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Local work ethic program expands Initative aims to help local students find employment By EDMUND BANNISTER
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The Evanston Work Ethic Program, an initiative that provides technical training and employment opportunities for Evanston Township High School students, is planning to expand in its second year. Nancy Baker, executive director of the program, said the WE Program has secured funding for 15 students and will accept applications through Oct. 21. Seven students participated in the program last year. Hecky Powell, owner of Hecky’s Barbecue, founded the WE Program to teach local students marketable skills and help them secure well-paying jobs. The program was launched with help from the Evanston Community Foundation and the Evanston Chamber of Commerce, Powell told The Daily in February. Powell, who grew up in a working-class family, said he wanted to provide quality alternatives to the traditional
college path. The first class of mentees were chosen from 31 total applicants, he said. Baker, who runs the program’s day-to-day operations, said the directors tried to match students with professionals in industries the teens had interest in. She expressed frustration at the myopic “college or nothing” attitude she said pervades the Evanston community. “It codifies this idea that we are a college-bound culture and that is the only way we can survive and prosper,” Baker said. “But in the meantime we know that isn’t true.” Baker said that since the decline of American manufacturing in the 1970s, people have held the outdated view that college is the only viable path for students. She pointed to German and Japanese companies that have achieved great success in high-tech manufacturing by coordinating with high schools and technical colleges to fill job vacancies. Evanston, she said, should follow their example by treating job-training programs with more respect. “We find it ironic that in a town that says so much about diversity … that we » See WORK, page 4
Faculty discusses freedom of speech Senate considers University policy on demonstrations By GERARDO ALVEREZ
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the University of Wisconsin and University of California, Berkeley –– students were dismayed that professors taught how to maintain the status quo when they wanted to transform it. “The work of William Blake, the visions that he offers, it seems to me were one way for some of (the students) to reimagine the world that they had inherited,” Allen said. “To imagine it in a way that would be more democratic, more safe, more humane and ultimately a more beloved community.” African American studies Prof. Martha Biondi offered a look back on failures of the Civil Rights Movement and connected past defendant’s rights campaigns to today’s Black Lives Matter movement. She said with each landmark Supreme Court case there were more stop-andfrisk and “No Knock” laws that set back the defendant’s rights movement. Susy Bielak, recently named the associate director of engagement for the Block
Members of Faculty Senate discussed concerns about Northwestern’s policy on free expression and peaceful demonstration during its first meeting of the quarter Wednesday at the Pancoe Life Sciences Pavilion. The policy, last amended in January, describes the “parameters University community members must adhere to when engaging in free expression and peaceful demonstration.” Communication Prof. Robert Hariman said several professors told him the current definitions of disruption and demonstration are too broad, which restricts free expression on campus. “The consensus is that the definition of disruption and demonstration is absolutely too broad and that it’s going to lead to bad cases and bad policies,” said Hariman, who is the Faculty Senate president. The University’s current definition of disruption and demonstration “refers to engaging in assemblies, demonstrations, picketing, protests, counterprotests, sit-ins, or any other exercise of free expression on or near the University campus.” English Prof. Jeffrey Masten said the current definition conflicts with the University’s goal to support freedom of speech on campus. “I hope that we can see that this is a very broadly-drawn definition,” he said. “It holds freedom of expression not as the center and foundation of what we do as a university, but as a counterfactual.” Hariman said the Faculty Rights and Responsibilities committee is working on revising the policy. Classics Prof. Robert Wallace said the policy’s current definition implies all demonstrations are disruptive, so the two acts should not be grouped together. “A demonstration is fine — in a peaceful way — but what we don’t want is disruption,” he said. “So just get rid of the word disruption in the definition.” Earlier in the meeting, Kellogg Prof. Ravi Jagannathan said the Advisory Committee on Investment Responsibility had nothing new to report. The committee, officially chartered last academic year, was created to promote transparency in investment decisions. The group will consider community proposals
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City gets equity training Aldermen, officials seek to increase accessibility By CATHERINE HENDERSON
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After months of discussion, Evanston officials held their first equity training Wednesday night to learn how they can best empower local residents. City Council met at a
roundtable with two officials from Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne. The IPFW administrators provided leadership tools for city officials, with the goal of increasing the community’s equitable access to council members. Kristina Creager, assistant vice chancellor for student
success and transitions at IPFW, told aldermen to focus on strategies such as expanding one’s “constellation of input” and taking responsibility for any mistakes. Creager said while leaders need “accountability partners” — people who call them out on their » See EQUITY, page 4
Northwestern professors talk 1960s culture
Block Museum hosts presentations connected to existing William Blake exhibition By SAMANTHA HANDLER
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Northwestern professors tackled cultural issues from the 1960s during a lecture at the Block Museum of Art on Wednesday. The event, titled “Love and Then Some: 1960s Protest and Liberation, Civil and Human Rights,” built on the ideas of social transformation highlighted in the museum’s current exhibition, “William Blake and the Age of Aquarius.” Four Northwestern faculty members presented on revolutions in the 1960s and their effects on the political and cultural climate of the time. History Prof. Michael Kramer spoke about how Jimi Hendrix’s music reflected the counterculture of the decade. He said Blake would have liked Hendrix’s oppositional anthem, “Purple Haze,” which displayed a more “ominous” call for liberation. “This is no call for peace and love,” Kramer said. “It’s a fuzzed out nasty snarl, a sneering announcement that something is not right.”
Gender and sexuality studies lecturer Amy Partridge discussed how two works –– “The Myth of the Vaginal Orgasm” and “Liberating Masturbation” –– spurned the sexual revolution and several feminist movements. The articles were indicative of the two types of feminist groups in the 1960s: “anti-sex” and “pro-sex.”
