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Remembering Dominic
Compass presents dining hall changes Company plans renovations, new options for food By GABBY BIRENBAUM
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Dominic Davis.
Friends remember Bienen sophomore’s perseverance, kindness By JONAH DYLAN
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In February, Dominic Davis performed for the horn studio program at the
Bienen School of Music. Less than a year earlier, he had been diagnosed with cancer for the second time and, despite a surgery that replaced half of his jaw, he continued to play. “Ever yone was really
touched by that performance,” Bienen freshman Michael Stevens said. “It pretty much established that there are no excuses, if he can play. It was probably one of the most inspirational moments of my time here at
Northwestern, maybe even my life.” Davis died last week, soon after the Bienen sophomore stopped attending classes at Northwestern. Bienen » See DAVIS, page 6
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Employees of Compass Group Nor th America, Northwestern’s new food service provider, presented Wednesday their vision for dining halls and other spaces to Associated Student Government Senate. Karl Behrens, chief operations officer of the Compass Group project division, said his team plans to renovate the dining halls in Elder Hall, Sargent Hall, Foster-Walker Complex and Allison Hall. Each will be renovated in consecutive 90-day periods during the 2018-19 academic year in the order listed, and each has a specific theme and design. Behrens said Plex will undergo the largest renovation: The interior walls will be removed to connect Plex West and Plex East, and the space will have a “light, airy, transparent” feel. The space will have 12 to 14 “micro-restaurants” each serving its own rotating menu, Behrens said. “Foster-Walker, for us, is most probably a destination where you feel like bringing in some of that new dining experience that you see in High Street in downtown Chicago,” Behrens said. Allison’s theme is “Food e-Lab,” he said. Its interior
walls will also be removed to create an open area, with a “teaching kitchen” for students to learn about their meals. Behrens said Elder will be marketed as a “fun food factory,” which will be expanded by adding seating in the courtyard. He said the goal is to have Elder serve some street food and handheld meals. Compass will also add a skylight to improve the lighting, he said. Sargent, which was recently re-done, will undergo the smallest renovation. Behrens said the changes will be more related to the programming than the interior — the company hopes to serve all-day breakfast in an area called “My Pantry” and create a farm-totable feel. District 5 senator Alex Moore told The Daily he is looking forward to the renovations. “There’s going to be a lot of change, but it’s good change,” the Medill freshman said. “It’s really modern, and I feel like there’s going to be many new experiences that students can collaborate in the dining halls and still enjoy their meals and eat quality food.” Some ASG senators raised concerns about North Campus residents having to travel during the winter for meals, as Sargent is scheduled to close from Dec. 1 to Feb. 1. Behrens said his team will take steps to make the transition periods as painless as possible and that he » See COMPASS, page 6
Youth activists, former FBI agent address gun violence At ETHS event, panelists say solution to Chicago violence, mass shootings is creating stricter gun laws By CATHERINE HENDERSON
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To 15-year-old Rie’onna Holman, the solution to violence in Chicago and mass shootings is simple: stricter gun laws. At Evanston Township High School, Holman, fellow teenage representative Diamondlee Ocasio and former FBI agent Phil Andrew spoke on a Wednesday panel about gun violence moderated by ETHS principal Marcus Campbell. Holman is an ambassador from Bold Resistance Against Violence Everywhere, a Chicago-based program focused on violence prevention and leadership skills for teens. The Family Action Network fellows — 16 high school students from four North Shore high schools — organized the event to create a program for teenagers to engage
with issues that matter to them. As the father of teenagers himself, Andrew said he knew what the FAN fellows and B.R.A.V.E. ambassadors were capable of accomplishing. “I know when a teenager gets something in their head, it’s going to get done,” Andrew said. “Their voices are powerful.” Andrew came to the discussion as a survivor of gun violence himself. He lived through a shooter opening fire at Hubbard Woods School in Winnetka in 1988. He said after the attacker, Laurie Dann, shot him 30 years ago, he didn’t expect school shootings to continue to be an issue. Andrew said though evidence supports stricter gun laws, people often react in fear, thinking they need to own guns to protect themselves. Through forums like the FAN program, he said people see the impact of gun violence on fellow human
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beings and can move away from that reaction. Campbell told The Daily the discussion made him “proud” of the FAN fellows, and he emphasized students should continue organizing programming aimed at teenagers. He said Andrew, Holman and Ocasio were “remarkable” and “brave” to speak candidly about gun violence. “Every single day I think about the safety of our students,” Campbell said. “When Parkland happens or when Santa Fe happens or when Sandy Hook happens, on a human level it just breaks my heart.” Campbell said he grew up in the Chatham neighborhood in Chicago’s South Side and witnessed his black, male friends become victims of gun violence. He decided to go into education to reverse this pattern and help more black children succeed in school.
