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worldwide who might have been unaware of the scandal before, even though the story was published more than a decade ago. Even the Catholic Church, she said, had a more positive reaction to the film than to the original story. “The church has embraced a movie in a way that it didn’t embrace our story a decade ago,” she said. Raised in a devout Catholic family, Pfeiffer said her upbringing helped her understand why people would choose to ignore these sexual abuse cases. “After the story ran, my grandma, who was depicted in the movie, said to me ‘You know, we all thought the priests were little gods,’” Pfeiffer said. “I remember thinking, ‘Well, that’s exactly why it happened,’ because when you think priests
Religious leaders in Evanston are urging state legislators to change the current flat income tax to a graduated tax system considering deficits to social services due to the budget crisis. The First Congregational Church of Evanston held a town hall meeting last Saturday, hosted by the Community Renewal Society, a progressive Chicago-based faith organization, asking attendees to reach out to their legislators in support of a bill calling for a referendum on a constitutional amendment to be placed on November’s ballot. The constitutional amendment would change Illinois’ current flat income tax — which requires all taxpayers pay the same percent of their earnings — to a graduated income tax, in which the amount residents are taxed varies on the amount of income they earn. Illinois is on its tenth month without a budget, and social services in the state have been struggling to continue providing programming. Rev. Ann Rosewall of the First Congregational Church of Evanston said the issue is urgent because the deadline to get the constitutional amendment question on the ballot is May 7. She said churches need to be leading discussions on this issue because they are often the providers of the social services being affected as well as places people in need turn to when their services shut down. “Because of the budget cuts there are fewer and fewer mental health services people in need can turn to,”
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» See FLAT TAX, page 6
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Associated Student Government’s Rules Committee will hold its hearing Wednesday night on the election violation regarding leaked voting margin data during this year’s presidential election. The hearing comes after ASG’s election commission ruled Christina Cilento and Macs Vinson’s campaign violated election guidelines by failing to disclose they had received information about the voting margin while polls were still open. The hearing, which will be held at 5:30 p.m. in Norris University Center, will be closed to the public, per Cilento’s request. According to ASG Code, either party can request a closed hearing. Cilento, a SESP junior, declined to comment on the hearing. The election commission ruled the campaign’s use of the leaks and decision not to come forward about them constitutes SESP sophomore Kevin Corkran, the commission member who leaked the information, as “working on behalf of ” Cilento and Vinson’s campaign. At the hearing, the Rules Committee, which currently has eight members including parliamentarian Shelby Reitman, will hear arguments from Cilento and Weinberg junior Lauren Thomas, the election commissioner. Both parties will also have the opportunity to present evidence and call witnesses. The Rules Committee will then vote on whether to punish to Cilento and Vinson. If they decide to punish the ticket, they can recommend a range of punishments including impeachment, probation or a public apology. “If the Rules Committee issues a punishment, Senate would hold a hearing Wednesday,” said Reitman, a Weinberg sophomore. “I would hope that if it goes to Senate then that hearing would be open to the public.” Senate would then have to approve the punishment by a two-thirds vote, but Senate could also decide to administer a different punishment. “My ultimate goal is to see as fair and as just a resolution to this as possible,” Thomas said. “If I could go back and time and stop this from happening, I think that would be the best.” Cilento and Vinson, a McCormick » See HEARING, page 6
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ON THE RECORD Boston Globe journalists Sacha Pfeiffer (left) and Walter Robinson discuss their Pulitzer Prizewinning work that uncovered a series of Roman Catholic Church sexual abuse cases in Boston. The journalists visited Northwestern during an event hosted by A&O Productions and Studio 22.
‘Spotlight’ reporters visit NU Journalists talk church sex abuse story By MARIANA ALFARO
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Journalists Walter Robinson and Sacha Pfeiffer, winners of the Pulitzer Prize for their Boston Globe series that uncovered Roman Catholic Church sexual abuse cases, said they never expected to discover such deep networks of corruption when they first started working on the story. Last year, their work was adapted into the Academy Award-winning film “Spotlight.” Robinson and Pfeiffer spoke Tuesday night to about 250 students after a screening of the film hosted by A&O Productions and Studio 22. During the Q&A session, moderated by Medill Prof. MeiLing Hopgood, Robinson and Pfeiffer
spoke about their experiences writing the story and collaborating with the film’s actors and creators more than a decade after. “This may be … perhaps the first major investigative story of the Internet age,” Robinson said. “It went viral. Within a day or two we were getting phone calls and emails literally from all over the world … the story just exploded.” In the film, Michael Keaton plays Robinson, who led the Boston Globe’s 2002 coverage of the scandal, which resulted in international outrage against the Catholic Church and the resignation of Boston’s Archbishop. Rachel McAdams plays Pfeiffer, a portrayal the journalist said was “uncanny.” Pfeiffer said the film reminded her of the power of Hollywood because she continues to receive emails from viewers
Medill alumna wins Pulitzer for local reporting Lisa Gartner’s team uncovered school ‘failure’ in Florida By ERICA SNOW
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In 2007, Lisa Gartner wrote for North by Northwestern, advising students on what to eat on a night out. In 2015, Gartner wrote for the Tampa Bay Times, investigating five failing elementary schools. On Monday, Gartner won the Pulitzer Prize for local reporting. Gartner (Medill ‘10) said she believes local reporting can make a tangible difference in people’s lives. In an investigation of public schools in Pinellas County, Florida, Garter and her colleagues Michael LaForgia and Cara Fitzpatrick found that a 2007 school board decision led to “de-facto
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segregation” and resulted in 95 percent of black students failing reading or math. The team of journalists followed the story by “tracking promises” the school board had made, including increased resources, and reporting on them when they went unfilled. But winning the esteemed journalism prize was never Gartner’s original intention — instead, she wanted to understand why some of the worstperforming schools in Florida were so close to each other and what caused their low test scores. “For us, the focus was more on the community and if we could start a conversation or shed more information on this issue or create change,” said Gartner, who also worked for The Daily. “It’s been so amazing to see how
