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University plans to create acting MFA Master’s program added to School of Communication By MADDIE BURAKOFF
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When Barbara O’Keefe started as the dean of Northwestern’s School of Communication in 2000, she said creating a Master of Fine Arts program in acting was part of her first strategic plan. The School of Communication offers other master’s programs in theater — including directing, stage design and writing — but acting remains a “missing piece,” O’Keefe told The Daily on Friday. However, that will change soon, she said. “To be a competitive theater program in this century, to provide the kind of synergistic education we want to provide ... we’ve decided we need to build an MFA program in acting,” she said. “We’re working on it right now.” Though details of the program are still in the works, O’Keefe said she hopes to have an inaugural class of eight students in place by September 2019. Communication Prof. Harvey Young, chair of the theater department, said a draft proposal for the program is currently under review by the department. The program will need approval from the School of Communication, the graduate school and Provost Jonathan Holloway, but Young said he is “optimistic” the proposal will succeed. Young said it is important to
ensure the graduate program will have no negative impact on undergraduate theater students. “We want to make sure we build a program that on its own is dynamic, that attracts the very best graduate students and gives them the opportunities to succeed,” Young said. “Our commitment is that that program operate independently, so that it has its own spaces and production opportunities.” To provide adequate space for the new acting students, as well as other graduate students in the School of Communication, O’Keefe said NU is creating a center in downtown Chicago. The space will be located on the second floor of Abbott Hall — a building that is already part of NU’s Chicago campus — and renovations should be complete by 2019, she said. Plans for the space include several acting studios, a performance black box and a motion-capture studio, Young said. The center will have facilities for all of NU’s theater MFA programs and the MFA in documentary media, said Kerry Trotter, communication director for the School of Communication. Faculty for the new MFA program will likely come from outside hires, so the undergraduate program will not lose professors to the graduate school, she added. To raise money for the downtown center and the MFA program, the School of Communication will host a gala show in April, bringing well-known » See ACTING, page 5
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Brian d’Arcy James (Communication ’90) performs at a celebration concert for Evanston nonprofit Over the Rainbow. Before the performance, the organization honored several people who assisted OTR, which provides accessible housing to people with physical disabilities.
NU alums perform at fundraiser Celebration concert to benefit local accessible housing nonprofit By GABBY BIRENBAUM
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When Arlington Heights resident Courtney Stocking graduated college, she said she and her father began apartment hunting, looking at more than 1,000 places. Stocking, who uses a wheelchair, said buildings that claimed to be
wheelchair-accessible often lacked elevators or ample bathroom space. After she eventually found housing, she continued advocating for those who face similar challenges by working with Over The Rainbow, an organization that provides affordable and accessible housing for those with physical disabilities in Illinois. “I became involved and told my story about my accessible
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Artwork from at-risk youth displayed at Curt’s Café in Evanston By SAMANTHA HANDLER
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When Evanston artist Kathy Pilat saw an art show featuring people’s experiences with racism, she said she realized the importance of understanding these stories. Building on that knowledge, she began working with men at Curt’s Café North — a workforce training program for atrisk youth — to showcase their own narratives. Pilat said she encouraged eight students to draw selfportraits and write a few paragraphs below the artwork describing their experiences with racism. She displayed the drawings at Curt’s Café North, 2922 Central St., and plans to have new students add their own portraits and stories » See ART, page 5
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Students draw portraits and write about their experiences with racism. The works were displayed at Curt’s Café North, 2922 Central St.
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living needs,” Stocking told The Daily. “I came and toured different buildings and said what wouldn’t work as far as accessibility.” Stocking and others were honored at OTR’s 28th Anniversary Celebration Benefit Concert on Sunday at Galvin Recital Hall. The event also featured a performance by Northwestern alumni Brian d’Arcy James (Communication ’90)
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Evanston Township High School administrators and members of the student newspaper staff decided to redistribute a section on marijuana use in the Oct. 27 issue after it was removed from circulation. ETHS senior Michael Colton, a co-executive editor for The Evanstonian, said the student staff met with administrators Friday to discuss their options. The upcoming paper will include a disclaimer in the introduction stating the newspaper staff and school administration do not support marijuana use. It will also have an infographic depicting the health and legal consequences of marijuana. The Sept. 22 issue of The Evanstonian was initially confiscated and taken down from the newspaper’s website after administrators determined a series of articles in the section, “The Pot Thickens…,” glorified
and Dan Lipton (Bienen ’97) to benefit OTR’s apartment communities. James recently starred as King George III in “Hamilton,” both on and off Broadway, and as Andy Baker in the popular Netflix series “13 Reasons Why.” At the celebration concert, he performed everything from Broadway show tunes to Billy Joel for » See CONCERT, page 5 drug use, promoted drug dealing and encouraged ideas detrimental to students. ETHS Principal Marcus Campbell said in a Wednesday statement that although state and federal laws allow student journalists free speech rights, they are restricted. He said school administrators can impose limits if they feel the students’ work violates school policy or condones illegal acts. After meeting with the student staff, Campbell told The Daily in an email that the paper will be redistributed because the students “worked hard” on it and deserve to showcase their work. Colton said the newspaper staff members brought the changes to the table themselves in response to the administration’s concerns. However, he said, he wished the administration left these publishing decisions to the staff. “It’s reasonable that we need to provide more balance, and we’re going to do so,” Colton said. “It’s just a matter of coming to that decision on our own rather than the administration doing so for us.” — Amelia Langas
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Residents gather to raise breast cancer awareness By MEILYNN SHI
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In a small dance studio decorated with pink balloons and pink roses, roughly 40 community members, mostly black women, gathered Sunday to raise awareness of the fight against breast cancer. The event, held at the Fleetwood-Jourdain Community Center, 1655 Foster St., was organized by Kimberly Holmes-Ross, CEO of Life in Progress, an independent consulting firm that aims to give back to communities. Holmes-Ross, a black woman, told The Daily she decided to host the event in observation of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, after realizing so many of her close friends had been diagnosed with breast cancer. Holmes-Ross said she used “five E’s” –– education, examination, experience, eating and exercise –– to create programming that would empower women, especially women of color. “In the Chicago urban area, (black women are) 62 percent more likely to die from this disease than white women,” Holmes-Ross said. “That’s just crazy. And that’s because of either no treatment or late diagnosis, or just not being aware of the things you can do to keep yourself healthy, or to get these mammograms.” In addition to talks led by survivors, health professionals and financial counselors, the event included a healthy cooking class and a belly dancing class. Girl Scouts from Kingsley Elementary
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Evanston resident and breast cancer survivor Paula Williams speaks Sunday at the Fleetwood-Jourdain Community Center. Roughly 40 community members attended the event, which was held to raise awareness of the fight against breast cancer.
