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NU client acquitted of 2009 conviction Kerry Masterson found not guilty of 2009 murder By ELIZABETH BYRNE
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Steve Forbes, editor in chief and chairman of Forbes Media, speaks to Northwestern students about health care and the current Republican tax bill. College Republicans brought Forbes to NU as one of their fall speakers.
Steve Forbes talks taxing reforms
About 70 people gathered to hear the College Republicans speaker By ALISON ALBELDA
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Steve Forbes, editor in chief and chairman of Forbes Media, spoke about the recent
City cancels a human services meeting due to quorum issues
City officials canceled a Monday Human Services Committee meeting after members failed to reach a quorum. Two of five aldermen appointed to the committee were sick and unable to attend the meeting, city manager Wally Bobkiewicz told The Daily. Usually, standing committees require a simple majority to reach a quorum, but the city explicitly requires four members for the Human Services Committee, he said. Bobkiewicz said six aldermen had been appointed to the committee by the previous City Council, so the four-member rule was not a problem. But the new City Council decreased membership to five and has yet to update its quorum rules. Committee members therefore canceled Monday’s meeting and alerted the Rules Committee of the discrepancy. Bobkiewicz said the committee is expected to meet again before the end of the year. Monday’s meeting was supposed to cover funding allocations for Evanston’s Mental Health Board as well as an emergency solutions grant
Republican tax bill and issues with the American health care system at a Monday event sponsored by College Republicans. About 70 people gathered in Fisk Hall to attend the
recommendation for Connections for the Homeless and the YWCA Evanston/North Shore. Bobkiewicz said the Mental Health Board funding will be discussed at the Nov. 13 Administration and Public Works Committee meeting in order to give aldermen time to review the proposal before approving their new budget. The other matters will be discussed at the next Human Services Committee meeting on Dec. 4. Committee members were also scheduled to review police complaints and discuss the July arrest of Iain Bady. The 12-yearold boy was arrested after riding on the back pegs of a bicycle in downtown Evanston this summer. His father, Rob Bady, has spoken publicly about the arrest and told The Daily in August he believes police acted inappropriately. On Monday, Rob Bady told The Daily he hopes to get his son’s record expunged and name cleared. He said he was “disappointed” the meeting was canceled, and frustrated he will have to wait another month for a resolution. Bobkiewicz said he and other city officials would also “like this matter to be concluded.” “It’s taken a lot of the Bady family’s time,” he said. “So it’s unfortunate we had two committee members ill this evening.” — Kristina Karisch
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event. College Republicans president David Donnelly said the club chose Forbes because of how he blends disciplines like journalism and economics. “He is pragmatic,
straightfor ward and says what he thinks,” the McCormick senior said. “He (is) just somewhere on a different point of the spectrum … » See FORBES, page 9
Kerry Masterson, a client of Northwestern’s Center on Wrongful Convictions, was acquitted Thursday of a 2009 murder, the University announced in a release. The center — housed in the Bluhm Legal Clinic of the Pritzker School of Law — identifies potential cases of wrongful conviction and advocates for criminal justice reform, according to its website. Masterson was represented by a team from the center and law firm Neal, Gerber and Eisenberg. A jury found Masterson not guilty of the 2009 murder of Michael Norton — a Chicago convenience store owner — in the Circuit Court of Cook County on Thursday, the release said. Masterson was found guilty of the murder in 2011 and sentenced to 58 years in prison. The Center on Wrongful Convictions began representing Masterson in 2014, the release said. The case was one of the first taken by the center’s
Women’s Project, which focuses on potential cases of wrongfully convicted women, according to its website. During her 2011 trial, Masterson proposed to call an eyewitness expert to testify about the reliability of eyewitness identification, but her request was rejected by the judge. A jury subsequently found her guilty of first-degree murder. In May 2016, an Illinois appellate court granted Masterson a retrial, claiming her original trial made an error in excluding expert testimony on eyewitness identification. At the second trial, which began Oct. 27, Masterson testified she was not involved with the crime and and also called a new expert witness. A jury found Masterson not guilty Nov. 2 after less than three hours of deliberation, the release said. School of Law Prof. Andrea Lewis said in the release that the center is “elated” by the jury’s decision. “We hope, as administrative procedures and the law change surrounding eyewitness identifications, that the risk of further mistaken identifications decreases dramatically,” Lewis said. elizabethbyrne2020@u.northwestern.edu
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Swantiques, 518 Main St. Owner and Evanston resident Lora Swanson opened the antiques pop-up store Friday.
New pop-up store features antiques Lora Swanson’s Evanston shop opened Friday on Main Street By VICTORIA LEE
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Lora Swanson, the owner of antique business Swantiques, said her parents took her to flea markets and antique stores as a child. As she learned about the history
and age of various pieces from the vendors, she said her fascination with vintage furniture and home accessories grew. “It was just kind of interesting for me to take things that had another life before and find a new home for them, and have them continue to surprise people,” the Evanston resident said.
