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PAYING UP NU students grapple with challenges of finding affordable internship experiences By AMANDA SVACHULA
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When a prestigious publishing firm offered Weinberg senior Haley Dunbrack an internship in Los Angeles last summer, she was thrilled — until she realized she could not afford it. Dunbrack comes from a lowincome background and said she needs to make enough money during the summer to contribute to academic-year costs. The publishing internship was unpaid, and Dunbrack said funds from the Summer Internship Grant Program, which provides $3,000 to students pursuing unpaid internship opportunities
in the U.S., were not enough. “It’s one of those things where you see other people being able to have these opportunities, and you get a little bitter,” Dunbrack said. “Why did I miss out on these things? In what ways could have I done better to not miss out on these?” The creative writing major took a position at a literary agency in Chicago instead with the help of SIGP, and also worked at her oncampus job. Earlier this year, a media company offered Medill junior Helen Lee a low-paying internship in Washington, D.C. Instead of quickly accepting her dream position, she said she asked for an extension to figure out costs and
wait to hear back from higherpaying jobs. Meanwhile, Lee said she began waitressing at Koco Table, 720 1/2 Clark St., in addition to her course load and work-study job, in case the Washington position became her only option. She said finding an internship as a junior is stressful, especially with pressure from Northwestern to work with revered companies. “If you don’t get one, you feel less than,” Lee said. “Having that pressure, plus the added pressure of having to find an internship that is paid, and in a location that you can afford … it’s such a long process.” Dunbrack and Lee are two of many Northwestern undergraduates who receive unpaid and
low-paying summer internship offers, which are often associated with costs greater than some students can afford. Mark Presnell, executive director of Northwestern Career Advancement, said 70 percent of Northwestern students will have participated in some kind of unpaid internship experience by the time they graduate. “Internships across the board are the number one thing employers look for,” Presnell said. “Only 20 percent of certain employers look for a certain major. Those are concentrated in engineering, music, maybe journalism. Most employers really recruit across every major.” » See INTERNSHIPS, page 8
Anthony Porter misses deposition By ALLYSON CHIU
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Evanston/Skokie School District 65 board president Suni Kartha at a meeting last week. Kartha assumed a one-year term as president last week, unseating former president Candance Chow.
D65 leader looks beyond budget issues By BILLY KOBIN
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Serving others and her community is nothing new to Suni Kartha (Weinberg ’97), who was elected president of the Evanston/Skokie School District 65 school board last week.
Kartha, who has two children in District 65 schools, has volunteered in Evanston schools and the community for years. In her new position, Kartha said promoting equity will be of the utmost importance. “The community embraces (equity), and I think we are definitely on our way to making some of those strides in
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becoming a more equitable institution,” Kartha said. District 65 school board members narrowly elected Kartha to serve a one-year term as president during a special reorganization meeting last Monday. Kartha replaced Candance Chow, and the board also elected Anya Tanyavutti vice president at last week’s meeting.
Kartha, who has previously worked as an attorney, was first elected to the District 65 school board in May 2013. She volunteers with the Evanston Cradle to Career Initiative, which works to improve education and support for Evanston kids, and serves on the Board » See KARTHA, page 12
Anthony Porter, a former death row inmate whose sentence was overturned due to evidence found by a Medill class led by former Medill Prof. David Protess, missed a deposition May 1 in a lawsuit alleging he committed the double-murders he was originally charged with, according to a court filing. Porter was subpoenaed to give a deposition in a lawsuit filed by Alstory Simon, the man who was convicted for the murders after Porter was freed. According to a May 4 court filing, Porter was served with a subpoena in person in April requiring him to attend a deposition on May 1, but he allegedly failed to appear at the scheduled time. Simon filed the suit in February 2015, alleging Northwestern, his then-attorney Jack Rimland, Protess and Paul Ciolino, a private investigator who worked with Protess’ class, “conspired to frame Simon for the murders.” Simon is suing for $40 million and alleged he was coerced into confessing to the 1982 murders of Jerry Hillard and Marilyn Green. He also alleged Protess and Ciolino
created false evidence and fake witness statements. As a result of Simon’s confession and the evidence gathered, Porter was freed just days before he was to be executed in a landmark case that contributed to the end of the Illinois death penalty. However, in October 2014, Cook County prosecutors threw out Simon’s conviction when questions were raised about the investigative methods used by Protess’ class. The University, Protess and Ciolino are fighting the allegations, according to the Chicago Tribune. Terry Ekl, an attorney representing Simon, told The Daily a petition for the rule to show cause will be presented to U.S. Magistrate Judge David Weisman on Tuesday. If granted, Porter will be served with the petition, which requires him to appear in court to explain why he missed last week’s deposition, Ekl said. The judge could decide to hold Porter in contempt of court if he does not have a good excuse, Ekl said. Maurice Perkins, co-founder of the Inner City Youth and Adult Foundation, said he and his wife have been taking care of Porter “for the past 10 years.” Perkins said Porter missed the » See PORTER, page 12
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Block party canceled due to resident complaints By DAVID FISHMAN
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City officials on Friday canceled a “pre-Dillo style” block party on Garnett Place after receiving complaints from local residents. The party, scheduled for Saturday afternoon, had reached roughly 5,000 people on Facebook and about 35 people had made requests to DJ, supply food and help out, Medill senior Dani Levy said. City officials told The Daily they cancelled the event after it grew too large and changed in nature. “Block parties are not necessarily controversial,” city manager Wally Bobkiewicz said. “(But) the true scope of what was requested wasn’t completely disclosed or understood by the city.” The idea for a block party came from Levy and McCormick senior Kara Rodby, who had noted the absence of such events relative to other Big Ten schools. While eating dinner together last winter, the pair begin to lay the groundwork for the “1st Annual Garnett Block Party.”
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The true scope of what was requested wasn’t completely disclosed or understood by the city. Wally Bobkiewicz, City manager
In January, Rodby filed for a permit from the city with high hopes and low expectations, she said. “I knew the application process was fairly simple, so I figured why not apply and see what
happens,” she said. “I didn’t really think they would approve us.” Rodby said she “didn’t think much about it” until a letter appeared in her mailbox roughly four months later. The city had approved the event — along with the consumption of alcoholic beverages — and even offered to barricade off the surrounding area. “Best wishes for a successful event!” read a note from Traffic Operations supervisor Thomas Twigg. Rodby said she was “very surprised” by the approval and immediately set out knocking on neighbors’ doors — a stipulation on the block party application. She and Levy made a list of local addresses and “amped up” their efforts to inform the community of their plans. Of the four non-student homes Rodby identified on Garnett Place, she said two approved and two did not answer. The pair also set up a Facebook event and invited their friends. Rodby said they had always intended to make it “big,” but never expected the event to reach so many people. By Friday afternoon, more than 1,700 students said they planned on attending the block party. As the sole name on the permit, Rodby said she felt somewhat concerned by the event’s rapidly expanding size. Nevertheless, she did her homework and concluded that she would be fine as long as the street was cleaned up afterward. But on Thursday night, Rodby said she received a call from a “disgruntled” neighbor who declined to give his name. “He said that Garnett is a very important street for truck traffic and that he did not want the block party because of that,” Rodby said. “The people who were upset didn’t even have the guts to say so to our face or try to talk to us about anything.” The next morning, Rodby said, she woke up to the noise of city workers dropping off barricades and went back to sleep. Two hours later, however, the barricades were gone and
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Garnett Place. The city on Friday canceled a block party after local residents and officials expressed concern about the event.
