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Death of student spurs petition NU senior urges city to lower speed limit on Sheridan
the truck. No traffic violations have been issued to the driver. Although a preliminary investigation found no evidence of wrongdoing on the driver’s part, Blim said a lower speed limit would make Sheridan Road safer for cyclists. “Of the two people on the road — a driver and a cyclist — the person in the car is not any way as likely to be injured if there is a collision,” Blim said. “The person on the bike is infinitely more likely to be injured or killed. And therefore the people in the huge piece of metal going however many miles per hour should be more cautious.” But Ald. Brian Miller (9th) isn’t sure a lower speed limit would make Sheridan Road safer, saying it could inadvertently create more traffic. Miller is a member of the Administrative and Public Works Committee and is listed as someone the petition will be forwarded to. Blim said she hopes to enact local change by involving committee members. Ald. Peter Braithwaite (2nd), chair of the Administrative and
By ERICA SNOW
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An online petition created by a Northwestern senior to reduce the speed limit on Sheridan Road gained nearly 500 signatures this weekend. Communication senior Emily Blim made the petition on Change.org in response to a bicycle accident Thursday that killed first-year student Chuyuan “Chu” Qiu. The petition calls for the city’s Administration and Public Works committee to lower the 35-mile-per-hour speed limit to about 20 miles per hour, Blim said. Qiu was killed Thursday in a bicycling accident after she was struck by a cement truck near the intersection of Garrett Place and Sheridan Road. Qiu collided with the last curbside wheel of the truck, with the impact causing her to roll under
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Rabbi Dov Hillel Klein speaks at a memorial for Northwestern student Scott Boorstein. More than 300 people gathered in the Louis Room of Norris University Center on Friday and shared memories of Boorstein.
More than 300 attend memorial Scott Boorstein remembered as ‘the best of us’ during Norris event By PETER KOTECKI
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Dozens remembered Scott Boorstein as generous, modest and kind at a memorial held on campus Friday night. “He was the selfless friend that would sacrifice anything and everything to make those
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The current speed limit on Sheridan Road is currently 35 miles per hour. A petition started by an Northwestern senior in response to Thursday’s bike accident calls for the speed limit to be lowered.
Woman falls off Evanston pier into lake
A woman is in critical condition after falling into Lake Michigan Saturday afternoon
around him happy,” said Ali Boorstein, his older sister. Boorstein, a rising Weinberg senior from Riverwoods, Illinois, took his own life on Sept. 2. More than 300 people attended the memorial in the Louis Room of Norris University Center, and 1,100 others watched via a Facebook livestream hosted by The Daily. The
University funded the catering for the event and helped facilitate it. About a dozen people delivered prepared remarks during the memorial, which included a photo slideshow and a video montage of Boorstein’s life. Some of the videos showed Boorstein dancing at a concert, a surprise birthday celebration his friends
organized for him and several of his friends saying what they will miss about him. The last hour of the event included an open mic session for attendees to speak on stage. Ali Boorstein said her brother was excited about an internship he secured at his uncle’s company a few
while walking along the pier, police said. The 67-year-old Evanston resident was walking on the pier near the Church Street boat ramp, 1701 Sheridan Rd., at about 4:45 p.m. when she fell into the lake, according to a news release.
Both the Evanston police and fire departments responded to the scene. When they arrived, a bystander had already pulled the woman from the lake and was administering CPR. The woman was unresponsive when she was pulled from
the lake but regained her vitals as paramedics administered additional medical care. The paramedics transported the woman to Evanston Hospital, where she is listed in stable but critical condition.
