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City talks Phase 1B, COVID-19 vaccine distribution

Sororities do not empower women, students say

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By CAROLINE BREW

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To update the community on vaccine supply and distribution progress, Evanston Mayor Steve Hagerty hosted another virtual “Coronavirus Q&A” Thursday alongside local health officials, two weeks after the city began Phase 1B vaccine rollout.

As of Jan. 28, the city distributed 7,800 of its 8,900 allocated COVID-19 vaccine doses to Evanston hospitals and qualified individuals in the Phase 1A and 1B brackets.

At a previous Coronavirus Q&A, the city detailed its plan to first prioritize the oldest members of the 65 and over age group in Phase 1B, which Hagerty estimates to include about 20,000 Evanston residents. Initially, the city vaccinated residents 85 and older. On Wednesday, the city expanded distribution to those 78 and older, and is planning to vaccinate those 75 and older this upcoming week.

“Those most at risk are over the age of 65, and the older you get, the greater the risk is to you,” Hagerty said.

“Our approach is, those most at risk, with the limited quantities that we have, we want to vaccinate first.”

Public Health Manager Greg Olsen said vaccine distribution for Phase 1B is based on age in accordance with the state’s plan. However, when Phase 1C begins, Olsen said the city intends to consider pre-existing health conditions when prioritizing subgroups.

Hagerty said the city has not yet considered personal health situations due to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act. Olsen said the Illinois Department of Public Health has been notifying the city of how many doses to expect each week. Until the city can vaccinate more individuals in its semiweekly events or better forecast future rollout, Hagerty said the city must work with the limited vaccine supply.

To ensure residents are vaccinated according to the

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said he has strong personal motivations for improving education on the Holocaust.

“When I was 18… I realized that I’ve been taught about the Jewish narrative of Holocaust history, but no one has ever taught me about all these other narratives, including the queer narrative of Holocaust history,” Cohen said.

His research specifically

Weinberg junior Sheridan Bernard joined Chi Omega her freshman year to find a community of women on campus. In response to the Abolish Greek Life movement, she and many others deactivated from their sororities and looked to other organizations for womenfocused communities.

After the Abolish Greek Life movement gained traction, Bernard and other women in her sorority sent a letter to their national organization outlining the Greek life practices they found problematic.

“As we got into speaking with nationals, I realized that even though the girls in our sorority were really great women, the organization itself was so flawed and not open to changing such racist and outdated practices,” Bernard said. “It became a lot to continue paying dues and supporting the organization in that way.”

While defenders of Greek life have said sororities provide important female-focused spaces for women on campus,

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From left, Sarah Cushman, Danny M. Cohen, Charlotte Masters (and) Samantha Oberman. The four were among the six NU-affiliated individuals recently appointed to the Illinois Holocaust and Genocide Commission.

NU scholars to join commission

NU commissioners to improve Illinois education on genocide

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In December 2020, Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker announced 17 appointments to the Illinois Holocaust and Genocide Commission in an effort to develop the state’s education on past atrocities in the world. Six of the 17 were Northwestern professors, alumni and students.

Illinois was the first state in the United States to mandate Holocaust and genocide education in all public elementary schools and high schools in 1990. The Commission seeks to offer social studies teachers guidance on how to memorialize the Holocaust and other genocides in public schools across Illinois.

SESP Prof. Danny M. Cohen was appointed cochair of the Commission.

“We’re essentially charged with overseeing (the mandate), helping to develop guidelines (and) helping districts and other organizations and schools think about teacher training,” Cohen said.

“We need to support schools to make sure that they have the resources, and that teachers have the skills to be able to implement the mandate.”

A a grandchild of a Holocaust survivor and part of the LGBTQ+ community, Cohen

Evanston groups host inagural Winter Games City of Evanston, local organizations to host series of community-building challenges

By CHRISTINA VAN WAASBERGEN

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Anybody have a torch? The inaugural Evanston Winter Games have come to town.

The City of Evanston, Downtown Evanston, Amita Health, Byline Bank, the Family Institute at Northwestern University, the Main-Dempster Mile and the Central Street Special Service Areas are partnering to put on a series of community-building challenges throughout the month of February.

Participants are assigned a team color and earn points through outdoor activities like hiking and ice skating, at-home challenges, charitable acts and shopping at local businesses. Residents can participate through the free app

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Northwestern students walk across a snowy Lakefill. The Evanston Winter Games aim to encourage residents to get outside and appreciate the winter weather.

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Colored lights adorn storefronts throughout Downtown

Evanston and along the MainDempster Mile and Central Street, with the colors showcasing

businesses’ team affiliations. Participants can earn double points by shopping at stores belonging to

their teams.

The three highest scorers will win gold, silver and bronze Winter Games medals and get the opportunity to open next year’s Games. Throughout the Games, participants can also win gift cards to Gearhead Outfitters.

Annie Coakley, executive director of Downtown Evanston, said she hopes the Games will help support businesses struggling in the pandemic and also encourage people to embrace the winter.

“I just thought it would be a fun thing for people to enjoy winter in, perhaps, a way they hadn’t before,” Coakley said. “It’s not a time of year just to stay inside. We can go out and support businesses; we can go out and enjoy the snow and have fun in the cold.”

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AROUND TOWN

Meleika Gardner educates, advocates, inspires

By JORJA SIEMONS

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When Meleika Gardner founded Evanston Live TV in 2016, she threw herself into the work, filming her conversations with Evanston municipal election candidates as they drove around the city in her car.

“I just grabbed my phone and hit the streets,” she said.

Four years later — and during another local election cycle — the Evanston Chamber of Commerce has honored Gardner as the 2021 Community Leadership Person of the Year. Her platform, which produces content covering local politics, social justice efforts and community leaders, now has more than 44,000 views on YouTube and over 6,000 Facebook followers.

Catching the “entertainment bug” early in her life, Gardner moved to Los Angeles as a young woman and worked as both a touring dancer and casting director before she returned to Evanston in 2013.

“Once you know you’re this artistic, creative person, I don’t think it ever leaves you,” she said. “You feel like you’re dying when you’re doing anything other than (entertainment).”

