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Students, residents object to high-rise Proposed building could close some local businesses By MADDIE BURAKOFF
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Whenever Communication senior Orli Spierer moves to a new city, she said she always seeks out small, independent bookstores. In Evanston, her bookstore of choice is Bookends and Beginnings, Spierer said. So when she heard about a proposed 37-story development that would demolish the store and several other small businesses, she took action. “I’ve been living in Evanston for three years at this point, so it definitely feels like home,”
Spierer said. “I have a lot of my favorite shops and places downtown … so you don’t want to see that go away.” Spierer joined a group of more than 1,100 Northwestern students and community members who signed an online petition protesting the building’s development. The petition calls on the city to “Stop the Tower in Evanston” and will eventually be delivered to City Council. The proposed building would bring nonprofit Northlight Theatre back to Evanston after it moved to Skokie in 1998, and would also include a hotel, a restaurant, residential units and parking. At 395 feet, the development would be the tallest building in Evanston if current plans are approved. However, its proposed » See PETITION, page 5
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Jennifer Eason, owner of Jennifer’s Edibles, poses in front of a store menu. The restaurant, 1623 Simpson St., received both a microloan and business services through LEND.
LEND helps businesses in city
Student-run organization provides financial, strategic support By JAKE HOLLAND
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After funds were disbursed this summer, recipients of LEND’s Entrepreneurship Support Program have expanded their outreach, using microfinance to drive growth. The $300,000 annual program
was designed by LEND — a Northwestern student-run microfinance organization — specifically for low-income and minority-owned Evanston businesses. It provides clients with direct capital and services like marketing strategies and legal aid. Jennifer Eason, a member of the new program and owner of Jennifer’s Edibles, said LEND helped her add essential
equipment to her comfort food restaurant in west Evanston, which opened in January. “If they weren’t there, I would probably not be in business,” Eason said. “They supported me, and I was able to purchase a gas range, freezers, work tables and utensils that are needed in my everyday work.” Many small business owners who seek loans or capital,
especially those with poor or nonexistent credit scores, are turned down by banks. Eason said because her personal credit “wasn’t stellar,” she could not find a bank willing to help get her business off the ground through commercial lending. “(Groups) like LEND that don’t deal with just credit scores » See LEND, page 5
University hires Title IX educator Kate Harrington-Rosen will work to ‘demystify’ reporting process By ERICA SNOW
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Bookends and Beginnings, 1712 Sherman Ave. The bookstore may close if a proposed high-rise complex is approved.
Northwestern has filled a position to educate the community about the sexual misconduct reporting process.
Kate Harrington-Rosen began working as the Title IX/ Equity Outreach and Education Specialist in July, she said. The position focuses solely on education and outreach, and is not involved in the resolution process of sexual misconduct complaints, former Title IX coordinator Joan
Slavin told The Daily in April. Harrington-Rosen will train students and faculty members about the sexual misconduct reporting process to “demystify” it by educating them about the next steps after a sexual misconduct complaint is reported. “It doesn’t really matter if
those policies and procedures exist if folks aren’t aware of them and don’t feel like the office is something they can access,” she said. Harrington-Rosen has trained about 1,150 people and » See TITLE IX, page 5
NU partners with local schools to improve college readiness Initial project to focus on identifying methods to improve college readiness in Evanston students
By AMELIA LANGAS
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After four years of discussion about improving the success of Evanston students in postsecondary education, a Northwestern partnership with local school districts is beginning its first project. The initial project will focus on identifying characteristics of college readiness, as part of the partnership’s larger goal of better connecting NU and Evanston school districts, SESP Dean David Figlio said. “Our ideals with this collaboration are to have Northwestern
and Evanston schools become real strong, true partners aimed at having the breakthroughs that are going to improve educational outcomes for kids currently in school and kids who aren’t even born yet,” said Figlio, who helped develop the partnership. Figlio said the research is still getting “up and running,” but the pilot project is the “Evanstonspecific on-track indicator.” This research initiative aims to identify the stages in development through school that can predict success in college, he said. Once the predictive factors are identified, schools can start to determine which students are on track and which ones need