Rodby said she had received a voicemail from Twigg alleging he had been “inundated with calls from angry neighbors.” Twigg said he had received three calls from residents who asked him to cancel the event. The neighbors — some of whom harbor “very bad feelings” toward students on the block — told Twigg they were concerned about damage to property and noise. In addition, Twigg said the event had grown out of proportion and warped into something other than a “block party.”
“A block party in the city’s opinion is basically (when) people who live on the block get together,” he said. “It’s not to have a concert, it’s not to have a DJ, it’s not to have a dance and bring everybody from outside.” When Twigg found out the event had been shared on Facebook, he said he had no choice but to shut it down. “I’m glad that I canceled it when I did,” he said. “This would have been a major problem.” davidpkfishman@u.northwestern.edu
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Council responds to Medill’s departure By MARIANA ALFARO
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The accreditation council for journalism schools responded to Medill Dean Brad Hamm’s comments on the school’s decision to not reapply for accreditation in an email, saying some of Hamm’s comments made to The Daily and the Chicago Tribune contained some “factually incorrect and misleading statements.” Last week, The Daily and the Tribune reported on the decision taken by leaders of the Medill School of Journalism, Media, Integrated Marketing Communications to not reapply for accreditation under the Accreditation Council on Education in Journalism and Mass Communications. The ACEJMC is the only accreditor for journalism schools in the country and has reviewed Medill continuously since 1987, Hamm told The Daily. The decision to not renew Medill’s accreditation, Hamm told The Daily last week, came after school leaders expressed concern over ACEJMC’s review system, leadership and transparency. The process to get reaccredited, he said, takes an “enormous” amount of time that he said the school would rather use to focus on students. In a statement signed by ACEJMC leaders — including council president Peter Bhatia and vice president Paul Parsons — the organization refuted Hamm’s claims on transparency by saying the ACEJMC’s process is “the most transparent accreditation in U.S. higher education.” The organization’s meetings, the statement said, are open to the public. The statement also said the time the organization takes to review a program is necessary for a “thorough, fair and comprehensive review.” “Our concern for the amount of time spent on the process is far greater for small, underfunded programs than for large, well-funded programs such as Northwestern’s and others of similar size,” the statement said. By not being accredited, Medill loses the ability to enter the Hearst Journalism Awards, according to the ACEJMC statement. Hamm told The
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Daily that he “really likes” Hearst Awards but that they’re no longer the focus for Medill and its students. Ninety-five percent or more of the awards Medill students receive, he said, come from outside of Hearst. Medill Prof. Roger Boye, who handles submissions for the Hearst Awards, said there are many other opportunities for Medill students to be awarded for their work outside of Hearst, including the College Television Awards given by the Emmys and the Associated Collegiate Press’ Pacemaker award. “The most important thing to remember is there are scores and scores of competitions and scholarships out there; Hearst is just one of them and as far as I know, Hearst is the only one that requires accreditation through ACEJMC,” he said. “So there are many, many opportunities for Medill students.” Hamm said ACEJMC’s public response to his comments in the two publications didn’t address the issues he and other journalism and communication school leaders have brought up. The dean said he believes Medill has the ability to influence the journalism field “for the better,” which
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is why he hopes the school’s rejection of ACEJMC will bring change to the organization. “When you listen to the stories over and over again for so many years of all the discouraged, disappointed, frustrated leaders of institutions that have experienced this program, those are stories that this leadership team heard also,” Hamm said. “I take those stories seriously and my decision was clearly based on what’s best for Medill.” Hamm said the decision has been received with “enormous support” from Medill’s national advisory board, alumni and people at other universities. He said this shows a “greater need for reform.” The decision, he said, has started a national conversation on accreditation. He said he remains hopeful that it will lead to significant reforms. “It’s the first time someone has challenged ACEJMC and they’re not used to it but they have a mission to do the best they can for these schools,” he said. “I hope, as they think about the many concerns that others have, that they’ll take that role seriously or they’ll move on and let others do that job.” alfaro@u.northwestern.edu
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The Bienen School of Music congratulates EunAe Lee, who will travel to Dallas in May and June as one of 30 artists competing in the 15th Van Cliburn Competition. This recital features works she will play for the competition. Earl Wild, Hommage à Poulenc Maurice Ravel, Sonatine Frédéric Chopin, Sonata No. 3 in B Minor, Op. 58 Marc-André Hamelin, Toccata on “L’homme armé” Ludwig van Beethoven, Sonata No. 31 in A-flat Major, Op. 110 Franz Liszt, Petrarch Sonnet No. 104 Franz Liszt, Hungarian Rhapsody No. 12
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Violinist Elizabeth Chang teaches in the Juilliard School’s precollege division and at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, where she is cofounder of its Bach Festival and Symposium. Sylvia Wang is associate professor of piano at the Bienen School and has recorded for the Newport Classics, Boston Records, and CRI labels. The duo has played together since 2014, including a 2016 concert tour of China. Antonín Dvořák, Four Romantic Pieces Leoš Janáček, Violin Sonata Sergei Prokofiev, Five Melodies Igor Stravinsky, Divertimento
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Pritzker talks budget crisis in city campaign stop By AARON BOXERMAN
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J.B. Pritzker, a Democratic candidate for Illinois governor, hit the campaign trail in Evanston on Saturday to discuss his plans for resolving the state budget crisis and beating incumbent Gov. Bruce Rauner. The talk, held at Grace Lutheran Church — 1430 South Blvd. — was planned by the Evanston branch of Action for a Better Tomorrow, an Illinois nonprofit that organizes for progressive causes at the state and local levels. About 40 people attended the event. Alisa Kaplan, who organized the event and runs ABT Evanston, said she is passionate about getting people involved in politics at the state and local levels. Kaplan said she hopes to bring more gubernatorial candidates to speak in Evanston. Candidate Chris Kennedy is scheduled to speak June 3. “It’s a completely different story when you read about someone versus when you get to meet them in person and see their command of the issues, their personality, how they relate to people,” Kaplan told The Daily. “Forums like this are a really fantastic opportunity to get to do that.” Pritzker (Law ’93) said his first priority as governor would be to resolve the state budget crisis and Illinois’ rapidly growing pension debt. Both crises could be resolved by smarter spending and progressive taxation, he said. A billionaire and heir to the Hyatt hotel fortune, Pritzker mostly elided his career in venture capital during his remarks. Business experience, Pritzker said, was not the basis of his qualifications for public office. “Being in business is interesting, although not
POLICE BLOTTER Evanston man arrested in connection with aggravated assault Officers arrested a man in connection with a verbal dispute on Thursday in west Evanston. Officers were called to the 1700 block of Dodge Avenue around 10:45 a.m. to respond to a reported verbal dispute between a 30-year-old Evanston
compelling to me; I don’t think that’s enough,” Pritzker said. “(Rauner) thinks government can be run like a business. It can’t. I’ve seen that. Because government is all about serving people who are vulnerable, and the working poor, and middle class families.” Pritzker instead focused on his long career in public service and philanthropy. He said he previously worked to secure federal funding for breakfast for tens of thousands of foodinsecure children in Illinois, served as chairman of the Illinois Human Rights Commission and donated $100 million to his alma mater, Northwestern’s School of Law — which was subsequently renamed the Pritzker School of Law. With few ideological divides to distinguish the Democratic candidates from one another, Pritzker said, the question of background and experience is critical. Other candidates who have declared their candidacy for the Democratic nomination include state Sen. Daniel Biss (D-Evanston), Chicago Ald. Ameya Pawar (47th), Madison County schools superintendent Bob Daiber and Kennedy, scion of the famous political dynasty. “You should ask the candidates: What were they doing when nobody else was looking?” Pritzker said. “Ten years ago, 20 years ago, were you engaged?” Malik Turley, an Evanston resident who attended the event, said her knowledge of Pritzker before the event mostly consisted of his billionaire status. With at least two billionaires vying for the governorship in Springfield, wealth has emerged as a fiercely debated point of contention in the campaign. Pritzker indicated that his wealth may be an advantage — with a self-funded campaign comes independence from special interests, he said. resident and her child’s father over the use of a vehicle. The woman put the 2-month-old child in the car and was attempting to back out of the driveway when the man threw a brick at the front passenger side window, Evanston police Cmdr. Joseph Dugan said. The window broke as a result. Officers arrested the man at the scene, and he was charged with criminal damage to property,
Gubernatorial candidate J.B. Pritzker launches his campaign in Chicago on April 6. Pritzker on Saturday spoke to Evanston residents about the state budget crisis and pension problems.
