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Travel order impacts students Executive order has students fearing for future By MATTHEW CHOI and KRISTINA KARISCH daily senior staffers @matthewchoi2018, @ kristinakarsich Jeffrey Wang/Daily Senior Staffer
Protesters rally outside Harris Hall against President Trump’s recent executive order. The protest, organized by Immigrant Justice Project and other groups, was held Wednesday afternoon.
Hundreds protest against Trump order By CATHERINE KIM
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Hundreds of students and faculty gathered outside the Multicultural Center on Wednesday afternoon to demonstrate against President Trump’s recent immigration action, the culmination of an orchestrated walkout from classes in protest of the executive order. Participants left academic buildings and residence halls at
3:10 p.m. to meet at the building on Sheridan road, after which several speakers — mostly Muslim students — addressed the crowd. A list of demands to the University were then presented after the crowd marched to Harris Hall, such as ceasing the use of E-Verify — which some criticize as dangerous to undocumented students and faculty — and providing free housing during breaks to students who cannot return to their home countries. Weinberg sophomore Rowan Hussein, who immigrated from
Sudan at age 8, said she feels unwanted by her own country because of her background. Though she takes pride in embodying the “intersection of four resilient identities” — black, Muslim, woman and immigrant — she said she is angry that some fail to respect those identities. “When you say ‘ban,’ you are not just erasing my identity,” she said. “You are erasing me.” The “#NoMuslimBan Walkout” was organized by the Immigrant Justice Project and various other groups on campus
in response to Trump’s order, a 90-day ban prohibiting citizens from seven Muslim-majority countries — Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen — from entering the United States. The executive order also blocks refugees from entering the country for 120 days, and it prevents Syrian refugees from entering indefinitely. Walkout organizers collected more than $1,000 in donations to the National Immigrant Justice Center and the Council on American Islamic Relations in Chicago.
Communication junior Aneesa Abdul-Fattaah Johnson, who is Muslim, described her father as the strongest man she knows. She said it is scary that her family has to worry about what’s next for Muslims in the United States. “My dad is scared, and that really means something to me that the fear has gotten to that level where the person who is a pillar in my life is afraid too,” she said in front of the crowd. Abdul-Fattaah Johnson » See PROTEST, page 6
Illinois senators NU Republicans in new era consider cabinet By AMANDA SVACHULA
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Both Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.) and Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) voted against the nomination of Secretary of State Rex Tillerson today and have shown opposition to other Trump
administration nominees. In a statement, Durbin said he was “deeply disturbed” that Tillerson was not concerned with the Russian cyber attacks during the election reported by national intelligence agencies and that he would potentially drop sanctions » See NOMINEES, page 6
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Last Thursday, College Republicans treasurer David Donnelly dismissed the idea that President Trump would actually go through with an immigration ban, which he had proposed during his campaign. “He’s already said he’s not going to do the Muslim ban,” the McCormick junior told The Daily last week. “That was
a little political trip.” But the next day, the 45th president signed an executive order suspending the entry of citizens from seven Muslimmajority countries for 90 days, halting entrance of refugees for 120 days and of Syrian refugees indefinitely. Since his inauguration, Trump has signed seven executive orders and 11 memoranda. He has started implementing his campaign promises for a wall at the U.S.-Mexican border, appointed a new Supreme
Court justice and called for the repeal of the Affordable Care Act. As Trump’s decisions face backlash, Northwestern’s College Republicans chapter has struggled to settle on the organization’s stance on his presidency. While some have supported the president since his 2016 campaign, others are voicing concerns about his controversial actions. The group’s vice president Julia Cohen said the election
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NLRB memo addresses NU By MAX GELMAN
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The National Labor Relations Board general counsel made public Tuesday an advice memorandum expressing his position that college football players at private universities can legally seek compensation and improved working conditions.
The memorandum referenced the case in which some members of Northwestern’s football team moved to unionize in January 2014. A regional board sided with the players in March of that year, but the NLRB rejected the petition altogether in August 2015, declining to rule on the case and effectively declaring that student-athletes should not be considered employees. Citing evidence that
Azza Akasha, a Feinberg School of Medicine graduate student, always imagined that her first interview with a reporter would be about a discovery she had made or a medical breakthrough she had done. “Anything,” Akasha said, “but not my nationality.” Akasha, a Sudanese citizen, studies at Northwestern on an F-1 visa. Sudan is one of the Muslim-majority countries targeted in an executive order President Donald Trump signed Friday, which also bars citizens of Syria, Libya, Iran, Iraq, Yemen and Somalia from entering the United States for 90 days — a timeline that could be extended with another motion. The order also blocks refugees from entering the country for 120 days and prevents Syrian refugees from entering indefinitely. Since Trump signed the order, the University has attempted to organize a response and provide resources for students, faculty and staff who are citizens of those countries. Currently, there are 71 international students and scholars who hold citizenship in an affected country. University President Morton Schapiro sent two university-wide emails responding to the executive order and stating the administration would not reveal the immigration status of its students, faculty or staff. Several University deans, faculty members and staffers have sent similar emails offering support and expressing solidarity. But that has not assuaged the concerns of students who read the news with the knowledge that they or their families could be affected by the Trump administration’s actions.
college football programs and the NCAA regulate “players’ hourly tasks from the time they wake up until the appointed hour that they go to sleep,” the counsel stated that scholarship football players possess employment rights protected under the law. The lawyer’s position would not solely apply to Northwestern, but also to
Unexpected challenges Third-year computer science Ph.D. student Neda Rohani, who is an Iranian citizen studying on a student visa, said she came to the United States in 2012 because there were better job opportunities here than in Europe or Iran. She said she had hoped to work in the country for several years after graduating. Above all, though, she said
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AROUND TOWN Miller aims for ‘independent’ voice in mayoral race 9th Ward alderman emphasizes police reform, youth violence prevention in campaign platform By SAM KREVLIN
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Less than two years after being appointed by Mayor Elizabeth Tisdahl to 9th Ward alderman, Brian Miller (School of Law ’08) is hoping to bring an independent voice to the mayor’s office. Miller, who was born in Evanston and attended Evanston Township High School, currently works as chief of staff to Cook County Commissioner Larry Suffredin. Suffredin — while refraining from endorsing anyone in the election — praised Miller’s work as his chief of staff, saying he has a “keen legal mind.” Miller said his election would “change the establishment” in the city. Although the first-term alderman
has received criticism for occasionally voting against the majority in council, he said it’s time for a change in the city. “I have not sided with everyone in every instance on the council,” Miller said. “We need an independent person to say maybe we have to look at things differently.”