Channeling her passion for antiques, Swanson opened a popup store Friday at 518 Main St. She said she picks all the vintage furniture and home accessories that are sold in the store herself, and that her business features new inventory every week. Swanson has been selling antiques for several years and
started her own business in 2005. After her first two stores on Central Street closed down about three years ago, Swanson said she wants to start opening short-term pop-up stores because of their low maintenance costs and art-showlike qualities. » See POP-UP, page 2
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AROUND TOWN Police look into battery, attempted burglary of an NU graduate student
Evanston police responded to a Northwestern graduate student’s report of battery and an attempted burglary in his apartment Monday afternoon. The 26-year-old man was listening to music in his bedroom in the 2200 block of Sherman Avenue, Evanston police Cmdr. Joseph Dugan said. At about 2:35 p.m., Dugan said, a black man with a speckled gray beard — roughly 5-foot-5 and between 50 and 60 years old — pushed the door open and walked into the bedroom. The tenant confronted the intruder and told him to leave, but he instead attempted to enter another bedroom, Dugan said. When the tenant grabbed the man’s arm to escort him out of the apartment, the man turned around and struck him once in the upper lip. Dugan said the intruder then grabbed a pair of slippers off of a shelf, put his hand in his pocket and stated, “Don’t make me do it.” Fearing the offender was armed, the tenant backed away and allowed the man to run out the back door, Dugan said. He added that the report doesn’t clearly state whether the intruder took the slippers with him, and they are not on the property listing of stolen items. NU Chief of Police Bruce Lewis said in a statement that no weapon was displayed during the incident and the student declined medical
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Deb Schultz, who is also an Evanston resident, stumbled across Swanson’s store on Central Street several years back, and is still one of Swanson’s active clients. Schultz said she attended the new store’s preview party last Thursday. She said Swanson’s artistic setup encouraged many to not only visit the store but also stick around and enjoy its environment.
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The 2200 block of Sherman Avenue. Evanston police responded to a Northwestern graduate student’s report of battery and attempted burglary in his apartment Monday afternoon.
attention. He advised community members to lock their doors when they are both at home and away. In an email to The Daily, NU deputy chief of police Gloria Graham said although officers
don’t have any more details, she was able to speak with the student. “He is doing (OK),” she said. “He did not know the individual that entered his apartment.” Lewis directed people to report additional
information to the Evanston Police Department. Dugan said detectives are currently investigating the incident further.
“Her living room vignettes, they were inviting,” Schultz said. “It speaks to her ability to know people.” Schultz said she recommends the store to people who are looking to spice up their homes with something unique or to those who have just settled into a more permanent living situation and want rare, quality pieces. Pop-up retail — despite having been around for a while — has become increasingly popular within the last few decades due to its low financial commitment, said Stephen Brooks, CEO and founder of The Pop
Up Retail Expert. Brooks helps pop-up businesses find retail spaces. “The whole thing around (the pop-up shop) concept is the immediacy and urgency of what’s happening,” he said. “You can make the sales very quickly without having to build up relationships with the consumers.” Going forward, Swanson said she hopes to open two pop-up stores every three or four months around Evanston, while maintaining her warehouse in Skokie. She added that her new website will display her
available products to customers. Most of all, though, Swanson said she looks forward to meeting and getting to know more local residents. “You never know who’s coming in,” she said. “It’s just fun to talk to people and hear their stories, hear things they’re working for or what they’re passionate about collecting. Just making those connections is the most fun to me.”
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Pritzker School of Law to use AI research tools in access-to-justice work
Northwestern Pritzker School of Law will partner with ROSS Intelligence to teach students about using technology and artificial intelligence in legal services, according to a Friday news release. Through the partnership, students will be able to use ROSS Intelligence technology in their law courses and in library research, the release said. In addition, NU will provide a public interest fellowship to connect students with opportunities to use legal technology in their work. “Our students must be comfortable and familiar with how technology works,” School of Law Dean
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Daniel Rodriguez said in the release. “They don’t have to know how to code, but they must be able to quickly learn new technology, navigate and assess technology for its intended use in legal services and identify opportunities for technology to address related issues.” ROSS Intelligence is a provider of research tools that incorporate artificial intelligence technology, the release said. The company’s main product, ROSS, is “the world’s first digital attorney” and conducts legal research using IBM’s Watson technology, according to the company’s LinkedIn page. The partnership with NU will focus on “accessto-justice” issues and how technology can help provide legal services, according to the release. “Our mission since the earliest days at ROSS Intelligence has been to use technology to democratize the law,” ROSS Intelligence CEO Andrew
Arruda said in the release. “In a country where 80 percent of individuals who need access to legal resources cannot afford them, bridging the accessto-justice gap is more important than ever.” Students will also have opportunities to apply the technology by interning with legal services organizations, according to the release. Partners for these internship opportunities will include Illinois Legal Aid Online and Lawyers Trust Fund of Illinois, the release said. “Tomorrow’s generation of lawyers is being trained today,” Arruda said. “By ensuring they are exposed from day one to the benefits of legal technology in theory but also in practice, we’ll help create a wiser, more entrepreneurial and more compassionate generation of lawyers.” — Maddie Burakoff
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Like FSU, NU must address culture of Greek life TROY CLOSSON
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On Monday, Florida State University announced an indefinite suspension of all fraternities and sororities following the recent death of Andrew Coffey, a fraternity pledge who died at an off-campus party. The announcement also cited a separate incident in which a member of a different fraternity was charged with the sale and trafficking of cocaine as a reason behind the university’s decision. Other colleges and universities have also taken action against fraternities after similar incidents. Louisiana State University suspended Greek activities after freshman Maxwell Gruver died as a result of a “potential hazing incident” at a fraternity. When Penn State fraternity pledge Timothy Piazza died at a party for those who accepted bids, the fraternity was suspended pending investigation. Among all the responses, however, FSU’s
stands out. And Northwestern administrators should take a page out of their book. When discussing issues within Greek life, many quickly jump to shout “not all fraternities.” And during sexual assault conversations, men can often feel the need to make sure everyone knows “not all men” act that way. Rather than suspending the individual fraternity where Coffey died or limiting action to restrictions on events, FSU administrators took a clear stance. They sent a message and didn’t say, “Well maybe this wouldn’t happen in some fraternities or sororities.” At NU, it’s important to examine the culture behind sexual assault and harassment on campus and in fraternities, rather than treating them as isolated, unrelated incidents. Discussion surrounding last year’s reports of multiple alleged sexual assaults and druggings at Sigma Alpha Epsilon is valuable — but we can’t forget that the reports involved another unnamed fraternity. In these conversations, it’s vital to address individual organizations when issues are brought to light, but not expanding them to underlying problems only limits potential change. In FSU’s statement, university President John Thrasher clearly addressed the culture
behind issues concerning Greek life on campus, saying: “For this suspension to end, there will need to be a new normal for Greek Life at the university. There must be a new culture, and our students must be full participants in creating it.” None of this is meant to compare FSU’s response to a student’s death to sexual assault and harassment at NU. The two issues are entirely different and both situations require different responses — but the key is that FSU sent a message and showed exactly where it stands. The specific fraternity involved, Pi Kappa Phi, may face larger consequences upon further investigation. But FSU took a step back and addressed the deeper issues existing in the culture of Greek life on their campus and recognized that they weren’t limited to a single organization. No, I’m not advocating for all Greek life to be indefinitely suspended on this campus. But NU administrators must strongly show where they stand on the issue of sexual assault — even beyond their efforts last spring. The University decided not to take disciplinary action against SAE and the other unnamed fraternity after concluding its review of reports, but a stronger action addressing the
greater issues on campus should’ve been taken by administrators. It’s not a secret that rape culture, sexual assault and hypermasculinity are problems that impact many spaces on campus including fraternities. It’s time Northwestern clearly addresses that. While the University has facilitated dialogue on these subjects, it has to become a participant in them too — just as FSU did. Further investigation into SAE’s actions is obviously necessary. But beyond that, now and in the future, the University needs to show it actually supports survivors with clear and immediate responses like FSU’s when issues arise. Rather than taking a middle ground or delaying action, FSU administrators showed they clearly see the issues existing within Greek life on their campus. NU must do the same. NU must show exactly where it stands. Troy Closson is a Medill sophomore. He can be contacted at troyclosson@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.
