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Evanston Police Department has charged two people in connection with the homicide of Yakez Semark on Feb. 8, the city announced in a news release Sunday. Police found after an investigation that Evanston resident Julius Francellno and Chicago resident Malik Caswell, both 18-year-olds, arranged to meet with Semark to buy a quantity of marijuana, according to the release. The transaction escalated into a physical altercation between Francellno and Semark, during which police say Francellno shot Semark once in the chest. h On Feb. 8, at 11:38 p.m., officers were dispatched to the 1800 block of Hovland Court to respond to a call of shots fired. Upon arrival, police located Semark and transported him to Evanston Hospital, where he was pronounced dead. After the altercation, both offenders fled on foot, according to the release. The Cook County Medical Examiner’s office ruled Semark’s death a homicide, according to the release. Francellno was taken into custody on Thursday, February 15 and Caswell was taken into custody on Saturday, February 17. A GoFundMe page to support Semark’s family has raised over $30,000 as of Sunday. The money will go toward funeral costs and closing Semark’s personal affairs, and any remaining money will create a fund in Semark’s name to support Evanston youth, according to the page. — Ryan Wangman
9th Ward discusses EFD, job services By ALANE LIM
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City officials and residents discussed emergency preparedness, job opportunities and a food scrap collection service at a 9th Ward meeting Saturday morning. About 10 people attended the event, during which Ald. Cicely Fleming (9th), Evanston Fire Department division chief Dwight Hohl, community services manager Kevin Brown and residents spoke about EFD workshops and recruitment, youth employment and an option for food waste reduction.
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McSA plans week of events By ADRIAN WAN
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Under proposed housing plan, NU’s residential life faces uncertain future
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When picking a college, Scarlett Machson wasn’t sure Northwestern was the right fit for her. Though her mother was pushing her to apply to NU, Machson said she wasn’t excited about the prospect of becoming a Wildcat. But then she discovered the Communications Residential College. After scrolling through CRC’s website, Machson realized she shared interests with the residents and could find a community there. She then pulled up the Common Application and selected NU as her Early Decision school. “I applied to Northwestern for CRC, there’s no question about it,” the Communication sophomore said. CRC is one of 10 residential colleges currently operating within the University’s housing system. Other housing options on campus include residential halls, residential communities and Greek houses. Today’s system, however, is on track for an overhaul: A University report released in January details plans to implement a single residential model and “universalize” the undergraduate housing experience. The Undergraduate Residential Experience Committee’s report recommends eliminating residential colleges, incorporating Greek housing into the larger residential system and changing the way students choose housing. The proposed framework consists of five “neighborhoods,” a model that aims to create stronger communities by fostering engagement and inclusion, vice president for student affairs Patricia Telles-Irvin told The Daily in October. The report touts the proposed residential experience as “the only universal undergraduate experience outside of the brief window of Wildcat Welcome.” Administrators said students may begin to see major changes in fall 2019 at the earliest. Aside from small adjustments, the current housing selection process will remain the same for incoming students in fall 2018, said executive director of Residential Services Jennifer Luttig-Komrosky. The recommendations, along with the implementation of a two-year live-in requirement this past fall, could significantly change students’ residential experiences. Although administrators say the plan would promote inclusion within
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on-campus housing, some students are worried the changes will replace elements of the current system that effectively create communities. For Bienen and Communication freshman Valérie Filloux, being accepted to live in Chapin Hall, the humanities residential college, was “a dream come true.” Following the report’s release, Filloux and other students have voiced concerns with the recommendations’ potential to limit their housing options by removing residential colleges and changing the housing selection process. “When I found out, me and a couple of friends, we were just heartbroken,” Filloux said. “We had just entered into this amazing community and we found our home and we were feeling welcomed and accepted … and just to be told that the entirety of its future is in complete flux is really heartbreaking.”
Time for change
By reassessing the housing model, administrators hope to improve students’ overall experience, said Paul Riel, assistant vice president for Residential and Dining Services and co-chair of the Undergraduate Residential Experience Committee. “(NU) almost feels like a gauntlet experience rather than an enjoyable experience,” Riel said. “So this is all about trying to figure out … how do we erase that deficit and create a place in which students feel like this is where they belong.” According to the report, the proposed framework would have houses of about 75 to 150 students within the wider neighborhoods of 700 to 1,100 students. Smaller existing buildings would stand alone, while some larger buildings may be divided into two or more houses. Within neighborhoods, students would have access to collaborative and educational spaces, gyms and other community amenities, Riel said. Another main goal of the model is to strengthen nonacademic relationships between faculty, staff and students, Riel said. Four faculty currently live on campus and preside over residential communities, but he said the goal is to have two live-in faculty per neighborhood, or 10 total. “We have to just kind of reset and reimagine what the residential experience should look like and work toward that,” Riel said. » See IN FOCUS, page 4
Through a weeklong series of events showcasing Muslim culture, Northwestern’s Muslim-cultural Student Association hopes to flip the script on the stereotypes that portray the religion as “radical,” said McSA president Sarah Khan. McSA will invite a group of “extraordinary Muslims” — including rapper Khaled Siddiq, poet Tariq Touré and scholar Shaykh Omar Suleiman — to give presentations and panels for the annual Discover Islam Week beginning Monday, according to the group’s Facebook page. Khan said the lineup of speakers was selected because their goals align with the principles of Islam. “(The guests) are pursuing achievements or accomplishing things around the country,” the Weinberg senior said. “And their faith gives them the perseverance, support and need to pursue their passions.” Among the guest speakers is Bilqis Abdul-Qaadir, a female Muslim basketball player and advocate who started the online campaign “Muslim Girls Hoop Too.” Abdul-Qaadir, one of 15 representatives invited to meet with former President Barack Obama in 2015 for the Muslim Leaders Meeting, will deliver a keynote address Wednesday about her efforts in breaking stereotypes, according to a Facebook post shared by McSA. Ayesha Rahman, McSA’s director of public relations, said inspirational stories of individuals like Abdul-Qaadir, whose success is “driven by Islamic faith,” will help eliminate biases people may hold against the Muslim community. In addition to traditional speaker events, the McCormick junior said members of McSA will also be present at a table at Norris University Center between 11 a.m. and 4 p.m. Monday, where students can participate in dialogues centered on Muslim culture. “(McSA) really wants to engage the students on campus to make sure that they get to know more about Islam in a way they never had before,” Rahman said. Khan said she envisioned the programming to benefit members of McSA as well as NU students in general by clarifying perceptions of Islam and bridging the gap between Muslims and non-Muslims. » See ISLAM, page 7
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AROUND TOWN EPL screens Estonian revolution film By ALANE LIM
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A choral society showed a film about a nonviolent “singing revolution” in Estonia to promote ideals of social change and freedom at an Evanston Public Library event Saturday. The North Shore Choral Society, which is partially funded by the city and primarily based in Evanston, screened “The Singing Revolution,” a documentary recounting the ways Estonians used singing in the late 1980s and early 1990s to proclaim their desire for independence after over 50 years of Soviet occupation. The screening — which about 70 people attended — included a Skype introduction and Q&A session with one of the movie’s filmmakers, James Tusty. At the event, Tusty said he thought the power of the film was not in the filmmaking but in the real history it was based off of. He added that he found it “amazing” that multiple generations of Soviet education did not change the Estonians’ desire for independence.
