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Author, prof talks sexual violence By REBECCA SAVRANSKY daily senior staffer @beccasavransky

The author of the award-winning book “Betrayal Trauma” spoke at Northwestern on Friday about her contributions to White House initiatives regarding sexual violence on college campuses and ways in which universities can combat sexual misconduct. About 30 individuals attended the talk by University of Oregon Prof. Jennifer Freyd, “Betrayal Trauma and Campus Sexual Violence,” held in Harris Hall. Freyd has done extensive research on different kinds of trauma for several years, most recently focusing on the idea of institutional trauma. Freyd focused her talk on three main topics: betrayal trauma, betrayal blindness and institutional betrayal. She noted her research began while studying the idea that individuals often suppress memories of their experiences of sexual abuse. She said betrayal trauma theory attempts to answer the question of why this occurs. Freyd went on to discuss institutional trauma and cases of sexual misconduct on college campuses. She called on institutions to engage in self studies to most effectively target these problems. Institutions must remain accountable and engage in education about specific studies surrounding these ideas, she said. Freyd also discussed her experiences at the White House, specifically mentioning her contribution to Obama’s new initiative about sexual violence on college campuses. She said she was invited to the White House to share her research as the government attempted to combat the issue, and while there she spoke with Lynn Rosenthal, White House advisor on violence against women, about her studies and they shared ideas for how to educate employees in an effort to combat institutional betrayal. She noted she had a sense of optimism after discussing her research. “The fact that they did the task force at all, the fact that students are gong there and talking and the nature of the questions she asked me,” Freyd said. “It seemed to me she got it, she was knowledgeable and she cared.” At the end of the speech, a short question-and-answer session was held. Attendees asked questions regarding the best practices to combat sexual misconduct and requested greater detail about her experiences at the White House. Attendees said Freyd’s ideas to combat sexual misconduct were important in addressing these problems on college campuses. “Discussing the impact of how the institutions support or allow sexual violence to flourish — there’s a difference between supporting the victim and supporting a culture that is more victim blaming,” said Judith Ierulli, a senior associate therapist at the Womencare Counseling Center. Psychology Prof. Alice Eagly said the most relevant part of the talk for her included discussing the idea of institutional trauma, emphasizing NU must take necessary steps to begin targeting and combating this behavior. “Even well meaning institutions such as Northwestern are to a great extent not dealing with the problem well enough,” Eagly said. “We need to probe what we actually do and get data and look at remedies that may not be effective.”

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When Bea Sullivan-Knoff played a drag queen in an adaptation of “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” last year, she connected with a part of herself she never knew existed. “That was the first time I had that fully embodied femininity, and it was a transformative experience for me,” the Communication junior said. “I felt like I was embracing a part of myself that I didn’t know had been in there that strongly.” Sullivan-Knoff was male-assigned at birth but does not identify within the gender binary. She defines herself as a “transgender lady” – a self-created term she prefers over identifying as a female. At Northwestern, Sullivan-Knoff is part of a small community of transgender students who continue to see improved resources and facilities. But members of the transgender community say many areas still need to see improvement, including the availability of gender-neutral bathrooms and housing, as well as greater understanding of what it means to be transgender. Being transgender at NU Transgender individuals are those whose gender identity or expression differs from the sex they were assigned at birth, according to GLAAD, an LGBT advocacy organization. The Williams Institute, a national organization focused on gender identity law, estimates there are about 700,000 transgender adults in the United States. Sullivan-Knoff came out as transgender while studying abroad in Argentina in the fall. She shared her story through a letter on her study abroad blog. “It was a process of years of very slowly, slowly getting comfortable with more and more aspects of my gender expression, like starting to paint my nails in high school,” she said. “It started happening a lot faster when I got to college.” » See TRANSGENDER, page 6

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As he walked around Boston on Sunday afternoon, Evanston resident John Kayser said there was a special “vibrancy” in the air the day before the first Boston Marathon since deadly bombs went off at the race last year. “The energy is just electric,” said the 42-year-old, who will be running Monday for the sixth time. “It’s going to be a special, special day.” Kayser is one of nine Evanston runners signed up to run the Boston Marathon again after registering last year. Although memories of last year’s race are not far from the runners’ minds, Kayser said Monday will be a new start, especially for the many runners who were unable to finish last year. On April 13, 2013, two pressure-cooker bombs detonated near the race’s finish line, killing three and injuring 260 more that day. Nineteen Evanston runners were registered for the 2013 race, including one NU student who left the scene before the bombs detonated. In the days following the race, runners expressed shock. Nancy Rollins, a member of the Evanston Running Club, said the day was “wonderful” until the bombs went off. The 66-year-old placed second in her age group. “The contrast of those two things is heartbreaking,” Rollins told The Daily in April of last year. “We’re still absorbing it.” Kayser recalled a similar shock during last year’s race. The first bomb went off about 40 minutes after he finished his run, and he learned the news while watching TV in his hotel. Last year, runners said they wouldn’t let the bombings stop them from running in the future. This year, a total of 20 runners registered from Evanston this year. “There’s this feeling of rededication to the race from a runner’s standpoint,” Kayser said. “There were a lot of runners who didn’t get the » See MARATHON, page 9

Kellogg construction to begin Monday Northwestern will begin the next phase of North Campus construction Monday, beginning construction on the new Kellogg School of Management building and opening about half of the parking spots in the new North Campus parking structure. About 500 of the 1,152 spaces in the new garage will be available to students, faculty and visitors with parking permits beginning Monday. The additional parking spots will replace those that will be lost due to construction for the new Kellogg building which will be built on the surface parking lot located northeast of the Allen Center. “We wanted to ensure that there would be no net loss in parking, even temporarily, when construction begins on Kellogg,” said Ron Nayler, associate vice president for facilities management, in a news release. “With the garage opening for parking, we can move forward on the Kellogg Global Hub.” University spokesman Bob Rowley said the rest of the parking structure is expected to open this June. He added the building’s recreation aspect will be open next fall. — Tyler Pager

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Around Town Kids hunt for eggs as city sees sunny Easter By becca sanchez

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More than 100 young children and their families gathered Saturday at the Evanston Ecology Center to participate in its annual Easter Egg Hunt. Participants showed up for the first of four sessions in the egg hunt. Children, accompanied by their parents, could exchange the eggs they found for tickets and prizes. Claire Alden, program manager for the ecology center and the organizer of this year’s egg hunt, led the first group of children and families into the arboretum, asking each participant to collect 20 eggs that her friend “Betsy the Bearded Dragon” had misplaced Evanston resident Paul Meyers commented on the clear, sunny weather during the event. Meyers said he brought his son and the rest of his family to come “be part of the community.” “It was to spend time together,” said Martin Terroba, another resident who brought his family. Dana Riess, another Evanston resident, took her daughter to the event. As a frequent ecology center visitor, she said she likes to “come to some of the fun Ecology Center activities that get kids outside.” The Evanston Ecology Center, 2024 McCormick Blvd., holds environmental programs as well as nature and ecology classes for parents and children. The event also included an arts and crafts section and a farmer’s market. Alden said the multiple

Police Blotter Police arrest 8 in single night on Jackson Avenue While in the process of arresting an Evanston man Wednesday evening, police took five additional individuals into custody after they attempted to intervene in the initial arrest. Police returned later the same

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attractions allowed residents to spend time with their children and partake in other activities with family members. Weinberg freshman and prize booth volunteer Madeline Maxwell said the annual egg hunt is an event that community members “keep coming back to.” “It’s nice as a student to see community members come together,” said Weinberg freshman Grace Sunken, another Northwestern volunteer. daniellasanchez2017@u.northwestern.edu night to arrest two more individuals in the same block. Officers responded to a report of a man with a gun in the 1900 block of Jackson Avenue at about 9:15 p.m. on Wednesday. Police attempted to take Evanston resident Darnell Gunn into custody in connection with threatening police when five bystanders got involved, Evanston Police Cmdr. Jay Parrott said.

