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Flyers condemning fraternities crop up ‘Pseudo Knitting Club’ assails IFC life, recruitment By MADELEINE FERNANDO

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Provost Jonathan Holloway speaks to Faculty Senate on Wednesday. Holloway informed senators that the University’s expenses are projected to outpace its revenue in the 2018 fiscal year.

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After 2017 surplus, deficit of up to $100 million projected for 2018 By GABBY BIRENBAUM

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The University’s expenses are projected to outpace revenue in the coming fiscal year, Provost Jonathan Holloway informed Faculty Senate Wednesday. While Northwestern finished

the 2017 fiscal year with a surplus — albeit its smallest in years — the University is on track to accumulate a deficit ranging between $50 million and $100 million this fiscal year, Holloway said. Considering NU’s operating budget of approximately $2 billion, he classified the deficit as an “annoyance” rather than a problem. “We’re in a moment of

financial challenge, but we are not in crisis — not by a longshot,” Holloway said. “But, we have some work to do.” Holloway, whose address was the first of what he intends to make an annual update to the Faculty Senate, explained that while NU’s long-term financial trajectory is strong, the University is facing a short-term

struggle. Some senators expressed surprise at the news of the deficit. “Everything financial always seemed pretty rosy,” said Feinberg Prof. Lois Hedman. The additional expenses came from the maintenance and utilities costs of new buildings, hiring » See DEFICIT, page 6

With Interfraternity Council recruitment in full swing, flyers condemning fraternity life and recruitment were spotted early in the week at several locations across campus, including Kresge Hall and Sargent Hall. The flyers, posted by an unrecognized group calling itself “The Pseudo Knitting Club,” begin with “Have you considered joining a fraternity?” and continue to pose a series of questions that criticize fraternity life and associate fraternities with racism, classism and misogyny. “Were you thought of as ‘uncool’ in high school? A loner, perhaps?” the flyer reads. “Are you looking for a way to ‘reinvent’ yourself in college and finally join the ‘in-crowd’ you so desperately desired to be a part of your entire life?” Medill freshman Arudi Masinjila said she first saw the flyer in Sargent Hall and believed it was a real club trying to recruit new members. On second glance, she read the content more closely and called it “truthful slander” toward fraternities.

“It’s funny but it also raises important questions with a tinge of humor, which a lot of times is an effective way to get people thinking,” she said. Kourtney Gray, director of Student Organizations and Activities, said the flyers are not in line with University policies. According to SOA publicity and advertising policies, only formally recognized organizations are permitted to post banners or flyers on campus. “The Pseudo Knitting Club” is not a registered student organization, Gray said. “It doesn’t follow our posting guidelines and there’s no organization by that name, so both are not approved,” he said. “Entities that are not (the University) … have to get approval through certain departments or certain buildings to even post on campus before they do that.” IFC president Rodney Orr told The Daily his initial reaction upon seeing the posters was disappointment. Orr said the flyers overgeneralize by using the word “fraternity” when they are specifically referencing the historical precedence of white fraternities. The SESP senior said this ignores the communities of National Pan-Hellenic Council and Multicultural Greek Council fraternities. “The message is still the concept that fraternities, particularly » See POSTERS, page 6

NU commits to up Clergy calm as housing tax up in air low-income admits Rulings on tax-exempt allowances may soon end longtime practice Pledge prioritizes low, moderate income students By ALLIE GOULDING

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Northwestern recently joined more than 80 colleges and universities in a pledge to recruit more low- and moderate-income students by 2025. The American Talent Initiative works with universities that consistently graduate at least 70 percent of their students in six years to enroll and graduate an additional 50,000 low- and moderate-income students by 2025, according to its website. Member organizations set individual goals, such as prioritizing need-based financial aid and recruiting students from diverse socioeconomic backgrounds through “robust outreach,” the website said. “We joined ATI during the our last recruitment cycle and plan to become a more active, fullyengaged partner in the coming years,” University spokesman Bob Rowley told The Daily in an

email. “Already, we’ve participated in a webinar on media strategy, and we plan to integrate their #activatetalent campaign into our social media.” The initiative has grown since it began in December 2016 with 30 original members, adding dozens more “selective” colleges and universities in 2017. According to Northwestern, about 19 percent of the students in the class of 2021 are Pell-eligible. This marked an increase from the class of 2019, which was about 15 percent Pell-eligible students, according to a news release. Associate provost for University enrollment Michael Mills told The Daily in an email that joining ATI was a way to “make a very public pronouncement that enrolling more low-income students is our top priority.” Mills said Northwestern aims to have Pell Grant recipients make up 20 percent of its entering class by 2020. NU created Student Enrichment Services in 2014 to help low-income and first-generation students navigate campus resources and build an inclusive » See PLEDGE, page 6

