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Student life VP renominated ASG presents same candidate despite rejection last week By ERICA SNOW
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SESP sophomore Sumaia Masoom will again be presented as the nominee for co-vice president for student life in Associated Student Government Senate on Wednesday after senators rejected her nomination last week, causing concerns from other applicants that their support for the opposing presidential ticket contributed to their not being nominated. During last Wednesday’s meeting, some senators questioned the nomination of Masoom because she has not been involved with the student life committee. They also questioned her ability to represent the entirety of the student body given her support for Northwestern Divest. Masoom said at the meeting last week she could withhold her personal beliefs to represent whatever the majority of campus wanted. Her nomination fell short by one vote. Senate confirmed SESP junior Anna DiStefano as a co-vice president for student life to replace McCormick junior Wendy Roldan. The position has traditionally been held by one person, but senators amended the ASG Code to allow for two co-vice presidents at last Wednesday’s meeting.
Both Masoom and DiStefano publicly endorsed ASG president Christina Cilento, a SESP junior, and executive vice president Macs Vinson, a McCormick junior, when they ran for their offices in April. Medill sophomore Isabel Schwartz applied for the position after senators rejected Masoom’s nomination. But when she heard she wasn’t nominated, Schwartz said she wondered if her support for the opposing presidential campaign of Weinberg junior Joji Syed and Weinberg sophomore Archit Baskaran was a factor in the decision. Schwartz said she has been involved with the student life committee since fall of her freshman year. Masoom said during her confirmation hearing she has not been involved with the student life committee. While Schwartz said she is ultimately glad she didn’t receive the nomination due to its time commitment and hopes Masoom will be confirmed, she said she was initially disappointed when she received the email from chief of staff Isaac Rappoport notifying her that she wasn’t the nominee. “It’s easier to work with people you already know support you than people who might push back more or not be fully in line with your vision for ASG,” Schwartz said. “There are political implications or causes behind it on some level, but I don’t think that was it entirely.” SESP sophomore Josh O’Neil, who was Syed’s campaign manager, applied for the position when applications were
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DIMENSIONS DISCUSSED Middle East and North African Studies lecturer Amjad al-Dajani speaks during a panel about Zionism on Tuesday. Four Northwestern professors sat on the panel, which examined Zionism from various academic and personal perspectives.
Profs share ideas on Zionism By JULIA DORAN
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A panel of four professors examined Zionism from various academic and personal perspectives Tuesday as part of Israel Week, an effort by Northwestern Hillel to celebrate the country and the anniversary of its independence. “On campus, there’s a notion that Zionism is one thing and one thing only — an exclusive call for Jewish nationality and Jewish nationality only — which is only implementable via oppression and marginalization of Palestinians who are not Jewish,” Weinberg freshman Adam Chanes, who organized the event, told The Daily. Chanes said some students have forgotten Zionism’s ideological and philosophical
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heritage, narrowly considering it in an institutional or political sense. He also said some NU students discount the complexity of Zionism and make the term a “dirty word.” Panelists discussed Zionism’s various interpretations within the Israeli-Palestinian debate, and the ways the term has affected how groups identify one another and themselves. “From the perspective of Israelis, Zionism is for the return of the Jews to their ancestors’ homeland, while from the Palestinian perspective, it is considered a British conspiracy to reject them from that land,” said Middle East and North African studies lecturer Amjad al-Dajani, who sat on the panel. “You have these two sides and views that are opposite, and in a way, they formulated one another through the conflict.” Religious Studies Prof. Laurie Zoloth
said despite negative connotations that have developed around the idea of Zionism, she’s committed to keeping the term and its original meaning alive. “I’m not giving up on the term,” she said. “I want to say I’m a Zionist in the same way I want to fly an American flag. I’m not willing to give it away, which is why I think you should keep saying you’re a Zionist and place yourself at the center of that discourse.” But sometimes, Al-Dajani said Israeli policy can contradict traditional Jewish values. “I always felt that the Jewish people have a moral compass,” he said. “There is a sense of what is right and what is wrong. I think the disconnect happening is that they are looking at the state or the government in » See ZIONISM, page 6
Panel discusses balancing student activism, academics By SAM KREVLIN
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STRIKING THE BALANCE Panelists discuss balancing student activism and academics. The event was hosted by Educate Discuss Unite and focused on the challenges of student activism.
