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Ron Braeutigam has served in his role for 11 years By ERICA SNOW
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the effort they have put in, all the work they are doing, it’s bringing good results,” Muñoz said. “I don’t think they only care about the ranking, and there are different rankings, but I’m sure they are very happy right now and it’s a reason for them to celebrate.”
Ron Braeutigam, associate provost for undergraduate education, will step down from his position at the end of this academic year, the University announced Wednesday. Following a year on leave, Braeutigam will serve as the Harvey Kapnick Professor Emeritus in the economics department, according to a news release. Braeutigam, who assumed his position in 2006, collaborated with different administrators and students to improve the undergraduate academic experience, the release said. He has served as an economics faculty member since 1975. “I’ve learned much about the student perspective from many people, among them my own daughter, Julie, who was an
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Kellogg School of Management’s Global Hub, 2211 Campus Drive. Kellogg’s full-time MBA program was ranked best in the world by The Economist.
Kellogg full-time MBA program ranks 1st The Economist puts Northwestern at top of list, beating out University of Chicago By MADDIE BURAKOFF
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Northwestern’s Kellogg School of Management has the best full-time MBA program in the world, according to The Economist’s 2017 ranking.
Kellogg has consistently risen in the publication’s annual ranking since 2013, when it was named number 23. Last year, NU was ranked second to the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, which had placed first for five consecutive years before the current rankings. The Economist judges schools
based on quantitative and qualitative data in a variety of categories, including post-graduation salary, student diversity and potential to network, according to its website. Taryn Tawoda, associate director of external communications for Kellogg, said “it is Kellogg’s policy to not comment on rankings.”
Thais Muñoz, a student enrolled in the one-year MBA program, said the ranking made her feel “proud” to be part of the school. She said she shared the results with her family, and has seen many of her friends posting about the ranking on social media. “For the school, it means all
Evanston residents Obamas, artists celebrate Chicago talk trusting police Obama Foundation Summit finale draws roughly 2,000 people Committee meets to review EPD complaint process By NIKKI BAIM
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The Citizen Police Complaint Assessment Committee emphasized its goal to establish deeper trust between Evanston police and residents at its Wednesday meeting. The committee — which held its first meeting last month — was established by Mayor Steve Hagerty to examine the Evanston Police Department’s complaint process. On Wednesday, committee members said only 17 formal complaints were filed last year to EPD due to lack of trust. They also said the police have discouraged residents from filing complaints. “A larger cultural change has to happen,” committee member Jeff Parker said. “Our larger goal here is to make sure that the citizens trust the system. … We have to make sure that officers trust
the system as well.” To build trust, Parker said, more officers should live in Evanston so they can share the culture with residents. Currently, 12 out of the 165 total officers employed by EPD live in the city, Evanston police Cmdr. Joseph Dugan told The Daily. Dugan said police do not discourage residents from filing complaints. Some complaints can be resolved at the supervisor level and don’t need to go through the whole process, he said. However, the department still documents the complaint if it is only discussed with a supervisor. “We take every complaint that comes in,” Dugan said. Committee member Karen Courtright said at the meeting that citizens are “afraid” to make complaints. She shared stories of two incidents when residents tried to file formal complaints about responding officers’ behavior, but were discouraged from doing so. “That’s sending a message,” Courtright said. “Whatever you » See TRUST, page 7
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CHICAGO — Former first lady Michelle Obama and artist Chance the Rapper — two Chicagoans — embraced each other on stage Wednesday before kickstarting a concert to celebrate Chicago and young leaders the Obama Foundation Summit brought together. “It’s just so good to be home,” Michelle Obama said. “This was the city that raised me. It is the city that connected me to the love of my life.” The concert was open to the public, attracting roughly 2,000 people to the Wintrust Arena. The event wrapped up the Obama Foundation Summit, a gathering for young civic leaders across the world to share ideas. Artists like Gloria Estefan and The National performed, each sharing their memories of Chicago in between songs. After a string of performers and celebrities –– Andra Day, Estefan, Nas, Aziz Ansari, Lena Waithe and Brandi Carlile –– Chance appeared on stage for
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Chance the Rapper performs at the Obama Foundation Summit. Before the performances started, former President Barack Obama said he was inspired by the young civic leaders he met at the Summit.