Against the grain Miller is not without his critics. When he announced his candidacy for mayor, Tisdahl told The Daily she had concerns with the Miller’s ability to work with others. Tisdahl criticized him after a Mental Health board member allegedly resigned after an argument over funding with Miller. Miller denied that an argument had ever occurred with the former board member in a September
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Ald. Brian Miller (9th) speaks at an event. Miller says he wants to bring an “independent voice” to the mayor’s office.
interview with The Daily, but said he apologized to her after she stepped down from the board. Miller said while he has been in the minority on the council many times, he stands by his decisions. Miller said it will be important to have an independent voice as mayor to address the “hard questions” that Evanston needs to solve as a community. Trisha Rich, an attorney who “runs in the same political circles” as Miller, said the first-term alderman was in politics for the right reason. “His heart is in the right place,” she said. “He has a reputation for being a rabble rouser, but that is because he feels so strongly that he is not going to be the golong, get-along guy.” Miller also received criticism after he filed his nominating petitions in November, a few weeks before the predetermined filing period. Miller did so citing state law that requires a primary in a municipal race with more than four candidates. The three other candidates who planned to run at the time — Steve Hagerty, Gary Gaspard and Mark Tendam — all rushed to file in November. A supporter of Miller then filed objections to the three candidates’ petitions in December and ultimately pursued objections on two of them because their petitions were filed for a general election rather than a primary. Rich said Miller was just acting like any other lawyer would. “Brian’s a lawyer, and when he realized the process wasn’t being followed, he went to the city clerk; he did all the things that as a lawyer — anybody — would do,” Rich said. “No matter who wins the election, that is going to be one of the first issues to come up.” Prioritizing policing Last month, Miller gained national attention after pushing the city to release dashboard video of the 2015 arrest of Northwestern graduate student Lawrence Crosby. Miller said he will prioritize police accountability as mayor and push for de-escalation training. Additionally, Miller wants to change the process of reviewing police complaints. He said the police fail to
adequately address many reports. “Many of these people file complaints and the police have an internal review process,” Miller said. “We need an independent police review board to ensure the process is accurately and effectively reviewing these complaints.” Police Chief Richard Eddington told The Daily in January he didn’t see a need to change the way complaints were reviewed. In addition to addressing police relations, Miller said he hopes to increase the number of outreach staff working with at-risk youth in the city. He also said he wants to increase funding for mental health programs in some of Evanston’s under-resourced communities. Suffredin said Miller’s plan to work on reducing violence and building relations between the police and the community if elected is worthwhile. “He is very concerned with violence in our society and the interaction of police with our citizens,” Suffredin said. “That is an area where he will work to have better and improved relationships and trying to make the community safer.” Welcoming immigrants After President Donald Trump was elected in November, Tisdahl stressed the importance of Evanston continuing to be a welcoming place for immigrants and putting the debate of sanctuary cities at the forefront. She pushed City Council to approve a “welcoming city” resolution that prohibits any city officials from inquiring about a person’s legal status. Miller voted for the resolution and said he supports Evanston’s status as a sanctuary city. Miller said he will stand by immigrants despite Donald Trump’s recent executive action barring some from entering the country. “It is a question of civil rights,” Miller said. “Everyone has a right to due process. Everyone has a right to basically not have adverse enforcement actions brought against them only because of the suspected immigration status. We should be standing up for immigrants.” samkrevlin2019@u.northwestern.edu
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and discriminatory executive order and call for his administration to reaffirm the United States government’s commitment to supporting the right of students, both domestic and foreign, to higher education,” the resolution reads. Benson and Cilento both said it was important that the resolution was passed without the usual one-week waiting period after legislation is introduced. “This executive order directly threatens not only the integrity of American universities but the integrity of the Northwestern community,” Benson said. “If we don’t speak against it now, we risk invalidating everything that makes this community as powerful and as meaningful as it can be.” The authors eventually motioned to move the legislation to old business and vote on it immediately, marking the third time Senate has moved legislation directly to old business this year. Some senators, like Weinberg senior Lauren Thomas, are
unhappy with the trend of moving legislation from new to old business the same day. “There’s nothing in here that is going to happen in the next week,” Thomas said. “Trump’s ban has already been temporarily stayed; Northwestern has already stated that they’re going to not disclose information to the government about people’s national origin or about immigration status, and there’s nothing in here that is necessary to be passed tonight.” However, Senate eventually passed the motion to move the resolution to old business and passed the resolution by a nearly unanimous tally. During Wednesday’s meeting, Cilento and executive vice president Macs Vinson also proposed a plan that would increase the student activities fee to allow A-status and B-status finance committees more money to fund student groups.
Associated Student Government Senate passed legislation Wednesday calling on Northwestern to provide legal resources and accommodations for students affected by President Trump’s recent executive order. The Senate legislation, passed without the usual one-week waiting period, doesn’t immediately enforce change, but it voices concerns about Trump’s 90-day immigration ban restricting people traveling from the Muslim-majority countries of Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen to the U.S. The resolution, which stands in support of Muslim students, urges the University to provide resources, including legal counsel and accessible housing, for students who can’t return to their homes during jonahdylan2020@u.northwestern.edu break. “It’s inarguable that universities in the United States have an obligation to be beacons of learning, to be beacons of thought for people not only in the U.S. but around the world,” Weinberg sophomore Lars Benson said. “(Northwestern is) not simply a community of Americans; it’s a community of students from around the world with unique and diverse perspectives.” The resolution, citing a report released by Northwestern’s International Office, said 49 current NU students are from the seven countries mentioned in Trump’s order. According to the report, there are 45 students from Iran, two from Syria, one from Yemen and one from Sudan. ASG President Christina Cilento said the resolution is a way of showing NU’s support for students and faculty affected by the ban. “We feel that (the order) discriminates and dispels serious harm to the Muslim community on campus, and this is our display of support for students who’ve been affected by it and who are very viscerally feeling its effects,” the SESP senior said. Allie Goulding/The Daily Northwestern The resolution also directly criticized Trump and his administration. Weinberg sophomore Lars Benson speaks on behalf of a resolution introduced Wednesday at Senate. The “We oppose President Trump’s unconstitutional resolution responds to Donald Trump’s executive order issued last Friday.
