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Senate advances judicial nominee NU alumnus one step closer to 7th Circuit position

By ERICA SNOW

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WASHINGTON — Senators narrowly voted Thursday to advance through the Judiciary Committee the nomination of Northwestern alumnus Michael Brennan (School of Law ’89) to a federal judge position amid controversy surrounding his appointment.

President Donald Trump nominated Brennan in August to fill an empty seat on the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, covering Illinois, Indiana and Wisconsin. The Senate Judiciary Committee advanced Brennan with a vote of 11-10. Brennan will have to be approved by the full senate.

Brennan previously faced criticism from Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) during questioning in a January hearing.

When Booker asked Brennan whether implicit racial bias existed in the judicial system, Brennan said he wasn’t familiar enough with the data to say.

Booker said Thursday that Brennan’s nomination was

“stunning and absolutely unacceptable, if not offensive.” Booker challenged his colleagues to talk to black families in their districts about their experiences.

“Having a federal judge ascended to the bench who has not even a willingness to acknowledge a problem is, to me, not just insulting — but it is dangerous in a country that still has so much work to do to achieve our ideals of liberty and justice for all,” Booker said.

Brennan could not be reached for comment. Gass Weber Mullins, Brennan’s office in Milwaukee, deferred comment to Steven Biskupic, a lawyer who has been a colleague of Brennan’s since the 1980s.

Biskupic told The Daily it’s not unusual for a judicial nominee to face criticism.

“While some senators may be expressing some concerns, I think certainly those of us who know Mike Brennan here in Wisconsin know that he will be an outstanding judge,” Biskupic said.

In the January hearing, some committee members highlighted his resume and NU degree. » See BRENNAN, page 6

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Chicago-based artist Ravyn Lenae looks at the crowd, making eye contact with fans only a few inches away. Lenae, along with Knox Fortune, performed at SPACE Thursday night.

Local artists perform at SPACE Annual Chicago Benefit fundraises for detention center programs

By RACHEL KUPFER

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Chicago-based artists Knox Fortune and Ravyn Lenae took the stage at SPACE Thursday night, providing audience members with an intimate performance.

The event, put on by

A&O Productions, attracted approximately 150 students, whose ticket proceeds went to Northwestern Arts and Music Programs for Education in Detention Centers.

Kerry Brown (SESP ’14), an AMPED coordinator, got involved with the organization during her time at Northwestern before picking up a fulltime position after graduation.

She found the hip-hop composition program — which connects students with incarcerated young men in Cook County — to be special and transformative, she said.

“Using the arts as way to allow the young people in detention centers to tell their stories to those of us on the outside is really important,” Brown said. “I’m excited to be

able to spread that message across Northwestern.”

Fortune began the night, stepping on stage to an eager crowd, and sang songs from his recently debuted album, “Paradise.” He also performed the unreleased song “Shirtless” and a rendition of “All Night,” a popular 2016 hit with Chance » See BENEFIT, page 6

Dog beach permits halted

Submerged beach unlikely to open this summer

By RYAN WANGMAN

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TV writer and actress Lena Waithe speaks at an event in Ryan Auditorium Thursday. In September, Waithe became the first black woman to win an Emmy for comedy series writing for an episode she wrote for Netflix series “Master of None.”

Waithe speaks on campus ETHS alumna shares stories about TV experience

By ALLY MAUCH

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Actress and TV writer Lena Waithe said she took to TV and movies from a young age, and later realized that she could be a part of it.

“Watching ‘A Different World’

for sure made me realize I wanted to be a part of it, and then also watching really old TV like ‘The Mary Tyler Moore Show’ and ‘Maude’ and ‘Rhoda,’” Waithe told The Daily. “Those shows really made me think about writing something that eventually would be timeless, that would stick around for a long time.”

Thirty-three-year-old Waithe

Serving the University and Evanston since 1881

has done just that.

Waithe, who spoke at Northwestern on Thursday, starred in and wrote for the Netflix series “Master of None,” and is the creator and executive producer of the Showtime series “The Chi.” In September, Waithe became the first black woman to win an » See WAITHE, page 6

On beaches this year in Evanston, the dog days of summer will likely be missing one key component: the dogs.

Evanston’s sole dog beach, located off Sheridan Road south of Northwestern’s campus, has fallen victim to the rising level of Lake Michigan. It is now submerged under water, Parks, Recreation and Community Services department director Lawrence Hemingway said.

As a result, all applications for dog beach permits have been suspended, he said.

Body found on Metra tracks, causing delays

Trains on Metra’s Union Pacific North line were halted Thursday morning after a body was found near the tracks in downtown Evanston.

At 8:06 this morning, a

“It doesn’t make sense to take in applications for dog beach passes; it would be premature,” Hemingway said.

“We don’t have a solution of what would take place.”

In addition to rising water levels, Hemingway said that due to sand erosion, wood pylons that were once covered by sand are now exposed and coming through the surface. He said the pylons would be a hazard for the dogs and owners who would be using the dog beach.

Ald. Judy Fiske (1st) said while she knew people would be disappointed with the news the city doesn’t have money budgeted to put in more sand, leaving residents

to go with the “whims of mother nature.” She said if things change in the middle of the season, the dog beach will open up again. Based on what Hemingway has told her, Fiske said it doesn’t seem likely the beach will open at all.

“We have to live within the confines of what the lake allows us to do, and we’ve been lucky the years that we’ve had a beautiful, expansive dog beach, but more recently with the lake levels being so high we just don’t,” Fiske said.

The problem is not new for the dog beach.

Metra engineer alerted the Evanston Police Department that there was a body on the bridge that crosses over Dempster Street, Evanston police Cmdr. Ryan Glew said.

The incident caused delays to the Metra train schedule for about 30 minutes, according to Metra spokesperson Katie Dahlstrom.