the grand finale. Chance told those who attended that former President Barack Obama approached him to curate the concert. “We got some good work
that’s going to start here in this city and going to radiate change a lot just like Chicago always has changed history,” he said. During his set, Chance also brought Francis and the Lights
on stage to perform “May I Have This Dance.” Together, the two artists danced on stage in sync with flashing lights. As a second » See SUMMIT, page 7
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AROUND TOWN Exhibit brings art to Evanston homes By TEJAS SEKHAR
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Private front yards, balconies and porches around Evanston have been transformed into public art spaces through an inaugural project connecting artists to residents. The 2017 Evanston Terrain Biennial, which is on display until Nov. 15, includes nine art exhibits around Evanston neighborhoods. Organized by local artists Anne Stevens and Mat Rappaport, the exhibits aim to foster dialogue on how communities respond to adversity. The Evanston event branches off the overarching Terrain Biennial, which was founded in Oak Park in 2011 by artist Sabina Ott and author John Paulett. Since then, the event has spread beyond Oak Park to 115 sites this year, with some as far as Marnay-sur-Seine, France. “One of the beauties of this model of exhibition is it’s a way of activating communities and what we end up seeing is the intersection of communities,” Rappaport said. Political commentary is a common theme in many of this year’s exhibitions, artist Ben Blount said. His work, “The Beloved Community,” creates a stark contrast between the ideal city and reality. Blount — who has lived in Evanston for three years — said his piece uses defaced Black Lives Matter signs to comment on previous incidents of vandalism in the city. “Evanston as a community has an idea of being very diverse, almost utopian, a very liberal place,” Blount said. “Evanston is that somewhat, but in actuality we are just not there yet.” While many of the exhibitions focused on local issues, some artists used their pieces to address ideas beyond Evanston. Rappaport, in conjunction with artist Patrick Lichty, created an exhibition that runs early news conference coverage of President Donald Trump on a 24-hour loop. The installation
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Ben Blount’s “The Beloved Community” on display at 1731 Wesley Ave. Blount’s piece was a part of the 2017 Terrain Biennial, an inaugural local project connecting artists to residents.
also invited viewers to respond to the current political climate by writing messages on blank picket yard signs. Stevens’ piece incorporates landscape artistry using tents with painted sleeping figures to highlight differences in time scale and progress. The art depicts how people continue to live their own local lives –– work, school, eat, sleep –– though they struggle with the erosion of policies that protect democratic society, she said. Audience engagement and community involvement are important factors in the exhibitions, Stevens added. “Evanston is a very arts-rich community and there is a lot of support for public art and
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engagement, whether it be murals or performance or festivals,” she said. Stevens said the close proximity of display locations encourages more participation. Exhibition hosts also serve as collaborators because they offered up their space for artists to use, she said. Rappaport said the event has been a great opportunity for him to meet with and engage other Evanston artists. “The more I become rooted in Evanston as my home and my community, the more interested I am in activating our shared spaces for dialogue and social change,” he said. tejassekhar2021@u.northwestern.edu
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ON CAMPUS Organizers talk community involvement at event By CAMERON PETERS
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Ted Miin gestures to emphasize a point during the Justice Talk. Miin and Kelly Benkert spoke Thursday at the social justice event organized by the Neighbor2Neighbor initiative.
Before he became involved in social work, community organizer Ted Miin said he started at a corporate job. However, he became jaded by capitalist attitudes at work and left his position to start volunteering, he said. “I moved to Rogers Park, just across the way here, and said, ‘I want to build a relationship with this community,’” Miin said. “I started volunteering and getting to know folks.” Now a community organizer for A Just Harvest –– a Rogers Park nonprofit that combats poverty and hunger –– Miin talked about the importance of community involvement in 1838 Chicago on Thursday with Kelly Benkert, Northwestern’s director of leadership and community engagement. The event was part of Justice Talks, a series of community dialogues hosted by the new Neighbor2Neighbor program. The initiative was created this year to promote student engagement in Chicago. Miin said as an organizer, he brings people together. He stressed the importance of knowing
the local community because people will listen if they feel like they are being heard. “I’m not interested in telling people what to do or having them believe what I believe,” he said. “I’m interested in building a community where we can move forward with and advance what our values are.” Miin said it is important as an organizer to get more people involved in working for the good of the community. He added that by establishing a personal stake in the community, it is easier to get other community members involved. While activism revolves around a “rapid response” of quick mobilization for a cause, Benkert said, organizing works toward building a longterm, sustained engagement. Students inspired by social justice can join the Advocacy Corps, Benkert said, a program run by the Office of Leadership Development and Community Engagement. The program — formerly known as the Social Justice Advocacy Fellowship — spans two quarters and meets twice weekly. Weinberg junior Talia Waxman told The Daily she is passionate about social justice and community health, and came to the event looking to learn more.
