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Ruling denies ETHS athlete’s request Court confirms rejected appeal for teen with disability By RYAN WANGMAN
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EvanSTEM director Kirby Callam gestures at the Evanston/Skokie School District 65 school board meeting on Monday. Callam updated board members on the goals of the program.
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By SAMANTHA HANDLER
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Evanston/Skokie School District 65 board members discussed on Monday the future plans for an Evanston-based STEM program, which aims to improve access and engagement for students. Director of EvanSTEM Kirby Callam said at the
meeting that the mission of the program is to create an “ecosystem of learning” by coordinating and collaborating with educators and other partners, including Northwestern, Youth & Opportunity United and Evanston Township High School District 202. EvanSTEM began about three years ago with a $625,000 grant from the Noyce Foundation — which ceased operations in 2015 — and now receives
equal financial support from NU, ETHS and District 65, according to Callam’s presentation. The partnerships work together to provide free summer and after-school programs that give opportunities to students who have traditionally underperformed or been underrepresented in STEM classes. Once families sign their children up for programs at STEM Fest — a registration
fair in the spring — those organizations then follow up with them to offer more opportunities throughout the year, Callam said. “With those partnerships and programs, the key to that is really the relationships with families,” Callam said. “And the key to that is holding on to them and moving on with them with Evanston pathways » See STEM, page 6
An Evanston Township High School athlete had his hopes of running in a state meet likely dashed on Friday, after a federal appellate court held up a ruling that denied his request that the Illinois High School Association create a para-ambulatory division in track and field state championship meets. ETHS senior Aaron Holzmueller has cerebral palsy, which limits him physically. In his initial lawsuit in February 2016, Holzmueller requested that the IHSA create a separate division with different time standards for para-ambulatory runners in the sectional and state championship track meets. In July 2017, a district court judge ruled in favor of IHSA, stating that the athlete’s requests were not reasonable accommodations under the Rehabilitation Act and the Americans with Disabilities Act. After receiving the verdict, Holzmueller’s lawyers appealed the case to the Seventh Circuit United States Court of Appeals, which
affirmed the district court’s ruling on Friday. “Simply put, the qualifying times ensure that the State championship meet is reserved for the best and fastest runners in Illinois,” two of three judges wrote in their decision. “The odds are overwhelming that runners like (Holzmueller) would not meet the qualifying times even if they were not disabled.” Aaron Holzmueller’s father Keith, who represented him in court, said the family was “disappointed” with the decision because it means his son likely won’t be able to compete in the state meet this year. Keith Holzmueller said his son is taking the ruling in stride because he always knew this outcome would be a possibility. Keith Holzmueller added that added that as more states accommodate athletes with physical disabilities in championship meets, he hopes to see the same in Illinois. “Not doing so is going against the wave of what’s going on elsewhere,” Keith Holzmueller said. “I hope that IHSA at some point adapts a different view of the situation.” IHSA executive director Craig Anderson said in a statement that the ruling does not » See LAWSUIT, page 6
Researchers study Play explores race with young actors caretaker tweets City officials attend show as part of equity, empowerment training
Faculty compile data from media posts on diseases By ALANE LIM
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In a study mining information from thousands of tweets, Northwestern researchers found that those looking after Alzheimer’s and dementia patients use Twitter as a space to discuss coping strategies, frustrations and their overall experiences with caregiving. A team of researchers led by Feinberg Prof. Margaret Danilovich and McCormick Profs. Ankit Agrawal and Alok Choudhary used data mining and qualitative analysis to explore how users talk about Alzheimer’s disease and dementia. The study, which analyzed thousands of tweets from a one-month period referencing keywords related to Alzheimer’s and dementia, was recently published in the journal Topics in Geriatric Rehabilitation. Agrawal said the long-term
goal of the project was to reduce “caregiver burnout.” People giving care to others also need to take care of themselves, he added. “The adult population who need care is rising,” he said. “If we are to ensure that they get proper care … we have to ensure that their caregiver’s health is good.” Danilovich said that she initially was interested in caregivers because of her work as a physical therapist. Much of her research revolves around older adults and their caregivers, she said. Agrawal said Danilovich approached him for the study because of his team’s previous work using data mining techniques to analyze tweets about cancer and the flu. “Many times we assume that older people don’t use social media,” Danilovich said. “But these people who are providing care are using (Twitter) to document their experiences caregiving.” Agrawal said the study focused on “informal caregivers,” like people who look after their own parents, because they » See TWITTER, page 6
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City employees attended an original play that examined race and identity as a part of their equity and empowerment training Monday night. The play, “I.D.,” brought together Evanston children to act in scenes depicting the racial realities of Evanston. Mayor Steve Hagerty said the play is important because it speaks about the complexities of race and identity and can mobilize an important conversation. After the show, the directors and performers hosted a talkback to discuss the play and their experiences making it. The play began with the actors, aged between 10- and 15-years-old, being labelled with stereotypes based on their physical appearances. By the end of the play, the narrative is reversed to allow children to identify themselves how they choose. » See PLAY, page 6
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Evanston students act in play at Evanston Township High School. The play examined race and identity in Evanston.
