The Daily Northwestern – May 11, 2015

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ASG’s Star, Kim release first ‘100Day Plan’ » PAGE 3

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use your inside voice Kenny Vasoli, lead singer of Vacationer, plays Saturday at A&O Productions’ annual Benefit concert. The event raised money for Dance Marathon 2016.

Students take Norris for Benefit

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Students gathered Saturday afternoon inside Norris University Center to listen to alternative-pop and soul music and to raise money for next year’s Dance Marathon beneficiaries.

A&O Productions and DM’s annual Benefit concert featured Vacationer and The O’My’s. Due to bad weather forecasts, it was held inside the Louis Room. The concert is usually held on the Norris East Lawn.

The O’My’s, a Chicago-based band, kicked off the event with soul music. The crowd grew throughout the band’s set, swelling to about 100 by the time Vacationer, the concert’s

headliner, took the stage. An alternative-pop band, Vacationer had students dancing throughout the performance.

“Making music is the best thing in the world, and we get to do it for a living,” Kenny Vasoli, the band’s lead singer, told the crowd. “Shows like this really help us going on the road.”

Morgan Hecht, A&O’s concerts director, said the concert was a success despite the indoor venue. A&O also had to hold the concert indoors three years ago due to rain.

“Both of the bands have enough of a stage presence that it worked for people all the way in the back playing the games or people in the front,” the Communication senior said.

A&O’s outgoing chairwoman Tracy Kopulsky added that the

concert helped expose students to new music, which is one of A&O’s goals.

“A student said to me how each of these bands just gained a new fan today,” the Communication senior said. “That’s something we love to hear — that we are exposing students to new music that they didn’t know before, that they can go home and listen to and love.”

Entry to the concert was free, but attendees were encouraged to give a $5 donation.

DM spokeswoman Kalli Koukounas said Benefit is a great way for the organization to kick off its fundraising efforts for next year.

“It’s a fun, first introductory event,” the Weinberg sophomore » See BENEFIT, page 6

2013 pension reform struck down

By Kevin Mathew

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The Illinois Supreme Court ruled unanimously on Friday that pension reductions passed in 2013 were unconstitutional.

The decision struck down the

most recent attempt to address a $111 billion pension shortfall and spells trouble for Gov. Bruce Rauner’s plans for further reform. Rauner will now seek a constitutional amendment to help fix the $6.2 billion deficit in next year’s budget.

The defense said the reductions were justified as extraordinary measures in an Illinois financial

emergency, an argument rejected by the court which said legislators tried to override the state constitution when they reduced promised benefits. Illinois has the worst funded pension system in the nation, and, as the May 31 budget deadline approaches, local and state officials » See UNCONSTITUTIONAL, page 6

Northwestern, Chicago and Illinois officials held a groundbreaking ceremony Friday to mark the start of construction on the Feinberg School of Medicine’s new research building.

Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel, U.S. Sen. Mark Kirk (R-Ill.) and Chicago Alderman Brendan Reilly (42nd) joined NU President Morton Schapiro, administrators and alumni at the ceremony for the Louis A. Simpson and Kimberly K. Querrey Biomedical Research Center.

The building’s construction and naming come after a $92 million donation from NU trustee Louis A. Simpson (Weinberg ‘58) and his wife Kimberly K. Querrey, who were also present at the event.

The new building will be constructed on the site where Prentice Women’s Hospital previously stood. The demolition of the Prentice building was held up for two years amid debate over whether the building should be preserved as a historical landmark. In February 2013,

Chicago’s landmarks commission denied the building landmark status.

NU began the process of demolishing the building in March 2013.

Dr. Eric Neilson, vice president for medical affairs and a Feinberg dean, opened the event, discussing the importance of the new facility in research advancement and thanking those who contributed to its construction.

“It’s fitting we build this new research facility in the heart of the campus because it’s a catalyst for biomedical discovery,” Neilson said. “Absolutely nothing that’s done in a hospital or clinic today … didn’t start as experiments in a laboratory.”

Neilson also discussed the plans for the new building, which will have two phases. The first phase will have 14 stories, including nine laboratory floors, all of which will be dedicated to biomedical research, he said. The second phase of construction will include an additional 15 floors, Nielson said, making the building an important addition to the Chicago skyline.