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The Rev. Andy Guffey had an unusual reaction when he learned clergies are at risk of

losing their tax-exempt status on housing allowances. Initially “annoyed,” the leader of Canterbury Northwestern, the campus Episcopal ministry, quickly changed his perspective to consider potential benefits, he said.

“It might actually simplify our taxes,” Guffey said. “The housing allowance is exempt from federal income tax, but not from social security, which we have to calculate at the end of the year. It’s a lot of time and energy to do

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St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, 1004 Greenwood St. A federal ruling in October declared that tax-free housing allowances for clergies violated the Establishment Clause, which maintains the separation of church and state.

that.” A federal ruling in October declared that tax-free housing allowances for clergies violated the Establishment Clause, which maintains the separation of church and state. The Freedom from Religion Foundation filed the lawsuit in the case. The lawsuit rests on the basis that these allowances provide “special tax privileges” to religious workers alone, not to comparable secular workers, said Patrick Elliott, attorney and member of the foundation. “The fact that ministers are given this benefit and no other taxpayers (get it) violates the Establishment Clause,” Elliott said. “It advances religion and puts more money in their pockets to put toward religious purposes.” The U.S. District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin ruled the practice unconstitutional in October, but the appellate level will review the decision. Elliott said he anticipates that the » See CLERGY, page 6

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Climate group meets to plan emissions reductions By AMY LI

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Evanston’s resident-led climate change action group held its second meeting Tuesday to review inventories from past initiatives as the first step toward devising a framework for future carbon emission reduction plans. Mayor Steve Hagerty formed the Climate Action and Resiliency Plan Working Group, composed of 16 Evanston residents, in September. The group aims to plan and carry out Evanston’s third climate change initiative, following the 2012 Evanston Climate Action Plan and the 2016 Livability Plan. Members hope to emulate past successes in lowering greenhouse gas emissions by enacting more infrastructure and policy changes in Evanston, said Kumar Jensen, the city’s sustainability coordinator. Jensen presented a data inventory from the past two initiatives and discussed its implications for the future. “(The inventory) provides strategic information that we can use to move forward,” Jensen said, “For example, we can go ahead and talk to Northwestern and say, what are your plans for the next 10 years?” The 2012 Evanston Climate Action Plan reduced citywide carbon emissions by 13 percent, reaching its goal, according to the inventory. The

Newly-appointed assistant city manager comes from Evanston

The city will promote one of its own to assistant city manager, the de facto second-in-command in administration, city manager Wally Bobkiewicz announced in a Wednesday news release. Erika Storlie, who has worked for the city since 2004 and will also retain her previous role as administrative services director, was appointed

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A tree near The Rock on Northwestern’s campus. The Climate Action and Resiliency Plan Working Group aims to plan and carry out Evanston’s third climate change initiative.

2016 Livability Plan did not meet its goal of 20 percent, reaching only about 18.8 percent. “We fell just a bit shy of (the goal) but we’re

still doing well,” Jensen said. “And if we look back, we have been performing better than what our goals were.”

to the position. According to the release, Storlie will work on a number of citywide initiatives in her new role, including the Harley Clarke Mansion project and the Robert Crown Center renovations. Bobkiewicz said in the release that Storlie is an excellent leader and has a “proven track record” of accomplishments in the city. “She brings a unique combination of thoughtfulness, resourcefulness and tenacity to every assignment,” Bobkiewicz said. “Erika leads teams that get things done. I look forward to working with her as she expands her responsibilities

citywide.” Storlie will replace the previous assistant city manager, Marty Lyons, after he left the position in December to take a job in nearby Aurora. The Northwestern alumna has taken on many different roles in her tenure with the city, serving as deputy city manager since 2013 and the administrative services director since 2015. Storlie also operates as Evanston’s LGBTQ lisason, providing information, referral services and guidance to residents. — Ryan Wangman