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Kellogg group aims to facilitate conversation about race By MATTHEW CHOI
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More than 350 students, faculty and administrators from the Kellogg School of Management gathered on Deering Meadow Friday to organize a photograph meant to show solidarity with protests against police killings of black people. The photo, organized by the Kellogg Black Management Association, was part of a series of events to engage the Kellogg community in conversation about race, said Sarah Deming, co-president of BMA. The group started organizing discussions on race over the summer in response
to police killings of black people, the second-year MBA student said. Zignat Abdisubhan, firstyear BMA conference alumni director, photographed the group. In addition to the photograph, BMA hosted a town hall discussion Thursday on race and plans to host small meetings and dinners to discuss race in a more intimate setting, said Obi Osuji, co-president of BMA. The organization plans to coordinate with the Kellogg Veterans Association and the Kellogg Sports Business Club to host discussions about protests in sports, the secondyear MBA student said. Students, faculty and administrators wore black for the photo and will continue to do so for the rest of the week to
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express solidarity. Although the town hall was initially intended to be an internal discussion for BMA students to discuss how racial issues affected them personally, Deming said it evolved into a larger discussion with several other students and faculty on allyship and the experience of being a minority student in business school. “So many allies were asking us if they could come to the meeting, how they could come support BMA, how they could be a better ally, how they could change,” Deming said. “Our original thought about the town hall evolved in a very good way because of all of the support we got from the Kellogg community.”
BMA had previously planned a similar event for Black History Month last February where
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This is rare in business school. People don’t like to talk about race. Sarah Deming, BMA co-president
students wore black to encourage conversation about violence against black lives, Osuji said. BMA also coordinated with students at other top business
schools including Harvard University, New York University’s Stern School of Business, University of California Berkeley’s Haas School of Business, and The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, who also gathered to take pictures to show solidarity. Deming said race rarely gets discussed in business schools, including Kellogg, which she described as being “less progressive” than Northwestern’s undergraduate schools. “This is rare in business school. People don’t like to talk about race,” Deming said. “It’s more similar to a corporate environment than it is to a regular college campus, so this is a big step for us just to get people
talking.” Second-year MBA student Tiffany Smith also found the events productive. Smith said seeing videos online of police officers shooting black men makes her worry for men in her family. To see the large amount of support was both encouraging and unexpected, she said. “It’s surprising, I’ll be honest, because we don’t talk about a lot of challenging stuff sometimes,” Smith said. “To know that we have the space to do that now, with the deans of the school coming out, it just means that much more to us that people care.” matthewchoi2018@u.northwestern.edu
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Officials say south Evanston water is safe to drink By NORA SHELLY
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As Evanston continues its lawsuit against two energy companies for materials found in and around water pipes, officials say the water in south Evanston is safe to drink. Evanston refiled a lawsuit against ComEd, an electric utility company and Nicor, a natural gas distributor, this May over materials found in water pipes. In 2014 and 2015, city staff found a black crust on the outside of a water line and another pipe in the area of Dodge Avenue. Both areas of black crust match the coal tar found at the Skokie Manufactured Gas Plant Site, which is just west of the city on Oakton Street and McCormick Boulevard. In summer 2015, the same black crust was found inside the Dodge Avenue waterline. According lawsuit documents, the city believes the materials, which are not harmful at the levels found in Evanston water, were brought to the area by gas lines used the mid-20th century that are no longer in use. The lawsuit was refiled in May after an independent testing laboratory confirmed coal tar in places on water lines around James Park. City manager Wally Bobkiewicz said the city is being as transparent as it can about the lawsuit and results of the water testing.
“Given the issues around the country with water quality, certainly outside of Evanston such as Flint, Michigan, people are very tuned-in to these issues,” he said. “There is no hazard to anyone based on the testing that we’ve done around James Park.” In response to the discovery of the black crust, city officials tested the water around James Park.Two compounds that were found in the water, phenanthrene
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The Evanston Water Plant is at the center of the city’s water system. Water pipes in south Evanston were found to have coal tar in and around them, resulting from gas pipes that were used in the late-19th to mid-20th century.