the community here has taken off in a charge and embraced this.” Spencer Kornhaber (Medill ‘09), a founder of NBN, said the Pulitzer announcement was no surprise. Kornhaber, now a staff writer at The Atlantic, said he and Gartner developed a close friendship because of the time they spent working at NBN. Even though Gartner first started writing in the lifestyle section, Kornhaber said her writing skills helped her advance until she eventually became editor in chief her junior year. “Lisa is someone who embodies the idea that journalism can be fun and innovative and not traditional, while also adhering to the bedrock principles that have guided it for so long and that » See PULITZER, page 6
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Around Town ETHS ranked as 10th most challenging high school in Illinois
Evanston Township High School was ranked the 10th most challenging high school in Illinois by The Washington Post, placing it in the top 1 percent in the country. The Post this month released its annual national report, “America’s Most Challenging High Schools,” and this year only 11 percent of the nearly public and private high schools in the United States made the list, according to a news release from ETHS. At the state level, the high school jumped from
No. 17 to No. 10 in 2016, and at the national level from No. 585 to No. 287. “Seeing our state and national ranking going up and up in recent years is a tribute to our students and staff,” ETHS District 202 Superintendent Eric Witherspoon said in the release. “We have raised expectations for all students and have built a system of supports to increase the achievement of all students.” The statement said the position increases are correlated to students being able to access Advanced Placement, International Baccalaureate and Advanced International Certificate of Education courses and tests. ETHS’ Equity and Excellence rate, the percentage of all graduating seniors who had at least one
score of three or above on at least one AP test in high school, was 60 percent in 2015 as reported by The Washington Post. The news release said the College Board found the average rate in 2014 to be about 22 percent. “By being recognized as one of the top high schools in the nation,” Witherspoon said in the release, “we are striving to model that a comprehensive public high school which is truly diverse racially and socio-economically can, indeed, provide opportunity for all students to thrive in our most challenging classes, for all students to get the best education preparing them for college and career.” — Rishika Dugyala
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Evanston police reported a man taken into custody Tuesday after a confrontation where officers fired shots, but no one was injured. Officers were dispatched to a residence in the 1300 block of Asbury Avenue at about 2 p.m. after receiving calls about suspicious activity in
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A 22-year-old Evanston man was arrested Sunday night in connection with battery to a police officer, resisting arrest and traffic offenses. Officers stopped a vehicle with a broken headlight in the 100 block of Custer Ave at about 10 p.m, said Evanston police Cmdr. Joseph Dugan. Officers explained to the man why they had stopped his vehicle and he became “irate,” Dugan said. After receiving a ticket, the man began punching the steering wheel and the visors of his car. The man asked to see a the officer’s supervisor and while waiting, pushed open the door of his
the vacant house, Evanston police Cmdr. Joseph Dugan said. Police located the suspect in the house and tried to bring him into custody, but the man resisted arrest, Dugan said. During the confrontation, one officer tased the suspect, Dugan said. The man pulled out what appeared to be a black handgun, which was later determined to be a BB gun, and a backup officer fired his weapon at the man but missed. After shots were fired, the man retreated into a back room of the house and officers set up a perimeter to contain him within the building.
As the perimeter was being set up, police observed the suspect running through the yard, still carrying the gun. One of the perimeter officers fired several shots at the offender, which also missed. The man dropped the weapon and continued to run. The suspect was caught and taken into custody by officers in the 1300 block of Greenwood Street. The man was transported to the Evanston Police Department where he currently awaits charges.
car and struck the officer with the door, Dugan said. When police arrested the man for battery he resisted arrest but was eventually taken into custody. The man was charged with the traffic offense, battery to a police officer and resisting arrest. The man was also charged with criminal damage while in custody.
the unoccupied basement, Dugan said. Officers found the basement door locked, but after knocking, the 19-year-old man came to the door. A 15-year-old juvenile male was also in the apartment. The older man told police that they were just trying to sleep in the basement. The two males were detained, Dugan said, and police found a handgun in the crease of a couch in one of the rooms they were in. The adult man was charged with a misdemeanor and will appear in court on April 26. The juvenile was released to his parents but may have to follow up with gun charges after police test the firearm for fingerprints and DNA, Dugan said.
Man charged with criminal trespass, found in room with handgun
A 19-year-old Chicago man was arrested early Monday morning for criminal trespass on private residences. Police entered a multi-unit apartment building at 1916 Foster St. at about 12:35 a.m. after residents called saying they heard noises from
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New StuCo Green Initiative aims to reduce waste
Students say performance groups can attempt to be more sustainable By STAVROS AGORAKIS
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When the cast and crew of a theater production tears down a set after closing night, Communication sophomore Izzy Porte said most of the scenery materials get thrown out. But it is not just the materials from the set that go to waste — batteries are often not recycled and countless pages of printed scripts are tossed, Porte said. Students typically lack the incentive to ‘go green’ because of the financial costs that are attached, she said. Porte set out to change that with Student Theatre Coalition’s fledgling Green Initiative, an effort to make student theater on campus more sustainable by reducing its generated waste. “The thing about theater in general is that nothing is permanent — nothing is built or thought of to be lasting,” said Porte, who is in charge of the initiative. “Whatever set elements aren’t kept or can’t really be reused because they’re so specific to
the show… are getting thrown out each weekend.” The initiative, which is currently in its early stages, aims to encourage students to adopt environmentally-friendly practices for shows by changing the way every production member approaches their position, Porte said. As StuCo’s assistant equipment manager, Porte presented the idea that she shaped over the summer to the executive board during Fall Quarter 2015. Because the initiative came up organically rather than as a pitch during one of the meetings, the team’s response was positive overall, said StuCo co-chair Tristan Chiruvolu. “It takes a specific type of leadership to spearhead the initiative,” the Communication senior said. “Everyone sort of acknowledges the fact that practices in theater are pretty wasteful, but no one really has made an organized effort to do something about it.” Porte created a series of documents on departmental sustainable practices — including costumes, props and scenery — in partnership with Broadway Green Alliance, an organization based in New York City which educates and motivates the theater
community to minimize its environmental impact. She shared the initiative last week with NU theater members through StuCo’s email list.