She said that despite the differences in the movements, both critique the social norms of intimacy and advocate for living in ways that challenge those norms. “What I want to suggest in comparing these two figures about the politics of pleasure and the pleasure of engaging in politics is that we should recognize
both of these figures as fundamental to the sexual revolution and as important contributors,” Partridge said. History Prof. Michael Allen analyzed the politics of the left, specifically about how radical students were dissatisfied with the liberal establishment. When they arrived at universities –– including
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The Block Museum of Art, 40 Arts Circle Dr. Professors presented on Wednesday about revolutions in the 1960s and their effects on the political and cultural climate.
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AROUND TOWN New director hopes for ESL growth By RISHIKA DUGYALA
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As an immigrant from Cuba, Amy Correa said she was stuck in a “sink or swim” situation when she moved to the United States as a child for her education. Her difficult experience navigating the American school system inspired Correa to help other non-native English speakers. After spending the last 24 years as a Chicago Public
Schools teacher, the Skokie native decided to shift closer to home This school year, Correa became Evanston/ Skokie School District 65’s bilingual/ESL program director — a position that oversees language programs and provides professional development for faculty. “I took the job here because they really are focused on equity,” Correa said. “They’re really putting their money where their mouth is in terms of who they are hiring, how they are hiring and who’s sitting in front of the children.” Six weeks into the job, Correa said she
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Orrington Elementary School, 2636 Orrington Ave., is one of 10 elementary schools in Evanston/Skokie School District 65. Amy Correa, the district’s new bilingual/ESL program director, hopes to expand supports across schools.
already has some personal goals like expanding ESL support so every school in the district has a program. She said the district’s demographics are changing due to a steadily increasing population of non-native English speakers. According to the district’s website, District 65 serves students who speak nearly 70 different languages, including Spanish, Mandarin, French, Swahili and Arabic. However, Correa said, only six out of 18 schools have ESL programs, something she hopes to change should the district provide additional funding. “Personally, as an immigrant, if I can’t go to my neighborhood school because it’s not offering ESL, and I already feel left out, well now I have to make friends at a new school,” Correa said. “That’s hard because I have to travel back and forth between different neighborhoods.” Regarding official district goals, Correa said she is working with National Louis University — with which she also partnered while in the CPS system — to develop a cohort of District 65 teachers willing to go through ESL training. So far, she said, 12 teachers have expressed interest. She is also helping the administration expand its Two-Way Immersion program, in which students learn Spanish and English along with corresponding cultures. The district currently has five K-5 TWI programs and TWI-like classes offered in three middle schools. “It is my personal goal that all students have access and equity to the opportunity to reach mastery of standard, academic English,” Correa told The Daily in an email. “It is with this mastery that all English learners will have the same academic and social-economic opportunities that their English-speaking counterparts experience.”
POLICE BLOTTER Local woman arrested in connection with domestic battery after argument A local woman was arrested Tuesday night in connection with domestic battery in west Evanston. Officers responded to a disturbance involving a 43-year-old woman at the front door of a residence in the 1700 block of Hovland Court, Evanston Police Department spokesman Perry Polinski said. Officers learned on arrival that the woman — who lived in the property’s basement — was in a verbal dispute with a 30-year-old female about the living arrangement. The older woman spat in younger woman’s face, Polinski said, leading to the former being charged with domestic battery.
Chicago resident arrested in connection with two traffic offenses, including DUI
A 42-year-old Chicago resident was arrested early Wednesday morning in connection with two traffic offenses just south of Evanston. The vehicle, first observed near Chicago Avenue and Howard Street, was pulled over in the 1200 block of Chase Avenue in Chicago because it was operating without taillights, Polinski said. Upon further investigation, officers determined that the driver was intoxicated. The man was charged with driving while under the influence. — Sophie Mann
Setting the record straight Due to an editing error, an article published in Wednesday’s paper titled “Bookstore helps women in prison” inaccurately stated Nina Barrett’s title. Barrett is the sole owner of Bookends & Beginnings. The Daily regrets the error.
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New group to aid student animators By ALLIE GOULDING
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When Communication senior Yadid Licht first came to Northwestern, he said he knew right away he wanted to work on animation production. Because only a few Radio, Television and Film classes teach about the topic, Licht said he learned the most about animation from student production groups. As a result, Licht and fellow Communication senior Dasha Gorin co-founded CatToonz — a group that aims to support students interested in animation production. Licht said he formed the group because he was concerned that incoming freshmen may never receive adequate animation experience. “If there is a student that has a script and an idea for a show, short or little film, but has no knowledge of animation, this person could come to our group,” Licht said. “We would guide that person through the entire process of taking the idea for an animated piece and bringing it into a reality.” Gorin said CatToonz plans to apply for Associated Student Government recognition as a student organization so it can receive funding to give grants for animated projects. Because Licht and Gorin will graduate next year, Gorin said they hope to recruit loyal members with a “young and very motivated” executive board to lead the group. Communication junior Koyote MeinersRios said she worked with the two co-founders as an assistant animator for Licht’s web series, “YUP.” She said the project made her realize her passion for animation. “It would be really cool to have this community of people that are all interested in animation, because there aren’t many places (on campus) that specifically encourage animation,” Meiners-Rios said. Licht pitched “YUP” to NU Channel 1
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Communication seniors Yadid Licht and Dasha Dorin are the co-founders of CatToonz. Licht and Dorin said they created the group to provide an avenue for students interested in animation to get involved in animation projects.