It’s nearly impossible to be an activist and have a full-time job, Columbia College Prof. Prexy Nesbitt said at a student activism panel Tuesday night. “It comes down to what your values are,” Nesbitt said. “Students with a lot of debt have a hell of a choice to make. Do they buckle down and strive to pay off the money or do they begin to challenge the complex institutions and the messy world we live in?” Nesbitt, along with Associated Student Government president Christina Cilento and Kelly Benkert, director of leadership and community engagement, spoke about how student activists are constantly tested
by both academic demands and economic constraints. About 10 students attended the event in Fisk Hall hosted by Educate Discuss Unite, a student group focused on education policy. During the discussion, Cilento, a SESP junior, said her main challenge is juggling her academic life with her commitments as an activist for Fossil Free Northwestern. “It is about figuring out what is important to me,” Cilento said. “Honestly, activism is more important, but I need the grades in order to graduate.” Nesbitt, who has been a community organizer for 50 years, said he was “thrown out” of the University of Chicago and NU because he couldn’t be an activist while being a full-time student. The panel also discussed how students should approach activism on campus.
Benkert said students should celebrate small wins as much as big ones, even though they can sometimes feel like losses. Student activists must build power and leverage to achieve success in the long run, she added. Cilento made an example of Fossil Free NU’s campaign to convince NU to divest from fossil fuels. She said the University saying ‘no’ doesn’t mean the conversation is over but that the group must find more weight for its next argument. Nesbitt also urged patience in approaching resistance to activism. “You approach with a perspective that, ‘This may take a long time, but I am prepared to fight for a long time.’” Nesbitt said. “You don’t sprint to do community organizing. It is long distance.” » See ACTIVISM, page 6
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Around Town City expands storefront assistance By BILLY KOBIN
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Evanston hopes to reach more retail stores through its storefront modernization program by funding interior renovations in addition to external projects, aiming to help local stores stay in competitive business districts. The expansion of the city program is intended to help businesses impacted by the higher rent in downtown Evanston and the city’s business districts, said Paul Zalmezak, an Evanston economic development official. “One of the things we learned was that … a way to incentivize retail development (was) we could help businesses with these improvements,” Zalmezak said. “If we could help small business build out spaces, then that would help retail.” The city program provides forgivable loans for exterior improvements and some interior improvements to street-level commercial buildings in the city. The maximum funding amount for exterior improvements is $25,000 and $50,000 for a combination of interior and exterior improvements.
ETHS employee fired over locker thefts as investigation continues
Evanston Township High School District 202 Board members fired an ETHS school safety officer Monday after allegations surfaced that school employees were stealing from student’s lockers. The employee, who was not named, was fired as part of the School Board’s consent agenda at their meeting Monday night. Allegations against staff members arose last month after student-filmed videos surfaced on social media that appeared to show employees digging around in student’s lockers in a locker room. The continuing investigation could
The program saw a rise in program participation in the last few years, jumping from zero businesses participating in 2013 to 11 businesses in 2015, according to city data. However, the next step is to increase the program’s visibility, Zalmezak said. “We’ve got some more work to do in making sure retailers know this program exists,” he said. In the past five years, 40 projects have been approved within the program. The program provides a financial incentive for property owners and their commercial tenants to reinvest in the appearance of their business or property, Zalmezak said. According to data from the Economic Development Committee, 32 percent of grants disbursed between 2011 and 2016 have gone to businesses in the southern “Chicago/Main/Dempster” area and 27 percent of grants have gone to businesses in downtown Evanston. Although the program expanded to include more possible renovations, restrictions remain. For example, restaurants and national chain stores are not eligible for funding through the program, Zalmezak said. Because of the program’s expansion, Dance Center Evanston, located in the city’s West Village district, will be able to provide a theater to a community that
needs one, founder Béa Rashid, said. The studio has offered dance lessons to people of all ages in the community for more than two decades, but the center has lacked its own theater space for performances. “The one thing that I felt was really lacking within our community is adequate performing space for dance,” Rashid said. In the past, Dance Center Evanston has had to rent space for performances at Northwestern’s Louis Theater or the North Shore Center for the Performing Arts in Skokie, Rashid said, adding that although those spaces are nice, they were expensive and not always available. “It’s really great to be able to go to the next level, which is to actually provide a viable performing space for performing groups,” she said. Zalmezak said looking toward the future, the program is meant to help local retail businesses expand, especially in areas dominated by restaurants and entertainment venues. “We’re trying to incentivize retail in the districts that are doing really well, and then (for) the ones that are a bit more challenging, we’ll consider all business types,” he said. “We still have a lot of work to do.”