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HUNTING FOR TREASURE Children and families help “Betsy the Bearded Dragon” find her misplaced Easter eggs during the annual egg hunt at the Evanston Ecology Center on Saturday. Event volunteer Madeline Maxwell, a Weinberg freshman, said the egg hunt is an event that community members “keep coming back to.” More than 100 participants showed up to search for Easter eggs in the first of four activity blocks. The event also included an arts and crafts section and a farmer’s market. Becca Sanchez/The Daily Northwestern

The five individuals were being “uncooperative” and attempting to disrupt the officers while they took Gunn, 33, into custody, Parrott said. Gunn was charged with aggravated assault, and the other individuals were arrested in connection with obstructing a police officer. Police returned to Jackson Avenue about an hour later, when a second report of a man with a gun was received. Police detained two individuals after the report was received.

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Police responded early Thursday morning to a shots fired call in the 700 block of Reba Place. There were no witnesses and no victims reported to police, but officers found multiple shell casings in an alley, Parrott said. ­— Ciara McCarthy

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Sexual violence presents itself in so many different forms and a lot of times it’s only thought about in the way the media presents it.

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9th annual GES talks social change By Olivia exstrum

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Northwestern hosted the ninth annual Global Engagement Summit this weekend, featuring a variety of small workshops, short talks and keynote speakers focused on the topic of social change. During the event, which ran from Wednesday to Sunday, NU hosted 40 delegates from different universities across the country and world. “There are a lot of things we want delegates to take away from the summit,” said SESP senior Nick Kazvini-Gore, a co-director of GES. “There are very tangible skills on how to improve their projects, but there is also more awareness and insight on what’s good social change.” Students selected to be GES delegates arrived at the summit with an idea or a project and attended events pertaining to the goal toward which they were working. Through the GES curriculum, delegates learned skills including how to elevator-pitch, create funding strategies and brand their projects, said Weinberg senior Danya Sherbini, the other

Blackhawks chairman endows Theatre and Interpretation Center

Chicago Blackhawks chairman William Rockwell “Rocky” Wirtz has created an endowment for Northwestern to foster student and faculty projects in the Theatre and Interpretation Center. Wirtz and his wife will contribute a multimillion dollar gift, resulting in the renaming of the center to the Virginia Wadsworth Wirtz

co-director for GES. There were five NU delegates, including one from both Northwestern Community Development Corps and Points for a Purpose. The three short talks, Sherbini said, covered general topics and the workshops were “more in-depth, practical and specific.” “GES covers so many different topics, which is really useful because all the people who come in are in all different sectors, such as education, human rights and environmental awareness,” she said. All conference events except for the workshops were free and open to the public. Kazvini-Gore and Sherbini said one of the goals of this year’s summit was not only to engage the participating delegates from NU and around the world, but the larger NU community as well. About 80 people attended the closing keynote Saturday, which featured a presentation by Dan MacCombie, the co-founder and co-CEO of Runa, a beverage company that sells guayusa, an Amazonian tea produced in Ecuador. MacCombie, in collaboration with co-founder and co-CEO Tyler Gage, began the company’s development shortly after graduating from Brown University. MacCombie

spoke on the challenges of starting a business and the importance of being focused. “You don’t have to hit people over the head with your story,” he said. “You just need to get their attention.” In addition to delegates visiting for the conference, about 75 NU students helped to organize this year’s summit. SESP freshman Shoshi Shapiro, a member of the campus relations team, said she became involved in GES after participating in a One Book One Northwestern program at the beginning of the year. Shapiro said initially she was unsure if she would participate in GES again next year, but after the summit said she “can’t imagine not being there.” “I think of it as an amazing and diverse group of people,” she said. “I think of it as a family.” Kazvini-Gore said GES participants are “really proud” to call themselves part of the “GES family.” “The GES family is really global,” he said. “You could email any one of the alums and they would be willing to help you with anything. It makes for a great extended network.”

Center for the Performing Arts. The name was chosen in honor of Wirtz’s grandmother, who graduated from NU in 1924. “This significant gift builds on the extraordinary generosity of Rocky and Marilyn Wirtz, which has had a transformative impact on the School of Communication over the years,” University President Morton Schapiro said in a news release. “Their support has helped cultivate Northwestern’s unparalleled reputation in the performance arts.” In 2015, the center will be renovated to include additional classrooms, rehearsal and

performance spaces. The University’s new Music and Communication Building is scheduled to open the same year, and will include the departments of theatre and performance studies on the fifth floor. The Wirtz contribution will fund a variety of upgrades, including greater collaboration with professional artists and theaters and also improvements to the School of Communication’s arts programs with children in the Chicago area.

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Horror films good for more than just shock value trevor stoimenoff Daily columnist

You’re in the bedroom of a young girl who has become possessed by a demon. The lights are out and the room has been stripped of all furniture aside from the bed upon which the possessed girl lies. The moon shines in from the sole window in the corner of the room. The girl writhes on the bed as the priest enters the room and begins reciting a passage from the Bible. Slowly, the girl’s body levitates from the bed, and her eyes suddenly spring open. Breaking free from the ropes that restrain her, she lunges at the priest, viciously attacking him before his assistant is able to pull her off. Her mother watches the entire scene, her face drained of all color, with a look of utter disbelief and helplessness. This is a classic scene from the groundbreaking film “The Exorcist.” The film was one of the most controversial of its time period, as it tied religion into almost every shot. But what is the purpose of horror movies such as this one? Many people write them off as tools used

to create shock value. Others say the directors have some sort of point to prove, while still others say the directors are simply sadistic or twisted. The horror genre is the most misunderstood of them all. “Rosemary’s Baby,” the iconic Roman Polanski film of 1968, tied in themes like rape and devil worshipping, and during the few years after it was released, people were repulsed. Now, however, it is viewed as a classic. More recently, “The Cabin in the Woods” was released and garnered mostly favorable, but some awful, reviews. The few negative reviews stem from the fact that Joss Whedon wrote the film as an homage to fans of the horror genre, as a satirical look at the more cliche aspects of horror and as a blatant strike at those who superficially judge horror films. Anybody who is well-versed in horror would see the obvious cameos of iconic horror faces such as Pinhead from “Hellraiser” and the tributes to classic horror movie gags like closing the bathroom mirror and seeing somebody behind you. Whedon is making fun of the people who can’t look past the more gruesome aspects of horror to see what lies beneath.