Describing Evanston Live TV as the “perfect combination” of activism and entertainment, Gardner said she creates content, alongside her cameraman Donghyun “Don” Lim, that centers resident perspectives.

Rev. Dr. Michael Nabors, president of Evanston’s branch of the NAACP, met Gardner shortly after he became pastor at Second Baptist Church in 2015.

One of Gardner’s first guests on Evanston Live TV, he said she has a natural ability to bring people together.

“You see the work that she does and the quality that goes into it,” he said. “It can only happen through someone who has deep convictions about justice.”

Although the pandemic has disrupted some of Gardner’s traditional reporting methods — she can’t approach residents on the streets or visit community centers any more — she said she’s found some silver linings. Zoom has enabled her to do more interviews than normal and her audience has grown, Gardner said.

“I think we’re actually reaching more people right

Graphic by Angeli Mittal. Photo contributed by Meleika Gardner.

Evanston resident Meleika Gardner. In 2016, Gardner founded Evanston Live TV, and this year, she was named the Evanston Chamber of Commerce’s Community Leadership Person of the Year.

now,” she said. “More people are at home to pay attention.”

Last year, Gardner not only prioritized COVID19 coverage — interviewing Evanston Mayor Steve Hagerty, local doctors, mental health experts and business owners about the pandemic’s impacts — but also made videos educating the public about Black history, the Black Lives Matter movement and what anti-racism looks like.

Willie Shaw, political action and civic engagement chair for Evanston’s branch of the NAACP, said Gardner has a unique ability to make her community feel comfortable.

“It’s really elevating community voices, and particularly the African American community,” Shaw said.

As a board member at Women Empowering Women In Local Legislation (WE WILL), a nonprofit, lobbying organization focused on women’s and

children’s rights, Gardner continues her emphasis on activism even outside of Evanston Live TV. Last year, Gardner authored an amendment to a bill sponsored by State Rep. La Shawn Ford, (D-Chicago) that seeks to combat systemic racism in Illinois K-12 schooling. Gardner’s amendment calls for the inclusion of pre-enslavement history, contributions and achievements of Black people from 3000 BC - 1619.

“I truly believe systemic racism starts at home, and it starts in our school system,” Gardner said, emphasizing the harmful impact of neglecting to teach the contributions of Black peoples, especially in U.S. history curriculums. “The Black and brown (students) question their own self worth and value in this country because of what’s being taught and the images being portrayed of their community.”

Gardner said when she testified before the House

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Committee in Springfield last March, the bill received pushback from some state representatives who were concerned that if they expanded Black history education, they would have to do the same for every other group.

“Why wouldn’t you do that?” Gardner said, recalling her reaction.

Once again collaborating with Ford, she contributed to another piece of legislation that would establish the Inclusive American History Commission updating state history curriculum to be more inclusive of diverse perspectives. Both bills await finalization.

With the municipal elections quickly approaching, Gardner has continued to bring her social justice-oriented reporting to Evanston Live TV, leading multiple forums and interviews introducing residents to the candidates and their policy positions.

“Decisions are being made, and a lot of people are asleep,” Gardner said. “I really want people to get engaged early so that they can have a voice in (local politics).”

Executive Director of Art Encounter Lea Pinsky met Gardner through Gardner’s mother, artist and activist Fran Joy, and said Evanston Live TV’s recent coverage is very impactful.

“She’s led me to be a more conscious citizen …

She teaches people how to listen because she models it so well,” she said, calling Gardner Evanston’s own “local investigative journalist.”

As for what the future holds, Gardner said she is excited to see how Evanston Live TV further develops.

“Every day I pray to God,” she said. “Whatever it grows into, it’s His will. I just want it to serve the people at the end of the day.” jorjasiemons2024@u.northwestern.edu Scan this QR code with Snapchat or your smartphone camera to view a video about Gardner’s impact on the Evanston community.

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The Daily: IFC chose to continue with formal recruitment this year. How has it changed this year because of COVID-19 and the Abolish Greek Life movement?

Papandreou: We did expect lower numbers and we do still expect fewer people to rush. The chapters are making conscious decisions in terms of who they’re recruiting, and we’ve kind of formed our recruitment process for this quarter to kind of facilitate that.

We instituted a system where those interested in rushing will fill out a form where they declare the chapters they “officially” want to rush and also the chapter which is their “top choice.” It is mandated for chapters to have a meeting with everyone who ranks them first. We used this “top choice” approach because we did not want people to rank their preferences. We think that ranking gets them even more invested in the process than they should be. Our approach gives people as fair a shot as possible, without being harmful.

The Daily: How has IFC been communicating and collaborating with the Abolish Greek Life movement?

Papandreou: I am sure that for some chapter presidents and for some in the IFC, listening to the fact that I’ve been communicating with the Abolish Greek Life movement, they may feel scared or whatever, because our end goals are definitely different — Abolish Greek Life wants to abolish IFC, and for IFC, that’s not currently the goal. Our goal is about making sure we find common ground and build a working relationship on those things that we both want to see, at least in the short run. That’s something that I’m happy the

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The Phi Kappa Psi and Delta Gamma buildings on campus.

Abolish Greek Life movement sees and is willing to work with us in that sort of capacity.

The Daily: This fall, Northwestern’s Panhellenic Association released a statement in favor of disbanding sororities on campus. Has IFC ever had any discussions about supporting abolition instead of reform?

Papandreou: Reform is essentially putting fraternities on a common level with everyone else, subject to the same expectations and standards. And most importantly, if you ask me, making sure that people are given the tools to reach that level, making sure they understand the expectations, making sure that their members understand their expectations, making sure that the members themselves know why we’re moving towards this level — those things I think can happen. And I firmly, firmly believe that we can move towards that goal.

The Daily: Is IFC currently monitoring parties being held by fraternities on and off-campus?

Papandreou: IFC executive board members do their own rounds of the fraternity quad. That’s a practice that has existed for years. We’ve also launched a report form for information from people. We think

that as a standards board, this will facilitate our accountability processes and definitely show the community that they can also contribute to this, that they’re not alone.