“Nobody’s going to call me in the middle of the night and say, ‘You know the money that I gave you before, you’re not gonna get it again unless you do the following thing’,” Pritzker said. Turley, who told The Daily she would consider voting for Pritzker, said she was more impressed by the candidate’s background than
she expected. “I liked the variety of background experiences that he’s had, and most specifically the ways in which he’s worked with marginalized people and underprivileged folks, which I wouldn’t have expected necessarily,” Turley said.
aggravated assault and child endangerment — all misdemeanors.
about vandalism on a wall owned by the Autobarn Volkswagen of Evanston in the 1000 block of Chicago Avenue. “Free Palestine” was found written on the wall in black spray paint. The man was reported to be wearing a trench coat and have red hair, Dugan said.
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Officers responded to a report Thursday of someone spray painting on a wall in south Evanston. At roughly 4:00 p.m., police received a report
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Student Organization Symposium attendance policy is unreasonable Each year, Student Organizations and Activities hosts a mandatory Student Organization Symposium for incoming leaders of executive boards, typically presidents and treasurers. Each University-recognized student group must send two representatives to this five-hour conference. Failure to comply could mean loss of recognition, and therefore the ability to reserve meeting space,access a Student Organization Finance Office account and recruit new members at the Activities Fair. The symposium consists of a guest speaker discussing about leadership, as well
as breakout sessions dealing with topics such as Wildcat Welcome, effective advertising of student events, and constructive community engagement. This year, SOA has instituted a new policy stating that one student may only represent one student organization. As many Northwestern students are aware, many students who are on one executive board are also on other executive boards. Because of this new policy — which was announced May 1, for an event held May 7 — many student groups were forced to scramble to find an executive board member who is not already attending on behalf of another club. This new policy ignores the reality that for students, time is precious. Five hours of the weekend is a large commitment, especially for a member who did not sign up for a leadership role. More significantly, many of us work on Sundays. To ask some of us to
give up five hours of paid work is to ask us to forgo buying groceries or paying utility bills. A university committed to a need-blind student experience should recognize that taking time off work is a privilege not everyone enjoys. By implementing this rule, SOA is forcing students on executive boards to find extra people who are willing to sacrifice their time and money to attend a conference as a proxy for a leader who will already be present. The policy also ignores another reality: Membership in multiple student groups is virtually the norm. The one student, one organization requirement does not make practical sense: The officers in question will be at the symposium regardless, merely signing in under the auspices of a different group. (The suggested solution from SOA is to ask general members to come to the event — extra bodies who are not in leadership
roles, nor the intended audience of a leadership conference.) Furthermore, small groups are put at a disadvantage, as they have fewer people to bribe, cajole and plead with within their organizations. Finally, the requirement means that with 400 student groups, 800 students were expected. However, at least 100 students were left to sit on the floor or in “overflow” rooms, and many others did not receive lunch as promised. Presentations were often on irrelevant topics, such as earthquake preparedness. It was the general student consensus that this event was a wasteful and disrespectful use of students’ time, and if it must be held at all, it certainly does not need to last 5 hours. — Sophie Brauer, Weinberg ’18 President of the Association for Undergraduate Women in Science
Affordable Health Care Act is a clumsy, regressive policy JOSE TREJOS
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After an embarrassing failure to pass the American Health Care Act the first time around, House Republicans managed to pass it last week with a four-vote margin. On some level, the AHCA as it stands is fairly insignificant, since Senate Republicans have been blatant about their plans to rewrite it almost from scratch before passing it. However, this bill deserves study as the culmination of what is wrong with the current Republican Party. The AHCA is a bad policy that is both clumsy and regressive. Oftentimes, liberals accuse Republicans of pursuing policies that distribute money to the wealthy, but these policies are usually pursued to incentivize desirable economic behaviors. For example, low capital gains taxes are very regressive, but are generally agreed to increased economic growth. However, the AHCA breaks from this principle by transferring Obamacare’s insurance subsidies for low-income Americans to the general population based on age. This proposal only makes sense in a party that wants regressive policy per se, as the wealthy do not actually need an incentive to buy insurance. Other vulnerable populations also would
fare terribly under the AHCA. The bill would shift those with preexisting conditions into high-risk pools, which could lower premiums and make the market function better if handled correctly. However, the AHCA proposes ridiculously underfunded high-risk pools, giving merit to the Democratic talking point that the bill may get people killed. Some of the incentives the law provides also make no sense, such as imposing a 30 percent cost penalty for buying insurance on those who lapse on their coverage, which will meaninglessly incentivize the uninsured to stay uninsured. It is no wonder only 17 percent of Americans support the AHCA when it is the embodiment of every criticism Democrats levy against Republican policy. The reason why this bill is such a disaster is mostly due to a failure to handle politics rather than policy. Republicans have promising ideas to reform health care, such as subsidized high-risk pools, insurance plans across state lines, expanded health savings accounts, increased availability of catastrophic health insurance, and tort and regulatory reform. However, effective versions of these plans would violate the Byrd Rule, which gives AHCA immunity from a Democratic filibuster if all of its clauses are strictly budgetary. In essence, the reason the AHCA is a mess is because Republicans couldn’t figure out a way to pass it properly and instead tried to create a complex health care system with only one legislative tool. With solid control of three branches of
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government, it shouldn’t have been that difficult to force a reasonable bill through the Democrats. If the Republicans had introduced a better bill, the Democratic Party would have been trapped eternally filibustering a popular replacement even after losing an election over it. The government shutdown in 2013 may be an extreme example, but it shows that these tactics are a political disaster, which makes it surprising that Republicans were so cowed by such a threat.
