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NU centralizes sex misconduct cases Sexual Harassment Prevention Office will handle all cases By YVONNE KIM and ALLYSON CHIU
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All cases of sexual misconduct at Northwestern will now be handled through the University’s Sexual Harassment Prevention Office, the office announced Thursday in an email. Previously, the Office of Student Conduct handled cases against students. “We believe the centralized model will allow us to increase coordination of prevention and complaint resolution response, expedite response to concerns and allow us to engage in more effective educational and communication efforts,” Joan Slavin, who directs the office, told The Daily in an email before the announcement. The email from Slavin to students outlined that and other changes to the University’s misconduct policy, including an updated definition of consent and a rewritten section about retaliation. The expanded definition of consent states that “to engage
in sexual activity with one person does not constitute consent to engage in sexual activity with another person.” On the same page of the policy, there was also an expanded definition of coercion, explaining that someone could not give consent if there was “severe or persistent pressure causing fear of significant consequences from respondent if one does not engage in sexual activity.” In addition, the policy on retaliation was rewritten to include specific examples, such as removing someone from an organization, lowering someone’s grade, as well as direct or indirect intimidation. “That’s a great line to have because a lot of the time there’s a lot of fear about (reporting assault),” said Weinberg senior Molly Benedict, executive director of Sexual Health and Assault Peer Educators. “It’s important that … survivors making these reports know that people against them will be held accountable.” Benedict also said it is “fantastic” to see the University listing a wider range of confidential resources available to students, such as KAN-WIN, which offers multilingual » See POLICY, page 5
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Silver searches for truth in data By CHRISTIAN SURTZ
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Nate Silver said it’s crucial for society to use big data responsibly and discern truths from it during his One Book One Northwestern keynote address on Thursday.
Silver, author of “The Signal and the Noise,” spoke to roughly 1,000 people in Pick Staiger Concert Hall on Thursday night about his work in statistical analysis and predictions. During the talk, Silver explained his methods of working with data and answered questions from the audience. “Ninety percent of the
world’s data has been created in the last two years,” he said. “(But) it’s not like when we have more information we agree with each other more.” Silver, a University of Chicago graduate, is known for his website, FiveThirtyEight.com, and for correctly predicting the results of all 50 states in the 2012 U.S. presidential election.
In 2009, he made the Time Magazine’s list of The World’s 100 Most Influential People, and in 2012 he published “The Signal and the Noise.” Silver made special note of FiveThirtyEight’s baseball predictions in light of the Chicago Cubs’ chances to win their first » See SILVER, page 5
Council to discuss bike safety, lanes Alderman launches mayoral campaign
By ROBIN OPSAHL
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Updates to the Sheridan Road rebuilding project will be discussed at City Council on Oct. 17 in response to a call for bike safety measures following the death of Weinberg freshman Chuyuan Qiu, who was killed on the road after an accident with a cement truck in September. Evanston already has plans in place to build bike lanes on Sheridan Road and Chicago Avenue, with work on the project slated to begin in April 2017, according to a news release. The project was delayed until 2017 by the council in 2014 because of road construction in a nearby area of the city. Additionally, the city will consider other proposals about how to improve bike safety on the road, including requests to lower Sheridan’s speed limit. Ald. Judy Fiske (1st) and Ald. Eleanor Revelle (7th) requested the speed limit be lowered to 25 mph on Sheridan Road from the current 30 mph limit. “Immediately lowering and enforcing the speed limit at 25 miles per hour is one positive way to improve safety on
By NORA SHELLY
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The speed limit on Sheridan Road is currently 30 mph. Both aldermen and Northwestern students have called for the limit to be lowered following the accident that killed Northwestern student Chuyuan Qiu on that road.