The Daily: Last week, IFC’s Standards Board sanctioned and fined Phi Kappa Psi for holding an on-campus social event. If other fraternities are found responsible for holding parties, will you apply the same standards?

Papandreou: I can’t comment on the decision of the panel itself, because I’m not privy to that, but in my view, any sort of decision we make is precedent for all other decisions. It’s not our goal to make examples out of anyone, it’s not our goal to protect some in favor of others. Standards is a blind process, and it’s just looking at the facts making sure that we have everything right. The decision on Phi Psi is not final, they can appeal that decision. Should Phi Psi have any new evidence come in that would have any bearing on the decision or the charges, there will be an appeals board.

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The institution of Greek Life needs to be disbanded KENNY ALLEN

OP-ED CONTRIBUTOR

Greek life plays a strong and damaging role at Northwestern. A system where you have to pay to socialize will only be accessible to those who can pay, meaning society’s racial wealth gaps will always be reflected in membership. Even if these organizations try to make financial accommodations for those who can’t pay, the cost barrier to membership is a signal to low-income students that the chapters are not actively invested in their inclusion. If you’re a low-income student who would struggle to pay dues in the first place, you can only assume that more challenges will follow.

Even with dues covered, you may not be able to afford Ubers downtown to bar nights, spring trips to faraway places, the formal attire expected at events, or meals on the days where your Greek house doesn’t provide food. Meanwhile, so many of the other members can pay for those things without a second thought.

At Northwestern, it feels as if Greek life has a near monopoly on social life. People living in Greek housing have the most access to unscrutinized space—opposed to regular dorms that have security guards and RAs to enforce rules— along with the financial means and community necessary to afford larger spaces when they move off campus. Any one of the chapters with a house on

campus has more space reserved for them than low-income, black, or LGBTQ+ students do combined. This means that those without membership in or connection to Greek life have much more limited options in terms of structuring their social lives.

Single-gender social clubs also enforce heterosexism, patriarchy, and binary ideas about gender.

If sororities specify that they’re for women, and fraternities specify that they’re for men, where does that leave people who don’t identify with either of those labels? Immediately after the rush process, chapters host mixers, parties aimed at new members hosted by one sorority and one fraternity. In addition, because sororities can’t throw parties on campus, fraternities control access to parties and the alcohol that comes with them, which is especially relevant for underclassmen.

Those who want alcohol and parties have to stay in the good graces of the men who control them.

This gender-based power dynamic is present in all interactions with those fraternity members.

It’s not a surprise then that fraternities have been drivers of sexual assault on campus.

As a result of the uprisings in the summer of 2020, when waves of white people seemingly woke up to the idea that they might be upholding racist systems, many Greek life participants at Northwestern grappled with how their membership may have contradicted their stated values. There were mass deactivations and votes to end chapters because people recognized that no efforts at reform would actually lead to equitable Greek spaces.

But now in Winter Quarter, rush is in full swing for many chapters. Some have shown that they’re at least thinking about how their institutions recreate inequality. Alpha Phi published an “AntiRacist Guide to Greek Life” on their instagram page on Martin Luther King Jr. day. If that sounds like an oxymoron to you, you’re not alone. People flooded the comment section letting them know that an anti-racist guide to Greek life is simple: disband. This scrutiny is completely deserved.

Participating in Greek life is a harmful practice that no amount of reform or number of anti-racist instagram posts will change. Thinking about the damage isn’t enough. But we need to make sure that we’re not only criticizing the groups that speak out. All of the chapters doing recruitment right now are prioritizing the benefits that Greek life provides them despite their knowledge of the harm the system perpetuates.

The attachment to these institutions as the ones shaping social life at Northwestern is an attachment to racist, classist, patriarchal exclusion.

Because these are chapters of national organizations, fundamental change at our school won’t happen. Nationals can always intervene even if members are united in a direction. People have already proposed reforms, but none of them can fundamentally change what Greek life is: expensive social clubs whose value comes from their exclusivity. Many of the ideas for reform focus on diversity or making the experience hospitable to more people. The class element of the process will always shrink the pool of potential recruits

to those who can afford it—already a whiter group— and even racial diversity wouldn’t be a success in itself. A diverse set of faces layered onto a classist and patriarchal institution isn’t something to be celebrated; it’s a way to make other forms of exclusion look more palatable.

When people are pressed about why they’re still attached to this specific experience despite all the criticism, they’ll often insist that they appreciate the community and the friends. All of these things are completely attainable without Greek life. Part of the reason the system has such a hold is because people rush so early in their time at Northwestern and can’t picture a social life outside of it. But we shouldn’t take its existence for granted. If you’re someone who’s invested in making this school a more inclusive one, that means divesting from Greek life. Freeing up all the financial and spatial resources tied up in the system will help build a new social life that more people have access to. But to participate in the Greek system, even if you can articulate critiques of it, is to invest in the cycle of harm it creates. If you’re a first year considering rushing, don’t. If you’re a current member, deactivate. If you’re in leadership, disband.

Kenny Allen is a Weinberg senior. He can be contacted at kenneth@u.northwestern.edu. If you would like to respond publicly to this op-ed, send a Letter to the Editor to opinion@dailynorthwestern.com. The views expressed in this piece do not necessarily reflect the views of all staff members of The Daily Northwestern.

Restoring America’s soul is going to be an uphill battle ANNIKA HIREDESAI COLUMNIST

Since the inauguration, President Joe Biden’s White House has been a flurry of activity. From extending the eviction and foreclosure moratorium to launching a “100 Days Mask Challenge,” steps are already being taken to restore what Biden has long promised: the soul of America. This administration faces its fair share of domestic challenges, but a cornerstone of Biden’s campaign was reclaiming the mantle of America as a world leader.

It’s a definitive shift in tone from the previous administration, which operated with an America First mindset. Withdrawing from long-standing partnerships and levying sanctions at record rates signalled a willingness to punish allies and foes alike. It’s no wonder the Biden administration is rushing to repair the damage to relationships they view as crucial to maintaining a peaceful world order and promoting democratic ideals.