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The reason Republicans cannot pass anything is ultimately because the so-called “dealmaker” who leads them has failed to stand up to Democrats or even his own party. In the debate over the federal budget last week, Republicans were so afraid of being blamed for a shutdown that they conceded to almost every demand from the Democrats. After the House Freedom Caucus blocked the first version of the AHCA — which moderates only begrudgingly supported
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— President Donald Trump timidly granted most of their conflicting demands, which could only lead to an incoherent bill. What scares him the most seems to be his supporters, who eagerly voted for his imaginary health care plan that would finally repeal Obamacare while instituting both cheap and universal coverage. Every week, his failure to replace Obamacare despite controlling every branch of government will sink in deeper, causing him to order rushed and shoddy bills that he hopes will pass quickly just so he can sign something. It’s interesting to me how Trump somehow has the reputation of an irrational and stubborn negotiator who insists on getting everything he wants. In reality, he has so far managed to give Democrats completely free victories in the budget and in health care, because he is scared of a serious confrontation and doesn’t know how to lead a party. Legislatively, Republicans are in a stronger position than arguably any party since the New Deal. If Trump continues to bow down to the Democrats and even factions of his own party, his supporters will grow less and less willing to forgive him.
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This year, 795 students applied to SIGP, compared to 702 in 2016, Presnell said. NCA announced decisions on Friday, and Presnell said the number of accepted awards will be in flux as students either decline or accept awards. He said he expects the number of grants accepted to be somewhere around 405, up from 352 last year. As the program marks its 11th year, rising interest in the grant demonstrates an increasing need among students to find funding for unpaid opportunities. Although NU offers school-specific scholarships and SIGP grants for many who need them, such resources are limited and no University-wide fund exists for those who need supplemental funds for low-paying internships.
“The purpose of us going to school is not usually to become an academic; we’re trying to get jobs; we’re trying to get work,” Dunbrack said. “And for some people, there’s a barrier between us and the job that Northwestern is training us for. And that’s frustrating.”
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McCormick senior Steffany Bahamon, a firstgeneration college student, said she came to Northwestern with minimal exposure to career development. “I didn’t know what a consultant was; I didn’t know what finance was,” she said. “You don’t know how to network properly. Especially when you come in as first-year students and your friends are like, ‘Yeah, I’m going to get a great internship with XYZ person or XYZ firm, because my dad works here, or my mom’s sister works there’.” Bahamon, the former president of Northwestern Quest Scholars Network — a low-income and first-generation student support and advocacy group on campus — said she has worked with NCA and Student Enrichment Services to invite speakers and create more events to address the career-related knowledge gap. The percentage of low-income students at NU is increasing with the “20 by 2020” initiative, which aims to have 20 percent of incoming freshmen be Pell Grant-eligible by 2020, Bahamon said. She said she hopes to increase awareness about
MONDAY, MAY 8, 2017 career preparation for these students, which is an important step before students even consider applying to internships. “(It’s the idea of ) making sure that people are aware of the fact that preparing for your career at NU is so much more than taking different classes, and how your different identities intersect with that,” she said. Bahamon has collaborated with SES director Kourtney Cockrell to create events like Money Matters Week, most recently held last month. The event featured speakers and workshops highlighting identity, class and income at NU. This year’s Money Matters Week featured a panel of alumni from different backgrounds and industries speaking about career development and the importance of leveraging the Northwestern network, Cockrell said. “When you think of cultural and social capital, first-generation students don’t always have that cultural capital,” she said. “They don’t have parents or family members that have navigated these systems, who have navigated different career paths. You hear all these terms, a JR and a practicum. But what are these things?” McCormick assistant dean and director of career development Helen Oloroso said her office’s goal in helping low-income and first-generation students is to “level the playing field.” To do so, she said McCormick offers the Introduction to Career Development course, which has been in place for 10 years. The zero-credit course fills each quarter, usually with a waitlist, Oloroso said. Around 400 students take it each year to learn resume and cover-letter writing, networking tips, interviewing skills and more, she said. But the internship search requires more than writing applications and networking skills. Applying for work often includes hidden financial costs, such as professional attire, flights, conference registrations and more. From September 2015 to June 2016, Northwestern’s Career Development Fund provided 100 students with about $50,000 total to assist in these costs. “It’s a nice balance,” Cockrell said. “(NCA) is providing the nuts-and-bolts resources, support sources. (SES) is doing more on the social, cultural capital side of things of raising awareness and exposure.”
which provides a limited number of grants for unpaid summer internships, and Summer Undergraduate Research Grants run through the Office of Undergraduate Research. Even with a paid internship and the award, however, Kang said she broke even that summer. “Ice cream was eight dollars,” she said. “The overall price of going was expensive. … I think it’s worth it. I’m going to make some financial sacrifice, but not a huge amount to do what I want to do. Getting the experience I want — that involves taking a job that pays 10 or 12 dollars an hour.” Lee, the Medill junior, said she did not even apply for internships in New York City or LA for this upcoming summer because she knew she would not be able to afford the cost of living. Many of the best marketing internships to advance her career exist in these cities, Lee said. She added Northwestern’s environment can get “awkward” because socioeconomic status often becomes a topic people avoid when discussing summer experiences. “Chances are, a couple of your really good friends are going to be one of those people that can afford to go to New York City and have their parents pay for it,” Lee said. “You don’t want to voice those concerns to them because it’s going to make them feel awkward.” Weinberg junior Bailey Pleva did not have the opportunity to go to New York like Kang and said he felt jealous seeing his friends go to the city for job opportunities. Pleva has worked up to 30 hours a week on top of classes to contribute to alleviating his tuition cost, he said. When he was offered a low-paying marketing position in Washington, D.C., he decided not to take it because he would not have made enough money for the following academic year, he said.
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Communication junior Catherine Kang wants to pursue a career in entertainment marketing. Many of her friends had internships the summer after freshman year, which Kang said made her feel pressured to find such an experience last summer. “As a lower-class, middle-income student being surrounded by people with those connections, that was a shock to me,” she said. “A good thing about the culture is that it makes Northwestern students really viable for full-time jobs. There’s a big downside to it: It’s very competitive.” Sophomore year, Kang received two offers in New York City: one unpaid and one that paid minimum wage. She said she chose the paid option and covered housing costs with the aid of a supplemental School of Communication internship award. The school offers three $2,000 to $3,000 awards each year for both unpaid and paid internships, unlike SIGP and other school-specific funds. These include the Medill Fellowship Program,
He considered going back home to Milwaukee, where he said he could make money from bartending. “But it wouldn’t have been experience, which helps me get my foot in the door,” Pleva said. Bahamon said there is a need for a supplemental grant for students who take minimum wage jobs, though she emphasized the value and importance of SIGP. “I think SIGP is a great program,” she said. “I know sometimes it can be difficult to get. I wish
the funds could be expanded or if there was a cost-of-living adjustment. … You might be able to pay for food or utilities, but housing is going to take a bite out of your check.”