“Just hearing them grapple with the challenges of managing power dynamics and building really genuine relationships and centering the voices of community members … hearing their thought process on that was really interesting,” she said. McCormick freshman Edward Fennell told The Daily he has attended previous Justice Talk events, and that they do a good job of increasing awareness of social justice issues. Fennell added he appreciates the personal insight that professionals can provide based off their own experiences. “They bring in people who have these experiences and have the knowledge,” Fennell said. “Not the research, not the ‘I think this happens,’ but the actual experience to talk about these issues.” Though only about 10 people showed up for the talk, Miin said the diverse audience “really warms my heart.” “Two generations ago, this room would have been an anomaly,” Miin said. “Four generations ago, this room would have been science fiction. And it’s folks like us who have fought for the values that we hold strongly … that have made this room a possibility.” johnpeters2021@u.northwestern.edu
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undergraduate at Northwestern,” Braeutigam said in the release. “It’s easy to be excited about helping students when you think of them as though they were members of your own family.” Braeutigam also helped create multiple offices, including the integrated Office of Undergraduate Learning Abroad and the Office of Global Safety and Security, which supports students, faculty and staff traveling abroad, according to the release. Provost Jonathan Holloway said in the release the University wishes Braeutigam well, and that he’s had a “remarkable career.” “Ron Braeutigam has provided extraordinary service to the provost’s office and to the entire University,” Holloway said. “I appreciate very much his dedication to undergraduate education, his deep understanding of Northwestern and his tireless efforts to improve our academic offerings.” ericasnow2019@u.northwestern.edu
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Muñoz, who is from Peru, said people “worldwide” pay attention to rankings like The Economist’s, so Kellogg’s first-place spot could help attract more applicants. Meredith Ragno, a first-year Kellogg student, said the ranking reflects the work of Kellogg Dean Sally Blount and the impact of the new Kellogg Global Hub, which opened in March. Ragno said she is enrolled in Kellogg’s MMM program, a dual-degree program through which students receive an MBA from Kellogg and a master’s of science in Design Innovation from the McCormick School of Engineering. She added that the program — the first of its kind, according to the Kellogg website — is an example of how Kellogg is “leading the way” in terms of innovative academic offerings. While the ranking from The Economist is a “valuable metric,” Ragno said it is only one of many. “It’s an important indicator, but I think the reality is that we’re definitely not the best MBA program in the world,” she said. “I think it’s hard to define that. So it’s nice to have, but I don’t think it really changes the nature of the school.” Second-year Kellogg student Alexander Katz agreed that the ranking wouldn’t directly impact his experience at the school, but was nevertheless an important way to recognize the work of students and faculty. He said some of the school’s strengths lie in its strong alumni support and “collaborative” culture. However, Katz added that Kellogg still has room to improve, like by increasing support for startups and professional clubs. Nick Miner, a student enrolled in the one-year MBA program, said Kellogg promotes a “welcoming and warm” atmosphere. The Economist’s ranking shows Kellogg is a top-tier program that can hold its own with “the Harvards” and “the Stanfords,” he said, but much of what sets Kellogg apart is the “cohesiveness” of the student body. “It’s got a certain energy and aura that I think is very rare, even with the top schools, and that is really hard to replicate,” Miner said. “That’s a culture that is built over decades, and I think that is what really differentiates this place from some of the other topranked schools.” madelineburakoff2020@u.northwestern.edu
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NU defense faces aerial challenge of converted deep shots. Big plays have been a nagging problem for NU throughout the season, with opponents from mighty Penn State and Wisconsin to humble Maryland picking up huge chunks through the air. Defensive coordinator Mike Hankwitz said correcting mistakes from those chunk plays remains a point of emphasis for his unit. “We played extremely well in the first half against Penn State, then gave up some big plays in the second half that were the difference,” Hankwitz said. “In the Wisconsin game, we played very well in the first half, and two bad plays in the second half were the whole difference.” If Hankwitz and NU’s defense can’t limit those mistakes, the Cats could face trouble in Lincoln on Saturday. Lee hasn’t been perfect this season — he’s completed just 57 percent of his passes with 10 interceptions in eight games — but he’s proven capable of getting the ball to a talented stable of weapons. Fitzgerald praised Nebraska receivers Stanley Morgan, Jr., and De’Mornay Pierson-El this week, who are both averaging nearly 10 yards per target. The Cats could do themselves a favor by putting pressure on Lee, but that might be a dicey proposition, as the Cornhuskers have allowed just 12 sacks on the year. Meanwhile,
