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Memorial honors, celebrates Krogh Students gather to remember junior who died Sunday By ALAN PEREZ

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Friends and members of the Northwestern community gathered Thursday to honor and celebrate the life of Kenzie Krogh. Some of Krogh’s closest friends said they organized the memorial service to share stories and carry on her memory. They stressed her selfless compassion, saying that she would often put others’ well-being ahead of her own. Weinberg junior Danielle Hojnicki, who had been friends with Krogh since before they arrived at NU, told The Daily that Krogh’s benevolence was rooted in love and kindness. “You can tell she genuinely cared about what was going on in your life,” Hojnicki said. “If she knew we were having the slightest bit (of a) hard time, she would reach out in a second. She would send her love to you instantly.” Krogh died Sunday morning after being taken to Saint Francis Hospital by her friends the day before. The Evanston Police Department’s investigation into her death could take several more weeks, though Evanston

police Cmdr. Ryan Glew said no foul play is suspected. Students, staff and other community members filled the Guild Lounge in Scott Hall for the memorial, prompting staff to lay out additional chairs. Krogh’s friends said they appreciated the turnout. Weinberg senior Natasha Kulick, who described Krogh as her best friend, told The Daily that Krogh, a research assistant at at NU’s Relationships and Motivation Lab and teaching assistant at the Kellogg School of Management, was dedicated to her friendships despite her busy schedule. “No matter how busy she was, she always made time,” Kulick said. “She was one of the busiest people I, at least, have ever met, yet you wouldn’t know it given how much time she put into her friendships.” Weinberg junior Carlie Cope underscored Krogh’s genuineness, saying that the offers of support and the “How are you?” questions that came with every encounter were never a “formality.” Despite her commitments and academic excellence, Cope told The Daily that Krogh gave “whatever she had” to other people. “You wouldn’t think she had anything going on for all the time she would selflessly give us,” Cope said. “It didn’t matter » See MEMORIAL, page 6

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Comedian Jenny Slate talks at A&O Productions and College Democrats’ winter speaker event. Slate discussed her career, the #MeToo Movement and tampons at the Thursday event.

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Comedian’s topics cover career, #MeToo, tampons, lizard owners By MARIANA ALFARO

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Comedian Jenny Slate said her visit to Northwestern was the first live show she has ever done “maybe in forever” where she didn’t have a cocktail before going on stage. Slate said she was “sober and freaking out” as she stepped onstage at Ryan Auditorium Thursday night at A&O Productions and College Democrats’ winter speaker event.

Slate, known for her roles in “Obvious Child” and “Parks and Recreation” — as well as for cocreating the popular short video “Marcel the Shell with Shoes On” — joked about how she had been introduced as a “speaker” and commented on how serious the title felt for her. “You guys are young, don’t worry, you’re not going to grow up and you’ll feel like an impostor forever,” she told the crowd. “Get ready! Grow into it, grow up with it.”

During her set, the comedian joked about her family, periods, lizard and bird owners, and the “Fifty Shades of Grey” series. After coming to terms with the fact that she wasn’t able to have a drink before the show started, Slate talked about her early experiences with sex, joking about her teenage years as a 4-foot-8-inch “dork” who didn’t know how to use tampons. “My mom didn’t tell us how to use the tampons ... and (I) thought it laid across your vagina like a hot dog in a bun,” she said. “I didn’t

even know what the string was — like a flag? Like a tail?” Weinberg junior Madisen Hursey said she didn’t know much about Slate before coming to the show but recognized her from her work as the voice of Marcel in “Marcel the Shell,” as she and her friends were obsessed with the short film in middle school. “She was really funny and I liked her energy. It was kind of frazzled but in a funny way,” » See SLATE, page 6

Evanston’s Biss reaches for governor Northlight shelves After activism, legislating, progressive senator aims for state office By AMELIA LANGAS

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State Sen. Daniel Biss (D-Evanston) came to Chicago in 2002 when he accepted a job as a mathematics professor at the University of Chicago. At first, he said, it was his “dream job,” and he didn’t want to do anything else. At some point, Biss changed his mind. Sixteen years after starting at UChicago, Biss is running for governor, touting his record as a progressive in the General Assembly in the race against main opponents J.B. Pritzker and Chris Kennedy. The campaign is heating up ahead of the March 20 Democratic Primary, with ads from the Pritzker camp recently taking a turn to bash Biss’ record. Biss first campaigned for an elected office on the North Shore 2008, after being inspired to run by the “consequences” the Iraq War had on the U.S. “I remember seeing pictures come back from (Iraq) where the American military was engaged

development plan Proposed 30-plus story Sherman Ave. tower now off table By RYAN WANGMAN

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State Sen. Daniel Biss (D-Evanston). As the Democratic primary approaches, Biss looks toward a possible future as governor.

in unthinkable activity,” Biss told The Daily. “That was being done in our name, and that was a public representation of the values that our country is projecting. I just felt like ... I couldn’t do that, I couldn’t just sit back and allow that to happen.”

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Biss said prior to his first campaign, he organized antiwar efforts on the University of Chicago campus and also worked on campaigns he thought had potential to be “transformational” for the state and country. He said he began his dive into

politics by simply knocking on doors to talk to people what they planned to do in the ballot box. “I realized that if you could organize enough people together to push for the same vision, you » See BISS, page 6

Developers behind the proposed 30+ story tower on Sherman Avenue that was to house Northlight Theatre are walking away from those plans, the group announced in a statement on Thursday. The developers who coauthored the statement — Northlight Theatre, Farpoint Development and McLaurin Development — noted that the proposed tower, which would have been located in the 1700 block of Sherman Avenue, had become a source of contention. The developers said moving forward with the proposal would “perpetuate a divisive issue” for residents and community leaders in a time of uncertainty about the vision and future of downtown Evanston.

