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A task force will study needs of grad students with children By DREW GERBER
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Northwestern announced a new task force Thursday to study the needs of graduate students with children and whether current resources are sufficient in addressing them. Formed by Lori Anne Henderson, director of work and life resources, and Sarah McGill, senior associate dean of The Graduate School, the task force comprises faculty, staff and graduate students — some of whom are parents themselves. McGill told The Daily that Provost Daniel Linzer and Executive Vice President Nim Chinniah asked her and Henderson to convene the task force to better understand problems students with children face while at NU. She noted the University offers several resources for graduate students with children, such as child assistance and facilities for small children, but she said the task force will listen to the graduate student community to find out where needs are not being met. “We will be trying to find out what’s good, what we need more of and where we aren’t helping students enough,” McGill said. Matilda Stubbs, an anthropology
graduate student, spoke with The Daily in March about the specific struggles student parents face. Issues with childcare, health insurance and spaces for breast pumping — all resources required by pregnant or parenting students — are not areas in which where many student parents feel the University does enough, she said. Stubbs also felt that policies toward graduate students should be in line with those of University employees, and she said NU should follow the lead of public universities that consider graduate students employees. “I pay employment taxes to Northwestern,” Stubbs told The Daily in March. “I pay the IRS. I get sent a W-2 from Northwestern. They contend that we are this hybrid category and that we’re not employees … If I have to pay taxes then I’m not exempt from the political and economic responsibilities of being a staff member.” In 2012, NU’s Graduate Leadership Council, now called the Graduate Leadership and Advocacy Council, released its annual report surveying graduate students on issues including parenting and childcare needs. According to the report, almost 14 percent of respondents were parents or were planning to be parents during their time at the University. The NU Student Parent Alliance was founded in 2014 after frustration with a » See STUDENT PARENTS, page 12
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PUPPY LOVE A volunteer at the Evanston Animal Shelter walks a dog around the shelter’s grounds. The Evanston Animal Shelter, under the management of the Evanston Animal Shelter Association since May, will begin to establish financial independence from the city this month.
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Evanston Animal Shelter will begin to establish financial independence from Evanston this month after relying on city funding for nearly a year and a half. The city assumed control over the
shelter in May 2014, after the City Council decided to sever ties with the shelter’s previous ownership, Community Animal Rescue Effort. After a yearlong process of instituting new shelter management, the nonprofit organization Evanston Animal Shelter Association, formerly known as Saving Animals for Evanston, took over operations at the shelter this past May. Just over four months since EASA
officially started managing the shelter, the group has adopted out 48 dogs and 149 cats. In that same time period, the shelter has taken in a total of 213 animals — 91 dogs and 122 cats — in addition to the 26 cats and 13 dogs housed at the shelter when they first took over. “We’ve been moving a lot of animals » See ANIMAL SHELTER, page 12
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By FATHMA RAHMAN Northwestern has joined a coalition of universities dedicated to making college affordable and accessible by offering a new online application system. The Coalition for Access, Affordability, and Success announced on Monday it will open the college application system to increase engagement with high school students, particularly those from minority and low-income families. More than 80 institutions have already committed to use the system when it comes out. Applications will go online in summer 2016, providing an alternative to the Common Application, which is used by more than 600 institutions, the coalition said in a news release. Michael Mills, associate provost for
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The School of Education and Social Policy will no longer offer its secondary teaching major for incoming and future students beginning with the 2016-17 academic year. The decision was made during the last academic year, largely due to low enrollment as well as low projected enrollment for the major, said Brad Wadle, master of science in education program coordinator. “It won’t have any impact on students who are already in the major — it would be a phasing out of new people coming in,” Wadle said. However, he said undergraduate
students will still be able to become certified as secondary teachers by taking the classes necessary to receive a teaching certificate with the master of science education program. Wadle said many of the students currently working toward a secondary teaching certificate are not in SESP. “A number of people who are undergraduate students getting secondary teaching certificates from Northwestern are actually Weinberg majors who take classes within SESP,” Wadle said. SESP senior Qunsia Daniel said she believes this decision is less about the administration taking something away from students and more about the lack of students willing to commit to the major. “(Teaching) is highly undervalued » See SESP, page 12
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A 26-year-old man was arrested Tuesday night in connection with possession of a fraudulent ID. The Evanston man was stopped by police in his car at about 6:30 p.m. in connection with not wearing a seatbelt and driving in a bike lane in the 500 block of Howard Street, Evanston police Cmdr. Joseph Dugan said. Police took the man into custody for driving without a license and found a fraudulent U.S. permanent resident card as well as a fraudulent social
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A ramen restaurant will open in Evanston early this month, providing a new noodle-centric option close to the Northwestern campus. Table To Stix Ramen, 1007 Davis St., will offer three types of ramen, a variety of Asian-themed appetizers and both Japanese and Korean toppings. Located across the street from Bennison’s Bakery, the restaurant is set to open the location by the second week of October, said co-owner Wannaporn Chou. “We opened in Evanston because over here, we have Northwestern University, offices, residential areas and even a train station,” Chou said. “Right now, a ramen shop is a good idea.” Chou co-owns the restaurant with her husband, Kenny Chou, and operates the business side of the restaurant. Her husband, who immigrated to the United States from Korea when he was 5 years old, serves as the restaurant’s chef. “We basically grew up in a (noodle) restaurant,” Kenny Chou said. Table To Stix will classify its ramen dishes by type of broth: tonkotsu, which is made from pork bones; miso, or soybean paste; and shoyu, or soy sauce. Customers can further customize their order by the various extra toppings the restaurant will offer, including soft-boiled eggs, seaweed and braised pork belly.
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The Chous, who are Chicago residents, initially came to Evanston seven months ago to begin work on opening the establishment. Although construction is nearing completion, the restaurant has not yet announced a final opening date. “The only pain with opening was the waiting game.” Kenny Chou said. “Paperwork takes a long time to process. Otherwise, everything else went pretty well.” Mark Muenzer, the city’s community development director, said Table to Stix serves as another indicator of the great interest Evanston receives from a wide variety of restaurants.
“They’re feeding off the success of other restaurants in the area,” he said. “We’re always happy to see another restaurant open.” Muenzer also noted the larger role restaurants in Evanston like Table to Stix play in diversifying the cuisine in the area. “(Ramen) is not a particular niche — we certainly have a similar restaurant in the area — but we’re seeing these niches being filled, whereas before a general American cuisine … was more common,” he said.
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security card, Dugan said. The man was charged with a felony for the fraudulent IDs as well as cited for the traffic offenses.
driver was taken into custody for having a suspended license and the passenger for throwing fast food wrappers and verbally abusing officers, he added. The driver, a Chicago resident, was charged with violating traffic offenses for a missing rear registration plate light and lack of valid proof of insurance as well as a misdemeanor for driving with a suspended license. The passenger, an Evanston resident, was charged with two counts of aggravated assault, both misdemeanors. Both men are scheduled to appear in court Nov. 19.