Sheridan Road, but there are others,” Fiske said in the release. “I encourage NU students to join with us for this important discussion.” Faculty Senate passed a resolution on bike safety at NU on Wednesday that called for a lower speed limit, as well as for the annual distribution of subsidized bike lights and helmets to all students on campus. Associated Student
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Government President Christina Cilento, who authored the resolution, said she plans to attend the City Council meeting to discuss the proposed changes with other students. “I understand why construction can’t start until certain dates, but when a tragedy like this falls so far away from construction, I feel kind of helpless,” Cilento said. “I don’t know if there’s anything we can do to
change the city’s plans, but I think in the interim what we can do is educate students and other cyclists about how to ride safely and make sure they have the tool to do so.” The resolution at Faculty Senate called for the creation of a task force on bike and pedestrian safety, which will be discussed further at later Faculty » See BIKE SAFETY, page 5
A third candidate has entered the race for mayor of Evanston. Ald. Mark Tendam (6th) announced his candidacy Wednesday. The alderman joins the race alongside Ald. Brian Miller (9th) and businessman Steve Hagerty. After serving as alderman for nearly eight years, becoming mayor seemed like a way to move to something bigger, Tendam said. He said he was drawn to the opportunity to focus on the city as a whole rather than just the Sixth Ward, which includes the northwest part of the city. “We tend to spend all the time in our wards,” he said. As alderman, Tendam worked on changing the organization that runs Evanston Animal Shelter to a user that he said was more in-line with the city’s philosophy. He also pointed to his work on amendments to the affordable housing ordinance. Tendam said affordable
housing, reducing violence and increasing employment opportunities are at the top of his platform. He also said the city needs better health services, with a focus on mental health and substance abuse. Evanston is on the right path, Tendam said, but it can always improve. “We’re a great city; we excel in many ways, but we don’t like to rest either,” Tendam said. “I see Evanston as a leader. I think that is important.” Tendam said as Evanston has become more populated and more developed, housing prices and living expenses have increased as well. He pointed to the affordable housing ordinance, which altered city code to incentivize developers to include affordable housing units in their buildings as a way to keep the city accessible to middle and low-income residents. “We need developers who build with the city in mind,” he said. Virginia Mann, who has known Tendam for 20 years and has worked with him on » See TENDAM, page 5
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AROUND TOWN Court stays voter registration decision By NORA SHELLY
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Evanston man reports stolen bike
Evanston police are investigating a bicycle burglary that occurred between Tuesday at 10 p.m. and Wednesday at 10 a.m. in south Evanston. The victim, a 64-year-old man, told police the suspect entered late at night through an unlocked garage door, said Evanston police Cmdr. Joseph
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A Northwestern student casts his ballot at the Civic Center in 2014. A ruling by a federal court was stayed on Tuesday, meaning voters in larger counties will likely be able to register and vote on Election Day at their precinct.
David Orr said in a news release. “We shouldn’t turn these people away.” The election day registration law was passed in 2014. In a news release after the law was struck down last week, Jacob Huebert, a senior attorney at the Liberty Justice Center, said the law was “a scheme designed to boost Democratic voter turnout more than it would boost Republican voter turnout.” According to a press release from the ACLU of Illinois, more than 100,000 people registered and voted using Election Day Registration in the state
— both Democratic and Republican voters — in the March primaries. “We applaud the Seventh Circuit for recognizing that the rules of the election should not be changed so close to Election Day,” said Edwin C. Yohnka, ACLU of Illinois’ Director of Communications and Public Policy. “It is always better for our democracy when more people participate in the electoral process.”
Dugan. A bike worth over $1,000 and loose change worth approximately $5 were missing.
Officers were called to the scene at 9:25 p.m. The two bikes, belonging to Evanston residents, were missing. Both bike locks were broken, Dugan said. One bike was worth approximately $100 and the other was a mountain bike worth more than $700 dollars, Dugan said.
Two bikes stolen from McGaw YMCA
Evanston police are investigating the theft of two bicycles at the McGaw YMCA, 1000 Grove St., on Wednesday. The bikes were taken between 7:30 p.m. and 9:15 p.m. on Wednesday, Dugan said.
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Illinois residents may still have a chance to register and vote in their precinct on election day, after a federal court stayed a ruling limiting same-day registration. The Seventh District Court of Appeals stayed the order on Tuesday, after an appeal was filed to the decision in late September that limited same-day registration only to central voting locations. In the original case, the nonpartisan Liberty Justice Center challenged the law, arguing that the same-day voter legislation unfairly discriminated against those in counties with populations under 100,000. The law requires counties with populations of more than 100,000 to offer same-day voter registration at precinct places, while counties with populations less than 100,000 people are not required to offer the same-day registration service at all voting sites. The initial ruling would have allowed sameday registration only at central voting locations. Some decried last week’s federal court decision, saying it was announced too close to Election Day. Under the temporary stay, there will be same-day voting registration available at all precincts in counties with a population over 100,000. “Many voters who move don’t update their registrations, and when they show up in their precincts on Election Day, they can only vote if (Election Day Registration) is an option,” Cook County Clerk
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ON CAMPUS ‘My Kitchen’ stirs up dining options in Elder Hall By ELIZABETH BYRNE