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Original acts perform at Kafein open mic night By KEERTI GOPAL
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There were only about 10 people at Kafein’s open mic on Monday night, but that didn’t stop comedian Nick Dlouhy from playing with the crowd, gathering feedback. “That was new, how’d you like it?” he asked the room after trying out a joke. When he only got one response amidst laughter, Dlouhy was unphased. “One out of 10,” he said. “Cool, I’ll take it.” The weekly open mic, hosted at Kafein on 1621 Chicago Ave., welcomes original acts ranging from music and poetry to stand-up comedy and story readings. Open mic host John Lamm said the mission of the program is to provide a sense of community and give artists room to grow their craft. Lamm said he first encountered Kafein during his junior year of high school, when he moved from Logan Square to Evanston and enrolled at Evanston Township High School. Now, a little over a decade later, he’s been Kafein’s open mic host for about six months, taking over after previous host Brandon Cummings became the owner of the cafe. “This place is important not only to me but for a lot of people, especially in the artists’ community,” Lamm said. “We all share our art with each other and are constantly growing as artists, and that’s a great feeling.” Kafein is enforcing a new policy requiring original content after the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers shut down the open mic for several months last year for performing
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covers without proper licensing. Lamm said the program is back under the condition that no copyrighted material is performed until proper licensing is obtained. “It would suck if this thing ceased to exist,” Lamm said. “We were all devastated when it did get shut down (and) we didn’t know if it was coming back. … Now it’s back with some extra rules and it still sees fairly good popularity.” Performers and audience members generally hail from the Evanston area, though regular performer Pierre Compere said people have come from as far as Wisconsin to perform. Compere, who closed the show playing electric guitar in a fluffy red hat, said he is a full-time professional musician, but most of the performers at the open mic have day jobs outside their performing arts. Dlouhy, who said he has been performing at Kafein for over two years, currently works as an instructor for a software company, though he said he dreams of making a full-time career of stand-up. As he prepared for his set, jotting down ideas in a notebook, he said he sees Kafein as a workshop space. “I usually am working on new stuff here or taking an old joke and trying to make it a little better,” Dlouhy said. “Everyone’s supportive even if my jokes are terrible.” Audience member Sofia Garcia-Sanchez, who recently moved from Florida and is now living in Chicago, said it was her first time at Kafein. Garcia-Sanchez added that she found out about the event by searching for poetry events online, and added that she definitely plans on coming back. “I liked how confident and comfortable everyone was,” she said, comparing Kafein to other open
mics she’s seen. “I feel like it’s a different crowd … over here. I felt a more open vibe to whatever the heck was going to happen.” Lamm said the open mic is usually packed, and he speculated that Monday’s 5-degree weather was keeping crowds away. Still, the performers were undeterred by the small turnout, taking the
opportunity to joke with one another and try out new material. “It’s an unparalleled forum for arts of all kinds,” Compere said. “Where else are you going to find an open mic as kick-ass as this?”
About 6 p.m., the Evanston man ran to a neighbor and said, “They are going to shoot me, call the police,” Evanston police Cmdr. Ryan Glew told The Daily in an email. The neighbor said he saw two men run south down an alley near Sheridan Square and jump over a fence near the Calvary Catholic Cemetery, Glew said.
The man left the area, telling the neighbor he had to “drop something off.” The man then went to a relative’s house and contacted the Evanston Police Department, Glew said. He reported that two men attempted to rob him then fled, saying the two men displayed a weapon and demanded his property. The Evanston
resident told the police the two men did not take anything from him. Glew said the man would not cooperate any further with the investigation and no further information was taken.
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Kafein, 1621 Chicago Ave. Every Monday night, Kafein holds an open mic night with acts ranging from music to stand-up comedy.