POLICE BLOTTER Ten bottles of alcohol stolen from Jewel-Osco in south Evanston A man stole 10 bottles of Jack Daniel’s whiskey from Jewel-Osco in south Evanston early Friday morning. A 40-year-old male who works at the grocery store reported the theft to police at 2:25 a.m., Evanston police Cmdr. Ryan Glew said. He told police he saw the suspect in the alcohol aisle of the store in the 2400 block of Howard Street. The suspect put at least 10 bottles of Jack Daniel’s whiskey in a grocery bag and fled on foot. When the employee attempted to follow the suspect, the man got into a vehicle waiting
“It’s another thing, in my view, to have two entire generations of children go through an educational system where you teach them what you want them to know about history or how you want them to perceive it — and 30, 40, 50 years later, the children are still saying, this is a bad occupation; I want a free Estonia,” Tusty said. Tusty added that he thought music helped keep the “flame of a free Estonia alive.” North Shore Choral Society music director Julia Davids told The Daily the group screened the film because it will be performing three pieces that connected to the singing revolution at an upcoming concert on social change. The singing revolution was a nonviolent way to achieve independence for Estonia, she added. Davids said the concert will also include music that reflects other causes, like the civil rights movement, the independence of women and the amplification of minority voices. “As artists we are always striving to find ways to make our art meaningful, to have our art connect to people, connect to our communities and to elevate and amplify causes,”
Davids said at the event. One of the songs the society will be performing is featured in the documentary, and Davids said seeing the Estonian people in the film singing the same music was “incredibly moving.” Davids added that she was put in touch with the filmmakers by someone she knew who had done a lot of research on the singing revolution. Estonian Honorary Vice Consul Siim Sööt (Weinberg ’67) said during the event that the film showed the importance of song and how it moves people. Sööt told The Daily the film matters because there are many people in the world we don’t understand well, who want their traditions and their heritage maintained. He added that the film’s message was two-fold. “One is that you can get to independence and your own nation without bearing arms,” Sööt said. “Secondly, that the desire for independence — maintaining your culture and your traditions — is very strong.” alane.lim@u.northwestern.edu
outside, Glew said. The vehicle fled east on Howard with approximately $200 worth of alcohol. The man has not been identified.
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A license plate was stolen from an Evanston Hospital employee’s vehicle Wednesday. A 52-year-old woman left her car parked in the 2600 block of Ridge Avenue from 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m, Glew said. When she returned to the lot, she reported to police her license plate was missing. There are no suspects. — Nikki Baim
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ON CAMPUS NU researchers discover landscape hidden under Picasso painting Northwestern researchers are part of a team that recently discovered hidden details beneath the surface of Pablo Picasso’s “La Miséreuse accroupie” painting, according to a Saturday news release. The Northwestern University/Art Institute of Chicago Center for Scientific Studies in the Arts, Art Gallery of Ontario and the National Gallery of Art, Washington — with knowledge of an underlying landscape already discovered by x-ray radiography — used non-invasive portable imaging techniques to detail buried images under the “La Miséreuse accroupie” painting. The landscape found under “La Miséreuse accroupie” was likely painted by an unknown Barcelona artist, the release noted. One of the techniques used — an X-ray fluorescence imaging instrument — was developed at NU. McCormick Prof. and NU-ACCESS co-director Marc Walton, NU-ACCESS codirector Francesca Casadio, and postdoctoral fellows Emeline Pouyet and Gianluca Pastorelli are studying the painting.
Picasso painted over the landscape after rotating it 90 degrees to the right and incorporating some of the landscape’s details into his “La Miséreuse accroupie” painting, such as the lines of the cliff edges into the woman’s back, according to the release. Another detail discovered was that Picasso originally painted the woman with a right arm and a hand holding a disk, but later covered them with her cloak in the final version. The arm hidden in “La Miséreuse accroupie” was confirmed by the imaging technology to be the same as the correct right arm of a woman in a Picasso watercolor, titled “Femme assise,” recently sold at an auction, according to the release. NU-ACCESS is also studying Picasso’s bronzes using non-invasive portable instruments and a database of alloy “fingerprints,” tracing five bronzes casts in Paris during World War II to the foundry of Émile Robecchi, one of Picasso’s lesser-known collaborators, a Saturday news release noted. The alloys analyzed in Picasso’s bronzes give researchers an idea of how, when and where the bronzes were cast. The five bronzes traced back to Robecchi’s foundry didn’t have a foundry mark, according to the release. The researchers discovered the use of silver for facial features in a work inspired by one of Picasso’s wives.
Group aims to connect with local musicians By ALAN PEREZ
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An X-ray of Pablo Picasso’s “La Miséreuse accroupie” reveals a landscape hidden beneath the surface. Northwestern researchers were part of the NUACCESS team that discovered the hidden landscape.
These non-invasive technologies used to analyze the painting and bronzes have allowed researchers to get a better understanding of Picasso’s relationship with craftsmen, style, influences and process, according to the releases. — Allie Goulding
A new group on campus is looking to give a platform to local artists and introduce students to musicians from Chicago. Yikes Productions, a group approved for Associated Student Government funding last week, will showcase Chicago musicians through concerts in Evanston. McCormick junior Omar Carey, a founding member of the group, said Yikes hopes to “bridge the gap” between campus and Chicago music. “We want to expose Northwestern students to the rich music culture (of ) Chicago,” he said. “We’ve always felt like no one really knows about it, and it’s not really a good place here to facilitate that relationship.” Carey said the distance from the city can make it difficult for students to see and hear Chicago artists. McCormick junior Yasmeen Wood, another founding member, said it can also be hard to navigate the Chicago music scene, especially for students not from the area. Yikes hopes to overcome that barrier by inviting artists to perform free concerts in Evanston. A test concert during the summer proved successful, prompting Yikes’s official launch in January, Wood said. Yikes also invites students to perform, and hosted musicians from NU and Chicago at its second event last Friday, where self-described rapper, lyricist, musician, artist, emcee, visionary and icon Aaron Clarke freestyled with saxophone accompaniment. Clark, a Weinberg senior said he appreciated the work of Yikes because it fosters a community for musicians and people who like music. Every artist should be given a chance to participate, he added. “The fact that Yikes is able to do something that’s accessible and democratic, and folks coming together with a range of musical interests and ability, is awesome,” he said. “It’s cool that we have people that are really committed to doing that in an intimate way and are also trying to turn it into something bigger than that.”