possibly implicate a second staff member, ETHS District 202 Board President Pat Savage-Williams told The Daily. The investigation is being led by ETHS officials and the Evanston Police Department, ETHS Superintendent Eric Witherspoon said at Monday’s meeting. The school has had issues in the past with thefts from lockers, Witherspoon said, but the allegations against staff members he said were particularly alarming. “It is pretty disheartening and sickening when there are allegations when the people who indeed are hired and protected to watch over the belongings of our students could possibly be breaking the law and ripping off our students,” he said. “This is not only a school matter, this is a police matter, and the allegations are certainly serious.”
Witherspoon announced several changes in locker policies as a result of the theft allegations, including a new online system for reporting thefts and limiting the possession of a “master key” to the lockers in the locker rooms to the chairperson of the physical education department. Additionally, staff members will only be allowed to go through student’s lockers — locked or unlocked — with at least two witnesses present. Savage-Williams told the Daily that school officials are currently working on how to rebuild trust with students. “We’re all upset about it, and we’re all trying to figure out what we can put into place to keep this from happening again,” she said.
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On Campus Garry Marshall returns for film screening, Q&A Director talks future of romantic comedies, experiences as NU student By MARIANA ALFARO
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Director Garry Marshall (Medill ‘56) said Tuesday that, despite criticisms of the film genre, romantic comedies aren’t going anywhere anytime soon. “They always say it’s over, there’s no more sitcoms, there’s no more rom-coms, but they keep making them,” Marshall said to about 100 people following a screening of his newest movie “Mother’s Day” at Pick-Staiger Concert Hall. “I unfortunately do pictures where nobody flies and they don’t blow things up but … I will continue doing films that I think celebrate the human spirit.” During his career, which spans more than 50 years, Marshall has directed blockbusters such as “Pretty Woman” and “The Princess Diaries” series and created shows such as “Happy Days”
John Stossel announced as College Republicans’ spring speaker
John Stossel, who hosts a show on the Fox Business Network, will speak on campus as College Republicans’ spring speaker this month. In a speech titled “Attack on Freedom,” Stossel will discuss ways “liberty in America is under attack,” examining issues such as immigration, gun control and freedom of speech, according to a news release. The talk will take place in Leverone Hall on May 24. Stossel, a fiscally conservative libertarian, will provide a different perspective than previous College Republican speakers, said McCormick
and “The Odd Couple.” He returned to Northwestern on Tuesday afternoon to participate in a Q&A session hosted by NU’s Arts Circle, where he discussed “Mother’s Day” as well as his time at NU and the future of the TV and film industry. In “Mother’s Day,” a romantic comedy with an ensemble cast including Jennifer Aniston, Jason Sudeikis and Julia Roberts, Marshall explores relationships between women and their mothers, children, husbands and friends in storylines that, in the end, are revealed to be interconnected. The film, which Marshall said hasn’t received the best reviews, currently holds an 8 percent approval rate in movie review site Rotten Tomatoes. Marshall, however, said he does not pay much attention to them. “Julia (Roberts) has a very good picture coming out in two weeks with George Clooney, that will get good reviews, it’s a whole dramatic picture,” he said. “I do light stuff, so I don’t think
the reviews are the same.” During the Q&A, Marshall told the audience that his favorite class as an undergraduate student at NU was a journalism course where he had to finish writing a story under pressure. This, he said, taught him he must continue his work, even in the face of adversity. “I’ve gone through so many problems … but I learned here that you’ve got to finish,” he said. “That’s what it is about, finishing. That has helped me throughout my whole career.” In an interview with The Daily after the event, Marshall said students should leave NU with something they created “under their arm” in order to find better career opportunities. “Have something with you, whatever it may be,” he said. “We don’t do auditions like we used to. … You’ve got to come (and say), ‘Hello, I graduated, here’s all my stuff.’” During the Q&A, Marshall said he is excited to see more women joining the film industry and praised his sister Penny Marshall for being