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Lost in the shuffle during Northwestern’s three-game winning streak has been an unexpected defensive vulnerability against the pass. With a solid secondary that returned almost every contributor from a season ago, the Wildcats’ defense was expected to be hard to attack through the air, if nothing else. Instead, the unit has ceded 271 passing yards per game, ranking 120th in the country. This weekend, NU (5-3, 3-2 Big Ten) travels to Nebraska (4-4, 3-2) to face a Cornhuskers squad whose quarterback, Tanner Lee, is coming off a 431-yard day in a come-from-behind victory over Purdue. “You could argue that (Lee) had probably his best game on Saturday against Purdue, made some big-time throws,” coach Pat Fitzgerald said. “It was impressive.” A confident Nebraska passing attack could take advantage of the same holes in the Cats’ defense exposed by Michigan State quarterback Brian Lewerke a week ago. Lewerke tossed for 445 yards and four touchdowns, numbers inflated by three overtimes but buoyed by a slew
the defense will have to deal with a Nebraska offense that can test them schematically and create big plays through miscommunications. “(Nebraska) runs a little bit of a different offense than we’ve seen, so we’ve got to adjust to where they’re going to put their tight ends and running backs,” sophomore defensive end Joe Gaziano said. “They line up in a lot of bunch sets, so we’ve got to make sure we’re able to defend that. It poses a challenge for our checks and our linebackers, but as long as we communicate, we’ll be all right.” “All right” could be good enough from NU’s pass defense, as Nebraska’s run game and overall play has been largely uninspired in 2017. A solid showing in coverage will take the Cats a long way toward a sixth win, which would guarantee bowl eligibility. Still, faced with an opponent whose strength overlaps with an NU weakness, Fitzgerald said his squad anticipates another hard-fought game. “Our guys know what we’re getting into. We’re getting into a hostile environment against a very talented football team, against a very veteran coaching staff that I think is outstanding,” Fitzgerald said. “We’re going to have our hands full.”
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18 QB Clayton Thorson 21 RB Justin Jackson 88 WR Ben Skowronek 2 WR Flynn Nagel 15 WR Macan Wilson 9 SB Garrett Dickerson 72 LT Blake Hance 59 LG J.B. Butler 69 C Brad North 71 RG Tommy Doles 70 RT Rashawn Slater
91 DE Freedom Akinmoladun 44 DT Mick Stoltenberg 96 DE Carlos Davis 12 OLB Luke Gifford 49 ILB Chris Weber 5 ILB Dedrick Young II 22 OLB Alex Davis 8 CB Chris Jones 46 S Joshua Kalu 24 S Aaron Williams 21 CB Lamar Jackson
97 DE Joe Gaziano 99 DT Jordan Thompson 1 DT Tyler Lancaster 91 DE Samdup Miller 32 SAM Nate Hall 42 MIKE Paddy Fisher 10 WILL Brett Walsh 24 CB Montre Hartage 16 S Godwin Igwebuike 21 S Kyle Queiro 12 CB Alonzo Mayo
13 QB Tanner Lee 22 RB Devine Ozigbo 41 FB Luke McNitt 8 WR Stanley Morgan Jr. 15 WR De’Mornay Pierson-El 88 TE Tyler Hoppes 68 LT Nick Gates 67 LG Jerald Foster 62 C Cole Conrad 71 RG Matt Farniok 76 RT Brenden Jaimes
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Northwestern 27 Michigan State 21 Nebraska 17 TIM Penn State 20 These are dark times in Lincoln.
Ohio State 28 Iowa 20
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LSU 7 Alabama 34
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Fitzgerald decries official tackle statistics By COLE PAXTON
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Paddy Fisher, coach Pat Fitzgerald asserted, actually had 21 tackles against Michigan State. The official statistics, compiled in real time in the press box, credited the redshirt freshman linebacker with 17. But Fitzgerald dismissed that collection method this week. “It’s always off in the press box,” Fitzgerald said. “A bunch of guys go into a pile and they give credit to the first person that gets up, who was probably the last person to make the tackle.” In an extended answer about the discrepancy between the official number and the one determined by Northwestern’s (5-3, 3-2 Big Ten) coaches, Fitzgerald emphasized several times that the spotters making tackling determinations were not at fault. Noting that he often can’t see who made tackles in real time, he mused over how someone in the press box could make every statistical determination in a split-second. Instead, he blamed NCAA guidelines regarding the collection of official defensive stats. “(What’s at fault) is when we made the decision as an NCAA that the official stats are the stats that are done on gameday,” Fitzgerald said. “It’s, for probably every defensive coach in the country, somewhat comical to see. … It’s always off.” Sometime during the week, the official statistics changed: Fisher is now credited in the box score as tallying 19 tackles. Either way, Fisher had a superb day. His 17 official tackles, as of Monday, still led the Wildcats by a large margin and earned him a pair of awards: Walter Camp FBS Defensive Player of the Week and Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week. The linebacker, for his part, played down the numbers. “I”m not sure. I heard 17, I heard 21,” Fisher said. “It is what it is. Saturday’s over with.” His coach was adamant, though. When asked by a reporter to clarify that Fisher would officially get credit for 17 tackles despite the coaches’ determination, Fitzgerald had a simple answer. “Twenty-one is the truth.”