Some members voiced their concerns over the report’s lack of account for the city’s waste emissions, which were not included in the reduction figures. Jensen said though municipal waste was not represented in the inventory, the city hopes the group will consider other metrics and factor waste emissions into later plans for carbon emission reduction. Still, members said more effort can be made in improving Evanston’s climate situation. “We are in an environment where we have the opportunity to be more ambitious and to hold ourselves to a higher standard,” member Lauren Marquez-Viso said. “Where many communities around us are failing to even meet the baseline, perhaps we should take that opportunity to push ourselves further.” For the next step, member Lonnie Wilson proposed adopting reduction strategies that have proven to be effective from cities that have exemplary emission levels in Evanston’s future environmental plans. With families in Evanston, group members say they have greater incentives to making Evanston as clean as possible. “Since we’re talking about our children here, shouldn’t we err on excellence?” Wilson said. “My kids are important to me, and I want them to live.” amyli2021@u.northwestern.edu

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Podcast allows women to vent anger By EMILY CHAIET

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Women now have a place to anonymously vent their anger over anything from a messed up food order to workplace harassment, thanks to a podcast created by Northwestern alumnae Anne Jaconette (Weinberg ’14) and Clare Roth (Medill ’14). The two created “For a Bad Time Call…” to give women a place to speak about anything from “the pettiest complaint to the largest injustice,” as they said in the pilot episode. “I think anger can be really underrated and really motivating, and I’ve always sort of been a fan of using anger to inspire action in your own life,” Jaconette said in an interview. “Not that this podcast is any call to action, but sometimes I call and I feel inspired to do something about it afterwards and sometimes I call and it’s just a good place to let things go.” Since its launch, “For a Bad Time Call…” has received about a dozen voicemails a week, Jaconette said. From these, they select a few “stand-out” calls to be featured on the podcast. Women can also make a private call to the hotline, in which they can vent without having their message aired on the podcast. Jaconette and Roth first met during Wildcat Welcome in 2010. They remained friends throughout their time at Northwestern and beyond, living together their senior year and keeping in touch after graduation. Jaconette came up with the idea to have women anonymously call a voicemail to express their anger in July. She shared the idea with Roth, who suggested they turn it into a podcast. They released their first episode in November. “A lot of people assume it was a response to (Harvey) Weinstein and the Me Too movement when really, we thought of it before,” Roth said. “I think that’s just a sign that women have been angry for a long time, and women have been burdened for a long time, and finally women feel like they can share them, but it doesn’t mean those feelings are new at all.”

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Roth said women have called in for a variety of reasons, whether complaining of weight gain or sharing a story of sexual harassment. Roth said the most meaningful call they received was from the mother of a child with autism who could not get her son to put on his pants. “The frustration she expresses … seems silly, but actually is devastating,” Roth said. “At the end she says, ‘I can’t tell anyone this.’ … Her having that ability to really make her voice heard in a context she normally wouldn’t be able to, that really stood out to me.” Jaconette said they plan to expand the podcast in the future by having episodes with a specific focus and bringing other guests to add their voices. Still, the voicemails will always be the central part of their podcast, she said. Weinberg sophomore Serena Salgado said she listens to “For a Bad Time Call…” because it is a good space to vent about life without bringing in men. She said she enjoys how the podcast is both

comedic and serious. With the stress of balancing school work and extracurriculars, Salgado said it is cathartic for her to hear other women share their grievances. “I think the podcast is really refreshing, and it made me aware that every mention of harassment or discomfort as a woman doesn’t have to be something so serious,” Salgado said. “It still maintains those serious tones while making it lighthearted.” Roth said she hopes the podcast allows women to feel connected to each other instead of facing problems alone. “Anger gets put down a lot, anger is not pretty, anger doesn’t neatly fit in boxes. Some people think anger is inherently bad or leads to hatred, and I just don’t think that’s true,” Roth said. “Anger can transform us. … Sometimes it needs to be acted upon, and for us to dismiss it as a whole would be a mistake.” emilychaiet2020@u.northwestern.edu

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New director will join Multicultural Student Affairs this quarter

