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Table of Contents 06 New housing system 15 International student advice 16 Performance group guide 18 Student government 101 24 Guide to rush
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25 Activism on campus 27 Northwebster Definitions 30 Who represents you? 33 Intro to Northwestern Sports 24 Who to watch
Letter from the Editor: Welcome home Dear incoming Northwestern students,
One year before I arrived at Northwestern, more than 250 students of color protested against institutional racism at Northwestern and other universities. They rallied at the Black House, disrupted the groundbreaking ceremony for a new lakeside athletic complex and released a list of 19 demands aimed at bettering their experiences. The protest came soon after the University announced changes to the organization of both the Black House and Multicultural Center. Then, during my Wildcat Welcome, a landmark report was sent out, detailing the experiences of black students who felt exhausted on campus. I hadn’t heard about any of that when I started classes. But early on in my time here, I came to understand the reasons for — and the effects of — what those students had done. Because what they spent hours and hours planning and executing has undoubtedly affected and bettered my experience here. That protest was four years ago. Obviously, things were a lot different in 2015. I still think it’s important to understand since once you move in, register for classes and start meeting the rest of the Class of 2023 and Transfers, the things that happened last year — and over the past few years — will shape your time in Evanston too. Our Orientation Issue will give you some tips for transitioning to campus, teach you about traditions (so you’ll be ready when people start screaming out
of windows ahead of finals week) and help you talk about Northwestern’s varsity sports like you’ve been here for years. But it’ll also take you through some of the events and resources — on campus and in Evanston — that shaped our community this year. And I’m not writing this because you should come into Northwestern worried about why students and Evanston residents — often of marginalized backgrounds and identities — felt such a strong need to bring up these issues and concerns, or what other challenges your time here might hold. I’m writing it because despite — or more so, in remembrance of — those things, I hope you’re empowered by the opportunity for change here. That report on black students’ experiences would have never been written without the consistent advocacy and protest of former students who pushed the University to hear their concerns. Administrators wouldn’t even be considering turning two ethnic studies programs into departments if it wasn’t for yearslong pressure from students to do so. And if it wasn’t for low-income city residents’ battles for affordable housing, Evanston rent hikes might be even higher. That’s not to make it sound easy for students and residents to carry those problems on their backs; they shouldn’t have had to speak as loudly and as for as long as they did for limited change to occur. But over your next few years here, if there’s something you want to reform, you’ll be able to find support from other students in working toward doing so. The ones
who come after you (I know it’s wild to think about being done when you haven’t even started) will be better for it — and The Daily will be there to cover it. For me, our newsroom is one of the places where I’ve seen that play out the most. When I first arrived at The Daily, I was only the black student on staff and nearly all of our top editors were white. Conversations about diversity and inclusion were often tabled for later, or felt like one-off, “let’s pat ourselves on the back” type things. But over the past year and a half, also because of the work of a couple of staff members, that’s begun to shift. We’re moving toward being a place marginalized students can see themselves represented — both in our newsroom and in our stories. If you’re want to learn more about what you can do here — from reporting, editing and producing to designing, getting behind a camera or microphone or coding (or more) — visit our website and recruitment page at apps.dailynorthwestern.com/joinus. If you have any questions about The Daily or Northwestern in general, feel free to email me. And once you arrive, if you’re interested in making change — whether that’s at The Daily, throughout campus or in Evanston — know that while it might not be clear until later down the road, your voice can make a lasting impact here. Sincerely, Troy Closson Editor in Chief troyclosson2020@u.northwestern.edu
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YEAR IN REVIEW: ON CAMPUS the University. Schapiro described Telles-Irvin as “a beautiful person” who embodied Northwestern’s values of humility, empathy, and humanity. Telles-Irvin was instrumental in the establishment of the department of Campus Inclusion and Community and contributed to the creation of the Housing Master Plan and the expansion of the Summer Internship Grant Program. Having been a consistent champion for and pillar of Northwestern’s diversity and inclusion efforts, her loss was felt deeply among communities across campus. Current and former presidents, Dean of Students Todd Adams and Telles-Irvin’s co-workers are among many who publicly expressed their condolences and admiration for her work in reshaping student life. “(Telles-Irvin) is, and will always be, a big part of this campus,” ASG president Izzy Dobbel said.
By AMY LI
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Budget deficit leaves unanswered questions
Provost Jonathan Holloway informed Faculty Senate in January 2018 about a looming, multi-million dollar budget deficit due to departmental miscommunications on spending on financial aid, high-profile faculty and new construction projects. In January, Holloway assured that the University will make no faculty or staff layoffs. However, by July, 80 staff members — around 1 percent of the total staff — were dismissed. The University demanded that all schools, departments and programs make 5 percent non-salary budget cuts. Associated Student Government also dipped into its reservoirs of funding to cushion the blow for student groups that experienced abrupt funding cuts from academic departments. It remains unclear how big the deficit was, with Holloway reporting numbers ranging from $50 million to $130 million on different accounts. The University says it will be back in surplus in the upcoming years, but students and Northwestern community members remain, for the most part, in the dark about how much progress has been made in reversing the deficit.
Controversial psychologist’s visit and racist incidents spark condemnation, protests
Guest scholar and evolutionary psychologist Satoshi Kanazawa sparked campus-wide controversy, leading to questions around the University’s commitment to diversity and inclusion and the terms and limits of free expression. Kanazawa has a controversial track record with his work on race, gender and religion, having authored essays with headlines such as “Are All Women Essentially Prostitutes?,” “Why are Black Women Less Physically Attractive Than Other Women?” and “What’s Wrong with Muslims?” His visited only garnered campus-wide attention a quarter into his stay. In December, a petition calling for the immediate dismissal of the London School of Economics and Political Science professor gathered 4,000 signatures in several days. In response to outrage from students and faculty, Holloway said he was concerned after learning of Kanazawa’s stay, but ultimately supports the
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Northwestern’s campus is covered in snow. The University cancelled school due to forecasts of sub-zero temperatures –– a rare move for a school that has only closed six times in the last century because of the winter weather.
psychology department in allowing Kanazawa to complete his visit on the basis of academic freedom. In February, graduate and undergraduate students marched in protest across campus, criticizing the administration’s view of academic freedom as one that has failed to evolve with changing social and political climates and lacks concern for the broader social good. Shortly after the Kanazawa protests, a noose was discovered in the Henry Crown Sports Pavilion, and multiple “IT’S OKAY TO BE WHITE” stickers were found on campus. In conjunction with Kanazawa’s visit, ASG passed an emergency resolution in April condemning the string of racist incidents on campus and the administration’s failure to adequately address them
Classes canceled for the sixth time in University history due to sub-zero temperatures The University canceled classes on Jan. 30 and the morning of Jan. 31 amidst sweeping deep freezes across the Midwest. Air temperatures plummeted to minus 15 to minus 26 degrees with wind chills of minus 30 to minus 50 degrees. The record-breaking cold was caused by the polar vortex, a mass of frigid air that consistently hovers
above the Earth’s poles. The polar air is contained in the Arctic, but made its way into the continental U.S. this year due to weaker vortex influences in the North Pole. Northwestern has historically been reluctant to cancel classes and has done so only seven times before 2019. The last university shutdown was during the “polar vortex” of 2014. Excited over the rare shutdown and in defiance of University safety cautions, some students took a dangerous hike to the Lakefill to witness a stunning, frozen lake. Others braved the raging cold throwing boiling water into the sub-zero air after viral videos of others doing the same surfaced across the Midwest. The water immediately evaporated into vapor and condensed into a cloud of crystals.
Vice President of Student Affairs Patricia Telles-Irvin dies at 63
Patricia Telles-Irvin, Vice President of student affairs, died on June 3 after “a long and valiant battle” with cancer, University President Morton Schapiro said in an email. The mother, wife and first-generation college student passed away at 63 after eight years of serving
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Fund Our Care Collective demands mental health resources after a number of recent student deaths
The Fund Our Care Collective lists 10 demands concerning mental health services from the University, including increasing the Counseling and Psychological Services ratio to 800 students per counselor by 2022, guaranteeing CAPS availability during Wildcat Welcome, and increasing the proportion of people of color and LGBTQ hires. Demands came during a time of tightening funds due to the budget deficit. However, members of the collective said “the preservation of student life” should be a priority.The group was established in Fall Quarter of last year following sophomore Daniel Jessell’s death by suicide. The group published a letter in April in response to a March letter from Adams that the group believed “functioned to normalize student suffering.” Back in December 2018, Telles-Irvin proposed the hiring of two new CAPS staff members and the formation of a task force focused on student wellbeing. Since then, Fund Our Care said the promised initiatives lacked transparency, and members said requests for public town halls and demands for more information were not answered. ASG has since expressed its commitment to improve mental health resources for marginalized students. amyli2021@u.northwestern.edu
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YEAR IN REVIEW: AROUND TOWN By JOSHUA IRVINE
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Northwestern doesn’t exist in a vacuum. The University is located minutes from Evanston’s downtown and a few miles from the borders of the third-largest city in the United States. Knowing the what’s happening within their Midwestern sphere is essential for students. Here are past year’s biggest stories from Evanston and beyond.
Harley Clarke
Evanston remains in gridlock over the future of the Harley Clarke mansion, a 37,700-squarefoot lakeshore estate owned by the city that has sat unoccupied for four years. Plans to demolish the 92-year-old structure were curtailed by a November referendum where 80 percent of voters expressed support for the preservation of the mansion. City Council has agonized over the future of the mansion since budget discussions in 2011, a situation exacerbated by the Evanston Art Center vacated the space in 2015. Harley Clarke costs the city roughly $15,000 a year in upkeep, while estimates for renovation range from $400,000 to $10 million. Aldermen voted in April to open a request for proposal for the long-term lease of the building; the proposal period began May 16 with a deadline for submissions of Feb. 28, 2020.
Lori Lightfoot
Chicago made history in April when it elected Lori Lightfoot as the city’s first openly gay and black female mayor. Lightfoot claimed a landslide victory in a runoff election that pitted her against Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle. Lightfoot, who had never held elected office prior to the mayoralty, defeated the longtime political insider by over 200,000 votes. Lightfoot takes over for former Democratic congressman and White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel, who announced he would not seek a third term last September. Lightfoot ran on a campaign to restore the city’s South and West Sides and combating corruption in City Hall.
J.B. Pritzker
Illinois voters returned the governor’s office to
the Democratic Party with the November election of Chicago businessman and billionaire J.B. Pritzker. Republican incumbent and fellow billionaire Bruce Rauner conceded defeat to Pritzker after the most expensive gubernatorial race in U.S. history, with the candidates raising over $250 million; Pritzker spent $171 million of his own money. Pritzker promised a graduated income tax and improved access to healthcare and has signed bills legalizing recreational marijuana and raising gas prices as part of a $45 billion infrastructure plan. Budget deficit Evanston aldermen approved a $319 million budget in November after months of deliberation over how to solve a forthcoming deficit. The budget is set to combat a $7.4 million deficit through a combination of increased taxes and fees and departmental restructuring. Residents were able to submit to the city what they considered to be the most important city programs and services. Early budget drafts considered cuts to the city’s Mental Health Board, Department of Health and Human Services and Evanston Fire Department’s Station 4. Mayor Steve Hagerty said sacrifices had been made “across the board” but concluded that “good work” had been done.
Educational inequality
Evanston’s public schools have struggled to deal with persistent inequality in educational achievement and support services. Controversy erupted after the January discovery that no black students in several classes at Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Literary and Fine Arts School met academic benchmarks in math and reading. Parents group Black Parents of King Arts have demanded changes to the hiring process in Evanston/Skokie School District 65, of which King Arts is a part, to focus on racial equity. In addition, an investigation by The Daily found low-income and immigrant families experienced additional barriers to seeking mental health services in District 65. A second Daily investigation identified widespread discontent with special needs services in both District 65 and Evanston Township High School/District 202.
Reparations
Evanston’s Equity and Empowerment Commission established a subcommittee in June to begin work
on reparations to black residents. Ald. Robin Rue Simmons (5th) proposed the subcommittee, whose stated purpose is to increase home ownership for black residents. The subcommittee has also discussed the possibility of a community reconciliation initiative. “Intentional repair is the only way to get some progress in this case,” Rue Simmons said. “It might be uncomfortable but I see no other way to address it.” joshuairvine2022@u.northwestern.edu
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The overhaul of Northwestern’s housing system is finally here: the first major administrative changes for residential services will go into effect beginning this fall. On-campus housing will be divided into four “residential areas” with common administrators, facilities and programming, said Brad Zakarin, director of residential academic initiatives. Residence halls, residential colleges and residential communities will remain intact, but will share resources within their residential areas. For example, Willard Residential College’s exercise facilities will be open to all students occupying the same residential area. Residence directors, RAs and faculty-in-residence will be shared among the residential areas, and each area will host community events and “excursions” outside campus, such as a trip to a Second City performance. Zakarin said “campus partners” such as Health Professions Advising and the Office of Undergraduate Research will contribute to and cohost some programming. Students living outside a residential area may also attend certain events, Zakarin said, though residents will receive “priority access.” “There will be some variance, especially in the first year, as we roll it out,” Zakarin said. Zakarin said Greek housing will be excluded from the residential areas and will have limited access to programming and area events. The four residential areas divide North and South campus into two clusters each: North, encompassing 560 Lincoln, Elder and Kemper; Northeast, which includes all other residential buildings north of Tech Drive; South, consisting of all South campus housing east of North and South Mid-Quads, including East and West Fairchild; and Southwest, which consists of all remaining South campus housing as well as Foster-Walker. 1835 Hinman and the Jones Residential College will remain closed for renovations throughout the 2019-20 year.
