also gave NU trouble in the Cats’ semifinal loss to the Terps in last season’s NCAA Tournament, had 2 goals and three assists, bumping her to No. 9 in the nation in points per game. She ranks No. 5 in the nation for draw controls with 75.

Meanwhile, Terps attacker Megan

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Whittle, in a class with Cats midfielder Selena Lasota and attackers Corinne Wessels and Shelby Frederick as one of the nation’s top freshmen, scored 5 goals against the Cats.

Maryland swept the Big Ten’s Player and Freshman of the Week honors for the second straight week after the win. Lasota still managed 3 goals against the Terps, and starts April as No. 5 in the country in goals per games, averaging 3.78.

The Maryland loss split an otherwise fruitful period for the Cats, who played one of the toughest stretches of schedule in the country. NU defeated then-No. 5 Syracuse (8-4) 11-10 on March 22 and No. 10 Louisville (8-3) 12-10 on March 29, both on Lakeside Field.

Coach Kelly Amonte Hiller said her team would take the two-week break it had before the three-game stretch as a “second preseason,” and the Cats’ work showed in their first game back.

The win against Syracuse also marked senior Kara Mupo’s return. The team’s most veteran attacker sat the previous two games due to injury but came off the bench to lead her team against the

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SKY HIGH Junior midfielder Lauren Murray attempts to control a draw. Northwestern won two of three games over Spring Break despite struggling in the circle.

Orange. She matched her career-high 5 goals for the fourth time.

The Cats’ offense clicked away despite the mainly back-and-forth scoring — Lasota and Mupo combined for a 3-goal streak in the middle of the first half that nabbed NU the lead they never relinquished. But the Cats also notched five impressive assists.

At the other end of the field, senior goalkeeper Bridget Bianco recorded 10 saves and saved Syracuse’s possible gametying shot with 1:19 to play while the Cats

were down a player.

Lasota and sophomore midfielder Sheila Nesselbush rounded out the scorecard against the Orange, tallying 4 and 2 goals respectively.

A week later, the two helped the Cats rebound from Maryland and overcome Louisville’s high-octane attack despite losing in the circle 10-14.

Cardinals attacker Faye Brust, No. 6 in the nation in goals per game, notched 6 goals against the Cats. Mupo countered with 4 goals of her own, Lasota added

3 and junior midfielder Kaleigh Craig scored 2.

Lasota has yet to scored fewer than 2 goals in a game this season.

The Cats start a busy April schedule with all but one of this season’s top-10 opponents (No. 9 Stony Brook) behind them. They play against Michigan in Ann Arbor on Thursday for NU’s second Big Ten contest and the Big Ten Network’s “Thursday Night Game of the Week.” avawallace2015@u.northwestern.edu

Cats stay hot over Spring Break, win 6 of 7 games

By MAX GELMAN

the daily northwestern @maxgelman

While most students vacationed between quarters, the Northwestern softball team took no break from its winning ways.

The Wildcats (17-11, 5-0 Big Ten) played seven games during Spring Break, winning six against opponents Penn State (17-16, 2-4), Fordham (15-13, 3-2 Atlantic 10) and Wisconsin (13-18, 0-5) with the team’s only loss coming at the hands of Hofstra (15-7-1, 6-0 CAA). NU swept the Nittany Lions and won both games against the Badgers, including a 19-0 contest, to start off its Big Ten schedule with a 5-0 record.

The Cats are now 17-11 on the season and have won 14 of their last 16 games following a season-opening 3-9 stretch.

The softball team opened up a threegame series on March 21 against Penn State, playing a doubleheader Saturday and the third game Sunday. In game one, NU knocked five home runs out of the park — the team’s highest single-game total since 2009 — defeating the Nittany Lions 10-0 in five innings. Junior Kristen Wood pitched a gem, striking out 11 batters while allowing only two baserunners,

Northwestern student-athletes honored

Thirty-nine Northwestern student-athletes were named Winter Academic All-Big Ten honorees, the conference announced Wednesday.

Student-athletes must be in at least their second year academically and must maintain a cumulative gradepoint average of 3.0 or better to be eligible. More than 700 winter sports athletes, defined as those competing in men’s and women’s basketball, men’s and women’s swimming and diving, men’s and women’s gymnastics, men’s wrestling and men’s

earning her fifth win of the season.