School also came to distribute handmade bracelets and key chains with pink ribbon charms. Evanston resident Paula Williams, a breast cancer survivor invited to speak at the event, said people should make sure to prioritize their health. Because of her busy schedule, she said she
put off getting mammograms until it was too late and she was diagnosed with stage 2 breast cancer. “Nobody wants to admit that they don’t take care of themselves,” she said. “It’s not easy to say, ‘I’m not taking care of me.’ That could be your death sentence.”
police received a report around 10 p.m. on Saturday that a person was hit in the 1700 block of Dodge Avenue. The man was found unconscious in the road with multiple injuries. Dugan said he was in critical condition when Evanston Fire Department officials transported him to Evanston Hospital, where he was stabilized by emergency room staff. The Evanston resident suffered exterior
head and facial injuries with a lacerated abdomen, Dugan said. The driver, an 18-year-old man, was located at the scene and passed sobriety tests. Dugan said the Major Crash Assistance Team responded to the accident, but the cause is still under investigation. No tickets have been issued at this time.
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Many women with breast cancer are ashamed of seeming weak and helpless, Williams said. She urged community members to admit they are struggling with their health. Williams added that she hopes more people will understand the importance of regular checkups and share their stories to promote increased dialogue about breast cancer. Donna Thomas, a pastor at the Greater Works Church of God, also said dialogue is crucial to educating all people about breast cancer. “We need to learn to enlighten not only each other but enlighten other women of all age and culture because cancer knows no age or culture,” Thomas said. To engage more community members and kick off the event, Holmes-Ross invited people last week to hang pink ribbons on a tree outside Ebony Barber Shop, 1702 Dodge Ave., for a suggested donation of $1. People could write messages on the ribbons dedicated to loved ones who had any form of cancer, Holmes-Ross said. She added that the ribbon hanging raised about $100, all of which will be donated to Susan G. Komen, a nonprofit that funds breast cancer research and advocacy programs. “It’s huge and it’s bigger than us, but I think we have the power to do something and help people advocate for their own health,” she said. “Sometimes you just need a way to do it or a motivating factor to do it. We hope we’re going to be that.” meilynnshi2020@u.northwestern.edu
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Alok Vaid-Menon said they did not start to identify as transgender because they wanted to be a woman, but because they wanted to reclaim their femininity “from the women who stole it.” “There’s a difference,” Vaid-Menon said. “What you learn when you learn your history is that people like me once led our people, but then when the British and the French and the Dutch and the Portuguese came and colonized us, the first people they killed upon point of contact was gender nonconforming transfeminine people, was us.” Vaid-Menon, a Malayali gender nonconforming artist who uses “they/them/their” pronouns, spoke Friday about the challenges transgender people of color face. Vaid-Menon spoke in Lutkin Hall as the fall speaker at an event hosted by the Asian Pacific American Coalition and South Asian Student Alliance. Asian American Studies Prof. Douglas Ishii, who moderated the event, told The Daily that Vaid-Menon’s work reveals the need for intersectional perspectives that go beyond “superficial naming” of terms and identities, which Vaid-Menon discussed in their performance. “It was a great success,” Ishii said. “I loved the turn-out. I loved the engagement that audience members had, and I loved the performance of course.” Communication senior Dominique Teoh told The Daily he did not know what to expect going into the event, but was “blown away” by Vaid-Menon’s performance. Teoh said he knew a few gender nonconforming people in his family. “Personally I am very gender-conforming, at least in my experiences,” he said. “For me, it’s just been really good to learn more about outlooks and experiences and … how that might reflect the experiences of people in my
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Gender-nonconforming artist Alok Vaid-Menon speaks to students about the challenges transgender people face. They also performed poetry at the event in Lutkin Hall on Friday, sponsored by the Asian Pacific American Coalition and South Asian Student Alliance.
life who are going through similar things.” Vaid-Menon used a combination of spokenword poetry and stand-up comedy to discuss their experiences with identity and oppression imposed by Western society. They said colonization has led to the suppression of Asian cultures, which in turn have caused transgender communities to be alienated. “My ancestors were colonized twice,” VaidMenon said. “Once by the white man, and then by our own people who pretended overnight that they were not once worshipping us, too.”
