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As the March 15 state and national primary elections draw nearer, Evanston residents and city officials noted an influx of campaign signage cropping up on public property — a violation of state law. Bonnie Schindler (Medill ‘91, ‘92) said she began to notice signs for different local candidates over the past week or so, largely for Judge of Circuit Court of Cook County and Cook County State’s Attorney, posted on public property such as right of ways — stretches of grass in the middle of city roads — and traffic circles. “I totally don’t care if people have it on their lawns, it’s just really annoying on city property, especially when I just paid a big tax bill,” Schindler said. She added jokingly, “I feel like that little triangle of grass is partly mine now.” Schindler identified Carolyn Gallagher, who’s running for Cook County Judge, as one of the candidates whose signage was placed on city property. Other candidates could not be reached for comment as of Thursday night. Gallagher said as an attorney and a judicial candidate she is “prohibited by the canons of ethics” in being involved with the financial aspects of her campaign, including the hiring of independent contractors who place the signage, so she said she was not directly involved in the distribution of her materials. She said she received a call from an Evanston resident who was upset about the signage. “No one from any other township and no one from the city has called me,” Gallagher said. “I’m sure this comes up every election cycle, and my campaign manager put a call in to the guys putting the signs up.” Jim Maiworm, assistant director of public works, said members from Evanston’s public works routinely clean up signs of all kinds on public property, from political signs to advertisements. “Periodically, once a week during the spring, because spring is a very busy season for it all, we sweep through and we just collect,” Maiworm said. “Political season is usually a little heavier than not.” City manager Wally Bobkiewicz said one exception to the rule prohibiting signage on public property is the Civic Center, which serves as the city’s polling place. Signs are allowed within a certain number of feet from a polling place, he said. Other than the Civic Center, Bobkiewicz said the city works diligently to make sure signs remain off public

For students dealing with mental health issues, medical leave presents obstacles By OLIVIA EXSTRUM

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John Mederich experienced his first mental breakdown in October 2013. A report on the incident described a volatile scene. According to medical records obtained by The Daily, a friend became worried when Mederich began acting strangely, “furious, ranting, raving.” “He started sobbing, and said that he was suicidal, ‘I don’t want to live on this planet anymore.’, (sic) and ‘I’m going to stab myself,’” a staff member at Counseling and Psychological Services wrote about the friend’s report. The friend told a security guard at Foster-Walker Complex she was concerned for Mederich’s safety. University Police escorted Mederich to the hospital, where he said he was hospitalized for about a week. About three weeks later, he was hospitalized again. A CAPS psychiatrist recommended he take a medical leave, but he said he wasn’t ready. A little more than two months later, Mederich requested a leave, citing “issues adjusting to my sophomore year at Northwestern due to substance abuse issues that related to my mental health,” records show. His request was then granted. Mederich has spent the majority of the time since then on three medical leaves, totaling about a year and a half. After suffering a psychotic breakdown in September 2015, Mederich took his last leave in October. He hasn’t been back since. Unlike some universities, taking a medical leave at NU is voluntary, administrators said. Staff members from CAPS and the Dean of Students Office said the majority of students return from leave happier and healthier. Administrators said the stigma around taking a medical leave, however, is still a barrier to students receiving the support they need. Mona Dugo, senior associate dean of students in Student Assistance and Support Services, an office within the Dean of Students Office that helps students navigate university resources, told The Daily the Dean of Students Office is discussing ways to make students’ return to school smoother after taking a medical leave. Some students who have taken medical leave for mental health issues said although the treatment they received was beneficial, the medical leave process wasn’t easy. They said intensive treatment plans, stigma about taking time off and a system not always sensitive to their needs were all barriers to what they wanted out of their medical leave experience. Mederich applied to transfer to Loyola University Chicago in November. He started classes in January, majoring in communication studies and minoring in gender studies. Loyola is close to home — Mederich commutes from Rogers Park, where he lives with his parents. In records obtained by The Daily, an October 2015 letter from Dugo, who said she is unable to comment on individual students’ experiences due to privacy laws, shows

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if Mederich were to return to NU he would not be able to do so until Winter Quarter 2017 “at the earliest.” Mederich said it isn’t worth it. Diagnosed with “depression with features of psychosis,” Mederich has always struggled with his mental health. But he said the University’s expectations for treatment and maintaining sobriety were unrealistic and made returning to school more difficult. Overall, Mederich said the medical leave process has left him with a lot of “what ifs.” His medical leaves had a pattern: Following mental health issues at the beginning of the school year, he would take a medical leave, only to return and struggle to readjust to life at NU. The process would then begin again. “No one mentioned the pattern,” he said. “It was more so myself who had to come up with that conclusion. It was like after (the third) medical leave that I was like, ‘I’m done with NU because I can’t put myself through this anymore.’” Mederich said although he appreciated the support he received, he felt himself lose control over his treatment process. “Taking medical leaves has overall negatively impacted my mental health,” he said. “Leaving Northwestern, I feel like a damaged product.”

Policies and procedures

A typical medical leave lasts two quarters. There is no limit to how many medical leaves a student can go on, although if a student chooses to take more than one leave for the same reason, their subsequent leaves usually last at least a full academic year, Dugo said. The Dean of Students Office coordinates the medical leave and reinstatement processes. Dugo said she estimates more than 90 percent of medical leaves are mental health related. She said there were 42 medical leaves in Fall Quarter. According to the Winter Quarter 2016 Division of Student Affairs Deans’ Update, which details new Student Affairs initiatives, there were 137 total medical leaves in the 2014-15 academic year. The previous year, there were 130. Dugo said students sometimes request medical leave independently, but are usually referred to the Dean of Students Office by CAPS or their academic dean or adviser. Students’ transcripts do not show they were enrolled at NU during the quarter(s) they choose to take leave, Dugo said, including when a student leaves mid-quarter. The cutoff for students to apply for leave mid-quarter is typically the Friday of the eighth week of the quarter. Students who go on medical leave receive a refund of their tuition if they withdraw mid-quarter, Dugo said. “That’s a big incentive,” she said. “Not only do (students) get to save themselves academically, they get the money back, get kind of a reset when they’re coming back and feeling better.” For mental health-related medical leaves, the Dean of Students Office defers to CAPS for referrals to outside » See MEDICAL LEAVE, page 8

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Northwestern is removing loans for incoming students and providing scholarships for undocumented immigrants who graduate from U.S. high schools, the University announced Thursday as part of changes to its financial aid program. In an email sent to students, University President Morton Schapiro and Provost Daniel Linzer announced the new initiatives, which include all-grant financial aid packages, a cap on need-based loans for current students set at $20,000, University-funded scholarships for undocumented students and increased aid for international students. The lack of loans in particular makes NU “unusual” among universities, except for a few Ivy League schools and others who have done the same, University spokesman Al Cubbage told The Daily. Funding for expanded aid will come from gifts and endowment earnings, among other sources. A total of $147.2 million from NU’s “We Will” campaign has already been put toward scholarships. Cubbage said gifts like this continually help the school because, similar to a savings account, they are set aside for an endowed scholarship which earns around 5 percent each year. “Northwestern is very fortunate in that it has a large endowment and generous alumni,” he said. “It’s great that we have that kind of support.” NU has increased financial aid for students by 55 percent in the last five years, with about $160 million available for the 2016-17 year. By 2020, the University hopes to have Pell Grant-eligible students make up 20 percent of the incoming class. These students are typically U.S. citizens, have demonstrated financial need and are enrolled in an eligible degree in college or career school. About 15 percent of the Class of 2019 was Pell Grant-eligible students. Amanda Walsh, president of the NU Quest Scholars Network, said this “20 by 2020” campaign stemmed from a proposal drafted for Associated Student Government Senate and Faculty Senate that recommended steps to take toward socioeconomic accessibility. “The goal of this reform and of many reforms … is to make sure socioeconomic status is not a disadvantage, to make sure there is no classism on campus,” the Communication senior said. Walsh said the roots of these changes trace back five or six years ago to the founding of Quest Scholars at NU as the school’s only student group focusing on low-income and first-generation students’ issues. For her, the early steps leading to today’s initiatives started with Quest Scholars’ “Money Matters” programming — which included speaker events, firesides and film screenings centered around the issues low-income students » See AID, page 11

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Around Town City likely follows trend of rise in gun ownership By RISHIKA DUGYALA