Players mixed on Fitzgerald’s dome dream
Asked in the 1995 media guide what one thing he could change in the world, Fitzgerald, then a junior linebacker for the Cats, said he wanted a dome over Ryan Field. A week ago, he jokingly confirmed that he still desired a covering, though he would prefer a retractable roof. This week, players seemed less excited about the possibility. Senior receiver Macan Wilson said it “would be kind of cool,” but Fisher quickly shot down the idea and junior guard Tommy Doles was similarly uninterested. “Unpopular opinion, coming from an offensive
lineman, but ideal weather: 43 degrees, partly cloudy, slight breeze,” Doles said. “So I thought (Saturday) was perfect. But I don’t have to catch any balls.”
Fitzgerald offers high praise for Memorial Stadium
NU’s coach commended the atmosphere at Nebraska’s Memorial Stadium, which has been sold out for 359 consecutive games. Fitzgerald lauded “one of the great, great venues in college football, and you could argue the best fanbase in America.” His assertion is a credible one, given the sellout streak at the 85,458-seat stadium began in 1962. Fans continue to pack the bleachers despite recent rough patches by the Cornhuskers’ high standards — like a 5-7 regular season in Mike Riley’s first year in 2015 and an absence of 10-win campaigns since 2012. “They’re rabid,” Fitzgerald said. “It’s a great challenge to play in.” colepaxton2019@u.northwestern.edu
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My experiences as a former brother of Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity
Content Warning: Sexual assault, sexual violence, Sigma Alpha Epsilon, fraternity culture, rape culture Former Sigma Alpha Epsilon brothers, I’ve been silent too long and it’s time I told you publicly: stop rushing a new pledge class. It is incredibly disrespectful to everyone on our campus who has been made to feel unsafe in SAE spaces and it ignores the important conversation on rape culture at Northwestern. I realize that
rape culture on campus is not limited to SAE, but I am speaking to my own experiences within the organization. I know of women who have been sexually assaulted in our spaces and that is shameful. SAE fosters an environment where members openly talk about past hookups in degrading ways at Sunday brunch, where first-years have to invite a certain number of freshmen women to increase the female-to-male ratio at parties and where it is not only accepted but esteemed to be the person who gets blackout drunk at events. This toxic culture was brought to light after last winter’s allegations. I don’t mean to share any of this as a way to congratulate myself for deactivating in April — the fact that it took until this issue went public for
me to do so is nothing to be proud of. My action is not laudable, and I should have never joined such an organization in the first place. I mean to finally call out behavior and a culture that I should have called out long ago. I mean to do it explicitly — and I mean to do it publicly — because my complicitness and silence have actively hurt others. We men still have a long way to go in making NU safe, comfortable and accepting. Let’s make sure we know what we stand for, who we stand for and what we absolutely will not stand for. There is not, and never has been, an excuse for inaction. To survivors — and to all women, female-identifiers and non-binary individuals at Northwestern and beyond — I cannot apologize enough for being silent for so long. You deserve better. So much better.
First-year men who are going through the rush process: Show you are committed to being active, not silent, and do not even consider rushing SAE. In fact, I urge you to question why you want to join a fraternity in the first place — I certainly wish I had. It is disturbing that SAE prioritizes “having fun” over being introspective and realizing the overwhelming presence of sexual assault on our campus. Women on this campus, pretty much everyone outside of SAE and even some SAE brothers do not feel comfortable within the fraternity’s spaces or among its members. It is time for SAE to change. It is time for SAE to stop playing the victim card. — Jimmy Wester Weinberg senior
Negotiating a ‘professional’ identity for online accounts ISABELLA SOTO
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I’ve been on the internet in some capacity since I was about eight years old. Whether it was watching Hillary Duff and Avril Lavigne music videos using my parents’ AOL dial-up internet, tending to my Webkinz or pouring out my early teenage angst on Tumblr, I’ve got a significant online footprint. Years have passed and websites have come and gone, but our generation is still pretty used to putting its lives online in some capacity. But for those of us who want to become journalists, the concept of the professional Twitter account forces us to negotiate our internet identity. On Oct. 13, The New York Times released an updated list of its “Social Media Guidelines” for the newsroom, including suggestions and recommendations for managing
