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The federal appellate court in Chicago heard arguments Nov. 6 for a discrimination case involving an Evanston Township High School athlete with cerebral palsy who has asked that the Illinois High School Association create a para-ambulatory division for track and field events. Although the ETHS senior — a student athlete who is identified as A.H. in court documents — is considered one of the top para-ambulatory high school runners in the state, he is unable meet the qualifying standards IHSA set for able-bodied athletes. “It’s hard for my muscles to consistently run as fast as I can,” A.H. told the Chicago Tribune in August 2015. “I don’t run the same way as a regular track athlete would, an able-bodied athlete.” In February 2016, A.H. filed a lawsuit requesting the creation of a new division so athletes like
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ASG President Nehaarika Mulukutla speaks during Senate on Wednesday. ASG passed the Student Group CARE Training Mandate, which requires sexual assault training for ASG-funded groups.
ASG passes sexual assault code Mandate requires ASG-funded groups undergo CARE training By SAMMI HANDLER
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Associated Student Government senators passed a code change Wednesday to mandate
sexual assault, misconduct and harassment training for ASGfunded student groups. The change, introduced last week, requires the president and one other executive board member from each group to attend a training conducted by the
Center for Awareness, Response and Education. The A- and B-status finance committees will withhold funding from groups that fail to fulfill the training requirement, according to the Student Group CARE Training Mandate.
Julia Shenkman, a Multicultural Greek Council senator, told The Daily after the meeting the mandate is an important step in the right direction. “These CARE trainings are » See SENATE, page 9
him have a pathway to qualify for the state track meet. In July 2017, a district court judge ruled in favor of IHSA, citing a lack of material facts or disputes. After receiving the verdict, A.H.’s lawyers appealed the case to the Seventh Circuit United States Court of Appeals. Devi Rao, one of his attorneys, alleged in oral arguments Nov. 6 that the IHSA excluded non-wheelchair, para-ambulatory athletes like A.H. from state meets or team competitions by requiring they meet time standards initially established for their able-bodied peers. Rao claimed the association therefore discriminated against athletes like A.H., in violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act. “When Congress passed the ADA, it required that all reasonable accommodation should be granted, and it did so to integrate individuals with disabilities into the mainstream of American life,” Rao said. Rao claimed A.H.’s request is “reasonable” because he is only asking for one new division to apply to all non-wheelchair, para-ambulatory athletes and one qualifying time standard » See APPEAL, page 9
Fifth Ward citations spike
New EPD policy keeps record of noise complaints By SAMMI HANDLER
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Off-campus noise citations in the 5th Ward increased “substantially” this fall due to a new police procedure, Evanston chief of police Richard Eddington told The Daily.
Evanston CFO Marty Lyons to leave for similar post in Aurora
Evanston’s assistant city manager and CFO Marty Lyons will leave his post Dec. 15 to become CFO and treasurer for Aurora, Illinois.
The Evanston Police Department issued 17 citations to off-campus sites between September and October, an increase from one citation last fall, Northwestern’s director of Off-Campus Life Anthony Kirchmeier said in a November meeting of the Campus Safety and Crime Prevention Committee.
EPD officers give students a warning before issuing a citation if residents have complained. In the past, officers did not record the properties they warned, so they did not give many citations. But this year officers began to mark which houses had received an initial
The appointment was unanimously authorized by Aurora’s City Council on Tuesday, Lyons said. In his new role, Lyons — who worked with Evanston for more than nine years — said he will be in charge of the city’s budget, finance, banking, investments, pension administration and payroll. Aurora is the second-largest city in Illinois with more than 200,000 people, which makes it over twice
as populous as Evanston. “Aurora is a great city with many similar circumstances (to Evanston), and I felt it was a great opportunity,” Lyons said. Lyons said he applied to the position a “little less” than a month ago. According to an Aurora resolution, the city picked five finalists from a pool of 29 applicants. The resolution said the city chose Lyons because his background and knowledge of
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Evanston Police Department squad cars. Between September and October, EPD has issued 17 noise citations to off-campus student residences — an increase from one citation last fall.
economic development, public works and employee benefits make him “uniquely qualified” to support city initiatives. “There will be a slightly larger budget,” Lyons said. “(Aurora has) a lot of funding coming from development so I’ll be working a little bit on development and revenue-sharing agreements … but basically managing the finances of such a large and diverse organization.”
City manager Wally Bobkiewicz said Lyons informed him over the past couple weeks that he was considering the position. During his eight years with Evanston, Bobkiewicz said he worked closely with Lyons and is “sad” to see him leave. Nevertheless, he added he is “excited” for Lyons to pursue the new opportunity. “Everybody respects and admires Marty,” Bobkiewicz said.
“He has been the lead person dealing with the city’s finances the entire time he’s been here. We’ve had good times and we’ve had bad times and he has had to help us through them all.” Bobkiewicz said Evanston will begin recruiting potential replacements before the end of the calendar year, and hopes to hire someone early next year. — Amelia Langas
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AROUND TOWN Speakers discuss ways to fight childhood trauma By CLARE PROCTOR
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Three health experts said at an event Wednesday that in a world full of increasing trauma and life challenges, dialogue is the key to ensuring children learn to cope with issues like accidental harm and intentional abuse. The event, sponsored by Metropolitan Family Services, a nonprofit organization headquartered in Chicago, was attended by 40 health practitioners, community organization members and parents at the Segal Visitors Center. Speakers discussed various ways to address child trauma, namely tactics to help children build resilience. Gene Frett, a community board member of the Evanston and Skokie branch of Metropolitan Family Services, told The Daily he helped the group’s main board select speakers and topics for the event. “It’s very powerful to have people who deal with these situations on a day-to-day basis kind of walk through what’s actually going on,” Frett said. Frett said he had anticipated more parents would attend the event, but that the audience was “largely practitioners.” He added that he hoped parents would take the opportunity to learn more about the traumas children face on a daily basis. The event’s keynote speaker — Dr. Terry Mason, chief operating officer of the Cook County Department of Public Health — said
POLICE BLOTTER Chicago man arrested in connection with fraudulent ticket sales
A Chicago resident was arrested Tuesday in north Evanston in connection with a theft in Chicago. The original incident occurred Monday when the man sold tickets for the State Farm Champions Classic to an Evanston resident, Evanston police Cmdr.