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Everyone sort of acknowledges the fact that practices in theater are pretty wasteful, but no one really has made an organized effort to do something about it. Tristan Chiruvolu, StuCo cho-chair
Within 24 hours, Porte said she received about seven emails from students who were interested in joining her or were interested in exploring the available resources. Porte said people are aware that waste is a systemic issue in theater, but it can be difficult to break ingrained habits, such as buying new materials for
each show. “Everyone knows that when you need lumber, you go to Home Depot — so it’s hard to break out of that,” Porte said. However, the cost of “going green” can increase a production’s spending quickly, said Julie Cahillane, manager of sustainability and resource management at the Office of Sustainability. For example, LED lights are more environmentally friendly but not as cost effective as incandescent bulbs, Cahillane said. The office helped alleviate these expenses by providing additional funding to acquire recycling dumpsters — which Porte said cost $100 to $200 more than regular ones — to set the theater community’s environmentally-aware practices in motion. Cahillane said although saving materials when production teams are taking down sets is a “good first step,” students should consider how they can reduce waste at every stage of production. “Every single one of us can be more sustainable by just looking at our practices,” she said. agorakis@u.northwestern.edu
NU Medicine develops new technology to treat allergies, asthma
Northwestern Medicine researchers developed a new technology that can be used to disable food allergies and asthma. The new method includes a biodegradable nanoparticle concealing allergens from the immune system by coating them in a “friendly shell,” according to a news release. This shell keeps the immune system from attacking them. In turn, this results in the prevention of an allergic reaction or asthma attack. “The findings represent a novel, safe and effective long-term way to treat and potentially ‘cure’ patients with life-threatening respiratory and food allergies,” Feinberg Prof. and senior author Stephen Miller said in the release. “This may eliminate the need for life-long use of medications to treat lung allergy.” In addition to treating allergies and asthma, the new technology increases the number of regulatory T cells and creating a more balanced immune system. The new technology has been tested on mice and is being developed for clinical trials. Although the method has been used in treating autoimmune diseases, this is the first time it has been employed to address allergic diseases. “It’s a universal treatment,” Miller said in the news release. “Depending on what allergy you want to eliminate, you can load up on the nanoparticle with ragweed pollen or a peanut protein.” — Kelli Nguyen
NU professor named 2016 Andrew Carnegie Fellow
SESP Prof. Kirabo Jackson was named a 2016 Andrew Carnegie Fellow, a prestigious fellowship program through which selected fellows receive up to $200,000 each to continue research in the fields of social sciences and the humanities. Carnegie Corporation of New York selected 33 fellows from a pool of about 200 nominees based on the originality, promise and potential impact of their proposals. Jackson’s fellow-qualifying research on “Identifying Excellent Teachers” will work to “better identify high-quality teachers that improve the broad set of skills students need to succeed into adulthood,” according to the news release. Jackson is an economist and associate professor of Human Development and Social Policy. He received his bachelor’s from Yale University in 2002, his master’s from Harvard University in 2005 and his doctorate from Harvard in 2007. He earned his tenure at Northwestern in 2012 after teaching at Cornell University from 2007 to 2010. — Fathma Rahman
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Political correctness can inhibit cultural discourse TALA SALEM
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As an international student from Jordan, I have had to adjust to many features of American culture and I have loved many aspects of it. However, there is a negative aspect of American society that has stood out to me. The hypersensitivity regarding discourse that examines societal divisions in terms of race, gender or otherwise is quite different from what I am accustomed to. My American friends have taught me these issues are taboo subjects and should be avoided at all costs. I agree it is wrong to offend people, but sometimes, especially at Northwestern, it feels as though one cannot say anything without being labeled as or warned about being “politically incorrect.” It becomes even more difficult for us to solve problems of racial and gender inequality as well as mental health if we avoid discussing them publicly. Political correctness at NU has escalated from attempting not to
offend people to a stigma that denounces the speaker at the slightest mention of the name of a cultural group or subgroup. I am deeply grateful and appreciative of the freedoms available in the U.S., and taking a cue from Western values of free speech and expression, I think society should allow for freedom of speech with minimal constraints. These basic boundaries should be carefully drawn so as not to stifle or stop people from engaging in meaningful political discourse. I am aware this topic is a sensitive one that has been brought up many times. Nevertheless, I feel that something should be done about this to allow for more straightforward conversations. We should not have to feel like we are walking on eggshells when speaking for fear of being labeled as offensive. Putting this into context, I recently commented to one of my colleagues that Americans are more likely to enjoy dramatic TV shows. This triggered an unexpected reaction and response, as he was angered by my generalizations and described me as a racist. I was truly offended by these allegations because my comment was not racist, it was merely an observation about a culture. I myself am a minority, an Arab Muslim
female. Yet whenever people say anything, whether correct or incorrect, about the Arab or Muslim culture, I do not feel offended. On the contrary, I feel proud to represent and defend my culture and correct any misperceptions. All humans are equal in society and no group should ever be marginalized or oppressed, but avoiding conversations that refer to subgroups in society does not solve the issue of marginalization of minority groups, it exacerbates it. People feel like these issues are too complicated to discuss, so they avoid talking about them. I wonder how we can tackle conflict if we do not dare to confront cultural and political issues for fear of being stigmatized. I understand how the U.S. has arrived at this level of political correctness after many years of civic struggle and sacrifice. I also understand that minorities have had to fight to be acknowledged in society. However, I do not appreciate the hypersensitivity and limitations that political correctness has placed on conversations and debates at NU. In order to solve societal issues, we should be free to discuss the gravity of these issues without the fear of being harassed by “the PC police.”
My country, Jordan, recently appeared near the top of a list of least tolerant societies, according to the Daily Mail. Seeing as 13 percent of Jordan’s population are asylum seekers and refugees, this does not seem accurate. Granted, awareness campaigns are necessary in some non-Western societies, including Jordan, to explain political correctness, as many people are intolerant when it comes to minority groups. I believe the U.S. should look into finding ways to allow for constructive dialogue that is not inhibited by the participating parties’ fear of being labeled. After all, the U.S. is a free country, and people should be able to tackle cultural, social and socioeconomic issues without being afraid of offending segments in society. As a Jordanian in the United States, I have seen two opposite ends of the spectrum and I argue for the necessity of a middle ground. Tala Salem is a Medill freshman. She can be contacted at talasalem2019@u.northwestern.edu. If you would like to respond publicly to this column, send a Letter to the Editor to opinion@dailynorthwestern. com. The views expressed in this piece do not necessarily reflect the views of all staff members of The Daily Northwestern.