Once they started to learn their own history — not “white history” — Vaid-Menon said they found that gender was imposed by Christianity and Western society. Vaid-Menon said they should not have to choose to be either a man or a woman because gender is an “artificial equation.” “The true nature of gender is that it is inherently non-binary and fluid,” Vaid-Menon said. “And if you think that your gender is binary and fixed, then you are the one who’s the exception, not me.” samanthahandler2021@u.northwestern.edu
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How Northwestern made fraternity life too big to fail SHANE MCKEON
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In this series, a writer examines the history and influence of Northwestern fraternities — and proposes what to do about it. He is a former member of an IFC chapter. What if I told you our university set aside 15 of its buildings — 15 beautiful, spacious brick houses — for 15 groups whose practices diverge wildly from some of the University’s professed values? What if these communities, allowed to flourish over decades within these brick walls, were built on homogeny and exclusivity rather than diversity and inclusion? What if we learned that, inside those walls, our peers face hazing, assault and druggings? What if, despite all that, we continued to set aside ample space for this culture to flourish? It boggles my mind to consider how massive and above-reproach Northwestern’s fraternity system is. Roughly 1,300 men belong to Interfraternity Council chapters, a huge chunk of the 38 percent of NU students who are Greek-affiliated. These are numbers so huge that the system has its own gravitational pull, and a feedback loop has developed: When freshmen find out how many students are in
Greek life, many begin to believe “Everybody does it,” and/or “I won’t have friends if I don’t join,” and/ or “It’s different here.” This pressure leads many freshmen to join — including many of us who criticize Greek life — and the Greek population remains massive, its momentum propelling it forth to another year. It remains so big that alternatives seem inconceivable. We start to believe that we could never develop a different way to organize our social lives. Tragically, many of us give up and pay in. But fraternity men aren’t solely to blame for the dominance of fraternity life. They, like most people, join the communities available to them. Fraternities and sororities are the most established, entrenched social organizations on campus. Generally, we prefer to join existing communities rather than develop our own. Students go Greek because Greek life is what’s here, it’s what’s visible. So, how did we get here? In the beginning, Northwestern needed fraternities as much as fraternities needed Northwestern. From the University’s founding in 1851 until the 1910s or so, there was virtually no on-campus housing for students. NU had not yet become the uber-wealthy, $9 billion-endowment institution it is today. In those years, it was a small liberal arts school of modest means where students had to find their own room and board. In a vacuum, fraternities emerged and rented off-campus houses, according to a 70-page history of Northwestern fraternities compiled by a student in the 1960s available in the University Archives. They offered students a home and a space to eat.
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They also were some of the first places Northwestern students had to socialize. Evanston was a sleepy town, and in those houses students could meet new people and occupy some hours not spent in class. By the end of the 19th century, almost 20 Greek organizations had launched at NU. Then along came Abram Harris. As far as I can tell, there is no man more responsible for the entrenchment of frats at Northwestern than Harris, the University’s president from 1906 to 1916. Harris was a fraternity man, an active member of Alpha Delta Phi and honors fraternity Phi Beta Kappa, as well as a founding member of Phi Kappa Phi, an honors fraternity he helped launch at the University of Maine. “I am of the opinion that fraternities will always include a large proportion of the young men at the university, probably an increasing proportion,” Harris told trustees in 1907. “If it were practicable, I would be glad to see them include the whole body of young men.” During Harris’s tenure, NU’s football team, which years earlier had been a powerhouse, had seven consecutive years of losing records. This in part inspired the University to launch the “More Men Campaign,” a concerted effort to attract more male students. Toward that end, the University decided to build houses for men on North Campus. On-campus housing was rather limited before this, and the building campaign was the University’s most ambitious to date. This had consequences. The main beneficiaries of the construction were
Men, please stop and be better listeners MARIANA ALFARO
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Like many women, I heard about Harvey Weinstein and, though it hurt me, I was not surprised. I saw hundreds of #MeToo posts on social media and felt pain but, again, no surprise. I even thought of posting my own #MeToo story, but did not want to open up to concerned Facebook friends and have to explain myself. After a while of sifting through so many familiar stories, I decided to give the internet a break. So much has already been said about the disgusting system of harassment, sexism and abuse women perpetually face in society — in their offices, at school, in the “safety” of their own homes — that I do not know what else I can add to the conversation. Most of those who are willing to listen understand our anger, our fear. Those who refuse to listen should not be dismissed as lost causes but also, who wants to engage in a discussion about sexism and sexual harassment with a person unwilling to understand the system that led us here in the first place? Not only is explaining yourself exhausting, but having to defend your identity — and the experiences that shaped it — could physically cause pain. Personally, in more ways than one — and definitely not just relating to sexual aggression — men have managed to take spaces I cherish and turn them into complete nightmares. Soccer games that I wanted to enjoy in peace were disrupted by a drunken dude groping my ass.