a reporter’s online presence. The guidelines — developed by journalists at The Times — are reasonable and straightforward: Don’t make customer service complaints on personal accounts, respect those with whom they interact online and abstain from expressing partisan opinions. With the proliferation of attacks against media outlets being called biased and #FakeNews in the wake of President Donald Trump’s election, it’s plain to see why these guidelines were put in place. Regardless of how private Times journalists feel their Twitter is, they are still the face of the organization. The question is, though, what gets classified as a political or partisan opinion? Facts are facts, and we entrust journalists in all fields of coverage to relay these facts. The credibility of political correspondents in particular hinges on their ability to keep personal beliefs segregated from articles. That’s why we have separate sections for opinions, after all. But particularly for journalists of
marginalized identities, often times the personal is political. So keeping these guidelines in mind, what does it mean for a newspaper to ask a black journalist to be impartial about Black Lives Matter on Twitter? And if a climate reporter fires off a tweet with facts about rising sea levels, would they be in violation of these rules? There’s been an interesting set of responses to the guidelines, largely varying by age. People who have grown up in the digital age depend on social media for consumption and digestion of breaking news and pop culture. But we also depend on social media to express our opinions, much like we do in real life. It’s just another medium of communication. Also, what does it mean when we say that these journalists can have no public opinions on any controversial topic, ever? We can’t expect journalists to act like robots, devoid of their own thoughts and passions and limited in what they can or can’t say, all in the name of objectivity. This is easy for me to say as a
student on a college campus where, for the most part, opinions are expected and there is consensus on what is true. However, no matter where in our lives we are, when we paint things that are fundamentally true as being partisan or subjective, we do a disservice to the truth. As future journalists like myself prepare to enter the industry where Twitter is an essential tool for reporters, we have to think of the online brand we want to create for ourselves. One thing’s for sure, I would rather journalists be transparent about partisan views than have to make murky assumptions. Anyway, follow me on Twitter.
Isabella Soto is a Medill junior. She can be contacted at isabellasoto2019@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.
The problem with Vox’s explanatory style of news coverage LEO SAINATI
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Much like many other liberal college students, one of my main sources of news is Vox. Vox was created in 2014 by Melissa Bell, Matt Yglesias and Ezra Klein. In a 2014 article in The Verge, Klein said they co-founded Vox not only to create a vanguard for digital media, but also to fundamentally change the way news is consumed. Vox’s popularity has quickly grown since, and its explainer videos are a large success. Vox’s central function is to provide information that’s easily accessible and simply explained — its mission statement is “Vox explains the news.” This form of media presentation has been labeled as explanatory journalism, described by the Brookings Institution as “a counterweight to the breaking news, in-the-moment type of journalism that offers readers speed
over nuance.” While explanatory journalism has merits in its accessibility and simplicity, its brevity promotes a singular news narrative that can reinforce one’s intolerance of opposing viewpoints. Explanatory journalism can be a useful tool to convey important information in today’s increasingly abbreviated and simplified world of communication. Many people seem to prefer quick, simple summaries of the news. I, for one, have watched many Vox videos looking to receive quick explanations of relevant topics in the news — from the Syrian civil war to Obamacare. Yet explanatory journalism is also tremendously powerful, as its format lends itself to be taken as an absolute truth. Vox’s explainer videos are predicated on the assumption that the narrative they portray is the universally accepted one. In a 2014 interview with The New York Times, Bell acknowledged that Vox initially sought to create a Wikipedia-esque platform for consuming information, saying, “It would
be like a wiki page written by one person with a little attitude.” Except Vox isn’t Wikipedia in the slightest; Wikipedia is often regarded with more trepidation. Readers may see Vox as a reputable news source and thus give it more implicit trust. News sources like The New York Times and the Washington Post provide descriptive information in news articles, separate from opinion columns that are regarded as such. Just like this column should only be taken as my opinion about Vox, these publications make the distinction clear that the information they present is just a single interpretation. Vox’s explanatory journalism is more often than not regarded as unconditional fact. But, as historiographers often claim, narratives are subjective based on the narrator’s selection of information. Vox’s popularity is accompanied by the concurrent rise of social media as a source of information. A Pew Research Center survey found that 38 percent of Americans primarily get their news online. That number climbs to 50 percent among those aged 18 to 29.