“This decision did not come lightly,” they said in the statement. “But it continues to be Northlight’s goal to be an integral part of the Evanston community. That includes listening to the concerns and issues raised by residents, businesses, and aldermen.” Currently located in Skokie, Northlight Theatre had plans to relocate to Evanston within the proposed tower. The proposed development received backlash from community members over its planned size and the fact that it would displace several local businesses located in the 1700 block of Sherman. The mixed-use development was planned to house multiple stages, a hotel and residential development, according to city documents. A petition in opposition to the development that circulated earlier this year on change.org had over 3,000 signatures as of Thursday evening. At an Economic Development Committee meeting in » See NORTHLIGHT, page 6

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City summer employment program set to expand By CLARE PROCTOR

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Hundreds of Evanston youths will line gather at Evanston Township High School on Saturday to enter a gym full of potential summer employers. The Mayor’s Summer Youth Employment Program connects teens with summer employers, to develop the workforce and serve as a “non-law enforcement crime prevention initiative,” according to program’s website. Porschia Davis, manager and coordinator of the program, said there are significantly more small businesses coming to this year’s fair than in years past. Some new employers include The Golf Practice, Aqua-Guard Management and Studio SLK. Davis said the program has had “good retention,” with nearly all employers from last year returning. Popular companies from previous years include Six Flags Great America, The Home Depot and Northwestern, Davis said, all of which provide “excellent training.” “We’re able to market, attract and get kids from all walks of life to come and participate in the job fair,” Davis said. “To me, that’s really unique because it’s really intimidating for a young person to actually go to a job fair on their own.” It is Mayor Steve Hagerty’s first year directly in charge of the employment program.t this time last year he was still a mayoral candidate. Hagerty said he is “intentionally” keeping the program — which will kick off with a job fair on Saturday — the same as it was under former Mayor Elizabeth Tisdahl. “Mayor Tisdahl did a wonderful job building that

Total Evanston crime increases, spurred mainly by rise in thefts

Overall crime in Evanston increased 4.9 percent in the past year due primarily to a surge in thefts, according to an Evanston Police Department news release.

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Mayor Steve Hagerty at an event. The Mayor’s Summer Youth Employment Program will kick off with a job fair on Saturday, featuring new small businesses as potential employers.

program,” Hagerty said. “It would be questionable of me to suggest changes to a program that has worked as well as it has, without even going through one year of it as the mayor.” Davis said she anticipates the number of student attendees to increase this year. She said 360 people have already pre-registered, but that city staff expects

more than double that number to show up on Saturday. The program has a residential restriction, only available to students living in the 60201 or 60202 zip codes, Davis said. Evanston taxpayer dollars help pay for the program, she said, so the program is a resource reserved for those residents. “Money earned (by students in the program) will be

The city released the first part of its 2017 crime statistics — which includes offenses such as homicide, assault and theft — on Thursday. Police said there was a 12.1 percent increase in theft from 2016 to 2017. Theft includes retail theft, items taken from unlocked vehicles and packages stolen from the common areas of buildings or outside residences, according to the release. Police said about 193 of the

thefts were from unlocked vehicles. Robberies were the only other crime that increased over the last year in this batch of the statistics. There were 40 robberies in 2017 after 38 in 2016. Burglary and motor vehicle theft were two targets for police after both offenses became more frequent in 2016, according to the release. The department’s deployment strategies led to a 13.7 percent decrease in each offense, respectively.

spent here in Evanston,” Davis said. “So not only does it sustain our economy, but we’re teaching our young people, we’re keeping people off the streets and we’re keeping our streets safe.” Nathan Norman, outreach work supervisor for Evanston’s Youth and Young Adult division, encourages all his “clients” from his outreach to attend the job fair, he said. Some clients grow out of the the program’s 14- to 18-year-old age restriction, but about 90 percent of those who fit the requirements go through the program, Norman said. Norman said having a summer job helps give these youths “encouragement and motivation,” one of the primary goals of the outreach work he and his staff do. “For us, it’s a pipeline,” he said. “Actually giving them some experience, the experience of working a job and collecting a paycheck, it actually projects selfworth within clients.” Seeing former program participants working jobs in the community is a “gratifying” experience, Norman said, because he sees young adults utilizing the skills in the workforce that they obtained through the summer employment program. Having a summer job in high school is a valuable experience, Hagerty said. When he was in high school, Hagerty worked for a business contractor, where he said he learned important life skills. “You learn a lot about showing up on time, about having a positive attitude, about providing good responses, customer service, about taking direction and exercising good judgment and asking good questions,” he said. ““Having your first summer job, you just learn a lot.” clareproctor2021@u.northwestern.edu There was also a 7.1 percent reduction in aggravated batteries and assaults, meaning there were fewer victims of gun violence in 2017 than 2016, according to the release. Police plan to release the second part of the crime statistics, which includes vandalism and disorderly conduct, on Friday. — Nikki Baim

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Women’s Center celebrates leaders By ANAMARIA SAYRE