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Dr. Terry Mason, chief operating officer of the Cook County Department of Public Health, speaks at an event Wednesday at the Segal Visitors Center. Health practitioners, community organizations and parents gathered to discuss empowering childhood resiliency in the face of trauma.
unhealthy coping mechanisms stem from a lack of self-affirmation in children’s homes. Joining him was Vikki Rompala, who works for Metropolitan Family Services and said it was important
to identify traumas that cause harm to children’s lives. Evonda Thomas-Smith, the city’s director of Health and Human Services, was the third
Joseph Dugan said. The man sold the tickets for $450. Later, the man who bought the tickets spoke with his friend, who was also buying tickets from the same man in the 3300 block of Central Street, Dugan said. They compared tickets and realized they were for the same section and seats. Detectives went to the location with the man who first bought the tickets, and he identified the person from whom he purchased the tickets, Dugan said. Detectives approached him and discovered the
fraudulent tickets on his person. He was taken into custody and charged with theft by deception, a misdemeanor.
Evanston man charged with domestic battery
An Evanston man was arrested Tuesday night in connection with domestic battery in south Evanston. A doctor reported that he treated the man’s 9-year-old daughter for bruises on her buttocks
speaker at the event, and emphasized collaboration and personal understanding when working to heal trauma. “We provide service directly to people in their homes, when they are most vulnerable,” ThomasSmith said. “We’re trying with great intention to make sure that we’re hearing our families, serving our families. We can only do that in partnership. We can only do that in a collaborative sphere.” Through her experiences working with individual families, Thomas-Smith said she found “cookie cutter” techniques of addressing trauma are seldom successful. She said it is important not to make assumptions based on one’s own culture and background, and instead look into a family’s situation without prior biases. Holly Jin, community engagement supervisor at the Skokie Public Library, attended the event and said she saw it as an opportunity to learn about ways community building could better address childhood trauma. The library is focusing on deepening relationships with social service agencies, Jin said. The event gave her a different perspective on looking at major issues children face in her community, she said. “It’s easy, even as a librarian, to take our professional knowledge and try to then share that with who we think might need it most,” Jin said. “But what we really need to do is ask questions and develop solutions with people together.” clareproctor2021@u.northwestern.edu and wrists, Dugan said. She told police that her father punished her for not concentrating on her schoolwork. Juvenile detectives located her father in the 700 block of Hartrey Avenue, Dugan said, and he admitted to disciplining her with a belt. He was charged with misdemeanor domestic battery. — Sophie Mann
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ON CAMPUS Students share memories of Nevin’s By JOSEPH WILKINSON
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For many Northwestern students, there wasn’t another place in Evanston that better combined cheap alcohol, intoxicated undergraduates and classic camaraderie like Tommy Nevin’s Pub. There’s a reason no one suggested World of Beer or the Celtic Knot as the next Thursday spot. “It was always a very jovial atmosphere,” Medill senior David Gernon said. “You roll in around midnight, you get a pitcher, find your friends, enjoy yourself. It was just kind of the general atmosphere that I looked forward to every week.” Aldermen approved Monday a controversial proposal from Albion Residential to establish a 15-floor apartment tower on the lot currently occupied by Nevin’s and Prairie Moon restaurant. As a result, owner Rohit Sahajpal told The Daily he expects Nevin’s to close its doors in late November or early December. Medill senior Alex Furuya said Nevin’s was special because it was much easier to have fun with friends after a couple pitchers at the pub than in Main Library or Norris University Center. “We’d all make a move to Nevin’s, get a drink, probably one of those huge pitchers of cider,” Furuya said. “It would be a fun time. We’d finish the pitcher. By that point we’d be like ‘Oh, there’s music,’ and kind of dance a little … we made it dance-y, or at least I tried.” But students’ time at Nevin’s is limited. Sahajpal said that prior to Monday’s vote, he supported the Albion project and had considered closing Nevin’s due to declining business. Gernon said he’s disappointed the bar is officially closing after delays to Albion’s proposal kept it open throughout most of Fall Quarter. “At the beginning of the year I heard it was closing soon, so I made sure to try and go most weeks,” Gernon said. “At first I heard (it would
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Tommy Nevin’s Pub is a popular bar on Thursday nights — at least for now. On Monday, Evanston’s City Council approved plans by Albion Residential to build a 15-floor tower that will result in the closure of the bar.
close) at the end of October, and then it kept getting pushed back. To finally get a confirmation, it felt a little surreal. I was pretty sad.” As the end of the quarter approaches, students have limited opportunities to order a Miller Lite, lose at darts and make an ill-advised Cheesie’s run to cap off the night. But while there may be several Thursday night staples, McCormick senior Renee Probetts said each trip to Nevin’s takes on a life of its own. “It’s always a different experience,” Probetts said. “One night, (me and my then-boyfriend) went, and it was right when we first started dating. We both ran into totally random people that
we both knew, which was so crazy … because we had very different friend groups, so worlds kept colliding at Nevin’s.” Some students compared Nevin’s demise to the closure of another previously beloved dive bar, The Keg of Evanston, in March 2013. Gernon said he will remember Nevin’s as his, and many others’, go-to spot due to its proximity to campus and easygoing vibes. “Each generation of college students has its own hangouts and spots,” Gernon said. “For the graduating seniors, Nevin’s was definitely a big one. I’ll miss it.” josephwilkinson2019@u.northwestern.edu
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Office of Fraternity and Sorority Life assistant director set to step down
Karen Pryor, assistant director of the Office of Fraternity and Sorority Life, will leave her position at the end of November to accept a new job at the University of Chicago, according to an email obtained by The Daily. Pryor, who declined to comment, currently advises the Panhellenic Association executive board and individual chapters. She also coordinates formal recruitment in winter. Prior to coming to Northwestern in 2013, she advised the Interfraternity Council and Multicultural Greek Council at the University of New Mexico. PHA President Karalyn Berman said Pryor is a “highly valued” member of the community with whom she is grateful to have worked. She said Pryor is an ally for PHA members and also teaches others how to be good allies. “Karen has shown up as a very sensitive, competent, thoughtful, introspective leader,” Berman said.
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 2017 “She just really embodies what it means to be a really great leader, and she has been such a great role model for us.” Berman said Pryor was a mentor who taught her how to be more “vulnerable” while still feeling “empowered” as a leader. Pryor has been especially helpful for the PHA community throughout the “controversies and allegations around Sigma Alpha Epsilon,” Berman said. In April, the University suspended SAE until September 2018 after an investigation found that the chapter “knowingly violated” its disciplinary probation last academic year, University spokesman Bob Rowley said at the time. In a separate investigation earlier in the year, the University looked into allegations of druggings and sexual assaults. It announced in March no disciplinary action would be taken after concluding that investigation. “This has been such a hard year for my community and for me personally to try to lead,” Berman said. “Karen has been such a rock for myself and for so many of us … and has taught me so much about how to move forward in everything that has happened.” — Catherine Kim
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Communication freshman Delia Cunningham rehearses for the upcoming production of “FAIR GAME: A Chicago Spectacle.” Cunningham portrays a fictional photographer who serves as the narrative thread in the shows.