Government regulation not a solution for fake news JACKSON ELLIOTT
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“Fake news” is a phrase that has become increasingly common since the 2016 presidential election. Interestingly, it’s a term that has been enthusiastically taken up and used by both sides of the political spectrum. Some say fake news paved the way for President Donald Trump’s election by feeding disinformation to the public, while others argue the mainstream media spouts fake news when heavily criticizing Trump’s actions or claims. Although often agreeing on little else, people on both sides of the debate support government action against fake news. Last month on Twitter, Trump said “network news has become so partisan, distorted and fake that licenses must be challenged and, if appropriate, revoked.” On the other side, MSNBC’s chief legal correspondent, Ari Melber, said the Federal Trade Commission
could be used to fight false stories. As a journalist myself, I find both statements are disturbing. Though national media networks do not have “licenses” that can be removed, the sentiment of Trump’s statement is clear: Upholding the free speech of his critics and detractors is not a high priority. Similarly, it shocks me that a professional journalist like Melber would seemingly want a government institution to decide what stories can be distributed, and which ones should be suppressed, no matter how false they may be. Many argue the government has to intervene to stop fake news because it deceives so many people. For example, according to a BuzzFeed analysis, fake election news was engaged with more often on Facebook than news from legitimate outlets in the last three months of the presidential campaign. What we perceive as the truth has a huge influence on how we interact with the world and our perception of events. If people are making decisions based on false understandings, it would seem to be in everyone’s best interest
for the government to intervene and keep people informed of the truth. After all, we let the Food and Drug Administration hold companies accountable for the content of their products to protect consumers, and part of the Federal Trade Commission’s mission is to “protect consumers by preventing anticompetitive, deceptive, and unfair business practices.” As Melber argues, why should the media be completely exempt from this type of enforcement? The answer is simple: The power to suppress fake news becomes the power to suppress all news. When the government decides what news to regulate or remove, it gains the ability to decide what constitutes as “fake news.” The government could decide that any site or publication that critiques them is “fake news” and censor them. This is why giving the government greater power and responsibility to regulate media seems like such a dangerous idea. If there is one thing we know about regulatory power, it is that it can be misused. Even the IRS has faced scrutiny for applying extra screening
to Tea Party nonprofit groups in the 2012 election. The IRS has admitted as much this year, and apologized for their actions. If the tax code can be used to target groups based on their political leaning, an institution devoted to regulating speech across all media platforms could be the ultimate political weapon. The power to suppress lies is the same power that can be used to suppress truth. If the government gains such a power, it seems like only a matter of time until it is used for political reasons. If and when government institutions begin doing so, we would face one of the biggest scandals in U.S. history. And there wouldn’t be a single story in the news about it. Jackson Elliott is a Medill sophomore. He can be contacted at jacksonelliott2020@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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Thrust into starring role, Jamison looks to lead NU By CHARLIE GOLDSMITH
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Amber Jamison is about to be thrown into the fire. Last season, the sophomore guard was more likely to be found on the bench than the floor. Even when Jamison was in the game, the ball was often in the hands of Nia Coffey, Northwestern’s best scorer who graduated last spring and was taken fifth in the 2017 WNBA Draft. Now, Jamison sees herself taking on a more critical role, ideally with the ball on the left wing about 20 feet from the basket and the opposing team’s best defender in her face. Coffey is gone, and Jamison is going to start. She is ready to score. “I’m so comfortable attacking off the wing, using a ball screen,” she said. “I don’t feel any added pressure. I’m just focused on doing the best that we can.” The Wildcats’ goal to return to the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2015 hinges on improvement across the board following the graduations of Coffey, Ashley Deary, Christen Inman and Lauren Douglas — last season’s top four scorers. Replacing Coffey, who averaged 20 points per game as a senior, could be a season-long process, and McKeown said he isn’t sure who he’ll turn to with the game on the line. He added that uncertainty can be a coach’s biggest nightmare, and NU has 57 points per game and an unpredictable number of crunch time, nail-biting chances up for grabs in the absence of its graduated players. Jamison wants to fill the void. Scoring is her favorite thing to do, she said, and now she has more opportunities. “It’s big for me to make sure the team doesn’t focus on what we lost last year,” she said. “Even though we lost a lot of scoring, we have a great team with a great cohesion that we didn’t have last year. Our chemistry will contribute to a lot of scoring.” Jamison came off the bench last season, playing 17.5 minutes per game and averaging just 4.9 points. She mostly shot 3-pointers as a freshman, watching either Coffey, Inman or Deary bear the
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Amber Jamison fights off a defender. The junior guard will look to take on a primary scoring role after the departure of Nia Coffey.