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SESP hosts ‘Moonlight’ screening By ALLIE GOULDING
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When asked to describe the movie “Moonlight” in a word, students said it was poignant, thoughtful, impactful and beautiful. More than a year after the movie’s release, about 20 students gathered in Annenberg Hall on Tuesday to watch “Moonlight” and discuss its themes in a community dialogue following the screening. The event was hosted by the School of Education and Social Policy’s Leadership and Programming Board and Diversity Committee. SESP Prof. Gina Logan, who helped plan the event, said the decision to screen “Moonlight” as part of the quarterly Diversity and Equity Film Series was unanimous among the Leadership and Programming Board members. Logan, who is on the Diversity Committee, said “Moonlight” focuses on issues that are still relevant today, such as the search for one’s identity. “One of the major themes was identity — the ‘Who is you?’ question that came up a couple of times,” Logan said. “That’s a literary question and a psychological question that’s timeless.” After the success of a similar event last year, a screening of the documentary “13th” highlighting issues of mass incarceration, Leadership and Programming Board member Sam Buresch told The Daily the board wanted to grow from that success and find a movie that centered around intersectionality. The SESP junior added that though it was not the deciding factor, Black History Month played into the decision to screen “Moonlight.” “If you see what’s happening in the world, who’s being targeted, it’s pretty much the same demographic that has been targeted for the last hundred years,” Buresch said. “With the president … and the ads that are being put out for individuals for running for governor, people are obviously being targeted. Bringing that into
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Students discuss their thoughts about the themes of “Moonlight” after a screening. The SESP-sponsored event highlighted issues of masculinity and intersectionality.
discussion was totally necessary.” A few campus events have centered around the movie, including last year when “Moonlight” director Barry Jenkins spoke on campus last year at a screening and discussion attended by more than 570 students. “We obviously couldn’t relive that (event), but we wanted to relive it in the sense of bringing to the table those types of ideas and allowing those types of discussions to happen,” Buresch said. After watching the movie, students broke into smaller groups of about five to seven people to discuss their thoughts and reactions. Weinberg sophomore Sayeed Sanchez told The Daily even though he had seen the movie
before, the discussion after the film helped clarify the identities and arguments depicted in the film. Sanchez added that the movie shows a side of black men that isn’t typically seen in other movies. “Even a year later, and farther beyond that, it’s really powerful in that it’s depicting black male vulnerability and really deconstructing black hypermasculinity,” Sanchez said. “Images of black men are typically through music or sports. We don’t always get a lot of images of a soft, tender side of them.” alliegoulding2020@u.northwestern.edu
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Individual mandate repeal could be healthcare disaster LEO SAINATI
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The recent tax bill passed by Republicans has been widely analyzed and scrutinized for its impact on tax brackets, incomes and savings, but one of the most important elements of the bill has nothing to do with tax cuts: It’s the repeal of Obamacare’s individual mandate. The individual mandate was an essential part of the Affordable Care Act, which brings healthier Americans into the market to lower premiums for those who are sick. The individual mandate functions by fining Americans who do not have health insurance. When the fines began in 2014, anyone uninsured had to pay a $95 fine or 1 percent of their household income, whichever was greater. By 2016, the full penalty became either $695 or 2.5 percent of income. Unsurprisingly, this aspect of the ACA
drew heavy criticism from conservatives who asserted that it was an unconstitutional breach of power and took away citizens’ individual liberties. Additionally, Austin Frakt, associate professor at Boston University points out: “The cultural climate is very different in other states, I don’t think the individual mandate is going to be strong enough to overcome the cultural resistance in some of the states.” However, the individual mandate was unquestionably effective in achieving its goals, bringing significantly more Americans into the market and subsequently lowering premiums. And the mandate is popular among Americans: A poll by the Kaiser Foundation found in August 2017 that two-thirds of Americans thought the mandate should continue to be enforced. While it is difficult to parse out the effects of the bill’s individual components, since 2010, 20 million Americans have gained health insurance and the uninsured rate has dropped from 16 percent to 9 percent. The individual mandate has clearly been integral to the ACA’s success in lowering the uninsured rate, and repealing it will have
disastrous effects. The Rand Corporation — a bipartisan policy research organization — has projected, for example, that repealing the individual mandate would result in 8 million Americans losing health insurance and raise premiums by an average of 7 percent. Health care faces an intrinsic dilemma, as the individuals that health care providers need the most are those least likely to buy it. The individual mandate is essential to keep healthy people in the market, so insurance is cheaper for all. As the Rand Corporation explains, “The individual mandate keeps a higher share of younger and healthier people enrolled in the risk pool and therefore helps to cushion against a situation in which a disproportionate number of older, less healthy individuals buy coverage.” Health care embodies former Clinton Labor Secretary Robert Reich’s narrative of the “benevolent community,” which sees social policies as a way to extend the idealistic supportive local community to a national level. Paying it forward for others is understandably unappealing for those who are healthy, but paying it forward is the
cornerstone of social security and numerous other forms of social insurance. In issues such as health care, the needs of the many must be put over the needs of the few. Since Trump’s inauguration speech, the U.S. has adopted the “America First” doctrine — but this ideology has yet to be reflected at home. The idea of elevating the interests of Americans to paramount importance apparently does not extend to domestic policies. Working for the common good cannot be sustained without a benevolent community. As our country grows increasingly divided, uniting wherever we can is essential. While Obamacare is still the law of the land, repealing the mandate drastically limits its efficacy, forcing sick people to pay more and turning away those who they need the most. Leo Sainati is a SESP freshman. He can be contacted at leosainati2021@u.northwestern. edu. If you would like to respond publicly to this op-ed, send a Letter to the Editor to opinion@ dailynorthwestern.com. The views expressed in this piece do not necessarily reflect the views of all staff members of The Daily Northwestern.