The residential areas resemble aspects of the new housing system proposed in the Report of the Undergraduate Residential Experience Committee, released in January 2018. That model proposed a single residential system to replace the University’s current collection of residence halls, residential colleges, residential communities and Greek housing. The model clustered students into five “Neighborhoods” — two on North campus, three on South — with shared facilities and resources, while students would be further divided into “Houses” of 75-150 students. Interim director of residential life Paul Hubinsky said the residential areas were in “alignment” with the Neighborhood model but did not constitute the complete overhaul outlined in the report. The residential areas were foreshadowed by a Feb. 2018 statement from administrators stating changes to the housing model would occur in fall 2019 at the earliest. Policies such as the two-year housing requirement will remain in place; it was cited in the 2018 report as one of the reasons for the planned overhaul. Student response to the two-year requirement has not been entirely positive. Charlie Guthmann, a Weinberg sophomore who has criticized multiple aspects of the University’s housing system in Northwestern’s Class of 2022 Facebook page, suggested that the requirement had dubious intentions. “The school shouldn’t be forcing students to do anything not related to education,” Guthmann said, adding that while he understood the desire to keep first-years on campus, he considered demanding upperclassmen remain on campus to be economically exploitative. A first-year neighborhood was one proposal discussed in the 2018 report but declined by the committee. Concern about substance-free housing was raised last year after Hinman’s closing. Hubinsky said the campus will no longer have a substancefree building and will instead designate individual rooms within residential facilities as substance-free based on student request. joshuairvine2022@u.northwestern.edu
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First-year (and transfer) businesses populate city By ZOE MALIN
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Beyond the lure of the Lakefill and the convenience of the dining halls on NU’s campus, the city of Evanston offers students a whole world to explore. During the past year, the city has seen numerous new businesses open their doors, but 2019 isn’t over yet. Even more eateries, retail locations and unique shops are coming to Evanston, excited to meet students and community members. They’re so new, they might as well have marched through the arch with first-years and transfers. Here’s a list of Evanston’s newest establishments, and ones expected to open before the end of 2019. Coffee Shops Newport Coffee House (622 Davis St.): Get your caffeine fix while sipping on a cup of the shop’s own brew, and pair it with pastries catered from Chicago’s pHlour Bakery. Evanston’s newest coffee shop has a bright white interior and tables for communal seating. Reprise Coffee Roasters (710 Main St.): New to the Main-Dempster Mile, Reprise Coffee Roasters brings everything customers love about its Winnetka location to Evanston. The owners strive to support small, local businesses by selling food from Highland Park’s Green Spoon Kitchen, for example, and embrace sustainable, eco-friendly practices in all aspects of its business model. Philz Coffee (1030 Davis St.): Slated to open in 2019, Philz Coffee will bring breakfast bites, scones, muffins, and a variety of original coffee and teas to downtown Evanston. The coffee shop chain originated in San Francisco and recently added three Chicago locations to its long list. Restaurants Mid Kitchen (512 Sherman Ave.): Whether it’s artistic avocado toast or vibrant blue chia pudding bowls, dishes at Mid Kitchen are chock-full of organic ingredients. This quaint eatery is open for breakfast and lunch, and its
menu features a plethora of gluten-free and vegan items. Kokomo (1639 Orrington Ave.): Kokomo is a Korean restaurant and sake bar that’s open for lunch and dinner seven days a week. One of its signature dishes is kimchi and Spam fried rice, in addition to Shabu-Shabu — a hotpot filled with thinly sliced meat and vegetables boiled in water and served with dipping sauces. Tealicious Bubble (1565 Sherman Ave.): Specializing in homemade tapioca pearls, this new business also has three flavors of egg waffles and fried chicken wings on its menu. Inside, Tealicious Bubble has a wall covered in neon stuffed animals, which customers love taking pictures in front of. Stacked & Folded (824 Noyes St.): The first restaurant on Noyes Street to have a full liquor license, Stacked & Folded overflows with people enjoying its food from the moment it opens. The menu is divided into “stacked” items, meaning sandwiches; “folded” offerings, which are tacos; and “forked” options, or salads. The restaurant is designed for students to watch sporting events on its televisions and is open for lunch and dinner. Gyros Planet (1903 Church St.): This spot has a diverse menu that highlights Italian, Mexican and Greek cuisines. It serves everything from burritos and tortas, to pizza and Italian beef, in addition to multiple types of gyros. Litehouse Whole Food Grill (1832 Church St.): Expected to open for lunch and dinner in September, this healthy fast food restaurant has something for every kind of eater. The menu includes salads, pasta, personal pizzas, tacos and more. The restaurant also runs a “pay it forward” program through which customers can pay for a meal that someone in need can later redeem. Eggsperience (812 Church St.): This breakfast and lunch spot plans to open in 2019. It will serve classics like omelettes and potato hashes, as well as unique items such as chicken and waffles, nutella banana crepes, bacon cheeseburgers and more. zoemalin2022@u.northwestern.edu
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Celebrating traditions during your 4 years at NU ANDREW MYERS
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If you visited any colleges, including Northwestern, you were probably overloaded with information about academics, college life and clubs. However, a less talked-about subject when choosing universities is traditions. Northwestern’s traditions are no different as they help to bring the Wildcat community together — at football games, charity events, music festivals or stressful final exams. The Northwestern traditions happen during your first week of orientation. These include the March Through the Arch and the Wildcat Dash. March Through the Arch is a symbolic tradition where new students enter through the Weber Arch at the beginning of their first year at Northwestern together and exit out of the arch at the end of their senior year. The Wildcat Dash takes place before Northwestern football’s first home game during the academic year where all first-year students and transfers run across Ryan Field before kickoff. This is one of the few times in your years at Northwestern where you will be able to actually stand on Ryan Field — unless, of course, you are in the marching band. Further along your first year at Northwestern, you will also walk past the iconic rock that sits at the intersection of Kresge, University and Harris. The rock has been on campus since 1902 and has been painted over for nearly 80 years. Student groups consistently paint the rock to promote their club or an event, but in order to paint the rock, they must guard it for 24 hours. In Winter Quarter, I highly recommend participating in a crazy but incredibly fun NU tradition: Dance Marathon. Dance Marathon is a 30-hour dance-a-thon, a charity event where students dance outside Norris University Center in a tent to raise money for a specific organization each year.
Dance Marathon has existed at Northwestern for 46 years, and last year, Northwestern dancers supported Communities in Schools Chicago by raising over $1 million. One of my favorite traditions at Northwestern that bonds the entire student body is the primal scream. The scream takes place at 9 p.m. on the Sunday before finals week each quarter. With just about every student on campus cramming in their last hours of studying before finals week commences, everyone on campus, no matter where they are — even sitting in the silence of Deering Library — screams. While I’ll admit the first time I heard it I thought someone was in real danger, it was quite hilarious and exhilarating to scream at the top of my lungs in Deering Library as I was struggling to finish a long paper. Thankfully, when Spring Quarter comes and warm weather is upon us, we are blessed with the last Northwestern tradition of the school year: Dillo Day. Dillo Day is a one-day music festival put on exclusively by and for Northwestern students. It started in 1972 when Northwestern students from Texas held a celebration to honor their home state’s animal — the armadillo — and it has since grown to become the largest student-run music festival in the country. Last year’s lineup included Teyana Taylor, Daya and A$AP Ferg, as well as performances from a student band and DJ. I have certainly not covered every tradition at Northwestern, but these traditions should get you in the Wildcat spirit for your first year at Northwestern. Engaging with these traditions is a great way to involve yourself in the community and help make Northwestern feel like your home away from home. Andrew Myers can be contacted at andrewmyers2022@u.northwestern.edu. If you would like to respond publicly to this op-ed, send a Letter to the Editor to opinion@dailynorthwestern. com. The views expressed in this piece do not necessarily reflect the views of all staff members of The Daily Northwestern.
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Dillo Day 2019 featured diversity, retro student art By WILSON CHAPMAN
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Dillo Day 2019 was a dramatic iteration of Northwestern’s annual music festival for a few reasons. For one, rain caused the lakefill to shut down for several hours in the middle of the day. As a result, NU student DJ Luminosity, rapper KOTA The Friend and RuPaul’s Drag Race queen Monique Heart saw their sets cancelled. Australian DJ Anna Lunoe still performed, but later than intended and her set got moved from the mainstage to the second stage. This was the first Dillo Day to have a theme — retro — which was announced by the planning committee, Mayfest, in January. The theme ended up having less to do with the acts booked than with the student artwork featured at the festival, since several NU students were commissioned to design artwork to decorate the festival grounds. The student artists created several unique pieces, such as an 80s arcade cabinet housing a fully operational videogame. However, the story of Dillo 2019 was the festival’s historically inclusive lineup. This was the first Dillo Day were a majority of the mainstage performers booked were women. Besides Luminosity’s cancelled act and Anna Lunoe’s moved set, the mainstage featured R&B artist and reality TV star Teyana Taylor — whose adorable daughter was at her set and was easily the MVP of the entire festival — and Grammy-winning pop singer Daya. The rest of the mainstage lineup included Battle of the Bands winner FIZZ, a 10-member group that specializes in R&B, funk and Latin music; indie rock band Hippo Campus; and rapper A$AP Ferg, who headlined the festival. In addition, for the first time ever, the second stage was co-sponsored and curated by For Members Only, the Northwestern black student alliance. Historically, the second stage was co-sponsored by WNUR, NU’s student radio station, but they pulled out of the festival in January, leading FMO to take over.
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The second stage lineup features an all black lineup of performers, including Chicago-based rapper Dfree Da Vinci, Bay Area hip hop artist Caleborate and singer-songwriter Amindi. Between these artists and black mainstage artists Taylor and A$AP Ferg, this was possibly the most diverse set list ever for Dillo, which has traditionally mostly featured white male artists. That said, Dillo’s representation this year had some flaws. Although Taylor and Daya’s sets were highly anticipated by students, they were not chosen to headline. And while Mayfest couldn’t have predicted it, Ferg’s set was seen as controversial by many, and was generally regarded as mediocre by the student body. During his act, Ferg directed inappropriate and sexist remarks during an intermission toward women in the crowd. which resulted in widespread mockery from NU students on platforms like the Facebook meme page. Furthermore, during the lead-up to Dillo, Mayfest faced scrutiny for several racist and tone-deaf incidents that occurred during its marketing campaign, which eventually resulted in the organization posting a public apology on Facebook. The post apologized for an incident during the shoot of a Battle of the Bands promotional video where an Asian member of one band was mistaken for another Asian performer by a Mayfest member; a promotional video leading up to the announcement of Teyana Taylor’s set that featured the black queer slang word “tea,” leading many to criticize the organization for cultural appropriation; and their failure to credit the student band Prom D8, a diverse group with many trans, queer and POC members, in a teaser for Battle of the Bands that prominently featured them. In the apology, Mayfest promised to address these issues and take responsibility, and said they will work to “make Mayfest the best organization it can be.” Going forward, it will be interesting to see how Mayfest builds on the momentum of this Dillo and continue to develop a lineup of diverse , while also addressing the mistakes made during the process. wilsonchapman2021@u.northwestern.edu
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By ALAN PEREZ
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The United States is home to many of the world’s top universities, so it’s no surprise that one of the best schools in the country has some of the best minds in the world. According to Northwestern’s Office of International Student and Scholar Services, international students make up about 4,300 of 21,600 students. Most are graduate students, though about 9 percent of the undergraduate population is foreign-born. Since taking over in 2008, University President Morton Schapiro set out to increase the international population, which has largely been a success. Though over 80 countries are represented, China is by far the greatest source of foreign-born students, with India, South Korea and Canada following. Scholars and dependents also make up a large portion of the international community. The benefits of welcoming students from other countries is clear. Many come from wealthy backgrounds and are able to pay full tuition, allowing Northwestern to admit more domestic students from lower-income backgrounds. (As the University became wealthier, however, Schapiro departed on another goal: to enroll more low-income international students). Though it’s unclear how much these students pay in tuition, international undergraduates contributed a net $245 million, or 10.4 percent, to the overall 2018 budget, while international graduate and professional students contributed 15.9 percent. Students from diverse backgrounds also
GUEST SPEAKERS FROM LAST YEAR Pete Davidson
Saturday Night Live cast member Pete Davidson entertained an audience of more than 500 students with his trademark raucous, deeply personal and at times controversial sense of humor at an A&O Productions comedy show. The crowd laughed with and at the 25-year-old
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Northwestern’s International Office, 630 Dartmouth Pl. International students make up more than 10 percent of the undergraduate student body.
bring a host of cultural and learning benefits. No matter an individual’s background, exposure to a diverse community, including Northwestern’s international community, enriches the learning environment and better prepares future workers for a job in the global economy. And it’s not just Northwestern that benefits, either. NU’s international student community supported 3,799 jobs and contributed $235.9 million to the economy during the 2017-2018 academic year, according to an analysis by NAFSA, a higher education group. But some university administrators worry the current political environment is damaging
their ability to attract top global talent. The U.S. government under President Donald Trump has tightened visa restrictions, including rules on unlawful presence and periods of authorized stay. The Trump administration has most aggressively imposed additional regulations on Chinese students, as Beijing and Washington, D.C. continue to wage a damaging trade war. U.S. officials are looking at relationships with Chinese academia with greater scrutiny, and graduate students from the country studying certain STEM fields are being restricted to visas of limited time periods. Some media outlets reported that hardline immigration advocates
as he shared eccentric personal anecdotes on subjects like masturbation and marijuana Davidson’s dark humor challenged the contours of comedy and political correctness for many Northwestern students. A&O organizers were also aware of the risks associated with bringing someone like Davidson on campus. However, the comedian was well-received, since students who purchased tickets expected his contentious brand of humor. Tickets sold out within 30 minutes after
their release. Recently graduated A&O co-chair Isabella Soto said A&O was shocked about Davidson’s popularity within the Northwestern community. Jordan Rock, comedian Chris Rock’s brother, performed before Pete Davidson took the stage. Sharing elements with Davidson’s brutally candid comedy, Rock’s stand-up was also full of references to porn, drugs and popular black culture. Both comedians picked on Weinberg rising
in the Trump administration had even suggested banning all students from China, a proposal that would have severely damaged the financial well-being of American colleges. The environment escalated earlier this year when the Chinese Education Ministry warned its citizens that more students are being denied visas are facing additional complications. Northwestern Provost Jonathan Holloway responded by doubling down on his support for Chinese students, adding that he had not heard of incoming NU students facing visa delays or denials. All this has made Northwestern and the rest of the higher education community tense. NU has frequently spoken out against many of these policies, making immigration one of the school’s most navigated political arenas. Signs of trouble appeared when Northwestern experienced one of its largest drops in new international enrollment this year, credited partly to what prospective scholars saw as a less welcoming environment. Ultra-elite schools like NU will likely be impacted the least from these declines, but this phenomenon is beginning to ripple throughout the entire American education industry. Additional regulation of the global scholar community could have serious implications for Northwestern. Just last month, Harvard, a peer school, said its students were experiencing visa delays and expressed “deep concern” over the uncertainty of Trump’s immigration policies. Only time will tell whether Northwestern’s international community will face deeper consequences. aperez@u.northwestern.edu
sophomore Alexander Redding, who sat in the front row. Redding said he took none of the banter seriously and found the comedians to be incredibly funny. “It was probably one of the best experiences at Northwestern and in my life in general — just to be a part of the show, and communicate with them, and being able to laugh at myself,” Redding said. — Amy Li
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By AMY LI
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The first week of school is scary enough for any American, but international students face a whole additional set of challenges. Here are some tips for navigating a new and very American college life.
