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Senators confirm 9 vice presidents By JONAH DYLAN

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Associated Student Government Senate confirmed the nominations of nine vice presidents Wednesday without a single vote against a nominee. McCormick junior Vikas Kethineedi was confirmed as vice president for campus life, a position that was created after a code change passed last week. “I feel like I definitely have the skills to hit the ground running for this committee,” he said before the vote. “Especially with the two-year live-on requirement coming, the administration is going to get a lot of things correct, but at the same time they’re going to get a lot of things wrong, so my goal is to minimize all those things they get wrong.” McCormick sophomore Daniel Knight was confirmed as vice president for services, and Weinberg sophomore Emily Ash was confirmed as vice president for public relations. SESP freshman Austin Gardner was confirmed as vice president for accessibility and inclusion. Gardner is the only freshman on ASG’s executive board. Weinberg sophomore Eshawn Sharma was confirmed as vice president for analytics, while SESP sophomore Michael Deneroff was confirmed as vice president for community relations.

Weinberg junior Katie Mansur was confirmed as vice president for sustainability. Mansur previously served on the ASG sustainability committee as well as the executive board for the Northwestern Energy and Sustainability Consortium. Although Weinberg junior Olivia Paulhac did not attend Senate, she was still confirmed as vice president for health and wellness. Speaking on her behalf, ASG President Nehaarika Mulukutla said Paulhac would be an excellent choice for the position. “I want us to not just be in a culture that builds people up in ASG, but a campus that builds everybody up and creates and fosters this culture of wellness,” Mulukutla said before the vote. “I’ve never seen anybody more (than Paulhac) excited about that message, except for maybe (executive vice president Rosalie Gambrah).” SESP sophomore Sky Patterson, a former Daily columnist, was confirmed as vice president for academics. Patterson, who had been the For Members Only senator this year, said her goal would be to put students first. “I’m someone who cares deeply about improving the Northwestern experience for all students,” she said before the vote. “This is why I joined ASG. Even as I watched many of my friends stop showing up every Wednesday or just quit all together, I stuck with student » See SENATE, page 9

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The Alpha Epsilon Pi fraternity house on Northwestern’s campus. This year’s Dog Days, AEPi’s annual philanthropy, will donate profits to the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention in honor of NU student Scott Boorstein, a member of AEPi who took his own life in September.

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AEPi will donate Dog Days profits to suicide prevention fund By CATHERINE KIM

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During past years of Alpha Epsilon Pi fraternity’s annual philanthropy event Dog Days, Scott Boorstein always smiled and greeted people as he grilled hot dogs late into the night, his friend Daniel Polotsky said.

“He was so amped,” the Weinberg senior said. “He was really wacky, shouting during Dog Days, and everyone just loved having him around.” This year’s Dog Days will honor Boorstein, who took his own life on Sept. 2. AEPi plans to donate profits to the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, an organization that raises awareness, funds

research and provides resources to those affected by suicide. Members of the fraternity will grill and sell hot dogs around campus from May 1 to 5. AEPi President Aaron Kaplan said although the words “suicide” and “prevention” have a negative connotation, he hopes Dog Days will be “overwhelmingly positive.” As members of the fraternity interact with

the Northwestern community throughout the week, the McCormick sophomore said he wants AEPi to be “an uplifting spirit on campus.” Kaplan said this event shows how AEPi has grown as an organization since Boorstein’s death. Members of the fraternity have been able to think » See DOG DAYS, page 9

Programming team advances Three NU students advance to world competition By MADELEINE FERNANDO

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Divvy bikes parked at the Northwestern Library station. As of March 2017, 13,166 bike trips have been started from Evanston since the installation of the original 10 locations in July, Evanston’s transportation and mobility coordinator Katie Knapp said.

City’s Divvy service grows By SYDNEY STONE

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Since the initial instillation of Divvy bike stations in Evanston almost a year ago, the city has continued efforts to make the bikes more accessible for all residents. Divvy, a Chicago-based

bike-sharing service, aims to give residents an alternative option to travel between Evanston and Chicago, Evanston’s transportation and mobility coordinator Katie Knapp said. The bikes first came to Evanston last summer in coordination with Chicago and was funded in part by a state grant. Aldermen voted at a City Council meeting Monday

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to approve the purchase and installation of a new Divvy station, which will include 10 new bicycles and be located near the intersection of Dempster Street and Chicago Avenue. Knapp said she hopes the new location, part of an effort to generally increase mobility for Evanston residents, achieves » See DIVVY, page 9

A team of three Northwestern students — who call themselves the WildWildCats — will advance to the World Finals of the Association for Computing Machinery International Collegiate Programming Contest in May. The team won first place out of more than 100 teams at the

Hagerty wins by 115 votes in official count

The Cook County Clerk’s Office released the official results of Evanston’s municipal elections Wednesday. Steve Hagerty, owner of an Evanston-based emergency consulting business, won the mayoral race against Ald. Mark Tendam (6th), garnering about 50.3 percent of the vote. His lead over Tendam was only 115 votes. Tendam

regional competition held at Contest is a worldwide comthe University of Chicago in petition that brings together November. teams of three students from NU’s team includes second- universities across the country year computer science Ph.D. to compete and solve about student Abhratanu Dutta, 10 problems in less than five first-year computer science hours. The problems typically Ph.D. student Yiding Feng deal with real-life scenarios and Weinberg senior Ruohong involving complex algorithms, Zhang. The team is advancing said McCormick Prof. Goce to the finals in Rapid City, Trajcevski, the team’s coach. South Dakota. Together, the group must The Association for Com- develop and then successfully puting Machinery International Collegiate Programming » See PROGRAMMING, page 10 conceded the race to Hagerty on April 9, pledging to support Hagerty in fulfilling his campaign promises. The election, held on April 4, had a voter turnout of nearly 37 percent, with 18,422 ballots cast and counted. Prior to the general election, a primary was held Feb. 28 for the mayoral and 5th Ward races. The turnout rate was significantly higher than that of the last contested election in 2009, when only 10,375 people voted. Hagerty told The Daily on April 9 that his opponent

“owes it to himself and his supporters to make sure he is comfortable with the data to date before making a decision whether to concede or not.” In the 8th Ward race, longtime incumbent Ald. Ann Rainey (8th) defeated her challenger, Rob Bady, by a margin of one percent. Rainey finished the race with 764 votes, only 13 votes ahead of Bady. Additionally, races were held for city clerk and other aldermanic seats. — Kristina Karisch