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Police arrest man in connection with gun-related assault
Evanston police responded to reports of criminal damage to a vehicle on Thursday. At about 5:30 a.m., officers were dispatched to the 1400 block of Pitner Avenue after reports of a man smashing windows on a car parked in the street, said Evanston Police Cmdr. Joseph Dugan. The car, a 1999 Toyota Camry, had its windows smashed out, but officers were unable to
and fluoranthene are both constituents of coal tar and are harmful in larger concentrations. However, in south Evanston water, both chemicals were found in concentrations 99.9 percent below the amount that exceeds the Environmental Protection Agency’s maximum contaminant level. The concentrations also passed potable water standards set by the Illinois EPA.
Police arrested a 27-year-old man on Wednesday in connection with an assault that occurred earlier this month. On Sept. 3, a 39-year-old Evanston man reported an aggravated assault at about 2:45 p.m. The man reported that while walking in the 1500 block of Church Street, a gray car pulled up. A man stepped out, and the two got into a verbal altercation over a past grievance, Dugan said.
The 27-year-old man went back into the car and allegedly pulled out a gun and pointed it at the other man. The driver of the car told the man to get back in the car, and they drove away. On Sept. 21, the 27-year-old man was seen in the 1600 block of Dodge Avenue at about 1 p.m. and was arrested by an Evanston officer, Dugan said. He was charged with misdemeanor aggravated assault and is set to appear in court on Oct. 24. — Nora Shelly
Dave Stoneback, the city’s director of public works, said although the compounds were found in the water, it was still far below the contaminant standards that would require concern. “Everybody would of course prefer there be none of these compounds in the water, but it is completely safe for human consumption,” he said. The lawsuit contends that although the presence of the coal tar in and around the pipes and the resulting compounds in the water does not make it unsafe to drink, there would be no issue at all if not for the actions of ComEd and Nicor. According to city documents, the Northwestern Gas Light & Coke Company operated gas plants and associated pipelines in Evanston from the late 19th century until 1950. ComEd and Nicor are the successors to that company. At a City Council meeting last week, one resident who spoke during public comment said water in south Evanston had been contaminated and that the aldermen should be more concerned. Ald. Ann Rainey (8th) disagreed with the comment, saying if the water was contaminated she would expect the city to bring in “tanks of fresh water” for its residents. “I drink that water. Five, seven thousand people in south Evanston drink that water,” Rainey said. “The time has come where we can not allow crazy nonsense speak about our water.” norashelly2019@u.northwestern.edu
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Due to an editing error, an article published in Thursday’s paper titled “Students frustrated as ETHS struggles to enact rules on gendered spaces” inaccurately referred to Palatine-based Township High School District 211 as District 21. The Daily regrets the error.
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ON CAMPUS Young Thug to perform at Blowout By YVONNE KIM
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Rapper Young Thug will headline A&O Blowout, A&O Productions announced Sunday. The rapper — whose legal name is Jeffery Lamar — hails from Atlanta and has continued the city’s trap rap tradition while updating it with his own unconventional vocal style. His new mixtape “Jeffery” has received critical acclaim. In his songs — the best-known of which are perhaps “Best Friend” and his verse on Rich Gang’s “Lifestyle” — the rapper often slurs and shouts his words over hi-hat-heavy Southern beats. “We’re obviously trying to bring artists who are relevant and (are) in the news and are popular,”
said A&O Productions director Ethan Shaw, a Weinberg senior. “We try to bring artists who we think have a future of getting bigger going forward, and so we think that Young Thug fits into all those factors.” A&O concerts director Alexandra Lefkowitz, a Weinberg senior, described Young Thug as “a compelling artist that people can either get really excited about or learn more about by watching the show.” Many listeners first heard Young Thug when he released his song “Stoner” in 2014. He received critical acclaim for his mixtape “Slime Season 3,” which was released in March and topped Billboard’s rap charts earlier this year. Young Thug’s sometimes gender-bending fashion has also intrigued music fans: The cover of “Jeffery” features the rapper in a blue ruffled
