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NU endowment could be taxed New figure puts Northwestern in higher threshold By ALAN PEREZ
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Kyle Queiro tiptoes down the sideline on an interception return. The senior safety scored a touchdown on the return to help Northwestern to a Music City Bowl victory.
Wildcats survive losing several key playmakers in 24-23 bowl win By MAX SCHUMAN
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The road to victory was a rocky one, filled with twists and turns. But as the clock ran out on the 2017 season, Northwestern, once again,
NU receives most-ever early applications
Northwestern received a record number of applications in both the Early Decision and regular applicant pools, and anticipates a decline in acceptance rates for both groups, University officials told The Daily. After receiving the most Early Decision applications in its history this year, the University admitted 1,072 early applicants into the class of 2022 on Dec. 14, associate provost for University admissions Michael Mills told The Daily in an email. Early applications for firstyear students totaled 4,049, making the Early Decision acceptance rate about 26 percent. This is slightly down from last year’s Early Decision acceptance rate of 28 percent, Mills said. The number of students admitted through Early Decision represents another record high for the school, a University spokesman told The Daily in an
found a way to get it done. In a Music City Bowl marred by injury and questionable officiating decisions, the No. 21 Wildcats (10-3, 7-2 Big Ten) clung to a narrow lead for much of the game and outlasted Kentucky (7-6, 4-4 SEC) 24-23 on Friday. A serious leg injury to junior quarterback Clayton Thorson early in the game email. NU is targeting an incoming class of 1,925 first-year students, Mills said, and projects that around 54 percent of that class will be filled by the newly-admitted early applicants — though the number who will attend NU is not final because Early Decision students can withdraw based on financial burden. The class of 2020 was the first in which Early Decision students made up more than half of the incoming first-year class. The proportion of NU’s entering class coming from Early Decision has been roughly 50 to 54 percent for the past five years, according to University officials. NU is “comfortable” with that level but “(does) not wish to see it go any higher at this time,” the spokesman said. Overall, NU had received 40,418 first-year applications for Fall 2018 as of Monday, Mills said, representing an alltime high for the University and about an 8.5 percent increase » See ADMISSIONS, page 6
hampered NU’s offense, but a slew of timely defensive plays helped secure the Cats’ victory in spite of the adversity. The final key play came on a do-or-die 2-point conversion for Kentucky with just 37 seconds remaining. NU’s defense forced a tough throw from quarterback Stephen Johnson that hit receiver
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Tavin Richardson’s hands and fell incomplete, clinching a bowl victory for a program that has now seen just four in its history. Following Thorson’s secondquarter injury on a trick play, the Cats turned to Justin Jackson as they have so many times before. » See BOWL GAME, page 6
Newly-published figures by the Northwestern Investment Office indicate the University’s endowment has reached the threshold for a new endowment tax enacted Dec. 22 as part of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. University officials are still uncertain, however, what impact the tax will have on NU. The Office published on its website that the endowment had grown to roughly $10.5 billion at the end of August 2017, completing the fiscal year with a 6.7 percent growth rate — up from last year’s $9.8 billion value. The new figure suggests NU could join other private colleges — those with more than 500 students and assets with a market value of at least $500,000 per full-time equivalent student — in paying the 1.4% excise tax on
annual net investment income. The University currently reports 20,500 full-time equivalent students, meaning its assets have an estimated value of $510,000 per student. This figure could qualify NU for the tax beginning as early as next year. Jonathan Yates, director of media relations for NU, told The Daily last week it wasn’t clear if the University would be immediately subject to the tax. The previously-reported figure of $9.8 billion would have placed the endowment’s value at roughly $480,000 per student — just under the tax threshold. Al Cubbage, vice president for University relations, echoed Yates’s uncertainty in a Friday email to The Daily. Despite the new figure, he said, it’s still unclear to the University whether it will begin paying the tax this upcoming year. However, it looks like NU will eventually face the tax. “We anticipate that the University would be (subject to the tax) in subsequent years, assuming the endowment continues to grow,” Cubbage said. “When that occurs, we’ll pay the tax. But we don’t know precisely what the impact may be.” » See TAX, page 6
Aldermen vote on harassment policy City adopts changes following new Illinois-wide requirement By KEERTI GOPAL
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One week before the state deadline, Evanston aldermen voted unanimously in favor of adopting a new city sexual harassment policy in accordance with recent changes to Illinois law. The resolution follows state legislation passed in November, mandating that all governmental units enact new sexual harassment policies by Jan. 15. The act requires policies to include four main components: a prohibition of sexual harassment, details on procedures for reporting harassment, protection against retaliation towards harassment reporters and consequences for both violating prohibition and knowingly making a false report.
The resolution adheres to the Illinois Human Rights Act’s definition of sexual harassment and utilizes the Illinois Whistleblower Act to protect employees reporting violations of regulations from employer retaliation. It is a distinct change from Evanston’s previous policy, which human resources division manager Jennifer Lin said was much less extensive. “The previous policy was a few paragraphs that were in the personnel manual,” Lin told The Daily. “Now a stand-alone policy is required by state law. Lin said the new policy’s main changes include adding examples of different kinds of sexual harassment — such as verbal, nonverbal, sexting and texting — and adding details on various ways to report harassment. Ald. Robin Rue Simmons
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Ald. Robin Rue Simmons (6th) thinks at a City Council meeting. Aldermen adopted a new sexual harassment policy to comply with a new state law at the meeting Monday.