Growing up on the South Side today, Holman said she notices the racialized language people use when talking about mass shootings. She said white, male shooters are “given an excuse,” but a person of color is immediately assumed to be a “gang banger.” Holman said when she advocates for gun reform and social justice, she is thinking about her younger sister. She said she doesn’t want her sister to grow up fearing for her life. “We can tell our stories, and we’ll lead them through our communities (until) we get them to empathize,” Holman said. “We can put our shoes on their feet, and we can show them that (gun violence) can happen to anyone … This isn’t just a black and brown issue. It’s an American issue.” catherinehenderson2021@u.northwestern.edu
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Evanston Township High School student Rie’onna Holman speaks at a Family Action Network Fellows event Wednesday. Panelists discussed mass shootings and gun violence in Chicago.
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Committee recommends Purple Line renovation By SAMANTHA HANDLER
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The Transportation and Parking Committee voted Wednesday to recommend approval for an agreement with Chicago Transit Authority to modernize the Purple Line in Evanston. According to city documents, the CTA has been seeking funds for the Red and Purple Modernization program, which includes a series of phases to improve stations and tracks from Belmont to Linden. The tracks were built nearly a century ago and are “at the end of their useful life,” the documents said. CTA director of strategic planning and policy Leah Mooney said Wednesday that the Red and Purple Lines represent “the backbone of the CTA system.” Over a five-year period, the CTA saw about a 40 percent growth in ridership at peak times on the Purple Line, pushing forward plans for the project, Mooney said. Throughout the next several years, the CTA plans to rebuild 21 stations and 9.6 miles of track and structure, Mooney said. The improvements to the track and stations will include the straightening of curves on the track, adjustment of signalling and renovation of stations to make them ADA accessible. Mooney said the
POLICE BLOTTER Man charged with breach of peace
Officers arrested a 36-year-old Evanston man early Wednesday morning in connection with breach of peace. An officer on patrol in the 1500 block of Sherman Avenue saw a man yelling profanities in the middle of the street at about 4:30 a.m. When police told him to quiet down, he began to insult a homeless man sleeping nearby, Evanston police Cmdr. Ryan Glew said. When the man continued to yell, police told
upgrades will allow for ridership growth, as the CTA will run more trains and could potentially run longer trains. Ald. Melissa Wynne (3rd), who chairs the committee, said members hope the straightening of track curves and improvement the signalling will allow for an increase in speed, which the trains need. “The Purple Line is critically important to all of Evanston,” Wynne said. Construction for the first phase of the project will begin in 2019 at the Red-Purple bypass, Mooney said. She added that she expects the first phase to be completed in the mid-2020s, saying the project will take “so long” because the CTA can only work on two tracks at a time to keep its trains in service. Mooney also said the CTA needs to secure funds for the future phases. According to city documents, the CTA already has $2.1 billion for the first phase, but that money will not cover the improvements to the Purple Line in Evanston. The CTA already has funding from a Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning grant, though it requires a local match from Evanston. The documents state that Evanston may be able to use the remaining $1 million in the Washington National Tax Increment Finance district to provide the funds. In 2016, the CTA secured funding from a local Chicago transit TIF district, and
him to leave the area, but the man then attempted to flee from the officer, Glew said. The officer also reported the smell of alcohol on the man, Glew added. Police charged the man with disorderly conduct.
Highland Park woman charged with domestic battery
Police arrested a 26-year-old woman Wednesday morning in connection with domestic battery. Officers responded to a noise complaint in the 1100 of Maple Avenue at about 1 a.m.
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Ald. Melissa Wynne (3rd) speaks at a council meeting. The Transportation and Parking Committee, which Wynne chairs, recommended Wednesday that council approve an agreement with the Chicago Transit Authority to modernize the Purple Line.
Evanston has used TIF funding for smaller projects including the Fountain Square renovations. The money in the TIF fund expires at the end of 2018 and no other project has been identified for use of the funds, the documents state. Mooney said it is unclear whether Evanston will need to secure more money in the future, but she hopes When police arrived, the woman was yelling to look for her dog, so officers left. Evanston Police Department received another call from a person who saw the woman strike a 19-yearold Winnetka man in the head, causing him to bleed, Glew said. Police determined the two people were dating, and the man refused medical attention, Glew said. The woman was charged with domestic battery. — Julia Esparza
the state will be able to provide some. Ald. Eleanor Revelle (7th) said the numbers were “staggering.” “(The TIF) money has to go somewhere,” Revelle said. “Certainly this is an important investment.” samanthahandler2021@u.northwestern.edu
Setting the record straight An article published in Wednesday’s paper titled “Graduate School to limit funding” misstated when Angela Leone’s assistantship acceptance was rescinded. Her offer was rescinded before Graduate School Dean Teresa Woodruff sent out an email clarifying the school’s funding policy. The Daily regrets the error.