ASG must be fair without vilifying Cilento, Vinson COLIN WANG
DAILY COLUMNIST
This year’s Associated Student Government election cycle has been a soap opera. The characters are brilliant — you either love them or you hate them. The drama is top notch, with the election coming down to the wire and a tiny margin separating the candidates. And just when you thought the excitement was over, an election scandal comes out of nowhere and grabs your attention for the second act. I don’t think Hollywood screenwriters could have written a better story. Now the dust is settling and ASG has to figure out its next step. As reported in The Daily on Monday, ASG’s election commission ruled that Christina Cilento and Macs Vinson violated election guidelines. The election commission is currently petitioning ASG’s Rules Committee for sanctions that could include a
revote, public apology or impeachment. Whatever the Rules Committee’s resolution is, it should meet three criteria: It should be quick, fair, and most importantly, it should avoid alienating the parties involved from future ASG involvement. This year’s election scandal has already alienated at least one person from ASG. Kevin Corkran, the member of the election commission who leaked information to Cilento and Vinson’s campaign, has resigned from ASG entirely. Cilento and Vinson have undoubtedly broken the rules, and although Cilento said the information Corkran gave them was unsolicited, they seem to have used information to gain an unfair advantage over their opponents. This is a dictionary definition of cheating, and Cilento and Vinson should be penalized. However, the Rules Committee should also take into consideration the greater meaning behind Cilento and Vinson’s victory. Cilento and Vinson were unapologetically bold in their advocacy for marginalized students at Northwestern, saying ASG has not served
the needs of all NU students. Whether or not they cheated, Cilento and Vinson’s victory is evidence that a significant portion of NU’s student population feels unheard. In ASG’s mission statement, the group emphasizes Whether or not the importance of hearing students’ they cheated, needs first hand and involving the greater Cilento and body in Vinson’s victory student ASG’s work, in order is evidence that to better represent diverse perspectives a significant and shape NU into portion of an environment that serves the entire NU’s student If ASG population feels community. imposes a punishunheard. ment that alienates Cilento and Vinson from ASG involvement, they will effectively alienate Cilento and Vinson’s voters by proxy, which would be completely contrary to their
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We should not have to live in fear of assault ALANI VARGAS
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Head Up. Earbuds off. Keep your keys in your hands. Look behind you every few minutes. These rules of thumb are constantly running through my head when I’m walking outside alone, especially after dark. I can’t even remember the first time that my mom told me these rules — they are ingrained in my head as if they have been there since birth. After the Daily reported that University Police received four sexual assault reports in nine days, my mind went into overdrive. Despite having one of the most overprotective and caring moms, I often neglect her earlier words of advice while walking around campus. I live in my own bubble sometimes, a problem that can be worsened by my phone screen and earbuds. It’s not that I’m blatantly disregarding basic safety lessons — it’s simply that I feel so safe on campus that I assume nothing bad can happen walking home from Main Library at 2 a.m. The report served as a rude awakening from my carefree attitude. Sexual assault happens. It isn’t something that only happens elsewhere or could never happen at Northwestern. One in five college women will be sexually assaulted by the time she graduates. This data suggests that I know, or will meet, multiple women who have been assaulted. These statistics are horrifying. However, there is a strong movement for sexual assault awareness and support for survivors at NU and all over the country. Although this conversation
has been ongoing for a long time, it has been picking up recently. I would like to think increased recognition of sexual assault is the result of heightened empathy, but it’s more likely a direct response to activists’ hard work and successful documentaries like “The Hunting Ground” that raise awareness of the issue. I first saw “The Hunting Ground” last May during a screening on campus hosted by Sexual Health and Assault Peer Educators in association with A&O Productions and NU Women Filmmakers Alliance. The theater was packed, and I don’t think anyone walked away untouched by the film, because it was utterly mesmerizing. “The Hunting Ground” chronicles the epidemic of sexual assaults on American college campuses, cover ups at various universities and rape survivors’ heartbreaking stories. While watching the film, I felt appalled by the various universities’ responses to instances of sexual assault. The victims in the film often state the colleges advised them not to pursue the investigation and the statistics on how many suspensions were actually given are astounding. Between 2009 and 2013, out of Harvard’s 135 reported sexual assaults, 10 were reportedly suspended. At Dartmouth the 155 reported assaults from 2002 to 2013 amounted to three expulsions. And at Stanford, from 1996 to 2013, only one expulsion came out of the 259 reported sexual assaults. Not only were the women traumatized by assault, but they also weren’t receiving proper support from their institutions. Even worse, they were being ridiculed. In the film, Erica Kinsman, a former student at Florida State University, alleged she was raped by Jameis Winston, a huge name in college football at the time. Her investigation was flawed,
as reported by the The New York Times, and he was never charged for the assault. Kinsman then received threats and was bombarded with people calling her a “slut” and “whore.” One of the big questions that perpetuates rape culture is, “Why didn’t they get help? Why didn’t they tell anyone?” Those questions relate to the stigma surrounding rape and its survivors, not to mention the slut shaming and entrenched double standards in our society, as demonstrated by Kinsman’s story. I still feel extremely helpless. I can’t physically do anything about the women and men who have already been assaulted, and I don’t know if I’d be able to help myself in a similar situation. I could take self-defense classes, I could carry pepper spray, I could walk with the police on speed dial. But when it comes down to it, I can’t even imagine the type of fear I would experience in that situation. Despite these fears, it’s fantastic to see NU students come together for events like Take Back the Night and support victims during Sexual Assault Awareness Month. Still, it’s beyond sickening that we live in a society where women have to take extreme precautions to not be violated. I shouldn’t have to lie to a drunk guy at a party that I have a boyfriend just to get him to leave me alone because he respects another guy more than me. I have been fine so far. While the threat of sexual assault follows me around campus, I struggle to think of a solution besides keeping my head up and earbuds out. Alani Vargas is a Medill sophomore. She can be contacted at alanivargas2018@u.northwestern.edu. If you would like to respond publicly to this column, send a Letter to the Editor to opinion@dailynorthwestern.com. The views expressed in this piece do not necessarily reflect the views of all staff members of The Daily Northwestern.
aforementioned mission statement. ASG is at an important crossroads. How can they balance fairness in the election process with their mission of adequate representation for all students? To tackle this question, ASG should think about its trajectory as an organization. I hope ASG remains faithful to their mission statement, and as such, I believe removing Cilento and Vinson from office would be counterproductive. Whatever the Rules Committee decides will set the precedent for future ambiguous election scenarios. Time is also a critical factor in making their decision. Although the election scandal has proven to be entertaining, a resolution must be reached quickly so that ASG can do its job and begin representing the student body. Colin Wang is a Weinberg sophomore. He can be contacted at colinwang2018@u.northwestern.edu. If you would like to respond publicly to this column, send a Letter to the Editor to opinion@dailynorthwestern.com. The views expressed in this piece do not necessarily reflect the views of all staff members of The Daily Northwestern.