The facility will be closely associated » See GROUNDBREAKING, page 6

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Start from scratch The lot where the Prentice Women’s Hospital once stood will soon be home to the Louis A. Simpson and Kimberly K. Querrey Biomedical Research Center. The groundbreaking ceremony for the new research building was held Friday.

Chicago teens crash stolen car into local home

Five Chicago teenagers stole a car and crashed it Saturday into the porch of a home near the Evanston-Chicago border, police said.

A police officer spotted the car, a red Honda Civic, at 4:40 p.m. in the 1100 block of Brummel Street and noted the car had been reported as stolen Friday, Evanston police Cmdr. Joseph Dugan

said.

By the time police caught up to the car, it had crashed into the front porch of a residence in the 1100 block of Dobson Street, Dugan said.

None of the five teenagers, all between the ages of 14 and 17, were hurt, Dugan said. Four of them, whose parents the police were not able to get in touch with, were sent to Presence Saint Francis Hospital, 355 Ridge Ave., as a precautionary measure before being taken to the police station, he added.

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Despite blustery winds and brisk temperatures, students from Evanston Township High School Northwestern hosted their first-ever Special Needs Awareness Field Day Palooza on Saturday morning.

Around 30 NU to Benefit Special Olympics members, ETHS students, parents, teachers and Evanston community members gathered at the Lakefill to play games and eat breakfast.

The event was started by four ETHS students in the school’s Emerge leadership development program. Around 40 ETHS sophomores participate in the Emerge program each year, dividing into groups of four or five and selecting an issue to address in the Evanston community, said Mary Collins, ETHS’ community service coordinator. Emerge programming is facilitated by Collins and NU student volunteers.

The group chose to work with community members with developmental disabilities after their work with ETHS’ chapter of the national nonprofit Best Buddies program, said Molly Conover, an ETHS sophomore in Emerge who helped to organize Field Day Palooza. Best Buddies links middle school, high school and college students with a person who suffers from an intellectual or developmental disability to help them gain the confidence to seek employment,

Man arrested in connection with report of man on bike

Police arrested an Evanston resident Friday in connection with approaching a girl as she walked to school last month, officials said.

The 37-year-old man was charged with misdemeanor disorderly conduct, police said.

A 14-year-old girl reported that she was

education or leadership roles.

“We got to say like the top three issues we cared about,” Conover said. “We all picked special needs because we’re in Best Buddies, all of us are passionate about it and it’s something we thought we could actually make a difference with.”

Collins said the small groups are then responsible for contacting an outside party to help them organize an event or service project around their selected topic.

“Part of the leadership program is to work very independently with coaching from me and Northwestern students who are facilitators,” Collins said. “(This group) tried to work with a lot of different organizations and NUSO was the most responsive.

It was great because that’s how they ended up having an event on the Lakefill.”

The Field Day Palooza consisted of several games, including soccer, football, cornhole, badminton and hula hooping, as well as space for attendees to eat bagels and converse.

NUSO co-chair Jenn Murphy, a Weinberg senior, said she enjoyed planning the event with Emerge, and thought the final product was a success.

“I’ve coached sports for people with disabilities since I was a little kid and I just love doing it,” Murphy said. “They say those who can’t do teach, and I can’t do sports but I love to coach them. I love to help them achieve their goals and connect our athletes with resources like these.” marissapage2018@u.northwestern.edu approached by a man on a bike April 21 in the area of Sherman Avenue and Madison Street while she was walking to school in the morning, officials said. The man tried to talk to her and offered her $20 if she took his phone number, police said.

The girl refused the man’s offer and caught up with other students she saw walking in the area, and the man on the bike left, police said.

The man reappeared later when she was walking alone again and offered the girl a piece of paper with his phone number, police said.

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going for gold Volunteers from Northwestern University to Benefit Special Olympics play cornhole Saturday with people with special needs at the first-ever Special Needs Awareness Field Day Palooza. The event, co-sponsored by NUSO and Evanston Township High School’s Emerge leadership program, took place on the south end of the Lakefill.

The girl took the man’s phone number and continued walking.