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AROUND TOWN Così restaurant closes doors in downtown Evanston By SOPHIE MANN

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Così, a fast-casual restaurant in downtown Evanston, closed Monday after its parent company declared bankruptcy last September. The chain of restaurants filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in federal court in Boston on Sept. 28. After filing, some of Così’s franchise locations remained open, including the Evanston location, 1740 Sherman Ave. The restaurant chain specializes in sandwiches and flatbread with locations across the United States, Costa Rica and the United Arab Emirates. Mark Demilio, Così’s board chairman, said in a September news release that the company worked with outside advisers and explored multiple paths before choosing to file, but was still unable to keep the restaurants afloat. “We worked very hard to avoid this step,” Demilio said in the release. “It’s become clear that, despite the extensive efforts by the Company … (it) cannot continue to operate in its current financial condition, and that the best alternative for the Company and its creditors would be to accomplish a sale through the bankruptcy process.” In the days following the official filing, Così closed 29 of its 74 company-owned locations, cutting hundreds of jobs. Though the Evanston location remained open for more than six months after filing,

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Annie Coakley, executive director of Downtown Evanston, said she was unsurprised when it closed. She had heard about the chain’s financial troubles and said she believed the closure in Evanston was most likely directly related. “I’m sure this was a corporate decision, not solely a local decision,” Coakley said. “I’m surprised after they filed that our location stayed open as much as it had.” Ryan Albelda, a McCormick sophomore, said she hadn’t expected Così to close but was unsurprised when it did. She said the Così in her hometown of Hinsdale, Illinois, closed abruptly three years ago, which made her think the chain was having issues on a larger scale. “In the town I grew up in … (Così) sort of quickly and randomly shut down like this one,” Albelda said. “So I just found it interesting that this one shut down too, but it wasn’t a surprise to me.” Coakley said the next tenant to move in would likely be another restaurant. Così shared the corner of Sherman Avenue and Clark Street with Starbucks, Einstein Bros. Bagels and several other highly trafficked locations. Paul Zalmezak, economic development coordinator for Evanston, said the location is one of the best in the city, and staying open on that corner requires a lot of foot traffic. He said restaurants often are forced to move out of Evanston because of the competition in the area, and even before Così closed, brokers had already been calling him to claim the coveted spot. on the 1400 block of Brummel Street when the damage occurred between Monday evening and Tuesday morning, Evanston police Cmdr. Joseph Dugan said. Dugan said it was unclear whether the tires had been slashed or the air had just been let out, and the scratch appeared to have been made with a key. The suspect is unknown, but Dugan said the

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Così’s Evanston location, 1740 Sherman Ave. The store closed Monday after its parent company declared bankruptcy last September.

“That corner is … going to fill fast and has got to be something good,” Zalmezak said. “This is cyclical; these restaurants come and go.

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man has been having an ongoing dispute with one of his neighbors, so there is speculation that the neighbor may have damaged the vehicle. The cost of damage is also unknown.

handgun by homes near Dempster Street and Mcdaniel Avenue on Monday at 3:25 p.m. The man was described as a 45-year-old wearing a black shirt and blue jeans, Dugan said. Officers searched the area and did not locate a man matching this description.

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Hecky’s to be served in Plex on Friday By JULIA ESPARZA

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Northwestern Dining is collaborating with restaurant Hecky’s Barbecue, 1902 Green Bay Rd., to bring pulled pork, macaroni and cheese and other dishes to Foster-Walker Complex on Friday. The barbecue joint has been in Evanston for more than 30 years, owner Hecky Powell said. NU started serving Hecky’s barbecue

sauce in the dining halls in November 2016, NU Dining’s director of marketing Sara Chapperon said. The sauce is the cornerstone of the Hecky’s business — its catchphrase is “It’s the sauce.” “Northwestern is a premier school and that’s why they need some premier sauce,” Powell said. The collaboration is an effort to introduce more students to Evanston restaurants, Chapperon said. Next year, NU Dining plans to bring food from at least one Evanston restaurant each quarter to its dining halls, she added.

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Hecky’s Barbecue at 1902 Green Bay Rd. Hecky’s will be served in Foster-Walker Complex’s dining hall on Friday in a partnership with Northwestern Dining.

Chapperon said NU Dining has worked to bring Hecky’s to Plex since February. WGN Chicago’s Best rated Hecky’s as one of the best barbecue joints in Chicago, according to its website. Powell said he knew his mother, who was born in New Orleans, had creole recipes, so the two teamed up to create recipes for the restaurant. Powell, who was born and raised in Evanston, said he bought the business from his mentor. “I don’t even know how to spell Chicago,” Powell joked, referencing the years he has been an Evanston resident. Powell said he and his restaurant have been involved with the NU community before, as they used to feed the NU football team — even coach Pat Fitzgerald. Powell said he hoped to make an impact on the Evanston community by employing youth from lower-income areas and “instilling a strong work ethic” in them. NU Dining has partnered with local restaurants before. Last academic year, NU Dining served food in Plex for three days from the restaurant Oceanique, 505 Main St. Chapperon said the initiative is in response to student requests, and said this plan brings more of a “perceived value” to meal plans. Weinberg sophomore Saihej Basra said he eats at Plex at least twice a day and plans to try Hecky’s on Friday. “It’s good because it gets bland eating the same thing everyday,” Basra said. Powell said the restaurant started preparing the food Wednesday night, and will start cooking at 5 a.m. on Friday. He will then transport it to campus in time for lunch at Plex, which begins at 11 a.m. Plex will feature a wide array of entrees and sides, including smokey sweet barbecue pulled pork, grilled yellow squash, vegetarian-style baked beans and buttermilk cornbread. “We’re going all out for this one,” Chapperon said. juliainesesparza2020@u.northwestern.edu

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Psych prof. Vision for Harley Clarke presented explores body image culture in new book By RISHIKA DUGYALA