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Njoki Kamau — who attended graduate school at Northwestern and has been working at the Women’s Center for more than two decades — said she has seen major changes on campus since the center was established in the late 80s. “There is hope because the Northwestern I arrived to in 1978 is very different from the Northwestern of 2018,” Kamau said. “It shows us that we can change, that we can transform, that nothing is hopeless.” Kamau was one of the women honored Thursday at the center’s 30th anniversary awards dinner and celebration, which commemorated the center’s work and honored the women who have furthered its mission. More than 50 people attended the ceremony, held in the Kellogg Global Hub. “It’s a night for us to be reflective, it’s a night for us to just be joyful and celebrate, but it’s also a night for us to center ourselves and reflect on what there is left to do,” the center’s director Sekile Nzinga-Johnson told The Daily. “Sometimes you need to just gather together and reenergize and go back out and continue the work you committed to.” Program director Alecia Wartowski said the event was important given the timing of both the center’s life on campus and what is happening for women in the world today. While all aspects of the event were important, Wartowski said she thought the awards were especially exciting because they gave the chance to honor “amazing women” who are “beloved” by the center, and whose work is important for supporting the mission of the center. Christina Sanborn, who received the administrator award, spoke about the challenges she faces as a female associate vice president of Facilities Management. “Facilities management is often a male-dominated field, so it’s a great joy to work with the women who are in our field,” Sanborn said. In a field with what Sanborn said lacks female

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representation, it’s important to make sure women are supported, Sanborn added. For example, she said her department has had to rethink its uniforms to make sure they can accommodate women of all shapes and sizes. Tracey Gibson-Jackson, who received the staff award, said she is involved with a group on campus working to create spaces for women, especially those who have not had a voice in the past. “I fight the good fight,” said Gibson-Jackson, associate director of Student Organizations and Activities. “I look for ways to help folks whose voices aren’t heard, to be an advocate. It’s not a part of my job, but it’s something I’m passionate about.” The final award of the night, the inaugural “Shujaa” award — which means “hero” in Swahili — went to Kamau for her many years of service

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Can tech companies end addiction to their products? RACHEL HOLTZMAN

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I recently came across a tweet that read, “College is mostly just sitting with a laptop in different places.” I read it on my iPhone, which had been in my hand for several hours as I sent emails, listened to podcasts and mindlessly refreshed a few apps. Friends of mine have tried “tech detoxes” lately, all to no avail. It’s enough to make me wonder whether we as users — especially young ones — aren’t fully to blame when being tech savvy veers into a tech addiction. Many psychologists already acknowledge social media’s impact on mental health, but few people talk about the addictive nature of the actual devices we use. According to many journalists, investors and even former Apple and Google designers, companies design the products we use to keep us coming back for more. Catherine Price, the author of “How to Break Up With Your Phone,” says that the use of quick notifications and blinking colors on apps and devices essentially trains us to become distracted, jump from one thing to another and crave the

next notification. According to Price, people may spend an average of four hours a day on their phones engaged directly with the screen, not counting time spent listening to music or podcasts. Just as we create new schedules and adapt to them every quarter, we’ve learned to adapt to picking up our phones multiple times an hour. In fact, apps and devices are designed and marketed to investors with the promise that they can change consumer behavior over time. The sense of anticipation we get from a buzz or notification feeds into that loop. While there are great benefits from social connection and the use of technology, it’s clear that as we grew up, we learned how to live with it a little too well. Our new challenge is learning how to build, buy and demand devices that give us the connection and access we expect without inducing psychological cravings. Those little cravings can add up. As we endlessly refresh Twitter and Instagram, respond to every buzz and start to get satisfaction from notifications as they roll in, our brains experience an increase in dopamine, training us to get pleasure from those intermittent notifications. Because people want more of that happy feeling, they learn how to play by the rules of an app or device to

get more notifications — and that can have major consequences for our mental health, increasing our risks for anxiety, depression and suicide. Even the engineers who designed our user experiences are starting to regret their choices. It may seem counterintuitive for Silicon Valley to curb its own success; clearly, they created the design that caught on with billions of people. However, it’s a sign that even industry insiders recognize the effects of tech addiction and see a need for change. Emphasizing the impact of the design of our devices, from a central button to an all-or-nothing notification setting, Apple investors and an early ex-designer from the Center for Humane Technology have called for the company to design less addictive devices. Ironically, it will take more technology and social media to save us from ourselves. But if it’s better designed with our worst impulses in mind, we might be able to strike a balance. Organizations like CHT will obviously still need an internet connection and a social media platform to get their message out, but experts suggest that a few simple changes to our devices could make a difference. If Apple integrated its usage tracker into a weekly update, along with prompts for the user to decide if they want help reducing their

time in certain apps, that could be a major step in the right direction. Making a switch from blue to red light on electronic devices at night — which can prevent sleep deprivation — could be highlighted as part of a main panel, rather than hidden in a settings tab. Designers have already been working to create a user experience as enjoyable as possible, but a few have already built products to protect our health. Now, we need to encourage Silicon Valley to make that shift and follow through as buyers. I know that after this column is published, I’ll retweet it on Twitter, check my engagement stats and refresh Facebook to see how many likes I get. In an industry and a generation trained to tap into digital tics, it makes sense. Still, I hope that, for all our sakes, the next generation of designers finds ways to let us set down our phones and disengage from time to time without getting caught by the notifications designed to distract us. Rachel Holtzman is a Medill senior. She can be contacted at rachelholtzman2018@u.northwestern. edu. If you would like to respond publicly to this column, send a Letter to the Editor to opinion@ dailynorthwestern.com. The views expressed in this piece do not necessarily reflect the views of all staff members of The Daily Northwestern.