(5th) told The Daily that the current national climate, with harassment infiltrating government, entertainment and business, has raised awareness about the importance of such policies.
“I have no knowledge of any issues (in Evanston) relative to sexual harassment,” Rue Simmons said. “But I think » See HARASSMENT, page 6
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AROUND TOWN Decision on 601 Davis delayed at developer request By SAMANTHA HANDLER
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Aldermen tabled a vote at Monday’s City Council meeting on a proposed 33-story development at 601 Davis St. until Jan. 22 after the developer asked for more time on the project. Ald. Melissa Wynne (3rd) told The Daily that it is not unusual for an applicant to request a proposal be held on short notice before a council meeting. She added that developers occasionally decide they want to make changes to their applications because of feedback they have received from community members or City Council. “I know many people came out tonight because they believe this is an important item on the agenda,” Wynne said at the meeting. “My recommendation would be to save your comments, and on Jan. 22 when we will be giving this the due and proper time it deserves.” The developer –– Vermilion Development –– submitted a plan for a 318-unit residential building with 7,481 square feet of commercial space and 176 parking spaces. To accommodate its size, the development plans to incorporate the existing University Building and build on the vacant lot next to it. However, the Plan Commission recommended that the city deny approval of the
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Accents Plus, 601 Davis St. Aldermen delayed the vote on the proposed development at that location after the developer asked for more time on the project.
development. According to city documents, the proposal does not meet the standard guidelines of the Inclusionary Housing Ordinance. To comply, developers can make 10 percent of their total units affordable, make a fee-in-lieu payment,
suggest an alternative equivalent proposal or petition for a reduction of the requirements. The developer suggested an alternative equivalent proposal of four affordable housing units and a $1.5 million payment to a local nonprofit –– St. Vincent De Paul –– that
room, Evanston police Cmdr. Joseph Dugan said. Security detained the suspect until police arrived on the scene. Police searched the women and discovered a Qur’an, a baby Jesus statue and a prayer rug all belonging to the hospital, Dugan said. She was charged with property theft.
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will work with the developer on creating a rental assistance and homelessness prevention program. The Housing and Grants staff said in a city memo the alternate proposal is not a sufficient plan and suggested adding either 32 affordable units or making a $3.2 million fee-in-lieu payment to the affordable housing fund to comply. Doug Sharp, a member of Reclaim Evanston — an organization dedicated to fighting for economic, racial and gender equality — said at the meeting that he came to speak against the project because he believes it could negatively impact affordable housing in the city. . Sharp said approval of the project could weaken the ordinance, and he does not understand why the city is still considering the proposal. “The thing that really concerns us at Reclaim is that consideration of this proposal and all the other proposals before it is taking valuable time away from developing a coherent and comprehensive housing plan for Evanston,” Sharp said. “We’re getting nickel-and-dimed in our time to attend to the broader picture of what we’re doing with affordable housing.” The plan will need a two-thirds supermajority to pass on Jan. 22 since the current proposal exceeds the city’s building height and floor area ratio requirements. samanthahandler2021@u.northwestern.edu
POLICE BLOTTER Woman arrested at Saint Francis Hospital, charged with two counts of theft
Police arrested a 48-year-old Skokie woman Saturday at Presence Saint Francis Hospital in connection with two counts of theft. A hospital employee had alerted security after he noticed a woman wearing a sweatshirt and backpack that he had left in the employee locker
68-year-old man arrested in downtown Evanston in connection
A 68-year-old Evanston man was arrested Thursday in downtown Evanston and charged with aggravated domestic battery. A 66-year-old Evanston woman said she was reading in her kitchen when her husband began hitting her in the head with a frying pan, Dugan said. The woman said her husband put a plastic bag
around her head until she fought him off. He then tried to choke her. When she was able to break free from his hold again, she called 911, she told police. The woman was admitted to Evanston Hospital with “bruises and bumps,” Dugan said. Police charged the man with two counts of battery and two counts of domestic battery. — Julia Esparza
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ON CAMPUS Renovated Willard Hall opens doors By ALEXIS WHITE
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After more than a year of construction, Willard Hall opened its newly renovated spaces to students this week. The renovations began in August 2016, after which Willard Residential College was relocated to 1835 Hinman. Before Winter Break, Hinman residents packed up their belongings, which were stored and delivered to Willard before winter quarter began. Willard Hall was built in 1938, but Residential Services executive director Jennifer Luttig-Komrosky told Th e Daily that this was its first major renovation other than small minor changes. The changes are part of the Housing Master Plan, which has ongoing renovations scheduled for various residence and dining halls across campus. Paul Riel, assistant vice president of Residential and Dining Services and project manager for the Willard renovations, said they tried to maintain the older look of the building while still installing new, modern electrical work and plumbing. The renovations team now only needs to finish the new faculty apartment on the first floor and is waiting to see if the building needs any touch-ups, he said. “There’s a real intentional effort to make the building look like it was built in the 1930s,” Riel said. “What’s new here is new, but hopefully it looks like it’s part of the space.” He added that the new basement area — open to students from other residential buildings — includes a reopened Fran’s Café and an “engagement center,” which houses a 24-hour collaboration room with whiteboards and televisions, a fitness center and a classroom that transforms into a theater or catering space. The first floor, for residents only, has a lounge with a fireplace, large table and full kitchen.