Evanston juvenile detectives followed up on the phone number and identified the man, who the girl positively identified as the same man who had approached her, police said. Officials were unable to link him to a similar incident that was reported April 22.

The Evanston resident is scheduled to appear in court June 8.

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Setting the record straight “Northwestern moves into top 5 in EPA Green Power rankings,” which ran in Friday’s print edition, misstated the reporter. Madeline Fox reported the story.

The Daily regrets the error.

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On Campus Star, Kim release first ‘100-Day Plan’

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Associated Student Government remains without a major executive board member, as President Noah Star and Executive Vice President Christina Kim move forward with their “100-Day Plan.”

The plan, which was released Sunday night, is a list of projects the two will work on this quarter. Its title is inspired by President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s first 100 days in office, although Star’s plan specifically outlines projects for the remaining weeks of Spring Quarter.

The vice president for student life, a critical cabinet officer who is ASG’s chief advocate for improving the student experience, is still vacant more than two weeks after Senate rejected the selection committee’s nominee.

Star, a Weinberg junior, said although no one is currently occupying the position, its responsibilities have been distributed to other ASG members, including senior members of the student life committee.

“It would be misleading to say no one is leading on student life issues,” Star said, “because all of our committees are focusing on improving students’ experience.”

Star said the selection committee — the students who will choose the nominee for senators to confirm or reject — will present another nominee to Senate before the end of the year.

SESP junior Chris Harlow, who previously served as ASG’s vice president for student life, said he’s still working on some of his former committee’s projects, even though he no longer attends cabinet meetings. Harlow ran for ASG executive vice president, but lost to Star and Kim. Although “stuff isn’t falling through the cracks,” Harlow said the committee isn’t nearly at full health.

“We’re definitely not making as much progress on new projects as we could be,” he said.

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CHANNELING FDR ASG President Noah Star and Executive Vice President Christina Kim speak at a debate April 6. The two released their first “100-Day Plan” on Sunday.

“Additionally, this delay will make it more difficult for the person coming in. They’ll have to orient themselves to the committee … and build relationships with administrators with only a few weeks left. It’ll be a little bit of time crunch.”

The “100-Day Plan” largely calls for improving resources for student groups, but it also includes preparing ASG to launch its Student Events Stipend in the fall. The program would give students who apply about $30 each per quarter to cover costs for on-campus events.

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On-campus events are a major part of students’ time at Northwestern, Herndon said.

“But those events, especially if they cost money, are often not accessible to low-income students,” he said. “They have to make decisions on which ones to attend and which ones not to.

Creating this will make it much easier for those students to access those events.” shanem@u.northwestern.edu

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Tell me about the ‘gayest thing’ you’ve ever done ALEX DALY

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Thank you for telling me the story of the “gayest” thing you’ve ever done. I’m sure it was a memorable college moment of homosocial bonding without any of the drawbacks. I’m sure it was a lovely moment, too, in which everyone laughed at the hypersexual stereotype of queerness. It’s the same uncomfortable giggle that colors the interactions of any homosexual contact between two men or two women who aren’t actually queer, but fancy themselves just straight enough that it can pass as a joke. What you did isn’t the gayest thing I’ve ever personally

done, but you gave it a good shot. But, dear friends, the ugly fact of the matter is, if it’s not sex with the same sex, you’re just not doing it right.

But, seeing as we’re on the subject, here are some other “gay things” you might enjoy trying: First and foremost, try complaining about that whole “marriage equality” issue. It fits nicely in line with the gay agenda, and although I haven’t had the chance to attend any of the recent meetings, I know that we’re always looking to recruit someone to hold the rainbow flag at protests. Personally, I’m also looking for someone to walk my poodle, a responsibility that has severely reduced the time I can spend at gay bars. You’d think someone who spends so much time at the gym would have a little more stamina, but I save mine for the bedroom.

That brings another gay thing to mind: Have sex. A lot of it. Maybe with everyone, if you get the chance. That is, after all, what queer people are most interested in. If you don’t believe me, take it from all the queer characters who have invaded our television

shows recently, shown as weak-willed sexual obsessives on the hunt for the next blowjob.