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Documentary addresses fair trade in banana industry By JULIA DORAN
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The Buffett Institute for Global Studies hosted a screening Tuesday of “Beyond the Seal,” a web documentary created by two Northwestern alumni about small farmers fighting to change the banana industry through fair-trade practices. The project, created by Leah Varjacques (Medill ’15) and Katherine Nagasawa (Medill ’15), includes a mix of text and video depicting the struggle of fair-trade practices — which advocate for workers’ improved conditions — to compete against large corporations that set low prices and use cheap labor. “We decided to go down the supply chain to Ecuador to hear the voices of farmers and see how fair trade plays out on a daily basis in their lives,” Nagasawa said. About 70 people attended the event in Harris Hall organized by Patrick Eccles, associate director of Global Engagement Programs in the Buffett Institute, and co-sponsored by Northwestern University Community for Human Rights, Real Food at NU and Knight Lab. The event was part of the Human Rights Speaker Series, sponsored by the Buffett Institute. Varjacques and Nagasawa shared clips from their documentary showing the common experience of Ecuadorian banana farmers, who face low wages, poor working conditions and obstacles to unionize.
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UNPEELED Leah Varjacques (Medill ‘15, left) and Katherine Nagasawa (Medill ‘15) talk about their documentary “Beyond the Seal” at Harris Hall on Tuesday. The documentary depicted banana farmers advocating for fair-trade practices that would better working conditions.
The documentary also showed how fair-trade practices can improve these issues by providing more suitable working environments and steady, liveable incomes. Eccles said the topic of fair trade engages with several areas the Buffett Institute is interested in exploring, including global development, human
rights and the environment. He also said the institute was eager to host two alumni who were heavily involved in Buffett Institute activities as students “It also really fits into our efforts at the Buffett Institute to foster dialogue around critical global issues like this,” Eccles told The Daily. Weinberg junior Maria Fantozzi, co-director of
NUCHR, said her organization wanted to sponsor the event because Varjacques started working on the project as a student when she was a member of the group. “We’re really excited to support an NUCHR alum and see what (Varjacques has) been working so hard on for such a long time,” she told The Daily. She also said fair trade connects well with issues NUCHR discussed during their January conference. “NUCHR’s topic for our 2016 conference was business and human rights and it focused quite a bit on corporate social responsibility, so obviously a documentary on fair trade bananas is very related,” she said. After the screening, experts who appeared in the documentary discussed issues that persist in the banana industry. The panel stressed that people often fail to consider the poor labor conditions that enable the sale of cheap bananas in grocery stores. Weinberg sophomore Ann Ho said the event left her curious about what solutions would best fix the complex issues within the banana industry. Ho said she admired the dedication the co-creators showed for an important topic. “I really respect two students going out and finding something that they’re passionate about and actually making a documentary about it that exposes a lot of the problems out there in something as everyday as bananas,” she said.
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junior, beat Weinberg junior Joji Syed and Weinberg sophomore Archit Baskaran by 81 votes out of the 4,060 votes cast. The Daily reported on Thursday that Corkran leaked information to Cilento and Vinson’s campaign at about noon and 4 p.m. on the second day of voting. Originally, Cilento told both The Daily and the election commission her campaign only received word that the voting margin was “extremely close” once, at about noon. Cilento later admitted to receiving information again at about 4 p.m. that the voting margin was within five to 10 votes. Corkran, who was a senator representing Students for Ecological and Environmental Development, has since resigned from ASG. Thomas added that she is working to revise ASG’s election guidelines to prevent leaks in the future, but also to address other problems encountered during the election cycle. Proposed changes, she said, could be brought before Senate before the end of this quarter.
are gods … you’ll be willing to look the other way.” Though the journalists said the movie made some of the investigative parts of their reporting seem more interesting by fast-forwarding scenes where they were doing “tedious” research, they emphasized the importance of investigative journalism. They said their series gave a voice to sexual abuse victims who
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Across Campuses UC sex harassment: Few faculty complaints lead to investigations
A new report on sexual harassment at the University of California reveals a jarring statistic about what happens to complaints made against faculty across the statewide system: Only one in four cases was formally investigated between 2012 and 2015, and only one-third of those were substantiated. The figures, part of a 45-page report on faculty discipline released Monday, provided the first picture of how widespread the sexual harassment problem is on UC campuses beyond Berkeley, where a growing scandal has raised troubling questions about the discipline process for highprofile faculty members caught up in the uproar. Of the 141 sexual misconduct complaints against faculty received by anti-discrimination offices at eight UC campuses between 2012 and 2015, just 34, or 24 percent, were formally investigated; of those, 11 faculty members were found to be in violation of policy, the report found. Since record-keeping has been so spotty, information wasn’t available for two of the campuses, and
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Rosewall said. “So they turn to pastors, and we are not necessarily trained as psychiatrists.” The First Congregational Church of Evanston is a part of Interfaith Action of Evanston, a non-profit organization made up of area churches that provide services such as warming shelters, food kitchens and other services to community members in need. Rosewall said that in providing these services and in advocating for policy change, she and other religious leaders need to be active in advocating for this change. “We are obliged by people who share a community
previously hadn’t had a way to share their stories. Robinson encouraged students to become reporters and said journalism is a good way to effect change. “You don’t need someone to drop a dime to find a good story, you just need to go out and talk to people,” he said. “Particularly, you need to go out and talk to people who are victimized by society.” Communication freshman Andrew Harlan said he had never seen the film before, but was shocked by the movie’s list of places worldwide where the
Catholic Church had been involved in cases where abuse by priests were concealed, which is shown before the credits. “I’m from Peoria, Illinois, and my city was on the list,” Harlan, who is Catholic, said. “It is mindblowing that it is happening all over the world and also really inspiring that they had the courage to question the institution.”