Glew said the body has been identified as a

34-year-old white male and is consistent with having been struck by a train. The engineer who reported the incident was not conducting the train that is thought to have have struck the person, Glew said.

Police have identified the 34-year-old, but will not release his name until his family is notified, Glew said.

» See DOG, page 6

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AROUND TOWN Evanston group planning trip to gun control event

By RYAN WANGMAN

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In the wake of a devastating Florida shooting that left 17 people dead, a local group is organizing buses to send people to an event at the end of the month in Springfield focused on passing gun control legislation.

The event is being organized by the Illinois chapter of Moms Demand Action, a group which advocates for common-sense gun reform, and will help in the group’s continued efforts to pass a gun dealer licensing law in the state, chapter leader Lauren Quinn said. A vote on the bill could happen any time in the spring, she said, but it is up to lawmakers when that happens.

Quinn said the day will start with a training on how to talk to legislators, and then people will break up into small groups and meet with legislators that are there on that day. She said the event will allow for the approximately 25 affiliated Moms Demand Action groups throughout the state to come together.

“We have a lot of local groups throughout the state and we don’t often get together in one place, and so it’s a nice way to get the whole chapter together and meet each other and be in a likeminded situation,” Quinn said.

Nina Kavin, the co-founder of Dear Evanston — a Facebook page that discusses inequity

Man arrested, charged after taking hammer to exercise studio window

A 62-year-old man was charged Wednesday in connection with damage to property in downtown Evanston.

A Pure Barre employee called police to investigate criminal damage at 7:54 p.m., Evanston

and racial issues in the city — said she saw the event, which was created before the shooting, on Facebook a couple weeks ago and put it in her calendar, intending to go on her own. After 20-year-old Evanston Township High School graduate Yakez Semark was killed last Thursday, she said she thought about tangible steps she could take to mobilize the community.

“

We have to do something as a community as an action.

It can’t just be posting and sharing posts.

Nina Kavin, Dear Evanston co-founder

Following the events in Florida on Wednesday, Kavin said she’d “had it,” and began organizing a group to get people onto buses for the event. She emphasized that it is really important for people to leave their individual homes where they feel sad, helpless and powerless and to build community with people who care about the same issues.

“We have to do something as a community as an action,” Kavin said. “It can’t just be posting and sharing posts and having condolences … if we don’t go a step further, then none of it is police Cmdr. Ryan Glew said. The employee told police she was behind the studio’s front counter at 910 Church St. when a man in a coat with fur approached the store entrance from outside.

The man did not enter the studio, but struck the front window several times with a hammer, Glew said. After causing significant damage, he fled on foot. Officers at the scene observed small holes and cracks in the front window, Glew said.

The employee told officers that about two

worth anything.”

Two of the people joining Kavin to plan the travel are Evan Finamore and Kathleen Long, who worked with her in January 2017 to organize buses to Washington D.C. for the first women’s march.

The pair said that when Kavin reached out to them about organizing the Springfield event, they were immediately on board.

“We just can’t let another time pass where it’s the important news for about 36 hours and then it begins to fade into this tapestry that is unfortunately becoming the fabric of our country,” Finamore said. “It’s filled with all of these needless deaths at the hands of people with guns.”

Kavin said the preliminary estimate for a bus ticket is about $50, but that she hopes to offer discounts and free tickets for people who want to attend, but can’t afford to. The bus will likely leave at about 5:30 a.m. from somewhere in Evanston and return at about 7 p.m., she said.

Both Kavin and Quinn stressed that even though the event is organized by Moms Demand Action, it isn’t just for moms, but rather for everyone who is concerned with gun violence in America.

“We would like to get as many buses as we can, as diverse as we can,” Kavin said. “It’s for moms, it’s for dads, it’s for single people. Every race, color, culture — it should matter to everybody.” ryanw@u.northwestern.edu

hours prior to the arrest, the same man came into the exercise studio and asked the employee when they closed, Glew said. The employee told him they close at 8 p.m. and he left.

Police located the man in the 900 block of Church Street at 8 p.m., Glew said. Officers stopped him and found a hammer in his possession. The man was charged with criminal damage to property.

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The capitol building in Springfield. An Evanston contingent will head to the state capital at the end of the month for an event on gun control.

Setting the record straight An article published in Thursday’s paper titled “Cats looking to take next step” misstated the throwing hand of junior pitcher Danny Katz. Katz is a right-handed pitcher.

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Hurricane Maria survivor Veronica Davila said when her house flooded during the hurricane, “the darkness (was) so deep, no one could tell how much water there was.”

Davila and Javier Valentin Feliciano, both residents of Puerto Rico, spoke in Kresge Hall on Thursday about their experience during Hurricane Maria and its aftermath. . Feliciano lost his sister, Maria Valentin Feliciano, in the hurricane and dedicated his presentation to her and policeman Angel Lorenzo-Gonzalez, who also died.

Feliciano and Davila were in separate regions of the island when the hurricane hit. The two speakers showed the audience images of leveled homes, flooded streets and long lines of refugees waiting for resources like gasoline and food from the weeks following the disaster.

“It was like this all the time,” Feliciano said several times during the presentation.

Puerto Rican officials have long criticized the lack of funding in disaster relief from the U.S. government. The island is tens of billions of dollars short of the amount of funding needed for restoration and recovery, according to a Feb. 8 New York Times article.

Frances Aparicio, director of the Latina and Latino Studies Program said that “the U.S. Puerto Rican citizenship has always been a second-class citizenship,” referring to the perceived lack of support from the federal government despite the islanders’ citizenship status.

Davila said during the event how scared her sister’s boyfriend looked when he told her that her house was flooded.