Streets I used to frequent until creepy sasquatches commented on my hair, hips and skin color. Classrooms where I thought my ideas were valuable, only to have a classmate mansplain things to me, as if I paid to have the class taught by him and not the professor. Even my newsroom, the place where I’ve spent most of my college days, wasn’t safe from the stabbing pain of having less experienced, less knowledgeable men try to tell me how to do my job. Even as I politely try to advise younger, male writers, I am rebuffed, without regard for my position as their editor. They only listen when a male editor approaches them, most of the time, saying the exact thing I said minutes before. This is not a hit piece on men. It also is not, obviously, a generalization of “all” men, because God knows I have great men in my life — men who have mentored me, men who have taught me many things, men who love me, men who have consoled me after other men have hurt me and men who do the littlest things to make me feel better after a bad day. This is a reflection on our society and what brought us here — apathy toward women’s thoughts, emotions and a complete disregard for their dignity. The other day, a man in my class questioned why Hillary Clinton wore a white pantsuit in an ad aired the day before the election. A woman politely answered “because suffragettes used to wear white clothes.” To this, the man answered “and guys are supposed to know that?” Maybe I imagined it, but I swear I heard the collective sigh of all the women in my classroom. We all knew that he was unwilling to listen, and we weren’t about to spend 15 minutes of class
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explaining such a simple concept to him. How hard is it to stop and listen? How embedded is it in our system that men feel selfrighteous enough to ignore women, and women are expected to silently agree to being ignored and being misheard? Me politely suggesting edits doesn’t give you permission to disregard my authority, me wearing tight pants doesn’t mean I want your hands on my body, me saying “yes” to one thing doesn’t mean “yes” to another. I do not want to equate sexual harassment and assault to discrimination at work or in public spaces. Though they are all different levels of intimidation falling under the umbrella of sexism and violence, they must be discussed and dissected separately and constantly. The first steps toward this involve opening your brain and heart and listening. They involve being mature enough to recognize that you are not always right. It is realizing that sometimes your actions are microaggressions, even if that wasn’t what you intended. It is knowing that you, as a man, could hold certain privileges that women and gender nonconforming people do not have. I was heartbroken but hopeful after reading #MeToo posts. Heartbroken for the people who told their stories, but hopeful that maybe now people will start listening. Mariana Alfaro is a Medill senior. She can be contacted at alfaro@u.northwestern.edu. If you would like to respond publicly to this column, send a Letter to the Editor to opinion@dailynorthwestern.com. The views expressed in this piece do not necessarily reflect the views of all staff members of The Daily Northwestern.
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fraternities: The University leased them land and built them houses that remain today. In other words, Northwestern endorsed and enabled (and still does) the frats’ entrenchment. Fraternity men’s continued occupation of these spaces, these fortresses, have given them a sprawling influence on social life. The University also continues to benefit from this symbiotic relationship, especially now that students must live on campus for their first two years. The more students who live in Greek houses (of which there are — wait for it — 28 on campus) the fewer students are dependent on Northwestern’s residential and dining halls. This means less wear-and-tear on dorms, less food needed in the cafeterias, fewer staff required and so on. Last year, The Daily asked President Morton Schapiro whether he thought Greek life could ever be “entirely disbanded” at Northwestern. “I think it’s really pretty unlikely,” Schapiro said. “I think they have a thousand beds.” To some extent, we inherit this arrangement — these 1,000 Greek beds — from decisions made decades ago by men like Abram Harris. But it’s not just that. It’s also a decision made every year to let tradition continue to rule, a decision empowered by administrators, alumni and students alike. Shane McKeon is a Medill senior. He can be contacted at shanem@u.northwestern.edu. If you would like to respond publicly to this column, send a Letter to the Editor to opinion@dailynorthwestern.com. The views expressed in this piece do not necessarily reflect the views of all staff members of The Daily Northwestern.
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about 90 minutes after an awards ceremony that honored Stocking, among others. OTR was founded by a group of parents in Des Plaines, Illinois, 43 years ago. They established a thrift store to fund their goal of creating independent housing for their children, who had physical disabilities. Chicago resident Patricia Phillips, who works in support services at Hill Arboretum Apartments in Evanston, told The Daily she joined OTR last April. Before joining the organization, Phillips said she didn’t know the extent of possible housing services for people with physical disabilities. “I’ve just learned so much over the past year and a half,” Phillips told The Daily. “Being able to access services for them (makes me) feel good.” OTR oversees accessible apartments in Chicago, Evanston, Waukegan and other locations in Illinois. The organization will open a new apartment complex in Des Plaines to 33 residents next month, said Joe Gustafson, who presented Stocking with an award named after his grandparents, Donald and Susan Gustafson.
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From page 1 to the series. “Giving (a) voice to any kind of hurtful experience can be helpful,” Pilat said. “Art can be a place to hold those kinds of feelings, and it’s important for the public to be able to hear their stories.” Pilat said Ben Blount, an Evanston-based designer and printer, inspired her with his February show at the 1100 Florence Gallery. Blount drew a series of portraits depicting stereotypes about people of color, but displayed peoples’ firstperson narratives about racism along with each drawing. When Pilat’s students finished their project, she sent the work to Blount. Pilat said she wants to work with Blount to compile the students’ stories into a book. “Seeing people’s stories unadulterated is really powerful,” Blount said. “It really humanizes people. You get to see them share a part of them that you wouldn’t typically see. If you know them you wouldn’t necessarily get that piece out of a conversation.” Blount said the stories “have to get in front of more people.” Though most of the students aren’t
The couple, who are both NU alumni, helped build the city’s Hill Arboretum Apartments, Joe Gustafson said. He added that their son, Robert Gustafson, has lived in the complex since 1991, and that his grandparents could be found helping at Hill every day. During the awards ceremony, Joe Gustafson honored Stocking, the Arlington Heights resident. He paid tribute to her work that helped the new Des Plaines apartment come to fruition, and he also honored Arlington Heights resident Mike LoCascio for his advocacy. Stocking and LoCascio volunteered to speak at Des Plaines City Council meetings to help convince citizens and board members to support the construction of Midtown Crossing Apartments, Joe Gustafson said. Although James’ performance was the main event, Joe Gustafson reminded the audience of the importance of honorees like Stocking and LoCascio. “They were pivotal in changing the hearts and minds of people at the City Council meetings in Des Plaines,” Joe Gustafson said. “We are deeply indebted to them for their support.”