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Two performers rehearse for an upcoming Sit and Spin Productions show. The show is set during the 1893 World’s Fair in Chicago.
Immersive theater piece set to premiere at Cahn By CARMEN FERNANDEZ
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Audiences who come to Sit and Spin Productions’ fall show will choose their own adventure. Entering one room will immerse them into the story of an architect creating the greatest spectacle Chicago has seen. But turn the corner, and another room reveals a clever, disturbing murder mystery. “FAIR GAME: A Chicago Spectacle” — set during the 1893 World’s Fair in Chicago — will make the entirety of Cahn Auditorium “fair game” for the audience to explore, co-producer Gracie Brakeman said. “We really want people to poke around (because) that’s one of the most fun things about immersive theater. … You can poke around wherever you want and be a little bit nosy,” said Brakeman, a Communication junior. In “Fair Game,” the audience is free to move through different rooms in Cahn and watch various scenes unfold. The scenes develop several different story arcs, all related to some aspect of the fair. The production opens Nov. 30 and runs through Dec. 2. Shows produced in the late-fall Cahn slot are
usually “risky” and use the space in an innovative way, co-producer Austin Manross said. In the case of “Fair Game,” this means audience members are free to view scenes in any order they wish, and may leave the theater with different impressions of the show. Communication freshman Delia Cunningham portrays a fictional photographer who serves as the narrative thread in the performances through the snapshots she takes of the various scenes. Cunningham said immersive theater engages audience members in a unique way by putting them in an active role within a story. “It shows how powerful fiction is and how powerful stories are that someone can leave and think of themselves as being complicit (with the actions),” she said. “You’re not even an actor; you’re not in the world (of the show), but you will be forced into the world.” Writer and director Eli Newell said the universe he created in the play was inspired by the book “The Devil in the White City,” which tells the story of fair architect Daniel Burnham and a serial killer who terrorized the fair, H.H. Holmes. During a summer spent researching periodicals and newspaper clippings in Deering Library, Newell wrote a script that features not only the fair’s major players, but also several figures who have been forgotten by history, he said. The play also contains
two original, fictionalized characters, including Cunningham’s role. Newell earned the Cahn slot before writing the play, so the pressure to create an immersive, original piece was in the back of his mind during the entire writing process, he said. “I (was) very cognizant of what stories have to be environmental, interactive, immersive stories and what stories would function totally fine in a proscenium setting with an audience just sitting in chairs and watching them unfold,” he said. Communication freshman Jake Anderson, one of the performers, said the rehearsal process would look “chaotic” to an outside observer because the actors rehearse different scenes simultaneously in the same classroom. However, Cunningham said the actual performances will feel very different due to the element of audience immersion. “The missing link everyday in rehearsal is the audience,” Cunningham said. “They are truly the final character in the show.” Extensive research went into the production, as dramaturg Maddie Rostami — whose job focused on contextual research of the play — created a website and compiled documents about the time period for the cast to read, Cunningham said. Rostami also
spoke to the team about the period etiquette for men and women, she said. Cunningham said knowing details about the social norms of the time, such as the fact that men would often kiss a woman’s hand rather than shaking it, impacted the way she approached her character. This knowledge made her especially cognizant of her character’s rebellious decision to shake men’s hands. “One of the really interesting themes that gets discussed in the play is what it is to be a woman in a man’s world,” she said. “I would say that’s really something that’s coming to life for me right now is just how ingrained in our structure, in these structures, in these buildings, misogyny is.” The concept of structures has a major place within the show, as one of the main storylines is heavily tied to architecture. However, the play not only focuses on the literal construction of the fair, but also on the metaphorical creation of fake worlds, Cunningham said. “It’s about the things we make, the things we construct, the lies we construct, the falsehoods we make up, the ways we deceive ourselves,” she said. “It’s also about ambition. The key theme … is people making huge plans and what that follow through entails.” carmenfernandez2021@u.northwestern.edu
Bienen saxophone quartet to perform professional gig By JENNIFER HEPP
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When people think of the sound a saxophone makes, they usually conjure the image of a man playing smooth jazz on a street corner.
The same scene is applicable for ~Nois — a Bienen-born quartet — only their instruments sound more like the collective of noises in the background: Their saxophones can cover a range from the honking of the car horns, to the chirping of birds, to the clicking of heels on the sidewalk. Last year, four Bienen students formed the saxophone quartet, specializing in the performance of new
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Last year, four doctoral Bienen students formed a saxophone quartet, specializing in the performance of new music. ~Nois will play their first professional gig in Chicago at Constellation.