“His face told me everything,” Davila said.“I have never seen anyone so scared and so out of it in my life.”

Davila said there were cracks on the walls and bent ceilings in her house after the hurricane passed. Her father told the family to move the roof for safety, as they could not anticipate how much

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Javier Valentin Feliciano speaks about his survival story to a crowd in Kresge Hall. Feliciano, a Puerto Rican, lost his sister and witnessed the devastation of Puerto Rico during the hurricane.

water would flood into the house, Davila added.

The government reported only one death in Añasco — Feliciano’s hometown — when the hurricane hit, but Feliciano said his sister was not included in the official number. Puerto Rican officials reported 64 deaths, but many believe the actual death toll was significantly higher. An analysis by The Times estimated 1,052 deaths.

The two speakers also discussed the island’s current and future political and economic situations.

Puerto Rico has been facing the threat of population loss dating back to before the hurricane, and the problem has become increasingly imminent following it. While many survivors are fleeing to U.S. mainland. Davila said she believes most of the remaining population will likely move to the service sector or travel industry because of the immigration, turning the island into a “Puerto

Rican Disneyland.”

However, Davila said people cannot be blamed for fleeing the island. When families are not receiving the necessary resources for sustenance in Puerto Rico that other states like Florida promise them, Davila said it’s understandable that people will choose to leave, she said.

Feliciano said Puerto Ricans who were previously indifferent to the island’s politics finally expressed concern after the U.S. government was consistently apathetic and unhurried in their response following the disaster. However, people are still fearful of speaking out and facing repercussions, he said.

“It doesn’t seem like we’re getting out of this for long time,” Davila said.

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Don’t forget about Parkland when news cycle does TROY CLOSSON

DAILY COLUMNIST

Each time another mass shooting occurs in the U.S., we withdraw into the same unproductive pattern: politicians offer up their condolences, debates break out on social media over whether it’s too soon to initiate gun control conversations and then a few weeks later, we move it into a distant memory.

Until another shooting happens and we start over.

Just last month, two students were killed and many more were injured in a Kentucky high school shooting that already feels five miles back in our rear-view mirrors. And mass shootings in Orlando, Las Vegas, Sutherland Springs and San Bernardino — among countless others — have turned into anecdotes.

On Wednesday, at least 17 people were killed by a former student at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida during the 30th mass shooting of 2018. Arrest reports indicate the gunman was armed with a semiautomatic AR-15 rifle that he purchased himself in February 2017. And counting the Parkland shooting, the past five months have seen three of the 10 deadliest mass shootings in modern U.S. history.

Following tragedies like this, it’s understandably necessary to take time to focus on the families, victims and others impacted. Still, with the rate that mass shootings occur in this country, they’ll always be “too recent” to start talking about gun control — that can’t be an excuse for inaction anymore.

Per usual, however, Republicans in Congress haven’t done anything substantial, instead just reminding us not to “politicize” tragedies or bring up policy reform that could prevent more people from dying. And they just follow the example set by the Trump administration: rather than offer tangible solutions, Trump continued to offer

inconsequential condolences and sympathies Thursday.

Instead of addressing the most apparent factor in each of these shootings — guns — Trump made no mention of gun control, instead subjecting families in Florida to a generic commitment to work to “tackle the difficult issue of mental health.” These pointless statements came despite the fact that his administration has largely moved to cut funding from mental health programs and community health services providers, and has also made it easier for people with mental illness to acquire firearms after rolling back a ban on gun purchases by people who receive disability checks for mental illness.

We need to stop playing. Mass shootings all have one thing in common and it’s not that shooters play too many violent video games, as Kentucky governor Matt Bevin pointed to as a cause of the Parkland shooting. Guns are the issue, and nothing will change unless we can stop pretending they’re not the problem here. It shouldn’t be that hard to understand.

Responding in the way Trump, Bevin and many other Republican politicians have isn’t just pathetic and disgraceful, but also plainly disrespectful to the families of children killed by gun violence. It makes no sense how people’s lives are a partisan issue — well, until you consider the National Rifle Association contributed millions to Republican political campaigns in 2016.

Growing up, my parents often mentioned Columbine as the sole well-known example of a school shooting, pointing to it in safety discussions. Now, they happen regularly — but that’ll never change unless we stop forgetting mass shootings two weeks after they happen and actually address the issue.

Troy Closson is a Medill sophomore. He can be contacted at troyclosson@u.northwestern.edu.

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Trump’s proposed food stamps overhaul is problematic ALEX SCHWARTZ

DAILY COLUMNIST

I’ll preface this column with my deeply held conviction that food assistance programs are vital to the survival of low-income people in this country. There are a host of reasons why food stamps work and why we should work every day to improve and destigmatize them.

Refusing to support these programs is cold and ignorant, and disregards the fact that there are people in this country who are so unfairly poor that they literally can’t afford to feed themselves.

The Trump administration’s 2019 budget proposal, released this Monday, cuts $17.2 billion from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program in 2019 and $213.5 billion from it over the next 10 years. The budget also makes significant cuts to the Environmental Protection Agency, State Department and Department of Education, among others. It is important to note the unlikelihood of these cuts actually being passed by Congress, which is tasked with actually enacting budget measures into law. Even so, this proposal is still an important, definitive measure of the White House’s priorities.

The proposed cut to SNAP is especially concerning, however, because it overhauls SNAP’s

signature “food stamp” system and replaces it with so-called “USDA America’s Harvest Boxes,” which would be delivered directly to SNAP-eligible families. The administration’s budget director called it a “Blue Apron-type program,” arguing that it would save the government money and help improve the diets of SNAP recipients.

It’s funny how the White House refers to this as a “Blue Apron-type program” considering that no fresh foods will be delivered in America’s Harvest Boxes, which will mostly contain nonperishable items like shelf-stable milk, cereal and canned fruit and vegetables.