— an existing student production group — last year and received a grant to begin production on the pilot episode of the series. Gorin also worked on “YUP” as the production coordinator. During the production process, Gorin said she and Licht discussed the lack of support for RTVF students interested in animation. Since current student production organizations are geared more toward “live action” productions, Gorin said CatToonz will cater to a different audience. In addition to providing grants for student animation projects, Licht and Gorin said they hope CatToonz will eventually host
workshops to teach Adobe Photoshop and Adobe After Effects. Gorin said they hope the workshops reach students who are unable to take the few existing RTVF animation classes. Licht said the group also aims to screen popular animated films and bring speakers from the animation field to talk about their careers. “If we could help even one person, (and) have our board members take on different roles in the project they brought to us, and actually bring someone’s vision to life, that’s the main goal of mine,” Licht said. alliegoulding2020@u.northwestern.edu
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mistakes and push them to be more inclusive — it also takes significant self-awareness and emotional intelligence to address equity issues. Kenneth Christmon, associate vice chancellor for admissions at IPFW, echoed Creager, saying diversity trainings generally do not work without the right mindset. He said when conversations get too difficult, people often become defensive, but public servants do not have time for this reaction. “Are you going to be different after you leave here tonight?” Christmon said. “You can be, but most people will leave here with their bias.” Since hiring Patricia Efiom as the city’s equity and empowerment coordinator in February, city officials have been discussing the importance of civic empowerment across Evanston, she said. Efiom opened the Wednesday night presentation and said aldermen need to learn how to welcome underrepresented voices instead of speaking for them. She added that they should focus on moving away from “Band-Aid fixes” to creating solutions that address the root of inequity. After the presentation, Ald. Peter Braithwaite (2nd) said he was grateful for the training. He said city manager Wally Bobkiewicz fought hard for City Council’s commitment to addressing equity. “I definitely came in with my biases,” Braithwaite said at meeting. “Thank you for acknowledging that. I needed this reminder. As leaders, we needed to be reminded.” Still, Ald. Robin Rue Simmons (5th) said she sees some residents who thrive in Evanston and others who are “hopeless,” and because of that there is a lot of work to do. Wednesday’s meeting, she said, was only the first step in conversations to come. “I honestly believe that the average (person) is wellmeaning and has the same goal, but our perspectives are so different,” Rue Simmons said. “I appreciate the city manager’s commitment to equity and empowerment, but this presentation left a lot unsaid.”
should only think one thing about what success means for a young person,” Baker said. Avontay Coleman, an ETHS senior and member of the WE Program, emphasized the importance of learning usable skills during high school. During his time at the WE Program, Coleman said he has learned a number of programming languages including HTML, CSS, JavaScript and C-Scripts. This summer he worked at ETHS’ Chrome Zone, an initiative that provides free laptops to the entire student body. “This isn’t a program to stop students from going to college,” Coleman said. “It’s just a program to introduce students to alternatives besides college.” Coleman said he plans to apply to the Chicago branch of Year Up — a skills training program — after he graduates. He said he wants to eventually work as a programmer at a video game company. Hannah Seiler, an ETHS senior and program member, said she began baking for classmates during her sophomore year and quickly developed a passion for all things pastry. When her culinary arts teacher informed the class about the WE Program, Seiler jumped at the opportunity. “The people who run the program are learning with us,” Seiler said. “They’re not managing us, they’re talking with us and communicating.” The WE Program helped Seiler secure an
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(Will you) be different after you leave here tonight? You can be, but most people will leave here with their bias. Kenneth Christmon, IPFW associate vice chancellor
Other city officials and the IPFW presenters agreed with Rue Simmons that the equity training is not enough on its own. Turning to the future, Efiom said she plans to offer a series of “immersion experiences” to expose people to a different side of Evanston and expand a sense of community. “I see this as an ongoing conversation,” Efiom said. “Our job as the city is to recognize where our people want to be empowered, then we open those avenues or doors.” catherinehenderson2021@u.northwestern.edu
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and recommend changes to the Board of Trustees’ own investment committee. Later, senators discussed revisions made over the summer to the University’s Policy on NonRetaliation. The policy prohibits retaliation against any community members for reporting alleged improper or illegal activities in an effort to encourage people to report them. Linguistics Prof. Jennifer Cole said the policy was revised to be consistent with other University policies. “The revision was intended to broaden the scope of the non-retaliation policy so that it would extend to all members of the university community,” Cole said. gerardoalverez2018@u.northwestern.edu
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internship at Bennison’s Bakery in Evanston, where she got hands-on experience in a culinary environment and learned to make syrup, use pipe stacks and frost cakes. Seiler said the program has helped prepare her for future endeavors.
“I know I’m going to go back to school and get my associate degree in baking and pastry, and I’m going to get a degree in hospitality as well,” she said. edmundbannister2019@u.northwestern.edu
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Brown’s second album reflects on freshman year By MADELEINE FERNANDO
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Most people wish evidence of their freshman year could be erased from memory and social media platforms. Instead, Medill sophomore Debbie-Marie Brown took her freshman experience and turned it into an album. Brown released “Armageddon” — her second album to date and the name of the title track — on Oct. 2, just nine months after she dropped her first album, “Mindful Isolation.” “Armageddon,” which was released on Spotify, Bandcamp and Apple Music among other platforms, features 15 tracks of spoken poetry and songs Brown wrote about her growth and struggles over the past year. “(The album is about) dealing with everything in college,” Brown said. “Dealing with realizing how
you’re raised isn’t the same as how everyone else is raised, and there might be some things growing up that you have to reconcile with.” The newest album’s songs are more personal and self-reflective than the tracks on “Mindful Isolation,” Brown said. She added that she had to do some soul searching when creating each piece. “It wasn’t me just playing around,” Brown said. “It was like, ‘I’m going to figure out who I am in this song or in this poem.’ I don’t think I had the skill or the dexterity as a musician to do that with ‘Mindful Isolation’ and I think I learned how to really do that in this album.” In addition to lyrics with deeper content, Brown wanted to explore different sounds. While her first album was entirely acoustic, Brown planned for “Armageddon” to feature a full band. So, Weinberg junior Eric Van Camp signed on as her drummer, and Brown reached out to Communication sophomore Gibran Wirjawan, lead singer and guitarist of student band Kodiak Grove, for help recording and