Leveling the playing field
In 2007, its first year, SIGP received 90 applications and gave out 10 awards, according to NCA data. The number of applications has increased each year, reaching 795 in 2017. The program awards $3,000 grants, with the exception of Buffett International SIGP awards, which are $6,000 each. Students who receive SIGP must also complete career exploration and donor appreciation activities throughout the summer and at the end of their experience. Weinberg junior Chelsea Hammersmith used SIGP last summer for an internship with the Chicago nonprofit Open Books, working at a day camp where middle school students wrote their own fantasy novels. Hammersmith also worked a few hours each week at University Library, she said. The Carol Stream, Illinois, native used the funds for housing, food and public transportation. Because she did not need to buy a plane ticket, she was able to save up a portion for the following academic year, she said. “But it wasn’t as if I was making money from a job,” Hammersmith said. “That was something that for me financially was okay. I would’ve liked to make more money to save, but that was the situation last summer.” This summer for Hammersmith is slightly different, the American studies major said, as she will use SIGP to work at a congressional office in Washington, D.C. Because of the expensive lifestyle of Washington, Hammersmith said she will not be able to save up any of the grant to use during the academic year. “It’s very much part of the culture, especially in government and in D.C.,” she said. “It’s expected you work an unpaid internship to get your foot in the door, which is something I love about SIGP — it’s (filling) a very visible and prevalent need.” Hammersmith said expanding SIGP is one of the best things the University is doing to help low-income students. NU created SIGP partly to offer funds to students seeking traditionally unpaid internship experiences with nonprofits, international programs, government, arts companies and media outlets, Presnell said. “We also don’t want to set up a system where only wealthy people go into those careers,” he said. “What does that mean for, let’s take the gorilla in the room. What does it mean for government, if only wealthy people are involved in government?” Presnell said he hopes to meet the full need of SIGP applicants so that administrators can begin looking at ways to address situations in which students need supplemental funds for living expenses. Cockrell, the SES director, noted the importance of donors and said both SES and SIGP would not exist without them. “Donors are so willing and happy to meet the gaps and the need,” she said. “They want the ‘20 by 2020’ initiative to be successful, and they want to make sure it’s an equitable experience.”
Built-in opportunities
Monday through Thursday, SESP junior Imani Wilson works with high school students at Lincoln Park High School’s College and Career Lab. She is completing her SESP practicum, an experience similar to other built-in programs such as Medill’s Journalism Residency and McCormick’s Cooperative Engineering Education program. All SESP students are required to complete practicum or the summer Field Studies Program — an internship, hands-on research or community service typically done during junior year — to graduate. “SESP takes a real view of, ‘learning is more than just theoretical’,” said Nathan Frideres, the school’s Field Studies Program coordinator. “We want students to learn by doing and put theory into practice, (so) that they’re really able to analyze and make meaning out of their experience.” Frideres said during the academic year, students complete the practicum requirement in Chicago. In the summer, they may go to Washington, D.C., San Francisco or Chicago, he added. Wilson, a social policy major, said her practicum at Lincoln Park High School is unpaid, like most practicum experiences for students in her major. Pay varies across SESP majors, she said, especially for learning and organizational change majors who may pursue consulting at high-paying companies. Around one-third of SESP practicums are paid, Frideres said. It depends on where an organization is at financially, as many of them are nonprofits, he added. The SESP Munger Family Practicum/ Student Teaching Assistance Fund helps students with added costs throughout the program, he said. Because Wilson had to cut down on her workstudy job hours, she said she obtained a CTA pass through this fund. However, Wilson said she thinks SESP could improve the resources it offers to students. “SESP is aware of the fact that practicum can be expensive for students, but I still feel like they can
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do a lot more,” she said. “Even Medill students get a stipend, which is not a lot, but it’s still a stipend.” There are no SESP scholarships or travel stipends for summer field experiences in Chicago, San Francisco or Washington, D.C., Frideres said. “We’d prefer them to not (take on a second job),” he said. “We just don’t ask.” Frideres said the school aims instead to start the financial conversation about practicum and field studies as early as the beginning of sophomore year. Susan Olson, SESP assistant dean for student affairs, said starting this conversation early helps students prepare for upcoming costs. “No one wants to be the candle burned at both ends and to have the stress of, ‘Oh, I can’t pay my rent, because I hadn’t thought through about how it was going to work out’,” Olson said. Like SESP, Medill put a professional experience requirement into its curriculum because internships are “substantial,” said Medill Dean Brad Hamm. For JR, students complete a quarter of work at a media organization for credit as part of the journalism major. Hamm said the program is enhanced by the relationships Medill has built with certain media outlets. When he became dean in 2012, all of the JR experiences were unpaid, he added. Today, about 50 percent of JR sites are paid, while the others are stipend-based, he said. Many of the sites are in New York City, Los Angeles and
Washington, D.C. “Scholarships are available for students with high financial need and for other students as well,” Hamm said.
number of summer grants through the Medill Fellowship Program, depending on donor action. Hamm said Medill is still trying to fund the entirety of JR experiences, and the school is not focusing on raising money for summer internship grants at this point. “We’re trying to fund the internships that we have control over,” he said. “That’s our top priority. … That is our internship model.”
Making it work
Jerry Donahue, assistant director of Medill Career Services, said the school has a limited
Bienen senior Landon Hegedus took lessons from five different saxophone musicians in New York City the summer between his sophomore and junior years, with the help of SIGP. “I had a fantasy about this experience,” Hegedus said. “But I didn’t have a way to pay for it, if not for SIGP.” Hegedus, who said he receives a significant amount of financial aid, used the grant for rent, groceries and lessons. He cut costs because he was able to split a room in a Harlem apartment with his friend, he said, and he cooked most of his own meals. “Because I budgeted pretty well, I was able to live within my means,” Hegedus said. “It was a dream come true.” Cockrell and Presnell occasionally work with the Office of Undergraduate Financial Aid if they speak to a student who wants a summer experience
but is blocked by a summer earnings contribution. Cockrell said this expected contribution can be a barrier for students receiving $3,000 for a summer. On a case-by-case basis, she and Presnell contact the financial aid office to see if the contribution could be waived, Cockrell said. Donahue said he sees Medill students use cost-cutting strategies to make summer internship experiences work. He added students often find low-cost housing in big cities or share spaces with multiple roommates. Before putting opportunities on Medillink, Medill’s career portal, Donahue said he sometimes speaks with employers who offer unpaid positions. “The applicants that apply for very prominent internships, they’re applying because if they got it, they could take it,” he said. “For people who can’t afford it, if it’s a dream job, they have to decide … They think ahead on how they can save money.” Looking back, Dunbrack, the Weinberg senior, said each year it became more difficult as she watched other students take coveted internship opportunities she could not afford. “(The University) prides itself on having these amazing alumni and these great networks that are really successful,” Dunbrack said. “Northwestern can do more to help all of their students be successful.” amandasvachula2018@u.northwestern.edu
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Mayfest announces British rapper Little Simz as third Dillo act
British rapper Little Simz will perform at Dillo Day, Mayfest announced Friday night. Little Simz, whose real name is Simbi Ajikawo, is a London native who has released a series of five EPs called “Age 101,” two studio albums, two other EPs and four mixtapes since 2010. She is the third act to be announced for Dillo Day, which will take place May 20. Her album “Stillness in Wonderland,” released in late 2016, was called the “year’s last great album” by music magazine The Fader. Little Simz was also featured on Forbes’“30 Under 30 Europe” list last year. Mayfest co-director of promotions Justine Yücesan said Mayfest hopes to “break out” from concerts featuring mostly male performers, especially when it comes to rappers. The Communication junior said there haven’t been many female acts at Northwestern concerts so far. “She embodies an up-and-coming international female artist and I think that’s great,” Yücesan said. “I really love the fact also she’s a female rapper. We don’t see a lot of those either. She’s a really fresh take on what we’ve seen on stage at Northwestern so far.”