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Two 21-year-old men were arrested early Wednesday morning — one in connection with a traffic offense and the other in connection with aggravated assault. Police stopped the men in their car at about 1:45 a.m. in the 1800 block of Church Street for not having a license plate light, Dugan said. Police said they had difficulty keeping the “verbally aggressive” driver and passenger in the car during the stop, he said. The
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Liquor law and drug law violations were the highest in three years, according to Northwestern’s Annual Security and Fire Safety Report. The University released the report on Thursday. It includes statistics on reported crimes, fires and information related to the University’s safety and security efforts. Each year, universities participating in federal student financial assistance programs are required to publish a security report by Oct. 1. Statistics in the report cover the most recent three-year period of reported crimes. The report also includes policies on alcohol and drug use, crime prevention, reporting of crimes and sexual assault. There were 423 referrals for disciplinary action due to liquor law violations in Evanston in 2014, an increase from 280 in 2013 and 303 in 2012. Drug law
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violations referred for disciplinary action were also the highest in three years — 82 in 2014, compared to 38 in 2013 and 79 in 2012. In 2014, there were three on-campus rapes, no incest offenses and no statutory rape offenses. In previous years, rape, sodomy, sexual assault with an object and fondling were labeled together under the “forcible sex offenses” category, while incest and statutory rape were labeled together as “non-forcible sex offenses.” 2014 was the first year the different components were shown individually in the report. In 2013, there were eight forcible sex offenses, up from three in 2012. No non-forcible sex offenses were reported in 2012 or 2013. No on-campus robberies were reported in 2014, compared to one in 2013 and none in 2012. For the third year in a row, there were no weapon law arrests. Two drug law arrests occurred in 2014, up from none in 2013. The report also cited seven residential facility fires in 2014, up from two in 2013 and four in 2012. Graphic by Margaret Corn/The Daily Northwestern
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A Northwestern spinoff company that produces antidepressants was acquired in July by pharmaceutical company Allergan for an initial $560 million. The scientists and researchers behind the company, Naurex, hope to continue their success by developing additional drugs targeting nervous system disorders under a new biopharmaceutical company Aptinyx. Naurex’s success can be attributed to the way its antidepressant drugs target brain receptors called NMDAs, which are responsible for the communication of cells in the brain directly correlated with memory and learning. Naurex founder and McCormick Prof. Joseph Moskal believes the proper use of NMDA receptors can translate to other brain disorders. “(NMDA) receptors will very much translate to
traumatic brain injury, schizophrenia, post traumatic stress disorder, epilepsy, cognitive deficit brought on by aging like Alzheimer’s disease,” Moskal said. “All of those should be impacted and more by (NMDA) receptor modulators.” What separates Naurex’s two antidepressant drugs, rapastinel and NRX-1074, from other drugs is their immediate effect and apparent lack of side effects, Moskal said. “We don’t have any obvious side effects,” he said. “They don’t show the side effects that you would expect like weight gain, loss of sexual interest or sleeplessness.” Moskal said most antidepressants take two to four weeks to show any significant effect, which may be inconvenient for patients and their relatives who want to know which drug works best when treating clinical depression. With Naurex’s new drugs, he said, a patient can know within 24 hours whether they work or not. Realizing NDMA receptors were linked to brain diseases, Moskal and his team created compounds able to modulate these receptors without consequences,
Moskal said. The compounds created neither “turn on” nor “turn off” the receptor fully, a feat that makes the drug unique, according to Aptinyx’s website. “We are in a new space entirely,” Moskal said. “This isn’t your grandma’s antidepressant. This is a new class of compounds that work by a new mechanism. And that mechanism is just beginning to be explored.” Under Aptinyx, researchers will be working closely with Allergan to continue targeting the NMDA receptor to make drugs for neurological diseases other than depression. Feinberg Prof. Dr. John F. Disterhoft, who has collaborated with Moskal on experiments since the 1980s, said a company like Allergan can help get these drugs to the patient population faster. “Allergan will be an important financial supporter as Aptinyx takes over the drug discovery machinery that Professor Moskal has built up over the years,” he said. “By investing in and supporting Aptinyx, (Allergan) will optimize the chance of Professor Moskal and his team discovering more compounds both for
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Struggling for authentic school pride at a new home MELANIA HIDALGO
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This essay is part of The Spectrum, a weekly forum in our Opinion section for marginalized voices to share their perspectives. To submit a piece for The Spectrum or discuss story ideas, please email spectrum@dailynorthwestern.com. Upon its arrival, NUMB’s sound gave its acronym justice as swarms of novelty-craved freshmen coming off the annual high of the unfamiliar stopped in their tracks and clapped to the marching band’s sonorous harmony, echoing the excitement and feverish pride of our incoming class. Not a second of Wildcat Welcome spared the opportunity to showcase Northwestern’s excellence and prestige, as it very well should, slightly overwhelming us with the strive and talent that exuded from each classroom, hall and court we were taken to. It wasn’t long before the program’s daze-inducing extravaganza revealed its underlying purpose: to unite us into one giant, beating, purple heart. To most
freshmen I’ve met here, that makes perfect sense; this is our new home, we should allow ourselves to fall head over heels into the culture the school offers. Why not let it take us through a journey where we come out brimming with communal love and adoration for NU? To some, including myself, this notion is completely foreign. Perhaps this is because foreign is what some of us also are. When I landed in Chicago after spending the last three years studying in Italy and the previous five years living in Madrid, I wasn’t expecting the cultural shock that I knew many of my international peers would likely face. I was a girl who breathed Spain but lived America. I missed the United States. In Europe, my American side was usually prevalent. What I didn’t realize was how within just hours of landing in the U.S., I would suddenly feel so unbelievably Spanish. Using a nationality to define your state of mind can only be explained as the combination of nostalgia and the sense of a fragmented presence; a feeling I assumed would buckle under the pressure of passing time, but throughout which has only managed to intensify. In Spain and many other parts of Europe, the concept of institutional pride is non-existent. We place our love and adoration into skills and traditions that build up the type of pride that NU’s student-focused events made
me reminisce. I had gone to many football — which out of respect toward the sport and my family, I will not call soccer — games as a kid, hung my nation’s red and yellow colors on my wall and learned the universal playground songs and eventual night-pub cheers and chants that many could associate to various neighborhoods around Madrid. But neither my city nor the establishments that flourished within it were part of a tree sprung from a single root; I never felt like I didn’t fit in because there was no one thing to fit into. I grew up with the notion that pride was something people developed, not had imposed on them. As I sat in the middle of Ryan Field’s student section sporting my required attire, fervently chanting a song I had learned minutes ago and dangling my keys by pure popular consensus, something inside me felt off. There was a glaring disparity between the attitude we were being “strongly encouraged” to display and the sentiment that should naturally authenticate it. As someone who’d come from several societies where the boxes typically used to square others in were largely pliable, the concept of being lifted and stuck inside an impassioned crowd made me ironically feel like an outsider. But this isn’t to say the aim of NU’s program was wrong. On the contrary, trying to unite students from all over the world would,
of course, be most efficiently done through exploiting the common selection of our future four-year home. Its execution, however, backfired because any natural hesitation we experienced to bleed purple further marginalized us from the sentiment of our eager peers. For those of you still grappling with the speed at which tight-knit bonds and exclusive groups are being formed, the feeling of exclusion might not always reflect reality, but rather your own perception. If you’re not ready to jump in the pool and it seems the only other option is others pushing you in, remember there is a ladder. And it’s okay to use it. For me, the crowd eventually slowed down, or maybe I just started walking faster. Either way, the longer I decided to stay within it, the more time I felt I had to notice who was around me — the creases in their faces, the humor in the jokes I overheard and the ultimate collision with others walking to my rhythm. Soon enough, you’re in the crowd for so long that you don’t mind getting lost in it. Melania Hidalgo is a Medill freshman. She can be contacted at melaniahidalgo2019@u.northwestern.edu. If you would like to respond publicly to this column, send a Letter to the Editor to opinion@dailynorthwestern.com. The views expressed in this piece do not necessarily reflect the views of all staff members of The Daily Northwestern.
Survey results shed light on ways to curb sexual assault SARA HALLORAN
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On Monday, Northwestern released its Campus Climate Survey report. The survey, distributed to students near the end of last school year, questioned its subjects about the sexual environment on campus, their own views on consent and what constitutes sexual assault. In some aspects, the report was encouraging: 97 percent of respondents agreed consent was essential before sexual activity. But a few categories returned more disconcerting results. For example, only 68 percent of respondents said they would report a friend who raped someone, and 12 percent of responding undergraduate males — as opposed to 3 percent of undergraduate women — agreed that “many women who claim they were raped agreed to have sex and then regretted it afterwards.” Clearly there is a gap between what we
as a community claim to know about consent and how we actually treat instances of assault. From the minute undergraduates enter NU, we are inundated with messages of the importance of consent. My own initiation to NU a year ago included an “Essential NU” skit about the subject and a talk from Sexual Health and Assault Peer Educators about how to deal with various sexual situations. However, as soon as we are forced to think of abusers and rapists as our friends, our understanding seems to fall apart. This chasm, unfortunately, breeds a mistrust of the system among the student body, particularly among the most at-risk group for sexual assault: undergraduate females. Only 3 percent of this group agreed that sexual misconduct was “not at all a problem’’ at NU, and 18 percent thought it was “not at all likely” they would “experience sexual misconduct.” Overall, only 45 percent of all respondents believed it was “likely” or “very likely” NU would treat a report of sexual assault “fairly.” Also noteworthy is the relatively low level of response to the survey. Twenty-seven percent of the total undergraduate female
population and 16 percent of undergraduate males filled out the survey in its entirety. The people who took time out of their very busy schedules to complete an optional survey are likely the same people who have a vested interest in preventing sexual assault: survivors and friends of survivors of sexual misconduct, and members of student groups like Men Against Rape and Sexual Assault and SHAPE. I say this not to insinuate that people who did not respond are somehow lesser; as an undergraduate myself, I understand how easy it can be to forget to complete one of the many surveys sent out to the student body. I just hope that in future years, as our collective knowledge of sexual assault continues to grow, we will see a rise in the number of respondents. The solution to the sexual misconduct problem plaguing NU is, simply put, to remove all ambiguity. Consent, agreed upon by respondents to be essential, is taught in a similar way. Educators emphasize the importance of enthusiastic and ongoing consent, ending all possibilities of miscommunication. We must start to think of other contributing factors in the same manner. Misogynistic
South Asians have to confront colorism SANJANA LAKSHMI
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London is diverse: Everywhere I look, I see people of different cultures, ethnicities and religions, but diversity does not necessarily translate into acceptance, let alone into a lack of marginalization. I sat down with two South Asian students studying in the U.K. the other day and learned that our experiences as part of a community of color in the U.S. and the U.K. aren’t so different. But — and maybe it’s because I’m at a university that prides itself on activism and political organization — I got the sense that South Asians at my university in London might care more about addressing the issues within our community than South Asians at Northwestern. Addressing and confronting issues of racism and marginalization within your community, no matter what community you belong to, is necessary for liberation movements such as #BlackLivesMatter. South Asians, for example, have a long history of anti-blackness, both in the motherland as well as in the diaspora. Colorism — discrimination or prejudice against those of a darker skin tone among those of the same ethnicity
— is one of the ways in which this anti-blackness manifests itself. South Asians span the whole spectrum of skin color, from the fairest of the fair to the darkest of the dark, yet dark skin is looked upon in disdain, while light-skin is considered beautiful and trendy. Many South Asians, for example, use skin-lightening creams on themselves in order to lighten their dark skin complexions. The South Asian community needs to unpack these discriminations and realize that it is a problem. One of the students I talked to brought up old Hindu stories that many people in our community know. In the Ramayana, a famous Indian epic, the hero, Ram, defeats the evil demon Ravana — who is black and dark-skinned. This same idea — dark-skinned characters being the evil ones — is seen in many Bollywood movies even today, while the hero (especially the heroine) is generally fair-skinned and does not represent the majority of the South Asian community. When the idea of darkness being a bad thing is reinforced through the media that South Asians consume every day, from the time they are children to when they are adults, it becomes insidious within the community. When Indians are attacked for “looking black,” when a South Asian friend of the students I spoke to was insulted on a bus in London because of his dark skin, when I have
heard countless stories of the same happening in the United States, it begs the question: Why does our community continue to perpetrate anti-black sentiments when we, too, are victims of racist, anti-black violence? Colorism is not only a problem within South Asian communities. Even the black community deals with it. I know students at NU who find light-skinned people more “attractive” than dark-skinned people. As minority students, we need to be allies to black liberation movements both on and off our campuses. When anti-blackness runs so deep within all communities, it becomes clear that our liberation as minority racial groups will only come from black liberation. Staying silent when colorism manifests itself in our lives, no matter how, is complicity in anti-blackness. South Asians cannot continue to pretend that anti-blackness doesn’t exist within our community, nor can they continue to ignore it. Liberation movements cannot succeed until everybody is willing to stand with black communities, and not pretend to be above them. Sanjana Lakshmi is a Weinberg junior. She can be contacted at sanjanalakshmi2017@u.northwestern.edu. If you would like to respond publicly to this column, send a Letter to the Editor to opinion@dailynorthwestern.com. The views expressed in this piece do not necessarily reflect the views of all staff members of The Daily Northwestern.