dress. GQ Magazine explored Young Thug’s style and eccentricities in a widely-read profile this past February. Changes to Blowout this year include an earlier date and a location change to Welsh-Ryan Arena. Last year’s Blowout was held at the Aragon Ballroom in Chicago. “The biggest thing is that we moved it back Welsh-Ryan, which we’re really excited about,” Shaw said. “We wanted to bring something that felt a little more attached to the University, and the best way to do that was to actually keep it on campus.” R&B singer Kehlani will open the concert. Tickets are available online for $10 from the Norris Box Office. yvonnekim2019@u.northwestern.edu
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Learning to code-switch difficult at NU DAVID GUIRGIS
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Everyone comes to NU with a story to tell, and perhaps an accent or dialect in which to tell it. Mine is the story of threedollar Spanish food plates and murals of mandalas in India Square; of a poor high school freshman showing up for the first day of school in cheap and ill-fitting dress clothes because his new dress code was business professional; of developing a writing voice far more buttoned-up than the rapidfire delivery I use when speaking, the verbalized voice associated with all the negative connotations about my neighborhood. And here at NU, where the mural art is rare and the Spanish food even moreso, my story and its delivery is my only connection to home — and yet I feel like it’s the very thing holding me back. There are nuances to the way I speak that I can’t capture in the printed word. My vernacular as a Jersey City native comes from New York slang terms and derivations of vowel pronunciation. I miss hearing it at Northwestern almost as much as I miss talking in it with my high school friends. I miss the call-and-response nature of every conversation and the loud colloquialisms I instantly assume that everyone else at Northwestern knows. Most of all, I miss not feeling like I have to defend myself when I speak.
For those of us who have had to learn to code-switch — to toggle between different dialects in different contexts — the language we perform and the language we implicitly know coexist in an uneasy alliance. We utilize and love both, but they can’t ever slip into each other. The language of privilege triggered resentment back at home, outside of the safe space my classroom provided. If my friends or I were ever caught by rival high schools using it, we instantly sounded “too white,” which meant we didn’t belong at home. In the same way, I’ve never quite felt comfortable at NU speaking in my urban dialect. I’m well aware that it is stigmatized as one of ignorance, of willful poverty and ghetto practicality. If I slip into what I consider my native English tongue — which I once sheepishly described to a professor as “a mixture of stereotypical gay affectations and AAVE (African-American Vernacular English)” — my impostor syndrome flares up; my speech becomes yet another indicator of why I don’t belong here. This is survivor’s guilt. Low-income students of color like me, who leave their home environments for the upper echelons of education and society, often feel like they’re abandoning their past in order to get ahead. To a certain extent, that is exactly what I’ve had to do. I hide my inner-city accent when I raise my hand in class or meet new people. And when I go back home this winter, the exact opposite will ensue: I’ll do everything I can to fall back into the routines of my home community’s culture, knowing all the while that my time at Northwestern will have
altered that experience. As I move through this quarter, I hope that the limbo I’m currently in becomes easier to transcend. And when I go home, I hope the limbo I’m afraid of returning to once I get there won’t exist. Until I figure it out, however, I hope my classmates forgive my occasional lapses into the language of
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I’ve never quite felt comfortable at NU speaking in my urban dialect. I’m well aware that it is stigmatized as one of ignorance, of willful poverty and ghetto practicality. David Guirgis