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We “like” on Facebook — so many times that we don’t even think about it. Until recently, I also did not know how these simple things can be used as part of a larger data collection. We need to understand and be cautious of how big corporations quantify us as data, not only because it’s demeaning, but because it’s also a potential threat to ourselves, as our personal information can be used against us. On the surface, such data analysis seems random and harmless. For instance, a recent publication in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences shows how simple “likes” such as “Thunderstorms,” “The Colbert Report,” “Science,” and “Curly Fries” are highly predictive of high intelligence. Curly fries and high intelligence? I can’t wrap my head around how analysts came to such a conclusion. Even the report admits that “there is no obvious connection between curly fries and high intelligence.” But in Jennifer Golbeck’s TED talk “The curly fry conundrum: Why social media ‘likes’ say more than you might think,” Golbeck explains how when immense amounts of data are put together and when people’s social networks are analyzed – i.e. intelligent people are more likely to be friends with intelligent people – seemingly arbitrary information like curly fry preference can be indicative of a trait like higher intelligence. Unfortunately, there are many potentially sinister applications for this data. Yes, data collected can be and is used for customers’ benefits. Based on our previous purchases or expressed interests — be it through social media or through other forms — companies can personalize the advertisements of products or services. Rather than some random ad that one does not care about, one can be exposed to what is supposed to

really matter to one. But what is bothersome is, regardless of our knowledge, our personal traits and records may be scrutinized and used to manipulate us. One famous incident with Target mentioned by Golbeck is how Target figured out about a woman’s pregnancy based on her recent purchases even before she told her father. They then sent promotions for baby goods, upsetting both the woman and her father. Pregnancy, one of the most personal events and decisions, became corporate information and was exploited. An article in the Chicago Tribune mentioned that because companies like insurers and banks are not required to disclose their scoring of their customers, such companies could be redlining – denying service based on if a potential customer is from a high-risk neighborhood. Our knowledge of this activity may only be speculative, but it is important to acknowledge that customer data can be used against the customers without their knowledge. Customers could be identified and discriminated against for their personal traits that they never agreed to share and never knew was being analyzed. Where is the line of privacy? When we use social media like Facebook, we agree to terms of agreement. Whether people read them carefully or not, they probably don’t know exactly what each clause implies in terms of outside parties being able to access personal information. In a capitalist society, such data analysis can be merely interpreted as taking advantage of available resources. But as Golbeck argues in her talk, consumers and individuals can take back control of their private information and lives with more awareness and more action against mass data collection. Heiwon Shin is a Medill freshman. She can be reached at heiwonshin2017@u.northwestern.edu. If you would like to respond publicly to this column, send a Letter to the Editor to opinion@dailynorthwestern.com.

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something to think about long after the movie is over. My belief is that horror movies are a method of bringing out the fear that we so rarely feel, helping us experience an adrenaline rush without facing any real danger. They allow us to temporarily escape from a society that often condemns the images horror movies portray. Most importantly, they allow us to attempt to embrace the fear that these movies incite within us, the same fear that in everyday life causes us to run away instead of stand our ground. The horror genre is completely unique in the way it makes the viewer feel, and the array of emotions these movies create can cause the viewer to shy away from digging deeper and understanding the message the director is trying to send. The genre deserves not to be written off as superficial or unnecessary. It offers much more than shock value — go out and see for yourself. Trevor Stoimenoff is a Weinberg sophomore. He can be reached at trevorstoimenoff2016@u.northwestern. edu. If you would like to respond publicly to this column, send a Letter to the Editor to opinion@dailynorthwestern.com.

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Although an NU survey compiling data from the last few years suggests .32 percent of undergraduate students identify as transgender, the number reflects a small sample size and does not account for students who chose not to share their gender identity, said Devin Moss, director of NU’s LGBT Resource Center. Overall, Sullivan-Knoff and other members of the transgender community believe NU is an accepting place. National nonprofit Campus Pride, which ranks colleges based on LGBTfriendliness, awarded NU five out of five stars. Campus Pride Trans Policy Clearinghouse, a database of transgender policies at colleges, also lists NU as one of 730 schools that have nondiscrimination policies regarding gender identity, one of 149 that offer gender-inclusive housing, one of 75 that allow students to use their preferred name on university records and one of 51 with student insurance covering gender-reassignment surgeries. The University of Chicago, Duke University and Washington University in St. Louis also appear on all four lists. Though Sullivan-Knoff has not directly experienced discrimination on campus, she said NU lacks a unified transgender community. A Facebook group for transgender students only includes about 10 people, she said. “It is a pretty isolating experience,” she said. “I’m going to start looking at communities outside of campus just so I can have that sort of support system that doesn’t really exist in a substantial way on campus.” McCormick sophomore Al French, who identifies as a transgender male, said the biggest problem he has encountered at NU is people “misgendering” him. “I have instituted a three-strike rule for people I’m friends with, which is you get it wrong three times and I punch you,” he said. French said he has only had to act on this rule once. Redmond Lhota, a McCormick junior and the former co-president of Rainbow Alliance, identifies as genderqueer. He said his experiences with the LGBT community have been positive. “I’ve found a lot of really inspiring people because I was able to find other trans individuals who had similar experiences and that was really amazing,” he said. “I would say the queer community here is really accepting of trans individuals.” Beyond biology Moss said being transgender is about more than one’s physical or biological characteristics. “It’s truly a construct, and I know that some people link it to what their genitalia look like,” Moss said. “That’s not the definition of transgender. It’s all about how one identifies their own gender expression.” Sullivan-Knoff does not believe her