responsibility of creating chances. They were the ones with the ball in her favorite place on the floor. But those three are gone, and McKeown said NU needs a guard who can attack the basket and create opportunities for others. Everyone’s usage is going to climb, and he is especially excited to see Jamison diversify her game. “She’s scoring, which I need her to do,” he said. “I need her to get fouled, I need her to hit 3s, put it on the floor, get out and transition and finish. I think she’s stepping up, and she wants it.” While the physical junior guard operates from the left wing, the other starters have strengths
that fit together well. Senior guard Lydia Rohde and sophomore forward Abi Scheid are returning contributors and perimeter threats. Freshman Jordan Hamilton, an ESPN top-100 recruit, has already stepped up as a point guard who plays at a faster offensive pace than Deary. Within a group with little starting experience, Jamison will have to grow, both as a scorer and a leader. McKeown said she will have one of the longest leashes even if she struggles to find early success adjusting to the Cats’ changed style of play, a different arena and four holes in the rotation. “It’s time for them to make their own identity,” he said. “There are going to be some nights in
November where we’re going to struggle. We have to use that going into the Big Ten as something that helps us.” Though Jamison said she is working to become the team’s primary option on offense, she isn’t intimidated by the shoes she has to fill. Thinking about the Cats’ loss in talent just distracts her from making her jump shot. “They were great players last year, but we have a great team right now,” she said. “And I don’t feel any added pressure. I’m just focused on doing the best that we can.” charliegoldsmith2021@u.northwestern.edu
Schedule G Jordan Hamilton
G Lydia Rohde
5’8” freshman Frisco, Texas
G Amber Jamison
6’0” junior Rochester Hill, Michigan
5’10” senior Brookfield, Wisconsin
C Pallas Kunaiyi-Akpanah 6’2” junior Abuja, Nigeria
PF Abi Scheid
6’2” sophomore Elk River, Minnesota
11/10 Chicago State 11/16 Oakland 11/18 UT-Martin 11/22 Santa Clara 11/24 Chattanooga 11/25 Auburn 11/26 Georgetown 11/20 Syracuse 12/3 Milwaukee 12/10 Stony Brook 12/13 DePaul 12/16 Missouri State 12/19 Green Bay 12/22 Eastern Illinois 12/28 Minnesota 12/31 Illinois 1/3 Michigan State 1/7 Nebraska 1/11 Wisconsin 1/18 Purdue 1/21 Wisconsin 1/25 Maryland 1/28 Michigan 2/4 Indiana 2/8 Michigan 2/11 Iowa 2/14 Penn State 2/18 Illinois 2/21 Ohio State 2/25 Rutgers Home games are in bold
Head Coach Joe McKeown Assistants Christie Sides Tasha Pointer Tiffany Coppage
Centers Oceana Hamilton (Sr) Abbie Wolf (So)
Forwards Pallas Kunaiyi-Akpanah (Jr) Abi Scheid (So) Bryana Hopkins (So)
Guards Jordan Hamilton (Fr) Lydia Rohde (Sr) Amber Jamison (So) Lindsey Pulliam (Fr) Lauren Satterwhite (Fr) Brooke Pikiell (Fr)
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Season Outlook
JONAH
15-15 (6-10 Big Ten)
If this team couldn’t get to the tournament with Nia Coffey, it’ll have a hard time being successful without her. The Cats will struggle to integrate their freshmen during nonconference play, but will grow as the season goes on.
COLE
12-18 (4-12 Big Ten)
It’s going to be a long season for the Wildcats, who will be overmatched against most of the Big Ten. Even nonconference wins will be at a premium for an NU team bereft of players making big plays in crunch time.
BENJY
13-17 (3-13 Big Ten)
With many new faces, coach Joe McKeown has his work cut out for him trying to find combinations that work. It will take time to bring the underclassmen along, and the talents of last year’s seniors cannot be replaced.
16-14 (7-9 Big Ten)
NU matches its record from last season even after losing four senior starters. Sophomore Amber Jamison and freshman point guard Jordan Hamilton become a duo that shocks a lot of the Wildcats’ Big Ten competition.
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With Coffey gone, Cats look to freshmen to fill void By BENJY APELBAUM
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After losing five seniors from last year’s team, possibly the most impressive recruiting class since that 2013 group will have a chance to make an immediate impact for Northwestern this season. Rated as the No. 18 class in the country and the best in the Big Ten by ESPN, the group is headlined by four-star guards Lindsey Pulliam and Jordan Hamilton. The injured three-star guard Lauryn Satterwhite and walk-on guard Brooke Pikiell round out the class. The departures of last year’s starting point guard Ashley Deary and shooting guard Christen Inman leave gaping holes in the backcourt,
which Hamilton and Pulliam will have an opportunity to help fill. “(They’re) probably going to be thrown into the fire at times,” coach Joe McKeown said. “You’re going to lean on them, so they’ve got to be like sophomores sometimes, or juniors.” Hamilton, who is from Frisco, Texas, and is likely to compete for minutes at the point guard spot with sophomore Byrdy Galernik, who was Deary’s backup last year but played sparingly. Hamilton said she is close family friends with Deary and that the fellow Texan has given her pointers to help improve her game. The freshman will be responsible for pushing the pace and providing playmaking on a team whose strength this year will likely be in the frontcourt. But, before she has a chance to make an impact, Hamilton knows she will have to adapt to the faster speed of the college game.