NU dedicates new media, communication building in Doha, Qatar
Northwestern dedicated a new media and communication building on the Doha campus in Qatar last week, the University announced in a news release. According to the release, the building is 515,000 square feet, making it three times the size of the previous structure, the release said. Designed by American architect Antoine Predock, the building is LEED Gold certified and features architectural elements that reflect Qatar’s desert landscape and local culture, the release said. The building’s exterior features an LED mediamesh screen called the Saif Tip. The screen interacts with a three-story media wall within the building, which will display videos and images, the release said. The building houses a projection theater equipped with a 4K cinema and 7.1 Dolby surround sound, an events hall that has the largest soundstage in the region and three production studios, the release said.
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Yücesan said though Little Simz may not be on a lot of people’s radars, she hopes the Dillo Day performance will be an opportunity for those who are curious to be exposed to her music. Earlier this week, Mayfest announced that Grammy-nominated alternative rock group MGMT will perform as the festival’s headliner. DJ Gramatik has also been confirmed as the penultimate act for Dillo Day. — Allyson Chiu
Additionally, students have access to a studio where they can reproduce everyday sound effects, which could be added to multimedia projects, such as film and video. The building also features a 4K mastering room, which is equipped to edit digital cinema-quality film, the release said. Students will also be able to utilize a newsroom, which is scheduled to be completed over the summer, according to the release. Designed by Beirut architect Ali Wazani, the newsroom will include a news desk, an area for panel discussions and a social media screen. The newsroom also has its own control room, which allows students to produce live reports across various platforms, the release said. “This is everything you can dream about,” University President Morton Schapiro said in the release. “As President of Northwestern, I can tell you, nothing makes me prouder than to have a campus here in Doha producing graduates who are skilled in journalism, filmmaking and communication and carry the name of our university far and wide as they use their skills for the betterment of mankind.”
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of Directors of Unity Preschool. She became interested in serving on the school board following a failed referendum effort in 2012 that aimed to build a new elementary school in the 5th Ward to be used by mostly minority students, Kartha said. The debate around that referendum helped her learn more about racial inequality in Evanston and inspired her to address issues of equity in the city, she said. “That experience opened my eyes to how deeply the experience differs for families in Evanston in the school districts,” Kartha said. “It falls on a lot of different factors, but it unfortunately and predictably falls on the factor of race.” The school board has worked during the past four years to address equity issues, Kartha said. She added that the district adopted an equity statement last year and is working on an “equity action plan” to train educators on equity, include underrepresented voices in decision-making processes and reduce the achievement gap. The district in 2016 had a nearly 50 percent composite achievement gap between black and white students, and a 41 percent gap between Hispanic and white students, according to the Illinois Report Card. “We need to work on narrowing those gaps … and continue to really look at how we can include equity and transparency in decisions,” Kartha said. Tanyavutti said she is excited to work with Kartha and the school board on increasing transparency and inclusivity. Tanyavutti said Kartha’s work in helping draft a policy on transgender students shows her commitment to equity. The Evanston Township High School/District 202 board passed a policy last week allowing transgender students to use the bathroom of their choice. “She also has been incredibly brave and bold in her pursuit of bringing (forward) equitable practices, particularly along racial and ethnic lines,” Tanyavutti said. “She’s
New center for nano oncology opens, named after Willens family
The Ronald and JoAnne Willens Center for Nano Oncology opened in late April, according to a University news release. The center is located within the International Institute for Nanotechnology at Northwestern and is named in recognition of Ronald and JoAnne Willen, who gave a $10 million gift to the University in 2011, the release said. The
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just been a champion for equity, and I really appreciate what she brings to the board.” The district avoided a series of potential budget cuts when a property tax referendum passed in April that will provide financial security for foreseeable future. The referendum passed with more than 80 percent of the vote and will raise annual property taxes by about $450 for the average Evanston property owner. The increased taxes will allow the district to work on improving student achievements, investing in technology and keeping class sizes small. “This community really does support public education, and I think that’s something we can all appreciate and be proud of,” Kartha said. “Our challenge now is to prove that we are going to be good fiscal stewards of that money and of that trust.” Kartha said the district has a plan moving forward for managing its money and dealing with ongoing uncertainty related to school funding at the state and federal levels. Biz Lindsay-Ryan — who has worked with the district through her role as an equity consultant — said Kartha is a “behind-thescenes worker” who has devoted herself to highlighting inequities in school funding and identifying solutions. “Her equity lens that she brings to everything she does as a parent and school board member has been something I very much appreciate about her,” Lindsay-Ryan said. “She is just a great collaborative partner and someone who is both strategic and flexible and able to kind of see the nuance of things.” Overall, Kartha said she is excited for the year ahead and ready to continue her work with the school board. “We have some great opportunities now that we have the immediate fiscal concerns off the table,” Kartha said. “We can really now focus on the work at hand at providing high-quality education for all of our students and making sure we have equitable learning environments.”