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NUDM names primary beneficiary By JONAH DYLAN and WILSON CHAPMAN
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Communities In Schools of Chicago will be the primary beneficiary for Northwestern’s 2019 Dance Marathon, NUDM announced Wednesday. The announcement was made by Weinberg juniors CJ Patel and Justin Savin, the 2019 NUDM co-chairs, at an event in University Hall. Savin and Patel were both committee members during their first two years of NUDM, and had served on the executive board for NUDM 2018 as special events and analytics co-chairs, respectively. CIS provides students in Chicago Public Schools with support and aims to prevent dropouts. The organization began working in Chicago in 1988 and partners with 147 schools in the area. In a news release, Savin called the group’s relationship with CISC a “true partnership.” “The distribution of opportunity in the United States is inequitable,” Patel said in the release. “CIS of Chicago attempts to diminish the opportunity gap by thinking critically about the systemic and institutional issues perpetuating the drop-out crisis. This degree of intentionality is unique, and makes CIS of Chicago a particularly important organization.” At Wednesday’s event, CISC board chair Greg Stoklosa spoke to NUDM members and thanked them for making the organization the primary beneficiary. “I’d just like to say too, through this entire process, how impressed we’ve been with the professionalism, the dedication and the energy of everybody associated with this effort,” Stoklosa said. Jane Mentzinger, executive director of CISC, said the organization works to break down the barriers that prevent students in
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Chicago from graduating — such as economic difficulties or lack of school funding — by placing staff members in schools who act as support mentors. CISC plans to bring students in the program to campus over the course of the next year, Mentzinger said, to show them the University as a way of exposing them to new possibilities for the future. Savin said NUDM will continue its partnership with Evanston Community Foundation as its secondary beneficiary in 2019; the foundation has been in that role since 1997. Later, one of CISC’s student support managers, Brianne Daubenspeck, and four of her students from Foreman College and Career Academy — a Chicago school that has suffered recent budget cuts — addressed NUDM
members. The students, who had received a tour of Northwestern earlier in the day, shared stories of how CIS has impacted them. Psychology Prof. Greg Miller said CIS is a special organization because it confronts the “depressing challenge of our times” — inequality — and seeks to change it. He commended NUDM for supporting it. “Inequality doesn’t begin when people get their first jobs,” Miller said. “Inequality begins in the very earliest years of life. And that there is a lot we can do, as individuals, as a society, as institutions, to pose that opportunity, and give kids the chances they need to be equal in all these different spheres of life.” jonahdylan2020@u.northwestern.edu wilsonchapman2021@u.northwestern.edu
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Student models Kelly O’Conor (left) and Gina Johnson pose on the runway at last year’s UNITY fashion show. The two will model at this year’s #SupportCPS show, which features the work of student designers.
UNITY fashion show partners with Chance’s charity By VY DUONG
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When Weinberg sophomore Lexi Schiff started brainstorming beneficiaries for this year’s UNITY Charity Fashion Show, she immediately thought of SocialWorks — a foundation created by one of her favorite artists, Chance the Rapper. Knowing the idea was ambitious, Schiff reached out anyway, determined to make her case. After a two-hour-long conference call, SocialWorks’ programming director recognized Schiff ’s passion and told her she could stop pitching. She had landed the “perfect fit” for the show. Partnering with SocialWorks, UNITY Student Fashion Group will put on its #SupportCPS Fashion Show on Friday, featuring solely student designers for the first time in the group’s
history. Students from Northwestern, Chicago Public Schools and Chicago City Colleges will see their work hit the runway in Chicago’s House of Vans. This downtown location, Schiff said, makes the event accessible to a wide range of audiences. “It’s a bridging of community,” Schiff said. “This is a great way to say that we don’t want the Northwestern community to be off in Evanston, secluded. I think it makes a huge difference for all of us to be in downtown Chicago together and enjoy the show.” The show will feature a variety of styles including streetwear, velvet and grunge looks, Schiff said. One of the designers, Devin James Gilmartin — who will attend New York University in the fall — will travel from New York to bring his eco-friendly brand “Querencia Studio” to the stage. Schiff said this year’s show is particularly special because all proceeds will go toward
SocialWorks’ efforts to support CPS. SocialWorks has already raised more than $2 million, according to its website. Pointing to SocialWorks’ mission of “youth empowerment,” Schiff said UNITY ’s fashion show provides a platform for designers to showcase their work and receive the recognition they deserve. In addition to having their designs showcased, the students also received mentorship from Chance the Rapper’s personal stylist, Whitney Middleton, Schiff said. Medill sophomore Lilli Boice, the show’s head of marketing, said the partnership with SocialWorks has opened doors for UNITY, allowing the group to expand its reach at Northwestern and beyond. While the show’s focus is on advocating for young designers, Boice said it also aims to celebrate diversity and break the stereotypical image of what a model should look like. “We really want to showcase that beauty