Men: Speak more like women. Think of it as an opportunity to develop an endearing speech impediment, but don’t let that preclude you from talking fashion and hair over a cup of herbal tea. And on the topic of beverages, make sure they’re exotically colored. The same goes for pants — or, better yet, shorts.

I always thought of drug addiction as a serious issue. But since I chose to be gay, I’ve decided to find it charming. Need more than a caffeine kickstart to your day? Try a bump of coke at a nightclub and dance your heart away, preferably shirtless and covered in glitter.

You might think that doing all of this might make you just a little too gay — fair enough. But let me point out some of the things you missed while you were busy “being queer.” I noticed you had little trouble finding a meaningful sexual identity in a society that finds your sexual preferences weird and, by the transitive property, finds you weird. You didn’t have to bother

accepting yourself while you were being gay, and you didn’t feel particularly guilty for holding someone’s hand in public. You didn’t have to worry about how closely you fit the gay stereotype when you tried to express yourself as the person you actually are, and you didn’t have to contend with moments of crippling self-hatred that accompany the gay package.

No, all of this might make you just a little too queer.

The gayest thing you ever did was a good try, but I’m not sure it represented us well enough. If it isn’t gay sex, it’s just not the gayest thing you could be doing. Throwing around gayness doesn’t just misrepresent you — it misrepresents the rest of us as well.

I think it’s better to leave the gay things to gay people, because, at the end of the day, we’re the ones willing to deal with the consequences.

Alex Daly is a Weinberg sophomore. He can be reached at alexdaly2017@u.northwestern.edu. If you would like to respond publicly to this column, send a Letter to the Editor to opinion@dailynorthwestern.com.

Between too much and too little medical care HEIWON SHIN

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So far, from my perspective as an international student, Northwestern has been great in terms of resources, support and community atmosphere. I can go to the International Office or other international students to ask questions and find out about events going on. However, the challenges we face as international students aren’t always drastic — sometimes it’s the small difficulties, like getting used to American medical protocols, that affect life as an international student most.

Last quarter, I had a bad stomach ache once and went to an office to get pain relievers. I sat down to rest, putting my head on

the table. Doing so made the people in the office extremely worried, and they started asking if I needed to go to health services, which I couldn’t do because I wasn’t feeling well. Things escalated quickly when they asked if they should call 911. Although I was in pain and couldn’t think much, that was a shock.

I said no, but the office called the paramedics, who took my blood pressure, tested my blood sugar and asked me a few questions. The paramedics told me if something like this happens again, I don’t have a choice but to get on the ambulance. That was scary — I always thought of 911 as reserved for when you’re unconscious or have some serious injury.

Back in high school in Korea, I would get these painful attacks too, but my school’s reaction was completely different. The nurse told me I wasn’t in a “bad enough state” to go to the doctor or be hospitalized, that I

should take some Tylenol and go back to class. I often heard my homeroom teacher say nobody should be in the nurse’s office longer than five minutes unless they needed hospitalization or surgery. Apparently, there are two things you can get from the nurse’s office: Tylenol for pain and Band-Aids for bloody injuries. Clearly, I wasn’t in a “bad enough” state, so I was kicked out of the nurse’s office even though I only asked to lie down for a half hour.

It’s surreal to me that for the same symptoms, the nurse kicked me out of her office in Korea, while at Northwestern, paramedics were called and a police officer drove me back to my dorm, which was a five-minute walk from class. My high school lived true to its unofficial motto “be tough,” and doesn’t necessarily represent all Korean schools. However, my experience with both extremes of perception and medical attention says something about the general differences

in culture.

I should prefer the experience in America, where people take medical concerns more seriously and thoroughly. But I can’t easily say so, because I didn’t feel comfortable receiving all that attention and care. Perhaps this is because I am used to the “be tough” culture. Granted, for all those in the office knew, I could have had a serious problem and they were doing their job, but it really was some intense caring.

Although it’s difficult to ask the international or American students to “solve” such issues, more conversations about these accumulating experiences make a big difference in making international students feel integrated into the community.

over as much as possible of the territory of Mandatory Palestine and remove most of the Palestinian villages and urban neighborhoods from the coveted territories.” Over 500 villages were destroyed, and over 700,000 Palestinians were expelled in what the Palestinians call Al-Nakba, the Israelis call the War of Independence, and countless historians call an act of ethnic cleansing.