The University has selected Daviree Velázquez Phillip as the new director for Multicultural Student Affairs, according to a Monday announcement shared with The Daily. Phillip will begin her tenure later in Winter Quarter, the announcement said. She currently works for Georgetown University as assistant director of diversity education in its Center for Multicultural Equity and Access and as a diversity and inclusion specialist in the Center for New Designs in Learning and Scholarship. “While at Georgetown, (Phillip’s) responsibilities included advising residential spaces with a focus on education, building communities, and advocating for the Black and Latinx communities,” the announcement said. Former MSA director Charles Kellom, who had worked for NU since 2011, left NU for Ohio Wesleyan University in October. The selection of the new director was made by a search committee of staff and faculty members headed by director of Social Justice Education Robert Brown. Other committee members included Student Organizations and Activities Director Kourtney Gray, MSA assistant director Christine Munteanu and Weinberg senior Kathy Nganga. Phillip will assume her position — and an office in the Multicultural Center — on Feb. 12, according to the announcement. — Maddie Burakoff

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The Citizen Police Complaint Assessment Committee announced its plans to distribute a public survey reviewing the current police complaint process at a Wednesday meeting. The committee, which held its first meeting in October, is in the beginning stages of reviewing the current citizen complaint review process, said committee member Karen Courtright. It will then provide recommendations to the Human Services Committee by May. The first priority of the committee — which is comprised of nine members appointed by Mayor Steve Hagerty and functions independently of Evanston Police Department — is to investigate the decline in complaints filed over the past few years. Only 17 formal complaints were filed in 2016. Courtright said the survey will help illuminate reasons for this decrease. “We want to be able to hear from more than just the activist community,” Courtright said. “We want to hear from citizens who had cause to make the complaint, wanted to make a complaint, but didn’t know there was a process.” The current process in Evanston begins with an investigation conducted by EPD. The findings of the investigation are then presented at Citizen Police Advisory Committee and Human Services Committee meetings. The two committees then vote to determine if formal or informal action should be taken against an officer. Complainants file the form directly to EPD. Committee members said they were interested in implementing a process that includes a thirdparty mediation between the complainant and EPD. “There’s not a consensus as to what is the best practice,” committee chair Matthew Mitchell said. “All of these have pros and cons.” The committee is also looking to the complaint practices of other comparable cities across the country that it could recommend to the Human Services Committee. In a review of oversight models, for instance, the Police Assessment Resource Center outlines the complaint processes of thirty U.S. cities. The processes are categorized into three models that attempt to separate internal police investigations from the complaint filing process: by entirely removing the investigatory power from the police department, by creating a shared investigation with Internal Affairs or by continuing an investigation through Internal Affairs under the supervision of a lawyer. Committee member Peter Demuth said that for Evanston, a college town with a diverse population, it may be best to implement a combination of other cities’ models. “All these other towns, they’re different,” Demuth said. “We might have to take a look at us. This starts with how we can improve the relationship between the community and the police department.” Mitchell said he plans to meet with Hagerty and Evanston Police Chief Richard Eddington to discuss the committee’s progress before its next meeting. “I’m optimistic that we’ll keep making improvements,” Courtright said. nikkibaim2020@u.northwestern.edu

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Third person files suit alleging sex abuse by teacher By RISHIKA DUGYALA

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A story about this lawsuit appeared Dec. 21 on The Daily Northwestern’s website. In light of allegations that a former Evanston Township High School drama teacher sexually abused students, Daniel Romain — one of the claimants — wanted to put a name and face to the legal complaints. Romain graduated from ETHS in 1985 and had been a part of the theatre department for each of his four years at school. On Nov. 2, roughly a month after the first two lawsuits were filed against former teacher Bruce Siewerth, ETHS and the District 202 Board of Education by “John Doe” graduates — Romain brought forth his own lawsuit in the Cook County Circuit Court. “I have no reason to not put my name out there. I haven’t done anything wrong. I was the victim,” the Evanston resident said. “If I can be part of helping stop the cycle, I am happy to put my face on it.” Siewerth, who retired from ETHS in the 1990s, denied the allegations and has not been charged with any crime in connection with the claims. “I’m moving them around on stage and showing them what to do and stuff but not, not groping,” Siewerth said in an interview that aired on WGN on Oct. 25. “I’m not Trump. I don’t understand it. So … I don’t get what’s going on or why it’s going on now.” Claims of abuse first emerged around Oct. 10 when former ETHS students — inspired by those speaking out against Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein — began sharing their stories on social media. Many alleged they had been sexually abused by Siewerth, which prompted an investigation by the Evanston Police Department. Evanston police Cmdr. Joseph Dugan confirmed the police investigation was still ongoing. Dugan told The Daily in an email that officers are working to narrow down timeframes for the allegations to compare with what the statute of limitations was at that time. ETHS graduate and screenwriter Jeffrey Lieber told The Daily in October he was the first to share his story in a closed Facebook group for alumni of a popular school show, YAMO, after learning the