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Willard Hall, 1865 Sherman Ave., was reopened to students this week after over a year of renovations. The residential college was housed in 1835 Himnan during construction.
Weinberg fifth-year Newlin Weatherford lives in the newly-reopened building and also lived in the old Willard Hall. He said some of the biggest changes have been the new lighting, radiators with better temperature controls and the removal of the dining hall from the basement. “Willard had this homey feel, especially with the dining hall,” Weatherford, also the residential college’s president, told The Daily. “There’s a fireplace still, but everything was more dimly lit — I would say like a lodge atmosphere as opposed to this brightly lit engagement center
space.” Communication freshman Hailey Brunson said with all the new features, the move from Hinman to Willard was worth the inconvenience. “Most colleges don’t have dorms this nice. (Hinman) felt like what I should expect for college. It’s like a hotel in (Willard),” Brunson said. “I’ve given five FaceTime tours to my friends and family, and they’re like, ‘Why do you live in a palace?’”
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LETTER FROM THE EDITOR
In today’s news world, this Opinion desk welcomes every voice
I couldn’t figure out how to start this column. Since the last day of publication in the fall, so much has happened: from the passage of the Republican tax bill, to further challenges against immigration as hundreds of thousands of Salvadoran immigrants lose their protected status, to heightened conversations about sexual assault and harassment and the creation of Time’s Up by women in Hollywood — and that’s only within the United States. Entering my second quarter as The Daily’s Opinion Editor, I’m excited for the potential this section has to spark dialogue on campus. But I also understand that many of these issues require serious care. Lately, I’ve felt like I can’t even keep up with everything that’s happening in the U.S. and throughout the world. Before I even begin to understand one shocking news notification,
another one pops up. For me, it has been hard to process a lot of what’s happening both in the world and in my own life at times because of how quickly a new breaking story takes the front page. But this desk should serve as a way for members of the Northwestern community to speak their minds, process what’s happening and spark a greater dialogue on what matters to them. When I joined Opinion last winter, I did so because I had things on my mind — topics I saw weren’t being written about, concerns that weren’t being addressed at NU. I wanted to talk about things that mattered to me, especially in the context of my own identity as a black man. And when I was applying to be Opinion Editor for the first time this past fall, my biggest focus was bringing greater diversity into the group of writers — from more people of color to more women to more non-liberal writers — at this desk. And that’s still my focus now. If you have something to say, I want to hear it. Still, I understand that many campus publications haven’t always had the best reputation for handling nuanced issues that impact
marginalized communities and I’m fully aware that many people don’t always feel properly represented by The Daily. Even within the newsroom myself, there’s been times I’ve felt the same way. But for this quarter while I’m Opinion Editor, I’ll always be cognizant of the impact writers’ words can have by making others feel isolated, tokenized or forgotten on campus, whether intentionally or not. Microaggressions or hate against others has no place on this page. That doesn’t mean you’ll always agree with every column that comes out of this section — I don’t always either. But I’m committed to making this desk a space where people of all identities and backgrounds can feel comfortable sharing their opinions and not feel blatantly disrespected or targeted by what they read. This quarter, I’m also planning to work to make The Spectrum a more prominent part of this section. In 2014, The Spectrum was created as a space for marginalized students on campus to share their stories, perspectives and thoughts on issues that occur on and beyond NU. Recently, however, The Spectrum hasn’t always been a large focus, and the section no longer
has separate editors. But I just want to say that it’s still a fundamentally important part of the Opinion page. I encourage anyone interested in writing a column or personal piece to reach out — no one is expected to represent their identity group, but your words are valuable. Ultimately, the Opinion section should strive to highlight and represent the diversity of voices in the Northwestern community. And with that, I’m open to any suggestions, criticisms and concerns about this section and its content. While I plan to take a deeper look into what can be improved within Opinion myself, I also want to hear what you want to see changed. I’ll listen. Your opinions matter. With so many jarring news alerts every day, it’s often easy to feel overwhelmed or just sit back and complain about what’s going on. Taking time to actively reflect on what’s happening, work to process it and share what you have to say is so much harder. But now more than ever, it’s so important to speak up and make your voice heard. — Troy Closson, Opinion Editor
Don’t dismiss ‘The Silence Breakers,’ deserving honorees LEO SAINATI
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In mid-December, Richard Cohen, an Opinion writer for The Washington Post, published a column titled “Who really should have been Time’s Person of the Year.” Curious as to who could possibly deserve more recognition than the thousands of women and men who “broke the silence” on sexual harassment, I succumbed to the clickbait and was thoroughly shocked at what I read. In the opening paragraph, Cohen writes that what was originally the “Man of the Year” award is now “six women — ‘the silence breakers’ who spoke up about sexual harassment.” Cohen graciously conceded that this “was a worthy choice,” but argues that he instead “would have picked Oliver Schmidt. He took a bullet for Volkswagen.” There are many things to unpack, but I’ll start
with the reference to “six women.” Cohen falsely diminishes “The Silence Breakers” to just six women. This in itself is emblematic of how Cohen fails to truly grasp what “The Silence Breakers” actually represent. The “Silence Breakers” are not just the women selected to be on the Time cover who spoke up about sexual harassment, but are the thousands of women and men, whether anonymously or publicly, who put their job, safety, reputation and life on the line to challenge the prevailing culture of sexual misconduct, harassment and assault. Cohen’s pick, Schmidt, a Volkswagen executive who took the fall in that company’s emissions scandal, was chosen out of irony; Cohen calls him “hardly a man at all.” Confusing, right? My problem with this article does not concern the actual award; while Time’s Person of the Year award can be an immense honor, its recognition and effect are of greater importance. Through framing his critique of Schmidt in the context of Time’s heightened recognition for the movement against sexual harassment, Cohen tramples on those who
came forward and puts down those who risked so much just to make a seemingly witty take on complicity in the Trump era.