Know the fine prints of your student visa
The volatility surrounding student visa policies coupled with anti-immigration rhetoric under President Donald Trump’s administration can lead to a lot of uncertainty for international students. Among the new challenges, the most troubling is the heightened scrutiny over violations over visa conditions. The 2018 changes in U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services’ protocol for determining “unlawful presence” leave little room for mistakes. A well-meaning student who may have been unaware of a detail in their visa status or overlooked a typo by their university administrator can be extremely vulnerable to three-year, 10-year or permanent bans from reentry. It is unfair to expect international students to also be legal experts in order to enjoy an American education, but the only way to fight back is to know everything there is to know about your visa status. The Office of International Student and Scholar Services is committed to helping international students feel safe and secure in their newfound homes. If you ever have any questions about your visa, talk to the international office immediately. I also suggest keeping up with new developments in student visa politics. Commit to regularly checking the news and updates sections of the official websites for USCIS and the Department of Homeland Security. These policies may be hard to unpack for a college student, which is why I also recommend checking Inside Higher Ed’s website for timely reports on policy changes and comprehensive breakdowns of what they actually mean for you.
Moving in: plan, budget, and ask for help
Studying abroad usually means leaving everything other than your absolute necessities at home. Shipping big items from home will likely cost you more than buying it new. A fresh start is fun, but it can also get very expensive. On move-in day you’ll watch your American friends unpack their entire house from their parents’ vans while you feel forced into bankruptcy at Bed Bath & Beyond. Make a master checklist of everything you absolutely need with your parents and do not deviate from the list. Get to know the reasonable U.S. price range for every item on your list, as standard prices for items here can be a lot lower or a lot higher than in your home country. If you’re parents aren’t coming to help, please ask your resident assistants to lend you a hand, or expect to shed some sweat, blood and tears trying to lug your mattress topper to the top floor alone.
The volatility surrounding student visa policies coupled with anti-immigration rhetoric under President Donald Trump’s administration can lead to a lot of uncertainty for international students Finding your people
Some first-years come in with 20 students they know from their high schools. You are probably the only Wildcat from yours. I grew up in an American expat bubble in Beijing. Most of my high school class of 80 grew up in the same part of the city, went to the same international schools from kindergarten to 12th grade, and spoke the same Chinese-English hybrid to our parents. I had doubts about whether I was ever going to find
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people I’m that comfortable with anywhere in the world. At Northwestern, I watched some students from China disappear into an exclusively Chinese community, loving being able to speak in their native tongue. I also watched some fall prey to the very American, very white appeal of Greek Life, at times trying too hard to reconcile with predestined differences. I didn’t rush a sorority, but in my freshman year I convinced myself that the further I strayed from my comfort zone, the more I’d learn. I loved the people I met, but my friendships didn’t feel as comfortable as they did at home. That is, until I also found a small circle of students from Asia but with the same expat background. I didn’t feel content until I found a middle ground. Push yourself to meet and learn from people who grew up in a different world from you but recognize the value in spending time with people you share common ground with. They will validate your feelings of doubt and alienation and make you feel less alone. You may find your favorite people in your first week or it may take you longer like it did for me. But don’t fret, there is a place at Northwestern that is perfect for you.
Chicago literally has everything
Evanston can get dull pretty quickly, but its greatest redeeming quality is its proximity to Chicago, especially for international students who grew up amidst the hustle of city life. Chicago is a metropolitan masterpiece — it is old-fashioned yet hip, industrial yet full of art. It is a must-stop for big-name artists but also a city teeming with an insanely genius underground music scene. The best part of huge cities like Chicago, however, is always the food. There is no way Chicago cannot satisfy your cravings for good, authentic, soul-warming home foods, whatever that may mean for you. That being said, I don’t think you’ll regret giving a juicy Italian beef sandwich a go. That’s what we call a monstrous, wholly Chicago bundle of joy.
Don’t let bad feelings run wild
You’ll realize how awful time differences are. There is something uniquely isolating about being so far from home that when the blues hit you unexpectedly during the day, your loved ones from home may be sound asleep, separated from you by a seemingly unbridgeable gulf of distance and time. It’s a struggle specific to international students studying abroad — wanting to share the highs and lows of your days abroad with people you love at home but having having those moments dulled by unan-
Some first-years come in with 20 students they know from their high schools. You are probably the only Wildcat from yours. swered FaceTime calls and seven-hour-late texts. You will feel homesick. Campus life and every extension of it can feel alien. Lecture halls, cafes, subway lines and Trader Joe’s were all unfamiliar spaces for me. You came to the U.S. for these new experiences, but at times I find myself wanting nothing more than to go home. But all of that is like jumping into the deep end of a pool. It can be a piercing chill, but in time the water will stop feeling so cold and before you know it you’ll be making a splash. Know that you belong here and know that these pangs of homesickness do not make you incompatible with college life in the U.S., they’re only necessary hurdles before you make this place a home. Amy Li is a Weinberg junior. She can be contacted at amyli2021@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.
203-2 Jewish History 1492- 1789 Prof. Yohanan Petrovsky-Shtern In 1492, the Spanish Catholic Kings issued a decree banishing Jews from the Iberian Peninsula and allowing converts to stay. In 1789, the French Revolutionary Parliament accepted Jews as legal citizens ushering in the era of Jewish emancipation. This course explores three centuries of radical changes that triggered the rise of more tolerant treatment of and attitude toward Jews. 250-1 Global History: Early Modern to Modern Transition Prof. Amy Stanley How did corn change African politics? What did indigenous silver miners in Mexico contribute to the fall of a great Chinese dynasty? Why did Britain industrialize before Holland, China, or Japan? This course addresses these questions and many more as it traces the history of the world between 1500 and 1850. We will consider the dense web of connections that traversed the Eurasian landmass, reached across the Arctic Circle, and spanned the vast oceans connecting the Old World and the New. 281 Chinese Civilization Prof. Peter Carroll This course examines the history and culture of traditional China, from the beginning of recorded history, ca. 2000 BCE, through the early modern period, ca. 1600 CE. The class will address important topics such as the late Neolithic and Bronze Age foundations of Chinese civilization; Confucian, Daoist, and alternative schools of thought; the question of when China became "Chinese;" unification and creation of empire, and many more. 300-20 New Lectures: Mapping Sexuality, 19th c. Paris Prof. Tessie Liu This class explores themes linking sexuality and the making of Paris into a modern commercial capitalist city. Using three of Emile Zola's novels based on Haussmann's Paris as our commonsource, we will examine how the changing physical structure of the city altered the old connections between illicit sexualities and nonconforming gender practices. This course will draw on readings in feminist and queer theory, urban geography, art history, literature, and social history to understand why advocates and critics of urban capitalist innovations articulated their perspectives through discourses of sexuality.
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Performance groups range from singing to improv
By CHARLOTTE WALSH
daily senior staffer @charwalsh_
Like the rest of campus, Northwestern’s acclaimed theater department is steeped in tradition, from running lines just a little too loudly in Norbucks to Facebook-inviting someone you met once in discussion section to your acapella show at La Macc this weekend (You know who you are, Alex from English 273). Social media propriety aside, Northwestern has one of the most vibrant college performance scenes in the country, and there’s guaranteed to be something to watch (and pregame!) pretty much every weekend. Virtually all shows are put on exclusively by students, and there’s an insane variety of performance groups to join, so whether your thing is theater, a cappella or even late-night, there’ll always be something to audition for. But, like most things at Northwestern, it can be a little daunting at first, so here’s a breakdown of some of the biggest student productions on campus.
StuCo
Most of NU theater is produced by StuCo (short for Northwestern Student Theatre Coalition), an umbrella organization that houses nine student theater boards in addition to two dance groups. Each board has a different niche, so whatever you’re into, whether it’s the classics (Lovers & Madmen), unconventional productions (Sit & Spin Productions), feminist theater (Lipstick’s Burlesque is the steamiest night of the year) or literally almost anything else, StuCo will probably be producing it.
The Waa-Mu Show
The Waa-Mu Show (pronounced Wah-Mew — don’t get that wrong in front of a Waa diehard) is the largest student-written musical in the country. Each year, a group of Northwestern students pitch, write, produce and perform an original show, although it’s directed by NU faculty. It’s also Northwestern’s oldest student theater organization, with its ~unique~ name coming from the two groups, the Women’s Athletic Association (W.A.A.) and the Men’s Union (M.U.), which banded together to present the very first WaaMu show in 1929. This past year, the show took inspiration from the New York Times story Overlooked and told the story of incredible women who, during their time, weren’t remembered with obituaries.
The Dolphin Show
Billed as the nation’s largest student-produced musical, The Dolphin Show produces a professionalcaliber show once a year in the winter, usually a classic (like last year’s “Hello, Dolly!”). Although there was some leadership drama this spring, the show is nearly 80 years old, and has only been cancelled in times of war. Dolphin, named for its aquatic beginnings as a swim club, is technically housed under StuCo, but it’s such a large undertaking it pretty much deserves its own blurb.
A Cappella
If you’re ever in Kresge in the wee hours of the night and hear ominous notes coming from a seemingly unreserved classroom, don’t panic, it’s just one of Northwestern’s 14 a capella groups! You heard me right...14. Like with StuCo, there’s a niche for everyone, whether you’re interested in joining your standard co-ed a cappella group (Undertones, Purple Haze, Extreme Measures) or something that focuses on East Asian music (Treblemakers) or even a group that encourages singing out-of-tune (Mediocretones).
Improv
Didn’t make it into Mee-Ow? Well, rumor has it the last first-year to make it into Mee-Ow on her first try was Julia Louis-Dreyfus, but it’s okay, because there are many other improv groups to join in the meantime. The award-winning Titanic Players, a co-ed improv group, put on a show once a month. There’s also Out Da Box, a historically multicultural improv group, and No Fun Mud Piranhas, a non-audition-based improv group (alumni include David Schwimmer and Stephen Colbert, some more Mee-Ow rejects).
Scripted Comedy
Now, if none of the rest of these options sound good, don’t worry — there’s more. Northwestern also has a rising scripted comedy scene with historicallypopular Northwestern Sketch Television (NSTV) and the more recent late-night show The Blackout. NSTV focuses solely on scripted, filmed sketches and culminates each quarter in a premiere, whereas The Blackout features filmed sketches alongside special guests and a host monologue in a once-a-quarter late-night show. charlottewalsh2021@u.northwestern.edu
Mee-Ow
Now, in your 18 years of life you may have thought you’d heard of every kind of performance possible, but you’d think wrong. Part improv, part sketch comedy and part rock show, the Mee-Ow Show is one of Northwestern’s premier comedy groups, and boasts alumni like Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Seth Meyers and Kristen Schaal. The organization puts on two shows during Winter Quarter and is sure to liven up your next Polar Vortex.
