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Community remembers Avantika Khatri

By Tyler Pager

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SHARING MEMORIES Students and family members gathered Thursday afternoon at The Rock to remember Weinberg junior Avantika Khatri. Her brother (bottom left) thanked the Northwestern community for its support following his sister’s death Monday afternoon.

Avantika Khatri wanted new students to know she was looking out for them.

When she arrived at Northwestern before the start of her sophomore year, she began meeting them and taking notes on her phone, detailing important information they shared with her. That way, she could pick up the conversations the next time they met. She wanted to establish relationships with new students so they knew she was someone they could talk to whenever they had a problem.

Family and friends highlighted the Weinberg junior’s selflessness and care for others at a memorial Thursday afternoon. Nearly 150 students joined Khatri’s family at The Rock to share stories and celebrate her life.

Khatri, 21, died Monday afternoon in her off-campus apartment. There were no signs of foul play, and the cause of her death is still pending toxicology results, Evanston police Cmdr. Joseph Dugan said.

Naresh Khatri spoke of his daughter’s idealism and passion for social justice issues. He shared some of his favorite memories with her, including their trips to see “Slumdog Millionaire” and “The Lego Movie.” A professor, he said the slogan “everything is awesome” from “The Lego Movie” is the new way he greets his students.

“We need more people who are idealistic, who have the courage to do the right things,” he said. “I will carry those things with me. I am really now determined to keep her alive. I would want to do something

awesome in her memory.”

Her goal to make a difference and help others should serve as lessons for the rest of the NU community, said Patricia Telles-Irvin, vice president for student affairs.

“Today we thank Avantika for the legacy she has left, for the positive impact she had on her classmates, her friends and certainly the faculty,” she said. “She was indeed the consummate Wildcat, striving for excellence, being ever-curious, showing compassion, raising the spirits of her friends and wanting to make a difference in this world.”

Khatri’s friends emphasized her passion for adventure and her humor, qualities they said they will miss. They described her love for attending campus speakers and athletic events and how she was always available whenever someone needed her.

Weinberg junior Maroua Sallami roomed with Khatri last year in Shepard Residential College. She said they attended the Jay Sean concert on campus together two weeks ago.

“She was just so happy and smiling, and she was showing me her new dance moves,” Sallami said.

Sallami said she is still in shock and has yet to process Khatri’s death.

Another friend recounted how Khatri taught him the importance of supporting others. Weinberg senior Daniel Cheruiyot described a time when they worked on class project together and she baked cookies for the group and gave him all the leftovers after he jokingly mentioned he didn’t know what he was going to eat for breakfast. » See KHATRI, page 11

NUDivest clarifies Residents fund Nepal relief resolution’s objectives

By Tori Latham

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Northwestern Divest held an event Thursday to remind students that its resolution only concerns divestment and to place its on-campus efforts in the context of an international effort to advocate for Palestinian human rights.

The event, called “The ‘B.S’. about B.D.S.,” sought to clarify NUDivest’s relationship with the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement. More than 35 people attended the event.

Weinberg junior Hazim Abdullah-

Smith started the event by explaining why the campaign pursued divestment.

He described a young protester who died after being run over by a Caterpillar bulldozer.

“These things are very much connected to the specific corporations we targeted,” he said. “We wanted to address how they have profited over the years from this violence.”

NUDivest sponsored a resolution last quarter in Associated Student Government Senate that called on the University to divest from six corporations the resolution’s authors say violate Palestinians’ » See nudivest, page 11

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Two Evanston businesses teamed up Thursday to raise money for the victims of the Nepal earthquake.

Mt. Everest Restaurant, 630 Church St., and Hagerty Consulting, 1618 Orrington Ave., held a fundraiser at the restaurant to benefit both the Nepali American Center’s Nepal Earthquake Relief Fund and AmeriCares, a non-profit emergency response organization.

On April 25, an estimated 7.8 magnitude earthquake hit Nepal near its capital, Kathmandu. More than 5,500 people were killed and thousands

have been injured.

“How could you not get involved?” said Steve Hagerty, the founder of Hagerty Consulting, a firm that helps clients prepare for and recover from disasters. “Someone just needs to step up and organize something and that makes sense for our company.”

Hagerty said his company came up with the idea for the fundraiser two days before the event. The consulting firm will match 100 percent of the donations to AmeriCares collected at the door.

Hagerty Consulting raised more than $15,000 for AmeriCares, with more than 200 people attending the buffet, Wendi Kromash, the firm’s marketing and communications manager, said in an email to The Daily.

Ramakant Kharel, who owns Mt. Everest, said his restaurant has long been involved in fundraising efforts, going back to when 9/11 occurred shortly after he first opened. Originally from Nepal, Kharel said he decided to give money to the Nepali American Center’s Nepal Earthquake Relief Fund because he is on the organization’s fundraising and financing team.

Ten percent of all lunch sales on Thursday went to the relief fund.

Kharel’s restaurant is also serving as a donation center for the Nepali American Center, and is accepting canned foods, tents, water filters and other supplies. » See nepal, page 11

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NU, city begin trade skills program

By Tori Latham

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Northwestern launched a training program Monday in partnership with the city that will teach Evanston residents trade skills they can use to find full-time jobs.

The Northwestern/Evanston Skilled Trades Training Program aims to teach young adults skills like woodworking and electric and plumbing work that will contribute to their future employment opportunities at the University or other businesses, city manager Wally Bobkiewicz told The Daily.

For the first year of the program, NU hired six trainees. Four will learn carpentry skills and two will learn painting skills, said John D’Angelo, the vice president for facilities. “Those are two skills that are in much demand,�

D’Angelo said. “For the next year, not only are they going to learn trade skills, but they’re going to learn other kinds of leadership and mentorship skills that will help them throughout their careers.�

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The University hopes to offer training in expanded areas, such as engineering, next year, the school announced.

Mayor Elizabeth Tisdahl and University President Morton Schapiro have been talking about a partnership for a while, Bobkiewicz said. “There’s so many opportunities on campus for jobs ‌ and they kind of came up with, is there an opportunity to do trade apprenticeships?â€? Bobkiewicz said.

The program addresses two issues facing the city, D’Angelo said. “Our country really has not been incentivizing our youth to go into the skilled trades, and we’re facing a skilled trade shortage as the existing workforce starts to age,� he said. “The second problem is our communities are strongest when they have a broad socioeconomic diversity, and without really good jobs in Evanston, you start to see a loss of economic diversity.�

NU pays the trainees a salary and provides them with uniforms and safety equipment, D’Angelo said. The city’s youth and young adult program staff helped to recruit the trainees, the University

Wallet stolen outside Evanston grocery store

Evanston man arrested in connection with aggravated battery Police arrested an Evanston man in connection with aggravated battery Tuesday afternoon, officials said.