grandfather hid the deepest memories, thoughts and lessons in the unlikeliest places. And thus, the jokes. Take this one: a young Soviet graduate student with a tiny stipend and his mother to feed looks for work. Jobs are scarce; he has no luck until he checks at the zoo. The director says, “Look, there’s no zookeeping work, but our orangutan just died. You know the USSR, they’ll send us another one in three years and it might not even be an orangutan. If you want, I’ll pay you to wear a costume and act like an ape.” Our hero agrees. A few weeks later, a lion finds its way into the ape enclosure. The student runs up a tree to escape, only to hear the lion growl: “Psst – what department are you in?” I heard that joke when I was 13 and thought it was hilarious, silly, then hilarious again, long after I’d left Northwestern and completed grad school. Over the years, I realized that the real story here isn’t the silly setup or the punch-line or the Soviet experience or what we do to make ends meet. No, the point is that in nearly all our lives, we will suffer unfathomable ridicule and indignity, terrific blows to the ego as we attempt to provide for our loved ones. It’s not enough to brave those slings
and arrows of outrageous fortune, the joke teaches us. No, to fulfill our responsibility, we must conquer indignity, provide for our loved ones, but make it seem as if it’s nothing. That was my grandfather’s lesson. I don’t know how he did it, made it all look so easy. This man fought Nazis, found love with my grandmother as a Jew in Soviet, Islamic Azerbaijan. An engineer who designed five mass transit systems in the USSR, he worked in Detroit at age 65 as a handyman. He spoke little English back then, and earned almost no money, but he squirreled away enough to buy me chocolate, presenting it to me with magic tricks invented on the spot. He taught me math on the backs of clipped coupon books and smuggled a bicycle — a BICYCLE! — out of the Soviet Union in a standard-issue suitcase so I’d learn to ride. How did a 92-year-old man make being the rock of a family look so easy? The answer was simple: For him, making it look easy was just part of the assignment because removing every bit of anxiety from every friend, colleague, and family member — that was his responsibility. And so, when, one quiet evening three months
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The ‘Silence Breakers’ are not just the women selected to be on the Time cover who spoke up about sexual harassment. Leo Sainati, Columnist
Cohen’s mention of Schmidt’s claim that his actions were just “following orders” with his actions to the increasing gaggle of Republicans claiming the same is insightful. However, it is sorely out of place and has no reason to even mention “The Silence
Breakers.” In fact, Cohen’s article would have been far less confusing if it simply followed its criticism of Schmidt, Volkswagen and ultimately President Donald Trump. Cohen, and many others, will probably see his article as an apparently harmless critique of complicity in today’s politics. But this lack of awareness is part of what has constructed the culture which “The Silence Breakers” challenged. Whether intentional or not, Cohen, like so many others, undermined women by diminishing the significance of their actions. Despite the prevailing message of the article, its title is still “Who really should have been Time’s Person of the Year.” Leo Sainati is a SESP freshman. He can be contacted at leosainati2021@u.northwestern.edu. If you would like to respond publicly to this op-ed, 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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In memory of Fayvus Naroditski, a strong, caring grandfather
It’s odd how the greatest insight I can get into my grandfather’s perspective on life is through his jokes. Don’t get me wrong, he’s no reserved man, not even in his 90s. A lot of old people try to hide the countless tiny indignities — lost memories, the body’s failure to match the vigor of intentions, even innocuous wrinkles — with a wave of the hand or a sheepish smile. My grandfather, in his 90s, chose another way. He barreled through limitations: walking miles daily despite increasing joint pain; reading more and more books to reinforce his mind’s fortress; speaking constantly with strangers and friends. In suburban Wilmette, this old Soviet man with broken English and an eternal grey windbreaker was recognizable to four generations of neighbors. Every action was a clear, deliberate statement to old age: no thanks, I’m not done. Like any good Soviet-educated person, my
ago, we learned he’d been hit by a careless driver on Green Bay Road just a mile north of Northwestern, we could only believe it when we learned he was walking back from the grocery because family was flying to Chicago the next day and he wanted his beef cutlets to be fresh. He didn’t tell us about his night walk, because it wouldn’t look easy, and we’d worry. That was him; it fit the picture too much for it to be some mistake. And when he was gone, just half an hour later, as I held his bleeding hand, I realized the only thing that’s easy in life is the exit. This isn’t about depressing you, just as Chicago’s infamous winter draws close and you spend more time indoors and your parents tell you to call your grandparents. And while I’d love it if Northwestern students became champions of safe driving, this isn’t about that either. If it’s anything, it’s a Northwestern alum who loved his grandfather, saying that there are a lot of things I wish I could have made look easy. Hopefully you’ll all be better, and I think you are. And also, you should call your grandparents. — Nick Naroditski (Weinberg ’09)
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Zcruit acquisition makes history for The Garage By PETER WARREN
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An article about Zcruit was published Dec. 19 on The Daily Northwestern’s website. Zcruit, a sports analytics company started by Northwestern students in 2015 that focuses on improving college football recruiting methods, has been acquired by Reigning Champs, a college-recruiting network. The acquisition is the first time a company incubated at Northwestern’s startup hub, The Garage, has been bought by an outside business, according to Elisabeth Wright, marketing specialist at The Garage.