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daily senior staffer @birenbomb
On campus, the closer you get to Norris University Center, the more you may hear serious people in impassioned tones using phrases like “mandatory CARE training” or “Senate seat allocation reform,” all the while repeating the acronym “ASG.” Well, CARE stands for the Center for Awareness, Response and Education, and its training for student groups was mandated in 2017. Senate seat allocation reform refers to the 2019 changes in the Associated Student Government Senate makeup, assigning seats by undergraduate school rather than by housing district. And ASG, if you haven’t guessed by now, stands for Associated Student Government, a group that, depending on who you ask, is a self-serious collection of résumé-padding future political consultants or an earnest, dedicated base of students whose policies and resolutions set the tone for the rest of campus and speak for the wider student body. It’s probably a little of both. While ASG lacks the power to control things like the University’s investments, the U.S. Department of Education or Greek Life, they still issue resolutions on those topics, virtue-signalling to the administration and students about where they, and in theory, the student body, stand. Most notably, ASG has control of over $1 million in funds for student clubs — it’s through ASG’s funding mechanisms that everything from Dillo Day to speakers on campus happen. If you’re
SPEAKERS Maggie Haberman
On the evening of April 11, New York Times White House correspondent Maggie Haberman wasn’t on the White House lawn with President Donald Trump, or sending encrypted messages to an anonymous source within the administration (as far as we at The Daily Northwestern know.) Instead, she found herself in the McCormick Foundation Center, fielding questions before an audience of roughly 100 Northwestern students,
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Adam Davies, left, and Izzy Dobbel, right. Dobbel will be the ASG president for the 2019-20 school year, and Davies will be her executive vice president.
involved in the leadership of a club, chances are you’ll work with ASG at some point. If you’re a student wanting to join ASG, there are plenty of opportunities for first-year students to get involved in the Senate, which meets weekly at 7 p.m. on Wednesdays to hear status reports from various vice presidents, introduce new business and pass old business. Students can run for
Senate to represent their undergraduate school in the fall. Izzy Dobbel, a SESP senior, is the current president after winning an uncontested race last April. She and Executive Vice President Adam Davies, also a SESP senior, ran on a platform of increasing justice for marginalized students and prioritizing student mental health. Dobbel, one of the chief
faculty and Evanston residents — though the hottest topic of conversation was still, you guessed it, President Trump. The event, hosted by Northwestern Hillel and the Medill School of Journalism, Media, Integrated Marketing Communications, was moderated by Medill Dean Charles Whitaker, and focused largely on the state of the news media during the Trump administration. The Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter rejected the premise that she treats President Trump differently to maintain access. “I’m not Donald Trump’s friend and I’m certainly
not his colleague,” Haberman said. “I’m a journalist covering him and I’m a journalist who has been attacked by him.” When asked how the national media has learned to better cover the President — whose statements, whether tweeted at 5 a.m. or spoken before a raucous rally, are often inaccurate — she noted two changes from the 2016 campaign. She said fewer networks like CNN air his rallies live without factchecking. She also said more news headlines include phrases like “President Trump falsely claims” before his statement, rather than “President Trump says.”
architects of an ASG funding reform initiative that made it easier for smaller, less-established student organizations to secure greater funding and grow, plans to take on issues like textbook affordability and creating ‘mental health sick days’ for students to receive a number of excused absences equal to the number of times a class meets per week, no questions asked, in order to prioritize their mental health. Past president Emily Ash focused on the idea of space in her administration — advocating for physical spaces for students of marginalized identities and reflecting on which groups have that kind of space on campus, such as Greek life, versus which ones don’t, such as first-generation, low-income students. To that end, Ash’s administration collaborated with University administration to commit to creating a space for FGLI students. One of the largest triumphs of the past school year for ASG was working with Residential Services to expand gender-open housing, which was achieved just two months after ASG first passed a resolution calling for it. Because of that work, the number of gender-open rooms on campus has increased from 300 to 450, with double rooms now available. Whether you end up becoming an ASG president or prefer to make snarky comments about that ASG kid in your political science class who starts a sentence with, “In my legislative experience…,” you can follow The Daily’s coverage of ASG Senate, initiatives, candidates and everything in between. gbirenbaum21@u.northwestern.edu Haberman added that coverage of the Trump administration could be more thorough in its reporting on cabinet members like Education Secretary Betsy DeVos or EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler, who she says have just as much impact on policy as the President. The former New York Daily News reporter also said it is a shame The New York Times does not cover local politics as deeply as it used to do. “Local journalism is vital and essential to a functioning democracy,” Haberman said. — James Pollard
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Northwestern has no shortage of places around campus to study for your upcoming classes. Next time you’re in need of a cram session, check out these spots around NU and Evanston.
Core
Located in University Library, Core is the onesize-fits-all place to study at Northwestern. From lastminute group project meetings to late-night cram sessions, Core is a study space for everyone. It’s one of the few spaces in the library that allows its occupants to be as loud as they want to, creating a more social environment than other parts. During the day, you’ll be able to find a quiet corner or reserve a study room for you and your friends. If you’re not a social butterfly or if you can’t focus with loud noise, stay away from Core during Finals Week because it’s packed with people. Core is a popular study spot for Northwestern students because of the balance between social life and getting schoolwork done.
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The first floor Starbucks in the Norris University Center deserves an honorable mention on this list because while you’ll come here with every intention of studying for that midterm, it just won’t happen. Norbucks is full of NU students and visitors at all hours of the day sipping and socializing. It’s a great place to meet group members for group projects and brainstorm, but the noise can make it hard to focus at times. A not-so-hidden secret of Norbucks is that when it first opens at 8:00 a.m. on weekdays, it’s so quiet you could hear a pin drop. It’s a hidden haven for some students because most of campus isn’t awake yet. Early morning Norbucks is also a great place to watch the early morning sun over the lake or fit in some last-minute studying.
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If you’re looking for an escape from campus and to enjoy a small-town cafe, head over to Unicorn Cafe. The space is small, but there are plenty of tables for you to set up shop and spend countless hours hacking away at those problem sets. However, this isn’t the place to meet for group projects. The tables are small and can get crowded quickly with two laptops, notebooks and the like. The WiFi is free and be sure to try the horchata if it’s in season or some of their baked goods. Like most other coffee shops in Evanston during midterms and finals season, stake out a spot early in the day and plan to be there all day.
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Nothing beats laying in your bed and pretending to study for that quiz you have the next morning. It’s the easiest and most convenient, especially on rainy days. Most dorms also have lounges which are great in a pinch; whether you want to socialize or just need a break from your roommate. elizabethbyrne2020@u.northwestern.edu
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Everything you need to know about dining Pop-up dining events in Norris
By ZOE MALIN
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During its first year on campus, Compass Group North America, NU’s new food provider, brought changes to both the food options and the appearance of the University’s dining halls. Students have appreciated some efforts, but between concerns about food options for students with food allergies and disruptive construction to Elder Dining Hall, Compass has had a rocky start. In the coming year, Northwestern Dining, in conjunction with Compass, looks to expand programs like partnerships with local food producers in Evanston and Chicago, while simultaneously revising plans based on student feedback. NU Dining also looks to promote its Boost Mobile app this year, which allows students to order food ahead of time at different locations across campus, and its Teaching Kitchen, connecting students and chefs for cooking lessons. As Compass continues to adjust to NU, only time will tell how successful NU Dining’s endeavors are. For now, here are four things you should know about dining on campus during the 2019-2020 school year.
Elder Dining Hall to reopen, and other dining halls undergoing renovations
After an unexpectedly long renovation period, Elder Dining Hall opened with limited service during summer 2019. It will be fully operational for Fall Quarter, acquainting students with new features like a section called “Street Food,” which will have a rotating menu of global cuisine. Allison Dining Hall was renovated during the summer and is planned to reopen as students arrive on campus. The interior of Allison Dining Hall has been completely remodeled and additions include a full salad bar, a vegetarian station, a Pure Eats allergen-free area, a full Kosher Kitchen, and a Teaching Kitchen. Overall, Sargent, Foster-Walker, Elder and Allison dining halls will all be serving students during Fall Quarter.
In partnership with Foodworks, a Compass sector that partners with local restaurants, NU Dining is introducing a pop-up event called “Best of Local” starting in September. Every three weeks, Foodworks will bring dishes from Chicagoland restaurants to the ground floor of Norris University Center. Students can purchase food using their Cat Cash or Dining Dollars, as well as cash and credit cards. Dates for “Best of Local” and information about participating restaurants will be released on NU Dining’s social media pages and website at a later time.
Meal Exchange Program to continue
In the later half of the 2018-2019 school year, NU Dining introduced its Meal Exchange Program, which gives students with the Open Access and Base 14 plans two meal exchanges per week. This program will continue throughout the 2019-2020 school year. Students can use their two meal exchanges at Patty Squared, MOD Pizza, Wildcat Deli, Fran’s Cafe and Lisa’s Cafe. Each location has specific dishes students can use their meal exchanges for, like a mini pizza, one piece of fruit and a bottle of water at MOD Pizza. Visit NU Dining’s website to view a full list of dishes students can get with their meal exchanges.
New options for students with food allergies
In addition to all dining halls on campus being nut-free, NU Dining opened the University’s first Pure Eats dining hall, Foster-Walker Plex East, in January 2019. The dining hall only serves meals made with ingredients that avoid the top eight food allergens: peanuts, tree nuts, fish, shellfish, wheat, soy, eggs, dairy and sesame. Additionally, Sargent, Elder and Allison dining halls all have Pure Eats stations, where the food is all allergy-friendly, as well as prepared and served by a trained chef. All dining halls across campus now have “avoiding gluten stations,” too. The stations are equipped with gluten free toasters and offer gluten free bread and buns, gluten free waffles and condiments that are stored in a specific refrigerator to avoid cross-contamination.
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Though Northwestern is far from a large state school, a surprisingly vibrant Greek community exists on campus, with nearly 40 percent of the student body participating in Greek life. So what’s the first step towards going Greek? A good place to start is understanding the structure of Greek life at Northwestern. There are four major governing bodies for NU’s Greek organizations: the Interfraternity Council, the Panhellenic Association, the Multicultural Greek Council and the National Pan-Hellenic Council. IFC is responsible for 18 of the fraternities on campus: Alpha Epsilon Pi, Beta Theta Pi, Delta Chi, Delta Tau Delta, Delta Upsilon, Lambda Chi Alpha, Phi Delta Theta, Phi Gamma Delta, Phi Kappa Psi, Phi Mu Alpha, Pi Kappa Alpha, Sigma Alpha Epsilon, Sigma Chi, Sigma Nu, Sigma Phi Epsilon, Theta Chi, Zeta Beta Tau and the Evans Scholars. PHA serves as IFC’s largest counterpart with 12 nationally recognized sororities. These are Alpha Chi Omega, Alpha Phi, Chi Omega, Delta Delta Delta, Delta Gamma, Delta Zeta, Gamma Phi Beta, Kappa Alpha Theta, Kappa Delta, Kappa Kappa Gamma, Pi Beta Phi and Zeta Tau Alpha. IFC and PHA’s chapters all participate in formal recruitment during the first week of Winter Quarter. While sorority rush is more structured than IFC recruitment and does not allow recruiting of any kind before January, Northwestern’s rush process is less stringent than many other schools — PHA chapters do not require letters of recommendation. Beyond these two large governing bodies exists two smaller councils: MGC and NPHC. These two councils each consist of both fraternities and
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sororities, and they’re set apart from IFC and PHA for their focus on culture. The NU Office of Fraternity and Sorority Life website says the chapters are “culturally-based service-social organizations” with Latinx, Asian, South Asian and multicultural emphasises. MGC has eight chapters, including Alpha Iota Omicron Fraternity, Kappa Delta Chi Sorority, Kappa Phi Lambda Sorority, Lambda Theta Alpha Latin Sorority, Lambda Upsilon Lambda Fraternity, Omega Delta Phi Fraternity, Sigma Lambda Gamma Sorority and Sigma Psi Zeta Sorority. NPHC, on the other hand, serves as the governing body for historically AfricanAmerican fraternities and sororities, including Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity and Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority. MGC and NPHC’s recruitment processes are less structured than those of PHA and IFC. Intake of new members happens throughout the year, and specific recruitment processes vary by chapter. NPHC Vice President Derick Wallace, a Weinberg senior, said their chapters tend to be a lot smaller than those of IFC or PHA but still maintain a strong campus presence. If all these options aren’t enough, Northwestern also offers many pre-professional or special interest co-ed fraternities, from pre-business fraternity Alpha Kappa Psi to the pre-law Phi Alpha Delta. Others include pre-med and service organizations, which also host formal recruitment processes.