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other private institutions like Stanford and Notre Dame. Additionally, the counsel noted that the employment status of student-athletes in other sports cannot be determined due to the lack of “a full Regional investigation” like the one that took place at Northwestern. The memo does not issue a declaratory legal ruling about the state of studentathlete employment nor does it affect the NLRB’s August 2015 dismissal of a petition by NU football players seeking recognition as University employees and gaining the right to collectively bargain. Rather, the memo merely states the position of the NLRB general counsel and his position on related cases going forward. It is similar to an earlier memorandum that was made public last October, which referred to NU football players as employees, but Tuesday’s document took the extra step of expanding the counsel’s position to all private universities. Although the general counsel, an appointee of former President Barack Obama, appears to favor recognizing student-athletes as employees, his term ends in November. President Donald Trump will appoint the next counsel and the five-member NLRB will change to a Republican majority, which will likely be tougher on organized labor.
she had heard from friends who had studied at American universities that the United States was the most welcoming country for foreigners. Rohani now faces a number of unanswered questions about her future in the United States. Her husband, who is an Iranian citizen studying at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, has a student visa that will soon expire. Rohani fears her husband will not be able to apply for an OPT — a permission to remain in the U.S. after the end of an F-1 visa — and that they will be separated when he finishes his studies. “For couples, the problem is doubled,” Rohani said. “It’s affecting families. I don’t know if this law will not change. I don’t know what will happen to the families who are (already) living here.” Even before the executive order, many Iranian students in the United States did not see their families for long periods of time, said postdoctoral scholar Roozbeh Rezakhani, an Iranian citizen with an OPT. Rezakhani said he once went four years in the United States without seeing his family. When he did travel home, he was taking a risk because he needed to reapply for an American visa in an embassy outside of Iran, he said. There has not been a U.S. embassy in the country since 1979. Now, it is impossible for Iranian students to leave the country to visit family or have their family visit them in the U.S., he said. “You don’t see your family for a long time. That’s not a regular thing,” Rezakhani said. “For many years apart from your family, you need to keep up your motivation, keep working hard. That’s a very hard thing to do.” For Akasha, the executive order also hinders her from returning to Sudan to help advance her home country’s medical services with her Northwestern education. Akasha, who had already been practicing oncology in Sudan, declined offers from universities such as Oxford and Leeds in the United Kingdom to come to Northwestern, as it was the only oncofertility program of its kind. She hoped to bring back the skills and technology she learned at NU to improve women’s health care back home. Hours before the executive action was signed, Akasha finalized plans for a conference scheduled for February 2018 in Khartoum, Sudan, with the director of her program to share their research with Sudanese medical professors. Akasha’s program ends in summer 2018, and now she does not know
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if she will be able to travel to the conference and complete her studies. “This would have meant so much to my professors back home, to our patients back home,” Akasha said. “This is new technology that’s not really anywhere except a couple of clinics internationally, so I know this would have changed many, many lives.” An unsatisfactory response Some students said after the initial shock of the executive order, they did not feel as though the administration was giving them enough support. Rohani said she met with the International Office on Tuesday and felt there was not enough information from or organization within the administration. She said the International Office could not answer many of her and her colleagues’ questions about their visa statuses. Rohani said her husband received considerably more organized support from the administration at UMass immediately after the executive order was signed and that she was frustrated by how slow Northwestern’s response was. “(UMass students) have received several emails from the International Office, and they have had several events and meetings with students who have questions,” Rohani said. “But Northwestern has offered nothing compared to the universities in Massachusetts.” The International Office is not currently focused on visa resources because of the uncertainty of the executive order’s future, said Ravi Shankar, director of the International Office. Once the first 90 days have passed, the University will be able to determine its course of action in providing more concrete services, Shankar said. Shankar said the office is now partnering with the Pritzker School of Law to provide support and legal counsel. In addition, the office plans to work with Counseling and Psychological Services to offer meetings and talks so students have someone to speak to who understands their situation. “At this point, the primary offering is the moral, emotional and other legal support that the students would need in order to get through this,” Shankar said. “Once we have a clear picture of what exactly this looks like, then we’ll be able to marshal all the resources that we would need in order to support the students.” Informal support English Prof. Brian Edwards, director of the Middle East and North African Studies Program, said the effects of the order will be broad and
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Check out DAILYNORTHWESTERN.COM for breaking news potentially put future programs and rese arch at risk. Additionally, the order will affect individual students and faculty members who may be at Northwestern on a visa or who have planned to travel abroad as part of their work. “There’s a direct impact on the kind of research and work that some of our students have come here to do,” Edwards said. “We’re in a situation where we don’t know how endangered our colleagues, students and friends are — so it’s as if we entered a McCarthy-like era.” He added that there are already students and faculty whose plans have been impacted by the order but said many were expressing caution about speaking out due to concerns that their visa status would be further jeopardized. Rezakhani said fellow students have been supportive of the impacted international students. He and Rohani are both part of the the Iranian Student Association, an organization of mainly graduate students centered on Iranian student life. The group will co-host an event at the Rock on Feb. 9 to protest the executive order as part of a nation-wide demonstration. Third-year applied physics Ph.D. student Amir Maghsoodi, who was born in Iran and has dual Iranian and American citizenship, is also a member of IRSA. He said he was encouraged by the number of Iranian and non-Iranian students who helped organize and RSVP’d to the event. “People are responding in compassionate, loving and understanding ways,” Maghsoodi said. “That’s the message we want to take to the administration — that we want to get that sort of support institutionally.” Akasha also said her colleagues and mentors at Northwestern have been helpful and supportive since the executive order was signed. She said she felt lucky to have to go through this time at Northwestern and that signs of support such as an email from Schapiro or the dean of Feinberg reassured her that the University has “got my back.” Ultimately, Akasha emphasized that she is not a political person. Since she was 3-years-old, she studied to become a doctor, she said, becoming an undergraduate student at 15 and working to improve health care in her country. “I hope people stop seeing me for my nationality, my color, my religion — whatever it is — and they start seeing me for the doctor I am,” she said. “I was born Sudanese. What am I supposed to do about it?” matthewchoi2018@u.northwestern.edu kristinakarisch2020@u.northwestern.edu
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In a time when marginalized groups are threatened, art can remind people of the need to learn from their past, Block Museum of Art curator Janet Dees said. “If You Remember, I’ll Remember,” a new Block exhibition, displays contemporary works that explore historical themes and aim to encourage viewers to reflect on the connection between the past and present. The exhibition, which features seven artists and 13 works, opens Saturday. About a year ago, Dees was to asked to develop an exhibition that would align with “Kader Attia: Reflecting Memory,” another exhibition that opened earlier this year. Attia’s work focuses on archives and how they construct history, which inspired Dees to consider contemporary work that involves American historic material, she said. The first work Dees decided to include in the exhibit was Dario Robleto’s “War Series,” a meditation on wars the United States has been involved in throughout history. She said she based the exhibition’s title on one of Robleto’s essays, through which he expresses the importance of remembrance. “(The essay) ends with this larger call for the necessity of all of us to remember the stories of the people who come before us because, if that process of engaging with the past isn’t active, then there’s this possibility of things being completely forgotten,” Dees said. While pondering these themes, Dees aimed to find artists whose works reflected historic connections to current events. The legalization of same-sex marriage in 2015 prompted Dees to include the video self-portraits of interracial couple Bradley McCallum and Jacqueline Tarry, linking the recent legislation to the fight for interracial marriage in the late 1960s. Shan Goshorn, an Eastern Band Cherokee artist featured in the exhibition, contributed five baskets. Though they were made with traditional Cherokee
basket-weaving techniques, they incorporate nontraditional materials such as paper printed with reproductions of scenes related to Native American sovereignty, including a class photo from the Carlisle Indian Industrial School, Dees said. “The fact that it is so relevant is saddening, that things that happened 50 years ago seem that they are connected to contemporary concerns that we have, but I am glad that the exhibition can be an opportunity, a space, a forum where people can come together and have conversations,” she said. Another installation, Samantha Hill’s “Herbarium,” was inspired by a Hyde Park family’s letters, photographs and objects donated to one of Hill’s endeavors, the Kinship Project Archive. Her research led her to the story of the 16th Street Baptist Church, a “central point for the civil rights movement” in Birmingham, Alabama, Hill said. The church was bombed by white supremacists in 1963 and four young girls were killed. Dees said she drew strong parallels between this bombing and the 2015 shooting at the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, South Carolina. “There is so much going on right now, especially with all the protests and these acts of resistance, and people were doing the same acts of resistance in 1963 Birmingham,” Hill said. “It’s the same thing. It’s just a different form.” Kristine Aono’s piece, “Deru Kugi Wa Utareru,” is centered around Japanese internment camps in the United States during World War II. This situation is personal to her because her family was interned at the camps, she said. She based her work around a Japanese saying that translates to the “nail that sticks up the farthest takes the most pounding.”To her, this sentiment explained why many Japanese Americans at the time were obedient to the orders of the American government. Aono’s installation includes holes in the wall for each of the 120,313 Japanese Americans interned during the war. Visitors can choose to stick nails into open holes in the wall in memory of those who were persecuted. Her installation also includes testimonies
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Artist Kristine Aono’s installation, “Deru Kugi Wa Utareru,” was on display at the Long Beach Museum of Art in 1992. The installation is part of a new Block Museum exhibit, “If You Remember, I’ll Remember,” opening Saturday.