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(We are) fortunate with all the supportive people we have had around us and ... for how timing has worked out on everything. Ben Weiss Zcruit CEO
“We are not getting acquired off what we currently have or where we are currently at,” Zcruit CEO Ben Weiss (SESP ’17) said. “We are getting acquired because we developed a really great base and foundation that has the potential to be something really big and exciting.” Started in 2015, Zcruit works with college football programs to identify potential recruits and predict their likelihood of signing with a program. Zcruit currently offers two products. The first product is the analytic tool, which has three parts. The tool identifies potential athletes, forecasts which students will accept their offers and gives schools news updates on recruiting. Over the summer, Zcruit took the news aspect of the tool and made it its own product, called Zmail.
With the acquisition complete, Weiss says he is looking forward to “phase two” of Zcruit. This includes attending the American Football Coaches Association conference in early January, recruiting a full-time staff of five, including Weiss, and developing a better product. “Because of this opportunity, it opened up our mind to a much greater vision to where this can go with a lot more resources to draw from, to build from and to grow upon,” Weiss said. Fourteen Division I college football teams currently use and pay for Zcruit. This includes nine teams from Power Five conferences, three teams from the Ivy League, two Power Five conference champions and one team competing in the upcoming College Football Playoff. Weiss and fellow co-founder Danny Baker (Weinberg ’17) both said that one of the most important factors in the success of Zcruit is The Garage. “We could not have gotten to where we were today if not for The Garage,” Baker said. In addition to giving Zcruit a space to work, The Garage provided the Zcruit team with mentors, resources and capital to help the company grow and succeed, according to Weiss and Baker. Wright said the incubator expects only 10 percent of students to pursue their startups fulltime after graduation. Of those who do continue their startups, Wright said people in the Garage expect them to do great things. “For us, it is super exciting to see a student (Weiss) that we know so well have such a big accomplishment,” Wright said. Weiss, who had the original idea for Zcruit, is the only member of the original Zcruit team still working on the product. He said he is excited for the future of the product and the opportunity to make it grow even more. “We are really fortunate about this opportunity that has come our way, fortunate with all the supportive people we have had around us and fortunate for how timing has worked out on everything,” Weiss said. peterwarren2021@u.northwestern.edu
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From page 1 Critics have said that impact may include a decrease in financial aid for low-income students and fewer donations, as some may prefer money meant to fund the University not go to the federal government. Cubbage declined to comment further, saying some answers to questions were unavailable due to office closures for the winter recess. Whether NU pays the levy for the 2018 tax year, he said, will depend on how the federal government
McCormick professor develops tiny gadget to detect UV radiation
Ultraviolet light detection may soon be at — or in — our fingertips. In collaboration with L’Oréal, McCormick Prof. John Rogers has developed what he says is the world’s smallest wearable device. The gadget, which will allow users to track their exposure to UV radiation, has the diameter of an M&M, the thickness of a credit card and weighs about two-tenths of a gram, he said. Rogers’ “UV Sense” runs off solar energy, making it the first battery-free device of its kind. It can be placed anywhere on the body, but Rogers is focused on the thumbnail because he said it is a great location to measure radiation exposure. He added that the low-cost device is different
TUESDAY, JANUARY 9, 2018 defines three key terms: the base year, the endowment and the number of students.h The reported figure of 20,500 NU students is based on the commonly used metric of full-time equivalent students, which calculates the number of average full-time students by taking into account the course load of part-time students. Though it’s likely the federal government will continue to use this measure, the language remains vague and the Internal Revenue Service has not yet released clarifying information about the new law. The law defines the number of students as the “daily average number of full-time students.” The
metric would take into account part-time students “on a full-time student equivalent basis.” What assets will be considered part of the endowment is also unclear. The law calculates the value of endowment at the end of the tax year using the “aggregate fair market value of the assets,” excluding those “that are used directly in carrying out the institution’s exempt purpose.” The IRS said in a statement it is withholding guidelines for the new tax law until January.