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In an effort to attract more students back to Elder Dining Hall for dinner, Northwestern Dining has introduced “My Kitchen,” a new option for students to build and cook their own meals. “My Kitchen” allows students to prepare their own dinner with various produce options and precooked proteins provided by the dining hall staff, said Rafael Ramos, executive chef at x hall. Ramos said “culinary experts” are also available to guide flavor choices given what’s available and help students learn how to cook their food. Previous build-your-own meals in Elder have been limited to stir-fry and pasta. NU Dining decided to implement the mealprep station after receiving student feedback last year, Ramos said. The new stations opened after Wildcat Welcome. “We wanted something new and unique for the students, for them to have a broad variety of flavors because some of our kitchens have vegan and gluten-free areas,” Ramos said. “We wanted to make sure everyone had an option.” The “My Kitchen” area comprises three separate stations for proteins, vegetables and cooking. At the cooking station, there are three induction burners and another induction burner at the protein station, allowing four students to cook at a time. Since its implementation in Elder Hall, Ramos said he’s heard nothing but positive reaction from
GESI adds Ghana, Guatemala to study abroad locations
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students. “The students are excited to make their own choices,” he said. “They really enjoy interacting with the action stations. I see the look on their faces, and it’s a little escape from everyday school life.” Medill freshman Parker Johnson, who lives in Elder, said after a bad first meal and hearing upperclassmen criticize the dining hall, he was not eager to go back. “My very first meal was the day we checked in, and it wasn’t very good,” Johnson said. “It was a rock-hard chicken breast, so after that I was thinking about not going to Elder anymore.” But since Johnson discovered the “My Kitchen station,” he said he plans to visit Elder more often for dinner. He said he felt a sense of accomplishment after preparing his own dinner, even though it took a bit more time. Yolonda Taylor, the manager-in-charge at Elder Dining Hall, said she has noticed a slight increase in students returning to Elder for dinner. “Word is getting out,” Taylor said. “The freshmen that live here are making their way back to Elder instead of stopping at Sargent. We are slowly but surely increasing.” Regardless of numbers, Ramos said he wants students to live healthfully, and the “My Kitchen” station is the first step. “I want to empower the students to take control of their own diet,” Ramos said. “I want them to have the freedom to be creative.” elizabethbyrne2020@u.northwestern.edu announced Thursday. An email from the Institute announced that students now have the options of traveling to Ghana and Guatemala. The Ghana program is available to students in the summer and is partnered with Peace Humanity International, a Ghana-based nongovernmental organization, and Amizade, a nonprofit dedicated to volunteer and study abroad
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Elder’s dining hall introduced a new “My Kitchen” station, which allows diners to prepare their own food. The area comprises three separate stations for proteins, vegetables and cooking.
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Why queer women need representation in media ZOE JOHNSON
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This essay is part of The Spectrum, a weekly forum in our Opinion section for marginalized voices to share their perspectives. To submit a piece for The Spectrum or discuss story ideas, please email spectrum@dailynorthwestern.com. In the movie “Bend It Like Beckham,” two girls, Jess and Jules, played by Parminder Nagra and Keira Knightley, bond over their love of and talent for soccer. Jess is Indian, and the movie focuses mainly on her relationship with her family. Toward the end of the movie, Jess and Jules’ friendship hits a road bump: They’re both interested in their male coach. He and Jess get together, and her parents are pissed, but the girls reconcile, and both get athletic scholarships to a college in California. Growing up, I loved that movie. There was just one problem: I didn’t understand why Jess and Jules didn’t end up together. I realized I was a lesbian when I was 10 years old. It didn’t bother me at first, but after doing some covert research, I was terrified. According to the books and articles I found, I would be
four times more likely to attempt suicide and three times more likely to suffer from depression or anxiety. I would be bullied and ostracized. Finding a partner would be statistically difficult, and, even if I managed it, I wouldn’t be able to marry her, adopt kids or share state benefits. In most states in the U.S., I could be denied housing, employment and/or services for being gay. Still, I was lucky enough to grow up in a liberal area, with accepting parents and white privilege that will keep me safer than many. I struggled with internalized homophobia, and still do, but I was better off than most. Junot Díaz has a great quote about representation: “There’s this idea that monsters don’t have reflections in a mirror. And what I’ve always thought isn’t that monsters don’t have reflections in a mirror. It’s that if you want to make a human being into a monster, deny them, at the cultural level, any reflection of themselves.” Representation, the idea that if people exist in real life they should also exist in fiction, newspapers and school curriculums, is praised for having a dramatic effect on people’s ideology. But more importantly, it helps little baby queers like my 10-year-old self understand that we aren’t monsters, we deserve love and happiness, and we deserve to live. Which brings me back to “Bend It Like Beckham.” After I realized I was gay, watching that movie really upset me. The two girls seemed to be moving towards a relationship, complete with flirting and awkward conversations with their parents. Then…the weird heterosexual ending. It made me feel like I was imagining
things, like I was corrupting narratives to fit my own life. I felt I would always be destined to wish for true love rather than experience it myself.
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But more importantly, (representation) helps little baby queers like my 10-year-old self understand that we aren’t monsters, we deserve love and happiness, and we deserve to live. Several years later, I was continuing my never-ending queer research when I came across a website called AfterEllen. AfterEllen, one of the largest and most comprehensive websites for the coverage of women-loving women in popular culture, had an article about “Bend It Like Beckham.” Apparently, the reason that Jess and Jules seem so gay for each other is because they were supposed to be. The original script ended with them getting together, but it was cut for fear of offending Indian audiences. It was hugely validating for me to learn that I was not misinterpreting the insane amount of flirting between the girls. But it was also infuriating. If this movie had been made as planned, it would’ve been an iconic queer film, suitable for young children and adults alike. Instead, it haunted me.