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Psychology Prof. Renee Engeln recently released her first book, “Beauty Sick,” which uses stories of women and girls to explain a cultural obsession with women’s appearances that prevents them from achieving success. “There is a lot of work to be done in this world, and it doesn’t seem fair to me that we’ve got all these bright women who want to go out there and make a difference (but) so many of them still get stuck spending so much time worrying about how they look,” Engeln said. Published April 18, the book examines “beauty sickness,” a topic Engeln said she has studied extensively for about 15 years, starting with her first research project in graduate school. The book weaves empirical research with personal accounts from women and girls Engeln conducted in-depth interviews with, she said. The book is in the genre of “pop science,” and is meant to be science that anyone can understand and appreciate without being a scientist themselves, Engeln said. Writing the book was a “really different” experience compared to writing articles for scientific journals, she said. “You get to be more informal and make jokes,” she said. “You can have an opinion, you can insert details about yourself that would never belong in scientific writing.” Structured in three parts, the book explores the origins of the obsession with appearance and explains how it is present in society today, Engeln said. The book also discusses how most of the ways society tries to fight “beauty sickness” aren’t working. Engeln criticizes many well-intentioned movements featuring campaigns advocating for women’s beauty, saying these messages do more harm than good. “They say ‘every woman is beautiful’ when I want to say, first, no one believes that and second, you don’t have to be beautiful,” she said. “That should be the important message… You don’t have to be beautiful, it’s not your job to be beautiful.” Natalie Stern (Weinberg ’16), who worked with Engeln in her lab, said they developed a letter writing intervention where college women were instructed to write compassionate letters to themselves or to their bodies, Stern said. Stern said she and Engeln found the letters to be effective in improving levels of body satisfaction, adding that the idea of self-compassion is a key part of Engeln’s book.

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“The idea of self-compassion resonates in Renee’s book especially because (part of ) the book is about how we can treat ourselves with more compassion in the context of beauty sickness,” she said. Engeln said one of her favorite parts of the book is the last chapter, which features the story of Colleen Daly (Medill ’15), who fought an eating disorder and now dedicates her life to making sure other people don’t face the same experience. Daly, who has worked with Engeln on research studies, described the book as “heartbreaking” and said the narratives are especially powerful. The book is able to explain complex psychological theory through personal stories, Daly said. “It’s very hard to sit down and say to someone, ‘Oh let me tell you about the 1997 Fredrickson and Roberts study about objectification,’” she said. “No one wants to listen to that, but instead she says, ‘let me tell you about Sarah, let me tell you about Nellie, let me tell you about Colleen,’ and in doing so, puts a face to these issues that are otherwise ignored as scientific jargon.” madeleinefernando2020@u.northwestern.edu

Nearly 100 community members gathered Wednesday at the Lorraine H. Morton Civic Center to consider an operating and financial plan to turn the Harley Clarke Mansion property into a year-round environmental education center. Ald. Eleanor Revelle (7th), city officials and members of nonprofit developer Evanston Lakehouse & Gardens presented a proposal to restore and enhance landmark buildings and gardens, create experiential environmental education supplemented by outdoor recreation and host community events at the estate, which is located north of campus on Sheridan Road. Evanston Lakehouse & Gardens will seek a long-term lease of Harley Clarke, which will remain under city control, said Tom Hodgman, a board member of the organization. “A re-purposed house would provide jobs in the community,” Hodgman said. “People are going to visit a restored, historic landmark house, driving environmental and cultural tourism.” Hodgman said the environmental programs would complement opportunities that currently exist in Evanston’s school system and parks program. To support environmental education, officials

plan to rent the house to groups for special events and establish a cafe on the property to generate revenue, Hodgman said. However, the events would be concentrated in the colder months so as not to interfere with community use of the land. The campaign target for a comprehensive rehabilitation of the property, including the creation of a fund for initial start-up costs, is currently $5.25 million, Hodgman said. City Council unanimously voted in September to fund up to $250,000 in repairs for the building and to set up summer programming on the estate. City staff soon found the cost of repairs to actually total $600,000, Revelle said. She said the council gave an additional $400,000 from its capital improvements fund for masonry and roof repairs to ensure the property is ready for summer programming. Once it begins, the annual budget for the operation is estimated at $500,000, Hodgman said. Aside from the events and the cafe, officials plan to obtain a significant chunk of revenue — about $200,000 — through private fundraising and government grants. “Not everyone in Evanston can afford their own house on the lake,” Hodgman said. “But in Evanston, we’re fortunate enough that the Lakehouse, it belongs to all of us. This is our castle, this is our gateway to the Great Lakes, and we should keep it that way.” Community members said they were excited and impressed with the progress made on the

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environmental education proposal. Still, amid calls for a partnership with the Evanston Ecology Center and a move toward making the Harley Clarke building more sustainable, some residents said they were concerned with the amount of money that needed to be raised to fund the project. Candice Dalrymple, a 7th Ward resident, said a project with an operating budget of $500,000 has to rely on more than just the hope of fundraising $200,000 each year. Dalrymple, who worked in educational resources for Johns Hopkins University, said such a high and critical fundraising goal may not be met unless steady annual contributions from various entities were confirmed. “The last thing I would want to see is for something like this to get going and then in a year, everybody throw up their hands and say, ‘We have to close this down,’” she said. Because the property is under city control, residents suggested that the city and Northwestern — which is partnering with Evanston Lakehouse & Gardens on the development through its Center for Water Research — make a substantial financial contribution to the budget. Following Wednesday’s meeting, Revelle said officials and the developer will refine the proposal based on the community’s concerns and present it to City Council to get it approved. rishikadugyala2019@u.northwestern.edu

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NU grad to appear in Lyric Opera’s ‘My Fair Lady’ By JENNIFER HEPP

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The Lyric Opera of Chicago will re-create a Parisian version of the timeless Broadway musical “My Fair Lady,” a large-scale production that includes a chorus of more than 50 singers. “My Fair Lady” — a musical stemmed from “Pygmalion,” a play by George Bernard Shaw based on ancient Greek mythology — centers on phonetics and speech professor Henry Higgins, who wagers that he can train uncouth flower girl Eliza Doolittle to pass for a noblewoman at a party. The show opens Friday at the Lyric Opera. Will Skrip, (Communication ’11) who performs in the chorus of “My Fair Lady,” said everything from the sets to costumes to lights included in Lyric’s rendition of the musical is from a Paris production of the show that was created a few years ago. Lyric is collaborating with those directors, designers and choreographers from Paris for the performance. Essentially, Skrip said, the show plugs an

all-new cast into the Paris rendition, which is different from what he has done in the past. “A lot of it is already sort of established and set up and perfected, so we’re just being thrown into that framework,” he said. “It’s the first time I’ve ever done anything like that, and it’s a very different sort of process.” Janet Farr (Communication ’89) plays the maid of Higgins’ mother and is also in the chorus. This season marks Farr’s 30th singing in the chorus at the Lyric Opera, she said. For the last five years, Lyric has been performing one Broadway show per season, Farr said. This is in addition to the eight operas that are typically performed each year. Farr, who graduated from Northwestern with a degree in communication and speech disorders, said she relates to the plot of the show very strongly due to her academic background. “It does feel like I’m coming back full circle to this work because I grew up with it,” she said, “and also (because of ) the fact that I’m a speech pathologist and I help people learn to speak and speak clearly. It resonates with me.” Communication Prof. Cindy Gold stars in the show in the role of Mrs. Pearce, Henry