the home I love and have to abandon for the time being — that when I speak to others at NU, I speak in a second language as part of the suit of armor I’ve donned for protection. And I hope that, by the time I book a flight back home, I’ll have figured out how to navigate it the way I used to. David Guirgis is a Weinberg freshman. He can be reached at davidguirgis2020@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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Schapiro off base with defense of safe spaces, trigger warnings I was dismayed to read about Northwestern president Morton Schapiro’s remarks to the incoming freshman class in Wednesday’s edition of the Daily. His full-throated defense of “safe spaces,” and “trigger warnings” — coupled with his admonition about the seriousness of “microaggressions” — betrays a misunderstanding of why critics disdain today’s expanding culture of campus coddling. Virtually nobody disagrees that it’s healthy for people of all ages to seek refuge with like-minded peer groups and “let their guard down” from time to time, as Schapiro put it. Hardly anyone would object to a professor giving his students a heads-up when, say, lynching or genocide is scheduled to be the subject of a particular lecture or assignment. And those who bristle or roll their eyes at claims of “microaggressions” are by no means advocating mean-spiritedness or rudeness. The issue is the over-application and weaponization of these concepts to stifle and delegitimize opinions that depart from the prevailing zeitgeist. For instance, when students become hysterically “triggered” by Halloween costume guidelines (Yale) or use “safe spaces” to shut out the press and avoid any form of accountability for their actions (Mizzou), there’s a problem. When the pseudo-scientific term “microaggression” is flung about promiscuously to cut short reasoned debate or dodge the adult reality of sometimes encountering uncomfortable words and ideas, there’s a problem. One fundamental purpose of a great university is to expose its students to new ideas and to challenge their worldview. Another is to encourage critical thinking. Instead, when a toxic form of “political correctness” is permitted to take root, the fallout can be unreasonable and detrimental. Consider an unfortunate episode from this past May. After a retired three-star U.S. Army general was recruited from Stanford to take the helm of NU’s impressive new global studies institute, he was hounded out of his position before he even arrived on campus. Some critics sneered that Gen. Karl Eikenberry was a “non-academic career military officer” whose presence on campus would represent “belligerence” and be problematically “tainted by US bias,” according to a Chicago Tribune article. This esteemed leader’s background and worldview offended (microaggressed?) the ruffled (triggered?) sensibilities of a vocal minority faction of faculty and students, so they brayed until they claimed “victory.” That unjust outcome was an embarrassment to the university — one, I should add, that Schapiro rightly resisted. But such are the wages of an environment in which aggrieved offense-taking is incentivized and rewarded. Ultimately, I share Schapiro’s goal of fostering a respectful community that embraces the spirit of the Golden Rule. But as much as it pains me to side with the University of Chicago over my own alma mater, I believe the administrators in Hyde Park who recently dealt a pointed blow to rampant oversensitivity got it right and are doing their students a great service. And as a proud, engaged NU alumnus who admires his stewardship of the university, I hope President Schapiro doesn’t genuinely view me — or his counterparts at UChicago — as “idiots” and “lunatics,” as he indicated in his convocation speech. We can do better than that. —Guy Benson Fox News contributor and political editor of Townhall. com
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MEMORIAL From page 1
summers ago. But when a friend asked Scott Boorstein if there were other internship opportunities at the company, he offered the only spot to his friend, Ali Boorstein said. Weinberg senior Daniel Polotsky, who attended high school with Boorstein and was his roommate at NU, said Boorstein was the best friend he could ask for. “I was not the only person who felt this way,” Polotsky said. “Everyone who met Scott also met his compassion, his fun-loving nature, his selflessness and his drive to make people feel wanted.” Nina Boorstein said her son was a very curious person. He enjoyed watching and playing “Jeopardy!” with his father and cared deeply about staying current on local and national events. Boorstein was also passionate about Dance Marathon and Northwestern Capital Management, which is part of the Institute for Student Business Education, his mother said. “How can we all be more like Scott?” Nina Boorstein said. “Be more curious, ask more questions, love a little more, be a little kinder, give an extra hug, smile a little wider, be a little gentler.” Rabbi Dov Hillel Klein said Boorstein attended all chapter meetings and brotherhood events at his fraternity, Alpha Epsilon Pi. Boorstein also served as the member at large in his fraternity, a position responsible for conflict mediation and brotherhood events, said