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One of Huerta’s recurring themes was the importance of looking back to look forward. “( White supremacists) obviously don’t know the real history of the United States,” said Huerta. “Our government was formed by immigrants… When their parents came to this country, it was a brown country. It was a country of indigenous people… It was the African slaves that built the White House and the Congress.” Huerta recalled the United States’ history of violence: from the genocide of Native Americans and Mexicans during the Texas Revolution
to the 1955 murder of Emmett Till to her own experience talking to victims of family separation on the southern border. However, she never strayed from her hope for the future. “We have the structure, but what we need to do is change the content,” Huerta said. She ended her talk gazing into the crowd as it chanted “sí se puede” back to her, honoring the NFWA chant that she originally wrote. — Megan Munce
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Navigating campus: A resource guide By ANDREA BIAN
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Making the transition to Northwestern can be daunting — whether you’re worried about living away from family, managing expenses or adjusting to the customs of a new campus, it can seem like you’re on your own. Fortunately, NU has you covered with a variety of resources dedicated to helping you thrive in your first year and beyond. Health and wellness While this aspect is often skipped over before entering college, health and wellness should be the first priority for students. Northwestern requires all
students to have health insurance, and students have the option of enrolling in a Northwestern health plan (NU-SHIP) or staying with their previous company. If you have any questions about your coverage, be sure to stop by the Student Health Insurance Offices, located in Searle Hall. Searle is also the location of Health Service/Evanston, where all students can go for any medical needs — just schedule an appointment, which is often free, on the Personal Health Portal. Howard Brown Health is a Chicago-based organization providing medical services specifically to LGBTQ+ people. With a location in Rogers Park, the organization accepts a variety of insurance plans. Northwestern also has additional resources for mental health — Counseling and Psychological
Services (CAPS) is the primary mental health resource, providing counseling and individual and group therapy to students on the second floor of Searle. CAPS provides short-term counseling and therapy at no charge and connects students with other on-campus programs or more specialized community health providers. While it may not be a perfect system, CAPS a good place to start if you’re experiencing stress or emotional strain due to school or other issues. Center for Awareness Response and Education (CARE) is a confidential space dedicated to promoting healthy sexuality and assisting students impacted by sexual violence, relationship violence and stalking. Also located in Searle, appointments can be made online. Academic and career services While textbooks are always available to rent or buy from the Norris Bookstore, there are also additional resources in place for accessing books for classes. Books for Cats is a program for students determined eligible by the Financial Aid Offices. It offers the option to borrow textbooks or classroom materials, including clickers and access codes. It also offers lab materials to borrow for introductory STEM classes. Facebook is also a common resource for those who want to purchase books — many students will sell their lightly used books for half (or even less) of the original price on the Textbook Exchange Facebook
group. The group can be accessed through the open Northwestern Facebook group — students typically begin selling textbooks at the beginning or end of each quarter. While thinking about career possibilities may seem distant, Northwestern Career Advancement (NCA) is here to help you get a head start from the very beginning of your college experience. With their main office located on Lincoln Street, staff members are available to assist in deciding on a career path, starting to build resumes, preparing for interviews, or accessing job and internship opportunities. NCA also houses ‘Cats Closet, a service providing access to free, gently used business and professional attire for interviews, events and environments. Student life and safety College comes with a variety of needs — from finances to transportation, Northwestern has resources to support students through campus life. Student Enrichment Services (SES) partners with first-generation, low-income, and DACA/undocumented students to navigate a variety of campus resources and foster community. By filling out the SES One Form portal, students can apply for funding for campus opportunities, activities and programs through a single application. SES also provides winter gear for low-income students who can apply by filling out the SES One Form. The SES office is located in the Foster-Walker Complex. For students who experience food insecurity, the Purple Pantry is available in the Sheil Catholic Center on Sheridan Road. By collecting donations from the Northwestern community, the Purple Pantry provides free groceries on Thursdays from 2-5 p.m. — students should bring their own shopping bags. The Purple Pantry also offers individual appointments that can be scheduled via email. After a late night of studying, partying or attending a club meeting, you should avoid walking home in the dark. The free ride-sharing service SafeRide provides free rides to, from and within campus for all students from 7 p.m. to 3 a.m., seven days a week. By downloading the TransLoc Rider App or calling SafeRide’s number directly, students can request a SafeRide from the library to their dorm, for example — or simply a ride anywhere within Northwestern’s Evanston boundaries. andreabian2022@u.northwestern.edu
SPACES AND PLACES
By ABIGAIL SUTTER
daily senior staffer @sutter_abigail
Northwestern University hosts a multitude of places made for both incoming and returning students to feel supported and accepted while on campus. Following are a list of some of them that you may not know about, but should. The Women’s Center, at 2000 Sheridan Road, is committed to promoting equity among genders on campus and specifically enriching the lives of female students, staff and faculty. It has hosted speakers, club meetings, movie screenings and book discussions in the past. Support and mentoring is also available for all students. With feminism at its core, this can be a space for those interested in or concerned about gender equity
on campus or the world at large. The Black House, located at 1914 Sheridan Road, is currently undergoing renovations and has been temporarily relocated to 1856 Orrington Ave. Designed as a social, cultural and educational space for black students on campus, it offers lounge spaces, computer access/printing, gender-neutral restrooms, faxing, community events and gatherings and other programming, especially during Black History Month. The Multicultural Center at 1936 Sheridan Road is a space for students of all identities to analyze cultural differences and better navigate NU and its various communities. It has rooms for students to socialize and groups to host gatherings as well as a computer lab, printing, faxing, a TV lounge and a prayer space. Multicultural Student Affairs also hosts discussion groups such as Asian Pacific Islander Desi
American Book of the Month as well as APIDA Solidari-tea that meets to discuss identity; For Us By Us, a group whose conversations are about and for black women; and Harvest Indigenous Discussions, a place where all are welcome to discuss problems related to and about Indian Country. Other than these discussion groups, MSA also hosts multiple Latinx, Black House, and Q-mmunity (LGBTQ+) Nights throughout the academic year. The Gender and Sexuality Resource center is located on the third floor of Norris University Center (1999 Campus Drive). Designed to be a comfortable space for students of any gender identity and sexuality to meet and work in a relaxed setting. It also includes hundreds of books as well as movies and magazines. The space has hosted a variety of programs in the past for occasions such as Queer and Trans Empowerment
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Month. Student Enrichment Services has its office at Foster-Walker Complex, House 6, Room 5101 at 1927 Orrington Ave. Their goal is to support and foster inclusion for NU’s first-generation and low-income students. SES provides a multitude of services such as helping with club fees, winter clothing and supplies, and help covering costs such as health care, food insecurity and books and school supplies. The SES One Form is the first stop for students to apply for multiple funding opportunities. If students ever find themselves feeling lost on campus or simply don’t know where to begin looking for their people, these are a few of the places that can help foster that much-needed sense of community. Don’t be afraid to go out and find it. abigailsutter2022@u.northwestern.edu
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PROTEST AT NU By MARISSA MARTINEZ
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As long as there have been problems on campus, there have been protesting students who organized to make Northwestern a better, safer institution for the next generation. Some of the most important changes in the University’s history have happened solely because of student and faculty labor and determination. The Bursar’s Takeover of 1968 was made up of black students who arranged a sit-in and demanded an improvement to race relations on campus, striking for 38 hours. During the Vietnam War, students protested the campus chapter of Naval Reserve Officer Training Corps and the overall war — leading to the arrest of 16 people. Countless other moments of activism mark Northwestern’s history, both small- and largescale. However, many students still find a need for protest on campus. Over the past few years alone, community members have noticed problems with NU’s transparency, funding choices, treatment of dining hall workers, mental health services and disregard of first-generation/low-income and other marginalized students — among many other issues common at similar universities. Graduate workers recently rallied for guaranteed sixth-year funding and fought to be recognized as a union. But these frustrations do not go unchecked: many student activists and organizers come together to make the change they wish to see at the University.
Countless other moments of activism mark Northwestern’s history, both small- and large-scale. However, many students still find a need for protest on campus. Recently, many groups have popped up to combat systemic issues at school. For example, there’s Black Lives Matter NU, an offset of the international movement. The Fund Our Care Collective (FOCC) fights for more funding toward Counseling and Psychological Services and more University investment in student health and well-being. Students Organizing for Labor Rights advocates for workers in the dining halls. There are so many other groups dedicated to change — centering around anything from undocumented student rights to justice for Palestine to activist theater on campus. A lot of protests and groups have also arisen out of specific events or needs — we held a moment of silence for victims of gun violence after Parkland as part of a nationwide movement. When an Immigrations and Customs Enforcement representative was scheduled to speak at a class, undergrads organized a sit-in until it was canceled. People have even traveled to protests in downtown Chicago together to support other causes. In other words, there are doz ens of reasons and
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ways to get involved on campus, no matter your experience with activism coming into college.
There are so many other groups dedicated to change — centering around anything from undocumented student rights to justice for Palestine to activist theater on campus. SESP Junior Eliza Gonring said in high school, she saw electoral politics as a form of change, but once she came to Northwestern, she focused on ways to systematically change the institution as a way to cope. She joined BLM NU, SJP and FOCC during her first two years at school. Lydia Hartman said she had always been conscious about the role of social justice in art, but joined SOLR following the polar vortex that hit Chicago in January — the wind chill had fallen so low that NU canceled classes, but the dining halls remained open, meaning Compass workers needed a way to safely get to and from work. Within a day, students raised more than $2,000 for them to cover transportation costs and avoid waiting for public transit in the cold. It can sometimes be difficult to be a full- or part-time student with a heavy course load and find time to protest and push through the many obstacles at Northwestern. Gonring said she has felt the effects of organizing on campus, especially when University officials don’t recognize the unpaid hard work students have put in on their own time. She said that also drives her own objectives. “As much as my goal is to disrupt, it’s also just to let people know that resources exist for low-income and first-gen students because the school… is not taking care of us so we have to take care of each other,”
Gonring said. Despite the difficulties and emotional labor, everyone interviewed said the community aspect of organizing is one of the best parts of their college experience. “It’s the only thing that’s gotten me through sophomore year,” Gonring said of the activist spaces on campus. “I honestly don’t know what I would have done without these people. That was the backbone of my Northwestern experience. They’ve supported me, more so than any other administrator or faculty member.” Collaboration within the community is far from unusual. Lots of members from different organizations overlap or belong to similar friend groups, and come together to hold events like last year’s Financial Teach-In, which offered resources and advice for FGLI students. Sherlina Chauhan, a Weinberg super senior, said the organizations often collaborate when there’s a mutual interest at play. There are so many groups that it might
feel hard to find the right one for you. But don’t worry — many of the organizations on campus are planning events and meetings in the fall to introduce first-years and transfers to the available options on campus. If there’s another issue in Chicago, Evanston or Northwestern you notice once you arrive there are lots of people who can help you start a group or protest of your own. New students shouldn’t be afraid to push
Protest is as integral to Northwestern as the color purple — and organizations on campus can’t wait to welcome you. themselves and grow, Hartman and Chauhan said. “Even though you might be entering a new institution, it doesn’t mean that you are not allowed to be critical of it,” Hartman said. “There’s so much excitement around starting college for the first time but also, if you feel like things are messed up at this place that (you’re) excited to be at, still be a part of it while still working to make it better.” Protest is as integral to Northwestern as the color purple — and organizations on campus can’t wait to welcome you. mmartinez@u.northwestern.edu
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to re-caffeinate. Grab a seat in its cozy lounge area (complete with beanbags, a fireplace and views of Lake Michigan) to get some work done or meet up with a friend — at least until you can no longer stand nearby groups of theater majors literally singing at 10 a.m. on a Tuesday.
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By ALEX SCHWARTZ
daily senior staffer
The mark of a true Northwestern student is knowing how to refer to things on campus in ways non-Wildcats would never understand. After your first few weeks on campus, you’ll practically be fluent in the NU code, but here are a few terms and their definitions to help you get a head start, you eager first-year you:
NSFP
New Student & Family Programs manages the group of people who mysteriously manage to stay peppy and alert throughout the draining odyssey of Wildcat Welcome. It probably helps that they’re led in part by exuberant Facebook personality and veritable RompHim brand rep Josh McKenzie.
PLEX
Foster-Walker Complex is the largest dorm on campus made up entirely of single rooms, and it’s not open to first-years. South Campus residents get their packages from Plex’s basement, and burrito enthusiasts flock to the building’s dining hall for a weekly “Plexican” dinner.
SPAC
Henry Crown Sports Pavilion is the glitzy gym on North Campus next to Ryan Fieldhouse. Name pretty much any type of exercise, and chances are you can probably do it there. The most popular activity at SPAC is saying you’ll play squash with your friends (because where else have you ever seen a squash court?!) and never following through.
BLOM
Blomquist Recreation Center is SPAC’s less famous South Campus cousin located across the street from Plex (less famous probably because it doesn’t have a squash court). SES The beloved student affairs office of Student Enrichment Services. They provide resources and support to help first-generation, low-income and undocumented students navigate Northwestern as an institution. They help students acquire laptops, winter coats, textbooks and other materials needed for life at Northwestern that many incoming students take for granted. They also connect students with scholarships and funding opportunities through their One Form.
SAFE RIDE
Northwestern’s valiant fleet of Toyota Priuses that bring students safely to their destinations for free between the hours of 7 p.m. and 3 a.m. — that is, if they’re willing to endure occasionally lengthy waits for pickups. And no, parents, this isn’t free campus Uber.
SESP
The School of Education and Social Policy. Rumored to be the most transferred-into school at Northwestern, it’s safe to say your peers in SESP are usually less stressed about their classes than you are.
DISTRO
Short for Distribution Requirement. Northwestern’s mixture of a core and open curriculum lets you take whatever classes you want — as long as they fit into certain categories.
CTECs
Course and Teacher Evaluation Council. A handy resource for finding out what your classmates think about the quality of a course at Northwestern. Students rate the content, instruction materials, instructors and more. But remember: You have to submit your own evaluations at the end of each quarter before you can see everyone else’s for the next one.
THE DICALS
If you want to study a little but mostly complain about it with your friends, Core is the way to go. But if you actually want to get work done, head to the Periodicals and Newspapers Reading Room — affectionately nicknamed “The Dicals” — on the first floor of University Library. It’s so silent you can hear a pin drop, or, more commonly, the muffled grunts of your peers after you sip your iced coffee too loudly.
CAESAR
The all-knowing oracle of Northwestern academics. You can register for classes (and drop said classes), download your transcript (and freak out about said transcript) and pay your heart-stopping tuition bill — all through an easy-to-use (and festively purple!) interface. Et tu, Morty?
NORBUCKS
Where students visit not only to see and be seen, but to hear and be heard — sometimes too well. This Starbucks contained within Norris University Center (where the “Nor” in Norbucks comes from) must be one of the highest-grossing franchise locations in the country, fronted by a nearconstant line of zombified college students waiting
If you’d prefer to hit the streets of glamorous Downtown Evanston to get your Starbucks, there’s a location near the intersection of Sherman Avenue (the “Sher” in Sherbucks) and Clark Street. Frequented by South Campus residents and folks fed up with the incessant chatter of auditions and rehearsals at Norbucks, Sherbucks has a loyal following among many students.
SOFO
If you walk into the main entrance of Norris University Center and see someone crying to the left of the Center Desk, chances are they’ve just had a rough visit at the Student Organization Finance Office (SOFO) window. SOFO could be described as a bank for Northwestern’s student organizations, providing them with financial accounts and assistance. But if you have to visit their window in person, chances are you have a problem.
THE ROCKS
Not to be confused with “The Rock.” When you paint one of these slabs of jumbled concrete that surround the Lakefill, nobody will paint over it. Unless it was something stupid like a marriage proposal.