Higgins’ housekeeper. Gold taught Skrip for three years while he was a student at Northwestern. Skrip described performing alongside his former teacher as “fulfilling” and “comfortable.” He called Gold a teacher and a friend. “It’s great to be able to see her process and to see her working because obviously she has a huge hand in the way that I learned to be an actor,” he said. “It’s really fun because we have such a long history together, and it’s really nice just to have that very familiar face in the crowd.” Gold also performs alongside a few of her former students who were in her acting class for three years, adding that there’s “very little that’s better.” At NU, the theater department requires faculty to be active in the art they teach, she said, and she hopes that former students can eventually work alongside faculty. Gold described the Lyric Opera’s production of “My Fair Lady” as “avant-garde” with a modern feel to it. She said the set is sparse — there is only one chair in the main set, Higgins’ house. “It’s a very different way of approaching ‘My Fair Lady,’ but it’s kind of fascinating,” Gold said. “Everyone thinks of ‘My Fair Lady’ as

that old (chestnut) and I think this production sheds a little bit of new light on it in a very modern way.” Lyric assistant director Elise Sandell said preparing a musical is very different from an opera. This is her first time working with the Lyric Opera on a musical, she said. “The kinds of performers who interpret text without having to sing it all the time are very different from opera singers, whose voices are trained in a really specific way,” she said. Sandell said it has been fun for her to watch the actors’ performances grow and change as they delve deeper into the process and become more detail-oriented. Skrip said the best part of working at Lyric is the large scale with which everything is created and presented. Everything from the theater to the orchestra to the sets is huge, he said. “They don’t really hold back on these productions at all, and it’s a world-class venue, so they always pull out all the stops to make the shows (at Lyric) just incredible,” he said. “Everything accumulates to this gigantic masterpiece.” jenniferhepp2020@u.northwestern.edu

Struble musical ‘tick, tick ... BOOM!’ explores ambition By MADDIE BURAKOFF

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Left to right: Communication freshman Clare McLaughlin, Bienen freshman Morgan Mastrangelo and McCormick sophomore David Gilbert rehearse for an upcoming production of “tick, tick … BOOM!” The musical, which opens this weekend, explores the idea of striving for success.

For many Northwestern students, the desire to achieve certain markers of success looms large, said Communication sophomore Noah Watkins. In an effort to explore this theme, Watkins directed a production of the musical “tick, tick … BOOM!” which opens Friday at the Mussetter-Struble Theater. The show, which is free, is funded by the Virginia Wadsworth Wirtz Center for the Performing Arts as part of the Struble Project Series. The show is a semi-autobiographical rock musical by “Rent” composer Jonathan Larson. Its plot centers on aspiring composer Jon as he scrambles to become successful before a self-imposed deadline of his 30th birthday. Producer Mary Olive Gauthier said she and Watkins chose the show in part because they felt the themes of ambition would resonate with NU students. “We are constantly faced with trials, being tested and asked, ‘What have we done, are we successful?’” the Weinberg freshman said. “That question interferes with the immense creative goals we can achieve.” The cast comprises three actors, Watkins said — an expansion from when Larson himself

performed an early version of the piece as a one-man show. Each actor plays one of the three main characters, and two of them also take on several side roles. Often, Watkins said, the show feels like a rock concert, differing from most musicals in the way the songs fit into the story. “In a traditional musical, plot happens through song — the songs drive the plot forward,” he said. “That happens occasionally in ‘tick, tick … BOOM!’ but a couple of the songs are really moments where we step out, and it becomes more of an emotional exploration of that moment.” The music itself is “real” rock with some ’90s influence, said cast member Clare McLaughlin, a Communication freshman. While the character Jon dreams about putting rock music on stage, the show does just that, creating an interesting parallel, she said. Though the show is ultimately a comedy, Watkins said he hopes audiences will connect with Jon’s struggle and enjoy the humor. “There’s a moment like that for everyone, where we question our own success … and whether we’re making enough progress,” Watkins said. “I just want people to walk away feeling assured that that has been felt by everyone, including a famous composer like Jonathan Larson.” madelineburakoff2020@u.northwestern.edu

Evanston Literary Festival expands program in third year By MADELEINE FERNANDO

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Evanston will come together once more this weekend to celebrate its vibrant literary arts community. The annual Evanston Literary Festival will return on Saturday, featuring an expanded program of events and guests. The festival, now in its third year, runs until May 11, starting with Independent Bookstore Day and continuing through Northwestern’s Spring Writers’ Festival. The literary festival started after John K. Wilson and Lynn Haller — who are also coorganizers of the Chicago Book Expo — moved to Evanston a few years ago and wanted to organize a festival celebrating the city’s literary community. School of Professional Studies Prof. Christine Sneed, a fiction author, has been featured in the festival for all three years and said Evanston

boasts a supportive literary community. “The festival is something that I think adds to Evanston’s profile as a place that is a really positive arts community,” she said. “It’s a community that really supports artists and art lovers and writers, too.”

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Having a literary festival is almost an act of defiance ... It’s really a statement that literary culture is here.