In addition, I have trouble understanding how individual states will be able to distribute food boxes to the over 20 million households that currently receive SNAP benefits, especially when Blue Apron, which does this exclusively, caters to fewer than a million customers.

To be fair, the USDA does currently operate the Commodity Supplemental Food Program, which provides food boxes to low-income elderly folks, but only 600,000 people use this program. I don’t see how the USDA could operate a program like this at such a massive scale while still managing to save money.

The current SNAP program doesn’t even technically involve “food stamps.” Qualifying individuals receive a debit card that can only be used to purchase food at qualifying supermarkets and other grocery retailers. The card does not work for beer, wine, liquor, cigarettes, tobacco, household items, medicines or hot

foods, leading me to wonder why politicians feel that SNAP recipients cannot be trusted to purchase their own food.

Moreover, there is no proof that these prepackaged ingredients will result in healthier meals for low-income people. In fact, they’ve already been detrimental to Native American communities through the Food Distribution Program on Indian Reservations, which ships boxes of food products to Native people living on reservations. While recipients have some options to choose from, none of them are fresh and most are full of refined fats and sugars. These processed foods have contributed to extremely high rates of obesity and related chronic illnesses like diabetes and cancer in Native communities.

There are a host of other logistical problems the USDA could run into, especially when scaling this process up to millions of families.

How will those with allergies be accounted for? How are people supposed to eat if package delivery problems arise? What do homeless recipients without permanent addresses do to receive their packages? Just imagine any problem you can think of when getting a package, and apply that to something that’s actually necessary to your survival: food. “America’s Harvest Boxes” would complicate SNAP beyond recognition.

Republicans, champions of a free market, should despise this. Making the government in charge of distributing subsidized food is a bureaucratic disaster waiting to happen. It

Video games can be important creative outlet JARED BAAS

DAILY COLUMNIST

Stepping out into the brilliant sunlight of the late afternoon, I shield my face to give my eyes a moment to adjust to the surroundings. The lack of vision is attributed to the last couple of hours I had to spend in the hospital. As I turn onto the street, I run over to the nearest car, made to resemble a Ford Mustang. Finding the door locked, I elbow the window to break the glass, jump in the car, quickly hotwire it and drive off. When I look in the rearview mirror, I see an unfortunate local cop has seen my misdeed. I shoot out the front tires of the vehicle behind me while speeding away and pull into the nearest dark alley.

These are the streets of Los Santos, a fictional city created by Rockstar Games in their headline video game Grand Theft Auto V. The above scene would likely horrify most parents — as would GTA V all together, with its frequent scenes of theft, sex, drugs, crime, interference with law enforcement and objectification of women. And yes, the game has a Mature 17+ rating for a reason.

For me, however, games like these don’t work to teach me to behave like this, but rather provide an outlet to express my emotions and creativity.

One of the most unique features about GTA V is that it’s an open world game, meaning that instead of having a linear gameplay direction

with a fixed sequence of events, the gamer can go wherever they choose and interact with the environment freely. This limitless exploration can foster creative thinking and enhance visual spatial learning.

My therapy in playing games like GTA comes from being able to try new things that I haven’t done in real life, like blowing up a car or jumping a motorcycle off of a parking garage. By testing these processes in a virtual world, I no longer wonder about them.

What many don’t seem to understand, however, is that the video game doesn’t inspire me to go try the things that I experimented with in real life. In fact, it does quite the opposite. After experiencing a new phenomenon in the game, it satisfies any curiosity I had about it in the first place. I don’t see a need to go out into my neighborhood and blow up a car — in GTA V, I can just simulate it in the gaming environment.

Video games are also a way for me to express my emotions in a positive manner. I find that often times when I’m angry or sad, I go to the video game world to work out what I’m dealing with. I can channel my anger into the game, and many times, my gameplay can improve when I have a reason like this to be playing.

While many critics might argue that’s not a productive way to deal with your emotions, I disagree. I think that being able to go into a simulated setting and release frustration is a much healthier way to deal with anger than resorting to other means like physical violence or stifling the emotions. Ultimately, it’s been much better to

express my emotions freely and work them into a harmless video game than suffer side effects like anxiety or depression from improperly dealing with feelings.

It’s important for those against video games to understand this perspective. Personally, I don’t think it’s fair to assume that because I play a game with violence, I openly support crime. Rather, to me, video games can play an important role in providing young adults an alternative to many of the harmful activities they might participate in during their regular lives. In my opinion, by creating a safe space for young people to experiment, video games may help some people to reduce the risk of one hurting themselves or others — and few studies have looked into the long-term impact of these games on aggressive behavior.

While I recognize the negative effects of excessive gaming — like addiction and other detrimental health consequences — video games do have potential benefits, including improved reflexes and reaction times as well as strengthened creative problem solving skills. I think it’s time for us to expand our perspectives on the debate and think critically about how video games can actually benefit people in the same situation as me.

Jared Baas is a Weinberg freshman. He can be contacted at jaredbaas2021@u.northwestern.edu.

If you would like to respond publicly to this op-ed, send a Letter to the Editor to opinion@dailynorthwestern.com. The views expressed in this piece do not necessarily reflect the views of all staff members of The Daily Northwestern.

baffles me how a political party so dead-set against big government is willing to give the government way too much responsibility in an area it is ill-equipped to deal with. This ridiculous proposal suggests that the Trump administration is willing to abandon its conservative principles if it means taking money away from programs that help poor people.

There’s also the question of who would stand to benefit from this new system. Yes, there is evidence to support that big food companies benefit financially from SNAP as it is. But, if anything, I imagine this food box program being even more corrupt — which food brands will be included in these boxes, and how will that be decided?