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Evanston Township High School, 1600 Dodge Ave. On Nov. 21, Daniel Romain brought forth his own lawsuit against former teacher Bruce Siewerth, ETHS and the District 202 Board of Education.

teacher bought a ticket to attend the show’s 60th reunion on Oct. 15. Within 24 hours, Lieber said his post had nearly 300 comments, a third of which were from people detailing their own experiences. Prompted by the post, Romain spoke with other ETHS graduates and Evanston police, and he was later connected to Evan Smola, one of the lawyers for the “John Doe” lawsuits. In his lawsuit, Romain seeks more than $50,000 from the defendants. Romain alleges Siewerth made unwanted, physical contact with his genitals during the fall of his freshman year at a rehearsal for “Hamlet.” Romain told The Daily that a group of students were wearing tights as part of the costume with a dance belt that wrapped between the legs and around the waist. He claimed Siewerth inspected whether students had worn the costume correctly. “He pointed at my crotch and then said, ‘Hey you’re pointing the wrong way,’” Romain said. “And before I could figure out what that really meant, his hand was down the front of my tights and he was

adjusting the direction of my penis.” Romain, who was 14 at the time, said the advance felt wrong, but he “put the incident away” and believed — because Romain didn’t object to the touch — he would now be “accepted” into the theatre community. Following that rehearsal, Romain alleged, there were no other physical incidents, just conversations in which Siewerth would verbally taunt him or use sexual innuendos. The lawsuit also alleges ETHS and district officials did not properly investigate claims regarding Siewerth and holds them accountable, despite not naming specific individuals. Although Smola did not respond to multiple requests for comment, he told The Daily in October that the firm can’t get Siewerth’s personnel documents until the case is filed, so the attorneys do not know exactly who knew what and when. However, Smola said, they know a female student reported the conduct she observed to the administration at the time.

ETHS could not be immediately reached for comment, but in an Oct. 18 statement, superintendent Eric Witherspoon said the district had initiated its own internal review, is cooperating fully with the EPD investigation and reported the allegations to the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services as well as the Illinois State Board of Education. Romain said any compensation he may receive will either go toward a group working to educate communities about abuse, or toward creating his own foundation to do the same. He said he would like for more people to publicly talk about the “open secret,” and he knows others are considering filing lawsuits too. “It’s a difficult topic true, but not difficult to talk about it,” he said. “I’m understanding better each time I talk about it what really happened, and I’m working through how that may have affected me then as well as now.” rishikadugyala2019@u.northwestern.edu

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high-profile faculty and fundraising campaigns, Holloway said. Due to the nature of the current expense cycle, the various costs hit during the same window of time. Holloway said NU has a long history of achieving a budget surplus every year. However, he assured Faculty Senators that an occasional deficit is commonplace at other universities such as Yale University, where he worked before coming to Northwestern. “He described it as a natural ebb and flow within college budgets or university budgets,” art history Prof. Claudia Swan told The Daily. “In this case, it would strike the broader Northwestern audience as unusual because we’ve been so far in the black for so long. But, in the larger scope of things, it doesn’t strike me as a problem.” Holloway said he is optimistic that the University’s financial strategy will have NU running a surplus again by the end of the 2019 fiscal year. The administration is currently in the process of developing new budget planning tactics, he said. To mitigate the financial shortfall, he said, the University has been allocating funding for vacant positions as they’re filled instead of pre-funding them, and plans to defer facilities and management projects until it has the financial capacity. He added that a large cash gift could be an immediate fix. However, Holloway emphasized that the University will not compromise its academic mission to save money. “This annoyance is not going to have a major impact on our academic priorities,” he said. “We’re still recruiting faculty, we’re still pursuing opportunities. … My hope is that for the great majority of the campus, including the faculty, you will not notice any difference.” During Senate, Holloway also discussed the socioeconomic diversity of this year’s Early Decision applicants and said the University is on its way to achieving University President Morton Schapiro’s “20 by 2020” benchmark of having the entering class be at least 20 percent Pell Grant eligible. He added that the University is also on pace to achieve its goals in the “We Will” fundraising campaign.