The man, 50, allegedly walked up to a 79-yearold Evanston man in his vehicle and punched him in the face several times in the 1700 block of Darrow Avenue on March 15, Evanston police Cmdr. Joseph Dugan said. The 79-year-old was left with a swollen, bloody and bruised lip from the dispute, which was over a mutual acquaintance, Dugan added.

The 50-year-old was charged with aggravated battery — a felony — and turned himself in Tuesday, police said. The man’s court date has not yet been set.

Someone stole from a Chicago woman’s purse outside of a grocery store in downtown Evanston on Wednesday afternoon, police said.

The woman, 54, said she was leaving the store when someone fell in front of her at the exit door of the Whole Foods, 1111 Chicago Ave., blocking her path, Dugan said.

Then, someone went up behind her and reached into her purse, which was hanging off of her shoulder, and took her wallet, Dugan added.

Two credit cards and more than $200 were stolen, police said.

Store management checked the cameras, and police are following up on the case, Dugan said.

announced. They all went through a pre-screening and interview, similar to a regular job-hiring process, D’Angelo said.

D’Angelo said he hopes the program will succeed, and praised the first group of trainees involved. “We want to try and create the momentum necessary to make this a program that continues on and on and on, and that really depends on us being able to attract young men or young women of the caliber of this first six the city has helped us find,� D’Angelo said.

Although the program will only train a small number of residents at a time, Bobkiewicz said he thinks it will have a large impact on those who participate. “It’s a small start, but I think it allows Evanston residents to get good skills and then hopefully have those skills to have good paying jobs moving forward,� Bobkiewicz said.

Marissa Page contributed reporting. torilatham2017@u.northwestern.edu

Setting the record straight A letter to the editor in Thursday’s paper titled “Wrestling with realities, striving for a solution,� misstated the writers of the letter J Street U Northwestern was responding to.

The original letter writers were a group of NU students that attended the J Street U Northwestern event.

An article in Thursday’s paper titled, “Student parents push for more resources, support,� misattributed the quote, “We’re trying to get the support and the policies that match where we are today in terms of gender inequality.� The quote was said by Robin Hoecker.

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Panel addresses NU’s mental health resources

By Madeline Fox

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Students, staff and administrators discussed Northwestern’s mental health resources, taking leaves of absence and how campus culture impacts students’ mental health at a panel Thursday night.

The panel, titled “Northwestern’s Mental Health Services: DEBUNKED,” was hosted by NU Active Minds and included representatives from Counseling and Psychological Services, Weinberg Academic Advising and the Dean of Students’ office. Fifteen students attended the event.

Mona Dugo, associate dean of students in student assistance and support services, urged overwhelmed students to not think they are stuck on a fixed academic path.

“Students at Northwestern come in and they have this trajectory in mind — ‘I’m going to do this, I’m going to take this sequence of classes, it’s going to happen this quarter’ — and it’s very hard for students to let go of that idea that they had,” Dugo said.

“Really, the truth is that we can always work it out academically.”

Although the panelists stressed students shouldn’t feel they will be forced into taking a leave of absence when they seek help, they said it can be a good option for students who are struggling. NU gives a full tuition refund for the quarter in which students take a leave of absence, Dugo said, and students’

Northwestern breaks ground on stadium for soccer, lacrosse

Northwestern broke ground this weekend on the Lanny and Sharon Martin Stadium, a renovated soccer and lacrosse field the University will build as part of the “We Will” campaign.

University President Morton Schapiro praised the Martins, who have committed $15 million to

transcripts do not record leaves of absence.

“There are certain situations when the consequences of staying at Northwestern are worse than taking time off,” said David Shor, director of clinical services at CAPS. Shor addressed the counseling center’s negative reputation among students, saying feedback from students who actually use its services is overwhelmingly positive. He also spoke to concerns about CAPS’ 12-session limit, which, he said, does not include the intake session, crises or other counseling resources such as group counseling.

“In the event of a crisis … if someone walks in and says I need to see someone, they’ll be seen, if not right away, then within 20, 30 minutes,” regardless of whether they’ve used all their individual sessions, Shor said.

Once students reach that limit, many are concerned about paying to continue counseling, said Weinberg adviser and linguistics Prof. Brady Clark.

“It’s very frustrating and frightening to hear students say, ‘Well, I don’t want to use up these 12 sessions because I don’t know how I’m going to pay for care after that,’” he said.

Shor said CAPS partners with local practices and works with students to ensure they can find affordable one-on-one counseling.

The panel also focused on resources available to students outside one-on-one counseling from CAPS, including other support it offers as well as programming through the Women’s Center, the Center for the campaign.

“We are very grateful for their generosity and the central roles they play in the life of our University,” Schapiro said in a news release. “Their contributions are advancing our ability to provide our students with the best possible experience at Northwestern, academically, socially and athletically.”

J. Landis Martin (Kellogg ‘68, Law ‘73) and his wife, Sharon, are co-chairs of the “We Will” campaign.

Athletic director Jim Phillips also commended

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demystifying misconceptions Students and administrators discuss Northwestern’s mental health resources at a panel Thursday night. The panel hosted by NU Active Minds touched on leaves of absence and criticisms of mental health services at NU.

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NU Active Minds originally intended to host a panel about taking leaves of absence, said co-president Ary Hansen, but expanded it to look more broadly at mental health services at NU.

“There have been, in my experience, a lot of misperceptions about CAPS,” the Weinberg junior said.

“We thought it would be a really good idea to bring in people who could address that.”

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“Their generosity is truly incredible,” Phillips said in the release. “This is the latest step in a truly transformational project for our entire University community. The renovation will provide a superior training and competition venue and allow us to continue to deliver a world-class experience to our nearly 500 student athletes.”

NU’s men’s and women’s soccer teams and its women’s lacrosse team will use the stadium for competition.

Weinberg junior Nandi Mehta, co-captain of

the women’s soccer team, said the stadium will pay dividends for future NU students.

“Lanny and Sharon Martin Stadium is part of a project that, when complete, will truly elevate the experience of every student-athlete at Northwestern,” Mehta said at the groundbreaking ceremony Saturday. “Words cannot describe what their gift and lifelong commitment to the University means to us and the impact it will have on future generations of Wildcats.”

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New investigator to streamline misconduct process

By OLIVIA EXSTRUM

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When Colleen Johnston learned Northwestern was looking to hire a Title IX investigator, she knew she wanted to apply.