sophomore David Donnelly, the group’s treasurer. “We kind of wanted to break out this quarter and get a little bit of a fresh voice,” Donnelly said. “(Stossel is) going to talk about a lot of issues that aren’t really talked about often, which is our goal, to bring in speakers who are going to offer a fresher perspective than what we are used to hearing on college campuses.” Stossel hosts Fox Business Network’s “Stossel,” a weekly show that approaches consumer issues from a libertarian point of view. He also appears regularly on Fox News and was previously an anchor for ABC’s show “20/20.” College Republicans hosted former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich in the fall and conservative journalist Katie Pavlich in February. — Kelli Nguyen
the first woman to direct a movie that grossed more than $100 million with “Big” released in 1988. Communication lecturer Zina Camblin, who interviewed Marshall at the event, said it was important for Marshall to emphasize the role of women in the film industry. “There’s still not enough (women); we need more,” she said. “We have such strong young women at Northwestern coming up with so much talent to go out there and knock them dead out in LA.” Danica Rosengren, a Communication senior at the event, said she has been a fan of Marshall for years and was excited to see him return to campus. “‘Princess Diaries’ is one of my favorite childhood films,” she said. “At a really young age I was like, ‘That’s the director I want to work with, and that’s the type of director I want to become.’” alfaro@u.northwestern.edu
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Foods are not unsafe just because they’re ‘chemical’ JOSEPH LAMPS
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At Northwestern, I often see people supporting the popular view that any foods containing “chemical” or “unnatural” ingredients are inherently dangerous. However, this is a harmful stance because it perpetuates falsehoods about nutrition and food production. One issue is the belief that unnatural substances are unhealthy, which incorrectly affects people’s choices about artificial sweeteners. It is popularly believed that aspartame in particular causes cancer, headaches or other health problems. This belief is perpetuated by organizations attempting to sustain this unsubstantiated claim. For example, for just about any Google search on aspartame, mercola.com is the first result, which is an unscientific site claiming that aspartame is “the most dangerous substance on the market that is added to foods.” However, according to the American Cancer Society and the Food and Drug
Administration, all evidence suggests aspartame is safe. Fears about sweeteners are often extended to all chemicals, culminating in the adage, “if you can’t pronounce it, don’t eat it.” This is a piece of advice with no logical basis. There is no reason to believe that if the English language happens to include a simple or colloquial name for a substance, it is safer to eat than a substance with a more complex and scientific name. Undoubtedly, there are many chemical substances with complicated names that are unsafe to eat. However, dismissing all chemical substances discovered in labs as unsafe will at best lead to inconvenience when one has to pick around foods containing artificial chemicals and at worst negatively affect one’s health when opting for foods that contain more “natural” ingredients, such as choosing sugary drinks with real sugar over less sugary diet soda. Another manifestation of people’s fear of unnatural food is the debate surrounding genetically modified foods. We live in a world with seven billion people, a number predicted to reach nearly ten billion by about 2050. This is a two thousand-fold increase from a few thousand years ago. Feeding a growing population
is hard, and about 800 million people currently do not have enough to eat. Moreover, progress on reducing hunger could be stymied in the future by climate change despite remarkable gains over recent decades. Genetically modified foods are a great scientific solution to help improve our ability to efficiently grow more nutritious food. There is no evidence that genetically modified organisms are dangerous to eat — in fact, the United States FDA has confirmed that GMOs are as safe as non-GMO food. This makes sense intuitively, as humans have been genetically modifying food for millennia through artificial selection. Virtually everything we eat has been heavily modified in order to taste better, produce more edible material and be grown on a large scale. Given that modification through selective breeding is widely accepted, modifying genes in laboratories should not scare us. To be sure, I am not claiming that all foods with “artificial chemicals” such as aspartame are healthy, only that these substances in themselves do not pose health risks. GMOs are a promising solution for the world’s economically disadvantaged people, so it is worrying to observe politicians speak