language must be shot down summarily by friends and witnesses of perpetrators. Rapists and abusers, whether friends, enemies or anything in between, must be reported. Similarly, the University needs to prove its commitment to ending sexual misconduct by treating reports with utmost seriousness and proving that they will punish, without hesitation, any institution that enables this behavior, no matter how powerful. I know I am echoing the refrain of many activists before me, but it needs to be said. The change in culture will not be easy, nor will it happen without mass participation. Especially vital will be increased efforts from men, who tend to perpetrate sexual assaults more than women. We owe it to sexual assault survivors to do better, not only as their friends, lovers and classmates, but as their fellow human beings. Sara Halloran is a Weinberg sophomore. She can be contacted at sarahalloran2018@u.northwestern.edu. If you would like to respond publicly to this column, send a Letter to the Editor to opinion@dailynorthwestern.com. The views expressed in this piece do not necessarily reflect the views of all staff members of The Daily Northwestern.
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A pioneer in bioelectronics and mechanical engineering will join Northwestern’s research and teaching faculty in 2016 after a large donation from trustees to fund the new Center for Bio-Integrated Electronics. John Rogers received the Louis Simpson and Kimberly Querrey Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, Biomedical Engineering and Medicine position at NU after 18 years at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign where he wrote more than 450 research papers. University trustees Simpson and Querrey gave a gift to NU’s “We Will” fundraising campaign when they learned Rogers was considering coming to NU, increasing their total donation to $125.8 million, $25 million of which will fund the new center. Rogers’ principal appointment will be in the McCormick School of Engineering, with an additional appointment at the Feinberg School of Medicine. Because UIUC doesn’t have a medical school, Rogers has had to conduct research off-campus. Now that he’s moving to Feinberg, he says he’s looking forward to working directly in a medical environment. “With Feinberg, we can be placed directly in a clinical setting,” he said. “That is almost as important as my appointment in the engineering school.” Rogers, who earned a Ph.D. in physical chemistry from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1995, joined Illinois as a technical staff member in the Condensed Matter Physics Department and became the program’s director three years later. In 2005, he met former Illinois Prof. and current NU Prof. Yonggang Huang, who became his research partner. “Prof. Huang and I have simply had a magnificent partnership in bioelectronics,” Rogers said. “Our complementary skills, both in writing and in experimenting, are the reason we have written over 200 papers together.” During their five years of active collaboration, Rogers and Huang created the electronic tattoo, a temporary tattoo that relays information about the brain, heart or muscle movement directly to an outside electric source, including a smartphone or hospital monitors, allowing patient data to be recorded wirelessly. Its serpentine design allows the device, powered by linked solar collectors, to be as elastic and resilient as skin cells. “Flexibility is the key difference between any electronics and bioelectronics. You can’t stick rigid plastic onto the human body,” Huang said. In addition to devising the electronic tattoo with Huang, Rogers holds more than 80 patents, with more than 50 still in use. Rogers currently holds the highest chaired position at the University of Illinois. He also founded the Rogers Research Group, which studies nanomaterials, and earned the 2011 Lemelson-MIT award for his work in nanotechnology, along with the 2013 Smithsonian Ingenuity Award. In 2015, Rogers was inducted into the National Academy of Sciences and he currently serves as the director of the Frederick Seitz Materials Research Laboratory. “Working at the Seitz Research Lab is particularly interesting because as a team, we aren’t tied with any specific department,” Rogers said. “This allowed us to collaborate with the traditional sciences while primarily focusing on research.” At McCormick, Rogers will not only be conducting research, but will also be teaching. He will also be maintaining connections with the University of Illinois that will allow him to work with students in Champaign. Julio Ottino, the dean of McCormick, is confident Rogers will reach out to a vast majority of McCormick students, while continuing to transform bioelectronics. “John Rogers is able to work with various people because he is nice and collaborative,” Ottino said. “When hiring people, we are often looking to fit in a hole, but Rogers is a creator of an area and a field. He is constantly inventing the field of bioelectronics.” AshwinKulkarni2019@u.northwestern.edu
Setting the record straight Due to an editing error, the article “NU hosts lunar eclipse viewing party” in Tuesday’s paper misstated the number of people who stopped by CIERA’s lunar eclipse watch party. About 1,700 people stopped by the event. The Daily regrets the error.