Johnston, who has a background in civil rights enforcement and law, said she had been looking for an opportunity to transition back into higher education.

Johnston started as NU’s first Title IX investigator at the beginning of the quarter. She said she hopes to make students aware of available resources and ensure they are treated with respect throughout the sexual misconduct investigation process.

“My goals are to provide a prompt and equitable response to the complaints and conduct a thorough and impartial investigation,” she said.

Johnston is responsible for investigating complaints filed with the University related to sexual misconduct, NU’s Title IX coordinator Joan Slavin said in a statement at the beginning of April.

Johnston previously worked for Chicago’s Commission on Human Relations, where she investigated discrimination complaints, and was executive director of the Human Rights Commission in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Slavin wrote in an email to The Daily in early April that Johnston had skills “closely aligned with our needs.”

The U.S. Department of Education in April 2014 announced it would require universities and school districts to appoint a federally-mandated Title IX coordinator. Beyond this, the guidelines suggest larger universities should consider having multiple coordinators, although it is not required.

Carrie Wachter, survivor advocate at the Center for Awareness, Response and Education, said the creation

system for sexual misconduct cases. Beginning in September, all cases of alleged student misconduct were placed under a new University Hearing and Appeals System. Until that point, sexual misconduct cases were adjudicated under the now-defunct Sexual Assault Hearing and Appeals System while other conduct cases went through UHAS. Johnston said that in the position she has already met a “bunch of the different folks doing this work.”

“One of the things I’m really looking forward to in this position is to be part of the larger Northwestern community, as well as with folks working with Title IX issues on campus,” she said.

Wachter said having Johnston on campus will help CARE better streamline its handling of Title IX issues.

“I have one go-to person … who’s going to help with this,” she said. “It’s really good for us.” exstrum@u.northwestern.edu

Retired general urges for US military support in Ukraine

By Drew Gerber

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Tensions erupted Thursday afternoon when retired four-star U.S. Army general and former Supreme Allied Commander Europe Gen. Wesley Clark urged for immediate U.S. military support in Ukraine.

Clark spoke to more than 60 people at Northwestern advocating military action, drawing heavily on “historical echoes” between Nazi Germany’s 1936 invasion of the Rhineland and Russia’s territorial aggression against Ukraine and occupation of Crimea.

Much like Nazi Germany in the 1930s, he said, Russia is not going to stop at the occupation of Crimea, but will seek to reclaim what it considers its ancestral territory in Eastern Europe.

Additionally, Clark said success in Ukraine will require winning the “information war” perpetuated

by Russian President Vladimir Putin. He described Russian tactics as “hybrid warfare,” suggesting Russia relies on deception and misinformation to achieve its goals.

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“You’re wearing a very interesting T-shirt,” Clark said. Grabar wore the telnyashka, an iconic white and blue striped shirt worn by Russian armed special forces.

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Grabar criticized Clark’s presentation as overly reliant on “conspiracies” and “lies” surrounding Putin and alleged Russian activity in Ukraine, such as the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 by alleged Russian-led Ukrainian rebels in July 2014.

Western nations and Ukraine claim the rebels are under Russian command, which Russia denies. Russia instead blames the Ukrainian government for the incident. A final report from the Dutch Safety Board, who is leading the investigation into the crash, is expected to be published in October.

A heated exchange broke out when Grabar brought up Clark’s military record in Kosovo, and Clark asked the student to move to the back of the room.

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of the investigator position was a “progressive step” for NU. “That’s showing their commitment,” Wachter said.

“I see them going above that requirement by bringing this on because it’s not a requirement at all.”

Wachter said the new position will help distribute responsibilities under the federal gender-discrimination law known as Title IX and create a more “comfortable and timely” adjudication process for sexual misconduct cases.

The two offices Johnston will work with — the Sexual Harassment Prevention Office and Office of Student Conduct and Conflict Resolution — are sometimes burdened with the Title IX-related responsibilities they have, Wachter said.

“There’s a lot they’re doing,” Wachter said. “Having her there, it distributes it.”

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your command in Serbia, killing civilians, targeting civilians.”

Clark led NATO forces in a 78-day bombing campaign against Yugoslavian forces in Kosovo as Supreme Allied Commander Europe in 1999, the first NATO use of military force without authorization from the United Nations, to stem human rights abuses.

According to a 2000 report by Human Rights Watch, a human rights watchdog group, the NATO bombing campaign sought to minimize civilian casualties and only aimed for military targets, resulting in between 489 and 528 civilian deaths.

Grabar asked for an apology from Clark for the civilian deaths during that campaign, which Clark refused to do.

Clark was accompanied by an entourage comprising members of Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko’s staff, as well as top Ukrainian religious leaders.

The presence of religious leaders and political staffers at the event surprised the Buffett Institute for Global Studies, which organized the event, said Bruce Carruthers, the institute’s director.

Carruthers said the event went well, and that the Buffett Institute aims to continue to bring

knowledgeable speakers like Clark to NU. He added that exchanges, such as the one with Grabar, are important to give “a taste of the passion” inspired by these issues.

Clark and Ukrainian religious and political leaders are part of a delegation from Save Ukraine Now, a non-partisan coalition that seeks to address the humanitarian crisis of more than 2 million Ukrainians internally displaced by conflict. Clark serves as the group’s chairman.

Tamara Zykova, head of the group’s Representative Office, said the delegation was in Detroit and Chicago, which are central cities of the Ukrainian diaspora, as part of their Ukraine Survival humanitarian effort. She said the presence of Ukraine’s top religious leaders from many faiths is an attempt to show Ukraine is united in its fight against aggression, and that Ukraine is a nation tolerant of religious and national differences.

“We are here for two reasons: to show Americans the real story in Ukraine and to appeal for donations,” Zykova said. “Our resources are almost empty, we need donations (to address this crisis).” drewgerber2018@u.northwestern.edu

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Any competent discussion of racism will most likely include words like “institutionalized” and “systematic.” Though we know racism is ingrained in how our society has developed and functions today, we are not truly considering what institutional behaviors and norms mean for the pursuit of progress and equality. We are a long way away from where we should be, and it is specifically because there is a large group of people who are refusing to understand the responsibility implicit within these terms.

White people, I’m talking to you.

To be clear, just because I am a black woman does not mean I have always understood what it means for racism to be institutionalized. I didn’t realize that it exceeded racial slurs and irritating stereotypes. As I’ve mentioned in another column,

I had a majority of white friends when I was in high school. It was not until I attended college, took a handful of African-American studies courses, read “Racism Without Racists,” and really listened to the perspectives of my white peers that I began to understand how many “racial conservatists” — i.e., racists — I really knew. I realized that I had been making excuses for my white friends’ silence in racial arenas followed by ignorant statements. I thought that because they were white, they simply did not know any better and it was not their fault — I could explain a concept for the umpteenth time and it was not a big deal.