and we are obliged as a community of faith to care for those who are struggling,” Rosewall said. Currently, all Illinois residents pay a flat 3.75 percent state income tax rate, after a temporary increase to 5 percent expired in January of last year. Federal income tax is currently on a bracketed system. City manager Wally Bobkiewicz said that city proceedings would not be impacted by any changes to the income tax system in an email to the Daily. However, the Illinois General Assembly can choose to change how cities get money from the state at any time, he said. Rev. Bret Lortie, senior minister at the Unitarian Church of Evanston, said he agrees with the governor that the budget proposed by state Democrats
is not a balanced budget, but says that increasing revenue is a better solution to the problem than decreasing spending. Lortie said Illinois lawmakers need to think about not just how social services are being affected during the budget crisis, but what’s necessary to adequately provide for people in need in the state for years to come. Income tax is still an issue outside of the state budget crisis, he said. “(The budget crisis) is just making a hard problem an impossible problem,” Lortie said. “Figuring out how to adequately fund social services is something we need to be thinking about before those services are shutting down.”
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her time at NBN, she said she aimed to write about topics that were relevant to students. She said she still receives emails about “Why I chose Northwestern,” a story she wrote urging students to challenge themselves and pursue their interests in college. Alicia Capetillo (Medill ’10) lived with Gartner all four years of college and was an entertainment
editor when Gartner was the editor in chief. Capetillo, now an assistant editor at Sparkpeople. com, said late nights spent in the McCormick Foundation Center showed Gartner’s determination and attention to detail, qualities that would later become essential in her reporting on the “Failure Factories” for the Tampa Bay Times.
“I’m sure this is just the tip of the iceberg,” Capetillo said. “She’s always going to be pursuing that next story. She’s definitely earned … a little bit of a breather, but I have no doubt in my mind she’s going to keep surprising people.”
the report provided no breakdowns for specific campuses. “The finding just underscores and re-emphasizes everything that we’ve experienced in the last year-plus at the university,” said Kathleen Gutierrez, a UC Berkeley graduate student whose sexual harassment case against assistant professor Blake Wentworth has dragged on for more than a year. “It’s upsetting — I can only imagine the people who were involved in those cases that ended up nowhere.” The report was unclear about what happened to the 76 percent of the complaints that were not investigated, such as whether they were dismissed as “unsubstantiated” or resolved without a full investigation. Still, critics say, the fraction of cases formally investigated throughout the UC system spoke volumes about the secrecy of UC’s investigation and discipline of faculty and how too often professors are given a pass from serious punishment. “Personally, I’m not shocked by how few cases they actually investigated — given that UC has proven time and again that it cares more about its faculty members’ careers and its public image than survivors’ and potential survivors’ safety and
well-being,” Cory Hernandez, a member of UC Berkeley’s Graduate Assembly who coordinates policy on sexual violence and harassment, said in an email. The numbers were part of a larger report from a committee that UC President Janet Napolitano convened in October after revelations that astronomer Geoff Marcy received only a warning despite findings he had sexually harassed students over a decade. But since the committee set to work, still more cases came to light, including one involving Berkeley’s former law school dean, Sujit Choudhry, who stepped down from his position after a lawsuit filed by his former executive assistant. The revelations also included Gutierrez’s complaint against South and Southeast Asian Studies professor Wentworth, who made inappropriate comments and confessed his attraction to her during a walk. The committee’s numerous recommendations included making it easier to place a faculty member who is under investigation on involuntary leave; requiring the anti-discrimination office to inform the chancellor when a faculty member is under investigation; and to indefinitely keep disciplinary records on file.
Napolitano — who is reconvening the committee to make additional reforms — is pressing for more details on the faculty-investigation statistics, said Dianne Klein, a UC spokeswoman. “That being said, not every case should be fully investigated if the complaint has been found not to have merit,” she said. Sexual misconduct complaints made against students, faculty members or other employees are supposed to first go to a campus anti-discrimination, or Title IX, office, which determines whether to launch a formal investigation. Once a professor is found to have violated sexual harassment policy, the case typically goes to the vice provost or provost, who either reaches an agreement on sanctions or appoints faculty members to reinvestigate the case and possibly bring charges before the campus’s Academic Senate. The record-keeping on such matters is so erratic that even the joint committee itself — commissioned by Napolitano and led by a senior vice president and the head of the Academic Senate — reported having trouble gathering the information.
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Laurie Schiller finishes coaching career with coach of the year award
Northwestern’s Laurie Schiller was named the 2016 Midwest Fencing Coach of the Year for the second year in a row, the conference announced on Tuesday. The conference has bestowed Schiller with this honor 11 times in his 38-year career with the Wildcats.
At the beginning of the season, Schiller announced this would be his last year as the coach of the team. The University’s program has been remarkably successful since Schiller took over as the coach in 1978, and this year was no different. The team finished with a 39-6 record, winning the Midwest Fencing Conference championship for the fourth time in program history as well as finishing in the top-10 at the NCAA championships for a 17th straight year. NU finished with its third most wins ever
under Schiller, and recorded its best record since the 2010-2011 season. Along with winning the conference championship, Schiller coached seniors Courtney Dumas and Jen Yamin to All-American honors. The team also recorded a top-3 team finish at the conference tournament for the 26th straight year. After 38 years, Schiller ends his Cats coaching career with 1,261 wins.
been honored by the conference. She won Defensive Player of the Week honors two weeks ago for her shut-down defense against Michigan and Notre Dame. Craig scored 9 goals last week, recording 3 against USC and 6 against Rutgers. She leads the team with 36 goals and 44 points. The league named Murray the Defensive Player of the Week after the senior snagged two ground balls against the Trojans and scooped up another three against the Scarlet Knights. Murray also caused two turnovers
against Rutgers. Along with her hustle on the defensive side of the ball, the defender added 2 goals of her own in the team’s 20-4 win over the Scarlet Knights. No. 12 Northwestern (7-7, 2-1 Big Ten) only has two games remaining in the regular season before the conference tournament begins, and will travel to State College to take on No. 14 Penn State on Saturday. The Cats must finish at least .500 to qualify for the NCAA Tournament.