AfterEllen has now been shut down. By this point, it’s a familiar narrative: a larger company, made up mostly of white heterosexual men, purchased the site, gave it time to prove its fiscal worth, then decided it wasn’t bringing in enough profit. What that company failed to understand about AfterEllen is that it created for us what we did not have in real life: a community that shared ideas, information and history, tragedies and joys, women in suits and female athletes’ abs and a common support and respect for one another. For now, the site will remain as an archive. The decision is an issue of sexism as much as queer erasure; gay men’s communities continue to grow as lesbian bars, bookstores and media outlets are closed. It’s what LGBT reporter Mary Emily O’Hara called “the real lezpocalypse”: the disappearance of our culture, media and safe spaces, just as we’re killed on TV — and in real life — and cut from movies. Struggling with this knowledge, I’ve made a decision for myself: I’m not going to watch “Bend It Like Beckham” again. Instead, I’m going to create my own narratives. In my mind, Jess and Jules end up together. They’re hugely successful on their college team. They play for England in the World Cup. They win it all. Zoe Johnson is a Medill freshman. She can be contacted at zoejohnson2020@u.northwestern.edu. If you would like to respond publicly to this column, send a letter to the editor to opinion@dailynorthwestern.com. Views expressed in this piece do not necessarily reflect the views of all staff members of the Daily Northwestern.
Jingling your keys at games is unsportsmanlike, elitist LUKAS STACHTIARIS
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A month before the start of school, my mom sat me down on the couch with a laptop open, anxious to show her youngest son a collection of videos that she had found of Northwestern traditions. The first tab was a video titled “Wildside 101: Northwestern Football Traditions,” a video posted by an official NU YouTube account that features Coach Pat Fitzgerald rattling off school traditions. Sitting at the lead-off spot was “shaking your keys.” I had never heard of the key shaking tradition, and my innocent, pre-freshman mind put it in the same category as any other noise maker. We shake our keys to distract the opposing team during the kick-off ? Get me
a dorm key and sign me up. I didn’t think much more of the tradition, which I assumed was more about making sound than making a point. Upon arriving at the Freshman Urban Program for pre-orientation, I quickly learned that the keys tradition was by no means what I had interpreted it to be. Instead, to many who explained it to me over the program, it is a distinct message to the other team: Regardless of the results of this game, you’re going to park our cars someday. I gave the student body the benefit of the doubt and assumed that many of the partakers of the tradition were unaware of its origins, just like I had been prior to arriving on campus. However it quickly became apparent that most of the student body understood the message. NU is the only private university of the fourteen schools in the Big Ten, and by far the most expensive to attend, sitting at almost roughly $30,000 per year more than the conference average. Given the
opportunity, many students throw the incredible privilege of attending this university in the face of those less socioeconomically advantaged, which is wrong and frankly embarrassing. Beyond the inherent elitism that comes with dangling keys, the tradition simply is not funny. I am no stranger to the trash talk aspect of sports. I come from a high school with immense school pride and have partaken in my fair share of dancing-the-line antics at sporting events. I think trash talk is just as much a part of the game as anything else and has a legitimate place in sports. However, what is the purpose of indulging in a form of trash-talk that exposes and embarrasses no one but ourselves? Dangling our keys does not signify dominance over the opponent, but rather identifies our fans as lacking class. The tradition is almost a childish defense mechanism against losing. It sends the message that as NU football fans that we don’t care about the results of the competition
Free college won’t solve as much as you think JOSE TREJOS
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To get people to vote for you, just offer free stuff. Although that might be something of a cynical view of liberal policy, it has been a rather blatant move this year to appeal to college students and recent graduates. Jill Stein has explicitly mentioned her proposal for free college and paying off student loans as a reason that millennials should support her. Bernie Sanders made it a centerpiece of his campaign, promising free public college throughout the country and help to young people dealing with debt. Both candidates seem to have no future path to the presidency this election, but each became more popular with millennials than with the rest of the country by a wide margin. Hillary Clinton has copied this popular policy by offering free college tuition to students whose families earn less than $125,000 after a short phasing period. The reason millennials are drawn to free college is understandable: As the cost of a college education has grown massively over the past few decades, American students have accumulated $1.3 trillion in college loans. Unfortunately,
free college is simply bad policy, doing almost nothing to actually increase access to college while redistributing money to one of the most privileged groups in the United States. Northwestern students eyeing plans for free college should be aware that both the Sanders and Clinton proposals would only cover only public schools. NU students might nonetheless feel altruistic in voting for these ideas, thinking that they are helping lessadvantaged students in public colleges. This thinking, however, highlights a darker reality: The more the government focuses its efforts on public schools, the harder it becomes for lower-income Americans to aspire to less-funded and potentially better private institutions. Many promote free tuition as a way to help college students, who are genuinely burdened by the skyrocketing costs of higher education. Still, college graduates make an income more than 75 percent higher than the general population. If society is going to give money to people in need, wouldn’t it be better to help a group like minimum-wage earners or the unemployed, instead of its most skilled and employable people? The biggest problem with free college is that it would fail to achieve its main goal: helping more people graduate from college. The average low-income American already pays net-zero tuition for college, and barely
a third of them manage to complete their degree. Only about six in ten college students finish their college education, with the rest left saddled with debt and no degree to pay it with. This suggests that the best way to generate more college graduates may be to improve college graduation rates, rather than enlisting more students likely to drop out. Many experts warn that the factor holding back students from a successful college education is an inadequate secondary education. Secondary education is cheaper, and many of the reforms needed to fix it actually save money, so it makes more sense to focus efforts on improving access to good high schools. However, fixing secondary education would require dealing with powerful interest groups, which politicians (like Clinton) are generally unwilling to do. While the proposed plans to make free college education might seem appealing to young voters this election season, it remains an imperfect fix to inequalities rampant throughout the higher education system. Jose Trejos is a Weinberg sophomore. He can be contacted at josetrejos2019@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.