biology influences her gender expression. She doesn’t plan on undergoing any medical procedures, with the possible exception of laser hair removal, to change her body. “I would rather just have the existence of my living be its own form of activism that challenges what people think about what is true about gender,” she said. “It is really oppressive the way that society is structured, and it’s denying a lot of possibility and freedom of expression.” Lhota is currently taking testosterone and said that in the future, he would consider top surgery. Top surgery refers to the removal or cosmetic addition of breasts. “(Testosterone is) what I had access to and I’m incredibly lucky to have access to that,” he said. “Top surgery would make me feel a lot more comfortable.” French has not had any medical procedures but would like to have hormone treatment and top surgery in the future. Housing hurdles One improvement the transgender community at NU has been advocating for is better gender-open housing options, which are currently offered in 1835 Hinman and Foster-Walker Complex. Gender-open housing allows students to live with whomever they would like regardless of gender. Gender-open housing was first approved in Spring Quarter 2010 for the 2010-11 school year. In 2009, the Gender Protection Initiative, a group formed to make NU a more inclusive environment for gender-nonconforming students, successfully fought to add “gender identity” and “gender expression” to NU’s non-discrimination policy. GPI also led the effort to create genderopen housing on campus. Initially, 17 students applied and were accepted to live in gender-open housing in Hinman, and 16 of them took the spots. However, during the summer all but six of the students dropped out of the program, leaving just one room of co-ed roommates. Neither of those roommates identified as transgender. At the time, conflicting views defined the program’s unsuccessful launch, with some students saying there was a lack of communication with administrators. However, administrators said the high level of dropouts reflected a lack of interest in the program. In March 2011, administrators denied most of the requests in another GPI proposal. The proposal asked that freshmen be able to live in gender-open housing and in different residential halls than was ultimately approved. “The immediate reaction was extreme frustration, bordering on anger. It was not at all what we were expecting,” former GPI president Zach Wichter (Medill ‘13) told The Daily at the time. Mugsie Pike (Communication ‘10), who served as the president of the GPI during the 2009-10 school year, said the group encountered a lot of difficulties when trying to work with the University. Pike is intersex and prefers the pronoun “they.” “Anytime a criticism was made of the administration, the response was, ‘Well you guys are too hostile for us to work with you,’” Pike said. “In regard to housing, the University said they already accommodate trans students satisfactorily. However, the trans students that were supposedly accommodated were the people in the group saying, ‘No, you haven’t actually accommodated us.’” Mykell Miller (McCormick ‘10) also served as a president of GPI and wrote a letter to The Daily in October 2010 about the failed launch of gender-open housing. “The administration’s poor handling of the gender-open housing pilot is an embarrassment to the University,” Miller wrote. “It is sickening that I feel more accepted now that I live in Michigan, the state whose assistant attorney general

has stalked a gay student without getting fired, than I did at Northwestern.” Creating ‘welcoming’ residences Mary Goldenberg, assistant dean of students and case manager at Residential Services, said there are now about 50 beds available for gender-open housing, but not all are being used. “We’re here for all students and we want all our students to feel as comfortable as possible,” Goldenberg said. “Why wouldn’t we attempt to offer our transgender students the ability to live in a housing situation where they would be more comfortable?” However, Weinberg junior Petros Karahalios, who previously served as the Associated Student Government senator for Rainbow Alliance, currently lives in the gender-open housing suite in Hinman and said he does not believe any of the students living in his suite identify as transgender. French has never lived in genderopen housing, opting for the female suite of the Communications Residential College instead. “Probably part of why the genderopen housing doesn’t have as many people in it is because it is in these big, impersonal dorms,” he said. French added that 1835 Hinman and Foster-Walker do not have the same “welcoming” atmosphere of residential colleges. When Lhota entered NU, gender-open housing was not available for freshmen. He could have lived in gender-open housing his sophomore year, but he said the options were not appealing. “It was more important to me to experience the community in a res college than to try and live in gender-neutral housing, and I didn’t want to be segregated from the rest of the population,” he said. “So I kind of just made the suite I lived in gender-neutral.” Lhota agreed with French, saying the residence halls that offer gender-open housing lack a community. “You should be able to both have housing that fits your gender identity and still be able to find communities of people with common interests outside of being trans or outside of being queer,” he said. “Trans people aren’t just trans. They’re also everything else. Genderneutral housing separates trans students from the general population and kind of pigeonholes trans students.” However, the future of housing will allow more flexibility for gender-neutral housing, said Paul Riel, executive director of Residential Services. Riel said planned residence halls will not have common bathrooms for an entire wing. Instead, bathrooms will be shared among a few rooms in a suite. “If we did more gender-neutral housing, the new buildings would permit that to occur quite nicely,” Riel said. ‘A public space’ Sullivan-Knoff said gender-open housing is only part of the problem. For her, locker rooms at campus gyms such as Blomquist Recreation Center are a major issue. “It sucks because I have to use the men’s (locker room) because there’s a difference between a bathroom and a locker room,” she said. “A locker room is a public space of revealing your genitals, essentially,” she said. However, a gender-neutral locker room is being added to the Sports Pavilion and Aquatics Center as part of renovations that will be completed this fall, said Bonnie Humphrey, director of design and construction at Facilities Management. Deciding which bathroom to use can also pose a problem. Sullivan-Knoff prefers to use the women’s bathroom because that’s where she feels most comfortable. “I fix my makeup and I don’t want to » See transgender, page 7

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do that in a men’s bathroom where people are going to look at me weird,” she said. Transgender students are leading efforts to increase the number of gender-neutral bathrooms at NU. Although there are some gender-neutral facilities located throughout campus, including in Technological Institute, Harris Hall and University Hall, there are not currently any in Norris University Center, University Library or the Mudd Science and Engineering Library — three main hubs of student life. However, members of ASG and the University Budget Priorities Committee have been working with Facilities Management to create gender-neutral bathrooms in both libraries. At this point, the proposals depend on whether the University approves the funding for the project, which UBPC has requested. If the funding is granted, the current women’s bathroom near the Information Commons on the ground floor of University Library would be converted into a gender-neutral bathroom. The men’s bathroom would become a staff restroom, and the male and female staff restrooms would be designated for students. Carrie West, assistant director of facilities planning at Facilities Management, said this project would not require much work and could be completed over the summer. The proposal for Mudd Library includes building a new restroom near the current male and female restrooms on the main floor. This new restroom would be genderneutral but require significantly more time to finish. Anna Kottenstette, ASG student life vice president, said adding gender-neutral bathrooms has been a priority since last year. “As the student government, it’s our job to represent all students and to make sure there are adequate resources to make students’ lives as comfortable as possible,” said Kottenstette, a former Daily staffer. Kelly Schaefer, executive director of Norris, said her staff is looking at possible solutions to address the lack of a genderneutral bathroom in Norris. Moss, the director of the LGBT Resource Center, and Facilities Management are also creating a map to show all gender-neutral bathrooms on campus. Moss said he hopes the map will be completed by the end of Spring Quarter. Revising the records Students can only change their name on official records if they have already done so legally. But since September 2010, NU has offered the opportunity to file a preferred name that appears in the university directory and on class rosters, said Keri Disch, associate university registrar. French said the option to use a preferred name has been really helpful for interactions with professors. “As far as most of my professors are concerned ... they are like, ‘Yeah, you’re Al. You have another name?” he said. “So, that’s really good.” However, Lhota said the process of officially changing his name with the University, after legally changing it, was especially difficult. Lhota said there are still some records that have the wrong name because the process is not streamlined. For example, he found changing his NetID to be a struggle. “When I had to do it, it was basically finding a loophole in the system that some people involved with NUIT were willing to do it, but others weren’t,” he said. “It wasn’t standard practice, but it’s kind of triggering to see those old initials all over the place.” For the class of 2018, the required health form will provide space for students to list their preferred gender identity, said Lisa Teel, manager of health information management services. The form will also mandate students mark their sex at birth. “We have to have the sex of the student because some things like lab tests, the normal ranges are based on the sex,” Teel said. She added that the updated health

form allows the medical providers to already be aware if a student identifies as transgender. “I think it’s really important for what their providers discuss with them,” she said. “There can be unique health situations for some of these students and it’s important for them to be comfortable.” Christopher Johnson, director of risk management and safety, said every aspect of gender reassignment surgery is covered by NU’s student health insurance. Johnson said this coverage was added about four or five years ago, and NU was one of the first schools to offer it as part of student insurance. Following in NU’s footsteps, University of Illinois trustees voted in March to add coverage for gender reassignment surgery to their health insurance plan for students at the Urbana-Champaign campus. But from Lhota’s experience, NU’s support services were not always welcoming. Lhota said when he tried to visit Counseling and Psychological Services during the fall of his sophomore year, he was directed to an outside agency. “They basically described themselves as either not having the staff to accommodate more students or knowing enough about trans issues,” he said. However, Lhota acknowledges CAPS’ treatment of transgender students could have changed since he sought help. “This was also before a lot of the CAPS reforms went through, so I don’t know how it is recently,” he said. John Dunkle, executive director of CAPS, did not respond to multiple requests for comment.