from other comparable gadgets because it operates continuously, while being more accurate and less bulky. “We’re less interested in a new consumer widget and much more interested into a technology that can be adopted and used in a way that reduces skin cancer,” Rogers said. Rogers teamed up with the beauty giant to develop the wearable device. He said the company is the “best partner” because they provide the marketing experience and manufacturing capacity to offer the device on a large scale. The device will connect to a smartphone app, which will track users’ exposure over time and suggest changes to how long they spend in the sun, Rogers said. The gadget is the latest fusion of the technology and health care industries as new tools aim to transform how consumers track and manage their health. Rogers said he hopes the invention will reduce skin cancer by advising consumers to
limit unhealthy exposure to the sun. “It moves beyond the realm of consumer gadgetry into a device technology that can have an important role in human health,” he said. “(The device) can provide information to help individuals modulate their exposure to the sun … to minimize risks of skin cancer.” L’Oréal will launch the product in a limited release this summer and a full release next year, Rogers said. Melanoma, the most serious form of skin cancer, was the cause of 9,730 deaths in 2017, according to the American Cancer Society. Frequent and extensive exposure to UV radiation from sunlight can trigger the disease, causing irreparable DNA damage to skin cells. “This tiny device could have an impact on those numbers, and we’d be very happy about that,” Rogers said.
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— Alan Perez
BOWL GAME From page 1
The senior tailback turned in a valiant effort in his final collegiate game. He plunged into the end zone on the play immediately after Thorson went down to give NU a 10-7 lead it never relinquished. In the end, Jackson toted the ball 32 times for 157 yards, while redshirt freshman running back Jeremy Larkin tacked on 112 more on just nine carries. The duo keyed an NU offense steered for much of the game by backup quarterback Matt Alviti; the senior notched just 50 yards through the air in nearly three quarters of work. “We knew that it was going to be largely on the running game,” said Jackson, who won the bowl’s MVP award. “We’ve been there before, so we kind of just channeled that energy.” Thorson’s loss also shifted new responsibility onto the Cats’ defense. The unit took some lumps, as Johnson rolled up 257 passing yards, but it bottled up a dangerous Kentucky running game after star running back Benny Snell was ejected for making contact with an official. And with limitations on the other side of the ball, NU’s defense found a way to get on the board in a pivotal moment. Senior safety Kyle Queiro undercut an out route and scored a 26-yard pick-six that gave the Cats a 24-14 lead. Still, NU needed one more defensive stand to seal the victory. “We knew even after the pick-six that it was going to come down to us, somehow, some way,” Queiro said. After a Kentucky field goal cut the advantage to 7, Cats coach Pat Fitzgerald dialed up a fourthdown sneak at his team’s 39-yard line with 2:36 to go that would have all but ended the game if successful. Instead, Alviti came up inches short, setting up a short-field drive that could have tied the game for the Wildcats from Lexington. Johnson seemed poised to do just that with a scramble into the end zone in the final minute of the game, but Kentucky coach Mark Stoops chose to go for 2 with his team trailing by a point. On the play —“exactly what we thought they were going to run,” Fitzgerald quipped after the game — NU’s secondary contested Richardson’s catch to get the all-important stop. Things may not have gone exactly according to plan for the Cats in Nashville, but Fitzgerald said NU’s eighth straight victory was a microcosm of the successful season. “We had to fight through a lot this year,” Fitzgerald said. “We fought, we battled. … We’re very proud to be a 10-win football team and bowl champions.” maxschuman2018@u.northwestern.edu
HARASSMENT From page 1
bringing awareness to it will definitely put on alert anyone that has questionable behaviors, and make professional interactions stay professional.” The policy outlined in the resolution is also being adopted by a number of nearby municipalities, Evanston deputy city attorney Michelle Masoncup told The Daily. Aldermen passed the resolution quickly and without much discussion. “It’s more than symbolic,” Ald. Tom Suffredin (6th) said. “It’s important from a policy standpoint … for there to be clear procedures and very clear lines on what is and is not acceptable behavior.” Deputy city manager Erika Storlie told The Daily that Evanston will conduct training in the spring to comprehensively review the policy. Organizing a city-wide staff training, which typically happens every other year, is logistically difficult due to the varying schedules of employees, but Storlie said this policy merits the event. “We think this new policy is reflective of what culture should be and we are looking forward to implementing it,” Storlie told The Daily. “It’s absolutely important because everybody wants to work in a safe workplace and feel free to do their job without fear of harassment.” keertigopal2021@u.northwestern.edu
ADMISSIONS From page 1
from last year. The number of first-year applicants has increased by more than 25 percent over the past three years; NU received 32,106 applications for Fall 2015, Mills said. The opening of the Segal Visitors Center has played a major role in increasing the number of applicants to NU, the University spokesman said. “Another factor has been the success we’ve had over the last three years in enrolling low-income students, which has positioned Northwestern as a leader in ensuring college access,” he added. Based on the spike in applications, Mills said he expects the overall acceptance rate to decline again this year, after it fell to a record low of 9.3 percent in 2017. The acceptance rate this year could drop to about 8 percent, he said. — Maddie Burakoff
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TUESDAY, JANUARY 9, 2018
ON A ROLL
In Nashville, No. 21 Northwestern narrowly escaped the Music City Bowl with a 24-23 win over Kentucky (7-6, 4-4 SEC). The Wildcats (10-3, 7-2 Big Ten) stepped up on defense after junior quarterback
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Clayton Thorson tore his ACL early in the game. Thorson’s absence took a toll on NU’s offense. Fans filled the stands from all over the county to support the Wildcats win their eighth straight game and 10th of the season.