CAPS
Counseling and Psychological Services, located in Searle Hall on South Campus, is the primary mental health resource for Northwestern students. They offer short-term counseling, group therapy and referrals to outside therapy sources. They’re not perfect, but students who have prior mental health issues or are worried about how the transition to college will affect them psychologically are encouraged to reach out to CAPS to find out what resources are available. Plus, their waiting room has a massage chair. alexschwartz2020@u.northwestern.edu
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Your guide to beyond downtown Evanston By ALLY MAUCH
daily senior staffer @allymauch
When you first move to Evanston and enter the downtown area, you may think you will want for nothing in your four short years here. There are many, many coffee shops, a movie theater, local bookstore, restaurants ranging from fastcasual Mediterranean chain Naf Naf to upscale steakhouse Pete Miller’s and, of course, a Target. But there is more to Evanston than this downtown area, which begins just past campus on Clark Street and stretches down to Lake Street. Admittedly, the city’s other commercial centers to the north and south are not as convenient, but they are worth a visit every so often. Make friends with the girl in your PA group who bragged about having her car on campus, or explore Evanston on foot before the Midwestern winter sets in.
North Evanston
Mustard’s Last Stand: It’s gameday. You’re hungry. Skip the overpriced stadium food and head to Mustard’s Last Stand, an iconic hot dog joint right next to Ryan Field that will satisfy you when you’re toeing the line between day-drunk and hungover. Get a Chicago dog with all the toppings and skip the ketchup in favor of mustard. Foodstuffs: Foodstuffs, 2106 Central Street, is the place to go when you realize you haven’t eaten anything green in two weeks. The prices are steep, but worth it every so often for the salad bar offering every veggie you can imagine. If salads aren’t your thing, Foodstuffs also has a sandwich counter, bakery and prepared food section. When you get your salad, be sure to pick up a bag of the buttercream sandwich cookies or monster cookie bites. Curt’s Cafe: Curt’s Cafe, 2922 Central St., is both a popular cafe with an extensive coffee and food menu and an Evanston institution embodying the activist spirit of the city. Curt’s employs young people who are living in at-risk situations and may find it difficult to find employment. Many of the student trainees have had contact with the judicial system, are homeless or have dropped out of school. When you need to get away from campus, head to Curt’s Cafe and sip a latte knowing you’re helping build the community around you.
South Evanston
Bagel Art Cafe: Bagel Art offers the best bagels in town, coming awfully close to the New Yorkstyle bagels I hope we can all agree can’t be beat. The shop on the corner of Dempster Street and Sherman Avenue is always bustling, filled with Evanstonians getting their coffee and bagel fix. Go with a classic everything with cream cheese, or try one of their more inventive bagel sandwich options (the Cinnamon Toast and Early Bird are solid picks). Hoosier Mama’s: Hoosier Mama’s is a pie haven at 749 Chicago Ave. Their menu changes often and features a pie for everyone, from savory meat pies to quiches to the classic sweet pies grandma makes. When you need to study and can’t take the library any longer, hop on the free campus shuttle and camp out at Hoosier Mama’s. If you’re staying a while (you should), get both savory and sweet slices, plus a couple cups of coffee for good measure. Mark II Lounge: The Mark II Lounge, affectionately known to Northwestern students as “the Deuce,” is a bar actually located on the North Side of Chicago, at 7436 N. Western Ave. I won’t say much more than this: the Deuce is the kind of cheap, slightly sticky dive bar that you probably won’t frequent much after freshman year but will remember far past your college years. If you don’t end up at the nearby IHOP at the end of the night, you did it wrong. Union Squared Evanston: Everyone will tell you that when you move to the Chicagoland area, you have to try deep dish. And you should, but once you recover from the cheese-induced food coma, you should also go to Union Squared at 1307 Chicago Ave. for Detroit-style pizza. Similar to Sicilian-style, the thick-crust square pies are topped with melted brick cheese and then layered with toppings before and after helpings of sauce. Order the Detroit Michoacan pie. allymauch@u.northwestern.edu
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A guide to your politicians from ASG to state reps By DAISY CONANT
daily senior staffer @daisy_conant
ASG, City Council and Illinois officials, oh my! The function and composition of on- and off-campus ~politics~ may seem daunting at first, so here’s a guide to help you learn who represents you in good ol’ Evanston.
Northwestern Associated Student Government Izzy Dobbel, Student Body President
SESP senior Izzy Dobbel, who ran uncontested last spring, is tasked with leading the ASG executive board and working as the chief lobbyist for students when meeting with administrators. According to the ASG website, she hopes to use her position to emphasize self-care in ASG and throughout the Northwestern student population. She and Executive Vice President Adam Davies also plan to work with New Student and Family Programs to create a mentorship program connecting new students with older peers in their major, and a survey that connects students with groups around campus based on student interests and identities.
Adam Davies, Executive Vice President
SESP senior Adam Davies, who ran on the ticket with Dobbel, is in charge of overseeing the ASG cabinet leaders and executing the presidential agenda. Davies and Dobbel ran on a campaign promise of increasing “justice” for marginalized students, with major long-term goals to allocate spaces to various groups, especially identity-based groups, around campus and create a Universityrecognized “student hiring and firing committee” that could make recommendations regarding faculty.
Henry Molnar, Chief of Staff
Weinberg senior Henry Molnar is responsible for facilitating the completion of the executive board’s term initiatives, working with the treasurer
to oversee the finances and chairing numerous non-standing committees in the organization, such as the ACIR Selection Committee. According to the ASG website, Molnar intends to work on implementing mental health sick days and improving ASG’s internal infrastructure and interactions with the greater student body.
Soteria Reid, Executive Officer of Justice and Inclusion SESP junior Soteria Reid is tasked with ensuring that ASG is “an inclusive place for all” by facilitating workshop sessions within executive board meetings, leading a team of representatives who oversee inclusion efforts in the standing ASG committees and aiding student organizations associated with diversity and inclusion efforts. According to the ASG website, Reid wants to help build advocacy capacity within ASG and on campus.
City Officials Mayor and City Council
The Evanston City Council is comprised of nine aldermen, one representing each of the city’s wards: Judy Fiske (1st), Peter Braithwaite (2nd), Melissa Wynne (3rd), Donald Wilson (4th), Robin Rue Simmons (5th), Thomas Suffredin (6th), Eleanor Revelle (7th), Ann Rainey (8th) and Cicely Fleming (9th). Overseen by Mayor Steve Hagerty, the council’s 2019-2020 goals include expanding affordable housing options and ensuring equity in all city operations.
State Officials J.B. Pritzker, Governor
Since defeating Republican incumbent Bruce Rauner last November and taking office this January, Governor J.B. Pritzker has signed a bill setting the state’s minimum wage on a path to reach $15 per hour by 2025, backed a bill that will legalize recreational marijuana use in Illinois on Jan. 1, 2020 and signed a package of legislation enhancing protection for immigrant families in Illinois. daisyconant2022@u.northwestern.edu
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Top five coffee shops for all your studying needs By SOPHIA SCANLAN
daily senior staffer @sophia_scanlan
It’s no secret that college students drink coffee — in fact, many of us survive off it. Luckily, our needs can be met in Evanston, a city with a plethora of cafes just minutes from campus. Here are the top five coffee joints in the area. No matter their rank on the list, you should still check all of them out — they each have something special for everyone, whether it’s tasty hot cider year-round, lab beakers as cups or even just comfy couches to sit on. Which one will become your new favorite?
5. Starbucks (Sherbucks)
Not to be confused with Norbucks (the Starbucks in Norris University Center), Sherbucks is our nickname for the Starbucks on Sherman Ave. It’s your basic Starbucks, complete with all the usual Pumpkin Spice Lattes, Peppermint Mochas or whatever your go-to coffee order is. Sherbucks is usually pretty packed, but if you like a little background hum of noise while working, this might be your place.
4. Colectivo
Though Colectivo won Best Coffee Shop in The Daily’s 2019 Best of Evanston awards, I’d have to rank it fourth. Don’t get me wrong; their coffee is good, and their food is even better — the Baja Breakfast Bowl always hits the spot. However, some of their iced teas taste too sweet and resemble cough syrup more than a refreshing drink. Like Sherbucks, Colectivo is also usually full of customers, so it’s sometimes hard to find a place to sit. Despite all that, Colectivo is a popular restaurant, and it’s worth visiting once you arrive in Evanston.
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Cupitol is an upscale coffee shop in downtown Evanston that doubles as a restaurant and lounge. Their coffee menu is pretty standard — no extravagant lattes or mochas — but their food is top-notch. Whether you’re in the mood for a chocolate croissant, a falafel burger or mushroom alfredo pasta, Cupitol has you covered. And you can enjoy some comfy couches and chairs while you’re at it. The music tends to be a little loud inside, so maybe it’s not the best place during finals week, but it could be a good spot for some lighter studying, an interview or even a date!
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Located closer to North Campus, Coffee Lab is a quaint spot perfect for those who need quiet to get their work done. In my eyes, their signature drinks include their hot chocolate and fruity iced teas, but I’d also praise their pastries, which always taste light and fresh. The best part of the shop, though, is its laboratory theme. Coffee Lab is the name, of course, but they also serve some drinks in beakers to add to the effect. What better place to work on some chemistry homework?
1. Unicorn Cafe
Number one goes to Unicorn Cafe. The drinks never disappoint, ranging from hot apple cider — around $2 for a small, might I add — to raspberry lemonade to your typical cappuccino. Their sandwiches are also delectable, especially the curried chicken one. But beyond the food and drink, Unicorn is a great spot because of its friendly staff, who make an effort to talk with you at the register or remember your order after a few visits. S o, even though some complain of its awkward steamy window overlooking Sherman Ave., I still see Unicorn as the best coffee shop in Evanston.
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By BENJAMIN ROSENBERG
daily senior staffer @bxrosenberg
Northwestern had a number of teams make deep postseason runs during the 2018-19 academic year, and many of those teams’ stars will be back to try and do it again. Here are a few Wildcat athletes to watch in 2019-20:
Lindsey Pulliam, Women’s Basketball, Guard:
With the graduation of center Pallas KunaiyiAkpanah, Lindsey Pulliam becomes the unquestioned leader of the Wildcats, who made a spirited run to the WNIT championship game last season. In many ways, Pulliam is the leader already — the junior led the team in scoring a year ago with 16.5 points per game, and scored in double figures in all six WNIT games. Her season-best 27 points propelled NU to a key win at Indiana in January. And while she relies primarily on a mid-range jump shot — which has earned her the nickname “Pull-up Pulliam” — she has shown the ability to score in other ways as well, including at the rim and at the foul line. If Pulliam is able to develop a more consistent three-point shot and improve as a distributor and a defender, she could team with junior Jordan Hamilton and sophomore Veronica Burton to form one of the Big Ten’s most
As a team, Northwestern is a long way away from contending for an NCAA championship — the Wildcats finished in the bottom half of the loaded Big Ten last season. But Sebastian Rivera is probably more likely than any other NU athlete to win an individual national title. The junior is currently ranked No. 1 in the country in his 125-pound weight class, and won the Big Ten championship by beating Spencer Lee of Iowa. He finished third at the NCAA Championships, and his only loss of the regular season came when he moved up a weight class — to 133 pounds — and lost to Michigan’s Stevan Micic, who was ranked No. 1 nationally in that class at the time. Rivera should be one of the country’s best yet again this season, and a national title could be in his sights.
Izzy Scane, Lacrosse, Attacker:
Northwestern loses one of the best players in program history in Selena Lasota, but her heir apparent might already be on the roster. Izzy Scane, a sophomore, was named Big Ten Freshman of the Year last season after being earning Freshman of the Week honors seven times and helping the Wildcats reach the Final Four. She finished second in the Big Ten in goals per game and third in points per game (Lasota led the conference in both categories). And Scane steadily improved throughout the year — she scored a season-high six goals in the Big Ten opener at Rutgers and five in the Cats’ season-ending loss to Maryland in the national semifinals. She is particularly adept at dodging defenders and making long runs downfield to either score goals herself or set up her teammates. With Scane anchoring a strong front line that also includes senior Lindsey McKone and junior Lauren Gilbert, the Cats should be in the mix for their eighth national championship in 2020.
Danielle Williams, Softball, Pitcher:
Northwestern finished 47-13 and reached its first
NCAA Super Regional in 11 years in 2019, thanks largely to the emergence of Danielle Williams, who was named the National Fastpitch Coaches Association Division I Freshman of the Year. The left-hander threw 58 percent of NU’s innings last year and compiled a 31-8 record, a 1.55 ERA and a strikeout-towalk ratio of nearly seven to one. Williams began her college career in style, coming within one out of a nohitter in her first start of the year against Pacific. She threw 13 shutouts, had a 10-inning complete-game win against Wisconsin and had 13 games with at least 10 strikeouts, including a season-high 15 in a win at Iowa. She was a workhorse at the Evanston Regional, allowing just four earned runs in 23 innings. And as if that wasn’t enough, Williams can hit, too — she batted .258 with 21 RBIs and three home runs, including one in the postseason. Williams will be joined by junior Kenna Wilkey and incoming freshman Sydney Supple, among others, on a pitching staff that has a chance to lead the Cats to their first Women’s College World Series since 2007. benjaminrosenberg2021@u. northwestern.edu
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A year after the WelshRyan Area renovations By GREG SVIRNOVSKIY
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Northwestern men’s basketball’s first regular season game of the 2018-19 season was a nonconference matchup against the lowly University of New Orleans. It was by all accounts a fairly uniform home win, with then-graduate transfer Ryan Taylor connecting for 20 points, leading the Wildcats to a 30-point win. But the game meant so much more. It was the first regular-season contest played at Welsh-Ryan Arena since the venue’s extensive renovations, 19 months of continuous construction which added new locker rooms and sporting amenities for Northwestern athletes, while doubling the size of the lobby and replacing everything from the scoreboard to the hardwood court.