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From page 1 Communication alumni from Hollywood and Broadway to perform, O’Keefe said. Stephen Colbert (Communication ’86) will host the gala, O’Keefe said.Though she could not confirm other performers, she said “just about everybody you’ve heard of ” will attend. The gala will be part of a weekend of events, O’Keefe said, with plans for a Waa-Mu Show preview, an a cappella sing-off and reunions for alumni of various student groups. O’Keefe said she was inspired by a similar 1980 fundraiser for what is now The Virginia Wadsworth Wirtz Center for the Performing Arts. That gala brought stars like Charlton Heston and AnnMargret, who attended NU from 1959 to 1960, back to campus. Young said the 2018 gala will hopefully inspire the same enthusiasm that surrounded the original.
“The goal is to recreate that gala … (and) show the world again just how extraordinary our current and former students are,” Young said. There has been a need for an MFA in acting for years, O’Keefe said. Other graduate theater students are “handicapped” by the lack of graduate actors to work with, she said, and the graduate theater program can’t be accurately ranked without the acting component. Now that the recently-completed renovations to the Wirtz Center provide undergraduates sufficient space and the downtown center is being created, O’Keefe said she is able to fulfill her “dream” of building the MFA program. “Finally, the undergraduate facilities are sufficiently sized and equipped that we can do the job we need to do for the existing programs,” O’Keefe said. “We can think about a program that doesn’t exist yet.” madelineburakoff2020@u.northwestern.edu
gabriellebirenbaum2021@u.northwestern.edu professional artists, he said seeing their drawings are still “pretty amazing.” Pilat, a former art teacher at New Trier High School, said the men she works with at Curt’s Café range in age from 16 to 21. Cafe owner Susan Trieschmann said the work Pilat does is “amazing” and allows students to “dig a little deeper” into their past. “A lot of our young men are working through PTSD, so through art therapy they really can put what’s in their hearts onto paper, which is sometimes easier than to speak the words,” Trieschmann said. Curt’s Café staff and volunteers also help students gain life and job skills that lead to employment, Trieschmann said. She said a lot of the students have “been in touch with” the judicial system and spent some time in prison. Pilat said volunteering at Curt’s Café has allowed her to gain more insight about her students. “I listen to their stories and try to understand,” Pilat said. “By having the public read their stories they might gain a little insight and perspective, too.” samanthahandler2021@u.northwestern.edu
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Northwestern’s winning streak ends over weekend No. 9 Michigan State
By ELLA BROCKWAY
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Before Northwestern’s Friday night Big Ten matchup against No. 9 Michigan State, junior midfielder Camden Buescher said the first 15 minutes would be the most important, and that if the Wildcats could hold the Spartans scoreless in that span, they’d have a better chance of winning. In a cruel twist of irony for NU, it was not the first 15 minutes, but the final 15, that killed the Cats. NU (5-10-0, 1-6-0 Big Ten) conceded goals in the 77th and 87th minutes and fell 2-0 to Michigan State (11-2-2, 5-0-2 Big Ten) on Friday night in its final home contest of the conference season. The loss snapped its three-game win streak and marked the fourth time this season it conceded a goal with less than two minutes left in regulation. “We got the game we thought we were going to get,” coach Tim Lenahan said. “We can’t give up the late goal, which basically seals the game. It really comes down to making a play, and certainly, they made the play.” The Cats balanced their pre-match goals of pressing forward their attack and containing Michigan State on the defensive end in the first half. NU earned three corner kicks in the first 14 minutes of
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the match, but was unable to convert on any scoring chances off the early set pieces. Its best offensive opportunities came at the start of the second half on a free kick from sophomore midfielder Mattias Tomasino and a header from sophomore forward Mac Mazzola. “I thought we started off well in the second half,” Mazzola said. “Then the game kind of settled in and they started taking it to us a little bit. We tried to sit in and attack when we could, but they just got the better of us.” The Cats struggled to find an offensive rhythm after those two early opportunities, and were forced to contain the Spartans’ offense. NU held Michigan State scoreless for just over 30 minutes in the second half before Spartans defender Michael Pimlott scored in the 77th minute. Michigan State scored again in the 87th minute when forward DeJuan Jones sent the ball into the middle, allowing forward Ryan Sierakowski to score. “We knew that they would start coming at us in the second half,” senior goalkeeper Francisco
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Francisco Tomasino kicks the ball. The senior goalkeeper and the Wildcats lost 2-0 to No. 9 Michigan State on Friday.
Tomasino said. “Especially with the wind coming at us, it was a little harder for us to come out. They made the most of an opportunity and from there, we were just trying to play catch up.” Friday’s loss makes the final two games on the regular season schedule even more important for the Cats. NU will face Loyola in a Chicago derby game Tuesday afternoon in its regular season home finale before closing conference play at Penn State.