producing the album. Van Camp said the album is very artistic and incorporates a “singer-songwriter” and “indie-rock” vibe that allows the compilation to cross genres. Van Camp, who has been drumming for over 10 years, said he was surprised how swiftly the album came together. “Debbie reached out to me at the end of last year (and) that summer we set up a drum set in my basement and (Wirjawan) brought over two microphones and we just recorded it right there,” Van Camp said. Wirjawan and Van Camp contributed their talents to help create the “full band” sound Brown originally envisioned. Wirjawan added that producing the album was a fun experience and allowed all three of them to grow as musicians. “They’re all great songs, they’re all well-written,” Gibran said. “Debbie’s an incredible writer. … She’s always willing to learn more (and) she’s always excited, which is really fun.” Over the past year, Brown’s presence has grown on
campus. She gave several acoustic performances for student groups, and has opened for Kodiak Grove in the past. Most recently, she performed during Wildcat Welcome at the mental health True Northwestern Dialogue and a Chi-Town Pop Up event at Norris University Center. Brown said the album is “very raw,” and shows her growth as a lyricist and musician. She said she “didn’t hold back” with this album, touching on her own experiences with mental illness, being queer and having parents that are pastors. Her songs showcase how she has matured mentally and emotionally throughout her time at NU, she said. “It’s really important that people prioritize their mental health while they’re at NU,” Brown said. “My music and poetry is my defiantly saying this is how I’m going to protect myself here. … I just want to encourage people to defiantly figure out what works for them.” madeleinefernando2020@u.northwestern.edu
NU professors, local musicians to perform in concert By JENNIFER HEPP
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Rather than the chanting of excited Cubs fans, Park at Wrigley will be filled Sunday with the harmonious sounds of classical music performed by several professional symphony musicians and Northwestern faculty. Park at Wrigley — known to many as Wrigley Field’s backyard — will double as a venue for The Line-Up, a live classical music concert showcasing musicians from the Chicago area, including members of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and the Civic Orchestra of Chicago. They will be joined by NU faculty such as Bienen Profs. Gail Williams and Steve Cohen for the performance. Stacy Lucier, a marketing manager for the Chicago Cubs, said the purpose of the event is to make classical
music accessible to everyone. The three performance stages will feature brass, woodwind and string instruments. Audience members can get up and walk around the space, listening to each individual section perform at the same time, Lucier said. She added that chairs and benches for regular concert seating will also be available, as will a grass area for picnics. Bienen lecturer Tim Higgins, one of the concert’s co-curators, said the event will present pieces audience members may already be familiar with, such as compositions by Johann Sebastian Bach, as well as music intended to widen listeners’ exposure to the classical genre. Higgins, the principal trombone player of the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra, will also perform at the concert. Higgins said the three stages featuring different families of instruments will help provide different focal points for audience members to pay attention to. “People have heard string quartets but haven’t
heard a low brass choir,” Higgins said. “There’s some new and unfamiliar (sounds) paired with things you can sort of expect. … People expect classical music in a concert hall, but not next to Wrigley Field.” Williams said she hopes audience members will expose themselves to classical music more often. “I’m hoping this will make people who come to the concert curious to hear more such concerts,” Williams said. As there are only about 80 Cubs games at Wrigley Field every year, Park at Wrigley may additionally serve as a space for community development in Chicago, Lucier said. Lucier added that the park hopes to sponsor more events like The Line-Up in the future. “The Park is really a place for the Chicago neighborhoods and community to come together and to experience different things,” she said. “This (concert) is an opportunity to provide back to the community, and help spawn creativity and curiosity around music
while connecting with your neighborhood.” Although many concert attendees may not have ever stepped inside Symphony Center — home to the Chicago Symphony Orchestra — or the Lyric Opera of Chicago, Higgins said they could still be interested in these new musical experiences. He said it is a unique opportunity for professional musicians to present their work to audiences outside the classical world. Higgins, who has been part of similar musical series in San Francisco, said The Line-Up has a chance to become a regular celebration of classical music in the local Chicago community. “People have stopped even caring what gets programmed, they just want to go because they know they’re going to have a really good experience,” he said. “This program going forward has huge opportunities to be that focal point for the community, and I’m hoping it culminates to that.” jenniferhepp2020@u.northwestern.edu
National tour of ‘Les Misérables’ features NU alumni By JENNIFER HEPP
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J. Anthony Crane (Communication ’93) said he remembered seeing the Broadway production of “Les Misérables” for the first time as a teenager. Some 30 years later, he now has a very different view of the show — this time from the stage. Crane is playing the role of Monsieur Thénardier in the Broadway national tour of “Les Misérables” that will visit Chicago’s Cadillac Palace from Oct. 11 through Oct. 29. Crane, who has found professional success both on screen and on stage, said the casting director had been searching for a Thénardier for six months when they called him in for an audition. The casting director was so taken with him that Crane never even had to audition in front of the principal director, he said. “I kept walking out of (the audition) thinking, ‘There’s no way they call me back,’” Crane said. Thénardier is the wild, greedy villain of the musical, Crane said. He’s one of the most lively characters in the show, often breaking the convention of the fourth wall — a theoretical barrier separating performers from the audience. “My enthusiasm kept reaching new levels when I realized that (Thénardier) has a complete engagement with the audience,” Crane said. “I’ve definitely always leaned toward playing the villain because I think I understand how to make pettiness highly motivated.” Crane said he has significant experience
playing clowns and conniving characters. He has performed in four Broadway shows so far, most recently “The Country House.” He was also Scar’s replacement in the 2002 national tour of “The Lion King.” Crane added that his training and education at Northwestern had a “profound impact” on his professional career. “It’s surprising, the further I get away from my drama school days, the more essential (the training) continues to be,” he said. “Those things that I learned at that age still remain very vital to me.” NU is further represented in the “Les Misérables” tour by recent graduate Caitlin Finnie (Bienen ’16), who is the understudy for the character of Cosette. Having the national tour as her first professional job post-graduation is “huge,” Finnie said “‘Les Mis’ is one of my favorite musicals, so it’s probably the best option I could have asked for,” she said. “I love the show, I love the people doing the show. … I feel very lucky.” Like Crane, Finnie is no stranger to the world of professional theater. During her senior year in college, she performed in the Lyric Opera’s production of “The King and I.” Finnie also cited the training she received at NU as the foundation for her love of the performing arts and her strong work ethic. “Moving to the city and just auditioning constantly is different than school because you don’t have people telling you what to do anymore,” she said. “Northwestern also taught me to just let go and play when you’re working and to have fun.” Finnie spoke highly of Crane and called him “hilarious,” “playful” and “collaborative” in the role of Thénardier.