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Since its first year, the festival has continued to grow in the number of attendees and events, Haller, one of the organizers, said. She said more writers have been interested in getting

involved in the festival. This year, there were more interested people than available spots, which Haller said speaks to the growing popularity of the festival. “We’ve sort of built on our partnerships that we have and our successes and have gotten bigger and bigger, but we’re kind of trying to keep it at a reasonable size where we can ensure that each program is successful,” she said. The festival features dozens of authors and events including a “Wildness Walk” with a nature writer, a stage reading of a play and several evening live literary events, according to its website. Haller said she and Wilson are continuously trying to find creative ways to engage the Evanston community in the festival, with events held in various locations in the city. Writing workshops geared for women will be offered in the newly renovated Frances Willard House to offer an intimate event in a historic place, she said. “We’re kind of evolving to make (the festival) more participatory … rather than people just

listening to a great writer talk and then leaving,” Haller said. “Evanstonians like to participate. They have opinions, and they want to be heard, so we really want to celebrate the fact that we have so many educated people in the community.” Nina Barrett, one of the co-owners of bookstore Bookends & Beginnings, said this literary festival comes at a “critical moment” for book publishers, sellers and authors because of the rising power of Amazon disrupting the industry. While Amazon drives down unsustainable prices, brick and mortar stores need to sell books at full price to sustain a community, Barrett said. “(A bookstore) is a real place where you can come look at these books, you can sit down and read them for a while and decide if you’re engaged with them,” she said. “Having a literary festival is almost an act of defiance. … It’s really a statement that real literary culture is here.” madeleinefernando2020@u.northwestern.edu

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Weinberg freshman Kelly O’Conor (left) and Weinberg sophomore Briana Williams (right) strut down the runway at the UNITY Fashion Show this past Sunday. Now in its 10th year, the group chose a new beneficiary and expanded its programming to better educate and entertain students.

UNITY Charity Fashion Show celebrates 10th year By RACHEL HOLTZMAN

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For its 10th annual show, UNITY Charity Fashion Show expanded its programming and partnered with a new charity. UNITY, Northwestern’s biggest charity fashion show, hosted its annual show Sunday night at the Hilton Orrington, 1710 Orrington Ave., before an audience of about 200. For the first time, the organization partnered with GirlForward — a Chicago-based charity that provides education and mentorship for refugee teenage girls — marking a break from its fouryear partnership with local nonprofit NoStigmas. Communication senior Carmen Mackins, UNITY

co-president, said the group decided to partner with GirlForward in response to the escalating refugee and humanitarian crises in Syria and eastern Europe. UNITY also bolstered its fundraising efforts this year with additional programming. In past years, fundraising efforts focused on the fashion show and UNITY Fashion Week, a series of events leading up to the show itself. This year, however, the UNITY team added other events, including an open mic night and “UNITY Gallery Night: A Night of Empowerment,” Communication junior and UNITY copresident Angel Yu said. Mackins said these events combined the fashion and philanthropic focuses of UNITY under the larger umbrella of education and entertainment. “We wanted our members and the Northwestern community to have a more hands-on experience

with our charity,” Yu said. “This takes the beneficiary relationship a step further … and grows the extent of our impact as a campus.” Other events included a Blaze Pizza profit share, a makeup competition to select UNITY’s chief makeup artist and a sewing and knitting workshop with Ciao Bella Sewing. Yu said she hopes UNITY’s expansion will help connect future beneficiaries not only to UNITY members, but to the Northwestern campus as whole. She added that the level of human connection to UNITY’s charity of choice adds a greater level of meaning to the group’s work. The annual fashion show itself has grown over the past 10 years, first starting as a small-stage production in the Louis Room in Norris University Center before moving to the Hilton Orrington in 2013. Sunday’s

show featured student performances by Refresh Dance Crew, a cappella group Treblemakers, rapper Prez Harris and music group Dial Up. “We want to make sure we stay true to our cultural roots,” Mackins said. Communication junior and model co-head Jacqueline Lunsford said giving the stage to a diverse group of models and performers was an important part of setting up the show, avoiding a one-note presentation while representing an array of talents and voices. “What’s really special is that we get to do a highquality, big production event that can grab more attention than a smaller thing on campus might have the opportunity to do,” Lunsford said. rachelholtzman2018@u.northwestern.edu

NU alumna stars in sign language version of ‘Pinocchio’ By EMILY CHAIET

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Sarah Cartwright said she is used to being type-casted as a scrappy orphan. But for the next month, she will instead portray a dead cricket who serves as the voice to a puppet in Neverbird Project’s production of “Pinocchio.” “Pinocchio” tells the story of a puppet who is brought to life by a dead girl to give a son to Geppetto, who is grieving the loss of his wife. “It’s just been really fun,” Cartwright (Communication ’15) said. “I’ve been really fortunate

to be working really steadily for the past year, which is awesome.” The Neverbird Project, which put on the play, is a youth theater company for deaf and hearing children that incorporates sign language into its shows. All of the actors, including Cartwright, had to learn sign language for the play. The show is told through sign language and speaking. Some actors are deaf and some characters, such as Pinocchio, never speak and have other characters speak for them, said codirector Levi Holloway. “We always have to find the access point with deaf and hearing integration on stage,”

Holloway, who co-directed the play with Katy Boza, said. “It’s about telling the story in two ways simultaneously, and Pinocchio has an interesting access point in being actually vocalized through the Cricket.” Holloway first saw Cartwright at the House Theatre of Chicago in “Punch and Judy,” a puppet show, and said he wanted to work with her. Cartwright starred in Holloway’s play, “The Haven Place,” at A Red Orchid Theatre before acting in “Pinocchio.” Boza said this is the first time a Neverbird Project production incorporated adult actors in its play. Usually, the company just works with schools, so having a wider range of ages

is fun, she said. Cartwright said she has performed in many plays made for young audiences. She said she learned a lot about children’s theater during her time at Northwestern. “My philosophy on theater is you’re always going to be a better artist if you’re exercising your brain in a lot of different ways,” she said. “Being at Northwestern allowed me to take a lot of art classes and economics, and all of this stuff that has woven its way into the way I look at theater.” The show runs until May 14. emilychaiet2020@u.northwesten.edu