Biden re-entered the Paris Climate Agreement on the first day of his presidency, and also rejoined the World Health Organization, signalling an American readiness to step back into its role of leader on the world stage in the fight against climate

change and the pandemic.

Despite these shifts toward global cooperation, restoring America’s reputation abroad won’t be so simple. In a 2020 Pew Research Center survey of people from 13 different countries, U.S. favorability was at an all time low in the 20 years since they first began this survey. When it came to handling the global pandemic, every country ranked the U.S. response below WHO, the EU, China and their own governments. Most damning of all is the assessment of U.S. leadership. When participants were asked about their confidence in world leaders to “do the right thing” on the international stage, 83 percent had no confidence in American leaders, ratings below even Russia and China.

Biden might be stepping into the office with decades of experience and close ties to leaders abroad, but personal amiability only goes so far in restoring America’s soul abroad. Many nations remain skeptical of the U.S. after watching our leaders drop the ball on the coronavirus response time and time again. In this moment, being a world leader means demonstrating that we are capable of following common sense community health measures, while also ramping up our vaccine rollout, which is currently one of the slowest when compared to our peers, a shame given the billions of dollars we have poured into the effort. With the rampant disinformation on social media about all

things COVID-19, I worry that individual choices will continue to obstruct the collective goal of stamping out the virus and saving lives.

The administration will also be inheriting an ongoing trade war with the next largest economy in the world, China. Like his predecessor, Biden holds a hawkish view on China, citing the ongoing genocide of Muslim Uighurs, the suppresion of democracy in Hong Kong and an escalation of tensions with Taiwan as concerns. These are sensitive topics for the Chinese government, with a top Chinese diplomat issuing a statement warning the U.S. to stay out of these affairs. Tackling these issues will require a coordinated effort alongside allies in the region and around the world, but even Biden acknowledged the hurdle of our current reputation in an interview with The New York Times interview.

“The best China strategy, I think, is one which gets every one of our — or at least what used to be our — allies on the same page,” Biden said in the interview. “It’s going to be a major priority for me in the opening weeks of my presidency to try to get us back on the same page with our allies.”

Renewing and fortifying alliances in the AsiaPacific region will be a tough task. The Trump administration’s withdrawal from the Trans Pacific Partnership was considered by our regional allies — and rightfully so — as American abandonment.

NU contributes to racial disparities of COVID AIDAN OCAMPO

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Welcome to campus! Whether it’s your first time living on campus, or you’re back for another quarter, the move to Evanston is an exciting time, particularly after quite an unprecedented year. Yet, the administration’s decision to bring back students comes at the serious cost of potentially infecting the numerous staff members employed to keep Northwestern functioning.

While considering whether or not to invite students back for Winter Quarter, the administration noted, “there have been few documented cases of on-campus transmission among students, and none among students and faculty or staff.” However, during Fall Quarter, over 150 staff members tested positive for COVID-19. This quarter, the on-campus staff are required to serve substantially more students on campus, increasing the risks of contracting COVID-19. While the return of students to campus may have opened up opportunities for employment during a national economic crisis, this additional risk to workers cannot be ignored.

Though the university employs a diverse

population of faculty and staff, Black and brown people disproportionately make up the majority of service positions, including working in dining halls and cleaning our facilities. These positions require close interaction in spaces where large amounts of students congregate on a daily basis. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has noted that individuals who work in these settings have a higher chance of being exposed to COVID-19.

While subjecting Black and brown workers to dangerous working conditions, the staff members that have the opportunity to work virtually are disproportionately White, including tenure-line and instructional faculty. Studies have shown that COVID-19 disproportionately impacts people of color in a number of ways including occupation, housing, wealth gaps and access to healthcare. The decision to bring back students worsens these disparities by greatly increasing the BIPOC staff’s risk of exposure to COVID-19.

When confronted about this risk disparity, administrators in a Feb. 3 ASG Senate meeting indicated that vaccination for these essential campus workers was not under the control of the university. Administrators insisted that local and state vaccination programs prioritized food service workers. However, they failed to produce an answer when asked about cleaning and maintenance workers that were not prioritized in vaccination guidelines. While recognizing

the significant risk these workers were put at, administrators came short of providing meaningful answers of how they would best protect these staff members.

Observing these implications of students’ return to campus is not to take a position on whether or not it was the right decision by the administration.

Rather, it serves as an opportunity to recognize the inherent inequities in our society that have led to these circumstances and led to the success of a predominantly white institution’s on-campus experience being solely dependent on putting minorities at serious risk of illness.

Given the dangerous position that essential staff members are put in, these times call for an even greater adherence to campus COVID-19 guidelines.

Ignoring these protocols not only poses a risk to yourself and others, but seriously endangers the staff employed to make this quarter possible. In exchange for the opportunity to study on campus, students should grant them the safest working conditions possible.

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The TPP could have been the centerpiece of our Asia policy, a chance for American leadership to steer an area of immense economic growth towards free market values and democratization. It would have also allowed us to maintain a presence in a region where China has continued to wield its vast power and influence over other nations. Instead, the U.S. will be forced to deal with this threat without a foothold in the region.

Perhaps all incoming presidents struggle with pursuing their goals in an environment very much shaped by their predecessors. Biden has set urgent goals that must be tackled with a multilateral approach. It’s unfortunate that he will be doing so with four years of tattered alliances and reputations as his groundwork. It will require significant time and effort to rebuild these partnerships before any significant steps may be taken to address all-encompassing issues like climate change and sustainable development. It’s my sincere hope that world leaders will be receptive to these efforts. More than ever, the world needs America at its best.

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NU Quizbowl team wins first place in tournament

By RAYMOND CHEN

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After adjusting to virtual practices, the Northwestern Quizbowl team won first place among undergraduate teams in an online tournament hosted by the University of Nebraska–Lincoln via Discord.

McCormick sophomore and team member Beni Keown said he was pleased with the team’s results.