But it was their fault and it is a big deal.

Institutionalized racism is ingrained in society — a system of inequality. This system bars marginalized peoples from opportunities, while at the same time discriminating against them in varying forms. Some progressive whites understand “the struggle,” but a large number refuse to do so. Unfortunately, the actions or beliefs of one progressive white person do not change the overall stakes for a person of color. Instead, there needs to be a large mass of progressive whites and other privileged groups of people working toward equality. Societal issues are ingrained in how the system functions and individual effort is important but inadequate.

Disinterest in understanding institutionalized racism fails to take responsibility for what is happening in the world today. When I say responsibility, I am not necessarily drawing a parallel to slave

owners back in the 1860s and present-day socially privileged whites. Many people have bought into the idea that issues like police brutality and housing discrimination are black issues. Though it is not always clearly stated, silence and colorblind attitudes are clear indicators of apathy to what is happening in the world.

Because of institutionalized racism, the assumption that minorities alone can revamp the whole system single-handedly is absolutely absurd. White people have a responsibility to understand what is going on and do something about it.

And it is not my job to educate either.

I, as a black student, do not have to spend my time educating white students on the many discriminatory things happening in the world. Alana Massey wrote an article for Pacific Standard in April about this exact misconception, noting that “it is not the job of people of color to teach their own humanity to their white peers.” I am not sure when this became an accepted practice, but I know that even I made — and sometimes still make — excuses for my white peers. (“They’re from a suburb,” or “They only had one black kid in their high school graduating class, why would they know better?”)

It is time for white people and other privileged groups to take some racial responsibility in educating themselves, because we all know I and other students of color have plenty of other things to do — like avoiding the police, who clearly don’t know

how to handle themselves in the presence of a black youth.

The past few days have seen nationwide protests following the death of Freddie Gray, a black man who fell into a coma and died following a spinal cord injury sustained while in police custody in Baltimore. The discourse spurred by these protests is a clear indication of the lack of education of how racism functions today. The clear mishandling of people, situations and trials has resulted in a rightfully enraged community, but many are choosing to focus on the destruction of a CVS/pharmacy and not the loss of a life. I can talk about the numerous accounts of clear police brutality until my throat burns and write about how much I do not trust the police until my hands are numb, but if you choose not to believe that these problems exist institutionally, then what is the point?

Clearly, the general public prefers to condemn blacks when we organize alone, so it is time for whites to step outside of the white racial box they’ve been hiding in and play their part in this humanitarian all-inclusive fight. We have been fighting adamantly for years, and it’s time we realize any plan for racial progress that does not include the crucial role of whites is a bankrupt one.

Arielle Chase is a Medill sophomore. She can be reached at ariellechase2017@u.northwestern.edu. If you would like to respond publicly to this column, send a Letter to the Editor to opinion@dailynorthwestern.com.

Post-recession, nonprofits still strapped for cash Noah Kane

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The 2008 recession hit the nonprofit industry hard. Donors grew austere to adjust to the changing economic climate. At the same time, the demand for social services — exactly those for which nonprofit organizations require funding — increased.

Nonprofits generally fill their coffers with individual donations and grants from foundations and governments. As a result, they can focus on achieving their mission more directly than corporations, who are primarily profit-motivated. Furthermore, the funding nonprofits receive is generally restricted — it can be spent only on specific programs and initiatives whose budgets are set well in advance of their launch. Funding for overhead, including employee salaries, is often scarce.

Still, some large nonprofits compensate their executive directors extremely well in an effort to coax top talent from high-paying industries. For example, Dr. Judith Salerno, the President and CEO of the Susan G. Komen, a breast cancer foundation, took home a $475,000 salary between 2013 and

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2014. Caryl Stern, the CEO of the U.S. Fund for UNICEF, grossed over $500,000 last year. Despite seeming wasteful on its face, this practice has merit.

The top CEOs in the for-profit sector can deliver up to 1,350 percent shareholder returns over the duration of their terms. It stands to reason that an effective nonprofit executive director could have a huge impact on the organization’s work. But for staff lower on the totem pole, compensation is relatively meager. A CompassPoint study found that while the median nonprofit executive director earned $90,000, the median development director — the employee tasked with securing grants from foundations — earned $65,000.

The funding base of many foundations has increased substantially in recent years, but this increase has often not been accompanied by an increase in grantmaking. In a particularly illustrative case, between 1981 and 1990, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s holdings tripled in value to $2.6 billion, but its grants grew by only 9 percent.

If grantmakers continue these practices, nonprofits seeking to ameliorate the effects of the recession on low- and middle-class Americans will not have enough funding to keep the lights on — much less move the needle on their missions.

A Grantmakers for Effective Organization’s report found nonprofits generally spend about 20

percent of their grant funding on operating costs — those not directly associated with their mission.

Eighty percent of organizations surveyed in that study reported grants typically did not even provide enough overhead funding to cover the costs associated with applying for those grants. As a result, the grant application process has become both frustrating and fruitless for a nonprofit industry that has become increasingly swamped with demand for social services. Many organizations now face a direct tradeoff between funding and social impact through a variety of channels.

First, insufficient grant funding can create perverse incentives for nonprofits to focus on profitable programs that are not directly relevant to their mission. For example, a museum that earns vastly more money from its gift shop than from admissions or donations might focus more on merchandising than on community education.

Second, fierce competition for limited funding can encourage nonprofits to race to outspend each other for lavish fundraising galas. Harvard Business Review reported one Blue Cross Blue Shield event included a $15,000 line item for silver punch bowls, and another took place in a $300,000 skybox at a baseball stadium.

Finally — and most pressingly — the job of nonprofit development directors has become

highly stressful and difficult. One distressing study found half of development directors plan to switch jobs in the next two years. And once development directors leave their posts, they are difficult to replace. Small nonprofits that lack the budget to have dedicated human resources and recruitment staff have reported waiting one to two years before finding a development director. In general, these small organizations also have less cash ready to hold them over until they are able to once again commit a full-time staff member to the grant application process. This lack of financial security can force these organizations, often grassroots community-based groups, to spend more time thinking about paying for electricity than affecting social change.

If we are passionate about not only padding our nation’s economic indicators but also lifting people out of systems of poverty and oppression, we must demand better of foundations and other nonprofit donors. Nonprofits cannot deliver necessary social services to those in the throes of recession if they cannot pay their own employees.