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deeply about their relationships with each other and with the community, he said. “We’ve gained a kind of more mature perspective on what the function of our organization is,” Kaplan said. “It’s to provide a community, a support network for both the people in it and for the people on Northwestern’s campus.” Aside from donating to the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, Kaplan said AEPi started several other initiatives concerning mental wellness since Boorstein’s death. The fraternity has held internal programming to educate members about mental health, and it hosted a panel discussion on mental health in Technological Institute on Tuesday. The chapter also has a position focusing on protecting and maintaining the mental wellness of the chapter, Kaplan said. In addition, Kaplan said AEPi will participate in the Chicagoland Out of the Darkness Walk — a fundraiser held by the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention to spread awareness about suicide — in September. Attending the walk would give the fraternity an opportunity to celebrate members’ memories of Boorstein and help them have a meaningful interaction as

a group, Kaplan said. Weinberg junior Jake Phillips said Boorstein, his friend, embodied all the qualities associated with Dog Days. Boorstein loved volunteering, had a positive attitude and was willing to step up whenever it was necessary, Phillips said. “He was always just really excited and energetic about (Dog Days),” Phillips said. “It is tiring and a lot of work, so having someone there with the right attitude about what we’re doing is always a good thing.” Polotsky said he looks forward to seeing more people come together in honor of Boorstein, as it is a testament to the impact his friend had on people’s lives. He will always remember Boorstein as a selfless person, Polotsky said, especially when it comes to volunteering for a good cause. During holidays and birthdays, Boorstein would often ask others to make donations under his name rather than ask for presents, Polotsky said. “He didn’t ask for a birthday present one year,” Polotsky said. “Instead, he asked that I donate the proceeds to Dance Marathon. He had been doing Dance Marathon for two years; this year would have been his third. He’s really into charity events and puts others before himself.” Ali Boorstein, Scott Boorstein’s sister, said she hopes this year’s Dog Days opens up a discussion about mental health, especially because she realizes

how many NU students struggle due to stress and pressure. “Scott’s passing saved a lot of these kids in a way that they didn’t even know they needed to be saved,” she said. “Now they’re more aware of mental illness and the way it can affect not just one person but everyone. Everyone was really shaken by this.” Dog Days is not the only philanthropic event being held to honor Boorstein and his active involvement with charities. The Boorstein family and several of Scott Boorstein’s friends have started a movement, “Selfless for Scott,” which makes donations to a variety of charitable causes in his name. For Boorstein’s birthday in February, about 200 people gathered to pack meals for the homeless at the AEPi fraternity house on Northwestern’s campus, Ali Boorstein said. The meals were then dropped off to homeless shelters in the Chicago area, she said. This summer, volunteers plan to pack more meals and paint a mural for Scott Boorstein in an underprivileged area, his sister said. Phillips, who participated in the meal packing for Boorstein’s birthday, said attendees included family and friends of the Boorstein family as well as alumni from Chicago and beyond. “I think he’d be really happy that we’re rallying around his name to do something good,” Phillips said. catherinekim2020@u.northwestern.edu

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government because I feel it’s where I fit. VP of academics just feels natural to me.” There were a few abstentions, but not a single “nay” vote was cast for any of the nominees. Nearly all ASG executive board positions are now held by students who will remain in their roles through Winter Quarter 2018. The position of chief of staff, currently held by Weinberg senior Isaac Rappoport, will transition sometime in the coming weeks. Senate also passed a resolution introduced last week by Medill junior Isabel Schwartz. The resolution will be presented to Faculty Senate at its meeting next week, and urges the administration to create a wellness advisory board comprised of students, faculty and staff. Rappoport introduced a code change allowing the chief of staff to attend A-status and B-status committee meetings. The code change will be voted on next week. jonahdylan2020@u.northwestern.edu

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McCormick sophomore Daniel Knight is sworn in as vice president for services during Wednesday’s Senate. Knight is one of nine vice presidents who were confirmed Wednesday.

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From page 1 the city’s mission by “placing Divvy stations that work well with our existing on-road bike infrastructure and also provide connections to transit options.” During Monday’s City Council meeting, Ald. Brian Miller (9th) suggested that the city move one of the existing 10 stations that sees significantly fewer riders to the new location instead of purchasing a new station. Ald. Melissa Wynne (3rd) said the station Miller was referring to — which is located in south Evanston — should not be removed before it has been in place for a full year. The station was installed last summer. Evanston’s interim community development director Scott Mangum said the city will reevaluate statistics in early fall, once the Evanston stations have been in place for a full spring-summer biking season. Knapp said the city will also launch Divvy 4 Every Evanstonian later this summer, a membership subsidy program that aims to make the bikes and other related services more accessible to qualifying residents. D4EE will allow riders to pay in cash at participating 7-Eleven locations to “reduce barriers” to Divvy, such as not having access to a debit or credit card, she said. “We knew we would need to have a program that addressed the different levels of eligibility and resources that Evanston community members have and make sure we were being responsive to that,” she said. Knapp said the city looked to Chicago, which has a similar program called Divvy for Everyone, for inspiration. Chicago’s fourth annual Divvy Week kicked off on Earth Day this year — April 22 — and will run until April 30, she said. In celebration of the event, Knapp said first-time Divvy riders can try a 24-hour pass for $5. As of March 2017, Knapp said 13,166 bike trips have been started from Evanston since the installation of the original 10 locations in July. She said eight of the bikes were paid for by an Illinois Transportation Enhancement Program grant, and the other two were paid for by a sponsorship through Northwestern. Both the Sheridan and Noyes station and the Chicago and Sheridan station, located on Northwestern’s campus, have each seen 2,000 trips in the same time period. SydneyStone2020@u.northwestern.edu

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code an algorithm for each problem. The competition places constraints on the running time and memory that a program is allowed to use, so teams must work to produce solutions that are both accurate and efficient, Dutta said. An online server determines whether the submitted programs are correct, and teams are then ranked depending on how many problems they complete and how many penalties they incur, he said. “The time limit (to run a program) is usually like a second, and the size of the problems are huge,” Dutta said. “The number of data points is roughly a million, so your solution has to be really efficient. … First you have to come up with an efficient algorithm, and then you have to actually implement it.” The competition, sponsored by IBM, seeks to foster creativity, teamwork and innovation, and allows contestants to test their ability to perform in high-pressure situations, according to the competition’s website. The contest has been around for more than 40 years and is considered the oldest and largest programming contest in the world, according to the website. Feng said participating in the competition could enhance career prospects for undergraduates. Many companies, including Google, Facebook and Microsoft, hold coding contests and look favorably on students who perform well in such competitions, he said. “For undergraduate students who are willing to become employees in the industry, I think