community. Co-president of Northwestern Quest Scholars Yakira Mirabito is a McCormick fifth-year senior and has been at Northwestern since Fall 2013. She said while SES has made improvements during her

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allowances will “ultimately be ruled unconstitutional” by the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals. The loss of tax-free housing would introduce a financial burden on both clergies and their religious communities as a whole, Guffey said. Both Guffey and his wife are clergy members, he said, and their present incomes are “not exorbitant.” Losing these allowances would put a strain on their already “austere household budget,” he said.

time at NU, such as establishing a physical office in the Foster-Walker Complex, there is still more work to be done. Resources for low-income students should have a more recognizable location on campus, at least one students could find through the NUHelp app, she said. “I, and everyone else on the board, wouldn’t be here if we didn’t have the financial aid package that

we do,” Mirabito said. “Northwestern is getting better (with their resources for low-income students), but just like any kind of progress, they can always do better. What they’ve done is good, but just to say ‘Okay, we’ve done our part. Now let’s focus on something else,’ isn’t enough.” alliegoulding2020@u.northwestern.edu

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in the IFC, have been built structurally on the concept of heterosexuality, white identity, privileged in terms of socioeconomic status, things like that,” Orr said. “That’s something we’ve all been very aware of and I think that it’s something that we’ve always had a conversation about.” “We need to think about whether we need to move to another place that’s a little less expensive or whether we might need to find supplemental income,” Guffey said. The Rev. Michael Kirby, senior pastor of Northminster Presbyterian Church in Evanston, hopes to see the decision overruled, he said, especially because the church’s position has “never been articulated” in court, he said. “There are both procedural and substantive issues on appeal that have not been heard yet,” Kirby said. “No church has ever been a party to the litigation.”

SESP sophomore Hayley Krolik, a member of Alpha Phi, said the posters offer an important perspective. She said she hopes they make people think about their decision to rush and continue to open dialogue about Greek life on campus. Krolik, a former Daily staffer, said while she agreed the posters hold “a lot of truth,” she also felt that they were one-sided. When discussing fraternities and recruitment, there are often opposing As an alternative to moving residence, Kirby said he might look for a roommate to avoid having to adjust where he lives. Kirby said he was “dismayed and concerned” when he first heard of the ruling, largely due to his belief in the importance of living in the community he serves. He values the close proximity because of the “authority of being a citizen in the community,” he said. “It demonstrates that you have skin in the game with regard to the issues that are facing your community because you actually live in the community,” Kirby said.

viewpoints but not much conversation about how to move forward, she said. “It’s like, don’t join it, and the other option is do and you suck,” Krolik said. “There isn’t a middle ground … there’s been this horrible system happening while also there’s been frustrated people and not a lot of work between the two.” madeleinefernando2020@u.northwestern.edu In the time leading up to the anticipated appeal, Kirby said religious communities must stress benefits associated with having leaders in communities. Leadership groups in the church have discussed what will happen if the ruling stands, Kirby said. But in terms of bracing for the possible repercussions, worrying can wait, he said. “It’s very premature for any of us to panic,” Kirby said. “This is still a long way from national application that would directly affect the current tax laws.” clareproctor2021@u.northwestern.edu

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Robert Crown Center gets $500,000 donation from Beacon Academy

Beacon Academy, a private high school in Evanston, donated $500,000 to the renovations of the Robert Crown Center, according to a news release. The renovations — also sponsored by Friends of the Robert Crown Center, the Evanston Public Library and the city — have surpassed $10.3 million in donations and aims to raise $15 million, according to the release. “Beacon Academy is proud to be a part of Evanston and proud to fully participate in Evanston community life,” Jeff Bell, head of Beacon Academy, said in the release. “This is a visionary project that will benefit all Evanstonians for generations, and we are excited to stand with the City and Library to support area families and strengthen our community.” The school also pledged to rent athletic and community space time slots during the

building’s first five years — as long as no groups that currently use the center will see a reduction in their time slots as a result — according to the release. Lawrence Hemingway, director of the Department of Parks, Recreation and Community Services, said in the release that the new building will be able to fully accommodate Beacon and other groups due to its increased capacity and improved facilities. Beacon also plans to use the new center and park for community engagement activities and public service projects. The center will recognize Beacon’s “sponsorship-level” donation, which will be spread out over seven years, with prominent signage in the new gym, the release said. “We are so incredibly grateful for Beacon’s generosity,” Raju Ghate, treasurer of the Friends of the Robert Crown Center board, said in the release. “It’s landmark gifts like this that have helped propel the new Crown from a dream to a reality.”

