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NU second-highest in Fulbrights By Tanner Maxwell
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Northwestern has the second-highest number of Fulbright students in the country this year, according to a report released in The Chronicle of Higher Education. Twenty-seven We have NU students sustained received a level of scholexcellence. arships from the FulStephen bright Program Hill, for 2011Associate 2012. director of Last year, NU’s Office of the UniFellowships versity placed sixth with 20 recipients, a huge drop from 2009’s first place with 32 scholarships. University of Michigan at Ann Arbor led the list this year, with 29 Fulbright students. “We have sustained a level of excellence,” said Stephen Hill, associate director of the University’s Office of Fellowships. “The last five years we’ve been in the top 10.” The Fulbright program sends American students and faculty scholars abroad for research and cultural education. It also
recruits foreign students and scholars to travel to the U.S. for the same purpose. Though federal funding to the program may face cuts next year, student interest remains strong, based on the number of applicants to the receive the scholarships. In NU’s category of doctoral and research universities alone, about 5,000 students applied for the program as of Oct. 24. Hill said about 100 NU applicants apply each year for the Fulbright, which is on par with schools of the University’s academic caliber, including Harvard, Yale and Stanford. This year, 102 NU students submitted applications for the program. The Fulbright chooses scholarship recipients based on academic standing and leadership potential, according to the program website. The Office of Fellowships began advising students through the application process in 2005, Hill said. The Office assigns each student applying for the fellowship a faculty mentor as a guide through the process. Getting a consistently high number of Fulbright award winners takes a team effort, Hill said. Weinberg senior Redmond McGrath, who is applying to study abroad in Paris next year,
By Marshall Cohen
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Veterans from the Northwestern and Evanston communities greeted the impending withdrawal of all U.S. troops from Iraq with relief and caution Tuesday. President Barack Obama announced Friday that virtually all of the 41,000 troops still in Iraq will come home by the end of the year, effectively ending the eight-year war. Cmdr. Dan Adams (MEAS ‘91) served eight months in Iraq and returned to a hero’s welcome at a large celebration in Winnekta on July 4 this year. He was first commissioned through the Naval ROTC unit on campus.
He said the country will “take a deep breath” once the last soldier leaves Iraq in December. “I’m hopeful that us leaving Iraq will allow both our country and theirs to turn a page, and that one day we will have fully normal relations,” Adams said. Adams, who remotely piloted unmanned aircraft that could detect improved explosive devices, said he was “ambivalent” about the withdrawal itself but pointed to recent progress in the war. “Iraq has had a lot of challenges in the past several years and they will continue to have challenges going forward,” Adams said. “I am hopeful that the Iraqis are now at a point where they are well-positioned to handle those
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said the office worked with him to submit a strong application and practice interview skills. McGrath, a French student of 11 years, said the scholarship would be a valuable asset to his education. “It would give me the opportunity to research and contribute to the historical information of Paris,” he said. The Fulbright Program has funded the research of more than 300,000 participants since
challenges.” Others, like Lt. Col. Nancy Carder, said those challenges are too grave to warrant a withdrawal at this time. Carder, an Evanston resident, is the assistant to the commander of American Legion Post 42, the Evanston chapter of the national mutual-aid veterans organization. She spent 28 years in the Army Nurse Corps and served overseas in Panama and Grenada. She said she strongly opposes the upcoming withdrawal from Iraq. “All of those kids who had gotten injured or even died, it was all in vain,” Carder said. “I sure as hell think they should stay and finish the job they started. I think the kids must be glad to be out of harms way but at the same time
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1946. For Mokaram Rauf, who traveled to the Philippines last year to research local and national health care systems through a Fulbright grant, the program provides the opportunity to affect practical change in the real world. “It was the perfect academic experience,” the third-year graduate student said. “There was prestige but also money to do really good work.” However, funds to the
Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, which heads the Fulbright program, may be cut next year, potentially affecting plans of scholars such as Rauf and McGrath wanting to conduct research abroad. The U.S. Senate proposed a 2.2 percent increase in funds for the bureau, but the House of Representatives put forth a plan to decrease their money See fulbright, page 7
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I sure as hell think they should stay and finish the job they started. Lt. Col. Nancy Carder,
Evanston resident, former member of Army Nurse Corps their mission isn’t completed in Iraq.” Maj. Shawn Gardner (MSC ‘10) served two tours in Afghanistan. He first arrived in the country shortly after the October 2001 invasion and returned for another year of service in 2009. Gardner currently works as the director of public affairs for the Indiana National Guard. He said Americans might now focus their interest more on Afghanistan, where there are still U.S.
boots on the ground. “As operations wind down in Iraq, I think the military and the nation will focus solely on Afghanistan and how that war is progressing,” he said. “I was fortunate enough to be there early in the fight and see what their country was like, and then later return to see the progress we’ve made. I credit that to my fellow soldiers, airmen and marines who have See iraq, page 6
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Sound off: Political campaign strategists David Axelrod and Mike Murphy debated economic policy Monday.
David Axelrod, democratic campaign strategist for President Barack Obama, and Mike Murphy, a retired Republican strategist who has worked various state and national campaigns, visited Northwestern on Monday to participate in a debate organized by NU College Democrats. The political experts spoke about a range of topics, but much of the time was devoted to economic policy and education. The debate took place at Cahn Auditorium in front of a crowd of more than 250 students. The event kept true to the debate format — it began with See axelrod, page 6
for township vote By Kimberly Railey
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Evanston Township trustees approved Monday the drafting of ballot language for a March 20 referendum that would dissolve the township. “Few people understand and embrace township form of government,” said Ald. Ann Rainey (8th), who voted in the 5-to-4 majority. “It’s a waste, it’s archaic and we need to move forward.” The decision came even in light of concerns raised by some council members — including Evanston Mayor Elizabeth
Tisdahl — that any townshipaltering structure would prove unwise. “This proposal worries me more than any other proposal that’s come before us,” said Tisdahl, who also said she felt attempts to pass it through the Illinois General Assembly would require extensive lobbying and time. Trustees must “use their latitude” with elected officials in the Illinois General Assembly to pursue legislation that would address township and public aid code to make their See township, page 6