that every game is just as important as the next … has really helped me out this year.” NU was able to work a large number of people into the mid-week, non-conference game, with 13 different players making a plate appearance. Senior Antonio Freschet returned from suspension and made his first batting appearance since Feb. 20, coming in as a pinch hitter in the ninth inning. Hopfner said the batting success the team achieved with such a diverse lineup will help its attitude moving forward. “A lot of guys gained some confidence tonight, which is huge,” he said. “Hitting is really contagious, and so I think once we got things going, it got easier and easier for guys.
competition has dwindled, and last season, the team failed to reach the national semifinals for the first time in 10 years. This season, there is a chance the Cats miss out on the NCAA Tournament completely if they can’t hold on to their .500 record. After reaching the NCAA Tournament in 2014 for the first time since the 1996-97 season, the women’s basketball team followed up its impressive 23-win season by struggling to 19 wins and a first round exit in the WNIT. Many people are already projecting NU’s football team to finish with a worse record than last year despite the belief that it will On a grand scale, be a more talented team. People are NU’s 19 varsity more concerned teams are quite about possible next year comparable to losses instead of baskthe majority of ing in the glory of a team that just schools. matched the program record for wins in a season. Losing can happen for a variety of reasons and can happen to any team. Whether it’s injuries, a tough schedule or just being way too unlucky, there are plenty of ways to send fans home with a sour taste in their mouth while they contemplate what their teams might become in the upcoming years. But instead of thinking about what losing teams may do in the future, appreciate all of the wins when they happen. This year, the men’s tennis team is on the verge of setting a program record for wins and will compete for a national championship. The majority of the team will be returning next season, so it will only be natural for people to immediately imagine what the 2016-17 season will look like the second the Cats suffer their final defeat. But there is no guarantee next year will be better. So while there are wins to appreciate, do so, because no one likes rooting for a loser.
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Pair of Northwestern seniors collect Big Ten weekly honors
The Big Ten recognized seniors attacker Kaleigh Craig and defender Lauren Murray this week, awarding the pair of Wildcats with Co-Offensive Player of the Week and Defensive Player of the Week honors, respectively. This is the second week in a row Craig has
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hasn’t had a bad season by any stretch of the imagination. The difficulty of NU’s schedule is absurd. Ten of the Cats’ 14 games so far have been against ranked opponents, and Penn State and Ohio state — their final two opponents — are currently ranked as well. If teams like UNC or Notre Dame had the schedule NU did, their records would look surprisingly similar to the Cats’. Couple NU’s rough schedule against the fact that expectations for the team are sky high, it can seem like the Cats have had a bad season. However, though they’ve lost some key games, we have to remember that NU has been ranked every single week. To get back to the elite tier where they belong, NU will just have to get back to work. Waldman: This team has unquestionably had a difficult schedule; however, so did the Cats in 2014, when the team finished 14-7 and advanced
to the semifinals of the NCAA tournament before falling to Maryland. In 2014, NU defeated six teams ranked in the top-12 in the nation, including a win over then-No.1 North Carolina. This season, the Cats have had a similar schedule, matching up against 10 top-16 teams already, and will face two more ranked opponents in Penn State and Ohio State. But NU has only come away with three wins against those ranked opponents. For the team to get back to its dominance, it is going to have to tighten up its defense, diversify its offense and secure its must-win games. The Cats could have been in a completely different situation had they capitalized on their opportunities in overtime against then-No.4 North Carolina and then-No.16 Penn, but now they are fighting to keep their tournament dreams alive. It’s too early to start to panic, but there is definitely cause to worry.
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Northwestern is looking to avoid missing the NCAA Tournament for the first time since ’03 By CLAIRE HANSEN and DAN WALDMAN the daily northwestern @clairechansen, @dan_waldman
1. What needs to be the team’s main focus heading into postseason play? Dan Waldman: If this team wants
weeks how they stack up to those two squads. The Cats should be able to handle any other Big Ten opponents. Waldman: Th is team simply cannot beat Maryland. The Terrapins are most likely going to go undefeated this season, and win the Big Ten Tournament. However, NU has a chance to make it to the Big Ten Championship game — as long as it doesn’t have to face the Terrapins until then. The only other two legitimate threats in the conference are Penn State and Ohio State. But the Nittany Lions are not nearly of the same caliber as last year’s team that ended the Cats’ run in the conference tournament. Although Penn State has the No. 11 scoring offense in the country, its defense has been struggling and isn’t in the top-50 scoring defenses in the nation. Meanwhile, Ohio State’s biggest knock is that it has had a fairly easy schedule. In the Buckeyes’ two games against teams ranked higher than them, they were outscored by a margin of 33-12. Neither Penn State nor Ohio State will be a cupcake win for NU, but if the Cats continue to play at their top level, they should have no problem making it to the conference championship.
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2. How far can the Cats go in the Big Ten Tournament?
3. In order to qualify for the NCAA tournament, NU needs to go .500 on the season. They currently sit right at .500 with two tough games to play before the Big Ten Tournament. Who needs to step up for the Cats to help them secure a NCAA bid?