Noah Kane is a Weinberg senior. He can be reached at noahkane2015@u.northwestern.edu. If you would like to respond publicly to this column, send a Letter to the Editor to opinion@dailynorthwestern.com.

US flag represents our ideals, not our faults Curtis Chou

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The field of supporters who find value in the American flag thins every year. Though history will be the final judge, it seems that we now stand at a key junction of the American timeline. Today we stare into the eyes of our young history — a history replete with the shadows of discrimination and other ills that still hold back the potential of the country today. In the face of a desperate economy and a wave of hot civic debates, what place does cloth and symbolism occupy?

Many are quick to criticize those impassioned by the imagery of the “stars, white in a blue field.” They see the American flag as a symbol of gross imperfection that is unrightfully celebrated, evoking blind nationalism that overshadows other worthy causes.

On April 17, Air Force veteran Michelle Manhart was detained on the campus of Valdosta State University for taking an American flag from a group of students who had trampled on it, apparently in protest of “white supremacy.” After being apprehended by officers, Manhart was effectively banned from campus, setting the groundwork for

a “pro-flag” counter-demonstration that shut down the campus on April 24.

Symbolism is a tricky business because symbols are avatars of ideas that can shift drastically and take on a variety of different connotations. For example, the swastika, stigmatized in Western countries due to its association with Nazi Germany, is considered a sacred symbol of auspiciousness in Hinduism and Buddhism. And because flags, such as national flags, are used to legitimize identities, they are often associated with the actions of that nation’s government.

So it comes as no surprise that the American flag is equally controversial in this regard. Some people love it. Others do not profess such passions.

I find myself in the former camp. I recognize the United States is far from perfect, and despite my filial love for the country in which I was born and raised, I also see need for changes in the civic structures that govern it. But that is exactly why I take issue with those who disrespect the stars and stripes. It is the very fact of our failings that makes the American flag so integral to both our past and our future. Our faults are rooted in the government policies and public sentiment that have been the source of controversy and debate throughout history. The resulting violence and conflicts fought in both Congress and on battlefield soils may have

dirtied the flag by association, but its ideas remain untainted. When I look up at the red, white and blue banner, I am reminded of where and how far we need to go.

The American flag is not a representation of the White House or the Capitol Building. It is a capsule bearing the founding principles that guided the country’s birth. It represents what this country should aspire to be — a country built on foundations of liberty and true equality.

In the modern quest for equal opportunity, liberty and peaceful solidarity, Old Glory is a rallying cry that reminds us where we started and where we strive to go. Those who co-opt its symbolism for discriminatory or invasive purposes are the ones at fault. So I plead to those who would trample or burn the American flag to stop and consider that they may not be trampling on a representation of injustice, but a representation of hope and a reminder of our ideals. The Star-Spangled Banner belongs not on the ground but in the sky, flying free as a symbol of the American dream, not a mirror of its nightmares.

Curtis Chou is a Communication senior. He can be reached at curtischou2015@u.northwestern.edu. If you want to respond publicly to this column, send a Letter to the Editor to opinion@dailynorthwestern.com.

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Experts discussed whether nuclear power could be a viable source of alternative energy at an event hosted by Fossil Free NU on Thursday night.

The speakers told more than 50 students in Harris Hall that the United States and the rest of the world need to move from carbon emitting energy sources as quickly as possible.

“The operative word in this discussion tonight is ‘now,’” said Arnie Gundersen, chief engineer at Fairewinds Energy Education. “What are we going to do right now to reduce the amount of carbon in the atmosphere, what is NU going to do, what is America going to do, what is the globe going to do? We need ‘now’ solutions, not 20- to 30-year solutions down the road.”

Nuclear power is part of the solution, but there need to be shifts in its infrastructure before it becomes a viable replacement, said Jordi RoglansRibas, director of the nuclear energy division at Argonne National Laboratory.

“Because nuclear power plants cannot afford to shut down when another source is operating on the grid, there will need to be research and development to make nuclear power plants combine with a storage unit or combine with other things like industrial heating … (to) lower the costs of operation,” Roglans-Ribas said.

On the other end of the spectrum, Gundersen argued the dangers of disposing of nuclear energy waste make renewable sources of energy such as wind and solar the best options.

“Reaching a goal of hitting 20 percent of the world’s power through nuclear is just not feasible,”

Gundersen said. “Renewables can do that, they are scaleable, unlike nuclear. We’ve already seen the renewable contribution grow about 7 percent in the last 10 years, to imagine it hitting 20 percent in 10 years is totally believable.”

Beyond issues of infrastructural feasibility, students asked questions during a Q&A period about the potential human toll on vulnerable populations if nuclear power plants are built in certain communities.

“Typically nuclear power plants have been placed in areas following the construction infrastructure, typically near sources of cooling such as rivers or the ocean,” Roglans-Ribas said. “Typically the communities around nuclear power plants want to keep them operating as they are a source of income for the community.”

Gundersen said he has seen high-paying jobs in the nuclear sector given to people outside of these communities while the residents are given other, lower-quality service jobs. He said he has also found a disproportionate amount of the land used for extracting uranium ore is in indigenous communities, such as those in Canadian provinces.

“I met with indigenous peoples in Quebec, and the economic and social costs of the mining of uranium on these poor Aboriginal cultures is really severe and saddening,” Gundersen said.

McCormick sophomore Beza Bisrat, who attended the event, said the development of new energy sources and its impact on people was important part of the discussion. In her view, economic development cannot be separated from the communities it affects.

“The issues that I’m really interested in, like hunger and poverty, they are affected by climate change,” Bisrat said. “They did a pretty good job of

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energizing debate Arnie Gundersen and Jordi Roglans-Ribas answer questions about nuclear energy at an event hosted by Fossil Free NU on Thursday night. Gundersen had issues with the safety and feasibility of nuclear power as an alternative energy source while RoglansRibas advocated for its use as a fossil fuel replacement.

connecting the issue of climate change and nuclear power to these international scopes.”

Fossil Free NU’s event coordinator Noah Becker, a Bienen freshman, said he hoped the discussion informed students about the benefits and drawbacks of nuclear power.

“People will be engaged in a dialogue about sustainability, both related to nuclear and apart from it, and start to think about how they can take action and be involved,” Becker said.

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children in the Chicagoland area.”

The sites will span nine Chicago area medical treatment centers and will impact 477,865 children this year, according to the press release. Starlight Sites help patients by stimulating their senses and alleviating some of the stress that comes with being in the hospital.

Starlight received $836,489.57 of DM 2015’s fundraising total of $1,130,979. Treatment centers that will house new Starlight Sites include Evanston Hospital, Rush Children’s Hospital and Shriners Hospitals for Children in Chicago.