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additional resources to ensure success, Figlio said. Evanston/Skokie School District 65 board member Candance Chow said educators should begin watching for indicators of college readiness as far back as kindergarten. “The most critical thing we’ve been talking about is really having a line of sight from right to left,” Chow said. “So being able to … understand at least at some level, what does that mean in earlier grades?” Pete Bavis, assistant superintendent of curriculum and instruction at Evanston School District 202, said with the research partnership — officially
known as the NorthwesternEvanston Education Research Alliance — comes a data-sharing agreement between the three entities. The agreement enables district administrators to work with NU researchers on addressing questions about policy and programming, Bavis said. He said the alliance also uses data from National Student Clearinghouse, which collects information from colleges and universities that regularly report enrollment and degree information, according to its website. Bavis said this data will help to label some of the factors that lead to a student’s collegiate success
— like academic performance, class schedule, attendance and disciplinary record. “There’s a real way to take theory, take big data and apply it to help increase students’ trajectories in Evanston,” Bavis said. “We think it can be a real game changer for how we support kids and how we talk to kids and nurture them on their path.” Bavis said District 202 has “enhanced” its analytic team, since it will be crucial for identifying problems the administrators can address. Though no analyses have been conducted yet, the program has already received funding from the Lewis-Sebring Family
Foundation, Spencer Foundation and contributions from the School of Education and Social Policy, Figlio said. Figlio said though it is ultimately up to district administrators to decide how they want to utilize the project’s final data, NU will remain a part of the process. “I fully anticipate that Northwestern researchers will be at the table helping to think about what those programs will look like and helping to set them up for evaluation,” Figlio said. Rishika Dugyala contributed reporting. amelialangas@u.northwestern.edu
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AROUND TOWN Evanston/Skokie board member announces bid for representative seat
After four years as an Evanston/Skokie District 65 board member, Candance Chow announced Tuesday that she is running as a Democratic candidate for the 17th District state representative seat. The position — which represents parts of Evanston, Glenview, Wilmette and Skokie — is currently held by state Rep. Laura Fine (D-Glenview), who is running to replace gubernatorial candidate and state Sen. Daniel Biss (D-Evanston) in the 9th District, according to Chow’s news release. “I am inspired to run for State Representative because of my lifelong desire to ensure that every child has the best chance possible to fulfill her dreams,” Chow said in the release. “I am not
POLICE BLOTTER Chicago man arrested in connection with stolen bike
A Chicago man was arrested Monday evening in connection with possession of stolen property in Chicago. The day before at about 11:30 a.m., a woman went to the Evanston police station after she noticed her Trek FX bicycle had been stolen in the 1000 block of Davis Street, Evanston police Cmdr. Joseph Dugan said. The bike, valued at
Evanston firefighters respond to unoccupied, smoking house on Ridge
The Evanston Fire Department is investigating the cause of a house fire early Tuesday morning that sent one local firefighter to the hospital for heat exhaustion. At 12:27 a.m., Engine 23 was on its way back to
a career politician. I am a working mom and a progressive Democrat who believes strongly that we all have an important role to play in supporting those who need it the most.” Chow, who was raised by a single mother who struggled to pay the bills, told The Daily she has focused her career on helping families succeed through access to education and social services. She said Illinois can do better by its residents. Chow got her MBA from Northwestern’s Kellogg School of Management, which she said will provide a new perspective in politics because she understands how to make tough financial decisions. The candidate is currently serving her second term on the District 65 board where, as board president, she guided the district through a rocky economic period in April. She also helped pass a referendum — with more than 80 percent approval — that increased property taxes to support schools. Outside of her school board position, Chow has worked with local nonprofits to provide
financial support for families. Chow said she began considering a run in the summer but only made her decision last week. “I wanted to make sure I could give the process 110 percent,” Chow said. “I had to make sure I could still fulfill commitments to the school board and commit enough time to what people care about and how I represent them in Springfield.” Chow said she has “intimate knowledge” of Evanston and Skokie, but she will spend the next few months reaching out to constituents in other parts of the district to understand their needs. Chow said she believes she will need to find innovative ways to foster a growing economy for maximum impact. “I want to focus on what more we can do to not only prepare youths for jobs of the future, but also support businesses in growth because that’s the way we improve the lot of middle-class families overall,” she said.