The tour began Sept. 21, and will run through next June. Crane said it is important to find ways as an actor to keep the show fresh while performing it day after day. Crane said about half the cast is under 24 years old, so for many it is their first professional show. Although he has served as a mentor for many of these new actors, he said he
also feels he’s constantly learning from them. “You’re constantly in a place in a career as an actor where you’re learning something new or you’re helping someone learn something new,” he said. “(This production is) just a great thing to be a part of.” jenniferhepp2020@u.northwestern.edu
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The company of “Les Misérables” performs “Master of the House” with J. Anthony Crane as Thénardier and Allison Guinn as Madame Thénardier.
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All-female cast puts spin on ‘The Taming of the Shrew’ By GRACE GAY
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In the Chicago Shakespeare Theater’s latest production, the stage bleeds purple. The all-female production of William Shakespeare’s “The Taming of the Shrew” features the acting talents of Northwestern alumna Heidi Kettenring (Communication ’95) and Communication Prof. Cindy Gold, while Barbara Gaines (Communication ’68) serves as the show’s artistic director. The production explores Shakespeare through a new lens, assistant director Rinska Carrasco said. The plot revolves around a fictional 1919 Women’s Club performing their own production of “The Taming of the Shrew” as they participate in the suffragette movement, she said. “We pulled first-hand accounts so the ladies would have something to grasp on,” Carrasco said. “We continued to figure out how the suffragette framework fits with (the play).” Gold –– who plays Sarah Willoughby, a “straightlaced suffragette” — said the play is especially relevant because of the country’s current political climate. She added that she still sees sexism toward women, a prevalent attitude throughout the performance. “With Barbara’s insight … we were able to make new connections,” Gold said. “Shakespeare was writing a type of farce making fun of the prototypical masculine man. He was showing us the worst of mankind and making us laugh at it.” Carrasco said “The Taming of the Shrew” has traditionally been a controversial play because of its language toward women. She said it was important for the show to find comedy within the dark themes and send a “powerful message” to the audience. Despite the sexism evident within the play, Kettenring said she found that viewers reacted differently due to the all-female cast. Kettenring portrays the characters of Tranio and Mrs. Dorothy Mercer. “I’m standing in the audience when Petruchio says, ‘She is my goods, my chattels,’” Kettering said. “The feeling (in the audience) when a woman says
it isn’t anger or disgust — it’s sadness. It’s really moving for the audience to hear.” The show, which will run until Nov. 12, is “sweet and special” because of how NU is incorporated into the storyline, Kettenring said. The cast members make multiple references to Chicago and Evanston as part of the women’s club narrative, she said. Kettenring said the University influenced her as much as it did the play. The relationships she built with theater professors during her college days
helped her when she began auditioning in professional productions, she said. “There’s something really sort of magical living where I went to college, doing what I wanted to do,” Kettenring said. “It’s really cool to work with people who used to teach me. To be in (this) show where there’s (multiple) generations of alums is really special.” Influenced by the show’s messages, Gold said she is interested in encouraging NU students to
think about gender openness and its relation to casting. Gold will bring in Los Angeles Women’s Club artistic director Lisa Wolpe near the end of Winter Quarter to teach students about the process of gender-bent casting. “It’s very interesting to see how far we’ve come and how regressive we still are,” she said. “(The play) is shockingly relevant.” gracegay2021@u.northwestern.edu
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Communication Prof. Cindy Gold performs in the all-female production of William Shakespeare’s “The Taming of the Shrew.” The production will run until Nov. 12
Student theater troupe brings neo-futurism to NU By JANE RECKER
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Anyone who has been to a performance of TBD knows that Jacob Baim loves milk. The Communication junior has written 11 short plays on the topic, and his obsession has become a running joke within the emerging theater company. This lactose-tolerant work is possible because TBD is no ordinary student theater troupe. It’s the only group inspired by neo-futurism on campus, Baim said. While other theater productions feature actors in various stage roles, neo-futurism instead focuses on truth. Actors play themselves to present auto-biographical material and interact with audiences in real time. Each TBD show features about 30 short plays that range in length from one second to five minutes. The nature of these performances can be playful, humorous and even deeply personal, said Martin Gold, a member of the ensemble. The first play the group ever performed, “Dear Lowell,” featured an
ensemble member explaining her reaction to finding out her first love had died. “Our work can cycle from milk to depression,” said Gold, a Communication junior. “You look at the total breadth of human experience and we really try to boil that down.” The group aims to address current events with its work, Communication junior Abby Doermann said. For instance, fellow ensemble member Rachel Hawley, a Bienen junior, presented a short play called “Midwest Manifesto,” where she revealed to the audience her struggle to see her hometown in the same light after the 2016 presidential election. The piece struck a chord with Doermann, the group’s producer, who wasn’t a founding member of the group but was motivated to join after seeing a show. “Seeing my friends up there speaking their truths to this mass of people was the bravest thing I had ever seen,” she said. Baim and Gold created TBD in 2015. The two then-freshmen explored neo-futurism in high school and wanted to bring the art form to Northwestern’s campus, Baim said.