As recent scandals show, Netanyahu isn’t right for Israel RYAN BOYD

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Late last month, Israeli police recommended indicting Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in two separate corruption cases. There are also two ongoing corruption investigations into a plethora of former Netanyahu aides. And as if that were not enough, Sara Netanyahu, the prime minister’s wife, has already been indicted for fraud — she stands accused of misusing more than $100,000 in public funds. It seems as though these rampant and egregious abuses of power may actually bring down the teflon prime minister. And it’s about time. Not only is Netanyahu corrupt, as prime minister he has empowered the most ideologically radical elements of Israeli society and inflicted long-lasting, and perhaps irreversible, damage to the Middle East peace process. To stay in power, Netanyahu’s Likud Party has partnered with some of Israel’s most conservative parties, including the ultra-nationalist Yisrael Beitenu party and Jewish Home, an Orthodox party that seeks to expand Israeli settlements. To placate his coalition partners, Netanyahu has taken a series of increasingly divisive positions. For instance, this past summer, the prime minister — at the urging of ultra-Orthodox activists — decided against establishing a permanent pluralistic prayer

section at the Western Wall for Reform and Conservative Jews. According to an op-ed in The Times of Israel, Netanyahu’s message to the more liberal elements of the Jewish diaspora was clear: “We don’t really want you.” In another attempt to maintain his grip on power, on election day in March 2015, Netanyahu warned, “Arab voters are coming out in droves to the polls.” For Netanyahu, Arab-Israelis are tools for scaring his base into voting, not important members of Israel’s wonderfully pluralistic society. Bibi’s bigoted comments are not befitting anyone holding elected office, let alone the prime minister. Further, Bibi’s endorsement of a bill that passed last March, which bans supporters of the Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions movement

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Netanyahu has divided Israeli society, disregarded demographic norms, insulted the Jewish diaspora and hampered the peace process.

from entering Israel, is patently illiberal. I am personally against BDS — I think it is a harmful and misguided movement with significant anti-semitic elements — but I, and many others, recognize that banning political opinions

with which you disagree is antithetical to the central tenets of democracy. Additionally, Netanyahu has viciously attacked opposition parties and the press; he has even adopted President Donald Trump’s “fake news” moniker for articles he dislikes, cementing his status as a full-blown wannabe strongman. Yet, Bibi’s open contempt for liberal Jews, Arab-Israelis and democracy pales in comparison to his disdain for the two-state solution. New York Times columnist Tom Friedman calls Netanyahu “the father of the one-state solution,” and for good reason. Netanyahu has allowed settlement building to continue unabated, and even encouraged it. While settlements have not expanded at a faster rate under Bibi than his predecessors, his government has been steadily increasing the number of government-issued permits for new development, especially in highly problematic areas that will significantly hamper peace efforts. Members of the international community have repeatedly warned the prime minister about the deleterious effects these settlements have on peace efforts, but, if anything, these messages of caution have only amplified Netanyahu’s desire to increase Israeli development in the West Bank. Bibi’s inflammatory language and intentionally counterproductive actions have also contributed to an environment of distrust. Prior to the 2015 election, Netanyahu claimed that while he was prime minister, there would never be a two state-solution. This was a remarkable about face: Just six years earlier Netanyahu

unequivocally stated his support for a twostate solution. Bibi later explained that he was simply saying that the Palestinian leadership is too weak and radical to be effective negotiating partners. He is correct in saying that Mahmoud Abbas, the leader of the Palestinian Authority, is weak. And he is right to say that Hamas’ control of the Gaza strip is a significant barrier to productive peace talks. But the prime minister’s own record shows that this explanation is insufficient. Netanyahu campaigned vigorously against the 1993 Oslo Accords, authorized settlement expansion and chastised the Obama administration for supporting the standard two-state solution plan that American presidents have embraced for years. Bibi’s record, then, shows that he has been an opponent of potential two-state solutions since well before Abbas became the PA leader and Hamas took control of Gaza. Prime Minister Netanyahu has divided Israeli society, disregarded democratic norms, insulted the Jewish diaspora and hampered the peace process. The prime minister’s latest abuses of power only serve as a reminder of how wrong he is for Israel. Ryan Boyd is a Weinberg freshman. He can be contacted at ryanboyd2021@u.northwestern.edu. If you would like to respond publicly to this op-ed, send a Letter to the Editor to opinion@dailynorthwestern.com. The views expressed in this piece do not necessarily reflect the views of all staff members of The Daily Northwestern.

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ETHS hosts fair focused on alternate career paths By ALANE LIM

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Students, parents and community members learned about career pathways that do not need college degrees at a career event hosted at Evanston Township High School on Thursday. ETHS hosted its inaugural Career Options Night, an open house showcasing career opportunities that do not require a college degree. The event — which included over 30 recruiters and organizations — included a career fair and informational sessions on pathways such as apprenticeships, military jobs and other work opportunities in Evanston. ETHS postsecondary counselor Michelle Vazquez said the purpose of Career Options Night was to inform students, parents and the community about options after high school that do not include college. She added that ETHS has done other career-related events, like WorKIT Week and Military Visit Week. “There’s an epidemic of … people getting into debt in this country because of education or wanting to get an education and not really thinking about the financial responsibilities that come into going into college,” Vazquez said. “There’s people here that are going to pay you to learn their career. … so we want the public to know about those. They

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Students and parents mingle at Career Options Night. ETHS hosted their first fair highlighting careers that do not require a college degree.

deserve to know about them.” The event was co-sponsored with the city, Evanston Lighthouse Rotary Club and the Youth Job Center, though ETHS was the primary sponsor,

Vazquez said. U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Jacob Bailey, who ran one of the tables at the fair, said jobs at the Air Force ranged from mechanical to information technology

jobs, and that a college degree was not necessary for many of them. “If you do have a college degree, you could come in with extra rank as an enlisted member or possibly come in as an officer,” Bailey said. “Our jobs are entry-level jobs that require no experience at all, so any job that somebody gets … we teach them from ground zero, all the way until they become totally proficient at that job.” ETHS sophomore Rohit Patil said he came to the event because he wanted to explore job opportunities he might want to do after graduating high school. He said he was “open to anything.” The career options event was the first career fair he attended, Patil said, adding that engineering was one path he was considering. “These events could give me a good idea of my future, and the future is important to me,” Patil said. Youth Job Center career advisor Erica Rodriguez said the event mattered because it pushes back on the idea that people have to attend college to succeed. “For the last decade or so, there’s been this huge ‘college-for-all’ push,” Rodriguez said. “By trying to push everybody into college, we’re guaranteeing that some people are not going to be successful because that’s not the best fit for everybody. So this is putting all the options on the table to help everybody find their best fit so they can be successful.” alane.lim@u.northwestern.edu