because, regardless of the score, we perceive ourselves as superior to our opponents. The tradition is not only elitist and unoriginal, but it’s poor school pride. I find it entirely ironic that a school that is typically concerned with political correctness openly endorses this tradition by sharing it via YouTube. Our tradition of shaking keys should be rethought by the student body, and its endorsement by the administration is quite simply ludicrous. As football fans and as the larger NU community, we must reassess how we want our school to be perceived and hold ourselves to a higher standard of sportsmanship. Lukas Stachtiaris is a Medill freshman. He can be contacted at lukasstachtiaris2020@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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World Series in more than a century. As of Thursday, the website said the Cubs have a 25 percent chance of winning. When asked about FiveThirtyEight’s baseball predictions, University President Morton Schapiro, a New York Mets fan, told The Daily he is still mourning the team’s loss Wednesday night. He said “The Signal and the Noise” was a good choice for the One Book program. “As I’ve always taught, the reason for statistical analysis is to figure out the truth,” said Schapiro, who teaches economics at NU. Silver also spoke about the upcoming presidential election, noting that there is a high number of undecided and third-party voters. He explained that a larger undecided voter population means the election is significantly less predictable. Weinberg freshman Gina Johnson said she enjoyed Silver’s speech, especially its relevance to current events such as the election. “It’s a really unique experience,” Johnson said. “I’m grateful that we’ve been given the opportunity to read his book and hear from him in person.” Silver said he hopes his message of interpreting and using data responsibly continues to resonate throughout the world, mentioning education and criminal justice as fields he’s interested in exploring. “Prediction is central in the process of gaining knowledge, and data is becoming more readily available,” Silver said during a press conference before the event. Steve Carr, the faculty chair of the One Book program, said he was impressed by Silver’s ability to simplify complicated concepts. “Nate really puts (concepts) in perspective and shows how (they) illuminate the world around us,” Carr said.
many issues in the Sixth Ward, said most people in the ward know Tendam personally. Mann has decided to run for Tendam’s seat as the ward’s alderman. She said Tendam is the “right person” to lead Evanston as it moves forward. “He’s really somebody who can work with all parties,” she said. “He gives all sides thoughtful consideration.” Mann also said she would like to see the next mayor improve the relationship between the city and Northwestern. Mayor Elizabeth Tisdahl, who announced in July she would not seek reelection, said she was pleased Tendam was interested in gun control initiatives. That issue and youth employment have been main focuses for Tisdahl during her two terms as mayor. “We need gun control, we need more affordable housing, we need more jobs … there are always good things to be working on and improving,” she said. “He’s a good candidate.”