music. A little more than a year later, they are preparing to play their first professional gig in Chicago at Constellation. The quartet is made up of four Bienen graduate students: Brandon Quarles, Hunter Bockes, Jordan Lulloff and János Csontos on soprano, alto, tenor and baritone saxophone, respectively. The performance will feature the music of several composers that live and work in the Chicago area, including three pieces — two of which will be performed for the first time — written specifically for the group. One of the world premieres, “Vaisseau Fantôme,” was composed by Niki Harlafti, a Bienen doctoral student in composition. A large painting by Mexican artist Francisco Ledesma inspired Harlafti to write the piece, Lulloff said. The painting will be projected on the screen behind the quartet as it plays. Craig Davis Pinson, another Bienen doctoral composition student, wrote the other piece that will be featured in the concert. Csontos said although most of the pieces are by NU composition students studying under the same professors, they all have very distinctive sounds. To this point, Marcos Balter’s piece, “Intercepting a Shivery Light,” draws inspiration from a Radiohead song, Quarles said. Pinson’s piece, on the other hand, is very percussive in nature, featuring lots of rhythmic clicking of the instrument’s keys, Lulloff said. Many of the modern pieces played by ~Nois feature nontraditional notation. Instead of scores with traditional music techniques –– such as notes, keys and measures –– composers write the music in ways that allow for more interpretation from the artists. For instance, one of the pieces is written not with notes, but with different shapes that the performer must artistically interpret into sound. Many of the techniques the performers use to play
are unconventional as well. One piece on the program, David Reminick’s “Consort,” is written for four soprano saxophones, though none of the instruments are meant to be in tune with each other. When the saxophone is manipulated in this way, it can become difficult to produce sound, Csontos said. Bockes said he didn’t have experience in the unique techniques required to play some of ~Nois’ pieces before he came to Northwestern. He said it’s been difficult to put aside his classical training and perform with his saxophone in new ways. “(It’s) been like relearning how to play the saxophone,” he said. There is only one piece on the upcoming concert where all saxophonists play in the traditional style. Lulloff, whose parents are both classical saxophonists, said he grew up listening to them perform traditional pieces numerous times. “I don’t know if the profession is really moving forward if we’re stuck playing these same pieces,” he said. “Someone has to go out and find the next standard piece of literature. … I’d like to do my part to help explore that.” ~Nois is planning to tour the southeastern U.S. in the spring, where it hopes to play gigs in as many places as it can, including universities and high schools. Although three ~Nois members will graduate at the end of the year, Csontos said they have all decided to remain in the Chicago area for the next few years. “That way, we can really immerse ourselves in our community and become well known here as the (best) saxophone quartet in Chicago,” Csontos said. “We want to be that new music group that specializes in that.” jenniferhepp2020@u.northwestern.edu
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Alumna awarded Academy screenwriting fellowship By JANE RECKER
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At just 26 years old, Sarah Jane Inwards has exceeded the average expectations of a recent college graduate. Rather than an entry-level job with decent benefits, Inwards is making strides on Hollywood Boulevard as an up-and-coming screenwriter. Inwards (Communication ’13) is one of this year’s recipients of The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ Nicholl Fellowship awards, which identify talented new screenwriters and give them support for their art. Winners receive $35,000 to create a new screenplay within the year. The Academy received more than 7,000 applications and selected only five finalists, including Inwards. Hollywood producer Julia Chasman, who presented Inwards the award at a Nov. 2 ceremony, praised Inwards’ empathy as a screenwriter. “Sarah Jane puts her ideals into her writing, creating stories that inspire compassion and deal with issues of social justice,” Chasman said at the event. Inwards won for her screenplay “Jellyfish Summer,” which she is currently pitching to producers, she said. The film tells the story of a young black girl in the 1960s whose family decides to harbor two mysterious refugees who have come from the sky. She described the genre of the film as a “historical-fiction, sci-fi combo.” Chasman called it “an unexpected and surprisingly moving tale full of surprises” in her Academy introduction speech. The screenplay’s underlying message addresses the difficulties refugees face, Inwards said. Inwards
has a background in the subject; while at Northwestern, she did an independent study on the Bosnian Genocide, for which she conducted research and interviewed survivors. Inwards said she used her research as a starting point for determining how to address the issue in her screenplay. Most of Inwards’ screenplays incorporate social justice issues, but she said she doesn’t like to present these topics through “straight dramas.” Instead, she said she likes to play with genres and twist them around to create something unique and imaginative. “The best way to describe my work is ‘marketable with a message,’” she said. “It’s like hiding the vegetables in the meatloaf.” Alec Ziff (Communication ’13), a longtime friend, said Inwards isn’t just an empathetic writer; she’s a very caring colleague and friend. “You know when you meet someone and you’re like, ‘Oh they’re so nice, they must be faking it.’ She’s not,” Ziff said. “She’s just genuinely a very kind and loving person and that comes across the moment you meet her.” Inwards credits the struggles she faced in her youth as the impetus for her empathy. She was born with gastroschisis, a condition where infants are born with their intestines outside their body. The condition flared when Inwards was at NU, forcing her to undergo multiple open abdominal surgeries and even spend a brief time in the intensive care unit, she said. Inwards is healthy now, but the experience has stayed with her and informed her writing. “(Those years were) really formative for me in terms of taking what I loved to do and figure out
how to give back,” she said. In a pursuit to combine her passion for film with her desire to help others, Inwards co-created Applause for a Cause with Ziff in their sophomore year of college. The group, now in its eighth year, creates a feature film every year and donates all of the proceeds from ticket sales to charity. Inwards said it was no coincidence the first couple of charities — Ronald McDonald House and Make-A-Wish Foundation — were medically skewed, as she felt the need to make a difference in the lives of others who were going through medical
difficulties like her. Inwards’ medical connection runs deeper than her personal health, as both of her parents are doctors. While Inwards said they have been supportive of her career choice, in her Nicholl acceptance speech she expressed doubts whether her work makes as much of a difference as theirs. Her father had some sage advice. “He said, ‘Some people save lives; some people make them worth living,’” she said. janerecker2019@u.northwestern.edu
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Sarah Jane Inwards (Communication ’13) is one of this year’s recipients of The Academy’s Nicholl Fellowship award. Winners are given $35,000 to create a new screenplay within the year.
NU professor directs Letts’ new play at Steppenwolf By EUNICE LEE
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During a contentious presidential election, Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Tracy Letts turned conflict into comedy. The political satire “The Minutes,” which began previews Nov. 9 in Steppenwolf ’s Downstairs Theatre, marks the fifth partnership between Letts and director Anna D. Shapiro, a Communication professor. The play is a comedy recounting the events of a fictional small-town council meeting. Shapiro said she envisioned directing a fun yet “provocative” play that encourages difficult conversations about the current political system. Artistic producer Aaron Carter, who has taught courses at NU, said he was excited for this collaboration between Shapiro and Letts. In addition to the creative team, Carter said many of the ensemble members knew each other from working together on previous projects, making the rehearsal room feel like “a bunch of old friends having a good time.” The partnership crafts a journey that takes viewers to an “unexpected place,” Carter said. While “The Minutes” appeals to a light-hearted audience, he said the play’s core addresses a much larger issue. “We begin in this world that we think we recognize,” Carter said, “but we end up somewhere quite unfamiliar. We need to consider many different right answers to understand better where