$700, had been secured with a U-Bolt lock. Dugan said police were notified of an ad on Craigslist for the woman’s bike, and detectives from the tactical unit were dispatched to meet the poster. When they arrived, they saw the man with another male in the 3300 block of West Lawrence Avenue in Chicago, Dugan said. The man who posted the ad also had a warrant for an unrelated battery in Cook County. He was charged with possession of stolen property, a misdemeanor, Dugan said.
The other man was released without arrest, and the bike was returned to its owner.
headquarters after responding to an automatic fire alarm, according to a news release from EFD division chief Paul Polep. When the engine reached the 2300 block of Ridge Avenue, firefighters in the vehicle smelled something burning in the area. Firefighters parked the engine and walked along Ridge Avenue until they found a two-story, singlefamily residence that had activated smoke detectors and was full of smoke, Polep said. Firefighters immediately upgraded the alarm and other crews arrived to assist with the blaze. It was
put out within 24 minutes of the incident, Polep said. Responders determined the house was unoccupied and was being rehabbed. Polep said the alarm was categorized at the box level, which means mutual aid companies from other agencies were brought in to cover the city. As a result of the incident, an Evanston firefighter was treated and released from the hospital for heat exhaustion, but no other injuries were reported.
— Rishika Dugyala
Evanston man charged with driving under the influence
An Evanston man was charged Tuesday with driving under the influence after striking a curb in south Evanston. At about 1:30 a.m. on Tuesday, an officer saw a northbound vehicle strike the curb while driving along the 300 block of Chicago Avenue, Dugan said. The officer pulled the driver
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over and stopped him in a nearby parking lot. Dugan said the officer smelled alcohol and conducted a standard field sobriety test, which the man failed. The driver, a 41-year-old Evanston resident, was then taken to the police station and charged with driving under the influence, Dugan said. He was also given citations for improper lane usage and use of expired license plates. — Jake Holland
Setting the record straight An article published in Tuesday’s paper titled “Schapiro speaks to new students” included a caption that did not match the attached photo. The Daily regrets the error.
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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 2017
ON CAMPUS Student reboots music video group
By SYD STONE
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Bienen sophomore Erica Bank said she was excited to join Niteskool Productions — a club founded in the 1980s that produced award-winning music videos — until she realized the student group no longer existed. But when Bank received an email from Communication Prof. Jacob Smith — who had heard about her interest — this summer about rebooting the student group, she jumped at the possibility of getting practical experience in the music industry. “That’s really when I saw my opportunity,” she said. “Just being surrounded by so many different music organizations, there’s just so much talent at Northwestern. We have concerts, but there’s no way for the student body to be exposed to the talent that’s at Northwestern.” After losing focus in recent years, Niteskool has now become a recognized student group with Smith serving as the faculty adviser. Bank said Niteskool will again produce music videos with the goal of promoting student musicians. This time around, however, the pair said they want to incorporate more music business and management education into the club.
NU law school dean to step down, return as professor after sabbatical
Pritzker School of Law Dean Daniel Rodriguez will step down after this academic year, Provost Jonathan Holloway announced Tuesday. Rodriguez will take a one-year sabbatical during the 2018-19 academic year to continue his work as a council member of the American Law Institute and a member of the advisory board of the American Bar Association’s Center on Innovation, according to a news release.
The Niteskool website features an archive of all the music videos the club has made dating back to 1985, including “Next to You,” which won a student Emmy. Bank said she wants to push the club forward while still appreciating the work of her predecessors. Joe Lattal (SESP ’16), assistant director of Student Organizations & Activities, said he helped the two re-register the club for this academic year. Lattal said Niteskool will recruit new students at this week’s student organization fair. “Erica is adding to the tradition of the art of music video production by trying to add an element of music business education to it, too,” Lattal said. Bank said she is creating her own major within the Bienen School of Music to combine her interests in music and the record industry. “I realized halfway through my (freshman) year that I didn’t want to be an opera singer,” Bank said. “I love music with all my heart, but I also want to expand some of my academic interests.” As president and head of production for Niteskool, Bank said the organization’s reboot will also bridge the gap between her passion for music and her professional interests. Smith said students studying music as well as Radio, Television and Film would benefit from joining the club because it complements their curricula. “We could reimagine Niteskool as being more than just shooting more than one music video,” he
said. “There seem to be a lot of students who are interested in the music business and industry, and Niteskool could be a larger umbrella organization for things that are related to the music industry. The music video would just be one part of that.” Smith said he hopes Niteskool will become a place for students to collaborate across disciplines and even serve as an “incubator” for the future of the music industry. As one of its kickoff initiatives, the group will introduce “Niteskool One Take” — a music video that will feature high-quality footage and audio of Northwestern musicians, bands, DJs and a cappella groups. She said she hopes the club can complete about three projects each quarter. “We have our first group called Kodiak Grove, a completely Northwestern-run band,” Bank said in reference to an upcoming project. “They’re going to be our test run.” Both Bank and Lattal said the club is representative of the performing arts community at NU and would showcase students’ talent. “Music video production, even though it’s changed a lot in the last 30 years, is a really cool art form,” Lattal said. “There’s a lot of opportunity for students to really express creativity at that intersection of music and sound and visual arts.”