comes in all shapes and colors,” she said. Weinberg freshman Stephanie Mbida, one of the show’s models, said joining the #SupportCPS fashion show has allowed her to think critically about the fashion industry, which is rooted in “exclusionary principles.” Growing up, Mbida said she rarely saw people who looked like her in magazines. Seeing herself in UNITY ’s model campaign has been both “weird and encouraging,” she said. Mbida added that she hopes NU students feel more encouraged to express their own identities and appreciate artists on campus. “We all, in one way or another, can contribute to making this campus a little bit happier, a little bit fresher and a little bit more fashionable,” Mbida said. “We need people who give us a meaning. We need people to give us something to live for.” vyduong2021@u.northwestern.edu
Saxophone quartet makes noise at M-Prize Competition By ANDREA MICHELSON
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When they were looking for a short and sweet name for their saxophone quartet in fall 2016, the men of ~Nois decided to shorten the word “Illinois” to solidify their status as a Chicago-based group. As the group thought about it more, Bienen Ph.D. student Brandon Quarles said they agreed the concept of “approximately noise” also suited their contemporary style. ~Nois, a saxophone quartet comprised of Bienen masters and Ph.D. students, showcased its “experimental” music in the open division of the 2018 M-Prize International Chamber Arts Competition this May. At the close of the competition, the group — made up of Quarles, Jordan Lulloff, Hunter Bockes and János Csontos — won the second prize for the division. Quarles said the open division of the M-Prize includes small ensembles of any instrumental makeup. The category attracts a wide range of competitors, he said, like a string quartet that uses a banjo and mandolin, a saxophone-accordion duo and a jazz quintet that plays original music. Because of the all-encompassing nature of the open division, Lulloff said the M-Prize was the first competition where he felt ~Nois could perform without any creative constraints. “I truly felt like we could express ourselves and our group identity to its fullest without having to make concessions for guidelines in the competition or for what we would expect the judge to like,”
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~Nois performs at the M-Prize International Chamber Arts Competition in May. The group won second place in the open division.
Lulloff said. “If we were going to play some of our more contemporary repertoire and we were in the wind division, that might not fly as well because it wouldn’t be traditional competition repertoire.” ~Nois’ experimental repertoire features music that is the product of direct collaboration with composers, including some pieces that feature improvisation, Quarles said. At the M-Prize competition, ~Nois performed multiple works including Pauline Oliveros’ “Thirteen Changes,”
which used a text score as inspiration for saxophone improvisation, he said. Bienen Prof. Taimur Sullivan, who coaches the quartet, said ~Nois’ work ethic, artistic values and pure musical skill distinguish the group from other contemporary ensembles. Aside from placing second in the M-Prize competition, ~Nois also took home a silver medal in the Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition last year, Sullivan said.
Sullivan said the quartet’s ability to hold its own in both the Fischoff and M-Prize competitions is a hallmark of the group’s stylistic versatility. “At the M-Prize, they were able to show this ability to cross over in other types of playing, and (introduced) improvisation, choreography, nonstandard ways of playing and nonstandard ways of thinking of what a saxophone quartet is,” Sullivan said. “(They managed to) do that with the same kind of virtuosity and incredible artistry that they displayed prior at Fischoff.” This summer, the quartet will participate in a fellowship at Blackbird Creative Lab, a workshop for nationally acclaimed performers and composers. Sullivan said the program’s emphasis on performer-composer collaboration speaks directly to ~Nois’ group ethos. Quarles said the ~Nois members make it their mission to work closely with composers to “push the boundaries of what the saxophone is capable of.” The group will work directly with composers at Blackbird Creative Lab in June and at its University of Chicago residence in the 2018-19 season. Csontos said he values collaboration with living composers because he is able to ask questions and workshop the composition with its creator, a privilege that he does not have when playing classical work. “Working with composers, it’s never a piece that is set in stone,” Csontos said. “I enjoy the idea of a piece of music being something that can always change and be something different, as long as the composer wants it to be that way.” andreamichelson2020@u.northwestern.edu
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Battle of the DJs winner talks upcoming Dillo set By CHARLOTTE WALSH
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Last Wednesday, six Northwestern DJs duked it out for a chance to play on NU’s biggest stage of the year — Dillo Day. The winner of Mayfest’s annual Battle of the DJs was McCormick junior Pumai Subanakyot, better known by his stage name EJ3. The Daily caught up with Subanakyot to talk about his passion for DJing and his upcoming set at Dillo. This interview has been edited for brevity and clarity. The Daily: What got you into DJing? EJ3: When I grew up, there was this popular Japanese arcade game called Dance Dance Revolution — I’m sure you’ve seen it in arcades. I used to play this bootleg version on my PS1 or PS2, and I loved the electronic Japanese music it had because it was really unique compared to what was played on the radio or what I heard at school. So that’s where I kind of fell in love with an electronic sound. And then when I came to campus and went to some of the off-campus parties, I saw the DJs, and I loved how they essentially had control over the energy of the party. So from there, I just kind of had an interest in it. I had a friend who was a DJ and would leave his DJ controller in the basement of his house and let me go there and use it. I basically taught myself how to do it through Youtube.