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The National Vegetarian Museum opened its traveling exhibition at the Evanston Public Library on Thursday, featuring topics from the vegan diet to famous vegetarians. The exhibit “What does It Mean to be Vegetarian?” will run at EPL through April 2. The display consists of three sections, each focusing on a different aspect of vegetarianism. The first section explains what it means to be a vegan, describing the benefits the diet brings to animals, the environment and a person’s health. The second arrangement presents the history of vegetarianism, dating back to the ancient world. The last section is focused around the modern vegetarian community, giving details about the museum and famous vegetarians like boxer Mike Tyson. “When I first started with vegetarianism back in the 1970s, it was really something people laughed at and thought it was a joke,” National Vegetarian Museum founder Kay Stepkin said. “As the years have passed, we have gotten more respect, but I think by people seeing this exhibit (they will gain) the depth and the breadth of our history.” Stepkin founded the museum in February 2017 because “the world needed one,” she said. She added that there is no museum specifically focused on vegetarians, and she did not want their history to get lost. The mission of the museum is to educate and demonstrate the “values and benefits” of vegetarianism and veganism, which improve “the well-being of all life,” according to the museum’s website. Stepkin said she was originally under the impression that vegetarianism began in the early 1960s or 70s, but was “stunned” to find out that Chicago has a deep history of vegetarianism. She said Chicago was the epicenter of the vegetarian movement in the late 19th century. The museum does not currently have a permanent spot, but has travelling exhibits that go around Chicago and nearby suburbs, Stepkin said. She said once the museum has a permanent spot in Chicago, it will be possible for the exhibit to travel around the country. In Evanston, the exhibit will also feature a guest speaker on March 24. Robert Grillo, the author of “Farm to Fable: The Fictions of our Animal-Consuming Culture,” will speak about how the food industry influences food choices, according to a museum flyer. Stepkin said vegetarianism as a movement is in the midst of a “massive explosion” and that as people see the exhibit, she hopes there will be a greater understanding of the history behind the movement. “We can gain more respect (and) be taken more seriously when people see how many famous people are vegetarians today, how old are movement is and (how) it’s been around the world,” Stepkin said. “It will help strengthen us. That’s what I hope they gain from this and so is the exhibit.” samanthahandler2021@u.northwestern.edu

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From page 1 Hursey said. After her stand-up performance, Slate was joined onstage by filmmaker and Communication Prof. Kris Swanberg. During the Q&A, Slate and Swanberg touched on the #MeToo Movement and the allegations made against comedian Aziz Ansari, a former castmate of Slate’s. In January, a woman told babe.net Ansari allegedly persisted in having sex with her during a date even though she refused. Slate said she doesn’t “know much” about his response to it, but she felt like society was missing an opportunity to “have a conversation about how coercion has somehow been built into what is a ‘normal’ sexual experience and it just shouldn’t be and it isn’t.” “The fact that there is a huge misunderstanding and that instead the conversation turned towards ‘#MeToo has gone too far’ or ‘This man’s career is being ruined’ is like, don’t you understand that we’re missing the moment to talk about the intricacies in what we think are normal sexual interactions that

just don’t work for us, they’re not humane, they’re not right,” Slate said. The show also featured comedian Gabe Liedman, a close friend of Slate’s, who writes for shows including “Brooklyn Nine-Nine” and “Transparent.” Liedman opened the show saying he is on a recovery process from the 2016 election. “That was 15 months ago. (I’m) feeling a little bit better every day as we approach the finish line,” he said. “Can’t believe it’s only been a year. That’s actually really f****d up.” During the Q&A, Slate was asked about her reaction to current events and how she uses comedy to cope. The comedian said she gets so overwhelmed she “can only look at it from what I’m trying to do.” Slate touched on how previously, she and other comedians would “kind of throw around terms that we wanted to own that were derogatory.” “I don’t want to hear any of that anymore,” Slate said. “I don’t want one person to feel marginalized because I threw around a term that maybe I’m comfortable with but causes them pain.” alfaro@u.northwestern.edu

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A memory box filled by friends and a picture collage will be delivered to Kenzie Krogh’s family. Friends remembered Krogh as selfless, compassionate and genuine.

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if she emotionally didn’t have the resources or even physically in terms of time.” Hojnicki added that Krogh was often eager to make new friends, opening invitations for hangouts to friends of friends. Krogh was “very inclusive of others,” she said, and liked to be a host for others. Attendees at the memorial were encouraged to share memories of Krogh, either through an open mic invitation or by leaving a note in a memory box. The box will be sent to Krogh’s family in North Carolina, said Bienen junior Tina Zheng,

From page 1 could actually change the world,” Biss said. “And to me that was it. That was what I realized I want to do, to find a place to organize people, to make change.” In his first run for state representative of the 17th district, which includes some of west Evanston, in 2008, Biss lost to Republican Elizabeth Coulson in the general election by 2.96 percent of the vote. In 2010, he ran for state representative again and was elected, this time with a positive margin of 4,038 votes and two years after that he was elected to the Senate for the 9th district, which largely encompasses Evanston. Alison Leipsiger, who ran Biss’s district office in Skokie for his years in the legislature, said she and Biss hit it off right away when they met at a political luncheon in 2010. “We had a good rapport with one another,” Leipsiger said. Although Leipsiger no longer works for Biss, she occasionally volunteers on his gubernatorial campaign. As one of his only staffers from 2011 to 2015, she said he’s a legislator and public servant who understands the impacts of the legislation he votes on. She said Biss has always been interested in fixing “bigger issues,” and that he does not shy away from difficulties. “He’s a very kind of slow-and-steady-wins-therace type of guy,” Leipsiger said. “He sees the big picture really well, and he is also extremely patient in how he addresses those big issues.” Biss launched his campaign for governor in March 2017 on a platform of creating a tax system that supports the working class, enforcing educational equality, providing universal health care and taking “big money” out of government, according to his campaign website. Leipsiger said she believed campaigning is not about “checking off boxes” for Biss, but about truly understanding the communities he is visiting. She added that when she worked for him, she noticed he would take the time to sit down with his