Though important to commemorate the events of 1948, we must also use this occasion to reflect on the obstacles faced by the Palestinians today, and recognize that AlNakba is ongoing.

There are 5 million Palestinian refugees, consistently denied their UN-declared right of return to their lands in Historic Palestine, as well as any form of compensation for the

land stolen from them. Over a third of these refugees live in impoverished refugee camps, scattered around the Arab world, without access to basic necessities such as electricity and water.

There are the 2.7 million Palestinians that live in the occupied West Bank, and 1.8 million that live in the Gaza Strip. Both lands are under illegal Israeli occupation. Gaza has been described as an “open-air prison” with no materials or persons allowed in or out, and over 40 percent of the West Bank has been claimed for illegal Israeli settlements.

There are the 1.4 million Palestinian citizens of Israel, systematically oppressed by virtue of not being Jewish. There are over 50 laws in Israel that discriminate against its Palestinian citizens, or, as Prime Minister

Benjamin Netanyahu likes to call them, a “demographic problem.” Such laws and statesponsored discrimination against minorities amount to apartheid, as defined in UN GAR 3068 (XXVIII) and pointed out in countless studies — notably by the Human Sciences Research Council of South Africa.

This week Northwestern students will commemorate Al-Nakba with a series of events designed to shed light on the struggles facing Palestinians today, the connections between oppressed peoples around the world and Israel’s apartheid policies. We encourage you to attend these events, and to come speak with us.

Al-Nakba isn’t over until the occupation is.

Heiwon Shin is a Medill sophomore. She can be contacted at heiwonshin2017@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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Commemorating, reflecting on Al-Nakba

Friday, May 15th marks the 67th annual commemoration of Al-Nakba, the Catastrophe. This week we commemorate the ethnic cleansing of Palestine as well as the steadfastness and resistance of the Palestinian people.

We look to the present systems of oppression suffocating the Palestinians, and we recognize that as long as the illegal occupation continues, Al-Nakba remains ongoing.

In 1948, Plan Dalet was adopted by the Haganah, the predominant Zionist paramilitary terrorist organization at the time. As prominent Israeli historian Dr. Ilan Pappe recounts, “(Plan Dalet’s) goal was to take

­— Students for Justice in Palestine

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4:00 p.m. | Wednesday, May 13, 2015 Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art Moderated by: Susan H. Pak, assistant professor in residence Students studying journalism, communication and liberal arts at NU-Q produce exceptional work in their various fields. The Student Showcase highlights the best of student filmmaking, reporting and journalism and projects in the liberal arts, providing a well-rounded sampling of the quality of work from NU-Q students.

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said. “People seemed to have a lot of fun. I really liked the bands. It’s kind of a bummer that it wasn’t outside, but I think people still had fun.

DM also organized games of water pong and corn hole to raise money for the beneficiaries, one of which will be the Evanston Community Foundation. The group has partnered with ECF since 1997. The primary beneficiary has not yet been announced.

Koukounas said DM had not yet counted how much money was raised at the event.

“Students were super generous. I saw tons of kids giving dollars whenever they could and buying posters,” said A&O spokeswoman Abiola Aderonmu, a Communication senior. “That’s what it’s really all about. It’s a fundraiser for DM so we were super excited to be able to give them a head start into 2016.”

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with the Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago. Patrick Magoon, president and CEO of the hospital, spoke during the event about the importance of the hospital’s partnership with NU. “When we moved to this medical campus just three short years ago, we made a promise,” Magoon said. “A promise that our new facility would create a catalyst for change.”

Schapiro said he hopes the new research facility will bring the different schools at NU together and attract external investment. Based on previous experience with similar projects, Schapiro said, the new facility and its research will attract venture capitalists and promote startups. Feinberg already attracts almost $500 million in research grants each year, he said.

“I’m especially excited about how this new building will bring together scientists from Feinberg, from the McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science and Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences, along of course with those of Lurie Children’s, to form new collaborations that can impact health care in ways that have never been possible before,” Schapiro

said.