Though the Wildcats are guaranteed a spot in the Big Ten Tournament, a win over the Nittany Lions would earn them the No. 7 seed and allow them to avoid the first round play-in game. “Some teams are playing for championships,” Lenahan said. “We joke that we’re playing for relegation.” ellabrockway2021@u.northwestern.edu
NU study: Most African Americans find BLM effective By MADDIE BURAKOFF
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A study conducted by Northwestern’s new Center for the Study of Diversity and Democracy showed the majority of African Americans consider the Black Lives Matter movement to be effective. The study, published Tuesday, was the center’s first since it officially launched in May. Results showed that 81 percent of African Americans surveyed thought the movement was at least “moderately effective,” and 52 percent thought it was “very effective” or “extremely effective.”The data, collected over a 12-day period, included 815 African-American respondents from 39 states and the District of Columbia. Most previous surveys have included only “very tiny samples” of people of color, political science Prof. Alvin Tillery, the center’s director, told The Daily. “What I wanted to do with this study was to do a poll that focused exclusively on African-American
attitudes, and to have a larger sample than has ever been done before,” said Tillery, who is the principal investigator on the study. Though the method of polling did not allow for a margin of error calculation, Tillery said he took “great pains” to make sure the sample resembled the United States’ black population. In addition to studying the effectiveness of Black Lives Matter, the survey explored ways to make the movement better, Tillery said. Respondents “overwhelmingly” thought the movement should have a single national leader, he said. The survey showed that Colin Kaepernick was the most popular choice to lead the movement, with 27 percent of respondents favoring him over other activists like Alicia Garza and DeRay Mckesson. Tillery said he was “somewhat surprised” that Kaepernick was so highly favored, but that President Donald Trump’s reaction to Kaepernick’s protests probably drove up his name recognition. Medill Prof. Larry Stuelpnagel, one of the center’s affiliated faculty members, said media coverage following Kaepernick’s kneeling during the national
anthem last season missed the point. Stuelpnagel, who also teaches political science, said coverage has focused too heavily on whether taking a knee is patriotic, which is a “disservice” to the conversation about race relations. “(Media coverage) could be an opportunity to take a deeper look into the point of view of African Americans, the reasons behind Black Lives Matter and the reasons behind Kaepernick and other players taking a knee,” Stuelpnagel said. The survey also found that 59 percent of respondents have never participated in a Black Lives Matter protest, and 44 percent saw the movement as “not active at all” in their own neighborhoods. A majority of respondents said they participated in the movement on social media, but not by attending meetings or fundraisers. The contrast between respondents’ positive views of Black Lives Matter and low participation in the movement may have to do with the rise of “hashtag activism,” Tillery said. “People going on social media, believing they can have just as much of an impact by posting a hashtag
or posting a photo as they can by giving money (or) raising awareness through direct action campaigns … That’s really something that’s part of the millennial generation’s views on activism,” Tillery said. “But it’s not really the kind of activism that wins movements.” Tillery said he hopes Kaepernick and Black Lives Matter activists see the study and know they are “appreciated,” but also understand ways to strengthen the movement. The center hopes to raise funds for a flash polling and data analytics program that would produce at least one survey per quarter, Tillery added. He said he wants the center’s research to analyze the “diversity climate” in the U.S. and ultimately be able to “predict the next Charlottesville.” “Our mission as a whole is to stimulate research, civic engagement and a national conversation about diverse democracy,” Tillery said. “We’re hoping to do research that’s on the cutting edge, that’s publicfacing and to make Northwestern a hub where these conversations are being driven nationally.” madelineburakoff2020@u.northwestern.edu
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FIELD HOCKEY
Wildcats miss out on chance to win Big Ten title By BRETT HAENSEL
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Northwestern finished its regular season in a three-way tie for second place in the Big Ten after splitting its weekend schedule against a pair of Michigan-based opponents. The No. 8 Wildcats (13-5, 6-2 Big Ten) came into the weekend with a chance to secure a share of the conference title, but No. 4 Michigan (15-2, 8-0) dashed those hopes with a 1-0 victory Friday in Ann Arbor. “Michigan is a really tough team,” junior forward Pascale Massey said. “In the Michigan game we really needed to put (opportunities) away, but unfortunately we didn’t.” The Cats played the Big Ten leaders tight for the duration of the game, only to concede a late goal after Katie Trombetta’s shot deflected off a NU
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defender and past sophomore goaltender Annie Kalfas. The Cats registered just seven total shots, well below their average of 16 per game. NU bounced back two days later with an offensive onslaught against Michigan State (8-10, 2-6), dominating the Spartans in an 8-2 win on Senior Day. While scoring opportunities may have been at a premium in Friday’s loss against the Wolverines, they certainly were abundant in Sunday’s return to Lakeside Field. NU outshout Michigan State 22-6 and drew nine more penalty corners than the Spartans. “We know we’re going to get our chances,” coach
Tracey Fuchs said. “Today we were really patient and worked the ball. We were able to draw a lot of corners, and really that was the difference in the game.” Though Michigan State started the scoring just over a minute into the contest, the Cats rebounded and showed their offensive prowess with six consecutive first-half goals. Massey accounted for half of the Cats’ firstperiod scoring output –– her hat trick adding to her team-leading 12 goals. Star junior midfielder Puck Pentenga closed out the regular season with a goal and two assists, giving her a Big Ten-leading 16 assists on the year.