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an organizer of the event. “We want it to be special for them — to have those from Kenzie’s friends and people who she was close to,” Zheng said. A picture collage featured at the memorial will also be sent to the family, she said. Cope praised Krogh’s generosity, work ethic and treatment of friends and family. “There’s so much that she can teach people who knew her and people that didn’t know her,” she said. “She just held the perfect model for how people should live.” aperez@u.northwestern.edu

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January, Peter Demuth — a small business owner in the 1800 block of Sherman — said while he supported moving the theater back to Evanston, he opposed the construction of the building that would house Northlight. “While we applaud bringing back the wonderful Northlight Theatre to Evanston, we object to doing so at the expense of several businesses, including the Alley Gallery, Saville Flowers and Bookends & Beginnings,” Demuth said. “They are an expression of our city’s uniqueness and its living history.” Moving forward, developers said in their

constituents and listen to their concerns. “A lot of legislators are quick to let their staff just handle it, and they’re not as involved as they could be,” Leipsiger said. “But his willingness to sit with people from his district in need was really moving oftentimes, and his commitment to them as individuals really speaks to the kind of person he is.” Northwestern philosophy Prof. Jennifer Lackey said she first met Biss in 2016 when she invited him to speak at a class she teaches on mass incarceration at Stateville Correctional Center in Crest Hill, Illinois because she thought his views on criminal justice were progressive. Lackey said she kept in touch with Biss and he returned to the class in January during his gubernatorial campaign. She added that in Illinois, incarcerated people lose the right to vote. “It was certainly not a political stop … because none of (the inmates) can actually even vote in the race,” Lackey said. “(Biss) just came to hear their perspective.” She said the first time Biss visited her class, the prison management wanted to give him a security detail and “VIP treatment.” Instead, she said, Biss was humble: He took his shoes off, put his ID in a locker and just wanted to have an “honest, candid” conversation with the inmates in Lackey’s class, she said. Lackey said Biss is running as the “middle class governor,” and that his experiences resonate with concerns Illinois citizens have. Biss said that while he doesn’t plan on losing the governor seat, if he does end up unsuccessful, he will find another way to contribute meaningfully to the political system. For now, he’s choosing to focus on strengthening his campaign. “This campaign is about changing what’s possible. It’s about understanding why we haven’t built the government we deserve, but also understanding if we’re able to organize people to demand change we could do better,” Biss said. “It’s a campaign about saying if we know that something’s right, let’s figure out what we have to change to make it possible.” amelialangas@u.northwestern.edu statement they would explore options for different locations the theater could possibly be built. The group added that a performance center in downtown Evanston would increase revenue for the city and bring patrons to dine and shop. Developers said they hoped to engage in a conversation with the community about a potential relocation going forward. “Our intent was, and remains, to create a cultural, social and economic hub in downtown Evanston, one that city leaders, residents and local organizations have sought for many years,” they said. “We will now seek other viable locations in Evanston and, perhaps, elsewhere.” ryanw@u.northwestern.edu

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Cats expect big things at Big Ten Championships By ALISON ALBELDA

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Following a dominating win against Southern Illinois-Edwardsville a week and a half ago, Northwestern will try to carry momentum into this weekend’s Big Ten Championships in East Lansing, Michigan. After a 36-10 win, its last one of the regular season, the No. 17 Wildcats (11-4, 5-4 Big Ten) will face tough conference competition. In one of the best wrestling conferences in the nation — where 11 of 14 teams are ranked — that momentum will not be easy to maintain. The Cats are led by redshirt freshman Ryan

Deakin, NU’s highest-ranked wrestler who is seeded third in the 149-pound weight class. “(I am focused on) just going out there and doing what I love to do,” Deakin said. “Not making it bigger than it needs to be, just wrestling like any other match. … (I will be) constantly looking to score and get to my offense and try and improve my positions all the time.” Deakin ended the regular season with a teamleading eight pins and lost only one Big Ten bout, to second-seeded Brandon Sorenson of Iowa, during the dual campaign. Junior Johnny Sebastian also had one loss in conference competition. He holds the fifth seed for the 174-pound weight class and will be looking to improve on last year’s seventh place finish.

Sebastian Rivera, who holds the fourth spot in the 125-pound weight class, is looking to take down Nick Suriano of Rutgers and Spencer Lee of Iowa. The redshirt freshman said he wants to avenge losses from earlier in the season. “The two guys I lost to are in this tournament,” Rivera said, referring to Suriano and Lee. “(My goal is) to go in there, wrestle hard and make those adjustments that I need to make to beat him. … They cannot go for seven minutes hard. Just break them.” Conan Jennings, a junior, and Zack Chakonis, a sophomore, are both seeded as well for the weekend tournament. Jennings holds the sixth spot for the heavyweight division and Chakonis is in seventh for the 197-pound weight class.