Klein, who serves as the fraternity’s adviser. “I have never seen a more dedicated member at large,” Klein said. “He put his all into the position, and when his brothers were going through a difficult time, he was there to support them.” Marc Boorstein said his son was never boastful. In high school, Boorstein participated in DECA, a preparatory program for leaders and entrepreneurs. He won first place at a state competition in Illinois but didn’t tell his family about it, Marc Boorstein said. Instead, he described how fun the competition was and how well his teammates had done. Boorstein always had a good word to say about other people, his father said. “The last year or so, he started chastising us for having negative thoughts about anybody,” Marc Boorstein said. “He would always say, ‘Maybe they are having a bad day.’ It was really something to admire.” Boorstein showed “unconditional love” to those he knew, Weinberg junior Brandon Piyevsky said. He let Piyevsky confide in him during some of Piyevsky’s toughest moments at NU, he said. Not enough good can be said about Boorstein, Piyevsky said. “Scott was, and forever will be, the best of us,” Piyevsky said. “Let’s be a little more like him every day. Let’s help each other like he helped all of us, and let’s love each other without even thinking about what we will get in return, just like he did.” peterkotecki2018@u.northwestern.edu
PETITION From page 1
Public Works Committee, could not be reached for comment. Miller, who announced his candidacy for Evanston mayor earlier this month, said a traffic analysis would be most beneficial to determine if a lower speed limit or the installation of bike lanes would be best for Evanston bicyclists, pedestrians and motorists. “It’s tragic when something happens like this,” Miller said. “Unfortunately, we’ve got to figure out a way that can balance between the needs to have safe biking and the normal traffic needs. It’s not a question of it being overly unsafe … it’s a question of how do we best address the needs of the users in a community.” In 2014, City Council voted to delay the installation of bike lanes on Sheridan Road to 2017. Blim said she started the petition to bring a different issue with Sheridan Road to light. Blim, who said she is a member of the NU triathlon team and an Evanston cycling team, said she’d also like updated speed limit signs and radar speed enforcers posted along Sheridan Road to
FOOTBALL From page 8
to close out Nebraska’s victory, only opposing fans populated the Ryan Field stands — a sight the Cats will have to get used to as road dates at Iowa and Michigan State loom. “Looking at our three losses, we’re tired of
optimize safety. Medill and Bienen sophomore Jane Recker signed the petition and said she has noticed how unsafe Sheridan Road is as a biker and as a driver. She said bike lanes, a lower speed limit and a greater number of crosswalks would alleviate the traffic and near-accidents she said she has witnessed. “While (the speed limit) may not have been directly a link to this accident, I think that this tragedy has definitely sparked everyone’s awareness to how unsafe Sheridan Road is and how much work does need to be done,” Recker said. Blim agreed a lower speed limit could be a generic solution to make Sheridan Road safer for pedestrians and cyclists. She added that even though she’s a senior and might not see a lower speed limit implemented during her time on campus, she wants to look out for her younger brother, a sophomore, and other students. “I was trying to think about how what I can do as a member of the Evanston community, as a member of the cycling community, as a member of the NU community, what I can do to make this safer,” Blim said. ericasnow2019@u.northwestern.edu being close,” Carr said. “Offensively, we need to finish (drives). Defensively, we need to put a whole game together. I’m telling the guys that we have to come together stronger: we can’t let this break us, we can’t let these losses ruin our whole season.” 76948 benjaminpope2019@u.northwestern.edu
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The student section at Ryan Field during the Wildcats’ game against Nebraska on Saturday. The Cats surrendered 556 yards in the game, the most Northwestern has given up since Sept. 1, 2012.
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The Northwestern University Marching Band performs at Ryan Field on Saturday during a game against Nebraska. The Wildcats lost their Big Ten opener in a 24-13 final.