I take comfort in the fact that this budget proposal is unlikely to actually see the light of day in Congress. But it exposes a laughable hypocrisy in conservatism: that the principles of small government and a free market only apply to legislation about corporations and the super-rich — not people who need food assistance. SNAP could be improved a number of ways, but this proposal is far too many steps in the wrong direction.

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Weinberg researchers make black holes discovery

By ALANE LIM

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Weinberg researchers have developed a theory that may explain why “cold” molecules can be found in the very energetic winds blowing from black holes.

According to a Jan. 30 news release, postdoctoral fellow Alexander Richings and physics and astronomy Prof. Claude-André Faucher-Giguère created a computer code that modeled the chemical processes found in the winds driven by supermassive black holes at the centers of some galaxies, and discovered that new molecules form within the winds.

In November, the study was published in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society.

Richings said previous work had indicated that the winds “swept” out existing molecules from a galaxy. The winds from these supermassive black holes can drive gas out of a galaxy at very high speeds, he added.

“Gas in the galaxy is what forms the stars we see. … It’s like the fuel for star formation,” Richings said. “When we have (these) supermassive black holes drive the gas out of the galaxy, it’s thought it can end star formation.”

Faucher-Giguère added that because supermassive black holes are the most energetic objects in the universe, the winds are expected to be very

hot. However, astronomers detected these winds around the year 2010 and found they emitted cold molecular gas, he added.

The team’s simulations show how this cold gas can form, Faucher-Giguère said.

“These were really the first numerical simulations that included all the equations that are necessary to capture how molecules are formed and destroyed in interstellar gas,” Faucher-Giguère said.

Postdoctoral fellow Jonathan Stern, who works in Faucher-Giguère’s group but has not worked on the project, said Richings’ work yielded predictions that can be easily tested against observations.

Richings said the team’s work looked at molecules like molecular hydrogen and carbon monoxide. The authors could compare the simulated molecules to those seen in space, he added.

The code modeled the process over one million years, which is the typical timescale of the outflows that have been observed, Richings said.

He added that the simulations were run on several supercomputers, which have a higher computational ability than most computers, including one at Northwestern.

Faucher-Giguère said these new molecules were somewhat warmer than most molecules familiar to astronomers — over one thousand degrees Kelvin compared to tens or hundreds of degrees — so they should be brighter in infrared radiation.

Sometime next year, NASA is launching a telescope that is sensitive to infrared radiation, Faucher-Giguère said, adding that this new

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Technological Institute. Postdoctoral fellow Alexander Richings and Weinberg Prof. Claude-André FaucherGiguère, whose offices are in Tech, developed a theory that may explain why “cold” molecules can be found in the very energetic winds blowing from black holes.

instrument should be able to map these “molecular outflows” in a large number of galaxies if the team’s theory is correct.

Stern said work like Richings’ matters because it helps scientists understand how the universe evolved.

“We think that this interaction between black

holes and galaxies has a major effect on the development of the universe — the development of how stars are built up, how galaxies are formed,” he said. “By doing these kinds of studies, we can actually understand (the) history of the universe.” alane.lim@u.northwestern.edu

NU prof, alumnus nominated to Seventh Circuit court

By ALAN PEREZ

daily senior staffer @_perezalan_

Two graduates and a professor from Pritzker School of Law have been nominated to the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, potentially joining three other Northwestern alumni serving on the court.

The White House announced in a Monday news release the nominations of U.S. District

Judge Amy St. Eve of the Northern District of Illinois and Pritzker alumnus Michael Scudder (School of Law ’98), a partner at a multinational law firm with an office in Chicago.

If confirmed, the two may join NU alumnus Michael Brennan (School of Law ’89), a partner at a Milwaukee law firm who was narrowly advanced through the Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday, and fill the remaining vacancies in the Circuit Court, which presides over Illinois, Indiana and Wisconsin.

The nominations are a part of President

Donald Trump’s plan to fill vacancies in the nation’s appellate courts with young and conservative judges. Democrats have little power to stop the Republican Senate majority, as demonstrated in Brennan’s confirmation when a GOP chairman ignored Senate tradition relating to judicial nominations.

St. Eve, an adjunct professor in the the School of Law, was nominated to the District Court by President George Bush in 2002. She previously served as an assistant attorney in the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Illinois

and an associate independent counsel for the investigation into the the Whitewater scandal.

Before practicing civil litigation and white collar defense, Scudder served as counsel to the White House and President Barack Obama before advising the National Security Council.

Scudder also served as an assistant attorney in the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York.

No confirmation hearing dates have been set. aperez@u.northwestern.edu

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Sens. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) and Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) listen during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Thursday. Senators narrowly approved Northwestern alumnus Michael Brennan (School of Law ‘89) to a federal judge position 11-10.

BRENNAN From page 1

Brennan’s nomination also faced scrutiny from several Democrats on the committee who said chairman Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) broke from tradition in pushing through his nomination. A century-old Senate Judiciary Committee practice allows for senators from the nominee’s home state to weigh in on the candidate with a “blue slip” to express approval or disapproval of the nominee.

Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) returned his slip, but Sen. Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.) did not return hers. However, Grassley still proceeded with Brennan’s nomination.

Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), the top Democrat on the committee, called the break from tradition a “huge mistake” on Thursday.

While she acknowledged that the “blue slip” tradition has never been codified, Feinstein argued that under Democratic leadership, the committee

BENEFIT From page 1

the Rapper.

After Fortune, Lenae danced her way onto the stage before kicking off her set with some of her older tracks, like “Spice” and “Thirst.” The singer and songwriter later played songs from her recently released EP, “Crush.”

Lenae’s high-energy dancing and range of

has refrained from holding hearings for judicial nominees if Republican senators from the nominee’s home state had any objections.