“It was extremely gratifying,” Keown said. “In past tournaments, NU has been solid, but nowhere near contention for any titles. As the day went on and we kept winning against solid teams, it was surprising.

When we finished, it was a really cool feeling that we were the best undergrad team.”

Each of the three NU teams competing had their share of success. The A team, composed of four graduate students, placed second in the whole tournament.

The B team, made up of four undergraduate students, took home first among teams without graduate students and the C team of two freshmen, held their own with two wins in the tournament.

The club continues to host meetings over Discord every Monday and Thursday for two hours. Weinberg freshman Chloe Chow, one of the members, said the experience is worth it, despite the difficulties of the club being entirely online.

“It’s nice to have something every week when you can just do something and chat,” she said.

According to Keown, the team’s camaraderie is largely due to how accustomed the members have become to online practices and occasional in-person activities.

“We have been exclusively online for almost a year now and it just feels natural at this point,” Keown said.

“So during practice, I do not feel like I am missing anything… We would often do little informal social things like grabbing food after practice, but obviously (that) can’t happen easily now.”

According to Weinberg junior Justin Jasperse, the

Kellogg alumna funds women in business, expands programming Kellogg School of Management announced Wednesday it will expand programming, scholarships and support for women in business with

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Beni Keown poses with Jeopardy host Alex Trebek. Since his Jeopardy run last year, Keown has been competing with Northwestern’s Quizbowl team.

team’s focus this year has shifted due to the number of tournaments decreasing.

“Going forward, we are looking to make changes in leadership due to graduating members while focusing on being more competitive,” Jasperse said.

Another important event for the team occurs around March when the team hosts Jr. Wildcat, a tournament for middle schoolers. The club does not receive funding from the University, so the team relies on Jr.

Wildcat to raise money. This year, Quizbowl hopes to host the event virtually.

“Beni and I have been pushing for fundraising because of how important it is to fund travels and fees,” Jasperse said. “He has taken the lead (to) ensure our club has financial stability while being a positive force in the greater community.”

Keown said he believes Jr. Wildcat will not only be important for the Northwestern team to raise money,

but also a fun experience for the middle schoolers participating in the event.

“I think the middle schoolers are very excited given there has not been much in quiz bowl during COVID,” Keown said. “It’s my first time, but so far everything is going relatively smooth and I think this will be a good experience.”

a “transformative gift” from Northwestern alumna Ann Drake (Kellogg ‘84).

The gift establishes The Drake Scholar Network, which plans to support over 5,000 women within five years over five years through networking opportunities, faculty hirings and new-student recruitment.

Drake grew her family company Dry Storage Corporation into the leading national enterprise

DSC Logistics as its CEO, according to a news release, all while navigating a male-dominated field. She said in the news release Kellogg provided not only the education but the network and community that helped her succeed.

“With this gift I hope to make that possible for more women, equipping them to pursue, navigate and sustain careers that drive organizational and societal impact and create lives of

personal meaning,” Drake said.

Networking opportunities under the fund will include a bi-annual conference for women in business. The fund also covers five to seven new faculty hires, two full-time staff hires and 30 to 35 student scholarships.

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focuses on bringing those “hidden Holocaust histories” into Holocaust education.

Sarah Cushman, the director of the Holocaust Educational Foundation at NU and a member of the Commission, said she believes the mandate doesn’t go far enough.

She said she hopes the Commission can help “put some teeth into the mandate” by defining what Holocaust education should be and how educators should implement it. “(The mandate) doesn’t say anything about what people should actually teach and learn,” Cushman said. “What I’m hoping is that the Commission will be helpful to teachers, not (by) creating a particular curriculum, but helping them develop a course or content that is important to them and their students.”

Samantha Oberman (SESP ’19), currently works as a learning specialist at The Noble Academy in Chicago, was also chosen to be a Commissioner.

Oberman has already attended an Illinois teachers’ meeting as a representative for the Commission. She said she and other social studies teachers were able to revise the standards to make them “more social justice oriented and more inclusive of all people in this country.”

SESP senior Charlotte Masters was also selected to join the Commission. Masters, the granddaughter of a Holocaust survivor, brings a youthful perspective to the Commission.

Throughout high school, Masters was part of the USC Shoah Foundation, which seeks to educate students through the testimony survivors and witnesses of the Holocaust. Masters also created a speakers bureau to bring Holocaust survivors to speak to students in schools in the Washington, D.C. area.

She said she hopes to break down the facts and details of Holocaust and genocide education and personalize them through first-hand testimony.

For Cushman, education about the Holocaust and genocides serves an important purpose to secondary level students in America.

“One of the important reasons to learn about the Holocaust in Nazi Germany is to understand that… democracy is fragile and is dependent on the participation of the people who are governed,” Cushman said.

“And if people who are citizens in democracy don’t believe in and care for the institutions of democracy, then (the institutions) become vulnerable, and I think that’s something that becomes really clear in the history of Nazi Germany.”

Susan Abrams (Kellogg ’90), CEO of the Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center, and history Prof. Doug Kiel were also named to the Commission.

The Commission is set to have its first meeting later this month, where it will define goals and how to move forward.

prioritization system, the city has found ways to address reports of individuals being dishonest about their place in the phase approach.

“Since we are vaccinating individuals mainly based on age and Phase 1A healthcare workers, when we send out the registration link every day, we’ll go through everyone who has signed up,” Olsen said. “If they’re not of a certain age, we will send an email follow-up asking them to explain their inclusion in Phase 1A.” To eliminate long lines outside the Levy Senior Center and prevent eager individuals from showing up early to their 15-minute vaccination appointments, Olsen said the city has decreased the number of people per appointment slot and is encouraging residents to show up at their scheduled time.

During the Q&A, the city answered questions about the prospect of getting vaccinated outside of Evanston. Because Evanston is one of four Cook County cities that has its own

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participating business Backlot Coffee, said the Games have brought people who aren’t regulars into his coffeehouse.

“I think (the Games are) a great idea,” Kim said. “It’s a fun way of bringing the community together during these crazy times.”