Jenning’s weight class is one of the most contested in the tournament, with every wrestler seeded above him in the top six in the country. Coach Matt Storniolo said the team has been preparing all year for this moment. “We have been practicing all year,” Storniolo said. “Even competition is really practice leading up to the Big Tens in some ways. So now it is time to execute. … They need to believe in themselves and believe in the training and know that they are ready for this, and realize that this is a big challenge in front of them, but they are ready for it and we expect them to rise to that occasion.” alisonalbelda2021@u.northwestern.edu

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Looking for revenge, NU to battle country’s top team By ANDREW GOLDEN

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After avenging last year’s loss against No. 13 USC, No. 10 Northwestern looks to continue its revenge tour against No. 1 Stony Brook on Saturday. With a win over the Seawolves (3-0), the Wildcats could win their third game against a team they lost to in the 2017 regular season. But not only did NU (4-1) lose to Stony Brook in the 2017 campaign, they were also bounced by them in the second round of the NCAA Tournament. Coach Kelly Amonte Hiller said that it will be a great opportunity for the Cats to get payback. “Yeah, that’s the beauty of losing, I guess you get a second chance the following year,” Amonte Hiller said. “Stony Brook ended our season last year, so any time you play someone that ended your season, there’s definitely some emotion there.” Still, NU players said they know the Cats can’t let their emotions get in the way of their preparation. Beyond their No. 1 ranking, the Seawolves also have several important starters returning, including senior

No. 1 Stony Brook vs. No. 10 Northwestern Evanston, Illinois 12 p.m. Saturday

attacker Kylie Ohlmiller, who set the NCAA record for points and assists last season. Senior attacker Shelby Fredericks added that Ohlmiller is very efficient with the ball, which helps the offense run smoothly. “They have great dodgers, but they also have great IQ and they can really just find those openings with their passes,” Fredericks said. “Being led by Kylie, she’s one of the best in the country. … I think our defense is doing a great job, so I think it’s going to be a great matchup.” Amonte Hiller echoed Fredericks’, saying that as a team, Stony Brook moves the ball well while using its athleticism and speed. She added that it will be up to the Cats’ defense to step up and make stops. NU’s defense has played well all season, allowing just 6.2 goals per game. A key to the Cats’ success has been redshirt freshman goalie Julie Krupnick. Krupnick was quick to give praise to her defense in

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front of her who has been playing “lights out.” Amonte Hiller said that the most important piece of Krupnick’s play this season has been her consistency. “Julie’s played really well,” Amonte Hiller said. “She’s stepped up and made big saves. Even in our loss to Duke, she made some huge saves that were really momentum builders for the team, and any time you can get that type of play from a goalie it’s great.” Along with Krupnick, Amonte Hiller said that other freshmen have been playing big roles this season, whether on the field or supporting from the bench. The freshmen have given NU more depth and athleticism to go up against tough, ranked opponents, the coach added. Regardless of the competition, Fredericks said that the Cats have to treat this game like it’s any other game if they want to come out on top. “They just got the No. 1 ranking, which is a great opportunity for us,” Fredericks said. “But, at the end of the day, this is another game. We’re approaching every single game the same and we have to come up with that same mentality.” andrewgolden2021@u.northwestern.edu

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Shelby Fredericks surveys the field. The senior attacker wants the Cats to stick with what they have been doing against Stony Brook.

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Season ends for Wildcats, careers end for decorated seniors No. 7 Penn State

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NEW YORK — In a season laden with injury absences by star players and late collapses in crucial games, it was undeniably fitting that Thursday’s game was determined by star senior Scottie Lindsey disqualifying and Northwestern subsequently falling apart. After Lindsey picked up his fifth foul with 3:14 left, seventh-seeded Penn State instantly blew a 1-point game wide open and ultimately defeated 10th-seeded Northwestern 65-57 in the second round of the Big Ten Tournament. The Wildcats (15-17, 6-12 Big Ten) finish the season having lost their last seven consecutive games — despite holding second-half leads in five of them. “It’s kind of raw right now, I don’t really know how to feel,” Lindsey said after Thursday’s contest. “Obviously, this is not how we wanted the season to end … but I appreciate all the guys fighting until the end.” Lindsey scored 12 points on 4-of-13 shooting Thursday, junior center Dererk Pardon led NU with 14 points and sophomore center Barret Benson, making his first start of the season, set his season high with 9 points and brought down a team-high nine rebounds. Junior forward Vic Law and junior guard Jordan Ash both missed the game with injuries for the Cats, while Penn State (20-12, 9-9) also played without its third-leading

scorer, 6-foot-9 forward Mike Watkins. Coach Chris Collins said that because of his shorthanded roster, Watkins’ absence and the ongoing losing streak, he decided a change of strategy was in order. “I just felt like going with the two big guys and trying to play a power game … would give us a chance to cause some problems for them,” Collins said. “I noticed that (Benson’s) size was a factor in the game, especially when he was with Dererk.” The power game was partially effective, as NU ground out a 22-14 advantage in points in the paint and essentially equaled a tall Nittany Lions team on the glass. But it also was partially ineffective, as the combination of playing two centers for much of the game and being unable to guard shooters man-on-man in Collins’ favored zone defense left Penn State often open behind the arc. “We knew we would have to have to hit a couple of shots for them to come out and guard us and create some lanes,” Penn State guard Shep Garner said. “But (instead) they stayed in the zone.” And hit shots the Nittany Lions did. Garner buried four 3-pointers, Josh Reaves chipped in three of his own and Big Ten leading scorer Tony Carr erupted for a

season-high six bombs — en route to a 25-point day — as Penn State went 13-of-29 from deep, overcoming the Cats’ advantage inside. NU was nevertheless in position to potentially pull out a droughtsnapping win for much of the afternoon, fighting to a 30-30 tie at halftime and holding a 54-52 lead with four and a half minutes to play. Collins said he was proud of his team for continuing to fight for all 40 minutes and not letting their campaign dismally “fade to black.” Penn State, however, found that its late surge was enough to advance to a Friday date with second-seeded Ohio State and guarantee another game in the famed confines of Madison Square Garden. The Cats, meanwhile, finished their season — one that began with their first-ever appearance in the preseason top 25 poll — with just 15 total wins, nine fewer than last year and tied for the second fewest since Collins’ debut campaign in 2013-14. “Obviously, we didn’t want to end it this early,” senior guard Bryant McIntosh said. “It’s the start of March. (That’s) not what we envisioned at the start of this season.” benjaminpope2019@u.northwestern.edu