“This is really a hallmark change in how we operate,” Feinstein said. “(The blue slip process) is meant to give senators of a state from which an appointment comes an opportunity to review that and have some influence on the process. It’s worked for 100 years — and now, we’re doing away with it.”

Grassley defended his decision to hold hearings for Brennan’s nomination, pointing out that the chairman can decline giving a candidate a hearing even when they’re endorsed by their state’s senators.

“The lack of positive blue slips won’t necessarily prevent a circuit court nominee from receiving a hearing,” Grassley said. “This function can’t be an excuse to prevent President Trump from fulfilling his Constitutional responsibilities of nominating.” ericasnow2019@u.northwestern.edu vocals provided a change of pace from Fortune’s performance, which was more relaxed and laidback. Both, however, easily interacted with the crowd thanks to SPACE’s small size. Audience members sang into microphones with the artists and gave out hugs.

Isabel Schwartz, a Lenae fan, experienced the concert from the front row and was one of those lucky audience members, making it what she called one of the best shows she’d ever seen.

Emmy for comedy series writing. She received the award for the “Thanksgiving” episode of “Master of None,” which follows her character’s experience coming out as gay. The episode is based on her own coming-out story.

The Contemporary Thought Speaker Series, Multicultural Filmmakers Collective, NU Women Filmmakers Alliance and Rainbow Alliance cohosted the sold-out event in Ryan Auditorium at the Technological Institute. Communication Prof.

Zina Camblin moderated the conversation.

Waithe grew up on the South Side, the setting of “The Chi,” and later moved to Evanston. She said the move from the city to the North Shore was “different,” but that she appreciated Evanston’s diversity and “felt like it was where (she) was supposed to be.”

“On the South Side, it was all African-American where I lived, and then I moved to Evanston and it was a little more diverse,” Waithe told The Daily.

“That was really important for me to experience both sides. I think Evanston is a good kind of suburb where it’s a lot of different people and a lot of different socioeconomic backgrounds.”

Sarah Parisien, an Evanston Township High School sophomore who attended the event, said she was first inspired by Waithe while watching her acceptance speech at the Emmys and was excited when she heard she would be speaking in Evanston.

Parisien said it “meant the world” to her to have Waithe, an alumna of ETHS, as a role model.

DOG

From page 1 In 2016, the beach did not open on time due to rising water levels. Former assistant city manager Marty Lyons said at the time that the submerged beach was a Great Lakes problem, not just an Evanston problem.

Looking ahead, Hemingway said the city is monitoring the status of the dog beach on a daily basis, and will have a better sense of the expected lake levels as the season changes from winter to spring. He said there is currently no other dog beach or space for one available, but that the dog park located at “(Lenae) put the microphone in my face and I just giggled and cried inside,” the Medill senior said. “She was right there. It’s just such a small venue that you hear everything and feel really connected.”

A&O co-chair Louisa Wyatt said she hoped the show would bring quality local music to Northwestern students, as both artists are Chicago-based, she said.

Wyatt also hoped the concert would allow

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Fiske said the city will lose close to $80,000 of revenue that they usually gain from the dog beach permits, so the decision to close permits wasn’t taken lightly. She said even if the city spent thousands of dollars to bring in more sand, it would likely just wash away.

“It’s fun to go down there and sit on the rocks and watch the dogs play, but they have to have a beach to do that and right now we don’t have one,” Fiske said. “It’s a bummer, but it is what it is.” ryanw@u.northwestern.edu students to leave having had new and unique experiences, she said.

“To listen to something in your bedroom with your headphones in and connect and have your own relationship with this song and then to see it performed by the artist and in the artist’s presence, it can take on an entire new meaning for you,” the Medill senior said. “That’s really cool.” rachelkupfer2021@u.northwestern.edu

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“Knowing that you could come out of ETHS and be something as great as she is, that just inspires me,” Parisien said. “I can do the exact same thing.”

During the Q&A portion of the event, Waithe gave advice to audience members who asked about entering the TV industry.

Communication freshman Nolan Robinson said he appreciated Waithe’s answers to the audience’s questions and that she was very “open” in telling her own story. With every answer Waithe gave, she pushed people to “be better, be the best,” he added.

Robinson said seeing actors of color on the screen and their accomplishments is important, but hearing Waithe acknowledge young people who want to work in the entertainment industry “shows (she) cares.”

“It’s one thing seeing a person on the screen and saying ‘Hey, that person looks like me and that means I can do it,’ but it’s another thing having them speak to you directly and saying ‘You can do something,’” Robinson said. “It just validates it even more.”

Waithe discussed the importance of supporting other writers of color who are trying to enter the TV industry and of increasing representation in the field, as well.

She said she often serves as a mentor for young writers.

“My hope is the more I can help these new writers of color … they then rise up in the ranks,” Waithe said. “What will happen is, little by little by little, we’ll look up and the industry will actually reflect the society which it entertains.”

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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 2018

Officials: search warrant executed in murder case

By ALANE LIM

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City officials announced to residents at a 5th Ward meeting Thursday that officers executed a search warrant on a residence in connection with a murder case as the suspect still remains at large.

About 40 people attended the meeting during which Mayor Steve Hagerty, police officers, residents and Ald. Robin Rue Simmons (5th) discussed updates in the investigation into the shooting death on Feb. 8. In the incident, a 20-year-old man, Yakez Semark, was shot in the chest following a physical altercation in the 1800 block of Hovland Court.

Deputy police chief Aretha Barnes said officers executed a search warrant earlier Thursday on a residence related to the murder. At the time of the meeting, the search was still ongoing, but Barnes said she could not share any additional information.

At the meeting, Hagerty said safety in the community is a priority, adding that the Evanston Police Department and the North Regional Major Crimes Task Force are working on the case.