Anti-science activism threatens golden age of discovery WESLEY SHIROLA
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There are arguably not many things that have contributed so much to our society as science has over the course of our history. Indeed, scientists have existed since the first human civilization in ancient Mesopotamia, where they curiously observed and recorded the world around them. However, only a handful of ancient people seemed to live and breathe for scientific knowledge and progress, with most intellectuals focusing on more so-called artistic endeavors. That all changed, however, in the 17th century, when a scientific revolution rapidly swept across Europe. A breadth of new knowledge and understanding of the natural world poured out, and modern-day science as we know it was born. Around 1600, Galileo Galilei discovered the principle of inertia, setting the stage for an exploration of motion. In 1609, Johannes Kepler looked to the heavens and published
his first two laws of planetary motion explaining that the planets move in elliptical orbits around the sun. A decade later, Robert Hooke published a book detailing his use of a microscope to observe the simplest form of life: the cell. The list goes on. The scientific revolution of the 17th century quickly propelled science from a state of unsophisticated, curious observation to a significantly advanced and revolutionary field of study, paving the way for the Industrial Revolution in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. Ultimately, it likely inspired many of the world’s future scientists, from the likes of Albert Einstein and Ivan Pavlov to Northwestern’s very own chemistry Prof. Fraser Stoddart. While we live in a golden age for scientific discovery — scientists are constantly making revolutionary achievements and new findings in everything from exoplanets to artificial intelligence — the field of science is under attack, as anti-science activism seems to be spreading throughout most of the developed world. And as many of us have seen, the U.S. is not immune. Climate change deniers hold political office and craft environmental policy. The
anti-vaccination camp still prospers. Animal rights activists, who lobby against using animals for scientific research, jeopardize further research and drug testing. A food crisis abounds while policymakers do nothing about it, seemingly in fear of genetically modified foods and other scientific interventions, and public officials constantly and carelessly dismiss scientific findings. Last March, President Donald Trump proposed his 2018 budget which includes sharp reductions in funding across the full suite of science agencies. The U.S. government has always positioned itself as a strong proponent of science and one of the most consistent backers of scientific research and development, but that will quickly change if Trump’s budget proposal passes through Congress. Fortunately, it seems unlikely that Trump’s budget proposal will survive Congress in its current form, but we must do everything we can to ensure that it doesn’t. Scientists and researchers across the country have already begun to unite to save science. Those efforts need to continue, but the message that science is essential to our well-being needs to expand and reach more people. Scientists
must talk about the importance of their work not only to those in government, but also to their family, friends and neighbors. As students at one of the world’s top research universities, what can we do to restore society’s trust in science and ensure that it continues to flourish and better the lives of future generations? The surest thing we can do is relay our firsthand awareness of the critical role research institutions play in advancing scientific discoveries to the general public and to the U.S. government. Albert Einstein once said, “To raise new questions, new possibilities, to regard old problems from a new angle, requires creative imagination and marks real advance in science.” It is up to us to make sure that his words always ring true, and that science forever prospers. Wesley Shirola is a Weinberg freshman. He can be contacted at wesleyshirola2021@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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Peer Health Exchange piloting new model at NU By MADDIE BURAKOFF
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Northwestern’s Peer Health Exchange is piloting a new consistency model for its national organization in the hopes of building closer bonds between health educators and their students. PHE is a nonprofit that trains college students to teach health curricula at under-resourced high schools, covering topics include substance abuse, sexual health and mental health. Previously, each health educator at PHE would specialize in a particular workshop and rotate through different schools. While this meant educators were more familiar with course content, educators struggled to establish close relationships with the students, and students did not retain as
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Retired Bienen professor, Chicago Symphony composer dies at age 85 Bienen professor emeritus Alan Stout, a composer hailed as a crucial figure in the Chicago classical music scene, died Thursday at a Chicago nursing facility. He was 85. Stout began his career in 1963 as a professor at Northwestern, and his work was first performed by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra four years later. His music was seen as influential in the development of the postwar classical era. At Northwestern, Stout taught music composition and theory. His students remember him as “a great and nurturing teacher with an uncanny ability to identify exactly what his pupils needed,” according