from people who were interned, an element Aono said is especially important in light of Trump’s recent executive order. “It is about being ever-vigilant,” Aono said. “Whenever you see a group oppressed, it’s so important that everybody else stand up for them because the victimized group usually has very little power, and so I think we as Americans have to make sure that we stand behind all these other groups.” Marie Watt’s piece, “Witness,” draws on a 1913 photo of a Quamichan potlatch, a Native gift-giving ceremony. Watt said she sees this specific event as an uprising because at the time, such gatherings were against federal laws. A depiction of the photo is embroidered on a double-long trade blanket, creating an expansive canvas to allow viewers to immerse themselves in the crowd. Beyond the installation, Watt has been involved in the exhibition by engaging with campus and community groups such as the Native American and Indigenous Student Alliance, Multicultural Student Affairs, the Native American and Indigenous Peoples Steering Group and several others. She is creating a new work inspired by her conversations at NU and is also hosting community-wide sewing circles on Feb. 4 and 8. “I like to compare the sewing circle to a dinner party; you sort of prepare everything and see where the conversation goes,” Watt said. “When your eyes are diverted and there is no pressure to talk, stories sort of flow.” As seen through events like the sewing circles, community engagement has been an important priority with this exhibition, said Susy Bielak, Block’s associate director of engagement. She and Dees spoke to faculty members and community partners to ensure that the ideas they had to build programs around the exhibition were relevant to the community, Bielak said. “There is a real need for direct action towards social justice, but art has this potential for transcendence or the ability to say things that words cannot say,” she said. hayleykrolik2020@u.northwestern.edu
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Marie Watt’s piece “Witness,” depicts of a 1913 photo of a Quamichan potlach, a Native gift-giving ceremony. The artist’s work will also appear in the Block Museum exhibit.
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JTE revisits century-old murder trial Old friends ‘Parade’ centers around true story of 1913 grisly death of teen in Atlanta By AMELIA BECK
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The Jewish Theater Ensemble will revisit a historic murder trial for its winter musical this weekend. “Parade,” which opens Thursday in the Norris University Center Louis Room, centers around a true story about the 1913 rape and murder of 13-year-old Mary Phagan in Atlanta, Georgia. The musical follows the life of Leo Frank, the town’s Jewish factory superintendent, after he is accused of the crime and must fight for his innocence. The musical is in part a murder mystery, a courtroom drama and a love story, said director Michael Herwitz. Producer Casey Watson said the musical was chosen for its powerful dialogue, relevant messages and faith-based storyline. The story touches on themes ranging from populism to marital conflicts, making it widely relatable, the Communication sophomore said. “It’s going to touch every single person who walks in and watches it in some kind of different way,” Watson said. “We hope that people come in and find something for themselves.” Julie Busch, who plays Frank’s wife, Lucille, said she felt a sense of responsibility in accurately portraying a historical figure. Over winter break, Busch, Herwitz and Communication junior Adam Brody, who plays Frank, visited a Leo Frank exhibit at the Museum of Jewish Heritage in Manhattan. “Seeing the photos of (Lucille and Leo Frank) and the letters that (Lucille) wrote to the governor to get him to reexamine her husband’s case, there’s a pressure but in a good way,” the Communication senior said. “You feel a sense of responsibility to tell the story in a respectful and appropriate way.” Though the production deals with difficult topics, the musical aspect provides an additional layer of emotion that aids in storytelling, Busch said. “In my duet with my husband, you have these
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The cast of Parade reopens the case of Leo Frank in a historical musical. The Jewish Theater Ensemble’s winter main stage production opens Thursday in the Louis Room in Norris.
beautiful legato lines that I think reflect the love growing between them,” she said. “Ultimately it’s a story of love and hope, at least, from my character’s perspective.” As the story focuses on Frank’s fight for innocence, the “intense, dissonant group numbers” help convey the feelings of hostility and suspicion, which are brewing in Frank and his wife’s community, Busch said. Because the Louis Room is not a traditional theater, outfitting the venue to fit the needs of the musical was also an obstacle, Watson said. A fully functioning stage had to be constructed in addition to props, costumes and other basic production needs, she said. This responsibility fell was helmed by SESP junior Prateek Singh,
the show’s co-producer. “(Singh) was really passionate about creating a world in the Louis Room for people to walk into and feel like they were a part of,” Watson said. “It’s a very atmospheric show.” Although it is about a century-old case, Herwitz said the show aims to emphasize universal themes of diversity and “otherness,” which have become especially relevant in the wake of the presidential election. “I hope people let themselves be taken away with the story,” he said. “I hope when they leave, they’ll think about the world, how it stands right now and what their place in that is.” ameliabeck2020@u.northwestern.edu
SASA spoofs Kardashian reality TV show By RACHEL HAWLEY
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This year’s South Asian Student Alliance showcase, “Keeping up with the Kapoors,” will bring a combination of Hollywood and Bollywood to Cahn Auditorium. Several student groups will take the stage on Saturday night to promote South Asian culture through dance and musical performances. The annual show’s theme is part of a longstanding tradition, said SASA co-president Shaan Somani. “Every year, the SASA show has a general theme, which is usually a sort of satirical twist on something in pop culture,” the Weinberg senior said. “A common idea that we came up with was (satirizing) a reality TV show, and this whole ‘famous for being famous’ idea. … we thought that the concept would be relatable to people.” The show will feature various student dance groups, each of which focuses on a different region or genre of Indian dance.