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Actors rehearse “The Minutes,” a collaboration between Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Tracy Letts and Communication Prof. Anna D. Shapiro, the show’s director. The production began previews Nov. 9 at
we all need to be going.” Shapiro said she takes a very personal approach in her directorial style, as live theater is a means to have an “intimate conversation … with the world.” She said she wants the play to be entertaining, but still compel audiences to consider the deeper
message. “My vision is that you’re laughing until you’re not laughing anymore, and hopefully, you’re thinking and contemplating,” she said. Shapiro said she usually approaches a play’s characters by determining how actors move on
stage. In “The Minutes,” she said she struggled to reach the same understanding through just dialogue. With the setting as a city council meeting, most of the play’s plot comes from verbal debates, not physical action. Despite some artistic challenges in the rehearsal process, the cast’s collaborative nature was a positive influence, Carter said. Although each artist came into the process with their own creative mindset, they didn’t compete with each other, but rather tried to incorporate everyone’s different perspectives, he said. Second-year MFA directing student Alex Mallory, who assistant directed “The Minutes,” said she attests to Shapiro’s capability to inspire collaboration between artists. During production, when Shapiro is in a rehearsal room full of designers, a dramaturg and a playwright, she is “extremely generous” with every voice in the room, Mallory said. “She begins every rehearsal process with a unifying idea that brings the artists together in a way that puts everyone in dialogue with the story,” Mallory said. Shapiro said she finds it exciting to carry the responsibility to create an atmosphere where a group of strangers can laugh together about difficult topics. “I believe in the whole communal act of theater,” Shapiro said. “I hope ‘The Minutes’ is a really great opportunity for everyone in a room to talk about where we are, in a way that’s a little bit more generous — with a bit more humor — than we do in our everyday lives.” eunicelee2021@u.northwestern.edu
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Northwestern alum pursues career in rap By JANE RECKER
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Gabriel Jackson (Weinberg ’09) graduated from Northwestern with an economics degree and a career path in f inancial analytics. Now, just eight years later, he goes by his rap moniker FACE and is pursuing success in the music scene. Jackson has sung backup for Madonna and R. Kelly, and most recently dropped two new singles — “808” and “Pussy Power” — in collaboration with multiplatinum producer Cam Wallace. The Daily: You studied economics while at Northwestern and are now in the rap scene. Talk me through your career path. FACE: I wasn’t totally committed to what I wanted to do (in finance). In my family, education was everything and art was a leisure. While I was doing finance gigs, I was taking courses in music, and I decided I was never going to go anywhere if music always came second to business. I decided to do music full time and started networking in those circles. Through networking I got the Grammy’s gig doing background for Madonna, and another background gig for R. Kelly. After those background gigs, it gave me the fire I needed to really pursue music. The Daily: Tell me a little bit about working with these big stars. FACE: Working with Madonna was very intimidating. I can recall working in rehearsals, and the music director assigned me a part that (was too high) for my voice, I’m hitting the notes but I’m not giving the body it needs and you could hear it because it wasn’t blending well. He stopped the entire rehearsal, and I knew it was me, so I was like, f**k. He said, “When Madonna walks in here, she’s going to hear whoever it is who’s not blending.” I immediately stepped forward, I didn’t want to be the one singled out when she walked in because she has an amazing ear and a really incredible work ethic.
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Alumnus fights for Chicago building Nathan Eddy releases short film in defense of James R. Thompson Center By NETTA KEESOM
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Though it has been years since Nathan Eddy (Medill ’06) was last on campus, he still waxes poetic about his favorite building — the oftderided Main Library. “I love the fact that most people hate it,” Eddy said. “It looks like it’s going to attack you, like a concrete tarantula.” Eddy — who spent much of his college career admiring the structures that dot the University’s landscape — said these buildings, whatever their quirks, have character. They were built from an idea, and these ideas are worth preserving, he said. His new film, “Starship Chicago,” fights for an endangered architectural icon, the James R. Thompson Center, located in downtown Chicago. The film premiered Oct. 7 in the Architecture Film Festival Rotterdam in the Netherlands. Eddy said the Thompson Center is an “outrageous” spectacle in a city of elegantly grave skyscrapers. He said it has been controversial since its opening in 1985 as the Illinois State government building. Today, the center sits in disrepair, with politicians like Gov. Bruce Rauner pushing to sell or demolish it.
In the 16-minute film, Eddy argues for the Thompson Center’s preservation through interviews with architecture critics, former Illinois Gov. James Thompson, for whom the center is named, and Helmut Jahn, the designer. “Starship Chicago” has been shown in festivals all over the world, and has earned praise from numerous architecture publications. The film is now hosted on the website of nonprofit MAS Context, a quarterly journal addressing urban issues. Eddy said the center has numerous flaws, but these flaws are an indelible part of the building and the city’s history. “There’s no point in making a documentary if there’s no conflict,” he said. “Conflict is the essence of drama, and this is one of the most dramatic buildings for me — anywhere in the world.” To make “Starship Chicago,” Eddy said he called on several of his friends who graduated from Northwestern’s film department. He had previously enlisted them for his first project, “The Absent Column,” which unsuccessfully fought for the preservation of the Prentice Women’s Hospital building in downtown Chicago. Brian Cagle (Communication ’06), who worked on the first film, said he pointed Eddy to his new project. As soon as he told Eddy about
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FACE: I was in the studio one night, I was thinking about several women I had in my life and just thought about the place I was in spiritually. It was me going, “Damn, I’m so caught up in chasing women that I’m losing sight of my primary morale.” I thought it was honest, so I decided to write about it. A lot of times, the majority of R&B is chauvinistic and shows the man having the power over a woman. Very few artists show the power a woman can have over a man, even making him lose sight of who he is because you’re so caught up in your lover. The Daily: What’s next for you? FACE: I’m releasing a series of singles every month for the rest of the year. Because I’m business oriented and I understand the state of music, I’m under my own record label and currently looking for a business dealer. I’m trying to take the entrepreneurial way like Chance the Rapper and Jay-Z. There are a lot of people who create a lot of buzz around their own name. janerecker2019@u.northwestern.edu
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the potential threat to the Thompson Center, Cagle said Eddy wanted to spark discussion and hopefully save the building. Felipe Lima (Communication ’06), who helped advise Eddy and his production team during the filmmaking process, said Eddy was passionate about the project from the beginning. “It took (Eddy) a minute before he was talking about other topics to explore … but this was certainly his baby from start to finish,” Lima said. Eddy, Cagle and Lima, along with several other members of the film’s production team, met in the Film and Projection Society at NU. Although he was not a film major, Eddy said he knew he had “extraordinarily talented” friends who could help him when he came up with the idea to make a short movie. Lima said the faculty and curriculum at NU encouraged students to reach beyond the skills immediately available to them in their majors. Eddy added that NU gave its students a forum to connect and grow both as friends and as people trying to understand their place in the world. “Those relationships with my closest friends and professors instilled in me the confidence … to go out and make these films that nobody else will make,” Eddy said.
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really important for student groups to have, and we as an organization are looking at something similar,” Shenkman said. “This code can and should be, in the future, modified to better suit the needs of the student groups.” Despite struggling to keep quorum, senators also passed guideline changes for the A- and B-status finance committees to reflect the new mandate. Communication sophomore Leo Scheck proposed an amendment — which ultimately failed to pass — to the training’s attendance requirement.