Rodriguez currently teaches as the Harold Washington professor at the Pritzker School of Law and will return to the school’s faculty full-time. Under his leadership, the law school’s curriculum expanded to include a Master of Science in Law degree and a Technology, Innovation and Entrepreneurship concentration. “I am proudest of mobilizing real change in educational programming, maintaining our commitment to excellence and rigor while also leveraging our great reputation to establish bold new models of professional education for a changing world,” Rodriguez said in the release. Nearly $220 million has been raised during
Rodriguez’s tenure in the “Motion to Lead” campaign, including the $100 million naming gift made by J.B. Pritzker and M.K. Pritzker, according to the release. Holloway will oversee the search for Rodriguez’s successor, the release said. “I have a deep appreciation and admiration for Dan Rodriguez’s six years of extraordinary service,” Holloway said in the release. “From the historic Pritzker naming gift to groundbreaking educational programs … and a rising global reputation, the law school has never been stronger and its future has never been brighter.”
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Donors should focus on making NU more affordable DOMINIC BAYER
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A $260 million athletics center. A shiny student center estimated to cost about $150 million to be built right where the current one stands. A $110 million renovation of the Welsh-Ryan basketball arena. Northwestern seems to be in a building craze. Many will inevitably celebrate the edification of these projects, mindlessly assuming that they will enhance our national reputation. Regardless of this simple faith in the benefits of these new buildings, the funds dedicated to such projects would be better used in an effort to defray the rising costs of attending the university. Administrators sing the praises of this new effort to reshape Northwestern. For instance, University President Morton Schapiro has gushed about the “welcoming, dynamic” new student center of more than 200,000 square feet and predicted that it will drastically improve the quality of student life. Despite these displays of enthusiasm on the part of Northwestern’s leaders, the fact remains that construction projects like the new student center are completely unnecessary. Norris University Center adequately provides for all of our student needs. It provides luxuries such as a variety of dining options (including Dunkin’, Subway, and the beloved Norbucks), numerous meeting spaces, amenities such as the Game Room and the Dittmar Gallery, and the regrettably overpriced bookstore. Based on this superficial examination, an attentive student can’t help but ask: Why do we need a new student center? Administrators point to an increase in usable space and a more student-friendly environment. However, I can’t help but feel that these arguments act as an ex-postfacto justification of spending for the sake of spending. We don’t need a new student center, just as we don’t need a costly athletic center by the lake or a renovation of a perfectly functional basketball arena. The total estimated financial aid given for the 2017-18 academic year is $174 million, nearly $90 million less than the cost of
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Construction crews make early progress on a new complex for Northwestern athletes that will cost hundreds of millions of dollars.