negatively about them. For example, Jill Stein, the presumptive Green Party presidential nominee, says in her platform that she plans to “put a moratorium on GMOs… until they are proven safe.” Instead of fearing GMOs because they are unnatural, people who care about issues such as climate change and the well being of people in poorer areas of the world, often the people supporting candidates such as Stein, should be the strongest proponents of GMO research and use. To believe that a type of food is dangerous solely because it is unnatural is an example of fallacious thinking. There is no inherent link between natural food and good food, and the popular belief that this link exists is dangerous for two reasons. First, it causes us to make poor decisions about our health. Second, it misguides our efforts solving some of the world’s largest and most pressing problems. Joseph Lamps is a Weinberg freshman. He can be reached at josephlamps2019@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.
Chinese-American men need new form of masculinity HENRY CAO
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It is time for Chinese-American men to reclaim our masculinity and clear our minds of prevailing Western conceptions of manhood. Western culture has sculpted a monolith of physical and psychological dominance. American men must conform to and shoulder this burden like Atlas carries the sky. Aside from being an unattainable standard for many, Western masculinity elevates the man at the expense of the woman. Masculinity is more than earning the respect of fellow males and attracting females. It is an entire set of institutions that influence the male psyche. The notion of masculinity is not tangible, but its effects on society are very pervasive. A man’s notion of masculinity is a key determinant in his manner of interpersonal interaction and self identity. Therefore, masculinity is something that we should study very carefully. What is the Chinese conception of
masculinity? Chinese masculinity is a spectrum of personal traits and values. It works in a dualistic system, similar to yin-yang. The two elements are wen and wu. Wen is associated with the gentleman-scholar; wu is associated with the military man. The wen element corresponds with refinement, enlightenment and attractiveness. The wu element comprises brawny disciplines, such as martial arts and warfare. No man is lacking in either wen or wu. Ideally, the scholarly man is no more and no less masculine than the military man. However, wen has been the dominant ideal in Chinese culture for millennia. In Chinese history, the ruling class had been comprised of civil servants, who were the most intellectual people in the land. The warrior class was beneath them. A common saying in China goes, “those who work with their brains rule, those who work with their brawn are ruled.” Ironically, men who follow Western masculinity, which has been embodied in cultural masterpieces such as the Discobolus, would be given less honor as that conferred to the intellectuals in Chinese society. Exploring the intricacies of Chinese masculinity does more than recast our self-image
as Chinese-American men, it creates another bridge between our modern day existence with our culturally rich and ancient heritage. However, there is a problem that immediately arises when accepting Chinese masculinity outright: We are in the U.S., not China. Chinese-American men have continuously faced mockery from mainstream American media and culture. Filmmaker Richard Fung once remarked that the Asian man is defined by a “striking absence down there.” This is related to the 19th-century yellow peril stereotype, which depicted Asian males as foreigners who spoke broken English and practiced strange customs. We could forgo our customs and conform with Western masculine norms, but this will not lead us toward acceptance by American society. Our other choice is to embrace traditional Chinese masculinity, but for Chinese men living in the West, this would further perpetuate emasculating myths, since Chinese masculinity has a strong component of scholarship. Neither path is gratifying. We cannot cling to either contemporary Western or traditional Chinese masculinity. My hope is that the Chinese-American community can have an open discussion about gender