“It’s been a gradual transition,” Hamilton said. “The team’s really helped me get acclimated with the different pace of the game.” Pulliam will be asked to pick up the scoring load with the Wildcats’ top four scorers gone. During a recent open practice, the Silver Spring, Maryland, native displayed a smooth jump shot and a willingness to shoot from all over the floor. One aspect of her game, she said, has been a focus is her defense and attention to detail. McKeown said he believed that Pulliam and Hamilton’s experience playing in big moments during high school would soothe their nerves when they begin playing at the collegiate level. “(They) have been in a lot of big positions in high school,” McKeown said. “They’re fearless. ... I don’t think they care that, if they have the ball late in a game and it’s a Big Ten team, to them it might (be) like beating their high school rival.”
One member of the class who will not be able to make an immediate impact is Satterwhite of Avondale, Arizona. Satterwhite is out indefinitely with a knee injury, but could add to the team’s long-term depth at the guard spot. Rounding out the group is Pikiell, whose father is Steve Pikiell, the current head men’s basketball coach at Rutgers. With NU facing significant turnover, the Cats will have to incorporate a plethora of new pieces on short notice. Pulliam said a key to the freshmen making an impact this season and for years to come has been off-court chemistry. “We’ve been bonding a lot as a team,” Pulliam said. “We’ve been doing everything together, even since the summer session, so it has been good. We’re a pretty close team.” benjaminapelbaum2019@u.northwestern.edu
After stars depart, Northwestern enters uncertain future By COLE PAXTON
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Recently, Joe McKeown said he was rewatching Northwestern’s game against Iowa in the Big Ten Tournament last year. As he got deeper into the game, he remembered something: Nia Coffey scored 34 points, almost singlehandedly powering the Wildcats to an upset win in the penultimate college game for her and a handful of other decorated seniors. “I’ll miss that,” McKeown, now in his 10th season in Evanston, said with a laugh. Now, as NU prepares to open its season Friday at Chicago State, it must contend with the loss of nearly its entire starting lineup and the large majority of its scoring from a year ago, leading the program into an era of uncertainty without bona fide stars. “It feels different,” senior center Oceana Hamilton said. “There’s not as much experience that I’m looking up to.” With the high turnover, there are few returning contributors. Sophomore forward Abi Scheid is the Cats’ leading scorer from last year at 5.0 points per game, but she has zero career starts. Junior guard Amber Jamison follows close behind and had a strong stretch of Big Ten games midway through last season, but is not an experienced front line scorer. Junior forward Pallas Kunaiyi-Akpanah, an established rebounding menace, will likely be counted on to score as well, McKeown said, and senior guard Lydia Rohde, a starter at the beginning of last season, is an effective 3-point shooter but has struggled with injuries. Still, the amount of returning talent has left several players optimistic. “We’re all a lot younger,” Scheid said. “(But) we work really well together, and we know each other’s games, and we’re still learning. We’re all really competitive and hungry.” Beyond changes to the roster, NU will look notably different in another area: its style of play. After several years of being a transition, spread-the-floor team that McKeown called “sleek,” the Cats are seeking to slow
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Oceana Hamilton looks to make a pass. The senior center is looking to be among several Wildcats playing more prominent roles this season.
the game down and play primarily in the half court, what the coach described as a “power team.” The shift is logical given NU’s personnel, which appears to be deeper and more versatile in the frontcourt. Hamilton, who started the first 14 games of last season, and sophomore Abbie Wolf, who had a strong offseason, offer promising size at center, while Kunaiyi-Akpanah and Scheid can both play inside but are more comfortable at the “4.” Considering that versatility and having just five healthy scholarship guards, McKeown mused that he could play as many as three bigs at one time. “We asked our post players over the last couple of years … to be really good defensive players, to be physical and screen,” McKeown said. “It was pretty simple. Now they’re going to need to score, and I think they’re capable. They’re going to get more touches, more opportunities.”
Beyond Xs-and-Os, the Cats also have opportunities to fill leadership roles. Coffey and guards Ashley Deary and Christen Inman were longtime leaders and Coffey was a two-year captain, leaving a gaping void in mentorship for a team that has just two seniors. The graduated class was so valuable and durable that the Cats started only one Big Ten game with two players who remain on the roster. McKeown pointed to Rohde, a former walk-on who quickly worked her way onto scholarship, as NU’s new primary leader, lauding her work ethic as “the best … in our program in years.” In a nod to the Cats’ youth and inexperience, however, he also noted Scheid, who has played in just 31 college games, and freshman point guard Jordan Hamilton, seemingly the front-runner to take over that role, as additional leaders. Rohde said she is comfortable taking on leadership
duties. “Leading by example is very important,” she said. “As the past couple months have gone on, I’ve become more vocal, and I think it’s a combination of those two things.” Whether players like Rohde and Scheid can replicate the immense individual performances of their predecessors, however, remains to be seen. Scheid had a perfect shooting day en route to a 20-point effort in a near-upset of Ohio State in January, Rohde had three double-digit scoring games to begin last season and Jamison averaged 14.4 points per game over a five-game stretch of Big Ten play. But there were no 34-point performances like Coffey’s in the Big Ten Tournament. No player on the roster has earned postseason conference recognition, and not one has ever played in the NCAA Tournament. NU’s schedule is favorable, with few nonconference games against major conference opponents, and several Big Ten games against teams likely to sit near the bottom of the standings. And expectations, Rohde said, are high. “Making it to the NCAA Tournament,” she said of team goals. “Winning the Big Ten championship.” Those are tall orders, given the top tier of the conference and the Cats’ recent track record. Programs like Ohio State, which features wunderkind scorer Kelsey Mitchell and was picked to win the conference by both coaches and the media, and Maryland, which has made two Final Fours in the last four years, seem the class of the Big Ten. NU, meanwhile, failed to make the NCAA Tournament each of the last two seasons despite high expectations and a top-15 ranking in December 2015. It would be a considerable surprise for a program that made only one tournament with Coffey, the No. 5 pick in this year’s WNBA Draft, to return the season after she departed. Despite that, McKeown, ever the optimist, is in trademark form. “We’re going to be young, but it creates a lot of opportunities for our new players,” he said. “Our new players are talented.” colepaxton2019@u.northwestern.edu
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Evanston firefighters responded to a structure fire in the 300 block of Custer Avenue on Sunday evening. When companies pulled up to the apartment building at about 10 p.m., they discovered heavy smoke coming from the back and smoke stains around the basement entrance, Evanston Fire Department division chief Paul Polep said in a Monday news release. Polep said the alarm was quickly upgraded to a Code 4, which brought in extra units to the scene. Upon entering the building, fire companies found a small contents fire in one of the rooms. They were able to extinguish the fire and ventilate the building, Polep said. He added that firefighters rescued two kittens, both of which were in “good condition.” All building residents were outside when crews arrived. After the fire was extinguished, residents returned to their apartments, Polep said. There was minimal smoke damage in the room where the fire originated. The cause of the fire still remains under investigation, he added, with no foul play expected. — Kristina Karisch
POLICE BLOTTER Local man charged with traffic violations in southwest Evanston
A 23-year-old man was charged Sunday with traffic violations in southwest Evanston. Officers observed a vehicle going southbound on Dodge Avenue. The driver switched his headlights off when turning east on Monroe Street, Evanston police Cmdr. Joseph Dugan said. Officers stopped the car in the 1800 block of Monroe Street.