“We really just wanted to come out strong,” Pentenga said. “We didn’t really start the way we wanted to, but I think we really picked it up the rest of the game.” Pentenga and NU will now look toward postseason play, as they begin with the first round of the Big Ten Tournament next week. After a strong regular season showing, the Cats earned home field advantage for next weekend’s quarterfinal match against Rutgers. NU has been perfect in front of its home crowd thus far, winning all eight games it’s hosted this year. Despite missing out on a Big Ten regular season title, Fuchs said the Cats are confident going into the conference tournament. “Our goal all season was to win a Big Ten title, and we can do that in the next few weeks,” Fuchs said. “We just need to be ready to play next Sunday and take care of business.” bretthaensel2021@u.northwestern.edu
VOLLEYBALL
Losing streak stretches to 5 as Northwestern falls twice By PETER WARREN
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Following an inconsistent showing last weekend, Northwestern needed more consistency and success during its road trip west to Nebraska and Iowa. While the team did exhibit cohesiveness, the Wildcats (12-10, 2-8 in Big Ten) were still swept in both their contests this weekend. First, NU travelled to Lincoln to play a No. 7 Nebraska (16-4, 9-1) team riding a 21-game home winning streak. The Cats became the Cornhuskers’ 22nd victim as they fell in three sets 25-20, 25-15, 25-12 in front of more than 8,000 people. NU came out strong in the first set against the Cornhuskers. The Cats jumped out to an 18-15 lead, but Nebraska bounced back. The Cornhuskers scored 10 of 12 points to swing the lead in their direction and win the set with ease. In the second and third sets, Nebraska jumped
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out to quick leads that were too much for the Cats to handle. After falling behind 5-0 in the second set, NU could only trim the deficit to three points. In the third set, the Cornhuskers went up 6-0 and the Cats could only close the gap to four. “I would like to see the team … keep the same energy, same momentum that we have in the first set throughout the game,” freshman middle hitter Alana Walker said. “We always start off strong. If we start off strong every set, we will put ourselves in a better position.” Saturday, NU also fell to Iowa (15-8, 4-6) in straight sets 25-23, 25-21, 25-18. In the first set, each team went back-and-forth in a game of runs as
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the Hawkeyes had one 6-point swing and the Cats had two 6-point swings. Iowa had the final run at the end, scoring three out of four points to secure the set. The second set had a similar ending, as NU cut the lead to 21-20 before the Hawkeyes scored four of five points to win the set. “We have to figure out a way for this group to finish or avoid those point runs,” coach Shane Davis said. Against Nebraska, the Cats played 12 different players, the most since Aug. 26. Sophomore middle blocker Olivia Viscuso, who played for the first time since Sept. 16, had three kills and a team-high .429 hitting percentage during
Friday’s match. Her performance off the bench impressed Davis and her fellow teammates. “Olivia did a great job coming in against Nebraska and putting up some good numbers and earned the right to start the next night as well,” Davis said. Senior outside hitter Symone Abbott, who’s currently first in the Big Ten with 4.34 kills per set, continued her ascension in the NU record books as her nine kills Friday and 13 kills Saturday moved her into fourth place in all-time career kills. Despite the Cats’ struggles, Abbott said she was encouraged by the team’s cohesiveness during the weekend. She said “everyone was on the same page” this weekend. “I like how we just stuck together the entire time, no matter what came at us or what adversity would hit us, we stayed as a team,” Abbott said. “We worked really hard and that doesn’t really show in the outcome.” peterwarren2021@u.northwestern.edu
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Wildcats down Hawkeyes in overtime behind explosive day from Jackson, impressive showing by defense
By BEN POPE
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Two crucial conversions by Northwestern — and two crucial gaffes by Iowa — gave the Wildcats a 17-10 overtime victory in a slugfestturned-thriller Saturday. Junior quarterback Clayton Thorson scrambled for 21 yards on a third-and-15 in the third quarter to set up a game-tying touchdown, then senior running back Justin Jackson evaded a series of defenders on a third-and-nine conversion in overtime to help NU punch in what proved to the game-winning score. On the other side, a false start on fourth-and-inches forced Iowa (4-3, 1-3 Big Ten) to settle for a tying field goal in the final minutes of regulation, then a wide-open drop on fourth down in overtime cost the Hawkeyes the game. The end result was a victory in the first overtime game at Ryan Field since 2007 and an above-.500 record for the Cats (4-3, 2-2) for the first time since the season’s opening week. “Great players show up in big-time
moments,” coach Pat Fitzgerald said. “We had guys step up.” Thorson finished 21-of-36 for 192 yards through the air, capped off by his overtime completion to Jackson — who tallied 131 total yards on 30 touches — that allowed the shifty runner to not only pick up the first down but get down to the one-yard line. “I saw two guys in the open field and was like, ‘Oh, they’ve got no chance (of tackling Jackson),’” Thorson said. “So I knew at that point we were getting the first down. And then he kept making plays and I was like, ‘Holy cow, we’re going to score.’” Two plays later, Thorson himself found the end zone on a touchdown plunge that put Iowa behind the eight-ball, needing to score a touchdown on its overtime possession just to force a second overtime. The visitors’ hopes of doing so collapsed when quarterback Nate Stanley’s fourth-and-three pass to
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tight end Noah Fant’s Fant bounced off chest, hit the turf and sent a large portion of the announced crowd of 40,046 home happy. Stanley had an otherwise solid outing, passing for 223 yards and recovering from an ugly interception to lead a game-tying drive — which could’ve been game-winning if not for the false start — that culminated in a 48-yard field goal with 1:30 left. Meanwhile, Iowa running back Akrum Wadley was thoroughly bottled up by a resurgent NU defensive line in the second half and finished with 90 yards. “We were focused on being able to stop the run and setting the edge and making (Wadley) cut it back up into the heart of our defense,” sophomore defensive end Joe Gaziano said. “We have linebackers … who can make plays when we make him cut it back.” Both teams had opportunities to end the game in their favor before