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A recent spike in registered gun ownership throughout Illinois is likely present in Evanston, Evanston police chief Richard Eddington said. There are no locations in Evanston where people can buy guns, but Eddington said there were more than 418,000 background checks for gun purchases statewide in 2015 — a more than 150 percent increase from a decade ago. As a result, Eddington said it would make sense that more guns were purchased in Cook County by Evanston residents than in previous years. Illinois State Police Master Sgt. Jason Bradley said in an email to The Daily that through the Firearm Transfer Inquiry Program, federally licensed gun dealers are able to perform automated background checks on potential buyers prior to a purchase. The ISP saw a record number of FTIP transactions for a single month with more than 60,000 in December alone, Bradley said. Since 2013, Illinois dealers have consistently performed more than 400,000 checks each year, according to information provided by Bradley. The increase in transactions within that time frame appears to indicate a national trend, he said. Eddington said the uptick in gun sales was noticeable over the last 18 to 24 months, but recent instances of mass gun violence worldwide have exacerbated the upward trend. “A lot of people are concerned about personal safety,” Eddington said. “The events in Paris, in San Bernardino, had an impact on people and have caused a concern there that may have resulted in this uptick in firearm sales.” Bradley said an FTIP transaction does not necessarily mean a firearm purchase was made. However, the number of guns bought could also be much higher, as each purchase could have involved more

than one weapon, he said. The state police also does its best to track the number of Firearm Owner’s Identification cards and concealed carry applications it receives from various counties, said Abdon Pallasch (Medill ‘87), spokesman for the Cook County Sheriff’s Office. Pallasch said Illinois residents tend to apply for FOID cards more than concealed carry permits; the former simply lets individuals own a gun, while the latter deals with an individual’s ability to carry the weapon in public. Two years ago, Illinois transitioned from banning carrying of firearms in public to a concealed-carry law. As a result, there was a large number of applicants for these permits: In 2014, there were nearly 25,000 concealed carry permit requests from Cook County, Pallasch said. Although the number of these permit requests decreased in 2015, the number of active FOID cards increased by about 30,000, reaching a total of over 460,000 cards statewide, according to information provided by Bradley. Eddington said it’s important to make a distinction between the legal and illegal possession of firearms, and the Evanston Police Department is focused on the latter. From September 5 to the end of last year, EPD discovered 43 illegal guns, cases in which none of the owners had concealed carry permits or FOID cards, Eddington said. “It’s tough to measure what we haven’t taken action on before, so we’re focused on those illegal guns that’s driving the seizure number up,” Eddington said. “My sense is that it’s more, but I don’t have any real data to base that on.” “Are there legal gun owners that do illegal things with them?” Eddington said. “Yes. But that’s a small percentage as compared to people who are clearly restricted from owning guns that still acquire them and use them for illegal purposes.”

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Several anonymous callers reported early Thursday morning hearing about six shots fired on the corner of Dobson Street and Custer Avenue, police said. Responding officers checked the area around 2:30 a.m. and found no evidence of gunshots, but around 11:45 a.m., a 46-year-old resident of the 700 block of Dobson Street told police he found several shell casings in his backyard, Evanston Police Department spokesman Perry Polinski said. There was no visible damage from the gunshots, and police currently have no suspects, he added.

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A female employee reported Wednesday that her coat and scarf had been stolen from the employee lounge of her place of business, located in the 1000 block of Church Street, police said. She reported the theft to the business’ security around 8:15 p.m., Polinski said. Security then reported it to EPD and described a possible suspect, he said. ­— Cydney Hayes

Setting the record straight An article in Wednesday’s paper titled “29 students to attend global conference in April” misstated the number of NU students who will attend Clinton Global Initiative University. Twenty-six students will attend. The article also misstated Monika Wnuk’s quote. She said CGI U asks student participants to propose something very tangible that may not be within their reach in the moment. The Daily regrets the errors.

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Profs call for special prosecutor in McDonald case By CHRISTINE FAROLAN

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Three Northwestern law professors have filed a motion petitioning for the appointment of a special prosecutor in all matters related to the fatal shooting of Laquan McDonald. McDonald was shot 16 times by officer Jason Van Dyke of the Chicago Police Department on Oct. 20, 2014. A little over a year later, dash-cam video of the incident was released and Van Dyke was indicted on six first-degree murder counts. The petition, submitted Feb. 16 with co-counsel from the University of Chicago Law School and the People’s Law Office, states that there is a conflict of interest in the case due to the relationship between Cook County State’s Attorney Anita Alvarez and CPD. “Anita Alvarez is disqualified from representing the

People in connection with the prosecution of Chicago Police Officer Jason Van Dyke as well as … the Chicago Police officers who participated in the falsification of reports, the destruction of evidence, the manipulation and coercion of witnesses and other possible misconduct in the aftermath of the fatal shooting of Laquan McDonald,” according to the petition. The document goes on to explain the “unjustified” police shooting, the police’s misconduct, Alvarez’s delay in charging the officers and the public’s subsequent lack of confidence. School of Law Prof. Sheila Bedi said it felt “critical” to directly present the issue before the court following support from McDonald’s family and elected officials. “(Alvarez) has sought and received (the police department’s) endorsement,” Bedi said. “The way in which she’s aligned with the police department has played out in some of the decisions she’s made … even when Chicago police officers have been involved in behavior that, it appears, rises to the level of criminal.”

NU professors became involved with the case due to the long-standing history their office has in ensuring transparency and integrity in the Cook County criminal justice system, Bedi said. “This is certainly an example that screams out for the appointment of a special prosecutor,” she said. The listed petitioners include one of McDonald’s family members, community organizations and politicians such as Jesús “Chuy” Garcìa, a member of the Cook County Board of Commissioners who ran for mayor last year. School of Law Prof. Locke Bowman, director of the MacArthur Justice Center, said he and the other lawyers who filed the petition are serving as the petitioners’ counsel. In a statement to The Daily, the State’s Attorney’s office noted Alvarez “has brought charges against 96 law enforcement officers when those charges were appropriate, and this case is no different.” It also said Van Dyke has already been indicted, and two different assistant state’s attorneys were assigned to the case.

Bedi said this does not make a difference because the other officers at the scene have not yet been charged, and Alvarez is ultimately the one supervising the assistant state’s attorneys. Both Bedi and Bowman cited the case’s delay, the timing of the filing of charges to coincide with the release of the video of the shooting and the fact that none of the officers besides Van Dyke have been charged as reasons for concern. “We have been concerned about the level of mistrust engendered as a result of the State’s Attorney’s inexplicable delay in filing charges,” Bowman said. “You look at this in the context of what strikes us as a reluctance on the part of this State’s Attorney to proceed against police.” University spokesman Al Cubbage deferred comment to the involved faculty. The case returns to court March 17. christinefarolan2017@u.northwestern.edu

NU creates first university-wide LGBT research institute By KELLI NGUYEN

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Northwestern launched the first university-wide institute in the nation to focus entirely on LGBT health Monday, the Feinberg School of Medicine announced. The Institute for Sexual and Gender Minority Health and Wellbeing draws researchers from multiple NU departments to research and improve LGBT health. It was developed from the existing IMPACT program, which similarly focused on health in the LGBT community, but with less of the infrastructure and collaboration that characterizes the new center. “The goal of the institute is to leverage the relationship and successes of the IMPACT program and expand them into other areas,” said Brian Mustanski, director of both ISGMH and IMPACT. “When

universities establish (institutes), it’s really with the goal of catalyzing research and training in a particular area.” This opportunity for interdepartmental collaboration will strengthen research, Mustanski said. Pulling in researchers from beyond the medical field is necessary in research involving complicated data, said Michelle Birkett, director of one of ISGMH’s research programs. “Trying to understand why these things happen and then also trying to develop interventions that address them is more complicated than any one department or discipline or single group of researchers can do,” Birkett said. “By working together, I think (we) can make a much greater impact.” The institute currently oversees three different research programs with a core focus on LGBT health. IMPACT will be folded into the institute, sharpening its research to focus on LGBT youth. Other programs include the Complex Systems and Health

Disparities Research Program and the Evaluation, Data Integration, and Technical Assistance Program. “Splitting it up into different programs will allow us to pursue different research trajectories ... (and) really have a focus,” said Birkett, who oversees CSHD. The CSHD program works to understand how the health of LGBT individuals is affected by different environments. Researchers study individuals as well as the communities they live in to understand how inequalities in broader systems affect LGBT health. “It’s complicated, and a lot of times it’s not necessarily the result of an individual who is participating in risk behavior but it’s a process at a system’s level,” Birkett said. “In terms of homophobia, racism, poverty — all of these things trickle down to influence people’s conscious individual behaviors.” The EDIT program focuses on studying LGBT health initiatives in real-life settings, said Gregory Phillips II, director of EDIT. It is rooted in

community-based work to evaluate LGBT programs and interventions. EDIT develops ways to collect and disseminate this type of data, he said. EDIT’s work stems from previous work done in HIV prevention program evaluations, Phillips said. With existing partnerships with community-based organizations, it will be built of off work already being done locally, he added. “We know we are doing a lot of great work and we’re hoping to expand on that to do more on a larger scale,” Phillips said. The institute is in the midst of strategic planning to create programs for new areas of study, including in women’s health and older adults, Mustanski said. “It’s a really exciting time for our community, and I think Northwestern was very visionary in recognizing the need and opportunity,” he said. kellinguyen2019@u.northwestern.edu