Schapiro also spoke about the significance of the date selected for the groundbreaking.

“When we discovered that this was 90 years ago to the day, May 8, 1925, that we broke ground on our Chicago campus, we decided this was truly a magically auspicious day,” Schapiro said.

Kirk spoke on what the new biomedical research facility means for Illinois and the state’s place in American medical and technological advancement.

“In my role in the Senate, I see myself as the number one salesman for the state of Illinois,” Kirk said. “I’m selling us as the heart of innovation. … I want to go on the Senate floor one day and say I represent the state where they cured cancer at this institution.”

Simpson and Querrey spoke about their dedication to biomedical research and their long history with NU. Simpson has been on the Board of Trustees since 2006.

“As we were thinking about philanthropic efforts, we decided — being somewhat capitalistic and practical — that we wanted to do something that would have a return on investment,” Querrey said. “And saving human lives and improving the condition of human lives is something that we both felt very

strongly about.”

Including previous donations, Simpson and Querrey have donated a total of $117.8 million to NU’s “We Will” campaign, making them the largest donors to the campaign.

Reilly — a supporter of the new facility — and Emanuel spoke on the facility’s significance and anticipated contribution to Chicago and pediatric medicine.

The new facility will create about 2,500 new construction jobs and 2,000 permanent jobs in biomedicine, Emanuel said.

“This center cements Chicago’s leadership in the world, and I want to thank all of you,” Emanuel said.

“I will say on behalf of all parents, thank you.”

The event ended with a ceremonial turning of dirt and a reception. Schapiro said he was happy with how the ceremony went and that he was optimistic for what the new facility will produce.

“We’re creating a new future that benefits not just people in Chicago but throughout the world,” Schapiro told The Daily. “History suggests that discoveries that come out of this magnificent building will keep us healthy and alive.”

may close the budget gap on paper, the Civic Federation cannot support spending reductions that are either unrealistic or inconsistent with reasonable long-term financial goals for the State,” President Laurence Msall said in the Thursday news release. “Members of the Illinois General Assembly need to come forward now with their own plans for how to address a revenue shortfall in FY2016 that will be larger and more painful than what we experienced this year.”

The governor’s plans for reform are distinct from the 2013 reductions, and his response to the decision calls for a constitutional amendment which would clarify benefits currently earned against benefits expected to be earned.

“The Supreme Court’s decision confirms that benefits earned cannot be reduced,”

Rauner spokesman Lance Trover said in a release. “That’s fair and right, and why the governor long maintained that (the reform) is unconstitutional.”

Credit-rating agency Moody’s, which ranked the Illinois pension system last in the nation in September, said in a statement the decision “provides additional evidence” pension cuts will not stick in Illinois. On May 1, Moody’s released a report that next year’s Chicago pension costs will increase by 15 percent of the city’s operating revenue from 2013.

“One outcome is certain: Chicago’s unfunded pension liabilities and ongoing pension costs will grow significantly, forcing city officials to make difficult decisions for years to come,” Moody’s said in a statement.

State Sen. Daniel Biss (D-Evanston)

co-sponsored the 2013 pension reduction bill and said in a news release that the decision must be respected as it demonstrated important protections for pensions in Illinois.

“I look forward to working with all parties to find ways to ensure that adequate resources are available to properly fund our pension systems in the context of a responsible budget that funds crucial services,” he said in the release.

The Evanston city manager’s office said it is not taking a stance until it has heard from state officials. The Northwest Municipal Conference, which represents Evanston and 43 other nearby municipalities, has not taken a position yet and will discuss the decision Wednesday, deputy director Larry Bury said. The Evanston mayor’s office could not be reached for comment.

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said they are now even more uncertain on how to move next.

The Civic Federation, a non-partisan research organization that evaluates Illinois fiscal policies, criticized Rauner’s 2016 proposal on Thursday, saying it overestimated savings from collective bargaining, Medicaid changes, mental health cuts and a 50 percent cut in income tax revenue for local governments. But the lion’s share, it said, came from expected savings of $2.2 billion from pension reform, savings Illinois courts will not greenlight. The federation told The Daily it is waiting to review the full court opinion before commenting on the decision.