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Northwestern falls to 1-3 after No. 20 Nebraska runs wild in Big Ten opener at Ryan Field By BEN POPE
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When Northwestern twice benefited from first-half Nebraska fumbles at the one-yard line, the good fortune at Ryan Field seemed like it might align just right for an upset victory. “The stars were lining up — you kind of feel like this is going to be our night,” coach Pat Fitzgerald said. But the No. 20 Cornhuskers eventually solved their red zone woes, quarterback Tommy Armstrong Jr. found his rhythm and Nebraska rolled to 556 yards of total offense en route to a 24-13 victory over the Wildcats Saturday night. After leading 10-7 at halftime,
Nebraska (4-0, 1-0 Big Ten) opened the second half with back-to-back 80- and 79-yard drives — sandwiching a response touchdown by the Wildcats (1-3, 0-1) — to take command of the game. “I’m really disappointed because I thought the plan at the outset was one that could give us an opportunity to win,” Fitzgerald said. “We’ve got to take a hard look at what we’re doing, we’ve got to take a hard look at who we’re doing it with, and we’ve got to eliminate those self-inflicted wounds.” Armstrong took advantage of inexperienced NU corners Montre Hartage and Trae Williams, completing 18-of-29 passes for 246 yards. His longest pass of the night, a 59-yard bomb to Alonzo Moore, set-up a
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go-ahead touchdown late in the second quarter. On the ground, however, was where the Cats’ defense struggled most, surrendering the most rushing yards since Indiana racked up 319 against NU in 2011. A foursome of rushers, including Armstrong himself, gashed the hosts for 310 yards and two touchdowns. It could have easily been four scores if not for Nebraska running back Terrell Newby losing the ball on a dive for the endzone in the opening minutes of the game and NU junior safety Godwin Igwebuike stripping Devine Ozigbo on another goal-line run in the second quarter. The Cats’ offense showed more signs of life, as the connection between sophomore quarterback
Clayton Thorson and senior wide receiver Austin Carr continued its newfound success. Eight of Thorson’s 24 completions and 109 of NU’s 249 passing yards came via the sure hands of Carr, who snared an over-the-head throw for a 24-yard touchdown in the third quarter that briefly cut the lead to 17-13. That relative effectiveness in the passing game opened up some holes on the ground for junior running back Justin Jackson (97 total yards) and Thorson, who gave the Cats a 7-3 lead in the second quarter with a 42-yard touchdown dash. “I just saw a lane, (center) Brad North had a nice cut-block, and there was no one there,” Thorson said. The explosive play quieted a large contingent of red-clad fans inside
Ryan Field and sent a mostly-full student section into exuberant chaos. The home-field advantage proved short-lived, though — much like NU’s early signs of good fortune. The luck and miscues balanced out as the game progressed. Kicker Jack Mitchell missed a 27-yard field goal and an extra point, opening up what Fitzgerald said will be a competition between Mitchell and backup Matt Micucci in practice this week. Thorson threw a costly interception into double-coverage at the goal line in the third quarter, and linebacker Anthony Walker dropped an easy interception and almost-certain touchdown with less than 12 minutes to play. By the time Armstrong took a knee » See FOOTBALL, page 5
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NU wins against top-10 squads Cats defense has no By COLE PAXTON
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Northwestern had an opportunity to make a statement this weekend. It made a huge one. The No. 11 Wildcats (8-2, 3-0 Big Ten) took full advantage of their pivotal home showdowns, besting previously undefeated No. 4 Penn State (9-1, 2-1) 5-3 on Friday and toppling No. 6 Maryland (7-3, 2-1) 3-2 on Sunday. “I couldn’t be more elated with how we came out and handled two of the best teams in the country,” coach Tracey Fuchs said. “We’re right up there with them.” The wins put the Cats in command of the Big Ten as several games against unranked and struggling teams await. No. 8 Michigan, which lost 3-1 to Penn State on Sunday, is the only other top-10 team in the conference. The Cats should also climb significantly in the national rankings. NU jumped four spots in the most recent poll last week and is now 3-1 against top-10 teams on the season. The Penn State win should carry extra weight with voters as the Nittany Lions received a handful of first place votes in last week’s poll. As the accolades pile up, senior midfielder Dominique Masters said the challenges could intensify as well. “We’re going to have a little bit of a target on our back because we’re 3-0 (in the Big Ten),” Masters said. “We just have to keep coming out and getting better.” Despite the step up in opposition, the Cats’ offense formula was similar to their approach in recent games. NU took advantage of its scoring opportunities, and several different players found the back of the cage. Junior forward Pascale Massey led the charge offensively with three goals, including the pivotal fourth goal Friday and the game-winner Sunday. Freshman midfielder Saar de Breij chipped in with a pair of goals for the Cats, who went a second straight weekend without a goal