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Brokered convention is best chance to stop Trump BOB HAYES

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After 11 states went to the polls to select a Republican presidential candidate on Tuesday, the dominant narrative of the current campaign centers on Donald Trump, who gained victories in seven states on Tuesday alone, and inevitability earned the nomination. Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, who won three states and 209 delegates on Tuesday, appears to stand as the most viable alternative to the maligned Trump, particularly after Florida Sen. Marco Rubio failed to secure victory outside of Minnesota, his only win so far. Additionally, Ohio Gov. John Kasich only managed to win 19 delegates on Tuesday, while the campaign seems to have reached its end for retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson. The combination of Trump’s commanding breadth of wins, Cruz’s surprising victories, Rubio’s underwhelming performances and Kasich’s lack of delegates has led many to call for the latter two candidates to exit the race and give Cruz a chance at beating Trump one-on-one. Yet, if we crunch the numbers, continued threats from all remaining candidates could quite likely lead to a brokered convention, in which case Rubio or Kasich would have a reasonable shot at

winning the nomination. Because of this possibility, it makes sense for each of the four remaining Republican presidential candidates to stay in the race. This year’s candidate mess beyond the vehemently opposed Trump has led many of us political enthusiasts to dust off our history books — or, more realistically, our Wikipedia search bars — to recall what happens if no presidential candidate successfully wins a majority of delegates in primary elections. This case, called a brokered or contested convention, would take place for the first time in modern political history if no presidential candidate secures 1,237 delegates by the end of the primary cycle. Under a brokered convention, all delegates are free from their pledged candidates and can vote for any candidate, with delegates continuously voting in rounds until a particular candidate wins a majority of delegates. Realistically speaking, it is hard to imagine any candidate will successfully pull off the upset over Trump for the Republican nomination. Thus, a brokered convention, which would likely lead to delegates voting for more establishment-friendly candidates, stands as the only legitimate possibility of preventing a Trump nomination. Although the resounding narrative parades Trump’s 10 state victories, he has only gained 46 percent of awarded delegates, which is the far more relevant statistic considering what Trump ultimately needs is not a certain number of state victories but 51 percent of delegates. Based on

purely that 46 percent, many would immediately conclude Trump actually faces an uphill battle to win 51 percent of delegates. However, based on FiveThirtyEight’s metrics that take into account demographics and voting records of states, Trump has actually surpassed his necessary delegate targets thus far: “Trump pulls a disproportionate share of his support from voters without a college degree, so he tends to do better in contests with less-educated electorates,” Aaron Bycoffe writes. “Looking forward, Trump should win more delegates in states with fewer college-educated voters. If Trump hits his targets in the remaining contests, he’ll end up with 1,276 delegates out of 2,472 — 52 percent.” Still, there is a strong variable of conditionality regarding whether Trump successfully hits these targets. The firestorm of anti-Trump rhetoric from opposing campaigns will likely only increase as the main focus of each campaign must now be to prevent Trump from accruing 1,237 delegates. This task would hardly be plausible if taken on alone by Cruz, who has similar problems garnering support beyond his voting block. The movement to stop Trump, particularly in the near future, necessitates the continued campaigns of Rubio and Kasich. On March 15, the GOP lifts its embargo on winner-take-all primaries and immediately holds massive winner-takeall elections in Rubio’s home state of Florida and Kasich’s Ohio. Without Rubio and Kasich, Trump

would almost certainly gain 165 delegates from those two states alone. The value of the two establishment candidates extends far beyond these two states — any delegates won by them, which will presumably be substantial, are delegates not won by Trump. Without these two candidates’ participation, it is unreasonable to assume their supporters would all suddenly vote for Cruz — many would likely defect to Trump or not vote at all, ensuring a Trump nomination. Finally, from the perspective of individual gain, both Rubio and Kasich, with their support from party leaders and moderates, can expect a quality chance at the nomination in the case of a brokered convention. Although many can easily look at Trump’s slate of victories as a sign of his inevitable nomination, others see the alternative to be a one-onone competition with Cruz potentially tipping in the Texan’s favor. However, the legitimate possibility of a brokered convention means the most realistic shot at halting the Trump train is a continued assault from all remaining candidates until primary season’s bitter end. Bob Hayes is a Weinberg junior. He can be reached at roberthayes2017@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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Spike Lee was at Northwestern on Wednesday and spoke after a screening of his newest film, “ChiRaq.” I missed the talk, which was disappointing. I would have loved to listen to Lee, if for no other reason than the dude is one of the greatest artists of the 20th century and directed what might just be the Great American Film. I’m talking about “Do The Right Thing,” of course, Lee’s 1989 masterpiece dealing with race relations on a street in Brooklyn. Set on a blistering summer day, the film’s profundity comes in part from the fact that, at its end, it never gives a concrete answer as to what the “right thing” is. Near the end of the film (spoiler alerts coming) the protagonist, played by Lee, upset by the wrongful killing of a black character by police, tosses a trash can through the window of the pizza parlor where he works, owned by his racist Italian-American boss. Is this the right thing to do? In the context of a complex film, it’s hard to say for sure. And Lee concludes the film by providing a pair of quotes from Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X presenting contrasting views on violence. Viewers are left to reach their own conclusions. And it works. Because knowing what the right thing to do can be hard. Sometimes there is no “right thing” to do. Sometimes you just have to make your best guess. For college students, this is an important lesson to remember. It’s easy to forget that people are, well, people, just going about their days, doing their best. The world is infinitely complex, and on a given day we’re faced with endless decisions. We’re left to try our best, and to accept the fact that we’re supposed to make mistakes. Take the presidential election. Nobody knows

for certain the right way to vote. Choosing the “right thing” is complex. In the first place, there are philosophical questions to address. Do I want to vote for the person with whom my political views most align? Do I want to vote for the person who is most realistic and effective? Do I want to vote based on political reality or abstract idealism? On a candidate’s personality or on a candidate’s ideas? What of the fact that each candidate, from Sen. Bernie Sanders all the way down to Donald Trump, would probably be better for some people and causes and worse for others? We make our judgments and conclusions. That’s what living is. And on a smaller scale, we make such decisions on a daily, if not hourly, basis. Whether to prioritize sleep or study before an exam. Whether to do a reading or help a friend clean their dorm room. Even decisions carrying relatively little weight can be complex and stressful. Part of the college experience is having to make these decisions, and often much more important ones, on our own. Weighing pros and cons, and sometimes screwing up. Truth is, when it comes to many decisions, the right thing isn’t totally clear and may never be clear. That’s why we have debates, discussions and the rest. We try to puzzle closer to truth. But we should never forget that we’re further from it than we often like to admit. Nor should we forget that the point of college is, in large part, not to do the right thing but to practice working toward the right thing. So maybe I should have cleared my commitments and gone to listen to Lee. Maybe I would have learned something. But I can’t say for certain whether going would have been the right thing to do. Tim Balk is a Medill sophomore. He can be contacted at timothybalk2018@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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Vladimir Putin, in a homophobic move most saw coming, signed Russia’s anti-LGBT propaganda law law in June 2013. The intent of the legislation was in its full title: “the purpose of protecting children.” In his 2014 documentary “Hunted: The War Against Gays in Russia,” director Ben Steele documents the actual impact of this law: a rise in hate crimes committed against gay Russian citizens. Groups of vigilantes spend hours attempting to lure gay men to a location and videotaping the humiliations they inflict on their victims — with certain horrors specific to Russia. The unspeakable treatment of victims by these vigilantes is thorough. While itself traumatic, the humiliation they inflict on victims is filmed and posted online. This practice is common in Russia because many employers will fire employees once they discover they are gay. Vigilantees know Russian employers are not likely to sympathize with their gay employees because they themselves are probably homophobic. The fact that the Russian government was not just allowing these attacks but encouraging them by guaranteeing the safety of their perpetrators was terrifying. The Russian police force is particularly complicit in these hate crimes, rarely investigating the origins of these videos or attempting to dismantle the vast vigilante networks. The personal mistreatment of LGBT people by Russian police is so known that one attacker threatened to send his victim to the police. The Putin administration’s active role in the oppression and widespread mistreatment of gay people seemed to warrant some international action.