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“When we’re looking at the culture of rape culture, which is inextricable from the way that we socialize, that culture has already been providing the resources for these assailants to say, ‘That didn’t happen,’ or, ‘Well, they didn’t say no,’” Merens said. “The laws are written for that to be the case; our social scripts are written for that to be the case.” Slavin declined to be interviewed until Friday. The University’s announcement follows the findings of last year’s campus climate survey, The estimated cost of the entire 1.9-mile long project is $13.3 million. Although most of the funding is coming from the city and the state, $500,000 of NU’s multi-year donation to the city was allotted to the improvement project. The donation is half of the first of five yearly $1 million contributions in 2015. Although the allocation for this year’s $1 million has not been announced, University officials said another portion may be directed toward the Sheridan Road project. Outside of the construction project, Cilento
allysonchiu2018@u.northwestern.edu said promoting better bike safety will help prevent future accidents. The biggest step NU students need to make to create a safer environment for biking, Cilento said, is changing campus culture. “A big concern is that people on campus travel unsafely because they think wearing a helmet is uncool,” Cilento said. “We need to make a shift to understanding that it’s more important to look out for their safety first.” robinopsahl2018@u.northwestern.edu
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Water education group to talk fresh water, Great Lakes By BEN WINCK
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Evanston residents don’t have to be in elementary school to learn about the Great Lakes after a new grassroots water education group starts up this fall. Clare Tallon Ruen — founder of LakeDance, a separate water education group — is working with the Evanston Parks and Recreation department to create a grassroots water education group, meeting for the first time on Oct. 15. The group, which has yet to be named, will hold meetings and facilitate activities centered on educating adult Evanston residents on the importance of clean water and the Great Lakes watershed, the term used to address all five lakes and their surrounding rivers. Ruen, the founder of the group, said the new Great Lakes group will discuss similar topics while thinking of new ways to preserve the lakes. Evanston residents should better understand the importance of the lakes, said Ald. Eleanor Revelle (7th), who serves as president of Citizens’ Greener Evanston, a group that works to improve the city’s sustainability and environmental friendliness. “We live right on the edge of Lake Michigan, so it’s a hugely important resource for us locally and for the whole region,” Revelle said. “There’s a lot that we can learn and do both individually and by encouraging our policy makers to do the right thing.” The Great Lakes hold one-fifth of the world’s fresh surface water and are used to supply much of the nation’s water. Currently, the process of reclaiming water people use is irresponsible and spells a negative future for the lakes, Ruen said.
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Evanston sits on the shores of Lake Michigan, which, along with the other Great Lakes, holds one-fifth of the world’s freshwater resources. A new group is starting in Evanston to educate people about the Great Lakes and the importance of freshwater.
“The way we’re using it now, (water) leaves the lakes permanently,” Ruen said. “Every time it rains, it leaves the Great Lakes Basin through the sewer system.” The new group will meet Oct. 15 at the Lagoon Shelter on the lakefront. The meeting will discuss water quality before holding a conversation with Steph Smith, vice president for operations for the Alliance for the Great Lakes. Organizers will also incorporate the Pipes and Precipitation program, a state-funded curriculum
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for attendees to plan what initiatives to pursue in 2017. Adam Abajian, Evanston recreation program manager, said he’s excited to see what the group does. “We’re new at this,” Abajian said, “Most of the programs I run with the Lakefill are recreational. But it’s exciting to see this new prospect come up.” benjaminwinck2019@u.northwestern.edu
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Real Food at NU kickstarts quarter with new plans By AUDREY WU
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Real Food at NU will roll out three new programs this Fall Quarter to raise awareness and increase the amount of “real food” at Northwestern. “These plans aim to better engage NU students in food-related discussions,” said McCormick senior Kara Rodby, the group’s co-president. “This is really exciting, and it will be a good way to engage with all the students in the dining hall.” Real Food is a student group that aims to increase the percentage of fairly- and sustainably-produced food on campus. With its three new events — “Real Food Days,” “Food Week” and “Food and Friends” — group leaders hope students will better understand the food choices they make every day. During Spring Quarter last year, dining halls served “real food” on only two days. This quarter, “Real Food Days” will take place once a month, Rodby said. In addition to “Real Food Days,” the group
will organize “Food Week” later this month. This year, it will be held in collaboration with other organizations such as Wild Roots, Engineers for a Sustainable World and Campus Kitchens, Rodby said. “It’s a fun way to collaborate with more student groups and engage with students who aren’t normally thinking about food,” Rodby said. Real Food’s “Food and Friends” will be a big meal with the theme of community, said Amos Pomp, a member of Real Food. The group aims to attract and provide food for 150 students. The event is meant to attract students who have not previously engaged with this topic, Rodby said. Medill sophomore Morgan McFall-Johnsen, the group’s co-director, said progress has been made toward the group’s goal of having 20 percent of food served in dining halls contain “real ingredients” by 2020. Although last quarter’s focus was convincing the University to sign a campus commitment to this goal, this quarter’s focus has shifted toward taking tangible steps to reach it. The group also recently submitted a proposal
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Sargent dining hall will participate in new “real food” events fall quarter. The student group Real Food at NU aims to have 20 percent of food served in dining halls contain “real ingredients” by 2020.