Local artist organization Evanston Made is taking

state-certified public health department, the county is not yet allowing Evanston residents to be vaccinated at any county-wide events.

However, some exceptions do apply. An Evanston resident working in a different city can get vaccinated through the county in which they work.

Hagerty suggests residents register through Cook County’s COVID-19 Community Vaccination Program as well so they can get vaccinated wherever vaccination slots first become available.

The city is taking additional measures to prioritize safety at vaccination sites, alleviate uncertainty with vaccine rollout and increase accessibility as it continues to vaccinate elderly Evanston residents.

“We are ensuring that the seats are six feet apart,” Evanston Health and Human Services Director Ike Ogbo said. “We are disinfecting high-contact surfaces and we have our paramedics in place just in case someone reacts harshly to the vaccine.”

The city also plans to launch an online

vaccine information dashboard this Friday or early next week.

Ogbo said this is intended to increase transparency in terms of the number of vaccines it receives and distributes.

While the federal initiative Pharmacy Partnership for Long-Term Care Program enables CVS Pharmacy and Walgreens to deploy staff to senior living facilities for on-site vaccination, not all Evanston congregate homes are participating.

Ogbo said the city seeks to meet required accessibility accommodations, starting on-site vaccination for these centers as early as next week.

“Our entire approach to this disaster and this pandemic is (the) whole of community response and recovery, and that means we all have a part to play to take care of one another and to take care of our community,” Hagerty said. “The end goal here is we want to get all of us vaccinated.”

part in the Games by putting together a nature-based Winter Wonderland art exhibition at the Canal Shores Golf Course. Anyone can contribute art to the project, regardless of skill level.

As part of Evanston Made’s exhibition, Kids Create Change, a local organization that uses art to engage children in activism, is turning one of the golf course’s trees into a “Hope Tree” that people can help decorate.

Melissa Raman Molitor, one of the directors of Kids Create Change, said the goal of the tree is to give people

hope during a difficult time. She said she hopes the art encourages people to embrace the natural aspect of Canal Shores and see it as more than a golf course.

“It’s been such a brutal (time) — for many (people) four years, and for everyone at least one year,” Raman Molitor said. “We wanted to create some sort of participatory community art-making project that really was centered on hope.”

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HHS Department issued cold weather advisory in advance of subzero temps As temperatures plummet, the city issued a cold weather advisory.

For residents who must go outside, the city recommends wearing several layers of

students like Bernard have found that other Northwestern communities are better at fulfilling this mission.

Bernard, who serves as the social chair for NU College Feminists, said NUCF gives women a femalefocused space while being more inclusive of non-binary students, who some sororities do not allow to become members.

“Sororities are very gendered, which means that even though it’s good to have spaces without cis-men, it’s not really a space for non-binary people necessarily, which I had a problem with,” Bernard said.

Bernard said NUCF is also more inclusive to lowincome students, as they are able to use University funds to ensure all members can participate in their events. Students in sororities, by contrast, must pay dues to retain their memberships.

Weinberg sophomore Natalia Camino said that, as an immigrant and person of color, she did not see Greek life as a space for her.

“I knew (Greek life) was very much a White-dominated space,” Camino said. “And already being in a predominantly White institution, I didn’t want that to be my only experience at Northwestern.”

As a member of Hobart House, Northwestern’s only all-female dorm, Camino said she was able to have a sense of sisterhood without joining a sorority.

Camino said Hobart’s events help build community without the social pressures associated with Greek life, such as an obligation to participate in certain events.

“Hobart has definitely given me a community of women here that I know will support me,” she said.

“Even though we come from all different backgrounds

and experiences, we’ve all just bonded over being able to be ourselves.”

Medill sophomore Maria Caamaño said the diversity within Hobart helped foster a sense of community.

An international student living in America for the first time, Caamaño said she appreciated finding a space where she could “genuinely be (her)self.”

“There’s a fairly large population of POC women here, which was so meaningful to me,” she said. “It was nice to have girls who could speak in Spanish, who liked the same music as I did or who just understood some slang words in Spanish.”

Caamaño said freshmen looking to find a supportive group of women through Greek life are “looking in the wrong place.”

Selecting women based on arbitrary factors defeats

the purpose of creating a space that is open to all women, said Caamaño.

“Sororities are so selective and exclusive—that’s not giving someone a space,” she said. “That’s you trying to fit into a space.”

Caamaño added that there are alternative femalefocused organizations on campus that do not use these exclusive practices.

In addition to NUCF and Hobart House, other spaces for women on campus include Circle of Women and the Women’s Center, as well as several career-based organizations.

“There’s so many other options that are equally as good and harm fewer people,” Bernard said.

loose-fitting, lightweight, warm clothing — wool, if possible — as well as a hat, gloves and scarf, an Evanston Health and Human Services Department news release said.

Frostbite can occur in extreme cold, such as the temperatures the city is facing, in less than a minute. As a result, city officials recommended that residents take particular caution to avoid the condition.

The city advises that residents seek medical

attention if they notice skin stiffness, slurred speech, slow heartbeat, drowsiness, weak pulse or slow or shallow breathing.

The city also cautions against using generators or ovens as indoor heat sources. Residents using heaters that consume wood, coal, natural gas or kerosene should ensure they have proper ventilation to guard against carbon monoxide buildup.

Residents using electric space heaters should

avoid placing them near flammable materials, like curtains, and should turn them off before sleeping.

“Residents are advised to take preventive actions to avoid cold-related illnesses, such as hypothermia and frostbite, and to check on elderly friends and neighbors,” the news release said.

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Monique B. Jones named Nonprofit Person of the Year

By LAYA NEELAKANDAN

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The Evanston Chamber of Commerce awarded Monique B. Jones the Nonprofit Person of the Year Award, an accolade which recognizes an individual who has worked to advance Evanston through leadership and innovation.

Jones, president and CEO of the Illinoisbased nonprofit Forefront and the former president and CEO of the Evanston Community Foundation, has held various jobs in social work and philanthropy throughout her life.