identity. There are so many questions that we have to answer. First and foremost, how can we earn the respect of the American community if we cannot recognize our unique identity as Chinese-Americans? Chinese-American males cannot overcome emasculating stereotypes by subscribing to stereotypical Western masculinity, because you can’t conquer one stereotype by conforming to another. Chinese masculinity gives us the tools necessary to deconstruct our current perspectives of masculinity by letting us celebrate our unique identities. Through perseverance, we can create a cultural space in our society where Chinese-American men can openly and safely celebrate male identity. In a country where we supposedly tolerate differences in culture, it is tragic that Chinese-American men are not afforded the same dignity as their American counterparts. Henry Cao is a Weinberg sophomore. He can be reached at henrycao2018@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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first open but did not reapply after Masoom’s nomination was rejected. O’Neil, who said he has never served on the student life committee, said he didn’t think he was passed over solely because of his affiliation with the Syed ticket, but that he was “disappointed” with Masoom’s potential nomination. “Any winning ticket has the right to fill the exec board with the people they want,” O’Neil said. “Something that is somewhat troubling to me is that, in some cases, maybe not the most qualified person got the position.” Rappoport and Cilento said the campaign that an applicant supported was not a factor. Rappoport, a Weinberg junior, said the selection committee had people that endorsed both campaigns or neither of the campaigns, and that led to a more fair selection process. Rappoport and Cilento declined to comment on the deliberation about candidates, but Rappoport said involvement in the student life committee could
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Israel without the consideration of the moral aspect of their actions.” Michael Simon, executive director of Hillel, told The Daily the week’s events will present various perspectives on the Jewish state to engage more students and allow them to reflect on how they relate to Israel. He said this effort was a response to intense debates among NU students regarding the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. “It’s certainly not a quiet topic when it comes to Israel on campus,” Simon said. “It’s still important that
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Panelists also said organizing behind student causes can be difficult when most students are only on campus for nine months of the year. However, Nesbitt said community organizing is worth the struggle. “It’s a messy world out there,” he said. “The older I get the more I realize how complex it is, but how worthwhile it is to be totally engaged in a struggle.” Educate Discuss Unite’s external programming coordinator Matthew Fulle, a Communication junior, said the event was meant to be a forum for
WEDNESDAY, MAY 11, 2016 be seen as both a positive and a negative, and that he admired Masoom’s vision for improving student life, specifically for marginalized students. “Each time she re-interviewed, I felt her sincerity even more vividly,” Rappoport said. “That is something that can be missed in talking in front of Senate for 20 minutes. I think that it will shine through (Wednesday).” In an email obtained by The Daily, Rappoport wrote to Schwartz that the “candidate pool was very competitive.” Rappoport declined to comment about the number of applications received for the position. Experience in a given committee was only one factor considered when reviewing applications, Cilento said. “Even if I, as president, were really pulling for certain people, my vote is, at the end of the day, only one vote,” Cilento said. “Macs and I weighed each candidate based on the same qualities and the rest of the selection committee did as well. Who we ended up choosing was not based on any sort of political allegiance.” ericasnow2019@u.northwestern.edu we mark Israel Independence Day, but that we do it in a thoughtful way.” Israel Independence Day begins Wednesday at sundown. In the larger debate over the conflict, Chanes said Americans don’t discuss Zionism enough, and that challenging conversations like this help reveal misunderstandings about the term. “People can be 100 percent anti-occupation, antioppression and anti-racist and still believe in Jewish cultural peoplehood,” Chanes told The Daily, “because it’s not just one thing.” juliadoran2018@u.northwestern.edu both activists and nonactivists. Fulle moderated the event and said the panel was intended to include multiple viewpoints, including the administration. “We wanted to have a discussion about activism as a form of influence and as a way to change the status quo on campus,” Fulle told The Daily. “I want the non-activists walking out the door to be able to talk about activism differently, and I want the activists to be very understanding of some of the challenges that are coming from the other side.” samkrevlin2019@u.northwestern.edu