Scheck said ASG should require the president, wellness chair or another executive board member to undergo training. The amendment would also have allowed one general member with solid attendance to fill in if an executive board member could not attend. Shenkman, one of the amendment’s co-sponsors, told The Daily the amendment would have encouraged groups to add a wellness chair to their executive boards. The Weinberg junior said wellness chairs are the best people to pass on information about sexual assault and misconduct. After more than two hours of debate, senators voted down the amendment 15-11.
During the debate, ASG President Nehaarika Mulukutla said CARE recommended that student group presidents attend the training. But senators who co-sponsored the amendment raised concerns that student group presidents might not necessarily care about the issue. “As much as I wish I could say that every student group president does care about sexual assault training, (the amendment sponsors) have a very realistic plea that maybe not every single one will,” the Weinberg senior told The Daily. “My hope is that with this mandate, eventually it will become that way.” Because ASG has never before implemented
similar legislation, Mulukutla said the group is open to future amendments or possibly expanding the policy to groups not sponsored by ASG. “Expand this program and hopefully one day, it will impact every single student on this campus, touch every corner of a Wildcat experience,” she said. Later in the meeting, senators tabled debate about a sustainability code change that would rescind publicity funding for groups that use ground flyers. They also tabled the vote on A-status and B-status guideline sustainability changes.
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“But that hasn’t happened in this case.” Unrath said if ETHS requested the accommodation, the association would turn to other member schools to gauge support before taking action. In addition, Unrath alleged there is no evidence that athletes with disabilities aside from A.H. will benefit from the division’s creation. Judge Ilana Rovner, one of the presiding judges, disagreed with Unrath, arguing other student athletes with disabilities would make use of the new division if it was implemented. She said she didn’t understand why, if there are no costs or disadvantages to other athletes, IHSA doesn’t grant the accommodation. “If A.H. were not physically disabled, he would have statistically a 10 percent chance of making the state series,” Rovner said. “Because of his disabilities he has no chance, none whatsoever. Does that strike you at all as being discriminatory?” The court is expected to issue an opinion on the case within three months. Louis Fogel, the lead counsel on A.H.’s case and an Evanston resident, told The Daily in an email the ETHS senior is a “role model for the disabled athlete community.” “For those of us following this case, it is not a question of whether Illinois will adopt a paraambulatory division for high school track, but when they will do so,” he said.
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Evanston Township High School, 1600 Dodge Ave. On Nov. 6, the federal appellate court in Chicago heard arguments for a discrimination case involving an ETHS athlete with cerebral palsy who has asked that the Illinois High School Association create a para-ambulatory division for track and field events.
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warning. Eddington said this policy change led to the upswing in citations. Kirchmeier said during the November meeting that non-student residents have insisted on limiting student events in the residential community and increasing EPD presence. Most of the noise complaints EPD has received from 5th Ward residents stem from NU-related parties, Eddington said. “The neighbors are the catalysts for the
tickets,” Eddington said. “The issue is the students are trying to lead a student lifestyle in a residential neighborhood, and sometimes there’s conflict with expectation and quality of life and noise level.” According to the city’s noise ordinance, no person in Evanston may make or cause “any loud, unnecessary or unusual noise which either annoys, disturbs, injuries or endangers the comfort, repose, convenience, health, peace or safety of others.” Evanston police Cmdr. Joseph Dugan said the increase in citations parallels an increase in resident complaints.
“appropriate for that umbrella.” She said IHSA’s counterparts in states such as California and Washington have formed an ambulatory division for non-wheelchair athletes with disabilities. Currently, the IHSA allows for different qualifying time standards and races geared toward swimmers with disabilities and track and field athletes in wheelchairs, so the association has experience accommodating a range of abilities, Rao claimed. IHSA even conceded that creating a new division would pose no administrative or financial burden, she added. Rao asked that the district court’s order be reversed. However, Craig Unrath, an attorney representing IHSA, said the question before the court isn’t whether the association “should” create a separate division or time standards for non-wheelchair, para-ambulatory athletes, but whether it “must do so now.” Unrath claimed the ADA does not require IHSA to make the accommodation and there has been no demand from member schools — including ETHS — for this new division. “When (IHSA’s) member schools come together and say, ‘We want this accommodation, we want wheelchair conversation, we want paraambulatory swimming events with separate time standards,’ they’re going to get it,” Unrath said. “It’s definitely more noise and more parties because I don’t think the residents have changed much as far as an overturn to non-University residents,” Dugan said. “It seems to coincide up with home football games and things like that.” Officers knock on doors to discuss noise complaints and preemptively go out into the neighborhood on days with home football games or other large student events, Dugan said. He added that EPD and University Police will take more preemptive measures on days like Dillo Day, when there will likely be more complaints from neighbors. EPD has partnered with UP to provide more
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rishikadugyala2019@u.northwestern.edu information to students living off campus on how to avoid disturbing the neighborhood. In addition, Dugan said officers follow up with the residences that receive a citation and the neighbor who called in the violation to “get some compliance” and prevent future incidents. “If somebody has a party that is in control and not people being extremely loud at all hours of the night, not disturbing the neighborhood, not causing disruptions like urinating on lawns, yelling, throwing things … there would be no reason to call,” Dugan said. samanthahandler2021@u.northwestern.edu
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Marriage 101 professor shares relationship advice By ALANE LIM
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Psychology Prof. Alexandra Solomon speaks at University Hall on Wednesday. Solomon advised students about how to maintain healthy relationships.