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More than symbolic reform In February, ASG passed a resolution pledging its support for the transgender community. The resolution was spurred by a discussion of issues that transgender students face at the Association of Big Ten Students, a student government conference with representatives from all of the conference’s schools. Karahalios said the resolution marked an important symbolic step, but he is skeptical of whether it will lead to any tangible reforms. “I would really like to see what ASG does about it and what is going to happen, because there are a lot of issues that trans students face and that need to be addressed at Northwestern that quite frankly are not addressed and have not been addressed very well,” he said. Karahalios listed more gender-neutral bathrooms, better housing options for transgender students and transgender awareness as areas where the University can improve to better experiences of transgender students. ASG President Julia Watson said she is planning to work with the University to include gender-neutral bathrooms in every new building. She also said she wants to determine how to make gender-open housing more community-focused. Collaboration between ASG and the University would signal an important step toward progress. The most effective changes for transgender students arise from students and administrators working together, said Rebby Kern, Campus Pride’s media, communications and projects manager. “Institutions have to take a stand and create institutional change through policy to really help those hurdles be overcome, even more so to create an awareness and social change on those campuses,” she said. Moss is in the process of designing a survey to send to members of the LGBT community to determine what areas of campus life need more attention. In general, he said, administrators have been very open to having conversations about ways in which to improve campus. “They’re willing to do whatever is needed to support students,” he said. “Part of that is just knowing what do we need to work on so we’re always open to students — not necessarily bringing up complaints — but just making us aware of where they’re having issues so we can try to smooth those out as best as possible.” tylerpager2017@u.northwestern.edu

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‘A TRANSFORMATIVE EXPERIENCE’ Communication junior Bea Sullivan-Knoff gives notes to actors in March while rehearsing for a play she wrote for the fifth annual Ten Minute Play Festival. Sullivan-Knoff came out as transgender while studying abroad in Argentina this fall.

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For Members Only hosted its annual Spring Concert on Saturday night featuring rapper Big K.R.I.T. and several other groups. The event was held on the East Lawn outside Norris University Center and attracted more than 200 individuals. Big K.R.I.T., born Justin Scott, headlined the event. He was featured as one of the top 2011 XXL freshmen, alongside rappers such as Meek Mill and Yelawolf. He has also toured with Wiz Khalifa, who played at Dillo Day last year. At the beginning of the concert, Big K.R.I.T. repeatedly attempted to pump the crowd up, trying to increase attendees’ energy despite the night’s low temperatures. He continued the concert with a fast-paced set including several tracks

from his discography. “I feel like with this kind of energy and this kind of love, we’re all in the VIP section,” Big K.R.I.T. said during the concert. Syndicate 119, an NU jazz and hip-hop band led by Medill-Bienen sophomore Thaddeus Tukes, opened for Big K.R.I.T.. The ReFresH Dance Crew accompanied Syndicate 119 on stage during their final song before Big K.R.I.T. took the stage. “It was an honor, and it’s an experience,” Tukes said. “Especially because our music is so much different than his music, it gave the audience another genre of music to enjoy.” Prior to Syndicate 119 playing their set, DJ Dibiase entertained the crowd in preparation for the opening act. FMO, which puts on several events throughout the year aside from the annual spring concert, describes itself as “the voice of the Black community at Northwestern.” This year, the group received ASG funding from the Senate Project

Pool to put toward staging, lighting and general funds in an effort to attract more students and create a more inclusive event. Last year, FMO hosted its spring concert at 27 Live, featuring R&B singer-songwriter BJ the Chicago Kid. This year, the group attempted to create an event like a music festival by changing the setup, including moving to an outdoor location. Communication freshman Justin Enoch, who co-founded a music blog called “Pretty Good Music,” attended the concert and said he was appreciative of Big K.R.I.T.’s energy despite the size of the audience. “I thought that Big K.R.I.T. came out with the same intensity he would’ve brought to a much larger crowd,” he said. “He didn’t seem fazed by the setting in any way and worked the crowd really well.”

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Several Northwestern groups will host events to support survivors of sexual violence this week as part of NU’s Sexual Assault Awareness Week. The week, running from Monday through Saturday, is organized by Take Back the Night; the Center for Awareness, Response and Education; and Sexual Health and Assault Peer Educators, among others. SESP senior Haley Pilgrim, co-chair of Take Back the Night, said that because recent Title IX activism has increased sexual assault awareness on campus, Take Back the Night will be able to focus more energy on supporting survivors. “Because there is the Title IX movement that is focused on raising awareness this year that we haven’t had in previous years, our mission is really to support survivors and get the conversation among students that this does happen, it’s not okay, and to provide resources and support for the survivors that are on this campus,” Pilgrim said. For Thursday’s headlining event, the Take Back the Night rally and march, participants will march around campus starting from The Rock at 6 p.m. and ending at Norris University

Center. Following the march, there will be a “survivor speak-out” at the Dittmar Gallery. I think it’s the Several performing kind of thing artists will visit NU as part of the week. where you Guante, a National don’t much Poetry Slam winner, hear about it hip-hop artist and or survivors of educator, will present his spoken word sexual assault poetry Wednesday in “Burning Boxers,” feel silenced. an event hosted by Kayleen SHAPE and Take Back McMonigal, the Night. Weinberg junior Pilgrim said Guante’s poetry would address the importance of being an ally and how constructions of masculinity exacerbate rape culture. Artemisia Theatre will perform a staged reading called “The Lake”, which discusses interpersonal violence and alcohol abuse, Monday in Harris Hall. The week will also feature a self-defense workshop taught by a professional fighter, Ramy Daoud, on Saturday in the Blomquist Recreation Center, Pilgrim said. “I’m really excited about that event,” Pilgrim

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said. “Sexual assault awareness is really close to his heart … he brings business cards so people can call him after because he just wants to be as helpful as possible.” There will also be additional discussion-based events held throughout the week focused on a variety of different topics including supporting survivors and sexual assault in media. Weinberg junior Kayleen McMonigal said she was interested in attending some of the planned events, noting sexual assault awareness is important for the University. “I think it’s the kind of thing where you don’t much hear about it or survivors of sexual assault feel silenced,” she said. “I think it’s really important for there to be events so that people are aware of what’s going on around them.” Weinberg junior Lizz Bohl, Take Back the Night co-chair, said part of the group’s mission in organizing the week is to help people recognize sexual assault. “Sexual violence presents itself in so many different forms and a lot of times it’s only thought about in the way media presents it,” Bohl said. “We want to support survivors and make sure there’s a safe space on campus for them and to also know that there are people who believe them and support them and care about them.”