Many countries did speak out against the law, but primarily because of the potential impact it would have on their athletes participating in the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi. After the closing ceremonies, however, countries shifted their focus back home and away from the true victims of the law: Russian LGBT people. Whatever issues Americans still have with the LGBT rights movement, I think most agree that LGBT people do not deserve to be hunted. I also think we would all support some action from our government in telling Vladimir Putin that he cannot treat anybody that way, regardless of sexual orientation. Though few developed countries have histories of LGBT acceptance, Russia’s is among the most terrible. The worst view of homosexuality, that it is somehow linked to increased instances of pedophilia, is widely held. Pedophilia and homosexuality are not related, and many Americans now understand that connecting them attaches perversion and criminality to homosexuality. Dealing with Russia is by no means simple. They threaten invasion in all directions and allow the mistreatment of their citizens nationwide. But this is a specific issue that would allow world leaders to demand a specific response from Vladimir Putin, and I am frankly surprised they have yet to. It’s time the U.S. government, and governments worldwide, start advocating for this as a human rights issue and stop ignoring it because our figure skaters were allowed to participate in a competition. Joseph Madden is a Weinberg freshman. He can be contacted at josephmadden2019@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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Renovations to Fountain Square will begin next year after initial funding for the project was approved by City Council last week. The square, which is located at the intersection of Sherman Avenue, Orrington Avenue and Davis Street, is currently home to a fountain, which is fairly old and beginning to deteriorate, city officials said. The renovations would likely replace the fountain and rearrange the space, which also includes a veterans memorial, said Lara Biggs, Evanston’s capital planning bureau chief. Renovations may extend to the landscaped area across Davis Street south of Fountain Square and to the intersection itself. “Fountain Square is a really critical area in the city’s downtown,” she said. “The fountain needs renovation because it has reached the end of its useful life.” The team putting together the proposed changes to Fountain Square will allow time for public input in the coming months and hopes to have a finalized plan by late summer, Biggs said. Construction will likely begin in 2017 and may occur in two phases, depending on the final plans. Biggs said the city had just started planning the project, and although they were not sure what the final price tag would be, she estimated the cost would be between $4 million and $5 million. The city is planning to finance renovations to Fountain Square using Tax Increment Funds, which is money collected through taxes by the city to be used for public works. Biggs said the final proposal would depend on how much TIF funding they are able to utilize. A memorandum issued to City Council for the Feb. 22 meeting said the renovations could include a new fountain, seating area and lighting, as well as a possible enlargement of the traffic island in the 1500 block of Sherman Avenue and Orrington Avenue. There will also likely be repairs to the water main line in the 1600 block of Sherman Avenue. The roadway between Church Street and Davis Street may also be repaved. “Anytime you replace a critical feature like a fountain, it is worth looking at the surrounding area to make it all an area that flows together and works as

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one installation,” she said. Annie Coakley, executive director of Downtown Evanston, an organization that helps with marketing and management assistance for downtown businesses, said she hopes the renovated square will provide a space for people to grab lunch with friends and for larger community gatherings. She also said she hopes the space will become more accessible year-round. “Obviously it’s a fountain and we’re in the middle of a midwest winter and we can’t have flowing water there, but (we asked ourselves) could it have an element that could still have an activated purpose in the winter months?” she said. Downtown Evanston was part of the team that selected Christopher B. Burke Engineering, Ltd to help the city plan the renovations and Coakley said Downtown Evanston would help businesses surrounding the square deal with any negative impacts next year’s construction might have. Coakley said infrastructure repairs are just what comes along with older city amenities, but she is excited for the project. “I would love for Fountain Square 2.0 — the next version of it — to really have an open space, a communal feel where people could come and hang out during the day and enjoy whatever it looks like,” she said. “I’m sure it will be beautiful.” norashelly2019@u.northwestern.edu

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Entrepreneur splits time between two companies Alumnus becomes Tesla, SpaceX vice president of materials engineering By DAVID FISHMAN

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Charles Kuehmann was born into a family of entrepreneurs. His great grandfather owned Kuehmann Potato Chips, a late 1800s snack operation, and his father operated a marina along the Colorado River. To date, Kuehmann himself has founded three businesses, including QuesTek, a new-materials design firm. In December, Kuehmann (McCormick ’94) became the vice president of materials engineering at both Tesla Motors and SpaceX, working on the future of electric cars and interplanetary travel, respectively. He is the only employee — besides CEO and South African entrepreneur Elon Musk — who splits his time between the two companies, a role he described as “crazy.” Before joining the moonshot operation, Kuehmann led a product design team at Apple. “Charlie has a vision,” said Christopher Schuh, head of the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Kuehmann’s colleague. “He has an entrepreneurial spirit and happens to be very technically deep on the thermodynamics and physics of metals. Those properties together have put him in a very unique position to help show the world where it’s going in terms of the design of new materials.” Kuehmann grew up in Bullhead City, Arizona, a small town located about 100 miles south of Las Vegas. A product of the Apollo era, when U.S. astronauts landed on the moon, the budding engineer divided his time between imagining life in space and running an athletic medicine office at his local high school. “I played around a lot with things, taking them apart, putting them back together,” he said. “I was pretty mechanically inclined.” After high school, the young entrepreneur received a scholarship to attend Arizona State University, where he graduated summa cum laude with a degree in aerospace engineering. While at school, Kuehmann recalled building

an advanced engine for American aerospace company AlliedSignal that exploded after only 20 hours. His team had made a miscalculation of the turbine temperature, which reduced the engine’s life dramatically. The experience taught Kuehmann that in order to improve design, he had to first improve materials. Gradually, Kuehmann’s focus began to shift away from design and toward materials. After college, he received a prestigious National Science Foundation grant, and in 1988 he began to pursue his Ph.D in NU’s department of Materials Science and Engineering. At the same time, McCormick Prof. Gregory Olson, who also had an interest in materials and design, was transitioning from MIT to NU. Olson, named the “father of materials design” by the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, had an idea to utilize computing software to lower the cost of materials creation. Kuehmann became one of Olson’s first graduate students at NU, where the two worked together to hone computer models they hoped would reduce the cost of developing new metals. In 1996, unable to elicit interest from any other engineering companies in the industry, the two co-founded their own company, QuesTek. Straightaway, they received contracts from major clients, such as Newman/Haas Racing and the U.S. Navy, and later worked with SpaceX. Friends and former colleagues, including Olson, described Kuehmann as a “jack of all trades,” capable of handling both the business and technical sides behind QuesTek. This, Olson added, made him the ideal CEO. McCormick Prof. David Seidman, who taught Kuehmann in graduate school, said he was the type of guy with whom “you wouldn’t mind sharing a beer.” After a three-year stint at Apple, Kuehmann reignited his childhood passion for space travel last December when he took the job at Tesla and SpaceX. A far cry from grade school daydreams, today Kuehmann splits his time between combating the risk of human extinction and curbing fossil fuel emissions. “If we can’t move away from fossil fuels, we’re

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treatment providers. Dugo said CAPS also works with students’ insurance providers to ensure students can afford treatment. Students must meet with CAPS before going on leave for mental health issues, said Dr. John Dunkle, executive director of CAPS, in an interview with The Daily. When a student is on leave, completion of a specific treatment plan is a requirement for reinstatement, Dunkle said. The reinstatement process also includes an application and a re-entry interview. “We talk to them about what the recommendations are and the students review it, usually with their family,” Dunkle said. “It’s usually therapy of some sort … it may be medication, it may mean group therapy, it may mean a whole host of things.”

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Emily Comstock was struggling. A member of the fencing team on the pre-med track, the then-Weinberg freshman was doing 11 hours of therapy in an intensive outpatient program each week on top of practice, class and schoolwork. Comstock dealt with depression, anxiety and an eating disorder in high school, and after several sessions with CAPS in Fall Quarter 2013, her psychologist recommended outside help at an Evanston treatment facility, records show. Comstock suffered a mental breakdown that November. She vividly remembers sitting in Sargent dining hall for a Thanksgiving meal with her teammates, who were discussing calorie counts. “Everybody was talking about losing weight and counting calories and counting carbs and I was like, ‘You guys are literally killing me, I can’t deal with this,’” she said. Comstock returned to her room in Bobb Hall and started to cut her wrists with a razor. She went to fencing practice that night in tears. The next day, Comstock met with her psychologist and was admitted to a psychiatric ward in Highland Park where she stayed for 11 days. She requested a medical leave in December and did a partial hospitalization program until February 2014, when she returned to her home in Arizona. Comstock returned to NU in September 2014, records show. Today, Comstock says treatment “saved her life.” But although she’s grateful CAPS helped her find treatment, she said she wishes the University would have recognized her needs and made accommodations for her busy schedule, like letting her skip fencing practice for a day. “I was working myself into the ground every day,” she said. “It wasn’t like I was looking for a special favor, I was just looking to level the playing field.” Comstock said although her medical leave process was smooth — “It was easy to get out” — CAPS should have communicated better with the athletic department, she said, “to make sure there was a safety net for me, to make sure that it didn’t have to get that bad for me to have to say stop.” Tory Lindley, director of athletic training services, said the communication in a medical leave situation is driven by the student-athlete. He said there is ongoing communication between the athletic team’s physician, the athletic trainer, the student-athlete and CAPS or other mental health treatment providers. “There’s a really unique, positive environment in athletics given the fact there’s a number of people around our student-athletes all day,” he said. “But we also educate our athletes every year that they don’t need one of us and don’t need to talk to us to get a referral (for CAPS).” Mederich didn’t go on his first medical leave until Winter Quarter 2014, but following a trip to the hospital after drinking excessively at a party in October 2012, records show he made his first appointment with CAPS. In December 2012, Mederich started attending intensive outpatient therapy at Chicago Lakeshore Hospital. Although Mederich wanted to go through treatment, he said, he didn’t expect it would be so timeconsuming. He said Dugo encouraged him to prioritize his treatment, but he struggled balancing it with his schoolwork.