for a student-organized seminar titled “Navigating Modern Food Ethics.” Members of the group said they are excited and optimistic about the group’s future. “We are a passionate group with reinforcing
energy doing actual work on campus,” Rodby said. “(As a member), you can tangibly feel like we are going to effect change.” audreywu2020@u.northwestern.edu
Food truck with donuts, coffee fights to operate in Evanston By OLIVIA ZAPATER-CHARRETTE
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A new food truck may soon be operating near campus, as Beavers Coffee and Donuts looks to expand to Evanston. Beavers Coffee and Donuts is a food truck currently operating in Chicago that serves gourmet donuts and freshly brewed coffee, said coowner Gabriel Wiesen. The business plans to set up a full-time post near Northwestern soon and stay until December. They began in 2011 with one truck and two operators and have expanded over the years, Wiesen said. They now have five trucks, two brick-and-mortar locations and about 30 employees. In 2012, Wiesen and Jim Nuccio, co-owners
of Beavers Coffee and Donuts, attempted to get a food truck license to operate in Evanston and were denied because they didn’t have a brickand-mortar establishment, a prerequisite for obtaining the license. This June, Evanston changed its laws to allow food trucks without a brick-and-mortar establishment to operate in the city. Although Beavers Coffee and Donuts has yet to get their food truck permit in Evanston, they are a step closer with the new law. Jacob Huebert, the company’s attorney in the lawsuit, said he was pleased to see Evanston change the provision. “The more experience that people have with food trucks, the more they recognize that there’s no good reason to restrict them,” Huebert said. The former Evanston ordinance existed only to benefit established restaurants in Evanston at
the expense of other businesses, Huebert said. Nuccio and Wiesen filed a lawsuit against the city on the grounds that the law was unconstitutional, as it wasn’t designed to serve any public health or safety issue. “The only time you really see discrimination against food trucks is where the restaurant industry has influence over the law,” Huebert said. Wiesen said he believes the former law was put in place to protect a larger private interest group from small businesses, such as food trucks. The new law states a food truck can operate in the city as long as they are not within 100 feet of a restaurant or 500 feet of a school. Wiesen said they have not decided where they will set up shop in Evanston. Annie Coakley, executive director of
Downtown Evanston, said that she feels Evanston residents will continue to go to established Evanston restaurants over going to food trucks for meals. “I don’t see the sustainability of a food truck craze being past 10 years or even 5 years for that matter,” Coakley said. While Coakley thinks the business is already on the decline, Wiesen was quick to point out the food truck business is thriving in major cities. “How is it that a bureaucrat can sit somewhere and say that someone should not eat this sandwich versus this one simply because this person is a larger business that chose to be in that format,” Wiesen said. “It’s completely ridiculous.” oliviazc@u.northwestern.edu
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The Wildcats missed on a number of opportunities to beat Michigan State in regulation. But when overtime hit, they got the job done. Junior forward Kassidy Gorman drilled a ball over Spartans goalkeeper Savanna Wojtanowski’s head to clinch Thursday’s game. Off freshman forward Maddy Lucas’ assist, Gorman’s goal gave Northwestern (11-1-1, 4-1-1 Big Ten) a 1-0 win over Michigan State (5-7-1, 2-4-0). With her fourth goal of the season, NU coach Michael Moynihan praised Gorman for her trust in herself. “Goal scorers have to operate with confidence,” Moynihan said. “Give (Kassidy) a lot of credit for her persistence.” Coming off a scoreless draw
against Ohio State in which they created opportunities they didn’t finish, the Cats finished Thursday’s contest with 17 shots and seven shots on goal. Gorman led the charge along with graduate midfielder Nandi Mehta, who both contributed four shots to NU’s attack. Throughout the second half, the Cats were knocking on Michigan State’s door. Gorman had a breakaway one-on-one in the 59th minute, but a kick-save from Wojtanowski kept the game scoreless. Then, with just two minutes remaining in regulation, Lucas ripped a ball that sailed just over the crossbar. In the end, NU outshot the Spartans 11-5 in the second half. W ith both junior for ward Michelle Manning and sophomore forward Brenna Lovera injured, the Cats have looked for offensive help from unusual places. After playing
two years at left back, Gorman has played up top this season, placing herself at second on the team in goals with Thursday’s winner. In addition, senior midfielder Rachel Zampa also bolstered the Cats’ offense, sliding in at forward and notching two shots for NU. The Cats’ defense continued its dominance, as the shutout was the team’s 10th clean sheet through 13 games. Junior goalkeeper Lauren Clem only needed to make one save the entire match, and aside from sophomore defender Hannah Davison’s 55th minute yellow card, NU played smart, confident defense all game. The defense set the tone for the team to dominate possession throughout the match, providing the attack with the chances it needed. Sophomore midfielder Michele Chernesky said the Cats’ full-team
effort was the difference. “Experience and mental toughness have really helped us out,” Chernesky said. “It took us until overtime to finish our chances, but we got it done, and that’s what matters.” With the win, NU jumped into third in the Big Ten with five conference matches remaining. This sets the stage for a big conference battle at home Sunday against No. 19 Michigan, who currently sits at first in the conference. The Cats are 7-0-0 at home and haven’t allowed a goal in Evanston this season. Now, thanks to Gorman, NU will have momentum on its side when it takes on the Wolverines. “At the very end, we capitalized on our opportunities,” Gorman said. “We found a way to get the ball in the back of the net.” robinsonmarkus2019@u.northwestern.edu