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Ensembles include Northwestern Nithya, a classical Indian dance ensemble, Northwestern Bhangra, which performs dance from the Punjab region, and Deeva Dance Troupe, an all-female group whose performances feature a fusion of Bollywood and Western styles such as hip-hop. Medill senior Gauri Rangrass, one of the show’s four emcees, said the event aims to highlight South Asian culture. “Sometimes there’s a gap in understanding of South Asian culture around campus, so this is a great opportunity,” Rangrass said. The show will also include a performance by Brown Sugar, Northwestern’s South Asian a cappella group. “We focus on South Asian music, so Bollywood primarily, as well as other genres popular in South Asia,” said Bienen and Weinberg sophomore Charlie Collar, the music director of Brown Sugar. “We don’t sing a lot of songs exclusively in Hindi. We do a lot of mash-ups and songs that incorporate South Asian music into other kinds of American music.” Somani said the attendance and
campus-wide visibility of the SASA Show has increased over the last several years. He said this is a result of a rise in the number of Indian and South Asian students on campus and the close-knit nature of the community. The show is a central event for the South Asian student community, said SASA and Northwestern Nithya member Rachana Kolli, a Weinberg sophomore. The evening allows students to meet others with similar experiences and enjoy South Asian food, traditions and pop culture, Kolli said. Somani said South Asian students are often subjected to the “model minority myth,” but having a strong community help alleviate the effects of that. “People expect certain things based upon our skin color,” Somani said. “It’s great to have a strong Indian community because it allows you to connect with people with a common background (and) common experiences.” rachelhawley2019@u.northwestern.edu
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Members of Northwestern Nithya, a classical Indian dance ensemble, perform in last year’s South Asian Students Alliance show. The 2017 SASA show will take place on Saturday at 7p.m. in Cahn Auditorium.
Annette Turow and Linda Robinson Gordon have known each other for years and are even in the same Torah study group. But they are now connecting in a new way: through their art. Th e exhibition “New Work,” featuring pieces by both Turow and Robinson Gordon, opens Sunday at the Evanston Art Center. It is the first ever joint exhibition between the two Chicago-area artists, whose collaboration, Turow said, was partly inspired by the fact that their recent works express similar attitudes toward the world. Turow said the fully-abstract exhibition focuses on capturing feelings instead of trying to represent tangible things. She said she hopes audiences have a “positive emotional reaction” and take the time to deeply explore the details of the space. Turow’s portion features ink, oil pastel and oil stick paintings on plasticized paper called yupo. She said she was inspired by the journey of the Israelites in the desert, trying to imagine what it would have been like to be part of that experience through darkness and light, and visualizing that feeling through her work. Since childhood, Turow said, she was always sure she wanted to be an artist. After studying more “objective,” realistic styles in school, about 30 years ago she found herself turning toward abstraction. “Picasso said, ‘Everything’s been done, so why do it?’” Turow said. “But in abstraction, I think the sky’s the limit.” Robinson Gordon’s works in the exhibition include drawings on handmade Japanese paper, which involve numerous interconnected circles of crayon, ink and even mud. Mixed-media sculptures of mud, paper and copper wire further explore “a subtle beauty and delicate craftsmanship,” an Art Center statement said.
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Picasso said, ‘Everything’s been done, so why do it?’ But in abstraction, I think the sky’s the limit. Annette Turow, Chicago-area artist
Robinson Gordon said she grew interested in sculpture after her experience as a massage therapist, and fascination with the body, steered her toward more three-dimensional media. Usually, she doesn’t have a specific idea in mind when she begins a piece, but instead lets the material guide her, she said. “I try to find a place in myself that’s kind of empty,” Robinson Gordon said. “My work is ahead of wherever I am at a conscious level. I try to learn from it.” Though the two artists have distinctive methods, Turow said she believes they reflect similar attitudes and come from a place of spirituality. Turow described her own style as “large and loose” and said Robinson Gordon’s were more “small and precise.” However, Turow said, the exhibition still feels cohesive, and all the works use a similar color palette. Cara Feeney, the manager of exhibitions at the Art Center, said the two artists’ works intermingle to create a high quality exhibit. “The feng shui in the room is very good,” Turow said. “The works complement each other; they don’t fight each other.” Robinson Gordon said she is excited to see how her work looks in a space outside the studio alongside Turow’s pieces. Turow said she believes that art is valuable in encouraging communication and emotional intelligence. She described art as “an experience outside of words” that provides a new way for people to connect with each other. “It helps us to understand our basic humanity,” Robinson Gordon said. “Who we are as individuals and as a people.” madelineburakoff2020@u.northwestern.edu
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criticized people who say they care about Muslim rights but refuse to speak up for Muslim individuals on campus. She shared her own classroom experiences of students passively watching during situations in which she felt very uncomfortable. For instance, she said she was emotionally drained when she had to repeatedly defend the goodness of her religion and identity to a white classmate. “So if you care, step up,” she said. “Say something.” Walkout participants also held hands in a circle, surrounding Muslim students in a show of solidarity as they prayed Maghrib, the fourth of five daily prayers that occurs at sunset. Weinberg sophomore Joseph Mathew told The Daily it hurt him to know that Muslim students were suffering in effect of Trump’s policies. He said he hoped the stories of pain and persecution told at the event would be used to support the resistance against the new administration. McCormick senior Kareem Youssef, an Egyptian-Palestinian American, said Trump’s executive order should move students toward unity and action. “It’s time for you all to bring yourselves out of a place of complacency and into action,” Youssef said. “You’re supposed to train yourself to feel (and) to be sensitive to these issues. Otherwise you will not be aware, and you will not stand in solidarity.”
against Russia. “Secretary Tillerson’s close personal and business ties with President Putin give me no confidence that he would be an effective force in America’s dealings with Russia,” he said in the statement. There have been votes on six of the nominees so far. Both Durbin and Duckworth voted against the confirmation of CIA Director Mike Pompeo, and voted for four others, including Secretary of Transportation Elaine Chao and Secretary of Defense James Mattis. Duckworth said in a statement she was “impressed” by Mattis’s “thoughtful, strategic thinking” when they met. “General Mattis knows as well as I do the true costs of war, and he understands the many sacrifices the men and women of our Armed Forces have made,” she said in the statement. “I look forward to working with the new Secretary of Defense to keep our nation safe.” Both Duckworth and Durbin have expressed doubts over President Donald Trump’s nomination of Senator Jeff Sessions to Attorney General. Sessions has been criticized for not pledging to defend federal civil rights statutes. Durbin, who serves on the Senate Judiciary Committee, voted against his nomination in
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Protesters gather on Wednesday to condemn President Trump’s immigration executive order. Members of the Northwestern community spoke at the event about how the ban was impacting them and their families.