“I felt overwhelmed because I was in a full course load of classes, but I was also doing outpatient therapy four days a week and three hours each day,” he said. “I didn’t have time to do anything else in terms of being involved as a student.” Dugo said she doesn’t recommend students do both. She said engaging in treatment while in school is voluntary, and said she is clear with students the Dean of Students Office will work with its academic partners to help students manage their schedules. “If I have a student I’m particularly concerned about, I’m going to be focused on their wellness, because I know that managing wellness is crucial to academic success,” she said.

‘An identity crisis’

Comstock said although it was difficult to be away from NU, she enjoyed the time during medical leave to focus on herself and her mental health. She spent her days working, volunteering and taking a math class. Inspired by a friend’s gift while she was in the hospital, Comstock even created a nonprofit, Cranes for Courage, that makes paper cranes with encouraging messages and distributes them to hospitals, nonprofits and various places on NU’s campus. But Comstock said it was difficult to deal with the stigma that came with taking a medical leave. Although Comstock should currently be a junior, taking a year off means she will graduate in 2018. She called it “an identity crisis.” “Your email says 2017, you have shirts that say 2017,” she said. “I don’t want to introduce myself to freshmen as if I don’t have a past. My story matters and I believe that people should know about it … I know those are just simple things, but it’s like those subtle ways that just reinforces this idea.” Because of Mederich’s struggles with drug and alcohol use, his treatment recommendations while on leave included attendance at Alcoholics Anonymous and Marijuana Anonymous and a designated period of sobriety, in addition to therapy. Mederich said the expectation of complete sobriety made returning and reintegrating into NU’s social scene even more difficult. After taking time off, he said it was hard returning to NU’s culture of overachievement and involvement. He said the time he dedicated to treatment took away from his chance to become more included on campus. “I felt really distant from my peers at Northwestern,” he said. “I felt really distant from support groups and students who were supportive of me … I felt very distanced from that when I moved back home and was focusing on treatment and living a life outside of academics at Northwestern.” Dugo said her office has been working to end the stigma surrounding mental health. The office conducted a study last academic year tracking students who returned from medical leave the previous year. She said they wanted to know what students had learned during the process. Overwhelmingly, she said students noticed great improvement when they came back, but she said she learned that some students struggled with reintegrating into their social lives. “When they come back, their friend groups may have shifted,” she said. “(Stigma) is a major barrier to students seeking support.” The Dean of Students Office has been discussing creating a “reinstatement group” for students who are having trouble adjusting to being back at NU, Dugo said. She said the office is also working to help returning students get more involved on campus. Amid national dialogue about mental health on college campuses, some universities have come under fire for pushing students with mental health issues to go on leave, then making it difficult for them to return. In 2006, George Washington University settled a case in which a student sued after allegedly being barred from campus for exhibiting suicidal behavior. Last year, Quinnipiac University reached a settlement with a student who sued following being placed on a mandatory medical leave after she visited the university’s counseling center for depression. Karen Bower, a civil rights attorney based in Washington, D.C., who focuses on student mental health issues in higher education, said sometimes universities have concerns about liability and may overreact due to myths, stereotypes or prejudice against people with mental illnesses.

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Bower, who filed the complaint on behalf of the George Washington University student, said in her experience, some universities place students on involuntary leave based on behavior that is due to a mental health issue. “The concern is that schools would look at the behavior, which is a manifestation of a mental illness, and use that to place a student on leave rather than providing supports and services that will allow them to stay in school,” she said.

Constant communication

According to this quarter’s Deans’ Update, Student Assistance and Support Services documented 5,555 contacts with students and “campus partners,” such as CAPS and academic advisers, in the 2014-15 school year. “The SASS program’s mission is to remove obstacles by creating a well-coordinated network of services,” according to the document. “The SASS team helps students develop well-coordinated plans that allow for successful completion of the Northwestern degree.” Dunkle said coordination in the medical leave process is crucial for students to get the best care. “In the grander scheme of things, it’s not a whole lot of students we’re talking about here,” he said. “But you have to make sure it’s coordinated … so they can get the treatment and come back and be successful as a student.” Communication during the medical leave process is not limited to within the University. In his time as an NU student, Mederich signed at least 18 release of information forms authorizing communication between CAPS and people and institutions including his treatment providers, the Dean of Students Office, his parents and Chicago Lakeshore Hospital, records show. Although Mederich signed the releases voluntarily, he said he didn’t like how regulated his time on medical leave was. “It was like a third-party source that was really controlling my treatment instead of allowing me to have the individual attention I wanted to have with my therapist,” he said. Mederich’s NU medical records, nearly 300 pages in length, document constant communication between the Dean of Students Office, CAPS and his treatment providers. Prior to his third medical leave, Mederich said his group therapist at Chicago Lakeshore Hospital was pushing for him to take time off school. Although he acknowledges he signed a release of information form for the hospital, Mederich said he thought the pressure for him to take time off was not entirely his therapist’s doing. “I didn’t really feel like that was her place to do that,” he said. “I knew it was coming from the school because I knew she spoke with Mona (Dugo) … Mona would never say to my face that she wanted me to take a medical leave, but she would advocate for my support network to.” Records show in September 2015 Dugo and the CAPS psychiatrist who helped coordinate Mederich’s leaves reviewed concerns about him returning to school. A little more than a week later, the records show the CAPS psychiatrist and Mederich’s group therapist “reviewed concerns about whether (Mederich) will be able to complete the quarter and that John has been opposed to medical leave.” In an email to Dugo in Fall Quarter 2015, Mederich said he was open to considering a third medical leave, but didn’t want to feel pushed, records show. “I just don’t like feeling forced out of northwestern (sic) by my own perception of what we want for my recovery,” he wrote. “I don’t want to let fear of fear itself keep me from having a happy alcohol-free life at Northwestern.” Mederich was approved for the third leave in October 2015 and said although he felt pushed to leave, he was so “brainwashed by this process” that he didn’t fight it. Mary Finn, associate dean for academic undergraduate affairs in the Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences, said the Dean of Students Office does a great job orchestrating the medical leave process. She said she “firmly believe(s) that they do not try to coerce people (into taking leave).”

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“Mental health is a challenging thing,” she said. “No place is perfect. There have certainly been students who I know are unhappy … but I think students benefit greatly from the relief of being able to step away.” Katie Senter went on medical leave in Spring Quarter 2015 due to mental health reasons, she said. The Weinberg Katie Senter went on medical leave in Spring Quarter 2015 due to mental health reasons, she said. The Weinberg student, who plans to return in the fall and graduate in 2017, said although she was happy she took the leave, she said the constant communication between CAPS and her treatment providers was “frustrating.” “CAPS will talk with whatever people you’re seeing consistently and they’ll take the recommendation,” she said. “It’s difficult to come back. I feel like there are a lot of hoops to jump through.”