much knowledge, said Hannah Givertz, co-coordinator of NU’s PHE. “(The educators) knew their workshop material really well, but they didn’t know the students really well,” Givertz said. “Whereas if you go into one classroom every week and build those relationships, it will actually help transfer the knowledge.” The Weinberg senior said in order to address the shortcomings of this rotation-based approach, NU’s PHE suggested switching to a consistency model in which health educators remain at the same high school over 13 weeks of workshops. PHE’s Bay Area campus is also testing out a consistency model, Givertz said. There are 65 NU students currently enrolled as health educators to teach topics including substance abuse and sexual health, Givertz said. These students work at six different high schools across
Chicago’s Northside, including Chicago Math and Science Academy and Rickover Naval Academy, she said. Though many came in without prior knowledge about health education, the students underwent a series of trainings that covered health content and classroom management techniques, she added. Elizabeth Odunsi — a director of social justice, inclusion, diversity and equity for NU’s PHE — said the “relationship-centered” model not only improves students’ understanding of health issues, but also creates an environment for educators to act as “peers” and feel more comfortable sharing personal experiences relevant to the course content. “Obviously we are not training teachers,” the Weinberg senior said. “But many host teachers do tell us that (being) closer in age to a lot of students that we are teaching than a usual health educator … brings a lot to the classroom in terms of the
discussion that we have.” The consistency model has been carried out in all NU’s PHE programs for two years, and the national organization has announced its plan to scale up the model to all of the schools in partnership within the next few years, said Weinberg junior Talia Waxman, a member of the PHE Leadership Council. Waxman said PHE provides a platform for high school students to discuss “sensitive” topics in their lives with peers who are only a few years older, hence facilitating a more “candid” conversation. “It’s a more engaging format of health education that really emphasized the students’ agency to make their own health decisions, rather than telling them what to do and what not to do,” Waxman said.
to a Monday news release. The prize is awarded by the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology in Haifa to “men and women who have truly contributed to the progress of humanity,” according to its website. Technion cites Marks’ chemical science research — which it says has “both fundamental and practical significance” — as the basis for his selection. In his 45 years of research, Marks has created
new plastics, catalysts and efficient solar cells, the release said. Marks also received the Priestley Medal — the highest honor from the American Chemical Society — in April 2017, according to Northwestern Now. Marks, along with Stanford University professor Carla Shatz, will receive $75,000 from Technion, according to the release. The awards will be given out June 10.
Technion established the Harvey Prize in 1972 as a way to build goodwill between Israel and other nations, the release said. “I am delighted to join the distinguished cohort of Harvey Prize winners and to receive this distinction which honors achievements in all fields of science and technology,” Marks said in the release.
to the Chicago Tribune. Students would also gather at his home Monday nights to explore and discuss new music, the Tribune reported. “His courses really brought you to the core of musical structure and all the interesting stories about various works, composers and performances,” Kurt Hansen (Comm ‘73, Music ‘83) said in a Bienen news release. Stout became an active member of the music community in the Chicago area, working as a scholar, pianist and conductor, according to the release. CSO premiered several of Stout’s pieces in the 1960s and 1970s, including his Symphony No. 2 in 1967. A 1992 Chicago Reader story wrote his “meticulous style and almost patrician outlook” brought him to fame. No cause of death has been reported. — Alan Perez
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“summarily prevent” the association from adding future participation opportunities. Anderson added that the decision reinforces the idea that member schools, and not courts, should dictate the IHSA’s “mission and offerings.” “The Illinois High School Association’s history is one of inclusion, as we have been successful in creating participation opportunities for millions of Illinois high school students, in both sports and activities, for over 100 years,” Anderson said in the statement. Aaron Holzmueller has seen considerable success among athletes with disabilities, competing in the 400 meter run and the 800 meter run at the U.S. Paralympic Trials in 2016. The senior — who is also on the swimming team — will still be able to compete for ETHS at meets and train with his team.