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Pumai Subanakyot. The McCormick junior won this year’s Battle of the DJs and will perform at Dillo Day in June.
only want to play what other people want to hear, but then there’s a good part of other DJs who feel like you should only play what people haven’t heard. I feel like I’m right in between that and want to play stuff that people would know and could sing along to, which brings the energy, but I also want to play things that people haven’t heard before that I personally like. The Daily: How did it feel to win? EJ3: It felt great. Honestly, I was pretty nervous before performing at Battle of the DJs but once I was up there, it was so fun. Looking into the crowd and seeing support from familiar faces and even unfamiliar faces was just an awesome feeling. I didn’t expect to win, I was just like well, tonight I’m just gonna have fun regardless of what happens. The Daily: What are your plans for your Dillo set? EJ3: I haven’t really prepared that yet, so I’m unsure. However, I feel like I shouldn’t play anything too different from what I played at Battle of the DJs, so it’ll be a similar style to that. When it’s a shorter set, like Battle of the DJs, you try to pull out the most high-energy songs. But for Dillo it’s longer, I’m gonna try and do that while also bringing some more chill songs. The Daily: How are you feeling about it?
The Daily: How did you prepare for your set at Battle of the DJs?
EJ3: I’m super excited, I think it’s a blessing to have this opportunity to play onstage for Dillo. It’s definitely something I’m gonna remember for the rest of my life. I’m super grateful, and I really appreciate Mayfest for even giving me the opportunity to do this. Honestly, it’s like a dream come true.
EJ3: I think a lot of DJs have this idea that you
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Bollywood fusion group wraps up first spring showcase By CRYSTAL WALL
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McCormick senior Prachi Keni said while she and the other co-founders of Ahana Dance Project had a clear vision of the group they wanted to create, she wasn’t sure how it would be received on campus. However, her uncertainty dissolved after the team’s first set of auditions this fall, which expanded the team from a group of four to 18. Ahana Dance Project, a South Asian-inspired dance group, premiered its first showcase titled “Stories of Ahana” on Sunday in McCormick Auditorium. The show featured a collection of dances performed by the group’s 29 members. Each work opened with a pre-recorded introduction by the piece’s choreographer, who explained the meaning of the dance. However, it took some time for the Ahana Dance Project to reach its current scale. The project was founded in fall 2017 by Keni, Weinberg third-year Swagata Patnaik, Weinberg senior Sanjeev Saravanakumar and Weinberg senior Veda Girishkumar. The four knew each other through another Northwestern dance team, but each left the group for individual reasons. Girishkumar said she had missed dancing and working with a team, which sparked the idea of forming a noncompetitive “Bollywood fusion” group. “We wanted something that was really accessible to everyone and something that would
allow us to just dance and make it our own experience and dedicate as much time as we were able to, considering we’re all seniors and we have crazy schedules,” Girishkumar said. In addition to the team’s flexible time commitments, the group includes dancers of all skill levels — from professionally trained artists to students who recently picked up the hobby. Creating a space for a diverse group of dancers was one of the goals for Ahana’s original founders, Patnaik said. She added that no matter their experience level, group members can submit their own choreographed pieces. For the recent spring showcase, 15 works were submitted, and every piece was performed, she said. Saravanakumar said the noncompetitive group strives to establish a “positive culture” in which dancers can pursue their passion. “Being able to combine all these different groups of people with different experiences is really cool because there’s a lot to learn and grow from each other,” Saravanakumar said. Keni echoed this and said one of Ahana’s “core values” is collaboration. This means allowing all members, no matter their position on the team, to have an active voice, she said. All four co-founders are graduating this year, and Keni said handing the group off is “a little scary and a little sad.” Even so, Keni added that she is excited to see where her successors take the group and is confident they will hold true to Ahana’s original vision. “Something that’s special about this group is it was founded with so much love, and what I
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Ahana Dance Project team members. The South Asian-inspired dance group was created this year and held its first showcase on Sunday.
hope carries on in this organization is that love for other people and other ideas,” Keni said. “We started off with that vision, and we didn’t know whether or not we’d be able to execute it.