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We want to expose Northwestern students to the rich music culture (of ) Chicago.
Omar Carey, Yikes Productions founding member
The concerts are held in a Yikes member’s apartment, but Wood said the group hopes to expand to larger venues and partner with other organizations like WNUR, a student-run radio station. Yikes is planning for a potential live performance in March on the station by a band from Montreal, Canada, she said. The idea for the group started when Wood, Carey and Jessica Collins, another founding member, noticed the difficulty of accessing the Chicago music scene. Carey, a lifetime music fan and musician, said the group discussed the idea as early as his freshman year. He said he was motivated to bring the plan into fruition after witnessing the music culture at a concert in Chicago. “Everyone knows each other, everyone was there supporting each other, having a good time,” he said. “We wanted to bring that vibe, that whole idea, up to Northwestern to have it be a part of that.” ASG Chief of Staff Lars Benson, the chair of the Wild Ideas committee that funded the group, said its function — bringing together local artists to perform a free concert — is something that’s been missing on campus. The Weinberg senior said he was excited to aid the group’s expansion because of its past success. Benson added that it gives students the chance to hear talented artists and showcase their own talent. “It’s really awesome to have a structured group that’s working really hard to not only discover really talented people at Northwestern and in the community, but then help them reach out to a wider audience by engaging community members and bringing together people from across campus,” he said. “I think it will do a lot to enrich the music culture on campus.” aperez@u.northwestern.edu
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Proposed Neighborhood Structure
IN FOCUS From page 1
Forming neighborhoods
Administrators decided to implement the twoyear live-in requirement in an attempt to increase students’ access to academic support and community resources, Riel said. Starting with the Class of 2021, incoming freshmen have to live on campus for two years. Under the proposed framework, those two years would be spent not only on campus, but within the same neighborhood, Riel said. While being part of the same community for two years may help with consistency, Weinberg senior Joey Salvo — president of the Residential College Board — said he is concerned students would have limited flexibility to move between neighborhoods. “It could make people feel a little trapped where they are,” said Salvo, who lives in the Slivka Residential College of Science and Engineering. “There’s no guarantee you’re going to take to whatever community you’re put in.” To build communities where students feel comfortable, the report recommends changing the housing selection process, like placing students based off an algorithm or their Peer Adviser groups. This year, incoming students ranked their top five building choices, and those without roommate preferences filled out a lifestyle survey to be matched with someone, Luttig-Komrosky said. Many residential colleges also required supplemental essays, she said. According to the report, placing students in neighborhoods based on their PA groups could help with Wildcat Welcome activities and keep groups connected throughout students’ first year. The process would also aim to create a roughly equal distribution of students from different schools across neighborhoods. This would help ensure resources are allocated and used fairly across neighborhoods, said committee member Brad Zakarin, director of Residential Academic Initiatives.
A focus on well-being
The algorithm suggested by the report would account for a variety of preferences. Zakarin said the recommended selection process would allow students to prioritize which characteristics are most important to them in a house — like proximity to a dining hall or available interest groups. However, some students expressed concerns with the algorithm. CRC president Beth Koehler said she is worried the algorithm may limit student choice. “It sounds like a vaguely defined algorithm will be taking over a lot of the searching and process that’s trying to find a place where it’s right for you to live,” the Communication sophomore said. “I just don’t know if it would be able to make the right choice for you. I don’t think it can.”
A threat to themes
Before administrators consider PA groups, however, Salvo said they should understand why some are more effective than others in fostering strong communities. “A lot of people that I’ve talked to personally have said they didn’t click with their PA groups in the way that they’d hoped, or at least in the way that they did with people they were living with,” Salvo said.
seem a little too informal just in their current presentation,” Salvo said. “Especially because a lot of people believe that having a central idea or theme that people can unite around is really critical to building a community.”
For residential college students, much of that choice revolves around shared interests, Machson, the CRC resident, said. In her case, she wanted to be surrounded by “creative kids” like herself. Within her first few days on campus, she said she bonded with other CRC students over the famously terrible movie “The Room.” However, permanent themes for residential colleges — like communications, humanities and public affairs — would be dropped under the proposed model. Residential colleges were created out of a 1969 report “A Community of Scholars,” which Riel noted allowed the option of ending themed housing if it proved ineffective. Riel said the committee found that the thematic elements of residential colleges are “not as robust” as they once were due to low return rates and intake rates. Removing themes would be a major blow to
Graphic by: Colin Lynch Source: The Report of the Undergraduate Residential Experience Committee
residential colleges, Machson said, and would take away much of what draws students to these communities. Though she agreed some themes are less integral, she said for certain residential colleges — particularly CRC, Chapin and Slivka — themes are “vital to (their) existence.” In place of permanent themes, the committee recommends incorporating temporary groups around common interests. Rather than being assigned to houses indefinitely, these “interest groups” would be formed based on student demand, Zakarin said at a forum in January. The groups would be voted on every few years so effective themes could persist while others “peter out,” he said. This model, though, puts the impetus on students — many of whom are already “over-engaged” — to create the groups, said Chapin associate chair Jason Kelly Roberts. Without the stability of themes, students could feel burdened with leading the groups or simply not participate, said Roberts, who also works at the Office of Fellowships. Filloux, who lives in Chapin, said the process of voting to decide on interest groups could also create tension. “In a school in which everything feels very competitive, they are making the housing system into something that gives us a lot of choice, but in that choice there is a lack of freedom,” Filloux said. “We come to housing and communities to get away from that (competition).” Other students are less attached to themes, but are concerned about the ability of houses to form lasting identities. Willard Residential College co-president Newlin Weatherford, a fifth-year senior in Weinberg and McCormick, cautioned that some of the residential colleges’ individuality could be lost in the process of “universalizing” the residential college experience. Though the flexibility to create new traditions could be beneficial, he said administrators should make sure the new framework doesn’t erase traditions that already exist. CRC vice president Katie Kearney said her housing experience was impacted most by CRC’s annual Radiothon — a 50-hour radio show fundraiser. The Communication sophomore said she credits the wellestablished tradition with helping her befriend other CRC residents and fit into the community. She noted that as long as student governance remains in place for the houses, residents could still be able to pass down themes and traditions each year. While Salvo, the RCB president, said he is not opposed to changing themes, he noted the details of the proposed alternative remain “hazy.” “The interest groups are a great idea, but they may