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SPORTS
ON DECK JAN.
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ON THE RECORD
They beat us up in the paint on drives and post-ups. It was just too much for us to overcome tonight — Chris Collins, head coach
Men’s Basketball Minnesota at NU, 8 p.m. Wednesday
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Tuesday, January 9, 2018
THORSON HURT Quarterback tears right ACL early in Music City Bowl
Junior quarterback Clayton Thorson tore his ACL in the Music City Bowl on Dec. 29, the athletic
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department announced. He is scheduled to have surgery this month. Th orson’s right leg was injured after he caught a pass from redshirt freshman running back Jeremy Larkin on a trick play in the second quarter. He was tackled awkwardly and carted off the field. He did not return to the game but was on the sideline in the second half after X-rays came back negative. T h o r s o n’s injur y t h ro w s Northwestern’s 2018 quarterback situation into uncertainty. Senior Matt Alviti finished the Music City Bowl and led the Wildcats to a 24-23 victory, but with Alviti graduating and Thorson likely out for at least the start of the 2018 season, the Wildcats will be left with four inexperienced options.
Sophomore T.J. Green threw one pass against Bowling Green in 2017, while redshirt freshman Aidan Smith, freshman Andrew Marty and incoming recruit Jason Whittaker have all yet to attempt a single pass in college. Thorson has been entrenched as the starter for three years, only previously missing more than half a game when he was injured against Penn State in 2015. He threw for at least 2,800 yards during his sophomore and junior seasons while accounting for over 20 touchdowns in both of those years. His 44 passing touchdowns are tied for the most in NU history, and his 7,548 passing yards rank second in school history. — Joseph Wilkinson
WOMEN’S BASKETBALL
MEN’S BASKETBALL
Wildcats lose to Nebraska, fall to 1-3 in conference
NU drops second straight conference game
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In a tight back-and-forth battle, Nebraska outdueled Northwestern to pull out a 69-59 victory Sunday. The Cornhuskers jumped out to an early double-digit lead, but the Wildcats (8-10, 1-3 Big Ten) battled back in the second and third quarters to take the lead at times. But after that, the visitors opened the final period on a 10-0 run to take a 63-49 lead and pull ahead for good. The Wildcats have now hosted two conferences games and lost both, previously falling 90-63 to Minnesota on Dec. 28. Once again, NU struggled defensively, allowing the Cornhuskers (11-5, 2-1) to shoot 55 percent from the field and 47 percent from 3-point range. That offensive effort was spearheaded by guards Taylor Kissinger and Hannah Whitish, who combined for 30 points on 10-of-19 shooting. NU’s offense was led by its freshman guards, Lindsey Pulliam and Jordan Hamilton, who each scored 15 points. While Pulliam shot 6-for-18 from the field, her backcourt mate was much more efficient, making five of her 11 field goal attempts and finish 4-for-5 at the foul line. Overall, however, the Cats had a tough time on the offensive end, shooting only 34 percent from the field. NU hung around despite such bad shooting because of its ability to get to the foul line, where the Cats went 17-for-22. They also took relatively good care of the ball. NU averaged over 17 turnovers per game before hosting the Cornhuskers, but only committed 11 Sunday. Junior forward Pallas KunaiyiAkpanah also contributed on both ends, putting up 11 points, grabbing 16 rebounds and blocking three shots. At 1-3, the Cats sit in the bottom half of the Big Ten through four games and may be looking at a spot in the bottom four in the conference and an appearance on day one of the Big Ten Tournament. — Joseph Wilkinson
By BEN POPE
daily senior staffer @benpope111
With matchups against two of Big Ten’s three worst teams from a season ago to start the 2018 calendar year, Northwestern seemingly had a golden opportunity to jump out to a 3-1 start in conference play. But the Wildcats (10-7, 1-3) were instead manhandled on the interior all week long and suffered a pair of doubledigit losses — first to Nebraska on Tuesday, then again Friday at Penn State in a 78-63 defeat. The Nittany Lions (12-5, 2-2) physically dominated NU, racking up a 48-18 differential in points in the paint. For every missed layup, bricked Scottie Lindsey shot or turnover (of which the Cats committed 15) on the offensive end, there was a wide-open dunk or layup for Penn State on the opposite end of the court. “I knew that they were going to come out with a lot of energy and play very determined,” coach Chris Collins said. “We did anticipate that, and I still thought it knocked us back a little bit. Give them credit. They out-played us tonight, out-fought us, and that is why they deserve to win.” Senior guard Bryant McIntosh scored a team-high 18 points for the Cats in his
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return from a brief injury absence, but his efforts were easily overshadowed by Penn State’s Lamar Stevens, who set a career high with 30 points on an absurd 14-of18 shooting line. The matchup between the two starting centers — junior Dererk Pardon for NU versus Mike Watkins for Penn State — quickly devolved into a mismatch as well. Watkins scored 18 points, hauled in 17 rebounds for the second consecutive game and committed just two fouls; Pardon tallied only 6 points, brought down just four rebounds and fouled out in the closing minutes. “I’d say that’s a pretty dominant performance,” Collins said. “They beat us up in the paint on drives and post-ups. It was just too much for us to overcome tonight.” McIntosh, who injured his knee in an ugly-looking collision last weekend against Brown, said afterwards that he felt fine health-wise. With the Cats trailing 30-15 slightly past midway through the first half, television cameras captured Collins imploring his team during a commercial break to
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Bryant McIntosh dribbles the ball. The senior guard’s return from injury Friday wasn’t enough to get Northwestern past Penn State.