building the new athletic center. I hope that, going forward, more gifts will be directed and funds allotted to tuition assistance programs and fewer to funding construction projects. What Northwestern students really need is relief from ever-increasing tuition and room and board costs. Deep down, many students don’t want or need a brand-new building to sip pumpkin spice lattes with friends or to grab a quick lunch. We need to stop the yearly increases in the cost of attending the university, such as the
3.6 percent increase in prices that Schapiro announced earlier this year. Per College Factual, the average Northwestern student owes more than $23,000 after spending four years in Evanston. Limiting the funds dedicated to the aforementioned projects and instead directing donations to increase tuition assistance might prevent students from hanging out at a marginally cooler student center or keep student athletes from overlooking the lake while they exercise. However, it would help
students lighten their loan burdens and expand their career possibilities beyond the typical fields of consulting and finance, leading to more fulfilling and care-free lives. Dominic Bayer is a Weinberg sophomore. He can be contacted at dominicbayer2020@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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said more than half of them were undergraduate and graduate students. Vice president for student affairs Patricia TellesIrvin announced the creation of the Title IX outreach position in a March email, which notified the community about the University’s decision not to take disciplinary action against Sigma Alpha Epsilon and another, unnamed fraternity for reports of alleged druggings and sexual assaults. Harrington-Rosen’s position is overseen by the Office of Equity, which on Monday combined the Sexual Harassment Prevention Office and the Office of Equal Opportunity and Access, she said. Dwight Hamilton, the inaugural associate vice president of equity, oversees the new Office of Equity and said he plans to make the office more visible, inclusive and proactive. “I’m very happy that we have someone within the office who’s dedicated to communicating on issues of sexual misconduct and sexual violence awareness,” Hamilton said. Harrington-Rosen said she plans to spend her first year listening to students describe their experiences with the reporting process and the Sexual Harassment Prevention Office. “That’s all really, really useful feedback for me so that I can be thinking, ‘OK, moving forward on the front end, how can we empower people
LEND
From page 1 — and deal with the actual person and let your track record speak for itself — they’re a much more personable service,” Eason said. In addition to the program’s low-interest microloans, Eason said LEND was “a complete package opportunity” and helped her draft a comprehensive business plan as well as modify her menus to reach more types of customers. Petra Barbu, vice president of marketing and outreach for LEND, said Jennifer’s Edibles is one of three companies selected for the program since May. LEND itself provides up to $10,000 in optional capital loans to program recipients, and the Evanston Economic Development Fund grants business services valued between $2,500 and $3,500. Barbu, a Weinberg senior, said because the services are sourced from the Evanston community, they support “Evanston’s economic development two-fold.” “Having this cycle where (funds) are locally sourced,
with information about not just how to access our resources, but then what happens when they do access those?’” she said. Harrington-Rosen said she will also teach University employees about the mandatory reporting process because many have had questions about when to report allegations of sexual misconduct. She added that she is also working with the Office
of Fraternity and Sorority Life to schedule trainings and work more closely with students in Greek life. “Instead of sort of checking a box at the beginning of the year … we’re actually looking at kind of becoming more of a part of the culture,” HarringtonRosen said.
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inequities present between west Evanston and other parts of the city. “It’s important to strengthen community and develop community,” Simmons said. “The increase in business helps make the area as livable as the rest of Evanston.” Economically empowering Evanston residents gives people an avenue to develops their ideas in a way that “really brings the community forward,” said Suhaib Khan, LEND’s vice president of client services. The Weinberg junior said assisting entrepreneurs through a mix of grants, loans and mentoring — rather than just “throwing money to them” — is the key to “giving people power over their own destiny.” “It’s really crucial to honestly unleash the potential of a community to better themselves, to really build their own communities,” Khan said, “especially in Evanston where there’s a pretty big divide along racial and income groups.” Colin Boyle contributed reporting.
location on Sherman Avenue would close local businesses including Bookends and Beginnings, Alley Gallery and Saville Flowers. The building is still an “early-stage concept,” Patrick O’Connor, a principal at Farpoint Development, told The Daily earlier this month. If the city approves the project, O’Connor said his firm would work on a “one-by-one” basis with affected businesses to discuss possible relocation. Nina Barrett, co-owner of Bookends and Beginnings, said the city should stop trying to develop “newer, shinier” spaces like the tower that would be less affordable for small businesses. “People are really starting to realize that what gives a heart and a soul to downtown Evanston are these small, human-scale businesses … that make you feel that you’re in a real place, not a manufactured, mass-produced mall space,” she said. Weinberg sophomore Amos Pomp, whose uncle works at Alley Gallery, said destroying the current businesses would mean losing a lot of “emotional connections” and the “community feel” of the city. Pomp said an evolving downtown isn’t necessarily a problem, but the current proposal seems counterproductive. The Sherman Avenue area is already home to “arts-oriented” shops, he said, so replacing locally-owned businesses with a theater company would not make sense. “It seems like people are hoping that Evanston can continue to develop in ways that do bring in businesses like the Northlight Theatre, but in ways that don’t make it look like a giant city,” Pomp said. City manager Wally Bobkiewicz said the proposed project is still in its initial stages, and that no plans have been officially submitted to the city. He said he expects to see a “rigorous” public debate before any final decision is reached. “One of the challenges certainly that we have in Evanston is that balance of people working here, going to school here, living here, shopping here,” Bobkiewicz said. “That’s a balance that we’ll continue to strive to meet.”