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We talked at a time out and quickly said ‘we need to wake up, and play fearlessly.’

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Cats surge past Fighting Irish in 2nd round

By AVA WALLACE

daily senior staffer @AvaRWallace Notre Dame

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It was more of the same for Northwestern during its second-round NCAA Tournament contest against Notre Dame — until the last four minutes of the first half.

Then, as often happens with the No. 8 Wildcats (14-6, 3-2 Big Ten), NU flipped a switch and scored four times before halftime.

The Cats rode that momentum through the second half, through the heavy fog coming off of Lake Michigan, and all the way to a 16-11 win over the Fighting Irish (11-9, 3-4 Atlantic Coast).

NU advances to face No. 1 Maryland — who took care of Massachusetts 19-8 on Sunday — in the NCAA quarterfinals next Sunday in College Park.

A slow and sloppy start on a chilly Mother’s Day eventually turned into a record-breaking day for the Cats. NU had three players with hat tricks and then some, with junior Kaleigh Craig leading the way with a career-high 5 goals.

After staying silent for much of the first half, Big Ten Freshman of the Year Selena Lasota made mincemeat of the Notre Dame defender assigned to face guard her and scored 5 goals on just six shots. Lasota moved into the No. 9 spot in program history for goals scored in a

single season, with 67 so far.

Sophomore Sheila Nesselbush, working efficiently as always on both ends of the field, also scored a career-high 4 goals. Junior Christina Esposito and freshman Shelby Fredericks each contributed 1 tally.

Coach Kelly Amonte Hiller said a timeout toward the end of the first half was the difference maker for the Cats, who outscored the Irish 9-4 in the second period. Though they came out even in draw controls — after beating Notre Dame 10-5 in the circle in the first half — NU limited turnovers from 10 to four and capitalized on two smart, tonesetting assists from freshman Corinne Wessels right out of halftime.

“We talked at a time out and quickly said ‘we need to wake up, and play fearlessly,’” Amonte Hiller said. “I said, ‘We don’t want to wake up tomorrow and be thinking about not having put it all out there.’ I think that’s what the girls did the rest of the time. They weren’t thinking about making mistakes, they just went out there and went after it.”

Lasota’s 4 tallies came after that momentum shift, after she figured out how to shake her face guard. She took herself out of the offense often, allowing NU to play a six-on-six settled attack or, alternately, sprinting directly in front of the crease from the restraining line in order to lose her defender in a footrace.

The latter strategy worked — that’s how the freshman claimed the second goal of the second half.

Lasota also sits at No. 10 nationally with goals per game, so Amonte Hiller was prepared to see stringent defense covering her in the NCAA Tournament.

“The biggest thing with a face guard is

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SURGING AHEAD Selena Lasota attempts to elude a defender. The freshman scored a combined 9 goals in Northwestern’s two games in the NCAA Tournament to lead the Wildcats into the quarterfinals.

that you have to stay calm. I think you can get caught in a frustration where when you don’t have the ball and then you get it, you get excited,” Amonte Hiller said.

“The whole entire team has to be ready for it and … we really adjust our offense so we’re ready for it if it comes.”

In its second-round win to move on

to play NU, Maryland outshot Massachusetts 37-11, won 22-7 in the draw circle and kept turnovers to six throughout the game.

When the Terrapins and Cats met in the regular season, NU lost 16-5. Craig said the key this time around will be confidence.

“For us it’s just going to be coming out and playing fearlessly, that’s going to be our biggest thing,” the junior said.

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NU halted by top seed Michigan in Big Ten Tournament

By MAX GELMAN

the daily northwestern @MaxGelman No. 4 Northwestern

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Going up against the third best team in the country and the Big Ten Pitcher of the Year, Northwestern managed only one hit en route to a 9-0, five-inning loss to Michigan in the semifinals of the Big Ten Tournament.

The defeat marks the end of the season for the Wildcats (28-21, 14-8 Big Ten), barring a potential Women’s College World Series berth. Junior Kristen Wood, who started her second game in two days, gave up 4 runs in three innings, and afterward the Wolverines (51-6, 21-2) shelled

junior reliever Amy Letourneau for five runs in just one inning.