And, according to Pew, millennials strongly lean liberal, with 57 percent identifying as Democrats or leaning Democrat. These demographic concentrations create echo chambers that feed off certain media narratives and ignore opposing ones, leading to close-mindedness. We need to find ways to break out of this chamber. Too often, we seek explanations that fit our preconceived ideas of truth, reinforcing our confirmation bias. Explanatory journalism like Vox can be very useful, but needs to be regarded as a jumping-off point for understanding concepts and further dialogue. Vox too can acknowledge the responsibility it holds by presenting all sides to the narrative. Leo Sainati is a SESP freshman. He can be contacted at leosainati2021@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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support the foundation. Barack Obama joined her in reflecting on the past two days of the summit and the young people he had met. All around the world, he said, there are individuals who are trying to make a difference. “If you needed any kind of inspiration, listening to these young people over the last day and a half will tell you that as bleak as sometimes things look and as frustrating and as angry as you may get sometimes,
there is a whole lot of hope on the horizon,” he said. Barack Obama said the foundation’s goal is to train and connect next-generation leaders with one another so that they have the network and resources to make an impact. This goal, he added, will be a “labor of love” that he will continue to work on for the next “20, 30, 40” years. Medill senior Griselda Flores told The Daily it was “ground-breaking” to see the Obamas back in
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Last time it was pretty hard to get around their press...we’re going to really have to play versatile hockey. — Sophia Miller, defender
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FIELD HOCKEY
Wildcats set for rematch with top-seeded Michigan By BRETT HAENSEL
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Michigan hasn’t felt the sting of defeat in nearly two months. Northwestern will look to put an end to the Wolverines’ 14-game winning streak when it takes the field for Friday’s Big Ten semifinal in East Lansing. Top-seeded Michigan (17-2, 8-0 Big Ten) did not lose a game in regular season conference play and handed the No. 4 seed Wildcats (14-5, 6-2) a 1-0 loss in Ann Arbor just two weeks ago. “They’re a tough team both physically and mentally,” senior defender Sophia Miller said. “Last time it was pretty hard to get around their press, so I think that we’re going to really have to play versatile hockey and play around the outsides of them.” NU struggled to generate much offense in its previous matchup against the Wolverines, tallying just seven shots –– well below its season average of 16. Michigan star midfielder Katie Trombetta scored the lone goal of the game and looks to continue her stellar season in Friday’s matchup against the Cats.
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Trombetta was voted Big Ten Player of the Year and was unanimously selected to the All-Big Ten first team. “She does everything well,” coach Tracey Fuchs said. “She’s a good playmaker, she’s their glue in the middle.” NU has rebounded from the loss against the Wolverines, stringing together consecutive wins, including a 4-3 thriller against No. 5 seed Rutgers (9-9, 3-5) in the quarterfinals of the conference tournament. Junior midfielder Puck Pentenga and junior forward Pascale Massey –– the heroes of the victory over the Scarlet Knights –– also earned Big Ten honors, as they were named to the All-Big Ten first team and second team, respectively. Miller was one of three unanimous selections to the first team, leading a defensive unit that is allowing only 1.8 goals per game. “Miller is probably one of the best defenders in the country,” Fuchs said. “She might not get it on the stat sheet, but she
was a unanimous first team pick, which really is a tribute to her.” The Cats will need big contributions from Pentenga, Massey and Miller to take down a Michigan team that is ranked third in the country. Michigan is in the midst of an incredible run of dominance, outscoring opponents 54-6 over its 14-game winning streak. The Wolverines dismantled several top-ranked teams along the way, including No. 3 seed Penn State (15-3, 6-2) in September. The Nittany Lions are currently the fifth-ranked team in the country. With a win Friday, NU will earn a spot in the Big Ten title game, where it would face the winner of the semifinal matchup between No. 2 seed Maryland (13-5, 6-2) and Penn State. The Cats played both earlier in the year, losing a close 4-3 game to the Nittany Lions in State College before defeating the Terrapins 3-2 in College Park. Sophomore goaltender Annie Kalfas will look to continue her solid play that has helped NU become the ninth-ranked team in the nation and put it in good shape to earn an NCAA Tournament bid. Kalfas’ performance between the pipes could go a long way in ensuring that the Cats season
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Puck Pentenga battles for the ball. The junior midfielder and the Wildcats will battle top-seeded Michigan in the Big Ten Tournament semifinals Friday.