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• Mayfest presents: Battle of the Bands at 8 p.m. in Evanston Rocks • Arts Alliance presents: Dry Land at 7:30 p.m. and 10:30 p.m. in Cahn Auditorium • The Wirtz Center presents: Ever in the Glades at 7:30 p.m. in Josephine Louis Theater
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But finishing off this year has been extremely gratifying in that I feel like we’ve achieved that.”
ground at 9 p.m. in Ryan Auditorium • The Jewish Theatre Ensemble presents: The Clean House at 7 p.m. and 10 p.m. in Shanley Pavilion • A&O Films presents: Black Panther at 7 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. in McCormick Auditorium • The Wirtz Center presents: Ever in the Glades at 7:30 p.m. in Josephine Louis Theater
Underground at 7 p.m. and 10 p.m. in Ryan Auditorium • The Jewish Theatre Ensemble presents: The Clean House at 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. in Shanley Pavilion • The MFA Lab Series presents: Spring Awakening at 2 p.m. and 8 p.m. in the Virginia Wadsworth Wirtz Center for the Performing Arts
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assign to juniors or seniors — and he executed them flawlessly. Shawn Vondran, Bienen lecturer and conductor of the Northwestern University Symphonic Band, said he too was “astonished” by Davis. “His sound on the horn was, as an entering freshman, as mature a sound as I’ve ever heard someone his age make,” he said. “And not only beautiful sound, but beautiful sense of phrasing, very expressive, had mature musical thoughts. So I just felt like he was well beyond his years in terms of his talent.” Steger said she’d remember Davis’ optimism and impressive work ethic. Steger, along with almost all the other members of the horn program, performed at Davis’ funeral Saturday. She said Davis would often say that his original cancer diagnosis led him to treat every day like it could be his last. Steger said he maintained this attitude even while undergoing radiation treatment in Chicago. “He was still playing until the very end,” she said. “I remember, I think it was not even three weeks ago he was in rehearsal here, and he looked at me and was like, ‘Oh does my sound kind of sound off today?’ And I was like no, I think you sound fine. And then he looked at me like 20 minutes later, and he’s like ‘I did have
radiation today, so maybe that’s why I sound a little off.’” Stevens said that in the fall, he and Davis had decided to start practicing random tasks — so the pair decided to begin with ping pong before moving on to ice skating. He said he had no idea how Davis was able to ice skate, given that he had a bone from his leg taken out to replace his jaw. Still, Stevens found that Davis was better than him at both ice skating and ping pong. “He was just probably everyone’s dream best friend,” Stevens said. “You couldn’t ask for anyone better to support you, and I think that’s why he was one of the most well-liked people out of everyone at this school. Everyone just loved him because he just had such a big heart for everyone, regardless of who you were.” Robert Hasty, Bienen lecturer and conductor of the chamber orchestra, said he’d often run into Davis around campus. One of the last times Hasty said he saw Davis was at Norris University Center, when he joked with the sophomore about his attempt to grow a beard. Hasty said he didn’t know the extent of Davis’ condition. “I thought he was gonna be one of those victory stories,” he said. “I did not see or
anticipates Sargent’s renovation will not take the full 90-day period. He added that Elder will have been renovated by December and — with its more accessible hours — take on the displaced students. In addition, Compass will add a mobile fleet of food trucks and renovating Lisa’s Cafe. “There will be that inconvenience, but this is just part of the cost of this renovation,” said Jeremy Schenk, executive director of Norris University Center. Behrens also said Compass aims to be as
communicative as possible, collecting student feedback, keeping students informed on the progress of the renovation and installing webcams to film behind-the-scenes videos during construction. Compass also has major plans for Norris, he said. An outdoor dining area will be created on the South Lawn, and new dining options will be embedded on the ground level, replacing most of the current vendors: Asian-inspired restaurant Asiana, The Budlong Hot Chicken, healthy burger restaurant Juicy Lucy, Wildcat Deli, made-to-order salad bar Market, MOD Pizza and Dunkin’ Donuts. All of the ground floor furniture will be
redone, and on the first floor, Starbucks will offer mobile ordering, Behrens said. Behrens added that with all the changes, Compass’ objective is to ensure that NU provides its students with a “lifestyle degree” in addition to an academic degree. Ultimately, he said in addition to diversifying the dining options, he wants students to go to the same dining hall multiple times a week and feel that each visit is a different experience. “At the end of the day, we just want to have a vibrant space where students can come to this location for more than a meal,” Behrens said.
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From page 1 sophomore Sophie Steger, who met Davis in high school when they played together in the Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestra, said Davis was first diagnosed with cancer during elementary school. Because of a genetic disease, he was diagnosed again during the spring of his freshman year in college. He continued to attend classes at NU, and students and professors who spent time with him were struck by his perseverance. Stevens, who is in the horn program, said it’s nearly impossible to play the instrument with half a jaw and missing teeth, but Davis found a way. He said watching Davis perform helped motivate him in his own performances. Bienen Prof. Gail Williams, who has taught horn during Davis’ time in Bienen, said she was struck by his consistently positive attitude. “The pain that he must have been in, he never made a big deal,” she said. “He never complained of any physical distress. He always wanted to learn. Always wanted to learn.” Williams also remembered Davis for his musical talent. She said when he was a freshman, she gave him pieces to play that she’d usually only
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Question: What do you expect from the incoming recruiting class? Collins: You don’t know what to expect until they get here. I try to be really careful with freshmen — sometimes you can overhype. I’d rather undersell. Obviously on paper, it’s maybe as talented a class as we’ve had, but paper is not reality, and we’ve got to integrate them with our guys. Question: What are you most looking
Collins: I think it’s going to be a little bit different than what we face in our league. You see a lot of big, spacious, really nice arenas, and we’re trying to focus in on being very intimate, hopefully packed, loud, smaller-type experience. Once the arena opens up in September, we should be in there pretty much every day, which should be nice. We’re scheduled for the exhibition game (being) the grand opening, which you have to play against a Division II team. We’re still figuring out that opponent, but it’ll be during that first week of November.