fight harder for loose balls and put more effort into the game. The pep talk seemed to work to an extent, and by halftime, a banked-in 3-pointer by McIntosh had cut the deficit to 41-34. NU continued to show flashes of a potential comeback early in the second frame, and back-to-back treys by McIntosh and junior guard Jordan Ash pulled the visitors within 3 points with 15 minutes to play. Then the bottom fell out. The Nittany Lions erupted on a 9-0 run — composed exclusively of dunks and layups, plus one free throw — to restore control, and the Cats never again seriously threatened.
For the second consecutive outing, NU shot extremely poorly from the field, following up a 29 percent performance against the Cornhuskers with a 37 percent rate in State College. And leading scorer Lindsey, with his 3-for-17 mark Friday, remained the poster child of those woes. “It was just disappointing — I thought we’d come out fighting and have a lot of energy, be really passionate, and we weren’t,” McIntosh said. “(I’m) just kind of questioning what was going through everybody else’s head.” benjaminpope2019@u.northwestern.edu
FOOTBALL
Even without Thorson, NU has promising future By BEN POPE
daily senior staffer @benpope111
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The last time Northwestern won this many football games over a four-year period, it promptly stopped playing the sport. That won’t be the case this time. With their 32nd win since 2014 coming in the Dec. 29 Music City Bowl, the No. 21 Wildcats (10-3, 7-2) tied the program record for victories over a fourseason span that was set between 1902 and 1905 — and halted because the university then banned football until 1908. And although they will lose a starstudded senior class to graduation, an equally strong cast of underclassmen will seek to carry forward this year’s momentum into 2018. As coach Pat Fitzgerald frequently noted throughout this fall, NU played 25 true or redshirt freshmen this season,
an unusually high number. Among them was linebacker Paddy Fisher, Big Ten Network’s defensive freshman of the year; linemen Rashawn Slater and Sam Miller, both regular starters on the offensive and defensive lines, respectively; and running back Jeremy Larkin, who showed encouraging flashes of skill while backing up senior Justin Jackson. Larkin in particular stood out against Kentucky (7-6, 4-4 SEC) in the bowl game, breaking a 64-yard run in the fourth quarter and finishing with a career-high 112 yards on nine carries. The redshirt freshman from Cincinnati had more than 80 total yards in three of his final five appearances this season and appears well-groomed to take over a heavy workload next fall. “We’re a young football team, and you saw a lot of that on display today,” Fitzgerald said. “A lot of young guys stepped up and that’s exciting for the future, to say the least.” Sophomore defensive end Joe Gaziano
capped his breakout campaign with another spectacular performance Friday and should replace graduating tackle Tyler Lancaster as the focal point of the Cats’ stellar defensive line moving forward. That unit’s dominance, combined with Fisher’s and junior Nate Hall’s efforts at linebacker, helped NU emerge as the ninth-best rush defense in the country in 2017. Offensively, Jackson and reliable superback Garrett Dickerson will be big losses, but junior quarterback Clayton Thorson — assuming he can recover fully from a likely serious leg injury suffered Friday — will be one of the most highly touted signal-callers in the nation next season after deciding not to declare for the NFL Draft. Thorson will be joined again by his top two targets from this season: sophomore Ben Skowronek, who showed major star potential with his 6-foot-4 frame and vertical athleticism this year, and junior Flynn Nagel, who led the team in receptions.
All in all, the Cats are expected to bring back seven starters on each side of the ball, plus kicker Charlie Kuhbander. That’s an encouraging amount of continuity, but it remains to be seen whether the 2018 squad will be able to fulfill a long-spoken, not-yet-achieved Fitzgerald goal of winning the Big Ten West and reaching the conference championship game in Indianapolis. Wisconsin, which rolled through its regular season slate undefeated this year after topping NU 33-24 in the conference opener, is expected to return nine offensive starters but as few as three defensive starters. “That’ll be something that we’re fighting for in the offseason, to find those 10 more points (against Wisconsin) and get to Indianapolis,” Fitzgerald said. “That’s what these guys have built an incredible foundation (for) right now, but the next step in our program is to get there. We have to earn that.” benjaminpope2019@u.northwestern.edu