“Anything that we can do as a city to increase the safety in that area, we are going to look to do,” Hagerty said. “I just wanted you guys to hear that directly from me.”

Evanston resident Vanessa Alvarado, who lives on the block where the Semark was killed, told The Daily that the residents on her block have been very

upset and confused since the incident.

They don’t feel safe with the suspect at large and are looking for updates, she said.

“I’m hoping that, first of all, they catch the person that is responsible for the murder,” Alvarado said.

“But also I was asking why was it that they were in that particular area.”

Rue Simmons told The Daily she planned to encourage all neighborhoods who did not have a “block club,” a group of neighbors who make sure the block is safe by sharing information and identifying potential concerns, to form one.

Block clubs work with the ward alderman and the Problem Solving Team — an EPD patrol squad — and foot patrol officers, Rue Simmons said.

At the meeting, Rue Simmons said she had previously started a block club in the 2000 block of Dodge Avenue, working with officers and making sure residents were calling them directly. That block is “great” now, she said.

Alvarado told The Daily that a block club would hopefully allow her to get in contact with all the residents on her block, especially those she does not see as often. Alvarado added she is already friends with many of the block residents who have young children.

“I just want to make sure somebody with a gun is not running around … right in front of my house,” Alvarado said at the meeting. “We have young children that are terrified right now.” alane.lim@u.northwestern.edu

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Ald. Robin Rue Simmons (5th) speaks at a meeting. Rue Simmons said she planned to encourage all neighborhoods who did not have a “block club” — a group of neighbors who make sure the block is safe by sharing information and identifying potential concerns — to form one.

Illinois lawmakers call for action after Florida shooting

By SAMANTHA HANDLER

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Illinois politicians and candidates for office called for lawmakers to take action to reduce gun violence following a shooting at a high school in Florida that left 17 dead.

On Wednesday afternoon, a 19-year-old gunman opened fire with a semiautomatic rifle at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, killing 17 people, according to CNN. Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) said Thursday in a post on Twitter that the “only action” Congressional Republicans and President Donald Trump have taken on gun violence is making it easier for people with mental illnesses to purchase firearms. Durbin

cited a bill Trump signed last year that revoked a ban on gun purchases by people who receive disability checks for mental illness or who have been determined unfit to handle their finances.

“Is Congress doing all it can to keep our nation’s students safe from gun violence?” Durbin wrote Thursday in a different Twitter post. “This has to change. It’s long past time we close gaps in our laws that make it easy for dangerous people to get their hands on guns.”

Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.) wrote in a post on Twitter on Wednesday that the shooting was “tragic, needless” and that her heart goes out to all the families impacted. She added that there is more Congress can do to prevent violence.

Gubernatorial candidates from both parties also weighed in on the national conversation. State Rep. Jeanne Ives (R-42nd) said on Twitter that

her heart breaks for the families and teachers at the school.

“Children should feel safe in their schools,” Ives tweeted. “I pray for their healing.”

At a gubernatorial candidate forum in January, Ives said “fathers in the home” would help solve the gun violence problem in Chicago, according to the Chicago Tribune. Democratic candidate Chris Kennedy (Kellogg ’94) blamed Ives for “ignorance and stupidity” with this solution, the Tribune reported.

Kennedy said in a Twitter post that he and his running mate both know the “devastating” impact of gun violence. The son of Ra Joy, Kennedy’s running mate, was killed in a robbery last year.

“We must turn pain into purpose and purpose into action,” Kennedy tweeted. “We must resolve that these mass shootings will not become a fixture

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Kennedy also posted his eight-point plan for combating gun violence in Illinois, including providing trauma treatment and mental health services, curbing illegal gun access and revitalizing afflicted communities, according to the plan. He also proposed investing more in public schools and job programs.

State Sen. Daniel Biss (D-Evanston) posted a video of the speech he made after the shooting at an outdoor concert in Las Vegas, saying his message then is still true now.

“Offering thoughts and prayers aren’t enough,” Biss said on Twitter, “we have an obligation to enact real change to reduce gun violence and stop the next tragedy.” samanthahandler2021@u.northwestern.edu

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NU hosts No. 2 Michigan State, winners of 9 straight games

By BEN POPE

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It was Saturday, February 17, when Michigan State — led by star Lee Lafayette — rolled into Chicagoland and were promptly dealt a 69-61 loss

by Northwestern.

The year was 1968. The win upped the Wildcats’ all-time record against the Spartans to 20-18.

Since then, NU has lost a whopping 71 of 89 meetings against Michigan State, and when the No. 2 Spartans (25-3, 13-2 Big Ten) visit on Saturday afternoon — 50 years to the day since that 1968 game — they will be massively favored to continue that dominance.

The Cats (15-12, 6-8) are coming off a nightmarish two-game stretch: they were dominated by a now-6-9 Maryland team in Big Ten play last Saturday, then collapsed down the stretch in a humiliating defeat against 3-12 Rutgers on Tuesday.

“You have to get home, get rested and get ready for a game,” coach Chris Collins told reporters in New Jersey after Tuesday’s defeat. “We’ve just had a stretch of 5-of-6 on the road. We … went 3-3 during that stretch. Had an opportunity tonight to go 4-2, couldn’t finish the deal.”

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Adding to their woes is an apparent shoulder ailment that took senior guard Bryant McIntosh out of the most of the second half and the entirety of overtime Tuesday. McIntosh’s status for Saturday is unknown, and without him on the court, NU has shown startlingly little ability to generate productive offense.

Michigan State, meanwhile, enters the weekend riding a nine-game winning streak dating back to Jan. 19 that has lifted it to No. 2 in the national rankings. It also most recently played Tuesday, hammering Minnesota by an 87-57 score.