does not end after the conclusion of the Big Ten Tournament. “Michigan is fit, they have skilled players and they work well together as a team,” Kalfas said. “But they’re not unbeatable,
and we’re going into this matchup ready to be the first Big Ten team to beat them this season.” bretthaensel2021@u.northwestern.edu
WOMEN’S SOCCER
NU prepares for Big Ten semifinal against Wisconsin By CHARLIE GOLDSMITH
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After Northwestern started its Big Ten season with a 3-0 loss to Penn State, coach Michael Moynihan asked his players if they were resilient enough to compete with the conference’s strongest opponents. This weekend, the second-seeded Wildcats (11-6-2, 7-3-1 Big Ten) will get to answer that question against No. 6 seed Wisconsin (13-4-2, 6-3-2) and, potentially, the No. 5 seed Nittany Lions. But before staking its claim as the best in the conference, NU will have to win twice and extend its five-game
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winning streak. The Cats face the Badgers for the second time this season after beating them 2-0 in October. A win Friday would set them up for a rematch with the winner of top-seeded Ohio State and Penn State’s semifinal match. Even though NU will have to beat two of the Big Ten’s best, junior defender Hannah Davison said it could be two goals away from winning its first Big Ten Tournament championship trophy in school history. “This team is really excited to have
this opportunity, and we’re rolling just at the right time,” Davison said. “We always have a target on our back because we’re known for having a strong defense, but we take so much pride in it and none of this overwhelms us.” The Cats have needed just one goal to win lately, and Davison said one on Friday and another Sunday will be enough to make history. NU’s formula to victory in October was shutout defense and a goal near the end of the match to put it away. The Cats clinched their last three victories with secondhalf goals, a strategy Davison hopes will continue to work in November. In an elimination environment, where the result is not decided until somebody scores, Moynihan said NU
is primed for success. This group is 4-2 in elimination games in the last two seasons, and the Cats have never lost an overtime game in postseason play. Moynihan said NU’s familiarity in tense matches can lead it to even more tournament success this year. “In postseason play, people are more intense, more nervous,” he said. “You put in an awful lot of work in the offseason and through the course of the regular season to earn the right to play here. These guys earned the right, and now all of the attention really gets magnified.” Junior forward Brenna Lovera — one of the Cats’ leading goal scorers — said she hopes to be the one that clinches NU’s success. Lovera scored four game-winning goals last season in
just 10 games before an injury ended her season, making this her longest postseason experience. She has scored four goals this year, including a game winner against Michigan State that gave the Cats momentum heading into the postseason. Playing in her first Big Ten Tournament semifinals, Lovera said NU will not need to reinvent the wheel to win. “We want to win this, and this is our biggest goal,” she said. “Our energy level right now is so high, our confidence level is so good and our trust in each other on the field and the chemistry have been great. Whoever is placed in front of us, we’re going to definitely attack them.” charliegoldsmith2021@u.northwestern.edu
WRESTLING
Cats to kick off 2017-18 season at Michigan State Open By JOSEPH WILKINSON
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To be the best, you’ve got to beat the best. Northwestern will certainly have that opportunity this year. Stuck in the toughest wrestling conference in the nation, the Wildcats head into the season facing an uphill battle. Five of the top seven teams in the country are in the Big Ten, but coach Matt Storniolo said NU won’t back down. “It always poses a challenge,” Storniolo said. “You’re going to earn the success you have in the Big Ten. It’s a challenge, but we’re up to it.” Those successes were few and far
between for the Cats last year, as NU finished with a 2-7 conference record. The team got off to a hot start, going 5-1 in nonconference play, but as they hit the grueling stretch of Big Ten play — facing ranked teams almost every week –– they faltered. “It’s five weeks in a row where you have six dual meets of all guys ranked in the top 20,” senior Mitch Sliga said. “You know what to expect, and once you’ve seen the best, you know.” In addition to facing the toughest teams in the nation, the Cats will be on the road for most of the year. With Welsh-Ryan Arena under construction, NU will host its meets in Patten Gym. Along with the venue change, the Cats have significantly fewer home
meets this season. Last year, Welsh-Ryan hosted nine duals, but there are only four meets scheduled in Patten this year. “It’ll be a little bit of an adjustment,” Storniolo said. “There’s a couple of logistical hurdles that we’ll have to overcome. We’re going to have to deal with the travel. But we have a tough team, and I think they’re up for those challenges.” They’ll have to face those challenges without their top wrestler from last season, Jacob Berkowitz. Wrestling at 197 pounds, Berkowitz led the team with six conference wins while picking up a team-high 48 dual points on the year. Sophomore Zack Chakonis, who has not wrestled at 197 pounds in his collegiate career, will likely step in to fill Berkowitz’s spot in the lineup.
It’s a different story for NU at the 149-pound weight class. Last year, Ryan Deakin went 19-4 at that weight, but he didn’t compete in team competitions due to his redshirt status. When he did compete, Deakin was impressive, defeating five top-20 wrestlers at the Ken Kraft Midlands Championship in December. Deakin steps in the Cats’ lineup at 149 pounds, while sophomore Shayne Oster, who wrestled at that weight last year and finished 2-5 in conference play, has moved up a weight class. “Every time I step on the mat I want to bring my best game,” Deakin said. “I’ll have something on my feet that I’m working on one week, and then something on bottom I’m working on another week. There’s different moves on top I’m
working, just trying to improve in those areas.” Deakin and his teammates will square off against some of the top wrestlers in the country this weekend, beginning the season at the Michigan State Open along with wrestlers from No. 4 Michigan, No. 11 Arizona State and various other schools from across the country. Deakin’s weight class may be the most talented at the event, as it features him along with two other ranked competitors. But he said he’s excited for the challenge. “It’s awesome,” Deakin said. “That’s who you want to compete against and that’s who we’re trying to beat.” josephwilkinson2019@u.northwestern.edu