BALTIMORE — Nita Strickland and Sidney Garland, best friends since the sixth grade, have shared a lot — their hopes and daily frustrations, an interest in some of the same music and TV shows. Now in college, even though they are of opposite sexes, the students share a tiny dorm room on Towson University’s campus, outside of Baltimore. What would have been considered taboo just a few decades ago has become more common. Coed dormitories, which shocked some when introduced in the 1970s, have given way to coed rooms. The well-established trend even has a modern moniker: gender-neutral housing. Before 2007, such arrangements were virtually nonexistent in Maryland. Seven educational institutions in the state now offer the option to students, and an eighth has signaled it’s getting on board. Strickland and Garland, from Prince George’s County, Md., finish each other’s sentences, decorated their small living space with Towson University memorabilia and pop music posters. Having a private bathroom is a major plus, the roommates agreed. “I don’t see it as living with someone of the opposite gender as it is living with a really good friend,” said Strickland, 21. “Hours will go by, we’ll just be laying here talking about everything. Sometimes we’ll wake up in the morning and be like, ‘oh we stayed up till 4 a.m.’” “A lot of people when they hear we’re living together, they’re like, ‘How did you get so lucky?’” added Garland, 20. University administrators say they began exploring mixed-gender housing after requests from students and have seen a growing demand. The policies vary by school — some universities allow freshmen to participate, others don’t except in special circumstances; and some universities only allow opposite-sex roommates in apartments and suites and not traditional dorm rooms. Campus housing has evolved in other ways, too. Some colleges have floors designated as “quiet” or substance-free; others offer students the opportunity to live with others in the same academic program. Coed arrangements aren’t designed for students in romantic relationships, officials said, and students are not assigned to the housing unless they request it. Though many different types of students live in mixed-gender housing, some schools began their programs to address concerns raised by transgender students, who can face harassment or discomfort in a traditional dorm. “We have students who were bullied to the point of violence in high school,” said Katie Boone, the director of residential life at UMBC.

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chance to finish last year. Now they’re back to complete what they started.” Kayser said the Boston Marathon is always one of the most challenging courses, but also one of the most rewarding to run. The race, in its 118th year, is the oldest annual marathon in the world. “It’s not just for the nostalgia or the history,” he said. “It’s a race you want to compete well in.” Kayser said his favorite moment comes in the final mile, when he can see the finish line and the hundreds

of thousands of spectators on each side of the street. “Not only are you excited because it’s the finish line and there’s an adrenaline rush with that,” Kayser said. “But you also have this charge from the spectators as well.” Kayser said in the wake of last year’s tragedy, this year’s race will have even more energy. He said he cannot wait to hear the cheers of the spectators echoing off the sides of the buildings in downtown Boston. “There’s no race more magical than that last mile of a marathon in Boston,” Kayser said. czak15@u.northwestern.edu

5 of 7 claims dismissed in acquitted suspect’s lawsuit By patrick svitek

daily senior staffer @PatrickSvitek

A federal judge has dismissed all but two claims in a lawsuit against the city that alleges Evanston police falsely arrested a man in 2010 who was later acquitted of murder. In a ruling filed Wednesday, Judge Amy J. St. Eve said John A. Bamberg Jr. waited too long to file some of the claims and did not provide enough evidence to support others. The lawsuit stemmed from the September 2010 shooting that killed Marcus T. Davis while he was sitting in his car with his girlfriend in Evanston. Bamberg alleged two officers “coached and coerced” Davis’ girlfriend to identify Bamberg as the shooter, though she had initially picked someone else out of a photo lineup. Bamberg spent more than two years in jail on charges related to the shooting, according to court documents. A Cook County judge found him not guilty of killing Davis after a three-day bench trial in November 2012. About a year later, Bamberg filed a seven-count lawsuit against the city including allegations of false arrest, conspiracy to deprive constitutional rights and intentional infliction of emotional distress. In her ruling, St. Eve said Bamberg exceeded the statute of limitations for those three claims, waiting at least a year too long to file each of them. For two other claims, St. Eve ruled Bamberg did

not offer enough details to prove that he was denied a fair trial and that the officers’ actions represent a widespread custom or practice within the department. St. Eve did not dismiss Bamberg’s claims that he experienced malicious prosecution and should receive indemnification from the city for the officers’ actions. St. Eve left open the possibility that Anthony Peraica, Bamberg’s attorney, could file an amended complaint with sufficient evidence for the two claims that weren’t dismissed. Peraica said Thursday he plans to do that. City attorney Grant Farrar said Thursday the city continues to believe the lawsuit is frivolous. He pointed out that St. Eve asked Peraica to keep in mind a federal rule that requires attorneys to vet the factual basis of all claims brought before the court. Police have linked Davis’ death to a bloody feud between two extended families in Evanston dating back to 2005, when a man connected to the Davis family was accused of fatally shooting a man related to the Bambergs. The man with ties to the Davis family, Antoine Hill, was paroled in 2012. Another lawsuit before the court — this one filed in September of last year — claims Evanston authorities did not respond fast enough after Javar Bamberg was shot and killed in December 2012 near Evanston Township High School. In January, Peraica filed an amended complaint in that case, and the city has been seeking to have it thrown out. patricksvitek2014@u.northwestern.edu

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If you are interested in finding out more about the Winter 2015 program, attend a meeting on Thursday, April 24, at 4:30 pm in McCormick Tribune Center, Room 2-111. If you are interested but can’t attend the meeting, please contact Prof. Ellen Shearer at shearer@northwestern.edu.

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NU shuts down Indiana offense for weekend sweep By HUZAIFA PATEL

the daily northwestern @HuzaifaPatel95

Northwestern swept Indiana on Sunday afternoon, capping off a string of hard-fought wins in Evanston with a walk-off victory. The Easter Bunny and a crop of NU football players were among the large and festive crowd at Sharon J. Drysdale Field. The Wildcats improved to 27-11 overall and 9-6 in the Big Ten, dropping Indiana to 13-33-1 and 4-13 in conference. It was a well-played series defensively for both sides. The Cats put up a modest 15 runs over three games, while the Hoosiers managed just four runs. “Our pitchers gave up two earned runs in the last four games,” coach Kate Drohan said. “It’s always going to put us in a position to win, and that’s what we’re looking for.”