Looking back on leave

Today, Mederich said he is doing well at Loyola. He works at The Joint, a chiropractic practice in the city, and has weekly appointments with a therapist and monthly appointments with a psychiatrist. He said he’s doing well in his classes and is looking to become more socially involved on campus. “I feel like the environment’s a little bit healthier for me,” he said. “I feel like there’s definitely been a lot more positives in my life since then.” Looking back on his medical leave journey, Mederich said he thinks the process could be improved if students felt like they could be completely honest. “If they trained staff to be more reasonable with expectations for medical leave reinstatement to the university, if they got staff that were more personable and that made students feel less antagonized,

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understand your position.” Nevertheless, Comstock has found routine since her return to campus. She still manages Cranes for Courage, which sends out about 300-400 cranes every month, is involved in Supplies for Dreams and has a job at University Library. She has since left the fencing team. Comstock sees a therapist once a week and a dietician biweekly in addition to attending group therapy weekly. She said she hopes to create a support system for people who have gone through the medical leave process. “After going on a year-long leave of absence, you are really a phoenix from the flames,” she said. “You took time off for yourself, by yourself and now you’re coming back into another reality. … It’s a really weird limbo to be in.” exstrum@u.northwestern.edu

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When Tina Fey first started taking classes at The Second City, she worked in Evanston and frequented Gigio’s Pizzeria for lunch. Now, Fey is reconnecting with the city, if not physically, then figuratively, through her portrayal of Kim Baker, a character based on Northwestern alumna Kim Barker. The film, “Whiskey Tango Foxtrot,” opens Friday and stars Fey as a broadcast journalist with no warreporting experience, who goes to Afghanistan as a way to shake up her life. In reality, Barker (Medill ‘92) was working at the Chicago Tribune when she reported from Pakistan and Afghanistan, an experience she wrote about in her book, “The Taliban Shuffle,” which has been adapted into the film. “I’m a newspaper journalist and I’m trying to treat this (experience) like any other story I’m writing,” Barker said. “(Everyone involved in the film has) been incredibly gracious to me. ... Oftentimes, when I think they do a movie adaptation of a book, it’s sort of in the background and they don’t make the person who wrote the book part of the campaign.” Colin McMahon, associate editor of the Chicago

Tribune and foreign editor when Barker was a foreign correspondent, said he recognized the changes made for the film, but still greatly enjoyed it. “Even though some of the stuff isn’t very realistic, they capture the sense of absurdity in a situation like that and they capture the feeling of wanting to get the story, wanting to be part of the story, writing the story, getting everything you can, owning it,” McMahon said. Before her world travels, though, Barker worked as editor in chief of The Daily, a job she said prepared her for being “under fire.” Barker recalled a controversial ad that ran in only her first week as editor. She had to defend that ad, as well as handle blowback from people who were demanding she be removed from the job. “It was kind of like everything I did got me in trouble there for a little while,” she said. “So I guess that helped prepare me for the reactions of people. That prepares you for being in Afghanistan and Pakistan.” Despite her somewhat contentious time at The Daily, Barker’s professors saw a strong journalistic future ahead of her. When Barker graduated, she received a Medill sweatshirt from professors Roger Boye and George Harmon with the number one on the back, signifying she graduated first in her class. When the two told Barker they had something special to present to her, she didn’t immediately think she would be receiving a tangible gift.

“What, a job?” she asked them for all of the graduation attendees to hear. Although she might have graduated without a job, Barker quickly found her place in the professional world, landing positions at several smaller publications. However, her entry into the film industry has been a great change of pace. The process of turning her book into a movie happened very quickly, Barker said. The New York Times, where she now works as an investigative reporter on the metro desk, wrote a review of the book when it came out in March 2011. Michiko Kakutani the reviewer, wrote that Barker “depicts herself as a sort of Tina Fey character.” Fey read the book and loved it, causing her to push Lorne Michaels, Paramount Pictures and Robert Carlock to work with the movie, Barker said. However, it wasn’t until February 2014 she knew for sure the movie was being made, she said. Rachel Reid, regional manager for advocacy at Open Society Foundations, an international grantmaking network, was based in Afghanistan for the BBC at the same time as Barker, she said. Reid added that the two were friendly as journalists but became better friends when Reid moved to New York five years ago. When it became clear the movie was going to

happen, Reid said she was worried because of Barker’s previous anxiety when she first published her book. “She refused to read the script for the longest time because she was worried they would turn it into Hollywood nonsense,” Reid said. “She asked me to read the script, which I did, and was relieved.” Overall, Barker said she was fairly hands off for most of the movie-making process. She met with Carlock, the screenwriter, quite often, but was not involved in the writing of the script herself. Barker said she visited the set for two days, and she remembered her visit fondly. “Every meal, Tina and Robert would have with me,” she said. “The directors were so great. Glenn (Ficarra) and John (Requa) have been so nice to me. You know, I’m joking around on set with Billy Bob Thornton about dirty slang, and it’s been an amazing experience.” And that Medill sweatshirt? Barker would still have it if it hadn’t been the victim of water damage when being shipped back from India during her time as a foreign correspondent. “In all the winnowing and all the sort of moving back and forth, that sweatshirt was unfortunately lost,” she said. “But I loved being in Medill. They were good to me there.” torilatham2017@u.northwestern.edu

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territory that these crews cover. … We all know the rules. It’s one of those situations where there’s not much accountability.” Schindler said she posted a status on Facebook expressing her frustration with the situation, which was echoed by fellow Evanston residents in comments and responses. “It’s dishonest,” Schindler said. “It implies that there’s widespread support for the candidates, which there may or may not be. … It’s not the same as if the sign is on your lawn and you’re supporting the candidate.” mpage@u.northwestern.edu aid for law, business and medical students, the email said. Catherine Sobilo, a Communication junior and Quest Scholars’ co-service chair, said because graduate school is becoming increasingly necessary, this is a significant step for NU. Sobilo also stressed the importance of the initiatives in “institutionalizing diversity.” “It’s normalizing the fact that low-income students do deserve to be here,” she said. “I’m so happy the next generation of students will not have to worry about loans like I’ve had to worry about loans.” christinefarolan2017@u.northwestern.edu

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Injury-riddled Cats reflect on disappointing season By DAN WALDMAN

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When Matt Storniolo took over as interim coach of the Wildcats, he didn’t foresee starting a lineup consisting of two true-freshmen wrestlers and a banged up Jason Tsirtsis. In late October, Northwestern announced former coach Drew Pariano, who coached the Cats for 10 years, would no longer be heading NU’s wrestling program. The University then promoted Storniolo from assistant coach — a position he’d held for six years prior. But the series of events that followed his promotion wasn’t like anything he had experienced with the team before. “It was kind of the perfect storm this year,” Storniolo said. “Along with having the toughest schedule that Northwestern wrestling has ever wrestled, it was a Murphy’s Law year in terms of injuries. Losing (redshirt-freshman) Johnny Sebastian before the season started was not something we planned for. Losing (redshirt-freshman) Bryce (Brill) after a couple of competitions really hurt.” The team was forced to gear up for one of the hardest schedules in program history without its starting 157-pound and 165-pound wrestlers, who were both set for season-ending surgeries. But the downward spiral didn’t end there. On top of the two sidelined starters, junior and 197-pound wrestler Jacob Berkowitz missed the first five dual meets, and Tsirtsis, also a junior, only wrestled in two competitions before competing at the 53rd Ken Kraft Midlands Championships in late December. At the same competition, senior Jameson Oster went down with an injury, resulting in him missing four weeks. “We are a thin roster to begin the season with, only having 19-20 guys on the team,” Storniolo said. “It put us in a difficult spot this year having those

injuries and not having the depth to be able to field a full lineup.” The Cats (2-13, 0-9 Big Ten) finished with their worst regular season record since the 2001-02 season when the team failed to win a single dual, and ended the year 0-9. For the seniors, the losing has been a new experience. Prior to this season, the worst season the seniors endured was 2013-14, when the team finished 8-7. “This team has gone through a lot of injuries,” Oster said. “We obviously had a coaching change, but it wasn’t that big of a deal. We just had some untimely things that happened.” Oster described the practice room as “definitely having a different feel” under Storniolo than under Pariano. Despite the 2-13 record, he said morale has been a lot higher in the room because the team can relate better to the younger Storniolo. The 141-pound wrestler isn’t the only senior who has noticed a difference this year. Dominick Malone, who has had one of his best seasons since joining the program in 2012 and is currently the No. 19 wrestler in his weight class, said the combination of a coaching change, enduring multiple injuries and losing several matches by only a few points all played a part in the team’s disappointing season. “It’s not necessarily that we are less talented this year,” Malone said. “I think in my four years here we’ve been more together and had the camaraderie. … Everyone has been saying that the loss of Drew has really been the main factor, and I think that is a factor, and I just think that we are really young.” The struggling Cats begin postseason play this weekend with the Big Ten Championships starting on March 5 and will conclude the year the weekend of March 17 for the NCAA Championships. NU has four pre-seeded wrestlers for the Big Ten Championships: Malone, Tsirtsis, Oster and sophomore Mitch Sliga. Malone received the No. 9 seed and Sliga collected the No. 10 seed in their respective weight classes, while both Tsirtsis and Oster garnered