the fifth frame but squandered them. Iowa failed to collect any points from two first-quarter drives inside the 30-yard line and led only 7-0 at halftime despite holding a 238-107 yardage advantage at the time. Later on, after the Cats took the lead on a 30-yard field goal with 8:07 to play, NU’s offense wasted an interception by freshman safety J.R. Pace and a chance to put the game away by going four-and-out. Then, following Iowa’s tying field goal, the Cats elected to go to overtime instead of attempting a winning drive against the wind. Fitzgerald said that decision, met by boos at the time, originated from his trust in his defense — and Saturday, that trust paid off in a win. “Fitz definitely, at the end, called our name and (figuratively) said, ‘They’ve been playing well all game and I feel like they can step up,’” Gaziano said. “Making that decision put a lot of confidence in our defense to be able to go out and be able to make that stop.” benjaminpope2019@u.northwestern.edu
FOOTBALL
Cats’ defense stands tall in win Wind plays a factor in
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By TIM BALK
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In the low-scoring slugfest many expected between Northwestern and Iowa on Saturday, the Wildcats’ defense blinked last. “We knew this was going to be a battle,” coach Pat Fitzgerald said. “We knew it was going to be a struggle. We were going to have to fight for every inch.” After repeatedly stopping the visitors throughout the contest, holding Hawkeyes star running back Akrum Wadley to 83 yards in regulation and Iowa (4-3, 1-3 Big Ten) to a lonely touchdown and one 48-yard field goal, the barfight-style contest lurched into overtime. After a score from the offense, the NU (4-3, 2-2) defense stood tall one final time. Defending from their own 25-yard line, the Cats snuffed out a pair of Wadley runs, forced an incompletion on second down and found a bit of luck on fourth. Iowa quarterback Nate Stanley found wide open tight end Noah Fant — who dropped the pass, ending the game. “Pretty fortunate there,” Fitzgerald said after the 17-10 NU win. The Cats’ defense was more than merely lucky Saturday, though. And the Hawkeyes’ 10 points were the fewest NU has allowed in a Big Ten game since a win over Wisconsin on Nov. 21, 2015. Though the Cats have generally been stout this season, even in trying moments like a humbling loss to Penn State in which they muted Nittany Lions star Saquon Barkley, the win over Iowa showed the defense at its best. Much of Saturday’s success revolved around shutting down Wadley. NU had
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Montre Hartage dives for a tackle. The junior cornerback and the Wildcats’ defense allowed just 10 points Saturday against Iowa.
seen the dynamite rusher three times already, and hFitzgerald joked this week that facing the halfback year after year was the root of his graying hair. In his last visit to Evanston, Wadley rolled up 204 yards in a blowout Iowa win. This time around, the senior never found a rhythm despite a heavy workload as the Cats muzzled him for fourplus quarters. Wadley’s game-high rush was 22 yards and he averaged 3.5 yards per carry. “Iowa likes to run the ball, it’s no secret,” sophomore defensive end Joe Gaziano said. “We focus a lot on trying to make the ball cut inside of the defensive end.” With Gaziano leading the way, NU’s defensive front also swarmed the bigarmed Stanley. It rattled the signal caller on a pair of sacks, both from Gaziano, and freshman safety J.R. Pace picked off the quarterback in the fourth quarter. “Today was just a great Big Ten
defensive battle,” said Fitzgerald, who gave a vote of confidence to his stingy defense by running out the clock in regulation to send the game to overtime. “Two really good defenses. Two really physical football teams that just went toe-to-toe.” Junior linebacker Nate Hall said the Cats’ defense is continuing to grow. He pointed to areas for improvement exposed in a blowout loss to Duke in September and even in its win over Maryland a week ago. That continued development is a welcome sign for a team that will face a hulking Michigan State defense next weekend in what will likely be another grinder. “We’re learning every week,” Hall said. “We’re eliminating mistakes week-by-week. And that’s obviously showing.” timothybalk2018@u.northwestern.edu
Northwestern battled with Iowa on the ground Saturday. But above it, the Wildcats had to contend with an invisible foe — a strong wind that played a large role in coaching decisions throughout the game. Blowing toward Ryan Field’s north end zone, the gusts played havoc with the kicking game for both teams the entire day. They turned average punts into tremendous ones and made chip-shot field goals nearimpossible feats of leg strength. Nature’s impact was a big talking point after a contest that went down to the wire. NU (4-3, 2-2 Big Ten) ultimately won 17-10 in overtime, but coach Pat Fitzgerald said the wind played a major factor in many key choices that brought the Cats to that point. For example, when asked for an explanation of his choice to run out the clock with 1:30 remaining after the Hawkeyes (4-3, 1-3) knotted the score at 10 late, Fitzgerald said the elements were at the top of his mind. “I wanted to run the ball on first down, see if we could force (Iowa coach Kirk Ferentz) to take his timeouts,” Fitzgerald said. “If we got him to take his timeouts, then we could be aggressive after that, because I did not want to punt into that wind.” The Cats drove into the gusts in the second and fourth quarters Saturday. That severely limited the range of freshman kicker Charlie Kuhbander, who could be seen coming
up short on 40-yard field goals during warmups before the second half. As a result, four of NU’s six fourth down attempts came at or within Iowa’s 30, driving toward the south end zone. The Cats converted on just one of those four plays. The conditions were also a boon for both teams’ punters. Both Iowa and NU averaged better than 50 yards per punt on the day, booming kicks with the wind at their backs. Out of a host of punting highlights on the day, senior Hunter Niswander’s 80-yard boot shined the brightest. A favorable roll at the end of a long kick took the ball from the Cats’ 17 to the Hawkeyes’ 3, providing a nice boost at the start of the second half. It was the longest punt in the Big Ten so far this season. “That was a great punt by Hunter, man. That thing was bouncing, kept rolling,” junior quarterback Clayton Thorson said. “That was huge. That was another piece of momentum shifting our way.” Thorson said the wind didn’t impact the offense during the game, but Fitzgerald said it factored into many of his decisions, from a swap of punt returners to the direction of play in the overtime period. In a close game filled with critical coaching choices, the gusts became a surprise starring character. “We talked through those things pregame, we talked through it again at halftime,” Fitzgerald said. “We’re going to make decisions based on every factor that we have.” maxschuman2018@u.northwestern. edu