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and the Trump administration’s policies have made her question her beliefs and reassess the party to which she belongs. Cohen said she did not vote for Trump and participated in the Women’s March on Chicago, which protested Trump’s inauguration, on Jan. 21. “I’m very anti-Trump,” she said. “You can be yourself and untraditional without being an asshole.” Northwestern’s College Republicans refrained from endorsing a candidate during the 2016 election. Since the beginning of the primaries, there has been more dynamic conversation and disagreement than ever within the group, said Donnelly, who did not vote for either Trump or Clinton. Cohen and Donnelly are not exceptions within the organization. Even among those who voted for Trump, some were reluctant to do so and have been critical of the president’s first few days in office, said Weinberg sophomore Sammy Cuautle, who supports Donald Trump. Members of the organization remain strongly divided on the president’s policies. Cuautle said though he doesn’t think Trump’s immigration ban is a bad idea, he would have preferred if Trump went through Congress rather than
the committee on Wednesday. “Wherever there is an effort to suppress votes, wherever there is voter discrimination we need to stand up and speak out … and I do not have confidence Senator Sessions, as attorney general, will do that,” he said. Durbin also criticized Sessions for saying he had not yet read the unclassified document detailing Russia’s potential involvement in the presidential election. To do so was “either willful blindness or willful ignorance,” Durbin said. Sessions has also not said he would stop an investigation into potential Russian interference in the election. “That, to me, disqualifies him,” Durbin said. The judiciary committee voted to move Sessions’ nomination to a full Senate vote on Wednesday. Duckworth said in a statement she would oppose his nomination. Duckworth is also opposed to the nomination of Betsy DeVos for Secretary of Education. Duckworth said in a statement she was concerned with DeVos’ “lack of experience and expertise in the field.” Duckworth has also cited DeVos’s position on the Americans with Disabilities Act as a disqualifier. DeVos said at a committee meeting she would leave enforcement of the law in schools up to the states. “Much of my life today has been made
possible by civil rights protections like the Americans with Disabilities Act,” said Duckworth, who lost both of her legs while serving in the U.S. Army in Iraq. “Ms. DeVos has failed a stunningly basic test, leaving me to conclude that she is not qualified to lead the Department of Education.” Both Duckworth and Durbin have signalled they will push for a fair hearing for Judge Neil Gorsuch, who was appointed by Trump yesterday to fill the Supreme Court seat left open by the death of Justice Antonin Scalia last year. U.S. Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-Ill.) said in a statement the court seat was “stolen” by Senate Republicans. The seat has gone unfilled for nearly a year after Senate hearings for President Barack Obama’s nominee Merrick Garland were stalled. Schakowsky, does not vote on Gorsuch’s confirmation, said his record “puts him on the wrong side of issues” such as equal pay and workers’ rights. “Senate Republicans demonstrated an unprecedented disdain for President Obama and our Constitution by denying Judge Merrick Garland even a hearing,” she said in the statement. “Now, they are seeking to move a controversial nominee with extreme views that would erode the rights of Americans.”
signing an executive order. “I don’t see it … necessarily as turning a blind eye; it’s changing the way (immigrants are) accepted,” Cuautle said. “There’s nothing wrong with taking people who need humanitarian help. There is also nothing wrong with prioritizing American interests abroad.” Donnelly said he isn’t surprised by the order, as Trump promised it repeatedly during the campaign, but disagrees with the idea that it could decrease terrorism in the United States. “Whether it’s going to help terror in the U.S., I’m skeptical,” he said. “Most of the recent attacks have been by Americans or other people who were already here legally. We’ll just have to see whether it actually decreases terrorism or not.” Cohen challenged the idea that Trump’s actions during his first 100 days would be representative of the rest of his time in office. She said it is common for new presidents to push a lot of executive orders through in their first days in office, but that this doesn’t set a precedent for the rest of their terms. Trump can’t repeal the Affordable Care Act and not replace it, she said, and he needs to call on “legitimate” policymakers to think of a way to fix the system. Donnelly, however, said although Republicans need time to craft the new healthcare plan,
Trump will be able to fully repeal the ACA during his term. Still, he said the idea Trump would be able to replace it in his first 100 days is a “long shot.” In an executive order on Jan. 25, Trump called for the immediate construction of a wall along the southern border of the United States. Cohen said she doesn’t think the wall won’t stop undocumented immigration and that it will only add strain on the United States’ budget as Trump never specified a plan for paying for the wall. “No one is going to pay for the wall,” she said. “I don’t think that Trump is going to be very good for the U.S.’s budget, and I don’t think he’s going to reduce our deficit.” Donnelly said he sees the wall as not only helpful in solving immigration issues, but as a “built-in economic stimulus package.” It could drastically help with smuggling and trafficking across the border, he added, while also providing work for American laborers. Regardless, the wall demonstrates the president’s willingness and ability to follow through on his promises, Cuautle said. “A lot of people doubted Trump,” he said. “Like, ‘Oh, he’s not going to build a wall and all of this stuff.’ But he’s doing it. Like he promised it.”
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Durbin, Duckworth warn Rauner of Obamacare repeal
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U.S. Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.) and Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) urged Gov. Bruce Rauner to oppose a repeal of the Affordable Care Act in a letter sent Tuesday. In the letter, the senators point to the potential economic and health impacts of a repeal of the act. The letter cites a report from the Illinois Hospital and Health Association, which estimates a repeal without a similar replacement would create potential losses of $11.6 to 13.1 billion in annual economic activity. The lost in activity could result in job losses between 84,000 to 95,000, the association reported. In the letter, the senators said 1.2 million people in Illinois would lose their health insurance in 2019 if the act is repealed.