Initially, they wanted to wait until they had the input of other ensemble members to decide on a name, so they left the group’s moniker as TBD — to be determined — on the audition sheets. When the ensemble was cast and the group couldn’t agree on a better name, TBD stuck, Baim said. Theater groups often cast upperclassmen due to their advanced experience and skill, Baim said, but TBD tries to represent a wide range of performers at each show. “Once people become upperclassmen they start to have this homogenized experience because they’ve had more training,” Baim said. “But TBD isn’t about understanding theater, it’s just about being a person.” Medill junior Cassie Majewski said this unique mission is what has made her a TBD “superfan.” “It’s something like I’ve never seen before,” she said. “I’m super into hearing people’s stories. It’s something that I connect with.” The group intentionally balances its serious content with some lighter fare, Gold said, namely through the comic relief of “game spaces” that are introduced throughout the shows. The spaces direct the actors to modify the previous
play, Gold said. Recent examples instructed cast members to do the prior performance backwards, as a musical or to “do the last two plays simultaneously.” A memorable game space fiasco occurred when the group decided to do two at once, Gold said. Forced to perform a previous act solo and as a musical, stage manager and Weinberg junior Kinsey Erickson simultaneously played guitar, read from “The Great Gatsby,” and danced on chairs. “I seem to recall that the last word of that ill-fated play was f--k,” Gold said. At the end of the day, Doermann said TBD’s mission is to tell people’s stories and connect with the larger college community. Whether it’s through milk, Gatsby or intimate storytelling, TBD hopes audiences engage with some of their material, Doermann said “No matter who you are when you watch us perform, you see something you find hilarious, you see something you resonate with, you see something you relate to on a personal level,” she said. “(You) will see your own truth reflected on that stage.” janerecker2019@u.northwestern.edu
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A team of Northwestern students from the Pritzker School of Law took first place at an invitational trial competition last weekend, the University announced Tuesday. The Bartlit Center trial team went undefeated in the five-round Summit Cup
Schakowsky, Democrats urge Trump to recertify Iran nuclear agreement
U.S. Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-Ill.) joined more than 180 members of Congress in urging President Donald Trump in a Wednesday letter to recertify the Iran nuclear deal ahead of an upcoming Oct. 15 deadline. The Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action was created in July 2015 and requires recertification every three months under the terms of the Iran Nuclear Agreement Review Act. The letter, initiated by U.S. Reps. David Price (D-N.C.) and Ted Deutch (D-Fla.), was written after recent suggestions that Trump would refuse to recertify the plan. “Maintaining our commitment to the (plan)
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 5, 2017 tournament, beating teams from the law schools of Stetson University, Campbell University, Florida State University, American University and the University of California, Davis. NU was invited to the tournament at the University of Denver’s Sturm College of Law because of its performance in competitions from the last academic year, according to the host’s website. Law students Emily Halter, Brendan Gerdes, Garrett Fields and Argie Mina competed on
the team. Fields and Gerdes were named the tournament’s two best advocates, according to the release. “Emily, Argie, Brendan and Garrett are among the best students we have ever had on our trial teams, including our national champions in 2011 and 2017,” the team’s coach, Rick Levin, said in the release. “They are great students, great advocates and great people.” Pritzker Prof. Steven Lubet, director of the Bartlit Center and advisor to the trial team, said though it is great to win, the “most
will allow us to continue our vigilant oversight of Iran’s nuclear ambitions,” Schakowsky said in a Wednesday statement. “Our national security and the security of our Middle Eastern allies depend on it.” Trump has previously criticized the plan, saying it was one of the United States’ “worst and onesided transactions” ever. Many Democratic politicians, however, said the plan — which forced Iran to scale back its nuclear program in exchange for looser international sanctions — was necessary to ensure global non-proliferation efforts, among other things. “Absent credible and accurate information confirming a material breach, we are concerned that withholding certification of Iran’s compliance or walking away from the (plan) would harm our alliances, embolden Iran, and threaten U.S. national security,” Wednesday’s letter read.
The letter also noted concerns about Iran’s ballistic missile development, support for proxies and terror groups, backing of the Assad regime in Syria and human rights violations. Despite this, the congressmen said they “remain hopeful” that with strong U.S. leadership, they can ensure “vigorous enforcement” of the plan and its non-nuclear sanctions. They added that recertifying the plan would help “secure and safeguard” American interests. “Some of us voted for, and some against, the nuclear agreement with Iran,” the letter said. “Nonetheless, we are united in our belief that enforcing this agreement to the fullest extent will provide the United States with more leverage to stop a potential Iranian nuclear weapons program and push back on Iran’s destabilizing activities.” — Jake Holland
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McCormick professor’s invention featured in MoMA fashion exhibit
McCormick Prof. John Rogers’ work no longer exists in just his lab. The Museum of Modern Art features his “Lab on the Skin” technology in an exhibit that opened Oct. 1. His work features a thin “microfluidic device” that adheres to skin and measures the wearer’s sweat, according to a University news release. The invention is part of a new exhibit, “Items: Is Fashion Modern?” that runs through the end of January. According to the MoMA website, the exhibit will feature 111 items of clothing and accessories that have made an impact on 20th and 21st century fashion and culture. “It’s supercool, that’s the best way I can describe it,” Rogers said in the release. “It never even entered my consciousness that this would be presented as an opportunity. We’re pretty good at science and engineering, but we never imagined that our work would be recognized for its artistic value, particularly at this level.” Rogers led the research team that created the device. In November 2016, the group published its research in the journal “Science Translational Medicine.” During use, the device captures sweat and analyzes its chemistry, according to a 2016 news release. Users can then monitor various measurements — including glucose and pH levels — on a cell phone app. Rogers said design was also an important factor when building the device. He said it was important for the device to be thin and skin-like so it was “an interface for the skin that is more like a temporary tattoo, rather than a Fitbit,” he said. “As engineers, we work hard to develop new science and advanced technologies with the potential for broad societal value,” Rogers said. “This exhibit is a great way to highlight new technologies and where things are going, in terms of the intersection between art and engineering.” — Elizabeth Byrne
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From page 12 So what’s to blame for the lack of five-star talent across the board? It’s hard to blame coaches; Pat Fitzgerald is an Evanston legend and Chris Collins has already left a positive impact on the men’s basketball program. Either those two are receiving far too much credit, or we have to move on to a different excuse. Last year, the football team won six regular season games, beat “rival” Illinois and won its bowl game. That was considered a successful season, but we still shouldn’t pamper the program with unearned praise. Last season was average — nothing more, nothing less. And as a school, we can’t continue to accept “average.” There are bright spots, of course. Women’s golf finished second in the country a season ago, men’s basketball went to the tournament for the first time and baseball made a miraculous run to the Big Ten Tournament
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goaltender Annie Kalfas have eased themselves into the starting lineup. This team is still bereft of true superstars, but coach Tracey Fuchs has developed her roster such that the weak spots from the past two seasons have disappeared. That’s a big deal when your best players inevitably have a bad day. Wilkinson: Pentenga is the truth. She leads the team in assists, shots and shots on goal. The attack in the midfield runs through her, and she’s the one taking shots at the top of the circle on corners. Beyond her, Massey is a dominant and ruthless attacking force down the right side: 25 of her 35 shots are on goal, good for second on the team in both categories. The Cats aren’t a lockdown defensive team, taking only 25 more shots than they’ve allowed, but Kalfas has the 15th best save percentage in the country — and that’s even after accounting for NU’s 7-0 loss to No. 1 Connecticut earlier this season. Despite missing the NCAA tournament a year ago, NU is ranked in the top 10. What’s the ceiling for this team?