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freely share their life experiences on Twitter more often. Many times, these caregivers aren’t aware of resources that could help them and so aren’t actively looking for them, he added. Danilovich said they focused on social media rather than surveys or interviews because social media is a quicker way to reach a larger number of people across the country. It is also a way for caregivers to share things they would be less inclined to discuss in a one-on-one interview, she added. “If I’m a caregiver and I’m really struggling and someone is asking me about my caregiving experience, I might be less inclined to tell them just how rough it is and how much trouble I’m going through,” she said. Danilovich added that the authors also found tweets using dementia as an insult, which she said stigmatizes the condition and prevents people
Keith Holzmueller added that he was unsure whether the family would consider further legal action, and that they would rely on its legal team for counsel going forward. The family’s pro bono attorney, Louis Fogel of Jenner & Block, said states like Louisiana have adopted state-qualifying time standards for para-ambulatory athletes that could similarly be adopted in Illinois. There are organizations in Illinois that “would be happy to” partner with IHSA to help develop those standards, he said. Fogel said Aaron Holzmueller just wants a meaningful opportunity to compete, and although time may be running out for the senior, he has the opportunity to help other people down the road. “Sometimes being the pioneer, you lay the foundation for people that come after you to enjoy the benefits,” Fogel said. ryanw@u.northwestern.edu that’s what we’re working on, pushing on and making sure that happens.” Callam also hopes to form relationships between ETHS and STEM-oriented businesses in Evanston, such as hospitals, to help students plan for their futures. Board member Rebeca Mendoza raised concerns that EvanSTEM may exclude students who could benefit from similar opportunities, but are more interested in the arts and humanities. She said there is so much artistry in fields including architecture and design that some students may want to explore “the arts in STEM.” “Evanston is a city of artists, too,” Mendoza said. “Being the community that we are, are we missing out on the kids that are artists and could be also scientists?” from getting early care. The concern is that people may not actually know the symptoms of dementia, she said. Reda Al-Bahrani, a McCormick graduate student who worked on the project, said the team collected tweets and categorized them based on certain keywords and phrases related to Alzheimer’s, dementia and caregiving. According to the study’s abstract, the tweets referenced the hashtags #alzheimer’s, #Alz, #dementia and #dimentia. Agrawal stressed that while the data was categorized manually for this study, the ability to identify caregivers from tweets “paved the way” for the authors to automate the process in the future. “If there is an automated way to identify these people at risk, … then hopefully we can reduce the burnout significantly,” he said. “It’s more important than ever right now.” alane.lim@u.northwestern.edu
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Evanston Township High School, 1600 Dodge Ave. A federal appellate court ruled against an ETHS paraambulatory athlete on Friday.
Kirby said the limitation of the programs to solely STEM fields comes from a necessity to rein in their scope as well as from the initial mission of the Noyce Foundation, which was to improve the teaching of math and science. He added that students can find some artistry in the design aspects of engineering programs. District superintendent Paul Goren said a particularly meaningful part of EvanSTEM is when Callam holds conferences for in-school and afterschool teachers to coordinate and collaborate. “To come to these sessions and watch the educators learn from each other as they serve the same children is really valuable,” Goren said. “We want to continue this.” samanthahandler2021@u.northwestern.edu
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The show, written and directed by Dru Smith and William Eason, remounted Friday at Evanston Township High School. Originally premiered in November last year, the play was brought back in honor of Black History Month after its sold-out shows made clear the community was ready to start these conversations, Eason said. He added that Hagerty pushed for the play to return. “This production can do so much for our community in opening up the conversations that we need to have around race here,” Hagerty said during the discussion? after the play. The play showed vignettes of the young actors discussing and grappling with modern racerelated issues such as mass incarceration, protests during the national anthem and the controversy surrounding Confederate statues. In one scene, a young black boy was arrested for being out after curfew while his white friend ran away, forcing him to confront how his skin color makes him vulnerable to racial profiling. Eason said the play is meant to make people feel more comfortable talking about race. He added that the play is not only meant to challenge youth, but adults as well. “As adults, we are already fixed where we are in life and in our way of thinking,” Eason said. “But, (the performers were able) to acknowledge that things like this exist and to empower themselves so they can do something about it … I think that is why the performance is so strong.” Eason added that many of the vignettes were inspired by the children’s own experiences. One boy said after the play that he felt connected to a scene depicting negative reactions to an interracial relationship because his mom is white and his dad is black. Another actress who is black described a time when she was walking her dog on the sidewalk when a woman saw her from inside her car and locked her car door. “People are like, ‘Oh, that would never happen. This is Evanston, we are very liberal,’” she said after the play. “But it does (happen) and it needs to stop,” she said. Rev. Dr. Michael Nabors, president of the NAACP’s Evanston branch, challenged the audience after the play, and actors to continue the conversations the play evoked in their communities. He urged the audience to not return to their comfort zones. “Your message is not just local, your message is nationwide and your message is worldwide. The world has to get better,” Nabors said. “It’s difficult to talk about race and you all have created an opportunity where you make it easier.”