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Cats scored more than 11 points, and seniors Ashley Deary and Lauren Douglas combined to shoot a poor 6-of-21 clip from the floor. “It was great for us tonight, just to win the game and play great defense,” coach Joe McKeown said. “When you’re playing Wisconsin, who’s going to pack in the zone and make you shoot the ball … you’re not going to score 80 points.” Still, it was far a better effort than Wisconsin (5-17, 0-9), who failed to put a player in double figures and did not score for the final 7:21 of its 14-point first half. It was a poor output even for the Badgers, who are 12th in the Big Ten in scoring offense and have reached 60 points just twice in conference play. NU’s defense is certainly among the conference’s best — the Cats allow opponents to shoot under 38 percent and claim a hawkish on-ball defender in Deary — but many of Wisconsin’s errors were selfinflicted. The Badgers were called for several traveling violations and players stepped out of bounds on multiple occasions. Tellingly, NU had just nine steals on Wisconsin’s 22 turnovers. “We had good ball pressure,” McKeown said. “We adjusted pretty well. … We got in passing lanes.” The visitors also struggled to make shots. Several
“We strongly urge you to reconsider your position towards these destructive Republican plans, and to stand firmly with Illinoisans against efforts to repeal the ACA without an adequate replacement plan in place to protect the coverage gains, affordability, benefits, and consumer protections that Illinoisans currently enjoy,” the senators wrote. Senate Republicans moved to repeal the Affordable Care Act last month by passing a framework budget that limits the ability of Democrats to filibuster a repeal of the law. President Donald Trump has said he will push for the repeal of the ACA and the replacement of it with another health care law. The two also criticized a letter Jennifer Hammer, acting Director of Insurance for the Rauner administration, sent to Congress in December per Republican lawmakers’ request. In the letter, Hammer said, “major structural flaws in the ACA have forced higher insurance rates and separated families from trusted physicians and
shots clanged off the backboard, including a free throw, and leading scorer Cayla McMorris finished just 5-of-13 from the field. It was that offensive futility that allowed the Cats to pull away, scoring 10-straight points to close the first half and open the second, as they turned a slender 2-point lead into a comfortable 12-point margin. “We just wanted to make sure that we stayed aggressive throughout the game,” Coffey said. We just talked about that (at halftime).” Wisconsin cut the deficit to 9 late in the third quarter, but NU quickly rebuilt its advantage to close out the 20-point win. The result was hardly surprising. The Badgers entered the game on an eight-game losing streak and have now lost five Big Ten games by more than 20 points. NU, meanwhile, received votes in both the Associated Press and coaches polls this week and is in prime position for a return to the NCAA Tournament. A win over the conference’s bottom-feeders won’t help the Cats’ resume, but a loss certainly would’ve damaged it. And like Sunday’s victory at Rutgers, NU ground out a low-scoring win on the shoulders of its defense. “We’re going to win games and championships with our defense,” Deary said. “Offense is going to come and go, but you can always play defense.” colepaxton2019@u.northwestern.edu
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hospitals.” The act has also raised premiums and limited choice of insurers, Hammer wrote. Congressional Republicans should consider “ramifications of proposed changes” to individuals on Medicaid, the senators wrote. Durbin and Duckworth said they were “disappointed” the letter “failed to provide any information regarding the potential fallout or benefit from repealing the ACA.” The senators pointed to letters sent by other Republican governors that warned against repealing the act. The senators said they supported the administration for applying a Medicaid demonstration waiver to improve the delivery of behavioral health care services for Illinois residents. Such a waiver would be threatened under a repeal of the ACA, they said. “We cannot ignore the reality that Congressional Republican plans to restructure the Medicaid program toward a block grant or per-capita cap could
obviate any potential gains from this 1115 waiver because of the deep funding cuts and benefit reductions that would certainly occur,” they said in the letter. Both Durbin and Duckworth said in the letter they would work to “reform and improve” the ACA for Illinois residents, but warned a repeal without a replacement “terminates all of the important and life-saving benefits we have achieved in recent years.” Rauner spokesperson Catherine Kelly said in a statement the governor would “continue to advocate for the best interest of the people of Illinois.” “Senator Durbin was a leading proponent of Obamacare, which resulted in skyrocketing health care costs on millions of Americans,” she said. “As Senators Durbin and Duckworth well know, our administration has urged Congress to take a thoughtful approach to any new health care changes.”
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going to end up going.” Miller and Pugh join 17 other scholarship signees, six preferred walk-ons and one graduate transfer to form the team’s 26 total new members. Fitzgerald praised the character and scholarship of the group, pointing out that recruits have to be more careful than ever in the age of social media. “(Their) average GPA was a 3.55,” Fitzgerald said. “I think it’s the smartest group of guys we’ve ever recruited.” The class is also notable for having four specialists, including a rare scholarship kicker in Charlie Kuhbander. The Springboro, Ohio native is the fifth-best kicker in the country, according to 247Sports. He’s joined by graduate transfer Luke Otto, who kicked for Western Illinois, walk-on punter Cody Gronewald and walk-on long snapper Peter Snodgrass. Given his talent, Kuhbander could be in the mix to replace graduating kicker Jack Mitchell. Overall Fitzgerald declared the class a success, noting he was particularly pleased with NU’s “hit rate” — the percentage of players offered who end up committing. Fitzgerald said this figure was 22 percent and also noted 18 of the Cats’ 19 scholarship players were committed before their senior year began. “This group is tight-knit; they’ve been on a group chat together for a few months,” Fitzgerald said. “(I’m) just excited to get them here.”
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NU’s soon-to-be-completed lakeside practice facility, as a boon in this recruiting cycle as well as in the years to come. “To know this group is going to be in there … is a game-changer for us,” Fitzgerald said. “But I think we’re just getting started. We’ve got a lot of room for improvement, not only in our day-to-day facilities, but then down the road with Ryan Field. And that’s coming.” Pointing to a different trend in NU’s recruiting, the 2017 class also includes two early enrollees. Defensive tackle Sam Miller and superback Trey Pugh, the two to enroll early, are just the third and fourth players to enter school early under Fitzgerald. Sophomore defensive back Parrker Westphal became the program’s first early entrant three years ago, followed by redshirt freshman defensive lineman Tommy Carnifax last year. Enrolling early allows a player to participate in the team’s spring practices which could give them a leg up on their classmates and a better shot at playing as a true freshman, which is rare at NU. Westphal and Carnifax have yet to find major success, largely due to injury, and Fitzgerald declined to say whether Miller and Pugh might become contributors right away. “I’m done predicting,” Fitzgerald said. “I’ll leave it to (those guys) on the internet on where guys are
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WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — In only its second foray into the AP Top 25 in the last 48 years, No. 25 Northwestern received a harsh baptism at the hands of No. 23 Purdue on Wednesday. The Wildcats’ (18-5, 7-3) six-game winning streak hit a brick wall named Caleb Swanigan and a hot-shooting Boilermakers (18-5, 7-3) offense in a decisive 80-59 loss. Junior guard Bryant McIntosh led NU with 22 points on 9-of-19 shooting and senior forward Sanjay Lumpkin pulled down a team-high seven rebounds. The rest of their teammates weren’t nearly as effective, however, allowing Purdue to finish with a 41-30 advantage on the glass and a 12-2 differential in 3-point field goals. “They’re so prolific offensively, a very tough team to guard with their insideoutside presence,” coach Chris Collins said. “The 3-point shooting was certainly the story of the game in the first half — they made some great shots; they really shared it well. They’re a very good team, and they got us tonight.” The Cats kept with the hosts through the opening minutes but soon succumbed to an onslaught of 3-pointers that blew the game wide open. Purdue drained five shots from deep in just over three minutes to flip what was a one-point deficit into a
24-12 lead and electrify a crowd of 14,264. That crowd never quieted. Freshman guard Isiah Brown — making his first career start in the absence of junior guard Scottie Lindsey — committed two firsthalf shot clock violations without even realizing it. He appeared unable to hear the buzzer through the noise. By the time the Boilermakers sauntered into halftime with a 45-23 advantage, any NU upset hopes had drowned under a chorus of “Hail Purdue” and an inability to defend Purdue’s multilayered offense. “We tried to keep our poise, (but) the crowd feeds off that, and there’s a reason why they’re good here,” Collins said. “I thought some of (Purdue’s 3-pointers) were open, and some of them it was just really good offense beating good defense, and that happens sometimes.” The Cats were never able to shrink the lead below 14 during the second half, which proved a formality in determining the winner. Instead, Swanigan continued a complete effort for the Boilermakers en route to 24 points and 16 rebounds. “He’s a hard guy to guard because he’s a load down there in the low post and now he’s stepping out and shooting 3s,” Collins said. “He’s an outstanding player and certainly played a great game tonight.” Swanigan wasn’t the only force clicking for Purdue. Vince Edwards drained 5-of-7 triples for the hosts, and Dakota Mathias (13 points) made 2-of-3. McIntosh said the absence of Lindsey, who missed the trip with an illness, hurt NU’s ability to defend those outside shooters.