“It’s emotional for me that as a community, NUDM did it,” Starlight’s DM 2015 liaison Cortney Szlemp said in the release. “Their impact will truly affect millions of kids for years to come.”

Dance Marathon announced Thursday that funds raised from the 2015 event will create 11 Starlight Sites for the primary beneficiary, Starlight Children’s Foundation, surpassing the organization’s original goal of funding 10 sites.

“We’re thrilled that Starlight has been able to take the amazing efforts of the NUDM community and translate them to supporting hospitals and families in our backyard,” said Weinberg senior David Ryan, DM 2015 executive co-chair, in a news release. “These 11 Starlight Sites will have an unbelievable, lifechanging impact on hundreds of thousands of

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sky is the limit Representatives from the Starlight Children’s Foundation receive a check at this year’s Dance Marathon. The event raised enough money to create 11 Starlight Sites.

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A Northwestern professor spoke about the role of competition in Latino-American literature at the Evanston Public Library on Thursday evening.

John Alba Cutler, an English professor who specializes in U.S. Latino literature, spoke to the 10 attendees about the importance of competition and reward among Latino-American writers. The speech, titled “Prizes! Prizes!

Prizes! Latino Literature and the Economy of Prestige,” touched on competition in the literary world as being both integral and antagonistic to the values of a writer.

Cutler’s talk was the last of the Evanston Northwestern Humanities Lectures series “Hecho in the U.S.A.,” which focused on different aspects of the Latino-American experience. The talks were co-sponsored by NU’s Alice Kaplan Institute for the Humanities and EPL. “One of my favorite parts of my job is seeing the connections Northwestern builds with the community,” said Wendy Wall, director of the Alice Kaplan Institute. “We have a really thriving, interesting set of conversations that we have between the faculty at Northwestern and the community (at EPL).”

Divided into two parts, Cutler’s talk drew on several historical and cultural examples of competition both in and out of the literary realm.

He primarily focused on how literary accolades — such as the Pulitzer Prize and Nobel Prize in Literature — act more importantly as “cultural capital” rather than monetary gain for texts and their authors.

In the first section, Cutler discussed prizes as a method of validating work, later pointing to Dominican-American writer Junot Diaz winning the Pulitzer Prize for his 2008 book, “The Brief and Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao,” as a victory for Latino literature.

“Prizes offer us the chance to think about

how competition structures the modern literary field,” Cutler said. “When Diaz won the Pulitzer Prize in 2008, it seemed to represent the belated recognition of Latino literature’s legitimacy as an entire field.”

Diaz was the second Latino author to win the Pulitzer Prize. The first, Cuban-American Oscar Hijuelos, won in 1989 for his book “The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love,” which Cutler said was largely rejected by Latino-American critics for “celebrating” pre-revolutionary Cuba.

In the second part of his talk, Cutler rebuked the idea that competition is detrimental to the spirit of artistic creation.

“The ideology of the romantic artist is not a very good description Prizes offer us of how literary history has happened,” Cutler the chance said. “Literary history to think is replete with rivalries about how and competitions of all sorts.” competition He instead sugstructures the gested competition is a way for members of modern literary the literary world to field. recognize and validate one another’s aesthetic John Alba Cutler, choices, even if those English professor choices do not lead to any sort of prize.

“Competition is not merely a zero-sum game,” Cutler said. “It is often a mode of social recognition and even solidarity.”

One of the attendees, Medill senior Abbey Chase, said Cutler’s discussion of competition, especially in relation to the romantic artist ideology he described, resonated with her.

“I’ve had Professor Cutler as a professor for three classes,” Chase said. “They’re always about things I don’t know anything about, but I think he’s really articulate and has a great way of talking about these topics in a way that’s accessible but not dumbed down.”

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Evanston police have opened a use of force investigation after an officer shot a dog in selfdefense while responding to a domestic dispute case Sunday night, police said.

Officers were dispatched to an apartment building in the 2000 block of Darrow Avenue when one of the individuals involved in the dispute said the other fled out the back door, Evanston police Cmdr. Joseph Dugan said. The officer then went out the back door to the outside stairwell, Dugan said.

After meeting with two other officers who said

National News Drought making California’s air quality worse, American Lung Assn. says

LOS ANGELES — Despite increasingly aggressive clean air and fuel standards, years of drought are taking a toll on California’s air quality, the American Lung Association says in a new report.

The portion of California’s Central Valley from Fresno to Madera was the most polluted region in the nation on any given day in 2013 with microscopic particulates, or soot, thanks in large part to the changing climate and drought, according to an annual report on air quality released Wednesday by the American Lung Association.

“Continuing drought and heat may have increased dust, grass fires and wildfires” that have hurt the Central Valley’s air quality in short-term particle pollution, the report stated. “The impact of climate change is particularly apparent in the West, where the heat and drought create situations ripe for episodes of high-particle days.”

The report evaluated metropolitan areas based on recorded levels of ozone, the main ingredient in smog, and also measured particles, or soot, that tend to build up in colder, winter months.

It looked at the annual average for cities and the worst on average in a 24-hour period. The report used data gathered between 2011 and 2013.

In both time frames, a swath of California’s Central Valley topped the rankings for unhealthy particulate pollution. The Fresno-to-Madera

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they had not seen anyone, the officer decided to check the basement, which was closed but unlocked, police said.

The dog, a 90-pound German shepherd, then came running out of the basement door after the officer opened it, Dugan said. The officer attempted to retreat back up the stairs but lost his balance and fell to the floor in a seated position before discharging his weapon several times, Dugan added. The two-year-old dog was taken to an animal hospital but then died, police said.

“It’s an unfortunate incident,” Dugan said.

“But the officer did not know the dog or anything else was in there until he opened the door and then had limited space and options to protect himself.”

— Julian Gerez

region was the most polluted year-round for the second year in a row and the worst in a 24-hour cycle.

Bakersfield was ranked second, the area from Visalia to Hanford was third and the area from Modesto to Merced was fourth for short-term and annual particle pollution.

Los Angeles County actually performed worse in the 24-hour rankings this year than it did the previous year, the report noted.

Despite great strides in recent years, L.A. County again topped the nation’s list of metropolitan areas with the worst smog for 2013, according to the report.

L.A. County has ranked the worst for smog among metropolitan areas in all but one of the association’s 16 reports. Despite the high rank, the report said the city “exemplified” progress in reducing smog.

Its three-year average for 2011-13 was its best since the report began and showed a one-third reduction in the number of unhealthy air days.