NU’s lone baserunner against Michigan ace Megan Betsa came with two outs in the second inning on a Letourneau single. Betsa struck out 10 on the day, including every NU player in the starting lineup at least once — except Letourneau.

Michigan went on to win the tournament, defeating Nebraska in the championship game 6-1.

“Michigan’s a tough team, and Betsa proved why she’s the Pitcher of the Year this year in our conference,” coach Kate Drohan said after the game. “Our batters put some good at-bats together towards the end there, but they were just too much for us to handle offensively.”

While the outcome of the matchup was disappointing for NU, the season as a whole was not. The Cats advanced to the semifinals of the Big Ten Tournament for the first time since 2008, when they won the championship.

Furthermore, NU may have a future star in freshman centerfielder Sabrina Rabin. The St. Charles, Illinois, native captured Big Ten Freshman of the Year honors and was named first team All-Big Ten last week.

Outgoing senior Andrea Diprima

will be the biggest loss for team’s offense next year. DiPrima, named second team All-Big Ten for the second straight year, launched 10 home runs this season, good for second on the team.

Coming into the Big Ten Tournament, the Cats had hoped to play the role of spoiler. After earning the fourth seed and a first round bye, NU blanked Purdue (31-25, 7-14) 3-0 on Friday, defeating Boilermaker ace Lilly Fecho for the fourth time this season.

Wood pitched a complete game shutout in the Cats’ tournamentopening game, striking out six and only allowing three hits. Wood said NU’s 2-run first inning pushed her to pitch her best and throw strikes.

The play of the game — and perhaps the season — came in the top of the fifth with Wood struggling.

After the Boilermakers loaded the bases with nobody out, Purdue’s Mary Gooding lifted a fly ball to left field, where NU senior Olivia Duehr made the easy catch. As Purdue catcher Kaylah Hampton tagged up at third, Duehr gunned the ball to the plate on one hop just in time for Cats’ freshman catcher Sammy Nettling to put on the tag.

The 7-2 double play stunted Purdue’s momentum and killed the

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RUNNING OUT OF GAS Kristen Wood winds up for a pitch.

Northwestern’s junior ace was overmatched against Michigan, and surrendered 4 runs in three innings of work.

rally.

“You work on that all year, and you’re just hoping they hit the ball to us,” Duehr said. “We executed the play and it was in our favor.”

NU advances to its third Women’s

College World Series in four years and will face Kentucky in the South Bend Regional of the NCAA Tournament on May 22.

hits and two RBI as well.

The Cats clinched the victory with a three-run eighth inning that gave the Cats a 9-7 lead. After Michigan junior Jacob Cronenworth homered to start the bottom of the eighth, junior Cats reliever Jake Stolley entered and pitched two scoreless innings to close out the game, earning his sixth save of the season.

Sunday was a day to forget for the Cats, as the Wolverines drilled NU in the series rubber match. Michigan took a 3-0 lead in the first frame and

never looked back, rolling to a 19-1 victory.

Junior first baseman Zach Jones racked up a pair of hits — a bright spot for the Cats — and freshman third baseman Connor Lind had his second straight multi-hit performance, singling twice.

The Michigan series was NU’s last road series of the season. The Cats will return to Rocky Miller Park on Thursday to take on Maryland.

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Wildcats steal 1 of 3 games against Wolverines

Northwestern’s Big Ten struggles continued this weekend when the Wildcats faced Michigan headed to Ann Arbor.

NU (16-35, 6-15 Big Ten) dropped two of three to Michigan (31-21, 14-10), but ended a four-game losing streak with a win Saturday.

After losing a pair of games to

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12 8 19 game to Kansas, the Cats entered the series Friday evening looking to turn things around.

NU was unable to keep up with Michigan in the series opener,

though, as Michigan led from the first inning throughout the 12-4 rout. Four Cats pitchers surrendered runs in the loss as NU wasted senior Mike Trucco’s first career home run.

The Michigan offense kept pumping Saturday — the team piled up 12 hits and 8 runs. However, this time the Cats were not to be outdone, and they plated 9 runs in a victory.

Sophomore left fielder Joe Hoscheit led the way for the Cats with three hits and two RBI, and senior catcher Scott Heelan had two

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