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to launch his college tennis career. So far, he has played three opponents ranked in the top 85 in dual matches this season. He had one of the most impressive individual efforts of the season in his opening day win against No. 16 Alexis Galarneau, but since then is 0-3 with another match left unfinished. NU had a one-set lead in two of the three singles contests that did not finish against Duke. Junior Jason Seidman, who has a consistent play style and a tendency to play long points, was locked in a tight battle at No. 5, as has become typical for him this season. The first set had gone to a tiebreak that was knotted up at 7-all when Ephron’s second set concluded. Only one of Seidman’s four singles matches in dual play has been completed. Sophomore Dominik Stary and junior Ben Vandixhorn won their first sets at No. 2 and 4 singles. However, both were behind in the second set when the match ended. Still, the season, like the senior-less team that lost its top three players from last season, is young and has room to improve. “Every experience is new, especially for the freshman,” coach Arvid Swan said. “We have guys who have different roles in the lineup or are playing higher in the lineup, so that’s a different experience as well.”
performance. “I was really trying to stay focused,” Filby said. “I knew that literally my whole team was watching me, so I didn’t want to let them down. I tried to really fight for it and leave it all on the strip.” The four teams NU lost to — Duke, No. 1 Notre Dame, No. 5 Ohio State and No. 7 Temple – are all either ranked in the top 10 or received votes in the latest poll. Against Notre Dame, the Cats came close to pulling off the upset, but faltered in the last few bouts to lose 15-12. Moss said the team was tired on the second day of the tournament and he would like to see a rested NU face off against Duke and Ohio State again. In their final regular season appearances in Cats uniforms, senior foil Lucia Procopio went a perfect 9-0 on the day and senior epee Anna Tolley went 7-1. With the senior class finishing its season, senior sabre Emine Yücel, who has another season of eligibility remaining, said that it is great that her fellow classmates can end their careers with two major records: most single-season wins and most consecutive wins. “It is so nice to go out with such a big thing and knowing that you accomplished that with your teammates,” Yücel said. “We accomplished so much. There’s no regrets. It’s just happiness.”
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Lindsey Pulliam wins Big Ten Freshman of the Week after 33-point day
With 12 points in the final five minutes of regulation, freshman guard Lindsey Pulliam nearly singlehandedly piloted a miraculous Northwestern comeback from 16 points down to force overtime against Indiana on Sunday. The effort did not ultimately earn the Wildcats (9-15, 2-8 Big Ten) the win — they fell 78-73 after the extra frame — but it did earn Pulliam the title of Big Ten Freshman of the Week. In the loss, the freshman from Maryland played a complete 45 minutes and tallied a career-high 33 points on 13-of-19 shooting, topping her previous
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career (and season) high of 29 points on Nov. 30 at Syracuse. Pulliam came to Evanston with high expectations, ranked by ESPN the No. 60 recruit in the country coming out of high school, and has so far lived up to them. Her 15.0 points-per-game average leads a young NU squad — as well as all Big Ten freshmen — by a sizeable margin this season. She’s improved her efficiency in recent weeks as well, shooting 58.7 percent from the field over her last three games. With Monday’s announcement, Pulliam became the first Cats women’s basketball player to earn a conference award this season and the first to win Freshman of the Week since Nia Coffey did so four years ago. — Ben Pope
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Lindsey Pulliam takes a free throw. The freshman was named Big Ten Freshman of the Year this season after dropping 33 points against Indiana on Sunday.