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Parks & Rec Board votes to rehabilitate Penny Park By ROBIN OPSAHL
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Evanston’s Parks and Recreation Board unanimously voted last week to formally recommend City Council decide to rehabilitate Penny Park to meet Americans with Disabilities Act standards rather than demolish the park’s current design. The vote follows months of debate between the city and residents over the redesign of Penny Park, 1500 Lake St., and whether to preserve the original wooden design or replace it with a brand new plastic playplace. Lauren Barski, who founded a website advocating for keeping the park’s original layout, said last week’s meeting was a victory. The website, Preserve Penny Park, also advocates for community involvement in the park’s redesign. “We’re extremely happy about the recommendations the Parks board decided on,” Barski said. “When we have concerned residents turnout at every meeting, it shows how important this is
to us. I think that’s what helped them come to a unanimous decision.” City Council requested further discussion from the Parks and Recreation board after hearing opposition to the schematics drawn up by Leathers & Associates, the firm hired to renovate Penny Park. Because the current park needs to be updated in compliance with ADA standards, Leathers & Associates proposed renovating the park by demolishing the wooden playground and replacing it with a plastic playground as well as adding restrooms and a pavilion. Community members objected to the proposed changes, especially demolishing the wooden playground, Barski said. To express their opinions, she said she formed Preserve Penny Park to rally Evanston residents to work toward keeping Penny Park as it is. The Parks and Recreation Board president Daniel Stein said the board tried to make sure the conversation around Penny Park was inclusive of community members. “We tried to make our discussions about Penny Park as transparent as possible,” Stein
said. “So that all stakeholders have a voice in the process.” The board recommended to redesign instead of demolish the current playground and cancel the contract with LeathWe tried ers & Associates, but to make our City Council will make discussions the final decision on the issue. about Penny Ald. Donald Wilson Park as (4th) said he supports the recommendation transparent as that the board made possible so that and is glad the board had a chance to discuss all stakeholders the issue in more detail. have a voice in “People felt like they the process were left out of the conversation at first, so it Daniel Stein, was important that the Parks and subsequent conversaRecreation Board tions happened,” Wilson president said. “It was the right
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thing for City Council to take a step back to listen and look at the whole thing.” Wilson said there is still a lot to discuss among aldermen, such as the cost of renovating the playground and the contract with Leathers & Associates. However, he said he is glad the conversation includes more community input this time around. “It is obviously a much loved park,” Wilson said. “A lot of people came out to support it…. Even though it’s bad they felt excluded at first, it was important for their opinions to get expressed in full.” Barski, said advocates for the park plan to attend the council meeting in support of the board’s recommendations. “City Council was making decisions out of sync with the community,” Barski said. “City Council has the benefit of more accurate and thorough information now than a year ago. We hope that they take the recommendation to heart and that they vote to adopt it in its entirety.” robinopsahl2018@u.northwestern.edu
Month of LGBT programming aims to educate, inspire By ERICA SNOW
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Multicultural Student Affairs kicked off Queer and Trans Empowerment Month on Thursday, announcing a famous trans activist and author as its keynote speaker. Janet Mock, author of The New York Times bestselling memoir “Redefining Realness,” will speak Oct. 14 at Cahn Auditorium. The rest of the month will include more than a dozen other events to raise awareness and celebrate LGBT identities. Mock is the second prominent transgender speaker to come to Northwestern in the past six months. Laverne Cox, a transgender activist and an actress known for her role in “Orange is the
New Black,” spoke about prejudice last year at an event hosted by A&O Productions, Rainbow Alliance and One Book One Northwestern. Bienen junior Nicolas Wagner said he is excited about the inclusion of another transgender speaker at NU. “It says extremely positive things about the inclusiveness and the overall attitude about what kind of groups we’re going to consider, and trying to broaden that aspect and range of who’s considered,” Wagner said. QTEM aims to make students feel included and validated through programming and education that is often not discussed in high school or higher education, said Jordan Turner, assistant director of Multicultural Student Affairs. This month’s events, ranging from an advance movie screening of “Suffragette” on Oct. 13 to HIV testing on Oct. 26, aim to educate LGBT students and allies on issues
concerning the intersectionality of gender and sexuality, among other topics. Multicultural Student Affairs sponsors discussion groups for LGBT students in Greek life, LGBT athletes and queer and trans students of color to encourage dialogue on issues specific to different people’s experiences. “It’s important for students to feel supported and part of a larger community because they are,” said Joe Lattal, a graduate assistant in the Center for Student Involvement. Other events this month include an art event focused on healing at Norris University Center on Oct. 7, the Gender and Sexuality Studies Fall Reception in Parkes Hall on Oct. 8 and the opening night production of “Cock” by the Jewish Theatre Ensemble on Oct. 15. Many events sponsored by the Multicultural Student Affairs are open to all students, regardless of gender or sexuality, and those
who identify as straight and/or cisgender are still encouraged to attend, which is inline with the Gender and Sexuality Resource Center’s mission statement. Turner said although gay marriage was legalized by a Supreme Court ruling in July, progress doesn’t stop there. “There’s a lot of strides being made, but there’s also a lot of work to be done on LGBT issues,” Turner said. Wagner echoed Turner’s concerns and said there is still much to be desired for transgender rights. “The next big fight should be transgender rights and improving awareness,” Wagner said. “The way you improve the rights of a certain community is by convincing people from outside that community that you deserve rights.” ericasnow2019@u.northwestern.edu
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NU prepares for evolved Golden Gophers offense By HUZAIFA PATEL
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When asked in his Monday press conference how much he looked at last year’s game against Minnesota to prepare for Saturday’s tilt, coach Pat Fitzgerald detailed the process of preparing for a Big Ten West opponent. “You try to overturn every stone,” Fitzgerald said. “It’s not only this year’s games, but we go through a pretty extensive offseason study of every opponent… what they’re going to do against us, and then always how they evolved in all three phases.” After reviewing last year’s NorthwesternMinnesota matchup and We know it’s this year’s TCU-Minnesota matchup, it’s easy going to be to see what Fitzgerald is a dogfight. ... talking about. They’ll get Historically, Minneunder center sota has been a smashand they’ll just you-in-the-mouth kind of team offensively. In run the ball 2014, quarterback Mitch down your Leidner averaged just throat. under 20 pass attempts Justin Jackson, per game. But through four sophomore games in 2015 Minnerunning back sota is asking much more of Leidner, who is now throwing the ball 34.5 times per contest. Fitzgerald and his players say not to mistake this shift for a change in identity. The Gophers are still a ground-and-pound team, employing a combination of freshmen running backs Rodney Smith and Shannon Brooks. “We know it’s going to be a dogfight,” sophomore running back Justin Jackson said. “They’ll get under center and they’ll just run the ball down your throat.” An increase in pass attempts could be due to personnel problems on the offensive side of the ball, which sounds like the talent-specific evolution Fitzgerald was referring to. The Golden Gophers lost star running back David Cobb to the NFL, which, to an extent, could be a reason why they’re throwing the ball more. But
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counter to that, they also lost tight end Maxx Williams, who was responsible for nearly 30 percent of Leidner’s completions in 2014. So why are they throwing the ball more? The Golden Gophers are currently hurting on the offensive line, with multiple starters missing games this season. This has hampered their run-and-gun and play action model, with their yards per carry decreasing from 4.7 in 2014 to 4.0 in 2015. Because of their poor run game efficiency — 91st nationally according to Football Outsiders — the Golden Gophers have encountered more passing situations and have had to throw the ball more. The advanced stats follow this theory. According to Football Outsiders, Minnesota’s adjusted run rate this season ranks 65th in the nation, down from 8th in the nation in 2014. Minnesota has made a subtle shift, playing with a faster tempo and even operating out of the no huddle at times. While they’re still a run-first team, the Wildcats should expect to see a quicker pace and a little more usage from Leidner in the passing game, particularly with short passes. This transition in style can be seen from two different Golden Gopher drives, one against the Wildcats last year, and one against TCU in week one of 2015. Against NU, Minnesota took six and half minutes to run an 11 play, 63-yard touchdown drive, while against TCU, they took just over five minutes to complete a 12 play, 77-yard touchdown drive. Game situation aside, the Golden Gophers picked up the pace and threw the ball five out of 12 plays against TCU, compared to just two out of 11 plays against NU. So the Wildcats should expect to see a faster pace from Minnesota compared to years past. But in terms of the actual plays being run, not much has changed. The Golden Gophers still employ a gap-scheme rushing attack, featuring a multitude of power and trap plays mixed in with a dose of read-option and Leidner scrambles. Fitzgerald said it is similar to the rushing attack used by Duke, which NU defended well in week three. “There’s a lot of similarities (with Leidner) to the quarterbacks we faced that are pretty mobile,” senior defensive end Deonte Gibson said at Monday’s press conference. “But he presents a different challenge because I would
say he’s somewhat more physical when he runs the ball. He can take a hit.” Gibson also highlighted senior receiver KJ Maye, a 5-foot-10-inch, 194-pound speedster as another guy Minnesota likes to give the ball to in space. Junior receiver Drew Wolitarsky, a bigger receiver at 6 feet 3 inches, will also be a player to watch against the smaller Wildcat corners.
Regardless of how Minnesota’s offense attacks NU this Saturday, they can be sure of one thing: The game won’t be easy. “Coach Fitz was talking about it earlier in the team meeting, (out of ) the past eight years, six out of the eight games have been one score games,” Jackson said. huzaifapatel2017@u.northwestern.edu
Q&A: Briean Boddy-Calhoun By ALEX PUTTERMAN
Calhoun: They had that 94-yard drive that kind of just drained us. It was like, “Wow, this is going on forever.”
At Big Ten Media Days in late July, before the season began, The Daily asked various players around the conference their thoughts on the Northwestern program. With the Wildcats set to host Minnesota on Saturday, here’s what Golden Gophers defensive back Briean Boddy-Calhoun, a 2014 AllBig Ten selection, had to say.
The Daily: What do you think changed all of a sudden?
The Daily Northwestern: From an outsider’s perspective, what can we expect if we tune into a Minnesota game this season?
The Daily: What are your impressions of Northwestern’s program generally, having played them a couple of times?
Briean Boddy-Calhoun: You expect a relentless group that’s going to come out here and play hard each and every game, one that’s going to play with passion and one that’s going to play smart.
Calhoun: They’re very disciplined. They’re not just going to give you plays. You have to play hard and play smart in order to beat them.
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The Daily: It was a pretty exciting game last year between Minnesota and NU (The Golden Gophers won 24-17). What do you remember about that game? Calhoun: You guys tired me out on that last drive. Northwestern moves pretty fast, they do a lot of complicated stuff with their bunches, bunching receivers up. The Daily: In that game Northwestern didn’t get a lot going offensively and then really got it going at the end.
Calhoun: That drive. Northwestern does a great job of taking it one play at a time. They’re not going to try to hit home runs, they’re just going to try to get everyone on base and then bring them all home.