title game. But maybe that’s the problem. Maybe we shouldn’t be celebrating cinderella runs or shocking upsets. If you consistently look at yourself as the underdog, you become the underdog. And the only way to change that is to go into every game, match, meet or tournament expecting to win. When Trace McSorley, Saquon Barkley and No. 4 Penn State visit Ryan Field on Saturday morning, they’ll be expecting to win. NU will probably lose, and most people will leave unsurprised. But going forward, expectations need to change. We’ve run out of excuses for mediocrity. Jonah Dylan is a Medill sophomore. He can be contacted at jonahdylan2020@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. Wilkinson: Probably the final four. As mentioned, the Cats fell hard to the Huskies, who haven’t lost and have allowed only six goals all season. But they lost a relatively tight match to No. 2 Duke 1-0 and played No. 5 Penn State evenly before the Nittany Lions stole a game winning goal with less than two minutes remaining. The only team that I don’t think NU can beat is UConn, so its ceiling is as far as it can go before running into the Huskies. Paxton: If last season’s NCAA Tournament is any guide, the Cats could theoretically win the whole thing. NU is a better team than last year’s Delaware, which stunned its way to the title, and UConn is the only team the Cats clearly can’t beat. The one-goal losses to Duke and Penn State were truthfully toss-ups, and all it takes is an upset or two in the tournament for the Cats’ bracket to blow open. A second-round tourney loss is probably more likely, however, given NU’s lack of recent postseason experience and a big muddle of teams just outside the top tier. colepaxton2019@u.northwestern.edu josephwilkinson2019@u.northwestern.edu
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Northwestern’s five losses have all frustrated coach Michael Moynihan, who traces each defeat to a miscommunication or a missed opportunity. Last Sunday, though, Moynihan said the Wildcats needed to make intangible improvements after their 2-0 loss to Purdue. After NU’s (6-5-2, 3-2-1 Big Ten) 2-0 loss to Cincinnati in September, Moynihan said the new formation was taking time to gel. When the Cats conceded two first half goals in their Big Ten opener against Penn State, he acknowledged their struggles keeping possession.
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We conceded early goals and didn’t bounce back. And that’s what we’re doing in practice. We’re bouncing back. Hannah Davison, Junior defender
And in NU’s scoreless draw against then-No. 12 Rutgers, he stressed its inability to convert scoring opportunities. Purdue, however, was a different story for the Cats. “They carried a little extra tension coming in,” he said. “They came in with good intentions, but when we gave in a goal, we let that tension get to us.” As a result, Moynihan used practice this week to increase NU’s intensity and resilience to improve its execution. He said the Cats had a “difficult” practice Monday, and worked through unrelenting rain Wednesday to prepare for the rest of the season. Junior defender Hannah Davison saw practice as an opportunity to return to top form.
“Against Purdue, there was a lack of energy early,” she said. “We conceded early goals and didn’t bounce back. And that’s what we’re doing in practice. We’re bouncing back.” Progress is difficult to measure in soccer, Moynihan said, especially for a team not winning as much as it did last season. After NU’s 2-1 victory against Indiana last Thursday, freshman midfielder Regan Steigleder said the team was hitting its stride and playing its best soccer. But three days later, the Cats were shut out by Purdue and plummeted in the Big Ten standings. The reigning Big Ten champions might have their backs against the wall in the conference, but Davison sees potential in the team’s long possessions, increased confidence and improved offense in practice. Moynihan said NU’s Saturday match against Illinois (4-10-0, 1-5-0) is an opportunity to display that improvement against a “stingy” opponent. “It’s a game that we need to win if we want to do things in this conference,” he said. “Illinois just beat Indiana, who we had to struggle to get a win against.” While the Fighting Illini are winless in conference play beyond their victory over the Hoosiers, they went to overtime against No. 14 Penn State and Rutgers, opponents the Cats failed to score against. After a rough stretch, and with more tough opponents on the horizon, junior defender Kayla Sharples expects her team to showcase resilience against its cross-state rival. “Illinois is a scrappy team,” she said. “We need to put everything on the line and stay composed and win as a unit. We need to come back together.” Lucia Procopio contributed reporting. charlesgoldsmith2021@u.northwestern.edu
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Despite an underwhelming team finish, Northwestern’s sophomores compiled strong performances at the Windy City College Classic, which ended Tuesday. The Wildcats
finished ninth in a field of 15, which wasn’t what coach Emily Fletcher hoped for in their highly-anticipated home event. Even with eight top-25 teams at the competition, Fletcher said she expected better from NU. She blamed the Cats’ poor result on numerous mistakes, impatience and unexpected windiness at the aptly named classic. “From our team’s perspective I was a little disappointed in our team’s play,” Fletcher said. “You certainly don’t anticipate you’d make those mistakes on a golf course we’ve played on … but that being said it’s one event. We’ll learn.” But F letc her said the event as a whole was a “raving success.” One of the highlights of the weekend was
a night in downtown Chicago for all coaches and teams at the Under Armour Brand House, she said.