NU got on the board first on Sunday, via an RBI single from senior catcher Paige Tonz. After a single from junior first baseman Julia Kuhn, senior outfielder Mari Majam followed up with a single of her own to give the Wildcats a 2-0 lead entering the third inning. Indiana tied the game in the fifth with a leadoff walk followed by an RBI triple from senior third baseman Shelby Gogreve. A sacrifice bunt brought Gogreve home. The bottom half of the seventh began with a single from senior infielder Marisa Bast. After junior outfielder Andrea DiPrima’s sacrifice bunt turned into an error, junior shortstop Anna Edwards hit the ball at the pitcher, who could not catch Bast at third. After a strikeout from LeBeau, Tonz picked up her second RBI of the game, this one a game winner. Sophomore pitcher Kristen Wood hung tough throughout the game. “Coming into the third game, they’ve seen you

before so I just tried to stick with what went well the first game,” Wood said. The Wildcats started the weekend strong, shutting out the Hoosiers 8-0 in game one. Wood was nearly perfect, allowing just two hits and three walks in six frames, striking out 12. In a 3-run fifth, Emily Allard singled on a bunt and stole the 141st base of her career, moving into a tie for 25th in Division I softball history. That wasn’t the only history made in this inning. After Allard scored on a Majam double, Bast homered onto the McGaw Hall roof and became an official member of the Northwestern Roof Club, as NU won 8-0. Saturday’s game was a tighter affair. Nicole Bond had a solid outing, giving up only 2 earned runs on four hits and four walks, striking out eight, leading NU to a 4-2 win. “What’s been really fun is how (Bond and Wood) have developed and grown throughout the course of

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8 4 3 the season,” Drohan said. “They really lean on each other and their chemistry is great, I really like the way they feed off each other.” A solo shot from Bast and three straight doubles from DiPrima, Edwards and LeBeau made up the four Cats’ runs. Bond picked up the win and improved to 4-0 on the season. The Wildcats have a quick turnaround with a doubleheader at Illinois on Tuesday. huzaifapatel2017@u.northwestern.edu

Men’s Golf

During trying weekend, Cats see signs of progress By KEVIN CASEY

daily senior staffer @KevinCasey19

With this team in the spring, you never know what you’re going to get. But Northwestern is coming close to where it wants to be. On Sunday, the Wildcats finished off their final tournament of the spring before Big Ten Championships, placing sixth at the Boilermaker Invitational. NU actually dropped a position each round, finding itself in fourth place after 18 holes, fifth after 36 and down one more spot on the final day. And in a 15-team field in West Lafayette, Ind., that held six top-50 squads, No. 49 NU finished exactly where the rankings would have predicted. All of this appeared to point toward a theme of stagnation. But coach Pat Goss was convinced his team took a step forward. “We definitely made progress. We were better this

week,” Goss said. “We did a lot of good things. We made too many mistakes, too many par-5 mistakes particularly. But the fact that we’re making birdies at a course that very much resembles the French Lick course we’ll play for Big Tens is a good sign.” And progress can also be counted by trends in the starting lineup. After struggling nearly all spring to find anything from a player lower than the No. 2 spot, the team has finally uncovered some depth. At the Kepler Intercollegiate, junior Matthew Negri, the No. 3, and redshirt sophomore Scott Smith, the No. 5, each posted three solid rounds on their way to highly respectable showings, tying for 28th and 34th, respectively. As the old saying goes, once is a fluke, twice is a trend. In West Lafayette, Negri once again put together three consistent scores, all 74s, on his way to a tie for 26th. Smith’s stock steadily climbed even higher. The redshirt sophomore, now listed as the No. 4, opened in 76 but sliced strokes off his score each of the next two rounds, with a 74 followed by a closing

71. In that final round, Smith was 2-over in his first 11 holes before closing with four birdies and just one bogey in his last seven. For Smith, who has now been in the lineup for three consecutive events, it was a strong punctuation to a stellar 54 holes. “I played well all week,” Smith said. “I hit the ball really solid, in the first two rounds I made a couple of mistakes on par-5s and that kind of hurt me. I’m really pleased with my ball-striking, I just have to tighten up my short game.” But with all the improvement in the bottom of the lineup, the top didn’t play as well as usual. Sophomore Andrew Whalen, the No. 2, was only incrementally worse than before, finishing tied for 26th, but placed outside the top two on the squad for the first time in a stroke-play event this spring. Jack Perry fashioned easily his worst showing of the season last week at the Kepler. The senior got right back to leading the team at the Boilermaker, but all that meant was a tie for 22nd. For a man who could basically guarantee he

would end up with a top-15 finish just two weeks ago, it was a lowly result. But his play this week did include an anomalous nine on a par-3 and Perry overall spoke highly of his performance. “I played really well this week,” he said. “Obviously one hole really cost me. But I’m playing great and I’m really excited for Big Tens.” Question marks remain at the No. 5 spot, and the top of the lineup has not been as strong, at least in results, in recent weeks. But with life, and plenty of it, from the Nos. 3 and 4 spots, this squad might actually be on the upswing. The team is now closer than it ever has been this spring to securing a stable starting lineup, and its coach is not giving up on a spectacular stretch to end the spring campaign. “We’re making progress on establishing a lineup,” Goss said. “We’re definitely making progress and we have shown that we have the ability to make a postseason run.” kevincasey2015@u.northwestern.edu

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SPORTS

ON DECK

ON THE RECORD

We’re down 11-5, and we can come back and put us in a situation like that, it just shows how much fight we have. — Kara Mupo, junior attacker

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NU falls just short against Florida on Senior Day By AVA WALLACE

daily senior staffer @AvaRWallace

The 1,679 fans who packed into Lakeside Field’s bleachers Saturday afternoon learned why Northwestern and Florida have the most electric rivalry in the sport. The No. 5 Wildcats’ (9-5, 3-3 ALC) Senior Day ended in heartbreak after junior attack Kara Mupo’s would-be game-tying goal was disallowed after it was ruled that the junior stepped into the No. 4 Gators’ (15-2, 6-0) crease. Florida took the victory 13-12 for its fourth straight regular-season win over NU. The last-second victory also clinched the ALC title for the Gators, who will be the No. 1 seed in the ALC tournament, which NU will host in the first week of May. Mupo’s shot came after a strong comeback attempt from the Cats, who faced an 11-5 deficit with less than 18 minutes left in the game. The junior shined in the final minutes of Saturday’s game, in part making up for the absence of leading scorer Kaleigh Craig. The sophomore was seen in a boot, sidelined with a foot injury. Mupo said the team’s effort proves its readiness to step up during Craig’s leave. “We’ve said this throughout the whole season: We’re in this together,” Mupo said. “Losing Kaleigh, losing any player on your team, it’s personal, it’s not just me to step up. We need all 11 people on the field to step up. … We’ve just got to keep this in the pit of our stomach, keep it as a burning fire and play for people like Kaleigh who don’t have the opportunity out there.” Sophomore Spring Sanders kicked off the comeback effort with her first career goal after forcing a turnover that led to a one-on-one with Florida’s goalie. After Sanders’ goal, Mupo tallied a hat trick, and senior attack Kat DeRonda, junior midfielder Jess Carroll and senior attack Christy Turner rounded out the rest of the Cats’ scores. Carroll was one of the midfielders who was moved up to attack after