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Wildcats looking for revenge against Wolverines By JOSEPH WILKINSON
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Last year, Northwestern hosted Michigan in early March, and the buzz was palpable. The Wildcats were pushing toward their first-ever NCAA Tournament appearance and had the chance to take down the Wolverines and build their resume even more. And, in almost the most dramatic fashion possible, they did so. This year, No. 20 Michigan (196, 8-4 Big Ten) is about as good and once again on its way to the Chicago area. NU (14-10, 5-6) hasn’t held up its end of the bargain. The Cats sit in seventh place in the Big Ten standings and are struggling, whether at home, on the road, or at a neutral site, to pick up wins in marquee games. Coach Chris Collins, however, said he isn’t focused on what happened earlier in the season, but instead looks at the remaining games as an opportunity for NU. “It’s that time of the year where you look at our league, it’s so jumbled up right there in the middle,” Collins said after Thursday’s win over Wisconsin. “These last seven games, a lot of us are going to be playing each other, and every game is going to be of ultimate importance.” The Wolverines, however, are not one of those middling teams. Sitting in fourth place in the conference with key wins over UCLA and Michigan State, Michigan is currently one of four Big Ten teams projected to make the
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tournament in most bracket projections. And, of course, the Wolverines recently took down NU in Ann Arbor, pulling out a 58-47 win in which the teams combined to shoot 40 percent from the field and 27 percent from 3-point range. That performance was uncharacteristic for the hosts, who average almost 75 points per game, make 47 percent of their shots and shoot a solid 36 percent from deep. “I was very concerned about this game,” Michigan coach John Beilein said after that matchup. “(In the first half ) we didn’t make shots … but we held them, and that was the key.” The Cats have been playing some improved defense of their own recently. After switching to a hybrid trapping zone defense on Jan. 10 against Minnesota, no team has scored more than 71 points on NU. Prior to the switch, the Cats had allowed at least that many points in three of five games. Collins said the zone has enabled the team to get off to hot starts due to its uniqueness in the Big Ten. NU is the only team in the conference that uses a zone as its base defense. “We were having such a hard time in our man-to-man defense of giving up a lot of points in the paint and also fouling a lot,” Collins said. “The zone is a little bit different look. Obviously, not a lot of teams play it in our league, so when you
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Chris Collins schemes on the sideline. Collins and the Wildcats will be looking for the first win over a ranked team this season when they host the No. 20 Michigan Wolverines on Tuesday.
play against us it’s a little bit different. It takes a little bit of getting used to.” Against Michigan, however, the Cats won’t have that unfamiliarity advantage.
The Wolverines have already seen the zone and beaten it once, so some other adjustments may have to be made if NU hopes to change the narrative this
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Tough early season matchups and a young lineup typically do not mix well, and Northwestern continues to learn that lesson after its record dropped below .500 in a shutout
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Ben Vandixhorn follows through on a backhand. The junior and the Wildcats had a tough time Sunday against Duke.
Devils (4-1) on Sunday. It was the fourth of five consecutive matches away from home for NU and the first of three straight against ranked opponents. The Cats began by dropping the doubles point with losses at No. 1 and 3 doubles, while the team at No. 2 was tied at 5-all in its set. The pair of freshmen Antonioni Fasano and Nick Brookes at No. 2 doubles has yet to win a match in dual play this season and has lost three. In all five matches NU has played, the winner of the doubles point has gone on to win the contest. The singles scores were not quite as lopsided as the shutout score would indicate, as the Cats won two of the five first sets that concluded before the match was clinched. However, the matches in which NU dropped the first set ended quickly. The Cats’ starting freshmen, Fasano and Brookes, were both quickly defeated at No. 1 and 3 singles, respectively, the first singles loss of the season for Brookes. Sophomore Chris Ephron’s 6-3, 6-2 loss at No. 6 singles to No. 90 Robert Levine provided the fourth and clinching point for the Blue Devils. Fasano has faced a tough slate after being thrust into the No. 1 singles spot » See MEN’S TENNIS, page 7
program wins record By PETER WARREN
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When most teams break a major record, the players know about it in that exact moment and celebrate accordingly. When No. 8 Northwestern broke the program’s single-season win record Sunday with their victory over Lawrence, the Wildcats’ fencers were unaware. They only found out they had beaten the eight-year-old record when coach Zach Moss told them after the team had finished competing Sunday. “We all knew that we were close, but none of us were really thinking about it when we were fencing,” freshman foil Sarah Filby said. “We weren’t trying to win our bouts to break the record. We were trying to win our bouts for the team in general.” NU wrapped up their record-setting regular season at the NU Duals in South Bend this weekend. The Cats finished the weekend with an 8-4 record, improving to 47-9 on the season. The 47 wins broke the record of 45 established during the 2009-10 season. Moss, only in his second year with the program, said that breaking the record for wins in a season was not on his mind
at the beginning of the campaign. “This level of success this early (in my head coaching career) was a surprise — a pleasant one — and definitely sets the standard for what we are capable of as a program,” Moss said. The biggest win of the weekend for NU came against No. 4 Princeton. It was the second meeting of the season between the two teams, with the Tigers taking the first matchup back in November. This second time around, the Cats pulled out a close 14-13 victory. “I had felt that, the way our team fenced in the fall against Princeton, that they really deserved to have beaten them, and it just didn’t go our way,” Moss said. “I was glad that we had another shot at them, and that they got the result that I felt they had really earned the first time.” The matchup went down to the final touch. With the score tied at 13, Filby went to the strip with the match on the line. After falling behind 4-3, Filby rattled off two straight touches to win the bout and seal the victory for the Cats. Filby said she did not know that hers was the deciding bout — she typically doesn’t like to know the score before she fences, because she feels it affects her » See FENCING, page 7