In 2015, Jones became president of the Evanston Community Foundation, where she stayed for the next five years. At ECF, she provided Evanston nonprofits with grants to support their work and helped them with capacity building.

She said it was not just about the money, but about ensuring the nonprofits could function at their greatest capacity to help the community.

“It was about helping people see how they can be philanthropists and own their philanthropy no matter how much they’re able to contribute,” Jones said.

Last November, Jones resigned from her role at ECF to broaden the scope of her work to the state and policy level. During the pandemic, she said she could see the effects of state policy and funding decisions on the local nonprofits with

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Monique B. Jones, president and CEO of Forefront. Jones is this year’s recipient of the Evanston Chamber of Commerce’s Nonprofit Person of the Year Award.

which she worked.

Jones said the nonprofits had to face consequences of decisions they “weren’t even at the table to make.” So, she joined Forefront, an organization that works with both nonprofits and grantmakers throughout the state.

“Being face-to-face with families in need gave

me the perspective that I needed to switch sides of the table,” Jones said. “I lead with the perspective of seeing people as me and not ‘othering’ anybody.”

At Forefront, Jones hopes to “close the gap” that vulnerable populations have felt, especially in the last year. She said she wants to become

more involved in the policy aspect of the behindthe-scenes funding decisions to ensure organizations get the money and support they need.

Jones’ best friend, Felicia Johnson, said she was not at all surprised when she heard Jones received the award.

Johnson, who met Jones in college, said she admires her friend’s drive and passion for making a change. She hopes this recognition will inspire other women of color to pursue work in the nonprofit sector.

“The thing that is truly amazing to me and what I admire most about her is her love for public service and community service,” Johnson said. “I am beyond proud of her for representing herself, her friends and family in the way she does.”

Similarly, Jessi Moon, Jones’ former colleague at ECF, said she was happy to hear Jones won the award.

“Monique’s a convener — she’s great at bringing people to the table and making sure everyone’s voice is heard,” Moon said.

Ultimately, Jones said she wants to make the world a better place for the next generation, especially her nine-year-old daughter.

“In all honesty, I just want to leave this place better than I found it,” Jones said. “I know it can be done… our country is a resource-rich country, and we have to stop acting like we’re not.” laya@u.northwestern.edu

Local businesses support Evanston reparations fund

By EMMA ROSENBAUM

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In designing the label for Temperance Beer Co.’s Black History Month beer, Maia Faith Hadaway selected the sketch that embodied relief.

The label depicts two people taking a deep breath, surrounded by leaves and next to a map of Evanston.

“For so long, for centuries, we’ve been holding our breath.”Hadaway said.

Revenue from a recreational cannabis tax makes up

most of Evanston’s reparations fund, but residents can also make donations. As community leaders encourage residents to support reparations, some local businesses have committed to directing revenue toward the fund.

Temperance has a history of community involvement, owner Josh Gilbert said. So it seemed natural for the brewery to designate all proceeds from its Black History Month beer, called “Where I’m From,” toward the Evanston reparations fund. The beer launched on Jan. 29.

“I think there are some new customers that have never bought from us before who are coming out just because of this beer,” Gilbert said.

Mack’s Bike and Goods is also pitching in. Last month, owners Kelly Mack and Sam Mack committed to donate one percent of their monthly profits for the entire year toward reparations.

When they opened their shop last March, the Macks knew they wanted to make their store a community space. They said raising support for reparations is the right thing to do.

Kelly Mack said she and Sam have pages of ideas for ways to get their customers more involved. They want to host at least one event this spring or summer, where all proceeds go toward the reparations fund.

“It takes all of us in our community to stand for what

we believe in,” Kelly Mack said.

Ald. Robin Rue Simmons (5th), chair of Evanston’s Reparations Subcommittee, said it is crucial the city’s reparations fund grows so the city can support its remedy proposals, and she appreciates the leadership of Mack’s Bike and Goods and Temperance Beer Co. “I’m so encouraged to see the commitment from our allies, and from the business community, and others … to bridging the racial divide here in Evanston, empowering the Black community and righting our historic wrongs,” Rue Simmons said.

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After their season was put on hold in the fall due to COVID-19, Northwestern’s Swim & Dive team shifted its focus to the winter with new safety protocols to protect the safety of the student athletes. This quarter, they’ve competed in 11 Big Ten meets, fulfilling a season against all expectations.

With new COVID-19 protocols prohibiting team events prior to meets or after practice, athletes have needed to adapt accordingly through virtual team dinners and post practice hangouts over zoom.

Senior breast swimmer Sophie Angus said adjusting to less frequent interactions with her teammates has been a challenge.

“I think it’s just the little daily interactions with other people that were really lacking this season,” Angus said. “That’s the biggest thing I’ve missed because in the past I have been so close to all my teammates. ” Even though the Cats can’t interact outside of the pool, their practices are mostly similar. The Olympic-sized pool at the Norris Aquatic Center gives the team enough space to block out six feet between lanes.

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dive. Coach Katie Robinson said the pool is cleaned with disinfectant after each practice.

Robinson said that student athletes are not encouraged to shower in the practice facility either, another restriction enacted this season.

“With safety protocols, we only allow 11 student athletes in the women’s locker room and eight student athletes in the men’s locker room based on square footage,” Robinson said.

During competition season, the coaching staff and student athletes took antigen COVID tests three times a week.

Robinson said the team now gets tested 24 hours prior to loading NU’s two chartered team buses. Buses are limited to 50 percent capacity to ensure team safety. While on the bus, the coaches and athletes wear N-95 masks for extra precaution.

“We’re all looking out for (the athletes’) safety as coaches,”

Robinson said. “We are all very conscious of everything and doing our best to keep everybody safe.”

NU’s Swim & Dive team is also prioritzing the mental health of its athletes in this unusual season. Since fall quarter, the team’s upperclassmen have been leading bonding events over Zoom and Facetime to build those strong connections outside of the pool.

Junior diver Evan Labuda said the weekly Zoom meetings post practice in fall quarter build true team camaraderie. The junior from Los Altos, Calif. has been active in helping freshmen athletes adjust to college life and Big Ten sports during a pandemic.