Craig was sidelined. The junior proved her worth with two goals, the first to get NU out of a 5-1 hole in the first half and the second to cut the deficit to 12-9 in the second half. Before NU’s late rally, the Gators made it clear early on they were in Evanston to ruin the Cats’ Senior Day. Florida asserted itself and jumped out to a 5-1 lead 15 minutes into the first half, and NU was stuck playing catch-up against an aggressive, quick Gator defense. NU continued with its possessionminded offensive strategy, at times trying to slow down the game on attack. But Florida controlled the game’s pace and played in lockdown mode, effectively pressuring all game. The Gators’ defense forced nine turnovers and made the Cats work for their chances at the net: Florida let fly an impressive 31 shots compared to NU’s 20. That number was almost equal in the second half, but the visitors dominated the first period with 17 shots to the Cats’ seven. Speaking even more to Florida’s effective defense were the draw controls. NU won 17 draw controls to the Gator’s 10 but couldn’t consistently put things away on offense. The senior class’ performance was, fittingly, a highlight of the day. Seniors DeRonda, Alyssa Leonard and Kelly Richdid their parts on attack with two goals for Leonard, one for DeRonda and two critical assists from Rich. On defense, senior Kerri Harrington quieted Florida’s Shannon Gilroy, who leads the nation in goals by 23. Mupo, who would have been the 10th member of the team’s senior class had she not redshirted last year, said both the seniors’ performance and the comeback showed NU’s grit. “I think you have to take a positive out of it,” Mupo said. “We’re down 11-5, and we can come back and put us in a situation like that, it just shows how much fight we have. We should never put ourselves in that situation, but that’s a testament to how hard this team works.” avawallace2015@u.northwestern.edu

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CLOSE BUT NO CIGAR Junior attack Kara Mupo passes the ball off. Mupo had 4 goals during Northwestern’s loss to Florida and scored what would have been the game-tying shot.

Despite heartbreak against Gators, team’s youth shows it is ready to step forward By BOBBY PILLOTE

the daily northwestern @BobbyPillote

Northwestern’s seniors didn’t get the result they wanted in their final regular-season game at Lakeside Field. But in a close loss to rival Florida, the Wildcats found production from some unusual places. Most surprising was sophomore midfielder Spring Sanders, who took control of a loose draw, darted past the Florida defense and dashed down the field on a breakaway to score her first career goal. Fellow sophomore Lauren Murray also came through with a score, the fifth tally of her career. Jess Carroll was an even bigger contributor on offense. The junior midfielder, stepping in for injured sophomore and leading scorer Kaleigh

Craig, scored two goals in just her second start of the season. Junior Bridget Bianco had another brilliant performance in goal, making eight saves, including some very athletic stops, despite facing a barrage of 31 Gators shots. But the most impressive performance of the day belonged to junior Kara Mupo. Coming off the bench, she slashed the Florida defense for four goals. When the Cats were down a goal with 14 seconds to play, it was Mupo who was given the team’s last shot. But even though her goal was waved off due to a crease violation, she was composed after the game and had her eye on the future. “It’s rough,” she said. “It’s been a long road for us. This year, we want to go out with a bang. … That’s our plan moving forward.” Despite trailing the whole game, the seniors played with that same sentiment. Senior attack Alyssa Leonard

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had two goals and added a whopping 12 draw controls to her NCAA-leading lifetime total. Fellow attack Kat DeRonda added one goal to her soaring season total, and defender Kerri Harrington had a lockdown performance despite an otherwise rough day for the defense. Their presence will be missed next year, but a juggernaut program brimming with talent doesn’t rebuild; it reloads. Many of NU’s younger players are ready to star in the looming postseason and beyond. robertpillote2017@u.northwestern.edu

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Improved Cats take 2 of 3 from favored Cornhuskers Northwestern

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In front of as many as 5,000 fans on the road against one of the Big Ten’s best teams, Northwestern played as well as it has this season. The Wildcats (10-25, 4-10 Big Ten) took two of three one-run games at Nebraska (26-16, 8-4) this weekend, shocking the heavily favored Cornhuskers, who had won 10 of their last 11 games. “(The team) did a great job in getting two out of three,” coach Paul Stevens said. “It’s absolutely tremendous given where we were playing and how hot they were coming in. I was extremely excited about how the weekend unfolded.” Friday’s win went to extra innings, with junior Cody Stevens delivering the game-winning hit in the 12th. Prior to Friday, the Wildcats had lost all four of their extra-inning games this season and last year lost at Nebraska in the 16th. Stevens’ heroics were only possible because of NU’s pitching. Sophomore pitcher Reed Mason shut down Nebraska over 8 2/3 innings, allowing only one run on five hits. Once Mason exited, senior Jack

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EVEN STEVENS Junior shortstop Cody Stevens was the hero for Northwestern against Nebraska on Friday, driving in the game-winning run in the top of the 12th inning. The Wildcats left Lincoln with two out of three victories over the Cornhuskers.

Quigley continued his excellent final season with 3 1/3 scoreless innings of relief. Those performances set up NU’s 12thinning rally. Freshman Matt Hopfner led off the inning with a single past the third baseman, then advanced to second on a sacrifice bunt. With two outs, Stevens punched the ball up the middle to score

Hopfner knock in the go-ahead run. “We wanted to make a point, coming in here, playing a hot team,” Stevens said. “Coming through in the 12th, it was awesome. … It was a really good win for us. It was a really cool to be a part of it.” Quigley’s one-two-three bottom of the inning closed NU’s exciting win. The teams played a doubleheader Saturday in anticipation of Sunday

thunderstorms and more close finishes ensued. In the first game, the Cats broke a 2-2 eighth inning tie with a walk, a single and an RBI fielder’s choice from junior Jake Straub. Again, pitching lifted NU, as junior Brandon Magallones fired eight strong innings, ceding 2 runs while striking out seven. Magallones entered the season as the team’s ace but was injured early on and has been up and down since returning. He has essentially alternated good and bad starts in conference play, and Saturday was time for a good one. “Finding a rhythm has been an issue this year for me,” Magallones said. “I’ve made really good strides this past week, and I think going forward I should be a lot more consistent.” The third game of the series was similarly close to the first two with a dissimilar

outcome. For a while, it looked like the Cats might sweep the Cornhuskers. After three and a half innings, NU had an 8-2 lead. But Hopfner, making his first career start on the mound, lost gas in the fourth. The freshman allowed three straight hits without recording an out, then was replaced by senior Jack Livingston, who let all three baserunners score and allowed a run of his own. Nebraska scored two more the next inning to take a 9-8 lead, then after NU tied the game in the seventh, the Cornhuskers responded with a run in the eighth and closed out a 10-9 victory. Overall, it was an impressive weekend from the Cats, who have now won six of their last nine games after losing 16 of 18. “We always put on a uniform to win every game,” Paul Stevens said. “We went out Friday believing we could win. We knew that were hot, they’re a fundamentally really sound team. When Friday was over, we found a way to win, and then we were focused on putting on the uniform and winning on Saturday.” NU’s next game is Tuesday, at home against Wheaton College. asputt@u.northwestern.edu