Local group recognizes 7 University buildings with 8 awards for design
A local nonprofit recognized seven Northwestern buildings with eight design awards in categories ranging from landscape design to new construction, according to a Wednesday news release. Design Evanston, an organization that aims to promote good design, announced awards for 28
local buildings. On campus, the Patrick G. and Shirley W. Ryan Center for the Musical Arts was the only building to win two awards, one for landscape design and the other for new construction. The Dearborn Observatory, an administrative building located at 720 University Place, The Garage, the Kellogg School of Management Global Hub, the Ryan Field west parking lot and the Shakespeare Garden received one award each. During the last announcement of awards in 2015, NU buildings collectively won two awards,
A Northwestern professor has some advice for heartbroken students struggling to get over a breakup: don’t get mad at yourself, think of your broken heart like a broken bone. “Our brains code heartbreak in the same exact centers where our brains code physical pain,” psychology Prof. Alexandra Solomon said at an event in University Hall on Wednesday. “You wouldn’t get mad at yourself if you had a broken arm and then it continued to hurt.” Solomon, who also works as a clinical psychologist at The Family Institute, spoke about maintaining healthy relationships to about 30 people during an event hosted by Alpha Chi Omega sorority. She said students can develop deeper relationships by being kind to themselves and understanding others. People should allow themselves to process a breakup and get over a relationship, Solomon said. She stressed the importance of understanding feelings, rather than burying them, which often happens in hookup culture as people try to avoid heartbreak. “Part of what happens in hookup culture is we try to have experiences of sex or of closeness without getting hurt,” she said. “There’s a sense of not trusting ourselves to be vulnerable, to open up.” Solomon said people adhere to an idea of what hookups or relationships should be, which makes them feel inadequate when reality doesn’t match. Communication during conflict is also important, because finger-pointing is ineffective, Solomon said. Rather, people should focus on how a conflict the release said. The Global Hub, which opened in March, won an award for interior design, as the building’s “fluid” form gives it the sense of “structure in motion,” according to the release. “The sculpted, undulating form weaves around the building, revealing multi-level terraces and nestled spaces that foster informal social activity and business education collaboration,” the release said. The Dearborn Observatory received an award in the rehabilitation/renovation/restoration design
makes them feel and communicate that sentiment. Emily Diehl, Alpha Chi Omega’s vice president for philanthropy who helped organize the event, told The Daily she thought Solomon’s talk would encourage conversation about healthy relationships. “A lot of what we do is (talk) about unhealthy relationships and how you know the signs of unhealthy relationships,” the Weinberg senior said. She added that she enjoyed the many questions audience members had, which touched on topics relating to relationships, families and whether love even exists. Alicia Zheng, a Communication senior and member of Alpha Chi Omega who attended the event, told The Daily she appreciated the opportunity to see Solomon outside the classroom. Zheng said she heard great things about Solomon, whose “Marriage 101: Building Loving and Lasting Relationships” class is popular among students. “Her class has gained quite a reputation on campus as (one) you have to take during your undergraduate career,” Zheng said. Ultimately, people must have a healthy relationship with themselves to have meaningful relationships with others, Solomon said. She advised students not to tell themselves anything they wouldn’t tell a best friend. “The heart of everything that I do and believe about the nature of love, sex, romance, marriage is that it’s all about the relationship with yourself first,” Solomon said. “(Your relationship with yourself affects) how you view love, what you believe about love, thoughts and feelings about love and the choices that you make about love.” alane.lim@u.northwestern.edu category. The observatory, a “historic gem,” underwent renovations in 2015 and 2016 that included repairs to the building’s windows, sections of the roof and the wrought iron walkway, according to the release. The Shakespeare Garden, renovated in spring 2016, won in the landscape design category. The garden, added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places in 1988, is maintained by the Garden Club of Evanston. — Ally Mauch
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Cats’ bench outscored 33-4 in loss to Bluejays By JONAH DYLAN
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ROSEMONT — Sophomore center Barret Benson went 3 for 6 from the free throw line in Wednesday’s 92-88 loss to Creighton. A 50 percent clip from the line isn’t usually something to write home about, but those 3 points represented 75 percent of Northwestern’s bench points on the night. The Wildcats (2-1) were outscored 33-4 in bench points by the Bluejays (3-0), as NU had to lean on its starters to play heavy minutes. Senior guard Bryant McIntosh played 40 minutes while junior forward Vic Law logged 39. “There’s a togetherness and a bond with this team,” Creighton coach Greg McDermott said. “They get along extremely well.” Wednesday’s was a team effort as the Bluejays had four players score in double figures, including freshman guard Ty-Shon Alexander’s career-high 14 off the bench. Creighton had four bench players outscore the Cats’ bench single-handedly. For NU, freshman guard Anthony Gaines logged 23 minutes off the bench but scored just 1 point. Benson played 9 minutes, sophomore guard Isiah Brown had 5 and junior guard Jordan Ash saw just two minutes of playing time. Coach Chris Collins said he likes the way Gaines is progressing so far. “He can be a guy, as he continues to settle in, where you can pass it ahead to him, he can attack the basket,” Collins said. “He’s learning, he’s taking it all in. For a freshman, I think he’s done very well … I think tonight was a great learning experience for him.” The Cats are still looking to find ways to replace forwards Sanjay Lumpkin and Nathan Taphorn. Senior forward Gavin Skelly has taken over Lumpkin’s starting job, but without Skelly and Taphorn coming off the bench to pace the second unit, NU has run into lots of trouble. Neither Brown nor Ash have given the Cats significant minutes, and redshirt freshman forward Rapolas Ivanauskas has yet to see the floor.
Sophomore forward Aaron Falzon, who missed all of last season and still hasn’t played this campaign, dressed for the first time this season tonight. McIntosh said getting Falzon back will be a huge help for NU. “We all know he’s a tremendous shooter,” McIntosh said. “He’s also has just a lot of energy. He talks, you can see him bounce around and that energy can spread and provide us energy as well.” But without Falzon on Wednesday night, the Cats couldn’t hang with the Bluejays’ high-flying attack. Collins distilled the loss down to two stats. “You get outscored 48 to 26 in the paint and 33 to 4 in the bench, it’s probably not gonna be a good result,” he said. “Those are things we have to improve upon.” jonahdylan2020@u.northwestern.edu
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Anthony Gaines drives to the basket. The freshman guard scored 1 of Northwestern’s 4 bench points Wednesday.