MCINTOSH From page 8

Evanston, had just usurped his long-standing record. But McIntosh said Wednesday night he would be waiting for the moment when Baldwin finds out.

“It was Rutgers my sophomore year that I was really close and coach Collins pulled me, and I think (Baldwin) really wanted me to break it,” he said. “Just knowing I was able to go out and break it and share that with him will be really neat. I’m really excited to hear from him.” benjaminpope2019@u.northwestern.edu

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Bryant McIntosh drives to the hoop. The senior guard set a school record with 16 assists in Wednesday’s dismantling of the Gophers.

WRESTLING From page 8

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The current Robert Crown Community Center, 1701 Main St. Beacon Academy donated $500,000 to the Robert Crown Center renovations.

the wrestling style of redshirt freshman Sebastian Rivera and true freshman Colin Valdiviez. Rivera sits at 10th in the 125-pound weight class and Valdiviez at 18th at 133 pounds. Ryan Deakin, a redshirt freshman ranked 4th in the 149-pound weight class, said his focus has been on being aggressive and scoring as many points as possible for the team. “As a team, we are surprising people this year,” he said. “We are doing really well. I think we are on a positive incline here. By the end of the year, hopefully we will have a good placing at the NCAAs as a team.” NU will host No.16 Wisconsin on Friday at

Patten Gym, the Cats’ home venue for the season due to construction at Welsh-Ryan Arena. Storniolo said he would like to see NU end up in the top 15 at the NCAAs in March, which would be a big step up from the team’s 48th place finish in 2017. In order to achieve postseason success, he said, the Cats must stay on their offense and work toward putting more points on the board in every match. “We expect to come away from this weekend with a good heart, (to have) fought (to) win and a good team effort,” Storniolo said. “If everybody approaches the matches with the right attitude, if everybody wrestles up to their potential, the rest should take care of itself.” alisonalbelda2021@u.northwestern.edu

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Cats cruise to victory over Minnesota for 2nd Big Ten win By ELLA BROCKWAY

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ROSEMONT — On the first possession of Wednesday’s conference matchup against Minnesota, Northwestern forced the Golden Gophers to turn the ball over on a shot clock violation. On the next play, junior forward Vic Law sank a three to give the Wildcats an early 3-0 lead. That series set the tone for what would follow. NU (11-7, 2-3 Big Ten) cruised to an 83-60 win over the Golden Gophers (13-5, 2-3) at Allstate Arena for its second Big Ten win. After back-to-back ugly conference losses to start the new year, the Cats turned in one of their strongest offensive performances of the season, shooting 50 percent from the floor and out-rebounding Minnesota 45-26. The victory, NU’s first of 2018, brought a much-needed good feeling back to the Cats, senior guard Scottie Lindsey said. “We just really got back to having a lot of fun playing, playing with joy,” Lindsey said. “The way we played I think is definitely going to build

everyone’s confidence.” Lindsey finished with a team-high 22 points, and junior center Dererk Pardon had his third double-double of the season, scoring 13 points and grabbing 12 rebounds. Senior guard Bryant McIntosh finished with 11 points and a schoolrecord 16 assists in his first doubledouble performance of the season, moving into eighth place on the Big Ten career assist leaderboard. The Cats opened the game in a zone defense to face the shorthanded Minnesota offense, which was without regular starters Amir Coffey and Reggie Lynch. The defensive strategy paid off from the start; the visitors struggled to make shots, shooting less than 25 percent from the field in the first half. NU’s shutdown defense continued for the rest of the game. The Cats held Minnesota’s leading scorers, Nate Mason and Jordan Murphy, to just 17 points combined; Mason and Murphy averaged a combined 33.9 points heading into Wednesday’s game. “We really like what we’re doing offensively, and we feel we’re doing the right things on that end,” coach Chris Collins said. “We just thought that maybe throwing a few curveballs here and there with

some zones and some presses might give us some energy, and I thought for tonight it worked.” The largest threat to NU’s lead came early in the second half, when the Cats were called for eleven fouls in the first ten minutes of the period. The Gophers cut the lead to 11 with 7:31 to play, but NU recovered and slowed the pace, forcing Minnesota to foul. Mason and Murphy both fouled out in the final minutes. The win boosted the Cats’ spirit heading into the remainder of the conference season, Collins said. “Tonight was a night we needed,” Collins said. “I think that was our main message after the Penn State (loss), that regardless of what happens, we’ve got to regain our heart, regain our spirit, and we’ve been working really hard since that game Friday night to do that.”