Administrators have also focused the new model on helping improve students’ mental health and reducing the sense of isolation some feel. Recent housing renovations and upcoming construction plans have emphasized building communities, Riel said. In January, Willard Hall reopened after more than a year of construction. The renovations include the addition of a fitness center and a classroom that can also function as a theater or catering space. Foster-Walker Complex, a residential hall with nearly 600 single rooms, looks drastically different than nearby Willard Hall. Foster-Walker has not had major renovations since the 1970s, Riel said, but it is next on administrators’ list. As it stands, the building’s lounges are “boxy” and not comfortable, Riel said. Weinberg sophomore Grace Wyatt, who lives in Foster-Walker, said the building lacks resources like kitchens and study spaces, and feels “isolating” because there are few opportunities for social engagement. Foster-Walker has long been criticized. A 1978 PBS documentary titled “College Can Be Killing” asserted the building’s environment heightened feelings of loneliness and depression. In the documentary, producer Michael Hirsh asks an administrator what parents of students should consider about Foster-Walker. “We tell them that due to the fact that it has all single rooms … that socialization is difficult,” the administrator responded. Forty years after the film’s release, Riel said Foster-Walker is still plagued by the same lack of socialization. “It’s not baked into the environment,” he said. “It was a building that … feels more like you’re warehousing people versus providing community.” Riel said he would like to allocate money and resources toward creating large community spaces — like putting a roof over Foster-Walker’s open-air courtyards and making room for potential retail, dining or office spaces. Creating places where students have opportunities to form relationships with their peers in a nonacademic setting is essential for mental wellness, said David Shor, director of Clinical Services at Counseling and Psychological Services. Shor, who served on the committee, said the neighborhoods would allow for increased contact between students and faculty or staff who can provide support when needed. “I’m very interested in having students feel like they have spaces where there isn’t competition here at Northwestern,” Shor said. “Where it is a gathering and a connecting space as opposed to, ‘I’m gonna compete to get into this club, I’m gonna compete to be on this exec board, I’m gonna compete for this grade.’” According to the report, some of that support would come from “neighborhood liaisons,” which could include graduate and undergraduate students. Riel said liaisons would be responsible for creating programming relevant to their areas of expertise; for example, a CAPS liaison could lead stress-reduction exercises for students. The recent report also recommends creating a new staff position to connect students with support systems across campus. Shor said the proposed University Resource Adviser would serve as someone for students to turn to rather than get lost in a “big bureaucracy.” Riel said the neighborhood structure would encourage residents to pay more attention to each other. “You come around someone who may be having difficulties, struggling with either a class or something else that’s creating some change, and friends and relationships support that person until they get through that,” he said.
Blurred boundaries
These additional resources would be provided not only to students in traditional campus housing, but also to those living in Greek houses. The report recommends Greek houses be included in the neighborhood framework, giving fraternity and sorority members access to all community amenities. Currently, the spaces assigned to Panhellenic Association and Interfraternity Council chapters are considered on-campus housing — the University owns the property and loans it to chapters, Riel said. However, he said Greek houses are “virtually independent” and would remain inaccessible to nonresidents under the proposed model. Because hundreds of students live in Greek houses, Riel said the committee “just couldn’t ignore” that population. “Our thought process is, if your head hits a pillow on campus, we consider you residential,” Riel said. Students are able to count living in Greek housing toward the two-year live-in requirement, according to the report. This could benefit fraternity and sorority membership, said Travis Martin, director of the Office of Fraternity and Sorority Life. Students won’t need to consider having to live on campus an extra year before moving into Greek housing, he said. By inviting Greek-affiliated students to use neighborhood spaces, Riel said the hope is to encourage
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Next steps
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Foster-Walker Complex, 1927 Orrington Ave. The all-singles residence hall is slated for renovations that will include more community spaces to align with the University’s goal of decreasing isolation in housing.
more “co-mingling” of students from Greek and nonGreek houses. According to the report, Greek houses would be part of all proposed neighborhoods except the southeast area, which consists of CRC, International Studies Residential College, 1835 Hinman, and Jones Fine and Performing Arts Residential College. Riel said even though Greek housing would be considered part of the residential model, there was no intention, “subtle or otherwise,” to change the organization of the Greek system. While Greek students would benefit from access to additional amenities, Chi Omega’s PHA delegate Eva Warrender said she noticed some “apparent drawbacks” with the report’s recommendations. The proposed boundaries would divide sorority houses into two separate neighborhoods, which is
counterproductive to PHA’s goal of increasing interactions between different chapters, the Communication sophomore said. IFC president Jack Harrington said integrating fraternity and sorority houses into neighborhoods “has a lot of moving parts,” adding that the report says many of the proposed changes to Greek communities require further consideration. This recommended integration has also sparked some concern among non-Greek students. Weatherford, co-president of Willard Residential College, said part of the motivation for creating the residential college system was to provide social opportunities for students not affiliated with Greek life. But bringing Greek representatives into neighborhood governance could lead to student leadership becoming “Greek-focused,” he said. Under the plan, Willard
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While students have expressed confusion over the implementation of the report’s recommendations, Telles-Irvin said the University will use working groups to solidify specifics. As the details are being decided, students said they hope conversations with administrators continue. Part of the process of drafting the report’s recommendations included efforts to solicit student feedback, Riel said. Committee members held town halls and firesides, and even stopped students in dining halls to discuss their experiences, he said. Koehler said she felt student opinions were reflected in the report’s recommendations. “The overwhelming reaction was negative then,” she said, referencing a dinner administrators held last spring for residential college members to discuss the report. “Now it’s certainly not overwhelmingly positive, but there’s a lot of this report that I’m satisfied with and I know that other members of my exec board and my residents are as well.” Since the report’s release, administrators have hosted two town halls and have collected feedback through online surveys, Zakarin said. Two more forums are planned for this quarter.