The Daily: As a defensive back, how does your approach change facing a pocket-passer vs. a guy who can run a little bit (such as NU’s Clayton Thorson)? Calhoun: A guy that can run, he extends plays, so you’ve got to keep your eyes on your man. You’re not able to just stick him for a second and look at the quarterback. With a scrambler, you’ve got to keep your eyes on him at all times. asputt@u.northwestern.edu
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Vault brings unique skillset to crowded NU backfield By CLAIRE HANSEN
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Solomon Vault is superstitious. He has the same game-day routine every single Saturday, right down to the order he and his roommate shower and the type of music he plays at specific times throughout the day. But whether you believe in superstitions or not, it’s clear that something has been going right for the running back this season. The 5-foot-10-inch sophomore has recorded 100 yards rushing through the first four games of the Wildcats’ campaign, already shattering his total from 2014. He’s also within 70 yards of exceeding his kick return yardage from last season. It’s not as if Vault suddenly blossomed into a playmaker in the offseason. For one thing, this year he’s healthy. “We expected him to play a bigger role than he did last year, but he had some hamstring injuries that kept him out of the lineup,” said running backs coach Matt MacPherson. “Now that he’s healthy, we’ve been able to do a lot of the things we want to do with him, which has been getting him touches on kick returns, using him as a receiver, and using him as a running back.” Not only is he healthy again, Vault said he is bigger, faster and stronger this year thanks to his offseason training plan of, in his words, “just lifting really big weights.” That extra oomph behind his runs has already proved useful, evident in his ability to secure key first downs, as in the Ball State match up, and powerful kick returns, like his 98-yard touchdown return against Duke. Although Vault is getting more touches on the football this year, in part due to an attempt to spread out sophomore Justin Jackson’s carries, he is also producing more on the touches he does get. Vault averaged 26.2 yards per kick
return during the 2014 season, while thus far this season he’s averaging 31.6 yards per return. Likewise, he’s averaging greater yardage per rushing carry than last season. Yet Vault has been underutilized this year as a receiver, recording only one reception. Though NU has consistent receivers in senior superback Dan Vitale and senior wide receivers Christian Jones and Miles Shuler, the Cats have yet to fully capitalize on Vault’s versatility, an asset which fellow running back Jackson considers his greatest strength. “For [Vault] to know the whole offense, to know the ins and outs, to know receiver and tailback, I think we have to get guys like that,” Jackson said. “He has to know running back, he has to know the slot position. He’s a really good hybrid. He just knows a bunch of stuff and has a high football IQ.” Vault is by no means the driving force behind the Cats’ offense—that would be Jackson, who has 516 yards on 118 carries through four games—but he is a vital cog in what has proved to be an extremely powerful offensive machine this season. Vault’s efforts, combined with those of fellow running backs Jackson, junior Warren Long, redshirt freshman Auston Anderson, and surprisingly, redshirt freshman quarterback Clayton Thorson, have catapulted NU into one of the top 15 rushing offenses in the country. The Cats sit 14th in the country and 1st in the Big Ten in rushing offense as they start conference play this Saturday against Minnesota. And although he’s not exactly a standout, MacPherson said that Vault has begun to encapsulate a very specific role within the group of backs. “He’s kind of become the guy I really turn to on third down, because he has great ball skills, he’s a fast guy, and he’s a really aggressive pass protector,” MacPherson said. “He can go out there and block a 250-pound linebacker as well as split them out and run a route. He allows me
some versatility out there.” Vault’s versatility and tenacious pass protection make him a vital player in NU’s close-knit cadre of backs, but Jackson said he also fills another role: the calmer. Jackson said Vault’s focused demeanor is crucial to the mindset and play of the group, particularly when the Cats fall behind.
“He’s just a funny dude. He’s as cool as the other side of the pillow, he never gets too flustered,” Jackson said. “He’s a cool, calm, levelheaded guy and he just goes out there and he plays, and he’s got a lot of talent.” clairehansen2018@u.northwestern.edu
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LOCKED IN Solomon Vault celebrates with teammates after scoring a touchdown last year. The sophomore running back is shouldering a bigger workload in his second season.
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Minnesota 21 Northwestern 24
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Iowa at Wisconsin (-7)
Iowa 35 Wisconsin 24
Iowa 20 Wisconsin 24
Iowa 17 Wisconsin 28
Iowa 24 Wisconsin 23
Iowa 27 Wisconsin 35
Ohio State (-21) at Indiana
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Ohio State 34 Indiana 21
Ohio State 34 Indiana 6
Ohio State 34 Indiana 17
Ohio State 42 Indiana 13
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Michigan 42 Maryland 14
Michigan 21 Maryland 7
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NU’s ‘Sky Team’ patrols the defensive airspace By ALEX PUTTERMAN
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What word best describes the collective personality of Northwestern’s defensive backs? Consider two options. One, offered by sophomores Godwin Igwebuike and Marcus McShepard, is “silly.” After all, the secondary is the position group most prone to crack up during press conferences, arrive to the field on game-day in a bright blue suit (looking at you, Godwin) or dance alongside its 60-something-year-old coach in the locker room after a big win. The other descriptor, proposed by senior Traveon Henry and seconded by junior Matthew Harris, is “swag.” That means talking a big game, backing up the bluster on the field and beating your chest like a maniac when the situation calls for it. It also means lots of accessorizing in the quest for style to match the group’s substance. “Sleeves, socks, the length of the sock, cleats, tape, anything,” McShepard said this week. “We’re just trying to look our best out there so we can play our best.” So far in 2015, the Wildcats’ secondary has played as least as well as it has dressed. NU has allowed the 3rd fewest yards per pass attempt (4.3) and 19th fewest total passing yards (551) of any FBS team, despite often playing with leads. The unit features two cornerbacks — Harris and senior Nick VanHoose — now in their third season playing opposite each other, a starting safety duo that contrasts veteran savvy (Henry) with untamed talent (Igwebuike) and a cast of second-stringers who embrace the “next man up” philosophy. Altogether, the secondary might be NU’s best position group. It’s also likely the most tight-knit and almost certainly the most fun.
The Sky Team The 2015 Cats defensive backs are not the first to call themselves the “Sky Team” — Henry says the nickname began with Jordan Mabin, who graduated in 2011, and has been passed down ever since. But, true to form, the current NU secondary reps the moniker with particular bravado. “The Sky Team is protecting the skies,” Harris explained recently. “Any time the ball’s in the air we want to go get it. That’s our goal: not to let anyone take advantage of throwing the ball.” On that front, so far so good. Through four games, none of the Cats’ opposing quarterbacks has thrown for more than 178 yards or averaged more than 5.1 yards per attempt. The
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CLEARED FOR TAKEOFF Senior Nick VanHoose runs back an interception during last season’s contest against Notre Dame. The veteran cornerback has developed into one of the top pass defenders in the Big Ten.
two passing touchdowns NU has allowed, both to Ball State, came despite solid coverage from VanHoose. Overall, NU’s passing defense could be the Big Ten’s best. The secondary undoubtedly benefits on the field from its off-field camaraderie. Trust is important at every position but especially in the defensive backfield, where, as Igwebuike puts it, “our mistakes are touchdowns.” If a safety fails to help a cornerback over the top, the result could be 6 points for the other team. A strong relationship between members of the back four is paramount. “We’re always together, and that bond, it translates,” sophomore safety Kyle Queiro said in September. “Because I know the guy next to me wants the best for me, and I want the best for him, and as teammates I know I can lean on him to give his max effort, and I’ll do the same for him.” Entering the season, coach Pat Fitzgerald cited
the secondary as a position group he hoped other units would model themselves after, in terms of onfield production but also attitude. To hear Igwebuike explain it, the Sky Team nickname represents more than just tight coverage. It also means confidence, bordering on arrogance. “You’ve got to think you’re the baddest,” the safety said. “We’re the best in the nation, that’s what we tell ourselves. … Anything that goes up in the air, we expect it to either wind up in our hands or hit the ground. We rule the sky, so you might as well not throw it.”
The Family Players at every position on every team talk about how close they are with each other, but by all accounts NU’s secondary takes camaraderie to the next level. The players hang out away from the field constantly and organize weekly Thursday night gettogethers where they eat and watch football as a unit. VanHoose, now in his fifth year in the NU program, says this year’s defensive backs spend more time together than any previous group he’s been part of. Henry says the group’s closeness arrived not entirely by accident but rather through a concerted effort to bond. “It really started when the off-season began, when we got back from Winter Break. We all just decided to get together and be a closer unit,” Henry said. “It was a decision for us all to become invested in each other.” The defensive backs’ camaraderie begins with a group that arrived in fall 2013 and has “been close since we got here,” in McShepard’s words. Igwebuike, Queiro and cornerback Keith Watkins live together, across the street from McShepard, Harris and linebacker Anthony Walker. They schedule classes with each other and hang out nearly every day, mostly playing NBA 2K video games. With five of the team’s top seven defensive backs, that class forms the core of a remarkably tight-knit unit. “We get along so well off the field,” Igwebuike said. “We hang out together, have DB dinners, we go to each other’s houses, in the locker room we’re all clowning. It’s really like a big family.”