“The adjustment to college can be tough, especially in the COVID pandemic, so we’re making sure they’re staying happy and mentally well so they can perform both academically and athletically,” Labuda said. skyeswann2024@u.northwestern.edu

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No. 24 Purdue wins, Free throws bring NU a victory leads NU wire to wire

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Northwestern’s losing streak has now spanned nine games over six weeks, traversing seven states and following the team from 2020 into 2021. Eight of the Big Ten’s 14 teams have beaten the Wildcats and No. 24 Purdue is the latest squad to add its name to the list.

The Boilermakers (13-7, 8-5 Big Ten) led Saturday afternoon from wire to wire at home against NU (6-10, 3-9 Big Ten) in a 75-70 victory, their sixth in the last eight games.

NU, which started the season 6-1, has not won since knocking off then-No. 23 Ohio State in Evanston the day after Christmas.

Against Purdue, junior forward Pete Nance paced the Cats’ attack with a team-high 20 points and eight rebounds, while redshirt sophomore guard Chase Audige added 18 points, six rebounds and six assists. Coming off the bench, sophomore guard Boo Buie added eight points and two three-pointers, albeit on nine field goals attempted.

Going into this match, the starting lineup swapped Buie and sophomore forward Robbie Beran for redshirt junior guard Anthony Gaines and redshirt sophomore center Ryan Young.

“It had nothing to do with any kind of punishment or discipline or benching,” coach Chris Collins said.

“It was more about just shaking it up a little bit. … We wanted to put our veteran guys out there, our most experienced guys.”

The revamped rotation held its own in the first half, trailing just 35-32 at the intermission after briefly going down 33-20 with just under three minutes left. Nance, Audige and

freshman guard Ty Berry keyed the rally, nailing three-pointers on three consecutive possessions to siphon nine points off the deficit.

Purdue, however, regrouped in the second half and responded to every play NU sent its way. Two Nance baskets were neutralized by threes from Boilermakers forward Mason Gillis, ensuring the Cats would draw no closer than 38-37 in the second half.

Later, when junior forward Miller Kopp’s three-pointer whittled Purdue’s advantage to 55-51 with 4:26 to play, Boilermakers guard Brandon Newman immediately sank a three to bring the lead back to seven.

Meanwhile, NU committed 15 turnovers for the third consecutive contest, and fouled Purdue so frequently that the Boilermakers entered the bonus just 7:39 into the second half. Purdue wound up taking 24 free throws against the Cats’ 11, of which the Boilermakers made 23 while NU made eight.

“How can we find a way to win these games? It’s just eliminating the self-inflicted wounds,” Collins said. “(It’s eliminating) unforced turnovers or maybe quick bad shots at a tough time when you need to get a better one. It’s things like that.”

The Cats made Purdue work late, forcing the Boilermakers into a fivesecond violation and a bad pass in the final minute. NU couldn’t get closer than within five points, and two final free throws from Purdue guard Jaden Ivey — whose 20 points led the Boilermakers — sealed the Cats’ fate.

“I thought everyone saw our guys play very hard and (leave) it all out there,” Collins said. “As a coach, that’s all you can ask of them. You just have to execute a little better on both ends in order to win.” patrickandres2023@u.northwestern.edu

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Northwestern didn’t lose to Michigan State (10-5, 5-5 Big Ten) on Sunday. But after a second half where the Wildcats (11-3, 9-3 Big Ten) were outscored by a whopping 16 points, it didn’t feel like a win.

Making just six field goals in the second frame, the Cats watched a 19-point lead slip away before a frantic final minutes which culminated in a 63-60 escape.

Things looked good early. A pair of three-pointers by senior guard Lindsey Pulliam put the Cats up 12-4 at the midway point of the first quarter. That lead was extended to 13 points on a three-point jumper by junior guard Veronica Burton.

At the same time, Michigan State was embroiled in an offensive rut that stretched through the entire first quarter. They put up just seven points in the first ten minutes of play. By the beginning of the second, Pulliam’s 12 points on 5-8 shooting were more than the entire Spartans team was bringing to the floor.

And the Cats were making sure their opponents offensive display meant something. They were hitting 45.8 percent of shots in the first half, led by Pulliam’s 13 points and senior guard Jordan Hamilton’s seven points and three rebounds.

By the time the second quarter was over, NU led 37-18.

And then, the shots ran cold.

The Spartans opened the second half on an 8-0 run, followed by another 6-0 run later in the third quarter. Play would level off in the immediate aftermath, until the Spartans used another burst of offense to tie the game up late in the fourth quarter.

“In the third quarter they came out, came right at us,” coach Joe McKeown said. “We had a lot of foul trouble, some injuries. They played

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Veronica Burton steps into a three pointer. On Sunday, despite a Wildcat victory, the team’s failure to execute in the second half told a tale of two different games.

really well.”

The Cats were felled by injuries.

Hamilton exited the game in the third quarter. Pulliam was forced off in the fourth before returning in the game’s dying moments and hitting a clutch shot to help seal NU’s victory.

“Lindsey coming in and hitting that big shot,” McKeown said. “But to let them off the hook like we did is really concerning and we gotta address that.”

In the end, the Cats were saved by free throw shooting. They ended the night more than doubling the Spartans in points scored off of free throws to the tune of a 24-11 advantage. Many of those came in the third and fourth quarter, when shots weren’t falling in any other way.

Burton’s heroics after Michigan

State took a two-point lead in the fourth quarter helped the Cats seal the win. She sank a free throw after drawing a foul to cut the Spartans’ lead down to one, and then drove for a contested layup a minute later to give NU a 2-point lead, before hitting two key free throws in the contest’s waning seconds.

She’d end the night scoring 19 points along with three blocks and two steals.

“She’s a great player,” McKeown said. “They put a lot of people on her and switched on her. They were really physical defensively. She’s a great player. Sometimes the ball doesn’t go in. That happens to every player. But she makes up for it on the other end, defensively.” gregorysvirnovskiy2022@u.northwestern.edu