Hansen: Of course, this is really going to depend on the bracket. Barring an unexpectedly stellar performance against Maryland, the Cats can pretty much expect the Terrapins will beat them. Ohio State and Penn State are tossups, and we’ll find out in the next two
Waldman: Kaleigh Craig is going to have to put this team on her back. The senior attacker has scored 9 goals in her last two games and has the veteran experience to lead this team in these next two critical games. Missing out on the tournament is not a result that Craig is accustomed to, and the
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As the regular season heads into the final stretch, Northwestern finds itself at 7-7 with two regular season games remaining. The Daily’s lacrosse reporters convened to discuss the team as it prepares for the postseason and looks to win its 8th NCAA Tournament since 2005.
to a make a run in the postseason, then its defense has to improve. In the Cats’ 14-11 loss to USC last week, the Trojans scored 11 of their 14 goals off of assists, and a majority came from dumping the ball to an open shooter right on top of the crease. NU’s defense struggled to rotate to open attackers, especially in transition. The Cats’ slow rotations have been a recurring problem throughout the season, and NU needs to shore up its defensive slides to eliminate goals coming from one-on-one opportunities with the goalie.The team can improve on this by either winning even more draw controls or limiting turnovers that result in fastbreaks. Claire Hansen: You’ll hear Kelly Amonte Hiller and the players say it all the time: They just need to play their game. There’s no question that the Cats have some of the best talent in the country. Their major losses this year have come from a kind of sloppiness that is uncharacteristic of NU. If the Cats can tighten up their fundamentals — limiting turnovers, sharpening their passes, taking care of the ball — they’re going to have no problem finding success in both the Big Ten and, if they make it, the NCAA.
senior doesn’t plan on experiencing it for the first time this year. Craig has to lead the offense in vital wins over Penn State and Ohio State, especially with a large portion of teams locking off sophomore Selena Lasota. Lasota is still finding ways to get to the cage, but for these next two weeks, this is Craig’s team. Hansen: In short, everyone. In such a high scoring, fast paced game, the old adage that a team is only as strong as its weakest link really holds true. We’ve seen sophomore Selena Lasota really step up in the past couple games after a midseason slump and she’s going to be crucial in pushing the team to that magic .500. Senior attacker Kaleigh Craig will need to remain consistent in the attacking third, and sophomore attacker Shelby Fredricks will have to dominant on the draw circle. 4. Even though they’re still a lacrosse powerhouse, this year’s Cats look much different than the teams that won national championships. How do the Cats rebound from a relatively disappointing season? Hansen: Here’s the thing — NU » See ROUNDTABLE, page 7
Wildcats survive scare at Chicago State By BEN POPE
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Northwestern’s bats came alive on Tuesday night, recording 16 hits as the Wildcats survived a late rally by Chicago State to win 12-10. After plating only 7 total runs in its three-game series against Penn State last weekend, NU (10-27, 2-10 Big Ten) found its offense again thanks to a 3-for-4 performance by freshman right fielder Ben Dickey and four other players who recorded two hits each. With the Cats leading 12-5 entering the bottom of the ninth inning, freshman pitcher Mack Rosman allowed 5 runs as Chicago State (7-29, 1-11 WAC) attempted to execute a miraculous comeback. However, senior Jake Stolley came on in emergency relief with one out and a man on third base and pitched the Cats out of the jam. “We were just a little lackadaisical, weren’t pounding the (strike) zone as much,” junior first baseman Matt Hopfner said. “Obviously it’s easier to be sharp in a big situation, but when we have a big lead, it’s sometimes hard to stay focused.” Tuesday’s win made Chicago State
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only the third opponent the Cats have beaten more than once this year — joining Nevada and Pacific — as NU completed the back end of a home-and-home sweep that began with a 11-5 home victory on March 30. Junior designated hitter Joe Hoscheit opened the scoring for NU, hitting an RBI double in the first inning. NU then temporarily broke the game into a rout with 8 runs in the fourth through sixth innings combined. The Cats used 10 different pitchers in the game, with junior Pete Hofman starting but pitching only one inning before being replaced. The ensemble held the Cougars scoreless until the seventh inning, by which point NU led 9-0, before the hosts began their rally. Hofman was awarded the win and Stolley picked up his first save of the season. Sophomore catcher Jack Claeys continued his success against Chicago State this year, hitting a fourthinning single that drove in 2 runs
after blasting a grand slam in the teams’ first meeting. “Just treating every game as if it’s a Big Ten series is really important,” Claeys said. “Whether it’s a
home game against Chicago State or whether we go to their place, just keeping the same mental mindset » See BASEBALL, page 7
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HAVE YOURSELF A CLAEYS Jack Claeys frames the pitch. The sophomore recorded 2 RBIS in the Wildcats’ 12-10 win over Chicago State.
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Nobody’s favorite team wins as much as they would like it to. Not just at Northwestern, but at most colleges across the country. As Wildcat fans, it’s easy to personalize losing and look at it as an epidemic exclusive to Evanston, but that simply isn’t the case. Although NU’s history of failing in football and men’s basketball makes it feel like Cats teams have been significantly worse than their peers, they are not really that far off. On the grand scale, NU’s 19 varsity teams are quite comparable to the majority of schools. Kelly Amonte Hiller helped start a dynasty on the lacrosse field by racking up seven national titles in an eight-year span. Claire Pollard coached the women’s tennis team to 16 consecutive Big Ten titles. And since 2005, NU’s wrestling program has sent at least three wrestlers to the NCAA Championships each year besides 2010. Additionally, during that span, the wrestling team has turned in nine top-15 finishes at the NCAA Championships and matched a program-best fourthplace finish in 2007. The Cats can compare with anybody. Take Duke for instance, a school many look at as an elite athletic institution thanks to the success and national attention of its men’s and women’s basketball teams and men’s lacrosse team. The Blue Devils have 16 national championships in all sports in school history compared to the Cats’ 11 national titles. And Vanderbilt, another school in a major conference and similar academic standing has just three national titles in school history. Simply put: NU sports as a whole are just as good as most colleges you can think of. Yet, very few people would ever come to that conclusion if they spent time talking sports with the average Cats fan. The conversation would not focus on fencing coach Laurie Schiller racking up win after win and award after award en route to establishing one of the premier programs in the nation. Instead, it would most likely center around a basketball team that has never reached the NCAA Tournament or a football program that has captured just four 10-win seasons during its 133-year existence. This urge to dwell on shortcomings instead of embracing achievement is not exclusive to Evanston, but it is much more prevalent on NU’s campus because football and men’s basketball are the most popular college sports and the Cats have arguably the worst programs historically in the Big Ten in both sports. But this long-documented history of losing in two sports shouldn’t lead to fans painting all of NU athletics as a group of historic losers. It should make people take even more pride in the victories. It is easy to feel sorry for yourself or your favorite sports teams, but it is important to remember the successes, because to sports fans, they feel all too rare. The dynasty Amonte Hiller created in lacrosse may be coming to an end. As the sport has grown in popularity, NU’s stronghold over the » See ROLLINS, page 7