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from senior midfielder Isabel Flens, a team captain and focal point of the offense. “We’re so well-rounded that it’s contagious,” said Fuchs, who highlighted the importance of de Breij’s goals off the bench. The Cats’ resilience was also on full display throughout the weekend. NU responded to a Penn State goal late in the first half Friday with three of its own in less
than two minutes early in the second half, then regained control of the game after the Nittany Lions had cut the deficit to 3-2. The Cats then bounced back strongly from the emotional win against Penn State, maintaining their intensity and avoiding a letdown against the Terrapins. “We’ve been really working hard on starting on our front foot,” Massey, who opened the scoring in the second minute, said. “The goal just gets the momentum going, keeps us on top, and that’s where we like to be.” NU was ecstatic with its weekend performances and powerful upsets. Nonetheless, the Cats don’t feel as though this is the pinnacle of the season. “We don’t want to get ahead of ourselves,” Masters said. “We focused on Penn State on Friday and we focused on Maryland (on Sunday). Now we’ve got to have the confidence that we can go all the way.” colepaxton2019@u.northwestern.edu
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Isabel Flens readies to pass the ball. The senior midfielder didn’t score over the weekend, but that didn’t stop Northwestern from beating No. 4 Penn State on Friday and No. 6 Maryland on Sunday.
answer for Nebraska By TIM BALK
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Northwestern’s defense couldn’t stop Nebraska Saturday night. The Wildcats (1-3, 0-1 Big Ten) surrendered 556 yards to the Cornhuskers (4-0, 1-0) in their Big Ten opener, and though the Cornhuskers scored just 24 points — a number limited by a pair of fumbles at the goalline — the yardage total was the most NU has given up since Sept. 1, 2012. More yards than the Cats allowed when Wisconsin waxed them to the tune of a 35-6 final in 2013. More yards than when Illinois ran roughshod over NU in the 2014 finale, a 47-33 Illini victory. And more yards than when Iowa roughed up the Cats in a 40-10 Hawkeyes win at Ryan Field last October, spoiling homecoming. Everything Nebraska did offensively seemed to work. At the end of a long night at Ryan Field, coach Pat Fitzgerald was left searching for answers. “We’ve got to take a hard look at what we’re doing,” Fitzgerald said. “I don’t think there were a whole lot of plays that we couldn’t have stopped. It just didn’t look like we executed.” NU failed repeatedly to stop Tommy Armstrong Jr., Nebraska’s senior quarterback, who threw for 246 yards and added 132 on the ground. In total, Nebraska piled up a season-high 310 yards rushing as the Wildcats struggled to stop Nebraska’s zone-read option plays. “It’s mind-boggling to me,” Fitzgerald said. “We did it right all week in practice.” A recurring theme for the Wildcats’ defense this year has been an inability to stay off the field. Western
Michigan held possession for more than 39 minutes against NU, and Illinois State’s offense spent more than 34 minutes on the field against the Cats. Against Nebraska, it was a similar sto ry. The Cornhuskers ran 76 plays and held the ball for more than 35 minutes. “We’re not getting off the field on third down,” Fitzgerald said after his
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We have a lot of talent on this defense. I still believe in this defense. Godwin Igwebuike, junior safety
team allowed Nebraska to complete eight-of-15 third and fourth down conversions. But Nebraska was successful on first and second downs too. Nebraska’s first touchdown drive was just two plays, sparked by a 59-yard pass from Armstrong, and while its third and final touchdown drive lasted nine plays, the Cornhuskers didn’t face a single third down on the 79-yard march to the end zone. After hanging its hat on its defense last year, NU must now respond to its worst defensive performance in over four years. In spite of the disappointing performance, junior safety Godwin Igwebuike still thinks the Cats can regroup. “We have a lot of talent on this defense,” Igwebuike said. “I still believe in this defense.” timothybalk2018@u.northwestern.edu