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know that there was a downturn in his health. When I got the email from Gail Williams, my wife was in the other room but she could hear me sobbing, because I was absolutely shocked.” The symphonic band has kept Davis’ name in concert programs as a member of the ensemble. At their last performance of the year, members they will play with an empty seat meant to honor Davis. Vondran said the band will keep the open seat for two reasons: to acknowledge Davis’ passing, but also to show that he’s still with them. “I thought he was gonna be one of those guys who was gonna have a great story to tell,” Hasty said. “Well, he certainly does have a great story to tell, now we just have to tell it for him.” Overall, Vondran said, Davis will be remembered for his kindness. “You know sometimes when you meet somebody and they just seem too nice to believe?” Vondran said. “I never got a sense from Dominic that his kindness, his generosity, his humor was any kind of affectation. It just came from the heart. And I think that was clear to anybody that knew him.” jonahdylan2020@u.northwestern.edu
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Collins: Talking to people I really trusted, coaches he’s worked for, he was a guy that just kept coming into the conversation. He’s a really hard worker on the recruiting trails, but he’s also a great on-court coach. You look at that whole Loyola team this year, he was there when they recruited Donte Ingram and Clayton Custer and Ben Richardson, which meant something to me.
Collins: When you watch a team like that, you admire them and you watch what they do, but it also makes you hungry to get back to that level. Porter (Moser, Loyola’s coach,) has said their guys watching us the year before got them jealous to see our run and going to the tournament and how everybody got excited, and it was vice versa… for that month sitting back and watching everybody talk about Loyola. It gave our guys a little bit extra fire to get back in the gym.
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For the first time since 2011, Northwestern is headed to the NCAA Championships this weekend at Karsten Creek Golf Club in Stillwater, Oklahoma. The Wildcats finished fourth in the NCAA Regionals last week in Columbus, Ohio, securing their spot in the finals. Senior Dylan Wu said missing the finals during his first three years at NU made making it this year “a relief.” “To come through the hardest regional field on the hardest regional golf course really gives us a lot of confidence going to Karsten Creek,” coach David Inglis said. “We went to the Karsten Creek Regional two years ago, so a
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few of the guys … are familiar with the course.” Wu, senior Sam Triplett and junior Ryan Lumsden were part of the squad that played at the course in 2016. Triplett described the course as “unique” because of its wide fairways. But when tee shots miss the fairways, he said, the course is not forgiving at all, making it more intimidating than average. Wu attested to Triplett’s statement, calling it the toughest course he’s played in college. In his last official event on the Cats’ squad, Triplett said the team is focusing on demonstrating their abilities on a national stage. During his freshman year, he said, NU didn’t even make it to regionals, so to come this far is exciting. “Our main goal is to get out there and play more free than we did at regionals and be less worried about making mistakes,” Triplett said. “We know we have the talent and skill level to compete with the best teams in the country.” That goal will nonetheless be an uphill battle, as the Cats enter the weekend seeded 26th in a field of 30 teams. The team starts its practice round Thursday but the event, hosted by No. 1 Oklahoma State, tees off
on Friday. “We know it’s going to be hard … but we’re set up already with a lot of experience playing courses like that where you just have to grind,” Inglis said. “There are going to be some players who are not equipped for it and it’s going to show in their scores.” While this week may be Wu’s last hurrah with NU, it’s not the end of his golf career. After graduation, Wu will go on to play professionally. He earned his PGA Tour Canada card after coming in 10th at the Mackenzie Tour at the beginning of the month. Wu said although his last collegiate tournament is a little bittersweet, having helped his team get to a final means his four years’ impact will last longer than this weekend. “I can give it my all and know that, one of the years I was here, we made a national championship,” Wu said. “From the transition from my freshman year of not making it to regionals, (to) now having a chance to win a national championship and compete against the best teams, is a great way to leave my legacy.” sophiemann2018@u.northwestern.edu
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With Bryant McIntosh, Scottie Lindsey and Gavin Skelly graduating, Isiah Brown and Rapolas Ivanauskas preparing to transfer and f ive new players coming into the program, this offseason is a chance for Northwestern to begin a new chapter. In the middle of the offseason grind, coach Chris Collins sat down with The Daily and Inside NU on Wednesday to discuss a number of recent happenings. This interview has been edited for brevity and clarity. Question: How have spring practices gone? Collins: Jordan Ash, Vic Law and Aaron Falzon have been out, but for the guys that have been able to be there all the time — Dererk Pardon, Barret Benson, A.J. Turner, Anthony Gaines — it’s been a really good six weeks for them. I’m seeing a lot of gains, no pun intended. The good part is Vic’s started to do more now, he’s able to do everything except contact… and Aaron was just cleared last week to start doing some stuff. Question: Why was the decision made for Vic to undergo a procedure this spring? Collins: He’s had problems throughout his career with fatigue, having to get him in and out of games a little bit, at times a little shortness of breath. With the procedure, the doctors feel that a lot of that can be alleviated. We’re also hoping it’ll help him maybe gain some more weight. He’s worked really hard in the weight room and he’s gotten stronger, but in terms of adding that mass, (he hasn’t been able to).