Ranking fifth on the list of smog-polluted areas nationally, according to the report, was the area from Sacramento to Roseville.

Smog forms in warm, sunny weather with little wind. More than 138 million people, or 44 percent of the nation, live in areas with unhealthy air, according to the report.

Still, the situation has improved over the last 10 years.

“Even the more polluted cities had significantly fewer unhealthy ozone days than they had a decade ago,” the report states.

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DESCRIBING DIVESTMENT Melisa Stephen (Weinberg ’14) speaks about “pinkwashing” in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. At Northwestern Divest’s event Thursday, Stephen said Israel tries to promote its inclusive LGBT policies to hide its record of human rights abuses.

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human rights. Caterpillar is one of the six corporations cited in the resolution.

Senate narrowly passed the resolution in February.

Since the campaign launched early Winter Quarter, critics have linked the resolution to the BDS movement, which calls for not only divestment from companies advocates deem complicit in violating Palestinians’ human rights, but for boycotts of those corporations and sanctions against Israel.

Abdullah-Smith, who led the audience through an annotated version of the resolution, said such critiques are “B.S. characterizations.”

He said the language of the resolution is narrow, calling only for divestment from the six corporations, and not calling for any boycotts or sanctions.

McCormick sophomore Omar Shanti spoke about the experiences of Palestinians in occupied territories, projecting photos and articles on a screen.

He showed photos of armored bulldozers, damaged homes and crowded checkpoints.

“Whenever you hear Netanyahu on the news announcing a plan for 7,000 more settlements,” he said, “this is what it’s referring to. Demolishing homes, kicking out Palestinians and building on top of it.”

Shanti said BDS is a strategy agreed upon by hundreds of Palestinian civil organizations to protest such treatment.

NUDivest held a similar event in early February

to introduce students to the BDS movement.

Abdullah-Smith linked NUDivest to past students’ efforts to have the University divest from companies involved in South African apartheid decades ago.

“There’s always been an urgent need for students to have a say for this university’s actions and what it’s complicit in,” he said.

Much of the event was educational, with speakers discussing different facets of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

Melisa Stephen (Weinberg ’14) spoke about “pinkwashing,” a practice, she said, that involves Israel promoting its legal protections for those in the LGBT community as a way to distract from its history of oppressing Palestinians.

“Legal reform concerning same-sex marriage and LGBT military service is glorified in order to present Israel as a modern, democratic beacon of human rights,” she said, “which we all know it’s not.”

Asked to respond to critics who imply BDS is antiSemitic, Shanti said the strategy is solely a means of resisting oppression.

“There is no evidence that BDS can harm Jews at all,” he said. “In fact, what it does is tackle the systems of oppression within Israel.”

Abdullah-Smith said students who support the resolution should continue talking about it because work still remains.

“Keep the conversation going,” he said. “There are many more steps to take, and there’s a long road ahead.”

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“It’s a great feeling to collectively help,” Kharel said. “Money is the main way we can help, but it cannot replace food and water, which the people of Nepal need.”

Beyond helping the people of Nepal, the event was also a way for people in the Evanston business community to support each other, Hagerty said.

“It’s a wonderful feeling to see all of these people who care about making a difference,” Hagerty said. “But they’re not just donating money to the cause, they’re also eating at and supporting a business that has been here for a long time.”

Evanston resident Patrick Hughes said attending the lunch served as a way to feel more connected to the people of Nepal.

“Sometimes you feel so helpless when you’re

so far away,” he said. “Steve went and vetted an organization and put together this event, and I just want to help and move forward with him.”

Many attendees emphasized the range of people who came out to the event, from students to aldermen to nonprofit groups.

“It really shows the power of what’s happening,” said Lucile Krasnow, outgoing special assistant for community relations at Northwestern.

“It’s not just the regular community members who are here.”

Kharel said he was pleased with the turnout and said he hoped to see a similar crowd at a lunch event he is hosting Sunday, when 100 percent of the proceeds will go toward helping survivors of the earthquake.

“The response is overwhelming,” he said.

“Nepal is a poor country that always has its problems, but this is how we can help.” torilatham2017@u.northwestern.edu

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HELPING NEPAL Community members eat lunch at Mt. Everest Restaurant during the restaurant’s Nepal earthquake fundraising luncheon hosted with Hagerty Consulting. More than 200 people showed up and over $15,000 were raised for survivors of the earthquake.

Khatri

From page 1 “Ava always made sure everyone else was comfortable, and in retrospect I feel kind of selfish not to be able to reciprocate this,” Cheruiyot said. “I would like to urge everyone in this community to remember to support each other … because that’s what Ava did every day of her life.”

Khatri’s family also thanked the university community for its love and support over

the past few days. Aaditya Khatri, her older brother, said he was amazed at his sister’s friends.

“In the last two days, I’ve really put my hand on the pulse of this campus and it’s really, really impressive,” he said. “I can’t express in words at how amazed I am at the student body and the people that you have around here.

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All season, we’re off and on, been a little bit inconsistent. We’ve had our good days and our bad days.

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No. 6 Michigan

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Though hosted by Big Ten newcomer Rutgers University in Piscataway, New Jersey, the first game of the first-ever Big Ten Women’s Lacrosse Tournament featured two conference founders and ultimately a return to tradition — at least for the time being.

No. 3 seed Northwestern (12-5, 4-2) dispatched No. 6 seed Michigan (5-12, 0-6) 13-9 in the inaugural conference tournament game. Although inconsistent play has nagged the team all year, the Wildcats were ready to play their best once the postseason began, as per usual.

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Turnovers plagued NU throughout the game, however, and the first 10 minutes were a grind. Sophomore midfielder Sheila Nesselbush — who, along with freshman midfielder Selena Lasota, was named to the All-Big Ten team — rattled off two goals in the first four minutes before Michigan responded with three in a row.

The Cats ended the half with nine turnovers, had another less than five minutes into the second half and racked up 17 by the end of the game.

Coach Kelly Amonte Hiller attributed the turnovers to her team deviating from its game plan.

Luckily for NU, freshman attack Corinne Wessels and senior attack Kara Mupo righted the team and gave the Cats some momentum going into halftime. Junior Kaleigh Craig carried it through, coming out of the half with a goal on a free position shot.

After Craig’s goal, the Cats were up 7-4. They built on the three-goal lead, and Craig scored a hat trick in the first six minutes of the half. Michigan couldn’t catch up despite a pair of mid-half, unassisted goals from leading scorer Anna Scheuler.

Senior goalkeeper Bridget Bianco was also a large part of keeping the Cats just barely ahead of the Wolverines in the first half. She recorded

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four impressive saves (of a total five) before halftime.