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Wildcats can’t fly with Bluejays, fall in early-season thriller By BEN POPE
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ROSEMONT — Vic Law dropped a career-high 30 points, Bryant McIntosh discovered his midseason form and Northwestern staged an epic mid-game comeback from 15 points down. For the first time this season, there was exciting basketball being played in the cavernous confines of Allstate Arena. But also for the first time this year, the Wildcats lost. “This is a game that we talk about as like a ‘program game’ — it’s an opportunity to show everybody what we’re about — and we actually did the opposite,” McIntosh said after his team’s 92-88 defeat. “We’re a blue-collar, defense-first program. Tonight, it was great (that) we put up 88 points, but we also gave up 92.” Against a run-and-gun Creighton (3-0) team that plays at one of the fastest paces in the country, NU (2-1) found itself caught in a tempo that played right into its opponent’s hands. The Bluejays put up 68 field goal attempts, the thirdmost the Cats have allowed in coach Chris Collins’ five-year tenure, and scored 92 points — the most NU has allowed since January 2014. Collins said that breakneck pace of play combined with poor defensive
communication doomed his team. “When you’re really running back, if you’re not talking, you can get crossmatched, you can get lost, and that’s what was happening,” he said. “I didn’t think we were talking at a high level and finding guys in transition, which led to a number of easy baskets, and that’s what (Creighton) does great.” The Bluejays overcame a rare quiet game from star guard Marcus Foster and an early injury to forward Toby Hegner by getting 24 points from junior guard Khyri Thomas and claiming a whopping 33-4 advantage in bench points. That was enough to top masterful performances by both McIntosh, a senior guard, and Law, a junior forward. McIntosh finished with 24 points on 11-of-20 shooting, while Law erupted for 23 points in the second half alone. “For those (two) guys to give us 54 points and 10 assists and nine rebounds, I was proud of them,” Collins said. “They made big shots, they made big plays, they weren’t running from the game, and that’s what you expect.” After the highly anticipated matchup nearly devolved into a blowout in the first half, NU fought back to trail just 51-43 at halftime. The Cats then rode three 3-pointers by Law in the opening minutes of the second half to take a short-lived lead. Creighton continually answered back,
however, with a consistent onslaught of both deep bombs and inside layups to re-establish its multi-possession advantage. The visitors finished an absurdly efficient 8-of-16 from deep, countering NU’s almost-as-impressive 12-of-28 clip, and dominated points in the paint by a 48-26 margin. The Cats nevertheless remained in the game — an entertaining one for all 6,384 fans in attendance, even McIntosh admitted — until the final whistle. A triple by senior forward Gavin Skelly, who finished with 14 points and a team-high six rebounds, cut the deficit to just 2 points with 18 seconds to play. But the Bluejays made all of their late free throws and played great defense on NU’s final possession to preserve the win. Afterwards, an exhausted Law — forced to play 39 minutes as sophomore forward Aaron Falzon missed his third consecutive game and senior guard Scottie Lindsey dealt with foul trouble from the outset — took the blame for his team’s defensive letdown. “Yeah, I’m happy I scored (30),” he said. “But as a defensive-minded player … I need to do a better job.”
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Defense can’t contain Cats look for 2nd victory of year a high-scoring attack By CHARLIE GOLDSMITH
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ROSEMONT — A year after its first-ever trip to the NCAA Tournament, No. 20 Northwestern is learning nothing will be guaranteed for its 201718 campaign. In a 92-88 loss, the Wildcats (2-1) exhibited a porous defense that was carved up at will by an aggressive Creighton (3-0) offense. Bluejays’ junior guard Khyri Thomas led the onslaught with 24 points, and freshman guard TyShon Alexander added a career-high 14. Creighton shot 51.5 percent from the field, and 50 percent from beyond the arc. The duo, and the majority of the visitor’s perimeter attack, consistently penetrated the NU defense and scored, passed out to the wing for an open shot or drew a foul. The result was a 51-point first-half outing for the Bluejays, the most points the Cats have given up in a half since January 2014, when they gave up 52 in the second half of a 93-67 loss to Iowa. Coach Chris Collins said defensive problems defined the game for NU. “The story of the game was really in the first half — our inability to defend them,” Collins said. “We had a number of breakdowns; we didn’t communicate that well.” Junior forward Vic Law and senior guard Bryant McIntosh catalyzed the Cats’ attack in the second half. Law finished with 30 points, and McIntosh added 24. But while the offense was clicking for NU, its defensive woes continued. Thomas continued his offensive torrent into the second half, as he once again picked apart the Cats’ defense,
helping the visitors quell NU’s scorching start to the period. The onslaught continued throughout the remainder of the game. As the teams traded points in the several closing minutes, it became clear that putting together defensive stops would be the deciding factor for the victory. With just over four minutes remaining, NU had trimmed the lead to two points. The crowd now on its feet, the team looked to be nearing its first lead since early on in the first half. Cue, Marcus Foster. The standout senior guard drilled a silencing 3-pointer, seemingly demoralizing the Cats defense. The next possession, he did the same, and the lead ballooned to eight. This theme held constant as the game wound down. Each time NU seemed to tune up its defensive intensity, a missed rebound or a stellar shot by the Bluejays thwarted the home team’s comeback bid. McIntosh said the lack of execution on the defensive end was dispiriting to see. “(It was) just disappointing,” McIntosh said. “We have to do a better job guarding our paint.” Despite the defense’s struggles, the Cats found themselves down just two with 18 seconds remaining. NU needed one stop — a steal, or even some magic — to save its young undefeated season. The Cats didn’t get it, and they fell to 2-1 for the second straight season. Law said heading forward, the team knows scoring a lot simply won’t cut it against other talented teams like Creighton. “Offense comes and goes,” Law said. “We need to be locked in as a unit defensively.” aidanmarkey2019@u.northwestern.edu
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Jordan Hamilton knew she would have to learn to “take a hit” in her first collegiate game, but handled the new environment calmly Friday, leading Northwestern with seven assists. The freshman guard said playing in her debut game felt a little jarring even though the Wildcats routed Chicago State, winning 63-36. When NU (1-0) plays Oakland (0-1) on Thursday in its first home game of the season, Hamilton
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said everything will feel more familiar. “It’s hard simulating somebody’s speed playing in the game, even though I control the pace, and they are definitely faster than I expected,” she said. “But this is going to help me, being able to transition to games quickly, being able to hurry up, heal up and get ready for the next one.” Hamilton and fellow freshman guard
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Amber Jamison drives to the hoop. The junior sat out Northwestern’s opening-night win over Chicago State, but may return against Oakland.
Lindsey Pulliam impressed in the season opener, the first time the Cats have started two freshmen from the outset since Nia Coffey, Christen Inman and Ashley Deary in 2013. Pulliam scored 18 points against the Cougars, the most by any NU freshman in a debut since Coffey put up 19 in 2013. Junior forward Pallas KunaiyiAkpanah said seeing the freshmen succeed gives her confidence about the team’s potential heading forward. “We were really anxious to see what our team would look like this year since we have a lot of new people coming in,” she said. “Seeing them translate what they do from practice to games makes me think we’re going to have a great season.” As NU moves into one of the busiest stretches of its season — four games in five days next week — coach Joe McKeown said he hopes the team continues to develop its identity. He described this as effective post play, strong perimeter shooting and athleticism at every position. The Cats won Friday night without junior guard Amber Jamison, who averaged 4.9 points per game last season and is one of the team’s leading returning scorers. Her potential return against Oakland may force Hamilton or Pulliam out of the starting lineup. Jamison could be valuable against the Golden Grizzlies, experienced opponents McKeown said will challenge NU with their physicality and scoring talent. Even if Hamilton and Pulliam don’t start together moving forward, McKeown said he is excited to see them transition into a new environment. “Everything that happens between now and January is really a learning experience for them,” he said. “This prepares you for anything that is going to be thrown at you during January, February and March.” charliegoldsmith2021@u.northwestern.edu