However, Filloux, who attended the January meeting, said administrators seemed frustrated that most attendees were from residential colleges and not members of other residential spaces. “I’m sitting here having the sinking feeling that all we have here are members of residential colleges,” Mary Finn, associate dean for undergraduate academic affairs, said at the January forum. “That everybody here is here really to be an activist for maintaining the residential college system.”
Filloux said the high turnout from residential college members is a result of them feeling uncertain about their living experience, as the information provided to them is “vast and a little confusing.” “We just want to know what’s going on,” she said. “But I feel like they’re translating that as just plain pushback … while it’s really just we would love to be aware and we’d love to have a dialogue.” Although administrators’ and students’ visions for improving housing may not align, Salvo, the RCB president, said it is clear that both groups wish to create the best possible residential experience for future students. In the meantime, Filloux said she already decided she will “most definitely” return to Chapin for her sophomore year. “Everyone is here to make friends and to form a community,” Filloux said. “It feels like we’ve all kind of joined in to say ‘Yes, we are here, we want to be friends with each other, we want to make this a home.’ Chapin is my home.” allysonchiu2018@u.northwestern.edu madelineburakoff2020@u.northwestern.edu
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The Evanston Police Department thanks the Daily Northwestern Editorial Board for its Feb. 11 commentary regarding body cameras’ role in resolving Evanston police issues and racial bias. Focusing attention upon a perceived problem is essential to its resolution. The editorial concludes that body-worn cameras are only one tool to hold police accountable and that “EPD must also consistently work to address implicit biases in policing, excessive use of force and concerns about racial profiling, among other institutional issues.” I wholeheartedly agree. While I appreciate the effort to tell the story of policing in Evanston, I would like to take the opportunity to elaborate on this story to help our community more fully understand the context of serving and protecting in Evanston and determine the best ways forward. The Daily editorial alludes to the regrettable
Lawrence Crosby traffic stop, an incident thoroughly reviewed by departmental leadership. As a result of the review, I revised departmental policies to ensure felony traffic stops are undertaken more safely and humanely. City manager Wally Bobkiewicz and I also developed a 27-point working plan to improve specific aspects of departmental operations. Notably, the plan incorporates a variety of tools intended to enhance transparency. The Daily mentions several actions the police department has taken toward improvement: development of an updated, longer-term curriculum for its diversity and inclusion program, continued training on different de-escalation techniques and suggested reforms to the citizen complaint process. The editorial asserts that EPD “…still needs more comprehensive change which addresses issues in their broader context.” Perhaps the significance of these ongoing efforts is being underestimated. These steps, along with others outlined in the working plan, are actions that have been called for by activists and other interested parties across the nation. With the support of Mayor Steve Hagerty and members of City
Council, EPD is working earnestly to improve community relations and address racial bias. The editorial fails to mention the many Evanston police officers who are personally involved in our community, often volunteering their own time. Examples include Officer and Gentlemen mentoring, FAAM basketball coaching, the reinstitution of the Police Explorer program and presentation of The Law and Your Community classes. I think it’s noteworthy to also add the number of recorded police interactions with the public alongside the number of citizen complaints and compliments. In 2017, there were 69,976 interactions, 10 complaints and 176 compliments. Similar statistics have been published in our annual report for the last 10 years. It is my opinion that even the best service organizations would be proud of these figures. Finally, a crucial and often unrecognized fact regarding police-community race relations is the disproportionate representation of minorities as crime victims and offenders. In 2016, the last year for which statistics are available, African Americans represented 56 percent of crime victims in
the city of Evanston and 61 percent of offenders as described by crime victims. This data should be considered in evaluating demographic statistics of police activities. It’s business, not always or necessarily bias. Departmental and individual officer actions demonstrate our ongoing efforts to address the issues raised in The Daily Northwestern’s editorial. To expect error-free policing in an open and democratic society is to invite disappointment. It’s unrealistic. However, it is realistic to expect a full accounting of police actions and activities. We have not and will not rely solely on body cameras to hold officers accountable or to build community relations. We should all consider this a work in progress. Community collaboration and input, including your editorial, is a key component in our advancement. In closing, I extend my appreciation to deputy chief Jay Parrott and Cmdr. Joseph Dugan for their efforts in establishing the body-worn camera program. — Richard Eddington Evanston Police Chief
‘Black Panther’ signifies new era in film representation MARISSA MARTINEZ
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I’ve had that date in my calendar ever since 2016, when I first saw Black Panther’s small role in “Captain America: Civil War” in theaters with a friend. Each passing month felt like it was just bringing me closer to seeing Chadwick Boseman represent the superhero in a lead role on screen, directed by one of my favorite contemporary black directors, Ryan Coogler. In anticipation, I paged through anthologies of his previous comics appearances, carefully preserved Ta-Nehisi Coates’ versions of the comic book in plastic bags and researched everything I could about the details surrounding the film’s production. Still, none of that could prepare me for the overwhelming emotion I felt walking into the movie theater Thursday, my father by my side. For two hours, I watched an amazing display of cinematography, music and most importantly, culture, unfold in front of me. Finally, after years of waiting for black heroes to come to the big screen, I could experience what others did while watching movies like
“Spider-Man” or “Superman.” In terms of representation, “Black Panther” is heads and shoulders above other movies in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. The film obliterates the Bechdel Test, the three-prong test that measures if two or more women speak with one another about something other than a man. The Dora Milaje — which consist entirely of women — are the most powerful warriors in the country, while breakout character Princess Shuri is an innovative, technological mastermind who “saves the day” just as much as her brother does.
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Acclaimed films featuring black people don’t have to be about slaves, the Civil Rights movement or Tyler Perry. They can be thoughtful, exciting and just plain fun to watch.
While it is unfortunate that producers cut the relationship between two previously lesbian characters out of the film, which would have increased the number of people who could identify with characters even further, the existing layers of
feminine depth and richness are a great step up from other superhero movies. Ryan Coogler and the rest of the production staff clearly went out of their way to make “Black Panther” pan-African. From the tribal, culturally accurate costume designs to the inclusion of Xhosa, a southern African language, the details clearly enhance the film. This is the advantage of having the fictional nation of Wakanda at the center: “Black Panther” can tastefully incorporate dozens of references into an Afrofuturistic movie, bringing a taste of the continent to the rest of the world. As someone who has listened to ignorant questions about the African continent in many a high school history class, these positive cultural representations were extremely refreshing. The Africa many of us learn about in schools or in the news is often one big, uniform, impoverished country, filled with grass huts and barbaric people. The Africa shown through “Black Panther” is completely different, featuring the most technologically advanced country in the world with amazing landscapes and cultures. This matters. Both in person and throughout social media, I have seen so many kids of all races and ethnicities piling into theaters, dressed up and ready to be amazed. In a way that not many of us can often claim, they are able to see heros that look like them: black people saving the world, no questions asked.
