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Monday, October 8, 2012
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NU looks for new dean of students Committee searches for Burgwell Howard’s replacement By Junnie Kwon
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QUARTET QUERIES A Quartet Digital Printing employee helps a student find his course packet at the Evanston store. Co-owner Chris Linster said short-staffing and Northwestern’s late start left the store backlogged.
Quartet lags after late start ‘Worst quarter’ ever for picking up course packets, owner says By Jessica floum
the daily northwestern
Northwestern’s unusually late start this school year seems to have tripped up the biggest printing service in town. Fall Quarter’s Thursday start caused delays for Quartet Digital Printing in the production of course packets for NU classes, upsetting both students and professors, Quartet co-owner Chris Linster said. “This has been probably our worst quarter we’ve ever had in terms of
course packs,” Linster said. “We get kids that come in two or three times and they obviously get peeved.” It was Northsort of like a western perfect storm... quarters typically start you get to the on Mondays front of the line o r Tu e s which and realize that days, means proyou can’t get fessors subwhat they want. mit orders the Friday Chis Linster, before class, Quartet co-owner affording the Quartet staff time to work 15-hour shifts through the weekend to complete orders, Linster said. Because classes started
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on Thursday this quarter, professors submitted their orders on Monday, which took the weekend cushion away from the staff. Linster added that the staff was also short-handed this quarter, as three of its full-time staffers were out due to serious illness and deaths. “It was sort of like a perfect storm,” Linster said. “Students have been upset because you have to wait in line and then you get to the front of the line and realize that you can’t get what they want.” Weinberg freshman Duncan Orlander trekked four times from Elder Hall to downtown Evanston last week in hopes of purchasing course packets from Quartet. But Orlander left empty handed » See QUARTET, page 9
Students conquer Chicago Marathon NU community joins more than 45,000 runners at annual race By Suyeon Son
the daily northwestern
Ari Sillman ran from Chapin Hall to Chicago’s Water Tower Place during his freshman year. However, this 12.1-mile route did not even cover half of what he tackled Sunday morning for the second time in his life: the 26.2-mile Bank of America Chicago Marathon. “It was definitely both an emotional and physical feat in a lot of ways,” the Weinberg junior said. The Chicago Marathon, which drew more than 45,000 runners to the city from 115 countries, was more than just an item on a bucket list for Sillman and other Northwestern students. For Weinberg sophomore Erika Schonher, the race was about battling
heart disease. Before the event, Schonher said she was running in support of the American Heart Association, one of the marathon’s participating charities, because It was one of her definitely both neighbors recently sufan emotional fered a heart and physical attack. Schonfeat in a lot of her said she ways. st aye d i n a Chicago Ari Sillman, h ot e l t h e Weinberg junior day before and Chicago race Marathon runner t h e with other runners, including her mother. They spent the day attending expos, viewing inspirational presentations and enjoying free pasta feasts organized for registrants. Schonher said she decided to
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» See MARATHON, page 9
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run like the wind Racers endure cold weather during the Bank of America Chicago Marathon.
A search committee to choose a new dean of students hopes to find a candidate who can live up to the standards set by Burgwell Howard. Applications for the position were due Oct. 5. Administration, faculty, staff and students on the Dean of Students Search Committee will assess the merits of each applicant, narrowing down the pool to three potential deans who will be invited to visit Northwestern for a couple days of interviews. Vice President for Student Affairs Patricia Telles-Irvin, who is temporarily filling the vacant position, will make the final decision. “We’re looking for someone who has had experience ... that can bring some new ideas and certainly energy and leadership,” Telles-Irvin said. “We’re looking for someone who has strong leadership skills, excellent communication skills, someone that has a good rapport with students and understanding of student behavior.” After Howard transitioned this past July into his current position as assistant vice president for student engagement, Telles-Irvin contacted The Spelman & Johnson Group, a search firm that will assist the committee. “As a student on the committee, I can’t speak for all of the administrators, but we’re definitely looking for someone who obviously wants to work closely with Northwestern students,” said Sophie Friedman,
BURGWELL HOWARD Medill senior and NU Panhellenic Association vice president for membership. “I think that’s something Burgie has done really well in the past, of being very open to students just talking to him about whatever is on their mind.” During the summer and early fall, the committee convened to brainstorm, unify members’ opinions and meet with a spectrum of people from different departments, Friedman said. “It’s partially an honor, but it’s also quite a load of work,” said Steven Monacelli, Communication senior and Associated Student Government vice president for community relations. The former Daily columnist added that members of the important committee “can’t afford to mess it up.” Six students were chosen to participate in the committee based on their involvement with prominent » See dean, page 9
Harsha Maddula
Police canvass Maddula’s path from party to Wilmette Harbor
Evanston Police spent the weekend tracing Harsha Maddula’s final steps. EPD investigators canvassed the area between 2000 Ridge Ave. and Wilmette Harbor, looking for residents who may have spotted Maddula after he left an off-campus party in the early morning hoursof Sept. 22. Six days after Maddula was last seen, a fisherman found his body floating in the harbor. The discovery raised still-unanswered questions about how and why the McCormick sophomore made the two-mile trek from the Ridge Avenue party to Gillson Park, which borders the Wilmette lakefront. This weekend’s canvassing was not the first time investigators have followed Maddula’s last movements, EPD Cmdr. Jay Parrott said in an email to The Daily on Friday.
Instead, the purpose was a “more informative and global response to solicit information from the community,” Parrott said. Parrott did not say Sunday afternoon whether this weekend’s surveying produced any credible leads. Police focused on the time range between 10:30 p.m. Sept. 21 and 1:30 a.m. Sept. 22 as they questioned residents this weekend, according to a news release. Parrott has called Maddula’s apparent walk from the off-campus party to the park a “direct route” with no indications that Maddula may have taken side streets or alleyways. Parrott told The Daily last month that EPD will do everything in its power to figure out the details of Maddula’s disappearance. “EPD is sympathetic to the Maddula family and the struggles that comes from the untimely death of their child,” he said in an email. “EPD will make every effort to try and establish the (manner) of death in this case.” – Patrick Svitek
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