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AIR MARSHALL Safety Traveon Henry celebrates a play in last year’s game against Michigan. The senior from South Florida has emerged as the unquestioned leader of Northwestern’s secondary.
If the defensive backs are a family, Henry is without doubt the patriarch. The senior is a team captain and one of the most experienced players on the entire NU roster, and just about every Cats player mentions his name when discussing team leadership. “He’s really immersed himself in the role of wanting to lead us as a DB group and as a team in general,” Igwebuike said of his fellow safety. “I can definitely attest to the fact that he’s a guy we look to him for support, look to for wisdom and is somebody we can count on.” Henry grew up in Lauderdale Lakes, Florida, a relatively low-income city just outside of Fort Lauderdale, but commuted to Pine Crest, a college prep
high school, where he starred in basketball as well as football. Henry says associating with people from different background at home and at school eventually helped him emerge as a leader on a diverse NU team. “I got to see both sides of the spectrum,” the senior said. “I’ve seen a lot of perspectives growing up, so I can understand where a lot of people are coming from.” One day this summer, Henry organized a teamwide scavenger hunt through Chicago, dividing the Cats’ roster randomly to ensure co-mingling between position groups. Players sung the NU fight song in Macy’s and posed for shirtless photos with men in suits, and though an unforeseen rainstorm put a damper on the event, the senior accomplished his objective: bringing the team closer together. Henry commands obvious respect from all his teammates, but the admiration appears heaviest among the defensive backs. “It’s just easy to follow him because he knows what it takes to get where we want to be,” McShepard said. “He brings everybody up, trying to get everybody in a jolly mood.” Henry seems to recognize his impact on younger defensive backs and take his leadership role as seriously as anyone on the roster. “I try to be there for my guys and just be an ear for them,” he said. “If they need something I try to provide for them.”
The Next Man Up Asked before the season where an experienced group of defensive backs hoped to improve in training camp, Henry talked about strengthening the “two-deep,” preparing reserves to step in in case of injury. For three weeks, health wasn’t a concern for the NU secondary because Henry, Igwebuike, Harris and VanHoose started each game, backed up by Queiro, Watkins and McShepard, exactly as planned. Then, during Saturday’s contest against Ball State, Igwebuike exited with an undisclosed injury and Queiro, his backup, was knocked out with a broken arm. In stepped Terrance Brown, a junior with some experience on special teams but hardly any on defense. Brown played most of the game’s final three quarters and mostly blended in, committing no noticeable gaffes as the Cats held the Cardinals to 9 second-half points. “You’ve got to prepare every week like you’re going to play,” Brown said three days later. “I felt ready.” With Queiro out for the foreseeable future and Igwebuike potentially limited moving forward, Brown could see substantial playing time on Saturday and beyond. On one hand, slotting a little-used reserve into the finely tuned defensive backfield could hinder the Sky Team. On the other hand, Brown is in his fourth season in the NU secondary, so he knows very well what the unit is all about: unity and camaraderie, with some swagger and silliness mixed in. asputt@u.northwestern.edu
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How Northwestern can navigate the Big Ten West BOBBY PILLOTE
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“Northwestern Wildcats — Big Ten West champions” certainly has a nice ring to it. And given the wide-open state of the Big Ten West division this year, it’s actually not so far-fetched to think No. 16 NU can make a run all the way to the conference championship game Dec. 5 in Indianapolis.
— they’ll be in the conference championship game. This outcome is also the most improbable. The Cats draw No. 19 Wisconsin, No. 22 Michigan and Nebraska on the road, and it’s not likely they can pull out three wins in three notoriously hostile environments. There are also too many traps along the way — namely, Iowa and Minnesota — and NU lacks the elite-level talent to smooth out every bump. The Cats will have at least one off-night.
Scenario 2: Best in the West NU goes 6-2 in conference, winning every game against its divisional rivals and dropping contests against Michigan and Penn State.
The rules for doing so are clear, if a little bit long: The Cats need the best conference record in the West to advance to the championship. In the event of a two-way tie, the winner of the head-to-head matchup will be selected. In the event of a three-way tie, things get much more complicated — but it will probably come down to whoever has the best overall record. With the procedure settled, let’s get into all the different ways NU can find itself atop the West come December.
Scenario 1: Running the Table Of course, this is the most obvious. If the Cats win every conference game — and thus, finish 12-0
By virtue of the head-to-head tiebreaker, and the extreme unlikelihood that any other West team makes it to 7-1, the Cats would win the division. Wins over Minnesota and Iowa at home are well within reason, but again, dispatching the Badgers and Cornhuskers on the road is a tall order. It’s also unlikely NU’s peak performances line up so nicely with their West division games.
Scenario 3: Wild Wild West Here’s where things start to get interesting. Let’s peg a reasonably optimistic estimate of the Cats’ conference record at 5-3, with NU riding the power of the
Ryan Field crowd to home wins over Minnesota, Iowa, Penn State and Purdue, and adding a victory at Soldier Field over Illinois, and then falling on the road against Michigan, Wisconsin and Nebraska. NU would need a lot of help to get to Indianapolis, but it’s possible. With no tiebreaker over Wisconsin and Nebraska, those teams need to fall to 4-4 in conference. For the Badgers, that’s not too likely in our scenario. Wisconsin draws easily the worst two teams, Maryland and Rutgers, from the East division, and wins over Purdue and Illinois are also very likely. It will take a wild upset from the Fighting Illini or Boilermakers to make this possible. Nebraska, on the other hand, has to contend with No. 2 Michigan State out of the East, and it’s easy to see the Cornhuskers also losing to Wisconsin, Minnesota and Iowa to get to four Big Ten losses. Minnesota and Iowa also can’t exceed a 5-3 record in this scenario, which is tricky given that both teams are
Cats need to beat Minnesota, Iowa and Wisconsin to have a reasonable shot at making the Big Ten championship. Given how wacky the West is likely to turn out, wins against the closest competitors in the division should be enough to insulate NU from any aberrations in the standings. This likely sets up the Nov. 21 tilt between the Badgers and Cats as the de facto West division title match. With its defense, and maybe some long-overdue luck, NU absolutely has a chance in that game. So what happens if coach Pat Fitzgerald and his team actually end up in Indianapolis on Dec. 5? They’re almost certainly going to lose to either the Spartans or Buckeyes, whichever ends up emerging from the East. But that’s actually not such a bad thing. The winner of the Big Ten championship will probably be picked for the College Football Playoff, and the bowl rotation for the postseason leaves the Rose Bowl in its traditional format — as a game between the Pac-12 and Big Ten champions. In the event of either champion being drawn into the Playoff, the Rose Bowl’s website states the game will “select Gr er f f ap ta hic the next best team in the rS by nio e Jaco S conference.” That’s pretty b Swan/Daily ambiguous, but probably means whichever team is ranked higher in the Playoff committee’s final probably getting wins over Wisconsin and rankings. It’s very possible the runner-up in the East still Nebraska to make this imagination a reality. The Golden Gophers and Hawkeyes need to lose each of ends up with a higher ranking than NU, especially their East crossover games, against Michigan and No. if the Cats get blown out, but if the team can play 1 Ohio State and Maryland and Indiana, respectively, either Ohio State or Michigan State close then a trip in addition to dropping their matchup with NU. Other to Pasadena is in their hands. combinations are possible, but don’t bet on any sceSo much has to go right for NU to even sniff the Big nario involving a loss to Purdue. Ten championship, but it’s not entirely infeasible given the team’s 4-0 start. And after two bowl-less seasons, Scenario 4: Smelling Roses hoping for Roses is a refreshing change. The most realistic scenarios boil down to this: the
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through the shelter,” said Alisa Kaplan, a former CARE volunteer and EASA founder who now oversees the shelter with Vicky Pasenko, another former CARE volunteer. “That was our primary goal coming in, and we’ve been successful.” A primary reason for CARE’s dismissal was the group’s canine euthanasia rate, which in 2012 was about 45 to 50 percent, a statistic disputed by CARE. Since May, EASA has euthanized zero dogs and only three cats due to medical reasons, Kaplan said. At a meeting of the city’s Animal Welfare Board on Wednesday night, board chair Meredith Rives, a former veterinarian, praised the shelter’s turnaround under EASA’s leadership. “There’s been increased publicity for the shelter, increased participation and increased interfacing with animals that might not in the past have come to the shelter for a whole host of reasons,” Rives said at the meeting. “Even in the unfortunate case of euthanasia, you don’t want to do it just anywhere. This is definitely a wonderful place for the animals to be.” With the transition of the shelter from primarily city-financed to a nonprofit structure, EASA will now have to assume expenses previously covered by the city.