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Even though NU didn’t perform as well as it had hoped, sophomores Brooke Riley and Louise McCulloch impressed. McCulloch, a Wilmette native, fielded the best scorecard of her college career with three birdies Tuesday. “I kind of just took it shot by shot,” McCulloch said. “That was our whole team’s mentality. We didn’t want to get ahead of ourselves, even though we had played there a few more times. Just playing in the conditions made us better and hopefully we’re going to get a lot better before the next event.” Riley enjoyed the Cats’ best individual showing, tying for 18th. Fletcher said the sophomore’s play
was one of the event’s silver linings, especially against elite competition. Riley said her improvement from last year made the tournament especially exciting. “(It’s) awesome … to think back on last year and the progress I’ve made,” Riley said. “My coaches have put a lot of effort into me and my game. To see the progress of not playing for the team at all last year to being able to contribute … it’s just a really exciting time.” McCulloch said she was also excited to see her hard work from spring and summer pay off. She said despite a disappointing result, the opportunity will help NU going forward, especially as it gears up for the Stanford Intercollegiate at the renowned Pebble Beach Golf Links in two weeks. Riley and McCulloch agreed the past weekend will help prepare the Cats for what lies ahead. Fletcher said some of the disappointing moments gave NU good insight into the competition it will face going forward. “You look back and you assess what we need to do better,” Fletcher said. “We’re disappointed with our play, but nothing to be down in the dumps about. We just got to keep getting better.” sophiemann2018@u.northwestern.edu
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Cole Paxton, Joseph Wilkinson discuss NU’s campaign, tournament potential By COLE PAXTON and JOSEPH WILKINSON daily senior staffers @ckpaxton, joe_f_wilkinson
No. 10 Northwestern has won six of seven games and looks like one of the best teams in the country. As the Wildcats enter the season’s f inal stretch, The Daily’s f ield hockey beat writers discuss the team’s outlook.
performance. As long as the Cats don’t drop any of these contests, they should cruise into the NCAA Tournament, even if they lose to Michigan in late October.
Cole Paxton: I think the reality lies somewhere in the middle. NU is better right now than it was a year ago, but October could still bring stumbles. Joe is right that the schedule eases for a while, but Indiana
Last season, the Cats entered October undefeated in the Big Ten. But a four-game losing streak derailed their season, and NU missed the NCAA tournament. Is this year’s team for real, or will it be the same story again? Joseph Wilkinson: It would be extremely out of character for this team to drop any of its next four games. If anything, the Cats could be looking at a six-game winning streak going into their final two contests of the regular season. Indiana, Ball State, Iowa and Massachusetts are all either unranked or ranked lower than Rutgers, which NU just handled despite a mediocre
and Iowa are tricky opponents the Cats have lost to in the past. Still, it would take a complete collapse for this team to miss the postseason. NU has quality nonconference wins over Stanford and Louisville — two teams it lost to last year — and the Big Ten is deeper with teams like Rutgers on the rise. There will be an NCAA Tournament return for the Cats. NU lost Dominique Masters, Isabel Flens and Lindsay von der Luft to graduation after last season, but the team hasn’t faltered. Who has stepped up in their absence?
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Puck Pentenga runs after the ball. The junior midfielder has led the Wildcats to a successful season with six regular season games to go.
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It’s time for NU to reject mediocrity in athletics JONAH DYLAN
DAILY COLUMNIST
While we focused our attention on Madison this weekend, something important happened elsewhere. On the pitch in West Lafayette, Purdue beat Northwestern’s women’s soccer team 2-0, effectively ending the Wildcats’ chances to repeat as Big Ten champions. In a brutal weekend for NU sports, a field hockey win over No. 19 Rutgers was the only positive takeaway. Clayton Thorson and the Cats got beat down by Wisconsin, the volleyball team lost to No. 4 Penn State and men’s soccer dropped its fifth straight conference match. This should come as no surprise, but NU is still not very good at sports. And the Cats are quickly running out of excuses. You’ve had the conversation a million times: Northwestern is too focused on academics to be good at sports, Northwestern is too small to compete with other Big Ten schools, Northwestern doesn’t have the facilities to rival elite competition. Suddenly, though, none of that is true. Within the year, the Cats will have the most expensive athletic complex in the Big Ten. Ryan Fieldhouse, overlooking Lake Michigan, will put competitors’ facilities to shame. And Evanston is already a prime recruiting spot, so theoretically, top athletes from the Chicago area should always be interested in NU.
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(Last year) was considered a successful season, but we still shouldn’t pamper the program with unearned praise. Last season was average — nothing more, nothing less.
Paxton: Literally everyone else. Top returners like junior forward Pascale Massey and senior defender Sophia Miller have gotten better. Former role players like junior midfielder Puck Pentenga and sophomore defender Kirsten Mansfield have not only assumed key roles in the attack, they’ve thrived in them. One-time backups like sophomore
And in non-revenue sports, the issue is more glaring. It’s gospel that schools with higher academic pedigrees have a recruiting advantage in non-revenue sports, because student athletes without professional aspirations gravitate toward academic powerhouses. Yet NU consistently lags behind Stanford and Duke — schools with comparable academic pedigrees — in fielding elite recruits.
» See FIELD HOCKEY, page 9
» See DYLAN, page 9