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the No. 4 seeds in their brackets. But with the team heading into postseason play, the Cats are already setting their sights on the future. Storniolo said the team will be in significantly better shape come the start of next season, and the 2016 recruiting class features several highly-coveted wrestlers, including Oster’s brother, Shayne Oster. “You’ve always got to be thinking forward to the next year, even two or three years down the road now with the way recruiting is going,” Storniolo said. “Next year, we still have a couple of holes that we need to fill, but in terms of depth we’ll be in a much better situation. We’re not going to be in a situation where we have almost half of our team being true freshman.” But NU still has more than two weeks left in the season to focus on scavenging meaningful postseason

wins in the upcoming championships. Although the team went through a nearly threemonth winless stretch replete with devastating close losses and didn’t get its second win of the season until the penultimate match against Duke, the Cats are still out to compete for their coach. Senior Garrison White walked out of Welsh-Ryan Arena for the last time in his NU career on Feb. 19 after the team beat the Blue Devils on Senior Night. But even though the dual put an emphasis on NU’s departing wrestlers, White still dedicated the win to his new coach. “That win was for Storny,” White said. “That win wasn’t for us.” danielwaldman2019@u.northwestern.edu

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As the Wildcats head out west once again, Northwestern will get its first-ever shot at the prestigious Judi Garman Classic, hosted by Cal State Fullerton. The Cats (7-7) will face another tough field of opponents, starting the weekend off with a rematch against No. 22 Fresno State (12-3), who the team lost to in extras last Saturday. NU will also take on Long Beach State (9-7), San Jose State (5-13), Cal State Fullerton (11-6) and No. 19 Arizona State (15-4) over the course of the three-day series. Coach Kate Drohan noted the team will have to continue to stay assertive and fight for every pitch. But after an exciting win over then-No. 11 UCLA last Sunday, NU is confident it can continue to compete within such a strong field of competitors. “We really turned a corner on Sunday … we learned some lessons this weekend,” senior pitcher Amy Letourneau said. “We’re all pretty upset we lost to Fresno State, so we’re excited we get a rematch. It’s just about putting our work in this week and working hard.” The team’s aggressive gameplan will focus on attacking from both sides of the ball. Letourneau, who has appeared in 11 games this season and has also been a leader at the plate, emphasized that the Cats have worked hard to make small adjustments in practice this week before the awaited rematch. Fresno State is led at the plate by freshman Dominique Jackson, who is hitting .421 with 11 RBIs over 14 appearances. As NU focuses this week on fundamentals, it will also be focused on playing hard to stop late-inning rallies from teams like Fresno State with high offensive power. Senior catcher Caylor Arnold has been solid behind the plate for the Cats in place of sophomore Sammy Nettling, who is out due to injury, making several smart defensive plays throughout last weekend’s series at the Mary Nutter Collegiate Classic. The senior said closing out late innings will be the team’s biggest test this weekend. “For us, it’s just really finishing our games, finishing our innings and making the plays that we were so close

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to making … making sure we are diving for that ball and actually stopping it,” Arnold said. “It’s just focusing on the fact that we are good enough to beat these teams and putting a full seven innings together.” Every team NU will face this weekend will bring offensive heat. Long Beach State’s lineup features at least four batters hitting over .300 and senior Haley Tobler has 13 RBIs over the first few serieses. San Jose State will be led by sophomore Brittany Abacherli, who has hit three home runs and notched 16 RBIs over 17 appearances. The host team, Cal State Fullerton, will look to senior Courtney Rodriguez to keep its offense anchored, while the team’s defensive play is driven by a two-headed pitching staff that has compiled a 3.22 combined ERA. No. 19 Arizona State will be yet another ranked opponent NU will face this weekend. Although the Sun Devils have six regulars batting over .400 and six players reaching at least 10 RBIs, the Cats are confident in their ability to bring home several wins this weekend. “We’re really excited about the Garman because we’re always looking for really high level, good competition,” Drohan said. “We’re ready to get back on the field and we just need to stay aggressive and keep attacking offensively, defensively and from the mound.” melissahaniff2016@u.northwestern.edu

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Northwestern suffered its worst loss of the season against another highly-ranked team in Louisville on Thursday afternoon. The No. 10 Wildcats (1-3) lost their third straight game to the undefeated No. 11 Cardinals (6-0), 10-4. NU was unable to get its offense going after a quick start and was held to its lowest scoring output of the season. The game got off to an odd start when the Cats were awarded the ball at the beginning of the game because Louisville’s coaches were late to a pregame meeting. On the field, the Cats started strong and jumped out to a 2-1 lead off two free position shots from junior midfielder Sheila Nesselbush and sophomore attacking midfielder Shelby Fredericks. However, after Fredericks’ goal 5 minutes into the game, NU did not score for over 30 minutes while Louisville scored 4 straight goals. The offensive struggles can be attributed both to the Cats getting outshot 29-24, but also the stellar goalkeeping by Louisville goalie Brittany Read. Read recorded a career-high 13 saves on the day and continued her team’s streak of not allowing any more than 6 goals in any of their six games thus far. An area where NU continued to struggle was in the draw circle. The Cats went into the game having lost draws 30-41 on the season and lost 9-of-15 competitive draws against Louisville. Lost draws led to two quick 2-0 Louisville runs in the second half, which put the game out of reach for NU. After Fredericks’ second goal cut Louisville’s lead to 5-3, two Cardinals goals in a 22-second span gave Louisville a commanding 7-3 lead. When Nesselbush scored her second goal of the game off of her own rebound to make the score 7-4, Louisville went its second 2-goal run, as midfielders Julia Wood and Cortnee Daley each notched their 3rd goals of the game in the span of 14 seconds. After another Louisville goal, neither team scored for the last 12 minutes of the game. The Cats have tested themselves so far this year,

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only playing top-11 opponents in their first four games of the year. Although they have dropped their last three, none of the prior games had been decided by more than 4 goals. Up next for the Cats is their first matchup with an unranked team, as they go against Marquette on Tuesday. The game will be NU’s home-opener and its first-ever game in the brand new Martin Stadium. benjaminapelbaum2019@u.northwestern.edu

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After losing significant road leads at Ohio State and Michigan earlier this season, Northwestern nearly blew a 20-point advantage Thursday but survived a fervent Penn State push to win 71-61. The Wildcats (19-11, 7-10 Big Ten) stymied the Nittany Lions’ (15-15, 6-11) offense for most of the night, forcing 13 turnovers and holding the hosts to a mediocre 40.4 shooting percentage. Senior guard Tre Demps paced NU with 23 points while sophomore guard Bryant McIntosh added 17 and freshman forward Aaron Falzon scored 9. The win moves the Cats alone into the No. 9 spot in the Big Ten standings, one game ahead of both Nebraska and Penn State entering Sunday’s final regular season game against the Cornhuskers.

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Penn State didn’t score their first points of the second half until more than four-anda-half minutes in but then found their stride offensively, cutting the enormous deficit down to just 4 points before NU regained their poise late. A critical basket and foul on Demps stopped the Nittany Lions’ run with exactly 5:00 left on the clock, helping the Cats pull away again down the stretch. “(Penn State) started making some shots and … that got them revved up,” coach Chris Collins said. “We faced an enormous amount of game pressure and, for us, that’s been something that’s been our undoing a lot of times in this league this year. We dug down and we made a lot of plays.”

Penn State coach Pat Chambers, moreover, praised his team’s “valiant comeback” effort but said they simply dug themselves too deep a hole to climb all the way back. Demps exploded for 19 points in the first half, making 8-of-11 from the field. He shot confidently from 3-point range in the opening minutes and began to slice through the interior of the Penn State defense as the break approached. McIntosh hit a beautiful buzzer-beating floater to give NU a decisive 42-27 advantage at halftime, a fitting finish to a half that the visitors dominated throughout. “After they hit a couple shots, we locked into their main guys and were able to slow them down a little bit at the tail end of the first half,” Demps said. “I think that made a difference.” The Cats had made just 3-of-26 3-pointers in the two teams’ first meeting in January — a 71-62 Penn State win in Evanston — but the tables turned in University Park. NU hit six

of their first 10 from deep and made 9-of-19 overall. With graduate center Joey van Zegeren out for the year, sophomore forward Gavin Skelly and freshman center Dererk Pardon stepped into larger roles. The pair came off the bench to combine for 16 points and six rebounds. “The last five minutes of the game, the lineup that I had on the floor was two freshmen and two sophomores,” Collins said. “I’m looking out there and I’m seeing a core of what the future of our program (will be).” Forward Brandon Taylor led the way for the Nittany Lions with 17 points but was hampered by foul trouble in the second half, allowing the Cats to finish past him at the rim on several occasions in the closing minutes. Those crucial baskets helped steady the boat, quiet the energized crowd inside Bryce Jordan Center and secure the team’s first road win since early January. benjaminpope2019@u.northwestern.edu

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STARTING WITH A BANG Tre Demps yells in delight. The senior guard paced the Cats in the first half with 19 points, and finished the night with 23 overall.