‘Basmati Blues’ backlash is also encouraging HEENA SRIVASTAVA
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In “Basmati Blues,” an American environmental scientist played by Brie Larson is outsourced to India to save the country with her revolutionary, genetically modified rice strain. When she realizes her strain does more harm than good, Larson’s character teams up with locals to save the day. While the film emphasizes the importance of cultural competence, its good intentions are overshadowed by the insensitivities. A developing country is overpopulated and helpless, Brie Larson saves the day and some flashy Bollywood numbers are included for entertainment’s sake: it’s the pinnacle of white saviorism and stereotypical representation. Variety described the film as “unimportant” in a review, simply garnering attention for its questionable cultural representation. Rather than just taking offense, however, many reviewers have appeared confused. It’s 2018, and many would expect this anachronistic style of cultural appropriation to have ended with past blunders like Major Lazer and DJ Snake’s “Lean On” music video of 2015. As an explanation for the insensitivity of “Basmati Blues,” the film was shot in 2013. That’s the same year as Selena Gomez’s performance at the MTV Movie Awards, where she donned South Asian “bindis,” and began an insensitive practice music festival-goers would continue. It was around the time The Color Run became popular,
westernizing the Hindu festival of Holi. In the early 2010s, South Asian culture was trending like a hashtag. So in 2018, many people have viewed “Basmati Blues” as something out of place and regressive — and therefore, argued it should just be ignored. While this lack of tolerance for insensitivity is fortunately commonplace in media, a situation like this need not be written off as an exception. Rather, observing the backlash can be a reminder of how mindsets have progressed. As an American-born South Asian, this trailer took me back to when I was nine years old watching “The Cheetah Girls: One World” in my living room. Or when my dad brought home a pen themed with Apu from “The Simpsons” that spit out Hank Azaria’s offensive impressions of IndianAmericans. With the release of “Basmati Blues,” a new addition has been added to the list of cultural blunders I have witnessed. The difference, however, is that while I was growing up, I loved seeing those movies and watching those shows. I played with my Dad’s Apu-themed pen nearly every day. This type of content was never offensive to me. I never got angry or scoffed and wrote a column about it. It made me proud to see my culture so public, so I ate it up. Because back then, it was all many South Asian people had. Poor representation was better than no representation. It was proof that South Asian culture had been noticed, and we did not really know what it was like to be treated better. If the Cheetah Girls found beauty in the traditions I had practiced all my life, then I could stop being ashamed about performing in my school’s cultural shows and identifying as anything but the majority. As a
child, I craved validation from American culture. Now, I don’t need that. After gaining an understanding of my right to be respected and greater confidence in my cultural identity, I can show off who I am on my own. I do not need to settle for any appropriated media representation. I can recognize the stereotypes and promptly reject them. Cultural recognition is more than just a stereotype or reference, but rather representation with respect. As my generation grows up, we have earned the audacity to not accept marginalization — we have the determination to ask for better treatment. We have progressed in speaking out against misrepresentation, but that does not mean we are finished. For all underrepresented faces in the media, intolerance is the only avenue to achieve this goal. As for learning about South Asian cultures from someone other than Brie Larson, this campus fortunately has many avenues. Experience the excitement and energy of arts through the South Asian Students Alliance cultural shows. Learn about social and economic issues in books or Bollywood movie. Witness South Asian representation in a Hasan Minhaj comedy special or watch “The Mindy Project.” While Hollywood itself has room to grow, at least our mindsets have progressed, and that is something my 9-year-old self is grateful for. Heena Srivastava is a Medill freshman. She can be contacted at heenasrivastava2021@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.
Finally, there is a mainstream outlet for people like my father, who grew up during a big comics boom in the 70s. I once came across a letter he had written as a pre-teen, where he wrote about feeling alone and underrepresented as a black man in the genre he loved so much. He said he had found solace in X-Men comics because as mutants, they too had to fight to be recognized as valid individuals. Even though it was a somewhat weak and forced metaphor, my father clung to what he could find. Being able to see “Black Panther” have an incredible four-day opener means that as kids today are growing up, they might not have to go through the drought of diverse characters like my dad did. The movie’s success was by no means an accident: It proves that America, along with the rest of the world, has been yearning for diverse stories for far too long. Acclaimed films featuring black people don’t have to be about slaves, the Civil Rights movement or Tyler Perry. They can be thoughtful, exciting and just plain fun to watch and discuss. Marissa Martinez is a Medill freshman. She can be contacted at marissamartinez2021@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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Hohl — who helps the fire department with emergency management — said EFD plans to teach residents how to handle small emergencies through “preparedness workshops.” They will include training in CPR, first aid and handling fire extinguishers, Hohl added. “We want Evanston to be ready,” Hohl said.“That’s our goal. If you are ready to handle your immediate emergency before we get there, then that makes us as a community a lot more prepared to handle emergencies.” The department is currently looking for firefighters, and Hohl noted Evanston has more inclusive requirements for firefighter applicants than other cities. City Council recently approved a grant to offset some of the application and testing costs for Evanston residents who want to become firefighters. EFD takes new recruits “as is” and trains them, Hohl said. According to the city website, applicants must be between 21 and 35 years old and if over 35, currently be a “firefighter/paramedic” in Illinois. “(The training) is very expensive, but the city does that because (it) wants residents to be a part of the service that you all get,” Hohl said. Brown also said the city will host a youth job fair on March 3. According to a city news release Friday, more than 40 employers providing summer and year-round employment will be present, including Northwestern and NorthShore University HealthSystem. Collective Resource, Inc. owner and founder Erlene Howard, who is an Evanston resident, spoke about the services provided by her food scrap collection company. At the meeting, Howard said that “anything that was once alive,” including meat, dairy, vegetables and cooked broth, can go into the containers. Customers can choose from various sized containers for their food scraps, which are picked up weekly or biweekly and replaced with a clean container, Howard said, adding that taking food scraps out of the landfill helps the environment. “I … believe that if it’s easy enough, people will get in the habit of diverting their food scraps,” Howard told The Daily. “Every kind of property you can think of in Evanston has an example of (at least) one of them composting.” Howard told The Daily that the company’s franchise agreement with the city — which offers residents reduced prices on the company’s services — will last five years, with the potential of being extended for three years. Though the agreement began in November 2017, the service started June 2010, she said. “If another food scrap collection service decided to come to Evanston and set up a business, they would not be allowed,” Howard told The Daily. “Evanston has agreed that I am their standalone food hauler.”