THURSDAY, APRIL 27, 2017 this is a good opportunity … to put what you learned in class to use,” Feng said. The NU team has been practicing weekly since Fall Quarter, Zhang said. The group prepared by using practice problems found online and would frequently solve problems alone in addition to discussing difficult problems collaboratively online, he said. “When I have free time, I enjoy solving hard problems and programming for fun,” Zhang said. “The other guys are Ph.D. students in theory and … I think they do have more experience in terms of algorithms and they can help me with … coming up with a solution.” Trajcevski said the group’s success is attributed to “a mix of circumstances,” one being that some members had prior experience competing in the International Collegiate Programming Contest. As a coach, Trajcevski said, he helped the groups prepare for the competitions by suggesting practice sources and helping them study computational topics. Trajcevski said he hopes to implement a course to specialize in competitive programming so NU can create a “culture” for competing at the International Collegiate Programming Contest, something many of its competitors already possess. “What I’m trying to do is create a little bit of a tradition for it at Northwestern because all the top-scoring teams in the world, that’s what they have,” he said. “They have a tradition, they have a culture. We have the gifted students on our side.” madeleinefernando2020@u.northwestern.edu

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Cats prepare for rematch in Big Ten Tournament Northwestern vs. Michigan State

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After a win on Senior Day following two consecutive losses, Northwestern heads to Urbana to compete in the Big Ten Tournament, which begins Thursday. The Wildcats (13-10, 9-2 Big Ten) will open their slate Friday against Michigan State (17-7, 7-4) in a rematch of a contest just last weekend. No. 3 seed NU snuck out a 4-3 win Sunday in Evanston, but will have to prepare for another tough test against the Spartans. Even with the added day of rest and a feel for Michigan State’s playing style, coach Claire Pollard said her team can’t look past the Spartans to other opponents. After a close match the first time around, Pollard said she isn’t concerned about potential future matches. “It’s a quick turnaround,” Pollard said. “We would love another crack at Michigan (in the semifinals), but there’s no point looking ahead at them because Michigan State’s a great team and we’re going to have to be at our best again on Friday.” Even with such strong conference play, NU is still missing a signature win. The Cats failed to take down a ranked opponent in non-conference play and couldn’t overcome either ranked opponents they faced in Big Ten play. The non-conference slate offered NU several opportunities to grab that top win. Early in the season, NU dropped a close 4-3 decision to then-No. 10 Duke. A similar fate then followed the Cats as NU matched up with then-No. 9 Vanderbilt and Duke, again, resulting in two

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movement, the Cats have had scoring contributions from 16 different players and gotten shooters like Stroup — who has converted nearly 80 percent of her shots on goal this year — open on the crease. But the offensive production still doesn’t touch last year’s, when 21

more NU losses. That poor stretch continued throughout the rest of the non-conference season. Between the beginning of January and the start of the conference season at the end of March, the Cats lost eight of 13 matches and were mired in two separate four-game losing streaks. This may come back to bite the team if it advances in the tournament and has to face No. 2 seed Michigan again, whom NU lost to Friday in Ann Arbor. Michigan, along with No. 1 seed Ohio State, is still perfect in the Big Ten and also received a first-round bye. Still, the Cats seem unconcerned. “We played all the teams, so I feel like we have a good gauge on everything,” sophomore Rheeya Doshi said. “We know what we have to do: just keep fighting and play hard every single time and treat each match equally.” Should they beat the Spartans, however, the Cats would likely face more challenging opponents. The Buckeyes’ Francesca Di Lorenzo remains the No. 1 player in the country, and two Michigan players are in the Top 25, as well. Junior Erin Larner, meanwhile, is the only ranked singles player for the Cats, at No. 79. Even with the pressure the tournament brings, senior Brooke Rischbieth said she is excited to play in her last Big Ten Tournament, and that NU is holding nothing back different players put the ball in the net and five tallied more than 20 goals. Stroup said the change in the offense has had its growing pains, but the transformation has allowed for a more spread out scoring distribution. “We’ve really focused on our ball movement and getting everyone involved,” Stroup said. “If you look at the shots and the people that are

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Alex Chatt (right) celebrates with doubles partner Maddie Lipp. The juniors and the Wildcats open the Big Ten Tournament with a rematch against Michigan State.

this weekend. Rischbieth, whose career will be coming to a close when the season ends, was a freshman when NU last won the tournament in 2014. “ We definitely go in with a hungry

mentality,” Rischbieth said. “We’ve got nothing to lose. We’re going out there and giving it our best shot and seeing how we do.”

scoring, it’s pretty much everyone — midfielders, attackers — it’s not one specific person and that’s helped.” A win Thursday would go a long way in assuring that the Cats’ offensive changes are working. But the game against Amonte Hiller’s alma mater will be a daunting task, as the Terrapins have only lost one game in nearly two years. Amonte Hiller said the team will have to

come out with a fire. But at this point, it’s up to the players to get their coach her awaited revenge win. “Our team is capable of playing with anyone,” she said. “We haven’t come out with as many wins as we wanted to, but as of late we’ve been doing well.”

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Walker prepares for draft day Linebacker leads NU group hoping for NFL Draft selection By JONAH DYLAN

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After a 2015 season in which he garnered All-American recognition, Anthony Walker likely could’ve gone in the second or third round of the NFL Draft. But he decided to come back for his junior season, and his stock has fallen. Walker is expected to go anywhere from the fourth to seventh round in this week’s draft. Though the linebacker’s performance dipped in 2016, ESPN NFL Draft analyst Mel Kiper said he remains a good prospect. “This is a guy who was still second on the team this year with 105 (tackles), so he’s been productive,” Kiper said. “Not quite as impactful as he was two years ago, there’s no doubt about that. He missed some tackles. He didn’t always read-react like he did two years ago.” Walker is the first player under coach Pat Fitzgerald to leave Evanston early to enter the draft. He departs as perhaps the best linebacker in Northwestern history outside of Fitzgerald himself. There is no consensus on where Walker will be taken. A Bleacher Report mock draft has Walker going