The Spartans are led by athletic, versatile forward Miles Bridges, whose 17.3 points-per-game average tops even Lafayette’s 16.9 average back in 1968. He’s a projected top 10 pick in this spring’s NBA Draft and ranks second in rebounds and steals in addition to his runaway lead in scoring.

Saturday will be Bridges’ first-ever game against the Cats; the sophomore missed last year’s game against NU. His team nevertheless comfortably handled that contest, topping NU 61-52 in East Lansing thanks to big nights from guard Cassius Winston

and center Nick Ward — two players who remain important contributors beyond Bridges.

Michigan State has played a number of closer-than-expected games on the road this season, but nonetheless improved its record away from home to 6-1 by beating the Golden Gophers. After that game, Winston told the Detroit Free Press that “being on the road in hostile environments … doesn’t really bother” the team.

The Cats will certainly have their work cut out for them to add a second loss to that record, based on both the respective qualities of this year’s teams and on history. NU has lost eight straight against Michigan State — with last year’s nine-point deficit being the second-closest of those eight games — and 24 of the 26 since the 2003 season.

The luck of February 17 from 50 years ago will likely take a miracle to recreate. benjaminpope2019@u.northwestern. edu

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Jordan Ash dives for a loose ball. Ash and the Wildcats will face off against No. 2 Michigan State on Saturday.

WRESTLING

WOMEN’S TENNIS

NU looks to keep doubles rolling Cats face SIUE in

By BRETT HAENSAL

the daily northwestern @bretthaensel

After dropping three consecutive matches, Northwestern will look to end its losing streak as it returns home for bouts against Washington and Milwaukee on Saturday.

The Wildcats (3-3) got out of the gates quickly with three wins to begin the season, only to watch their hot start disappear. NU ran into a pair of tough opponents, losing close matches to No. 16 UCLA and No. 11 Texas, before faltering to then-unranked Oregon.

“We’ve been getting in a mindset of like, ‘We’re better than this,’” coach Claire Pollard said, “There’s no reason for these losses, really. Let’s go out and perform at the level that we know we’re capable of.”

The Cats will need to have a short memory this weekend, as they turn their focus to yet another ranked opponent — their fourth in seven matches.

No. 22 Washington (7-2) is riding a five-match winning streak coming into Saturday’s matchup. With two singles players ranking inside the top 40 nationally, the Huskies have been tough to beat recently, losing just five individual matches during their win streak.

“We’ve got to take care of our own court,” senior Alex Chatt said. “We can’t really think about what the result

is going to be as a team.”

NU will be in for a different experience just five hours later in the day, however, when it hosts a winless Milwaukee team (0-7).

The Panthers will be seeking to win just their second doubles point of the year. Meanwhile, even with the Cats’ recent struggles, NU has yet to drop a doubles match on the season. Featuring the No. 1 and No. 12 doubles pairs in the country, Saturday afternoon’s match will be one of strength against weakness.

“We’ve seen this season, so far, that everyone has good players on the team,” senior Erin Larner said. “We’re

not overlooking Milwaukee at all, (but) I think we’re more so focused on Washington.”

Even with the continued doubles success, the Cats have not been able to match that in singles.

Having lost two-thirds of its singles matches over its losing streak, NU will need to step up individually if it wants to get back to its winning ways.

“We’re not taking the doubles win for granted at all,” Larner said. “But we definitely need to get some wins in singles, because that counts just as much.” bretthaensel2021@u.northwestern.edu

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Maddie Lipp strikes a volley. The senior hopes the Wildcats find success on their home court.

season-ending dual

By ALISON ALBELDA

the daily northwestern

Following a successful weekend against No. 22 Purdue and Indiana, Northwestern will try to win its final dual on Sunday against Southern Illinois-Edwardsville and carry momentum into the postseason.

With last week’s win, the Wildcats (10-4, 5-4 Big Ten) sit at No. 17 in the rankings, a two-spot increase from last week’s No.19 spot and a return to their position from two weeks prior.

Colin Valdiviez, a freshman wrestling in the 133-pound weight class, picked up his 15th win of the season Sunday. He said that, in order to continue winning matches, he has to be aggressive and have the right mentality.

“From a mindset standpoint … I just need to go out there and be confident in my abilities,” Valdiviez said. “(I) know that when I pick up my pace, I can hang with anybody in the country.”

The Cats are led by redshirt freshman Ryan Deakin, NU’s highestranked wrestler who sits at No. 5 in the 149-pound weight class. Deakin ended the Big Ten season with a notable seventh pin, a team high, versus the Hoosiers.

Junior Johnny Sebastian is also ranked in the No. 20 slot at 174 pounds, and he wrestled against the Boilermakers last Friday but took

Sunday off against Indiana as sophomore Braxton Cody took his place.

SIUE (6-13, 4-3 Southern Conference) lost last weekend against No. 3 Missouri, with two Cougars winning their matchups. One came from Zac Gentzler, who will face Sebastian Rivera, a redshirt freshman ranked 9th in the 125-pound division.

Rivera said his mindset this week does not differ from past weeks despite the unranked competition. “(I’ll) just take it like every other match,” Rivera said. “Taking that first shot, getting that first takedown, once you do that then the whole match opens up. Just keep on attacking, just take a guy down, turn him and that match is wide open and (the) points just keep on pouring on.”

The Cats have notched their most Big Ten wins since the 2010-11 season.

During that campaign, NU shut out SIUE 51-0 for its biggest victory since the turn of the century.

Coach Matt Storniolo said consistency is the key for NU as it enters its final meet prior to championship season.

“Just keep doing what they are doing,” Storniolo said. “Go out there and try and get the most out of the seven minutes, work on your offense and work on putting points on the board, the rest will take care of itself.” alisonalbelda2021@u.northwestern.edu