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Senior Josh Jamieson looks to close out his golf career on a high note By JOSEPH WILKINSON
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Senior Josh Jamieson has been around the game of golf for his whole life, but he will be walking away from competitive play soon. Jamieson, who grew up around golf in St. Andrews in Scotland, has been playing almost since birth. Now he looks to wrap up his college career by leading the Wildcats in the NCAA Regional Tournament in Stillwater, Oklahoma later this month, with eyes on the NCAA Championships in Eugene, Oregon. “There’s not much else to do in St. Andrews than play golf, so you might as well,” Jamieson said. “I always kind of joke that growing up in St. Andrews, the level I’m at is maybe the worst I could be, because you’ve got so many great facilities and great courses around, so if you put in any kind of effort you’re going to end up a pretty solid player.” This self-assessment, however, may be a bit harsh. Plenty of Scottish players have the opportunity to play St. Andrews, but not all of them have birdied all 18 holes on all seven courses around the area. Jamieson said he believes he finally completed this quest a few years ago when he birdied the famous Road Hole, No. 17 on the Old Course at St. Andrews. “It’s not easy,” Jamieson said. “I just kind of figured that after I’d done that, I’d done it all. I wasn’t really sort of keeping count, but I could picture myself having done it on every hole other than that. I knew that I hadn’t birdied 17 until recently.” Birdieing the Road Hole isn’t Jamieson’s only accomplishment from his time as a junior golfer in Scotland. He also won the Scottish Boys’ Strokeplay Championship at age 17. The victory opened up new doors for Jamieson, who was soon recruited to Northwestern by then-assistant coach David Inglis, a fellow Scotsman who Jamieson already knew of after his impressive amateur career in Scotland.
“At that point he still wasn’t sure if he was going to come to the U.S. or not,” Inglis said. “Having watched him initially and talking to his coach I really tried to do my best to convince him that coming to the U.S. and playing at Northwestern was the best option for him.” In addition to the possibility of playing for Inglis and then-head coach Pat Goss, Jamieson was enticed by the opportunity to get out of his comfort zone and take advantage of all the opportunities that college sports in the U.S. had to offer. Jamieson also learned some surprising family history in his journey to NU. “My grandmother actually grew up in Evanston, which we didn’t know until we looked into it a little bit more,” Jamieson said. “She grew up on Library Place, just opposite campus. I walk past her house every day, it’s kind of a crazy coincidence.” Although his grandmother no longer lived in Evanston, Jamieson did have have someone else who he could look to for close companionship as he transitioned to life at NU. Jamieson’s freshman roommate was fellow golfer Andrew Whalen, and the two got along well enough that they reunited to live together again senior year. As the only seniors on the roster, the two are now attempting to lead the Cats to the team’s first NCAA Championship since 2011. If NU is to achieve that goal, it is going to need some of the impressive ball-striking Jamieson has demonstrated throughout his college career. “He’s one of the best tee-to-green players I’ve played with,” Whalen said. “He doesn’t really hit any bad shots. His iron play is just really, really solid.” Jamieson has turned in clutch performances in the past, including a record 6-under par 29 on the back nine of the Gifford Intercollegiate during his sophomore year, the only 29 in program history. That round powered NU into the final group with then-No. 1 Alabama on the final day, giving the Cats a shot at the tournament title. “I’ll probably never replicate that again, but that was certainly cool,” Jamieson said.