Game two of the Penn State doubleheader featured another big offensive performance by the Cats, who won 13-5.

Freshman centerfielder Sabrina Rabin had three hits and scored three runs out of the leadoff spot. Junior starting pitcher Amy Letourneau struggled in her three innings of work, conceding five Nittany Lion runs, but Wood came on strong in relief, striking out seven in four innings.

The series finale against Penn State was a much closer affair, even going into extra innings, but NU prevailed 5-4. Senior leftfielder Olivia Duehr finished the series with four home runs, including a gamewinning sweep-clincher in the top of the eighth off of Penn State reliever Marlaina Laubach. Wood didn’t fare as well in this one, but still pitched all eight innings and increased her win total to seven.

In their only loss of the week, the Cats fell to Hofstra 6-5 in 10 innings on March 24, the first game of a doubleheader in Hempstead, New York. Wood went nine innings this time before Letourneau relieved her in the tenth, giving up the winning run in the bottom frame. Senior rightfielder Andrea DiPrima hit two solo home runs for NU, but the rest of the lineup couldn’t get much going. The bottom of the Cats’ lineup went a combined 1-for-16 in the loss. hockey, were honored across the conference.

Two members of the men’s basketball team, eight members of the women’s basketball team, 11 members of the men’s swimming and diving team, 14 members of the women’s swimming and diving team and four members of the wrestling team were honored for the Wildcats.

Notable selections include senior guard Dave Sobolewski of the men’s basketball team, who was a key reserve during the season, and junior swimmer Jordan Wilimovsky, who finished third in the 1650-meter freestyle event at the NCAA Championships last week.

— Bobby Pillote

NU returned to the win column against Fordham in the second contest of the day, defeating the Rams 7-2. Six of the Cats’ runs came in a monster first inning, with the team tagging Fordham starter Rachel Gillen for eight hits, including a junior infielder Brianna LeBeau grand slam.

Letourneau pitched much more effectively this time around, only surrendering six hits while striking out 11 batters and going the distance. The NU starter also helped herself out with a solo home run in the second inning.

The Cats’ first game of a doubleheader against Wisconsin can only be described as historic. NU plated its most runs in 32 years, shutting out the Badgers 19-0 in five innings and tying the home run mark set earlier in the week against Penn State. Rabin also chipped in with four hits — including two triples — and three runs scored. Junior shortstop Andrea Filler smashed her team-leading seventh homer of the season, and Wood turned in another great performance on the mound, striking out 11 while limiting Wisconsin to one hit.

In the final game of NU’s doubleheader, the Cats again poured on the offense, trouncing the Badgers 14-6 in five innings. Senior first baseman Julia Kuhn and DiPrima each hit home runs, with DiPrima tying Filler for

Men’s Basketball

Backup guard Johnnie Vassar to leave NU

Freshman guard Johnnie Vassar will transfer to a new school, coach Chris Collins announced Monday.

“Johnnie let us know that he has chosen to pursue another university to continue his career,” Collins said in a press release. “We wish him nothing but the best in everything he does going forward.”

Vassar, a member of Collins’ five-player inaugural recruiting

Softball

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ALL IN Northwestern celebrates a grand slam. The Wildcats had plenty of cause to be happy over spring break, winning six of seven contests.

the team lead at seven. Letourneau pitched a complete game but struggled, allowing six runs on seven hits and six walks despite 10 strikeouts.

Wisconsin starter Taylor-Paige Stewart gave up all 14 NU runs, 12 of which were earned.

The Cats were scheduled for a third game against the Badgers, but class, appeared in 18 games as a true freshman but averaged just 3.9 minutes per contest and scored only 15 points during the season.

He will likely draw interest from other schools as a former three-star recruit.

His departure from the backup point guard position leaves a void in Northwestern’s projected depth chart next season.

The move also frees up a scholarship for the Wildcats.

The 2015 recruiting class currently consists of three players, only one of whom is a backcourt player, plus graduate transfer forward Joey van Zegeren.

— Bobby Pillote

it was cancelled due to poor weather conditions.

NU will look to continue its winning ways with a three-game series against the Purdue Boilermakers beginning Friday. maxgelman2018@u.northwestern.edu

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MOVING ON Johnnie Vassar sets up for a pass. The freshman guard has decided to transfer, coach Chris Collins said Monday.