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Cats’ offense rolling ahead of weekend trip By COLE PAXTON
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The statistics are gaudy — fourth nationally in scoring margin, first in the Big Ten in assists — and tell a clear story: Northwestern’s offense is rolling. The No. 6 Wildcats (10-2, 4-0 Big Ten) have put together an eight-game winning streak thanks primarily to a well-oiled and diversified attack — one NU says it expects to lead to road wins Friday against Indiana (6-6, 1-2) and Sunday against No. 8 Louisville (10-2). “The ball is finding its way into the back of the net,” coach Tracey Fuchs said. “We just have people in the right places … Everybody’s doing the simple things, and it’s paying off for us.” The Cats’ two top scorers from last year, Dominique Masters and Isabel Flens, are both back this season. Though the senior midfielders again top the scoring charts for NU, the Cats have relied on goals from a variety of players, both experienced and youthful. Fifteen NU players have recorded at least one goal or assist, including all 10 regular outfield starters, and seven players have at least four goals. A different Cats player has been named Big Ten Offensive Player of the Week each of the last three weeks. “We are a team that works together. Everyone on our team can score on the offensive end,” said junior forward
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tallied five or more scores in six of the eight games. In Flens’ eyes, the Cats’ consistent success has buoyed the whole team. “This year we’ve been doing a really good job, and the coaches as well, of getting a lot of people in and getting them minutes, getting them confidence,” said Flens, the Big Ten Offensive Player of the Week this week. “I hope that people are able to see what’s working this year, playing together as a team.” This weekend’s opponents will provide NU with tricky tests. The Cats lost at unranked Indiana last year, and
Louisville lost close, competitive games to both No. 2 Duke and No. 4 Syracuse earlier this season. Nonetheless, Massey is unconcerned. She expects NU, fourth nationally in goals per game, to roll on, just as it has for the past several weeks. “We’ve shown recently that we can keep going. We’re just taking it one game at a time,” Massey said. “We’re starting on our front foot, which is really important to us. It’s just very exciting to see where the season’s going to go.”
Pascale Massey, who received the conference award Sep. 27. “We’re all trying to focus on the shooting alley and getting shots off.” NU has also taken outstanding advancolepaxton2019@u.northwestern.edu tage of its scoring opportunities. Against Rutgers last Friday, the Cats scored five goals on six shots on frame, and NU took down then-No. 4 Penn State on Sep. 23 despite allowing more than twice as many penalty corners as it earned. The Cats have been particularly ruthless on corners. After struggling mightily to convert corners in close losses last season, NU’s revamped unit, led by the experienced seniors Flens and Masters, has capitalized regularly on its opportunities. “Our corner execution is as good as it’s ever been,” Fuchs said. “Izzy and Dom have been our corner shooters for three years. We’ve been really consistent … and they’re putting the ball on the cage.” In their extended winning streak, the Daily file photo by Jacob Morgan Cats have been remarkably consistent offensively. NU has scored at least three Elena Curley runs with the ball. The junior midfielder is one of seven Northwestern goals in every game of the stretch and players with four or more goals so far this season.
Bad teams in good company MAX SCHUMAN
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Even after a 38-31 win over Iowa that was more convincing than the scoreline indicates, Northwestern probably isn’t a very good team. The Wildcats struggle with consistency, are dealing with injuries on defense, a talent deficit on offense and have a dreadful home loss to 2-3 FCS team Illinois State on their resume. At this point, a successful season for NU would end in the Pinstripe Bowl, not exactly something to write home about. But the Cats are not alone as also-rans in college football. In fact, that group might be bigger now than ever. Just five weeks into the season, the list of serious contenders for the College Football Playoff is down to less than ten. Traditional powerhouses like Florida State, Michigan State and Notre Dame have had questionable, at best, starts to the season, while teams like Tennessee have covered up shaky play with copious amounts of luck. Predictably excellent teams are few and far between. The system embraces this. Last year, four teams were given a chance to win a national title in the Playoff. Meanwhile, 76 others won some bowl gifts and a chance to play in a random city for a corporate-sponsored title that doesn’t mean much. No other sport rewards so many teams for the accomplishment of winning as often as they lose, but, in college football, it almost makes sense. That all sounds bleak, but it leads to the glorious mess that unfolds across the country every year. When every team has flaws, every game is in doubt. Crazy, stupid, wonderful upsets abound. Teams like NU in 2015, specialists in being just good enough to beat the opponent, get to have magical 10-win seasons and dream big for a brief moment. Cats fans are seeing the other side of life this year, and it isn’t as pretty. But in the mediocre middle of college football, one team’s down year is another team’s banner year — and every NU loss gives life to something special for the Western Michigans and Nebraskas of the world. Few teams will challenge Alabama and Ohio State this season. The Cats certainly won’t. The rest of the season will probably be worth watching anyway. Max Schuman is a McCormick junior. He can be contacted at maxschuman2018@u.northwestern.edu. If you would like to respond publicly to this column, send a letter to the editor to opinion@dailynorthwestern.com. Views expressed in this piece do not necessarily reflect the views of all staff members of the Daily Northwestern.