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The Sexual Harassment Prevention Office and the Office of Equal Opportunity and Access at 1800 Sherman Ave. The two offices were combined to make the Office of Equity, Kate Harrington-Rosen said.
where we’re giving it to local clients and where we’re doing it with a local program is so important for keeping it in the Evanston community,” Barbu said. Ald. Robin Rue Simmons (5th), who is the program coordinator for Sunshine Enterprises, a company that trains and mentors small business owners, said many graduates of her company’s 12-week business academy look to LEND for help overcoming credit barriers. Simmons said LEND’s work is “crucial to meeting the needs” of west Evanston residents in particular. She said the group’s assistance with microlending and business services help entrepreneurs generate the economies of neighborhoods that “have been disinvested for so long.” Barbu echoed Simmons, saying that ties between Sunshine and LEND are strong — three of Sunshine’s business academy graduates applied and were accepted to LEND’s new program. This fall, LEND will work with six additional Evanston businesses, Barbu said. Besides the monetary and economic benefits, Simmons said the program helps bridge some of the
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VOLLEYBALL
Wildcats face test in Big Ten opener against Purdue Northwestern vs. No. 13 Purdue
By BENJY APELBAUM
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West Lafayette, Indiana 6 p.m. Wednesday
After a strong nonconference showing, Northwestern will open Big Ten play Tuesday on the road against No. 13 Purdue. The Boilermakers (10-1) will be the first tough test for Wildcats (10-2) as they attempt to navigate a Big Ten Conference that features six ranked teams, including the top two in Minnesota and Penn State. “The Big Ten is definitely the best conference for volleyball, so the teams that we are playing now are a lot bigger and more physical than the teams we’ve been playing in nonconference,” senior middle blocker Gabrielle Hazen said. “There are certain shots that we got away with during nonconference that Big Ten teams will be able to pick on.” NU hopes to maintain its momentum from a nonconference slate that saw 10 wins, including nine consecutively. However, Purdue will enter the match as the No. 13 team in the country, ranked higher than any team the Cats have faced thus far this season. The Boilermakers will also be looking for revenge against NU, which earned its first conference win of the 2016 season against Purdue. The road environment will be another factor the Cats have to navigate when they arrive in the Boilermakers’ Holloway Gymnasium. Purdue is known for filling its gym with raucous crowds, and senior outside hitter Symone Abbott said she relishes the opportunity to play in such an atmosphere. “Purdue has sold out bleachers all the time; they have a really organized student section and the gym is smaller, but it feels bigger because there’s so many people packed into a smaller space,” Abbott said. “It’s a really cool atmosphere; it’s one of my favorite places to play actually.” While Abbott said she enjoys the thrill of playing on a big stage, she is one of just three seniors on a team that relies on numerous underclassmen who will make their first trip to West Lafayette. The challenge the Boilermakers present on the
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court extends beyond the crowd. Coach Shane Davis said Purdue has two outside hitters who can reach a towering 11 feet and are certain to
provide a new type of challenge for NU. “They’re really physical, they’re athletic, and they do a really great job of swinging their way out of tough situations,” Davis said. “We’ve got to be able to get some touches on them and get some points in transition.” Most of all, Davis said the team is striving to be consistent through the gauntlet of Big Ten play after getting to know his players better during the
successful nonconference campaign. “After the first 12 matches of the season we have a better idea of what we like as a staff and the players are a little more comfortable with who’s out there, so hopefully there will be better consistency as we go into the Big Ten season,” Davis said. benjaminapelbaum2019@u.northwestern.edu
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Taylor Tashima sets the ball to Symone Abbott. The seniors have helped lead the Wildcats to a 10-2 start this season.