in the late third round, while other mocks have him going on day three of the draft. Most other estimations have him coming off the board between the fourth and sixth rounds. “I think he’s still in that fourth to sixth round range, more fifth round probably the way it looks right now,” Kiper said. “He’s still a good prospect, but not the second or third rounder maybe some thought going into this year.” During his sophomore season in 2015, Walker led the Big Ten in tackles with 122 and 20.5 for a loss. He earned consensus first-team All-Big Ten honors and was named an AllAmerican by both Sports Illustrated and the Associated Press. Walker decided to come back to school for his junior season but struggled, finishing as an All-Big Ten second teamer and potentially hurting his professional exploits. Walker is expected to be the 10th player drafted since Fitzgerald took over the program. The highest pick under the 11-year head coach was defensive end Corey Wootton, who went in the fourth round in 2006. Two Cats were selected a year ago, after NU completed a 10-3 season in which it was ranked in the top 25 for 11 weeks. Defensive end Dean Lowry was first off the board in the fourth

round, and superback Dan Vitale followed two rounds later. As for this year, defensive end Ifeadi Odenigbo could join Walker in being selected. In his senior season, Odenigbo led the Big Ten with 10 sacks en route to first-team AllBig Ten honors, and he finished his career second in NU history with 23.5 sacks. Bleacher Report projects him to be taken in the seventh round, while others expect him to be a priority free agent. Wide receiver Austin Carr could also be taken. In 2014, Carr had just seven catches for 100 yards, and his NFL Draft prospects may have been the last thing on anyone’s mind. But breakout understates Carr’s 2016 season, in which he became just the third player since 1990 to lead the Big Ten in yards, receptions and touchdown receptions. Carr won Big Ten receiver of the year, was a finalist for the Biletnikoff Award for the nation’s best receiver and was named an All-American. Though he was not invited to the NFL Combine, he will likely have an opportunity to play professionally. “He could be maybe a late rounder or a priority free agent who could make a team,” Kiper said. Daily file photo by Lauren Duquette

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Cats ready for No. 1 Maryland NU seniors shoot for By DAN WALDMAN

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Coach Kelly Amonte Hiller won two national titles and was named ACC Female Athlete of the Year during her playing days at Maryland, but the former star attacker is long removed from her playing days — and from her last win over her alma mater. The No. 14 Wildcats (9-7, 4-1 Big Ten) haven’t beaten the No. 1 Terrapins (16-0, 5-0) since 2012 — when NU won the national championship — and Maryland is still undefeated against the Cats since joining the Big Ten. However, NU will have a chance to get the coveted win Thursday, and a piece of the Big Ten title, as the team hosts the Terrapins for its regular season finale. In Maryland’s three games against the Cats since joining the

No. 1 Maryland vs. No. 14 Northwestern Evanston, Illinois 7 p.m. Thursday

conference, the Terrapins recorded a plus-36 goal differential against NU, scoring at least 16 times in each matchup. But last season, the Cats took a step in the right direction, falling in a narrow 12-9 decision in the Big Ten Tournament final. “It’s a great opportunity for us to compete for a championship,” Amonte Hiller said. “Maryland is a great program and we have a lot of respect for them, so it’s always a great opportunity to play someone like that.” The Cats were in a similar position last year, experiencing a rollercoaster season before finally finding success in the Big Ten Tournament. But now, the team is without star attacker Kaleigh Craig, to

graduation, and junior midfielder Selena Lasota, to injury. Lasota has missed most of this season. Without Craig and Lasota, the two highest scorers on the team last season with a combined 103 goals, the Cats have turned to senior attackers Christina Esposito and Danita Stroup to pick up the scoring load. Esposito has emerged as the face of NU’s offense, tallying a teamhigh 39 goals. She said the attack has had to adapt throughout the season, dealing with changing and rotating personnel. “There was a little patch during our season where you could see our offense slumped,” Esposito said. “With Selena being out, we were trying a couple things and changing some people around. The attack has been through a lot.” As a result of faster ball » See LACROSSE, page 11

Big Ten championship Northwestern vs. Michigan State

By BENJY APELBAUM

daily senior staffer @benjyapelbaum

West Lafayette, Indiana 10:30 a.m. Thursday

If Northwestern’s star seniors want a Big Ten title before they graduate, they’ll have to do it now. The No. 23 Wildcats (20-9, 7-4 Big Ten) will kick off the conference tournament Thursday in West Lafayette, Indiana as the No. 5 seed, taking on 12th-seeded Michigan State (11-17, 0-11). If NU gets past the bottomseeded Spartans, it will face off against Wisconsin on Friday in the quarterfinals, with a possible matchup looming with No. 2 Ohio State the next day. No matter what teams the Cats have to beat through to get there, senior Sam Shropshire is eager for a chance at a title. “Our goal is still the same. We’re still trying to win a Big Ten title,” Shropshire said. “The regular season is over so now our last chance is to do it in the tournament.”

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We’re motivated going into the Big Ten Tournament. We know it’s pretty much a fresh start to the season. We’re confident we can do well. Konrad Zieba, senior

Daily file photo by Katie Pach

Danita Stroup cradles the ball. The senior attacker and the Wildcats face a tough test Thursday against No. 1 Maryland.

The shift to single-elimination play will ratchet up the pressure on the team as one loss in the Big Ten Tournament and in the subsequent NCAA Tournament would end the team’s season. To survive and advance, coach Arvid Swan said the team will need to pick up its play in the doubles point. “A big focus has been on doubles this week,” Swan said. “I feel like if we win

the doubles point we have such a great opportunity against any team we play.” The Cats will also turn to the hardened senior trio of Shropshire, Konrad Zieba and Strong Kirchheimer, who each have started all four years in Evanston. Those players are positioned at the top three singles spots, and their experience will be vital during the upcoming important matches. One new aspect of the Big Ten Tournament is that each matchup will be a repeat for NU after it played each conference foe once during the regular season. “The coaches will have the scouting reports, and all the players will remember who they played,” Shropshire said. “We’ll be able to make small adjustments and try to do better in the future than we did in the past.” NU swept Michigan State relatively convincingly on the road two weeks ago, but a rematch with Wisconsin would be a chance for the Cats to avenge an earlier defeat. NU lost to the Badgers 4-2 earlier in the season, but that was with Shropshire out of the lineup. The presence of the No. 3 singles player will alter both the singles and doubles lineups and allow those beneath him in the singles order to slide down a spot to face weaker opponents. Though the Cats have not been a top Big Ten team during the regular season, if they come out with reinvigorated doubles play and a healthier lineup, they still have a chance to make noise in the conference tournament. “We’re motivated going into the Big Ten Tournament,” Zieba said. “We know it’s pretty much a fresh start to the season. We’re confident we can do well.” benjaminapelbaum2019@u.northwestern.edu