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financial aid, he said. “We liked the idea that students who get admitted to any of the schools who accept this application would have the financial aid to be able to attend,” Mills said. “We liked that signal and that message a lot.” An institution’s six-year graduation rate must exceed 70 percent to join the coalition. Public schools must offer an affordable tuition for in-state students, and private institutions must meet the full, demonstrated financial need of admitted domestic students. The new system will be free for students but colleges and universities will pay a membership fee to be in the coalition, the group said. An initial set of tools will become available in January 2016, the coalition said in the news release. The tools — a digital portfolio, a collaboration platform and an application portal — are designed to guide and support students during the college application process, letting them begin planning for college earlier in their high school careers. According to the coalition’s website, the portfolio is meant to be a meeting place for counselors, teachers and mentors, allowing them to help support students’ application processes with feedback and editing. Mills said NU will make preparations in its administrative systems to accommodate the new technology that will accompany the coalition’s application system. “(We will) contribute in all the conversations that will take place with coalition members and with high school guidance counselors about how to make the tool really effective,” Mills said.
and looked down upon as a career, to be quite frank,” Daniel said. “Teaching is one of main career fields where the public is so privy to how things are supposed to go. Everyone has an opinion on education, on how it should be structured, on how the bureaucracy should support it … which puts a lot of pressure on the teachers to perform.” SESP freshman Adam Lemke-Bell Daniel questioned the negative perception of pursuing a career in education and the difficulties with becoming a teacher in America. “I really don’t know why there is a stigma going into teaching,” Lemke-Bell said. “We need teachers, and it is a very honorable profession.” For students already at Northwestern, the change does little to impact their educational path. Still, both Lemke-Bell and Daniel spoke to the genuine intentions of SESP teaching majors. “When you become a teacher, you don’t do it for the money,” Lemke-Bell said. “You do it because it’s something you’re really passionate about and because you really want to make a difference in somebody’s life.”
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DM places greater emphasis on service this year By LEO JI
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Dance Marathon has expanded opportunities for community service and reduced its registration fee in preparation for this year’s event. The organization is asking students to pack bagged lunches for its beneficiary, Blessings in a Backpack, and it has reduced the registration fee from $50 to $35, in part due to increased funding from Associated Student Government. DM’s focus on volunteering — in addition to fundraising — comes as the organization continues its efforts to be more inclusive. “You can come pack bags for free,” said Weinberg junior Kalli Koukounas, NUDM spokeswoman “Everyone in the Northwestern community has the
opportunity to have this hands-on experience of what Blessings in a Backpack does every week and feeding these children who wouldn’t get food on the weekends otherwise.” Blessings in a Backpack provides schoolchildren who qualify for free and reduced-price meals during the week with bagged weekend meals. The nonprofit aims to feed children on Saturdays and Sundays because they can’t receive school meals during that time. In April 2014, more than two dozen students signed a letter to the editor in The Daily and said DM should better serve low-income students. Since then, the organization has moved to become more accommodating, increasing funding for registration fee scholarships and opportunities for canning. Weinberg sophomore Henry Chen participated in DM last year and said he’s not comfortable asking everyone who donated last year to give again.
“I think it’s important to have a stake in your Dance Marathon experience,” Chen said. “But $400 is a lot of money, and not everyone has a job, not everyone has the time to go out canning, so it’s really tricky.” Weinberg senior Kevin Harris, one of DM’s executive co-chairs, said the choice of this year’s beneficiary will open DM up to students who want to support the organization through service rather than fundraising. “That was something we were really excited about when we came across Blessings in a Backpack during the beneficiary application process,” Harris said. “It provides a whole other opportunity for engagement with not just dancers, but with the entire Northwestern community. We’re excited to make an even bigger difference beyond just a financial donation this year, and provide more ways for people to get involved with Dance Marathon.” The bagged lunches will go to three schools in the Chicago area, including Lincoln Elementary School
and Dawes Elementary School in Evanston. DM hosted an event at Deering Days on Sept. 25 and packed more than 1,500 bags for Evanston children. Fundraising for DM, however, is still encouraged. According to Blessing in a Backpack’s website, it costs $100 to provide a child with weekend meals for the entire school year. “If you’re signing up for Dance Marathon and raising that $400 to be in the tent, you’re directly feeding four children for the entire school year,” Koukounas said. DM also reorganized internally, announcing in April a restructuring of its committee system, including the addition of a community engagement committee. DM will begin March 4, 2016. Leo.Ji@u.northwestern.edu
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HANDS IN THE AIR Students put their hands in the air during Block 7 of Dance Marathon. This year, organizers expanded opportunities for volunteering in an effort to be more inclusive of low-income students.
Across Campuses Drone rules coming as sales soar
Amid predictions of more than 1 million aerial drones being sold nationwide by the end of this year, Georgia lawmakers Wednesday opened a series of discussions aimed at legislation that could lead to privacy protections or other regulations on business and private use.
“There are some issues we need to look at pretty carefully,” state Rep. Kevin Tanner, R-Dawsonville, chair of the House study committee on the use of drones, said after an initial meeting at the Georgia Tech Research Institute. They include privacy, what local communities can regulate, and what the state can do to attract players in the drone industry, he said. “We’re being very careful not to just jump into regulations … not to over-regulate,” Tanner said. “I think
SHAKE IT OFF Dance Marathon participants dance during Block 7. Students packed lunches during Deering Days this year for DM beneficiary Blessings in a Backpack, which provides food to disadvantaged students on weekends.
that the state has shown a resolve to address the issue in a very positive way, to balance public safety with being able to also encourage this growing industry to operate in the state.” About 20 Georgia firms have clearance from the Federal Aviation Administration to operate drones for commercial use, according to Georgia Tech research engineer Miles Thompson. The clearance allows them to use drones for specific uses such as aerial photography, filmmaking,
cell phone tower inspection, farming, forestry and other functions. Cox Media Group, which owns WSBTV and The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, is among companies that has received FAA clearance. CNN is partnering with the FAA to research how drones can be used for news gathering in urban areas. Researchers at Georgia Tech are studying how to develop autonomous drones and improve safety. — Kelly Yamanouchi (The Atlanta Journal-Constitution/MCT)
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playing catchup.” A major story of the Cats’ defeat in Bloomington was their inability to finish their penalty corners. The team went 0-11 on corners, including a crucial missed opportunity at the end of the game. Fuchs spent practice working on corners and
National News Gunman killed in shootout with police at Oregon college; 10 dead A 20-year-old gunman opened fire on a community college classroom in southwestern Oregon on Thursday, killing at least 10 people and injuring 20 before he was killed in an exchange of fire with police, authorities said. In the first frantic series of police recordings, a dispatcher can be heard saying the gunman was “outside one of the doors shooting through the doors” of a school building, with 35 people inside. Several minutes into the recording, an officer is heard describing a gun battle with the assailant, concluding with a shout: “The suspect is down” and asking for “as many ambulances as possible.” Authorities provided no further details about the suspect or his motives for the attack at Umpqua Community College in Roseburg, about 180 miles south of Portland and 70 miles south of Eugene. Fall classes had begun Monday at the school, which has about 3,300 full- and part-time students. “It’s sad that we’re now in that horrible club of schools that have had to deal with this,” Douglas County Commissioner Tim Freeman said. “I hope communities around our nation will pray for us.” “It’s a tragic event and we’re right in the middle of it,” County Commissioner Chris Boice said. The shooting is among the worst mass school shootings over the last two decades, including the attack at Columbine High School in Colorado in 1999 in which 13 people were killed and the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in Connecticut in 2012, which claimed 28 lives. The FBI confirmed that it is now involved in the investigation. At the White House, a visibly distressed President Barack Obama said the nation was being
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 2, 2015 implementing new plays into NU’s repertoire. These simple adjustments may be the difference for the Cats as they look to get back in the win column. “We were really really disappointed and it hurt,” Fuchs said. “That one stuck with us for a little bit longer, but looking back at the game, we had some of our best play of the season. We limited them to four corners and limited shots. Now, they executed numbed by the number of mass shootings. “We are the only advanced country on Earth that sees these kinds of mass shootings every few months,” Obama said from the White House briefing room, his voice rising in frustration. “Somehow this has become routine. The reporting is routine. My response here at this podium ends up being routine. “I hope and pray I don’t have to come out again during my tenure as president,” he said. “... But based on my experience as president, I can’t guarantee that. And that’s terrible to say.” The shooting was reported about 10:40 a.m. at the school in Roseburg, located about 180 miles south of Portland and 70 miles south of Eugene. The first report said the suspect was armed with a “long gun” when he opened fire into a crowded section of Snyder Hall. Cassandra Welding, 20, a third-year student, studying early childhood education was in a computer lab in Snyder Hall when the shooting occurred. Class was nearly over, and her professor left the classroom to retrieve some papers for the students, Welding said. Just a few minutes after that, Welding said she heard a noise coming from next door. “It sounded like a balloon popped ... and then five seconds later I heard it again,” she told the Los Angeles Times. “We knew something wasn’t right.” When a classmate of Welding’s walked to the door and opened it to peek outside, she was shot, Welding said. “She was halfway in the doorway, and the door was still open,” Welding said. “We were screaming, ‘Close the door! Close the door!’” Another classmate dragged the woman in, locked the door, and someone else turned off the lights, Welding said. Her classmates performed CPR on the woman, who Welding said looked like she had been shot in the torso. “I kept hearing that noise, one after another,”
and it’s nobody’s fault, but we just need to that we capitalize on our attack side come Friday.” Junior midfielder and NU’s leading scorer, Isabel Flens, said the team is taking the remainder of their schedule one game at a time. She said that she wants to use the Indiana loss to fuel the team against Iowa and that for now she is only focusing on Friday. “We just want to win every game,” Flens said.