With 5 minutes remaining in Thursday’s game against Penn State, senior guard Tre Demps drove into the lane, floated in the air through contact and gently rolled the ball over the rim for the finish and a foul. He made the free throw, giving the Wildcats a 58-51 edge. It was a pretty play — and a crucial one — stemming the tide of a big Penn State (15-15, 6-11 Big Ten) run and putting Northwestern (19-11, 7-10) back on track in a 71-61 victory. “Tre’s 3-point play … was probably the biggest bucket of the game, because we were bleeding a little bit,” coach Chris Collins said. “He drove in there — it was a real strong

move.” The Wildcats held a 20-point lead with less than 17 minutes remaining after sophomore guard Bryant McIntosh scored an uncontested breakaway layup, forcing a timeout from the Nittany Lions with the score 47-27 in favor of the road team. But slowly and surely, Penn State climbed back. Over the next 11 minutes, Nittany Lions forward Brandon Taylor scored 7 of his 17 points and assisted on another basket.Forward Payton Banks and guard Isaiah Washington each hit a pair of 3s, and a pair of free throws by Penn State guard Shep Garner capped a 24-8 run for the Nittany Lions, cutting NU’s lead to just 55-51 with less than 6 minutes left in the game. Meanwhile, the Cats’ offense went cold as

Penn State extended its pressure, attempting to exploit NU’s weakness against the press. The Cats turned the ball over three times during that run and repeatedly struggled to get decent looks offensively. For a large part of the second half, NU was outplayed and nearly paid the price. But after Demps’ and-1 finish, Penn State didn’t get closer than 5 for the rest of the game. It’s not the first time a big play from Demps bailed the Cats out — but with just one game left in the regular season, it could be his last. With Sunday’s Senior Night approaching, Demps isn’t worried about that. “We have an opportunity to get 20 wins,” Demps said. “We’re excited for the opportunity. It’s bigger than this team.” maxschuman2018@u.northwestern.edu

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We were really focusing on either high-hedging or trapping and just really trying to get her out of her comfort zone. — Ashley Deary on Minnesota guard Rachel Banham

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GOLDEN OPPORTUNITY After upsetting Golden Gophers, Northwestern has clear path to WNIT

By WILL RAGATZ

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INDIANAPOLIS — Survive and advance. With senior guard Maggie Lyon out for the second straight game, Northwestern’s three star juniors carried the the Wildcats (17-15, 4-14 Big Ten) to an 84-74 victory over Minnesota (19-11, 11-7) in the second round of the Big Ten Tournament on Thursday. Forward Nia Coffey recorded a double-double with 25 points and 12 rebounds, as did guard Ashley Deary with 12 points, 10 rebounds and nine assists, and guard Christen Inman added 18 points for NU. “I’m just really proud of our team today,” coach Joe McKeown said. “We fought through so much adversity the last few games and, really, the last part of the season.” It was Coffey that put the team on her back in the fourth quarter. She scored NU’s first 9 points of the quarter to turn a 1-point lead into a 9-point lead. After the game, McKeown said he’s glad Coffey is on his team. “In March, when you have a player like that, you’ve just got to rely on her and just let her do her thing and give her some freedom to…make decisions in the open court,” McKeown said. Then, with the Cats up by just 4, freshman forward Pallas Kunaiyi-Akpanah won the game for NU. Kunaiyi-Akpanah grabbed offensive rebounds on back-to-back missed shots and knocked down two free throws with just more than a minute remaining to give the Cats a lead they wouldn’t relinquish. “Her rebounding is just a natural ability that she has, and it’s just amazing to see her jump up and get the ball,” Coffey said. Big Ten Player of the Year Rachel Banham scored 26 points for Minnesota and guard Carlie Wagner added 18. NU almost entirely neutralized Banham and the Gophers’ offense in the first quarter. After making a 3-pointer on her first shot attempt, Banham missed her next four shots in the period. With Coffey and Inman leading the way, the Cats led 21-11 after the first 10 minutes. “(Our strategy was) just getting to (Banham) early, trying to show a lot of people, trying to switch out on things, trap her, try to get the ball out of her hands,” McKeown said. “I didn’t feel like she had a lot of opportunities by herself, and that’s what we wanted to do.”

For the second straight game, freshman guard Jordan Hankins provided a jolt of energy off of the bench, finishing with a career-high 14 points. Hankins knocked down two 3s late in the first quarter, including one from well beyond the arc with 10 seconds on the clock, and helped put the game away late with free throws. As it often does, foul trouble became an issue for the Cats in the first half. Kunaiyi-Akpanah started the game strong with 6 points and five rebounds in the first 15 minutes, but was whistled for her third foul in the middle of the second quarter and was forced to sit out the final 6 minutes of the half. Unsurprisingly, Banham started to heat up in the second quarter, scoring 9 points in the period as Minnesota came back and tied the score. However, she picked up her second foul on a reach-in late in the quarter and with her on the bench, NU used a late run to take a 39-35 advantage into halftime. “I think today we just played for 40 minutes,” McKeown said. “When Minnesota made a run, we answered.” After knocking down eight 3-pointers in Wednesday’s win over Wisconsin, the Cats approached that total in the first half alone on Thursday. NU shot 6-of13 from beyond the arc in the first half, which was a major reason why it led at the break. Deary said the team’s success from deep was due to passing as much as knocking down shots. “We did a really good job with penetrating and kicking and really setting each other up and making the extra pass,” Deary said. “That’s what got us a lot of open 3s.” The hot shooting didn’t stop in the second half. NU knocked down its first three looks from long range in the third quarter to restore a comfortable cushion. In Wednesday’s victory, several seldom-used players stepped up and made key plays in the absence of Lyon and Thursday it was junior forward Allie Tuttle’s turn. When Kunaiyi-Akpanah picked up her fourth foul early in the third, Tuttle came in and played valuable minutes down low, scoring 4 points and grabbing six rebounds. Tuttle played 7 minutes on Wednesday and didn’t score. “(Tuttle) took up space in the lane, caught the ball, finished around the basket, got some key rebounds,” McKeown said. “She did a great job.” On Friday, the Cats will return to the court when they take on fourth-seeded Indiana in the tournament quarterfinals. williamragatz2019@u.northwestern.edu

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Wildcats finally able to handle Minnesota’s Banham By COLE PAXTON

the daily northwestern @ckpaxton

At last, Northwestern found a way. The Wildcats finally managed to slow down superstar guard Rachel Banham, and after two heartbreaking losses to the Gophers, NU came out on top when it mattered most. The Cats (17-15, 4-14 Big Ten) held Banham, the Big Ten Player of the Year, to 26 points and erased a pair of regular season defeats to Minnesota (19-11, 11-7) in an 84-74 win Thursday at the Big Ten Tournament in Indianapolis. Banham entered Thursday averaging

30.5 points per game in Big Ten play and has scored at least 35 points five times. She tied the NCAA record with 60 points in the Gophers’ 112-106 double overtime win in Evanston in February, and scored 32 in Minnesota’s 95-92 victory in Minneapolis weeks earlier. “Just getting to her early, trying to show a lot of people, trying to switch out on things, trap her, try to get the ball out of her hands,” coach Joe McKeown said of NU’s plan against Banham. “I didn’t feel like she had a lot of opportunities by herself, and that’s what we wanted to do.” Beyond keeping Banham below her season average, the Cats made the senior guard work for every point. She finished 7-of-25 from the field and made just

3-of-14 3-point attempts. In the double-overtime classic, Banham scored 18 points in the fourth quarter to send the game into the additional periods, then hit a game-tying layup just before the buzzer sounded in the first extra session. On Thursday, however, she missed three shots in the final minute as the Gophers tried to mount a last-ditch charge and hit just one 3-pointer in the second half. “It was just one of those games where it wasn’t falling,” Banham said of her jump shot. “I was just trying to be aggressive and take inside shots.” Though NU employed several defenses against Banham, junior guard Ashley

Deary, spent much of the game matched up with the potent scorer. “We were really focusing on either high-hedging or trapping and just really trying to get her out of her comfort zone and trying to get the ball out of her hands,” Deary said. “And I think for the most part, our team did a good job of just communicating and rotating on the help side.” Beyond Banham, the Cats got revenge on Minnesota as a whole. After crumbling defensively in both regular season meetings, NU held the Gophers to just 36.1 percent shooting; the 74 points allowed were the fewest Minnesota has scored since Jan. 14. After an extended fourth quarter scoring drought in the first game and multiple

blown late leads in the second meeting, the Cats led throughout the second half Thursday and weathered a Minnesota run midway through the fourth quarter. The Wildcats pulled away late to secure the victory. After the two previous losses to the Gophers, Deary said there was something a little special about getting to play them a third time. “This is definitely a game that we were excited to come into with the opportunity to play,” Deary said. “And everybody was really revved up for this game, and we came out there and played hard and showed it.” colepaxton2019@u.northwestern.edu

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