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After police ran the man’s license plate, they discovered the Jeep was registered under his name, but noticed his license was suspended, Dugan said. The man was given traffic tickets for operating a vehicle without lights when required and for driving with a suspended license.
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A Hyundai Tucson was stolen Sunday in downtown Evanston. should eliminate the “disconnect” between providers and consumers. He spoke of the need to improve transparency between hospitals and their patients, and suggested hospitals post the cost of procedures prior to surgery. Forbes also addressed the current GOP tax bill’s restrictions on endowments. The bill, introduced by Republican lawmakers Thursday, would place a 1.4 percent tax on the investment income of universities. Investment income for universities was previously exempt from taxes. Forbes added that with the new bill, when people donate to universities or other organizations, not all of their money would be going toward their intended recipient. “Put a tax on endowments … think of the precedent that sets,” he said. “That tells local and state politicians, ‘How about raiding the endowments of local colleges, raiding the endowment funds of charities, why not?’” Forbes concluded by identifying areas of improvement for current legislators that would
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ACROSS CAMPUSES All Florida State fraternity activities suspended after pledge dies; alcohol suspected
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — The death of a 20-year-old fraternity pledge from Pompano Beach led Florida State University to shut down all Greek life activities Monday. Alcohol is suspected of playing a role in the death of Andrew Coffey, whose body was found Friday — the morning after a gathering of more than 50 people at a house near campus, police said Monday. Coffey was a civil engineering student at FSU who graduated from Pompano Beach High School in 2015. Reacting to his death, the university on Monday indefinitely suspended all 54 fraternities and sororities, said Florida State University President John Thrasher. He also banned alcohol at student events, which includes those run by more than 700 organizations outside the Greek community, according to a news release. “For this suspension to end, there will need to be a new normal for Greek life at the university,” Thrasher said. “There must be a new culture, and our students must be full participants in creating it.” Coffey was trying to become a full member of the FSU chapter of Pi Kappa Phi. The fraternity has faced disciplinary action in the past five years for hazing, alcohol violations and unspecified misconduct, according to disciplinary logs maintained by the national fraternity. In 2012, the fraternity’s national office sanctioned the chapter for hazing, and in 2014 the chapter faced university sanctions for unspecified conduct that violated university policy. The circumstances of Coffey’s death have remained a mystery. “Although there are indicators that alcohol may have been a factor in this case, we are waiting for the results of an autopsy so no cause of death has been determined,” Tallahassee Police Chief Michael DeLeo said Monday. Police reportedly collected beer bottles from the porch as evidence. Authorities found Coffey unresponsive at 10:23 a.m. Friday at a house about a mile from campus, Tallahassee police said. Police said Monday they have interviewed more than 50 people and have more interviews planned. Pi Kappa Phi’s national office suspended the FSU chapter’s operations following the death, said Todd Shelton, a spokesman for Pi Kappa Phi. In 2015, the chapter had to enroll in a remedial program for an alcohol violation. But in the past year, in which the national disciplinary log recorded 60 misconduct allegations against chapters around the country, there were none involving the FSU chapter. The fraternity’s FSU chapter web, Twitter and Facebook pages have been taken down. Coffey was a high school athlete and junior ROTC member who often smiled, said George Edmunds, a friend and fellow FSU student. FSU Vice President for Student Affairs Amy Hecht said her division will create new rules in the coming weeks “to ensure the future of fraternity and sorority life.” As part of Thrasher’s announcement to suspend Greek life, he also cited an unrelated case Monday in which a 20-year-old member of another fraternity was arrested on cocaine-trafficking charges. — Ryan Van Velzer (Sun Sentinel/TNS)
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FENCING
Cats open season strong at challenging invitational By PETER WARREN
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In its first collegiate tournament of the season, Northwestern went up against some of college fencing’s blue bloods. The Wildcats performed well and finished the Ohio State Elite Invitational with a 5-3 record, beating Air Force, Cleveland State, Cornell, NJIT and Ohio State. NU’s biggest victory came in its final matchup of the weekend against the Buckeyes, its Midwest Fencing Conference rival. Behind a strong start and an equally impressive finish, the Cats defeated the tournament hosts 15-12. “It was a great team effort across the board,” coach Zach Moss said. “Every weapon did what they needed to do to get the victory. Just a complete team victory.” The foil group led the Wildcats to victory, finishing with six wins in their nine bouts, while the epee team added five wins. Junior foil Yvonne Chart said in addition to the success on the strip, she was impressed with the support the fencers showed each other. “Everyone was cheering for everyone,” Chart said. “As soon as one squad was done, everyone came over and cheered on everyone else. I think we were the loudest team in the room. It was amazing to have everyone there and the whole team behind you.”