“For the McSA community specifically, the event should … regain some of our knowledge, faith and belief in our culture,” Khan said. “For the larger Northwestern body, we hope to increase somewhat knowledge of Islam among our peers because a lot of students in the campus don’t know the basics of Islam.”
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And then Michigan State’s Josh Langford hit a three. And then Cassius Winston hit a three and a jumper. And then Matt McQuaid hit a three. Collins called a timeout, trying to slow things down. The Cats’ lead had been cut to 7 points. “What I was trying to do is give our guys confidence,” Collins said. “I’ve been in basketball for … a long, long time, and you know that happens at times. What I was just trying to do is relax the guys.
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Michigan State’s Tom Izzo dealt with foul trouble to some of his best players, too, but he had the reserves to fill the holes capably. Off the bench came guard Matt McQuaid, a sharpshooter who hit two huge 3-pointers, and defensively adept forwards Kenny Goins and Xavier Tillman, who were respectively plus-9 and plus-11 on the afternoon. “That’s one of our pluses — we have some depth,” Izzo said. “We just kept running different people, we were playing some bizarre lineups as you saw.” Of course, the Spartans also sported a vastly superior starting lineup as well — one both Collins and NU junior forward Vic Law called the most talented in the country. Even with projected top-10 NBA draft picks Miles Bridges (8 points, four turnovers) and Jaren Jackson (11 points in just 14 minutes) having an off-day by their standards, hulking center Nick Ward (15 points, 10 rebounds) and breakout guard Cassius Winston (17 points, nine rebounds, seven assists) did more than enough to pick up the slack.
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The organization also seeks to cater to the greater Chicago community by advertising the events, all of which are open to the public, at other nearby universities and mosques across the city, Khan said. Jihad Esmail, a member of McSA, said although the misunderstanding of Islam is not “rampant” at NU, he hopes Discover Islam Week will change some people’s perception that Muslims are “stuck in the past.” “I feel that the vast majority of Muslims across
the world have taken Islam … as a positive motivator not only in their spiritual lives but also in their works and studies and their overall passions,” the Weinberg freshman said. “So it’s a really cool thing to just to show people,‘Hey, we are Muslims, and these are Muslims that are going out of their way and incorporating Islam into what they do every day.’”
… Everybody knows it’s not going well.” But that timeout didn’t help. Miles Bridges made a jumper, then Winston splashed another 3-pointer. Nick Ward made a layup, and suddenly it was a tie game. When Jaren Jackson Jr. finished an and-one over Pardon with over five minutes left, it was all but over for the Cats. NU had allowed a 24-0 run. While the visitors shot over 54 percent from deep in the second half, the Cats went 3-for-26, committing six turnovers and sorely missing their senior point guard. Law, who lit the arena on fire in the first half,
missed his first seven shots in the second and was limited to a single, relatively meaningless, 3-pointer with 11 seconds left to cut the Spartans lead to 3. Even after that disastrous display of basketball, Izzo still thought the second-ranked Spartans were lucky to walk away with a win. “We needed the win, don’t get me wrong, but they deserved to win,” Izzo said. “They outplayed us for two-thirds of that game in every fashion. … For us, you’ve got to win a game like this once in a while.”
Law, asked how the Spartans had pulled off their epic rally Saturday, had a simple answer: “They just started scoring. (Because) they’re Michigan State.” Collins, too, had similar things to say. “When you’ve got a great point guard and you have two wings who are lottery picks and you’ve got a big guy who has to be double-teamed and you play 12 guys and you’re well-coached with a Hall of Fame coach, then you’re going to be pretty good,” Collins said. That reputation of across-the-board excellence has become synonymous with all Izzo-coached teams. Although it took some time to show up on Allstate Arena scoreboard Saturday, it did eventually, with the final difference if anything reflecting a team comparison generous to the Cats. And in the end, the wild back-and-forth swing that produced that 65-60 final proved nothing but undesired anxiety for Izzo. “We’re setting some new records at Michigan State: best start, best this, best that, and this might be the greatest comeback. The other records I appreciated, this one I really don’t,” he said. “I hope we don’t try to go for 28 next game.” benjaminpope2019@u.northwestern.edu assists, but he said she’s showing opposing coaches she can lead it in scoring. McKeown added that Hamilton is starting to force teams to stop pressing the Cats, and her improved playmaking has created opportunities for sophomore forwards Bryana Hopkins, who led NU with 15 points, and Abbie Wolf, who added a career-high 10. And, perhaps most impressively, KunaiyiAkpanah approved of the team’s collective
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Michigan State’s Jaron Jackson goes up for a shot. The Spartans’ star-studded cast of players helped it rally back against Northwestern on Saturday.