Question: What was the process that led to Isiah Brown deciding to transfer to Grand Canyon? Collins: At the beginning of the year, he had a thigh injury that set him back, and I never really thought he got back into the swing of things. He wants to be in a situation where he can be in a really key role, where he has a chance to have the ball and be unleashed as a scorer, and I don’t think either of us were sure if he would ever have that kind of role (here). He’s going to have a year off to get healthy, get his game back, get his swagger back, and I think he’ll have two really good years at Grand Canyon. Question: How do you see Evansville grad transfer Ryan Taylor fitting into the team?
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Weinberg sophomore Min Kim was one of 20 members of Northwestern’s club rowing team who traveled to Zhengzhou, China, last month to participate in the Zhengzhou International University Rowing Regatta. Kim, who also serves as the communications chair for NU Crew, said one of his most memorable moments of the trip didn’t even occur on the water. Instead, it happened at a dinner event, where teams from four different countries in attendance gathered and socialized. A rower from one of the Chinese teams approached him and asked him if he liked basketball. It was a conversation not about rowing, not even barred by the language barriers
that separated the two students. “The fact that rowing was what brought us there, but that wasn’t what made us connect,” Kim said. “That was really cool.” The Northwestern team was one of 10 clubs from across the world that participated in the regatta, held from April 20 to April 23 on Longzi Lake in Zhengzhou. Rowers from the Amsterdam Student Rowing Club Nereus and the Wolfson College Boat Club at the University of Cambridge came for the event, and seven universities across China were also represented. The regatta consisted of both a 300-meter sprint race and a longer, 5,000-meter distance race. The club spent the majority of the race day on April 21 on the water, NU Crew president Katie Cavanaugh said. The longer, 5,000-meter race was different than those at the American regattas in which the club usually participates. Conducted around
Collins: He’s still going to score. Will he take the volume of shots that he took at Evansville? No. That’s just what his team needed from him. He’s excited to show when he’s placed with other guys that he can be an efficient passer and even more efficient scorer. I still think Ryan can be an 18-plus-point a night guy, but it’ll be with more efficiency. Talking to a lot of the guys in the Missouri Valley, his ability to make shots is at an incredibly high level, especially contested. Question: Are there any plans to fill the one available scholarship spot? Collins: Our eyes and ears are open. If there’s nobody out there that we think fits us and helps us, then we’ll sit tight with where we’re at, but we’re definitely still looking to see if there’s anything out there that can help our team. » See COLLINS, page 6
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Northwestern women’s rowing team competes in the 5,000-meter race at the Zhengzhou International University Rowing Regatta in April. The team took fourth place.
a circular course, the race was organized in heats so that teams were not racing next to each other, but instead competing for time. “With rowing, everyone rows basically one side,” said Cavanaugh, a Weinberg senior. “So since it was a circle, one half of the boat had to be pulling harder than the other half in order to keep the boat going around the circle.” While the course and the lack of their own boats and equipment was difficult, Northwestern’s rowers embraced the challenge. The women’s team, the only non-Chinese women’s crew team, finished in second place in the 300-meter race and in fourth place in the 5,000meter race. Aside from rowing, the Northwestern team attended dinners with rowers from the other universities, complete with singing, dancing and games. The students explored Zhengzhou on their final day in China, visiting the city’s central shopping district and touring a museum that documented the city’s history. Cavanaugh said the regatta’s host, the Fenghe Sports club, expressed interest in having NU Crew return to China in the future. The trip helped the NU Crew members understand how rowing as a sport intersects with a country’s culture in different parts of the world, from centuries-old clubs like A.S.R. Nereus to developing programs like those of the Chinese universities, Cavanaugh said. She said this has helped put Northwestern’s own program into perspective. “Seeing that, in some places, (rowing) is a very up and coming sport, like in China, but then like some of our competitors, like the other international teams … it is super ingrained into their country culture,” Cavanaugh said. “I feel like going somewhere else actually helped us understand where we are.” ellabrockway2021@u.northwestern.edu