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Anthony Gaines soars up for a dunk. The freshman guard scored 3 points and made a significant impact on the defensive end in Wednesday’s win over Minnesota.

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McIntosh sets school NU prepares to face Wisconsin assist record in victory By ALISON ALBELDA

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ROSEMONT — The free throw rolled all around the iron — twice — and wobbled out. Bryant McIntosh just laughed. After 16 assists, that was a shot he could afford to miss. On an night where just about everything went right for McIntosh and Northwestern, (11-7, 2-3 Big Ten) the senior guard still got the double-double that the free-throw miss had temporarily cost him — a patented floater in the lane moments later took care of that. But his 11 points on the night were far from McIntosh’s biggest impact. McIntosh — just three games removed from a knee injury that looked potentially season-ending — delivered one of the best playmaking performances in Wildcat history throughout Wednesday’s 83-60 win, breaking former assistant coach Pat Baldwin’s single-game record with 16 assists. “McIntosh just managed a brilliant game and got us the right shots all night,” coach Chris Collins said. “He was just hand-delivering, he was making all the right decisions. We found some things in the pick-and-roll game, had the ball in his hands, and guys were spaced (out).” Just 12 days earlier, on the very same Allstate Arena floor, McIntosh was writhing around at midcourt after a Brown player rolled up on his knee. Collins said he was scared about the injury. McIntosh said he was convinced his collegiate career was toast. “I couldn’t help but continue to look

at my jersey as if it was the last time I was ever going to wear it,” McIntosh said Tuesday, thinking back to the incident. “It taught me how special this place is, and you know that while you’re here, but maybe you don’t appreciate it as much.” He ended up missing just one game, then returned last Friday against Penn State. But NU lost both contests, and found itself desperately in need of a victory entering Wednesday’s matchup against Minnesota (13-5, 2-3). McIntosh single-handedly made sure that came to fruition. It took him less than one minute to tally his first assist of the night, finding junior forward Vic Law for a 3-pointer that opened the scoring. Thirty-nine minutes later, McIntosh had assisted on six Scottie Lindsey buckets, helping his ice-cold fellow guard break out with a game-high 22 points; on five Dererk Pardon dunks and layups, representing a drastic change from the force-feeding method the Cats had used with Pardon in recent weeks; and on three Aaron Falzon shots, helping the sophomore forward score a season-high 15. “He got me definitely going early in the game, and then throughout the rest of the game when (Minnesota) was trying to make their pushes, he got in the lane and was finding guys,” Lindsey said. “What B-Mac does every game is huge for us.” Meanwhile in Indianapolis, Baldwin’s new team, the Milwaukee Panthers were losing a heartbreaker at the buzzer to IUPUI. The former Cats assistant likely had no idea McIntosh, his protege the past three years in » See MCINTOSH, page 7

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Every match matters for Northwestern as the Wildcats gear up for a Big Ten-heavy schedule before their championship season. Eight matches remain, with seven of them against fellow conference foes, before Big Ten Championships in early March. Coach Matt Storniolo aims to go into the championships with a winning record. “These next four weeks are going to be a testament to how hard we worked in the preseason, especially

No. 16 Wisconsin vs. No. 25 Northwestern Evanston, Illinois 7 p.m. Friday

going through with this Big Ten schedule,” junior Johnny Sebastian said. “We are looking forward to that and we are excited.” NU currently sits at 1-1 in the Big Ten following a 18-17 loss at No. 14 Illinois last weekend. After the Cats fell to the Fighting Illini 28-15 last year, this season’s improvement has led the team to earn the No. 25 spot in USA Today rankings. It is

the first time NU has been ranked since 2015. Sebastian, currently ranked 18th in the 174-pound weight class, noted that though young, NU is strong and not intimidated by imposing opposition. He said every individual plays an important role and is aware of the job they have to do. “We are not here just to get by,” Sebastian said. “We are here to make a name for ourselves and really bring this program back. We are heading in the right direction.” Young and strong characterizes » See WRESTLING, page 7

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Johnny Sebastian stares down an opponent. The junior and the squad are optimistic heading into the heart of conference season.