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A Northwestern fencer steps onto the piste. The Wildcats competed at the Ohio State Elite Invitational over the weekend.
Though NU finished the weekend on a high note, it started slow. The team struggled early Saturday with nerves and dropped two of its five matches on the day. Moss said the Cats had a “little slip-up” against North Carolina. They opened the meet against the Tar Heels slow and had trouble handling the pressure that came with the deficit. “We felt pressure for the first time and for a young
team, it was a hard thing to deal with and it cost us that match,” Moss said. “The pressure early in the match kind of led to a hole that was too big to dig out of.” NU’s two other losses, to Penn and a Princeton team that finished last season No. 3 in the country, followed a different narrative than the surprise loss to the Tar Heels. In both matches, the Cats went back-and-forth with their Ivy League foes until their
opponents pulled away at the very end. Despite the difficulty of the tournament, many of NU’s fencers had successful individual weekends. Twenty-three Cats competed at the tournament, and 15 finished with a .500 record or better. Leading the team was Chart, who tallied 12 wins to just three losses. [CQ] “Yvonne was great,” Moss said. “She did an amazing job. She fenced the toughest bouts and had a really impressive record.” Chart said she performed “pretty well” and the performance of the newcomers was great to see. “Everyone fenced really well and there was some really special performances from the freshmen, which is really exciting for the rest of the season,” she said. Chart and Moss said freshman foil Sarah Filby performed well in her first competition for NU. Filby finished the event with a 7-3 record. Epee Anya Harkness was among the other Cats freshmen who performed well. The California native finished the weekend with 11 wins, the most of any NU epee. This included a 5-1 record on Saturday, which she called “one of the better days of my career.” “I wasn’t really expecting anything for the first day since it was my first college competition ever,” Harkness said. “The fact that is turned out so well was pretty exciting, but also a little nerve-racking because now I have to live up to those expectations.” peterwarren2021@u.northwestern.edu
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NU gets at-large bid, to host Butler in 1st round of NCAA tournament
Northwestern is going dancing for the third straight season. The Wildcats (12-7-2, 7-3-1 Big Ten) earned an at-large bid in the NCAA tournament and will host
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“I’ve lost to him before,” Jennings said, “and this dominant win was a very nice revenge win for me.” Deakin and Jennings weren’t the only NU wrestlers to place. Of the 16 NU wrestlers in the main draws, five finished sixth or higher in their division. Joining Deakin and Jennings were senior Mitch Sliga, who finished fourth at 184 pounds,
Butler (13-2-5, 5-0-4 Big East) on Sunday. If NU wins its first-round game, it will advance to play the winner of the match between San Diego State and No. 2 UCLA. The Cats earned their bid after a remarkable midseason turnaround. After losing to Purdue and Illinois in consecutive matches, NU reeled off six consecutive wins — two of which came in the Big Ten Tournament. The Cats ultimately fell to Penn State in the
tournament’s Sunday final in an emotional 2-1 loss in the rain. After the contest, senior goalkeeper Lauren Clem said the team needed to move on. When NU begins its national tournament run Sunday, it will have one final shot to send Clem and the senior class out on a high note. In last season’s NCAA Tournament, the Cats fell to then-No. 3 Duke 1-0 in the Sweet 16. NU’s backline turned in another impressive performance,
but was unable to completely silence the Blue Devils’ dynamic attack. The Cats face a difficult road to a Sweet 16 return, let alone their first-ever Elite Eight. NU fell to Butler 3-2 in an August road exhibition, but in season play the Cats are 4-0 against the Bulldogs. With an early exit on the line, the Cats will look to extend that streak in Evanston on Sunday.
junior Johnny Sebastian, who finished fifth at 174 pounds and sophomore Zack Chakonis, who finished sixth at 197 pounds. “We saw a lot of fight, a lot of grit,” coach Matt Storniolo said. “Those guys, finding a way to place at this tournament, it’s not an easy tournament. It’s a long day. Our guys battled through some adversity.” Sliga pulled off two dominant victories en route to the semifinals before running into a staunch opponent in No. 6 Domenic Abounader of Michigan.
Chakonis, unlike the others, started slow before finding his groove. After losing his first match of the day, the sophomore ripped off four straight wins in the loser’s bracket. Chakonis couldn’t complete the run to third place, however, dropping one match before NCAA rules prohibited him from wrestling in the fifth place match. The Cats’ other competitors failed to place in their respective events. Junior Anthony Petrone was one of the 11 wrestlers who came up short, partly because he ran into a familiar foe — Northwestern transfer Jason Tsirtsis, the 2014 NCAA
Champion who now wrestles for Arizona State. Still, the impressive performances from Deakin, Jennings and the other successful NU wrestlers encouraged Storniolo early in the season. “They laid a great foundation to build off for the rest of this year,” Storniolo said. “I’m especially proud of the way some of our first year guys in the lineup competed. I think they surprised a lot of people, and the future is looking bright for Northwestern wrestling.”