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Last year, Northwestern traveled south and took a 2-0 loss at Louisville in early October. Later, the Cardinals received a coveted NCAA Tournament bid while the Wildcats were left at home. This year, No. 14 NU (6-3, 1-0 Big Ten) hosted No. 15 Louisville (4-4) at Lakeside Field, and turned in a dominant performance to secure a 2-0 shutout victory. Though the tournament is still months away, coach Tracey Fuchs recognizes the importance of the nonconference victory. “Louisville’s a great team. They’ve been in the tournament the last four years and we’ve really been a little bit unlucky,” she said. “Today I thought we played a solid game from pretty much start to finish, and I think our experience really set the tone today.” Sophomore defender Kirsten Mansfield scored both NU goals on penalty corners, with both assists coming from junior midfielder Puck Pentenga. Those goals came on two of the Cats’
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12 corners on the day. It was a much more efficient performance than their previous match against Ohio State, where NU managed only a single goal on 18 corner attempts. “We were just focusing in practice on executing our corners,” Mansfield said. “We were all just trying to get in our positions, get ready, get rebounds and luckily we were able to put it in the goal today.” Though the Cats were in control for much of the match, the start was much shakier. Louisville managed four shots and three corners in the first seven minutes before NU finall yy got its first shot off. In the remaining 63 minutes, the visitors managed only seven more shots and a single additional corner. Sophomore goalkeeper Annie Kalfas said the key was a tactical change and communication. “They had a forward that they played really far back into their midfield, and so we had to have our center defense and our defensive screen switch her off a lot,” Kalfas said. “Early on, we were just figuring out how we were going to play it and didn’t really start on our front foot.”
With Louisville’s scheme nailed down, Kalfas, Mansfield and senior defender Sophia Miller anchored the defense and kept a clean sheet in the back. The biggest improvement from last October’s loss, however, was the offense. Last year in Kentucky, the Cats managed only four shots, all in the first half. This time around, Pentenga alone attempted eight shots, and the relentless NU attack constantly kept the Cardinals on their heels. “She’s the glue,” Fuchs said of Pentenga. “She’s an emotional leader. She plays hard. She’s a great defender, great attacker, and she’s really, really strong on the ball. She keeps possession well and she can blast the ball on corners.” Pentenga was the center of the attack, but received plenty of help on the offensive end. With junior midfielder Eva van Agt and freshman midfielder Mackenzie Keegan each managing two of their own shots on goal, the dynamic attack from the Cats kept Louisville’s defense offbalance throughout. “I’m really proud of the whole team,” Fuchs said. “The best part about this team is we don’t have a superstar or two. Instead, we have 22 young women who really come together and everybody contributes every day.” josephwilkinson2019@u.northwestern.edu
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Northwestern topped Bowling Green on Saturday night to stabilize its season after a rocky start. Now, as the Wildcats head into a bye week, The Daily’s football writers discuss the team. 1. Through three games, NU sits at 2-1. It now faces a brutal three-game stretch including games against No. 9 Wisconsin, No. 4 Penn State and Maryland. What would a successful showing in this stretch look like? Tim Balk: Sorry to be dramatic, but this stretch will make or break the season. Things get a bit more manageable after Maryland, but the following games against Iowa and Michigan State will become that much tougher if the Cats are buried under the bad mojo of an 0-3 start to conference play. So winning at least one is a must. Winning two would set NU up to compete for the Big Ten West title. Neither of these results are entirely beyond the pale. The Cats played their best in tough games last year, and they were an upset or two away from contending for the Big Ten West title. Max Gelman: A successful showing is beating Maryland (clearly worse than NU) and stealing one of the two games against Wisconsin and Penn State (both clearly better than NU). I don’t care what teams the Terrapins played — Texas is not, in fact, back, despite everyone and their mother saying so. But the Badgers and Nittany Lions present real challenges. If the Cats finish this stretch 2-1, with a win over a top-10 opponent, that should be a success, no question. Ben Pope: If the Cats can stay competitive with either Wisconsin or Penn State, even if they fall by one or two scores in each, it will be an encouraging sign for a solid 7-5 or 8-4 campaign. If the Cats pull off an unlikely upset, however, NU should immediately vault back into the Big Ten West title conversation that the Duke loss knocked it from. For the record, the Cats’
strength in the backfield and weakness in the secondary should match up far better against the steady, physical Badgers than the fast, dynamic Nittany Lions.