effort. “We definitely played with more passion today,” Kunaiyi-Akpanah said. “When you’re on a losing streak, it’s been really hard to find that joy with the game. But today, we really came out aggressive and with a love of the game. We played our hearts out the entire time.” charliegoldsmith2021@u.northwestern.edu
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That first half we played with an energy that was relentless, and when you play like that good things happen. — Vic Law, forward
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NU blows 27-point lead in wild loss to Michigan State By JOSEPH WILKINSON
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ROSEMONT — Scottie Lindsey hit a 30-foot 3-pointer. Vic Law stood at midcourt, hyping up the crowd like he owned the place. Northwestern was up 20-6. Michigan State coach Tom Izzo took a timeout. It didn’t matter. The Wildcats went on another run to extend the lead to 27 points. They took a 49-27 lead into halftime. And then disaster struck. The No. 2 Spartans (26-3, 14-2 Big Ten) held NU (15-13, 6-9) to 11 points in the entire second half on their way to the biggest comeback in Big Ten basketball history, a 65-60 road victory. At one point, the Cats’ offense, which was without senior point guard Bryant McIntosh and junior guard Jordan Ash, missed 17 consecutive field goal attempts
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and went 11 minutes without scoring a single point. “I’m just disappointed for the guys,” coach Chris Collins said. “Our effort was worthy of winning. I thought we did a lot of good things, and we just came up short.” The first half performance was full of those “good things.” NU shot over 60 percent from the field, went 8-for-13 from 3-point range, committed only one turnover, had 12 assists and held Michigan State to 33 percent shooting. Law, a junior forward who led the team with 21 points, and senior guard Lindsey each hit NBA-range 3-pointers. Freshman guard Anthony Gaines,
making his first career start, played the entire opening frame, swarmed Michigan State’s guards on defense and put up 8 points. “We knocked Michigan State back,” Law said. “That first half we played with an energy that was relentless, and when you play like that good things happen.” Unfortunately for the hosts, they also had to play the second half. Things started inauspiciously enough, as NU held on to a 53-35 lead with under 15 minutes left. The Cats were battling foul trouble — junior center Pardon picked up his fourth with over 14 minutes left, sophomore center Barret Benson had three in the first half and senior forward Gavin Skelly ended up fouling out — but they still held an 18-point advantage in the second half against a team with only three losses all season. » See COLLAPSE, page 7
Spartans show superiority in rally By BEN POPE
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ROSEMONT — A surprisingly unemotional Chris Collins — shortly after his Northwestern squad blew the biggest lead in Big Ten history — looked down at the printed box score in front of him, which listed every player to see the floor in Saturday’s game. “They’ve just got a lot of guys that played,” he said to a crescendo of
cautious chuckles. “I’ve got very few who played.” A critic could point to many things that Collins got wrong Saturday. But that comment was not one. Collins’ Wildcats (15-13, 6-9 Big Ten), missing both star senior guard Bryant McIntosh and junior backup Jordan Ash, deployed just eight scholarship athletes. No. 2 Michigan State (26-3, 14-2), meanwhile, trotted out 11 capable players. That depth played a major role in the Spartans’ historic second-half
comeback from 27 points down to win 65-60. Collins’ hands were severely tied by both his lack of healthy guards and the foul trouble suffered by the team’s three biggest players — centers Dererk Pardon and Barret Benson each tallied four fouls, and forward Gavin Skelly was disqualified with his fifth in the final seconds. David Lee/The Daily Northwestern
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WOMEN’S BASKETBALL
Cats hold on, snap losing streak Hopkins, Wolfe post By CHARLIE GOLDSMITH
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On Wednesday night, after Northwestern lost its eighth consecutive game and watched a 12-point lead become a 8-point loss, Pallas Kunaiyi-Akpanah refused to look at this season’s silver linings. Challenging her teammates’ lack of confidence, the junior forward said the Wildcats had to make a pretty simple change: play harder and think less. So Sunday against Illinois (9-19, 0-14 Big Ten), the only team in the Big Ten on
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a longer losing streak, Kunaiyi-Akpanah followed her own advice. She again led the Cats in rebounding — coach Joe McKeown teasingly asked her after the game how she only finished with 16 — and she added 13 points in NU’s 68-61 win. In the first half, she had two rebounds in a single possession before drawing a foul and giving the Cats (10-18, 3-11) an early
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Pallas Kunaiyi-Akpanah goes up for a layup. The junior forward had 13 points and 16 rebounds in the win over Illinois.
9-0 lead. “There is nobody… who works that hard,” McKeown said. “It’s hard for her that not everybody plays that hard. Her and Nia Coffey used to go at it. They’d both just fly out of a cannon to get the ball and fight for it.” Following the loss to the Nittany Lions, McKeown decided to change his approach in an attempt to solve the team’s lack of aggressiveness. First, he ditched the scouting report the staff had been preparing on the Fighting Illini and instead gave the players breakdowns of their own games. Then, like Kunaiyi-Akpanah did, he told freshmen guards Jordan Hamilton and Lindsey Pulliam they needed to trust their instincts. Even though they combined to shoot just 2-for-18 from the field, Hamilton added a career-high nine assists and Pulliam played a major role in breaking Illinois’ full court press. McKeown said their “baptism by fire” is starting to wrap up as they develop into more experienced players. “They’re just grinding through this, but they’re refreshing because they don’t know any better, so they just play,” he said. “We had a (12-point lead) at Penn State and got kicked in the teeth and then bounced back today. That says a lot about this team.” For the first time this season, after holding off a late run by Illinois that cut NU’s lead all the way down to 4 points, McKeown started talking about the team’s collective potential next season. Days after watching a double-digit lead disappear, the Cats strung three defensive stops together in the fourth quarter, and McKeown said their cohesive play gives him optimism about his backcourt. » See SNAP, page 7
career highs in victory By CASSIDY JACKSON
the daily northwestern @cassidykjackson
Less than three minutes into Northwestern’s game against Illinois, sophomore forward Bryana Hopkins sunk a 3-pointer, bringing the Wildcats’ lead to 5-0. That shot was very telling of who would wind up dominating the Cats’ offense Sunday afternoon. Thanks to several strong performances from typical depth players, NU (10-18, 3-11 Big Ten) came out with newfound fire to end an eightgame losing streak and get an 68-61 win against Illinois (9-19, 0-14). “I think the win is just going to be a momentum builder for us, so coming games (we need) just to remember how it feels and not want to give up,” junior forward Pallas Kunaiyi-Akpanah said. Usually, the Cats’ guards dominate the offensive effort. Three of the team’s five leading scorers are backcourt players, including leading scorer and freshman guard Lindsey Pulliam. This time, however, the roles were reversed. Pulliam and fellow freshman guard Jordan Hamilton sat at the bottom of the scoreboard, with Hamilton sinking only 2 of her 10 shots and Pulliam failing to get a point, shooting 0-for-10. With Hamilton and Pulliam off their offensive games, Hopkins stepped up and scored well above her season average of 4.6 points per
game. Hopkins snagged the team 15 points this time around, making her the scoreboard leader and marking her season-high scoring wise. As a freshman, Hopkins generally rode the bench, appearing in only six games and playing no more than 10 minutes in each of them. This season, though, Hopkins has started 12 games and currently averages 21 minutes per game. Coach Joe McKeown said Hopkins is making up for her lack of freshman-year experience this season. “She’s getting her confidence level up,” McKeown said. “She’s not afraid to shoot the ball. She’s played everywhere, and she guards everybody. I think that’s an invaluable glue-type person. She has just really stepped in. She’s very quiet, but there’s a fire inside.” Hopkins wasn’t alone when it came to season highs. Sophomore forward Abbie Wolf scored in the double digits for the first time this season and the first time in her Northwestern career with 10 points. McKeown said he was encouraged by the improvement showcased in Sunday’s game and is excited for the approaching Big Ten Tournament. “I think today really helped them…. We’re playing two top-20 teams this week, but we’ve been fearless as far as our approach. I think it’s more about us,” McKeown said. “After next Sunday, everybody’s 0-0, and it’s the most fun time in college basketball. I want them to enjoy that.” cassidyjackson2021@u.northwestern.edu