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playing like I usually do.” Following the NU run, Michigan State gradually retook control of the set and slowly finished off the Cats. Walker, who finished the match with six kills, said if the team had come out stronger in the third set, it might have been able to swing momentum in its favor. “I feel like we had that game so if we could just change (our start to the set) we could have
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the Big Ten. “The Big Ten has a lot of fast teams,” Zhang said. “We need to race teams like (Missouri and
done better,” Walker said. Though Michigan State won handily, the scoreline was not fully indicative of how NU played. Davis said the Cats did many things well, but in the end, their lack of execution outweighed those positives. “They fought hard, they played hard, they communicated pretty well,” Davis said. “I just wish it for them that they would have executed a little bit better because we would have had better results.” peterwarren2021@u.northwestern.edu Kentucky) if we’re going to get to that level, so with every meet that we go to like this, we get more used to racing fast teams, and I think that’s good for our mentality.” benjaminrosenberg2021@u.northwestern.edu
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For the second Saturday in a row, Northwestern faced off against a team ranked No. 9 in the country. And just like two Saturdays ago in Madison, the Wildcats (13-13, 3-11 Big Ten) fell to their highly ranked opponent. NU lost to No. 9 Michigan State (17-6, 10-4) in three sets, 25-13, 25-19, 25-18. Though the Spartans were the better team, the Cats displayed a determination not usually seen in recent competitive matches. “We fought the whole way through,” senior outside hitter Symone Abbott said. “We have a history of getting down and then throwing in the towel, but we fought the whole time.” Through the game, NU struggled to return serve against Michigan State, which leads the Big Ten in aces per set and features three of the conference’s top five servers. During one stretch in the first set, the Spartans went on a seven-point run behind the serving of Megan Tompkins. She notched two aces as NU struggled to cleanly receive her serves. “Our serve receive was kind of a culprit a little bit, in terms of our Achilles heel for us tonight,” coach Shane Davis said. “We had a lineup in there that we thought would do a good job in serve
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receive but we just didn’t execute.” The Spartans finished with seven aces, while the Wildcats only managed two and had four service errors. Offensively, the Cats were much more balanced, spreading the ball out all over the court instead of setting it to the outside as they often do. “It is always the plan but we just don’t do it a lot of the time,” Abbott said. “This time (the coaching staff ) really put their foot down because if we didn’t do it, we would have for sure lost worse than we did.” Abbott, freshman outside hitter Nia Robinson and freshman middle hitter Alana Walker all finished with at least 14 total attempts. Robinson had eight kills, but on a disappointing .040 hitting percentage. In the third set, the Spartans came out firing with four straight points to put the Cats in a deep hole and jumped to a 11-2 lead soon after But NU responded with a run of its own, highlighted by five straight kills from Abbott, to cut the lead to 14-12. Abbott, who is coming off a leg injury, led the team with 11 kills and a .474 hitting percentage, and tied for the team high with five digs. “I haven’t been on the floor like I usually have because of my injury, and it just felt good to be out there,” Abbott said. “Even though we were behind, I was having fun anyway because I miss » See VOLLEYBALL, page 11
WRESTLING
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Northwestern picked up a 203134 win over Southern Illinois this weekend, but was outclassed by No. 18 Missouri and Kentucky, 279-68 and 293-54, respectively. The Wildcats (3-5) did not have a single first- or second-place finish when they competed against each of the three teams simultaneously at the two-day SIU Invite in Carbondale. Their best finish was third place in the 200-yard freestyle relay by senior Almog Olshtein, junior Will Hofstadter, freshman Keegan Bundy and junior Ryan Tate, who collectively completed the relay in 1:24.37. “ We’ve definitely had better meets,” Tate said, “but it was fun racing and especially pulling out a win over SIU.” In the individual races, NU was led by a trio of fourth-place finishers — Hofstadter in the 100-yard breaststroke, freshman Lyon Zhang in the 200 breast and Tate in the 100-yard butterfly. After competing at home the last two weekends, the Cats traveled nearly six hours by bus to Carbondale, a trip that can be taxing on the team both mentally and physically, Hofstadter said. “It’s always difficult,” he said. “We got in the night before, so that made it better than it had been for other meets.” The relays have been an area of relative strength for NU so far this
season, and the Cats’ teams found themselves in the middle of the pack in several races Friday and Saturday. In addition to NU’s third-place finish in the 200 free relay, the 400-yard medley relay team of junior Jack Thorne, Hofstadter, Tate and freshman Peter Lewczyk took fifth with a time of 3:23.61. The Cats also took fifth in the 400 free relay, with Tate, Lewczyk, Bundy and Olshtein finishing in 3:06.93. The team swam on consecutive days for the second time this season, which Zhang said is good preparation for the annual TYR Invitational, a meet NU will host Nov. 17 to 19. “We have our big meet coming up in two weeks,” Zhang said. “It was more than a one-day meet, so this was good training for it.” Though Missouri (3-1) and Kentucky (4-2) dominated the Cats in just about every event, NU overwhelmed Southern Illinois (3-4) to nearly the same extent. In 13 of the 17 events in which the Cats competed, their top swimmer or relay team finished before the Salukis’ top finisher. With just two home meets remaining in the fall season, NU is nearly finished with the busiest stretch of its campaign. The weekend’s meet was the fourth of six consecutive weeks NU will swim. After the upcoming stretch, the Cats will not compete again until January. Despite the mixed success, NU was able to push itself against a pair of tough teams, which will prepare it to face similar quality programs within » See SWIMMING, page 11
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Expectations were high for freshman Ryan Deakin entering the weekend. His 19-4 record in individual competitions during his redshirt year earned him a No. 10 ranking at 149 pounds entering the season, making him the only freshman in the top 20.
At the Michigan State Open, where the Northwestern wrestlers competed individually, Deakin proved the preseason polls right, rolling to a second-place finish, falling only to No. 6 Justin Oliver of Central Michigan in the final by a 4-3 decision. “I was just getting to my offense,” Deakin said. “I didn’t treat matches differently, I was just wrestling, just trying to wrestle like I do every day in the room.”
Deakin wasn’t the only runner-up for the Wildcats, with junior Conan Jennings taking second at 285 pounds. Jennings was bested by the No. 2 wrestler in the country at 285 pounds, Michigan’s Adam Coon. In the semifinals, however, Jennings took down Central Michigan’s Newton Smerchek, which he said was particularly satisfying. » See WRESTLING, page 10
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Conan Jennings grapples with an opponent. The junior had a strong performance for the Wildcats at the Michigan State Open on Sunday.