2. Clayton Thorson has sandwiched a poor performance against Duke with two strong performances at home against weaker foes. What can the team expect from its junior signal-caller for the rest of the season? Cole Paxton: We can’t reasonably expect Thorson to regularly match his performance against Bowling Green, given the Falcons’ atrocious defense. Still, the Duke performance — when he could barely compete a pass or even find a receiver who was somewhat open — will probably end up being his worst of the season. NU’s offensive line remains below average and a significant liability, but Thorson has the talent and poise to make up for that — in most cases. I fully expect him to lead his team on a couple game-winning, fourth-quarter drives in Big Ten play. Max Schuman: Thorson’s struggles against the Blue Devils were troubling, and his rebound against the Falcons can’t totally erase that. Duke threw blitzes at NU and challenged the Cats’ receivers in coverage, and Thorson wasn’t sharp enough to elevate his offense when everything around him was falling apart. Not every team left on NU’s schedule will be able to rattle Thorson that way, but against top defenses in the Big Ten that pose similar problems, the Cats’ quarterback will have to play at the top of his game to lead his team to victories. I’m just not sure he has that in him. Balk: I’ve been riding the Thorson bandwagon for a while now, and he seems to continue to make strides as a passer. This, in combination with a strong receiver corps, sets NU up for a huge passing year. He could throw for a 4,000 yards, but the Cats need to fully embrace becoming a pass-first team. As long as a significant share of his passing attempts come on second-and-long or third-and-long (as has too often been the case in nonconference play), NU will see uneven production from both Thorson and the offense as a whole.
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Clayton Thorson throws the ball. The junior quarterback will look to lead the Wildcats into a successful conference season.
3. Despite ending nonconference play on a high with a 42-point win over Bowling Green, the Cats often struggled in their early season slate. What is a greater area of concern: the offense or defense? Pope: The defense — and particularly the secondary — is an area ripe for exploitation by the Big Ten’s more explosive teams. With cornerbacks Keith Watkins, Brian Bullock and Roderick Campbell all out for the season and Marcus McShepard, Alonzo Mayo and Trae Williams all either injured or recently returning from injury, NU has absolutely no depth in its defensive backfield. Given the Cats’ track record of struggling against mobile quarterbacks — see Duke’s Daniel Jones and Nebraska’s Tommy Armstrong as memorable examples — the likes of Penn State’s Trace McSorley should be licking their chops about facing this defense. Paxton: It’s definitely the offense,
and for one reason: the offensive line. The defense has struggled, but secondary depth will improve some, and even on bad days the defensive line is competent. As the Duke game showed, that isn’t always the case for the offensive line. When that unit plays especially poorly, the offense has no recourse. Thorson and senior running back Justin Jackson are outstanding players, but even they can’t make up for a unit so porous it barely seems to have five players on the field. Gelman: For me, NU’s defense is the bigger concern right now, specifically the defensive depth. The Cats have sustained a lot of injures in the secondary, and the run defense doesn’t look the same without Anthony Walker (obviously). I still think Paddy Fisher and Nathan Fox don’t have enough experience to fill that stopgap role yet. NU’s defense was the backbone of its 10-win season two years ago, but this year the offense will have to pick up the other side.
Schuman: The defense is not great, but it’s fine, and it has probably played at about the same level in each game this season. Its worst showing, against Duke, was mitigated by the more than 40 minutes it spent on the field; its best showing, against Bowling Green, was mitigated by the weakness of its opponent. The offense is the unit to watch closely for the rest of the season. The Cats need their offense to play well to beat good teams, and an inconsistent Thorson, a weak offensive line or a poor game plan from offensive coordinator Mick McCall could torpedo the team on any given Saturday. The margin for error isn’t high on that side of the ball if NU hopes to compete for a spot at the top of the Big Ten. maxschuman2018@u.northwestern.edu timothybalk2018@u.northwestern.edu maxgelman2018@u.northwestern.edu benjaminpope2019@u.northwestern.edu colepaxton2019@u.northwestern.edu