“Scott’s length was really able to cover up a lot of mistakes, and he guarded one of the other team’s better players,” McIntosh said. “That’s the one thing we’re really missing. Obviously Scott can put the ball in the basket, but his defense really gets overlooked.” The Cats couldn’t match Purdue’s perimeter efficiency, failing to make their first 3-pointer of the game until the game’s final five minutes. They were instead limited to a number of contested, long 2-pointers and saw little success. Sophomore forward Vic Law struggled the most, shooting four of his seven attempts — all of which he missed — from just inside the 3-point line. Despite the defeat, NU remains third in the Big Ten standings — a spot it now shares with Purdue — and will enjoy six days of rest before the next game. McIntosh said he’s confident Wednesday’s letdown won’t turn into a larger slide. “We had a tough first half, but I thought we played much better in the second half. We’re not in panic mode at all,” he said. “We’ve got to figure out ways that we can incorporate Isiah a little bit better and figure out defensively and offensively how we want to attack a little bit differently, but our schemes will stay the same.” benjaminpope2019@u.northwestern. edu
Daily file photo by Rachel Dubner
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Offensive woes doom Cats in loss to Boilermakers By TIM BALK
daily senior staffer @timbalk
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Facing one of the nation’s most formidable offensive squads Wednesday night, No. 25 Northwestern needed to put the ball in the bucket. Instead, the Wildcats struggled to manufacture offense as the No. 23 Boilermakers poured in point after point against NU’s typically stout defense. “They kind of put us on our heels because they were hitting shots,” junior guard Bryant McIntosh said. “It took away from our offense because what we hang our hat on wasn’t getting the job
done.” The Cats hit a season-low 35 percent of their shots and Purdue (18-5, 7-3 Big Ten) rolled to an 80-59 win over NU (18-5, 7-3) at Mackey Arena to give the visitors a rude welcome into the top 25. The absence of guard Scottie Lindsey visibly hurt the Cats. Lindsey, who leads the team in scoring at 15.4 points per game, missed the game due to illness. In conference play, the junior has often been at his best on the road, posting 21 points in a long-awaited victory at Ohio State, 31 at Penn State and 19 at Nebraska. In what may go down as the season’s toughest road test, the Cats simply could not find a replacement for their top scoring option. The obvious candidate to fill the void,
sophomore forward Vic Law, was out of his offensive rhythm from the tip. NU’s second-leading scorer went scoreless in the first half on three shots. In the second half, things didn’t come much easier for Law, and he finished with 1 point. Purdue coach Matt Painter said his team tried to disrupt Law’s rhythm by keeping him from getting post touches and sticking with him in transition. “We know that he’s streaky, and he’s a guy who — once he hits one — now sometimes you can actually be there (guarding him), and he still makes them,” Painter said. “He’s a good player, man. He’s really improved. Sometimes getting on the road and not giving those guys opportunities — he had seven shots; that was probably the tell-tale for us that we
didn’t give him a lot of opportunities.” While Law sputtered, McIntosh did his best to infuse some energy into the offense. He uncorked an array of jumpers and floaters en route to 22 points. The junior’s feathery shooting wasn’t nearly enough. Lindsey’s replacement in the starting lineup, freshman guard Isiah Brown, hardly looked wide-eyed as he made his first career start in one of the conference’s most intimidating road venues. He launched 14 shots, but also struggled to find the nylon, connecting on just four. McIntosh and Brown were NU’s only players to reach double-digit points in the weak offensive effort. “I give (Purdue) credit. I thought they did a good job. I thought they were
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very physical defensively. They put a lot of emphasis on trying to get into our perimeter players.” coach Chris Collins said. “They’re a good team for a reason.” Though few opponents are as tough as Purdue, the Cats will need to find an offensive groove without Lindsey. Collins said the team does not know when the junior will return. He also said the team won’t make any drastic changes offensively after the lopsided loss. “You can’t overreact on one game,” Collins said. “We’ll look at the film; we’ll see what we need to do to improve offensively, but I’m not going to overreact. We have a good team.” timothybalk2018@u.northwestern.edu
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NU dominates Badgers at home Fitzgerald welcomes
2017 recruiting class
By COLE PAXTON
daily senior staffer @ckpaxton
Northwestern didn’t so much exert its dominance. It was more Wisconsin displaying its ineptitude. Either way, the Wildcats got the victory. Senior forward Nia Coffey scored 15 points and added 10 rebounds, senior guard Christen Inman scored 14 points of her own and NU took advantage of 22 Badgers turnovers and a 33 percent shooting effort from the visitors, giving the Cats (17-5, 6-3 Big Ten) a 63-43 win Wednesday at Welsh-Ryan Arena. NU also struggled to find a rhythm, scoring just 24 points in the first half and making only 7-of-18 3-pointers. Just two » See WBBALL, page 7
By BOBBY PILLOTE
daily senior staffer @bobbypillote
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Ashley Deary attempts a pass. The senior guard tallied 9 points and four assists in the Wildcats’ 20-point win.
Coach Pat Fitzgerald welcomed 26 new players to Northwestern’s football program Wednesday, pointing to a widening national footprint and improving facilities as reasons for the Wildcats’ success on the recruiting trail. “I think we filled all of our needs,” Fitzgerald said. “We’re always trying to add speed and solidify the line of scrimmage, and I think we did that with this class.” The Cats drew scholarship players from eight states across the country, with just two, wide receiver Jace James and cornerback Cameron Ruiz, hailing from Illinois.
Five players came from Ohio, five came from Texas and three came from Georgia, all familiar pipeline states for NU over the past several recruiting cycles. Fitzgerald echoed his longstanding sentiment that his recruiting “starts and ends in Chicagoland,” but pointed to personal relationships and increased national exposure as reasons why the Cats have increasingly found success in far-flung southern states. “Now that we’ve got (the Big Ten Network) … our brand is very strong throughout the country, especially in the state of Texas,” Fitzgerald said. “If you go down to the state of Texas and beat (the University of ) Texas on a defensive player, that’s big.” The coach also lauded Ryan Fieldhouse, » See RECRUITING, page 7