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Cats’ rugged season comes to end Final minutes doom No. 12 Northwestern

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Near the start of Thursday’s game, freshman guard Jordan Hamilton drove to the hoop and attempted a layup, but an Iowa player smacked the ball out and away. Looking exasperated, Hamilton mouthed “come on,” foreshadowing the frustration yet to come for Northwestern. After their win over Wisconsin in Wednesday’s Big Ten Tournament opener, the No. 12 seed Wildcats (12-20, 4-12 Big Ten) lost their momentum and ended their season in the second round, losing 55-45 to third-seeded Iowa (24-6, 11-5) in Indianapolis. Coach Joe McKeown said this season was part of the learning curve for the freshmen-led roster, and he expects a stronger team to come out of this experience. “It was a great game,” McKeown said. “We showed a lot of heart and a lot of fight. … I was just proud of our effort all year. We had some injuries and were real young, but it was a great learning experience for us.” Ultimately, the first quarter dug the Cats a grave that they couldn’t get out of. NU scored just one point, on a free throw from junior forward Pallas Kunaiyi-Akpanah, and trailed 22-1 after the period. McKeown said NU was aggressive offensively in that quarter, but had a hard time sinking shots. McKeown said there was frustration specifically in the first, but added that his team did a good job of fighting their way back and slowing down Iowa on offense. The Cats scored 19 points in the second, closing Iowa’s lead to 11 at halftime. “Unfortunately, we couldn’t make a shot in the first quarter, and it just really was frustrating,” McKeown said. “But to outscore them the way we did in the second quarter, go into halftime

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… and get it down to 4 or 5 in the fourth quarter, our kids did a great job.” The Cats were sparked by Hamilton and freshman guard Lindsey Pulliam, who drew NU closer to Iowa. Pulliam led her team with 17, surpassing her average of 15 points per game. In the fourth quarter, there was a glimpse of hope for an upset as the Cats closed the gap to 5 after a pair of

jumpers by Pulliam. Just two minutes later, Iowa extended its lead back to 10, and in the end, that was enough for the Hawkeyes. Hamilton, who added 9 points for NU, said she has high hopes for the future of the team but the emotions of the loss loom heavy. “We obviously didn’t come out the way we wanted,” Hamilton said. “My emotions are confident for the future, but I also feel … not depressed but sad at the same time, because this team has that competitive nature, we can turn it around.” cassidyjackson2021@u.northwestern.edu

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Jordan Hamilton drives to the hoop. The freshman guard and the Wildcats saw their season come to a close against Iowa on Thursday.

NU in last loss of year By ELLA BROCKWAY

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NEW YORK — In the final four minutes of Northwestern’s 65-57 loss to Penn State in the second round of the Big Ten Tournament on Thursday night, the 201718 season slowly but definitively slipped away. “I thought we came to fight (and) I thought we came to win,” coach Chris Collins said. “We laid it on the floor, and Penn State just made more plays in the last 4 minutes.” The Wildcats (15-17, 6-12 Big Ten) held a 54-52 lead with 4:36 remaining. NU had held the Nittany Lions’ (20-12, 9-9) leading scorer, All-Big Ten guard Tony Carr, to just one field goal in 13 minutes after Carr had scored 15 points in the first half, and senior guard Bryant McIntosh hit a jumper from the right baseline to give NU a 2-point lead. Less than 30 seconds later, Carr sank his fifth 3-pointer of the night to give Penn State a 1-point lead. Exactly 20 seconds after that, McIntosh missed the first free throw of a one-and-one, and it seemed like the energy the shorthanded Cats drew from in the first half was finally starting to run out. Penn State grabbed the ball off the miss, but the Cats forced a travel and took it back with 3:34 to play. Senior guard Scottie Lindsey drove the ball into the paint and put up a floater that could have given the Cats the lead. But the shot hit the back of the rim and Lindsey was called for the offensive foul, his fifth of the game. Without hesitation, he walked

straight from where he landed underneath the basket directly to the NU bench. “It was a big play,” Collins said. “When you’re only playing seven guys and your leading scorer goes out in the last four minutes in a (tight) game, it’s going to affect the entire team.” The Nittany Lions took possession after the timeout and guard Josh Reaves sank a contested 3-pointer to stretch the lead to 4. McIntosh’s 3-point attempt on the next possession hit the front of the rim and fell into the hands of Reaves. Penn State slowed down its tempo on the other end, and with 6 seconds left on the shot clock, Carr pulled up from the top of the key and hit the victors’ 13th 3-pointer of the night. “They just went to some of their favorite action and just got (Carr) in ball screens,” McIntosh said. “He obviously knew it was winning time, and he stepped up and got aggressive offensively and was just looking to make plays. And to his credit, he did.” Two free throws from forward Lamar Stevens with 54.9 seconds to play put the nail in the coffin and gave Penn State an 11-point lead. McIntosh left the game after those free throws, checking out for the final time in his college career. The Cats’ third senior, Gavin Skelly, left the game with 24 seconds to go after scoring his final point of the game from the free throw line. The three seniors watched the last moments of the 2017-18 season, and of their NU careers, together from the bench. ellabrockway2021@u.northwestern.edu