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May 1 deposition because he could not secure representation in time. Ekl told The Daily in an email on Friday that at the time he was “not aware of an attorney representing Porter.” James Delorto, the investigator who served Porter with the subpoena on April 11, wrote in his proof of service form that Porter became “very irate and refused to accept the subpoena.” According to the form, Porter also “yelled obscenities” at Delorto and said he would not go to a deposition. Perkins said Porter’s reaction was caused by the “traumatizing” experience of spending 17 years on death row. “He’s psychologically certified unfit, not capable, so what is Mr. Delorto looking for?” Perkins
said. “He’s looking for somebody all purported and like Barack Obama, all collected and like that, that’s not Porter.” According to the May 4 court filing, Porter had already been served with a subpoena on March 20 to appear for a deposition scheduled on March 30. However, Porter was unable to find representation at that time, which resulted in the deposition being rescheduled for May 1, the filing said. If Porter misses his court appearance to explain himself, Ekl said, Weisman could issue a bench warrant for his arrest. A warrant could also be issued if Weisman reschedules Porter’s deposition and he misses it again, Ekl said. “Porter is going to be required by the judge to sit for his deposition, one way or another,” Ekl said. “He’s either going to do it voluntarily or in custody.” allysonchiu2018@u.northwestern.edu
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Former Medill Prof. David Protess speaks with students during an Innocence Project meeting at Northwestern in 2009. Anthony Porter, whose sentence was overturned due to evidence found by a Medill class led by Protess, missed a deposition last week in a lawsuit alleging he committed murder, according to a court filing.
williamkobin2018@u.northwestern.edu center is led by McCormick Prof. Chad Mirkin and supports research focused on cancer treatment by applying advances in nanotechnology, according to the release. “The potential for using nanotechnology in the fight against cancer is vast,” Mirkin said in the release. “The generous support from the Willens family is enabling researchers to work toward the development of new medicines that can attack the disease at its genetic roots. Certain types of nanostructures, spherical nucleic acids in particular, can deliver therapeutics into tissues many drugs normally will not enter, including the brain and skin.”
Ronald and JoAnne Willen, who were present at the ribbon-cutting event marking the center’s grand opening, have been long-time donors to the University, according to the news release. They have contributed more than $20 million to Northwestern through the “We Will” Campaign, a university-wide fundraising effort. The Willens family are also members of NU Loyal, which is a giving society recognizing consistent annual giving to NU. According to the release, the Willens family is “humbled” by Northwestern’s achievements in research. Ronald Willens said in the release he is grateful they can contribute to research and
innovation that helps humanity. “Through their visionary gift, Ron and JoAnne have made it possible for us to take a significant step toward understanding and combating cancer, by bringing great students, great faculty and great staff together,” University President Morton Schapiro said in the release. “Ron and JoAnne are passionate about advancing technologies that bring improvements to people’s lives. We are indebted to them for their extraordinary commitment to this effort and to Northwestern.” — Catherine Kim
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Since placing bikes equipped with GPS trackers across campus in January, University Police made its first arrest last month as a result of the program. The bait bike program plants UP bikes at bike racks around campus to detect and deter theft, said lieutenant Rod Boyd, who is in charge of the program. After field testing throughout Fall Quarter, UP received a grant for GPS units to attach to bikes, Boyd said. UP made its first arrest as a result of the program April 23 when officers arrested a man near the Foster Street CTA station at 8:55 a.m. after he stole a bait bike placed near University Library, Boyd said. Boyd said the bikes are placed at random, allowing the program to targets all areas of campus, but they are generally set up in areas with higher rates of theft. Although there may not be bait bikes at every rack, the scope should deter theft generally, he said. When the bait bikes are moved, UP is alerted by the GPS tracking devices, Boyd said. He said the whole bike has to be displaced for the GPS to be effective, so tire theft may not be prevented. Boyd said the bait bike program will be especially effective if awareness of the bait bikes spreads. Once the program gets underway, UP will have more data to help prevent theft, he said. “We’re gathering information right now,” Boyd said. “We have so many bike racks that we haven’t found one concentrated area where theft is occurring, but we’ll have a better idea once we collect more data.” Bienen sophomore Dan Peters said he feels his bike is safe when locked to University racks. He said he thinks general awareness will help protect student bikes. “I figure that if bait bikes are planted randomly, it would make people more wary of stealing any locked bike, so I’d feel that my locked bike is safer,” Peters said. Boyd said data collected over the first year of the program will inform UP’s theft prevention efforts, such as identifying high-risk areas. So far, UP hasn’t identified any specific areas where bike theft is concentrated, Boyd said. Weinberg sophomore William Hofstadter said he thinks bikes are most vulnerable on the edges of campus and near the fraternity and sorority quads. “Bikes are generally safe, but if people are too careless, leaving bikes out late at night in these vulnerable places, they’d be in danger of getting their bike stolen,” Hofstadter said. Ultimately, Boyd said, thieves are looking for the right time and place when planning to steal a bike. Boyd added he hopes the technology being utilized by the bait bike program will deter theft. “Thieves are opportunists, so the opportunity to take a bike is conducive to theft,” Boyd said. “Bikes are taken in areas where thieves think they might be able to steal one successfully.” annalaffrey2020@u.northwestern.edu
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Northwestern DJ group Dial Up and student rapper Prez Harris teamed up with Chicago poet Kevin Coval on Friday for the opening event of this year’s ArtBox. The event, hosted by NU’s Arts Alliance and A&O Productions, marked the kickoff of the second annual ArtBox, a series of performances and art installations running out of a shipping container on the Lakefill. The two groups hope ArtBox will continue to grow and foster a greater community on campus, A&O co-chair Will Corvin said. Despite the windy, 55-degree weather, more than 40 students came out to watch student performers and listen to poetry from Coval. “We got Kevin Coval good to go on ArtBox, but he also said that he wanted more artists around and kind of make it a bigger deal,” Corvin, a Weinberg senior, said. “So we decided it would be a great opportunity to bring Prez Harris and some other artists around campus to make it a bigger event.” Prez Harris, a stage name for McCormick senior
Randall Harris, is known for his laid-back flow and clean lyrics, according to the rapper’s Facebook page. He released his debut mixtape, “State of the Union,” in 2015. Coval, a local poet and community builder, gave a reading of his poems, which highlight the communal nature of Chicago’s hip-hop scene and the nonstop energy of the city. He read some of his work from his newest book, “A People’s History of Chicago.” Corvin said ArtBox is both an opportunity to recognize artists from across campus and to relax on the Lakefill. McCormick sophomore Omar Carey, who attended the event, said he enjoyed the opportunity to just “chill out.” “It’s definitely like very lowkey, not formal at all,” Carey said. ArtBox programming, which runs through June 5, is open to all artists on campus regardless of medium, Corvin said. — Katie Pach
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Cats surprise Penn State, but fall to top-seeded Maryland By DAN WALDMAN
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Just 36 hours after freshman midfielder Megan Kinna intercepted a Penn State clear, drove to the cage and slotted home a game-winning goal to punch Northwestern’s ticket to the Big Ten Tournament finals, the Wildcats had been thoroughly defeated. No. 1 seed and tournament host Maryland (19-0, 6-0) got out to an early lead on No. 3 seed NU (10-9, 4-2 Big Ten) in the conference final tournament Sunday, running over the Cats 14-6 in a mostly one-sided affair. It was the second year in a row the Terrapins had taken down the Cats in the conference tournament finals in dominant fashion. Everything seemed to be going against NU heading into Sunday’s game. To compete with the top team in the country, the Cats would need fresh legs and to be rolling on all cylinders. But the team’s semifinal game against the No. 2 seed Nittany Lions (15-3, 5-1 Big Ten) was delayed nearly 90 minutes due to weather, and it did not finish until roughly 1 a.m. Saturday. But coach Kelly Amonte Hiller refused to use the late night as an excuse, crediting the team’s slow start Sunday when it gave up four straight goals, to figuring out defensive adjustments.