“Of course it’s hard after a loss to come back and stay focused on that we are a good team, and that we can beat Iowa. We have to make sure we don’t focus too much on just to win but also keeping composed and playing our own game and making sure that we play together.” danielwaldman2019@u.northwestern.edu
(Amiran White/Zuma Press/TNS) Police set up a perimeter outside Umpqua Community College on Oct. 1, 2015 in Roseburg, Ore. As many as 10 people were killed and 20 injured when a shooter opened fire at Oregon’s Umpqua Community College on Thursday.
Welding said. “I probably heard about 40.” The students crawled along the floor, Welding said. Gathering in the back right corner of the classroom, the furthest away from the door. “I was so terrified for my life and I was shaking,” Welding recalled. Someone called 911. Welding got on the phone with her mother. Blood covered the walls near the student who’d been shot, Welding said, and her broken glasses lay on the floor.
“Hey Mom, there’s a shooting at school,” she told her mother, whispering because she was afraid the shooter could come in at any minute. “I just heard other people in tears, crying, calling their loved ones and telling them, ‘I love you,’” Welding said. “It was such a heart-wrenching thing.” — Christine Mai-Duc and James Queally (Los Angeles Times/TNS)
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SPORTS
ON DECK OCT.
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ON THE RECORD
Women’s Soccer NU vs. No. 13 Penn State, 12 p.m. Sunday
A close loss to a good team does not indicate poor play. — Tim Lenahan, men’s soccer coach
Friday, October 2, 2015
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Despite record, Cats see positives in performance By BRADEN COUCH
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Northwestern vs. No. 13 Maryland College Park, Maryland 1 p.m. Friday
With a record lagging below .500, Northwestern does not appear to be in the best shape heading into its clash with the University of Maryland this Friday in College Park. However, the Wildcats (3-4-1, 1-2-0 Big Ten) senior forward Joey Calistri is not distressed. “We’ve dramatically improved from where we were during our opening trip to the West Coast,” he said. “We feel that once we put a complete game together, we will be where we want to be.” The sentiment that the team does not need dramatic adjustments seemed to be echoed in the mood at Wednesday’s practice. No one was hanging their head, and there was certainly no sense of panic. Too often casual fans get caught up in results of a team, not taking as hard of a look at the process, said coach Tim Lenahan. “You can’t look too into the box score, as it doesn’t really indicate level of play,” Lenahan said regarding the recent loss to Indiana. “A close loss to a good team does not indicate
poor play.” When one looks further at some of the opponents NU has already faced, namely Indiana and Michigan, two of the best teams in the Big Ten, the Cats’ record looks much more respectable. Lenahan said he is not troubled by the team’s play. “If you don’t watch the games, it’s easy to assume that conceding early indicates a poor level of play, but if you look at the UIC game, we just gave up an early goal while we were playing well,” he said. Lenahan also agreed with the assessment that NU has played some very good teams so far, adding that Indiana is arguably one of the greatest programs in the history of college soccer, and he expects to see a number of their players playing professionally next year. Michigan isn’t doing shabby either, with two of its players earning Big Ten distinctions this week. The team that the Cats face Friday, No. 13 Maryland (4-2-3, Big Ten 1-0-2), will not present much of a reprieve. Fresh off a 4-1 road thrashing of Wisconsin, the Terrapins have already taken down the previously top-ranked UCLA on the road at the beginning of September. The Terps are led by midfielder Tsubasa Endoh, a Big Ten Preseason Player to Watch, and are hoping to win their fourth consecutive conference championship.
Men’s Soccer Daily file photo by Zack Laurence
KICKIN’ IT Senior forward Joey Calistri battles for the ball. The results haven’t been there through a tough stretch of the schedule, but the Cats are hoping their solid play will lead to a breakthrough against No. 13 Maryland.
As with NU, Terps coach Sasho Cirovski said he is happy with his team’s process thus far, and the team hopes to keep up the offensive intensity going forward against the Cats. “We have been working on our attacking ideas, and developing the
NU looks to get back up to .500 By DAN WALDMAN
the daily northwestern @dan_waldman
No. 18 Iowa vs. No. 14 Northwestern
Daily file photo by Nathan Richards
STICKS SWINGING Junior Isabel Flens stares down the ballhandler. The Cats are looking for a win against No. 18 Iowa to get back to .500 in Big Ten play.
recognize the importance of getting ahead early. “I think playing ahead gives us a lot of momentum especially when we are ahead early,” senior midfielder Caroline Troncelliti said. “I think
it really sets the tone for the whole game and the pace that we want to play at. It’s almost like you’re in more of a controlling situation instead of » See FIELD HOCKEY, page 14
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a lot of leaders on this team, not just seniors, and as long as we perform at the level we know we can, we will play well.”
Cross Country
By ELLIE FRIEDMANN
Evanston, Illinois 2:30 p.m. Friday
Coming off a loss to unranked Indiana on Tuesday, Northwestern will look to get back to .500 in Big Ten play this weekend. The No. 14 Wildcats (8-4, 1-2 Big Ten) host No. 18 Iowa (7-4, 1-1) on Friday in the Cats’ first ranked matchup since falling to then No. 10 Maryland (8-3, 3-0). Similarly to NU, Iowa also suffered a loss to the Hoosiers (5-4, 2-0 Big Ten). “I think (Iowa is) one of our biggest rivalries in the Big Ten,” coach Tracey Fuchs said. “We just need to come out and play our game. I think after a tough loss last week our kids are going to be ready to go … We need to keep possession of the ball, attack the outsides and really make do of our opportunities for our shots and our second shots.” The Cats got off to a slow start against Indiana, and the team struggled to capitalize on their scoring opportunities. But NU does have the advantage over Iowa in that the Cats attempted twice as many shots on goal as Iowa when the teams played the Hoosiers. Despite getting plenty of shots off throughout the game, NU never led in their matchup, but the players
relationships between our forwards,” he said. Despite the challenging opponent, Calistri said the Cats feel optimistic heading into this game. “There are no specific adjustments we need to make,” he said. “We’ve got
As they head to the Notre Dame Invitational in South Bend, Indiana on Friday, the Wildcats are aware they are experiencing growing pains. Though head coach ’A Havahla Haynes is a seasoned, talented coach, having led the University of New Mexico’s team to a third-place finish at the 2014 NCAA Division I Women’s Cross Country Championships, she said being the head coach at a place where she was an assistant for two years is always a transition. “In terms of them understanding what we’re trying to accomplish, understanding that we need to be healthy and injury-free, that’s going well,” Haynes said. “But I wouldn’t call myself happy. I’d say we’ve done a great job communicating; I wouldn’t say we’ve done a great job performing.” Junior Jena Pianin said working with a new coach halfway through her college career is a bit of a shakeup, though she said confidence and trust in her new coach is building. “Coach Hav has been great and I think she’ll take me to where I want to be as an athlete,” Pianin said. “I’m really excited to work with her, get to know her, really trust her training and let it work its magic.” Pianin, who has consistently been NU’s top runner this season, paced the
Cats at last year’s race in South Bend and posted her season-best time at the 5K course. With a veteran squad on the line, the Cats are hoping to show they are racing faster and stronger as they approach the Big Ten Championships, which they will host on Nov. 1, at the Sydney R. Marovitz Golf Course on Chicago’s north side. Freshmen Hannah Anderson and Mary Orders, who both finished in the top-five for the Cats in last weekend’s Roy Griak Invitational, will not be competing this weekend. However, Haynes has her eyes set on the Big Tens. After a 10th place finish last year, Haynes is looking for better results this year — anywhere between seventh and tenth. To reach this goal, Haynes has designed the training schedule so her athletes peak on Nov. 1. Though the Cats are not in their best shape now — and they hopefully won’t be until they step on the line at the Big Tens — Friday’s meet at Notre Dame will be a measuring stick to see how close the Cats are to reaching their goal. “For this weekend, there are a lot of things that I’m looking for,” Haynes said. “I’m looking for women to show up as a group, as a whole unit, and compete for each other and then against every other team out there. ellenfriedmann2.2016@u.northwestern.edu
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