Possession-wise, NU dominated on the draw circle thanks in large part to Nesselbush, who won five of the Cats’ 16 pulls, compared to Michigan’s 8. Nesselbush was one of seven players — including Lasota, Wessels and freshman midfielder Lindsay Darrell, who won four draw controls — to take to the circle.

In addition to Craig’s tallies, Mupo also had a hat trick coming off the bench. Craig and Mupo led the team’s eight goal scorers and Wessels characteristically led in the assist category with two. Nesselbush was the only other player to score more than once.

Hiller said that kind of ball movement will be critical when the Cats

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Northwestern will hit the road Friday looking to clinch a first round bye in the upcoming Big Ten Tournament with a series against Iowa to end its season.

The Wildcats (25-19, 12-7 Big Ten) currently sit in fifth place in the Big Ten standings and a halfgame behind Illinois (28-20, 13-7).

NU must sweep the Hawkeyes (16-37, 7-13) this weekend to sneak into a top-four spot and steal the bye from the Fighting Illini.

If the Cats fail to sweep Iowa, there is a chance they could get some help moving up in the standings. Illinois is playing third-place Nebraska in a three-game series this weekend, and the two teams are only separated in the Big Ten standings by two games. If NU takes only two of three games from 12th-place Iowa, Illinois will have to lose at least two games to Nebraska for the Cats to move up.

Junior shortstop Andrea Filler is focused on sweeping Iowa to acquire that coveted bye.

“Getting three wins this weekend is huge going into the Big Ten Tournament,” Filler said. “It would be really exciting too to get back on track from where we were at the

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beginning of Big Ten play.”

Filler, who won Big Ten Player of the Week honors for the week of April 21, is one of three NU players to start all 44 games this season. She leads the team in doubles, home runs, RBIs and slugging percentage.

With the season almost over, Filler reflected on how the Cats have improved over the year.

“From the team as a whole, I would say we all have started to mesh together a lot more on defense,” Filler said. “There’s a lot more communication out there, (and) we’ve learned each other’s strengths, which has helped us a lot.”

Freshman centerfielder Sabrina Rabin also noticed NU’s growth during the regular season. Rabin expanded on Filler’s sentiment, and said the team is better at driving in runners now than at the beginning of the season.

In her first year, Rabin has emerged as one of the fastest players in the Big Ten. Although only three of her team-leading 61 hits went for extra-bases, Rabin has showed off her speed by stealing

24 bases — good for third in the Big Ten — and also has the second best batting average on the team at .401.

Coach Kate Drohan, wrapping up her 14th season, said earlier this season that she has more faith in this year’s offense than in any other she’s coached at NU. Drohan also she believes that it’s been the biggest area of improvement for the team.

“I like the offensive pressure we’ve been creating especially in the last week,” Drohan said. “We’ve done some good work in that we were able to keep ourselves in some ballgames, and also taking control of other games.”

Offense wasn’t the only aspect of the game Drohan praised. Because sophomore pitcher Nicole Bond has been injured since before the season started and the rubber-armed Amy Letourneau was recently sidelined for two weeks, senior Olivia Duehr pitched for the first time in her college career last month.

“I think our pitchers are really being warriors right now,” Drohan said. “They’re battling through with what we have, and that’s all we can ask of our team.”

NU’s series with Iowa begins Friday at 4 p.m. at Pearl Field in Iowa City, Iowa. maxgelman2018@u.northwestern.edu

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Baseball

By TIM BALK

PLAYING THE FIELD Junior infielder Andrea Filler steps into a throw after fielding the ball. The Wildcats prepare for the final series of the regular season on the road this weekend against Iowa.

play the No. 2 seed Penn State — who received a bye to the second round — in the Big Ten semifinals Friday at 5:30 p.m. When Penn State handed NU a stinging 14-10 loss April 19, the Nittany Lions held the Cats to just 4 goals in the first half. They allowed the second-fewest goals in the Big Ten throughout the season — only No. 1 seed Maryland played tighter defense.

“We need to win possessions, play team defense and play smart offensively,” Amonte Hiller said of the Penn State rematch. “We have an advantage in getting our feet wet today and getting the kinks out, and tomorrow we’re going to be ready to play.”

On the heels of Wednesday’s extrainning win over Chicago State, Northwestern heads back into Big Ten play this weekend. The Wildcats (14-29, 4-11 Big Ten) will face Nebraska (31-16, 6-9 Big Ten), with both teams looking to pick up their first Big Ten win in about two weeks.

The Cats hope to earn a spot in the Big Ten Tournament, which expanded from six to eight teams last year. NU, The bottom line which currently sits at is the guys in 11th in the Big Ten standings, the uniforms last made the have to take conference accountability tournament for what does or in 2010.

A visit to doesn’t go on. the Big Ten Tournament Paul Stevens, would be especoach cially sweet for coach Paul Stevens, who is set to retire after 31 seasons leading the Cats’ program.

NU will be celebrating Stevens on Sunday with Paul Stevens Day. Stevens, however, is more focused on the players in the push for a spot in the Big Ten Tournament.

“The team has to handle it, not me,” Stevens said. “What happens on the field, yes, reflects on me ultimately, but the bottom line is the guys in the uniforms have to take accountability for what does

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or doesn’t go on.”

The play of junior first baseman Zach Jones, who has been tearing the cover off the ball lately, will be key for the Cats.

Jones is hitting .329 on the year and is tied for a Big Ten best 17 doubles with Cats senior catcher Scott Heelan. Since April 21, Jones is hitting .435. He provided a walk-off single in NU’s win over Chicago State.

Jones emphasized the importance of the upcoming stretch for the Cats’ chances of making it to the conference tournament.

“These are huge for us,” Jones said.

“All season, we’re off and on, been a little bit inconsistent. We’ve had our good days and our bad days. We’ve really just got to make sure we focus up, put it all together every day. I think we’ve got a good chance … if we can stay focused.”

The Cats’ first chance to establish some consistency will come against a Nebraska team that enters the series licking its wounds. The Cornhuskers have lost five straight Big Ten contests entering the series. Nebraska, which currently sits in seventh in the Big Ten standings, is 0-6 this year on the road in Big Ten play. The series is the third-to-last regular season Big Ten series for NU. NU has not played Nebraska in more than a year. At their last meeting, the teams split a doubleheader.

Jesse Kramer contributed reporting. timothybalk2018@u.northwestern.edu

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PERFECT PITCH Sophomore pitcher Pete Hofman throws a pitch. Hofman and the Wildcats welcome Nebraska to Evanston for a three-game series this weekend.