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“We were kind of figuring things out defensively and then we kind of buckled down after that and did a pretty good job for the rest of the half,” Amonte Hiller said. “It didn’t have anything to do with the Friday night rain.” Despite Friday’s rain delay, the Cats erupted in celebration following the team’s upset win over Penn State, jumping along the rain-soaked sidelines as Kinna handed NU the 12-11 win. NU never trailed in Friday’s game, getting an early start after senior midfielder Catie Ingrilli scored less than a minute into regulation. Senior attacker Christina Esposito led the way for the Cats, scoring 3 goals on the day and helping set up Kinna’s game-winner. However, NU’s momentum ended with Kinna’s goal, as the team couldn’t handle undefeated Maryland. It took the Cats 16 minutes to put their first goal on the board, when junior attacker Nicole Beardsley finally got the better of Terrapins goalie Megan Taylor. Beardsley scored 2 goals in the championship and was one of the few bright spots of NU’s offense in the game. “It’s just finding my place in terms of working to my teammates’ strengths and knowing what they like to do and where they’re going to be,” Beardsley said. “Offensively our biggest success is
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when we’re moving the ball and looking for each other.” After Esposito and senior attacker Danita Stroup scored back-to-back goals to cut Maryland’s lead to 6-4 heading into halftime, the Cats defense faltered. The Terrapins started the second half with a 5-0 run that buried NU’s chances of winning its first Big Ten title and carried the hosts to another championship. “They got about three or four draw controls from calls from the officials, and any time you have possessions like that, you get some momentum,” Amonte Hiller said. “We had possessions, and we didn’t capitalize on our shots and they did, and that’s the difference.” Sunday’s loss meant the team did not receive an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament. That forced players to wait several hours to be sure of their tournament fate, though the Cats did secure a berth and will open play against Albany. As the season nears its end, Esposito said NU’s play across the weekend showed that the Cats can compete with anyone. “We have the best conference in the country, so it’s always a battle no matter who we are playing,” she said. “But we like that, we don’t want it to be easy.” danwaldman@u.northwestern.edu
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Northwestern picked up two massive conference wins against Purdue in an entertaining back-and-forth series spotlighted by two intense games this weekend that came down to the wire. The Wildcats (19-27, 8-10 Big Ten) are now tied for the eighth and final spot in the Big Ten Tournament, though Michigan State owns the tiebreaker after its series win over NU last month. “We’ve got two big series left,” coach Spencer Allen said. “We have to control what we can control. We just have to go out and play. That’s the beauty of it, and I think these guys believe it, that anyone can beat anyone on any given day.” The Cats put together one complete performance on the weekend, dominating Friday’s 7-2 victory. On Saturday, the visitors struggled with the bats, only scoring one run in 12 innings in a 2-1 loss. The teams followed up that low-scoring affair with a crazy rubber match on Sunday, which was an eventual 8-7 win. Senior outfielder Joe Hoscheit led NU at the plate again, reaching base nine times in 14 plate appearances. Freshman infielder Alex Erro provided the power, however, launching a 3-run home run Sunday and leading the team in RBIs in the series. The series got off to a rousing start for the Cats on Friday, as they powered home four runs in the top of the first to open the game with a bang. The Boilermakers got two runs back in the third, but NU struck again in the eighth to put the game out of reach. Seniors Cooper Wetherbee and
Pete Hofman combined to shut down the Purdue bats. Wetherbee threw 6 innings of three-hit ball while allowing only the two runs, and Hofman locked it down with three scoreless innings to secure the victory. “That was probably one of our cleanest, one of our best games,” Allen said. “Cooper was really good and set the tone for us and we just went from there.” The game of the series was Saturday’s pitchers duel, which ended in a 12th-inning walk-off double for the hosts. Freshman starter Hank Christie threw eight innings and allowed only 1 unearned run and six hits. Fellow freshman Sam Lawrence came in on relief and fired three scoreless innings, but gave up the winning run in the 12th. “The defense played really well behind me,” Christie said. “It’s definitely huge when you have the confidence to just throw strikes and trust the defense behind you and get the job done.” Sunday’s game was a serious change of pace, as the lead changed hands six times and runs were scored in each of the first six innings. Erro’s 3-run homer gave the Cats an early edge, but that was only the beginning of the wild day. The back end of the NU bullpen locked it down, however, pitching 4 scoreless innings to end the game as Hofman picked up his second save of the weekend. “Pete was our MVP,” Allen said. “The toughest outs to get are the last ones. He did it with guys on base, and his ability to bounce back was really impressive. … I’d give him our MVP on the weekend.” josephwilkinson2019@u.northwestern.edu
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Last year, Northwestern traveled south for its NCAA Regional, then won the tournament and finished 18 strokes ahead of the No. 1 team in the country. This year, the No. 11 Wildcats will look for another dominant regional performance in the South. Though Alabama is no longer the No. 1 team in the country — the Crimson Tide currently sit at No. 2 — it is the top seed in the region and will likely be looking for redemption after last year’s blowout. “It’ll give us some confidence coming in,” coach Emily Fletcher said. “I’m sure Alabama’s not forgetting that we beat them by 20 shots at Shoal Creek last year. I’m sure their coach is talking to them about that as a way of keeping them motivated.” NU heads to Athens, Georgia this year, home of No. 8 Georgia, the second seed in the regional. The Bulldogs may be the hosts, but the entire Cats lineup knows the terrain as well. In three of the last four years, NU has played a series of match play events on the course as part of the Liz Murphey Collegiate Classic. “I’m really excited because I’m from Georgia, and the University of Georgia golf course is one that I’ve played before and that I like,” sophomore Janet Mao said. “I’m excited to go back to my home state and play well.” Mao had an exceptional week at the regionals last year, tying for the individual title and helping the Cats run away with the title. She will be joined by the same squad from a season ago, including two-time Big Ten Player of the Year junior Hannah Kim, first team
All-Big Ten sophomore Stephanie Lau, second-team All-Big Ten junior Sarah Cho and senior Kacie Komoto. “For us, it’s going to come down to trusting what we’ve worked on this whole year,” Komoto said. “It’s going to be good. We’ll all be able to get comfortable on the course, and then as long we play our own games, we’ll do just fine.” That talent and experience on the course, however, aren’t unique at the tournament. In addition to Alabama and Georgia, the field features No. 12 Arizona and No. 17 Baylor. The Cats are one of seven top25 teams in the field, which also includes a Michigan State squad
that bested NU two weeks ago in the Big Ten Championship. Just six squads will qualify for the National Championships in under two weeks. Fletcher said she knows last year’s result will be of little help to the Cats this year against the stacked field. Though the same experienced lineup returns to the high pressure regional situation, last year’s title can’t help the Cats now. “It’s a completely different golf course than last year,” Fletcher said. “We’re just approaching it as we would any event, and not so much as us defending a title.” josephwilkinson2019@u.northwestern.edu
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Janet Mao watches her ball flight. The Georgia native and the Wildcats are seeking to repeat last year’s successes at the NCAA Regionals.