It was just easier for less abled people to be able to enter the arena and enjoy the games. It’s really easier to get both in and out of the arena, which I think is more useful. As sophomore Billy O’Handley meandered into the stadium for the first time that night, he was reminded of the Barclays Center, where his hometown Brooklyn Nets play. “It was just opulent,” O’Handley said. “It was like an NBA stadium in miniature.“I got probably a little more emotional than I had any right to get when I stepped in there for the first time. It was such an overwhelmingly cool experience.” Senior Yash Dhuri has seen it all. He’s been coming to games as a fan since before the renovation, and during it, when the men’s team mamammamjfjjfjfjfjf jajajajajaja
played its games at Allstate Arena in Rosemont. As a member of Northwestern Wildside, Dhuri got a chance to check the arena out before the crowds. He loved it. “I guess the first thing I noticed was how
It was insane, the place exploded. We took the roof off the building. clean and new it was.” Dhuri said. “Obviously chairs and stuff instead of bleachers was really different. Just seeing how renovated and new the building looked really struck me. Just super clean.” For Dhuri, perhaps new Welsh-Ryan’s most important feature was its ADA accessibility. It is believed that the arena is the most accessible complex in college athletics, with five elevators, increased guardrail presence, and five new accessible family restrooms located throughout the venue. “Accessibility went up a crazy amount,” Dhuri said. “It was just easier for less abled people to be able to enter the arena and enjoy the games. It’s really easier to get both in and out of the arena, which I think is more useful.” O’Handley felt the full weight of the arena when No. 5 Michigan came into town on December 4, 2018. He heard the crowd erupt as the Cats went on a 15-2 run to turn a massive deficit into a veritable tie game, sighed sadly but contentedly as his team lost to the then-undefeated Wolverines by just two points, but most importantly, reveled in the collective purple pride. “I feel like the student body was such a big part of that game,” O”Handley said. “Because we were down by 15 points, and we started to come back and the crowd started to get more and more into it. It was insane, the place exploded. We took the roof off the building.”
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On October 7, 2017, Northwestern lost 31-7 at home to Penn State, falling to 2-3 on the season. The result was expected, as the Nittany Lions were ranked No. 4 at the time, but the way the Wildcats played — missing tackles, committing stupid penalties and making unforced errors — led Tristan Jung of Inside NU to write a column calling the team “Chicago’s Big Ten existential crisis.” Jung described the in-game formalities becoming comical the larger the Cats’ deficit grew, and said just 40-50 students stayed through the end of the game. But more than anything, he contemplated why NU fans continue to care and spend so much time worrying about something they have no control over. Well, I was one of those 40-50 students who stuck it out, mainly because my friend wanted to see if the Cats could finally crack the scoreboard. Which they did — scoring a consolation touchdown with less than two minutes left and the second-string offense on the field. But still, I doubt that touchdown, or anything else that happened that afternoon, led fans to believe NU would turn things around that season. Of course, that is exactly what happened. The Cats won their last seven regular-season games in 2017, including three straight overtime victories, and then pulled out another Cardiac Cats-style win over Kentucky in the Music City Bowl. When it comes to NU football, expect the unexpected — and more than that, embrace the unexpected. Most of the losses will not make sense, and neither will most of the wins. Heck, even the famous 1995 team that went to the Rose Bowl lost to Miami of Ohio. The Penn State loss was frustrating, but at least it made sense. Last season’s loss to Akron, however, was a different story. Akron, a Mid-American Conference team that would finish just 4-8, was the one game on the Cats’ 2018 schedule that looked like a certain win. And for a half, it looked like it would be just that, as NU built a seemingly safe 18-point lead. But the Cats collapsed, giving up three defensive touchdowns in the second half and allowing the Zips to come back. I was just about done with NU football at that point, repeatedly telling myself that “college football is dumb.” But naturally, I was in the stands at Ryan Field just two weeks later for the Cats’ game against Michigan. Although that game resulted in another frustrating loss, NU turned its season around after that and, despite advanced metrics saying the 2018 team was the program’s worst edition in seven years, won the Big Ten West title. Eleven weeks after the Akron loss, more than 3,000 students rode buses down to Indianapolis to watch the Cats play in their first-ever conference championship game. So, incoming students, be prepared. This team will frustrate you, occasionally infuriate you. There will be games that make you question why people watch sports in the first place. But there will also be games that bring the school together — rushing the field after a triple-overtime win against Michigan State, for example, is a memory I will never forget. So was making that trip to Indianapolis to see NU take on Ohio State and stay close to the heavily-favored Buckeyes until the fourth quarter. Northwestern football is many things, but an “existential crisis” is not one of them. Unpredictable? Certainly. Entertaining? Sometimes, depending on the style of football you prefer. But no result is ever a foregone conclusion, and that’s why we feel compelled to keep watching, week after week. Benjamin Rosenberg is a Medill junior. He can be contacted at benjaminrosenberg2021@u.northwestern. edu@u.northwestern.edu. If you would like to respond publicly to this column, send a Letter to the Editor to sports@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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Wildcats look to return to Final Four tournament By ELLA BROCKWAY
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It took five years to climb the mountain — a half-decade spent adjusting to life in the Big Ten — but this spring, coach Kelly Amonte Hiller and Northwestern finally did. The Wildcats were back on the national scene in 2019. They beat powerhouse Maryland (the winner of four of the last six national championships) for the first time in seven years and brought home the Big Ten Tournament crown while doing it. NU returned to the Final Four, the place where it had won seven national championships from 2005 to 2012, for the first time since 2014. And even though the season ended in a 25-13 loss to the Terrapins, it was a huge step for a program that had been struggling to return to its previous glory. But the one thing harder than making it to a Final Four — as Amonte Hiller knows perfectly well — is making it back. And in order to be playing on Memorial Day weekend in Baltimore in 2020, they’ll have to figure out how to win without Selena
Lasota, an attacker who scored 85 goals for the Cats last season and finished her five years in Evanston as one of the best players in program history. Last year did give a hint at who her replacement might be, though. Midfielder Izzy Scane had a tremendous 2019, scoring 62 goals and earning the Big Ten Freshman of the Year award. The one-two punch of her and Lasota scared defenders all across the country in 2019, and she could do that again alongside players like Lindsey McKone and Lauren Gilbert, who also had strong showings throughout last season. Winnetka native Brennan Dwyer established herself as one of the best draw control specialists in the country last year, and she’ll be a stabilizing force for the Cats as she continues to learn and improve — namely, from one of the best draw control specialists in school history, Shelby Fredericks, who took an assistant coaching position at NU this offseason. It won’t be easy to collect another win over Maryland in 2020 — or to return to a Final Four — in the first year without a player like Lasota. But if there’s anyone who’s proven the doubters wrong, it’s Amonte Hiller. ellabrockway@u.northwestern.edu
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The Wildcats advanced to the Final Four for the first time since 2014.
FOOTBALL
Cats look for more after third straight bowl victory By GREG SVIRNOVSKIY
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College football is a treat, a quagmire, a grudge match. For better or for worse, the gridiron brings Northwestern together like nothing else. And by golly, last year gave us some things to cheer about. The Wildcats compiled an 8-1 record in
Big Ten play and their first ever Big Ten West title. Highlights of the season included the emergence of freshman running back Isaiah Bowser, a third straight bowl victory, and of course, coach Pat Fitzgerald’s decision to spurn the NFL’s Green Bay Packers and stay at NU. The “Cardiac Cats” never won easily, save for a 31-17 dismantling of an undermanned Wisconsin team in late October. But they thrived in close games: The time NU erased a 10-point deficit in the final minutes of regulation and
clawed back with an interception and a field goal in overtime to beat Nebraska, or senior Bennet Skowronek’s diving catch giving the Cats a 14-10 lead against Iowa in November — eventually clinching the team’s Big Ten West championship. But here’s how you know it was a great season for NU football: Perhaps the season’s most enduring memory didn’t have anything to do with the Big Ten, a school-sponsored trip to Indianapolis, or a season-opening win against Purdue.
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It came on a rainy New Year’s Eve in San Diego, when the Cats erased a 17-point halftime deficit to capture the Holiday Bowl over favored Utah, shutting the Utes out in the second half with a clinical defensive performance. With incoming Clemson transfer Hunter Johnson ready to step in at quarterback for the newly drafted Clayton Thorson, the future looks bright in Evanston. gregorysvirnovskiy2022@u.northwestern.edu
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With a trio of returning guards in sophomore Veronica Burton and juniors Jordan Hamilton and Lindsey Pulliam, Northwestern is looking to get into the postseason again this year, but at a higher level. The Wildcats stumbled to a 3-7 record in their final 10 Big Ten games, including the Big Ten Tournament, and found themselves in the NIT. With a series of incredible comeback victories, NU fought all the way to the NIT Championship game, where it lost to Arizona 56-42. Despite losing in the championship game, the game was a glimpse of how bright the future could be for coach Joe McKeown’s team. The three veteran guards, along with senior forward Abi Scheid, were four of the Cats’ top five scorers from last season, but they are losing Pallas Kunaiyi-Akpanah, the heart and soul of NU’s team the past two seasons. Kunaiyi-Akpanah, along with Pulliam, was one of the two players on the team who averaged double digits in scoring. The Cats will likely rely on senior center Abbie Wolf to help the team score in the paint, but it’s going to be hard to replicate KunaiyiAkpanah’s rebounding, as she averaged 11.2 per game. With a lack of frontcourt depth in the paint, it should be interesting to see how McKeown organizes his lineup with a backcourt-heavy roster. Despite this, this team should easily finish in the top half of the conference and contend for an NCAA tournament berth. andrewgolden2021@u.northwestern.edu
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Cats hope to continue NU leans on returning steps toward improvement core in difficult Big Ten By TROY CLOSSON
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Following four years of consistent improvement under former coach ‘A Havahla Haynes, Northwestern will look to continue its upward trend under new leadership. Relative to their past struggles, the Wildcats had a successful campaign last year: a seventh-place finish at Big Ten Championships (their strongest showing since 2012), countless school records shattered in the indoor and outdoor track seasons and NCAA Championship berths from a two-time AllAmerican runner.
That runner’s name is Aubrey Roberts and she will look to three-peat in her final year after narrowly missing out on qualifying for the NCAA’s outdoor track championships last June. After thriving under the direction of Haynes, it’ll be important to watch how Roberts and former Wisconsin coach Jill Miller mesh early this fall. NU will also return a strong sophomore squad led by Sielle Kearney, Rachel McCardell and Hannah Hall. The team is only losing one scoring runner from its strong conference championships showing and will look to senior leaders Sarah Nicholson and Kelly O’Brien to keep momentum this fall. troyclosson2020@u.northwestern.edu
By BENJAMIN ROSENBERG
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Last season, Northwestern had no seniors and just four juniors on its 17-player roster. The underclassman-heavy Wildcats got off to a hot start before struggling against a very difficult conference schedule. NU finished 16-16, but just 6-14 in Big Ten play. Those six conference wins do indicate progress — the Cats won just four Big Ten games in 2017 and three the year before that. Of NU’s 14 conference losses last year, 11 came against ranked teams, including eight against top-10 foes. To move up the standings this year, NU will need to turn a few of those ranked losses into victories.
The Cats’ returning core should help — junior outside hitter Nia Robinson, who represented the Big Ten in Japan earlier this summer, was fifth in the conference in kills per set last year with 3.90. Junior middle hitter Alana Walker and sophomore outside hitters Ella Grbac and Abryanna Cannon also posted strong offensive numbers. Coach Shane Davis brings in four freshmen to complement the returners, but the most prominent newcomer is graduate transfer Payton Chang, a setter who won national championships in 2016 and 2018 with Stanford. Chang will provide big-game experience and veteran leadership to a team looking to make its first NCAA Tournament since 2010. benjaminrosenberg2021@u.northwestern.edu
WRESTLING
Rivera comes back strong By PETER WARREN
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The Big Ten is a never-ending gauntlet of the best the sport has to offer. For evidence of this, all you have to do is look at last year’s NCAA Championships. Seven of the top 10 teams were from the conference. Penn State won the team title and had three individual title winners. Ohio State was second with three second-place finishers. Iowa had six All-Americans. Michigan had three wrestlers finish in third place. Rutgers had two individual titlists. To be great in the Big Ten is hard. Last year, Sebastian Rivera was better than great. Rivera spent most of the season ranked as
the nation’s No. 1 wrestler in the 125-pound weight class. He twice defeated 2018 NCAA Champion Spencer Lee of Iowa — once to win the Midlands Tournament and again to win the Big Ten title. His one regular-season loss was to Michigan’s Stevan Micic. But that was no ordinary match. Rivera bumped up to 133 pounds in order to face Micic, who was No. 1 in that weight class at the time. The New Jersey native ended up losing in the NCAA Tournament and finishing in a disappointing third place. But Rivera and fellow All-American Ryan Deakin have two more years of eligibility left, and both have the potential to end the season with their hands held high in the air. peterwarren2021@u.northwestern.edu
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NU ready to welcome new freshmen Young Wildcats set for major rebuilding season By SOPHIA SCANLAN
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All was shiny and sparkling on the outside when Northwestern opened the new WelshRyan Arena last fall. But on the inside, things were far from great: The Wildcats finished the 2018-19 season with a 13-19 record — dead last in the Big Ten — and saw three core players transfer away this offseason. Redshirt senior A.J. Turner is the team’s oldest returnee, but still averaged just 8.8 points per game last winter. Junior Anthony Gaines is a talented guard who has seen a lot of playing time in his two years with the Cats, but battled a stress fracture throughout much of the summer and had to sit out the team’s preseason European tour. NU’s lineup this season will be young. Gaines and sophomore forward Miller Kopp — who struggled with consistency but had some bright moments last season — should earn starting nods, and freshman Boo Buie will likely start at point guard, a position that’s been a revolving door ever since NCAA Tournament hero Bryant McIntosh graduated. Sophomore forward Pete Nance has bulked up in the offseason, and redshirt freshman center Ryan Young is set to take over the spot left vacant by Dererk Pardon. The play on the court might not be the most entertaining to watch, but there’ll be a couple of good stories to follow. The Cats landed graduate transfer Pat Spencer in the offseason, who comes to Evanston after four seasons as one of the top college lacrosse players in the nation for Loyola Maryland. Although he hasn’t played organized basketball since high school, he’s a low-risk addition to the roster with the potential for high reward. For longtime NU fans, it’ll be nice to see McIntosh back on the sidelines, where he joined the Cats this summer as the team’s assistant director of operations. It might be a while before fans see another trip to the NCAA Tournament, or even a trip past the opening round of the Big Ten Tournament. But hey, you can say you saw the Cats when — and enjoy the free giveaways, including crewneck sweatshirts, burgers and a host of fun t-shirts, that Wildside gives out at games. ellabrockway@u.northwestern.edu
Last season was a historic one for Northwestern. The Wildcats achieved their best record since 2007, sustained a record 20-game winning streak and earned a near-perfect finish in Big Ten play. Not to mention, they hosted — and won — an NCAA Regional. Though the No. 1 Oklahoma knocked NU out of the NCAA tournament in the Super Regionals, the Cats picked up several accolades at the end of the season including Big Ten Coach of the Year for Kate Drohan and National Fastpitch Coaches Association Division I National Freshman of the Year for pitcher Danielle Williams. Last year’s incoming class brought fresh talent to NU, with Williams emerging as the ace, and catcher Jordyn Rudd and designated player Nikki Cuchran ranking first and second, respectively, on the squad in batting average and RBIs. This year’s freshmen are expected to bring the same, if not more, skill to the Cats. Sydney Supple not only became the Extra Inning Softball National High School Player of the Year in July, but she also threw three perfect
games last year and boasted a 0.75 ERA. And former club teammates Angela Zedak and Emelia Farnam will no doubt add more power to the lineup with their 1.171 and .906 junioryear slugging percentages, respectfully.