“There’s been a few good rounds and a few good memories playing, but that one probably sticks out.” By his junior year, Jamieson was a member of the team’s lineup at every tournament, and led the squad in four of those tournaments. His senior year has been more up-anddown than previous years, but he again came up clutch at the Big Ten Championships, shooting three straight even par rounds to help NU tie for sixth and earn the regional bid. “I’ve got it going a few times,” Jamieson said. “I’ve played really well at times, but I’ve not really finished it off this year, for one reason or another. There’s been a lot of really solid rounds, but nothing too flashy, sadly, this year, which is what I’ve kind of been missing.” Although Jamieson may not have turned in a singular special round this year, he has performed an impressive turnaround. After struggling to begin the year, he has finished in the top-20 in his past four tournaments, including the Big Tens. For Jamieson, this year has been about more than just golf though — it’s also about enjoying his final year of college with his friends. “You can be anywhere in the world, you can be in San Antonio, which is a horrible place,” Jamieson said, “but you’re with some of your best friends in the whole world, and it’s all been amazing. It’s been an unbelievable experience, and it’s the whole package really.” Unlike his former teammate Matt Fitzpatrick, Jamieson will not be turning pro, instead opting to pursue a career in sports management. Just because his competitive career is ending, however, doesn’t mean Jamieson will be walking away from the game he has loved since he was a boy in Scotland. “I love the game, and I’m a huge golf fan,” Jamieson said. “It’s important to me that I keep in touch with the game, whether it’s through my job or playing, and also keep in touch with Northwestern golf.” josephwilkinson2019@u.northwestern.edu
Q&A: President Schapiro reflects on Wildcat football DAILY SPORTS STAFF
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Coming off a 10-win season, Northwestern football has turned several heads. With two players drafted to the NFL last month and multiple primetime games on the schedule for next season, there is plenty of buzz about what the future holds for the Wildcats. During an interview with The Daily, University President Morton Schapiro reflected on the 2015 season and looked ahead to next year. The Daily: The NFL Draft recently happened and Dean Lowry and Dan Vitale both got drafted. What was your reaction to watching that happen? Schapiro: It was great. I think I was in Qatar, so I was trying to follow it to see — I was hoping Danny would go in the fifth, not the sixth, but I was thrilled that Dean went in the (fourth). Because you know Danny was the second ranked fullback … so I think he’s in a good position. I think the Packers are the perfect fit for Dean so yeah, I’m really, really excited about having a fourth and a sixth rounder, because we had (Ibraheim) Campbell and (Trevor) Siemian, so last year we had — was that a fifth and a seventh,
right? — yeah, I think it was a fifth and a seventh, and now we went up to a fourth and a sixth, and you next year, we have all kinds of potential for next year and the year after. … A couple of years ago, nobody was drafted, and I remember Fitz said to me, ‘I don’t think that’s going to happen again.” … And to see Ibraheim do really well, and obviously Trevor to get a Super Bowl ring — you know, I was a little disappointed to see the Broncos draft a quarterback, but I think Trevor’s gonna beat him out. I think Trevor’s gonna start. I like that kid. I just love that kid. And I love Dean and Danny. I said to both of them at the Outback Bowl … you know I live and die with my Patriots, but my second favorite team is going to be wherever you go, wherever you go. So now I’ll be rooting for the Packers and I’ll be rooting for … Tampa Bay. The Daily: It was just announced that in September there’s going to be night games against Duke and Nebraska. Are you excited for the primetime games? Schapiro: Don’t forget The Ohio State, that’s a 4:30 p.m. game, but 5:30 p.m. in Ohio. So three primetime games so far. Isn’t that pretty incredible? So last year, people don’t expect
anything from us. I mean, how many prime-time games did we have? … So we already have three primetime games. I’m just thrilled. … To have three games already singled out, and who knows what’s going to happen. We’re at Iowa. How about Michigan State, are you kidding me? That should be the ABC national game. The Nebraska kickoff ’s 6:30 our time, Duke 7, and the Ohio State 4:30. So I’m excited about that. The Daily: Does Northwestern have any control over the night games? Schapiro: No, we have no control. We give that up and (for) most of them we don’t know until the Monday of the week before the game, so we try to set Homecoming, we don’t even know. So we’re waiting … 11 days before the game, 12 days before the game is when we first find out the time. We find out that Monday morning. The Daily: What was your favorite moment of the year? Schapiro: One of the high points for me this year was after we beat Duke, and it was kind of hot in the locker room, so I went over into the media room … and they brought in
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MR. PRESIDENT Morton Schapiro cheers on the football team. NU’s president is an avid fan and follower of the school’s various teams.
the different players to be interviewed. … Dean comes in, so they ask him “What’s it like to beat Stanford and now beat Duke?” and he had the greatest answer. He said, “You know what’s really good? These are our academic peers. These are great private
research universities. It’s always great to beat someone with a great football reputation, but to beat schools with these academic reputations.” It was such a great answer. This interview was edited for brevity.