Though there are several months between now and opening day, NU is a squad on the rise, and worth watching this spring. sophiascanlan2022@u.northwestern.edu
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WOMEN’S TENNIS
NU looks to extend NCAA tournament streak By BENJAMIN ROSENBERG
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Few programs — at any university, in any sport — can boast the kind of sustained success that Claire Pollard’s team has enjoyed. Last year’s team cut it closer than most, but Northwestern still qualified for the NCAA Tournament for the 24th consecutive year, including all 21 years under Pollard. The Wildcats’ four conference losses last season were their most since 1997 — and they all came in a two-week stretch late in the year. NU won a pair of Big Ten matches to close the regular season, but fell to Michigan in the Big
Ten Tournament semifinal and lost to Princeton in the first round of the NCAA Tournament. Most of last year’s team is back. Sophomore Clarissa Hand should continue to generate buzz, as the New Jersey native was named Big Ten Co-Freshman of the Year in 2019 and earned an at-large berth to the NCAA Singles Championship. Hand played 24 of her 25 matches at No. 1 singles in her freshman campaign. Senior Julie Byrne, who went 17-8 in dual matches last year, is also back, as is junior Caroline Pozo, who was 14-10. With Hand leading a deep lineup, expect the Cats to extend their NCAA Tournament streak to 25 next spring. benjaminrosenberg2021@u.northwestern.edu
WOMEN’S GOLF
Wildcats have potential for another great season By PETER WARREN
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Few programs — at any university, in any sport — can boast the kind of sustained success that Claire Pollard’s team has enjoyed. Last year’s team cut it closer than most, but Northwestern still qualified for the NCAA Tournament for the 24th consecutive year, including all 21 years under Pollard. The Wildcats’ four conference losses last season were their most since 1997 — and they all came in a two-week stretch late in the year. NU won a pair of Big Ten matches to close the regular season, but fell
to Michigan in the Big Ten Tournament semifinal and lost to Princeton in the first round of the NCAA Tournament. Most of last year’s team is back. Sophomore Clarissa Hand should continue to generate buzz, as the New Jersey native was named Big Ten Co-Freshman of the Year in 2019 and earned an at-large berth to the NCAA Singles Championship. Hand played 24 of her 25 matches at No. 1 singles in her freshman campaign. Senior Julie Byrne, who went 17-8 in dual matches last year, is also back, as is junior Caroline Pozo, who was 14-10. With Hand leading a deep lineup, expect the Cats to extend their NCAA Tournament streak to 25 next spring. peterwarren2021@u.northwestern.edu
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Northwestern is stable, and this is a good thing By GREG SVIRNOVSKIY
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It was a year of runs for Northwestern: some good — like the stretch when the Wildcats reeled off nine wins in 10 games from March 27 to April 9. Others were really bad, like the five straight losses a little after that hot stretch. They led to a fairly standard year for NU baseball, which finished under .500, but just barely. Standard is good. Great even, considering where the Cats were in 2016, when they finished 15-39, and battled through losing skids
of five, six and seven games. It feels even better when considering that the last time NU finished with a record better than last season’s was in 2005, when the team won 26 games and lost 28. The Cats last finished with a winning record in 2000, when they went 27-23. Yikes. Losing infielder Alex Erro and pitcher Nick Paciorek to the MLB draft will hurt. So will the graduation of last year’s Life Teammate Award recipient, Jack Dunn. Still, with sophomores Shawn Goosenberg and David Dunn ready for more exposure, the future looks bright. gregorysvirnovskiy2022@u.northwestern.edu
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Shawn Goosenberg stands at the plate. Even as a freshman, the second baseman became an integral part of the Northwestern lineup.
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Northwestern trys to turn After graduating 11 the page on 2018 season seniors, NU rebuilds By SOPHIA SCANLAN
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Last year brought some highs for Northwestern — beating ranked teams Iowa and California and crushing Ball State 6-1 — but the season ended on a low, with a quarterfinal loss in the Big Ten Tournament. The Wildcats fell to Michigan, meaning the Wolverines had ended their season for the second consecutive year. NU ultimately finished third-to-last in the Big Ten standings with a sub-.500 record — 3-5 in conference play and 9-10 overall. The 2019 squad will look to improve on that 2018
finish, despite graduating five seniors. The Cats have lost Annie Kalfas — who accumulated 56 saves and a .675 save percentage last year — and leading scorers Puck Pentenga and Eva van Agt, who notched 11 and six goals, respectively. Coach Tracey Fuchs and NU, however, will welcome six freshmen to take their places. Among them are new goalie Abby Renaud, Spanish U18 National Team member Ana Medina Garcia and 2018 Division I Delaware State Player of the Year Alia Marshall. Marshall also comes to Evanston having scored 20 goals during her senior year. The Cats will kick off the season with a game at Stanford on August 30. sophiascanlan2022@u.northwestern.edu
SWIMMING
NU look to improve in Kipp’s second season By BENJAMIN ROSENBERG
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Although neither Northwestern’s men nor women improved their finish at the Big Ten Championships in 2019, swimmers from both squads talked repeatedly about how the new coaching staff had already changed the culture of the program. Last season was the first for coach Jeremy Kipp, who came in from Boise State to combine the men’s and women’s teams at NU. The women finished seventh of 13 teams at Big Ten Championships last year, while the men placed ninth out of 10, ahead of only Michigan State. On the men’s side, a strong senior class that
included Will Hofstadter, Tyler Lis and Jack Thorne will be missed. The underclassmen, though, were consistently strong last year, led by now-juniors DJ Hwang and Liam Gately and now-sophomores Manu Bacarizo and Ryan Gridley. The women will have to move on without one of the most decorated athletes in program history — Olivia Rosendahl, who won two national championships in the platform diving. But the Cats bring back junior Calypso Sheridan, who set the Big Ten record in the 400-yard individual medley at NCAA Championships last year and had NU’s best time in five different events. Senior Malorie Han, junior Sophie Angus and sophomore Miriam Guevara are also back after strong seasons last year. benjaminrosenberg2021@u.northwestern.edu
By ELLA BROCKWAY
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It was a good offseason for Northwestern women’s soccer: For the first time in program history, the Wildcats had players selected in the National Women’s Soccer League Draft. Kayla Sharples and Hannah Davison were drafted by the hometown Chicago Red Stars, and Marisa Viggiano headed to the Orlando Pride, where she now plays alongside World Cup star Alex Morgan. NU finished the 2018 campaign with a 10-5-4 record, and while the Cats advanced to their fourth straight NCAA Tournament, they fell in the first round to North Carolina State. All three were part of the most decorated senior class in program history, and it will be no easy feat finding replacements for them. Sophomore goalkeeper Mackenzie Wood returns in net after a season that earned her a spot on the Big Ten All-Freshman Team and in the program’s record books for the longest shutout streak. With Wood anchoring from the back, the defense should be reliable. It’s the offense that will pose the most question marks — Brenna Lovera scored a team-high eight goals in 2018, but now that she’s graduated and moved onto a team in the top division in Iceland, the Cats will need to find a way to replace her production. Some new recruits should help. Coach Michael Moynihan’s latest incoming class is led by Mari Annest, who scored 39 goals in high school and was named the Gatorade Colorado Player of the Year — an award previously won by current World Cup champion Mallory Pugh. Annest was recruited as a defender, but should the offense need a boost, she could be an asset up front. It’s not impossible to think that another NCAA Tournament appearance could be in NU’s future, but the Cats will need to figure out
a way to create offensive chances to compete at the top of the Big Ten. ellabrockway@u.northwestern.edu
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Wildcats come off season of success David By CATHERINE BUCHANIEC
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In both the regular and postseason, Northwestern dominated the fencing strip. With a 39-5 record, the team earned its first-ever No. 2 national ranking and placed sixth at the NCAA Championships. Under coach Zach Moss, the Wildcats also swept the Midwest Fencing Championships
for the first time in the program’s history, earning a second consecutive conference title. At the conference championships, NU finished with one silver medal and five bronzes in individual matches before moving onto the team competition, where they won in all three weapons. Poised to have another successful season, the team will welcome eight new fencers, including foil Anna Biasco, who placed first at NU’s Remenyik tournament in October. NU will also return 27 of 32 fencers from last
year’s team, including All-Americans Alyssa Chen and Julia Falinska. Chen and Falinska were the only two underclassmen that Moss brought to the NCAA Championships in Cleveland. Although a school can qualify a maximum of six competitors — two per weapon style — the Cats were only able to send five fencers from the Midwest Regionals to the NCAA Championships, falling one sabre short of a full team. cbuchaniec@u.northwestern.edu
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NU looks to improve after disappointing By ANDREW GOLDEN
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Northwestern is headed into this season looking to improve upon last year’s disappointing conference record. After not winning a regular-season conference game, the Wildcats (6-9-5, 1-5-3 Big Ten) beat Ohio State in the Big Ten Tournament and took No.
1 seed Indiana to overtime before losing 2-1. Of the 11 players who started that game against the Hoosiers, NU only graduated one and with a year of experience, the Cats should be primed to be a competitive team this year. Camden Buescher, the lone player who graduated, was NU’s leading scorer last season and collected 16 points, so the Cats will have to rely on senior forwards Ty Seager and Mac Mazzola to make up for the loss on offense. Defensively, the team will be anchored
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form a formidable top four. Sophomore Trice Pickens also saw a lot of action at singles during his freshman season. The Big Ten is a tough conference, with Ohio State, Illinois and Michigan all consistently ranked, but if NU’s returners can build on their 2019 performances, the Cats could be in for a bounce-back year. benjaminrosenberg2021@u.northwestern.edu
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by senior Andrew McLeod and junior Garrett Opperman, who were NU’s most reliable defenders last season, and junior Miha Miskovic, who ranked third in the Big Ten in saves and saves per game last year. If the Cats want to have success this season, they will have to rely on their veteran offensive talent to find ways to produce goals without Buescher. andrewgolden2021@u.northwestern.edu
Wildcats seek NCAA return after hiatus with nearly their entire lineup returning. In NU’s season-ending loss to Purdue, the Cats started just one senior at singles. After that match, coach Arvid Swan said the program is in a good place and is excited for this coming season to begin. The returners are led by senior Dominik Stary, who played at No. 1 singles most of last year. Stary will be joined by junior Antonioni Fasano, senior Chris Ephron and sophomore Simen Bratholm to
By PETER WARREN
Throughout the 2018-19 season, Northwestern was seemingly unable to put together a complete performance. Yes, the Wildcats had a three-event stretch in the fall where it all seemed together — three top-three finishes, including a team title, and three individual titles. But when the spring came around, NU faltered. Every event felt like the Cats would turn it around. It never happened. Losing Ryan Lumsden — who goes down as one of the best golfers in program history — to graduation will leave this team in need of a leader to step into his place. And after a standout freshman campaign, sophomore David Nyfjall is in line to be that guy. The 2019 Big Ten Freshman of the Year actually led the team in average at 71.72 — a full stroke better than Lumsden. He also had the most top-25, top-10 and top-5 finishes of any NU golfer, including two individual titles. Along with Nyfjall, three other regular starters return from last season in sophomore Lucas Becht, senior Everton Hawkins and junior Eric McIntosh. Each of those three had moments of brilliance, but were unable to stay consistent throughout the season. With three freshmen enrolling and a few other experienced golfers also in the mix for playing time, coach David Inglis should have the depth for a high-quality five-man lineup.
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